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Beijing Loyalist Lobbys the Implementation of Anti-Subversion Law in Hong Kong, Despite Opposition

The PRC's National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference's (CPPCC) National Committee are holding the annual "two sessions" ("lianghui") in Beijing on May 21 and 22.

Many are worried that Beijing will find ways to discuss or implement the controversial anti-subversion law "Article 23" in Hong Kong, even by breaching "one country two systems" potentially.

Beijing loyalist Chan Man-ki announced her proposal to Beijing about bypassing Hong Kong's legislature to implement what the local population named as the "evil law": By invoking Article 18 of Hong Kong's Basic Law, the National Security Law would be directly added into the Annex III of the Basic Law.

That way, according to Chan, will allow the direct enforcement of the controversial anti-subversion law.

Source: Stand News #May19
#EvilLaw
#PRC #CCP #Lianghui #OneCountryOneSystem #StateTerrorism
Chinese-controlled Media: Beijing to Bypass Hong Kong's Legislature and Push National Security Law

Source: Stand News #May21
#Article23 #OneCountryTwoSystems #BasicLaw #EvilLaw #NationalSecurity

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#PRC #Lianghui #CCP #OneCountryOneSystem
Chinese-controlled Media: Beijing to Bypass Hong Kong's Legislature and Push National Security Law

According to Chinese-controlled news media South China Morning Post, Singtao Daily, OnCC and HK01, the PRC's Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) members in Beijing were notified to attend a briefing session in the evening of May 21. Xia Baolong, Chinese Communist Party member and director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, is expected to be present.

Some delegates foresee that Beijing will address Hong Kong’s national security issues at the two sessions ("lianghui"), including appending national security legislation into Annex III of the Basic Law for the so-called purpose to curb "foreign interference and terrorism".

Sources said Beijing will invoke Article 18 of Hong Kong's Basic Law and directly annex the anti-subversion law into the city's constitution have earlier announced their similar proposals to Beijing.

According to Apple Daily, foreign consulates from US, UK, Canada, Japan and Australia and the European Union office in Hong Kong have yet to receive any similar news.

Source: Stand News #May21
#Article23 #OneCountryTwoSystems #BasicLaw #EvilLaw #NationalSecurity #StateTerrorism

Current version of Hong Kong's Basic Law Annex III
https://www.basiclaw.gov.hk/pda/en/basiclawtext/annex_3.html

Cultural Revolution 2.0: From Hong Kong Limited Edition to World Edition
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20883

Censorship Looms in Hong Kong: News Commentary Program Suspended After Being Attacked by Pro-Beijing Forces
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20968

Law Professor: Beijing's Insertion of National Security Law in Hong Kong Means an End to "One Country Two Systems" and the Basic Law
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/21042

HKU Legal Expert Eric Cheung: Establishment of the National Security Law by the Central Government Annuls the 1 Country 2 Systems Model
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/21046

National Security Law for Hong Kong Tabled in Beijing's "Two Sessions"
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/21040
#PRC #Lianghui #CCP #OneCountryOneSystem
National Security Law for Hong Kong Tabled in Beijing's "Two Sessions"

Among the 9 motions tabled for the meeting of the CPPCC, the 5th motion concerns the "establishment of the legal system and implementation mechanism for the maintenance of national security in the HKSAR".

1. No specifics were mentioned on the agenda.

2. The motion will be put forward at the National People's Congress meeting (opens on May 22).

3. According to sources, the motion is expected to be voted in the General Assembly next Thursday. Details of the motion will be left to the Standing Committee for decision. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress is likely to be held in June.

Source: Cable News; Xinhua News #May21

Chinese-controlled Media: Beijing to Bypass Hong Kong's Legislature and Push National Security Law
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/21016

#Article23 #OneCountryTwoSystems #BasicLaw #EvilLaw
#NationalSecurity #StateTerrorism
#PRC #Lianghui #CCP #OneCountryOneSystem
Law Professor: Beijing's Insertion of National Security Law in Hong Kong Means an End to "One Country Two Systems" and the Basic Law

The National Security Law will pose profound impact on Hong Kong’s human rights and constitutional system.

Professor Johannes Chan Man-Mun of the Law School of the University of Hong Kong criticized that Beijing's insertion of the anti-subversion law in Hong Kong's constitution will violate the spirit of "self-legislation" as promised. Chan said, "This series of incidents in the past week has shown Beijing's tightened grip, disappointing many people. It has become impossible to believe that one country, two systems still exists!"

Chan said that Article 23 of the Basic Law stated that Hong Kong will enact the national security law on its own. He stated that bypassing Hong Kong's legislature to implement the National Security Law is a violation of the Basic Law, and also further confirmed that there is no 'one country, two systems' at all.

