"The resolution did not address the status of #Taiwan or whether Taiwan should be a member state of the UN. @UN's later interpretation of that resolution to resolve the question of Taiwan's status is unsupported, in my view," @julianku told @heguisen. asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inter…
Joanne Ou, the spokeswoman of #Taiwan's @MOFA, worked at Taiwan's UN Task Force has dealt with UN-related issues for Taiwan for 13 years, said "the UN chose to ignore Taiwan and help the PRC block the Taiwanese people from participating in UN activities."
"That is contrary to the spirit of the UN Charter -- I am surprised by the incredible hypocrisy that reigns in the UN."
"The representatives of Chiang Kai-shek were expelled in 1971 because they insisted that the ROC government was the only legitimate representative of China. The stance of today's Taiwan could not be further from that position," @yujiechentw.
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A #HongKong court has found a man guilty of inciting secession under the security law over the content of slogans he chanted and speeches he made in 2020. He is the second person to be convicted under the controversial security law. hongkongfp.com/2021/10/25/bre…
Ma Chun-man, 30, was accused of chanting slogans and making speeches calling for Hong Kong’s independence on at least 20 public occasions, and via social media, between August and November 2020.
District Court Judge Stanley Chan said he believed Ma’s speech demonstrated that he clearly intended to incite secession, a violation under the national security law. Ma “advocated a clear political intention” and was “without reservation,” he added.
Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Monday that #China would always uphold world peace and international rules, amid concerns expressed by the United States and other countries over the nation's increasing assertiveness globally. news.yahoo.com/1-china-uphold…
In a speech marking the 50th anniversary of China's return to the United Nations, Xi said it would always be the "builder of world peace" and a "protector of international order," state news agency Xinhua reported.
"China resolutely opposes all forms of hegemony and power politics, unilateralism and protectionism," Xi said, calling for greater global cooperation on issues such as regional conflicts, terrorism, climate change, cybersecurity and biosecurity.
Breaking: @amnesty announced that they will close their two offices in #HongKong by the end of the year, citing the security law and the impact that comes with it on human rights organizations.
"“This decision, made with a heavy heart, has been driven by Hong Kong’s national security law, which has made it effectively impossible for human rights organizations in Hong Kong to work freely and without fear of serious reprisals from the government,” ...
... said Anjhula Mya Singh Bais, chair of Amnesty’s International Board.
"On Oct. 25, 1971, when the GA voted to admit delegates from the PRC. The Republic of #China lost its seat and has been on the outside looking in ever since. Resolution 2758 marked the beginning of Beijing’s assault on Taiwan’s international status." wsj.com/articles/unite…
"A true reckoning would have recognized the existence of two states, each with a right to U.N. membership—a solution not unlike those later reached to admit both North and South Korea and both East and West Germany."
"In the early 2000s, to explain why he had blocked a Taiwanese diplomat from speaking to the U.N. Correspondents Association, Secretary-General Kofi Annan invented a U.N. 'one-China policy.'"
"All arrivals in #HongKong must still quarantine in a hotel at their own expense for two or three weeks, which has been in place since 2020. The policy is expected to last into 2022 — possibly until after the Chinese Communist party congress in November." ft.com/content/73b398…
"Hong Kong’s refusal to change tack has renewed questions from the international business community about the city’s status as a global financial centre and the efficacy of its quarantine policy."
“The mood is increasingly dark,” said Tara Joseph, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. “People are losing out on seeing their families, which is becoming very difficult on a personal level, and are losing clients, which becomes difficult for business.”
An important op-ed from @dtbyler: "As Qelbinur took in the atmosphere of the re-education camp, her own role as a camp worker began. One of them warned Qelbinur that everything she did was being watched and listened to through a surveillance system." theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
“When I saw their faces, I felt crushed,” Qelbinur told me. “I prayed to Allah to keep me from crying in front of them. I came to the table in the front without knowing what to do and what to say. Among the people sitting in front of me were elderly men with beards."
"They looked respectable, just like the kind of elderly people you might see in the mosque.”