Japan Is Finding It Harder to Stay Quiet on China’s Abuse of Uyghurs
Source: NYT #Apr01
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Japan Is Finding It Harder to Stay Quiet on China’s Abuse of Uyghurs
Japan is the only member of the Group of 7 industrial powers that did not participate in coordinated sanctions imposed on Chinese officials last month over the situation in Xinjiang, which the U.S. government has declared a genocide.
Public awareness of the issue is growing in the country, spurred in part by the work of Uyghur activists, and that is increasing pressure on the government to take action.
Japan has mustered little more than expressions of “grave concern” over the fate of the Uyghurs.
In some ways, the Japanese government’s tone on China has already toughened. When two U.S. cabinet officials visited Tokyo in March, their Japanese counterparts signed a joint statement criticizing China over its “coercion and destabilizing behavior” in the Asia-Pacific region and its violations of the “international order.”
Source: NYT #Apr01
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/world/asia/japan-uyghurs-xinjiang.html
#XinJiang #JapanChina #SanctionChina #ChinaGenocide
Japan is the only member of the Group of 7 industrial powers that did not participate in coordinated sanctions imposed on Chinese officials last month over the situation in Xinjiang, which the U.S. government has declared a genocide.
Public awareness of the issue is growing in the country, spurred in part by the work of Uyghur activists, and that is increasing pressure on the government to take action.
Japan has mustered little more than expressions of “grave concern” over the fate of the Uyghurs.
In some ways, the Japanese government’s tone on China has already toughened. When two U.S. cabinet officials visited Tokyo in March, their Japanese counterparts signed a joint statement criticizing China over its “coercion and destabilizing behavior” in the Asia-Pacific region and its violations of the “international order.”
Source: NYT #Apr01
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/world/asia/japan-uyghurs-xinjiang.html
#XinJiang #JapanChina #SanctionChina #ChinaGenocide
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Japan Is Finding It Harder to Stay Quiet on China’s Abuse of Uyghurs
Public awareness of the issue is growing in the country, spurred in part by the work of Uyghur activists, and that is increasing pressure on the government to take action.
China Takes Aim at ‘Illegal’ Club for Foreign Correspondents
China slammed a Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) as an “illegal organization,” broadening its attack on journalists whose reports differ from the government’s official line. While Beijing has long described the FCCC as illegal, the rebuke as a whole was longer and more detailed than in the past.
The BBC’s China correspondent John Sudworth recently left Beijing for Taipei. That followed criticism from the government over the broadcaster’s recent coverage. The BBC News Press Team said in a statement that his reporting “exposed truths the Chinese authorities did not want the world to know.”
The Communist Party-backed Global Times characterized Sudworth’s work as biased.
Source: Bloomberg #Apr01
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-01/china-takes-aim-at-illegal-club-for-foreign-correspondents
#China #FCCC #ForeignMediaThreatChina #China #BBC
China slammed a Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) as an “illegal organization,” broadening its attack on journalists whose reports differ from the government’s official line. While Beijing has long described the FCCC as illegal, the rebuke as a whole was longer and more detailed than in the past.
The BBC’s China correspondent John Sudworth recently left Beijing for Taipei. That followed criticism from the government over the broadcaster’s recent coverage. The BBC News Press Team said in a statement that his reporting “exposed truths the Chinese authorities did not want the world to know.”
The Communist Party-backed Global Times characterized Sudworth’s work as biased.
Source: Bloomberg #Apr01
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-01/china-takes-aim-at-illegal-club-for-foreign-correspondents
#China #FCCC #ForeignMediaThreatChina #China #BBC
'Xinjiang cotton is my love': Patriots on show at China Fashion Week
Designer Zhou Li, chief designer and founder of Chinese fashion brand Sun-Bird, is a patriotic supporter of a boycott targeting several major western apparel brands in China that have expressed concern over alleged rights abuses in Xinjiang province.
Zhou said her garments on runway show at China Fashion Week, which featured slick minimalist designs with ruffles and ancient Chinese characters, used Xinjiang cotton exclusively.
“For our Chinese designs, I’m certainly right to support the Xinjiang people,” Zhou said.
Source: Reuters #Apr01
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-fashion-week/xinjiang-cotton-is-my-love-patriots-on-show-at-china-fashion-week-idUSKBN2BO48B
#XinjiangCotton #Xinjaing #China #ChinaGenocide #ZhouLi
Designer Zhou Li, chief designer and founder of Chinese fashion brand Sun-Bird, is a patriotic supporter of a boycott targeting several major western apparel brands in China that have expressed concern over alleged rights abuses in Xinjiang province.
Zhou said her garments on runway show at China Fashion Week, which featured slick minimalist designs with ruffles and ancient Chinese characters, used Xinjiang cotton exclusively.
“For our Chinese designs, I’m certainly right to support the Xinjiang people,” Zhou said.
Source: Reuters #Apr01
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-fashion-week/xinjiang-cotton-is-my-love-patriots-on-show-at-china-fashion-week-idUSKBN2BO48B
#XinjiangCotton #Xinjaing #China #ChinaGenocide #ZhouLi
Hong Kong: China limits parliament to 'patriots'
China has passed sweeping changes to Hong Kong's electoral rules which will tighten its control over the city. The number of directly elected seats in parliament has been cut almost by half, and prospective MPs will first be vetted by a pro-Beijing committee to ensure their loyalty to the mainland.
All prospective LegCo candidates will now have to go through two rounds of vetting before they can run, by the powerful pro-Beijing Election Committee as well as by a new screening committee. Carrie Lam said that will include background checks by the police and national security department.
