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Predicting that Xi Jinping will have a hard time in the next 5 years, Wang Dan: Chinese young people have awakened
Reporter : Chen Zhengyu / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/4139310 / Image : Democratic Progressive Party legislator Hong Shenhan (second from left) and others held a press conference today, expressing solidarity with the protesters of the blank paper revolution, and asking the CCP government not to violently suppress it. (Photo by reporter Chen Zhengyu)
China broke out against the "blank paper revolution" of strict blockade and control. On 29 November, DPP legislator Hong Shenhan and others invited a group of militia groups to support the protesters and demanded that the CCP government not violently suppress it. Wang Dan, the leader of the Chinese democracy movement, said during the meeting that this is a new era characterized by resistance and the awakening of young Chinese people. He believes that Chinese leader Xi Jinping will face greater challenges during his term of office.
China's "blank paper revolution" is in full swing. DPP legislators Hong Shenhan, Su Qiaohui, and Lin Chuyin held a press conference on 29 November with Wang Dan, Hong Kong and East Turkestan non-governmental organizations in Taiwan, and issued a three-point statement.
The statement pointed out that, firstly, for the serious casualties caused by the 1124 fire caused by improper blockade, Taiwan and countries all over the world that care about human rights in China mourn the victims in Urumqi. Secondly, call on the CCP government to comprehensively review the out-of-control zero-blocking policy. Thirdly, call on the CCP government to immediately stop all acts of state violence such as violence, arrests, and persecution against the Chinese people who oppose the blockade.
Hong Shenhan said that more and more people see the true face of the CCP’s Xi Jinping’s totalitarianism, and are dissatisfied with the strong suppression and make counter-accusations. Xi Jinping is likely to violently suppress those who challenge, which is why it is necessary to come out to support the Chinese people who resist reason.
Su Qiaohui said that what she supports today is the people in China who want freedom. This is the same for people in Taiwan, Hong Kong, East Turkestan, and Xinjiang. What we protect is a system that everyone wants, which is the difference between democracy and totalitarian systems. "If we don't stand up, we may well be next."
Lin Chuyin appealed that there are many ways to support them, and you must not be indifferent. No matter what method you use, you must use your own way to support them in the hope that they can live in safety, peace and stability, and hope that more people will support them in their pursuit of freedom.
Finally, some media asked whether they were worried that the blank paper revolution would turn into a replica of the "June 4th Incident"? Wang Dan responded that the Beijing authorities have not yet officially expressed their position. Apparently, the 48-hour continuous meeting in Zhongnanhai has not resulted in any results. He assesses that this protest will continue to spread widely in China, and believes that the Chinese authorities will use stronger force to carry out violent suppression. Therefore, the attention and pressure from the international community is very important to protect the protesters.
Wang Dan believes that Xi Jinping encountered such a big problem in the early days of his third term. This protest is an important instruction for him. It means that Xi Jinping will encounter endless challenges in the next five years. He believe this is just the beginning, and there will be bigger challenges in the future. The next 5 years will definitely not be easy for Xi Jinping as the Chinese economy continues to decline, youth unemployment soars, and how the zero-covid measures end.
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An open letter to Li Zhanshu, Li Keqiang, and Wang Yang, Wang Juntao: The people have made a choice to "let Xi Jinping step down"
Image : 42 people including Wang Juntao issued an "Open Letter to the Chinese People and to Li Zhanshu, Chairman of the National People's Congress, Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council, and Wang Yang, Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference". (AFP)
The "blank paper revolution" broke out in China recently. In addition to the 1989 democracy movement leader Wang Dan and several democracy activists signed the "Letter to the PLA officers and soldiers, the armed police officers and soldiers, and the police", 42 people including Wang Juntao issued the "Letter to the Chinese People and an Open Letter to Li Zhanshu, Chairman of the National People's Congress, Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council, and Wang Yang, Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference", an appeal to the three national leaders.
The open letter stated that there are currently angry public protests in various parts of China, demanding an end to the dynamic clearing policy, and insisting on going their own way, disregarding the suffering of the people, going against the consensus of the medical profession, and adhering to the cruel dynamic clearing policy, which has made the Chinese people live in dire straits. Among the demands, the first responsible person, Xi Jinping stepping down is crucial.
The article also pointed out that in the past 10 years, under the leadership of Xi Jinping, China has embarked on a road of no return that deviates from the development direction of human civilization and confronts the mainstream values of the world. Politically, the country will advance but the people will retreat. Democracy and the rule of law will become centralized and autocratic, and society and culture will regress in all aspects.
In the nearly three years since the outbreak of the covid epidemic, in order to realize his own dictatorship, Xi Jinping has disrespected science and ignored reality, and insisted on implementing the policy of "dynamic clearing", which has closed cities and cities and blocked traffic in various places. , Businesses closed down, restaurants closed down, and people were laid off, especially the majority of young students became unemployed just after leaving school. Today, looking at the land of China, there is desolation everywhere, and people's grievances are boiling.
The text mentioned that the people have made a choice, and Xi Jinping will step down! At a critical moment when the Chinese nation is facing life and death, appealing to the leaders of the three state power and public opinion institutions to respond to the call of the people, follow the trend of history, and exercise the powers entrusted by the Constitution:
1. Convene Chinese and foreign experts to objectively sort out the experience and lessons of epidemic prevention at home and abroad, professionally evaluate China's epidemic situation and epidemic prevention measures, introduce high-efficiency vaccines and covi-specific drugs, and scientifically carry out epidemic prevention and control work!
2. Announce the lifting of the blockade across the country, restore normal production and living order as soon as possible, bring China back to normal exchanges in the international community, and correct Xi Jinping's stupid and arrogant dynamic clearing policy and related tyrannical laws that harm the country and the people.
3. Issue an order to all levels of government, the military, and the police in China to strictly prohibit arresting and suppressing people's reasonable demonstrations and legitimate anti-riot actions!
4. Open public discussion of various mistakes in the epidemic prevention process in the past three years, set up special agencies and personnel, and accept public reports on the evil consequences of Xi Jinping's dynamic zeroing policy! Count deaths and other losses.
5. Set up a special agency to study and compensate the various losses caused to citizens by Xi Jinping's dynamic eradication of tyranny and evil laws.
6. Establish a monument to the victims of the Xi Jinping virus. On the day of the completion of the monument, a national memorial ceremony will be held to commemorate the Chinese citizens who died due to Xi Jinping's crimes and apologize to the foreigners who died.
7. Fulfill the international obligations that China has promised to abide by, contact and invite international experts to China to investigate the origin of the epidemic together with Chinese experts in accordance with international professional rules.
8. Investigate Xi Jinping's crimes of covering up the epidemic in the early stage and causing the global spread of the epidemic, and hold him accountable for malfeasance. Investigate and hold accountable party and government officials from all walks of life for enforcing Xi Jinping's tyrannical laws.
9. Deprive Xi Jinping of all state power that he has unconstitutionally stolen, and hold him criminally responsible for using the military to hold state power organs and subvert state power.
10. The National People's Congress, the State Council and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference invite people from all walks of life to hold state affairs conferences, and engage in dialogue and consultation with the public through political consultations to seek consensus and overcome difficulties together.
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Miles Yu: What the Chinese are protesting against is not zero-covid policy, but the CCP’s authoritarian regime
Reporter ; Su Yongyao / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/4140086 / Image : Miles Yu Maochun, director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute, an American think tank. (Photo by Central News Agency)
In response to the "blank paper revolution" in China, Miles Yu Maochun, former chief adviser on China policy at the US State Department, said today that what the Chinese people are protesting is not the eradication, but the CCP's authoritarian regime. At a protest rally in Beijing, an official warned against being influenced by "foreign forces". Angry protesters choked back: "Is this referring to Marx and Engels?" Yu said that neither the CCP's harsh actions nor the root cause of this outbreak of protests has anything to do with the epidemic, but about the struggle between communism and freedom .
Yu Maochun, who is currently the director of the China Center of the Hudson Institute, wrote in the New York Post on the 29th that the CCP’s ideology has always had a remarkable consistency. The motivation of Xi Jinping’s zero-covid policy is the same as Mao Zedong’s thinking in the 1950s when he believed that the invincible Chinese Communist Party could wipe out all rats and sparrows in China.
Miles Yu said Mao's Great Leap Forward resulted in the deaths of more than 40 million Chinese. Xi Jinping's draconian zero-covid policy carries the same threat. Their motivation is a purely totalitarian ideology, one that assumes not only the complete plasticity of nature, but the complete invulnerability and invincibility of the party, which can easily destroy nature and science. Blinded by this radical utopian vision, the CCP has remained ruthless towards the well-being of its people, with migrant workers and the rural poor typically disproportionately affected in the past. This time, the party's sweeping lockdown affected the property-owning and educated middle class and the wealthy, with unintended consequences. Millions of Chinese across the country, from all walks of life in the oppressed country, are now willing to risk imprisonment, torture, and even death to stand up to their oppressors.
Yu Maochun said that the nationwide protests are of unique significance because they refute the stereotyped views of Western countries, which are generally pessimistic about the possibility of Chinese grassroots people resisting the CCP. "We're seeing now that silence doesn't necessarily mean surrender to repression," he said. There has always been resistance, just waiting for the time. The anger and desire for freedom expressed by the Chinese people today has been brewing for some time, and the courage of the people has grown with these feelings. Every Chinese citizen who stands up becomes a beacon of courage and inspires more people.
Yu believes that many people who risk their lives on the streets of Chinese cities today may have been inspired by the "Sitongqiao" warriors. He added that the Chinese people know their regime better than anyone else. Not only did they see the essence of the CCP, they were also looking out and seeing what China could develop into.
Yu Maochun also pointed out that the next few days will be critical for the CCP, Chinese dissidents and leaders of the free world. All parties are regrouping, and there is no doubt that the CCP is considering a brutal and bloody crackdown on the protesters. More than ever, leaders of the free world need to publicly express their support for the Chinese people and their condemnation of the CCP’s repression. Former U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo also appealed directly to the Chinese people for the universality of freedom and human rights through a short video. Yu Maochun therefore emphasized that "our current leaders must shoulder this responsibility and must be unequivocal."
