Brazil to Look into Banning Companies that Use 5G Equipment from Huawei
In support of the US’s Clean Network Program, Brazil was looking into legal procedures to restrict national telecommunication companies from using 5G network equipment developed by Huawei. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s national security advisor was looking into whether or not the government should ban Huawei with a presidential decree. However, as many major telecommunication companies have partnered with Huawei for years, the move was expected to be met with strong opposition.
A report stated that the Secretary of Institutional Security Augusto Heleno was in discussions with the Ministry of Communications to set up security provisions that telecommunication companies and equipment suppliers must comply to. They were also studying into the feasibility of a presidential decree. The US has criticised Huawei for its ties with China’s People’s Liberation Army and has expressed concerns over the leaking of confidential information to the Chinese government, which presents threats to national security.
As China has been Brazil’s most important trade partner, the ban on Huawei was expected to be met with strong oppositions from the industry and even from within the government, including the Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao. The Brazilian Minister for Communications Fabio Faria refused to comment on the report, while Heleno has said that he was not involved in affairs pertaining to 5G.
#Brazil #5G #Huawei #JairBolsonaro #AugustoHeleno #HamiltonMourao #FabioFaria #Telecommunication #NationalSecurity #Beijing #ChineseGovernment #PLA #CleanNetwork
Source: Apple Daily #Dec09
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In support of the US’s Clean Network Program, Brazil was looking into legal procedures to restrict national telecommunication companies from using 5G network equipment developed by Huawei. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s national security advisor was looking into whether or not the government should ban Huawei with a presidential decree. However, as many major telecommunication companies have partnered with Huawei for years, the move was expected to be met with strong opposition.
A report stated that the Secretary of Institutional Security Augusto Heleno was in discussions with the Ministry of Communications to set up security provisions that telecommunication companies and equipment suppliers must comply to. They were also studying into the feasibility of a presidential decree. The US has criticised Huawei for its ties with China’s People’s Liberation Army and has expressed concerns over the leaking of confidential information to the Chinese government, which presents threats to national security.
As China has been Brazil’s most important trade partner, the ban on Huawei was expected to be met with strong oppositions from the industry and even from within the government, including the Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao. The Brazilian Minister for Communications Fabio Faria refused to comment on the report, while Heleno has said that he was not involved in affairs pertaining to 5G.
#Brazil #5G #Huawei #JairBolsonaro #AugustoHeleno #HamiltonMourao #FabioFaria #Telecommunication #NationalSecurity #Beijing #ChineseGovernment #PLA #CleanNetwork
Source: Apple Daily #Dec09
https://bit.ly/3sRiRzP
China pushes “vaccine diplomacy” in Southeast Asia
China is using supplies of its Sinovac Biotech’s vaccine to boost its influence in Southeast Asia, which was the main focus of Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s tour in mid of January 2021.
“China wants to show that they are behind ASEAN countries as the vaccination stage of the pandemic approaches,” Aaron Jed Rabena, a research fellow at Manila-based think tank Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress.
Indonesia has a deal to receive about 230 million does of vaccine with Sinovac, Nocacax and WHO’s COVAX facility and government has received 3 million ready-to-use dose of Sinovac.
In Myanmar, Wang promised 300,00 dose of the Sinoca shots. The Chinese vaccine has also drawn attention in countries which Wang has not visited in this tour.
Source: Nikkei Asia #Jan16
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/China-pushes-vaccine-diplomacy-in-Southeast-Asia
#Covid19Vaccine #ChinaVaccineDiplomacy #China #CCP
China is using supplies of its Sinovac Biotech’s vaccine to boost its influence in Southeast Asia, which was the main focus of Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s tour in mid of January 2021.
“China wants to show that they are behind ASEAN countries as the vaccination stage of the pandemic approaches,” Aaron Jed Rabena, a research fellow at Manila-based think tank Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress.
Indonesia has a deal to receive about 230 million does of vaccine with Sinovac, Nocacax and WHO’s COVAX facility and government has received 3 million ready-to-use dose of Sinovac.
In Myanmar, Wang promised 300,00 dose of the Sinoca shots. The Chinese vaccine has also drawn attention in countries which Wang has not visited in this tour.
