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Ending of Fight Club Restored in China
#FightClub, a 1999-film directed by #DavidFincher and starred by #BradPitt and #EdwardNorton, was streamed by #TencentVideo in China but with a very different ending. The change of ending to satisfy Chinese censorship has created backlash from film fans around the world.
Finally, the Chinese streaming platform restored the original ending to the film, instead of telling the viewers that the police had "rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals."
Source: RFA #Feb8
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/end-02082022040540.html
#Hollywood #Cinema
Ending of Fight Club Restored in China
#FightClub, a 1999-film directed by #DavidFincher and starred by #BradPitt and #EdwardNorton, was streamed by #TencentVideo in China but with a very different ending. The change of ending to satisfy Chinese censorship has created backlash from film fans around the world.
Finally, the Chinese streaming platform restored the original ending to the film, instead of telling the viewers that the police had "rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals."
Source: RFA #Feb8
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/end-02082022040540.html
#Hollywood #Cinema
#Arrest #Sedition
Singer activist Tommy Yuen arrested under National Security Law
Sources: Inmediahk, Luminant, RTHK; #Feb15
#TommyYuen #NSL #MoneyLaundering
Singer activist Tommy Yuen arrested under National Security Law
Sources: Inmediahk, Luminant, RTHK; #Feb15
#TommyYuen #NSL #MoneyLaundering
#Arrest #Sedition
Singer activist Tommy Yuen arrested under National Security Law
Tommy Yuen Man-on was arrested in the morning of February 15 by the Hong Kong national security on suspicion of sedition and money laundering.
In a press briefing, the police said the 41-year-old singer was arrested over content he published on social media since last September that incites hatred towards the government, the police and judges.
The Senior superintendent of the force’s national security unit, also accused the singer of smearing the government’s Covid policies, and singing a song that contains a banned protest slogan during an online concert.
Yuen, a former member of boyband E-kids, has been an activist supporting the pro-democracy camp over the past few years and at the height of the 2019 social unrest.
He had actively participated in the city's political events, including the Human Rights Day Rally on December 8, 2019, where he led the protest march.
Sources: Inmediahk, Luminant, RTHK; #Feb15
https://bit.ly/3sNZqZQ
#TommyYuen #NSL #MoneyLaundering
Singer activist Tommy Yuen arrested under National Security Law
Tommy Yuen Man-on was arrested in the morning of February 15 by the Hong Kong national security on suspicion of sedition and money laundering.
In a press briefing, the police said the 41-year-old singer was arrested over content he published on social media since last September that incites hatred towards the government, the police and judges.
The Senior superintendent of the force’s national security unit, also accused the singer of smearing the government’s Covid policies, and singing a song that contains a banned protest slogan during an online concert.
Yuen, a former member of boyband E-kids, has been an activist supporting the pro-democracy camp over the past few years and at the height of the 2019 social unrest.
He had actively participated in the city's political events, including the Human Rights Day Rally on December 8, 2019, where he led the protest march.
Sources: Inmediahk, Luminant, RTHK; #Feb15
https://bit.ly/3sNZqZQ
#TommyYuen #NSL #MoneyLaundering
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消息：藝人阮民安涉違《國安法》被捕 | 獨媒報導 | 獨立媒體
（獨媒報導）消息指，藝人阮民安（Tommy）涉嫌違反《港區國安法》，今早遭警方拘捕，涉及煽動意圖行為及洗黑錢。 警方較早前發出採訪通知，稱拘捕兩人同涉嫌作出煽動意圖行為及「處理已知道或相信為代表從可公訴罪行的得益的財產」，稍後將見記者交代。 阮民安為前E-kids成員，自2019年反送中運動以來積極表態，曾多次在社交媒體發文，高調支持黃店和有案件在
Washington is getting China wrong
Evergrande group, one of China’s largest property developers, is tottering on the brink of bankruptcy. Its founder, Hui Ka Yan, is scrounging to find the cash to meet payments on the $300 billion his company owes. Beijing has warned local officials to prepare for possible fallout if the gargantuan firm collapses. Around the world, financial analysts are wondering if Evergrande is China’s “Lehman moment,” the starting gun for a destructive wave of defaults that could take down the nation’s banks and set back the country’s—and the world’s—already shaky recovery from the pandemic-induced economic downturn.
Source: The Atlantic #Oct11
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/10/evergrande-china-us/620360/
#Washington #China #Evergrande #Economic #Beijing
Evergrande group, one of China’s largest property developers, is tottering on the brink of bankruptcy. Its founder, Hui Ka Yan, is scrounging to find the cash to meet payments on the $300 billion his company owes. Beijing has warned local officials to prepare for possible fallout if the gargantuan firm collapses. Around the world, financial analysts are wondering if Evergrande is China’s “Lehman moment,” the starting gun for a destructive wave of defaults that could take down the nation’s banks and set back the country’s—and the world’s—already shaky recovery from the pandemic-induced economic downturn.
