Research, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
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News (1)
Proposal to select qualified high-quality travel agencies to carry out organized group outbound tourism
At this year's two sessions, on the issue of cross-border travel, Huang Xihua, deputy to the National People's Congress, member of the Standing Committee of the Huizhou Municipal Committee of Guangdong Province, and director of the Propaganda Department suggested that the Ministry of Culture and Tourism or national social organizations should select some qualified high-quality travel agencies to carry out pilot organized group outbound tourism and have a good foundation for epidemic prevention and control. At the same time, continue to improve the tourism protection system during the epidemic to ensure cases are "preventable, controllable, predictable and traceable".
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Mainland China should establish a "sandbox plan" for international tourism revival
Huang Meihua said that mainland China should establish a "sandbox plan" to open up inbound and outbound tourism, and follow the principle of one safe place and one open place. In terms of inbound tourism, islands such as Zhoushan, Chongming and Hainan can be prioritized as pilots for international tourism revival. Pilot inbound and outbound tourism policies will be piloted first and foremost with autonomy. In addition, in terms of outbound tourism, some island countries or regions can be selected to pilot outbound tourism pilot projects, and some islands can be gradually built into important windows for the revival of China's inbound and outbound tourism amid the epidemic.
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Detian-Banyao Waterfall Cross-border Tourism Cooperation Zone has the conditions for trial operation
Wei Zhaohui, deputy to the National People's Congress and deputy secretary of the Chongzuo Municipal Committee of Guangxi, said that after more than 6 years of construction, China's first cross-border tourism cooperation zone, the Sino-Vietnamese Detian-Banyao Waterfall Cross-border Tourism Cooperation Zone, has the conditions for trial operation. Both China and Vietnam have upgraded their respective scenic spots, which will only be opened after the epidemic. At that time, tourists only need to go through the simple customs clearance procedures to achieve a one-day tour of the two countries.
The next step will be to focus on promoting cross-border self-driving tourism, innovating the supervision mode of cross-border self-driving car travel, allowing self-driving vehicles to go through the formalities of declaration of entry and exit of road vehicles, so as to reduce the financial burden of enterprises.
At the same time, the planning, setting and safety guarantee of self-driving tour routes such as automobiles and motorcycles in the two countries will be well implemented, so that the cross-border self-driving tour route between Guangxi, China and Lang Son, Vietnam will be operated normally.
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CCP to introduce enhanced version of the "International Travel Health Certificate"
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on 7 March 2022 when answering a reporter's question on "China's foreign policy and foreign relations" that it is the duty of diplomacy to serve the people and relieve their worries. CCP China's diplomacy will continue to adhere to the people-centered tenet, be a caring person for the common people, and a guardian of the interests of overseas compatriots.
Wang Yi revealed that CCP's diplomacy will focus on three things this year: first, to build a "smart consular platform", launch more "fingertip" service projects, and improve digital and all-weather consular services; second, to build an "overseas safe China system". ", strengthen the overseas security risk early warning system, guide overseas enterprises to strengthen security construction, and provide more effective and timely security for overseas compatriots; the third is to launch the "Healthy Travel Plan" to create an upgraded version of the "fast channel" for Chinese and foreign personnel exchanges. An enhanced version of the "International Travel Health Certificate" will be launched to facilitate safe, healthy and convenient international travel.
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Thailand partners with airlines to attract 1.5 million short-haul tourists
According to the website of the Bangkok Post, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) hopes to stimulate demand by partnering with airlines to attract at least 1.5 million tourists to short-haul destinations to fill the "vacuum" created by the sharp drop in Chinese tourists.
Unlike more promising markets such as Southeast Asia, South Asia and Australia, the current situation in East Asia cannot generate greater market demand, said Thanet Fisouwan, TAT's vice president of marketing for Asia and the South Pacific.
TAT expects Thailand to gain 800,000 more tourists this year if ASEAN countries ease travel restrictions, such as tourists from Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia and Singapore returning without quarantine.
