Exclusive: US assessing reported leak at Chinese nuclear power facility
The US government has spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, after a French company that part owns and helps operate it warned of an "imminent radiological threat," according to US officials and documents reviewed by CNN.
The warning included an accusation that the Chinese safety authority was raising the acceptable limits for radiation detection outside the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong province in order to avoid having to shut it down, according to a letter from the French company to the US Department of Energy obtained by CNN.
Source: CNN #Jun14
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/14/politics/china-nuclear-reactor-leak-us-monitoring/index.html
#Chinese #Nuclear #Leak #Report
The US government has spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, after a French company that part owns and helps operate it warned of an "imminent radiological threat," according to US officials and documents reviewed by CNN.
The warning included an accusation that the Chinese safety authority was raising the acceptable limits for radiation detection outside the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong province in order to avoid having to shut it down, according to a letter from the French company to the US Department of Energy obtained by CNN.
Source: CNN #Jun14
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/14/politics/china-nuclear-reactor-leak-us-monitoring/index.html
#Chinese #Nuclear #Leak #Report
#NeverForget
"Tracing the Source" - 7.21 Yuen Long Attack Investigative Report by Stand News
Source: Stand News
Caption Translation: Real Hong Kong News
#YuenLong721 #StandNews #Documentation #Report
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"Tracing the Source" - 7.21 Yuen Long Attack Investigative Report by Stand News
Source: Stand News
Caption Translation: Real Hong Kong News
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"Tracing the Source" - 7.21 Yuen Long Attack Investigative Report by Stand News
Days ahead of the 2-year anniversary of the 7.21 Yuen Long Attack, Stand News published a video report investigating the allegations from the pro-Beijing camp that the conflict was initiated by pro-democracy protesters.
English captions have been added by Real Hong Kong News. Watch the video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gch5ikVyI80
The report found that pro-Beijing groups and Hong Kong police, and the #IPCC all cited a poster calling for a protest in Yuen Long on 7.21, during the height of the 2019 anti-ELAB protests.
Notably, the IPCC's special investigation report was quoted in the court case of 7 pro-Beijing men charged for rioting on 7.21, the only alleged white-shirt attackers who have been charged to date.
However, HKU research found that the poster had first gone viral on Chinese social media platform #Weibo and other pro-Beijing groups, instead of the #LIHKG forum frequented by pro-democracy protesters.
When the poster later reached LIHKG, it was mostly met with skepticism; eventually being treated by commentators as fake information.
Pro-Beijing groups, however, had used the poster to stir up fears of "rioters" coming to Yuen Long, even calling on people to bring canes and water pipes to repel the presumed "invaders".
During the evening of 7.21 when the incensed mobs struck indiscriminately at civilians, multiple pro-Beijing figures were seen on the streets with the white-shirts. Pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho was also filmed encouraging and shaking hands with white-shirts.
Patrolling police officers were seen walking away from the sites where civilians were attacked.
Footage also showed Pak Heung Division Commander Li Hon-man mingling and thanking white-shirts who scuffled with pro-democracy citizens during the week leading up to the attack.
These, as well as other reports from that evening, contributed to public discontent and suspicion that the police force is colluding with the Triads.
Since then, Pro-Beijing groups have distanced themselves with the events of the night, and clung to the narrative that they were defending their homes from supposed incursion by the black shirts. When Stand News approached several leaders who had been identified in the night's footage, many declined to comment, or simply cut off the interview.
Some victims of the attack had sued the police force for reparations to cover the costs of surgery and long-term medications to treat their injuries; however, the Department of Justice called their claims "unreasonable". They had since withdrawn their case, since their lawyer - pro-democracy legislator Albert Ho - is now in jail, leaving them feeling helpless and deprived of justice.
Source: Stand News
Caption Translation: Real Hong Kong News
#YuenLong721 #StandNews #Documentation #Report
"Tracing the Source" - 7.21 Yuen Long Attack Investigative Report by Stand News
Days ahead of the 2-year anniversary of the 7.21 Yuen Long Attack, Stand News published a video report investigating the allegations from the pro-Beijing camp that the conflict was initiated by pro-democracy protesters.
English captions have been added by Real Hong Kong News. Watch the video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gch5ikVyI80
The report found that pro-Beijing groups and Hong Kong police, and the #IPCC all cited a poster calling for a protest in Yuen Long on 7.21, during the height of the 2019 anti-ELAB protests.
Notably, the IPCC's special investigation report was quoted in the court case of 7 pro-Beijing men charged for rioting on 7.21, the only alleged white-shirt attackers who have been charged to date.
