Research, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
Translation of external news on Afghanistan, U.S., CCP, Taiwan and disease control
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Bodies of three people who were fleeing from Afghanistan’s "catch a plane" found
The militia organization Taliban (Taliban) has successively captured many important cities in Afghanistan in the past few days. On 16 August 2021, even in the capital Kabul the presidential palace was successfully occupied. The news shocked the world. In addition, many local people also appeared on the airport apron, and some people climbed onto the plane in order to escape from Afghanistan, and unfortunately fell to their deaths on the spot.
According to the Aśvaka Twitter video of the Afghan media, more than 100 people crowded into the tarmac of Kabul Airport before the plane took off, and as many as a dozen people even climbed onto the plane in order to attempt to escape. However, in the end, three people still refused to let go after the plane took off, and unfortunately fell from a high altitude and died.
According to local sources, the bodies of three people have been recovered, only one body fell near the airport, and the remaining two people were on the roofs of houses in the Kellna area.
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46 Afghan military planes fled to Uzbekistan. One collided with Uzbek fighter plane and both crashed
Uzbek prosecutors said on 17 August 2021 that nearly 600 Afghan soldiers fled to Uzbekistan on 22 military planes and 24 helicopters over the weekend. One plane collided with an escorted Uzbek fighter plane and both crashed.
The Uzbek Attorney General’s Office stated in a statement that a total of 585 Afghan soldiers arrived by plane and 158 crossed the border on foot on 16 August.
Reuters reported that this statement was inconsistent with the earlier statement made by the Uzbek Defense Ministry, which said at the time that the Afghan military plane was shot down by Uzbek air defense forces. The Afghan government collapsed yesterday, and the Taliban militia took control of the capital, Kabul. The aforementioned Afghan military plane crashed last night in the Surxondaryo Province, the southernmost Uzbekistan bordering Afghanistan.
The Uzbek prosecutor stated that the pilots on the Afghan and Uzbek planes that collided had ejected and escaped. Judging from the prosecutor’s statement, it is not clear where these Afghan soldiers and aircraft are now located. They were forced to land in Termez, the capital of Surhan River Province when they first arrived.
Tajikistan, another country adjacent to Afghanistan, also stated today that two Afghan military planes carrying more than 100 soldiers were allowed to land in the Tajik city of Bokhtar. Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that the information department of the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Interfax and RIA, "Tajikistan received a distress call and, in accordance with its international obligations, decided to let Afghan soldiers land at the airport." (Central News Agency)
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Biden insisted that the withdrawal of troops is correct. Staying in Afghanistan is only beneficial to CCP and Russia
Image : Joe Biden. (Web Screenshot/AP)
The U.S. 46th President Biden strongly defended the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan on 17 August 2021 (Asia time). He said that he adheres to this policy. After 20 years of war, it is time to retreat. The continued presence of troops in Afghanistan is only favourable for China (CCP) and Russia. favorable.
Biden, who has remained silent for many days about the reversal of the situation in Afghanistan, today delivered a highly concerned speech on television at the White House, saying, "I am the President of the United States, and I bear the responsibility."
The Afghan capital, Kabul, is in chaos. Biden said that he is "deeply saddened" by the changes in the situation and promised to "speak up" for the rights of women in Afghanistan when Taliban rule returns. However, he insisted that he does not regret the withdrawal although the US-led military intervention ended in chaos after 20 years and has been criticized. He said, "I insisted on my decision unambiguously. In the past 20 years, the painful lesson I have learned is that there has never been a good time to withdraw troops, so that the U.S. troops have stayed in Afghanistan."
Biden pointed out, "Our true strategic competition comes from our rivals China and Russia, that hope most is that the United States invests huge resources and attention in Afghanistan indefinitely in order to stabilize the situation.”
He also admitted that the Afghan government collapsed faster than he expected, and pointed out that the government lacks against the will of the Taliban. He said, "The fact is that the situation is evolving faster than we expected. We provide Afghanistan with all the opportunities to determine their own future, but we cannot give them the willpower to fight for the future."
However, Biden reiterated that the United States is concerned about the Afghan issue. The national interest has always been mainly in preventing terrorist attacks on the United States; at the same time, the United States will continue to "take rapid and decisive actions" against terrorist threats originating in Afghanistan.
He said, "The mission the United States performs in Afghanistan should never be a nation-building."
Biden sternly warned the Taliban not to undermine or threaten the evacuation of thousands of American diplomats and Afghan translators at Kabul Airport, "If necessary, we will defend our people with thunderous force." (Central News Agency)
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Biden recognized that "Afghanistan fell faster than expected", criticized Afghan leader for fleeing the country
Editor : Liao Peiqi
Joe Biden appeared at the White House on Monday afternoon to speak on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. He admitted that the Afghan government’s downfall and the Taliban’s regaining control were happening faster than the U.S. government expected, but he was firm. It is the right decision to end the 20-year war in the United States.
Since the United States has fought the longest war in the country there, Biden claimed that the task of the United States should never be "nation-building" and accused the Afghan government of failing to shoulder its responsibilities. He said, "I stick to my decision. In the past 20 years, I have deeply realized that there has never been a good time to withdraw US troops. The US mission in Afghanistan has always been to "prevent" Taliban attacks on the US mainland. Now the US mission has been completed."
Although Biden expressed his willingness to accept criticism of the withdrawal, he also accused the Afghan Armed Forces of failing to withstand the Taliban’s swift attacks.
Twenty years after the U.S. military helped Afghanistan overthrow the Taliban regime and establish a democratic government, the Taliban once again regained control of the country.
Biden asked, "So what happened? Afghan political leaders gave up and fled the country." He pointed out that the Afghan president should be blamed.
A few days ago, Biden had a "peace talk" with Abdullah, the President and Chief Executive of Afghanistan, to discuss how Afghanistan should prepare for civil war and clean up government corruption after the U.S. forces withdrew, allowing the government to serve the Afghan people, and extensive discussions
In recognition of the need for political unity among Afghan leaders, Biden also urged them to engage in diplomacy and seek a political solution with the Taliban but in the end it became clear that they did not adopt the US proposal.
Biden also attributed part of the blame to former President Trump, who had reached an agreement with the Taliban to withdraw troops from Afghanistan before 1 May 2021.
Although most Americans support ending the war in Afghanistan, how to withdraw troops is also a point that the outside world examines.
Biden admitted that the scenes now happening in Afghanistan are distressing but he asked, "How many lives are there, and are American lives worth it? How many endless tombstones are there in Arlington National Cemetery? I know the answer very well".
Biden also said that in the next few days, the US military will provide assistance to evacuate more Afghans and their families who are eligible for special immigrant visas to the United States, including vulnerable Afghans working for the US embassy, or they will face huge risks.
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The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan. Biden warns: if necessary, the counter-terrorism mission will be carried out
Editor : Chen Xijie
Since the United States announced its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban invaded Kabul and the Afghan democratic government quickly collapsed. U.S. President Biden said on Twitter that terrorism has moved to places outside Afghanistan, and the U.S. government will continue to carry out counter-terrorism missions. "If necessary, we will still do the same in Afghanistan." Withdrawal does not mean giving up.
Biden reiterated that the current goal is to ensure the safety of the American people and allies. The longest war in the United States will also end. The withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan means the end of the longest war in the United States.
Biden emphasized that 6,000 US troops have been sent to Afghanistan to assist civilian staff in the US Embassy and those who have helped the US government The Afghans are evacuated to ensure that Afghan allies and vulnerable groups are evacuated to other safe places.
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Defending the withdrawal, Biden: The war that Afghanistan does not fight should not call the United States to fight
Afghanistan quickly fell under the control of the Taliban, and criticism from the outside world was on the rise. US President Biden defended the decision to withdraw troops today, stressing that the war that Afghan army does not fight should not call the American troops to fight, and blamed the fall of Afghanistan on the surrender of Afghanistan's own leaders and army.
The Taliban, a militia organization, quickly took control of many major cities in Afghanistan in the past few days. It entered the capital Kabul on the 15th and successfully occupied the presidential palace. The Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled before "to avoid blood flow," which is tantamount to announcing the collapse of the regime fostered by the United States.
Fearing that the Taliban would return to power, thousands of Afghan people poured into Kabul Airport on 16 August. According to reports from the scene, some people were eager to flee and clutched a US military transport plane C-17 on a runway. The plane unfortunately fell in the air after taking off. The scene was shocking.
The Associated Press quoted an unnamed senior US military officer as saying that seven people were killed in the chaos at the airport, including many who fell from the air.
The situation in Afghanistan deteriorated rapidly, and Joe Biden, who was originally expected to stay at Camp David, the presidential vacation site today, temporarily changed his itinerary, returned to Washington in the afternoon and appeared at the White House to speak.
