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Australia found that Omicron subtype strain cannot be identified by PCR and is more infectious
Reporter : Zhu Ying / Editor : Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/12/08/a103288289.html
Image : Omicron, the virus variant that caused another wave of the covid epidemic (COVID-19) in Southern Africa, has a new subtype of mutation. Schematic. (pixabay.com)
Australia announced the discovery of the world's first subtype strain of Omicron variant (Covi29). Health officials said preliminary studies have found that this subtype strain is more infectious. The researchers revealed that this subtype strain lacks a special genetic change that causes it to "escape" PCR detection (ie, nucleic acid amplification detection), making it more difficult to track.
According to the British "Guardian" report, Queensland, Australia, was the first to announce the discovery of a new subtype of Covi29. Researchers called this new variant found in the case of immigration from South Africa to Queensland as "Omicron-type" .
On 8 December 2021, Queensland Health Commissioner Yvette D’Ath told the media that the health agency had discovered the new subtype of the virus in a case of an immigrant from Nigeria.
Daai said, "I would like to deeply thank our forensic and scientific staff, because their cooperation with the International Committee has facilitated the reclassification of Omicron into two pedigrees, and we have both Queensland pedigrees (cases). ."
Australian National University microbiologist Peter Collignon told the media that the two lineages of the Omicron variant have different genes, making it look like a new variant at first glance but in fact it belongs to subtype variation of Omicron. He believes that this subtype variant strain may have spread to other parts of the world.
According to the “Guardian” report, Australian researchers also disclosed that although this variant subtype virus has many of the same mutations as the ordinary Omicron virus, due to its lack of a special genetic change, this subspecies virus can "escape" PCR detection.
According to the introduction of Queensland Acting Chief Health Officer Peter Aitken, in the past, when researchers identified the original Omicron variant, they found that the S gene in the three target genes could not be detected. This situation is called "The S gene disappearance", and Covi29 did not have this genetic change.
Aitken said that this subtype strain is classified as Omicron but its appearance in terms of clinical severity and vaccine effectiveness has yet to be further understood. What has now been confirmed through preliminary studies is, " It looks like Omicron, but it is more infectious and spreads more easily."
Catherine Bennett, director of the Department of Epidemiology at Deakin University, said that each variant has a different gene. Approximately 70% of Covi29 strains have no S gene disappearance, and there are mutations in the virus strains.
He said, "We missed the nucleic acid test, which is a pity. If we can find it, it would be great."
In addition, it is worth mentioning that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also stated that the subtype strains of Covi29 may affect the results of PCR tests, leading to "false negatives".
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World's first case in Australia found new version of Omicron variant strain
Reporter : Tian Rui / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/12/8/n13423406.htm
Image : Researchers in Queensland discovered a new version of the Omicron variant. (Shutterstock)
Two overseas immigrants from Queensland, Australia were infected with the Omicron variant strain, and one of them was infected with a new strain similar to Omicron but with a difference. This is the first time that a new version of the Omicron variant has been discovered in the world.
On 8 December 2021, the Queensland Department of Health announced that a man entering from South Africa was infected with a new version of the Omicron variant strain of SARS-CoV-2 (CCP virus, covi). This new strain similar to Omicron does not have the "S gene shedding" feature of the ordinary Omicron variant strain.
Queensland Health Department Yvette D'Ath said, "This is a new variant strain". Only a few days after the Omicron variant strain appeared in Australia and other countries, the new version of the Omicron variant strain appeared. This is the "first case in the world".
Acting Director of Health Peter Aitken explained that the new version of the virus strain infected by the man entering from South Africa was similar enough to the ordinary Omicron strain to be classified as a variant Omicron strain, but at the same time there is a difference that puzzled scientists at first. After the researchers identified the anomaly, they classified it as an "Omicron-type" strain.
He also said that the current understanding of the new version of the Omicron variant strain is not enough, but it is certain that the Omicron strain is more infectious.
Compared with the original Wuhan strain, the Omicron variant strain has about 30 mutations in the spike protein, while the "Omicron-type" strain has 14 mutations.
Ian Mackay, a virologist at the University of Queensland, told the Sydney Morning Herald that the reason why the "Omicron-type" strain did not receive a new Greek alphabet designation is because it is highly similar to the ordinary Omicron strain, just like relative. It is the same, and can be classified into a family.
At present, a patient infected with the "Omicron-type" strain is isolated in a hospital in Brisbane, Queensland, while another patient infected with a common Omicron strain has entered from Nigeria and is currently being isolated in a hospital in Cairns.
Aitken said that the two men are in very good condition and have no serious symptoms, similar to most Omicron infection cases around the world so far.
There has been no case of local Omicron infection in Queensland.
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Research: Pfizer’s protection against Omicron drops 41 times
Reporter : Xu Jian / Editor : Li Ling / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/12/8/n13424111.htm
According to a report released by the Africa Health Research Institute on Tuesday (7 December 2021), Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine/Comirnaty is effective against covid but its protective power against the Omicron variant (Covi29) has dropped drastically, only 1/41 of the original.
In South Africa, where the Covi29 outbreak occurred, scientists studied 12 subjects who had received two full doses of Comirnaty. Six of them had been infected with covid. The purpose of the experiment is to determine the resistance (neutralization ability) of antibodies in their bodies to Covi29 through blood analysis.
Experiments found that the ability of these people's antibodies to neutralize the Omicron strain plummeted 41 times. In contrast, the ability of antibodies to neutralize Beta mutant strains only dropped by a factor of three, which shows that Omicron can greatly reduce the protective power of the vaccine. The study also found that 6 subjects who had been infected and vaccinated had better antibody resistance.
A study published by South African scientists four days ago (3 December 2021) showed that Omicron can evade the previously generated immunity in the infected person, leading to secondary infections. The 7 December report is the world's first experiment to investigate whether Omicron can evade vaccine immunity.
Alex Sigal, a professor at the South African Institute of Health who led the experiment, said on Twitter that the immunity of people vaccinated with Comirnaty against Covi29 appeared to be "substantially reduced."
Among the 6 people who have been vaccinated and who have been infected with the covi variant, the blood of 5 people still neutralizes Covi29. Sigal said on Twitter, "These results are better than I expected. The more antibodies you get, the more chances you have for protection against Omicron."
CNBC reported that Paul Offit, a professor of pediatrics in the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, said that data shows that people who are fully vaccinated may be at a higher risk of Omicron infection compared to past variants. "But I think (vaccine) will still prevent serious diseases," Offfit said. "I think either vaccination, natural infection, or both, can protect you from serious diseases."
On Tuesday, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said that if needed, the company could develop a vaccine specifically for Omicron by March 2022. He previously said that the company’s two-dose vaccine provides protection against Omicron. The force may be reduced.
White House Chief Medical Adviser Fauci also said at a White House briefing on Tuesday that relevant infection data from South Africa indicated that Omicron is "obviously highly contagious."
