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Fears of unemployment causing social unrest, Beijing re-ignites street vendor economy, official media denies "disorder"
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Fears of unemployment causing social unrest, Beijing re-ignites street vendor economy, official media denies "disorder"
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Fears of unemployment causing social unrest, Beijing re-ignites street vendor economy, official media denies "disorder"
(17 Oct) The boom of the street vendor economy first advocated by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in June 2020 quickly waned, with government officials immediately reproaching the method as impractical.
//Li had never encouraged “disorderly vending”. Government officials were deliberately tarnishing his name, rather.
//ever since Li’s advocacy for the “street vendor economy”, he had come under fire by state media. However, similar policies for the street vendor economy were maintained at the local level and included night markets and small storefronts.
//Economist Law Ka-chung indicated that the phenomenon of street-vending was proof of China’s struggling economy.
//He believed that “street-vending” would do little to help the Chinese economy because it was not part of its formal economy; there is no taxation or official records [of the businesses].
Full Translation Here: Hong Kong Echo
Source: Apple Daily
#Chinese #Economy #Struggle #StreetVendor #LiKeqiang #Premier
Fears of unemployment causing social unrest, Beijing re-ignites street vendor economy, official media denies "disorder"
(17 Oct) The boom of the street vendor economy first advocated by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in June 2020 quickly waned, with government officials immediately reproaching the method as impractical.
//Li had never encouraged “disorderly vending”. Government officials were deliberately tarnishing his name, rather.
//ever since Li’s advocacy for the “street vendor economy”, he had come under fire by state media. However, similar policies for the street vendor economy were maintained at the local level and included night markets and small storefronts.
//Economist Law Ka-chung indicated that the phenomenon of street-vending was proof of China’s struggling economy.
//He believed that “street-vending” would do little to help the Chinese economy because it was not part of its formal economy; there is no taxation or official records [of the businesses].
Full Translation Here: Hong Kong Echo
Source: Apple Daily
#Chinese #Economy #Struggle #StreetVendor #LiKeqiang #Premier
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Japanese Corporate CEO bought monitors at Chinese e-commerce platform Later found out the “monitor” was just a printing pattern on an Iron plate
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Japanese Corporate CEO bought monitors at Chinese e-commerce platform Later found out the “monitor” was just a printing pattern on an Iron plate
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Japanese Corporate CEO bought monitors at Chinese e-commerce platform Later found out the “monitor” was just a printing pattern on an Iron plate
(Jan 3) Many people have tried shopping using an online shopping platform for its convenience and low price, but the possibility of getting the falsely advertised item is not low due to no actual physical product display for reference. The president and CEO of a famous Japanese corporate Maywa Denki, 土佐信道 san, shared on Twitter that he recently found a 10.1” inch monitor, costing JPY2,500 (around HKD186 / USD25) each, at a Chinese online shopping platform Wish. He thought it was a good deal and ordered 5 monitors. However, when the shipment arrived, he found out the “monitor” was actually a “monitor” picture printed on an “iron plate”.
Maywa Denki (土佐信道) san ended up to add a few magnetic Maywa Denki musical equipment on these iron plates and resold them on the company website at JPY2,600, all of which were sold up within a few hours. He shared this story on Twitter of successfully earning JPY500, which matches the company style of fun, laugh, and jokes.
Source: Unwire HK
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
#FakeAdvisement #China #Wish #Japan #MaywaDenki
Japanese Corporate CEO bought monitors at Chinese e-commerce platform Later found out the “monitor” was just a printing pattern on an Iron plate
(Jan 3) Many people have tried shopping using an online shopping platform for its convenience and low price, but the possibility of getting the falsely advertised item is not low due to no actual physical product display for reference. The president and CEO of a famous Japanese corporate Maywa Denki, 土佐信道 san, shared on Twitter that he recently found a 10.1” inch monitor, costing JPY2,500 (around HKD186 / USD25) each, at a Chinese online shopping platform Wish. He thought it was a good deal and ordered 5 monitors. However, when the shipment arrived, he found out the “monitor” was actually a “monitor” picture printed on an “iron plate”.
Maywa Denki (土佐信道) san ended up to add a few magnetic Maywa Denki musical equipment on these iron plates and resold them on the company website at JPY2,600, all of which were sold up within a few hours. He shared this story on Twitter of successfully earning JPY500, which matches the company style of fun, laugh, and jokes.
