Coronavirus shakes citizens' faith in Chinese government: “Leaders in this country are horrible”
The Guardian #Jan24
[GoHK's note: According to CNN report on 24 January, advisers to the CDC say a lack of data from China about the Wuhan coronavirus is curtailing international efforts to quell the outbreak.]
//The outbreak has left Chinese people facing a miserable new year and Xi Jinping a key test
As Chinese authorities scramble to restrict an illness that emerged a month ago, citizens are asking whether their government has failed them by failing to disclose information and not acting decisively or early enough.
Less than a week ago, officials in Wuhan, where the virus was detected, said the mystery illness posed little danger and there was no evidence it could be passed from human to human. China’s national health commission said the situation was “preventable” and “controllable”.//
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/24/coronavirus-shakes-citizens-faith-in-chinese-government
The Guardian #Jan24
[GoHK's note: According to CNN report on 24 January, advisers to the CDC say a lack of data from China about the Wuhan coronavirus is curtailing international efforts to quell the outbreak.]
//The outbreak has left Chinese people facing a miserable new year and Xi Jinping a key test
As Chinese authorities scramble to restrict an illness that emerged a month ago, citizens are asking whether their government has failed them by failing to disclose information and not acting decisively or early enough.
Less than a week ago, officials in Wuhan, where the virus was detected, said the mystery illness posed little danger and there was no evidence it could be passed from human to human. China’s national health commission said the situation was “preventable” and “controllable”.//
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/24/coronavirus-shakes-citizens-faith-in-chinese-government
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SARS Support Group Calls for Ban for Entering Hong Kong for Non-locals Who Visited Wuhan in the Past Month
The Hong Kong SARS Mutual Help Association, representing more than 300 patients who recovered from the SARS epidemic in 2003, called for the Government to truly learn the hard lessons of SARS and make every effort to prevent the epidemic from affecting the city's economy and livelihood.
The Association urge the government to take all feasible measures to minimise the impact of the Wuhan pneumonia on Hong Kong, including prohibiting non-locals who have visited Wuhan in the past month from entering Hong Kong. Besides, it also asked for those who travelled from China, be it Mainlanders or Hong Kong residents to complete a health declaration. The Association was of the view that if the situation concerning Wuhan Pneumonia continued to deteriorate, the government should consider prohibiting all Mainlanders from coming to Hong Kong until the situation improves.
Source: Inmedia
#Jan24 #Wuhan #GlobalOutbreak
SARS Support Group Calls for Ban for Entering Hong Kong for Non-locals Who Visited Wuhan in the Past Month
The Hong Kong SARS Mutual Help Association, representing more than 300 patients who recovered from the SARS epidemic in 2003, called for the Government to truly learn the hard lessons of SARS and make every effort to prevent the epidemic from affecting the city's economy and livelihood.
The Association urge the government to take all feasible measures to minimise the impact of the Wuhan pneumonia on Hong Kong, including prohibiting non-locals who have visited Wuhan in the past month from entering Hong Kong. Besides, it also asked for those who travelled from China, be it Mainlanders or Hong Kong residents to complete a health declaration. The Association was of the view that if the situation concerning Wuhan Pneumonia continued to deteriorate, the government should consider prohibiting all Mainlanders from coming to Hong Kong until the situation improves.
Source: Inmedia
#Jan24 #Wuhan #GlobalOutbreak
Cathay Pacific Aircraft Carried a Wuhan Coronavirus victim Continued to be Used Without Disinfection for Over 30 Times
The second confirmed case of Wuhan pneumonia in Japan was a passenger who transited from Wuhan to Tokyo via Hong Kong on January 19. Cathay Pacific confirmed the two flights the patient took this evening (Jan 24) and said it would disinfect the two aeroplanes.
According to records, the patient stayed in Hong Kong shortly for only 1 hour and 50 minutes, but the two aeroplanes he flew on were later used for another 18 and 15 flights to and from 12 destinations respectively.
Staff members of Cathay Pacific revealed that routine cleaning work of a plane is usually roughly conducted. They expressed their deep concern that it is insufficient to inhabit any virus.
Source: Apple Daily
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/20200124/X7VWFYCL3M4U5OSL5WPKGSKXCM/
#Jan24 #ChinesePneumonia #Wuhan #GlobalOutbreak
The second confirmed case of Wuhan pneumonia in Japan was a passenger who transited from Wuhan to Tokyo via Hong Kong on January 19. Cathay Pacific confirmed the two flights the patient took this evening (Jan 24) and said it would disinfect the two aeroplanes.
