Friday, November 19, 2021

Covid "patient zero" unconfirmed, CCP's anti-covid drugs and therapies, the climbing perch

 Research, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

News on covi traceability, disease control, CCP, Taiwan, Myanmar

Image : An expert recently published an article in the authoritative journal "Science", sorting out the critical timeline of the initial outbreak of the epidemic from the end of 2019 to the beginning of 2020. His analysis showed that the "Wuhan Huanan Seafood Market" was the source of the epidemic but covid patient zero has actually yet to be confirmed. Schematic. (Synthesized by LTN)




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Wuhan Huanan Seafood Market female seafood vendor not "patient zero" of COVID-19

According to Michael Worobey, the "earliest known case" a female seafood vendor of Wuhan Huanan Seafood Market with illness onset on 11 December 2019 has knowledge of Huanan Market patients that were hospitalized at Union Hospital "as early as 10 December". Therefore, the female seafood vendor mentioned is not patient zero of COVID-19.

Worobey in his supplementary material states that the pandemic is estimated to have started on 18 November 2019 and not in December 2019.




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CCP's Viral Pneumonia of Unknown Etilogy mechanism not working before 3 January 2020

According to Michael Worobey, mainland China's Viral Pneumonia of Unknown Etilogy (VPUE) mechanism is not working before 3 January 2020. He wrote, 

VPUE mechanism "was set up in the wake of SARS to be an early warning reporting system for detecting unknown viral diseases and is overseen by the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) (5). PUE cases are supposed to be rapidly reported by clinicians to the national notifiable disease reporting system through an internet-based platform. Evidently, that did not happen in Wuhan in December. The system appears to have been in active use only from 3 January. Although it favored cases having a connection to Huanan Market (68), the VPUE mechanism could not have improperly inflated the proportion of Huanan Market–linked cases in December (1). "

He added, "Therefore, the preponderance of early cases connected to Huanan Market could not have been an artifact of ascertainment bias introduced by case definitions in the VPUE system. Although mechanisms like China’s VPUE system are potentially invaluable, they will fail without both widespread buy-in from health care providers and rapid data sharing from local to central authorities. Key problems with the VPUE system were known before the pandemic, including that most clinicians in China had little awareness of the VPUE system and were not reporting cases to it—for example, 0 of 335 PUE cases in one study from 2019 (5). China should be commended, however, for having such a system, which is lacking in most countries. The focus now should be on fixing the problems that COVID-19 has exposed and blanketing the globe with a highly functional PUE early warning system."



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Patient Zero's status reversed? Science: Wuhan seafood market was the source of the epidemic
   
The origin of SARS-CoV-2 is still a mystery. Tracing the critical timeline for the early stage of the outbreak of the covid epidemic to the beginning of 2020, the results show that the "Wuhan Huanan Seafood Market" was the source of the epidemic.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, Michael Worobey of the Institute of Ecology and Biological Evolution of the University of Arizona published an article in the journal Science. According to local and global news reports in China, it was also compared with the public information of the hospital. The development timeline at the beginning of the outbreak is now shown.

Worobey stated in the article that the vast majority of the first symptomatic infections were related to the Huanan Seafood Market, which is strong evidence that the market is the source of the covid epidemic. He said that through the regional model of the spread of early cases and at that time, analysis of the patient's genetic samples yielded convincing evidence.

According to the model established by Worobey using the above-mentioned data, the first confirmed case is patient zero should be a hawker in the South China market, rather than, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report that later identified a person living near the market, a man who has never entered the market. Considering the frequency of contact between live animals and humans in the market and the rate of transmission, the probability that the virus originates from living things in the market is very high.

Worobey further stated that if the epidemic did not spread from the Huanan market and exploded, it would be difficult to explain the follow-up situation. His research also supports the market origin theory, that is, the Huanan Market in Wuhan, China, was the source of this disaster. 

Worobey believes that even if the Chinese side blocked the seafood market at the beginning of the epidemic and carried out thorough disinfection treatment, it would be difficult to obtain live samples in the market at that time, but this does not mean that the mystery of the source of the epidemic will never be solved. You can advance to the truth by sorting out other clues.


News (4) to (8) / Reporters : Dong Ruifeng, Xu Penghang / Publisher : XinhuaNet via ScienceNet / http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2021/11/469339.shtm

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Multiple domestic covi drugs enter clinical trials and are expected to become "new weapons" in the fight against the epidemic
 
Reporters : Dong Ruifeng, Xu Penghang

The reporters learned from the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Scientific Research Team that the People's Republic of China’s self-developed covi drugs have completed phase III clinical trials and are applying for conditional listing. In addition, a number of drugs have carried out phase III clinical trials at home and abroad, and currently show positive effects.

