For years, the Chinese government was the only major gatekeeper for films in China. But a nationalistic backlash against “Nomadland” shows that more and more, China’s online patriots can also influence the fate of a film or a company. https://t.co/qYtGYAz1Eo
"The Chinese government can squash the coronavirus and lock up some one million Uighurs in far-west Xinjiang.
Rounding up some illegal booksellers should be a piece of cake," writes @MichaelSchuman https://t.co/NxO9QTqatD
A global cybersecurity crisis is underway after a Chinese hack targeted Microsoft's business email software, infecting at least 60,000 victims so far https://t.co/XvknwmjuJh
I was asked what's my messages to my friends in the EU. My messages are clear and simple: don't take freedom for granted, and act now.
#StandwithHongKong
BREAKING: China will revamp the Hong Kong Election Committee that picks the city's leader, and will give it a say in choosing Legislative Council candidates https://t.co/z6uog7PCKx
u can’t sell houses u don’t own
u can’t sell cars u don’t own
but
u *can* sell stock u don’t own!?
this is bs – shorting is a scam
legal only for vestigial reasons
The latest update of my dearest friend @joshuawongcf: being treated as the most serious felon, escorted with shackles and chains. He was sentenced 13.5 months last month due to joining a peaceful assembly, and now facing NSL prosecution, which can lead to life-long imprisonment.
Jack Ma, China's richest man, led a charmed existence before he made the fatal mistake of overstepping the mark in his criticism of Chinese regulators and banks. https://t.co/brORkCg7lG
This is sickening but sadly what we’ve come to expect from Xi and the Chinese Communist Party. The atrocities occurring in Communist China against the Uyghurs are a genocide.
Propaganda can’t hide their crimes.
The European Parliament will, indeed, be a relevant "hurdle" in the political debate over the EU-China investment deal. Maybe, it will even be a wall. But CAI advocates could be surprised how broad a coalition of critics they will have to take on. https://t.co/5riEmNMjzA
Murdering babies, forcibly sterilising women, and kidnapping children.
Genocide denial has ended.
Now it appears the Chinese Communist Party wishes to celebrate its genocide of the Uyghur people.
The world must stop this.
Industrialised and celebrated eradication of a people.
On Wednesday, 53 pro-democracy activists were arrested in Hong Kong in the biggest crackdown since China imposed a draconian national security law last year. https://t.co/vUidvttFAa
How can the territory respond?
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