Reuters Quotes US Defense Department: SMIC May Be Added to Trade Blacklist
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Reuters Quotes US Defense Department: SMIC May Be Added to Trade Blacklist
[Reuters' update: SMIC has since issued a statement expressing “shock” at the news and denying ties to the Chinese military.]
Tensions continue as the US moves to crack down on Chinese tech companies with Huawei, ZTE, and Hikvision bearing the brunt of the blow. Citing a US Defense Department spokesperson, Reuters reported on 5 September that the US intends to add Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) (SEHK: 0981.HK), China’s largest chipmaker, to its trade blacklist. SMIC and the Chinese Embassy in the US have not yet responded to the statement.
According to Reuters’ report, the US Defense Department is working with other agencies to determine whether to take action against SMIC without disclosing its motivations. Reuters was told that the Defense Department had written a proposal earlier recommending that the Commerce Department add SMIC to its list of entities. If the action is taken, US companies will be required to obtain a license before exporting goods containing American microchip technology to SMIC.
Washington is evaluating SMIC’s relationship with the Chinese military
SMIC is China’s largest chipmaker. Though being weaker, the company sees Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the industry leader, as its main competitor. With the US announcing sanctions against Huawei, SMIC took an indirect hit being one of the telecom equipment manufacturer’s chip suppliers. Reuters also quoted an official as saying that Washington was evaluating SMIC’s relationship with the Chinese military.
Source: Stand News #Sep05
#US #China #SMIC #Trade #Sanction
https://bit.ly/2GHQhgU
[Reuters' update: SMIC has since issued a statement expressing “shock” at the news and denying ties to the Chinese military.]
Tensions continue as the US moves to crack down on Chinese tech companies with Huawei, ZTE, and Hikvision bearing the brunt of the blow. Citing a US Defense Department spokesperson, Reuters reported on 5 September that the US intends to add Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) (SEHK: 0981.HK), China’s largest chipmaker, to its trade blacklist. SMIC and the Chinese Embassy in the US have not yet responded to the statement.
According to Reuters’ report, the US Defense Department is working with other agencies to determine whether to take action against SMIC without disclosing its motivations. Reuters was told that the Defense Department had written a proposal earlier recommending that the Commerce Department add SMIC to its list of entities. If the action is taken, US companies will be required to obtain a license before exporting goods containing American microchip technology to SMIC.
Washington is evaluating SMIC’s relationship with the Chinese military
SMIC is China’s largest chipmaker. Though being weaker, the company sees Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the industry leader, as its main competitor. With the US announcing sanctions against Huawei, SMIC took an indirect hit being one of the telecom equipment manufacturer’s chip suppliers. Reuters also quoted an official as saying that Washington was evaluating SMIC’s relationship with the Chinese military.
Source: Stand News #Sep05
#US #China #SMIC #Trade #Sanction
https://bit.ly/2GHQhgU
China Relations Sour as Czech Senate President Visits Taiwan, Beijing Buyer Cancels Order for Czech Pianos
Source: Stand News #Sep05
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China Relations Sour as Czech Senate President Visits Taiwan, Beijing Buyer Cancels Order for Czech Pianos
With China angered over a recent visit to Taiwan by the president of the Czech senate Miloš Vystrčil and his delegation, a Chinese buyer cancelled a 5.3-million Czech koruna (approxmiately 1.8-million Hong Kong dollar) order with the Czech piano manufacturer Petrof, the Czech News Agency reported.
Commenting on Vystrčil’s visit to Taiwan, the Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said earlier that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. Those who challenge the “One China” principle, he said, are making themselves enemies of the 1.4 billion Chinese people and are going to pay a heavy price. The Czech foreign ministry summoned the Chinese ambassador for an explanation.
Citing an announcement by Petrof’s CEO Zuzana Ceralová Petrofová, foreign media reported that a buyer from Beijing cancelled a close deal with the piano manufacturer because of Vystrčil’s visit. With rumours of the Chinese government placing sanctions on Czech imports going around, the buyer was worried that he could not afford the fine and decided to cancel his order.
