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The US donated 2.5 million doses of vaccine to Taiwan. Tsai Ing-wen: Sincere thanks to President Biden
Editor : Xu Rongyou / Direct translation
Regarding the US confirmation of the donation of 2.5 million doses of Moderna vaccine to Taiwan, Presidential Office Spokesperson Zhang Dunhan said at night of 19 June that Taiwan's representative to the US, Xiao Meiqin, has been in Memphis, Tennessee to receive this batch of vaccines on behalf of the Taiwanese government. The 2.5 million doses of vaccines are expected to arrive in Taiwan by 4.32 pm on 20 June.
Zhang Dunhan said that President Tsai Ing-wen once again sincerely thanked US President Biden and the US government for their strong support to Taiwan, and greatly increased the 750,000 doses of vaccine announced on 6 June to Taiwan to 2.5 million doses. This proves that the US government has taken concrete actions to support Taiwan in fighting this wave of epidemic challenges.
Zhang Dunhan said that the President also deeply appreciates the assistance and support of the US Congress and cross-party friends from all walks of life, and sincerely thanks all the diplomatic teams and people from all walks of life who have worked hard in the process. The U.S. government extended a helping hand in time to make Taiwan feel warm, and it also confirms the rock-solid friendship between Taiwan and the United States.
Meanwhile, the Central Epidemic Command Centre announced on 20 June 2021 new confirmed covid cases including 107 local cases and 2 inbound cases. There are 11 new deaths among the confirmed cases.
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Criticize the CCP for obstructing Taiwan, the U.S. donates 2.5 million doses of Moderna vaccine to Taiwan
Reporter : Xia Yu / Editor : Li Huanyu / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/6/19/n13033241.htm / Direct translation
As the CCP continues to send military aircraft to disrupt Taiwan and exert international pressure on Taiwan, a senior US government official told Reuters that the United States is shipping on 19 June 2.5 million doses of covi vaccine to Taiwan, which is more than three times the number of Taiwanese vaccine donations previously announced. US officials also condemned the CCP’s attempt to obstruct Taiwan’s purchase of vaccines.
The American Association in Taiwan (AIT) also stated on Facebook on Saturday that it is looking forward to the 2.5 million doses of Moderna vaccine that will arrive in Taiwan on 20 June.
The United States initially promised to donate 750,000 doses of vaccines to Taiwan, but as the US government promotes the delivery of the first 80 million doses of US-made vaccines to the world, the number of vaccines to Taiwan has also increased.
The senior U.S. government official told Reuters that the donated 2.5 million doses of Moderna vaccine will leave Memphis, Tennessee on a China Airlines Cargo flight early on Saturday and arrive in Taipei on Sunday night. He added that the timely delivery was due to the ability of experts from both parties to resolve regulatory issues.
"We are not allocating these doses or providing these doses based on political or economic conditions. Our only goal of donating these vaccines is to save lives," the official said.
"Our vaccine has no strings attached." The official said.
He also emphasized that Taiwan "is facing unfair challenges in its efforts to obtain vaccines in the global market."
Taiwan’s original agreement to purchase vaccines from Germany’s BioNTech SE failed this year. The Taiwanese government blamed it because of pressure from Beijing.
The CCP denies this accusation.
A senior official in the Biden administration said, "We believe that these attempts by China (the CCP) to block (Taiwan) from buying (vaccine) for political purposes should be condemned."
Jonathan Fritz, a senior official of the US State Department, said on Thursday (17 June) that the CCP is very actively using vaccine donations as a lever to encourage more Taiwanese diplomatic partners to change their attitudes.
AIT posted on Facebook that this batch of vaccines was donated by the U.S. government, including the 750,000 doses announced by U.S. Senators Duckworth, Sullivan and Queens during his visit to Taiwan on 6 June, plus additional donations. Of 1.75 million doses, a total of 2.5 million doses of vaccine. This batch of vaccine donations demonstrates the United States’ commitment to Taiwan, which is a trusted friend and a member of the international democratic family.
Taiwan is trying to speed up the arrival of the millions of vaccines it has ordered. Although Taiwan's cases have increased, the infection rate is still relatively low. Only about 6% of Taiwan's 23.5 million people have received the vaccine at least once.
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Hong Kong netizens corrected some CCP's terms
Hong Kong netizens have corrected some CCP's terms, and these terms are very appropriate. For example, the CCP always talks about national security, which is actually the security of the party. Therefore, some Hong Kong friends have not called the "National Security Law" as the "National Security Law", but the "Party Security Law". This is indeed more appropriate. Some people have corrected the name of the party media of the Chinese Communist Party. For example, "Renmin Ribao" was called "Ri Renminbao" by some people. Although it is a bit vulgar, but it is just right for the Communist Party.
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The pinky thinking is shocking, Xi Jinping revisits the "Party Oath"
Now the CCP has a bad reputation both inside and outside, but there are really some people who are willing to be the disciples of Marxism-Leninism. Two days ago, I received a letter from the audience, which touched me a lot. This viewer can be called JC. From his information, it seems that he lives in Japan, but he is a mainlander and his family members are deeply poisoned by the CCP. Among them, he cited some fragments of conversations with his aunt.
His aunt said: Those who oppose the Communist Party are "cults," and JC replied that some of the June Fourth students did not say they wanted to oppose the Party, but the Communist Party shot them. His aunt replied: These students are in collusion with external forces and said that everything is given by the "Party". Therefore, no matter what the "Party" makes mistakes, they must support them. How the opposition forces treat them, this aunt said that even if it is "Organ harvesting" is all right, and I told JC not to speak ill of the Communist Party, and also advised JC to join the Party as soon as possible.
Let's stop here for the content of the letter. Actually, I originally thought that I had some understanding of the "pink" mentality of the mainland group, but after watching these conversations, I was still very shocked. But this is also true. There are really such a small group of people in the mainland who are willing to defend the Communist Party. What they say are party-like terrorist remarks. For example, the "aunt" just now agrees to impose any punishment on the so-called anti-Party people. , She can accept it. This is not something a sane person said at all, but it is like being said by the devil using her mouth. For people like this, if they don’t change, they have chosen their own future destiny, and it’s not a good thing to see Marx’s destiny in the future.
Let’s just say, some people in mainland China have been brainwashed by the Communist Party. They can no longer distinguish right from wrong and have no conscience. There are other high-ranking officials in the party who have been fascinated by the Communist Party, thinking that they need to protect the party in order to save their lives. As everyone knows, I have heard a wise man say that now who protects the Communist Party? The mentality of most people is waiting. With the downfall of the Communist Party, the Communist Party has to rely on others to protect it. How can it protect others now? The trend is over. Those who still want to rely on the party to save their lives are like hugging a sinking ship, and they can only end up together in the end.
As for Xi Jinping, he went to the CCP History Exhibition Hall on 18 June, during which he revisited the "Party Oath" in front of the media. Everyone is now withdrawing from the Party, and he joined the Party again. I think that as of the 18th, the number of people who announced their withdrawal from the party on the Epoch Times website has reached 379 million. Of course, it is not just party members, but some people have announced their withdrawal from the Communist Youth League and the Young Pioneers.
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More and more people quit the party! The quitters’ statement is shocking
Some people I think he wrote very vividly about his resignation from the party. For example, a resigner from Anqing, Anhui, said: I stopped paying party dues after graduating from graduate school, and actually quit the party automatically, but I am very grateful for this platform. Can give us an opportunity to officially declare our separation from the Communist Party of China. I did not realize the meaning of freedom and democracy for an individual, society, country, and the entire human society. With these universal values of the rule of law, all wealth and economic growth are meaningless and will only bring greater disasters.
There is another party who quit the party. He made a statement on quitting the party on June 4 this year. He said: I used to see the truth when I overcame the wall, but at that time I was young and had illusions about reforms within the Communist regime. . In fact, the entire regime has not changed since 2012, and is telling me with facts that this regime has never changed at all, but it has changed a way to maintain its evil rule. Especially after seeing the suppression of Hong Kong’s anti-transmission, the implementation of the National Security Law, and the current handling of concealing human lives in the epidemic, it reminded me of the truth and the essence of the Communist Party revealed by Falun Gong practitioners.
And this regime is very vicious for everyone's brainwashing. Although I have already left the mainland, I have also learned in the process of living abroad that I have to withdraw from this evil CCP to be essentially free from the influence of the CCP's evil spirits. Just because time was rushed in the past and I was worried, I didn't do three withdrawals. However, I solemnly decided here today to completely withdraw from the CCP on June 4th, completely withdraw from the CCP’s party team and all its organizations. The poisonous oaths I have made in the past will not count, and I will no longer believe in the communist cult and Marxist-Leninist. heresy. After completely withdrawing from the CCP, he will be able to become a truly independent person from now on.
There are also a lot of people's testimonials. I was also at the time of today's program. I went to read it. I was shocked and moved. Let’s just say, people are quitting the party now, and Xi Jinping has joined the party for a second time. How would you describe this person? He also led a group of members of the Standing Committee and other high-ranking officials in the party to call out the so-called "Oath" of joining the party again. It seems that the hell train is about to start. Now that the people are not full, Xi Jinping wants to get some more people on the train.
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Wang Qishan shows his face, Dong Jingwei mentioned in the newspaper, official media refutes rumours to prevent internal party disturbances
However, in this political scandal of the "second party membership," I think some people may have seen a familiar figure, Wang Qishan, who is also standing behind Xi Jinping.
This is interesting, isn't it? It may be some time ago that some overseas pro-democracy activists said that after Wang Qishan fled, Lao Wang showed his face in front of the media for the first time. The media reports of this event also deliberately or unintentionally included Pharaoh in the mirror, letting people watch "Oh, look, Pharaoh is here," and didn't run away.
Our program last week also talked about the topic of "Wang Qishan's escape", and we made a more detailed analysis of this matter. The possibility of him fleeing is very low. Even if he wants to, it is difficult to escape because he has too many goals. Big. But if Wang Qishan could really escape, it would be a good thing for him. He could explode the CCP’s information and make up for it. Moreover, he does not need to follow his boss Xi every day to "report the curtain", and he does not need to cooperate with the performance of this repetitive party. Political drama.
And did the Chinese Communist Party media deliberately act in unison on the 18th? Not only the video of Wang Qishan was released, but also the news of Dong Jingwei. This person could hardly be reported on the CCP media, which was relatively rare. However, when it was suddenly rumored that he was fleeing from the outside world, the CCP media reported him, but there were only texts and no photos.
Dong Jingwei, I introduced to you in yesterday’s program. Some overseas pro-democracy activists recently mentioned that the high-ranking CCP official who was cooperating with the US intelligence community was Dong Jingwei, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of National Security of the CCP. He said that he was from Hong Kong in mid-February. Flee.
However, the WeChat official account of the Beijing Daily of the Communist Party of China suddenly reported on the 18th that Dong Jingwei, Vice Minister of the Ministry of National Security, hosted a meeting on the same day. It was related to the provisions of anti-espionage security work. It is necessary to mention anti-espionage work. To catch a "spy", it is also necessary to catch a "traitor" and his "backstage funder." Related information is forwarded by other party media.
The news that Dong Jingwei suddenly came out for a meeting has been reported by many overseas media, including Taiwan's "Central News Agency", "Free Asia", "Voice of Hope" and so on. This is not to say that his meeting is important, but that the news of his defect has spread so widely that many overseas media are following up.
