#FirstHand #Omicron
Radical Lockdown Strategy Affecting 2,700 Residents in Grassroot Public Housing Estate in Hong Kong
Hong Kong government enforced a mandatory home quarantine on January 22, 2022 for around 2,700 residents of Yat Kwai House at Kwai Chung public housing Estate. Residents are prohibited from leaving the complex, and are required to undergo daily compulsory virus testing until January 26, 2022.
This attempt to close off an apartment complex for 120 hours is unprecedented in Hong Kong, and has caused tremendous nuisance to local households.
As obedient residents rushed for mandatory testing, long waiting lines were seen at makeshift COVID-19 testing stations outside residential building.
When asked if residents placed under lockdown would be given compensation for lost wages, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said, “It is not a question of compensation.”
She brushed aside criticism, but stressed that she is grateful for the “sacrifice” of citizens to support the Government’s pursuit of “zero covid” strategy.
On the first day of the five-day lockdown, 96 people at Yat Kwai House had tested positive or preliminary positive, including residents, visitors, and a cleaner.
Source: First Hand; #Jan22
#WuhanPneumonia #KwaiChungLockdown
Radical Lockdown Strategy Affecting 2,700 Residents in Grassroot Public Housing Estate in Hong Kong
Hong Kong government enforced a mandatory home quarantine on January 22, 2022 for around 2,700 residents of Yat Kwai House at Kwai Chung public housing Estate. Residents are prohibited from leaving the complex, and are required to undergo daily compulsory virus testing until January 26, 2022.
This attempt to close off an apartment complex for 120 hours is unprecedented in Hong Kong, and has caused tremendous nuisance to local households.
As obedient residents rushed for mandatory testing, long waiting lines were seen at makeshift COVID-19 testing stations outside residential building.
When asked if residents placed under lockdown would be given compensation for lost wages, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said, “It is not a question of compensation.”
She brushed aside criticism, but stressed that she is grateful for the “sacrifice” of citizens to support the Government’s pursuit of “zero covid” strategy.
On the first day of the five-day lockdown, 96 people at Yat Kwai House had tested positive or preliminary positive, including residents, visitors, and a cleaner.
Source: First Hand; #Jan22
#WuhanPneumonia #KwaiChungLockdown
#CCP #Smearing
#China’s claim that #Omicron case came from Canadian mail dismissed as ‘ludicrous’
//A claim by Chinese health authorities that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was introduced to a resident of Beijing through a piece of regular mail from Canada was dismissed Monday as being ludicrous and comical.
A Chinese state-controlled news outlet first reported that the Jan. 7 infection of a Beijing resident was the result of receiving a letter or parcel from Canada that passed through Hong Kong.
The Chinese report attributed that scenario to the deputy director of the Beijing Centre for Disease Control in a briefing, even though organizations such as the World Health Organization and Canada Post say the risk of contracting coronavirus from a piece of mail is low.//
Read the full article:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-20/bankers-are-shunning-hong-kong-as-finance-hub-loses-luster
Source: Globe and Mail #Jan17
#Pandemic #Covid19 #Canada
#China’s claim that #Omicron case came from Canadian mail dismissed as ‘ludicrous’
//A claim by Chinese health authorities that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was introduced to a resident of Beijing through a piece of regular mail from Canada was dismissed Monday as being ludicrous and comical.
A Chinese state-controlled news outlet first reported that the Jan. 7 infection of a Beijing resident was the result of receiving a letter or parcel from Canada that passed through Hong Kong.
The Chinese report attributed that scenario to the deputy director of the Beijing Centre for Disease Control in a briefing, even though organizations such as the World Health Organization and Canada Post say the risk of contracting coronavirus from a piece of mail is low.//
Read the full article:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-20/bankers-are-shunning-hong-kong-as-finance-hub-loses-luster
Source: Globe and Mail #Jan17
#Pandemic #Covid19 #Canada
#KwaiChungLockdown #Omicron
Frustrated Kwai Chung Residents Hurl Abuses at Top Officials During "Visit"
Source: inmediahk; #Jan23
#FailedState #WuhanPneumonia
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Frustrated Kwai Chung Residents Hurl Abuses at Top Officials During "Visit"
Source: inmediahk; #Jan23
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#KwaiChungLockdown #Omicron Frustrated Kwai Chung Residents Hurl Abuses at Top Officials During "Visit"
A day after Hong Kong authorities forced two residential buildings at Kwai Chung Housing Estate into a 5-day lockdown, and at least another 4 in the same complex to undergo overnight lockdown for mandatory COVID-19 testing, the city's Chief Executive Carrie Lam paid a brief "visit" to those affected in the afternoon on January 23, 2022.
