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Chris Fenton
3 years
@CBSThisMorning - My regretful complicity in Hollywood's misguided engagement w/ #China 's #CCP . #FeedingTheDragon - Inside the Trillion Dollar Dilemma Facing #Hollywood , the #NBA , & #American Business...
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Chris Fenton
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“”Hollywood is now pushing back,” says Fenton. “The market is simply not worth the aggravation anymore in attempting to please Chinese censors.”” Tide is turning! #TopGun #TomCruise Risks Upsetting China With Taiwan Flag on Jacket
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Chris Fenton
4 months
My latest op-Ed: "TikTok provides Beijing an ability 2 understand, control, & influence Americans well beyond simply Hollywood content. In fact, the platform is much more damaging in how it shapes the opinions & perspectives of adults under 30." #TikTok
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Chris Fenton
3 years
“My conversation w/ #EnesKanter was real short & sweet... We’re always going 2 support any of r players & their right to #freespeech & expression... That’s the way it’s been (w/ #Celtics ) & that’s the way it’ll continue 2 b.” @BCCoachStevens BRAVO!!!
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Chris Fenton
2 years
“Washington should be helping U.S. companies get out of China, not helping them to get in. We should do more to confront China’s economic aggression, not less.” Well said ⁦ @joshrogin ⁩! ⁦ @DerekScissors1 ⁩ w/ great insight too!!
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Chris Fenton
2 years
How the F did we let this happen???
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Chris Fenton
9 months
“TikTok is about free speech (WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS) and innovation (UNDER XI), the epitome of libertarian (COMMUNIST) and free market (CENTRALLY PLANNED) ideals. The idea of banning #TikTok is an anathema to everything I believe.” #Yass Hmmm..
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Chris Fenton
3 years
@JoeXu I’m a fan of #JohnCena . Produced his comedy #Blockers . This issue is systemic. & I’ve been extremely vocal about that. No one actor can fix it, & Cena is complying w/ his contract. This #CCP problem must b addressed industry-wide, across all industries, & as nation! Now!
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Chris Fenton
2 years
I’ll probably be the first from my #Hollywood community to say this... FIGHT FOR FREEDOM! STAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF CHINA... I’m hopeful others will join me... It’s time!! @dmorey #HumanRights
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Chris Fenton
2 years
Elon Musk said Beijing sought assurances that he would never provide satellite internet access through his company Starlink in China as he has in Ukraine. @FT @BethanyAllenEbr And his response was???
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Chris Fenton
1 year
"The US is violating the principles of market economy and international trade rules in considering a ban on Chinese citizens buying property in the US." Hmmm... I don't believe Americans can own land in China either, so this seems fair.
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Chris Fenton
2 years
"Fenton knows, 'at least one major Hollywood studio is projecting ZERO REVENUE for China now when they green-light movies. It's now impossible to factor in the whims of the Chinese government at any given moment.'" @michelletoh_ @jaketapper @AynneKokas
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Chris Fenton
2 years
@EnesFreedom
Enes FREEDOM
3 years
Staying silent only increases the appetite of authoritarian governments. Morals > Money
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Chris Fenton
1 year
“BBC StoryWorks, has years-long ties 2 China & is making money producing sponsored content 4 the Chinese propaganda machine & country’s biggest companies.” ⁦ @Jake_Kanter ⁩ ⁦ @DeadlineNancy ⁩ True & brave journalism! Well done ⁦ @DEADLINE ⁩!
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Chris Fenton
10 months
“Taiwan is hesitant to use Starlink’s services for fear of Musk’s close ties with China.” ⁦ @elonmusk ⁩, should Taiwan be hesitant? #tesla #Taiwan and #China are united by their suspicion of #Elon Musk
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Chris Fenton
8 months
"Chinese companies have found a way to earn the “Made in Mexico” tag to essentially capitalize on the duty-free bloc. This clearly undercuts Washington’s nearshoring strategy of diversifying supply chains to places closer to the U.S." Hmmm...
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Chris Fenton
4 years
It's on bookshelves today! FEEDING THE DRAGON: Inside the Trillion Dollar Dilemma Facing #Hollywood , the #NBA , & #American Business! I will be talking #China all day. Enjoy the read!
