‘A future in which China no longer needs the world but the world cannot spin without it’
Chinese President Xi Jinping is probably the only national leader in the world who has managed to consolidate power despite facing the threat of the novel coronavirus.
Helped by the Chinese Communist party’s authoritarian one-party rule, he will continue to wield power as the country’s supreme leader over the next five years. Mr Xi’s extended reign and his ambitions could prove problematic for the incoming US president, Joe Biden.
The Chinese leader has been laying out his vision of a China-centric world since earlier this year. The speech he delivered at an early April meeting was recently published in the November 1 edition of party journal Qiushi.
Source: The Financial Times #Dec16
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-scientific-collaboration-with-china-under-the-microscope-in-canada/
#China #XiJinping #CCP #US #President #JoeBiden.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is probably the only national leader in the world who has managed to consolidate power despite facing the threat of the novel coronavirus.
Helped by the Chinese Communist party’s authoritarian one-party rule, he will continue to wield power as the country’s supreme leader over the next five years. Mr Xi’s extended reign and his ambitions could prove problematic for the incoming US president, Joe Biden.
The Chinese leader has been laying out his vision of a China-centric world since earlier this year. The speech he delivered at an early April meeting was recently published in the November 1 edition of party journal Qiushi.
Source: The Financial Times #Dec16
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-scientific-collaboration-with-china-under-the-microscope-in-canada/
#China #XiJinping #CCP #US #President #JoeBiden.
Xinjiang: Joe Biden to urge G7 to act on China’s use of forced labour
The United States will urge its Group of Seven (G7) allies to increase pressure on China over the use of forced labour in its northwestern Xinjiang province, home to the Muslim Uygur minority, a top White House official said on Friday.
US President Joe Biden will attend a meeting of the G7 advanced economies in person in Britain in June, where he is expected to focus on what he sees as a strategic rivalry between democracies and autocratic states, particularly China.
Source: South China Morning Post #Apr24
https://t.co/nqRLZ0BY1A?amp=1
#Xinjiang #JoeBiden #G7 #China #Uygur
The United States will urge its Group of Seven (G7) allies to increase pressure on China over the use of forced labour in its northwestern Xinjiang province, home to the Muslim Uygur minority, a top White House official said on Friday.
US President Joe Biden will attend a meeting of the G7 advanced economies in person in Britain in June, where he is expected to focus on what he sees as a strategic rivalry between democracies and autocratic states, particularly China.
Source: South China Morning Post #Apr24
https://t.co/nqRLZ0BY1A?amp=1
#Xinjiang #JoeBiden #G7 #China #Uygur
China is using vaccines to push its agenda in Latin America, and the U.S. is behind the curve, experts say
China in recent months sent more than 165 million Chinese-made vaccine doses to Latin America and the Caribbean, accompanied by a concerted public relations campaign highlighting Beijing's role.
The United States until recently was focused on getting the coronavirus outbreak under control, and has shipped out few vaccines. President Joe Biden has promised to give away 80 million doses but his administration has yet to announce where it will send vaccines abroad.
Members of Congress and regional experts say the administration needs to catch up with China and start getting vaccines to Latin America, and to make sure the world knows that the vaccines are coming from the U.S.
Source: NBC #May23
https://t.co/GDS9IKgLNp
#China #America #Beijing #JoeBiden #COVID19
China in recent months sent more than 165 million Chinese-made vaccine doses to Latin America and the Caribbean, accompanied by a concerted public relations campaign highlighting Beijing's role.
The United States until recently was focused on getting the coronavirus outbreak under control, and has shipped out few vaccines. President Joe Biden has promised to give away 80 million doses but his administration has yet to announce where it will send vaccines abroad.
Members of Congress and regional experts say the administration needs to catch up with China and start getting vaccines to Latin America, and to make sure the world knows that the vaccines are coming from the U.S.