Lam was accompanied by Chief Secretary John Lee, Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan, as well as bodyguards and government staff. The group of around a dozen were seen looking up occasionally at buildings that were put under lockdown for mass testing.
Angry residents were heard shouting insults at Lam asking her to stop putting on a show, while another man telling them to leave the "dangerous" area.
Others hurled obscenities at the officials, challenging them to "experience being trapped for 5 days".
Lam and her accompanying officials posed for government photographs, but did not answer reporters' questions. The group left the housing estate in only 15 minutes.
Source: inmediahk; #Jan23
https://bit.ly/33JjRyr
#FailedState #WuhanPneumonia
A day after Hong Kong authorities forced two residential buildings at Kwai Chung Housing Estate into a 5-day lockdown, and at least another 4 in the same complex to undergo overnight lockdown for mandatory COVID-19 testing, the city's Chief Executive Carrie Lam paid a brief "visit" to those affected in the afternoon on January 23, 2022.
Lam was accompanied by Chief Secretary John Lee, Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan, as well as bodyguards and government staff. The group of around a dozen were seen looking up occasionally at buildings that were put under lockdown for mass testing.
Angry residents were heard shouting insults at Lam asking her to stop putting on a show, while another man telling them to leave the "dangerous" area.
Others hurled obscenities at the officials, challenging them to "experience being trapped for 5 days".
Lam and her accompanying officials posed for government photographs, but did not answer reporters' questions. The group left the housing estate in only 15 minutes.
Source: inmediahk; #Jan23
https://bit.ly/33JjRyr
#FailedState #WuhanPneumonia
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James Bond Has No Time for China
The final James Bond outing for Daniel Craig, “No Time to Die,” also marks a notable milestone for Bondian geopolitics: The franchise just completed a five-movie arc with a single lead actor, and amid all the globe-trotting and intrigue you would barely know that China existed. Shanghai and Macau were brief backdrops, and one villain had been tortured, offstage and in the past, by Chinese security forces — but overall a series released across the years of China’s rise gave little hint that America’s leading rival mattered any more than any other exotic Bondian locale.
Source: NYTimes #Oct16
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/16/opinion/james-bond-china.html
#JamesBond #China #Russia #KGB
The final James Bond outing for Daniel Craig, “No Time to Die,” also marks a notable milestone for Bondian geopolitics: The franchise just completed a five-movie arc with a single lead actor, and amid all the globe-trotting and intrigue you would barely know that China existed. Shanghai and Macau were brief backdrops, and one villain had been tortured, offstage and in the past, by Chinese security forces — but overall a series released across the years of China’s rise gave little hint that America’s leading rival mattered any more than any other exotic Bondian locale.
Source: NYTimes #Oct16
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/16/opinion/james-bond-china.html
#JamesBond #China #Russia #KGB
#KwaiChungLockdown #Omicron
Chaotic Mass Testing Stokes Fear of Rampant Virus Spread at Kwai Chung Estate
Source: Whats News Media, #Jan22
#KwaiChungLockdown #FailedState #Omicron #WuhanPneumonia
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Chaotic Mass Testing Stokes Fear of Rampant Virus Spread at Kwai Chung Estate
Source: Whats News Media, #Jan22
#KwaiChungLockdown #FailedState #Omicron #WuhanPneumonia
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#KwaiChungLockdown #Omicron
Chaotic Mass Testing Stokes Fear of Rampant Virus Spread at Kwai Chung Estate
Thousands of residents at Kwai Chung Housing Estate were forced to undergo immediate and ongoing daily COVID-19 tests at makeshift testing stations, after authorities placed two buildings under a mandatory 5-day lockdown and at least 4 other buildings under overnight lockdown.
Over 10,000 residents live in the 4 buildings locked down for the overnight COVID-19 testing. However, only 4 makeshift testing booths were set up.
