Businesswoman files private prosecution against Head of Public Broadcaster for alleged failure to monitor RTHK
RTHK was criticized by pro-Beijing force. A businesswoman filed a private prosecution on 28 April with the help of pro-Beijing lawmaker Eunice Yung Hoi-yan, of New People's Party, against Leung Ka Wing, RTHK's Director of Broadcasting, for failing to manage and monitor several programmes of the public. channel, including "Headliner", "Pentaprism II" and "The Pulse".
The spokesperson for RTHK said Leung has not received any related notice and is yet to comment.
Editor's note:
#RTHK has faced numerous criticisms notably from the Police Commissioner for satirising the police force in "Headliner". The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB) also criticised "The Pulse" for violating the One China principle. Communications Authority (CA) ruled that the comments made by Mr Sam Choi Chun-wai, Lecturer at EduHK, on "Pentaprism II" promotes hatred against the police.
Source: MingPao #Apr29
RTHK was criticized by pro-Beijing force. A businesswoman filed a private prosecution on 28 April with the help of pro-Beijing lawmaker Eunice Yung Hoi-yan, of New People's Party, against Leung Ka Wing, RTHK's Director of Broadcasting, for failing to manage and monitor several programmes of the public. channel, including "Headliner", "Pentaprism II" and "The Pulse".
The spokesperson for RTHK said Leung has not received any related notice and is yet to comment.
Editor's note:
#RTHK has faced numerous criticisms notably from the Police Commissioner for satirising the police force in "Headliner". The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB) also criticised "The Pulse" for violating the One China principle. Communications Authority (CA) ruled that the comments made by Mr Sam Choi Chun-wai, Lecturer at EduHK, on "Pentaprism II" promotes hatred against the police.
Source: MingPao #Apr29
āWe donāt know if he is aliveā: Uighur woman speaks out on jailing of father in Xinjiang
The last time Jewher Ilhamās family saw her father, he had lost 40 pounds and his hair had turned grey.
āHe used to be a pretty chubby man and now he has nothing. And all his hair turned grey. But other than that he looked okay. Heās a very strong person, I mean a mentally strong person, or at least that is what I knew of my father. And I hope he can remain the same.ā
Ilham Tohti, Jewherās father (Jewher is an Uighur, a Turkic ethnic group whom take their fatherās first name as their surname), is a former economics lecturer from Minzu University, Beijing.
Source: Irish Times #Apr29
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/we-don-t-know-if-he-is-alive-uighur-woman-speaks-out-on-jailing-of-father-in-xinjiang-1.4551124
#Uighur #Xinjiang #China #Beijing
The last time Jewher Ilhamās family saw her father, he had lost 40 pounds and his hair had turned grey.
āHe used to be a pretty chubby man and now he has nothing. And all his hair turned grey. But other than that he looked okay. Heās a very strong person, I mean a mentally strong person, or at least that is what I knew of my father. And I hope he can remain the same.ā
Ilham Tohti, Jewherās father (Jewher is an Uighur, a Turkic ethnic group whom take their fatherās first name as their surname), is a former economics lecturer from Minzu University, Beijing.
Source: Irish Times #Apr29
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/we-don-t-know-if-he-is-alive-uighur-woman-speaks-out-on-jailing-of-father-in-xinjiang-1.4551124
#Uighur #Xinjiang #China #Beijing
This Company Monitors Prisoners In Xinjiang. It Won An āInnovationā Award At An Event Sponsored By Amazon.
The Chinese governmentās use of prisons and detention camps in Xinjiang is part of what the US and other countries have called a genocide.
With an Amazon logo behind him and luminaries from Shanghaiās booming venture capital scene in front of him, the executive onstage delivered his pitch. His company, Renwei Electronics, helps authorities in China track prisoners and detainees ā alerting guards to their movements and even fitting them with heart rate monitors.
Renwei deploys its āsmart prisonā system in Chinaās Xinjiang region, where more than 1 million Muslim minorities have been locked up.
Source: Buzzfeednews #Apr29
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/amazon-xinjiang-prison-surveillance-award
#Xinjiang #Amazon #China #Shanghai
The Chinese governmentās use of prisons and detention camps in Xinjiang is part of what the US and other countries have called a genocide.
With an Amazon logo behind him and luminaries from Shanghaiās booming venture capital scene in front of him, the executive onstage delivered his pitch. His company, Renwei Electronics, helps authorities in China track prisoners and detainees ā alerting guards to their movements and even fitting them with heart rate monitors.
