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☆ He Fled China’s Repression. But China’s Long Arm Got Him in Another Country.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Tiffany May | More About Tiffany May | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To stop him, the authorities put him under surveillance and barred him from practice, depriving him of his livelihood. Mr. Lu’s wife and young daughter fled first, moving to the United States. A few days later, as he was preparing to board a train to Thailand, he was arrested by local authorities. Accused of using fraudulent travel documents, he was in Laotian custody as of late August and facing the threat of deportation. Under Xi Jinping, China’s most iron-fisted leader in decades, Chinese authorities have aggressively expanded their net outside the country.

Persons: Lu Siwei, Lu’s, Xi, Eva Pils Organizations: King’s College London Locations: China, United States, Laos, Thailand

☆ Judge Rejects Hong Kong’s Bid to Ban Pro-Democracy Song From Internet
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Tiffany May | More About Tiffany May | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Hong Kong government was seeking a court injunction against the publication or distribution of “Glory to Hong Kong” with “seditious intention” on the internet or in other media. But Judge Anthony Chan denied the request, ruling that what the government wanted was too broad and effectively targeted everyone in Hong Kong. He wrote that the injunction could have had a “chilling effect” on free speech in Hong Kong. Numerous people in Hong Kong have been arrested or charged for playing the song in public under an expansive national security law that Beijing imposed on the territory in 2020. The injunction case has been closely watched in the Hong Kong business and tech communities.

Persons: Anthony Chan, ”, Judge Chan Organizations: Hong Locations: Hong Kong, Beijing, China

The attack is the closest Moscow has come to hitting the military alliance’s territory since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year. The port strike came amid two drone attacks in central Moscow on Monday morning that Russian officials blamed on Ukrainian forces. At least two nonresidential buildings were hit about 4 a.m. local time, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin of Moscow said on the Telegram messaging app. He added that there had been no “serious damage or casualties.”Ukrainian and Romanian officials denounced the port strike, with President Klaus Iohannis of Romania condemning the attack on Ukrainian infrastructure close to his country’s borders. He said on Twitter that the “recent escalation poses serious risks to the security in the Black Sea,” as well as affecting Ukrainian grain shipments and global food security.

Persons: Sergei Sobyanin, Klaus Iohannis Organizations: Monday, NATO, Twitter Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Romanian, Ukrainian, United States, Reni, Romania, Moscow, ”

The Russian authorities said they destroyed two attack drones targeting central Moscow on Monday morning in what they called a strike by Ukrainian forces. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. At least two nonresidential buildings were targeted about 4 a.m. local time, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin of Moscow said on his Telegram account, adding that there was no “serious damage or casualties.” The Russian Ministry of Defense said earlier that it had used electronic defenses to disable the drones. The authorities blocked off part of Komsomolsky Prospect, an avenue that runs through one of the most upscale parts of central Moscow, after finding one of the drones there, state news media reported. One of the buildings is about a block away from the Russian National Defense Management Center, an imposing structure that is being used to conduct “centralized combat management of the Russian armed forces,” according to the Defense Ministry website.

Persons: Sergei Sobyanin Organizations: Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian National Defense Management Center, Defense Ministry Locations: Moscow, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Komsomolsky, Russian

Video The attack on the Moscow buildings closed traffic on at least two large avenues, according to state media. Credit Credit... Reuters Smoke was rising from the top floors of a high-rise building in a complex for Leroy Merlin, a French home improvement store. Russia has fired missiles and drones at cities across Ukraine nearly every day while Russian cities, including Moscow, have been spared the violence of the war. Then on May 31, the Russian defense ministry said at least eight drones had targeted the capital and surrounding region. Ukraine has started to publicly take credit for attacks in Crimea, the peninsula that Russia illegally annexed in 2014, arguing that the attacks are happening inside Ukrainian territory.

Persons: Maxim Shemetov, Sergei Sobyanin, Leroy Merlin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Shawn Paik, Jin Yu Young, Ivan Nechepurenko Organizations: ., Reuters, Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian National Defense Management Center, The New York Times, Credit, Military University, Central Military, Russian Armed Forces Locations: Moscow, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Komsomolsky, Russian, Moskva, Russia, Crimea

Russian authorities said they destroyed two attack drones targeting Moscow on Monday morning in what they called a strike by Ukrainian forces. No one was injured, they said. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. The authorities closed off part of the Komsomolsky Prospect, an avenue that runs through central Moscow, and were investigating a drone found there, according to Tass, a state-run news media. Videos verified by The New York Times show damage in at least two locations near the Moskva River in the southern part of the city.

