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This is beyond shocking
China shut down the lab that published the world’s first genome sequence of the
#coronavirus
last month, barring its scientists from finding ways to contain the outbreak
Their only crime? Publishing the sequence before authorities
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This Weibo post by Li Wenliang from 2012 is now flooded with tributes
"Dear friends, from today, you may not be able to reach me anymore, because I'm going to save the Earth. If the sun still rises tomorrow, it means I made it. You don't need to thank me, it‘s what I should do!"
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Words from
@MichaelKovrig
in a 90-square-feet Beijing jail cell. If you can, pause a moment to read his letters to his wife. It moved me to tears:
"If there’s one faint silver lining to this Hell, it’s this...
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One of Mao’s most famous lines is now a rallying call for HK protests
“A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely & gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous.”
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#ZhangZhan
, the citizen journalist jailed 4 yrs for reporting in Wuhan, became so frail during her detention that she attended today's trial in a wheelchair.
She had gone on a hunger strike, but was forced fed with a feeding tube and had her hands tied.
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All Dr. Li Wenliang wanted was to save lives. Instead, he was silenced by the
#Wuhan
police for "rumourmongering" and contracted the
#coronavirus
when treating one of his patients.
He spoke to us from an intensive care bed in hospital.
@yongxiong2008
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The two trending topics censored by Weibo tonight:
# Wuhan government owes Dr. Li Wenliang an apology #
# We want freedom of speech #
Both had tens of thousands of views before disappearing into this dark night.
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So now Chinese people are even denied the right to be angry.
Their outburst of anger over Li Wenliang’s death, we are told, did not come from themselves. It was merely a product of sabotage by “overseas separatists.”
# I want freedom of anger #
Taking Li's death as a tool to stir up anti-govt sentiment on Chinese social media is part of overseas separatists' customary tactics, as they used in
#HK
protest. Such move is obnoxious and childish, said experts.
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Shocking details in this damming
@caixin
interview with a Wuhan ICU doctor:
- National health experts set ridiculously strict criteria for diagnosing coronavirus cases against all advice
- 40 medics infected in a hospital considered a low figure
- In one ICU, 2/3 medics infected
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“The lab at the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre was ordered to close for “rectification” on January 12, a day after Prof. Zhang Yongzhen’s team published the genome sequence on open platforms.
The release of the data helped researchers develop test kits for the virus.”
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“She will show up in public and participate in some activities soon.”
Doesn’t sound like someone is controlling her movements at all.
I confirmed through my own sources today that these photos are indeed Peng Shuai's current state. In the past few days, she stayed in her own home freely and she didn't want to be disturbed. She will show up in public and participate in some activities soon.
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Just revealed: Xi already held a Politburo Standing Committee meeting on how to contain the
#CoronavirusOutbreak
on January 7 (not reported by state media at the time).
That was when Wuhan officials were blamed for downplaying the outbreak.
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Tedros is being censored in China after calling zero-Covid unsustainable.
The WHO’s official press account on Weibo posted Tedros’ comments early this morning. It drew a wave of sarcastic comments from users critical of zero-Covid. An hour later the post is “no longer viewable.”
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Chinese University of Hong Kong just announced the semester is now over, ending it a month early and cancelling all remaining classes.
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"I'm not afraid of dying. Why should I be afraid of you, Communist Party?"
Outspoken citizen journalist
@chenqiushi404
“forcefully quarantined” in Wuhan over critical reporting on
#CoronavirusOutbreak
, friends say.
He’s been missing for 3 days.
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“The centre was not given any specific reasons why the laboratory was closed for rectification. [We have submitted] four reports [asking for permission] to reopen but we have not received any replies,” a source with the centre was quoted as saying
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China has imposed restrictions on coronavirus research, and some Chinese researchers are worried about its repercussions.
"It is a coordinated effort from the Chinese govt to control narrative, and paint it as if the outbreak did not originate in China."