Source: Unwire HK
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
#FakeAdvisement #China #Wish #Japan #MaywaDenki
Unwire.hk
日企社長在中國網購熒幕 到貨竟是印上熒幕圖案的鐵板
相信不少人都會透過網購平台購物，然而，網購雖然方便，且容易以較便宜的價格入手產品，但因為沒有實物可供參考，「中 […]
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Many Doubts on million negatives results on COVID-19 Testing Campaign in Qingdao China
Source: The Epoch Times
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Many Doubts on million negatives results on COVID-19 Testing Campaign in Qingdao China
//Recently, Qingdao Government in China announced the completion of 5 days COVID-19 Testing campaign in the community. The result showed that there is no positive case in more than 10 million citizens tests; however, people including Qingdao citizens, are doubting the result.
//The Epoch Times found that no creditable or trustable institution on controlling COVID-19 in China participates in this Testing Campaign in Qingdao.
//Website of the National Health Committee in Qingdao published on 30 Sep the “List of Venues on Testing/Sample Collection of COVID-19 Test in Qingdao City”, showed 74 institutions, but only 37 of which are qualified to conduct COVID-19 Testing.
//Because all the hospitals have daily routine duties, their equipment and staff are relatively stable, which is difficult to spare resources for this large scale testing in the community.
//Virology expert Dr. DONG Yu Hong explained in an interview with the Epoch Times, “if Qingdao could complete 10 million testings within 5 days, 10 health workers work as a group to collect samples, it implies that there are 200 laboratories to complete the testing of 1,000 samples daily.”
//SARS-COVID-2 is an RNA virus that can be very easy to be dissolved, collected samples needed to be kept in a professional liquid for storing the virus, which has to be sent for testing as soon as possible.
//the laboratory would not have sufficient fridges to store bundle samples from the community, and the huge numbers of test boxes and its supplies are also questionable.
//All citizens were tested and results are completed in 5 days but many not yet received the result.
//A woman in Qingdao expressed to our reporters that the government promised the result would be released within 2-3days, but we still did not know the result on the 5th day (now). “This is impossible for the public to know how to test, what method to test, and what is the result.”
//Netizens doubted the government’s result, “when the World is being annoyed by the serious epidemic, there is no local case in the origin of the epidemic, all positive cases are shifted to the responsibility of overseas imported travelers”.
//you all, outside the jurisdiction, should understand what is going on in our country, China. The public is unable to grasp any information, from our government.
//A man in Qingdao expressed to our reporters, “the collected samples number are high and the government is forced to do it. But it claimed that the sample would be sent to third-party institutions for test won’t, its quality is unknown.”
//He strengthened, “this government does not have any creditability, we don’t believe the government. This is an Authoritarianism, we can do nothing.”
Full Translation Here: Hong Kong Echo
Source: The Epoch Times
#China #Creditability #Qingdao #NegativeResults #Millions #False
Many Doubts on million negatives results on COVID-19 Testing Campaign in Qingdao China
//Recently, Qingdao Government in China announced the completion of 5 days COVID-19 Testing campaign in the community. The result showed that there is no positive case in more than 10 million citizens tests; however, people including Qingdao citizens, are doubting the result.
//The Epoch Times found that no creditable or trustable institution on controlling COVID-19 in China participates in this Testing Campaign in Qingdao.
//Website of the National Health Committee in Qingdao published on 30 Sep the “List of Venues on Testing/Sample Collection of COVID-19 Test in Qingdao City”, showed 74 institutions, but only 37 of which are qualified to conduct COVID-19 Testing.
//Because all the hospitals have daily routine duties, their equipment and staff are relatively stable, which is difficult to spare resources for this large scale testing in the community.
//Virology expert Dr. DONG Yu Hong explained in an interview with the Epoch Times, “if Qingdao could complete 10 million testings within 5 days, 10 health workers work as a group to collect samples, it implies that there are 200 laboratories to complete the testing of 1,000 samples daily.”
//SARS-COVID-2 is an RNA virus that can be very easy to be dissolved, collected samples needed to be kept in a professional liquid for storing the virus, which has to be sent for testing as soon as possible.
//the laboratory would not have sufficient fridges to store bundle samples from the community, and the huge numbers of test boxes and its supplies are also questionable.
//All citizens were tested and results are completed in 5 days but many not yet received the result.
