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News (1) to (2) / Reporters : Wills Robinson etal., Daily Mail / https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11135837/Trump-files-lawsuit-against-FBI-Mar-Lago-raid.html
News (1)
Trump sues the federal government over Mar-a-Lago raid
Donald Trump has sued the federal government and asked for a special master to determine what materials seized from Mar-a-Lago can be used in the investigation into him.
The former president filed the lawsuit in the US District Court in the Southern District of Florida on Monday afternoon saying his Fourth Amendment rights had been violated by the seizure of certain documents, including two of his passports.
It comes a magistrate in Florida prepares to decide whether to unseal the search affidavit that led to the raid two weeks ago.
"Politics cannot be allowed to impact the administration of justice. President Donald Trump is the clear frontrunner in the 2024 Republican Presidential Primary and in the 2024 General Election, should he decide to run", the lawsuit reads.
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The FBI raid is "shockingly aggressive"
It adds that the raid on Mar-a-Lago was "shockingly aggressive" and the move showed "no understanding of the distress that it would cause most Americans."
"Like all citizens, (Trump) is protected by the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Property seized in violation of his constitutional rights musty be returned forthwith".
The lawsuit pivots between constitutional arguments about rights to protection from unreasonable search and seizure to some of Trump's long-held grievances.
"The Government has long treated President Donald J. Trump Unfairly," reads one subject heading in the lawsuit.
It says the DOJ and FBI have treated Trump "differently than any other citizen."
"Two years of noisy 'Russian collusion' investigations led to a Special Counsel's finding of biased FBI agents and officials," the suit says.
It says "text exchanges between the lead agent (Peter Stzrok) and his paramour (Lisa Page) reflect their complete disdain and bias against President Trump and his supporters, while they were entrusted with probing the farcical Russian collusion claims."
That is a reference to the FBI "lovers," lawyers who worked on the probe who were found to have exchanged anti-Trump tweets.
A background preface leading up the extraordinary raid describes the move by Trump and former first lady Melania Trump to Mar-a-Lago after the 2020 election.
On 20 January 2021 President Trump and his family left the White House. They moved back to their home at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. Mar-a-Lago is a historical mansion with 58 bedrooms and 33 bathrooms on 17 acres of land extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Intracoastal Waterway, hence the name, which means sea-to-lake, says the suit, incorporating language that could be found in a glossy real estate brochure.
The suit describes a June 3 visit by DOJ official Jay Bratt, which came amid back-and-forth about government materials held at Mar-a-Lago.
At one point, Bratt and a group of officials, led by two Secret Service agents, visited a storage room where archival documents were held.
"The storage room contained boxes, many containing the clothing and personal items of President Trump and the first lady," the suit notes.
To make the case that the government's search violated Trump's constitutional rights, the suit talks up his ongoing role in American politics – and even cites multiple opinion polls.
"President Donald J. Trump is the clear frontrunner in the 2024 Republican Presidential Primary and in the 2024 General Election, should he decide to run," it says on its first page.
Trump holds a narrow 3 percentage point lead over Joe Biden in the RealClear Politics polling average, a gap within the error margin of many surveys.
"Beyond that, his endorsement in the 2022 mid-term elections has been decisive for Republican candidates," it says, talking up Trump's influence as the former president does on his Truth Social network.
It says after Trump and his family "settled back into their home,'"Trump "voluntarily asked [the National Archives] movers to come to Mar-a-Lago to receive 15 boxes of documents."
The suit also puts forward the possibility that Trump will argue in the court that the retrieved documents – including some at the top government classification levels - had been declassified by him.
"President Trump determined that a search for documents bearing classification markings should be conducted – even if the marked documents had been declassified," it says. The suit says his staff conducted a "diligent search."
Trump also addressed the suit in a statement from his Save America PAC.
He called it an "unnecessary, unwarranted, and unAmerican Break-In by dozens of FBI agents, and others, of my home, Mar-a-Lago."
'They demanded that the security cameras be turned off, a request we rightfully denied. They prevented my attorneys from observing what was being taken in the raid, saying “absolutely not.” They took documents covered by attorney-client and executive privilege, which is not allowed. They took my passports. They even brought a “safe cracker” and successfully broke into my personal safe, which revealed…nothing!' Trump wrote.
"We are further demanding that the DOJ be forced to turn over a REAL, without 'plants,' inventory of my property that was taken and disclose where that property is now located. We are demanding that all items wrongfully taken from my home be IMMEDIATELY returned," he continued, returning to his accusation, without providing evidence, that FBI agents planted material during the search.
News (3) to (4) / Editor : Qiu Lilong / https://news.tvbs.com.tw/world/1884414
News (3)
It is said that Putin's health has deteriorated rapidly, and he is almost unable to preside over the meeting "frequently using doubles"
Editor : Qiu Lilong / https://news.tvbs.com.tw/world/1884414 / Image : Russian President Vladimir Putin's health has been reported to have "deteriorated sharply" and he is almost unable to preside over the meeting. (Photo/Dazhi Image Associated Press)
Rumours that Russian President Vladimir Putin's health has turned red have been rampant since Russia launched a war and invaded Ukraine. Recently, the "General SVR" account, which often exposes Moscow authorities' insiders, has even released news that Putin's health is "deteriorating rapidly", and he is almost unable to host meetings and large-scale events. He has been using doubles recently, and may even "return" some of the occupied Ukrainian territory to the Zelensky government in the future.
The British "Sun" reported that "General SVR" often publishes inside information about the Kremlin, which is the object of the Russian government's desire to "silence". His health has "deteriorated rapidly", and he has even had to use a stand-in in the near future.
Statistics from the Ukrainian military show that after the war between Russia and Ukraine caused heavy casualties, more than 44,000 Russian soldiers were killed and at least 1,800 tanks were destroyed. It was undoubtedly a "humiliating and overwhelming" failure. Some top Russian military officials blamed Putin for the massive loss of manpower and military strength brought about by the war, believing that he "had no way" to solve the problems that occurred on the front line, and internal backlash might even be possibly threatening his presidency.
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Putin may return some territory to Ukraine, fears Russian rebellion
It is reported that when Putin met with defense and security officials recently, he discussed the possible future direction of the war with them; including "using nuclear weapons" and "opening up new battlefields in third countries", he did not rule out the invasion of northern Kazakhstan, where many Russians live in the region to deflect the defeat in the Ukrainian war. However, Putin also mentioned the possibility of returning "part" of the occupied Ukrainian territory to the Kyiv authorities, shocking and disappointing senior government officials around him.
In addition, the revelations also indicated that despite the shortage of soldiers in the Russian army, Putin still did not dare to "mobilize the whole people" because he was afraid of causing a "large-scale rebellion."