A renowned instrument brand, Petrof makes 35% of its revenue from sales in China. The report quoted the manufacturer as voicing concerns for the impact on its operation in China should the country’s relations with the Czech Republic continue to worsen. It is also unsure as to whether its employees will be given visas to attend the International Instrument Exhibition, which will take place in Shanghai next month.
Source: Stand News #Sep05
#CzechRepublic #Taiwan #China #Petrof #Vystrčil #Diplomacy #Trade #Piano
https://bit.ly/2R90PYo
With China angered over a recent visit to Taiwan by the president of the Czech senate Miloš Vystrčil and his delegation, a Chinese buyer cancelled a 5.3-million Czech koruna (approxmiately 1.8-million Hong Kong dollar) order with the Czech piano manufacturer Petrof, the Czech News Agency reported.
Commenting on Vystrčil’s visit to Taiwan, the Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said earlier that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. Those who challenge the “One China” principle, he said, are making themselves enemies of the 1.4 billion Chinese people and are going to pay a heavy price. The Czech foreign ministry summoned the Chinese ambassador for an explanation.
Citing an announcement by Petrof’s CEO Zuzana Ceralová Petrofová, foreign media reported that a buyer from Beijing cancelled a close deal with the piano manufacturer because of Vystrčil’s visit. With rumours of the Chinese government placing sanctions on Czech imports going around, the buyer was worried that he could not afford the fine and decided to cancel his order.
A renowned instrument brand, Petrof makes 35% of its revenue from sales in China. The report quoted the manufacturer as voicing concerns for the impact on its operation in China should the country’s relations with the Czech Republic continue to worsen. It is also unsure as to whether its employees will be given visas to attend the International Instrument Exhibition, which will take place in Shanghai next month.
Source: Stand News #Sep05
#CzechRepublic #Taiwan #China #Petrof #Vystrčil #Diplomacy #Trade #Piano
https://bit.ly/2R90PYo
Australian journalists left China to guarantee their safety
Bill Birtles, the ABC's correspondent based in Beijing, and Mike Smith, the AFR's correspondent based in Shanghai, boarded a flight to Sydney after being questioned separately by China's Ministry of State Security.
Chinese officials showed up at Birtles' apartment at midnight last Wednesday. They told him that he was banned from leaving the country, and that he would be contacted the next day to organise a time to be questioned over a "national security case".
The threatening behaviour leaves the two journalists no choice but to leave China, through the Australian embassy.
In July, the Australian Government changed its travel advisory to China, warning that Australian citizens may face "arbitrary detention" on the mainland.
Former foreign minister and NSW premier Bob Carr said that this should force the Government to reconsider whether it still wants a bilateral relationship with China.
#Australia #China #PressFreedom
Source: ABC News #Sep08
Bill Birtles, the ABC's correspondent based in Beijing, and Mike Smith, the AFR's correspondent based in Shanghai, boarded a flight to Sydney after being questioned separately by China's Ministry of State Security.
Chinese officials showed up at Birtles' apartment at midnight last Wednesday. They told him that he was banned from leaving the country, and that he would be contacted the next day to organise a time to be questioned over a "national security case".
The threatening behaviour leaves the two journalists no choice but to leave China, through the Australian embassy.
In July, the Australian Government changed its travel advisory to China, warning that Australian citizens may face "arbitrary detention" on the mainland.
Former foreign minister and NSW premier Bob Carr said that this should force the Government to reconsider whether it still wants a bilateral relationship with China.
#Australia #China #PressFreedom
Source: ABC News #Sep08
HK's Correctional Services Force Inmates to Undergo 'Voluntary' COVID Tests and Penalized Those Refused
Pro-democracy legislator and social worker Shiu Ka-chun revealed that the Correctional Services in Hong Kong had ordered all inmates to participate in the government's 'voluntary' universal CoVID19 testing scheme. The scheme has sparked many controversies including the government's commission of unlicensed Chinese companies to run laboratory tests and security concern over personal data collection.
According to Shiu, a jailed female pro-democracy protester, who refused to join the 'voluntary' testing scheme, was being 'punished': She was locked up in an isolation cell, with no access to TV, book and radio.
