Review Clears New Zealand Professor Over Report Documenting CCP’s Influence Operations
The Report The paper is an investigation by the professor into how China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) exploited civilian channels for military purposes in New Zealand. Brady, who specializes in Chinese domestic and foreign politics at UC, wrote in her latest paper that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) “is preparing China for what the Chinese leadership believes is an inevitable war.” “The New Zealand government needs to work with businesses and universities to devise a strategy to prevent the transfer of military-end-use technology to China,” the research states. It also claims that a number of universities in New Zealand have links to the Chinese regime’s 5G telecommunications company Huawei, and that some academics have participated in Beijing’s well-financed recruitment program, the Thousand Talents Plan, which has come under close U.S.…
LOS ANGELES—Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres said on Thursday that she had tested positive for the coronavirus but was feeling fine.
The American comedian said on Twitter that all her close contacts had been notified.
“I want to let you all know that I tested positive for Covid-19. Fortunately, I’m feeling fine right now,” she said in a Twitter posting.
DeGeneres, 62, host of the popular daytime show “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” said she was following health guidelines and would return to her show after the holidays.
A representative said production of the show had been halted until January.
DeGeneres is the latest celebrity to test positive for the disease. Actors Tom Hanks, Idris Elba, Bryan Cranston, and Hugh Grant along with singers Kanye West, Bad Bunny, and Gloria Estefan are among those who have said they were diagnosed with the virus or had suffered symptoms.
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” is filmed in the Los Angeles area, which this week re-imposed restrictions on household gatherings and shut down indoor and outdoor dining amid a surge of coronavirus cases.
By Jill Serjeant
Focus News: Talk Show Host Ellen DeGeneres Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai Denied Bail for a Second Time
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was denied bail for the second time in a month after he appeared briefly at court on Saturday for an additional charge under the Beijing-imposed national security law, according to local reports. The mainland-born 72-year-old was charged on Friday on suspicion of “colluding with foreign forces and endangering national security,” a criminal offense under the controversial law that carries a penalty of up to life imprisonment. Lai was brought to the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court on Saturday morning, where Hong Kong Chief Magistrate Victor So denied him bail, and adjourned the case to April 16, 2021. Prosecutors need more time to further investigate more than a thousand posts from Lai’s Twitter account, as well as overseas visits related to calls for U.S. sanctions against…