The CCP will be more afraid of news of this kind of defection, because it will cause restlessness among different forces within it. I believe that after someone in the CCP system saw the news of Dong Jingwei or someone else defecting, they wanted to check to see if this happened, so they called an acquaintance and said hey, did you see that report? , Dong Jingwei ran away, is it true? Then this person said I don't know, wait for me to ask. Alas, this person asks others again, you ask, I ask, one pass ten, ten pass a hundred, this creates a kind of "rest" in the CCP, which is originally unstable, so can it not be afraid? So I want to come out to refute the rumors, it is impossible to directly say that it is to respond to external rumors, and use other reasons.
Wang Qishan went to take photos and posted the news, while Dong Jingwei posted the report.
Especially the Ministry of National Security, which is a secret agency of the Chinese Communist Party, and its personnel are highly confidential. There are almost no photos of Dong Jingwei on the Internet. It is easier to find another Dong Jingwei. It is an official in Hebei and not in the Ministry of National Security. the same person. Because of this, I usually don't know where this person is. When such rumours come out, people in the CCP system can't figure out the situation, so they rush out to dispel the rumors, and they are afraid of trouble.
When reviewing the oath to join the party, Xi Jinping also said that the history of the Chinese Communist Party should be carried forward. It seems that in the future, it will be vigorously promoted in the mainland to ask the people to learn party history and repeat brainwashing.
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Scary! The real wolves appeared in the Xi'an Theater and the hospital said it was okay
Speaking of this, I think of an interesting thing. Recently, there was a theater stage in Xi’an, China. In a performance of a repertoire, wolves should appear. As a result, the theater really found "wolves" on the scene, and when they saw the plot, many "wolves" ran away. It came out, there were a dozen of them in total, which caused some people's safety concerns.
The theater explained that these are indeed real wolves, but they have been domesticated and there is no danger.
Anyway, there is no danger in the CCP. Even if an accident occurs, it can be turned into a trivial matter. When the CCP virus broke out, the authorities were stunned that it was okay at the beginning. It was so small that a leopard ran out of the zoo in Hangzhou Zoo in the first two months, and then the zoo did not admit it at first, but it was a week later. There are frequent occurrences in Hangzhou. The Leopard sighting report was only admitted by the zoo, but why didn't it admit it before? It said it was afraid of causing "panic". On the other hand, I was afraid of causing panic, so I lied. Is this really okay?
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Fermentation of Taishan Nuclear Power Plant incident
There is another recent case. We talked a lot this week about the issue of the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong, which was exposed by the US media. It quoted a letter from Framatome, a French company involved in the operation of the nuclear power plant, to the US government, mentioning the nuclear power plant. There is a nuclear leakage problem in the plant, and the crisis of large-scale leakage is imminent. However, the CCP’s response was as usual, saying to the outside world: This is nothing, there is no leakage, only 5 burning rods are damaged. There are more than 60,000 burning rods in a reactor, and 5 bad ones are not a problem. It always comforts the outside world.
But some viewers, I think the comments in the comment area are written very well, saying that the CCP said 5, but the actual number may be 50 or 500. There are also many experts who believe that there are huge hidden dangers in the Taishan nuclear power plant and need to be taken seriously, but the CCP still has an indifferent attitude.
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CCP’s Nuclear Power “Top Pillar” jumped off building and died
At the same time as the Taishan nuclear power plant was experiencing problems, on 17 June, the vice president of Harbin Engineering University of the Communist Party of China "Zhang Zhijian" jumped to his death. However, the local police said that the possibility of "homicide" had been ruled out and it was "suicide."
This Zhang Zhijian is the "pillar" of the "School of Nuclear Science and Technology" of Harbin Engineering University. He has been engaged in nuclear safety teaching and nuclear power simulation research for a long time. He is also a standing director of the Nuclear Society of the Communist Party of China, deputy secretary general, and a title. It is very close to nuclear power plants and is a member of the large-scale advanced pressurized water reactor and high temperature gas-cooled reactor nuclear power plant major special expert group of the State Council of the Communist Party of China.
Therefore, his professional background in nuclear and nuclear power is very strong. Christopher D. White, the producer and columnist of the American media Daily Caller, posted a question on his personal Twitter: at the same time that the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant had problems, it was really an incredible accident that such a character jumped off the building and died?
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CCP’s nuclear weapons doubled, intercontinental missiles developed
However, apart from the issue of nuclear power plants, the CCP has now been focused, and its development of nuclear weapons is too much to be noticed by the world. Several Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives recently jointly called on the White House to formulate strategies to deal with the record-breaking expansion of the CCP’s nuclear weapons arsenal in recent years.
According to the report of the US Department of Defense, the CCP’s nuclear weapons reserves will increase by one to three times in the next 10 years! At present, the CCP is still developing intercontinental nuclear missiles that can reach the US Pacific military bases and the mainland. very dangerous.
Zhang Zhijian, who "jumped to death" just mentioned, has a strong background in nuclear energy. The Harbin Engineering University where he is located is one of the CCP’s Seven National Defense Schools and has a close relationship with the CCP’s military. It is included in the blacklist, saying that it and other CCP entities on the blacklist pose a great risk.
However, in diplomacy, the CCP always has to "package" itself to make itself look like it is non-toxic and pollution-free. The CGTN, which was previously suspended by the United Kingdom, has now reported that they are recruiting reporters and Internet celebrity broadcasters around the world to tell the CCP’s information and stories. As part of the great publicity, it is pervasive and clear Said, in order to avoid too bureaucratic propaganda, so we must develop some "innovative" methods.
Use Internet celebrities or other popular forms to promote. This is in line with the CCP’s consistent strategy, which is to constantly change its face and confuse the outside world.
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The White House plans a date for the "Biden-Xi Summit"
Sometimes, the CCP’s propaganda is based on the wind and the rudder. It sees people and talks with others, sees others, and talks about other things, as can be seen from the CCP’s diplomacy. During the Trump administration, the CCP sent diplomats to negotiate with Pompeo. Most of them were very polite. This Trump just left and turned around. At the US-China Alaska summit in March this year, he directly criticized Brinken. .
The scene at that time really stunned the world. In the end, they broke up, so from the beginning of the year to now, Xi Jinping and Biden have not met directly. And Xi Jinping has not left China at all in the past 18 months. He has been lying around in China and will not go out.
But on June 17, the White House had something to say, saying that it is considering arranging for Biden to have a meeting with Xi Jinping, and the "gap" of the G-20 meeting in Italy in October this year may be an opportunity for the two to meet. In other words, the "visit meeting" will have 4 months left at the earliest. In fact, the CCP started to push Xi Jinping to meet with the United States as early as December last year, but Washington did not pay attention to it at all. Old Biden saw the media two days ago and made a special clarification, saying that he and Xi Jinping are not "old friends." , Used to be only official business contacts.
Even people like Biden want to keep a little distance from Xi Jinping in public for fear of being bombarded by the two parties in the United States. It can be seen that the CCP and its leaders have been placed in the eyes of Western countries. In the next four months, I don’t know what the CCP will play. From the perspective of the present, we still cannot rule out the variables.
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2.5 million people in Dongguan undergo nucleic acid testing after 1 diagnosis is confirmed
On the mainland, the epidemic in Guangdong is still continuing. A new confirmed case was discovered in Dongguan on 18 June. The 13 locations the patient had visited were closed for management. There are about 2.5 million citizens involved in the city who have to undergo compulsory nucleic acid testing. Related news once rushed to the hot search on mainland Weibo.
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July 1 is a sensitive period
This was an incident before 1 July. 1 July seems to be a party celebration, but in fact it is a sensitive period when the CCP is very nervous and afraid of problems. Now Xi Jinping probably has no intention of thinking about the meeting in 4 months. What he thinks now is how he will step through the 7.1 hurdle.
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Canada's P4 laboratory cooperates with the Chinese military, the whereabouts of Chinese scientists are unknown
Source : NTDTV
Canada’s national P4 laboratory, which has the highest security requirements, has cooperated with the Chinese Communist Party’s military and the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), and is under investigation by intelligence agencies. The whereabouts of the two Chinese scientists involved are unknown. This incident poses a national security threat to Canada and has become one of the issues of concern and debate in Congress.
The "National Microbiology Laboratory of Canada" (NML) in Winnipeg is the only P4 laboratory in Canada. It studies many deadly viruses. There are currently more than 100 studies on the Wuhan pneumonia virus, including vaccine research. However, the intelligence agency discovered that the Chinese scientists working here had sent the deadly virus to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and at the same time many scientists cooperated with CCP military researchers. The Canada-China Committee of Congress has been investigating and studying the threats this incident poses to Canada's national security for a year.
Conservative MP Michael Chong, member of the Canada-China Committee of Congress: “Seven scientists in the Winnipeg laboratory and Chinese scientists have collaborated on some of the world’s most dangerous viruses. These scientists have co-written at least from 2016 to 2020. Six papers. Some of these studies are paid by the Chinese Communist government, and some scientists are still members of the Chinese military."
Among them, the Chinese researcher Feihu Yan (transliteration) comes from PLA's Academy of Military Medical Sciences under the Chinese Communist Army. He is listed as a co-author in all 6 research reports. In 2 reports, he is also listed as a member of the Winnipeg Laboratory and the Chinese Academy of Military Medicine.
On 5 July 2019, Chinese scientist Qiu Xiangguo, her husband Keding Cheng, and some of Qiu’s Chinese students were expelled from the National Microbiology Laboratory and deprived of laboratory safety Access rights. It is said that the couple were fired on the advice of the intelligence service. Qiu Xiangguo is the head of the vaccine development and antiviral treatment department of the Winnipeg Laboratory.
Conservative Party Member Zhuang Wenhao, member of the Canada-China Committee of Congress: "Dr. Qiu and Dr. Cheng in the Winnipeg Laboratory sent the material (virus) to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and the Wuhan Laboratory is the two possible origins of the current epidemic."
Currently, the whereabouts of Qiu and Cheng are unknown. The Canadian Mounted Police did not say where they were, on the grounds that the case is still under investigation.
According to Canadian media investigations, Qiu and Cheng own three houses, the main house is worth 1.2 million Canadian dollars, the second one is rented out, and the third one is located in a resort. They also own real estate in China.
The Trudeau government admitted that the incident involved national security. This week, the Minister of Health of Canada testified at the Canada-China Relations Committee that the complete document on the dismissal of Qiu Xiangguo and the delivery of the virus to Wuhan has been handed over to the Congressional Intelligence and Security Committee.
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CCP scientists let male rats conceive and give birth
Reporter : Jing Zhongming / Editor : Yun Tao / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/06/19/a103146777.html / Direct translation
Image : Mainland Chinese media speculated that CCP scientists completed the "world's first" male mouse pregnancy and childbirth test, and were criticized. (webpage Screenshot)
The CCP used all means to fight for the "first in technology", and its biological experiments have always been known to violate ethics. While the world questioned the biological weapons developed by the Wuhan virus, Lu Media began to publicize that Chinese scientists had completed the "world's first" male mouse pregnancy and childbirth test, and was criticized by netizens as "whether it can do human affairs."
A few days ago, mainland Chinese media hyped "Chinese scientists let male mice give birth to 10 cubs", advocating that it has set a "world first".
According to reports, the test process is to first castrate male mice, connect their body to a female mouse body, obtain estrogen and blood from the female mouse, then transplant the uterus to the male mouse and plant embryos, and finally "successfully give birth" .
However, this round of propaganda has encountered resistance even on the domestic Internet. Some netizens left messages on Netease, listing CCP scientists' research on cold-resistant mosquitoes, editing babies, and researching chrysanthemum bats, alleging that they are "anti-natural". Some netizens also questioned "Can you do one thing?"
Professionals also commented that the experiment uses castrated male mice, transplanted uterus, and shared blood system. Theoretically, it is not much different from placing a uterus directly outside. In fact, it is far away from the true meaning of "male mice giving birth".
