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China’s propaganda machine permeates the world, how “little pinks” and “red communist apps” are weaponized
//The propaganda machine’s “alternative facts” shape global opinion
//Hong Kong: the government and the public unite to “rewrite history”
//Official statements doled out from the “Chinese Central Kitchen”
//Flamewars, destroying information sources in 24 hours… wolf warrior diplomacy amidst the pandemic
//Zhenhua Data and other public opinion businesses continue expanding
//Who earns the money that the CCP throws into outsourcing “public opinion manipulation ventures”?
//Scholars discover that cross-strait intermediaries are key
//Content farms frequently build “bridges”
//“Little pinks” become the latest headache for the West
//Communist Red apps and social media platforms, the information war’s final campaign
Full translation by: Hong Kong Echo
Source: The Reporter
#China #PropagandaMachine #ContentFarms #LittlePinks #InternetTroll #RedCommunists #RewriteHistory
China’s propaganda machine permeates the world, how “little pinks” and “red communist apps” are weaponized
//The propaganda machine’s “alternative facts” shape global opinion
//Hong Kong: the government and the public unite to “rewrite history”
//Official statements doled out from the “Chinese Central Kitchen”
//Flamewars, destroying information sources in 24 hours… wolf warrior diplomacy amidst the pandemic
//Zhenhua Data and other public opinion businesses continue expanding
//Who earns the money that the CCP throws into outsourcing “public opinion manipulation ventures”?
//Scholars discover that cross-strait intermediaries are key
//Content farms frequently build “bridges”
//“Little pinks” become the latest headache for the West
//Communist Red apps and social media platforms, the information war’s final campaign
Full translation by: Hong Kong Echo
Source: The Reporter
#China #PropagandaMachine #ContentFarms #LittlePinks #InternetTroll #RedCommunists #RewriteHistory
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駛向全球的中共大外宣機器，如何把「小粉紅」與「紅色App」武器化？ - 報導者 The Reporter
趁COVID-19之亂，「中共製造」的輿情產業持續壯大，兩岸掮客角色關鍵。大外宣機器 ──特別是「紅色App」和「小粉紅」，已為全球民主國家帶來怎樣的挑戰？
Confidential document says Beijing refuses to fund local CDC, bureaucracy causes collapse of the medical system and loss of epidemic prevention and fighting function
Source: Apple Daily #Dec01
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Source: Apple Daily #Dec01
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Confidential document says Beijing refuses to fund local CDC, bureaucracy causes collapse of the medical system and loss of epidemic prevention and fighting function
The initial outbreak of Wuhan COVID-19 in China has spread globally. The leaked documents received by CNN not only reflect China's mishandling of the epidemic but also reveal that China's health care system has been riddled with problems for a prolonged period of time and that when the epidemic escalated, officials and medical personnel generally took it lightly, further contributing to the global outbreak of the virus.
After SARS in 2003, the Chinese authorities spent 167 million USD (about 1.3 billion HKD) to set up a notification system. Theoretically, the system allows regional hospitals or disease prevention centres to directly report outbreaks to the central government and share relevant information with the entire country. However, according to a report in the paper, the system itself slowed down, and other bureaucratic constraints have further impeded information flow.
Compared to major cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, Wuhan's medical system received relatively few resources. An audit report completed last October pointed out that Hubei Province's disease prevention centre was underfunded. The lack of proper testing equipment and motivated medical staff, especially in the early stages of the outbreak when they still used SARS-era equipment, was completely neglected by the Chinese Bureaucracy.
#China #SARS #COVID19 #Pandemic #Epidemic #WuhanVirus #CNN #MedicalSystem #MedicalStaff
Source: Apple Daily #Dec01
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201201/BPEWL3L7FZC3RFGNWLBEWQ5P7M/
The initial outbreak of Wuhan COVID-19 in China has spread globally. The leaked documents received by CNN not only reflect China's mishandling of the epidemic but also reveal that China's health care system has been riddled with problems for a prolonged period of time and that when the epidemic escalated, officials and medical personnel generally took it lightly, further contributing to the global outbreak of the virus.
