Chinese Hotpot Chain Remains Open for Business Under the Risk of Spreding Coronavirus
HaiDiLao Hotpot, the well-known hotpot chain in China, remains open for business at its two-storey Yau Ma Tei branch. One of the two floors is open despite the recent news on hot pot being the “super-spreader”.
A family of 19 members was sharing a hotpot meal and 13 of them were infected with the coronavirus. On Feburary 10th, Yoshinoya, Café de Coral and Fairwood have announced that they would suspend their hot pot menu.
[Editor's note: HaiDiLao was, according to the police broadcast made to Hong Kong protesters, a place where the police like to go after work, especially their branches in Shenzhen, China]
Source: United Social Press #Feb17
#ChinesePneumonia #Hotpot #HaiDiLao
HaiDiLao Hotpot, the well-known hotpot chain in China, remains open for business at its two-storey Yau Ma Tei branch. One of the two floors is open despite the recent news on hot pot being the “super-spreader”.
A family of 19 members was sharing a hotpot meal and 13 of them were infected with the coronavirus. On Feburary 10th, Yoshinoya, Café de Coral and Fairwood have announced that they would suspend their hot pot menu.
[Editor's note: HaiDiLao was, according to the police broadcast made to Hong Kong protesters, a place where the police like to go after work, especially their branches in Shenzhen, China]
Source: United Social Press #Feb17
#ChinesePneumonia #Hotpot #HaiDiLao
#SelfHelp #GovernanceCrisis
Free Face Masks Distributed by the Nepali Youth Campaigner in Yuen Long, Hong Kong to elderly and people in need.
Photo: Internet #Feb17
#NepaliYouthCampaigner
Free Face Masks Distributed by the Nepali Youth Campaigner in Yuen Long, Hong Kong to elderly and people in need.
Photo: Internet #Feb17
#NepaliYouthCampaigner
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Hong Kong's National Security Police Charges Lawyer's Assistant for Collusion and Assisting 12 Pro-democracy Hongkongers
Source: Stand News #Feb17
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Hong Kong's National Security Police Charges Lawyer's Assistant for Collusion and Assisting 12 Pro-democracy Hongkongers
Source: Stand News #Feb17
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Hong Kong's National Security Police Charges Lawyer's Assistant for Collusion and Assisting 12 Pro-democracy Hongkongers
The Hong Kong Police laid charges on a lawyer's assistant under the #NationalSecurityLaw, making him the 5th person charged under the law.
The Police confirmed that the National Security Department has arrested a 29-year-old man on Feb 17, 2021, for his activities from July 1 to Aug 31, 2020.
The man was accused of "colluding with foreign powers" by participating in lobbying work, as well as assisting the 12 pro-democracy protesters in fleeing the city.
The man is charged on one count of "conspiracy to collude with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security", and one count of "conspiracy to assist criminals". His case was quickly brought to court on the afternoon of his arrest.
According to sources, the man had been previously arrested by the National Security Department in October 2020. He was arrested together with 8 others, including friends of the 12 Hongkongers and district councilors' assistants.
The police accused them for assisting fugitives in various roles, including being the boat operator, supplying funds, providing lodging and transportation to the pier, making arrangements for their lives after arriving in Taiwan, and so on.
Sources further state that the authorities had already frozen the man's bank accounts, both local and overseas, though the police denied the allegations.
The Hong Kong Police further stated that there had been 98 arrests under the National Security law up to Feb 16, 2021. The arrestees are aged 16 to 79, and are accused for activities "endangering national security".
Source: Stand News #Feb17
#Regime #Arrest #Court
#PoliceState #NationalSecurityLaw #Court #Save12HKYouths
Hong Kong's National Security Police Charges Lawyer's Assistant for Collusion and Assisting 12 Pro-democracy Hongkongers
The Hong Kong Police laid charges on a lawyer's assistant under the #NationalSecurityLaw, making him the 5th person charged under the law.
The Police confirmed that the National Security Department has arrested a 29-year-old man on Feb 17, 2021, for his activities from July 1 to Aug 31, 2020.
The man was accused of "colluding with foreign powers" by participating in lobbying work, as well as assisting the 12 pro-democracy protesters in fleeing the city.
The man is charged on one count of "conspiracy to collude with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security", and one count of "conspiracy to assist criminals". His case was quickly brought to court on the afternoon of his arrest.