The article spread to overseas Chinese networks and also caused criticism from netizens. Someone said, "This is as ethically unethical as the artificial embryos that He Jiankui did a few years ago. Now that China's scientific research has fallen to such an unbearable level, there are still people who are complacent." Others said, "The novel coronavirus can be produced, so that the eunuch can get pregnant and give birth without any problems."
Some netizens ridiculed: "It's too timely. Now the Political Bureau of the Central Committee has decided that a couple will have three children. If the woman doesn't expect it, she will vaccinate her husband."
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Singapore's health director warns: China's CoronaVac vaccine may have a breach risk
Reporter : Chen Chengliang / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/3575684 / Direct translation
People in Singapore are allowed to be vaccinated against covid by the Sinopharm CoronaVac vaccine from 18 June 2021. Many people who rushed to vaccinate on the first day are Chinese citizens because they believe that injecting vaccines made in China will allow them to return home without having to be quarantined. However, Kenneth Mak, Director of Medical Services of the Ministry of Health of Singapore, warned that according to the situation of confirmed cases in other countries where CoronaVac was administered, the vaccine may be at risk of vaccine breach!
According to a report by the Malaysian Chinese-language media "China Daily", at the video press conference of the Interagency Working Group on Anti-epidemic Working Group held on the 18th, Singapore had already consulted the countries that had received a large number of vaccines before using CoronaVac, such as after Indonesia's experience, the above phenomenon was discovered.
The clinical protection of CoronaVac is only over 50%. So there is a chance to be effective or not. In February, it was reported that medical staff in Indonesia died of the infection after being vaccinated with CoronaVac. A few days ago, more than 350 doctors and nurses were notified that they were still infected with the more infectious Delta after being vaccinated with CoronaVac.
McGover said: "This is not a problem related to Pfizer vaccine, but a problem related to CoronaVac. Many countries have begun to consider whether to receive the third dose of vaccine, and some even plan to do so in half a year. So. This shows that the effectiveness of individual vaccines will vary, so we have confidence in the Pfizer and rvaccines currently in use.”
McGover also said that the Singapore Health Sciences Agency is still waiting for Sinopharm to provide information on the quality and safety of the vaccine before it can complete the assessment.
Half of Singapore, with a total population of 5.7 million, has injected at least one dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. Clinical trials of these two vaccines have shown that the protection is more than 90%, far exceeding the 51% of CoronaVac.
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New variants of the CCP virus spread in Latin America, Peru becomes the country with the highest death rate
Editor : Zheng Gusheng / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/06/19/a103146772.html / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
Image : On December 9, 2020, at a clinical research center in Lima, the capital of Peru, a health worker is preparing volunteers for the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinopharm Group. (Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images)
The CCP virus continues to mutate in its spread, making epidemic prevention more difficult. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced that Covi37 (for C.37 / Lambda) found in Peru has now spread in Latin American countries. Peru has become the country with the highest mortality rate in the world.
According to a report published in the Liberty Times, WHO said that Covi37 was first discovered in Peru in August 2020, and there are currently 29 countries in the world with Lambda cases. The epidemic caused by the mutant virus is now mainly in Latin America, and concentrated in countries such as Peru, Argentina, Chile and Ecuador.
The WHO pointed out that the Lambda variant continues to spread in Peru. Since April this year, approximately 81% of the country’s newly confirmed cases are caused by Covi37. In Chile, 32% of those tested in the past 60 days were confirmed to be infected with Covi37.
At the end of last month, Peru became the country with the highest death rate from the epidemic, which is believed to be related to C.37.
According to the WHO, according to the observation reports so far, the Lambda variant may have higher transmission and drug resistance. Once it spreads widely, it may bring more serious consequences.
At present, C.37 has been included in the global "Variants Of Interest" (VOI) by the WHO.
As of 14 June, a total of 7 mutated strains have been included in the VOI, and 4 mutated strains have been included in the "Variants Of Concern" (VOC) spreading around the world.
The VOC list includes Covi72 (for B.1.617.2/ Delta). Due to the increased spread of this variant virus, it has now spread to 80 countries around the world. According to the WHO, Covi72 is becoming the mainstream virus strain in the global epidemic.
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U.S. State Department releases information on vaccines for Taiwan aid. Wang Dingyu: U.S. ignores China's pressure
Research translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
The United States has assisted Taiwan with 2.5 million doses of Modena vaccine to help Taiwan fight covid. US State Department spokesperson Ned Price also announced on Twitter This message is accompanied by a photo of Xiao Meiqin, my country’s representative in the United States, with the vaccines assisting Taiwan at the airport. DPP legislator Wang Dingyu posted on Facebook late last night that the U.S. State Department’s disclosure of this information represents no fear or ignorance of Chinese pressure. The announcement by the spokesperson of the State Department also represents the cooperative relationship between Taiwan and the United States.
Wang Dingyu pointed out that Taiwan is the first country in the United States to announce the vaccine sharing plan, and it is also the first country in the world to have three US senators visit and announce the number of donated vaccines. Wang Dingyu emphasized that besides Mexico and Canada, Taiwan is also the first country in the world to increase the vaccine by more than three times and send it out in the first batch.
Wang Dingyu said in a Facebook post that the United States sees more clearly than many Taiwanese, that the United States believes that Taiwan’s "political epidemic" is more serious than the actual covid epidemic. For the United States, Taiwan’s camp and the CCP seem to be in conflict. An atmosphere such that "there are only two vaccines in the world, BNT or vaccines made in China, and BNT must be represented by Chinese companies" has been created.
Refs: https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/3575718, https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3575574
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US aids Taiwan with 2.5 million doses of vaccine boarding Xiao Meiqin: Double love takes off
Editor : Yun Tao / Publisher : The Epoch Times via NTDTV / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/06/19/a103146813.html / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
Image : Xiao Meiqin posted a picture of the vaccine taking off on Facebook. (Xiao Meiqin Facebook)
The United States is donating a total of 2.5 million doses of Modena vaccine to Taiwan. Taiwan’s ambassador to the United States, Xiao Meiqin, shared on her personal Facebook page at about 10 pm on 19 June (Taiwan time) she escorted the vaccine to board and take off the entire flight. The vaccine will arrive in Taiwan in the afternoon of 20 June. She happily said, "The United States has taken off with full care and support for the people of Taiwan!" and "There is double love on this plane to Taiwan."
The United States sent 2.5 million doses of vaccine, three times the amount originally pledged to donate 750,000 doses. This batch of vaccines was donated by the US government. Xiao Meiqin said on Facebook on 19 June, “The United States’ full care and support for the people of Taiwan has taken off! Thank you to the Biden administration and also to the Americans. The 2.5 million doses of the Modena vaccine are doubled by the Americans!”
Xiao Meiqin said that since the epidemic, the government has united and cooperated with the people in Taiwan. The "Taiwan model" of information transparency and democratic governance to fight the epidemic has been internationally recognized. Taiwan has donated masks and other anti-epidemic materials to the world. Now Taiwan is facing the impact of its own epidemic. The number of cumulative confirmed cases has exceeded 10,000 but at this time the United States' willingness to share with the world the vaccines purchased by the US government itself and to incorporate them into Taiwan first is also a cycle of good power.
Xiao Meiqin pointed out that this aid is a timely rain for Taiwan, and it is also a concrete action by the United States to show care and support for Taiwan. Just like the senator who visited Taiwan in person, the United States will not let Taiwan fight alone.
Xiao Meiqin mentioned, "The US federal vaccine delivery team delivered the vaccine to the airport overnight on national holidays and delivered it to us at 2.30 am. There is double love on this plane to Taiwan; I hope that the love of the United States to support Taiwan will be a positive momentum for the continued advancement of bilateral relations in the future."
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The Guoan Inside Story behind the Dong Jingwei Incident
Image : The netizen on the Twitter account signed "Chen Tangguan" posted news about Dong Jingwei and attached a photo of Dong Jingwei. (Twitter screenshot)
The incident of Dong Jingwei, Vice Minister of the Ministry of National Security of the Communist Party of China, "defection to the United States" has aroused the attention of the international public in recent days. In particular, the Chinese Communist Party’s official disguised disguised rumors and the US media exposed the details of the escape, which made the incident fall into the Rashomon and be confusing. At the same time, this has brought the mysterious and complex aspects of the CCP’s National Security System to the focus of the outside world again.
Just as the leaders of the successive generations of the Chinese Communist Party attached the greatest importance to regime security, Xi Jinping has been pursuing the national security system that was originally controlled by Jiang Zemin’s faction and deeply involved in the Zhou Yongkang case. The so-called case of Dong Jingwei, a senior official of the Guoan Security Bureau, has suddenly broken out. If it is true, whose person is Dong? If it is fake, who is releasing it overseas? Because the United States is involved, the current dynamics are extremely high, and this is by no means a wave of public opinion that ordinary people can stir.
On 18 June the WeChat public account "Chang'an Jian" of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission took the initiative to announce that Dong Jingwei hosted a counterintelligence symposium. The meeting declared that "The Ministry of National Security pointed out that it is necessary to catch spies as well as 'internal traitors' 'behind the scenes'."
However, many foreign media, including the South China Morning Post with a pro-Chinese background, were concerned that the official media report did not provide photos and videos of Dong Jingwei's meeting. The official use of the term "traitor" is quite convincing.
The National Security Department of the Communist Party of China claimed to catch "internal traitors", but Dong Jingwei was at the meeting without confirmation. At this critical moment, it is temporarily impossible to know whether Dong Jingwei really has an accident, but who he is is very important.
Is it related to the fact that the National Security Department of the Communist Party of China lays out ahead of schedule to protect the party for a hundred years?
The author believes that the storm caused by the so-called "defection" of high-ranking officials may be related to the fierce fighting among the high-level factions of the Chinese Communist Party before the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party.
The National Security Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, established since Xi Jinping came to power, has always been a mysterious institution to deal with so-called political risks. Xi’s head of the National Security Committee has the title of chairman in several new committees, showing this. An institution is extraordinary.
In late April 2019, Chen Wenqing, deputy director of the Office of the National Security Committee of the Communist Party of China and Minister of the Ministry of National Security, published an article on Xi Jinping's view on national security in the party media "Qushi" magazine, and proposed to "create a safe and stable environment" for the centennial of the founding of the Communist Party of China. , And the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party is 2021, which means that the politically sensitive period will be set for three years.
Since 2019, the high-level CCP has frequently mentioned "political security" and "risk", and the pace has accelerated. The Minister of National Security Chen Wenqing announced three years ago that he would guarantee the stability of the Centennial Party Celebration, which is certainly foreseeable. However, now that the Dong Jingwei incident before the "July 1st" event has suddenly risen, there may be major events in the future.
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Is Dong Jingwei Xi’s or Zhou Yongkang’s?
Chen Wenqing served as Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of National Security in April 2015. On November 7, 2016, Chen Wenqing formally replaced Geng Huichang as Minister of State Security.
Speaking of these characters, let's take a look at the evolution of the power layout of the national security system and what role Dong Jingwei plays in it.
A recent report by Radio Free Asia stated that Dong Jingwei and Xi Jinping are "closely connected." He used to be the director of the National Security Department of Hebei Province and trained many people in charge of Xi Jinping's safety and security.
From the only publicly available information, it is known that Dong Jingwei, born in November 1963, is a native of Zhaoxian County, Hebei. From February 14, 2006 to March 30, 2017, he served as Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the National Security Department of Hebei Province. In April 2018, he served as the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of National Security, and was the Director of the Political Department of the Ministry of National Security. In March 2019, he was elected as the Vice President of the Eighth Council of the Chinese Law Society.