Source: Shiu Ka-Chun's Facebook; Local Press #Sept10
#ShiuKaChun #UniversalTesting #COVID19Test #CorrectionalServices
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Hong Kong Correctional Services Refuses Retired Cardinal to Distribute Mooncakes to Persons in Custody
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25100
Pro-democracy legislator and social worker Shiu Ka-chun revealed that the Correctional Services in Hong Kong had ordered all inmates to participate in the government's 'voluntary' universal CoVID19 testing scheme. The scheme has sparked many controversies including the government's commission of unlicensed Chinese companies to run laboratory tests and security concern over personal data collection.
According to Shiu, a jailed female pro-democracy protester, who refused to join the 'voluntary' testing scheme, was being 'punished': She was locked up in an isolation cell, with no access to TV, book and radio.
Source: Shiu Ka-Chun's Facebook; Local Press #Sept10
#ShiuKaChun #UniversalTesting #COVID19Test #CorrectionalServices
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Hong Kong Correctional Services Refuses Retired Cardinal to Distribute Mooncakes to Persons in Custody
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25100
Chinese Virologist: SARS-CoV-2 Genome is Genetically Manipulated; Coronavirus comes from Military Research Laboratories
Source: Taiwan News; Zenodo #Sept14
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Chinese Virologist: SARS-CoV-2 Genome is Genetically Manipulated; Coronavirus comes from Military Research Laboratories
Yan Meng-li, a Chinese virologist who used to work at the University of Hong Kong before fleeing to the United States, released a pre-print paper with her research team under the affiliation of Rule of Law Society & Rule of Law Foundation in New York.
The title of the paper is entitled "Unusual Features of the SARS-CoV-2 Genome Suggesting Sophisticated Laboratory Modification Rather Than Natural Evolution and Delineation of its Probably Synthetic Route.”
Yan told Fox News earlier that her colleagues at the University of Hong Kong ignored her research. Academic papers with similar topics have been effectively censored.
This non-peer-reviewed report of Yan and her team concluded the following:
// 1. If it [coronavirus SARS-CoV-2] was a laboratory product, the most critical element in its creation, the backbone/template virus (ZC45/ZXC21), is owned by military research laboratories.
2. The genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 has likely undergone genetic engineering, through which the virus has gained the ability to target humans with enhanced virulence and infectivity.
3. The characteristics and pathogenic effects of SARS-CoV-2 are unprecedented.
The virus is highly transmissible, onset-hidden, multi-organ targeting, sequelae-unclear, lethal, and associated with various symptoms and complications.
4. SARS-CoV-2 caused a world-wide pandemic, taking hundreds of thousands of lives and shutting down the global economy. It has a destructive power like no other. //
The research team urges for an immediate independent audit of the P4 laboratories run by the Chinese government-controlled Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the laboratories of their close collaborators.
Source: Taiwan News; Zenodo #Sept14
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4009390
#Covid19 #WuhanPneumonia #WuhanLaboratory #Coronavirus #Pandemic #YanMengLi
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Yan Limeng and team's Pre-print Academic Paper:
https://zenodo.org/record/4028830#.X2DPTWhKiUn
Yan Meng-li, a Chinese virologist who used to work at the University of Hong Kong before fleeing to the United States, released a pre-print paper with her research team under the affiliation of Rule of Law Society & Rule of Law Foundation in New York.
The title of the paper is entitled "Unusual Features of the SARS-CoV-2 Genome Suggesting Sophisticated Laboratory Modification Rather Than Natural Evolution and Delineation of its Probably Synthetic Route.”
Yan told Fox News earlier that her colleagues at the University of Hong Kong ignored her research. Academic papers with similar topics have been effectively censored.
This non-peer-reviewed report of Yan and her team concluded the following:
// 1. If it [coronavirus SARS-CoV-2] was a laboratory product, the most critical element in its creation, the backbone/template virus (ZC45/ZXC21), is owned by military research laboratories.
2. The genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 has likely undergone genetic engineering, through which the virus has gained the ability to target humans with enhanced virulence and infectivity.
3. The characteristics and pathogenic effects of SARS-CoV-2 are unprecedented.
The virus is highly transmissible, onset-hidden, multi-organ targeting, sequelae-unclear, lethal, and associated with various symptoms and complications.
