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Nominated Trade Representative Will Resist China and Helps the US Local Workers

The trade policy of the president-elected Biden towards China catches much attention. Katherine Tai, the nominated US trade representative, says that the trade policy of the new government will continue to counter China. She describes that although China is increasing in ambition and economy, the US still faces increasing competition against China. Tai also states that she will assist the American workers after taking over the office to ensure they are protected by the trade agreement and to increase employment, not only just seeking low-price import goods for customers.

The accelerating fierce competition from China

Tai gave a video speech at the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) on Jan 12, which was the first time after Biden's nomination. She mentioned that the US was facing accelerating competition from China, describing that China's economy was led by the CCP which was not affected by the political diversity, democratic election or the pressure from public opinion.

Tai pointed out that no matter it was to deal with China or to ensure the implementation of the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), American could only win when they were in unity. The new government will collaborate with both parties and the foreign allies.

Source: Apple Daily #Jan13

https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210113/FTLBNXDUEZAVHDSNZNXHQL2WMY/

#US #China #Mexico #Canada #NFTC #USMCA #KatherineTai #Biden #TradePolicy
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8 Pro-democracy Hongkongers jailed for 4.5 months to 14 months for inciting June 4 rallies

The Hong Kong police banned the June 4 rally in Victoria Park in 2020 on the grounds of pandemic prevention, and a number of members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (HKASPDMC; the Alliance) and pan-democrats were later charged with inciting, holding and participating in an unauthorised rally.

Among them, five pleaded guilty before the trial, while three pleaded not guilty and were convicted after the trial, and were jailed for four months and two weeks to 14 months on 13 December, 2021.

#TonyeeChow Hang-tung made her own plea, stressing that the collapse of political space struck a harder blow to Hongkongers than the epidemic, and that the court dismissed the political suppression of Hongkongers in the name of epidemic prevention.

#JimmyLai Chee-ying also wrote a letter of plea, saying, “If commemorating those who died because of injustice is a crime, then inflict on me that crime and let me suffer the punishment of this crime”.

However, Judge Amanda Jane Woodcock criticised the defendants for ignoring the risks posed by the pandemic and for their arrogance and misconception of believing that the right to assembly was more important than safeguarding public health.

Among them, Lee Cheuk-yan, Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong and Leung Yiu-chung, who committed the offences while on bail then, had their sentences were increased by three months.

Lee Cheuk-yan, who had a leading role in inciting, organising and participating in the rally, received the heaviest sentence of 14 months. For incitement and participation, Richard Tsoi, Leung Yiu-chung and Leung Kam-wai were sentenced to 12 months, 9 months and 9 months of imprisonment respectively. Wu Chi-wai was sentenced to four months and two weeks of imprisonment for his participation.

Of the three who pleaded not guilty, Jimmy Lai was sentenced to an additional three months for offences committed while on bail, totaling out to 13 months in imprisonment for incitement. Tonyee Chow was sentenced to 12 months of imprisonment for incitement and participation, while Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam was sentenced to six months of imprisonment for participating.

Lee Cheuk-yan and Jimmy Lai’s sentences were to be served concurrently with the other assembly cases and no additional prison time was required, leaving the total sentence for all cases at 20 months for the time being.

Source: HK Citizens' News #Jan13

https://www.hkcnews.com/article/49003/%E9%BB%8E%E6%99%BA%E8%8B%B1-%E9%84%92%E5%B9%B8%E5%BD%A4-%E4%BD%95%E6%A1%82%E8%97%8D-49015/%E3%80%90%E7%85%BD%E6%83%91%E5%85%AD%E5%9B%9B%E9%9B%86%E6%9C%83%E6%A1%88%E3%80%918%E8%A2%AB%E5%91%8A%E5%9B%9A4%E5%80%8B%E5%8D%8A%E6%9C%88%E8%87%B314%E6%9C%88-%E5%AE%98%E6%96%A5%E8%87%AA%E5%A4%A7%E5%8F%AA%E9%87%8D%E9%9B%86%E6%9C%83%E6%AC%8A%E5%88%A9%E6%BC%A0%E8%A6%96%E7%96%AB%E6%83%85-%E9%BB%8E%E6%99%BA%E8%8B%B1%EF%BC%9A%E8%8B%A5%E6%82%BC%E5%BF%B5%E5%85%AD%E5%9B%9B%E6%98%AF%E7%BD%AA-%E5%B0%B1%E8%AE%93%E6%88%91%E8%83%8C%E8%B2%A0

#June4 #Massacre #Vigil #PoliticalProsecution
#Court
8 Pro-democracy Hongkongers jailed for 4.5 months to 14 months for inciting June 4 rallies

The Hong Kong police banned the June 4 rally in Victoria Park in 2020 on the grounds of pandemic prevention, and a number of members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (HKASPDMC; the Alliance) and pan-democrats were later charged with inciting, holding and participating in an unauthorised rally.