"If the Article 23 can be imposed like this, what laws can't be enacted? It means that all PRC's laws can be applied (to Hong Kong). When self-legislation has been promised, this is not 'one country, two systems' at all."

"The Article 23 of the Basic Law must either be amended or abolished, otherwise the direct implementation is breaching the Basic Law."

Regarding this new version of the National Security Law, which is going to be implemented and enforced in Hong Kong, the definition of "subversion" is unclear and it is uncertain as to how it would meet the existing criminal law requirements of Hong Kong. Chan reiterated that the National Security Law will also put pressure on the judiciary of Hong Kong.

"Accepting whatever Beijing says puts the court in a very difficult position. If you insist on the common law, is it up to you to interpret the law? If the case involves national defense, will it be handed over to the military court of the People's Liberation Army and let the case be judged inside the High Speed Rail Terminal?", Chan challenged.

As the convener of many Anti-Extradition Bill protests, the Civil Human Rights Front has just sent urgent letters to many consulates in Hong Kong, expressing their opposition to any laws that interfere with the freedom of expression, religion, assembly, and political participation. They called on the international community to pay attention to this "critical moment in the freedoms of Hong Kong".

The Civil Human Rights Front also condemned Beijing's forceful implementation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong is a "revenge against Hongkongers", a "total erosion of the rule of law and basic human rights originally protected under the Civil and Political Rights and the Human Rights Law and a threat to "the status of Hong Kong as an international financial center."

Source: CNews #May21

Chinese-controlled Media: Beijing to Bypass Hong Kong's Legislature and Push National Security Law
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/21016

National Security Law for Hong Kong Tabled in Beijing's "Two Sessions"
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/21040

HKU Legal Expert Eric Cheung: Establishment of the National Security Law by the Central Government Annuls the 1 Country 2 Systems Model
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/21046

#Article23 #JohannesChan #OneCountryTwoSystems #BasicLaw #EvilLaw #NationalSecurity #StateTerrorism
#NationalSecurityLaw #MetroparkHotel #PRC
Hotel in Hong Kong Used as Provisional Office for National Security Bureau, Displaying PRC's Emblem

0040 | Metropark Hotel, Causeway Bay
The National Security Bureau, established under the National Security Law, was installed in the Metropark Hotel in downtown Hong Kong temporarily.

The emblem of the People's Republic of China is being installed onto the wall of the hotel.

Source: Eggs' Club #Jul8
Republic of China Debts Recalled as US Senator Introduces Resolution Demanding China to Repay USD$1.6 Trillion Debt

US Republican Senator Martha McSally put forward a resolution on Thursday demanding China to repay its sovereign debt of more than USD$1.6 trillion (around HKD$12.5 trillion), interests included, to US bondholders.

McSally said, “China has repeatedly failed to honor its obligations to America, taking American families’ money and jobs… We are holding China accountable for its debt and for unleashing the coronavirus on the world. We demand China pay back the $1.6 trillion it owes to American families.”

The bonds were issued in 1912 by the Republic of China, which subsequently migrated to Taiwan. The People’s Republic of China established its sovereignty in 1949 and insists that Taiwan is part of China. According to international law, a successor state is responsible for the debts of its predecessor.

#PRC #MarthaMcSally #McSally #coronavirus #debt #sovereigndebt #ROC #Taiwan

Source: Apple Daily #Aug14

https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200814/NUXWIHXV7NFZPI5J77CJ7IRGUM/
#Google Wrongly Displays the Establishment Year of the Republic of China on Taiwan's National Day

On Oct 10, 2020, as Taiwan was celebrating its the National Day, Google also wrongly displayed the establishment year of the Republic of China (#ROC), stating the year as 1949.

Based on history, the Republic of China was established in 1912 following the collapse of the Qing dynasty. The ROC had been run by the Nationalist Government (#Kuomintang; #KMT) with a base in China, until the Communist Chinese Party's takeover of China in 1949. The year 1949 displayed by Google was the time when the KMT was relocated to Taiwan and the establishment year of the People's Republic of China (#PRC), but not the ROC.

Taiwan's Apple Daily contacted Google Headquarters in the US. Google replied by saying that they needed to undergo further investigations in order to come arrive at a conclusion for the problem.

Source: Apple Daily; CNA #Oct11
https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/202010110200.aspx
US Senate Committee Suggests that the US Should Counter China with Europe, Accusing China from Harming Other Countries’ Interests

The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations published a report on Wednesday (Nov 18) stating that the best way for the US to counter the growing influence of China was to work with the European allies. The report further criticizes China for insisting its status as a developing nation in the World Trade Organization (WTO), despite being the second-largest economy in the world, thereby harming the interests of actual developing countries and other stakeholders in the market.

