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News (1) to (2) / Source : Myanmar Now
News (1)
Workers trying to leave Myanmar turned away at airports after junta tightens rules
Myanmar
citizens trying to travel abroad for work have been prevented from leaving the
country after the junta brought in new restrictions at airports last week.
Immigration
staff at airports began turning travelers away on Friday (15 October 2021) after the
junta-controlled labour ministry issued new rules requiring anyone leaving the
country for work to have an Overseas Workers Identification Card (OWIC) and a PJ passport (Job passport).
In
the past, people with passports issued for non-work visits, called PV
passports (Visit passports), were also allowed to work abroad. Now, people with Visit passports are
reportedly being turned away if they also have work visas.
“They
are just creating new laws as they please,” said a worker who is trying to
leave the country to work in Singapore. “It’s really troubling for those of us
who are trying to work abroad.”
The
OWIC, also known as the smart card, was first introduced in 1999 but its use
was never enforced, meaning many people leaving Myanmar for work have never
been issued such cards or have never even heard of them.
Several
people in recent days have been turned away just before boarding their planes
“for not having smart cards,” the worker said.
He
added that he was among 100 workers who were barred from chartering a Myanmar Airways International (MAI) aircraft (flight 8M231) to fly to Singapore on 22 October 2021. He said, “We do not want such ridiculous laws
during times of peril like this.”
He
speculated that the junta has tightened the rules in order to benefit local
job agencies that want the emigration process to be complicated so foreign
employers cannot hire people directly from Myanmar, which would force workers
to use the agencies’ services.
One
woman who wrote on Facebook about being turned away at the airport said she had
not been given any clear information about the new restrictions.
She
added that the disruption has cost her around 3,000,000 kyat in travel fees,
Covid-19 testing fees and other expenses and that she has lost her job offer.
She does not know when she will be able to get a smart card, she added.
Myanmar’s
economy has collapsed in recent months and foreign investors have fled amid the
violence and chaos triggered by the military’s February 1 coup.
With
GDP set to shrink drastically and jobs becoming scarce, many have borrowed
money so they can afford to go abroad for work.
The
new restrictions are likely to compound the hopelessness felt by workers across
the country, and may make it difficult or impossible for those already abroad
to visit home, for fear that they will not be able to leave again.
The
immigration ministry said in an order to its staff on Friday that the new
restrictions were based on instructions from the labour ministry and were aimed
at preventing criminals and unlicensed organisations from sending workers
abroad.
The
labour ministry’s spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment.
Many
families in Myanmar rely on remittances from relatives working in countries like Thailand,
Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, the UAE, Qatar, Macau and Jordan.
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U.S. calls on Singapore to use its "leverage" to cut funding to Myanmar Junta
Image : State Department official Derek Chollet (EPA)
State Department Counselor Derek Chollet made the request during
a meeting with the city-state’s central bank during his visit, which he made
with the aim of promoting a “return to democracy” in Myanmar.
Singapore is one of Myanmar’s largest foreign investors and its
banks have been accused by activists of holding
assets on the junta’s behalf.
Chollet’s delegation stopped in Thailand, Singapore and
Indonesia—all members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),
which recently opted to exclude Myanmar coup leader Min Aung Hlaing from its
annual summit at the end of October.
The move by the regional bloc was “completely justified and
warranted given the circumstances,” Chollet said in a teleconference with
journalists on Thursday.
On Wednesday he tweeted that he had a “productive meeting” with
the deputy managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), as
the central bank is called, and discussed “ways to limit the Burmese military
regime’s access to overseas financial assets.”
“Singapore has significant financial leverage over the regime,
and we discussed how we can partner effectively to wield it,” Chollet said in
Thursday’s briefing, adding that the country has a “very, very important role
to play.”
The activist group Justice For Myanmar (JFM) on Wednesday published a legal memorandum it had
commissioned that said the MAS could be held liable for allowing business
transactions with Myanmar’s military to take place through Singapore’s stock
exchange.
The memorandum, produced in partnership with the Australian
Centre for International Justice, said the Singapore Exchange (SGX) itself
could also be liable, along with the country’s government.
It focuses on the SGX listing of investment holding company
Emerging Towns & Cities, which made a multi-million dollars deal with the
Myanmar military to develop the Golden City mixed use complex in Yangon.
Multiple business entities could be implicated in an
investigation into the financial ties between the two countries, JFM
spokesperson Yadanar Maung said in a statement.
She noted that the SGX, MAS and Singapore’s government could
“face serious legal consequences” if they “continue to turn a blind eye to the
complicity of Singapore companies in the Myanmar military’s atrocity crimes.”
While the US froze $1billion in Myanmar government funds following
the February 1 coup,
JFM reported the same month that the junta still had access to
$5.7billion in currency reserves through other channels.
The group also said it had received “credible intelligence” that
some of the funds were being held in commercial banks in Singapore.
The MAS denied the allegations, saying it had “not found
significant funds from Myanmar companies and individuals” in Singapore’s banks.
Refs: https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/us-calls-on-singapore-to-use-its-leverage-to-cut-funding-to-myanmar-junta, https://staygate.blogspot.com/2021/10/us-singapore-discuss-ways-to-cut.html
News (3)
NUG's ministries documenting cases of human rights violations against women by Myanmar Junta military
Image : National Unity Government of Myanmar Facebook
According to the joint press release of the Ministry of Women, Youths and Children Affairs and the Ministry of Human Rights, both ministries of the National Unity Government (NUG), the ministries are documenting cases of arbitrary detention, torture, murder and sexual violence on women conducted by the Myanmar Junta military across the country in the past 8 months.
