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Twitter Bans Trump but Condones China's Propaganda, Netizens Say
Twitter announced on Friday (January 8) that it has permanently blocked Donald Trump's personal account (@realDonaldTrump) with the concerns of the risks of further incitement to violence. The practice has aroused heated debate among netizens, many of whom say that banning speech is a common tactic used by the Chinese Communist Party, criticizing Silicon Valley for turning into the Chinese Communist Party. Twitter has not seen any major action even when Chinese official media and Foreign Ministry spokesperson use the platform to make propaganda or even send out fake news.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying posted a short video about COVID-19 on her Twitter account (@SpokespersonCHN) on Friday (January 8), saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words. Fighting #COVID19, a memory that will not be forgotten.” The video was viewed more than 7,000 times in just two hours, with more than 300 people giving Like and more than 50 comments. Most of the comments praised China for its greatness, happiness for its people and rejuvenation for its nation. Some even thanked China for "leading the world" in the fight against the virus. But Twitter does not put on the fact-check tag in the feed.
Another Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, became notorious last May when his Twitter account (@zlj517) cited a report from the official media Global Times that the U.S. military brought the COVID-19 into China. Twitter added a fact-check tag to it without deleting the post or the Global Times report. In last December, Zhao further antagonized China-Australia relation by uploading a fake picture of an Australian soldier. But his Twitter account is still up and running.
Source: Apple Daily #Jan09
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210109/Q573KZC75VGWHK5HM46WDQW5VU/
#Twitter #TwitterCensorship #PoliticalCensorshipinUS #USPresident #DonaldTrump #ChinesePropaganda #CCPPropaganda #ChineseForeignMinistry #HuaChunying #ZhaoLijian #COVID19 #GlobalTimes
Twitter announced on Friday (January 8) that it has permanently blocked Donald Trump's personal account (@realDonaldTrump) with the concerns of the risks of further incitement to violence. The practice has aroused heated debate among netizens, many of whom say that banning speech is a common tactic used by the Chinese Communist Party, criticizing Silicon Valley for turning into the Chinese Communist Party. Twitter has not seen any major action even when Chinese official media and Foreign Ministry spokesperson use the platform to make propaganda or even send out fake news.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying posted a short video about COVID-19 on her Twitter account (@SpokespersonCHN) on Friday (January 8), saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words. Fighting #COVID19, a memory that will not be forgotten.” The video was viewed more than 7,000 times in just two hours, with more than 300 people giving Like and more than 50 comments. Most of the comments praised China for its greatness, happiness for its people and rejuvenation for its nation. Some even thanked China for "leading the world" in the fight against the virus. But Twitter does not put on the fact-check tag in the feed.
Another Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, became notorious last May when his Twitter account (@zlj517) cited a report from the official media Global Times that the U.S. military brought the COVID-19 into China. Twitter added a fact-check tag to it without deleting the post or the Global Times report. In last December, Zhao further antagonized China-Australia relation by uploading a fake picture of an Australian soldier. But his Twitter account is still up and running.
Source: Apple Daily #Jan09
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210109/Q573KZC75VGWHK5HM46WDQW5VU/
#Twitter #TwitterCensorship #PoliticalCensorshipinUS #USPresident #DonaldTrump #ChinesePropaganda #CCPPropaganda #ChineseForeignMinistry #HuaChunying #ZhaoLijian #COVID19 #GlobalTimes
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Twitter
"爱国爱港"Lazyyyyyyy
That creepy guy who "chats with pretty ladies from #Xinjiang" every night is called Jacky Ko (高松傑), an infamous pro-Beijing figure whose son is currently studying *checks notes* in the US‼️ So who's "a lapdog of the US" now? #HongKong #CCPPropaganda http…
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#CCP officials showed up at #PengShuai's photo mistakenly. Recently PengShuai expressed her rape accusation was a big misunderstanding. She is obviously forced to say so.
#WhereisPengShuai
#ccppropaganda
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10484213/Chinese-tennis-star-Peng-Shuai-speaks-time-foreign-media.html?fbclid=IwAR0jVO2DmN819VppZx7XRq024KdZDvHFFzcE0yazV2WxapskiUxyC2g9Kcs
#WhereisPengShuai
#ccppropaganda
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10484213/Chinese-tennis-star-Peng-Shuai-speaks-time-foreign-media.html?fbclid=IwAR0jVO2DmN819VppZx7XRq024KdZDvHFFzcE0yazV2WxapskiUxyC2g9Kcs
Mail Online
Peng Shuai's Olympic 'forced confession': Communist minders are caught lurking in the background of Chinese tennis star's new interview…
Chinese officials have been caught on camera lurking in the background of an interview that Peng Shuai gave to foreign media in Beijing, branded a 'forced confession' by campaigners.
