Take it from climate reporters, indigenous women, and environmental watch groups: the Amazon fire is not just another climate change disaster, it’s the Brazilian president actively fucking the entire world.
Media reports on Tuesday said Simon Cheng, who is thought to be from Hong Kong, went missing on 8 August during a business trip.
China’s foreign ministry said Mr Cheng was detained at Shenzhen for 15 days.
The UK said it was “extremely concerned” and the embassy in Beijing was providing support to his family.
China said Mr Cheng, 28, had been detained for violating public security laws, although the foreign ministry gave no details of the alleged offence.
Following large-scale protests in Hong Kong, travellers have reported heightened security measures on the mainland side, with people passing through being subjected to police checks of their mobile phones.
The protests, now entering their third month, were sparked by a now-suspended extradition bill that would have allowed Hong Kong to send criminal suspects to China for trial.
A small group of protesters gathered outside the British consulate in support of Mr Cheng. Max Chung, a spokesman for the protesters, told Reuters the case had serious consequences for everybody in Hong Kong.
“We want to urge the UK government to step up and act now. Save Simon now,” he said, adding that Mr Cheng had not taken part in anti-government demonstrations.
“Simon is a very good guy, and he’s a smart guy - he finished his Masters at LSE (London School of Economics) - so I don’t think he would do anything stupid.”
China’s foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said they had made “stern representations” to the UK over comments made since the protests began in Hong Kong.
“We request they stop making these irresponsible statements, stop meddling in Hong Kong’s affairs and stop interfering in China’s internal affairs,” he said.
He said Mr Cheng was a Chinese citizen and his detention was an internal affair.
BBC China correspondent Robin Brant said the detention was short compared to many sentences in China and that Mr Cheng should be due for release in the next 48 hours.
He said China insisted the detention was not a diplomatic incident, but he said the Foreign Office had likely been working out of the public spotlight over the last 13 days to find out what had happened to Mr Cheng and secure his release.
The ring bears the throne name of Tutankhamun (“Nebkheperure”), whose spectacular tomb in the Valley of the Kings was discovered in 1922. Tutankhamun was raised in Akhenaten’s court at Amarna, yet his reign saw the reversal of Akhenaten’s revolution, including the return of the court to Thebes.
The ring was found in an elaborate Canaanite tomb. It is unclear whether it arrived in Canaan during the reign of Tutankhamun (ca. 1332-1323 BC) or later.
Excavated in Tell el-Ajjul, Gaza. Now in the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum, Jerusalem. 33.708
This natural-color image shows smoke from fires in the Amazon rainforest spreading across several states within Brazil, including Amazonas, Mato Grosso, and Rondônia.
The image was collected by our VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instrument aboard the Suomi NPP satellite (a joint-partnership between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) on August 20, 2019. It’s not unusual to see fires in Brazil at this time of year due to high temperatures and low humidity, but activity in the country’s largest state, Amazonas, has been above average.
Many people use fire to maintain farmland and pastures or to clear land for other purposes.
Credits: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS).
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