At the same time, 12 airlines in Thailand and India are preparing to resume two-way flights from March, and Indian travel agencies have also restarted their marketing efforts for short-haul trips to Thailand. TAT estimates that around 500,000 Indian passengers will visit Thailand this year as long as flight capacity reaches 70% utilisation.
Meanwhile, Australia is another potential market from which TAT aims to attract 200,000 tourists, especially during the Easter holiday.
"We hope to reach 10 million total tourist arrivals this year, and at least 5 million. However, in the second half of the year we may revise the expected target for the East Asian market," Sanet said.
Besides, if China relaxes travel rules in the third quarter of this year, as well as Japan Tourists visiting Thailand at the beginning of the Golden Week or South Korea's epidemic situation improves, these may bring huge passenger flow.
But he also pointed out that rising oil prices triggered by the unrest in Ukraine will push up ticket prices. To this end, TAT has strengthened its cooperation with airlines. A few days ago, TAT and Thai Vietjet Air signed a one-year letter of intent. They plan to jointly promote special packages starting in March. It is estimated that about 20,000 special tickets will be sold in the next 2 to 3 months.
Sanet said TAT will continue to build and deepen partnerships with airlines, including Thai AirAsia's re-launch of international flights to Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia in March 2022.
Thai Vietjet Air CEO Vooranath Lapoulebang also said that the airline will resume the Bangkok-Danang route from 27 March 2022, with three flights per week, while the Bangkok-Phnom Penh route operation is launched on 16 March 2022.
News (6) to (7) / Reporter : Li Jinfeng / Editor: Li Quan / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/03/15/a103373895.html
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China's epidemic broke out, Jilin and other 11 places under quasi-lockdown
Image : The epidemic broke out in China, and the entire province of Jilin Province was closed, Shanghai was closed, Dongguan and Shenzhen in Guangdong were also closed, and now Langfang, Xi'an, Hebei, etc. have also been blocked. On March 14, 2022, the streets of Shanghai. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)
The epidemic broke out in mainland China, involving at least 27 provinces (cities). Following the closure of cities in Jilin Province, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangdong Province, and Shanghai, the latest news shows that Langfang, Hebei, Jiangsu, and Xi'an, Shaanxi have implemented blockade measures again. Among them, people in Langfang are isolated at home, and people in Xi'an do not leave unless necessary.
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Concentrated outbreaks in 27 provinces (cities) in mainland China
According to Chinese media reports and official reports from the Chinese Communist Party, a total of 5,154 new local cases were reported in 31 provinces (cities, districts) and the Xinjiang Corps in mainland China throughout the day on March 14, including 3,507 confirmed cases and 1,647 asymptomatic infections.
Because the CCP has always covered up the truth, the outside world has generally questioned the authenticity of the data.
In an interview with The Epoch Times on the 14th, Li Longteng, deputy director of the Department of Health of the Taiwan Executive Yuan, said that there is actually only one party in China, and it has the final say, and no one dares to speak out. Wu Hua (pseudonym), a graduate of Peking University and a white-collar worker in Wuhan, also believes that the actual number of cases now is only more or less than the official report.
These cases are located in 62 cities (districts and prefectures) in 22 provinces and cities, including 5 cities including Jilin City and Changchun City in Jilin Province, 8 cities including Qingdao City and Binzhou City in Shandong Province, 5 cities including Baoji City and Xi'an City in Shaanxi Province, Tianjin City, 3 cities including Shenzhen and Dongguan in Guangdong Province, Quanzhou City and Xiamen City in Fujian Province, 5 cities including Jiaxing City and Quzhou City in Zhejiang Province, 4 cities including Dalian City and Yingkou City in Liaoning Province, Suzhou City and Changzhou City in Jiangsu Province 6 cities including Langfang City in Hebei Province, 3 cities including Chongqing City, Shanghai City, Harbin City and Mudanjiang City in Heilongjiang Province, 3 cities (districts) including Lanzhou City and Baiyin City in Gansu Province, and 3 cities including Beijing Municipality and Qinzhou City in Guangxi Province, There are three cities including Dehong Prefecture and Honghe Prefecture in Yunnan Province, Zunyi City in Guizhou Province, Maanshan City in Anhui Province, Yongcheng City in Henan Province, Changsha City in Hunan Province, and Yichun City in Jiangxi Province.
