#Newspaper
When Bloomberg News’s Reporting on China Was Challenged, Bloomberg Tried to Ruin Me for Speaking Out
//I am one of the many women Mike Bloomberg’s company tried to silence through nondisclosure agreements… I never even worked for Bloomberg.
//the Bloomberg machine will go to in order to avoid offending Beijing… so dependent on the vast China market for its business that its lawyers threatened to devastate my family financially if I didn’t sign an NDA silencing me about how Bloomberg News killed a story critical of Chinese Communist Party leaders.
//Soon after Bloomberg published the article on Xi’s family wealth in June 2012, my husband received death threats conveyed by a woman who told him she represented a relative of Xi… “Something will happen. It will look like an accident. Nobody will know what happened. He’ll just be found dead.”
//I desperately wanted to speak publicly about the death threats, feeling it would give us stronger protection, but Bloomberg News wanted us not to say anything about it… I stayed silent until October 26, 2012, when another (unrelated) story was published in defiance of the Chinese government. I decided to tweet that we had received death threats after the Bloomberg story on Xi Jinping.
//a Bloomberg manager called my husband and said, “Get your wife to delete her tweets.”
//“If we run the story, we’ll be kicked out of China,” Winkler reportedly said on a company call.
//Mike Bloomberg… his company had self-censored out of fear of offending the Chinese government
//I was also infuriated that they had kept us in harm’s way after we received threats… and now were trying to take away my freedom of speech forever.
//Even now, I am nervous about the consequences of speaking out. But the more of us speak out, the stronger we are.
Full Article: The Intercept, (22-Jan)
https://bit.ly/32Ug8Jp
#Xi #Bloomberg #FreedomOfSpeech #DeathThreat
When Bloomberg News’s Reporting on China Was Challenged, Bloomberg Tried to Ruin Me for Speaking Out
//I am one of the many women Mike Bloomberg’s company tried to silence through nondisclosure agreements… I never even worked for Bloomberg.
//the Bloomberg machine will go to in order to avoid offending Beijing… so dependent on the vast China market for its business that its lawyers threatened to devastate my family financially if I didn’t sign an NDA silencing me about how Bloomberg News killed a story critical of Chinese Communist Party leaders.
//Soon after Bloomberg published the article on Xi’s family wealth in June 2012, my husband received death threats conveyed by a woman who told him she represented a relative of Xi… “Something will happen. It will look like an accident. Nobody will know what happened. He’ll just be found dead.”
//I desperately wanted to speak publicly about the death threats, feeling it would give us stronger protection, but Bloomberg News wanted us not to say anything about it… I stayed silent until October 26, 2012, when another (unrelated) story was published in defiance of the Chinese government. I decided to tweet that we had received death threats after the Bloomberg story on Xi Jinping.
//a Bloomberg manager called my husband and said, “Get your wife to delete her tweets.”
//“If we run the story, we’ll be kicked out of China,” Winkler reportedly said on a company call.
//Mike Bloomberg… his company had self-censored out of fear of offending the Chinese government
//I was also infuriated that they had kept us in harm’s way after we received threats… and now were trying to take away my freedom of speech forever.
//Even now, I am nervous about the consequences of speaking out. But the more of us speak out, the stronger we are.
Full Article: The Intercept, (22-Jan)
https://bit.ly/32Ug8Jp
#Xi #Bloomberg #FreedomOfSpeech #DeathThreat
The Intercept
Bloomberg Tried to Ruin Me for Speaking Out on China Reporting
Bloomberg lawyers in Hong Kong threatened to devastate my family financially and take me to court if I did not sign an NDA — even though I had never been a Bloomberg employee.
#CCP #PressFreedom
China Detains #Bloomberg Staff in Beijing on suspicion of endangering national security
Source: RTHK; Bloomberg; The Wall Street Journal #Dec11
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China Detains #Bloomberg Staff in Beijing on suspicion of endangering national security
Chinese authorities have detained a member of staff, Haze Fan from Bloomberg's news bureau in Beijing on suspicion of endangering national security, the company said on December 11, 2020.
