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[Link] China Calls This ‘Democracy.’ Hong Kongers Don’t Buy It.
Read: 20/12/2021 www.vice.com
Only 30.2 percent of Hong Kong’s 4.4 million voters cast a ballot on Sunday, a record low turnout for any citywide elections, even as the government tried to encourage voting by offering free subway rides and text message reminders.
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[Link] U.S. Boycotted Olympics Before, and It Didn’t End Well
Read: 8/12/2021 www.vice.com
The U.S. is staging a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics to protest China’s human rights abuses of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. The full effect remains to be seen.
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[Link] Women’s Tennis Just Called China’s Bluff
Read: 2/12/2021 www.vice.com
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has suspended its tournaments in China over Beijing’s silencing of tennis player Peng Shuai, demanding an investigation into her sexual assault allegation against a former leader of the ruling Communist Party.
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[Link] Missing tennis star Peng Shuai says she 'wants her privacy respected' in video call with IOC president
Read: 21/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The International Olympic Committee says Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has called its president to tell him she is safe and well.
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[Link] Satellites Spot Full-Scale Mockups of US Warships in Chinese Desert
Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com
Satellite images show China has built what look like mockups of U.S. warships, including an aircraft carrier, in its northwestern desert, possibly to prepare the Chinese military for potential future conflicts.
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[Link] Chinese Censorship in Overdrive After Tennis Star Accuses Ex-Top Leader of Sexual Assault
Read: 3/11/2021 www.vice.com
Peng Shuai, a former Wimbledon doubles champion, alleged on Tuesday night she was coerced into having sex with ex-Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli three years ago. The claims, which have not been corroborated, were posted on her verified account on the microblogging site Weibo.
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[Link] China Is a Declining Power—and That’s the Problem
Read: 26/9/2021 foreignpolicy.com
Why do great powers fight great wars? The conventional answer is a story of rising challengers and declining hegemons. An ascendant power, which chafes at the rules of the existing order, gains ground on an established power—the country that made those rules.
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[Link] Video Games, Exams, Hit Dramas: What’s Getting Banned in China
Read: 1/9/2021 www.vice.com
Lots of things are getting banned in China, as the government uses its far-reaching power to crack down on what it deems harmful practices across Chinese society, from education to entertainment to the tech industry.
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