Tuesday, May 31, 2022

CCP chaotic bedtime storylines, Fauci's $10m monkeypox grant, Leukemia spike

 Research, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA


News on CCP, disease control, U.S., Russia

News (1) to (5) / Reporter : He Yating / Editor: Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/05/30/a103442487.html

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After the primary school textbook scandal, the mainland bedtime story shows the rabbits committing suicide collectively

Image : A plot of rabbits planning to commit suicide by jumping into a lake collectively appeared in Chinese children's books, sparking a backlash from public opinion. (web screenshot)



After the CCP's official unified publication of primary school textbook illustrations was criticized by netizens for being ugly, obscene and even pornographic, recently, the rabbits in the bedtime stories of Chinese children plan to "jump into the lake to commit suicide". The plot is on the hot search again. Public opinion believes that this kind of work will cause harm to children's minds, and there is even a potential danger that children may blindly imitate.

Children are generally lively by nature and always like to play before going to bed. In order to make children calm down, parents often tell their children stories to help them fall asleep, thus giving birth to children's books such as "bedtime stories". However, some Chinese netizens recently disclosed that the children's bedtime stories sold in Chinese bookstores contain content with a negative outlook on life and distorted values.

For example, there is an article in a children's book titled "The Rabbits Who Can't Think About It", the story tells that a group of rabbits is sad because they are cowardly, and they are afraid of a life full of dangers, and they cry because of the fear, and then there are rabbits at a party that proclaimed, "God is so unfair to us, we might as well be dead." As a result, all the rabbits thought that the rabbit was right, and finally they decided to commit suicide by jumping into the lake collectively.

Although the plot of this story took a turn in the second half, most netizens still believe that the outlook on life promoted by the previous content is too negative, and children who are immature are still likely to blindly imitate it.

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Bedtime story taught an undecisive man was a woman

In another story titled "The Bird King Without Decision", the magpie even said when admonishing the Bird King, "They think that a man without a decision is a woman." Netizens questioned this, "What values ​​are these?"


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These bizarre and abnormal phenomena in children's books have aroused one-sided criticism from the Internet public opinion, and many netizens have left messages to discuss "chaos"; "This is nothing, at least N people are responsible"; "The quality of education is getting more and more worse it gets.”  …

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Literary works should guide children to face society and life positively

Some comments pointed out that life may not always be smooth sailing but the role of literary works is to guide children to face society and life with a more positive attitude, and the plot of collective suicide should not appear in children's books. The statement that "the man is a woman" exposes discrimination against women, and should not appear in children's books.

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Children's books should be stringently checked for inaccurate language expression

The public account "Chen San Tan Education" recently published an analysis and pointed out that children are in a stage where their values ​​have not yet been formed, and they are full of curiosity about everything, and some children will imitate the behaviour in the book, so children's books are especially stringently checked.

The article said that although extracurricular reading materials are not teaching materials, they have a subtle impact on children.

In response to the above situation, the publishing house involved said in response to the media's inquiries, "The publishing house pays attention to correcting typos before publishing, but does not pay attention to the specific language description. At present, the editor has been asked to read it again." The publishing house said, "We will make Review", which may no longer be in print.

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CCP's education ministry has ordered the withdrawal of the books and investigated into the causes

Just recently, it was pointed out that the characters with pictures in the primary school textbooks compiled by the Ministry of Education of the Communist Party of China have ugly appearances and strange expressions, which has aroused the public's vigilance against the current chaos in China's education. Subsequently, the slanted mouth, squint, tongue sticking out, tattoos of characters in the textbooks, teaching aids, and children's books for primary school students, and even the hidden pornography, obscene and perverted plots in the illustrations were also revealed, triggering a strong backlash of public opinion. The Ministry of Education of the Communist Party of China ordered the withdrawal of textbooks and a comprehensive investigation under the pressure of public opinion.

News (6) to (7) / Reporter : Liu Minghuan / Editor: Fan Ming / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/05/31/a103442809.html

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The PEP version of the math textbook illustration leads to controversy, and the interest chain behind it is exposed

Image : The People's Education Publishing House, a unit directly under the Ministry of Education of the Communist Party of China, has been frequently searched recently due to the chaos of textbook illustrations. Schematic. (webpage Screenshot)

A few days ago, it was revealed that the illustrations of the Chinese version of mathematics textbooks were full of ugly, pornographic and other content, causing online controversy. This matter once rushed to the Internet hot search. The chain of interests behind it was also disclosed.

