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Chen Chien-jen took over as the Republic of China Premier and announced the three major goals of the new cabinet
Reporter ; Chen Zhengyu / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/4193989 / Image : Chen Chien-jen pointed out that strengthening Taiwan's economic resilience, environmental resilience, and social resilience are three very important goals. It is the cabinet's most important mission to make Taiwan a country where 23 million people live happily and unite. (Photo by reporter Tu Jianrong)
Premier Su Zhenchang resigned on 19 January 2023 after the third reading of the central government's general budget. President Tsai Ing-wen held a press conference on 27 January 2023 to announce that former Vice President Chen Chien-jen will take over as Premier to lead the new cabinet. Chen Chien-jen pointed out that strengthening Taiwan's economic resilience, environmental resilience, and social resilience are three very important goals. It is the most important mission of the cabinet to make Taiwan a country where 23 million people live happily and unite.
Chen Chien-jen first thanked Su Zhenchang in his speech. He said that Su Zhenchang stabilized the political situation and assisted Tsai Ing-wen to be re-elected smoothly during his four years as the Premier. In the past three years, he has tried his best to lead the administrative team through the century-old epidemic and promoted many effective plans and policies so that Taiwan's social stability and economic development have attracted the attention of the world, and the team's efficiency has won the trust of the people.
Chen Chien-jen said that since 1997, he has been in public office for several times and has worked with many executive deans, so he has a deep understanding of Su Zhenchang's performance in the past four years. He praised Su, "You are really great, Taiwan is wonderful to have you." After speaking, Chen Chien-jen bowed to Su Zhenchang.
Then, Chen Chien-jen pointed out that during the more than six years of Tsai Ing-wen’s leadership, Taiwan has reached a new historical high in terms of economic strength and international status, and has promoted many structural reforms and social and economic development, allowing Taiwan to transform and upgrade. It has become the ideal country in the minds of 23 million people. He is very grateful to have participated in such a hard and glorious process, and he is also very pleased to see that the country is moving in the right direction.
"The last mile of Tsai Ing-wen's tenure needs to be shared by me. I have a feeling of no turning back." Chen Chien-jen said that he loves research very much, and every time he is invited to participate in public service work, it is coincidence for him. He is fortunate to live in such a free and democratic country and is also cultivated by this country, so when the country needs it, he is very willing to contribute his expertise.
Chen Chien-jen pointed out that the whole world has been ravaged by the pandemic for more than three years. Although during the pandemic, Taiwan's epidemic prevention effect or economic growth was better than most countries, and it has gone through the most difficult time, but all the people in the past three years have suffered the pain and injury, The government still feels reluctance, so it needs the government to do more to guide economic recovery and rebuild normal life.
Chen Chien-jen said that the recent drastic changes in the international situation, such as the Russia-Ukraine war and the Asia-Pacific situation, have impacted Taiwan's survival and development at various levels. At such a severe moment, Taiwan's economic resilience, environmental resilience, and social resilience will be strengthened in the next year or so. These are three very important goals. Actively taking care of people's lives and making Taiwan a country where 23 million people live happily and unite for a better life is the most important mission of the cabinet.
He said that in addition to continuing the ongoing plan to benefit the country and the people, the future administrative team will also make necessary adjustments to achieve the steady recovery from the epidemic, strengthen the social security system, improve the national infrastructure, and promote the six major 4 major tasks including core strategic industries.
Chen Chien-jen also emphasized that he often reminds himself to be just, compassionate and humble. Taiwan is facing many severe challenges at home and abroad during the post-epidemic recovery period. The government should be more aware of public opinion, attach importance to communication, and make good use of economic and financial strength, so that the lives of families with children and the disadvantaged can be cared for warmly.
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Tsai Ing-wen announces that Chen Chien-jen will take over as Premier to carry out 4 major tasks
Reporter : Chen Zhengyu / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/4193966 / Image : Tsai Ing-wen held a press conference at the Presidential Palace this morning, announcing that former Vice President Chen Chien-jen will take over as Premier. (Photo by reporter Tu Jianrong)
President Tsai Ing-wen held a press conference at the Presidential Palace in the morning of 27 January 2023, announcing that former Vice President Chen Chien-jen is taking over as the Premier. Tsai Ing-wen said that she will deliver four major tasks to the new team, including phased consolidation of epidemic prevention measures, a general review of the social care system, continuous improvement of national infrastructure, and promotion of six core strategic industries.
Tsai Ing-wen recalled in her speech that when Su Zhenchang took over as the Premier four years ago, he said that he would lead the team to roll up their sleeves and make achievements for the beliefs they have persisted in all their lives. Thanks to him for shouldering the burden at the most difficult time in the past 4 years, over the past three years, the century-old pandemic has shrouded the world, and the global political and economic situation has undergone changes. Whenever faced with difficult times, Su Zhenchang is a key force supporting national stability.
Tsai Ing-wen pointed out that the administrative team has gone all out to prevent African swine fever, stabilize the epidemic situation, and ensure people's livelihood with the efforts of compatriots across the country. Taiwan has not only survived, but also maintained stable economic growth and normal life. Taiwan has become an international democracy in recent years and the focal point of partner support.
Tsai Ing-wen said that Su Zhenchang is the biggest force supporting her. From the Marriage Equality Act, to the opening of the import of American pigs and cows, and the reform of the military service system, "He told me that no matter how much pressure there is, I will bear it down." It has not been possible in the past few decades. The class has air-conditioning, and it can be done in one year. The Ping’e Highway, which originally took 10 years, can be done in half a year. The electrification of the South-Loop Railway has also completed the last mile. Su Zhenchang always makes the impossible possible, which was not possible in the past. Yes, he did it.
Tsai Ing-wen said bluntly that she is very grateful to Su Zhenchang. From the moment she took over, she has endured humiliation, worked hard, supported the administrative team with willpower and executive power, and helped carry a lot of pressure, giving her more strength to focus on foreign affairs and national defense. Su Zhenchang has a famous saying, "The script of life has been written long ago, but there is no way to peek at it, so I can only go all out." Su Zhenchang professed to resign several times after the election. He worked hard every day for Taiwan. Su Zhenchang is the most courageous , the executive dean with the most executive power and the best workmanship.
Tsai Ing-wen said that many people expressed to her that they hoped that Su Zhenchang could stay, but no matter how wonderful the script was, the next chapter would have to be turned. No matter how reluctant he was, he still respected Su Zhenchang's decision. Let Taiwan out of the haze.
Then, Tsai Ing-wen said that she invited Chen Chien-jen to take over as the executive president. The next generation of people's life in Taiwan and the development of science and technology will enter a new stage. Chen stepped forward when facing SARS 20 years ago, and stepped forward again 20 years later. It is to stand up when the country needs it most.
Tsai Ing-wen pointed out that in her seventh year in power, she has gone through many challenges, but the trials and tribulations have been difficult. The cabinet team has gone through the hard work of reform together. There are new challenges. The country needs long-term peace and stability. The next year is the key. I hope that the new cabinet team will be a "warm and tough" cabinet. Chen Chien-jen's selfless dedication is the most suitable candidate for healing the society and taking care of people's lives after the epidemic.
Tsai Ing-wen said that she will entrust the cabinet team to complete four major tasks. First, to consolidate the epidemic prevention measures in stages, not only to restore life affected by the epidemic, but also to move towards recovery; second, to conduct a general review of the social care system, From raising children, renting houses, to mortgage families, to fighting drugs, crimes, and fraud, and in the face of global economic inflation, we must reduce the burden on the people and take care of people's lives in an all-round way.
Tsai Ing-wen said, third, continue to improve the national infrastructure, strengthen the physique of small and medium-sized enterprises, and assist in the upgrading and reconstruction of traditional industries; fourth, promote the six core strategic industries and consolidate Taiwan's role in the international supply chain. In addition to consolidating the advantages of Taiwan's semiconductor industry, it is also necessary to build a more competitive physique for Taiwan and maintain economic security and stability. "
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Pompeo's memoir: Kim Jong-un calls CCP a 'liar'
Image : On 7 October 2018, then U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (KCNA via KNS/AFP)
Former U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo published his book, memoir titled Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love in the United States on 24 January.
