Intel apologises to China over Xinjiang products and labour directive
The US chipmaker Intel has apologised for telling its suppliers not to source products or labour from Xinjiang, a province that human rights groups and governments including the US allege uses forced labour, after facing a backlash across China.
Intel, which derives more than a quarter of its $80bn (£60bn) in annual revenues from the Chinese market, apologised to the people of China and its local partners on Thursday for telling suppliers to avoid the region in accordance with restrictions imposed by “multiple governments”.
Source: The Guardian #Dec13
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/23/intel-apologises-to-china-over-xinjiang-products-and-labour-directive?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#Intel #China #Xinjiang #Labour #Chip
The US chipmaker Intel has apologised for telling its suppliers not to source products or labour from Xinjiang, a province that human rights groups and governments including the US allege uses forced labour, after facing a backlash across China.
Intel, which derives more than a quarter of its $80bn (£60bn) in annual revenues from the Chinese market, apologised to the people of China and its local partners on Thursday for telling suppliers to avoid the region in accordance with restrictions imposed by “multiple governments”.
Source: The Guardian #Dec13
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/23/intel-apologises-to-china-over-xinjiang-products-and-labour-directive?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#Intel #China #Xinjiang #Labour #Chip
#PoliceState #PLA
Chief of China's Anti-terrorism special forces in #Xinjiang appointed to head the People’s Liberation Army garrison in Hong Kong
Sources: RFI, RFA, HKFP; #Jan10
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Chief of China's Anti-terrorism special forces in #Xinjiang appointed to head the People’s Liberation Army garrison in Hong Kong
Sources: RFI, RFA, HKFP; #Jan10
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#PoliceState #PLA
Chief of China's Anti-terrorism special forces in #Xinjiang appointed to head the People’s Liberation Army garrison in Hong Kong
Paramilitary chief of the Xinjiang region in China Peng Jingtang has been named the new commander for the People’s Liberation Army garrison in Hong Kong, as Beijing further tightens its grip on the territory.
It was reported that the commanders of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison have all come from the major military regions of the PLA.
It is unusual for Peng to be appointed, given his background as the deputy chief of staff of China’s paramilitary police force.
Critics said the appointment is the latest sign of Beijing remoulding the international business hub in its own authoritarian image after the mass pro-democracy protests of 2019.
#Military #Suppression #FailedState #XinJiang
Sources: RFI, RFA, HKFP; #Jan10
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hk-force-01102022061719.html#
https://www.rfi.fr/tw/港澳台/20220110-武警新疆參謀長彭京堂接掌駐港解放軍-評論料為香港引入武警經驗作準備
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/01/10/ex-xinjiang-paramilitary-anti-terror-chief-appointed-commander-of-china-militarys-hong-kong-garrison/
Chief of China's Anti-terrorism special forces in #Xinjiang appointed to head the People’s Liberation Army garrison in Hong Kong
Paramilitary chief of the Xinjiang region in China Peng Jingtang has been named the new commander for the People’s Liberation Army garrison in Hong Kong, as Beijing further tightens its grip on the territory.
It was reported that the commanders of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison have all come from the major military regions of the PLA.
It is unusual for Peng to be appointed, given his background as the deputy chief of staff of China’s paramilitary police force.
Critics said the appointment is the latest sign of Beijing remoulding the international business hub in its own authoritarian image after the mass pro-democracy protests of 2019.
#Military #Suppression #FailedState #XinJiang
Sources: RFI, RFA, HKFP; #Jan10
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hk-force-01102022061719.html#
https://www.rfi.fr/tw/港澳台/20220110-武警新疆參謀長彭京堂接掌駐港解放軍-評論料為香港引入武警經驗作準備
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/01/10/ex-xinjiang-paramilitary-anti-terror-chief-appointed-commander-of-china-militarys-hong-kong-garrison/
Radio Free Asia
【疆將調港】新疆武警副參謀調任駐港司令 新官彭京堂背景神祕
中央軍委主席習近平任命武警部隊副參謀長彭京堂少將為新任駐港部隊司令員，是解放軍駐港部隊司令首次來自武警。分析認為象徵駐港解放軍角色已由過往對外宣示主權， 變成內部維穩、防止暴亂。
Australia will not send officials to Beijing Winter Olympics
Prime Minister said the approach is in the national interest
Australia announced that they would not send government officials to the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympic after the United States, due to human rights issues in China. However, Australian athletes will continue to participate in the games.
