#EditorialColumn #May17
Cultural Revolution 2.0: From Hong Kong Limited Edition to World Edition
"If Sense And Sensibility has represented the 18th-Century British society, 21st-Century China has its own adaptation: Censor and Hypersensitivity."
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Cultural Revolution 2.0: From Hong Kong Limited Edition to World Edition
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If Sense And Sensibility has represented the 18th-Century British society, 21st-Century China has its own adaptation: Censor and Hypersensitivity.
By monitoring the naming of the coronavirus, the reporting of the pandemic, and the mentioning of the ROC (Taiwan), the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claims that censorship is needed to "protect the feelings of its 1.3 billion people" in the PRC (hereinafter referred to as China). Contrary to its "peaceful rise", PRC has demonstrated its hypersentivity and fragility in international situations especially during the coronavirus pandemic.
Hong Kong, by practising the "One Country Two Systems" policy, is supposed to steer clear of this path. However, the Education Bureau has adopted CCP's hypersensitivity and started to act as a censor in Hong Kong. Jonathan Spence's short excerpt regarding the Opium Wars in The Search for Modern China was deemed "toxic" by pro-Beijing media, which sought to portray such misinterpretations with misdirection. However, one short academic discussion regarding this topic would reveal the crux of the matter.
Two weeks later, a battle of historical ideologies ensued once more, this time regarding the topic of "whether Japan's positive influence on pre-CCP China outweigh the negatives between 1900 and 1945" addressed in this year's History Paper in the DSE public exam.
By convention, these kinds of open-ended questions only require the students to utilize the given sources, data, historical ideologies, or "the feelings of the Chinese people", to critique Japan's damage upon China, which indirectly legitimizes the opinion that Japan should continually pay reparations to China, meeting the Party's patriotic ideals. This also provides an opportunity for future patriots to train their critical thinking, for in theory, patriotism should be done with reason and logic, unlike the type of patriotism to which the chauvinistic Red Guards or the recent Wumaos and Little Pinks contribute.
For those who wish to establish further ties with China, be warned.
A redux version of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion and the Cultural Revolution is coming in the form of a populist authoritarianism with Chinese characteristics. This tsunami is awaiting for your allegiance and service for its 1.3 billion people. The destructive power of Cultural Revolution is still propagating in China, and this time the wave is extending to all around the world.
After Chinese netizens fanatically criticized "Wuhan Diary", it is clear that the Chinese people believe that they have won the battle against the Wuhan Pneumonia: everything has returned to normal in its chauvinistic glory, and now that national pride has returned to the Chinese people, they should once again begin the struggles that defined the Cultural Revolution. Let it be noted that CCP-styled Marxism is still a compulsory subject for Chinese university students.
For those who still believe they can establish tie with China, remember that for CCP, enough is not enough.
"Le vent se lève! ... il faut tenter de vivre!" (The wind rises ... One must try to live).
[Editor's note: Originally from Paul Valéry's poem "Le Cimetière Marin", the line has been adapted to become the title of the animated film The Wind Rises. The film explores the pain one experiences when reflecting upon history.]
#TheWindRises #CCP #CulturalRevolution #Beijing #Censorship
Is China Removing the Last Thin Line in "One Country Two Systems"?
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Cultural Revolution 2.0: From Hong Kong Limited Edition to World Edition
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If Sense And Sensibility has represented the 18th-Century British society, 21st-Century China has its own adaptation: Censor and Hypersensitivity.
By monitoring the naming of the coronavirus, the reporting of the pandemic, and the mentioning of the ROC (Taiwan), the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claims that censorship is needed to "protect the feelings of its 1.3 billion people" in the PRC (hereinafter referred to as China). Contrary to its "peaceful rise", PRC has demonstrated its hypersentivity and fragility in international situations especially during the coronavirus pandemic.
Hong Kong, by practising the "One Country Two Systems" policy, is supposed to steer clear of this path. However, the Education Bureau has adopted CCP's hypersensitivity and started to act as a censor in Hong Kong. Jonathan Spence's short excerpt regarding the Opium Wars in The Search for Modern China was deemed "toxic" by pro-Beijing media, which sought to portray such misinterpretations with misdirection. However, one short academic discussion regarding this topic would reveal the crux of the matter.
