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The deadline is approaching, the U.S. intelligence community drafts a confidential report on the origins of COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2
Reporter: Chen Beichen / Editor: Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/08/12/a103188791.html
Image : The P4 laboratory in the Wuhan Institute of Virology Park, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Image)
As US President Biden ordered a 90-day investigation into the origins of COVID-19 (Wuhan pneumonia, novel coronavirus pneumonia, covid) / SARS-CoV-2 (CCP virus, Wuhan virus, novel coronavirus, covi) is coming to an end, the US intelligence agency recently drafted a confidential report, and is currently in the preliminary review stage.
According to three sources familiar with the investigation, after three months of research on data and original intelligence, intelligence officers still have disagreements on the two theories of "laboratory leakage" and "natural origin." A source explained that the current report has "not much shocking content."
In May of this year, Biden said that at the beginning of the year, he ordered the intelligence agencies to "intensify" the investigation of the source of the virus and report the results to him. At the same time, he prepared "an up-to-date analysis of the origin of COVID-19, including whether it is related to an infected animal and whethet exposure to infection is caused by laboratory accidents.”
In a statement, Biden gave the intelligence agency 90 days to investigate, which is expected to end at the end of August.
CNN reported that there may be major revisions during the remaining review of the draft report, and Biden also asked the intelligence agency to declassify the report as much as possible. The above three people familiar with the matter said that the report is being reviewed by intelligence agencies and external experts, soliciting feedback, and is expected to be finalized by the end of this month. After the content of the standby secret version is confirmed, a non-confidential version of the report will be released to the public.
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said that because the report is still under review, it declined to comment on the content.
As the U.S. intelligence community is about to report the results of the investigation, last week, Republicans on the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives announced an updated version of the virus traceability investigation report on 2 August 2021, which discloses the virus has existed as early as September 2019.
The US media also reported that intelligence agencies have a large amount of genetic data extracted from virus samples in Wuhan laboratories. Some officials believe this may be the key to uncovering the origin of the CCP virus.
It is unclear whether officials have completed the analysis of these data.
According to reports, intelligence officials also reviewed signal intelligence, such as intercepted communications and satellite images, for clues. The Beijing authorities’ refusal to share information from the early stages of the outbreak and lack of transparency have been the main obstacles to investigations.
Before Biden launched the investigation, a US intelligence report found that several researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China had contracted an unknown infection or disease in November 2019 and had to be hospitalized. This new detail has contributed to the public's calls for Biden to investigate the source of the virus in depth.
The White House once accused the CCP of restricting investigators' access to "complete raw data and samples" when the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the results of the first survey. Subsequently, in July, Beijing refused the WHO to conduct the second phase of the investigation. The White House also expressed concern at the time and said bluntly that it was "deeply disappointed." During this period, White House officials pointed out that clarifying the origin of the virus will help prevent the outbreak from recurring. The United States will plan its own investigation of the origin of the virus.
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Zhang Wenhong "blows the whistle" after the CCP's fight against the epidemic
Editor : Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/08/11/a103187540.html
Recently, as the covid epidemic continues to spread across China, the CCP has set off infighting over how to fight and end the epidemic. Former Minister of Health Gao Qiang and others criticized expert Zhang Wenhong's theory of "co-existence with the virus". The folks rallied to support Zhang Wenhong, and even "blowed the whistle" in the name of Zhang Wenhong to express dissatisfaction with the CCP's fight against the epidemic.
With more than 1.7 billion doses of domestic vaccines administered, the Delta variant of the CCP virus (for SARS-CoV-2) is still spreading rapidly in China recently. As of 10 August, the Chinese Communist Party officially announced that the country has expanded to 234 risk areas, of which 20 are high-risk areas. Experts believe that because the variant virus is more contagious and spreads faster, the mandatory quarantine measures commonly used by the CCP have failed.
Zhang Wenhong, a Shanghai medical expert and director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, said recently that China needs to be prepared to "coexist with the virus." He believes that the epidemic will not end in the short term, and may not end in the long term.
In response, Gao Qiang, the former Minister of the Ministry of Health of the Communist Party of China, published an article on the client of "People's Daily" on 5 August, saying that "co-existence with the virus" is definitely not feasible, and said that the relationship between humans and the virus is "you do not have me, you die or I live".
