Thousands of pounds from Britain’s coronavirus bailout pot for the cultural sector goes to music festival promoting “world control” by China
Art Council England awarded £78K to Belt and Road China-UK music festival. Supported by China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, it promotes the country’s Belt and Road Initiative, which has been accused of ensnaring poorer countries in debt traps by funding infrastructure projects.
The chairman of the Commons’ Foreign Affairs Committee, condemned the grant and said, “it’s one thing to tolerate Chinese propaganda, it’s quite another to pay for it.”
Source: Daily Mail #Oct25
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8876283/amp/Coronavirus-78-000-funds-arts-sector-given-Chinese-expansionist-festival.html
#British #UK #BRI #BeltandRoadInitiative #China #MusicFestival
Art Council England awarded £78K to Belt and Road China-UK music festival. Supported by China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, it promotes the country’s Belt and Road Initiative, which has been accused of ensnaring poorer countries in debt traps by funding infrastructure projects.
The chairman of the Commons’ Foreign Affairs Committee, condemned the grant and said, “it’s one thing to tolerate Chinese propaganda, it’s quite another to pay for it.”
Source: Daily Mail #Oct25
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8876283/amp/Coronavirus-78-000-funds-arts-sector-given-Chinese-expansionist-festival.html
#British #UK #BRI #BeltandRoadInitiative #China #MusicFestival
UK interior minister Patel meets Hong Kong activist Nathan Law
British interior minister Priti Patel met with Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law in London on December 9 (Wednesday), pledging to protect and uphold freedoms for citizens of Britain’s former colony.
Britain has accused China of multiple breaches of the deal to hand the territory back to China in 1997. It says China’s Security Laws and moves to disqualify legislators have undermined Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy.
Source: Reuters #Dec09
https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-britain-nathanlaw/uk-interior-minister-patel-meets-hong-kong-activist-nathan-law-idUSKBN28J2JO
#HongKong #UK #NathanLaw #British
British interior minister Priti Patel met with Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law in London on December 9 (Wednesday), pledging to protect and uphold freedoms for citizens of Britain’s former colony.
Britain has accused China of multiple breaches of the deal to hand the territory back to China in 1997. It says China’s Security Laws and moves to disqualify legislators have undermined Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy.
Source: Reuters #Dec09
https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-britain-nathanlaw/uk-interior-minister-patel-meets-hong-kong-activist-nathan-law-idUSKBN28J2JO
#HongKong #UK #NathanLaw #British
How should Britain respond to the takeover of Hong Kong?
From coronavirus to the brutal treatment of Hong Kong, the behaviour of the Chinese Communist party has made it clear that the approach of liberal democracies to China must change.
Hong Kong has thrived as a great international financial hub on a tripartite foundation - freedom of capital, freedom of information and the rule of law. However, it is obviously to see the damage on the economy since the National Security Law enacted.
China leaders see liberal democracy and its attributes as enemies.
Boris Johnson’s government was right to offer all those who hold British National Overseas passports in Hong Kong a route to work, study and even assume full citizenship here.
The Prime Minister should establish a government committee that manages the totality of our relationship with China. We should work with the new Biden administration, the G7 countries and others such as Australia, India and South Korea to form a partnership of open societies for a balanced world order based on agreements that are kept, free markets and the rule of law.
Source: The Spectator #Jan16
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-should-britain-respond-to-the-takeover-of-hong-kong?fbclid=IwAR1zoRFMAqi2NN3LXvtS66rWMefismSwWEnB2dMMhRTwgNSpw0JtoJD_370
#HongKong #British
From coronavirus to the brutal treatment of Hong Kong, the behaviour of the Chinese Communist party has made it clear that the approach of liberal democracies to China must change.
Hong Kong has thrived as a great international financial hub on a tripartite foundation - freedom of capital, freedom of information and the rule of law. However, it is obviously to see the damage on the economy since the National Security Law enacted.
China leaders see liberal democracy and its attributes as enemies.
Boris Johnson’s government was right to offer all those who hold British National Overseas passports in Hong Kong a route to work, study and even assume full citizenship here.
The Prime Minister should establish a government committee that manages the totality of our relationship with China. We should work with the new Biden administration, the G7 countries and others such as Australia, India and South Korea to form a partnership of open societies for a balanced world order based on agreements that are kept, free markets and the rule of law.