Two weeks later, a battle of historical ideologies ensued once more, this time regarding the topic of "whether Japan's positive influence on pre-CCP China outweigh the negatives between 1900 and 1945" addressed in this year's History Paper in the DSE public exam.
By convention, these kinds of open-ended questions only require the students to utilize the given sources, data, historical ideologies, or "the feelings of the Chinese people", to critique Japan's damage upon China, which indirectly legitimizes the opinion that Japan should continually pay reparations to China, meeting the Party's patriotic ideals. This also provides an opportunity for future patriots to train their critical thinking, for in theory, patriotism should be done with reason and logic, unlike the type of patriotism to which the chauvinistic Red Guards or the recent Wumaos and Little Pinks contribute.
For those who wish to establish further ties with China, be warned.
A redux version of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion and the Cultural Revolution is coming in the form of a populist authoritarianism with Chinese characteristics. This tsunami is awaiting for your allegiance and service for its 1.3 billion people. The destructive power of Cultural Revolution is still propagating in China, and this time the wave is extending to all around the world.
After Chinese netizens fanatically criticized "Wuhan Diary", it is clear that the Chinese people believe that they have won the battle against the Wuhan Pneumonia: everything has returned to normal in its chauvinistic glory, and now that national pride has returned to the Chinese people, they should once again begin the struggles that defined the Cultural Revolution. Let it be noted that CCP-styled Marxism is still a compulsory subject for Chinese university students.
For those who still believe they can establish tie with China, remember that for CCP, enough is not enough.
"Le vent se lève! ... il faut tenter de vivre!" (The wind rises ... One must try to live).
[Editor's note: Originally from Paul Valéry's poem "Le Cimetière Marin", the line has been adapted to become the title of the animated film The Wind Rises. The film explores the pain one experiences when reflecting upon history.]
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#EditorialColumn #May17
Cultural Revolution 2.0: From Hong Kong Limited Edition to World Edition
"If Sense And Sensibility has represented the 18th-Century British society, 21st-Century China has its own adaptation: Censor and Hypersensitivity."
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Cultural Revolution 2.0: From Hong Kong Limited Edition to World Edition
"If Sense And Sensibility has represented the 18th-Century British society, 21st-Century China has its own adaptation: Censor and Hypersensitivity."
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#EditorialColumn #Controlocracy
Sad or Angry? Do you Feel Blue Under the Chinese Communist Party?
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Sad or Angry? Do you Feel Blue Under the Chinese Communist Party?
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#EditorialColumn #Controlocracy
Sad or Angry? Do you Feel Blue Under the Chinese Communist Party?
If the handover in 1997 has pushed Hongkongers to a point of no return, Hongkongers do not even has a place to hide after Beijing's unilateral introduction of the national security law.
Whether you live in Hong Kong or not, the rupture between the open society and China's great wall has slipped into your life.
Populist authoritarianism is haunting the globe. An alien to the free world. This untamable alien has applied controlocracy though WeChat terrorism and censorship, spreading from the national to the international level.
Do you think this is unrelated to your country or your community? What is happening to Hong Kong proves the opposite.
Just before China's announcement of introducing the Nation Security Law in Hong Kong, two "coincidences" occured:
Google did not suggest any auto-complete results for the word "黃色" (yellow), the color of democracy in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Facebook disallowed updates when netizens tried to access the pages of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists and groups.
Have we hit rock bottom? No one knows, but the future lies in your hand. The free world or China's great wall, which way do you want to avoid?
Don't you mind if the Internet blocks your favourite colour?
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#Yellow #OneCountryOneSystem #WeChatTerrorism #StateTerrorism #ChinesePropaganda #NationalSecurityLaw #Facebook #Google #GreatWall
Sad or Angry? Do you Feel Blue Under the Chinese Communist Party?
If the handover in 1997 has pushed Hongkongers to a point of no return, Hongkongers do not even has a place to hide after Beijing's unilateral introduction of the national security law.