Gao Qiang’s point of view seems to criticize Zhang Wenhong without naming him but his article does not discuss how to fight the epidemic from a professional point of view, and the saying "you do not have me, you die or I live" sounds more like the release of a kind of signal of infighting among the top CCP leaders.
In particular, the recent time for the CCP’s senior officials and veterans to be on vacation in Beidaihe. Although the CCP does not officially recognize the "Beidaihe Conference", outsiders speculate that in preparation for next year’s 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, this year’s Beidaihe will not be "closed-door fight". They will be absent. In addition to power struggles and personnel constraints, how the CCP will take the road to fight the epidemic in the future will also be one of the focuses of debate.
At this sensitive moment, Gao Qiang published an article criticizing "coexisting with the virus", which triggered a strong response from public opinion.
In the face of Gao Qiang's criticism, some people began to worry about Zhang Wenhong's situation, believing that this was a signal that the government had "shot" on him.
However, a large number of Chinese people, as well as experts and scholars, have voiced their voices in support of Zhang Wenhong.
Zhang Qiang, a well-known Chinese vascular surgeon, publicly stated on Weibo, "Coexistence requires rationality, science, courage and wisdom. Humans will have to coexist with viruses, coexist with rumours, 'coexist with ignorance', and coexist with diseases for a long time. ", and attach a photo of myself and Zhang Wenhong, expressing support for Zhang Wenhong.
Another article was titled "Not Even Zhang Wenhong Can Tolerate", emphasizing that "a healthy society needs different voices. The virus" does not accept the slogan and only obeys science. The layman cannot lead the insider. Professional issues must be handled by professionals. If even Zhang Wenhong can't tolerate it, it's really "the great misfortune of the ethnic group."
"Glacier Think Tank" special researcher Zhang Mingyang published an article titled "Let Zhang Wenhong Continue to Speak, the Sky Can’t Fall Down", and pointed out that Zhang Wenhong, a speaker representing the professional judgment of the scientific community in China’s medical sciences, was actually caught in this way. Unprofessional criticism with guns and sticks has caused doctors and media professionals who support the "long-term coexistence" with the virus into a pessimistic mood.
The article said that Zhang Wenhong is not incapable of criticism, but hopes that such criticism comes from internal disputes in the medical profession, rather than "ideologically full of attacks"; the theory of "long-term coexistence" should be fully presented, displayed, and discussed in the field of public opinion and normal criticism should be based on science and public policy, rather than unlimited politicization of a professional topic with room for discussion.
The author said that Zhang Wenhong has been "criticized" but has remained silent until now. It is not known whether he is disappointed, sad, or even confused. But the last thing I want to see is Zhang Wenhong's fear.
At the same time, an article signed by Zhang Wenhong was hyped on the mainland website. This article is entitled "Zhang Wenhong: 10 suggestions for the next complicated situation of the new crown! "The article summarizes the ten major concerns about the epidemic.
The first worry is that, “Don’t think that the epidemic is over immediately. In fact, the virus has only been temporarily suppressed, and there will be protracted warfare. The enemy we have to deal with is even more cunning.”
The article also said in Zhang Wenhong's tone, "Although I don't want to tell the truth, I have to say that the next situation will be more complicated."
NTD reporters verified that the above-mentioned article was circulated on the Internet as early as last year. In this sensitive period, Zhang Wenhong’s theory of "co-existence with the virus" was criticized by the former Chinese Minister of Health. This article is in the name of Zhang Wenhong, is counter-speculated again and provoking speculation.
Current affairs commentator Tang Jingyuan stated in the video program that Zhang Wenhong stepped on the CCP’s red line by mistake this time. Why did Zhang Wenhong's seemingly ordinary words cause this misfortune? In fact, although Zhang Wenhong's words are simple, they have stepped on the CCP's pain point, which is the CCP's epidemic prevention model.
Tang Jingyuan said that on the surface, the dispute between Gao Qiang and Zhang Wenhong's epidemic prevention route is an academic issue, but in fact there are deep political factors behind it. The two represent the Chinese Communist Party's epidemic prevention and European and American epidemic prevention respectively.
At present, the epidemic in mainland China is spreading rapidly, but the above-mentioned articles are hyped on mainland websites, which is in sharp contrast with the "overwhelming victory" of the Chinese Communist Party's high-level anti-epidemic and the "anti-epidemic myth" created by the Chinese Communist Party. How to treat the current epidemic in a calm manner and rationally respond to the current epidemic has become a common problem for mankind today.