Biden reiterated at the beginning that the goal of the U.S. military's 20-year advance in Afghanistan is to ensure that Al-Qaeda cannot use Afghanistan as a base to launch attacks on the U.S. This goal has been achieved. The United States also successfully captured Osama bin Laden, the head of Al Qaeda 10 years ago.
Biden confessed that Afghanistan fell faster than they expected. The reason was that the Afghan political leaders gave up and fled, and the Afghan army collapsed, and sometimes they did not even resist. The speed of the Taliban's control of Afghanistan has caused the outside world to question the problem of US intelligence and capital.
Biden said on 8 July that he did not think that the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan was inevitable. The Afghan army has 300,000 well-equipped soldiers and the air force, while the Taliban only have 75,000 fighters.
Reuters quoted US defense officials on 11 August as saying that the Taliban may besiege Kabul within 30 days and take the city within 90 days. The report said that prior to last month, US intelligence pointed out that the Afghan government would collapse within six months. Biden said, "The situation has developed in the past week, and it is the right decision to end US military operations in Afghanistan. The Afghan army is unwilling to fight for itself, and the US military cannot and should not fight, and even died for it."
He emphasized that the United States can provide any necessary tools, financial aid and air support for the Afghan army but it cannot provide them with the will to fight.
Biden pointed out that even if the US military stays for another one, five, or even 20 years, the situation will not be any different. However, China and Russia are happy to see the United States continue to inject hundreds of millions of dollars in resources and effort to try to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan indefinitely.
Even with the withdrawal of troops, Biden said that the United States will continue to support the Afghan people in the future. It will use its own diplomatic work, international influence and humanitarian assistance as its leadership to promote regional cooperation to avoid violence and turmoil, and it will continue to advocate and vocalize the basic rights of the Afghan people, women and children. (Central News Agency)
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China and Russia’s attitude towards the Taliban has attracted attention. Blinken calls the foreign ministers of the two countries
Image : Photo/Dazhi Photo Associated Press
Afghanistan quickly fell, and the Taliban militia group will return to power. While the outside world is concerned about whether China and Russia recognize the Taliban regime, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken successively called CCP Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov today to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
After taking down many important cities in Afghanistan in the past few days, the Taliban entered the capital Kabul on the 15th, successfully occupied the presidential palace and declared the downfall of the Afghan government.
European and American countries evacuated their embassy personnel in an emergency but China and Russia did not make any major moves, triggering speculation.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying stated on the 16th that China respects the right of the Afghan people to independently determine their own destiny and is willing to continue to develop "good-neighborly, friendly and cooperative relations" with Afghanistan.
The Russian President’s special representative for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, pointed out in an interview that Russia has no plan to evacuate its embassy in Kabul, and will then decide whether to recognize the Taliban’s lawful governance based on the “acts of the new regime”.
US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price issued two consecutive notices in the afternoon, announcing that Antony Blinken called Wang Yi and Sergey Lavrov on 16 August. Price said that Blinken and Wang Yi talked about the development of the situation in Afghanistan on the phone, including the local security situation and the efforts of both sides to move American and Chinese citizens to safety. Blinken and Lavrov also discussed similar issues, including the local security situation and ensuring the safety of American citizens and the Afghan people who might be attacked. (Central News Agency)
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The CCP's support of the Taliban is an anti-American trick
The Taliban armed organization invaded the Afghan capital Kabul and occupied the presidential palace when the US troops completely withdrew from Afghanistan. It is speculated that it will regain control of the country. It is worth noting that many countries immediately closed their embassies in Kabul but the embassies of China and Russia remained open as usual.
The Taliban regard Western countries as enemies, but they can be called the "old friends" of the CCP. On 21 January 2019, the Taliban attacked the military installations of the "General Security Administration" in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, and reportedly killed more than 100 people. On 20 June 2021, the Taliban made a public visit to China, and the CCP reported that they "exchanged views on issues such as combating terrorism."
On 28 July 2021, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi once again met the Taliban with high standards in Tianjin. After the Taliban occupied Kabul on 15 August, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China preemptively declared that he was willing to establish a "deeper relationship" with Afghanistan and looked forward to "participating in the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan."
The CCP has a positive stand in supporting the Taliban, and the Taliban pursues a radical "Islamic law" with extremely strict ideology. For example, women’s employment and education, movies, music, dancing and other activities are banned, child marriages are allowed, historic sites are bombed, hostages are taken by kidnappings, and terrorist attacks against the Afghan government, the United States and its allies. Previously, guerrilla warfare was launched almost daily to attack local security forces and government officials.
Between 1996 and 2001, the Taliban established the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan". Due to its dictatorship and the unity of politics and religion, it was only recognized by Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia as the legitimate government representing Afghanistan. Later, because of its sanctuary for Al Qaeda the leader Osama bin Laden was overthrown by the United States.
Hong Kong senior current affairs commentator Cheng Xiang said in an interview with the Epoch Times program "True Words" that the CCP attaches so much importance to the Taliban because it wants to foster terrorism to "counter" and ultimately "surpass" the United States. This is it. An established "infernal move" was also called a "wicked move" by Jin Canrong, the deputy dean of the School of International Relations at Renmin University of China and known as the "national teacher".
On 4 December 2019, the spokesperson of the Chinese Communist Party’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hua Chunying, once bluntly threatened, “The 9/11 incident is not far away, and the United States should not heal the scars and forget the pain.”
Cheng Xiang said that China-US relations are now in "extremely poor conditions," and there are two signs. One sign is that the well-known "War Wolf newspaper" Global Times recently published an editorial, naming him for the first time criticizing Biden's "Chuangui" on China policy, and insultingly called him "mother-in-law." The new daughter-in-law under the "mother-in-law". He analyzed that the CCP once thought that Biden would be friendly to him after he came to power, but it was disillusion.
Another sign is that the United States, Britain, Australia, and Japan are holding large-scale military exercises at the "gateway of China" in the Indo-Pacific region. The purpose is obviously to respond to the threat of the CCP. It sharpens Taiwan and establishes numerous military islands in the Taiwan Strait. Provoking the United States and its allies with arrogant war wolf diplomacy finally led all countries to unite to counter it.
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One of the CCP’s evil tricks: helping terrorism and anti-US
Regarding the 9 August editorial in the Global Times, Cheng Xiang pointed out that the highlight was that he criticized Biden by name for the first time. “It said that although the Trump administration is gone, he is walking as a strict mother-in-law. Yes, the Biden administration behaves more like a new daughter-in-law living under her mother-in-law. The irony is that Biden follows many policies set by Trump, especially in dealing with China. In terms of a tough policy stance, we will accept all orders."
Therefore, he speculated that at the China-US Tianjin meeting on 26 July, the CCP was eager to facilitate Xi Jinping and Biden to meet at the G20 summit held in October this year but failed. The criticism of the Global Times on 9 August reflected Xi Jinping's "extreme disappointment" with Biden.
So what does the CCP do? Two days later, on 28 July, Wang Yi met the Taliban leader in Tianjin with a higher standard than that of the United States. "People's Daily" put the photos of Wang Yi meeting with the U.S. negotiator and Deputy Secretary of State Sherman side by side with the photos of meeting the Taliban. "The message shows that the U.S. and the Taliban are indifferent to the CCP. In fact, this conveys a very serious message is that the CCP hopes to use the Taliban to counter the United States."
Cheng Xiang recalled that there is Jin Canrong in China called the "national teacher". He delivered a long speech at the "Sino-US Strategic Philosophy Symposium" in Guangzhou in 2016, proposing to subdue the United States with "five evil tricks". "One of them is to ensure that the 'four enemies' are cultivated for the United States at all times. This is really a very insidious approach." "Which four enemies? He even said that terrorism is the greatest enemy of the United States. That is to say, for the CCP, cultivating terrorism is the greatest threat to the United States."
According to the "Wall Street Journal" report on 13 July, a senior Taliban official in Doha, Qatar, stated that they are concerned about the oppression of Muslims in various countries but will not interfere in China's internal affairs. Then on 28 July, when the United States withdrew its troops in Afghanistan, the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Taliban armed groups in the magnificent hall.
"Everyone knows that the Taliban was the culprit who bombed the World Trade Center in the September 11th incident. The United States took a lot of effort to subdue the Taliban’s bin Laden. In other words, the Taliban is the biggest terrorist opponent facing the United States. The CCP is so. The high-level reception of Taliban representatives is exactly what Jin Canrong called one of the 'five evil tricks' to defeat the United States."
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Party media issued a provocation against dozens of countries: The modern version of Empress Dowager Cixi
The second "extremely bad" in Sino-U.S. relations, in the eyes of Cheng Xiang, is that the US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps are uniting British, Australian, and Japanese forces from 2 to 27 August in the Western Pacific to hold the largest military exercise in more than 70 years since the end of World War II.
