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How many military planes does the Carl Vinson aircraft carrier carry in the South China Sea exercise? U.S. military show muscles
During the Sixth Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China, during the visit of US congressmen to Taiwan and the high-profile military exercises of the communist army, the official Twitter account of the US Department of Defense issued a "Nimitz-class" aircraft carrier "Carl Vinson" on November 10th, local time. "A bird's eye view of the training and navigation in the South China Sea, and asked "how many planes can you count?". The Carl Vinson was discovered to and from the South China Sea within two days (4 November), sailing through the key straits. Such tactical maneuvers are very rare.
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YouTube hides "dislike" count
YouTube announced on Wednesday (10 November 2021) that it would hide the click count of the "dislike" button of all videos, and claimed that it did so in the hope of curbing malicious harassment of creators. Some critics believe that YouTube’s move was because of the videos released by the Biden government, more people were clicked "dislike" than "like". This move by YouTube is expected to trigger allegations that it is censoring to suppress different views.
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Sweden is expected to have its first female prime minister, the current prime minister resigns
Swedish Prime Minister Lefven officially resigned as prime minister on the 10th. The outside world believed that his move was paving the way for his successor, Anderson, who is currently Sweden’s finance minister and became the new leader of the Social Democratic Party last week. If Anderson can win the support of other parties in the parliamentary vote of confidence, he is expected to become the first female prime minister in Swedish history.
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Condemning the CCP's crimes against humanity, 13 multi-party congressmen in Taipei support
Reporters : Zeng Yihao and Zhan Yongru / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/11/12/a103267191.html / Image : Video Screenshots
The Taipei City Council on 12 November 2021 has 13 cross-party members who jointly signed the East Turkestan Connection. They support the ethnic minorities that have long been suppressed by the CCP and condemn the CCP tyranny that violates human rights.
Shouting slogans, the Taipei City Council’s East Turkestan Connection was formally established. It was signed by 13 cross-party congressmen including Lin Yingmeng, Miao Boya, and Qiu Weijie to support the Uyghurs and condemn the tyranny of the CCP. Yilixia, director of the China Affairs Department of the World Uyghur Council, also recorded a similar pre-recorded film.
Yilixia, director of the China Affairs Department of the World Uyghur Council above, said, “We must stand together. If we don’t stand together, if we don’t speak out against the CCP’s brutal tyranny, the bad luck that Uyghurs encounter today will befall our friends in Taiwan tomorrow.”
Wuer Kaixi, Secretary-General of the Legislative Yuan’s Human Rights Promotion Association, said, “Under its (CCP) superficial cruel nature, it also has its fragility. Tyranny most fears us not, and the dictator most hopes that we will lose hope.”
The CCP continues to suppress and persecute many ethnic groups, even human rights lawyers and people with beliefs. Not only the Taipei City Council’s solidarity and condemnation of the CCP’s crimes against humanity, organizations have also been established in national congresses.
Wuer Kaixi, secretary general of the Legislative Yuan’s Human Rights Promotion Association: “It has been clearly felt that Western democracies, especially those led by the United States, have recognized the evil nature of the CCP and are adjusting their China policy.”
Taipei City Councillor Lin Yingmeng said, "All different ethnic groups and other countries in the world have seen that the CCP is very rude and unreasonable, and a very bloody part."
Taipei City Councillor Lin Liangjun said, "The CCP has no mercy on the persecution of its own people in East Turkistan, Tibet, and Hong Kong. He has always been merciless to Taiwan. Therefore, we must be independent. Outside of China, we can continue to maintain this kind of freedom in Taiwan, pursuing the spirit of freedom and democracy."
Members said that the whole world has begun to recognize the essence of the CCP, and Taiwanese must also awaken and defend the Democratic Front for Human Rights.
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How will Joe Biden and Xi Jinping confront each other?
Reporter : Yi Ru / Editor : Li Mingfei / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/11/12/a103267353.html
Tensions between the United States and China continue to escalate, and the upcoming visit video meeting has attracted much attention from the outside world. What are the reasons and expectations for the talks between the two sides? What kind of confrontation will Biden face the pressure of mid-term elections and Xi Jinping who continue to consolidate power? Let's listen to the analysis of relevant experts.
U.S.-China relations are currently in high tension on issues such as Taiwan, human rights, and trade.
The U.S. news website POLITICO disclosed that Biden and Xi Jinping are tentatively scheduled to hold a video conference on 15 November.
