Reporter : Liming / Editor: Mei Lan / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/07/09/a103162030.html / Direct translation
Politicians from the ousted National League for Democracy (NLD) who have stayed in touch with CCP officials since the February 1 coup say Beijing was convinced in advance of the Myanmar military’s intention to overthrow the country’s elected government.
These NLD figures, who have remained largely aloof from the activities of the shadow National Unity Government (NUG) set up by ousted MPs and others, also say that Beijing was skeptical from the outset of the military’s flimsy rationale for the takeover, and believe that CCP is rapidly losing confidence in coup maker Min Aung Hlaing’s ability to assert full control over the country. As the violence and instability in Myanmar worsens day by day, they are increasingly asking themselves why Beijing did not prevent the coup in the first place.
Moreover, this group is convinced that CCP would still support a scenario in which the junta reined in its violence and entered into negotiations with ousted government leaders.
Well-informed sources and some mid-ranking NLD officials told Myanmar media The Irrawaddy they believe CCP leaders including Foreign Minister Wang Yi had concerns following November’s election, and even earlier, that a coup was inevitable. These sources say the CCP knew it was coming, and had reservations about the military’s motivations but did nothing to prevent the coup.
China was never convinced by Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing’s accusation of corruption against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation. China has made its own assessment of these cases and found nothing irregular, according to informed sources in Yangon. One NLD politician summed up the feeling, “The trouble with Min Aung Hlaing is, he was in the wrong from the start.”
Thus, CCP has lost confidence in Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing. Its view is that under his rule, Myanmar will only see more trouble and a prolonged period of instability.
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Wang Yi did not believe Min Aung Hlaing's accusations at NLD
In the second week of January 2021, Wang visited Myanmar, meeting with President U Win Myint and de facto leader and State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw.
The visit was seen as highly significant; Wang was the most senior Chinese official to visit Myanmar since the NLD’s landslide victory in November’s general election.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Wang’s visit demonstrated “China’s anticipation and support for the successful formation of Myanmar’s new government as well as Myanmar’s efforts to realize national rejuvenation and lasting peace and stability along the development path independently chosen by the country and in the long-term interests of the people of Myanmar.”
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who was preparing to stage his coup, also met the CCP foreign minister.
To the surprise of Wang and other Chinese officials, the senior general took the opportunity to share the military’s “findings” from its examination of the country’s voter lists, saying it had uncovered mistakes and inaccuracies that could have led to opportunities to vote “more than once” and “voting malpractice”. (Min Aung Hlaing also shared his views with Yohei Sasakawa, the chairman of Japan’s Nippon Foundation, as well as Russian officials. Sasakawa is said to be viewed as a “godfather” figure by Min Aung Hlaing.)
The senior general also told Wang that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was corrupt and informed the visiting Chinese official of his suspicions of malpractice at the State Counselor’s Daw Khin Kyi Foundation, as well as his belief that she had mismanaged election funds.
Knowing Myanmar generals’ history of corruption and greed, the Chinese were bemused but listened to their host’s marathon whimpering session. However, some military officers who attended the meeting recalled that it was clear from the Chinese minister’s body language that he did not agree with several of Min Aung Hlaing’s accusations.
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Min Aung Hlaing is Myanmar's Biden
Finally, Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing told the Chinese officials that the popularity of the NLD was on the decline, totally ignoring the fact that the party had won another landslide victory in the general election just two months earlier.
Interestingly, prior to the election, Min Aung Hlaing relied heavily on assessments of the NLD and predictions of the election’s outcome put together by pro-junta “scholars”, the military’s intelligence units and regional commanders. They had concluded with certainty that there was no way the NLD would repeat its previous landslide victories.
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CCP had confidence in the NLD government
However, China had formed a different view even prior to the November election. Beijing foresaw that the NLD would win again, but they also saw that the military wouldn’t accept such an outcome. The question Beijing faced was, if a serious political conflict arose, with whom would China side?
Prior to the election, China had clearly been betting on the NLD and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
CCP Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Myanmar in January 2019 and met with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Just over four years earlier, he had made a bold move by inviting the then opposition leader and lawmaker to Beijing months before the 2015 election. The NLD won a decisive landslide victory in the vote held in November of that year.
Xi’s visit was seen as a calculated move by Beijing to assert itself in the rapidly changing political landscape in Myanmar. Why? China had backed Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s government and wanted to see it win again in the election of November 2020.
