#ChinaThreat #Autocracy #ArbitraryArrest
China have detained two Americans on ‘bogus’ charges
China have detained two U.S. citizens, Jacob Harlan and Alyssa Petersen, on the charges of “illegal human trafficking”. Jacob Harlan is the owner of China Horizon, and Alyssa Petersen is the director of China Horizon. The company that provide cultural experience for American college students to teach English in Chinese schools.
Their families are working on getting lawyers who practice international laws to help them get back home to the United States.The detention leads to tension among Americans in China. The U.S. State Department had issued a travel advisory warning on Jan. 3 for Americans traveling to China: "U.S. citizens may be detained without access to U.S. consular services of information about their alleged crime and be subjected to prolonged interrogations and extended detention in China.”
China Horizons will be closing after 17 years of operation and are working to bring all of their teachers home.
Source:
https://www.voanews.com/student-union/us-student-detained-china
China have detained two Americans on ‘bogus’ charges
China have detained two U.S. citizens, Jacob Harlan and Alyssa Petersen, on the charges of “illegal human trafficking”. Jacob Harlan is the owner of China Horizon, and Alyssa Petersen is the director of China Horizon. The company that provide cultural experience for American college students to teach English in Chinese schools.
Their families are working on getting lawyers who practice international laws to help them get back home to the United States.The detention leads to tension among Americans in China. The U.S. State Department had issued a travel advisory warning on Jan. 3 for Americans traveling to China: "U.S. citizens may be detained without access to U.S. consular services of information about their alleged crime and be subjected to prolonged interrogations and extended detention in China.”
China Horizons will be closing after 17 years of operation and are working to bring all of their teachers home.
Source:
https://www.voanews.com/student-union/us-student-detained-china
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US Student Detained in China
Two Americans involved in a teaching exchange program in China have been detained near Shanghai for allegedly "illegally moving people across borders." Alyssa Petersen, who attended the Idaho campus of Brigham Young University from 2014 to 2017, has been…
#ReligionSupression #Autocracy #Xi
Further Tightening Grip on #Churches in China (1 of 3)
China has expanded its persecution of religion in recent years, and now even foreign missionaries have been arrested and repatriated. Foreign media have revealed that under Chinese President Xi Jinping's policy of cracking down on foreign-related religions, believers are not only not allowed to contact foreign religions, but also are not allowed to watch foreign television programmes.
Bitter Winter, a magazine which has long been covering human rights issues in China, reported that authorities had issued a nationwide "anti-foreign religious order", calling on local governments to cooperate in the fight against foreign-related religions, with South Korean Christian churches being the most persecuted. It was reported that some foreign missionaries were arrested when entering China, and were forced to provide the point of contact in China under repeated interrogations, after that they were eventually repatriated. As for the foreign missionaries' contact persons in China, they were attested soon after; locals were forced to sign statement of confession, while foreigners were repatriated and blacklisted.
Bitter Winter also disclosed a confidential document titled “The Work Programme of special operations for the investigation and punishment of infiltration from Christian abroad”, issued this year by the Central Ministry of Unification and the Ministry of Public Security of China; the document revealed that Xi regarded missionary acts of foreign-related religions as "infiltration", and ordered that "foreign religious forces should never be allowed to form a system within Chinese territory", "the formation of forces against the Party and the government in the field of religion must not be allowed."
In addition, satellite dishes (commonly known as "pot lids") in China that receive foregin channel antenna TV signal had also been forcibly dismantled, to prevent people from watching overseas religious programmes. A fine of 5,000 Yuan (USD 740) will be penalized if the household / facility refused to comply.
Source: The Liberty Times (05-10-2019)
https://m.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/2937145
Further Tightening Grip on #Churches in China (1 of 3)
China has expanded its persecution of religion in recent years, and now even foreign missionaries have been arrested and repatriated. Foreign media have revealed that under Chinese President Xi Jinping's policy of cracking down on foreign-related religions, believers are not only not allowed to contact foreign religions, but also are not allowed to watch foreign television programmes.