Fan was last in contact with one of her editors around 11:30 a.m. local time on December 7. Shortly after, she was seen being escorted from her apartment building by plain clothes security officials.
“We are very concerned for her, and have been actively speaking to Chinese authorities to better understand the situation," a Bloomberg spokesperson said. "We are continuing to do everything we can to support her while we seek more information.”
In its report on the arrest, Bloomberg quoted mainland authorities as saying: "Chinese citizen Ms Fan has been detained by the Beijing National Security Bureau according to relevant Chinese law on suspicion of engaging in criminal activities that jeopardise national security."
According to Ms. Fan’s LinkedIn profile, she is currently a global business reporter and senior producer for Bloomberg in China. In her capacity as a producer, the profile says, she is responsible for breaking market news and planning other content for Bloomberg TV.
Source: RTHK; Bloomberg; The Wall Street Journal #Dec11
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-11/chinese-authorities-detain-bloomberg-news-beijing-staff-member
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-detains-bloomberg-news-staff-member-in-beijing-11607691086
#Disappearance #NationalSecurity #Bloomberg
China Detains #Bloomberg Staff in Beijing on suspicion of endangering national security
Chinese authorities have detained a member of staff, Haze Fan from Bloomberg's news bureau in Beijing on suspicion of endangering national security, the company said on December 11, 2020.
Fan was last in contact with one of her editors around 11:30 a.m. local time on December 7. Shortly after, she was seen being escorted from her apartment building by plain clothes security officials.
“We are very concerned for her, and have been actively speaking to Chinese authorities to better understand the situation," a Bloomberg spokesperson said. "We are continuing to do everything we can to support her while we seek more information.”
In its report on the arrest, Bloomberg quoted mainland authorities as saying: "Chinese citizen Ms Fan has been detained by the Beijing National Security Bureau according to relevant Chinese law on suspicion of engaging in criminal activities that jeopardise national security."
According to Ms. Fan’s LinkedIn profile, she is currently a global business reporter and senior producer for Bloomberg in China. In her capacity as a producer, the profile says, she is responsible for breaking market news and planning other content for Bloomberg TV.
Source: RTHK; Bloomberg; The Wall Street Journal #Dec11
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-11/chinese-authorities-detain-bloomberg-news-beijing-staff-member
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-detains-bloomberg-news-staff-member-in-beijing-11607691086
#Disappearance #NationalSecurity #Bloomberg
Bloomberg.com
China Authorities Detain Bloomberg News Beijing Staff Member
Chinese authorities have detained Haze Fan, who works for the Bloomberg News bureau in Beijing, on suspicion of endangering national security.
#PressFreedom #HazeFan #Bloomberg
EU Calls on China to Allow Bloomberg News Staffer Legal Access
Source: European Union, #Dec12
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EU Calls on China to Allow Bloomberg News Staffer Legal Access
The European Union has urged China to release all journalists and citizens held in connection with their reporting, following the detention of a Bloomberg News employee. Haze Fan, a Chinese citizen, was taken from her home by plain-clothes security officials on December 7 on suspicion of endangering national security.
"All those arrested and detained in connection with their reporting activity should be immediately released,” an EU spokesperson said in a statement on December 12. “We expect the Chinese authorities to grant her (Fan) medical assistance if needed, prompt access to a lawyer of her choice, and contacts with her family,” it added.
Read EU statement in full
China: Statement by the Spokesperson on the arrest of Ms Fan Haze
https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/90501/china-statement-spokesperson-arrest-ms-fan-haze_en
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EU Calls on China to Allow Bloomberg News Staffer Legal Access
The European Union has urged China to release all journalists and citizens held in connection with their reporting, following the detention of a Bloomberg News employee. Haze Fan, a Chinese citizen, was taken from her home by plain-clothes security officials on December 7 on suspicion of endangering national security.
"All those arrested and detained in connection with their reporting activity should be immediately released,” an EU spokesperson said in a statement on December 12. “We expect the Chinese authorities to grant her (Fan) medical assistance if needed, prompt access to a lawyer of her choice, and contacts with her family,” it added.