Before the official publication of the memoir, part of the content was exposed in advance. South Korean media reported that when Pompeo visited North Korea, Kim Jong-un shouted at the time: "The Chinese are all liars."
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The CCP is a liar and needs Americans in South Korea
According to the South Korean media "Chosun Ilbo", Pompeo said in his memoirs that in March 2018, he secretly visited Pyongyang as the director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
When meeting with Kim Jong-un, Pompeo said: "The CCP has always said that 'Chairman Kim (Jong-un) will feel very happy after the US troops stationed in South Korea leave South Korea'."
"After hearing this sentence, Kim (Jong-un) laughed, shouted 'Chinese are liars', and hammered the table excitedly." Pompeo wrote, "Kim Jong-un said that in order to protect himself, beware of China (CCP ) rule, he needs Americans in South Korea, and the CCP needs the US to withdraw in order to treat the Korean peninsula like Tibet and Xinjiang.”
The report said that this shows that Kim Jong-un is aware of the threat from the Chinese Communist Party. Pompeo wrote: "Kim Jong-un needs to be protected (from the threat of the U.S. military to the Chinese Communist Party). I underestimated how important this is to him. North Koreans do not hate the United States at all. Enhance missile and ground combat capabilities on the Korean peninsula."
On 26 January 2023, South Korea's "Chosun Ilbo" article quoted Park Ji-won, the former head of the country's National Intelligence Service, as saying that it is true that Kim Jong-un, chairman of the North Korean National Defense Commission, hopes to station U.S. troops in South Korea, and said: "(Kim Jong-un's father) the former North Korean Kim Jong-il, the chairman of the National Defense Commission, did the same."
Park Ji-won said on a Korean media program (SBS "Kim Tae-hyun's Political Show") on 24 January, "During the North-South summit on June 15, 2000, Kim Jong-il once said to former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, 'I don't trust China very much. (CCP)'."
"This (with Kim Jong-un's remarks) is completely consistent. I heard it at the side. Kim Jong-il said at the time, 'In order to maintain the balance of power in Northeast Asia, even if the Korean peninsula is unified, the US troops stationed in South Korea must be stationed on the Korean peninsula.' He distrusts China, Russia and Japan very much. Distrust of China in particular is extremely high."
When the South-North Summit was held on 15 June 2000, Park Ji-won was the Minister of Culture and Tourism. He also recalled: "At that time, Kim Dae-jung asked, 'Why do you talk about the withdrawal of the U.S. military all day long?' Kim Jong-il replied with a smile, it was 'domestic political needs'", "From this point of view, Kim Il-sung stayed. Both Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un have fulfilled the last teachings."
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Pompeo's Impressions of Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un
Pompeo also wrote down his feelings for Kim Jong-un and Xi Jinping in his memoirs. He called Kim Jong-un, who executed his uncle Jang Song-taek and others, a "bloodthirsty toad" (bloodthirsty toad), but he commented: "The most dangerous toad in the world The person” is Chinese President Xi Jinping. "
Pompeo said: "I personally think that Xi Jinping is very gloomy. Putin is evil, but he can be funny and pleasant but Xi Jinping has a pair of dead eyes (dead eyed) to an extraordinary degree. I never I haven’t seen (Xi Jinping) smile indiscriminately. The CCP has given Kim Jong-un little room to negotiate a compromise, and the North Korean issue should be considered as a proxy battle with the CCP.”
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Kim Jong Un takes 'important calls' every 45 minutes
In his memoirs, Pompeo also recorded some interesting events related to Kim Jong-un. Every 45 minutes Kim Jong-un interrupted his conversation with an "important phone call" to actually go out for a smoke. Pompeo wrote: "These calls are actually calls from the 'Marlboro Man.' Kim is a heavy smoker."
He also proposed to Kim Jong Un that if the negotiation goes well, he will be invited to the most beautiful beach in Miami, USA, to smoke the best Cuban cigars in the world but Kim Jong-un said, "I have established a good relationship with the 'Castros'."
In 2017, former U.S. President Trump first called Kim Jong-un a "Little Rocket Man" on Twitter. During his presidency, he also publicly used the term in speeches to the United Nations General Assembly.
When Kim Jong-un met Trump for the first time in Singapore in June 2018, Trump explained that he named Kim Jong-un "Little Rocket Man" in good faith after borrowing the title of a song by British singer Elton John. Kim Jong-un replied, " 'Rocket Man' is OK, but 'Little' is not."
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During U.S. epidemic outbreak, Trump worried about CCP's manipulation of medical equipment
Pompeo also revealed in the book that Trump was dissatisfied because he angered Xi Jinping.
In a call on 26 March 2020, Xi Jinping complained that members of Trump's cabinet were "undermining" the phase one trade deal that the U.S. and China had just signed. Trump told Pompeo afterwards, "That goddamn guy hates you."
Trump blamed Pompeo for putting everyone at risk by angering the CCP. Part of the reason is that the United States is in the middle of an outbreak and needs to rely on the CCP to provide medical protection equipment. "We need medical equipment, and we're letting the Chinese Communist Party handle it," Trump said.
Pompeo believes that Xi Jinping wants Trump to fire him. He said in his memoirs that just the day before the two men spoke, Pompeo publicly accused the CCP of repeatedly delaying sharing information about the covid virus with the outside world and spreading false information. Trump told Pompeo to keep quiet, saying that he would meet the president's request not to criticize Beijing, but "wait the time at the same time."
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Pyongyang "unknown respiratory disease" closed the city for 5 days, North Korea's foreign ministry asked ambassadors to avoid going out
Image : Pyongyang, North Korea is locked down for 5 days starting from 25 January 2023. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs requires personnel of foreign diplomatic missions in North Korea to avoid going out as much as possible. Pictured is leader Kim Jong-un. (Reuters)
North Korea has locked down Pyongyang for 5 days from 25 January on the grounds that the number of cases of "unknown respiratory disease" has risen. In addition to ordinary people needing to abide by the lockdown regulations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also requires foreign diplomatic missions in North Korea to try to avoid going out.
According to the Yonhap News Agency, the North Korean Foreign Ministry asked foreign diplomatic missions in North Korea to avoid going out as much as possible, and to leave the embassy and residence by car. Diplomats stationed in North Korea are required to measure their body temperature four times a day, and call Pyongyang's "Friendship Hospital" before 3 pm to report the body temperature results. Anyone with symptoms of high fever should report to the hospital immediately. In addition, during the lockdown of the city, the diplomatic missions stationed in North Korea must communicate with North Korean officials by telephone, and the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also went to the embassies to pick up the documents. Items needed by diplomats for work or daily life will be delivered uniformly.
According to "NK News", North Korea recently ordered the city of Pyongyang to be closed for 5 days due to the increase in the number of cases of "unknown respiratory disease" but it did not mention whether the outbreak is related to the covid virus.
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The number of registrations of funeral enterprises shows a sharp increase in the number of deaths
Image : On 22 December 2022, employees of a crematorium in Chongqing loaded the body on a trolley for cremation. (Noel Celis/AFP)
According to a recent Epoch Times report, Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong, said that the CCP has been covering up the epidemic for more than three years. The epidemic in China has killed 400 million people. Although many people still cannot believe it, more and more exposed information and analysis prove that this number is true and credible.
For example, two days ago, The Epoch Times reported information provided by Mr. Cheng, a Chinese-American who used to run a company in Beijing. He said that many people died in Beijing, including those who had been deputy directors of the Public Security Bureau. They could not be cremated in time after death in a private car. "Situations like this are very common. I know an official from the Exit-Entry Bureau who said there are at least 200,000 dead bodies in Beijing that have not yet been cremated."
Mr. Cheng also said, "After Falun Gong claimed that 400 million people died in three years, the top leaders of the CCP still dare not refute it. A friend of mine in the National Health Commission who is in charge of population monitoring and childbirth encouragement told me: The CCP members have left. (Death) 10%, they have a population monitoring model, which shows that the central government is aware of it."
