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Report: CCP Fuzhou 311 base commands three foreign wars
Reporter : Yi Ru / Editor : Meng Xinqi / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/09/26/a103227497.html / Image : Video Screenshot
On 20 September 2021, a French military academy's Institute of Strategy published a detailed report (above) exposing the CCP’s specific methods of united front. It is mentioned that there is a 311 base in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, which is the headquarters of the CCP to command foreign public opinion wars, psychological warfare and legal warfare.
The Institute of Strategy of the French Military Academy (IRSEM) published a 646-page report on 20 September 2021, listing the CCP’s specific strategies for united front and exerting influence.
The report pointed out that the CCP’s military is responsible for the promotion of the "three major strategies": One is to shape and impose statements that are in the CCP’s interests, called a war of public opinion; the other is to undermine the trust between foreign governments and people and disrupt the decision-making process of other countries, called a psychological war. The third is to use legal weapons to attack hostile countries or individuals, which is called a legal war.
Current affairs commentator Li Linyi said, "These three things are combined together. In fact, they are a form of publicity. The impact and harm it brings can be seen from the CCP's own statement. It’s because they all say that repeating a lie a thousand times is the truth. When it spreads the lie to the whole world, it will affect these people and affect public opinion."
According to the report, these strategic actions of the CCP are all jointly participated by the party, the state, the military, and many Chinese companies.
The report disclosed that there is a "311 base" in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, which is the headquarters of the CCP for the "Three Wars", which is responsible for commanding public opinion wars, psychological warfare, and legal warfare. Other similar "operational command centers" are also under construction.
Lu Zhengfeng, associate professor of the Department of International and Mainland Affairs at Golden Gate University in Taiwan, said, "There are many Chinese expatriates in Australia, Southeast Asia, and even in Europe, through the media and the Internet, so he has been telling everyone that there is indeed this obvious. Units exist to manipulate cognitive warfare and false information."
The report also reveals that the CCP’s huge "Five-Mao Army Organization" has members part-time and full-time. The specific work is mainly to "go out" to the Internet, to guide the trend, and to inundate major social platforms with pro-Beijing information, creating a kind of "people Spontaneous support or condemnation" illusion.
Li Linyi said, "These people lie or spread rumours there a lot on Twitter, making me think that this is the behavior of a country and spreading rumors, so at this time, like Twitter, Facebook They must hold the CCP accountable in certain ways."
The report stated that the CCP’s methods of interfering in other countries’ decision-making range from traditional public diplomacy to underground intervention activities. In the past 10 years, the CCP has tried to interfere in at least 10 elections in 7 countries.
Taiwan, near Fuzhou, has also suffered greatly.
Lu Zhengfeng commented, "Let Taiwan have more divergence and pressure on the government. I hope that its agents in these countries can achieve the goal of infiltration. In the past few years, this kind of infiltration united front has been studied by many European national think tanks. Theme of."
The report pointed out that the various infiltration operations of the CCP to expand its influence overseas involve diasporas, media, diplomacy, economics, politics, education, think tanks and other fields, and the negative impacts are very serious.
Li Linyi commented, "Many people really don’t think about it. When they see too much, they will believe that it takes advantage of the freedom of democracy in the free world. Free speech is free. You can say whatever you want. This endangers time. If it grows longer, it will definitely affect the politics and economy of these countries."
According to the report, in terms of legal warfare, the CCP relied on the distorted interpretation of the law of the sea to try to force neighboring countries to abandon the legal rights guaranteed by the UN Convention. In recent years, in order to evade the international community’s responsibility for spreading covid, and on the Hong Kong issue, the CCP has actively waged "legal wars", including the exercise of "extraterritoriality."
Li Linyi said, "It has always had a sense of crisis, so the first thing it has to do is to ensure its survival and let the whole world recognize it, and it has implemented a very bad system. Under circumstances, it must pack its lies through lies, export its ideology, and let these things ferment in the entire world."
The report believes that although the CCP’s strategic actions are becoming more and more aggressive, the CCP’s greatest enemy is itself, because the CCP’s current international image has seriously deteriorated, and the international community’s antipathy towards the CCP may further weaken the CCP’s influence.