Both sides did not disclose the details of the talks but this summit is generally regarded as the best way to avoid conflict between the world's two largest economies.
According to the analysis of the report, Xi Jinping focuses on "sovereignty" and Biden is a "rule-based international order." Therefore, it is not expected that the two sides will make major breakthroughs on sensitive issues such as Taiwan, Xinjiang, and Hong Kong. However, they may relax visa restrictions and establish bilateral relations. Proposals for nuclear weapons dialogue and easing trade frictions.
Shen Rongqin, a professor at York University in Canada, said, "I basically believe that politics and economy are separated. Politically, Biden will hope that no war will be waged, and then economically, the two sides will achieve some kind of cooperation, including tariffs, including various economic and trade cooperation. I think from both sides, there will be things that are different from the tough talks that everyone expected before. If you really want to mention Taiwan, I think Biden is likely to want to send a message to Xi Jinping, that is, he still hopes that Xi Jinping will not misjudge. and avoid starting a war."
Li Zhengxiu, a Taiwanese military expert and an associate researcher at the National Policy Research Foundation, said that Xi Jinping is facing pressure from inside and outside the party. To defend the so-called territorial integrity, this video meeting is needed to ease the situation.
Li Zhengxiu, a Taiwanese military expert and an associate researcher at the National Policy Research Foundation: "Taiwan they can’t take it back. It will affect the legitimacy of his rule and his historical status. So it’s said that they will be forced to death if they don’t meet. If they do, internal pressure will cause damage to their leadership’s prestige."
Li Zhengxiu also said that the just-concluded Sixth Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China passed the third historic resolution. Xi Jinping, without any worries about re-election, also wants to pass a video summit with Biden to change the negative views of various countries on him.
The last call between the two was on 10 September. The conversation mainly involved economic issues, climate change and the covid epidemic.
Earlier, a senior US official revealed that Biden has always hoped to hold face-to-face talks with Xi Jinping to ease tensions over Taiwan and a series of other issues.
Current affairs commentator Li Linyi said, "(Biden) has to achieve political goals after establishing a good relationship with the CCP. For example, climate change, because this climate change is a commitment of the Democratic Party. Then if he is involved in climate change If the Chinese Communist Party can cooperate with him, then he can show that he has made achievements in this world and in front of the U.S. Democratic Party. So in this regard, one is the pressure of re-election, and the other is because of his political achievements. pressure."
In addition, the various warm-up actions of the two sides before the meeting also aroused the attention of the outside world.
The United States seems to have a more tit-for-tat taste, while Beijing has begun to control differences and anti-American sentiment.
US Secretary of State Blinken stated on the 10th that if the CCP uses force to change Taiwan’s status quo, the United States and its allies will take action.
A few days ago, more than a dozen people, including US senators and congressmen, military officers and assistants, arrived at Songshan Air Force Base in Taiwan by military plane.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China only expressed "opposition" and "urging the relevant U.S. congressmen to understand the situation," without any harsh words or verbal abuse.
Xi Jinping, who consolidated his personal power and political status through the Sixth Plenary Session, suddenly softened his posture when he was thought to be more "tough".
At the APEC summit hosted by New Zealand on the 11th, he said through a video speech that the Asia-Pacific region cannot and should not relapse into confrontation and division during the Cold War.
In the congratulatory letter sent to the annual dinner of the National Committee on US-China Relations two days ago, Xi Jinping also put away his strong language, emphasizing that Sino-US cooperation is the only correct choice.
Shen Rongqin said, "There should be a tacit understanding between the two of them in private. That is, Xi Jinping does not want to have any extravagance before the talks between the two sides. He does not want to send a message to the United States, that is, I am actually going to provoke you now and what to do with you. The two sides are maintaining a friendly atmosphere."
Li Zhengxiu believes that Biden is subject to the pressure of rising domestic anti-communist sentiment and dare not give in too much; Xi Jinping has already paved the way for re-election but he actually has no willingness to compromise.
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Chongqing taxi drivers go on strike
Chongqing taxi drivers went on strike on November 11. A large number of drivers drove their cars near Guanyin Bridge, drove slowly, honked their horns, and protested against the competition for car-hailing business and taxi companies' increase in operating expenses.
