Headlines: China celebrates superpower, shakes the world
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The Chinese Communist Party celebrates its 100th anniversary.
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It is a real show of force from China, thanks to the sumptuous celebrations of the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party, President Xi Jinping has sent "
a strong message to the West
", explains the
New York Times
"
by warning the foreign forces that they
"
would break their heads and spill blood"
if they tried to prevent the rise of China ".
And after Hong Kong, in the sights of Beijing, again underlines the American daily, there is Taiwan, and the American press to put forward the warnings of President Xi against what he called "
the maneuvers aimed at obtaining the total independence of the island
”,“
Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its territory, is (yet) a self-managed and democratically ruled island
”, explains the
New York Times
, while the United States fears a recovery in hand brutality of the island as was the case in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong under heavy police surveillance for the 24th anniversary of the handover
Hong Kong where all demonstrations are now banned, explains the
Japan Times
, Beijing having imposed for a year "
its law on national security
", a "
rapid and radical
" way, to muzzle the opposition and repress pro-democracy movements , underlines the Japanese daily. While the
Global Times
, the Chinese nationalist daily praises "
a law that has brought hope, restored order and revived businesses
", the Hong Kong daily
South China Morning Post
reports how "
thousands of people are fleeing Hong Kong qu 'they no longer recognize
", explains the daily,"
families, young people and professionals
”, who accept the outstretched hand of“
Great Britain, Australia and Canada to seek a better future
”, while“
Beijing tightens its grip on the city
”, points out the South China Morning Post.
A crushing of human rights and the press regularly denounced by the West and the international press.
"
Enough is enough
", moreover bang their fists on the table today four Nordic dailies including the Norwegian
Aftenposten
who have just sent an open letter to Xi Jinping "
The world,
they write
, can no longer passively watch China dismantle press freedom in Hong Kong
”.
Missive that comes after the brutal closure last week of the pro-democracy Hong Kong daily
Apple Daily.
Climate scientists stunned by the intensity of the heat wave in Canada
The near 50 degrees reached Tuesday in the city of Lytton, in the middle of the mountains in western Canada, left climate experts "
shocked, speechless and deeply concerned for the future of the planet,
" writes the
Washington Post
. “
How did a small town in Canada become one of the hottest places in the world, even hotter than Dubai?
", Also wonders for its part the
Guardian
which like the American press puts forward"
that this unprecedented heat wave risks becoming the new norm if we do not act now
".
“
Most shocking,”
explains a climatologist in the
Washington Post, “
is that all of this is happening with just 2 degrees of global warming,
” “
imagine what will happen if we keep our momentum going with an additional 3 to 5 degrees
”.
"
The climate negotiations of the Glasgow Cop 26 will (imperatively) have to focus on the planning and financing of our adaptation
" to this new climate situation, underlines for its part the
Guardian
"
we must prepare for the inevitable heat waves to come
”.
The anger of the victims after the release of comedian Bill Cosby
Billy Cosby whose conviction for sexual assault was overturned by the courts. His release made the front page of the American press, where we can see the comedian smiling, even making the V of Victory on the front page of
Wall Street Journa
l. A release after only 2 years in prison, out of 10 of his sentence that leaves his victims and accusers "
overwhelmed and devastated
", says the
New York Times
.
“
Worse still, these women are discouraged,
” adds the
Washington Post,
“
they fear that other women will (now) give up prosecuting cases of sexual assault
”.
It is a snub for the #MeeToo movement further underlines the American press, a disastrous decline in a country, the United States where according to lawyers, "
more than two out of three sexual assaults are not reported
".
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