Wuhan Authorities: Another Death caused by the Wuhan Pneumonia
The Wuhan Health Authority reported last night (January 16) that a 69-year-old man, who contracted the virus on December 31, passed away on January 15. The authority also said that no new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, maintaining the total number of cases at 41, of which 5 are in a serious condition.
Editor's Note : The Wuhan pneumonia has claimed another life, making it 2 deaths in total. The second victim passed away on January 15 at 0045.
His death was not reported until a day after, on January 16 at midnight.
Delayed reporting is extremely typical of media reporting in China
Source: RTHK, Wuhan Government
#Jan17 #WuhanPneumonia #death
The Wuhan Health Authority reported last night (January 16) that a 69-year-old man, who contracted the virus on December 31, passed away on January 15. The authority also said that no new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, maintaining the total number of cases at 41, of which 5 are in a serious condition.
Editor's Note : The Wuhan pneumonia has claimed another life, making it 2 deaths in total. The second victim passed away on January 15 at 0045.
His death was not reported until a day after, on January 16 at midnight.
Delayed reporting is extremely typical of media reporting in China
Source: RTHK, Wuhan Government
#Jan17 #WuhanPneumonia #death
#ChinesePneumonia #Contagious
Thailand reports second case of Wuhan pneumonia
Thailand detected its second case of Wuhan pneumonia in a Chinese visitor from Wuhan. Health officials said the 74-year-old Chinese woman was diagnosed with pneumonia linked to the new coronavirus.
“People don't have to panic as there is no spread of the virus in Thailand," the ministry said in its statement.
The first case in Thailand also came from a Chinese visitor on January 8. As of 0035 on January 17, 45 cases of pneumonia are reported in Wuhan, China.
Source : Now news; RTHK #Jan17
Thailand reports second case of Wuhan pneumonia
Thailand detected its second case of Wuhan pneumonia in a Chinese visitor from Wuhan. Health officials said the 74-year-old Chinese woman was diagnosed with pneumonia linked to the new coronavirus.
“People don't have to panic as there is no spread of the virus in Thailand," the ministry said in its statement.
The first case in Thailand also came from a Chinese visitor on January 8. As of 0035 on January 17, 45 cases of pneumonia are reported in Wuhan, China.
Source : Now news; RTHK #Jan17
Sacked Union Chief Takes Legal Action against Cathay Dragon's Alleged Political Retaliation
"A former head of the Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Flight Attendants Association took her ex-employer to the Labour Tribunal on Friday [#Jan17] over her sacking last summer, not long after the SAR's political crisis erupted.
Rebecca Sy was dismissed after she was asked by management of Cathay Dragon to confirm the authenticity of several social media messages she had posted. But no specific reasons were given for her dismissal.
Sy is demanding to be reinstated and compensation of HK$150,000.
The case was adjourned until March 6.
Sy's dismissal came at a time when Cathay Pacific, the parent company of Cathay Dragon, was under pressure from the mainland's aviation regulator over flight crew joining Hong Kong protests or expressing support for them.
The regulator said no Cathay planes would be allowed to enter mainland airspace if any such crew members were on board."
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1503347-20200117.htm?spTabChangeable=0
"A former head of the Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Flight Attendants Association took her ex-employer to the Labour Tribunal on Friday [#Jan17] over her sacking last summer, not long after the SAR's political crisis erupted.
Rebecca Sy was dismissed after she was asked by management of Cathay Dragon to confirm the authenticity of several social media messages she had posted. But no specific reasons were given for her dismissal.
Sy is demanding to be reinstated and compensation of HK$150,000.
The case was adjourned until March 6.
Sy's dismissal came at a time when Cathay Pacific, the parent company of Cathay Dragon, was under pressure from the mainland's aviation regulator over flight crew joining Hong Kong protests or expressing support for them.
The regulator said no Cathay planes would be allowed to enter mainland airspace if any such crew members were on board."
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1503347-20200117.htm?spTabChangeable=0
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Sacked union chief takes Cathay Dragon to tribunal
A former head of the Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Flight Attendants Association took her ex-employer to the Labour Tribunal on Friday over her sacking last summer, not long after the SAR's political crisis erupted. Rebecca Sy was dismissed after she was asked…
#LennonWall
Police arrested 8 citizens including one off-duty police officer for allegedly setting up a Lennon Wall in Tuen Mun.
