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China says Wall Street Journal admitted mistake after its reporters were expelled
(26 Feb) Three journalists with the Wall Street Journal’s Beijing bureau were ordered to leave China after the publication of a 3 Feb column headlined the “real sick man of Asia”. None were involved in the opinion piece or its headline, however.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang accused the newspaper of using “a racially discriminatory title, triggering indignation and condemnation among the Chinese people and the international community”. He said, “China demands the WSJ recognise the severity of its mistake, make an official apology and hold the persons involved accountable.”
The newspaper's spokesman declined to comment when contacted by Reuters. US President Donald Trump stated that China’s move was unfair and that the US gave very good access to Chinese journalists. This incident has sparked an intense debate within the administration and whether they should expel Chinese journalists in response.
Source: Straitstimes
https://bit.ly/2IcekC9
#Racism #WSJ #Nationalism
China says Wall Street Journal admitted mistake after its reporters were expelled
(26 Feb) Three journalists with the Wall Street Journal’s Beijing bureau were ordered to leave China after the publication of a 3 Feb column headlined the “real sick man of Asia”. None were involved in the opinion piece or its headline, however.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang accused the newspaper of using “a racially discriminatory title, triggering indignation and condemnation among the Chinese people and the international community”. He said, “China demands the WSJ recognise the severity of its mistake, make an official apology and hold the persons involved accountable.”
The newspaper's spokesman declined to comment when contacted by Reuters. US President Donald Trump stated that China’s move was unfair and that the US gave very good access to Chinese journalists. This incident has sparked an intense debate within the administration and whether they should expel Chinese journalists in response.
Source: Straitstimes
https://bit.ly/2IcekC9
#Racism #WSJ #Nationalism
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China says Wall Street Journal admitted mistake after its reporters
East Asia News -BEIJING (REUTERS) - China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday (Feb 26) that the Wall Street Journal had been in touch with the Chinese government over a February column that Beijing
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Wall Street Journal: "Jimmy Lai, China’s Lie: In today’s Hong Kong, promoting democracy makes you a criminal"
The Wall Street Journal (#WSJ) published an article titled "Jimmy Lai, China's Lie" in the name of the newspaper's editorial board. The article describes how advocating democracy makes one a criminal in Hong Kong.
On Dec 2, 2020, the founder of Apple Daily #JimmyLai and two senior executives of Next Digital were charged by the police with fraud. In the hearing on 3 December, Judge Victor So Wai-tak, whk is an appointed Judge for the National Security Law (#NSL), refused Lai's bail application.
Lai is rejected bail for the first time and will be detained in Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre until the trial to take place on April 16, 2021.
"No one is better known across the world for advocating democracy in Hong Kong than Jimmy Lai. So when Hong Kong police picked him up Wednesday on dubious fraud charges, China was sending a clear message: If you oppose us anywhere in the world, we will crush you" wrote WSJ.
"However, the fraud charge is not as serious as some of the others he already faces, especially on national security, its purpose is to dirty him up before he goes to trial on the others."
The WSJ article also mentioned it is no coincidence Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam were sentenced to prison for participating in 2019 protests against a proposed extradition law on the same day. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rightly denounced the sentences as "appalling."
WSJ believes that Beijing is testing the position of Joe Biden, who is on board as the new U.S. President next month, to see if he will be different from Trump Administration.
The article supports the U.S. to consider adding more Chinese officials in the sanctions list and review Hong Kong's legal system. It emphasizes the U.S. has to refuse to accept "Chinese Community Party's (#CCP) Lie".
The article wrote, "We trust Joe Biden is paying attention." However, Biden is not eager to get trouble with China. But Chinese leader Xi Jinping has his own priorities.
WSJ described, "He [Xi] is testing whether a Biden Administration—especially one seeking a climate accord—will look the other way on China's behavior in Hong Kong and elsewhere."
WSJ urges for sanctioninh more Hong Kong officials, following how the Trump administration has voiced for Hong Kong and sanctioned Chief Executive Carrie Lam and ten senior officials in Lam's team since the Hong Kong Autonomy Act effective in August.
