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COVID-19 Updates (Jun 14)
At the time of writing, 7,915,299 cases of the coronavirus had been confirmed with 433,176 deaths in 213 countries and territories. 4,066,551 have recovered.
The 4 most countries affected are USA, Brazil, Russia and India.
China has reported 57 new cases, 36 of them are from Beijing.
Chinese expert suggests the virus outbreak in Beijing is a mutated version in Europe. He suggests a stop in consuming salmon.
All patients with a fever in Beijing will be tested for Covid-19. Chinese officials described the situation in Beijing as “critical”.
Hong Kong has reported no new cases.
Hong Kong experts suggest the social distancing policies can be lifted off.
54 new cases have been reported in Japan, 47 from Tokyo. 18 of them are from an infection group from a nightclub.
Spain to reopen borders with European countries except Portugal on June 21
India reports largest single-day spike, with almost 12,000 cases in 24 hours.
Mayor of São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, tests positive for coronavirus.
Source: CNN, Now News, Worldometer
COVID-19 Updates (Jun 14)
At the time of writing, 7,915,299 cases of the coronavirus had been confirmed with 433,176 deaths in 213 countries and territories. 4,066,551 have recovered.
The 4 most countries affected are USA, Brazil, Russia and India.
China has reported 57 new cases, 36 of them are from Beijing.
Chinese expert suggests the virus outbreak in Beijing is a mutated version in Europe. He suggests a stop in consuming salmon.
All patients with a fever in Beijing will be tested for Covid-19. Chinese officials described the situation in Beijing as “critical”.
Hong Kong has reported no new cases.
Hong Kong experts suggest the social distancing policies can be lifted off.
54 new cases have been reported in Japan, 47 from Tokyo. 18 of them are from an infection group from a nightclub.
Spain to reopen borders with European countries except Portugal on June 21
India reports largest single-day spike, with almost 12,000 cases in 24 hours.
Mayor of São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, tests positive for coronavirus.
Source: CNN, Now News, Worldometer
#OneCountryOneSystem
National Security Law to Deviate from Hong Kong's Common Law System
//On June 14, Hong Kong's Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng says it is impractical for people to expect the upcoming national security law to be completely in line with Hong Kong’s common law system, despite assurance from an Exco member suggesting otherwise.
“It is impractical and unreasonable to expect that everything in a national law, the National Security Law, will be exactly as what a statute in the HKSAR common law jurisdiction would be like,” Cheng wrote in her blog.//
Source: RTHK #Jun14
#CommonLaw #NationalSecurityLaw
#FailedState #Court
National Security Law to Deviate from Hong Kong's Common Law System
//On June 14, Hong Kong's Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng says it is impractical for people to expect the upcoming national security law to be completely in line with Hong Kong’s common law system, despite assurance from an Exco member suggesting otherwise.
“It is impractical and unreasonable to expect that everything in a national law, the National Security Law, will be exactly as what a statute in the HKSAR common law jurisdiction would be like,” Cheng wrote in her blog.//
Source: RTHK #Jun14
#CommonLaw #NationalSecurityLaw
#FailedState #Court
One Year Ago: The Passing of #YellowRaincoatMan to Stop Extradition to China
On June 15, 2019, 35-year-old Leung Ling-kit, in a yellow raincoat, jumped off a building close to the Legislative Council, hoping to stop the government from implementing extradition to China.
Leung's family has made inquiry to the police about the actions taken by the police and the paramedics on the day of the incident and the coroner's report. One year has passed, but the police has not yet replied.
Leung's father was grateful that Hongkongers did not forget his son. He said that he and many Hongkongers had a very difficult year in 2019. One year on, he had accepted the passing of his son, but, like many, he mourns the loss of freedom and rights in the city.
"I miss him, but I'm proud of his noble aspiration," Leung's father said. "This year will be more difficult, but it's always the darkest before the dawn. We need to believe in the strength of Hongkongers and we'll find a way out."
Source: Apple Daily #Jun14
On June 15, 2019, 35-year-old Leung Ling-kit, in a yellow raincoat, jumped off a building close to the Legislative Council, hoping to stop the government from implementing extradition to China.
Leung's family has made inquiry to the police about the actions taken by the police and the paramedics on the day of the incident and the coroner's report. One year has passed, but the police has not yet replied.
Leung's father was grateful that Hongkongers did not forget his son. He said that he and many Hongkongers had a very difficult year in 2019. One year on, he had accepted the passing of his son, but, like many, he mourns the loss of freedom and rights in the city.