Source: Apple Daily #Jan17
https://s.nextmedia.com/realtime/a.php?i=20200117&s=10829391&a=60493833
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Police arrested 8 citizens including one off-duty police officer for allegedly setting up a Lennon Wall in Tuen Mun.
Source: Apple Daily #Jan17
https://s.nextmedia.com/realtime/a.php?i=20200117&s=10829391&a=60493833
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A civilian fainted and fell down. First aider was providing medical assistance at Langham Place cinema ticket booth.
#Jan17 #LunarNewYear #FishballRevolution
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A civilian fainted and fell down. First aider was providing medical assistance at Langham Place cinema ticket booth.
#Jan17 #LunarNewYear #FishballRevolution
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International Policing Expert: HK Police Commissioner Refused Advice, Complaints Council Excludes Protester Interviews from Report
Source: Apple Daily #Jan17
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International Policing Expert: HK Police Commissioner Refused Advice, Complaints Council Excludes Protester Interviews from Report
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International Policing Expert: HK Police Commissioner Refused Advice, Complaints Council Excludes Protester Interviews from Report
British policing expert Professor #CliffordStott, who withdrew from the panel of international experts reviewing Hong Kong police conduct during the 2019 Anti-ELAB protests, had since published his own investigative report.
During a video conference on Jan 16, 2021 with Hong Kong Democratic Party's International Affairs committee, Stott recalled the panel's meeting with Hong Kong police commissioner #ChrisTang. He noted that Tang was indifferent to the reason why citizens were protesting, and refused to listen to the council's suggestions.
Stott also mentioned that when he was in Hong Kong as a member of the Independent Police Complaints Council (#IPCC), he interviewed protesters and the lawyers who assisted them. However, the council was unwilling to include these interviews in its findings; this was illustrative of the biased nature of the report.
The panel of international experts was dismayed that the IPCC lacked the power to investigate the police force, and had planned to hold a press conference before leaving the city in order to voice their concerns. However, certain unnamed persons criticized their press release, even demanding them to not publish their views.
Commissioner Tang Hogged the Mic with a 45-Minute Speech
Clifford Stott is the Dean of research at the social psychology department of Britain's Keele University, and his research specializes in the issues and policies of policing unrest and public order. He emphasized the necessity of understanding the underlying reasons behind any riots or public unrest.
Taking an example from Hong Kong's 2019 Anti-ELAB protests, he noted that the nature of the movement has changed since protesters broke into the Legislature on July 1, 2019. The peaceful marches since then often ended in clashes, and violent fighting had become more common. He believes that the police must understand why protesters are taking to the streets before they could solve the problem at its root. Furthermore, they must step out of their preconceptions as authority figures before they can accurately analyze the protesters' actions, and arrive at conclusions that reflect reality.
However, when Stott and the IPCC met with the Commissioner of Police Chris Tang, Tang first lectured them for 45 minutes.
The professor was not impressed at Tang's unwillingness to interact with the IPCC, commenting that "it is not really a discussion".
"No Desire" to Reconcile with the Public
During break time, Stott approached Tang to raise his concerns, urging the police to face the cause of the protests and understand what citizens were demanding. His advice fell on deaf ears, however. Stott said that the police made it obvious that they did not welcome advice, had completely rejected their suggestions, and had "no desire to step back into the relationship" with the public.
As for the IPCC report, Stott criticized that it only made moral judgments on the conduct of protesters, but did not analyze the root cause of the movement, nor did it give the same attention to the conduct of the police. It also left out his interviews of protesters and their lawyers. Such a report, Stott concluded, could only give a partial and biased representation of the reality of the Hong Kong protests.
Source: Apple Daily #Jan17
https://bit.ly/3nNirad
#AsiasFinest #PoliceState
International Policing Expert: HK Police Commissioner Refused Advice, Complaints Council Excludes Protester Interviews from Report
British policing expert Professor #CliffordStott, who withdrew from the panel of international experts reviewing Hong Kong police conduct during the 2019 Anti-ELAB protests, had since published his own investigative report.
During a video conference on Jan 16, 2021 with Hong Kong Democratic Party's International Affairs committee, Stott recalled the panel's meeting with Hong Kong police commissioner #ChrisTang. He noted that Tang was indifferent to the reason why citizens were protesting, and refused to listen to the council's suggestions.