Source: Nikkei Asia #Jan16
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/China-pushes-vaccine-diplomacy-in-Southeast-Asia
#Covid19Vaccine #ChinaVaccineDiplomacy #China #CCP
#Interview #HongKongersVoice
Transcending Fear: Hong Kong Social Worker Vows for the Quest for Freedom, Out of His Love for Hong Kong
Source: InMedia, #Jan22
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Transcending Fear: Hong Kong Social Worker Vows for the Quest for Freedom, Out of His Love for Hong Kong
Source: InMedia, #Jan22
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Transcending Fear: Hong Kong Social Worker Vows for the Quest for Freedom, Out of His Love for Hong Kong
Reflecting on the year-long anti-ELAB movement in Hong Kong in 2019, social worker Hendick Lui Chi-Hang said, “I have been increasingly involved and more and more forth coming in each protest. For many times, I told myself that this time is going to be the last time and I have to overcome my limit.”
Despite that, there has been “next time”. Lui said, “Probably, it is out of my love to this land.”
It could also be rage. Lui elaborated, “You might also see it as ‘I can’t stand it’. There are some small things that we could do, though these things might not be useful, we should continue doing it.”
What if one day he was arrested and being sent to China for trial?
It seems that Lui was sharing his thoughts to the reporter, but also talking in melancholy, “it doesn’t matter. I believe as long as there are Hongkongers, there will be a pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, fighting for freedom.”
Source: InMedia, #Jan22
https://bit.ly/3p87xgt
#LuiChiHang #SocialWorker #HKProtest #NeverGiveUp
Transcending Fear: Hong Kong Social Worker Vows for the Quest for Freedom, Out of His Love for Hong Kong
Reflecting on the year-long anti-ELAB movement in Hong Kong in 2019, social worker Hendick Lui Chi-Hang said, “I have been increasingly involved and more and more forth coming in each protest. For many times, I told myself that this time is going to be the last time and I have to overcome my limit.”
Despite that, there has been “next time”. Lui said, “Probably, it is out of my love to this land.”
It could also be rage. Lui elaborated, “You might also see it as ‘I can’t stand it’. There are some small things that we could do, though these things might not be useful, we should continue doing it.”
What if one day he was arrested and being sent to China for trial?
It seems that Lui was sharing his thoughts to the reporter, but also talking in melancholy, “it doesn’t matter. I believe as long as there are Hongkongers, there will be a pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, fighting for freedom.”
Source: InMedia, #Jan22
https://bit.ly/3p87xgt
#LuiChiHang #SocialWorker #HKProtest #NeverGiveUp
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【大搜捕後】勇氣背後的恐懼 呂智恆：每一次抗爭，我都覺得自己去到極限 | 獨媒報導 | 獨立媒體
（獨媒報導） 2021 年 1 月 6 日，警方出動逾千警力，以《港區國安法》「顛覆國家政權罪」拘捕去年參與民主派初選的 53 人。在新界東排名第八、未能出線的呂智恆亦是被捕的其中一人。回顧過去的抗爭經歷，他說：「我諗我係越走越前，我本身好多時都諗住：唉！呢次係最後一次喇」，「覺得我做嘅嘢可能已經去到我嘅極限。」 雖是這麼說，但他往往都還有「下一次
#Oppression #Depression #SadCity
¼ HK population shows symptoms of moderate or severe depression
On Jan 21, 2021, the Mental Health Association of Hong Kong and Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences of City University jointly revealed record high Depression Index in 2020 in Hong Kong.
The survey shows that the proportion of depressed people in Hong Kong has shot sharply up in 2020: 25% were mildly depressed and 23% were moderately to severely depressed, a 27% increase compared to 2018.
That means, every one in four people in the city has shown symptoms of moderate to severe depression. Among them only 10% claimed willingness to seek professional assistance. The largest number of respondents said pressure came from "political/social environment" (62.5%), followed closely by "pandemic" (61.7%).
Source: InMedia #Jan21
https://bit.ly/2Y0KtEI
#Poll #MentalHealth
¼ HK population shows symptoms of moderate or severe depression
On Jan 21, 2021, the Mental Health Association of Hong Kong and Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences of City University jointly revealed record high Depression Index in 2020 in Hong Kong.
The survey shows that the proportion of depressed people in Hong Kong has shot sharply up in 2020: 25% were mildly depressed and 23% were moderately to severely depressed, a 27% increase compared to 2018.
That means, every one in four people in the city has shown symptoms of moderate to severe depression. Among them only 10% claimed willingness to seek professional assistance. The largest number of respondents said pressure came from "political/social environment" (62.5%), followed closely by "pandemic" (61.7%).
