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China is unlikely to dial down its "aggressive" foreign policy after next year's 20th Party Congress and could even emerge from the meeting with a more assertive approach toward Taiwan, according to an official with Taiwan's top agency for China affairs.
https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202108180008
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//Social media has become as central to free speech as town meeting halls, newspapers and television networks were in prior generations. The internet is the new public square. In recent years, however, Big Tech platforms have become increasingly brazen and shameless in censoring and discriminating against ideas, information and people on social media—banning users, deplatforming organizations, and aggressively blocking the free flow of information on which our democracy depends.//
//No longer are Big Tech giants simply removing specific threats of violence. They are manipulating and controlling the political debate itself. Consider content that was censored in the past year. Big Tech companies banned users from their platforms for publishing evidence that showed the coronavirus emerged from a Chinese lab, which even the corporate media now admits may be true. //
//Perhaps most egregious, in the weeks after the election, Big Tech blocked the social-media accounts of the sitting president. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you—and believe me, they are.//
//Meanwhile, Chinese propagandists and the Iranian dictator spew threats and hateful lies on these platforms with impunity.//
//Democrats in Congress are exploiting this leverage to coerce platforms into censoring their political opponents. In recent years, we have all watched Congress haul Big Tech CEOs before their committees and demand that they censor “false” stories and “disinformation”—labels determined by an army of partisan fact-checkers loyal to the Democrat Party. As the cases of fellow plaintiffs Ms. Horton, Dr. Victory and the Michael family demonstrate, in practice this amounts to suppression of speech that those in power do not like.//
// Big Tech and traditional media entities formed the Trusted News Initiative, which essentially takes instructions from the CDC about what information they need to “combat.” The tech companies are doing the government’s bidding, colluding to censor unapproved ideas.//
//Through these lawsuits, I intend to restore free speech for all Americans—Democrats, Republicans and independents. I will never stop fighting to defend the constitutional rights and sacred liberties of the American people.//
Singapore and Vietnam are longstanding partners.
I called Vietnam PM Phạm Minh Chính today to congratulate him on his appointment as Prime Minister, and the successful conclusion of the 13th Communist Party of Vietnam National Congress.
We discussed deepening economic cooperation and business links between our two countries, including in new areas like the digital economy and innovation.
We also agreed on the importance of safely resuming essential business and official travel as soon as conditions permit.
I look forward to working with PM Chính to further strengthen the Strategic Partnership between Singapore and Vietnam. – LHL
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“Are you helping or harming us?” This is my serious question to you American politicians, including those in the Trump administration and in the Congress. As the spokesperson for the New Party, one of Taiwan’s political parties, and also a young man who has lived in Taiwan for more than 32 years since my birth, I should tell you that the answer decides our future without doubt. In other words, the very fact I must confirm is whether you support Taiwan independence instead of the One-China policy or just deploy Taiwan as your pawn to bargain with Beijing. To be honest, as you always take it for granted to sacrifice others for your benefits, it is quite important for us to make sure in advance.
As we all know, the US Congress usually tends to challenge China’s sovereignty over Taiwan because of the impact of the military-industrial complex and the lobbies hired by the Taiwan government. The Taiwan Travel Act and the TAIPEI Act are the late instances. However, without the administration’s implementation, these are only lip service. Thus, the administration’s attitude is crucial indeed. So, let’s see the Department of State. As Secretary Pompeo stated last March, the US is now using every tool in its tool kit to prevent China from isolating Taiwan through diplomatic channels. This year, after shifting blames for its neglect of the pandemic prevention by attacking China and the WHO, the Department of State recently expressed support for Taiwan’s participation in the WHA. The above really triggered my curiosity: The establishment of the US-Taiwan formal diplomatic relations is just the most useful tool, isn’t it? Why does the US not use that? Besides, since Taiwan should become a formal member of the UN before entering the WHO, why does the US not recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state or the ROC government in Taiwan as the only legal government of China instead of the PRC?