The cases documented will be distributed to the UN's rights bodies and international women's rights organizations.
News (4)
Important points of the speech of Myanmar Ambassador to the UN on 22 October 2021
Image : NUG Facebook
On 22 October 2021, Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar Ambassador to the UN, delivered a speech on human rights violations in Myanmar. Below are the important points that he raised as facts to the UN since the illegal February 1 coup:-
1,200 civilians were murdered;
7,355 people were arrested;
355 people were sentenced without fair trial, without representation by the defense lawyers and with no right of appeal.
The Myanmar junta military have committed crimes against humanity, including persecution, imprisonment, sexual violence, enforced disappearance and torture.
The NUG lodged a declaration with the registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC), accepting the Court's jurisdiction with respect to international crimes committed in Myanmar since 1 July 2002.
The people of Myanmar are helpless to seek accountability for perpetrators and deliver justice to victims and communities as the national legal system and courts of Myanmar are incapable of administering justice against the Myanmar military.
The NUG will continue to work closely with ASEAN, UN, ICC in order to bring those perpetrators of such crimes held accountable, bring justice to victims and strengthen respect for norms of general international law.
Refs: https://www.facebook.com/NUGmyanmar/photos/pcb.215193424034630/215193250701314, https://www.facebook.com/NUGmyanmar/photos/pcb.215193424034630/215193324034640, https://www.facebook.com/NUGmyanmar/photos/pcb.215193424034630/215193280701311
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Kyaw Moe Tun was given John S. McCain Freedom Award on behalf of Myanmar
On 19 October 2021, Kyaw Moe Tun was handed over the John S. McCain Freedom Award in Washington. He is the second Burmese to be awarded after Aung San Suu Kyi in 1999. Below is his statement during the award ceremony:-
News (6) to (9) / reporters Luo Ya and Yi Ru / Reposted from The Epoch Times / Editor : Li Hong / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/10/23/a103250517.html
Why corruption is high in 610 Office
Image : The high-ranking officials of the 610 Office of the Communist Party of China have been sacked, and the corruption behind it has attracted much attention. (The Epoch Times)
"The tragic experience they have encountered. For example, things like the Jian Sanjiang (incident) are really people, how can I say? It is difficult to express in words Such a kind of grief."
Human rights lawyer Wu Shaoping said of the "Jiansanjiang Incident", "Falungong practitioners were arrested in this so-called legal system study class, and then the lawyers were beaten (by the police) when they went to the rescue. Some lawyers had several ribs broken."
The "Jiansanjiang Incident" was caused by the illegal detention of dozens of Falun Gong practitioners in the so-called "legal education base" established by the Jiansanjiang Agricultural Reclamation Bureau under the Heilongjiang State Administration of Land Reclamation in Qinglongshan Farm. On March 20, 2014, human rights lawyers Tang Jitian, Jiang Tianyong, Wang Cheng, Zhang Junjie and some relatives of detainees went to Jiansanjiang to request their release. In the morning of 21 October, everyone was detained and tortured by the police station of the farming authorities. Afterwards, groups of human rights lawyers and citizens who defended human rights went to Jiansanjiang to support, another lawyer was illegally kidnapped and beaten, and 15 citizens were detained and tortured.
In the incident, four lawyers including Tang Jitian, Jiang Tianyong, Wang Cheng, and Zhang Junjie were discounted 24 ribs or sternums in total.
Wu Shaoping, who now lives in the United States and worked as a human rights lawyer in mainland China for many years, said in an interview with Epoch Times: "(The CCP) they did not abide by their own laws, tried to organize study classes in violation of the law, and illegally deprived Falun Gong practitioners of their lives. Freedom, this is a very incredible thing. Of course, I also heard that there is such a thing as live organ harvesting in Sujiatun and other places."
Wu Shaoping also stated that all cases involving freedom of religious belief in China are actually related to the 610 Office.
The mysterious 610 office
The 610 Office, the full name is the Office of the Leading Group of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for Preventing and Handling X Education Issues, was originally an agency directly under the central government at the ministerial level. At the beginning of its establishment, it was called the "Office of the Leading Group of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for Handling Falun Gong Issues."
610 was a mysterious code name from the beginning. Its origin, its relationship with the former leader of the Communist Party of China, Jiang Zemin, the composition of its leadership and the operation of its institutions, have always been kept secret.
The report "China (CCP) Influence Operations" published on 20 September 2021 by the Institute of Strategic Studies of the Military Academy (IRSEM) under the French Ministry of Defense, elaborated on the ins and outs of the 610 Office.
The report mentioned, "The 610 Office was established in 1999. At that time, Jiang Zemin decided to convene a special meeting of the Politburo of his party on June 7 to take measures against the strong development of Falun Gong people in Chinese society. This kind of spiritual practice and fitness activities attracted people including Among the tens of millions of followers of the Chinese Communist Party, Jiang Zemin felt a certain danger to his party because the party would not tolerate the existence of a social group beyond its control. After the meeting, a party affiliated with the party was established according to instructions. The leading group of the Central Committee, headed by Li Lanqing, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, resolves the Falun Gong problem. On 10 June, the 610 Office was established to implement the orders of the leading group."
“In the months after the party’s decision, the 610 Office opened branches at all levels of the party-state structure to form a tight control network within (China),” the report said.
The spokesperson of the Washington DC Falun Dafa Society, Dr. Lin Xiaoxu, told The Epoch Times that the 610 Office set up by Jiang Zemin in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is a repressive machine set up outside the law. Fighter, fill this 610 office and grant it extra-legal rights. Because there is no law in China that can support the CCP’s suppression of Falun Gong."
