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Zhuzhou, Hunan, under lockdown, and armored vehicles controlled residential areas, causing public outcry (Video)
Image : A few days ago, the authorities in Zhuzhou, Hunan Province dispatched armed armored vehicles into residential areas to control and threaten the people, causing a public outcry. (Synthesis of video screenshots)
After the closure of Zhuzhou, Hunan, the lack of supplies caused public resentment, and bloody conflicts between the people and the epidemic prevention personnel occurred. The local government dispatched armored vehicles to enter residential areas to control and threaten the people, causing public outcry.
On 12 November 2022, a video posted on the Internet showed that an armored vehicle labeled "Zhuzhou Special Police" drove into a residential area and broadcast a message to the residents: "Now carry out armed patrols on key areas of Yuetang Street" and asked citizens to "not go out or stop by." , Do not gather", and threatened that those who did not obey the command would be dealt with severely.
The footage showed that two police vehicles followed the armored vehicle and entered the residential area to patrol.
Mr. Wang, a citizen of Zhuzhou, told The Epoch Times on 14 November 2022 that the authorities dispatched armored vehicles to patrol the streets to intimidate the public. It's not for the covid virus, it's for our Zhuzhou people!"
Mr. Wang confirmed that the armored patrol car appeared on the street he was familiar with. He believes that there may be two reasons for the authorities' move: "One is that local officials show their loyalty and increase the scale at every level; the other is that they have a mentality of showing off their might, which is to create an effect of intimidation and deterrence."
He said that the authorities thought this would scare the people. "Actually, the more we do this, the more serious our resistance mentality will be! My friends all think that this is too much."
Ms. Lin from Fortune Community, Yuetang Street, Hetang District, Zhuzhou, told The Epoch Times that the community has been closed for more than ten days, and their family is almost out of food. "Everyone is locked at home, and they still use special police cars to manage? Everyone thinks it's funny, as if people are going to kill people here, shouting for force control, as if they want to use guns (repression), it's scary to death! "
The video of Zhuzhou dispatching armored vehicles to control residential areas was exposed on the Internet, causing a public outcry. Netizens criticized the CCP authorities, "Even the arrival of armored vehicles...is it a civil war?! Treat the people as enemies!"
Dr. Lin Xiaoxu, a member of the U.S. Committee on Responding to the Current Crisis of the CCP, said in the "News Talk" program, "It is not surprising that the CCP's armored vehicles entered residential areas and displayed government violence. In fact, epidemic prevention has become a means for the authorities to control the people."
According to the information on the official website of the Zhuzhou government, the city is closed from 2 November 2022, and silent management will be implemented. More than ten days after the city was closed, starting from 10 pm on the 13th, some communities began to unblock but there are still some areas that are strictly closed.
The severe blockade triggered resistance from residents, and even bloody conflicts with epidemic prevention personnel. Mr. Li, a villager in Wulidun, Liling, Zhuzhou, told The Epoch Times on 14 November 2022 that the "Dabai" of the epidemic prevention prevented the villagers from going out, and they were chopped.
Mr. Li said, "Our place has been unsealed. There is a village in Pukou (town) of Liling. The whole village is not allowed to go out. One villager wants to go out, but Dabai refuses to let him go. (He) chopped Dabai. If he didn't die, cut him down and hurt."
Ms. Liu, the owner of a shop in Zhuzhou Baiguan Clothing Industry City, told The Epoch Times, "The workers in the factory here did not want to be quarantined for a long time, so they kicked down the fence in the factory, but the fence outside the industry city has not been removed."
Mr. Tang, a citizen of Zhuzhou, said that the epidemic in Zhuzhou is not serious but the ideological control is very strict, and businessmen are not allowed to go out to do business. "For those like me, who need to go out to discuss business, they are directly given a yellow code and are not allowed to go out. This is the second time, and you are not allowed to move at all."
Many Zhuzhou netizens disclosed on Weibo that various chaos occurred during the closure of the city, prices soared, people could not buy supplies, and local officials resold aid supplies, etc., which aroused public outrage.
"Three years ago, the epidemic was sealed off, businesses were shut down, and all citizens were quarantined at home. Everyone was in a good mood. They showed different cooking skills on the Internet. Now everyone is crazy. Why?? Isn't it because they can't even get basic supplies? Guarantee? There are so many stranded people, not everyone has a home in Zhuzhou, okay! Even housing is a problem, let alone food.”
"Three years ago, when the epidemic was so severe, you could still go to the supermarket and order takeaway. Now I don't know how many elderly people living alone can't use their mobile phones and can't buy food! The risk assessment is carried out on the basis of the street. As long as one person has sheep, the whole street Don't go to work."
"This time the Zhuzhou epidemic is really bad. From the beginning of the lockdown management to keep everyone from rushing to buy supplies, to staying at home, the supplies cannot be provided, and even the stinky meat and rotten vegetables bought in the sky-high price package, obviously every day. There are also new ones who are biting the bullet and are unblocking."
"Millions of lives have taken a toll! Rising prices, zero income, closure with no end in sight, anxiety and depression."
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Zhuzhou epidemic prevention personnel were chopped, armored vehicles patrol, armed police stand guard
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A few days ago, after a number of epidemic prevention personnel in Zhuzhou, Hunan Province were chopped, the authorities dispatched armored vehicles to patrol. Local residents revealed that after more than ten days of lockdown, many people ran out of food. In order to prevent people from rushing cards, armed police were sent to stand guard.
The video posted on the Internet showed that an armored police car with the "Zhuzhou Special Police" logo broadcasted: "Now carry out armed patrols in key areas of Yuetang Street", requiring citizens to "strictly abide by the epidemic prevention regulations", "Do not go out, do not visit, do not go out. Gathering” and threatened to “severely deal with those who do not obey orders and violate epidemic prevention regulations.”