"Obviously, the conduct of such military exercises in the Western Pacific is in response to the crises in the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, and the South China Sea. Especially with regard to the Taiwan issue, the CCP is now sharpening its knives; and on the South China Sea issue, the CCP has established itself on the island. Many military bases have been established, putting the entire South China Sea under the military threat of the CCP."
He pointed out that Xinhua News Agency recently published an article of several thousand words, which pieced together the so-called crimes against humanity committed by the United States and her allies, including violence, plunder, infringement, sabotage, lying, shelter, and internal strife. Allies of the United States have dealt with all the things that have been done in the past few decades, and the general topic is "The Seven Deadly Sins of the American Alliance System." After reading this article, I think it is a criticism of the United States and all its allies."
He emphasized that almost the entire Western world is now an ally of the United States. Even important Asian countries, such as Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, including some Southeast Asian countries, as well as Australia and New Zealand, are also allies of the United States. The entire 30 NATO countries are allies of the United States. "In other words, this article of the CCP offends all the more influential countries in the world. You will feel that the CCP is now challenging those rich countries in the world."
"This is undoubtedly the modern version of the Empress Dowager Cixi. It seems that the Empress Dowager Cixi declared war to the world, which finally led to the Eight-Power Allied Forces invading China." "It will cause Western countries all over the world to unite to check it and counter the arrogant war diplomacy of the CCP."
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"War wolf diplomacy" rumoured to Induce military dissatisfaction
The CCP’s war-wolf diplomacy has not only aroused the resentment of various countries but has also been rumoured to have caused some internal divisions.
Cheng Xiang quoted a recent article in the South China Morning Post saying that the CCP’s war wolf diplomacy caused the United States and its allies to build a huge military force at the gate of China in the Western Pacific region, which caused great pressure and dissatisfaction from the CCP’s military. “The United States is a country. It may not be won, let alone the support of Japan, Australia, and NATO countries." "When the first war broke out, the army was actually required to end. So according to the South China Morning Post, it was the CCP army. This kind of dissatisfaction has been spread to Xi Jinping."
"It's very strange that this has changed. On the one hand, people in the diplomatic system complained that the army was too weak and did not make a strong response under the siege of the United States. On the other hand, the army complained that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are war wolves to make enemies and engage in battle. Countries in the Western camp all over the world must gather to deal with the CCP."
If this is the case, the army will not be responsible for the war that may be caused by the "wolf war diplomacy" and is unwilling to carry the wok for Xi Jinping. "In fact, this is very serious, indicating that the army is unwilling to obey Xi Jinping's commander, because this commander leads to China. It’s the fact that the Quartet is the enemy, which is very detrimental to the Chinese military." "This is very bad."
"How did war wolf diplomacy come about? It was Xi Jinping's one-handed effort. According to the analysis of many friends, Xi Jinping proposed to seize the right to speak internationally, which led to China's diplomatic system becoming wolf warriors. Does the military know about wolf diplomacy? Where is the origin? Of course they know, because without Xi Jinping's approval, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would not dare to make these wolfish statements."
On the eve of this year’s “1 August” Army Day, Xi Jinping repeatedly emphasized that “party command guns” and “the army must be absolutely loyal to the party” at the Politburo study meeting on 30 July. The pressure of the generals, to suppress the different opinions in the generals."
"Moreover, it must be emphasized that the army must eliminate the residual influence of those military leaders in the past, which shows that up to now, some forces in the army that oppose Xi Jinping still exist."
He also believed that the news of the CCP's internal fighting released by the South China Morning Post was related to the Beidaihe Conference.
"This is exactly when the Beidaihe Conference was held. If there is a war between the diplomatic system and the military system at the Beidaihe Conference, how should Xi Jinping deal with it? These are all problems that Xi Jinping has to face and headaches. Because he knows, In fact, the dissatisfaction of the military is its dissatisfaction with him, because he engaged in war wolf diplomacy. This incident at the Beidaihe meeting, I believe it will put some pressure on Xi Jinping."
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Anti-Communist trend at home and abroad pushes Biden to be tough on the CCP
On the occasion of the 2020 U.S. election, the CCP is considered to be looking forward to Trump's resignation. After Biden's victory, it was reported that in a public speech by the top CCP think tank Zhai Dongsheng, he happily revealed that the CCP was able to solve various problems between China and the United States before the Trump administration because it had "old friends" in the core circle of power in the United States. The difference is that now Biden is about to take the stage.
But the fact later is that Biden basically continued Trump's tough policy on the CCP, and even went further in terms of sanctions on the human rights issue in Xinjiang and traceability of the CCP virus (Wuhan virus, novel coronavirus, covi).
According to Cheng Xiang's analysis, the CCP's deep-rooted united front thinking is "nothing can't be done with money." "Benefits must be overwhelming, so anyone can obey obediently as long as you give him some benefits."
"So at that time, the so-called think tank of the CCP, Zhai Dongsheng, said complacently that China was able to handle Biden because there were people on it, and what he was referring to was that there were people on it, in fact, it meant that someone could do it through some means of benefit transfer (the United States), one of those in the upper echelons."
"It's actually very simple. The CCP thinks that they have such a big interest in Biden, and they can already buy Biden. So they thought that Trump was very tough on the CCP, and Biden would be kinder to the CCP, but the problem is that it doesn't. Notice that the situation is better than people."
According to various investigations, the Western world now feels a historical high against the totalitarian CCP and its "wolf war diplomacy" and the spread of the epidemic. "According to American opinion surveys, Americans’ dissatisfaction and hostility towards the CCP is more than 78%. What proportion is this? After the Pearl Harbor incident, Americans hated Japan less than the United States hates the CCP now to a degree."
Therefore, if any American president is weak on the CCP issue, "Sooner or later, he will be spurned by American voters." Coupled with the scandal of Biden’s son Hunter Biden and the CCP’s interests, "it has already made people doubt. Will you be soft to the CCP after you take office? If that is the case, you have no way to explain it to the people."
"So it is also for his own elections. The United States has midterm elections. For the benefit of the midterm elections, it is impossible for Biden to take a soft approach to the CCP now. Instead, taking tough measures against the CCP now will help him in the midterm. The election stabilizes the position and at the same time stabilizes the position of the entire Democratic Party."
He added that the entire international atmosphere has been extremely unfavourable to the CCP. Xi thought that Biden had received the CCP's benefits, so he would be soft on the CCP. Such an estimate "may be unrealistic."
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The Chinese Communist Party’s official media strives to beautify the Taliban. Scholars: The Taliban will turn their faces at any time
Reporter : Tang Di / Editor: Xu Gengwen / Image : On 16 August 2021, Taliban fighters stand guard on a street in Masood Square in Kabul. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)
The Taliban, which was ousted by the US-led coalition forces 20 years ago for harbouring the culprit of the 11 September terrorist attacks, bin Laden, has made a comeback after the United States withdrew and now has occupied Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The Chinese Communist Party’s official media took the opportunity to slander American democracy and glamorized the Taliban. Some scholars pointed out that the CCP authorities are unable to stabilize the chaos in Central Asia, and the Taliban, which is of the same clan as the East Turkestan organization, may turn its face at any time.
After most of the U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan, the anti-government extremist militant group Taliban quickly attacked and occupied the major cities of the country. Now it has occupied the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul and the presidential palace, and announced the establishment of the so-called "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan." Countries around the world pay close attention to the domestic situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban takes control of the overall situation. Many major international media have expressed their deep concern about the possibility that the Taliban may revert Afghanistan to a dark kingdom shrouded in extreme ideology in relevant reports.
At the same time, the Chinese Communist Party’s official media launched a powerful propaganda campaign, using rolling reports for several consecutive days, trying to exaggerate the chaos in Afghanistan, publicizing the fleeing wave and humanitarian crisis at Kabul Airport, and taking the opportunity to discredit American democracy. Xinhua News Agency recently published a review article titled "The Fall of Kabul Sounds the Death Knell for the Decline of American Hegemony."
Xinhua News Agency published a commentary on 14 August, accusing the United States of sending troops to Afghanistan to assist in the evacuation of diplomats as the so-called "lifting stones to hit one's own feet," claiming that it "brought a more serious mess." At the same time, the Chinese Communist Party’s official media glamorized the Taliban. State media described in related reports that Taliban fighters entered Kabul to “ensure the safety of the people and maintain social order”.
On 16 August 2021, local time, at a regular press conference held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China, a media reporter asked, "Does the Chinese government intend to recognize or under what circumstances will it recognize the government in power by the Taliban?"
The spokesperson of the Chinese Communist Party’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hua Chunying, replied that China has maintained contact and communication with the Taliban in Afghanistan and has been playing a “constructive role” in promoting a political settlement of the Afghan issue. She also claimed: "The Afghan Taliban have repeatedly stated that they hope to develop good relations with China and look forward to China's participation in the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan..."