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Fuzhou adversary sues the government, the case is postponed
Lin Lanying, an addict in Cangshan District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, sued the local government for illegally depriving her of her land-lost farmers’ pensions. The case was heard in the Gulou District Court of Fuzhou on November 12, but the court refused Lin Lanying’s agent to participate in the trial in the name of the epidemic. Lin Lanying’s relatives and friends are prohibited from attending the audit. The trial was finally postponed to 23 November.
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Bao Longjun's health code is set and he is not allowed to return to Beijing
Beijing lawyer Bao Longjun went to Suzhou to do business. On 8 November, he was going to return to Beijing by car. However, when he was asked to show his health code when he entered the station, the green code was changed to yellow and he was not allowed to return to Beijing.
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Heilongjiang petitioner sued Jiansanjiang Public Security Bureau
Heilongjiang petitioner Yang Hao was sent by Jiansanjiang Public Security Bureau 859 in December 2020 and was detained on charges of provoking quarrels because he had registered for petitions at the National Bureau of Letters and Calls of the Communist Party of China and the Ministry of Public Security. After Yang Hao was released from prison, he sued the Public Security Bureau in Jiansanjiang Court. The case was heard in Jiansanjiang Court on 9 November but the trial was inconclusive.
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Xi Jinping eased the obstacles to re-election? Expert: Variables still exist
Reporter : Changchun / Editor : Huang Yimei / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/11/12/a103267358.html
The Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China concluded in Beijing on 11 November. The meeting passed the third historical resolution in the history of the Communist Party of China and established the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping. The 7,000-word Communiqué of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has obvious signs of "praising Mao and banishing Deng" in terms of length, which seems to highlight Xi Jinping's ambition to surpass Mao Zedong. However, experts believe that China’s politics may still be “unexpected” and everything can happen.
The Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China ended, and the meeting passed the third historical resolution in the history of the Communist Party of China after Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. The outside world has interpreted that this resolution is laying out the core position of Xi Jinping's long-term governance.
Tang Jingyuan, a current affairs commentator in the U.S., said, "The biggest difference between this resolution and the past two historical resolutions is that Xi Jinping did not separate from the political line of the previous party leaders. This reflects Xi Jinping’s political line. They don’t really own their own things, but they have concentrated on the previous ones and carried out a so-called summary approach, and regarded themselves as the political capital of the party as the core."
The 7000-word communiqué of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee listed the so-called "achievements" of the five leaders of the Communist Party of China in the 100 years since the founding of the Communist Party of China.
Tang Jingyuan commented, "In the Mao Zedong era, he actually destroyed the traditional Chinese culture, so that the CCP’s party culture basically gained a foothold in China, but at the same time it also brought the CCP’s regime to the brink of collapse. Then in Deng Xiaoping’s period, he used This way of opening up the economy was used to prolong the life of the CCP, and at the same time, by means of strategic fraud, the international community mistakenly believed in the CCP and helped the CCP. Instead, it allowed the CCP to quietly accumulate its own strength."
The French Broadcasting Corporation reported that Xi Jinping’s “third historical resolution” promoted by Xi Jinping at the Sixth Plenary Session divided the history of the CCP into three stages: Mao Zedong, Deng, Jiang, Hu, and Xi Jinping, and vigorously touted Xi Jinping’s achievements and rationalized it. He continued to be in power after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Professor Qiu Shiyi of the Department of Politics at Tunghai University in Taiwan: "Basically, the tone is still clichés and clichés. There is no change. The only difference is that Xi Jinping is now the emperor. After next year, he will be the top 20. After that, he will break the age limit."
Tang Jingyuan, a current affairs commentator in the United States, said that the "syllogism" of the CCP's third historical resolution once again hinted that Xi Jinping had basically cleared the obstacles to re-election, and even hinted that he had reached some kind of deal with other major factions in the party.
Tang Jingyuan said, "Xi Jinping has obtained such a political basis for re-election, but he still has to put the two party leaders, Jiang and Hu, together, and must give a certain positive affirmation. This means that Xi Jinping has not been able to do so yet. To be the only one in the party. In the coming year, whether he can be re-elected smoothly at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the dust has settled, it actually still has certain variables."
Tang Jingyuan believes that the new historical resolution affirmed the so-called inner-party contributions of Jiang, Hu, and especially Jiang Zemin, which is tantamount to acknowledging the legitimacy of most of what Jiang Zemin did during his time in power. This involves a major historical event, that is, Jiang Zemin started in 1999 the cruel persecution of hundreds of millions of Falun Gong practitioners that has continued to this day.
