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https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/04/asia/hong-kong-protests-august-4-intl-hnk/index.htmlProtesters could push Hong Kong into a 'very dangerous situation,' government warnsCNN Digital Expansion Shoot, Joshua BerlingerBy Joshua Berlinger, CNNUpdated 10:22 PM ET, Sun August 4, 2019Hong Kong (CNN)The Hong Kong government has warned protesters could push the city into a "very dangerous situation" after another weekend of demonstrations paralyzed traffic and transformed an iconic shopping district into a battleground.Protesters swarmed the streets of Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island on Sunday night, blocking key roads in the ninth consecutive weekend of political unrest. Police fired a barrage of tear gas in a bid to disperse the crowds.https://ilps.info/en/2019/08/05/ilps-extends-solidarity-to-massive-protest-actions-in-hong-kong/ILPS extends solidarity to massive protest actions in Hong Kong08/05/2019 ILPS Web 0 CommentsILPS extends solidarity to massive protest actions in Hong KongIssued by the Office of the ChairpersonInternational League of Peoples’ Struggle04 August 2019The International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) extends its solidarity to the protest movement of various sectors in Hong Kong standing up for their democratic rights. The massive street demonstrations of up to two million people opposing changes to the extradition law have spread throughout Hong Kong since June 2019.The protests were sparked by the Hong Kong government’s attempt to ram through amendments to the extradition law that showcase contempt for the rights of autonomy and competency of the Hong Kong political, legal and judicial system relative to the mainland authorities. The people in Hong Kong have just and legitimate grounds to oppose these changes to the law as they will violate the one country, two systems principle.| - ---https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Hong_Kong_anti-extradition_bill_protestsThe 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests are a series of ongoing demonstrations in Hong Kong against the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill proposed by the government of Hong Kong.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/prepared-to-die-hong-kong-protesters-embrace-hard-core-tactics-challenge-beijing-11565038264Prepared to Die’: Hong Kong Protesters Embrace Hard-Core Tactics, Challenge BeijingThe resistance, which has mainstream support, is the biggest rebellion against China’s government since President Xi took powerBy Natasha Khan and Wenxin FanAug. 5, 2019 4:51 pm ET...The shift in attitude means Hong Kong’s resistance has become the biggest open rebellion against China’s ruling Communist Party since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012.“There’s a feeling among many that there’s no other option, that some physical confrontation is the only way for the regime to listen to the voices of Hong Kongers,” said Jeffrey Ngo, chief researcher at pro-democracy group Demosisto. Mr. Ngo said he doesn’t use violence himself in the current protests, but understands why some have resorted to it....Residents have become increasingly dissatisfied as the government has dug in its heels and police have cracked down. Police on the front lines have embraced the use of tear gas—even in residential neighborhoods. Officers have beaten protesters with batons and stormed into shopping malls and subway stations to bring demonstrators to heel. Since June 9, 420 people have been arrested, and some have been charged with crimes that carry up to 10-year prison terms....Last week the Chinese army’s Hong Kong garrison released a video showing soldiers performing riot drills and taking part in mock street battles....That has come along with irritation with changes stemming from mainland immigration and tourism, including competition for college spots and real estate, the growing necessity for Mandarin-language ability, and even the erosion of the manners Hong Kong people expect when waiting in lines. The unrest has weighed on tourism and economic activity, and hit business sentiment and financial markets....Chinese army officers have said they are ready to step in if needed, though Hong Kong’s government has dismissed the possibility of calling in troops, a move that would evoke comparisons to the killing of hundreds of protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Chinese officials have at times blamed the crisis on foreign influences....The uprising is a test of Beijing’s position that Hong Kong must not be used as a base to undermine China’s ruling Communist Party. ...A bilateral treaty between China and the U.K.—made when the city was handed back to China in 1997—guarantees the independence of Hong Kong’s legal system and freedom of expression until 2047. Mr. Xi, however, delivered a speech in 2017 declaring that any overt challenges to China’s authority could undermine the foundation of that system....