When introducing the report, Idaho Senator Jim Risch, Chairman of the committee, pointed out that the US and Europe have helped to establish the current order of the world upon principles of democracy and the rule of law that the world should be pursuing. He criticized China for attempts to undermine prosperity, security, and governance in every region in the globe, and is the "all-rounded opponent" to the shared interests of the US and Europe.

#JimRisch #Risch #SenateCommitteeonForeignRelations #USSenateCommitteeonForeignRelations #PRC #China #Europe #US #WTO

Source: Apple Daily #Nov19

https://bit.ly/2JU4CIQ
#ChineseAcademia #MadeInChina
Chickens Hatched from Cooked Eggs: Claims Article in Pay-to-Publish Academic Journal from China

A Chinese academic journal published a research paper claiming success in hatching chicks from cooked chicken eggs.

The article claimed that trained students used "super-psychological consciousness energy" to turn cooked eggs back to raw within 20 minutes. The chicks hatched from these eggs would even grow up to be egg-laying chickens, the article claimed.

The article had gone viral on Chinese social media, with many netizens lambasting it for being "anti-science".

The journal has published 3 articles on the topic in total, each detailing different aspects of the egg-hatching experiment.

According to interviews by Chinese media, the editor of the publishing journal revealed that each paper is published at a price of 750RMB, even emphasizing that "as long as you pay, anything can be printed."

Public records show that the journal "Portrait of Geography"
(寫真地理) is under the supervision of Jilin Provincial News, Radio, Film and Television Bureau of the #PRC. It is a nationally-approved periodical, under the category of "emerging" geography publications.

The said article details the experiment being undertaken by 10 students at a vocational training school in Zhengzhou, China.

10 experts and parents were on hand to observe and witness the experiment, including the author and the school's principal Ge Ping, as well as the chief physician of a provincial teaching hospital.

In response to press inquiries, Ge asserted that the experiment was carried out by herself, and all details described in the article are true.

She further claimed that she had trained all her students into developing supernatural powers; not only could they restore life to a cooked egg, "they could take any leaf, tear it apart, then heal it up again." The students were also said to be able to "take pictures with their phones when they have been powered off."

Source: Ming Pao #Apr27

https://bit.ly/3vRebuB

#ChineseJournal #AntiScience
#HumanitarianCrisis
Former Turkish PM joins Netizens in Condemning China for Suppressing the #Ugyhurs

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between #Turkey and the #PRC, the #ChineseEmbassy in Turkey co-organised a drawing competition with the Ministry of National Education, Turkey for Turkish youth, titled “China in My Dreams.”

Taking note of the event, many netizens uploaded pictures of Uyghur genocide with the hashtag #hayalimdekiçin (“China in My Dreams”), among which even include former Prime Minister #AhmetDavutoğlu.

These works include blue-shirted men sitting under the iron curtains of #Xinjiang concentration camps; a #Uyghur little girl silenced by men covered in a Five-starred red flag and a bloodied East Turkestan flag; a lonely boy crying on #EidMubarak as his family was locked up in the #Gulags.

Long-time friend of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and former Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu, also uploaded a picture on Twitter.

He writes, “The Education Ministry is organising a painting competition titled “China in My Dreams” for our kids. Our dream is East Turkistan. Dear children, picture the dream of saving our brothers and sisters in our fatherland from oppression and send that to this competition. Speak up to those who doesn’t wish to hear!”

#UyghurGenocide
#hayalimdekiçin

Source: RFA #May7

https://www.facebook.com/cantonese.rfa/photos/a.454006908007166/5435573129850494/
New report details Beijing’s foreign influence operations in Canada

China has set up a sophisticated network in this country to harass people of Chinese ethnicity and Uyghur- and Tibetan-Canadians, distort information in the media, influence politicians and form partnerships with universities to secure intellectual property, a new study says.

A report by Alliance Canada Hong Kong (ACHK) that was tabled on Monday evening at the special House of Commons committee on Canada-China relations warns that the influence operations by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are widespread, but have gone largely unnoticed. Alliance Canada Hong Kong is an umbrella group for Hong Kong pro-democracy advocates in this country.

Source: The Globe and Mail #Jun01

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-new-report-details-beijings-foreign-influence-operations-in-canada/

#Beijing #Canada #PRC #HongKong
Thousands of Hungarians Protest against building a campus of a university from China

On June 5, 2021, over 10,000 people protest the extention of #FudanUniversity from the People's Republic of China (#PRC) to #Budapest, #Hungary.

According to some leaked internal documents, the deal to build a 500,000 sq metre campus with an estimated cost of €1.5bn was signed between Prime Minister #ViktorOrban's government and the Shanghai-based university. It was also revealed that China will lend €1.3bn to Hungary as a loan.

