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Is there finally about to be a Brexit dividend? The EU & US are placing tariffs on Chinese EVs, but Britain isn't. So British drivers will soon have a welcome choice. Cheap well-made Chinese EVs whose EV charging means they travel 100 kilometres for a third of the price an average combustion engine car does.

Yet another death knell for fossil fuels and combustion engine cars.

How China made electric vehicles mainstream

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AChinese asylum seeker has been allowed to stay in Britain because he “cannot be expected to lie” about his support for Taiwanese independence.

The unnamed man had claimed his attendance at pro-Taiwan rallies meant he would be persecuted by the Beijing government if he had to go back.

An asylum judge ruled in his favour, concluding that the risk to pro-Taiwanese activists was “far greater” than in 2022, when the refugee came to the UK.

Judge Christopher Hanson said that the man would face questioning by officials if he was returned to China. “If he is asked about what he has done in the UK, or in relation to any political activities, he cannot be expected to lie,” he said.

Taiwan, which lies just off the coast of the mainland, was occupied by the nationalist government following the communist victory in 1949. Beijing regards it as a breakaway state that will eventually come under Chinese control, and tensions between the two have escalated in recent years.

The case, disclosed in court papers, is the latest example [...] in which illegal migrants or convicted foreign criminals have been able to remain in the UK or halt their deportations after claiming returning them to their home countries would breach their human rights.

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The Chinese citizen, known as BK, claimed asylum in the UK in January 2022, but his case was dismissed by a lower-tier immigration tribunal because he was deemed not high-profile enough to warrant protection. The 39-year-old then appealed to an upper-tier tribunal in March this year.

The hearing in Birmingham was told that BK had stated that he had been arrested twice because of his pro-Taiwanese beliefs. Since moving to the UK, he had attended pro-Taiwanese events, the last of which was in 2022.

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This was mainly down to international tensions and other separatist movements in Xinjiang and Tibet, prompting crackdowns by China. Last year, China launched military drills around Taiwan and even simulated a full-scale attack on the island nation. ‘Credible risk of harm’

Despite being a low-level activist, the tribunal believed that BK, who is also a Christian, could be prosecuted if he returned to China.

Judge Hanson concluded: “The risk of arrest for worshippers in unlicensed churches is also greater now than it was when BK was last in the country, and greater than it was in certain decisions and documents cited in his First-tier Tribunal hearing.

“I do conclude with a great degree of confidence that the risk to pro-Taiwanese activists in general is far greater than it was when he was last in China.

“Even if the authorities in China have no knowledge of BK’s activities in the UK it is likely that on return he will be interviewed by the Chinese authorities. If he is asked about what he has done in the UK or in relation to any political activities he cannot be expected to lie.

“If he continues to express his pro-Taiwanese separatist beliefs, there is a real risk that the authorities in China will become aware.

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“I conclude that whilst BK may be able to be returned to China as he does not have the type of profile indicated in the report that will give rise to a real risk at this stage, there is a credible risk of harm sufficient to amount to persecution if he continues with his pro-Taiwanese activities in China, and is entitled to a grant of international protection.”

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Ill sum this up. Research suggests Untrained dogs pulling causes more injuries than expected.

3/4 of injured are female and mostly over 65.

Opinion: 65+ year olds walking dogs are likely healthier than those not. So the 25m number may be rubbish.

But anyone reading this worried about a dog that pulls. The simple way to stop it.

Spend some time when every time the dog pulls harder than you like. Turn around and head the opposite way.

Dogs soon learn that pulling leads to failure to progress. Takes a few days for most dogs to learn. Then takes a rare reminder for the dog to remember you choose the direction, and it doesn't get to assume.

No need to tell the dog off or punish in any way. Just remind it when on the lead. Trying to direct you to move at its speed will always slow its progress.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/23851499

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