Tang Jingyuan said, "It is at this stage of Xi Jinping. He believes that the CCP’s wings are already full, and there is no need to continue to hide its powers and pretend to be disguised. Instead, it’s time for Tuqong to see and let go to seize world hegemony. This is what is called Strengthen. Xi Jinping has portrayed himself as an orthodox heir to the CCP’s red regime, and a great key heir to the future. Then this is equivalent to Xi Jinping’s own responsibility for the CCP’s centuries of crimes. It can be said to be an extremely unwise act."
Critics believe that politics may still be "unexpected." Although there is evidence that Xi Jinping will maintain his leadership in the foreseeable future, anything can happen. Ni Lingchao, editor of China's current affairs analysis website "Internal Reference", told the "BBC", "China's elite politics is opaque, so there are many things we don't know."
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Epidemic heats up in Beijing, multiple districts are closed, Dalian is now in clusters
Reporter : Luo Ya / Editor : Meng Xinqi / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/11/12/a103267362.html / Image : Video Screenshot
At present, the epidemic in mainland China has spread to more than 20 provinces and cities. In the capital of Beijing, the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee has just concluded. Closed control. Dalian added 11 medium-risk areas in one day. The official said 39 students in the University Town of Zhuanghe City were diagnosed, but the students disclosed that the actual number of people infected with the epidemic was even higher, and the school did not report it.
The Sixth Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China concluded on 11 November 2021. Beijing broke out on the same day 6 newly confirmed local cases and 1 asymptomatic infection.
Since two of the confirmed cases were close contacts in Beijing who reported the confirmed case in Jilin Province on the 10th, 111 people from China National Petroleum Corporation attended the same meeting as the confirmed case in Jilin Province.
Therefore, China National Petroleum Corporation's Beijing system has entered a state of emergency in an all-round way.
The official report stated that the trajectories of these confirmed cases involved multiple locations such as Haidian District, Chaoyang District, and Dongcheng District. The local government urgently conducted nucleic acid tests for all employees in relevant areas.
Beijing citizen Ms. Li said, "The common people are concerned about the vaccine, whether it is useful or not. Can you check whether the vaccine has antibodies or not? People who have received these three injections, yes Is it not contagious?"
Online videos show that multiple communities and courtyards in Beijing are under closed control, residents line up in the cold wind in the middle of the night to do nucleic acid, and some people are quarantined.
Ms. Li said, "You have been quarantined, one province, one city, one city, several times a year, and the economy is bound to suffer. If you continue to do this, do you think this city is okay?"
Officials of the Beijing Municipal Government revealed at a press conference that 280 people have been identified as close contacts in this wave of epidemics. In Chaoyang District and Haidian District, the number of people undergoing nucleic acid testing is close to more than 12,000.
Ms. Li: "It’s not reliable for anyone to say anything. If you speak today, maybe a month and a half later, he will lick his own mouth again. It’s different. In the end, you don’t know who to believe, like Zhang Wenhong. It’s not as daring to say it as before, so we can’t believe it anymore. Whoever dares to tell the truth will destroy whoever dares to tell the truth.”
Currently, there are 3 medium-risk areas in Beijing, namely Hongfuyuan Community, Beiqijia Town, Changping District, Tiantong Beiyuan Second Community, Tiantongyuan North Street, and District C, R&F Taoyuan, Xisanqi Street, Haidian District.
This wave of the epidemic on the mainland has spread to more than 20 provinces and cities. The number of confirmed cases in Dalian, Liaoning, Zhengzhou, and Zhoukou is still on the rise. Among them, the number of people infected with the disease in Dalian is increasing rapidly.
According to the Liaoning Provincial Health Commission’s notification, as of the 11th, 52 newly confirmed local cases and 5 new local asymptomatic infections in Liaoning Province were all reported by Dalian.
Ms. Li said, "As far as an official is concerned, it is 100% that an official does not solve the people's affairs. He solves his own problems. I should have an assessment this year. The assessment is based on GDP. How can I create my GDP? What should I do if I am not up to the standard this year and cannot be promoted? I can only create a series of things within my power to guarantee my black hat."
The Dalian virus is a mutant strain of Delta, with a high viral load, a fast spreading speed, and a stronger contagion, but it seems that the source of the virus has not been found.
The local government issued a notice in the past few days, asking all personnel not to leave Dalian unless it is necessary. The sealing measures taken are close to closing the city.