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How will the struggle end? Cai Xia listed 3 possible means for the CCP
Image : Cai Xia believes that the CCP authorities currently have three options, but the most likely one is to "use both soft and hard methods to resolve this incident." (Reuters)
The anti-blockade protest wave caused by the fire in Urumqi triggered a "blank paper revolution". There is a way to go, but the most likely is to "solve this incident with both soft and hard measures."
According to "Radio Free Asia" report, Cai Xia accepted questions from netizens on Radio Free Asia's live program on the 28th. Many netizens were concerned about how the white paper revolution would end. Cai Xia said that the first is for the government to fully unblock and end the eradication in accordance with public opinion but Cai Xia believes that this development is unlikely, because covid eradication is Xi Jinping's policy, and whether the eradication will continue is related to Xi Jinping's leadership authority.
Cai Xia pointed out that the second is for the CCP to forcibly suppress demonstrations but in this way, the CCP will face strong domestic and international pressure. Cai Xia emphasized: "8964, you can shoot once, but if you dare to shoot a second time, the CCP will lose even a shred of legitimacy in the hearts of the people, and it is likely to accelerate the collapse of its own rule. If it is not the last step, the CCP will not use massacre methods to solve this problem.”
Cai Xia believes that the CCP's most likely method is to "act both soft and hard". On the one hand, it relaxes control, and on the other hand, it uses its usual methods of concealing the truth, shirking responsibility, diverting attention, and high-pressure methods to prevent the gathering of demonstrators, thereby disintegrating the movement. However, Cai Xia also mentioned that this mass movement with the people as the main body and the pursuit of freedom can be said to have crossed various levels of Chinese society, and is destined to be included in the history of China's political transformation.
Cai Xia observed that the outside world believed that the most radical slogans chanted in this movement were "Communist Party Step Down" and "Xi Jinping Step Down". "Two resignations" means that the ruler has lost the legitimacy of his rule in the hearts of the people.
In addition, this time Chinese students at home and abroad quickly linked up in this campaign. Cai Xia expressed that she was very pleased that high technology gave young people the opportunity to obtain information from all aspects, allowing their minds to break through the cage of lies and deceit, and gain spirit liberation. Cai Xia also said, "Chinese college students have tasted enough of the reality of Chinese society. This has educated them. I think they will wake up faster than our generation. This makes me think that the CCP's brainwashing propaganda has failed."
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Crowds fled overnight in Guangzhou, national highways and stations were congested, students were kicked out of school
Image : Last night, rumours went viral in the community that Guangzhou’s Tianhe District may face a nationwide lockdown, and some schools suddenly asked all students to leave school, resulting in a large number of people returning to their hometowns on the streets, and the highways were also crowded with vehicles going out of the city. There were also many people who could not board the buses at the station and were forced to sleep on the spot. (picture taken from twitter)
The "Blank Paper Revolution" that opposes the epidemic prevention and control and calls for freedom and democracy broke out in various parts of CCP China. At night of 29 November 2022, it spread wildly on Weibo and Twitter. The school also suddenly asked all students to leave school, resulting in a large number of people returning to their hometowns on the streets, and the highways were also crowded with vehicles going out of the city. At the station, many people were unable to get on the buses and were forced to sleep on the spot. A large number of Chinese netizens discussed it on the Internet all night.
There were rumors on Weibo, Twitter and other communities that many colleges and universities in Guangzhou suddenly asked students to leave school. It was circulated on the Internet that the roads near the schools were crowded with vehicles and a large number of people, and the stations were crowded with people wanting to return home. Many students were forced to pack temporarily and could only leave school in a hurry with their luggage. Some school officials circulated on the Internet saying that students are required to leave school and return to their hometowns "there is no reason why they must stay." There are also rumours that some schools require students not to accept interviews with foreign journalists whose identities cannot be identified during their return home, in order to prevent the content of the interview from being maliciously edited and distorted.
In fact, although there are many images of a large number of people fleeing overnight in the community, many netizens also expressed that they do not know what happened. Some netizens posted an article saying that it is rumoured that the epidemic situation in Tianhe District of Guangzhou is very serious, which may be worse than that in Haizhu District.
It is also circulated on the Internet that the village committee of Banqiao Village, Panyu District, Guangzhou issued a proposal on the 29th, stating that "it is predicted that the epidemic will continue for a long period of time in the future, and it is not ruled out that large-scale regional epidemics will occur and cause long-term closures." To control the situation, in order to avoid inconvenience for citizens and friends returning to their hometowns due to the epidemic control and control, we hereby propose that factories, enterprises, and shops that have no orders in the near future will be closed in advance, and citizens and friends can return to their hometowns in a safe and orderly manner.”
The related content has sparked a lot of heated discussions on the Internet. From last night to this morning, netizens continued to post articles and comments. Netizens said, "Even if there is prevention and control, Haizhu District can be evacuated. Is it so difficult for the school to organize it? Push it out all at once? ", "There is no notice in Guangzhou. I don't know where the gossip said it was going to be closed. I ran all night." The little girl is alone! I really need to protect myself”, “Tonight the expressway is full of cars leaving Guangzhou, the high-speed railway station is stranded with people who are dragging their way to escape, and the buses on the road pull people away and isolate them one by one. All colleges and universities are telling students to buy tickets to go home quickly, and everyone spends at least an hour a day queuing for nucleic acid tests.” Some netizens also speculated, "I think the purpose of Guangzhou's deployment of college students to leave the school is to break up the domestic student groups."
Some netizens also lamented, "Seeing the real-time under this entry, I am so disturbed that I can't sleep. I am not in the mood to watch the World Cup now, and I am really tired from beating workers. I hope that college students who are out now must protect themselves", "It's so late. A bunch of children are shivering outside the station. Human nature is more terrifying than viruses, right? What if there is a car with a bad heart? Who is responsible for the safety of our children? What should I do? Do you have any idea who gave the ruthless order?"
Image : On 29 November night, rumours went viral in the community that Guangzhou’s Tianhe District may face a nationwide lockdown, and some schools suddenly asked all students to leave school, resulting in a large number of people returning to their hometowns on the streets, and the highways were also crowded with vehicles going out of the city. (picture taken from twitter)
Images : In Guangzhou’s Tianhe District, some schools suddenly asked all students to leave school, resulting in a large number of people returning to their hometowns on the streets, and the highways were also crowded with vehicles going out of the city. There were also many people who could not get on the buses at the station and were forced to sleep on the spot. (pictures taken from Twitter)
Image : It is also circulated on the Internet that the village committee of Banqiao Village, Panyu District, Guangzhou issued a proposal on the 29th, predicting that the epidemic will continue for a long time in the future, and it is not ruled out that a large-scale regional epidemic will occur and lead to a long-term lockdown situation It is recommended that factories, enterprises, and shops that have no orders in the near future have an early holiday. (picture taken from Twitter)
Image : Last night, the community went viral that Guangzhou Tianhe District may face a global lockdown, and some schools suddenly asked all students to leave school. Some schools require students not to accept interviews with unidentified foreign journalists during their return to their hometowns, lest the content of the interviews be maliciously edited and distorted. (picture taken from Twitter)
Image : Rumors went viral in the community that Guangzhou’s Tianhe District may face a nationwide lockdown, and some schools suddenly asked all students to leave school, resulting in a large number of people returning to their hometowns on the streets, and the highways were also crowded with vehicles going out of the city. There were also many people who couldn't get on the bus at the station and were forced to sleep on the spot. (picture taken from Twitter)
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Don't let people gather! Pile up blue barricades on Urumqi Middle Road in Shanghai
Image : Blue barricades are set up on Urumqi Road in Shanghai, China, to prevent protests from gathering. (Reuters)
A large number of people poured into Urumqi Middle Road in Shanghai, China at night of 27 November to mourn the victims of the fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang. Many blue roadblocks have been stacked to prevent people from continuing to gather.
According to the BBC report, during the demonstrations on Urumqi Middle Road in Shanghai in the evening of the 27th, some people publicly shouted for Xi Jinping to step down with blank paper.
Although there were no traces of protests on Urumqi Middle Road this morning, there were more blue roadblocks erected at the scene, which seemed to faintly remind people that there had been anger here.
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Lock down the city again? Internal documents of the Shanghai government circulated on the Internet: Fully tense up!
Image : After Shanghai citizens gathered on Urumqi Middle Road to protest on the 26th and 27th, blue roadblocks were placed on the road on the 28th. (Reuters)
Shanghai residents gathered on the local Urumqi Middle Road to protest on the 26th and 27th, shouting the slogan "Xi Jinping and the Communist Party step down". After the relevant pictures went viral on the Internet, the outside world began to pay attention to the rapid spread of "inside the wall" "Blank Paper Revolution". Today there is news on the Internet that in order to avoid large-scale protests from the masses again, the Shanghai government issued a "Notice on Relevant Work of Shanghai's Defense War and Epidemic Prevention and Control", which is suspected of launching another lockdown of the city, sparking discussions.
The house fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang, which caused 10 deaths caused the Chinese public to complain. Shanghai citizens who had personally experienced brainless lockdowns took to the streets to protest on the 26th and 27th. The authorities put up roadblocks and deploy additional police forces to prevent people from continuing to gather and demonstrate.
Not only that, the Twitter user "Ms. Li is not your teacher" and the Chinese dissident cartoonist "Badiucao" shared on Twitter on 29 November 2022 an online transmission that the Shanghai Putuo District Epidemic Prevention and Control Work Leading Group on the 28th released the internal document requiring that "from now on, the relevant working mechanism for epidemic prevention and control during the Great Shanghai War will be fully restored. All working groups, special work teams, and all sub-districts and towns are requested to immediately mobilize and deploy, fully tense up, and speed up the establishment of relevant mechanisms."