Earlier, Hubei Province, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi Province, Qinghai Province, and Hainan Province also had outbreaks. At present, only the four provinces (regions) of Xinjiang, Tibet, Sichuan and Ningxia have not reported new cases, but the CCP has always covered it up, and the outside world is skeptical about it.
On 14 March 2022, Lei Zhenglong, a first-level inspector of the deputy director of the CDC of the National Health Commission of the Communist Party of China, said that from March 1 to 13, there were more than 10,000 local patients with the epidemic, affecting 27 provinces across the country.
The blockades in Langfang, Hebei, Xi'an, Shaanxi, and Jiangsu have been escalated
On the 15th, the epidemic working group of Langfang City, Hebei Province issued a notice on the city's entire area of strict closure and control management.
According to the announcement, all communities (village houses) have set up checkpoints, only one entrance and exit, and the checkpoint is on duty 24 hours a day. People are only allowed in and out, and vehicles are prohibited from passing.
People in the whole region are isolated at home, and all people in the community (village) stay at home.
On the same day, the Xi'an Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters reported that from the 15th, Xi'an will strengthen the management of exit channels. All personnel in Xi'an will not leave the city unless necessary. Hourly nucleic acid test negative certificate, etc.
Xi'an has been unblocked since the outbreak of the epidemic at the end of the year, and it has been less than two months since the lockdown of the city. Now it has adopted the lockdown measures again. Netizens ridiculed, "This kind of direct sitting in prison."
In addition to Hebei and Shaanxi, Jiangsu Province also upgraded the blockade measures again.
On 15 March 2022, Jiangsu Province announced that as of 12 am, the exits/entries of 167 expressway toll stations in Jiangsu were temporarily closed, a net increase of 99 over the previous day (68 expressway toll station exits/entrance closed on the 13th). Among them, there are 11 in Nanjing, 14 in Wuxi, 2 in Xuzhou, 14 in Changzhou, 43 in Suzhou, 12 in Nantong, 20 in Lianyungang, 10 in Huai'an, 14 in Yancheng, 6 in Yangzhou, 8 in Zhenjiang and 13 in Taizhou. 5 steam ferries temporarily suspended services, respectively in Changzhou, Suzhou, Nantong.
Before that, on 14 March, Jilin Province announced that the movement of people in the province was prohibited, and the province's 24 million people were banned. This is another province-wide lockdown in mainland China since the outbreak of the epidemic.
On the same day, Dongguan, Guangdong Province, officially announced the closure of the city for 7 days until 12 am on 20 March 2022. During the closure of the city, all buses and subways in the city were temporarily suspended, and the districts and villages (communities) were all managed by enclosure, with 24-hour staff on duty, non-community personnel were prohibited from entering, and citizens did not leave unless necessary.
On 13 March, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province also announced that the city is closed for 7 days. From 14 March, public transportation in the city are suspended, and the city will implement closed management. The city's personnel will not leave unless necessary.
On 12 March, Shanghai's official announcement required citizens not to leave Shanghai unless necessary, and all passenger stations in Shanghai are suspended since 14 March 2022.
In addition, as of 14 March 2022, Cangzhou in Hebei, Qinghe in Xingtai, Weihai in Shandong, Kaihua in Quzhou, Zhejiang and other places have also entered a state of quasi-lockdown, prohibiting the random movement of people, and requiring people not to leave unless necessary, but the official did not officially recognize the closure of the city.
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Myanmar's civilian defense minister confident of victory
Source / Image : The Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s parallel defense minister in the National Unity Government (NUG) U Yee Mon has praised the damage inflicted by the people’s deforces forces (PDFs) on the junta in the six months since the civilian administration declared war on the regime.
The NUG — formed by elected lawmakers ousted by the coup and their ethnic allies — on Sept. 9 last year declared a people’s war on the regime, urging all citizens to revolt.
U Yee Mon said in a report that the war had been started to defend civilians from junta violence using any available weapons. He praised the PDFs for their growing morale, bravery and intelligence.
