Joshua Wong has been robbed of his youth by an insecure regime, forcing him to serve time twice for the same “offences”. Meanwhile the UK, who, with China promised to uphold Hong Kong’s autonomy, will allow Joshua to pay the price for their failure. “Very concerned”.

#BREAK# the 🇨🇳 mega-embassy judicial review claimants @StopTheEmbassy will have a hearing regarding permission to appeal in 2027. Means that, if nothing else, we have delayed this mad project by at least one year. Beijing will not be happy. 😘

The book #PeoplesRepublicoftheDisappeared# is out! #MichaelKovrig#, #LeeMingChe#, #ChengLei#, #LiQiaochu# and others write about being disappeared into #RSDL#. With added focus on foreign victims, how it compares, and when RSDL is used for hostage diplomacy.

Watch as this Chinese ambassador completely falls apart, calling millions of deaths under Mao 'gossips' and throwing a massive tantrum when the French journalist won't let him change the subject. Talk about a total clown show. When you have zero defense for history, throwing a fit and whining about human rights in America is all you have left! Darius Rochebin: "Mao Zedong had so many people deported, tortured, and murdered—millions of people. Do you understand the feeling of many Westerners that at the time, General de Gaulle was wrong, and that today, those who want to deal with China might also be wrong?" Deng Li: "Every time you interview me, you always quibble over these old gossips, you aren't being honest. You call this asking me—asking me these kinds of questions." Darius Rochebin: "Mr. Ambassador, you call those gossips?" Deng Li: "That's right, gossips." Darius Rochebin: "The millions of deaths caused by Mao Zedong are gossips? " Deng Li: "It's not—it's not fair, it's not accurate. Yes." Darius Rochebin: "What do you mean, what isn't accurate?" Deng Li: "Because where did you study?" Darius Rochebin: "What isn't accurate, pardon?" Deng Li: "Stop, today I came—I didn't come here to discuss these gossips with you. I am here to discuss the international situation and current events with you." Darius Rochebin: "Mr. Ambassador, Germany paid morally, financially, and legally for its crimes. It is true that certain war crimes were not prosecuted, notably French or Algerian war crimes, notably certain colonial crimes, but here we are talking about China, you are represented by China. So now, we cannot—pardon..." Deng Li: "I ask you to demand that the Japanese pay the price for their war crimes, the crimes of the Second World War, of the war against China." Darius Rochebin: "Do you understand, pardon, however, that this weighs on President Xi Jinping? He was part of the very high nomenclature, but even his family had suffered from Stalinist purges. That is true, isn't it?" Deng Li: "I am not here to discuss these gossips with you. I repeat it once again." Darius Rochebin: "But pardon, how… " Deng Li: "No need to say that." Darius Rochebin: "You speak French so well." Deng Li: "We can continue talking about the international situation." Darius Rochebin: "You speak French so well, you know that an eminent politician, eminent by the place he held in politics, when he spoke of details of history concerning the Shoah, he was heavily prosecuted..." Deng Li: "Regarding the so-called human rights in your country, in so many other Western countries, there are many more human rights problems." Darius Rochebin: "What problems? What problems?" Deng Li: "Recently, China published a report on the human rights situation in the United States. If you are interested, I can provide you with all those reports. You can see what the situation is, how severe the human rights situation is in the United States and so many other Western countries; it's the exact same thing." Darius Rochebin: "But Mr. Ambassador, I must insist on this because you used the word 'gossip', and these are—pardon, just like the victims of the Gulag whose memory matters so much, just like the victims of the Chinese camps whose memory matters so much, the word 'gossip' has something deeply shocking about it for their memory. Do you understand that?" Deng Li: "So it's different, you see, you can talk about other things. Things about other countries, but when it comes to China, I am sure that what you are telling are gossips."

This controversy is absolutely nuts. The Mao revisionism is *wild*, with state media demanding that foreigners bend the knee to an excrescence who killed tens of millions of their own ancestors. This ridiculous headline, together the humiliating capitulation of the sports world. Mbappe said something that anyone who has had a passing glance at history knows: Mao was not merely a dictator, but the biggest killer of the last century. In case anyone was wondering about PRC influence in sport, you have your answer. And in case anyone was wondering about how quickly “private” Chinese companies (sponsors) can be mobilised to do the bidding of the Party State, voilá. Getting the picture yet? This is the Whole-of- State approach in action people. Everything is the Party, and nothing can challenge it.

Please take a little time to read former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig's account of torture in Chinese prison. His case, like so many others, underscores the chasm separating rule-of-law and Party-State penal systems. This is the true face of the CCP.

Every bill is a China bill! This one needed amendment because, without it, we’d have ended up sending sensitive data to the CCP. Huge congrats to @jayapathak_ and a long list of IPAC members who made this happen. 5th law change in the UK since founding.