According to records, the patient stayed in Hong Kong shortly for only 1 hour and 50 minutes, but the two aeroplanes he flew on were later used for another 18 and 15 flights to and from 12 destinations respectively.
Staff members of Cathay Pacific revealed that routine cleaning work of a plane is usually roughly conducted. They expressed their deep concern that it is insufficient to inhabit any virus.
Source: Apple Daily
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/20200124/X7VWFYCL3M4U5OSL5WPKGSKXCM/
#Jan24 #ChinesePneumonia #Wuhan #GlobalOutbreak
Wuhan Pneumonia: Closing the border of city for hiding the truth of epidemic? Scholars claimed: Face recognition and Social Credit system disappeared
Wuhan Pneumonia epidemic is spreading, and the number of confrmed cases is skyrocketing, out of Chinese government’s control and expectation. The Chinese government is suspected for concealing the real situation of the epidemic and even closes the borders of several cities. In view of this, I-Chung Lai, the president of Cross-Strait Interflow Prospect Foundation, posted on his Facebook, ‘For the time being, the most powerful face recognition and social credit system launched by China disappeared suddenly.’
Lai pointed out, the Chinese government set up face recognition and social credit system for the sake of public safety”, and thus they should be suitable for dealing with public health crisis like Wuhan Pneumonia at the moment. He continued, ‘The systems can be used for tracing the contact history of patients, and setting up a better protection barrier,’ he continued to ask, ‘Why the system vanished when there is desperate need for them?’
Outraged and disappointed, Lai condemned that the Chinese government repeated the history of the Black Death epidemic in the Middle Age. He said, ‘Some unwise Taiwanese still appreciating what have done by the Communist officials, and think that everything will be fine under SOP (Standard Operation Procedure).’
Finally, Lai revealed, that the “Face recognition and Social Credit system” can be used down to the level of individuals, and the work of combating with disease as precise as a doctor using his scalpel in the course of surgery. He continued that, the Chinese government built up the system for social surveillance, and combating with public health crisis is surely the most reasonable case for applying that. ‘But now the Communist government abandoned that. What is the Chinese government hiding?'
Source: Liberty Times #Jan24
https://bit.ly/37shUTA
#FaceRecognition #SocialCreditSystem #Surveillance #WuhanPneumonia
Further Reading:
Citizens Can Scan a Suspect by Face Recognition
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/15943
Big Data from Baidu Map
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/15942
Wuhan Pneumonia epidemic is spreading, and the number of confrmed cases is skyrocketing, out of Chinese government’s control and expectation. The Chinese government is suspected for concealing the real situation of the epidemic and even closes the borders of several cities. In view of this, I-Chung Lai, the president of Cross-Strait Interflow Prospect Foundation, posted on his Facebook, ‘For the time being, the most powerful face recognition and social credit system launched by China disappeared suddenly.’
Lai pointed out, the Chinese government set up face recognition and social credit system for the sake of public safety”, and thus they should be suitable for dealing with public health crisis like Wuhan Pneumonia at the moment. He continued, ‘The systems can be used for tracing the contact history of patients, and setting up a better protection barrier,’ he continued to ask, ‘Why the system vanished when there is desperate need for them?’
Outraged and disappointed, Lai condemned that the Chinese government repeated the history of the Black Death epidemic in the Middle Age. He said, ‘Some unwise Taiwanese still appreciating what have done by the Communist officials, and think that everything will be fine under SOP (Standard Operation Procedure).’
Finally, Lai revealed, that the “Face recognition and Social Credit system” can be used down to the level of individuals, and the work of combating with disease as precise as a doctor using his scalpel in the course of surgery. He continued that, the Chinese government built up the system for social surveillance, and combating with public health crisis is surely the most reasonable case for applying that. ‘But now the Communist government abandoned that. What is the Chinese government hiding?'
