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#WuhanPneumonia #CCPVaccine
#Brazil Health Regulator Condemns China For Not Being Transparent
Brazil health regulator #Anvisa releases a statement, criticising that China’s health authorities were not transparent and didn’t provide any information of the criteria for the approval of the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine developed by China SinoVac Biotech Ltd since June 2020.
China's #SinoVac is conducting the phase 3 tests in different locations, such as Brazil, Indonesia and Turkey, but it doesn’t publish any testing result and efficacy of the vaccine.
The vaccine trial had been suspended because one of the volunteers died. After investigation, the authorities claimed the cause of death was "not related" to the vaccine.
Source: NOW news #Dec15
https://news.now.com/home/international/player?newsId=416739
#Brazil Health Regulator Condemns China For Not Being Transparent
Brazil health regulator #Anvisa releases a statement, criticising that China’s health authorities were not transparent and didn’t provide any information of the criteria for the approval of the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine developed by China SinoVac Biotech Ltd since June 2020.
China's #SinoVac is conducting the phase 3 tests in different locations, such as Brazil, Indonesia and Turkey, but it doesn’t publish any testing result and efficacy of the vaccine.
The vaccine trial had been suspended because one of the volunteers died. After investigation, the authorities claimed the cause of death was "not related" to the vaccine.
Source: NOW news #Dec15
https://news.now.com/home/international/player?newsId=416739
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China is scaling up its weather modification programme – here’s why we should be worried.
China has massively ramped up its efforts to control the weather. China’s state council announced its weather modification programme will cover around half the country by 2025. It is aiming to control rain and snow across an area that is more than one-and-a-half times the size of India, or 20 times the size of the UK.
What is really terrifying is why it is scaling up its weather modification programme. It is not just posturing, I tis also desperation.
Investors have started taking water scarcity seriously. Early in December 2020, water futures began trading on Wall Street for the first time amid fear of scarcity.
Source: The Guardian #Dec15
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/15/china-scaling-up-weather-modification-programme-we-should-be-worried?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#China #WeatherModificationProgramme #WaterFuture #WaterScarcity
China has massively ramped up its efforts to control the weather. China’s state council announced its weather modification programme will cover around half the country by 2025. It is aiming to control rain and snow across an area that is more than one-and-a-half times the size of India, or 20 times the size of the UK.
What is really terrifying is why it is scaling up its weather modification programme. It is not just posturing, I tis also desperation.
Investors have started taking water scarcity seriously. Early in December 2020, water futures began trading on Wall Street for the first time amid fear of scarcity.
Source: The Guardian #Dec15
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/15/china-scaling-up-weather-modification-programme-we-should-be-worried?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#China #WeatherModificationProgramme #WaterFuture #WaterScarcity
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Australia wants China coal ban will contravene WTO rules
Canberra has asked Beijing to clarify whether it has formally banned Australian coal, warning that such a move would breach Would Trade Organization rules and harm both countries.
Due to informal trade sanctions imposed by Beijing, dozens of cargo ships carrying Australian coal stranded off the Chinese coast and was unable to unload shipments, in some cases for months.
Citi analyst Paul McTaggart said China’s decision on blocking Australian’s coal would lead to a rerouting of global supply, whereby Chinese steel producers would by more coking coal from North America and European producers would buy more Australian coal. Coal prices rose sharply in December 2020.
Source: FT #Dec15
https://www.ft.com/content/2a8ebd12-b30c-4aed-8028-8b31e5e8d667
#AustraliaChina #TradeSanction #Coal
Canberra has asked Beijing to clarify whether it has formally banned Australian coal, warning that such a move would breach Would Trade Organization rules and harm both countries.
Due to informal trade sanctions imposed by Beijing, dozens of cargo ships carrying Australian coal stranded off the Chinese coast and was unable to unload shipments, in some cases for months.
Citi analyst Paul McTaggart said China’s decision on blocking Australian’s coal would lead to a rerouting of global supply, whereby Chinese steel producers would by more coking coal from North America and European producers would buy more Australian coal. Coal prices rose sharply in December 2020.
Source: FT #Dec15
https://www.ft.com/content/2a8ebd12-b30c-4aed-8028-8b31e5e8d667
#AustraliaChina #TradeSanction #Coal
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International Criminal Court Rejects Uighur Genocide Accusations Against China
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague rejected the calls from Uighurs outside China for the investigation against China's alleged genocide and crimes against humanity.
Uighurs outside China submitted hundreds of pages of evidence to the ICC in July, accusing China of setting up “re-education camps” in Xinjiang, detaining more than a million Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities, and forcing women to undergo sterilisation.
However, the office of ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said that they were unable to take action as the alleged acts took place within Chinese territory, which is not a signatory to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The annual report also noted, “no basis to proceed at this time” regarding allegations that Uighurs were forcibly deported from Tajikistan and Cambodia to China.
Nevertheless, the Uighurs argued that actions can still be taken even if the alleged deportations did not take place on Chinese territory because part of the criminal conducted in Tajik and Cambodian, which are parties to the Roman Statute of the ICC.
#Uighur #Xinjiang #Genocide #China #ICC #Cambodia #Tajikistan #TheHague
Source: Apple Daily #Dec15
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201215/I223SKDMYNGSVFTUBP5RM75PFU/
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague rejected the calls from Uighurs outside China for the investigation against China's alleged genocide and crimes against humanity.
Uighurs outside China submitted hundreds of pages of evidence to the ICC in July, accusing China of setting up “re-education camps” in Xinjiang, detaining more than a million Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities, and forcing women to undergo sterilisation.
However, the office of ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said that they were unable to take action as the alleged acts took place within Chinese territory, which is not a signatory to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The annual report also noted, “no basis to proceed at this time” regarding allegations that Uighurs were forcibly deported from Tajikistan and Cambodia to China.
Nevertheless, the Uighurs argued that actions can still be taken even if the alleged deportations did not take place on Chinese territory because part of the criminal conducted in Tajik and Cambodian, which are parties to the Roman Statute of the ICC.
#Uighur #Xinjiang #Genocide #China #ICC #Cambodia #Tajikistan #TheHague
Source: Apple Daily #Dec15
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201215/I223SKDMYNGSVFTUBP5RM75PFU/
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University Professor from China Shows No Remorse for Stealing Technologies for Huawei, and Will Return to China with his Family after Released with a Reduced Scabbard Period
A visiting professor at Texas-Arlington University in the US, Bo Mao, who allegedly stole U.S. technology for Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, has admitted to the FBI for making false statements. Judge Pamela Chen from Brooklyn District Court in New York sentenced the case on Monday, releasing him on remand despite the defendant express no remorse. Bo Mao is scheduled to return to China with his family on Wednesday.
Mao Bo, aged 37, came from Xiamen, Fujian. He is married and has two children. He teaches in Xiamen University and was arrested in the US in August last year. The prosecutor said that Mao reached an agreement with Silicon Valley’s CNEX Labs, to obtain its circuit board ostensibly for academic research, but ultimately shared the proprietary information with Huawei.
#Huawei #MaoBo #US #China #TexasArlingtonUniversity #Intelligence #SiliconValley
Source: Apple Daily #Dec15
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201215/LREQO2V6UBBDVCZXUZSHTFAL5U/
A visiting professor at Texas-Arlington University in the US, Bo Mao, who allegedly stole U.S. technology for Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, has admitted to the FBI for making false statements. Judge Pamela Chen from Brooklyn District Court in New York sentenced the case on Monday, releasing him on remand despite the defendant express no remorse. Bo Mao is scheduled to return to China with his family on Wednesday.
Mao Bo, aged 37, came from Xiamen, Fujian. He is married and has two children. He teaches in Xiamen University and was arrested in the US in August last year. The prosecutor said that Mao reached an agreement with Silicon Valley’s CNEX Labs, to obtain its circuit board ostensibly for academic research, but ultimately shared the proprietary information with Huawei.
#Huawei #MaoBo #US #China #TexasArlingtonUniversity #Intelligence #SiliconValley
Source: Apple Daily #Dec15
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201215/LREQO2V6UBBDVCZXUZSHTFAL5U/
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Brazilian Health Authorities Criticise the Low Transparency of the Chinese Vaccine Emergency Use Standard
Whether using vaccine manufactured by the Chinese company Sinovac Biotech caused controversy in Brazil again and involved in Brazilian partisan debate.