After SARS in 2003, the Chinese authorities spent 167 million USD (about 1.3 billion HKD) to set up a notification system. Theoretically, the system allows regional hospitals or disease prevention centres to directly report outbreaks to the central government and share relevant information with the entire country. However, according to a report in the paper, the system itself slowed down, and other bureaucratic constraints have further impeded information flow.
Compared to major cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, Wuhan's medical system received relatively few resources. An audit report completed last October pointed out that Hubei Province's disease prevention centre was underfunded. The lack of proper testing equipment and motivated medical staff, especially in the early stages of the outbreak when they still used SARS-era equipment, was completely neglected by the Chinese Bureaucracy.
#China #SARS #COVID19 #Pandemic #Epidemic #WuhanVirus #CNN #MedicalSystem #MedicalStaff
Source: Apple Daily #Dec01
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201201/BPEWL3L7FZC3RFGNWLBEWQ5P7M/
Huawei patent mentions AI technology for identifying Uyghurs
Source from: The Stand News #Jan14
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Source from: The Stand News #Jan14
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Huawei patent mentions AI technology for identifying Uyghurs
BBC quoted IPVM, a U.S. video-surveillance research group, showing that a patent filed by Chinese leading telecom giant Huawei in 2018 mentioned an artificial intelligence system that can identify Uyghurs.
There are growing evidences in recent years that the Chinese government has been using technology to infringe human right of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, and Huawei, the leading Chinese technology company, has been accused of being involved in related human rights violation. According to IPVM, the patent was jointly authored by Huawei and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in July 2018.
Street CCTV can be used to identify races
The patent describes ways to use deep learning technology to identify the body posture characteristics of pedestrians in the street surveillance system. It also suggests that the technology can be used to identify different attributes of the target person, including races.
Source from: The Stand News #Jan14
https://www.thestandnews.com/china/%E8%8F%AF%E7%82%BA%E5%B0%88%E5%88%A9%E6%8F%90%E5%8F%8A%E8%AD%98%E5%88%A5%E7%B6%AD%E5%90%BE%E7%88%BE%E6%97%8F%E4%BA%BA-ai-%E6%8A%80%E8%A1%93/
#BBC #IPVM #Huawei #Uyghurs #AI #HumanRights #DeepLearning #Races
BBC quoted IPVM, a U.S. video-surveillance research group, showing that a patent filed by Chinese leading telecom giant Huawei in 2018 mentioned an artificial intelligence system that can identify Uyghurs.
There are growing evidences in recent years that the Chinese government has been using technology to infringe human right of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, and Huawei, the leading Chinese technology company, has been accused of being involved in related human rights violation. According to IPVM, the patent was jointly authored by Huawei and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in July 2018.
Street CCTV can be used to identify races
The patent describes ways to use deep learning technology to identify the body posture characteristics of pedestrians in the street surveillance system. It also suggests that the technology can be used to identify different attributes of the target person, including races.
Source from: The Stand News #Jan14
https://www.thestandnews.com/china/%E8%8F%AF%E7%82%BA%E5%B0%88%E5%88%A9%E6%8F%90%E5%8F%8A%E8%AD%98%E5%88%A5%E7%B6%AD%E5%90%BE%E7%88%BE%E6%97%8F%E4%BA%BA-ai-%E6%8A%80%E8%A1%93/
#BBC #IPVM #Huawei #Uyghurs #AI #HumanRights #DeepLearning #Races
Exclusive-Suspected Chinese hackers stole camera footage from African Union - memo
Source: Reuters #Dec16
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Source: Reuters #Dec16
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Exclusive-Suspected Chinese hackers stole camera footage from African Union - memo
The African Union’s (AU) technology staffers discovered that a group of suspected Chinese hackers had rigged a cluster of servers in the basement of an administrative annex to quietly siphon surveillance videos from across the AU’s sprawling campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital.
The security breach was carried out by a Chinese hacking group nicknamed “Bronze President,” according to a five-page internal memo reviewed by Reuters. It said the affected cameras covered “AU offices, parking areas, corridors, and meeting rooms.” Bronze President operated from China and had been detected in espionage campaigns targeting China’s neighbors, including Mongolia and India.