After this document was circulated on the Internet, it immediately sparked heated discussions. Some people thought that the local government wanted to use prevention and control to prevent people from taking to the streets to protest. However, many people said that the online document was fake because there was no official seal on it.
In addition, some netizens provided a notice stamped with the seal of the "Shanghai Huangpu District Health Committee" and dated 29 November. The content is that the committee requires the epidemic prevention team to "combine the development and trend of public health emergencies, and stockpile anti-epidemic materials, the reserve quantity is not less than 60 days...All units should ensure that the reserve materials are sufficient, so as to "rather prepare than use, unavailable but not prepared", and ensure that the supply of materials is in place in time when an emergency occurs."
Image : It was reported on the Internet that Shanghai Putuo District issued a notice on the prevention and control of the epidemic. Some netizens believed that the authorities wanted to prevent the masses from taking to the streets to protest again under the guise of prevention and control. (Picture reposted from Twitter)
Image : Netizens shared a document stamped with the official seal of the Shanghai Huangpu District Health Committee, which showed that the committee required each unit to store supplies for at least 60 days. (Picture reposted from Twitter)
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New York Times: The protest targets Xi Jinping, a slight mistake will be a copy of June 4th
Image : People from all over China took to the streets to start the "white paper revolution". Foreign media directly pointed out that the spearhead of these protests was against Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the epidemic prevention policy. (Reuters)
The apartment fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China killed 10 people. It was rumored that such a tragedy was caused by the strict blockade. Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the anti-epidemic policy, if a little careless, will become a replica of June 4th.
According to the "New York Times" report, although Chinese officials deny that the epidemic blockade caused the tragedy of the fire, people from all walks of life still took to the streets and shouted. Then it will become a nightmare for the CCP just like the Tiananmen incident in 1989, but it has not reached this point yet.
Huang Yasheng, who chairs the China Lab of the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said that the zero-covid policy had unintended consequences. Frustrated expectations sparked public outrage.
Pei Minxin, a China expert at Claremont McKenna College in California, USA, pointed out that the CCP government must decide whether to continue to clear covid dynamically in the next 48 to 72 hours amid the mass protests of the people, which will be difficult for Xi Jinping to choose.
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China CDC responds to the current epidemic situation
Cheng Youquan, director of the First Supervision Department of the China CDC, said at 29 November's press conference of the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism that the current national epidemic situation is generally developing rapidly, and the epidemic has spread to a wide range of areas, and there is a risk of a large-scale rebound of the epidemic in some places.
Some places in China are facing the most complicated and severe situation in the three years since the fight against the epidemic first started. In fact, the problems reported by the masses recently are not mainly aimed at the prevention and control of the epidemic itself, but focus on the simplification of prevention and control measures, the increase of layers, "one size fits all", and the neglect of the demands of the masses.
One place was closed, and some places were not unsealed for a long time after being sealed, and some places were "silent" without approval. At present, special classes for rectification work have been established in various places, and the comprehensive team of the joint defense and joint control mechanism is dispatching every day to actively and effectively respond to various problems reported by netizens and the people in various places, and transfer them to relevant places, pushing to resolve the flaws.
At the same time, Cheng Youquan said that each of the 20 optimization measures has sufficient scientific basis and evidence support, and the ninth edition should be adhered to, and the 20 measures should be implemented. For some possible risk links, the comprehensive team of the joint prevention and control mechanism's four technical documents include nucleic acid detection, risk area delineation and control, home isolation medical observation, and home health monitoring which have been specially formulated, and preventive and countermeasures have been put forward. As long as all localities strictly implement them, the Chinese can effectively reduce the risk of epidemics.
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Internet censorship will be upgraded! It is rumoured that the Cyberspace Administration of China has ordered to rectify the behavior of circumventing the firewall
China's "blank paper revolution" is blooming everywhere, and the CCPe government and Little Pinkies attribute the reason to the influence of foreign forces. On the 29th, it was reported that China's State Internet Information Office will further rectify the circumvention behavior in the near future to prevent Chinese netizens from obtaining information that is unfavourable to the CCP from "outside the wall".
Twitter user "Ms. Li is not your teacher" said on the 29th that a source from the China Cyberspace Administration of China submitted an article claiming that the Cyberspace Administration of China has asked relevant units to "deeply rectify wall-climbing tools" in the near future, and that e-commerce platforms will continue to "clean up" the Internet. Efforts to sell circumvention products and services, such as circumvention routers, VPN, VPS, overseas Apple accounts, etc.; online and mobile app stores remove illegal circumvention software and tools.
In addition, the Cyberspace Administration of China recently plans to prohibit self-media from teaching fans how to circumvent the wall or break the firewall and other "harmful content", and instructs Chinese search engines to clean up keyword searches such as "over the wall" to prevent people from learning how to bypass the wall online.
According to sources, Niu Yibing, head of the CCP’s Propaganda Department, held a “National Network Information System Scheduling Conference” on the 28th, requiring relevant units to initiate “a first-level (highest level) Internet emergency response” and strengthen the review work on the Internet. Frequently, for offline nuisance information and overseas information pouring in, it is necessary to discover, deal with, and report as soon as possible.”
Niu Yibing also said that the "1124 Incident" (10 dead due to fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang) caused all kinds of dissatisfaction, "Vicious political slogans appeared in Shanghai, political gatherings of college students were obvious, and foreign media smears increased. All websites should strengthen auditing and public opinion control. Strictly investigate the accounts that post inflammatory remarks.” The senior management of the Cyberspace Administration of China also requested that relevant work instructions not be leaked to the outside world.
A relevant person from the Cyberspace Administration of China sent a contribution
In the near future, the tools for bypassing the wall will be rectified, and some key dates will be vigilant.
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— Ms. Li is not your teacher (@whyyoutouzhele) November 29, 2022
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Insisting on clearing and remaining unchanged, Hu Xijin blamed foreign forces and was blasted by Chinese netizens!
The wave of "blank paper revolution" is spreading rapidly, and protests have occurred in various parts of China. Regarding this, Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of the CCP’s mouthpiece Global Times, even claimed that the recent demonstrations were affected by “external factors” and also emphasized that “China’s anti-epidemic route will not change”, attracting many Chinese netizens' bombardment.
In response to the protests that have occurred across China in recent days, Hu Xijin declared on Weibo on the 28th, "Our country is very strong, and everyone should be very clear about it. Is it? Some things have happened in the past two days. I would like to say that there should be some influence from factors outside the scene. Those external factors hope that China will be chaotic. If they have the opportunity, they will not try to get involved in it. "
He went on to say, "We need to understand that these external factors exist all the year round. They are constants. Even when Sino-Western relations are relatively good, those factors never leave. The difference is that internal factors are variables, and such variables are more likely to determine When things surfaced, how fast they can spread, etc. In other words, external factors need to find internal factors to stir up trouble in order to achieve their intentions.” The full text logically attributes the wave of protests in recent days to the so-called “foreign forces” in the CCP’s mouth .
Hu Xijin issued another article today (29th) emphasizing, "China's epidemic prevention route will not change. Its general policy is to protect people's lives and health to the greatest extent. How can this change? Any adjustment of specific prevention and control strategies is regarded as " Letting go” and “laying down” are all wrong. This kind of propaganda will only create confusion and confrontation.” He also said, “Do whatever you want, for the good of the people and the good of the country. I think this is what we fight against the true purpose of the epidemic."
Hu Xijin’s remarks immediately sparked heated discussions. Aside from the support of the little pinkies, many Chinese netizens were choking on the bottom, bombarding the comment with even more likes than Hu Xijin’s original post. Critics bluntly said, “The voice of the people should be heard!” , "Thanks to foreign forces, we can see things that we can't normally see", "We blame foreign hostile forces for everything, and shirk responsibility when encountering problems", "As a journalist, you don't pursue freedom of the press, you don't pursue facts the truth", "Let's figure out who the real people are first!"
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It is rumoured that the Chinese police created a phishing account under the guise of sharing protest incidents to grasp the information of protesters
Image : The surge in police presence has been evident in areas of China where protests have taken place over the past few days. (Reuters)
The "blank paper revolution" is spreading rapidly in China. The areas where protests have taken place in the past few days have clearly seen a significant increase in police force. Recently, there have been repeated reports that protesters have been forcibly arrested. Not only that, it was reported that the Chinese police set up a "phishing account" on Twitter, under the pretext of "recording protests in various places", and asked netizens to provide relevant detailed information, which sparked heated discussions.
The CCP’s mindless anti-epidemic measures have ignited public grievances. Protests have been launched across China in recent days. Many scenes of police arresting protesters can also be seen on the Internet, which has aroused the attention of the outside world. Jia Jia, the former editor-in-chief of "Oriental Outlook Weekly", a subsidiary of the Chinese Communist Party's official media "Xinhua News Agency", said on Twitter today (29 November) that a user called "China Protest 2022" suddenly appeared on Twitter recently, and it is very likely that it is from China. The police’s phishing account, the purpose of which is to obtain information about protesters’ rallies.
From the Twitter page of "China Protest 2022", we can see that the account was created this month, and the first article was published on the 27th, mainly sharing the content of protests in various places, including criticizing the Communist Party and the CCP President Xi Jinping's remarks. The introduction column on the page declares that it "faithfully records the ongoing protests in China in 2022. Private messages are welcome. Please indicate the time, location and other detailed information."
Although the images and PO posts shared by the account do not seem to be linked to the Chinese police, Jia Jia said, "Multiple sources of information clearly show that this is a police phishing account, so please do not join the Telegram group suggested by this account. !” As for whether the news is true, it has not yet been confirmed.
Clear information from multiple sources shows that this is a police phishing account. Do not join the telegroup suggested by this account. Say important things three times:
Do not join the telegroup suggested by this account.
Do not join the telegroup suggested by this account.
Do not join the telegroup suggested by this account.