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New study: The deadly Lambda variant could be neutralizing vaccines
Reporter : Hannah Sparks, The New York Post
Image courtesy : Izumi Kimura etal
As the US struggles to suppress the rapidly advancing
coronavirus Delta variant / B.1.617.2 (Covi72 for short), new evidence has
emerged that the Lambda variant / C.37 (Covi37 for short) will not be slowed by
vaccines.
In a July 28 report appearing on bioRxiv, where the study awaits peer review prior to getting published, researchers in Japan are sounding the alarm on the C.37 variant, dubbed Lambda. And it’s proven just as virulent as Delta thanks to a similar mutation making them even more contagious.
The strain has been contained in 26 countries, including substantial outbreaks in Chile, Peru, Argentina and Ecuador.
“Notably, the vaccination rate in Chile is relatively high; the percentage of the people who received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine was [about] 60%,” the authors write.
“Nevertheless, a big COVID-19 surge has occurred in Chile in Spring 2021, suggesting that the Lambda variant is proficient in escaping from the antiviral immunity elicited by vaccination,” they warn.
The Lambda variant is thought to have emerged somewhere in South America between November and December 2020, and has since turned up in countries throughout Europe, North America and a few more isolated cases in Asia, according to GISAID data.
The proportion Covi37 has of covid cases in the US is low with just one-tenth of 1% of the share — about 911 cases. Compare that to Covi72, which has infected some 77,692 Americans so far.
“In addition to increasing viral infectivity, Covi72 exhibits higher resistance to the vaccine-induced neutralization,” the authors said. “Similarly, here we showed that the Lambda variant equips not only increased infectivity but also resistance against antiviral immunity.”
Covi37 has so far been labeled a “variant of interest” by the World Health Organization, compared to the Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta strains, which have all risen to “variant of concern,” or VOC, status.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published scant literature on Covi37, though a COVID-19 vaccine briefing cited another pre-print study, dated 3 July 2021, which concluded that the mRNA vaccine in particular is thought to effectively neutralize Covi37.
In Chile, where C.37 is proliferating, their notably aggressive vaccine campaign relied predominantly on the Sinovac Biotech vaccine, which employs the inactivated virus to promote the production of covi antibodies.
Meanwhile, doctors are urging patients to get fully vaccinated in order to mitigate the severity of illness if infected with covi and its variants. Studies have shown that vaccines are effective at reducing deadly outcomes of covid — and a booster shot may be even better, prompting the Food and Drug Administration to consider providing third vaccine doses to people with compromised immune systems.
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When will 15 million doses of BNT come? German original factory: Delivery upon completion of the procedures
The original German manufacturer of BNT vaccine, BioNTech, stated that it has agreed with Taiwan to deliver the vaccine and will ship the vaccine to Taiwan as soon as the procedures are completed.
A BioNTech spokesperson replied to the Central News Agency reporter’s enquiry via email, stating that the COVID-19 vaccine produced by the company has obtained emergency use authorization from relevant units in Taiwan on the 3rd, and is currently working with its partner Fosun Pharma to provide it to the people of Taiwan as soon as possible. vaccine. He emphasized that it is still impossible to determine the delivery time of the first batch of vaccines.
However, BioNTech has agreed with the Taiwan authorities to deliver the vaccines. Once the quality control and safety procedures are completed, the vaccines will be sent to Taiwan.
TSMC, Hon Hai & Yongling Foundation, and Tzu Chi Foundation reached an agreement with Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical in July 2021 to purchase 5 million doses of BNT COVID-19 vaccine in total and donate them to the government for overall planning use. At the time, BioNTech CEO Uğur Şahin said that it was the company's stated goal to provide as many well-tolerated and effective vaccines as possible to as many people around the world as possible, and BioNTech was very pleased to be able to provide vaccines made by the European Union for Taiwanese people. (Central News Agency)
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Tokyo Olympics players cannot stop their energy, female staff members are hired every day
Image : Although this year's Tokyo Olympics urged the players not to "connect", they still could not stop the raging enthusiasm. The picture shows the cardboard bed in the East Olympics Player Village. (Associated Press)
The Tokyo Olympics "only" distributed 160,000 condoms free of charge. In response to the severe covid epidemic, people are not encouraged to connect with each other. Having said that, the "energy" of the players is unstoppable. A female staff member of the Tokyo Olympics recently revealed to the Japanese media "NHK" that she was "spoken every day" when she was in the players' village, which made her feel a little overwhelmed.
