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Central and Eastern European countries should seriously consider withdrawing their participation in 17+1. It’s a significant hindrance in forging a unified EU approach to the CCP and providing them a great window to divide and conquer. Values always come first.
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Democracy now.
Myanmar: Thousands take to the streets of Yangon to protest against mili... youtu.be/AiUjM8in6Ag via @YouTube
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So we've got another variant of wolf-warrior diplomacy?
The way CCP doubletalk is disguesting. Damn. twitter.com/joshrogin/stat…
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Hongkongers who genuinely believe in democracy and human rights are with the protestors in Myanmar. Military coup takes away people's legitimate democratic rights and damages the country's interest to benefit a few demagogues. We demand democracy now.
#Fightfordemocracy
#BeWater
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THREAD:
1. @ForeignPolicy published an article by former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan @Doug_Bandow, suggesting a more engaging policy to China. Since he mentioned my comments, I'd like to respond to a few of his points on the grand strategy to China.
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When CCP claims the military coup in Myanmar was "a major Cabinet reshuffle," it utterly legitimate for protestors to criticize CCP and disdain their tactic support towards the coup. CCP is the largest threat to democracy and expanding its autocratic system around the world.
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中共が私達の集会の権利と言論の自由を奪った後、香港の抗議運動は休息の期間に入りました。しかし、私達は戻ってくると信じています。
「香港画」で若者の顔を見た時、彼らの安全を心配しつつも、正義を求めて戦った世代の香港人を誇りに思いました。私達は諦めません！
「香港画」を応援して下さい。
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Wish everyone a great year of Ox and good health! Hope that suppressed activists in China, Xinjiang and Hong Kong can be free soon. The true happiness comes from a peaceful mind and the pursuit of justice. Democracy prevails!
#StandwithHongKong
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cowrote it with @benedictrogers , in solidarity with the protestros in #Myanmar. Democracies should come together to defend our common values in the face of rising tyrannies.
Opinion: The Myanmar coup is more proof that global democracy is under threat independent.co.uk/voices/myanmar…
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People should be reminded more broadly about the threats and dangers of autocracies. Mistakenly claiming China as an "ally" shows the understanding of the nature of CCP is generally lacking, even for people who should be well informed. Something fundamental is missing. twitter.com/NBCNews/status…
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While most of us are celebrating Valentine’s day, many activists are unable to share the joy with their important half due to detention, disappearance and fleeing. They are accused of their love for democracy.
Yet, nothing can stop us from it.
Democracy prevails. Love prevails.
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#Breaking: #Myanmar Military Junta is now firing at unarmed civilians, with #InternetShutdown, tanks and endless night arrest. The free world must stand against these atrocities.
All nations backing this dictatorship must be condemned!
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #SaveMyanmar
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Friends from #MilkTeaAlliance and democratic countries, I think all of you should be concerned with the latest developments in #Myanmar:
Mass military presence, firing at citizens, internet cutoff… A potential massacre is happening.
Let's keep tweeting and supporting them.
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I have personally met many Myanmar activists from my previous effort on enhancing understandings and friendships among Asian activists. I wish them safe -- same to the rest of the population who are fighting for democracy. Extremely heart-broken to have witnessed the development
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Many journalists and foreign citizens I met were shocked by the Juen 4th Massacre in Beijing. People in Myanmar are very worried that the exact same thing will happen in their country. Tanks, soldiers are everywhere and information is extremely limited.
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For those unable to help the protestors in Myanmar physically, there is at least one thing you can do:
TREND #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar and #SaveMyanmar in your country by simply type it while you share the information. You can also click on the tags to know more. RETWEET.
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Let's talk about the ways to deal with CCP. twitter.com/RyanShorthouse…
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Credible sources revealed that the Myanmar military government is receiving “technical support” from the CCP to build similar internet firewalls to block access to Twitter, NYT, FB etc. The internet cutoff serves this need.
Dictators help each other and CCP is leading the way.
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We can all ask our friends in telecom industry to verify it. It's important that we can have information on what's happening in there and try to act in advance to protect citizens there. It's a long process to build an internet firewall -- the free world should act immediately.
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//This — China’s bid to reshape the international order to ratify its authoritarian policies at home — is nothing short of an international emergency. ...Countering the CCP’s global ambitions is more than a conventional foreign policy challenge.//
nationalreview.com/corner/nathan-…
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This is the response when people text the number 7979 of Myanmar telecom operator MPT. Many asked me what these characters mean. These are garbled words and mean nothing. No one can read it. The same applies to the glitches on software/ website which shows Chinese character.
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A coherent, assertive streaty is needed for the world to counter China's growing aggression.
Blinken invited to meet EU foreign ministers Monday, diplomats say politico.eu/article/blinke…
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1. This article aims at encouraging a global approach to tackle the democracy crisis. The decline of democracy has been ongoing for almost two decades, and many people suffer. It's time for us to rethink our approach to defend our democratic values.
foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/17/chi…
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Scenes alike.
1989 Beijing, China
2021 Mandalay, Myanmar
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
Youngest lawmaker of #HongKong. Activist. Exiled in London. Author of Freedom.
Founder @HKDC_US @HKUC_UK @hongkongmarch @demosisto (disbanded)
#TIME100