US Republican Senator Urged Netflix to Suspend Chinese Sci-Fi Novel “Three-Body” Series as The Author Liu Cixin Supported Uyghur Detention Camp
Source: Stand News #Sep25
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US Republican Senator Urged Netflix to Suspend Chinese Sci-Fi Novel “Three-Body” Series as The Author Liu Cixin Supported Uyghur Detention Camp
Netflix intended to produce the Chinese science novel “Three-Body” into a TV series. However, five US Republican senators sent a letter to Netflix a few days ago, urging the company to suspend the plan because Liu Cixin, the author of the “Three-Body” novel, defended the CCP against Uyghur detention camps.
Netflix announced at the start of this month that they would film the “Three-Body” trilogy novel into a new English TV series, led by D.B Weiss and David Benioff, the screenwriter of Game of Thrones, and Liu will be the consultant supervisor. Senator of Tennessee Marsha Blackburn and other four Republican senators sent a letter to Netflix urging them to reconsider whether they continued to film the series. The letter stated using Liu’s work is a “normalization of crime” of the Chinese government.
They also quoted Liu’s interview at New Yorker in 2019 in their letter. In the interview, they discussed the targeting actions to Uyghurs and minorities by the Chinese government. At that time, Liu said, “if there is, then the government is helping on their economic growth, and trying to get them out of poverty. If the situation loosens a bit, the consequence will be so terrible.” He also being asked he might be “brainwashed” by the Chinese government, he said “I know what you are thinking – what’s wrong with the personal freedom and freedom of not to be monitored? These are not what a Chinese citizen considers. All they want is just medical insurance, property prices, children’s education, but not a democratic system”.
The senators stated in the letter, “Facing those riot actions (in Xinjiang), the company’s proud decision no longer exists, but complicity only”. And they requested that Netflix should reconsider whether it is suitable to provide a platform for Liu and think of the impact of producing this project.
Netflix has not responded to this yet. Chinese users have not used the company’s video streaming service.
Source: Stand News #Sep25
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#China #Uyghurs #ThreeBody #UnitedStates #Netflix #LiuCixin
Netflix intended to produce the Chinese science novel “Three-Body” into a TV series. However, five US Republican senators sent a letter to Netflix a few days ago, urging the company to suspend the plan because Liu Cixin, the author of the “Three-Body” novel, defended the CCP against Uyghur detention camps.
Netflix announced at the start of this month that they would film the “Three-Body” trilogy novel into a new English TV series, led by D.B Weiss and David Benioff, the screenwriter of Game of Thrones, and Liu will be the consultant supervisor. Senator of Tennessee Marsha Blackburn and other four Republican senators sent a letter to Netflix urging them to reconsider whether they continued to film the series. The letter stated using Liu’s work is a “normalization of crime” of the Chinese government.
They also quoted Liu’s interview at New Yorker in 2019 in their letter. In the interview, they discussed the targeting actions to Uyghurs and minorities by the Chinese government. At that time, Liu said, “if there is, then the government is helping on their economic growth, and trying to get them out of poverty. If the situation loosens a bit, the consequence will be so terrible.” He also being asked he might be “brainwashed” by the Chinese government, he said “I know what you are thinking – what’s wrong with the personal freedom and freedom of not to be monitored? These are not what a Chinese citizen considers. All they want is just medical insurance, property prices, children’s education, but not a democratic system”.
The senators stated in the letter, “Facing those riot actions (in Xinjiang), the company’s proud decision no longer exists, but complicity only”. And they requested that Netflix should reconsider whether it is suitable to provide a platform for Liu and think of the impact of producing this project.
Netflix has not responded to this yet. Chinese users have not used the company’s video streaming service.
Source: Stand News #Sep25
https://bit.ly/3jrXy2I
#China #Uyghurs #ThreeBody #UnitedStates #Netflix #LiuCixin
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Hong Kong Authority Introduces #SmartPrison with 24-hour #HD Surveillance, Detainee: I Live As an Animal
Source: InMediaHK #Sep25
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Hong Kong Authority Introduces #SmartPrison with 24-hour #HD Surveillance, Detainee: I Live As an Animal
Source: InMediaHK #Sep25
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Hong Kong Authority Introduces #SmartPrison with 24-hour #HD Surveillance, Detainee: I Live As an Animal
"Here, it is even worse than the CIC [Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre],"
almost every detainee in Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution in Hong Kong said the same thing.
In 2020, around 30 detainees in #CIC went on a hunger strike, protesting against their unlimited detention time, the facility's poor hygiene, and the inappropriate behavior of the correctional department staff.
The CIC Concern Group, a non-profit human rights group, was thereafter created by a group of social workers, pro-demoncracy activists and volunteers in Hong Kong; however, even them could not believe that there exists a detention centre in Hong Kong that is worse than the CIC.
In June 2021, the Hong Kong authority transferred some of the protesting detainees in the CIC to the Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution.
The newly established facility is the first "Smart Prison" in Hong Kong. This institution is full of HD surveillance cameras. All the detainees are required to wear an electronic bracelet for the authority to monitor their heartbeats and locations.
Those who are detained in the centre are thereoretically not prisoners, as they have only violated the immigration regulation; however, they are being detained in a prison.