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Chris Fenton
2 years
" #TikTok said it would allow Chinese staff remote access to personal data of its European users just days after a senior U.S. regulator called for the social media phenomenon to be banned." Ban it!!! TikTok admits China staff can access user data
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Chris Fenton
2 years
Tipping point approaching?
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Chris Fenton
3 years
“Using the “ #NBA as a platform, or sports to convey these human rights messages, is just magical. Because now suddenly, it is a topic for every NBA fan in America and around the world.”” ⁦ @badiucao #EnesKanter #China #CCP #HumanRights
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Chris Fenton
11 months
#TikTok , controlled by Beijing, was released in America in September 2016. Peak pride in being American for young adults was exactly then. Anyone see a correlation? @BrendanCarrFCC @DavidSacks @committeeonccp @RepGallagher @profgalloway @SenatorBennet @CongressmanRaja
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Chris Fenton
2 years
"The NBA's stated principles were butting up against the realities of doing business in China. "I think the NBA was caught with its feet in two boats, and both were separating," Fenton said." @markfwespn NBA's uneasy China relationship
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Chris Fenton
10 months
What? No way! TikTok Has Pushed Chinese Propaganda Ads To Millions Across Europe
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Chris Fenton
2 years
2 years ago I asked this question on ⁦ @TuckerCarlson ⁩: Since then, we have, as a nation, avoided answering it. However, now we must! And we must... together! United! #China #America #NationalSecurity
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Chris Fenton
2 years
"Did #Biden drop the ball on #TikTok and #China ? An explosive report from BuzzFeed raises more questions about whether TikTok, the Chinese-owned video app, exposes the personal information of Americans to Beijing." @andrewrsorkin @nytimes #India banned it. We should too!
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Chris Fenton
1 year
She will be in the US... Don’t tell us what we can or cannot do on our soil! China vows retaliation if Kevin McCarthy meets Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen
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Chris Fenton
2 years
“China warned it would take strong measures if Speaker Pelosi visited Taiwan.” Think about that for a moment... One country, #China , dictating whether the #USA can visit another, #Taiwan ! Doesn’t work that way! Not anymore!
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Chris Fenton
4 years
On the lighter side, I thought this was fun - though I'm a bit depressed I recognized almost all of them (love the blue light special!)... If You Recognize Any Of These 35 Pictures, Congratulations! You Are Officially Old via @davestopera
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Chris Fenton
3 years
@EnesKanter said Wednesday he recently spoke with #NBA Commissioner #AdamSilver about his campaign against #China ’s #humanrights violations, and that Silver told him the league stands with him in his protest.” If true, NBA may be in real trouble w/ #CCP !
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Chris Fenton
2 years
Markets not yet understanding the magnitude of #Pelosi visiting #Taiwan . No matter what, business in/with #China will never be the same - whether as CONSUMER MARKET, MANUFACTURER, or SUPPLY CHAIN provider. Investors & C-suites must wake-up to this new reality...
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Chris Fenton
2 years
"Taiwan's government says that as the island has never been ruled by the People's Republic of China, its sovereignty claims are void." Well said... Taiwan denounces China's peaceful 'reunification' pledge
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Chris Fenton
2 years
The hubris! The banks must tell Beijing to F-off! America’s not putting up w/ this anymore! China told US banks like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan to avoid publishing politically sensitive research ahead of a key Communist Party summit, report says
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Chris Fenton
1 year
Why do I care so much about #China 's influence over #Hollywood & the #NBA ? Because it affects America's National Security! Every semester I lecture at @NWC_NDU . Beijing's challenge to the United States seems more dire with each visit. And this time is surely no exception!!
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Chris Fenton
8 months
"Although Fenton... is a respected member of the Hollywood community w/ a Washington presence, his case was seen as something of a David vs. Goliath struggle." My family & I thank you all for the outpouring of support! We are both humbled & inspired!!
