#SummitForDemocracy Intersession Remark: We must leverage all we have to ensure that democracy’s revival is our top priority. Dedicate this speech to all my friends in Hong Kong. @POTUS

#BREAKING : Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of all three charges in his national security trial. He faced two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, and one count of conspiracy to publish seditious publications.

🖋️@nathanlawkc's @Telegraph piece mourns the loss of civil society & political opposition in #HongKong that could have prevented last week's tragic fire. He captures the rage many #HongKongers feel at being denied the freedom to vent their anger. https://t.co/E3wESpAnGh

Putin fears democracy consolidating in Ukraine because it shows a different future is possible for the Russian people, too. A free, democratic Ukraine exposes the lie at the heart of his worldview. From my conversation with @batchelorshow

Link to the article: https://t.co/CB9JWDMNAy

The killer Hong Kong fire shows how freedom is an even greater loss than you'd think “Bid rigging” has been a politically contentious issue in Hong Kong. As these types of corruption scandals became more rampant, watchdogs and civil groups formed the “anti-bid rigging

My friend @nathanlawkc is right UK must keep its promises to #HongKongers UK immigration plans may betray Hong Kong refugees, says exiled politician Nathan Law says ‘moral obligation’ to Hongkongers should extend to anyone fleeing from political persecution

My latest in the @nationalpost alongside @nathanlawkc. "Canada-China relations seem to be progressing in a historical vacuum, as if the last decade of China’s aggression towards Canada and total disregard for human rights was wiped away with the most recent election cycle."

1/ LATEST: A major fire engulfing multiple residential buildings in Tai Po has killed at least 13 people, including a firefighter, and injured over a dozen, the Fire Services Department has said. Full updates on HKFP: https://t.co/K9ouwoeOwe #hongkong #taipo Photo: Kyle

The BN(O) visa route changes are unnecessary, and critically damaging to the government. After the 1984 Joint Declaration and the transfer of sovereignty in 1997, while holders of the British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) passport were not granted the right of abode in the UK, the

Link to the article: https://t.co/Zp1bTuYtcO

How AI enables authoritarian regimes to suppress individuals' rights are an under-researched area. I looked at the case of China and offered a glimpse of how overseas activists could counter it.

The U.S. can’t compete with China by turning inward. We’ve stopped believing in trade, investing abroad, and attracting talent. Competing means doing the opposite — investing, trading, and welcoming the best minds, not shutting them out.

#BREAKING news is finally out of the worst case of 🇨🇳 interference in UK academia I have ever seen - reported today in the Guardian (front page) and BBC. I’ve worked on this with Prof Murphy for two years, and here is the shocking summary: 1️⃣ PRC agents visited @SheffieldHallam

What’s nice is we’re back to wolf warrior diplomacy. It’s not friendly but it has the virtue of honesty. We are being threatened by bullies. We have a choice - we can become victims or choose strength. Cowardice doesn’t suit us.

Another source confirms that new Chinese embassy sits atop sensitive data cables. The @FCDOGovUK explicitly denied this to the United States Government in August. The Security Minister this week implied it was “nonsense”. 5 media outlets and now Cummings say otherwise.

China has: - spied on Parliament - attacked dissidents- - threatened Hongkongers - stolen technology - collapsed businesses But somehow they claim the UK has shown “disregard for contractual spirit, acting in bad faith and without integrity”. And they end it with a threat: The

The head of MI5 says he will "never back off" from confronting threats from China as he revealed his officers disrupted a case linked to Beijing in just the past week. Full story: https://t.co/cs997DxRI3

Happy birthday, @joshuawongcf. At such a young age, you’ve already endured more than four years in prison. Who knows how many more years Beijing will try to steal your freedom with fabricated charges. Stay safe, my friend. I know we’ll meet again one day.

This government claim the last government didn’t describe China as a threat… I hope this helps clarify: