A banner against Xi Jinping is raised at Sitong Bridge, Haidian District, Beijing.
Admire the courage of this man, but when the giant ship sank, the screams of the passengers were only the meaning of tragedy.
#TheGreatTranslationMovement
Photos online purport to show a rare protest in Beijing’s Haidian district just ahead of the 20th Party Congress.
Extraordinary given pre-Congress security + surveillance
Among the slogans: ‘Don’t want PCR tests, want to eat’
‘Don’t want a Cultural revolution, want reforms’
Last week, Hong Kong protester Tsang Chi-kin was arrested after being on the run for over a year.
Police gave him a so-called "perp walk" when taking him to court, tying his wrists to a waist chain.
This practice is controversial so I won't post images from that day🧵
The ever-increasingly toxic nationalism in China is driving people to suicide: Chinese journalist Zeng Ying attempted to take her own life after she was brutally trolled by Chinese netizens for sobbing while reporting live on Shinzo Abe's assassination. https://t.co/ZRMM5uRw7C
Listening to the press conference hosted by @mbachelet. I'm disgusted by the questions Chinese press conference. Also, Michele Bachelet was eager to respond that the UN issued a report about racism in America except she won't say anything about her forever waited "Uyghur report"
Bachelet: Xinjiang government "assured" her that "training centers" (VETC) were "dismantled".
Says she is "unable to assess full scale of the VETCs".
She "encouraged" Xinjiang to review its "counterterrorism & deradicalization policies" to ensure compliance w/ int'l standards.
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Who's paying for China's mass Covid testing? According to Chinese media, by and large local governments are. However, some regions have tapped into public health insurance funds(医保经费), which has been ordered to stop by the Nat'l Healthcare Security Adm.
My latest for Initium Media: during our investigation, we found that some of the migrant workers in Taiwan were asked to go to work even though they are close contacts with colleagues with COVID-19, presumably due to labor shortage amid the recent outbreak.
In Sep 2021, China #MeToo journalist Sophia Huang vanished en route to the airport to the UK, where she was due to study. Now, she’s expected to face trial for subversion.
Please watch our BBC Eye film on her story, which represents so many in China today
https://t.co/vpk3whhldG
On May 23, our panelists #FCC President @keithrichburg, Deputy Director of @JMSCHKU Master Programme Sharron Fast & @HKJA_Official Chairperson #RonsonChan will discuss if #HK still enjoys #press#freedom in the current political climate. Register online:
https://t.co/1mdFgDorTR