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Chris Fenton
2 years
“Every single one of our clients would like to stop manufacturing in China, and people say, ‘Why don’t they?’ There’s a million reasons why it’s just not that easy.” ⁦ @danharris ⁩ We rang the alarm rang for years... Now it’s finally being heard.
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Chris Fenton
2 years
“What if Xi does not want the Russia Ukraine war to end any time soon, because it is exhausting US and Nato's weapons stockpiles, and that will make it even harder for the US to respond to a military move on Taiwan?” @niubi Great question! And we probably know the answer...
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Chris Fenton
2 years
“Many questioned why Zhu, an American-born skater, was picked to represent China at the expense of an athlete born in the country.” Fair weather friends... Soon #WhereIsZhuYi ???
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Chris Fenton
3 years
@benshapiro @JohnCena @KingJames I’m a fan of #JohnCena . Produced his comedy #Blockers . This issue is systemic. & I’ve been extremely vocal about that. No one actor can fix it, & Cena is complying w/ his contract. This #CCP problem must b addressed industry-wide, across all industries, & as nation! Now!
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Chris Fenton
3 months
“TikTok shareholders who 'make any critical, adverse or disparaging statement' about the company risk having their entire holdings seized.” Another reason to pass the Bill!
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Chris Fenton
1 year
5 years later (or earlier): “China competitor uses #Tesla technology to crush Tesla’s market share in PRC.” Tesla to build Megafactory in Shanghai
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Chris Fenton
2 years
"Mark Warner, one of the most senior Democrats in US Congress, said he harboured deep concerns about the privacy and national security risks of popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok." #NationalSecurity is not a Red or Blue issue. Ban #TikTok !!!
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Chris Fenton
4 years
Inventive meme... #Mulan driving the tank. #CCP #Hollywood #FeedingTheDragon
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Chris Fenton
1 year
“If China can no longer deliver top-tier box office for Hollywood tentpoles, especially as most films return just 25% of the gross to the studios, there’s little reason for Tinseltown to aggressively court the marketplace.” ⁦ @ScottMendelson ⁩ True!
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Chris Fenton
2 years
Two year anniversary of #FeedingTheDragon hitting the market! Even timely now... And selling better than ever! Thank u all for your support & for enjoying my #China story! Humbled & honored... @simonschuster @PostHillPress
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Chris Fenton
3 years
@CBSThisMorning - My regretful complicity in Hollywood's misguided engagement w/ #China 's #CCP . #FeedingTheDragon - Inside the Trillion Dollar Dilemma Facing #Hollywood , the #NBA , & #American Business...
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Chris Fenton
3 years
"China will hold those who support "Taiwan independence" criminally liable for life." Wow!!! Does the #CCP have a prison that can hold 7,000,000,000 people? #China spurs #Taiwan anger with criminal liability threat for independence supporters
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Chris Fenton
1 year
“We must immediately address national security concerns derived from China’s digital authoritarianism, & I look forward 2 working w/ ⁦ @ThirdWayNatSec ⁩ 2 find vital solutions 2 America’s most pressing global challenge.” Boom! ⁦ @JaysonBrowder
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Chris Fenton
3 years
“Despite speaking out on issues such as Black Lives Matter, the #NBA has stayed silent on #China — — highlighting its struggle in balancing player activism with the lucrative Chinese market... ...NBA made me do this.””⁦ @EnesKanter
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Chris Fenton
3 years
@disclosetv I’m a fan of #JohnCena . Produced his comedy #Blockers . This issue is systemic. & I’ve been extremely vocal about that. No one actor can fix it, & Cena is complying w/ his contract. This #CCP problem must b addressed industry-wide, across all industries, & as nation! Now!
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Chris Fenton
3 years
@nytimes I’m a fan of #JohnCena . Produced his comedy #Blockers . This issue is systemic. & I’ve been extremely vocal about that. No one actor can fix it, & Cena is complying w/ his contract. This #CCP problem must b addressed industry-wide, across all industries, & as nation! Now!