Also please spread the word! pic.twitter.com/rANHEmeXkB
— Jia Jia (@jajia) November 29, 2022
Image : Relevant images of Chinese police forcefully arresting protesters have gone viral on the Internet in recent days. (Reuters)
Jia Jia, the former editor-in-chief of a magazine owned by China's official media, claimed that this newly created Twitter user was actually a phishing account of the Chinese police. (picture taken from Twitter)
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Pan Wenzhong: More than 12,000 Taiwanese students in China pay attention to safety
Reporter : Lin Xiaoyun / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/4139273 / Image : Minister of Education Pan Wenzhong said that according to preliminary statistics, there are more than 12,000 students of the Republic of China studying in CCP China, reminding them to pay attention to their own safety. (Photo by reporter Lin Xiaoyun)
In response to China's white paper revolution, Minister of Education Pan Wenzhong said in an interview that the world has gradually returned to daily life due to the adoption of relevant epidemic prevention measures due to the epidemic, and Taiwan is also returning to daily life step by step, including the daily life of students on campus. Wait, take into account the epidemic prevention measures, resume normal study, and work hard in this direction. According to preliminary statistics, there are more than 12,000 students of the Republic of China studying in CCP China. He reminded them to pay close attention to the dynamics in CCP China and pay special attention to their own safety.
When the media asked Chinese college students to speak out independently on campus, Pan Wenzhong said that campus epidemic prevention has indeed gone through a very severe process, and precautionary measures such as epidemic prevention, health, and life must be taken into account. Countries have relevant regulations for reference, but countries that have gradually moved towards normal methods of epidemic prevention must take into account students' actions, study and other related learning activities, and epidemic prevention must take into account basic life so that people can return to more normal life.
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U.S. Media: Democratic Taiwan vs. Authoritarian China
Report by : Yang Fuyi / Image : The American Christian Science Monitor published an editorial on 29 November, aiming at China’s recent crackdown on anti-blockade protests in the background of “blank paper revolution” and authoritarian rulers not being supervised by public opinion, pointing out that this is the institutional distance difference between democratic Taiwan and authoritarian China. The picture shows that the Democratic Progressive Party suffered heavy losses in local elections last Saturday. President Tsai Ing-wen announced her resignation as chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party. (Associated Press)
The American Christian Science Monitor (Christian Science Monitor) published an editorial on 29th November 2022, aiming at China’s recent suppression of anti-blockade protests in the background of the “blank paper revolution” and authoritarian rulers who are not supervised by public opinion. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen was responsible for the defeat in local elections and resigned as the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party. He pointed out that this is the institutional distance between democratic Taiwan and dictatorship China: Compared with dictatorship China, where the government used severe police suppression to respond to angry people’s protests, Taiwan is the opposite in a sentence.
The editorial pointed out that when protesters across China last weekend demanded that Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping step down and take responsibility for his harsh zero-covid policy, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, who is only 100 miles away and the chairperson of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, humbly accepted the defeat and stepped down because of the voters' criticism of the epidemic and epidemic prevention.
This editorial quoted President Tsai’s post on Facebook after the 9-in-1 local election, “We humbly accept... the decision of the people of Taiwan”, pointing out that an important reason for the DPP’s defeat in county-level elections is that In addition, President Tsai responded clumsily when the number of COVID-19 infections surged earlier this year; moreover, the government faced controversy over the handling of vaccines after its success in preventing the outbreak at the beginning of the 2020 pandemic.
In CCP China, the official response to popular anger over COVID-19 policies, especially the lockdown of metropolitan areas, has been harsh police repression, the editorial said. In sharp contrast, similar dissatisfaction in Taiwan was able to peacefully introduce a thriving democracy, resulting in the election victory of the main opposition party, the Kuomintang; even the former anti-epidemic commander Chen Shih-chung was defeated in the Taipei mayoral election.
The editorial said that CCP touted its authoritarian model as the best in the world but President Tsai's response to her party's defeat in Taiwan revealed an important quality that is rarely seen in authoritarian countries: as after Tsai Ing-wen's 2016 election, her first instruction to the DPP and supporters is to "be humble, be humble."
The editorial said that after the number of confirmed cases of the pandemic in Taiwan increased in June 2021, Tsai Ing-wen said, "As president, I want to express my deepest regret and apology."
The editorial concludes that, unlike China, elected leaders must accept approval or criticism from voters. John Keane, director of the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights at the University of Sydney, wrote on Tsai Ing-wen’s 2016 speech, “Human humility is the feeling of They themselves are people who live on the earth", the English word humility (humility) comes from humus (humus). The Chinese protesters have said it all in their actions.
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Guangdong: Support home isolation for eligible close contacts
In the evening of 27 November 2022, the Guangdong Working Group for the Prevention and Control of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic held a work matchmaking meeting in Guangdong Province. The meeting thoroughly studied and implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's important requirements of "preventing the epidemic, stabilizing the economy, and ensuring safe development", researched and deployed various prevention and control measures to be effective, and went all out to resolutely win the battle against the epidemic. Li Bin, head of the Guangdong Working Group for the Prevention and Control of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic, and Wang Weizhong, Governor of Guangdong Province, attended the meeting.
Wang Weizhong, on behalf of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, expressed his heartfelt thanks to the working group for their careful guidance and strong support for the epidemic prevention and control work in Guangdong. He said that the current epidemic situation in Guangdong Province is severe and complicated, and the task of prevention and control is still arduous. All localities and departments in the province must improve their political positions, resolutely achieve the "three firmnesses", adhere to the ninth edition of the prevention and control plan, and implement the second edition of the epidemic prevention and control plan. The ten optimization measures will not waver or change shape. Strictly implement the "nine prohibitions" requirements, further optimize the provincial and municipal joint command system, strengthen flat and integrated operations, proactive prevention, early detection, quick disposal, spillover prevention, excellent service, Grasp implementation, promote rectification, strengthen confidence, continue to fight, and resolutely win the battle against the epidemic.
It is necessary to concentrate efforts on tackling difficulties, focus on key areas of Guangzhou, take "fast, accurate, and practical" hard measures, and effectively achieve "four responses and four efforts", daily settlement, and ensure the realization of "double clearing and zero-covid". It is necessary to carefully identify infected persons and close contacts, strengthen overall planning, do a good job in safe, fast, classified and orderly transfers, strengthen the supervision of transfer vehicles and isolation places, and the inspection process to prevent cross-infection. It is necessary to adhere to precise prevention and control, scientifically and quickly delineate and control high and low risk areas. Areas that meet the unblocking conditions must be unblocked in a timely manner, so as to achieve fast sealing and unblocking, and support eligible close contacts to implement home isolation to minimize the impact of the epidemic on the public life and production.
It is necessary to highlight the forward movement of checkpoints, implement the requirements of the "four mornings", fully implement the "arrival inspection" of cross-provincial migrants, and strictly prevent the occurrence of new imported epidemics. It is necessary to strengthen humanistic care, do a good job in the "three guarantees" of people's living needs, medical needs, and social security, and make every effort to get through the "last meter" of serving the people, resolutely prevent all kinds of safety production accidents in epidemic prevention and control, and fully maintain the stability of the overall social situation. It is necessary to adhere to the problem orientation, make immediate changes, learn from one example, optimize the process, and resolutely do a good job in rectifying and implementing the problems pointed out by the working group.
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Nucleic acid testing notifications in many places have changed
According to the Chinese news reports, recently, in the announcements of nucleic acid testing issued by Guangzhou, Chongqing and other places, the scope of testing objects and language expressions have changed.
Among them, Guangzhou requires that 7 districts guide the masses to test on demand. People who have no social activities such as long-term home-based elderly, daily online class students, and home office workers may not participate in full-staff nucleic acid screening if they do not need to go out. Chongqing made it clear that "epidemic-free communities" and "epidemic-free communities" will not participate in the recent three rounds of nucleic acid testing for all staff.
After sorting out, it is found that in the past few days, the nucleic acid testing notices in some places across the country have also changed.
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Guangzhou: These people may not participate in the full nucleic acid screening
At 11.31 pm of 27 November 2022, the Yuexiu District of Guangzhou issued the "Notice on the launch of nucleic acid testing in some streets on November 28, 'all checks should be done'".
According to the requirements of the notice, 17 streets of Yuexiu District including Hongqiao, Liurong, Liuhua, Guangta, Dongshan, Huanghuagang, Huale, Datang, Zhuguang, Dadong, Dengfeng, Minquan, Jianshe, Beijing, Meihua Streets carry out "all inspections" nucleic acid testing work on villages, people, agriculture and forestry, and Baiyun Street carried out normalized nucleic acid testing, all on 28 November.
Among them, the detection subjects include Hongqiao, Liurong, Liuhua, Guangta, Dongshan, Huanghuagang, Huale, Datang, Zhuguang, Dadong, Dengfeng, Mining Spring, Jianshe, Beijing, Meihua villagers, people, agricultural and forestry workers, etc. 17 Residential population of the street, people coming to Guangzhou; risk positions and key personnel in Baiyun Street (home isolation and home health monitoring personnel will be arranged separately).
It is worth mentioning that in the "Precautions", Yuexiu District of Guangzhou clearly stated that people who have no social activities such as long-term home elderly, daily online class students, and home office workers do not need to participate in the full nucleic acid test if they do not need to go out. Screening is to reduce the risk of infection in crowd gatherings.
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Chongqing: "Pandemic-free communities" do not participate in nucleic acid testing for all staff
According to news released by Chongqing, on 26 November 2022, the Chongqing Municipal Government Information Office held the 150th press conference on the prevention and control of the covid epidemic in Chongqing. It was mentioned at the meeting that recently, four districts (Yuzhong District, Jiulongpo District, Jiangbei District, and Yubei District) and three districts and counties (Liangping District, Dianjiang County, Xiushan County) in Chongqing have carried out nucleic acid testing in all or part of the areas.
