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Myanmar's American Cultural Center was shot, Yangon situation worsens, refugees flee
Reporter : Zhu Ying / Editor : Mei Lan / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/03/28/a103083539.html / Direct translation
Image : On March 27, 2021, the military and police in Yangon, Myanmar continued to forcefully suppress civilian protests against the military coup. The sky above the town of Thaketa in the city was filled with smoke from burning roadblocks. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
The turbulent situation in Myanmar continues to deteriorate. March 27 is the Myanmar Military Day. Not only were more than 100 protesters killed by the military and police on that day, there was even a shooting incident at the American Cultural Center in Yangon. The prolonged chaos, killings and martial law have made many ordinary people in Yangon feel deeply afraid. A large number of refugees are fleeing the city and flocking to Thailand, which borders Myanmar.
On Saturday (March 27), protests in many large cities in Myanmar continued to be brutally suppressed by the military and police, and even the U.S. cultural center in Yangon City also broke out on the same day.
Reuters in the UK took the lead in reporting the shooting incident at the American Cultural Center in Yangon. Subsequently, the spokesperson of the US Embassy in Myanmar, Aryani Manring, confirmed in response to media enquiries, “We confirm that a shooting occurred at the American Center in Yangon on March 27. We are investigating this incident. At present, it appears that the incident did not cause any casualties."
Since the Myanmar military government launched a coup on February 1 this year, Burmese civil protests have continued, and the military's armed suppression of protesters has become more and more bloody.
On March 27 the Myanmar Military Day, the military held a military parade in the capital Naypyidaw. The head of the military declared at the military parade that the Myanmar military must protect the people and strive to pursue democracy. However, on the same day, the military and police in many large cities used more brutal ways to suppress the protesters, causing hundreds of deaths. This is the day with the highest number of deaths since the military coup in Myanmar.
According to a report by the Myanmar news agency Myanmar Now on Saturday night, at least 114 people across Myanmar were killed that day, and a 5-year-old boy was even killed by military police in Mandalay.
Yangon is Myanmar’s largest city and commercial center. Today, it has become the main battlefield for civil protests and brutal suppression by the military and police. The demonstrators would fire iron bombs and throw gasoline bombs at the security forces coming to suppress the protests while the military police would unscrupulously fired at the protesting crowds. On the streets, the roadblocks set up by the protesters using car tires and fences were also lit, with flames raging and black smoke.
In the past week, the Burmese military government has imposed martial law on six cities and towns in Yangon, and nearly 2 million people in the city are under the direct control of military commanders. The continued turmoil, killings and chaos caused local ordinary people to flee with deep fear. Large numbers of Burmese refugees are flocking to Thailand, which borders Burma.
According to public information, the refugees who fled from Yangon told the local media that they went to interview that life in Yangon had become too terrible to continue living there. After the bloody crackdown, the police and soldiers would pull people out of their homes and use guns at them to clear the road.
Pongrat Piromrat, the governor of Thailand’s Dak Province on the other side of the Myanmar border, said in an interview with the media recently that they are taking emergency measures to prepare shelters for the influx of Myanmar refugees. Once a large number of Myanmar people cross over due to an emergency at the border, Thailand can receive them.
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Myanmar beauty cried for help at pageant finals
Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor: Zhu Xinrui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/03/29/a103083730.html / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
The Miss Grand International pageant finals were held in Bangkok, Thailand on March 27. The participating Myanmar beauty Han Lay showed tears to the international community on stage she called for help, "When I was speaking on stage, more than a hundred people have died today... Please help Myanmar."
On the same day, Han Lay was wearing a white evening gown and was standing on the stage. A video of the Burmese military and police shooting down peaceful protesters was shown on the big screen. Han Lay gave a speech on the stage. She thanked the organizer of Miss Grand International for giving her the opportunity to express her voice to the international community through this platform.
Han Lay said, "People in Myanmar took to the streets for democracy, and I am one of them, and now they are on stage for democracy."
She shed tears many times in her speech on stage, "Today in my country, Myanmar...When I spoke on stage, more than a hundred people died today. I feel very sorry for them, they lost their lives."
She called for help from the international community, "Please help Myanmar, we need urgent international support, now."
The 27th is also the Myanmar Military Day. The military government shot and massacred the people. At least 114 people died on the same day, including 6 underage children. There was also a 1-year-old baby who was shot in the right eye and lost his sight and may be life-threatening. . That day was the bloodiest day since Myanmar opposed the military coup.