In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the Tokyo Olympics Preparatory Committee stipulated that the athletes’ villages would not provide condoms, but in the form of souvenirs, they would be distributed when the athletes leave Japan, breaking the tradition of providing condoms in the Olympic Games, thus letting the players not have "people-to-people connection."
However, according to a report from "NHK", a woman working in the Tokyo Olympics Village revealed that she had been accosted by players of different nationalities every day during this period, and even invited to spend the night. She said that she has never had such experience since she was a child. She was at a loss. Another female staff member who herself played dating software said that during the Tokyo Olympics, many foreign players did skate, and they would directly put on muscle photos or explicit and sensational texts, with obvious intentions.
In addition, a woman who lives in Tokyo, although not an Olympic staff member, said that she played dating software during the Olympics and matched many people who claimed to be athletes. Although she was invited to the athletes’ village several times to "enjoy the fun of fish and water", the woman said that she knew that outsiders could not enter and leave the athletes' village at will. Otherwise the consequences would be serious. So she had arranged an appointment with an athlete to "date" after the Olympics. It can be seen that the players' villages do not provide condoms, and they still cannot resist the lust of the players.
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Vietnam reports 4,487 confirmed covid cases on 12 August 2021
The number of confirmed covid cases in Vietnam has broken daily record again. On 12 August 2021, an increase of 4,487 confirmed covid cases are reported, of which 3,582 new covid cases are identified in Ho Chi Minh City while in Hanoi, 38 new covid cases are reported.
The second severely hit Vietnam city is Bin Duong, with 242 cases. Third is Long An with 134 cases.
Danang ranks seventh, with 43 new covid cases. Can Tho has 42 new cases, ranked eighth.
The lowest number of new cases are reported from Khanh Hoa, 27 cases.
12,098,821 people in Vietnam have been vaccinated.
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CCP trained three skills in the epidemic, saying that the United States leaked the virus
In fact, after the outbreak of the epidemic, the CCP has cultivated at least "three abilities". In addition to "strictly guarding against death," there are also "zeroing out data" and "removing the pot abroad." "Data clearing" will not talk about it, let's talk about dumping the pot. It’s really a pity that this year’s Tokyo Olympics did not have a "boil-off" event. At least, with this one item added, the Chinese Communist Party’s athletes must be the biggest favorites to win gold. The total number of gold medals may not be overtaken by the United States. .
You may have seen recently that while the U.S. ruling and opposition parties have recently intensively criticized the CCP’s responsibility for the epidemic, the CCP’s propaganda is also "fanning the flames." The mouthpiece CCTV gave the United States eight "world firsts", including "the world's number one country that failed to protest", "the world's number one country that has spread the epidemic," and what else is there false information, currency abuse, turmoil during the epidemic, etc. are rated first in the United States. But the more I watched it, the more I felt that CCTV was not talking about the United States! The more I look at it, the less resembling it is, it seems that I am in a high-level black "another country".
One netizen said it very bluntly, saying that he was talking about the United States, and only then did he understand it. He thought it was a self-introduction. There are also people who worry about Beijing, saying that the United States is so evil, and if they have the ability, they should "sever diplomatic relations" as soon as possible. The “eight firsts” of CCTV’s program were not judged by itself, but were derived from the joint report of the Chongyang Institute of Finance of Renmin University of China, the Taihe Think Tank, and the Haiguo Tuzhi Research Institute. The report claimed to be exposing the so-called "truth" about the U.S. fight against the epidemic. The whole report has more than 20,000 words and is divided into 5 chapters. It seems to be enough to become the "theoretical basis" for the CCP to dump the United States.
In addition to this report, the Chinese Communist Party’s official media have also repeatedly claimed that the virus was leaked from the U.S. Army’s Fort Detrick Laboratory. In July, the Global Times also launched an online link in a meaningful way. The call is for the World Health Organization to investigate the issue at the Fort Detrick laboratory. When foreign media reported on this action, it was generally described as a "conspiracy theory" of the CCP.