At the same time CCP officials accompanying Xi confided in Myanmar observers that Beijing believed in Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, as she kept her promises on Chinese investments and projects, and felt that Myanmar would be better off if she won a second term.
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CCP: Myanmar Junta is corrupt and unreliable
Chinese officials commented bluntly at the time that the Tatmadaw’s top brass were corrupt and unreliable. This is clear evidence of the mutual distrust between Myanmar’s military leaders and Beijing.
Indeed, the generals in Naypyitaw have long been wary of China’s influence over the ethnic rebels and its interference there. The irony is that Beijing publicly advocates a noninterference policy while heavily backing ethnic rebels in Myanmar’s north.
For the two years prior to the coup Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing had expressed concern over Beijing’s support for groups based along the northern border in the form of arms sales. These ethnic rebel groups were in China’s pocket; proof could be seen in the numerous statements they issued on welcoming Xi’s visit to Myanmar.
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CCP losing friends and trust
At the same time, CCP officials are increasingly worried that the anti-junta movement, including the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) and the NUG are being funded by Western NGOs and donors.
In June, CCP Ambassador to Myanmar Chen Hai met Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing before the CCP-ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting to commemorate 30 years of relations between Beijing and the regional bloc.
During their meeting, Chen said CCP supported the implementation of ASEAN engagement with Myanmar and hoped for the restoration of peace and stability.
According to a CCP Embassy post on Facebook, Chen stressed that China, as Myanmar’s neighbor, “will continue to play a constructive role”. Its statement said, “China (CCP) sincerely hopes for the earlier restoration of peace and stability in Myanmar and supports the implementation of [the] consensus by ASEAN and Myanmar.”
CCP media Global Times posted on Facebook, “Myanmar is willing to work with ASEAN to maintain the domestic stability and coordinate implementation of relevant consensus, said Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing.”
The reference to the coup maker as the “Myanmar leader” angered many social media users.
This week, Wang said the international community should refrain from imposing sanctions on the junta, describing such actions as “inappropriate intervention”. The Chinese state councillor instead urged Myanmar to settle its political crisis through internal dialogue and reconciliation.
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CCP seeks internal dialogue and reconciliation in Myanmar
Some NLD politicians who claim to have nothing to do with the NUG and CRPH say Beijing is losing its confidence in coup maker Min Aung Hlaing.
Their reasoning goes like this:
If Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing had succeeded in staging the coup and consolidating power, China wouldn’t be much bothered. Beijing would simply adjust and work with the new regime. (As it did in Thailand in 2014, after the military staged a coup there. The Chinese ambassador to Bangkok met the coup leaders and the friendship between the two countries strengthened. Unlike the coup in Myanmar, the Thai coup of 2014 was successful.) Today, the Myanmar military is still trying to consolidate its grip on power amid sustained resistance.
After months of protests, violence, chaos and instability, and with humanitarian and health crises looming, the regime’s allies including China are unsure how to support Min Aung Hlaing. At the outset, Myanmar’s military leaders assured the Chinese, Japanese and key allies that they would be able to contain the anti-coup uprising but failed to anticipate the scale of the resistance.
China remains one of the biggest investors in Myanmar, having signed several major Belt and Road Initiative projects with the ousted government. Bejing’s political influence in Myanmar is not insignificant.
China knows its geostrategic interests will be threatened if Myanmar’s generals fail to successfully assert full control, and that the country is in danger of descending into full-scale civil war and chaos.
Beijing is the only capital that can intervene and put real pressure on the junta to refrain from violence and negotiate with the ousted government, lamented some key NLD leaders who developed close relations with Chinese officials over the past five years.
However, Beijing’s failure to stop the coup leads the NLD politicians to question CCP.
Ultimately, NLD politicians and some analysts in Myanmar are convinced that CCP still wants to see mediation and some form of negotiation between the coup maker and the detained NLD leaders, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Zaw Tuseng, a former pro-democracy activist, is founder and president of the Myanmar Policy Initiative (MPI). The MPI was recently formed to mobilize Myanmar researchers to formulate policies and institutionalize the policymaking process for Myanmar. He holds an executive master of public administration from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
More than 1,100 violent acts of organized resistance against the regime have reportedly killed about 1,200 troops. The first gun battle erupted between regime troops and a local guerrilla group in mid-June in Mandalay, a major city in the heartland. At this point, it is unclear if this clash was just the first battle in all-out urban warfare in the country, but the NUG said it planned to announce a “D-Day” on which all local resistance forces will launch a war on the junta.
