🔻 Chinese Adjunct Professor Chen Zhen (陳蓁) of 🇮🇹 Milan Polytechnic (Milano Politecnico) lectured a 🇹🇼 student Wang — who had written on his paper he’s from Taipei, Taiwan — on how Taiwan is part of China during a video call, claiming he’s not bullying Wang as a teacher.
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🔻 the second part of 🇨🇳 Chen Zhen’s video call with 🇹🇼 student Wang
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At the end the 🇹🇼 student gave in and wrote he’s from Taipei, China on the paper.
As you would expect, there’s absolutely no coercion or bullying from Chen Zhen. 😜
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🔻 Chen Zhen’s page on the website of Politecnico Milano
Another woman in the video is Adelina Zhang (张宁), who has been serving as hosts in various 🇨🇳 state events in the UK for years. She’s also worked with Newton Leng, the man who yelled at Brendan in the video.
Serbia, Mar 19: 🇨🇳 state-owned China Communications Construction Company demolished the monument to fallen soldiers of the First and Second World Wars in the village of Negrishori during the construction of the Pakovraće - Požega highway.
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The demolition sparked an outrage among veterans’ groups and local residents.
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👇🏻 the monument
In 2021 🇨🇳 China Communications Construction Company promised that the monument would be relocated and the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in Kraljevo would be informed in advance. But the Chinese company simply demolished it…
🚨 Hong Kong department store Sogo removed LA-based artist Patrick Amadon’s digital artwork No Rioters, an Art Basel exhibit, that contained references to jailed dissidents such as Benny Tai, Joshua Wong and Gwyneth Ho, at the “request” of HK Police.
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Patrick Amadon: “It was too much watching Art Week in Hong Kong pretend the Chinese government didn’t crush a democracy and turn Hong Kong into a vassal surveillance state... because it’s a convenient location for a good market.”
Tina Zhang (张), a 34-year-old 🇨🇳 woman from Qingdao, Shandong province, posted videos on Douyin of her hanging out on Yanaha Island (屋那霸岛) — the biggest uninhabited island in Okinawa — which she claimed she bought in 2020.
The videos went viral on social media and 🇨🇳 news media 红星新闻 ran a story on it on Feb 3…
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🇯🇵 news site Sakisiru broke the news in Japan, causing an uproar and sparking national security concerns. I’m not sure if there’s any coverage in mainstream Japanese media though.
Shanghai, Nov 26: people gather on Urumqi Middle Road (乌鲁木齐中路) to commemorate those who died in the blaze in Urumqi on Nov 24 while repeatedly yelling “不要核酸要自由” ([we] don’t want PCR tests; [we] want freedom!)…
🔥 You won’t believe this: the people on Urumqi Middle Road in Shanghai are yelling “共产党、下台! 共产党、下台!” (Communist Party, step down! Communist Party, step down!)