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Czech Republic and Slovakia are donating a total of €17.5 million worth of ammunition and other supplies. Belgium will provide 3,800 tonnes of fuel and 2,000 machine guns. Have Germany’s helmets arrived?
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Imagine Beijing watching US military “commitment” in Afghanistan while contemplating its next move on Taiwan.
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#Breaking Boris Johnson just confirmed nearly 3 million British National (Overseas) passport holders in Hong Kong can now resettle in the UK
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Baerbock, standing next to her Chinese counterpart Qin Gang: “I have to say frankly that I wonder why the Chinese position so far does not include a call on the aggressor Russia to stop the war.” ⁦ @nicolas_camut ⁩ and ⁦ @vonderburchard ⁩ report:
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#Breaking Hong Kong police have arrested more than 50 pro-democracy politicians under the National Security Law. Some of them are detained on suspicion of subverting state power, for having taken part in unofficial primary polls ahead of a planned legislative election.
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In this thread, I'll explain the 4 categories of offences under the new national security law, just gazetted into law in Hong Kong: secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces.
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Does this look like a Zeitenwende?
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Just in: European Parliament voted 565 votes for, 34 against the motion on China's national security law on Hong Kong. Among other recommendations it asks EU/member states to sue China in the International Court of Justice, and the EU leaders to raise HK with Premier Li on Monday
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Italy is leaving BRI. “The choice to join the Silk Road was an improvised and wicked act, made by the government of Giuseppe Conte, which led to a double negative result. We exported a load of oranges to China, they tripled exports to Italy in 3 years.”
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#Breaking China’s legislature: Hong Kong courts have no power to rule on constitutionality of the city’s legislation with regards to Basic Law, after HK High Court nullified face mask ban. A major contradiction of common-law judicial review in HK @zuibrahim @hkchrislau @alvinllum
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Yuan Wang literally means “Looking From Afar”
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China just announced live-fire exercises surrounding Taiwan between Thursday and Sunday, requesting ships and flights avoid these areas:
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An historic moment: @vonderleyen mentioned Hong Kong in her first State of the Union address at the European Parliament today. “We must always call out human rights abuses whenever and wherever they occur – be it on Hong Kong or with the Uyghurs.”
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Spanish Prime Minister’s statement is exceptionally weak compared to other European politicians: No mention of Iran or Israel, no condemnation of Tehran’s moves, and let alone solidarity with Israel
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Seguimos con máxima preocupación los acontecimientos en Oriente Próximo. Hay que evitar a toda costa una escalada regional. Estamos en contacto permanente con las embajadas en la región, que permanecen activas, para atender a los españoles en la zona.
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It’s not just TikTok – but WeChat will be banned in the US too, according to ⁦ @SecPompeo ⁩. If so, countless Chinese people who live in the US could be cut off from their friends and families in China, where WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger is banned.
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Germany’s new foreign minister says she won’t be attending Beijing Winter Olympics and calls for the whole of EU to ban goods made by forced labor.
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Not the most urgent matter of the day, but France has officially removed Australia from its list of strategic partners. The AUKUS deal “has led to a re-evaluation of the past strategic partnership,” with future FR-AU cooperation to proceed “on a case-by-case basis.”
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UK government is said to be considering changes to extradition treaty with Hong Kong, while MPs might call on @DominicRaab to impose new Magnitsky sanction power on Carrie Lam.
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Caution: the Chinese state report made no mention if Putin specified when or under what conditions.
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Spain's El País reports this morning that Chinese-made #Covid19 rapid testing kits has only 30% sensitivity, as opposed to the 80%-level expected, resulting in failures to detect positive cases in different hospitals. Figures confirmed by govt, it adds.
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China’s new 8 measures against US: 1 No more communication btwn military theatre leaders 2 No more Ministries of Defence working meetings 3 No more maritime security dialogues 4 No more illegal migrant repatriation 5 No more criminal justice assistance 6 No more climate talks
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. @vonderleyen confirms European Commission will propose a Magnitsky Act soon (following her HK/Xinjiang reference.) "This House has called many times for a European Magnitsky Act––and I can announce that we will now come forward with a proposal. We need to complete our toolbox."
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German foreign minister @HeikoMaas says Berlin would suspend extradition treaty with Hong Kong, shortly after Hong Kong put independence activist Ray Wong – an asylum in Germany – in wanted person list.
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#BREAKING : UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet's office calls China's treatment of the Uyghur minority as constituting "serious human rights violations" in a report issued just minutes before the end of her tenure.
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#Breaking Hong Kong court approved the police’s request to raid pro-democracy Apple Daily’s newsroom today on the ground of national security, according to the force. Rule of law? Judicial independence? Proportionality? Freedom of the press? One country two systems? Justice?