On the same day, the CCP’s official media "Global Times" published a report, quoting an unnamed Chinese expert, denying that the CCP government would send troops to Afghanistan to fill the vacuum left by the United States, saying that China only hopes to restore security and stability in Afghanistan. "To contribute to post-war reconstruction and development, and to promote China's Belt and Road Initiative projects."
At the same time, the media also quoted Zhu Yongbiao, director of the Afghanistan Research Center of Lanzhou University in China, praising the Taliban's performance as "not bad."
Reuters recently reported that the Chinese Communist Party’s official media released a series of photos of Foreign Minister Wang Yi standing side by side with the visiting Afghan Taliban delegation last month. Since then, the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda machine has been guiding and trying to make the Chinese people do well. Be prepared to accept the reality that Beijing may recognize the Taliban as the legitimate regime in Afghanistan.
Regarding the Chinese Communist Party’s eagerness to beautify the Taliban and try to take the opportunity to implement the “Belt and Road” project in Afghanistan, some mainland scholars who did not want to be named pointed out in an interview with Radio Free Asia that the United States has maintained stability in Afghanistan in the past 20 years. After the U.S. forces withdrew, the Chinese authorities may not be able to maintain the situation in Afghanistan. In particular, the Taliban are fundamentalist. I believe that members of this organization are closer to the followers of Islam in Xinjiang. After the Taliban regime stabilizes, they will turn their faces with Beijing at any time.
Monsoon, an independent scholar in Beijing, also told Radio Free Asia that the problems in Afghanistan are complex and are by no means as simple as the outside world has seen. Although Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Taliban high-level officials in Beijing not long ago to try to get closer with the Taliban, the Taliban high-level officials are by no means idle.
"The possibility of the Taliban (and China) turning over is very high. Once Taliban gains a foothold, Taliban will change, because profiteering is the essence of these regimes," Monsoon said, "but he (referring to the Beijing authorities) is also afraid that Afghanistan and Xinjiang ( (Islamic beliefs) are closer because they are of the same clan and are fundamentalist."
In fact, the Beijing authorities are also quite jealous of the Taliban’s extreme religious background, worrying that the Taliban-controlled area may become an overseas stronghold of separatist forces and threaten the stability of Xinjiang. Therefore, when Wang Yi met with the Taliban delegation in Tianjin at the end of July this year, he publicly emphasized the hope that Afghanistan can have a "moderate Islamic policy" but the outside world is generally not optimistic about whether Beijing's wishful thinking can be fulfilled.
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Foreign black jail first exposed, Chinese consul directly participated
Finally someone bravely stepped forward to expose the CCP’s overseas black prisons. The Associated Press reported today (16 August) that a Chinese woman stated that she had been detained by CCP officials in a secret detention facility in Dubai along with two Uighurs for 8 days.
The woman's name is Wu Huan, and her fiance Wang Jingyu is considered a dissident. In order to avoid being extradited back to China, he had to flee. Wu Huan told the Associated Press that she was kidnapped in a hotel in Dubai and then detained in a jail converted from a holiday villa.
Wu Huan, whose hair is dyed golden yellow, is a Chinese millennial and never cared about politics before. But on April 5, her fiance Wang Jingyu was arrested in Dubai for unknown reasons. She began to accept media interviews and contacted overseas dissidents for help.
27 May was the beginning of Wu Huan's horrific experience. At the hotel where she was staying, a CCP official came here to question her and was arrested by the Dubai police.
The police confiscated her mobile phone and personal belongings and detained her at the police station for 3 days. On the third day, a Chinese man named "Li Xuhang" came and claimed to be working in the Chinese Consulate in Dubai. This Li Xuhang asked Wu Huan whether he took money from foreign groups to use it against the CCP.
Wu Huan said, "No, I love China too much. My passport is Chinese, I am a Chinese, I can speak Chinese. How can I do this?"
The Associated Press pointed out that, according to the website of the Chinese Consulate General in Dubai, Li Xuhang is the Consul General of the Chinese Communist Party.
However, the consulate did not respond to the Associated Press's inquiry, and Li Xuhang did not answer the phone.
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Women's 8-day horror experience, isolated from the world day and night
After an interview at the Dubai Police Station, Wu Huan was handcuffed by another Chinese who went with Li Xuhang and took her out of the police station. They took Wu Huan into a black Toyota car with several Chinese but Wu Huan was very scared. Her heart was pounding. She dared not look at the faces of those people.
The car passed a residential and business area called "International City". Wu Huan had been to this place earlier, so she recognized this place right away.
After half an hour, the car stopped on an empty street with rows of courtyards with the same pattern on both sides of the street. Wu Huan was taken out of the car and taken into a three-story white villa. Compared with the heat of the desert, this villa is quiet and terrifying.
Many rooms in this villa have been transformed into individual cells. Wu Huan was imprisoned in a renovated room with a bed, a chair and a lamp that was bright day and night.
There are no windows in this cell, so she cannot see the outside; there is no clock in the room, and she does not know whether it is day or night inside. There is a heavy metal door in this room, which has been tightly locked except for giving her meals twice a day.
During her detention, a guard took her to another room for questioning many times. The interrogator, who had been wearing a mask, questioned her in Chinese and threatened her "never allow her to leave."
Once, Wu Huan saw another prisoner in custody, a Uyghur woman waiting to go to the toilet. The reason why they are waiting to go to the toilet requires the consent of the guards and guards. They can only go to the toilet 5 times a day. The same is true for drinking water, which requires the consent of the guards. The guard is in a bad mood and may be refused drinking water and going to the toilet.
The environment described by Wu Huan is very similar to the situation in the detention center in Mainland China introduced by a friend of mine. Detention centres in mainland China also have iron gates and are also eternal lights. The people trapped inside are isolated from the world, day and night.
The difference is that the guards and surveillance in mainland China have a large soil pavement, and many imprisoned people are crowded to sleep on it. The toilet is in the cell without any barriers.
On another occasion, she heard another Uyghur woman yell in Chinese, "I don't want to go back to China, I want to go back to Turkey." Based on their appearance and accent, Wu Huan determined that they were all Uyghurs.
One day, the guard gave Wu Huan a mobile phone and a SIM card and asked her to call her fiance Wang Jingyu and pastor Bob Fu. Bob Fu is well-known Pastor Fu Xiqiu. He is helping Wang Jingyu and Wu Huan.
Wang Jingyu confirmed to the Associated Press that Wu Huan had indeed called and asked about his location. Fu Xiqiu also said that during Wu Huan's detention, he had received at least four or five calls, some of which were unfamiliar Dubai phone numbers. In one of the calls, Wu Huan was crying, almost incoherent. She also accused Wang Jingyu, saying that Fu Xiqiu should not help him.
The Associated Press saw the text message Wu Huan sent to Fu Xiqiu at that time. The text messages were messy and disorganized, and the content didn't seem to be relevant. Pastor Fu Xiqiu said, “It can be seen that Wu Huan is avoiding me and does not tell me her whereabouts.” “At that time, we concluded that something might have happened to Wu Huan, and he didn’t even dare to speak.”
Wu Huan told the Associated Press that in the final stage of his detention, she started on a hunger strike, and screamed and cried loudly, striving to be released. Under the resistance, the person who arrested her asked her to do one and the last thing, which was to sign a document in Arabic and English to prove that Wang Jingyu was harassing her.
Wu Huan told the Associated Press, "I didn't want to sign those documents, but I was really scared, so I was forced to sign them."
After Wu Huan was released, she was taken back to the same hotel where she had stayed, and her personal belongings were returned to her. She immediately contacted Fu Xiqiu.
The Associated Press saw the email sent by Wu Huan to Fu Xiqiu. Wu Huan wrote in one of the emails, "I dare not call you because I am afraid of being overheard."
On 11 June, Wu Huan flew from Dubai to Ukraine and finally found his fiance Wang Jingyu. But after the Chinese police threatened to extradite Wang Jingyu, they fled to the Netherlands.
Wu Huan said that he missed his motherland very much, but "I found that the people who deceived us were Chinese and our compatriots were hurting us. This is the case."
Regarding Wu Huan’s “dare to call,” the former Uighur resident told the Associated Press that the UAE seems to be the intelligence center of the CCP. The article quoted Uyghur language linguist Abdul Ayup as saying that he had talked with three Uyghurs who were forced to work as spies in Turkey.
Ayup said that those people went to Dubai to meet with CCP agents and collect SIM cards and cash. Those CCP agents all work for the CCP government, and at least two of them claim to be members of the Ministry of National Security of the CCP.
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CCP's terror extends abroad
On 16 August, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China denied Wu Huan's statement. Spokesperson Hua Chunying said at the press conference, "What I can tell you is that what this person said is not the case."