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/08/report-religious-freedom-in-china-at-40-year-low/Report: Religious Freedom in China at 40-Year LowThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.8 Aug 2019China’s systematic crackdown on religion under President Xi Jinping is the worst in 40 years, according to a report published Thursday.In its nationwide move to rein in religious practice, https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jammu-and-kashmir-governor-dont-know-about-tomorrow-but-nothing-to-worry-about-today-2079962with greater government scrutiny now than it has in several decades,” writes Beijing-based Ben Halder for the international media company Ozy.Officially atheist since the Communists took power in 1949, China is now “taking harsher measures against religion than at any time since the end of the 1970s Cultural Revolution — when books associated with religion and spiritualism including Confucian thought, were burnt in public,” Halder writes....Last Edit by Palmerston
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/08/report-religious-freedom-in-china-at-40-year-low/Report: Religious Freedom in China at 40-Year LowThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.8 Aug 2019China’s systematic crackdown on religion under President Xi Jinping is the worst in 40 years, according to a report published Thursday.In its nationwide move to rein in religious practice, China has persecuted its Uighur Muslim population in Xinjiang, but is also “targeting Tibetan Buddhists, Christians, Jews and those who follow China’s folk religions with greater government scrutiny now than it has in several decades,” writes Beijing-based Ben Halder for the international media company Ozy.Officially atheist since the Communists took power in 1949, China is now “taking harsher measures against religion than at any time since the end of the 1970s Cultural Revolution — when books associated with religion and spiritualism including Confucian thought, were burnt in public,” Halder writes....Last Edit by Palmerston
Yes rushing in reverse from the godless meatgrinder ... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1126786/forgotten-stories-huge-escape-hong-kongForgotten stories of the great escape to Hong Kong across the Shenzhen borderVast numbers of mainlanders fled across the Shenzhen border from the 1950s to the 70s, fuelling Hong Kong’s boom years, says Chen Bingan...Chen Bingan, a writer from Shenzhen, spent more than 20 years interviewing sources and compiling information on an untold story involving millions of people, which has now been published as The Great Exodus to Hong Kong. The book, which came out in October, documents an important but forgotten slice of history, when mainlanders fled en masse between the 1950s and 70s to seek better lives in Hong Kong. Last Edit by Palmerston ....The shortest and most popular escape route was to swim from the Shekou area of Shenzhen to Yuen Long in [northwest] Hong Kong. But it was also dangerous and often fatal, through drowning or being shot dead by People’s Liberation Army soldiers. There was even a job in Shenzhen that involved helping officials collect and bury the bodies of the countless people who failed to make it.Last Edit by Palmerston
these people .... really love China ...
So its wrong to abuse torture people ?Or is it OK when Trump does it, but not OK when China does it ?Last Edit by Palmerston
https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliviaenos/2018/03/28/growing-religious-persecution-in-china-a-symptom-of-xis-consolidation-of-power/#7f68460b3b8cGrowing Religious Persecution In China A Symptom Of Xi's Consolidation Of PowerMar 28, 2018, 10:30amDozens gathered in Washington, D.C., last week to commemorate the life of Li Baiguang, a well-known human rights lawyer and advocate for Christians in China. Li died on Feb. 25 under suspicious circumstances after being admitted to Chinese Military Hospital No. 81 complaining of minor stomach pains. This was not the first time that Li’s life was under threat.Li’s death comes at a time of increasing religious persecution in China. Christians are under attack, but so too are other religious minorities, including Tibetan Buddhists and Muslim Uighurs. While religious minorities have long faced persecution in China, Li’s death points to increasing religious intolerance in China amidst Chinese president Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power....China’s antagonistic behavior toward religious minorities has only risen since Xi took power. In May 2015 and April 2017, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) reiterated its commitment to the “Sinicization” of China’s religions, which is the CCP’s attempt at both secularizing and subjugating religious thought and practice to the control of the party.Beijing has a long history of not respecting religious freedom.