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Health Code is worse than National Security Law

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The National Security Law is at its best a totalitarian tool to suppress people’s freedom, but Health Code can strip away your freedom, privacy and from then on, everyone in the society will live in a scrupulous, and technology-empowered totalitarian surveillance.

Author of The Great History of Mankind, Yucal Noah Harari once said, 50 years ago, the Committee for State Security for the former Soviet Union was the world’s most efficient intelligence agency. Despite of its wide-ranged intelligence network, it still could not track down a population of 240 million every day, not to mention effectively processing the information collected. However, with ubiquitous monitoring codes and AI analytics in place, the old totalitarian’s dream could be easily fulfilled.

Health Code is the breakthrough tool.

The Health Code that we are discussing has been implemented in China's Huang Zhou as early as March 2020, which was soon rolled out to cover the rest of the cities in China. The code collects your name, your ID number, contact number and recent activities in great detail. Based on which, a two-dimensional code in either Green, Yellow and Red will be generated. A green code means one can carry out the desired activities without restriction, while a yellow code means a 7-days home quarantine is required and a red code means longer quarantine period for 14-days.

In China, the display of this Health Code is made mandatory for entrance of any public places, including riding on public transportation. Without it, one will lose his/her freedom in daily routine.

The same thing is coming to Hong Kong as pro-Beijing lawmaker Lam Kin-fung has been advocating for “wearing a Health Code in public place such like shopping malls and eateries.”

In other words, without wearing a health code, you are not allowed to enter shopping mall, eateries and even ride a bus.

To be continued
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Source: 書生百用 #Aug13

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Pompeo: Not Cold War 2.0 – CCP Threat Worse than Soviet Union

Source: Stand News #Aug13
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Pompeo: Not Cold War 2.0 – CCP Threat Worse than Soviet Union

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, "What's happening now isn't Cold War 2.0", as the threat China poses to Western countries is in some ways "worse" than that posed by the former Soviet Union.

Addressing the Czech Senate on his first stop of the five-day visit to Central Europe on Wednesday, August 12, Pompeo spoke about "the challenge of resisting the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] threat is in some ways worse" than that during the cold war, because “the CCP is already enmeshed in our economies, in our politics, in our societies in ways the Soviet Union never was.”

In his speech, he recalled the years of Soviet suppression of the Czech Republic. While Russia continues to "undermine" Czech democracy and security using disinformation campaigns and cyberattacks, Pompeo believes that China would pose an even greater threat because of her "campaigns of coercion of control". As an example, he cited the cancellation of the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra's concert tour in China due to Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib's pro-Taiwan policies, arguing that this shows that “the CCP leverages economic power to coerce countries".

Pompeo also mentioned that during the Cold War, the Czech Republic, "and others that suffered behind the Iron Curtain, know best of all how deeply communists plunge societies into ruin and repression". He urged Czech senators to "stand up for the sovereignty and freedoms" that the Czech people demanded for their country between 1968 and 1989.

Source: Stand News #Aug13
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