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Taiwanese KOL Potter King firmly refuses to remove the video co-produced with Tsai Ing-wen despite pressure from Chinese partners to ban his Weibo account
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen co-produced videos with the local Youtuber "Potter King" which hit over 2.6 million view in 2 days. However, "Potter King" posted on his Facebook on December 16 that he was asked by his Chinese partners to remove the word "President" in these videos. His team refused to comply and they found out later that the password to their Weibo account was changed without permission. Potter King requested to terminate the contract and said, "If we can't call the leader of our country the President, then there is no point making such money."
Source: Stand News #Dec16 #Taiwan #TsaiIngWen
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen co-produced videos with the local Youtuber "Potter King" which hit over 2.6 million view in 2 days. However, "Potter King" posted on his Facebook on December 16 that he was asked by his Chinese partners to remove the word "President" in these videos. His team refused to comply and they found out later that the password to their Weibo account was changed without permission. Potter King requested to terminate the contract and said, "If we can't call the leader of our country the President, then there is no point making such money."
Source: Stand News #Dec16 #Taiwan #TsaiIngWen
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A girl in a Hong Kong protester's outfit appears in a High Speed Railway Station in Taiwan, showing a cardboard that reads:
"I am a Hongkonger.
Please value your vote
We can only demonstrate this once"
#TaiwanElection #TsaiIngWen #StandwithTaiwan #StandwithHongKong
"I am a Hongkonger.
Please value your vote
We can only demonstrate this once"
#TaiwanElection #TsaiIngWen #StandwithTaiwan #StandwithHongKong
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The words from the newly elected President of #Taiwan, #TsaiIngWen
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#FreeJimmyLai
#Taiwan President #TsaiIngWen: Staying true to my insistence on the value of democracy and freedom, I want to openly voice my support for Mr. Jimmy Lai
In a social media post on December 16, 2020, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen talked about a recent photo of Jimmy Lai, the founder of Next Digital, who was charged with a suspected violation of the Hong Kong National Security Law.
In the photo, Lai was being handcuffed and entangled in a metal chain around his waist on his way to court. Tsai said that the photo was "infuriating".
Tsai said, "the Human Rights Day has just passed, but Hong Kong's human rights are still in its butter winter. Staying true to my insistence on the value of democracy and freedom, I want to openly voice my support for Mr. Jimmy Lai. I want to let him know that the whole of Taiwan, and the whole world are watching this scene. It is not Mr. Lai who was humiliated, but Hong Kong's freedom and the rule of law."
Source: Citizen News #Dec16
https://www.hkcnews.com/article/36489/%E8%94%A1%E8%8B%B1%E6%96%87-%E9%BB%8E%E6%99%BA%E8%8B%B1-36489/%E9%BB%8E%E6%99%BA%E8%8B%B1
#AppleDaily #HumanitarianCrisis #PoliceState #HumanitarianCrisis #JimmyLai #Arrests #PoliticalProsecution
#Taiwan President #TsaiIngWen: Staying true to my insistence on the value of democracy and freedom, I want to openly voice my support for Mr. Jimmy Lai
In a social media post on December 16, 2020, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen talked about a recent photo of Jimmy Lai, the founder of Next Digital, who was charged with a suspected violation of the Hong Kong National Security Law.
In the photo, Lai was being handcuffed and entangled in a metal chain around his waist on his way to court. Tsai said that the photo was "infuriating".
Tsai said, "the Human Rights Day has just passed, but Hong Kong's human rights are still in its butter winter. Staying true to my insistence on the value of democracy and freedom, I want to openly voice my support for Mr. Jimmy Lai. I want to let him know that the whole of Taiwan, and the whole world are watching this scene. It is not Mr. Lai who was humiliated, but Hong Kong's freedom and the rule of law."
Source: Citizen News #Dec16
https://www.hkcnews.com/article/36489/%E8%94%A1%E8%8B%B1%E6%96%87-%E9%BB%8E%E6%99%BA%E8%8B%B1-36489/%E9%BB%8E%E6%99%BA%E8%8B%B1
#AppleDaily #HumanitarianCrisis #PoliceState #HumanitarianCrisis #JimmyLai #Arrests #PoliticalProsecution
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#Censorship #RedLine
Hong Kong Film Censorship Authorities reject two student movies citing national security violations
Two movie screenings in the 4th Ground Up Student Film Festival have been cancelled after the films failed to obtain a Certificate of Approval from Hong Kong’s Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration (#OFNAA).
The news came shortly after the amended Film Censorship Ordinance came into effect on 5 November 2021. The amended ordinance sets out the need to put an end to acts and activities that may endanger national security and it also allows the Chief Secretary of Administration to withdraw already-issued screening permits.
On November 19, 2021, Hong Kong Film Censorship Authority first turned down approval for #TheCage, a short film directed by Hong Kong Baptist University (#HKBU) graduate Tsoi Wing-chau. The film depicts totalitarian rule, capitalism, freedom and resistance.
Two days later, another film Piglet Piglet that sets around Taiwan's Presidential election also failed to obtain an approval certificate. The screening of #PigletPiglet was cancelled just over five hours before it was set to be held.
Director of the film, Lin Tsung-yen, wrote on his Facebook page, saying that “local authorities expressed disapproval. They asked me to cut all scenes and information linked to Taiwanese Presidential election and Tsai Ing-wen.”
#GroundUp #FilmFestival #FilmCensorshipAmendment #NationalSecurityLaw #TsaiIngWen #Cinema
Source: Stand News, #Nov21
https://thestandnews.page.link/CgCJg1s5p4D1XvFF8
Hong Kong Film Censorship Authorities reject two student movies citing national security violations
Two movie screenings in the 4th Ground Up Student Film Festival have been cancelled after the films failed to obtain a Certificate of Approval from Hong Kong’s Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration (#OFNAA).
The news came shortly after the amended Film Censorship Ordinance came into effect on 5 November 2021. The amended ordinance sets out the need to put an end to acts and activities that may endanger national security and it also allows the Chief Secretary of Administration to withdraw already-issued screening permits.
On November 19, 2021, Hong Kong Film Censorship Authority first turned down approval for #TheCage, a short film directed by Hong Kong Baptist University (#HKBU) graduate Tsoi Wing-chau. The film depicts totalitarian rule, capitalism, freedom and resistance.
Two days later, another film Piglet Piglet that sets around Taiwan's Presidential election also failed to obtain an approval certificate. The screening of #PigletPiglet was cancelled just over five hours before it was set to be held.
Director of the film, Lin Tsung-yen, wrote on his Facebook page, saying that “local authorities expressed disapproval. They asked me to cut all scenes and information linked to Taiwanese Presidential election and Tsai Ing-wen.”
#GroundUp #FilmFestival #FilmCensorshipAmendment #NationalSecurityLaw #TsaiIngWen #Cinema
Source: Stand News, #Nov21
https://thestandnews.page.link/CgCJg1s5p4D1XvFF8