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HK Government Attempts to Censor #WuhanPneumonia but Applies Double Standard When China is Not Involved
Source: Stand News; Department of Health, HK #Dec22
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HK Government Attempts to Censor #WuhanPneumonia but Applies Double Standard When China is Not Involved
Source: Stand News; Department of Health, HK #Dec22
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HK Government Attempts to Censor #WuhanPneumonia but Applies Double Standard When China is Not Involved
In a press briefing organized by the Health Department in Hong Kong on Dec 18, 2020, the authorities attempted to stop a Apple Daily journalist from using the term "Wuhan Pneumonia".
In a reply to media's inquiry, the Hong Kong SAR government also warned the media to "avoid defamation when posing questions".
However, on Dec 21, 2020, the Secretary for Health and Food Sophia Chan in a press briefing referred the newly discovered coronavirus variant to the "UK virus" and the "UK variant".
Stand News inquired whether the Hong Kong government has committed "defamation" for not using the variant's proper name "501Y". The Hong Kong government denied and accused "some media" of "lacking credibility".
Meanwhile, it has become more and more apparent that the anti-defamation rule of Hong Kong government only applies to China, by dissociating Covid 19 from its earlier name "Wuhan Pneumonia".
Other than that, the Hong Kong SAR government
has been using dieases' names which denote a region or a country. For example,
- Athlete’s foot (in Chinese: "Hong Kong's foot)
https://www.drugoffice.gov.hk/eps/do/tc/consumer/news_informations/knowledge_on_medicines/antitinea_drugs.html
- German Measles
(www.chp.gov.hk/en/healthtopics/content/24/40.html)
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
(www.chp.gov.hk/en/healthtopics/content/24/26528.html)
- Japanese Encephalitis
(www.chp.gov.hk/en/healthtopics/content/24/28.html)
- West Nile Virus Infection
(https://www.chp.gov.hk/tc/healthtopics/content/24/1472.html)
- Sapovirus Infection
(https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/healthtopics/content/24/100203.html)
- Ebola Virus Disease
(https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/healthtopics/content/24/34397.html)
Source: Stand News; Department of Health, HK #Dec22
#DoubleStandard #Censorship #UK #Covid19
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#CarrieLam wants to Ban "Wuhan Pneumonia" Wording from Reporters, but Scraps Idea after Staff Resistance, Source Claims
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27287
HK Government Attempts to Censor #WuhanPneumonia but Applies Double Standard When China is Not Involved
In a press briefing organized by the Health Department in Hong Kong on Dec 18, 2020, the authorities attempted to stop a Apple Daily journalist from using the term "Wuhan Pneumonia".
In a reply to media's inquiry, the Hong Kong SAR government also warned the media to "avoid defamation when posing questions".
However, on Dec 21, 2020, the Secretary for Health and Food Sophia Chan in a press briefing referred the newly discovered coronavirus variant to the "UK virus" and the "UK variant".
Stand News inquired whether the Hong Kong government has committed "defamation" for not using the variant's proper name "501Y". The Hong Kong government denied and accused "some media" of "lacking credibility".
Meanwhile, it has become more and more apparent that the anti-defamation rule of Hong Kong government only applies to China, by dissociating Covid 19 from its earlier name "Wuhan Pneumonia".
Other than that, the Hong Kong SAR government
has been using dieases' names which denote a region or a country. For example,
- Athlete’s foot (in Chinese: "Hong Kong's foot)
https://www.drugoffice.gov.hk/eps/do/tc/consumer/news_informations/knowledge_on_medicines/antitinea_drugs.html
- German Measles
(www.chp.gov.hk/en/healthtopics/content/24/40.html)
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
(www.chp.gov.hk/en/healthtopics/content/24/26528.html)
- Japanese Encephalitis
(www.chp.gov.hk/en/healthtopics/content/24/28.html)
- West Nile Virus Infection
(https://www.chp.gov.hk/tc/healthtopics/content/24/1472.html)
- Sapovirus Infection
(https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/healthtopics/content/24/100203.html)
- Ebola Virus Disease
(https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/healthtopics/content/24/34397.html)
Source: Stand News; Department of Health, HK #Dec22
#DoubleStandard #Censorship #UK #Covid19
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#CarrieLam wants to Ban "Wuhan Pneumonia" Wording from Reporters, but Scraps Idea after Staff Resistance, Source Claims
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27287
www.chp.gov.hk
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Causative agent
Rubella is also known as "German Measles" and is caused by rubella virus.