WSJ also hopes the U.S. to consider adding more officials the list and evaluate Hong Kong's legal system.
WSJ continues, "If lease disputes can be criminalized to go after political opponents, perhaps the government should advise U.S. courts that contracts in Hong Kong should no longer be presumed reliable. The sooner Mr. Biden makes clear these and other moves enjoy bipartisan support, the better he will be in his own coming dealings with China."
At last, the article believes that "the most powerful message the U.S. can send to China is moral" and quoted Alexander Solzhenitsyn's essay "Live Not By Lies" written in 1974 that "the best way to resist was to refuse to participate in the everyday lies all Communist regimes depend on."
"With regard to Xi Jinping, China's lies is about everything from the origins of the coronavirus to his incarceration of more than a million Uighurs.
China is now claiming that Jimmy Lai, Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam are criminals for taking a stand for democracy. Insisting on the truth may not immediately set them free. But the lack of moral credibility is the regime's biggest vulnerability, and refusing to accept its lies must be the starting point of any U.S. China policy."
Image: Stand News
Source: Wall Street Journal #Dec2
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jimmy-lai-chinas-lie-11606951156
#HongKongProtests
#NextMedia #JimmyLai #JoshuaWong #AgnesChow #IvanLam #Demosisto #Court #Trump #Biden #US #Sanction #Xi
Wall Street Journal: "Jimmy Lai, China’s Lie: In today’s Hong Kong, promoting democracy makes you a criminal"
The Wall Street Journal (#WSJ) published an article titled "Jimmy Lai, China's Lie" in the name of the newspaper's editorial board. The article describes how advocating democracy makes one a criminal in Hong Kong.
On Dec 2, 2020, the founder of Apple Daily #JimmyLai and two senior executives of Next Digital were charged by the police with fraud. In the hearing on 3 December, Judge Victor So Wai-tak, whk is an appointed Judge for the National Security Law (#NSL), refused Lai's bail application.
Lai is rejected bail for the first time and will be detained in Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre until the trial to take place on April 16, 2021.
"No one is better known across the world for advocating democracy in Hong Kong than Jimmy Lai. So when Hong Kong police picked him up Wednesday on dubious fraud charges, China was sending a clear message: If you oppose us anywhere in the world, we will crush you" wrote WSJ.
"However, the fraud charge is not as serious as some of the others he already faces, especially on national security, its purpose is to dirty him up before he goes to trial on the others."
The WSJ article also mentioned it is no coincidence Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam were sentenced to prison for participating in 2019 protests against a proposed extradition law on the same day. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rightly denounced the sentences as "appalling."
WSJ believes that Beijing is testing the position of Joe Biden, who is on board as the new U.S. President next month, to see if he will be different from Trump Administration.
The article supports the U.S. to consider adding more Chinese officials in the sanctions list and review Hong Kong's legal system. It emphasizes the U.S. has to refuse to accept "Chinese Community Party's (#CCP) Lie".
The article wrote, "We trust Joe Biden is paying attention." However, Biden is not eager to get trouble with China. But Chinese leader Xi Jinping has his own priorities.
WSJ described, "He [Xi] is testing whether a Biden Administration—especially one seeking a climate accord—will look the other way on China's behavior in Hong Kong and elsewhere."
WSJ urges for sanctioninh more Hong Kong officials, following how the Trump administration has voiced for Hong Kong and sanctioned Chief Executive Carrie Lam and ten senior officials in Lam's team since the Hong Kong Autonomy Act effective in August.
WSJ also hopes the U.S. to consider adding more officials the list and evaluate Hong Kong's legal system.
WSJ continues, "If lease disputes can be criminalized to go after political opponents, perhaps the government should advise U.S. courts that contracts in Hong Kong should no longer be presumed reliable. The sooner Mr. Biden makes clear these and other moves enjoy bipartisan support, the better he will be in his own coming dealings with China."
At last, the article believes that "the most powerful message the U.S. can send to China is moral" and quoted Alexander Solzhenitsyn's essay "Live Not By Lies" written in 1974 that "the best way to resist was to refuse to participate in the everyday lies all Communist regimes depend on."
