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Residents in #Beijing #CCPChina are required to wear this electronic bracelet after returning to Beijing from other cities so that their movements can be monitored. The bracelet can monitor your body temperature 24/7, as well as your locations and movements.
You must wear it all the time except when you recharge the battery or have a shower.
The purpose? To fight the #COVID #COVID19 #CCPVirus, according to the #CCP.
The bracelets are made by 北京微芯感知科技有限公司 Beijing Microsense Technology Co, which also developed multi-sign sensing equipment that was used in this year's #BeijingWinterOlympics & #WinterParalympics.
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👋 We're doing a #BeijingWinterOlympics chat at 6pm PT.

🔊 Tune in! #Beijing2022
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Come join @thucnhi21, @nathanfenno & @LATimesWharton for a @TwitterSpaces chat on the #BeijingWinterOlympics.

(+ 🧵 👇 for more of our coverage) twitter.com/i/spaces/1djGX…
@thucnhi21 @nathanfenno @LATimesWharton @TwitterSpaces 2022 Beijing Olympics: A day-by-day recap of the 24th Winter Games
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"The Chinese government censorship seriously marred the 2022 #BeijingWinterOlympics, and the @iocmedia and corporate sponsors have not spoken out about the government’s human rights record or used their leverage to press for rights improvements." hrw.org/news/2022/02/1…
“The full spectrum of the Chinese government’s rights abuses continued throughout the Beijing Games, whether crimes against humanity in Xinjiang or censorship in the Olympic Village,” said @Yaqiu.
“Through their silence, the IOC and its corporate partners have been complicit in Beijing’s efforts to ‘sportswash’ human rights violations before a global audience.”
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#SouthKorean President Moon Jae-in made it more than clear that his country WON’T join the diplomatic boycott of #BeijingWinterOlympics when meeting with #Australia PM #Morrison in Canberra, once again shattering the illusion of Australia trying to form a gang against China. Image
SK is not 1st country to reject #Australia's reckless wooing. Singaporean PM Lee Hsien Loong admonished Australian leaders to engage more calmly with China when #Morrison stopped in Singapore & tried to get some political tribute en route to his first in-person meeting with Biden
When #Australian media went to great lengths to drive a wedge btw New Zealand & China, forcing Wellington to take a hard line against its largest trading partner, New Zealand Trade Minister advised Canberra to "be more cautious with the wording" to improve its ties with China.
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