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By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times - Friday, December 18, 2020 A Chinese national and former employee of the videoconference firm Zoom has been charged by the FBI with conspiracy for disrupting online protests marking the 1989 massacre of Chinese pro-democracy protesters. Software engineer Xinjiang Jin, also known as Julien Jin, worked as the liaison in China for San Jose-based Zoom Video Communications Inc., owner of the...

Several hundred thousand civil servants are expected to take the oath in the coming weeks, reports say. The Hong Kong government today had civil servants take the "loyalty test" as they were asked to take an oath to promise to uphold the citys constitution and "bear allegiance" to the government. Watch: Reports said Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam was present as the ceremony closed-door ceremony for the pledge as the government said it would "strengthen the publics confidence in political...

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 a...

Views: Visits 19 Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai (C) is led into a police van as he heads to court to be charged under the territory’s controversial new national security law on December 12, 2020 as he is accused of conspiring with foreign forces to endanger national security, and could face a lengthy jail term. Peter PARKS / AFP Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai appeared in court Saturday to face a charge under a sweeping new national security law th...

Channels Television   Updated December 12, 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai (C) is led into a police van as he heads to court to be charged under the territory’s controversial new national security law on December 12, 2020 as he is accused of conspiring with foreign forces to endanger national security, and could face a lengthy jail term. Peter PARKS / AFP   Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai appeared in court Saturday to face a charge under a sweeping ne...

Chung Tien Televisions (CTi) licence expired yesterday. Prior to going off-air, CTi - one of Taiwans most-watched cable news stations - put out a 42-hour live broadcast of its anchors and hosts chatting about their experiences working for the station, and its 26 years of broadcast history. CTi is owned by Want Want China Times Media Group, which also owns pro-China newspaper The China Times and snack manufacturer Want Want. Want Wants management is known for being critical of President Tsai Ing...

1. Want Want Group-owned businesses - Media: The China Times, CTi News - Snacks including rice crackers The boycott against Want Want Group and all its subsidiary businesses began in 2012, when chairman Tsai Eng-meng said in an interview with the Washington Post that the Tiananmen protests on June 4, 1989 in Beijing did not end in a massacre and "not that many people died". He added that he looked forward to the reunification of Taiwan with mainland China. Former Tiananmen student activist lead...

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