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US, EU, UK and Australia urge Hong Kong to commit to ‘free and fair’ Legco election in September, amid fears of Carrie Lam delaying polls with the excuse of coronavirus
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Outside the Italian foreign ministry HQs, exiled Hong Kong student activist @NathanLawKC has one message for @LuigiDiMaio : Raise the issue of Hong Kong when he meets Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi today, as this is a majority demand within the Italian Parliament.
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All 27 EU countries ask Hong Kong to reconsider its decisions to delay Legco election for a year and to disqualify pro-democracy candidates, including "sitting lawmakers previously democratically elected by the people of Hong Kong". @JosepBorrellF
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As Biden comes to Europe next week, he will find a continent still buying a vast amount of gas and oil from a country whose leader he just called a war criminal.
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#Breaking : #G7 foreign ministers issued joint statement on Hong Kong "The proposed national security law ... jeopardize the system which has allowed Hong Kong to flourish and made it a success over many years."
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China, 2017: Sino-British Joint Declaration is "a historical document, no longer has any practical significance, and it is not at all binding for the central government’s management over Hong Kong" China, 2020: @BorisJohnson 's BN(O) plan violates UK promises in Joint Declaration
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China sent the Netherlands 1.3 million N95-type face masks. All of them are recalled, Dutch health ministry announced, citing poor quality in design and filter functionality. Doctors and nurses who treat critically ill #Covid19 patients almost used them
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Amazed to see how many EU officials and diplomats are quietly liking tweets critical of the German government now
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Germany becomes the first country to name Hungary as the single EU vote blocking measures to denounce Beijing’s crackdown on Hong Kong. “This is absolutely incomprehensible,” Foreign Minister @HeikoMaas said, laying bare EU’s lack of unity on China.
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#Breaking Hong Kong’s national security mass arrests continued hours after targeting Beijing-critical Apple Daily – One of Joshua Wong’s closest political fellows, 23-year-old Agnes Chow, was just arrested, local media reported.
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#BREAKING : #hkpolice just arrived at @chowtingagnes 's home, with her lawyers rushing there.
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#Taiwan : The Japanese government unprecedentedly made clear its forces’ intention to “cooperate” with the US military in the event of American defense of Taiwan during Beijing’s attack.
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⚡️ Estonia and Latvia announced they have quit China's "16+1" initiative for countries in C & E Europe. The move, a year after Lithuania's departure, means all Baltic states are now out of the Chinese initiative a decade after its inception. Story to follow.
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Taiwan, Canada and Japan have requested to join the EU v China case in WTO, European officials told POLITICO. The latest twist, yet to be officially confirmed, would mean that Lithuania got the whole of G7 behind its escalating trade dispute with Beijing.
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I talked to Carles Puigdemont @KRLS , ousted Catalan president, on the new-found Hong Kong-Catalonia solidarity. “I want to express my admiration for the Hong Kong people who show to the world very interesting ways to defend democracy. This is very inspiring for us.” @SCMPNews 1/4
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#Breaking Carrie Lam is set to announce deferment of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council election originally scheduled for Sept 6, Hong Kong media reported. US Secretary of State @mikepompeo repeatedly said the election would be central to US’ assessment of Hong Kong’s autonomy.
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Brussels supermarket scene today
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“What happened in Hong Kong must never happen in Taiwan," Japan’s ex-PM Shinzo Abe said.
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It's official. The WHO just revised the advice on wearing masks, and acknowledges that wearing a medical mask is one of the prevention measures that can limit the spread of certain respiratory viral diseases, including #Covid19 . What a belated announcement
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Dominic Raab has confirmed the procedure for BNO holders to acquire British citizenship: 1. 5 years limited right to remain. 2. After 5 years, they can apply for settled status. 3. After 12 months of settled status, they can apply for British citizenship. No quotas on numbers
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“The only country who really benefits now from this armed conflict, war in Ukraine, is China,” Zelenskyy’s top economic adviser said. “Do we really believe that we can use China in the peace process?”
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Make no mistake, this is not just Italy or Germany. This is a collective strategic failure of Western Europe. They never understood what Putin’s Russia stood for, they never made the necessary preparation, they all thought the Cold War ended.
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#Breaking Exiled Hong Kong student activist Nathan Law is en route to Italy to protest outside the Foreign Ministry headquarters tomorrow, while Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will be meeting his Italian counterpart @LuigiDiMaio on the first stop of his 5-nation Europe tour.
