#WuhanPneumonia #CoronavirusPandemic
Swedish Former Representative to European Parliament: China Should Apologize to the World for Coronavirus
In an opinion article published by a Swedish newspaper on 19
March, 2020, Gunnar Hökmark, Chairman of Stockholm Free World Forum and Former member of the European parliament, asks the Chinese Communist Party government and its leader to apologize to the world for withholding information of the coronavirus and "using its economic power, systematically threatens democratic countries in order to destabilize and silence criticism".
From China's imprisonment of Swedish citizen Gui Minhai (bookseller in Hong Kong) to Chinese tourists' behaviour, Hökmark wrote that:
"The aggressive Chinese attacks on Sweden for our handling of the Coronavirus should be seen against the fact that the Chinese Communist Party wants to escape all kind of responsibility for the spread of the epidemic.
Lousy animal husbandry and poor food standards, along with fear of the dictatorship and its culture of silence, are the main reasons why the world is presently wrestling with a terrible global pandemic. Its background lies in the inability of a totalitarian system to take people's perceptions, security and life into account. It is not Sweden or Europe that is the problem in all this. It's China.
And it is China that, using its economic power, systematically threatens democratic countries in order to destabilize and silence criticism.
On Radio Sweden, the Chinese propaganda attack was incomprehensibly described as something very sharp and because of that worth listening to. They neglected that this is how the Communist regime for a long time has acted against Sweden, among other democracies.
We saw the same pattern of denials and false accusations when Iran shot down the Ukrainian passenger plane and when Russian air defense units in Ukraine shot down the airplane MH17."
Source: Expressen, (19-Mar)
https://www.expressen.se/debatt/china-should-apologize-to-the-world-for-corona/
Independent Journalist Condemns China’s misinformation and manipulation of data, calling the pandemic a “Jin-ping Coronavirus”
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19336
#Sweden #ChinesePropaganda #CCP #SharpPower #Censorship
Swedish Former Representative to European Parliament: China Should Apologize to the World for Coronavirus
In an opinion article published by a Swedish newspaper on 19
March, 2020, Gunnar Hökmark, Chairman of Stockholm Free World Forum and Former member of the European parliament, asks the Chinese Communist Party government and its leader to apologize to the world for withholding information of the coronavirus and "using its economic power, systematically threatens democratic countries in order to destabilize and silence criticism".
From China's imprisonment of Swedish citizen Gui Minhai (bookseller in Hong Kong) to Chinese tourists' behaviour, Hökmark wrote that:
"The aggressive Chinese attacks on Sweden for our handling of the Coronavirus should be seen against the fact that the Chinese Communist Party wants to escape all kind of responsibility for the spread of the epidemic.
Lousy animal husbandry and poor food standards, along with fear of the dictatorship and its culture of silence, are the main reasons why the world is presently wrestling with a terrible global pandemic. Its background lies in the inability of a totalitarian system to take people's perceptions, security and life into account. It is not Sweden or Europe that is the problem in all this. It's China.
And it is China that, using its economic power, systematically threatens democratic countries in order to destabilize and silence criticism.
On Radio Sweden, the Chinese propaganda attack was incomprehensibly described as something very sharp and because of that worth listening to. They neglected that this is how the Communist regime for a long time has acted against Sweden, among other democracies.
We saw the same pattern of denials and false accusations when Iran shot down the Ukrainian passenger plane and when Russian air defense units in Ukraine shot down the airplane MH17."
Source: Expressen, (19-Mar)
https://www.expressen.se/debatt/china-should-apologize-to-the-world-for-corona/
Independent Journalist Condemns China’s misinformation and manipulation of data, calling the pandemic a “Jin-ping Coronavirus”
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19336
#Sweden #ChinesePropaganda #CCP #SharpPower #Censorship
www.expressen.se
OPINION: China should apologize to the world for corona
China's leaders should apologize now. Apologize to the world for epidemics coming from China because of the dictatorship's failure to address food safety, animal standards, and because its repression of truth and the freedom of its own citizens, writes Gunnar…
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Swedish media used full-page "Xi Jinping virus" to diss China
(3 Apr) [International Center/Comprehensive Report] The pandemic of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China has swept the world. However, China, as the source of the pandemic, has controlled the spread of the virus. This allows China to start the propaganda agenda, provide various medical supplies, and even begin to smear other countries as being the cause of the virus. These moves angered many countries. The Swedish paper media displayed their anger toward China in the form of a full page coverage to blame China’s leader Xi Jinping, asking China to stop fake news.
