"We Will Not Be Bullied”, MPs from 19 Countries Initiated Buying Australian Wine Against China's Hegemony.
China's Ministry of Commerce has imposed a "temporary anti-dumping duties" on Australian wine imports, requiring importers to pay a "guarantee deposit" to the Chinese Customs when importing Australian wine "in containers holding 2 litres or less" since last week. The deposit is determined by the authorities, based on the extent of dumping by each company, and is calculated on an ad valorem basis from 107.1% to 212.1% duty paid price as determined by Customs. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), a group of over 200 parliamentarians from 19 countries, has called for a buy Australian wine campaign as to demonstrate opposition to Chinese hegemony.
IPAC has released a clip of members of parliament from Japan, Italy, Germany, the United States and New Zealand urging people to buy Australian wine, with Chinese and English subtitles. IPAC members include some of the biggest winemakers in the world, producing wines such as Italian red wine, whisky and Japanese sake, but Ted Yoho, the Republican Chief member of the Asia-Pacific Group on the Foreign Affairs Committee of US House of Representatives, says in the film, “We are drinking something a little bit different”, and urges people to buy Australian wine "because our friends need our help".
“We are asking you all to join us in standing against Xi Jinping's authoritarian bullying," says Slovakian's MP Miriam Lexmann. With a glass of Penfolds, Swedish Christian Democrat MP Elisabet Lann said, “By drinking a bottle or two of Australian wine, and letting the Chinese Communist Party know, that we will not be bullied.”
Source: Apply Daily #Dec01
#Australia #IPAC #AustralianWineIndustries #SupportAustralianWine #ChineseTariffs #ChineseTariffsOnAustralianWines #ChineseCustoms #TedYoho #MiriamLexmann #ElisabetLann #Penfolds #CCPhegemony
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China's Ministry of Commerce has imposed a "temporary anti-dumping duties" on Australian wine imports, requiring importers to pay a "guarantee deposit" to the Chinese Customs when importing Australian wine "in containers holding 2 litres or less" since last week. The deposit is determined by the authorities, based on the extent of dumping by each company, and is calculated on an ad valorem basis from 107.1% to 212.1% duty paid price as determined by Customs. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), a group of over 200 parliamentarians from 19 countries, has called for a buy Australian wine campaign as to demonstrate opposition to Chinese hegemony.
IPAC has released a clip of members of parliament from Japan, Italy, Germany, the United States and New Zealand urging people to buy Australian wine, with Chinese and English subtitles. IPAC members include some of the biggest winemakers in the world, producing wines such as Italian red wine, whisky and Japanese sake, but Ted Yoho, the Republican Chief member of the Asia-Pacific Group on the Foreign Affairs Committee of US House of Representatives, says in the film, “We are drinking something a little bit different”, and urges people to buy Australian wine "because our friends need our help".
“We are asking you all to join us in standing against Xi Jinping's authoritarian bullying," says Slovakian's MP Miriam Lexmann. With a glass of Penfolds, Swedish Christian Democrat MP Elisabet Lann said, “By drinking a bottle or two of Australian wine, and letting the Chinese Communist Party know, that we will not be bullied.”
Source: Apply Daily #Dec01
#Australia #IPAC #AustralianWineIndustries #SupportAustralianWine #ChineseTariffs #ChineseTariffsOnAustralianWines #ChineseCustoms #TedYoho #MiriamLexmann #ElisabetLann #Penfolds #CCPhegemony
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201201/NJUJNFKV6ZDJ3GBQ3CBWB4T5ZI/
#Censorship #CCPControl
China Blocks Shipments of "Freedom and Democracy" Calendars to Hong Kong
Chinese customs may have held up an order of new year calendars printed for district councils in Hong Kong, Yau Tsim Mong District councillor Lee Wai-fung wrote in a Facebook post.
The calendars, with the text "Pursue Freedom and Democracy" in golden calligraphy, was scheduled to arrive in Hong Kong in mid-November, so that they will be given out to civilians on Dec 16, 2020.
However, Lee was later informed that order was detained in China, without an official explanation from either the print shop nor the Chinese customs. The councillors ended up printing labels with their names and pictures, and handing out regular calendars with their labels attached.