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BRII and 196/BRII-198 complete phase III clinical trial

From the hundreds of antibodies isolated from the blood of convalescent patients, 2 strains of antibodies with high activity and strong complementarity were screened-the covi antibody combination drug BRII developed by Tsinghua University, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital and Tengsheng Biopharmaceutical team -196/BRII-198, has recently completed a foreign phase III clinical trial, and has been urgently called by relevant departments to provide clinical treatment for more than 800 cases of infection in PRC.

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Antibody combination drug can reduce severe illness and mortality by 78%

According to Zhang Linqi, a professor at Tsinghua University School of Medicine, foreign phase III clinical trial data show that the antibody combination drug can reduce severe illness and mortality by 78%, and it still maintains activity against the covi variant. The drug has already submitted a rolling conditional marketing application to the National Food and Drug Administration in October, and an emergency use authorization application has also been submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration.

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JS016 completes phase II clinical trial with positive effects

The neutralizing antibody JS016, jointly developed by the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Junshi Biotechnology, has also completed the international multi-centre phase II clinical trial in November, and the current data show that it has achieved positive effects.

"We are cooperating with international pharmaceutical companies. So far, JS016 has been authorized for emergency use in 15 countries around the world, and more than 500,000 doses of drugs have been distributed globally." Clinical patients of covid are receptive to the medication, and the drug is currently being actively promoted in phase III clinical trials.

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Prokruamide and Azivudine under phase III clinical trials

According to another report, the new generation of androgen receptor antagonist prokruamide of Suzhou Kaifeng Pharmaceutical and Azivudine of Henan Normal University are carrying out phase III clinical trials at home and abroad, and the neutralizing antibody BGB of Peking University and Beijing Danxu -DXP-604 and FB2001 and VV116 of Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences are also in the development process.

According to the person in charge of the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Scientific Research Group, the current research and development of covi drugs is mainly carried out on three technical routes: blocking viruses from entering cells, inhibiting virus replication, and regulating the human immune system. my country has deployed these technical routes.

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State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Scientific Research Team formed on 16 June 2021

The State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Scientific Research Team, which is composed of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Health Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, the State Food and Drug Administration, and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Since its establishment on 16 June 2021, a national team of superior experts has been organized to fully promote the research and development of effective drugs and treatment technologies.

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The legendary fish that does not die out of the water and can walk, Kinmen successfully reproduces the climbing perch

   
Image : Climbing perch uses its gill cover to "support" the ground. (Photo by reporter Wu Zhengting)

The Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Association of Kinmen County found the legendary climbing perch in Lieyu Township (Little Kinmen) that was "immortal out of the water", and would use the gill cover to "walk". Good news has recently come out under the careful care of the association and more than 200 animals have been successfully reproduced.

Chen Guangyao, chairman of the association, said that climbing perch is a non-conserved animal and may be found on Taiwan’s main island, but there is no record found in Taiwan’s related literature. The legendary climbing perch "will climb trees without dying out of water." He said that the elders in the early Kinmen area called the climbing perch as the "medium spotted tiger", which means that the climbing perch is a fish that is more ferocious than the betta (commonly known as the middle spot). It has always been in Little Kinmen. He remembered that several years ago, in order to see the true face of the climbing perch, he made a special trip to China’s Hainan Island. The trip is still unforgettable.

He said that in addition to its normal gills, climbing perch can also directly exchange air with a specialized organ of the head, the fascinating gill. As long as the body is not dry, it can stay out of the water for a long time; because there are many hard spines next to the gill cover, it can rely on it. "Walking" on the operculum, if you do not pay attention to observation, you will think that you are using the pectoral fins to slide; although it seems to be turning and turning, it is very special; however, climbing perch "can climb a tree" may just be a legend, because "I have never seen it." ".

Chen Guangyao was commissioned by the county government this year to implement the "Removal Project of Exotic Turtles and Spot-legged Tree Frogs in Kinmen". When he went to Lieyu for a water system survey, he accidentally found climbing perch in Lingshui Lake. Drought has led to a significant reduction of habitats in the waters, making the survival of fish and amphibians and reptiles face great challenges.

