1:中国不再承认BNO
BBC中文网:《英国BNO签证1月31日起生效 中国外交部称 “不再承认”BNO护照》
英国针对香港人的BNO签证通道将于1月31日开启。预计约有30万人将会通过这一政策离开香港。英国首相约翰逊表示,这一举措“履行了”英国与这片前英国殖民地之间“深厚的历史联系和友谊”。
英方罔顾香港已经回归中国24年的事实,不顾中方严正立场,公然违背承诺,执意炮制出台所谓量身定制的具有英国国民海外BNO身份的香港居民,赴英居留和入籍政策,并一再扩大适用范围。英方试图把大批港人变成二等英国公民,已经彻底改变了原来中英谅解的BNO性质。——共和国外交部发言人 赵立坚
2:香港买手机卡也要实名制
香港01:《電話卡實名制|每人限向每登記商購3張 法例生效後121日須登記》
邱騰華今日於記者會上提出,有需要規管儲值卡。他指,儲值卡服務過去一直惠及一眾尋求價格相宜,及靈活方便流動電話服務的本地用戶及旅客。然而,不法之徒利用儲值卡的匿名性干犯電話騙案、科技罪案等。
他舉例指,過去三年「猜猜我是誰」的電話騙案中,涉及本地流動電話號碼的騙案有近70%使用匿名儲值卡接觸潛在受害人。邱稱,本港2019年及2020年亦曾有多宗利用儲值卡作遙控引爆炸彈,因此認為「有迫切需要透過引入實名登記制度堵塞漏洞」。
3:兔:台独即战争
台湾是中国领土不可分割的一部分,台湾问题是中国内政,不容任何外来干涉。中国人民解放军在台海地区开展的军事活动,是针对当前台海安全形势和维护国家主权安全需要采取的必要行动,是对外部势力干涉和“台独”势力挑衅的严正回应。
民族复兴、国家统一是大势所趋、大义所在、民心所向。在中华民族的历史长河上,一小撮“台独”分裂分子的谋“独”行径,就像是一个泡沫,又能翻得起几朵浪花?我们正告那些“台独”分子:玩火者必自焚,“台独”就意味着战争。中国人民解放军将采取一切必要措施,坚决挫败任何形式的“台独”分裂图谋,坚定捍卫国家主权和领土完整。——共和国国防部发言人 吴谦(大校)
China's official spokespeople try not to talk about war. They almost always emphasise that theirs is a peace-loving country.
China is not a nation with a history of expeditionary military confrontation far beyond what it regards as its borders - except when it comes to Taiwan. Modern day Taiwan is a result of a civil war.
Under Xi Jinping's leadership, China has repeatedly said that it would use military force to prevent any move towards formal independence by what it regards as a renegade province.
Threatening a war isn't as nuanced as talk of military intervention. It's blunt, more frightening. It is different too. Military intervention could come in a multitude of ways; not necessarily an out-and-out war between two competing sides and their allies.
But Taiwan's status is a red line for Beijing, a part of what it regards as its unimpeachable territorial integrity. An "internal affair", alongside Hong Kong.
The language deployed by the government spokespeople may not always be this provocative but when it comes to Taiwan it's fair to assume this is what China is, ultimately, willing to resort to. -- The BBC's Robin Brant