#CCP #World #InternationalRelations
How ready is China to Communicate with the (Free) World?

On August 12, 2020, China's foreign vice-minister Le Yucheng called for the U.S. and China to resume dialogue, saying there should be no #radiosilence between the two foreign ministries, stressing also, “no matter how difficult and complex the issues may be, they should be put on the table for discussion."

On August 17, 2020, China's ambassador to the United Kingdom Liu Xiaoming blocked Hong Kong Watch founder Benedict Rogers on Twitter.

After all, does China want to communicate with the free world?

Source: @benedictrogers on Twitter

#Aug17 #US #UK #HongKongWatch #BenedictRogers

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Education Bureau has a presentation mentioned “Separation of Powers” in 2011

Editor’s notes: When their reporter rechecked the website at 12:30 pm on 1 Sep, it showed “404 Page Not Found.” Readers can search relevant content about Patrick Chan’s “Separation of powers” quoted by the Education Bureau in “saved webpage (cache)” of a searching engine, Google. However, the relevant webpage cache which existed on 1 Sep is also deleted now.

(1 Sep) “Stand News” found a presentation prepared in 2011 by Patrick Chan Siu-oi, permanent Judge of Court of Final Appeal at that time, in Education Bureau’s website. At page 18 of the document with the title of “Basic Law, Rule of Law and Hong Kong’s advantage”, it mentioned “The rule of law as a system” and “Separation of powers (or three powers). It explained that functions of the Hong Kong government were carried out by 3 different branches, executive, legislative and judiciary, independently. Each of them had its own responsibilities and power, thereby avoiding centralisation of power and abuse of powers.

According to a press conference in Information Services Department, when Yueng Kwok-yung replied an inquiry of “white paper of one country two systems” in 2014, he said, “every government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive and judicial. This is what is meant by “Separation of powers” in western countries - the three branches execute their separated roles and responsibilities independently. “

Source: Stand News, 404 Webcache
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo

Further reading:
Hong Kong Authorities Eradicate All Mentionings of "Separation of Powers" From Textbooks, their Websites and Database
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24821
Separation of three powers in Hong Kong
https://twitter.com/hongkongecho/status/1301243656075010048?s=21

#1984InHongKong #RewriteHistory

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Secret Detention of 12 Hong Kong Residents by the CCP

(19 Sep) John LEE Ka Chiu, Hong Kong Secretary for Security, who said each of the twelve detained by CCP had “selected” 2 lawyers via the arrangement by the CCP authorities. However, families of the twelve rebutted by saying they were not aware of such circumstances. The families further questioned why none of them were informed of the latest development by the Hong Kong government when it received such news.

Responding to LEE’s remarks, one of the family-appointed lawyers from the Mainland said it was nothing but hypocrisy and deception to say that the detainees had chosen the lawyers themselves. He said he retained the right to act in the case.

According to the laws in mainland China, the authorities will arrange government lawyers to represent accused / arrestee if they cannot afford legal fee. The Hong Kong government should, as a government representing and protecting Hong Kong citizens, at least request the mainland China government to let the 12 meet those family-appointed lawyers. If then the twelve do not want to have those lawyers, it’s their rights. However, currently the families cannot believe the twelve “selected” those lawyers appointed by the authorities at their will.

The twelve families also issued a joint statement accusing LEE of trying to mislead them into accepting lawyers appointed by the authorities.

Source: RTHK
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo

#save12hkyouth #save12hkyouths #CCP

#NationalSecurityLaw #CCTVB

CCTVB fired and threatened Director citing the National Security Law

Since Hong Kong implemented the National Security Law, white terror has been spreading throughout society. A scene in the daily sit-com series “Lo and Behold” broadcasted by CCTVB [see note] on 9 Sep 2020 surprisingly showed the “Five-One” [five demands not one less] movement gesture - two yellow washing gloves in the shot, one glove with the middle finger pointing down for “one” and the other glove showing all “five”, lasting for 14 seconds. It was rumoured that this incident came about because of one playful actor in the series. He made one the yellow gloves “hold the middle finger” gesture, other actors were also laughing about it. Nobody in the scene was aware it would look like the “five-one” gesture. Someone stated that CCTVB realised it was unintentional after investigating, but management still insisted on pressuring the responsible Director of that scene, Justin, to resign.

An insider stated that: “Justin had been working at TVB for 8 years, the Company did not want to compensate for his long service, so they pushed him to tender the resignation, and threatened to report Justin to the police on possible violation of the National Security Law if he did not resign by himself.” As Justin “resigned” on his own, he was not only unable to take the long service compensation by statutory regulation, he also did not get the payment in lieu of notice for breach of employment contract. The insider stated that: “The Company had already waived Justin’s compensation of three month notice payment in lieu based on Justin’s resignation. The fact is that someone in the Company oppressed the employee to “save money”, but distorted it as “kindness” in disguise, which is a typical case of “the big stone crushing a crab” [a Chinese proverb], to the dismay of many.

Editor’s Note :
CCTVB is a portmanteau of CCTV (China Central Television) and the Hong Kong-based TVB (Television Broadcasts Limited). The combined acronym is used to convey TVB's pro-China bias.

Source: Apple Daily, #Sep16

Translated by: Hong Kong Echo

https://hk.appledaily.com/entertainment/20200916/XQUTHSNQINESNNZAYKX4GJD4RQ/

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Xinhua News criticised forced closure of Confucius Institutes as political persecution

(28 Sep) Xinhua News Agency published a commentary stating that forced closure of Confucius Institutes was a form of political persecution. The article indicated that anti-China politicians from the US were unable to see the good in others and were intolerant of other cultures. Wielding their big stick [policy] of political oppression against Confucius Institutes that promote Chinese culture, it lambasted, was "isolationist rhetoric" possessed by "McCarthyism". There was no cure to pursuing political self-interest in lieu of virtue and suppressive paranoid delusions.

The article also pointed out that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's recent threat to shut down all Confucius Institutes in higher education institutions by the end of this year constituted further defamation and suppression. It stated that Confucius Institutes adopted a collaborative method of operations; it was the US universities that voluntarily applied for their establishment according to their own needs, based on "mutual respect, friendly negotiation and mutual benefit". Its operations and management were open and transparent, [it claimed,] strictly complying with local laws and university administration standards. Statistics show that the US currently has 81 Confucius Institutes.

Source: RTHK News, #Sep28

Translated by: Hong Kong Echo

#Xinhua #PoliticalPersecution