Read EU statement in full
China: Statement by the Spokesperson on the arrest of Ms Fan Haze
https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/90501/china-statement-spokesperson-arrest-ms-fan-haze_en
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China Detains #Bloomberg Staff in Beijing on suspicion of endangering national security
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27269
#Disappearance #CCP #HazeFan
U.K. Points to Political Risk in New Hong Kong Business Guidance
The U.K. highlighted increasing political risks in its latest guidance on conducting business in Hong Kong, pointedly dropping references to relations with its former colony as “positive” and “beneficial.”
The U.K. government updated its guidance Tuesday for the business risk level in Hong Kong to include a warning that a China-drafted national security law imposed last year was “already reducing the extent to which the people of Hong Kong are able to exercise their fundamental rights and freedoms.” The guidance also lays out recent political changes in Hong Kong, citing “increasing concerns” about
#Bloomberg
https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/u-k-points-to-political-risk-in-new-hong-kong-business-guidance
#Feb17 #PoliticalRiskInHongKong #HongKong #HKBusinessGuidance
The U.K. highlighted increasing political risks in its latest guidance on conducting business in Hong Kong, pointedly dropping references to relations with its former colony as “positive” and “beneficial.”
The U.K. government updated its guidance Tuesday for the business risk level in Hong Kong to include a warning that a China-drafted national security law imposed last year was “already reducing the extent to which the people of Hong Kong are able to exercise their fundamental rights and freedoms.” The guidance also lays out recent political changes in Hong Kong, citing “increasing concerns” about
#Bloomberg
https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/u-k-points-to-political-risk-in-new-hong-kong-business-guidance
#Feb17 #PoliticalRiskInHongKong #HongKong #HKBusinessGuidance
Chinese authorities have detained a Bloomberg News journalist on suspicion of threatening national security
Chinese authorities detained Haze Fan, a staffer in the Bloomberg News office in Beijing, on suspicion of endangering national security. Fan, who is a Chinese citizen, was last seen being taken away from her apartment in Beijing by plainclothes security officials after speaking with one of her editors
Fan, who covers Chinese business-news topics for Bloomberg, started working for the publication in 2017. She previously worked for Al Jazeera, CBS News, CNBC, and Thomson Reuters.
The US and China have been imposing sanctions on each other's journalists. The US has labeled Chinese media organizations as government entities.
Source: Business Insider #Dec11
https://www.businessinsider.com/haze-fan-detained-china-bloomberg-news-beijing-national-security-2020-12
#CCP #ChinaDetainJournalist #Bloomberg
Chinese authorities detained Haze Fan, a staffer in the Bloomberg News office in Beijing, on suspicion of endangering national security. Fan, who is a Chinese citizen, was last seen being taken away from her apartment in Beijing by plainclothes security officials after speaking with one of her editors
Fan, who covers Chinese business-news topics for Bloomberg, started working for the publication in 2017. She previously worked for Al Jazeera, CBS News, CNBC, and Thomson Reuters.
The US and China have been imposing sanctions on each other's journalists. The US has labeled Chinese media organizations as government entities.
Source: Business Insider #Dec11
https://www.businessinsider.com/haze-fan-detained-china-bloomberg-news-beijing-national-security-2020-12
#CCP #ChinaDetainJournalist #Bloomberg
#Newspaper
#NationalSecurityLaw Charges Over #AppleDaily Editors and Executives Raise Concern Over Hongkongers' Situation Across the World
The Hong Kong police arrest of #AppleDaily senior staff on June 17, 2021 has been widely reported by news outlets across the world.
On June 19, the newspaper's editor-in-chief #RayLaw and #NextDigital CEO #CheungKimHung were mentioned in court for national security charges and were remanded afterwards. The next trial will take place in August 2021.
June 20, 2021 marks the 26th anniversary of the establishment of Apple Daily in Hong Kong. It is the only pro-democracy Chinese-language newspaper in print in the city.
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#Reuters
//Five hundred Hong Kong police officers sifted through reporters’ computers and notebooks at pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on Thursday, the first case in which authorities have cited media articles as potentially violating the national security law.
“This is a blatant attack on the editorial side of Apple Daily,” Mark Simon, an adviser to Lai who is outside Hong Kong, told Reuters. “They’re arresting the top editorial folks.”
