English news:
China Warns U.S. It May Detain Americans in Response to Prosecutions of Chinese Scholars
"The U.S. should drop prosecutions of the Chinese scholars in American courts, or Americans in China might find themselves in violation of Chinese law."
--- Law with Chinese characteristics, obviously. If Chinese people break your laws & are prosecuted for doing so, we will randomly choose some of your citizens to prosecute them for whatever we can think of.
Beijing warns Finland not to interfere in HK affairs
"a Chinese embassy spokesperson urged Finnish authorities to stop interfering, saying Hong Kong affairs are entirely China's internal affairs"
--- So, if HK is entirely Chinese, then why should Finland have separate agreements with HK & China?
& if HK is a separate entity, isn't China interfering in Finland's (& HK's) internal affairs by telling them who to have agreements with?
Meanwhile in other Chinese non-interference news: NZ academic faces axe over China research & China Urges Japan to Reflect After Suga’s Shrine Offering
Missing Hong Kong protester Alexandra Wong 'was held in mainland China'
"She said she was detained last August in the border city of Shenzhen and forced to renounce her activism in writing.
Ms Wong said she was also sent on a "patriotic tour" of Shaanxi province."
--- Oh the benevolence of the CCP! This evil counter-revolutionary heretic criticises China & all she has to do is write a short letter & appear in a video. Then she's let off the hook & even gets a holiday in Shaanxi. In every other country she would have been executed for her crimes.
Chinese military beefs up coastal forces as it prepares for possible invasion of Taiwan
"The size of some of the missile bases in the Eastern and Southern theatre commands have even doubled in recent years"
--- Clearly, this is an entirely defensive development. Those evil splittists on Taiwan are obviously planning an invasion of the mainland which has to be prevented.
Even Korean War veterans understand how threatened the Chinese motherland is: How Korean war memories in China fuel desire to take Taiwan 70 years on
Taobao Taiwan to pull out from local market at end of 2020
"deemed by local authorities to in effect be controlled by a Chinese entity, even though it is registered in the United Kingdom"
--- Registered in the UK! So, there shouldn't be a problem. After all, Chinese companies always comply with the laws in the places where they operate. Chinese companies would never ever try to evade responsibilities.
"the terms of use agreement and privacy policy to which Taobao Taiwan users have to agree links to Alibaba's agreements for global users of Taobao, which grants Alibaba access to the information of Taobao Taiwan's users"
--- Oops!
Chinese London resident who was trapped in Wuhan during peak of pandemic says country was able to control virus quicker than UK because people are more obedient
"In China if there is a rule, we follow the rule. If we see somebody not following the rules, we don't need to punish them, we need to make sure they are aware of their violations against the rules"
--- Chinese logic. We all follow, but those who don't will do it after being reminded.
But it gets even better:
"Chinese people were more likely to report their neighbours for violating the rules, something Mr Lu said he did himself during lockdown"
--- So, they all follow the rules, or are reminded to follow the rules, or are reported for not (?) following the rules.
(& if you have ever lived in China, you probably know that most Chinese care jack about rules. Anything goes, as long as you're not caught.)
Electric car maker Nio was in a slump in March. Its stock is up 1,000% since then
"An injection of 7 billion yuan ($1 billion) in April by state-backed investors in the Chinese city of Hefei, where Nio recently set up a new headquarters, was critical in restoring investor confidence"
--- Free market with Chinese characteristics.
--- Other news:
China's millennials stimulate $15bn sex toy market
Europe's 'Three Seas Initiative' aims to curb Chinese influence
Government Orders to Destroy Swedish Missionaries’ Gravestones
Video News:
--- China Uncensored: "China Blows Up Taiwan’s Olive Branch | India Taiwan Lovefest!"
--- BBC News: Hundreds queue in Yiwu, China for experimental Covid-19 vaccine
Deutsche Nachrichten:
China droht Washington mit Festnahmen von Amerikanern
"als Vergeltung für die Anklage von chinesischen Studenten mit Verbindungen zum Militär"
--- Lost in translation. Die Qualität der Praktikanten, die bei der FAZ englische Nachrichten übersetzen, hat auch schwer nachgelassen. Im englischen Original heißt es 'scholars', von 'students' ist da nix zu sehen.
"entweder würden die Anklagen chinesischer Studenten vor Gerichten beendet, oder aber Amerikaner könnten wegen Verletzung chinesischen Rechts angeklagt werden"
--- Sowas kann in Zukunft auch Deutschen drohen. Die chinesischen Kommis sind inzwischen so machttrunken, daß sie glauben, sie kommen mit allem durch.
Wer also mal China besuchen will, sollte es tun, bevor die deutsche Regierung das nächste Mal die KPCh verärgert.
Sie können die Menschen einfach zwingen
*"Was können wir von China lernen?
Es gibt drei Elemente, die zu einer erfolgreichen Strategie gegen das Virus gehören. Testen was das Zeug hält, konsequent Kontakte verfolgen, Quarantäne für Verdachtsfälle und bestätigte Infektionen. Das haben neben China auch Taiwan, Südkorea und Neuseeland so gemacht"*
--- Ein wesentlicher Punkt waren aber auch (Ein-)reisebeschränkungen. & die sind in Europa bekanntermaßen schwer durchsetzbar.
China beschränkt den Export von Hightech-Gütern
"Zu den betroffenen Waren zählen laut einer Erklärung des Nationalen Volkskongresses Rüstungsgüter sowie Produkte, Dienstleistungen und relevante Daten anderer Technologien"
--- Sehr klare Regelung. (Andererseits ist das auch wieder so ein FAZ-Praktikantenartikel & da ich das Xinhua-Original nicht gelesen habe, weiß ich nicht, ob da nicht was ganz anderes stand.)
Konvention von Peking 1860Hongkong wird britische Kronkolonie
"Die britische Kolonialmacht betreibt eine aggressive Außenhandelspolitik und scheut nicht davor zurück, Drogen einzusetzen, um das chinesische Kaiserreich in die Knie zu zwingen."
--- Quark. Opium war eines der wenigen ausländischen Produkte, für die es in China eine größere Nachfrage gab. Man hat nicht Opium benutzt, um Kriege zu gewinnen, sondern Kriege genutzt, um Opium verkaufen zu können.