Source: The Atlantic #Oct11
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/10/evergrande-china-us/620360/
#Washington #China #Evergrande #Economic #Beijing
#PressFreedom
Hong Kong Police Commissioner: Media cannot claim themselves as not having intention to incite with a disclaimer
#NationalSecurityLaw #NSL #PoliceState #Censorship #WhiteTerror #Oppression
Source: Inmedia #Jan29
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Hong Kong Police Commissioner: Media cannot claim themselves as not having intention to incite with a disclaimer
#NationalSecurityLaw #NSL #PoliceState #Censorship #WhiteTerror #Oppression
Source: Inmedia #Jan29
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Hong Kong Police Commissioner: Media cannot claim themselves as not having intention to incite with a disclaimer
Seven #StandNews staff were arrested last year due to conspiracies of publishing seditious material. Stand News had ceased operation on the same day, followed in the following month by a few web-based media.
#Mingpao, a Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong, included in its editorial a disclaimer that the newspaper has no intention to incite hatred.
More details on Mingpao's disclaimer
https://t.me/BeWaterHK/16
Raymond Siu Chak-yee, the commissioner of Hong Kong Police, described the disclaimer as meaningless, that it is just for self-hypnosis and narcissism, since claiming in a statement that they did not do said act does not mean they had not done so.
He said in a TV interview that the #BasicLaw protects #PressFreedom, from the past to now, and to the future. He emphasised that their decisions to suspend their operations were their own choices. "No one can say freedom if they go against the law, whether or not their actions has disturbed others."
#NationalSecurityLaw #NSL #PoliceState #Censorship #WhiteTerror #Oppression
Source: Inmedia #Jan29
https://bit.ly/3HSSoJB
Hong Kong Police Commissioner: Media cannot claim themselves as not having intention to incite with a disclaimer
Seven #StandNews staff were arrested last year due to conspiracies of publishing seditious material. Stand News had ceased operation on the same day, followed in the following month by a few web-based media.
#Mingpao, a Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong, included in its editorial a disclaimer that the newspaper has no intention to incite hatred.
More details on Mingpao's disclaimer
https://t.me/BeWaterHK/16
Raymond Siu Chak-yee, the commissioner of Hong Kong Police, described the disclaimer as meaningless, that it is just for self-hypnosis and narcissism, since claiming in a statement that they did not do said act does not mean they had not done so.
He said in a TV interview that the #BasicLaw protects #PressFreedom, from the past to now, and to the future. He emphasised that their decisions to suspend their operations were their own choices. "No one can say freedom if they go against the law, whether or not their actions has disturbed others."
#NationalSecurityLaw #NSL #PoliceState #Censorship #WhiteTerror #Oppression
Source: Inmedia #Jan29
https://bit.ly/3HSSoJB
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Newspaper in Hong Kong States in Editorial: "No Intention to Incite Hatred"
Source: InMedia #Jan6
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Newspaper in Hong Kong States in Editorial: "No Intention to Incite Hatred"
Source: InMedia #Jan6
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Pro-democracy NGO #HongKongWatch website reportedly blocked in Hong Kong
Source: Hong Kong Watch; Hong Kong Free Press; InMedia #Feb15
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Pro-democracy NGO #HongKongWatch website reportedly blocked in Hong Kong
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Pro-democracy NGO #HongKongWatch website reportedly blocked in Hong Kong
On February 15, 2022, the website of Hong Kong Watch, a NGO based in the UK, cannot be accessed in Hong Kong, unless a VPN is used.
It is reported that the Hong Kong authorities have requested internet service providers such as PCCW, CMHK, HKBN and Navigator networks among others, to delist the website.
In 2021, the Hong Kong government has taken down other websites including HKChroniclees.com, Transitional Justice Commission, and HK Charter 2021.
Benedict Rogers, CEO of Hong Kong Watch, said:
“If this is not just a technical malfunction, and Hong Kongers will no longer be able to access our website because of the #NationalSecurityLaw, then this is a serious blow to internet freedom. With the steady drip of website removals, there are fears that China could begin introducing its Great Internet Firewall into the city."
Source: Hong Kong Watch; Hong Kong Free Press; InMedia #Feb15
https://www.hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2022/2/14/hong-kong-watch-website-blocked-by-internet-firms-in-hong-kong
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/02/15/website-of-ngo-hong-kong-watch-appears-blocked-amid-rising-fears-of-internet-censorship/
https://bit.ly/3uRjQDQ
Pro-democracy NGO #HongKongWatch website reportedly blocked in Hong Kong
On February 15, 2022, the website of Hong Kong Watch, a NGO based in the UK, cannot be accessed in Hong Kong, unless a VPN is used.