Lin Xiaoxu said, "The starting point for the establishment of this office is inherently evil, and it is aimed at Falun Gong practitioners who practice 'Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.'"
Human rights lawyer Wu Shaoping said, "The highest level of the CCP has given this office a lot of power to arrest and suppress religious groups at will."
The CCP’s "Prevention Office" and "610 Office" are often mixed. For example, a report on the People’s Daily Online on May 26, 2015 was titled: "Liu Jinguo no longer serves as the director of the 610 Office", and the text read: "Liu Jinguo is now the deputy secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and no longer serves as the Central Committee’s prevention and handling of X education. Deputy leader and office director of the Problem Leading Group, and director of the Office of Preventing and Handling X Education Issues of the State Council."
The direct superior decision-making body of the 610 Office-the Central 610 Leading Group. Except for the first Li Lanqing, the group leaders are all the then Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Central Committee (before 2012, it was concurrently served by the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee), including Li Lanqing, Luo Gan, and Zhou Yongkang. , Meng Jianzhu. After Meng Jianzhu abdicated at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2017, official information no longer shows who will hold the above-mentioned positions.
After the establishment of the 610 Office, there were six directors, including Wang Maolin, Liu Jing, Li Dongsheng, Liu Jinguo, Fu Zhenghua, and Huang Ming. However, after Huang Ming left office in March 2018, official information did not show who the successor was.
In March 2018, the CCP initiated institutional reforms and announced that the functions of the 610 office were merged into the CCP Central Committee for Political Affairs and Law and the Ministry of Public Security. However, government documents and public information on the Internet show that the 610 offices at the provincial, city and county levels below the central government still exist.
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From Li Dongsheng to Fu Zhenghua, 610 high-levels fell one after another
On 2 October 2021, Fu Zhenghua, who served as the director of the Central 610 Office from 2015 to 2018, was notified and investigated.
Since Li Dongsheng, then director of the Central 610 Office was dismissed in 2013, the 610 system executives have been investigated one after another, including Zhou Yongkang, the former leader of the Central 610 Leading Group, who was dismissed in July 2014, and Sun Lijun, the former deputy director of the Central 610 Office, who was dismissed in April 2020. Peng Bo, former deputy director of the 610 Office of the Central Committee of the People’s Republic of China, and other officials were on the scene on March 13, 2021. Except for Fu Zhenghua's undisclosed charges, the above-mentioned officials were all reported to be involved in corruption.
In recent years, many officials have been investigated in the 610 system. Part of the list collected by the Epoch Times reporter is as follows:
Zhang Yue, Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the CPC Hebei Province and former Director of the "Anti-X Education Bureau" of the 26th Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security; Wang Wenhai, former Director of the Henan Provincial Department of Justice and former Director of the 610 Office; Deputy Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China Hui Congbing, Deputy Mayor of Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Director of Municipal Public Security Bureau, former Director of Wuxi City 610 Office Du Rongliang, Deputy Governor of Shanxi Province, Director of Provincial Public Security Bureau, former Deputy Director of Zibo City 610 Office Liu Xinyun, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province Luo Jian, deputy director of the 610 Office, Han Kefeng, deputy director of the 610 Office in Laiwu City, Shandong Province, Gong Fangcai, former director of the 610 Office in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, Ma Yuchan, former director of the 610 Office of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee, and so on.
Why is there a high incidence of corruption in 610 Office?
Wu Shaoping, a human rights lawyer who defended Falun Gong practitioners' innocence in China, analyzed the corruption to the insider of the Epoch Times:
"Because it (610) exists for the purpose of maintaining its power, it continues to create various problems. For example, if there is no religious contradiction, they deliberately create religious contradictions; for example, they say that there are no problems in Falun Gong belief groups. To make it. Why? Because they need to ask for credit from above, and they need to allocate funds for them to run. They will create this kind of thing, and even create all kinds of unjust, false and wrong cases. Of course, there will be a steady stream of above. Provide them with funds, where did this large amount of funds go?"
"There is no such thing as the so-called religious issues or the X religion that they talked about. Then the money is of course in various names, in the name of maintaining stability, and preventing X religion from being corrupted."
Wu Shaoping introduced the profit-driven situation of the 610 system, "There are only two, one is to use money. I will give you as much money and rewards as you arrest as many people and cases as you have. The other is power, which is given to you. Promotion. With this kind of profit drive, the people below will naturally cater to their wishes and do more of this kind of thing. For example, the public security department will set targets for solving cases and create such cases."
An inconveniently named former Chinese human rights lawyer also told The Epoch Times that the 610 Office was manipulating various systems and agencies of the Public Prosecution and Justice Department to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. “To give a simple example, when a human rights lawyer is defending Falun Gong practitioners, If you know you are at a loss and have to make a sentence, you often ask lawyers to go to the Political and Legal Committee 610. The court just puts a legal cover on the persecution through the sentence. The court is just a prop, and the 610 office is the real behind-the-scenes."
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Expert: Secret funds involved in the industry chain of live organ harvesting
Dr. Lin Xiaoxu, spokesperson of the Washington DC Falun Dafa Society, disclosed that Office 610 involves the crime of live organ harvesting in the military system.
International allegations concerning the CCP’s live organ harvesting refer to the CCP’s Political and Legal Affairs Commission and the military’s accusations by independent investigators of large-scale and systematic live harvesting of organs from prisoners of conscience for commercial transplantation to Chinese or foreigners. The victim died as a result. The main targets of live harvesting are detained Falun Gong practitioners, as well as some members of other religious and ethnic minority groups, who are detained in prisons and other venues.