Zhuzhou residents said that Zhuzhou closed the city on 2 November. Several epidemic prevention personnel were cut and injured recently. After that, many places were unblocked. Only the two districts of Hetang District and Lusong District have not been unblocked, and the two places are densely packed with garment factories and workshops. There are a lot of foreign people in the place, and the epidemic situation is severe.
Mr. Chen, a resident of Zhuzhou: "We are in Hetang District. Armored vehicles patrol this street. At present, there are armed police stationed under this district. Those who cannot go out have to put a seal on the door. The units are locked with iron chains. It’s like going to jail. A student from Hunan Nonferrous Metals Vocational College jumped off the building, and he just locked the student in the dormitory, driving him crazy.”
Zhuzhou residents also said that high-priced vegetable bags ordered from the government were often not delivered on time, and they were locked down for more than ten days. Many people ran out of food and had no way to ask for help.
Mr. Chen: "The business can't be done, it will kill a lot of people, the fruit business will close the store for you, and you can't do anything about it. The vegetables were not delivered in time, and the food at home was gone, and there was still a little rice. Boil some porridge to eat, and no one will sympathize with you if you starve to death."
Mr. Cheng, a resident of Zhuzhou: "The delivery package must have risen, but the price is still relatively high. Although the price of meat is not high, the meat is smelly. If it is fresh, the price will be much higher."
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Party media Xinhua News Agency deletes key content of Biden's speech
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U.S. 46th President Joe Biden and Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping concluded their bilateral summit in Indonesia, and the content of the statements issued by the U.S. and China after the meeting was very different. Analysis believes that Xi Jinping’s tone has been lowered this time, and the main role of the Xinhua News Agency’s release is to promote internal propaganda, delete some key content of Biden’s speech, and brainwash mainland Chinese.
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The U.S. and China have different statements
On Monday (November 14), the Xi-Xi meeting was held in Bali, Indonesia, which lasted for more than 3 hours and ended at 9 pm. Post-meeting statements from the U.S. and China indicated that the talks between Biden and Xi involved issues such as human rights, Taiwan, economy and trade, the Ukrainian war and North Korea. The statement issued by the White House after the meeting and the press release from Xinhua showed that the two basically spoke their own way on related issues, and they could not even agree on a "consensus".
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Talk to each other: Human rights differ
The statement issued by the White House began with a reference to human rights. "President Biden has expressed concern about China's practices in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong, as well as broader human rights," the statement said.
But the Xinhua News Agency’s press release is another way of saying that Xi Jinping did not respond to the human rights issue raised by Biden, but declared in a high-sounding manner that freedom, democracy, and human rights are the common pursuit of mankind and the consistent pursuit of the Chinese Communist Party. The United States has American-style democracy, and China has Chinese-style democracy, both of which are in line with their national conditions.
Current affairs commentator Yang Wei told The Epoch Times, "The human rights issue mentioned in the White House statement will of course be ignored by the CCP, and replaced by CCP-style democracy and liberalism, which also shows the ideological polarities between China and the United States."
He also believes that "the CCP's statement even takes the initiative to refer to democracy against authoritarianism, which is really ridiculous."
Previously, 50 countries including the United States, Britain, Japan, and France signed a joint statement at the United Nations on October 31, condemning the CCP for committing serious and systematic "crimes against humanity" in Xinjiang.
According to the 2022 World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index, China ranks 95th among 140 countries and regions overall, and fourth from last in terms of basic rights.
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The Taiwan Question versus peace and stability argument
On the Taiwan issue, the two sides have expressed many expressions. Xi Jinping said that the Taiwan issue is the core of China's core interests, the foundation of the political foundation of China-US relations, and the first insurmountable red line of China-US relations, Xinhua said in a press release.
Xinhua also said that "Taiwan independence" is incompatible with peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. It is hoped that the U.S. side will live up to its words and deeds and abide by the one-China policy and the three Sino-U.S. joint communiques.
In the White House statement, Biden elaborated that the "one China policy" of the United States has not changed. The United States opposes unilateral changes to the status quo by any party, emphasizing that maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is in the world's interest.
Biden also cited U.S. opposition to China's coercive and increasingly aggressive actions against Taiwan that undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the wider region, and jeopardize global prosperity.
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Analysis of Taiwan as the crux of Sino-US confrontation: The only issue where Xi can show toughness
Current affairs commentator Wang He told The Epoch Times that the essence of the Taiwan Strait issue is that the CCP wants to unilaterally change the status quo and use force to change the status quo. This is what the United States is opposed to, and this is also opposed by the international community.
"So the United States is currently saying that he still insists that the one-China policy has not changed, and opposes any party to unilaterally change the status quo. What the United States demands is to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait."
He said, "The United States says that you can change the status quo, but it must be done in a peaceful way, not by force or threat of force. This is the crux of the confrontation between China and the United States."
Wang He said that now the CCP is using the Taiwan Strait issue to incite nationalism at home, saying that the United States has violated China's sovereignty, "so the Taiwan Strait issue between the two sides is not only a strategic confrontation, but also a global diplomatic showdow."
"The CCP is now playing the Taiwan card and using the Taiwan card to cause division in the international community." He believes that "the diplomatic war between China and the United States over the Taiwan Strait issue will be very intense in the future."
Yang Wei said that the CCP continues to remain tough on the Taiwan issue. First, it tries to frighten the United States and make the United States nervous, thinking that the CCP may provoke conflict at any time. Internal propaganda is probably the only place where CCP leaders can show toughness.
However, he believes: "The general tone of the CCP has lowered, but it is not ready to make changes."
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Different opinions and three adjustments: The CCP’s non-market economic practices
In addition, the White House statement said that President Biden has also raised continued concerns about China's non-market economic practices, which he believes harm American workers and families, as well as workers and families around the world.
