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News and Article: A1308-W923
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Release Date: July 22,
2020
发布日：2020年7月22日
Topic: Analysis: Pompeo
Led the Closure of the Consulate General in Houston, the Sino-US Conflict Is a
"Good Drama Yet to Come" -- Radio Free Asia Cantonese report
标题：分析：蓬佩奧主導關閉休斯頓總領館,中美衝突「好戲還在後頭」
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Analysis: Pompeo Led the
Closure of the Consulate General in Houston, the
Sino-US Conflict Is a "Good Drama Yet to Come"
-- Radio Free Asia
Cantonese report
The US State Department
stated that it ordered China to close its Consulate General in Houston to
protect US intellectual property rights and the private information of the
Americans. Overseas democracy activists
believe that the US’s implementation of additional
measures against China this time is in line with China’s
recent rampant hacking and espionage activities, imposing restrictions on US
media and reporters, restricting US diplomats to Wuhan, provoking
investigations of foreigners without reason, imposing the “Hong
Kong National Security Act” and other factors. Wang Dan described the current Sino-US
conflict as still at a low level and it will continue to climb. (Reported by Ma Like, Pan Jiaqing,
and Huo Liangqiao)
The U.S. State
Department Information Office responded to our email inquiry on Wednesday
(22nd). Spokesperson Ortagus
said, "The United States will not tolerate China's infringement of our
sovereignty and intimidation of the people, just as we no longer tolerate
China's unfair Trade practices and the theft of American jobs. President Trump insists on the fairness and
reciprocity of US-China relations."
The State Department
also stated that according to the Vienna Convention on the Laws of Treaties, diplomats
must "respect the laws and regulations of the receiving country" and
"have an obligation not to interfere in the internal affairs of the
country." The US has instructed to
close the Chinese Consulate General in Houston to protect US intellectual property
and private information.
Wang Dan, a former
student leader of the 1989 democracy movement, told this station that there are
many reasons for the rapidly deteriorating Sino-U.S. relations, such as China’s failure to cooperate with the epidemic investigation of
the COVID-19 and espionage activities worldwide, including in the U.S. He believes that U.S. sanctions against China
will upgrade gradually.
Wang Dan: The United
States' increased accountability to China is the main reason for this rapid
deterioration of the Sino-US relationship.
Judging from the current actions, it is actually a low-level conflict;
there are higher-level conflicts which include military conflict. Will there be fighting in the South China
Sea? This possibility cannot be ruled
out. But I believe that between China
and the United States, the US sanctions against China will be escalated step by
step. At present the conflict in Sino-US
relations is still at a low level.
Wang Dan also revealed
that at 4 a.m. Beijing time on Friday (24th), the United States will introduce
a more comprehensive China policy. He
himself and a group of influential people in Sino-US relations have been
invited by the US State Department to the Nixon Presidential Library in
California to witness a historic moment in Sino-US relations.
Wei Jingsheng, chairman
of the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition, told this station that "three
feet of freezing ice is not due to one day of cold." Recently, Chinese hacker and espionage
activities have become too rampant, which gave the United States reason to
escalate its actions against China. Wei
Jingsheng said that Houston is the base camp for Chinese intelligence
activities in the United States.
Wei Jingsheng: Why was
Houston chosen? In fact, Houston is the
place where Chinese intelligence activities are commanded in the United
States. Pinching out this place is a big
blow to Chinese intelligence activities.
Maybe the United States had this idea a long time ago. You should notice that Secretary of State
Michael Pompeo used to be the director of the Central Intelligence Agency. This former position shows that he actually
has a better understanding of the CCP's espionage activities in the United
States. So this time, if you want to
fight, then you hit the snake at its seven-inch location where it could be
killed, and hit the command organization of its intelligence agency.
The US State Department
reiterated that "China has been engaged in large-scale illegal espionage
activities in the United States for many years," and it has affected the
actions of US government officials and American citizens. In the past few years, the scale and scope of
these activities have increased significantly, including Chinese officials
interfering in domestic politics, stealing American intellectual property
rights, coercing American business leaders, and threatening Chinese American
families in China.
