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Over 160 rights groups call on IOC chief to revoke 2022 Beijing Winter Games
Over 160 human rights advocacy groups have delivered a joint letter to the chief of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) calling for it to reconsider its choice to award China the 2022 Winter Games in light of Beijing’s human rights record.
It is the largest coordinated effort following several months of similar calls from individual rights groups, and comes as Beijing is facing increased international backlash over policies including its treatment of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang and new security laws in Hong Kong.
Separately, in an open letter released Wednesday, a coalition of over 300 civil society groups including Human Rights Watch called for the U.N. to set up an independent international mechanism to monitor and report on the human rights situation in China.
#China #Olympics #IOC #Uighurs
Source: Reuters #Sep16
Over 160 human rights advocacy groups have delivered a joint letter to the chief of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) calling for it to reconsider its choice to award China the 2022 Winter Games in light of Beijing’s human rights record.
It is the largest coordinated effort following several months of similar calls from individual rights groups, and comes as Beijing is facing increased international backlash over policies including its treatment of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang and new security laws in Hong Kong.
Separately, in an open letter released Wednesday, a coalition of over 300 civil society groups including Human Rights Watch called for the U.N. to set up an independent international mechanism to monitor and report on the human rights situation in China.
#China #Olympics #IOC #Uighurs
Source: Reuters #Sep16
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Wang Yi Visits Mongolia Hundred Protestors Defend Mongolian Language and Oppose the Forced Promotion of Chinese Teaching
The Ministry of Education of Inner Mongolia in China recently requested the primary and secondary schools in Inner Mongolia to replace Mongolian language with Chinese in some courses from the new school term. Wang Yi, China Foreign Minister, visited Inner Mongolia yesterday (15th Sept) and met with Nyamtseren Enkhtaivan, the Mongolian Foreign Minister. On the same day, about a hundred demonstrators protested and chanted slogans such as “Defend Mongolian Language”, “Stop Chinese Invasion” and “Wang Yi Go Away”.
According to Reuters, the demonstrators gathered in Sukhbaatar Square in front of the Saaral Ordon (The Government Palace) on the same day as Wang’s visit, opposing the Chinese government for demanding schools in Inner Mongolia to use the Chinese language, believing it would suppress the native language and culture of Inner Mongolia. Some demonstrators said that Mongolian leaders need to speak up - if the authority remains silent on the ground of international relations and economic stability, Mongolians will be pressed out one by one and Mongolia will cease to exist.
Source: Stand News #Sep16
The Ministry of Education of Inner Mongolia in China recently requested the primary and secondary schools in Inner Mongolia to replace Mongolian language with Chinese in some courses from the new school term. Wang Yi, China Foreign Minister, visited Inner Mongolia yesterday (15th Sept) and met with Nyamtseren Enkhtaivan, the Mongolian Foreign Minister. On the same day, about a hundred demonstrators protested and chanted slogans such as “Defend Mongolian Language”, “Stop Chinese Invasion” and “Wang Yi Go Away”.
According to Reuters, the demonstrators gathered in Sukhbaatar Square in front of the Saaral Ordon (The Government Palace) on the same day as Wang’s visit, opposing the Chinese government for demanding schools in Inner Mongolia to use the Chinese language, believing it would suppress the native language and culture of Inner Mongolia. Some demonstrators said that Mongolian leaders need to speak up - if the authority remains silent on the ground of international relations and economic stability, Mongolians will be pressed out one by one and Mongolia will cease to exist.
Source: Stand News #Sep16
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Inside Huawei’s campaign to influence Canadian public opinion
Canada is the only member of the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance that has not taken any actions to ban Huawei from its 5G networks or curtail its participation. Huawei Canada maintains a dossier which ranks the opinion leaders by how helpful their commentary is for Huawei and the degree of their ‘media exposure.” Huawei’s headquarter has the copy of the dossier which contains profiles of 30 former politicians, university professors, lawyers and businesspeople. Among the high-profile opinion leaders identified includes former Quebec premier Jean Charest, former Conservative cabinet minister Stockwell Day, academic Wesley Wark etc.
Source: The Globe and Mail #Sep16
#Canada #Huawei #Fiveeyesintelligence #5G #boycuttchina #fuckcpp
Canada is the only member of the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance that has not taken any actions to ban Huawei from its 5G networks or curtail its participation. Huawei Canada maintains a dossier which ranks the opinion leaders by how helpful their commentary is for Huawei and the degree of their ‘media exposure.” Huawei’s headquarter has the copy of the dossier which contains profiles of 30 former politicians, university professors, lawyers and businesspeople. Among the high-profile opinion leaders identified includes former Quebec premier Jean Charest, former Conservative cabinet minister Stockwell Day, academic Wesley Wark etc.
Source: The Globe and Mail #Sep16
#Canada #Huawei #Fiveeyesintelligence #5G #boycuttchina #fuckcpp
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China Rejected the German Frigate Bayern to Stay in Shanghai Harbour
Maria Adebahr, Spokesperson of the German Foreign Ministry, indicated, “China decided to reject Frigate Bayern entering the Shanghai harbour after consideration”.