Clinical features
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Causative agent
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Clinical features
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#Smearing
#UK Chinese Group Condemns Pro-democracy rally in London and Calls for "response actions"; Netizens mock: Why don’t you go back to China?
UK Hongkonger group "Justitia Hong Kong" organized "Mourning Assembly for the Battles of Chinese University of HK and HK Polytechnic University" rally in London on 12 December, 2020. Over 200 people attended the rally.
A Chinese group in Manchester, "Manchester Chinatown Business Association", however, wrote on their Facebook page, alleging that the London rally was organized by a group of "junk youth-Hong Kong disruptors", and solicited opinions on how to "deal with these people".
The facebook page "Hongkongers in Britain" then released a statement, saying that it is paying attention to the statement made by the Chinese group which aimed to incite hatred and ignored the value of democracy in Britain.
"Manchester Chinatown Business Association" later deleted the post and comments.
"Manchester Chinatown Business Association" issued a bilingual post in Chinese and English on December 16, 2020, alleging the legal rally in London as a group of "anti-Hong Kong disruptors", stating that "they will come to Manchester sooner or later", accusing the participants for disregarding the epidemic risks and safety of others.
The post also called the rally participants "selfish", and asking for members and residents' opinions on "how to deal with these people", "welcome or not welcome". The post was attached with the video of the rally in London on December 12, 2020.
Netizens mocked the Chinese group in the UK, "Why don’t you go back to China?"
Source: Stand News #Dec17
#ChinaTown #OverseasChinese #Manchester #HongkongersinBritain #JustitiaHong Kong
#UK Chinese Group Condemns Pro-democracy rally in London and Calls for "response actions"; Netizens mock: Why don’t you go back to China?
UK Hongkonger group "Justitia Hong Kong" organized "Mourning Assembly for the Battles of Chinese University of HK and HK Polytechnic University" rally in London on 12 December, 2020. Over 200 people attended the rally.
A Chinese group in Manchester, "Manchester Chinatown Business Association", however, wrote on their Facebook page, alleging that the London rally was organized by a group of "junk youth-Hong Kong disruptors", and solicited opinions on how to "deal with these people".
The facebook page "Hongkongers in Britain" then released a statement, saying that it is paying attention to the statement made by the Chinese group which aimed to incite hatred and ignored the value of democracy in Britain.
"Manchester Chinatown Business Association" later deleted the post and comments.
"Manchester Chinatown Business Association" issued a bilingual post in Chinese and English on December 16, 2020, alleging the legal rally in London as a group of "anti-Hong Kong disruptors", stating that "they will come to Manchester sooner or later", accusing the participants for disregarding the epidemic risks and safety of others.
The post also called the rally participants "selfish", and asking for members and residents' opinions on "how to deal with these people", "welcome or not welcome". The post was attached with the video of the rally in London on December 12, 2020.
Netizens mocked the Chinese group in the UK, "Why don’t you go back to China?"
Source: Stand News #Dec17
#ChinaTown #OverseasChinese #Manchester #HongkongersinBritain #JustitiaHong Kong
#Smearing #Harrassement
HK Journalist Leaves Post After Being Attacked by Pro-China Group for Filming Documentary on Xinjiang’s 'Education Camp'
Source: Apple Daily #April12
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HK Journalist Leaves Post After Being Attacked by Pro-China Group for Filming Documentary on Xinjiang’s 'Education Camp'
Source: Apple Daily #April12
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#Smearing #Harrassement
HK Journalist Leaves Post After Being Attacked by Pro-China Group for Filming Documentary on Xinjiang’s 'Education Camp'
A number of RTHK programs and journalists in Hong Kong have been repeatedly attacked by pro-China groups.
Among them is Yvonne Tong Yeuk-wun who hosts the English-language radio program "The Pulse" .
During her interview with #BruceAylward, the assistant director general of the #WHO in 2020, Tong raised a question of whether the management of WHO would reconsider the membership status of Taiwan.
Since then, she has been repeatedly targeted by pro-China activists. The #AppleDaily reporters have received information from sources at RTHK saying that Tong is suspected to have resigned from the ongoing pressure and will leave within this week.
A pro-China group went to RTHK earlier this month, accusing Tong of "using public money" to produce "anti-China fake news" by claiming that over a million people are being imprisoned in Xinjiang.
They demanded the station to have her fired. This is not the first time that pro-China groups have come to RTHK to protest against Tong.