Lin Xiaoxu said: "610 is the most important coordinating organization. Although the military system started organ harvesting from Falun Gong, how could these personnel disappear out of thin air without the coordination of the 610? The entire public inspection system cooperated to do this live organ harvesting together in a secret military hospital."
"610 Offices can decide at any time who is detained and who is matched with their secret data system. Then how to transport it to this (transplantation) center, or to refine this Series operation. Without the extra-legal power of 610, many things could not be carried out in such a secret. Therefore, 610 is definitely an active participant in live organ harvesting, mainly planning and coordinating, and the military is the executor."
"After the large-scale expansion of this non-military hospital system in various places, it was even more important to coordinate the 610. Because most of the victims were clearly the Falun Gong groups, and it was later extended to these ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. The detained political prisoners, prisoners of conscience, etc., this practice is done from the organs of Falungong practitioners. This involves every level from top to bottom, how can live harvesting become a large-scale industrialization In the profit system, this information, especially the organ information, must be kept confidential. Without the involvement of 610 organizations outside the law, it would be difficult for all localities to cooperate closely."
Lin Xiaoxu believes that in the entire industry chain of live organ harvesting, every link of the 610 Office will share huge benefits from it, and hospitals benefit from it on the most superficial level.
"The huge benefits in this must be returned to 610. Of course, the local finance and the central government will also allocate a large part (funds) to support the operation of 610, such as arresting Falun Gong practitioners or intercepting interviews. It is necessary to mobilize considerable resources. In order to meet the requirements of the 610 Office, governments at all levels have been monitoring and harassing Falun Gong practitioners for a long time, detaining them, or engaging in transformation classes. Of course, the 610 Offices at each level will share this series of expenses. Part of it. So this in itself is a blackened repressive machine."
Wang Zhiyuan is the head of the International Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong. He has collected and studied evidence of the CCP’s live organ harvesting for a long time. He told The Epoch Times that China shares the interests of this big country and its influence on all aspects of politics has forced many countries to silence the CCP’s crime of organ harvesting in the face of their interests. As the world becomes more aware of the evil nature of the CCP and sees its own danger clearly, the CCP’s live organ harvesting will inevitably be on the agenda.
Wang Zhiyuan said, "For so many years, international investigations of live organ harvesting can be said to have as much evidence as mountains and iron."
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The CCP intensifies the persecution of Falun Gong
The CCP's suppression of Falun Gong has never stopped. Recently, the frequency of arrests of Falun Gong practitioners has increased, various non-court trials are advancing rapidly, and even many areas have broken the bottom line and attacked elderly practitioners.
According to statistics from Minghui.com, in 2020, at least 615 Falun Gong practitioners were illegally sentenced and 88 were tortured to death. 6659 people were kidnapped, 8576 people were harassed, 537 people were detained in the brainwashing center, 122 people were displaced, and 3588 people were ransacked. 1,188 elderly Falun Gong practitioners over 65 were kidnapped and harassed, 17 were over 90 years old, and the oldest was 94 years old.
From January to September in 2021, at least 930 Falun Gong practitioners were illegally sentenced. Among them, in September, 25 elderly Falun Gong practitioners over the age of 65 were unjustly sentenced, including: 10 from 80 to 90, 14 from 70 to 80, and 1 from 65 to 70.
After Fu Zhenghua, the former director of the Central Committee’s 610 Office, fell from the horse, on October 4, the internationally renowned human rights lawyer David Matas believed in an interview with Epoch Times that the fall of these people was the result of a political struggle and does not mean The CCP will change its course in persecuting Falun Gong.
Matas said, “Everyone (of the blood debt gang), at least the top leaders in the party, are preparing for official careers. Everyone wants to get promoted step by step. Many of them use persecution of Falun Gong as a means of improving their status in the party. , Including Bo Xilai, including Zhou Yongkang. (But) this does not mean that those who oppose them also oppose the persecution."
Wu Shaoping, a Chinese human rights lawyer in the United States, said that the CCP’s persecution of faith groups has expanded from Falun Gong to many religious groups.
Wu Shaoping said, "In the past, especially from 2001 to 2013 and 2014, it was mainly against Falun Gong cases. However, after 2014 and 2015, it began to turn to all-round (persecution), including house churches. Christianity, many religious groups, as long as the CCP believes that they are not under their control and restraint, they will list it as the target of attack."
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U.S. intelligence officer warns that the CCP is collecting global genetic data
Reporter : Chen Ting / Editor : Ye Ziwei / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/10/23/n13323792.htm
Image : The picture shows the staff of BGI. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
The National Centre for Counterintelligence and Security (NCSC) stated that Chinese companies are collecting genetic data from all over the world. This is the largest part of the biological database.
On Friday (22 October), NCSC warned in a report that the CCP is trying to dominate artificial intelligence, quantum computing, semiconductors, autonomous robots, and other technologies related to the bioeconomy. These technologies may give Beijing a decisive military advantage and make the United States dependent on Chinese technology in the medical industry. (Link)
Officials said that corporate executives, academics, and local and state government officials must be aware of the risks of accepting Chinese investment or cooperating with China in key industries.
NCSC is a center under the Office of the Director of the National Intelligence Agency of the United States. According to the authorization of Congress, one of the core tasks of NCSC is to explain foreign intelligence threats to private enterprises and academia in the United States and provide methods to reduce risks.