Bitter Winter, a magazine which has long been covering human rights issues in China, reported that authorities had issued a nationwide "anti-foreign religious order", calling on local governments to cooperate in the fight against foreign-related religions, with South Korean Christian churches being the most persecuted. It was reported that some foreign missionaries were arrested when entering China, and were forced to provide the point of contact in China under repeated interrogations, after that they were eventually repatriated. As for the foreign missionaries' contact persons in China, they were attested soon after; locals were forced to sign statement of confession, while foreigners were repatriated and blacklisted.
Bitter Winter also disclosed a confidential document titled “The Work Programme of special operations for the investigation and punishment of infiltration from Christian abroad”, issued this year by the Central Ministry of Unification and the Ministry of Public Security of China; the document revealed that Xi regarded missionary acts of foreign-related religions as "infiltration", and ordered that "foreign religious forces should never be allowed to form a system within Chinese territory", "the formation of forces against the Party and the government in the field of religion must not be allowed."
In addition, satellite dishes (commonly known as "pot lids") in China that receive foregin channel antenna TV signal had also been forcibly dismantled, to prevent people from watching overseas religious programmes. A fine of 5,000 Yuan (USD 740) will be penalized if the household / facility refused to comply.
Source: The Liberty Times (05-10-2019)
https://m.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/2937145
#ReligionSupression #Autocracy #Xi
Further Tightening grip on #Churches in China (2 of 3)
The Communist Party of China (CCP) continues to persecute Christians foreigners under the pretext of “resisting foreign religious infiltration.”
Ever since the adoption of the Plan for the Special Campaign on Legal Investigation and Prosecution of South Korean Christian Infiltrations last year, Christian churches affiliated with South Korea have come under harsh suppression.
When a South Korean pastor was training house church preachers at a hotel in Zibo city, Shandong Province in April 2019, he was arrested by over ten officials. The police later told him it was illegal for foreigners to preach in China and only China’s nationals with pastoral certificates issued by the Chinese government are allowed to do so. The pastor was fined and deported back to South Korea.
Multiple Korean churches have to run “underground” and the South Korean Missionary was extremely cautious when holding gathering. They must disguise the religious intention for gathering and use different locations for security reasons.
If the preachers were arrested, they will be interrogated about the origins of Korean missionary, forced to sign “statement of guarantee” to cease participation in foreign-related religious activities as preventative measure against “foreign spies infiltrating China, endangering national security, and leaking state secrets.
Source: BitterWinter 18-07-2019
https://bitterwinter.org/south-korean-missionaries-risk-deportation-from-china/
Further Tightening grip on #Churches in China (2 of 3)
The Communist Party of China (CCP) continues to persecute Christians foreigners under the pretext of “resisting foreign religious infiltration.”
Ever since the adoption of the Plan for the Special Campaign on Legal Investigation and Prosecution of South Korean Christian Infiltrations last year, Christian churches affiliated with South Korea have come under harsh suppression.
When a South Korean pastor was training house church preachers at a hotel in Zibo city, Shandong Province in April 2019, he was arrested by over ten officials. The police later told him it was illegal for foreigners to preach in China and only China’s nationals with pastoral certificates issued by the Chinese government are allowed to do so. The pastor was fined and deported back to South Korea.
Multiple Korean churches have to run “underground” and the South Korean Missionary was extremely cautious when holding gathering. They must disguise the religious intention for gathering and use different locations for security reasons.
If the preachers were arrested, they will be interrogated about the origins of Korean missionary, forced to sign “statement of guarantee” to cease participation in foreign-related religious activities as preventative measure against “foreign spies infiltrating China, endangering national security, and leaking state secrets.