The county government construction office stated that the climbing perch is unique to Asia and only distributed in tropical and subtropical areas such as Southeast Asia and South Asia, as well as freshwater wetlands in southern China and south of the Nanling Mountains. There are two records of climbing perch specimens in Taiwan. It can be speculated that Kinmen is the only habitat for climbing perch in the Republic of China.


Image : There are saw blade-like thorns around the operculum of the climbing perch, which is also the support for its "walking". (Photo by reporter Wu Zhengting)


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The anger is hard to commit! The United Nations asks CCP China to provide Peng Shuai's whereabouts
   
Image : The famous Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai accused of being "disappeared" after being sexually assaulted by a high-ranking CCP official. (Reuters, synthesised by LTN)


Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai accused of being "disappeared" after being sexually assaulted by a high-ranking CCP official.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, Elizabeth Throssell, spokesperson of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), asked Chinese officials to provide proof of the whereabouts and health of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai at a press conference on 19 November.

Slaughter said,  "We call on China to conduct a transparent investigation into the allegations of Peng Shuai's sexual assault. More importantly, we need to know about her whereabouts and whether she is healthy."

It is reported that after Peng Shuai accused him of being sexually assaulted by former Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Gaoli for a long time on the Internet, her whereabouts are still unknown. Only the Chinese state media issued an "open letter" deemed suspicious and crude.



News (12) to (17) / Host : Li Muyang / Publisher : News Insight / Editor : Li Hao /  https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/11/18/n13384419.htm

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Simon is more worried about Peng Shuai's safety

In the early morning of 18 November 2021 local time, CGTN, a global television network under the CCTV of the Communist Party of China, issued an English tweet, which showed a screenshot of an "email" written to Simon, the president of the International Women's Tennis Association WTA.

The email said, "Hello everyone, this is Peng Shuai. The news content recently published on the WTA official website has not been confirmed with me, nor has I obtained my own confirmation, and it was published without my consent."

The e-mail stated, "The news released is not factual, including allegations of sexual assault. I am not missing or unsafe. I am just resting at home and everything is fine. Thank you for your concern." The e-mail also stated that if WTA issued any statement about her in the future  her consent will be required and so on.

WTA CEO Simon responded immediately, doubting the authenticity of this email, and even more worried about Peng Shuai's safety.

Simon said in the statement, "The statement about Peng Shuai issued by the Chinese (Chinese Communist Party) official media today only makes me worry about her safety and whereabouts. I can hardly believe that Peng Shuai really wrote me emails, and I don’t believe this either. content."

Simon stated that they (the Chinese Communist Party) must allow Peng Shuai to speak freely, without being intimidated or intimidated by any parties. Peng Shuai's allegations of sexual assault must be respected, and investigations must be conducted in complete transparency and without review.

Obviously, this so-called "mail" is in response to the call of WTA executive Simon on the 14th. Simon publicly called to the Chinese Communist authorities to investigate Peng Shuai’s allegations of sexual assault against Zhang Gaoli, instead of censoring Peng Shuai, otherwise the WTA will stop its business in China.

I analyzed at the time that the WTA is likely to withdraw from China because it is impossible for the CCP to publicly investigate Zhang Gaoli’s sexual assault. In fact, the withdrawal of WTA from China will cause great economic losses to WTA. But compared with the economic losses, the CCP’s "weiguangzheng" image has been even more impacted.

Because the WTA withdrawal from China will arouse more people's attention to this matter. People will see that the CCP is an evil regime with gangsters and people. For the CCP, which values ​​the image of "Wei Guangzheng", it is not as easy as losing some money. Therefore, the CCP does not want the WTA to continue entangled in this matter, and hopes to quickly turn it over.

But we have said long ago that if the CCP does nothing, it would be better to wait quietly for death. As long as it does what it does, it will be even more embarrassing. As far as this so-called email is concerned, the level of fraud by the CCP is too low, and it makes people feel embarrassed that no one is available to the CCP.

This email written in the tone of "Peng Shuai" stated that the content released by the WTA is not true, including allegations of sexual assault, and has not been confirmed by "Peng Shuai". These statements seem relaxed, but in fact they are very serious allegations. This is equivalent to saying that WTA is spreading rumors and seriously infringed on the reputation of "Peng Shuai".

Peng Shuai should stand up and protect her reputation right from infringement by law.

However, it is regrettable that "Peng Shuai" did not take up legal weapons, and just sent an "email" to lightly deal with the WTA's "serious violation of reputation rights" issue.

