Our
@TelegraphWorld
dispatch on board a Filipino coastguard ship as it was attacked by a Chinese coastguard watercannon next to the Scarborough Shoal. We're still at sea, with another vessel supplying aid to fishermen, Chinese coastguard still watching
Tear gas in Hong Kong once again after several weeks of no major protests due to the novel coronavirus. This is in Prince Edward, on the sixth month anniversary of an incident which saw multiple protesters arrested inside the MTR station
Hong Kong police have abruptly withdrawn permission for today’s rally and asked organisers, the CHRF, to dismiss demonstrators. Hard to see how this many people can easily or quickly disperse.
In this weekend’s social media drama, the girlfriend of a Thai actor was swarmed by angry Chinese Twitter users, which led to a
#China
vs
#Thailand
Twitter battle, with
#Taiwan
,
#HongKong
and the
#Philippines
piling in to support Team Thailand. All at
#nnevvy
🍿
Hong Kongers have generously sent packages of masks and hand sanitizer, write
@benedictrogers
and
@lukedepulford
Everyone's in this together. Article in Chinese and English
#HongKong
#LIVE
: As the July 21 Yuen Long mob violence sees its anniversary today, hundreds have assembled again commemorating the incident for the 8th consecutive month. People claim that that day marked a collusion of Hong Kong police and local mobs. Many were injured that day.
#antiELAB
@studentlocalism
At an 11pm press briefing, Organised Crime and Triad Bureau Superintendent Steve Li said police had arrested three male students and one female student aged 16 to 21 on suspicion of inciting secession.
Photo: StandNews screenshot.
Thae Yong Ho becomes the first North Korean defector ever to win a seat in a South Korean election. Thae was deputy NK ambassador to the UK before he defected in 2016
CONFIRMED: Thae Yong Ho won a seat at the opposition United Future Party (UFP) in the Gangnam-A district, becoming the first North Korean defector to win a parliamentary seat this way.
Stay tuned for more coverage from
@jeongminnkim
@nknewsorg
The UN has demanded answers over the alleged police harassment, intimidation and the arrest of frontline medics during the
#HongKong
pro-democracy protests. Medical workers - the people we rely on to keep us alive in a crisis 1/
“I’m really offended, this is criminal misconduct. They changed my life and they’re treating this as public relations.” Injured Indonesian journalist Veby Indah speaks to
@wanderingwalk3r
about her fight for justice with the
#HongKong
police.
Hong Kong: district council sets up task force to investigate mob attack at Yuen Long MTR station, one of the turning points of the
#HongKongProtest
movement.
@tommycheungsy
who pledged an inquiry as part of his election manifesto will chair
Ex-UK consulate staffer in Hong Kong, Simon Cheng, has been detained, tortured, now he has to cut ties with his family to protect them. All that pain, just for supporting democracy.
Elon Musk, after wading in unhelpfully on Ukraine, now casually dismisses the democratic rights and will of Taiwan's 23.5m people to determine their own future. Please stop.
The unfolding Streisand Effect unleashed by China's embassy to Delhi, which began with a missive to Indian media instructing them what to report on
#Taiwan
, sparking a backlash on social media, and now posters wishing Taiwan a happy National Day appear on the embassy's doorstep
#BREAKING
: Posters wishing
#Taiwan
a happy National Day come up outside Embassy of
#China
in New Delhi, India. Posters put by India’s ruling party BJP leader
@tajinderbagga
. Chinese embassy had earlier threatened Indian media with a diktat to not cover National Day.