NCSC Acting Director Michael Orlando said that China and other competitors are trying to dominate these technologies and use legal and illegal means to acquire American technology.
Officials said that China and other countries have been trying to spy on American corporate technology for a long time. However, China's economic strength makes it the most important threat.
Orlando pointed out that Chinese enterprises and academic circles must be responsible to the Chinese Communist Party and must serve the party's interests.
He said, "Although we have been talking about this issue year after year, people have never understood it."
Orlando did not indicate whether the United States should impose stricter restrictions on Chinese investment in certain areas, or simply ban it. He said his role is not to provide policy advice.
But Orlando said that NCSC regularly held briefings with private companies and academia, and found that industries and universities still hope to seek students, experts and funds from China.
Edward You, the center's official in charge of emerging and disruptive technologies, pointed out that the Chinese Communist Party is collecting medical, health, and genetic data from all over the world.
He said that countries that have established the best information database will have an advantage in developing treatment methods in the future.
NCSC said Beijing has a record of abusing genetic data. According to reports, the CCP used genetic testing to track Uyghur members.
Prior to this, according to Reuters' review of scientific papers and company statements, it was found that the "BGI Gene" group cooperated with the Chinese Communist Party to develop prenatal testing, and sold the test globally, thereby collecting genetic data on millions of pregnant women. , Causing concerns in the United States. (learn more)
Edward You also mentioned that Chinese companies are making investments and acquisitions in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries in the United States and Europe.
Since 2019, Chinese companies have established a vaccine production plant in Ireland and announced that they will build a production plant in Massachusetts. They have also acquired a factory in Bayer, Germany.
Edward You said that Chinese companies also provide COVID-19 testing kits and genetic testing in the United States. Although they comply with federal privacy standards and other regulations, data collected by companies connected with China may eventually fall into Beijing's hands.
He warned that with the data and technology it collects, Beijing may one day dominate in healthcare, making the United States completely dependent on China.
"They are developing the world's largest biological database," Edward You said. "Once they have access to your genetic data, it's not like a password that can be changed."
The Associated Press and the New York Times contributed to this report.
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From Beijing to Shenyang, three consecutive big explosions exploded the CCP’s secret lives
Entering 2021, a strange phenomenon has appeared in China. Every time the sensitive day of a large-scale Chinese Communist Party meeting, there will be a serious explosion accident, and it is also a gas explosion.
On 23 February 2021, at No. 1 Xirongxian Hutong, less than one km away from Zhongnanhai, the "Beijing Defeng Restaurant" exploded, causing the building on the scene to collapse and at least seven people were injured. The main point of this news is that it is so close to the political center of the CCP, Xinhua Gate is 650 meters away from it, and it is almost 1 km away from Tiananmen Square or the Great Hall; the other is that it happened in the CCP. A month before the two sessions, the CCP’s National People’s Congress and CPPCC meetings were held in March. The timing and location of the explosion were so sensitive that after the news came out, relevant news appeared on the mainland network for a short while, and then "disappeared."
In June this year, a gas explosion accident occurred in Shiyan, Hubei Province, causing 25 deaths and 138 injuries. The authorities said the cause of the accident was an accidental leak of a natural gas pipeline. Because the time of the accident was very sensitive at the time, the CCP’s "July 1st" party celebration was imminent. Xi Jinping's authorities urged all localities to investigate and eliminate all similar safety hazards, and clearly stated that it was for the smooth holding of the "July 1st" party celebration.
On October 18 this year, just a few days ago, the CCP held a meeting and set the date for the Sixth Plenary Session of this year, which began on November 8. As a result, on October 21, the intersection of Taiyuan South Street and Nanqi Road in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province , Another violent explosion occurred. The official preliminary statement now also says that it is a gas explosion, and the power is not inferior to the accident in Shiyan, Hubei.
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Big explosion in Taiyuan South Street, Shenyang, as powerful as a missile attack, the entire block was in ruins
It was around 8 o'clock in the morning on the 21st local time, which was the peak time for work in the morning. Taiyuan South Street was still a bustling section of Shenyang, so there must be a lot of vehicles and pedestrians. However, a commercial and residential building on this street suddenly exploded.
Judging from the pictures taken by the "recorders" of some passing vehicles at that time, when the explosion occurred, dense smoke filled the street in an instant, and it was five or six stories high. In a long block away from the dense smoke, there were also windows that were shaken. Broken, the building has broken pieces falling, the vehicles in the distance stopped immediately, and the pedestrians on the road fled in the opposite direction in panic.
Earlier in the 1910s, the Japanese occupied Shenyang. On the basis of the original Russians, a Shenyang railway station was built. It was called "Fengtianyi" at that time, and many streets were built eastward with this as the center. At that time, the Japanese called the north-south streets "Ting" and the east-west streets "Tong". At that time, this was the most prosperous city center in Shenyang. There is a "Ximending" commercial street in Taipei, I think it may also be related to this. So until now, the appearance of these buildings built by the Japanese, as well as the layout of the local streets, have been preserved. Among them, the current Taiyuan Street in Shenyang is also in this location. However, Taiyuan South Street and Nanqi Road, where the explosion occurred on the 21st, are not yet in the most central area. They are a little bit off, and the style and appearance have changed considerably with the changes of the times.
The place where the explosion occurred was a crossroad. Several floors on the ground were commercial houses, and above it was residential buildings. Judging from the video from the local residents, the scene of the explosion was a mess. The east, west, north and south of the intersection were in ruins. The lower floors of the building where the explosion occurred, including the walls, were restored to the original appearance of reinforced concrete by the explosion. Many of the cars on the ground were bombed so that only the frame was left. The glass of the high-rise residential buildings around the intersection was shattered, and the rooms were all in a mess.