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Myanmar junta continues violent oppression on NUD and ethnic civil groups
The military junta has become quicker and more aggressive in its responses to such incidents, and this is likely to continue. Social media discussion has been dominated by the aftermath of the clash in Mandalay. It has become apparent that the various People’s Defense Force groups (PDFs) that have sprung up lack a central command (such as the NUG) but are trying to adjust to local conditions. While some PDFs may look forward to a day of collective armed uprising, others seem to incline toward guerrilla warfare. A few are treading a fine line between guerrilla and terrorist tactics, as assassinations of unarmed pro-junta civilian administrators and members of the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party have multiplied.
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Demoso Township ceasefire, 30 junta soldiers killed in Sagaing
Residents of Demoso Township recovered at least 20 bodies after returning to the area after a ceasefire was agreed between the Tatmadaw (Myanmar’s military) and local armed groups. Some of the bodies reportedly showed signs of extrajudicial execution. At least 30 junta troops were reportedly killed during two shootouts with civilian resistance forces in Sagaing Region.
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230,000 Burmese throughout Myanmar displaced
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs last week released a report stating that the number of people displaced by violence and fighting in Myanmar since the February 1 coup had increased to around 230,000, and stressed that they need assistance. Meanwhile, attacks targeting the junta and its supporters persist in some parts of the country, as arms and ammunition supplies seem to have found their way into the hands of urban-based PDF members.
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Reuters reported that the country has administered about 3 million doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Assuming every person needs two doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 2.8% of the country’s population. As the former head of Myanmar’s COVID-19 immunization program, along with some key physicians, was detained to face charges of high treason for allegedly colluding with the NUG, it is doubtful the regime will be able to contain the pandemic to the extent that the NLD government did in 2020.
Given the general public’s distrust and fear of the military, it is clear the military cannot lead a national vaccine program. The military has already tried to use vaccine as a bribe in exchange for obedience but the public has refused to cooperate.
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Myanmar junta oppression and the pandemic cause Myanmar economic downturn
Independent Economists for Myanmar (IEM) recently reported that a sharp decline in household purchasing power will leave 25 percent of the population under the poverty line, seriously impacting both businesses and households. According to the UN Development Program, COVID-19 and the political violence following the February 1 military coup could plunge half of Myanmar’s population into poverty.
The IEM also reported that the effects of reduced food supply and diminished household incomes will result in large numbers of households being pushed well below the poverty line, leaving them unable to meet basic consumption and nutritional needs.
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Ethnic civil groups play important roles in providing urgent aid to the Burmese
Ethnic civil society groups, which have been carrying out cross-border programs for the past 30 years, can play an important role in providing aid to people who are in urgent need. For example, ethnic health organizations have the much-needed systems, skills and community trust to implement large-scale COVID prevention programs. With the support of the international community, SARS-CoV-2 vaccines could be provided to large areas of Myanmar.
The NLD, CRPH and NUG should work with ethnic leaders and civil society in helping the people on the ground by building trust, which will be necessary in political negotiations at the federal level.
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Biden's latest executive order on 9 July 2021 aims to increase Americans' incomes and provide consumer protection
Research, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
US President Biden signed an executive order on 9 July 2021 to promote competition in various industries in the United States. This bill provides guidance and restrictions on anti-competitive practices in technology, medical and other fields. It also aims to increase workers’ incomes and provide consumer protection.
This comprehensive order issued 72 actions and recommendations for the labor market, agricultural market, healthcare market (including prescription drugs, hospital consolidation and insurance issues), transportation, the Internet, banking and consumer credit systems, and the technological innovation market. The White House stated in a statement issued on the same day that due to the lack of competition in the market, rising prices and falling wages, it is estimated that middle-class families in the United States currently lose about $5,000 each year. The signing of the order will provide financial support for American families in need and improve the United States. Workers’ income promotes innovation and the growth of the US economy.
This executive order includes calling on the major antitrust agencies-the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to vigorously enforce antitrust laws, encouraging them to take legal measures to limit bad monopolistic behavior that the previous government ignored, and prohibit unnecessary occupational license restrictions.
The U.S. government will also seek to strengthen antitrust guidance to prevent employers from cooperating by sharing salary information with each other to depress employees' wages or reduce benefits.
