關係回溫後,菲律賓開始買戰機啦~
"The government of the Philippines has requested to buy 10 F-16C Block 70/72 aircraft and two F-16D Block 70/72 aircraft made by Lockheed Martin Co. The export of that arms package, which includes spares and training, is valued at up to $2.43 billion, the Pentagon said.
Despite the State Department approval, the notification does not indicate that a contract has been signed or that negotiations have concluded. Often during a competition, the State Department will approve the export of weapons before a winner has been named."
WSJ對香港蘋果日報做的最後身影報導:
"Apple Daily’s website had about 9.6 million monthly unique visitors in Hong Kong and a print circulation of more than 86,000 copies, according to the most recent filings from the paper’s Hong Kong-listed publisher."
“Hong Kong people are smart. Even if it’s gone now, it’ll return in another form,” ... “They can’t suppress all our voices.”
細數極權國家們如何在過去配合中國在迫害維吾爾族上助紂為虐:
[ The researchers stress in the report’s conclusion that transnational repression is but a part of the wider patterns of “global authoritarianism” in which “autocratic regimes like China actively cooperate with one another and repurpose institutions to protect themselves from accountability for human rights abuses.” This, in part, explains the paradoxical support of Muslim-majority authoritarian states for the repression of Muslims in China. Economics also forms an important tether. Of the top 10 countries where China used transnational repression against the Uyghurs, the report notes that China is the largest creditor in four (Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia and Myanmar). The Belt and Road Initiative, in both its political and economic aspects, undergirds China’s increasing reach. ]
https://thediplomat.com/2021/06/chinas-transnational-repression-leaves-uyghurs-no-space-to-run/
德國明鏡週刊原文連結附於下方:
[ 街道說著不同的語言。據穆罕默德說,喀什至少有 150 座清真寺。然而,附近許多清真寺的門都用掛鎖鎖著,宣禮塔已經彎下腰。清真寺不再使用。
喀什改建清真寺:“旅遊廁所”。
官員們重新利用了其中一間祈禱室。通過側門,路人可以走進虔誠者在祈禱前經常洗手的房間:磚石長凳,面向牆壁,內襯水龍頭和長長的瓷磚盆。今天,它被用作小便池。外面掛著一個木牌,上面寫著中文、維語和英文:“旅遊廁所”。]
無國界記者的聲明:
"無國界記者組織(RSF)東亞辦事處執行長艾瑋昂(Cedric Alviani)表示:「『蘋果日報』是少數勇於批評北京政權的主要中文媒體之一,在多年騷擾後將它打倒,向香港新聞工作者發出令人不寒而慄的訊息。」
艾瑋昂強調:「如果國際社會不以最堅定的決心回應,就是在告訴習近平主席,他可以像在中國其他地區那樣徹底抹煞香港的新聞自由,也不會受到任何懲罰。」"
香港蘋果日報用了25年時間向世界證明:中國共產黨不可信。
"《蘋果日報》在1995年的創刊社論〈我們屬於香港〉中,有幾段是這麼寫的:
「我們要辦的是一份香港人的報紙。
尚有兩年香港的政權便要移交了,在這個時候辦報,不怕九七後情況有變嗎?我們怕。但我們不願意被恐懼所威嚇。我們更不願意被悲觀所蒙蔽。我們要積極樂觀地面對未來,因為我們是香港人!
在世界的資訊走廊上,香港雖然只是斗室一個,但我們清明通透,時刻與整個世界資訊交流:每一分、每一秒都受到世界傳媒注視、受世界輿論監察。在舉世眾目睽睽之下,誰敢貿然對香港胡作非為?
我們有緊扣世界脈搏的靈通資訊網絡,優良的自由法治傳統,無數世界級的人才⋯⋯我們對中國和世界貿易發揮不可替代的積極作用。權衡利害,中國能不讓我們有一個自由充裕的生存空間?」"
WSJ分析指出此舉象徵意義居多,文裡沒講的是自然是中國擅長的文件改頭換面那套作假竄改伎倆:
"Under the plan, to be announced Thursday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection would bar imports of metallurgical-grade silicon mined by Hoshine Silicon Industry (Shanshan) Co. unless the company can prove the material isn’t made with forced labor, these people said.