Source: The Spectator #Jan16
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-should-britain-respond-to-the-takeover-of-hong-kong?fbclid=IwAR1zoRFMAqi2NN3LXvtS66rWMefismSwWEnB2dMMhRTwgNSpw0JtoJD_370
#HongKong #British
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How should Britain respond to the takeover of Hong Kong? | The Spectator
The veteran British diplomat the late Sir Percy Cradock said that Chinese leaders may be ‘thuggish dictators’ but ‘they were men of their word and could be trusted to do what they promised’. Well, the past year has put an end to the latter half of that statement.…
Hong Kong residents now eligible for special UK visa
The visa, which is open to holders of a British National (Overseas) passport and their immediate dependents, will offer a fast track to UK citizenship. This scheme allows Hong Kong residents to come to the UK, with some 300,000 people expected to apply.
But the Chinese foreign ministry said it would no longer recognise the BNO passport as a travel document.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "I am immensely proud that we have brought in this new route for Hong Kong BNOs to live, work and make their home in our country. In doing so we have honoured our profound ties of history and friendship with the people of Hong Kong, and we have stood up for freedom and autonomy - values both the UK and Hong Kong hold dear."
Source: BBC #Jan30
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55847572
#BNOVisa #British #BNO #Hongkong
The visa, which is open to holders of a British National (Overseas) passport and their immediate dependents, will offer a fast track to UK citizenship. This scheme allows Hong Kong residents to come to the UK, with some 300,000 people expected to apply.
But the Chinese foreign ministry said it would no longer recognise the BNO passport as a travel document.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "I am immensely proud that we have brought in this new route for Hong Kong BNOs to live, work and make their home in our country. In doing so we have honoured our profound ties of history and friendship with the people of Hong Kong, and we have stood up for freedom and autonomy - values both the UK and Hong Kong hold dear."
Source: BBC #Jan30
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55847572
#BNOVisa #British #BNO #Hongkong
British MPs Call for Boycotting Beijing Winter Olympics: Uyghur Genocide Evidence is Clear, but the UK Has No Spine to Resist
The British political circle continues to suppress Beijing on human right issues in China. Some parliamentarians and dignitaries call on the government, the Olympic Committee and athletes to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics next year.
Both UK Liberal Democratic Party Leader Ed Davey and Labour Party Member Chris Bryant urged the government and British Olympics Committee to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics. Davey indicated that the Winter Olympics would be a tool for Beijing's political propaganda. He also stated that the genocide evidence in Xinjiang done by China is very conclusive. All five types of genocide listed in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide against Genocide occurred in Xinjiang. He accused that the British government of not daring to act is cowardly. “It is so strange that the British government has so far failed to resist. I cannot see why people would still want to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics. In my opinion, the British Olympics Committee should urge the International Olympics Committee to hold the Olympics games in other places. Otherwise, we will boycott."
Source from: The Stand News #Feb07
https://bit.ly/3pLzTww
#China #Xinjiang #Beijing #Uyghur #Genocide #HumanRights #UK #British #UnitedKingdom #WinterOlympics #UnitedNations #boycott #Olympic
The British political circle continues to suppress Beijing on human right issues in China. Some parliamentarians and dignitaries call on the government, the Olympic Committee and athletes to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics next year.
Both UK Liberal Democratic Party Leader Ed Davey and Labour Party Member Chris Bryant urged the government and British Olympics Committee to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics. Davey indicated that the Winter Olympics would be a tool for Beijing's political propaganda. He also stated that the genocide evidence in Xinjiang done by China is very conclusive. All five types of genocide listed in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide against Genocide occurred in Xinjiang. He accused that the British government of not daring to act is cowardly. “It is so strange that the British government has so far failed to resist. I cannot see why people would still want to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics. In my opinion, the British Olympics Committee should urge the International Olympics Committee to hold the Olympics games in other places. Otherwise, we will boycott."
Source from: The Stand News #Feb07
https://bit.ly/3pLzTww
#China #Xinjiang #Beijing #Uyghur #Genocide #HumanRights #UK #British #UnitedKingdom #WinterOlympics #UnitedNations #boycott #Olympic
China is betting that the West is in irreversible decline
ITS GAZE fixed on the prize of becoming rich and strong, China has spent the past 40 years as a risk-averse bully. Quick to inflict pain on smaller powers, it has been more cautious around any country capable of punching back. Recently, however, China’s risk calculations have seemed to change. First Yang Jiechi, the Communist Party’s foreign-policy chief, lectured American diplomats at a bilateral meeting in Alaska, pointing out the failings of American democracy. That earned him hero status back home. Then China imposed sanctions on British, Canadian and European Union politicians, diplomats, academics, lawyers and democracy campaigners. Those sweeping curbs were in retaliation for narrower Western sanctions targeting officials accused of repressing Muslims in the north-western region of Xinjiang.
