#Statement #HKUSU #CampusTV
Campus TV, of Students' Union of HKU Releases Statement to Condemn the Unauthorised Use of Video Clips in “Starry Night”, Co-produced by the Hong Kong Police Force and Phoenix TV

The full statement is as follows:

//The Police released a documentary named “Starry Night”, jointly produced with Phoenix TV, on its social media platforms on July 22nd. The said documentary features two video clips of the police shooting an individual in the left chest in Tsuen Wan (51:51 - 53:10) on October 1st, 2019. These clips were captured by reporters affiliated with Campus TV, HKUSU (hereinafter “Campus TV”). Campus TV has looked into the matter by examining its previous correspondence and requesting that the Police and Phoenix TV provide relevant information. It is confirmed that both parties have used video clips owned by Campus TV without gaining any approval.

Campus TV has contacted the Police and Phoenix TV, via email and phone respectively, to inquire how they obtained, and gained authorisation for the use of, the said video clips - but to no avail. Instead of giving a direct answer, the Information and Publicity Officer from the Police Public Relations Branch detailed the production process of the documentary in its 409-word reply. Phoenix TV has refused to answer the questions raised by Campus TV directly.

As of publication, there has not been any response regarding the acquisition of the said clips.
Campus TV hereby strongly condemns the unauthorised use and editing of videos recorded by its reporters by the Police and Phoenix TV in their documentary. Such acts are nothing but disrespectful to Campus TV. Campus TV demands that the Police and Phoenix TV respect the efforts of every journalist, especially those working at the frontlines; as well as promise to seek their authorisation and indicate the source of the clips utilised before publication.

Campus TV, HKUSU
26th of July, 2020//

Source: HKUSU, Campus TV #Jul26

#HongKongChronicles #July26
Do you know what happened in Hong Kong on July 26, 2019?

The first ”fly with you” rally took place at the Hong Kong International Airport on 26 July, 2019 in protest of the authorities' plan to allow extradition to China.

Workers from the aviation industry and many civilians distributed posters in the arrival hall and explained to tourists Hongkongers' "five demands" in the anti-ELAB movement. Some participants used their bodies to imitate the Lennon Wall.

Back then, the airport was filled with tourists and businesses went on at the terminal.

Later on, the government obtained an interim injunction from the court, banning enty to the airport except having a boarding pass. Since then, no one can go see their friends and family off at the airport.

On the contrary, the government refused to close the border in face of the coronavirus outbreak. As the pandemic is hitting, the once bustling airport has become a barren island.

Source: Studio Incendo #Jul26
#HongKongAirport

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#InternationalRelation #India #China #Court
Indian Court Summons Alibaba's Jack Ma for Sacking Indian Employee who Opposes the Company's Censorship System and Fake News Dissemination

The relation of China and India remains tense. The Indian government recently banned the use of the Chinese-owned Alibaba’s “UC news” and “UC Browser” due to national security concern.

The Reuters reported on 26 July, 2020, Indian court had summoned the founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, to be testified in court, as he was allegedly involved in an unreasonable dismissal of an Indian employed in “UC Browser”. According to this former employee, Pushpandra Singh Parmar, he was fired due to his opposition towards the company app’s censorship system and dissemination of fake news. After facing an unreasonable dismissal, he filed the case to the court, seeking for a 268,000 USD (around 2.08 million HKD) compensation.

According to the news, in Parmar’s 200-page indictment, he showed captured screenshots and accused “UC Browser” and “UC News” of publishing fake news, creating social and political instability.

Also, he attached a list of Indian and English words which were labeled "sensitive" by the “UC Browser”. These included “Indian-Chinese boundary”, “Indian-Chinese war”, etc, indicating that the censorship system will automatically or manually refuse to publish the relevant content.

Source: Stand News #Jul26
#UCBrowser #UCNews #Alibaba #JackMa #Parmar #FakeNews

#PoliticalScreening #Censorship
Joshua Wong protests against political censorship by electoral officials

On 26 July, 2020, former Secretary-General of Demosisto Joshua Wong received an inquiry from an electoral officer called Alice Choi.

Wong was requested to explain whether he would continue to advocate for ”Democracy and autonomy”, an objective of the now-dissolved Demosisto and what is his stance on the National Security Law. He was also questioned if he would get support from external forces and put pressure on China and Hong Kong in the future with his position and power as a lawmaker. On the seven questions and ten appendixes raised by the electoral official, Joshua Wong said,”that’s the longest among all the candidates. It fully reflects how serious and detailed political censorship done by the government is.”

Source: Apple Daily #Jul26
#JoshuaWong

#CoronavirusOutbreak #FailedState
Experts conclude that Government-Granted Quarantine Exemption has Caused the 3rd wave of Coronavirus Outbreak

Gilman Siu-kit, an assistant professor of Health Technology and Informatics Department in #PolyU, and his team took random sampling from twenty-six patients in this wave of the outbreak. Results showed the mutation in the core gene (D614G) of COVID-19 in all samples.