In this regard, Li Pan, deputy director of the Chongqing Municipal Health and Health Commission, said that the streets and towns that have not had positive results in the past 5 days, and the communities that have had no positive results in the past 5 days among the streets and towns that have had positive results do not need to participate in this nucleic acid test for all employees. This is also the result of a targeted and joint effort to actively and jointly fight against the epidemic in this battle against the epidemic."
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Zhengzhou, Henan: Stop concentrated nucleic acid screening in some areas
The person in charge of relevant departments in Zhengzhou, Henan Province said at a press conference on the 26th that Zhengzho’s epidemic prevention and control has achieved initial results. Closed cities, Xinmi City, and Xingyang City will scientifically and accurately delineate high-risk areas based on the recent new cases. Except for high-risk areas, other areas will stop centralized nucleic acid screening and resume low-risk area management. Citizens who really need it in the eight districts of the main city can go out for one hour to buy daily necessities on 28 and 29 November with a 24-hour negative nucleic acid certificate for one person per day.
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Hangzhou: The word "suggestion" was added before the notice of the adjustment
In some places, the word "suggestion" is added before the notice of the adjustment of the nucleic acid testing time.
According to the news released by Shangcheng, on 27 November 2022, the Prevention and Control Office of Shangcheng District issued the latest reminder, suggesting that a nucleic acid test should be done every 2 days.
The current epidemic situation is very severe and complicated, and it is facing the respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza in winter and spring. Shangcheng District has a developed business and tourism industry, and is also a transportation hub. The population is highly mobile, and the pressure of "foreign defense import" is very high. New covi-positive infections have been found in our district for several days. For the health and safety of you and your family, and to ensure "early detection", the District Prevention and Control Office recommends that the residents do a nucleic acid test every 2 days, enter public places to actively scan the site code, and wear masks in a standard manner. They will try their best to provide them with convenience by adding sampling points and extending service hours. Thank you for taking the initiative to participate in the prevention and control of the epidemic, and to contribute to the stable and healthy development of Xinshangcheng together!
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Fighting works? Multiple districts in Guangzhou announced the lifting of temporary control areas
Image : News came out on 30 November 2022 that several areas in Guangzhou have lifted temporary control areas. (Reuters)
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, strict eradication measures have been adopted, which has caused a lot of public grievances. The recent fire incident in Urumqi has caused "blank paper revolutions" to break out everywhere. On 30 November, there is news that many areas in Guangzhou have lifted temporary control areas.
According to comprehensive Chinese media reports, at around 2 pm of 30 November, some districts in Guangzhou successively issued notices to release the temporary control areas for epidemic prevention and control, according to the guidelines in the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Plan (Ninth Edition), "Notice on Further Optimizing the Prevention and Control of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic", all temporary control areas for epidemic prevention and control are managed as low-risk areas, and preventive measures of "personal protection and avoiding gatherings" are implemented."
The areas that announced the release of temporary control areas include Haizhu District, Liwan District, Tianhe District, Panyu District, Conghua District, and Baiyun District of Guangzhou City, etc., and multiple areas have issued announcements one after another.
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Afraid of rebellion? Shanghai urgently announced that the 24 high-risk areas will be unblocked at 12 am on 1 December 2022
After Guangzhou, Guangdong Province announced the lifting of temporary control areas in some areas, the Shanghai government also suddenly issued a notice on 30 November 2022, saying that control of 24 high-risk areas in the city will be released at midnight (1 December 2022). The outside world believes that the local government announced the unblocking in a flash to appease public anger.
The "blank paper revolution" that protested mindless blockades in various parts of China was detonated due to the house fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang, which caused 10 deaths. As the protests intensified, Guangzhou, including Haizhu District, Liwan District, Tianhe District, Panyu District and other administrative districts that were originally listed as high-risk (epidemic) issued notices one after another, has declared that all epidemic prevention and control measures will be lifted from now on, and will be implemented in accordance with management in low-risk areas.
On the same day, the Shanghai Municipal Government Information Office also announced that from 12 am on 1 December 2022, a total of 24 high-risk areas including Pudong New Area, Huangpu District, Jing'an District, Putuo District, Hongkou District, and Minhang District will be lifted from control. The 24 high-risk areas are almost all just a single house number and a building. According to the official statement, the expert group decided after a meeting based on the contents of the "Notice on Further Optimizing the Prevention and Control Measures of Novelw Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control in a Scientific and Accurate Way" and the "Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control Plan (Ninth Edition)".
Ref: https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/4140998
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The new "4236+33376" in CCP China
From 00:00 to 24:00 on 29 November 2022, 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 4,288 new confirmed cases. Among them, 52 were imported cases; 4,236 local cases: 1,518 in Guangdong, 1,282 in Beijing, 185 in Shanxi, 170 in Sichuan, 164 in Chongqing, 133 in Henan, 119 in Yunnan, 102 in Inner Mongolia, 84 in Shandong, and 77 in Zhejiang. 56 cases in Fujian, 52 in Heilongjiang, 48 in Hunan, 37 in Liaoning, 34 in Shaanxi, 30 in Jiangsu, 23 in Xinjiang, 21 in Hubei, 20 in Guizhou, 17 in Hebei, 15 in Hainan, 13 in Anhui, 11 cases in Shanghai, 8 cases in Jilin, 5 cases in Guangxi, 5 cases in Qinghai, 4 cases in Tianjin, 1 case in Jiangxi, 1 case in Tibet, and 1 case in Gansu, including 929 cases from asymptomatic infections to confirmed cases (748 cases in Guangdong, 748 cases in Chongqing) 41 cases, 28 cases in Beijing, 24 cases in Zhejiang, 15 cases in Heilongjiang, 13 cases in Sichuan, 9 cases in Fujian, 7 cases in Inner Mongolia, 7 cases in Hunan, 6 cases in Shaanxi, 5 cases in Shanxi, 5 cases in Henan, 4 cases in Shandong, and 4 cases in Yunnan , 4 cases in Qinghai, 3 cases in Jiangsu, 3 cases in Hainan, 2 cases in Guangxi, and 1 case in Gansu).
31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 33,540 new asymptomatic infections, including 164 imported cases and 33,376 local cases: 7,669 cases in Chongqing, 7,236 cases in Guangdong, 3,240 cases in Beijing, 1,876 cases in Shanxi, and 33,376 cases in Sichuan. 1241 cases, 996 cases in Xinjiang, 866 cases in Tianjin, 850 cases in Shandong, 794 cases in Jilin, 767 cases in Shaanxi, 722 cases in Qinghai, 655 cases in Heilongjiang, 642 cases in Hubei, 594 cases in Guangxi, 581 cases in Yunnan, 575 cases in Liaoning, and 534 cases in Gansu , 523 cases in Henan, 487 in Jiangsu, 470 in Hebei, 462 in Ningxia, 322 in Inner Mongolia, 250 in Hunan, 249 in Anhui, 216 in Zhejiang, 176 in Shanghai, 166 in Guizhou, 98 in Fujian, 70 in Jiangxi, and Hainan 33 cases, 13 cases in Tibet, 3 cases in Corps.
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Experts say virus will not come in through windows
At the Beijing Novel Coronavirus Epidemic Prevention and Control Conference on 28 November, Liu Xiaofeng, deputy director of the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced that opening windows for ventilation is one of the important means to prevent the infection of covid. Even if the weather is cold, windows should be opened for ventilation.
However, many netizens are worried that if there are high-risk spots in the community, will opening windows for ventilation increase the risk of virus inflow? In this regard, Li Tong, chief physician of the Department of Respiratory and Infectious Diseases of Beijing You'an Hospital, once said that the buildings in most communities are relatively widely spaced and the space is relatively open. Even if there are high-risk points in the community, opening windows for ventilation will reduce the risk of aerosol transmission .
"Opening windows for ventilation can allow the virus to be quickly taken away by the wind and diluted by the air, reducing the risk of infection." Li Tong once said that infections between neighbors mainly occur on the same floor or in places with poor air circulation such as elevators. When an infected person talks or coughs, the aerosol stays in the air for a long time, which is easy to cause infection. In addition, aerosol transmission has also occurred in the upper and lower water pipes or smoke exhaust pipes, but the probability is very small.
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The news of the large-scale shutdown of express delivery outlets across the country is false
Recently, a piece of news about the "outage of express delivery" has been widely spread in the e-commerce and express delivery circles. Some netizens concluded that express delivery outlets across the country are currently "shut down on a large scale" based on the stop delivery site form sent to cooperative merchants by individual express companies. The reporter learned after many verifications that the news was not true. At present, it is true that some areas have been closed due to the impact of the epidemic but the proportion is not large. The operation of the national postal express network is generally stable. The person in charge of the State Post Bureau stated on the 29th that since 21 November, the national postal express delivery has received about 260 million pieces per day, delivered about 270 million pieces, and served more than 500 million people per day. Under the current epidemic environment, there are indeed restrictions on the operation of some express delivery outlets and employees, and the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain are also affected to a certain extent, which makes it difficult for some consumers to receive goods in a short period of time after placing an order.
On 27 November, the Office of the State Post Bureau’s Postal Express Industry Guaranteeing and Guaranteeing Work Leading Group Office held a key enterprise guaranteeing smoothness work meeting to dispatch postal services, SF Express, JD.com, Zhongtong, Yuantong, Yunda, Shentong, Jitu, and Danniao. and other postal and express delivery companies, to further understand the actual situation of the current industry operation, focusing on how to ensure the normal operation of the postal and express delivery industry during the epidemic prevention and control period, especially made relatively clear and specific arrangements for distribution centers, outlets and employees.
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Surrounded by police cars, the Beijing Blank Paper Movement was blocked when it moved to the Sitong Bridge
Editor : Jing Zhongming / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/11/29/a103586288.html / On 29 November 2022, the Chinese Communist Party’s public security guards on the banks of the Liangma River in Beijing. (Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images)
After the "Blank Paper Movement" broke out, governments around the CCP stepped up their police force. Protesters in Beijing originally planned to move to the Sitong Bridge on Monday (28 November) where anti-Xi slogans had been posted but they gave up because the police frantically blocked it.
