The 2020 Fortune Global 500 list was released, with Walmart becoming the world’s largest company for the seventh year in a row, Sinopec remaining in second place, State Grid moving up to third, PetroChina in fourth, and Shell dropping to fifth place. seven Internet companies made the list, including Amazon, Alphabet Inc. and Facebook Inc. from the U.S., as well as China’s Jingdong Group, Alibaba Group, Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Xiaomi Group. The most striking change in this year’s rankings is the number of companies in Mainland China + Hong Kong, which reaches 124, surpassing the US (121) for the first time in history.
Han’s Laser Technology Industry Group 韩氏激光技术产业集团 said Monday on an open platform that it has received orders for lithography machines — the core equipment for chip manufacturing — with a resolution of 3-5μm, focusing on discrete devices, LED and other applications.
Pro-secession HK riot leader Agnes Ting Chow 周庭 arrested for violating national security law for HK, HK media reported.
The police did not handcuff Chow Ting when they took her away, but she faked as being handcuffed and ended up blowing the disguise by fiddling with her hair as shown in the video. Netizens also questioned her intention to pretend to be locked in handcuffs to attract the media’s spotlight, a tactic also “trained by the CIA” and identical to the way Joshua Wong pretended to be handcuffed in 2016.
Police say Chow Ting has been arrested on suspicion of violating Hong Kong’s National Security Law. In a post on Chow Ting’s Facebook page in the evening, his “ADMIN” said a group of police officers went to her home and her lawyer is on her way to support her.
A female lawyer arrived at the house to provide assistance.
The lawyer at the scene said the police were searching her home under a search warrant issued on August 6.
China announced sanctions on 11 U.S. officials Monday in response to U.S. sanctions against officials of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian at a daily news briefing. The sanctions, effective from Monday, are applied to U.S. officials including Senators
11 US A s s h o l e s 针对美方错误行径，中方决定从即日起，对在涉港问题上表现恶劣的美国联邦参议员卢比奥 、克鲁兹、霍利、科顿、图米，联邦众议员史密斯，以及美国国家民主基金会总裁格什曼、美国国际事务民主协会总裁米德伟、美国国际共和研究所总裁特温宁、人权观察执行主席罗斯、自由之家总裁阿布拉莫维茨实施制裁。
Chinese PPE supplier Kingfa Sci & Tech金发科技股份有限公司 said Sun that it has ended a contract for $975 million of KN95 masks with a US company, as the US buyer neither made any payment nor expressed willingness to continue the contract since it received the order in May. The stock of Kingfa dived nearly 8% at the opening of trading on Mon, as the company has not received 40% of the payment from its US customer on a KN95 mask deal worth $975 million. The order has since been terminated. Suckered by the US scoundrels again.
After the arrest of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying 黎智英 , founder of Apple Daily, a citizen of the United Kingdom since 1996, for violating the national security law for Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Police Force searched the headquarters of Next Digital 壹傳媒 , parent company of Apple Daily, on Monday morning, as more executives from the notorious media group were arrested.
Lai, the Hong Kong riot supporter, has been arrested for violating the national security law for Hong Kong for collusion with foreign powers, sources close to the Hong Kong Police Force confirmed with the Global Times on Monday morning. Police detained at least seven people during the operations.
Along with this arrest, two of Lai’s sons and two senior executives from Next Digital – an executive chairman and a chairman in charge of the outlet’s operation and finances – have also been arrested. One of Lai’s aides, Mark Simon, who fleed to Taiwan, is currently wanted by police.
This was the first time the local media mogul, who is widely seen as a “modern traitor,” was arrested for violating the law, which was enacted on June 30 and targets four types of criminal acts in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) – acts of secession, subversion of state power, terrorist activities and collusion with foreign forces to endanger national security.
Some legal experts believe the case will involve a group charge of violating the national security law for Hong Kong, targeting the notorious local newspaper Apple Daily, which has played a role of instigating hatred, spreading rumors and smearing Hong Kong authorities and the mainland for years. It has also played an active role in inciting anti-government riots as it is backed and funded by foreign forces to bring about a “color revolution” in the city, experts said.
The police said the operation is still ongoing and has not ruled out further arrests.
“It’s likely that more personnel from the media outlet will be arrested,” considering what the newspaper has done, Lawrence Tang Fei, a member of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macao Studies, told the Global Times on Monday.