The Xinhua News Agency quoted Xi Jinping as saying that the United States pursues capitalism, China pursues socialism, and the two sides are taking different paths. It is said that fighting a trade war, a technology war, artificially "building a wall" and pushing for "decoupling and breaking the chain" completely violate the principles of the market economy.
Yang Wei said that Xi Jinping's public talk about the surname and surname society revealed the sharp ideological confrontation between the United States and China.
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The "consensus" of the two sides is very different
However, both sides used the same word in their statements - frankly, this is a rare "consensus" between the two sides. "The two leaders spoke candidly about their respective priorities and intentions on a range of issues," the White House said. "The two heads of state believed that the meeting was deeply candid and constructive," Xinhua said.
However, the "consensus" of the two sides mentioned in the White House statement and the "consensus" of the two sides mentioned in the Xinhua News Agency's announcement are different.
The "consensus" mentioned in the White House statement, "Presidents Biden and Xi have reaffirmed their consensus that nuclear war should never be fought and can never be won, and emphasized their opposition to the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine."
"The two heads of state have agreed that Secretary of State Blinken will visit China to follow up their discussions," the White House said.
However, the above two points are not mentioned in the consensus mentioned in the Xinhua News Agency announcement, and the content is very different. Xinhua News Agency said in a statement that "the two heads of state agreed that the diplomatic teams of the two sides will maintain strategic communication and conduct regular consultations", "agree to make joint efforts to promote the "United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change", "on the development of public health, agriculture and food in the two countries". security dialogue”, “people-to-people and cultural exchanges”, and expanding exchanges.
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Analysis: Xi Jinping downgrades and reiterates no intention to challenge and replace the United States
Wang He said that the visit to Xi Jinping mainly discussed three issues that the United States said it would continue to pay attention to. The first one was concerned about human rights in China's Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong; the second was the Taiwan Strait issue; the third was the CCP's non-market economy way of doing.
"These three issues can be summed up as the current system of the CCP. The United States is very dissatisfied with the system (the CCP) that is antagonistic to the United States." He said, "So the United States here does not mean to agree with the CCP system at all, but instead challenges it. ."
"First, the CCP's Xinhua News Agency press release and the White House's statement have their own opinions, and the two sides have very little in common. The key points of each are very clear. It can be seen from this meeting that the two sides have very different positions. ."
"Secondly, this time the CCP's Xinhua News Agency has come here to see that the CCP's tone has been greatly lowered."
In the Xinhua News Agency announcement, Xi Jinping said, "China has never sought to change the existing international order, does not interfere in the internal affairs of the United States, and has no intention of challenging and replacing the United States."
Wang He said that in the last (28 July) conference call with Xi Jinping, Xi Jinping proposed to "lead the world", but this time he said to solve the problems between the two countries and solve them to benefit the world. During the call with Xi Jinping, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China also said that Xi Jinping’s statement that taking China as the main opponent and the most serious long-term challenge is a misjudgment of Sino-US relations and a misinterpretation of China’s development, which will affect the two countries. misleading the people of the country and the international community, etc.
Yang Wei, a current affairs commentator, believes that "the CCP's statement did not clearly accuse the United States of damaging Sino-US relations, and it may be difficult to say it in front of Biden."
He said that Xi’s statement that he “has no intention to challenge and replace the United States” seems to be bowing his head to the United States; but the contradiction is that he also “maintains the international system with the United Nations at the core and the international order based on international law”, implying that It still does not recognize the international order dominated by the United States and Western countries, and in fact continues to prepare for confrontation with the United States.
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Analysis: Xinhua News Agency deletes the main point of the U.S. as the CCP’s internal propaganda
Wang He talked about the large internal propaganda role of the Xinhua News Agency's press release. He said that the press release of Xinhua News Agency is fundamentally different from the normal press release in the international sense. It is a tool for brainwashing and propaganda, and it is also its main function.
He said, "The Xinhua News Agency's press release is a big internal propaganda. It is brainwashing, controlling everyone's thinking, and controlling everyone's information. The standards for inhaling and judging Sino-US relations are all under the unified control of the CCP."
"Because it is the expression of the authoritative voice of the CCP, all the newspapers and media in the CCP must reprint the full text without changing the word. This is the official attitude of the CCP and the most authoritative expression. However, it (Xinhua News Agency) and the White House statement. The difference is huge, even antagonistic."
He said that for this announcement, it has actually done a lot of processing, deleting most of the main points of the US side and concealing the truth. So it is actually a big internal propaganda issue for the country.
Yang Wei also believes that Xinhua News Agency's summary for Biden is mainly for internal propaganda. CCP leaders are concerned with image diplomacy and do not seem to care about substantive results. Although the CCP opposes the decoupling and sanctions of the United States, the White House statement did not respond positively and continued to emphasize competition. The essence of confrontation in Sino-US relations cannot be changed.
He said that the meeting, as expected by the outside world, was fruitless, and it was still a matter of continuing communication. Blinken's visit to China was a step of substantive communication, but Biden has been in office for nearly two years before meeting with Xi and the Secretary of State has not been to the CCP yet. , has become very abnormal in international exchanges.
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Senior media person: Xi Jinping doesn't care about Biden's Taiwan remarks
Reporter : Li Zhaoxi / Editor : Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/11/15/a103575311.html
On Monday (14 November 2022), Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping and President Biden met in Indonesia. They talked about the war in Ukraine, tensions in the Taiwan Strait and North Korean missile tests. CNN host Erin Burnett said that Xi Jinping did not take Biden's words on the Taiwan issue seriously.
In an interview with The New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, Burnett said, "I mean, after the meeting, of course, as you know, Xi understands the U.S. position that any conflict between China and Taiwan needs to be resolved peacefully."
Burnett then played a clip of Biden's speech, in which Biden said: "I believe he understands exactly what I'm saying. I understand what he's saying."