"I miss him, but I'm proud of his noble aspiration," Leung's father said. "This year will be more difficult, but it's always the darkest before the dawn. We need to believe in the strength of Hongkongers and we'll find a way out."
Source: Apple Daily #Jun14
#GlobalSupport #Australia
Students in Australia Form Human Chain to Support Hong Kong's Pro-democracy Movement
In Adelaide, Australia on 13 June, over 100 university students formed a human chain at Rundle Mall. They waved the ptotest flag reading "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times", voicing support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement on its one year mark.
Source: Apple Daily #Jun14
Students in Australia Form Human Chain to Support Hong Kong's Pro-democracy Movement
In Adelaide, Australia on 13 June, over 100 university students formed a human chain at Rundle Mall. They waved the ptotest flag reading "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times", voicing support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement on its one year mark.
Source: Apple Daily #Jun14
#CNN Exclusive : Reported leak at Chinese nuclear power facility, 130km from Hong Kong
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#CNN Exclusive : Reported leak at Chinese nuclear power facility, 130km from Hong Kong
//The #US government has spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, after a French company that part owns and helps operate it warned of an "imminent #RadiologicalThreat," according to US officials and documents reviewed by CNN.
The warning included an accusation that the Chinese safety authority was raising the acceptable limits for radiation detection outside the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in #Guangdong province in order to avoid having to shut it down, according to a letter from Framatome the French company to the US Department of Energy obtained by CNN.
#Framatome had reached out to the US in order to obtain a waiver that would allow them to share American technical assistance in order to resolve the issue at the Chinese plant. There are only two reasons why this waiver would be granted, and one is an "imminent radiological threat," the same verbiage used in the June 8 memo.
The memo claims the Chinese limit was increased to exceed French standards, yet it remains unclear how that compares to US limits.
"It is not surprising that the French would reach out," according to Cheryl Rofer, a nuclear scientist who retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2001. "In general, this sort of thing is not extraordinary, particularly if they think the country they are contacting has some special ability to help."
"But #China likes to project that everything is just fine, all the time," she added.
...the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant published a statement on its website Sunday night local time, maintaining that environmental readings for both the plant and its surrounding area were "normal."...//
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https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/14/politics/china-nuclear-reactor-leak-us-monitoring/index.html
Source: CNN #Jun14
#Taishan #NuclearPowerPlant #MadeinChina #NuclearCrisis #Radioactivity #Leak
//The #US government has spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, after a French company that part owns and helps operate it warned of an "imminent #RadiologicalThreat," according to US officials and documents reviewed by CNN.
The warning included an accusation that the Chinese safety authority was raising the acceptable limits for radiation detection outside the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in #Guangdong province in order to avoid having to shut it down, according to a letter from Framatome the French company to the US Department of Energy obtained by CNN.
#Framatome had reached out to the US in order to obtain a waiver that would allow them to share American technical assistance in order to resolve the issue at the Chinese plant. There are only two reasons why this waiver would be granted, and one is an "imminent radiological threat," the same verbiage used in the June 8 memo.
The memo claims the Chinese limit was increased to exceed French standards, yet it remains unclear how that compares to US limits.
"It is not surprising that the French would reach out," according to Cheryl Rofer, a nuclear scientist who retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2001. "In general, this sort of thing is not extraordinary, particularly if they think the country they are contacting has some special ability to help."
"But #China likes to project that everything is just fine, all the time," she added.
...the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant published a statement on its website Sunday night local time, maintaining that environmental readings for both the plant and its surrounding area were "normal."...//
Read the full article:
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/14/politics/china-nuclear-reactor-leak-us-monitoring/index.html
Source: CNN #Jun14
#Taishan #NuclearPowerPlant #MadeinChina #NuclearCrisis #Radioactivity #Leak
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Exclusive: US assessing reported leak at Chinese nuclear power facility | CNN Politics
The US government has spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, after a French company that part owns and helps operate it warned of an “imminent radiological threat,” according to US officials and documents reviewed…
China denounces G7 after statement on Xinjiang and Hong Kong
China has accused the G7 of "political manipulation" after it criticised Beijing over a range of issues.
In a joint statement at the end of a three-day summit, leaders of the G7 countries urged China to "respect human rights and fundamental freedoms".
Issues highlighted included abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority group and the crackdown on Hong Kong pro-democracy activists.