//A woman in Qingdao expressed to our reporters that the government promised the result would be released within 2-3days, but we still did not know the result on the 5th day (now). “This is impossible for the public to know how to test, what method to test, and what is the result.”
//Netizens doubted the government’s result, “when the World is being annoyed by the serious epidemic, there is no local case in the origin of the epidemic, all positive cases are shifted to the responsibility of overseas imported travelers”.
//you all, outside the jurisdiction, should understand what is going on in our country, China. The public is unable to grasp any information, from our government.
//A man in Qingdao expressed to our reporters, “the collected samples number are high and the government is forced to do it. But it claimed that the sample would be sent to third-party institutions for test won’t, its quality is unknown.”
//He strengthened, “this government does not have any creditability, we don’t believe the government. This is an Authoritarianism, we can do nothing.”
Full Translation Here: Hong Kong Echo
Source: The Epoch Times
#China #Creditability #Qingdao #NegativeResults #Millions #False
大紀元時報 香港｜獨立敢言的良心媒體
【一線採訪】青島核酸檢測千萬樣本全陰性 疑點多
近日青島政府宣佈5天完成全民核酸檢測運動落下帷幕，一千多萬人檢測結果無一例陽性，外界包括青島市民在內都對此表示質疑。記者採訪了青島多個相關部門進行初步調查，從側面印證了外界質疑是合理的，大數據的核酸檢測結果存在太多懸念。青島參與全民核酸檢測的機構有多少？10月17日，青島市副市長、市公安局局長隋汝文在發佈會上說，...
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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
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Hong Kong’s Home Affairs Department bans the distribution of “Peaceful Life” Fai Chun – District Councillors: The phrase sourced from a China TV drama song
//Home Affairs Department (HAD) in Hong Kong disallows the printing of “Peaceful Life” Fai Chun from Wong Tai Sin District Council (WTSDC).
//The councilor questioned that the HAD by banning the printing of Fai Chun could violate the rules against China or China approve TV drama.
//MOK Yee-ha: Elderly commonly share graphics with “Peaceful Life” phrase
//This year WTSDC would like to produce Fai Chun with the phrase “Peaceful Life” and distribute it to the residents.
//She stated that many elderly think “Peaceful Life” has good meanings, “many graphics used or shared between elders’ phones use peaceful life”.
//The WTSDC started that they considered the perspectives of citizen and called for the authority to be open-minded, “this is a civil society, and stop thinking of it as from only one perspective”.
//Service Committee of Choi Hung Estate, MOK Ho-chit Sean, mentioned, the phrase “Peaceful Life” is also used on the website of Social Welfare Department (SWD) in Hong Kong, calling citizens to send each other messages with the phrase, “sending others good wishes, peaceful life for being good”.
//LAU Ka-man pointed out “Peaceful Life” used by China Central Television
//Fai Chun in question was “referenced from the popular history of the People Republic of China”, different religions would also blessing each other using the same phrase, demonstrated that “Peaceful Life” is not inappropriate.
//District Councillor pointed out the Social Welfare Department, Leisure and Culture Service Department (L&CSD) also used “Peaceful Life”: it’s only for blessing others.
//Chairman of District Council, HUI Kam-shing of Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood, blamed the HAD and Secretary for abusing their power, District Council had approved its production, which should be executed effectively, “unless the production is breaking the Law, it should not be ban due to inappropriateness”.
//Commissioner of HAD reiterated the wording is not common blessing
//WONG Chi-wah, Commissioner of HAD, who had been received many criticisms, stated that Head of HAD was the financial controller of “social participation plan, he has the authority to approve the funding. He reiterated the reply from the Secretary, and repeated that “Peaceful Life” was not commonly used in Fai Chun, leading the possibility of public unpleasantness.
//Don CHONG mocked, “ wording likes “Liberate HK, Revolution of our times” should not be said, but why “Peaceful Life” is prohibited?”
//HUI Kam-shing advised HAD again for not to obstructing the plan, and stated that WTSDC would bear all legal liabilities. He pointed out that the HAD only governed the officials and monitored whether the operation of Councils had fulfilled the “District Council Ordinance”, instead of undergoing political screening.
Full Translation Here: Hong Kong Echo
Source: InMediaHK
#HongKongDistrictCouncil #PeacefulLifeForBeingAGoodPerson #FaiChun #LunarNewYear #HomeAffairsDepartment
Hong Kong’s Home Affairs Department bans the distribution of “Peaceful Life” Fai Chun – District Councillors: The phrase sourced from a China TV drama song
//Home Affairs Department (HAD) in Hong Kong disallows the printing of “Peaceful Life” Fai Chun from Wong Tai Sin District Council (WTSDC).
