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WHO official urges China visit on virus origin.
The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization (WHO) says it’s “extremely important” for its international team to visit China to look into the origins of the coronavirus.
Ten months after the declaration of Covid-19 pandemic, WHO is still working to deploy an international team of experts to China to visit the suspected epicentre in the city of Wuhan and surrounding Hubei province.
“Clearly, we all need to understand the origins of the virus. We all need to understand where it has come from, not least to understand where it may re-emerge in the future,” Dr Michael Ryan said.
Source: Associated Press #Nov24
https://www.kcrg.com/2020/11/23/who-official-urges-china-visit-on-virus-origin/
#China #Covid19 #WHO
The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization (WHO) says it’s “extremely important” for its international team to visit China to look into the origins of the coronavirus.
Ten months after the declaration of Covid-19 pandemic, WHO is still working to deploy an international team of experts to China to visit the suspected epicentre in the city of Wuhan and surrounding Hubei province.
“Clearly, we all need to understand the origins of the virus. We all need to understand where it has come from, not least to understand where it may re-emerge in the future,” Dr Michael Ryan said.
Source: Associated Press #Nov24
https://www.kcrg.com/2020/11/23/who-official-urges-china-visit-on-virus-origin/
#China #Covid19 #WHO
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China scrubs internet posts on positive economic impact of Covid-19
Li Ling, head of the China Health Development research centre at Peking University, estimated that efforts to fight the pandemic would be responsible for earnings of Rmb67tn in 2020, or about two-thirds of China’s gross domestic product.
Online censors had acted and a number of articles and posts mentioning Ms Li’s calculations had been removed, leaving behind error messages or notices that the content had been deleted by its author.
Li later defended himself against critics that his speech was “patriotic” and had been “to extol the splendid success of China’s struggle against the epidemic, and to criticise the major failures of America’s”. His comments have not been censored.
Source: FT #Nov24
https://www.ft.com/content/73f71944-6d17-432e-8f25-cedaa486ad73
#China #Covid19 #Censorship
Li Ling, head of the China Health Development research centre at Peking University, estimated that efforts to fight the pandemic would be responsible for earnings of Rmb67tn in 2020, or about two-thirds of China’s gross domestic product.
Online censors had acted and a number of articles and posts mentioning Ms Li’s calculations had been removed, leaving behind error messages or notices that the content had been deleted by its author.
Li later defended himself against critics that his speech was “patriotic” and had been “to extol the splendid success of China’s struggle against the epidemic, and to criticise the major failures of America’s”. His comments have not been censored.
Source: FT #Nov24
https://www.ft.com/content/73f71944-6d17-432e-8f25-cedaa486ad73
#China #Covid19 #Censorship
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U.K. Law May Fine Carriers 10% of Sales for Breaching Huawei Ban
The U.K. government has proposed a law that will fine phone companies as much as 10% of sales or 100,000 pounds a day ($133,000) if they break new telecom security rules, including the forthcoming ban on Huawei Technologies Co.’s equipment for 5G networks.
The bill will give the government the power to implement and enforce the ban on Huawei’s 5G equipment that it announced in July. Carriers have until the end of 2020 to stop buying the gear, after the U.K. deemed the Chinese technology giant a security risk, and the companies must remove existing Huawei equipment from their 5G networks by 2027.
Source: Bloomberg #Nov24
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-24/u-k-law-may-fine-carriers-10-of-sales-for-breaching-huawei-ban
#5G #Huawei #China #UK #Telcom
The U.K. government has proposed a law that will fine phone companies as much as 10% of sales or 100,000 pounds a day ($133,000) if they break new telecom security rules, including the forthcoming ban on Huawei Technologies Co.’s equipment for 5G networks.
The bill will give the government the power to implement and enforce the ban on Huawei’s 5G equipment that it announced in July. Carriers have until the end of 2020 to stop buying the gear, after the U.K. deemed the Chinese technology giant a security risk, and the companies must remove existing Huawei equipment from their 5G networks by 2027.