To make it worse, the Correctional Service Department (#CSD) has already dispatched twice the Regional Response Team, Panther, within 4 months, to "combat illegal activities". It was found that some detainees have been placed in individual detention for 2 months.
Meanwhile, it was discovered that some correctional department staff have been watching the surveillance canera footage like a voyeur , followed by acts like masturbation and ridiculing the detainees.
A detainee said, "I live as an animal."
The CIC concerned group criticised that the authority has abused the detainees by means of violence, individual detention and privacy infringement.
The group's worst fear is that using the most disadvantaged detainees as guinea pigs is only the first step of the government and that the same operation systen would be appled to all prisons in Hong Kong next.
"The government labelled the CIC detainees as very dangerous to justify the need for an upgrade in military equipment. They can do thr sane thing in any prisons in Hong Kong."
Source: InMediaHK #Sep25
https://bit.ly/3o5PSbS
#Prison #Xinjiang #Surveillance #Dystopia #Panthers #Chinazi #TaiTamGapCorrectionalInstitution
Hong Kong Authority Introduces #SmartPrison with 24-hour #HD Surveillance, Detainee: I Live As an Animal
"Here, it is even worse than the CIC [Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre],"
almost every detainee in Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution in Hong Kong said the same thing.
In 2020, around 30 detainees in #CIC went on a hunger strike, protesting against their unlimited detention time, the facility's poor hygiene, and the inappropriate behavior of the correctional department staff.
The CIC Concern Group, a non-profit human rights group, was thereafter created by a group of social workers, pro-demoncracy activists and volunteers in Hong Kong; however, even them could not believe that there exists a detention centre in Hong Kong that is worse than the CIC.
In June 2021, the Hong Kong authority transferred some of the protesting detainees in the CIC to the Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution.
The newly established facility is the first "Smart Prison" in Hong Kong. This institution is full of HD surveillance cameras. All the detainees are required to wear an electronic bracelet for the authority to monitor their heartbeats and locations.
Those who are detained in the centre are thereoretically not prisoners, as they have only violated the immigration regulation; however, they are being detained in a prison.
To make it worse, the Correctional Service Department (#CSD) has already dispatched twice the Regional Response Team, Panther, within 4 months, to "combat illegal activities". It was found that some detainees have been placed in individual detention for 2 months.
Meanwhile, it was discovered that some correctional department staff have been watching the surveillance canera footage like a voyeur , followed by acts like masturbation and ridiculing the detainees.
A detainee said, "I live as an animal."
The CIC concerned group criticised that the authority has abused the detainees by means of violence, individual detention and privacy infringement.
The group's worst fear is that using the most disadvantaged detainees as guinea pigs is only the first step of the government and that the same operation systen would be appled to all prisons in Hong Kong next.
"The government labelled the CIC detainees as very dangerous to justify the need for an upgrade in military equipment. They can do thr sane thing in any prisons in Hong Kong."
Source: InMediaHK #Sep25
https://bit.ly/3o5PSbS
#Prison #Xinjiang #Surveillance #Dystopia #Panthers #Chinazi #TaiTamGapCorrectionalInstitution
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大潭峽智慧監獄高清全天候監控 羈留者：我的生活就像動物 | 獨媒報導 | 獨立媒體
（獨媒報導）「呢度仲慘過CIC（青山灣入境事務中心）。」這是每個困在大潭峽懲教所的羈留者都幾乎會說的話。 去年，為抗議無限期羈留、惡劣的衞生環境和職員不當的對待，近30名CIC羈留者發起絕食。但因事件而成立的CIC關注組萬萬也想不到，「原來有個比CIC更差嘅地方」。 今年6月，部分CIC羈留者被陸續移送到全新啟用、香港首間「智慧監獄」大潭峽懲教所。
China clamps down on cartoons in latest morality move
China’s broadcasting regulator said it will encourage online producers to create “healthy” cartoons and clamp down on violent, vulgar or pornographic content, as Beijing steps up efforts to bring its thriving entertainment industry to heel.
The National Radio and Television Administration said in a notice posted late on Friday that children and young people were the main audience for cartoons, and qualified agencies need to broadcast content that “upholds truth, goodness and beauty”.
China’s ruling Communist party has stepped up a campaign to clean up its entertainment industry in recent months, taking action against “online idols” and promising tougher penalties for celebrities who engage in illegal or unethical behaviour.
Source: The Guardian #Sep25
https://t.co/CuyNYQegHS
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China’s broadcasting regulator said it will encourage online producers to create “healthy” cartoons and clamp down on violent, vulgar or pornographic content, as Beijing steps up efforts to bring its thriving entertainment industry to heel.
The National Radio and Television Administration said in a notice posted late on Friday that children and young people were the main audience for cartoons, and qualified agencies need to broadcast content that “upholds truth, goodness and beauty”.
China’s ruling Communist party has stepped up a campaign to clean up its entertainment industry in recent months, taking action against “online idols” and promising tougher penalties for celebrities who engage in illegal or unethical behaviour.
Source: The Guardian #Sep25
https://t.co/CuyNYQegHS
#China #Cartoon #Entertainment