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The Unjustified Criticism of High Commissioner Michelle Bachetlet’s Visit to China
Tag: National Security Law
Surely you must be joking, Mr President!
Comic relief of the week: what’s happening in Hong Kong continues ‘to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy and economy of the United States’
Surely you must be joking, Mr President!
HK Civil Human Rights Front is disbanding amid probe into sources of funding
HK Civil Human Rights Front is disbanding amid probe into sources of funding
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[2019] U.S role in Hong Kong protests
Multiple member organizations of the Civil Human Rights Front, the coalition behind the recent protests, receive or have received funding from the NED, a U.S.-funded soft power organization that doles out money in the interests of U.S. imperialism. These include the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, Hong Kong Journalists Association, Civic Party, Labor Party and Democratic Party.
From Terrified to Triumphant — How China Flipped 2020
It was the worst way to start a year for China. On the New Year’s eve of 2020, Chinese social media were full of rumors about re-emergence of SARS virus from 2003. Chinese New Year was about to begin in three weeks, which would involve hundreds of millions of people traveling all over the country. Xi Jinping had already warned Chinese officials a month earlier that the US-China trade war and sanctions would make 2020 a very challenging year. Now an unknown virus was about to decimate the economy and shred the China dream into pieces.
From Terrified to Triumphant — How China Flipped 2020
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under national security law
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under national security law
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Hong Kong democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the city’s national security law on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces and endangering national security, local media reported on Friday (Dec 11), citing a police source.
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Jimmy Lai denied bail, may be detained till April given risks of fleeing HK and Other HK News
Jimmy Lai denied bail, may be detained till April given risks of fleeing HK and Other HK News
Real reason for ‘grave concern’ over HK security law
Real reason for ‘grave concern’ over HK security law
After the 1989 “6/4 incident” in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square ended “pro-democracy” protests, the Chinese government required foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to report their missions, sources of funds and other information to the appropriate authorities. Unsurprisingly, Western governments complained and warned the world that China was returning to “Mao-era suppression.”
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