//The councilor questioned that the HAD by banning the printing of Fai Chun could violate the rules against China or China approve TV drama.
//MOK Yee-ha: Elderly commonly share graphics with “Peaceful Life” phrase
//This year WTSDC would like to produce Fai Chun with the phrase “Peaceful Life” and distribute it to the residents.
//She stated that many elderly think “Peaceful Life” has good meanings, “many graphics used or shared between elders’ phones use peaceful life”.
//The WTSDC started that they considered the perspectives of citizen and called for the authority to be open-minded, “this is a civil society, and stop thinking of it as from only one perspective”.
//Service Committee of Choi Hung Estate, MOK Ho-chit Sean, mentioned, the phrase “Peaceful Life” is also used on the website of Social Welfare Department (SWD) in Hong Kong, calling citizens to send each other messages with the phrase, “sending others good wishes, peaceful life for being good”.
//LAU Ka-man pointed out “Peaceful Life” used by China Central Television
//Fai Chun in question was “referenced from the popular history of the People Republic of China”, different religions would also blessing each other using the same phrase, demonstrated that “Peaceful Life” is not inappropriate.
//District Councillor pointed out the Social Welfare Department, Leisure and Culture Service Department (L&CSD) also used “Peaceful Life”: it’s only for blessing others.
//Chairman of District Council, HUI Kam-shing of Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood, blamed the HAD and Secretary for abusing their power, District Council had approved its production, which should be executed effectively, “unless the production is breaking the Law, it should not be ban due to inappropriateness”.
//Commissioner of HAD reiterated the wording is not common blessing
//WONG Chi-wah, Commissioner of HAD, who had been received many criticisms, stated that Head of HAD was the financial controller of “social participation plan, he has the authority to approve the funding. He reiterated the reply from the Secretary, and repeated that “Peaceful Life” was not commonly used in Fai Chun, leading the possibility of public unpleasantness.
//Don CHONG mocked, “ wording likes “Liberate HK, Revolution of our times” should not be said, but why “Peaceful Life” is prohibited?”
//HUI Kam-shing advised HAD again for not to obstructing the plan, and stated that WTSDC would bear all legal liabilities. He pointed out that the HAD only governed the officials and monitored whether the operation of Councils had fulfilled the “District Council Ordinance”, instead of undergoing political screening.
Full Translation Here: Hong Kong Echo
Source: InMediaHK
#HongKongDistrictCouncil #PeacefulLifeForBeingAGoodPerson #FaiChun #LunarNewYear #HomeAffairsDepartment
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‘We’re coming to get you’: China’s critics facing threats, retaliation for activism in Canada
Source: Global News Canada #Apr2
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‘We’re coming to get you’: China’s critics facing threats, retaliation for activism in Canada
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‘We’re coming to get you’: China’s critics facing threats, retaliation for activism in Canada
Cherie Wong, the convener of Alliance Canada Hong Kong, an organizatiom fighting for the autonomy of Hong Kong, has been facing repeated death and rape threats.
For instance, in January 2020, even when she had a friend book her a hotel room in Vancouver under a different name, she received threats over the phone.
“I sat in my room and just started shaking, realizing that I could be in very real danger and not knowing what to do,” she said.
Wong said activists who are critical of the China often have their families in China visited by government officials.
“They come and knock on your door and say, ‘we’re coming in to talk to you about your family,’” she explained.
“What dissidents face in Canada is often on the grey area of criminal harassment and just discomfort that you feel (in) daily life,” Wong said.
Read the full article here:
https://globalnews.ca/news/7734158/china-pressure-activists-canada-uyghur-hong-kong-tibet-spying/
Source: Global News Canada #Apr2
#UnitedFront #CCPRules #Canada #HongKong #Uyghur #Tibet #ScareTactics
‘We’re coming to get you’: China’s critics facing threats, retaliation for activism in Canada
Cherie Wong, the convener of Alliance Canada Hong Kong, an organizatiom fighting for the autonomy of Hong Kong, has been facing repeated death and rape threats.
For instance, in January 2020, even when she had a friend book her a hotel room in Vancouver under a different name, she received threats over the phone.