Ironically, the email is probably not written by Peng Shuai, and the meaning in it is not what Peng Shuai meant. If it was what Peng Shuai meant, then as long as she appeared publicly, all "rumors" would come to an abrupt end.

Since Peng Shuai broke the news on Weibo that Zhang Gaoli had sexually assaulted her, half a month has passed. No one in the outside world knows where she is and what the specific situation is. So the outside world is worried about Peng Shuai's safety and worried that she might be "evaporated" by the CCP.

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CGTN vents its ugliness, the CCP intends to intimidate

Looking at this so-called "mail" again, a netizen found a problem. In the email screenshot, there is a gray vertical bar in the middle of the English word "and" in the third line. A netizen wrote in a reply to CGTN, "Did she (you) forget to press ‘send’? We can all see the cursor."

Friends who frequently use e-mail know that if it is sent out, the "typing cursor" cannot be seen. If you can see the "typing cursor", it proves that the email is still being edited and has not been sent.

In other words, the screenshots posted by CGTN were taken before the email was "sent". So this is very strange. Peng Shuai wrote to the WTA. How did the Chinese Communist Party’s official media get the email being edited?

When this happens, the two possibilities are relatively large. One is that the email came from Peng Shuai himself, but Peng Shuai may not be free. There may be other people around her, who are monitoring and threatening her. In other words, if this email was edited by Peng Shuai herself, it is most likely that she wrote it under pressure.

Another possibility is that someone has edited this so-called "email" under the name of Peng Shuai. I think this is more likely. So who is fake Peng Shuai's name? It is most likely to be a department under the control of the CCP, and the possibility of CGTN is very high.

At about 10 am, I checked CGTN's Twitter, and the screenshot was still hanging shamelessly. In the past, many people did not know that CGTN is the official media of the Chinese Communist Party. Now this embarrassment has appeared but many people have seen its details.

Some netizens said that the CCP really has no one to use. Indeed, only the CCP can do such a low-level and stupid thing. Of course, there is another possibility that the person editing the email is not incompetent, but deliberately doing so, just to let people notice the background of CGTN's big foreign propaganda, and see the ugliness and evil of the CCP in this matter.

Former Weibo reviewer Liu Lipeng used this "email" to describe fear. He told Free Asia that this letter was obviously in line with the propaganda language of the Chinese Communist Party's official media, ignoring existing facts.

Liu Lipeng said, “We normal people write that it is impossible to ignore such a big thing related to ourselves, that is, the long Weibo post that Peng Shuai accused of sexual assault. The letter completely ignored this matter. There was no mention of Zhang Gaoli. This is what a typical propaganda department sets the tone and writes."

Liu Lipeng said that the content of the email is only in the language used by the Propaganda Department, and does not involve any sensitive people, and does not mention or imply the long post on Weibo. The CCP Propaganda Department and core official media will ignore some reality and compile rigorous wording. Word. He cited, for example, that normal people write to clarify that they will definitely apologize to Zhang Gaoli, instead of avoiding minefield keywords like "carefully" in emails.

According to Ma Xiaoyue's analysis by the Institute of China Research Center at Mercator, Germany, CGTN's tweets are another example of the fusion of "incompetence" and "authoritarian arrogance" in the CCP's official information.

Ma Xiaoyue said, “Information like this is to show power, ‘we tell you she’s good, otherwise what qualifications do you have to say?’ This is not to persuade people, but to intimidate and show the power of the (CCP) country.”

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A rare opportunity for the world to pay attention to Peng Shuai and Xi Jinping

However everyone knows that there is a principle of "pros and cons come out at the same time" in this world. After an incident occurs, as far as he is concerned, there is a positive side and a bad side. In addition, the role played by different people may also be different. "News Highlights"

Everyone knows that after Peng Shuai was exposed to Zhang Gaoli's sexual assault on Weibo on November 2nd, the media around the world paid considerable attention and he was hyped for three or four consecutive days.

At that time, I said that this was an opportunity for Xi Jinping to catch Zhang Gaoli and take the lead in the internal struggle of the Chinese Communist Party. Because Zhang Gaoli is an important piece of Jiang Zemin, although he has now retired, he has little influence. But grabbing Zhang Gaoli will naturally involve Jiang Zemin who promoted Zhang Gaoli.