There was, however, no arrangement for residents to be tested in batches. This caused overcrowding at lift lobbies and elevators, as many headed out for their tests at the same time. A photo of elevator CCTV showed around a dozen people squeezing into elevators; the photo has since gone viral on social media.
Long, winding queues formed as residents filed patiently into the courtyard for their tests. Residents said that the queue snaked through some narrow passageways, and those returning home after tests had to go back the same way, squeezing past the long queue.
No social distancing measures were employed, residents said, and they feared that this virus testing would instead spread the virus even further.
Source: Whats News Media, #Jan22
https://www.whatsnewsmedia.com/6467/22/06/43/
#FailedState #WuhanPneumonia
Chaotic Mass Testing Stokes Fear of Rampant Virus Spread at Kwai Chung Estate
Thousands of residents at Kwai Chung Housing Estate were forced to undergo immediate and ongoing daily COVID-19 tests at makeshift testing stations, after authorities placed two buildings under a mandatory 5-day lockdown and at least 4 other buildings under overnight lockdown.
Over 10,000 residents live in the 4 buildings locked down for the overnight COVID-19 testing. However, only 4 makeshift testing booths were set up.
There was, however, no arrangement for residents to be tested in batches. This caused overcrowding at lift lobbies and elevators, as many headed out for their tests at the same time. A photo of elevator CCTV showed around a dozen people squeezing into elevators; the photo has since gone viral on social media.
Long, winding queues formed as residents filed patiently into the courtyard for their tests. Residents said that the queue snaked through some narrow passageways, and those returning home after tests had to go back the same way, squeezing past the long queue.
No social distancing measures were employed, residents said, and they feared that this virus testing would instead spread the virus even further.
Source: Whats News Media, #Jan22
https://www.whatsnewsmedia.com/6467/22/06/43/
#FailedState #WuhanPneumonia
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#KwaiChungLockdown #Omicron
What is Hong Kong Government's real intention behind locking down residential buildings?
Elsewhere in Hong Kong on Sunday (January 23, 2022), hundreds of camping tents were seen in Victoria Park, where domestic helpers meet and socialize as usual on their day off.
Source : Local press Hong Kong; #Jan23
https://t.me/localpresshk/20554
See also:
Radical Lockdown Strategy Affecting 2,700 Residents in Grassroot Public Housing Estate in Hong Kong
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31982
Frustrated Kwai Chung Residents Hurl Abuses at Top Officials During "Visit"
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31985
Chaotic Mass Testing Stokes Fear of Rampant Virus Spread at Kwai Chung Estate
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31994
#FailedState #WuhanPneumonia
What is Hong Kong Government's real intention behind locking down residential buildings?
Elsewhere in Hong Kong on Sunday (January 23, 2022), hundreds of camping tents were seen in Victoria Park, where domestic helpers meet and socialize as usual on their day off.
Source : Local press Hong Kong; #Jan23
https://t.me/localpresshk/20554
See also:
Radical Lockdown Strategy Affecting 2,700 Residents in Grassroot Public Housing Estate in Hong Kong
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31982
Frustrated Kwai Chung Residents Hurl Abuses at Top Officials During "Visit"
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31985
Chaotic Mass Testing Stokes Fear of Rampant Virus Spread at Kwai Chung Estate
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31994
#FailedState #WuhanPneumonia
Bloomberg: Haze Fan, who is working as a journalist in Beijing, is still detained by the Chinese authorities for a year
Source: Stand News #Dec07
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Bloomberg: Haze Fan, who is working as a journalist in Beijing, is still detained by the Chinese authorities for a year
A journalist who works in the Office of Bloomberg in Beijing, Haze Fan, has been detained for a year by Chinese authorities. John Micklethwait, the Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg, issued a short statement regarding Haze Fan's 12 months of detention, raising concerns of people within the company about her health status.
The statement also indicated that the company would continuously try their best to assist Haze Fan and her family. News editorial staff missed Haze so much, no matter whether as a colleague or friend.
Haze Fan is a Chinese citizen and has worked for many foreign media such as CNBC, CBS, Al Jazeera and Reuters. She has worked at Bloomberg since 2017. On 7th December 2020, after the last time of contacting the editor at 11:30 am, Haze was taken away from the apartment by plainclothes law enforcement officers. Bloomberg has been seeking Haze’s whereabouts from the Chinese government and the Chinese Embassy in the United States.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China confirmed that Haze Fan was detained by Beijing Municipal National Security Bureau, suspecting that she was involved in criminal activities that endangered national security.