Obviously, the CCP dare not respond, dare not refute, and dare not disclose the internal population data of the Ministry of Public Security, the population inspection data of the Health Commission, the death certificate data issued by the hospital, and the cremation data of the funeral parlour, etc., which shows that it is very guilty and fearful.
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The funeral industry has become another source of capital profit in China
Another piece of evidence is that the number of registrations of funeral-related companies has continued to grow over the past four years, just as the number of companies registering for nucleic acid testing has increased significantly after the CCP’s compulsory nucleic acid testing for all citizens in the three-year epidemic, indicating that the funeral industry has become another area of capital profit. So, a large number of dignitaries from central to local governments with backgrounds flocked here.
According to the 2022 data of Mainland Enterprise Check, there are currently a total of 95,000 funeral-related companies in operation and surviving in mainland China. Jiangsu, Shandong and Liaoning are the top three with the most funeral related enterprises. Jiangsu ranked first with 7,330 funeral-related companies, Shandong with 6,408 and Liaoning with 6,373. In addition, funeral-related enterprises in Hebei, Hubei, Anhui and other regions are among the top ten in the country. The registered capital of 80% of enterprises is within 1 million.
According to the "Research on the Development Status of China's Funeral Service Industry and Forecast Report on Investment Prospects (2022-2029)" released by the Mainland Guanyan Report Network, the domestic funeral service industry is mainly divided into three major sectors: funeral, cremation and cemetery, and the industry threshold is relatively high. Except that cremation services are usually gradually provided by local governments, business licenses for funeral and cemetery services need to be supervised and approved by local governments, so it is difficult for private enterprises to enter.
In other words, companies that register to provide funeral and cemetery services must have government or powerful backgrounds. Other funeral-related enterprises include manufacturers of coffins, body bags, urns, shrouds, wreaths, etc. In addition to private capital, the involvement of powerful capital is not excluded. It is only because they understand the internal information of the CCP and know that the death toll has increased sharply.
Judging from the data on the development of funeral-related enterprises in the past ten years, the number of enterprise registrations has increased significantly since 2019, with each exceeding 10,000, of which the annual number of registrations in 2020 will exceed 14,000; It was the peak period of registrations, with 16,800 registrations, a year-on-year increase of 16.11%. In the first three months of 2022, the number of registrations of funeral-related enterprises was 4,397, a year-on-year increase of 30.7%. Subsequent data were not available.
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Many excess deaths in the past three years of the pandemic
The number of registrations of funeral-related enterprises will continue to increase in 2020, 2021, and 2022, which only shows that the original enterprises cannot meet the needs at all, and the truth behind this is that there are many excess deaths in the past three years.
Some people may say that the increase in funeral-related companies is related to the surge in foreign orders. On 28 April 2020, The Paper "Monthly Increase 487%! 80,000 funeral enterprises have formed an industrial chain, and the order of funeral products is the first in the United States” report said that according to the information of Alibaba International Station, the number of orders for funeral products on the platform in March increased by 487% compared with February; from 20 March to 20 April, the volume of inquiries for body bags increased by 22,100% month-on-month; the top three in the flow of funeral supplies are the United States, Mexico, and Italy, among which the United States far exceeds other countries. At that time, the number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeded 980,000, and the number of confirmed cases worldwide exceeded 2.88 million.
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Surge in registrations of funeral-related companies in 2021 and 2022 most likely related to the CCP epidemic
However, after the epidemic situation in the United States and Europe has gradually declined in 2021, only China's epidemic situation has intensified. The surge in registrations of funeral-related companies in 2021 and 2022 should most likely be related to the domestic epidemic in China.
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2333 coffin companies in China of which 6 export coffins
In addition, data from Qichacha shows that there are a total of 2,333 companies engaged in the coffin industry in China, and a total of 47 companies in the coffin industry in Shandong Province, of which 6 have import and export credits, accounting for 25% of the national coffin companies with import and export credits . Based on this calculation, only 24 companies in the country can export their products, and the coffins produced by more than 2,300 companies are used domestically. The annual sales of these manufacturers range from about 20,000 sets to 300,000 sets (refer to incomplete data on the Internet). Based on 2,300 companies selling an average of 20,000 coffins per year, 46 million sets will be sold in one year, and 138 million sets in three years; if 2,300 companies sell an average of 30,000 coffins per year, 69 million sets will be sold in a year sets, 207 million sets in three years. And this is just the average, it is not inconceivable that coffin sales will reach 400 million.
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30 million body bags per order alone by Chinese local governments and Civil Affairs Bureau
On 8 January 2023 a screenshot of a suspected merchant’s conversation was posted on mainland social media, showing that the number of body bags ordered by the merchant could easily be in the millions or even tens of millions. Among them, a merchant named "Changzhou Hiking Outdoor Products" disclosed that recently, the Civil Affairs Bureau and local governments have been ordering a huge number of body bags. The order amount is 30 million, and the delivery is required within half a month. ".
Another customer urgently contacted this company that can produce body bags, and the order quantity was 1 million, saying that "no one answered after looking for many factories." The staff of Changzhou Hiking Outdoor Products also said, "It's almost Chinese New Year, too late to do it!"
Another staff member who claimed to be from "Hebei Longda Handicraft Factory" left a message in the WeChat group, saying that the factory's "body bags are out of stock" and only accept orders for the next year. In addition, "there are still a few crystal coffins, and the shells will have to wait until the end of the year." Other urns, wreaths, etc. need to be ordered 3 to 5 days in advance.
After the author checked the Internet, the price of the body bag ranged from 7 RMB to more than 50 RMB. If it is calculated at 8 RMB, 30 million can order more than 3 million. How many people will die? That is just a one-time purchase.
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CCP is afraid to reveal the number of body bags ordered
Undoubtedly, the CCP is also afraid to announce the number of body bags ordered by the Civil Affairs Bureau and local governments, the total sales of coffin companies in the past three years, and the reasons for the surge in registrations of funeral-related companies in the past three years. It is the fact that the CCP is covering up the huge death toll.
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Citizens of Wuhan: 5,000 people died in Huangpi District within a month, and the Civil Affairs Bureau did not respond
Editor : Fang Xiao / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/23/1/26/n13916041.htm / Image : During the Chinese New Year, the flower market in Wuhan, Hubei is booming, and chrysanthemums for deceased relatives are selling again. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)
The CCP’s official release of the so-called data on the covid epidemic in the hospital recently broke the trust of the people. The number of deaths from covid crown outside the hospital is even more alarming. Some insiders in Wuhan said that 5,000 people died of the disease caused by positive new crowns in the Huangpi District of the city in the past month. The Wuhan Civil Affairs Bureau did not respond to media inquiries.
On 25 January 2023, the official website of the China CDC reported the situation of the novel coronavirus (covi) infection. According to the report, the number of deaths from the covi infection in hospitals reached a daily peak of 4,273 on 4 January , and then continued to decline. The number of covi-positive antigen tests reached its peak (6.94 million) on 22 December 2022 and then gradually declined, reaching a minimum of 15,000 on 23 January 2023.
Radio Free Asia reported that regarding the official data, Chen Heyang, a person close to the Civil Affairs Department in Wuhan, disclosed on 26 January that 5,000 people died in Huangpi District of Wuhan within one month of the opening of epidemic prevention and control, which is equivalent to the death toll in the past year : "As soon as the covid epidemic was released, the number of infections surged. Some elderly people with underlying diseases could not bear it. There are about 900,000 people in Huangpi District but more than 5,000 people have died this month, which is several times higher than usual and doubled."
Chen Heyang said that the amount of funeral expenses paid by the Civil Affairs Bureau to the family members of the deceased has increased significantly and the family members of the deceased have to cancel their household registration. To cancel the account, you need a cremation certificate, and you can go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to collect funeral expenses. These data can be calculated. People who receive social security have funeral expenses when they die. The (official) computer has these data. There are some new graves around Huangpi, and the number of them is increasing very fast.