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R.1 new variant strain has strong escape ability from vaccine, tens of thousands of people infected in 37 countries
Reporter : Zhu Ying / Editor : Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/09/26/a103227457.html
Image : SARS-CoV-2 is constantly mutating. Among them, the new variant strain vaccine of R.1 has been found to have a stronger immune escape ability. (Image by Wilfried Pohnke from Pixabay)
In order to fight against the covid pandemic, countries around the world are making every effort to launch large-scale vaccination. However, SARS-CoV-2 that caused this epidemic has also been constantly mutating. A few days ago, some experts warned that there are several important mutations in the newly discovered R.1 variant strain, which makes it have a stronger immune escape ability. At present, tens of thousands of people worldwide have been infected with this strain.
The R.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2 is believed to have been discovered in Japan at the end of 2020. At least 10,000 people worldwide have been diagnosed with this virus. However, for some time in the past, the Delta variant, which spreads faster and more widely, has attracted the attention of countries all over the world, and the emergence of the R.1 variant strain has not attracted more public attention.
However, on 22 September 2021, a shocking news broke out in the United States. A mass infection outbreak occurred in a nursing facility in Kentucky. Out of 46 people infected with the disease, 22 had received two full doses of the vaccine, and they were infected with R.1.
According to a report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the mass infection incident in Kentucky nursing homes occurred in March this year. At that time, there were 83 residents and 116 medical staff in the nursing facility. Among them, 26 households and 20 staff were confirmed to be infected with the R.1 variant virus, and 22 of the infected people had received two full doses. vaccine.
This case shows that the effectiveness of the existing covi vaccine in preventing infection with the R.1 variant strain may be greatly reduced, which has aroused more public concern and concern about this variant strain.
According to Newsweek, so far, including China, India, the United States and many countries in Western Europe, cases of infection with the R.1 variant strain have been found in 37 countries around the world, and in the United States, there have been 47 states in total. 399 people were diagnosed with this mutant strain.
At present, the number of people infected with this strain in the world is still relatively small compared to the number of people infected with other mutant strains such as Delta. Therefore, the World Health Organization (WHO) has not yet listed the R.1 variant virus as a variant virus that needs attention, but Medical experts are continuing to track relevant cases to study whether they should be included on the watch list.
The CDC research report shows that the R.1 variant virus has "multiple spike protein mutations" (multiple spike protein mutations), showing that this type of virus may be easier to evade antibodies produced through nature or vaccination. This means that cases of breakthrough infections may increase in the future, and the spread of the virus is also increasing.
However, the CDC research report also pointed out that in the case of the Kentucky nursing facility, the vaccinated nursing home residents are 87% less likely to develop symptoms after being infected with R.1 than those who have not been vaccinated. After vaccination, they need to be hospitalized. The proportion of patients is also lower than that of unvaccinated patients. This shows that vaccination can still reduce the probability of symptoms, severe illness, or death after infection with the R.1 variant virus.
News (3) to (6) / Reporter : Mary Kekatos, Daily Mail / https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10032951/Pfizer-begins-study-oral-drug-prevention-COVID-19.html
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Pfizer begins late-stage clinical trial of its oral covid drug PF-07321332
Pfizer Inc has begun late-stage clinical trials of an oral drug that could prevent COVID-19 among those who have been exposed.
The drugmaker, which developed the first authorized COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. with Germany's BioNTech SE, has previously said the antiviral candidate showed 'potent' activity against the virus in lab studies.
Pfizer's candidate, which is called PF-07321332, belongs to a class of drugs known as protease inhibitors.
The pill would work by inhibiting an enzyme that the coronavirus uses to make copies of itself inside human cells.
The New York-based company and its rivals, including Merck & Co Inc in the U.S. and Swiss pharmaceutical Roche Holding AG, have been racing to develop an easy-to-administer antiviral pill for COVID-19.
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Protease inhibitors are used to treat HIV and hepatitis C
Protease inhibitors have been effective at treating other viral pathogens such as HIV and hepatitis C virus, both on their own and in combination with other antivirals, the company said.
Pfizer believes this class of molecules may provide well-tolerated treatments against COVID-19, as currently marketed therapeutics that work on the same lines have not reported safety concerns.
'With the continued impact of COVID-19 around the world, we believe that tackling the virus will require effective treatments for people who contract, or have been exposed to, the virus, complementing the impact that vaccines have had in helping quell infections,' said Dr Mikael Dolsten, chief scientific officer at Pfizer, in a statement.