On the same day, the Myanmar military also used fighter jets for the first time to air strike a village (Day Pu Noe) on the border between Myanmar and Thailand. The local humanitarian organization stated that the air strike caused three deaths.
Since the Burmese military launched the coup on February 1, nearly 400 Burmese people have been massacred. The bloody suppression is still continuing, and the Burmese people are still fighting stubbornly without fear of military violence.
Han Lay is a college student in the Department of Psychology at Yangon University in Myanmar. During her participation in the beauty contest, she has been speaking out for the Myanmar people through social media and calling for the international community to help.
In the competition on the 24th, Han Lay wore a Burmese national costume named "Goddess of Peace". She hopes to use this to pray for Myanmar and hope that the goddess of peace can help Myanmar end the current crisis and bring peace to Myanmar.
Han Lay posted on her Instagram account that many of her classmates were arrested by the military and called on the military government to release her classmates. "In a democratic country, the people must be able to speak out, and our voice must be heard. But at the moment we have no freedom in Myanmar, which is a violation of human rights. Release our students!"
She also wrote on Facebook, "We Burmese are fighting for democracy on the streets. As a representative of Myanmar, I will call for ‘stop war and stop violence’ on the stage of Miss Nations."
After the beauty pageant finals on the 27th, Han Lay said in an interview with foreign media that she would return to Myanmar, "I know it must be unsafe to go back because I have been criticizing the Burmese military government. But I still want to go back because it is related to Myanmar. future".
She also said, "I don't care about my safety, I only care about Myanmar."
That night, the defense ministers of 12 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany issued a rare joint statement condemning the killing of civilians by the Myanmar military and urging the military to stop violence.
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Taiwanese female anchor scolded Hu Xijin
Reporter : Li Yun / Editor : Zhu Xinrui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/03/29/a103083734.html / Direct translation
A few days ago, two Taiwanese F-5E fighters collided and crashed into the sea. Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the Global Times of the Communist Party of China, said cold-bloodedly that "Taiwan is paperless," arousing public outrage. A Taiwanese female anchor scolded Hu angrily, "Take care of your lower body first!" The female anchor also cited examples of frequent incidents of the CCP’s military aircraft, and at the same time criticized that the CCP has become a public enemy of the world. Netizens applauded.
On March 22, two F-5E fighters from Taitung Zhihang Base collided and crashed into the sea yesterday, resulting in the death of the pilot Lieutenant Luo Shanghua and the disappearance of Captain Pan Yingzheng. While Taiwan was doing its utmost to search and rescue, Hu Xijin posted on Weibo, saying that the entire Taiwan Air Force will not be paper-cut. It hasn’t been a war yet. With such a small air force in Taiwan, it’s too frequent to crash.
Hu Xijin's cold-blooded remarks sparked public outrage. Legislator Fan Yun wrote angrily on Facebook. This was a speech by the editor-in-chief of a newspaper who was loyal to the CCP. It was cold-blooded, cruel, and inhuman. For Hu Xijin's post, she responded with two words: rubbish!
Many netizens reprimanded Hu Xijin, "That's not rubbish! Some rubbish can be recycled or reused. That is (slag)." "The quality of the editor-in-chief of the official media global is low, and he is humiliated and conforms to the image of the country."
At the same time, a video of a Taiwanese female anchor scolding Hu Xijin was also circulated on the Internet.
The female anchor reminded, "Hu Xijin, you don’t need to talk about that over there. I’ll talk about it first. Take care of your lower body! How did you get accused by others, are you embarrassed? You talked a lot, your own erotic issues, the issue of sending children outside, how many high-ranking officials of you can’t stand the test, let’s say that Taiwan is paperless."
Next, the female anchor cited a bunch of instances of frequent incidents of the CCP’s military planes, and said, “I feel unbearable to talk about these, because it’s all human lives.”
The female anchor first took 2016 as an example. The CCP publicly reported that at least 10 military aircraft fell and 7 people died. The female anchor questioned Hu Xijin,"You are reviewing internally. How many military research and development shady scenes are there? Are you still not sure about it internally?"
The female anchor went on to give an example. In May 2019, in the Qinling plane crash, the CCP publicly reported the deaths of 6 people. In October of the same year, two Chinese military plane crashes occurred within 10 days, and even the J-10 crashed.
