Pompeo Voices Support for Detained Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Dec. 14 voiced support for arrested Hong Kong activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, noting that his case demonstrates the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s threat to the free world.
“Jimmy Lai is a true patriot. He cares deeply about the people of Hong Kong, as does our administration … [Lai] was simply trying to speak about the basic rights for the people of Hong Kong,” stated Pompeo in an interview with Newsmax, according to a transcript from the State Department.
Pompeo added: “I fear that Hong Kong is becoming just another Chinese-run communist city, and that’s too bad.”
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A group of House Republicans, led by some of the most high-profile members of the caucus, called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to remove Rep. Eric Swalwell from the House Intelligence Committee following revelations that he was targeted by a suspected Chinese spy.
“We write to you today out of concern with Congressman Eric Swalwell’s reported, close contacts with a Chinese Communist Party spy recently reported by
Axios. Because of Rep. Swalwell’s position on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, his close interactions with Chinese intelligence services, however unintentional they may be, are an unacceptable national security risk,” the Republicans told Pelosi in a letter obtained by the
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By Anne-Marie Brady
In the last few months, China has singled out and humiliated Australia with targeted economic sanctions and verbal attacks. Canada and Sweden have also been the subject of similar bullying in the last two years.
In Chinese this is called “killing the chicken to scare the monkeys”.
Pundits in Aotearoa New Zealand have been nervously observing China’s hazing of Australia, fearful that we will be next. So far, New Zealand exporters are actually profiting from China’s spat with Australia. And there are no signs of a significant deterioration in the broader relationship. Yet the New Zealand media jump at