Stott also mentioned that when he was in Hong Kong as a member of the Independent Police Complaints Council (#IPCC), he interviewed protesters and the lawyers who assisted them. However, the council was unwilling to include these interviews in its findings; this was illustrative of the biased nature of the report.
The panel of international experts was dismayed that the IPCC lacked the power to investigate the police force, and had planned to hold a press conference before leaving the city in order to voice their concerns. However, certain unnamed persons criticized their press release, even demanding them to not publish their views.
Commissioner Tang Hogged the Mic with a 45-Minute Speech
Clifford Stott is the Dean of research at the social psychology department of Britain's Keele University, and his research specializes in the issues and policies of policing unrest and public order. He emphasized the necessity of understanding the underlying reasons behind any riots or public unrest.
Taking an example from Hong Kong's 2019 Anti-ELAB protests, he noted that the nature of the movement has changed since protesters broke into the Legislature on July 1, 2019. The peaceful marches since then often ended in clashes, and violent fighting had become more common. He believes that the police must understand why protesters are taking to the streets before they could solve the problem at its root. Furthermore, they must step out of their preconceptions as authority figures before they can accurately analyze the protesters' actions, and arrive at conclusions that reflect reality.
However, when Stott and the IPCC met with the Commissioner of Police Chris Tang, Tang first lectured them for 45 minutes.
The professor was not impressed at Tang's unwillingness to interact with the IPCC, commenting that "it is not really a discussion".
"No Desire" to Reconcile with the Public
During break time, Stott approached Tang to raise his concerns, urging the police to face the cause of the protests and understand what citizens were demanding. His advice fell on deaf ears, however. Stott said that the police made it obvious that they did not welcome advice, had completely rejected their suggestions, and had "no desire to step back into the relationship" with the public.
As for the IPCC report, Stott criticized that it only made moral judgments on the conduct of protesters, but did not analyze the root cause of the movement, nor did it give the same attention to the conduct of the police. It also left out his interviews of protesters and their lawyers. Such a report, Stott concluded, could only give a partial and biased representation of the reality of the Hong Kong protests.
Source: Apple Daily #Jan17
https://bit.ly/3nNirad
#AsiasFinest #PoliceState
Dominic Raab calls QC acting for Hong Kong government 'mercenary'
The foreign secretary Dominic Raab said on 17 Jan said that David Perry QC, the barrister acting for the Hong Kong government in its efforts to jail pro-democracy activists, was behaving in “a pretty mercenary way” and providing the Chinese government with a PR coup
Under the Bar code of ethics, Raab believed a case like this could be resisted and frankly. He also mentioned the Chinese treatment of the Uighur people that he did not believe it was right for the British high court to be given a role in determining whether acts of genocide may be under way in China or anywhere else.
Source: The Guardian #Jan17
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/17/dominic-raab-calls-qc-acting-for-hong-kong-government-mercenary
#HongKong #DavidPerry #DominicRaab
The foreign secretary Dominic Raab said on 17 Jan said that David Perry QC, the barrister acting for the Hong Kong government in its efforts to jail pro-democracy activists, was behaving in “a pretty mercenary way” and providing the Chinese government with a PR coup
Under the Bar code of ethics, Raab believed a case like this could be resisted and frankly. He also mentioned the Chinese treatment of the Uighur people that he did not believe it was right for the British high court to be given a role in determining whether acts of genocide may be under way in China or anywhere else.
Source: The Guardian #Jan17
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/17/dominic-raab-calls-qc-acting-for-hong-kong-government-mercenary
#HongKong #DavidPerry #DominicRaab
COVID-19 found in Tianjin ice cream; 2747 boxes sold
Three samples of ice cream produced in Tianjin were found to contain COVID-19, the anti-epidemic authorities of Tianjin immediately sealed 2089 boxes of ice cream but it is believed that as many as 4836 boxes were affected, some of which were already exported to other province. The three samples were chocolate flavored ice cream (lot number 20210105), strawberry flavored ice cream (lot number 20210106), and taro flavored ice cream (lot number 20210107).
The Tianjin Centre for Disease Control (TCDC) reported that it conducted nucleic acid test on three ice cream samples submitted by Tianjin Daqiaodao Food Co. Ltd., which yield positive result on COVID-19, and subsequent tests reconfirmed the case. These three samples were chocolate flavor ice cream (lot number 20210105), strawberry flavor ice cream (lot number 20210106), and taro flavor ice cream (lot number 20210107).