Whether you live in Hong Kong or not, the rupture between the open society and China's great wall has slipped into your life.
Populist authoritarianism is haunting the globe. An alien to the free world. This untamable alien has applied controlocracy though WeChat terrorism and censorship, spreading from the national to the international level.
Do you think this is unrelated to your country or your community? What is happening to Hong Kong proves the opposite.
Just before China's announcement of introducing the Nation Security Law in Hong Kong, two "coincidences" occured:
Google did not suggest any auto-complete results for the word "黃色" (yellow), the color of democracy in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Facebook disallowed updates when netizens tried to access the pages of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists and groups.
Have we hit rock bottom? No one knows, but the future lies in your hand. The free world or China's great wall, which way do you want to avoid?
Don't you mind if the Internet blocks your favourite colour?
Image: AP
#Yellow #OneCountryOneSystem #WeChatTerrorism #StateTerrorism #ChinesePropaganda #NationalSecurityLaw #Facebook #Google #GreatWall
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Sad or Angry? Do you Feel Blue Under the Chinese Communist Party?
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#EditorialColumn #Jun15
National Security Law Turns Hong Kong Into a Launchpad for China's Legal Terrorism
"...As Hong Kong's Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng admitted on June 14 that the National Security Law is unlikely to be based on common law, China is inserting a Chinese-style statute into Hong Kong's common law system.
The question arises: Will Hong Kong's National Security Law cases be recognized by other common law countries?"
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#LegalTerrorism #CommonLaw #CivilLaw #ChinaJudiciary
Secretary for Justice Admits National Security Law to Deviate from Hong Kong's Common Law System
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22447
National Security Law Turns Hong Kong Into a Launchpad for China's Legal Terrorism
"...As Hong Kong's Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng admitted on June 14 that the National Security Law is unlikely to be based on common law, China is inserting a Chinese-style statute into Hong Kong's common law system.
The question arises: Will Hong Kong's National Security Law cases be recognized by other common law countries?"
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22449
Photo taken by Daniel Cheung on June 9, 2020 in Central
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Secretary for Justice Admits National Security Law to Deviate from Hong Kong's Common Law System
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22447
#EditorialColumn #Jun15
National Security Law Turns Hong Kong Into a Launchpad for China's Legal Terrorism
China's decision to insert the National Security Law" as a so-called "nationwide" law into Hong Kong's legal system has far reaching ramifications - not only to Hong Kong, but also to the rest of the world.
The problematics stem from the very different nature of the two legal systems: Hong Kong's common law system inherited from Britain vis-a-vis China's own blend of civil law and socialist law.
Different Systems, Different Values
The strength of a common law system lies in the common legal basis and values agreed upon by countries and regions sharing the same system. International business is founded on this, especially for fast-paced decision makers who would not have time for the intricacies of a different local law - for example, China's.
The concept of judicial precedent, central to all common law systems, constrains judges to base their rulings on the principles laid down in past cases. These precedent cases may be cited from other common law countries. In fact, Commonwealth and former Commonwealth regions such as Australia, Canada, and Hong Kong recognize, and often cite, each other's cases.
However, in China's law system, judges base their decisions only on the text of the law (and from time to time, on the whims and fancies of the Party)--not on any previous cases, nor cases from other legal systems, and certainly not on the universally shared values underlying those courts' decisions. It is noteworthy that in China's court, the conviction rate is nearly 99%.
As Hong Kong's Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng admitted on June 14 that the National Security Law is unlikely to be based on common law, China is inserting a Chinese-style statute into Hong Kong's common law system.
The question arises: Will Hong Kong's National Security Law cases be recognized by other common law countries?
One Country, One (Messed Up) System?
This raises some worrying scenarios:
Scenario 1: After winning national security cases in Hong Kong, China sues governments and private enterprises in other common law countries, citing Hong Kong cases as precedents.
Scenario 2: To avoid scenario 1, other countries no longer recognize Hong Kong's case rulings as being made under common law. Then Hong Kong's legal system becomes a unique (thus isolated) "common law system with Chinese characteristics", losing the greatest advantage of common law - that is, individuals and companies can understand and execute contracts according to values common to the rest of the world.
