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On the front page of the press, the hundred years of the Chinese Communist Party, an anniversary celebrated with great pomp by the national dailies.
"Happy Birthday to the CCP and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region":
The China Daily
recalls that China is also today celebrating the 24th anniversary of the establishment of the Basic Law which established the principle of "one country, two systems "- a principle still preserved by Beijing, according to the official daily, which congratulates the CCP at the same time for having brought Hong Kong back to the fold of the" motherland ". "One year after the introduction of the National Security Law", life in Hong Kong has "returned to normal" and the region now faces a "bright future", trumpets
The Global Times
, who maintains that it would now be difficult for Hong Kong people to remember the summer of 2019, that summer when "they found themselves at the heart of a political movement transformed into a sort of color revolution instigated by anti-Chinese foreign powers ". At the time, the pro-democracy movement was battling against the National Security Law, a controversial law that prohibits any act relating to "secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces", and whose very wording. fuzzy allows, in reality, to suppress any dissenting voice. Its entry into force a year ago has resulted in unprecedented repression. The
Hong Kong Free Press website
is bitter: "Despite the boast about how the CCP has managed to turn Hong Kong's hot cauldron into an island of stability, many Hong Kong people are not in the mood for the party," writes the pro-democracy site.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the CCP, President Xi Jinping promises to achieve "reunification" with Taiwan and "crush" any attempt at formal independence for the island. This very martial speech "alarms" the United States and Japan, according to
The Financial Times
, which reports that the two allies are engaged in joint military exercises in the East and South China Sea, "to be able to react. to the possibility of a conflict with Beijing over Taiwan ". The strategic ambitions and the increasingly aggressive tone also worry Europeans. "How far will China go?" : the French daily
La Croix
perceives the pharaonic "new silk roads" project as the manifestation of China's "desire for global expansion", which the European Union regards as both a "partner" and a "systemic rival". A great power whose newspaper warns against "the totalitarian nature" of the regime.
The EU, including Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, will assume the rotating presidency from July 1, for six months. This close to the Hungarian ultra-conservative Viktor Orban, whom his detractors himself accuse of ultra-conservative drift, tried to defuse these criticisms by promising to "strengthen the rule of law and European values", according to the Slovenian newspaper
Dilo
, which recalls how the subject divides within the EU. This promise does not reassure, however, the French newspaper
L'Opinion
, where Kak's drawing shows a young woman, hair blowing in the wind, warning that the line of freedoms risks being cut, as she prepares to enter. in a tunnel - the six months of the Slovenian presidency.
Release
even sees in Slovenia "the symbol of an ideal broken down", of the "illiberal drift" of several countries of Central and Eastern Europe calling into question, according to him, "the hopes of a reunified continent around of a set of shared values ". A "gaping fracture" as evidenced by the refusal, last week, of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia, as well as Malta and Cyprus, to sign the letter European Union condemning the Hungarian homophobic law.
Also in the EU, the European health passport comes into force on Thursday. Here again, Europeans find it difficult to come to an agreement. If the 27 have accepted common rules, these can in fact be adapted by member states and some governments have not been shy to do so, according to
Courrier International
, which cites the example of Germany, which introduced tougher conditions for travelers from Portugal, where the Delta variant is on the rise. Europe, how many divisions? In Italy, the daily
Il Manifesto
protests against the lack of European mobilization and solidarity on the migration issue and its dramatic consequences. On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, a boat carrying migrants capsized again off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least seven people. They had "no pass", condemns the newspaper.
We do not leave each other on this.
She is archibelle and has just been elected Miss Nevada.
She will try to win the crown of Miss USA next November.
The Guardian
reports that Kataluna Enriquez became the first openly transgender woman to win the prestigious beauty pageant on Sunday.
The young woman, who says she has been a victim of sexual abuse in the past, reacted with these words: "My community is always in my heart. My victory is our victory".
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