The Omicron variant strain was first detected in southern Africa in November 2021, which has triggered a global alert for another wave of epidemics. Now more than 50 countries and regions have notified confirmed cases of Covi29.
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China Democratic Alliance for Human Rights goes to Washington to call on Russia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics
Reporter : Lin Dan / Editor : Li Yue / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/12/7/n13422900.htm
Image : Bai Jiemin (second from right), Chairman of the East of the United States of the China Democratic Alliance for Human Rights and the Front for a Democratic China, and his party came to the Russian Embassy in the United States on 8 December, calling on Russia to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics. (Bai Jiemin Twitter)
Image : Bai Jiemin (second from left), chairman of the China Democratic Alliance for Human Rights and the Front for a Democratic China, came to the Japanese Embassy in the United States on 8 December, calling on Japan to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics. (Bai Jiemin Twitter)
Image : Bai Jiemin (back row), Chairman of the East U.S. Department of the China Democratic Alliance for Human Rights and the Front for a Democratic China, and his party came to the Taiwan Scripture Office in the U.S. on December 8, calling on Taiwan to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics. (Bai Jiemin Twitter)
Image : Members of the Chinese Democratic Alliance for Human Rights and the Front for a Democratic China came to the South Korean Embassy in the United States on December 9 and called on South Korea to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics. (Bai Jiemin Twitter)
Bai Jiemin and his party pointed out that "the CCP has no right or qualification to host this Winter Olympics." They put up banners of "acting to fully boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics" and "The CCP is the root of all evil", and reminded these CCP is severely violating human rights, concealing the epidemic causing the virus to ravage the world, and pursue accountability.
They also came to the Taiwan Scriptures Office in the United States. In addition to calling on Taiwan to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics, they also slapped the banner of "The CCP Get Out of the United Nations! Support Taiwan's Return to the United Nations!"
Bai Jiemin went to Washington on the 7th to participate in the “Religious Freedom, Human Rights, Rule of Law and Call for Urgent Action” seminar initiated by the “China Aid Association” and held during the International Human Rights Day. The seminar addressed Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng and Chinese citizen reporter Zhang Zhan awarded the "Lin Zhao Freedom Award" and asked the CCP to release the two and stop misconduct against reporters and lawyers. On the second day after attending the seminar, Bai Jiemin went to the embassies of the above-mentioned countries in the United States non-stop to express calls for them to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Bai Jiemin said that they had gone to Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology on 2 December to express their appeal to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics. The Biden administration officially announced on the 6th that it would not send officials to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics in February and conduct a "diplomatic boycott." Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada followed suit. "We went to the embassies of countries that have not yet expressed our appeal and voiced the voice of the Chinese people."
Bai Jiemin said, "Russia is a big sports country. We call on it to join the boycott of the Winter Olympics. Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea should also follow. Taiwan has sent athletes to participate in the Winter Olympics. I hope that Taiwan will also respond to the boycott as punishment to the CCP for violating human rights, spreading the covid epidemic and sanctions."
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Indo-Russian alliance against communism, Putin draws an opportunity to restrain CCP?
Russia and India are now military allies of each other! Why Putin's big move to arm India? Is the Ukraine crisis related to Putin's oil extraction in the South China Sea? The problem that Biden wanted to solve with an aircraft carrier, Putin actually used this to solve it?
Since the deterioration of Sino-US relations and the rapid evolution to the current state of the new Cold War where the gap is widening, the CCP has been working hard to set itself as the only role in the world that can sit on an equal footing with the United States and dominate the world together.
This is a deliberate operation of the Chinese Communist Party. The purpose is to declare to the world that after the end of the Cold War, "one superpower, many powerful", that is, the era of a superpower, the United States leading multiple second-class powers of roughly equal strength, to dominate the international order is over. From now on, the world will return to the situation in which the two superpowers dominated the world order during the Cold War. Even in the future, it will move towards "rising in the east and falling in the west" into a pattern in which the CCP would be one superpower, plus the United States and other powers that dominate the world.
One of the main reasons why the CCP is so confident is that the CCP believes that it has fully learned the lessons of the disintegration of the Soviet Union that year, and has become the second economy in the world that the Soviet Union dared not dream of, and it has highly strengthened the party’s system of managing everything. It obliterated any buds of democratization like the Soviet Union had at the beginning. Therefore, the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party generally believed that they were far more qualified than the Soviet Union to challenge the United States, and were more confident in defeating and destroying the United States.
However, as they are full of confidence to advance eastward and expand their forces southward, the CCP has not paid attention to a huge neighbor in the northwest behind them that has been calmly observing the dazzling offense and defense between China and the United States, Russia.
Russia is increasingly showing that China and the U.S. are not the two superpowers. To recognize this pattern set by the CCP, it is striving to re-set the general trend of the world as the third superpower.
Russia has been ridiculed by the CCP and regarded as a second-rate power because its GDP is only equivalent to that of Guangdong Province.
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Putin's big move, Russia and India form military allies
Russia’s role in this great change of the century is undergoing a change recently. For the CCP, this change is in the eyes, hatred, and suffocation of the mouth, and then the feeling of having to squeeze a smile on his face.
On 6 December 2021, the day before yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin led a luxurious delegation to India for a whirlwind visit. This is Putin's second overseas visit since the outbreak of the epidemic, and it is also his second trip to Delhi after his visit three years ago. According to the official statement, Putin's visit is aimed at strengthening the "military and energy" relationship with India, a traditional friend.
This statement has clarified the essence of Putin's meeting with Modi, which is mainly to sell arms and energy to India, and at the same time strengthen the cooperation between the two sides in defense, trade, space and technology.
India and Russia are traditionally friendly countries. The two countries have maintained close relations since the Cold War. It is not surprising to have cooperation, but this time Putin’s visit has a major difference from the previous one, that is, Putin and Modi have signed as many as 28 agreements. Equipment exports to India include the S-400 anti-missile system, the AK-203 Kalashnikov assault rifle, the Su-30MKI fighter, the T-90C, the T-72M1 tank and the "Proust" light amphibious tank.
More importantly, the Indian-Russian military cooperation arrangement includes a "reciprocal logistics exchange" clause (RELOS), which allows Indian and Russian forces to mutually use each other's bases and logistics support facilities.
This clause only means one thing, that is, India and Russia have become de facto military allies.
These weapons exported by Russia to India are very clearly targeted. Let's take a brief look at the major trading partners just mentioned.
For example, for the S-400 air defense missile system, the CCP applied for purchase from Russia four years earlier than India, but it arrived first in India. Moreover, the Indian media "Eurasia Times" once publicly reported that India may deploy the S-400 system on the Sino-Indian border as early as next year, because it is said that the S-400 has the ability to capture the CCP's J-20 stealth fighter.