However, HKU research found that the poster had first gone viral on Chinese social media platform #Weibo and other pro-Beijing groups, instead of the #LIHKG forum frequented by pro-democracy protesters.
When the poster later reached LIHKG, it was mostly met with skepticism; eventually being treated by commentators as fake information.
Pro-Beijing groups, however, had used the poster to stir up fears of "rioters" coming to Yuen Long, even calling on people to bring canes and water pipes to repel the presumed "invaders".
During the evening of 7.21 when the incensed mobs struck indiscriminately at civilians, multiple pro-Beijing figures were seen on the streets with the white-shirts. Pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho was also filmed encouraging and shaking hands with white-shirts.
Patrolling police officers were seen walking away from the sites where civilians were attacked.
Footage also showed Pak Heung Division Commander Li Hon-man mingling and thanking white-shirts who scuffled with pro-democracy citizens during the week leading up to the attack.
These, as well as other reports from that evening, contributed to public discontent and suspicion that the police force is colluding with the Triads.
Since then, Pro-Beijing groups have distanced themselves with the events of the night, and clung to the narrative that they were defending their homes from supposed incursion by the black shirts. When Stand News approached several leaders who had been identified in the night's footage, many declined to comment, or simply cut off the interview.
Some victims of the attack had sued the police force for reparations to cover the costs of surgery and long-term medications to treat their injuries; however, the Department of Justice called their claims "unreasonable". They had since withdrawn their case, since their lawyer - pro-democracy legislator Albert Ho - is now in jail, leaving them feeling helpless and deprived of justice.
Source: Stand News
Caption Translation: Real Hong Kong News
#YuenLong721 #StandNews #Documentation #Report
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Stand News: 7.21 Yuen Long Attack Investigation
Ahead of the 2nd Anniversary of the 7.21 Yuen Long Dark Night which happened during the months long anti-Extradition Bill Protest in #HongKong (also known as 7.21 Yuen Long Terrorist Attack), Stand News investigated the attack again hoping to find the truth.…
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US Report Condemns Judges Handpicked for National Security Cases in Hong Kong: Judiciary Independence "In Name Only"
The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (#USCC) released its annual report to the US Congress on November 18, 2021.
In the Chapter on Hong Kong, the Commission stated that Hong Kong's judiciary independence has been impaired under Beijing's imposition of the #NationalSecurityLaw.
The report also criticized that the judge's impartiality in handling national security law cases has been questioned. The report especially named three judges involved in such cases. They are District Court Judge Stanley CHAN Kwong-chi; Magistrate Victor SO Wai Tak; and judge Johnson Lam. These pro-establishment judges are handpicked by the Hong Kong authorities to handle national security charges.
The report reiterated that the National Security Law has impaired media freedon and subverted Hong Kong's social and political environment. The report pointed out that the independence of the judiciary in Hong Kong was "in name only," as the judiciary is no longer impartial especially when dealing with cases relating to the Chinese government under National Security Law.
To make It worse, Beijing decides which judges in which jurisdiction to trial national security cases, so as to ensure an outcome that is what the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) wants.
While US and Taiwan scholars commented that the possibility for the US to impose sanctions against Hong Kong judges shall not be ruled out, it takes time to evaluate the strategy. In any case, the "distrust" of the rule of law in Hong Kong will continue to be a concern of foreign companies and will seriously weaken Hong Kong's business status.
Full report:
https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/2021-11/2021_Annual_Report_to_Congress.pdf
Source from: RFA #Nov19
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/us-hk-11192021072903.html/ampRFA
#PoliceState #Freedom #USCongress #Beijing #Report #Court #Judges
US Report Condemns Judges Handpicked for National Security Cases in Hong Kong: Judiciary Independence "In Name Only"
The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (#USCC) released its annual report to the US Congress on November 18, 2021.
In the Chapter on Hong Kong, the Commission stated that Hong Kong's judiciary independence has been impaired under Beijing's imposition of the #NationalSecurityLaw.
The report also criticized that the judge's impartiality in handling national security law cases has been questioned. The report especially named three judges involved in such cases. They are District Court Judge Stanley CHAN Kwong-chi; Magistrate Victor SO Wai Tak; and judge Johnson Lam. These pro-establishment judges are handpicked by the Hong Kong authorities to handle national security charges.
The report reiterated that the National Security Law has impaired media freedon and subverted Hong Kong's social and political environment. The report pointed out that the independence of the judiciary in Hong Kong was "in name only," as the judiciary is no longer impartial especially when dealing with cases relating to the Chinese government under National Security Law.