4. SARS-CoV-2 caused a world-wide pandemic, taking hundreds of thousands of lives and shutting down the global economy. It has a destructive power like no other. //
The research team urges for an immediate independent audit of the P4 laboratories run by the Chinese government-controlled Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the laboratories of their close collaborators.
Source: Taiwan News; Zenodo #Sept14
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4009390
#Covid19 #WuhanPneumonia #WuhanLaboratory #Coronavirus #Pandemic #YanMengLi
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Yan Limeng and team's Pre-print Academic Paper:
https://zenodo.org/record/4028830#.X2DPTWhKiUn
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Virologist releases paper claiming coronavirus made in Chinese lab
Whistleblower releases detailed analysis explaining why coronavirus was likely made in Chinese lab
#NationalSecurityLaw
German Think tank Closes Hong Kong Office Over National Security Law Fears
A German think tank Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom announced the closing of its office in Hong Kong on September 16, 2020. All their activities in Hong Kong will also be suspended.
In their statement, the foundation said it is impossible for them to guarantee the employees' safety in Hong Kong under the National Security Law. One of their employees has resigned due to safety concerns.
Source: Stand News #Sept16
#WhiteTerror #Thinktank
#FriedrichNaumannFoundation
German Think tank Closes Hong Kong Office Over National Security Law Fears
A German think tank Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom announced the closing of its office in Hong Kong on September 16, 2020. All their activities in Hong Kong will also be suspended.
In their statement, the foundation said it is impossible for them to guarantee the employees' safety in Hong Kong under the National Security Law. One of their employees has resigned due to safety concerns.
Source: Stand News #Sept16
#WhiteTerror #Thinktank
#FriedrichNaumannFoundation
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Police's testimony found inconsistent with video; Man acquitted of two charges
Due to the suspect of unknown gas leakage at Tai Hing Police Operational Base on Oct 30, 2019, a large crowd of civilians protested against the incident. Police dispersed the crowd at that night and arrested a 23-year-old waiter of illegal assembly and possession of offensive weapon.
In the first hearing on this case on 15 Sep, 2020, the police officer arresting the suspect recounted the process of intercepting and arresting in the court. However, the progress described could not be found in the video provided by the defendant lawyer.
In the adjudication on 16 Sep, 2020, Magistrate Wong Ching-Yu rejected the police officer’s statement, and the defendant was acquitted of two charges.
Source: Apple Daily #Sep17
https://t.co/EBEgzacW4S
#PoliceState #ArbitraryArrest #AsiasFinest #PoliceLie
Police's testimony found inconsistent with video; Man acquitted of two charges
Due to the suspect of unknown gas leakage at Tai Hing Police Operational Base on Oct 30, 2019, a large crowd of civilians protested against the incident. Police dispersed the crowd at that night and arrested a 23-year-old waiter of illegal assembly and possession of offensive weapon.
In the first hearing on this case on 15 Sep, 2020, the police officer arresting the suspect recounted the process of intercepting and arresting in the court. However, the progress described could not be found in the video provided by the defendant lawyer.
In the adjudication on 16 Sep, 2020, Magistrate Wong Ching-Yu rejected the police officer’s statement, and the defendant was acquitted of two charges.
Source: Apple Daily #Sep17
https://t.co/EBEgzacW4S
#PoliceState #ArbitraryArrest #AsiasFinest #PoliceLie
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Southern Mongolian Herders Further Suppressed
//As the CCP’s drive to wipe out Mongolian culture intensifies, new measures are planned to ban livestock grazing—an integral part of the traditional nomadic lifestyle.
//the CCP declares that it aims to “recover the grassland ecosystem.” In reality, though, the end goal seems to be a complete eradication of the Mongolian nomadic way of life.
//We, ethnic people, can do nothing but graze. If we are forbidden from grazing, how is it different from slaughtering us?”
//“It’s wrong that grazing is prohibited in the name of restoring grassland ecology, shifting the blame onto five animals and Mongolians,”... “If mining is stopped, grassland ecology will restore its balance itself.”
