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"Scaremonies", Ocean Park's Halloween Show, Is Censored After Being Attacked by Pro-China Supporters
Read the statement by performing staff of the show:
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/9351
According to sources, the content of the annual Halloween special show "Scaremonies" at Ocean Park, including the mentioning of the words "Hong Kong", was criticized by pro-China supporters and subsequently censored. The original version of the show was released on September 21, receiving positive responses from the spectators.
It was said that the show was largely censored after September 22, as the Liason Office of the Central People's Government, PRC's office in Hong Kong, pressurized the Park management. This came after pro-China supporters criticized the political satirical show on China's Weibo.
The attack on the show continued in pro-China facebook groups and media. Director and actor Wong Jum-sum quitted his position on September 26.
Source: Apple Daily, Oct 29, https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20191029/60209380
#FreeSpeech #ChinaInfluence #Censorship #Hongkong #OceanPark
Read the statement by performing staff of the show:
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/9351
According to sources, the content of the annual Halloween special show "Scaremonies" at Ocean Park, including the mentioning of the words "Hong Kong", was criticized by pro-China supporters and subsequently censored. The original version of the show was released on September 21, receiving positive responses from the spectators.
It was said that the show was largely censored after September 22, as the Liason Office of the Central People's Government, PRC's office in Hong Kong, pressurized the Park management. This came after pro-China supporters criticized the political satirical show on China's Weibo.
The attack on the show continued in pro-China facebook groups and media. Director and actor Wong Jum-sum quitted his position on September 26.
Source: Apple Daily, Oct 29, https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20191029/60209380
#FreeSpeech #ChinaInfluence #Censorship #Hongkong #OceanPark
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Confucius Institutes Closing in Australia
Summary: NSW Government scrapped Chinese Confucius Institute's program after a six month's review upon a perception that the Institute is or could be facilitating inappropriate foreign influence.
(Editor's note: Despite this, Australia still has the third-highest number of Confucius Institutes and classrooms in the world — behind the USA and the UK — with 14 institutes and 67 classrooms across the country. The main concerns surrounding these Confucius Institute programs and Chinese language classes are that they are funded by the PRC government as the means of 'soft power' to gain undue political influences overseas. There is a threat to academic freedom in Australia and that the language courses and other public events held by the Confucius Institutes serve as propaganda platforms for the CCP.)
#ChinaInfluence, #ConfuciusInstitutes
Source: ABC (23-Aug)
https://ab.co/2rz58Tz
Summary: NSW Government scrapped Chinese Confucius Institute's program after a six month's review upon a perception that the Institute is or could be facilitating inappropriate foreign influence.
(Editor's note: Despite this, Australia still has the third-highest number of Confucius Institutes and classrooms in the world — behind the USA and the UK — with 14 institutes and 67 classrooms across the country. The main concerns surrounding these Confucius Institute programs and Chinese language classes are that they are funded by the PRC government as the means of 'soft power' to gain undue political influences overseas. There is a threat to academic freedom in Australia and that the language courses and other public events held by the Confucius Institutes serve as propaganda platforms for the CCP.)
#ChinaInfluence, #ConfuciusInstitutes
Source: ABC (23-Aug)
https://ab.co/2rz58Tz
ABC News
NSW Government scraps Chinese Government-sponsored program over foreign influence fears
A Chinese Government-sponsored program being run in several NSW schools is scrapped after a review concludes it had allowed Beijing-aligned appointees inside a State Government department.
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China Recruit Volunteers to Promote Loyalty in Canada
The consulate-general of communist China is recruiting “consular liaison volunteers” in Vancouver. Being a consular volunteer is an “honor and a responsibility” and in keeping with the “watchful solidarity of the Chinese people,” says a recent posting on the consulate’s website. A senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and former counselor at the Canadian embassy in Beijing David Mulroney believes the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is enlisting Chinese citizens or even Chinese Canadians to monitor and promote targeted individuals’ loyalty to China. Pro-democracy groups have become concerned after high-ranking members of the Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver and the Canadian Community Service Association appeared in a group picture taken during an 11-day training symposium for recruits. Canadian Friends of Hong Kong believes the volunteer corps is part of CCP’s influence campaign to shape public opinions and interfere with Canadian legislation to defend CCP interests.
#ChinaInfluence #ChinaThreat
Source: National Post (19-Dec-2019)
https://bit.ly/2Q7defS
The consulate-general of communist China is recruiting “consular liaison volunteers” in Vancouver. Being a consular volunteer is an “honor and a responsibility” and in keeping with the “watchful solidarity of the Chinese people,” says a recent posting on the consulate’s website. A senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and former counselor at the Canadian embassy in Beijing David Mulroney believes the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is enlisting Chinese citizens or even Chinese Canadians to monitor and promote targeted individuals’ loyalty to China. Pro-democracy groups have become concerned after high-ranking members of the Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver and the Canadian Community Service Association appeared in a group picture taken during an 11-day training symposium for recruits. Canadian Friends of Hong Kong believes the volunteer corps is part of CCP’s influence campaign to shape public opinions and interfere with Canadian legislation to defend CCP interests.
