Canada-China Relations: Trudeau hopes for the release of two Canadian citizens before New Year; government sources have yet to receive any new information
Source: Apple Daily #Dec17
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Canada-China Relations: Trudeau hopes for the release of two Canadian citizens before New Year; government sources have yet to receive any new information
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday he hoped for good news soon about two citizens who have been detained in China for the last two years.
Canadian police picked up Huawei Technologies Co Ltd Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. warrant in December 2018. Shortly after, China arrested businessman Michael Spavor and former diplomat Michael Kovrig on espionage charges, which Canada has described as a case of hostage diplomacy.
Asked by Global News whether he thought there would be good news for the men’s families before the New Year, Trudeau replied: “I certainly hope so,” and said, “they are just an inspiration to me ... we’re doing everything we can, both directly with China and with allies.”
Canada has consistently said the return of the two men is its top foreign policy priority. However, sources said they had not heard of any recent developments.
#Canada #China #espionage #Huawei #Trudeau #diplomacy
Source: Apple Daily #Dec17
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201217/YY5UVG2JAFBO7CX7C23576LMOU/
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday he hoped for good news soon about two citizens who have been detained in China for the last two years.
Canadian police picked up Huawei Technologies Co Ltd Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. warrant in December 2018. Shortly after, China arrested businessman Michael Spavor and former diplomat Michael Kovrig on espionage charges, which Canada has described as a case of hostage diplomacy.
Asked by Global News whether he thought there would be good news for the men’s families before the New Year, Trudeau replied: “I certainly hope so,” and said, “they are just an inspiration to me ... we’re doing everything we can, both directly with China and with allies.”
Canada has consistently said the return of the two men is its top foreign policy priority. However, sources said they had not heard of any recent developments.
#Canada #China #espionage #Huawei #Trudeau #diplomacy
Source: Apple Daily #Dec17
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201217/YY5UVG2JAFBO7CX7C23576LMOU/
A message in Twitter from Miriam M Lexmann last year
It is time to rethink our relations with #China, ensuring a value-based & consistent approach towards the Chinese Communist Party. We must stand with those whose freedoms are violated everyday
My remarks during during today’s @Europarl_EN plenary session on #Uyghur forced labour
Source: Twitter #Dec17
https://twitter.com/miriammlex/status/1339525080183955456?s=21
It is time to rethink our relations with #China, ensuring a value-based & consistent approach towards the Chinese Communist Party. We must stand with those whose freedoms are violated everyday
My remarks during during today’s @Europarl_EN plenary session on #Uyghur forced labour
Source: Twitter #Dec17
https://twitter.com/miriammlex/status/1339525080183955456?s=21
A new policy for Hong Kong
It was welcome news that Joe Biden has considered creation of an “Asia tsar” for the White House to coordinate policy in the face of challenges posed by China. However, to fully signal to Beijing that its authoritarian expansionist aims must be halted and reversed, the new administration should consider devising a new foreign policy for Hong Kong.
When President Trump suspended the special treatment of Hong Kong as a trading entity different from the rest of China, the United States harmed its relations with the former British colony. But there is no indication that a new policy distinct from an overall China strategy will be created for Hong Kong. As an exiled dissident from the city, I believe a new policy is critical since it continues to serve American interests to have Hong Kong remain different in both character and politics from the rest of China.
Source: The Hill #Dec17
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/530534-a-new-policy-for-hong-kong
#Policy #HongKong #JoeBiden #WhiteHouse #China #Beijing #Trump
It was welcome news that Joe Biden has considered creation of an “Asia tsar” for the White House to coordinate policy in the face of challenges posed by China. However, to fully signal to Beijing that its authoritarian expansionist aims must be halted and reversed, the new administration should consider devising a new foreign policy for Hong Kong.
When President Trump suspended the special treatment of Hong Kong as a trading entity different from the rest of China, the United States harmed its relations with the former British colony. But there is no indication that a new policy distinct from an overall China strategy will be created for Hong Kong. As an exiled dissident from the city, I believe a new policy is critical since it continues to serve American interests to have Hong Kong remain different in both character and politics from the rest of China.
Source: The Hill #Dec17
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/530534-a-new-policy-for-hong-kong
#Policy #HongKong #JoeBiden #WhiteHouse #China #Beijing #Trump
TheHill
A new policy for Hong Kong
American leaders have to take swift action on this issue.
#CallforAction
#HongKongWatch: Elections in Hong Kong Do Not Represent the Vox Populi of #Hongkongers
Hong Kong Watch is organising a social media campaign to call for people's attention to Hong Kong political issues, which include the upcoming #LegCoElections on #Dec19 2021 and the 47 pro-democracy activists and legislators imprisoned or under trial due to the pro-democracy primaries in 2020.
