China Seeks to Shape Hong Kong Narrative With Letter to Media
August 22, 2019Bloomberg News, Read the original article here. Foreign Ministry sends 43-page letter to foreign media outlets Describes ‘violent activities’ in city amid ongoing unrest China is looking to reshape the global narrative over Hong Kong as months of street protests … Continued The post China Seeks to Shape Hong Kong read more →
‘Real and painful costs’ to any crackdown in Hong Kong, US Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell warns Beijing
August 22, 2019By Kris Cheng, Read the original article here. A top US politician has warned Beijing that there would be “real and painful costs” to any crackdown in Hong Kong. Mitch McConnell, the US Senate majority leader, wrote a strongly-worded op-ed … Continued The post ‘Real and painful costs’ to any read more →
Op-Ed: Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Kong protests
August 22, 2019Yaqiu Wang, Los Angeles Times. Read the article here. It’s hard for Americans to understand why so many Chinese students attending school in Western countries have turned out in recent days to express support for the Chinese government in … Continued The post Op-Ed: Why so many Chinese students read more →
China denies visas to German lawmakers over their human rights criticism
August 22, 2019By Stuart Lau, Read the original article here. Germany’s parliament says human rights committee is denied entry, and another committee scraps a trip after MP is barred for speaking out on China’s rights record Barred MP says she has been … Continued The post China denies visas to German lawmakers read more →
New ‘social security’ cards in Tibet expand China’s control over Tibetans’ lives
August 22, 2019By International Campaign for Tibet|August 21, 2019 Read original article here Chinese authorities in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) have apparently deepened their control over the Tibetan population with the rollout this summer of social security cards. According to Chinese state … Continued The post New ‘social security’ cards in Tibet read more →
Uighurs Can’t Escape Chinese Repression, Even in Europe
August 21, 2019By Ellen Halliday, Read the original article here. BRUSSELS—In the comfortable living room of a family home near Antwerp, photographs from not so long ago recall the faces of the missing. A business man sits proudly behind the desk of … Continued The post Uighurs Can’t Escape Chinese Repression, Even read more →
Employee at UK’s consulate in Hong Kong detained in China
August 21, 2019The Guardian, 21 August 2019 Read original article here An employee at the UK’s consulate in Hong Kong has been detained by mainland Chinese authorities on his way back to the city, his girlfriend has said. Simon Cheng, 28, was returning from … Continued The post Employee at UK’s consulate in Hong read more →
Twitter Shuts Down 200,000 Chinese Accounts for Spreading Disinformation About Hong Kong Protests
August 21, 2019By Tami Abdollah, Read the original article here. WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter said it has suspended more than 200,000 accounts that it believes were part of a Chinese government influence campaign targeting the protest movement in Hong Kong. The company … Continued The post Twitter Shuts Down 200,000 Chinese Accounts read more →
Facebook, Twitter accuse China of running disinformation campaign against Hong Kong protesters
August 20, 2019Annie Palmer, CNBC, 19 August 2019 Read original article here. Twitter and Facebook have suspended numerous accounts that they say are tied to a Chinese disinformation campaign against pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. Twitter said Monday it suspended 936 accounts likely related to the activity. … Continued The post Facebook, Twitter accuse China of running read more →
China’s Belt and Road Plan is Destroying the World
August 19, 2019By Sagatom Saha, Read the original article here. Most Chinese-financed, coal-fired power plants built overseas use low-efficiency, subcritical coal technology, which produces some of the highest emissions of any form of power generation. Thus, China is destroying the environment. hina … Continued The post China’s Belt and Road Plan is read more →