According to comprehensive media reports, recently, the issue of illustrations on the "Chinese version of mathematics textbooks" has sparked online discussions. In the elementary school mathematics textbooks published by the People's Education Publishing House, some of the illustrations and the characters in the illustrations have crooked mouths, squinted eyes, stick out their tongues, and some are full of pornography.

Many netizens said they were ugly, suspected of pornography, and had problems with orientation. It can be said that each of these problems is more serious than the other.

Some netizens also said that the children in the illustrations have small eyes, no spirit, and wide eye distance, which will make people associate them with children with "Down syndrome".

The Ministry of Education of the Communist Party of China reported on May 30 that the Ministry of Education has set up an investigation team to investigate the problems with the illustrations of the PEP version of elementary school mathematics textbooks recently reported by the society. People will be seriously held accountable and dealt with severely in accordance with laws and regulations, and will never be tolerated. The results of the investigation will be announced to the public in a timely manner.

The news also said that the Ministry of Education has deployed to carry out a comprehensive investigation of teaching materials for universities, middle and primary schools across the country, and found problems to be rectified immediately, and those responsible for violations of disciplines and regulations will be severely dealt with in accordance with relevant regulations.

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CCP textbooks make students hate learning and shake a generation's fundamentals

In this regard, netizens have expressed, "Now it is not the problem of illustrations, but the problem of changing textbooks randomly, which makes students hate learning and shakes the fundamentals. This is more serious."

"This is a crime, not a violation of laws and disciplines!"

"To put it badly, the textbook has been used for ten years, and it has poisoned an entire generation."

"It's been discovered long ago, but it's just not exposed."

"Whether they have constituted the crime of knowingly selling and disseminating obscene materials and whether they can be prosecuted."

It is reported that this time the controversial Pedagogical version of primary school mathematics textbook illustrations is the 11th set of primary and secondary school textbooks of the Pedagogical version. The supplementary page of the textbook shows that the layout and illustrations are from Beijing Wu Yong Design Studio. It was first printed in June 2014, and it has been in circulation for nearly 8 years.

However, according to a judgment published by the China Judgment Documents Network on 1 April, the Beijing Internet Court found that there was no actual unit "Beijing Wu Yong Design Studio".

The parties to this judgment are the disputes between a company in Xiamen and the People's Education Society, which has nothing to do with Wu Yong. However, in the judgment, it is revealed that the People's Education Society and Beijing Wu Yong Design Studio have a cooperative relationship.

The People's Education Society was established on 1 December 1950, directly under the Ministry of Education of the Communist Party of China, under the dual leadership of the Ministry of Education and the State Press and Publication Administration. At present, the People's Education Society is the strongest independent publishing house in China.

According to the official website, the products of the People's Education Society cover six major sectors, including textbooks, teaching aids, books, periodicals, electronic audio and video, and digital products. Among them, the two types of teaching materials and teaching supplements basically cover the needs of a student at every stage from kindergarten to university graduation, from compulsory textbooks to elective textbooks, from synchronous practice to extracurricular literacy reading.


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REVEALED: Fauci's $10m monkeypox grant

Reporter : Natalie Winters, The National Pulse

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Anthony Fauci’s National Institutes of Health agency was funding research to identify treatments for monkeypox shortly before the virus began spreading in a global outbreak.

Fauci’s agency, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has previously come under scrutiny for funding bat coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which many public health experts and intelligence officials believe to be the source of COVID-19.

 

NIAID has also funded research into potential cures for monkeypox, shortly before the viral disease began spreading in a global outbreak. The curious timing of the NIAID grant comes amidst pharmaceutical giants including Pfizer and Johson & Johnson making record-level profits due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

The grant supports a “randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the safety and efficacy of tecovirimat for the treatment of patients with monkeypox virus disease.”

 

“The funding supports a clinical trial to identify effective treatments for monkeypox virus disease,” explains a summary of the research, which, despite beginning in September 2020, has not generated any publicly available studies, papers, or patents.

 

“The similarity between monkeypox and the variola virus, coupled with concerns about the potential of the variola virus as a potential bioterrorism agent, have placed monkeypox treatments at the forefront of public health and scientific research agendas in many countries,” adds the grant summary.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant database shows that $9,824,009 was sent to Leidos Biomedical Research, which partners with the NIH’s National Cancer Institute (NCI) to operate Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, in 2021.

The grant, which is set to conclude on September 27th, 2025, was distributed to Lori Dodd, who serves as a Mathematical Statistician in the  Biostatistics Research Branch of the NIAID.