According to sources, the man had been previously arrested by the National Security Department in October 2020. He was arrested together with 8 others, including friends of the 12 Hongkongers and district councilors' assistants.
The police accused them for assisting fugitives in various roles, including being the boat operator, supplying funds, providing lodging and transportation to the pier, making arrangements for their lives after arriving in Taiwan, and so on.
Sources further state that the authorities had already frozen the man's bank accounts, both local and overseas, though the police denied the allegations.
The Hong Kong Police further stated that there had been 98 arrests under the National Security law up to Feb 16, 2021. The arrestees are aged 16 to 79, and are accused for activities "endangering national security".
Source: Stand News #Feb17
#Regime #Arrest #Court
#PoliceState #NationalSecurityLaw #Court #Save12HKYouths
Myanmar protesters accuse China of backing coup plotters
Activists allege Beijing setting up ‘great firewall’ and call for boycott of Chinese products.
Since a week ago, Myanmar social media has been alight with rumours after a series of cargo flights confirmed by flight tracker websites from the Chinese city of Kunming landed in Yangon when the country’s airspace was restricted.
Protesters have speculated that the flights contained internet-blocking information technology software, or Chinese soldiers.
Anti-coup demonstrators have massed outside the Chinese embassy in Yangon over the past week, holding placards attacking Beijing or showing President Xi Jinping dangling senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the junta chief, by marionette strings.
Source: FT #Feb17
https://www.ft.com/content/43e6ecfe-081a-4390-aa18-154ec87ff764
#MyanmarCoup #ChinaBackMyanmarCoup #ChinaFireWall
Activists allege Beijing setting up ‘great firewall’ and call for boycott of Chinese products.
Since a week ago, Myanmar social media has been alight with rumours after a series of cargo flights confirmed by flight tracker websites from the Chinese city of Kunming landed in Yangon when the country’s airspace was restricted.
Protesters have speculated that the flights contained internet-blocking information technology software, or Chinese soldiers.
Anti-coup demonstrators have massed outside the Chinese embassy in Yangon over the past week, holding placards attacking Beijing or showing President Xi Jinping dangling senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the junta chief, by marionette strings.
Source: FT #Feb17
https://www.ft.com/content/43e6ecfe-081a-4390-aa18-154ec87ff764
#MyanmarCoup #ChinaBackMyanmarCoup #ChinaFireWall
U.K. Points to Political Risk in New Hong Kong Business Guidance
The U.K. highlighted increasing political risks in its latest guidance on conducting business in Hong Kong, pointedly dropping references to relations with its former colony as “positive” and “beneficial.”
The U.K. government updated its guidance Tuesday for the business risk level in Hong Kong to include a warning that a China-drafted national security law imposed last year was “already reducing the extent to which the people of Hong Kong are able to exercise their fundamental rights and freedoms.” The guidance also lays out recent political changes in Hong Kong, citing “increasing concerns” about
#Bloomberg
https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/u-k-points-to-political-risk-in-new-hong-kong-business-guidance
#Feb17 #PoliticalRiskInHongKong #HongKong #HKBusinessGuidance
The U.K. highlighted increasing political risks in its latest guidance on conducting business in Hong Kong, pointedly dropping references to relations with its former colony as “positive” and “beneficial.”
The U.K. government updated its guidance Tuesday for the business risk level in Hong Kong to include a warning that a China-drafted national security law imposed last year was “already reducing the extent to which the people of Hong Kong are able to exercise their fundamental rights and freedoms.” The guidance also lays out recent political changes in Hong Kong, citing “increasing concerns” about
#Bloomberg
https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/u-k-points-to-political-risk-in-new-hong-kong-business-guidance
#Feb17 #PoliticalRiskInHongKong #HongKong #HKBusinessGuidance
#Court #818Rally #PoliticalPersecution
German Parliament Member: We should not give up on Hong Kong democracy advocates
Source: Stand News #Feb17
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German Parliament Member: We should not give up on Hong Kong democracy advocates
In Hong Kong, a number of pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong were accused of "organising and participating in the an assembly at Victoria Park on August 18, 2019 during the Anti-ELAB movement.
Among them were Lee Chu-Ming, Founding Chairman of the Democratic Party; Margaret Ng Ngoi-Yee, barrister and ex-Legislative Councillor; and Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, Founder of Apple Daily. They were charged of "oganising and taking part in an unauthorised assembly". The trial began in court on Feb 16, 2021.