The executive order also put forward several specific measures to protect consumer rights in medical, Internet, transportation, etc., including requiring the Ministry of Transportation to formulate and issue clear rules to refund when the airline’s luggage is delayed or fails to provide corresponding services in accordance with its advertising costs.
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Study: Methamphetamine pollutes rivers, fishes are also addicted to passive drug use
Reporter : Li Shaowei / Editor : Ye Ziwei / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/7/10/n13079863.htm / Direct translation
After human beings use drugs, their chemical substances enter the natural environment along with their excrement into the sewer, causing the fishes in the riversto become addicted and causing permanent changes in their brains. (ShutterStock)
A newly published study shows that methamphetamine pollution in natural waters causes wild fish to become addicted to drugs. After the water environment is purified, these fish will face the same painful process as humans with drug withdrawal. Even after successful drug withdrawal, their brain tissues will still have the characteristics of exposure to drugs.
According to the 2021 drug abuse survey report released by the Office on Drugs and Crime, there are about 269 million people in the world who use drugs every year. These drugs cannot be completely absorbed by the human body and converted into other ingredients. Many of the excreta of the human body go to the sewer and then enter the natural environment of the earth.
The current sewage treatment plant has no design process to filter out these chemical components. Many sewers even directly lead to inland rivers and coastal waters of the city. After entering the natural environment, the creatures in the water environment are all exposed to these drugs.
A recently published study investigated the effects of methamphetamine (commonly known as methamphetamine) on wild brown trout in natural waters. Methamphetamine is a powerful central nervous system stimulant, and more and more people use methamphetamine in modern society.
Researchers investigated whether a certain concentration of methamphetamine in the water and one of its by-products, amphetamine, would affect brown trout, and whether such a concentration would make the fish drug dependent.
The researchers kept the fish in a large aquarium with crystals of methamphetamine for more than eight weeks, then replaced it with drug-free clean water, observed the behavioral changes of the fish, and detected the chemical substances in the brains of these fishes. Groups of fishes that have not been exposed to drugs at all are compared.
The results show that fish that have been exposed to drugs prefer the water environment with drugs, while fish that have not been exposed to drugs have no such preference at all.
Fish that have been exposed to drugs are significantly less active when they are in a drug-free environment. The researchers said that this is exactly the same as the anxiety and stress symptoms that humans show during the detoxification period.
Not only that, but drugs also leave specific chemical components in the human brain. These ingredients still remain in the brain even after detoxification. Researchers examined the brain tissue of fish that had been exposed to drugs and found specific chemical changes. Even after the fish have been successfully detoxified, that is, they no longer exhibit anxiety symptoms, the chemical characteristics of the fish's brain tissues that have been exposed to drugs still exist.
Researchers believe that this survey shows that the impact of methamphetamine on organisms in the natural environment is the same as that on humans, and will be long-term.
The study was published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology on 6 July 2021.
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Jackie Chan claims to join the CCP. Netizens mocked, "Whoever supports who will die"
Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor: Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/07/10/a103162409.html / Direct translation
Hong Kong artist Jackie Chan showed his loyalty to the CCP in Beijing a few days ago. He said "The Communist Party is too great" and "I want to be a party member!" This video sparked ridicule by netizens at home and abroad, some netizens said jokingly, "Jackie Chan supports whoever will die, this time I am afraid it will be fulfilled again."
On the afternoon of July 8, the CCP Chinese Film Association held a symposium on learning Xi Jinping's party celebration speech in Beijing. Jackie Chan, who has always been flattering to the CCP, also talked about his learning experience at the meeting.
He said to the participants, "I envy you for being a party member, and I think the Communist Party is really great. What the party says and what they promised will not take a hundred years but will be realized in a few decades."
In the end Jackie Chan also stated, "I will be a party member!"
With nearly 500,000 fans, "M Video News" released a video of Jackie Chan's loyalty to the party on the evening of the 9th. As of the morning of the 10th, there were only 6 messages. Some netizens left a message saying, "It's disgusting to have so many extramarital affairs."
Some netizens ridiculed Jackie Chan, “I am an illegitimate daughter and a son who is taking drugs! What is the purpose of joining the party? Where are the criteria for party membership!”
The video of Jackie Chan joining the party also caused ridicule by netizens on overseas social media Facebook. Some netizens ridiculed, "Jackie Chan supports whoever will die, this time I am afraid it will be fulfilled again."
Jackie Chan has been the spokesperson of many brands, but almost all the products he endorsed have problems, and the merchants even went bankrupt. The public called Jackie Chan the "jinx".