Since the end of March in 2020, Tong was accused of violating the "#One China" policy by pro-China groups and even by The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau
after interviewing the WHO representative on "whether Taiwan's membership would be reconsidered".
Amen Ng Man-yee, the former head of Corporate Communications & Standards at RTHK, responded that Tong was carrying her job as a journalist and asked the question in a very matter-of-fact manner without any special meaning.
Source: Apple Daily #April12
https://bit.ly/3g311G9
#Journalist #FreedomOfSpeech #XinjiangCamp #BlueRibboners #ProChina
HK Journalist Leaves Post After Being Attacked by Pro-China Group for Filming Documentary on Xinjiang’s 'Education Camp'
A number of RTHK programs and journalists in Hong Kong have been repeatedly attacked by pro-China groups.
Among them is Yvonne Tong Yeuk-wun who hosts the English-language radio program "The Pulse" .
During her interview with #BruceAylward, the assistant director general of the #WHO in 2020, Tong raised a question of whether the management of WHO would reconsider the membership status of Taiwan.
Since then, she has been repeatedly targeted by pro-China activists. The #AppleDaily reporters have received information from sources at RTHK saying that Tong is suspected to have resigned from the ongoing pressure and will leave within this week.
A pro-China group went to RTHK earlier this month, accusing Tong of "using public money" to produce "anti-China fake news" by claiming that over a million people are being imprisoned in Xinjiang.
They demanded the station to have her fired. This is not the first time that pro-China groups have come to RTHK to protest against Tong.
Since the end of March in 2020, Tong was accused of violating the "#One China" policy by pro-China groups and even by The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau
after interviewing the WHO representative on "whether Taiwan's membership would be reconsidered".
Amen Ng Man-yee, the former head of Corporate Communications & Standards at RTHK, responded that Tong was carrying her job as a journalist and asked the question in a very matter-of-fact manner without any special meaning.
Source: Apple Daily #April12
https://bit.ly/3g311G9
#Journalist #FreedomOfSpeech #XinjiangCamp #BlueRibboners #ProChina
#UnitedFront #Doxxing #Smearing
Pro-democracy Hong Kong students in UK harassed by Chinese students
Source: Apple News #May3
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Pro-democracy Hong Kong students in UK harassed by Chinese students
Source: Apple News #May3
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#UnitedFront #Doxxing #Smearing
Pro-democracy Hong Kong students in UK harassed by Chinese students
Hong Kong students studying abroad have recently shared their experiences of being harassed when organizing events in school campuses in the UK in support of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
Jamie and Kitty are among the Hong Kong students who suffer mobbing. Chinese students called them “cockroaches” and “traitors” in Mandarin.
Kitty said the organizers of Hong Kong-related events, including herself, were all doxxed. Their personal information was posted on China social media groups and they were tagged as “Hong Kong Independence Supporters” and “Cockroaches”.
Their application for holding the event was also held up by the school campus multiple times. The event was finally approved with the restriction that it has to be a silent event. “
It made me realize that our campus could no longer serve as a place for us to speak for the current situation in Hong Kong”, said Kitty. She accused the school of “fearing the loss of revenue by the tuition fees of Chinese students”.
Moreover, students revealed that the #CCP used the Chinese Students and Scholars Association in the United Kingdom (#CSSAUK), as a tool to penetrate school campuses in the UK in which Chinese students are bribed into voting the CCP appointed persons to become committees of the Association.
According to the CSSAUK website, it is an association that is “supported by the Education Section of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the UK”. It also claimed to be the largest Chinese association in the UK.
Source: Apple News #May3
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210503/SEQIBJGFCRGHLO2S7TMMYJAJUE/
#ChineseStudents #UK
Pro-democracy Hong Kong students in UK harassed by Chinese students
Hong Kong students studying abroad have recently shared their experiences of being harassed when organizing events in school campuses in the UK in support of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
Jamie and Kitty are among the Hong Kong students who suffer mobbing. Chinese students called them “cockroaches” and “traitors” in Mandarin.
Kitty said the organizers of Hong Kong-related events, including herself, were all doxxed. Their personal information was posted on China social media groups and they were tagged as “Hong Kong Independence Supporters” and “Cockroaches”.
Their application for holding the event was also held up by the school campus multiple times. The event was finally approved with the restriction that it has to be a silent event. “
It made me realize that our campus could no longer serve as a place for us to speak for the current situation in Hong Kong”, said Kitty. She accused the school of “fearing the loss of revenue by the tuition fees of Chinese students”.
