Hong Kong Rights group have issued a joint statement on Friday expressing “grave concerns” over the safety of expats in the UK. It comes as a number of Hongkongers were allegedly attacked and as social media messages were posted recruiting Chinese “patriots” to attack Hongkongers and offering rewards for doxing activists. The statement, signed by dozens…
Rights Groups Express ‘Grave Concerns’ as Hong Kong Activists Threatened in UK
December 4, 2021
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China Says 85 Percent of Citizens Will Use Mandarin by 2025
BEIJING—The Chinese regime is launching an aggressive campaign to promote Mandarin, saying 85 percent of its citizens will use the national language by 2025. The move appears to put threatened Chinese regional dialects such as Cantonese and Hokkien under even greater pressure, along with minority languages such as Tibetan, Mongolian, and Uyghur. The order issued…
Peter Dahlin: How Peng Shuai’s #MeToo Escalated to Boycotting the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
November 30, 2021
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Peng Shuai, a celebrity athlete in China who accused a former Chinese Communist Party high-ranking official of sexual assault on Chinese social media, disappeared. The internet began asking about her disappearance, and that led to sports organizations like the Women’s Tennis Association and the International Tennis Federation asking for answers over her safety. To stabilize…
Hong Kong Seeks Arrest of Two Ex-politicians Accused of Inciting Blank Votes at Election
Hong Kong authorities on Nov.29 issued arrest warrants for two former lawmakers living abroad for allegedly inciting others not to vote or cast blank votes in the upcoming elections. Ted Hui, former democratic legislator, and Yau Man-chun, former district councilor, had “allegedly breached” the regulations by “inciting members of the public to cast blank votes and…
Emails From Chinese Tennis Star Were Clearly Influenced: WTA Chairman
November 28, 2021
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The head of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) is to suspend future email communication with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, as the once-missing player still cannot express herself freely, a spokesman said on Nov. 27. The sports body had been seeking to hear from the former top-ranked doubles player over the past three weeks. It…
US Commission Asks IOC to Do More for Chinese Tennis Player and Press China on Human Rights Violations
November 25, 2021
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The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers, has criticized the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for not doing enough for Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), chair and co-chair of the CECC, voiced their criticism in two separate letters dated Nov. 24. One…
US Commission Asks IOC to Do More for Chinese Tennis Player Peng Shuai
November 25, 2021
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The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers, has criticized the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for not doing enough for Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), chair and co-chair of the CECC, voiced their criticism in two separate letters dated Nov. 24. One…
UN and EU Urge China to Free Seriously Ill Journalist Jailed Over Wuhan Outbreak Reporting
November 24, 2021
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The United Nations and the European Union renewed their call for Beijing to immediately release a dangerously ill journalist who was imprisoned over her reporting during the early days of the pandemic. Zhang Zhan, a 38-year-old woman, who has been detained in Shanghai since May 2020, can barely walk or raise her head without assistance…
20-Year-Old Hong Kong Activist Gets 43 Months in Prison Under Beijing-Imposed Security Law
A 20-year-old Hong Kong student was sentenced to three years and seven months in prison on Nov. 23, the youngest activist to be jailed under the Beijing-imposed national security law. The sentence was handed down three weeks after Tony Chung pleaded guilty to charges of secession and one count of money laundering. Despite the charges,…
US Lawmakers, Rights Group Criticize IOC Over Talks With Chinese Tennis Player
November 23, 2021
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U.S. lawmakers and a number of rights groups are criticizing the International Olympics Committee (IOC) after its President Thomas Bach took part in a phone call with missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. “It has been disturbing to see the IOC take statements from CCP [Chinese Communist Party] propagandists at face value since Peng Shuai’s…
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