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Thousands of Hui Muslims faced off with riot police in China to prevent authorities from demolishing the dome & minarets of their mosque, in a rare protest against widening crackdown on religion.
“This is our last bit of dignity,” a local witness told us.
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Spoke with Chinese depositors whose health code turned red after arriving in Zhengzhou for a planned protest. Many were taken from the train station straight into "quarantine."
Blatant example of exploiting Covid surveillance for political/social control
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“It was not clear whether the closure was related to the publishing of the sequencing data before the authorities.”
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Why doesn't CGTN post this on Weibo, or anywhere on the Chinese internet? There are plenty of Chinese ppl who worry about
#Pengshuai
's safety too. They surely deserve to know?
This alleged "email" wasn't reported by any Chinese domestic media, and Peng's name remains censored.
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has sent an email to Steve Simon, the WTA Chairman & CEO, CGTN has learned. The email reads:
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The hashtag # I want freedom of speech # on Weibo is now gone. It had drawn 1.8 million views as of 5 a.m.
Even the phrase itself has been censored.
Not allowed to speak.
Not allowed to die.
Now allowed to be angry.
Not allowed to desire.
Are we allowed to at least remember?
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He was denied the freedom to speak.
And now, he is even being denied the liberty to die.
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Kicking off 2020 with some personal news:
After five enriching and rewarding years at the SCMP, I’m joining
@CNNi
to write about Asia for its digital platforms.
Very excited for the new journey. I’ll still be based in Hong Kong.
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A CCTV commentator praised the first Chinese woman to complete a spacewalk -- for "not being like a woman at all."
"What struck me the most about Wang Yaping was that she did not seem like a woman at all, because her abilities are relatively strong all around."
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Top Weibo comments under hospital announcement of Li Wenliang's "official death" after hours of "rescue":
- I've learned two words: political rescue & performative rescue
- I knew you would post this in the middle of the night
- You think we've all gone to sleep? No. We haven't.
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Latest censored on Weibo:"Tonight, let me blow the whistle for Wuhan."
This is an online call for people in Wuhan, Hubei and the rest of the world to mourn Li Wenliang's death & pay tribute
8:55-9:00 Light off
9:00-9:05 Shine flashlight out the window & blow the whistle
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Dozens of Hongkongers, joined by Mainland Chinese, Taiwanese and Americans, protested outside the White House on Sunday against HK’s extradition law.
This is one of the 29 protests worldwide to show solidarity with the 1 million HKers who took to the streets earlier in the day.
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Making Islam invisible on the streets of China: Hui Muslims the latest victim of Communist Party campaign to "Sinicise" religion - an extension of deepening crackdown on Uygurs in Xinjiang
My report from Ningxia, official heartland of China's Hui minority
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There XI is!
Chinese president Xi Jinping spotted with a face mask (not N95!) in a Beijing neighbourhood. His first public appearance since the
#CoronavirusOutbreak
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An "editorial" that is posted only on Twitter, and nowhere to be seen on the Global Time's website, Weibo & Wechat accounts, or anywhere else on the Chinese internet.
#Editorial
: WTA suspended tournaments in China amid so-called concerns about safety of Peng Shuai. The WTA is expanding its influence in a speculative way, bringing politics into women’s tennis deeply, setting a bad example for the entire sporting world.
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Remember the police officer who repeatedly drove his motorcycle into a crowd of protesters and got suspended yesterday?
Surprise surprise - he's been hailed as a hero by Chinese state media, compared to a brave general from the Three Kingdoms.
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Huawei's princess called herself "an ordinary Chinese citizen."
She arrived on a gov-chartered flight; air control tower sent her special greeting before landing; red carpet rolled out on the tarmac; Shenzhen skyscrapers lit up with msg welcoming her home
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While HK prepares for its annual
#June4
vigil, Mainland China is met with blanket censorship on
#TiananmenSquare
- WeChat users can’t even send any red packet valued 89.64 or 64.89 yuan
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A small crowd blowing the whistle outside Wuhan Central Hospital, where Dr. Li Wenliang worked and died.