Source: NBC #May23
https://t.co/GDS9IKgLNp
#China #America #Beijing #JoeBiden #COVID19
Accusing Beijing for Suppressing Hong Kong Democratic Protest, NATO Secretary General Emphasizes Collective Policy Against China
US president Joe Biden arrived Brussels on Sunday night (13 June) to prepare the NATO Summit after the G7 Summit. The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltelberg said before the meeting that NATO member states need to strengthen their collective policy on China.
Jens Stoltelberg told Canada CBC in an interview that China has the second biggest defense budget, the biggest navy in the world, and is investing heavily in new military equipment, “that affect our security”. “China does not share our values,” he said. “We see that in the way they crack down on democratic protests in Hong Kong, how they oppress minorities like the Uyghurs and also how they use modern technology, social media and facial recognition, to monitor, to do surveillance of their own population.”
“All of this makes it important for NATO to develop a policy, to strengthen our policy, when it comes to China,” he added.
Stoltelberg said the world still have to engage with China on issues such as arms control and climate change, but China's arrest and ongoing detention of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig is “absolutely unacceptable”.
Source: Stand News #Jun14
https://bit.ly/3dfBTKm
#NATO #suppress #democracy #michaelkrovig #michaelspavor #China #joebiden
US president Joe Biden arrived Brussels on Sunday night (13 June) to prepare the NATO Summit after the G7 Summit. The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltelberg said before the meeting that NATO member states need to strengthen their collective policy on China.
Jens Stoltelberg told Canada CBC in an interview that China has the second biggest defense budget, the biggest navy in the world, and is investing heavily in new military equipment, “that affect our security”. “China does not share our values,” he said. “We see that in the way they crack down on democratic protests in Hong Kong, how they oppress minorities like the Uyghurs and also how they use modern technology, social media and facial recognition, to monitor, to do surveillance of their own population.”
“All of this makes it important for NATO to develop a policy, to strengthen our policy, when it comes to China,” he added.
Stoltelberg said the world still have to engage with China on issues such as arms control and climate change, but China's arrest and ongoing detention of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig is “absolutely unacceptable”.
Source: Stand News #Jun14
https://bit.ly/3dfBTKm
#NATO #suppress #democracy #michaelkrovig #michaelspavor #China #joebiden
Joe Biden questions whether China is sincere for investigating the source of Wuhan Pneumonia, saying that he and Xi know each other but are not “old friends”
USA President Joe Biden questions whether China is sincere for investigating the source of Wuhan Pneumonia (COVID-19). He shows that although he and President Xi know each other but they are not “old friends”.
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia attended the press conference after the Summit. He was asked if he contacts Xi Jinping, the president of The People's Republic of China, demanding President Xi to allow WHO to send people to China to do the traceable investigations. Biden replies, “everyone should make clear that we know each other but we are not old friends, just for business”.
Biden shows his suspects for the sincerity of China to co-operate with WHO. “China works hard to shape that he is a responsible and very visionary country, and keeps on saying how they helps the world in anti-pandemic and vaccination. There’s something which doesn’t need to explain to the whole world, and the whole world will see what the result is naturally. The question is: Does China need to investigate till coming to the bottom?”
Source: Stand News #Jun17
https://bit.ly/3hzam7E
#Joebiden #COVID19 #Xijinping #VladimirPutin #investigations
USA President Joe Biden questions whether China is sincere for investigating the source of Wuhan Pneumonia (COVID-19). He shows that although he and President Xi know each other but they are not “old friends”.
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia attended the press conference after the Summit. He was asked if he contacts Xi Jinping, the president of The People's Republic of China, demanding President Xi to allow WHO to send people to China to do the traceable investigations. Biden replies, “everyone should make clear that we know each other but we are not old friends, just for business”.
Biden shows his suspects for the sincerity of China to co-operate with WHO. “China works hard to shape that he is a responsible and very visionary country, and keeps on saying how they helps the world in anti-pandemic and vaccination. There’s something which doesn’t need to explain to the whole world, and the whole world will see what the result is naturally. The question is: Does China need to investigate till coming to the bottom?”
