#Editorial AppleDailyHK | "Three big carrier strike groups of the U.S. military have been deployed to the Asia Pacific region. It is a strategic deterrence to the CCP, but the carrier can come and go. If it could not stop the CCP from invading and harassing Taiwan, it would only be a show. The U.S. has only verbally criticized when the Myanmar military coup happened. It could not change the situation. Guyana allowed Taiwan to set up an office there but went back on its word after a day. It proves that the U.S. cannot even control a small country at its front door. The new government officials refuse to confirm whether Huawei will be on the sanction list, which shows their lack of courage. All of these are bad signs and indicate that Biden’s foreign policy is not currently going anywhere."
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"美軍三大航母戰鬥群全調到亞太地區,雖是對中共的戰略威懾,但航母能來也能去,如不能扼止中共侵擾台灣,也只是耍耍花槍;緬甸軍事政變,美國僅有口頭譴責,無法扭轉局勢;圭亞那允許台灣設辦事處,僅一天又反悔,證明美國連家門口一個小國家都搞唔掂;華為是否列入制裁名單,新政府官員顧左右而言他,顯示底氣不足的窘態。凡此種種,都不是好迹象,說明拜登外交政策舉步維艱。"
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sanction list 在 Apple Daily - English Edition Facebook 的最佳貼文
Beijing will severely punish “stubborn” advocates of Taiwan’s independence and their financial backers, a senior official said, amid speculation that the mainland is drafting a list of sanction targets that would include the self-ruled island’s premier.
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外界有傳大陸正制訂「台獨頑固分子清單」,清單當中包括台灣行政院長蘇貞昌,大陸國台辦發言人朱鳳蓮今日回應,指大陸將持續採取精準打擊措施,依法嚴懲台獨頑固分子及其金主等主要支持者。
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What’s free is the most expensive | Lee Yee
Last week, Carrie Lam announced that the Central government will support Hong Kong’s fight against the epidemic in several large initiatives, including universal screening, earmarking AsiaWorld Expo as a holding treatment facility, and the construction of the makeshift hospitals, all cost to be borne by the Central government.
Such “good deeds”, shouldn’t society respond with great enthusiasm? But according to Carrie Lam, there are voices in society trying to divide the public and the government, “Every time (the government) does something, it will be discredited by some people with conspiracy theories,” and asked the media to “join (the government) in the call on citizens to participate in testing.”
Distorting facts is what discrediting means, but some facts cannot be denied, for example:
● Nationally-approved testing personnel have been exempted by the government from the requirement to register for medical laboratory work in Hong Kong. China’s BGI (formerly Beijing Genomics Institute) will process the samples from the citywide screening. Its chemists are not registered in Hong Kong.
● BGI is a listed company in Shenzhen responsible for collecting and analyzing the “national gene bank”.
● In July 2020, two companies under BGI Group were included in the sanctions list by the U.S. Department of Commerce for “suspicion of forced collection of DNA of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities for research in order to suppress Uyghurs.”
● On Aug. 14, a multinational biotechnology company filed a lawsuit with the High Court against BGI, accusing it of infringing upon a gene sequencing kit patent. GBI’s trustworthiness is in line with the level of many other Chinese companies.
● Some medical professionals believe that under the current condition of border and market non-closure, doing universal screening alone is not helpful. The public’s acceptance of testing increases the risks.
Faced with these facts, it’s evident to the public how many will be tested voluntarily. Moreover, the effectiveness of screening has been questioned by regions who’ve successfully stopped the spread of the virus, including Taiwan.
Because of China’s support, Hong Kong is not paying. As such, Carrie Lam and her cabinet have relentlessly professed their gratitude towards the Central government.
Japanese writer Isaka Kotaro said, “Nothing is more expensive than free.” A few years ago, Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma also repeated the same thing, “free is the most expensive.” Why the most expensive? Because the price you pay is time, privacy, health, freedom, these seemingly intangible things, our most precious wealth. From the collected samples, a chemist can obtain one’s DNA, some very sensitive and personal privacy information.
We would rather pay for what we need, rather than the free things given. If the three anti-epidemic initiatives were paid for by the government, it will be necessary to get LegCo to approve the funds. In the process, at least the government and BGI or other institutions must go through negotiations that must be disclosed, rather than operating within a black box. If the three initiatives were to invite bids from Western countries, there will not be viral conspiracy theories or “smearing” remarks on social media.
The Carrie Lam regime has been accusing the United States and other Western countries of adopting “double standards” for Hong Kong in recent years. For example, the US police force also used violence against the protesters, many countries have national security laws, and other countries have postponed elections, etc., why only criticize and sanction Hong Kong?
Regarding the behaviors of people, society, and countries, we should adopt the same standards for judging and commenting, but the premise is that the other party is a person, society, and country with certain standards. We respect people from anywhere, but that does not equate respecting people who have no standards in words or deeds, and do not respect themselves. Many countries have national security laws, but behind which most countries have legislative procedures that are fully authorized by public opinion, and are restricted by the judiciary and independent media and public opinions. How is a national security law with absolute powers without checks and balance comparable to those in these other countries? Many countries allow a certain degree of police violence on protesters, but there are other mechanisms to restrict them, such that improper police violence will be followed by legal consequences.
Under autocracy, power is the single most almighty thing, accompanied by no “standards” whatsoever, whether professionally, or behaviorally of those in power and their people. Autocracy does not comply with universal standards. The standards used on those people and regimes with standards cannot be adopted on those people and regimes that do not. Facing those without standards, the natural human instinct is distrust.
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