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Chinese people unafraid of ban on fireworks, police lie down, sparking discussion (Video)
Image : On 22 January 2023, a large number of people gathered in a certain place in China to set off fireworks in a square. A policeman stood in front of a warning sign saying "Fireworks and firecrackers are strictly prohibited". (Synthesis of video screenshots)
The CCP explicitly prohibits setting off fireworks and firecrackers during the Lunar New Year but the public does not buy it. A video posted on the Internet showed that a large number of people gathered in a certain place to set off fireworks in a square. A policeman stood in front of a warning sign saying "Fireworks and firecrackers are strictly prohibited". According to the analysis, the common people are no longer afraid of the power of the CCP, the people of the CCP have lost all support, officials are lying flat, and no one is willing to work for the CCP anymore.
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People set off fireworks in front of the warning sign, and the police watch it together
On 22 January 2023, the second day of the Lunar New Year, a video of the police watching fireworks with the public went viral on social media. The footage showed a police car parked on the side of the road with a big red warning sign saying "Fireworks and firecrackers are strictly prohibited", and a policeman on duty stood beside him.
However, on the central square in front of the police, a large number of people gathered together and set off fireworks lively. People turned a blind eye to the police and the warning signs.
What is interesting is that when the fireworks bloomed brilliantly in the sky, the policeman was not only indifferent to the people's actions of setting off fireworks but also looked up and watched the fireworks with everyone.
Tang Baiqiao, a Chinese pro-democracy activist, commented on Twitter: "The police passively resist watching from the sidelines. By the way, they also use their work to watch the fireworks. It's the best of both worlds. New year and new atmosphere, very good."
Many netizens responded, "Many local governments expressly prohibit setting off fireworks and firecrackers but the people don't listen at all, and the police don't care." "The failure of epidemic prevention has completely wiped out the CCP's ruling authority. Even the police have lost their enthusiasm for enforcing the law."
Image : Twitter screenshot
Another video shows that, on New Year's Eve, in Kaifeng, Henan, people setting off fireworks on the street shouted "Get out of the way" to several police officers. A plainclothes policeman stepped on the fireworks, which made the fireworks more powerful.
@Viau posted a video of the fireworks on Twitter: "It feels like everyone doesn't take the ban seriously. After this wave, there are a group of children continuing to play with various small fireworks. I waited for a while and didn't watch it. Until the police showed up, there seemed to be no security guards.”
@生如夏花 also released a video: The fireworks cost 700 RMB, and the police came after the fireworks were set off, and they registered. It is said that fireworks can only be set off on the 30th day of the new year and the first day of the new year, but not on the second day of the new year but nothing happened. They just came to perform the formalities.
@United Nations: "I live in Wuhan, which does not prevent us from playing fireworks. I am very happy that the police did not arrest us. Fireworks were not allowed in the city."
@Frank Yuan posted a photo of fireworks, "I was traveling in Lingshui, Hainan, and I stayed in a seaside hotel. At night, many people set off all kinds of fireworks and firecrackers on the beach. Four policemen came in the middle, and no one responded. They continue with setting the fireworks off, the common people are no longer afraid of power."
Image : Twitter screenshot
Many netizens said, "The police are just pretending. They are also scolding their mothers in their hearts for the shit that the bureaucrats have done. Who doesn't want to set off fireworks, and who wants to come out to patrol and scold on New Year's Eve?" "The foundation of the CCP regime is shaking. It was originally dynamically cleared to test the tolerance of the people but now it has been anti-tested."
Tang Jingyuan, a current affairs commentator based in the U.S., said in the "Foresight Quick Review": On New Year's Eve, when Henan people set off fireworks and overturned police cars, the outside world was watching to see whether Xi Jinping would dare to take a tough stance to ban fireworks on New Year's Eve. Facts have proved that Xi Jinping did not dare, and he may not want to offend the public again.
Regarding the video of a large number of people setting off fireworks in front of the police and warning signs, Tang Jingyuan said, "This is a classic picture of non-violent non-cooperation, because people are coming and going in the square, and everyone can see such a strong contrast. In the video everyone in the movie didn’t say anything but everyone might be saying something in their hearts, ‘Didn’t you say you can’t let it go, I just let you see it, how dare you!’ That’s what it means.”
