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932,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived in Taiwan at 7 am, Chen Shizhong, Zhang Shufen and others greeted
Reporter : Yao Jiexiu / Image : Web Screenshot (Yao Jiexiu)
932,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine/Comirnaty arrived at Taoyuan Airport at 7 am, and immediately parked on the 507 cargo apron for unloading. The Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shizhong, TSMC Charity Foundation Chairman Zhang Shufen and Tzu Chi Charity Foundation CEO Yan Bowen and others went to the apron to greet the presenters of the vaccine. As the founder of Hon Hai Yongling Foundation, Guo Taiming, was still in quarantine, Zhang Shufen was appointed to pick up the plane on his behalf. Chen Shizhong held a press conference at Huachu to explain later.
Comirnaty was carried to Taiwan by Cargolux flight CV7962, a Boeing 747-800 freighter. The aircraft was originally expected to arrive in Taiwan at 9:30 pm yesterday. It is said that there was a special reason and it was postponed to Taiwan this morning. After the vaccine arrives in Taiwan, it will be cleared by the experienced Huachu.
Today, Comirnaty is the 22nd import of the covi vaccine. Taipei Customs has received an application for importing the German-made Comirnaty. The vaccine was released at 12.26 am on 2 September 2021 at C2 (exempt from inspection).
This time the airport pick-up was also very grand, including Minister of Health and Fu Chen Shizhong, 7 TSMC Charity Foundation Zhang Shufen and 2 others, Tzu Chi Charity Foundation CEO Yan Bowen, and Director of the Department of Disease Control Zhou Zhihao and others,.15 people and 9 other related units.
Chen Shizhong, the commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, pointed out at the epidemic press conference on 1 September that after the first batch of Comirnaty arrives in Taiwan, it will be available for vaccination to students aged 12 to 17 years old at the earliest in the middle of this month.
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Cargolux's more than 900,000 doses of Comirnaty arrive in Taoyuan on 2 September 2021
Earlier, TVBS reported that Cargolux flight CV7962 transporting the 932,000 doses of Comirnaty will arrive at 6 am in Taoyuan on 2 September 2021, 2 hours 30 minutes ahead of schedule.
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Comirnaty arrived in Taiwan with the original ``Fubitai'' wording, suspected of illegal removal from the consignment
Reporter : Yao Jiexiu / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3658482
Image : Today, in addition to the national focus of the BNT vaccine Comirnaty, the staff who sneaked into the cargo hold also became the focus of the media. (Photo by reporter Yao Jiexiu)
930,000 doses of the first batch of BNT vaccine/Comirnaty donated by TSMC, Hon Hai Yongling Foundation and Tzu Chi arrived in Taiwan this morning, but the original packaging appearance of "Fubitai" and "non-donor unit" The words "Explain to the Government" disappeared. In this regard, Yongling Foundation CEO Liu Youtong said that the manufacturer had not informed beforehand and therefore requested to be removed from Taiwan. Although the batch of vaccines was released in the early hours of this morning as C2 (exempt from inspection), the aircraft side check manifest procedure has not been completed, and the customs clearance procedures have not been completed. The staff members on the plane to remove the cloth strips are suspected of violating the customs anti-smuggling regulations. To this, Tao Qin has not responded yet.
Today, Cargolux flight CV7962 Boeing 747-800 cargo plane came to Taiwan with vaccines. After arriving in Taiwan, an unknown person entered the cargo compartment of the plane.
According to side information, the Taoqin staff member who "sneaked into" the cargo hold of the aircraft in violation of regulations was appointed to enter the cargo hold of the aircraft to remove the "Fubitai" cloth strip. The senior customs officer said that this action has violated the customs anti-smuggling regulations, because the customs has not checked the manifest number. It is unknown whether the officer entered the cargo hold other illegal acts. This senior retired customs also pointed out that if it is really It’s okay to dismantle the cloth strips, but it’s a more serious violation of the law if you go in to "take illegally concealed goods", and whether the staff member has been authorized by any unit, the relevant unit should strictly investigate, especially now it is the President of the Executive Yuan’s inspection of imported goods. At the stage when it was necessary to strictly investigate the rumors, he did not expect the act to openly violate the law in front of the Minister of Health and Welfare.
The outside world also questioned, since there are good reasons, why not wait for the goods to be unloaded and then dismantled, not to mention how Yongling asked Taoqin personnel to enter the cargo hold to close the door for unauthorized modification and remove the items on the cargo before the customs completely completed the release and final check the manifest. According to senior customs, the customs has not checked the cargo manifest number, and the customs is not on the spot. This behavior has violated the customs anti-smuggling regulations and modified it before customs clearance.
The staff familiar with the cargo operation procedures said that why the process is sneaky, and even suspected of illegality, also makes people familiar with airport cargo operations unbelievable. This kind of customs does not sneak into the cargo hold on the scene and remove the cloth strips, or the package may be dropped, or entrainment of drugs, these are all possible things, since there are good reasons, why not wait for the goods to disembark, after the customs check the manifest, remove it in front of the media, it is more legitimate.
Today, the cargo compartment cleaning operation of the aircraft is also uncharacteristic. After arrival, the cargo compartment door was not fully opened, only a small slit was opened. The purpose is not to open the compartment door so that everyone can see the vaccine with the words "Fubitai" in order to remove the cloth. The wording also violated the requirement that the cargo hold of the aircraft must be disinfected before arrival. It is understood that the Taoqin staff sneaked into the cargo hold until the cargo door was fully opened after the cargo plane. The staff disappeared completely and opened the cargo door to put the vaccine in the hatch. No missions with the words "Fubitai" are allowed.
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The second batch of BNT vaccine will arrive next week. The customized label version is expected to arrive before the end of the month
Reporter : Chen Yun / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3658587
Image : During an interview, Liu Youtong, CEO of the Yongling Foundation, revealed that the next batch of 15 million doses will arrive in Taiwan next week. The 15 million doses of customized labels will also be completed around the Mid-Autumn Festival and arrive before the end of September. (Provided by the command centre
The first batch of Pfizer BNT vaccines arrived in Taiwan this morning. During an interview, Liu Youtong, CEO of the Yongling Foundation, revealed that the next batch will arrive in Taiwan next week. It will be completed around the Mid-Autumn Festival and arrive before the end of September.
Liu Youtong pointed out that the next batch of BNT vaccines will arrive next week. The 15 million doses of BNT vaccine originally scheduled for customized labels will be completed on 21 September, which is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is expected to arrive before the end of September.
As for the original appearance of the package of vaccines that arrived this morning, the words "Fubitai" and the words "Explain to the government by non-donor units" disappeared. Because the staff got on the machine to tear off the cloth strips before completing customs clearance, they were suspected of violating customs anti-smuggling. The regulations, Liu Youtong said, everyone feels that the label is not very good. It should be a consensus to remove the label. This is a trivial matter.
Liu Youtong also stated earlier that because the manufacturer did not inform beforehand, he requested to be removed from Taiwan, and emphasized that this batch of vaccines meets the safety and quality requirements of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
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Remove the BNT outer box "Fubitai" cloth strips Chen Shizhong: The purchaser's decision
Reporter : Qiu Zhirou / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3658792
Image : The command centre commander Chen Shizhong today (2nd) explained that tying cloth strips is the practice of BNT’s first shipment, but due to the difference with the buyer’s agreement, the buyer decides to remove it after arriving in Taiwan. The command center and the Ministry of Health and Welfare are the recipients. Only thanks again. (Photo by reporter Yao Jiexiu)
The first batch of 932,000 doses of Comirnaty donated by TSMC, Hon Hai Yongling Foundation and Tzu Chi arrived in Taiwan this morning. It was reported that the batch of vaccines originally had the simplified characters "Fubitai" when they were in Luxembourg. After arriving in Taiwan and leaving the cabin, the "Fubitai" cloth strips disappeared. In this regard, the command center commander Chen Shizhong Jin (2nd) explained that tying cloth strips is the practice of BNT’s first shipment, but due to a different agreement with the buyer, the buyer decides to remove it after arriving in Taiwan. The command centre and the Ministry of Health and Welfare are the recipients. Only thanks and then thank you.
Chen Shizhong explained that there were photos showing that when the vaccine was put on the plane abroad, the outer box was tied with a promotional banner. According to TSMC, this is the practice of the BNT vaccine factory. The first batch of vaccines will be tied with a promotional banner. However, this is different from the purchase agreement at that time. Therefore, the buyer requires that the cloth strip be removed when they arrive in Taiwan, and the government is the recipient of the donation.
As for the doubts from the outside world, the staff went on the machine to remove the cloth strips before the customs clearance procedures were completed, which might violate the customs anti-smuggling regulations? Chen Shizhong said that the cloth strips are external and not content. As for whether they violate the regulations, they still have to be determined by the customs.
The media asked whether the hanging of the banner was a small action on the other side? Chen Shizhong responded that he thinks this issue is relatively simple, and the two parties decided to take down the cloth strips through communication. It was the propaganda action of the industry to hang the cloth strips. There was no such thing in the original purchase agreement, so (take down the cloth strips) is the very good result.
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Taiwan reports inbound breakthrough infection after 2 doses of Russian "Sputnik V"
Reporter : Wu Liangyi
Image : "Sputnik V" vaccine. (AFP)
The Central Epidemic Command Center today announced 4 cases of inbound covid cases, including a Russian woman in her 40s who had been vaccinated with 2 doses of Russian-made covi vaccine Sputnik V in July and August 2021. She was diagnosed at the time of entry for inspection on 31 August. It is a breakthrough infection. This is Taiwan's first case of a person diagnosed after two doses of the Russia-made vaccine.
