Australia and New Zealand welcome sanctions on China over Uighur abuses but impose none of their own
Australia and New Zealand have raised “grave concerns” about human rights abuses against Muslim minorities in China’s Xinjiang region, citing “the growing number of credible reports” of severe violations.
But while both countries have welcomed new coordinated sanctions announced by the UK, US, the EU and Canada, they have not announced any such measures of their own.
The Guardian understands this is because Australia and New Zealand lack Magnitsky-style laws that would allow the swift rollout of targeted sanctions against individuals for human rights abuses – but the Morrison government is expected to table draft legislation later this year.
Source: Guardian #Mar23
#Australia #NewZealand #Sanctions #China
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/23/australia-and-new-zealand-welcome-china-sanctions-over-uighur-abuses-but-impose-none-of-their-own?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Australia and New Zealand have raised “grave concerns” about human rights abuses against Muslim minorities in China’s Xinjiang region, citing “the growing number of credible reports” of severe violations.
But while both countries have welcomed new coordinated sanctions announced by the UK, US, the EU and Canada, they have not announced any such measures of their own.
The Guardian understands this is because Australia and New Zealand lack Magnitsky-style laws that would allow the swift rollout of targeted sanctions against individuals for human rights abuses – but the Morrison government is expected to table draft legislation later this year.
Source: Guardian #Mar23
#Australia #NewZealand #Sanctions #China
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/23/australia-and-new-zealand-welcome-china-sanctions-over-uighur-abuses-but-impose-none-of-their-own?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
The Alarming Human Toll of Cheap Stuff ‘Made in China’
In the aftermath of 2020 — a year that saw both the expansion of a vast detention and forced labor system in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang and a homebound global population increasingly reliant on goods delivered anonymously to their doorstep — Pang’s book feels timely and urgent. Her argument starts here, in the room with the mushrooms, and goes like this: that the way we consume is unsustainable; that things as seemingly trivial as paper mushrooms and Halloween decorations are entangled in a system that hides atrocity by design and makes complicity — with authoritarian governments, with dangerous working conditions and even with religious persecution — part of modern life. Pang, a freelance journalist who grew up in a Mandarin-speaking household, is most effective when she is drawing out these juxtapositions, putting production and torture matter-of-factly side by side.
Source: Times #Feb02
#China #Labor #Xinjiang #Human
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/books/review/made-in-china-amelia-pang.html?referringSource=articleShare
In the aftermath of 2020 — a year that saw both the expansion of a vast detention and forced labor system in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang and a homebound global population increasingly reliant on goods delivered anonymously to their doorstep — Pang’s book feels timely and urgent. Her argument starts here, in the room with the mushrooms, and goes like this: that the way we consume is unsustainable; that things as seemingly trivial as paper mushrooms and Halloween decorations are entangled in a system that hides atrocity by design and makes complicity — with authoritarian governments, with dangerous working conditions and even with religious persecution — part of modern life. Pang, a freelance journalist who grew up in a Mandarin-speaking household, is most effective when she is drawing out these juxtapositions, putting production and torture matter-of-factly side by side.
Source: Times #Feb02
#China #Labor #Xinjiang #Human
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/books/review/made-in-china-amelia-pang.html?referringSource=articleShare
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The Alarming Human Toll of Cheap Stuff ‘Made in China’
In a new book, the journalist Amelia Pang investigates the brutal system of forced labor that undergirds China’s booming export industry.
#AcademicFreedom #PublicOpinion
Data Storage Reduced To 3 Months: HK Academics Promise to Stand Their Ground In Representing Public Opinion
Source: In Media HK #April1
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Source: In Media HK #April1
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Data Storage Reduced To 3 Months: HK Academics Promise to Stand Their Ground In Representing Public Opinion
The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (#HKPORI) was investigated by the Hong Kong police force in early 2021 because of its involvement in the democratic primary election case.
Dr. Robert Chung Ting-yiu, President and Chief Executive Officer at the HKPORI, said on April 1, 2021 that he would continue to uphold the spirit of science and democracy in conducting opinion polls.
With concern for the privacy of the respondents, he decided to shorten the storage period of the research data from 6 months to 3 months.
Chung said that even though the environment in Hong Kong is getting harsher HKPORI will hold fast to their post, "If we were to give up, it would be like asking the Hong Kong people to give up.”