The female anchor asked, "Don't you review your own internal affairs? Are there fewer internal affairs of your own? Is there a little gloat in Taiwan at this time? It's all human life. You are embarrassed to say that others, what about yourself?"
The female anchor continued to ask, "Today, your own military planes are constantly harassing Taiwan. You have become not only Taiwan's hatred against you. Look at the United States, the allies in Asia, including the European Union that have alarmed the European Union, think, what are you doing? Constantly provoking, constantly provoking, you disrupt the international order, and your totalitarianism expands."
The female anchor reminded Hu Xijin, "You have become a public enemy of the world, don't you know? Are you still complacent over there?"
The series of comments by the female anchor who questioned Hu Xijin sparked applause from netizens.
"It's so bloody, that's great. The CCP is just that virtue."
"Good scolding, the people in the wall support the Taiwanese female guys. CCP does everything messed up by itself, and it's still picking things up everywhere."
"Taiwan female anchor! Good! Use facts and statistics to scold Hugou and stab them in the flesh. The CCP is most afraid of others telling the truth, hahahaha."
"Good scolding, even though I am also a mainlander, I really don’t want to see Hu, who was picked by the mainland, who is so disgusting. What has your ancestor done so evil, Lao Hu? Throw something out?"
The 61-year-old Hu Xijin was dubbed by netizens as "Hu Diaopan" because he often made remarks that inverted black and white and confuses the public. He blindly defends the totalitarian power of the CCP.
In the first half of last year, rumours that Hu Xijin’s son had immigrated to Canada and his annual income was over 12 million circulated on the Internet. In October, Hu Xijin denied the rumour, claiming that he "only has one daughter."
However, many netizens retweeted a photo taken at Toronto Pearson International Airport. In the photo, Hu Xijin is standing behind and smiling at the camera. A young woman and a young man are in front of him. The netizen who posted the photo asked, "Why did Hu Xijin come to Toronto? Send his children to school in Canada?"
In early December of the same year, Hu Xijin was reported to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection by his deputy Jing Tao under his real name, saying that Hu had illegitimate children with two female subordinates. After the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection intervened in the investigation and claimed that the report was untrue, Duan Jingtao must be investigated and asked for a review.
In this regard, Mr. Chen, a reporter within the CCP system, told Radio Free Asia that Hu Xijin had been rumoured a few years ago. The report by his deputy is certainly true, but people in the People's Daily department are not allowed to discuss the matter because he is a department-level cadre.
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Palau President visits Taiwan, U.S. ambassador to Palau accompanied
https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/03/28/a103083651.html / Direct translation
The Palau President led a delegation to Taiwan on Sunday afternoon to embark on a five-day itinerary to promote the smooth launch of the "Taiwan Palau Tourism Bubble". The US Ambassador to Palau, this time Also arrived in Taiwan with the group. The country is one of the 15 existing official diplomatic countries of Taiwan.
Palau President Hui Shuren led a delegation to Taiwan, and Foreign Minister Wu Zhaoxie went to the airport to pick up the plane. When Hui Shuren delivered his speech, he thanked all parties for their efforts. The two national defense epidemics were successful and the unique tourism bubble model could be realized.
Palau President Hui Shuren, "We trust (Taiwan) and believe that Taiwan’s practices are a successful example of a country’s fight against the epidemic.
Palau President Hui Shuren, "There is also the U.S. Ambassador to Palau on this trip. It is really important that he can come. We are very helpful to the help of the United States. We received the first batch of vaccines in early January. We are fortunate to be a member of the United States' vaccine warp action.
A friendly head of state visited Taiwan for the first time after the epidemic. Hui Shuren will go on a five-day and four-night trip.
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From blood cotton to live organ harvesting, Luo Zhizheng: CCP has been persecuting people for a long time
Reporters : Gao Jianlun and Zhao Tingyu / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/03/29/a103083861.html / Direct translation
Taiwanese legislators gathered in the Legislative Yuan early on the 29th to strongly condemn the CCP’s persecution of human rights in Xinjiang. Legislator Luo Zhizheng also pointed out that the human rights issue in Xinjiang is only part of China's overall human rights issues. In the future, the international community's supervision of China's overall human rights issues will definitely become more serious.
Holding up slogans and chanting human rights slogans, a number of Taiwan legislators stepped forward and emphasized the rejection of Xinjiang’s sweat cotton and support for freedom and human rights.