@MOFA_Taiwan
The purge of so many respected human rights and pro-democracy figures is only going to galvanise a new generation of activists who already felt they had nothing to lose. Actions like this will guarantee more
#HongKongProtests
as soon as people can gather again
Here is a list of democracy activists believed to be arrested today on Apr 18:
@StandNewsHK
Jimmy Lai
Margaret Ng
Martin Lee
Leung Kwok-hung
Au Nok-hin
Avery Ng
Lee Cheuk-yan
Albert Ho
Raphael Wong
Yeung Sum
Cyd Ho
Richard Tsoi
Sin Chung-kai
Figo Chan
#antiELAB
6 mths after the
#YuenLong
attack, when a gang indiscriminately assaulted people at a
#HongKong
metro station, key witnesses told SCMP they hadn't been approached by law enforcement. The incident was a turning point in the protest movement via
@scmpnews
Personal news: I’m relocating to Seoul 🇰🇷Same job, same beat, but excited about getting to know a new part of Asia! And while I’ll still be covering
#Taiwan
, I’m also 💔about leaving a warm, wonderful country that became home & blessed us with great friends and happy memories 1/
Not many politicians wld be willing to take a hit of pepper spray to the eyes to defend their constituents, but
@tedhuichifung
tells
@TelegraphWorld
he will return to the
#HongKongProtests
after being temporarily blinded on New Year's Day
Chinese state media issues what sounds like a death threat against Taiwan’s democratically elected president after she has dinner with a US official. In what world is this acceptable?
Voice:Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen, who pledged deeper ties with the US at a dinner for a visiting senior State Department official,is clearly playing with fire. If any act of her provacation violates the Anti-Secession Law of China, a war will be set off and Tsai will be wiped out
This is the situation in Hong Kong right now. It’s impossible for people to disperse within the tight timeframe given by the police. Are the authorities really going to accuse thousands trapped of “illegal assembly?” Order to end the march already inflaming tensions
What's worrying about this is that we've already seen mishandling of existing gear - Hong Kong police may arm officers with electroshock devices, net guns via
@scmpnews
Hong Kong citizens fighting for free and fair elections have been urging the Taiwanese to take full advantage of their right to vote this weekend.
@michyun
spoke to a
#HongKong
tour group who’ve arrived to see the
#TaiwanElection
in action
@TelegraphWorld
Govts may buckle under
#Chinese
pressure, wary of the economic consequences if they stand up to
#Beijing
, but their citizens are increasingly taking to social media to push back against the
#CCP
's authoritarianism.
@TelegraphWorld
#MilkTeaAlliance
1/
Meanwhile in
#HongKong
..Demonstrations and arrests on a Tuesday night as people mark the anniversary of one of the most traumatic incidents of the
#HongKongProtests
when riot police stormed the Prince Edward MTR on Aug 31
#HKtensions
flare amid
#coronavirus
outbreak. Some arrests near Prince Edward MTR. Hundreds of riot police pushing masked crowds back who gathered to mark the Aug 31 crackdown in the district. Crowds chanting “murderers” at police
#HongKongProtests
#HongKong
At the start of the
#HongKong
NY's Day rally we interviewed a pensioner, parents with their teenage daughter, a middle-aged couple, a grandfather with his 8-y-o grandson, who was terrified of the police. Keep thinking about how they must have felt when the march was cancelled 1/
Exclusive: Telegraph journalists tracked down Nirav Modi, the billionaire diamond tycoon who is a suspect for the biggest banking fraud in India's history
That’s nice. It’s a shame they wouldn’t do the same when frontline medical workers were risking their safety during the pro-democracy protests and getting arrested for their humanitarian efforts. Do they think everyone has forgotten?
Arrest of teenage girl outside UK consulate in
#HongKong
has caused more angst in an already fearful city. The public request for on-record clarification from
@foreignoffice
is not unreasonable. And as
@benedictrogers
points out,her case shd be monitored
😂Can’t imagine the Indian media will be told what to do by the Chinese embassy, particularly given the border tensions. Also a factually inaccurate statement. The One China principle, as understood by Beijing, is NOT the “universal consensus of the international community”
#BREAKING
: Chinese Embassy, New Delhi issues diktat letter to Indian media about reporting the National Day of Taiwan on Oct 10th. Says, ‘Taiwan is inalienable part of China’s territory.’ Is this an indirect threat to Indian media who cover Taiwan?