'If successful, we believe this therapy could help stop the virus early - before it has had a chance to replicate extensively - potentially preventing symptomatic disease in those who have been exposed and inhibiting the onset of infection in others.
The Phase II/III trial is a randomized, double-blind trial in which some participants will be given the drug and others the placebo, but even researchers will not know what pill the volunteers.
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Study involves 2,660 healthy adult participants who are covid patients
The study will test Pfizer's drug in up to 2,660 healthy adult participants aged 18 and older who live in the same household as an individual with a confirmed symptomatic covid infection.
In the trial, half of the participants will be given the pill plus a low dose of ritonavir, an older medication widely used in combination treatments for HIV infection, and the other half will be given a placebo.
Volunteers will be required to take the pills they are given twice daily for either five days or 10 days.
Scientists will assess whether the pill is effective at preventing infection and its symptoms up to 14 days after being exposed.
Pfizer has also started another study of PF-07321332 in non-hospitalized, symptomatic adult patients.
To date, Gilead Sciences' remdesivir is currently the drug fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of COVID-19.
However, the agency has granted emergency use authorization to two combination therapies, one from Eli Lilly and the other by Regeneron.
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Molnupiravir under late-stage trial for covid prevention
Pfizer's announcement comes as Merck and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics also recently launched a late-stage trial of their experimental drug molnupiravir for prevention of the COVID-19 infection.
Molnupiravir is also being studied in a late-stage trial in non-hospitalized patients to see if it reduces the risk of hospitalization or death.
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Beijing arrested American citizen? HNA's arrested CEO Tan Xiangdong's identity exposed
Reporter : Liu Minghuan / Editor : Wenhui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/09/27/a103227891.html
Image : China's HNA Group was bankrupt and reorganized, and China's HNA Group Chairman Chen Feng and CEO Tan Xiangdong were also recently detained by the CCP police. According to the latest news, Tan Xiangdong is an American citizen, which has aroused the attention of the outside world. (Video screenshot)
China HNA Group was bankrupt and reorganized. China HNA Group Chairman Chen Feng and CEO Tan Xiangdong were also recently detained by the CCP police. According to the latest news, Tan Xiangdong is an American citizen and has aroused the attention of the outside world.
On 24 September, HNA Group issued an announcement stating that Chen Feng and Tan Xiangdong were detained by the CCP police after taking compulsory measures in accordance with the law for suspected crimes. The announcement did not mention more details.
The announcement stated that the operation of HNA Group and its member companies was “stable and orderly”, the bankruptcy and reorganization work was “smoothly proceeding”, and production and operation were “not affected in any way”.
It is worth noting that the US media Bloomberg News reported on 25 September that according to the filing of the US Securities and Exchange Commission on 15 March 2017, Tan Xiangdong was listed as a US citizen.
The New York Times reported that another document submitted by Tan Xiangdong to Hong Kong regulators in 2019 showed that Tan Xiangdong holds a US passport.
If the above news is true, one aspect is expected to arouse the attention of the outside world. One is the channel through which Tan Xiangdong obtained the U.S. passport, and as a HNA executive, whether his status as an "U.S. citizen" has been approved by the Beijing authorities;
In addition, if Tan Xiangdong, who was arrested by China, holds a US passport, will it affect the diplomatic relations between China and the United States?
However, the US Embassy in Beijing did not comment on the above news.
HNA Group is the fourth largest aviation group in China, and its three pillar industries are air travel, modern logistics and modern financial services. In recent years, it has fallen into a serious financial crisis. As of the second quarter of 2019, HNA Group’s total liabilities reached 706.7 billion yuan, with a debt-to-asset ratio of 72%.
In January this year, HNA officially declared bankruptcy. The parent company and a number of listed subsidiaries started asset restructuring. In mid-March, the Hainan Provincial Higher Court announced that it had ruled that 321 companies including HNA Group should be merged and reorganized, and the HNA Group manager was appointed as the manager of the 321 companies’ substantive merger and reorganization case.
Earlier, mainland Chinese media reported that after the reorganization of HNA, including the 14.98% shares held by HNA co-founder Chen Feng, the shares held by more than a dozen HNA executives, and the Cihang Foundation, which is alleged to be HNA’s largest shareholder, up to 37.73 % of shares, were cleared.