"With regard to Xi Jinping, China's lies is about everything from the origins of the coronavirus to his incarceration of more than a million Uighurs.
China is now claiming that Jimmy Lai, Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam are criminals for taking a stand for democracy. Insisting on the truth may not immediately set them free. But the lack of moral credibility is the regime's biggest vulnerability, and refusing to accept its lies must be the starting point of any U.S. China policy."
Image: Stand News
Source: Wall Street Journal #Dec2
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jimmy-lai-chinas-lie-11606951156
#HongKongProtests
#NextMedia #JimmyLai #JoshuaWong #AgnesChow #IvanLam #Demosisto #Court #Trump #Biden #US #Sanction #Xi
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WSJ lashes out at HK Financial Secretary for claiming a "high degree of autonomy" no longer exists
In a letter written by Paul Chan Mo-po and published in the newspaper on March 10, the Financial Secretary argued that Hong Kong should continue to be included in the Index of Economic Freedom, after the Heritage Foundation dropped the SAR from the annual ranking, citing Beijing’s increasing control over the city's economic policies.
The finance chief had described the think tank’s explanation for the move as “flawed and inexplicable”, insisting that Hong Kong enjoys a high degree of autonomy under the Basic Law and "One Country Two Systems".
However, the #WSJ Editorial Board wrote back on the same day, striking down Chan’s arguments in an article titled “Hong Kong Illusionist”.“Chan has the impossible task of denying what everyone can plainly see: China’s Communist Party is remaking Hong Kong in its own mainland image,” it wrote.
While the Sino-British Joint Declaration laid out the terms of Hong Kong’s autonomy under the “One Country, Two Systems” framework, the board said foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang had in 2017 declared the historical document void.
“Hongkongers have every reason to believe him after watching China ram through an unpopular national-security law whose provisions include allowing Beijing to take some Hong Kong cases to China for trial,” the article said.
#LaughingStock
Source: Apple Daily, RTHK; #Mar10
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HK kicked from the world's freest economies league table
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29021
WSJ lashes out at HK Financial Secretary for claiming a "high degree of autonomy" no longer exists
In a letter written by Paul Chan Mo-po and published in the newspaper on March 10, the Financial Secretary argued that Hong Kong should continue to be included in the Index of Economic Freedom, after the Heritage Foundation dropped the SAR from the annual ranking, citing Beijing’s increasing control over the city's economic policies.
The finance chief had described the think tank’s explanation for the move as “flawed and inexplicable”, insisting that Hong Kong enjoys a high degree of autonomy under the Basic Law and "One Country Two Systems".
However, the #WSJ Editorial Board wrote back on the same day, striking down Chan’s arguments in an article titled “Hong Kong Illusionist”.“Chan has the impossible task of denying what everyone can plainly see: China’s Communist Party is remaking Hong Kong in its own mainland image,” it wrote.
While the Sino-British Joint Declaration laid out the terms of Hong Kong’s autonomy under the “One Country, Two Systems” framework, the board said foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang had in 2017 declared the historical document void.
“Hongkongers have every reason to believe him after watching China ram through an unpopular national-security law whose provisions include allowing Beijing to take some Hong Kong cases to China for trial,” the article said.
#LaughingStock
Source: Apple Daily, RTHK; #Mar10
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HK kicked from the world's freest economies league table
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29021
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HK kicked from the world's freest economies league table
For more than two decades, Hong Kong occupied the top position in the Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom at a high score of 89.1. The Washington-based foundation…
HK kicked from the world's freest economies league table
For more than two decades, Hong Kong occupied the top position in the Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom at a high score of 89.1. The Washington-based foundation…
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Hong Kong Authorities Allegedly Threaten International Media on Election Reportage
On November 29, 2021, the Wall Street Journal (#WSJ) published an editorial titled "Hong Kong Says Vote—or Else."
It refers to the Legislative Council (#LegCo) Election which has been postponed by the Hong Kong government for a year. With the majority of the pro-democracy camp jailed and detained, the election will now take place in December. The newspaper described the situation as how "China fears a boycott of the sham vote it will hold next month."