Dr. Chung Kim Wah, Deputy executive director of the HKPORI, expressed that the research institute will continue to uphold the scientific spirit, while sparing no efforts in handling online opinions and constructive criticism. He also said that he used to have hope for the "one country, two systems" when he was in university, and never thought Hong Kong would become what it is today, “If people in power abuse the law, they may even accuse those who participate in international public opinion research organization of colluding with foreign forces.”
He also reminded the Hong Kong people to “Stand fast to your own post and face the situation openly”. He emphasized that HKPORI will continue to work with different organizations to represent the public’s view and opinion on social policies, “so as not to bring the civil society to its knees”.
Source: In Media HK #April1
https://bit.ly/2Poq8Zc
#Academics #CivilSociety #Poll #DataStorage #PoliceState #PoliticalSuppression
Data Storage Reduced To 3 Months: HK Academics Promise to Stand Their Ground In Representing Public Opinion
The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (#HKPORI) was investigated by the Hong Kong police force in early 2021 because of its involvement in the democratic primary election case.
Dr. Robert Chung Ting-yiu, President and Chief Executive Officer at the HKPORI, said on April 1, 2021 that he would continue to uphold the spirit of science and democracy in conducting opinion polls.
With concern for the privacy of the respondents, he decided to shorten the storage period of the research data from 6 months to 3 months.
Chung said that even though the environment in Hong Kong is getting harsher HKPORI will hold fast to their post, "If we were to give up, it would be like asking the Hong Kong people to give up.”
Dr. Chung Kim Wah, Deputy executive director of the HKPORI, expressed that the research institute will continue to uphold the scientific spirit, while sparing no efforts in handling online opinions and constructive criticism. He also said that he used to have hope for the "one country, two systems" when he was in university, and never thought Hong Kong would become what it is today, “If people in power abuse the law, they may even accuse those who participate in international public opinion research organization of colluding with foreign forces.”
He also reminded the Hong Kong people to “Stand fast to your own post and face the situation openly”. He emphasized that HKPORI will continue to work with different organizations to represent the public’s view and opinion on social policies, “so as not to bring the civil society to its knees”.
Source: In Media HK #April1
https://bit.ly/2Poq8Zc
#Academics #CivilSociety #Poll #DataStorage #PoliceState #PoliticalSuppression
#NeverGiveUp #NeverForget
Hong Kong Pro-democracy Protesters Appear in Mural in #LosAngeles; #HongKongArtist: Idea is bulletproof
Source: Stand News #Apr10
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Hong Kong Pro-democracy Protesters Appear in Mural in #LosAngeles; #HongKongArtist: Idea is bulletproof
Source: Stand News #Apr10
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Hong Kong Pro-democracy Protesters Appear in Mural in #LosAngeles; #HongKongArtist: Idea is bulletproof
Black-clad pro-democracy protestors holding their yellow umbrellas against tear gas grenades and other rounds: The typical protest scene in Hong Kong during 2019 was recreated on a mural in Los Angeles in the United States.
The mural was located in Liberty Sculpture Park in Yermo, a desert town near the Los Angeles county. The project had been planned for 1.5 years, and was in production for nearly a month, before the mural was finally finished on April 10, 2021.
The project was organized by a New York based Hongkongers' organization "#LionRockCafe", and executed by #DamienMitcheel, a New York-based Australian artist.
The mural was named "Come What May". In addition to visualizing the protest scene, the pro-democracy slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times" was written on the two sides.
The designer of the mural, a Hong Kong artist called Divad, chose not to disclose his identity. He shared his idea behind his work through "The Lion Rock Cafe": "Beneath the umbrellas, there is an idea, and the idea is bulletproof."
Source: Stand News #Apr10
Photo Credit: Thirdblade Photography
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E7%AD%96%E5%8A%83%E4%B8%80%E5%B9%B4%E5%8D%8A-%E6%B4%9B%E6%9D%89%E7%A3%AF%E7%8F%BE%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA%E6%8A%97%E7%88%AD%E5%A3%81%E7%95%AB-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%97%9D%E8%A1%93%E5%AE%B6-%E4%BF%A1%E5%BF%B5%E7%84%A1%E6%87%BC%E5%AD%90%E5%BD%88/
#ProtestArt #Creativity #Mural #Umbrella
Hong Kong Pro-democracy Protesters Appear in Mural in #LosAngeles; #HongKongArtist: Idea is bulletproof
Black-clad pro-democracy protestors holding their yellow umbrellas against tear gas grenades and other rounds: The typical protest scene in Hong Kong during 2019 was recreated on a mural in Los Angeles in the United States.
