Planned Chinese university in Hungary rouses widespread protest
There are no signs of any excavators or cranes yet in the Budapest district of Ferencvaros. But Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government is hoping to see them roar into action soon. China's renowned Shanghai-based Fudan University intends to open its first foreign campus here in 2024 as the first Chinese university in the European Union.
But the plan has met with considerable opposition. According to a recent poll by Budapest's Republikon Institute, 66% of Hungarians oppose the construction project, including many supporters of the ruling Fidesz party. The opposition is trying to prevent the campus with all means at its disposal, above all, Budapest's mayor, Gergely Karacsony of Hungary's green-liberal party Parbeszed. He wants to enter the race against Viktor Orban in next year's parliamentary elections for the united opposition list.
Source : Deutsche Wells #Jun04
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There are no signs of any excavators or cranes yet in the Budapest district of Ferencvaros. But Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government is hoping to see them roar into action soon. China's renowned Shanghai-based Fudan University intends to open its first foreign campus here in 2024 as the first Chinese university in the European Union.
But the plan has met with considerable opposition. According to a recent poll by Budapest's Republikon Institute, 66% of Hungarians oppose the construction project, including many supporters of the ruling Fidesz party. The opposition is trying to prevent the campus with all means at its disposal, above all, Budapest's mayor, Gergely Karacsony of Hungary's green-liberal party Parbeszed. He wants to enter the race against Viktor Orban in next year's parliamentary elections for the united opposition list.
Source : Deutsche Wells #Jun04
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Blinken: "Tiananmen" is a Synonym of China's brutal actions, the protest at the time echoes Hongkongers' struggle today
Source: Stand News #Jun04
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Blinken: "Tiananmen" is a Synonym of China's brutal actions, the protest at the time echoes Hongkongers' struggle today
On the 32nd Anniversary of the June 4th Massacre, the US Secretary of State Blinken issues a statement saying that Tiananmen had already been a synonym of brutal actions by the Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1989. He also describes the Tiananmen demonstrations in 1989 echoing the struggles for democracy and freedom in Hong Kong.
The statement said that the people at the Tiananmen Square by then had a noble and simple request: Recognize and respect the human rights. Blinken criticises the PRC authorities for failing to meet the people's request and responded it with violence. He said that the courage of the protesters on the June 4th incident reminds him never stop seeking transparency on the events of that day, including a full accounting of all those killed, detained, or missing. He also pointed out that the Tiananmen demonstrations echoes the struggles for democracy and freedom in Hong Kong, where a planned vigil to commemorate the event was banned by local authorities.
He emphasises that the US will continue to stand with the people of China as they demand their government to respect universal human rights.
Source: Stand News #Jun04
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#US #China #Tiananmen #Blinken #HumanRights #Tyranny #June4 #Freedom #Democracy
On the 32nd Anniversary of the June 4th Massacre, the US Secretary of State Blinken issues a statement saying that Tiananmen had already been a synonym of brutal actions by the Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1989. He also describes the Tiananmen demonstrations in 1989 echoing the struggles for democracy and freedom in Hong Kong.
The statement said that the people at the Tiananmen Square by then had a noble and simple request: Recognize and respect the human rights. Blinken criticises the PRC authorities for failing to meet the people's request and responded it with violence. He said that the courage of the protesters on the June 4th incident reminds him never stop seeking transparency on the events of that day, including a full accounting of all those killed, detained, or missing. He also pointed out that the Tiananmen demonstrations echoes the struggles for democracy and freedom in Hong Kong, where a planned vigil to commemorate the event was banned by local authorities.
He emphasises that the US will continue to stand with the people of China as they demand their government to respect universal human rights.
Source: Stand News #Jun04
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#US #China #Tiananmen #Blinken #HumanRights #Tyranny #June4 #Freedom #Democracy
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Authorities Remove Teaching Materials on Human Rights and Protesting in Hong Kong
The Education Bureau (#EDB) in Hong Kong has been promoting values education in recent years, and it is rating the "National identity" and "law-abiding" as one of the most important values.
It is also found that some learning and teaching resources under the "Human Rights Education" category have been chopped with the latest website update, including group projects to collect press clippings for demonstrations, studying "why protesters have their demands", etc.
As the 33rd anniversary of the June Fourth Incident approaches, the timing of this update becomes sensitive, though the Education Bureau said yesterday that the recent update "has nothing to do with the June Fourth Incident, so there's no need to make unnecessary speculations".
In the Education Bureau's original framework, students are expected to "respect human rights". These wordings were removed in the pilot version of the "Values Education Curriculum Framework" launched last year.
In addition, the recommendation to students to "cherish freedom and respect the freedom of others" through the #RTHK programme "City Forum" was also removed.
A primary school principal, who did not wish to be named, said she felt helpless about the change in the teaching resources. She said that despite the clear new content, some of the removed items should be available for teaching, but becoming a grey area after the #NationalSecurityLaw came into effect. She worried that teaching such materials might touch on sensitive topics and lead to "consequences".
"For example, teachers should have taught the June 4 incident on June 4, but now they feel that they could no longer teach it under the National Security Law. There's a lot of pressure on the schools and the teachers, that we don't know if anyone would complain about what we teach to the authority," she said.
Source: Mingpao #Jun04
#NSL #Education #June4
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Authorities Remove Teaching Materials on Human Rights and Protesting in Hong Kong
The Education Bureau (#EDB) in Hong Kong has been promoting values education in recent years, and it is rating the "National identity" and "law-abiding" as one of the most important values.
It is also found that some learning and teaching resources under the "Human Rights Education" category have been chopped with the latest website update, including group projects to collect press clippings for demonstrations, studying "why protesters have their demands", etc.
As the 33rd anniversary of the June Fourth Incident approaches, the timing of this update becomes sensitive, though the Education Bureau said yesterday that the recent update "has nothing to do with the June Fourth Incident, so there's no need to make unnecessary speculations".
In the Education Bureau's original framework, students are expected to "respect human rights". These wordings were removed in the pilot version of the "Values Education Curriculum Framework" launched last year.
In addition, the recommendation to students to "cherish freedom and respect the freedom of others" through the #RTHK programme "City Forum" was also removed.
A primary school principal, who did not wish to be named, said she felt helpless about the change in the teaching resources. She said that despite the clear new content, some of the removed items should be available for teaching, but becoming a grey area after the #NationalSecurityLaw came into effect. She worried that teaching such materials might touch on sensitive topics and lead to "consequences".
"For example, teachers should have taught the June 4 incident on June 4, but now they feel that they could no longer teach it under the National Security Law. There's a lot of pressure on the schools and the teachers, that we don't know if anyone would complain about what we teach to the authority," she said.
Source: Mingpao #Jun04
#NSL #Education #June4
https://bit.ly/3yiZ0yo
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