These guys are all hooking up the crotch. The arrest of Zhang Gaoli was naturally a heavy blow to Jiang Zemin. This incident actually happened on the eve of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee, but Xi Jinping did not arrest Zhang Gaoli at the time and lost an opportunity to strike at Jiang Zemin’s faction.

In fact, more than ten days have passed, coupled with the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee, so that people's attention to this matter has weakened a lot. But now CGTN suddenly jumped out, throwing out such a fake email. At once, people once again brought up the degree of concern about Peng Shuai's sexual assault.

In addition to the WTA's attention to Peng Shuai, many famous tennis players have issued statements in support of Peng Shuai. Including men's world number one Djokovic, American Grand Slam women's singles 18th champion Ifte and French tennis star Kearney and so on.

The latest support for Peng Shuai is Japan's tennis sister and four Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka. She wrote in a tweet, "I'm not sure if you are following the news, but I was recently told that a tennis player colleague disclosed that she was sexually assaulted and soon disappeared. (Remarks) censorship is not allowed under any circumstances", "I am shocked by the current situation", "I send her (Peng Shuai) love and light".

At the press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China today (18th), a foreign reporter asked about the Peng Shuai incident, where he was and whether he was free. And also asked if this incident happened when China will host the Winter Olympics, will it affect the image of China (the Chinese Communist Party).

The spokesperson of the Communist Party of China Zhao Lijian only said that this is not a diplomatic issue, nor did he know the relevant situation. In the Q&A record posted on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this conversation was also deleted.

It can be seen that the CCP wants to be quiet but windy. The incident of Peng Shuai has been unable to block people's sight. The entire international community is paying attention to the sexual assault of the top officials of the Chinese Communist Party and the safety of the victim Peng Shuai.

In fact, this is another embarrassment of the CCP, and a huge scandal by Zhang Gaoli. But for Xi Jinping, it is a rare opportunity. If Zhang Gaoli is taken advantage of now, he may at least receive the positive effect of killing three birds with one stone.

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Catch Zhang Gaoli and kill three birds with one stone. Will Xi do great things?

There has been a saying in China since ancient times, "everyone will be punishable by the chastisers and criminals." Zhang Gaoli did a lot of bad things during his tenure, and he has long been exhausted and notorious. If Xi Jinping sends him to prison, he will naturally cheer up the people who have been persecuted by Zhang Gaoli and applaud.

In other words, if Xi Jinping captures Zhang Gaoli, it is likely to win a part of the people's hearts. This is the first positive effect of the arrest of Zhang Gaoli.

Yesterday (17th) we analyzed in the program that around the new resolution of the Sixth Plenary Session, Xi Jinping not only had a split with the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, but also various signs showed that there were not many members of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China who opposed Xi Jinping. Including the CCP army. Friends who are interested can go and watch yesterday's show.

In other words, Xi Jinping did not take absolute initiative during the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee. Based on the previous situation, it can be known that the main forces opposed to Xi Jinping are the Jiang Zemin and Zeng Qinghong factions. Zhang Gaoli is an important member of the Jiang faction, and sending him to prison is tantamount to a heavy blow to Jiang Zemin's faction.

If Xi Jinping arrests Zhang Gaoli now, he can completely change his passive situation during the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee. In other words, through this action, Xi Jinping can regain an important round, turning passive into taking the initiative again. This is the second positive effect that the arrest of Zhang Gaoli will have.

In past domestic and foreign affairs, the Beijing authorities had many misjudgments, which caused the international community to have a bad impression of Xi Jinping himself. Some people even equated him with the CCP. This is no wonder, because anyone in the position of the highest leader of the CCP will naturally bear all the CCP's evils.

If Xi Jinping captures Zhang Gaoli while the international community is paying attention to the Peng Shuai incident, it may be possible for the international community to learn about Xi Jinping from a new perspective. This is the third positive effect.

In addition to these three positive effects, Jinping's internship may be able to go further and achieve the fourth and most brilliant effect. After Zhang Gaoli was arrested, Jiang Zemin and Zeng Qinghong, the root causes of all crimes, were arrested. But this requires Xi Jinping to be really courageous, the kind of person who does big things.

Jiang Zemin and Zeng Qinghong, these two guys are more than guilty in terms of crime, and they should have been arrested long ago. However, Xi Jinping stepped on the brakes in front of these two guys during the climax of the anti-corruption campaign, leading to anti-corruption anti-corruption anticlimaxes. This is also the main reason why Xi Jinping has been constantly frustrated during his administration.

