The busiest land port at Shenzhen Bay Remain Wide Open
On January 24, before any "governmental restrictions" was imposed at selected checkpoints between Hong Kong and China, a total of 100,000 inbound and outbound passengers were recorded.
With the imcomplete closure of Hong Kong-China borders on January 31, inbound and outbound passengers, however, jumped to 120,000.
Under the pressure of the public, four more ports at Lo Wu, Lok Ma Chau, Huanggang and Hong Kong and Macau Ferry Terminals are closed starting from Feb 4. Nevertheless, Shenzhen Bay, being a land port with the largest number of Chinese visitors entering Hong Kong on Feb 2, remains open and connected to China, together with the Hong Kong International Airport and HK-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge link.
Meanwhile, Shenzhen has confirmed 245 cases of Wuhan pneumonia, of which 50 cases were reported from close to the Shenzhen Bay port area.
Source: RTHK #Feb3
#ChinesePneumonia #Shenzhen
On January 24, before any "governmental restrictions" was imposed at selected checkpoints between Hong Kong and China, a total of 100,000 inbound and outbound passengers were recorded.
With the imcomplete closure of Hong Kong-China borders on January 31, inbound and outbound passengers, however, jumped to 120,000.
Under the pressure of the public, four more ports at Lo Wu, Lok Ma Chau, Huanggang and Hong Kong and Macau Ferry Terminals are closed starting from Feb 4. Nevertheless, Shenzhen Bay, being a land port with the largest number of Chinese visitors entering Hong Kong on Feb 2, remains open and connected to China, together with the Hong Kong International Airport and HK-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge link.
Meanwhile, Shenzhen has confirmed 245 cases of Wuhan pneumonia, of which 50 cases were reported from close to the Shenzhen Bay port area.
Source: RTHK #Feb3
#ChinesePneumonia #Shenzhen
#Shenzhen #PermittoHongKong
China Resumes Application of Two-way Permit to from Shenzhen to Hong Kong Despite Wuhan Pneumonia Outbreak
The Wuhan Pneumonia continues to spread uncontrollably in Mainland China, with Shenzhen being the city with the most infected cases (416) in Guangdong Province.
After suspending the issuing of Exit-Entry Permit for Travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macau on 2 Feb for just 15 days, the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau has resumed the application for 14 types of permits under 4 main categories, including those for visiting relatives, studying, working and settlement.
The state-run “Shenzhen Press” (深圳特区报) on 19 Feb quoted from the Municipal Public Security Bureau that a new policy, “Special Visa Application Arrangement Under The Pneumonia Outbreak” has become effective.
From 17 Feb onwards, Shenzhen authorities accepts Mainland citizens to apply two-way permits travelling to Hong Kong for a range of reasons, including for visiting relatives who have settled in Hong Kong, schooling or those employed in Hong Kong; or for those who study, work, stay, attend training in Hong Kong with approval from the Hong Kong government under a dependent visa.
The Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau emphasized that the application process had been enhanced, eliminating possible contact between people. To apply for the permit, Mainland citizens can simply make a reservation by phone, mail the documents and submit application fee online.
Source: Apple Daily
#Feb19 #FailedState #ChinaCommunistParty #HongKongers_LowerClassCitizens #VirusInput
China Resumes Application of Two-way Permit to from Shenzhen to Hong Kong Despite Wuhan Pneumonia Outbreak
The Wuhan Pneumonia continues to spread uncontrollably in Mainland China, with Shenzhen being the city with the most infected cases (416) in Guangdong Province.
After suspending the issuing of Exit-Entry Permit for Travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macau on 2 Feb for just 15 days, the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau has resumed the application for 14 types of permits under 4 main categories, including those for visiting relatives, studying, working and settlement.
The state-run “Shenzhen Press” (深圳特区报) on 19 Feb quoted from the Municipal Public Security Bureau that a new policy, “Special Visa Application Arrangement Under The Pneumonia Outbreak” has become effective.