The Commerce Department would add Hoshine and four other Chinese companies and entities involved in silicon production to its entity list, which requires U.S. companies to get a license to sell them products or technology; such licenses are rarely granted. The Labor Department would also add polysilicon made in China to its list of products made by forced labor."
WSJ對港府以國安法打壓香港蘋果至關閉的報導:
At the end of a weekly press conference on Tuesday held by Hong Kong’s top local official, Carrie Lam, one Apple Daily reporter asked her: “You said the national-security law will only affect a small number of people, but more than 800 people in my company will be forced to lose their jobs. Can you respond, Mrs. Lam?”
She walked away without answering.
"頭版的樣貌為、「港人雨中痛別」,在作業正式結束後,公司內響起了拍手聲。
長年支持民主派,「蘋果日報」也是唯一保持同一姿態的報紙,但是創業者及幹部們以涉嫌違反國家安全維持法為理由依序起訴,公司的資產也遭到凍結。"
WSJ對香港蘋果日報迫於國安法收攤的評論:
"This story of what happened to Apple Daily is only partly about undermining the free press. It’s more broadly a warning of what can happen to any company operating in Hong Kong that the authorities claim committed some offense under the vague terms of the National Security Law."
"The free flow of information enabled prosperity and broad freedom. Now, Hong Kong shares and bank accounts can be frozen on the order of a single official, destroying private enterprise as well as freedom."
"Chinese researchers initially submitted the sequences to the NIH database in March 2020 and published information about them in a paper on a preprint server, according to the NIH. The paper described the use of an advanced sequencing technology to detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. The researchers didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment."
"根據《立場新聞》報導,24日凌晨,首批的最後一期《蘋果日報》甫印出,就已有大批市民在蘋果日報大樓外,排隊等候,並點亮手機燈。期間,也有蘋果日報記者到大樓門外拍大合照。拿到報紙的市民難掩激動,齊齊高舉報紙給其他家媒體記者拍攝。
香港蘋果的員工親自拿著報紙免費派給在大樓外聲援的市民。期間,有港人哽咽高呼:「多謝你哋(你們)呀!」"
"政權上周四第二度搜查報館,撿取大批新聞材料,並以國安法拘捕五名高層,其中報館的社長張劍虹、總編輯羅偉光已被落案控告,還柙在獄。昨晨再拘捕主筆楊清奇,報館基於員工安全和人手考慮,決定停刊及停止新聞網站的運作。2021年6月24日之後,香港將沒有《蘋果》。《蘋果》死亡,新聞自由是暴政的犧牲品。"
美國國衛院的新發展:
「根據美國國家衛生研究院聲明,提交基因定序資料的中國研究人員2020年6月要求刪除,理由是相關資料已更新,將公布在另一不知名的資料庫,研究人員希望刪除舊版資料以免造成混淆。
中國研究人員2020年3月將這些資料提交給美國國家衛生研究院資料庫,並在一份預印本伺服器上的論文中發表定序資料相關訊息。」
不只彭博,路透社的分析也不看好:
「中國一直希望在全球鐵礦砂市場取得定價權,但這恐怕很難,主要因中國無法控制的因素太多。首先是上述的結構因素,無論長約還是指數定價,兩種方式都很容易被國際資本操作,而且也都必須使用美元作為計價和結算的貨幣。
其次,在供需層面,其他國家的鐵礦砂需求也在增加,供應端仍不斷出問題。」
美國商務部對檢討報告的回應:
「美國商務部在出口管制實體清單(Entity List)新增的5家中企包括;合盛硅業股份有限公司、新疆大全新能源有限公司、新疆東方希望有色金屬有限公司、新疆協鑫新能源材料科技有限公司、及新疆生產建設兵團。」
2024/02/29停用。