Source: BitterWinter 18-07-2019
https://bitterwinter.org/south-korean-missionaries-risk-deportation-from-china/
#ReligionSupression #Autocracy
Further Tightening grip on #Churches in China (3 of 3)
China targets Christian Weddings and Funerals
Authorities have broken up Christian funerals and weddings in Henan province earlier this year, said Bitter Winter (link here: https://bitterwinter.org/authorities-restrict-christian-funerals-and-wedding-events/). The wedding received an anonymous complaint and the police stormed into the wedding venue, seized the Bibles and threatened against such events in the future.
The State Department of US reported that the Chinese government requires Christian churches to install surveillance cameras so that the police can monitor activities and compels Christians to sign documents renouncing their Christian faith, according to the 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo described China’s actions as “heinous.”
China also wants informers. Sources from South China Morning Post reported that Guangzhou city officials offer $1,500 USD cash rewards for information on religious gatherings.
Source: ShareAmerica (15-10-2019)
https://share.america.gov/china-targets-christian-weddings-and-funerals/
Further Tightening grip on #Churches in China (3 of 3)
China targets Christian Weddings and Funerals
Authorities have broken up Christian funerals and weddings in Henan province earlier this year, said Bitter Winter (link here: https://bitterwinter.org/authorities-restrict-christian-funerals-and-wedding-events/). The wedding received an anonymous complaint and the police stormed into the wedding venue, seized the Bibles and threatened against such events in the future.
The State Department of US reported that the Chinese government requires Christian churches to install surveillance cameras so that the police can monitor activities and compels Christians to sign documents renouncing their Christian faith, according to the 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo described China’s actions as “heinous.”
China also wants informers. Sources from South China Morning Post reported that Guangzhou city officials offer $1,500 USD cash rewards for information on religious gatherings.
Source: ShareAmerica (15-10-2019)
https://share.america.gov/china-targets-christian-weddings-and-funerals/
[Today Xinjiang, Tomorrow Hong Kong 1/8]
Muslim Kazakh were arrested for listening to Kazakhstan songs in Xinjiang
According to the news of “Radio Free Asia”(RFA), government of Ili Kazakhstan in Xinjiang arrested 30 Kazakh recently. They are Muslims and many them were arrested for listening to Kazakhstan songs. Some of them were prosecuted immediately and a 19-year-old teenager was given a 15-year sentence.
These #Muslim Kazakh were accused of illegally sharing overseas songs and videos, which are simply song sang by singers in the Republic of Kazakhstan’s, in #WeChat. In fact, there is a complicated relationship between Kazakhsin Xinjiang and peoole living in the Republic of Kazakhstan .
Ms Deli, who is now settled in Kazakhstan, confirmed that her nephew was arrested on 7 July The case was opened on 6 August and he was given a 15-year sentence to immediately. “The People’s Public Security of Ili Kazakhstan arrested 30 people in July and August. The reason of getting into the trouble is simply listening to songs sang by the Kazakh singers.“ she said.
#Xinjiang #Autocracy #Racist #WhiteTerror
Excerpt: https://m.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/2913467?fbclid=IwAR3BSjvczbI0yiBbjSfz6Q2QTyHFVAbU2HdbR5nFLbQO5GPFRBUpJuGrm-k
Muslim Kazakh were arrested for listening to Kazakhstan songs in Xinjiang
According to the news of “Radio Free Asia”(RFA), government of Ili Kazakhstan in Xinjiang arrested 30 Kazakh recently. They are Muslims and many them were arrested for listening to Kazakhstan songs. Some of them were prosecuted immediately and a 19-year-old teenager was given a 15-year sentence.
These #Muslim Kazakh were accused of illegally sharing overseas songs and videos, which are simply song sang by singers in the Republic of Kazakhstan’s, in #WeChat. In fact, there is a complicated relationship between Kazakhsin Xinjiang and peoole living in the Republic of Kazakhstan .
Ms Deli, who is now settled in Kazakhstan, confirmed that her nephew was arrested on 7 July The case was opened on 6 August and he was given a 15-year sentence to immediately. “The People’s Public Security of Ili Kazakhstan arrested 30 people in July and August. The reason of getting into the trouble is simply listening to songs sang by the Kazakh singers.“ she said.