From 17 Feb onwards, Shenzhen authorities accepts Mainland citizens to apply two-way permits travelling to Hong Kong for a range of reasons, including for visiting relatives who have settled in Hong Kong, schooling or those employed in Hong Kong; or for those who study, work, stay, attend training in Hong Kong with approval from the Hong Kong government under a dependent visa.
The Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau emphasized that the application process had been enhanced, eliminating possible contact between people. To apply for the permit, Mainland citizens can simply make a reservation by phone, mail the documents and submit application fee online.
Source: Apple Daily
#Feb19 #FailedState #ChinaCommunistParty #HongKongers_LowerClassCitizens #VirusInput
#Shenzhen #PermittoHongKong
China Resumes Application of Two-way Permit to from Shenzhen to Hong Kong Despite Wuhan Pneumonia Outbreak
Editor’s Note: The Shenzhen authorities were considerate enough to minimise contact among citizens during application; yet are they considerate enough to Hong Kong people and minimize the possibility of spreading the epidemic to Hong Kong again and again? Why are they doing this?
Source: Apple Daily #Feb19
China Resumes Application of Two-way Permit to from Shenzhen to Hong Kong Despite Wuhan Pneumonia Outbreak
Editor’s Note: The Shenzhen authorities were considerate enough to minimise contact among citizens during application; yet are they considerate enough to Hong Kong people and minimize the possibility of spreading the epidemic to Hong Kong again and again? Why are they doing this?
Source: Apple Daily #Feb19
#Newspaper #OpinionArticle
Making abnormal profits in the Pandemic: CCP makes big money from selling ventilators 1/2
(9 Apr) The share price of Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd. has skyrocketed by 50%. To increase profits, it used pro-Beijing media to advocate that the global demand of ventilators is reaching a million. New York State, alone, needs 60,000 units. By exaggerating demand, the company seeks to create the illusion of supply shortage to justify price inflation. How does the CCP play a part in mercantile predation? The Foreign Minister of the PRC Wang Yi called the Foreign Minister of Switzerland, requesting that the latter increase its supply of critical spare parts for manufacture of ventilators in China. The conversation exposed how the CCP cannot make the qualified spare parts themselves. However, the CCP can manipulate the trading of ventilators. Switzerland sells the essential spare parts to China at a cost demanded by the CCP on "humanitarian" basis. However, the predicament is it will effectively facilitate the CCP in making abnormal profits.
News has been surfacing around the world of the CCP soliciting the sale of medical supplies at high prices while holding out and being 'the white knight' to other countries in the pandemic crisis.
Excerpt: Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/yhmetblogspot/posts/3101215879928529
#CCP #Pandemic #Ventilator #Shenzhen #MindrayBioMedicalElectronics #MedicalSupplies #AbnormalProfit #ChinaInfluence #SharpPower
Making abnormal profits in the Pandemic: CCP makes big money from selling ventilators 1/2
(9 Apr) The share price of Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd. has skyrocketed by 50%. To increase profits, it used pro-Beijing media to advocate that the global demand of ventilators is reaching a million. New York State, alone, needs 60,000 units. By exaggerating demand, the company seeks to create the illusion of supply shortage to justify price inflation. How does the CCP play a part in mercantile predation? The Foreign Minister of the PRC Wang Yi called the Foreign Minister of Switzerland, requesting that the latter increase its supply of critical spare parts for manufacture of ventilators in China. The conversation exposed how the CCP cannot make the qualified spare parts themselves. However, the CCP can manipulate the trading of ventilators. Switzerland sells the essential spare parts to China at a cost demanded by the CCP on "humanitarian" basis. However, the predicament is it will effectively facilitate the CCP in making abnormal profits.
News has been surfacing around the world of the CCP soliciting the sale of medical supplies at high prices while holding out and being 'the white knight' to other countries in the pandemic crisis.