Source: Bloomberg #Nov24
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-24/u-k-law-may-fine-carriers-10-of-sales-for-breaching-huawei-ban
#5G #Huawei #China #UK #Telcom
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Pope Francis Mentions the Prosecution of Xinjiang Uyghurs
The Chinese government sets up “Re-education Camps” in Xinjiang in recent years with masses detention of Uyghurs, drawing global attention to humanitarian issues. After years of demands from human rights defenders, Pope Francis firstly said the Xinjiang Uyghurs as “persecuted” people in his new book – Let Us Dream: The Path to A Better Future.
He mentioned Xinjiang Uyghurs in a chapter on the persecution of Christians in Islamic countries, “I occasionally think of the persecuted: Rohingya, poor Uyghurs and Yazidi.” Francis did mention about Rohingya fleeing Myanmar and Yazidi who is being killed in Islamic countries. This is his first time mentioned Uyghurs.
The United States Secretary of State Pompeo earlier criticized China on suppressing the Uyghurs in Xinjiang at the Vatican meeting. Yet, the Vatican has never spoken out on related issues. Some commentators think that the Vatican did not speak out for Uyghurs earlier to avoid affecting Sino-Vatican contract renewal negotiation.
Source from: The Stand News #Nov24
https://bit.ly/37xKKmZ
#Vatican #Pope #Francis #China #Pompeo #Uyghurs #Xinjiang #humanrights #prosecution #IslamicCountry
The Chinese government sets up “Re-education Camps” in Xinjiang in recent years with masses detention of Uyghurs, drawing global attention to humanitarian issues. After years of demands from human rights defenders, Pope Francis firstly said the Xinjiang Uyghurs as “persecuted” people in his new book – Let Us Dream: The Path to A Better Future.
He mentioned Xinjiang Uyghurs in a chapter on the persecution of Christians in Islamic countries, “I occasionally think of the persecuted: Rohingya, poor Uyghurs and Yazidi.” Francis did mention about Rohingya fleeing Myanmar and Yazidi who is being killed in Islamic countries. This is his first time mentioned Uyghurs.
The United States Secretary of State Pompeo earlier criticized China on suppressing the Uyghurs in Xinjiang at the Vatican meeting. Yet, the Vatican has never spoken out on related issues. Some commentators think that the Vatican did not speak out for Uyghurs earlier to avoid affecting Sino-Vatican contract renewal negotiation.
Source from: The Stand News #Nov24
https://bit.ly/37xKKmZ
#Vatican #Pope #Francis #China #Pompeo #Uyghurs #Xinjiang #humanrights #prosecution #IslamicCountry
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Xi Jinping Advocates “Internationally Accepted QR Codes” to Track Global Population
Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the G20 Leaders’ Summit via video conference on Saturday (Nov 21), during which he expressed his wish for more countries to participate in an international mutual recognized mechanism for health codes proposed by China, in order to rapidly track international travels and movements of personnel during the pandemic.
Xi proposed that all countries should formulate a universal set of policies and standards to counter the pandemic, enhance the relationship between policies and standards, and establish “fast tracks” to facilitate the flow of personnel, to ensure the smooth operation of the global economy amid the pandemic. Xi proposed that the mechanism was based on nucleic acid test results and administered through internationally accepted QR codes, and expressed his hope for more countries to participate. He did not, however, specify the types of applications or QR code systems, or who to design and manage the system.
China has widely implemented health certificates locally using QR codes that also contain personal travel and health records. The codes were deemed effective in curbing the spread of COVID-19 in mainland China. The code system assigns different colour codes to users based on their risks of potential infection: Green denotes the lowest risk, followed by yellow, with red denoting the highest risk.
#China #CCP #XiJinping #Xi #G20 #G20LeadersSummit #LeadersSummit #healthcode #UN #QRCode #nucleicacidtest
Source: Stand News #Nov24
https://bit.ly/37CdaMv
Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the G20 Leaders’ Summit via video conference on Saturday (Nov 21), during which he expressed his wish for more countries to participate in an international mutual recognized mechanism for health codes proposed by China, in order to rapidly track international travels and movements of personnel during the pandemic.