The mural was located in Liberty Sculpture Park in Yermo, a desert town near the Los Angeles county. The project had been planned for 1.5 years, and was in production for nearly a month, before the mural was finally finished on April 10, 2021.
The project was organized by a New York based Hongkongers' organization "#LionRockCafe", and executed by #DamienMitcheel, a New York-based Australian artist.
The mural was named "Come What May". In addition to visualizing the protest scene, the pro-democracy slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times" was written on the two sides.
The designer of the mural, a Hong Kong artist called Divad, chose not to disclose his identity. He shared his idea behind his work through "The Lion Rock Cafe": "Beneath the umbrellas, there is an idea, and the idea is bulletproof."
Source: Stand News #Apr10
Photo Credit: Thirdblade Photography
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E7%AD%96%E5%8A%83%E4%B8%80%E5%B9%B4%E5%8D%8A-%E6%B4%9B%E6%9D%89%E7%A3%AF%E7%8F%BE%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA%E6%8A%97%E7%88%AD%E5%A3%81%E7%95%AB-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%97%9D%E8%A1%93%E5%AE%B6-%E4%BF%A1%E5%BF%B5%E7%84%A1%E6%87%BC%E5%AD%90%E5%BD%88/
#ProtestArt #Creativity #Mural #Umbrella
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The LegCo formation method is planned to change for 2021 election, from 70 to 90 seats. Yet, only 20 out of the 90 seats are elected by general public.
#LegCo #Election #GoHKgraphics
#LegCo #Election #GoHKgraphics
China’s sanctions on me and others are a clumsy attempt to silence debate
Michael Chong is the Conservative foreign affairs critic and MP for Wellington-Halton Hills.
China is trying to silence the truth abroad, after having silenced it at home.
Just over two weeks ago, I woke up to news that China’s government had sanctioned me, adding me to a list of officials in the United States, Britain and Europe who have been sanctioned for simply speaking. Speaking against Beijing’s genocide of its Uyghur Muslim minority. Speaking against its crackdown on Hong Kong.
Source: GlobeAndMail #Apr12
#China #Sanction #MichaelChong #MP #Canada
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-chinas-sanctions-on-me-and-others-are-a-clumsy-attempt-to-silence/
Michael Chong is the Conservative foreign affairs critic and MP for Wellington-Halton Hills.
China is trying to silence the truth abroad, after having silenced it at home.
Just over two weeks ago, I woke up to news that China’s government had sanctioned me, adding me to a list of officials in the United States, Britain and Europe who have been sanctioned for simply speaking. Speaking against Beijing’s genocide of its Uyghur Muslim minority. Speaking against its crackdown on Hong Kong.
Source: GlobeAndMail #Apr12
#China #Sanction #MichaelChong #MP #Canada
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-chinas-sanctions-on-me-and-others-are-a-clumsy-attempt-to-silence/
Thousands of Hongkongers will be unable to cash in their pensions after moving to the UK
In retaliation at the UK offering a new visa, China initially announced it would not recognise the BN(O) passport as a travel or ID document from January 31, when the UK opened its doors. Some 3m Hongkongers hold BN(O) status – many with BN(O) passports – and are eligible to move to the UK under the new visa. And earlier this month, Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Funds (MPF) Schemes Authority – which is in charge of the city’s compulsory pension scheme – said: “BN(O) passports are no longer recognised as any form of proof of identity in Hong Kong. Thus, scheme members cannot rely on BN(O) passport or its associated visa as evidence in support of an application for early withdrawal of MPF.”