Source: Stand News #Jun17
https://bit.ly/3hzam7E
#Joebiden #COVID19 #Xijinping #VladimirPutin #investigations
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FTSE Russell to remove more China stocks from indexes over U.S. ban
Global index publisher FTSE Russell said it will delete a further 20 Chinese companies from its indexes after user feedback on an updated U.S. executive order that bars U.S. investment in companies with alleged ties to China's military.
U.S. President Joe Biden signed the order on June 3 that bans U.S. entities from investing in dozens of Chinese companies with alleged ties to defence or surveillance technology sectors, replacing an earlier order under Donald Trump.
In a statement on its website, FTSE Russell said the additional Chinese companies will be deleted from its indexes on July 28.
Source: Reuters #Jul09
https://t.co/HwkXDdIFKd
#FTSE #Russell #China #US #JoeBiden
Global index publisher FTSE Russell said it will delete a further 20 Chinese companies from its indexes after user feedback on an updated U.S. executive order that bars U.S. investment in companies with alleged ties to China's military.
U.S. President Joe Biden signed the order on June 3 that bans U.S. entities from investing in dozens of Chinese companies with alleged ties to defence or surveillance technology sectors, replacing an earlier order under Donald Trump.
In a statement on its website, FTSE Russell said the additional Chinese companies will be deleted from its indexes on July 28.
Source: Reuters #Jul09
https://t.co/HwkXDdIFKd
#FTSE #Russell #China #US #JoeBiden
Climate Change Is Not a Reason to Give China a Pass on Human Rights
In a widely-publicized July 8 letter, four dozen American advocacy groups—including the Sunrise Movement and the Union of Concerned Scientists—demanded that President Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats reverse their “antagonistic posture” in favor of a more cooperative relationship with Beijing to “combat the climate crisis.” The signatories also attempted to frame the current administration’s China approach as a surrender to pressure on the right that’s counterproductive to global governance as well as responsible for xenophobia against individuals of East and Southeast Asian descent, and therefore “doing nothing to actually support the wellbeing of everyday people in either China or the United States.”
Source: Slate Magazine #Jul14
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/07/china-climate-change-democracy-human-rights.html
#Climate #China #HumanRights #JoeBiden
In a widely-publicized July 8 letter, four dozen American advocacy groups—including the Sunrise Movement and the Union of Concerned Scientists—demanded that President Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats reverse their “antagonistic posture” in favor of a more cooperative relationship with Beijing to “combat the climate crisis.” The signatories also attempted to frame the current administration’s China approach as a surrender to pressure on the right that’s counterproductive to global governance as well as responsible for xenophobia against individuals of East and Southeast Asian descent, and therefore “doing nothing to actually support the wellbeing of everyday people in either China or the United States.”
Source: Slate Magazine #Jul14
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/07/china-climate-change-democracy-human-rights.html
#Climate #China #HumanRights #JoeBiden
#SummitforDemocracy
Nathan Law: I will continue to do what I think [is] good for the city’s freedom
Self-exiled activist #NathanLaw announced that he had been invited by the #US President #JoeBiden to speak at the Summit for Democracy on Human Rights Day. Soon afterwards, Hong Kong’s #SecretaryforSecurity condemned his action, calling it shameful and using ‘#democracy’ as a façade.
In response, Law mocked Tang’s comment on the US Summit for Democracy, saying, “from #China’s standards, it’s already ‘interfering [with] other country’s internal affairs.”
Law stressed that “I am campaigning for a democratic and free Hong Kong. If it’s considered ‘secession’ and ‘subversion’ by #Beijing, it only shows the political #suppression from them.”
He added, “It does not embarrass or stigmatise me. I will continue to do what I think [is] good for the city’s freedom.”
