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PM Boris Johnson’s China policy riddled with contradictions | Sunday Guardian
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @RhonddaBryant
MP writes on the UK government's #IntegratedReview strategy paper.
sundayguardianlive.com/world/integrat… via @SundayGuardian
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Coverage of interventions by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @MPIainDS @LaylaMoran and @AlynSmith in the UK parliament yesterday.
All called for sanctions and other mechanisms to hold China to account for its breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong.
smh.com.au/world/europe/c…
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4⃣France 🇫🇷
@AndreGattolin, also an #IPAC co-chair, was prominent in the French media as Wang Yi visited Paris. He called on President Macron to take a tough line on Beijing's encroachment on freedoms in Hong Kong and excluding Huawei from 5G networks.
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Tomorrow the Italian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee will debate a resolution led by #IPAC 🇮🇹 member @PaoloFormentin1 declaring a #UyghurGenocide.
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Australian Ambassador to France thanks #IPAC 🇫🇷 co-chairs @AndreGattolin and @iflorennes92 for their #SolidarityWithAustralia 🇦🇺
Last month IPAC members from nine parliaments called on their governments to stand with Australia against intimidation from the Chinese government.
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2⃣The Netherlands 🇳🇱
#IPAC co-chair @Martijncda held a press conference with Omir Bekali, who gave a moving testimony of surviving Xinjiang's Uyghur prison camps.
Already, it was clear that Wang Yi's visit was not going to be as smooth as hoped.
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"The greatest number of women that are being abused are Uyghur women by the Chinese state."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani MP addresses the UK Parliament.
Foreign Sec. @DominicRaab responds by calling on the UN Human Rights Commissioner to establish a fact finding mission.
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#IPAC 🇳🇱 co-chair @Martijncda MP intervenes on the planned construction of UN data centres in China.
Van Helvert questioned the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs on what guarantees had been sought on the security and integrity of sensitive data stored.
cda.nl/vanhelvert/nie…
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#IPAC co-chair @bueti criticises 🇪🇺🇨🇳 CAI investment deal:
"A few market access concessions weigh more than both the need to stand tall against the appalling forced labour practises in China, and the opportunity of aligning with the incoming Biden team”
politico.eu/article/eu-nea…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺🇫🇷 member @rglucks1 announces campaign for EU legislation to prevent human rights abuses in fashion supply chains, including the use of #Uyghur forced labour in #Xinjiang. twitter.com/rglucks1/statu…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 🇵🇱 member @AnnaFotyga_PE MEP leads European Parliament support for deepening economic and political relationship with Taiwan 🇹🇼, resulting in the first reference to the "Republic of China" in an EU document. twitter.com/AnnaFotyga_PE/…
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#BREAKING: UK PM @BorisJohnson announces diplomatic boycott of #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
The PM confirms no UK Ministers or officials will attend the Games, in answer to #IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS.
🇬🇧 adds to major victories for #IPAC #NoRightsNoShow campaign in 🇺🇸🇦🇺🇳🇿🇱🇹.
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#BREAKING: UK PM @BorisJohnson announces diplomatic boycott of #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
The PM confirms no UK Ministers or officials will attend the Games, in answer to #IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS.
🇬🇧 adds to major victories for #IPAC #NoRightsNoShow campaign in 🇺🇸🇦🇺🇳🇿🇱🇹.
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#IPAC 🇫🇷 co-chair Sen. @AndreGattolin on EU-China #CAI investment deal:
"It's hard to see how these gains outweigh the blatant human rights violations in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Tibet and against Taiwan, and the political cost of condoning such actions."
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4097272
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 members @MiriamMLex @bueti @ViolavonCramon lead cross-party group of MEPs concerned with increasing Chinese influence in Serbia.
The MEPs identified a lack of transparency and bypassing of European environmental standards as key issues.
emerging-europe.com/news/meps-conc…
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#BREAKING: New Zealand joins the US 🇺🇸 and Lithuania 🇱🇹 in announcing diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
Congratulations to #IPAC 🇳🇿 members Louisa Wall and Simon O'Connor for leading the campaign.
#NoRightsNoShow
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Highlights from European Parliament debate on resolution co-authored by #IPAC MEPs @EnginEroglu_FW, @bueti and @MiriamMLex on Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang.
Eroglu: "What is happening in Xinjiang is a systematic nightmare".
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EU sanctions against China for the first time in 30 years | Nikkei Asia
Featuring calls from #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex MEP to bring forward sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for the dismantling of democracy in Hong Kong.
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#IPAC 🇧🇪 co-chairs @ElsVanHoofcdenv @SamuelCogolati led questioning of Foreign Minister @Sophie_Wilmes on EU-China #CAI investment deal.
Concerns include China's access to EU energy and telecommunications markets and China's failure to ratify ILO conventions on forced labour.
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China's hard line against Australia is a lesson for us all | Japan Times.
Featuring comment from #IPAC advisor @AkiraIgata:
"China has a clear track record of engaging in economic coercion by exploiting economic dependence."
japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/1…
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#IPAC 🇨🇿 member @JanLipavsky MP joins calls to ban involvement from Chinese firms in Czech nuclear power, citing security concerns.
Full interview below 👇
irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/d…
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Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇪🇺 member @guyverhofstadt MEP:
"The European Parliament will never ratify the China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment without commitments and proof that the human rights of Hong Kongers, Uyghurs & Tibetans improve."
politico.eu/article/eu-chi…
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The Czech Parliament has passed a motion calling for the Chinese government to end its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, referencing abuses including torture and organ harvesting.
The motion was backed by #IPAC 🇨🇿 Co-Chair @JanLipavsky.
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Japan eyes US-style law to sanction Uighur human rights abuses | Nikkei Asia
Coverage of #IPAC 🇯🇵 satellite @Japan_pac calls for a Magnitsky style human rights sanctions regime. Featuring comment from IPAC advisor @AkiraIgata.
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Canadian government issues advisory for businesses operating in Xinjiang, citing widespread forced labour and grave human rights abuses.
This answers calls made by #IPAC 🇨🇦 members for supply chain risk profiles to be updated in light of abuses.
theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…