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Hong Kong's #IPCC Dismisses #Court's Ruling of the Police Complaint Mechanism as Failure
Source: RTHK #Dec15
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Hong Kong's #IPCC Dismisses #Court's Ruling of the Police Complaint Mechanism as Failure
Source: RTHK #Dec15
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Hong Kong's #IPCC Dismisses #Court's Ruling of the Police Complaint Mechanism as Failure
From January to November 2020, there wer 1,055 complaints in Hong Kong which were 31% less that the figure of the same period last year.
Earlier, the Hong Kong court rules that the current police complaint mechanism in use fails to provide independent investigation, breaching the āBill of Rightsā.
However, Anthony Neoh, Chairman of Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC), claimed the court decision would not affect their work and IPCC did not have any authority requesting the government to improve the system of police complaints. However, he thought that the police complaint system shall be further discussed in society.
Source: RTHK #Dec15
Image: Time Magazine; Getty Images
Hong Kong's #IPCC Dismisses #Court's Ruling of the Police Complaint Mechanism as Failure
From January to November 2020, there wer 1,055 complaints in Hong Kong which were 31% less that the figure of the same period last year.
Earlier, the Hong Kong court rules that the current police complaint mechanism in use fails to provide independent investigation, breaching the āBill of Rightsā.
However, Anthony Neoh, Chairman of Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC), claimed the court decision would not affect their work and IPCC did not have any authority requesting the government to improve the system of police complaints. However, he thought that the police complaint system shall be further discussed in society.
Source: RTHK #Dec15
Image: Time Magazine; Getty Images
China is scaling up its weather modification programme ā hereās why we should be worried.
China has massively ramped up its efforts to control the weather. Chinaās state council announced its weather modification programme will cover around half the country by 2025. It is aiming to control rain and snow across an area that is more than one-and-a-half times the size of India, or 20 times the size of the UK.
What is really terrifying is why it is scaling up its weather modification programme. It is not just posturing, I tis also desperation.
Investors have started taking water scarcity seriously. Early in December 2020, water futures began trading on Wall Street for the first time amid fear of scarcity.
Source: The Guardian #Dec15
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/15/china-scaling-up-weather-modification-programme-we-should-be-worried?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#China #WeatherModificationProgramme #WaterFuture #WaterScarcity
China has massively ramped up its efforts to control the weather. Chinaās state council announced its weather modification programme will cover around half the country by 2025. It is aiming to control rain and snow across an area that is more than one-and-a-half times the size of India, or 20 times the size of the UK.
What is really terrifying is why it is scaling up its weather modification programme. It is not just posturing, I tis also desperation.
Investors have started taking water scarcity seriously. Early in December 2020, water futures began trading on Wall Street for the first time amid fear of scarcity.
Source: The Guardian #Dec15
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/15/china-scaling-up-weather-modification-programme-we-should-be-worried?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#China #WeatherModificationProgramme #WaterFuture #WaterScarcity
Australia wants China coal ban will contravene WTO rules
Canberra has asked Beijing to clarify whether it has formally banned Australian coal, warning that such a move would breach Would Trade Organization rules and harm both countries.
Due to informal trade sanctions imposed by Beijing, dozens of cargo ships carrying Australian coal stranded off the Chinese coast and was unable to unload shipments, in some cases for months.
Citi analyst Paul McTaggart said Chinaās decision on blocking Australianās coal would lead to a rerouting of global supply, whereby Chinese steel producers would by more coking coal from North America and European producers would buy more Australian coal. Coal prices rose sharply in December 2020.
Source: FT #Dec15
https://www.ft.com/content/2a8ebd12-b30c-4aed-8028-8b31e5e8d667
#AustraliaChina #TradeSanction #Coal #Citi
Canberra has asked Beijing to clarify whether it has formally banned Australian coal, warning that such a move would breach Would Trade Organization rules and harm both countries.
Due to informal trade sanctions imposed by Beijing, dozens of cargo ships carrying Australian coal stranded off the Chinese coast and was unable to unload shipments, in some cases for months.
Citi analyst Paul McTaggart said Chinaās decision on blocking Australianās coal would lead to a rerouting of global supply, whereby Chinese steel producers would by more coking coal from North America and European producers would buy more Australian coal. Coal prices rose sharply in December 2020.