“I sat in my room and just started shaking, realizing that I could be in very real danger and not knowing what to do,” she said.
Wong said activists who are critical of the China often have their families in China visited by government officials.
“They come and knock on your door and say, ‘we’re coming in to talk to you about your family,’” she explained.
“What dissidents face in Canada is often on the grey area of criminal harassment and just discomfort that you feel (in) daily life,” Wong said.
Read the full article here:
https://globalnews.ca/news/7734158/china-pressure-activists-canada-uyghur-hong-kong-tibet-spying/
Source: Global News Canada #Apr2
#UnitedFront #CCPRules #Canada #HongKong #Uyghur #Tibet #ScareTactics
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The Chinese government’s repressive tactics aren’t constrained by borders, according to activists in Canada who have been on the receiving end of pro-CCP threats and intimidation.
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#AppleDaily Arrests Make Headlines Across the World: "Blatant Attack on Journalism", "Silencing All Dissent"
Source: BBC; AFP; Associated Press; #Jun17
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#AppleDaily Arrests Make Headlines Across the World: "Blatant Attack on Journalism", "Silencing All Dissent"
Source: BBC; AFP; Associated Press; #Jun17
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#AppleDaily Arrests Make Headlines Across the World: "Blatant Attack on Journalism", "Silencing All Dissent"
News of national security arrests of #AppleDaily senior staff on June 17, 2021 in Hong Kong has been widely reported by mainstream news outlets across the world.
On June 18, 2021, the Hong Kong police presses charges on the newspaper's editor-in-chief #RayLaw and #NextDigital CEO #CheungKimHung.
The two are mentioned in court on June 19, 2021.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/30148
Below are excerpts from several news reports, in addition to other news media from Europe, Canada, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and more.
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#BBCNews:
//Police entered the Apple Daily office premises at around 07:30 local time on Thursday (23:30 GMT Wednesday) and blocked off all entrances and exits.
Police said in a statement that they conducted a search operation at a media company, adding that their warrant "covered the power of searching and seizure of journalistic materials".
The police separately visited the homes of editor-in-chief Ryan Law, parent company Next Digital's CEO Cheung Kim-hung, COO Chow Tat-kuen, Apple Daily publisher Chan Pui-man and Director Cheung Chi-wai, and arrested them.
Police did not name those arrested but confirmed that the five people, aged between 47 and 63, were arrested for "collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security".//
Full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57507256
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#AssociatedPress
//In an apparent show of force, more than 200 police officers were involved in the search of Apple Daily’s offices.
Police also froze 18 million Hong Kong dollars ($2.3 million) in assets belonging to three companies linked to Apple Daily, said Li Kwai-wah, a senior superintendent at Hong Kong’s National Security Department.
Trading in shares of Next Digital was halted Thursday morning at the request of the company, according to filings with the Hong Kong stock exchange.
[Hong Kong Journalists Association Chairman Chris Yeung] said that the court warrant that allowed police to search the offices of Apple Daily had undermined journalists’ ability to protect their materials, a vital part of upholding press freedom.//
Full article:
https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-arrests-business-97e0fbed611073be258763dcf80c4b7f
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#AFP
//The arrests are the latest police operation targeting the popular tabloid that has unapologetically supported the financial hub's pro-democracy movement.
It is the second raid on Apple Daily in less than a year.//
Full Article:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210617-hong-kong-police-raid-pro-democracy-newspaper-apple-daily-arrest-five
#PressFreedom #PoliceState #Censorship #PoliticalProsecution
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#AppleDaily Arrests Make Headlines Across the World: "Blatant Attack on Journalism", "Silencing All Dissent"
News of national security arrests of #AppleDaily senior staff on June 17, 2021 in Hong Kong has been widely reported by mainstream news outlets across the world.
On June 18, 2021, the Hong Kong police presses charges on the newspaper's editor-in-chief #RayLaw and #NextDigital CEO #CheungKimHung.
The two are mentioned in court on June 19, 2021.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/30148
Below are excerpts from several news reports, in addition to other news media from Europe, Canada, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and more.
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#BBCNews:
//Police entered the Apple Daily office premises at around 07:30 local time on Thursday (23:30 GMT Wednesday) and blocked off all entrances and exits.
Police said in a statement that they conducted a search operation at a media company, adding that their warrant "covered the power of searching and seizure of journalistic materials".