Scott Morrison, the Australian Prime Minister, indicated in view of the deterioration in relations with China in recent years, Australia’s participation in the diplomatic boycott is “no surprise”. He stated the approach is in the national interest and is the right measure.
Morrison said the decision was based on the human rights issues in Xinjiang China, and other issues that Australians has been expressing.
Source: Stand News #Dec08
#Australia #China #Xinjiang #WinterOlympics #HumanRights #BeijingOlympics #ScottMorrison
Prime Minister said the approach is in the national interest
Australia announced that they would not send government officials to the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympic after the United States, due to human rights issues in China. However, Australian athletes will continue to participate in the games.
Scott Morrison, the Australian Prime Minister, indicated in view of the deterioration in relations with China in recent years, Australia’s participation in the diplomatic boycott is “no surprise”. He stated the approach is in the national interest and is the right measure.
Morrison said the decision was based on the human rights issues in Xinjiang China, and other issues that Australians has been expressing.
Source: Stand News #Dec08
#Australia #China #Xinjiang #WinterOlympics #HumanRights #BeijingOlympics #ScottMorrison
China harvests masses of data on Western targets to fight the Public Opinion War. Central Propaganda Department staff: To Help understand the anti-China network
The US "Washington Post" published an investigative report on Friday December 31, finding that China began to expand online monitoring and censorship overseas at least two years ago. The Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau and other mainland government departments invite bids from official media and enterprises to build a monitoring system and user profile database to track the information dynamics of Western social media such as Twitter and Facebook in real time, targeting important figures in Western political and business media. The focus includes Hong Kong, Taiwan, Xinjiang, and Sino-US relations. When negative reports and public opinion trends against China, officials will be automatically warned. Some mainland public opinion analysts said that this move is to help Beijing understand foreign anti-China forces in order to fight public opinion wars, but American think tank scholars warned that overseas Chinese will be at risk for everyone’s activities on social media.
Source: MingPao #Jan02
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e5%9c%8b%e9%9a%9b/article/20220102/s00014/1641059721108
#China #Monitoring #Database #Twitter #Facebook #HongKong #Taiwan #Xinjiang
The US "Washington Post" published an investigative report on Friday December 31, finding that China began to expand online monitoring and censorship overseas at least two years ago. The Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau and other mainland government departments invite bids from official media and enterprises to build a monitoring system and user profile database to track the information dynamics of Western social media such as Twitter and Facebook in real time, targeting important figures in Western political and business media. The focus includes Hong Kong, Taiwan, Xinjiang, and Sino-US relations. When negative reports and public opinion trends against China, officials will be automatically warned. Some mainland public opinion analysts said that this move is to help Beijing understand foreign anti-China forces in order to fight public opinion wars, but American think tank scholars warned that overseas Chinese will be at risk for everyone’s activities on social media.
Source: MingPao #Jan02
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e5%9c%8b%e9%9a%9b/article/20220102/s00014/1641059721108
#China #Monitoring #Database #Twitter #Facebook #HongKong #Taiwan #Xinjiang
明報新聞網 - 每日明報 daily news
華郵：為打輿論戰 內地網絡監控擴海外 建西方政商傳媒資料庫 中宣部單位職員：助了解反華網絡 - 20220102 - 國際
【明報專訊】美國《華盛頓郵報》上周五（12月31日）刊登調查報道，發現中國至少兩年前已開始將網絡監控及審查擴展至海外。北京市公安局及其他內地政府部門向官媒以及企業招標，採建實時追蹤Twitter、Facebook（fb）等西方社交媒體信息動態的監控系統及用戶個人資料庫，以西方政商傳媒重要人物為對象，焦點包括香港、台灣、新疆以至中美關係等，一旦出現針對中國負面報道及輿論走勢時，會自動向官員示警。有內地輿情分析師表明，此舉有助北京了解境外反華勢力來打輿論戰，但美國智庫學者警告境外中國人會因此對在社交媒體活動人人自危。
Report Says #China Invites #UN Official to #Xinjiang but Bans Investigating #HumanRights Issues
Source: RFA #Jan28
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Report Says #China Invites #UN Official to #Xinjiang but Bans Investigating #HumanRights Issues
According to South China Morning Post (#SCMP) on #Jan27 2022, China allows the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, to visit Xinjiang after the Winter Olympics; however, China does not allow Bachelet to investigate on human rights violation issues, causing United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (#UNHCR) to postpone their Xinjiang report publication date to after the Olympic Games.