The United States and other countries in the world are working hard to investigate the Wuhan virus laboratory. The CCP has started to do the opposite. On the other hand, the US laboratory has a virus leak. But if I remember correctly, didn't the CCP always say that the virus is transmitted to people by animals? Hasn't it been denying the theory of leakage all the time? Why has it started to mention virus leakage now?
This is not only because the CCP used shameless means to counter the outside world's request for an in-depth investigation of the Armed Forces Agency, but it is also probably because some key evidence leaked by the laboratory may have been unable to cover up. At this time, it simply released a smoke screen. To shift the focus, CCP cannot deceive the world. At least it can deceive some Chinese people who are brainwashed by CCTV every day.
Some people really believe it, and some mainland audiences have reported to me that there are people around him and they believe that the virus is leaked by the United States, and some even say that it is a US chemical weapon. On China's online forums and social media, the speed of deletion of posts is quite fast, but the conspiracy theory similar to that of the United States has not been deleted by the Internet police.
The Chinese Communist Party's official purpose is to spread such false information. As we reported yesterday, the CCP even fabricated a "Swiss expert" Wilson Edwards out of thin air in order to dump the United States. The name was compiled to speak for the CCP. As a result, the Swiss side quickly clarified with the public, There is no such expert in Switzerland, and no such person in the country. There are no medical papers signed "Wilson Edwards" in the world academia.
From fabricating and spreading the theory of American leakage among the people, to compiling a Swiss expert to endorse, as a so-called Chinese government, the Communist Party can do these things in front of the whole world. The history of mankind is unheard of.
The Communist Party controls the entire propaganda machinery of a country, so someone must be deceived. The U.S. congressmen should have seen this, so they made a rare move on 10 August, that is, the research team of the Republican Party of the House of Representatives, they published the "Chinese Communist Virus Traceability Report" on the 2nd of this month translated into simplified Chinese version and published. Obviously, the target audience is the Chinese people who use simplified characters, so that they can see a rigorous article that introduces and explores the origin of the virus outside of the CCP government’s propaganda.
At present, the Chinese people too much need to know the truth of all this, because many people are unexplainedly suffering. Under the repeated torture of the epidemic, some people are still "grateful" to the Communist Party. They don't know that the party mother is laughing in a hidden corner and is complacent about the effect of their brainwashing propaganda. However let's also say that there are more and more people who understand now, and there will be more in the future.
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Nanjing epidemic blames Russia
In addition, the CCP is not just dumping the United States, it is a foreign country, and it may be dumped, and even Russia is no exception. The Epoch Times obtained a data briefing from the State Council of the Communist Party of China on April 6 this year, concerning the sources of confirmed cases across the country. Among them, Russia is at the top of the list, with 950 imported cases related to it, twice as many as the second-ranked United States.
This may be the internal data of the Chinese Communist government, which may not have been announced on a large scale. However, Nanjing, which caused a severe outbreak in China recently, was clearly dumped to Russia on 30 July On the same day, Ding Jie, deputy director of the Nanjing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the gene sequence of the virus from the early infected cleaners at Nanjing Lukou Airport was “the same sequence” as the imported cases on a Russian flight.
When netizens are joking, they often say that Russia is the "Russian father" of the CCP. Now, it seems that the CCP does not even care about the "Russian father" at a critical moment of interest. It is also an example that the CCP has not yet recognized the vaccine developed by Russia. Of course, Russia has not recognized the CCP’s vaccine. The CCP’s ambassador to Russia has given a romantic name to the current status of the relationship between the two sides. Both countries are still studying each other’s vaccines, and the word "mutual recognition" implies a very strong implication, which means that the two sides have a close relationship and close cooperation, but no matter how beautiful the vocabulary is, the reality cannot be packaged. The outside world sees clearly what is going on in Sino-Russian relations.
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Yangzhou is nervous until October?
Now the epidemic in China is still continuing to disperse. On August 10, Jiangsu Yangzhou added 7 medium-risk areas, and the total number of medium-high-risk areas in China has reached 234.
Mr. Yang from Guangling District of Yangzhou City told NTDTV overseas that Yangzhou is now shutting down buildings and communities at every turn. If it is discovered that you may be infected with the virus, the police and people in isolation clothes will go to lock down the door of your house. The door was welded dead, and even the neighbors living in the same cave could not get out. He said that the epidemic situation in Yangzhou is very terrible now. He does not know when there will be a "turning point" of decline. If there is no turning point recently, he is worried that this year In October, Yangzhou was unable to return to normal life.