According to the report, calls from the civil affairs bureaus in Huangpi District and Jiang'an District, Wuhan, have not been answered.
The person in charge of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Qiaokou District, Wuhan, who answered the phone, did not answer the question when he was asked, "Are there a lot of people receiving funeral expenses recently?"
Mr. Tian, a citizen of Wuhan, said that it is easier to count the number of deaths from covid than the number of infections but officials refuse to announce it. The best statistics are the police stations that handle cancellation of accounts, they know better. Not long ago, the official reported that the death toll in hospitals was close to 60,000. It only mentioned the number of deaths in formal medical institutions but those who died at home and in informal medical institutions were not counted. The government was unwilling to face such a huge number.
Mr. Zhang, a Wuhan resident, said that most local governments do not disclose the number of covi-positive cases and covid deaths, "Now the official does not report it. I saw that the business of white chrysanthemums placed outside is very hot, and they are all over the street. There were three waves of the epidemic from 2019 onwads. When the government opened up, the (epidemic) got worse."
23 January 2023 (the second day of the Lunar New Year) is the third anniversary of the lockdown of Wuhan. A large number of videos posted on the Internet show that since New Year's Eve (21 January), a large number of potted yellow and white chrysanthemums have been placed for sale in the streets around the Xunlimen Flower Market in the city centre. People used chrysanthemums to mourn citizens who died in the latest wave of the epidemic.
According to foreign media reports, a large number of Wuhan residents flocked to the flower market to buy chrysanthemums for mourning on New Year's Eve. A female stall owner surnamed Tao said: "Because many people have died of covid in recent years, our chrysanthemums are selling well."
A male customer who bought chrysanthemums said friends and family had left this year because of the virus. The local custom "is to visit family members who have lost loved ones after midnight on New Year's Eve with incense and flowers," he explained.
Wuhan was the city where the outbreak first broke out three years ago. Due to the out-of-control situation, the authorities began to lock down the city on 23 January2020, and it was only lifted 76 days later.
The pandemic has lasted for more than 3 years. At the end of last year, the authorities suddenly abandoned zero-covid control without warning, causing the epidemic to erupt like a tsunami again. Hospitals across the country had long queues for fever clinics and emergency departments, and crematoriums were full of corpses.
On 14 January 2023, the CCP officially announced that from 8 December 2022 to 12 January 2023, a total of 59,938 covid deathsoccurred in medical institutions across the country. The people do not believe it at all, thinking that the CCP is playing data games.
WHO emergencies chief Michael Ryan said at the time that “WHO still believes China is grossly underreporting deaths.” He criticized Beijing's narrow definition of covid deaths, noting that "doctors in the public health system need to be encouraged to report these cases, not discouraged from doing so."
On 21 January 2023, the official announced that from 13 to 19 January 2023, there are 12,658 covid-related deaths in hospitals nationwide. This has been questioned by public opinion again. Some netizens said that there is no problem with doubling this number.
Current affairs commentator Zhong Yuan's article stated that CCP experts have carefully fabricated false figures on the number of deaths from the epidemic because the CCP claims that the number of hospitalized cases and severe cases have dropped rapidly recently but it does not match the trend of the number of deaths at all.
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Deaths have peaked? Confidential documents expose the CCP’s lies
Reporters : Ruili, Luo Ya / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/27/a103635781.html / Image : Video Screenshot
Chinese Communist Party officials recently claimed that the epidemic has passed its peak but internal documents revealed the secrets of the CCP’s death data. See details.
On 25 January 2023, the China CDC released recent epidemic data. It claims to measure the three indicators of the epidemic: the number of infected people, severe patients, and deaths have all passed their peaks and are on a downward trend.
However, the CCP’s internal documents exclusively obtained by The Epoch Times show that on 4 January 2023, when the official claim that the death cases peaked, all parts of the country were still reporting supplementary data.
These documents come from the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council of the Communist Party of China, the Disease Control Bureau of the State Council, and Heilongjiang, Hebei, Henan and other places, and all of them specially marked the documents as "not to be made public".
Among them, the document of the Heilongjiang Provincial Health Commission on 13 January requires "complete the supplementary report of the covid virus infection information" in batches, and the deadline is 20 January 2023.
In addition, the document also mentions the "novel coronavirus infection death determination procedure", which is extremely complicated and "extraordinarily strict". After the deceased is initially determined to be infected with the covi infection, within 24 hours of death, the hospital-level death case discussion is completed, and the medical management department of the institution reviews with the person in charge, and then reports to the municipal and provincial medical treatment teams for review before it can be marked as a death case of covid.
Dr. Lin Xiaoxu, a virology researcher at the U.S. Army Research Institute: "In the current situation where medical resources are running out, it is impossible for you to discuss the specific cause of this patient's death within 24 hours, because now, it is too late to save those people in the critically ill ICU. So there is no time to further discuss the dead, and many of them have been taken away soon."
Xiaoxu believes that the CCP’s claim at this time that the epidemic data has dropped is just fabricating new lies to deceive the people to resume production and work.
Dr. Lin Xiaoxu: "If it doesn't make it up like this, it will not be able to restore production to normal, then the entire Chinese economy will not be able to survive, and if it collapses, the CCP regime will also be finished."
Experts call on people with conscience in China's medical care, funeral systems, or civil affairs departments to preserve important data at this stage. Help the Chinese see the truth in the near future.
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Expert: People witnessing the tragedies of the epidemic, the CCP can’t justify it
Reporter : Wang Xiang / Editor : Ye Ziwei / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/23/1/25/n13915127.htm / Image : Workers dismantle a covi nucleic acid testing kiosk for removal in Beijing, China, 3 December 2022. As part of the recent relaxation of covid control measures, the Beijing government announced that from 5 December 2022, people will no longer be required to show a 48-hour negative test certificate to board a bus. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
Philippe Le Corre, a researcher at the Asia Society Policy Institute, an American think tank, spoke on the French media "ouest-france" that even though the majority of Chinese are characterized by subordination to the Communist Party, that is different when the promise of economic and social stability is called into question.
In early December last year, the Beijing authorities suddenly canceled the zero-clearing policy that had been maintained for three years, plunged the whole country into an unprecedented wave of covid epidemic. At present, the epidemic has spread to most regions, and official estimates say that 80% of the population has been infected.
Lu Ke, who is also a researcher at the French ESSEC Higher Business School, said that the large-scale infection of the epidemic has caused very damaging consequences to the credibility of the Communist Party. The reason why the CCP leadership, headed by Xi Jinping, has made such a sharp turn is that after a wave of dissatisfaction with the zero-blockade policy erupted in several major cities, the risk of sustaining it has become too great.
He gave examples: economic downturn, real estate crisis, population decline, these are all difficulties. In addition, Beijing has tense geopolitical relations with the rest of the world.
"Even if the majority of Chinese are still characterized by subservience to the Communist Party, it's a different story when the commitment to economic and social stability is called into question," Luke said.
When the number of deaths in the outbreak of the epidemic continued to increase, the National Health Commission of the Communist Party of China announced that it would stop publishing the death data for a while, and then announced some unconvincing death tolls every few days; when faced with a large-scale epidemic, the Chinese medical system and hospitals exposed obvious Insufficient, for example, in 2022 when Shanghai has been under long-term blockade, especially the middle class suddenly realized that the CCP’s isolation over the years has not been so successful.
Lu Ke believes that Xi Jinping dared to reverse the policy because he believed that he was successfully re-elected as the top leader of the Communist Party of China, which enabled him to change the policy without collateral damage.
Lu Ke said that the CCP's power structures (the Standing Committee, the Politburo and the Central Committee) are all serving the same Xi Jinping "faction".
The researcher said that propaganda agencies will certainly try to justify the CCP's actions, but the memory of ordinary Chinese people will not be so short. They have witnessed family tragedies, medical conditions and living conditions deteriorated. These also make multinational companies hesitate because they realize that the prospect of China, a large market, has been bleak in recent years.