According to witnesses interviewed by the media, after the explosion, many people on the street were injured. They were either covered with thick dust or mottled blood. Some vehicles continued to burn shortly after the explosion, and the floor was covered with broken glass and construction dust. Under the ruins of the building, there are still people shouting for help outside. On mainland social media, someone saw the explosion and asked in shock whether it was Syria or Iraq, as if it was a battlefield. Moreover, after the accident, water and electricity and gas were cut off in the relevant areas, and now it has entered the cold season, which brought challenges to the affected residents. According to statistics, the power outage has reached at least 15,000 households.
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Officially, 4 dead and 47 injured in the explosion, the cause of the explosion and the source of the explosion are unclear
In such a serious explosion, as of that night, officials said that 4 people had been killed and 47 people were injured. The owner of a surviving shop near the explosion site said that the number of casualties would increase because it was working hours and people came and went on the street. Some people also noticed that a bus that just happened to be passing by was completely destroyed. It is difficult to estimate how many people were killed or injured on this bus. And during working hours in Mainland China, which bus or subway is not crowded.
At first, officials said it was an explosion at a "Wang Er Niu Grilled Bone Shop" at the scene, but later changed its words, saying that another nearby building caused the explosion. But where exactly it is, and whether this "gas explosion" refers to a gas tank explosion or a gas pipeline explosion, the relevant authorities did not make it clear, but said that it is still under investigation. At least, this can almost rule out a gas tank explosion, because there is no household gas tank with such power, it may be a larger gas pipeline, or another reason.
The government department in charge of gas in Shenyang said that the explosion occurred the night before and the gas pipeline was still undergoing renovation projects, but it was not certain that the explosion was related to this. The Shenyang Gas Company announced that it had not found out the cause of the accident, and did not forget to clarify the cause of the incident, saying that the cause of the incident has yet to be ascertained, but it cannot be confirmed for the time being that it is related to the company. So, it's not related to your gas company. Can't it be said that this is a missile attack or an explosion caused by a bomb? Anyway, it is still in a state where the responsible party is unclear and the cause of the accident is unknown.
The local media in Shenyang was still paying attention to the safety of its own "gas pipeline" not long ago. It said that Shenyang's gas pipeline has not been updated since it was first constructed in the 1980s. explode.
In addition to the cause of the explosion, the actual number of casualties is the most eye-catching.
And the three explosions we mentioned above, this Shenyang explosion, the previous Shiyan explosion in June, and further, the Beijing explosion in February this year, all happened one month before the date of the sensitive political gathering of the Chinese Communist Party, and the meeting the more important, the more powerful the explosion.
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CCP’s alternative "coincidence" Every disaster must have celebrities whoring. This time Li Yundi
The CCP also has a very interesting "coincidence", that is, often after a major accident, celebrities will be arrested for "prostitution" or drug use. For example, "Wu Yifan" was arrested after the tragic "720" flood in Zhengzhou, Henan. Now that Shenyang has just exploded, another star in China was arrested.
The pianist "Li Yundi", who had won several international awards including the Gold Award at the Chopin International Piano Competition in 2000, was announced by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau’s Weibo after the explosion in Shenyang that they were in a resident of Beijing’s Chaoyang District. In the community, a 29-year-old prostitution woman named Chen Mohui was caught, as well as a 39-year-old clientele, who said he was Li Yundi, and said that the relevant personnel “confessed” to the illegal facts. A photo of the piano was posted on the related Weibo in a meaningful way, stating: The world is more than black and white. By then, black and white must be distinguished. It can be seen that the person involved was Li Yundi, who was once known as the "Piano Prince".
Netizens in the know said that Li Yundi was arrested on the evening of October 20th. At the same time, after Li Yundi’s accident, he was participating in the Hunan Mango TV variety show "Brother Overcoming Thorns", and the part with Li Yundi was deleted or coded. However, some mainland netizens later said that with Li Yundi's related dramas, Li Yundi's image in related shows was restored. However, some of Li Yundi's other works have been removed from the shelves by the mainland authorities. It seems that Li Yundi has to be properly assigned the title of "inferior artist".
"Zhang Dongwei", a marketing connoisseur with 460,000 followers on Weibo, even posted after Li Yundi's accident, "Li Yundi was arrested for pornography, and it is rumoured that it was confessed by the "Wu Qi". This "Wu Qi", of course , refers to Wu Yifan.
Under the totalitarian regime of the CCP, to a certain extent, "everyone is equal" has also been achieved, which means that no matter what character you are, the wicked party sees you upset and will punish you. Of course, there are good people, brave people, and righteous people who uphold the truth. But at the same time, there are also wicked people, wicked people, villains, and domineering careerists. The CCP will catch different types of people as needed.
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Is Ma Yun going abroad to show that he is being monitored for missions or is he declaring victorious?
The Chinese billionaire Ma Yun has been silent for a long time since he criticized the authorities' regulatory system in October last year. After a year, Ma Yun has gradually reappeared in public view and has gone abroad. It is said that I took a private jet with friends from wealthy businessmen and flew to a private resort in Spain, taking a luxury yacht and playing golf. It was so happy! The news was revealed by the Hong Kong "East Weekly" a few days ago. On 21 October, a photo was officially released. Jack Ma was wearing a red T-shirt and a peaked cap, enjoying the fun of waving on the grass of the golf course.