Sampling included crews from Kazakhstan and four large local infection clusters and 19 samples showed exactly the same results. The conclusion is that the source of the third outbreak, which according to government experts including Yuen Kwok-Yung, David, Hui Shu-cheong, and Gabriel Matthew Leung, was those people exempted from compulsory quarantine by government policy.

Source: Apple Daily #Jul26
#Quarantine #Exemption

#FirstHand #Jul26
"We are Hong Kong!" Mall Crowds Cheer for Hong Kong Fencer in Gold Medal Match

20:15 | Kwun Tong

On the evening of July 26, 2021 in Hong Kong, crowds line up at the balcony on multiple floors of the APM mall, watching the live broadcast of the Olympic gold medal match of Men's Individual Foil and cheering for Hong Kong fencer Cheung Ka Long.

Loud chants of "We are Hong Kong" and "Cheung Ka Long, add oil" are heard across the mall during breaks in the action.

#TokyoOlympics #GoldMedal #CheungKaLong

#TokyoOlympics
Hong Kong Swimmer Wins Silver in Women's 200m Freestyle

Hong Kong swimmer Siobhan Bernadette Haughey wins silver in the women's 200m freestyle, bringing home the city's first ever Olympic swimming medal and the second one in this year's Olympics.

She led the race during the second lap, though finished second behind Australian Ariarne Titmus. Her time of 1:53.92 sets a new Hong Kong and Asia record in the event.

Source: Stand News
Photo: AP/Petr David Josek
#Jul28 #Sports #HongKongers

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Gold Medal for Hong Kong Fencer Cheung Ka Long

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During Latest Exchange, China Presents US With 2 Lists of Grievances

On July 25 and 26, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman was in Tianjin, China. While the State Department read-out characterized the trip as “meetings with State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and other PRC officials,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry made it clear that Sherman’s primary interlocutor was Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng, the official responsible for North American affairs.

According to Xinhua, China’s state media agency, Xie presented Sherman with two lists: the “List of U.S. Wrongdoings that Must Stop” and the “List of Key Individual Cases that China Has Concerns With.” The full lists were not made available publicly, but Xinhua provided a summary.

Source: The Diplomat #Jul26

https://t.co/B9SzLOWTyQ

#China #US #Grievances #Tianjin

China threatens Australia with missile attack

In the face of an increasing torrent of abuse from Beijing, Canberra should seek a much clearer commitment from Washington that its United States ally will retaliate if China launches a missile attack against Australia.

As far as Australia is concerned, the growing torrent of threats and bullying from Beijing mean that we need to have a much clearer understanding from our American ally about extended deterrence—not just nuclear deterrence but also conventional deterrence against Chinese long-range theatre missiles with conventional warheads.
 
Source : The Strategist #Jul26

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/china-threatens-australia-with-missile-attack/

#China #Australia #Missile #Beijing

#China Targeted #US Federal Reserve system to Build Informant Network and Access #Data, Probe Finds

//China tried to build a network of informants inside the Federal Reserve system, at one point threatening to imprison a Fed economist during a trip to Shanghai unless he agreed to provide nonpublic economic data, a congressional investigation found.

The investigation by Republican staff members of the Senate’s Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs found that Fed employees were offered contracts with Chinese talent-recruitment programs, which often include cash payments, and asked to provide information on the U.S. economy, interest-rate changes and policies, according to a report of the findings released Tuesday [July 26, 2022].//

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-targeted-fed-to-build-informant-network-access-data-a-probe-says-11658826000

Source: WSJ #Jul26

#Espionage #Beijing #Security #Infiltration #FED

#IMF cuts global growth outlook amid US, #China slowdowns

Source: France 24 #Jul26

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#IMF cuts global growth outlook amid US, #China slowdowns

//Surging inflation and severe slowdowns in the United States and China prompted the IMF Tuesday [July 26, 2022] to downgrade its outlook for the global economy this year and next, while warning that the situation could get much worse...

"The outlook has darkened significantly since April," said IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas. "The world may soon be teetering on the edge of a global recession, only two years after the last one."

"The world's three largest economies, the United States, China and the euro area are stalling with important consequences for the global outlook," he said at a briefing.

...China's economy is expected to slow dramatically in 2022, expanding just 3.3 percent -- the lowest in more than four decades other than the 2020 pandemic crisis -- due to Covid concerns and the "worsening crisis" in the property sector, the report said.

"The slowdown in China has global consequences: lockdowns added to global supply chain disruptions and the decline in domestic spending are reducing demand for goods and services from China's trade partners," the report said.//

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https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220726-imf-cuts-global-growth-outlook-amid-us-china-slowdowns

Source: France 24 #Jul26

#Economy #Pandemic #Covid19