Excerpt: Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/yhmetblogspot/posts/3101215879928529
#CCP #Pandemic #Ventilator #Shenzhen #MindrayBioMedicalElectronics #MedicalSupplies #AbnormalProfit #ChinaInfluence #SharpPower
Making abnormal profits in the Pandemic: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd. (Mindray) and its executive management 2/2
Mindray was founded in 1991 as a "global supply leader" of medical equipment. The company was listed in USA in 2006 but subsequently delisted in 2016 to list as an A-share company in China. Its assets were valued at US$ 3.3 billion at the time. In Oct 2018, Mindray was relisted on NASDAQ. Since then, its asset value has grown 8-9 fold to over US$ 170 billion.
One of the company's founders, current major shareholder and managing director- Li Xiting - worked for the Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, specialising in physics. [The institute's website shows Life Science as one of the state priorities.] He was a visiting scholar at the French National Centre for Scientific Research for three years.
Mindray is nicknamed the "Huawei" of the pharmaceutical and medical equipment sectors. Mindray’s gold fortune is a typical case of state-backed policy chipping away at other global medical equipment suppliers.
Mindray has been implicated in years of lawsuits involving patients' rights with other companies in the industry. They include Shenzhen Edan Instruments Inc, Masimo [an American manufacturer of non-invasive patient monitoring technologies and pulse oximetry supplied to hospitals] and Shenzhen Comen.
Even though overseas sales of medical equipment make up of a major part of Mindray’s profits, there was very little detail on its overseas businesses. There are many mysterious and suspicious aspects from even the disclosed portions of its financial statements.
The executive leadership of Mindray - including the CEO, executive managing directors, independent executive directors and the Financial Director - did not attend the 2019 AGM (annual general meeting). There was no explanation as to why the AGM was delayed for 10 minutes. The company secretary Li Wenmei was impatient with questions about cash incentive schemes from minority shareholders. She accused 100 of the minority shareholders present at AGM as "scrupulous scum" because they held less than 100 shares each. The angered shareholders subsequently criticised that Mindray’s 2019 AGM breached the requirements for listing rules. They also criticised the constitution of the company for convention of the AGM's failing to provide essential information to investors. Li was forced to issue a written apology afterwards.
Despite this, Li Wenmei’s remuneration package rose 1.3 times from 2017 to 2018, earning her 4.0853 million Yuan. Given her limited working experience in the science sector, the PRC media speculated that Li Wenmei [who has permanent HK citizenship] may be Li Xiting's [the founder] daughter. The latter holds Singaporean citizenship.
Sources: Sohu, IFeng Finance
#Pandemic #LiWenmei #LiXiting #Shenzhen #MindrayBioMedicalElectronics
Mindray was founded in 1991 as a "global supply leader" of medical equipment. The company was listed in USA in 2006 but subsequently delisted in 2016 to list as an A-share company in China. Its assets were valued at US$ 3.3 billion at the time. In Oct 2018, Mindray was relisted on NASDAQ. Since then, its asset value has grown 8-9 fold to over US$ 170 billion.
One of the company's founders, current major shareholder and managing director- Li Xiting - worked for the Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, specialising in physics. [The institute's website shows Life Science as one of the state priorities.] He was a visiting scholar at the French National Centre for Scientific Research for three years.
Mindray is nicknamed the "Huawei" of the pharmaceutical and medical equipment sectors. Mindray’s gold fortune is a typical case of state-backed policy chipping away at other global medical equipment suppliers.
Mindray has been implicated in years of lawsuits involving patients' rights with other companies in the industry. They include Shenzhen Edan Instruments Inc, Masimo [an American manufacturer of non-invasive patient monitoring technologies and pulse oximetry supplied to hospitals] and Shenzhen Comen.
Even though overseas sales of medical equipment make up of a major part of Mindray’s profits, there was very little detail on its overseas businesses. There are many mysterious and suspicious aspects from even the disclosed portions of its financial statements.