From the close-up photos, Ma Yun has white hair on the temples, the skin on his face and neck is loose, and the traces of the years have crawled onto his face.
Spain’s “Nation” also reported that since 16 October, Jack Ma, accompanied by a number of Chinese businessmen and “personal guards”, played in the Ballia de Mallorca in Majorca, Spain.
However, some people who broke the news now do not think that it is Jack Ma's "personal protection." Those people are believed to be CCP personnel sent by the CCP authorities to follow Ma Yun closely. There are about 20 people of all kinds, including people from the Public Security, National Security, Economic Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, the Political Security Bureau, the Central Security Bureau, and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. They took fake passports to go abroad with Ma Yun. In addition to controlling Ma Yun, their biggest purpose was to deal with Ma Yun’s huge overseas assets, and behind these Ma Yun’s overseas assets, another person could be implicated, that is Jiang Zemin’s grandson "Jiang Zhicheng." . If the relevant revelations are true, then Jack Ma’s going abroad is a "obstacle" directed by the CCP authorities, and the purpose behind it is actually to put a long line to catch bigger fish. At the same time, the large sums of money hidden overseas by other CCP factions were recovered.
However, some analysts believe that Jack Ma was allowed to go abroad, indicating that Xi Jinping encountered setbacks within the CCP, just like when Han Zheng opposed the property tax. The "Ma Yun" of "Rescue" helped him regain his freedom and could go abroad.
There is also a third analysis. It is believed that Jack Ma has a "united front" mission to make people feel that under the rule of the CCP, wealthy businessmen in private enterprises can still be tolerated, and they can still have a certain degree of freedom. At the same time, Jack Ma can communicate with other wealthy friends overseas, deliver the message that the authorities want him to deliver.
But the most important point at the moment is Ma Yun's subsequent whereabouts. If Ma Yun returns to China, everything is still a mystery, but if Ma Yun stays overseas and does not go back, it will be lively. If Ma Yun does not return to China, it shows that the internal fighting is fierce. Under the situation of Xi Jinping's high degree of centralization, someone can still keep him out and allow Ma Yun to stay overseas directly like this. This will allow the outside world to see that there are still different resistances to the actions of the Xi Jinping administration within the system. This can also be seen from what the Wall Street Journal revealed that a large group of people in the Communist Party, headed by Politburo Standing Committee member Han Zheng, opposed Xi Jinping’s property tax. If this is the case, before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in the fall of 2022, the CCP will experience even greater life-and-death political storms.
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Insiders say that Xi may have to arrest high-ranking officials, Wang Qishan is uneasy, Meng Jianzhu is under house arrest
"Wu Guoguang," the think tank of former General Secretary Zhao Ziyang of the Communist Party of China, said in an exclusive interview with the Voice of America on October 18 that Xi Jinping will take action before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and may even arrest a member of the Politburo characters, to "knock the mountain to shake the tiger." Because the CCP is currently in a politically sensitive period, many policies and measures are considering the power arrangements at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, but Xi Jinping's intervention in everything will definitely touch the cheese of others. At this time, there is a problem of bargaining, which makes Xi Jinping face some uncertainty. , Or an unstable factor. Therefore, Xi Jinping may take down one or several large-scale officials in order to kill the chickens and the monkeys.
In Wu Guoguang’s view, Guo Shengkun, the current Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, and Meng Jianzhu, the former Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, have a very close relationship with Zeng Qinghong of the Jiang school. Click. Now that Fu Zhenghua and Sun Lijun below Zeng and Meng have been arrested, will the fire continue to burn? At least, will the next target be Meng Jianzhu? Wu Guoguang believes that whether or not to catch Meng Jianzhu depends on whether Xi Jinping wants to continue to catch the people above Meng Jianzhu, because once Meng Jianzhu is announced, another subtext is to try "Meng Jianzhu." Then the authorities will definitely not only ask the people below Meng Jianzhu. They will also ask about the situation of the people above him, and the people above him will become more worried and afraid at this time, and accidents may occur. Therefore, whether the authorities should officially announce the arrest of Meng Jianzhu depends on whether Xi Jinping wants to continue arresting Meng Jianzhu. Wu Guoguang pointed out that Meng Jianzhu has actually been under house arrest and he cannot walk around.
This Zhao Ziyang think tank, who is familiar with the operation of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, also pointed out that Wang Qishan, Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China, is indeed uneasy. Because Wang Qishan's secretary Dong Hong was investigated, his related HNA accident, and Wang Qishan's friend Ren Zhiqiang was sentenced to heavy sentences, which are all obvious direct threats to Wang Qishan. Moreover, at an international conference this year, Wang Qishan deliberately said that he had spoken first for Xi Jinping’s "reporting", so he murmured to this point, indicating that Wang Qishan had felt that he was "insecure" and was politically suspicious, so he had to express himself to Xi Jinping everywhere. Loyalty, this is his inner manifestation of fear and anxiety.
It is precisely because of these factors that Zhongnanhai still shows a turbulent scene. Judging from these recent events, Xi Jinping cannot say that he has complete control of the situation, but at least on the surface, he is overwhelming political opponents, but It did not eliminate resistance.
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At sensitive moments, Xi Jinping went to inspect the "Yellow River Mouth" and shouted for food security in Shandong
At this time, on October 20th, Xi Jinping also went to the mouth of the Yellow River in Dongying, Shandong, to "want for a thousand miles away" in order to "get to the next level." Judging from the photos sent by the Xinhua News Agency, Xi Jinping's expression is still relatively relaxed, with a smile on his face, it does not seem like he has suffered a lot of political setbacks recently. On the surface, Xi Jinping went to Dongying to investigate the water conditions of the Yellow River and the ecology of the delta wetland. However, this time, he did not only go to Dongying, but also included cities such as Shandong Qingdao, Weihai, Jinan, and Yantai. Emphasizing one sentence, it is "food security". He said that Shandong is a major agricultural province and it is necessary to maintain "food security."