Xi proposed that all countries should formulate a universal set of policies and standards to counter the pandemic, enhance the relationship between policies and standards, and establish “fast tracks” to facilitate the flow of personnel, to ensure the smooth operation of the global economy amid the pandemic. Xi proposed that the mechanism was based on nucleic acid test results and administered through internationally accepted QR codes, and expressed his hope for more countries to participate. He did not, however, specify the types of applications or QR code systems, or who to design and manage the system.
China has widely implemented health certificates locally using QR codes that also contain personal travel and health records. The codes were deemed effective in curbing the spread of COVID-19 in mainland China. The code system assigns different colour codes to users based on their risks of potential infection: Green denotes the lowest risk, followed by yellow, with red denoting the highest risk.
#China #CCP #XiJinping #Xi #G20 #G20LeadersSummit #LeadersSummit #healthcode #UN #QRCode #nucleicacidtest
Source: Stand News #Nov24
https://bit.ly/37CdaMv
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Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Says Will Keep Pressuring China on Human Rights Issues and Warns that Tough Talk is Meaningless
Since the case of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, the Sino-Canada relation remains tense. Francois-Philippe Champagne, the Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister, said in the House of Commons on Monday (23rd Nov) that Canada would continue to pressure China with allies, especially on the human rights issues, and emphasized that irresponsible tough talk on China generates no tangible results.
Appearing before the Canada-China Relations Committee of the Canadian Parliament, Champagne referred China to be a key role in climate change and global economic development. He also point out that tough talk on China is useless, “To those who are seduced by this one-dimensional view, I say that while it is easy to be tough, Let's not fall into the temptation of tough and irresponsible rhetoric that will generate no tangible results for Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, our farmers and entrepreneurs, and human rights victims and advocates.”
Champagne emphasized that Canada would not be soft on the human rights situation, including the crackdowns in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. In fact, Canada was the first to suspend the extradition treaty with Hong Kong in July and promised to make it easier for Hong Kong youth to immigrate to Canada. Champagne said, “It is absolutely imperative that advanced democracies like Canada and our like-minded partners work together to protect the international rules that have ensured stability and prosperity for decades. It is a challenge we all share. No country will succeed alone.”
#China #Canada #HongKong #Xinjiang #Champagne #SinoCanadaRelations #HumanRights #Suppression #HouseOfCommons #ExtraditionTreaty #Immigration
Source: Apple Daily #Nov24
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201124/C5GYN32NRJH5ZJI3MZ25FGIKWM/
Since the case of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, the Sino-Canada relation remains tense. Francois-Philippe Champagne, the Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister, said in the House of Commons on Monday (23rd Nov) that Canada would continue to pressure China with allies, especially on the human rights issues, and emphasized that irresponsible tough talk on China generates no tangible results.
Appearing before the Canada-China Relations Committee of the Canadian Parliament, Champagne referred China to be a key role in climate change and global economic development. He also point out that tough talk on China is useless, “To those who are seduced by this one-dimensional view, I say that while it is easy to be tough, Let's not fall into the temptation of tough and irresponsible rhetoric that will generate no tangible results for Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, our farmers and entrepreneurs, and human rights victims and advocates.”
Champagne emphasized that Canada would not be soft on the human rights situation, including the crackdowns in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. In fact, Canada was the first to suspend the extradition treaty with Hong Kong in July and promised to make it easier for Hong Kong youth to immigrate to Canada. Champagne said, “It is absolutely imperative that advanced democracies like Canada and our like-minded partners work together to protect the international rules that have ensured stability and prosperity for decades. It is a challenge we all share. No country will succeed alone.”
#China #Canada #HongKong #Xinjiang #Champagne #SinoCanadaRelations #HumanRights #Suppression #HouseOfCommons #ExtraditionTreaty #Immigration
Source: Apple Daily #Nov24
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201124/C5GYN32NRJH5ZJI3MZ25FGIKWM/