Moreover, students revealed that the #CCP used the Chinese Students and Scholars Association in the United Kingdom (#CSSAUK), as a tool to penetrate school campuses in the UK in which Chinese students are bribed into voting the CCP appointed persons to become committees of the Association.
According to the CSSAUK website, it is an association that is “supported by the Education Section of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the UK”. It also claimed to be the largest Chinese association in the UK.
Source: Apple News #May3
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210503/SEQIBJGFCRGHLO2S7TMMYJAJUE/
#ChineseStudents #UK
#Smearing #June4
Hostile Banners Seen outside Churches in Hong Kong, Smearing June 4 Memorial Masses and Warning of National Security Breach
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Text: InMedia HK #June3
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Hostile Banners Seen outside Churches in Hong Kong, Smearing June 4 Memorial Masses and Warning of National Security Breach
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Hostile Banners Seen outside Churches in Hong Kong, Smearing June 4 Memorial Masses and Warning of National Security Breach
Photo: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29886
Tomorrow, June 4, 2021, marks 32 years after June 4th Tiananmen Massacre, a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy civilians by the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing, in 1989.
In Hong Kong, the annual candlelight vig has been banned by the police. Despite that, the Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese will continue to organize a Mass outside their seven churches in the evening.
However, on the morning of June 3, 2021, some hostile banners with words "Cult invades religion" were placed outside the churches, smearing the mass as a potential breach of the #NationalSecurityLaw.
Porson Chan, project officer of the Commission, responded that they had no intention to correlate the false accusations on the banner to the June 4 Mass, emphasizing that the Mass is a legal religious activity protected by Basic Law. Thus the event would be held as scheduled.
Image: Big
Text: InMedia HK #June3
#PoliticalSuppression #Masses #Church #TiananmenMassacre
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HK Police Arrest #GrannyWong
for "participating in unauthorized assembly" ALONE
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29822
#NeverSurrender: Hong Kong Hospital Authorities Employees' Alliance Speaks Up for June 4 Tiananmen Massacre
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29830
Pro-democracy Activists Reopen June 4th Commemorative Museum in Hong Kong
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29877
Hostile Banners Seen outside Churches in Hong Kong, Smearing June 4 Memorial Masses and Warning of National Security Breach
Photo: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29886
Tomorrow, June 4, 2021, marks 32 years after June 4th Tiananmen Massacre, a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy civilians by the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing, in 1989.
In Hong Kong, the annual candlelight vig has been banned by the police. Despite that, the Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese will continue to organize a Mass outside their seven churches in the evening.
However, on the morning of June 3, 2021, some hostile banners with words "Cult invades religion" were placed outside the churches, smearing the mass as a potential breach of the #NationalSecurityLaw.
Porson Chan, project officer of the Commission, responded that they had no intention to correlate the false accusations on the banner to the June 4 Mass, emphasizing that the Mass is a legal religious activity protected by Basic Law. Thus the event would be held as scheduled.
Image: Big
Text: InMedia HK #June3
#PoliticalSuppression #Masses #Church #TiananmenMassacre
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HK Police Arrest #GrannyWong
for "participating in unauthorized assembly" ALONE
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29822
#NeverSurrender: Hong Kong Hospital Authorities Employees' Alliance Speaks Up for June 4 Tiananmen Massacre
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29830
Pro-democracy Activists Reopen June 4th Commemorative Museum in Hong Kong
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29877
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#Smearing #June4
"Cult invades religion": Hostile Banner seen outside churches in Hong Kong where June 4 Memorial Masses are held
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#PoliticalProsecution #PoliceState
HK Police Raids #AppleDaily Again: 3 Editors and 2 Executives Arrested for Breaching National Security Law
Apple Daily, the only pro-democracy newspaper in print in Hong Kong, has been the target of the national security police since the forced implementation of the national security law in the city in June 2020.
Even though founder #JimmyLai had already been arrested and remains in custody, the Hong Kong police continues to raid the headquarters of the newspaper and its parent company; seizing documents, computers and journalistic materials; and making arrests.
In the raid on June 17, 2021, the police deployed 500 officers and arrested five executives including editor-in-chief #RyanLaw.
The other four are deputy editor #ChanPuiMan, chief executive editor #CheungChiWai, chief executive #NextDigital #CheungKimHung, and the chief operating officer #ChowTatKuen.