There is also the Su-30MKI fighter. As a member of the derivative family of the Su-30 fighter, its performance is much higher than that of the Su-30MKK sold by Russia to the Chinese Communist Party. The ability to match the 4th generation semi-fighter.
In 2018, India was temporarily unable to successfully purchase the Russian 5th-generation fighter SU-57, and could not meet the U.S. conditions to purchase the F-35. At that time, India’s urgent action was to purchase more than ten SU-30MKIs from Russia first, and then all of them to be deployed to the China-India border area.
There is also the AK-203 Kalashnikov assault rifle, which is the latest modernized and improved version of the world-famous AK-47 rifle. According to the agreement, India will purchase 750,000 units and achieve complete localization in India, with the goal of replacing the "Insass" rifles that are currently behind the Indian army by a whole generation.
This AK-203 continues the greatest advantage of the AK-47, that is, it is particularly solid and can be used in almost any harsh environment such as extreme cold and desert. In the Russian propaganda video, the AK-203 can be taken out of the freezing chamber at minus 50 degrees Celsius and can be shot directly in bursts. The performance is very stable. This is very attractive to the Indian army who needs to face the CCP in the alpine mountains.
We have talked so much just now, in fact, we just wanted to explain a problem. The most direct result of India-Russia’s military alliance is that the Indian military industry has been upgraded by leaps and bounds, and the Indian army’s weapons and combat capabilities will also be fully upgraded. .
In other words, Russia is fully arming a stronger India, and its spearhead is directed at the CCP.
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The United States and India have concluded a military alliance
The Chinese Communist Party’s official media reported that Russia and India joined forces and the United States could not sit still. If India’s purchase of the S-400 makes the United States somewhat uncomfortable, then the CCP is probably the only one who cannot sit still or even sleep. ("Foresight Quick Review")
The CCP media is now going all out to direct public opinion toward India to deal with the United States. This is a foolish way to make people laugh. Perhaps the CCP itself had forgotten it. Just a year ago, in October 2020, the Party media generally reported the signing of the Basic Geospatial Cooperation Agreement (BECA) between the United States and India, and they unanimously expressed endless indignation.
Why? Because the United States needs to sign three basic defense cooperation agreements with allies or close partner countries to reach high-end defense cooperation, namely the "Logistics Exchange Memorandum Agreement" (LEMOA), "Communication Compatibility and Security Agreement" (COMCASA) and "Basic Exchange and Security Agreement". Cooperation Agreement (BECA).
How many have been signed between the U.S. Army and the Indian Army? As of October 2020, all three have been signed. This means only one thing, that is, the United States and India have become de facto military "allies". This made the CCP extremely uncomfortable. The headline of the report by the party media "Observer Network" at the time was: India-US "Alliance"! Delhi finally sold its soul to Washington?
India formed a de facto military ally with the United States in 2020, and then just now formed a de facto military ally with Russia. Which country is India dealing with?
According to the party media, India first aligned with the United States to deal with China and Russia. Just as the air was set up, India immediately turned to allied with Russia to deal with the United States.
There are only two kinds of logic in this world. One is called logic and the other is called CCP logic, and the biggest feature of the latter is that they can always combine many contradictory things together without changing their colours, and then tell you in an indisputable tone, this is called the law of the unity of contradictions, which is the supreme principle of Marxist philosophy.
To apply the classic answer of the CCP spokesperson, "Whether you smile or not, I can't help but laugh anyway."
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The intentions of Putin's troops on the Russian-Ukrainian border
Okay, let's turn the topic back to Russia. Everyone may have seen the news. Ukraine began to say that Russia is gathering forces near the Russian-Ukrainian border in mid-November. A few days ago, the "Washington Post" exposed a U.S. intelligence document, saying that there was evidence that the Russian army had assembled in four places, and its equipment included tanks and artillery.
This caused the United States and Europe as a whole to suddenly become nervous again. Not only did the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Italy quickly collectively expressed their pledges to defend Ukraine's sovereignty, Biden also had a two-hour video call with Putin on 10 December 2021.
According to media reports, Biden warned Putin that if Russia invaded Ukraine, Russia would face very severe economic sanctions, including cutting off Russia’s connection with the swift global financial payment system and closing the newly completed Beixi No. 2 natural gas pipeline. .
Putin said he would not attack Ukraine. He said that he was only responding to Ukraine's provocations and demanded assurances that NATO would not expand eastward and stop deploying offensive weapons near Russia.
Then U.S. National Security Adviser Sullivan confirmed to the media that "there are many compromises on both sides."
Having talked about this topic, I have to say that Putin is indeed a person. When most countries are worrying about how to stand between China and the United States, he has taken the leverage of this duality situation to the extreme.
It is not the first time that Russian troops have assembled on the Russian-Ukrainian border. As recently as April 2021, Putin had a large-scale military force on the border of Uzbekistan, with the same goal of preventing NATO's eastward expansion to accept Ukraine. It is worth noting that every time Putin moves, it is almost when the offense and defense of China and the United States are escalating and the situation is deteriorating.
What do you think of Putin's actions? What does he want to do when he always makes moves?
On the surface, Putin seems to be helping the CCP distract the United States, and let Biden lose sight of the other in the battle on the two fronts. This cannot be said to be completely unreasonable, because we have seen Biden rush to communicate directly with Putin on both occasions. The last time it was a face-to-face summit, this time it was a video conversation.
But in fact, it is not so much that Putin is helping Xi Jinping as he is taking full advantage of Xi Jinping's favorable conditions to attract most of the US firepower and using military deployment as a diplomatic lever to force the United States to prevent NATO's eastward expansion.
Maybe you still remember? At the beginning, the reason why Kim Jong-un frequently "made bombs", that is, constantly fired missiles, was because North Korea became the centre of world attention. The three leaders of the United States, China and Russia. Lined up to meet him, but at the time he made a lot of political dividends.
Putin's frequent deployment of troops is actually the same political game as Kim Jong-un. The difference is that the scheming Putin is playing the high-profile version. He only needs to mobilize the troops from time to time, spend a few gasoline dollars, can interview Biden, and then put forward his own terms in person, not only to prevent NATO’s eastward expansion, but also to ensure Beixi II. No. Project is not disturbed.
While moving westward, Putin did not forget to go south. Arming India not only gave the CCP a huge restraint in the southwest rear, it also contributed to the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy. Don't forget that India is not only a de facto military ally with the United States but also a member of the "four-nation security mechanism", the core system of the US Indo-Pacific strategy, and this mechanism covers the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.
In other words, Putin helped the United States with a handful of firewood in both the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. This effect is equivalent to taking a handful of firewood from the bottom of the CCP’s pot.
From this we can see that what Putin really wants to say in a series of actions is actually one sentence: I did not intend to invade Ukraine, I just hope that you will stop the eastward expansion and do not regard me as an enemy. I also helped you in the Indo-Pacific. Point requirements are not excessive.