“Some of our military goals have been achieved in this initial phase as the PDFs have taken control of many rural areas … and have been carrying out guerrilla operations efficiently in Naypyitaw, Yangon, Mandalay and other cities,” the civilian minister said.
He said the supplies of arms and ammunition were the main weaknesses holding back operations. U Yee Mon said he is aware of the criticism of the NUG’s efforts to arm the PDFs adequately.
He said there were many difficulties in the whole process, from finding funds and suppliers and the distribution and production of weapons.
“So far we have established the armed wing from funds donated by our people, at home and abroad,” U Yee Mon said.
Unlike Ukraine, which has received international military aid, the civilian minister said no other country has been provided any material yet.
“However, the minimum requirement for weapons and ammunition will soon be met,” he said, adding that it would take longer to fully equip all the PDFs.
The civilian Ministry of Defense reported that since September it has received over US$30 million (53 billion kyats) from public donations, 85 percent of which is being used to purchase and produce arms. Seven percent of funds have been handed to allies working with the NUG in the war, it stated.
“I am confident we can work strategically to be victorious,” U Yee Mon said.
The NUG minister said the junta has shifted its strategy to targeting civilians to terrorize the population to deter people from supporting the PDFs.
The junta continues to commit atrocities, including using hostages, arbitrary killings, burning alive, mass killings, using civilian detainees as human shields, shelling residential areas, looting and burning houses and sexual violence, especially in Sagaing and Magwe regions and Chin, Shan, Kayah and Karen states.
When the junta uses terrorist tactics, the PDFs must try to minimize the damage to civilians and its forces, U Yee Mon reported.
In the last month, around 2,100 junta troops were killed and over 600 wounded, according to the NUG.
The Irrawaddy could not independently verify any of the reports.
News (9) to (14) / Host : Li Dayu / Publisher: Dayu News Insider / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/03/14/a103373747.html
News (9)
Putin fires 8 generals and recruits international volunteers to encircle Kyiv
Putin has fired eight Russian generals because Russia has failed to get the expected results of the blitzkrieg over Ukraine. At the same time, Russia has also opened channels for volunteer troops, calling on those who want to fight with the Russian army to join. Russia officially announced that it has received 16,000 applications for volunteer troops from the Middle East, some of whom have also helped Russia fight the Islamic State terrorist organization. Putin also personally ordered volunteers who supported Russia to enter Ukraine. This is to escalate the aggression activities, to call on his gang of wine and meat brothers, and to reverse the current deadlock on the battlefield.
At present, on the war map, the Russian army is approaching Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, from the north, east, and south, and the distance from the center of Kiev is 25 kilometers. As they approached Kyiv, Russian forces attacked Maripol, nearly 50 kilometers west of Kyiv. Russian airstrikes caused severe damage to residential office buildings, schools and hospital facilities in Maripol.
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Russia stormed many cities in Ukraine to carry out a "lightning coup", and more than 2,000 civilians died in some cities
Other cities under Russian onslaught were Kharkov, Mariupol, Nikolayev, Dnipro, Chernihiv and Sumy. Among them, city officials of Mariupol told the outside world that in the past 24 hours, the city suffered 22 attacks, and 2,187 city residents have been killed in Russian attacks so far, and the Russian military’s attack on the city is escalating. As the city of Mariupol is located some distance from the escape routes of the humanitarian corridor, the residents are almost trapped in the city, which directly leads to heavy casualties. At the same time, Russian forces have also been expanding their offensive against Ukraine westward.
On the other hand, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that humanitarian corridors to help refugees evacuated from Ukrainian besieged cities were working, with the number of evacuees almost doubling every day, now reaching 130,000.
In the port city of Melitopol in southern Ukraine, the first incident of kidnapping a government official since Russia invaded Ukraine. Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov was kidnapped by armed men on the 11th, shortly after prosecutors in the Russian-backed Luhansk region claimed that Fedorov had committed terrorist crimes and was under investigation, Fedorov was accused by Russia of aiding and financing terrorist activities and becoming a member of a criminal group. Obviously the Uzbek side doesn't think so. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy strongly demanded the release of Fedorov, condemning Russia as a "crime against democracy", saying that Russia was trying to overthrow the legitimate government in Ukraine, and this kidnapping to seize power pushed Russia to invade Ukraine and push it into a new stage of terror. Ukraine's foreign ministry also accused Russia of abduction of Fedorov as a war crime.