@MOFA_Taiwan
@digidiploTaiwan
In
#HongKong
“democrats have questioned how the government can be advising citizens to wear face masks whilst simultaneously trying to ban facial coverings through legal means.” 😷
#coronavirus
We
#StandWithUkraine
🇺🇦 by sending 27 tons of medical supplies. While
#China
sides with
#Russia
in an "unlimited alliance,"
#Taiwan
is with freedom & democracy fighting the expansion of authoritarianism. I have faith: Democracy will prevail! JW
The independence of
#HongKong
’s judicial system is under assault from the Communist party in Beijing even during the
#COVID19
crisis, senior judges told Reuters
Hong Kong Twitter I’d like your feedback. I’m researching the impact of the crisis on mental health. I’ve done in-depth interviews but it would be helpful to also have some kind of general picture of the situation. All (respectful) views welcome. My DMs are also open. Thanks.
For people who don’t know Seoul, Itaewon is always crowded with partygoers on a Sat night but tonight was especially busy because people were looking forward to celebrating Halloween for the first time since Covid. Many described frightening moments being swept up by the crowd
These pics taken by Song Sehyun, 22-year-old who was attending the Halloween party in Seoul’s Itaewon nightclub district. You can see how packed the streets were a couple of hours before the deadly crush that killed at least 120 people. Two of his friends, Americans, are missing.
Lots of speculation coming from Indian Twitter accounts claiming that
#Taiwan
shot down a PLA jet. Taiwan's ministry of defence has responded categorically that this is fake news.
Could we hit pause for a minute to consider why Beijing is so desperate for the UK to use Huawei in its 5G networks that it’s trying to force the issue with economic blackmail? Does the UK govt really lack the foresight to see where this is going?
“It is high time that the UK woke up and recognised what we are facing. The Chinese government is not a “normal” state, with “normal” private companies offering “normal” technology products. It is a regime characterised by paranoia, unbridled surveillance, mass imprisonment..”
Jocelyn Chau, another pan-Dem winner in the traditionally pro-Beijing district of North Point. Standing here at the street corner where she was punched by a man she believes was trying to cow her into standing down. Instead it made her more determined
#HongKongElection
Taking a moment to try to absorb what’s happened in
#Itaewon
tonight where so many young people came for a Halloween night out and ended up tragically losing their lives - 120 so far but emergency vehicles still here. Most people here in their 20s, local, many foreign students
“The younger generation don’t see a future in front of them because the Thai people have been lied to for a very long time about being a real democracy,”said
@johnwinyu
ahead of today's Bangkok protest. Rpt with
@JackWynTaylor
for
@TelegraphWorld
China has been accused of trying to bribe officials in a Pacific nation with envelopes of cash, free flights and alcohol in return for providing backing if it invades Taiwan
A reminder that
#Taiwan
isn’t a geopolitical plaything, it’s home to 23.5m people, and a v beautiful one too. When it finally opens up again to tourists, you should all book a ticket..
Beijing’s move to pressure
#HongKong
with a national security law hasn’t crushed the city’s spirit of protest. Thousands on the streets today, already facing tear gas
“Partners should treat each other with respect but we had a partner that did not do that,” Prague mayor Zdenek Hrib tells
@MatthewWarsaw
about dealing with China. He has now signed a twinning agreement with Taipei via
@telegraphnews
BREAKING: U.S. triples vaccines for Taiwan with 2.5 million-dose shipment, arriving Sunday 👏👏👏 Senior Biden official says “attempts by China to block purchases, for political purposes, are reprehensible.”
Very sweet
#Taiwan
moment when I won the 7/11 till lottery and got two free Pocari Sweat, and the woman behind the till was so happy about it and insisted I show all my friends the receipt so here you are 👇
Taiwan VP William Lai became the most senior
#Taiwan
official to visit Japan in 5 decades by travelling to Tokyo on Monday to offer condolences after the killing of former PM Shinzo Abe.
