President Xi Jinping attended the 30th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in the US and delivered a speech calling for a commitment to free and open trade, opposition to politicizing economic issues, and the promotion of regional economic integration, including the acceleration of the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific. [...] Enze Han and Joseph O’Mahoney’s book, ‘British Colonialism and the Criminalisation of Homosexuality,’ attributes these laws to a “Victorian, Christian puritanical concept of sex.” The Orientalized view of Asia and the Middle East as overly erotic led to the introduction of these laws to protect soldiers from perceived deviations. [...] In the case of Iran and Kyrgyzstan, these reasons have led to the complete ban of the app. [...] The fact that the ban was announced two days before the antiestablishment protests staged in the capital draws attention to the intentions of the ruling party. [...] In the battle for democratic rights and the establishment’s resolution, the judiciary has sought written clarification from the government regarding the ban on TikTok.
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