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COVID-19 Updates (May 30)

At the time of writing, 5,988,416 cases of the coronavirus had been confirmed with 366,654 deaths.

Brazil overtakes Spain in reported COVID-19 deaths.

Hong Kong confirms 3 new cases of COVID-19, all 3 were imported cases.

Mexico's COVID-19 death toll has roughly doubled in two weeks now at 9,415 as the government starts reopening limited sections of the economy in select parts of the country on Monday.

Japan's coronavirus cases rise for the fourth day in a row since country lifted state of emergency.

New York governor signs bill that provides death benefits to families of frontline workers.

Spain announces further easing of coronavirus restrictions.

Merkel “cannot confirm” G7 attendance amid coronavirus pandemic.

US military personnel test positive for COVID-19 in South Korea.

US Supreme Court rejects request from US church to block restrictions on in-person services.

Florida approves Walt Disney World and Sea World reopening plans.

Monkeys snatch blood samples of suspected COVID-19 patients in India.

Source: CNN, John Hopkins University

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Protester’s Flat Being Searched After Saying “Riot Police Are Coming”

During the May 27 protest in Mong Kok, plenty were arrested, however, most were released the next morning.

A 19-year-old university student was subdued by the police after saying “Riot police are coming!”. He was detained and the police later searched his house. DC member Yu Tak-Po suggested that the detention period was unreasonably long.

Source: Apple Daily

#May30 #Detention #PoliceState

#NeverForget #NeverGiveUp
Pro-democracy Activists Reopen June 4th Commemorative Museum in Hong Kong

On May 30, 2021, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China reopens the June 4th Museum in Hong Kong.

Since 1990, the group has been organizing the annual candlelight vigil in Victoria Park to commemorate the victims of the Chinese Communist Party's crackdown on the pro-democracy Tiananmen Square protest in Beijing in 1989.

Despite the Hong Kong police's ban on the signature vigil for the second straight year, the Alliance organizes a photo exhibition titled " '89 Movement and Hong Kong" in the museum and called on Hongkongers to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre with each of the own ways, wherever they are.

The secretary for the Alliance Choi Yiu-cheong emphasizes that the Alliance would never give up the commemoration.

Source: InMedia #May30
https://bit.ly/3c65F3z

#June4 #TiananmenMassacre #Museum #CandlelightVigil #Crackdown

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The $3bn bargain: how China dominates Pacific mining, logging and fishing
 
Guardian analysis of trade data has revealed that China received more than half the total tonnes of seafood, wood and minerals exported from the region in 2019, a haul worth $3.3bn that has been described by experts as “staggering in magnitude”.

The country’s mass extraction of resources comes as China has deepened its connections with governments across the region, amid a soft power push that sees it rivalling the influence of the US and Australia in the Pacific.

China took more by weight of these resources from the Pacific than the next 10 countries combined, with experts saying China “would easily outstrip” other countries, including Australia, when it comes to “gross environmental impact of its extractive industries”.

Source: The Guardian #May30

https://t.co/V4n5Z7OROW

#China #Pacific #Mining #Logging #Fishing

Covid: Wuhan lab leak is ‘feasible’, say British spies

British intelligence agencies now believe it is “feasible” that the global pandemic began with a coronavirus leak from a Chinese research laboratory.

In a significant sharpening of tension with Beijing, they are investigating a possible leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which Beijing angrily insists was not the source of the virus that has caused more than 3.5 million deaths and is still raging globally.

Source: The Sunday Times #May30

https://apple.news/AGSimleKUQqWyV0TyILd4uQ

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#China, #Russia Again Veto UN Statement on #Myanmar Conflict

Source: The Diplomat #May30

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#China, #Russia Again Veto UN Statement on #Myanmar Conflict

// On May 30, 2022, Russia and China once again wielded their vetoes to forestall the release of a United Nations Security Council (#UNSC) resolution expressing its concern over the escalating humanitarian crisis in Myanmar.

The two nations’ delegations reportedly objected to the wording of the statement
[...] authored by the United Kingdom’s delegation, the statement expressed its concern at the violence and serious humanitarian situation in Myanmar, 16 months on from the February 2021 coup that overthrew the government led by Aung San Suu Kyi. It also expressed misgivings about the “limited progress” on the implementation of ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus peace plan.

According to other reports, the delegations from the U.K. and China blamed each other for the failure of the day-long negotiations. For the U.K. officials, Beijing was asking for “too much,” which led to the collapse of the negotiations, according to AFP. One of the sticking points for the Chinese delegation was the use of the word “limited” to refer to the progress on ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus, which it suggested replacing with the word “slow.” A spokeswoman told AFP that China’s proposed wording was “factual but less condescending,” adding that “it’s a real shame” that there was no agreement.//

Source: The Diplomat #May30

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