DPP legislator Zhuang Ruixiong said, "We believe that justice will not be alone. We do have the right to some commodities, and we can do it. We don’t need to wear them. Let’s support Uyghurs. We reject such blood and sweat. We support freedom. democracy."
DPP legislator Luo Zhizheng said, "It's not just the so-called sweaty cotton, or the issue of these so-called brand boycotts. The deeper meaning behind it is Western countries. For the CCP’s persecution of Uyghurs’ human rights and freedom in Xinjiang, this The issue of this aspect has attracted the attention of the whole world."
In July last year, the U.S. government issued an announcement warning companies not to allow supply chains to contact entities that "violate human rights" in Xinjiang, and then announced a ban on the import of cotton and cotton fabrics from Xinjiang. The CCP’s persecution of human rights has been condemned by various countries, including the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners for 22 years, and it has not stopped. Cook, a researcher at the human rights organization Freedom House, once pointed out that the CCP’s persecution methods have expanded from Falun Gong to Xinjiang, and from Xinjiang to other areas.
DPP legislator Luo Zhizheng said, "In fact, the human rights issue in Xinjiang is only part of China’s overall human rights issue. The CCP’s persecution in religions, especially Falun Gong, etc., has existed for a long time, so I believe this time the Western world still All the international communities are concerned about China’s human rights issues, and now they are only using Xinjiang as an introduction. In the future, the supervision of China’s overall human rights issues will definitely become more serious."
The CCP not only expanded its suppression of domestic groups, but also intensified its violations of human rights around the world. More and more countries have come forward to strongly condemn the CCP’s persecution of human rights.
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Ke Wenzhe: Anti-Communist is the world situation in the next 15 years
Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor: Zhu Xinrui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/03/29/a103083769.html / Direct translation
At present, the Xinjiang cotton turmoil provoked by the CCP is still raging. Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe said recently that China's human rights really need to be improved, and the anti-communist wave will be the world trend in the next 15 years.
Recently, the U.S. and other countries have jointly sanctioned four CCP officials and one entity in response to the CCP’s human rights persecution of Uighurs in Xinjiang. The CCP incited domestic public opinion to attack international brands that refused to use "Xinjiang blood cotton", including H&M, Nike, and Adidas. "Xinjiang blood cotton" refers to Xinjiang cotton that the Chinese Communist Party forced labor to pick.
The CCP is trying to coerce these brands to put pressure on the international community while diverting the Chinese people’s attention from the human rights persecution in Xinjiang.
However, some pro-communist artists in Taiwan have also come out to stand for the CCP and participate in the boycott of foreign goods. In response to the phenomenon of Taiwanese artists choosing sides, Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe said in an interview with the media on March 28 that the CCP really needs improvement in human rights, and the anti-communist wave will continue to be the world situation in the next 15 years.
He said frankly that globalization has become "hemisphericalization", which is an international trend, and to put it plainly is to choose sides.
Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan You Xikun commented on Facebook, “Boycotting Xinjiang cotton is no longer a political issue, but a human rights issue!” The CCP has severely violated human rights in Xinjiang. I believe that many people cannot accept commodities containing Xinjiang blood cotton.
During the interview, Ke Wenzhe also stated that the Sino-US trade war will definitely continue, and the cross-strait relationship is actually the relationship between the two sides of the Pacific and between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. This is a world event.
The Wall Street Journal quoted people familiar with the matter on March 18, before the first meeting between the US and China, the CCP plans to pressure the Biden-Harris administration to cancel the sanctions imposed by the Trump administration, including tariff sanctions. These tariffs have severely damaged the Chinese Communist Party's economy and caused a large number of foreign capital withdrawal from China.
However, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai recently stated that the U.S. is not ready to cancel tariffs on Chinese imports in the near future and will not give up this bargaining chip. But she also said that the United States may be open to trade negotiations with Beijing.
In response to the CCP’s recent military pressure on Taiwan, General Davidson, the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, recently warned in Congress that the CCP is currently the biggest strategic threat to the U.S. and Taiwan is one of the CCP’s targets. The threat of the CCP’s invasion of Taiwan is It may happen in the next 6 years.
John Aquilino, who was nominated as the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, believes that the conflict in the Taiwan Strait may be earlier.
He warned at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on March 23 that the CCP’s invasion of Taiwan was a serious threat and more urgent than many people thought.
He said that if there is a conflict in the Taiwan Strait, "the status of the United States as an ally and partner will also be threatened."
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