To make It worse, Beijing decides which judges in which jurisdiction to trial national security cases, so as to ensure an outcome that is what the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) wants.
While US and Taiwan scholars commented that the possibility for the US to impose sanctions against Hong Kong judges shall not be ruled out, it takes time to evaluate the strategy. In any case, the "distrust" of the rule of law in Hong Kong will continue to be a concern of foreign companies and will seriously weaken Hong Kong's business status.
Full report:
https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/2021-11/2021_Annual_Report_to_Congress.pdf
Source from: RFA #Nov19
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/us-hk-11192021072903.html/ampRFA
#PoliceState #Freedom #USCongress #Beijing #Report #Court #Judges
IMF chief called out over pressure to favor China while at World Bank
World Bank leaders, including then-Chief Executive Kristalina Georgieva, applied "undue pressure" on staff to boost China's ranking in the bank's "Doing Business 2018" report, according to an independent investigation released Thursday.
The report, prepared by law firm WilmerHale at the request of the bank's ethics committee, raises concerns about China's influence at the World Bank, and the judgment of Georgieva - now managing director of the International Monetary Fund - and then-World Bank President Jim Yong Kim.
Source: Reuters #Sep17
https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/world-bank-kills-business-climate-report-after-ethics-probe-cites-undue-pressure-2021-09-16/
#China #Bank #JimYongKim #Report #IMF
World Bank leaders, including then-Chief Executive Kristalina Georgieva, applied "undue pressure" on staff to boost China's ranking in the bank's "Doing Business 2018" report, according to an independent investigation released Thursday.
The report, prepared by law firm WilmerHale at the request of the bank's ethics committee, raises concerns about China's influence at the World Bank, and the judgment of Georgieva - now managing director of the International Monetary Fund - and then-World Bank President Jim Yong Kim.
Source: Reuters #Sep17
https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/world-bank-kills-business-climate-report-after-ethics-probe-cites-undue-pressure-2021-09-16/
#China #Bank #JimYongKim #Report #IMF
China Fires Back at Reports of U.S. Commandos in Taiwan
See whether the PLA will launch a targeted air strike to eliminate those U.S. invaders!’ the chief of the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda outlet threatened on Thursday.
Some leaders in China almost immediately expressed outrage Thursday at a new report indicating the U.S. has secretly stationed forces on Taiwan in an attempt to bolster the island nation's defenses against the increasing likelihood of an attack from the mainland.
Source: USNews #Oct07
https://t.co/1Y0o3JNnje
#China #Taiwan #US #PLA #CCP #Report
See whether the PLA will launch a targeted air strike to eliminate those U.S. invaders!’ the chief of the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda outlet threatened on Thursday.
Some leaders in China almost immediately expressed outrage Thursday at a new report indicating the U.S. has secretly stationed forces on Taiwan in an attempt to bolster the island nation's defenses against the increasing likelihood of an attack from the mainland.
Source: USNews #Oct07
https://t.co/1Y0o3JNnje
#China #Taiwan #US #PLA #CCP #Report
#Report: Hong Kong Population Growth Mainly from Chinese Immigration; Scholar Concerned for Erosion of Local Values and Culture
It has been 25 years since the return of Hong Kong to the Chinese sovereignty in 1997. The city's population has since grown by around 1 million. According to government statistics, 1.12 million Chinese have moved to Hong Kong via one-way visa from 1997 to the end of 2021.
The RFA's investigation report found a noticeable shift in the city's population structure.
While low birth rate among local Hongkongers and growing trend of emigration created a dent in population, the gap is quickly being replenished by "new Hong Kong citizens" - an phrase coined by Chinese state media People's Daily, describing immigrants from the mainland. By the report's conservative estimate, about one in 7 to 10 citizens in Hong Kong is a "new Hong Kong citizen."
The report further elaborated that as a result of such shift in population structure, the local community has become "Sinicized", becoming more like China with fewer Cantonese speakers, but more who speak Putonghua and English.
The number of China-owned media outlets are also growing in Hong Kong.
For the first time, a new immigrant from China has sworn in as a legislator this year. He took his vow in Mandarin.
Yip Kwok-ho, honorary professor of CUHK's School of Social Sciences, said that this phenomenon is "natural and inevitable." However, he is concerned that the local value system and culture is being diminished and eroded.