#Xinjiang #Autocracy #Racist #WhiteTerror
Excerpt: https://m.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/2913467?fbclid=IwAR3BSjvczbI0yiBbjSfz6Q2QTyHFVAbU2HdbR5nFLbQO5GPFRBUpJuGrm-k
[Today Xinjiang, Tomorrow Hong Kong 2/8]
2 well-known #Uighur schoolmasters of two colleges, Tashpolat Tiyip and Halmurat Ghopur, were charged with an offence of the secession of the state during 2017. Recent news suggests that they will soon be executed, and over 20 overseas intellectuals submitted a petition requesting the Chinese government to suspend the execution. According to report released by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) in June, at least 386 are missing or were arrested since 2017.
#Xinjiang #Autocracy
Summary: https://thestandnews.com/politics/兩維吾爾族大學前校長傳遭處決-逾-20-海外學者聯署促暫緩/
2 well-known #Uighur schoolmasters of two colleges, Tashpolat Tiyip and Halmurat Ghopur, were charged with an offence of the secession of the state during 2017. Recent news suggests that they will soon be executed, and over 20 overseas intellectuals submitted a petition requesting the Chinese government to suspend the execution. According to report released by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) in June, at least 386 are missing or were arrested since 2017.
#Xinjiang #Autocracy
Summary: https://thestandnews.com/politics/兩維吾爾族大學前校長傳遭處決-逾-20-海外學者聯署促暫緩/
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China blames the world for not containing COVID-19 (Wuhan Coronavirus)
(26 Feb) Because China failed to contain the coronavirus in its early stage, the nationwide outbreak is now a global outbreak. The scale of impact on the global economy is still unclear, but it must be significant.
For those lovers unable to meet up due to cancelled trips, companies unable to fulfill orders due to the Chinese supply chain collapse, workers unable to report to duty due to quarantines, and patients killed by Wuhan Pneumonia, who should be responsible for their losses, mentally and physically?
The pandemic is neither an accident nor a natural occurence. It is a man-made disaster caused by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This kind of calamity is not new to the CCP.
Continue:
https://telegra.ph/China-blames-the-world-for-not-containing-COVID-19-Wuhan-Coronavirus-03-02
Image:Banksy
Source: RFA (26-02)
https://bit.ly/2IeRQ3w
#CCP #Autocracy #GlobalOutbreak #Coronavirus #StateCensorship
China blames the world for not containing COVID-19 (Wuhan Coronavirus)
(26 Feb) Because China failed to contain the coronavirus in its early stage, the nationwide outbreak is now a global outbreak. The scale of impact on the global economy is still unclear, but it must be significant.
For those lovers unable to meet up due to cancelled trips, companies unable to fulfill orders due to the Chinese supply chain collapse, workers unable to report to duty due to quarantines, and patients killed by Wuhan Pneumonia, who should be responsible for their losses, mentally and physically?
The pandemic is neither an accident nor a natural occurence. It is a man-made disaster caused by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This kind of calamity is not new to the CCP.
Continue:
https://telegra.ph/China-blames-the-world-for-not-containing-COVID-19-Wuhan-Coronavirus-03-02
Image:Banksy
Source: RFA (26-02)
https://bit.ly/2IeRQ3w
#CCP #Autocracy #GlobalOutbreak #Coronavirus #StateCensorship
#Interview #LiYi #LeeYee
83-year-old Li Yi: I don’t have long to live, but I believe Hong Kong young people have wisdom beyond imagination 3/6
▶️ Part Two
How can despair be sustained?