Just because he trained security personnel for Xi Jinping in Hebei, he thought he was a member of Xi Jinping's circle, which is a bit far-fetched. On the contrary, Dong Jingwei was in the early stage of controlling Hebei Guoan, during the period when the CCP "Politics and Law King" Zhou Yongkang was at its strongest power, the well-known Zhou Yongkang's cron and Hebei "Politics and Law King" Zhang Yue, also changed to the party committee of the Hebei Provincial Public Security Department in December 2007. Secretary, served as Assistant Governor of Hebei Province, Director of the Provincial Public Security Department and Secretary of the Party Committee in January of the following year. In June 2008, he served as Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, Director of the Provincial Public Security Department and Secretary of the Party Committee. In December 2008, he was promoted to the Standing Committee of the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee, Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, Director of the Provincial Public Security Department and Secretary of the Party Committee. During this period, he served as secretary of the Hebei Political and Legal Committee until the sunset on 16 April 2016. Obviously, Zhang Yue and Dong Jingwei have a close working relationship.
The CCP’s national security system has long been controlled and infiltrated by Jiang faction leaders such as Zeng Qinghong and Zhou Yongkang. As a result, Jiang faction personnel have been throughout the national security system. Xu Yongyue, Minister of State Security during Jiang Zemin's period, was a direct line of Jiang Zeng. Geng Huichang, Minister of State Security during Xi Jinping's first term, was also Zhou Yongkang's old man.
Geng Huichang was born in November 1951, and Dong Jingwei is a fellow in Hebei. He was appointed as Minister of National Security in August 2007 and was replaced by Chen Wenqing in November 2016.
Therefore, before Xi Jinping came to power, whether Dong Jingwei, Zhang Yue, the local boss, or Geng Huichang, the superior of the National Security Department, were Zhou Yongkang's henchmen. This can explain the problem. It is more credible to say that Dong was originally a member of Zhou Yongkang's circle.
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Is Dong Jingwei a passer-by or a slippery fish?
After Xi Jinping took office, he immediately deconstructed the national security system, first promoted the establishment of the National Security Commission, and then carried out a major cleansing operation.
On 29 July 2014, Zhou Yongkang, the former secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Communist Party of China, who once controlled the National Security Department, was formally filed for review. At the beginning of this year, Liang Ke, director of the Beijing National Security Bureau, who was involved in Zhou Yongkang's wiretapping of high-level officials, was taken away by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
In January 2015, Ma Jian, the deputy minister of the Ministry of National Security, was dismissed. It was reported that Ma Jian was the confidant of former Vice President Zeng Qinghong of the Communist Party of China and a cron of Zhou Yongkang, the former Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Communist Party of China. There is also news that Ma Jian is suspected of being involved in the investigation of Peking University Founder Group director Li You and others. He is also closely related to the former Minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee.
On 26 June 2015, Le Dake, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Tibet People's Congress, was investigated. Le Dake has been in charge of Jiangxi and Tibet's national security system for a long time. Le Dake was accused of being a cronies of Zeng Qinghong.
Qiu Jin, deputy minister of the Ministry of National Security, also reported being under surveillance. On January 19, 2015, Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao reported that Qiu Jin was investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for his close relationship with Zhou Yongkang. On 12 February, the People's Daily of the Communist Party of China published Qiu Jin's long article on the anti-espionage law to refute rumors.
The Chinese Communist Party's "Xinhuanet" reported on 20 January 2015 that Xi Jinping reiterated that the CCP held a "knife" when addressing officials in charge of the political and legal system. The report also stated that 35 people including state security and public security officials who had been damaged by Zhou Yongkang were investigated.
According to the British "Financial Times" quoted news, since Zhou Yongkang stepped down as secretary of the Central Political and Legal Committee, hundreds of agents of the Ministry of National Security have been purged or quietly removed from the Ministry of Security.
In addition, among the senior officials of the National Security Department, in June 2018, Su Deliang, the deputy minister who had been immersed in the Department of National Security and Public Security for more than 30 years, was transferred to serve as the leader of the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
The two vice ministers, Dong Haizhou and Sun Yonghai, who were born in 1953, have both been transferred to the idle posts of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Among the newly joined senior officials of the National Security Department, the one with a clearer profile on the mainland website is Tang Chao, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of National Security, who was appointed Assistant Minister of the Ministry of National Security in January 2015. In July 2017, he served as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of National Security.
The current Secretary of the Party Committee and Minister of the Ministry of National Security, Chen Wenqing, has a complicated background. He and Ma Jian, the deputy minister under investigation, are classmates. When Zhou Yongkang was in charge of Sichuan, he was the director of the Provincial Security Department and the chief prosecutor, and he was regarded as the "Sichuan Gang" of Zhou Yongkang last year. People. But he worked in the Commission for Discipline Inspection under the charge of Wang Qishan for 3 years.
In November 2016, Hong Kong media disclosed that Xi Jinping had inspected the candidate of Minister of National Security for more than a year, and finally introduced Chen Wenqing, but he was accused of being Zhou Yongkang, and the report materials were even submitted to Xi Jinping. At the same time, some retired veteran cadres suggested to the Political Bureau of the Central Committee to investigate the relationship between Zhou Yongkang and Chen Wenqing. For the sake of caution, Xi Jinping instructed Chen Wenqing to investigate.
Chen Wenqing was confirmed by official sources in May 2018 to concurrently serve as the Deputy Director of the Central State Security Office. This is also believed by the outside world that Chen Wenqing has gained the trust of Xi Jinping.
So, it is obvious that Dong Jingwei, who originally belonged to Zhou Yongkang's circle, was still safe after the fall of Zhou Yongkang and Zhang Yue, and finally rose to the top of Guoan. Does it mean that Xi Jinping also personally checked it? Will such a person turn back to Xi at a critical moment?
Of course, no matter which faction Dong Jingwei belongs to, or someone else who fled, it does not mean that the defectors themselves represent justice, just like the Chongqing Public Security Director Wang Lijun fleeing the U.S. Consulate at night while holding the CCP’s black material in his hands. He was an executioner who participated in the persecution of human rights. If there is no strong exposure to the power of the CCP, the defectors will obviously not be able to erase the crimes they have committed in the CCP political and legal system for many years.
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Editor : Li Wenbo / https://www.aboluowang.com/2021/0619/1608125.html / Direct translation
According to a 2017 report by "Science News", Wuhan Institute of Virology had obtained "all the genes that make SARS coronavirus similar to the epidemic strain" at that time.
The title of this sampled article is "Bats in China carry all the ingredients to make a new SARS virus." This article was also published on the WIV's website but it has recently been deleted.
This report on 30 November 2017 revealed how the data collected by Shi Zhengli's team can enable the laboratory to "create a SARS coronavirus similar to the epidemic strain."
Reports indicate that Shi Zhengli's team has collected genes capable of producing viruses similar to SARs. The article wrote, "Shi Zhengli of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences said, "After five years of investigations on bats in a cave in Yunnan Province, China, the team discovered 11 new SARS-related species among horseshoe bats. Virus strains. In these strains, researchers have discovered all the genes needed to make the SARS coronavirus."
The article quoted Matthew Frieman, a virologist at the University of Maryland, who said, "These newly discovered strains are more similar to the human version of SARS than previously discovered bat coronaviruses."
The article also reported that Shi Zhengli's team discovered that some of these strains can grow in human cells. The report said, "By analyzing the complete genetic makeup of the new virus, Shi Zhengli's team went back to the steps that may produce the original SARS virus and found that several points in the viral DNA seem to be particularly easy to rearrange, and remixing often occurs."
The article quoted Fleman as saying that "several of these strains" can grow in human cells. "This shows that" the viruses present in these bats may jump to humans. "
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The decline in the epidemic is a temporary illusion! Doctors pull the real situation "patients choke when they change positions."
Editor : Chen Yiling / Direct translation
The confirmed diagnosis in Taiwan has dropped to the beginning of 1 for 7 consecutive days, and the epidemic has gradually slowed down. However, Jiang Guanyu, the attending physician at the Zhongxing Hospital of Beishi United Medical College, believes that the epidemic situation has been relatively declining, and that this can be felt in the special ward, but "it should be regarded as a temporary illusion." In addition, he also exposed the truth about the rapid changes in the condition, indicating that the severely ill elders changed their body postures and died of suffocation. "The SOP is cremation within 24 hours."
Jiang Guanyu pointed out on Facebook that the epidemic has indeed declined, and it can be felt from the special ward. Most of them have been restored to one person in one room. He said, "But I think this should be a temporary one. It is the illusion." Take Taipei as an example. Hospitals are still storing capacity and even building outdoor isolation wards. There is still a long time before normal medical treatment resumes.
Jiang Guanyu said frankly that as long as the vaccine penetration rate in Taiwan is not enough, Taiwanese cannot relax at any time. After the change of seasons, there will be a another wave. Every time there is a wave, the initial stage will be due to rapid response or medical treatment. Inadequate system response and lower public alertness to symptoms may all lead to increased mortality.
In addition, Jiang Guanyu also exposed the condition of critically ill patients. He bluntly said that covid is different from general pneumonia with respiratory failure. Many patients still have the strength to move beside the bed when their lungs are all white. The change is too fast, and the patient is not synchronized with the whole body failure, so the patient will really suffocate and die. Some patients who have become severely ill and have not been intubated, lean forward and change their posture, and they hang up.
Jiang Guanyu said that under the quarantine measures, it is really difficult for nurses to prevent some very skinny elders as kindly as before. Once they do not cooperate with posture restraint, they hang up, and then SOP cremation starts within 24 hours. In addition, he also shared the case of "returning the carbine", showing that a patient who was intubated and connected to a respirator was once infected with bacteria and died of secondary bacterial pneumonia. He could not help but lament that "the condition has changed quite quickly."
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More than 60 people died suddenly after being vaccinated! National Taiwan University Medical and Disease Control Department placards "All data disappeared"
Editor : Chen Yiling / Direct translation
As of 20 June 2021, it has been reported that more than 60 people died suddenly after the AZ vaccine was administered in Taiwan. Whether it is related to the vaccine remains to be clarified. However, some outsiders discovered that the government was suspected of "hitting the card." The vaccine statistics published by the CDC disappeared, causing Wang Mingju, deputy director of the Cancer Center Branch of National Taiwan University Hospital, to question. The remaining unpublished information may include the number and nature of adverse reactions. On the number of deaths, "Does all the people of Taiwan need to know?" The command centre also explained this.
Wang Mingju pointed out on Facebook today that he has been concerned about the deaths of the elderly after the vaccination since 15 June, "because I was really scared." More than 60 elderly people have had adverse events after the vaccination. He wanted to know whether the elderly with chronic diseases should get vaccinations and other issues. He specifically checked the vaccine statistics of the Disease Control Agency, and he was told by his Facebook friend that "the vaccine statistics of the Disease Control Agency are missing."
Because Wang Mingju has the habit of archiving after checking the data on weekdays, he did not expect to see at least 3 different versions of vaccine statistics after the comparison, including the vaccine statistics released by the Department of Disease Control on 16 June on the 15th with 3 pages, and the one on the 17th. There are 2 pages left in the vaccine statistics on the 16th, and only 1 page remains in the vaccine statistics on the 18th announced on 19 June.
Wang Mingju revealed, “I don’t know what this means? But it’s a life-threatening matter. It’s about the vaccination and safety data for the entire population of Taiwan, isn’t it? The CDC only publishes one page, which means that the other two pages have not been published. Doesn’t the entire Taiwanese people need to know the information on the number and nature of adverse reactions and the number of deaths?"