Burnett continued, "Okay, but Xi Jinping said after the meeting that 'peace and independent Taiwan are incompatible,' peace and independent Taiwan are opposites. So, obviously, Xi Jinping doesn't care that Biden said what, even if he understood."
Friedman responded that he would care if Xi lost his biggest export markets, the United States and the European Union. That would be no joke, what is happening to Russia now is on a small scale, it will be happening to China in a much larger form.
Friedman explained that one cannot read Xi Jinping's thinking, but she sees it as a clear deterrent to his actions in the future, plus, because of Xi's situation at home, he may feel compelled to do something.
"I think the best way for us to help Taiwan is for us, the United States, to talk about it as little as possible, while silently providing Taiwan with a strong arm," Friedman said.
Marc Thiessen, a researcher at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and chief contributor to former President Bush Jr., criticized Biden's diplomatic strategy against the CCP on Fox's "America's Newsroom" program.
Thyssen called Biden's diplomacy toward China "strategic madness" that may only help the authoritarian communist country amass power and global influence.
Biden has been pressuring China to join his Green New Deal-style vision of non-petroleum-powered energy. “Frankly, the last thing we want China to do is start weaning itself off oil,” Thyssen said.
Thyssen explained that most of China's oil supplies pass through the Strait of Malacca off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, which the U.S. can block if China takes aggressive action against Taiwan, unless China no longer needs foreign oil.
“If they take Biden’s advice and get rid of oil and start embracing clean energy, we lose that leverage,” Thyssen said, “so, you know, it’s not just a sign of weakness, it’s strategic madness. "
Thyssen also added: "Xi Jinping has made his intentions for Taiwan clear (as Putin did with Ukraine in 2021). He has made it clear that 'unification cannot wait'."
Both Thiessen and retired general Jack Keane agreed that Biden's continued self-comforting approach by simply holding talks with Beijing, rather than issuing ultimatums or projecting strength, "is the least ideal strategy out there."
Keane said that China, like Russia, is "notorious" for playing one thing in diplomacy but acting differently in real life.
Keane noted that, in his view, Taiwan is the first issue that needs to be on the table, something that Biden does not appear to be doing. He said that Biden should look Xi Jinping in the eye and tell him bluntly that it is because of the CCP's aggression, intimidation and coercion against Taiwan that the United States is forced to help Taiwan. "If you invade Taiwan, you are persecuting me, and I will fight militarily."
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Meeting with Xi Jinping reveals Xi's real concerns
On 14 November 2022, Biden and Xi finally met, and the statements from both sides seemed to be platitudes and nothing new. The outside world should not expect anything from the meeting. Biden continues to "responsibly" manage the "competition" with the CCP. The CCP’s statement also continued the slogan-style and sophistry-style internal propaganda version, and once again spoke in place of Biden; the biggest point of view seems to be that Xi Jinping revealed his real concern, that is, the fear that the CCP regime might be “subverted” by the United States.
The CCP has single-handedly created the current situation of Sino-US relations. When we are in a dilemma, we are more concerned with "protecting the party" and "protecting the political power." The latest interpretation of the so-called "national rejuvenation" has become "internal circulation" and "self-reliance". , "Chinese-style modernization" and so on. The "bottom-line thinking" of the CCP's diplomacy has surfaced.
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The CCP is most worried about being "subverted" by the United States
After the meeting with Xi, Biden held a press conference alone, and Xi Jinping did not appear in front of reporters. Xinhua News Agency’s statement stated that “to discuss the correct way for the two countries to get along in the new era” is actually tantamount to acknowledging that Sino-US relations cannot go back."
There is a rather strange part of the statement, stating that "the United States is engaged in capitalism, China is engaged in socialism, and the two sides are taking different paths"; "The leadership of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese socialist system are supported and supported by 1.4 billion people. ”, “One of the most important things in the relationship between China and the United States is to recognize this difference,” rather than “trying to change or even subvert each other’s system.”
Xi Jinping and Biden talked about the issue of surnames and surnames. The CCP's rhetoric cannot deceive CCP officials, nor the common people, nor the Americans. The core of this passage is actually asking the United States to continue to recognize the CCP regime, and openly asking the United States not to "subvert" the CCP regime; it even added a sentence later, "The United States should reflect relevant commitments in specific actions, rather than saying one set of actions. set".
The CCP probably believes that what the U.S. is doing is “subverting” the Chinese regime, so it requires the U.S. to make commitments and to stop relevant “specific actions”; however, the statement does not describe what actions the U.S. is doing is “subverting” the Chinese regime.
The China-US summit, which was promoted by the CCP media in advance, was supposed to discuss major issues in the relationship between the two countries and major issues in international affairs, but the CCP leaders were worried that the CCP regime would not be recognized by the United States, and insisted that the United States should “recognize” the CCP regime. If the CCP really "has the support and support of 1.4 billion people", why worry about not being recognized by foreign countries?
After the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Wang Yi and others were eager to introduce the situation of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in their foreign exchanges, and were actually seeking recognition from governments of various countries. The agenda of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was deliberately partially disclosed to the world for the same purpose. However, foreign journalists entering the conference venue or broadcasting some of the footage live did not receive automatic recognition from foreign governments.
Li Keqiang, who has stepped down as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, still participates in a series of meetings in ASEAN in the name of the Premier of the Communist Party of China. Xi Jinping can only attend the G20 summit and meet with Biden as the president of the Communist Party of China. The identity of the general secretary of the Communist Party of China still cannot be used in diplomatic occasions.
The CCP is inherently worried about the legitimacy of its own regime. When Sino-US relations continue to deteriorate, confrontation continues to deepen, and may even lead to conflict, CCP leaders are even more worried that they will not be recognized, and publicly accuse the United States of trying to “subvert” the CCP regime. . Such a statement appeared in the statement of the summit meeting between the two countries, which should be relatively rare, and it also shows that Xi Jinping is indeed worried about such a thing happening.