Source: InMedia #Jan21
https://bit.ly/2Y0KtEI
#Poll #MentalHealth
#FailedState
#Taiwan officials denied of #visa renewal in Hong Kong
Several Taiwan officials of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office was reportedly being declined of visa renewal by the HK government owing to their refusal to support the “#OneChinaPrinciple”.
As a result, they have to return to Taiwan, leaving only 12 officials in their office in Hong Kong.
Visa documents of four Taiwan officials were either expired or about to be expired. Concerning officials made applications for visa renewal but they have not heard from the Hong Kong authorities for as long as 6 months. It was suspected that the authorities have been stalling their applications in an attempt to disrupt the office's operation.
It was also reported that there were once 20 officials in the Office. However, since Lou Chang-sui was unable to take his office last year, the Hong Kong authorities have not been heeding to the Office’s subsequent requests for the dispatch of personnel to the city.
Source: Stand News #Jan21
#Taiwan officials denied of #visa renewal in Hong Kong
Several Taiwan officials of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office was reportedly being declined of visa renewal by the HK government owing to their refusal to support the “#OneChinaPrinciple”.
As a result, they have to return to Taiwan, leaving only 12 officials in their office in Hong Kong.
Visa documents of four Taiwan officials were either expired or about to be expired. Concerning officials made applications for visa renewal but they have not heard from the Hong Kong authorities for as long as 6 months. It was suspected that the authorities have been stalling their applications in an attempt to disrupt the office's operation.
It was also reported that there were once 20 officials in the Office. However, since Lou Chang-sui was unable to take his office last year, the Hong Kong authorities have not been heeding to the Office’s subsequent requests for the dispatch of personnel to the city.
Source: Stand News #Jan21
#Injustice #Court
HK Magistrate dismisses pro-democracy protester’s defense, calling it "impractical"
Source: Stand News, #Jan19
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HK Magistrate dismisses pro-democracy protester’s defense, calling it "impractical"
Source: Stand News, #Jan19
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HK Magistrate dismisses pro-democracy protester’s defense, calling it "impractical"
In October 2019, when the authorities forcefully imposed the anti-mask law in Hong Kong, citizens took to the street. The protest later turned into police-civilian clashes in several districts.
A 22-year-old shopkepper, Wong Tsz-shun, was arrested for obstructing a police officer in Yuen Long on that day and his case was heard in Tuen Mun Magistrate Court on January 19, 2021.
In the concluding statement, the defense pointed out numerous inconsistencies of the charge and challenged the contradictatory evidence and testimonies presented by the Hong Kong Police Force.
Surprisingly, Magistrate Wong Chin-yue was provoked and rebuked in defense of the Police Force, “it seems a common practice for defending lawyers to pick on the time evidence and distance evidence presented by the prosecution, without considering practicality. It is impossible for the police officers to take these cases like an industrial accident where they take precise measurement of time and distance.”
In anger, the Magistrate banged the table and walked away.
Defending for himself in the hearing, Wong said he was hanging out in Yuen Long where he ran into Chief Inspector Leung Chi-hang. He wasn’t sure whether Leung was speaking to him, so he carried on moving forward. Soon after he walked pass Leung, he felt being pulled from behind and was about to lose balance.
He stepped forward in an attempt to catch his balance, only to be tripped by debris and fell forward. At that moment, he heard someone shouting, “stand still!”.
When he reached out to roadside railings for support, so that he could stand up again, the police officers pepper-sprayed him on his face at close range.
Wong said, “they pepper-sprayed my entire face.” As a result, he could not see clearly, and found it hard to breathe.
Wong said the police instruction was confusing. Moments after one officer asked him not to move, another one told him to stand up. When he felt someone was grabbing him by his hands, he was terrified and tried to hold on to something, but to no avail.
He later was pressed down to the ground by a police officer. He struggled to avoid a head injury, but quickly he was pinned to the ground and cuffed.
Wong stressed that the police officer put handcuff on him without cautioning him.
Source: Stand News, #Jan19
#PoliceState #Arrest #Magistrate #MaskBan #PoliceBrutality #FailedState
HK Magistrate dismisses pro-democracy protester’s defense, calling it "impractical"
In October 2019, when the authorities forcefully imposed the anti-mask law in Hong Kong, citizens took to the street. The protest later turned into police-civilian clashes in several districts.