Ms. Li, a resident of Shahe District, Dalian, said, "Now you can enter Dalian, but it is very difficult for you to get out of Dalian. It is difficult to get out, and you have to issue various certificates. Not that you can leave with nucleic acid now, but you must also issue your location. The two sides of Fang’s community street can only leave with a certificate."
Online video shows that Dalian Zhuanghe City, which is related to the confirmed person, is under closed control. Epidemic prevention personnel put seals and iron bars everywhere to prohibit people from going out. This has led to the scene of people tearing sheets and making ropes to pull food in some communities.
After some communities were closed, there was a crisis of food shortages for residents, which triggered protests by the people.
Mr. Wang, a citizen of Ganjingzi District, Dalian, said, “At noon yesterday, the entire large spring was completely sealed, and it could only enter and cannot exit. Now many places have been diagnosed and taken away for treatment.”
At present, there are still a large number of communities, schools, and roads in the local area that are closed, and the people in some communities related to the confirmed cases have been taken away and quarantined.
Mr. Wang: "There is a kindergarten in Spring Water, which means that parents and their children are notified to be quarantined together. Yes, yes, if there are children, they will be quarantined together after parents with children, for fear of epidemics. Isn’t the Zhongshan Experimental Primary School that children can get them? Is it all concentrated and isolated afterwards."
At present, the total number of confirmed cases in Liaoning province is as high as 606, and Dalian has 13 medium-risk areas as the "severe disaster area".
Because the CCP is used to covering up the epidemic, outsiders suspect that the actual number of infections may be higher.
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The anti-communist was threatened to kill the whole family
Reporter : Xie Wuxiong / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/breakingnews/3735121
Image : Former Kuomintang Party Chairman Huang Guoyuan and retired major general Beichen received a threatening letter. He said that someone directed at him and not against his family. (Information photo, Agence France-Presse, combined by Liberty Times)
Yu Beichen said that he criticized the Communist Party of China and the People's Liberation Army on many public programs, so he was even intimidated. Is there any justice in this country? He is very suspicious that those who threatened him were either "Chinese fellow travelers" or "CCP lurking Taiwanese." He did not do anything wrong, nor would he be afraid.
He said that he joined the army at the age of 15 and was an anti-communist pioneer. He once fought on the front line and rescued the crisis in the Taiwan Strait. Yan Huan, how can the former fellow soldiers of the National Army be so affectionate? In particular, hearing these senior officials say that "airspace is not ours" and "Chinese planes are not a nuisance to Taiwan," and these subordinates can't listen.
Yu Beichen reluctantly said that everyone hopes that Taiwan can have a healthy two-party competition, and the Kuomintang’s biggest goal is to return to power, but the prerequisite for returning to power is based on the 23 million people in Taiwan. Now some people in the Kuomintang take the initiative. With regard to the benefits of "China" or "Taiwanese businessmen," and "China", his military colleagues all agree with him on how such a Kuomintang can return to power and will criticize publicly.
Yu Beichen also asked those generals in the party who were eye-catching with "China" to get cross-strait funds or Taiwanese businessmen to subsidize certain individuals to leave the KMT. The KMT only needs to "care Taiwan" for the clear stream. Only in this way can there be healthy bipartisan competition in Taiwan.
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Can parasitic drugs really cure coronary disease? Let's understand the "true face" of ivermectin
Reporter : Ye Yanxian / https://www.8world.com/singapore/singapore-close-up-ep6-ivermectin-1644566
Singapore has recently reached a supply and purchase agreement with Merck & Co. of the United States. Once approved by Singapore's regulatory authorities, the world's first oral drug for the treatment of COVID-19, Molnupiravir, will be available for local use. However, there is a group of people at home and abroad who firmly believe that another drug used to treat parasitic infections can effectively prevent and treat covid. Why is this parasite drug called Ivermectin mistaken for the treatment of covid?
In the past few months, many news have been posted on the Internet that ivermectin can effectively kill the coronavirus. Therefore, there are some local people who are suspicious of the role of the coronavirus vaccine, trying to illegally import and use the drug, not only taking it for themselves, but also purchasing or group buying for others. Between September 10 and October 6, the Immigration and Checkpoints Bureau detected five cases of illegally importing ivermectin into my country through postal parcels, and a total of 23,100 ivermectin tablets were obtained.