Source: FT #Dec15
https://www.ft.com/content/2a8ebd12-b30c-4aed-8028-8b31e5e8d667
#AustraliaChina #TradeSanction #Coal #Citi
International Criminal Court Rejects Uighur Genocide Accusations Against China
Source: Apple Daily #Dec15
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Source: Apple Daily #Dec15
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International Criminal Court Rejects Uighur Genocide Accusations Against China
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague rejected the calls from Uighurs outside China for the investigation against China's alleged genocide and crimes against humanity.
Uighurs outside China submitted hundreds of pages of evidence to the ICC in July, accusing China of setting up āre-education campsā in Xinjiang, detaining more than a million Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities, and forcing women to undergo sterilisation.
However, the office of ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said that they were unable to take action as the alleged acts took place within Chinese territory, which is not a signatory to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The annual report also noted, āno basis to proceed at this timeā regarding allegations that Uighurs were forcibly deported from Tajikistan and Cambodia to China.
Nevertheless, the Uighurs argued that actions can still be taken even if the alleged deportations did not take place on Chinese territory because part of the criminal conducted in Tajik and Cambodian, which are parties to the Roman Statute of the ICC.
#Uighur #Xinjiang #Genocide #China #ICC #Cambodia #Tajikistan #TheHague
Source: Apple Daily #Dec15
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201215/I223SKDMYNGSVFTUBP5RM75PFU/
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague rejected the calls from Uighurs outside China for the investigation against China's alleged genocide and crimes against humanity.
Uighurs outside China submitted hundreds of pages of evidence to the ICC in July, accusing China of setting up āre-education campsā in Xinjiang, detaining more than a million Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities, and forcing women to undergo sterilisation.
However, the office of ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said that they were unable to take action as the alleged acts took place within Chinese territory, which is not a signatory to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The annual report also noted, āno basis to proceed at this timeā regarding allegations that Uighurs were forcibly deported from Tajikistan and Cambodia to China.
Nevertheless, the Uighurs argued that actions can still be taken even if the alleged deportations did not take place on Chinese territory because part of the criminal conducted in Tajik and Cambodian, which are parties to the Roman Statute of the ICC.
#Uighur #Xinjiang #Genocide #China #ICC #Cambodia #Tajikistan #TheHague
Source: Apple Daily #Dec15
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201215/I223SKDMYNGSVFTUBP5RM75PFU/
University Professor from China Shows No Remorse for Stealing Technologies for Huawei, and Will Return to China with his Family after Released with a Reduced Scabbard Period
Source: Apple Daily #Dec15
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Source: Apple Daily #Dec15
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University Professor from China Shows No Remorse for Stealing Technologies for Huawei, and Will Return to China with his Family after Released with a Reduced Scabbard Period
A visiting professor at Texas-Arlington University in the US, Bo Mao, who allegedly stole U.S. technology for Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, has admitted to the FBI for making false statements. Judge Pamela Chen from Brooklyn District Court in New York sentenced the case on Monday, releasing him on remand despite the defendant express no remorse. Bo Mao is scheduled to return to China with his family on Wednesday.
Mao Bo, aged 37, came from Xiamen, Fujian. He is married and has two children. He teaches in Xiamen University and was arrested in the US in August last year. The prosecutor said that Mao reached an agreement with Silicon Valleyās CNEX Labs, to obtain its circuit board ostensibly for academic research, but ultimately shared the proprietary information with Huawei.
#Huawei #MaoBo #US #China #TexasArlingtonUniversity #Intelligence #SiliconValley
Source: Apple Daily #Dec15
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201215/LREQO2V6UBBDVCZXUZSHTFAL5U/
A visiting professor at Texas-Arlington University in the US, Bo Mao, who allegedly stole U.S. technology for Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, has admitted to the FBI for making false statements. Judge Pamela Chen from Brooklyn District Court in New York sentenced the case on Monday, releasing him on remand despite the defendant express no remorse. Bo Mao is scheduled to return to China with his family on Wednesday.
Mao Bo, aged 37, came from Xiamen, Fujian. He is married and has two children. He teaches in Xiamen University and was arrested in the US in August last year. The prosecutor said that Mao reached an agreement with Silicon Valleyās CNEX Labs, to obtain its circuit board ostensibly for academic research, but ultimately shared the proprietary information with Huawei.