Dodd was previously exposed for her involvement in the NIAID’s efforts to cover up the agency reportedly altering the endpoint in a trial testing the effects of remdesivir against COVID-19 to make it look more effective.

The grant follows The National Pulse unearthing the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s recent research assembling strains of the monkeypox virus to be able to conduct PCR tests.

See also: https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/05/22/wuhan-assembled-monkeypox-strains/https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-media-and-influencers-blame-us-for-spread-of-monkeypox_4498682.html

News (9) to (20) / Report by : Zhou Xiaohui / Editor : Li Mingxin / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/05/30/a103442420.html

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The disease control response is perfunctory in suspected leukemia due to vaccines

Image : Before the Two Sessions, parents of children who were victims of vaccines in mainland China jointly signed, strongly calling on the CCP to establish a vaccine risk compensation fund through legislation by the National People's Congress. (provided by parents)


A few days ago, an "Open Letter to the Group Suspected of Vaccinated Leukemia" was widely circulated on mainland social media, but it was quickly blocked. This is an open letter published on the Internet in early May. The poster is a group of leukemia patients from more than 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country, ranging in age from 3 to 70 years old, working in different industries. They stated in the letter that they developed leukemia after being vaccinated against the CCP covi vaccine (the CCP virus vaccine), so they suspected that it was related to the vaccine, so they asked the CCP authorities to conduct a thorough investigation and give them an explanation.

The open letter revealed the following important information: 

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Develop symptoms quickly after CCP covi vaccination and diagnosed with acute leukemia

1. After being vaccinated, they all developed symptoms such as fever, night sweats, cough, headache, vomiting, fatigue, diarrhea, and difficulty breathing. After being checked by the hospital, they were diagnosed with acute leukemia. Most people develop symptoms within a few days of getting two shots.

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The covi vaccine manufacturers they are fighting against

Second, the vaccine manufacturers they fight are mainly Sinovac but they also include Beijing Bio, Wuhan Bio, Zhifei Bio, and Changchun Bio.

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No family history of genetic disease before vaccination

3. They believe that before the vaccination, they were in good health, had no family history of genetic disease, did not engage in radioactive work, and there was no pollution source around, and many people had undergone physical examinations and blood tests before vaccination, and all physical indicators were good. However, after vaccination, they were diagnosed with leukemia.

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Suffering from severe illness and poor treatment effect, the coupling phenomenon of related diseases

4. Many of them suffer from malignant tumor anemia, thrombocytopenia, lymphadenopathy and other diseases. In addition to facing millions of medical expenses, most of them suffer from severe illness and poor treatment effect.  What annoys them the most is that the identification results issued by disease control experts from all over the world all point to the coupling phenomenon of related diseases.

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More than 10,000 vaccinators in CCP China affected

5. So far, the number of victims should be more than 10,000, and similar cases in major hospitals are still increasing sharply. To this end, they once went to all levels of government and even Beijing to petition together, but they were ignored, and some local governments even treated them violently.

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Leukemia may be adverse event of covi vaccination

6. They suspect that leukemia is related to vaccination, and because the CCP media has exposed similar cases abroad, such as cases in the United States, Canada and other places; such as the report of "Former President Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea died and suffered from leukemia after being vaccinated against Pfizer during his lifetime" ; CCTV-2 also reported last year "Many cases of suspected leukemia after vaccination in Korea". In addition, some scholars' papers also mentioned that vaccines cause leukemia and so on. According to the explanation of the foreign cases by the Chinese authorities earlier, "the spike protein in the covi vaccine will stimulate the blood, secrete acute myeloid cells, and form acute lymphoblastic leukemia."

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National Health Commission urges attention on patients suffering from leukemia after covi vaccination

7. In March this year, the National Health Commission issued a document to the local government, requesting to pay attention to the recent key trends of some people who have privately reported that they have suffered from leukemia after being vaccinated against the new crown vaccine, saying that they are "possible to organize collective activities in the next step." They asked reporters and lawyers for help. The reporter said that the side effects of the vaccine could not be reported, and the lawyer also said that the lawsuit involving the epidemic did not dare to represent it.

Finally, they put forward a request: Hope that Sinovac, which earns 90 billion a year, will provide a humanitarian aid fund of 10 billion to treat people with leukemia.

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Leukemia cover-up a serious issue in CCP China

Judging from the information disclosed in the open letter, the CCP authorities have long been aware of the issue of vaccine side effects, and internally ordered the media not to report, lawyers not to represent lawsuits, and the police to pay close attention to trends, etc. In fact, the author noticed last year that many cases of leukemia and other diseases caused by vaccination in mainland China were exposed on the Internet but they were all deleted, and there was no way for patients to ask for help.