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Wuhan electric welding seals the door
The current epidemic situation in Wuhan, Hubei is not light, and the barbaric practice of electric welding to seal doors has appeared in the local area, like Yangzhou. At night of 8 August, the gate of a residential area in Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone. It was the entrance to the entire community. The government sent people to block it with boards, and it was welded to death with flashing electric lights. This moment was particularly unusual Desolately.
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In Jingmen, rumour has it that a prostitute spread the virus to 40 other men
In Jingmen, Hubei, the epidemic situation is also very tense. After the first confirmed case broke out on 4 August, there were 1,054 confirmed and undiagnosed close contacts, and 1,141 second-time close contacts, totaling more than 2,000. Overseas media "Vision Times" quoted a netizen who broke the news that there was a confirmed man in Jingmen who went to meet a prostitute. After a happy night, the woman who was with him contacted 40 other men, but it was difficult to trace, which led to Jingmen. The situation is very tense. But this news has yet to be verified.
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The CCP exposes sexual assault scandals
In the next period of time, the epidemic situation in China may not be calm. At the same time, Xi Jinping's seizure of power and the measures he will take to protect the party will also make the situation of Chinese society face greater uncertainty.
Recently, the mouthpiece media under the control of the CCP, and even the CCP’s official institutions themselves, have continuously come out to stir the market and continue to publish articles criticizing all walks of life. In the past two days, both Alibaba and Didi have reported sexual assault scandals, and the Chinese Communist Party immediately seized the opportunity.
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Drinking culture has been criticized
Because related sexual assault cases all occurred on the wine table, on 10 August, the CCP’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection suddenly issued a document saying that the unspoken rules of Chinese companies may lead to crimes, including the “drinking culture” with commercial purposes. To give face to the company's leaders, many subordinate employees had to give in. This drinking culture must be corrected.
Actually, I personally feel that this kind of persuasion is really not very good. But the CCP’s recent series of actions are not meant to pretend to be justice on the surface, but have a fundamental purpose. Last week, the China Fund News, which is part of the People's Daily, also reported that alcohol may cause cancer, and the increase in alcohol consumption will lead to an increase in the number of cancers.
After this, the CCP’s organization mentioned "alcohol" twice, and the market seems to have become accustomed to analyzing the CCP’s political trends, and it has become a conditioned reflection. The above two articles have directly led to Chinese alcohol-related companies. Stock prices have fallen. Tsai Mingfang, an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Tamkang University in Taiwan, said that these signs actually indicate that the CCP’s involvement in the market is getting worse.
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The Chinese Communist Party urgently builds "The Party is in charge of everything"
There are currently two main views on the recent political trends of the CCP and the successive impacts on private enterprises. One is what we often say, the CCP may make heavy hands on certain companies, with the purpose of plundering the wealth of private enterprises.
The other is the viewpoint put forward by the Australian scholar Richard McGregor, which is also very reasonable and in line with the current situation. He believes that Xi Jinping’s top priority is to build a so-called socialist country. International investors and private enterprises are not important. Xi Jinping wants to ensure that what happened in Russia in the 1990s does not happen in China. He is a powerful oligarch and wealthy businessmen. Threatening the power of the Communist Party, and even grabbing power. Therefore, Xi Jinping began to "strike hard", or call it a "regulatory storm", against China's wealthy private enterprises. The purpose is to maintain his iron-fist control over the economy. In the final analysis, he further monopolizes power and does not allow any unanticipated private oligarchs to emerge. To threaten his rule.
This kind of further monopoly of power can be seen not only in private enterprises, but also in other fields. Judging from this logic, we may be able to understand many of the CCP’s recent actions more thoroughly.
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Karaoke hall culture has been criticized
For example, karaoke halls have now become the CCP’s new rectification target. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Communist Party of China announced that starting from October 1 this year, it will establish a national karaoke music repertoire list system, claiming that there are "karaoke music" with illegal and illegal content in song listening in recent years. These contents have been dragged into harm. National unity and territorial integrity, as well as national security and national honor. In that case, nobody knows whether other Hong Kong and Taiwan songs will be banned except for the repertoire of pro-communist artists.