In Germany, #GydeJensen, the youngest female member of the #GermanParliament, showed support for the pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. She uploaded photos of her holding up a sign which said “WE STAND WITH HONGKONG”. She also mentioned that she had made motion in the parliament, urging #Germany and the #EU to show more concern on human rights issues.
Jensen stated that the prosecution of the pro-democracy figures was undoubtedly a political one, and was part of Xi Jinping’s plan to silence the democratic movement in Hong Kong, so that Hong Kong people would give up their hope on freedom and democracy.
Jensen warns that the agenda also applied to the international level. She stressed that international figures could not let themselves get numbed by Hong Kong’s current situation, nor give up on Hong Kong’s democratic advocates.
Source: Stand News #Feb17
#GlobalSupport #JimmyLai #MargaretNg #StandWithHongKong #InternationalSociety
German Parliament Member: We should not give up on Hong Kong democracy advocates
In Hong Kong, a number of pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong were accused of "organising and participating in the an assembly at Victoria Park on August 18, 2019 during the Anti-ELAB movement.
Among them were Lee Chu-Ming, Founding Chairman of the Democratic Party; Margaret Ng Ngoi-Yee, barrister and ex-Legislative Councillor; and Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, Founder of Apple Daily. They were charged of "oganising and taking part in an unauthorised assembly". The trial began in court on Feb 16, 2021.
In Germany, #GydeJensen, the youngest female member of the #GermanParliament, showed support for the pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. She uploaded photos of her holding up a sign which said “WE STAND WITH HONGKONG”. She also mentioned that she had made motion in the parliament, urging #Germany and the #EU to show more concern on human rights issues.
Jensen stated that the prosecution of the pro-democracy figures was undoubtedly a political one, and was part of Xi Jinping’s plan to silence the democratic movement in Hong Kong, so that Hong Kong people would give up their hope on freedom and democracy.
Jensen warns that the agenda also applied to the international level. She stressed that international figures could not let themselves get numbed by Hong Kong’s current situation, nor give up on Hong Kong’s democratic advocates.
Source: Stand News #Feb17
#GlobalSupport #JimmyLai #MargaretNg #StandWithHongKong #InternationalSociety
Virtual control: the agenda behind China’s new digital currency
Source: Financial Time #Feb17
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Virtual control: the agenda behind China’s new digital currency
Although no official launch date has been announced, China is intent on becoming the first large economy to introduce a digital currency, showcasing its position as the global leader in payments technology to the world at next year’s Winter Olympics.
China’s digital plan dovetails with broader ambitions for its currency as Beijing hopes the
technology will help promote the renminbi internationally and weaken the US dollar’s
supremacy.
China’s digital renminbi is a “central bank digital currency”, making it in some ways the
opposite of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. Its digital format enables the central bank to track all transactions at the individual level in real time. Beijing aims to use this feature to combat money laundering, corruption and the financing of “terrorism” at home by strengthening the already formidable surveillance powers of the ruling Communist party.
Source: Financial Time #Feb17
https://www.ft.com/content/7511809e-827e-4526-81ad-ae83f405f623#uk
#DigitalYuen #China #CBDC #DigitalRenminbi
Although no official launch date has been announced, China is intent on becoming the first large economy to introduce a digital currency, showcasing its position as the global leader in payments technology to the world at next year’s Winter Olympics.
China’s digital plan dovetails with broader ambitions for its currency as Beijing hopes the
technology will help promote the renminbi internationally and weaken the US dollar’s
supremacy.
China’s digital renminbi is a “central bank digital currency”, making it in some ways the
opposite of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. Its digital format enables the central bank to track all transactions at the individual level in real time. Beijing aims to use this feature to combat money laundering, corruption and the financing of “terrorism” at home by strengthening the already formidable surveillance powers of the ruling Communist party.
Source: Financial Time #Feb17
https://www.ft.com/content/7511809e-827e-4526-81ad-ae83f405f623#uk
#DigitalYuen #China #CBDC #DigitalRenminbi
#WinterOlympics #HumanRights #Shame
Natalie Geisenberger: I’d never returned to China
#NatalieGeisenberger #Luge #IOC #LGBT
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Natalie Geisenberger: I’d never returned to China
#NatalieGeisenberger #Luge #IOC #LGBT
Source: Deutsche Welle; #Feb17
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Natalie Geisenberger: I’d never returned to China
#NatalieGeisenberger, Germany’s #luge champion who took home a sixth gold medal at #WinterOlympic Games this year. She went to Beijing having previously criticised China and even considered boycotting.