COVID-19 has recently broken out in the world, and the number of confirmed cases has grown from 500,000 to 1 million in just 8 days. The severe pandemic has made many countries in need of medical supplies. China, as the origin country of the spread, starts to have some control over the situation. Seeing other countries are now suffering from the virus, she has begun to donate materials for global propaganda. However, it creates negative impacts as the quality of the materials provided to various countries has been quite poor.
In addition to this, China has also continued to make noises accusing that the virus was brought into China by the US military. It even insinuated that the Italian epidemic broke out earlier than China. It wanted to "destigmatize" itself, which upset many countries.
On Mar 30, The Swedish media "Dagens industri", using the headline "Kinas desinformation ett bevis pa angslighet" (Misinformation from China are causing anxiety), published a full-page report accusing China of citing the speeches of scholars and experts from other countries out of context to minimize responsibility. They are also angry at China's attempts to control public opinion. For this reason they even combining Xi Jinping's photos with the virus, spoofing the appearance of "Xi Jinping virus" and condemned the CCP.
Source: Setn
https://www.setn.com/m/news.aspx?newsid=719261
Further reading
Swedish Former Representative to European Parliament: China Should Apologize to the World for Coronavirus
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19425
#Sweden #Xi #XiJingpingVirus #CCP #ChinesePropaganda #MedicalSupplies #FakeNews
Swedish media used full-page "Xi Jinping virus" to diss China
(3 Apr) [International Center/Comprehensive Report] The pandemic of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China has swept the world. However, China, as the source of the pandemic, has controlled the spread of the virus. This allows China to start the propaganda agenda, provide various medical supplies, and even begin to smear other countries as being the cause of the virus. These moves angered many countries. The Swedish paper media displayed their anger toward China in the form of a full page coverage to blame China’s leader Xi Jinping, asking China to stop fake news.
COVID-19 has recently broken out in the world, and the number of confirmed cases has grown from 500,000 to 1 million in just 8 days. The severe pandemic has made many countries in need of medical supplies. China, as the origin country of the spread, starts to have some control over the situation. Seeing other countries are now suffering from the virus, she has begun to donate materials for global propaganda. However, it creates negative impacts as the quality of the materials provided to various countries has been quite poor.
In addition to this, China has also continued to make noises accusing that the virus was brought into China by the US military. It even insinuated that the Italian epidemic broke out earlier than China. It wanted to "destigmatize" itself, which upset many countries.
On Mar 30, The Swedish media "Dagens industri", using the headline "Kinas desinformation ett bevis pa angslighet" (Misinformation from China are causing anxiety), published a full-page report accusing China of citing the speeches of scholars and experts from other countries out of context to minimize responsibility. They are also angry at China's attempts to control public opinion. For this reason they even combining Xi Jinping's photos with the virus, spoofing the appearance of "Xi Jinping virus" and condemned the CCP.
Source: Setn
https://www.setn.com/m/news.aspx?newsid=719261
Further reading
Swedish Former Representative to European Parliament: China Should Apologize to the World for Coronavirus
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19425
#Sweden #Xi #XiJingpingVirus #CCP #ChinesePropaganda #MedicalSupplies #FakeNews
Setn
武漢肺炎／別想甩鍋！瑞典媒體整版「習近平病毒」嗆爆中國
中國武漢肺炎（COVID-19，新冠肺炎）疫情席捲全球，至今（3）日為止台灣已累積348例確診、5人死亡，全球染病人數更突破100萬大關，不過病毒源頭的中國近日疫情受到控制，讓中國開始大外宣，提供各種醫療物資，甚至開始抹黑病毒是其他國家造成，讓許多國家大怒，有瑞典紙媒就罕見的以整個版面的方式怒嗆中國，甚至將中國領導人習近平的照片惡搞成「習近平病毒」，要中國停止假消息。
#Newspaper
Sweden Closes Its Last Remaining ‘Confucius Institute’ amid Strained Relations with China
//Sweden has closed the last remaining Confucius Institute in the country as relations with China deteriorate further amid the coronavirus pandemic
//The Chinese government in 2004 launched Confucius institutes at various foreign universities, with the stated goal of promoting Chinese language and culture. However, U.S. officials have stated that the institutes are a propaganda tool meant to enhance China’s “soft power.”