The police separately visited the homes of editor-in-chief Ryan Law, parent company Next Digital's CEO Cheung Kim-hung, COO Chow Tat-kuen, Apple Daily publisher Chan Pui-man and Director Cheung Chi-wai, and arrested them.
Police did not name those arrested but confirmed that the five people, aged between 47 and 63, were arrested for "collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security".//
Full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57507256
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#AssociatedPress
//In an apparent show of force, more than 200 police officers were involved in the search of Apple Daily’s offices.
Police also froze 18 million Hong Kong dollars ($2.3 million) in assets belonging to three companies linked to Apple Daily, said Li Kwai-wah, a senior superintendent at Hong Kong’s National Security Department.
Trading in shares of Next Digital was halted Thursday morning at the request of the company, according to filings with the Hong Kong stock exchange.
[Hong Kong Journalists Association Chairman Chris Yeung] said that the court warrant that allowed police to search the offices of Apple Daily had undermined journalists’ ability to protect their materials, a vital part of upholding press freedom.//
Full article:
https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-arrests-business-97e0fbed611073be258763dcf80c4b7f
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#AFP
//The arrests are the latest police operation targeting the popular tabloid that has unapologetically supported the financial hub's pro-democracy movement.
It is the second raid on Apple Daily in less than a year.//
Full Article:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210617-hong-kong-police-raid-pro-democracy-newspaper-apple-daily-arrest-five
#PressFreedom #PoliceState #Censorship #PoliticalProsecution
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#NationalSecurityLaw Charges Over #AppleDaily Editors and Executives Raise Concern Over Hongkongers' Situation Across the World
Source: Bloomberg; Reuter; The Guardian; CNN #Jun17
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#NationalSecurityLaw Charges Over #AppleDaily Editors and Executives Raise Concern Over Hongkongers' Situation Across the World
The Hong Kong police arrest of #AppleDaily senior staff on June 17, 2021 has been widely reported by news outlets across the world.
On June 19, the newspaper's editor-in-chief #RayLaw and #NextDigital CEO #CheungKimHung were mentioned in court for national security charges and were remanded afterwards. The next trial will take place in August 2021.
June 20, 2021 marks the 26th anniversary of the establishment of Apple Daily in Hong Kong. It is the only pro-democracy Chinese-language newspaper in print in the city.
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#Reuters
//Five hundred Hong Kong police officers sifted through reporters’ computers and notebooks at pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on Thursday, the first case in which authorities have cited media articles as potentially violating the national security law.
“This is a blatant attack on the editorial side of Apple Daily,” Mark Simon, an adviser to Lai who is outside Hong Kong, told Reuters. “They’re arresting the top editorial folks.”
Asked how long he thinks the newspaper can survive, Simon said: “They decide, not us,” referring to authorities.//
Full article:
https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-security-apple-daily/update-2-hks-apple-daily-says-police-arrest-five-directors-in-latest-blow-to-tycoon-jimmy-lai-idUSL2N2NZ006
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#TheGuardian
//The raids were condemned by journalism and human rights groups.
Steven Butler, Asia program coordinator of the Committee to Protect Journalists, said the arrests destroyed “any remaining fiction that Hong Kong supports freedom of the press”.
“China, which controls Hong Kong, may be able to eliminate the paper, which it sees as an annoying critic, but only at a steep price to be paid by the people of Hong Kong, who had enjoyed decades of free access to information.”//
Full article:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/17/hong-kong-police-arrest-editor-in-chief-of-apple-daily-newspaper-in-morning-raids
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#CNN
//Press freedoms are a fundamental right guaranteed by Hong Kong's Basic Law, the city's mini-constitution. But experts have worried about the usage of the national security law, and there have been indications of pressures on other media in the city.
A recent ranking of worldwide press freedoms, meanwhile, indicates that the environment in Hong Kong has deteriorated. The international watchdog Reporters Without Borders — which qualifies such freedoms based on data on abuse and acts of violence against journalists along with a questionnaire to experts — ranked Hong Kong 80 out of 180 countries for press freedom, down from 18 out of 138 in 2002.//
Full article:
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/16/media/apple-daily-arrests-intl-hnk/index.html
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#Bloomberg
//“Hong Kong has been left with little free speech under the national security law, which is really aimed at silencing all dissent,” said Victoria Hui, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. “Beijing has reined in Hong Kong and will continue to take whatever it takes to silence any dissenting voices.”