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It is rumored that Putin's stand-in "frequently appears" in the worst case. Officials shouted this sentence in a hurry
Editor: Chutian / Source : China Times / https://www.aboluowang.com/2022/0822/1792955.html
The war between Russia and Ukraine has been raging for nearly 6 months. General SVR, a community account dedicated to exposing the insider of the Kremlin, is still working non-stop. Russia is currently actively pursuing it. The intelligence pointed out that President Vladimir Putin's health is increasingly worrying, and he will soon be unable to attend large meetings in person. Watching the president vacillate about strategy, anxious officials are more blunt that "there is no better choice." ".
Daily Mail on 21 August 2022 quoted the information of the secret intelligence organization General SVR, saying that the sick Putin was vacillating about tactical command, although various possibilities were discussed internally, Putin was using nuclear weapons and facing the failure is a dilemma between the two. However, officials of the Federal Security Agency told the political strongman "there is no better choice"; the intelligence added that the Kremlin's direction for the campaign included full mobilization, the use of nuclear weapons, and a second front in a third country. In the end, he showed goodwill and returned the Black Sea port cities of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and the second largest city of Kharkiv to Ukraine.
The second front may be to invade northern Kazakhstan, which has some Russians, to spread the shame of defeat; as for the option of full mobilization, it has always been the last resort, fearing that it will trigger a large-scale mutiny.
The source pointed out that Putin was deeply involved in health doubts such as cancer and Parkinson's disease earlier, and the internal executives became more and more worried about him, saying that "soon he will not be able to participate in conferences and major events in person, and the utilization rate of avatars recently" particularly frequently'". It is speculated that in the future the Kremlin will use the surge in domestic covid cases as an excuse for the president's absence.
Apollo commentator Wang Duran said that the heads of intelligence systems in the United States and the United Kingdom have recently stated that Putin is in good health.
News (6) to (9) / Reporter : Fu Yao / Editor : Liu Mingxiang / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/08/22/a103508277.html
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"Putin's Brain" suspected as an assassination target, Moscow shaking?
This Wednesday (24 August) marks the 31st anniversary of Ukraine's celebration of independence from the Soviet Union and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine for half a year.
Last Saturday (20 August 2022) night, Darya Dugina, daughter of Russian ultranationalist theorist Alexander Dugin, who had a key influence on Putin, died unexpectedly outside Moscow.
At the time of the incident, a suspected explosive device exploded in the Toyota off-road vehicle Darya was driving. According to Russian media sources, the off-road vehicle belonged to her father, Dugin, who may have been targeted. The father and daughter attended a party outside Moscow that day. Dugin decided to take another car at the last minute, and Darya drove his father's car away first.
For Darya's accident, the Russian authorities launched a murder investigation, and on the 22nd accused Ukrainian intelligence agencies of planning the murder of Darya. Ukraine has denied this.
Darya, a journalist and political scientist herself, is on sanctions lists by the US and UK for her support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and her father, Dugin, is considered to have a huge influence on Putin and is "Putin's brain".
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Russia-Ukraine sensitive day is approaching, Zelensky issued a warning
The sensitive timing of the anniversary of Ukraine's separation from Soviet rule, coupled with the sensitive incident of Dalia's death, prompted Ukrainian Prime Minister Zelensky to issue a warning overnight on the 20th, saying that Moscow may "spread disappointment and fear" before the 24th , "trying to do something particularly vile and cruel".
Then on 20 August, the Russian army carried out a missile attack on the southern Ukrainian town of Voznesensk, not far from Ukraine's second largest nuclear facility. Earlier on 21 October, Russian artillery shells hit the southern Ukrainian city of Nikopol, not far from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. Now the outside world is also worried that Russia may also retaliate against the Dalia incident.
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Sound of explosion, Ukraine vows to end war in Crimea
In August 2022, there have been a series of bombings at Russian military installations and bases in Crimea.
On 9 August, an explosion occurred at the local Saki air base. The Ukrainian Air Force said nine Russian warplanes were destroyed, the base was severely damaged, and at least one person was killed but Russia has denied the losses. On the 16th, explosions occurred at a local ammunition depot and an airport. On the 18th, an explosion occurred near the local Belbek Air Force Base; on the same day, there was also an explosion near the Kerch Strait Bridge leading to Russia.
People in Crimea are now panicked, and a large number of Russians have fled.
A Ukrainian official told Western media that Ukraine was behind the explosions. Zelensky also said in a national address that the war "begins in Crimea and must end with Crimea - its liberation".
Crimea has always belonged to Russia in history but Crimea was assigned to Ukraine in the Soviet era. In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea Peninsula by armed forces, which was boycotted by the international community and sanctions.
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Ukraine's precise attack on Russia's military stronghold, the United States' secret weapons have made contributions
In this Russia-Ukraine war, a variety of weapons aided by the United States and Western countries have performed very well. Among them, the 20 sets of Haimas long-range precision rocket launchers assisted by the United States are known as "anti-Russian weapons". Some military observers believe that Haimas may change the balance of power between Ukraine and Russia.
News (10) to (11) / Reporter : Li Jing / Editor : Sun Yun / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/22/8/20/n13806811.htm
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Zhong Nanshan said that "no medicine can prevent covid" attracts attention
Image : Since the outbreak of the epidemic in Wuhan spread to the world, Zhong Nanshan once said Lianhua Qingwen (below) could prevent covid. (Researcher's Picture)
Image of Zhong Nanshan : Yu Gang / The Epoch Times
"So far, no drug has been proven to have a preventive effect on the novel coronavirus pneumonia (also known as covid, COVID-19, Covid-19, covid-19)." This is the Chinese Academy of Engineering's latest medical opinion published by academician Zhong Nanshan, that has attracted the attention of mainland media.
According to the "Yangcheng Evening News" report, on 20 August 2022, at the 18th International Conference on Collateral Disease and the 9th Conference on Vascular Diseases of Integrative Medicine, jointly hosted by the Chinese Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine and other units, Wu Yiling, and other academicians to make thematic academic reports in the academician forum.
At the conference, Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said, "Whether it is Western medicine research or traditional Chinese medicine research, the ultimate goal is to prove whether the drugs, techniques and methods are effective and safe. No matter what theory or theory is used to explain, the final test efficacy and safety.”
Academician Zhong pointed out, "So far, no drug has been proven to have a preventive effect on novel coronavirus pneumonia."
However, Zhong Nanshan praised Lianhua Qingwen developed by Academician Wu Yiling's team at this meeting. In addition, experts such as Xu Qingfeng, director of the Guangdong Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Professor Jia Zhenhua of Hebei Yiling Hospital, all affirmed the role of Lianhua Qingwen Capsules in the field of major diseases.