#ChinaInfluence #ChinaThreat
Source: National Post (19-Dec-2019)
https://bit.ly/2Q7defS
National Post
China's Vancouver consulate recruits volunteer corps, raising concerns of foreign interference in city
The volunteer group was ostensibly created to assist Chinese nationals who run into legal trouble or physical danger in Canada
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#Newspaper
The bank account of Apple Daily’s Charity fund cancelled by Bank Of China, rumour says the reason is “paying tuitions for students”
(15 Jun) In March 2020, Pro-Beijing organization protested at the Revenue Tower in Wan Chai and suspected that Apple Daily Charitable Foundation was supporting rioters behind the scene in the name of charity work. Apple daily reported that the Foundation’s bank account in Bank of China(BOC) had been cancelled by the bank due to “commercial reasons”.
In Apple Daily’s report, The Charitable Foundation’s BOC account was closed down by the bank due to commercial reasons, and the other three accounts are operating as normal. The fund in the BOC account has been transferred to the other accounts.
According to Apple Daily, BOC staff contacted Mr. Chow Tat Hey, the Chief Executive of the foundation, regarding the protest at the Revenue tower. Mr. Chow explained to the BOC officer, saying the Foundation’s initiative is to support students, to help all the students who are facing financial difficulties because of the Anti Elab movement, and they will not screen applicants based on their political stances. However, the bank did not accept such an explanation and cancelled the account officially by sending a letter to the foundation on 4 May. In the letter, there was no mention of the reason for such a decision.
In March, there was Pro-Beijing group protesting at the Revenue tower, raising banners with slogans like “Toxic apple Fake charity, Funds to the Rioters”, etc, and the group suspected that the initiative of supporting students violates the definition of a charitable organization, and requested the Inland Revenue Department to cancel the charity status of Apple Daily Charitable Foundation.
Apple Daily Charitable Foundation started the initiative of supporting students in the past and claims to provide assistance to University students and students of tertiary education, who are unable to pay tuition and school fees due to family conflicts arising from the Anti elab protest. Apple Daily claims that the Foundation has received 7.85M donations as of 7 June, and is providing assistance to more than 10 students.
Standnews has sent an inquiry to BOC, who refused to comment on this particular case when replying and claimed that the bank has followed respective laws when managing the accounts in their daily operations.
Source: The Stand News
https://bit.ly/2BbdDsP
#AppleDaily #CharitibleFoundation #ChinaInfluence #BankOfChina #AntiELAB
The bank account of Apple Daily’s Charity fund cancelled by Bank Of China, rumour says the reason is “paying tuitions for students”
(15 Jun) In March 2020, Pro-Beijing organization protested at the Revenue Tower in Wan Chai and suspected that Apple Daily Charitable Foundation was supporting rioters behind the scene in the name of charity work. Apple daily reported that the Foundation’s bank account in Bank of China(BOC) had been cancelled by the bank due to “commercial reasons”.
In Apple Daily’s report, The Charitable Foundation’s BOC account was closed down by the bank due to commercial reasons, and the other three accounts are operating as normal. The fund in the BOC account has been transferred to the other accounts.
According to Apple Daily, BOC staff contacted Mr. Chow Tat Hey, the Chief Executive of the foundation, regarding the protest at the Revenue tower. Mr. Chow explained to the BOC officer, saying the Foundation’s initiative is to support students, to help all the students who are facing financial difficulties because of the Anti Elab movement, and they will not screen applicants based on their political stances. However, the bank did not accept such an explanation and cancelled the account officially by sending a letter to the foundation on 4 May. In the letter, there was no mention of the reason for such a decision.
In March, there was Pro-Beijing group protesting at the Revenue tower, raising banners with slogans like “Toxic apple Fake charity, Funds to the Rioters”, etc, and the group suspected that the initiative of supporting students violates the definition of a charitable organization, and requested the Inland Revenue Department to cancel the charity status of Apple Daily Charitable Foundation.
Apple Daily Charitable Foundation started the initiative of supporting students in the past and claims to provide assistance to University students and students of tertiary education, who are unable to pay tuition and school fees due to family conflicts arising from the Anti elab protest. Apple Daily claims that the Foundation has received 7.85M donations as of 7 June, and is providing assistance to more than 10 students.
Standnews has sent an inquiry to BOC, who refused to comment on this particular case when replying and claimed that the bank has followed respective laws when managing the accounts in their daily operations.
Source: The Stand News
https://bit.ly/2BbdDsP
#AppleDaily #CharitibleFoundation #ChinaInfluence #BankOfChina #AntiELAB