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According to #Reuters, the #US is preparing to authorize departure for its diplomats in #China. Pulling out of the safety of China back to where there are 789,000+ #Covid infections in the last 24 hours & 868,000+ deaths to date? Interesting but weird.
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huge flock of Vinous-throated Parrotbills (棕头鸦雀,Sinosuthora webbiana) is splashing, in Shanxi province. Round-headed and long-tailed, adults are warm orange-brown overall. credit 秋天的记忆 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Goodbye Riyadh! This has been a momentus visit. Look forward to an even brighter future for #China-#Arab states relations.
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ナンシー・ペロシ下院議長、台湾上陸へ🇹🇼 #Pelosi #Taiwan #China #台湾有事は日本有事 #ChinaJapanFact twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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Love and togetherness -- Indian White-eyes (灰腹绣眼鸟,Zosterops palpebrosus). by 乾隆通宝 #China #nature #Peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Silver Pheasant (白鹇, Lophura nycthemera), found mainly in mountains of mainland SE Asia and southern #China. It is under second-class state protection. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW) credit 义胆雄丰 #Chinese #nature #Peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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2. It is worrying, under #nationalsecuritylaw, foreign passport holders are deprived of basic rights of access to family-appointed lawyers, which is claimingly promised in #China’s law, esp when 4 lawyers were forced to quit the case due to unusual pressure from #CCP authorities.
The firmness in standing with #Taiwan is much appreciated, Mr. Speaker. #China won’t stop us from welcoming friends, either. Freedom & democracy are our values & way of life; won’t be changed by #PRC coercions. JW twitter.com/SpeakerMcCarth…
As the people of #Taiwan will never give up their democratic way of life, "one country, two systems" is no panacea for cross-strait ties. We won't provoke, but nor will we accept the "1992 consensus." I urge like-minded countries to stand with us & for #China not to misjudge.
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Friends in different sizes -- Crested Kingfisher vs Common Kingfisher 🌹 by 苗璐 #China #nature #birds #photography #野鳥
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Blue-winged Laughingthrush (蓝翅噪鹛), in Yunnan province. Never found in large flocks, but rather in small groups, pairs, and even occasionally singly. credit 悦鸟鸣娴 🌹 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2022
An amazing bridge with Chinese and Islamic characteristics, symbolizing the friendship between #China and #Bangladesh.
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Indochinese Green Magpie feeds the young, in SW China's #Guangxi region. by 杨新建 #China #nature #birds #photography #野鳥 #BirdsSeenIn2022
Following a series of military threats, the #PRC is weaponizing trade by announcing an immediate ban on #Taiwan's custard & wax apples. This hostile move violates international trade norms! #China wants to join the high-standard #CPTPP? Is this a joke? JW
Chinese people have just created a new sentence: “We're fighting Death/God of Death for our parents (与死神抢父母).” Don't know how many have died. But obviously, this is somewhere in rural #China, so many people are holding ceremonies to honor the dead... #ChinaCovidDeaths
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male Temminck's Tragopan, or 红腹角雉, is incredibly bright and exquisite. credit:西风瘦马bj #China #nature #birds #photography #野鳥
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oops, a bit slippery -- Golden Pheasant (红腹锦鸡).😂 The owl is under second-class state protection in #China. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW) #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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6/ It’s doubtful whether those Chinese labs can refuse to hand over their DNA data if #Beijing insists on taking the data. Not to mention that #China has already stationed its #secretpolice agency in #HongKong under #nationalsecuritylaw.
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Black-faced Warblers, spotted in SW China's #Yunan province. by 小王 #China #野鳥 #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2022 #nature #TwitterNatureCommunity #birds #photography @Avibase
#China’s drills are wrecking the #TaiwanStrait status quo & destabilizing the #IndoPacific. Minister Wu talked with 6 top media outlets—@Bloomberg, @FoxNews, @NBCNews, @politico, @dcexaminer & @CNN—to detail #Taiwan’s🇹🇼 resolve to stand strong & unite with fellow democracies.
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This 10 year-old protester: it’s important for #HongKong to close the border to #China so as to stop the spread of #nCov2019 in #HK. “I came alone, my parents know but they are ok with me coming out. I don’t mind getting arrested, that’s expected when you stand up for #freedom
#China's sharp power is challenging the existing rules-based int'l order & the cross-strait status quo. However, #Taiwan will persevere, & continue to use platforms like the Ketagalan Forum to engage w/ the world.
At Mao Ye Department Store in #Shenzhen City in #CCPChina, one cop in every meter. That's how the #CCP responds to #ChinaUprising #chinaprotest #ChinaUprising #A4Revolution in #China
In #Shenyang city, as the crematory is already full and cannot hold more bodies, someone chose to leave the body on the ground in front of the crematory and left. A helpless choice, I guess. How many have died in #CCPChina #China? #Covid