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A Chinese court has sentenced Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai to 10 years in jail for "illegally providing intelligence overseas".

Mr Gui, who holds Swedish citizenship, has been in and out of Chinese detention since 2015, when he went missing during a holiday in Thailand.

He is known to have previously published books on the personal lives of Chinese Communist Party members.

Rights groups condemned the "harsh sentence" and called for his release.

He was one of five owners of a small bookstore in Hong Kong who went missing in 2015. It later emerged that they had been taken to China. Four were later freed, but Mr Gui remained in Chinese detention

China jails Hong Kong bookseller for 10 years

Gui Minhai, who has Swedish citizenship, has published books on the personal lives of Chinese leaders.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Kiinan laivaston alus ampui laserilla jenkkien tiedustelukonetta

Chinese warship fired laser at American surveillance plane, U.S. Navy says

The Navy said a Chinese naval destroyer lased the American P-8A Poseidon aircraft in an act the U.S. deemed unsafe and a violation of international codes and agreements.

www.cbsnews.com

 

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Laitan tänne. Tästä corona katastrofista vain puuttuu että jenkit ja kiina rupeaa kurmottamaan toisiaan.

Donald Trump has referred to the coronavirus as “the Chinese virus”, escalating a deepening US-China diplomatic spat over the outbreak.

After giving an address on Monday warning of a possible recession, the US president posted on Twitter: “The United States will be powerfully supporting those industries, like Airlines and others, that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus. We will be stronger than ever before!”

China’s foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Trump should take care of his own matters first. “Some US politicians have tried to stigmatise China … which China strongly condemns,” he said at a press briefing on Tuesday. “We urge the US to stop this despicable practice. We are very angry and strongly oppose it [the tweet].”

The World Health Organization has advised against terms that link the virus to China or the city of Wuhan, where it was first detected, in order to avoid discrimination or stigmatisation

Trump sparks anger by calling coronavirus the 'Chinese virus'

China’s foreign ministry says US president should ‘stop this despicable practice’

www.theguardian.com

 

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A group of teenagers in shorts and summer dresses stand in front of a semicircle of tiki torches, whacking the ground with what look like fishing nets. The beach is lit up only by smouldering camp fires.
This isn’t a dystopian scene from the latest season of Survivor but a moment in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a video game mostly known for its cute animal companions. Its escapist qualities have made it a best-seller during the global coronavirus pandemic.

The group on the beach is made up of players from Hong Kong and they’re whacking pictures of Carrie Lam, their head of government. A banner laid out in front of them is familiar to anyone who followed news out of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory last year. The flag reads “Free Hong Kong, Revolution Now.”

On lockdown, Hong Kong activists are protesting in Animal Crossing

With the world in lockdown, social games such as Nintendo's Animal Crossing are enjoying huge success – in Hong Kong, protestors are using it to get their pro-democracy message heard

www.wired.co.uk

 

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As health experts in Hong Kong call for masks to be made mandatory to tackle coronavirus, a ban on their use that was introduced in response to protests has been largely upheld by the appeal court.

The court also used its ruling to push back at accusations that its role in assessing the constitutionality of laws was an affront to Beijing.

The judgment, delivered on Thursday afternoon, said Hong Kong’s chief executive could use colonial-era laws to make emergency decrees for public safety and that banning masks was constitutional at unlawful gatherings. But it also found that banning masks at lawful gatherings and allowing police to demand their removal was unconstitutional.

Hong Kong’s mask ban was introduced in October as widespread protests in the city grew increasingly violent.

Hong Kong court upholds face masks ban despite coronavirus

Law against use at legal and illegal assembles was introduced during protests

www.theguardian.com

 

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The Nintendo Switch game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, has been removed from sale on websites in China, after it was used by Hong Kong activists to spread pro-democracy messages.

The popular island-life simulation game disappeared from China’s eBay-equivalent, Taobao, last week.

The game allows users to decorate their game environment with a pattern creation tool, which some players have used to create politically sensitive images and slogans which they screenshot and share on social media. Some posts related to the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and attacked chief executive Carrie Lam, and Chinese president Xi Jinping.