Cai Shenkun, a well-known mainland writer, current critic, and expert in every think tank, said in an interview with Epoch Times, "It is not surprising that HNA has come to this day. A company with trillions of debts in a short period of time has always had a huge flow of funds. The mystery, although the company is now bankrupt, there must be an account of the huge amount of money flowing to it."
Cai Shenkun believes that both HNA and Evergrande, which has just exploded, are the products of collusion between government and businessmen. There is no pattern to follow and cannot be copied. In the past few years, the so-called successful companies have bottomless shady. Few people can snoop into the real core.
He said that the vitality of this type of company cannot last long, because the cost of blending will become bigger and bigger, so that the company cannot control it at all.
He said that if HNA does not have a strong official background, it would not be able to grow wildly and brutally, and turn a state-owned enterprise into a private enterprise, let alone get amazing funds from major banks.
Chen Feng, 68, has served in the Civil Aviation Administration of the Communist Party of China and the National Air Traffic Control Bureau. In 1998, he was responsible for the establishment of Hainan Airlines while serving as Assistant to the Governor of Hainan Province for Aviation Affairs.
Another founder of HNA, Wang Jian, was once Chen Feng's assistant. On 3 July 2018, Wang Jian died in a strange crash while traveling in southern France. After Wang Jian's death, Chen Feng, who had already retired to the second line, came out again and took over as the chairman of HNA.
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HNA's Chen Feng was arrested, Evergrande Xu Jiayin's fate attracted attention
At the time when the debt crisis of Evergrande was all over the city, China Hainan Airlines Group, which was as debt-ridden as Evergrande, suddenly issued an announcement on September 24 that the company’s chairman Chen Feng and CEO Tan Xiangdong were both accused of crimes. The police "takes compulsory measures."
The announcement did not provide specific clues about the two crimes, but the news immediately caused public shock.
HNA Group was originally China's fourth largest aviation group, with huge assets at home and abroad, and it can be described as a rich and adversary country. But then the expansion got out of control, debt problems surfaced, and it went into bankruptcy and reorganization in January this year. The arrest of two company leaders now shows that HNA Group’s problems may be more serious than previously estimated.
At the same time, the outside world also predicts that the CCP’s imprisonment for star entrepreneurs may be approaching. And Xu Jiayin, the boss of Evergrande, who is at the center of the whirlpool of public opinion, is also concerned about the fate of the future.
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The National Security Law forced the Hong Kong Stake to dissolve
The Hong Kong Stake Association announced its dissolution on 25 September. The Hong Kong Citizens' Organization, which held the torch of June 4th and held the Victoria Park June 4th Candlelight Party, has been with the world for more than 30 years and has since entered history.
Stake Secretary Cai Yaochang told the media that he regretted the dissolution of the organization. He said that the June 4th rally has not been held as smoothly as it used to be. But he believes that the idea will take root in the hearts of Hong Kong people. Regardless of any changes in their identities, Hong Kong people will continue to commemorate June 4th.
Stake chairman Li Zhuoren is currently serving his sentence in prison. He sent a letter from prison that day, saying, "No government can take away the memory and conscience of the people. The stakes have been passed down in the hearts of everyone in Hong Kong. There is fire and hope." The struggle for democracy will be taken over by tens of millions of people."
The dissolution of the Alliance of Stakes is the latest case of a citizen group that has been forced to dissolve since Hong Kong implemented the National Security Law for more than a year. Prior to this, a dozen civic groups in Hong Kong had been forced to stop their activities.
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Several 70-80-year-olds are missing in Yanbian, Jilin
The CCP continues to persecute Falun Gong. In the Yanbian area of Jilin Province, recently at least six elderly Falun Gong practitioners in their 70s and 80s have been forcibly disappeared, and their families have not received any news about them.
According to a report on Minghui.com, some of these students were tricked by the police to go for a medical examination and never returned; some were kidnapped because they went to recover their pensions withheld, and some went missing inexplicably.
Among them, Park Guangxun disappeared at the end of February this year, and there has been no news for more than half a year. Jet Li was kidnapped by the police about two months ago, and his whereabouts are still unknown.
Ref: https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/09/26/a103227487.html
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