He believes that this sends a sensitive signal, "Xi Jinping's control is weakening, and his team is not easy to lead when people's hearts are scattered."
"The hozens scatter before the trees fall, and no one is willing to work for the CCP."
In addition, the "lying down" behaviour of the CCP police during the fireworks ban fits perfectly with this year's CCTV Spring Festival Gala skit "The Pit". This skit depicts a "lying-flat cadre" of the CCP who "doesn't take responsibility or do nothing, refuses to do it, and dares to do it, and rolls up his sleeves to watch." It has aroused heated discussions.
At the beginning of December 2022, the CCP authorities gave up the epidemic prevention and control measures without warning and preparation, which led to the outbreak of the epidemic, and the death toll from the epidemic was incalculable. There is a severe shortage of medicines everywhere, the medical system is running out, and the crematorium is also overcrowded, and the corpses cannot be burned. The CCP’s policies are changing day by day, leaving grassroots officials at a loss as to what to do. At the same time, the authorities shifted responsibility for the failure of epidemic prevention to low-level officials in order to divert public anger.
In the early morning of 22 January, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China issued a document to clear the ground for the authorities, saying that "lying flat cadres" deceived themselves and harmed others.
Yuan Hongbing, a well-known scholar living in Australia, told The Epoch Times on 23 January that it is a common phenomenon for officials to lie down. The official circles of the Communist Party of China are full of curses on Xi Jinping, especially those who died in their families during the great plague. Xi has come to a very difficult time to rule.
Veteran commentator Yan Chungou posted on Facebook on 22 January, "This year's major events in the CCP are not good: The government and the people are separated, and the top and bottom are disintegrated."
He said that Xi Jinping's emphasis on strictly governing the party at the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection earlier was because there were signs of a loss of control within the party. Xi's harsh words and intimidation to officials at all levels shows the seriousness of the problem.
He believes that officials at all levels of the Communist Party of China have alienated Xi Jinping, and Xi Jinping has repeatedly made mistakes in domestic and foreign affairs during his ten years in power, which has disappointed the officials. Whatever Xi Jinping "personally deploys" will fail, and every failure will deepen the CCP's ruling crisis. Moreover, the central government has no money now. If it has money, it can buy people's hearts. If it has no money, it cannot satisfy the desires of officials. Now the people are not easy to manage, and civil uprisings will happen at any time.
Yan Chungou said that the CCP runs counter to the fundamental interests of the people and is an enemy of the world's civilized countries. It is only a matter of time before it collapses. The grassroots officials of the Communist Party of China are not stupid at all when they come into contact with ordinary people every day. Officials know how long a regime with deeply corrupt political parties and lost popular support can last. "Therefore, the hozens scatter before the trees fall, and no one is willing to work for the CCP."
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The line of the Spring Festival Gala short drama "Who hasn't been to junior high school?" is suspected of satirizing Xi Jinping
Image : The line "Who hasn't gone to junior high school?" in the Chinese Spring Festival Gala short play "The Pit" was interpreted by netizens as a satire that Xi Jinping actually only had a primary school education. (Associated Press)
CCP China's most watched TV program during the Spring Festival, "China Central Radio and Television Spring Festival Gala" (Spring Festival Gala), as usual, appeared in the evening of New Year's Eve on 21 January 2023 but it caused a lot of controversy. Not only the theme song " Huakaihuahuajia" is suspected of plagiarizing a well-known Japanese anime and game song, a short play called "Keng" ("The Pit") has also become the focus of heated discussions on the Internet. Many people interpret the lines in the play as satirizing President Xi Jinping.
Based on reports from Chinese and Hong Kong media, "The Pit" tells the story of a "lying flat" transportation official who does not want to make progress, and adopts a completely different attitude when facing the supervisor and the public. The play is full of jokes and emotion. Well-known Chinese comedian Shen Teng played the role of the "Director Hao". He usually muddled through his work and shirked the blame for a hole on the road that had not been filled for a long time. He was unwilling to take responsibility and was fired by the new director who fell into the hole.