Germany dispatched the Frigate Bayern to cruise in the South China Sea in early August. It is the first time for Germany to pass through the South China Sea in 20 years, where involves sovereignty disputes. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, German Defence Minister, said this action's target is to maintain international order, being consistent with Britain, the United States, Japan and other allies in the Indo-Pacific region. In March, she expressed her annoyance on Twitter about China’s military threats. She believed Germany should corporate where they can be corporated with China and oppose if unnecessary.
Source: Stand News #Sep16
https://bit.ly/3aIRQqB
#China #Shanghai #Germany #ForeignAffairs #FrigateBayern #SouthChinaSea #Twitter #UK #US #Japan #IndoPacificRegion
Maria Adebahr, Spokesperson of the German Foreign Ministry, indicated, “China decided to reject Frigate Bayern entering the Shanghai harbour after consideration”.
Germany dispatched the Frigate Bayern to cruise in the South China Sea in early August. It is the first time for Germany to pass through the South China Sea in 20 years, where involves sovereignty disputes. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, German Defence Minister, said this action's target is to maintain international order, being consistent with Britain, the United States, Japan and other allies in the Indo-Pacific region. In March, she expressed her annoyance on Twitter about China’s military threats. She believed Germany should corporate where they can be corporated with China and oppose if unnecessary.
Source: Stand News #Sep16
https://bit.ly/3aIRQqB
#China #Shanghai #Germany #ForeignAffairs #FrigateBayern #SouthChinaSea #Twitter #UK #US #Japan #IndoPacificRegion
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The agreement between the US, UK and Australia strengthens old ties as a new era unfolds in the Indo-Pacific region
No one – least of all Beijing – believes the denials. The new defence pact between the US, UK and Australia is unmistakably aimed at containing China. The question is how substantive it will prove to be. The initial project – Canberra’s acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines, with Washington and London’s help – is prompted in part by growing Australian frustration over its troubled contract for French-made vessels. But it opens the way for greater military cooperation and is to be underpinned by wide-ranging collaboration on areas such as cyber-security, artificial intelligence and quantum computing, which China is pursuing intensively.
Source: The Guardian #Sep16
https://t.co/iydDdG7n3X
#US #UK #Australia #China
No one – least of all Beijing – believes the denials. The new defence pact between the US, UK and Australia is unmistakably aimed at containing China. The question is how substantive it will prove to be. The initial project – Canberra’s acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines, with Washington and London’s help – is prompted in part by growing Australian frustration over its troubled contract for French-made vessels. But it opens the way for greater military cooperation and is to be underpinned by wide-ranging collaboration on areas such as cyber-security, artificial intelligence and quantum computing, which China is pursuing intensively.
Source: The Guardian #Sep16
https://t.co/iydDdG7n3X
#US #UK #Australia #China
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China warns US-UK-Australia pact could ‘hurt their own interests’
China has told the US, the UK and Australia to abandon their “cold war” mentality or risk harming their own interests after the three countries unveiled a new defence cooperation pact.
The trilateral security partnership, named Aukus, was announced on Thursday by the three nations’ leaders via video link, and will include an 18-month plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines.
It drew strong political reaction domestically in Australia and the UK, and from France, whose existing $90bn (£65bn) submarine contract with Australia has now come to an abrupt end.
Source: The Guardian #Sep16
https://t.co/BNrgTIE3rU
#China #US #UK #ColdWar #Australia
China has told the US, the UK and Australia to abandon their “cold war” mentality or risk harming their own interests after the three countries unveiled a new defence cooperation pact.
The trilateral security partnership, named Aukus, was announced on Thursday by the three nations’ leaders via video link, and will include an 18-month plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines.
It drew strong political reaction domestically in Australia and the UK, and from France, whose existing $90bn (£65bn) submarine contract with Australia has now come to an abrupt end.
Source: The Guardian #Sep16
https://t.co/BNrgTIE3rU
#China #US #UK #ColdWar #Australia
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Chinese delegation barred from viewing Queen Elizabeth’s coffin in parliament
A Chinese government delegation has been refused permission by the House of Commons authorities to attend the queen’s lying-in-state, opening a fresh diplomatic rift with Beijing.
House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has told colleagues he declined a request for Chinese officials to be allowed to access Westminster Hall, where the late queen will lie in state until her funeral on Monday, a senior parliamentary figure familiar with the matter told POLITICO. Hoyle’s office said it did not comment on security matters.
Source: Politico #Sep16
#Queen #Elizabeth #Chinese #Beijing #WestminsterHall
https://www.politico.eu/article/chinese-delegation-barred-from-viewing-queen-elizabeths-coffin-in-parliament/
A Chinese government delegation has been refused permission by the House of Commons authorities to attend the queen’s lying-in-state, opening a fresh diplomatic rift with Beijing.
House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has told colleagues he declined a request for Chinese officials to be allowed to access Westminster Hall, where the late queen will lie in state until her funeral on Monday, a senior parliamentary figure familiar with the matter told POLITICO. Hoyle’s office said it did not comment on security matters.
Source: Politico #Sep16
#Queen #Elizabeth #Chinese #Beijing #WestminsterHall
https://www.politico.eu/article/chinese-delegation-barred-from-viewing-queen-elizabeths-coffin-in-parliament/