Source: The Economist #Apr03
https://www.economist.com/china/2021/04/03/china-is-betting-that-the-west-is-in-irreversible-decline
#China #CCP #Sanctions #British #Canadian #EuropeanUnion
ITS GAZE fixed on the prize of becoming rich and strong, China has spent the past 40 years as a risk-averse bully. Quick to inflict pain on smaller powers, it has been more cautious around any country capable of punching back. Recently, however, China’s risk calculations have seemed to change. First Yang Jiechi, the Communist Party’s foreign-policy chief, lectured American diplomats at a bilateral meeting in Alaska, pointing out the failings of American democracy. That earned him hero status back home. Then China imposed sanctions on British, Canadian and European Union politicians, diplomats, academics, lawyers and democracy campaigners. Those sweeping curbs were in retaliation for narrower Western sanctions targeting officials accused of repressing Muslims in the north-western region of Xinjiang.
Source: The Economist #Apr03
https://www.economist.com/china/2021/04/03/china-is-betting-that-the-west-is-in-irreversible-decline
#China #CCP #Sanctions #British #Canadian #EuropeanUnion
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China is betting that the West is in irreversible decline
The country’s leaders see their moment, and are seizing it | China
Beijing funds British YouTubers to further its propaganda war
The Chinese government is funding British YouTube stars to produce pro-China propaganda videos, an investigation by The Times can reveal.
Sitting on a bench in a lush green park speaking to the camera in a Midlands accent, the only hint that the man in his 50s is in China are the characters on a small logo on his black hoodie.
However, the words being spoken in the YouTube video by Lee Barrett, praising the camps in Xinjiang, where Uighur Muslims are held in effect as slaves, could have been lifted straight out of the Communist Party propaganda notebook.
#China #Beijing #British #YouTubers #Propaganda
Source: Times #Jan09
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/beijing-funds-british-youtubers-to-further-its-propaganda-war-x5gqp5fg0?fbclid=IwAR3Nr_XSfWhfMu3bDh8_rCOfIIn8UAQaq2m9mKXR_hhGuMeZZKaNDdy0go4
The Chinese government is funding British YouTube stars to produce pro-China propaganda videos, an investigation by The Times can reveal.
Sitting on a bench in a lush green park speaking to the camera in a Midlands accent, the only hint that the man in his 50s is in China are the characters on a small logo on his black hoodie.
However, the words being spoken in the YouTube video by Lee Barrett, praising the camps in Xinjiang, where Uighur Muslims are held in effect as slaves, could have been lifted straight out of the Communist Party propaganda notebook.
#China #Beijing #British #YouTubers #Propaganda
Source: Times #Jan09
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/beijing-funds-british-youtubers-to-further-its-propaganda-war-x5gqp5fg0?fbclid=IwAR3Nr_XSfWhfMu3bDh8_rCOfIIn8UAQaq2m9mKXR_hhGuMeZZKaNDdy0go4
The West Should Not Abandon Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s freedoms are vanishing before our eyes. The West, not knowing how to respond to Beijing’s de facto annexation of Hong Kong, wonders: isn’t Hong Kong part of China, and isn’t this domestic matter none of our business? This Western passivity is a grave mistake because Chinese aggression in Hong Kong reveals the Beijing regime’s long-term strategy.
The treaty signed between Great Britain and Beijing in 1984 provided for a “restitution” of Hong Kong and the contiguous New Territories, on condition that the former colony would retain its political and judicial independence as an electoral democracy and capitalist system until 2045. The British imagined that China would, by then, have surely left Communism behind. They were doubly wrong.
Source: City Journal #Dec29
https://www.city-journal.org/the-west-should-not-abandon-hong-kong
#Western #Abandon #Freedoms #Beijing #British
Hong Kong’s freedoms are vanishing before our eyes. The West, not knowing how to respond to Beijing’s de facto annexation of Hong Kong, wonders: isn’t Hong Kong part of China, and isn’t this domestic matter none of our business? This Western passivity is a grave mistake because Chinese aggression in Hong Kong reveals the Beijing regime’s long-term strategy.