Tianjin Daqiaodao Food Company was sealed off, personnel and goods were prohibited from entering and leaving the site. Moreover, 2089 boxes of ice cream in the inventory were sealed, and shipped ones were being tracked. The TCDC said that 2747 boxes of ice cream has been sold, with 1812 of them were shipped to other provinces. The authority has notified CDC in other municipal of the case. As for the 935 boxes sold in Tianjin, 65 of them were sold through retail, and the authorities said the vast majority have not been sold yet.
Source: The Stand News #Jan17
https://bit.ly/2MvPkLG
#China #COVID19 #IceCream #Tianjin #CentreForDiseaseControl #TianjinDaqiaodao
Three samples of ice cream produced in Tianjin were found to contain COVID-19, the anti-epidemic authorities of Tianjin immediately sealed 2089 boxes of ice cream but it is believed that as many as 4836 boxes were affected, some of which were already exported to other province. The three samples were chocolate flavored ice cream (lot number 20210105), strawberry flavored ice cream (lot number 20210106), and taro flavored ice cream (lot number 20210107).
The Tianjin Centre for Disease Control (TCDC) reported that it conducted nucleic acid test on three ice cream samples submitted by Tianjin Daqiaodao Food Co. Ltd., which yield positive result on COVID-19, and subsequent tests reconfirmed the case. These three samples were chocolate flavor ice cream (lot number 20210105), strawberry flavor ice cream (lot number 20210106), and taro flavor ice cream (lot number 20210107).
Tianjin Daqiaodao Food Company was sealed off, personnel and goods were prohibited from entering and leaving the site. Moreover, 2089 boxes of ice cream in the inventory were sealed, and shipped ones were being tracked. The TCDC said that 2747 boxes of ice cream has been sold, with 1812 of them were shipped to other provinces. The authority has notified CDC in other municipal of the case. As for the 935 boxes sold in Tianjin, 65 of them were sold through retail, and the authorities said the vast majority have not been sold yet.
Source: The Stand News #Jan17
https://bit.ly/2MvPkLG
#China #COVID19 #IceCream #Tianjin #CentreForDiseaseControl #TianjinDaqiaodao
The EU could throw out its landmark trade deal with China over concerns about Beijing's human rights record
Source: Business Insider #Jan17
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The EU could throw out its landmark trade deal with China over concerns about Beijing's human rights record
A leading member of the European Parliament has raised significant concerns about the EU's landmark investment deal with China over its alleged human rights abuses and fears that it could harm relations with the new Biden administration.
The EU-China investment deal aims to liberalize trade between Beijing and Brussels and was struck in the last days of December after last-minute concessions from Chinese premier Xi Jinping.
But there is mounting concern in the European Parliament, which still needs to approve the deal, about the deal given China's human rights record on issues including alleged forced labor camps and a crackdown in Hong Kong which began last year.
"To lay such a Christmas present under Xi Jinping's Christmas tree after the year that we've had with China, that is quite a stretch," said Reinhard Bütikofer, chair of the European Parliament's China delegation, in an interview with Insider.
Source: Business Insider #Jan17
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-human-rights-european-parliament-concerns-over-eu-china-deal-2021-1
#EUChinaInvestmentDeal #EUParliament #ChinaAbuseHumanRight
A leading member of the European Parliament has raised significant concerns about the EU's landmark investment deal with China over its alleged human rights abuses and fears that it could harm relations with the new Biden administration.
The EU-China investment deal aims to liberalize trade between Beijing and Brussels and was struck in the last days of December after last-minute concessions from Chinese premier Xi Jinping.
But there is mounting concern in the European Parliament, which still needs to approve the deal, about the deal given China's human rights record on issues including alleged forced labor camps and a crackdown in Hong Kong which began last year.
"To lay such a Christmas present under Xi Jinping's Christmas tree after the year that we've had with China, that is quite a stretch," said Reinhard Bütikofer, chair of the European Parliament's China delegation, in an interview with Insider.
Source: Business Insider #Jan17
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-human-rights-european-parliament-concerns-over-eu-china-deal-2021-1
#EUChinaInvestmentDeal #EUParliament #ChinaAbuseHumanRight
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The EU could throw out its landmark trade deal with China over concerns about Beijing's human rights record
Anxiety about the deal with China includes concerns over alleged human rights abuses and fears of harming relations with the new Biden administration.