According to a report from the Central News Agency, on Monday night, two or three police cars were parked on the relatively open main roads in Beijing, as well as near parks, department stores, scenic spots, major subway stations, and university campuses, preventing protesters from gathering.
On the banks of the Liangma River, where protesters gathered on Sunday night, the Beijing police were on the verge of a formidable enemy. On Monday night, a policeman patrolled almost every 50 metres.
Some Beijing citizens who participated in the "White Paper Movement" on Sunday night called for everyone to bring a bottle of Coke as a promise at 6:00 p.m. Monday night, gather at the Haidian Huangzhuang Subway Station, and then marched to Sitong Bridge to express their demands. The initiative has received responses one after another. However, after the Beijing police learned the news, they deployed several times as many police forces as Liangma Bridge in the Haidian Huangzhuang Station to Sitong Bridge and surrounding areas, and even dispatched police forces from Fengtai District to support.
People who are planning to participate in the protest revealed that the roadside in the above-mentioned area has been blocked by police cars, the surrounding shops have been ordered to close early, and technology companies in the Zhongguancun area have also been asked to leave work early. Before 6 p.m., the street was almost empty except for the police.
At the same time, at the Haidian Huangzhuang Station of the subway and the Renmin University Station next to the Sitong Bridge, a large number of police officers patrolled the stations and randomly checked the mobile phones of passengers, especially young passengers, and checked whether they were carrying blank paper and any bottled or canned beverages. .
Due to the tight security of the Beijing police and the influence of the strong wind and low temperature that night, the protest was forced to be suspended.
In addition to Beijing, in Nanjing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu and other cities where the "blank paper movement" broke out on Sunday, the police also deployed a large police force to prevent people from gathering again. However, in Hangzhou, Kunming and other cities, a small number of people still stood up to protest without fear of threats, and then they were violently cleared and many people were arrested.
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After effects of "Blank Paper Revolution" Chinese compose songs and rallies to support
Reporters : Gao Bingyin and Zhang Ruizhen / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/11/30/a103586915.html / Image : Web Screenshot
In the evening of the 28th, nearly 1,000 Chinese international students supported the "blank paper revolution" at Columbia University. Overseas media personnel also wrote songs to encourage young Chinese people to wait until the day when the dawn comes.
The song "Urumqi Middle Road": "In the darkness before dawn, there must be dawn. Urumqi Middle Road, this road is not long. How many beautiful young ideals are riding the wind and waves."
With the name of the song "Urumqi Middle Road" in Shanghai, overseas Chinese released the song in time on the 29th, dedicated to the dead in the fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang, and countless Chinese people who suffered secondary disasters under the "dynamic clearing" policy in the largest nationwide rally of the "blank paper revolution".
Starting on the 28th, the CCP’s measures to maintain stability have been launched one after another. The middle road of Urumqi in Shanghai is full of blue roadblocks, and the police and urban management are standing guard and patrolling at the intersection. The mourners and protesters from the previous two days were nowhere to be seen on the banks of the Liangma River in Beijing. Only the police and police cars were monitoring the incident. Even so, this wave of civil dissatisfaction with the CCP has spread overseas. In the evening of the 28th, nearly a thousand Chinese students relayed their voices at Columbia University.
Protesters at Columbia University in New York: "Release all Chinese people! Release all Chinese people! The Communist Party step down! The Communist Party step down!"
Mi Feng, spokesman for the National Health Commission of the Communist Party of China, did not directly respond to the public’s protest at the State Council’s press conference on the 29th. Chinese netizens commented on Weibo, "It's fake and empty again" and "speech a lot of nonsense", and pointed out that "the serious and complicated thing is not the epidemic, but these government officials (the CCP)".
The U.S. embassy in China issued an important statement on the 28th, pointing out that the CCP government has expanded the epidemic prevention and control measures, recommending that "all American citizens save 14 days of medicines, bottled water and food supplies for themselves and their family members."
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The picture is shocking! Tear gas cannoned against protesters in Guangzhou
Image : People in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China were suspected of being attacked by tear gas bombs. The moment the tear gas bombs exploded was reported on the Internet. (Picture taken from @O1xNs Twitter)
The "blank paper revolution" broke out across China. People who were dissatisfied with the government's zero-blocking measures took to the streets and yelled, and some even shouted for President Xi Jinping to step down. However, a number of videos from the evening of 29 November 2022 in Guangzhou, are currently circulating on Twitter, in which there are scenes of people suspected of being attacked by tear gas.
It can be seen from Twitter that tear gas bombs were suddenly thrown at a neighborhood in Guangzhou where many people gathered at night. After a burst of flames burst out, white smoke filled the air, scaring the people to run around. In addition, there are videos of demonstrators throwing glass bottles at the police, residents using tables and chairs to push "Dabai (anti-epidemic personnel)", riot police in white anti-epidemic uniforms holding shields and marching in line.
Netizens left messages after seeing it. Some people directly called out "Democracy must win, let the dictator know that the people are the real and only authority", "Guangzhou, not Yan'an, is the sacred place of the Chinese revolution", "Guangzhou people are brave, admiration".
Reuters confirmed that these videos were all shot in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, but it is not yet clear when each video was shot, the sequence, and the reasons behind the confrontation between the police and the people.
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Citizens of Guangzhou muster up their courage! Public security officers in Haizhu District, Guangzhou City clashed violently with citizens. Local police officers responded with tear gas and other anti-riot equipment. pic.twitter.com/n34JpDzZRG
— Fire Revolution???? (@O1xNs) November 30, 2022
Image : Demonstrators in Guangzhou threw glass bottles at police. (Picture taken from @O1xNs Twitter)
Image : Guangzhou riot police. (Picture taken from @O1xNs Twitter)
Image : People in Guangzhou confronted the epidemic prevention personnel with tables and chairs. (Picture taken from @O1xNs Twitter)
Refs: https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/4140368, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11484877/China-protests-Protesters-clash-hazmat-clad-Covid-enforcers.html
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Jiang Zemin has died, aged 96
Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led his country
out of isolation after the crushing of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen
Square and supported economic reforms that led to a decade of explosive growth,
has died, state TV said. He was 96.
Jiang died in Shanghai, state TV reported on its website.
A surprise choice to lead a divided Communist Party after
the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, Jiang saw China through
history-making changes including a revival of market-oriented reforms, the
return of Hong
Kong from British rule in 1997 and Beijing's entry
into the World Trade Organisation in 2001.
Even as China opened to the outside, Jiang's government
stamped out dissent at home. It jailed human rights, labor and pro-democracy
activists and banned the Falun Gong spiritual movement, which it viewed as a
threat to the Communist Party's monopoly on power.
Jiang gave up his last official title in 2004 but
remained a force behind the scenes in the wrangling that led to the rise of
current President Xi Jinping, who took power in 2012. Xi has stuck to Jiang's
mix of economic liberalization and strict political controls.
Initially seen as a transitional leader, Jiang was
drafted on the verge of retirement with a mandate from then-paramount leader
Deng Xiaoping to pull together the party and nation.
But he proved transformative. In 13 years as Communist
Party general secretary, the top position in China, he guided China's rise to
global economic power by welcoming capitalists into the Communist Party and
pulling in foreign investment after China joined the WTO.
He presided over the nation's rise as a global
manufacturer, the return of Hong Kong and Macao from Britain and Portugal and
the achievement of a long-cherished dream: winning the competition to host the
Olympic Games after an earlier rejection.
A former soap factory manager, Jiang capped his career
with the communist era's first orderly succession, handing over his post as
party leader in 2002 to Hu Jintao, who assumed the presidency the following
year.
Jiang tried to hold onto influence by staying on as
chairman of the Central Military Commission, which controls the party's
military wing, the 2.3 million-member People's Liberation Army. He gave up that
post in 2004 following complaints he might divide the government.
Even after he left office, Jiang had influence over
promotions through his network of proteges.
He was said to be frustrated that Deng had picked Hu as
the next leader, blocking Jiang from installing his own successor. But Jiang
was considered successful in elevating allies to the party's seven-member
Standing Committee, China's inner circle of power, when Xi became leader in
2012.
Portly and owlish in oversize glasses, Jiang was an
ebullient figure who played the piano and enjoyed singing, in contrast to his
more reserved successors, Hu and Xi.
He spoke enthusiastic if halting English and would recite
the Gettysburg Address for foreign visitors. On a visit to Britain, he tried to
coax Queen Elizabeth II into singing karaoke.
"Jiang had faded from public sight and last appeared
publicly alongside current and former leaders atop Beijing's Tiananmen gate at
a 2019 military parade celebrating the party's 70th anniversary in power. He
was absent from a major party congress last month where former leaders are
given seats in recognition of their service.
Jiang was born on 17 August 1926, in the affluent eastern
city of Yangzhou. Official biographies downplay his family's middle-class
background, emphasizing instead his uncle and adoptive father, Jiang Shangqing,
an early revolutionary who was killed in battle in 1939.
After graduating from the electrical machinery department
of Jiaotong University in Shanghai in 1947, Jiang advanced through the ranks of
state-controlled industries, working in a food factory, then soap-making and
China's biggest automobile plant.
Like many technocratic officials, Jiang spent part of the
ultra-radical 1966-76 Cultural Revolution as a farm laborer. His career rise
resumed, and in 1983 he was named minister of the electronics industry, then a
key but backward sector the government hoped to revive by inviting foreign
investment.
As mayor of Shanghai in 1985-89, Jiang impressed foreign
visitors as a representative of a new breed of outward-looking Chinese leaders.
He was preparing to retire when Deng picked him in 1989 to replace party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang, who was purged due to his sympathy for the Tiananmen protesters and held under house arrest until his death in 2005.
A tough political fighter, Jiang defied predictions that
his stint as leader would be short. He consolidated power by promoting members
of his "Shanghai faction" and giving the military double-digit annual
percentage increases in spending.