The "Sputnik V" or "Satellite 5" vaccine is Russia's first approved covi vaccine named after the Soviet artificial satellite.
Luo Yijun, deputy head of the medical response team of the command center, said that another male in his 60s returned to Taiwan from the United States. He received AZ vaccine and 2 doses of BNT vaccine in April and August, respectively. A total of 3 doses of vaccines were still received. The diagnosis was confirmed by examination, and the Ct value was only 21 as low, which is still a breakthrough infection.
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The DPP and Tsai Ing-wen "poll results have gone up." He pulls the key reasons
Editor : Chen Yiling
After the epidemic, revitalization of five times coupons and other provocative policies, President Tsai Ing-wen actually got rid of the "death cross" in the past polls, and the trust level increased by 6.5%. Zhenchang’s satisfaction increased by 3.6%, and the DPP’s favorability increased by 6.5%. In this regard, senior media person Shan Houzhi pointed out the key point and explained the reason for the rise in DPP polls.
According to the August national political polls of the Formosa News, compared with July, Tsai Ing-wen’s trust level increased by 6.5%, satisfaction increased by 5.4%, Su Zhenchang’s satisfaction increased by 3.6%, and dissatisfaction decreased by 3.3%. Party favorability rose by 6.5%. Su Zhenchang's polls also rose.
In this regard, Shan Houzhi pointed out that in the past month, the DPP did not have much favorable news, such as the revitalization of the five-fold coupon policy, except for strong criticism from the opposition parties. In addition, even the legislators of the Legislative Council of the National Assembly and the English-educated DPP came out to speak out, leading to the cancellation of the plan for people to pay NT$1,000 to purchase coupons.
Shan Houzhi pointed out that, on the other hand, the lack of domestic vaccines has caused public grievances. Even though Tsai's documents are out, Medigen is still not popular. The command centre can only swallow the words of the past and agree to BNT with the words "Fubitai" to come to Taiwan. It also claimed that the vaccine was obtained through the efforts of the government, like a big victory.
In response to the rise in the DPP’s August polls, Shan Hou’s analysis can see a trend that when the DPP’s ruling party fails to win the hearts of the people and lose, it can instead cause the green camp popularity to surge. The supporters' sense of crisis will make each other more cohesive, and only then will there be a phenomenon of increased satisfaction and support.
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Promoting bilingualism, Taiwan State Council today will discuss setting up a dedicated institution for cultivating talents
The Taiwan government official said that the Executive Yuan meeting is expected to discuss and pass the draft of the "Regulations on the Establishment of Bilingual National Development Center".
At the end of 2018, the Executive Yuan passed the "Bilingual National Policy Development Blueprint" proposed by the National Development Commission.
It is expected that Taiwan will be built into a bilingual country by 2030.
Related key promotion strategies include integrating English learning and English translation resources, building an English database platform, fully bilingualizing the official websites of various ministries and meetings, cultivating public servants’ English communication skills, encouraging the Public Broadcasting Group to produce and broadcast English programs, and improving new foreign affairs related personnel. The proportion of English subjects in special exams (such as foreign collar, business), etc.
In addition to the above strategies, officials said that the Executive Yuan will discuss and approve the "Bilingual National Development Center Establishment Regulations" drafted by the National Development Commission signed by the General Office of Personnel and Administration today. In the future, a dedicated agency will be set up to combine the resources of various ministries and committees. , Introduce non-governmental forces to promote the cultivation of bilingual professionals. (Central News Agency)
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Exclusive: "Fight against Wuhan virus", Weng Qihui and Maccher team find super monoclonal antibody
Reporter : Yang Yuanting / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3658088
Image : The super antibody of "m31A7" knows from the structure that it can flash through all the mutations and mutations of currently known viruses, and it has a stronger binding force with SARS-CoV-2 RBD (receptor binding region of the Wuhan pneumonia virus), even compared to the market. At present, all monoclonal antibodies are more than a hundred times more effective. (Flip from the biorxiv website)
There is a way to extinguish Wuhan pneumonia (covid, COVID-19) variant virus (covi)! Academician Weng Qihui of the Academia Sinica and the team of researcher Ma Che from the Genome Research Center have developed a monoglycosylated spike protein (S protein) vaccine that is not afraid of virus mutations. They have also found a super monoclonal antibody "m31A7", which is effective against covi. The ability is more than a hundred times better than all monoclonal antibody therapies in the world.
At present, vaccine immunogens all drive the immune response through the S protein to produce antibodies against the virus and increase the body's immunity to the virus. However, due to the rapid mutation of the virus, many fully vaccinated patients are still suffering from breakthrough infections. Weng Qihui and Maccher’s team published a monoglycated vaccine in June this year. Even though the virus prototype of the vaccine is still the original strain of Wuhan, the removal of the sugar from the immunogen S protein of the vaccine will interfere with the identification, so that the surface of the S protein is exposed more. It can be used to identify characteristics, that is, no matter how the virus mutates, it can be disguised, and the vaccine will produce a greater number and more diverse antibodies.
The team published the latest research data against mutant strains. Through the experiment of hACE2 transgenic mice (simulating severe disease), the Delta strain of India was infected and severe illness was induced. The group without vaccination died until the 8th day, and the group received the general vaccine until the 8th day. The survival rate is about 25%. The transgenic mice after vaccination with the monosaccharide vaccine still have a survival rate of about 75% by the 15th day; that is to say, the same vaccine designed with the Wuhan strain prototype virus strain, the efficacy of the monosaccharide vaccine It is three times higher than the general vaccine; if infected with the British Alpha variant, all the unvaccinated transgenic mice will die by day 7; the general vaccine group will survive about 60% by day 9. The survival rate of transgenic mice was still 100% by the 15th day.
The team also analyzed the antibodies induced by the vaccine. Regardless of the Wuhan original strain, the British strain, the South African strain, the Brazilian strain, the Indian strain, and the Delta strain, the neutralizing antibody titer of the monosaccharide vaccine was more than 2 times higher than that of the general vaccine. This vaccine also exerts superior serum binding power to other coronaviruses such as MERS, SARS, HKU1, OC43, NL63, 229E and other diseases. This monoglycated vaccine not only produces antibodies against the virus, but also induces superior CD8 T cells, allowing T cells to produce memory.
It is worth noting that the team of Researcher Lin Guoyi of the Genome Research Center purified and separated the antibody produced by the transgenic mice after inoculation with 2 doses of monoglycated vaccine, and found a super antibody named "m31A7", which was compared with all the monoclonal antibodies on the market. Strain antibody has high affinity, and because the super antibody is known from the structure, it can flash through all the mutations and mutations of currently known viruses, and it has a stronger binding force with SARS-CoV-2 RBD (covi receptor binding region). The current common monoclonal antibodies are more than a hundred times better. If they are put into clinical treatment in the future, they will be a powerful tool for treating patients.
Research related data has been found in the Biology Open Preprint Database "bioRxiv".
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Americans: It's time Joe Biden resigns "in disgrace"
Reporter : Grace Saldana, FreedomWire
Day by day, calls continue to grow for Joe Biden to either “resign in disgrace,” as former President Donald Trump put it, or be impeached and removed from office following his atrocious handling of the U.S. troop withdrawal in Afghanistan.
As Biden continues to play the blame game and hide away when he’s asked tough questions about the tragic Afghanistan debacle, Americans are growing weary of his refusal to take accountability.
A new Rasmussen Reports survey published Wednesday shows that 52 percent of likely U.S. voters believe Biden should resign because of the way his administration handled troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
40 percent of 1,000 respondents indicated that Biden deserves to be impeached over his botched mishandling of the withdrawal.
The polling company also asked, “If President Biden were to resign or be removed from office by impeachment, Vice President Kamala Harris would become president. How qualified is Harris to assume the duties of being president?”
Just 33 percent of likely voters said Harris is not qualified to become president if Biden were removed from office.
This could signify growing support for a Kamala Harris takeover, despite her previously being considered even more unfavorable than Biden.
Even more fed up than the average American over the Kabul crisis, which resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. troops and abandonment of over 100 Americans, are retired Generals and Admirals who are disgusted with Biden’s military leadership.
A press release from Flag Officers 4 America announced that an open letter signed by 87 retired Generals and Admirals on Monday called on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to immediately resign.
Because Austin and Milley “were the two top military officials in a position to recommend against the dangerous withdrawal in the strongest possible terms,” the release said they should resign “as a matter of conscience and public statement.”
As calls for Biden to step down intensify, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), is pursuing impeachment charges against him to remove him from office.
However, the Biden administration refuses to acknowledge these efforts to force Biden and his top military officials out of the White House. As of now, not a single person has taken accountability to resign amid the troop withdrawal that unnecessarily resulted in irreversible consequences.
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Biden officials turn on him, reveal how they really feel about Afghanistan withdrawal
Reporter : Kipp Jones, The Western Journal
President Joe Biden’s botched exit from Afghanistan, and his decision to leave American citizens behind while bowing to the demands of the Taliban, has some administration officials doubting him, according to a new report.
The establishment media, which all too often works to insulate the error-prone Democrat from any and all criticism, has actually held him accountable in just the last few days.
With the establishment media no longer carrying water for Biden, people who work in his administration are speaking out about his latest crisis.
Politico reported that while Biden attempts to spin the Afghanistan disaster into some sort of victory, those around him are disappointed.
“I am absolutely appalled and literally horrified we left Americans there,” a person identified as an administration official told Politico. “It was a hostage rescue of thousands of Americans in the guise of a [noncombatant evacuation operation], and we have failed that no-fail mission.”