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Many people get acute leukemia because of vaccines inactivated with formaldehyde, other adverse events to note

There is a Weibo on the Internet that has collected some "accidents after domestic vaccine injection" exposed on Weibo, the second of which stated that the reason why many people get acute leukemia is because some vaccines are inactivated with formaldehyde. Other cases of exposure after vaccination showed side effects as follows: vitiligo, sudden deafness, menstrual changes, cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction, cerebral thrombosis, stable diabetes, nephropathy, acute renal failure, urticaria, convulsions, fainting, coma, sudden death, etc.

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The number of leukemia patients has increased

Today, with the gradual emergence of vaccine side effects in countries around the world, including China, and the increase in the number of leukemia patients, whether the covi vaccine is related to leukemia has become an unavoidable issue for the CCP authorities.

Perhaps due to the fermentation of the open letter, the authorities, which have been avoiding the issue and suppressing patients, finally began to respond at a press conference on 27 May 2022. The CDC sent Wang Huaqing, chief expert on immunization planning, to answer. After reading his answer, the author feels that it is perfunctory and deceitful, and the CCP authorities will never admit their sins.

Wang Huaqing said that abnormal reactions to vaccines cannot be generalized. Whether they are related to vaccination or not, relevant judgments need to follow standardized procedures and have a basis. If there is any doubt, it should be reported to the inoculation unit, which will form a multi-disciplinary expert group to collect relevant information, analyze and judge based on the content of the investigation.

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Six aspects to consider when judging adverse reactions

He said that six aspects need to be considered in judging adverse reactions, that is, the relationship in time; biological rationality, for example, live attenuated vaccines are generally not vaccinated for people with immunodeficiency; the strength of the association; the occurrence of abnormal reactions itself as results of vaccination, such as higher doses of vaccines are more likely to cause fever; consistency in the association, i.e. whether those vaccinated people develop similar symptoms and illnesses, and whether symptoms are higher than baseline; specificity of the association , that is, whether the vaccine is the only factor.

Wang Huaqing also suggested that if you feel unwell after vaccination, especially if the symptoms are severe, you should seek medical attention in time. If you suspect that it is related to the vaccine, there will be corresponding personnel to carry out the above investigation.

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Multi-disciplinary expert group required to research on and investigate the link between leukemia and vaccination

Answers that seem to be professional, considerate, and neither affirm nor deny the connection are telling these patients that it is not easy at all to prove a connection between vaccination and leukemia. Just look at the so-called process he said, which vaccination unit will take the initiative to form a multi-disciplinary expert group to collect relevant information, conduct serious investigations, and study and judge the six aspects of adverse reactions that he said? Which unit would be foolish enough to pay for possible future compensation instead of shirk its responsibility? Who can guarantee that the expert group composed of vaccination units is objective, true and fair?

In other words, without the investigation of independent agencies and independent experts, without media intervention, and public supervision, it is impossible for the truth to exist, and it is impossible to restore the truth. Especially under the CCP’s authoritarian system, when the interests of vaccine companies are related to the CCP’s health department and powerful groups, the truth is even less likely to be restored. This also means that patients who cannot prove that the two are related can only eat Huanglian dumbly, because the CCP authorities are not responsible, the pharmaceutical company is not responsible, and it is themselves who are responsible. If you want compensation, there is no door, and in the end, you can only bear the consequences yourself.

While Wang Huaqing responded publicly, some ignorant experts also wrote articles to create public opinion, saying that "there is no evidence" that the covi vaccine will cause leukemia, and the two are "not related".

However, the victim group does not seem to really understand Wang Huaqing's subtext and the CCP's true intentions. After its representative, the CDC responded, on 29 May 2022, the victim group issued a second open letter, expressing "gratification" for the first public response from the authorities, facing the existence of this blood disease group for the first time, and once again trying to use the first public response. The situation described in a letter proves that vaccination and leukemia are directly related, "this is not a coupling that can be said in the past", "at least in terms of time, correlation strength, correlation consistency, correlation characteristics, etc. , our leukemia is highly associated with vaccination." They also spontaneously counted thousands of cases.

Not only that, but they also disclosed a more terrifying situation: the hospital's hematology department was overcrowded, and the number of leukemia patients in the inpatient department soared, and many of the patients were children. On Weibo, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, as well as Qingsongchou, Shuidichou and other platforms, a large number of leukemia patients have asked for help or complained about their encounters.

