1. The spokesman stated that Santa Claus is a missionary with an anti-China background sent by Western powers. So,there are new rules set by the central government this year to prohibit communist party members and cadres from attending and promoting Christmas parties.
  2. Google has recently announced that it would set up the Google AI China Center in Beijing to focus on artificial intelligence research. The spokesman said that since Google is on our party’s territory, they have to abide by the rules of the party. 
  3. It reported that the Chinese security personnel have been violent actions South Korean journalists. They trampled on their faces, resulting in bone fractures. The spokesman stated that it is standard training adopted by our security personnel, armed police, public security forces and special police forces. It is widely used against vulnerable groups, petitioners, dissidents, ethnic minorities, political prisoners and criminals.
  4. According to the VOA , at least 326 journalists were being held in custody worldwide in 2017. Among them, 52 of these journalists are detained in China. China has the largest number of detained reporters in the world.
  5. On December 21, President Trump released a sanction list against human rights abusers and corrupt actors around the globe. The United States will impose sanctions on human rights offenders under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, including freezing their assets in the United States. [skit 531]