The executive leadership of Mindray - including the CEO, executive managing directors, independent executive directors and the Financial Director - did not attend the 2019 AGM (annual general meeting). There was no explanation as to why the AGM was delayed for 10 minutes. The company secretary Li Wenmei was impatient with questions about cash incentive schemes from minority shareholders. She accused 100 of the minority shareholders present at AGM as "scrupulous scum" because they held less than 100 shares each. The angered shareholders subsequently criticised that Mindray’s 2019 AGM breached the requirements for listing rules. They also criticised the constitution of the company for convention of the AGM's failing to provide essential information to investors. Li was forced to issue a written apology afterwards.
Despite this, Li Wenmei’s remuneration package rose 1.3 times from 2017 to 2018, earning her 4.0853 million Yuan. Given her limited working experience in the science sector, the PRC media speculated that Li Wenmei [who has permanent HK citizenship] may be Li Xiting's [the founder] daughter. The latter holds Singaporean citizenship.
Sources: Sohu, IFeng Finance
#Pandemic #LiWenmei #LiXiting #Shenzhen #MindrayBioMedicalElectronics
Sohu
鄙视“100股小股东参会”的董秘，背景惊呆吃瓜群众~_李文楣
从道歉信内容来看，李文楣反思了自己工作的不当，“我作为公司董事会秘书，未能在股东大会现场及时协助公司管理层充分回答股东问题，因本人未能和与会股东做好充分沟通，导致现场发表了一些不当言论。 …
Database of a Chinese Firm Collected Personal Data of 2.4M People, Targeting at Politicians, Military Officials and Celebrities
A Shenzhen-based private company was found to collect personal data globally and sold it to state agencies. Zhenhua Data, a technology company based in Shenzhen, was allegedly to be involved and linked to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China. Its database of 2.4 million people included detailed personal data of tens of thousands of well-known and influential people. The database is thought to be used by Chinese intelligence agencies and described as “Cambridge Analytica on steroids”.
Zhenhua Data was established in 2018. It was believed to be owned by China Zhenhua Electronics Group, a state-owned firm controlled by China Electronics Corporation and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Guizhou Province.
The main customers of Zhenhua Data include the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Communist Party of China (CCP). Zhenhua collected data such as date of birth, address, marital status, photos, political connections, relatives and social media accounts, and even integrated personal account of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok. Information contained news reports, criminal and company records.
Source: Stand News #Sep14
#China #CambridgeAnalytical #Zhenhua #PLA #CCP #Cybersecurity #Shenzhen #DataProtection
A Shenzhen-based private company was found to collect personal data globally and sold it to state agencies. Zhenhua Data, a technology company based in Shenzhen, was allegedly to be involved and linked to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China. Its database of 2.4 million people included detailed personal data of tens of thousands of well-known and influential people. The database is thought to be used by Chinese intelligence agencies and described as “Cambridge Analytica on steroids”.
Zhenhua Data was established in 2018. It was believed to be owned by China Zhenhua Electronics Group, a state-owned firm controlled by China Electronics Corporation and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Guizhou Province.
The main customers of Zhenhua Data include the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Communist Party of China (CCP). Zhenhua collected data such as date of birth, address, marital status, photos, political connections, relatives and social media accounts, and even integrated personal account of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok. Information contained news reports, criminal and company records.
Source: Stand News #Sep14
#China #CambridgeAnalytical #Zhenhua #PLA #CCP #Cybersecurity #Shenzhen #DataProtection
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深圳一家私營企業被揭在全球大肆收集個人資料，再售予國家機構。涉事的深圳振華數據被指同解放軍有聯繫，其積累達 2...
The biggest hardware company in the world, Stanley Black & Decker closed factory in Shenzhen, China, thousands of people lost their jobs
(29 Oct) The biggest tools and hardware company in the world, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. has suddenly noticed people about the close of their branch in Shenzhen, China on 26th October and dismissed all employees on the 28th, thousands of people lost their jobs in one blink. Besides the brand in Shenzhen, Stanley Black & Decker also dismissed their subsidiary, Black & Decker, in Shenzhen at the same time.