Their last open letter was attacked by hackers dozens of times, deleted and repaired repeatedly. The open letter circulated on Weibo only appeared on the hot search for one day before being blocked but there are thousands of comments in just one day. Soon after they send out an open letter on Weibo, they will receive many private messages or messages from netizens about similar cases of themselves or those around them, but unfortunately, most of the posts are quickly deleted by the CCP authorities.

They revealed that after the diagnosis, they had applied to the local CDC for identification, and experts from the CDCs had issued a number of identification results. All conclusions were without exception: it was not an abnormal vaccination, but a coupled disease. These conclusions, whether in Beijing or local county towns, are all coupled, without exception, this conclusion.

They know that this is because vaccination is a national policy, so local expert groups do not dare to draw conclusions about the abnormality or side effects of vaccination. Those who oppose it as an object of stability maintenance, also hope that the "coupling" conclusion will be peaceful.

Now, China CDC has made a statement at the national level, which seems to give them hope. However, if they understand the dirty interest exchange behind this, and understand Wang Huaqing's subtext, they will understand that as long as the CCP exists for a day, it will not admit that the two are related, let alone admit that the vaccine policy is wrong.

Moreover, the Chinese authorities have long told people that vaccination is "voluntary". Since it is voluntary, if something goes wrong, who will be responsible for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the local governments? As for the pharmaceutical company, it was exempted from its own responsibility early on, on the grounds that it was authorized by the government to produce and use it in an emergency, and they were not responsible for any problems.

The Chinese who have become the CCP time and time again, it is very difficult to seek justice from the evil CCP, and the road is long and long, and how many leukemia patients can afford to wait?

This news article represents the views and statements of the writer only.

News (21) to (26) / Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor: Fan Ming / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/05/31/a103442714.html

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Shanghai's "forced lockdown of the city" changed to "forced unblocking" Li Qiang's speech attracted attention

Image : On 19 October 2017, Li Qiang attended the meeting at the Great Hall in Beijing. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)



Due to the dual pressures of the economy and public opinion, Shanghai announced that the lockdown will be lifted from 1 June, and Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Li Qiang ordered a full return to normal, and the control and restrictions "cannot be increased layer by layer". The Shanghai authorities also emphasized that "neighborhood committees" should not restrict residents' access, highlighting that the "unblocking order" was hindered at the grassroots level. Shanghai has changed from a forced "closure" to a forced "unblocking", which has attracted public attention.

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Li Qiang: Shanghai must fully return to normal

On 30 May, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and the Shanghai Municipal Government held a work conference on coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and connected to all administrative districts, streets and towns in the city by video.

Li Qiang, secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, said at the meeting that the so-called "Great Shanghai Defense War" has achieved phased results, and Shanghai's epidemic prevention is shifting to a "normalized prevention and control stage." track.

Li Qiang said that it is necessary to speed up the resumption of work, production, business, and market, so as to "recover as much as possible" and "release as much as possible", and we cannot increase the number of layers.

Li Qiang's speech is considered to be a sign that Shanghai has shifted from a forced "closed city" to a forced "unblocked".

Looking back on the closure of the city, Shanghai officials announced on 27 March that with the Huangpu River as the boundary, the two districts of Pudong and Puxi will be closed. However, under pressure from Beijing, Shanghai was forced to change from "precise prevention and control" to "dynamic clearing", and began to completely lock down the city. So far, the city has been closed for two months, and some areas have been closed for more than 70 days.

The closure of Shanghai has caused various chaos, such as insufficient material supply, skyrocketing prices, and inability of patients to seek medical treatment. Today, Li Qiang has ordered Shanghai to return to normal, which is considered to be under the dual pressure of the economy and public opinion.


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Shanghai announces unblocking, neighborhood committee continues blocking and controlling

On the day of Li Qiang's speech, the Shanghai government issued a notice that the city's lockdown will be lifted from 1 June 2022, requiring an "orderly restoration" of access to residential quarters, public transport operations and motor vehicle traffic.

In addition, the notice also emphasized that residents' committees in non-risk areas should not "restrict" residents' access for any reason, which caused heated public debate.

Since the closure of the city in Shanghai, the issue of "overweight" control by neighborhood committees has been frequently exposed. Netizens said: "Now Shanghai people know that the Shanghai neighborhood committee has the most power. Whether it can go out tomorrow depends on the neighborhood committee." Maybe they won't open the door." "It's weird, so it's the neighborhood committee who told you not to go out, didn't you always obey the arrangement of your superiors?"