Source: Telegraph #Mar21
#Hongkongers #CashIn #UK #Visa
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/03/21/thousands-hongkongers-will-unable-cash-pensions-moving-uk/
In retaliation at the UK offering a new visa, China initially announced it would not recognise the BN(O) passport as a travel or ID document from January 31, when the UK opened its doors. Some 3m Hongkongers hold BN(O) status – many with BN(O) passports – and are eligible to move to the UK under the new visa. And earlier this month, Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Funds (MPF) Schemes Authority – which is in charge of the city’s compulsory pension scheme – said: “BN(O) passports are no longer recognised as any form of proof of identity in Hong Kong. Thus, scheme members cannot rely on BN(O) passport or its associated visa as evidence in support of an application for early withdrawal of MPF.”
Source: Telegraph #Mar21
#Hongkongers #CashIn #UK #Visa
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/03/21/thousands-hongkongers-will-unable-cash-pensions-moving-uk/
Thousands of Hongkongers will be unable to cash in their pensions after moving to the UK
Around half a million people from Hong Kong are expected to move to the UK in the next year, and just over one million across five years, according to Whitehall’s highest estimates, but some experts believe this could end up being even greater.
Hong Kong’s political crisis has escalated since the Government’s estimations were first published in October. In November, four opposition lawmakers were ousted from the Legislative Council – its parliament equivalent – prompting the remaining 15 in the pro-democracy camp to quit.
In December, a Chinese court jailed 10 pro-democracy activists for up to three years, for trying to flee Hong Kong – where they faced charges – to Taiwan via boat in August.
Source: Telegraph #Jan18
#Hongkongers #UK #Visa
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/01/18/2m-hongkongers-could-move-uk-new-visa-amid-investment-boom/
Around half a million people from Hong Kong are expected to move to the UK in the next year, and just over one million across five years, according to Whitehall’s highest estimates, but some experts believe this could end up being even greater.
Hong Kong’s political crisis has escalated since the Government’s estimations were first published in October. In November, four opposition lawmakers were ousted from the Legislative Council – its parliament equivalent – prompting the remaining 15 in the pro-democracy camp to quit.
In December, a Chinese court jailed 10 pro-democracy activists for up to three years, for trying to flee Hong Kong – where they faced charges – to Taiwan via boat in August.
Source: Telegraph #Jan18
#Hongkongers #UK #Visa
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/01/18/2m-hongkongers-could-move-uk-new-visa-amid-investment-boom/
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Kindergartens in Hong Kong Distribute National Security Pamphlets as Govt Promotes "Education Day"
Source: Stand News #Apr12
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Kindergartens in Hong Kong Distribute National Security Pamphlets as Govt Promotes "Education Day"
The government has been promoting with great fanfare a "National Security Education Day", the first of its kind since the National Security Law was introduced, on Apr 15, 2021.
A reader of Stand News reported that a kindergarten student had received related promotional materials from school, in the form of stickers and bookmarks.
The slogan "Uphold national security, safeguard our home" is printed in both Chinese and English. In dense, smaller font, the materials listed 16 areas of security, including "space security", "deep sea security", "polar security", and so on. According to the Education Day's government website, these are the 16 "chief areas" covered under the concept of national security.
Since the introduction of the National Security Law, the Education Bureau had "reminded" all Hong Kong schools - primary, secondary, kindergarten, and even special education schools - to let students "understand" and "be reminded" to obey the National Security Law.
In an article earlier this week, the Bureau chief also suggested schools to promote national security education by "multiple venues". He suggested activities such as flag-raising ceremonies and playing the national anthem, speeches explaining important security concepts in morning assemblies and classrooms, and so on.
The bureau will also be hosting security-themed bulletin board design competitions and online Q&A contests, available for schools and students to participate in.
Source: Stand News #Apr12
https://bit.ly/3a7ixFD
#NationalSecurity #Propaganda #Education #Brainwashing #Kindergarten #HongKongStudents #Youth
Kindergartens in Hong Kong Distribute National Security Pamphlets as Govt Promotes "Education Day"
The government has been promoting with great fanfare a "National Security Education Day", the first of its kind since the National Security Law was introduced, on Apr 15, 2021.
A reader of Stand News reported that a kindergarten student had received related promotional materials from school, in the form of stickers and bookmarks.
The slogan "Uphold national security, safeguard our home" is printed in both Chinese and English. In dense, smaller font, the materials listed 16 areas of security, including "space security", "deep sea security", "polar security", and so on. According to the Education Day's government website, these are the 16 "chief areas" covered under the concept of national security.