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Beijing Citizens: This year's Chinese New Year is not New Year's greetings, but funerals
Image : On 19 December 2022, hearses lined up outside a funeral home in the eastern suburbs of Beijing. (Bloomberg via Getty images)
"This year's Chinese New Year is not a New Year greeting, but a funeral." Mr. Cheng was in New York, and his relatives in Beijing told him this sentence. He also learned from officials of the National Health Commission of the Communist Party of China that 10% of the members of the Communist Party of China have died.
Mr. Cheng, a Chinese-American, opened a company in Beijing for ten years until he returned to the United States in 2020. He has established extensive contacts in Beijing, and his wife is a Beijinger. After the rapid outbreak of the epidemic in China in December last year, he received "a lot of news" from all parties, and the situation shocked him. Three of his wife's relatives in Beijing also died.
Mr. Cheng told the Epoch Times reporter on 22 January, but the death certificate issued by the doctor cannot write "new coronary pneumonia", but tampers with the cause of death, and writes whatever disease the old man had in the past based on the medical records. But the CCP cannot hide it, because if the X-ray of the lungs shows white lungs, it must be the new crown, and the family members have all received X-ray photos.
A friend of his lived in Fangshan District, Beijing. Five elderly people died in his family. One of them was the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, but the five people have not been cremated so far. This friend has a relative who is engaged in the funeral business, but even if someone asks someone to jump in the queue through the back door, it is impossible. It takes three months to wait for the cremation. "He is the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, not to mention ordinary people, it also shows that there are people with higher positions than him in front of him."
How to wait for those three months? Mr. Cheng said that because the funeral home’s freezer was full; when there was no place to put it, he put it in a container for frozen pork; but later even the container for pork was full, so he had to put it in his private car: "Five corpses were put in a car, parked elsewhere, and waited in line."
"Situations like this are very common. I know an official from the Exit-Entry Bureau who said there are at least 200,000 dead bodies in Beijing that have not yet been cremated."
Mr. Cheng said, "After Falun Gong claimed that 400 million people died in three years, the top leaders of the CCP still dare not refute it. A friend of mine who is in charge of population monitoring and childbirth encouragement at the Central Health Commission told me: The CCP members have gone away. (Death) 10%, they have a population monitoring model, which shows that the central high-level knows."
According to mainland media reports, a large number of experts, scholars, performers, celebrities, and officials who are members of the Communist Party of China have recently died of illness and died in groups.
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There are lots of death in prisons but the exact figure is not known
Mr. Cheng said that the epidemic situation in mainland China was seriously covered up, not to mention the epidemic situation and deaths in prisons. According to people who came out of prisons, the epidemic did not break out after the lockdown was lifted on December 7th. Before, there was a full-scale outbreak in the prison. Seeing that the epidemic was out of control, the CCP took advantage of the situation to unblock it.
"I have a friend, surnamed He, who came out of Beijing No. 2 Prison at the end of December. He said that the prison was fully infected before the White Paper Revolution, not after the unblocking on 7 December 2022. After a policeman was infected, he It was like lighting a fire, and in less than three days, almost the entire prison fell."
But the Falun Gong practitioners in prison have never heard of the new crown. Mr. Cheng said: "It is very interesting that my friend surnamed He told me that Falun Gong is also in prison, and none of Falun Gong practitioners get sick. Do you say you believe it or not?"
"Falun Gong practitioners have a different mentality (from others). They just recite their Fa, practice their Fa, and practice their Fa no matter what the outside world is like. No matter what the environment is, it doesn't matter. Their resistance is absolutely strong. I believe it."
"The person who came out of the prison in December said that many people were transferred to other places and the hospital could not take them in. They were locked in dormitories built by the armed police and there was no treatment. The shortage of medicines made it impossible to give them real medicines. It is a fake drug, and many people have left. It is even more impossible to make public the number of deaths in the prison.”
Mr. Cheng said, "Is there 400 million people who died in three years? Some overseas people doubt it, but I believe it. The funeral industry in China is actually very clear. Many people in the mainland believe this number because their family members, friends, neighbors, Many colleagues have passed away. The epidemic can be described as 'sweeping'."
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The world's first nasal spray vaccine launched in India
Image : The Ministry of Science and Technology of India and Bharat Biotech International jointly developed the nasal spray vaccine "iNCOVACC". (Picture taken from Twitter @CBCJalandhar)
India has recently launched the world's first nasal spray vaccine against covid. At present, the vaccine has been officially approved by India and will be used as an additional dose.
According to comprehensive foreign media reports, the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology launched the first Indian-made nasal spray covid vaccine "iNCOVACC" jointly developed with Bharat Biotech International on 26 January 2023. The vaccine has been officially approved by India and will be used as an additional dose after two doses of the vaccine for people over the age of 18.
The iNCOVACC vaccine is manufactured with carrier platform technology, so it can deal with new mutant strains by replacing the carrier and achieve large-scale production. In addition, since the iNCOVACC vaccine does not require syringes, needles, alcohol or bandages, it can also save costs related to storage and medical waste disposal.
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It is rumoured that Japan intends to downgrade covid to influenza in May and withdraw indoor mask orders
Reporters : Lin Yutang and Rong Yu / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/27/a103636087.html / Image : Video Screenshot
Japanese media NHK reported that the Japanese government plans to lower the classification level of covid on 8 May 2023 to be equivalent to seasonal flu.
The Japanese Infectious Diseases Law divides infectious diseases into 5 categories. Although covid has not been officially listed as a second category of infectious diseases, basically the second category of epidemic prevention measures is adopted. If it is reduced to the fifth category of the same level as influenza, measures requiring people to wear face masks indoors may be relaxed.
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On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, "Three suns" appeared in Liaoning. Ancient Books: Unknown Omens (Video)
Image : On 25 January 2023, three suns rarely appeared in Tieling, Liaoning. According to ancient records, it is an ominous sign that three days will come out at the same time, and "the king will surely lose his position." (Synthesis of video screenshots)
When the Year of the Rabbit dawns, plagues are still common in China, and visions are frequent. On 25 January 2023, three suns rarely appeared in Tieling, Liaoning. According to ancient records, three suns at the same time is an ominous omen.
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"Three suns appearing at the same time" is an ominous sign
According to the "Liaoshen Evening News" report: On 25 January, a strange sight of three suns appeared over Tieling, Liaoning on 25 January 2023. Many netizens took pictures of this spectacle.
A video uploaded online shows that over Tieling, Liaoning, three suns appear on the same horizontal line, with the sun in the middle and one sun on the left and right. The photographer said, "This should be a 22-degree parasol."
However, according to the ancient Chinese saying, a few suns appearing at the same time indicates that the world will be in chaos. "The Book of Filial Piety" records: "If three suns emerge at the same time, the monarch will lose his position. If someone is in the front and back palaces, the monarch will die."
"Chunqiuwei" records: "As three suns emerge at the same time, the emperor will be dethroned." It also said: "Several suns together, the two masters will compete."
It is recorded in Jingzhou Zhan: "Three suns at the same time, the country will destroy the princes, the land will be empty, and the river will flow out; otherwise, there will be a big army and a big funeral."
Li Chunfeng, a famous astronomer and prophet in the Tang Dynasty, said in his book "Yisi Zhan" that the appearance of multiple suns at the same time is a sign that the world will split:
When the two suns go out together, the princes have a conspiracy, which is called destruction. When the world employs soldiers, those who have no way will perish; if two days shine together, it is called Yangming. False masters contend, and there are two kings in the world.
All the suns meet together, the world is divided, hundreds of officials are set up separately, and laws and regulations are different. The suns come out together, saying that there are many emperors.
The Book of Jizhong said: "Jia lives in the meander of the river, and there is evil in the sky."
According to ancient records, "Three days at the same time" indicates that there will be war disasters this year, many people will die, and the whole country will be mourned.
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Colourful clouds appear continuously in Sichuan and Yunnan
Image : Video Screenshot
At present, a great plague is breaking out in China. When the covid epidemic is raging, there are frequent anomalies and natural disasters in various places.
