The European Union will for the first time finance the purchase and delivery of weapons, in a show of support for Ukraine against Russia’s invasion https://t.co/IPk6np5pHy
Get one tomorrow. It’s the last chance to show our support to #appledailyhk
Thanks for reporting the truth for the past 26 years
#HongKonger we still have to continue the fight until #CCP collapses!
#香港人加油#PressFreedom#HongKong
Amidst another arrest earlier today of an opinion writer of the paper, #AppleDaily has decided to change stop printing by tomorrow, its website will come to an end too. The best-selling, the only pro-democracy newspaper in #HongKong shut within a week,[...]
Thank you @DominicRaab
This is a welcome statement
But what we need now is action
The #CCP won't be changed by robust statements alone
They must feel the consequences of their actions
We need sanctions NOW.
https://t.co/xn88dH6yPq
47 pro- Democracy activists charged in inciting of subversion under #NatioanlSecurityLaw has hearing today.
Security tight as crowds gather outside #HongKong court https://t.co/vubQdHRZD1
#HongKong you need to get back on Twitter.
It shapes reporting and influences politicians. We wouldn't have got the BN(O) policy without it.
Yes, it's not a perfect platform, but you have to work with the tools you've got.
27hrs after our story published, the @hkpoliceforce has put out a statement denying our report -- except our story does *NOT* say that the devices of the 53 arrested under the NSL were sent to mainland. It says police have begun doing this w/o specifying:
https://t.co/0KPt48Wq4n
#CCP propaganda arm directed media outlets to” strictly involve” the official line
“If any company announcements oppose official stance, do not publish, re-post, quote foreign media,” the directive said.
Under CCP regime, it’s a dead end even #JackMa
https://t.co/buMD1Sx3io
The world’s biggest #solar companies in China (polysilicon for solar panel) using forced labour
#Xinjiang ‘s rising solar energy sector connects “assigned labour” in #China
Those solar panels really generating #cleanenergy or tainted with blood?
https://t.co/oNXUBsZolm
#China thinks digital yuan can help internationalise yuan by offering a new and efficient way for counties to settle cross-border payments.
But, according to BIS, the #yuan accounts for slightly over 4% of international transactions, & the US dollar comprises 88%
#CBDC Central Bank Digital Currency is a digital yuan controlled & issued by People’s Bank of China.
Tested in Shenzhen, Suzhou, Chengdu, Xiong’an & the venues for Olympic #Beijing2022
80% of world’s central bank starts to conceptualise & research it
https://t.co/UZsNVcqqED
#CCP curtails growing influence of technology companies
No internet connection is required for these payments, creating frictionless system
Digital yuan is a tool to boost administrative power and sideline #Tendent#WeChat and #Alibaba#Alipay#China
https://t.co/szdSfN5eO1