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"Thank you."
"We're sorry."
"You've worked so hard to save the Earth."
"Have a rest now."
Yet some still refuse to believe he has died.
What are they waiting for? The party's final approval for the announcement?
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When Chinese leaders ordered Wuhan to "round up everyone who should be rounded up" to contain the
#coronavirus
, many have noted its chilling echoes to the crackdown on Uyghurs in
#Xinjiang
And now, we're seeing the repercussions of the sweeping roundup
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Since we're now talking about "coercing," shall we also talk about how
#PengShuai
has accused Zhang Gaoli of coercing her into sex?
WTA is coercing Peng Shuai to support the West’s attack on Chinese system. They are depriving Peng Shuai’s freedom of expression, demanding that her description of her current situation must meet their expectation.
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Top Weibo comment:
"She broke through the atmosphere, but she couldn't break through the prejudice of men."
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In China, surveillance cameras are being installed right outside people's front doors - and sometimes inside their homes - to enforce coronavirus quarantine.
"I can't bear the thought that our everyday lives are completely exposed to the govt's scrutiny."
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Since I’ve been accused of deliberately leaving out the last sentence (it was in fact because I couldn’t squeeze the whole quote in under the 280-character limit), here it is:
“...A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.”
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As we bid farewell to Hu Xijin, here is proof that he does have a sense of humor.
Photos from Hu's Weibo, apparently taken during his trip to New York back in 2018.
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Albert Ho: “My push for democracy in China is not anti-China.
I love the people, I love the country but I am strongly against totalitarianism, I am against the Communist dictatorship.”
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@caixin
So far, China has not released the number of confirmed cases - or death - among health care workers. Could be well in the hundreds.
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This old article by director Jia Zhangke is being shared in China again. His words ring true more than ever:
"Their so-called 'patriotism' is one that's based on illusionary senses of national identity but ignores the fate of living people.
Patriotism without humanism is scary."
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And the “friend” who allegedly shared Peng’s photos happens to use an image of the Chinese flag as their WeChat profile pic.
How perfect for the screenshot!
Peng Shuai’s WeChat moments just posted three latest photos and said “Happy weekend”.
Her friend shared the three photos and the screenshot of Peng’s WeChat moments.
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How Hong Kong protesters rushed to remove barricades they just set up at the Tai Wai roundabout to make way for an approaching ambulance at the first sound of sirens.
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BREAKING: China just legalised use of re-education camps in
#Xinjiang
A revised law allows governments above county level to “educate and transform” people influenced by extremism through “vocational training centres”
Full-text:
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And a Chinese article about their plea on the Lancet has been censored in China.
Speaks volumes of how the government might view any unsanctioned cry for international help.
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"This trade war is not between China and the US," says economist Sheng Hong
@flourishflood
"It's a war between China's most powerful political interest group on one side, while the US and the people of China are on the other."
Wow.
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“The thing people talked about.”
The unmentionable, like Voldemort?
As a person who is familiar with Chinese system, I don’t believe Peng Shuai has received retaliation and repression speculated by foreign media for the thing people talked about.
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This is bringing me to tears...
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And now, Weibo users have started a new topic:
# I want freedom of speech #
How long will it last?
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A "New Era" themed subway train is now running in Changchun, China's northeastern rust belt.
It's hailed by local gov as a "highly condensed spiritual manual" of XJP Thought and the spirit of the 19th party congress, with a team preaching party propaganda to passengers - in rap
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China wrote off inconvenient truths about
#coronavirus
as "rumors" & punished people for telling the truth
And now, it is struggling with a flood of disinformation & wild conspiracy theories -- because many simply don't trust the government anymore
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I know I’m covering the protests but how can anyone walking by resist...