China's Foreign Affairs Minister, #ZhaoLijian, claimed that China's stand is "consistent and clear": "The invitation aims to enhance the interactions and collaborations between the 2 parties. We oppose anyone to take advantage of political manipulation."
Human Rights Watch told #Reuter on #Jan28 that the Chinese government tries to distract the world with the winter Olympics from their inhumane crimes on #Uyghurs and other #Turkistan. They also reminded everyone, especially foreign affairs ministers, not to be fooled.
#HumanRightwWatch #MichelleBachelet
Source: RFA #Jan28
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/un-visit-01282022053808.html
According to South China Morning Post (#SCMP) on #Jan27 2022, China allows the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, to visit Xinjiang after the Winter Olympics; however, China does not allow Bachelet to investigate on human rights violation issues, causing United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (#UNHCR) to postpone their Xinjiang report publication date to after the Olympic Games.
China's Foreign Affairs Minister, #ZhaoLijian, claimed that China's stand is "consistent and clear": "The invitation aims to enhance the interactions and collaborations between the 2 parties. We oppose anyone to take advantage of political manipulation."
Human Rights Watch told #Reuter on #Jan28 that the Chinese government tries to distract the world with the winter Olympics from their inhumane crimes on #Uyghurs and other #Turkistan. They also reminded everyone, especially foreign affairs ministers, not to be fooled.
#HumanRightwWatch #MichelleBachelet
Source: RFA #Jan28
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/un-visit-01282022053808.html
Radio Free Asia
【中國人權】傳中國允聯合國人權專員訪疆但不能調查侵犯人權 人權團體籲「勿被北京愚弄」
《南華早報》報道，中國同意接待聯合國人權事務高級專員巴切萊特在北京冬奧結束後訪新疆，條件是不作為對侵犯人權指控的調查，並要推遲發布關於新疆的報告到奧運會結束。人權團體籲勿被北京「愚弄」。
Winter Olympic Athletes Were Surprisingly Reluctant to Speak
German luger Natalie Geisenberger, who was critical of China, when asked about her view on China's human rights issues a day after earning a gold medal, said peaking out was a matter of timing. "You have to be careful when you say what and where you say it", she said.
To her self-censorship, some netizens said it is unbearable
What China is trying to show the world through this Olympics? Alain Frachon, a French columnist for Le Monde, believes that "President Xi Jinping's China has proven that it is imposing its standards of civil liberties - on Chinese nationals and foreigners. In the ideological battle, the West is not on the podium."
Advertisers and multinational enterprises have been warned that no representatives of theirs can publicly speak out on Xinjiang or Hong Kong's human rights issues, not even in a few words tweets, or they will face heavy retaliation.
#NatalieGeisenberger #LeMonde #AlainFrachon #WinterOlympic #SelfCensorship #HumanRights #HongKong #Xinjiang
Source: RFI #Feb11
https://www.rfi.fr/tw/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B/20220211-%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E5%86%AC%E5%A5%A7%E6%9C%83%E5%B0%81%E5%98%B4%E7%AD%96%E7%95%A5%E5%A5%8F%E6%95%88?ref=fb_i
German luger Natalie Geisenberger, who was critical of China, when asked about her view on China's human rights issues a day after earning a gold medal, said peaking out was a matter of timing. "You have to be careful when you say what and where you say it", she said.
To her self-censorship, some netizens said it is unbearable
What China is trying to show the world through this Olympics? Alain Frachon, a French columnist for Le Monde, believes that "President Xi Jinping's China has proven that it is imposing its standards of civil liberties - on Chinese nationals and foreigners. In the ideological battle, the West is not on the podium."
Advertisers and multinational enterprises have been warned that no representatives of theirs can publicly speak out on Xinjiang or Hong Kong's human rights issues, not even in a few words tweets, or they will face heavy retaliation.