If after catching Zhang Gaoli and then catching the two guys Jiang Zeng along the way, then Xi Jinping can not only get rid of the constrained situation, but also take advantage of the CCP's sins on his back.

Because the CCP’s many crimes were committed by the former leader of the CCP. However, after Xi Jinping took office, he did not deal with the problems of the former party leader and continued the criminal system. Naturally, all of the CCP’s sins were borne, although this may not be Xi Jinping’s subjective wish, but it is the case.

If Jiang and Zeng were arrested, even if the CCP's crimes on his back cannot be completely shaken off, at least the crimes committed by the former CCP leader can be put aside.

To paraphrase a sentence in the "Bible", "Caesar belongs to Caesar, and God belongs to God". In other words, whoever is responsible for the sins does not have to bear all the blame for the CCP. But I still said that, this requires Xi Jinping to have real courage, and he has to be someone who does great things. Is Xi Jinping such a person?

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Huang Mingzhi responded to "humiliating China"

Huang Mingzhi is known as the "Malaysian Genius Musician". Not because his "Glass Heart" exceeded 30 million views in a month and has been on the hit charts in 9 countries; it was not because his song "Drifting North" became his first YouTube hit with over 100 million views, and not because his new song "Outside the Wall" has more than 5.6 million views.

Because Huang Mingzhi said "I would rather die if you are not free." He was arrested many times, imprisoned many times, and jailed many times, but he still did not change his aspirations and was pursuing freedom.

The Voice of America had an exclusive interview with Huang Mingzhi on 17 November. Through this interview, let's learn more about this Malaysian Chinese creator.

The song "Glass Heart" does not explicitly mention the CCP, but anyone who listens to it will know which country it is referring to. Someone has done statistics, and there are about 20 black humorous stalks related to CCP politics hidden in the song. Huang Mingzhi said that there is a proverb in Malaysia, "Those who eat chili will feel spicy." "Some people may be seated, it's because you eat hot peppers that make you feel spicy."

After "Glass Heart" went online, the "Global Times" immediately labeled Huang Mingzhi as "humiliating China". Huang Mingzhi said, "I am a Chinese, do I want to humiliate myself? That's weird."

In response to the question of why I did not apologize, Huang Mingzhi said, “I did nothing wrong, why should I apologize? I use my knowledge of society, or my personal opinion, freedom of speech. Everyone has different opinions. It doesn’t mean that I’m wrong for different opinions, and I didn’t say that it was you."

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"Repeated offenders" moved by netizens, freedom needs to be fought for

After "Glass Heart" came out, a Chinese netizen named "Sanyantang" made a video. I admire Huang Mingzhi for bravely jumping out to satirize "Today" today when "the night is drooping and ten thousand horses are cheering together". The video also reviewed the history of Huang Mingzhi's struggle against power, pointing out that Huang Mingzhi "all disputes revolve around two themes: freedom and dignity."

While watching this video, Huang Mingzhi shed tears. He didn't expect that a foreigner who never knew his life, a netizen in mainland China knew what he meant by doing this, and his efforts for so many years would be seen.

Huang Mingzhi told VOA, "He said I was not for traffic or money. He saw the efforts behind me and my sacrifice, because I was in jail many times for these things, was arrested many times, and was imprisoned. Many times. When I was put in jail, the people who sponsored me must have run away. How could I make any dime?"

Huang Mingzhi’s experience of repeated arrests and detentions is a "habitual offender" or "repeated offender" in a Chinese term. However, he was really moved by the "Sanyantang" because he really understood Huang Mingzhi, what he did for what he did.

Huang Mingzhi once wrote on his face, "I would rather die if you are not free." He said that each of his works expresses different content, and not everyone agrees. But in the final analysis, everyone has the freedom of thought and should have more space to express. "I can oppose your opinion, but I respect your right to speak."

Speaking of "universal values," he said, "Everyone has their own freedom, and you are not the only ones who give you alms. When he doesn't give it, we should fight for it."

Speaking of this, I think of the message that my colleague posted to me a Taiwanese netizen yesterday, and we are all very moved when I read it. This netizen has heard of "Glass Heart" and "Outside the Wall", and read the comments of many netizens.

The Taiwanese netizen said in a message to us that in the message area of ​​"Glass Heart" and "Outside the Wall", "Many people from China secretly climbed the wall just to listen to this song. And many Chinese left a message saying, They couldn't help but burst into tears when they heard this song, and they even said earnestly that they actually admire and yearn for freedom, and yearning for freedom is human nature."