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Following Xi’s call on Monday for better propaganda and “public opinion guidance” work to tell the positive story of China’s fight against the
#WuhanCoronovirus
outbreak, the Central Propaganda Department is sending 300+ journalists to Wuhan and Hubei for “frontline reporting.”
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Gotta admire the humor & defiance of Shanghai residents.
After Shanghai said it was easing lockdown, some reported their govt’s official Weibo account to an anti-fraud app run by Chinese police.
“Please go after the Shanghai govt, they lie with their eyes wide open everyday.”
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More than a year after Ningxia removed all Arabic signs and Islamic decor from its streets in an effort to "Sinicise" Islam, a similar campaign is now underway in Beijing. Expect this to be rolled out nationwide soon, if not already
Beijing has ordered Arabic script off the signs of halal restaurants in the capital in its continued attempts to bring Islam under its control -
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This is the Xinhua report on the Jan 7 Politburo Standing Committee meeting chaired by Xi at the time — didn’t mention the outbreak at all.
It didn’t even add the usual caveat: “The meeting also studied other issues.”
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China tries to portray Xinjiang camps as humane "boarding schools", but its own govt documents plainly point to coercive internment and brainwashing
Important new research by
@adrianzenz
revealing true nature & extent (up to 1.5M detainees) of the camps
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Under China's increasingly stifling control over academic freedoms, simply voicing a different opinion can become an incredibly courageous act of defiance.
Kudos to Prof. Zhang Weiying for speaking out.
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Forget about the China import expo, THIS should be the headline of the day: Man goes shopping with his cat in Time Square, Hong Kong
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#ChloeZhao
's historic win at the
#Oscars
has made headlines around the world, but not in China, the country where she was born.
There was no livestream, no mention in state media, and posts sharing news of Zhao's win were swiftly censored on social media.
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I watched the whole 40 minutes of China's new quiz show on
#XJPThought
, so you don't have to.
Sample Question: 16-year-old Xi walked 15 km of mountain roads in Liangjiahe to borrow which of the following books?
A. Faust
B. War and Peace
C. Ordinary World
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More fallout from China's cybersecurity law:
From Nov 1, police can inspect internet service providers (yes, including Apple's new data centre in Guizhou), enter their premisses and look up and COPY all information considered relevant to cybersecurity
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On WeChat, an article featuring Tedros’ comments posted by the UN’s official public account has been “banned from sharing due to a violation of relevant laws and regulations.” Video clips of his speech are also being removed from the platform.
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“Thank you all for your care and attention...for your support and great kindness to him."
"He wouldn't lie."
Dr. Li Wenliang's mother told PearVideo in a heartbreaking interview after his death.
She wasn't even allowed to bid farewell to him in the end
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Special treatment for the “core” - Xi was the only leader on the rostrum who enjoyed the privilege of being served with a new cup of hot tea. Others only had hot water added to their cups.
#npc2018
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China's TV regulator just banned all “entertaining”period/idol dramas starting from August, to prepare for PRC's 70th Bday.
Instead, it gave stations a list of 86 "recommended" patriotic shows:
1. Lovely China
4. People's Choice
25. The Best of Times
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No protest can prevent Mr. Softee - Hong Kong’s famed ice cream truck - from business.
“Do you want some ice cream?” A protester asks her friend as they retreat from the roadblock they just set up on Canton Road.
And off they go merrily getting soft ice cream cones🍦
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A Chinese anime fan was taken away by police after she wore a kimono to pose for photos in Suzhou.
"If you come here wearing Hanfu, I wouldn't say this. But you are wearing a kimono, as a Chinese. You are a Chinese! Are you?" the police shouts at her.
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Prof. Zhao Suisheng on Xi's responsibility for the outbreak:
“China’s political system under Xi – with its high concentration of power, its opaqueness, the overemphasis on ideology and Leninist discipline – has almost fully removed society’s capacity to handle such crisis."
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Very sharp and on-point analysis from
@cnmediaproject
dissecting the brazen appropriation of
#Pengshuai
's voice by (the privileged male members of) Beijing's external propaganda organs, and the total silence around Peng in China's online sphere.
