The non-binding resolution passed with 578 votes in favour, 29 against and 73 abstentions and had the backing of all of Europe’s mainstream political groups, including the centre-right EPP group of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the centrists of France’s Emmanuel Macron.
Lawmakers called on the EU’s institutions and member states “to decline invitations for government representatives and diplomats to attend the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics unless the Chinese Government demonstrates a verifiable improvement in the human rights situation...
... in Hong Kong, the Xinjiang Uyghur Region, Tibet, Inner Mongolia and elsewhere in China”.
The resolution condemned “in the strongest terms” the closure of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily tabloid and the arrests of its staff by Chinese authorities.
The acts were “yet another step by China in dismantling free society in Hong Kong and setting the definitive end of media freedom and freedom of expression there,” it said.
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Breaking: #Taiwan reported 28 local cases, 3 imported cases and 4 deaths.
New Taipei: 12 Taipei: 11. Chen said the overall number of cases is still at a lower point. He said there are still more cases that need to be investigated.
@audreyt showed up at the presser for the first time. She said it's happy to see everyone actively using the nationwide online vaccination registration system.
A deep-dive piece from @BBCWorld about the growing number of foreign vloggers suspected of cooperating with #China's official media in propaganda campaigns related to #Xinjiang and other areas. bbc.com/news/world-asi…
The vloggers include British expatriates Barrie Jones, Jason Lightfoot and father-and-son team Lee and Oli Barrett, who use their platforms to comment on the West's alleged "lies" and China's government policies.
They have subsequently gone on to appear in videos for Chinese state broadcaster CGTN.
The leaders of North Korea and #China have exchanged messages pledging to strengthen cooperation on the 60th anniversary of the signing of their Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance. aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/11…
In a message to China’s Xi Jinping on Sunday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said their relationship was vital in the face of hostile foreign forces, while Xi promised to bring cooperation “to a new stage."
“Despite the unprecedentedly complicated international situation in recent years the comradely trust and militant friendship between the DPRK and China get stronger day by day,” Kim said in his message.
A group of 21 governments issued a joint statement Saturday condemning #China over its closure of #HongKong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily. The statement was issued through the Media Freedom Coalition. thehill.com/homenews/media…
The coalition expressed “strong concerns about the forced closure of the Apple Daily newspaper, and the arrest of its staff by the Hong Kong authorities.”
The statement was signed by the governments of Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Slovakia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the U.S.
Indonesia is running out of oxygen as it endures a devastating wave of coronavirus cases and the government is seeking emergency supplies from other countries, including Singapore and #China. americanpress.com/news/business/…
A shipment of more than 1,000 oxygen cylinders, concentrators, ventilators and other health devices arrived from Singapore on Friday, followed by another 1,000 ventilators from Australia.
Beside those donations, Indonesia plans to buy 36,000 tons of oxygen and 10,000 concentrators — devices that generate oxygen — from neighboring Singapore, Pandjaitan said.
In another interview with #Taiwan's Central News Agency, Germany's outgoing representative in Taiwan Thomas Prinz said the danger across the Taiwan Strait isn't caused by Taiwan. He said anyone questioning the status quo should be responsible for the regional instability.
Prinz said Germany's decision to send naval vessels to the region symbolizes Germany's active participation in regional affairs. cna.com.tw/news/firstnews…
Prinz said Germany and #Taiwan are like-minded countries and they both have some past that they need to face, which makes the German-Taiwan relationship more special.