Brilliant choice!!!

Staying silent can bring rewards:
“There are opportunities. Also financially” — like becoming officials or joining universities. (2/2)

Vivian Wu on the chilling effects of censorship:
“Censorship leads to self-censorship” People here “will start to worry that you as a speaker will be identified as an individual & fear that the family in China–that there will be a knock on their door with a warning that your child should behave”1/2

Vivian Wu, on how coverage of China has changed internationally:
Correspondents who lived in China longer “can read between the lines,” when propaganda is delivered. But younger journalists don’t have that chance anymore. “They spend two years in Beijing, and then they are sent to another country.”

…a more positive outlook on the grasp Chinese propaganda has on the Chinese diaspora in Europe by Chu Yang: “Of course people use WeChat(…)to communicate with family back in China(…)but they also try to consume news that is more focused on Europe or consume local news sources”

…and Vivian Wu continues on Chinese Propaganda: “Internet control is almost flawless there (…) all the services and platforms are blocked in China(..) you find at least 5 copycats - produced in Chinese for Chinese (…)We have a joke in China on CCTV news: Only the weather and date are true.”

🎯 For example, the opinion could state that climate inaction violates international law.

🥊 However, some are against this view. For example, the US and Saudi Arabia have argued against it.
(4/4)

Regardless of the opinion's outcome, it cannot directly force individual governments to take more climate action. Unlike ICJ rulings, opinions are not directly binding. However, they have an indirect effect: national and international courts can refer to this opinion in their rulings.
(3/4)

1️⃣ What international legal obligations do states have regarding climate protection, as well as future generations?

2️⃣ What consequences do these have for states that have contributed to climate change through their actions or omissions?
(2/4)
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