It is worth mentioning that Academician Zhong Nanshan is a "firm supporter" of Lianhua Qingwen. However, regarding the Shanghai authorities' distribution of Lianhua Qingwen Capsules to citizens during the epidemic in April this year, a famous Chinese scholar Rao Yi said in an article that during the epidemic period, counterfeit medicines are not allowed to take advantage of the situation, and it is not advisable to forcibly distribute uncertified traditional Chinese medicines.
Rao Yi, a professor at Peking University and a senior researcher at the Beijing Institute of Life Sciences, wrote on his blog on 17 April that if "Lianhua Qingwen" has never been strictly proven to be effective, then the forced delivery will harm the waiting for necessary supplies and medicines of the masses.
As early as 4 May 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China and the National Health Commission invited Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, to connect with overseas students via CCTV to explain the current epidemic.
Zhong Nanshan specially recommended Lianhua Qingwen to treat covid through CCTV. He said, "Lianhua Qingwen is suitable for more than 80% of ordinary patients. After the experiment, I have confidence and evidence that Lianhua Qingwen is really effective. ."
Because Zhong Nanshan “brought goods” for Lianhua Qingwen many times, some mainland media even dug up Guangzhou Medical University to set up the Nanshan-Yiling Lung Network Joint Research Center, believing that Zhong Nanshan was related to the interests of Yiling Pharmaceutical, but Zhong Nanshan denied this. .
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Zhong Nanshan supports "Lianhua Qingwen" and draws out the interest chain of many pharmaceutical companies
On 14 April 2020, the State Food and Drug Administration of the Communist Party of China approved the inclusion of the treatment of CCP virus into the drug indications of Lianhua Qingwen Granules and Capsules and Xuebijing Injection. The next day, Hongri Pharmaceutical, which produces Xuebijing Injection, opened at the daily limit, while the stock price of Yiling Pharmaceutical, which produced Lianhua Qingwen, quickly rose by the daily limit. Wu Yiling, the founder of Yiling Pharmaceutical, has also received widespread attention.
According to "Chinese Entrepreneur Magazine", during SARS in 2003, Wu Yiling led a team to develop Lianhua Qingwen Capsules, a traditional Chinese medicine against SARS. It has been recommended by the Chinese Communist Party's Health and Health Commission and other departments for 18 times.
A total of 7 billionaires were born in the Wu family. Among them, Wu Yiling was worth nearly 5 billion yuan at that time, surpassing Yuan Longping in one fell swoop, and was known as the "richest A-share academician".
Zhong Nanshan has repeatedly served as the platform for Lianhua Qingwen of Yiling Pharmaceutical, and he is said to be associated with the company.
In addition, the Xuebijing produced by Hongri Pharmaceutical recommended by Zhong Nanshan, its affiliated company, Tianjin Hongri Jiandakang Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. (Hongri Pharmaceutical holds 12.5%), is also related to Zhong Nanshan.
According to Tianyancha data, Zhong Nanshan is the director of Tianjin Hongri Jiandakang Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. "China Economic Weekly" quoted a report as saying that the company's new anti-tumor drug PTS and its derivative achievements industrialization project are the landing projects of Zhong Nanshan's team in Tianjin.
According to CCP media reports, querying the "Tianyancha" data, it can be found that Zhong Nanshan has 3 companies, one of which is Guangzhou Huyan Institute Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd., and Zhong Nanshan is the chairman of the board. Zhou Rong, the company's vice chairman, owns 34 companies, and Zhang Xiaolei, another vice chairman, owns 20 companies. All of the company's senior management collectively owns 90 companies.
After the outbreak of the epidemic in mainland China, Zhong Nanshan served as the leader of the high-level expert group of the National Health Commission of the Communist Party of China. He concealed the epidemic situation for the CCP many times.
News (12) to (15) / Reporter : Xia Song / Editor: Fang Ming / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/22/8/19/n13805873.htm
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Xiamen is ridiculed for conducting nucleic acid tests for fish and shrimp, experts say there is no evidence of fish infection
Image : In the afternoon of 17 August 2022, a reporter from CCP media's "New Yellow River" called Xiamen Ocean Development Bureau, and a staff member said, "At present, all members of Xiamen need nucleic acid tests, and the catch must also be tested for nucleic acid." (Network screenshot)
Under the CCP’s zero-covid policy, the normalization of nucleic acid testing is becoming more and more absurd, and even animals such as fish, shrimp, crabs and hippos are not spared, sparking heated debate among netizens. Some experts refuted that there is no evidence that fish can be infected, and no fish and shrimp have been found to transmit the virus worldwide.
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Xiamen's "human + material inspection" fish, shrimp and crab were also tested for nucleic acid
On 17 August 2022, the mainland media "Strait Herald" reported that Xiamen waters officially started fishing on 16 August. In order to prevent the epidemic from being imported from the sea, workers in Jimei District not only have to complete the prescribed number of vaccinations before going to sea, but also have stricter nucleic acid testing during the operation.
According to the report, during the operation of the fishermen in Jimei District, nucleic acid tests are to be carried out once a day.
After landing, the fishermen returned to the boat immediately after receiving the nucleic acid collection, caught a few fresh fish, opened their mouths, and let the nucleic acid collectors conduct random samples for inspections. In addition to extracting the collection from the fish mouth, the nucleic acid collectors also meticulously used cotton swabs to extract samples from the catch.
A reporter from the health client of the CCP's official media "People's Daily" called the Xiamen Ocean Development Bureau, and the staff on duty replied, "The online information is true. In order to prevent the import of the epidemic at sea, after research and judgment, the same inspection of 'people + things' is currently implemented." The staff said , Do nucleic acid testing for fish, Xiamen is not the first place, Hainan and Shanghai have had similar requirements before.
In the afternoon of 17 August, a reporter from media "New Yellow River" called Xiamen Ocean Development Bureau. A staff member said, "At present, all members of Xiamen City need nucleic acid, and the catches must also undergo nucleic acid." "New Yellow River" is Jinan Daily's platform-based new media.
"Hainan Daily" on the 13th titled "Danzhou: Nucleic acid testing for fish is unambiguous", which described the nucleic acid testing for fish in more detail.
The newspaper described that Ouyang Jie, a doctor from the Western Central Hospital of Hainan, and colleagues rushed to a fishing boat in the local Baimajing Central Fishing Port in the afternoon of 12 August to help fishermen and fish do nucleic acid testing. After the doctor got on the ship, he had to randomly select a frozen fish, put it on the deck, open the fish mouth, and gently wipe the inside of the fish's mouth with a nucleic acid sampler shaped like a cotton swab.
Next, the sampler was wiped back and forth on the fish's body, and was asked to "maximize the sampling area as much as possible." Ouyang Jie also said, "It should be noted that these samples cannot be mixed with people, and each fish sample is put into a disposable specimen collection tube separately."
Earlier this year, a video of nucleic acid testing of hippos was posted online. Some foreigners even retweeted the video on Twitter.
