Canada Pension Plan Board heavily invested in Chinese propaganda film studios

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is heavily invested in Chinese propaganda film companies, account disclosures reveal.

According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the Board currently holds $7 million in Chinese Communist Party (CCP) affiliated film studio stocks. The holdings include a $4 million share in China Film Co Ltd. which is a state monopoly.

The shares are being held by the Board despite past commitments to focus on human rights when it comes to investing Canadians’ money abroad.

“We believe that strong human rights practices contribute to long term value. Engaging with companies in our portfolio on this topic is therefore an important part of our strategy,” wrote the Board.

Source: TNC #Jul09

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China slams Yellen's call for 'unified front'

China on Tuesday denounced an appeal by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for a US-European “unified front” against Chinese “unfair economic practices” and human rights abuses. “China strongly deplores and rejects Treasury Secretary Yellen’s remarks,” said a foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian. Yellen issued the appeal Tuesday during a meeting with European Union officials in Brussels. President Joe Biden is trying to revive traditional alliances following the “America First” policies of his predecessor, Donald Trump. “Together, we need to counter threats to the principles of openness, fair competition, transparency and accountability,” Yellen said, according to a text released by her department. “These challenges include China’s unfair economic practices, malign behavior and human rights abuses,” Yellen said. “The more we confront these threats with a unified front, the more successful we will be.” Zhao rejected the criticism, saying Beijing “always firmly supported” the multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organisation. The ruling Communist Party denies accusations that it steals or pressures US, European and other foreign companies to hand over technology and shields its fledgling technology and other industries from competition in violation of its WTO commitments. European governments also are frustrated that their companies are barred from acquiring most assets in China while Chinese companies, sometimes financed by state banks, have spent billions of dollars to acquire foreign technology and brands. Beijing also rejects accusations of abuses against predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China's northwest. Washington and the European Union have imposed travel and financial sanctions on Chinese officials blamed for abuses. “We do not bully and impose sanctions at every turn, nor do we exercise long-arm jurisdiction against other countries’ enterprises,” Zhao said, referring to US sanctions. Biden has said he wants better relations with Beijing but has yet to say whether he will roll back tariff hikes on Chinese goods and other sanctions imposed by Trump in a fight with Beijing over its technology ambitions and trade surplus. (AP)

2021-07-13 17:58:33

China fails to meet promises on missing Xinjiang children

Over the past two years, the Chinese authorities have repeatedly promised to help trace any children reported to be missing in Xinjiang, to prove that they haven't been forcibly separated from their parents. Those promises have not been met, reports John Sudworth.

The first time China made a public promise to help find Kalbinur Tursan's children was in 2019.

"If you have people who have lost their children, you give me the names," China's then-ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, told the BBC in a live television interview in July that year.

Source: BBC #Jun22

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#China #Xinjiang #Children

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China's cyberspace authorities are asking app stores to remove 25 apps by ride-hailing giant #DiDi. The company confirmed the news on Monday, admitting that this could impact its #revenue in the region.

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Thousands of #Cubans took to the streets over the weekend, speaking out against the #CommunistRegime, as the country struggles with food shortages and an economic crisis.

Many are losing their internet connection amid the protests—and some suspect #China is behind it.

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The #Taliban says it sees #China as its friend and hopes to talk with Beijing as soon as possible. While #USTroops are pulling out from Afghanistan, the Taliban is inviting Beijing for reconstructions and investments, and guarantees to ensure its safety.

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The Cuban government is using Chinese technology to block internet access as large-scale anti-communist protests sweep the country, essentially limiting the spread of videos of the protests.

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An #AnimatedFilm depicting Beijing's #HumanRightsAbuses has won big in film awards in Canada.

It tells a moving story of a 5-year-old Chinese girl whose mother was killed as a result of the CCP's modern day religious persecutions.

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“Why do you think Xi Jinping on his #CCP 100th birthday bash, party celebration, talk about or #threaten us, bust our heads and make it bloody?” --#SolomonYue

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#內地
【中國多地實施疫苗出行限制】
【醫院、車站、學校、超市成未接種者禁地】

過去一周，江西、浙江、寧波等相繼發布通知書，指沒接種新冠疫苗將影響出行。

寧波寧海縣衛生和計劃生育局官方微信公眾號公布，疫情防控辦公室7月11日發布通知：25日起，原則上不允許未接種新冠疫苗者進入醫療機構住院部、養老院、學校（幼兒園、托兒所、校外培訓機構）、圖書館、博物館、監所等重點場所。

浙江麗水市青田縣8日也發布了類似通知：21日起，不允許未接種者進入醫療機構住院部、養老院、托兒所、學校（幼兒園、校外培訓機構）、圖書館、博物館、監所等重點場所。

江西撫州市崇仁縣發布最新通知，將在商場、景區、車站、影院等公共場所實行掃「贛通碼」查看疫苗接種記錄，如居民未接種新冠疫苗，將對生活和出行帶來不便。

江西贛州定南縣及安遠縣亦發布通告，7月26日起，不允許未接種新冠病毒疫苗者進入超市、醫院、學校、車站等，重點公共場所（有禁忌接種證明和18周歲以下人員除外）。

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Father finds kidnapped son after 24-year search

A mainland man has been reunited with his kidnapped son after a 24-year search that saw him travel half a million kilometres across China on a motorbike, chasing tip-offs on the boy's whereabouts.Guo Gangtang's son was just two years and five months old when he was abducted from in front of the family home in eastern Shandong province, where he was playing unattended.Traffickers snatched the boy and sold him to a family in central China, the Ministry of Public Security said on Tuesday.Kidnapping and child trafficking became widespread in China from the 1980s, when the one-child rule was enforced, and a cultural obsession with sons fuelled demand for abducted boys.After years of searching, police told Guo on Sunday that a DNA test had confirmed that a 26-year-old teacher living in central Henan province was really Guo's long-lost son.Guo is seen sobbing into his palms while his wife hugs their son, Guo Zhen, during a reunion event in a photo released by the public security ministry."Now that the child has been found, everything can only be happy from now on," Guo said through tears in a video released by the state-run China News Service.After his son was abducted in 1997, then 27-year-old Guo quit his job and criss-crossed the country on a motorbike with large flags bearing his son's photo tied to the back.His 500,000-kilometre crusade – that included battling highway robbers, sleeping under bridges and even begging when his money ran out – inspired the 2014 blockbuster "Lost and Love".Over the years, Guo has helped seven other families find their lost children and raised awareness about child trafficking – still a taboo topic in China.Two suspects linked to the case have been arrested, state-run Global Times reported. Police did not offer details about the family that had purchased Guo's son.News of the high-profile reunion triggered an outpouring of emotion on social media with over nine million views."Parents never give up on their children! Guo's struggle shows the depth of a father's love," one user wrote on Weibo.Since launching a DNA database of missing families in 2016, police say they have helped more than 2,600 individuals kidnapped as children – some over 60 years ago – to find their biological parents, the public security ministry said. (AFP)

2021-07-13 23:18:37

A prominent online #ChineseMilitary channel posted a video on Saturday. It says if #Japan sends a single military unit to intervene in a Chinese takeover of #Taiwan, Beijing will respond with an all-out war, and it will start with nuclear strikes on Japan.

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