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Nearly 300 scholars call for added pressure on Beijing to end Xinjiang re-education camps by
@owenschurchill
Great to see at least one professor from a Hong Kong university (Dr. Mark Stevenson from CUHK) - and a Macau professor - among the signers!
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First heads to roll: Hubei's top health officials have been suspended from their duties, replaced by a national health official sent in by Beijing.
Both the party chief and the director of the Hubei provincial health commission were removed from duties Monday, per CCTV.
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CNN's digital team is hiring an Asia Writer, to be based in either Seoul, Hong Kong or Bangkok. Come and work with us!
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"HK authorities are responding by tracking the protesters in the digital places where they plan their moves, suggesting they are taking cues from the ways China polices the internet."
Don't forget HK police went on a STUDY TOUR to
#Xinjiang
, model of China's digital police state
The day before protests flared in Hong Kong, 10 police officers showed up at Ivan Ip’s house. They forced him to open his phone, and took data on a 20,000 person chat group organizing protests. How China polices the internet is becoming how Hong Kong does.
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Zhao Ziyang, who opposed the party's bloody Tiananmen crackdown, was finally laid to rest on the outskirts of Beijing – 14 yrs after his death.
His ashes were buried alongside intellectuals & artists, not in Babaoshan with other party leaders
@Junmai1103
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Here's one more:
- Countless young people will mature overnight after today: the world is not as beautiful as we had imagined. Are you angry? If any of us here has the honour to speak up for the public in the future, please make sure you remember tonight’s anger.
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Outside, tens of thousands of Hongkongers sweep through the streets. The rain has stopped, the skies cleared and their chants echo high between the skyscrapers: “Fight for freedom, stand with
#Hongkong
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Moments later, two police officers in face masks show up at her door, telling her she has to go into 14-day self-quarantine after returning from overseas.
“I tell you, no matter you’re a Chinese or a foreigner, you have to comply with the law of the People’s Republic of China.”
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From Weibo, under the now censored hashtag # I want freedom of speech #:
“The last time so many people had been awaken was 1989. I want freedom of speech."
The post has since been deleted.
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“I felt I had to pay tribute to the students who died. Every Chinese who has a conscience should come and commemorate.”
Maria, who saw the horror as she hid near Tiananmen Sq 30 yrs ago, was finally able to mourn the crackdown - outside a Chinese embassy
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SCMP: Chinese scientists will no longer be judged on number of papers published in intl journals
Instead, they'll be rewarded for innovation, contributions to society/economy & for "moving outside the Western scientific mainstream" - What does that mean?
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China's increased neighbourhood surveillance to contain the
#CoronavirusOutbreak
has come in handy for political crackdown as well.
Police in Guangzhou found & detained a key rights activist who had been in hiding for months during a "coronavirus check."
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"He said he wanted students to think independently. In order to do that, Qu told students to eschew a binary viewpoint of Eastern and Western culture."
Quite a hit back at the CCP's wholesale rejection of "Western values". So incredibly brave under such circumstances...
“Freedom is not a handout, we need to earn it with our efforts,” a college professor in Shanghai said to the class of 2019
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Marchers taking a moment to admire Pepe the Frog, a wildly popular symbol of
#Hongkong
’s pro-democracy movement this summer. Despite its alt-right association in the US, the cartoon figure is well-adored here for its playful defiance - much like the young protesters themselves
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No wonder it took Taobao three freaking weeks to send me two pairs of black yoga pants...
Shall I THANK THE PARTY they didn’t get confiscated?
What a game-changer. Give up now, it’s all over
China bans exports of black clothing to Hong Kong amid protests; all mailings to city ‘severely investigated’, courier firm worker says
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This is simply far too heart-wrenching to watch.
Having spent four years living on campus I thought I knew its every road, every turn, every building, even in the darkness of night.
But I completely don't recognise where this is.
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