A 22-year-old shopkepper, Wong Tsz-shun, was arrested for obstructing a police officer in Yuen Long on that day and his case was heard in Tuen Mun Magistrate Court on January 19, 2021.
In the concluding statement, the defense pointed out numerous inconsistencies of the charge and challenged the contradictatory evidence and testimonies presented by the Hong Kong Police Force.
Surprisingly, Magistrate Wong Chin-yue was provoked and rebuked in defense of the Police Force, “it seems a common practice for defending lawyers to pick on the time evidence and distance evidence presented by the prosecution, without considering practicality. It is impossible for the police officers to take these cases like an industrial accident where they take precise measurement of time and distance.”
In anger, the Magistrate banged the table and walked away.
Defending for himself in the hearing, Wong said he was hanging out in Yuen Long where he ran into Chief Inspector Leung Chi-hang. He wasn’t sure whether Leung was speaking to him, so he carried on moving forward. Soon after he walked pass Leung, he felt being pulled from behind and was about to lose balance.
He stepped forward in an attempt to catch his balance, only to be tripped by debris and fell forward. At that moment, he heard someone shouting, “stand still!”.
When he reached out to roadside railings for support, so that he could stand up again, the police officers pepper-sprayed him on his face at close range.
Wong said, “they pepper-sprayed my entire face.” As a result, he could not see clearly, and found it hard to breathe.
Wong said the police instruction was confusing. Moments after one officer asked him not to move, another one told him to stand up. When he felt someone was grabbing him by his hands, he was terrified and tried to hold on to something, but to no avail.
He later was pressed down to the ground by a police officer. He struggled to avoid a head injury, but quickly he was pinned to the ground and cuffed.
Wong stressed that the police officer put handcuff on him without cautioning him.
Source: Stand News, #Jan19
#PoliceState #Arrest #Magistrate #MaskBan #PoliceBrutality #FailedState
#Newspaper
Shenzhen recruits civil servants for the first time for Hong Kong and Macao residents, 446 people compete for 5 positions
(Dec 14) Shenzhen’s civil service examination of 2020 was held on 12 and 13 Dec in China. There are five positions open for Hong Kong and Macau residents. The offices are mainly located in downtown areas like Futian, Luohu, and Nanshan in China. This is the first time that Hong Kong and Macau residents are allowed to participate in the China civil service examination. According to China News Service, the five positions are responsible for areas like administration, finance, urban planning, management of foreign affairs, and medical administration. These positions involved the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area development. A total of 446 Hong Kong and Macau residents applied for the examination. Among all, a position in the Futian District attracted 244 people to apply.
Source: Mingpao News
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
#China #HongKong #Macau #Positions #Hire
Shenzhen recruits civil servants for the first time for Hong Kong and Macao residents, 446 people compete for 5 positions
(Dec 14) Shenzhen’s civil service examination of 2020 was held on 12 and 13 Dec in China. There are five positions open for Hong Kong and Macau residents. The offices are mainly located in downtown areas like Futian, Luohu, and Nanshan in China. This is the first time that Hong Kong and Macau residents are allowed to participate in the China civil service examination. According to China News Service, the five positions are responsible for areas like administration, finance, urban planning, management of foreign affairs, and medical administration. These positions involved the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area development. A total of 446 Hong Kong and Macau residents applied for the examination. Among all, a position in the Futian District attracted 244 people to apply.
Source: Mingpao News
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
#China #HongKong #Macau #Positions #Hire
Comparing to 3 other vaccines, SinoVac BioTech from China has the lowest effectiveness (50.38%), while the Moderna vaccine from the US has 94.1% effectiveness. Yet, the Hong Kong government purchases China's vaccine instead of America's.
#COVID19 #Vaccine #SinaVacBioTech #GoHKgraphics
#COVID19 #Vaccine #SinaVacBioTech #GoHKgraphics
Singaporean Spies on US for China, Arrested on Return
Dickson Jun Wei Yeo, a Singaporean citizen who admitted to collecting sensitive information about the US for Chinese intelligence agencies and jailed in America, was arrested upon return to Singapore after serving his sentence. In a statement released on 30 December, Singapore’s Internal Security Department (ISD) said Yeo had been arrested and would be questioned to see if he had engaged in activities that endanger Singapore’s national security.