"8world News" reported earlier that a 65-year-old local woman took ivermectin on her own after listening to the persuasion of her friend, and was hospitalized because of dizziness, vomiting and high fever, and caused widespread concern.
What is ivermectin?
First of all, covi is a virus, not a parasite, and Ivermectin is not a drug to fight the virus. In Singapore, ivermectin is only approved for the treatment of parasitic infections. It is a prescription drug and must be prescribed after a doctor's diagnosis. Therefore, attempts to import, sell, and supply ivermectin without government authorization are illegal.
According to the information on the official website of the US Food and Drug Administration, ivermectin is only approved by the authorities for the treatment of parasite-related diseases, such as intestinal strongyloidosis and onchocerciasis. It is not approved for the treatment or prevention of filariasis and covid.
Ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug, is used to treat human parasites in small doses, and there are also doses for human use and animal use. Animals use much higher doses than humans, and the same doses are highly toxic to humans. At the same time, the inactive ingredients contained in the drug have not been evaluated for human use.
Why do so many people mistakenly believe that ivermectin can cure covid?
There are clinical studies abroad that point out that ivermectin can effectively "prevent" and "treat" covid. However, many research papers were subsequently questioned by scholars and experts for their accuracy and reliability, and some were even withdrawn.
Among them, according to the “Guardian” report, a research paper written by Egyptian scholar Ahmed Elgazzar and published on the Research Square medical website claims that ivermectin can reduce the mortality rate of covid by more than 90%.
However, Jack Lawrence, a medical student in London, England, later discovered that there are many irrationalities in the research data of this paper, including the age of at least three participants, which is younger than the age of the study, and there are even deaths before the start of the study. They were admitted to the hospital and died. The research was eventually revealed to involve plagiarism and data manipulation, and the paper has been withdrawn.
What are the consequences of taking ivermectin without authorization?
Regarding ivermectin's ability to treat coronary disease, it began to circulate on the Internet as early as last year. The World Health Organization responded in March this year that the evidence for the use of ivermectin to treat patients with coronary disease is still inconclusive, so it is only recommended for use in clinical trials.
After reports of the illegal import and use of this drug by the public in my country, the Health Sciences Bureau and the Ministry of Health have also stated that there is no evidence that this drug can effectively treat coronary disease. So far there is no clinical trial result showing that ivermectin can effectively fight against coronary disease.
Not only that, it is not safe to take ivermectin without a doctor's prescription and may harm your health.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration pointed out that ivermectin may react with drugs such as blood thinners even when taken in doses approved for use in humans. If overdose, it may cause side effects such as vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, low blood pressure, seizures, severe skin rash and liver damage, and may even require hospitalization.
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Analysis: Xi Jinping breaks re-election conventions, the future challenges have just begun
Image : On 11 November 2021, Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee. Many experts said that Xi Jinping broke the convention of re-election and pushed his power and status to the height of "fixed to one", planting many risks, and the challenges he faces have just begun. (Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images)
The Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the third historical resolution in the history of the Communist Party of China, further consolidating Xi Jinping's position in the party and paving the way for his 20th Dalian appointment. However, many experts said that Xi Jinping broke the convention of re-election and pushed his power and status to the height of "fixed to one", planting many risks, and the challenges he faces have just begun.
After the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee, Xi Jinping faces more challenges
The Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China concluded on November 11 passed the third "historical resolution", but the CCP has not yet announced the full text of the resolution. On the 12th, Wang Xiaohui, Vice Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China, reiterated at a press conference that the Sixth Plenary Session not only established Xi Jinping’s core position, but also established the guiding position of Xi Jinping’s thought.
Guo Baosheng, a current affairs commentator in the United States, told the Voice of America that this "resolution" puts Xi Jinping and Mao Zedong shoulder to shoulder from the ideological and theoretical level, and further establishes the legitimacy of his tenure in Dalian next year. "The last time the constitution was amended laid a legal basis for his re-election, then this time we must lay a ideological and theoretical basis."
However, through the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping pushed his position and power to unprecedented heights. Under his leadership, China faces domestic and foreign economic and geopolitical challenges, which will also bring many challenges to his future governance.
Political scholar Zhang Junhua previously commented at Deutsche Welle that Xi Jinping is more willing to take all decision-making powers in his own hands compared to previous CCP leaders. In this way, once there are problems in certain areas, the responsibility will naturally fall on him.