From Taipei mayoral candidate Puma Shen's English-language interview with @TaiwanCatherine, calmly saying that figures acting for Beijing were know to be following him and his family, including his 5 yr old daughter, in Taiwan in 2025.

The Confucius Institutes are part of a political apparatus the CCP uses to "break and shatter the enemy." Keeping the pressure on the united front system's efforts to evade U.S. countermeasures is an unequivocal good. But why leave it there? Many other similar organizations exist, but we (and our allies & partners) largely ignore them.

A father’s worst phone call came on October 18, 2023. My daughter Christina overdosed on a counterfeit Xanax laced with fentanyl. What followed were 12 days from the trauma center to the ICU to hospice — and her final breath on October 30. This is our story. Not a statistic. Not a talking point. A family. Part 1 of a special series on Nation States with Yates. I hope it helps prevent another family from living it. Listen here: #FentanylCrisis# #FentanylAwareness#

China has decided to impose export controls on relevant items related to tunnel boring machines, walking excavators, and lateau-type wet shotcrete machines, in order to safeguard national security and interests, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced on Monday. The export controls will officially take effect on November 18.

Spoke at the launch of the excellent @ipac China Audit this evening in @UKParliament and suggested it should be sent to all Members of @HouseofCommons and @UKHouseofLords Chaired by @MPIainDS it was good to hear a variety of voices raised - including @TomTugendhat @Meg_HillierMP and @ChrisLawSNP - all highlighting the multiple threats posed by the CCP regime. Read here:

Taiwan policy is a total time-warp. It’s not the 1970s any more. “One China” policies were for a time when Taipei claimed the right to rule the whole of China, and it was necessary to decide who could legitimately make that claim. Most countries chose Beijing. That’s what “One China” means. But Taiwan completely abandoned this claim a long time ago, and even made constitutional amendments to underline it. Why, then, do we persist with these policies as if the political reality is unchanged? “One China” policies are obsolete, and the ambiguity they create is a moving target for Beijing’s grey zone activity. We should junk them and develop something fit for purpose. We cannot hope to deter Beijing’s ambitions unless we are clearer on what Taiwan is, and what our consequent red-lines should be. @FreddyLim

🇲🇾 Malaysia after UN Resolution 2758: "I should make it clear, however, that we view the question of Taiwan as a separate issue which will have to be resolved by the parties concerned. We are anxious that this question should be resolved by peaceful means and we hope in the solution due account would be taken of the wishes of the people of Taiwan, to be ascertained by the process of self-determination."

Someone needs to give @anwaribrahim a basic history lesson. Shocking to see a leader repeat demonstrable falsehoods. Embarrassing for the Malaysian people. The notion that the One China Principle is “accepted by all” is factually incorrect. Some countries still formally recognise Taiwan, and many operate a One China policy (NOT a one China principle) which does not presume Beijing’s sovereignty over Taiwan. It is true that the PRC is recognised widely as the representative of China. That isn’t the same thing as recognising Taiwan as a “part of China”. This is basic stuff. Facts: - Taiwan has never been a part of the People’s Republic of China. - Taiwan was ruled from mainland China for a shorter period than the Dutch. - Before there were any settlers in Taiwan, indigenous communities with no ties to the mainland had lived there for thousands of years. This is not the way to grapple with the constitutional anachronisms of the post-war period. Given Malaysia’s own struggle for self-determination and independence from British rule, you’d think he would have more sympathy with Taiwan’s 23 million people, who do not wish to be ruled by the CCP.

Crazy levels of disinformation in the replies. For information: Gui Minhai successfully renounced his Chinese citizenship, and became a full Swedish citizen. He was abducted in Thailand, and taken to China, where he was tried under CHINESE LAW as a CHINESE CITIZEN. In China he “voluntarily” renounced his Swedish citizenship in forced confession videos. What this tells you is that the CCP will assert the primacy of Chinese citizenship where it suits them, and often predicated on the ethnic identity of the subject, regardless of their citizenship. The basic rule according to the legislation (as if the letter of the law matters) is that if one of your parents has settled abroad, and you were born elsewhere and had foreign nationality at birth, you are not a Chinese citizen. However, if you are considered of Chinese descent, and the CCP wants to treat you under Chinese law, they will do so on the basis of your ethnic identity. If you really want to get into the weeds, my tweet was about the UK context, based on the 19th Session of the Standing Committee of the 8th National People’s Congress, 1996. See below for excerpt. It’s a racist policy, and simply unbelievable that other countries are content with their citizenship being treated so cheaply.

If your grandmother was Chinese, but your mother, you, and your kids are UK citizens who have never set foot in China, Beijing’s policy is that you’re Chinese. They will reject your foreign citizenship, and impose Chinese law upon you. Astoundingly racist.