#Newspaper
Complaints against Teachers’ Facebook Posts Cleared by Schools
Education Bureau Charged Professional Misconduct Anyway
(10 Feb) Since the Anti-Extradition Movement, more than 100 teachers were accused of professional misconduct by the Education Bureau of the HKSAR Government (EBHK). Most of the them shared Anti-Extradition news on their personal Facebook pages with privacy setting that limited both students and parents, and they did not express their personal views on the posts. The schools received numerous anonymous complaints with screenshots on such posts. Even though the schools found the teachers to be innocent, EBHK punished them by rejecting the schools’ investigation reports. Around 107 complaints were completed, 42 of which were found innocent. EBHK took disciplinary actions on 32 cases, including issuance of 10 reprimand letters and 3 warning letters. EBHK also verbally warned and issued warning letters to 10 and 9 teachers, respectively.
Chow was one of the teachers who received disciplinary actions. He had considered the appeal, but was worried that he would lose teaching qualification if he did, so he gave up on the thought. Afterwards, he also re-examined the FB friends list and reduced sharing or commenting on the news. He described the incident as white terror, like “thought censorship.” IP Kin-yuen, a member of the Education Legislative Council who assisted in following up on Chow’s case, criticized the Education Bureau for “abusing the charge of professional ethics violations, and restraining teachers’ thoughts and suppress freedom of speech.”
Most of the teachers worried about their jobs and dared not appeal against the EBHK, even with monetary support and encouragement from Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union.
#WhiteTerror #Cersorship #FreeSpeech
Source: The Stand News
https://bit.ly/2Hzotbv
Further reading:
The NBA is still feeling the effects in China from Daryl Morey's support of Hong Kong
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/17500
Complaints against Teachers’ Facebook Posts Cleared by Schools
Education Bureau Charged Professional Misconduct Anyway
(10 Feb) Since the Anti-Extradition Movement, more than 100 teachers were accused of professional misconduct by the Education Bureau of the HKSAR Government (EBHK). Most of the them shared Anti-Extradition news on their personal Facebook pages with privacy setting that limited both students and parents, and they did not express their personal views on the posts. The schools received numerous anonymous complaints with screenshots on such posts. Even though the schools found the teachers to be innocent, EBHK punished them by rejecting the schools’ investigation reports. Around 107 complaints were completed, 42 of which were found innocent. EBHK took disciplinary actions on 32 cases, including issuance of 10 reprimand letters and 3 warning letters. EBHK also verbally warned and issued warning letters to 10 and 9 teachers, respectively.
Chow was one of the teachers who received disciplinary actions. He had considered the appeal, but was worried that he would lose teaching qualification if he did, so he gave up on the thought. Afterwards, he also re-examined the FB friends list and reduced sharing or commenting on the news. He described the incident as white terror, like “thought censorship.” IP Kin-yuen, a member of the Education Legislative Council who assisted in following up on Chow’s case, criticized the Education Bureau for “abusing the charge of professional ethics violations, and restraining teachers’ thoughts and suppress freedom of speech.”
Most of the teachers worried about their jobs and dared not appeal against the EBHK, even with monetary support and encouragement from Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union.
#WhiteTerror #Cersorship #FreeSpeech
Source: The Stand News
https://bit.ly/2Hzotbv
Further reading:
The NBA is still feeling the effects in China from Daryl Morey's support of Hong Kong
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/17500
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Adviser to Hong Kong on Coronavirus Pulls Controversial Column, Apologizes
//An adviser to the Hong Kong government has withdrawn a column he co-authored in which he said it was acceptable to refer to the coronavirus as the "Wuhan coronavirus" and there was no evidence to support allegations the disease came from the United States.
//Yuen Kwok-yung, a leading microbiologist and infectious-diseases expert at the University of Hong Kong, also described the new coronavirus as a product of China's "poor quality culture" of eating wild animals.
//Yuen’s decision late on Wednesday to retract the article from the website of the newspaper Ming Pao sparked a flurry of debate on social media, where some people said it raised questions over freedom of speech in academia in the Chinese-ruled city.
//Yuen apologised and said he did not want to become embroiled in politics.
//“The expression in the article was inappropriate, wordings were even inaccurate, it's not the original intention. (We) hope the outside world does not involve us in politics and saves us a space for research,"
Source: Reuters
https://nyti.ms/33zfqSm
Further reading
Hong Kong Experts: Wuhan Coronavirus originated from China is an "outcome of Chinese bad habits"
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/18658
#YuenKwokyung #FreedomOfSpeech #Cersorship #Kowtow #VirusOrigin
Full Translation of Yuen Kwok-yung’s Column
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/18857
Adviser to Hong Kong on Coronavirus Pulls Controversial Column, Apologizes
//An adviser to the Hong Kong government has withdrawn a column he co-authored in which he said it was acceptable to refer to the coronavirus as the "Wuhan coronavirus" and there was no evidence to support allegations the disease came from the United States.
//Yuen Kwok-yung, a leading microbiologist and infectious-diseases expert at the University of Hong Kong, also described the new coronavirus as a product of China's "poor quality culture" of eating wild animals.
