1/ The authorities are striving to lure tourists to a Hong Kong that has been changed by three years of strict Covid rules and security laws.

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#China 's cyber intrusion by 'Threat Actor Storm-0558' exposes a grave threat to global cybersecurity. This breach, targeting key #US officials & systems, underscores #Beijing 's disregard for data security.1/2 yücel tanay Digital Citizens for Human Rights Boycott China foxnews.com/opinion/5-reas…

Apr 8: somewhere in China, a 🇨🇳 driver from a ride-hailing service demanded two passengers leave his vehicle as soon as he learned that they’re Japanese…

The video went viral on 🇨🇳 social media and most people applauded the driver’s action.

A church hoisting the #Chinese flag or risking a 5-point social credit hit? #CCP 's grip tightens! Religious sites get 100 points, but resisting propaganda? That's an 8-point deduction! Tough times for dissent in China! 罗宗渝(Louis) 中国民主人权联盟/Chinese Democracy & Human Rights Alliance Cindy Wan

Open letter to Olaf Scholz on Taiwan ahead of his China trip

Cross-party leaders of German-Taiwanese Assoc:

- 'Taiwan has never been part of PRC'
- 'A democracy must not become part of a dictatorship'
- 'In event of an escalation Germany must be prepared'

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What about the basic fact that an arbitral tribunal ruling under UNCLOS that is binding on the PRC and the Philippines ruled that Second Thomas Shoal is within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone and is a low-tide elevation that can’t be sovereign territory?

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#UAE is one of the 26 sensitive countries for #China as an excuse to put Uyghurs in concentration camps who went there. China believed that these #Uyghurs got an Islamic virus while there. She could have been put in the same camp to see how her mind is hugely transformed to get…

Uyghur intellectuals targeted first like Ghojabdulla Ablimit. He arrested before Ramadan in 2013, authorities afraid of being criticised by him in Ramadan, they put him in prison. Although He finished his term in 2018, he camped again like other writers uyghurhjelp.org/2024/04/who-is…

Another Uyghur elite jailed, Erkin Tewekkul was born in March 1970, graduated North China Normal University, since then he was working as a teacher in Urumchi No.14 high school. He was caught in Sept 2023, sentenced 10 yrs for being Uyghur, in pic he was curly hair 30 yrs ago.

#Article23 is yet another crack down on freedom in #HongKong . Today, I urged the Government to extend the BNO passport route to children born before 1997

But the #HKCommunist government can never define what is / is not 'soft resistance.' This means anything thoughts and actions can be 'soft resistance' and makes everyone a target for arresting and prosecuting.
#HKPoliceState

Hong Kong must remain vigilant against ‘soft resistance,’ city’s no.2 official warns

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Soft resistance is simply an undefined phrase to mean whatever the Party wants it to mean at any given time.

The persistent charade of having laws, due process & rights is mystifying. Both the victims & the authoritarian rulers know there are none. Who exactly is the audience?

The war in Ukraine starts to escalate.

Evidence:

1. On April 11 Russia destroyed the largest power plant in Kyiv 1/

Observing #HongKong 's recent developments is akin to witnessing the erosion of vibrant cultural & democratic spaces. As NGOs & bookshops shutter & activists face trials, the city's once-booming voice dims.1/2 No CCP-#quad+A-10 Warthog staff-Fringe Minority🗣️ Ilshat H. Kokbore 伊利夏提 Midnight Rider 1776 🦅🇺🇲🇮🇱💙🎗️🇹🇼🇭🇰 theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

China supports #Taiwan obtaining a full membership status at the UN as soon as possible. Only with the implementation of the two state solution, the independence and statehood of Taiwan will be realized,

What was erroneous about PM Kishida’s speech?
China is a threat.
China is a bully.
China lies.
China is just jealous.

This is fantastic - 'Sheikh' who said he was starting a US 500 mill family office in HK invited to major 'wealth for good' Gov conference, made an Hon Prof at a uni revealed as very 'distant' royal & popular singer in The Phillipines. Websites scrubbed. thestandard.com.hk/section-news/s…

And #HongKong Economic Journal reports today that the whole saga relating to Sheikh Ali’s on again, off again HK family office plans had led to Mainland officials heading to HK to investigate, as China suspects that foreign forces are at work to smear HK with this issue.