In China, concerns of national security is all-encompassing; even the revenue of Huawei and other "national enterprises" are "national security" issues. If scenario 2 comes to pass, not only are small and medium businesses robbed of the legal protection they once enjoyed, even multinational companies are in danger of losing basic properties, including their trademarks (recall that Chinese courts ruled that even Michael Jordan doesn't own the rights to his own name within China).
Incoming: Legal Terrorism
China's forcing their national security law upon Hong Kong severely undermines the foundation of Hong Kong's legal system; this has been widely noted and criticized by the international community.
Although foreign countries can withdraw their capital and mitigate their losses, this does not stop China from launching legal terrorism attacks into the common law world, by exporting precedent cases under this "common law with Chinese characteristics".
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#LegalTerrorism #CommonLaw #CivilLaw #ChinaJudiciary
Secretary for Justice Admits National Security Law to Deviate from Hong Kong's Common Law System
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22447
National Security Law Turns Hong Kong Into a Launchpad for China's Legal Terrorism
China's decision to insert the National Security Law" as a so-called "nationwide" law into Hong Kong's legal system has far reaching ramifications - not only to Hong Kong, but also to the rest of the world.
The problematics stem from the very different nature of the two legal systems: Hong Kong's common law system inherited from Britain vis-a-vis China's own blend of civil law and socialist law.
Different Systems, Different Values
The strength of a common law system lies in the common legal basis and values agreed upon by countries and regions sharing the same system. International business is founded on this, especially for fast-paced decision makers who would not have time for the intricacies of a different local law - for example, China's.
The concept of judicial precedent, central to all common law systems, constrains judges to base their rulings on the principles laid down in past cases. These precedent cases may be cited from other common law countries. In fact, Commonwealth and former Commonwealth regions such as Australia, Canada, and Hong Kong recognize, and often cite, each other's cases.
However, in China's law system, judges base their decisions only on the text of the law (and from time to time, on the whims and fancies of the Party)--not on any previous cases, nor cases from other legal systems, and certainly not on the universally shared values underlying those courts' decisions. It is noteworthy that in China's court, the conviction rate is nearly 99%.
As Hong Kong's Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng admitted on June 14 that the National Security Law is unlikely to be based on common law, China is inserting a Chinese-style statute into Hong Kong's common law system.
The question arises: Will Hong Kong's National Security Law cases be recognized by other common law countries?
One Country, One (Messed Up) System?
This raises some worrying scenarios:
Scenario 1: After winning national security cases in Hong Kong, China sues governments and private enterprises in other common law countries, citing Hong Kong cases as precedents.
Scenario 2: To avoid scenario 1, other countries no longer recognize Hong Kong's case rulings as being made under common law. Then Hong Kong's legal system becomes a unique (thus isolated) "common law system with Chinese characteristics", losing the greatest advantage of common law - that is, individuals and companies can understand and execute contracts according to values common to the rest of the world.
In China, concerns of national security is all-encompassing; even the revenue of Huawei and other "national enterprises" are "national security" issues. If scenario 2 comes to pass, not only are small and medium businesses robbed of the legal protection they once enjoyed, even multinational companies are in danger of losing basic properties, including their trademarks (recall that Chinese courts ruled that even Michael Jordan doesn't own the rights to his own name within China).
Incoming: Legal Terrorism
China's forcing their national security law upon Hong Kong severely undermines the foundation of Hong Kong's legal system; this has been widely noted and criticized by the international community.
Although foreign countries can withdraw their capital and mitigate their losses, this does not stop China from launching legal terrorism attacks into the common law world, by exporting precedent cases under this "common law with Chinese characteristics".