According to reports, from time to time in the play, bureaucratic rhetoric such as "the public must go through the process of reporting problems", "do more and make more mistakes, do less and make fewer mistakes, and do nothing is good", deeply satirizes officials who lie flat and foolish.
Shortly after the program was broadcast, it unexpectedly attracted the attention of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection/National Supervisory Commission. The website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection immediately published an article titled "Leaning Flat-style Cadres Can't Be Deceived Again" in the early morning of 22 January, claiming that the social harm of "flat-style cadres" is obvious, delaying the development of the party and the country, harming people's livelihood and well-being, and hurting people, breaking the hearts of the people. To rectify "lying flat cadres", it is very important to establish a sound and scientific selection and appointment mechanism, resolutely say no to "lying flat cadres", and avoid "doing more and making more mistakes, doing less and making fewer mistakes, and doing nothing is good" misconceptions that are rampant.
At the same time, the two lines in the play also sparked heated discussions among netizens: "What are you showing off? Who hasn't been to junior high school?", "In the final analysis, it is because your people are not aware of the potential risks of the road." Many people will interpret "Who hasn't gone to junior high school?" as mocking Xi Jinping who actually only has a primary school education.
And "the public's lack of awareness of risk prevention" is a satire. After the fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang at the end of November last year, the government spokesperson accused the fire of "the people's lack of awareness of the potential risk prevention of roads" and refused to admit that the authorities used epidemic prevention as an excuse to block the fire. The behavior of the street is the main cause of this tragedy.
On 24 November 2022, a serious fire broke out in Jixiangyuan Community in Tianshan District, Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, killing 10 people and injuring 9 others. The public believed that the reason for the heavy casualties was that the epidemic prevention and control measures hindered the rescue, making it impossible for residents to escape, which in turn triggered the follow-up "white paper movement" against the "dynamic clearing" policy across the country.
Image : The lines of the Chinese Spring Festival Gala short play "The Pit" were interpreted by netizens as satirizing Xi Jinping. (The picture is taken from the Spring Festival Gala video)
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"White Paper Movement" was first launched, Nanjing Institute of Communication "A4 Papers" attracted attention on the Spring Festival Gala
Reporter : Chen Chengliang / https://ent.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/4191379
On 26 November 2022, students from Nanjing University of Communication took the lead in holding an A4 blank paper in a silent demonstration to commemorate the victims of the Urumqi apartment fire and protest against the authorities' control of speech. On the program list of CCTV's "Spring Festival Gala" broadcast in the evening of the 21st, there was a rare appearance of a backup dancer from the Dance Academy of Nanjing Institute of Media and Communication, which attracted the attention of the outside world. A little pink broke down on Weibo and shouted: "A4 paper can also go to the Spring Festival Gala?"
The 2023 CCTV Spring Festival Gala opening program "Flowers Blooming and Planting Flowers" features 10 children from the Guoguo Chorus of Zhongba Village, Xide County, Liangshan Prefecture (pictured), and groups such as the School of Dance of Nanjing Institute of Communication.
CCTV's 2023 Spring Festival Gala is broadcast at 8 pm on the 21st, and the program list is announced on the 20th. Nanjing Institute of Media and Communication was arranged to send students from the School of Dance to participate in multiple performances.
Hong Kong's "Ming Pao" reported on the 21st that the Nanjing Institute of Communication has not appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala in recent years but this time it can participate in 4 programs on CCTV, which can be said to be highly valued. Most of the other participating dance teams come from song and dance troupes and art troupes at all levels, as well as "regular guests" of the Spring Festival Gala such as ethnic groups, teachers' schools, and art schools.
According to the report, after the program list of the Spring Festival Gala was announced on the 20th, some Chinese netizens were dissatisfied. Beijing netizen "Feng Liang'er" on Sina Weibo said: "A4 papers from Nanjing Institute of Media and Communication can also go to the Spring Festival Gala? CCTV's big pants are disgusting. Who is disgusting?" ?”