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Expert: No evidence that fish can be infected with covi
Jin Dongyan, a professor at the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Hong Kong and an expert in virology, told the People's Daily health client reporter that no new coronavirus has been found in the world that can be transmitted through fish and shrimp. Even if a small amount of nucleic acid virus is detected on fish gills and scales, it will not infect people, but it can only indicate that the water body or the environment is polluted.
CCP media "First Financial" reported on 18 August that several experts told the media reporter that there is no evidence that fish can be infected with covi, and covi is a virus that affects the lungs. Fish do not have lungs, even if infected, The mechanism is also definitely different from the mechanism and symptoms of infecting people.
According to the report, if it is used to sample the environment of an object, relevant virus experts suggest that it is best to follow certain standards, that is, it is necessary to collect relevant and research-significant samples. If fishermen's infection is due to contaminated fish, it is more important to find the source of the contamination.
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Fish, shrimp and crab make nucleic acid wonderful comments from netizens
Netizen Zhu Shao 26139 said, "I'm a nurse, and I often collect samples from the environment, but I feel that it's all nonsense and waste of money. It's just like playing games at home. I feel sick, when can I truly achieve democratic science. Stop the farce."
Why did you respond in Lin Pinru's clothes and say, "I'm picking nucleic acids in the front line of Xiamen. This response is really stupid. It's obviously just playing with pain and having fun. You can just say it's playing for fun. You have to say it's a serious character. Isn't that the same inspection that everyone is a fool?"
The little lawyer in Shanghai asked, "My doubt is, if it is the idea of doing nucleic acid for fish at all costs, just in case, it is not necessary to do nucleic acid for every fish, and the workload is too much. If it is not for every fish. All fish do nucleic acid, then random sampling, there will always be caught fish, and how to determine the close connection between fish? Since fish do nucleic acid, should crabs, shrimps, and scallops be one by one? Do the nucleic acid, otherwise it will not make sense logically.”
5346967673_832 questioned, "I want to ask if the results will be released on the spot after the completion of the work? You look back 24 hours after the results, do you still know where these fish, shrimps and crabs are sold? Or do they sell them to the customer's house and sweep a place for you? code? Or let them wait 24 hours before selling?”
sssosss111 said, "Stop doing what, the fish is bigger than the crowd, so it's better to make money. I hope they will let humans go and find more of these groups."
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Covi-positive cases on Lhasa-Beijing train involving 13 places in 7 provinces, cities
Reporter : Xiao Lusheng / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/22/8/22/n13807409.htm / Image : In the evening of 18 August, 2022, people in Lhasa lined up for nucleic acid testing. (VCG via Getty Images)
The Z22 train in Lhasa, Tibet, has an epidemic, and the train passengers of at least 13 counties (cities, districts) in 7 provinces and cities including Beijing have been involved.
According to comprehensive land media reports, on 15 August 2022, the Z22 train from Lhasa, Tibet to Beijing West Railway Station, with a total of 10 stops, took about 40 hours and 28 minutes, and passed through many provinces, including provincial capitals. Affected by the epidemic, Lhasa Railway Station announced that from August 19 to September 10, the running section of the train will be shortened to Lhasa to Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province, and the western section of Xining to Beijing will be suspended.
As of 20 August 2022, at least 33 infected people were found on the train, involving seven provinces and cities including Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Beijing, Shandong, Gansu and Hunan.
On 19 August, a positive infected person was found in Linxia County, Gansu Province, who was a passenger of the Z22 train on 15 August, and went from Tibet Nagqu Railway Station to Lanzhou Railway Station at 7.24 pm on the same day. Qin'an County in the province also reported a related case who took the train.
On 19 August, the newly infected person in Xianxian County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province took the Z22 train on the 15th, and then took a taxi home after arriving at Shijiazhuang North Station on the 17th. The positive cases in Jinzhou, Shijiazhuang also took the Z22 train on the 15th.
On the 19th, Zeng XX, a newly infected person in Pingjiang County, Yueyang, Hunan Province, was a patient who returned on the Z22 train on the 15th.
On 18 August, Beijing Shunyi District and Daxing District each found one positive person among the quarantine control personnel. Both of them took the Z22 train in Xining City, Qinghai Province on 16 August.
On 18 August, among the new cases in Henan Province, the infected person in Hua County was a returnee from Tibet. He also took the Z22 train (13 carriages) from the Lhasa Railway Station at 4 pm on the 15th and arrived at Xining Railway Station at 1 pm on the 16th. A positive case in Huangchuan County, Xinyang, in the province, took the Z22 train (13 carriages) at Nagqu Railway Station in Tibet on the 15th and arrived at Xining Railway Station on the 16th.
On the 18th, Taiyuan, Jincheng, Yuncheng and other places in Shanxi Province reported that the new cases were all passengers of the Z22 train.
On the 17th, the new cases in Xianxian County, Cangzhou, Hebei Province were people who returned to Cang from Lhasa, Tibet on the 15th. The two are mother-daughter relationships, and both took the Z22 train at 4 pm on the 15th.
On the 17th, the positive patient in Taierzhuang District, Zaozhuang, Shandong Province was a passenger who took the Z22 train from Lhasa Station in Tibet on 15 August.
However, the number of positive cases on the train has continued to rise and has not stopped. Hengshui, Hebei and other places have issued notices, urgently looking for passengers on the Z22 train, and asking them to report on their own initiative.
Due to the CCP’s consistent cover-up, the outside world is skeptical of the official figures.
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The 17-nation Australian joint military exercise is the first time for Germany to participate. Xie Zhiwei shares the reaction of German public opinion
Image : A total of 17 countries and hundreds of fighter jets participated in the Australian "Pitch Black" multinational joint military exercise that began on the 19th. (taken from the Australian Ministry of Defence)
After the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, CCP China launched a large-scale military exercise to intimidate Taiwan, and the world was paying attention to the situation in the Taiwan Strait. Xie Zhiwei, my representative in Germany, said that one of the major events in the world after that was the 17-nation alliance Germany participated in the exercise for the first time. He shared German opinions. In conclusion, "the world of liberal democracy and the world of autocratic dictatorship have actually been divided into two opposing groups."
Xie Zhiwei's PO article said that 17 countries participated in the "Pitch Black" (Pitch Black) air military joint exercise in Australia, including the EU leaders Germany and France, but Germany participated for the first time, sending 6 fighter jets, 4 transport aircraft, and 3 AN air tankers that flew 12,800 km in 24 hours. The Ministry of National Defense website said, 'This is the furthest move ever made", the purpose is to "go to the region to meet with allies and demonstrate our commitment to 'safety' The issue is attitudes far beyond Europe."