Source: Liberty Times #Jan24
https://bit.ly/37shUTA
#FaceRecognition #SocialCreditSystem #Surveillance #WuhanPneumonia
Further Reading:
Citizens Can Scan a Suspect by Face Recognition
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/15943
Big Data from Baidu Map
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/15942
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武漢肺炎》封城隱瞞疫情？ 學者酸：人臉辨識與社會信用神奇消失 - 國際 - 自由時報電子報
武漢肺炎病例短期內爆炸性增長，中國政府被質疑隱瞞疫情，甚至用封城的方式因應；對此，遠景基金會執行長賴怡忠今（24）日在臉書痛批，「中共的人臉辨識與社會信用，在此時突然神奇消失」。「武漢肺炎」近日急遽失控，中國政府又宣布封城，遠景基金會執行長賴怡忠今早於臉書發文諷刺，「在這個時候，中國所建構最嚴密的人臉辨識監視系統與社會信用評比的存在，在此忽然神奇的消失了」。
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Residents desperate for decent food after lockdown
Source: RTHK #Jan24
Photo: #FirstHand
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Residents desperate for decent food after lockdown
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Residents desperate for decent food after lockdown
//A resident surnamed Cheng said he had been eating instant noodles for two days. He said he was going to leave immediately and have dinner at his mother's home. Another resident said she had also been living off instant noodles as she didn't have a stove. She said she would go and buy some warm food.
Meanwhile a man, surnamed Tsang, said he was relieved that he could finally get out of his home.
“I was so bored as I live alone. I had run out of everything. I need to buy a pack of cigarettes,” he said.
One man, a Muslim, said the government had failed to provide Halal food. Luncheon meat, containing pork which is forbidden to Muslims, had been included in government food packages, though other items, such as pasta and tinned tuna, were also provided.
“We don't have anything to eat because we are Muslims and we eat Halal food,” he said.//
Source: RTHK #Jan24
Photo: #FirstHand
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1572130-20210124.htm
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Civilians in Lockdown Area to Brace Themselves for the Next 48 Hours
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28134
Residents desperate for decent food after lockdown
//A resident surnamed Cheng said he had been eating instant noodles for two days. He said he was going to leave immediately and have dinner at his mother's home. Another resident said she had also been living off instant noodles as she didn't have a stove. She said she would go and buy some warm food.
Meanwhile a man, surnamed Tsang, said he was relieved that he could finally get out of his home.
“I was so bored as I live alone. I had run out of everything. I need to buy a pack of cigarettes,” he said.
One man, a Muslim, said the government had failed to provide Halal food. Luncheon meat, containing pork which is forbidden to Muslims, had been included in government food packages, though other items, such as pasta and tinned tuna, were also provided.
“We don't have anything to eat because we are Muslims and we eat Halal food,” he said.//
Source: RTHK #Jan24
Photo: #FirstHand
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1572130-20210124.htm
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Civilians in Lockdown Area to Brace Themselves for the Next 48 Hours
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28134
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Residents desperate for decent food after lockdown
Residents of the locked-down area of Jordan said they were thrilled to be allowed to leave earlier than expected at 6pm on Sunday, with many saying they were desperate to get some decent food. A resident surnamed Cheng said he had been eating instant noodles…
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Pregnant Woman in Hong Kong Suffers Premature Delivery and Severe Bleeding after Police Brutality
Source: Stand News #Jan24
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Pregnant Woman in Hong Kong Suffers Premature Delivery and Severe Bleeding after Police Brutality
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Pregnant Woman in Hong Kong Suffers Premature Delivery and Severe Bleeding after Police Brutality
A Hong Kong civilian in her 7 months of pregnancy was intercepted and searched for unknown reason by police officers on January 20, 2021.
During the search operation, she was reportedly being cuffed with her hands at her back, pulled and dragged by officers on the ground. Later on, she was arrested on suspicion of “obstructing police officer for conducting duties”.
The pregnant woman surnamed Lau told reporters that with concern for COVID19, she asked to stand aloof to three other civilians at the scene of the police operation while handing in her ID card for police investigation as requested.
In response to her request, a police officer hurled insults at her, calling her “damn fat woman”. Lau said she repeatedly told the police officers that she is pregnant. The officers ignored her even when she hunched on the ground due to acute pain and plead for immediate medical assistance.
A couple of days later, she was hospitalized on January 23, 2021 for symptoms of premature birth and severe bleeding. She later delivered a baby boy prematurely who was admitted to the intensive care ward for critical conditions.