Authorities claimed that the newspaper published articles allegedly calling for "foreign sanctions" and had been "colluding with foreign forces", thus has violated the national security law.
Some of the articles cited date back to 2019, before the law's implementation. The government had previously promised that the new law would not be applied to offences before the law had come into effect.
Meanwhile, Secretary for Security #JohnLee ordered freezing HK$18 million worth of assets from Apple Daily Limited, Apple Daily Printing Limited and AD Internet Limited, all under Jimmy Lai's Next Digital Limited. Li openly asked the public and the media to cut ties with the executives of Apple Daily.
When asked, Li admitted the government's intention to prevent the pro-democracy newspaper from being printed before July 1, 2021, the anniversary of the Hong Kong SAR's establishment, when large-scale protest takes place every year.
Photo: #FirstHand
Text: RTHK; Stand News; Apple Daily #Jun17
https://bit.ly/2Uh0iZn
https://bit.ly/35sgKIe
https://bit.ly/3zxfpOa
#Censorship #WhiteTerror #Intimidation #Smearing #Regime
HK Police Raids #AppleDaily Again: 3 Editors and 2 Executives Arrested for Breaching National Security Law
Apple Daily, the only pro-democracy newspaper in print in Hong Kong, has been the target of the national security police since the forced implementation of the national security law in the city in June 2020.
Even though founder #JimmyLai had already been arrested and remains in custody, the Hong Kong police continues to raid the headquarters of the newspaper and its parent company; seizing documents, computers and journalistic materials; and making arrests.
In the raid on June 17, 2021, the police deployed 500 officers and arrested five executives including editor-in-chief #RyanLaw.
The other four are deputy editor #ChanPuiMan, chief executive editor #CheungChiWai, chief executive #NextDigital #CheungKimHung, and the chief operating officer #ChowTatKuen.
Authorities claimed that the newspaper published articles allegedly calling for "foreign sanctions" and had been "colluding with foreign forces", thus has violated the national security law.
Some of the articles cited date back to 2019, before the law's implementation. The government had previously promised that the new law would not be applied to offences before the law had come into effect.
Meanwhile, Secretary for Security #JohnLee ordered freezing HK$18 million worth of assets from Apple Daily Limited, Apple Daily Printing Limited and AD Internet Limited, all under Jimmy Lai's Next Digital Limited. Li openly asked the public and the media to cut ties with the executives of Apple Daily.
When asked, Li admitted the government's intention to prevent the pro-democracy newspaper from being printed before July 1, 2021, the anniversary of the Hong Kong SAR's establishment, when large-scale protest takes place every year.
Photo: #FirstHand
Text: RTHK; Stand News; Apple Daily #Jun17
https://bit.ly/2Uh0iZn
https://bit.ly/35sgKIe
https://bit.ly/3zxfpOa
#Censorship #WhiteTerror #Intimidation #Smearing #Regime
#CCP #Smearing
#China’s claim that #Omicron case came from Canadian mail dismissed as ‘ludicrous’
//A claim by Chinese health authorities that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was introduced to a resident of Beijing through a piece of regular mail from Canada was dismissed Monday as being ludicrous and comical.
A Chinese state-controlled news outlet first reported that the Jan. 7 infection of a Beijing resident was the result of receiving a letter or parcel from Canada that passed through Hong Kong.
The Chinese report attributed that scenario to the deputy director of the Beijing Centre for Disease Control in a briefing, even though organizations such as the World Health Organization and Canada Post say the risk of contracting coronavirus from a piece of mail is low.//
Read the full article:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-20/bankers-are-shunning-hong-kong-as-finance-hub-loses-luster
Source: Globe and Mail #Jan17
#Pandemic #Covid19 #Canada
#China’s claim that #Omicron case came from Canadian mail dismissed as ‘ludicrous’
//A claim by Chinese health authorities that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was introduced to a resident of Beijing through a piece of regular mail from Canada was dismissed Monday as being ludicrous and comical.
A Chinese state-controlled news outlet first reported that the Jan. 7 infection of a Beijing resident was the result of receiving a letter or parcel from Canada that passed through Hong Kong.
The Chinese report attributed that scenario to the deputy director of the Beijing Centre for Disease Control in a briefing, even though organizations such as the World Health Organization and Canada Post say the risk of contracting coronavirus from a piece of mail is low.//
Read the full article:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-20/bankers-are-shunning-hong-kong-as-finance-hub-loses-luster
Source: Globe and Mail #Jan17
#Pandemic #Covid19 #Canada