Another official said the mission isn’t accomplished if Americans are left behind.
Meanwhile, Biden seems to think he couldn’t have handled the last few weeks any better.
“This decision about Afghanistan is not just about Afghanistan. It’s about ending an era of major military operations to remake other countries,” Biden said Tuesday, according to Politico.
“I give you my word with all of my heart, I believe this is the right decision, the wise decision, and the best decision for America,” he said before again walking away from reporters without answering any questions.
Biden, who is already a veritable hermit compared to his predecessors in the White House, has been even less visible in recent weeks.
His absence coincides with an avalanche of negative reporting and the political fallout of leaving American citizens behind in Afghanistan amid an unconditional surrender to the Taliban.
After 13 American service members were killed by a suicide bomber at the Kabul airport last week, Biden was nowhere to be found for almost an entire day. When he met with Gold Star families this week, he was slammed by angry mothers, fathers and sisters for his callous tone and behaviour.
He even resorted to playing the Beau Biden card.
Has Biden finally worn out his welcome with the American people? New polling released by Rasmussen on Wednesday indicates as much.
If the temperature in the Biden administration itself says anything about the president’s standing with John Q. Public, patience with the walking gaffe machine and incompetent oaf is wearing thin.
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Two cases of the Mu variant were found at the Japanese airport
Image : Web Screenshot
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on 30 August that it is monitoring the new mutant virus strain Mu and listed the Mu variant as a "variant of interest". Covi21 is first discovered in Colombia in January 2021.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (equivalent to the Ministry of Health and Welfare) announced the results of COVID-19 (covid) quarantine at Japanese airports in June and July, and found two cases of Covi21. Because the World Health Organization is monitoring the Covi21 the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Japan re-stated and announced the results of the examination so far.
Among the two cases of Mu mutants detected in Japanese airport quarantine, one of them was a woman in her 40s who arrived at a Japanese airport from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 26 June, and the other was from the United Kingdom on 5 July a woman in her 50s arriving at a Japanese airport. Both are asymptomatic but carry pathogens in their bodies. The World Health Organization classifies Covi21 as "variant of interest", and the alert level is lower than that of Delta variant.
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan stated that it will cooperate with governments, WHO, experts, etc., pay attention to the infection situation in various countries, and strive to do a good job in epidemic prevention. (Central News Agency)
Ref: news.tvbs.com.tw/world/1577138
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American podcast host caught covid, treated it with vitamins, ivermectin and other drugs, recovered in three days
Reporter : Gabriel Keane, National File / Image : Video Screenshot (The New York Post)
“Hello friends. So, I got back from the road Saturday night feeling very weary, I had a headache I just felt, just run down and just to be cautious, I separated from my family, slept in a different part of the house and throughout the night I got fevers and sweats and I knew what was goin’ on,” Rogan stated on Wednesday. “So I got up in the morning, got tested, and turns out I got COVID.”
“So we immediately threw the kitchen sink at it, all kinds of meds, monoclonal antibodies, ivermectin, Z-Pak, prednisone, everything,” Rogan continued. “Uh, and I also got an NAD drip and a vitamin drip and I did that three days in a row. And so, here we are on Wednesday, and I feel great. I really only had one bad day, Sunday sucked, but Monday was better, Tuesday felt better than Monday, and today I actually feel good. I feel pretty f**king good. Uh, that’s the good news. The bad news is we have to move the Friday show in Nashville.”
The news quickly went viral, and publications such as the New York Times and The Daily Beast produced articles slamming Rogan for taking ivermectin, which is traditionally used as a horse dewormer.
Refs: https://nationalfile.com/breaking-joe-rogan-got-covid-treated-it-with-vitamins-ivermectin-and-other-drugs-recovered-in-three-days/, https://nypost.com/2021/09/01/joe-rogan-got-covid-after-urging-listeners-not-to-get-vaccine/
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Will the Communist Army 003 ship form a countermeasure against US intervention in the Taiwan Strait? Expert: Primary school students are better than college students
Reporter : Gu Shangjun/Photographer Li Weihua
The third aircraft carrier of the Chinese Communist Army is expected to officially enter service in 2025.
According to the Ministry’s assessment, national defense will form a more powerful deterrent to the US military’s involvement in the Taiwan Strait disputes. The Chinese Republic military must be prepared. However, the former navy success class warship captain believes that it will still be difficult for the communist naval ships to form effective combat capabilities in the next ten years. Compared with the US military, it is like elementary school students than college students.
Communist naval ships have frequently appeared in the South China Sea this year, fighting against the US military and vying for dominance in the Western Pacific. However, how powerful is this fledgling maritime power? The Ministry of National Defense has given the official answer.
Reporter Gu Shangjun: "The 110th CCP Military Power Development Report of the Ministry of National Defense pointed out that the communist army Shandong Liaoning ship has generated combat power, combined with naval and air forces, carried out regular long-sea voyage training, and strengthened battlefield operations. After 2025, the third ship is also expected to be launched into service. By then, their area will resist anti-intervention combat capabilities and will be more complete.”
The Taiwan Strait battlefield is not long in depth, and large surface battleships are difficult to deploy. Therefore, the large-scale battle group of ships will mainly the opponent is not the Republic of China navy, but the US military and its neighboring alliances, which are coming to aid, to block the Taiwan Strait to prevent foreign intervention when the two sides of the strait are at war.
Shu Xiaohuang, Associate Researcher of the National Defense Academy sa id,"The most important force of an aircraft carrier is its aviation strength. The Shandong Liaoning uses a skid deck, so there are great restrictions on the aviation combat power on it. The first aircraft itself has oil bombs. If it cannot be fully covered, it will affect its combat capability. If the 003 air force can be formed, it can be equipped with an early warning aircraft, which is sufficient to provide it with a relatively large area protection, then it is sufficient to conduct independent operations at long distances. Or command a ship strike group to conduct independent operations.”
The optimization of the ship’s flight deck can greatly increase the combat radius of carrier-based aircraft. The Communist Army is also intensively testing the aircraft take-off and landing capabilities. With the emergence of various types of aircraft, the biggest difference in take-off and landing methods from the past is the use of electromagnetic ejection systems.
Li Siping, editor of cutting-edge technology military magazine, said, "China’s 003 aircraft carrier uses the same catapult for electromagnetic ejection as that of the Ford-class ships of the United States. The benefits of electromagnetic ejection are that the launching force is relatively gentle, and the load on the aircraft will be greater. In addition, the power can be adjusted according to the different weights of the model and the mount. In mainland China, they think that they have used a new medium-voltage DC system instead of the AC system used in the United States, which can make the catapult more stable. At the same time, traditional powered ships can provide enough power to use the catapult, but all this will not be known until after the actual service."
Huang Zhenghui, the former navy captain of Zhang Qian warship, said, "These actual forces are used. Integration, the integration of this bunch of different things together to exert its combat power is actually very difficult. If you have actually participated in the training of a new force, it is like saying that I have participated in the success of the ship. The army, I know there are many difficulties in it, laymen are completely unaware of it.”
However, the CCP’s 003 ship still has many short versions, such as using traditional power systems instead of long-range nuclear power drives. There is still a long way to go for the integration of overall combat power.
Experts analyze that 003 is still in the verification stage and is by no means the main force of the Communist army. After the technology is mature in the future, mass production of 004 or even 005 will gradually form a more stable advantage.
Former Navy Zhang Qian warship captain Huang Zhenghui said, "The American aircraft carrier is a university student. The Chinese Communist Party’s aircraft carrier is now in the first and second grades of elementary school, and it is still very far away. If its hardware can catch up with the United States in 10 years, I will say China. The navy is a very, very good navy. It is really very difficult, because you must not forget how long the US aircraft carrier is. It has been 100 years from World War II to today. What about China? When did China have an aircraft carrier, who taught me? It's how it learns these applications."
The Communist Army still does not have an overwhelming advantage in the short term, but military threats are increasing day by day.
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Chinese Internet giants set up labor unions to actively accept "supervisor guidance"
Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor: Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/09/02/a103205711.html
After Xi Jinping proposed "common prosperity", recently, Chinese Internet giants such as JD.com and Didi Chuxing have set up labor unions to actively accept "superior guidance." Some commentators believe that under the suppression of the CCP, private enterprises have shown their loyalty in various ways in order to ask the authorities to show mercy.
Chinese e-commerce giant Jingdong Group announced the establishment of a labor union on August 30, which will realize the "four unifications" of unified management of union members, unified activities, unified protection of rights and interests, and unified assistance for difficulties.
Reuters quoted two people familiar with the matter on September 1 that the Chinese online ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing will also set up a labor union. The decision was announced in an internal forum in August.
The person familiar with the matter, who declined to be identified, said that initially the union will be managed by employees from the Beijing headquarters and guided by the government-backed All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU).
Bloomberg News reports that Didi has set up a labor union for the first time, and other tech giants may soon follow.
According to several anonymous sources, technology companies such as Meituan, a food delivery platform, are studying the feasibility of establishing an internal labor group; employees of Alibaba Group are also calling for the formation of a labor union at the company forum.
According to reports, Didi may have set up a labor union in an attempt to please Beijing.
Didi has been repeatedly criticized by state media for overcharging taxi drivers. After Didi went public in the U.S. at the end of June, it was severely punished by the authorities and may face harsher penalties than Alibaba.
JD.com, Didi and Alibaba declined to comment on the formation of labor unions, while Meituan said it would focus on listening to and helping delivery riders.