According to the media, Black & Decker is the subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker, registered in China with 10 million USD in 2012, mainly manufacturing products like electric tools and vacuum cleaner, and had more than 1000 full-time employees. They were listed as the 228th in the top 500 American companies, also the biggest tools and hardware manufacturing company.
This act by Stanley Black & Decker has shaken up the industry, they explained the reason for dismissing Black & Decker in Shenzhen is “following the overall change of the market and the increasing competitors, the group has to reorganize resources and maintain market competitiveness based in strategies.”
However, there are different opinions outside. Some Chinese media thinks that Shenzhen has re-started working long ago, a big possibility is because of the trade war tariff issues between the US and China, that it has forced Stanley Black & Decker to move out of China.
The Radio Free China (RFA) thinks that since the outbreak of the trade war between the US and China, there were already a lot of foreign companies moving out from China to Southeast Asia, while it was difficult for Stanley Black & Decker as they are export-oriented, especially China could not stop infringement effectively, forcing Stanley Black & Decker to make the hard choice.
While the Epoch Times thinks that except in Shenzhen, Stanley Black & Decker has their manufacturing factories and research bases in other places like Suzhou and Shanghai, and have participated in strikes for many times in the past 10 years, with the biggest strike that gathered thousands of people.
The Epoch Times also reported that the Stanley Black & Decker group was once deceived by their subsidiary in Suzhou, China, that they violated the sanction against Iran and paid the fine of 1.869 million USD in 2019 for the close of file. Stanley Black & Decker’s Suzhou subsidiary was originally China Guoqiang Company, but after acquisition and merger by Stanley Black & Decker, they still export electric tools to Iran 23 times, costing 3.2 million USD, and used 6 other companies to make the fake bill of lading and statements in order to hide the fact that they are trading with Iran. The Suzhou subsidiary was then found out by the Stanley Black & Decker group and reported to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
The future of the production line of Stanley Black & Decker remains unclear.
Source: The Liberty Times
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
#China #Shenzhen #BlackAndDecker #Factory #Close #Iran #Trade
(29 Oct) The biggest tools and hardware company in the world, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. has suddenly noticed people about the close of their branch in Shenzhen, China on 26th October and dismissed all employees on the 28th, thousands of people lost their jobs in one blink. Besides the brand in Shenzhen, Stanley Black & Decker also dismissed their subsidiary, Black & Decker, in Shenzhen at the same time.
According to the media, Black & Decker is the subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker, registered in China with 10 million USD in 2012, mainly manufacturing products like electric tools and vacuum cleaner, and had more than 1000 full-time employees. They were listed as the 228th in the top 500 American companies, also the biggest tools and hardware manufacturing company.
This act by Stanley Black & Decker has shaken up the industry, they explained the reason for dismissing Black & Decker in Shenzhen is “following the overall change of the market and the increasing competitors, the group has to reorganize resources and maintain market competitiveness based in strategies.”
However, there are different opinions outside. Some Chinese media thinks that Shenzhen has re-started working long ago, a big possibility is because of the trade war tariff issues between the US and China, that it has forced Stanley Black & Decker to move out of China.
The Radio Free China (RFA) thinks that since the outbreak of the trade war between the US and China, there were already a lot of foreign companies moving out from China to Southeast Asia, while it was difficult for Stanley Black & Decker as they are export-oriented, especially China could not stop infringement effectively, forcing Stanley Black & Decker to make the hard choice.
While the Epoch Times thinks that except in Shenzhen, Stanley Black & Decker has their manufacturing factories and research bases in other places like Suzhou and Shanghai, and have participated in strikes for many times in the past 10 years, with the biggest strike that gathered thousands of people.