China's embassy in the UK accused the G7 of "baseless accusations".
"Stop slandering China, stop interfering in China's internal affairs, and stop harming China's interests," a spokesman said on Monday.
Source: BBC News #Jun14
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57466576
#China #G7 #Xinjiang #HongKong
China has accused the G7 of "political manipulation" after it criticised Beijing over a range of issues.
In a joint statement at the end of a three-day summit, leaders of the G7 countries urged China to "respect human rights and fundamental freedoms".
Issues highlighted included abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority group and the crackdown on Hong Kong pro-democracy activists.
China's embassy in the UK accused the G7 of "baseless accusations".
"Stop slandering China, stop interfering in China's internal affairs, and stop harming China's interests," a spokesman said on Monday.
Source: BBC News #Jun14
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57466576
#China #G7 #Xinjiang #HongKong
Shifting Focus, NATO Views China as a Global Security Challenge
Prime Minister Mario Draghi of Italy spoke for many when he connected this summit with the Group of 7 summit meeting just concluded in Britain and compared them unfavorably with the period of Mr. Trump. “This summit is part of the process of reaffirming, rebuilding the fundamental alliances of the United States,” which were “weakened by the previous administration,” Mr. Draghi said.
And he pointed to Mr. Biden’s similarly important meetings on Tuesday with the leaders of the European Union, which Mr. Trump considered an economic competitor and even a foe. “We are here to reaffirm these alliances, but also to reaffirm the importance of the European Union,” Mr. Draghi said.
Source: NYTimes #Jun14
https://t.co/DquI7YvXqP
#NATO #China #MarioDraghi #Italy
Prime Minister Mario Draghi of Italy spoke for many when he connected this summit with the Group of 7 summit meeting just concluded in Britain and compared them unfavorably with the period of Mr. Trump. “This summit is part of the process of reaffirming, rebuilding the fundamental alliances of the United States,” which were “weakened by the previous administration,” Mr. Draghi said.
And he pointed to Mr. Biden’s similarly important meetings on Tuesday with the leaders of the European Union, which Mr. Trump considered an economic competitor and even a foe. “We are here to reaffirm these alliances, but also to reaffirm the importance of the European Union,” Mr. Draghi said.
Source: NYTimes #Jun14
https://t.co/DquI7YvXqP
#NATO #China #MarioDraghi #Italy
Accusing Beijing for Suppressing Hong Kong Democratic Protest, NATO Secretary General Emphasizes Collective Policy Against China
Source: Stand News #Jun14
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Accusing Beijing for Suppressing Hong Kong Democratic Protest, NATO Secretary General Emphasizes Collective Policy Against China
US president Joe Biden arrived Brussels on Sunday night (13 June) to prepare the NATO Summit after the G7 Summit. The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltelberg said before the meeting that NATO member states need to strengthen their collective policy on China.
Jens Stoltelberg told Canada CBC in an interview that China has the second biggest defense budget, the biggest navy in the world, and is investing heavily in new military equipment, “that affect our security”. “China does not share our values,” he said. “We see that in the way they crack down on democratic protests in Hong Kong, how they oppress minorities like the Uyghurs and also how they use modern technology, social media and facial recognition, to monitor, to do surveillance of their own population.”
“All of this makes it important for NATO to develop a policy, to strengthen our policy, when it comes to China,” he added.
Stoltelberg said the world still have to engage with China on issues such as arms control and climate change, but China's arrest and ongoing detention of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig is “absolutely unacceptable”.
Source: Stand News #Jun14
https://bit.ly/3dfBTKm
#NATO #suppress #democracy #michaelkrovig #michaelspavor #China #joebiden
US president Joe Biden arrived Brussels on Sunday night (13 June) to prepare the NATO Summit after the G7 Summit. The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltelberg said before the meeting that NATO member states need to strengthen their collective policy on China.
Jens Stoltelberg told Canada CBC in an interview that China has the second biggest defense budget, the biggest navy in the world, and is investing heavily in new military equipment, “that affect our security”. “China does not share our values,” he said. “We see that in the way they crack down on democratic protests in Hong Kong, how they oppress minorities like the Uyghurs and also how they use modern technology, social media and facial recognition, to monitor, to do surveillance of their own population.”
“All of this makes it important for NATO to develop a policy, to strengthen our policy, when it comes to China,” he added.
Stoltelberg said the world still have to engage with China on issues such as arms control and climate change, but China's arrest and ongoing detention of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig is “absolutely unacceptable”.