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Chris Fenton
2 years
“”Anyone can download a vpn,” Gu replied, “it’s literally free on the App Store.”” Whoops!!! #FreedomOfSpeech #HumanRights 2022 #Olympics : #EileenGu 's VPN comment doesn't sit well in China
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Chris Fenton
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Chris Fenton
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Chris Fenton
1 year
“Producer Chris Fenton, who serves as an advisor to the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party chaired by Gallagher, stated that the meeting touched on film quotas, pre-meditated censorship, revenue sharing and more.” A good start. #hopeful
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Chris Fenton
3 years
“”Who owns #China ? It’s owned by ‘red bloodlines,’” referring to families of #CCP revolutionary elders. Wealthy entrepreneurs, “are like super salarymen,” working on behalf of the true owners of the country, the revolutionary elite.”” #DesmondShum
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Chris Fenton
2 years
Consider the big data of Americans harvested by #Beijing from #TikTok & their amplified capabilities of #AI application ten years from now... Just saying... #India banned the app. So should the U.S.! How China Is Policing the Future
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Chris Fenton
2 years
“Chinese authorities pay trawlers large sums of money, more than they can make through fishing, to anchor for at least 280 days a year to enforce Beijing's claim on the islands.” Sea-Squatting...
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Chris Fenton
1 year
“And any repeat of the pulled “Simpsons” episode will kick-start intense scrutiny. “Now it’s really dangerous for a studio to fix their Beijing problem because everyone outside China is watching,” Fenton says.”” ⁦ @TatianaSiegel27 ⁩ ⁦ @Variety
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Chris Fenton
1 year
“China is increasingly barring people, including foreign executives, from leaving the country.” Foreign executives? Say what??
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Chris Fenton
2 years
Has anyone explained why it's beneficial for American interests to allow Beijing-controlled companies continued access to US capital markets??? The U.S. and China are one step closer to preventing stocks like Alibaba from delisting. What to watch next
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Chris Fenton
8 months
“This is perhaps Beijing’s way of signaling to the West that they may not be very happy with how things are going." Junior High School Diplomacy... China takes back pandas from zoos in U.S., U.K.
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Chris Fenton
3 years
“Their presence mostly wiped clean from the country's internet -- so complete is their erasure, it has been likened by fans online to the formation of a black hole following the collapse of a star.” #China #CCP #Totalitarian #communism #freedom
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Chris Fenton
2 years
"US officials go further, arguing that Chinese authorities have decided as a matter of policy 2 foster the drug trade in the Americas in order to destabilize the region and spread corruption, addiction and death here." hmmm... Gangster & Money Laundering
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Chris Fenton
2 years
June 4, 1989... Never forget... #TiananmenSquareMassacre
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Chris Fenton
3 years
@Archfeldspar1 @Jkylebass @ScottAdamsSays @GordonGChang @robert_spalding Turned out #China was never safe for the #american values and rights we have fought so hard for - and many died doing so - to protect either!
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Chris Fenton
3 years
@CBSThisMorning - My regretful complicity in Hollywood's misguided engagement w/ #China 's #CCP . #FeedingTheDragon - Inside the Trillion Dollar Dilemma Facing #Hollywood , the #NBA , & #American Business...
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Chris Fenton
2 years
“Beijing has created “civilian-military fusion,”- any technological advance in the civilian market must b applied directly 2 the military sphere. & they courted & seduced powerful people in USA’s tech industry to willingly play along.” @peterschweizer ?
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Chris Fenton
1 year
"The Chinese side didn’t provide “anything that provides any kind of credible explanation as to what this balloon was,” a senior State Department official said." So surprising... via @WSJ
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Chris Fenton
2 years
“Chinese companies have successfully burrowed into the U.S. media ecosystem with little to no pushback from U.S. regulators, particularly when it comes to radio stations.”
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Chris Fenton
2 years
Does our ambassador to China have the same access to speak freely on a social media platform inside the PRC? Asking for a friend...
