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Nov 22 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
"Six former staff members of #HongKong pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily and its parent company Next Digital have pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to commit collusion charge in a landmark national security case." hongkongfp.com/2022/11/22/bre…
Former CEO of Next Digital Cheung Kim-hung, Apple Daily’s former editor-in-chief Ryan Law, former associate publisher Chan Pui-man, former executive editor-in-chief Lam Man-chung, ex-editor-in-chief of the English news section Fung Wai-kong, ...
... and ex-editorial writer Yeung Ching-kee appeared at the High Court on Tuesday.
The group pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security.
They were accused of conspiring with Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai, and three companies linked with the defunct newspaper – Apple Daily Limited, Apple Daily Printing Limited, and AD Internet Limited.
The prosecution, led by Anthony Chau on Tuesday, said that some defendants will testify in the upcoming trial against Lai, which is set to begin next Thursday.

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Nov 24
"Apple supplier Foxconn has apologised for a "technical error" in its payment systems, a day after its iPhone factory in #China was rocked by angry protests." bbc.com/news/business-…
Videos had showed hundreds of workers marching at the world's biggest iPhone factory in the city of Zhengzhou, with complaints over Covid restrictions and claims of overdue pay.

Those livestreaming the protests said workers were beaten by police.
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Nov 24
"Germany's foreign ministry wants to take a tougher line on #China and push companies to reduce their dependence on Beijing, while also promoting EU efforts to negotiate an investment agreement with #Taiwan." politico.eu/article/german…
"A 61-page-long draft copy of the upcoming German China Strategy, which is planned to be adopted early next year, warns that the Chinese leadership "is willing and capable" to employ its market "as leverage" to extract concessions from other countries.
The document also criticizes "massive human rights violations" in China's autonomous regions of Tibet and Xinjiang, which is home to the Uyghur Muslim minority."
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Nov 23
Scholars and lawmakers in #Taiwan suggested on Tuesday that the government consider reinstating military trials during peacetime or amending laws to better deter military espionage after an Army colonel was indicted Tuesday for working for #China. focustaiwan.tw/politics/20221…
At present, Taiwan's Military Trial Act only applies to active military personnel who commit crimes under the Criminal Code of the Armed Forces during wartime.
Su Tzu-yun (蘇紫雲), a research fellow at the Taiwan government-funded Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR), said military espionage poses a serious threat to national security ...
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Nov 23
Many of the world’s largest asset managers and state pension funds are passively investing in companies that have allegedly engaged in the repression of #Uyghur Muslims in #China, according to a new report. theguardian.com/world/2022/nov…
The report found that three major stock indexes provided by MSCI include at least 13 companies that have allegedly used forced labour or been involved in the construction of the surveillance state in China’s Xinjiang region.
“If the average Briton or American realised that hundreds of millions of pounds or billions of pounds were being invested in Chinese technology firms with close ties to the state, they would be outraged,” said Johnny Patterson, an author of the report.
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Nov 23
Despite sweeping lockdowns, Covid-19 cases continue to rise across #China. Frustrated citizens are taking big risks to protest the draconian measures. I talked to Chinese people, @Yaqiu and @xcyale about the impact of zero-Covid on Chinese society: dw.com/en/chinas-zero…
There is no end in sight to China's zero-COVID strategy, even as public discontent reaches a fever pitch after almost three years of continuous lockdowns and disruptions to the economy.
And despite authorities' efforts to stamp out the virus, new cases in recent weeks are on an upwards trend. In several cities, millions of people are being confined to their homes.
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Nov 23
Workers at Foxconn, the largest supplier for Apple's iPhone, were attacked after protesting living conditions. The company is working within a closed-loop system, in line with #China's restrictive COVID-19 measures. My latest: dw.com/en/protesters-…
Protests over COVID-19 restrictions by workers at Foxconn's iPhone factory in central China were met with violence by security personnel, videos circulating on Chinese social media have shown.
Workers at Foxconn's Zhengzhou factory held protests on the factory campus, where they have had to stay since a closed-loop system was announced to counter the spread of COVID-19 without compromising productivity.
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