Some American and European officials have voiced concern as Beijing has stepped in to meet the AU’s needs - part of an Africa-wide shift that has seen China become the continent’s top creditor.
Chinese workers built the AU’s showpiece new conference center in 2012 and Chinese technicians still help maintain the organization’s digital infrastructure.
Source: Reuters #Dec16
https://www.reuters.com/article/ethiopia-african-union-cyber-exclusive/exclusive-suspected-chinese-hackers-stole-camera-footage-from-african-union-memo-idUKKBN28Q1EB?edition-redirect=uk
#AfricanUnion #AU #China #BronzePresident #Chinahecker
The African Union’s (AU) technology staffers discovered that a group of suspected Chinese hackers had rigged a cluster of servers in the basement of an administrative annex to quietly siphon surveillance videos from across the AU’s sprawling campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital.
The security breach was carried out by a Chinese hacking group nicknamed “Bronze President,” according to a five-page internal memo reviewed by Reuters. It said the affected cameras covered “AU offices, parking areas, corridors, and meeting rooms.” Bronze President operated from China and had been detected in espionage campaigns targeting China’s neighbors, including Mongolia and India.
Some American and European officials have voiced concern as Beijing has stepped in to meet the AU’s needs - part of an Africa-wide shift that has seen China become the continent’s top creditor.
Chinese workers built the AU’s showpiece new conference center in 2012 and Chinese technicians still help maintain the organization’s digital infrastructure.
Source: Reuters #Dec16
https://www.reuters.com/article/ethiopia-african-union-cyber-exclusive/exclusive-suspected-chinese-hackers-stole-camera-footage-from-african-union-memo-idUKKBN28Q1EB?edition-redirect=uk
#AfricanUnion #AU #China #BronzePresident #Chinahecker
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Exclusive-Suspected Chinese hackers stole camera footage from African Union - memo
As diplomats gathered at the African Union's headquarters earlier this year to prepare for its annual leaders' summit, employees of the international organization made a disturbing discovery.
China-Australia trade war forces winemakers to look to US, UK, and India to market
Source: ABC #Jan02
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Source: ABC #Jan02
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China-Australia trade war forces winemakers to look to US, UK, and India to market
Australian winemakers are looking to Britain, the U.S. and India as alternative markets, as tensions with China brought about by the coronavirus pandemic force the industry to seek stability in 2021.
"We are fighting with every other wine producing nation in the world for a slice of that market,” Lee McLean, from industry group Australian Grape and Wine, said.
Bruce Tyrrell from Tyrrell's Wines in the Hunter Valley said he believed the American and British markets were worth expanding, but, his strategy was to grow his exports in other Asian countries and build entirely new markets in Central Asia.
India is another growth area, however high duties and taxes on imported wine mean it is not an overly attractive market for many producers just yet.
The wine industry is calling on the Federal Government to finalise a bilateral trade deal with India, known as the Australia-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, that has been in the works for 9 years.
Source: ABC #Jan02
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2021-01-02/china-australia-trade-war-winemakers-look-for-new-markets-covid/13026228
#AustralianWine #AustraliaChina
Australian winemakers are looking to Britain, the U.S. and India as alternative markets, as tensions with China brought about by the coronavirus pandemic force the industry to seek stability in 2021.
"We are fighting with every other wine producing nation in the world for a slice of that market,” Lee McLean, from industry group Australian Grape and Wine, said.
Bruce Tyrrell from Tyrrell's Wines in the Hunter Valley said he believed the American and British markets were worth expanding, but, his strategy was to grow his exports in other Asian countries and build entirely new markets in Central Asia.
India is another growth area, however high duties and taxes on imported wine mean it is not an overly attractive market for many producers just yet.
The wine industry is calling on the Federal Government to finalise a bilateral trade deal with India, known as the Australia-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, that has been in the works for 9 years.
Source: ABC #Jan02
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2021-01-02/china-australia-trade-war-winemakers-look-for-new-markets-covid/13026228
#AustralianWine #AustraliaChina
www.abc.net.au
'We don't need to be licking the boots of China': Australian winemakers look for new markets
As Australian trade officials attempt to negotiate their way out of trade disputes with China, many of the nation's winemakers are conceding it is time to find more reliable countries to trade with.
