2021-06-02 15:35:42 GMT2021-06-02 23:35:42(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, June 2 (Xinhua) A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday denounced Taiwan s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority for spreading lies that the mainland intervened to block the island s purchase of COVID-19 vaccines.
Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said the DPP authority was trying to shift the blame and make the mainland their scapegoat.
The mainland has repeatedly expressed willingness to try its best to help Taiwan compatriots fight the virus, and help them use the WHO-endorsed mainland vaccines as soon as possible, Ma said.
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China has always supported international anti-pandemic cooperation and has made active efforts to this end, a foreign ministry spokesperson said Monday, adding China firmly opposes using the pandemic as a political stunt or even interfering in China s internal affairs.
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OPINION / OBSERVER
By Ai Jun Published: May 30, 2021 09:08 PM
Photo:ReutersReporters Without Borders (RSF) submitted on Friday an urgent appeal to the UN to take all measures necessary to obtain the immediate release of Hong Kong media tycoon and secessionist Jimmy Lai Chee-ying. It s about time that the international community takes action to stop the judicial harassment of Jimmy Lai and to pressure the Hong Kong government into restoring full press freedom, the appeal reads.
The point is, does the RSF actually believe it is qualified to identify what press freedom is?
Lai was one of the backstage manipulators of a series of social violence and turmoil in Hong Kong. He has been convicted of violating Hong Kong law, including attending and organizing an illegal assembly, colluding with foreign countries or forces to endanger national security and tending and intended to pervert the course of public justice.