The organisation called for people to upload photos onto social media with the hashtags #ReleaseMyCandidate and/or #釋放我的候選人, stating that it could not represent the vox populi of Hongkongers.
Shortly after the campaign, many activists and politicians have started their participation, including Lord Alton of Liverpool, MEP Engin Eroglu, human rights activist Laura Harth and Hong Kong artiste Joe Tay.
To learn more about the campaign: https://twitter.com/hk_watch/status/1470428393057488903?s=21
Source: Hong Kong Watch
#Dec17
#Campaign #LegCo #Election #Primaries #NSL
#HongKongWatch: Elections in Hong Kong Do Not Represent the Vox Populi of #Hongkongers
Hong Kong Watch is organising a social media campaign to call for people's attention to Hong Kong political issues, which include the upcoming #LegCoElections on #Dec19 2021 and the 47 pro-democracy activists and legislators imprisoned or under trial due to the pro-democracy primaries in 2020.
The organisation called for people to upload photos onto social media with the hashtags #ReleaseMyCandidate and/or #釋放我的候選人, stating that it could not represent the vox populi of Hongkongers.
Shortly after the campaign, many activists and politicians have started their participation, including Lord Alton of Liverpool, MEP Engin Eroglu, human rights activist Laura Harth and Hong Kong artiste Joe Tay.
To learn more about the campaign: https://twitter.com/hk_watch/status/1470428393057488903?s=21
Source: Hong Kong Watch
#Dec17
#Campaign #LegCo #Election #Primaries #NSL
#FailedState #CCP
HK Authorities Replace Hong Kong’s #Bauhinia Insignia with Chinese Emblem in #LegislativeCouncil
The change, ahead of the “patriots only” legislative election, is said in line with the National Flag and National Emblem Ordinance, which states that it must be displayed for the swearing-in of officials.
The oath-taking ceremony for new lawmakers is set to take place early 2022.
The main chamber of the Legislative complex is undergoing an expansion to accommodate 20 extra lawmakers destined to sit in the newly-expanded legislature.
Although more lawmakers will be sworn in, democratic representation was reduced by around half following the Beijing-led overhaul of the system in May 2021.
Source: Citizen News, HKFP; #Dec17
https://www.hkcnews.com/article/49208/%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E6%9C%83-%E5%9C%8B%E5%BE%BD-%E5%AE%A3%E8%AA%93%E5%B0%B1%E8%81%B7-49234/%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E6%9C%83%E6%9C%83%E8%AD%B0%E5%BB%B3%E6%94%B9%E6%8E%9B%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%9C%8B%E5%BE%BD
HK Authorities Replace Hong Kong’s #Bauhinia Insignia with Chinese Emblem in #LegislativeCouncil
The change, ahead of the “patriots only” legislative election, is said in line with the National Flag and National Emblem Ordinance, which states that it must be displayed for the swearing-in of officials.
The oath-taking ceremony for new lawmakers is set to take place early 2022.
The main chamber of the Legislative complex is undergoing an expansion to accommodate 20 extra lawmakers destined to sit in the newly-expanded legislature.
Although more lawmakers will be sworn in, democratic representation was reduced by around half following the Beijing-led overhaul of the system in May 2021.
Source: Citizen News, HKFP; #Dec17
https://www.hkcnews.com/article/49208/%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E6%9C%83-%E5%9C%8B%E5%BE%BD-%E5%AE%A3%E8%AA%93%E5%B0%B1%E8%81%B7-49234/%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E6%9C%83%E6%9C%83%E8%AD%B0%E5%BB%B3%E6%94%B9%E6%8E%9B%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%9C%8B%E5%BE%BD
#Court #Censorship
Hong Kong Court Asks Man to Change Mask With Suspected Protest Iconography
#CarolNg, former chairperson of Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (#HKCTU) and one of the “#NSL47”, has been remained under custody. She has requested bail on #Dec20, 2021 to the High Court, and the application was processed by Esther Toh Lye Ping, one of the designated judges for any #NationalSecurityLaw-related cases.
A court observer have worn a yellow and black mask with the #Bible verse (Amos 5:24), “But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream,” embroidered on it.
He was denied entry by security and court personnel under orders of the judge, and demanded that he change his mask before he would be allowed entry. They have not explained their reasons behind this act.
The observer was disgruntled by the request, and questioned, “If my clothes were not allowed in court, do I have to take them off them too?”
A similar incident also happened on #Dec17, 2021, when former head of the English edition of Apple Daily #LoFung (Fung Wai-kwong) requested bail.