Wang Mingju also took the “Silongmen Nuclear Power Plant” in 2018 as an example. At the beginning, he wanted to do something for Taiwan, which has a low birth rate. He specially invited young unmarried men and women to visit the country’s great construction “Nuclear” in the Facebook group “I Love Matchmaker”. At the same time, they can also know each other. Originally, the Nuclear Silongmen Power Plant could be used by groups to apply for the itinerary. "Since I announced it on Facebook, the door was deeply locked until today in 2021. People cannot apply to visit."
These two incidents also made Wang Mingju sigh, saying that in 2018, "I just don’t let you see it, but I don’t let you know it." I did not expect to appear in the 2021 epidemic and vaccine storm, and then appear in different agencies. "I am very sad. I am sad for the many elders who have passed away. I am sad for Taiwan's response to the public health situation that the public feared and cared about in this way."
In response, the command centre responded on 20 June that the vaccine statistics report is divided into three parts, including daily vaccination statistics, various types of vaccine administration statistics, and post-vaccination adverse events statistics. Since the past, the first part of the vaccine statistics report has been published every Monday to Saturday. As for the bad part of vaccination from Monday to Friday, although the official website did not publish the "adverse event statistics" on 19 June, they issued a press release to explain.
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Vietnamese residents support domestic vaccine Nanocovax, does not trust CCP vaccines
Editor : Xia Yu / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/6/19/n13033335.htm / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
In order to have more sources of vaccines in Vietnam, the introduction of foreign vaccines and the development of domestic vaccines go hand in hand. In an interview with the Central News Agency, Hanoi residents expressed their support for Vietnam’s domestic production, but questions CCP vaccines.
The Central News Agency reported on June 19 that Vietnam has approved 4 foreign covi vaccines, in chronological order: AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine, Russian satellite-V (Sputnik V) vaccine, Sinopharm CoronaVac vaccine and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
In addition, Vietnam's domestically produced COVID-19 vaccine Nanocovax began its third phase of human clinical trials on 8 June 2021.
In order to explore the views and preferences of the local residents on vaccination, a reporter from the Central News Agency recently visited a hypermarket in Hanoi. The interviewed people all believed that they would be willing to cooperate with vaccination in order to return to normal life as soon as possible but when it comes to CCP vaccines, everyone has reservations.
Motor taxi driver Phan Hoai Long said that if he can choose, he would like to get Russian Sputnik V and Nanocovax. "I learned from TV that Russia had a severe epidemic in the beginning, but after the people were vaccinated (domestic), the epidemic slowly eased."
As for the CCP vaccine, Pan Huailong said that he might not make this choice. "The news reports say that there are many accidents after the vaccination. I am not very confident about the CCP vaccine."
Nguyen Thi Huong Tra who sells cosmetics in the store is worried about the side effects of the vaccine, but she is still willing to cooperate with the government's policy to implement it. "I will choose the vaccine that is administered by the most people, and it may be the vaccine produced in Vietnam. I still like Vietnamese products."
When talking about CCP vaccines, she said that she would not get those Chinese vaccines. "There are many reasons, including political factors. If I want to get Chinese vaccines, I will not take them, but if the (Vietnamese) government has approved it, I will consider it again. Look".
Ngo Thi Mai Thao, who sells women's shoes in a store, pointed out that the epidemic has caused her business to fall by 70%, and she is willing to vaccinate to achieve herd immunity. "If I can, I will give priority to the vaccine produced in Vietnam. If Vietnam is too late to produce it, I will choose a vaccine from the United Kingdom, the United States or Germany."
Faced with the potential for CCP vaccines to be introduced into Vietnam, Wu's Mei Cao said bluntly: "I dare not choose Chinese vaccines for many reasons, but the most important thing is that I do not have a high degree of trust in Chinese vaccines."
Gabriel Huang, a South Korean citizen who has been working in Hanoi for two years, said frankly that he was a little disappointed with the Vietnamese government's vaccine policy because "up to now, there have not been enough vaccines for Vietnamese people and foreigners."
In addition, he recently heard that foreign companies in Vietnam not only have to vaccinate their employees at their own expense, but also donate a dose of money to the Vietnamese people for every employee that is vaccinated, which makes people feel unreasonable.
He said that if Vietnam's progress in obtaining vaccines is not good, he does not rule out returning to South Korea and then coming back. The vaccine he most wants to get is Pfizer-BioNTech because it is relatively safe. Regarding CCP vaccines, he has worked in Shenzhen for 10 years, said, "I personally think that CCP vaccines are not safe."
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The four richest cities in Guangdong "fallen" and enter a state of "semi-closed province"
As the "engine" of China's economy, the epidemic in Guangdong Province is currently getting worse. On 19 June, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Dongguan all issued epidemic notices, implementing strict control measures on local people and traffic. A week ago, Guangzhou and other cities in the province have generally implemented strict control measures.
According to the epidemic data from the China CDC, as of 9 am on 19 June 2021, there are 1 high-risk areas and 12 medium-risk areas in the country, all of which are in Guangdong Province.
Among them, the high-risk area is Liwan District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province; the medium-risk area is located in Yuexiu District, Baiyun District, Panyu District, Liwan District, Nansha District, Dongguan, Foshan, and Wuchuan District under the jurisdiction of Zhanjiang.
Strictly control the movement of people
On the same day on June 19, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Dongguan all issued epidemic notices to strictly control the movement of local people and vehicles.
According to an official announcement by Shenzhen, starting from June 18, 2021, an area in Shenzhen will be adjusted from a low-risk area to a medium-risk area. Starting on 20 June, the government requires citizens not to leave Shenzhen or leave the province. If they do need to leave Shenzhen and leave the province, they should prepare a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours in advance.
According to the notice, due to the needs of epidemic prevention and control, all passengers leaving Shenzhen from Shenzhen airports, railway stations, bus stations, docks and other transportation stations must issue a "health code" green code and a certificate of negative nucleic acid test within 48 hours.
The cities of Zhuhai and Dongguan also issued similar notices, implementing strict control measures on local personnel and vehicles.
In addition, Dongguan also stated in the notice that starting from 19 June 2021, an area of Dongguan will be adjusted from a low-risk area to a medium-risk area. However, Dongguan Kanghua Hospital issued an emergency notice on 18 June, and from now on, except for the inpatient department, other departments of the hospital will suspend reception.
As Guangdong Province, which has the largest economic aggregate in the country, as of now, the four major cities with the highest GDP in the province, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Foshan, and Dongguan, have all issued epidemic notices to strictly control the movement of people and implement indirect “blocking city” measures.
The Epoch Times reporter found that before the aforementioned Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Dongguan release of epidemic control measures, Huizhou and Shanwei were as early as 8 June, and Guangzhou, Foshan, Maoming, Zhongshan, Chaoshan, Zhaoqing, Jieyang, Qingyuan, and Heyuan were on 7 June. On 6 June, Dongguan, Jiangmen, Zhanjiang, Shaoguan, Meizhou, and Chaozhou respectively initiated strict epidemic control measures. Officials all require citizens not to leave the local city or leave the province unless necessary, and strictly control traffic.
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Guangdong's vaccine supply ranks first in the country, Guangzhou takes the lead in "closing the city"
Before the large-scale outbreak of the epidemic in Guangdong Province, the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held an epidemic briefing on 20 May. Duan Yufei, director of the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission, declared that “Guangdong Province ranks first in the country in accumulative vaccination”.
Duan Yufei also mentioned that when the supply of vaccines in the early stage was insufficient, the priority was to ensure the supply of vaccines in the first-class areas such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, and Dongguan. Then gradually increase the supply of vaccines to the second and third types of areas.
But not long after, as the capital of Guangdong Province, most of the 11 districts of Guangzhou fell, causing panic among the citizens. On the evening of May 30th, the Guangzhou authorities began to "close the city" and at the same time adopted "restricted traffic" and "restricted purchases" measures on the local people.
Two weeks later, Foshan, which borders it, also entered a state of "lockdown". Foshan Airport suspended operations; inter-provincial passenger lines and chartered bus services were suspended; local roads bordering Guangzhou City were closed; some inter-city bus lines were suspended; Foshan The city's public transportation is adjusted; candidates must undergo continuous body temperature testing and health monitoring.
A netizen who claimed to be in the closed area of Fangcun, Liwan District, Guangzhou pointed out: “People in the closed area are full of grievances and dare not say. Now they are sprayed as long as they have a different voice. They don’t understand why a good country can’t tolerate criticism.” Netizens said, "If you obviously didn't do a good job, you don't want to promote how well you did it, and you've washed it for yourself."
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More than 400 flights canceled at Shenzhen Airport. Just because of solo airport confirmed case?
Reporters : Hong Ning and Fang Xiao / Editor : Lin Congwen / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/6/18/n13030777.htm / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
On 18 June, more than 400 flights at Shenzhen Airport were cancelled. The official and the media did not explain why. The people interviewed by the Epoch Times reporter and many netizens broke the news that employees of a restaurant at the airport were infected with the CCP virus. However, as of press time, there was no official notification, which caused doubts from netizens.
According to the World Wide Web report, on 18 June, passengers from Shenzhen said that the flights were delayed extensively. As of 2.25 pm of the same day, Shenzhen Bao'an Airport has cancelled more than 400 inbound and outbound flights, and the proportion of inbound and outbound cancellations is about 40%.
Regarding this brief report, netizens questioned, "What caused the cancellations of 400 flights? Headless news!"
The Epoch Times reporter contacted the front desk of Shenzhen Bao'an Airport Hotel. A service staff member said that the epidemic in Shenzhen is very serious. The hotel has been closed and all personnel have been isolated. "We can't go home. The airport ticket sales are also closed and there are no flights."
A waiter at the Shenzhen Peace Hotel told the Epoch Times reporter that our hotel is half an hour away from the airport. A notice was issued this morning that a staff member of a restaurant in the airport had been diagnosed. The area of Xia Shiwei (outside the airport) is close to being closed. "Our hotel can check in now, but we need to show our green code and ID card."
The reporter then dialed the manual service desk of Shenzhen Bao'an Airport. The person receiving the call said that there are no domestic flights in and out of Shenzhen, but there are cases where the number of flights is decreasing. Please consult the airline for specific information. Asked if there were any confirmed persons at the airport, the person denied it and said, "Look at the official report."
Many netizens on Weibo complained about the situation in the local area, but the officials did not report it.
"I heard that because someone at the airport has been diagnosed, the official has not notified it." "An employee of the restaurant at the airport tested positive this morning." "Today (18th) I received a bunch of messages: the community was closed, and I was quarantined. As for the investigation, everyone in the group is also saying that I hope the epidemic will end soon."
"I don't know how long the Xia Shiwei will be sealed off!" "The Shenzhen Health and Health Commission's news update is too slow! All kinds of so-called rumours are flying all over the sky, and the official does not refute them. What do you mean?"
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Shenzhen Xiashiwei Village was blocked without warning
Reporters : Hong Ning, Gu Xiaohua, Zhang Bei / Editor : Sun Yun / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/6/19/n13033644.htm / Direct translation / Image : Web Screenshot
A few days ago, an epidemic broke out at Shenzhen Bao'an Airport, and the Xiashiwei village where the case lived was closed without warning. The local people reported that all shops in the village were closed, and they "have almost no food."
On 14 and 18 June, two confirmed cases of the CCP virus occurred at Shenzhen Baoan International Airport. They were Jiang Mou, a customs officer and a waiter in a restaurant at the airport. According to mainland Chinese media, the two people were infected with Covi72.