Full article: Bitter Winter, (15-Sep)
https://bitterwinter.org/southern-mongolian-herders-further-suppressed/
Further reading:
A Thousand-Year-Old Tibetan Buddhist Temple Destroyed in Shanxi
https://bitterwinter.org/a-thousand-year-old-tibetan-buddhist-temple-destroyed-in-shanxi/?fbclid=IwAR3pTY5wVA0u3VT7Shh-_wrvRYKYIpLuIrla4qGxjozGb5VYjeqYFtJ19e0
#Mongolian #GrazingBan #CultureGenocide #CCP
Southern Mongolian Herders Further Suppressed
//As the CCP’s drive to wipe out Mongolian culture intensifies, new measures are planned to ban livestock grazing—an integral part of the traditional nomadic lifestyle.
//the CCP declares that it aims to “recover the grassland ecosystem.” In reality, though, the end goal seems to be a complete eradication of the Mongolian nomadic way of life.
//We, ethnic people, can do nothing but graze. If we are forbidden from grazing, how is it different from slaughtering us?”
//“It’s wrong that grazing is prohibited in the name of restoring grassland ecology, shifting the blame onto five animals and Mongolians,”... “If mining is stopped, grassland ecology will restore its balance itself.”
Full article: Bitter Winter, (15-Sep)
https://bitterwinter.org/southern-mongolian-herders-further-suppressed/
Further reading:
A Thousand-Year-Old Tibetan Buddhist Temple Destroyed in Shanxi
https://bitterwinter.org/a-thousand-year-old-tibetan-buddhist-temple-destroyed-in-shanxi/?fbclid=IwAR3pTY5wVA0u3VT7Shh-_wrvRYKYIpLuIrla4qGxjozGb5VYjeqYFtJ19e0
#Mongolian #GrazingBan #CultureGenocide #CCP
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In Shanxi more than 200 private properties confiscated by the government
Source: i-Cable China News
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In Shanxi more than 200 private properties confiscated by the government
Property owners: the ownership certificate clearly showed that these were privately owned.
Lawyer: The county government may have broken the law.
(8 Sep) "Since we have the ownership certificates, they just came to lock our properties by force and robbed us." Recently, 30 or more private houses and guesthouses were force to close down and seized by the police in Pingyao city in the Shanxi province, this caused strong oppositions among residents. Some were forcefully dragged out from their houses.
The Pingyao city government sent out notice to the residents and owners of more than 200 private properties, telling them that under socialism, it was absolutely necessary and correct to renovate private properties, and therefore the government was about to confiscate theirs, and was giving them half of a month to relocate.
The ownership dispute on ancestral homes began in 1958. It was the time of transforming to socialism and the government used the idea of "government as agent managing and renting houses on behalf of people' to rent out properties which were idle and vacant. Until the opening up of the country in the 80s, the owners re-obtained what belonged to them and got ownership certificates.
And now, the government voided the certificates.
An owner, whose certificate was void, claimed that he/she only redeemed the family siheyuan (traditional four building courtyard houses), "We paid 162 thousands and bought 18 rooms. I have bought the ownership of them back. Those properties are a private ones. This is clearly written in black and white. Since it is claimed that this is a lawful society, this country should help to safeguard our private property and rights, and this Pingyao governmemt has violated both the party's policy and the law.”
Lawyers also doubted that the county government may have broken the law by confiscating and voiding the ownership certificates without paying any compensation.
The historical Pingyao county has over 2700 years of history and mainly relies on tourism as major source of income. The citizens estimates that the properties confiscated value over 10M on the market.
#PingyaoTheHistoricalTown
#Nationalised
#Socalism
#ICableChinaNews
Source: i-Cable China News
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
#PrivateProperty #China #Pingyao
In Shanxi more than 200 private properties confiscated by the government
Property owners: the ownership certificate clearly showed that these were privately owned.
Lawyer: The county government may have broken the law.
(8 Sep) "Since we have the ownership certificates, they just came to lock our properties by force and robbed us." Recently, 30 or more private houses and guesthouses were force to close down and seized by the police in Pingyao city in the Shanxi province, this caused strong oppositions among residents. Some were forcefully dragged out from their houses.
The Pingyao city government sent out notice to the residents and owners of more than 200 private properties, telling them that under socialism, it was absolutely necessary and correct to renovate private properties, and therefore the government was about to confiscate theirs, and was giving them half of a month to relocate.