"If there is no proper supervision, it will become 996. This reduces employment and is not good for the society." On August 26, the former Minister of Finance of the Chinese Communist Party Lou Jiwei presented at the first "ESG (Environmentally Friendly, Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance) said at the Global Leaders Summit.
Earlier, on 25 August, the Supreme Court of the Communist Party of China and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security ruled that the "996 Work System" was illegal. The 996 working system refers to working 6 days a week, with daily working hours from 9 am to 9 pm. Internet companies such as Alibaba have implemented the 996 work system.
In recent years, with the impact of the trade war and the covid epidemic, China's economy has fallen sharply, entering a period of recession, and the number of unemployed people has soared. The CCP’s high-level officials have put "security in employment" first. At present, the number of flexible employees in China is as high as 200 million. Their wages and labor benefits are not guaranteed, which affects social stability.
In July, eight departments including the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Maintaining the Labor Security Rights and Interests of Workers in New Employment Forms", requiring platform companies to implement fair employment, labor remuneration, rest systems, and labor safety. Should bear due responsibilities. The outside world believes that the CCP uses the guise of protecting labor, in essence, to maintain the stability of the CCP regime.
The Voice of America review article stated that, from Alibaba to Tencent, from Didi to Meituan, private enterprises, while suffering various kinds of suppression, tried their best to show good to the CCP, and welcomed and cooperated with the strengthening of supervision and punishment. Many companies, such as Tencent, also actively donated huge sums of money to "give back" the society in order to be merciful to the CCP.
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Beijing's homestay industry is doomed, online rentals are off the shelves
The CCP’s industry purge has been extended to the field of short-term rental housing. The Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development recently notified that all housing estates in the city have been suspended, and approximately 100,000 property owners have been affected.
According to the sudden notice issued by the authorities, all the houses listed on the short-term rental platforms in Beijing were immediately removed from the shelves. Beijing Tongzhou District also organized the joint deployment of cybersecurity and informatization, public security, housing construction and other departments to announce new policies to 9 short-term housing platforms including Tujia, Airbnb, Qunar, Xiaozhu Short-term Rental, Tongcheng Yilong, etc., and non-compliant housing It will be removed from the shelves on August 29.
According to people familiar with the matter, the authorities stipulate that if a B&B in Beijing wants to be online again, it must provide a certificate of property rights; the identity of the owner; the identity of the operator; the certificate of the owner's consent for short-term rental; the certificate issued by the community, the owner or the property management committee, etc. 6 copies Material. However, it is difficult for ordinary short-term rental operators to provide 6 documents at the same time, and about 80% of the homestays are likely to be closed.
Some scholars pointed out that this move by the Chinese Communist Party will bring a devastating blow to the homestay industry and also cause serious inconvenience to people’s lives, but it can tighten the space for crowd activities in an all-round way. Many people who are not welcomed by the government, such as low-income visitors. People and rights defenders will find it harder to settle in Beijing.
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U.S. troop withdrawal ends, tens of thousands of people in Afghanistan seek to flee
Reporter : Li Ming / Editor: Hu Long / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/08/31/a103204515.html
Image : Refugees evacuated from Kabul on 31 August 2021 were guided through the terminal and took a bus from Dulles International Airport to the refugee processing centre. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The US government announced a few days ago that the evacuation operation at Kabul Airport has ended. However, in addition to about 200 Americans still stranded in Afghanistan, there are thousands of Afghans seeking to escape from Taliban rule. Reuters reported that many Afghans are trying to escape by land across the border.
According to a Reuters report, after the last U.S. transport plane took off on August 31, the crowd outside Kabul Airport who sought a chance to escape was dispersed overnight, leaving the floor full of garbage and discarded suitcases. Kabul Airport also announced Temporarily closed and disabled. Currently, the Taliban, Qatar and Turkey are discussing who will operate the airport in the future.
There are still many Afghans who want to escape from the Taliban rule. Seeing that they are hopeless, many Afghans have begun to try to escape by land and across the border. Some people are heading to the border of Pakistan, and some want to go to other Central Asian countries.
Reuters interviewed an Afghan named Houthi who had worked for the US military and held a US passport, but he could not get on the plane back to the US because he was carrying 6 daughters who did not have US passports. In the last few days of the U.S. withdrawal, he kept calling and sending emails to the U.S. Embassy without a response. However, a U.S. soldier once called and told him that he might be able to take the plane alone, but he could not take his daughters with him. Those 6 daughters do not have U.S. citizenship. Hussein said that his wife had already died of covid and he was worried about handing over his daughters to others for adoption.
Now Houthi, like other Afghans, is weighing whether to risk leaving Afghanistan by land. He told Reuters: “I heard from the news and relatives that thousands of people were waiting at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border to try to enter Pakistan. I don’t know if I should go to Tajikistan.”
According to estimates by the UN refugee agency, as of the end of this year, about 500,000 Afghans will have fled their homes.
In fact, as of now, at least 100 to 200 American citizens are still stranded in Afghanistan. US President Biden told the media on 31 August that if these American citizens want to leave Afghanistan, the US government will still provide assistance.
Biden said that the international community will require the Taliban to honor their commitments and allow Afghans to travel freely, and the US government is working to provide all American citizens, Afghan partners and foreigners who want to leave the country with a safe way to leave Afghanistan.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a press conference with the Austrian Chancellor in Berlin on 31 August that thousands of Afghans and other vulnerable ethnic groups who have served the German military in recent years are still stranded in Afghanistan. Is trying to escape.
She also said that it is estimated that there are still 10,000 to 40,000 local employees of development agencies still stranded in Afghanistan. If they feel that staying in Afghanistan is dangerous, they will have the right to evacuate to Germany. She said, "We have to look at how many people want to leave Afghanistan, how many people do not want to leave. No one can easily make the decision to abandon their homes."
Merkel emphasized that keeping Kabul Airport in operation is a matter of life and death.
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Chinese people questioned the huge profits of vaccines, applications for vaccine procurement information were rejected
Reporter : Jing Zhongming / Editor: Hu Long / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/09/01/a103205414.html
Image : On 1 August 2021, a student in Shenyang, Liaoning, was vaccinated against covid. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
The CCP is advancing on a large scale the "vaccination for all people." In the context of "integration of politics and business", many people suspect that the Chinese Communist Party's epidemic prevention policy may have the right to use the vaccine industry to make huge profits. A few days ago, someone applied to the CCP’s Health Commission for the disclosure of information on vaccine costs, procurement and payment, and the Health Commission pushed them all to local governments.
A few days ago, a Guangdong citizen submitted the "Application Form for Disclosure of Government Information" to the National Health Commission of the Communist Party of China. This person was forced to be vaccinated against covid because of his minor children. He filled out the "Application Form" on 17 August and asked the Health Commission to disclose the number of adverse reactions to the vaccination, death and disability compensation standards, information about the production cost of each vaccine manufacturer, the main body of vaccine purchase, the payment of vaccines, the implementation of mandatory vaccine insurance, etc.
However, the "Notice of Disclosure of Government Information" returned to the applicant by the National Health Commission of the Communist Party of China on 30 August did not give a positive response to the above-mentioned information. The “Notice” stated that follow-up information on the “total number of adverse reactions” “will be announced in due course”, “vaccine production costs” are not government information, “vaccine compulsory insurance” is under the jurisdiction of the State Food and Drug Administration, and all other information is recommended that applicants “consult the corresponding province”.
Since the Chinese Communist Party urged domestic vaccination, there have been frequent occurrences of illness, disability and fatal accidents due to vaccination, but the government has never publicly notified one case. For the families of the deceased who insisted on defending their rights, the authorities used "coupled responses" to prevaricate responsibility. At the same time, local governments are still pushing for "universal vaccination," and various coercive and inducing methods are emerging one after another. In some places, epidemic prevention personnel even knocked down residents and forced the vaccination. Related videos were frequently circulated on the Internet.
Some local officials publicly stated that the completion of vaccination of 1.1 billion people by the end of October was an order of the highest authority.
However, according to public information, domestic vaccines have low protection against the CCP virus, especially the Delta variant. Many people questioned whether the authorities are forcing the "universal vaccination" to prevent the epidemic, and whether people took the opportunity to search for people's property.
Officials claimed that the cost of the vaccine was paid by the medical insurance fund, and that the entire population was "free of charge." However, detailed information about vaccine production, procurement and payment is still a mystery.
It is reported that the medical insurance fund is ultimately paid by the insured units and individuals throughout the society. The public questioned that in the frenzy of "free vaccination for all people," a large number of people's hard-earned money has flowed into the pockets of a few vaccine manufacturers through "dark rivers".
Mainland Chinese media has repeatedly disclosed the huge profits of Sinovac. Earlier, some Weibo netizens pointed out that before the official announcement of the use of medical insurance funds to pay for vaccines at the beginning of this year, several mysterious companies suddenly bought shares in China's vaccine industry but related posts were quickly blocked.
News (19) to (22) / Reposted from Epoch Times/ Editor: Liu Mingxiang / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/09/01/a103205369.html
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CCP newspapers and media held a "big-character poster" to dig a hole for Xi Jinping?
Report by : Wang He / Editor : Liu Mingxiang / Publisher: The Epoch Times via NTD / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/09/01/a103205369.html
It is very rare for the major central media to publish an article from the official WeChat account. Obviously, this is a unified arrangement of the News Propaganda Portal and the Cyberspace Administration of China. What is the purpose? It is to form a powerful public opinion offensive and make waves.
