A little throw back: I spoke to @60Minutes exactly about transnational repression a month before the gov’t arrested my then 68-year-old dad in 2025.
It became the only “voice” I had at the time to my dad’s arrest. Unplanned and unintended yet unfortunately, apt and timely.
Opinion: “Preventing people from graduating as a disciplinary move is the capital punishment of university discipline. It is and should be the last resort,” writes Tim Hamlett on the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s decision to expel student Miles Kwan after his reported national security arrest.
In full: https://t.co/KnyRpPX3NH @HKFP Photo: HKFP.
I thank the U.S. government for standing in solidarity with us as my father sits in jail and as I face transnational repression.
The worsening of Hong Kong repression tactics must not be ignored.
From #JimmyLai’s sentencing to the collective punishment of activists’ families, Beijing is watching how the US responds as it escalates repression in #HongKong.@jonstivers' piece lays out the tools US has—Congress can start passing HKETO Certification Act.https://t.co/N2kusKi3l0
Spending the first day of the year of the Horse at the State Department. Good to have caught up with friends and colleagues as we enter the Lunar new year.
As my 69-year-old father receives his sentence to silence me next week, transnational repression worsens on American soil.
An important piece by my friend @lukedepulford of @ipacglobal on @Keir_Starmer's likely dangerous, disastrous decision to approve #China's new London mega spy centre
Join us this Saturday at 2pm at Royal Mint Court to protest against it.
This spineless Government is poised to let China build a huge spy bunker in the heart of London https://t.co/YQg7RpvOtL
Grateful to meet with @SameerZuberi of #CIMM to discuss the urgent challenges facing #HongKongPathway applicants, including limited H&C quotas – with delays leaving some waiting over a decade for PR. Thank you for addressing #HongKong’s political prisoners, #transnationalrepression, and the plight of those who fled persecution and are now stuck in 🇨🇦 system.
I was at the hotel where #HongKong Finance Sec Paul Chan attended an event in Washington DC with the #HKETO after overseeing a massive crackdown on democratic voices & putting a million-bounty on me. We can't let him come to our doorsteps unchallenged.
Wishing everyone a joyful mid-autumn festival filled with love and peace. Thinking of my family & friends from afar under the same moon and the blessings I received all year around. 🌕☺️
Yet another #MidAutumnFestival sees us freedom-loving #HongKongers separated by prison walls, oceans & continents. Look up at the full moon tonight & remember our community. Though apart, our shared values & dreams keep us strong. Best wishes to all.
#光復香港#時代革命
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 Foundation (under CPAFC).
Jonathan Powell, founder of Inter Mediate, served as chair, and Inter Mediate team members such as Natasha Groom and Julien Chatel attended.
(U.S.–China relations / Sino–U.S. relations)
March 22, 2024:
Representatives from the Grandview Institution and Inter Mediate (including Powell, Ameya Kilara, and Julien Chatel) jointly visited the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) to discuss people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States.
(U.S.–China relations / Sino–U.S. relations)
April 8–9, 2025:
A Grandview delegation visited Inter Mediate in London, where the two sides held in-depth discussions on the agenda and follow-up cooperation mechanisms for the second U.S.–China Strategic Stability Dialogue.
(The delegation also visited ICG and the Global Stability Network during the trip.)
(U.S.–China relations / Sino–U.S. relations)
April 24–25, 2025:
The second “U.S.–China Strategic Security and Stability Dialogue” took place in Jiaxing, Zhejiang.
Inter Mediate’s Claire Hajaj-Calestini co-chaired parts of the event together with the China–U.S. Exchange Foundation (CUSEF).
Inter Mediate team members including Natasha Groom and Julien Chatel were in attendance.
(Grandview Institution)
April 7, 2025:
During a closed-door seminar between the Grandview Institution and the UK Foreign Office, the British side highlighted the outcomes of last year’s Grandview × Inter Mediate dialogue and discussed the possibility of launching a UK–China Track II Strategic Security Dialogue based on that experience.
This is a good sign, but this statement comes after numerous troubling announcements from leading political parties which have struck fear into those who have sought refuge in the UK. Hong Kongers and Ukrainians are not in the UK illegally. In responding to their fears @YvetteCooperMP and @ShabanaMahmood have behaved honourably. Hong Kongers need and deserve stability, and so I will be pressing ahead with my two amendments to the Borders Bill which remove all doubt and uncertainty and will enshrine this welcome commitment in law. @ipacglobal@hk_watch@thecfhk@Stand_with_HK@UkrainianRescue@RTHondavehanson@HelenaKennedyKC
We are here because the UK:
6. Substituted accountability with a visa scheme
We are here because the UK betrayed us twice. Now they want to betray us again by messing with its surrender policy?
We are here because the UK:
1. Colonised HK
2. Failed to include HKers in the negotiations with the CCP
3. Failed to respect our right to self determination
4. Failed to uphold the Sino-British Joint Declaration
5. Failed to hold the PRC to account
HKers on BN(O) visa are:
1. Not entitled to any benefits
2. Not entitled to NHS (we pay our surcharge)
3. Not entitled to home fee status
4. British Nationals (those with a BN(O) passport)
5. Not allowed to use E gates at the border that’s supposedly for British nationals