It is reported that the Hong Kong authorities have requested internet service providers such as PCCW, CMHK, HKBN and Navigator networks among others, to delist the website.
In 2021, the Hong Kong government has taken down other websites including HKChroniclees.com, Transitional Justice Commission, and HK Charter 2021.
Benedict Rogers, CEO of Hong Kong Watch, said:
“If this is not just a technical malfunction, and Hong Kongers will no longer be able to access our website because of the #NationalSecurityLaw, then this is a serious blow to internet freedom. With the steady drip of website removals, there are fears that China could begin introducing its Great Internet Firewall into the city."
Source: Hong Kong Watch; Hong Kong Free Press; InMedia #Feb15
https://www.hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2022/2/14/hong-kong-watch-website-blocked-by-internet-firms-in-hong-kong
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/02/15/website-of-ngo-hong-kong-watch-appears-blocked-amid-rising-fears-of-internet-censorship/
https://bit.ly/3uRjQDQ
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Hong Kong Watch website blocked by internet firms in Hong Kong — Hong Kong Watch
Reports are emerging that Hong Kong Watch’s website can no longer be accessed through certain networks in Hong Kong. We are hearing that the website cannot be accessed via PCCW, CMHK, HKBN and Netvigator networks among others, and that the behaviour is…
A year ago, 55 democrats from the LegCo primary election were accused of violating the #NSL. In this year, Hong Kong has changed a lot...
#LegCo #PrimaryElection #Democrats47 #GoHKgraphics
#LegCo #PrimaryElection #Democrats47 #GoHKgraphics
#PoliticalOppression #Court
#47democrats in Hong Kong detained for almost a year while awaiting trial
Source: InMedia #Feb8
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#47democrats in Hong Kong detained for almost a year while awaiting trial
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#47democrats in Hong Kong detained for almost a year while awaiting trial
The national security case involving 47 pro-democracy figures continued its third time hearing on February 8, 2022 in a Hong Kong Court.
The case was again adjourned for next hearing scheduled on February 28, 2022. By then, most of the defendants have remanded in custody for almost one year.
The 47 defendants – including activist #JoshuaWong, former law professor #BennyTai and ex-lawmakers #LamCheukTing, #WuChiWai and #LeungKwokHung – stand accused of taking part in an unofficial primary election in July 2020 with a view to subverting the state power.
Only 14 of the accused democrats are currently on bail pending trial. Others have been in custody for almost one year while they await trial.
#NationalSecurityLaw #NSL #PoliceState #WhiteTerror
Source: InmediaHK, #Feb8
https://bit.ly/3GEDTrc
#47democrats in Hong Kong detained for almost a year while awaiting trial
The national security case involving 47 pro-democracy figures continued its third time hearing on February 8, 2022 in a Hong Kong Court.
The case was again adjourned for next hearing scheduled on February 28, 2022. By then, most of the defendants have remanded in custody for almost one year.
The 47 defendants – including activist #JoshuaWong, former law professor #BennyTai and ex-lawmakers #LamCheukTing, #WuChiWai and #LeungKwokHung – stand accused of taking part in an unofficial primary election in July 2020 with a view to subverting the state power.
Only 14 of the accused democrats are currently on bail pending trial. Others have been in custody for almost one year while they await trial.
#NationalSecurityLaw #NSL #PoliceState #WhiteTerror
Source: InmediaHK, #Feb8
https://bit.ly/3GEDTrc
Novak Djokovic : prepared to miss #Wimbledon and #FrenchOpen if forced to have COVID vaccine
#NovakDjokovic said missing the next two Grand Slam tournaments, where he is reigning champion, "is the price that I'm willing to pay".
He told the BBC: "I was never against vaccination... but I've always supported the freedom to choose what you put in your body.
Sources: Now TV, Sky News,CBC ; #Feb15
https://news.now.com/home/international/player?newsId=466579&refer=Share
#NovakDjokovic said missing the next two Grand Slam tournaments, where he is reigning champion, "is the price that I'm willing to pay".
He told the BBC: "I was never against vaccination... but I've always supported the freedom to choose what you put in your body.
Sources: Now TV, Sky News,CBC ; #Feb15
https://news.now.com/home/international/player?newsId=466579&refer=Share
Douglas Todd: 5 reasons to question Vancouver's label as the 'anti-Asian hate crime capital of North America'
Some international media outlets this year labelled Vancouver “the anti-Asian hate crime capital of North America.”
They focused on a Vancouver police report that showed hate incidents against East Asians (not “Asians,” as the articles misstate) jumping by a startling 717 per cent in the year that COVID hit, up to 98 from 12.