Persons: Sergei Sobyanin Organizations: Russian Ministry of Defense, Tass, The New York Times Locations: Moscow, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Moskva

☆ Judge Will Rule Next Week on Internet Ban of Hong Kong Protest Song
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Tiffany May | More About Tiffany May | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Hong Kong judge said on Friday that he would rule next week on a government request to ban a popular pro-democracy song from the internet, in a case that could force Google and other companies to restrict access to the song. At issue is “Glory to Hong Kong,” which was the anthem of the 2019 protests that ended with Beijing taking tighter control over Hong Kong. The authorities argue that the song is an insult to China’s national anthem and could make people believe that Hong Kong is an independent nation. The government is seeking an injunction to prohibit the publication or distribution online of “Glory to Hong Kong.” Anyone violating the injunction could face prison for contempt of court. The case is being closely watched by tech companies, because it has raised the specter of more government control of online speech in Hong Kong.

Persons: Anthony Chan Organizations: Hong, Google, Beijing Locations: Hong Kong

☆ How much YouTubers make for 1 million subscribers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Amanda Perelli | Nathan Mcalone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A YouTuber with about 1 million subscribers made between $14,600 and $54,600 per month. Getting 1 million YouTube subscribers is a huge milestone, and, in practical terms, it often means a creator can earn a full-time living from the platform. How much does YouTube pay for 1 million subscribers? Finance creator Nate O'Brien said that as a YouTuber with 1 million subscribers he earned $440,000 in a year from the platform. Creators need to reach 10 million views in 90 days and have 1,000 subscribers in order to qualify.

Persons: Nate O'Brien, Read, O'Brien, Tiffany Ma, Ma, she's Organizations: YouTube's, YouTube, Finance Locations: YouTubers

☆ Shooting in Baltimore Leaves at Least 2 Dead and Dozens Injured
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Tiffany May | Emma Bubola | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

At least two people died and dozens more were injured in a shooting at a block party in Baltimore early on Sunday, the police said. Just after 12:30 a.m., officers received multiple calls for a shooting at 800 Gretna Court, in Baltimore’s southern neighborhood of Brooklyn, the city’s acting police commissioner, Col. Richard Worley, said at a news conference on Sunday morning. An 18-year-old woman was found dead at the scene, and shortly after, a 20-year-old man was pronounced dead at a hospital, the police said in a statement. Multiple other people had gunshot wounds, Colonel Worley said, and three were in critical condition. Nine people were taken to hospitals, and 20 more took themselves to hospitals, he added.

Persons: Richard Worley, Worley Organizations: Gretna Court Locations: Baltimore, Baltimore’s, Brooklyn

☆ Judge Delays Decision on Hong Kong’s Request to Ban Protest Song Online
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Tiffany May | Chang Che | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The government filed a court petition last week arguing that “Glory to Hong Kong” was used to “insult” China’s national anthem. While not naming any defendants, the filing included 32 links to the song on YouTube. And in December, the Hong Kong authorities criticized Google for displaying the protest song under search results for Hong Kong’s national anthem. The impact of the case on how the tech companies operate in Hong Kong remains to be seen. Google and Meta established offices in Hong Kong over a decade ago, and today each has up to several hundred employees there.

Persons: Hong Kong ”, ”, Judge Wilson Chan, “, Kevin Yam, George Chen Organizations: Hong, Google, Georgetown University’s Center, Asian Law, Meta, Twitter, The Asia Group Locations: Hong Kong, Melbourne, Australia, Greater China, Washington

☆ In Rare Victory for Media, Hong Kong Court Overturns Conviction of Journalist
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Tiffany May | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a rare victory for journalism amid a crackdown on the news media in Hong Kong, the city’s top court on Monday overturned the conviction of a prominent reporter who had produced a documentary that was critical of the police. Choy Yuk-ling, who also goes by the name Bao Choy, is best known in Hong Kong for producing investigative documentaries examining police conduct in 2019, when the city was roiled by months of antigovernment protests. Among the documentaries she produced was a prizewinning episode of “Hong Kong Connection,” a news program by the city’s public broadcaster RTHK. She was arrested in 2020 and found guilty the next year of making false statements to obtain car registry records. A court ordered her to pay a fine of 6,000 Hong Kong dollars, about $775.