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CCP's reforms to the education system include disbanding tutorials, banning foreign textbooks and publishing books influenced by Xi Jinping Thought
In addition, there have been many reforms to the education system recently. In addition to cracking down on extracurricular tutoring and making the CCP run education "only oneself," Shanghai also cancelled primary school English exams. On 10 August, Beijing also declared that public primary and secondary schools are strictly prohibited from using foreign textbooks, and that locally compiled tutorials cannot replace the textbooks issued by the authorities across the country. Moreover, since the beginning of the new semester in September this year, all primary and secondary schools across the country have added a new compulsory course: Xi Jinping Thought.
The outside world generally believes that Xi Jinping will assume office in Dalian in 2022. At present, there is little suspense, and Xi Jinping has already started to "the party manages everything" step by step. The characteristic of this period is that in all industries, even in education and entertainment, it has established the CCP’s monopoly and self-reliance, and at the same time "de-Westernization." Almost all current actions include such a purpose.
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CCTV enters Hong Kong, FDC considers disbanding
This is also the case with regard to the suppression strategy adopted against Hong Kong, and the pace of advancement is very fast. On 9 August, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Lam Cheng announced that Radio Hong Kong would cooperate with China’s CCTV to broadcast more CCTV programs in the future. This meant that after the CCP had swallowed "Apple", it would further take over the existing media in Hong Kong and is more blatant than before.
At the same time, the pro-democracy faction continued to be under pressure. On 11 August, news came out of Hong Kong. It was established in 2002. The "civil human rights front", which successfully held a number of multi-million-level rallies, will meet on 13 August to discuss whether to disband, and will decide at the meeting that day. Such an active democratic group, which is considered to be a faction with the righteousness, has also been severely affected by the CCP’s autocratic pressure.
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"The Party is in charge of everything" Wall Street and SoftBank Sun Zhengyi are scared away
Looking at the current situation in China, the CCP seems to be deeply convinced of the philosophy of "rising from the east and descending from the west". It does not consider international acceptance at all. It takes power in Chinese society and establishes an "octopus" general dictatorship system headed by Xi Jinping to monopolize everything in the name of the Communist Party of China. This has frightened established Western investors in China.
Stephen Roach, an American Wall Street magnate and former chief economist at Morgan Stanley, recently published a "confession", saying that he had viewed China with optimism over the past 25 years, but now he has serious doubts about China's future because the CCP is launching a "wolf war" trying to control the enterprise.
This article has been regarded as a Wall Street insider who has begun to understand the CCP system and has undergone a profound change.
In addition, according to the latest news, Sun Zhengyi, founder of Japan's famous SoftBank Group, also announced that his company will reduce investment in Chinese startups until Beijing's regulatory policies on the technology industry are clear. In other words, to a certain extent, Sun Zhengyi suspended investment in China because he saw the "party control everything" war launched by Xi Jinping.
Recently, the CCP has suppressed Didi Chuxing and other Chinese concept stocks, which has caused American Wall Street investors to lose their noses and faces. Japan's SoftBank is also among them. The decline in Didi's stock alone caused SoftBank's book loss of at least US$4 billion.
The current "party control of everything" war is only one part of Xi Jinping's establishment of oligarchy totalitarianism. Next, the Taiwan Strait, which everyone is watching nervously. It may also be included in the CCP's action plan.
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Taiwan media revealed: Many funds invested by Taiwanese are actually giving money to the Communist Army!
A report by Taiwan's "Taiwan Media" revealed that the many funds that Taiwanese investors like to buy actually account for a considerable share of investment in enterprises related to the Chinese Communist Party's military, which is dumbfounded. In the future, once the CCP invades Taiwan, many of these CCP military enterprises will also participate in the preparation work.
It was discovered that it was due to a list of companies announced by the United States on 3 June 2021. All of them were the CCP’s “military-civilian integration” or defense industry companies, a total of 59 companies, for violation of human rights. For example, "Hangzhou Hikvision" (Hangzhou Hikvision), which produces surveillance equipment for the CCP, is the power of Hu Haifeng, the son of former CCP leader Hu Jintao.
However, there are many funds that investors like in Taiwan, all of which are investing in Hikvision, including about 17 funds such as Uni-Fortune Fund, Fubon Shenzhen Stock Exchange 100, Risheng China Strategic A Shares, and HSBC China Dynamics. Weishi has invested more than 1 billion in total.