Source: BBC #Apr01
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-56560829
#HongKong #HKElection #HKLegCo
China has passed sweeping changes to Hong Kong's electoral rules which will tighten its control over the city. The number of directly elected seats in parliament has been cut almost by half, and prospective MPs will first be vetted by a pro-Beijing committee to ensure their loyalty to the mainland.
All prospective LegCo candidates will now have to go through two rounds of vetting before they can run, by the powerful pro-Beijing Election Committee as well as by a new screening committee. Carrie Lam said that will include background checks by the police and national security department.
Source: BBC #Apr01
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-56560829
#HongKong #HKElection #HKLegCo
“Who Is The Wolf? BTW, China Is Not A Lamb”: Tweet from Chinese Embassy Baffles Internet
Source: Stand News #Apr01
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“Who Is The Wolf? BTW, China Is Not A Lamb”: Tweet from Chinese Embassy Baffles Internet
As China continues flexing its muscles as part of its “wolf warrior diplomacy”, the Chinese Embassy in Ireland posted an enigmatic tweet inspired by Aesop’s fable of the wolf and the lamb. Published on 1 April, it began by asking rhetorically who the wolf was and went on to say that China was not a lamb to the confusion of the Internet. The tweet has since been deleted.
The fable originally tells the story of a lamb running into a wolf at a creek, where the wolf hurls various false charges against the lamb to justify its predation. When the lamb proves its innocence and refutes the accusations, the wolf gives up looking for an excuse and eats it straight away. The lesson is understood to be that there is no point appealing to reason in face of one as wickedly unreasonable as a wolf.
The tweet began with the question “Who is the wolf?” and went on to say that some had accused China of engaging in “wolf warrior diplomacy”. The embassy then noted how in the fable the wolf fabricates charges just so it can eat the lamb. Wrapping up the tweet, it wrote that “The wolf is the wolf, not the lamb” while remarking that “China is not a lamb”.
Source: Stand News #Apr01
#China #Ireland #Embassy #Twitter #WolfWarrior #Diplomacy
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As China continues flexing its muscles as part of its “wolf warrior diplomacy”, the Chinese Embassy in Ireland posted an enigmatic tweet inspired by Aesop’s fable of the wolf and the lamb. Published on 1 April, it began by asking rhetorically who the wolf was and went on to say that China was not a lamb to the confusion of the Internet. The tweet has since been deleted.
The fable originally tells the story of a lamb running into a wolf at a creek, where the wolf hurls various false charges against the lamb to justify its predation. When the lamb proves its innocence and refutes the accusations, the wolf gives up looking for an excuse and eats it straight away. The lesson is understood to be that there is no point appealing to reason in face of one as wickedly unreasonable as a wolf.
The tweet began with the question “Who is the wolf?” and went on to say that some had accused China of engaging in “wolf warrior diplomacy”. The embassy then noted how in the fable the wolf fabricates charges just so it can eat the lamb. Wrapping up the tweet, it wrote that “The wolf is the wolf, not the lamb” while remarking that “China is not a lamb”.
Source: Stand News #Apr01
#China #Ireland #Embassy #Twitter #WolfWarrior #Diplomacy
https://bit.ly/3a9pGFv
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駐愛爾蘭使館引寓言《狼與小羊》：中國被誤指為狼，但也不是羊 學者：想說甚麼？ | 立場報道 | 立場新聞
中國近年的「戰狼外交」愈演愈烈，一眾外交官也似乎愈來愈入戲。不過，帖文似乎已被刪除。《狼與小羊》是講述狼同小羊...
China insists on dynamic clearing, Netizens complain: the more you're clearing, the less it's working
In mid-March, Chinese President Xi Jinping said to insist on a scientific and precisive dynamic zero-covid strategy. Right after, government agencies and the media commented "not wavering" and "not relaxing", showing their support for the "#DynamicZeroCOVID" strategy one after another.
The National Health Commission (NHC) of China re-emphasised at a teleconference on Friday (#Apr01) the need to firmly unify thoughts and actions with the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the decisions of the Party Central Committee and the State Council. It is to resolutely curb the spread of the epidemic to ensure that the goal of the "social zero-COVID" strategy can be achieved on time.
Many Chinese netizens asked, "How long would it last? How to achieve it on time?" in response to this target proposed by the NHC. Some other netizens used the recent Shanghai epidemic as an example to mock: "Dynamic zero-covid, the more you're clearing, the less it's working".
Source: Deutsche Welle #Apr02
#ZeroCovid #DynamicClearing #COVID19 #China #NationalHealthCommission #XiJinping
https://bit.ly/36Wxqfw
In mid-March, Chinese President Xi Jinping said to insist on a scientific and precisive dynamic zero-covid strategy. Right after, government agencies and the media commented "not wavering" and "not relaxing", showing their support for the "#DynamicZeroCOVID" strategy one after another.
The National Health Commission (NHC) of China re-emphasised at a teleconference on Friday (#Apr01) the need to firmly unify thoughts and actions with the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the decisions of the Party Central Committee and the State Council. It is to resolutely curb the spread of the epidemic to ensure that the goal of the "social zero-COVID" strategy can be achieved on time.
Many Chinese netizens asked, "How long would it last? How to achieve it on time?" in response to this target proposed by the NHC. Some other netizens used the recent Shanghai epidemic as an example to mock: "Dynamic zero-covid, the more you're clearing, the less it's working".
Source: Deutsche Welle #Apr02
#ZeroCovid #DynamicClearing #COVID19 #China #NationalHealthCommission #XiJinping
https://bit.ly/36Wxqfw
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中国坚持动态清零 网民抱怨：越清越不灵
中国官方坚持动态清零不动摇的态度，收获了拥护与叫好，但也招致了不少质疑和批评。而面对与官方宣传不同的声音，相关部门也采取了“清零”的措施。