Foreign leaders and CEOs who shunned Beijing after the
crackdown were persuaded to return. When Deng emerged from retirement in 1992
to push for reviving market-style reform in the face of conservative opposition
after the Tiananmen crackdown, Jiang followed.
He supported Premier Zhu Rongji, the party's No. 3
leader, who forced through painful changes that slashed as many as 40 million
jobs in state industry in the late 1990s.
Zhu also launched the privatization of urban housing,
igniting a building boom that transformed Chinese cities into forests of
high-rises and propelled economic growth.
After 12 years of negotiations and a flight by Zhu to
Washington to lobby the Clinton administration for support, China joined the
WTO in 2001, cementing its position as a magnet for foreign investment.
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Jiang persecuted Falun Gong, sentenced activists that tried to form opposition China Democracy Party
Despite a genial public image, Jiang dealt severely with
challenges to ruling party power.
His highest-profile target was Falun Gong, a meditation
group founded in the early '90s. Chinese leaders were spooked by the group's
ability to attract tens of thousands of followers, including military officers.
Activists who tried to form an opposition China Democracy Party, a move
permitted by Chinese law, were sentenced to up to 12 years in prison on
subversion charges.
"Stability above all else," Jiang ordered, in a
phrase his successors have used to justify intensive social controls.
It fell to Jiang, standing beside Britain's Prince
Charles, to preside over the return of Hong Kong on 1 July 1997, symbolizing
the end of 150 years of European colonialism. The nearby Portuguese territory
of Macau was returned to China in 1999.
Hong Kong was promised autonomy and became a springboard
for mainland companies to go abroad. Meanwhile, Jiang turned to coercion with
Taiwan, the self-ruled island Beijing says is part of its territory.
During Taiwan's first direct presidential election in
1996, Jiang's government tried to intimidate voters by firing missiles into
nearby shipping lanes. The United States responded by sending warships to the
area in a show of support.
At the same time, trade between the mainland and Taiwan
grew to billions of dollars a year.
China's economic boom split society into winners and
losers, as waves of rural residents migrated to factory jobs in cities, the
economy grew sevenfold and urban incomes by nearly as much.
Protests, once rare, spread as millions lost state jobs
and farmers complained about rising taxes and fees. Divorce rates climbed.
Corruption flourished.
One of Jiang's sons, Jiang Mianheng, courted controversy
in the late 1990s as a telecommunications dealmaker and later the chairman of
phone company China Netcom Co.
Critics accused him of misusing his father's status to
promote his career, a common complaint against the children of party leaders.
Jiang Mianheng, who has a Ph.D. from Drexel University,
went on to hold prominent academic positions, including president of ShanghaiTech
University in his father's old power base.
Jiang Zemin is survived by his two sons and his wife, Wang
Yeping, who worked in government bureaucracies in charge of state industries.
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People in Jinan took to the streets to protest against anti-blockade control, and it is rumoured that they toppled the testing station
Image : Dissatisfied with the CCP authorities' long-term strict clean-up and control, "blank paper revolutions" broke out in various parts of China. (Reuters)
Dissatisfied with the CCP authorities' long-term strict clean-up and control, the "blank paper revolution" broke out in various parts of China, and the mass protests became more and more intense. It was reported that a large number of people in Jinan, Shandong Province had violent conflicts that toppled PCR testing stations.
According to comprehensive media reports, a large number of people protested in Jinan, Shandong Province, trying to break through the epidemic prevention blockade. They pushed aside the roadblocks while shouting "lift the blockade", and had several waves of fierce physical conflicts with police officers wearing protective clothing. On Twitter, suspected conflict images were exposed
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The U.S. releases a report on the CCP’s military power, exposing CCP’s invasion of Taiwan and its nuclear expansion ambitions
Editors : Lin Jiawei and Yao Hanyu / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/11/30/a103587000.html
The U.S. Department of Defense released the "China Military Power Report" on the 29th, listing the CCP's four possible military actions against Taiwan, including sea and air blockade, limited force operations, missile air strikes, and invasion. The report also revealed that the CCP has accelerated the development of its nuclear arsenal.
Pentagon spokesman Air Force Commodore Pat Ryder: "This Congressional-mandated report is an authoritative assessment of the pace of challenges for the U.S. Department of Defense and maps the current course of China's military and security strategy." "The challenges here are , the more expansion there is, the more worrisome it is, the more destabilizing it is for the region. So, of course, we want to make sure that from a regional, global and regional stability standpoint, we can maintain an open dialogue, ensure transparency, and ensure that we understand the intent behind it."
The report also reveals that the CCP is accelerating the development of its nuclear arsenal. The CCP currently has more than 400 nuclear warheads. By 2035, the CCP’s nuclear arsenal will increase to 1,500 warheads, which is three times the current estimated inventory. The Biden administration of the United States once urged Beijing to negotiate on nuclear disarmament, but Beijing has always refused on the grounds that the number of nuclear arsenals is smaller than that of the United States and Russia.
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Could the new party leader be co-selected? Huang Weizhe: Democratic procedures and consensus cohesion are necessary
Reporter : Chen Yun / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/4140411 / Image : Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe was interviewed before attending the Central Standing Committee meeting in the afternoon. (Photo by reporter Liao Zhenhui)
The Democratic Progressive Party suffered a major defeat in the nine-in-one election. President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as party chairman last Saturday. Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai is expected to be elected as acting party leader at the mid-afternoon meeting. In the formal by-election of party leader, high-level party and government officials are interested to let the various factions coordinate and promote together; in this regard, Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe was interviewed before attending the Central Standing Committee meeting in the afternoon, saying that democratic procedures must be followed and consensus must be consolidated.
Regarding the president's expectation that the middle-aged will take responsibility for generations, Huang Weizhe said that the DPP belongs to all DPP members and does not belong to a specific generation. If we want to distinguish, the boundaries between generations have been blurred since Tsai Ing-wen, including Party affairs young people are in charge of government affairs. No matter which generation, even the elders of Formosa Island, they all look forward to helping. There is no such thing as a specific generation being in power.
Aiming at the fact that the by-election of the party leader may be promoted by various factions, Huang Weizhe said that the democratic process still needs to be followed, and consensus building is also necessary. If the party chairman has a consensus, this is to unite for democratic progress; Select the Acting party chairman first, the party chairman comes next.
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After the election, Huang Weizhe issued a self-review to readjust the pace of governance
Reporter : Hong Ruiqin / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/4139868
The mayoral election in Tainan ended. Huang Weizhe of the Democratic Progressive Party was re-elected, but the number of votes was only about 5% behind that of his rival KMT Xie Longjie, which was more than 20% different from the previous poll prediction. Huang Weizhe posted a self-examination on 29 February saying that "we will readjust the pace of governance", work harder in the future, and continue to work hard for our hometown.
Huang Weizhe posted that he had browsed through the citizens' messages of advice and encouragement to him in the past few days, and he had a deep understanding of what the citizens expect Tainan to look like. Fighting in my hometown".
As a result of this election, Huang Weizhe got 433,684 votes and a 48.80% vote rate, while Xie Longjie got 387,731 votes and a 43.63% vote rate. Netizens poured in messages with encouragement and criticism; the elderly's health insurance is free of charge, some people support it, and some people oppose it. There have been more than 4,000 messages, and the number continues to increase.
Some netizens said, "We in Tainan pay health insurance premiums at the age of 65, but other counties and cities do not pay. Hope and expectation, we in Tainan will not have to pay when we are 65 years old." Construction can be a priority”, “Tainan MRT and Tainan Railway need to step up the pace of undergrounding, we have been waiting for a long time”, “Please don’t make the mayor the head of the tourism bureau, holding some activities will only make Tainan people crowded. It is only for the benefit of manufacturers, and it is of no help to the citizens. Please give space to pedestrians and people in wheelchairs, and don’t let us compete with cars on the road.”
Some netizens said: "In fact, you are doing well, don't be discouraged", "Going a few more times to hold municipal seminars will allow villagers to speak freely, two-way communication, give you the most direct feedback and reference, and also give villagers a channel to express their feelings ".
There are also netizens who believe that other counties and cities do not have full subsidies, and there are restrictions. The age of 65 and above is the age when the cost of medical care gradually increases. Taiwan has entered an era when the elderly population is larger than the young population. Nobody is willing to pay the health insurance fee of NT$600 to NT$700, which is against social fairness. Once it is transferred to the National Health Insurance Bureau, there will be more self-funded medical care in the future, which will only increase the pressure on the young main taxpayers. If there is difficulty, try to ask the social bureau to see if the exemption criteria can be met.
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War criminals speak out, Mai: Blaming each other won't make progress
Reporter : Ge Youhao / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/paper/1554362
The Democratic Progressive Party suffered a disastrous defeat in the election of county and city mayors, and there are many voices of war crimes within the party. In this regard, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Qimai, who is expected to take over the DPP acting chairman, said seriously, "If you lose the election, you lose , we have to admit it, we have to review it. Blaming each other, the party will not make progress.”
Rumour has it that Chen Qimai will take over as the acting chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party. Yesterday, the media asked Chen: "After taking over as the acting chairman of the party, what route will the party take?" He said with reservations that the DPP will decide on the candidate for the acting chairman, they must respect the internal mechanism of the party, and then talk about the direction of future reform.
How do you view the predicament of the Democratic Progressive Party? Chen Qimai believes that we must face problems honestly, and listen to public opinion with humility when we do not do well. During this period, no matter the candidate or the campaign team, we should regard other people's criticism as a driving force for progress and listen to public opinion sincerely; the votes are already clear. The DPP did not do well in the election this time. There must be something wrong with it, or there is something worthy of review in the election process. It is still necessary to humbly respond to the needs of public opinion.
The media asked: "How do you think the party is catching war criminals?" Chen Qimai said earnestly, it is more important to face the problem honestly, "You can't lose the whole war because of one battle; there will be a by-election soon, and then there will be a presidential election. Democracy is time and time again and through political party competition, society progresses and the country becomes better."