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Putin's South China Sea oil extraction forces the CCP to maintain the status quo?
Speaking of the South China Sea, a week ago, the media reported that the CCP and Indonesia had a four-month confrontation in the disputed waters of the South China Sea from August to the present. This confrontation once led the CCP to dispatch four warships to the area, while Indonesia and the United States held a joint military exercise called "Eagle Shield". The aircraft carrier "Reagan" once entered 7 nautical miles of the Indonesian oil rig.
Here, the crux of the problem lies in the fact that the oil production area where the Indonesian oil drilling platform is located is called "Tuna", which happens to be within the nine-dash line delineated by the Chinese Communist Party.
Half of the shares in this tuna block are owned by Russia's state-owned energy giant "Overseas Petroleum" (ZARUBEZHNEFT).
What is very subtle is that the 06-1 block that Russia and Vietnam are cooperating with in the South China Sea is also located within the nine-dash line, and it is only 108 km away from the tuna block cooperating with Indonesia. Both blocks are owned by ZARUBEZHNEFT.
What's more, the main oil client of the "Ross Oil Company" that used to extract oil in this 06-1 block is the CCP. Later, because the CCP felt that it was a bit as if it was riding on its head and shit and had to pay to swallow it, it was too frustrated and had to protest. Putin ordered the Ross Petroleum Company to transfer it to the current ZARUBEZHNEFT.
The oil and gas were collected correctly. The only difference was that they were no longer sold to the CCP. This made the CCP feel a little better, and the CCP also stopped half-pushing and half-sucking.
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Putin outlined his own version of the Indo-Pacific strategy through oil drilling
So, have you seen it? Putin went from India to Vietnam to Indonesia, including his public disapproval of the CCP’s use of force against Taiwan. He actually outlined his own version of the Indo-Pacific strategy. The core of this version is to distract the CCP’s energy and increase Russia’s presence in India. The projection of geographical interests prevents the CCP from reaching a de facto occupation of the South China Sea, and forms an inconspicuous but inconspicuous containment on the CCP’s expansion in the region.
We must not underestimate Russia's actions. This has a huge demonstration effect in the South China Sea. It is easy for other ASEAN countries to silently weigh whether or not to cooperate with Russia to exploit oil and gas resources in disputed areas. Because the CCP dared not to be violent with Putin, its collateral effect will inevitably make the CCP also be irritable to other disputed areas within the nine-dash line.
In this way, think about it, whether there will be a de facto "maintenance of the status quo" situation. Who will benefit from this situation? There may be many kinds of answers to this, but one thing one can be sure of is that "maintaining the status quo" must be detrimental to the CCP, because the CCP has been screaming and screaming for so many years. Its only purpose is to change the status quo, whether in Taiwan and the South China Sea.
In other words, when the United States used aircraft carriers to drive around the "maintaining status quo" problem that it wanted to solve, Putin silently settled the two drilling rig contracts.
Putin's actions are not over yet. We saw that he basically made this series of tricks while announcing in a high-profile manner that he would attend the Beijing Winter Olympics next year, becoming the only leader of a major country who has determined to give Xi Jinping his face.
This action is a huge analgesic. Although Xi Jinping suffered two saps in a row, he did not feel much pain. Therefore, it was not easy to attack him. Not only was it difficult to attack, he had to squeeze out a smile to express welcome. Nobody doubts at all that when Putin arrives in Beijing for the Olympics in 2022, the CCP media will be a treasure to speculate on the theme of "not an ally, but an ally" in Sino-Russian relations.
This balance of measures can be said to be very good for Putin, and basically achieved his goal: In addition to the top two the United States and China, striving to create the outline of Russia, a third-pole role that cannot be ignored, is crucial and that he can make appointments at any time. Talking about Biden and Xi Jinping’s status in the arena, Putin has gained a lot of face,and the benefits of geopolitical interests in India and the South China Sea.
Putin's tactics can be called arrogance and then compare and look at the chief accelerator who is running wild and intoxicated all the way on the accelerator, what can we say? There is nothing to say.
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Bhutan denies the CCP's territorial claims on the Doklam Plateau
According to a Bloomberg report, Bhutan has indicated to India that it will not recognize the CCP’s territorial claims on the Doklam Plateau.
According to a source that told Bloomberg, the CCP had previously proposed that Bhutan surrender the Doklam Plateau in exchange for allowing Bhutan to control the disputed northern border area between the two countries but Bhutan is cautious about the CCP’s proposal, hoping to bypass the Doklam issue and directly delimit the northern border with the CCP to prevent the CCP from encroaching on other areas.
The Doklam Plateau is located between China, India and Bhutan. In 2017, China and India had a confrontation for more than two months over Bhutan's sovereignty issue in the Doklam area. Bhutan has close relations with India, 80% of its trade is related to India, and most of the transportation network is also controlled by India.
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Abe: "Something has happened in Taiwan" not only refers to the occurrence of armed invasion against Taiwan
Reporter : He Yating / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/12/09/a103288746.html
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Franck Robichon/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who bluntly stated that "things in Taiwan are the same as things in Japan", recently further stated that this not only refers to an armed invasion of Taiwan, but also includes large-scale cyber attacks against Taiwan, internal chaos and other situations.
In the evening of Tuesday (7 December), when Abe was interviewed by the Japanese Fuji TV satellite station news program "PRIME NEWS", the anchor asked about the specific meaning of "Something has happened in Taiwan". Abe said that this includes both direct landings and attacks on Taiwan, as well as indirect aggression such as launching large-scale cyber attacks that weaken the will of Taiwan's citizens to fight and trigger the chaos within Taiwan.
He said that even if there is no large-scale cyber attack on Taiwan or direct landing on Taiwan’s main island, it is likely to invade the islands surrounding Taiwan, or launch a large-scale cyber attack on Taiwan’s infrastructure, and take the opportunity to attack after it has caused chaos. It may happen. If discussed on a case-by-case basis, these situations may be applicable to the definition of important events and crisis situations in Japan's security legal system.
Abe also pointed out that Yonaguni Island, located at the westernmost point of Japan, is only more than 100 km away from Taiwan. Therefore, if conflicts between the Chinese Communist Party and Taiwan and the United States break out, it has already met Japan's definition of "significantly affecting events."
Abe emphasized that the CCP has recently increased its military pressure on Taiwan. Japan must clearly point out the dangers and convey Japan’s will to prevent escalation of the situation. This is also his main intention when he says that “if things happen in Taiwan, there are things happening in Japan.”
Prior to this, Abe said in a speech on 1 December 2021 at the invitation of the National Policy Research Institute of Taiwan, a think tank, that "things in Taiwan are the same as things in Japan, and it is something in the Japan-US alliance." This statement immediately aroused the attention of the outside world. In his speech at that time, he warned the high-level CCP not to misjudge the situation. If China takes military actions against Taiwan, it is tantamount to a road to economic suicide.