Since the introduction of the National Security Law, the Education Bureau had "reminded" all Hong Kong schools - primary, secondary, kindergarten, and even special education schools - to let students "understand" and "be reminded" to obey the National Security Law.
In an article earlier this week, the Bureau chief also suggested schools to promote national security education by "multiple venues". He suggested activities such as flag-raising ceremonies and playing the national anthem, speeches explaining important security concepts in morning assemblies and classrooms, and so on.
The bureau will also be hosting security-themed bulletin board design competitions and online Q&A contests, available for schools and students to participate in.
Source: Stand News #Apr12
https://bit.ly/3a7ixFD
#NationalSecurity #Propaganda #Education #Brainwashing #Kindergarten #HongKongStudents #Youth
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政府大張旗鼓於本周四（15 日）舉行全民國家安全教育日，為國安法後第一個「國家安全日」。《立場》接獲讀者報料，...
#PrisonVisit: #EddieChu Studying Vietnamese from Fellow Inmate, Says Wife
Source: InMedia #Apr5
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#PrisonVisit: #EddieChu Studying Vietnamese from Fellow Inmate, Says Wife
In Hong Kong, former pro-democracy legislator Eddie Chu remains in detention in Stanley Prison after being arrested in the 47 Democrats case.
His wife Au Pui-fun and daughter visited him at the prison last week; Au sported a red scarf to fend off the cold morning, and waited in line to register for their visit.
Chu had been studying Vietnamese, his wife relayed, and had been learning it from free apps since a month before his arrest. "He had been working very hard at it. The learning app has 5 levels, and he's ranked the 2nd fastest learner worldwide on it!"
After being sent to Stanley Prison, Chu had befriended a Vietnamese prisoner who taught him Vietnamese; in return, Chu taught the man Cantonese.
As mandatory work for prisoners, Chu was assigned to manufacture file folders. "He said he was so slow at the beginning; others made 50 folders in the time he made 5," his wife recalled with a chuckle. "I don't know about now; I haven't asked in a while."
During his detention, Chu noticed he woke up with discomfort under his left eye. Fortunately, examinations showed that it was only a natural degradation of his eye, and was not serious; he could manage it with regular eye drops. When asked, Chu said with a frown, "Of course, I looked at my phone too much when laying down. But it should be better now!" He said.
#PoliticalPrisoner #47Democrats #NeverGiveUp
Source: InMedia #Apr5
https://bit.ly/31NxtE8
In Hong Kong, former pro-democracy legislator Eddie Chu remains in detention in Stanley Prison after being arrested in the 47 Democrats case.
His wife Au Pui-fun and daughter visited him at the prison last week; Au sported a red scarf to fend off the cold morning, and waited in line to register for their visit.
Chu had been studying Vietnamese, his wife relayed, and had been learning it from free apps since a month before his arrest. "He had been working very hard at it. The learning app has 5 levels, and he's ranked the 2nd fastest learner worldwide on it!"
After being sent to Stanley Prison, Chu had befriended a Vietnamese prisoner who taught him Vietnamese; in return, Chu taught the man Cantonese.
As mandatory work for prisoners, Chu was assigned to manufacture file folders. "He said he was so slow at the beginning; others made 50 folders in the time he made 5," his wife recalled with a chuckle. "I don't know about now; I haven't asked in a while."
During his detention, Chu noticed he woke up with discomfort under his left eye. Fortunately, examinations showed that it was only a natural degradation of his eye, and was not serious; he could manage it with regular eye drops. When asked, Chu said with a frown, "Of course, I looked at my phone too much when laying down. But it should be better now!" He said.
#PoliticalPrisoner #47Democrats #NeverGiveUp
Source: InMedia #Apr5
https://bit.ly/31NxtE8
New-Elected Senates Asked for Pelosi's Explanation on Having China Daily in the Office without Requests
Source: Apple Daily #Jan12
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New-Elected Senates Asked for Pelosi's Explanation on Having China Daily in the Office without Requests
Ashley Hinson, a new Republican member of the House of Representatives, sent a letter to Nancy Pelosi last week, asking for an explanation on the appearance of the CCP media China Daily in the Congress office. She also stated her will of prohibiting China official publication from appearing in the Congress.