Before the hearing began, Toh, through her secretary and Bailiffs, required observers wearing yellow masks or wearing hoodies with yellow umbrella insignias to change into “more appropriate” clothing, or be led away from the courtroom.
Some observers have questioned the requirement, questioning that those were “unsuitable” clothing, to which the Chief Bailiff stated, “it is inappropriate,” without further explaination.
Source: InMedia #Dec20
https://bit.ly/3slkoAG
#Mask #Injustice #Save47
Hong Kong Court Asks Man to Change Mask With Suspected Protest Iconography
#CarolNg, former chairperson of Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (#HKCTU) and one of the “#NSL47”, has been remained under custody. She has requested bail on #Dec20, 2021 to the High Court, and the application was processed by Esther Toh Lye Ping, one of the designated judges for any #NationalSecurityLaw-related cases.
A court observer have worn a yellow and black mask with the #Bible verse (Amos 5:24), “But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream,” embroidered on it.
He was denied entry by security and court personnel under orders of the judge, and demanded that he change his mask before he would be allowed entry. They have not explained their reasons behind this act.
The observer was disgruntled by the request, and questioned, “If my clothes were not allowed in court, do I have to take them off them too?”
A similar incident also happened on #Dec17, 2021, when former head of the English edition of Apple Daily #LoFung (Fung Wai-kwong) requested bail.
Before the hearing began, Toh, through her secretary and Bailiffs, required observers wearing yellow masks or wearing hoodies with yellow umbrella insignias to change into “more appropriate” clothing, or be led away from the courtroom.
Some observers have questioned the requirement, questioning that those were “unsuitable” clothing, to which the Chief Bailiff stated, “it is inappropriate,” without further explaination.
Source: InMedia #Dec20
https://bit.ly/3slkoAG
#Mask #Injustice #Save47
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China Ordered #Amazon to Delete Reviews of #XiJinping’s Book
Source: Bloomberg; Reuters #Dec17
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China Ordered #Amazon to Delete Reviews of #XiJinping’s Book
//Amazon.com Inc.’s efforts to curry favor with the Chinese government included quieting criticism of President Xi Jinping’s book on its Chinese outlet, according to a Reuters report.
The Amazon.cn entry for Xi’s “The Governance of China” had its ratings, comments and reviews scrubbed and disabled roughly two years ago in response to an edict from Beijing, the report said. Triggering the request were reviews rating the work at less than the maximum five stars, according to one of the unidentified people familiar with the incident...
The experience recounted in the report mirrors that of Apple Inc., which has grown increasingly compliant with Beijing in recent years. Apple complied with 97% of requests from the Chinese government for user device information in 2019, up significantly from 65% in 2014.
Reviews for Xi’s book of speeches and writings are blocked only on Amazon’s Chinese website. One Amazon.com entry has received 74% five-star reviews.
Other U.S. firms, such as Yahoo! and Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn, have, by contrast, exited the Chinese market this year, citing an increasingly challenging business and legal environment in the country.//
Read Reuters' report:
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/amazon-partnered-with-china-propaganda-arm-win-beijings-favor-document-shows-2021-12-17/
Source: Bloomberg; Reuters #Dec17
#CCP #Censorship #Kowtow
China Ordered #Amazon to Delete Reviews of #XiJinping’s Book
//Amazon.com Inc.’s efforts to curry favor with the Chinese government included quieting criticism of President Xi Jinping’s book on its Chinese outlet, according to a Reuters report.
The Amazon.cn entry for Xi’s “The Governance of China” had its ratings, comments and reviews scrubbed and disabled roughly two years ago in response to an edict from Beijing, the report said. Triggering the request were reviews rating the work at less than the maximum five stars, according to one of the unidentified people familiar with the incident...
The experience recounted in the report mirrors that of Apple Inc., which has grown increasingly compliant with Beijing in recent years. Apple complied with 97% of requests from the Chinese government for user device information in 2019, up significantly from 65% in 2014.
Reviews for Xi’s book of speeches and writings are blocked only on Amazon’s Chinese website. One Amazon.com entry has received 74% five-star reviews.
Other U.S. firms, such as Yahoo! and Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn, have, by contrast, exited the Chinese market this year, citing an increasingly challenging business and legal environment in the country.//
Read Reuters' report:
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/amazon-partnered-with-china-propaganda-arm-win-beijings-favor-document-shows-2021-12-17/
Source: Bloomberg; Reuters #Dec17
#CCP #Censorship #Kowtow
Reuters
Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm
Amazon.com Inc was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping's speeches and writings on its Chinese website about two years ago, when Beijing delivered an edict, according to two people familiar with the incident. The American e-commerce giant must stop…