//Sweden-China relations had already soured before the coronavirus pandemic. In November 2019 China arrested Swedish publisher Gui Minhai for printing texts critical of Communist Party premier Xi Jinping.
Full Article: National Review, (23-Apr)
#Sweden #ConfuciusInstitute #CCP #ChinesePropaganda
Sweden Closes Its Last Remaining ‘Confucius Institute’ amid Strained Relations with China
//Sweden has closed the last remaining Confucius Institute in the country as relations with China deteriorate further amid the coronavirus pandemic
//The Chinese government in 2004 launched Confucius institutes at various foreign universities, with the stated goal of promoting Chinese language and culture. However, U.S. officials have stated that the institutes are a propaganda tool meant to enhance China’s “soft power.”
//Sweden-China relations had already soured before the coronavirus pandemic. In November 2019 China arrested Swedish publisher Gui Minhai for printing texts critical of Communist Party premier Xi Jinping.
Full Article: National Review, (23-Apr)
#Sweden #ConfuciusInstitute #CCP #ChinesePropaganda
National Review
Sweden Closes Its Last Remaining ‘Confucius Institute’ amid Strained Relations with China | National Review
Sweden is now the first European country to close all of its Confucius Institutes.
Sweden plans to stop foreign investment that harm the country’s security interests
Image: Internet
Further reading:
Exclusive: India foreign investment rules aimed at China to include Hong Kong
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/1991
#Sweden #Investment #Security #China
Image: Internet
Further reading:
Exclusive: India foreign investment rules aimed at China to include Hong Kong
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/1991
#Sweden #Investment #Security #China
#ZaraLarsson #Sweden #Huawei
Swedish singer Zara Larsson ends collaboration with Huawei, says China is ‘not a nice state’ and it was ‘not the smartest deal I’ve done’
The renowned Swedish singer Zara Larsson signed a promotional deal with China’s Huawei in April 2019 to become its mobile phone spokesperson. However, in an interview on Swedish television on 4 Aug 2020, Larsson announced that she would no longer be collaborating with Huawei or promoting its product, believing that "China is not a nice state." She revealed that she had always wanted to express her views on Hong Kong and Xinjiang, but she felt "hindered" because of the partnership with Huawei.
The 22-year old Zara Larsson, one of Sweden's best-known singers, first achieved international fame with her 2013 hit "Uncover". Its music video accumulated more than 310 million views on YouTube. In 2016, Larsson sang the theme song for the UEFA EURO with the acclaimed French DJ David Guetta.
Source: Stand News #Aug06
#DavidGuetta #UEFA #EURO #Xinjiang #Uncover #Music
Swedish singer Zara Larsson ends collaboration with Huawei, says China is ‘not a nice state’ and it was ‘not the smartest deal I’ve done’
The renowned Swedish singer Zara Larsson signed a promotional deal with China’s Huawei in April 2019 to become its mobile phone spokesperson. However, in an interview on Swedish television on 4 Aug 2020, Larsson announced that she would no longer be collaborating with Huawei or promoting its product, believing that "China is not a nice state." She revealed that she had always wanted to express her views on Hong Kong and Xinjiang, but she felt "hindered" because of the partnership with Huawei.
The 22-year old Zara Larsson, one of Sweden's best-known singers, first achieved international fame with her 2013 hit "Uncover". Its music video accumulated more than 310 million views on YouTube. In 2016, Larsson sang the theme song for the UEFA EURO with the acclaimed French DJ David Guetta.
Source: Stand News #Aug06
#DavidGuetta #UEFA #EURO #Xinjiang #Uncover #Music
#MadeInChina #Covid19Test
Faulty Chinese test kits yield false Covid-19 results in Sweden
Sweden's Public Health Agency said that Chinese test kits had returned some 3,700 false positive results, an error discovered by two laboratories during routine quality controls.
These kits are made by the company BGI Genomics and had been distributed worldwide.
Other than Sweden, these tests kits have also been exported to many other countries around the world. The Health Agency has informed the relavant authorities, and the World Health Organization.
As a result of this discovery, Sweden's authoriries had to contact those affected, as well as adjust the nation's official number of cases.
Source: MedicalXpress #Aug26
#Covid19 #WuhanPneumonia #CCPVirus #Sweden
Faulty Chinese test kits yield false Covid-19 results in Sweden
Sweden's Public Health Agency said that Chinese test kits had returned some 3,700 false positive results, an error discovered by two laboratories during routine quality controls.