What kind of waves will it cause? This is to see "Everyone can feel that a profound change is underway!" "What did you say. There are roughly three main points in this article:
First, the Cyberspace Administration of China recently rectified the "fan circle", Zheng Shuang was punished, Zhao Wei, Gao Xiaosong were blocked, etc., if we contacted the rectification of economic order and anti-monopoly since the listing of Ants was suspended, the authorities would mention the joint The road to prosperity "from a higher political level" is "a profound revolution."
Second, "This change will wash away all the dust. The capital market will no longer become a paradise for capitalists to get rich overnight, the cultural market will no longer be a paradise for nymphomaniac stars, and news and public opinion will no longer be a position for worshipping Western culture. Red returns and heroes. Return, return with blood." This is "return to the original intention of the Chinese Communist Party", "return to the people-centered, return to the essence of socialism."
Third, "China is currently facing an increasingly severe and complex international environment. The United States is imposing increasingly severe military threats, economic and technological blockades, financial strikes, political and diplomatic siege against China, and is launching biological warfare against China. Cyber warfare, public opinion warfare, and space warfare are increasingly launching a color revolution against China through the fifth column within China."
The content of the article is so stimulating, inciting, and absurd. It is no wonder that it is called a "big-character poster" and the official media is hyping it. What is the intention?
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Three levels of speculation behind the "big-character poster"
This article believes that there are roughly three levels of speculation. The first level, "three dumping pots." It is to fool the people, provoke the people, and throw the chaos in mainland China to the entertainment industry, to the capitalists, and to the United States, to find a scapegoat and wash the ground for the CCP.
The second level is to coerce the authorities. "Although we are not trying to kill the rich and help the poor, we need to effectively solve the problem of increasing income gap between the rich and the poor." The three mountains of education, medical care, and housing must be "completely eradicated". In fact, it is secretly criticizing the Xi authorities for taking the wrong path in the past. To be responsible for the current chaos in China, they must change their course.
How to change the course? This is the third level, requiring the Xi authorities to step up their steps to move closer to Mao Zedong and return to the Mao era.
In a nutshell, the CCP’s press and publicity outlets and the Cyberspace Administration of China have hyped up this article with the purpose of using some of the authorities’ current practices to create public opinion, drive the trend, and create pressure on the authorities to influence the policy direction of next year’s 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
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Current internal struggles of the CCP continue to be very fierce
It can be seen from this incident that the current internal struggles of the CCP are very fierce. There are both interests and political differences, and they are inextricably fought on the issue of political line (the future direction of China).
After Xi Jinping came to power, he also turned to the left because of his own party-guarding complex and the imprint of the Mao era; however, he is a family member after all, and he has to face the reality and understand the current China after all. There has been a fundamental change from the Mao era, and it is impossible to return to the Mao era in strides. Therefore, Xi's policy is to stop and go, look around, hesitate, and contradictions are repeated.
For example, on the one hand, the Xi authorities are preparing to delink from the US economy (for example, cracking down on Internet high-tech companies going public in the US); on the other hand, they are accelerating the opening up of the financial industry, proposing high-level opening up to the outside world, and signing free trade agreements everywhere.
For another example, the Xi authorities raised the banner of "common prosperity", but added a lot of "no" and negative words before "common prosperity", such as not simultaneous prosperity, not equal prosperity, not killing the rich and helping the poor, "third "Sub-distribution" is not mandatory. The two things of "big cake and good cake" must be done well and so on. Why? There are also pragmatic factors in it.
Some forces such as Mao Zuo took all these things in their eyes and grasped the critical period before the "20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China." tied Mao leftist chariot completely. So many official media touted this "big-character poster"-style article together. It is such a tactical action, which is a temptation and temptation for Xi. There should be a lot of follow-up actions.
Or: Xi has already become the "core". Isn't it possible that he can't control the news and publicity system and the Cyberspace Administration of China? This involves the complexity of the CCP’s decision-making system. The news propaganda system and the Cyberspace Administration of China are the same (the director of the Cyberspace Administration is the deputy minister of the Central Propaganda Department), both of which are under the management of Wang Huning. How could Xi know everything? It's not a special problem. It is impossible for Xi to speak directly. If Wang Huning makes his own calculations, or if the Maoist forces of the Central Propaganda Department are doing something under the sign of Xi Jinping's "New Era", "low-level red, high-level black", this space is quite large (of course, this is the CCP. A manifestation of the decay of the system).
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Struggle for CCP policy direction may be more intense
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is of vital importance to Xi Jinping and all factions. In addition to the distribution of power, the policy direction is also a major focus of internal struggles. There should be little suspense about Xi Jinping's re-election. The struggle for policy direction may be invisibly more intense. All factions want to pull Xi Jinping to their side, and Mao leftist is especially excited.
More than a hundred years ago, when the Boxer Rebellion emerged, the ministers had different opinions. For various reasons, Cixi finally made the wrong decision, which caused great disaster to the country. Xu Yun said something: It seems that Cixi is leading everyone away, but in fact everyone is pushing Cixi away. It is natural for Cixi to escape his responsibility, but what about the guilt of those who pushed Cixi away?
Xi Jinping should take Cixi as a warning to see who is pushing him away?
This article only represents the author's views and statements.
News (23) to (26) / Editor : Li Yan / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/9/1/n13203451.htm
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Taliban controls Afghanistan, Expert: The U.S. will not switch from anti-communist to anti-terrorism
Biden: The CCP hopes that the United States will fall into another decade in Afghanistan
The Voice of America reported that the longest war in U.S. history came to an end as the last group of U.S. military personnel flew out of Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan on 31 August. As the Taliban are about to regain power, Afghanistan may once again become a hotbed of international terrorism. But experts say that even so, the focus of US foreign policy will not switch from resisting communism to fighting terrorism again.
US President Joe Biden delivered a speech at the White House on Tuesday (August 31) to defend the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. He said that it is time to focus on new threats. Biden specifically named China (the CCP) and Russia, stating that the United States must deal with the new challenges of the 21st century, and pointed out that "in this competition, what China (the CCP) and Russia most hope to see is that the United States will fall into another decade in Afghanistan." .
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CCP is even more complacent
On 29 August, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi once again spoke on the situation in Afghanistan. This is the second call between the two in less than two weeks, highlighting the urgency of how to deal with the Afghan issue after the United States withdrew its troops completely and the Taliban regained power. Especially after the terrorist attack on Kabul Airport on 26 August, the international community urgently needs cooperation in preventing Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for international terrorism, and China is a neighboring country of Afghanistan. This would have been very important for both Washington and Beijing.
But now, Beijing apparently regards the two calls between Blinken and Wang Yi as Washington's desire for Beijing, which has established many preconditions for the future potential US-China anti-terrorism cooperation in Afghanistan. The Chinese Communist Party media described the end of the 20-year-long U.S. military operation in Afghanistan as a "Saigon moment" and a "crash withdrawal", which is full of sarcasm and ridicule.
Ian Johnson, a senior researcher for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, said that the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has made the CCP even more complacent, and they are happy to see their biggest rival withdraw sadly. Zhang Yan used to be a journalist and writer and contributed to the New York Times for a long time.
According to a report by the party media Xinhua News Agency, Wang Yi said in a call with Blinken on August 29 that the communication between the United States and China on Afghanistan and climate change shows that "dialogue is better than confrontation, and cooperation is better than conflict." China's contact with the United States will depend on the United States' attitude toward China.
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The focus of U.S. foreign policy has shifted to resist communism
In 2001, the then-U.S. President George W. Bush listed the CCP as one of America's most important competitors at the beginning of his term. The "Hainan Island collision" incident occurred between the United States and China, which became the first diplomatic crisis faced by Bush after he took office. After the "9.11" terrorist attacks, the United States was forced to shift its foreign policy focus to global counter-terrorism and to cooperate with Beijing. As a result, US-China relations have been greatly improved.
But today, 20 years later, Sun Yun, a senior researcher at the Stimson Center in Washington and director of the China Program, believes that there is a serious lack of mutual trust between the United States and China, and it is difficult to make breakthroughs even in the traditionally cooperative field of anti-terrorism.
In an interview with Voice of America via email, she said, "The obstacle to (cooperation) has always been a double standard that both countries believe that the other side is pursuing. The focus is on the Uyghur issue. China (the CCP) believes that the U.S. has ignored the Uyghur issue in counter-terrorism. Because it undermines the legitimacy of China (the CCP) in Xinjiang. The United States believes that China (the CCP) is using anti-terrorism to thwart legitimate calls for the rights of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang."
Most experts on US-China relations believe that even if Beijing is willing to cooperate with Washington on Afghanistan and counter-terrorism issues, the degree will be limited and will not be enough to change the overall situation of US-China relations. Bates Gill, a professor at Macquarie University in Australia, who studies China issues, told VOA that the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan is essentially a strategic decision, and its purpose is to concentrate more resources against the CCP.
"This (withdrawal) will free up resources, free up bandwidth, and will allow the United States to focus more on the challenges it considers to be from China (the CCP)." He said, "This kind of strategic competition started even before the withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan. Therefore, I think we should expect this kind of strategic competition to intensify in the future, because the United States can pay more attention to the challenges posed by China (the CCP)."
President Biden also made this point clear in his speech at the White House on 31 August on the end of the war in Afghanistan. He said, "We are in fierce competition with China (the Chinese Communist Party). We are responding to Russia’s challenges in many fields. We are facing the threat of cyber attacks and nuclear proliferation. We must improve the competitiveness of the United States to deal with the 21st century. New threats in the competition. We can do both, fight terrorism, and deal with new challenges that will continue to exist now and in the future. In this competition, what China (the CCP) and Russia most hope to see is the United States in Afghanistan has plunged into another decade."
