Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Leaders are Sentenced
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“The United States condemns the sentencing of seven pro-democracy leaders on politically-motivated charges,” said Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Their so-called crime was participating in peaceful demonstrations in 2019 against Beijing’s encroachment on Hong Kongers’ fundamental freedoms.
The pro-democracy leaders sentenced include Martin Lee, Jimmy Lai, Albert Ho, Margaret Ng, Cyd Ho, Lee Cheuk-yan, and Leung Kwok-hung. Five of the defendants received jail sentences of eight to 18 months, and others were handed suspended sentences, including Hong Kong Democratic Party founding chairman Martin Lee. Secretary Blinken called the sentences “incompatible with the non-violent nature of [the pro-democracy leaders’] actions.”
Despite Beijing’s Tightening Control, Hong Kong’s Fight for Democratic Values, Freedom Continues: Emily Lau
The Chinese Communist Party’s encroachment on Hong Kong’s autonomy may mean the end of “one country, two systems” but it’s not the end of Hong Kong, says Emily Lau, former Democratic Party chair and legislator in Hong Kong.
“The people will continue to fight, fight for what we believe in and fight for the values that Beijing promised under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law,” Lau told NTD’s “Focus Talk” program.
As a result, more people will be arrested, charged, thrown into jail more will make a sacrifice, Lau continued. But it is no different than many places around the world where people have and are fighting very hard for their values and beliefs, with many having paid a very heavy price.
Apr 27th, 2021 3 min read
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Dean brings knowledge of China s military and space capabilities as a research fellow on Chinese political and security affairs. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and former U.S. Senator Chris Dodd attend a meeting at the presidential office in Taipei on April 15, 2021. ANN WANG / POOL / AFP / Getty Images
Key Takeaways
The United States does not diplomatically “recognize” Taiwan, or more specifically, the Republic of China (ROC).
A failure to respond to an act of naked aggression by the PRC against Taiwan would raise real questions about American commitments to those treaty allies.
British lawmakers declare genocide in China s Xinjiang region
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The British government added its name Thursday to a short but growing list of nations to declare China s treatment of its Muslim minority Uighur citizens genocide. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo
April 22 (UPI) Britain s parliament has become the latest government to declare China s treatment of its Uighur citizens as genocide, attracting the condemnation of Beijing.
Lawmakers in the British House of Commons passed a motion unopposed after a three-hour debate Thursday declaring that the Uighurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in the northwestern Xinjiang autonomous region of China are suffering crimes against humanity and genocide.
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