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#Trivilization #Disrespect #Holocaust #History
'Holocaust Victim' Trend on #TikTok
Role-playing Holocaust victims has been trending on the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok. The video function allows people to show fake bruises and wear a striped inmate outfit or one of the armbands marked with the Star of David Jews were ordered to wear under Nazi Germany.
The Auschwitz museum that was built on a death camp in Poland described this behavior as "hurtful and offensive" and are "dangerously close or already beyond the border of trivialization of history".
In reality, rthe Holocaust marked the Nazi’s genocide of 6 million European Jews, with approximately one million people killed at the Auschwitz camp between 1940 and 1945 including more than 100,000 non-Jews.
Source: The Guardian; Stand News #Aug26
#Auschwitz #Nazi
'Holocaust Victim' Trend on #TikTok
Role-playing Holocaust victims has been trending on the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok. The video function allows people to show fake bruises and wear a striped inmate outfit or one of the armbands marked with the Star of David Jews were ordered to wear under Nazi Germany.
The Auschwitz museum that was built on a death camp in Poland described this behavior as "hurtful and offensive" and are "dangerously close or already beyond the border of trivialization of history".
In reality, rthe Holocaust marked the Nazi’s genocide of 6 million European Jews, with approximately one million people killed at the Auschwitz camp between 1940 and 1945 including more than 100,000 non-Jews.
Source: The Guardian; Stand News #Aug26
#Auschwitz #Nazi
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Proposed laws empower Payne to block deals involving foreign nations
The Australian Federal Government is moving to introduce sweeping new laws which would give it the power to block deals involving foreign nations.
Under the Foreign Relations bill, Australia's Foreign Minister can terminate any existing agreements, such as Victoria's controversial Belt and Road deal with China, if they are considered adverse to Australia's foreign relations or are inconsistent with foreign policy.
Source: ABC #Aug26
#ForeignRelationsBill #BeltAndRoadDeal #Payne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HqitCs1dgI
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-26/government-boosts-powers-to-cancel-foreign-agreements/12599000
The Australian Federal Government is moving to introduce sweeping new laws which would give it the power to block deals involving foreign nations.
Under the Foreign Relations bill, Australia's Foreign Minister can terminate any existing agreements, such as Victoria's controversial Belt and Road deal with China, if they are considered adverse to Australia's foreign relations or are inconsistent with foreign policy.
Source: ABC #Aug26
#ForeignRelationsBill #BeltAndRoadDeal #Payne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HqitCs1dgI
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-26/government-boosts-powers-to-cancel-foreign-agreements/12599000
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U.S. Sanctions 24 Chinese Companies Involved in South China Sea Dispute
On August 26, 2020, the U.S. Government added 24 Chinese companies which help the Chinese military construct artificial islands in the South China Sea to an Entity List that bans them from purchasing American products, including 5 companies under Chinese Communication Construction Company in Hong Kong. The Chinese officials have not replied to the issue yet but the website under Global Times posted the news on WeChat, with a title "Sudden Disturbance".
The list includes Beijing Huanjia Telecommunication Co., Chongxin Bada Technology Development Co., Shanghai Cable Offshore Engineering Co., Tianjin Broadcasting Equipment Co., and the research institutes of the China Electronics Technology Group Corporation and China Shipbuilding Group.
Entity List also includes several divisions of China Communications Construction Company, which is in the Hong Kong stock exchange market (No. 1800). China Communications Construction Company is a contractor, handling many of the infrastructure projects for China's “Belt and Road” initiative around the world.
The U.S. State Department will impose visa restrictions on Chinese citizens who are “responsible for“, or “complicit in”, either the large-scale reclamation, construction, or militarization of disputed outposts in the South China Sea.” The family members of these sanctioned individuals may also face visa restrictions.
As the New York Times reports:
"The Chinese government has been rapidly building artificial islands in the disputed waters since 2013, dredging and constructing more than 3,000 acres of new land, including air defence and anti-ship missile features, the Commerce Department said in its announcement.
The island-building undermines the sovereignty of other countries in the region and comes despite the condemnation of the United States and other countries, according to the announcement."
#Sanction #SouthChinaSea #US #ChineseCompanies #HKStockExchange
Source: Apple Daily; New York Times #Aug26
https://hk.appledaily.com/china/20200826/7BPXGKYR4NBV5HZQTKTFSR6LGU/
On August 26, 2020, the U.S. Government added 24 Chinese companies which help the Chinese military construct artificial islands in the South China Sea to an Entity List that bans them from purchasing American products, including 5 companies under Chinese Communication Construction Company in Hong Kong. The Chinese officials have not replied to the issue yet but the website under Global Times posted the news on WeChat, with a title "Sudden Disturbance".
The list includes Beijing Huanjia Telecommunication Co., Chongxin Bada Technology Development Co., Shanghai Cable Offshore Engineering Co., Tianjin Broadcasting Equipment Co., and the research institutes of the China Electronics Technology Group Corporation and China Shipbuilding Group.