Jackie Chan once endorsed the Chinese computer brand "Xiaobawang", and the company eventually closed down; he endorsed the "Aiduo" VCD player, and the company's general manager went to jail; the endorsement of Caddy Automobile ceased production, original leaf green tea production, and missed dumplings. Excessive bacteria were removed from the shelves, and "Bawang" Chinese herbal shampoo was also found to have carcinogens.
Jackie Chan served as China's "drug ambassador", but his son Fang Zuming was arrested in Beijing for smoking marijuana. He endorsed the California fitness center headquartered in Hong Kong, due to wage arrears, rent arrears, branch closures, and executives leaving.
Jackie Chan announced the suspension of production of the Segway electric balance scooter used by the public security of the Chinese Communist Party. As an endorsement of "Hong Kong Airlines", Hong Kong Airlines immediately encountered a serious financial crisis and announced its closure in June 2021.
As a Hong Kong actor, Jackie Chan is committed to the power of the Chinese Communist Party and frequently serves as the platform of the Chinese Communist Party, which has been criticized by public opinion. In 2004, Jackie Chan said that the elections in Taiwan were a joke and published the theory of China's reunification, which aroused dissatisfaction between the government and the public in Taiwan.
In 2009, Jackie Chan was appointed by the Hong Kong government as the Hong Kong Tourism Ambassador. He said that Taiwan and Hong Kong are too free, so chaos, the Chinese need to manage. This remark was criticized by all walks of life in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In 2012, mainland netizens selected Jackie Chan on the annual "Top Ten Scum" list.
In 2019, Hong Kong broke out the "return to China" movement, and Hong Kong pro-communist artists led by Jackie Chan showed "loyalty" to the CCP. In an interview with CCTV, Jackie Chan claimed to be the CCP's flag bearer.
At the end of January 2020, when the "Chinese Communist Party virus" epidemic was out of control in Wuhan, the Chinese Communist Party CCTV broadcasted the "Spring Festival Gala" as usual to whitewash the peace. Jackie Chan took the stage and sang "Ask my country like a disease", which attracted a lot of criticism from netizens, "What a big irony, this makes many people in Wuhan desperate!"
In April of the same year, when the CCP launched its "epidemic diplomacy", Jackie Chan endorsed "CCP pneumonia" and posted an endorsement video on Weibo, shouting "China (CCP) Come on". Many mainland netizens "shudder", saying that Jackie Chan "will bring disasters as soon as he speaks!"
Now that the CCP virus has spread all over the world, the CCP is facing global accountability and compensation for concealing the epidemic. At the same time, Western democracies headed by the United States are joining forces to resist the Communist Party. Jackie Chan is the platform for the Chinese Communist Party. "Whoever will die" may be fulfilled again.
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1378 new cases of South Korea's epidemic hit a new high, and epidemic prevention in the metropolitan area rose to the highest level
The covid outbreak in South Korea is heating up, and the Central Anti-epidemic Headquarters notified that as of midnight of 10 July 2021, the number of confirmed covid cases in the country has increased by 1,378, continuing to create the higher number of confirmed diagnoses in a single day in South Korea, and the number of confirmed cases in a single day has remained above 1,200 for 4 consecutive days.
Among the new cases, 1,320 were community infections, and 1,021 were in the metropolitan area, marking the first time that the number of confirmed cases in the metropolitan area exceeded 1,000 in a single day; 229 cases in the non-capital area accounted for more than 20% of the total community infections for two consecutive days.
The number of newly diagnosed cases in South Korea on the 8th hit a new high of 1,316. Among the new cases, 1,236 were community infections, and 963 were in the metropolitan area.
In view of the fact that many people diagnosed recently are asymptomatic or mildly ill young people, the epidemic prevention authorities appealed to the public to take the initiative to accept inspections. There are long queues at the inspection stations and health clinics in all parts of the metropolitan area. In the past two days, about 40,000 pieces have been inspected. Among the number of samples collected on the 9th, the positive rate was 3.68%, an increase from 3.18% the day before, and the cumulative positive rate so far is 1.53%.
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Party of 3 or more people is prohibited at night in the metropolitan area
The new wave of the epidemic in South Korea is raging. The South Korean government announced on the 9th that it will implement the highest-level stage 4 of the new social distancing regulations in the metropolitan area for two weeks from the 12th to the 25th. Private gatherings of more than 3 people at night will be prohibited, and before 6 pm A maximum of 4 people can gather; activities such as gatherings and parades other than one-person demonstrations are completely prohibited; only relatives are allowed to participate in wedding and funeral celebrations.