#TangPingKeung #HumanRightsDay
Source: Inmediahk; #Dec8
https://bit.ly/3IvR1RA
Nathan Law: I will continue to do what I think [is] good for the city’s freedom
Self-exiled activist #NathanLaw announced that he had been invited by the #US President #JoeBiden to speak at the Summit for Democracy on Human Rights Day. Soon afterwards, Hong Kong’s #SecretaryforSecurity condemned his action, calling it shameful and using ‘#democracy’ as a façade.
In response, Law mocked Tang’s comment on the US Summit for Democracy, saying, “from #China’s standards, it’s already ‘interfering [with] other country’s internal affairs.”
Law stressed that “I am campaigning for a democratic and free Hong Kong. If it’s considered ‘secession’ and ‘subversion’ by #Beijing, it only shows the political #suppression from them.”
He added, “It does not embarrass or stigmatise me. I will continue to do what I think [is] good for the city’s freedom.”
#TangPingKeung #HumanRightsDay
Source: Inmediahk; #Dec8
https://bit.ly/3IvR1RA
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（獨媒報導）前香港眾志主席羅冠聰獲美國邀請出席全球民主峰會，保安局局長鄧炳強發表網誌點名譴責對方，炮轟對方為反中亂港份子，企圖在外國會議上，發表詆毀中央和特區政府的言論。羅冠聰回應指，該會議並沒有邀請中國，並和香港政府完全無關，「呀局長呢啲批評都已經係干預緊人地內政」。 鄧炳強傍晚發表網誌，稱羅冠聰參與由美國策劃及以民主包裝的會議，對羅的行為感到極度憤
US President Biden invited Nathan Law to give speech at the Global Democracy Summit. Yet, 2 Hong Kong officials lash Biden for his invitation.
#NathanLaw #JoeBiden #ChrisTang #RaymondSiu #GoHKgraphics
#NathanLaw #JoeBiden #ChrisTang #RaymondSiu #GoHKgraphics
Across 19 countries, more people see the U.S. than China favorably – but more see China’s influence growing
//In 19 countries surveyed by Pew Research Center this spring, people see the United States and President #JoeBiden more favorably than China and its president, Xi Jinping. But when it comes to perceptions of each country’s relative influence in the world, much larger shares in most nations see China’s influence growing than say the same of the U.S.
The five key findings comparing international attitudes toward the two countries are:
1. The U.S. is generally seen more positively than China.
2. Views of Biden remain much more positive than views of #XiJinPing.
3. A median of 66% across 19 countries say China’s influence on the world stage is getting stronger, while just 32% say the same about the U.S.
4. In many countries, younger people tend to feel more positively about China than older people.
5. People on the right of the ideological spectrum are more likely than those on the left to view the U.S. favorably, but there are no strong ideological patterns in views of China.//
Read the full report:
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/06/29/across-19-countries-more-people-see-the-u-s-than-china-favorably-but-more-see-chinas-influence-growing/
Source: Pew Research Center #Jun29
#Research #Survey #PewResearch #US #China
//In 19 countries surveyed by Pew Research Center this spring, people see the United States and President #JoeBiden more favorably than China and its president, Xi Jinping. But when it comes to perceptions of each country’s relative influence in the world, much larger shares in most nations see China’s influence growing than say the same of the U.S.
The five key findings comparing international attitudes toward the two countries are:
1. The U.S. is generally seen more positively than China.
2. Views of Biden remain much more positive than views of #XiJinPing.
3. A median of 66% across 19 countries say China’s influence on the world stage is getting stronger, while just 32% say the same about the U.S.
4. In many countries, younger people tend to feel more positively about China than older people.
5. People on the right of the ideological spectrum are more likely than those on the left to view the U.S. favorably, but there are no strong ideological patterns in views of China.//
Read the full report:
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/06/29/across-19-countries-more-people-see-the-u-s-than-china-favorably-but-more-see-chinas-influence-growing/
Source: Pew Research Center #Jun29
#Research #Survey #PewResearch #US #China
Pew Research Center
Across 19 countries, more people see the U.S. than China favorably – but more see China’s influence growing
Much larger shares of people in most nations see China’s influence growing than say the same of the United States.