#Huawei #MaoBo #US #China #TexasArlingtonUniversity #Intelligence #SiliconValley
Source: Apple Daily #Dec15
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201215/LREQO2V6UBBDVCZXUZSHTFAL5U/
Brazilian Health Authorities Criticise the Low Transparency of the Chinese Vaccine Emergency Use Standard
Source: Stand News #Dec15
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Brazilian Health Authorities Criticise the Low Transparency of the Chinese Vaccine Emergency Use Standard
Whether using vaccine manufactured by the Chinese company Sinovac Biotech caused controversy in Brazil again and involved in Brazilian partisan debate.
ANVISA, a Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency, expressed their concerns over the COVID-19 vaccines on Monday as the Chinese public health departments approved the vaccine for emergency use without adequate transparency of the policy standards.
Jair Bolsonaro, the President of Brazil, has always criticised the Chinese vaccine that the āoriginā of vaccine is not trustworthy. However, his political opponent, Sao Paulo Governor JoĆ£o Doria, who is regarded as the most capable of challenging the presidency in the 2022 presidential election, his state's research institute, is currently developing the vaccine CoronaVac with Sinovac. Doria even mentioned that they expect to distribute the vaccines to the local residents in January 2021.
#Vaccine #COVID19 #CovidVaccine #JoĆ£oDoria #JairBolsonaro #SinovacBiotech #Brazil #ANVISA
Source: Stand News #Dec15
https://bit.ly/3ucWGEW
Whether using vaccine manufactured by the Chinese company Sinovac Biotech caused controversy in Brazil again and involved in Brazilian partisan debate.
ANVISA, a Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency, expressed their concerns over the COVID-19 vaccines on Monday as the Chinese public health departments approved the vaccine for emergency use without adequate transparency of the policy standards.
Jair Bolsonaro, the President of Brazil, has always criticised the Chinese vaccine that the āoriginā of vaccine is not trustworthy. However, his political opponent, Sao Paulo Governor JoĆ£o Doria, who is regarded as the most capable of challenging the presidency in the 2022 presidential election, his state's research institute, is currently developing the vaccine CoronaVac with Sinovac. Doria even mentioned that they expect to distribute the vaccines to the local residents in January 2021.
#Vaccine #COVID19 #CovidVaccine #JoĆ£oDoria #JairBolsonaro #SinovacBiotech #Brazil #ANVISA
Source: Stand News #Dec15
https://bit.ly/3ucWGEW
#LegCoElection #CCPCharacteristics
In Hong Kong: 41 Privileged votersā power is 7,200 times a single-vote holderās under new #LegCo electoral system
Source: FactWire #Dec15
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In Hong Kong: 41 Privileged votersā power is 7,200 times a single-vote holderās under new #LegCo electoral system
Source: FactWire #Dec15
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In Hong Kong: 41 Privileged votersā power is 7,200 times a single-vote holderās under new #LegCo electoral system
//At least 41 āprivileged votersā will be able to influence 1.47% of LegCo seats in Sundayās āimprovedā election, finds a FactWire analysis. The voting power of each of these 41 four-vote holders is comparable to that of 7,215 Geographical Constituency voters who hold one vote each.
The #LegCoGeneralElection, scheduled for Sunday, December 19, will be the first one under the āimproved electoral systemā, relevant amendments having been passed in May of this year.
Under the Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Bill of 2021, the total number of seats in LegCo has been increased from 70 to 90. The numbers of seats in Geographical Constituencies (#GC) and Functional Constituencies (#FC) have been reduced from 35 to 20 and 30 respectively, while the newly-formed Election Committee Constituency will comprise 40 new seats.
The FCās composition will also see changes. The District Council sector has been abolished, and three new sectors introduced: namely, āCommercial (third)ā, āTechnology and innovationā, and āHKSAR deputies to the NPC, HKSAR members of the National Committee of the CPPCC, and representatives of relevant national organisationsā. In some sectors, individual electors have been replaced by corporate electors.
The electorate of the Election Committee Constituency comprises 1,500 Chief Executive Election Committee (#EC) members, each assigned a āblock voteā to select 40 candidates, albeit there are only 1,448 EC members in the current term, owing to vacancies in its LegCo members subsector and the fact that certain members have,ex officio, dual eligibilities.