Animal Crossing game removed from sale in China over Hong Kong democracy messages

Some players have used the game to create politically sensitive images and slogans which they share on social media

www.theguardian.com

 

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Beijing’s top official in Hong Kong has called for controversial national security laws, shelved since 2003, to be urgently passed to combat radical violence, foreign interference and pro-independence forces in the region.

The comments, from the head of China’s liaison office in Hong Kong, Luo Huining, come amid escalating accusations of overreach by Beijing into the city’s legislative council and judiciary.

Huining, a 65-year-old Communist party loyalist appointed in January, was predicted at the time to push back against the pro-democracy movement.

In a speech for China’s national security education day on Wednesday, Luo said Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement was a “major blow” to the rule of law, threatening the one country, two systems principle under which it operates with China, and was influenced by pro-independence and radical violent forces.

Many people have “a rather weak concept of national security”, he said. “If the anthill eroding the role of rule of law is not cleared, the dam of national security will be destroyed and the wellbeing of all Hong Kong residents will be damaged.”

He said efforts must be made as soon as possible to address the shortcomings in the region’s legal system and enforcement mechanisms for safeguarding national security, namely by passing the long-dormant and highly controversial article 23 legislation.

Article 23 of Hong Kong’s mini constitution, the basic law, says it “shall enact laws on its own to prohibit any act of treason, secession, sedition, subversion against the Central People’s Government, or theft of state secrets”, and prohibit various forms of foreign political interference.

An attempt to pass such laws in 2003 sparked mass protests among the population of the semi-autonomous city, and the legislation was shelved.

China’s top official in Hong Kong pushes for national security law

Luo Huining says region’s pro-democracy movement is threat to ‘one country, two systems’ principle

www.theguardian.com

 

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Martin Lee, the 81-year-old founder of Hong Kong’s Democratic party, has said there will be more fatalities and protests if authorities try to pass anti-subversion laws – which would outlaw “sedition, subversion and the theft of state secrets” – before the September legislature election.

“It will result in deaths for sure,” he told the Guardian. “The Communist party won’t show any mercy. They have already stated their stance.”

Lee said he had felt guilty seeing some 7,000 people arrested during the months-long anti-government movement, but that his own arrest on Saturday meant he could at last look them in the face. “It was a good thing,” the barrister said.

Lee said his arrest, along with 14 other veteran pro-democracy figures on charges of illegal assembly, and high-profile posturing from China over the past week, were part of Beijing’s wider plan to tighten its control over Hong Kong.

A fresh crackdown in Hong Kong 'will result in deaths', says democracy leader

Martin Lee, who was arrested on Saturday, says protests will turn fatal if authorities go ahead with expected national security push

www.theguardian.com

 

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Check Out Taiwan’s New Fleet-Killer

Taiwan’s loading up on new minelaying vessels. And it’s not hard to see why. With no realistic prospect of matching the Chinese navy warship for warship, the Taiwanese fleet is hoping that underwater minefields might help to sink an invasion fleet.

Check Out Taiwan’s New Fleet-Killer

Taiwan’s loading up on new minelaying vessels. And it’s not hard to see why. With no realistic prospect of matching the Chinese navy warship for warship, the Taiwanese fleet is hoping that underwater minefields might help to sink an invasion fleet.

nationalinterest.org

 

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Kiina on kerännyt suuria määriä lentokoneita Etelä-Kiinan merelle viime viikkojen aikana, samoin suuren osan laivastostaan.

 

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Kiina on kerännyt suuria määriä lentokoneita Etelä-Kiinan merelle viime viikkojen aikana, samoin suuren osan laivastostaan.

Olen venannut tätä liikettä. Toivotaan että se ei etene kuumaksi konfliktiksi vaikka strategiessa mielessä he pystyisivät käyttämään epidemiaa hyödykseen todella paljon.

 

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China’s diplomatic ambitions in the Pacific suffered a setback on Wednesday when the party that switched recognition from Taiwan to China last year lost its majority in parliament over its handling of the move.

In the second round of parliamentary elections, the governing party and allies won 22 seats out of 45, dealing a blow to President Taneti Maamau, who previously enjoyed a comfortable majority of 31.