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Italy’s way of creating a new company
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25-year-old Jonathan Tseng became the first Taiwanese to die in Ukrainian battlefields after he was killed by a Russian tank near Luhansk. He joined the international legion after arriving in Ukraine in June.
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🚨 Got you some personal news... Thrilled to be joining the great team at @POLITICOEurope as EU-China Correspondent. I’ll be launching China Direct newsletter in March, so please send me all your tips and ideas slau @politico .eu
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🚨BREAKING: China announced sanctions against UK’s @TomTugendhat @MPIainDS @NeilDotObrien @DavidAltonHL @timloughton @Nus_Ghani Helena Kennedy, Geoffrey Nice, Joanna N S Finley + @ChinaResearchGp Conservative Party’s human rights commission @TribunalUyghur & Essex Court Chambers
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German companies will have to withdraw all operation in Xinjiang, if evidence of forced labour has been found there, in order to abide by Berlin’s new law stipulating respect for human rights in supply chains, the Bundestag’s research arm says.
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In a call with German Foreign Minister Baerbock, China's Wang Yi asks NATO to "completely abandon Cold War mentality" and "re-evaluate its position and responsibilities," while slamming the West's sanctions on Russia as "interfering with the process of political solution."
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My hometown 🇭🇰 in 48 hours: - 12 pro-democracy candidates incl Joshua Wong disqualified - Carrie Lam delays legislative poll for a year - Overseas based activists incl Nathan Law, Simon Cheng named suspects - Top prosecutor quit after being sidelined from nat. security law cases
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Two influential European business lobby groups have spoken out against China’s national security law on Hong Kong, which has just been endorsed by China’s ceremonial legislature. Germany is now under pressure to act, ahead of the EU foreign ministers’ meeting tomorrow. Thread:
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As China mounts the most serious military exercise aimed at Taiwan and the US in decades, the immediate response from most European governments is silence.
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Boris Johnson is quoted as saying he "could be prepared" to grant Hongkongers refuge during a Chequers meeting with MPs, who showed "unanimous support" for the proposal akin to the one granted to persecuted Ugandan Asians in the 1970s, acc to the Sunday Express' political editor.
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Boris Johnson has a message for Hong Kong and China. In an op-ed to SCMP, he ventures into his first global battle as British PM, asking Beijing to reconsider the Hong Kong national security law and lecturing Xi on what it means to be a responsible power👇
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#Exclusive : European Parliament members are planning to propose suing China in the United Nations’ highest court—International Court of Justice—over its move to impose national security laws in Hong Kong, according to an internal draft seen by @SCMPNews .
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#Breaking The founder of Hong Kong’s main Beijing-critical media has reportedly been arrested under the new national security law.
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#SCOOP : EU leaders are now in possession of “very reliable evidence” of China considering military assistance to Russia, according to a senior EU official, days after a similar assessment from US officials.
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I fully understand Chinese people annoyed by and complaining about the strict lockdowns in China. But I’m surprised by those foreigners who do so – what did they expect when they moved there in the first place?
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Huge Reuters scoop. Habeck considering: - reducing/scrapping investment & export guarantees for China - stopping trade fairs & manager training - redirecting state lender KfW loans to rest of Asia, e.g. Indonesia - screening DE BIZ IN CN - WTO complaints
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Fiji has decided to stop allowing Chinese police to be stationed in the country, under an agreement in force since 2011. Australian and New Zealand ones can stay, the Fijian PM added, citing shared democratic values.
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Very interesting written interview with Ukraine’s FM Kuleba on China’s state news agency Xinhua. Surely Xinhua asked questions in line with government wordings, but to publish Kuleba’s words verbatim — with lots of criticism of Russia — is fascinating. Thread:
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UK Home Secretary @pritipatel for the first time met several Hong Kong activists, including ex-lawmaker @nathanlawkc , as she was finetuning the last remaining details of the BNO visa scheme to allow a large number of Hongkongers to resettle in Britain.
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#Breaking Carrie Lam just delayed Hong Kong’s legislative election originally scheduled for September 6, citing coronavirus, Beijing’s support – and WHO chief ⁦ @DrTedros ⁩’ call to make tough decisions. Condemnation expected to follow
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LATEST: The US, U.K., Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and the EU say there’s “no justification” for Beijing to use Pelosi’s visit “as pretext for aggressive military activity in the Taiwan Strait.” Stress there’s no change to their own “one China policies”.
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The European Union’s top diplomat has labelled China as a “new empire” on a par with Russia, calling on the bloc’s members to “correct” economic imbalances with Beijing before it is “too late”.
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Chinese funding for EU academia will be screened under a new Defence of Democracy package announced by EU chief Von der Leyen. "We need to better shield ourselves from malign interference We will not allow any autocracy's Trojan horses to attack our democracies from within."