In their statement, the ISD stressed that the Singaporean government “takes a very serious view on any Singaporean who enters into a clandestine relationship with a foreign government and engages in espionage or subversive activities at the behest of the foreign power”. They said that the authorities would not allow “nationals to be subverted or used by any foreign actors for activities prejudicial to our security and national interests”.
Source: Stand News #Dec30
#Singapore #US #China #NationalSecurity #Espionage
https://bit.ly/2NycukN
Dickson Jun Wei Yeo, a Singaporean citizen who admitted to collecting sensitive information about the US for Chinese intelligence agencies and jailed in America, was arrested upon return to Singapore after serving his sentence. In a statement released on 30 December, Singapore’s Internal Security Department (ISD) said Yeo had been arrested and would be questioned to see if he had engaged in activities that endanger Singapore’s national security.
In their statement, the ISD stressed that the Singaporean government “takes a very serious view on any Singaporean who enters into a clandestine relationship with a foreign government and engages in espionage or subversive activities at the behest of the foreign power”. They said that the authorities would not allow “nationals to be subverted or used by any foreign actors for activities prejudicial to our security and national interests”.
Source: Stand News #Dec30
#Singapore #US #China #NationalSecurity #Espionage
https://bit.ly/2NycukN
In Hong Kong, a New Party Calls for Stability (and Raises Suspicions)
A group of businessmen, born in the mainland China, sought to bring that ardor to Hong Kong, as the founders of the city’s newest political party, Bauhinia Party. The Bauhinia Party’s founders deny that they are puppets of Beijing, but they offer themselves to Beijing as a new model for allies, as a “Trojan horse” for the Chinese government.
Many in the pro-democracy camp see the new party as yet another sign that Hong Kong is becoming just another mainland city.
While the pro-Beijing camp has always professed loyalty to the central government, its members have taken care to emphasize the differences between their city and the mainland.
Source: NY Times #Jan16
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/world/asia/hongkong-politics-bauhinia.html
#BauhiniaParty #HongKong #China #BeijingPuppet
A group of businessmen, born in the mainland China, sought to bring that ardor to Hong Kong, as the founders of the city’s newest political party, Bauhinia Party. The Bauhinia Party’s founders deny that they are puppets of Beijing, but they offer themselves to Beijing as a new model for allies, as a “Trojan horse” for the Chinese government.
Many in the pro-democracy camp see the new party as yet another sign that Hong Kong is becoming just another mainland city.
While the pro-Beijing camp has always professed loyalty to the central government, its members have taken care to emphasize the differences between their city and the mainland.
Source: NY Times #Jan16
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/world/asia/hongkong-politics-bauhinia.html
#BauhiniaParty #HongKong #China #BeijingPuppet
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
#FirstHand #Feb28
0% Positive Rate: Citizens and Local Busines Severely Affected by HK Government's #AmbushLockdown
The Hong Kong government ambushed citizens in the third compulsory lockdown in one week.
Following Jordan on Jan 23 and Yau Ma Tei on Jan 26, four buildings in North Point were under lockdown for the authorities to impose #COVID19 test on all civilians in the area on Jan 28, 2021.
Medical personnel wearing protective garments filled the street, disrupting local businesses. Other stores in nearby area post signs, explaining their abrupt closure due to the government's operation.
Meanwhile, among the supplies provided by the government, one can find boxes of bottled water, which is likely from a mainland Chinese brand, with simplified characters written on it.
At 7am on Jan 29, the government found no positive case among the 475 people tested.
#FailedState #Economy
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HK Gov't Imposes Sudden #Lockdown in Yau Ma Tei: 1 Positive Case Found
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28193
0% Positive Rate: Citizens and Local Busines Severely Affected by HK Government's #AmbushLockdown
The Hong Kong government ambushed citizens in the third compulsory lockdown in one week.
Following Jordan on Jan 23 and Yau Ma Tei on Jan 26, four buildings in North Point were under lockdown for the authorities to impose #COVID19 test on all civilians in the area on Jan 28, 2021.
Medical personnel wearing protective garments filled the street, disrupting local businesses. Other stores in nearby area post signs, explaining their abrupt closure due to the government's operation.
Meanwhile, among the supplies provided by the government, one can find boxes of bottled water, which is likely from a mainland Chinese brand, with simplified characters written on it.
At 7am on Jan 29, the government found no positive case among the 475 people tested.
#FailedState #Economy
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HK Gov't Imposes Sudden #Lockdown in Yau Ma Tei: 1 Positive Case Found
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28193