Between China and the USA, I don’t see how even the biggest corps using Chinese slavery and torture camps cam argue against the obvious path the CCP is…
Six portraits from a year defined by loss
Six portraits from a year defined by loss
Brian Murphy, Liz Sly, Amanda Coletta, Lori Rozsa, Laura Silvia Battaglia, Tim Craig and Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post
Dec. 30, 2020
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1of9The temporarily closed Seneca Queen Theater in downtown Niagara Falls, Ontario.photo for The Washington Post by Aaron Vincent Elkaim.Show MoreShow Less
2of9Family members of Wiltaire Morisset grieve over his casket at his funeral last October in Delray Beach, Fla.photo for The Washington Post by Cindy Karp.Show MoreShow Less
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4of9Friar Luca Trivellato heads the Monastery of the Friars Minor Capuchin in Trento. Italy. He took the helm after two friars died of covid-19 and eight contracted the virus during the pandemic s first wave.photo for The Washington Post by Gianmarco Maraviglia.Show MoreShow Less
Top Hong Kong Court Upholds 2019 Mask Ban
Posted by John Chan | Dec 21, 2020
Hong Kong’s highest court has upheld a ban on mask wearing imposed by the government at the height of the 2019 protests, a major blow for the city’s pro-democracy movement. The ban, introduced using a colonial era law known as the Emergency Regulations Ordinance (ERO), was issued by Chief Executive Carrie Lam in an effort to “deter violent and illegal behavior” in October 2019. The Court of Final Appeal’s decision overturned rulings by lower courts that had constrained the scope of the law, finding it to be applicable to all public gatherings. The South China Morning Post’s Chris Lau
Meanwhile, the Chinese government has confirmed the detention of Haze Fan, a Chinese citizen working for Bloomberg News as a news assistant, on suspicion of endangering national security.
“As far as I know, Chinese national Fan is suspected of engaging in criminal activities that endanger the national security of China, and has recently been taken under compulsory measures by the Beijing National Security Bureau according to law,” [Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin] told reporters at a daily briefing.
“The case is currently under investigation in accordance with law,” Wang said. [
The European Union issued a statementcalling on Chinese authorities to release Fan and other journalists who have been detained this year. From the statement:
The Daily 202: Taylor Swift’s new album ends on a hopeful note – with echoes of Emily Dickinson James Hohmann
with Mariana Alfaro Taylor Swift has recorded and released two albums since President Trump and Congress last passed coronavirus relief. “I ve been down since July,” the pop star announces at the start of the title track for “Evermore,” her surprise new CD that dropped at midnight. “I had a feeling so peculiar that this pain would be forevermore.” The five-minute song takes listeners on a journey from the depths of pandemic-induced melancholy to a feeling of reassurance that things cannot possibly stay this bad. The piano ballad leaves you with a sense of hope for the future. Perhaps it will emerge as the anthem for 2020.