Mr. Liang, a Hong Kong
resident who moved to Houston more than ten years ago, told this station that
the closure of the Chinese consulate has little effect on the local
Chinese. It will be necessary to go to a
distant consulate to apply for a student or return visa. He also said that the fire that broke out in
the Houston consulate general last night (21st) was an artificial burning of
documents.
Mr. Liang: It was not a
fire caused by accident such as candles last night. I have been to the consulate many times.
There were people in a high-rise building across the street who
photographed it and shared the pictures on the Internet. It is obvious that someone in the consulate
burned a stack of documents in the courtyard (inside of the consulate). It was
artificial arson (to burn documents). As
for the Chinese who support or are persecuted and do not support the Communist
Party and Hong Kong people may have to go to the (consulate) to apply for a
HKSAR passport or ID card, and foreign students need to apply for a visa, but
it does not matter much to those who are applying for a green card or are
waiting for naturalization.
Mr. Liang also believes
that the incident will not trigger anti-American demonstrations by local
Chinese.
Mr. Liang: I believe
there will be no (demonstrations). Half
of the population of Chinatown here is mainland Chinese, and the remaining half
are Taiwanese. Houston has a large
community of Taiwanese, most of whom are anti-Communist or do not speak out,
and the ones openly supporting the Communist Party will not be as exaggerated
as on the East and West Coasts of the USA.
In addition, local Americans can own firearms. If someone loudly supports the Communist
Party at someone’s doorstep, they may encounter the
situation in St. Louis of facing an AR-15 to drive away demonstrators. You will be scared when you see this
situation.
According to the
statement on the website of the Chinese Consulate-General in Houston, the
consulate's responsibilities cover eight southern states of the United States,
including Texas and Florida, as well as the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. It was the first consulate outside the
liaison office in Washington after the establishment of diplomatic relations
between the United States and China in 1979.
It was of great historical significance.
Reuters quoted news that
China is considering closing the US consulate in Wuhan in retaliation. The official media "Global Times"
then launched a poll on Twitter asking "which US consulate in China is
most likely to be shut down". So
far, more than 2,000 people have participated in the vote, and the US consulate
in Hong Kong and Macau leads with more than 60%, significantly ahead of the
other consulates of Guangzhou (11.6%) and Chengdu (8.2%).
In addition, a U.S. C-17
transport plane arrived in Hong Kong from Okinawa Air Force Base last Saturday
(18th). It stayed for more than 2 hours