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Secretary for Justice Admits National Security Law to Deviate from Hong Kong's Common Law System
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National Security Law Turns Hong Kong Into a Launchpad for China's Legal Terrorism
"...As Hong Kong's Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng admitted on June 14 that the National Security Law is unlikely to be based on common law, China…
National Security Law Turns Hong Kong Into a Launchpad for China's Legal Terrorism
"...As Hong Kong's Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng admitted on June 14 that the National Security Law is unlikely to be based on common law, China…
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The truth of China’s sharp power in the gaming industry
Nintendo (HK) released a campaign on Super Smash Bros Ultimate on 4 June, in commemoration of the N64 console. The idea is that the gaming experience would multiply by 6.4 times. Interestingly, the day actually has little ties to the actual release day of N64. Netizens quickly concluded that this campaign is in fact giving a nod at another eventful 6.4, or what happened at China's Tiananmen Square back in 1989.
China has a huge market. However, with its current wolf diplomacy, participating in this market may come with unexpected costs. The theft of intellectual property, for one, is a risk many foreign entrants must take when working with a local proxy. Complying with local censorship laws is another.
Examples like Animal Crossing and Devotion show that the Chinese audience tends to react very poorly at the slightest amount of what they perceive to be negative content, or ones that "hurt the Chinese's feelings". It could result in a game being banned in China and the company boycotted by Chinese gamers. Normally, most foreign companies tiptoe around sensitive issues in China.
As time goes on, governments and companies realize that heavy reliance on the Chinese market would result in over dependence on the country and its industries. The recent pandemic is a perfect and very unfortunate example of how much the world relies on this global manufacturing conglomerate.
At the same time, companies realize Chinese boycott may merely be lip service, as amidst the uproar, many Chinese gamers still try to purchase parallel imported products, when the licensed alternative is banned.
In the current situation where the world is reconsidering their relationship and interaction with China, it is not surprising if some companies try to push the envelope of the communist regime, in an effort to show that they are not pawns of China.
Source: Simon Shen’s Youtube, Hitchcock Game news Youtube
#SharpPower #Nintendo #Jun4 #CCP #ChineseBoycott #GamingIndustrial
The truth of China’s sharp power in the gaming industry
Nintendo (HK) released a campaign on Super Smash Bros Ultimate on 4 June, in commemoration of the N64 console. The idea is that the gaming experience would multiply by 6.4 times. Interestingly, the day actually has little ties to the actual release day of N64. Netizens quickly concluded that this campaign is in fact giving a nod at another eventful 6.4, or what happened at China's Tiananmen Square back in 1989.
China has a huge market. However, with its current wolf diplomacy, participating in this market may come with unexpected costs. The theft of intellectual property, for one, is a risk many foreign entrants must take when working with a local proxy. Complying with local censorship laws is another.
Examples like Animal Crossing and Devotion show that the Chinese audience tends to react very poorly at the slightest amount of what they perceive to be negative content, or ones that "hurt the Chinese's feelings". It could result in a game being banned in China and the company boycotted by Chinese gamers. Normally, most foreign companies tiptoe around sensitive issues in China.
As time goes on, governments and companies realize that heavy reliance on the Chinese market would result in over dependence on the country and its industries. The recent pandemic is a perfect and very unfortunate example of how much the world relies on this global manufacturing conglomerate.
At the same time, companies realize Chinese boycott may merely be lip service, as amidst the uproar, many Chinese gamers still try to purchase parallel imported products, when the licensed alternative is banned.
In the current situation where the world is reconsidering their relationship and interaction with China, it is not surprising if some companies try to push the envelope of the communist regime, in an effort to show that they are not pawns of China.
Source: Simon Shen’s Youtube, Hitchcock Game news Youtube
#SharpPower #Nintendo #Jun4 #CCP #ChineseBoycott #GamingIndustrial
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Judge from Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Resigned in Relation to the National Security Law Passed by Beijing in HK
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25238
#EditorialColumn #Recap:
Is the National Security Law Turning Hong Kong Into a Launchpad for China's Legal Terrorism?
//China's forcing their national security law upon Hong Kong severely undermines the foundation of Hong Kong's legal system; this has been widely noted and criticized by the international community.