Asked how long he thinks the newspaper can survive, Simon said: “They decide, not us,” referring to authorities.//
Full article:
https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-security-apple-daily/update-2-hks-apple-daily-says-police-arrest-five-directors-in-latest-blow-to-tycoon-jimmy-lai-idUSL2N2NZ006
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#TheGuardian
//The raids were condemned by journalism and human rights groups.
Steven Butler, Asia program coordinator of the Committee to Protect Journalists, said the arrests destroyed “any remaining fiction that Hong Kong supports freedom of the press”.
“China, which controls Hong Kong, may be able to eliminate the paper, which it sees as an annoying critic, but only at a steep price to be paid by the people of Hong Kong, who had enjoyed decades of free access to information.”//
Full article:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/17/hong-kong-police-arrest-editor-in-chief-of-apple-daily-newspaper-in-morning-raids
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#CNN
//Press freedoms are a fundamental right guaranteed by Hong Kong's Basic Law, the city's mini-constitution. But experts have worried about the usage of the national security law, and there have been indications of pressures on other media in the city.
A recent ranking of worldwide press freedoms, meanwhile, indicates that the environment in Hong Kong has deteriorated. The international watchdog Reporters Without Borders — which qualifies such freedoms based on data on abuse and acts of violence against journalists along with a questionnaire to experts — ranked Hong Kong 80 out of 180 countries for press freedom, down from 18 out of 138 in 2002.//
Full article:
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/16/media/apple-daily-arrests-intl-hnk/index.html
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#Bloomberg
//“Hong Kong has been left with little free speech under the national security law, which is really aimed at silencing all dissent,” said Victoria Hui, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. “Beijing has reined in Hong Kong and will continue to take whatever it takes to silence any dissenting voices.”
In a letter to readers on Thursday afternoon, Apple Daily said police officers confiscated a “large number of items,” including the computers of 38 journalists, over the course of a five-hour search of the company’s offices.
The newspaper said it now “faces an unprecedented crackdown by the regime,” but vowed its staff would be “standing firm” despite the growing pressure.
“Hong Kong’s press freedom is now hanging by a thread,” the letter said. “Though we are facing a sweeping clampdown on our publication, the staff of Apple Daily will hold fast to our duties faithfully and press on till the end to see the arrival of dawn.”//
Full article:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-16/hong-kong-arrests-apple-daily-editor-on-security-law-scmp-says
#PressFreedom #PoliceState #Censorship #PoliticalProsecution
Image: Stand News
#NationalSecurityLaw Charges Over #AppleDaily Editors and Executives Raise Concern Over Hongkongers' Situation Across the World
The Hong Kong police arrest of #AppleDaily senior staff on June 17, 2021 has been widely reported by news outlets across the world.
On June 19, the newspaper's editor-in-chief #RayLaw and #NextDigital CEO #CheungKimHung were mentioned in court for national security charges and were remanded afterwards. The next trial will take place in August 2021.
June 20, 2021 marks the 26th anniversary of the establishment of Apple Daily in Hong Kong. It is the only pro-democracy Chinese-language newspaper in print in the city.
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#Reuters
//Five hundred Hong Kong police officers sifted through reporters’ computers and notebooks at pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on Thursday, the first case in which authorities have cited media articles as potentially violating the national security law.
“This is a blatant attack on the editorial side of Apple Daily,” Mark Simon, an adviser to Lai who is outside Hong Kong, told Reuters. “They’re arresting the top editorial folks.”
Asked how long he thinks the newspaper can survive, Simon said: “They decide, not us,” referring to authorities.//
Full article:
https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-security-apple-daily/update-2-hks-apple-daily-says-police-arrest-five-directors-in-latest-blow-to-tycoon-jimmy-lai-idUSL2N2NZ006
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#TheGuardian
//The raids were condemned by journalism and human rights groups.
Steven Butler, Asia program coordinator of the Committee to Protect Journalists, said the arrests destroyed “any remaining fiction that Hong Kong supports freedom of the press”.