The Epoch Times also reported that the Stanley Black & Decker group was once deceived by their subsidiary in Suzhou, China, that they violated the sanction against Iran and paid the fine of 1.869 million USD in 2019 for the close of file. Stanley Black & Decker’s Suzhou subsidiary was originally China Guoqiang Company, but after acquisition and merger by Stanley Black & Decker, they still export electric tools to Iran 23 times, costing 3.2 million USD, and used 6 other companies to make the fake bill of lading and statements in order to hide the fact that they are trading with Iran. The Suzhou subsidiary was then found out by the Stanley Black & Decker group and reported to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
The future of the production line of Stanley Black & Decker remains unclear.
Source: The Liberty Times
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
#China #Shenzhen #BlackAndDecker #Factory #Close #Iran #Trade
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全球最大五金公司 史丹利百得關閉中國深圳廠 一夕數千人失業 - 自由財經
〔即時新聞／綜合報導〕全球最大的工具和五金公司——美國「史丹利百得集團（Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.）」深圳分公司10月26日突然發出解散公告
Member of the European Parliament Writes to Beijing Requesting to Visit Kwok Tsz-Lun, Expresses Unceasing Concern over the Matter
Isabel Santos, a Portuguese Member of the European Parliament, recently wrote to the Chinese government to express her wish to visit Kwok Tsz-Lun, who participated in the anti-extradition law amendment bill movement and was arrested in August for illegal border crossing. Kwok owns both a Chinese as well as a Portuguese passport. Although China does not recognise dual citizenship, Santos deemed it necessary to press the Chinese authority for more details of the detainees and for Kwok’s early release.
Kwok, aged 18 only, is one of the “12 Hong Kong Youths” currently held at the detention centre in Yantian, Shenzhen. His father and his family’s appointed lawyer have yet to be able to reach him.
Santos stated on her personal website earlier that she had written to China’s Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Justice requesting to visit 18-year-old Kwok, who holds dual citizenship. She pointed out that Kwok holds both a Portuguese and a Hong Kong passport, but has been detained at the detention centre in Yantian, Shenzhen since August. Santos described the national security law in Hong Kong as “sinister” (Portuguese: Sinistra). Regarding Kwok’s riot charges, she also expressed that the authority has been increasingly using this charge to suppress popular revolts (Portuguese: revolta popular) and the struggle for democracy on the streets of Hong Kong.
In addition to writing to China’s Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Justice, Santos also notified the Chinese Ambassador to Lisbon and Head of the Chinese Mission to the EU of this demand. She also asked Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Vice-President of the European Commission, to intervene in the matter, to “safeguard the rights of this Portuguese national”. Santos wrote that she had shared her concerns for Kwok with everyone as he is a student of Portuguese nationality, and at the same time expressed her concerns for the other 11 Hong Kongers in the same circumstance as Kwok. She added that as a member of the European Parliament, she would safeguard human rights and the values of democracy and freedom, undertake any initiatives she deemed necessary and promise to give the matter her unceasingly attention, “This is a cause that should mobilise everyone because of the values we uphold... I would like you to join me in making the demand.”
#HongKong #China #Shenzhen #Yantian #Portugal #Portuguese #KwokTszLun #IsabelSantos #EU #Save12HKYouths #DetentionCentre #12HKers
Source: Stand News #Nov25
https://bit.ly/3gieQi4
Isabel Santos, a Portuguese Member of the European Parliament, recently wrote to the Chinese government to express her wish to visit Kwok Tsz-Lun, who participated in the anti-extradition law amendment bill movement and was arrested in August for illegal border crossing. Kwok owns both a Chinese as well as a Portuguese passport. Although China does not recognise dual citizenship, Santos deemed it necessary to press the Chinese authority for more details of the detainees and for Kwok’s early release.
Kwok, aged 18 only, is one of the “12 Hong Kong Youths” currently held at the detention centre in Yantian, Shenzhen. His father and his family’s appointed lawyer have yet to be able to reach him.
