Kris Cheng
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Hong Kong journalist covering local politics, Greater China, diplomacy, archives. Words @hkfp @foreignpolicy @washingtonpost @voacantonese @nikkeiasia
Hong Kong/London
Joined April 2007
Labour delays China super-embassy decision again amid spy case row
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Critics question move and claim final call will be made ‘on politics, not planning law’
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I did a translation of all 6 related announcements here. Today's actions go way beyond semiconductors. You company needs drill bits for oil and gas drilling? You will need a PRC license... The PRC just showed that it can control the supply chains for "new quality productive
CHINA JUST WEAPONIZED THE ENTIRE RARE EARTH SUPPLY CHAIN get used to reading chinese MOFCOM bulletins because they're writing american industrial policy now. announced today: any product containing >0.1% chinese rare earth materials needs beijing's approval before re-export to
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European parliament renews its call on China to release Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, kidnapped 10 years ago
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Reporters sans frontières (RSF) salue l’adoption, ce 9 octobre 2025, d’une résolution par le Parlement européen appelant la Chine à libérer l’éditeur suédois Gui Minhai, enlevé par des agents chinois...
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What did Jonathan Powell not do?
EXC Jonathan Powell suppressed a major Whitehall investigation into Chinese spying after lobbying from the Treasury. Powell decided in June that the Government would not publish details about Beijing’s espionage from the Foreign Office’s “China audit”.
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Sora 2 Prompt: "Make an ad for Vectara featuring me ala "Old Spice – The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” ad. It should feature me wearing gym wear. I should also be very muscular and fit. Backgrounds: San Francisco Bay Area, Carmel Highlands, Pyramids of Giza, and Saudi Arabia"
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Collapse of China spy case shows ‘UK can be bullied’, says trial witness https://t.co/EsUEoBDmCS via @ft
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Government failed to provide evidence China was a threat to national security
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Interestingly, Mr Kwok's YouTube watching history - that he watched videos made by and about his daughter - was part of the agreed facts, to partially prove that he knew his daughter was being wanted
The trial of Hong Kong democracy activist Anna Kwok’s father began today. He’s accused of “handling assets of an absconder”—a charge transparently designed to punish Anna, who lives abroad and has a bounty on her head from Hong Kong’s National Security Police for her advocacy
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Hong Kong court orders ex-protester who broke police officer’s finger to pay HK$150,000 in damages. In full:
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A Hong Kong court has ordered a former protester to pay a police officer more than HK$150,000 in damages for breaking the officer’s finger during a demonstration in 2019. To Kai-wa. File photo: Sup…
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That’s a long summary… the question is, what level of contact with China would be acceptable for a national security advisor? All these happened before he was appointed as NSA, and there’s still no public opportunity to scrutinise his ties with China.
Jonathan Powell had been busy for a while in/with the PRC. September 21–22, 2024: The first “U.S.–China Strategic Security and Stability Dialogue (Track II)” was held in Beijing, organised by the Grandview Institution (国观智库), supported by The China-United States Exchange
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This is a bruising quote from the former director of public prosecutions Ken McDonald on Number 10’s ‘nothing to see here’ position on the Chinese spy case. McDonald: "Everybody's saying, you know, ‘I knew nothing about this. The decision was made by somebody else. No one
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I am puzzled by the apparent position of the PM on the dropping of the prosecutions in the alleged China spying cases. I am not an expert in this area so am happy to be corrected. But it seems to me that two things are being conflated. /1
This does not address the fact the Crown Prosecution Service says it spent months seeking further evidence from government about the threat posed by China — but got nothing. Also, the PM claims his hands were tied by the Conservative govt’s classification of China. Is that
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Campaigners had tried really hard to push the “China threat” narrative into the public eye, for example, through the Chinese embassy, FIRS, and united front activities. It turned out to be one unexpected twist in the spy case.
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The Chinese espionage case collapsed after the government refused to designate Beijing a national security threat despite efforts over “many months” to get the evidence, Britain’s top prosecutor has said Stephen Parkinson, the director of public prosecutions, said the Crown
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Reflections 🎬 A short teaser created with Grok Imagine.
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As of tonight, the prime minister and the Crown Prosecution Service remain at odds as to why this case fell apart — a constitutionally fascinating if politically unsustainable situation. Starmer: hands were tied by previous administration’s designation of China CPS: we spent
This does not address the fact the Crown Prosecution Service says it spent months seeking further evidence from government about the threat posed by China — but got nothing. Also, the PM claims his hands were tied by the Conservative govt’s classification of China. Is that
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Hong Kong plans to install tens of thousands of surveillance cameras that will make use of AI-powered facial recognition, said security chief Chris Tang. CCTV cameras will increase from the current 4,000 to 60,000 by 2028, he told lawmakers. @AFP story: https://t.co/FzImIo8cwt
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Sir Keir Starmer's national security chief won't have to face a public grilling over collapse of China spy case with committee hearing to be held behind closed doors | Daily Mail Online
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Sir Keir Starmer's security chief is to face questions in Parliament about the Chinese spying case - but behind closed doors.
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😂😂Water torture... China turns off the taps for British diplomats after row over 'mega-embassy' in London | Daily Mail Online
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The ploy is said to be the latest tactic by President Xi Jinping to ensure he gets approval for his plans to build a complex at Royal Mint Court in the City.
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A Hong Kong lawyer told me that some international legal groups refuse to attend events in HK as the Law Society’s reputation took a huge hit in recent years Whileas the Bar Association “knew their limits” and didn’t seek to disbar Martin Lee or Dennis Kwok to avoid intl outcry
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A video of the 'Dystopian World dream story, from The Earth Simulation Life As We Knew It. I used the dream story text for context while prompting the Images in Grok and the video clips in Imagine. The video clips were arranged in a video editor to create this 3:49 min
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