“When there’s #HumanRights and the country’s stance on #LGBT, those issues should be taken into consideration by the #IOC (in selecting host nations).”
Geisenberger refused to speak about the human rights issue during the Games.
“You have to be careful when you say what, and where you say it, and I think many are feeling this way. Here on location, I think it’s better not to say too much,” she said on February 8.
Having now returned to Germany, she told newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung that she will never return to China.
“It’s just not a holiday destination for me, and I wouldn’t go to China for a World Cup either,” Geisenberger continued saying, “it has nothing to do with the pandemic. I wasn’t there because I really wanted to go to China, but because the IOC decided that the Olympic Games would take place in Beijing.
Source: Deutsche Welle; #Feb17
https://p.dw.com/p/47AoV
Natalie Geisenberger: I’d never returned to China
#NatalieGeisenberger, Germany’s #luge champion who took home a sixth gold medal at #WinterOlympic Games this year. She went to Beijing having previously criticised China and even considered boycotting.
“When there’s #HumanRights and the country’s stance on #LGBT, those issues should be taken into consideration by the #IOC (in selecting host nations).”
Geisenberger refused to speak about the human rights issue during the Games.
“You have to be careful when you say what, and where you say it, and I think many are feeling this way. Here on location, I think it’s better not to say too much,” she said on February 8.
Having now returned to Germany, she told newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung that she will never return to China.
“It’s just not a holiday destination for me, and I wouldn’t go to China for a World Cup either,” Geisenberger continued saying, “it has nothing to do with the pandemic. I wasn’t there because I really wanted to go to China, but because the IOC decided that the Olympic Games would take place in Beijing.
Source: Deutsche Welle; #Feb17
https://p.dw.com/p/47AoV
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德国冬奥冠军：比赛一结束就离开中国
刚刚在北京冬奥上斩获两枚金牌的德国雪橇运动员盖森贝格在2月16日的电视访谈节目中，对自己的冬奥之旅进行了批判性总结。她认为此次的东道主中国正与世隔绝，并且承认这次参赛面临着“内心纠结”。
Australia requests an investigation and an explanation on a Chinese warship irradiating an Australian patrol aircraft with a laser
On #Feb17, a Chinese navy warship used laser irradiating an Australian royal air force patrol at the north of mainland #Australia.
Australian PM, #ScottMorrison, said that Australia requested a full investigation into the incident through diplomatic methods. He also asked China to explain why "a professional defence force" can do such a dangerous act.
Hw tod the press on #Feb21, "This is completely unacceptable to have such an act. As a result, we requested to have an investigation on the warship behaviour... It is very unprofessional for a mature navy to have these dangerous and reckless acts, so we hope China to provide us with an answer."
However, the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson, #WangWenbin, replied the accusation is not true and claimed the Chinese warship was "sailing normally", "complying with relevant international law".
#NavyWarship #RoyalAirForcePatrol
Source: SBS #Feb22
https://www.sbs.com.au/chinese/cantonese/zh-hant/scott-morrison-demands-full-investigation-into-chinese-laser-incident?cid=alc:soc:bau:con:SBSChineseTelegram::na
On #Feb17, a Chinese navy warship used laser irradiating an Australian royal air force patrol at the north of mainland #Australia.
Australian PM, #ScottMorrison, said that Australia requested a full investigation into the incident through diplomatic methods. He also asked China to explain why "a professional defence force" can do such a dangerous act.
Hw tod the press on #Feb21, "This is completely unacceptable to have such an act. As a result, we requested to have an investigation on the warship behaviour... It is very unprofessional for a mature navy to have these dangerous and reckless acts, so we hope China to provide us with an answer."
However, the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson, #WangWenbin, replied the accusation is not true and claimed the Chinese warship was "sailing normally", "complying with relevant international law".
#NavyWarship #RoyalAirForcePatrol
Source: SBS #Feb22
https://www.sbs.com.au/chinese/cantonese/zh-hant/scott-morrison-demands-full-investigation-into-chinese-laser-incident?cid=alc:soc:bau:con:SBSChineseTelegram::na
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莫理遜促「全面徹查」中國海軍激光事件 汪文斌：停止散佈虛假信息
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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。