Renwei deploys its āsmart prisonā system in Chinaās Xinjiang region, where more than 1 million Muslim minorities have been locked up.
Source: Buzzfeednews #Apr29
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/amazon-xinjiang-prison-surveillance-award
#Xinjiang #Amazon #China #Shanghai
Russia, China sow disinformation to undermine trust in Western vaccines, EU report says
Russian and Chinese media are systematically seeking to sow mistrust in Western COVID-19 vaccines in their latest disinformation campaigns aimed at dividing the West, a European Union report said on Wednesday.
From December to April, the two countries' state media outlets pushed fake news online in multiple languages sensationalizing vaccine safety concerns, making unfounded links between jabs and deaths in Europe and promoting Russian and Chinese vaccines as superior, the EU study said.
The Kremlin and Beijing deny all disinformation allegations by the EU, which produces regular reports and seeks to work with Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft to limit the spread of fake news.
Source: CP24 #Apr29
https://www.cp24.com/world/russia-china-sow-disinformation-to-undermine-trust-in-western-vaccines-eu-report-says-1.5406038
#Russia #China #EU #Covid19
Russian and Chinese media are systematically seeking to sow mistrust in Western COVID-19 vaccines in their latest disinformation campaigns aimed at dividing the West, a European Union report said on Wednesday.
From December to April, the two countries' state media outlets pushed fake news online in multiple languages sensationalizing vaccine safety concerns, making unfounded links between jabs and deaths in Europe and promoting Russian and Chinese vaccines as superior, the EU study said.
The Kremlin and Beijing deny all disinformation allegations by the EU, which produces regular reports and seeks to work with Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft to limit the spread of fake news.
Source: CP24 #Apr29
https://www.cp24.com/world/russia-china-sow-disinformation-to-undermine-trust-in-western-vaccines-eu-report-says-1.5406038
#Russia #China #EU #Covid19
#Court #PoliceState
90 court cases related to 2019 Hong Kong protests took 300 to 400 days to conclude
//Drawing from some 90 protest-related cases, the security secretary said that the time between the date of defendantsā first appearance at Magistratesā Courts and the conclusion of their case at the District Court was around 30 per cent longer than other criminal cases.//
Read full article
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/27/90-court-cases-related-to-2019-hong-kong-protests-took-300-to-400-days-to-conclude/
#NationalSecurityLaw #HKProtest
Source: HKFP; #Apr29
90 court cases related to 2019 Hong Kong protests took 300 to 400 days to conclude
//Drawing from some 90 protest-related cases, the security secretary said that the time between the date of defendantsā first appearance at Magistratesā Courts and the conclusion of their case at the District Court was around 30 per cent longer than other criminal cases.//
Read full article
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/27/90-court-cases-related-to-2019-hong-kong-protests-took-300-to-400-days-to-conclude/
#NationalSecurityLaw #HKProtest
Source: HKFP; #Apr29
Is China Juicing GDP Data? Economists Canāt Help But Wonder
Itās both the most tantalizing and persistent question in global economics: Is China cooking the gross domestic product books?
Admittedly, itās been asked myriad times over the last decade. Often, itās when growth rates among Chinaās 23 provinces deviate from the national figure the Communist Party includes in quarterly press releases.
Even by these standards, though, Chinaās reported GDP acceleration to 4.8% in the first quarter from 4% the previous one inspired a bull market in head-scratching. It made no sense amid cascading property markets and the return of large-scale Covid-19 lockdowns.
Source: Forbes #Apr29
https://www.forbes.com/sites/williampesek/2022/04/29/is-china-juicing-gdp-data-economists-cant-help-but-wonder/?sh=329cf5b239c7
#China #GDP #COVID19
Itās both the most tantalizing and persistent question in global economics: Is China cooking the gross domestic product books?
Admittedly, itās been asked myriad times over the last decade. Often, itās when growth rates among Chinaās 23 provinces deviate from the national figure the Communist Party includes in quarterly press releases.
Even by these standards, though, Chinaās reported GDP acceleration to 4.8% in the first quarter from 4% the previous one inspired a bull market in head-scratching. It made no sense amid cascading property markets and the return of large-scale Covid-19 lockdowns.
Source: Forbes #Apr29
https://www.forbes.com/sites/williampesek/2022/04/29/is-china-juicing-gdp-data-economists-cant-help-but-wonder/?sh=329cf5b239c7
#China #GDP #COVID19