Source: Stand News #Jun14
https://bit.ly/3dfBTKm
#NATO #suppress #democracy #michaelkrovig #michaelspavor #China #joebiden
Exclusive: US assessing reported leak at Chinese nuclear power facility
The US government has spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, after a French company that part owns and helps operate it warned of an "imminent radiological threat," according to US officials and documents reviewed by CNN.
The warning included an accusation that the Chinese safety authority was raising the acceptable limits for radiation detection outside the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong province in order to avoid having to shut it down, according to a letter from the French company to the US Department of Energy obtained by CNN.
Source: CNN #Jun14
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/14/politics/china-nuclear-reactor-leak-us-monitoring/index.html
#Chinese #Nuclear #Leak #Report
The US government has spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, after a French company that part owns and helps operate it warned of an "imminent radiological threat," according to US officials and documents reviewed by CNN.
The warning included an accusation that the Chinese safety authority was raising the acceptable limits for radiation detection outside the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong province in order to avoid having to shut it down, according to a letter from the French company to the US Department of Energy obtained by CNN.
Source: CNN #Jun14
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/14/politics/china-nuclear-reactor-leak-us-monitoring/index.html
#Chinese #Nuclear #Leak #Report
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Hong Kong Government Censors its Own $31m Anti-ELAB Movement Report in light of National Security Concerns
Source: Hong Kong Economic Journal #Jun14
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Hong Kong Government Censors its Own $31m Anti-ELAB Movement Report in light of National Security Concerns
The Hong Kong SAR Government's Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office (#PICO) had allocated $31 million HKD to 79 research studies regarding the 2019 #AntiELAB movement.
The research topics included public sentiments towards violence or the strategy of "mutual destruction" (攬炒, literally "burn with us"), public participation during the government's policy-making process, culture, values, ethnic identity, and so on.
All 79 studies have been concluded, but their results have yet to be published to PICO's website, contrary to the Office's established practices.
Responding to Economic Journal's inquiry, PICO stated that the government is compiling the results into a report; however, it will be for internal reference only, and the government has no plans to make it available to the public.
The decision was allegedly due to legal risks regarding certain content in the report. A researcher who participated in the studies noted that the topics were determined before the #NationalSecurityLaw was enacted, and they covered a relatively wide range of subject matter. The government may be concerned of the National Security Law's implications when it decided not to publicize the report.
Source: Hong Kong Economic Journal #Jun14
https://bit.ly/39k85NR
#Censorship #GovernmentTransparency #NSL #BurnWithUs
Hong Kong Government Censors its Own $31m Anti-ELAB Movement Report in light of National Security Concerns
The Hong Kong SAR Government's Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office (#PICO) had allocated $31 million HKD to 79 research studies regarding the 2019 #AntiELAB movement.
The research topics included public sentiments towards violence or the strategy of "mutual destruction" (攬炒, literally "burn with us"), public participation during the government's policy-making process, culture, values, ethnic identity, and so on.
All 79 studies have been concluded, but their results have yet to be published to PICO's website, contrary to the Office's established practices.
Responding to Economic Journal's inquiry, PICO stated that the government is compiling the results into a report; however, it will be for internal reference only, and the government has no plans to make it available to the public.
The decision was allegedly due to legal risks regarding certain content in the report. A researcher who participated in the studies noted that the topics were determined before the #NationalSecurityLaw was enacted, and they covered a relatively wide range of subject matter. The government may be concerned of the National Security Law's implications when it decided not to publicize the report.
Source: Hong Kong Economic Journal #Jun14
https://bit.ly/39k85NR
#Censorship #GovernmentTransparency #NSL #BurnWithUs
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創新辦憂犯國安 反修例報告密封 3100萬公帑資助 研攬炒本土意識 - 信報網站 hkej.com
政策創新及統籌辦事處前年撥出3100萬元，資助79項有關反修例運動項目研究，議題包括公眾對暴力或「攬炒」的看法、政府決策過程中的公眾參與、文化、價值觀感與身份認同等，相關研究已經全數完成，但至今未上載報告到網站供公眾查閱。創新辦回覆本報查詢時表示，政府正整合研究結果並撰寫報告，惟研究結果只供內部參考，不擬公開個別項目報告。
罕拒上載 結果僅供內部參考
據了解，創新辦擔心部分報告內容有法律風險，決定
罕拒上載 結果僅供內部參考
據了解，創新辦擔心部分報告內容有法律風險，決定