Source: Stand News, #Jan24
#PoliceState #AsiasFinest #Pregnancy
Pregnant Woman in Hong Kong Suffers Premature Delivery and Severe Bleeding after Police Brutality
A Hong Kong civilian in her 7 months of pregnancy was intercepted and searched for unknown reason by police officers on January 20, 2021.
During the search operation, she was reportedly being cuffed with her hands at her back, pulled and dragged by officers on the ground. Later on, she was arrested on suspicion of “obstructing police officer for conducting duties”.
The pregnant woman surnamed Lau told reporters that with concern for COVID19, she asked to stand aloof to three other civilians at the scene of the police operation while handing in her ID card for police investigation as requested.
In response to her request, a police officer hurled insults at her, calling her “damn fat woman”. Lau said she repeatedly told the police officers that she is pregnant. The officers ignored her even when she hunched on the ground due to acute pain and plead for immediate medical assistance.
A couple of days later, she was hospitalized on January 23, 2021 for symptoms of premature birth and severe bleeding. She later delivered a baby boy prematurely who was admitted to the intensive care ward for critical conditions.
Source: Stand News, #Jan24
#PoliceState #AsiasFinest #Pregnancy
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Student Activist Cuts Ties with Chinese Relatives and Friends, Hopes Chinese Police Force Stops Bothering Them
Source: Stand News #Jan24
#WhiteTerror #CCP #StudentPoliticism #Oppression #WongYatChin
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Student Activist Cuts Ties with Chinese Relatives and Friends, Hopes Chinese Police Force would Stop Bothering Them
In a Facebook post published on Jan 23, 2021, Student Localism convenor Wong Yat-Chin said that his family and friends in mainland China were approached by police at their homes, and were questioned about Wong's activities in Hong Kong. At least 10 relatives and friends were approached that way, Wong said, including primary school classmates with whom he had no contact for 10 years.
This was a worrying development, Wong said. "It's like I've become CCP's number one public enemy." He announced on his Facebook page that he had cut off all ties with those being targeted by Chinese police; he hopes that Chinese authorities would no longer bother them because of him.
Meanwhile in Hong Kong, Wong's parents have also been "doxxed": their personal details have been posted online some time ago. Wong himself was being followed when hosting street booths, by individuals who claimed to be police officers. He felt that the threat was becoming more imminent, worrying that authorities would also harass his family members in Hong Kong one day.
If worse comes to worst, Wong said he would also cut ties with his family. "[My family] doesn't even know what I'm doing, and they wouldn't interfere," he said. "If even Hong Kong authorities are taking action, then I might need to cut off from my family too."
Source: Stand News #Jan24
#WhiteTerror #CCP #StudentPoliticism #Oppression #WongYatChin
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Pro-democracy Student Group Convener: “I was not born in Hong Kong, but I am willing to die for it”
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Student Activist Cuts Ties with Chinese Relatives and Friends, Hopes Chinese Police Force would Stop Bothering Them
In a Facebook post published on Jan 23, 2021, Student Localism convenor Wong Yat-Chin said that his family and friends in mainland China were approached by police at their homes, and were questioned about Wong's activities in Hong Kong. At least 10 relatives and friends were approached that way, Wong said, including primary school classmates with whom he had no contact for 10 years.
This was a worrying development, Wong said. "It's like I've become CCP's number one public enemy." He announced on his Facebook page that he had cut off all ties with those being targeted by Chinese police; he hopes that Chinese authorities would no longer bother them because of him.
Meanwhile in Hong Kong, Wong's parents have also been "doxxed": their personal details have been posted online some time ago. Wong himself was being followed when hosting street booths, by individuals who claimed to be police officers. He felt that the threat was becoming more imminent, worrying that authorities would also harass his family members in Hong Kong one day.
If worse comes to worst, Wong said he would also cut ties with his family. "[My family] doesn't even know what I'm doing, and they wouldn't interfere," he said. "If even Hong Kong authorities are taking action, then I might need to cut off from my family too."
Source: Stand News #Jan24
#WhiteTerror #CCP #StudentPoliticism #Oppression #WongYatChin
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Pro-democracy Student Group Convener: “I was not born in Hong Kong, but I am willing to die for it”
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‘My heart is still with Hong Kong’: Activists in exile make lives in Canada, but many still live in fear
Source: Toronto Star #Jan24
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‘My heart is still with Hong Kong’: Activists in exile make lives in Canada, but many still live in fear
Before joining the first pollical political protest during the Umbrella Movement, Peter, anonym, was a typica bystander. He was in Hong Kong in the 1980s and had a good career and a comfortable living , like many his generation.