The treaty signed between Great Britain and Beijing in 1984 provided for a “restitution” of Hong Kong and the contiguous New Territories, on condition that the former colony would retain its political and judicial independence as an electoral democracy and capitalist system until 2045. The British imagined that China would, by then, have surely left Communism behind. They were doubly wrong.
Source: City Journal #Dec29
https://www.city-journal.org/the-west-should-not-abandon-hong-kong
#Western #Abandon #Freedoms #Beijing #British
Covid: Wuhan lab leak is ‘feasible’, say British spies
British intelligence agencies now believe it is “feasible” that the global pandemic began with a coronavirus leak from a Chinese research laboratory.
In a significant sharpening of tension with Beijing, they are investigating a possible leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which Beijing angrily insists was not the source of the virus that has caused more than 3.5 million deaths and is still raging globally.
Source: The Sunday Times #May30
https://apple.news/AGSimleKUQqWyV0TyILd4uQ
#Covid19 #Wuhan #Lab #British
British intelligence agencies now believe it is “feasible” that the global pandemic began with a coronavirus leak from a Chinese research laboratory.
In a significant sharpening of tension with Beijing, they are investigating a possible leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which Beijing angrily insists was not the source of the virus that has caused more than 3.5 million deaths and is still raging globally.
Source: The Sunday Times #May30
https://apple.news/AGSimleKUQqWyV0TyILd4uQ
#Covid19 #Wuhan #Lab #British
How China bought Cambridge
One of the first places Professor Stephen Toope visited as Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University was the Chinese embassy in London. He posed for photographs with ambassador Liu Xiaoming and the two men discussed furthering the ‘golden era’ of China-UK relations. Shortly after that 2017 meeting, Toope told Xinhua, China’s state news agency: ‘There will be more opportunities to engage actively with China, a country with an extraordinarily growing influence which a university like Cambridge must pay attention to.’
Source: Spectator #Jul10
https://t.co/oTtNBzFPAt
#China #British #Cambridge
One of the first places Professor Stephen Toope visited as Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University was the Chinese embassy in London. He posed for photographs with ambassador Liu Xiaoming and the two men discussed furthering the ‘golden era’ of China-UK relations. Shortly after that 2017 meeting, Toope told Xinhua, China’s state news agency: ‘There will be more opportunities to engage actively with China, a country with an extraordinarily growing influence which a university like Cambridge must pay attention to.’
Source: Spectator #Jul10
https://t.co/oTtNBzFPAt
#China #British #Cambridge
British-branded schools in China forced to teach Beijing curriculum to ensure ‘right’ thinking
British-branded private schools in China will be forced to abandon their curricula and teach only lessons approved by Beijing as part of a broader push led by president Xi Jinping to ensure the ‘right’ thinking.
International schools – some linked to institutions such as Harrow and Dulwich – must now teach the same lessons as China’s state-run public schools from kindergarten to grade nine.
Private schools must “uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China,” according to the new regulations.
Source: The Telegraph #Jul10
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/07/10/british-branded-schools-china-forced-teach-beijing-curriculum/
#British #School #China #Beijing
British-branded private schools in China will be forced to abandon their curricula and teach only lessons approved by Beijing as part of a broader push led by president Xi Jinping to ensure the ‘right’ thinking.
International schools – some linked to institutions such as Harrow and Dulwich – must now teach the same lessons as China’s state-run public schools from kindergarten to grade nine.
Private schools must “uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China,” according to the new regulations.
Source: The Telegraph #Jul10
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/07/10/british-branded-schools-china-forced-teach-beijing-curriculum/
#British #School #China #Beijing
[Interview]: Creating a Hong Kong culture module in a renowned British university—Gregory Lee on changes of Hong Kong over half a century
The United Kingdom (UK) government announced the introduction of British National (Overseas) (BNO) visa in July 2020. One month later, Professor #GregoryLEE moved back from France to St. Andrews, Scotland.
He heard about the BNO visa on the news. “That means thousands of Hongkongers will come to the UK. What will happen to them? How much room will their next generation have in discussions about Hong Kong?”
The more he thought, the more Lee felt the need to do something as a scholar – which he wanted to but did not have the chance to do — to create a university module on the culture of Hong Kong, Macau and Cantonese language.