These kits are made by the company BGI Genomics and had been distributed worldwide.
Other than Sweden, these tests kits have also been exported to many other countries around the world. The Health Agency has informed the relavant authorities, and the World Health Organization.
As a result of this discovery, Sweden's authoriries had to contact those affected, as well as adjust the nation's official number of cases.
Source: MedicalXpress #Aug26
#Covid19 #WuhanPneumonia #CCPVirus #Sweden
Swedish Space Corporation halts renewal of contract for on-ground space-tracking with China, citing changes in geopolitical situation
State-run Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) signed a contract with China years ago to assist in the operation of Chinese satellites and allow the usage of a strategic space-tracking station in Australia. However, the company indicated on Monday that they would not renew the contract or seek new business dealings with China after it expires. This decision will inflict heavy losses to Beijing's navigational and space exploration capabilities in the Pacific region.
Anni Bolenius, head of communications at SSC, told Reuters on Monday, "The geopolitical situation has changed since these contracts were signed in the early 2000s. We have to assess where we can do business and it's harder for us to make that assessment regarding the Chinese market now." The contract between SSC and China pertained coordinating the on-ground operations of Chinese satellites, which included meteorological and earth-monitoring satellites.
#SSC #Sweden #China #Aerospace #Space #ReconnaissanceSatellites #Satellites
Source: Apple Daily #Sep21
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200921/7J5FWISRTBFDPH7JGR44T7T5FQ/
State-run Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) signed a contract with China years ago to assist in the operation of Chinese satellites and allow the usage of a strategic space-tracking station in Australia. However, the company indicated on Monday that they would not renew the contract or seek new business dealings with China after it expires. This decision will inflict heavy losses to Beijing's navigational and space exploration capabilities in the Pacific region.
Anni Bolenius, head of communications at SSC, told Reuters on Monday, "The geopolitical situation has changed since these contracts were signed in the early 2000s. We have to assess where we can do business and it's harder for us to make that assessment regarding the Chinese market now." The contract between SSC and China pertained coordinating the on-ground operations of Chinese satellites, which included meteorological and earth-monitoring satellites.
#SSC #Sweden #China #Aerospace #Space #ReconnaissanceSatellites #Satellites
Source: Apple Daily #Sep21
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200921/7J5FWISRTBFDPH7JGR44T7T5FQ/
Sweden Banned 5G Erection from Huawei Due to the National Security, China Opposed the Abuse of the Idea of “National Security”
Following the US and the UK banning Chinese companies Huawei from building 5G networks, Sweden Postal and Telecommunications Administration announced today (20th October) that they decided to prohibit Huawei and ZTE from participating in the local 5G network erection. They also required the local telecom to remove all equipment produced by Huawei and ZTE from existing core functional devices before 2025.
Sweden will have an auction of the 5G spectrum next month. Klas Friberg, the Head of the Domestic Security Service of Sweden, described China as one of the biggest threats in Sweden, referring to China’s large-scale collection of intelligence, theft of technology and research to assist its economic development and military strength. He also worried that allowing Chinese entrepreneurs to participate in the local 5G network erection was hard to guarantee their national security.
Source from: Stand News #Oct20
https://bit.ly/3knaM1r
#China #Sweden #Huawei #ZTE #NationalSecurity #Telecommunication #5Gnetwork #KlasFriberg
Following the US and the UK banning Chinese companies Huawei from building 5G networks, Sweden Postal and Telecommunications Administration announced today (20th October) that they decided to prohibit Huawei and ZTE from participating in the local 5G network erection. They also required the local telecom to remove all equipment produced by Huawei and ZTE from existing core functional devices before 2025.
Sweden will have an auction of the 5G spectrum next month. Klas Friberg, the Head of the Domestic Security Service of Sweden, described China as one of the biggest threats in Sweden, referring to China’s large-scale collection of intelligence, theft of technology and research to assist its economic development and military strength. He also worried that allowing Chinese entrepreneurs to participate in the local 5G network erection was hard to guarantee their national security.
Source from: Stand News #Oct20
https://bit.ly/3knaM1r
#China #Sweden #Huawei #ZTE #NationalSecurity #Telecommunication #5Gnetwork #KlasFriberg
The Chinse ambassador was accused of intimidating Swedish journalists; Swedish Foreign Minister: unacceptable; the opposition party’s request for exclusion
The crisis of Xinjiang cotton has triggered issues of diplomacy. Swedish independent reporter Jojje Olson recently reported China resists Sweden brand H&M, after that he received a threatening email from Chinese Embassy, which claimed to stop reporting. The action of China aroused dissatisfaction with local opposition parties and claimed for deporting Chinese ambassadors. Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde indicated that, announcing threatening speech to reporters is completely unacceptable, however they will not deport ambassador for a political stance.