Source: Stand News #Dec07
#Bloomberg #China #NationalSecurity #PressFreedom
A journalist who works in the Office of Bloomberg in Beijing, Haze Fan, has been detained for a year by Chinese authorities. John Micklethwait, the Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg, issued a short statement regarding Haze Fan's 12 months of detention, raising concerns of people within the company about her health status.
The statement also indicated that the company would continuously try their best to assist Haze Fan and her family. News editorial staff missed Haze so much, no matter whether as a colleague or friend.
Haze Fan is a Chinese citizen and has worked for many foreign media such as CNBC, CBS, Al Jazeera and Reuters. She has worked at Bloomberg since 2017. On 7th December 2020, after the last time of contacting the editor at 11:30 am, Haze was taken away from the apartment by plainclothes law enforcement officers. Bloomberg has been seeking Haze’s whereabouts from the Chinese government and the Chinese Embassy in the United States.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China confirmed that Haze Fan was detained by Beijing Municipal National Security Bureau, suspecting that she was involved in criminal activities that endangered national security.
Source: Stand News #Dec07
#Bloomberg #China #NationalSecurity #PressFreedom
#UK #Migration #Hongkonger
Hong Kong Immigrants in Britain are showing a flair for protest
Source: Economist #Feb22
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Hong Kong Immigrants in Britain are showing a flair for protest
Source: Economist #Feb22
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#UK #Migration #Hongkonger
Hong Kong Immigrants in Britain are showing a flair for protest
//Between January and September last year [2021] 88,000 Hong Kongers applied to move to Britain under the British National (Overseas) visa route, which was created by the government in response to the crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong. Many of them have been quick to stage in their adopted home the traditions of their old one.
The protest in Edinburgh was one of at least ten held across Britain in January alone. Some demonstrations in London have attracted almost 1,000 people. For a modest-sized group of new immigrants, the speed and scale with which the Hong Kongers have taken to the streets is striking.
Hong Kongers say that the main reason they keep protesting is because objectionable things keep happening. January’s protests have been focused on the issue of press freedom: in December and January two of Hong Kong’s last remaining independent news outlets closed after their offices were raided by police and journalists were arrested. Further protests will probably be held in February to call for a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which start on February 4th...
Hong Kongers who have fled the Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on the city were specifically driven to leave by sudden restrictions on their rights of free speech and free assembly. The point of moving was to regain those freedoms for themselves and their children. Although many Hong Kongers in Britain still fear the Communist Party, failing to protest in Britain would be cowardly, argues Ken: “If I am silent here I am just helping them.”//
Read the full article:
https://t.co/u1j42pubny
Source: Economist #Feb22
#BNO #Protest #AntiELAB
Hong Kong Immigrants in Britain are showing a flair for protest
//Between January and September last year [2021] 88,000 Hong Kongers applied to move to Britain under the British National (Overseas) visa route, which was created by the government in response to the crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong. Many of them have been quick to stage in their adopted home the traditions of their old one.
The protest in Edinburgh was one of at least ten held across Britain in January alone. Some demonstrations in London have attracted almost 1,000 people. For a modest-sized group of new immigrants, the speed and scale with which the Hong Kongers have taken to the streets is striking.
Hong Kongers say that the main reason they keep protesting is because objectionable things keep happening. January’s protests have been focused on the issue of press freedom: in December and January two of Hong Kong’s last remaining independent news outlets closed after their offices were raided by police and journalists were arrested. Further protests will probably be held in February to call for a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which start on February 4th...