The rest of the seats were won by members or allies of two other parties: one of which has pledged to switch back to Taiwan, and another made up of MPs who left the governing party to create a new opposition party last fall over Maamau’s handling of the switch.

Pro-China Kiribati president loses majority over switch from Taiwan

Party that switched recognition from Taiwan to China last year lost majority in elections this week over handling of the move

www.theguardian.com

 

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Kiinalta hieno moka filippiinien suuntaan.
He julkaisivat hyvänmielen musiikkivideon filippiiniläisille taistelussa koronaa vastaan. 700 tykkäystä. 70tuhatta peukkua alaspäin. Menivät laittamaan musiikkivideoon kuvaan merialueesta jota röyhkeästi omivat filippiineiltä.. Kommentit ovat hauskoja..

 

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Kiinalta hieno moka filippiinien suuntaan.
He julkaisivat hyvänmielen musiikkivideon filippiiniläisille taistelussa koronaa vastaan. 700 tykkäystä. 70tuhatta peukkua alaspäin. Menivät laittamaan musiikkivideoon kuvaan merialueesta jota röyhkeästi omivat filippiineiltä.. Kommentit ovat hauskoja..

Kiinan suurlähetystö Filippiineillä teki videon, voiko olla edes vahinko? Voivat yrittää lietsoa vaikka hyökkäystä lähetystöön? Casus belli?

 

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China has been accused of using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to take some bold and provocative actions, including expansions in the South China Sea, crackdowns on activists in Hong Kong and further detention of activists in the mainland. Some analysts have suggested Beijing is sending a message that China’s aggressive foreign policy is still business as usual, or testing its adversaries for weaknesses.

Hong Kong arrests and Taiwan flybys: China advances its interests during Covid-19 crisis

Beijing has drawn accusations it is using the distraction of the coronavirus pandemic to advance regional interests. Here are some examples

www.theguardian.com

 

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Sanoisin että sota on jo käynnissä matalalla tasolla. Nyt haetaan asemia ja tukijoita. Jos sota etenee kuumaan vaiheeseen nopeasti niin se on USA:n etu.
Mitä pitempään Kiinaa saa vahvistua niin sitä vaikeampi siitä tulee USA:lle...

 

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Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing leader, Carrie Lam, has vowed to overhaul the city’s education system, saying its liberal studies curriculum helped to fuel last year’s violent pro-democracy protests.

Her intervention follows a weekend of heavy-handed police responses to scattered protests across the city, with journalists pepper-sprayed and searched, at least 18 people injured, a 12-year-old student journalist detained, and an estimated 200 people arrested.

Lam described the current secondary school programme as a “chicken coop without a roof” and said her government would soon unveil its plans. She reportedly said students needed protection from being “poisoned” and fed “false and biased information”.

“In terms of handling the subject of liberal studies in the future, we will definitely make things clear to the public within this year,” she told the pro-government Ta Kung Pao newspaper in an interview published on Monday.

Lam has record low approval ratings as leader and is under increasing pressure from Beijing authorities frustrated with the pro-democracy protests which have besieged the city since June.

Recent weeks have seen extraordinary interventions by Beijing into Hong Kong affairs and warnings that it will not “stand idly by” while the “political virus” of protesters continue.

Flash mob protests were called for the weekend after a house committee meeting in Hong Kong’s legislative council turned violent on Friday afternoon, drawing groups mainly to shopping malls to chant slogans and sing, where they were met by large contingents of riot police.

Carrie Lam blames Hong Kong education system for fuelling protests

Pro-Beijing leader pledges to overhaul school system, after weekend of heavy-handed police action

www.theguardian.com

 

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Lähteenä ei ole tuttu itselle, mutta uutinen on ollu paljon esillä eri medioissa, eli Kiinan nationalistit yrittää lietsoa maihinnousua Taiwaniin.

China tries to calm ‘nationalist fever’ calling for Taiwan invasion

Loud calls on social media urge Beijing to strike while world is busy with coronavirus crisis, but observers say the authorities do not want to be rushed.

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