In 2020, in Trump's last year in office, then US Secretary of State Pompeo delivered a public speech, clearly distinguishing the CCP from the CCP regime, and also proposed to help the Chinese "defeat" the CCP regime. At that time, the communication channels between China and the United States were basically cut off, and the Chinese consulate in Houston was ordered to close. The then U.S. ambassador to China stepped down in October 2020 and left Beijing, and the U.S. embassy in China has no ambassador.
After Biden took office, the position of the US ambassador to China continued to be vacant for one year. Burns was sworn in in January 2022 and arrived in China in March 2022. It was not until after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, on October 28, that Wang Yi, the foreign minister of the Communist Party of China accepted Burns' call. The relationship between China and the U.S. is no longer normal and abnormal. The CCP is worried that the U.S. will “subvert” the CCP regime, and it has not been a day or two.
How Biden judges Xi Jinping
The CCP is extremely worried that the regime will be "subverted" by the United States, which may not be groundless.
On 26 July 2021, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Sherman held talks with Wang Yi in Tianjin. Wang Yi proposed "three bottom lines for Sino-U.S. relations". The first is that the U.S. "must not challenge" the Chinese Communist Party's system. Later, White House National Security Adviser Sullivan said that he has no intention to change the CCP's system. This is probably in response to Yang Jiechi. When the two met, Yang Jiechi may have raised the same question.
Now, Xi Jinping is facing the issue of "recognition" of the CCP regime raised by Biden, and he has also asked the United States to stop relevant "specific actions". This shows that the CCP may be very pessimistic about how Biden judges Xi Jinping and the CCP regime. So how does Biden judge?
After the meeting, Biden held a press conference. A reporter asked, "How do you evaluate Xi Jinping's current attitude towards the United States? Did you find him personally more confrontational or more conciliatory and compromised?"
Biden answered simply, "Neither."
The reporter asked again if he could elaborate. Biden said, "I didn’t find him more confrontational or more conciliatory (I didn’t find him more confrontational or more conciliatory).
Biden actually didn't have a clear answer, or a clever answer. The outside world is more concerned about whether there can be some compromises at this meeting, and Biden gave a negative answer. Biden had previously stated publicly that no compromise would be made; after the meeting, he also said that Xi Jinping had no intention of reconciliation. The White House statement, as in the past, continues to "responsibly" manage "competition" with the CCP.
Both Xi Jinping and Biden intentionally smiled in front of the camera, and the CCP's statement was not so tough. For this meeting, China and the United States managed to create a bit of a relaxed atmosphere. Biden has no reason to increase his confrontational tone. However, the White House announced strong sanctions against the CCP before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which actually gave the CCP a disgrace and warned the CCP leaders to stop trying to be tough.
On 8 November, Xi Jinping wore a camouflage uniform to the combat command center of the CPC Central Military Commission, and made a high-profile request to "prepare for war" and "fight for war", trying to pose a conflicting posture and increase leverage for the visit to Xi Jinping. However, Biden should not take it seriously. In response to a reporter's question, he said that he did not think that there was an "imminent attempt" by the CCP to invade Taiwan.
On another hot issue of North Korea, Biden also deliberately said that it is difficult to be sure whether the CCP has the ability to "control North Korea." This statement actually implies that the CCP is at least trying to encourage North Korea to launch missiles frequently; at the same time, Biden should also express his attitude that the United States no longer expects the CCP’s cooperation on the North Korean issue. Biden also said, "We will have to take certain actions to represent us more defensively," "defend our allies," and "believe that China will not want North Korea to take further escalation."
Biden is also suggesting that the CCP, the United States has strengthened its military presence in Northeast Asia in response to North Korea, and the military iron triangle formed with Japan and South Korea poses a greater actual threat to the CCP. Biden also once again emphasized the "fierce competition" with the CCP, which is likely to be interpreted by the CCP as an attempt to "subvert" the CCP regime.
The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has stated that it will not give up force to reunify Taiwan, but the CCP is probably more worried about conflicts than the United States. The US military is likely not only to take defensive actions, but also to comprehensively counterattack the Chinese military, or even preemptively. The Chinese regime may indeed be "subverted" . If the "fierce competition" follows the American model, the CCP may also inevitably embark on the path of the disintegration of the Soviet Communist Party, and it may also be "subverted" in the "fierce competition".
As the world's most powerful country, the United States, of course, will not publicly claim to "subvert" the current regime of another country, but the CCP's concerns are obvious.
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The "bottom-line thinking" of the CCP's diplomacy after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has been touting the "Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy" and said that in the 10 years since the 18th National Congress, under the leadership of Xi Jinping at the core, "pioneering and historic achievements have been made" in foreign affairs. In addition to flattering Wang Yi, he also shifted the responsibility for the continuous failure of the CCP’s diplomacy to Xi Jinping. No one dares to question “Xi Jinping’s diplomatic thinking”, so there is no way to question Wang Yi’s incompetence.
After the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the outside world is looking for clues about the changes in the CCP's diplomacy. At the Xi-Xi meeting, the CCP's diplomatic strategy began to become clear, roughly in line with the so-called "bottom-line thinking."
During the talks, Xi Jinping recognized the concept of "competition", but also said that "all suppression and containment will only stimulate the will and enthusiasm of the Chinese people", and opposed "trade wars, technology wars" and "decoupling and breaking the chain".
The U.S. sanctions should really hurt the CCP, but the CCP doesn’t really want to be soft and make concessions, and it knows that it won’t be exchanged for U.S. concessions. The CCP’s statement that it “has no intention to challenge and replace the United States” clearly does not believe the White House. The CCP also claimed that its "domestic and foreign policies are open and transparent, and its strategic intentions are open and aboveboard," but it also failed to win the trust of the United States.