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The CCP is in an economic crisis
In 2021, China's "gray rhino" and "black swan" incidents continue to appear. Evergrande Group's thunderstorm detonated the real estate industry crisis. The covid epidemic, energy crisis, power shortage, floods, snow disasters, etc. have severely hit China's economy.
China's GDP in the third quarter only increased by 4.9%, which was lower than expected. China's economy has entered a period of recession, and the troika of investment, exports, and consumption can no longer move. The sharp economic downturn also caused China's fiscal crisis. Data in the first half of the year showed that only Shanghai had a surplus in 31 provinces, and all the rest were in deficit.
Xi Jinping proposed "common prosperity" in August, forcing big technology companies such as Tencent and Alibaba to donate hundreds of billions of yuan to help common prosperity. The outside world generally believes that the Chinese Communist government has run out of money and has begun to "cut leeks" from the rich.
Yan Jianfa, deputy chief executive of the Taiwan Democracy Foundation, told NTD that many of Xi Jinping’s practices are difficult to understand, stopping the issuance of Chinese passports and restricting Chinese people from going out. One size fits all for real estate, cultural education, entertainment, etc. "If this is delayed until the end of next year, China's overall economic and social situation will be very depressed, and it will definitely not be able to bring it back."
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CCP's diplomacy is in trouble
The 27 member states of the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Turkey, Ukraine, Liechtenstein and other 32 countries will cancel the preferential treatment of the CCP’s Generalized System of Preferences from 1 December 2021.
The Generalized System of Preferences refers to the export of manufactured and semi-manufactured products granted by developed countries to developing countries, and further import tariff reductions and exemptions on the basis of the most-favored-nation tax rate.
Currently, only Norway, New Zealand, and Australia still retain the CCP’s GSP status.
In addition, the tension between the United States and China has not yet eased. Yan Jianfa, deputy chief executive of the Taiwan Democracy Foundation, told NTD that Xi Jinping values the relationship with the United States the most among external challenges. "However, the CCP is becoming more and more isolated internationally. It is not facing the United States, but the entire international society."
US President Biden stated on 9 November that he would continue to prohibit investment in Chinese companies that are owned or controlled by the Chinese military and related to surveillance technology because such investment poses a threat to US national security, foreign policy, and economy.
On the 11th, at the end of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee, Xi Jinping delivered a video speech at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference (APEC) Business Leaders Summit, “The Asia-Pacific region cannot and should not return to the antagonism and division of the Cold War.” Many scholars believed. Xi Jinping is expressing his attitude towards the United States through air.
However, Biden still signed the "Safety Equipment Act" on the 11th to further strengthen restrictions on Huawei, ZTE and other Chinese companies that pose a security threat to the United States to obtain new equipment permits issued by the US regulatory agency.
The White House confirmed on the 12th that Biden and Xi Jinping will hold a video summit on the 15th, but does not expect to achieve major substantive results.
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The CCP's internal and external difficulties stimulate power struggles
Li Youtan, a professor at the National Development Research Institute of the National Political Science University of Taiwan, told NTDTV that the change in attitudes of liberal democracies such as the United States and the European Union towards the CCP, and this change in international factors, has put a lot of pressure on the CCP.
Li Youtan believes that the CCP will stimulate internal power struggles under internal and external pressures. Factions suppressed by Xi Jinping may be ready to move. "Finally, a coup against Xi Jinping, or even a mutiny, is possible."
Political scholar Zhang Junhua said that the various factions in the party clearly have no strength to prevent Xi Jinping from breaking the precedent for re-election. But the forces opposed to Xi are not sleeping, "they are secretly waiting for him (Xi Jinping) to make a fool of myself."
Kou Jianwen, a distinguished professor at the National Chengchi University in Taiwan and director of the Center for International Relations, told the Voice of America that the power struggle of the CCP is far more intense than that of Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, because the loser may be arrested for the whole family. For example, Zhou Yongkang is a home ransacked. A typical example of genocide.
Kou Jianwen said that even the losers in the power struggle in the past can still enjoy political courtesy and living benefits after retirement, and their family members can also engage in business or other jobs without restriction. But now officials may have trouble even if they retire for five years.
Since the beginning of this year, the coal system, the political and legal system, and the financial system have all been purged. The authorities have to "check back 20 years" and a large number of retired CCP officials have been dismissed.
Wang Juntao, the co-chairman of the China Democracy Party National Committee and a doctor of political science, told The Epoch Times that the CCP "fights with whom to fight? In fact, it dares not really fight the United States or Taiwan. It always fights with its own people."
