China news roundup / Nachrichten 2020-07-30
English news:
Hong Kong bars 12 opposition candidates from election
"There is no question of any political censorship, restriction of the freedom of speech or deprivation of the right to stand for elections as alleged by some members of the community"
--- Obviously. I mean, which true democracy would allow candidates to run who are opposed to the government? & in HK, everyone who supports the regime & the national security law unequivocally is allowed to run in the election. Perfectly democratic.
More: Hong Kong: 12 pro-democracy candidates banned under security law
Hong Kong: China says it will not recognise UK overseas passports
"those sent to re-education centres, which he claimed were akin to boarding schools, were only going through the same kind of anti-radicalisation training as terrorists in the west"
--- Yeah, all those hundreds of thousands of terrorists in European concentra... er ... re-education camps. I remember them clearly...
"China threatens no one. We just let you know the consequences."
--- Language with Chinese characteristics.
More nonsense from that interview: China says U.S. fuelling new Cold War due to presidential election
coaches at NBA China academies complained of player abuse, lack of schooling
"Chinese partners were physically abusing young players and failing to provide schooling"
--- Welcome to Chinese schools!
"American coaches were frequently harassed and surveilled in Xinjiang [...] One American coach was detained three times without cause"
--- Perhapse they mistook him for a journalist. Honest mistake...
"NBA officials asked current and former employees not to speak with ESPN for this story"
--- Openness with Chinese characteristics in the NBA. Who would have thought?
"If you really feel like hitting a 14-year-old boy, and you think it's going to help him or make you feel better, take him off campus, but not here, because the NBA does not allow this."
--- Yeah, that would show him. If you want to hit the kid, just do it out of my view!
"the NBA wasn't aware of political tensions or human rights issues in Xinjiang when it announced it was launching the training academy there in 2016"
--- Understandable. After all, in 2016, Xinjiang was still like human rights heaven.
"The values of the NBA are about respect, are about inclusion, are about diversity. That is what we stand for."
--- Yep, we happily include CCP values.
America's top tech CEOs can't agree on whether China steals from them
""Do you believe that the Chinese government steals technology from US companies?"
[...] The answers were somewhat varied"
--- No surprise that the Apple CEO doesn't see any problem. A bit of a surprise that Zuckerberg was so frank about it. Perhaps he has realised that there is no chance for Facebook to ever get into China.
China’s Infrastructure-Heavy Model for African Growth Is Failing
"a Chinese loan initially for 15 years, then rescheduled over 30 years, for railway infrastructure that needs 50 to 75 years to be amortized"
--- Hey, no problem there. If they fail to repay the debt, we just take over the railway line. Or, better yet, get cheaper access to natural resources.
Digging up China’s past is always political
"At 5,300 years old, the settlement is the work of a culture too simple to have left behind exquisite bronzes or written inscriptions."
--- Since history starts with written evidence, this can't really be the start of history.
"State media call the site proof of China’s 5,000 years of history."
--- Hence, this is nonsense. But, then again, what do I know, I'm just an outsider.
"Outsiders “can’t keep using Western standards to apply to Chinese ruins,”"
--- Obviously. Science is an ugly Western concept (an idea with which many Western 'progressives' happily agree). China needs Chinese standards to invent ... er ... write Chinese history.
Video News:
--- Sky News (AUS): "Arrest of Hong Kong independence activists prove the laws are ‘repressive and draconian’2
--- CNA: "Hong Kong bars 12 pro-democracy candidates from upcoming elections2
--- WION: "Gravitas: A warning to Xi Jinping from China's hawkish generals"
Deutsche Nachrichten:
Wong von Parlamentswahl ausgeschlossen
"Sie hätten sich nicht an die Verfassung der Sonderverwaltungszone gehalten und weder Hongkong noch Peking die Treue geschworen"
--- Gleiches kann man von der Hongkonger Verwaltung behaupten, da die Einführung & Durchsetzung des Staatssicherheitsgesetzes so wie es ist der HK-Verfassung widerspricht.
"Nach dieser Definition eigne sich niemand zum Abgeordneten, der das Staatssicherheitsgesetz nicht unterstütze, die Selbstbestimmung oder Unabhängigkeit Hongkongs befürworte, sich um die Einmischung ausländischer Regierungen bemühe oder drohe, mit seiner Stimme Druck auf die Regierung auszuüben"
--- Ist ja auch ungeheuerlich, daß jemand sich wählen lassen könnte, um gegen die Regierungspolitik zu stimmen. Sowas von undemokratisch.
s.a.: Gezielte Festnahmen nach "Sicherheitsgesetz"
Deutsche Firmen in China leiden
"„Jedes zweite befragte deutsche Unternehmen in China erwartet 2020 einen zweistelligen Rückgang im Absatz“"
--- Völlig unmöglich, wo doch die chinesische Wirtschaft nach Regierungsangaben schon wieder fast normal läuft.
China führt die EU vor
"auch China ist von deutschen Unternehmen abhängig, wahrscheinlich sogar mehr als andersherum"
--- Pssst!