On the 18th, the airport cancelled nearly 500 flights; Xinlantian Apartment, No. 71, Shangzhu Street, Xiashiwei, Fuyong Street, Baoan District, was adjusted from a low-risk area to a medium-risk area.
The Epoch Times reporter learned from Li Chang (pseudonym), the owner of a company in Xiashiwei Village on the 19th, that the new Lantian Apartment was adjusted to a medium-risk area because the confirmed airport restaurant waiter lived there. There are two buildings in the apartment, and the residents inside are all isolated.
Not only that, because many airport workers live in Xiashiwei Village, the entire village has been closed.
Chen Xian (a pseudonym), the owner of a fruit shop in the village, said that the locals did not know in advance that the village was going to be closed. "We were still sleeping when it was sealed, and I haven't gone out to do business," he said. "Without receiving notice, the whole village was sealed when we came together (on the 18th). I couldn't get out or get in. ."
The immediate impact of the sudden closure of the village is that the people have not prepared supplies and are facing food problems.
Chen Xian said, "My storefront is for business and cooking. All my food is in the storefront. My house is rented to sleep and there is nothing."
However, his shop was located near the New Lantian Apartment, which belonged to the "serious area" and was blocked and could not be passed through.
He said, "I asked my friend to buy bread and bread, and put them at the entrance of the village." "There is still milk for the children to drink, but no vegetables." "We have six people and four children. We have to eat a lot. I asked my friend to buy a big box of instant noodles and drove it over to me in a small car. There was no way."
However, these amounts are only enough for the Chen family to eat for two or three days, which is "extremely urgent." Chen Xian needs to use the "access card" to retrieve the materials at the entrance of the village. The so-called "access card" allows one person from each household to leave the house at a time, but not the village.
Wang Ping (pseudonym), another businessman in Xiashiwei Village, told reporters that after the village was closed on the 18th, everyone went to supermarkets and shops to grab things. He went too, but he only grabbed ten packs of instant noodles. Some people hadn't grabbed them yet and wanted to buy more but didn't sell them. After that, all shops in the village were closed, and he could not buy anything if he had money, so he "was almost out of food."
"There is no organization in the village to deliver materials, saying that it provides an online shopping platform. I didn't try it. I have a wife and children at home, and there is nothing to eat at home today. I can only eat instant noodles and beer." He said.
Wang Ping also said that he had just invested in the store for two months and all the money was invested in it. However, he was very anxious due to the epidemic lockdown. However, "the most important thing now is to protect your lives and protect your son and wife from getting infected." .
In addition to the problems mentioned above, the residents of the village have been asked to do nucleic acid tests many times. Chen Xian said when talking to the reporter, "I'm going to do nucleic acid. I did it yesterday, and I still have to do it today. I do nucleic acid every day."
Wang Ping also revealed that there are a lot of police and security patrols on the street now, "I don't dare to ask (they) what they are doing. I only know if there are nucleic acid tests or not, so they have to be arrested and done, and they have to be done."
In addition, when the village was closed, some outsiders were also locked in the village and were not allowed to leave. "A few people ran out last night and they might be caught back. Most of the people in the village were taken to a government-designated hotel for the night. What to do afterwards, I still don't know."
Wang Ping said, “No one told us about all the news about the epidemic, including the reasons for the closure of the village, and we don’t know. We can only watch the news. Up to now, I don’t know how many people in the village have been diagnosed.”
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Research: Covid may cause brain tissue loss
A long-term study has shown that even patients with mild covid may experience brain tissue loss.
According to the results of a long-term study involving 782 volunteers, even patients with mild covid may cause brain tissue loss.
As part of the UK Biobank study, these participants underwent brain scans before the pandemic. Subsequently, the researchers invited 394 covid recoveries and 388 healthy volunteers who had not been infected to come back for follow-up scans.
Of these recovered patients, only 15 need to be hospitalized, and most of the patients are asymptomatic, mild or moderately symptomatic.
However, the researchers found that the brain area of the patient in charge of smell and taste has "significant" gray matter loss. In subjects who were not infected, these changes were not seen.
These affected brain areas include: the left parahippocampal gyrus, the left orbitofrontal cortex, and the left insula. The researchers pointed out that the affected brain regions are also involved in the process of awakening emotional memories.
The researchers said that more research is needed to determine whether COVID-19 survivors have problems that are difficult to induce emotional memory.
They also don't know whether the loss of gray matter is the result of the virus spreading to the brain or other effects of the disease.
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Belgium will ban entry of non-EU travelers from the UK
In order to curb the spread of Covi72, Belgium is banning non-EU travelers from the UK from entering the country.
The spokesperson of the Belgian Minister of Health, Jane. Jan Eyckmans told AFP that Britain is on a list of 27 countries and these 27 countries will also face this order, which will take effect on 27 June at the latest.
Belgian restrictions have been applied to South Africa, India and Brazil. Only EU citizens or Belgian residents can enter the country.
These passengers must still comply with strict quarantine regulations and must be tested for the CCP virus before they can move freely within Europe.
The government stated that the only exceptions for British travelers from prohibited countries or other non-EU travelers are diplomats and transport personnel who perform necessary tasks.
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The third wave of the epidemic worsens, Afghanistan is quickly running out of oxygen
Afghan health officials say that as the deadly third wave of the epidemic worsens, the country’s oxygen is rapidly depleting.
A senior health official said in an interview that as the deadly third wave of the epidemic worsens, Afghanistan is stepping up to increase its oxygen supply.
Ministry of Health spokesman Ghulam Dasigi Nazary said the government is setting up oxygen supply plants in 10 provinces. In some areas of these provinces, the increase in cases is hovering around 65%.
Afghanistan received 900 oxygen cylinders from Iran. This is part of the 3,800 oxygen cylinders Iran promised to deliver to Afghanistan last week.
Nazari said the Iranian presidential election delayed the delivery of oxygen cylinders.
Afghanistan has even run out of empty bottles. The country received 1,000 empty bottles from Uzbekistan last week.
At the same time, the hospital is rationing its oxygen supply.
Afghans who desperately need oxygen are knocking on the door of the few oxygen suppliers in the capital, begging to fill their air bottles for use by their loved ones in their homes.
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The total number of deaths from the epidemic in Brazil exceeds 500,000
The Brazilian Ministry of Health said on Saturday (19th) that in the past 24 hours, another 2,301 people have died from the epidemic in the country. So far, the total number of deaths from the epidemic has exceeded 500,000.
Reuters reported that Brazil also recorded 82,288 new cases that day, and nearly 17.9 million cases have been recorded since the beginning of the pandemic.
However, the Brazilian infection shows no signs of abating: According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, approximately 505,000 people have been infected with the virus in the past week, which is only 30,000 below the peak in mid-March.
On average, more than 2,000 people still die from the virus every day, and 3,000 people die every day in early April.
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Demonstrations broke out across Brazil to protest the government's ineffective epidemic prevention
According to Reuters, thousands of people across Brazil took to the streets on Saturday (19th) to protest against President Bolsonaro’s pandemic response, including that he did not get the vaccine fast enough.
When the official data is released later on Saturday, the total number of deaths from the epidemic in Brazil is expected to exceed 500,000, second only to the United States (Note: China and Iran are not included in this ranking because the CCP and the Iranian government conceal the epidemic data).
Aline Rabelo, a 36-year-old protester in the capital Brasilia, said, “We are protesting against the Bolsonaro government that carried out mass killings. It has not purchased vaccines or taken any measures in the past year to take care of the people."
According to data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health, only 11% of Brazilians are fully vaccinated and 29% received the first dose of vaccine.
The country’s largest broadcaster, Globo, reported that shortly after midday, protests were held in at least 44 cities in 20 states.
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Mexico City has closed its school gates again from Monday
The Mexican education authorities stated that as the capital’s covid risk rises to a higher level, the Mexico City school that has just resumed face-to-face instruction will be closed again starting next Monday.
Reuters said that just two weeks ago, Mexico City officials eased restrictions on gatherings in schools, hotels, shops and restaurants because this densely populated urban area entered the lowest risk level in the government's four-level "traffic light" model.
However, the Federal Ministry of Health raised Mexico City's risk level from 21 June to 4 July by one level. Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said that the city’s epidemiological traffic lights, or risk factor calculations, have climbed from 8 points to 9 points, bringing the capital into a stricter level of epidemic prevention.
The Federal Education Administration of Mexico City (AEFCM) said in a statement that the suspension regulations apply to both private and public schools.
To date, Mexico has reported more than 230,959 deaths from covid and 2,471,741 confirmed infections.
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Cambodia's single-day death toll breaks record
Cambodia reported 20 deaths on Saturday (19 June), setting a single-day death record in the country.
The first cases of Covi72 have been detected in this Southeast Asian country, and the authorities urge people to stay vigilant. So far, Cambodia is one of the countries with the lowest number of cases in the world. But the community outbreak at the end of February has brought the infection rate to 42,052 cases and 414 deaths.
The Ministry of Health said that the authorities also found 7 cases of Covi72 infection among land travelers from Thailand.
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14 new deaths in the UK
The UK recorded 10,321 new covid cases on Saturday (19 June). On Friday, the number was 10,476. Currently, the total number of cases in the country has reached 4,620,968.
In addition, the country has added 14 new deaths from the epidemic, bringing the total number of similar cases to 127,970.
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28 new deaths in Italy
The Italian Ministry of Health said that Italy reported 28 deaths related to covid on 19 June, and the number of new infections rose from 1,147 to 1,197 every day.
Since the outbreak in February 2020, Italy has registered 127,253 deaths related to covid, the second highest death rate in Europe after the United Kingdom, and the eighth highest death rate in the world. .
Reuters reported that the country has reported 4.25 million cases so far.
On Saturday, the number of infected patients in the hospital (excluding those in the intensive care unit) was 2,504, a decrease from 2,680 the day before.
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Uganda's demand for oxygen soars
With the surge in COVID-19 infections and the inadequate health care capacity of East African countries, Uganda's oxygen demand may increase nearly 9 times within a month.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said in a televised speech that the daily oxygen consumption of coronavirus patients may climb from about 3,000 bottles to 25,800 bottles. The number of confirmed cases increased by 46% this month to 68,779.
There were 10 new patients in the intensive care unit, down from 11 on Friday. The total number of intensive care patients dropped from 416 to 394.
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Covi72 brings Indonesia's epidemic back to life
The Indonesian health authorities found that most of the confirmed covid cases in related areas, including Jakarta, were infected with the more infectious Covi72.
The Wall Street Journal reported that in some parts of Indonesia, local hospitals are overcrowded, and many young people have been diagnosed. Compared with the past, this wave of illness has deteriorated faster and more violently.
The observations of Indonesian doctors coincide with the situation in India. The Delta variant first appeared in India, and then set off a new wave of catastrophic epidemics everywhere. Covi72 (B.1.617.2 / Delta variant) has spread in 70 countries and regions including the United Kingdom. Health authorities in various regions believe that this is the reason for the recent surge in the number of infections and hospitalizations, and they have postponed the original anti-epidemic measures.
Covi72 caused the increase in number of new covid cases in three places in Indonesia: Jakarta, a densely populated province, Kudus, a cigarette-rich area in Central Java, and Bangkalan, not far from the coast of Java. The sudden increase in the number of infections has caused a strain on local medical resources. Among them, the number of new diagnoses in the town Tuss increased by 35 times at the end of May.
Indonesian-born Australian Griffith University epidemiologist Dicky Budiman said, “It is obvious that Indonesia have become another tsunami hotbed for covid."