At the scene of the show on 2 December 2021, the anchor also asked, "If something goes wrong in Taiwan, how will the Japanese Self-Defense Force and the US military respond?"
Abe replied that the so-called important influence situation means that if the situation is allowed to happen, Japan may be at risk of being attacked by force, which will have an important impact on Japan's peace and security. Once this happens, Japan can support the United States and other allies from the rear.
He also said that the non-governmental security dialogue between Japan and Taiwan is already underway, including the three-country dialogue between Japan, Taiwan, and the United States. Many things are actually going on but he is inconvenient to disclose more.
Abe believes that the best thing to do now is to assist Taiwan in joining the United Nations organizations, such as joining the World Health Organization (WHO), and helping Taiwan join the "Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership" (CPTPP) and so on.
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"I exterminate CCP" is here and nearly 390 million Chinese will have quit CCP by year end
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Heaven destroys CCP is the general trend, and the will of heaven is more obvious, and no one can stop it. The tide of quitting the CCP has advanced further, and the number of quitting the Party has further increased.
According to statistics from the Global Service Center for Quitting the CCP, the number of people who announced their withdrawal from the CCP team (three quits) on the Quitting Party website until the end of November this year has reached a total of 387,381,384. Among them, 16,998,744 were from January to November 2021.
If calculated based on the number of three withdrawals each month this year, it is estimated that the total number of three withdrawals will reach 388,933,969 by the end of 2021. If calculated on the basis of the increase in December in the past five years, the total number of retirees at the end of the year will be even higher, reaching 389,268,367. Based on the current situation of three withdrawals, the total number of three withdrawals will exceed 400 million by July 2022.
When the CCP is advocating its greatness, glory, and correctness, serving the people wholeheartedly, blocking news, and severely suppressing volunteers who spread the truth, why are so many people still choosing the "three withdrawals"?
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Exterminating CCP is the general trend, and no one can stop it
The specific manifestation is that within the CCP, the CCP’s current rule is increasingly returning to the extremes of the Mao (Zedong) era, and its control is becoming stricter and stricter. It is still further strengthening management and control, and even going back to the era of planned economy.
Some people said, "That is a manifestation of the CCP's lack of confidence in his comrades. Although they control the huge state machinery, millions of troops, and police and other violent machinery, they still don't have enough confidence."
Second, from the external environment, the United States, Japan, the European Union and other countries have formed a trend of encirclement and suppression against the CCP. The CCP has been under the greatest pressure from the external environment during the past few decades.
Third, there have been successive natural disasters within the scope of the CCP’s rule. The so-called natural disasters are often man-made disasters caused by the corrupt rule of the CCP. For example, in the flood event in Zhengzhou, so many people died tragically, but no one knows how many people died. It is obvious that such casualties are entirely due to the inaction of the (CCP) ruler, rather than pure natural disasters.
Fourth, more than 380 million people have declared three withdrawals, and a mighty torrent has been formed, which is irreversible.
In addition, the providence of disintegrating the CCP has been continuously revealed one after another.
The first is Zhangbu Township, Pingtang County, Guizhou Province, on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in southwest China. A "Tibetan Stone" weighing more than 100 tons was discovered in June 2002. The six large characters "The Communist Party of China is dead", arranged horizontally and evenly distributed, are highlighted on the stone. "Tibetan Stone" is also called "Book of Heaven" because it is formed purely in nature.
Secondly, the covid outbreak in Wuhan, which began in 2019, caused the pandemic to spread globally due to the CCP's deliberate indulgence and concealment. This triggered a tsunami in which countries around the world held the CCP to blame and deal with the CCP. On 5 December 2021, the Australian think tank Lowy Institute released its annual "Asia Power Index" report, which showed that the covid pandemic has weakened the CCP's influence in the Indo-Pacific region. The growing security uncertainty in the region has brought a "significant" war risk.
So far, the virus has continued to mutate, and the vaccine has not been able to play its due role. The new variant viruses that have emerged are more easily spread and more infectious than the previous ones, so many people are afraid. The WHO originally wanted to avoid the taboos of some people and chose the Greek alphabet "O" to name it. This alphabet is pronounced "Omi Keron". In Chinese, it sounds like "I exterminate CCP". People were thrown into the torrent of annihilation of communism.
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The evil of the CCP is more exposed
In the face of its declining trend, the CCP’s evil nature is increasingly revealed, as if a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.
For example, on 9 and 10 December, the United States will hold its first "The Summit for Democracy" via the Internet. The summit will focus on three themes, including "Fighting against Authoritarianism", "Fighting Corruption" and "Promoting Human Rights." respect". Taiwan was invited to participate, but Russia and the Chinese Communist Party did not receive invitations.
However, the CCP rushed to release the so-called "China's Democracy" white paper, claiming to realize "the whole process of people's democracy", "make the country's political and social life all aspects and aspects reflect the will of the people and hear the voice of the people." "Chinese society is "a well-deserved democratic society," which has been scorned and ridiculed by international public opinion.
Under the one-party dictatorship of the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese were silenced, and the only grassroots elections and independent candidates were forced to terminate. How does democracy work? Wang Dan, a Chinese pro-democracy activist in the United States, posted on Facebook, "I can only say: I have seen shameless people, and I have never seen such shameless people!"
Democracy as defined on the United Nations website: The ability to hold free and genuine elections, allowing citizens to exercise their rights to elect representatives and be elected, while enjoying freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of association.
Falun Gong is a superior Buddhist practice based on the cosmic characteristic "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance". It has a very good role in promoting people's physical and mental health and social and spiritual civilization. By the "7.20" in 1999, nearly 100 million people had joined the practice. . However, the CCP has been persecuting Falun Gong for 22 years, bringing grief to countless Falun Gong practitioners and their families. During this period, news of the persecutor's bad luck continued to spread.
Minghui.com reported that Lou Yahong, a Falun Gong practitioner in the city of Xuchang, Henan Province, suffered only because he posted a couplet on the door of his house: “God bestows Hongfu to cultivate the heart to good fortune, longevity, health, and good fortune,” and “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance and Good” sign on it. The police kidnapped and ransacked their homes, and were illegally sentenced to 4 years in prison and extorted 3000 RMB.
In November this year, it was learned that 63 Falun Gong practitioners were illegally sentenced by the CCP for a total of 711,400 yuan in extortion. Among them, there are 16 elderly Falun Gong practitioners over 60 years old. In October, Ma Junting, an 82-year-old employee of Shandong Tai'an University of Science and Technology and a Falun Gong practitioner, was illegally sentenced to 4 years in prison in Taishan District and fined 30,000 yuan. His wife passed away in grief.
According to statistics from Minghui.com, a total of 1,088 Falun Gong practitioners were illegally sentenced from January to November 2021. Among them: 190 in January, 118 in February, 99 in March, 89 in April, 96 in May, 75 in June, 69 in July, 84 in August, 97 in September, 108 in October People, 63 people in November.