Hong Kongers who have fled the Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on the city were specifically driven to leave by sudden restrictions on their rights of free speech and free assembly. The point of moving was to regain those freedoms for themselves and their children. Although many Hong Kongers in Britain still fear the Communist Party, failing to protest in Britain would be cowardly, argues Ken: “If I am silent here I am just helping them.”//
Read the full article:
https://t.co/u1j42pubny
Source: Economist #Feb22
#BNO #Protest #AntiELAB
The Economist
Britain’s newest immigrants are showing a flair for protest
Keeping up the old traditions
#Censorship #Silencing
China's Internet censors suggested contents mocking #XiJingping
Source: RFA; #Jan12
https://bit.ly/31Y8HVK
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China's Internet censors suggested contents mocking #XiJingping
Source: RFA; #Jan12
https://bit.ly/31Y8HVK
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#Censorship #Silencing
China's Internet censors suggested contents mocking #XiJingping
On January 12, 2022, a Twitter account in the name of "New Youth" (新青年) twitted several screenshots showing possible censorship on #Baidu, the most used search engine in China.
The screenshots are lists of search results on Baidu, which is said to be automatically generated by AI based on most popular searches and most used keywords.
"New Youth" claimed that on Baidu's search bar, it used to prompt multiple AI suggested contents associated to "The incumbent" (現在這位) in its dropdown box, such like:-
"The incumbent is going to reign forever?" (現在這位是一直要坐下去嗎);
"The incumbent is not stirring up economy but movement" (現在這位不搞經濟搞運動);
"The incumbent craves for grandiose deeds" (現在這位好大喜功);
"The incumbent sucks in promoting economy" (現在這位搞經濟不行);
"The incumbent brags everyday, incredible!" (現在這位天天吹, 厲害了).
These suggested contents are seemingly pointing at the top CCP leader, Xi Jingping, criticising and mocking his leadership.
Currently, Baidu has removed all these suggested contents associated to "The Incumbent".
#CCP #Manipulation #Regime #ChineseInternet
Source: RFA; #Jan12
https://bit.ly/31Y8HVK
China's Internet censors suggested contents mocking #XiJingping
On January 12, 2022, a Twitter account in the name of "New Youth" (新青年) twitted several screenshots showing possible censorship on #Baidu, the most used search engine in China.
The screenshots are lists of search results on Baidu, which is said to be automatically generated by AI based on most popular searches and most used keywords.
"New Youth" claimed that on Baidu's search bar, it used to prompt multiple AI suggested contents associated to "The incumbent" (現在這位) in its dropdown box, such like:-
"The incumbent is going to reign forever?" (現在這位是一直要坐下去嗎);
"The incumbent is not stirring up economy but movement" (現在這位不搞經濟搞運動);
"The incumbent craves for grandiose deeds" (現在這位好大喜功);
"The incumbent sucks in promoting economy" (現在這位搞經濟不行);
"The incumbent brags everyday, incredible!" (現在這位天天吹, 厲害了).
These suggested contents are seemingly pointing at the top CCP leader, Xi Jingping, criticising and mocking his leadership.
Currently, Baidu has removed all these suggested contents associated to "The Incumbent".
#CCP #Manipulation #Regime #ChineseInternet
Source: RFA; #Jan12
https://bit.ly/31Y8HVK
Radio Free Asia
【中國網禁】「現在這位」疑諷習 百度關聯想功能
推特網友稱，在百度搜索輸入「現在這位」會出現許多聯想內容，包括「現在這位是一直要坐下去嗎」、「現在這位不搞經濟搞運動」、「現在這位好大喜功」、「現在這位天天吹 厲害了」等，似乎都指向對習近平的批評。
Chinese VPN app Quickfox caught exposing 1 million users’ data
The Quickfox VPN is mainly used by Chinese citizens living abroad who need to access Chinese websites as most of these sites are geo-restricted.
Wizcase’s team of ethical researchers, led by Ata Hakcil, discovered a “critical leak” that the researchers found to be exposing personally identifiable information of at least one million users of a Chinese VPN service.
The team revealed that the VPN leaking data is Quickfox, produced by Fuzhou Zixun Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Source: Hackread #Oct19
https://t.co/RyVkUvC1Rk
#Chinese #VPN #Websites #Restricted
The Quickfox VPN is mainly used by Chinese citizens living abroad who need to access Chinese websites as most of these sites are geo-restricted.
Wizcase’s team of ethical researchers, led by Ata Hakcil, discovered a “critical leak” that the researchers found to be exposing personally identifiable information of at least one million users of a Chinese VPN service.
The team revealed that the VPN leaking data is Quickfox, produced by Fuzhou Zixun Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Source: Hackread #Oct19
https://t.co/RyVkUvC1Rk
#Chinese #VPN #Websites #Restricted