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U.S. host: If the Wuhan laboratory is funded, the U.S. may not sue the CCP
Editor : Li Yun / https://www.aboluowang.com/2021/0603/1601013.html / Direct translation
US President Biden has ordered intelligence agencies to investigate the origin of the Chinese Communist virus (COVID-19), and laboratory leaks are one of the possible origins. Fox News host Greg Gutfeld recently warned that if the United States funds related research in the Wuhan laboratory, the United States may not sue the CCP for the impact of the CCP virus pandemic.
In the "The Five" program aired on Tuesday (1 June), Gutfield said that if it is determined that if SARS=CoV-2 leaked from the laboratory, then the United States has participated in the gain function study of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. It may prevent the CCP from being held accountable.
"Let's assume that the Chinese laboratory is the leaked place... From this point, what are we going to do? What is the answer?" Co-host Harold Ford Jr. asked.
"This is an interesting question because I think the Chinese have trapped us on a bucket of wet bats because all they have to do is to prove that we have a little money during this period, right? If the United States helped fund this. , How is the United States going to sue them?" Ford said, "we will have to sue ourselves, because I think we have invested some money. I have been hearing about how they abandon restrictions so that the funding can continue."
"And I think this may be the reason why nothing will happen, because our spearhead may all be directed at those bats." Gutfield continued.
Then Gutfield talked about the media's reaction to this. He pointed out that many of them had fought back against the laboratory leak theory a year ago, calling it a "conspiracy theory" or had been debunked.
"I like self-reflection." Gutfield went on to point out that in order to politically harm former President Trump (Trump), the media doubled down that he was wrong.
Gutfield added: "I mean, imagine if a surgeon decides not to use an effective therapy on your child, because your child goes to school with the scientists and they don’t get along well? This It’s the media."
Last Saturday, in an interview with Fox News, Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul expressed concern that US funds may still be used by the Chinese Communist regime to research and develop biological weapons.
"I am very worried that these things are still going on, and the US government has been funding it." Paul said. Paul has proposed an amendment that should give up funding for the CCP’s coronavirus research, and it has finally won bipartisan support.
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P1 kills pregnant women in large numbers, authorities warn against pregnancy
Reporter : Li Zhaoxi / Editor : Yun Tao / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/06/19/a103146615.html / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
Image : On 11 June 2021, a pregnant woman received a dose of the vaccine at the Maternity and Child Hospital in Asuncion, Paraguay. (Norberto Duarte/AFP via Getty Images)
P1 has long been identified as a highly lethal covi strain. Currently, Brazil has thousands of new cases and deaths of COVID-19 every day. In the next few days, the death toll may exceed the 500,000 mark. Now P1 is killing Brazilian pregnant women and their unborn children at an alarming rate.
According to a report by Sky News on Friday (18 June), 42 Brazilian pregnant women die every week from covid. Medical researchers at the Brazilian Obstetric Observatory say that more and more women are receiving intubation without consulting an obstetrician, choosing to deliver their premature babies by caesarean section.
The overall transmission rate of P1 is very high (in São Paulo, 9 out of every 10 cases of the CCP virus are caused by this variant), coupled with an overwhelmed health service system, pregnant women in Brazil are at extreme risk.
Dr. Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco of the Brazilian Obstetrics Observatory said that P1 is more transmissible and that Brazil's maternal health care system is very poor and a major problem. She said that obstetricians should work with intensive care doctors to find the right treatment for mothers and children, otherwise it will be difficult to prevent pregnant women from dying during the pandemic.
"I think we have more cases because of the variants and because our maternal health care system is very fragile, so we have this result," Francisco further explained.
Due to poor medical services and facilities, the mortality rate of pregnant women in Brazil is already high, 55 deaths per 100,000 pregnant women. In the UK, this number is only 9.7. Dr. Francisco said that their research so far shows that, with the CCP virus, this number may double by the end of this year, and there will be more than 100 deaths for every 100,000 people.
Dr. Patricia Sella, a gynecological medical coordinator, said she believes that P1 is infecting Brazil's young pregnant women, which she has never seen before.
"In 2020, there were a small number of pregnant women with covid in our hospital, but at least one pregnant woman will be hospitalized for covid every week this year," Serra said. The reason should be the high infection rate of P1.
"So, actually, I think as the strain changes, we see the inflammatory process, the vasculitis caused by the virus is much more serious, yes, this finally changed and brought it to pregnant women", Serra further Explained, "(Pregnant women) due to the evolution of pregnancy itself and pregnancy, lung compliance has decreased, and with the infection of covid, this will eventually get worse."
Serra also mentioned that the number and severity of cases are increasing, and P1 eventually infected pregnant women without a history of any other diseases, who did not have high blood pressure, and did not develop diabetes during pregnancy.
Due to the slow pace of vaccine promotion, Brazilian health authorities have taken an extreme approach: asking women not to become pregnant.
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Unabated epidemic in Japan, Tokyo announces cancellation of live broadcast of Olympic Games
Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor: Zhu Xinrui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/06/20/a103147074.html / Direct translation
Image : Logo illustration of the Tokyo Olympics. (Kazuhio Nogi/AFP via Getty Images)
Recently, the epidemic in Japan has been heating up. The Japanese government announced on the 19th that in order to prevent the CCP virus epidemic, it will cancel all live broadcast events of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Tokyo Olympics will begin on 23 July 2021 but there has been an increase in new cases in Tokyo recently. In response to the need for epidemic prevention, the Japanese government will cancel all live broadcast events.
According to a report by the Japanese media "Kyodo News Agency" on 19 June, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said at a press conference that she and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga held talks for about an hour today. In order to reduce the risk of infection, all live events broadcast will be cancelled.
According to the report, Japan originally planned to broadcast live Olympic games in six areas in Tokyo for people who could not be there to watch. These places will be changed to venues for vaccination.
Yuriko Koike said that although he decided to cancel the live broadcast event, he would still use the Internet to create an exciting atmosphere for the Olympics and spread diverse cultural messages.
On 21 June, Yuriko Koike and Yoshihide Suga will meet with the organizers of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. They are scheduled to determine the limit on the number of spectators at the competition.
The Tokyo emergency declaration will be lifted in the near future. According to the announcement of the Japanese government, in areas where there is a non-emergency declaration or a quasi-emergency declaration, a maximum of 10,000 people can participate in large-scale events, but not more than 50% of the venue capacity.
When Yoshihide Suga participated in the G7 summit a few days ago, he received support from leaders of various countries to hold the Olympic Games as scheduled. Yoshihide Suga stated at a press conference on the 17th that the scheduled Olympic Games are held "not for self-esteem or economic considerations, but because Japan has the ability to take anti-epidemic measures against people from foreign countries."
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Virus traceability points directly to the WIV, the truth of the investigation reveals a glimmer of light
Reporters : Wang Yuhe and Mingyu / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/06/18/a103146228.html / Direct translation
Recently, the CCP was once again pushed to the forefront of the virus traceability problem and faced a second round of accountability. However, it has been a long time since the epidemic broke out, whether this truth can be pursued or not. get? The news shows that there is a breakthrough and the truth is found, and there is still a glimmer of light. We connected reporter Wang Yuhe and asked her to make an introduction.
SARS-CoV-2 is a catastrophe worldwide. It is now obvious that whether it is to quell the epidemic or prevent the epidemic from reappearing in the future, we must first figure out where the virus originated and how it happened. As the origin of the epidemic, China has naturally become the focus of the world.
However, the CCP’s concealment and rejection of information only made the international community more suspicious of the source of the virus.
The Wall Street Journal exposed the information concealed by the Wuhan Institute of Virology on May 23. So far, Western governments, represented by the United States, as well as mainstream media and experts have all directed their guns at the CCP and demanded that they carry out checks into the origin of the virus in China.
Under the leadership of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union have all expressed their demands for transparent investigations the G7 Group of Seven countries even proposed to be "accountable" for the epidemic, and WHO Director-General Tedros also changed his position, pointing out that the CCP did not show sufficient "transparency and cooperation."
On 11 June, US Secretary of State Blinken and Yang Jiechi, director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Communist Party of China, also formally proposed to Beijing to conduct a second-stage traceability investigation in China.
However, in the face of all this, the CCP still assumes a tough posture. The accusation of laboratory leaks is a "ridiculous story" fabricated by some people in the US.
The Epoch Times columnist Yuan Bin believes that the CCP must have destroyed all evidence in the WIV and ordered governments at all levels to strictly control and block relevant information. Articles and remarks that question the official statement have completely disappeared in the Chinese media and the Internet. For international tracing of the source of the epidemic, it is difficult to obtain first-hand information, and only indirect evidence can be used for investigation and analysis.
However, there is still a glimmer of hope for the truth of the investigation.
Voice of America reported that Richard Ebright, one of the first scientists who proposed to investigate leaks in the virus laboratory, Rutgers University molecular biologist Richard Ebright, believes that even without the cooperation of the CCP, the United States is still capable of launching relevant investigations in the United States.
He said that the key point is that the work done by Wudu on the SARS-related coronavirus in bats is carried out together with the EcoHealth Alliance, a non-governmental organization funded by the US government.
The 'EcoHealth Alliance' should retain relevant electronic and paper documents, including proposals for funding applications, grant progress reports, original data from the Wuhan laboratory, analytical data, draft papers written with the Wuhan laboratory, and a large number of communications. Both can provide important and useful information. He said that the U.S. federal government provided 123 million U.S. dollars to the ‘EcoHealth Alliance’ and it is reasonable to obtain this information.
At present, as the voices of all circles in the world are getting louder and louder, the CCP can hardly escape accountability. Regardless of whether the virus originated in the Wuhan laboratory is confirmed to be true, the crime of concealing the epidemic has made the CCP a target of public criticism.
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US aid Taiwan. 2.5 million doses of Moderna vaccine arrive in Taiwan. Chen Shizhong and Li Yingjie pick up the plane
Reporter : Zhu Peixiong / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3576148 / Extract translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
The 2.5 million doses of Moderna vaccine aided by the US government to Taiwan arrived at Taoyuan Airport at 4:30 this afternoon. Chen Shizhong, commander of the Central Epidemic Center, and director of the Taipei Office of the American Association in Taiwan (AIT) Li Yingjie went to pick up the plane at Taoyuan Airport. After the vaccine was unloaded from the cargo plane, the vaccine was hauled to Huachu for loading on a cold chain truck and transported to a designated cold chain warehouse for storage.
In order to help Taiwan prevent the epidemic, the US government decided to expand the number of vaccines delivered to Taiwan, from the 750,000 doses of Moderna vaccine originally promised to aid Taiwan to 2.5 million doses, which is equivalent to more than three times the original number. Originally, the United States planned to use COVAX to transfer, but in order to fight for the time limit, directly from the United States to Taiwan.
This batch of vaccines was carried on a Boeing 777 cargo plane of China Airlines. It took off from Memphis Airport in Tennessee, USA at 8.39 am local time (9.39 pm Taiwan time), and arrived at Taoyuan Airport at 4.30 pm via the refueling stopover in Los Angeles.
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Side-effects of Moderna vaccination
Editor : Liao Peiqi / Direct translation
Currently, there are only two COVID-19 vaccines in Japan. One is the Pfizer vaccine that was used at the beginning, and the other is the Modena vaccine that is only allowed to be used in Japan after May. These two are both mRNA vaccines. However, nearly 95% of people around the world will become red and swollen at the injection site after being vaccinated with Moderna, so it is medically called "Moderna arm", especially for those who received the first dose within a week. This symptom will appear. Japanese medical authorities believe that this is a delayed allergic reaction, but there is no need to worry. There has been no case of death or serious sequelae. According to statistics, only about 1% of the vaccinated population in Japan have symptoms of Moderna's arm, and there are very few cases.