“Peaceful rallies are meaningless. They are like going to karaoke. When you are done, everyone just goes home, with little accomplished,” says Peter.
He began joining calls to cause local “disruptions” against the Mainland Chinese shoppers jamming Hong Kong streets and driving up prices of necessities, and volunteered in the political campaigns to support “localist candidates.”
Peter, an activist in exile and granted asylum lately in Canada said, “I’m physically here but my heart is still with Hong Kong.” He’s going to school in this country and would like to pursue a higher education. He believes a collaborative international community can stop an emboldened China.
Source: Toronto Star #Jan24
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/01/24/my-heart-is-still-with-hong-kong-activists-in-exile-make-lives-in-canada-but-many-still-live-in-fear.html
#Canada #HongKongAsylum #HongKong
Before joining the first pollical political protest during the Umbrella Movement, Peter, anonym, was a typica bystander. He was in Hong Kong in the 1980s and had a good career and a comfortable living , like many his generation.
“Peaceful rallies are meaningless. They are like going to karaoke. When you are done, everyone just goes home, with little accomplished,” says Peter.
He began joining calls to cause local “disruptions” against the Mainland Chinese shoppers jamming Hong Kong streets and driving up prices of necessities, and volunteered in the political campaigns to support “localist candidates.”
Peter, an activist in exile and granted asylum lately in Canada said, “I’m physically here but my heart is still with Hong Kong.” He’s going to school in this country and would like to pursue a higher education. He believes a collaborative international community can stop an emboldened China.
Source: Toronto Star #Jan24
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/01/24/my-heart-is-still-with-hong-kong-activists-in-exile-make-lives-in-canada-but-many-still-live-in-fear.html
#Canada #HongKongAsylum #HongKong
thestar.com
‘My heart is still with Hong Kong’: Activists in exile make lives in Canada, but many still live in fear
With Beijing tightening its grip on Hong Kong, pro-democracy and pro-independence activists have made their ways to Canada for asylum. In exile, they worry about their families back home and their own future here.
Hong Kong Crackdown Is an Early Test for Biden
In the beginning of this year, a thousand police officers armed with China’s tough new national security law arrested dozens of opposition legislators, lawyers and activists, who had organized and participated in an unofficial “primary” vote to select candidates for the 70-seat Legislative Council.
One minute after President Biden took office, China announced sanctions against 28 departing and former Trump administration officials, including Mr. Pompeo declaring that China's policies against Muslims in its Xinjiang region constitute a “genocide” and “crimes against humanity.”
Hong Kong is intolerable to the Chinese Communists not only as a gadfly, but as a standing rebuttal to Mr. Xi’s illiberal ideology.
Whatever signal China may have been trying to send by its crackdown on dissenters, the Biden administration should continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong.
Source: New York Times #Jan24
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/opinion/hong-kong-arrests.html?fbclid=IwAR2wCs5zIj60Qkj0zZRE0Sr9FqkUNNyeH260Te6fA1dpTBQiR8UraOLuRPA
#BidenEraChinaApproach #HongKong #China
In the beginning of this year, a thousand police officers armed with China’s tough new national security law arrested dozens of opposition legislators, lawyers and activists, who had organized and participated in an unofficial “primary” vote to select candidates for the 70-seat Legislative Council.
One minute after President Biden took office, China announced sanctions against 28 departing and former Trump administration officials, including Mr. Pompeo declaring that China's policies against Muslims in its Xinjiang region constitute a “genocide” and “crimes against humanity.”
Hong Kong is intolerable to the Chinese Communists not only as a gadfly, but as a standing rebuttal to Mr. Xi’s illiberal ideology.
Whatever signal China may have been trying to send by its crackdown on dissenters, the Biden administration should continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong.
Source: New York Times #Jan24
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/opinion/hong-kong-arrests.html?fbclid=IwAR2wCs5zIj60Qkj0zZRE0Sr9FqkUNNyeH260Te6fA1dpTBQiR8UraOLuRPA
#BidenEraChinaApproach #HongKong #China
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Opinion | Hong Kong Crackdown Is an Early Test for Biden
Even with Trump out of office, prospects seem dim for rapprochement between China and the United States.