Some netizens disclosed on Weibo that on the day Shanghai announced the unblocking, several community neighborhood committees immediately issued notices to upgrade the community to a control area and continue to restrict residents' travel.

The netizen mocked, "After discussions with the neighborhood committee overnight, it was decided to upgrade the prevention area, and it is reasonable and legal not to perform the work of the municipal government. Wonderful."

Some netizens ridiculed, "The famous sentence of the neighborhood committee today: 'The mayor said that the lockdown has been lifted, then let the mayor pick you up.'"

Seeing the chaos that Shanghai has experienced, many netizens questioned whether Shanghai could really lift the lockdown: "Can the people of Shanghai really come and go freely from 1 June? Don't you have to look at other people's faces? I saw that Shanghai Radio and Television issued an article saying that Shanghai has long issued an announcement requesting resumption of work and production, but as of now, none of the more than 100 small and medium-sized enterprises in a park has resumed work and production.”

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Analysis: Shanghai officials play "soft resistance" against Zhongnanhai

In April, at the beginning of Shanghai's closure, Li Qiang once shouted to Shanghai officials through the "Liberation Daily", the official newspaper of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee: "Don't "lay flat" in epidemic prevention work. Party media have also published articles, pointing out the passive resistance and inaction of officials at all levels in Shanghai to the central government's policy of closing the city and clearing the city.

Now that Shanghai is about to lift the blockade, Li Qiang and the Shanghai government have shouted to grass-roots officials that the management and control "cannot be increased at every level" and that residents cannot be restricted from entering and leaving, which shows that the Shanghai officialdom is chaotic and different.

Current affairs commentator Zhou Xiaohui once said that the Jiang faction has been entrenched in Shanghai for many years, and the horses are all over various government agencies, financial and economic systems. In the context of the ongoing game between Xi and Jiang, they are happy to see jokes about Zhongnanhai, and they will block Beijing through their own inaction or chaotic behavior.

Epoch Times columnist Yue Shan once quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Jiang sent Han Zheng, a member of the Standing Committee, to control the officialdom in Shanghai. These officials laughed at Li Qiang behind their backs and played soft resistance.

The Financial Times quoted Alex Payette, chief executive of Cercius Group, a consulting firm specializing in China issues, as saying on 8 May, "More and more voices are emerging in Shanghai and within the party. Han Zheng's voice was particularly loud, asking Xi Jinping to force Li Qiang to step down."

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British media broke the news: Putin may have died of illness, and the recent public appearance is suspected to be a stand-in
   
Reporter : Chen Chengliang / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/3943007 / Image : Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of being pale and puffy in front of the camera recently, possibly related to steroid treatment, and later rumors that he has blood cancer. (European News Agency, synthesized by this newspaper)



Since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in February, it has been frequently reported that his health has deteriorated. A few days ago, a Russian oligarch broke the news that Putin's "blood cancer" made him seriously ill, and the private audio files that were stolen for 11 minutes were leaked. Now there is a shock in the British media. Putin may have passed away, and the most recent public appearances may be doubles!

According to the Mirror, citing sources from the British foreign intelligence agency MI6, Putin has been seriously ill recently, but his death may be covered up, and his cronies will have to keep the news of the death secret from the world. weeks or even months.

One source said Putin's recent media appearances were likely pre-recorded, while speculating that his appearance at Moscow's Victory Day military parade earlier this month could be a stand-in, as Kremlin cronies would be keen to cover up news of his death in an attempt to stay in power.

"The real fear for Putin cronies is that once his death is announced, there may be a coup in the Kremlin and Russian generals will want to withdraw their troops from Ukraine," the source said.

In March, an official from the "Five eyes intelligence alliance" composed of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries quoted sources as saying that Putin may be receiving treatment for cancer or Parkinson's disease, leading to Psychological and behavioral patterns undergo dramatic changes, leading to the decision to go to war.

Rumours that Putin's health has deteriorated in recent months and his face appear bloated have observers questioning whether the 69-year-old may have a blood cancer.



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Russia's army could collapse anytime

Russia's army could collapse amid huge losses of more than 30,000 troops in Ukraine, according to a confidential UK report that emerged on Monday.

While Moscow's latest estimated troop losses make grim reading for President Vladimir Putin, the report claims he sees them as a 'price worth paying' for victory.

However, the new report - a secretive analysis of Putin's brutal invasion seen by The Mirror - claims that the losses could be too great for his soldiers, amid other reports that Russian morale is low.

