"Critics view the deal as a symbol of the problems associated with Chinese lending and the Belt and Road Initiative, but Beijing so far shows little sign of changing its mind." @SCMPNews' @kinlinglo on #SriLanka #China
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Govt is “deleting data, destroying documents, tightening controls on information and has held high-level meetings in response to leaks of classified papers on its mass detention camps for Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities.” apnews.com/c1d08873154907…
The loans can "catch vulnerable, developing countries in 'debt-traps,' depleting government coffers and sticking generations of taxpayers with gigantic bills, or else China's banks take ownership of the key strategic assets they built."
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"China has previously sentenced prominent dissidents or activists in closed trials over holidays such as Christmas or announced multiple sentencings on the same day in an effort to minimize media attention."
@NPR @EmilyZFeng:
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“China's historical claim to [Indonesia’s Exclusive Economic Zone] on the grounds that Chinese fishermen have long been active in the waters referred to are unilateral, have no legal basis and have never been recognized by UNCLOS 1982.”
“[B]eyond grabbing a larger part of the value chain for itself, controlling the production of chips would also give China indirect control over myriad other industries, from social networking to personal computing.” #AI
economist.com/technology-qua…
“[I]t is extremely difficult for a Chinese person living in the mainland to hear arguments against the government’s claims. An argument against any is an argument against the whole.”
foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/01/chi…
“There is also disturbing evidence that the Chinese government is mobilizing overseas Chinese students to protest or disrupt events, primarily through campus chapters of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association.”
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
“Any person living in China who might be following the Oscars would have no way of knowing that a Chinese film [@OneChildNation, or 独生子女国度 or 独生之国] is a contender in this year’s documentary category.”
thedailybeast.com/how-the-chines…
“China appears to have been destroying traditional Uyghur cemeteries for several years as part of what critics describe as a broader, coordinated campaign. ... [T]he Chinese government didn't deny the cemetery destruction.”
cnn.com/2020/01/02/asi…
The Cyberspace Administration of China, its top Internet regulator, has released rules including "encouragement" of online content creators to "Propagat[e] the [Communist] Party’s theoretical line, policies, and major central decisions."
chinamediaproject.org/2020/01/06/mas…
“[T]he redaction proved that the Chinese Communist Party had extended its influence to make people self-censor... ‘Even for a group of so-called elites debating Hong Kong in a relatively safe environment, they still have this fear.’” #WUDC
hongkongfp.com/2020/01/09/wor…
"One of #China's longest-running independent film festivals has decided to shut down against the backdrop of mounting government censorship, saying it was no longer possible to run a 'purely independent' festival in the country."
news.yahoo.com/curtain-falls-…
New regulations from China's education ministry "stipulate that authors and editors of teaching materials must 'hold a firm political stance' in line with that of the Communist Party of China." @SixthTone's @YujieXuett:
sixthtone.com/news/1005052/c…
"'Für jedes chinesische Unternehmen, privat oder staatlich, gilt: Wenn die chinesische Staatsführung Druck ausübt, wird man diesem nicht standhalten können.' Ob mit oder ohne Sicherheitsgesetzgebung." @SZ:
sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/han…
"Chinese recipients of the [@WorldBank] loan program requested tens of thousands of dollars for the purchase of facial recognition cameras and software, night-vision cameras, and other surveillance technology for use in Xinjiang schools."
axios.com/china-world-ba…
"And Wesleyan University ... said in October that it would no longer pursue a joint campus in China. 'It became clear that they were less interested in a liberal-arts approach than we initially thought.'"
theatlantic.com/international/…
CCP "exploit[s] foreign media outlets" via "periodic inclusion of a paid news-like advertising supplement from China Daily ... in the print editions of papers like" @washingtonpost, @nytimes @WSJ, and @latimes: @freedomhouse @Sarah_G_Cook.
freedomhouse.org/report/special…
The Chinese Communist Party’s former one-child policy “has been blamed for a severe gender imbalance—with males still outnumbering females by more than 30 million in the 2019 figures.”
bbc.com/news/world-asi…
Two people say they were “recruited under false pretences. ... For actor Julia Hackstaff, of Vancouver, it all started with a promise of $100 for two hours of work in what she understood to be an appearance as an extra in a movie shoot.”
cbc.ca/amp/1.5434613
“A [@UMNews] student has been arrested in China and sentenced to six months in prison for tweets he posted while in the U.S.,” in “dramatic escalation of the Chinese government's attempts to shut down free speech abroad.” @BethanyAllenEbr
axios.com/china-arrests-…
“Taiwan’s first reported case of a patient infected by a deadly #coronavirus spreading across Asia turns a spotlight on Beijing’s attempts to exclude the self-governing island from the World Health Organization [@WHO].” #WuhanOutbreak
wsj.com/articles/taiwa…
“Beijing has responded faster to the new threat [#coronavirus] than it did with SARS, but it still silences and punishes those who veer from the official line, with potentially damaging consequences.”—@LiYuan6 on #CoronaOutbreak
"Chinese officials arrested citizens they accused of spreading rumors about the [#coronavirus] illness online. Journalists have also reported being detained and threatened by Chinese authorities while covering the outbreak." @acollman:
businessinsider.com/china-informat…
"The chair of Harvard University’s chemistry department was arrested Tuesday on charges of allegedly lying to the U.S. about millions in Chinese funding he has received," misleading about "participation in China’s Thousand Talents Plan."
wsj.com/articles/harva…
Texas A&M looked into Chinese government funding of its faculty members. “[T]hey were astounded at the results—more than 100 were involved with a Chinese talent-recruitment program, even though only five had disclosed their participation.”
wsj.com/articles/china…
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