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/25/at-least-120000-muslim-uighurs-held-in-chinese-re-education-camps-report China 'holding at least 120,000 Uighurs in re-education camps'This article is more than 1 year oldUS-backed news group claims Mao-style camps are springing up on China’s western borderAt least 120,000 members of China’s Muslim Uighur minority have been confined to political “re-education camps” redolent of the Mao era that are springing up across the country’s western borderlands, a report has claimed.Radio Free Asia (RFA), a US-backed news group whose journalists have produced some of the most detailed reporting on the heavily securitised region of Xinjiang, said it obtained the figure from a security official in Kashgar, a city in China’s far west that has been the focus of a major crackdown.....Wang said that while authorities claimed the centres were about combating terrorism and separatism, they were in fact designed to brainwash and assimilate Uighurs. “At the political education facilities, they sing patriotic songs. They learn about Xi Jinping thought. These are patriotic measures aimed at making Uighurs love the Chinese government,” she said. “It’s extreme repression and yet completely silent.”Xi Jinping was crowned China’s most powerful leader since Chairman Mao at a politically sensitive congress in Beijing, Xinjiang’s re-education centres were “inundated” by detainees, who were forced to endure cramped and squalid conditions, the report said. https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/detentions-01222018171657.htmlhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-45872356Xinjiang official defends 'education centres' for Uighur Muslims16 October 2018....Rights groups say Muslims are being detained indefinitely without charge for infractions like refusing to give a DNA sample, speaking in a minority language or arguing with officials...The "vocational education and training programme" - now written into Chinese law - enables "trainees" to "reflect on their mistakes and see clearly the essence and harm of terrorism and religious extremism", he said....The Uighurs are ethnically Turkic Muslims mostly based in Xinjiang. They make up about 45% of the population there.They see themselves as culturally and ethnically close to Central Asian nations, and their language is similar to Turkish.In recent decades, large numbers of Han Chinese (China's ethnic majority) have migrated to Xinjiang, and the Uighurs feel their culture and livelihoods are under threahttps://historysshadow.wordpress.com/2018/10/18/re-education-through-labour-chinas-uighur-internment-camps/Re-Education Through Labour: China’s Uighur Internment CampsIt is reported that dozens of new ‘re-education’ centres have recently been opened in Xinjiang...For the CCP it’s simple; the ‘re-education’ centres are turning Uighur men and women away from a path of Islamic extremist separatism towards one of Communist Chinese integration. At the same time, they are provided with food and comfort, withdrawing the privations that lead these people to listen to dangerous propaganda in the first place,For many Uighurs, on the other hand, the camps are a systematised attempt to destroy their culture and force their loyalty to the CCP and the dominant Han.Earlier: Chinese "rescue" those that flee https://eastturkistaninfo.com/2014/11/14/china-identifies-dozens-of-uighurs-in-thailand-report/China identifies ‘dozens’ of Uighurs in Thailand: reportNovember 14, 2014BEIJING(Reuters) – Chinese officials in Thailand have identified “dozens” of Uighurs from Uyghuristan who were rescued by Thai police from a human-smuggling camp and those confirmed from China will be sent home, a Chinese newspaper said on Friday.Thai police previously told Reuters that the roughly 200 people rescued in March were believed to be Uighurs, a Muslim people from the western Chinese region who speak a Turkic language, many of whom chafe at government restrictions on their culture and religion..“Once we confirm that they are Chinese, they would be sent back to China,” a Chinese diplomat surnamed Qin told the newspaper.In 2009, 20 Uighurs were deported from Cambodia to China despite the objections of the United Nations and human rights groups, who said they faced lengthy jail terms upon their return.New York-based Human Rights Watch also criticized Malaysia for deporting six Uighurs to China last December.,,,Hundreds of people have been killed in unrest in Xinjiang in the past two years, prompting a crackdown by Chinese authorities.Small numbers of Uighur people have begun trickling out of China to Southeast Asia. They are believed to go overland into Laos or Myanmar, and then on to Thailand and elsewhere.