ANVISA, a Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency, expressed their concerns over the COVID-19 vaccines on Monday as the Chinese public health departments approved the vaccine for emergency use without adequate transparency of the policy standards.
Jair Bolsonaro, the President of Brazil, has always criticised the Chinese vaccine that the “origin” of vaccine is not trustworthy. However, his political opponent, Sao Paulo Governor João Doria, who is regarded as the most capable of challenging the presidency in the 2022 presidential election, his state's research institute, is currently developing the vaccine CoronaVac with Sinovac. Doria even mentioned that they expect to distribute the vaccines to the local residents in January 2021.
#Vaccine #COVID19 #CovidVaccine #JoãoDoria #JairBolsonaro #SinovacBiotech #Brazil #ANVISA
Source: Stand News #Dec15
https://bit.ly/3ucWGEW
Whether using vaccine manufactured by the Chinese company Sinovac Biotech caused controversy in Brazil again and involved in Brazilian partisan debate.
ANVISA, a Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency, expressed their concerns over the COVID-19 vaccines on Monday as the Chinese public health departments approved the vaccine for emergency use without adequate transparency of the policy standards.
Jair Bolsonaro, the President of Brazil, has always criticised the Chinese vaccine that the “origin” of vaccine is not trustworthy. However, his political opponent, Sao Paulo Governor João Doria, who is regarded as the most capable of challenging the presidency in the 2022 presidential election, his state's research institute, is currently developing the vaccine CoronaVac with Sinovac. Doria even mentioned that they expect to distribute the vaccines to the local residents in January 2021.
#Vaccine #COVID19 #CovidVaccine #JoãoDoria #JairBolsonaro #SinovacBiotech #Brazil #ANVISA
Source: Stand News #Dec15
https://bit.ly/3ucWGEW
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China pulls diplomats out of UK before police can quiz them on Manchester brawl
Six Chinese officials have been removed from Britain by China, including one of its most senior UK diplomats.
The news comes just two months after the violence which took place at its Manchester consulate.
The UK had requested that the officials waive their right to diplomatic immunity, so that detectives can question them about the Manchester incident.
In a written statement to the House of Commons, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said, "I am disappointed that these individuals will not be interviewed or face justice.
"Nonetheless, it is right that those responsible for the disgraceful scenes in Manchester are no longer - or will shortly cease to be - consular staff accredited to the UK."
read full article:
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/chinese-diplomats-manchester-consulate-uk-james-cleverly-b2245565.html
see also:
China Consulate in Manchester Drags Hong Kong Protesters Inside Gate and Assaults Them, Damaging Props and Tearing Out Hair - Oct 16
https://publielectoral.lat/BeWaterHK/977
UK summons China diplomat over Hong Kong protester beating at consulate, as MP says consul-general involved - Oct 19
https://publielectoral.lat/BeWaterHK/998
#Dec15 #CCP #ManchesterConsulate #HongKongProtest #UKParliament #ZhengXiyuan
Six Chinese officials have been removed from Britain by China, including one of its most senior UK diplomats.
The news comes just two months after the violence which took place at its Manchester consulate.
The UK had requested that the officials waive their right to diplomatic immunity, so that detectives can question them about the Manchester incident.
In a written statement to the House of Commons, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said, "I am disappointed that these individuals will not be interviewed or face justice.
"Nonetheless, it is right that those responsible for the disgraceful scenes in Manchester are no longer - or will shortly cease to be - consular staff accredited to the UK."
read full article:
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/chinese-diplomats-manchester-consulate-uk-james-cleverly-b2245565.html
see also:
China Consulate in Manchester Drags Hong Kong Protesters Inside Gate and Assaults Them, Damaging Props and Tearing Out Hair - Oct 16
https://publielectoral.lat/BeWaterHK/977
UK summons China diplomat over Hong Kong protester beating at consulate, as MP says consul-general involved - Oct 19
https://publielectoral.lat/BeWaterHK/998
#Dec15 #CCP #ManchesterConsulate #HongKongProtest #UKParliament #ZhengXiyuan
The Independent
China pulls diplomats out of UK before police can quiz them on Manchester brawl
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly expressed his disappointment at the news