In a letter to readers on Thursday afternoon, Apple Daily said police officers confiscated a “large number of items,” including the computers of 38 journalists, over the course of a five-hour search of the company’s offices.
The newspaper said it now “faces an unprecedented crackdown by the regime,” but vowed its staff would be “standing firm” despite the growing pressure.
“Hong Kong’s press freedom is now hanging by a thread,” the letter said. “Though we are facing a sweeping clampdown on our publication, the staff of Apple Daily will hold fast to our duties faithfully and press on till the end to see the arrival of dawn.”//
Full article:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-16/hong-kong-arrests-apple-daily-editor-on-security-law-scmp-says
#PressFreedom #PoliceState #Censorship #PoliticalProsecution
Image: Stand News
#NationalSecurityLaw Charges Over #AppleDaily Editors and Executives Raise Concern Over Hongkongers' Situation Across the World
The Hong Kong police arrest of #AppleDaily senior staff on June 17, 2021 has been widely reported by news outlets across the world.
On June 19, the newspaper's editor-in-chief #RayLaw and #NextDigital CEO #CheungKimHung were mentioned in court for national security charges and were remanded afterwards. The next trial will take place in August 2021.
June 20, 2021 marks the 26th anniversary of the establishment of Apple Daily in Hong Kong. It is the only pro-democracy Chinese-language newspaper in print in the city.
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#Reuters
//Five hundred Hong Kong police officers sifted through reporters’ computers and notebooks at pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on Thursday, the first case in which authorities have cited media articles as potentially violating the national security law.
“This is a blatant attack on the editorial side of Apple Daily,” Mark Simon, an adviser to Lai who is outside Hong Kong, told Reuters. “They’re arresting the top editorial folks.”
Asked how long he thinks the newspaper can survive, Simon said: “They decide, not us,” referring to authorities.//
Full article:
https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-security-apple-daily/update-2-hks-apple-daily-says-police-arrest-five-directors-in-latest-blow-to-tycoon-jimmy-lai-idUSL2N2NZ006
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#TheGuardian
//The raids were condemned by journalism and human rights groups.
Steven Butler, Asia program coordinator of the Committee to Protect Journalists, said the arrests destroyed “any remaining fiction that Hong Kong supports freedom of the press”.
“China, which controls Hong Kong, may be able to eliminate the paper, which it sees as an annoying critic, but only at a steep price to be paid by the people of Hong Kong, who had enjoyed decades of free access to information.”//
Full article:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/17/hong-kong-police-arrest-editor-in-chief-of-apple-daily-newspaper-in-morning-raids
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#CNN
//Press freedoms are a fundamental right guaranteed by Hong Kong's Basic Law, the city's mini-constitution. But experts have worried about the usage of the national security law, and there have been indications of pressures on other media in the city.
A recent ranking of worldwide press freedoms, meanwhile, indicates that the environment in Hong Kong has deteriorated. The international watchdog Reporters Without Borders — which qualifies such freedoms based on data on abuse and acts of violence against journalists along with a questionnaire to experts — ranked Hong Kong 80 out of 180 countries for press freedom, down from 18 out of 138 in 2002.//
Full article:
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/16/media/apple-daily-arrests-intl-hnk/index.html
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#Bloomberg
//“Hong Kong has been left with little free speech under the national security law, which is really aimed at silencing all dissent,” said Victoria Hui, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. “Beijing has reined in Hong Kong and will continue to take whatever it takes to silence any dissenting voices.”
In a letter to readers on Thursday afternoon, Apple Daily said police officers confiscated a “large number of items,” including the computers of 38 journalists, over the course of a five-hour search of the company’s offices.
The newspaper said it now “faces an unprecedented crackdown by the regime,” but vowed its staff would be “standing firm” despite the growing pressure.
“Hong Kong’s press freedom is now hanging by a thread,” the letter said. “Though we are facing a sweeping clampdown on our publication, the staff of Apple Daily will hold fast to our duties faithfully and press on till the end to see the arrival of dawn.”//
Full article:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-16/hong-kong-arrests-apple-daily-editor-on-security-law-scmp-says
#PressFreedom #PoliceState #Censorship #PoliticalProsecution
Image: Stand News
Reuters
HK's Apple Daily raided by 500 officers over national security law
Five hundred Hong Kong police officers sifted through reporters' computers and notebooks at pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on Thursday, the first case in which authorities have cited media articles as potentially violating the national security law.
