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submitted 5 months ago by Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org to c/china@sopuli.xyz

Reuters News on Friday withdrew a four-minute video containing an exchange between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussing the possibility that humans can live to 150 years old, after China state TV demanded its removal and withdrew the legal permission to use it.

The footage, which included the open mic exchange from the military parade in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, was licensed by the China state television network, China Central Television (CCTV).

The clips were edited by Reuters into a four-minute video and distributed to more than 1,000 global media clients including major international news broadcasters and TV stations around the world. Other news agency licensees of CCTV also distributed edits of the footage.

Reuters removed the video from its website and issued a "kill" order to its clients on Friday after receiving a written request from CCTV's lawyer. The letter said the news agency exceeded usage terms of its agreement. The letter further criticized Reuters "editorial treatment applied to this material," but did not specify details.

Reuters said in a statement that it withdrew the videos because it no longer held the legal permission to publish this copyrighted material.

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[-] Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 5 months ago

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There is ample evidence for forced organ harvesting in China. Despite new regulations introduced by Beijing in the mid-2010s, the rapid expansion of China’s transplant industry is very questionable, according to a scientific investigation by Robertson et al. The study also provides useful insights into this Chinese practice.

The UN also said it "received credible information that detainees from ethnic, linguistic or religious minorities may be forcibly subjected to blood tests and organ examinations such as ultrasound and x-rays, without their informed consent [...]".

“Forced organ harvesting in China appears to be targeting specific ethnic, linguistic or religious minorities held in detention, often without being explained the reasons for arrest or given arrest warrants, at different locations,” they said. “We are deeply concerned by reports of discriminatory treatment of the prisoners or detainees based on their ethnicity and religion or belief.

Michael Nguyen, a researcher from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics in California, discusses China's organ donation system after it was officially established in 2013:

Within a two-year period, China reported donations from 2766 individuals, with 7785 transplants performed in 2015. These dramatic increases in donors and transplantations seem implausible given the low rate of deceased organ donation (3.9 deceased donors per million people) and a low willingness to donate (47.45% of the general public). These findings prompted suspicions that unethical organ procurement continues to supply the ever-growing demand for organs.

You'll easily find more information on this issue form very reliable sources.

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