Ji Beici said, "I think that the overall strategic focus (of the United States) is shifting from the tasks that we have seen in the past 20 years that focus on counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency to competition among major powers. This is very clear."
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Zhang Yan: In Afghanistan, the U.S. wants nothing from the CCP
Zhang Yan of the Association for Foreign Relations said that after withdrawing from Afghanistan, the United States has no interest in being involved in another anti-terrorism operation, and it is unlikely that American companies will invest in Afghanistan. However, it is difficult for the CCP to make a profit from the current situation, because the CCP’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative is not a charity cause, and the CCP will basically not be able to help the United States in the future on the issue of Afghanistan. Under such circumstances, the Biden administration will not make major adjustments to its China policy before next year's mid-term elections in the United States.
He said, "Basically, everyone has the same position on the issue of China (the CCP), that is, China (the CCP) is a competitor. We must be careful. If you take any subtle measures to deviate from this point, you will be I think it is weak to China (the Chinese Communist Party). So in this environment, I don't see any benefits of the Biden administration's relaxation of China (the Chinese Communist Party) policy."
News (27) to (32) / Host : Tang Jingyuan / Publisher : Foresight Quick Review / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/9/1/n13203201.htm
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Ending the war in Afghanistan, the United States still has hidden dangers
At 2:45 pm yesterday, Biden gave an official speech on the end of the war in Afghanistan. He first declared that the 20-year military presence of the United States in Afghanistan has ended. Then he said: The withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan was a great success. Later, Biden made it clear in his speech that the decision to withdraw troops was to cope with changes in the world; because the United States is in fierce and serious competition with China and has to deal with various challenges from Russia.
In addition, Biden also admitted an important fact that there are still many people who need to be evacuated are still stranded in Afghanistan, despite Biden’s promise that as long as they want to leave, the government will try to get them to leave the country, saying that our task is still not end yet.
He also emphasized that the Taliban must stick to their promises and provide a safe passage for anyone who wants to leave the country. What we want to see is not verbal, but their actions and so on.
Obviously, the Biden administration and the Taliban have reached some kind of agreement. The United States will give the Taliban certain benefits in exchange for the Taliban to continue to let those who still need to leave.
How many people are in this group? According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. State Department cannot provide an accurate number of people, but it is certain that at least more than a hundred Americans and tens of thousands of Afghans who have worked for the United States have not been able to withdraw before the deadline. They will all face a future full of uncertainty and danger.
U.S. Central Command Commander Frank McKenzie also confirmed, "This evacuation has a lot of heartbreaking things. We failed to evacuate all the people we wanted to evacuate."
Such an evacuation, of course, cannot be said to be a success.
Many friends may have seen the news report, saying that the U.S. debacle left the Taliban with at least $85 billion worth of military equipment, including more than 73,000 military vehicles, from Hummers to military trucks. , Tactical support vehicles and armored personnel carriers; there are more than 85% of the world’s Black Hawk helicopters, 4 C130 Hercules transport aircraft and more than 100 light aircraft; there are more than 500,000 types of firearms, one There are more than 6,000 sets of advanced tactical helmets with Google night vision, and there are even more than 100 sets of "Javelin" portable anti-tank missiles.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu publicly stated that the Taliban’s current weapons and equipment are better than those of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Such an arsenal of such a large scale will basically only cause two consequences: one is that the strength of the Taliban itself has been rapidly expanded, and it is difficult to shake the dominance of a family. Another is that weapons that the Taliban cannot fully digest themselves will flow into the hands of various armed organizations and terrorists active in Afghanistan through various channels, including the CCP, of course.
Biden said that the withdrawal was successful, and that it was to respond to threats mainly from the CCP. This is still emphasizing the significance of the strategic level. Of course, in his current situation, he can only emphasize this point.
Many media are worried that such a huge weaponry may rapidly grow multiple extremist organizations and become the biggest confidant. But in my opinion, it is not the biggest problem that some weapons have fallen into the hands of the CCP. The biggest problem is whether the more than one hundred Americans who remain in Afghanistan can finally leave safely. This is a huge problem. Time bomb.
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Chinese and US foreign ministers call. Why Blinken is low-key?
Why do you say that? Let's briefly review two news items from last weekend.
The first is that on August 29, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Blinken to exchange views on the situation in Afghanistan and Sino-US relations. After the call, both parties issued statements, but what is more unusual is that the CCP’s statement contains seven paragraphs, half of which expands on the Afghan issue, saying that the United States hopes that the United Nations Security Council will have a unified voice and expect the Taliban to ensure the safe evacuation of foreign citizens. And to ensure that Afghanistan cannot become the source of terrorist attacks.
The other half talked a lot about Sino-US relations, saying that Blinken said that the US has no intention of accusing any country on the issue of virus traceability, and the US is willing to maintain contact with China in this regard.
Then the CCP’s statement emphasized that Wang Yi claimed that China would consider how to engage with the U.S. based on the U.S. attitude toward China, and at the same time asked the U.S. to take seriously the two lists and the three bottom lines proposed by China.
In contrast, the U.S. State Department’s statement is very short, as short as only one sentence, 59 words, saying that the two sides “talked about the importance of the international community’s demand for the Taliban to fulfill their public commitments so that Afghans and foreign nationals can travel safely and securely. "Free travel" does not mention a word about Sino-US relations.
This is what we are talking about: The United States clearly hopes that the CCP will not vote against the resolution when the Security Council is voting, and even lowers its tone on the issue of virus traceability, and it must ensure that this call for the Taliban to leave. The resolution to provide safe passage for people was passed.
On the other hand, on the same day on the 29th, Brinken publicly stated to the media: "We have more than 100 countries, 114 of which have signed the statement we initiated, expressing clearly that the international community hopes that the Taliban will fulfill their promises and let people Continue to leave this country after August 31."
There is one detail worthy of everyone's attention. Among these 114 countries, there is no China.
From the comprehensive view of this information, we can get three conclusions: 1. The United States is far more concerned about the continued evacuation of people stranded in Afghanistan than most people imagine. 2. The U.S. is worried that the CCP will be obstructing it, so it has to relax its pressure on tracing the source of the CCP virus (Wuhan virus, SARS-CoV-2). 3. The CCP clearly wants to use the situation in Afghanistan to blackmail the United States and demand that the United States make concessions in Sino-US relations. The core is the list and the bottom line.
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Will the Taliban take both ends?
On 30 August after Blinken and Wang Yi had a phone call, the United Nations Security Council passed the resolution that the United States very much hopes to pass. 13 of the 15 member states voted for it, and China and Russia, as permanent members, abstained from voting. .
For the Taliban, the United States will continue to provide humanitarian assistance directly to the Afghan people if it can abide by its commitment to release people. National Security Advisor Sullivan even said that the possibility of providing assistance to Afghanistan directly through the Taliban is not ruled out in the future.
On the day when the Security Council voted on the Afghanistan resolution, Taliban spokesman Shaheen publicly shouted to the CCP that China is a "great neighbour" and can play an active role in Afghanistan's reconstruction and economic development.
More than one hundred Americans who stayed in Afghanistan have faintly become a bargaining chip for the Taliban. On the one hand, the United States is forced to not be strong against the Taliban, and even has to make false claims and provide assistance. On the other hand, they took the initiative to show their favor to the CCP, asking for economic benefits.
On the biggest hidden danger of the United States in Afghanistan, if it is just a matter of legacy weapons, it is not difficult to solve in itself. President Trump said publicly that air strikes can be used to blow up everything if necessary because the Taliban currently have almost no air defense capabilities.
The real biggest hidden danger is that these more than one hundred people may become hostages of the Taliban or even the CCP at any time. Everyone has seen that the CCP’s hostage diplomacy has always been handy, even as standard. In the Meng Wanzhou incident, the CCP only held two Canadian hostages, which made the Canadian government be in a dilemma. Many policies did not dare to compete with China and even turned to the United States for help.
We can fully imagine that the CCP in Afghanistan only needs to use a certain economic project as a bargaining chip, let the Taliban find some illegal excuses, hold a few or a dozen hostages, and the United States will be very passive. The CCP and the Taliban are completely likely to sing each other and get what they need from the United States.
Of course, this is only a worst-case scenario, but the possibility of fulfilling this scenario is not low, because at present, the CCP dares to ask for prices just for a vote of the Security Council. Personal hostage, what kind of "rescue mediation" bill the CCP will issue is completely conceivable. That's why we said that the United States is still burying a huge landmine in Afghanistan, and it may detonate at any time.
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The implementation of the new CCP law lays a CCP mine
Okay, after talking about landmines in the United States, let's talk about the CCP: It is very interesting that at the same time, the CCP also planted a landmine for itself, and it is also uncertain when it will detonate.
Just today, the CCP’s newly revised "Maritime Traffic Safety Law" officially began to implement, which means that from now on, the South China Sea will enter a new and higher risk period.
This "Maritime Traffic Safety Law" was actually promulgated and implemented as early as 1983, but in April 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress carried out a comprehensive revision of the bill, and it comes into into effect on 1 September.
According to the revised new regulations, foreign ships of category 5 that are required to enter the territorial waters should be reported to the Chinese side. According to a recent announcement issued by the China Maritime Safety Administration, according to this law, five types of foreign ships entering China’s territorial waters must report to the Chinese Maritime Administration, including: 1. Submersibles; 2. Nuclear-powered ships; 3. Ships carrying radioactive materials; 4 . Vessels carrying toxic and hazardous substances such as oil, chemicals, liquefied gas in bulk; 5. Other vessels that may endanger China's maritime traffic safety according to laws, administrative regulations or regulations of the State Council.