However, the Associated Press's report was quite slapping Hua Chunying. The article stated that the experience told by Wu Huan cannot be independently verified or refuted her claims but their reporter saw and heard some conclusive evidence, including the seal on Wu Huan’s passport, a phone recording of a CCP official’s questioning to her, and a text message she sent from prison to Pastor Fu Xiqiu who helped them.
The article pointed out that the CCP has many secret prisons in hotels or guesthouses in mainland China. However, the detainees generally did not commit crimes, and most of them were petitioners who were dissatisfied with the local government. However, this is the first time I have heard of the establishment of secret black prisons overseas, and people who have been persecuted have come forward to confirm.
Chen Yujie, an assistant professor at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan, pointed out that "it is unusual to have such a facility in another country." I’ve never heard of the CCP’s secret prison in Dubai before, but “this is consistent with the CCP’s attempt to bring back certain citizens to the best of its ability,” including through official means such as signing extradition treaties, or treating domestic family members and unofficial means such as exerting pressure.
We often hear that officials of the Chinese Communist Party’s embassies and consulates employ rogue spies to directly and indirectly intimidate, threaten, and harass some overseas people. This situation is not uncommon. But the CCP has set up black jails overseas, which has never been heard before.
Judging from the exposure of Wu Huan, it sounds terrifying. The Associated Press pointed out that the CCP is increasingly using its international influence to detain or bring back citizens it wants from overseas. The CCP’s terrorist black hands have reached abroad and carried out terrorist actions unscrupulously.
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The long line going abroad stretches for kilometres, and there is still a market for 100,000 tickets
Speaking of the CCP’s terrorist black hands reaching abroad, China Business News reported on 16 August that the queue at Shanghai Pudong Airport waiting to board the plane to study in the United States is 1 km long, and the ticket price is as high as 100,000 RMB.
According to the report, a photo circulated on the Internet that Chinese students flocked to the United States after the United States opened up the entry of foreign students. Not only did the queues stretch for kilometers, but also gave birth to sky-high ticket prices, but the market was very hot.
A person who went to the airport to see off drew a sketch of waiting in line and shared the whole waiting experience. The plane took off at 1:50 pm, but according to the airline's notice, this friend arrived at the airport at 9.20 pm but there were already at least a few hundred people in line.
This friend said that it used to be easy to go abroad, just bring a passport, but now going abroad is really complicated. Although the queue started at 9 am, the boarding pass did not start until 10.25 am, and it lasted until around 1 pm.
At the entrance of the international flight, there is a very long line, sometimes without moving for a long time, the people behind are anxious. Some parents who sent their children kept coming to the front to inquire about the news, but no matter who asked, the security guard answered "I don't know either."
Cathay Pacific said that the current demand for flights from Beijing and Shanghai to the United States via Hong Kong is indeed strong, and the airport boarding time and queue are indeed very long.
On the one hand, the United States has just relaxed the entry regulations for international students. Previously, because of the issue of student spies sent by the CCP, the United States tightened the issuance of student and scholar visas. People who want to study in the United States have been holding back for a long time, and now they can finally go, so many people are rushing to go to the United States.
The second reason is that there are a lot more materials to be submitted by students going abroad than usual. In the past, it was fine to show your passport, but now you have to submit a lot of information.
According to reports, for Chinese students to study in the U.S., in addition to showing the air ticket, passport, visa, and nucleic acid test report in both Chinese and English, the U.S. address, contact person's information, entry and exit travel medical examination report, and health declaration are required to apply for a boarding pass. Book and proof of school start time, etc.
Third, due to the outbreak of the local epidemic at Nanjing Airport, many people have turned to Shanghai Pudong Airport, which has increased the flow of people at Shanghai Airport.
The fourth is that a student may be accompanied by multiple parents to see off at the airport, which also causes the queue to be prolonged.
As the crowds surged, but the seats were limited, the price of air tickets was naturally pushed up and there was a sharp increase. In July, if you transfer from China to the United States via Hong Kong, you can also buy economy class tickets of RMB 5,000-8,000. The business class fare is about RMB 16,000.
But entering August, the fare of economy class has doubled by about four times, rising to RMB 20,000-30,000, and the fare of business class has reached RMB 70,000-100,000.
Some ordinary international students simply cannot afford such expensive air tickets, so they can only find cheap charter flights. For example, there is a charter plane that first flies from Shanghai to Hong Kong, then from Hong Kong to Boston, and then from Boston to different cities in the United States. The bumps and tiring all the way, for students who are going abroad for the first time, this is not a small difficulty.
However, despite the difficulty, compared with those students who cannot go abroad, it should be said that they are lucky to get a passport to go abroad. So I remind students who are lucky to study abroad, be sure to seize this opportunity.
These students are probably serious about studying abroad. Studying is studying, not to be involved in some of the CCP’s spy activities or espionage activities. Even if the CCP gives money, never participate.
The first reason is some time ago, the United States imposed strict regulations on the issuance of visas for students and scholars. The reason is that the Chinese Communist Party spies stolen American intellectual property rights, which caused huge economic losses to the United States and even brought them Threatened national security.
In fact, the United States is now very strict in issuing visas to students and scholars, and it has no mercy against spies. If in the United States, you are involved in some CCP-related things that endanger the United States, then you are likely to be sanctioned. Once sent back to the country, everything is done.
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Hong Kong people thank FDC for more unity of public opinion
On 15 August, the Hong Kong Civil Human Rights Front announced its dissolution. This is another pan-democratic organization that ended because of the "Hong Kong National Security Law" after the Hong Kong Education Professionals Association.
The "Non-governmental Human Rights Front" is abbreviated as "Folk Front", and it was once famous for hosting the July 1 anti-government demonstration. In its statement, the FDC expressed its gratitude to the people of Hong Kong. In the past 19 years, Hong Kong citizens have walked side by side with the FDC.
"Together experience the anti-Article 23, anti-high-speed rail, anti-white elephant project, umbrella movement, anti-regular movement, and pierced the record of 500,000, 1 million, and 200 million people parade. Let the appeal ring through the entire city and let the world see In Hong Kong, let the lights shine in the darkness, and let democracy and freedom grow in the hearts of the people."
The FDC appeals to the people of Hong Kong that although the FDC no longer exists, "different groups will continue to adhere to their ideals and do not forget their original intentions to support civil society! Hong Kong people, come on! People are here, hope is there!"
The FDC was forced to disband, and many people felt distressed and reluctant, and many people expressed their heartfelt thanks. Thank the FDC for walking with Hong Kong people over the years, and send a blessing to FDC, and cherish it.
Some said, "The FDC is disbanded and the public will be more united", some say "Thank FDC and this group for their efforts, be water"; some say "Thank FDC for walking with Hong Kong people over the years, we will not forget it!" Some said, "Hong Kong people come together to cheer no matter when and where."
Today I still want to read for you a poem "Lennon Wall Hymn" by Mr. Qian Waterfall, a Chinese American writer based in the United States. This poem is also included in Mr. Qian Waterfall's collection of poems "To Hong Kong, Hong Kong People". Give it to the FDC, to every civic group, and to every Hong Kong person who loves Hong Kong:
Don't tear it again/tear it and stick it again/and tear one sticker 100 tear ten thousand sticker/pink, blue, yellow, white/and the crossed Pooh/the painted Lam Zheng/someone Screaming for Hong Kong to come on / Someone wrote down the five major demands / One wall and one wall of memories / One wall and one wall posted liver and gallbladder
Good-looking liver and gallbladder/Can you tear it off/They are ten thousand and ten thousand butterflies that bloom all over the place/Toward the ocean/Spread hope forever/in Taiwan, in Sydney, in the Golden Gate Bridge, in New York, in Paris, in Japan, in the English Channel.../On the remote wall of Prague/Also left inspiring hymns:
"I would rather be in vain in the end/not indifferent"/"May the glory go to Hong Kong".
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Afghanistan today and Taiwan tomorrow? 2 goals of the Chinese Communist Party
Finally, let me talk about a topic about Taiwan. Actually I did not want to talk about it, but seeing that after the Taliban occupied the presidential palace, the infamous CCP hero "Hu Xijin" had another difficult task, so I couldn't help but say a few words.
Hu Xijin posted an English article on 16 August saying, "Today Afghanistan, tomorrow Taiwan"? The article also quoted so-called experts, claiming that "in view of the damage to Taiwan's reputation, the United States will abandon Taiwan in the crisis."
Jin Canrong, who was almost scolded by his friends, became Hu Ji's sweet pastry again, claiming that "a clear-headed person should understand that Taiwan residents cannot rely on the United States" and that "the empty promise of the United States" cannot be believed.
What I want to say is that Hu released this statement at this time for two purposes. One is to disturb the hearts of the people, make the people of Taiwan feel uneasy, and at the same time crack down on the ruling party and the Tsai Ing-wen government but Hu's approach is just like wild dogs barking at pedestrians, and Taiwanese people do not have to worry about it.