and then flew to Manila. Some military
commentators believe that although the arrival of US military transport planes
in Hong Kong is not unusual, this time may be related to the closure of consulates
in this new phase of relations between China and the United States. It may be that the US has withdrawn important
documents and personnel of the Consulate General in Hong Kong ahead of time.
Original link of this
report by Radio Free Asia Cantonese Service:
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/comments-07222020132934.html
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Wei Jingsheng Foundation
News and Article: A1308-W923
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1308-W923
Release Date: July 22,
2020
发布日：2020年7月22日
Topic: Analysis: Pompeo
Led the Closure of the Consulate General in Houston, the Sino-US Conflict Is a
"Good Drama Yet to Come" -- Radio Free Asia Cantonese report
标题：分析：蓬佩奧主導關閉休斯頓總領館,中美衝突「好戲還在後頭」
-- 自由亚洲电台粤语部报道
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分析：蓬佩奧主導關閉休斯頓總領館,中美衝突「好戲還在後頭」
-- 自由亚洲电台粤语部报道
美國國務院表示，下令中國關閉駐休斯頓總領館，是要保護美國的知識產權和美國人的私人信息。海外民運人士認為，美國這次對中國實施加碼措施，與中國近期猖獗的黑客間諜活動、對美媒及記者設限、限制美國外交官到武漢、無端調查外國人及強推《港區國安法》等因素有關。王丹形容，目前的中美衝突還處於低級階段，還會爬升。（馬立克/潘加晴/霍亮喬 報道）
美國國務院新聞辦公室周三（22日）回覆本台的電郵查詢中指，發言人奧爾塔古斯表示，「美國不會容忍中國侵犯我們的主權和恐嚇人民，就像我們不再容忍中國的不公平貿易行為、盜取美國就業機會等惡行一樣。總統特朗普堅持美中關係的公正與互惠。」
國務院又指，據《維也納公約》規定，外交官必須「尊重接收國的法律和法規」，並且「有義務不干涉該國內政」。美方已指示關閉中國駐休斯頓總領事館，以保護美國的知識產權和私人信息。
前八九民運學生領袖王丹對本台表示，中美關係快速交惡有眾多原因，如中國不配合疫情調查、在全球包括美國大肆進行間諜活動等，他相信美國對中國的制裁行動還會步步升級。
王丹：美國加強對中國的追責，是這次中美關係快速交惡的主要原因，從目前的行動來看，其實都還是低層級的衝突，還有更高層級的就是軍事衝突，會不會在南海打仗？這種可能性都不會排除。但是我相信中美之間，美國對中國的制裁行動，應該還會再一步步升級。目前（中美關係衝突）還處在低級階段。
王丹還透露，北京時間周五（24日）凌晨4點，美國將會推出更全面的對華政策。他本人與一眾在中美關係中具影響力的人士，已應美國國務院邀請，到加州的尼克遜總統圖書館，見證中美關係的一個歷史性時刻。
中國海外民主運動聯席會議主席魏京生就向本台表示，「冰凍三尺非一日之寒」，近期中國黑客間諜活動太過猖獗，令美國找到理由升級行動加碼對付中國。魏京生說，休斯頓是中國情報活動在美國活動的大本營。
魏京生：為甚麼選擇休斯頓呐？其實休斯頓那個地方是中國情報活動在美國活動一個總指揮的地方。掐掉這個地方對中國情報活動是一個很大的打擊。可能美國很早就有這種想法了，大家應該注意到蓬佩奧曾經當過中央情報局的局長，這個職位其實就說明，他其實對中共在美國的間諜活動是比較了解的。所以這次要打就打蛇的七寸，就打你情報機關的指揮機構。
美國國務院重申，「中國多年來一直在美國境內從事大規模的非法間諜活動」，並影響美國政府官員和美國公民的行動。過去幾年，這些活動的規模和範圍明顯增加，包括中國官員干涉了其國內政治、竊取美國知識產權、脅迫美國商業領袖、威脅在中國的華裔美國家庭等
。
移居休斯頓十多年的香港人梁先生對本台表示，中領館關閉對當地華人的實際上影響不大，辦學生或回國簽証等就要到較遠的領事館。他又說
，昨晚（21日）總領館發生的大火，是人為燒毀文件。
梁先生：昨晚不是火燭，我到過總領館很多次，對面的高層樓宇已有人拍到放上網
，好明顯有人在（領館內）中庭燒毀一疊疊文件
，是人為縱火燒（文件）。至於華人有支持或受迫害不支持共產黨，港人可能要到（領館）辦特區護照或身份證，留學生要辦簽証，但對申請綠卡或等候入籍人士就沒有太大關係。
梁先生又相信，事件不會引發當地華人的反美示威活動。
梁先生：我相信不會有（示威活動），這裡唐人街的人口大陸人佔一半，餘下一半是台灣人。休斯頓有很大的台灣人社區，大多數是反共或不會發聲，而公開支持共產黨也不會像東西岸如此誇張。加上當地美國人可擁有槍械，如果有人在人家門口大聲支持共產黨，可能會遇到早前在聖路易斯有屋主持AR -15長槍驅趕示威者的情況，你看到這個情況都會害怕。
據中國駐休斯頓總領事館網站上的聲明，該領館職責覆蓋美國南部八個州，包括德州、佛羅里達州，另外還有美國屬地波多黎各（Puerto Rico）。是美中1979年建交後，當時駐華府的聯絡辦公室以外的首個領事館，具有重大歷史意義。
《路透社》引述消息指中方正考慮關閉美國駐武漢總領事館作為報復。官媒《環球時報》隨後在推特上發起民調，詢問「哪個美國駐中國總領館最有可能被關」，截至目前為止已有2千多人參與投票，美國駐港澳總領館得票逾六成，大幅領先其餘上榜的廣州（11.6%）及成都（8.2%）。
此外，美軍一架C-17運輸機上周六（18日）由沖繩空軍基地抵港，停留逾2小時後轉飛馬尼拉。有軍事評論員認為，美軍運輸機來港並非不尋常，但相信今次或與中美關閉對方領事館有關，可能是美方提前撤走駐港總領事館的重要文件及人員。
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