"Which bully country is causing the 'security problem' in the Indo-Pacific?" Xie Zhiwei said, when the Luftwaffe chief was interviewed, he emphasized that it was not "targeting China". To specifically target China and say 'not against China'?"
The German media also reported extensively on this matter. "German Radio" commented that this exercise is to tell Beijing, "Everyone will not let the Indo-Pacific region fall under CCP's influence", and then simply subscript "NATO". See CCP as a challenge" and "CCP thinks they can get what they want".
Xie Zhiwei said that the world of freedom and democracy and the world of authoritarian dictatorship have actually been divided into two groups that are facing each other. This is the current approach. Now that the two armies are facing each other, the democratic world is facing the threat of authoritarian dictatorship. It is necessary to urgently pull Taiwan into the battle, and it should be sooner rather than later, because Taiwan can help, and it is a small but a big help.
He also encouraged, "From being a concubine to being the master of the country, changes are about to take place. We must be calm and not be impatient." At the same time, the Kuomintang sent its vice-chairman to visit CCP and swore to oppose Taiwan independence. "In Germany, , far from the Taiwan Strait, you can see it more clearly. I won't say much, I will leave the comments to everyone."
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It is rumoured that his son shouted "The Li family is always anti-communist" Li Liqun hurriedly put out the fire: Not my son
Reporter : Xiao Fangqi / https://ent.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/4034136
70-year-old Li Liqun returned to Taiwan in July to retire. He was repeatedly detained as the single cap of Taiwan, which made him jump with anger. A few days ago, it was rumoured on Weibo that Li Liqun's son, Li Yuantai, was posting on Pulang, swearing at the CCP, saying "the Li family is always anti-Communist". This time, Li Liqun once again made a video to clarify, denying that Pulang's post was his son, and repeatedly emphasized, "I support the fact that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is a part of China, and my position will never change.”
Image : Li Liqun clarified that the person on Weibo was not his son. (Retrieved from TikTok)
A netizen recently pointed out that Li Yuantai's account on Pulang's "cos name Yuantai's real name is also Yuantai", and posted a post about the CCP, and posted 2 screenshots, the content said: "Go to your X's CCP, our family bowed our heads today not because of I made money there, and I retired and returned to Taiwan! I will cooperate with you because of the morality of the rivers and lakes, not to drag down the producers of the four movies that have not yet been released, not really afraid of you, to help you maintain the stability of the one who was punctured by the military exercise. The image of a paper tiger, the Li family will always be anti-communist.”
In this regard, Li Liqun clarified in the filming, saying that his position has been stated many times on TikTok but he has been hacked by endless netizens. "That screenshot is not of my son. I don't know who is playing with me. Don't believe what other people say."
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White House top medical adviser Fauci announces resignation amid mixed reviews
Reporter : Shi Jin / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/08/23/a103508651.html
On 22 August 2022, White House chief medical adviser Fauci announced that he will step down from government positions such as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in December but he will not retire.
Fauci, 81, announced in a statement that he will step down in December as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), director of the immune regulation laboratory, and chief medical adviser to President Biden, while opening a new chapter in his career.
Fauci said he will continue to advance science and public health to help prepare the world for future infectious diseases.
For the past 38 years, Fauci has served as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, leading the country through the AIDS, Ebola and Zika crises. On Biden's first day in office, he invited Fauci as chief medical adviser to deal with the covid pandemic. Biden praised Fauci's work that has impacted the lives of all Americans.
However, Fauci's actions during the covid pandemic have also been controversial. Some conservatives are dissatisfied with his proposed stay-at-home policy and other epidemic prevention measures, and have raised serious doubts about Fauci allowing U.S. government funds to flow to organizations related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Republicans said Fauci could be subpoenaed for questioning, among other things, about the response to SARS-CoV-2 (covi) if they regain their majority in the House of Representatives in November's midterm elections.
In September 2021, the US media disclosed that the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases led by Fauci had allocated funds to an “Organisation EcoHealth Alliance” (Organisation EcoHealth Alliance), of which a large amount of money was used to support the gain-of-function research carried out by the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
U.S. Senator Paul asked Fauci, "You use an animal virus to increase its transmissibility to humans, and you say this is not 'gain of function'?"
Republican Senator Rand Paul has sharply criticized Fauci for lying about the origins of covi and asked the Justice Department to review Fauci's testimony before Congress.
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Before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, many places in Beijing were sprayed with words to be free and anti-nucleic acid
Reporter : Li Enzhen / Editor: Wen Hui / Image : Recently, many nucleic acid testing stations in Beijing have been sprayed with graffiti, attracting attention. (Source: Twitter bridgeduan)
二十大前北京多处被喷字 要自由、反核酸
Before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, many nucleic acid testing stations in Beijing were sprayed with graffiti. The pictures posted on the Internet show that recently, several nucleic acid sampling stations in the Wangjing New City area of Chaoyang District, Beijing were spray-painted with words such as "I've been numb for three years" and "Be free or die" to protest against the CCP's anti-epidemic policies. dissatisfied.
On 22 August, the Twitter netizen "bridgeduan" posted a set of "performance art protest" pictures. The shared pictures and maps showed that in the area of the third district of Wangjing West Garden in Beijing, all the way to the southwest, there were eight nucleic acid testing stations that were blocked. Sprayed with red letters, these words were combined through the map and found to be "I have been numb for three years." The nucleic acid sampling station sprayed with the word "Nian", the picture below shows the Beijing Jiyinga Medical Laboratory. (related link) (related link)
Another Twitter user "iPaulCanada" posted a photo showing that the words "Freedom or Death" and English "SB" were sprayed in red and black on the nucleic acid testing booth of "Wangjing No. 2" in Beijing, alongside the words "SB". A "split word". (Related Links)
At present, NTDTV has not been able to confirm whether the situation in the above photo still exists.
But these protest photos aroused heated discussions among netizens, "I admire and admire. Art is a valuable scene." "How do you do it with so many cameras?" "There is another reason to install surveillance." "Weibo has already I can't find it." "Leeks can only vent their anger in this way..."
"There are a lot of artists in Wangjing." "Beijing people are still amazing, and they deserve to be the center of the 1989 movement." "The pressure test has reached its limit." Cow!" "Next time, spray it on the wall of Zhongnankeng." "There are more and more people who resist." "That demolition is really good."
At present, the vast majority of countries in the world have no longer adopted a strict lockdown-style epidemic prevention and control model, advocating coexistence with the covid virus. However, the CCP has always adhered to the policy of "clearing zero", requiring all people to undergo nucleic acid testing, quarantine, and even closing down villages, communities and even entire cities, causing a large number of secondary disasters and causing public grievances.
On 17 August, a video of testing nucleic acid for marine fish in Xiamen, Fujian caused a heated discussion. Officials confirmed that fishermen and seafood in Xiamen’s Jimei District are subject to nucleic acid testing every day they come ashore. Netizens ridiculed: "If a positive test is found, how large is the sea area designated as a high-risk area?" "This is a misuse of taxpayer money!"