Although foreign countries can withdraw their capital and mitigate their losses, this does not stop China from launching legal terrorism attacks into the common law world, by exporting precedent cases under this "common law with Chinese characteristics".//
Continue Reading:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22449
Image: Stephen Dziedzic's Twitter #Sept18
https://twitter.com/stephendziedzic/status/1306835556601479168?s=09
#LegalTerrorism
Judge from Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Resigned in Relation to the National Security Law Passed by Beijing in HK
For more details:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25238
#EditorialColumn #Recap:
Is the National Security Law Turning Hong Kong Into a Launchpad for China's Legal Terrorism?
//China's forcing their national security law upon Hong Kong severely undermines the foundation of Hong Kong's legal system; this has been widely noted and criticized by the international community.
Although foreign countries can withdraw their capital and mitigate their losses, this does not stop China from launching legal terrorism attacks into the common law world, by exporting precedent cases under this "common law with Chinese characteristics".//
Continue Reading:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22449
Image: Stephen Dziedzic's Twitter #Sept18
https://twitter.com/stephendziedzic/status/1306835556601479168?s=09
#LegalTerrorism
#EditorialColumn #Sept26 #MassSurveillance
Does Health Have a Price? Consequences of China's Paternalism
//Can you see that the made-in-China facemasks you pay to wear came from forced labour at the Concentration camps and sweatshop factories?//
Image: The Economist
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Does Health Have a Price? Consequences of China's Paternalism
//Can you see that the made-in-China facemasks you pay to wear came from forced labour at the Concentration camps and sweatshop factories?//
Image: The Economist
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#EditorialColumn #Sept26 #MassSurveillance
Does Health Have a Price? Consequences of China's Paternalism
From the recent Universal Testing Scheme to the impending plan for Heath Code, the Hong Kong Government has been assisting the Chinese Central Government to impose mass surveillance and collect private data of the Hong Kong population in the name of pandemic controls.
For almost one year, the coronavirus pandemic, spreading from Wuhan, China to countries around the world, has revealed China's network of influence. Hong Kong is certainly not the only place where China exports, while naturalizing, its paternalistic control.
Can you see how China jails the Uyghurs in Concentration Camps?
Can you see the surveillance cameras owned by the CCP-controlled HIKvision around the world?
Can you see the backdoors that China-owned Huawei, WeChat and Tiktok open?
Can you see that the made-in-China facemasks you pay to wear came from forced labour at the Concentration camps and sweatshop factories?
Now you can see the penetration of China's sharp power in the 21st century.
If you found it disturbing that your internet activities might be overseen by the PRISM program and your messages seen by Facebook, the black mirror is brought to you by TikTok, WeChat and mass surveillance methods that track your health, contacts, whereabouts and activities.
Welcome to a made-in-China 2020: with surveillance technology, anti-pandemic control and monitoring system.
Welcome to utopia.
Image courtesy: The Economist
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Reference:
New York Times, Wearing a Mask? It May Come From China’s Controversial Labor Program, 19 July 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000007226041/china-coronavirus-masks-uighur-labor-ppe.html
Further Reading:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/opinion/tiktok-china-strategy.html
#FaceMasks #LabourCamp #CoronavirusPandemic #Uyghurs #ChinesePaternalism #Health
Does Health Have a Price? Consequences of China's Paternalism
From the recent Universal Testing Scheme to the impending plan for Heath Code, the Hong Kong Government has been assisting the Chinese Central Government to impose mass surveillance and collect private data of the Hong Kong population in the name of pandemic controls.
For almost one year, the coronavirus pandemic, spreading from Wuhan, China to countries around the world, has revealed China's network of influence. Hong Kong is certainly not the only place where China exports, while naturalizing, its paternalistic control.
Can you see how China jails the Uyghurs in Concentration Camps?
Can you see the surveillance cameras owned by the CCP-controlled HIKvision around the world?
Can you see the backdoors that China-owned Huawei, WeChat and Tiktok open?
Can you see that the made-in-China facemasks you pay to wear came from forced labour at the Concentration camps and sweatshop factories?
Now you can see the penetration of China's sharp power in the 21st century.
If you found it disturbing that your internet activities might be overseen by the PRISM program and your messages seen by Facebook, the black mirror is brought to you by TikTok, WeChat and mass surveillance methods that track your health, contacts, whereabouts and activities.
Welcome to a made-in-China 2020: with surveillance technology, anti-pandemic control and monitoring system.