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While the world is striving to find a way to solve the crisis in #Ukraine, people in #China are purchasing Russian products to show support to the #UkraineInvasion. This is a product of years of brainwashing & misinformation #CCP giving to its people.
#ccppropaganda
#ccppropaganda
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While the world is striving to find a way to solve the crisis in #Ukraine, people in #China are purchasing Russian products to show support to the #UkraineInvasion. This is a product of years of brainwashing & misinformation #CCP giving to its people.
#ccppropaganda
#ccppropaganda
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#UN rights chief falls under wheels of China's propaganda machine
Beijing's propaganda machine has outwitted the UN human rights chief on her visit to China, campaigners say, leaving the envoy accused of playing a role in whitewashing abuses against minorities in Xinjiang.
"She must have the political courage and integrity to speak out when her words and her visit are being distorted," said Steve Tsang, director of the SOAS China Institute. "If she is not prepared and able to do so, she should not visit."
Michelle Bachelet's long-planned trip in late May has taken her to the far-western region where Beijing is accused of imprisoning over one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities, forcibly sterlising women and running labour camps that fuel global supply chains.
The United States and multiple western lawmakers have labelled the actions a "genocide", allegations vehemently denied by China which says it has only conducted necessary security operations to squash extremism and beef up development.
Bachelet has come under fire from rights groups and Uyghurs overseas, who say she has been suckered into a slickly choreographed Communist Party tour including a conversation with President Xi Jinping later portrayed in state media as a mutual endorsement of China's high ideals on rights.
It is "as clear as day" that China has so far used the visit "to promote its own narrative and defend its poor human rights record", said Alkan Akad, a China researcher at Amnesty.
The goal is "to show the world that it can bend a top UN human rights official -- and thus the very concept of human rights -- to its will," said Maya Wang, senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch.
London-based Uyghur activist Rahima Mahmut slammed the visit as "window dressing".
"This is not the neutral, independent, unfettered investigation that we were promised," she told AFP.
Instead, Beijing was seeking "a free pass to continue carrying out repression, surveillance, torture and genocide against communities like mine", she added.
The hard details of what Bachelet saw and who she met during the visit have been largely withheld on a trip carried out in a "closed loop" by order of Beijing, ostensibly due to Covid risks.
China has filled the information vacuum, with state media running gleeful readouts of meetings between her and Xi as well as foreign minster Wang Yi.
They reported that Bachelet said she "admired China's efforts and achievements in ... protecting human rights" during the virtual call with Xi.
A spokesperson for Bachelet did not confirm whether the reports were accurate when contacted by AFP, instead saying the UN would not publish readouts of bilateral meetings.
A later, hurried "clarification" by the UN stopped short of denying that she had praised China's rights record. But neither side mentioned Xinjiang in their readouts.
Norway-based Uyghur activist Abduweli Ayup said he was "disappointed" that Bachelet had appeared to allow Beijing to "misinterpret" her words.
"They have already used (her) for propaganda," he told AFP.
Read the full article:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220527-un-rights-chief-falls-under-wheels-of-china-s-propaganda-machine
Source: France 24 #May27
#Uyghur #Genocide #UN #HumanRights #CCPPropaganda
Beijing's propaganda machine has outwitted the UN human rights chief on her visit to China, campaigners say, leaving the envoy accused of playing a role in whitewashing abuses against minorities in Xinjiang.
"She must have the political courage and integrity to speak out when her words and her visit are being distorted," said Steve Tsang, director of the SOAS China Institute. "If she is not prepared and able to do so, she should not visit."
Michelle Bachelet's long-planned trip in late May has taken her to the far-western region where Beijing is accused of imprisoning over one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities, forcibly sterlising women and running labour camps that fuel global supply chains.
The United States and multiple western lawmakers have labelled the actions a "genocide", allegations vehemently denied by China which says it has only conducted necessary security operations to squash extremism and beef up development.
Bachelet has come under fire from rights groups and Uyghurs overseas, who say she has been suckered into a slickly choreographed Communist Party tour including a conversation with President Xi Jinping later portrayed in state media as a mutual endorsement of China's high ideals on rights.
It is "as clear as day" that China has so far used the visit "to promote its own narrative and defend its poor human rights record", said Alkan Akad, a China researcher at Amnesty.
The goal is "to show the world that it can bend a top UN human rights official -- and thus the very concept of human rights -- to its will," said Maya Wang, senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch.