Taiwanese netizens told us that some Chinese netizens reluctantly said, "It's a pity that I grew up in China and I was imprisoned since I was born. I feel that I have no chance to taste the happiness of freedom in this life."

The message of this mainland netizen made our Taiwanese friend "completely uncontrollable" and began to cry in sadness. From this, he also thought of Mu Yang and colleagues in "News Insight", and felt the hardship of us pushing down the CCP's high wall.

This Taiwanese friend said, "You have been very difficult along the way. You have been repeatedly hindered, but you can't eliminate your determination. I want to shout to you again! On the difficult road, we accompany each other and work hard. Hope this day will come and return the freedom of the Chinese people and return peace to the whole world."

Thank you this friend, thank you all the friends who support us. We also believe that freedom does not depend on charity, we must strive for it ourselves. We are willing to work hard for freedom with everyone.

News (18) to (20) / Source : The Irrawaddy

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Min Aung Hlaing barred from China-ASEAN Summit

China wanted to invite Myanmar junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to a special ASEAN-China summit but decided not to after the regional grouping objected.

Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Chinese President Xi Jinping will co-chair the summit on Nov. 22, which is being held to commemorate the 30th anniversary of bilateral relations between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Brunei currently holds the rotating chair of ASEAN, of which Myanmar is a member.

Myanmar coup leader Min Aung Hlaing was excluded from an ASEAN summit last month at the insistence of some member states including Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei, after he failed to honor his commitment to ASEAN to take steps to solve the political crisis resulting from his military takeover. Among other examples of noncooperation, he has refused to allow ASEAN’s envoy to meet detained ousted State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

In the general’s place, ASEAN said it would accept a nonpolitical representative of Myanmar at the summit, prompting the regime to refuse to send anyone. The junta criticized ASEAN’s position and demanded that the regional grouping stick to its policy of noninterference in members’ internal affairs.

For the ASEAN-China Summit, it is believed that Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore took a firm stance toward Min Aung Hlaing, insisting that he be banned.

“Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei have agreed to maintain the same position as [they did with] the ASEAN summit,” said a government source in an ASEAN country who declined to be identified, referring to the demand that Myanmar be represented by a nonpolitical figure, according to Reuters.

This week, Sun Guoxiang, the special envoy for Asian affairs at China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrived in Myanmar and held a meeting with Min Aung Hlaing.

Before he visited Myanmar, Sun visited Singapore and Brunei and was told that Min Aung Hlaing could not participate in the virtual summit. Faced with ASEAN’s opposition, Sun told Min Aung Hlaing at a meeting in Myanmar’s capital, Naypyitaw, on the weekend that China had to accept the ASEAN stand.

China “would maintain the nonpolitical representative principle applied by ASEAN,” the regional diplomat quoted Sun as saying, according to Reuters.

Indonesian Foreign Ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah confirmed the bloc’s unwavering stand on accepting only a nonpolitical figure, referring to the “wisdom” shown by leaders before the October summit.

“Indonesia is consistent in its position on who should represent Myanmar at the forthcoming leaders’ summit,” Faizasyah said.

Xi’s first appearance at an ASEAN-China summit is a strong indication that China is increasing its focus on ASEAN as a whole, as the relationship passes the three-decade mark. It comes at a time when the rivalry between the US and China is intensifying.

Ref: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-coup-leader-min-aung-hlaing-barred-from-china-asean-summit.html

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Myanmar Junta blocks Japanese envoy from meeting Suu Kyi

Image : Sasakawa met Suu Kyi in November 2020 (Courtesy of Nippon Foundation)

Myanmar’s military regime has rejected a request from Yohei Sasakawa, the chairman of the Japanese Nippon Foundation charity, to meet detained State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

During a pre-coup visit to Myanmar, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi gave Sasakawa her father’s Japanese sword, asking him to repair it.

Her father, General Aung San, received military training in Japan in 1940 during the Second World War as part of his efforts to gain independence.

Sasakawa, who is also Japan’s special envoy for national reconciliation in Myanmar, visited the country this week. He said Gen. Aung San’s sword was fixed and he asked to present it to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

He told politicians in Yangon on Thursday that the regime had refused his request.

Myanmar Farmers Development Party chairman U Kyaw Swar Soe said, “All the envoys want to meet her. The regime refuses on legal grounds.”