Closure of Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy newspaper should spur Ottawa to action, critics say
On its final day of publication, the last pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong sold every copy in the region within hours Thursday after being forced into closing by Beijing-backed authorities, who arrested a handful of the newspaper’s executives and editors last week while freezing some of its assets.
Hong Kong residents lined up at newsstands to grab a final copy of the one-million circulation Apple Daily, the Associated Press reported. Many say it was the last uninhibited critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its Hong Kong affiliates.
Source: The Star #Jun24
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2021/06/24/closure-of-hong-kongs-last-pro-democracy-newspaper-should-spur-ottawa-to-action-critics-say.html
#Closure #HongKong #Democracy #Newspaper #Ottawa
On its final day of publication, the last pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong sold every copy in the region within hours Thursday after being forced into closing by Beijing-backed authorities, who arrested a handful of the newspaper’s executives and editors last week while freezing some of its assets.
Hong Kong residents lined up at newsstands to grab a final copy of the one-million circulation Apple Daily, the Associated Press reported. Many say it was the last uninhibited critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its Hong Kong affiliates.
Source: The Star #Jun24
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2021/06/24/closure-of-hong-kongs-last-pro-democracy-newspaper-should-spur-ottawa-to-action-critics-say.html
#Closure #HongKong #Democracy #Newspaper #Ottawa
Hong Kong’s Biggest Pro-Democracy Newspaper Prints Final Edition
On June 23, 2021, crowds of Hong Kong residents gathered in support outside the headquarters of Apple Daily, one of the last bastions of media resistance to Beijing, as it sent its final edition to print. The paper announced it would close after the arrests of senior leadership this week under the draconian national security law introduced last year. Banks froze the newspaper’s assets to avoid being charged themselves.
The rollout of the national security law has seen successive groups targeted: first protest leaders, then democratic politicians, and now journalists. More than 800 Apple Daily staff have lost their jobs while Hong Kong has lost its long-cherished freedom of speech.
Source: Foreign Policy #Jun23
https://t.co/LX9HXxgEHv
#AppleDaily #HongKong #Democracy #Newspaper #NationalSecurityLaw
On June 23, 2021, crowds of Hong Kong residents gathered in support outside the headquarters of Apple Daily, one of the last bastions of media resistance to Beijing, as it sent its final edition to print. The paper announced it would close after the arrests of senior leadership this week under the draconian national security law introduced last year. Banks froze the newspaper’s assets to avoid being charged themselves.
The rollout of the national security law has seen successive groups targeted: first protest leaders, then democratic politicians, and now journalists. More than 800 Apple Daily staff have lost their jobs while Hong Kong has lost its long-cherished freedom of speech.
Source: Foreign Policy #Jun23
https://t.co/LX9HXxgEHv
#AppleDaily #HongKong #Democracy #Newspaper #NationalSecurityLaw
#Propaganda #MainMelody
"Perfect Harmony": A July 1 without #AppleDaily and Annual Pro-democracy March
July 1, 2021 marks the 24th year since Hong Kong was handed over to China, and is also the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP). It is also the first July 1 after the outspoken #AppleDaily was shut down and the annual pro-democracy march has been banned by the police.
The headlines of the remaining printed newspapers in the city sing praises in "perfect harmony" for the CCP and the HKSAR.
A full-page ad adorned the front page of Ming Pao, Economic Journal, Oriental Daily, Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong Economic Times, South China Morning Post, all wishing the SAR and the Party a happy birthday.
#July1Protest #Newspaper #MediaLandscape
Source: Stand News #July1
https://www.facebook.com/standnewshk/posts/4303698696382384
"Perfect Harmony": A July 1 without #AppleDaily and Annual Pro-democracy March
July 1, 2021 marks the 24th year since Hong Kong was handed over to China, and is also the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP). It is also the first July 1 after the outspoken #AppleDaily was shut down and the annual pro-democracy march has been banned by the police.
The headlines of the remaining printed newspapers in the city sing praises in "perfect harmony" for the CCP and the HKSAR.
A full-page ad adorned the front page of Ming Pao, Economic Journal, Oriental Daily, Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong Economic Times, South China Morning Post, all wishing the SAR and the Party a happy birthday.
#July1Protest #Newspaper #MediaLandscape
Source: Stand News #July1
https://www.facebook.com/standnewshk/posts/4303698696382384