The ownership dispute on ancestral homes began in 1958. It was the time of transforming to socialism and the government used the idea of "government as agent managing and renting houses on behalf of people' to rent out properties which were idle and vacant. Until the opening up of the country in the 80s, the owners re-obtained what belonged to them and got ownership certificates.
And now, the government voided the certificates.
An owner, whose certificate was void, claimed that he/she only redeemed the family siheyuan (traditional four building courtyard houses), "We paid 162 thousands and bought 18 rooms. I have bought the ownership of them back. Those properties are a private ones. This is clearly written in black and white. Since it is claimed that this is a lawful society, this country should help to safeguard our private property and rights, and this Pingyao governmemt has violated both the party's policy and the law.”
Lawyers also doubted that the county government may have broken the law by confiscating and voiding the ownership certificates without paying any compensation.
The historical Pingyao county has over 2700 years of history and mainly relies on tourism as major source of income. The citizens estimates that the properties confiscated value over 10M on the market.
#PingyaoTheHistoricalTown
#Nationalised
#Socalism
#ICableChinaNews
Source: i-Cable China News
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
#PrivateProperty #China #Pingyao
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Unscientific and Unethical, Says US Expert as Chinese Pharma Pushes Wuhan Virus Vaccine Not Fully Tested
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Unscientific and Unethical, Says US Expert as Chinese Pharma Pushes Wuhan Virus Vaccine Not Fully Tested
The Chinese pharmaceutical CanSino was reported to have been negotiating with several countries for urgent approval of the use of its Wuhan virus vaccine, which is still in phase 3 trials. Public health experts have voiced concerns as the vaccine has yet to be fully tested for its safety and effectiveness on a mass scale. They stressed that the experimentation and the trials must be transparent and that CanSino must disclose data concerning the vaccine’s trials in the Chinese military.
A senior manager at CanSino revealed to The Wall Street Journal that the pharma was negotiating with several countries, requesting emergency approval for the use of its experimental Wuhan virus vaccine before its phase 3 trials are completed. If approved, the early-stage vaccine will be in use globally for the first time, with health professionals and essential workers like soldiers and police officers being the first to get the shot.
Public health experts worry that despite the new evidence indicating the vaccine’s effectiveness and safety, it is highly risky to put it to public use before large-scale trials are completed. Dr Amesh A. Adalja, a senior expert at the John Hopkins Center for Health Security, said there is some data showing the vaccine’s effectiveness and safety following its trials in the Chinese military. “It is crucial, however, to use the vaccine in accordance with the data obtained at Phase 3 clinical trials,” he added. “Its effectiveness can be determined only in an environment where many people are exposed to the virus, and it is necessary to look into a better sample group to know if the vaccine is safe.” CanSino, he said, should disclose the data obtained at trials in the military to reassure the public.
Pierre Armand Morgon, Senior Vice President for International Business of CanSino, said giving several million people the vaccine before the clinical trials conclude helps ascertain its safety and effectiveness and create a database of safety information. Morgon declined to name all of the countries the pharma is in talks with, saying only that they include Pakistan, Latin American countries and a number of developed countries. None of them has approved the vaccine for use, he said.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug29
#China #CanSino #WuhanVirus #Coronavirus #COVID19 #Pandemic #Vaccine #Ethics
https://bit.ly/2RqheYn
The Chinese pharmaceutical CanSino was reported to have been negotiating with several countries for urgent approval of the use of its Wuhan virus vaccine, which is still in phase 3 trials. Public health experts have voiced concerns as the vaccine has yet to be fully tested for its safety and effectiveness on a mass scale. They stressed that the experimentation and the trials must be transparent and that CanSino must disclose data concerning the vaccine’s trials in the Chinese military.
A senior manager at CanSino revealed to The Wall Street Journal that the pharma was negotiating with several countries, requesting emergency approval for the use of its experimental Wuhan virus vaccine before its phase 3 trials are completed. If approved, the early-stage vaccine will be in use globally for the first time, with health professionals and essential workers like soldiers and police officers being the first to get the shot.
