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On 11/18/2020 at 10:05 PM, 6of1_halfdozenofother said:

Well, good to see that at least one judge in their judiciary believes that the police state of HK has been trampling over the rights of the people of HK.

 

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https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1560796-20201119.htm

 

Pretty sure that after this, 7por will be looking to can this judge.  After all, she'd been thumping her chest all along saying how independent the police complaints system was.  Independent my &^@#ing ass.

 

But wait, there's more:

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https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1560805-20201119.htm

 

Yup, pretty sure this poor judge will get canned.  Maybe even slapped with a trumped up "threat to national security" charge by the ccp.

 

Here's hoping he manages to complete his rulings on a few more proceedings before he gets canned.

Canned? I'm thinking based on how that vile turd Jinping likes to do things, that this judge will disappear and never be seen again. 

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1 hour ago, PhillipBlunt said:

Canned? I'm thinking based on how that vile turd Jinping likes to do things, that this judge will disappear and never be seen again. 

Nah... he's too high profile to disappear.

He'll "reappear" with a "heart-felt apology" on the error of his ways and how he hurt the feelings of the Chinese/HK people, etc.  

 

China should just use 1 standard video and just deepfake a person's face on it as they need it.  

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1 hour ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said:

Now that the UK has stated that they view the ccp as not complying with the Joint Declaration, they should follow it up by trying to convince the rest of the G7 (and as many UN member states as possible) to nullify the "One China" policy.

 

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https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1580434-20210313.htm

 

BTW, looks like it won't be long before I won't be quoting RTHK articles any more.  The new lackey installed as their Chief has decided to wade in on editorial independence of programming (he's been cutting episodes of material that were ready to go but were deemed "indecent" or because he apparently didn't like the narrative), so it's only a matter of time before he starts shifting the spin on the RTHK news websites in favour of the government and the ccp.


For a public broadcaster, they were fair in their provision of news and fearless in their willingness to expose truth to power.  Unfortunately, as a government-funded institution and under attack by pro-establishment politicians and talking heads consistently and constantly for the longest time, they may finally have been dealt an incapacitating blow and are eventually likely to end up a government mouthpiece, just like the ccp mouthpieces cctv and xinhua to their north.

And this is a problem when Trudeau cozies up to them too much, he'll keep his mouth shut if the chips are ever down and we'll look like fools.

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3 hours ago, Nucksownyou said:

It's amazing how many people turn a blind eye to China. What they are doing would be enough to start a world war if this was Nazi Germany.

Have you enlisted yet, you know, to fight in the upcoming war?

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4 hours ago, Nucksownyou said:

It's amazing how many people turn a blind eye to China. What they are doing would be enough to start a world war if this was Nazi Germany.

When they decide to conquer their neighbors it very well might. No govt gave a $&!# about the treatment of Jewish/Slavic or other 'undesirable' people in the lead up to WW2. The annexation of neighboring countries though...

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42 minutes ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said:

Question is: what would be considered as "annexation"?  They've always viewed Taiwan as their own internal matter, which is why any pretense of accepting the "one china" policy needs to go before the west can take the moral high ground of "protecting democracy in Taiwan".

 

Besides, the way they've been loan sharking countries, they might not need to militarily "conquer" them, just point out the fact that most of the newly-built infrastucture in those countries belongs to them, or strip them bare of natural resources via the companies that have infiltrated those countries' key indusries.

And when they do annex Taiwan, physically, there will be action. I fully believe China needs to be dealt with; I just wouldn't compare it to how Nazi Germany was responded to. 

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On 6/15/2021 at 2:32 AM, 6of1_halfdozenofother said:

From a philosophical and political perspective, let's change the dial and focus on the physical and tangible for a bit.  If this reactor ends up with a Chernobyl-style accident, you could kiss not only HK and Macau goodbye, but also the most populous province in China as well.