Source: Stand News #May19
#HongKong #Culture #British #University
Read more:
https://telegra.ph/Interview-Creating-a-Hong-Kong-culture-module-in-a-renowned-British-universityGregory-Lee-on-changes-of-Hong-Kong-over-half-a-ce-08-12
The United Kingdom (UK) government announced the introduction of British National (Overseas) (BNO) visa in July 2020. One month later, Professor #GregoryLEE moved back from France to St. Andrews, Scotland.
He heard about the BNO visa on the news. “That means thousands of Hongkongers will come to the UK. What will happen to them? How much room will their next generation have in discussions about Hong Kong?”
The more he thought, the more Lee felt the need to do something as a scholar – which he wanted to but did not have the chance to do — to create a university module on the culture of Hong Kong, Macau and Cantonese language.
Source: Stand News #May19
#HongKong #Culture #British #University
Read more:
https://telegra.ph/Interview-Creating-a-Hong-Kong-culture-module-in-a-renowned-British-universityGregory-Lee-on-changes-of-Hong-Kong-over-half-a-ce-08-12
British ministers cut off funding to chip factory after sale to China
British ministers have cut off taxpayer-funded payments to Britain's biggest microchip factory after its sale to a Chinese-owned technology company, the Telegraph reported late on Tuesday.
UK Research and Investment (UKRI) has suspended grants to Newport Wafer Fab under government instructions after its sale to Nexperia, the newspaper reported.
Earlier this month, when asked whether the sale of the semiconductor producer would go ahead to Chinese-owned Nexperia, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he did not want to drive Chinese investment away from Britain because of "anti-China spirit"
Source: Reuters #Jul21
#British #China #Microchip #UKRI
https://reut.rs/3Bo1ESR
British ministers have cut off taxpayer-funded payments to Britain's biggest microchip factory after its sale to a Chinese-owned technology company, the Telegraph reported late on Tuesday.
UK Research and Investment (UKRI) has suspended grants to Newport Wafer Fab under government instructions after its sale to Nexperia, the newspaper reported.
Earlier this month, when asked whether the sale of the semiconductor producer would go ahead to Chinese-owned Nexperia, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he did not want to drive Chinese investment away from Britain because of "anti-China spirit"
Source: Reuters #Jul21
#British #China #Microchip #UKRI
https://reut.rs/3Bo1ESR
First MI5 warning over 'Chinese agent' in Parliament, indicating that European and American intelligence agencies focus on the CCP's United Front
MI5 warned the British Parliament that they suspect Chinese spy Li Zhenju infiltrated and interfered with British politics. Li Zhenju is accused of creating a pro-China political environment through political donations from China and Hong Kong to "influential figures". Although Li Zhenju argued that her participation was aimed at giving a voice to the Chinese in the UK, MI5 pointed out that her activities influences the positions of politicians for the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee.
The incident involved both parties in the opposition and shook the British political arena. The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, made the MI5 warning public to all MPs. Former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith immediately made the warning public and asked the government to explain the matter to Parliament. Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrat Party, who participated in the joint condemnation of the CCP's treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang, was accused of accepting a £5,000 donation from Li Zhenju ten years ago. Labour MP Barry Gardiner received more than £420,000 within five years and even hired Li Zhenju's son.
Source: BBC #Jan13
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59984380
#MI5 #Agent #European #American #CCP #British
MI5 warned the British Parliament that they suspect Chinese spy Li Zhenju infiltrated and interfered with British politics. Li Zhenju is accused of creating a pro-China political environment through political donations from China and Hong Kong to "influential figures". Although Li Zhenju argued that her participation was aimed at giving a voice to the Chinese in the UK, MI5 pointed out that her activities influences the positions of politicians for the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee.
The incident involved both parties in the opposition and shook the British political arena. The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, made the MI5 warning public to all MPs. Former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith immediately made the warning public and asked the government to explain the matter to Parliament. Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrat Party, who participated in the joint condemnation of the CCP's treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang, was accused of accepting a £5,000 donation from Li Zhenju ten years ago. Labour MP Barry Gardiner received more than £420,000 within five years and even hired Li Zhenju's son.
Source: BBC #Jan13
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59984380
#MI5 #Agent #European #American #CCP #British
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MI5 warning over 'Chinese agent' in Parliament
The rare alert sent to MPs comes after a long-running investigation into Christine Ching Kui Lee.