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[Battling COVID-19: Masks for Doctors & Nurses] LETS HELP ACQUIRE 1,250,000 SURGICAL MASKS FOR THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS ON THE FRONT LINE OF THE CORONAVIRUS! gofundme.com/f/842000-surgi…
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HK’s plan to enforce alcohol ban hits rocky start
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HKGov could announce the ban as early as Thurs, along with tougher measures to force people to practise social distancing, two sources with knowledge of the situation said. “All options are on the table”
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If China valued free speech, there would be no coronavirus crisis. Country could have contained spread of disease if only it had learned lessons from Sars outbreak. theguardian.com/world/2020/feb…
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Happy Birthday, Madam @SpeakerPelosi! We’re so grateful for your leadership, strength, and tireless work on standing with #HongKong and supporting #HKHumanRightsandDemocracyAct in 2019. #HKHRDA
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My Oped in @washingtonpost "China is sinking its claws deeper into a bastion of freedom" washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/… While Beijing flexes its muscles in Hong Kong under the shadow of a global pandemic, we hope the world keeps a close watch on the situation in our city.
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While the world is busy trying to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus, Chinese authorities last week pulled credentials from journalists at three major media outlets: the @nytimes, @WSJ and @washingtonpost.
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What is particularly shocking about this retaliatory move, after the Trump administration took action against several Chinese Communist Party-controlled outlets, is that for the first time, those foreign correspondents are also barred from reporting from Hong Kong and Macau.
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Support for protesters rises even as coronavirus halts rallies: poll
It has grown even as rallies have paused due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to survey conducted for Reuters showed widespread lack of confidence in gov ability to manage crisis.
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Must read! Article from @Jasonyng twitter.com/hkfp/status/12…
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2/ To keep the official figures of confirmed cases low, Chinese hospitals now refuse to take in new patients, inflected patients are forced to terminate their treatment, and asymptomatic patients are not counted in the confirmed case total, according to several media's reports.
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1/ Coronavirus is more than just a disease but a series of human-made mistakes. It could have been contained if whistleblower doctors have not been detained. Even now Beijing is still clamping down on online discussions critical of the government's mishandling of the outbreak.
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3/ Not to mention that 80% of COVID-19 tests that Czech brought from China give fake results. All censored information by China may lead to another wave of contagion and threaten other countries' life and death. Besides, China is now busy shaping the narrative by blaming others.
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4/ Last week China's state mouthpieces Global Times, CCTV and China News just lied to the public by claiming that the virus has been widely spread in Italy even before Wuhan's outbreak. The government also said that China donated masks to Italy for free.
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5/ Through misinformation and fake news, China tramples upon other nation's dignity, threatens other's safety with cover-ups and lies, and even put the sincerity of its government aid into doubt.
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7/ Quartz today reported that China is now buying up Italy. If the Italian government fails to guard the nation against China's autocratic ambitions, the consequence of losing sovereignty and autonomy will be more disastrous.
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6/ Beyond any doubt, China is now leveraging masks for political influence. And insincere generosity has a price. Last year Chinese embassy just openly criticized Italian parliamentarians for holding meetings to support HK, more like treating Italy as another province of China.
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8/ During this dismal situation, people of Italy and Hong Kong are all fighting a war on this deadly virus. We Hongkongers all stand with everyone in Italy. I am sure that we all can get through this difficult times before long.
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1.2/ More importantly, praising the superiority of China over the western liberal democracies. This narrative is tightly connected to President Xi Jinping's personality cult, as his authority has been deeply challenged since the outbreak.
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1.3/ To retain his reputation and erase China's bad image, state-run media in China have been projecting China as the global hero with extreme nationalist colour in the past few weeks. Therefore, helping Italy is just part of a bigger plan.
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1.1/ China's empathy with #Italy is political hypocrisy since the face mask diplomacy is just part of China's Overseas Propaganda campaign, which includes rewriting history, obscuring the source of the virus, painting China as a global hero by delivering medical aids abroad.
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2.3/ However, masks or healthcare production is not an ordinary industry. It is a matter of life and death. Most of the Chinese masks or other medical kits are gradually found substandard or counterfeited.
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3.1/ The number of confirmed cases should be higher than Italy since Beijing have tried every means to keep the number of confirmed cases low. Chinese hospitals now deny new admission of new patients and refuse to give virus test in order to achieve a zero case day.
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