Public health experts worry that despite the new evidence indicating the vaccine’s effectiveness and safety, it is highly risky to put it to public use before large-scale trials are completed. Dr Amesh A. Adalja, a senior expert at the John Hopkins Center for Health Security, said there is some data showing the vaccine’s effectiveness and safety following its trials in the Chinese military. “It is crucial, however, to use the vaccine in accordance with the data obtained at Phase 3 clinical trials,” he added. “Its effectiveness can be determined only in an environment where many people are exposed to the virus, and it is necessary to look into a better sample group to know if the vaccine is safe.” CanSino, he said, should disclose the data obtained at trials in the military to reassure the public.
Pierre Armand Morgon, Senior Vice President for International Business of CanSino, said giving several million people the vaccine before the clinical trials conclude helps ascertain its safety and effectiveness and create a database of safety information. Morgon declined to name all of the countries the pharma is in talks with, saying only that they include Pakistan, Latin American countries and a number of developed countries. None of them has approved the vaccine for use, he said.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug29
#China #CanSino #WuhanVirus #Coronavirus #COVID19 #Pandemic #Vaccine #Ethics
https://bit.ly/2RqheYn
The University of Southern California a professor because of speaking "that" in Putonghua, discriminating against African-Americans
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The University of Southern California Suspended a professor because of speaking "that" in Putonghua, discriminating against African-Americans
(North American News) A Communication Professor at the University of Southern California (USC) used a Chinese vocab "nèige" (meaning "that") with a Putonghua pronunciation, has led to a petition from a group of angry African-American. They said that it sounded like a word with discrimination or defamation to Africans, requesting an apology from the professor and the teaching suspension to have an investigation.
Professor Greg Patton has taught at USC Marshall School of Business for 20 years. During the online teaching of MBA related curriculum last month, Patton used Putonghua as an example, saying "nèige" replaces some meaningless words, like errs and umms, in China. He repeated "nèige" thrice.
Nevertheless, some students thought that the accent of the professor for "nèige" was similar to "nigga", a word that insults Africans. They pointed out that the professor had offended all African students in the class and had affected their mental health. The school said that another speaker will take over the curriculum at this moment, during the investigation period for Patton.
#US #USC #nèige #nigga #Chinese #Putonghua #Mandarin #African #AfricanAmerican #GregPatton
Source: Apple Daily #Sep05
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200905/2N2BECNXYJCNFNUOIFM3NQ5AXA/
(North American News) A Communication Professor at the University of Southern California (USC) used a Chinese vocab "nèige" (meaning "that") with a Putonghua pronunciation, has led to a petition from a group of angry African-American. They said that it sounded like a word with discrimination or defamation to Africans, requesting an apology from the professor and the teaching suspension to have an investigation.
Professor Greg Patton has taught at USC Marshall School of Business for 20 years. During the online teaching of MBA related curriculum last month, Patton used Putonghua as an example, saying "nèige" replaces some meaningless words, like errs and umms, in China. He repeated "nèige" thrice.
Nevertheless, some students thought that the accent of the professor for "nèige" was similar to "nigga", a word that insults Africans. They pointed out that the professor had offended all African students in the class and had affected their mental health. The school said that another speaker will take over the curriculum at this moment, during the investigation period for Patton.
#US #USC #nèige #nigga #Chinese #Putonghua #Mandarin #African #AfricanAmerican #GregPatton
Source: Apple Daily #Sep05
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200905/2N2BECNXYJCNFNUOIFM3NQ5AXA/
Overseas Hong Kong Activists get harassed by pro-CCP groups, just like in HK
For Hong Kongers living in Canada, it might be 'far from home'. Unfortunately, they are not far from danger. Some people received rape and death threats on social media from CCP supporters. Others received threatening phonecalls to their personal hotel rooms.
Pro-democracy activists in Canada have experienced the impotence of the Canadian police in the face of doxxing and death threats.
Activists around the world face risks and pressure which are manifested in the same form as how they are in Hong Kong or even mainland China.
Source: CBC #Sep10
https://bit.ly/3htcxHQ
#10Sep #Canada #HongKong #Overseas #Doxxing #Harrassment
For Hong Kongers living in Canada, it might be 'far from home'. Unfortunately, they are not far from danger. Some people received rape and death threats on social media from CCP supporters. Others received threatening phonecalls to their personal hotel rooms.