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30,350 Russian soldiers killed

Latest estimates from the Ukraine's Armed Forces suggest as many as 30,350 Russian soldiers have been killed since the invasion was launched on 24 February, which came after more than 100,000 of the Kremlin's troops massed on the border.

In addition, several thousand Russian military vehicles - including tanks, aircraft and mobile artillery units - have been destroyed in Putin's so-called 'special military operation' that has dragged into its fourth month.

In the latest example of heavy Russian losses, it was reported on Monday that a Ukrainian paratrooper regiment destroyed a Russian regiment.

Former Ukrainian journalist and editor, and a Ukraine Army veteran, Viktor Kovalenko claimed, 'The Ukrainian 80th Paratrooper-Storm Brigade confirms that they annihilated a unit of the Russian 104 Paratrooper-Storm Regiment (76th Division).'

He said around 20 Ukrainian servicemen were killed and their armour destroyed in the attack. The location of the assault was not reported.

According to The Mirror, the new report suggests Kremlin officials have tried and failed to persuade Putin that his invasion has been a disaster, and that he believes he can still achieve a partial victory in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine.

A victory in the region would give Russia leverage over Kyiv, the report says, while defeat would likely result in Putin being ousted as president.

Meanwhile, Russian troops pushed farther into a key eastern Ukrainian city and fought street by street with Kyiv's forces Monday in a battle the mayor said has left the city "completely ruined" and driven tens of thousands from their homes.

On Monday, military analysts painted the battle as part of a race against time for the Kremlin, which they said wants to complete its capture of the industrial Donbas region before more Western arms arrive to bolster Ukraine's defences.

According to The Mirror, the confidential report says: 'Russia's attempt to achieve a speedy and decisive victory in the Donbas has not yet succeeded. They are still grinding forward, gaining 1-2km a day.

"The Russians are now achieving what successes they have mostly by means of a slogging match with repeated, very costly, infantry attacks reminiscent of 1945 not 2022."

It goes on to say that so far, Putin has been able to mostly hide the 'gross failures' of the invasion from the Russian public, or blame them on other Kremlin officials.

"The Russian population until recently bought Putin's disinformation. We have seen an attempt within the Kremlin to get a message across to Putin and his closest team that things are going wrong, perhaps even catastrophically wrong," it adds. 

On the report, British Russia commentator Bruce Jones told The Mirror that there will eventually come a point where Putin's forces can no longer sustain any more losses.

"This would be a straw that broke the camel's moment, where units would no longer be able to function as a fighting force because they are so depleted," he said. 

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War to take control of Sievierodonetsk

In recent days, the fighting has focused on Sievierodonetsk in a battle Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called "'indescribably difficult."

The Ukrainian military said Russian forces reinforced their positions on the northeastern and southeastern outskirts of Sievierodonetsk, 90 miles south of the Russian border in an area that is the last pocket of Ukrainian government control in Luhansk province. 

Relentless Russian artillery barrages on the city have destroyed critical infrastructure and damaged 90 percent of the buildings, and power and communications have been largely cut to a city that was once home to 100,000 people.

Luhansk Gov. Serhiy Haidai said the Russians were also pushing toward nearby Lysychansk. He said two civilians were killed and another five were wounded in the latest Russian shelling. 

Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk sit on either side of the strategically important Siverskiy Donetsk River - and the Russian advance on the cities is part of an all-out push - executed without regard for personnel and equipment losses, said Ukrainian military analyst Oleh Zhdanov.

"'There is an impression that Russia has set the goal to seize Donbas at any cost," said Zhdanov.

"The Kremlin has reckoned that it can't afford to waste time and should use the last chance to extend the separatist-controlled territory because the arrival of Western weapons in Ukraine could make it impossible."

But in a potential setback for Ukraine, President Joe Biden appeared to dismiss reports that the U.S. was considering sending long-range rocket systems to the country. 

On Monday, Biden told reporters that there are no plans for the U.S. to send long-range rocket systems to Ukraine, amid reports that the move is being considered.

Weapons from the West have already helped Kyiv's forces thwart a Russian advance on the capital in the early weeks of the war. 

That failure forced Moscow to withdraw, regroup, and pursue a more limited objective of seizing the Donbas, where Moscow-backed separatists already held swaths of territory and have been fighting Ukrainian troops for eight years. 

The Ukrainians hope they can hold the Russians off long enough for them to run out of steam - or for more Western weapons to arrive. 

Ukrainian officials have warned of the dire cost if more help does not arrive soon.