Less than 24 hours after the incident, Russia also appointed a new mayor of Melitopol, "Galina Danilchenko," a former member of the city's city council. After Danilchenko took office, she released a short video to help Russia persuade the people to stop participating in any "extremist actions", and said that her first task in "taking office" was to take so-called all measures to bring the city back to normal. Isn't this a call to the Ukrainian people to lie down in the face of the Russian invasion?
In this way, a big city completed a "lightning coup" with the support of the Russian army within "24 hours", revealing that Russia is eager to achieve results in the "special operation" of the invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia threatened to attack NATO supplies and bombed to the "doorstep" of NATO members, causing heavy casualties
At the same time as the lightning coup, on 12 March, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Yalibkov warned the United States and NATO in an interview on state television that it was "dangerous" for many NATO countries to send arms and supplies to Ukraine. ”, a move that would turn convoys transporting substances into targets for so-called “legitimate strikes.” Previously, NATO had warned Russia not to attack NATO's supply lines to Ukraine, which is equivalent to Russia's current response. It is also because the Russian army was beaten so badly by Western military weapons that it became restless and disregarded.
Twelve hours after the warning was issued, on the morning of the 13th, Russian airstrikes were carried out on a military base near the western city of Lviv in Ukraine. Lviv is close to Ukraine's border with NATO member Poland, and the Ukrainian military base that was hit is only 6 kilometers away from Poland. How much is 6 kilometers? It's about 50 football fields, lined up vertically. According to statistics, in this attack, Russia dropped more than 30 missiles, killing 35 people and injuring 130 people. The attack cannot be ruled out as a protest and provocation against U.S. and NATO support for Ukraine. U.S. Secretary of State Blinken condemned Russia's missile attack on the "Lviv Peacekeeping and Security Center" near the Ukraine-Polish border, calling on Russia to stop similar actions immediately. The Ukrainian president reminded NATO of Russia's strike on the Ukraine-Poland border that it was only a matter of time before Russian missiles landed on the territory of NATO member states.
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A senior American journalist died in the Russian war, and Russia issued a new law to sanction war "fake news"
On the battlefield in central Ukraine, a 50-year-old American journalist, Bren Treynor, was killed in the attack on the northern city of Irpin, next to Kiev, as the Russian army advanced toward the center of Kiev. Bren Traynor is a Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist who has worked for The New York Times. Traynor is the first journalist on record to be killed in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and two others were hospitalized with injuries.
Speaking of journalists, Russia has now released a new media sanctions bill to suppress so-called "fake news" of "false reports" of the Russian military. This bill seems to be tailor-made for Putin's war. People can't hear different voices. The so-called dissemination of false information may be sentenced to 15 years in prison. The New York Times and other American media have begun to transfer journalists out of Russia, and some media said that they have not closed the Moscow correspondent station yet, but they will not do any more reporting until the evaluation of the new bill is completed. While most journalists began to leave Russia considering their personal safety, some journalists chose to stay in Russia to continue reporting, and they may violate the new media sanctions law. A Western journalist, Yevgenia Arbat, said that although she may go to jail for telling the truth, she doesn't care. She believes that the world needs the truth, and there is always someone who needs to take this responsibility. Arbat will continue to report on Russia in the live broadcast of her personal YouTube channel. The Russian authorities' political tactics to stifle the truth and dissident speech, who is not good to learn from, why is it more and more similar to a certain regime?
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Russia's occupation of "Chernobyl" is a hidden danger, the news refers to Russia asking for help from the CCP
The Russian invasion has also brought nuclear security concerns. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, occupied by the Russian army, is only 85 km away from the centre of Kyiv. Before the Russian army cut off the cable, it caused a power outage. At present, Ukraine's national energy company NEC said that the power supply of the nuclear power plant has been restored under the emergency repairs of the staff.