Swedish independent reporter Olson recently reported China resisted H&M. He indicated that, after the report he received a threatening email from Chinese Embassy, which asking him to stop reporting on China, otherwise he will face the consequences. He said that email even questioned him about conspiring with Taiwanese independents, spreading misinformation to arouse anti-China sentiment.
Source: Stand News #Apr11
https://bit.ly/3xUY7tR
#China #Sweden #XinjiangCotton #Xinjiang #HM #Taiwan #AntiChina
The crisis of Xinjiang cotton has triggered issues of diplomacy. Swedish independent reporter Jojje Olson recently reported China resists Sweden brand H&M, after that he received a threatening email from Chinese Embassy, which claimed to stop reporting. The action of China aroused dissatisfaction with local opposition parties and claimed for deporting Chinese ambassadors. Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde indicated that, announcing threatening speech to reporters is completely unacceptable, however they will not deport ambassador for a political stance.
Swedish independent reporter Olson recently reported China resisted H&M. He indicated that, after the report he received a threatening email from Chinese Embassy, which asking him to stop reporting on China, otherwise he will face the consequences. He said that email even questioned him about conspiring with Taiwanese independents, spreading misinformation to arouse anti-China sentiment.
Source: Stand News #Apr11
https://bit.ly/3xUY7tR
#China #Sweden #XinjiangCotton #Xinjiang #HM #Taiwan #AntiChina
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中國大使被指威嚇瑞典記者 瑞典外長：不能接受 在野黨要求驅逐 | 立場報道 | 立場新聞
新疆棉風波觸發外交問題，瑞典獨立記者奧爾松（Jojje Olson）早前報道中國抵制瑞典品牌 H&M，...
Swedish Gold Medalist says China's hosting of Olympics 'extremely irresponsible' amid human rights abuses
//Swedish speed skater Nils van der Poel, who won two gold medals at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, on Sunday, February 13, 2022, condemned the International Olympic Committee (#IOC) as being "extremely irresponsible" in handing over the games to a country that "violates human rights as blatantly" as China does.
25-year-old Nils van der Poel took gold in the men's 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter speed skating competitions at the 2022 Winter Olympics, setting the world record in the latter.
...He compared the games to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
He said that the Olympics is a "fantastic sporting event where you unite the world and nations meet," but he added that "so did Hitler before invading Poland, and so did Russia before invading Ukraine," referring to the German invasion of Poland in 1939 and the invasion of Ukrainian territory in Crimea by Russia in 2014.
As for Beijing's hosting of the Winter Games, Van de Poel said, "I think it is extremely irresponsible to give it to a country that violates human rights as blatantly as the Chinese regime is doing."//
Read full article:
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4444098
Source: Taiwan News #Feb15
#NilsVanDerPoel #Sweden #WinterOlympics #Beijing #China
//Swedish speed skater Nils van der Poel, who won two gold medals at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, on Sunday, February 13, 2022, condemned the International Olympic Committee (#IOC) as being "extremely irresponsible" in handing over the games to a country that "violates human rights as blatantly" as China does.
25-year-old Nils van der Poel took gold in the men's 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter speed skating competitions at the 2022 Winter Olympics, setting the world record in the latter.
...He compared the games to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
He said that the Olympics is a "fantastic sporting event where you unite the world and nations meet," but he added that "so did Hitler before invading Poland, and so did Russia before invading Ukraine," referring to the German invasion of Poland in 1939 and the invasion of Ukrainian territory in Crimea by Russia in 2014.
As for Beijing's hosting of the Winter Games, Van de Poel said, "I think it is extremely irresponsible to give it to a country that violates human rights as blatantly as the Chinese regime is doing."//
Read full article:
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4444098
Source: Taiwan News #Feb15
#NilsVanDerPoel #Sweden #WinterOlympics #Beijing #China
Taiwan News
Swedish skater says China's hosting of Olympics 'extremely irresponsible' amid human rights abuses
Van der Poel condemns IOC for allowing China to host Olympics amid blatant human rights violations | 2022-02-15 18:43:00