Of course, there are 1, 2, and 5 that are the most eye-catching. For example, in Article 2, there are only two countries in the world that have nuclear-powered ships. They are the United States and France, which have nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, and they often drive their aircraft carriers to the South China Sea. The only country is the United States, and this specificity is self-evident.
There is also Article 5. Anyone who is familiar with the legal provisions of the Chinese Communist Party may know that many legal provisions of the Chinese Communist Party will eventually be accompanied by such "other acts that may cause harm" and so on. This "other" is extremely flexible. Whether it is illegal or not, it all depends on the needs of the party.
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Challenge freedom of navigation, the CCP dare to capture the captain of the United States?
The reason why this bill buried a mine is because to a large extent this bill is directed at the freedom of navigation of European and American warships in the South China Sea.
We all know that most of the islands and reefs actually controlled by the CCP in the South China Sea were originally reefs that only appeared on the water when the tide was low. In recent years, the CCP has used artificial islands to artificially expand the area and turn them into islands and reefs permanently out of the water. This is not recognized by the International Ocean Convention.
Therefore, the 12 nautical miles of territorial waters claimed by the CCP in the South China Sea have no legal basis. This is also the reason why European and American warships repeatedly "free navigation" within 12 nautical miles of these islands and reefs all year round, which means that they do not recognize you.
However, after the implementation of the new law, once countries refuse to notify the CCP for free navigation, the maritime administrative agency will deal with it in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations, including the exercise of the "right of hot pursuit." What does this "right of pursuit" mean? It refers to the right that once the authorities have sufficient grounds to believe that a foreign ship violates domestic laws and regulations, it can chase it until the high seas, arrest the responsible person, and then bring it back to its own port for trial.
In other words, starting today, if US warships sail freely in the South China Sea, the CCP can theoretically arrest the captain of the US military "in accordance with the law" and escort it back to the mainland for interrogation, regardless of whether the opponent is an ordinary destroyer or Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are all the same.
It may sound a bit weird or even a little funny, but the CCP is serious, at least in the form of a warning.
Anyone with a bit of common sense might think that neither the United States nor NATO allies, including countries such as Japan, Australia, and India, which have recently been tough on the CCP, and even countries such as Vietnam and Malaysia, which have disputes between ASEAN and the CCP in the South China Sea, are impossible. Abiding by such regulations, compliance is tantamount to acknowledging the CCP’s sovereignty over the relevant sea areas.
This will inevitably bring about a problem: once these countries continue to sail freely and refuse to report, the CCP will face a more embarrassing situation: it will either be tough to the end and send maritime police ships to carry out the so-called "enforcement", or it will only have to admit and pretend. No, or symbolically send a ship to follow the opponent silently for a distance, and then report how to "drive away" the provocative ship and so on.
If the CCP chooses the former, it will undoubtedly need to be prepared for armed conflicts with many countries in turn; if it chooses the latter, the CCP is tantamount to self-slaps, and it will only make countries more ignorant of the CCP’s so-called so-called. Red line. This will undoubtedly seriously dampen the image of the CCP’s efforts to establish the majesty of a great power, although it is far away.
No matter what it does, the CCP will have to pay a high price. This is why we say that the CCP buries itself. In fact, this is not the first time that the CCP has done something like this.
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Leading lessons for the new law to end without a disease
As early as 2013, the CCP announced that it had delineated an air defense identification zone in the East China Sea, requiring all foreign aircraft entering the zone to report their identities. Because this identification zone overlaps with the original air defense identification zones delineated by Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and other countries, and the scope of law enforcement is wider than others, it triggered a strong reaction from the United States, Japan and other countries, saying that they would not recognize it. Many public opinions also worry that this approach may become a source of friction in the region.
As of today, even though it has been 8 years, countless aircraft from the United States, Japan, South Korea and other countries have flown freely through the CCP’s identification zone. The CCP has never dared to make a mistake. The end result is that this air defense identification zone has become a dead letter. , The CCP self-imagined its own strength, and the little pinks were excited for a few days, and then they disappeared.
The implementation of the "Maritime Traffic Safety Law" implemented by the CCP today also has the same difficulty as the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone, or even greater. So from this perspective, this seemingly aggressive bill will have a high probability of being ignored, incapable of execution, and finally ending without disease.
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Taiwan ages to be bilingual country by 2030. Bilingual National Development Conference: The dedicated agency will be listed at the end of the year as soon as possible
Reporter : Wu Qilun / https://ec.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/3658916
In order to promote Taiwan to become a bilingual country, the Executive Yuan will today pass the "Bilingual National Development Center Establishment Bill", which will establish the "Bilingual National Development Center" administrative legal person agency. Shi Kehe, vice chairman of the National Development Council, said that he would strive to make this case a priority bill and it could be listed as soon as next year.
Shi Kehe explained that the National Development Council will strive to list this case as a priority review bill for the new session of the Legislative Yuan. All party groups put forward suggestions during the previous session and all support the promotion. I hope that the legislative process will be completed as soon as possible and passed as soon as possible. Successfully passed, it can be listed at the end of this year at the earliest, or can be listed for operation next year.
The administrative legal person will have one chairman and one executive chief, nine to 11 directors, and three supervisors, who will be selected by the National Development Council and then be appointed by the President of the Executive. He said that the candidates have not yet been confirmed. The chairman and chief executive officer can recruit talents from the private sector. The deputy chief executive officer will be stationed or recommended by the National Development Council or the Ministry of Education. ".
In addition, the government promotes a bilingual national policy, and the 2018 plan sets a total of NT$10 billion from this year to 2024. Shi Kehe explained that last year it was compiled from the third phase of the forward-looking plan. However, due to the delay in this case, the follow-up will be after the establishment of the administrative legal person, considering the scale of the previous forward-looking budget and adjusting it according to the situation, but he believes that, The legal person will not be in place all at once, so the initial budget will not be higher than NT$10 billion.
He also mentioned that no specific targets have been set. The main reason is that administrative legal persons have to be entrusted to administrative legal persons with various ministries and committees. At this stage, there is really no way to make specific targets. The main reason is that if there is no specific basis, the target is too clear. I don’t know what to do, but the general direction is very clear. We will start with the public service system first. For example, the English for official business, including the bilingual use of signboards, documents, etc., is expected to be bilingual in all venues.
He emphasized that he hopes that the administrative legal person will undertake a systematic and integrated principled structure, instead of being promoted by each ministry itself, so that resources will not be wasted. The administrative legal person will be responsible for the promotion, and the overall will be clearly understood and introduced. Consistent work flow.
He further said that the administrative legal person will become a government think tank for bilingual national policies. From policy research planning, design, implementation, etc., it will study cases of countries promoting bilingual countries, covering education and non-education fields, in order to modify the goals of bilingual policies. Information or problems found can be immediately fed back to the design of the policy.
In addition to the education system and the public sector system, many NGOs are also promoting bilingual education in remote rural areas. They hope to build a bilingual environment into an ecosystem. It is hoped that the education field will not only be promoted by the education system, but through the combination of administrative legal persons, public and private sectors, and Taiwan-based institutions, optimizing English resources at the same time.
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The State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism: Strengthening the disinfection work of epidemic prevention and control
Reporter : Shi Yingchun, CCTV
The State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism issued a notice today (2 September) calling for the strengthening of disinfection work for epidemic prevention and control. The notice requires all industries and units to establish daily disinfection management systems and strictly implement disinfection work. Disinfection service companies must have disinfection and sterilization equipment that meets the requirements, purchase and use disinfection products that meet the requirements of regulations and standards, and have personnel and conditions capable of testing the disinfection effect, and establish a self-inspection system to ensure the effectiveness and quality of the disinfection service.
All localities must strictly strengthen the prevention and control of nosocomial infection, and strictly carry out the disinfection of medical institutions and centralized isolation places. For public transportation such as airplanes, railways, passenger transport, and public transportation, daily preventive disinfection should be further strengthened and standardized. Supermarkets, shopping malls, hotels, airports, railway stations, long-distance passenger stations and other densely populated and highly mobile places should standardize sanitation management, fully clean and disinfect public areas, and increase the frequency of disinfection of high-frequency contact parts. Import goods must be strictly quarantined and disinfected, especially imported cold-chain food testing and preventive disinfection of outer packaging to prevent hidden risks. Rural areas should formulate disinfection plans in advance, and fully integrate the entire disinfection process, the entire chain, and all links. The notice also issued 11 technical guidelines and specifications on all aspects of disinfection.
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Longjiang Airlines held a cadre meeting and announced the decision on the appointment of the main leaders
Recently, Longjiang Airlines Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Longjiang Airlines") held a cadre meeting to adjust and appoint the senior management team. Appointment documents.
Sun Zhijun, the new President of Longjiang Airlines, spoke on behalf of the management team, and sincerely thanked the board of directors for their trust and concern. In the future work: first, unity and courage to take responsibility; second, safety first, high-quality development; third, not disgrace the mission, forge ahead .
Wei Hongjiang, Chairman of Longjiang Airlines made an important speech.
1. This management adjustment is a decision made by the company's board of directors after careful research based on the company's development needs.
2. I hope that all employees will fully support the work of the new leadership team and perform their duties around "safety, efficiency, punctuality, service, culture" and other work, and take their own responsibilities.
3. Thanks to all employees for their hard work to Longjiang Airlines. I believe that with the joint efforts of the new leadership team, Longjiang Airlines will surely get out of the predicament and rebirth.