“China, which controls Hong Kong, may be able to eliminate the paper, which it sees as an annoying critic, but only at a steep price to be paid by the people of Hong Kong, who had enjoyed decades of free access to information.”//
Full article:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/17/hong-kong-police-arrest-editor-in-chief-of-apple-daily-newspaper-in-morning-raids
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#CNN
//Press freedoms are a fundamental right guaranteed by Hong Kong's Basic Law, the city's mini-constitution. But experts have worried about the usage of the national security law, and there have been indications of pressures on other media in the city.
A recent ranking of worldwide press freedoms, meanwhile, indicates that the environment in Hong Kong has deteriorated. The international watchdog Reporters Without Borders — which qualifies such freedoms based on data on abuse and acts of violence against journalists along with a questionnaire to experts — ranked Hong Kong 80 out of 180 countries for press freedom, down from 18 out of 138 in 2002.//
Full article:
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/16/media/apple-daily-arrests-intl-hnk/index.html
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#Bloomberg
//“Hong Kong has been left with little free speech under the national security law, which is really aimed at silencing all dissent,” said Victoria Hui, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. “Beijing has reined in Hong Kong and will continue to take whatever it takes to silence any dissenting voices.”
In a letter to readers on Thursday afternoon, Apple Daily said police officers confiscated a “large number of items,” including the computers of 38 journalists, over the course of a five-hour search of the company’s offices.
The newspaper said it now “faces an unprecedented crackdown by the regime,” but vowed its staff would be “standing firm” despite the growing pressure.
“Hong Kong’s press freedom is now hanging by a thread,” the letter said. “Though we are facing a sweeping clampdown on our publication, the staff of Apple Daily will hold fast to our duties faithfully and press on till the end to see the arrival of dawn.”//
Full article:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-16/hong-kong-arrests-apple-daily-editor-on-security-law-scmp-says
#PressFreedom #PoliceState #Censorship #PoliticalProsecution
Image: Stand News
Reuters
HK's Apple Daily raided by 500 officers over national security law
Five hundred Hong Kong police officers sifted through reporters' computers and notebooks at pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on Thursday, the first case in which authorities have cited media articles as potentially violating the national security law.
Bloomberg: Xi Jinping’s “common prosperity” makes investors uneasy, Chinese regulators meet with Wall Street executives to defend against technology companies
According to Bloomberg, China recently defends against technology companies and the “common prosperity” from Chinese President Xi Jinping makes global investors feel disturbed. Chinese regulators and Wall Street executives had a closed meeting on Thursday, which defending the recent suppression of multiple industries, claiming that its regulatory measures are not aimed at technology or private companies.
According to quoted resources from the report, Fang Xinghai, Vice Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission, Senior Officials of the People’s Bank of China, and financial companies such as Goldman Sachs, Citadel, and BlackRock, held a 3-hour closed-door meeting on Thursday.
During the meeting, Fang Xinghai stated the supervision from Chinese government to Chinese companies should not be interpreted as being decoupled from the US or international financial markets. He stated that, China recent measures are targeting at companies operating consumer platforms and strengthens the supervision to improve privacy safety and national security. For measures that are aiming at education training industries and gaming industries, it is aiming to reduce the concerns of society.
Source: Stand News #Sep19
https://bit.ly/3GRsUvQ
#Bloomberg #XiJinping #WallStreet #China #Technology #Supervision #Privacy #NationalSecurity #Education #GamingIndustries
According to Bloomberg, China recently defends against technology companies and the “common prosperity” from Chinese President Xi Jinping makes global investors feel disturbed. Chinese regulators and Wall Street executives had a closed meeting on Thursday, which defending the recent suppression of multiple industries, claiming that its regulatory measures are not aimed at technology or private companies.
According to quoted resources from the report, Fang Xinghai, Vice Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission, Senior Officials of the People’s Bank of China, and financial companies such as Goldman Sachs, Citadel, and BlackRock, held a 3-hour closed-door meeting on Thursday.
During the meeting, Fang Xinghai stated the supervision from Chinese government to Chinese companies should not be interpreted as being decoupled from the US or international financial markets. He stated that, China recent measures are targeting at companies operating consumer platforms and strengthens the supervision to improve privacy safety and national security. For measures that are aiming at education training industries and gaming industries, it is aiming to reduce the concerns of society.