Pro-democracy activists in Canada have experienced the impotence of the Canadian police in the face of doxxing and death threats.
Activists around the world face risks and pressure which are manifested in the same form as how they are in Hong Kong or even mainland China.
Source: CBC #Sep10
https://bit.ly/3htcxHQ
#10Sep #Canada #HongKong #Overseas #Doxxing #Harrassment
#Statement #Save12HKYouths
Hong Kong's Maritime Transport Services Industry Trade Union Demands Authorities to Release Data from Navigation Surveillance Radar
The full statement is as follows:
//12 Hong Kong residents are suspected of being arrested by the Guangdong Coast Guard within Hong Kong’s waters. Our association requests the Hong Kong Marine Department to release the navigation surveillance radar information and data as evidence.
The Chinese Coast Guard on August 26 announced in WeChat that on August 23 at about 9 o'clock, they intercepted a suspected illegal cross-border vessel in Chinese waters just outside Hong Kong southeast and detained 12 Hong Kong residents.
Our association demands the Hong Kong Marine Department to release the radar images of the navigation surveillance system as evidence to substantiate the actual position of the vessel at the time, verifying whether the Guangdong Coast Guard had cross-border enforcement. It will also serve to relieve the general public’s concerns and to protect the safety of local marine operators and passengers. //
Source: Maritime Transport Services Industry Trade Union
#Sept15
https://www.facebook.com/100569554925878/posts/180916443557855/
Hong Kong's Maritime Transport Services Industry Trade Union Demands Authorities to Release Data from Navigation Surveillance Radar
The full statement is as follows:
//12 Hong Kong residents are suspected of being arrested by the Guangdong Coast Guard within Hong Kong’s waters. Our association requests the Hong Kong Marine Department to release the navigation surveillance radar information and data as evidence.
The Chinese Coast Guard on August 26 announced in WeChat that on August 23 at about 9 o'clock, they intercepted a suspected illegal cross-border vessel in Chinese waters just outside Hong Kong southeast and detained 12 Hong Kong residents.
Our association demands the Hong Kong Marine Department to release the radar images of the navigation surveillance system as evidence to substantiate the actual position of the vessel at the time, verifying whether the Guangdong Coast Guard had cross-border enforcement. It will also serve to relieve the general public’s concerns and to protect the safety of local marine operators and passengers. //
Source: Maritime Transport Services Industry Trade Union
#Sept15
https://www.facebook.com/100569554925878/posts/180916443557855/
#Sanction
U.S. to Ban Transaction and Download of China's #WeChat and #Tiktok From Sept 20, 2020
The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a statement on Sept 18, 2020, prohibiting transactions and downloads relating to Chinese mobile applications WeChat and TikTok, starting from Sept 20, 2020. Hosting or transfering internet traffic associated with WeChat will also be banned.
"The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has demonstrated the means and motives to use these apps to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and the economy of the U.S."
These threats include "collect[ing] vast swaths of data from users, including network activity, location data, and browsing and search histories"; being "active participant in China’s civil-military fusion"; and their "mandatory cooperation with the intelligence services of the CCP."
Source: U.S. Commerce Department #Sept18
Image: AP
https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2020/09/commerce-department-prohibits-wechat-and-tiktok-transactions-protect
U.S. to Ban Transaction and Download of China's #WeChat and #Tiktok From Sept 20, 2020
The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a statement on Sept 18, 2020, prohibiting transactions and downloads relating to Chinese mobile applications WeChat and TikTok, starting from Sept 20, 2020. Hosting or transfering internet traffic associated with WeChat will also be banned.
"The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has demonstrated the means and motives to use these apps to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and the economy of the U.S."
These threats include "collect[ing] vast swaths of data from users, including network activity, location data, and browsing and search histories"; being "active participant in China’s civil-military fusion"; and their "mandatory cooperation with the intelligence services of the CCP."
Source: U.S. Commerce Department #Sept18
Image: AP
https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2020/09/commerce-department-prohibits-wechat-and-tiktok-transactions-protect