//Yuen’s decision late on Wednesday to retract the article from the website of the newspaper Ming Pao sparked a flurry of debate on social media, where some people said it raised questions over freedom of speech in academia in the Chinese-ruled city.
//Yuen apologised and said he did not want to become embroiled in politics.
//“The expression in the article was inappropriate, wordings were even inaccurate, it's not the original intention. (We) hope the outside world does not involve us in politics and saves us a space for research,"
Source: Reuters
https://nyti.ms/33zfqSm
Further reading
Hong Kong Experts: Wuhan Coronavirus originated from China is an "outcome of Chinese bad habits"
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/18658
#YuenKwokyung #FreedomOfSpeech #Cersorship #Kowtow #VirusOrigin
Full Translation of Yuen Kwok-yung’s Column
⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/18857
NY Times
Adviser to Hong Kong on Coronavirus Pulls Controversial Column, Apologizes
An adviser to the Hong Kong government has withdrawn a column he co-authored in which he said it was acceptable to refer to the coronavirus as the "Wuhan coronavirus" and there was no evidence to support allegations the disease came from the United States.
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Rumours Guangdong is banning zombies and plagues on online games. Warning the players who 'promote the secession of their motherland'.
(13 Apr)An article published yesterday by Mainland we media, You Xi Pu Tao (meaning Game Grape), claimed that they have received a publisher's document on March, which collated a series of requirements on game regulations from Mainland authorities. The article quoted multiple informed sources confirming that the document came from Guangdong, and it contained more details compared to the meeting minutes of gaming companies in regions such as Shanghai and Beijing.
The article pointed out that it could be foreseen from the new requirements that the toughest wave of gaming regulations in history is potentially coming. Out of all the requirements, the most concerning ones are the operators requested not to promote the "global server" function in the game, and remove this function immediately if necessary; Anything relating to COVID-19 such as corpses and plagues is not allowed in the game. At the same time, it must be ensured that there is no inappropriate speech in game’s chats, names and public user systems; "Undesirable inducements" such as money worship and encouraging love with several people at the same time, etc. are prohibited in the game name or game content.
The document also reported on the recent situation of the gaming industry, alleging that some "separatists" had used online gaming platforms, character costumes, chat systems, trade union games, etc. to instigate and establish related organizations. Some players used the "map creation" and "map editing" functions to edit the boundaries of the game world and "promote the secession of their motherland".
In addition, there are inconsistencies between the content of the online version and the declared version in some games. For example, in the case of a recent palace drama game, the Publishing Bureau of the CCP Publicity Department recently withdrew its approved version, the game was taken off the shelf, and the publisher was criticized. There are also online games with 'unhealthy' names, such as promoting the social values of money worship and using 'unhealthy' terms such as "kill", "die", "ghost" and "demon".
Source: Apple Daily News
https://bit.ly/2S5M09Y
Further reading:
Animal Crossing taken down from TaoBao without any heads up
Joshua Wong claims he will keeping playing despite receiving death threats
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19466
#Guangdong #Cersorship #Games #CCP #Nationalism #ChinesePropaganda
Rumours Guangdong is banning zombies and plagues on online games. Warning the players who 'promote the secession of their motherland'.
(13 Apr)An article published yesterday by Mainland we media, You Xi Pu Tao (meaning Game Grape), claimed that they have received a publisher's document on March, which collated a series of requirements on game regulations from Mainland authorities. The article quoted multiple informed sources confirming that the document came from Guangdong, and it contained more details compared to the meeting minutes of gaming companies in regions such as Shanghai and Beijing.
The article pointed out that it could be foreseen from the new requirements that the toughest wave of gaming regulations in history is potentially coming. Out of all the requirements, the most concerning ones are the operators requested not to promote the "global server" function in the game, and remove this function immediately if necessary; Anything relating to COVID-19 such as corpses and plagues is not allowed in the game. At the same time, it must be ensured that there is no inappropriate speech in game’s chats, names and public user systems; "Undesirable inducements" such as money worship and encouraging love with several people at the same time, etc. are prohibited in the game name or game content.
The document also reported on the recent situation of the gaming industry, alleging that some "separatists" had used online gaming platforms, character costumes, chat systems, trade union games, etc. to instigate and establish related organizations. Some players used the "map creation" and "map editing" functions to edit the boundaries of the game world and "promote the secession of their motherland".
In addition, there are inconsistencies between the content of the online version and the declared version in some games. For example, in the case of a recent palace drama game, the Publishing Bureau of the CCP Publicity Department recently withdrew its approved version, the game was taken off the shelf, and the publisher was criticized. There are also online games with 'unhealthy' names, such as promoting the social values of money worship and using 'unhealthy' terms such as "kill", "die", "ghost" and "demon".
Source: Apple Daily News
https://bit.ly/2S5M09Y
Further reading:
Animal Crossing taken down from TaoBao without any heads up
Joshua Wong claims he will keeping playing despite receiving death threats
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19466
#Guangdong #Cersorship #Games #CCP #Nationalism #ChinesePropaganda