On the second day of the "three-day parallel" vision in Tieling, Liaoning, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 occurred in Luding, Sichuan on 26 January 2023 and the earthquake was felt strongly. On the same day, a magnitude 3.2 earthquake also occurred in Xinjiang.
Before the earthquake, colorful clouds rarely appeared in many places in Sichuan and Yunnan for several consecutive days. "Geothermal Research Institute Wolf Mother" posted on Weibo that not only did colourful clouds appear continuously in the Sichuan-Yunnan region, but also a "green sun" spectacle appeared at Xindu Bridge in Kangding, not far from the epicenter.
Some netizens responded, "Before the Wenchuan earthquake, some people also saw this kind of colourful clouds in Gansu, which is a precursor to a major earthquake."
After the earthquake, on 26 January 2023, colourful clouds still appeared in many places in Dali, Yunnan.
The video released by the "Wolf Mother of Geothermal Research Institute" shows that the clouds in the sky over the Xindu Bridge in Kangding are abnormal, and there are also dazzling ground lights in the video. Locals said they had never seen anything like this before.
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"Four-star Lianzhu" celestial phenomenon indicates that "soldiers and funerals will rise together"
In addition, during the Chinese Lunar New Year, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars will have a "four-star connection" astronomical phenomenon. In "Yisi Zhan" written by Tang Dynasty prophet Li Chunfeng, it is said, "If the four stars are in harmony, it will be a big turmoil. Its national soldiers and funerals will rise together, gentlemen will worry, and villains will flow."
Overseas Zhengjian.com published an article signed by Dehui, explaining that any four of the five stars of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth form a bead, which means that the country needs to clean up evil, otherwise there will be turmoil. Mourning rises at the same time", the gentleman is sad, and the villain is powerful and spreads all over the world.
The article stated that the "soldiers" in "soldiers and funerals" generally refer to swordsmanship wars. Swordsmanship wars can refer to fighting between two sides on the battlefield, or can refer to wars in a broad sense such as trade wars, diplomatic wars, and wars between good and evil and "mourning" refers to the change and turmoil caused by the death of a great person.
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The CCP reappears ominous signs! Xi Jinping's Lunar New Year speech releases the signal
On 20 January 2023, Xi Jinping spoke at the so-called "Spring Festival group meeting". Xi Jinping said that he hoped that "the vast number of young people will leap up and run as fast as they are moving like rabbits", and connect with the "blank paper revolution" that has just passed. This wish makes people full of reverie for 2023.
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Xi Jinping: Chinese face storms and difficulties in 2023
At the group meeting, Xi Jinping talked about "storms" and "difficulties" in his speech. In 2022, the words he used were "wind and cloud" and "challenge". Obviously, the weight of the former is more important than the latter, which seems to indicate that in 2023, the CCP will face a more "risky" situation.
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Xi Jinping: May young Chinese escape as fast as they can
In his speech, Xi Jinping also said, "I hope that the people of the whole country, especially the young people, will leap forward and run as fast as they can."
Literally, "Tuotu" refers to "escaped rabbits". This sentence depicts two scenes, one is that the vast number of young people "go up" like escaped rabbits, and the other is "fly away".
Now that the white paper revolution composed of young people has just passed, what does it mean for 2023? Intriguing. For the CCP, this may be another ominous sign.
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"Spring Festival" was adopted after CCP started to rule mainland China, it promotes atheism
In addition, after the CCP seized power, it consciously changed the traditional "Chinese New Year" to "Spring Festival", which actually has its deep intentions.
According to the book "Disintegrating the Party Culture", "On 27 September 1949, the CCP discussed the establishment of a government after seizing power, and changed the "first day of the first lunar month" to "Spring Festival", which seems to be just an ordinary festival to celebrate "spring". That is all. This is a specious name, and it is also the CCP’s need to criticize, replace traditional culture, and promote atheism. With this change, the cultural connotations of thanking the gods for their care and respecting gods and ancestors during the traditional Chinese New Year will be removed.”
"The change of a noun seems insignificant, but the inheritance of thousands of years of history will be cut off."
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Xi Jinping calls 2023 the "Lunar Year of the Rabbit" but lunar calendar does not exist in Chinese culture
In his speech, Xi Jinping also called the upcoming Year of the Rabbit the "Lunar Year of the Rabbit."
In the traditional Chinese calendar, there is also no so-called "lunar calendar", nor is there a so-called "lunar calendar". Instead, it is called "Huang Li" (Yellow Calendar) or "Huang Li" (emperor's calendar).
The origin of "Huang Li"
The reason why it is called "Huang Li" is because the earliest calendar comes from the Yellow Emperor, so it is also called "Huang Li".
In addition, because the calendars of traditional dynasties are promulgated by the emperor, linked with the emperor's year name, and officially engraved, the traditional calendar is called "imperial calendar".
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The adoption of "lunar calendar" cuts off the inheritance of traditional Chinese culture
According to "Disintegration of Party Culture", the CCP changed the "Yellow calendar" or "imperial calendar" to "lunar calendar" and "lunar calendar", in fact, it used this to belittle the traditional imperial calendar, which contains profound cultural connotations, and cut off the inheritance of traditional culture.
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US to sign defense deal with Papua New Guinea
Image : Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape. (Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)
The United States and Papua New Guinea will negotiate a defense cooperation agreement. It comes on the heels of a wide-ranging security deal between the South Pacific nation and neighboring Australia.
Papua New Guinea will send a delegation to Honolulu in February 2023 for high-level discussions with the U.S. but the deal is expected to be finalized by the middle of this year.
PNG Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko told the ABC in an interview that the agreement would provide a framework for future joint projects and increase engagement between the two countries.
"The agreement facilitates U.S. investment in the capacity building of the Papua New Guinea Defense Force, including training, infrastructure and other defense-related projects," he said.
"Essentially, everything is there. The most important thing is legal permission, making sure our sovereignty is protected, making sure we get things right from the start and don't stop halfway."
The minister also noted that there were no plans to base U.S. warships in Papua New Guinea, explaining that the agreement was more focused on training.
"But it's a big deal, and it will ensure that we have a cooperative agreement where our defense forces work together, now and in the future, for the security of the Pacific and the region in which we live," he said.
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Restoring U.S. engagement with the Pacific is critical amidst the U.S.-China rivalry for regional influence
In 2018, former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announced that the U.S. was cooperating with Papua New Guinea and Australia to launch a restored joint operation at (Lombrum Naval Base) on Manus Island.
However, the lacklustre initial response, combined with the fallout from the pandemic, has further weakened US-PNG relations.
However, the newly launched strategic framework for Pacific engagement by the Biden-Harris administration is regarded by Papua New Guinea as an important update to the relationship between the two countries.
In a statement, the White House said the Pacific Partnership Strategy (PDF) helps strengthen cooperation and prosperity in the region and underpins national security interests.
"The United States is a Pacific nation whose continental territory includes the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Hawaii," the document states. "The prosperity and security of the United States depend on maintaining free and open."
The strategy notes Beijing's growing presence in the region.
"PRC pressure and economic coercion . . . have the potential to undermine the peace, prosperity, and security of the region and the United States," the document said.
C. Steven McGann is a former U.S. ambassador to Fiji, Nauru, Kiribati, the Kingdom of Tonga, and the Republic of Tuvalu. New defense agreements are promising, he says in a 2022 article (link) for the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP).
"The United States has the ability to quickly adapt its diplomatic outreach efforts to incorporate creative and dynamic public-private partnerships," he said. "Rethinking security cooperation and development assistance to PNG is critical to regional success."
“As the United States looks for a framework to enhance regional stability and solidify U.S. leadership in the Pacific, it is imperative to draw upon the knowledge, experience, and resources of the non-government and private sectors.”
News of the deal comes after China announced a security deal with the Solomon Islands.
According to a leaked draft contract, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with the consent of the Solomon Islands, will have the right to send police, troops, weapons and even naval ships to "protect the safety of Chinese personnel and important projects in the Solomon Islands."
If fully implemented, the framework agreement would extend Beijing's influence beyond the South China Sea and into the South Pacific, potentially cutting off shipping lanes and air links linking the United States with allies Australia and New Zealand.