The answer to my question seems that your real intention is not to support Taiwan’s real independence but only to trouble Beijing. Just as Pompeo said at a congressional hearing, the Trump administration’s way of viewing the US-Taiwan relations can consider the threat of China’s rise more than the predecessors, which reveals that Taiwan is only a chess piece for Washington to play with Beijing. Furthermore, since the US has no will to have Taiwan as a formal ally, Taiwan is just a pawn you can sacrifice anytime. Consequently, Taiwan must suffer the worsening of cross-strait relations at our own cost while the US just plays Taiwan to bargain with Beijing for your own interests. The outcome is so predictable that Taiwan should go through a depression for its large economic dependence on mainland China which you are unable and unwilling to make up. Besides, we should even consider the most serious situation that a war occurs in the Taiwan Strait. The scenario of Taiwan military is holding on alone within two to three weeks in order to wait for the US military aid. Nevertheless, as the former AIT chairman Richard Bush said, the implied commitment of the US to come to Taiwan’s defense has never be absolute. In other words, we should risk engaging a war with Beijing resulted from your dangerous game, sacrificing our lives for your lies.
As I already told you earlier, the real threat to the US is not China’s rise but the loss of your self-confidence. Moreover, you have weakened the stability across the Taiwan Strait by inciting Taiwan to deny the 1992 consensus and intervening in Taiwan’s campaign last year, which destroys the status quo and your interests indeed. Certainly, as what Secretary Pompeo has told us, “We lied, we cheated, we stole,” how can we bet our future on the US “glory” of lying, cheating, and stealing? In fact, as you once betrayed us in 1978 even though the ROC government in Taiwan and your government was formal alliance then, it is much easier for you today to abandon us when the deal has been done.
In conclusion, as your government declared plainly in the U.S.-PRC Joint Communique (1972), the US had its interests in a peaceful settlement of the Taiwan question by the Chinese themselves. Accordingly, since you are not willing to recognize either Taiwan as an independent state or the ROC as the legal government of China, we have no choice but to deal with the question of reunification with Beijing by the Chinese ourselves. Helping instead of harming us, you could stop intervening in the Taiwan question, otherwise it will only strengthen the risk across the Taiwan Strait and put us in jeopardy. Thank you if you release your hands.
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Next week - We'll discuss China's tourism policy announcement.
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一位英國議員來港被拒入境。
他驚問︰一國兩制完結了嗎？
本來，一個政府，有權拒絕任何她認為不適合的人士入境，只要是特區政府自己的意願。
但特首林鄭卻這樣說︰外交是中央的權力。
出入境自由，為什麼又變了外交問題？
入境人士涉及外交問題，便屬於中央管轄範圍。
但誰決定出入境人士涉及外交問題？
那由中央決定。
換句話說，北京決定誰可以進出香港，只要她定性為涉及外交問題。
這為香港的出入境自由敲響了第一下喪鐘。
一國兩制，港人治港的大原則，是除了國防、外交，其餘一切，均由香港特區政府自行運作。
但今次事件，顯示只要將出入境人士定性為外交問題，即由北京決定。
目前尚由北京指令特區政府，出入境有否涉及外交問題，高鐵一地兩檢後，大陸官員直接在港執法，誰人可以進出，根本不用知會港府。
下一步便到濫用國防的定義。
維持治安，捉賊當然是香港政府警隊的工作，但如果對方背後有外國政府指使，便屬於國防問題了。
所以雨傘運動時，梁振英一再強調，有外國勢力在背後策劃，賣港傳媒又重覆說佔領學生，收受美國資金。因為牽涉外國，便是國防問題，屬中央負責。
難怪當大批國內流氓在佔領區，欺負學生，警隊又準備開槍射殺學生時，當時的政務司長林鄭說︰作為局外人，不方便說三道四。
外國勢力，策劃暴亂，搞港獨，當然是國防問題，是中央權責，出動軍隊，開槍射殺，便理所當然了。
無限放大國防和外交的範圍，便可以撕毀基本法，踐踏一國兩制、港人治港。
明天中共舉行十九大，公布未來五年的權力核心。
從那七位政治局常委的名單，判斷習近平的專權程度。
習權力愈大，香港沉淪愈速。
香港人經歷過毛澤東、鄧小平、江澤民、胡錦濤的年代，但從無今日之苦。
九七前有英國殖民地政府的保護，即使老毛一言生死，山河泣血，但香港卻是黃金年代。
九七後，鄧小平視香港為改革開放的指路明燈，江澤民忙於竊國，胡錦濤庸碌，香港都不致於今日之苦。
過去的習近平五年，是北京對香港霸王硬上弓的五年，撕毀中英聯合聲明，踐踏基本法的五年。十九大之後，習再鞏固權力，北京對港政策，將更無情直接，香港很快便成為大陸一個直轄市。
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