 

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https://hongkongfp.com/2021/06/14/imminent-radiological-threat-french-firm-seeks-to-resolve-issue-at-chinese-nuclear-plant-opposite-hong-kong/

 

CBC decided to run with Associated Press' version:

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/taishan-nuclear-report-gases-1.6064712

 

So as an authoritarian state, how do you prevent a nuclear power plant from being shut down due to buildup of gases?  Just change the acceptable operating parameters and radiation levels.  :picard:

 

And the Biden administration's spokesperson isn't helping either - sure, the reactor's situation might not be "crisis level" or present a severe safety threat right now, but these reactors operate at high temperatures and pressures, and it only takes minutes (if not seconds) for a situation to go from normal to super-critical.  :picard:

China isn't the only government to lie about incidents like this.

 

https://www.ecowatch.com/36-years-of-three-mile-islands-lethal-lies-and-still-counting-1882023488.html

 

 

When will people get it into their heads 

 

ALL GOVERNMENTS LIE 

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People wonder how Hitler managed to takeover whole countries without much resistance. Stalin starved millions of Ukrainians while the west made excuses. Mao no dif. HK will go by the wayside with hardly a whisper.

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On 6/22/2021 at 1:31 AM, 6of1_halfdozenofother said:

There's an article on the HK Free Press website today for which a paragraph jumped out at me.  There have been other articles on other web media sites that had similar reporting of similar situations for many of the arrested pro-democracy activists currently held in custody as well as those granted bail.  I couldn't understand why the wording of those articles containing paragraphs like this bothered me so much - it wasn't until today that I figured out why:

 

https://hongkongfp.com/2021/06/22/hong-kong-court-grants-bail-to-activist-owen-chow-pending-national-security-trial/

 

The problem with this arises from the criminal law principle of "presumption of innocence" based on the HK Bill of Rights.  The specific words that bother me are "would not continue to commit" being a condition of granting (or denying) bail.

 

Those very words have already presumed guilt before the case is even tried in court to determine whether or not the accused are proven guilty, because you can't "continue" if you haven't been determined to have even "started".

 

This subtle judicial presumption of guilt before trial demonstrates to me that the national moronic security law has killed the rights of the HK people as mandated by law that long pre-dated the nmsl.

@6of1_halfdozenofother your content here is appreciated. 

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China National Security Law - authorities swoop in, arrest, 5 Hong Kong ... speech pathologists (not a typo)

Thu 22 Jul 2021 03:17:47 GMT

 

Yes, five Hong Kong speech pathologists were arrested by national security officers in a series of raids across the city just after daybreak.

South China Morning Post report that the five, leaders of the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists are accused of conspiring to incite hatred against the government, instigate others to violence.
 
 
Another HK media, The Standard adds:
  • Sources said those arrested are from the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapist, and the offending materials involve children's books.

 

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Would be funny if it weren't so sad.

 

 

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9 hours ago, nuckin_futz said:

China National Security Law - authorities swoop in, arrest, 5 Hong Kong ... speech pathologists (not a typo)

Thu 22 Jul 2021 03:17:47 GMT

 

Yes, five Hong Kong speech pathologists were arrested by national security officers in a series of raids across the city just after daybreak.

South China Morning Post report that the five, leaders of the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists are accused of conspiring to incite hatred against the government, instigate others to violence.
 
 
Another HK media, The Standard adds:
  • Sources said those arrested are from the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapist, and the offending materials involve children's books.

 

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Would be funny if it weren't so sad.

 

 

Chinese government is very scary.  They will push a country to using nukes.  Just friggin’ nuts.  

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7 hours ago, Alflives said:

Chinese government is very scary.  They will push a country to using nukes.  Just friggin’ nuts.  

A poor mans version of the USSR. 

 

They are even using similar tactics as the USSR like indebting countries or trying to cause political instability. 

 

The world will be a lot safer once the CCP are out of power; in the mean time we are screwed....

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On 7/22/2021 at 5:51 AM, Alflives said:

Chinese government is very scary.  They will push a country to using nukes.  Just friggin’ nuts.  

By the end of the decade, unless China disposes of Xi and backtracks on their foreign policy, Japan at the very least will be a nuclear capable country.

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