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People awakened, "The Communist Party made us miserable"
In order to persecute Falun Gong, the CCP deceived and persecuted ordinary people who did not know the truth to participate in the persecution, that also brought disasters to these people.
Minghui.com reported that a citizen was forced to monitor his neighbor who practiced Falun Gong. As a result, the Falun Gong practitioner was illegally detained for 9 months. He was tortured with electric batons in the detention center, forced to feed drugs, and tortured with handcuffs and shackles.
Later, the citizen understood the truth and said: "It is the Communist Party who made us miserable, let us do bad things, and gave us 3,000 RMB in benefits."
It turned out that although he received 3,000 RMB in benefits after reporting Falun Gong practitioners, he got retribution: In addition to the reimbursement of the hysterectomy for his wife, he also spent 3,000 RMB in medical expenses. He himself had a lung disease, and he stayed in the hospital several times without finding any illness. He spent nearly 10,000 RMB.
He said, "It's as painful as the Communist Party has dragged us into hell. These months have been really difficult." "I understand now that Falun Dafa is good."
He also stated that the Communist Party, like the Cultural Revolution, mobilized the masses to fight the masses. At that time, he was also deceived by the lies of the Communist Party and deceived. For a few bad money, betrayed his conscience, and never do this stupid or bad thing again. He also understand that the sin he suffered and the money he lost are the retribution for participating in the persecution of Falun Gong and persecuting good people. We will never help the Communist Party to persecute good people anymore. We must protect good people.
The person who understands the truth is also a living media. Among his relatives, friends and people in contact, he is telling all about what he has experienced and how Falun Dafa is good. Falun Gong practitioners are all good people. Don't believe in the Communist Party. If you believe it, you will be unhappy.
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More people become truth communicators
Overseas, there are also more people who see clearly the evil nature of the CCP, join the ranks of supporting justice, and become spreaders of the truth.
Yang Chong is a human rights activist of the "Southern Street Movement". In 2005, he started to surf the Internet through Freegate, a software developed by Falun Gong practitioners. After understanding the truth about Falun Gong and reading the "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party," he made three withdrawals (withdrew from the CCP team) on the website.
Yang Chong, who currently lives in Ottawa, said in an interview with Epoch Times: "After reading the "Nine Commentaries", I have a very clear and straightforward understanding of the evil nature of the Communist Party. Since then, I feel that people have completely awake." "So I recommend this book very much and I hope everyone will read it. I often recommend this book to my friends on the Internet."
Yang Chong said that he admired Falun Gong's peaceful resistance. He said: "Falungong practitioners have been persevering for many years, and they are more influential than other groups, such as democracy movement groups." "This is the power of faith." It is also the power of this faith that not only supports Falun Gong in anti-persecution, but also becomes The disseminator of the truth.
Ms. Amma Chen was a lecturer at a university in Northeast China. After immigrating to Canada more than three years ago and learning the truth through the media, he not only withdrew from the CCP team organization, but also persuaded friends around him to withdraw.
She said that the CCP is now increasingly controlling the people. Teachers lectures in universities will be monitored, especially history and politics teachers, every word and deed in class will be monitored. Not only that, but the various departments of government agencies are also monitored.
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China will never perish if not Communist
The Epoch Times recently published an article "Why Quit the Communist Party", which clearly pointed out that the Communist Party requires party spirit first, and even humanity can be discarded when needed, and it needs to sacrifice life to it. It used atheism and violence to destroy our cultural heritage, ethics, and cultivation for five thousand years, causing many people to open their mouths as swear words, turning the dignified state of Chinese etiquette into the most unqualified and barbaric in the world. nation.
At the same time, the Communist Party uses the media, the Internet, and newspapers to instill its "great glory" into the people. In fact, it uses lies to deceive the people, and their bureaucracy and military systems are full of corruption and struggles with power and interests. What else can the government system expect to do for the people?
Opposing the evil rule of the CCP does not mean opposing China and the Chinese people. The CCP is not the same as China, and if CCP perished China will never perish.
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Renaming the Taiwan Office in the U.S. to "Taiwan Representative Office"? The Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Asia Pacific responded
Image : Assistant Secretary of the US Department of State for Asia and the Pacific (Daniel Kritenbrink). (AFP and this newspaper's information photos, synthesized by LTN)
The U.S. Senate held a hearing today on the "Future of U.S. Taiwan Policy". The U.S. Department of State Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Pacific, Daniel Kritenbrink, attended and responded to questions raised by the Foreign Affairs Committee.
The Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Robert Menendez asked Daniel Kritenbrink, Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Pacific of the U.S. State Department, that the U.S. had adopted a strategically ambiguous policy on the Taiwan Strait in the past. Begin to discuss whether the United States should abandon strategic ambiguity, and instead make policy more clear, and even formulate a new structure to deal with the Taiwan Strait.
Kritenbrink said, "I agree that we can see the CCP’s coercion and bullying of Taiwan and undermine the stability and peace of the Taiwan Strait, but we still believe that the United States’ One-China Policy and the Taiwan Relations Act provide all tools sufficient to deal with these issues." To maintain peace, he added that to maintain stability, it is not only necessary to strengthen military deterrence, but also as important as expanding Taiwan’s international space and deepening US-Taiwan contacts.
Menendez also asked that according to reports, the United States is seriously considering changing the "Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office" to the "Taiwan Representative Office" under the One-China Policy and the Taiwan Relations Act. Kangda responded that the U.S. government continues to evaluate it.
As for whether the United States prohibits Taiwan from displaying symbols related to sovereignty, Kritenbrink said frankly that the United States has not allowed Taiwan to display symbols, such as the national flag or military uniforms, in federal agencies for more than 40 years. However, in a subsequent question and answer, Kritenbrink mentioned that the United States and Taiwan Staff can hold work meetings in the Federal Building.
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U.S. top diplomats heading to Southeast Asia with China, Myanmar on Agenda
Source : The Irrawaddy
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will head to Southeast Asia next week on a tour designed to show the region’s importance to the US strategy of confronting China, and to further address the worsening crisis in military-ruled Myanmar.
State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement Wednesday that Blinken will start off his round-the-world journey with a meeting with his G7 colleagues Friday through Sunday in Liverpool, England.
Then, Blinken will visit Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand from 13 to 16 December to stress the top priority of U.S. foreign policy, which is to challenge an ever more assertive China.
The trip will come right after U.S. State Department Counselor Derek Chollet’s trip to Cambodia and Indonesia on 8 to 13 December to engage with stakeholders on key regional issues, including the crisis in Myanmar, which has been in social and political turmoil since a military coup in February.
In Phnom Penh, Chollet will discuss Cambodia’s upcoming chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Myanmar, an ASEAN member, was excluded from the bloc’s summit in October after its regime failed to honor commitments it made to ASEAN to take steps to resolve its country’s crisis. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will visit Myanmar in January, becoming the first head of government to meet regime leader Min Aung Hlaing. In Jakarta, Chollet will focus on further deepening the US-Indonesia strategic partnership.