#HongkongersVoices
"Free All Political Prisoners": #Banners Appear on Hong Kong Mountain
Two banners with the words “Free all political prisoners” in Chinese and English were spotted hanging over a mountain in Tsz Wan Shan, Hong Kong on 23 Jan 2021.
Source: Apple News #Jan23
https://hk.appledaily.com/breaking/20210123/YSLZUQK5RBFYRCJ34AC4FWUG74/
#ProtestArt
"Free All Political Prisoners": #Banners Appear on Hong Kong Mountain
Two banners with the words “Free all political prisoners” in Chinese and English were spotted hanging over a mountain in Tsz Wan Shan, Hong Kong on 23 Jan 2021.
Source: Apple News #Jan23
https://hk.appledaily.com/breaking/20210123/YSLZUQK5RBFYRCJ34AC4FWUG74/
#ProtestArt
#FirstHand #Jan23
Carrie Lam Denies Lockdown Has Obstructed Civilians
On Jan 23, 2021, the Hong Kong government made a sudden announcement of a compulsory lockdown in the Jordan district at 4am, citing the coronavirus as a reason.
The authorities forbade civilians to leave the "restricted area", claiming that the mass testing would be completed in 48 hours, in order for civilians to go to work on Monday.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28098
Over 3,000 staff were mobilized from the disciplinary forces and medical teams. Chief Executive Carrie Lam, Police Commissioner Chris Tang, Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan and other government officials appeared at the site.
Carrie Lam denied the government's instruction as confusing and that the decision has obstructed the residents.
It is estimated that over 10,000 civilians were grounded.
#CarrieLam #ChrisTang #Lockdown #WuhanPneumonia #Jordan #FailedState
Carrie Lam Denies Lockdown Has Obstructed Civilians
On Jan 23, 2021, the Hong Kong government made a sudden announcement of a compulsory lockdown in the Jordan district at 4am, citing the coronavirus as a reason.
The authorities forbade civilians to leave the "restricted area", claiming that the mass testing would be completed in 48 hours, in order for civilians to go to work on Monday.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28098
Over 3,000 staff were mobilized from the disciplinary forces and medical teams. Chief Executive Carrie Lam, Police Commissioner Chris Tang, Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan and other government officials appeared at the site.
Carrie Lam denied the government's instruction as confusing and that the decision has obstructed the residents.
It is estimated that over 10,000 civilians were grounded.
#CarrieLam #ChrisTang #Lockdown #WuhanPneumonia #Jordan #FailedState
#FirstHand #Jan23
Over One Year Since the Outbreak of Coronavirus: Government's Refusal To Seal Off Border with China Vs District Lockdown
Hong Kong recorded its first "highly suspected" case of coronavirus on Jan 22, 2020. It was a Chinese man who had travelled to Wuhan, China before coming to Hong Kong via the high speed train. Despite the demand of the local population, the Hong Kong government refused to close the border with China.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28105
One year later, the coronavirus pandemic has spread across the globe. In Hong Kong, the government even imposed a compulsory lockdown in Jordan on Jan 23, 2021.
Police officers were stationed everywhere while blue tents were set up in the "restricted area" to enforce the testing of all civilians including who had been tested recently. Some civilians who tried to go to work were sighted taken to the police vehicles.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28098
#Lockdown #PoliceState
Over One Year Since the Outbreak of Coronavirus: Government's Refusal To Seal Off Border with China Vs District Lockdown
Hong Kong recorded its first "highly suspected" case of coronavirus on Jan 22, 2020. It was a Chinese man who had travelled to Wuhan, China before coming to Hong Kong via the high speed train. Despite the demand of the local population, the Hong Kong government refused to close the border with China.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28105
One year later, the coronavirus pandemic has spread across the globe. In Hong Kong, the government even imposed a compulsory lockdown in Jordan on Jan 23, 2021.
Police officers were stationed everywhere while blue tents were set up in the "restricted area" to enforce the testing of all civilians including who had been tested recently. Some civilians who tried to go to work were sighted taken to the police vehicles.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28098
#Lockdown #PoliceState