The CCP still claims to “maintain the international system with the United Nations at its core and the international order based on international law, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.” In fact, the CCP still does not recognize the current international order maintained by the United States and Western countries; it also stated again that the Taiwan issue "is the first insurmountable red line in Sino-US relations."
It can be seen that the CCP does not expect to truly improve relations with the United States, or does not believe that China and the United States can improve relations. Therefore, the "bottom line thinking" of the CCP's diplomacy towards the United States is that the CCP regime should not be "subverted" by the United States. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clarified "internal circulation" and "self-reliance", and also used "Chinese-style modernization" as a new slogan. It has already planned for the worst situation, and "reform and opening up" is just a colloquial phrase that cannot be thrown away.
The CCP has always claimed the attractiveness of the Chinese market, but it has never really opened up the market to the United States and Western countries, and only wants to monopolize the markets of developed countries. Now, seeing that the markets of the United States and Western countries have closed the door to the CCP, the CCP can only rely on itself.
At the meeting, Xi Jinping was accompanied by Wang Yi, the outgoing Yang Jiechi, Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng, Assistant Minister and Spokesperson Hua Chunying, and Ding Xuexiang and He Lifeng.
They should all be trusted by Xi Jinping, especially in the diplomatic system. Wang Yi was retained over his age and was promoted to a member of the Politburo; Xie Feng played a high-profile role as a wolf in a meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Sherman; not to mention Hua Chunying. These people are mediocre in ability, but they are considered loyal to Xi and should all be reused.
The CCP has not replaced the diplomatic system of these people who have suffered repeated defeats and have a poor external image, indicating that they do not intend to make changes and do not expect to achieve diplomatic breakthroughs. Ensuring that no one questioned the "Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy" and that no one proposed to reflect on the failure of diplomacy is the "bottom-line thinking" of the top leaders of the CCP. As long as these people are loyal, not being "subverted" by the United States and the West is more important than getting rid of international isolation. This should be the "bottom line thinking" of the CCP.
Epilogue
Before the Xi-Biden meeting, Biden met with the heads of Australia, Japan and South Korea to discuss dealing with common threats. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is incapable of breaking such alliances. The CCP openly opposes NATO and supports Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and it is also difficult to break the US-EU alliance. During the G20 summit, Western countries will further coordinate their strategies against the CCP.
After the CCP failed to seek hegemony with the epidemic, it could only respond to the doubts of various countries, the accusations of unbalanced trade and economic coercion, and the calls from various countries to the CCP to stop persecuting human rights. The “bottom-line thinking” of the CCP’s diplomacy as an act is really helpless.
At the meeting, the CCP’s statement specifically asked the United States to “recognize” the CCP’s regime for fear of being “subverted,” revealing the real concerns of the CCP leaders. In order to "protect the party" and "protect the political power", the CCP has to fall into the "bottom-line thinking" of foreign exchanges, resulting in fewer and fewer channels for China's foreign exchanges.
The statement after the meeting with Xi was mainly used by the CCP’s media for internal propaganda, focusing only on the internal image of the CCP leaders, ignoring that China is losing many opportunities for international cooperation. The CCP has tarnished the image of the Chinese people and ruined the opportunity for China to further participate in globalization.
The CCP has deprived the Chinese of the right to live a well-off life, and it has also imprisoned the Chinese in a cage designated by the CCP, further and further away from freedom. What the CCP fears most is precisely what the Chinese people hope for the most. The early "subversion" of the CCP regime should be the voice of the Chinese people.
This article represents the views and statements of the author only.
News (16) to (18) / Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor : Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/11/15/a103575085.html
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Xi-Biden meeting explains the signal in detail, Expert: U.S.-China relations will be worse
In the afternoon of 14 November, the heads of state of the United States and China met for the first time in Bali, Indonesia. According to expert analysis, the details of the meeting between Biden and Xi Jinping signal that the "Xi meeting" will not delay the timetable for the CCP's attack on Taiwan, and the relationship between the United States and China will be even worse.
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"Sino-US relations are only getting worse, not better."
At the G20 summit held in Bali, Indonesia, US President Joe Biden and Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping held their first face-to-face meeting.
The "practice meeting" was held at the hotel where Xi Jinping stayed. The video of the meeting between the two heads of state showed that Xi Jinping was standing there waiting, and Biden walked towards him, and the two shook hands with smiles on their faces. However, observers believe that the slight change in expression when the two met sent some signals.
Current affairs commentator Wen Zhao analyzed in the self-media program: "When Biden and Xi Jinping met, Biden was all smiles. When Xi Jinping faced Biden, he also greeted Biden with a smile, but when he turned his face, his face When facing the reporter's camera, there was a reluctance on his face, and this detail should be able to reflect the state of mind of both parties."
"When Xi Jinping faced the powerful military and technological power of the United States, he had no choice. He still had to be careful with him, and he would not dare to neglect. He also had to make a moderate attitude against his will. It seems that the next step is for Xi Jinping to You have to suppress your true inner thoughts and make some gestures of softening your body," Wen Zhao said, "and Biden's friendly performance means that the key for us is to live up to face. As long as you don't force me, I will still I really don't want to fight with you."
In this visit, the two sides talked for more than three hours. After the meeting, Biden reiterated at the press conference that the United States and China will "compete fiercely", but the United States does not seek "conflict."
Biden also said, "He did not see any imminent attempt by China to invade Taiwan." However, the United States opposes any unilateral change of the status quo by any party and hopes to see cross-strait issues resolved peacefully.
The CCP media Xinhua News Agency stated that Xi Jinping hopes to work with Biden to push Sino-US relations back to a healthy and stable development track and ensure that Sino-US relations "do not deviate, do not stall, and do not collide."