Since the Russian army occupied and controlled the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 24 February, it has imprisoned 211 nuclear power plant staff, including security personnel, who were on duty that day.
In order to maintain the health and efficiency of the staff, the nuclear power plant was originally a shift system, but after the occupation, these people have been working continuously for more than three weeks.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement on the 13th that Chernobyl staff had stopped working due to excessive fatigue.
IAEA Director General Grossi proposed a framework to address the safety of nuclear power plants, claiming that the IAEA can now provide technical and other assistance for the safe and reliable operation of all nuclear facilities in Ukraine. In order to prevent the war from affecting nuclear safety, the International Atomic Energy Agency can also try to take over and maintain the operation of all nuclear power plants in Ukraine, but this framework requires the agreement and signing of an agreement between Russia and Ukraine.
At present, there is news in the West that Russia is still seeking support from the CCP, including supplies and even soldiers. In this regard, Western media asked the Russian embassy in the United States, but so far Russia has not responded. The White House said it was closely monitoring CCP's war with Russia and Ukraine, and was also communicating with Beijing. Under international pressure a few days ago, the CCP also gave Ukraine a handful of material support, which is completely symbolic, but if the CCP sends support to Russia again, it must be "generous", and at the same time, it will also make the CCP China becoming the only country that provides support to both sides of the enemy, this kind of ingratiating and balancing the two sides, the result is that "both sides are not people", anyway, it doesn't matter, it is not a person at all.
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Iran fires missiles at U.S. consulate in Iraq, at least one hits building
A lot of what we see today is that Russia is fighting back as hard as it can. In Russia and beyond the Ukrainian battlefield, Iraqi and U.S. security officials said that on the evening of the 13th local time, the new U.S. consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil was attacked by as many as 12 missiles, one of which hit Chinese consulate building. Fortunately, no one was injured in this incident. The missiles, which were Iranian-made Fatah-110s, were launched from Iran, possibly in retaliation for the deaths of two Iranian revolutionaries in an Israeli airstrike on Syria last week, according to an Iraqi official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Guard members. Hours later, Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed responsibility for the missile attack on the U.S. consulate, confirming the previous official's claims. The timing of this event undoubtedly added fuel to the tensions in the world after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Under the situation of almost one-sided international support for Ukraine, the Russian government has endured a lot of internal and external pressure. Putin has threatened to warn the United States and NATO that if they continue to impose sanctions on Russia, they are "stumbling" on the Iran nuclear deal. And this Iranian attack on the US consulate will also make the outside world worried. Could it be a demonstration by Iran secretly responding to Putin's countermeasures against the Western camp? Several elements that challenge the order in the world have always regarded the United States and NATO as thorns in their eyes.
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ETAC: How did the CCP enforce live organ harvesting?
Editor : Li Hong / Source : The Epoch Times / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/03/15/a103374055.html
The International Alliance to End Organ Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC) recently released the latest video, revealing how the CCP forcibly harvests organs from Falun Gong practitioners and Uyghurs and other prisoners of conscience, and calls on all countries to respond to make laws to crack down on international "transplant tourism" to stop the CCP's murderous practices. Below is the video transcript.
For more than three decades, the CCP has been accused of forcibly harvesting organs from its own citizens. Victims were killed in the process and their organs were used in transplants.
This human organ trafficking is a human rights violation that affects us all.
However, how does the CCP enforce live organ harvesting?
How does its approach differ from transplant systems in other countries?
What evidence is there that forcible harvesting is taking place?
Most countries have a voluntary donation system. The recipient waits for the organ to appear—sometimes three or four years. When a donor dies, the best match on the waiting list is rushed to the hospital for a transplant.
CCP China has a very different system - based on the reverse matching function. Recipients pay to find organs. From a large pool of detainees, a prisoner who best matches the pay recipient is selected.
The prisoner would then be killed and his organs extracted for transplantation.
Transplants for organs such as hearts, livers and kidneys are scheduled in advance and completed within a few weeks.
An ethical organ donation system cannot provide organs on demand.
