When I spoke out at the U.N. Human Rights Council for 1 million Muslims arbitrarily detained by China in camps, regime reps furiously banged on the table trying to shut me down. Now they've been named to the UNHRC panel that picks UN monitors on free speech & arbitrary detention.
In March, Philippine authorities announced that only 40 per cent of the 100,000 test kits bought from the BGI Group and Sansure Biotech, another Chinese company, were accurate.
Xi's mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis & subsequent evasion of responsibility are looking like the straw that broke the international community's back.
66% of Americans now look at China unfavourably, compared to 47% two years ago.
@riekohayakawa
China was appointed on Wed to a UN Human Rights Council panel where it will play a key role in picking the world body’s human rights investigators — including global monitors on freedom of speech, health, enforced disappearances, & arbitrary detention.
🤦🏽♀️You can’t make this up!
France: Two former employees of France’s Directorate-General for External Security, accused by French authorities of having spied for China in the 1990s and 2000s, stand trial.
h/t
@kileli_smith
&
Captain Jim Fanell was the intelligence chief of the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet. Now he’s warning the Pacific nations swaying to China’s influence to beware.
#60Mins
While China is helping others in our fight against the pandemic, the US is sending aircraft and vessels frequently to the South China Sea, violating China's sovereignty. We urge the US to put the priority on the outbreak response at home.
I solemnly laid a wreath at the
@AWMemorial
to pay my respects to those who sacrificed their lives in war.
During WWI, Japanese warship Ibuki completed an escort mission for the ANZACs. One of the little-known stories in our long history of cooperation.
#RemembranceDay2021
.
@WHO
downplayed risks of Wuhan coronavirus for weeks, now
@DrTedros
’ bold action is giving it a politically correct name that doesn’t offend Beijing. What a joke.
Australia: Long Zhou 龙舟, PRC Consul-General in Melbourne-- former Deputy Director of PRC MFA Dept of Arms Control 军控司 & Coordinator for
Cyber Affairs-- defends China’s actions at Health Minister Hunt media event,
courtesy of Andrew Forrest
#auspol
#PalauNews
On New Year’s eve, Palau’s law enforcement officers raided three locations in Koror and Airai, arresting over 142 Chinese nationals over suspected illegal online gambling activities.
US: University of Arkansas Prof Simon Saw-Teong Ang ( director of the High Density Electronics Center) arrested on wire fraud charges relating to China links. h/t
@Judyli83648584
Deeply moved to meet Rushan Abbas, human rights hero & former Uighur service reporter
@RadioFreeAsia
. Her aunt & sister deported to "re-education" camps by Chinese government after she appeared
@HudsonInstitute
. Unconscionable.
@freedomhouse
@rushan614