Qin Peng, a current affairs commentator based in the United States, analyzed in NTDTV's "News Talk" program that Biden wanted to use this "Xi Xi meeting" to control the relationship between the two countries and draw a red line for the CCP on the Taiwan issue. However, the CCP does not have a clear red line. What the CCP really considers is whether it has the strength.
He said that Xi Jinping's promises have been overturned many times. Xi had promised former US President Barack Obama not to conduct military deployment in the South China Sea, and promised Trump (Trump) that China would move toward democracy and trade with the United States. These were overturned by Xi. "So it's hard for you to believe in the CCP's promises, and the best way is to fight it."
Regarding the future direction of US-China relations, Qin Peng believes that no matter what easing actions Xi Jinping and Biden make, it will be difficult to return US-China relations to the past. "Xi Jinping said that he hopes that China-US relations will return to the right path, and that he hopes to continue to maintain good relations with the United States and rule the world with the United States. This is a dream and impossible. The United States now regards the CCP as an opponent. In fact, It's an adversary who just doesn't want to have a direct conflict with it."
He said that the relationship between countries around the world and the CCP is in a catastrophic decline. The entire American public opinion and the overall situation are like this, and Biden can't control it. "On key industrial chains, on military response, on information sharing and many other aspects, everyone is taking the CCP's possibility of attacking Taiwan as a consideration, and they are constantly decoupling key industrial chains, but this will take time, not in the short term. achieved".
"So the relationship between China and the United States is only worse, not better," Qin Peng said. "Of course, the two heads of state may meet for a while, and it may be better for a while, but it will definitely get worse after a while, and then more countermeasures will be taken. Sino-U.S. relations will deteriorate further."
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Wen Zhao: China and the United States will definitely enter the battlefield
Wen Zhao believes, "'Xi Jinping' will not delay the timetable for the CCP's attack on Taiwan, but this kind of diplomatic action to increase communication has a positive significance for the capital market. We didn't close the door to each other at once."
With the start of the U.S.-China trade war, Sino-U.S. relations have declined rapidly. Last year, there was a popular saying that the Sino-U.S. relationship was a special kind of "cool war", that is, neither a hot war nor a cold war, but between the two the state of cool war between.
Wen Zhao said that when the outside world made this kind of assessment of Sino-US relations, there was no war between Russia and Ukraine, and the CCP also had some restraint forces on Xi Jinping, which could allow Sino-US relations to continue on the path of decades but now the situation is not optimistic.
Wen Zhao believes that “as long as there are fundamental institutional differences between China and the United States, and Xi Jinping wants to be in power for a long time and dreams of a great power rising, then there will be no sustained and stable ‘cool war’ between China and the United States, and it will definitely go to the battlefield, see the winners and losers, and compete."
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Deleted article: Shijiazhuang suddenly announced the complete unblocking and this scene appeared...
Editor : Xia Yuhe / https://www.aboluowang.com/2022/1115/1829781.html / Images : Web Screenshots
Suddenly I saw a message this morning: "International Shijiazhuang fired the first shot!"
It is said that in Shijiazhuang, there were more than 500 new covid cases on 14 November 2022, and on 15 November 2022y the phenomenon of complete unblocking suddenly appeared. The shopping mall opened, the school started, and the notice said that the nucleic acid will not be done, and the nucleic acid and itinerary code will not be checked!
Citizens exclaimed: "It's so sudden, it's like a dream!"
For three years, the biggest "national condition" is the epidemic, and the most consistent action is to block and control, nucleic acid, block and control, nucleic acid. Shijiazhuang suddenly came out like this, it is really unimaginable.
Combined with the news in recent days, it is said that after the State Council issued the "20 Measures for Precise Prevention and Control" on November 11, Zhenping County in Shaanxi Province, Fuzhou in Fujian Province, Guangchang County in Jiangxi Province, Yanji in Jilin Province, Hefei in Anhui Province, Many places such as Shanghai have announced the cancellation or temporary suspension of regional nucleic acid testing for all employees, giving people the impression that things are changing. So I suddenly became confused: Is it a signal that Shijiazhuang is fully unblocked and the prevention and control is released?
Frankly speaking, in the 11 months that have passed this year, I have heard friends around me catch this sudden "signal" many times. Everyone is more concerned about "signals" and "wind direction" than capitalists who care about the stock market.
Because first of all, this matter is indeed too important, and it is a policy related to the people's livelihood of all Chinese people; secondly, the current epidemic storm has shifted from Henan, Xinjiang, Gansu, and Hohhot in the north to the south, continuing to ravage Guangzhou, Chongqing, and the rest of the world. There is an endless and unstoppable trend. Without clear instructions, who dares to say that it will be fully liberalized?
You must know that China's "dynamic zeroing" is a basic policy with high political significance and cannot be shaken.
Therefore, it is understandable that the rumours of "unblocking", "laying down" and "letting go" will indeed confuse some people under the torture of the coercion and coercion.
A sober person knows that under the current situation, there is no possibility of unblocking. Will the "unblocking experiment" in Shijiazhuang be just an oolong?
On November 13, that is, yesterday, the website of the Shijiazhuang Municipal Government and Shijiazhuang News.com released a "Letter to All Citizens", proposing, "Comprehensively benchmarking and strictly implementing the twenty Measures", and unswervingly implement the general policy of "dynamic clearing".
It was obviously an "ordinary" news release from yesterday, but it was suddenly picked up by the media after the news of "unblocking Shijiazhuang" was widely spread this morning, and it became a hot search.
Could it be that yesterday's official article predicted that there would be a rumor of "the first shot to unblock" today, and made an emphatic and rumor-refusing response in advance? This is as absurd as if you bought milk today with a "production date" of the day after tomorrow.
However, the current source of information is very similar to the intelligence black market that Yu Zecheng accidentally fell into in Tianjin. There is a mixture of fish and dragons, and you can't tell who is telling the truth, and whether what you say today will change tomorrow.