If you are in chaos, you have hit the CCP's conspiracy. The CCP wants to create differences within Taiwan and help those pro-Communist people to gain the upper hand. Therefore, the people of Taiwan must clearly understand the intentions of Hu and the CCP and not be driven by the devil. The more the CCP wants to achieve but fails to achieve, it screams vigorously. Just like that fox, it’s the same as saying grape sour without eating grapes.
Secondly, Hu's intention is to sow discord and alienate the relationship between the United States and Taiwan. If there are disagreements within Taiwan and shaken as to whether the United States is protecting Taiwan, then the CCP’s instigation will succeed.
This is what the CCP wants, so that the Taiwan government and the opposition will doubt the United States and shake their confidence, thereby gradually disintegrating the relationship between the United States and Taiwan. In fact, Hu Diao's release of this article also reflects a problem: the CCP's fear of the United States. The main reason why the CCP does not dare to touch Taiwan is that the United States, Japan and other countries are vigorously safeguarding peace in the Taiwan Strait. Therefore, the people of Taiwan must not be fooled by the CCP.
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Will the United States give up its national interests? The CCP wants to be blind
Everyone is reminded that the United States has interrupted relations with Taiwan in 1979 and has established diplomatic relations with the Chinese Communist Party instead. This is a fact that everyone knows. Didn't it mean that the United States gave up Taiwan at the time when it broke diplomatic relations with Taiwan? Why did the CCP dare not continue to fight Taiwan at that time?
The CCP is very clear that the U.S. abandoning Taiwan and establishing diplomatic relations with the CCP is not "like-minded" with the CCP. That is because the United States established diplomatic relations with the CCP out of its own interests in order to join forces against the Soviet Union.
Think about it, everyone, why did the United States fight the Soviet Union? It is because of the strength of the Soviet Union that on the surface it is a threat to the United States, but it actually poses a threat to the entire international community.
The United States has contributed the most to the world. If the United States is shaken by the Soviet Union, then the interests of all countries in the world will be damaged. Therefore, the United States' attack on the Soviet Union was also in line with the international interests of the time. Under such circumstances, the United States has joined forces with the CCP, which also has conflicts with the Soviet Union.
Now the United States has also encountered the same situation as it was threatened by the Soviet Union, and the CCP’s challenges and threats to the United States far exceed those of the Soviet Union. The CCP does not conceal its hegemonic ambitions. It wants to be the world's leader, and it wants to give orders to other countries.
The U.S. ruling and opposition parties have long seen the CCP’s ambitions. Whether it is geopolitical, economic, diplomatic or military, the CCP wants to replace the United States and become the hegemon. Once the CCP really becomes the world's leader, the international order created by the United States will be completely overturned, and the world will be in chaos.
Everyone continue to think about it, if you are the leader of a certain organization, and a gangster pops out to push you off the stage, will you stand still? It's just a ball. If it slaps you, you will jump high. Is that true?
So can the U.S. let the CCP replace itself? The two parties in the United States are fighting fiercely. The Democrats say that the Republican Party is not good, and the Republicans say that the Democratic Party is ruining the United States and so on. But when it comes to issues involving national security, no party dared to ignore public opinion. They all put national security as their top priority, and it is the national interest of the United States to strike at the CCP.
We have all seen that to fight hard against the CCP is one of the rare consensuses of the two parties in the United States, including the promotion of US-Taiwan relations. Why? Taiwan's geographical location is extremely important, and it is on the first island chain of the Anti-Communist Party.
So think about it again, everyone, knowing that Taiwan involves national interests and security, and even the entire international community, how can the United States abandon Taiwan? Strengthening relations with Taiwan is equivalent to laying the first line of defense around the CCP. Will the United States take the initiative to withdraw its line of defense?
So I think that Hu Xijin let out this statement, it is really a bit of a toad to eat swan meat-wishful thinking, I think it is impossible for Hu Xijin to see this day while he is alive.
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Afraid to follow Afghanistan! The U.S. will leave if they say they want to leave: Taiwan military service should be changed back to 2 years
Reporter : Lin Xuanyun
The U.S. military only withdrew from Afghanistan, the armed organization Taliban conquered the capital Kabul with its back foot. Afghanistan also became the focus of international media attention. A netizen wrote an article on PTT, asking "Is Taiwan to be a guard?" "The period has been changed back to two years."
It was written on the topic that with Afghanistan’s lessons learned, will Taiwan consider reverting its military service to two years? "In the end, people can only rely on themselves, and the United States will go as far as it is righteous." Taiwan cannot rely on other countries to support it. This has triggered many discussions between pros and cons.
The news that the United States announced a complete withdrawal from Afghanistan has caused many Taiwanese people to worry about whether Taiwan will be attacked by the CCP in the future, whether the U.S. military will repeat the drama of Afghanistan. Some netizens on PTT said, "You know when you see Afghanistan. In the end, people can only rely on themselves, and the United States should be able to protect itself if it is righteous and righteous. Taiwan should be able to protect itself, and suggested that military service like a "summer camp" should be adjusted back.", "Afghanistan can also run to Europe on two feet. Taiwan is an island, and you can't run away."
This statement has attracted many positive and negative netizens to leave messages below. Many supporters said that the current four months of military service has almost become a formality, "It should have been changed long ago" and "returned quickly." , "If it's not full, please make it back", "Return directly to the past, and don't even want to run", "It is recommended to change it back to at least one year."
The opposing side believes that there are certain difficulties in implementation, and the government expenditure and manpower are another problem, and if there is no solid training for two years, it is still the same as four months. "No one wants to go to the battlefield after two years. ", "Why do you change, volunteer service is not enough", "Two years, it's just paint sweeping, how can you get the illusion of combat power?"
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The list of Taliban's proposed awards include women aged 12 to 45 as "trophies"
Editor : Lin Baohong
The radical organization Taliban (or Taliban) captured the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, causing President Ashraf Ghani to flee overseas and the government to collapse. The Afghan regime changed overnight, and the local people were panicked. Women in particular were at risk.
There are foreign media reports that the Taliban is currently investigating unmarried or widowed women between 12 and 45 years old and using them as "trophies" to be married to Taliban fighters. The Taliban intend to use unmarried or widowed women between the ages of 12 and 45 as trophies for the fighters.
According to the foreign media "France24", after taking over the Afghan regime, the Taliban is investigating unmarried or widowed women aged 12 to 45 in the territory and putting them on the list of sex slaves as Taliban fighters. The "trophies." A Taliban spokesperson recently claimed that the rights and status of local women will be maintained, but the locals do not believe. They are in despair.
The Afghan government has improved the status of local women in the past 20 years, but now that the Taliban are back in power. Women are afraid that the past will repeat itself. From 1996 to 2001, under the rule of the Taliban, women and girls were the most vulnerable ethnic group, unable to receive education and work. They had to cover their faces even when going out. If they wanted to leave home to go out, they must be accompanied by a male family member. , Clothes can not be freely chosen.
Taliban fighters with US military weapons shouted, "The Americans should leave!" A few days ago, Afghanistan’s first female mayor, Zarifa Ghafari, said that she was frankly desperate and that she and her family were ready to be executed by the Taliban.
Although Suhail Shaheen, a spokesperson for the Taliban, had promised to ensure the safety of the local people’s personal and property, respect women, allow them to receive education, and pardon the people who worked in the Afghan government in the past, the local residents have fallen into extremes, panic and fear that the historical tragedy of 20 years ago will repeat itself.
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Gordan Chang: The return of the virus is a karma to the CCP
Reporter : Xia Yu / Editor : Li Huanyu / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/8/16/n13166186.htm
China expert Gordon G. Chang said on Sunday (15 August) that Chinese President Xi Jinping knew from the beginning covid is highly contagious. He also said that the recurrence of the epidemic in China is a "karma" for the CCP.
On Sunday, on the radio show "The Cats Roundtable" hosted by WABC 770AM radio reporter John Catsimatidis, Gordan Chang said that Xi Jinping "taken some actions in 2019 and early 2020 to bring this This virus spread to the world. He lied about its (virus) contagiousness. He knew it was highly contagious."
Gordan Chang emphasized, “While he (Xi Jinping) is blocking his own country, he pressures other countries not to impose travel restrictions and quarantine on immigrants from China. It is immigrants who spread this disease to the world everywhere."
In response to the current spread of the epidemic in China, Gordan Chang pointed out that the virus has now made a comeback and spread throughout China. This has a great causal relationship; although Beijing adopts a "zero-clearing" policy, "this virus is not in compliance with" China (Chinese Communist Party) policy.
On Sunday, Gordan Chang also tweeted in response to this interview that karma has never treated communism well and that the CCP should pay special attention to the karma from the universe.