London-based Uyghur activist Rahima Mahmut slammed the visit as "window dressing".
"This is not the neutral, independent, unfettered investigation that we were promised," she told AFP.
Instead, Beijing was seeking "a free pass to continue carrying out repression, surveillance, torture and genocide against communities like mine", she added.
The hard details of what Bachelet saw and who she met during the visit have been largely withheld on a trip carried out in a "closed loop" by order of Beijing, ostensibly due to Covid risks.
China has filled the information vacuum, with state media running gleeful readouts of meetings between her and Xi as well as foreign minster Wang Yi.
They reported that Bachelet said she "admired China's efforts and achievements in ... protecting human rights" during the virtual call with Xi.
A spokesperson for Bachelet did not confirm whether the reports were accurate when contacted by AFP, instead saying the UN would not publish readouts of bilateral meetings.
A later, hurried "clarification" by the UN stopped short of denying that she had praised China's rights record. But neither side mentioned Xinjiang in their readouts.
Norway-based Uyghur activist Abduweli Ayup said he was "disappointed" that Bachelet had appeared to allow Beijing to "misinterpret" her words.
"They have already used (her) for propaganda," he told AFP.
Read the full article:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220527-un-rights-chief-falls-under-wheels-of-china-s-propaganda-machine
Source: France 24 #May27
#Uyghur #Genocide #UN #HumanRights #CCPPropaganda
France 24
UN rights chief falls under wheels of China's propaganda machine
Beijing's propaganda machine has outwitted the UN human rights chief on her visit to China, campaigners say, leaving the envoy accused of playing a role in whitewashing abuses against minorities in Xinjiang.
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#CCP warned #Britain after having trade talks with #Taiwan.
Given the history of how #CCPChina has used bribery to control over #WTO & #UN, will the free countries still want China, rather than Taiwan to join CPTPP?
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-discussion-taiwan-trade-cptpp-anger-china/
#ccppropaganda
#taiwanisnotchina
#taiwanisacountry
Given the history of how #CCPChina has used bribery to control over #WTO & #UN, will the free countries still want China, rather than Taiwan to join CPTPP?
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-discussion-taiwan-trade-cptpp-anger-china/
#ccppropaganda
#taiwanisnotchina
#taiwanisacountry
POLITICO
UK risks Chinese anger over trade talks with Taiwan
Beijing issues warning over London’s talks with Taiwan’s chief trade negotiator.
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#CCP set up an orchestrated campaign in order to silent activist, Drew Pavlou, in London. He was arrested & bailed out after having locked up for 23 hours without seeing his lawyer.
Fake emails were created to portrait him as a bomb threat to the Chinese embassy. He has also been receiving threats since.
This is how far & organize #CCP can do to manipulate opinions outside of China. Imagine what they can do in #HongKong, #Tibet and even #Taiwan.
#ccppropaganda
#CCPLiedPeopleDied
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/25/drew-pavlou-says-he-is-victim-of-orchestrated-campaign-after-arrest-over-false-bomb-threat
Fake emails were created to portrait him as a bomb threat to the Chinese embassy. He has also been receiving threats since.
This is how far & organize #CCP can do to manipulate opinions outside of China. Imagine what they can do in #HongKong, #Tibet and even #Taiwan.
#ccppropaganda
#CCPLiedPeopleDied
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/25/drew-pavlou-says-he-is-victim-of-orchestrated-campaign-after-arrest-over-false-bomb-threat
the Guardian
Drew Pavlou says he is victim of ‘orchestrated campaign’ after arrest over false ‘bomb threat’
Human rights leaders report receiving emails from account purporting to be from Pavlou in recent days after campaigner’s arrest in London
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What #XiJinPing referred to was the news about China's interference in Canada's election in 2019: https://www.nationnews.com/2022/11/08/china-accused-interfering-canadas-elections/
2 days ago, he confronted Priminister Trudeau because the media reported a Canada's national security threat directly because of him.
In 2019, #CCP formed a secret society to support 11 candidates that were directly related to them. They also created a fake news campaign to interfere the election.
#CCPinfiltration
#ccppropaganda
2 days ago, he confronted Priminister Trudeau because the media reported a Canada's national security threat directly because of him.
In 2019, #CCP formed a secret society to support 11 candidates that were directly related to them. They also created a fake news campaign to interfere the election.
#CCPinfiltration
#ccppropaganda
Nationnews
China accused of interfering in Canada’s elections
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused China of attempting to interfere in the country's elections. Trudeau accused Beijing of playing "aggressive games" with democracies and of targeting Canadian institutions. It comes as local media report that…