On the other hand, judging from the timeline, that is to say, in fact, the Shijiazhuang government has not responded or refuted the rumors of "Shijiazhuang's complete unblocking". Many netizens are still in shock, excitement, doubt, and disbelief.
On the contrary, just now, the brave and fearless Henan Top News called the Shijiazhuang Epidemic Prevention and Control Office, and the reply was: At present, Shijiazhuang does not require mandatory nucleic acid testing for all employees, and only implements nucleic acid testing for key groups of people and key jobs.
It seems that this is not a rumor, it is true.
Shijiazhuang officials also stated that "generally, nucleic acid testing for all employees is not carried out according to administrative regions, but only when the source of infection and transmission chain is unclear, and the community transmission time is long and the epidemic situation is unclear." Nucleic acid".
It's really worth celebrating.
However, what is incredible is that the citizens of Shijiazhuang do not adapt to the rumors of "full unblocking".
"An era is over. From now on, everyone's health, I am the first responsible person." ——Who was the first responsible person in the past? I want to ask.
"I really don't understand it at all. It's indeed unblocked, and I'm completely crazy..."——Crazier than Fan Jinzhongju? I want to ask.
"Shijiazhuang has really become a pilot city, and it's really released. I'm a little scared... 500 new ones are added a day, and all kindergartens are notified to start school. When they are suddenly released, everyone dare not go"—does everyone prefer being locked at home? day? Want to be banned forever? I want to ask.
"Hundreds of high-risk (regions)... This still has to coexist with the new crown. If you get sick, just suffer yourself"-is self-healing terrible? Or do you want to stay at home and receive relief money for the rest of your life? I want to ask.
"As a pilot city for the ninth edition... history scolds Shijiazhuang. Those who know how to let go of everything, you will be punished." ——Are you an nucleic acid engineer? Netizens asked.
That's not counting, the problem is that the sudden unblocking of the experiment has completely wiped out the people of Shijiazhuang. Everyone is no longer used to the natural life of going out and going downstairs.
"I haven't had such a safe life in more than three years." No one went to work, no one went out to send their children to school, and even the old men and women who went out for a walk at five o'clock in the morning and picked up garbage "are hiding at home and shivering"...
When all places were opened, parents who were worried about the danger gathered a large number of Lianhua Qingwen and asked for leave for their children.
There are various reasons, such as "leg pain, ear pain, tooth pain, arm pain, ankle sprain, eye discomfort, hand pain..."
As for me, I do not want to say more.
I feel bad.
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After hosting the ASEAN meeting, the Cambodian Prime Minister tested covi-positive and had contact with CCP and American leaders
Reporter : Li Zhaoxi / Editor : Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/11/15/a103575324.html / Image : Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. (Ng Han Guan—Pool/Getty Images)
主持东盟会后柬首相呈阳性 曾接触中美领袖人
On Sunday (13 November 2022), the ASEAN Summit (ASEAN) concluded in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. Leaders of many countries flew to Indonesia for the G20 summit. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen leads a delegation back home after arriving in Indonesia and testing positive for covid.
Hun Sen said on social media on the 15th that he tested positive for COVID-19 in Indonesia but did not show any symptoms.
"Now my test result for COVID-19 is positive," Hun Sen wrote on Facebook. He was tested every day, including before flying to Bali for the G20. All the results were negative.
"I'm not sure when the covid virus came to me, but when I arrived at night, the Indonesian took a sample from me and confirmed positive for COVID-19 in the morning," Hun Sen wrote. Luckily, He arrived in Bali late and missed a dinner with other leaders.
Due to security concerns, the Cambodian delegation will return home on the 15th, which means that Hun Sen will miss this week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok and miss meetings with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron.
At the ASEAN summit that ended on 13 November, Hun Sen had a maskless encounter with leaders from eight Southeast Asian countries, as well as the United States, China, Japan, Australia and Canada.
The White House stated on the 15th that Biden "tested negative" for COVID-19 in the morning, and that he was not a close contact of Hun Sen according to the U.S. government's health regulations. The 79-year-old Biden complained at a press conference in the evening of 14 November that he "has a bit of a cold."
At the ASEAN summit, Biden emphasized the United States' commitment to the ASEAN region and demonstrated its determination to counter China's influence. The two sides also decided to upgrade the relationship between the United States and ASEAN to a comprehensive strategic partnership. The joint statement also called on officials from both sides to continue to engage in efforts to implement the goals of the meeting.
The United States and CCP China are ASEAN's two largest trading partners. According to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, ASEAN is the fourth largest trade partner of the United States in goods. In 2020, U.S. trade in goods and services with the bloc reached an estimated $362.2 billion.
In the first seven months of this year, trade between CCP China and ASEAN reached $544.9 billion, according to Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency. Cambodia is one of Beijing's closest allies in Southeast Asia, and CCP China has poured billions of dollars into its infrastructure in recent years.
Meeting with Hun Sen in Phnom Penh over the weekend, Biden pushed for the release of jailed Cambodian-American human rights lawyer Theory Seng and called for Cambodia to open up "political space" to release activists detained on politically motivated charges.
Cambodia's next national election is scheduled for July 2023. The United States and other donor countries have pressured Hun Sen to allow opposition leader Kem Sokha, who lives in Phnom Penh but is still barred from politics, to stand in the election.
Biden also reiterated his concerns about CCP's involvement in the construction of a naval base on Cambodia's southern coast, which Phnom Penh denies. According to reports, the U.S. believes it is dedicated to the CCP military.
Biden's trip to Cambodia is the second ever by a U.S. president to the country. In addition to visiting Cambodia and Indonesia, Biden will also visit Thailand during his trip. Biden's visits to these countries highlight the importance the U.S. government attaches to Southeast Asian countries.
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