#Academia #Censorship #Discrimination
Academic Organization Bars Taiwanese Scholar from Attending Event Due to his Taiwanese Nationality

A Taiwanese scholar was rejected by the ICTP's winter school of Quantitative Systems Biology (http://indico.ictp.it/event/9131/overview?fbclid=IwAR0wrp8d0AJVZriQcMMBpqxaIW2K3IBoTjqdSwDt7HNNNIGJz4a0T72Ppxw) due to his Taiwanese nationality.

According to the affected scholar, the organizer of th event told him a "new United Nations' rule" since 2019 that "Taiwanese are not allowed to attend any event under UNESCO". The reason is that "Taiwan is not a member state of the UN".

Source: Chih-fu Yeh's Facebook #Nov30
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4458474867500152&id=100000130488460

#UN #ICTP #Taiwan

“Treasure my root,” Chinese-American Actor Apologize as “Monster Hunter” Dialogues Accused of “Insulting Chinese”

The movie “Monster Hunter” released a few days ago was dropped from the Chinese market due to an insulting incident. MC Jin (Jin Au-Yeung), who was accused of insulting China, issued a video clip to apologize. He wrote “treasure my root” in simplified Chinese and emphasize that he will always be proud of his lineage.

The incident originated from a scene in the movie where a soldier played by MC Jin said, “Look at my knees,” and another person ask, “What kind of knees are these?”. Then MC Jin answered, “Chinese”. The Chinese subtitle didn’t translate the dialogue as “Chinese” but as “There is gold under men's knees”. However, Chinese netizens still lambasted the dialogue, with online comments saying that the dialogue is originated from a World War II-era nursery rhyme, “Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees, look at these,” which was seen as a mockery of the Chinese and Japanese tradition of kneeling and was considered discriminatory. After the insulting controversy, Chinese cinemas were notified by the authorities to take down the film, and those who had bought tickets were refunded, while the producer is working on a new version.

Source: Stand News #Dec08

#Insulting #Chinese #Japanese #MonsterHunter #MCJin #Discrimination

Canadian PM Asks Trudeau Whether to Ban the PLA Scientists into Sensitive Research Facilities and Trudeau Indicates Against Racial Discrimination

Is criticizing the Chinese government an action to discriminate against Asians? Recently, the Chinese government's infiltrating the Canadian laboratories attracts attention. A Parliament Member questioned whether the Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau would prohibit the Chinese government and the military from sending scientists to Canada’s sensitive research facilities. Trudeau indicated that he “will not greet and succumb to anti-Asian's discrimination”. Michael Chong, a Canadian Parliament Member being sanctioned by China for Hong Kong issues, announced a joint statement with Kenny Chiu to criticize Trudeau for conflating the two matters and falling into the trap of the CCP, and to ask him to withdraw his remarks.

Source: Stand News #May28

https://bit.ly/3pRQ8Ka

#Canada #China #Trudeau #PrimeMinister #Discrimination #CCP #Military