Among them, five pleaded guilty before the trial, while three pleaded not guilty and were convicted after the trial, and were jailed for four months and two weeks to 14 months on 13 December, 2021.

#TonyeeChow Hang-tung made her own plea, stressing that the collapse of political space struck a harder blow to Hongkongers than the epidemic, and that the court dismissed the political suppression of Hongkongers in the name of epidemic prevention.

#JimmyLai Chee-ying also wrote a letter of plea, saying, “If commemorating those who died because of injustice is a crime, then inflict on me that crime and let me suffer the punishment of this crime”.

However, Judge Amanda Jane Woodcock criticised the defendants for ignoring the risks posed by the pandemic and for their arrogance and misconception of believing that the right to assembly was more important than safeguarding public health.

Among them, Lee Cheuk-yan, Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong and Leung Yiu-chung, who committed the offences while on bail then, had their sentences were increased by three months.

Lee Cheuk-yan, who had a leading role in inciting, organising and participating in the rally, received the heaviest sentence of 14 months. For incitement and participation, Richard Tsoi, Leung Yiu-chung and Leung Kam-wai were sentenced to 12 months, 9 months and 9 months of imprisonment respectively. Wu Chi-wai was sentenced to four months and two weeks of imprisonment for his participation.

Of the three who pleaded not guilty, Jimmy Lai was sentenced to an additional three months for offences committed while on bail, totaling out to 13 months in imprisonment for incitement. Tonyee Chow was sentenced to 12 months of imprisonment for incitement and participation, while Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam was sentenced to six months of imprisonment for participating.

Lee Cheuk-yan and Jimmy Lai’s sentences were to be served concurrently with the other assembly cases and no additional prison time was required, leaving the total sentence for all cases at 20 months for the time being.

Source: HK Citizens' News #Jan13

https://bit.ly/3A6Xj6n

#June4 #Massacre #Vigil #PoliticalProsecution
#UK #CCPThreat
#MI5 accuses lawyer of trying to influence politicians on behalf of China

Source: Guardian #Jan13

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MI5 accuses lawyer of trying to influence politicians on behalf of China

An unprecedented security warning from MI5 was circulated to MPs and peers on Thursday that accused a lawyer, Christine Lee, of seeking to improperly influence parliamentarians on behalf of China’s ruling Communist party.

It is the first time that MI5 has issued an “interference alert” relating to China and concerns a high-profile Anglo-Chinese lawyer who received an award from Theresa May and who has donated £584,177 to the office of Labour MP and former shadow cabinet member Barry Gardiner.

The alert names and pictures Christine Ching Kui Lee, who has allegedly “knowingly engaged in political interference activities on behalf of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) of the Chinese Communist party”.

It added that the UFWD was “seeking to covertly interfere in UK politics through establishing links with established and aspiring parliamentarians across the political spectrum” and to “cultivate relationships with influential figures”.

Read the full article:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/13/chinese-national-trying-to-improperly-influence-politicians-says-mi5

Source: Guardian #Jan13

#SecurityBreach #Espionage #Lawyer
First MI5 warning over 'Chinese agent' in Parliament, indicating that European and American intelligence agencies focus on the CCP's United Front

Source: BBC #Jan13

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First MI5 warning over 'Chinese agent' in Parliament, indicating that European and American intelligence agencies focus on the CCP's United Front

MI5 warned the British Parliament that they suspect Chinese spy Li Zhenju infiltrated and interfered with British politics. Li Zhenju is accused of creating a pro-China political environment through political donations from China and Hong Kong to "influential figures". Although Li Zhenju argued that her participation was aimed at giving a voice to the Chinese in the UK, MI5 pointed out that her activities influences the positions of politicians for the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee.

The incident involved both parties in the opposition and shook the British political arena. The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, made the MI5 warning public to all MPs. Former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith immediately made the warning public and asked the government to explain the matter to Parliament. Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrat Party, who participated in the joint condemnation of the CCP's treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang, was accused of accepting a £5,000 donation from Li Zhenju ten years ago. Labour MP Barry Gardiner received more than £420,000 within five years and even hired Li Zhenju's son.