Bloomberg,The Guardian and other media outlets then rushed to compare the Vancouver hate-crime unit’s data to figures from some large Canadian and U.S. cities and concluded that there had been more incidents in this relatively small West Coast city.
Source: Vancouver Sun #Oct15
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-5-reasons-to-question-vancouvers-label-as-the-anti-asian-hate-crime-capital-of-north-america-part-2
#Vancouver #Asian #COVID19 #Bloomberg #Guardian
Some international media outlets this year labelled Vancouver “the anti-Asian hate crime capital of North America.”
They focused on a Vancouver police report that showed hate incidents against East Asians (not “Asians,” as the articles misstate) jumping by a startling 717 per cent in the year that COVID hit, up to 98 from 12.
Bloomberg,The Guardian and other media outlets then rushed to compare the Vancouver hate-crime unit’s data to figures from some large Canadian and U.S. cities and concluded that there had been more incidents in this relatively small West Coast city.
Source: Vancouver Sun #Oct15
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-5-reasons-to-question-vancouvers-label-as-the-anti-asian-hate-crime-capital-of-north-america-part-2
#Vancouver #Asian #COVID19 #Bloomberg #Guardian
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More News Outlets Leave Hong Kong and Suspend Service, Citing #RedLine of #NationalSecurityLaw
On February 10, 2022, Initium Media, an online news outlet, announced that they are evacuating their office from Hong Kong. They will no longer offer customer service through any Hong Kong landline telephone number. Matter related to subscription, advertisement and internship will be dealth with through email.
Meanwhile, Radio Free Asia (#RFA) also suspended some Cantonese programmes and commentaries, due to concerns about press freedom in Hong Kong and the the national security law.
Source: Hong Kong Free Press; Epoch Times #Feb11
More News Outlets Leave Hong Kong and Suspend Service, Citing #RedLine of #NationalSecurityLaw
On February 10, 2022, Initium Media, an online news outlet, announced that they are evacuating their office from Hong Kong. They will no longer offer customer service through any Hong Kong landline telephone number. Matter related to subscription, advertisement and internship will be dealth with through email.
Meanwhile, Radio Free Asia (#RFA) also suspended some Cantonese programmes and commentaries, due to concerns about press freedom in Hong Kong and the the national security law.
Source: Hong Kong Free Press; Epoch Times #Feb11
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#852Post Founder Relocated to Taiwan to Speak on Hong Kong Matters
Source: Youtube #Feb8
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#852Post Founder Relocated to Taiwan to Speak on Hong Kong Matters
#YauChingYuen, the founder of 852 Post, a pro-democracy news platform, revealed in a Youtube video released on February 8, 2022 that he has left Hong Kong for Taiwan on January 17, 2022. His wife just arrived in Taiwan and was currently in quarantine.
Yau revealed that he received a visa issued by the Taiwan government last February, but he thought he could stay in Hong Kong for a longer while.
The authorities' suppression of Stand News, an independent news outlet in Hong Kong, changed his mind.
Yau described the situation in Hong Kong as "Cultural Revolution" alike. He realised that he could only leave Hong Kong in order to speak up.
Source: Youtube #Feb8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUS3p_cyOSw
#852Post Founder Relocated to Taiwan to Speak on Hong Kong Matters
#YauChingYuen, the founder of 852 Post, a pro-democracy news platform, revealed in a Youtube video released on February 8, 2022 that he has left Hong Kong for Taiwan on January 17, 2022. His wife just arrived in Taiwan and was currently in quarantine.
Yau revealed that he received a visa issued by the Taiwan government last February, but he thought he could stay in Hong Kong for a longer while.
The authorities' suppression of Stand News, an independent news outlet in Hong Kong, changed his mind.
Yau described the situation in Hong Kong as "Cultural Revolution" alike. He realised that he could only leave Hong Kong in order to speak up.
Source: Youtube #Feb8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUS3p_cyOSw
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US accuses China of 'serious harm' to workers through trade
The US Trade Representative accused Beijing of repeatedly failing to live up to trade commitments.
It published its annual review of China's compliance with the deal that gave it membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday.
China said it is a firm supporter of and important contributor to the WTO.
The US report is the first since President Biden's appointee Katherine Tai took up office as the top US trade negotiator, and it lays out US concerns about China's trade policies.
Source: BBC #Feb16
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60408667
#US #China #Trade #Beijing #WTO
The US Trade Representative accused Beijing of repeatedly failing to live up to trade commitments.
It published its annual review of China's compliance with the deal that gave it membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday.
China said it is a firm supporter of and important contributor to the WTO.
The US report is the first since President Biden's appointee Katherine Tai took up office as the top US trade negotiator, and it lays out US concerns about China's trade policies.
Source: BBC #Feb16
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60408667
#US #China #Trade #Beijing #WTO