Back in 2019, the University deleted references to "freedom of thought" from its charter.

Moreover, many Hungarians fear that this would become yet another part of China's debt diplomacy. The call for "No Fudan! West, not East!" was displayed at the protest.

Critics call the current pro-China Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban as China and Russia's "Trojan horse" inside the European Union and Nato.

Source: Stand News; AFP #Jun5

https://beta.thestandnews.com/international/%E5%B8%83%E9%81%94%E4%BD%A9%E6%96%AF%E9%80%BE%E8%90%AC%E4%BA%BA%E4%B8%8A%E8%A1%97%E5%8F%8D%E5%B0%8D%E5%BB%BA%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%BE%A9%E6%97%A6%E5%88%86%E6%A0%A1-%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E6%8A%8A%E8%A1%97%E9%81%93%E6%94%B9%E5%90%8D-%E5%85%89%E5%BE%A9%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E9%81%93
DN Debatt. ”To the People’s Republic of China”

Four leading newspapers from the Nordic countries join in a protest against China’s violation of freedom of the press in Hong Kong. The protest follows the closure of the newspaper Apple Daily and is published on the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Chinese Communist Party.

It has been too much for a long time. Now, enough is enough. The world can no longer stand idly by as China gradually sucks the air out of freedom of the press in Hong Kong. Our hope that China would live up to its assurances and promises that basic democratic civil liberties would be defended and protected in Hong Kong has been dwindling lately, while our fear and disdain has been growing.

Source: DN SE #Jul01

https://www.dn.se/debatt/to-the-people-s-republic-of-china/

#PRC #Freedom #Press #Newspaper #AppleDaily
#TokyoOlympics #Opening
Japanese Netizens' Different Reception of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the PRC

During the opening ceremony of 2020 Tokyo Olympics on July 23, 2021, the national team of Taiwan was arranged to march in the stadium in an order that follows the alphabetical sequence of "Ta". It means the organizer identifies Taiwan in the name of "Taiwan", instead of the name "Chinese Taipei", imposed by the People's Republic of China (#PRC).

Although the official announcement was still made according to the denomination "Chinese Taipei", the host of the Japanese national TV channnel #NHK used the name "Taiwan".

Moreover, on the platform Niconico where many Japanese netizens streamed the ceremony, enthusiatic reactions appeared with entrancd of Team Taiwan and Team Hong Kong.

Many netizens typed in phrases like "Taiwan Taiwan", "An Independent Country", "Fight on, Taiwan", "Love Taiwan" when seeing Tean Taiwan marched in. Netizens also cheered for the Team Hong Kong: "Fight on Hong Kong", "Hongkongers Persist" and "Fight for freedom"

This contrasts with the reactions the Japanese netizens had towards the PRC team. The netizens critique China's human rights violations and political prosecutions in the past and present. Words like "Tiananmen", "Covid", "massacre" popped up.

It was also reported that China's #Tencent suspended the live streaming after the said NHK host called out "Taiwan". In the end, the Chinese streaming platform failed to show the entrance of Team PRC due to its censorship of the official Japanese host.

Source: Apple Daily, Taiwan; Newstalk; Niconico, Japan #Jul24

https://newtalk.tw/news/view/2021-07-24/609393

https://bit.ly/3xXGSrc
#CCPRules #Infiltration
Concern over ‘#censorship’ rules of New Zealand-Chinese news site Skykiwi.com

//An influential Chinese-language media outlet in #NewZealand warned its users their information could be shared with 'relevant state agencies' if they violated #ChineseLaws.

Skykiwi.com promotes itself as New Zealand’s “most influential” Chinese-language media outlet, with half a million ‘daily average user visits’ to its multi-platform website. Besides providing news coverage, the site also runs message boards where a variety of topics, including current affairs, are discussed. It claims to have 81,000 daily forum users.

...Until July, the terms of service for these forums contained clauses forbidding speech on a range of topics and said that users who violate Chinese laws in their postings could have their information shared with “relevant state agencies,” indicating China’s intelligence apparatus would be able to potentially identify them. It also meant criticism of China’s ruling Communist Party was all but banned.

...A list of forbidden conduct on the forum, as seen last month, includes “leaking state secrets”, “damaging national honour and interests”, “undermining national unity”, inciting “subversion of state power”, "undermining national policies" and promoting “cults”. Virtually identical wording was discovered on the terms of service for China’s state-backed social media platform #WeChat and a list of “prohibited content” outlined by the Chinese Ministry of Culture.//

Source: Newsroom #Sep20
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/concern-over-censorship-rules-of-nz-chinese-news-site

#CCP #PRC #UnitedFront