US State Department Voices Concern over China’s Threats to Taiwan and Calls for Pressure to Cease, Reaffirms Commitment to Help Maintain Taiwan’s Self-defence Capabilities
Source: Stand News #Jan24
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US State Department Voices Concern over China’s Threats to Taiwan and Calls for Pressure to Cease, Reaffirms Commitment to Help Maintain Taiwan’s Self-defence Capabilities
The US State Department has voiced its concerns over Chinese’s intimidation against Taiwan and its other neighbours. In a 23 January press release, it urges Beijing to “cease its military, diplomatic, and economic pressure against Taiwan and instead engage in meaningful dialogue with Taiwan’s democratically elected representatives”. The press release is the first statement on China-Taiwan relations from the State Department since Biden took office.
China-Taiwan relations have been tense with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) sending one Yunshuji-8 maritime patrol aircraft, eight Xian H-6K jet bomber, and four Shenyang J-16 strike fighter into Taiwan’s Southwestern Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on 23 January alone. Dubbed “the largest intrusion of the year” by Taiwan media, the operation was met with radio warnings from air patrols of Taiwan’s defence ministry and tracked by anti-aircraft missile systems.
In the press release, titled “PRC Military Pressure Against Taiwan Threatens Regional Peace and Stability”, State Department spokesperson Ned Price stresses that the US will work with its friends and allies to “advance [their] shared prosperity, security, and values in the Indo-Pacific region”, which include “deepening [their] ties with democratic Taiwan”.
Source: Stand News #Jan24
#US #Taiwan #China #Military #Diplomacy
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The US State Department has voiced its concerns over Chinese’s intimidation against Taiwan and its other neighbours. In a 23 January press release, it urges Beijing to “cease its military, diplomatic, and economic pressure against Taiwan and instead engage in meaningful dialogue with Taiwan’s democratically elected representatives”. The press release is the first statement on China-Taiwan relations from the State Department since Biden took office.
China-Taiwan relations have been tense with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) sending one Yunshuji-8 maritime patrol aircraft, eight Xian H-6K jet bomber, and four Shenyang J-16 strike fighter into Taiwan’s Southwestern Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on 23 January alone. Dubbed “the largest intrusion of the year” by Taiwan media, the operation was met with radio warnings from air patrols of Taiwan’s defence ministry and tracked by anti-aircraft missile systems.
In the press release, titled “PRC Military Pressure Against Taiwan Threatens Regional Peace and Stability”, State Department spokesperson Ned Price stresses that the US will work with its friends and allies to “advance [their] shared prosperity, security, and values in the Indo-Pacific region”, which include “deepening [their] ties with democratic Taiwan”.
Source: Stand News #Jan24
#US #Taiwan #China #Military #Diplomacy
https://bit.ly/36n29yN
180 International Human Rights Organisations Sign Open Letter Calling on Countries to Boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Source: Stand News #Jan24
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180 International Human Rights Organisations Sign Open Letter Calling on Countries to Boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
The Beijing Winter Olympics are scheduled to begin in February next year. An international coalition of 180 human rights organisations from around the world issued an open letter on Wednesday (Feb. 3) calling on leaders to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics and pay attention to the human rights situation in China.
The coalition of 180 human rights organisations, includes the World Uyghur Congress and the International Tibet Network. In an open letter, they said that since Beijing was awarded the Games in 2015, " "the situation has deteriorated drastically as President Xi Jinping has unleashed an unrelenting crackdown on basic freedom and human rights". They also accused the IOC of refusing to take action on Beijing's human rights situation and called on leaders to boycott the Beijing Winter Games and not encourage China's reckless exploitation of human rights and dissidents' suppression.
The open letter also addressed the situation in Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, including the arrest of many pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong and the political persecution of Tibetans and Uyghurs.
#2022Olympics #WinterOlympics #Beijing #China #IOC #HumanRights #Xinjiang #HongKong
Source: Stand News #Jan24
https://bit.ly/3a6DDEv
The Beijing Winter Olympics are scheduled to begin in February next year. An international coalition of 180 human rights organisations from around the world issued an open letter on Wednesday (Feb. 3) calling on leaders to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics and pay attention to the human rights situation in China.