Continental aircraft companies that produce J-31 stealth fighters for the Communist Army also have funds invested by Taiwanese investors like to buy, including Fubon SSE 180 and so on.
This is equivalent to the fact that the money of the relevant Taiwanese investors becomes the capital for the CCP to produce weapons and equipment, which is equivalent to investing in the communist army. There are already Taiwan legislators who are calling on the Taiwan authorities to take action on this issue.
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"Coexisting with the virus" not allowed to mention, Jiangxi teacher was arrested for suggesting Yangzhou should practise the belief on a trial basis
Reporter : Jing Zhongming / Editor : Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/08/12/a103188881.html
Image : A few days ago, it was reported on the Internet that residents in Yangzhou City were shut down to commit suicide by jumping off the building, and those under quarantine went hungry and asked for help online. (Web image)
In the "epidemic epic" preached by the CCP last year, the brutal blockade by administrative means was promoted as a so-called "system advantage." This year the Covi72 epidemic broke out in China. Some experts suggested changing the anti-epidemic model and were criticized by the state media. A Jiangxi teacher suggested that Yangzhou try to "coexist with the virus" was detained.
According to mainland Chinese media’s report, on 10 August, a teacher surnamed Zhang in Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province, with the screen name "Wireless Observation", posted on social media that Yangzhou "is not a large area and has a small population. Can you let Yangzhou give it a try?" Strictly preventing the epidemic, coexisting with the virus, and monitoring what results will be produced. This can provide a reference for the national post-epidemic prevention. It is only a suggestion."
Unexpectedly, Fengcheng’s official WeChat account “Fengcheng Release” reported on the 11th that the teacher surnamed Zhang was arrested by the Municipal Public Security Bureau and sentenced to administrative detention for 15 days for posting “inappropriate remarks related to the epidemic, causing adverse social impact” on 10 August. The report also stated that the teacher surnamed Zhang "deeply regretted" and had "actively" deleted the post and publicly apologized.
The report quoted people in the legal profession as saying that the teacher's suggestion to change the anti-epidemic strategy was purely a medical discussion, and there was no "disturbing social order" at all, and the Public Security Bureau should not intervene. Some netizens choked, if the teacher surnamed Zhang "causes bad social impact", why did Shanghai police not detain Zhang Wenhong?
At present, many European and American countries have begun to change their anti-epidemic strategies and adopt more relaxed policies. After the Covi72 outbreak in China, Zhang Wenhong, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University in Shanghai, also posted on Weibo on 29 July, objecting to the CCP’s continued iron-fist blockade, suggesting "coexisting with the virus", the results attracted CCP officials and official media have repeatedly encircled and suppressed public opinion.
The official media criticized how the European and American policies of "coexisting with the virus" were "backward," and said that China's abandonment of "comprehensive management and control" was "a chain of Western strategies". Some little pinkies even insulted Zhang Wenhong as "the spokesperson of Western interest groups" and "a dog raised by the United States." However, many Chinese scholars, media professionals, and netizens have expressed support for Zhang Wenhong, criticizing the government for "infinitely politicizing" medical issues that still have room for discussion.
The Voice of America quoted former surgeon and independent critic He Anquan to analyze that the CCP’s fight against the epidemic is a "political task," and it can do whatever it takes to achieve its goals. Zhang Wenhong’s proposal to “live in peace with the virus for a long period of time” is tantamount to a challenge to the official “zero-clearing” policy, a disguised declaration of the failure of the CCP’s fight against the epidemic. Of course, the authorities cannot tolerate it.
Bloomberg News quoted Chen Zhengming, a professor of epidemiology at Oxford University, who pointed out that Beijing's anti-epidemic strategy can only achieve "zero infection" within a period of time but sooner or later the virus will take advantage of it and the authorities will sooner or later make changes.
In addition, the CCP’s brutal blocking strategy has been accused of increasing economic and political costs. Last week, Japan's Nomura Securities sharply lowered its expectations for the growth rate of the Chinese economy in the second half of the year due to Beijing's severe measures to deal with the spread of Covi72. Joerg Wuttke, chairman of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, pointed out that if the CCP continues to implement blockades at home and borders, it may make China an "isolated island" isolated from the world.
However, some commentators have also pointed out that the Chinese Communist regime is facing an unprecedented crisis of governance. The authorities may not care much about international isolation and economic regression but are mainly concerned with strengthening strict control over Chinese society and the people.
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