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The Democratic Progressive Party elects Chen Qimai as acting party chairman and Zheng Wencan as the convener of the general election review team
Reporter : Chen Yun / Image : The Democratic Progressive Party was defeated in the nine-in-one election. President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as the party chairman last Saturday. The Central Committee elected Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai as acting party chairman today, and approved the establishment of the "2022 General Election Review Group", and elected Taoyuan Mayor Zheng Wencan as the convener. (file photo)
The Democratic Progressive Party was defeated in the nine-in-one election. President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as the party chairman last Saturday. Taoyuan Mayor Zheng Wencan served as the convener; facing the Taipei City Legislative Council by-election that will be registered this week, Chen Qimai also said at the meeting that coordination has been made and results are expected tonight.
According to reports, Xu Shuhua, member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the DPP, proposed to elect Chen Qimai as acting chairman at the meeting today. All the members of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the DPP applauded and approved it. Chen Qimai also said that in order to make the party affairs and election affairs go smoothly, the whole party must be united to overcome difficulties.
According to reports, Chen Qimai said that in the face of the upcoming Chiayi mayoral election, the DPP will hold a regular meeting in Chiayi next week. To support the election with all one's strength, and the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the DPP, the mayor of the county, and the mayor to preach on the street, with the Deputy Secretary-General Lin Feifan as the window, the best way is to unite the whole party and support the election with all its strength.
In addition, the Central Standing Committee also recommended Zheng Wencan as the convener of the review team. Chen Qimai specially asked Zheng Wencan to go to the local area, face the local area, face the voters, and understand the reasons for the defeat. Regarding the official party chairman by-election, the follow-up schedule will be held next week. There are also other members of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee who suggest that the head of the local party department come to the party central committee for a meeting, and Chen Qimai also specially asked Zheng Wencan to handle it.
According to the report, Chen Qimai said that it is still very painful to recall the loss of the mayor of Kaohsiung in 2018. It is still unforgettable to this day. At that time, the first stop to review Kaohsiung was scolded, but he still had to do a good review, accept the corrections of the people, and face it humbly and respond to the needs of the people. It is good for everyone to take good care of the party.
In addition, Chen Qimai also mentioned that for the by-election of the Taipei City Council on 8 January 2023, he knows his responsibilities and has already coordinated, and the result is expected at night of 30 November 2022 tonight.
Image : The Democratic Progressive Party was defeated in the nine-in-one election. President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as the party chairman last Saturday. The Central Committee elected Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai as acting party chairman today, and approved the establishment of the "2022 General Election Review Group", and elected Taoyuan Mayor Zheng Wencan (above) as the convener. (file photo)
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Republic of China opens up imports of Paraguayan pork, praised by ally: Deepening the friendship of brotherly countries
Reporter : Lu Yixuan / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/4140468 / Image : From 28 November 2022, Republic of China (Taiwan) starts importing refrigerated and frozen fresh pork from Paraguay. (From the official website of the Embassy in Paraguay)
Following the opening of the import of Paraguayan beef the year before, Taiwan begins to import refrigerated and frozen fresh pork from Paraguay on 28 November 2022. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Paraguay praised "Taiwan, our ally, has deepened mutual friendship with practical actions", and looked forward to continuing to work together and looks forward to the future for further trade opportunities.
Paraguay is one of Republic of China's important friends in South America. Taiwan and Paraguay signed an "Economic Cooperation Agreement" in 2018. The import of Paraguayan beef was opened the year before. This year, Paraguay's offal imports were introduced with zero tariffs. Now Paraguay has become the second largest importer of Taiwan's beef. , second only to the United States. The Council of Agriculture has also revised the "Quarantine Guidelines for Imported Quarantine Items" this year. In September, it announced that imports of Paraguayan fresh pork would be opened. However, in order to protect the domestic pork industry, the import of offal was not opened. Only pork, backfat, pig skin, and main meat, artery, diaphragm inlet were announced.
Rearing Paraguay’s cattle and pigs does not use ractopamine during the growth process. In the notice, the Council of Agriculture stipulated that in addition to the pastures of the source of pigs for slaughter in Paraguay, there must be no pig-related epidemics. It also stipulates that pork should be exported from Paraguay one year before. No country can have foot-and-mouth disease, African swine fever, or swine fever. In addition, pork slaughter must be cold-chained and matured.
The Republic of China embassy in Paraguay announced on its official website that starting from 28 November 2022, Paraguayan refrigerated and frozen boneless pork will be allowed to export to the Taiwan market. The embassy in Paraguay pointed out that Taiwan is a big pork consumer, with an average annual consumption of 35 kilograms of pork per person, or about 900,000 tons per year, of which 84,000 tons are imported, accounting for 10%. This is an opportunity market for Paraguay. This opening allows the Paraguayan meat industry to sell a new premium product in Taiwan without setting quotas, an extremely important achievement in relations between the two countries.
The embassy in Paraguay shared that Taiwan’s Bureau of Animal and Plant Epidemic Prevention and Quarantine (BAPHIQ) and Paraguay’s National Animal Health and Quality Administration (SENACSA) have worked together to achieve this authorization in the past few years. In May of this year, Paraguay was the first country to accept Taiwan's on-site inspectors after the epidemic to evaluate the production and sales of fresh pork.
The embassy in Paraguay emphasized that Taiwan reaffirms its commitment to strengthening trade agreements with Paraguay, including providing incentives for investment. The two countries are not only friends, but also great partners.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of the Republic of Paraguay shared the good news on Twitter and praised Taiwan and Paraguay for deepening their friendship through practical actions. "Today, Paraguay's fraternal country, Taiwan, officially announced the opening of the market to Paraguayan pork! Let us continue to work together and look forward to the future for further trade opportunities!”
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Somalia's 15 metric tons of meteorites found 2 kinds of minerals that the earth does not have
Image : A study by the University of Alberta in Canada found that meteorites contain two minerals that are not found on the earth. (From the website of the University of Alberta)
The 15-metric-ton meteorite that has existed for a long time in rural Somalia, an African country, is considered to be the ninth largest meteorite in the world. About 90% of it is composed of iron and nickel. However, a recent study by the University of Alberta in Canada found that the meteorite It actually contains 2 kinds of minerals that are not found on the earth.
According to the "BBC" report, researchers at the University of Alberta identified the 70-gram fragment of the giant meteorite and named the two minerals that do not exist on the earth as elaliite and elkinstantonite. The former is to commemorate the meteorite from Somalia. The El Ali area, the latter is named after Lindy Elkins-Tanton, an expert from NASA.
Eakins-Tanton has done a lot of work on the iron-nickel core and how meteorites form, so it makes sense to name the mineral after her, said Chris Herd, a professor who directs the meteorite collection at the University of Alberta.
Researchers at the University of Alberta are currently analyzing a third yet-to-be-identified element, hoping to figure out how the minerals are used on Earth. Hurd pointed out that whenever a new substance appears, materials scientists will be very interested, because it may be widely used in society.
Although this huge meteorite was sent for research from rural Somalia two years ago, the locals revealed that it has existed for a long time. Poems and dances five generations ago mentioned the meteorite. Later, it was used as a sharpening stone.
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Breakthrough Alzheimer's disease drug lecanemab may halt cruel memory decline
A game-changing new Alzheimer's drug may mark the 'beginning of the end' in the decades-long search for an effective treatment, leading experts claimed today.
Lecanemab was found to halt the memory decline and thinking problems suffered by patients in the earliest stages.
Results from a phase three trial of the drug, given as a fortnightly injection, showed that it slowed the disease's progression by around 27 per cent after 18 months.
Lecanemab clears a build up of amyloid — toxic plaques in the brain that are thought to cause the cruel, memory-robbing disease.
Tokyo-based pharmaceutical giant Eisai, which owns the rights to the drug alongside US firm Biogen, reported initial results in September from a trial on 1,795 participants with early Alzheimer's.
Full results from the study have since been published in The New England Journal of Medicine, with experts hailing it as long-awaited proof that Alzheimer's disease can be treated.
Professor John Hardy, group leader at University College London's Dementia Research Institute, said: 'This trial is an important first step, and I truly believe it represents the beginning of the end.
'The amyloid theory has been around for 30 years so this has been a long time coming.
'It's fantastic to receive this confirmation that we've been on the right track all along, as these results convincingly demonstrate, for the first time, the link between removing amyloid and slowing the progress of Alzheimer's disease.
'The first step is the hardest, and we now know exactly what we need to do to develop effective drugs.
'It's exciting to think that future work will build on this, and we will soon have life-changing treatments to tackle this disease.'
Professor Bart De Strooper, director at the institute, said: 'The overall conclusion is extremely positive. This trial proves that Alzheimer's disease can be treated.'
However, experts warned that UK officials have much to do to prepare to deliver the drug, provided it gets regulatory approval.
There are two ways to tell whether there is amyloid on the brain – a brain scan or biomarker test which is currently done through lumbar puncture.
While a blood test is on the horizon, dementia services must rely on current tests which are expensive and can have big waiting lists.
Private patients and those living near to big dementia services can access these diagnostic tests, but the vast majority of the public cannot, experts said.
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Lecanemab only for patients with mild disease while consumption of the drug may lead to brain bleeds, among other side-effects
They warned that unless there are big changes in diagnostic services, people could become ineligible for lecanemab treatment while on the waiting list for diagnosis because it can only be given to patients with mild disease – if their disease progresses to a moderate stage while on the waiting list, they will no longer be eligible for treatment.
Professor De Strooper said: 'The participants of this trial were all people with very early-stage Alzheimer's, which raises the question of how we ensure that people can access these drugs at the right stage in their disease course.
'In parallel, we must focus on making early diagnosis easier and more accessible, so that treatments can be administered when they are most likely to have a positive impact, before amyloid levels are too high and start to cause damage to the brain.'
Experts also stressed that more work still needed to be done to investigate the drug's side effects.
'The trial results have shown us that there is a risk of side effects, including brain bleeds in a small number of cases,' Professor Hardy said.