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🚨Scoop: In a letter to EU27 leaders, Von der Leyen and Borrell say Beijing is undergoing an “authoritarian shift.” EU and China have “fundamental divergences” which “must not be brushed under the carpet”, they say. “We must accept [Biden’s] open hand.”
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The silence of some high-profile British think-tankers and China experts over the recent developments in Hong Kong is deafening.
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Xue Hanqin, China's appointee to the UN's top court, joined her Russian peer Kirill Gevorgian to cast the only votes against Ukraine's case calling for an immediate end to Russia's military operation.
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The world’s most populous country has still not jabbed its people with mRNA vaccines because they’re foreign products.
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“I’m planning to move to Manchester with my family next year, thanks to the UK’s new BNO visa scheme. There’s no point raising my kids in Hong Kong. My sister’s a nurse so she can find a job easily. It isn’t us abandoning the city—it’s the government abandoning us.” Uber driver
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Twitter’s founder got a message to China
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Fascinating investigative report into the inner working of Huawei in Europe – top jobs reserved for Chinese; separate treatment (physical and digital) for European staff; and a policy of forced transfer of Chinese staff who obtained permanent EU residency
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Australia's move to ditch France and team up with the US and UK for nuclear-powered submarines cannot come at a more embarrassing timing for the EU, which will tomorrow formally announce its Indo-Pacific strategy in which it vows to play a role in security and defence. (1/3)
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In less than six weeks, the controversial national security law has been used to silence not only pro-independence politicians but also moderates, protesters, and now, the media. Who will be next in Hong Kong?
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Bachelet: Can I visit Xinjiang? China: Sure. We’ll arrange a tour. Bachelet: Here’s my report. China: You interfered in our domestic affairs.
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Boris Johnson, in Parliament, making the historic statement about Hong Kong
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#Breaking Boris Johnson just confirmed nearly 3 million British National (Overseas) passport holders in Hong Kong can now resettle in the UK
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Von der Leyen has become U.S. President Joe Biden’s primary interlocutor — the woman the White House calls when America wants to talk to the EU
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Hong Kong’s liberal broadcaster, Cable TV News, has replaced the top director with someone inexperienced in Cantonese-language news who spent most of her career in pro-Beijing Asia TV, over which one of her two new deputies used to preside.
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Merkel “is still stuck in this past sense of optimism in how China will evolve as a partner for Europe, and [she] has not adequately adapted to the new reality.” My weekend longread on China’s staunchest ally in the West, edited by ⁦ @fbermingham
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Communist Party members or affiliates are to be denied US citizenship, according to a new policy.
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美国移民局10月2日发布政策指导,除非特别允许,禁止曾经加入共产党的人申请美国绿卡和移民。
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No country has spilled more blood in order to join the European Union. Here’s President Zelenskyy’s application.
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Putin and Xi “seek a ‘new era’ to replace the existing international rules,” EU President von der Leyen said in #MSC2022 .
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The EU lambasted China for dealing a “severe blow” to Hong Kong’s democracy, in a declaration jointly issued by all 27 member states. This comes hours after nearly all opposition lawmakers resigned en masse following the removal by decree of four of their colleagues yesterday.
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At the same time as Merkel and Macron are talking to Xi on climate change, a Hong Kong court is sentencing 9 pro-democracy figures, including an opposition media boss, to jail.
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VILNIUS — In front of the building with Huawei’s logo stands the giant slogan, “Putin The Hague is waiting for you.”
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Carrie Lam: "I have no assets in the US, nor do I desire going there. If the US doesn't give me a visa, I won't go there."
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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte did not grant Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi a meeting. He talked to Wang on the phone instead, and the issue of Hong Kong came up even before EU-China relations, according to Italy’s official statement.
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China’s ambassador to UK Liu Xiaoming told state TV that Hongkongers “enjoy unprecedented democracy” and “elected five administrations of chief executives”. 🧐 Tung 1997: 320 votes Tung 2002: uncontested Tsang 2005: ditto Tsang 2007: 649 Leung 2012: 689 Lam 2017: 777
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“We,” U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said, referring to NATO, “must ensure that democracies like Taiwan are able to defend themselves.”
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Pompeo said “we should all watch” the Legislative Council election in Hong Kong in September to see if it would be held freely and fairly, or postponed.
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Chinese state media journalist says HSBC and Fedex will be classified as “unreliable” foreign businesses that pose a threat to China’s national security.
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Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen was gifted a traditional vyshyvanka from Ukrainian MP Mykola Kniazhytskyi today, as she made repeated references to Russia’s disruption of regional peace in her meeting with European lawmakers.
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