Entity List also includes several divisions of China Communications Construction Company, which is in the Hong Kong stock exchange market (No. 1800). China Communications Construction Company is a contractor, handling many of the infrastructure projects for China's “Belt and Road” initiative around the world.
The U.S. State Department will impose visa restrictions on Chinese citizens who are “responsible for“, or “complicit in”, either the large-scale reclamation, construction, or militarization of disputed outposts in the South China Sea.” The family members of these sanctioned individuals may also face visa restrictions.
As the New York Times reports:
"The Chinese government has been rapidly building artificial islands in the disputed waters since 2013, dredging and constructing more than 3,000 acres of new land, including air defence and anti-ship missile features, the Commerce Department said in its announcement.
The island-building undermines the sovereignty of other countries in the region and comes despite the condemnation of the United States and other countries, according to the announcement."
#Sanction #SouthChinaSea #US #ChineseCompanies #HKStockExchange
Source: Apple Daily; New York Times #Aug26
https://hk.appledaily.com/china/20200826/7BPXGKYR4NBV5HZQTKTFSR6LGU/
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Australia PM to legislate disposal of Belt and Road Initiative agreement between Victoria and China
Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, will be legislating next week to ban multiple deals with foreign governments which are found not to be in line with national interest, one of which is the multi-million-dollar Belt and Road Initiative agreement between Victoria and Beijing.
The Australian has reported that this is an unprecedented move against Chinese interference and the protection of state secrets.
Source: Sky News #Aug26
https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6184681606001
#Australia #Victoria #ScottMorrison #BeltandRoadInitiative
Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, will be legislating next week to ban multiple deals with foreign governments which are found not to be in line with national interest, one of which is the multi-million-dollar Belt and Road Initiative agreement between Victoria and Beijing.
The Australian has reported that this is an unprecedented move against Chinese interference and the protection of state secrets.
Source: Sky News #Aug26
https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6184681606001
#Australia #Victoria #ScottMorrison #BeltandRoadInitiative
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China’s trade halt with Lithuania over Taiwan ties sends warning to Europe
China’s use of trade as a weapon in diplomatic disputes appears to be now targeted at Lithuania, home to fewer than 3 million people, after the Baltic nation agreed to exchange diplomatic offices with Taiwan.
But Beijing’s unofficial halt to its already limited trade with Lithuania is more about sending a warning to the rest of Europe, analysts have said.
Lithuania and Taiwan have agreed to establish mutual representative offices as a sign of deepening ties between the two governments. In response Beijing recalled its ambassador from Vilnius and expelled Lithuania’s from Beijing.
Source: The Guardians #Aug26
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/26/chinas-trade-halt-with-lithuania-over-taiwan-ties-sends-warning-to-europe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#China #Lithuania #Taiwan #Europe
China’s use of trade as a weapon in diplomatic disputes appears to be now targeted at Lithuania, home to fewer than 3 million people, after the Baltic nation agreed to exchange diplomatic offices with Taiwan.
But Beijing’s unofficial halt to its already limited trade with Lithuania is more about sending a warning to the rest of Europe, analysts have said.
Lithuania and Taiwan have agreed to establish mutual representative offices as a sign of deepening ties between the two governments. In response Beijing recalled its ambassador from Vilnius and expelled Lithuania’s from Beijing.
Source: The Guardians #Aug26
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/26/chinas-trade-halt-with-lithuania-over-taiwan-ties-sends-warning-to-europe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#China #Lithuania #Taiwan #Europe
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Spies for Hire: China’s New Breed of Hackers Blends Espionage and Entrepreneurship
China’s buzzy high-tech companies don’t usually recruit Cambodian speakers, so the job ads for three well-paid positions with those language skills stood out. The ad, seeking writers of research reports, was placed by an internet security start-up in China’s tropical island-province of Hainan.
That start-up was more than it seemed, according to American law enforcement. Hainan Xiandun Technology was part of a web of front companies controlled by China’s secretive state security ministry, according to a federal indictment from May. They hacked computers from the United States to Cambodia to Saudi Arabia, seeking sensitive government data as well as less-obvious spy stuff, like details of a New Jersey company’s fire-suppression system, according to prosecutors.
Source: NY Times #Aug26
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/technology/china-hackers.html
#China #Spy #Hacker #UnitedStates #Cambodia #Saudi #Arabia
China’s buzzy high-tech companies don’t usually recruit Cambodian speakers, so the job ads for three well-paid positions with those language skills stood out. The ad, seeking writers of research reports, was placed by an internet security start-up in China’s tropical island-province of Hainan.
That start-up was more than it seemed, according to American law enforcement. Hainan Xiandun Technology was part of a web of front companies controlled by China’s secretive state security ministry, according to a federal indictment from May. They hacked computers from the United States to Cambodia to Saudi Arabia, seeking sensitive government data as well as less-obvious spy stuff, like details of a New Jersey company’s fire-suppression system, according to prosecutors.
Source: NY Times #Aug26
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/technology/china-hackers.html
#China #Spy #Hacker #UnitedStates #Cambodia #Saudi #Arabia