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Construction of the first CR929 long-range wide-body passenger aircraft started
Reporter : Yin Liqin, China News Network
According to the "Plan", by 2025, the production scale and product pedigree of commercial aircraft in the Lingang New Area will continue to be enriched. ARJ21 regional aircraft will accelerate the improvement of production capacity and promote the serial development of business and cargo aircraft; complete the mass production capacity of C919 large passenger aircraft Construction, to realize the delivery of the basic C919 trunk aircraft to customers and put it into market operation. Simultaneously carry out the serial development of extended and derivative models; the CR929 Sino-Russian long-range wide-body passenger aircraft was developed. Enhance the core industrialization capabilities of commercial aeroengines, support the main manufacturers to carry out demonstrations and implement the construction of major engineering conditions for the development of aeroengines, accelerate the completion of technical capabilities such as testing, verification, testing, and fast reaction; fully support the development of 150KW gas turbine engines , 600KW-1000KW turboprop engine and 1000KW turboshaft engine and other small and medium-sized aeroengine development and industrialization; promote the mass delivery of 150KW gas turbine engines, and complete the airworthiness certification and delivery of 600KW turboprop engines, 1000KW class turboshaft engine launched a test flight.
The relevant person in charge of the High-tech Industry and Technology Innovation Department of the Lingang New Area Management Committee introduced that the current global civil aircraft "duopoly" monopoly market is prominent. Large passenger aircraft manufacturing has high technical difficulties, large capital requirements, long development cycles, high risk factors, and tough industry barriers. However, my country's key areas such as commercial aircraft engines, airborne systems, raw materials, and key core equipment are not yet fully autonomous and controllable. In particular, the technology accumulation in the field of civil engines is very weak.
It is understood that since the inauguration of the Lingang New Area, the civil aviation industry chain has been accelerating its agglomeration. It has signed more than 50 projects, involving an agreement investment of more than 23 billion yuan; it has covered aircraft and engine assembly, airframe sections, New aviation materials, airborne systems, aviation logistics and other key subdivisions; "Big Aircraft Park" became one of the first batch of 26 characteristic industrial parks in the city.
At present, COMAC's ARJ21 new regional airliner has entered the batch production stage. The C919 large passenger aircraft has carried out intensive certification test flights simultaneously in many places, and has entered the certification test flight stage, and will be delivered and ready for operation; China Eastern Airlines has officially signed the first batch of C919 purchase contracts. The CR929 long-range wide-body passenger aircraft has completed the preparatory work, and the first aircraft has been manufactured. The process research and development capabilities of the China Aviation Development Corporation’s Lingang Base have begun to take shape, the test and verification capabilities have been steadily adv The complete capability of the whole machine development. The Changjiang 1000A prototype machine runs stably to the speed state; the Changjiang 2000 core machine verification has made breakthrough progress.
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ARJ21 aircraft route operations exceed 100,000 flight hours
According to the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, as of 30 August 2021, the route flight time of the ARJ21 aircraft fleet has accumulated more than 100,000 hours. This is another important milestone after the ARJ21 aircraft has been put into commercial operation, marking that the safety and reliability of the aircraft have been verified.
ARJ21 aircraft is CCP China’s first regional jet airliner developed in accordance with international civil aviation regulations, with 78-90 seats and a range of 2225-3700 kilometers. So far, 56 aircraft have been delivered to 8 users, 217 routes have been opened, and more than 3.2 million passengers have been safely carried.
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Vietnam Aviation Administration: All Vietnam airlines suspend the sale of domestic airline tickets
According to information from the Vietnam News Agency, the Vietnam Aviation Administration has just notified Vietnam Airlines, VieJet Air, Bamboo Airways, Pacific Airlines and Vietravel Airlines issued a notice requiring airlines to limit the number of flights to provinces and cities that are implementing the Prime Minister’s No. 16 Directive.
In order to strictly implement the instructions of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Transport in the context of the complex and worsening situation of the covid epidemic in Vietnam, and to protect the rights and interests of customers, the Vietnam Aviation Administration requires airlines to suspend the sale of air tickets for all domestic routes.
The Vietnam Aviation Administration requires airlines to refund to passengers the unused tickets purchased after July 21, 2021 according to the passenger payment channel.
The representative of the Aviation Administration stated that at present, airlines try to reduce the number of passenger flights to Hanoi from provinces and cities that implement the Prime Minister's No. 16 Directive. Specifically, the round-trip flights from Can Tho to Hanoi and Phu Quoc to Hanoi are suspended. The round-trip flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi carries out a maximum of 2 passenger flights per day, which will be operated by Vietnam Airlines.
Cargo flights will not be restricted. For flights that serve epidemic prevention and official business, each airline formulates specific plans and reports to the Aviation Administration for deliberation.
The Aviation Administration requested to strengthen epidemic prevention measures to ensure that all passengers on passenger flights from provinces and cities that implement the Prime Minister’s No. 16 Directive to Hanoi have a negative test certificate or rapid test negative certificate in compliance with the real-time fluorescent PCR technology prescribed by the Ministry of Health.
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The Internet reports that Zhao Wei and her husband's overseas assets are exposed
After Zhao Wei was banned without warning on 26 August 26, the official has not yet notified the reason for the ban, and Zhao Wei has never responded publicly, which has aroused many speculations from the outside world.
Recently, the WeChat public account "i see" published a long article that broke the news that Zhao Wei and her husband's amazing assets abroad were popular on the mainland Internet. However, the source of the article has not been confirmed.
According to the article, Zhao Wei once disclosed her Chinese passport on Weibo. In fact, she also has Singapore permanent resident status and Hong Kong ID card.
Zhao Wei and her husband Huang Youlong have many luxury houses in Hong Kong. In 2012, the couple registered and established an offshore company in Hong Kong and bought three luxury houses in Tsuen Wan in the name of the company. One of the luxury houses, Zhao Wei and his wife bought them for HK$38 million, and then sold them for HK$48 million, with a net profit of about HK$8 million.
The other two luxury houses were bought for 72 million Hong Kong dollars and 42.8 million Hong Kong dollars respectively. They have not yet been sold off, but the directors of the company that bought the luxury houses have quietly changed to two Hong Kong securities professionals. It is difficult for the outside world to confirm whether these two luxury houses have been sold, or to avoid tracing.
In addition to these three mansions, Zhao Wei and his wife also have a mansion with sea views in Shun Tak Center, Sheung Wan. At the time of purchase, it was only more than HK$6 million, and it was sold at the end of 2017, with a profit of up to HK$10 million.
The article mentioned that Zhao Wei and her husband not only have luxury houses in Hong Kong, but also assets in Singapore.
Around 2010, Zhao Wei and her husband bought a HK$30 million ocean view house on the east coast of Singapore. After that, her husband bought a 4-bedroom mansion in Ardmore Park, a luxury residential area.
At the end of September 2020, Zhao Wei and her husband once again spent HK$166 million to buy a top-floor mansion overlooking the entire Singapore landscape in the same community.
The article said that Zhao Wei and her husbnad bought this luxury house on trust for their naturalized Singaporean daughter. However, this method of purchase requires that the couple already own a property in Singapore.
In France, Zhao Wei also has assets. In 2011, she bought the French Chateau Monlot for 4 million Euros, covering an area of 7 hectares, which was once the property of French King Louis XIV.
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There are three unusual things about Zhao Wei's incident
Current affairs commentator Shi Shan analyzed in the program [There is no mistake] that many celebrities and film and television stars in mainland China have had accidents in recent years, but Zhao Wei is a little different this time.
First of all, some celebrities were banned in the past, and they were all guilty first. For example, tax evasion, or something alone, or stepping on a red line, before they are blocked but Zhao Wei is not. She was suddenly disappeared, and she still does not know what the crime is. No official mention, no online, no one knows about it.
Secondly, there is another strange thing about the Zhao Wei incident. So far, no commercial brand has made a statement to cut off with Zhao Wei. No one announced the endorsement termination. At most, she silently removed her photo on the official website of the endorsement brand. This shows that the Zhao Wei incident has nothing to do with public opinion propaganda, "patriotism" and so on, but for another reason.
Moreover, Zhao Wei was suddenly completely and completely banned, and her name was deleted from all the works on the video network. The scale of Zhao Wei's crimes and the wide range of implications are by no means as simple as those in the film and entertainment circles, and even surpass the general financial issue.
Shi Shan believes that there is probably only one possibility for this level of affairs in mainland China, that is, it involves the political circle, and it involves the big figures in the political circle.
His analysis of Zhao Wei might involve two aspects: one is related to Jack Ma’s Alibaba.
Zhao Wei and her husband are the second largest shareholders of Alibaba Pictures and have invested in a number of film and television dramas. Zeng Qinghuai, the younger brother of Zeng Qinghong, an important member of the Jiang faction, is known as the "movie czar."
Zhao Wei's second aspect may be related to Zhejiang officialdom. A few years ago, Zhao Wei wanted to annex the tens of billions of assets of the ten-billion-dollar kingdom with 60 million yuan of culture. It was certified by the Zhejiang officialdom, and at the last moment, it was stopped by Beijing.
Recently, Zhou Jiangyong, secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee, was investigated, which caused a great shock in the officialdom of Zhejiang. More than 20,000 officials were investigated for the so-called "political and commercial relations." Official media disclosed that many of Zhou Jiangyong's relatives had business dealings with Alibaba and Ant Group.
In addition, the funds for Zhao Wei's acquisition of Wanjia Culture back then were mainly from the Tomorrow Department. Xiao Jianhua, the head of the Tomorrow Department, was accused of being the white gloves of Zeng Qinghong and other powerful families of the Chinese Communist Party. Xiao Jianhua was taken away from Hong Kong by the authorities for investigation in 2017, and his whereabouts are still unknown.
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