Source: BBC #Jan13

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59984380

#MI5 #Agent #European #American #CCP #British
Regional manager of China's leading medical testing agent KingMed Diagnostics detained, suspected of spreading COVID-19

Source: RFI #Jan13

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Regional manager of China's leading medical testing agent KingMed Diagnostics detained, suspected of spreading COVID-19

A regional manager of Zhengzhou KingMed Clinical Laboratory Center, China's leading virus testing agent, was arrested for allegedly spreading COVID-19. The company has suspended nucleic acid testing in Xuchang City, Henan, but its ties to Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering is a concern.

On January 12, the Xuchang Public Security Bureau issued a notice, accusing the regional manager, surnamed Zhang, of the Zhengzhou company, a subsidiary of Guangzhou-based KingMed Diagnostics Group, of spreading COVID-19 or posing a serious risk of transmission. It also said that the Yuzhou (a county-level city in Henan) Public Security Bureau had opened a case against Zhang on suspicion of a criminal offence, and had taken "compulsory measures".

The news spread widely on the Chinese internet, with some netizens suspecting that Zhang had deliberately "spread the virus on purpose" to secure a large testing contract for the company. Some netizens also pointed out that the parent company KingMed Diagnostics Group is originated from a company set up by Guangzhou Medical University and has close ties with Zhong Nanshan.

Source: RFI #Jan13

https://bit.ly/3GLIWGB

#China #Zhengzhou #KingMedDiagnosticsGroup #ZhongNanshan #GuangzhouMedicalUniversity #COVID19
Big V’s speech being banned: Ren, Ze-Ping, the Chinese famous economist, speech being banned for involving publication of “printing money to encourage births”

Source: RFA #Jan13

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Big V’s speech being banned: Ren, Ze-Ping, the Chinese famous economist, speech being banned for involving publication of “printing money to encourage births”

Ren, Ze-Ping, the Chinese famous economist published the theory of “printing money to encourage births” which asserted the Central Bank to print 2 trillion RMB and spend 10 years’ time to encourage the society to birth 50 million babies to solve the labour and economic problem in China nowadays, the relevant speech triggered tremendous dispute. Chinese media found on Wednesday that Ren’s weibo and weixin public account were banned. Some analysis thought that his speech not only unassisted to solve the economic problem in China and would affect the stability of the society.

Ren, Ze-Ping, the former Heng Da Group Chief Economist who has 3,756,000 fans published the the theory of “printing money to encourage births” which asserted disputes. China media found on Wednesday that his weibo account showed “the account was in the status of being banned speech because of violating relevant laws and regulations” and his weixin public account, “ze-ping macroscopic” was banned as well. According to the report from Securities Times, Ren Ze-ping’s weibo and weixin public’s speech were banned two weeks, and other accounts from alternative media platforms were not affected.

Analysis: speech not only unassisted to solve the economic problem in China but also influences society stability

China Finance scholar pointed out that nowadays the economic downward pressure is very big and the Trioka which pulls economic growth (i.e. consumption, investment and import & export) lost their power, in addition with the severe trend of population aging, the eligible labour force is far behind the expectation from external general anticipation. But he thought the speech of Ren not only unassisted to solve the current problem and influences the society stability of China.

Source: RFA #Jan13

https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/baby-01132022062917.html

#RenZePing #Economic #Banned #Weibo #Weixin
Mocking US of pandemic failure, Xinhua net's post in Weibo elicit overwhelming criticism from China netizens

Source: RFA #Jan13

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Mocking US of pandemic failure, Xinhua net's post in Weibo elicit overwhelming criticism from China netizens

The Chinese state media Xinhua net official Weibo posted an article this week criticising the US again for "being ineffective in pandemic spread prevention", saying that "the cumulative number of cases confirmed in the US exceeds 60 million" and that "netizens lament the failure of the US to fight the pandemic". The post, those comment section was open, triggered an overwhelming criticism from netizens accusing the China government of its brutal implementation of the Covid-Zero policy. Xinhua net eventually close the comment feature, and the comments from self-media were also blocked.

China's pandemic trend has always been a sensitive topic, any discussion on such social issues is often blocked by internet administrators. However, criticism of US pandemic treatment has been an exception. On Monday (Jan 10), the Xinhua net mocked US failure in pandemic policy for having more than 60 million confirmed cases.

Source: RFA #Jan13

#Covid19 #XinhuaNet #Weibo #US #China

https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/comment-01132022063623.html