"Invaluable" leadership? While
#China
risks the health of 24m in
#Taiwan
by blocking it's access to the WHO. While doctors in
#HongKong
battle to contain the virus without accurate info. After the Chinese govt sat on the emerging crisis for weeks? Stop politicising health issues
@DrTedros
"His leadership and the intervention of President Xi and Premier Li have been invaluable, and all the measures they have taken to respond to the outbreak"-
@DrTedros
on new
#coronavirus
China Foreign Min spokesman Zhao Lijian: Comments+measures from Aus side on
#HongKong
are ‘grave violations of international law and basic norms of int’l relations’. We reserve the right to ‘take actions’ against the Aus side.
This is heartwarming. In an earlier report, this food stall owner in Delhi broke down while explaining that his business was on the rocks because of the pandemic. Now demand for his dishes are soaring after people flocked to help
Wow! Entire national media lands up at Baba Ka Dhaba at Malviya Nagar, New Delhi. Thank you to all common Indians who silently helped the old man and made him smile. This is not just about him. Help people around you in need. There is always a Baba around.
President Biden will send a delegation of former senior defence and security officials, including Adm. Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to
#Taiwan
on Monday - a sign of support after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
With no end in sight to the
#HongKongProtests
@TelegraphWorld
investigated allegations of police brutality through the eyes of a protester who claims he sustained a brain hemorrhage during a violent arrest 1/
"If dozens of countries simultaneously upgraded their interaction with Taiwan, Chinese attempts to “punish” them all could instead leave Beijing isolated." via
@financialtimes
“I hope the world, not only the whole of Hong Kong… could know that the national security law is actually not a legal thing, but a political tool for the regime, for the government to suppress political dissidents,” said
#HongKong
activist Agnes Chow
Adding to a small flurry of stories this week about how
#Taiwan
is doing a stellar job on fighting the
#coronavirus
I interviewed Stanford’s Prof Jason Wang about his paper on what Taiwan is getting right
@TelGlobalHealth
@TelegraphWorld
1/
"I am Taiwanese" Czech speaker tells
#Taiwan
's parliament, channelling President Kennedy's defiant speech against Communism in Berlin in 1963. Having lived under Soviet rule, Milos Vystrcil is clear-eyed about rejecting authoritarianism
Don't know what's inspired this media attack on Vincent Chao, but he's one of Taiwan's brightest and best diplomats. V bright, works around the clock, fantastically well-connected among foreign diplomats, will represent Taiwan well wherever he goes. Enough already.
The UK Govt says it was obliged to accept the dismissal of the
#Myanmar
ambassador, but international law experts told
@TelegraphWorld
this depends on whether you view the junta as Myanmar’s legitimate representative - an important diplomatic test case
A global coalition of 155 politicians, brought together by
@hk_watch
, write to Carrie Lam, asking her to advocate for a fair legal process for the 'Hong Kong 12'' and to bring them home
The scene of the
#Itaewon
tragedy at 4am. Sunday will be a very tough day for Seoul’s authorities as they try to identify the victims. Foreign embassies will also be in crisis mode as so many foreign nationals in the area at the time. Unbearable grief ahead for many families
“There are serious ethical and moral questions around building a society where the healthy and young are left to circulate, and the elderly, the disabled and the vulnerable are hidden away.”
Headlines coming full-circle back to ‘shielding’ over 50s today. This has been tried before & is impractical & unethical. Also have under 50s given their informed consent to gamble with their health given possible long-term health problems?
In short, in under 24 hrs,
#HongKong
has enforced a ban on dissent, expressing opinions the government (read: Beijing) doesn't like, standing for election as a pro-democracy candidate, democracy. What a burden Hong Kong's young people bear on their shoulders for the city's future
UN Security Council takes no action on International Court of Justice order against Myanmar to protect Rohingyas from further genocidal harm. Report say
#China
blocked further UN steps
CNN has learned Hong Kong police have been instructed to arrest anyone chanting a slogan supporting Hong Kong or Taiwan independence, anyone in possession of a flag or banner promoting Hong Kong or Taiwan independence will also be arrested & prosecuted under the new nat sec law.
Phil Robertson
@Reaproy
deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch, predicted that defending the
#Myanmar
military against genocide “will likely be a bridge too far even for Beijing’s clout on the global stage.” via
@telegraphnews