Under the new electoral system, EC members will be significantly influential as some of them are qualified to vote in the EC Constituency, their own GC districts and two FC sectors (as individual and corporate electors respectively) at the same time, adding up to as many as four votes per person.//
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Source: FactWire #Dec15
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In Hong Kong: 41 Privileged votersā power is 7,200 times a single-vote holderās under new #LegCo electoral system
//At least 41 āprivileged votersā will be able to influence 1.47% of LegCo seats in Sundayās āimprovedā election, finds a FactWire analysis. The voting power of each of these 41 four-vote holders is comparable to that of 7,215 Geographical Constituency voters who hold one vote each.
The #LegCoGeneralElection, scheduled for Sunday, December 19, will be the first one under the āimproved electoral systemā, relevant amendments having been passed in May of this year.
Under the Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Bill of 2021, the total number of seats in LegCo has been increased from 70 to 90. The numbers of seats in Geographical Constituencies (#GC) and Functional Constituencies (#FC) have been reduced from 35 to 20 and 30 respectively, while the newly-formed Election Committee Constituency will comprise 40 new seats.
The FCās composition will also see changes. The District Council sector has been abolished, and three new sectors introduced: namely, āCommercial (third)ā, āTechnology and innovationā, and āHKSAR deputies to the NPC, HKSAR members of the National Committee of the CPPCC, and representatives of relevant national organisationsā. In some sectors, individual electors have been replaced by corporate electors.
The electorate of the Election Committee Constituency comprises 1,500 Chief Executive Election Committee (#EC) members, each assigned a āblock voteā to select 40 candidates, albeit there are only 1,448 EC members in the current term, owing to vacancies in its LegCo members subsector and the fact that certain members have,ex officio, dual eligibilities.
Under the new electoral system, EC members will be significantly influential as some of them are qualified to vote in the EC Constituency, their own GC districts and two FC sectors (as individual and corporate electors respectively) at the same time, adding up to as many as four votes per person.//
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https://bit.ly/3s87FRI
Source: FactWire #Dec15
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China pulls diplomats out of UK before police can quiz them on Manchester brawl
#Dec15 #CCP #ManchesterConsulate #HongKongProtest #UKParliament #ZhengXiyuan
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China pulls diplomats out of UK before police can quiz them on Manchester brawl
Six Chinese officials have been removed from Britain by China, including one of its most senior UK diplomats.
The news comes just two months after the violence which took place at its Manchester consulate.
The UK had requested that the officials waive their right to diplomatic immunity, so that detectives can question them about the Manchester incident.
In a written statement to the House of Commons, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said, "I am disappointed that these individuals will not be interviewed or face justice.
"Nonetheless, it is right that those responsible for the disgraceful scenes in Manchester are no longer - or will shortly cease to be - consular staff accredited to the UK."
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https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/chinese-diplomats-manchester-consulate-uk-james-cleverly-b2245565.html
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China Consulate in Manchester Drags Hong Kong Protesters Inside Gate and Assaults Them, Damaging Props and Tearing Out Hair - Oct 16
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UK summons China diplomat over Hong Kong protester beating at consulate, as MP says consul-general involved - Oct 19
https://t.me/BeWaterHK/998
#Dec15 #CCP #ManchesterConsulate #HongKongProtest #UKParliament #ZhengXiyuan
Six Chinese officials have been removed from Britain by China, including one of its most senior UK diplomats.
The news comes just two months after the violence which took place at its Manchester consulate.
The UK had requested that the officials waive their right to diplomatic immunity, so that detectives can question them about the Manchester incident.
In a written statement to the House of Commons, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said, "I am disappointed that these individuals will not be interviewed or face justice.
"Nonetheless, it is right that those responsible for the disgraceful scenes in Manchester are no longer - or will shortly cease to be - consular staff accredited to the UK."
read full article:
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/chinese-diplomats-manchester-consulate-uk-james-cleverly-b2245565.html
see also:
China Consulate in Manchester Drags Hong Kong Protesters Inside Gate and Assaults Them, Damaging Props and Tearing Out Hair - Oct 16
https://t.me/BeWaterHK/977
UK summons China diplomat over Hong Kong protester beating at consulate, as MP says consul-general involved - Oct 19
https://t.me/BeWaterHK/998
#Dec15 #CCP #ManchesterConsulate #HongKongProtest #UKParliament #ZhengXiyuan
The Independent
China pulls diplomats out of UK before police can quiz them on Manchester brawl
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly expressed his disappointment at the news