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Slow pace of the war, Russian troops are making up for difficulties faced by its forces in Ukraine

"The number of victims is rising every hour, but we are unable to count the dead and the wounded amid the street fighting," Mayor Oleksandr Striuk told The Associated Press in a phone interview, adding that Moscow's troops advanced a few more blocks toward the city center.

"The city has been completely ruined," he added, and only about 12,000 to 13,000 residents remain, sheltering in basements and bunkers to escape the Russian bombardment - a situation that recalls the siege of Mariupol that trapped residents and led to some of the worst suffering of the war.

While tens of thousands are believed to have died in Mariupol, Striuk estimated that 1,500 civilians have died in his city since the war began, from Russian attacks as well as from the dire conditions, including a lack of medicine or medical treatment.

A 32-year-old French journalist, Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, died Monday near Sievierodonetsk when he was hit by shrapnel from shelling while covering Ukrainians evacuating the area, according to his employer, French broadcaster BFM TV. 

Mykola Sunhurovskyi, a military expert at the Kyiv-based Razumkov Center think tank, said weapons are taking a long time to arrive - given the Russians an opening to take advantage of the slow delivery  and make up for difficulties its forces had earlier in the war.

"Russia clearly has been trying to take revenge for its past failures in Ukraine and achieve at least some of its goals," Sunhurovskyi said. 

Russian pressure also continued in the south on Monday. Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said an artillery strike on a shipyard in the southern port of Mykolaiv destroyed Ukrainian armoured vehicles parked there.

In the Kherson region, the Russia-installed deputy head of the regional administration, Kirill Stremousov, told Russia's Tass state news agency that grain from last year's harvest is being delivered to Russian buyers, adding that 'obviously there is a lot of grain here.' 

Ukraine has accused Russia of looting grain from territories its forces hold, and the U.S. has alleged Moscow is jeopardizing global food supplies by preventing Ukraine from exporting its harvest.

Beyond long sieges of cities, Russia's troops have also been accused of carrying out targeted killings and other atrocities in areas they briefly held around Kyiv early in the war.

On Monday, prosecutors submitted the first rape case of the war to a court - the last step before a trial begins. A 31-year-old Russian soldier is accused of killing a man and raping his wife in Bohdanivka, a village northeast of Kyiv, officials said. The soldier's whereabouts aren't known and he will be tried in absentia, prosecutors said.

Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia´s Security Council, said that was a "reasonable" decision. He said that "otherwise, if our cities come under attack, the Russian armed forces would fulfill their threat and strike the centers where such criminal decisions are made."

Medvedev added that "some of them aren't in Kyiv."

Russian pressure also continued in the south on Monday. Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said an artillery strike on a shipyard in the southern port of Mykolaiv destroyed Ukrainian armored vehicles parked there.

In the Kherson region, the Russia-installed deputy head of the regional administration, Kirill Stremousov, told Russia´s Tass state news agency that grain from last year´s harvest is being delivered to Russian buyers, adding that 'obviously there is a lot of grain here.' 

Ukraine has accused Russia of looting grain from territories its forces hold, and the U.S. has alleged Moscow is jeopardizing global food supplies by preventing Ukraine from exporting its harvest.

Russia, meanwhile, has pressed the West to lift sanctions against it as it seeks to shift the blame for the growing food crisis - which has led to skyrocketing prices in Africa.

Zelenskyy urged France not to succumb to such 'blackmail' as the Ukrainian president met Monday with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna.

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EU leaders struggled to agree on oil embargo on Russia

Meanwhile, European Union leaders struggled on Monday to agree to impose an oil embargo on Russia, as Ukraine's president urged them to set aside their differences and endorse a long-delayed package of sanctions aimed at piling more economic pressure on Moscow to halt the war.

The EU has already imposed five rounds of sanctions on Russia over its war. 

It's targeted more than 1,000 people, including Putin and top government officials, as well as pro-Kremlin oligarchs, banks, the coal sector and more.

But a sixth package of measures, announced on 4 May, has been held up by concerns over oil supplies. The EU gets about 40% of its natural gas and 25% of its oil from Russia, and the divisions are embarrassing the 27-nation trading bloc and exposing the limits of its ambitions.

Addressing the EU leaders Monday by video-link in a 10-minute message, Zelensky urged them to end "internal arguments that only prompt Russia to put more and more pressure on the whole of Europe."

He said the sanctions package must 'be agreed on, it needs to be effective, including (on) oil,' so that Moscow "feels the price for what it is doing against Ukraine" and the rest of Europe. 

Only then, Zelensky said, will Russia be forced to "start seeking peace."

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