Throughout the counselor’s trip, he will underscore the importance of strengthening US-ASEAN cooperation to press the Myanmar military regime to cease violence, release all those unjustly detained, allow unhindered humanitarian access, and restore Myanmar’s path to inclusive democracy, the State Department said.
Chollet will then join Blinken for his engagements in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
In Jakarta, Blinken will give a speech “on the significance of the Indo-Pacific region” while in Kuala Lumpur he will address the need for the region to remain “free and open,” Price said.
“In each country, Secretary Blinken will address the worsening crisis in Burma,” Price said, using Myanmar’s former name.
Since the coup, Myanmar’s military regime has repeatedly committed atrocities including extrajudicial killings, arrests, tortures and arson attacks against protesters and their property, despite international condemnation. So far, it has killed more than 1,300 civilians.
In July, the U.S. imposed fresh sanctions on 22 individuals including four Myanmar ministers in response to the coup and the military’s attacks against the country’s pro-democracy movement.
Under the Biden administration several US delegations have visited Southeast Asia. Daniel Kritenbrink, the US assistant secretary of state for East Asia, visited the region last week.
U.S. President Joe Biden joined ASEAN leaders in a virtual summit last month, the first time in four years Washington has engaged at the top level with the bloc.
The US has repeatedly denounced the February 1 military coup that ousted the civilian government of Myanmar, and the jailing of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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UK Group hands ICC evidence of crimes against humanity by Myanmar Junta
A UK-based nongovernmental organization has submitted evidence to the International Criminal Court (ICC) it says proves that Myanmar junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is guilty of crimes against humanity.
In its submission under Article 15 of the Rome Statute—the international treaty that established the Hague-based ICC—the Myanmar Accountability Project (MAP) urged the court to open a criminal investigation into the widespread and systematic use of torture as part of the regime’s violent crackdown against the protest movement in the country.
“The leader of the illegal coup (Min Aung Hlaing) is criminally responsible for the security forces under his command committing mass atrocity crimes,” said MAP director Chris Gunness. “The prospects of a conviction are good and we believe that grounds for issuing an arrest warrant against Min Aung Hlaing are overwhelming.”
The MAP said it submitted to the ICC “clear evidence of torture” against a named individual, along with legal analysis to show that the use of torture in Myanmar is widespread, systematic and the result of state-wide policies. “This clearly meets the threshold of crimes against humanity,” the NGO said in a statement Thursday.
“Our submission to the ICC sets out a powerful case for criminal responsibility for these crimes going all the way up to Min Aung Hlaing himself,” Gunness said.
In its statement, the MAP said the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) has collected over 219,000 items of information since the coup. It quoted IIMM head Nicholas Koumjian as saying there is “evidence [that] shows security forces acting in a coordinated manner across different regions, systematically targeting specific categories of persons, such as journalists and medical professionals.” The IIMM was established in 2018 by the UN Human Rights Council to collect evidence of international crimes and violations of international law committed in Myanmar since 2011.
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NUG is working to prosecute Myanmar Junta military at ICC
Meanwhile, Myanmar’s shadow civilian National Unity Government (NUG) is also working to prosecute Myanmar’s military at the ICC. The NUG was set up in the wake of the coup by ousted NLD lawmakers and their ethnic allies.
Myanmar is not an ICC member but Acting President Duwa Lashi La of the NUG lodged a declaration with the ICC registrar in August, accepting the ICC’s jurisdiction with respect to international crimes committed in Myanmar since 1 July 2002, the earliest date permitted by the Rome Statute.
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Deadly violence against civilians on 5 and 10 December 2021 in Myanmar
Myanmar’s military regime has attracted international condemnation since the February coup for its use of deadly violence against pro-democracy protesters and other civilians including children. Among the most recent incidents to make international headlines, junta forces used a vehicle to ram a peaceful anti-coup protest in Yangon’s Kyimyindaing Township on 5 December, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, and regime forces allegedly burned alive 10 villagers, including five teenagers aged between 14 and 17, in Salingyi Township, Sagaing Region, on 8 December 2021.
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Democracy summit rejects the CCP, Canadian parliamentarian refute Wang Yi's "splitting theory"
Image : Recently, Canadian Conservative Party candidate Garnett Genuis said in an interview with a reporter from The Epoch Times that the CCP always influences the Canadian election at the right time. (Canada News Agency/Adrian Wyld)
The Biden administration is hosting a democracy summit on 9 December 2021. 110 democratic governments including Taiwan were invited but the CCP was not invited. In this regard, the Chinese Communist Party’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the United States has abused democratic values to create divisions in the world. The remarks were refuted by Canadian lawmakers, "No sane country will seek division or conflict, but every serious country must be prepared for this."
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Genuis: CCP is the maker of division
On the evening of December 3, 2021, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi further elaborated on China's position on the "Democracy Summit" during a telephone conversation with Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi. Wang Yi said that the purpose of the United States is not democracy, but hegemony. It is under the guise of democracy to maintain its dominance in the world. It uses democracy as its banner and takes the opportunity to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. It is "abusing the value of democracy to create divisions in the world."
Canadian Congressman Garnett Genuis said in an interview with The Epoch Times that Wang Yi had a fundamental misunderstanding of the summit's goals.
He emphasized, “The democratic summit is not for division, but for sincere cooperation with each other. Perhaps Wang Yi should think about the division between countries caused by more drastic actions, such as violating international treaties, annexing sovereign territories, and building artificial islands for military purposes, completely ignoring basic human rights, etc."
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Reduce dependence on the CCP, democratic countries need to unite
In order to curb the CCP’s hegemonic expansion and economic coercion, the Biden administration has continuously taken actions to strengthen alliances with democracies. On 2 December, high-level diplomatic officials of the United States and Europe held a dialogue on China issues in Washington DC. The joint statement issued by the U.S. State Department that afternoon emphasized the importance of maintaining continuous and close contact between the U.S. and the European Union's respective practices in the responsible management of competition and systemic rivalry relations with China.
The joint statement stated that the two parties discussed the increasing number of CCP actions of concern, including actions that violated international law and the common values and interests of the United States and the European Union; and stated that the two parties share common views on continued exchanges and cooperation on human rights issues in China. His interests include speaking out on China’s human rights issues in multilateral forums.
In addition, the two parties also reiterated the importance of protecting and building economic and technological resilience, strengthening and diversifying supply chains, and addressing (CCP) economic coercion.
Senator Genuis said, "In view of the increasing interference of authoritarian governments, like-minded democracies are uniting to protect their affairs."
He said, “The Chinese government (the Chinese Communist Party) has a history of disrespecting the sovereignty of other countries, violating international treaties and using hostage diplomacy. Contact with it must reflect our clear commitment to protect ourselves from threats and promote justice and human rights. There is no reason. Countries will seek division or conflict, but every serious country must be prepared for this. A democratic government must be principled, strong and vigilant."