The origin of COVID-19 has attracted more and more attention from US lawmakers. On 2 August, the House China Working Group led by the Chief Republican Member of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul announced an updated version of the COVID-19 traceability report. The report pointed out that a large amount of evidence showed that SARS-CoV-2 was leaked by the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
In the interview, Zhang Jiadun also said that Beijing is also dealing with increasingly serious large-scale floods. Since Beijing announced on 20 July that Covi72 has entered the city, it has now spread to most parts of the country, including large cities. .
He emphasized that although Beijing has implemented drastic measures and large-scale tests, China (the CCP) does not have a way to deal with this variant.
Since Nanjing first detected a local case infected with Covi72 in late July, a new wave of infections broke out in at least 17 provinces in China. In recent days, international financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, Standard Chartered Bank and Citibank, have issued warnings on China’s economic growth expectations and even lowered their growth rate expectations. The main reason is that strict epidemic control measures are underway harming manufacturing and consumer spending.
Zhang Jiadun also mentioned that even without covid, it would be extremely dangerous for foreigners to travel to China. He mentioned that Beijing is currently pursuing foreigners as part of "hostage diplomacy." He cited several examples of foreigners becoming targets of attacks.
He said that in any case, the CCP is currently blocking air travel due to covid but even if this issue is corrected, "given the nature of China's (CCP) attack on the United States, I don't think Americans should stay in China."
The Canadian government arrested Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, at the request of the United States on 1 December 2018. After that, on 8 December, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Communist Party urgently summoned John McCallum, then Canadian ambassador to China, and demanded that Canada be released immediately, while threatening that "otherwise it will cause serious consequences."
A few days later, the CCP detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor for "endangering national security." Canada and the international community condemned the CCP for playing hostage diplomacy.
On 11 August 2021, the Chinese Communist Party sentenced Canadian businessman Michael Spaffer to 11 years in prison, arousing international criticism. U.S. Secretary of State Blinken issued a statement condemning the arbitrary detention of the CCP and the sentencing of Spaffer. He said that people should never be used as a bargaining chip.
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The Taliban's recapture of Afghanistan and its enlightenment to the Taiwan Strait
Reporter : Lin Ji / Editor : Gao Yi / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/8/17/n13167448.htm
Since the terrorist attack of Osama bin Laden in Al Qaeda 20 years ago, less than a month later, the US military launched the "Enduring Freedom" operation to send troops to Afghanistan. With the support of NATO, Afghanistan’s anti-Taliban ally, the Northern Alliance, captured the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul. Its leader, Hamid Karzai, later became the newly established President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, in power for 10 years (2004- 2014).
However, with continuous civil wars, economic collapse, and continuous corruption, the Afghan government in the past 20 years has basically only been maintained by foreign aid; as early as 2008, when Obama took office, he proposed to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. However, in order to maintain stability in Afghanistan, The timetable for its withdrawal has been frozen and revised. As a result, the U.S. forces have been in Afghanistan for 20 years. Biden finally announced on July 8 this year that they would withdraw from Afghanistan before the end of August. As a result, the U.S. forces have not yet fully withdrawn. Kabul fell on August 15 and the Taliban returned to power in the capital. The pro-communist camp in Taiwan sarcastically said: The United States has spent 20 years and ended up "fleeing."
However, Afghanistan’s greatest tragedy is rooted in the inability to establish a broad and representative democratic and free government, whether it is internal self-reliance or even with the support of external forces. This is precisely the blind spot of many so-called "left-wing" critics - these People have long propagated that the U.S. troops sent troops to Afghanistan are an aggression and an unjust war; they describe the actions of the U.S. troops as an "aggression of Afghanistan" and even establish a so-called "global hegemony." However, the truth is that the United States has never intended to establish a " The colonial government, or long-term rule in Afghanistan, has always been limited to "maintaining the stability of the status quo." It can only win on the battlefield, but it has turned a blank paper in politics.
In the past 20 years, the United States can only recognize the reality-unable to achieve the ideals in Afghanistan indefinitely, but return to geopolitics and withdraw from Central Asia; on the contrary, the current Taliban faction also seems to have recognized the reality, that is, it has become Afghanistan. The government is far more interested in terrorizing countries than in supporting "jihad"; therefore, there was the withdrawal of the United States and the return of the Taliban to power; however, it is worth noting that the United States only used two for the capture of Afghanistan. It took 20 years to withdraw. This shows that the U.S. troops sent troops easily and achieved great results. However, how to maintain political stability after the victory of the war and how to establish a democratic and free government by the local people is the biggest problem.
Taiwan’s pro-communist commentators used the Afghanistan issue to accuse “the United States is unreliable,” and then secretly changed the concept to say that “the United States will automatically help” is “wishful thinking”. These statements regard 20 years of support as “unreliable”. In fact, in terms of geopolitics, the United States has no interest in Central Asia at all. It has supported "unprofitable" for 20 years. Is it "reliable" to "raise a lifetime"? It is absurd and self-deceiving to say that the United States "decided to give up after sending troops for 20 years" in Afghanistan as the United States "not necessarily sending troops" in the Taiwan Strait.
Just like the previous four-party talks between the United States, Japan, India, and Australia, the importance of peace across the Taiwan Strait was emphasized for the first time. The United States abandoned Central Asia and concentrated on the Taiwan Strait. Japan has repeatedly expressed concern about the security issues of Okinawa adjacent to the Taiwan Strait. This is the United States. Abandoning Central Asia, which has overstretched its power, and concentrating resources to deal with the strategic intentions of the CCP; some boasting that Afghanistan is like an important "Mr. Almost" in the Taiwan Strait, while ignoring the analysis of strategic importance, of course, are completely absurd; countries such as misjudgment of the U.S. strategy Intentions will jeopardize global peace.
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News (25) to (30) / Editor : Ye Ziwei / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/8/16/n13165404.htm
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Nearly 3,000 new cases are added in a single day in Tokyo, more than 20,000 people are recuperating at home, and oxygen machine inventory is urgent
Image : On 16 August 2021, at an intersection in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s advertising vehicle reads “A state of emergency is being declared. Let’s stay at home for the last time this summer.” The Japanese government announced the current covid emergency was extended to mid-September. (Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government of Japan added 2,962 confirmed covid cases today, a record high on Monday; the number of severely ill patients reached 268, a record high in 7 days. Over the past few days in Tokyo, more than 20,000 people have been recuperating at home, and the stock of "oxygen concentrators" for people at home to inhale oxygen is in short supply.
The Central News Agency quoted a report from the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) as saying that 2,962 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Tokyo today, an increase of 78 cases from last Monday, and the new record for Monday was set again; today, there were 5 new deaths.
In addition, there were 17 more critically ill patients than yesterday, reaching 268, a record high for 7 consecutive days.
The report pointed out that due to the rapid increase in confirmed cases in Tokyo, starting from the 12th of this month, the number of people recuperating at home has exceeded 20,000 for 4 consecutive days. Yesterday it was 21,256, which is about 10 times that of a month ago.
In addition, 13,995 people were arranging whether to be hospitalized or recuperate at home or in a hotel yesterday, and this number also hit a new high.
Due to the rapid increase in the number of people recuperating at home in Tokyo, in order to cope with the sudden deterioration of symptoms of some at-home patients but unable to arrange hospitalization immediately, Tokyo has 500 "oxygen concentrators" available for doctors visiting patients' homes to borrow.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government stated that the demand for borrowing oxygen concentrators is high, and the original inventory of 500 units is only about 30 to 40 units left today.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government urgently ordered additional oxygen concentrators from manufacturers to ensure that the number is sufficient.
The person in charge of this business in Tokyo said that the demand for oxygen concentrators is far higher than expected, and the return period cannot be set when loaning out. It is difficult to predict when the machines can be returned and dispatch will be carried out so that those in need can borrow oxygen smoothly.
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Japan's declaration of emergency is extended to mid-September, 3 cities including Kyoto are added
Image : On 9 July 2021, most people wear masks at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo, Japan. (Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images)
As the epidemic in Japan has become more serious, the Japanese government announced that it will extend the emergency declarations in Tokyo, Okinawa and other areas to mid-September. At the same time, Kyoto, Hyogo, and Fukuoka, which were originally under "key measures to prevent spread", are also planning to upgrade to emergency status.
According to the Sankei Shimbun, the number of confirmed diagnoses in Japan on the 13th day exceeded 20,000 for the first time. This is the doubling in just 2 weeks after the number of confirmed covid cases exceeded 10,000 in a single day on July 29, and 17,837 new diagnoses were made on the 15th.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Minister of Economic Regeneration Yasuhiro Nishimura, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Kenhisa Tamura and other relevant ministers discussed epidemic prevention measures. After obtaining the approval of the Diet, they decided to extend the emergency declaration.