Persons: Choy Yuk, Bao Choy, Choy Organizations: Hong, Hong Kong Connection, RTHK Locations: Hong Kong, Hong

☆ Hong Kong Remembered the Tiananmen Massacre, Until It Couldn’t
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Tiffany May | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For decades, Hong Kong was the only place in China where the victims of the 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy activists at Tiananmen Square in Beijing could be publicly mourned in a candlelight vigil. This year, Hong Kong is notable for all the ways it is being made to forget the 1989 massacre. Over the weekend, thousands of officers patrolled the streets in the Causeway Bay district, where the vigil was normally held. Zhou Fengsuo, a student leader in the Tiananmen Square protest movement, said that Hong Kong is now under the same “despotic rule” as the mainland. “Afterward, Hong Kong protests faced the same suppression, the same vilification and erasure of memories.”

Persons: Hong Kong, “, ”, Zhou Fengsuo, Zhou Organizations: Tiananmen, Human Rights Locations: Hong, China, Beijing, Hong Kong, Causeway, Tiananmen, New York

☆ China Crosses a Flying Milestone but Remains in the Boeing-Airbus Grip
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Niraj Chokshi | Tiffany May | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Millions of flights take off and land in China every year, almost all of them using planes made by Boeing and Airbus, the world’s two leading aircraft manufacturers. For years, China has been working to change that and, this week, it celebrated a milestone in that quest: the first commercial flight of a large passenger jet made in China. It is currently the only C919 plane being used for commercial flights. Comac, or the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, was established in 2008. Based in Shanghai, it is closely linked to Avic, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, which makes the country’s turboprops, fighter jets and bombers.

Persons: Comac Organizations: Boeing, Airbus, China Eastern Airlines, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Aviation Locations: China, Shanghai, Beijing, U.S, France, Germany

☆ Cathay Pacific Fights to Emerge From the Long Shadow of Covid
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Tiffany May | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In 2019, when Hong Kong was convulsed by pro-democracy protests, Cathay Pacific was caught in the crossfire with Beijing. Flights were canceled or delayed by airport sit-ins involving thousands of demonstrators, among them employees of the airline, Cathay Pacific. Turmoil grew inside Cathay Pacific. In 2020, as the pandemic grounded its business, Cathay shuttered its regional division, Cathay Dragon. It parked 70 unused planes in the desert in Alice Springs, Australia, and fired 5,300 employees based in Hong Kong.

Forty-seven pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong have been accused of a conspiracy to commit subversion in a landmark political case. Benny Tai, 58, was a professor of law at the University of Hong Kong. Pro-democracy primary Pro-democracy candidates held a primary vote ahead of the upcoming Legislative Council election. The 47 defendants helped organize or participated in this event. New election rules announced China announced new rules for Hong Kong elections, limiting candidates to only those deemed loyal to Beijing.

☆ How much money YouTubers with 1 million subscribers make
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Eight creators with 1 million subscribers or more shared how much money they make on YouTube. This is the latest installment of Insider's YouTube money logs, where creators break down how much they earn. YouTube creators earn money a number of ways, but money from the ads that play in their videos usually constitutes a big chunk of their income. Finance YouTuber Andrei Jikh earned $1.6 million in ad revenue in less than three years, he told Insider in 2021, when he had 1.7 million subscribers. To start earning money directly from YouTube, creators must have at least 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours in the past year.

☆ How influencers use Amazon to earn money, from affiliate links to livestreaming
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Amazon Live: A livestreaming platform where creators earn a commission from every sale. Anyone who is a part of the Amazon Influencers Program can join by downloading the Amazon Live Creator app. Read more:Why Amazon Live has struggled to win over content creatorsThe main problem influencers said they have had with Amazon Live has been driving traffic to the platform. Amazon doesn't have a portal where users can see all of the Amazon influencers that they follow, unlike TikTok or YouTube. Read more:How influencers are earning money on Amazon by reviewing productsTo make money reviewing products on Amazon, creators must upload at least three videos to their individual profile page.

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