Dong Guangping, a former police officer in mainland China, told NTDTV that how much is the cost of a nucleic acid test, and how much the superior will give you. Then everyone starts with the money, how much is the public security and how much is the testing personnel. So now we have cabbage, seafood, and crops in the field all giving you nucleic acids. It's all about money.
In June 2022, an article in the "Economic Observer" revealed that Henan Province has launched the province's normalized nucleic acid testing, and a large number of nucleic acid kiosks need to be purchased. According to the average price of public procurement, the cost of purchasing nucleic acid kiosks in the province will reach nearly 600 million RMB. The article questioned whether it was necessary to spend hundreds of millions of RMB to purchase nucleic acid kiosks for 48 hours of nucleic acid in the whole province when there were only a few new cases of infection in Henan Province a week? Is the convenience nucleic acid kiosk really convenient? In the future, how will tens of thousands of nucleic acid kiosks "exit" after completing their missions? This post has since been deleted.
"It's clear that local governments are facing increasing fiscal pressure, with declining revenues and increased spending due to the recession," said Zhao Dahai, executive director of the Shanghai Jiaotong University-Yale University Joint Research Center for Health Policy, The Washington Post reported. Regular testing will make it worse."
On 24 April 2022, Ding Xian, the former secretary of the Party Committee of the Jing'an Branch of Shanghai Huashan Hospital, also issued a document pointing out the shortcomings of the authorities' zero-covid policy, "repeated nucleic acid testing, overwhelmed personnel runs, and serious cross-infection." "The most serious of them is cross-infection, and science has been thrown into the trash."
In July, Professor Yao Yang, dean of the National School of Development of Peking University, criticized the CCP's "dynamic clearing" policy in a speech. He said that it is extremely difficult to quickly clear covid but the epidemic prevention measures of the authorities are stricter than before, and as a result, consumption is greatly restricted. He believes that it is impossible to eradicate the virus. Human beings will eventually coexist with covi. If the existing epidemic prevention measures are not adjusted, the economy will not be able to recover steadily.
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"Three years! I'm numb" Chinese chives can't bear.; The spray-painting protest at Beijing nucleic acid booth
Image : The nucleic acid testing station that was painted by people. (Picture taken from Twitter)
Image taken from Twitter.
CCP is still strictly controlling the Wuhan pneumonia (covid, COVID-19) epidemic. Recently, it was reported that even "fish" must be tested for nucleic acid, which caused heated discussions, and another group circulated on Twitter the photo of "performance art". Some people in Beijing sprayed red letters on each of the eight nucleic acid testing stations in Wangjing New City, Chaoyang District. After combining it, they found that the meaning was "Three years, I'm numb", it should be to express the right dissatisfaction with CCP's official epidemic prevention policy.
According to the photos circulating on Twitter, a total of 8 nucleic acid testing stations in Wangjing District of Beijing were sprayed with red characters. After combining the maps, it was found that these seemingly meaningless words can actually form a series of sentences. : "Three years, I'm numb." Coincidentally, in Wangjing District, Beijing, a nucleic acid testing station was also spray-painted, with the words "Freedom or death" written in red and black.
These protest photos have attracted many netizens with emotion, saying that "there is another reason to install surveillance", "I thought that spraying on it did not stop nucleic acid enthusiasts from doing nucleic acid", "picking quarrels and provoking trouble and taking them away", "Beijing people are still amazing, as expected of the centre of the 1989 movement."
According to the epidemic information provided by the Beijing Municipal Health Commission, there were no new local confirmed cases in Beijing on 21 August, 10 newly imported confirmed cases and 2 asymptomatic infections. A total of 8 cases were discharged from the hospital, and 5 cases of asymptomatic infection were released from observation.
Image : Eight nucleic acid testing stations in Wangjing New Town, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China were spray-painted. Together, the characters read "Three years, I'm numb", which should be to express dissatisfaction with the epidemic prevention policy. (Picture taken from Twitter)
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"Science" journal: China research denied the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and was slapped in the face, scientists suspected of being kidnapped by CCP propaganda
Image : The journal "Science" pointed out that Chinese scientists have rushed to publish several virus-related studies in the past to support China's position, but they were slapped by Hong Kong scholars. In addition, "Science" also disclosed that in order to cooperate with China's political propaganda, Chinese scientists are suspected of being controlled by the government. (Reuters)
Image : The journal "Science" pointed out that Chinese scientists have rushed to publish several virus-related studies in the past to support China's position, but they were slapped by Hong Kong scholars. In addition, "Science" also disclosed that in order to cooperate with China's political propaganda, Chinese scientists are suspected of being controlled by the government. (Reuters)
"Science" magazine reported on 18 August 2022 that Chinese scientists have published several studies on the origin of the virus in the past to support the Chinese government's position that "the origin of the virus does not originate in China." He was slapped in the face by scholars; in addition, it was revealed that in order to cooperate with China’s political propaganda, Chinese scientists were suspected of being controlled by the government.
According to the "Science" journal, last year, 21 scientists in China jointly published a quantitative study. The study collected more than 13,000 bat samples from across China from 2016 to 2021, as well as 102 bat samples from the South China Seafood Market. None of the bats' collected shows any signs of the virus in the samples. However, this research was immediately slapped by foreign scientists.
Alice Hughes, a conservation biologist at the University of Hong Kong, pointed out that between May 2019 and November 2020, she visited the "Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences" in Yunnan, China to collect 342 bat samples, and the survey found a total of 4 bat samples. The samples were related to SARS-CoV-2 (covi, covid virus), refuting the findings that no virus was collected in the Chinese study.
Edward Charles Holmes, an Australian virologist who has worked with Chinese scholars for many years, also expressed concern. Holmes said that Chinese scientists may have been kidnapped by China’s foreign propaganda, because the official has already established that the investigation of the origin of the virus has been completed, but scientists have not been able to find the source of the investigation; Holmes also pointed out that his partners in China have changed. He kept his mouth shut, worried that his research findings and opinions would conflict with the internal tone.
The journal Science also tried to reach out to Gao De, the former director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, for a response on the link between Chinese virus research and the government's stance. Gao, who has published several articles on the origin of the covid virus, replied to the journal Science: "What can I say?", and then said "Best Wishes. (Blessings)".