The coalition of 180 human rights organisations, includes the World Uyghur Congress and the International Tibet Network. In an open letter, they said that since Beijing was awarded the Games in 2015, " "the situation has deteriorated drastically as President Xi Jinping has unleashed an unrelenting crackdown on basic freedom and human rights". They also accused the IOC of refusing to take action on Beijing's human rights situation and called on leaders to boycott the Beijing Winter Games and not encourage China's reckless exploitation of human rights and dissidents' suppression.
The open letter also addressed the situation in Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, including the arrest of many pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong and the political persecution of Tibetans and Uyghurs.
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Revolution of Our Times Wins "Most Influential" & "Best Cultural Image" Awards at FIPADOC Festival in France
Source: Commons HK; #Jan24
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Revolution of Our Times Wins "Most Influential" & "Best Cultural Image" Awards at FIPADOC Festival in France
Source: Commons HK; #Jan24
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Revolution of Our Times Wins "Most Influential" & "Best Cultural Image" Awards at FIPADOC Festival in France
Revolution of Our Times, a documentary banned in Hong Kong chronicling the 2019 Anti-ELAB Movement, has won two awards at the 2022 FIPADOC International Documentary Festival in France, in the catagories of "Most influential" and "Best Cultural Image".
This is the second time the film has won an international award, after taking home the Best Documentary at Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Festival in November last year.
Documentaries from Germany, France, and Belgium were also nominated at the FIPADOC awards, which honor films that inspire social justice, environmentalism, and human rights. The annual festival specializes in non-fiction films, and is now in its 34th year, having first been held in Cannes, France in 1987.
Since its premiere at Cannes Film Festival, every showing of "Revolution of Our Times" has attracted public attention and filled seats at film festivals around the world.
Director #KiwiChow, who resides in Hong Kong, had previously stated that he does not have a copy of the film on hand. The film is scheduled to be screened in Taiwan's theatres on February 25. It will be the first territory where the film is shown in public.
The documentary shows multiple angles of the Anti-ELAB protests from seven different iconic groups in the movement: former reporter turned activist #GwynethHo, who is now held in custody; professor #BennyTai; social workers; the seniors group #ProtectOurChildren; volunteer drivers; first aiders; university students turned frontline protesters; and high school students who left behind their wills before going out to fight.
The film weaves their stories together with now-classic images of the movement, and paints a realistic portrait of Hong Kong's fight for freedom and democracy.
See also: Hong Kong's "Revolution of Our Times" Wins Best Documentary in Taiwan Film Awards; Director: "This Film Belongs to Every Hongkonger Who Cried for Hong Kong
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Source: Commons HK; #Jan24
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Revolution of Our Times Wins "Most Influential" & "Best Cultural Image" Awards at FIPADOC Festival in France
Revolution of Our Times, a documentary banned in Hong Kong chronicling the 2019 Anti-ELAB Movement, has won two awards at the 2022 FIPADOC International Documentary Festival in France, in the catagories of "Most influential" and "Best Cultural Image".
This is the second time the film has won an international award, after taking home the Best Documentary at Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Festival in November last year.
Documentaries from Germany, France, and Belgium were also nominated at the FIPADOC awards, which honor films that inspire social justice, environmentalism, and human rights. The annual festival specializes in non-fiction films, and is now in its 34th year, having first been held in Cannes, France in 1987.
Since its premiere at Cannes Film Festival, every showing of "Revolution of Our Times" has attracted public attention and filled seats at film festivals around the world.
Director #KiwiChow, who resides in Hong Kong, had previously stated that he does not have a copy of the film on hand. The film is scheduled to be screened in Taiwan's theatres on February 25. It will be the first territory where the film is shown in public.
The documentary shows multiple angles of the Anti-ELAB protests from seven different iconic groups in the movement: former reporter turned activist #GwynethHo, who is now held in custody; professor #BennyTai; social workers; the seniors group #ProtectOurChildren; volunteer drivers; first aiders; university students turned frontline protesters; and high school students who left behind their wills before going out to fight.
The film weaves their stories together with now-classic images of the movement, and paints a realistic portrait of Hong Kong's fight for freedom and democracy.
See also: Hong Kong's "Revolution of Our Times" Wins Best Documentary in Taiwan Film Awards; Director: "This Film Belongs to Every Hongkonger Who Cried for Hong Kong
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31526
Source: Commons HK; #Jan24
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Director: "This Film Belongs to Every Hongkonger Who Cried for Hong Kong"
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