Santos stated on her personal website earlier that she had written to China’s Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Justice requesting to visit 18-year-old Kwok, who holds dual citizenship. She pointed out that Kwok holds both a Portuguese and a Hong Kong passport, but has been detained at the detention centre in Yantian, Shenzhen since August. Santos described the national security law in Hong Kong as “sinister” (Portuguese: Sinistra). Regarding Kwok’s riot charges, she also expressed that the authority has been increasingly using this charge to suppress popular revolts (Portuguese: revolta popular) and the struggle for democracy on the streets of Hong Kong.
In addition to writing to China’s Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Justice, Santos also notified the Chinese Ambassador to Lisbon and Head of the Chinese Mission to the EU of this demand. She also asked Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Vice-President of the European Commission, to intervene in the matter, to “safeguard the rights of this Portuguese national”. Santos wrote that she had shared her concerns for Kwok with everyone as he is a student of Portuguese nationality, and at the same time expressed her concerns for the other 11 Hong Kongers in the same circumstance as Kwok. She added that as a member of the European Parliament, she would safeguard human rights and the values of democracy and freedom, undertake any initiatives she deemed necessary and promise to give the matter her unceasingly attention, “This is a cause that should mobilise everyone because of the values we uphold... I would like you to join me in making the demand.”
#HongKong #China #Shenzhen #Yantian #Portugal #Portuguese #KwokTszLun #IsabelSantos #EU #Save12HKYouths #DetentionCentre #12HKers
Source: Stand News #Nov25
https://bit.ly/3gieQi4
#China #Econony
Rumors flies of Chinese city residents facing difficulties withdrawing money from banks
After banks in rural areas in Henan were suspected of financial improprieties, rumors had been spreading online of bank account holders in multiple prefectural cities and municipalities in China being faced with difficulties when withdrawing money from their bank accounts.
Some bank account holders were even only informed of the ¥1000 RMB daily withdrawal limit when they arrived at their bank.
Affected cities seemed to include #Shenzhen, #Shanghai, #Dandong and #Foshan, among others. Videos had emerged online of elderly people lining up outside the bank waiting to withdraw their money in Shanghai. However, as only 40 people could withdraw their money per day, some elderly people began lining up since two in the morning.
Lines were present outside many banks in affected cities such as Dandong, where customers lined up before the bank opened, and still could not withdraw their money by afternoon. Residents at Dandong claim that this situation had been going on for several weeks, with no signs of improving.
Source: i-CABLE
https://bit.ly/39OVhze
#ChineseEconony #ChineseBanks
Rumors flies of Chinese city residents facing difficulties withdrawing money from banks
After banks in rural areas in Henan were suspected of financial improprieties, rumors had been spreading online of bank account holders in multiple prefectural cities and municipalities in China being faced with difficulties when withdrawing money from their bank accounts.
Some bank account holders were even only informed of the ¥1000 RMB daily withdrawal limit when they arrived at their bank.
Affected cities seemed to include #Shenzhen, #Shanghai, #Dandong and #Foshan, among others. Videos had emerged online of elderly people lining up outside the bank waiting to withdraw their money in Shanghai. However, as only 40 people could withdraw their money per day, some elderly people began lining up since two in the morning.
Lines were present outside many banks in affected cities such as Dandong, where customers lined up before the bank opened, and still could not withdraw their money by afternoon. Residents at Dandong claim that this situation had been going on for several weeks, with no signs of improving.
Source: i-CABLE
https://bit.ly/39OVhze
#ChineseEconony #ChineseBanks
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傳內地多個省市銀行提款難 有存戶被限每日只取1000元 | 有線寬頻 i-CABLE
【有線新聞】繼早前河南多間村鎮銀行涉嫌騙取存款後，網傳內地多個省市的銀行近日都出現提款困難的情況，更有存戶到銀行提款時，才被告知每日只可提取1000元。