Source: Stand News #Sep19
https://bit.ly/3GRsUvQ
#Bloomberg #XiJinping #WallStreet #China #Technology #Supervision #Privacy #NationalSecurity #Education #GamingIndustries
Bloomberg: Haze Fan, who is working as a journalist in Beijing, is still detained by the Chinese authorities for a year
A journalist who works in the Office of Bloomberg in Beijing, Haze Fan, has been detained for a year by Chinese authorities. John Micklethwait, the Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg, issued a short statement regarding Haze Fan's 12 months of detention, raising concerns of people within the company about her health status.
The statement also indicated that the company would continuously try their best to assist Haze Fan and her family. News editorial staff missed Haze so much, no matter whether as a colleague or friend.
Haze Fan is a Chinese citizen and has worked for many foreign media such as CNBC, CBS, Al Jazeera and Reuters. She has worked at Bloomberg since 2017. On 7th December 2020, after the last time of contacting the editor at 11:30 am, Haze was taken away from the apartment by plainclothes law enforcement officers. Bloomberg has been seeking Haze’s whereabouts from the Chinese government and the Chinese Embassy in the United States.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China confirmed that Haze Fan was detained by Beijing Municipal National Security Bureau, suspecting that she was involved in criminal activities that endangered national security.
Source: Stand News #Dec07
#Bloomberg #China #NationalSecurity #PressFreedom
A journalist who works in the Office of Bloomberg in Beijing, Haze Fan, has been detained for a year by Chinese authorities. John Micklethwait, the Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg, issued a short statement regarding Haze Fan's 12 months of detention, raising concerns of people within the company about her health status.
The statement also indicated that the company would continuously try their best to assist Haze Fan and her family. News editorial staff missed Haze so much, no matter whether as a colleague or friend.
Haze Fan is a Chinese citizen and has worked for many foreign media such as CNBC, CBS, Al Jazeera and Reuters. She has worked at Bloomberg since 2017. On 7th December 2020, after the last time of contacting the editor at 11:30 am, Haze was taken away from the apartment by plainclothes law enforcement officers. Bloomberg has been seeking Haze’s whereabouts from the Chinese government and the Chinese Embassy in the United States.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China confirmed that Haze Fan was detained by Beijing Municipal National Security Bureau, suspecting that she was involved in criminal activities that endangered national security.
Source: Stand News #Dec07
#Bloomberg #China #NationalSecurity #PressFreedom
Douglas Todd: 5 reasons to question Vancouver's label as the 'anti-Asian hate crime capital of North America'
Some international media outlets this year labelled Vancouver “the anti-Asian hate crime capital of North America.”
They focused on a Vancouver police report that showed hate incidents against East Asians (not “Asians,” as the articles misstate) jumping by a startling 717 per cent in the year that COVID hit, up to 98 from 12.
Bloomberg,The Guardian and other media outlets then rushed to compare the Vancouver hate-crime unit’s data to figures from some large Canadian and U.S. cities and concluded that there had been more incidents in this relatively small West Coast city.
Source: Vancouver Sun #Oct15
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-5-reasons-to-question-vancouvers-label-as-the-anti-asian-hate-crime-capital-of-north-america-part-2
#Vancouver #Asian #COVID19 #Bloomberg #Guardian
Some international media outlets this year labelled Vancouver “the anti-Asian hate crime capital of North America.”
They focused on a Vancouver police report that showed hate incidents against East Asians (not “Asians,” as the articles misstate) jumping by a startling 717 per cent in the year that COVID hit, up to 98 from 12.
Bloomberg,The Guardian and other media outlets then rushed to compare the Vancouver hate-crime unit’s data to figures from some large Canadian and U.S. cities and concluded that there had been more incidents in this relatively small West Coast city.
Source: Vancouver Sun #Oct15
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-5-reasons-to-question-vancouvers-label-as-the-anti-asian-hate-crime-capital-of-north-america-part-2
#Vancouver #Asian #COVID19 #Bloomberg #Guardian