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Mark Green: Chinese-made medical supplies to France conditional upon adopting Huawei technology

//Rep. Mark Green said the Chinese told France it would provide 1 billion protective face masks only if the French let Huawei implement its 5G capabilities.

//“That’s who China is, and it’s time the world wake up and recognize it.”

Full Article: The Washington Times, (06-Apr)
https://bit.ly/3c7t6a4

#France #MedicalSupplies #China #5G #Hauwei
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Taiwan is a true friend for Europe and the World
Stephane Corcuff, a scholar at the Lyon School of Political Science in France, posted a video on Facebook on the 8 April, emphasizing that Taiwan unconditionally donates masks to European countries without diplomatic relations and is a true friend of Europe. He called on the government to give a helping hand to Taiwan, not to let her to face China's suppression alone.

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https://youtu.be/EIystnbG9T0

Further reading:
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro calls WHO chief one of China's 'proxies' at the UN
https://www.foxnews.com/media/peter-navarro-china-who-tedros-proxy

#France #Taiwan #Masks #Donation #China #CCP #Deal #Pandemic #Friend #Europe
#France #CCP
China Denies Having Claimed French Nursing Home Let People Die of Wuhan Pneumonia

A statement was published on the website of China’s embassy to France, claiming that caregivers in French nursing homes had “collectively deserted, letting their residents dying from starvation and disease”.

China also expressed a wish for so-called "French parties" to dispel any misunderstanding, not specifying whether the comment was meant to address the French government, media outlets or politicians.

In a tweet issued on April 14, 2020, the Chinese embassy in Paris clarified that the incidents of patients being left to die after being abandoned by care workers occurred in Spain, not France.

After French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian summoned China’s ambassador to France,
Beijing dismissed the incident as a "misunderstanding", with China's foreign ministry spokeperson Zhao Lijian saying "China has never issued negative comments on the way France has handled the epidemic."

Source: RFI; France24 #Apr15
French President shows that masks can look chic

Macron used the school visit as an opportunity to promote the use of cloth masks among the general public. The fashionable design of the mask he donned "mades mask-wearing an act of national pride", as the Associated Press suggests. The mask, embellished with the French Tricolour, is 100% made in France by the local manufacturer Chanteclair at a cost of less than 5 euros (HK $42).

While the reusable masks in Hong Kong are produced at a similar cost, the masks are described by citizens to "resemble underwear". It was further uncovered that the masks were produced without following the usual procurement rules and some technical descriptions were misleading and inaccurate.

#France #HongKong #mask

Sources:
Associated Press, 5 May
https://apnews.com/fe461ecbffacb67c747a3234300c90de

L'Est Eclair (French), 6 May
https://www.lest-eclair.fr/id148803/article/2020-05-06/pourquoi-macron-choisi-un-masque-chanteclair

RTHK, 6 May
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/componen
French President shows that masks can look chic

Macron used the school visit as an opportunity to promote the use of cloth masks among the general public. The fashionable design of the mask he donned "mades mask-wearing an act of national pride", as the Associated Press suggests. The mask, embellished with the French Tricolour, is 100% made in France by the local manufacturer Chanteclair at a cost of less than 5 euros (HK $42).

While the reusable masks in Hong Kong are produced at a similar cost, the masks are described by citizens to "resemble an underwear". It was further uncovered that the masks were produced without following the usual procurement rules and some technical descriptions were misleading and inaccurate.

#France #HongKong #mask

Sources:
Associated Press, 5 May
https://apnews.com/fe461ecbffacb67c747a3234300c90de

L'Est Eclair (French), 6 May
https://www.lest-eclair.fr/id148803/article/2020-05-06/pourquoi-macron-choisi-un-masque-chanteclair

RTHK, 6 May
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1524558-20200506.htm

RTHK, 6 May
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1524598-20200506.htm
(26 May) The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in France post a tweet in Twitter to slander the U.S. encroaching Hong Kong. However, the Embassy didn’t admit it even Groupe Radio France Internationale (FRI) captured a screenshot of that post.

Further reading:
China Denies Having Claimed French Nursing Home Let People Die of Wuhan Pneumonia
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19637

Source: Facebook

#CCP #France #US #ChinesePropaganda
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France concerns over the National Security legislation in Hong Kong

(28 May) France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves le Drian said France was concerned by China’s proposed national security legislation as it raises questions over Hong Kong’s semi-autonomous status.

Full Article: The Standard
https://bit.ly/2zDx2lA

#OneCountryTwoSystems #NationalSecurityLaw #InternationalConcern #France
#GlobalSupport #France
Rally in Paris, France Against National Security Law in Hong Kong

22:00 | Paris, France
Participants of different ethnic background chanted "Free Hong Kong! Free Tibet!" at the site.

Source: Golden Forum #Jul11
#NationalSecurityLaw #1C1S
#France Halts Ratifying Extradition Treaty with Hong Kong Due to Security Law Threats

From a Press Briefing on #Aug3:

//As the minister for Europe and foreign affairs recently reiterated, the national security law in Hong Kong is a change that compromises the inherited framework of the 1997 handover. It calls into question the “one country, two systems” principle and the respect for Hong Kong’s “high degree of autonomy” and related fundamental freedoms. This law also directly affects our citizens and our companies.

...Following the decision by the Hong Kong authorities to postpone the legislative elections, France underscores the vital importance of holding the elections as swiftly as possible under conditions that will allow sincere democratic expression, in accordance with the rights and freedoms guaranteed by Hong Kong’s Basic Law.//

Source: Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France

Further Reading:
https://www.facebook.com/AfricaHongKongFrance/posts/141004587647278
#Czech
Wang Yi Warns Czech Will Pay Heavy Price for Taiwan Visit
Hopes Europe Will Help Resolve China and the US Tension

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, visiting Europe, hopes that France and other European countries will help ease the tension between China and the United States. In response to Taiwan visit of the delegation of the Czech senate president, Wang reiterated that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. Anyone challenging the one-China principle is making themselves enemies of 1.4 billion Chinese people and will pay a heavy price for their moves.

In a speech on Sunday (Aug 30) at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI), Wang said that the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century; the threat of the pandemic has not receded; the global economy is in a deep recession. In order to face the waves of unemployment, bankruptcies, broken links and so on, Wang called for China and Europe to unite against the disruption of the world.

He said that China is against any conspiracy of the new cold war and firmly defends multilateralism. Unilateralist and bullying acts have been intensified and posed the biggest challenge to the multilateralism. He urged Europe against unilateralism and bullying acts to prevent the return of politics power. He continued that decoupling from China, a huge and the most dynamic market, meant to disconnect opportunities.

However, when Wang was asked about the tension between China and the US, he hoped France and other European countries assisting in meditation, added that the door of dialogue with Washington is always open. He believed to reach consensus if they could have a serious talk. He emphasised that China always insists peaceful development and oppose confrontation; even some radical forces in the US intend to provoke disputes.

Source: Stand News #Aug31
#Taiwan #China #WangYi #Europe #France