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Dalian epidemic heats up, university town is closed and students are taken away overnight (video)
Image : Residents were queuing for nucleic acid testing after a new confirmed case was discovered in Dalian, Liaoning Province on December 23, 2020. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
The epidemic in Dalian, Liaoning Province continued to heat up. On 13 November 2021, one area was upgraded to a high-risk area and three areas were upgraded to a medium-risk area. At the same time, there are continuing new cases in the local area, involving university town students, canteen chefs, and local primary school students.
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Dalian increases the risk zone in one place and adds another 3 risk zones
On 13 November 2021, Dalian’s epidemic notification stated that Xiaosi Community, Xinhua Street, Zhuanghe City, Dalian City was adjusted to a high-risk area; Shiji Baihe Community, Rixin Community, Chengguan Street, Zhuanghe City, and Yijia Community, Quanshui Street, Ganjingzi District Building 51, P1 District, Sunshine Yicheng Community, and Building 1, Yueling Street, Luyuan Community, Nanguanling Street, Ganjingzi District, are designated as medium-risk areas.
Previously, as of the 11th, Dalian City had 24 medium-risk areas, including Zhangtun Community, Changsheng Street, Zhuanghe City, Zhuangxiuyuan Community, Jiangjunhu Community, Changsheng Street, Jinyue Fuli Community, Narcissus Community, Chengguan Street, and Xinhua Community, Changzheng Community, Xinhua Street Building No. 64, Section 2 of the Road, Building No. 9, P5 District, Oushang Plaza Community, Binhe Community, Quanshui Street, etc.
Since the Dalian epidemic was notified on November 4, the number of cases has increased rapidly. From 0:00 to 24:00 on November 12, 40 newly confirmed cases and 3 cases of asymptomatic infections were added in Dalian. As of 24:00 on the 11th, there have been 220 cases in Dalian.
Since the CCP has always concealed the truth, the outside world generally questioned the authenticity of the data.
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Students from Dalian University City linked to the epidemic were taken away overnight for quarantine
The official notification showed that the cases were from employees of a food company in Zhuanghe City, employees of a food company in Jinpu New District, a high school student in Zhuanghe City, students studying in the University Town of Zhuanghe City, employees of a breeding plant in Zhuanghe City, and a company in Ganjingzi District. Logistics Park employees, etc., and these cases belong to the same transmission chain as the confirmed case 3 found in the designated cold storage at the first station of Zhuanghe on the 4th.
Among them, among the new cases on the 11th, more than 30 people were students studying in the University Town of Zhuanghe City, and many workers in the cafeteria of a university in Zhuanghe City were also diagnosed. Among the new cases on the 12th were employees, chefs, and students studying in the cafeteria in the University Town of Zhuanghe City, students of a primary school in Zhuanghe City, employees of a food company in Zhuanghe City, employees of the first station designated cold storage in Zhuanghe City, and multiple drivers.
Public information shows that the University Town of Zhuanghe City is divided into the West Campus of Zhuanghe University Town and the East Campus of Zhuanghe University Town (the new campus, the 2020 students will study in the East Campus). As of 2020, there are two universities in Zhuanghe University Town, namely, the School of Art and Information Engineering, Dalian University of Technology and Haihua College of Liaoning Normal University.
Teacher Chen Qiming (pseudonym) from the School of Art and Information Engineering of Dalian Polytechnic University told The Epoch Times on the 12th that the entire university town was closed, and their school was also closed. "The entire Zhuanghe City is closed for management, not just a school problem."
Wang Hai (pseudonym), a student studying in the University Town of Zhuanghe City, disclosed that more than 30 positive students were students from Haihua Liaoning Normal University (Haihua College of Liaoning Normal University), and the actual data is more than 30. “There are many schools. No report, many students were quarantined, and some faculty and staff were diagnosed."
On 11 November, officials stated that the current round of the epidemic in Dalian showed the characteristics of unit clustering, family clustering, and school clustering. This round of the epidemic "has a high virus load, rapid spread, and strong infectivity, with intergenerational transmission for about two days."
The online video showed that the entire dormitory building in the university city was taken away and quarantined, and the university city supermarket was also sold out.
From 4 November, Dalian requires citizens not to leave Dalian unless necessary; all primary and secondary schools in Dalian Zhuanghe City will suspend classes and schools from the 4th, and all public places will be closed.
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