The current extension of the state of emergency to mid-September includes Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Osaka, and Okinawa in the metropolitan area. The Japanese government plans to add Kyoto, Fukuoka and Hyogo.
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WHO builds a new team to investigate the source of the virus. Expert: Exclude pro-communist scientists
Recently, the World Health Organization stated that it is setting up a new team to investigate the source of the new coronavirus (Chinese Communist Party virus). WHO official Embarek recently admitted that under pressure from Chinese Communist Party officials, it was “extremely unlikely” that the outbreak mentioned in the WHO-China joint report was leaked from the Wuhan laboratory.
In an interview with Epoch Times, experts and scholars stated that the WHO and officials responded under international pressure. They suggested that in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the WHO expert group, the list of members of the WHO expert group should exclude those who have cooperated with the CCP or were "bought" scientists. Experts believe that it is a fact that the CCP has concealed the epidemic and caused the epidemic to spread globally. Countries can hold the CCP accountable for this.
According to Reuters, WHO spokesperson Fadela Chaib said at a UN press conference on Friday that the "International Scientific Advisory Group on the Origin of New Pathogens" is being established to support the response to COVID-19. Further research on the origin of the virus pandemic is "rapidly carried out".
At the press conference, Xiabu called on all governments to cooperate, "We should work together. You, I, and everyone want to know the origin of the worst pandemic in a century," and said that "depoliticize this situation." ".
In the WHO statement on 12 August, it also specifically asked the CCP to share original data and allow retesting of laboratory samples. Washington also welcomes the WHO's approach.
Scholar Li Yuanhua said in an interview with Epoch Times on the 14th that the WHO's action is due to global pressure. "Because if the WHO's report violates scientific common sense, it actually has no place. It's not that a conclusion drawn by a few so-called experts allowed by the CCP after entering China can be recognized by the world."
He also said that they did not get the data on the most primitive people who got the disease. Therefore, when the WHO stated that it would go, it still emphasized that it must get the most primitive data.
The WHO has established a new expert group. Li Yuanhua said, "Is it possible for the WHO to organize this group of experts on its own? Or is there already someone selected by the CCP? All this is a question mark."
"Because there are many experts in this area in the world, but the CCP knows whom to start with, or who has the handle in its hands, or who is an expert that can be lured. The last time the expert group was closely related to the CCP and even the Wuhan virus. The so-called scientists, who were contacted, then came forward to clarify for the CCP," he said.
He emphasized that if you want to investigate a real result, few of these experts should be in contact with the CCP, otherwise the results they came up with would not be credible.
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Three fever clinic doctors from the Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University are infected
Image : The CCP virus broke out again on the mainland. The picture shows residents in Yangzhou queuing for the nucleic acid test of the CCP virus. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
A few days ago, three fever clinic doctors from the Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University have been diagnosed with the CCP virus. As one of the leading hospitals in Yangzhou, the Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, the outbreak of the epidemic among medical staff has caused concern. Some netizens broke the news that the official could not hide it before reporting the matter.
The Paper reported that on the evening of August 14th and the afternoon of 15th, relevant officials of Yangzhou Municipal Health Commission, Yangzhou University and other institutions successively confirmed the above information.
Local people in Yangzhou said that doctors in the Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University are not limited to one hospital area, and they often move between the east and west hospital areas.
The Beijing News reported that several people familiar with the matter said that the above three were all fever clinic doctors at the Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University. During the period from August 3 to 9, 3 doctors went to work and stayed in the dormitory of the unit. One of the doctors confirmed that he was a close contact with 106 of the confirmed cases.
Yangzhou's related circulation report released on 12 August shows that the intersection of the three trajectories of confirmed cases 465, 466, and 467 is No. 368, Hanjiang Middle Road, Yangzhou. This is the address of the Affiliated Hospital unit of Yangzhou University (West District), where they work together.
The circulation report also showed that the confirmed case 465 began on 3 August, and the work location was switched from the Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University (Eastern District) to the Western District Hospital of the hospital. He worked until 9 August and lived in the unit dormitory. During this period, he had close contact with confirmed cases 466 and 467. Unexpectedly, all three were later diagnosed as confirmed cases.
Some netizens broke the news and said, "In fact, there were already these three doctors in the action track of confirmed cases on August 12, and the time for them to perform nucleic acid testing has to be pushed forward. However, the name of the hospital was not announced in the trajectory of the official circulation report that day. The announcement was No. xx on xx Road. Are you afraid that others will know the risk of hospital feeling? On the same day, he was still promoting his transfer of inpatients to be a designated hospital. On the night of the 15th, I finally couldn't hide it, and had to report it."
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Old man in Gansu fell into a coma after being vaccinated, family member quarreled with officials and was beaten
Image : Many local governments in China have been exposed to forcing people to vaccinate against covi. The picture shows the Chongqing people administering the vaccine in April 2021. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Recently, the situation of compulsory immunization of the new crown vaccination among people across mainland China has intensified, and incidents of violence and forced vaccination have occurred frequently. However, people who have had adverse reactions to vaccination have no way to defend their rights, and even post on the Internet to discuss forced vaccination has been warned by the police.
Recently, Changhe Town, Tongwei County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province began to administer the first dose of the covi vaccine. Ms. Guo introduced to reporters that on 4 August, the township government brought people to the house to take her mother-in-law Niu to get a vaccine. Due to the situation, her mother-in-law went to get the vaccine, and then she vomited, comatose, and tremors.
According to Ms. Guo's description, the situation was quite tense at the time. One villager sent the vaccine directly to the county hospital after receiving the vaccine, and no one was in charge.
She said, "Her mother-in-law is in her 60s and 70s, and he took the vaccine without our consent. After the adverse reaction, they did not notify us. Until more than ten o'clock in the evening, after my husband rushed over, Seeing that the old man was more serious, he kept shaking except in a coma and unconsciousness. My husband became anxious and asked who was the person in charge when he came out from the ward to the yard. As a result, the people from the township government stood there. Nobody cares, nobody cares."
Ms. Guo's husband Cheng pulled a female cadre in the street and asked her who was responsible? The two parties had a dispute and Cheng Mou dialed 110. There were more than 20 people from the township government, many of whom drank alcohol. The mayor Zhang Huping took the lead in beating people. Cheng was beaten and injured. After receiving the call, the police station rushed to the police station and dialed 120 to send Cheng to Tongwei County Hospital, and then to the First Affiliated Hospital of Lanzhou University. Ms. Guo said, "He had a serious illness, he had liver cirrhosis, and he couldn't be emotional. They beat him like that, plus intimidation."
"My mother-in-law has high blood pressure, diabetes, and blood clots. Anyway, she has more illnesses. She has been lying in the hospital for a week. Maybe some people just can't get (vaccine), but the township government officials told my mother-in-law that all people with cancer She said that everyone in the local area is vaccinated. Unless there is a severe disease, a certificate must be issued in the hospital, but it is not easy to issue a certificate, because ordinary diseases have to be vaccinated.
Suspected of being pressured by the authorities, Ms. Guo originally planned to publish more evidence on Weibo and start petitioning but she suddenly disappeared recently.
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Taiwan newly diagnosed 8 local cases and 0 deaths on 16 August 2021
Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Centre announced on 16 August 10 new confirmed covid cases, including 8 local and 2 overseas inbound cases. There were no new deaths among the confirmed cases.
According to the command center, today’s 8 new local cases (6 of which were tested positive during the home quarantine period or at the expiry of the expiry date) are 3 males and 5 females, aged between 10 and 50 years old. Date of onset between 10 and 15 August 2021. The distribution of cases is 6 in New Taipei City, 1 in Taipei and 1 in Taoyuan. Of these, 6 cases are known sources of infection and 2 cases are unknown. Epidemic investigations will continue to clarify the source of infection.
The command centre pointed out that recently confirmed cases were released from quarantine. Of the 14,644 confirmed cases announced from 11 May to 14 August, 13,178 have been released from quarantine, and 90.0% of the confirmed cases have been released.
According to the command centre, there are two new cases of immigration from abroad today. Case 15,965 is a 10-year-old woman of nationality who has been vaccinated against COVID-19. She returned to Taiwan from the United States on 2 August 2 and held 3 cases before the flight. A negative report was tested within the day. After entering the country, she went to the anti-epidemic hotel for home quarantine. The quarantine was taken before the expiration of the quarantine period on 14 August and the diagnosis was confirmed today. Case 15972 is a 30-year-old male from Ghana who has lived in Taiwan for a long time and has not been vaccinated against COVID-19. He went to Ghana in March this year and returned to Taiwan from Ghana on 1 August. His test report within the day was negative, after entering the country. He went to the anti-epidemic hotel for home quarantine. On 15 August, it was taken before the quarantine period expired, and the diagnosis was confirmed today.
According to statistics from the command centre, a total of 15,862 confirmed cases and 821 deaths have been confirmed in the country so far.
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