Hinson saw China Daily appearing in her office on Friday without asking for it. "Neither I nor my staff has requested, so I am shocked. I demand Pelosi, with her power of being the Head of the Congress, to stop the CCP from distributing their official publication in our godly building."
China Daily is being classified as communism propaganda by the State Council that it catches attention due to frequently reporting CCP's brutal claims. These reports include helping millions of Uyghurs women not only to be "childbirth machine" in the re-educational camps, and claiming the US has the first case of AIDS then spreading to the world.
Source: Apple Daily #Jan12
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210112/WWMPMXH57VD6TK3ZFUGNAQ7YM4/
#US #China #CCP #Propaganda #Congress #NancyPelosi #AshleyHinson #ChinaDaily
Ashley Hinson, a new Republican member of the House of Representatives, sent a letter to Nancy Pelosi last week, asking for an explanation on the appearance of the CCP media China Daily in the Congress office. She also stated her will of prohibiting China official publication from appearing in the Congress.
Hinson saw China Daily appearing in her office on Friday without asking for it. "Neither I nor my staff has requested, so I am shocked. I demand Pelosi, with her power of being the Head of the Congress, to stop the CCP from distributing their official publication in our godly building."
China Daily is being classified as communism propaganda by the State Council that it catches attention due to frequently reporting CCP's brutal claims. These reports include helping millions of Uyghurs women not only to be "childbirth machine" in the re-educational camps, and claiming the US has the first case of AIDS then spreading to the world.
Source: Apple Daily #Jan12
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210112/WWMPMXH57VD6TK3ZFUGNAQ7YM4/
#US #China #CCP #Propaganda #Congress #NancyPelosi #AshleyHinson #ChinaDaily
China is betting that the West is in irreversible decline
Source: The Economist #Apr03
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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
Trudeau condemns closed-door espionage trial of Canadian in China
Justin Trudeau has reacted angrily to the closed-door trial of a Canadian man detained in China for more than two years on espionage charges, dismissing it as “completely unacceptable”.
Businessman Michael Spavor, whose hearing finished after less than three hours on Friday, is one of two Canadians detained, in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest on a US extradition warrant of the Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, and formally charged last June with spying.
Source: The Guardian #Mar19
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/19/justin-trudeau-canada-china-trial-michael-spavor-espionage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#Canada #China #Huawei #MengWanzhou
Justin Trudeau has reacted angrily to the closed-door trial of a Canadian man detained in China for more than two years on espionage charges, dismissing it as “completely unacceptable”.
Businessman Michael Spavor, whose hearing finished after less than three hours on Friday, is one of two Canadians detained, in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest on a US extradition warrant of the Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, and formally charged last June with spying.
Source: The Guardian #Mar19
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/19/justin-trudeau-canada-china-trial-michael-spavor-espionage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#Canada #China #Huawei #MengWanzhou
'Our souls are dead': how I survived a Chinese 're-education' camp for Uighurs
The man on the phone said he worked for the oil company, “In accounting, actually”. His voice was unfamiliar to me. At first, I couldn’t make sense of what he was calling about. It was November 2016, and I had been on unpaid leave from the company since I left China and moved to France 10 years earlier. There was static on the line; I had a hard time hearing him.
“You must come back to Karamay to sign documents concerning your forthcoming retirement, Madame Haitiwaji,” he said. Karamay was the city in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang where I’d worked for the oil company for more than 20 years.
Source: The Guardian #Jan12
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/12/uighur-xinjiang-re-education-camp-china-gulbahar-haitiwaji
#China #ReEducation #Uighurs #Xinjiang
The man on the phone said he worked for the oil company, “In accounting, actually”. His voice was unfamiliar to me. At first, I couldn’t make sense of what he was calling about. It was November 2016, and I had been on unpaid leave from the company since I left China and moved to France 10 years earlier. There was static on the line; I had a hard time hearing him.
“You must come back to Karamay to sign documents concerning your forthcoming retirement, Madame Haitiwaji,” he said. Karamay was the city in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang where I’d worked for the oil company for more than 20 years.
Source: The Guardian #Jan12
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/12/uighur-xinjiang-re-education-camp-china-gulbahar-haitiwaji
#China #ReEducation #Uighurs #Xinjiang