Canada ready for large-scale evacuation of citizens in Hong Kong if needed

Canada’s top diplomate in Hong Kong says Ottawa has drawn up exhaustive plans for a mass evacuation of 300,000 Canadian citizens from Hong Kong if necessary, but added he can’t help local activists seeking for asylum at the consulate.

The House of Commons Special committee on Canada-China relations, Jeff Nankivell said that refugees could always make a claim in third countries. But, he acknowledged, the territory’s exit control could thwart some Hongkongers’ effort to leave.

Source: The Globe and Mail #Nov03

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-ready-for-large-scale-evacuation-of-citizens-in-hong-kong-if/

#Canada #Hongkong #refugee #evacuation

Who Should Hong Kong Favor in the US Election? No one.

The branding of the U.S. President Donald Trump as being “tough on China” has attracted a great pool of supporters from anti-China contingents like Hong Kongers and Taiwanese, who hope for his re-election.

We should under and that not everyone casts their votes based on the candidates’ posture toward China alone; voters take into consideration their entire political agenda and how they would serve U.S. national interest. Instead of imposing our views of what the U.S. should do.

Regardless of who wins the U.S. presidency, Hong Kongers must continue advocacy both within and outside of the U.S.

Source: The Diplomat #Nov03

https://thediplomat.com/2020/11/who-should-hong-kong-favor-in-the-us-election-no-one/

#USelection #Hongkonger

Foreign Media Reporters Slammed for Obstructing Beijing Winter Olympics Coverage: Stalking, Harassment, and Reprimands

Source: LibertyTimesNet #Nov03

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Foreign Media Reporters Slammed for Obstructing Beijing Winter Olympics Coverage: Stalking, Harassment, and Reprimands

Foreign media reporters based in China issued a statement on 2 November, accusing the Chinese government of "constantly blocking" foreign media from covering Beijing Winter Olympics-related events, including denying or ignoring requests to cover the event, as well as stalking, harassing, bullying and making things difficult for reporters with almost impossible-to-reach epidemic prevention requirements.

The Guardian reported on 2 November that the Foreign Correspondents' Club in China (FCCC) issued a sternly worded statement on Twitter accusing the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics of failing to uphold the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s charter requirement to adequately ensure media coverage of the Games for a global audience, “Our members have repeatedly asked (the Beijing Winter Games Organizing Committee) how the international media can cover the Games, but have been met with conflicting answers or have been completely ignored.”

The Beijing Winter Olympics are scheduled to take place next February. The statement said that in the past year, most of the FCCC reporters were unable to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics press conference or related events, while domestic Chinese reporters were allowed to cover the event; many of the dates of the press conference were not announced in advance or were announced only a few hours before the press conference. Foreign journalists were denied access to the event because the Beijing Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee limited their participation to selected media outlets, announced that the number of participants was full, or requested that participants submit their COVID-19 test results within a few hours, which was almost impossible.

Source: LibertyTimesNet #Nov03

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.ltn.com.tw/amp/news/world/breakingnews/3724243

#China #Beijing #ForeignMedia #BeijingOlympicWinterGames #BeijingWinterGamesOrganizingCommittee #InternationalOlympicCommittee #IOC #ForeignCorrespondentsClubinChina #FCCC #TheGuardian