He emphasized, "Canada must reduce its strategic dependence on governments that differ from our values."
He added that the prerequisite for trading with these countries is to ensure that democratic countries are not affected by the CCP's arbitrary decision to shut down the supply of important products for political reasons.
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U.S. and allies boycott Beijing Winter Olympics Genuis: Canada should join
Three days before the Democracy Summit, on 6 December 2021 (US time), the White House announced that it would not send any government officials to attend the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, on the grounds that the CCP "continued to commit genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, and other violations of human rights". In response to the U.S. call, Australia and Canada followed the example of the U.S. and diplomatically boycotted the Beijing Winter Olympics in order to condemn Beijing's violation of human rights in China.
Councillor Genuis believes that the Canadian Trudeau government should "cooperate multilaterally with other democratic allies to boycott the Olympics through diplomatic means."
He said, "Although Thomas Bach of the International Olympic Committee has repeatedly stated that the Olympics has nothing to do with politics, it is unreasonable for Canada to send representatives to participate in Olympic celebrations and competitions because the government of this country (the Chinese Communist Party) committed genocide."
Previously, due to Zhang Gaoli’s sexual assault on Peng Shuai, the International Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced on 1 December that it would suspend all tennis matches in China, including Hong Kong. These events involve huge economic interests of both parties. Genuis praised this important step taken by the WTA.
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There is a bigger inside story behind the Shanghai "Xiaohonglou" case, which has not yet been exposed
The Shanghai "Xiaohonglou" case has renewed public opinion recently, but Weibo suddenly cooled down strangely, 600 million views were disappeared, and the Shanghai media collectively silenced the case. Voice. Some analysts believe that there is a greater inside story behind the "Xiaohonglou" case, and higher-level figures behind the scenes have not yet been exposed.
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The 600 million views of the Shanghai "Xiaohonglou" case disappeared strangely
Beginning on 2 December 2021, the appalling Shanghai "Xiaohonglou" ("Little Red Mansion") case suddenly rushed into the hot search list of Weibo. In just a few days, the reading volume increased to 600 million, but it was quickly "cooled down" by censorship.
Netizens aroused strong dissatisfaction, "I thought that Li Yundi's prostitution hot search on Weibo for three consecutive days, when the problem of Xiaohonglou began to delete it in seconds."
The Shanghai "Xiaohonglou" case was caused by the downfall of the presiding judge Zhang Zheng, which once again attracted public attention.
Following the authorities' purges of the CCP's political and legal system, Zhang Zheng was investigated in early November. Before being investigated, he had just served as president and party secretary of the Songjiang District Court of Shanghai for more than two months.
Zhang Zheng is the presiding judge of the "Xiaohonglou" case supervised by the National Anti-criticism Office. On December 30, 2020, the principal culprit in the case, Zhao Fuqiang, and 38 others were sentenced, and Zhao was sentenced to death with a suspended death sentence.
The case also triggered a major earthquake in the political and legal system of Yangpu District, Shanghai, and 13 "protective umbrellas" fell. Including Lu Yan, former secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of Yangpu District, Ren Yongfei, former President of the Yangpu District Court, Hu Chenghao, director of the Yinxing Road Police Station of Yangpu Public Security Bureau, and Feng Boping, deputy director of the Jiangpu Industrial and Commercial Office of Yangpu Branch.
However, the highest level of the above-mentioned sacked officials is at the department level, and all others are at the section level. Current affairs commentator Chen Simin wrote in The Epoch Times, “In the past 20 years, more than 13 officials should have been to Xiaohonglou to enjoy services, and not only these 13 officials have acted as umbrellas. Shanghai’s officialdom is tacitly aware, and there are even bigger officials who have not exploded. "
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Zhao Fuqiang has been running Xiaohonglou for 20 years, and there is a backer behind it
The "Xiaohonglou" case occurred between 2000 and 2019. Zhao Fuqiang, a rural tailor, started his business in Shanghai by operating a barber shop engaged in prostitution. In 2014, he bought a building near the Yangpu District Government in downtown Shanghai and raised dozens of people in captivity. Women, provide 24-hour sexual services for local officials.
Zhao Fuqiang is not only engaged in prostitution business, but also house leasing business, covering more than 1,300 locations in 9 districts of Shanghai. In 2017, Zhao Fuqiang, who has a backer in Shanghai's municipal law system, took over the "Safe Shanghai" column of the Shanghai Rule of Law channel.
According to official media reports, the column was a "political achievement" of the then secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee Han Zheng. In July 2016, the TV program "Safe Shanghai" was officially aired. In February 2017, Han Zheng attended the “Safe Shanghai” construction promotion conference that year, and detailed related “achievements”.
It was in this year that Zhao Fuqiang took over the "Safe Shanghai" column. He used the column to recruit female assistants for the show. A female student who had returned from studying in the United States entered the "Little Red Mansion" and was beaten, raped, and imprisoned by Zhao Fuqiang, forcing her to become a sex slave.
According to previous reports by mainland media, in 2017, the victimized female international student escaped to the police for the first time, but the police sent her back to Xiaohonglou directly. Later, she ran away from the police again, and Zhao Fuqiang went directly to the police station to take her away.
Relying on the relationship between the political and legal systems, Zhao Fuqiang has committed crimes in Shanghai for more than 20 years, and has killed many women. Some of the victims called him the devil. It was not until May 2019 that the central "sweeping gangs and evil" supervision group "settled" Shanghai, and a victimized woman reported Zhao Fuqiang and several Shanghai officials involved in "Xiaohonglou" in real name, that the case was exposed.
However, many female victims were also sent to prison because they were forced to become Zhao Fuqiang's accomplices. Some were sentenced to 14 years and 6 months, which exceeded the total sentence of several officials. Public opinion questioned the fairness of the judgment.
Dong Guangping, the former public security officer of the mainland, told NTD that the "Xiaohonglou" case could reveal not even a single tip of the iceberg, but only a hair of the iceberg.
"Zhao Fuqiang is just a puppet, just a tabletop figure. He can't command the police. The person behind him can command the police. The surname Zhao has been working for so long. Where is the money going? He wants to buy the police and become an official. Yes, to seek benefits for his backstage." Dong Guangping said.
He said that in mainland China, every city has private clubs that provide pornographic services to officials. Public prosecutors and legal personnel are behind these official pornographic sites. "Without the support of the public prosecutors, many things will go wrong. The public prosecutors must support them."
Shanghai is the home of Jiang Zemin’s faction. Recently, the authorities have cleaned up the political and legal system. Many senior political and legal officials in Shanghai have been sacked, including Gong Dao'an, the deputy mayor of Shanghai and the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. It is not ruled out that more senior officials will be investigated in the future.
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