Whether prisoners of conscience are killed for organs has been debated for years. As a result, an independent people's tribunal chaired by the British Crown lawyer Sir Geoffrey Ness was established to assess all available evidence.
After 12 months, including five days of public hearings, the independent tribunal concluded:
"Large-scale forced organ harvesting has been going on across China for years."
"Falun Gong practitioners have always been one -- and possibly the main -- source of organ supply."
In addition, "the potential for Uyghurs to be used as organ banks is also obvious."
To understand how this atrocity began, we need to go back to the late 1970s, when CCP Chinese surgeons began transplanting organs from death row prisoners.
The practice has been widely condemned.
In 1994, Human Rights Watch reported three key findings:
"Political prisoners and other nonviolent criminals" were used as a source of organs.
Chinese doctors are involved in "pre-execution medical testing" and matching prisoners with recipients, "often serving whoever pays first".
Moreover, the execution was deliberately missed to ensure that the prisoner "was not dead at the time of organ harvesting".
Since 2000, the transplantation system in CCP China has developed rapidly.
At the same time, the authorities launched a violent campaign ... to try to eliminate the Buddhist qigong and meditation practice Falun Gong, which is practiced by millions of people in China.
As more Falun Gong practitioners are being held in labor camps, black cells and prisons, the number of transplants has increased dramatically. These rapidly obtained organs cannot come from executed prisoners alone. And, by contrast, Falun Gong practitioners are a healthier source of organs because they don't drink, don't smoke, and do regular qigong exercises, which are part of their spiritual practice.
"The number of liver transplants in 2000 was 10 times the number in 1999; in 2005, the number tripled."
As CCP China's transplant system continues to develop, so does the number of prisoners in the pool.
In 2017, mass incarceration of Muslim Uighurs began, with many "disappearing" reported. Although CCP has recently started developing a voluntary donation system, the source of organs remains opaque.
From July 2018 to June 2019, independent tribunal members with expertise in areas such as international human rights law, organ transplantation, international relations, China studies and business reviewed multiple pieces of evidence, including:
Testimonies from relatives of deceased victims, detained companions; testimonies from Uyghurs and Falun Gong practitioners who have been detained who have been forced to undergo blood tests and organ scans, including chest X-rays and ultrasounds, Some have been publicly threatened with forcibly harvesting their organs.
Secret phone and video investigations that began in 2019 showed government officials and surgeons acknowledging that organs were available on demand, and Falun Gong practitioners' organs were also available.
In a forensic phone call, former military health minister Bai Shuzhong said that former President Jiang Zemin directly ordered the killing of Falun Gong practitioners in order to obtain organs.
(The call is recorded below:)
Investigator: Regarding the extraction of organs from detained Falun Gong practitioners for organ transplantation, is it an order from the head of the CCP General Logistics Department?
Bai Shuzhong: At that time, it was Chairman Jiang, and there was an order to do this, that is, organ transplantation.
The independent tribunal also reviewed a compilation of investigative records in Chinese, including bed utilisation, surgical teams and hospital revenue. These records show that between 60,000 and 100,000 transplants are performed each year...far more than officially claims. In 2010, more than 5,000 transplants were performed in one hospital alone.
Other evidence reviewed includes:
Official CCP policy and surgical documents, as well as scientific research reports in Chinese journals, detail dubious data that are consistent with speculation about organ-harvesting killings.
There is also a statistical analysis of CCP's organ donation system, showing that organ donation figures are falsified and cannot represent real numbers.
But who is responsible for these actions?
Also, what should be done?
Medical institutions and companies must abide by their commercial and human rights obligations...and that means severing ties with China in organ transplant practice, research and training.
Countries should enact laws to crack down on international "transplant tourism," and the perpetrators in China should be sanctioned. Governments around the world should take necessary measures to seek justice and hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for its actions. As global citizens, we have a responsibility to speak out against forced organ harvesting.
If we don't act now, many more lives will be lost.
Shout out!
(The International Coalition to End Organ Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC) is a coalition of lawyers, academics, ethicists, medical professionals and human rights advocates working to end the CCP’s crime of forced organ harvesting.)
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