The operating hours of public facilities such as KTV, restaurants, coffee shops, indoor sports venues, cinemas, Internet cafes, and cram schools are shortened to 10 p.m., nightclubs, hotels and other commercial entertainment venues with high risk of infection are prohibited from gathering crowds. In fact, it is necessary to close continuously.
The original relaxation of the epidemic prevention measures for those who have completed the vaccination has been suspended; the Ministry of Education also announced that the capital area schools will be fully changed to distance education from the 14th until the summer vacation.
Zheng Yinjing, director of the Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Department and Director of Disease Management, said at a press conference on the 8th that if the current spread rate is used, the number of confirmed cases in a single day may increase to more than 2,100 by the end of July.
The cumulative number of confirmed cases in South Korea reached 167,772, and 2,038 cases died.
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Ho Chi Minh City is under lockdown
Image : On 9 July 2021, medical personnel collecting test samples from residents walked through the streets of Ho Chi Minh City. This was the first day of a two-week lockdown imposed by the government to prevent the spread of the CCP virus. (Huu Khoa/AFP via Getty Images)
Vietnam was once known as a model student for epidemic prevention because of its extensive tracking and strict quarantine policy. However, the number of confirmed cases in the past two days has set a new record. There were 1307 local cases on the 8th and 1616 new cases on the 9th. Among them, the economically important city of Ho Chi Minh City continued to have the highest number of new infections in Vietnam, with a total of 1,229. Confirmed.
Ho Chi Minh City has notified a total of more than 9,400 cases, and has entered a two-week "social quarantine order" on the 9th. People must maintain a social distance of at least 2 metres. Except for schools, hospitals, and workplaces, all public places are forbidden to gather with more than two people, and most public transportation must be suspended.
The police also set up checkpoints at the city borders, and only those who have a negative test certificate can enter.
The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam stated that the daily passenger limit for airlines flying to the capital Hanoi is 1,700, and the train service between the two major cities in Vietnam has also been suspended.
At the end of April, when the epidemic in Vietnam had not yet severely erupted, the number of cases in Vietnam was less than 3,000. So far, nearly 22,500 people have been diagnosed and 75 people have died in the past two months.
Vietnam, with a population of nearly 100 million, has not only developed domestic vaccines, but also ordered millions of doses of vaccines from abroad. On the 9th, two batches of vaccines rushed to help, including 580,000 doses of AstraZeneca (AZ vaccine) purchased by Vietnam. The vaccine and 600,000 doses of AZ vaccine donated by Japan arrived.
Nearly 4 million people have been vaccinated in Vietnam. The authorities hope to reach the goal of herd immunity by the end of this year or early next year.
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Stunning Daszak/Fauci emails reveal non-zoonotic coronavirus and attempts to infect human cells
EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak emailed Anthony Fauci in 2017 outlining his collaborative research on a “bat-origin coronavirus” with the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s Shi Zhengli, which included “doing assays to find out if it can infect human cells in the lab.”
The grant, however, likely led to “gain-of-function” research collaboration with the military-linked Wuhan Institute of Virology.
In the email to Fauci and his NIAID colleagues, Daszak, who was recently recused from the Lancet’s COVID-19 commission, attaches an unpublished paper on a “novel bat-origin Coronavirus” that’s “not known to be zoonotic.”
"We’re also doing assays to find out if it can infect human cells in the lab — so far no evidence of this,” he adds before listing Wuhan researcher Shi Zhengli as a co-Principal Investigator. This description also undermines Fauci’s past attempts to distance his agency both financially and via personnel to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Daszak also reveals that he met Fauci “again” on the day he sent the email – October 1st, 2017 – which coincides with the opening day of a conference on “Emerging and Re-emerging Viruses.” Fauci delivered the keynote address at the event, and Daszak and Shi also spoke.
Ref: https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/daszak-fauci-email-reveal-coronavirus-research-with-wuhan/
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Biden Advisor applauds CCP-style 'Monitoring and Control' of speech
A top legal advisor to President Joe Biden argued that the Chinese Communist Party’s approach to internet censorship was “largely correct,” insisting that the U.S. “government must play a large role” in the “monitoring and speech control” on Big Tech platforms.
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