At present, various international and inland data show that China’s politics, economy, finance, energy, and food are full of uncertainties. This is also a test that Xi Jinping must face when he wants to use the CCP gang to maintain power. A major irreversible problem will directly affect its political safety.
At the same time, the Taiwan issue used by the CCP to divert the pressure of public opinion is also counterproductive. Every time the CCP threatens Taiwan with cultural and military attacks, it actually advertises Taiwan free of charge, which in turn makes Taiwan increase its international influence.
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Taiwan protests against UN Resolution 2578
Trump appears on social media
The upcoming October 25th is the 50th anniversary of the adoption of Resolution 2758 by the United Nations General Assembly. In 1971, when this resolution was introduced, the CCP entered the representative seat of "China" in the United Nations but it did not decide the representative seat of Taiwan in the resolution, problems and international positioning. Therefore, at the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the resolution, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China reiterated that No. 2758 does not stipulate that Taiwan is under the jurisdiction of the CCP, nor does it authorize the CCP to govern Taiwan. For the previous UN Secretariat, when interpreting Resolution 2758, it echoed the CCP. Expressing a protest against Taiwan’s status, it is claimed that Taiwan under the jurisdiction of the CCP violates the UN Charter.
Hua Ziqiang, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Pacific of the US State Department, also stated on October 21 that Taiwan is currently one of the centers of global technology, economy, tourism, and cultural exchanges. Every year 50 million passengers pass through Taiwan’s airports but Taiwan’s reporters, students, artists and human rights activists are still excluded from the United Nations building. This, in the United States’ view, is caused by the CCP’s misuse of Resolution 2758. This means that there are more people in the world who are pushing Taiwan to get rid of the CCP’s international restrictions and pressure.
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Taiwan purchases 100 sets of shore-mounted missiles
At the same time, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of China in Taiwan recently announced that it has decided to purchase 100 sets of "shore-mounted harpoon missile systems" from the United States, which will be armed to the coast of Taiwan. The amount is roughly more than 2.3 billion US dollars. All these shore-mounted missile systems are expected to be in 2029. Completed installation in the year. And the entire 100 sets of systems include 400 Harpoon Block II missiles, 25 radar vehicles, 411 missiles combined with boxes and other equipment. This is another move by Taiwan to actively prepare for military defense.
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Trump reappears on social media
Trump, who said at the beginning of this year that he would launch his own social media platform, and now he finally has a bit of eyebrows. On 20 October, he announced that he had pre-launched a social media platform called "Truth Social". At present, it is only open to pre-join the waiting list and has not been officially launched, and it has also opened pre-orders on the Apple App Store. On the current Truth Social web page, the introduction of this social media is to encourage "open, free, and sincere global dialogue without discrimination against different political ideologies."
The owner of this platform is also Trump's company called Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). Trump’s own statement is more direct. He said that the launch of this social media platform is to counter the tyranny of big technology companies.
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Defections of workers in China surge, North Korea tightens controls
Reporter : Li Zhaoxi / Editor: Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/10/23/a103250597.html
With the increase in the number of North Korean migrant workers, the probability and probability of defecting seems to be on the rise. Recently, the North Korean authorities have been tightening controls to prevent North Korean workers in China from escaping during their long stay overseas.
According to a report by Korean media Daily NK on Thursday (21 October), the North Korean Embassy in Beijing recently instructed its consulate in China to prohibit North Korean workers from traveling long distances or being sent to other areas.
Since the covid outbreak, Pyongyang has closed its borders but this year the North Korean authorities also sent new workers to Mongolia, Russia and China. Since no North Korean workers have been repatriated, the number of North Korean workers abroad has actually increased since the beginning of the pandemic.
As the ratio of expatriate workers to managers (including personnel and cadres from the Ministry of National Security) has increased, it is said that there has been a marked increase in the number of attempts to defect.
According to a Chinese source, a North Korean tried to escape from his residence in Shenyang, Liaoning Province last month.
At the same time, in addition to escaping alone, there were also large-scale escapes. It is said that even the cadres responsible for supervising labor have disappeared.
Due to the covid pandemic, many Chinese companies and factories that employ North Korean workers have been hit hard. As a result, some North Korean workers have changed their industries and moved to different regions. However, the North Korean authorities have ordered that the workers "are not allowed to move arbitrarily under any circumstances."
According to reports, the workers did not even approve of the order even their supervisors. Because North Korean workers working in restaurants often go to different areas to work as temporary workers to make money when they encounter difficulties in their workplaces.
"Now I can't send the children (workers) to other areas, and even I have the idea of running away," said a cadre in charge of supervising workers. "They don't reduce the party dues we have to pay, but they don't. Let us make money. So, isn't escape from this situation the only way to survive?"
"Even in China, it is not easy to make money," he added, "the situation in (North Korea) is the same as here."
According to multiple sources from China, there are about 30,000 North Korean workers in Liaoning Province and 20,000 in Jilin Province. The authorities have moved most of the North Koreans who were scattered across China to Liaoning and Jilin provinces.
Since there are already many North Koreans living in Liaoning and Jilin provinces, the authorities seem to intend to concentrate North Korean workers there in order to control them more effectively.
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