The Solomon Islands occupy a strategic location in the Pacific Ocean, less than 1,200 miles from Australia.
Earlier, James Fanell, former director of intelligence and information operations for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, told The Epoch Times that the China-Society Agreement would provide the CCP with a foothold in the Pacific.
"This gives the People's Republic of China a foothold to fully operate military vessels and warships from within the South China Sea," Fanell told EpochTV's "China Insider" program recently.
Both Beijing and Honiara have denied that the Solomon Islands government would allow Beijing to station troops there as a result of the deal. However, in Fanell's view, the agreement will allow People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops to stay in the Solomon Islands to refuel and refit if needed, which he called "a prototype of a base."
Given the island's strategic location in the South Pacific, any PLA presence in the Solomons would also benefit Beijing's ability to thwart U.S. and allied response capabilities in the region should it invade Taiwan, Fanell said.
CCP considers self-governing Taiwan part of its territory and says reunification can be achieved by force if necessary.
"If China could build a chain of bases ... as an iron bar across the South Pacific, it would basically separate Australia, New Zealand and the United States, it would separate Australia from Japan," Fanell said.
In this scenario, Fanell said, the CCP regime would eventually be able to dismantle the network of U.S. partners in the Indo-Pacific region, namely Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and expand its influence there.
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U.S. sanctioned Chinese company suspected of helping Russia attack Ukraine
Editor : Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/27/a103636013.html
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the State Department simultaneously announced on 26 January 2023 that they would impose sanctions on a Chinese company suspected of providing satellite images to Russia to help it attack Ukraine.
Sanctioned Chinese companies include Changsha Tianyi Space Technology Research Institute Co Ltd, which has provided satellite imagery over Ukraine to Russia's Wagner mercenary group, according to a Treasury Department statement.
"These images were collected to enable Wagner to conduct combat operations in Ukraine," the Treasury Department said in a statement, which also announced sanctions on the Luxembourg-based subsidiary of the Chinese company.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that the new sanctions "will further impede the Kremlin's ability to arm the war machine that aids Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine and its unconscionable death and destruction".
Under the sanctions of the United States, all property and property interests of "Tianyi Luxembourg Company" and "Tianyi Research Institute" in the United States or owned or controlled by Americans will be frozen, and Americans or those foreigners in the United States (or in transit), transactions with sanctioned entities are prohibited.
According to the official website of Changsha Tianyi Research Institute (spacety), it claims to be the first commercial company in China to operate SAR remote sensing satellites. He has assisted in the execution of satellite launches and space missions in Jiuquan and Taiyuan, China for many times. The official website information shows that the core team members of Tianyi Research Institute are mainly from aerospace units such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Aerospace Science and Technology, and Aerospace Science and Industry.
The Russia-Ukraine war started in February 2022. Russia aggressively attacked Ukraine. Western countries led by the United States immediately announced sanctions against Russia and warned the Chinese Communist Party not to aid Russia.
However, Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People's Congress of the Communist Party of China, said during his visit to Moscow last September that CCP China "supported Russia from different aspects." The outside world believes that Li Zhanshu's statement has exposed the CCP's true intentions.
As early as 20 days before the Russo-Ukrainian War, when Russian President Putin visited CCP China, the then Vice Foreign Minister of the Communist Party of China Le Yucheng publicly stated that Sino-Russian relations "have no upper limit" and that "they are always on the road, there is no terminal, only gas stations." ".
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Trump warns Biden sending tanks to Ukraine sets the stage of a nuclear war
Reporter : Morgan Phillips, Daily Mail / https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11680445/Trump-warns-Biden-sending-tanks-Ukraine-sets-stage-NUCLEAR-war.html
Former President Donald Trump warned that sending tanks to Ukraine was the step before nuclear war as he claimed ending the conflict with Russia should be 'so easy.'
'FIRST COME THE TANKS, THEN COME THE NUKES. Get this crazy war ended, NOW. So easy to do!' he wrote on Truth Social Thursday morning.
The Biden administration announced one day earlier that it would send 31 top-tier M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, yielding to President Volodymyr Zelensky's push for heavy armor to counter Russia's nearly yearlong invasion.
The U.S. is also providing 500 armored vehicles as part of the package.
The move came just after Germany said it would soon provide 14 of its own Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and allow other European nations to re-export their own.
The president also cautioned that the move was 'going to take time' – a reference to the complex training involved with the weapons system, which he described as 'extremely complex to operate and maintain.'
Germany had long pressured the U.S. to send tanks to Ukraine, but top Pentagon leaders were hesitant of the move, which is why it took almost a year into the war for Ukraine to get U.S. tank support.
Biden's decision to send tanks is a stark turn-around from remarks he made last year that were similar to Trump's.
"The idea that we're going to send in offensive equipment and have planes and tanks and trains going in with American pilots and American crews, just understand … that's called World War III, okay? Let's get it straight here, guys," he said last March. "We will not fight the third world war in Ukraine."
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that he asked his defence minister to "work on" the idea of sending some of France's Leclerc battle tanks to Ukraine.
Ukraine has been struggling to gain an advantage after battlefield successes while fighting with the same Soviet-era T-72 tanks that Russia has. President Volodymyr Zelensky made a trip to the U.S. to plead his case for tanks in-person in December.
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Will be unbanned by Facebook and IG, Trump: They need us more
Reporter : Lin Yi / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/27/a103635783.html
Two years after former US President Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts were banned, on 25 January 2023, Facebook’s parent company, Meta, said it would restore Trump’s accounts in the next few weeks.
After Meta announced the restoration of Trump's social accounts on January 25, the two platforms, Facebook and IG, have yet to see Trump's new posts. In response to the unblocking movement of Meta, Trump responded on his social platform "Truth Social" (Truth Social), "Facebook has lost billions of dollars since banning him from its platform", "Such things will never This should never happen again to the current President or anyone who does not deserve reprisals!"
On 6 January 2021, after the riots in the U.S. Capitol, Trump was accused of "inciting" responsibility, and Trump's multiple social media accounts were banned, including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
In November 2022 the new Twitter boss Musk took the lead in restoring Trump's Twitter account but Trump has not returned, but insisted on making statements and announcements on his social platform Truth Social.
Trump has announced that he will run for president in 2024. Because Facebook is an important tool for reaching voters, Trump has said in recent days that his campaign is in talks with Meta to return to Facebook and Instagram.
Trump said, "They need us more than we need them" and "it will help them a lot if they let us go back."
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FDA: Getting Pfizer's covid booster and flu vaccine on the same day may raise the risk of a stroke
Reporter : Connod Boyd etal., Daily Mail / https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11681217/Getting-Pfizers-Covid-booster-flu-shot-day-raise-risk-STROKE.html
Getting Pfizer's covid bivalent booster and a flu shot on the same day may raise the risk of a stroke, a small official analysis suggests.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found the preliminary link while scouring vaccine injury databases after a separate safety concern was raised about Pfizer's jab.
Earlier this month, one of the country's vaccine surveillance systems flagged a possible association between the Omicron-specific shot and an elevated risk of an ischemic stroke among seniors over 65.
FDA officials who have been investigating the link said most of the patients had also received their flu shot on the same day, which might be a factor.
Millions of Americans got both shots at the same time this winter following a major public health push by the White House. In September, Dr Ashish Jha, White House Covid Response Coordinator, said: 'I believe this is why God gave us two arms — one for the flu shot and the other for the Covid shot.'
The FDA is launching a bigger study to examine potential safety problems arising from vaccinating against covid and flu simultaneously.
The findings will help the agency decide whether to continue with its recommendation to get both vaccines at the same time next winter.
For now health officials are still recommending people get both shots at once because getting infected with flu or covid also raises the risk of strokes.
Dr Walid Gellad, professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh who was not involved in the analysis, said the issue required further investigation.
'Sometimes signals are not clear. It makes sense to look into it more, and it doesn't make sense to change practice given the known benefits (of getting the booster) in this age group.'