Lai had been arrested multiple times over the past year on suspicion of participating in an unlawful assembly and intimidating journalists, defying police bans and clashing with police amid social turmoil across the city. But Lai had been also granted bail several times, and had travel bans imposed.
“This time, for violating the national security law, it will be difficult for him to be granted bail again,” Tian Feilong, a legal expert on Hong Kong affairs at Beihang University in Beijing, told the Global Times on Monday.
The arrest also represents the most typical case of violation of the national security law for Hong Kong, and Lai is highly likely to face heavy penalties given that he has constantly challenged the law, Tian said.
The law carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, with the chief perpetrator in particular likely to face severe punishment.
Local media also said that in addition to Lai, six other individuals, including his two sons, had also been arrested for collusion with foreign powers. Lai was also suspected of fraud, the sources said.
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While Western politicians, media outlets and activists paint Lai as a “hero” for democracy who has been “suppressed,” many Chinese netizens cheered the arrest early Monday morning.
“Finally, we see he is being arrested!” a netizen said in a Weibo post on Monday morning. “Never too late for justice,” another netizen said.
Next Digital stock price surges following founder Lai Chee-ying’s arrest, looks like money laundering (payment from the sponsor to help with the legal proceedings)
Stock prices of Hong Kong media company Next Digital, run by Jimmy Lai Chee-ying which publishes tabloid newspaper Apple Daily, surged more than 330 percent at 2 pm Monday to HK$0.40, after Lai was arrested for violating the national security law of Hong Kong for collusion with foreign powers. There was almost no trading for Hong Kong-listed Next Digital in the morning session, but the company’s share price was driven up in the afternoon session, with transaction soaring to HK$11.8 million. Its market capitalization surpassed HK$950 million ($122 million).to “There may be some investors buying Next Digital to send the message that although Lai has been arrested by local police, the company will remain intact in business,” Liang Haiming, chairman of the China Silk Road iValley Research Institute told the Global Times Monday. According to financial results released by Next Digital, the company posted a loss of HK$415 million in 2019.
8-20-20 Lai was charged with threatening a journalist in June 2017 in Victoria Park. The case was originally scheduled for Wednesday but delayed due to tropical storm Higos. The trial is being conducted in English and the court has allowed two key prosecution witnesses to remain anonymous. When Lai arrived at the court at around 9 am, he encountered a number of protesters holding banners and calling him a “traitor.” They called for Lai to be severely punished and accused him of harming Hong Kong and local youngsters. One day before the hearing, US President Donald Trump called Lai a “wonderful gentleman” and a “brave man” and sent his best wishes to Lai when asked at a White House press conference if he had a message for him. Lai, 72, will face a maximum of two years in prison and a fine of HKD$2,000 if convicted. Lai was earlier released on HKD$4,000 bail but was not allowed to leave Hong Kong during the bail period. He has tried a few times to apply with the courts to cancel the restriction but was refused.
9-10-20, 15 people were arrested for manipulating stock prices of Next Digital after founder Jimmy Lai was arrested.
Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung 锡纳朋火山 spewed ash over 5,000 meters high in the air on Monday as it erupted for the second time in 3 days. No deaths or injuries have so far been reported from the eruption.
Mark Simon has close ties with Lai. Investigation revealed that at least 17 private limited companies connected with Lai were registered with the address of Next Media House before March, three of them are jointly owned by Mark Simon and the other two are owned by Mark Simon as directors, which were allegedly in breach of the land lease conditions of the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate. As a former employee of the US CIA, Mark Simon is also a former advertising director of Next Media Group, and was once the chairman of the Hong Kong branch of the US Republican Party and has close ties with the US Ambassador to China.
Lebanon’s government stepped down on Monday night, less than a week after a massive explosion in Beirut killed more than 160 people and sparked days of violent protests.Prime Minister Hassan Diab addressed the nation, announcing his resignation and that of his government in the wake of the blast, which he called a “disaster beyond measure.”In an impassioned speech, Diab berated Lebanon’s ruling political elite for fostering what he called “an apparatus of corruption bigger than the state.””We have fought valiantly and with dignity,” he said, referring to members of his cabinet. “Between us and change is big powerful barrier.”
Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic within the overall framework of confessionalism, a form of consociationalism in which the highest offices are proportionately reserved for representatives from certain religious communities.