The newpaper wrote:
"We bring you this message from Hong Kong because China’s Communist Party wants the world to forget how it crushed the autonomy it promised to the territory. On Monday authorities issued arrest warrants for two pro-democracy exiles who used social media to recommend that Hong Kongers boycott sham legislative elections scheduled for December."
4 days after the release of the editorial, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, #TsangKwokWai, of the Hong Kong government sent a letter to the newspaper, denying all the claims.
On December 5, 2021, Wall Street Journal published the letter as a reader's opinion article, with the caption "Hong Kong Issues a Threat to the WSJ: We reserve the right to take necessary action,’ writes the regime, flagging an editorial for ‘incitement'."
While the Election is scheduled on December 19, 2021, Tsang's letter issued in December said the election will take place "next month".
#ErickTsang #FailedState #LegCoElection
Source: Stand News; Wall Street Journal #Dec5
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-china-wsj-threat-election-legco-democracy-freedom-protest-ccp-11638575014
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E8%8F%AF%E7%88%BE%E8%A1%97%E6%97%A5%E5%A0%B1%E7%A4%BE%E8%AB%96%E6%8F%90%E6%9D%AF%E8%91%9B%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89-%E6%9B%BE%E5%9C%8B%E8%A1%9E%E5%8E%BB%E4%BF%A1%E8%AD%A6%E5%91%8A%E7%85%BD%E5%8B%95%E4%B8%8D%E6%8A%95%E7%A5%A8%E9%81%95%E6%B3%95-%E4%BF%9D%E7%95%99%E6%8E%A1%E5%8F%96%E5%BF%85%E8%A6%81%E8%A1%8C%E5%8B%95%E6%AC%8A%E5%88%A9
Hong Kong Authorities Allegedly Threaten International Media on Election Reportage
On November 29, 2021, the Wall Street Journal (#WSJ) published an editorial titled "Hong Kong Says Vote—or Else."
It refers to the Legislative Council (#LegCo) Election which has been postponed by the Hong Kong government for a year. With the majority of the pro-democracy camp jailed and detained, the election will now take place in December. The newspaper described the situation as how "China fears a boycott of the sham vote it will hold next month."
The newpaper wrote:
"We bring you this message from Hong Kong because China’s Communist Party wants the world to forget how it crushed the autonomy it promised to the territory. On Monday authorities issued arrest warrants for two pro-democracy exiles who used social media to recommend that Hong Kongers boycott sham legislative elections scheduled for December."
4 days after the release of the editorial, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, #TsangKwokWai, of the Hong Kong government sent a letter to the newspaper, denying all the claims.
On December 5, 2021, Wall Street Journal published the letter as a reader's opinion article, with the caption "Hong Kong Issues a Threat to the WSJ: We reserve the right to take necessary action,’ writes the regime, flagging an editorial for ‘incitement'."
While the Election is scheduled on December 19, 2021, Tsang's letter issued in December said the election will take place "next month".
#ErickTsang #FailedState #LegCoElection
Source: Stand News; Wall Street Journal #Dec5
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-china-wsj-threat-election-legco-democracy-freedom-protest-ccp-11638575014
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E8%8F%AF%E7%88%BE%E8%A1%97%E6%97%A5%E5%A0%B1%E7%A4%BE%E8%AB%96%E6%8F%90%E6%9D%AF%E8%91%9B%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89-%E6%9B%BE%E5%9C%8B%E8%A1%9E%E5%8E%BB%E4%BF%A1%E8%AD%A6%E5%91%8A%E7%85%BD%E5%8B%95%E4%B8%8D%E6%8A%95%E7%A5%A8%E9%81%95%E6%B3%95-%E4%BF%9D%E7%95%99%E6%8E%A1%E5%8F%96%E5%BF%85%E8%A6%81%E8%A1%8C%E5%8B%95%E6%AC%8A%E5%88%A9
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Opinion | Hong Kong Issues a Threat to the WSJ
‘We reserve the right to take necessary action,’ writes the regime, flagging an editorial for ‘incitement.’