People’s Party chairman U Ko Ko Gyi said, “He showed pictures of the sword and complained that he did not know how to get it to Aung San Suu Kyi.

“Myanmar’s problems are very complex. As Aung San Suu Kyi is an important leader, it is necessary to engage with her but it is also important to engage extensively with ethnic leaders, ethnic armed organizations and political parties,” he added.

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Japanese envoy meets unnamed senior NLD figure

During his visit to Rakhine State on 15 November, Sasakawa said he was attempting to meet National League for Democracy leaders.

There were reports Sasakawa had an informal meeting with Daw Su Su Lwin, the wife of former President U Htin Kyaw. The Irrawaddy could not independently confirm the reports.

Sasakawa said on Wednesday that he met a senior NLD figure whom he refused to name.

Ref: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-blocks-japanese-envoy-from-meeting-suu-kyi.html

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NUG calls on INTERPOL to review junta's invitation to the 89th General Assembly


Source : Myanmar Now


A Myanmar junta delegation is participating in the 89th INTERPOL General Assembly in Istanbul, Turkey next week as the country’s official representatives, Myanmar Now has confirmed.

 

According to a senior Myanmar police source, Lt-Gen Than Hlaing is heading the contingent, likely by video link.

 

The three-day meeting to address “global security issues” is scheduled to begin on 23 November 2021.

 

Than Hlaing was appointed deputy home affairs minister on 2 February 2020, the day after military chief Min Aung Hlaing toppled Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government in a coup. He is also the junta’s chief of police.

 

Canada, the EU, UK and U.S. have sanctioned Than Hlaing for his role overseeing the junta’s crackdown on the public, in which more than 1,200 civilians have been killed and more than 10,000 arrested, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, which has been monitoring the ongoing repression.

 

The EU sanctions designation stated that Than Hlaing is “directly responsible for decision making concerning repressive policies and violent actions committed by police against peaceful demonstrators and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma.”

 

The EU concluded that Than Hlaing “is engaged in actions and policies undermining democracy and the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, as well as actions that threaten the peace, security and stability of Myanmar/Burma.”

 

Than Hlaing is also reported to be in charge of Operation Anawrahta, a major military offensive in northwestern Myanmar—including Chin State and Sagaing and Magway regions—in which civil society organisations have accused the Myanmar army of violating international law.

 

INTERPOL operates from the European Union; its General Secretariat is located in France, and the current Secretary-General, Jürgen Stock, is German.

 

Myanmar Now sent repeated requests for comment to the INTERPOL General Secretariat, asking about the organisation’s recognition of the Myanmar military junta, the participation of Than Hlaing in the General Assembly and whether INTERPOL had consulted the National Unity Government (NUG), which has a home affairs ministry. At the time of reporting, INTERPOL had not yet provided comment.

 

A policy officer at the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Turkey, the assembly’s host country, would not confirm or deny Than Hlaing’s participation, telling Myanmar Now that details about delegates were “confidential” and referring the questions to the Myanmar authorities.

 

When asked if INTERPOL recognised the military junta, the policy officer said, “Myanmar is a member country, but I don’t know about the politics.”

 

According to an INTERPOL organisational chart published online in 2014, the Myanmar police chief is in charge of Myanmar’s INTERPOL National Central Bureau.

 

However, Myanmar Now could not find any record of an INTERPOL decision to recognise the Myanmar military junta as the country’s government and allow the junta to represent Myanmar.

 

Moe Zaw Oo, Deputy Foreign Minister for the NUG, questioned whether INTERPOL’s invitation to the Myanmar military junta is in line with the organisation’s Constitution, which states that INTERPOL is to conduct activities in “the spirit” of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and enshrines the principle of political neutrality. He called for the military council’s invitation to be reviewed.

 

“Interpol has to be mindful of the fact that the military junta has been terrorising the Myanmar public and has thus become a terrorist organisation. It also has to examine if the invitation of the junta to this conference might be in line with its principle of political neutrality,” Moe Zaw Oo said.

 

INTERPOL, or the International Criminal Police Organisation, is an inter-governmental organisation of police forces from 194 countries. The organisation facilitates international police cooperation, including the sharing of data, and provides technical and operational support for global investigations.

 

As the Myanmar INTERPOL representative, the Myanmar military junta would have access to 14 global databases which include forensic data, travel and official documents and foreign terrorist fighters.


Ref: https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/national-unity-government-calls-on-interpol-to-review-juntas-invitation-to-89th-general


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