Welcome to utopia.
Image courtesy: The Economist
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Reference:
New York Times, Wearing a Mask? It May Come From China’s Controversial Labor Program, 19 July 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000007226041/china-coronavirus-masks-uighur-labor-ppe.html
Further Reading:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/opinion/tiktok-china-strategy.html
#FaceMasks #LabourCamp #CoronavirusPandemic #Uyghurs #ChinesePaternalism #Health
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Does Health Have a Price? Consequences of China's Paternalism
//Can you see that the made-in-China facemasks you pay to wear came from forced labour at the Concentration camps and sweatshop factories?//
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Does Health Have a Price? Consequences of China's Paternalism
//Can you see that the made-in-China facemasks you pay to wear came from forced labour at the Concentration camps and sweatshop factories?//
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Pleading for the First #NationalSecurityLaw Conviction -- Hongkonger Raises Sign in Silence: "If there is no jury, does #CommonLaw still exist?"
The first National Security Law case against 24-year-old Tong Ying-Kit resulted in a conviction on "inciting secession" and "terrorism".
On Jul 29, 2021 is the day for mitigation, and the sentencing is scheduled on Jul 30.
Michael, in his 70s this year, raised a sign he handwrote: "If there is no jury, does Common Law still exist?" at Taikoo Plaza and stood in silence.
In response to the conviction of Tong, he bluntly replied, "It's already expected" and criticized that "under Common Law, large cases that go to the High court must have juries present- why isn't there one all of a sudden?"
"The three judges collude with each other, and it is no different from Mainland China." He lamented, "Now there is no law. Rule of law is dead."
Michael predicted that Tong, "even without life imprisonment, will face more than 20 years [of jail]."
He also described that currently, "NSL rules us all," so action does not change much and he fears arrest. However, he still came out and expressed his sentiments. "I'm a hardliner- if you don't shout they'd think you're dead."
Source: InMedia HK #Jul29
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Is National Security Law Turning Hong Kong Into a Launchpad for China's #LegalTerrorism?
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22449b
China Supporters call to send #AppleDaily Founder #JimmyLai for trial in China
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27372
#HongKongProtest #TongYingKit #NSL #PoliticalOppression #RuleOfLaw
Pleading for the First #NationalSecurityLaw Conviction -- Hongkonger Raises Sign in Silence: "If there is no jury, does #CommonLaw still exist?"
The first National Security Law case against 24-year-old Tong Ying-Kit resulted in a conviction on "inciting secession" and "terrorism".
On Jul 29, 2021 is the day for mitigation, and the sentencing is scheduled on Jul 30.
Michael, in his 70s this year, raised a sign he handwrote: "If there is no jury, does Common Law still exist?" at Taikoo Plaza and stood in silence.
In response to the conviction of Tong, he bluntly replied, "It's already expected" and criticized that "under Common Law, large cases that go to the High court must have juries present- why isn't there one all of a sudden?"
"The three judges collude with each other, and it is no different from Mainland China." He lamented, "Now there is no law. Rule of law is dead."
Michael predicted that Tong, "even without life imprisonment, will face more than 20 years [of jail]."
He also described that currently, "NSL rules us all," so action does not change much and he fears arrest. However, he still came out and expressed his sentiments. "I'm a hardliner- if you don't shout they'd think you're dead."
Source: InMedia HK #Jul29
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Read more:
Is National Security Law Turning Hong Kong Into a Launchpad for China's #LegalTerrorism?
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22449b
China Supporters call to send #AppleDaily Founder #JimmyLai for trial in China
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27372
#HongKongProtest #TongYingKit #NSL #PoliticalOppression #RuleOfLaw
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National Security Law Turns Hong Kong Into a Launchpad for China's Legal Terrorism
China's decision to insert the National Security Law" as a so-called "nationwide" law into Hong Kong's legal system has far reaching ramifications…
National Security Law Turns Hong Kong Into a Launchpad for China's Legal Terrorism
China's decision to insert the National Security Law" as a so-called "nationwide" law into Hong Kong's legal system has far reaching ramifications…