Yuen Long District councillor Henry Wong Pak-yu experienced similar issues with the Chinese customs. He was informed by the print shop in China that printed products for district councils in Hong Kong are now being scrutinized much more closely by Chinese customs, because some of their previous materials contained "sensitive content". The printer was not allowed to send out the shipment, and Wong may not be able to receive his calendars in time for the new year.
Source: Stand News #Dec16
#NewYearCalendar #FreeSpeech #ChineseCustoms #DistrictCouncil
China Blocks Shipments of "Freedom and Democracy" Calendars to Hong Kong
Chinese customs may have held up an order of new year calendars printed for district councils in Hong Kong, Yau Tsim Mong District councillor Lee Wai-fung wrote in a Facebook post.
The calendars, with the text "Pursue Freedom and Democracy" in golden calligraphy, was scheduled to arrive in Hong Kong in mid-November, so that they will be given out to civilians on Dec 16, 2020.
However, Lee was later informed that order was detained in China, without an official explanation from either the print shop nor the Chinese customs. The councillors ended up printing labels with their names and pictures, and handing out regular calendars with their labels attached.
Yuen Long District councillor Henry Wong Pak-yu experienced similar issues with the Chinese customs. He was informed by the print shop in China that printed products for district councils in Hong Kong are now being scrutinized much more closely by Chinese customs, because some of their previous materials contained "sensitive content". The printer was not allowed to send out the shipment, and Wong may not be able to receive his calendars in time for the new year.
Source: Stand News #Dec16
#NewYearCalendar #FreeSpeech #ChineseCustoms #DistrictCouncil
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Reuters: China puts pressure multinational firms to break ties with Lithuania or be driven out of China market
The relationship between China and Lithuania is still poor. Chinese customs recently removed Lithuania from its list of "countries of origin", making it impossible for Lithuanian goods to enter China, and Lithuania's foreign minister asked the European Union to intervene with China.
The Reuters news agency on Thursday (9 December) quoted Lithuania's deputy foreign minister and representatives of local industry that China had asked a number of multinational companies to cut ties with Lithuania or else drive them out of the Chinese market.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin responded on Thursday that he did not understand the situation reported by Reuters, but stressed that China has always acted in accordance with WTO rules, criticizing "Lithuania's betrayal of trust and justice, blatantly violating the political promises made to China when the two countries established diplomatic relations, creating ‘one China, one Taiwan’ in the world and seriously undermining China's sovereignty and territorial integrity", and that China is determined to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Reuters quoted Lithuanian Deputy Foreign Minister Mantas Adomėnas as saying that China is putting pressure on multinational companies, saying that if they use Lithuanian-made components and goods, they can no longer sell in the Chinese market or get supplies in China, and some companies have already cancelled contracts with Lithuanian suppliers.
Source: StandNews #Dec10
#Reuters #Lithuania #ChinaLithuaniaRelation #EU #ChineseCustoms #Lithuaniangoods #ChineseForeignMinistry #WangWenbin #LithuanianForeignMinistry #MantasAdomėnas
The relationship between China and Lithuania is still poor. Chinese customs recently removed Lithuania from its list of "countries of origin", making it impossible for Lithuanian goods to enter China, and Lithuania's foreign minister asked the European Union to intervene with China.
The Reuters news agency on Thursday (9 December) quoted Lithuania's deputy foreign minister and representatives of local industry that China had asked a number of multinational companies to cut ties with Lithuania or else drive them out of the Chinese market.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin responded on Thursday that he did not understand the situation reported by Reuters, but stressed that China has always acted in accordance with WTO rules, criticizing "Lithuania's betrayal of trust and justice, blatantly violating the political promises made to China when the two countries established diplomatic relations, creating ‘one China, one Taiwan’ in the world and seriously undermining China's sovereignty and territorial integrity", and that China is determined to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Reuters quoted Lithuanian Deputy Foreign Minister Mantas Adomėnas as saying that China is putting pressure on multinational companies, saying that if they use Lithuanian-made components and goods, they can no longer sell in the Chinese market or get supplies in China, and some companies have already cancelled contracts with Lithuanian suppliers.
Source: StandNews #Dec10
#Reuters #Lithuania #ChinaLithuaniaRelation #EU #ChineseCustoms #Lithuaniangoods #ChineseForeignMinistry #WangWenbin #LithuanianForeignMinistry #MantasAdomėnas