Posted on April 14, 2021.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Chunying Hua stated on March 30 that “China is staunchly opposed to any official state-level communication between the United States and Taiwan. We hope that the U.S. will be sure to consider China’s concerns, properly dealing with the question of its involvement in Taiwan with consideration. We hope this avoids additional stressors on the U.S.-China relationship.”
The Taiwan question is the most important and most sensitive matter in U.S.-China relations; it is the foundation upon which the U.S.-China relationship is built. For some time, America’s actions seriously violated the promises it made regarding its activities in the Taiwan region. Naturally, the U.S. knows about these transgressions. Even with this context in mind, the U.S. still frequently plays the “Taiwan card” against the mainland, undoubtedly exposing its sinister intention to use Taiwan to contain China.
On National Security Education Day, Hong Kong Celebrates Police Brutality
Posted by John Chan | Apr 15, 2021
After weeks of wall-to-wall advertising, the Hong Kong government celebrated its newly created “National Security Education Day” on Thursday. The New York Times’ Vivian Wang
Teddy bears clad in black police riot gear, on sale for more than $60 apiece. Schoolchildren’s messages of gratitude to the authorities, pasted onto the walls of their schools. Uniformed police officers goose-stepping in formation, accompanied by a counterterrorism drill complete with a helicopter and hostage simulation.
[…] The full day of activities was designed to inculcate young and old with the importance of national security. It had been promoted extensively through street-side banners, front-page advertisements in the city’s newspapers, and even a scrolling digital display on one of Hong Kong’s downtown skyscrapers, among the government’s most concentrated propaganda efforts sin
Hong Kong TVB sitcom earned mainland netizens thumbs-up for promoting national security law globaltimes.cn - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globaltimes.cn Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hong Kong’s Activists in Exile
From Nathan Law to Ted Hui, a growing number of pro-democracy figures are choosing life overseas amid a widening crackdown at home.
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April 13, 2021
In this Sept. 1, 2020, file photo, Hong Kong activist Nathan Law, center, takes part in a protest during the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Berlin, Germany.
Credit: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber
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From Nathan Law to Ted Hui, a growing number of pro-democracy figures are choosing life overseas amid a widening crackdown at home. Nathan Law, a leading Hong Kong activist-turned-fugitive, was granted political asylum by the United Kingdom last week.
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One essential item for a journalist covering a meeting of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) is a pair of binoculars.
The seats assigned to journalists in the Great Hall of the People are so far back, you need those since your eyes will inevitably be fixed on the figure of President Xi Jinping, 67, seated far away in the center of the tiered stage.
Of special interest is what occurs immediately after the closing ceremony. You want to see what Xi does and who he might talk to before he leaves the podium.
Since I am no longer posted to Beijing, I don’t have the opportunity to use my binoculars. However, when looking at news photos of what transpired following the closing ceremony at this year’s NPC, and I saw one particular photo, I said, “Oh!”