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Beautify the financial report to 800 million bad debts of FAT
Reporter : Qian Lizhong / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/breakingnews/4034365 / Image : Lou Wenhao, head of Angkor Airways. (file photo)
Wu Yongzhang, former deputy general manager of the Finance Department of Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT), Lou Wenhao, head of Angkor Airways, Shi Qingrong, head of Korea-Australia Travel Agency, and others conspired to beautify the voyage's financial report with a fake contract to guarantee the sale of seats. Caused FAT's bad debts of more than NT$800 million Wu Yongzhang was sentenced to 2 years in October, Lou Wenhao in 2 years in June, Shi Qingrong in 1 year in February and suspended for 4 years. All three were sentenced; Wu and Lou have now gone to Taipei. The Procuratorate's Enforcement Section shall report to the Dispatch Supervision for enforcement.
The co-defendant, Cui Yong, the former chairman of FAT, fled to the United States in 2009 and died in the United States in 2015. Hu Dingwu, the former chairman of FAT, was acquitted in both the first and second instance, and the acquittal was determined in the second instance by applying the expedited trial law. The former general manager Chen Shangqun also absconded to the United States and was not brought to justice.
The judgment pointed out that in 2005, due to the poor operating performance of Yuanhang, Wu Yongzhang, in order to ensure the stock price of FAT and avoid the decline of the net value per share, forged information by the travel agency operated by FAT, Angkor Airways and Lou Wenhao, respectively, signing contracts from Taipei to Cambodia and Kaohsiung to Seoul fake contracts such as "guaranteed seat sales cooperation", beautifing FAT's financial report. Lou Wenhao’s Angkor Airways also owed a huge amount of money to FAT but Wu Yongzhang did not actively demand it. Instead, he agreed to collect the post-dated cheque issued by Angkor Airways. Angkor Airways jumped the final ticket and closed down, causing FAT’s bad debt of more than NT$824.23 million.
In the first and second trials, Wu Yongzhang for 7 years and Lou Wenhao in June for 6 years. After 14 years of litigation, the High Court convicted Wu Yongzhang in October of 2 years and Lou in June of 2 years. Sentenced to 1 year and 2 months, suspended for 4 years, the proceeds of crime shall be returned to the victim or confiscated. Wu and Lou appealed respectively but Shi did not. The Supreme Court held that the fact-finding of the second instance and the application of the law were correct, and the sentence had been commuted by the expedited trial law and other provisions, and the judgment did not violate the law, and dismissed the appeal.
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Expert: Xi's "reversing" is inevitable, Deng Xiaoping's reform is impossible
Image : On 8 March 2022, Xi Jinping (front) and Li Keqiang at the Great Hall in Beijing. (Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images)
专家：习“开倒车”是必然 邓小平的改革已不可能
On 22 August 2022, the birthday of former CCP leader Deng Xiaoping, some mainland netizens took the opportunity to secretly criticize Xi Jinping for "reversing the car", abandoning reform and opening up, and going back to the Mao era. Experts said that Xi Jinping's "reversal" is inevitable, Deng Xiaoping's reform and opening up is no longer possible, and the Communist Party has now reached a dead end.
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Li Keqiang went south to "reform"
After the Beidaihe meeting, Li Keqiang went south to Shenzhen on 17 August 2022 to lay flowers for the bronze statue of Deng Xiaoping, emphasizing that "reform and opening up will move forward firmly". He also said that "China's opening up will continue to move forward, and the Yellow River and Yangtze River will not flow backwards."
Yokogawa, a commentator on current affairs in the United States, believes that on the whole, Li Keqiang's visit is a signal to the outside world that the CCP should continue or return to the road of reform and open up. However, he believes that it is impossible to return to Deng Xiaoping's reform and open up, and it is precisely because the "reform and opening up" can no longer go on that he has taken the current path.
Yokogawa said that the CCP's reform and opening up is like the "Westernization Movement" in the late Qing Dynasty. The CCP has long since reached a consensus to only carry out economic reform, not political reform, because once the system is reformed, the Communist Party will collapse.
Now some people say that after Xi Jinping came to power, he "reversed the car" and turned his policies all the way to the left. It is now a question of whether China will go back to the Mao era or continue to reform and open up. Yokogawa believes that this is not the case. The reform of the CCP is a lame reform that is inherently inadequate. The political system has been excluded from the beginning. The contradiction between the market economy and the CCP system cannot be resolved, and will eventually lead to the collapse of the system.
Yokogawa pointed out that it was the princelings who first noticed the problem. Zhang Musheng, a friend of Liu Yuan, once warned that the situation under the CCP's rule is "holding a time bomb and beating drums to pass flowers."
He said that for a period of time, the CCP adopted a method of watering down and blurring its ideology, but for the totalitarian regime of the CCP, that was an unstable state. The reform has hit the wall, and we can only turn to the right or left. The right is the political reform, and the left is the return to the Mao era. Xi Jinping is now taking this path.
"It's not that the leaders behind gave up the road of reform and opening up, but that reform and opening up cannot go on." Yokogawa told Radio Free Asia that Xi Jinping's "reversing the car" was to try to maintain the rule of the CCP regime and prevent the economic reform from going out of control. All this is not just the choice of Xi Jinping, but a considerable force within the party to take this path.
"Why let Xi Jinping continue? It's because no one can clean up this situation, and no one can change this state," he said. "The Communist Party is now on its way to a dead end."
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Xi Jinping went north to warn, "Don't allow the country to change colour"
According to external analysis, an important topic of this year's Beidaihe meeting is to discuss the personnel layout of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to be held this fall. Xi Jinping is seeking three consecutive terms at the 20th Party Congress, and there has been opposition within the party.
This time, Li Keqiang's southern tour is considered to be a signal on behalf of some forces within the party to persist in reform and opening up. At the same time, Xi Jinping went north to Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, to inspect the Liaoshen Battle Memorial Hall, and warned the party: "The country will never be allowed to change colour."
The Epoch Times columnist Wang He told NTDTV that Xi Jinping's trip sent a very strong political signal, targeting the anti-Xi forces within the party, "I am an authentic second-generation red, and the regime is only me who has the final say, and I represent the orthodox. ". Xi is suggesting that only he can control the current situation in China, showing that he has an absolute control over the regime.
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Expert: Xi Jinping wants to rule for a long time, Whether Li Keqiang will stay depends on Xi
Reporter : Li Enzhen / Editor : Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/08/22/a103508154.html
Before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the personnel layout of the top officials of the Communist Party of China has attracted much attention from the outside world. A few days ago, Christopher Johnson, CEO of China Strategic Group and a former CIA China political analyst, said in an article that the re-election of the 20th National Congress is one of Xi Jinping’s goals, and he even wants to stay in power for a longer time. Li Keqiang's decision to stay will depend on Xi Jinping's decision.
Among the current Politburo Standing Committee members: Xi Jinping (69 years old), Li Keqiang (67 years old), Li Zhanshu (72 years old), Wang Yang (67 years old), Wang Huning (about 67 years old), Zhao Leji (65 years old), Han Zheng (68 years old) ). According to the unspoken rule of the so-called "seven ups and eight downs" (re-elected at 67 years old and retired at 68 years old) in the CCP officialdom, Xi Jinping, Li Zhanshu and Han Zheng should all retire when they are old.