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Qin Gang 秦刚
2 years
We are one China, and #Taiwan is part of China. This is an indisputable fact supported by #history and the #law . Here are some excerpts from China’s latest white paper on #Taiwan . Read and know more:
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Chris Fenton
2 years
“Police found notes in Chou’s car indicating that he did not believe Taiwan should be an independent state separate from China.” Oh man... Church shooting suspect tied to pro-China group
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Chris Fenton
2 years
“I feel like people who are investing in Chinese equities are breaking their fiduciary duty to their investors." @Jkylebass
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Chris Fenton
2 years
“The Chinese government is currently holding at least 127 journalists behind bars, making it the world's largest jailer of journalists.” #whereishazefan #WhereIsPengShuai #Humanrights #FreeSpeech @RSF_en @RSF_inter @BethanyAllenEbr @axios
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Chris Fenton
6 months
#HappyThanksgiving from the Fenton Family!!!
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Chris Fenton
2 years
A must watch... Ban #TikTok !
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2 years
“It’s almost like [Chinese company Bytedance] recognize[s] that technology’s influencing kids’ development, and they make their domestic version a spinach TikTok, while they ship the opium version to the rest of the world,” says Tristan Harris.
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Chris Fenton
1 year
“Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Missiles and Defense won’t be able to conduct trade relating to China or make any new investments in the country.” Why did we allow key national-security-related companies to do this in the first place?
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Chris Fenton
4 months
“TikTok, a platform rooted deep into the fabric of American youth culture, is at the forefront of this transformation. It’s not merely a SM app; it’s a potent tool of influence, information, data collection, commerce, & creativity.” Me Beijing controlled!
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Chris Fenton
3 years
By attending #Beijing2022 the world validates the wrongs of the #CCP ... That’s not right! We must reconsider or require change... #HumanRights #Censorship #NationalSecurity #HK #Taiwan #COVID19 #IPTheft #AI etc. @EnesKanter @badiucao #FreedomShoes #NoBeijing2022
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Enes FREEDOM
3 years
The genocidal Chinese government and the insecure tyrant behind it all XI JINPING must not be allowed to host the upcoming Winter Olympics. Say NO to @Beijing2022 !! #FreedomShoes #NoBeijing2022
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Chris Fenton
1 year
I bet Beijing’s not happy w/ WHO for telling the truth... China Covid: Beijing 'under-representing' true impact of outbreak, WHO says - CNN
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Chris Fenton
3 years
“If u want to pursue a career of performing arts, u must always follow the rule of law, keep bottom-line of morality.” “Otherwise, once u touch the red line of law and morality, u will reach the ‘finish line’ of the road of performing arts.” #XiJinping
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Chris Fenton
4 years
@WarRoomPandemic
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#SteveBannon tells @MariaBartiromo : @realDonaldTrump is a war leader. We need to stop playing games with the #CCP today, stop being a supplicant. If they don't turn over every piece of evidence on the #CCPVirus , we must cut them off, sanction individuals. WATCH 👇
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Chris Fenton
1 year
“The decision comes as a blow to Beijing’s efforts to bring fugitives back to China.” Bravo Italy!!! Italian supreme court blocks extradition to China after landmark human rights ruling
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Chris Fenton
2 years
1 minute explanation of why @SonnyBunch is 100% correct... #TopGunMaverick #TomCruise #FreedomOfSpeech
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Chris Fenton
2 years
" #Hollywood has LESS TO FEAR from losing the #Chinese marketplace than it might have thought. And, perhaps just as important, #America ’s movie studios can reclaim the moral high ground as CHAMPIONS OF AMERICAN VALUES at home." Well said, @SonnyBunch !
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Chris Fenton
3 years
"Enes Kanter’s campaign against #China ’s #Communist Party has been unrelenting." @TheEconomist Indeed it has. @EnesKanter attempting to keep attention of fickle news-cycle. Gutsy & not easy. Lots of headwinds. #HumanRights #FreeSpeech #NBA
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Chris Fenton
2 years
“More than 2,600 officials at agencies from Commerce to the Treasury Department, during both GOP & Democratic administrations, disclosed stock investments in companies while those same companies were lobbying their agencies for favorable policies.” WTF!
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Chris Fenton
2 years
"Chinese employees do have access to US user data. She reiterated that #TikTok has said it would “under no circumstances … give that data to China” & denied TikTok is in any way influenced by #China ." Obviously #CCP has no influence over its citizens!
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