“With the epidemic in mind these days, I started reading The Plague by Albert Camus. The novel touches upon the feeling of despair, and how it is regrettable to feel despair; and ‘that the habit of despair is worse than despair itself’. This is not to say that resistance necessarily leads to the achievement of our goals or the attainment of freedom, but in the process of a struggle, we are free. You are free when you participate in the struggle. I believe that many young people enjoy the freedom and the self-realization in this struggle. This is why pessimism should not mean passivism, you should face your life with active participation. Be free in all kinds of imaginable struggles. For instance, the Anti-Extradition Law movement, it may seem like we have not achieved much, but I actually think that Hong Kong has benefited much from it."
//China was dying and people had to save China. This changed from the original intent to learn about freedom and the rule of law from the West
//The pursuit of equality is natural. Socialism is indeed an ideal.
//the intentions may be good, but if the means to an end is evil, it is still evil.
//the British government did a fine job implementing the rule of law so everyone could do as they wished.
//The Hong Kong British Government did not think they would get the support of Hong Kong citizens. They saw that most Hong Kong people were Chinese...The letter from the Governor of Hong Kong, David Trench, to the United Kingdom said that he never thought they would have the support of the Hong Kong people
//Hong Kong was governed by the British since the 19th century, it accepted Western culture, and preserved a pre-modern environment of tolerance.
//Hong Kong was now in shock and without the protection of British rule; its illusions about China were shattered. It was then that indigenous awareness was once again aroused in people’s consciousness.
Continue reading:
https://telegra.ph/How-can-despair-be-sustained-03-28
To be continued
Source: Stand News, (25-Feb)
https://bit.ly/3aARccx
#OneCountryTwoSystems #Freedom #Hongkonger #RuleOfLaw #1967Riot #Socialism #Autocracy #Democracy #CCP
83-year-old Li Yi: I don’t have long to live, but I believe Hong Kong young people have wisdom beyond imagination 3/6
▶️ Part Two
How can despair be sustained?
“With the epidemic in mind these days, I started reading The Plague by Albert Camus. The novel touches upon the feeling of despair, and how it is regrettable to feel despair; and ‘that the habit of despair is worse than despair itself’. This is not to say that resistance necessarily leads to the achievement of our goals or the attainment of freedom, but in the process of a struggle, we are free. You are free when you participate in the struggle. I believe that many young people enjoy the freedom and the self-realization in this struggle. This is why pessimism should not mean passivism, you should face your life with active participation. Be free in all kinds of imaginable struggles. For instance, the Anti-Extradition Law movement, it may seem like we have not achieved much, but I actually think that Hong Kong has benefited much from it."
//China was dying and people had to save China. This changed from the original intent to learn about freedom and the rule of law from the West
//The pursuit of equality is natural. Socialism is indeed an ideal.
//the intentions may be good, but if the means to an end is evil, it is still evil.
//the British government did a fine job implementing the rule of law so everyone could do as they wished.
//The Hong Kong British Government did not think they would get the support of Hong Kong citizens. They saw that most Hong Kong people were Chinese...The letter from the Governor of Hong Kong, David Trench, to the United Kingdom said that he never thought they would have the support of the Hong Kong people
//Hong Kong was governed by the British since the 19th century, it accepted Western culture, and preserved a pre-modern environment of tolerance.
//Hong Kong was now in shock and without the protection of British rule; its illusions about China were shattered. It was then that indigenous awareness was once again aroused in people’s consciousness.
Continue reading:
https://telegra.ph/How-can-despair-be-sustained-03-28
To be continued
Source: Stand News, (25-Feb)
https://bit.ly/3aARccx
#OneCountryTwoSystems #Freedom #Hongkonger #RuleOfLaw #1967Riot #Socialism #Autocracy #Democracy #CCP
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83-year-old Li Yi: I don’t have long to live, but I believe Hong Kong young people have wisdom beyond imagination 2/6
▶️ Part One
The Chinese are beyond the imagination of the world
"Since a large number of suddenly-rich Chinese…
83-year-old Li Yi: I don’t have long to live, but I believe Hong Kong young people have wisdom beyond imagination 2/6
▶️ Part One
The Chinese are beyond the imagination of the world
"Since a large number of suddenly-rich Chinese…