The possible link between the shots and strokes was found as part of an independent FDA review into Pfizer's covid vaccine.
The findings were presented today at a meeting of outside experts that advise the FDA on vaccine policy.
In November, a small real-time government surveillance system that monitors vaccine injuries known as the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) detected a possible link between the covi shot and strokes among over-65s.
Investigators found that 130 seniors suffered strokes in the 21 days after receiving Pfizer's booster among about 550,000 recipients in the VSD database.
One man in his 70s died a month after the stroke, which was determined his likely cause of death.
However, officials said the overall increase in strokes seems to wane with time, weakening the link to the covid shot.
Richard Forshee, deputy director of the FDA's biostatistics office, told the agency's independent vaccine committee: 'So far the data that we have seen suggests the absence of a safety risk for the bivalent boosters in age 65 years and older.'
The FDA reviewed data from 4.25 million seniors who received Pfizer's omicron booster and did not identify any increased stroke risk.
The agency's review of VAERS database also did not find an increased risk.
The FDA also reached out to international health agencies and Pfizer to find out what they observed in their data, and the stroke link was not corroborated.
However, the FDA reviewers ran a small analysis that indicated seniors who received both the Pfizer omicron booster and a high-dose or adjuvanted flu vaccine on the same day may have a higher risk of stroke.
Its comes as a key panel of advisors to the FDA recommended switching the entire vaccine series to bivalent booster doses.
Currently, a person receiving the original two-dose vaccine regimen will receive the original vaccine doses tailored to the Wuhan strain, but the bivalent shot as a booster.
The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, which is made up of outside experts that advise regulators, voted 21-0 to make the original regimen the bivalent shots too.
The FDA will now need to approve of this change, which it is likely to do in the coming days.
While it will only impact people who are still unvaccinated against the virus, the change could be a key step towards making the covid vaccine an annual shot - like it is for the flu.
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Blockage of blood vessels can easily cause stroke. Eat 7 kinds of food to keep blood vessels young
Editor : Zhuo Jing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/17/a103626849.html
With age, blood vessels will form fat marks, resulting in vascular endothelial hyperplasia and hypertrophy, leading to symptoms such as myocardial infarction or stroke. However as long as you eat some nutritious foods, you can keep your blood vessels young.
If the blood vessels in the human body are not working properly, they cannot transport blood to all parts of the body to maintain health. With age, blood vessels will form fat marks, resulting in vascular endothelial hyperplasia and hypertrophy, leading to symptoms such as myocardial infarction or stroke. According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular disease accounts for 32% of all deaths worldwide.
To combat this disease, prevention is better than cure. In addition to regular exercise, you must also control your weight, improve your diet, and reduce stress. Studies have found that eating the following 7 foods can keep blood vessels young.
1. Blueberry
Berries are very beneficial to health, and regular consumption can help clear blood clots, such as strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, etc. Among them, blueberries are rich in vitamins, cellulose, trace elements, and antioxidant substances such as polyphenols.
Experts said that blueberries can reduce inflammatory reactions through antioxidant effects, and reduce the deposition of cholesterol in blood vessels by affecting the metabolism and transportation of cholesterol. It can also protect vascular endothelial cells by affecting the function of vascular endothelial cells.
High blood pressure, diabetes, and chronic inflammation can all damage blood vessel walls, and blueberries can improve all three.
Image : Experts said that blueberries can reduce inflammatory reactions through antioxidant effects, and reduce the deposition of cholesterol in blood vessels by affecting the metabolism and transportation of cholesterol. (Shutterstock)
2. Honey
Cai Yifang, a nutritionist at the Taiwan Cocoa Nutrition Consulting Center, said that honey is good for the cardiovascular system because it contains polyphenols. The polyphenols in honey include quercetin, caffeic acid phenylethyl ester (CAPE), acacetin, kaempferol, galangin, chrysin, etc., which are good for cardiovascular health. These substances can prevent thrombosis, prevent oxidation of bad cholesterol, improve vasodilation, and help reduce the risk of heart disease.
3. Walnut
The α-linolenic acid in walnuts enters the body and will be converted into DHA and EPA to help reduce neutral fat and cholesterol in the blood and prevent vascular aging. Walnuts also contain unsaturated fatty acids, which can remove waste substances in blood vessels and keep blood vessels healthy.
Ke Xia, a Japanese doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, suggested that eating a small amount of walnuts every day can improve cardiovascular and cerebrovascular indicators and slow down the aging of the brain. But walnuts are very heaty and contain a lot of fat, and eating too much will also make people heaty.
Image : The α-linolenic acid in walnuts enters the body and will be converted into DHA and EPA to help reduce neutral fat and cholesterol in the blood and prevent vascular aging. (Shutterstock)
4. Cauliflower
Cauliflower contains folic acid, which can break down substances that cause arteriosclerosis. In addition, cauliflower also contains sulforaphane, which is useful for blood vessel health and prevention of heart disease and stroke.
5. Tofu
Tofu contains peptides, which can normalize blood cholesterol and prevent vascular aging. Lecithin in tofu is a phospholipid that constitutes cell membranes, brain and nerve tissues, transports cholesterol in the blood to the liver, reduces cholesterol deposition in blood vessels, and prevents arteriosclerosis, cerebrovascular diseases and vascular dementia.
6. Collagen and Vitamin C
Collagen (animal protein) and vitamin C are the materials used to make the intima of blood vessels. Collagen is also a material for the production of lymphocytes (one of the immune cells). If the immunity is improved, it can further protect the health of blood vessels.
7. Dark chocolate
Resveratrol and cocoa polyphenols (flavonoids) in dark chocolate have been linked to heart health. In the journal "European Journal of Preventive Cardiology" in 2020, a paper stated that people who eat chocolate at least once a week have an 8% lower risk of coronary artery disease than those who eat less than once a week.
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Food shortage looming? The Chinese Communist Party's Health Commission affirms the suggestion of "eating rice bran"
Editor : Zhou Guihang / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/26/a103635491.html / Image : Screenshot of mainland media report on 26 January 2023.
The CCP has repeatedly emphasized "food security" in recent years, indicating that China may have food supply problems. A few days ago, the National Health Commission of the Communist Party of China gave a positive answer to the suggestion of the National People's Congress that the people "eat rice bran".
On 19 January 2023, the website of the National Health Commission of the Communist Party of China released the "Reply to the No. 0132 Recommendation of the Fifth Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress" (hereinafter referred to as the "Reply"). Suggestions on Returning Rice Bran to Human Consumption and Improving National Nutrition” gave an affirmative answer.
The "Reply" states that currently rice bran is mainly used to produce feed, and as a food raw material, it is mainly used to produce rice bran oil. The development of "rice bran industry" and "excavation of the nutritional value of rice bran" are conducive to "reducing food loss and efficiency increase and national nutrition and health."
The "Reply" also gave answers to the five specific suggestions put forward by the deputies to the National People's Congress. These five suggestions include: "support the development of rice bran safe edible industry", "establish a harmless evaluation system for rice bran", "strengthen the safety supervision of rice bran products", "increase the promotion of rice bran utilization", "introduce harmless Rice bran or edible rice bran) is included in the 'List of dual-use medicine and food' and "Pharmacopia", etc.
The "Reply" also stated that the National Health Commission will "actively support the research on the nutritional value of rice bran and rice bran by-products and the revision of relevant standards", and use various means to "extensively publicize" and so on.
After the news was reported by mainland media on the 26th, it aroused the attention of netizens. Many people shouted horror.
Image : Screenshot of comments from Chinese WeChat users.
Some netizens said that rice bran was eaten when there was no food during the great famine. Some netizens said that now they have begun to demonstrate the "nutritional value" of rice bran. Is it still far from eating bark, grass roots, and Guanyin soil?
In recent years, the CCP has repeatedly emphasized "food security", and the authorities have even ordered "to stop food waste", which shows that China may indeed have a food crisis. In 2022, factors such as floods and droughts in southern China, and delays in spring plowing in the north due to "zero-covid closures" may continue to affect China's grain production.
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