Dominic Raab Urge Beijing to Allow the UN to Investigate Human Rights Issue in Xinjiang
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Dominic Raab Urge Beijing to Allow the UN to Investigate Human Rights Issue in Xinjiang
Dominic Raab, the British Foreign Secretary, once again in a week criticised Beijing for harming human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. He also urged China to allow the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to investigate the violation of the current Uyghurs human rights situation in Xinjiang.
Raab mentioned the cooperation stance between the UK and Xinjiang and expressed his opposing stance against Britain cooperating with Chinese enterprises, which exploited Xinjiang, at a BBC video interview with a political commentator Andrew Marr in Jan 17 morning local time. He mentioned that companies should not import product manufactured by forced labour in Xinjiang, ensuring that no organisation and institute from Britain would encourage violations of human rights in the area under the related policy. Raab expounded the British stance on the Xinjiang human rights issues the third time in a week, after briefing at the House of Commons last week and his conversation with Wang Yi.
Raab continued to express his concern over the issues in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. “We have joined 38 countries to criticise and to condemn the human rights violation in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. We will take actions to restrict British enterprises to profit from their supply chains in these horrifying detention camps. China accuses the west and Britain of having fabricated lies on the issues. If China wants to dispute the accusation and report, the simplest way is to allow United Nation Human Rights Commissioners to visit and investigate these places.”
#DominicRaab #Britain #XinJiang #Uyghur #HumanRights #UN #HongKong #DetentionCamps #BBC #AndrewMarr
Sources: StandNews #Jan17
https://bit.ly/3qA5eCO
Dominic Raab, the British Foreign Secretary, once again in a week criticised Beijing for harming human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. He also urged China to allow the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to investigate the violation of the current Uyghurs human rights situation in Xinjiang.
Raab mentioned the cooperation stance between the UK and Xinjiang and expressed his opposing stance against Britain cooperating with Chinese enterprises, which exploited Xinjiang, at a BBC video interview with a political commentator Andrew Marr in Jan 17 morning local time. He mentioned that companies should not import product manufactured by forced labour in Xinjiang, ensuring that no organisation and institute from Britain would encourage violations of human rights in the area under the related policy. Raab expounded the British stance on the Xinjiang human rights issues the third time in a week, after briefing at the House of Commons last week and his conversation with Wang Yi.
Raab continued to express his concern over the issues in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. “We have joined 38 countries to criticise and to condemn the human rights violation in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. We will take actions to restrict British enterprises to profit from their supply chains in these horrifying detention camps. China accuses the west and Britain of having fabricated lies on the issues. If China wants to dispute the accusation and report, the simplest way is to allow United Nation Human Rights Commissioners to visit and investigate these places.”
#DominicRaab #Britain #XinJiang #Uyghur #HumanRights #UN #HongKong #DetentionCamps #BBC #AndrewMarr
Sources: StandNews #Jan17
https://bit.ly/3qA5eCO
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Chinese Students Protest Against Removal of #TiananmenMassacre Monument at #HKU
On January 17, 2022 at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), students from China launched a flashmob protest against the university management's removal of the #PillarofShame, a monument commemorating the victims of the 1989 June 4th Tiananmen Massacre in Beijing.
The students laid flowers, handbills that read “Pillar Gone, Shame Still”, documents about the history of the pillar and red stain from dragon fruits at the original site.
Around ten security guards surrounded the area on high alert, checking journalists’ passes on the site. The guards removed the students‘ display within 2 to 3 minutes, calling the display as “pieces of trash”.
Source: InMediaHK #Jan17
https://bit.ly/3FHSRM
#NeverForget #Memory #Remembrance #University
Chinese Students Protest Against Removal of #TiananmenMassacre Monument at #HKU
On January 17, 2022 at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), students from China launched a flashmob protest against the university management's removal of the #PillarofShame, a monument commemorating the victims of the 1989 June 4th Tiananmen Massacre in Beijing.
The students laid flowers, handbills that read “Pillar Gone, Shame Still”, documents about the history of the pillar and red stain from dragon fruits at the original site.
Around ten security guards surrounded the area on high alert, checking journalists’ passes on the site. The guards removed the students‘ display within 2 to 3 minutes, calling the display as “pieces of trash”.
Source: InMediaHK #Jan17
https://bit.ly/3FHSRM
#NeverForget #Memory #Remembrance #University