THREAD: Yesterday we commemorated 4 anniversaries:
- 100th birthday of Chinese Communist Party
- 24th anniversary of #HongKong handover
- 1st anniversary of #NationalSecurityLaw
- 1st anniversary of #BNO policy
3 that represent death & destruction, one which offers a lifeline/
So for the four anniversaries, I wrote three op-eds and chaired one webinar
1. If #CCP had kept its promise to allow "one country, two systems" & "#HongKong people running HongKong" & upheld basic freedoms, human rights & rule of law, we would not see the tragedy we see today/
2. If your quisling regime had not introduced the idiotic extradition bill in 2019, we might not be where we are today
3. If your quisling regime had listened to the millions of totally peaceful #HongKongers in 2019, we would not be where we are today
"China is undermining human
rights in #HongKong through it’s
oppressive national security law and
committing genocide against #Uyghurs
in Xinjiang. I have repeatedly
called for the @MayorofLondon to use
City Hall’s influence to stand up to
China"
"City Hall’s extensive links to Beijing means that this is an action well within the Mayor’s remit. I will implement City Hall sanctions on China. I will end the twinning arrangement between London and Beijing"/
Most governments have made mistakes in handling #COVID19
A few - especially #Taiwan - have been exemplary. We should learn from them
But there's one which more than any other is responsible for unleashing this pandemic upon us all: the Chinese Communist Party regime
First, they tried to cover up the truth
They repressed the whistleblowers - the doctors and citizen journalists who were trying to alert the world
Then, they failed to inform the WHO & the world in a timely way
Then, they refused offers of help from the United States
Then, they insisted #Taiwan - which was one of first to warn of danger & has handled the pandemic in exemplary way - be excluded from the WHO for petty political reasons
Why are we buying PPE, ventilators, from Chinese Communist Party which gave the world the pandemic in the first place?
First they send us the disease to kill us
Then they sell us - at high price - equipment to protect us?
We need to make masks, ventilators, PPE, food, other sources of daily survival ourselves
But also we need to invest in and trade with countries that don't commit mass atrocities, breach international treaties or inflict pandemics on the world
THREAD: As the Vatican prepares to renew its ridiculous deal with the Chinese Communist Party regime, which has delivered precisely zero for the Church & only entrenched the regime's repression, I remind you what I've been saying for past few years:
THREAD: I want to say some things about China, Chinese people, the brutal, mendacious Chinese Communist Party regime, & what we should do about it all.
I am conscious that I tweet a lot. But bear with me and follow this thread if you have time.
First: I love China & its people
Second, I first went to China aged 18
I began my exploration of the world by teaching English in Qingdao
Third, for the first 3 decades of my adult life, I went in & out of China regularly - I have lost count, but I have probably visited China more than 50 times
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Qingdao, Dali, Guilin, Yangshuo are places I love :)