Source: Radio France Asia; #Apr1
https://bit.ly/3xkUpvp
#CulturalIdentity #Migration
It has been 25 years since the return of Hong Kong to the Chinese sovereignty in 1997. The city's population has since grown by around 1 million. According to government statistics, 1.12 million Chinese have moved to Hong Kong via one-way visa from 1997 to the end of 2021.
The RFA's investigation report found a noticeable shift in the city's population structure.
While low birth rate among local Hongkongers and growing trend of emigration created a dent in population, the gap is quickly being replenished by "new Hong Kong citizens" - an phrase coined by Chinese state media People's Daily, describing immigrants from the mainland. By the report's conservative estimate, about one in 7 to 10 citizens in Hong Kong is a "new Hong Kong citizen."
The report further elaborated that as a result of such shift in population structure, the local community has become "Sinicized", becoming more like China with fewer Cantonese speakers, but more who speak Putonghua and English.
The number of China-owned media outlets are also growing in Hong Kong.
For the first time, a new immigrant from China has sworn in as a legislator this year. He took his vow in Mandarin.
Yip Kwok-ho, honorary professor of CUHK's School of Social Sciences, said that this phenomenon is "natural and inevitable." However, he is concerned that the local value system and culture is being diminished and eroded.
Source: Radio France Asia; #Apr1
https://bit.ly/3xkUpvp
#CulturalIdentity #Migration
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【新．移民潮（二）】港過去25年主要增長動力來自「新香港人」學者擔心獨特本土價值和文化遭受衝擊 - RFA 自由亞洲電台粵語部
「後國安時代」下，香港回歸將踏入25年，人口增長近100萬人。本台深入跟進發現，當中香港人口結構「大換血」，香港本地人「生育少、移民多」帶來的人口空缺，由「新香港人」填補，保守估算約7至10人中就有1名「新香港人」；同時社會趨向大陸化，說廣東話的人變少，反而說普通話和英文就增多；在港大陸媒體近年倍增，今屆立法會更首現「港漂」議員以普通話宣誓。有香港學者向本台分析指出，這情況是「自然、亦必然發生」，他較為擔心的是，原有香港獨特本土價值和文化遭受衝擊和洗刷，「對香港的發展是好是壞」？ 「新香港人」一詞源自《人民日報》…
#Report: Security concerns over compulsory app launched by Hong Kong government
This is part of a report published by #TechOpenFund on July 27, 2022. The investigation was conducted by #7ASecurity and #OTFRedTeamLab in 2022:
//...This exercise involved both a privacy audit and a security audit of the #LeaveHomeSafe #Android and #iOS apps.
The privacy audit could not conclusively prove malicious intent or unauthorized tracking of Hong Kong citizens. However, the security audit demonstrated that these applications have not been professionally audited by any competent security firm before, and that significant flaws exist in the current software security development lifecycle.
This is particularly concerning given that the app was originally introduced more than a year and a half ago, was made mandatory in some fashion for 9 months and recently began requesting real name registration and tracking user’s movements.
While no clear privacy violation could be conclusively proven during the audit at runtime, a number of application artifacts, likely inherited from underlying dependencies or simply security vulnerabilities introduced by mistake, were found during this exercise.//
Read the full article:
https://www.opentech.fund/news/7asecurity-otf-red-team-lab-partner-completes-blackbox-pentest-and-privacy-audit-of-leavehomesafe-app/
Source: Open Tech Fund #Jul27
#MassSurveillance #Track #Privacy #App #PoliceState #Pandemic
This is part of a report published by #TechOpenFund on July 27, 2022. The investigation was conducted by #7ASecurity and #OTFRedTeamLab in 2022:
//...This exercise involved both a privacy audit and a security audit of the #LeaveHomeSafe #Android and #iOS apps.
The privacy audit could not conclusively prove malicious intent or unauthorized tracking of Hong Kong citizens. However, the security audit demonstrated that these applications have not been professionally audited by any competent security firm before, and that significant flaws exist in the current software security development lifecycle.
This is particularly concerning given that the app was originally introduced more than a year and a half ago, was made mandatory in some fashion for 9 months and recently began requesting real name registration and tracking user’s movements.
While no clear privacy violation could be conclusively proven during the audit at runtime, a number of application artifacts, likely inherited from underlying dependencies or simply security vulnerabilities introduced by mistake, were found during this exercise.//
Read the full article:
https://www.opentech.fund/news/7asecurity-otf-red-team-lab-partner-completes-blackbox-pentest-and-privacy-audit-of-leavehomesafe-app/
Source: Open Tech Fund #Jul27
#MassSurveillance #Track #Privacy #App #PoliceState #Pandemic