#NatalieGeisenberger #LeMonde #AlainFrachon #WinterOlympic #SelfCensorship #HumanRights #HongKong #Xinjiang
Source: RFI #Feb11
https://www.rfi.fr/tw/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B/20220211-%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E5%86%AC%E5%A5%A7%E6%9C%83%E5%B0%81%E5%98%B4%E7%AD%96%E7%95%A5%E5%A5%8F%E6%95%88?ref=fb_i
RFI - 法國國際廣播電台
北京冬奧會封嘴策略奏效？
出席冬奧會的運動員出乎意料地不太敢說話。
Walmart, Intel face backlash in China for avoiding imports from Xinjiang under new U.S. law
America’s largest companies are already facing a backlash from the passage of a new U.S. law that severely restricts imports from the Xinjiang region in China, where the U.S. government and human rights advocates say businesses use forced labor to produce essential building blocks of the modern global economy, like cotton-based fabrics and silicon.
Walmart Inc. WMT, +1.06%, the world’s largest retailer, is the latest in a series of U.S. firms that have been criticized on Chinese social media amid pressure under the new law to rid its shelves of products that have been made with parts from the Muslim-majority region, according to a Monday report in the Wall Street Journal.
Source: MarketWatch #Dec29
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/walmart-intel-face-backlash-in-china-for-avoiding-imports-from-xinjiang-under-new-u-s-law-11640708195
#Walmart #Xinjiang #China
America’s largest companies are already facing a backlash from the passage of a new U.S. law that severely restricts imports from the Xinjiang region in China, where the U.S. government and human rights advocates say businesses use forced labor to produce essential building blocks of the modern global economy, like cotton-based fabrics and silicon.
Walmart Inc. WMT, +1.06%, the world’s largest retailer, is the latest in a series of U.S. firms that have been criticized on Chinese social media amid pressure under the new law to rid its shelves of products that have been made with parts from the Muslim-majority region, according to a Monday report in the Wall Street Journal.
Source: MarketWatch #Dec29
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/walmart-intel-face-backlash-in-china-for-avoiding-imports-from-xinjiang-under-new-u-s-law-11640708195
#Walmart #Xinjiang #China
World Bank was accused of funding Xinjiang suppression movement
According to #SCMP, a report from #AtlanticCouncil, an American think tank, points out that the clients of International Finance Company (#IFC) which is under #WorldBank, are active participants of #Xinjiang suppression with significant evidence.
China was accused of Xinjiang forcing labour, forcing them to leave their land, eradicating their culture, damaging their environment in this movement.
The researchers call the World Bank to leave the Xinjiang region, claiming that the nearly $500 direct loans and the investment to the Xinjiang companies violate the World Bank's "development finance" criteria.
A #Belgian MP said, "the World Bank is not to fund modern slavery but to support the world development. There is no excuse. We have to force the companies which relate to abusive forcing labour to leave the market."
SCMP reports that the Belgian was sanctioned by China due to launching a debate on the Xinjiang #AllegedGenocide in the Belgian parliament.
Source: RFI #Feb17
https://bit.ly/3pVCvuW
According to #SCMP, a report from #AtlanticCouncil, an American think tank, points out that the clients of International Finance Company (#IFC) which is under #WorldBank, are active participants of #Xinjiang suppression with significant evidence.
China was accused of Xinjiang forcing labour, forcing them to leave their land, eradicating their culture, damaging their environment in this movement.
The researchers call the World Bank to leave the Xinjiang region, claiming that the nearly $500 direct loans and the investment to the Xinjiang companies violate the World Bank's "development finance" criteria.
A #Belgian MP said, "the World Bank is not to fund modern slavery but to support the world development. There is no excuse. We have to force the companies which relate to abusive forcing labour to leave the market."
SCMP reports that the Belgian was sanctioned by China due to launching a debate on the Xinjiang #AllegedGenocide in the Belgian parliament.
Source: RFI #Feb17
https://bit.ly/3pVCvuW
RFI - 法國國際廣播電台
世界銀行被指"資助新疆鎮壓運動"
世界銀行被一份報告指控資助在新疆參與針對維吾爾族和其他穆斯林少數民族的"鎮壓運動"的公司。世行被要求從新疆撤資。