Shiichiro, a professor at the Center for Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine at the International University of Medical Welfare Hospital, explained that "Moderna's arm" usually appears 5 to 9 days after the vaccination. The injection site will become red and swollen or even rash, and some people will not only have the arm but also the whole body. Rash develops, but these symptoms usually disappear after 3 to 4 days, and it will not harm your health.
"Moderna arm" is also the most obvious feature after vaccination of Moderna, but even if the first dose causes the symptoms, the second dose of vaccine can still be administered normally. The Japanese medical community believes that this is only a delayed allergic reaction. But almost never saw similar symptoms in people who had received Pfizer vaccines. At present, Japan adopts the method of splitting the two vaccines. Pfizer's vaccines are mainly vaccinated by local governments and general medical institutions; Moderna is mainly targeted by enterprises and large-scale injections.
As for the severe allergic reactions caused by the administration of the new crown vaccine, about 20 to 30 cases occur for every 1 million administrations in Japan. However, there are no people who have severe sequelae or even death because of the suspected severe allergic reactions. The Japanese medical unit will carry out emergency treatment for the patients.
On the other hand, the Japanese medical website "Medical Note", which gathers more than 2,000 medical authorities, announced that the risk of allergic reactions after the administration of the new crown vaccine is 20 to 30 times higher than that of the ordinary flu vaccine. There are many elderly people who are likely to have a high frequency of vaccination in the middle-aged population, because there is also a saying that young people are more prone to allergic reactions than older people.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan has received 190,000 doses of Moderna vaccine as of June 4. There is a chance of one case of side effects for every 5,300 vaccination, most of the symptoms such as rash, palpitations, or dizziness occurred on the day of vaccination, but there have been no cases of acute allergies or death after vaccination with Modena vaccine.
As of 4 June, Japan had vaccinated 17 million doses, and the cumulative number of deaths after vaccination was 196. However, none of them were found to be directly related to the vaccine. Experts in all cases are still under evaluation. However, the vaccination bases of the two vaccines are too different, and it is not yet possible to compare the differences.
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Putin doesn’t want to be tied to death by Beijing, the US-Russia summit breaks the ice and wants to "meet again"
The CCP’s atrocities are now directly touching the tremendous changes in the international situation, and many countries have turned to the CCP one after another. Someone said that the United States would like to thank Xi Jinping. It is precisely because of the "toss" of the Xi Jinping administration in order to protect the party that the United States has further strengthened its call among allies in the so-called "one super, multiple power" world structure. In the anti-communist international situation, it played a prominent and leading role, which in turn continued to consolidate America’s position as the world’s leader. If it were not for the Communist Party to toss in poverty, it might not have this opportunity yet.
Russia is also showing signs of upsetting the CCP. At the US-Russia summit the day before, the two sides seemed to have a good talk. On 17 June, Moscow said that as long as the US is willing, the Russian authorities are willing to continue dialogue with the US. Obviously this situation is not what the CCP wants to see. The CCP naturally hopes that Russian father loves it alone and does not love others. I believe that Moscow’s ardent desire to talk to the United States once again has deeply pierced the CCP’s "possessive" glass. heart.
The previous day’s dialogue between the United States and Russia was held in Geneva, Switzerland, and lasted about three hours, which was longer than expected. The two sides also issued a joint statement and reached some consensus, which somewhat exceeded outside expectations. Originally, some observers thought that this time the US and Russia dialogue should not expect any progress to be achieved.
Then the US-Russia joint statement mentioned the need to establish a bilateral "Strategic Stability Dialogue" to ensure "predictability" at the strategic level, reduce the risk of military conflicts and the threat of nuclear war, and a series of other issues. In addition, the U.S. pointed out to Putin not to carry out cyber attacks on 16 key U.S. facilities, and also mentioned human rights and Ukraine issues that are more sensitive to Russia. These Putin denies and ridicules the U.S. as before. Said that there are not always smiling faces in the talks, but the two sides are more polite.
But sensitive issues have also been raised. Fortunately, Biden and Putin, who attended the meeting, did not attack each other personally, but publicly "complied" each other, which was completely different from the smell of gunpowder that had previously been shouting in the air. After all, in diplomatic situations, it is also necessary to talk about the three-part relationship between each other. No one wants to be unpleasant in public.
At the same time, after the summit, the two sides also agreed to resume sending ambassadors to each other's capital, but the specific recovery time has yet to be determined.
The whole meeting can be described as "tepid", at least much stronger than the Alaska, US-China high-level meeting that was held in March this year. According to the evaluation of the American think tank "Diplomatic Relations Association", the purpose of this US-Russia summit is actually not to reach a consensus, but to manage risks and prevent further deterioration of bilateral relations. From this point of view, this US-Russia summit achieved such a goal. For Beijing watching from the sidelines, it should be very jealous. It is estimated that the price of vinegar in Beijing will increase recently.
Unlike the G7, US-Europe and NATO summits that just ended in the UK and Brussels, Belgium, the US-Russia summit did not touch on the CCP’s position on Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Taiwan Strait and other issues. This also shows that Russia is currently in a delicate position internationally. But this is not to say that it is beneficial to the CCP.
The "Voice of America" report put forward a point that I think makes sense, to the effect that Russia does not want to be "hanged" on a tree in Beijing, but to deal with the world’s major powers and find various international relations. A balance. Therefore, the CCP wanted to "own" Russia on its own. From the very beginning to the present, it has been a strange dream like "unrequited love", and its saliva flowed on a pillow for nothing.
Now it is not the United States that is actively looking for Russia, but Russia is also actively looking for the United States, because fighting with such a world power is really not a good move. Conversely, when Russia has settled relations with the United States and the West and has more cards to play, it will also be detrimental to the CCP.
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Putin smiled to answer the question of military reunification, points out that Xi has a "worry" in fighting Taiwan
Now, Putin has not expressed his stance as clearly as Western countries because of this "balancing tactic" on some issues against the CCP. For example, a US NBC reporter interviewed Putin during the US-Russia summit and directly asked: If the CCP invades Taiwan by force, how will Russia react?
After Putin heard it, he immediately showed his sly smile of an old politician, and then told reporters that there is no "if" in politics, and without this assumption, it is not suitable for political issues. He said that he could not comment on this, and said that this is not a real problem because it has not happened yet. Putin said that the CCP himself did not say that the Taiwan issue was resolved by force.
In fact, the CCP has certainly expressed such intentions and threats, and it has also shown such military preparations. Putin just doesn't want to touch this topic to explain his attitude.
After seeing this, many netizens said that Putin denied the military reunification, some said that Putin wanted the CCP to invade, and some put forward other points of view.
Anyway, Putin is only evading answering such questions, and cannot prove that the CCP has or has no intention to rule Taiwan by force. Once the CCP uses force against Taiwan, it may be detrimental to Russia, because it will break a balanced state in the Far East. If the military reunification succeeds, it will allow the CCP to expand its influence in the Far East, even if the CCP wants to invade North Korea. Russia may not be happy for this reason.
Russia just needs the CCP’s benefits, and does not treat the CCP as an “ally”. But Putin naturally will not publicly express his views in front of the media, because he still wants to continue to use Beijing, so when answering questions about Wutong, he chose not to say anything.
But as for the issue of military reunification itself, the "New York Times" also recently published an article discussing that the US intelligence circle judged that Xi Jinping had concerns about military reunification of Taiwan. One of the reasons for the concerns was the fear of such armed invasion. It will destroy TSMC’s chip production line, but it will hurt my dream of developing cutting-edge technology.
On 17 June, Bloomberg News reported that Xi Jinping was going to arrange Liu He, who has been called the "economic czar" under Xi’s hands by the outside world, to be the head of the CCP’s "semiconductor industry project". This project is very important. Xi Jinping attaches great importance to it now. Therefore, according to this report, Liu He is tantamount to another important position, which can make his jurisdiction span across technology, finance, and trade. It is also a key position to help Xi Jinping compete with the United States in the cutting-edge field of science and technology.
If such an arrangement is really made next, it will show that Xi Jinping still trusts Liu He. Conversely, it can also be seen that Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the chip industry.
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The CCP is gradually on the defensive. Invading Taiwan is not a detrimental move. Canada strengthens relations with Taiwan
However, this may not mean that chip companies such as TSMC will become Taiwan’s "sacred mountain" because if the CCP really chooses to invade by force, it will definitely use various means such as infiltration and acquisition in advance to do something in the chip field. Some layout ahead of time to avoid harm. Moreover, even if military reunification fails, the CCP may take other measures to control Taiwan step by step. For example, it may take advantage of the loopholes in Taiwan’s sometimes political splitting of opinions, foster a pro-communist regime that is very talkative and full of honey to come to power, and find other ways to occupy it. For Taiwan, this is all possible. It is really not easy for Taiwan to be on the front line and forefront of the international anti-communist movement.
Fortunately, Western countries are now gradually realizing the important strategic significance of Taiwan and are expressing their support one after another. A Canadian Federal Representative Michael Cooper (Michael Cooper) also proposed a "Canada-Taiwan Relation Framework Act" to the Canadian Parliament on June 17. The main purpose is to strengthen Canada’s relationship with Taiwan and provide a law. basis.
Since 1970, Canada has not had any formal relationship with Taiwan, which makes interaction difficult. This bill has been passed in the first reading of the Canadian Parliament. There are many breakthrough clauses in it. For example, it mentioned that Taiwan's representative office in Canada, called "Taiwan Representative Office", is also supported. Admissions to international organizations, including WHO and International Civil Aviation, etc are supported.
The CCP will become more and more in a "defensive" state, because countries around the world are actively joining forces. Although it is only a start, the CCP has shown its passiveness, as we just mentioned. The United States and Russia are controlling the risks of exchanges, and this incident will make the CCP passive. And it also has many time bombs.
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The CCP's highest-level fleeing official, the name and official position of the CCP spread on the Internet
In the past week or so, people have been discussing one thing, that is, the U.S. media exposed that a fugitive with the highest rank in the history of the Chinese Communist Party successfully escaped to the U.S. and has cooperated with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency for at least 3 months. Among the key projects one is the CCP’s "biological warfare" project. Everyone is asking, who is this person? Recently there was a news that a very likely candidate was given, named "Dong Jingwei". This person was born in 1963 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, and served as the deputy minister of the Ministry of State Security of the Communist Party of China. Related revelations pointed out that Dong Jingwei is cooperating with the United States to reveal the CCP’s biological warfare plan, and will point out that the CCP virus is related to man-made leaks. At present, the information about Dong Jingwei has been completely removed from the mainland's Baidu. Therefore, many netizens suspect that this person might really be the defector
This breaking news first seemed to have been sent by human rights activist "Han Lianchao" on Twitter. It also mentioned that Dong Jingwei had fled overseas because he was involved in the Sun Lijun case. He took some crimes to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Conclusive evidence. At the US-China Alaska summit in March, China had proposed to the US to return Dong Jingwei, but the US rejected it.
But on 18 June, the CCP media refute the rumours, but it is still weird.
In the 1980s, there was a high-ranking Chinese official named Yu Qiangsheng who fled to the United States. He was a relatively high-ranking official. It is said that he was the director of the North American Intelligence Department of the Ministry of National Security of the Communist Party of China at that time. From the perspective of position, Dong Jingwei is the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of National Security, and indeed should be a higher position than Yu Qiangsheng. Yao Cheng, a former communist naval commander who ran away from the Chinese Communist system, made a prediction about who this high-level official who fled will be. After August 26 this year, we will see the answer. As for why it was August 26 and what was special about this day, Yao Cheng did not explain.
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