"Voice of America" reported on 20 August 2022 that with the exception of Li Zhanshu and Han Zheng's exit, there are various signs that Xi Jinping will not be bound by the "seven up and eight down" conventions. He revised the Constitution in 2018, abolished the provision that the term of office of the president and vice-chairman should not exceed two (10 years), and wrote "Xi thought" into the Constitution, placing himself alongside Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.
A few days ago, Johnson said in an article on the Asia Society website that making an exception for re-election is one of Xi Jinping’s goals at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. He hopes to get a third term to remain the top party leader for the next five years or more.
However, Xi Jinping's re-election will face challenges. The report believes that before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, domestically, insisting on clearing covid led to a sharp decline in China's economic growth, with an unemployment rate as high as 20%, and intensified public grievances and protests due to city closures, unfinished buildings, and bank fraud; Large-scale military exercises by the Chinese Communist Party have raised tensions across the Taiwan Strait, and US-China relations have continued to move toward confrontation. The Western world has become increasingly alert to Xi Jinping's plans.
Regarding the direction of Li Keqiang, Johnson believes that the decision of Li Keqiang's departure and retention is in the hands of Xi Jinping. "Does Xi see him as some kind of problem, threat or challenge? If not - I don't think he is - then why not stay in another position?"
In March, Li Keqiang confirmed at a press conference after the NPC meeting that he would step down as prime minister when his term expires in March 2023. Speculation is that he will follow the precedent set by former Chinese Premier Li Peng as the chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee after he left office.
Who will fill the vacancies of Li Zhanshu and Han Zheng? Much speculation has focused on the current Politburo members, Vice Premier Hu Chunhua (61), Director of the Central Office Ding Xuexiang (60), Chongqing Party Secretary Chen Min'er (62) and Shanghai Party Secretary Li Qiang (63).
According to the report, Hu Chunhua is considered to have the highest chance of becoming a permanent member and may become a strong contender for the next CCP premier; Ding Xuexiang is also very likely to be a permanent member; but Li Qiang may have a chance of becoming a permanent member due to the chaos of the Shanghai epidemic but the chance is low.
Johnson believes that although Chen Min'er has the potential to become a senior, if there are only two vacancies, the chance of becoming a regular is not high.
Johnson's article summarizes Xi Jinping's three goals at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In addition to wanting a third term, the other two goals are: to promote his man to the Politburo, and to step up ideologically with Mao Zedong.
Hong Kong media previously reported that if the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in mid-October 2022, it is believed that the decision on high-level personnel will be made by the end of September.
After the Beidaihe meeting of the Communist Party of China, Li Keqiang went south to Shenzhen for inspection on August 16 and 17, during which he paid homage to Deng Xiaoping. When visiting Yantian Port in Shenzhen, Li Keqiang emphasized reform and opening up, saying: "The Yellow River and the Yangtze River will not flow backwards." But the video of Li Keqiang's speech in Shenzhen was blocked in the mainland.
On 16 August, Xi Jinping visited Liaoning Province. When he visited the Liaoshen Battle Memorial Hall, he emphasized that "the country will never be allowed to change colour" and so on.
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Fish trapped and died due to drought in Dongting Lake
According to reports, a large number of fish were trapped and died due to drought in Dongting Lake in Hunan Province.
A few days ago, the Ministry of Water Resources of the Communist Party of China said at a press conference that since July, most of the Yangtze River Basin has continued to have high temperatures and little rainfall, and the water levels of the main stream of the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake are 4.85 to 6.13 meters lower than the same period of the year.
Judging from the satellite image, Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake have been "thinned into a flash of lightning". According to FY-3D meteorological satellite monitoring, on August 18, the water area of Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake "shrinked" by about 66%.
Jimu News reported that from 19 to 21 August, field visits along the shores of Dongting Lake found that the ecology of Dongting Lake had undergone rare changes. In just one month, Dongting Lake has undergone tremendous changes: the area of the water level has plummeted.
In the evening of 21 August, under the Dongting Lake Extra Large Bridge, the main body of a pier near the embankment of the bridge was completely exposed to the water surface.
Mr. Wang, a villager in Yongcheng Village not far from Dongting Lake, has raised more than 20 mu of black fish. Wang said that although the aerator is on most of the day and the fish are fed as little as possible to prevent them from dying due to lack of oxygen due to high activity, dead fish still appear in his fish pond every day. The soybeans and corn he planted all dried up.
The report mentioned that in the vicinity of Liumenzha Community in Didijun Mountain Area of Dongting Lake, it was found that the ground at the bottom of the lake was completely hardened, and there were even traces of vehicles passing by, and there were cracks on the ground that could reach into the palm of the hand. There were many dead fish scattered on the ground, some of which were rotting, some had become skeletons, and the air was filled with the stench of dead fish.
Mr. Wan, a local community worker, said that the Dongting Lake receded too fast this time, which caused many fish to retreat into the main river and were trapped in some small ponds. There will be no mass mortality after the fish are trapped. But this year, the water temperature is high and the depth of the pond is not deep, causing many fish to die due to lack of oxygen.
In addition, high-temperature centers exceeding 40°C continuously appeared in Sichuan and Chongqing, resulting in large-scale power outages due to power shortages.
On 19 August, a netizen in Mianyang, Sichuan posted a video saying that high temperature and temporary power outages caused a large number of fish in his fish pond to die due to lack of oxygen. The video shows that the water surface of the fish pond is densely covered with dead fish, and the scene is shocking.
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Poyang Lake's riverbed turns into grassland
Image : An island with ancient temples on it in China's largest freshwater Poyang Lake, in Jiujiang city, central China's Jiangxi province, 23 August 2022. (Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images)
Affected by the continuous high temperature, the water level of Poyang Lake continued to drop. At the bottom of Poyang Lake, there is a large swath of green grass that forms a puddle, 20 to 30 cm high.
CCP media reported that this place has become a tourist attraction for the surrounding residents. Some come to check in, some come for a walk, some ride bicycles, motorcycles, fishing, and watch the sunset on the bare bottom of the lake. There are young people on motorcycles driving fast on the grass. Some local residents have set up tents and used it as a campground.
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Smoke from power lines in Sichuan
In addition, Dazhou, Sichuan was so hot that the wires were smoking. The video posted on the Internet shows that a power line in Xuanhan County, Dazhou, Sichuan Province has heated up and smoked from many places.
A businessman near the incident told Jimu News that at noon on the 21st, the weather was hot, and some passersby noticed that the wires were smoking.
In this regard, the staff of the power supply company where the incident occurred said that the wires have been repaired, and the reason for the smoke may be excessive load.
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