On the overseas social media Twitter, some netizens also sarcastically said: "I have a very serious worry. Your station has boldly used students from Nanjing Institute of Communication and Communication as backup dancers for the program this time, and it has been used for three consecutive programs. May I ask whether these actors have undergone strict political review?"
"The children who were caught holding blank papers at the Nanjing Institute of Communication were forced to dance in shackles during the Spring Festival Gala? Li Kangmeng? Or did the Communist Party deliberately use this method to promote? It stands to reason that if there were no blank paper movement and Li Kangmeng, no one would pay attention to this school. "
On 26 November 2022, students from Nanjing Institute of Media and Communication mourned the victims of the fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang. The female student Li Kangmeng held up a blank paper to protest the closure policy. Later, the blank paper was taken away from her hand, but she still stood, and more students responded, started the "white paper movement" that blossomed everywhere in China. It was later reported that Li Kangmeng was detained and has lost contact so far, that aroused concern.
News (5) to (9) / Reporters : Zhao Fenghua and Mingyu / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/25/a103634280.html
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On Lunar New Year's Day, a fire broke out in the old Tesco in Shenyang, with unknown casualties
On the first day of the Lunar New Year this year, in the early morning of 22 January 2023, a fire broke out in the old Tesco in Shenyang, and the fire was fierce.
People at the scene: "I wanted to watch the fireworks, but I didn't expect to come here and watch the fire come."
The video showed that the entire building was on fire and smoke billowed from the scene. The cause of the fire and casualties are unknown.
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Families in rural China spend New Year's Eve behind closed doors, the streets are deserted
During the Lunar New Year period this year, the epidemic is still raging in CCP China. Every household in the countryside closes their doors to celebrate the New Year. The streets are deserted and the lively atmosphere of previous years cannot be seen.
People in mainland China: "Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. The tradition in the past was that we would go door-to-door in the morning to pay New Year's greetings. This year, the loudspeaker in the village just rang, so we are not allowed to visit. Friends, the taste of the New Year will be getting weaker in the future."
"The streets are empty, there's no one there."
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Famous Chinese director Fu Ning died suddenly at the age of 55
Recently, the epidemic has been raging in China, and the number of deaths from the epidemic has skyrocketed, including celebrities in the film and television industry. Most of them are members of the CCP or people who stand for the CCP.
On 23 January, Fu Ning, a well-known Chinese film and television screenwriter and director, died of illness at the age of 55.
The obituary did not disclose the cause of Fu Ning's death but netizens speculated that it might be related to the current epidemic.
Many of Fu Ning's film and television dramas were broadcast on the CCTV channel of the Communist Party of China. Most of his representative works have the content of praising the CCP.
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Don't forget the Blank Paper Revolution, Chongqing University students' speeches are popular
On the occasion of the Chinese New Year, people have not forgotten the Blank Paper Revolution and those young people who stood up to fight for freedom. A video went viral on the Internet.
College student in Chongqing: "It was only at this time that I realized that we really don't have human rights. Do we really have human rights?"
People at the scene: "No! No!"
University student in Chongqing: "We are all Chinese, for the betterment of China, we must persevere to the end!"
People at the scene: "Strive for our tomorrow!"
People at the scene: "For a free China!"
After the Blank Paper Revolution, a large number of students were arrested. On the occasion of Chinese New Year, people pay attention to the white paper revolution and wish these brave young people well.
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Government officials accountable to the citizens in Fengtai District, Beijing, slipped away
A recent video showed that some Beijing citizens went to the government office of Fengtai District to discuss the case, accusing the government of not handling the facts and fooling the people.
Beijing resident: "How many times have we been here? We have been looking for it since summer,"
"You fool us like this. We are so old, you also have parents, and you also have families. Don't you think what kind of life we ordinary people live?"
"I'm worried, how do we live?"
"I will kneel down for you today."
A group of officials did not answer the old man's question but left their seats and prepared to slip away.
The people at the scene were angry and stepped forward to accuse these officials of inaction and refused to let them go. The atmosphere was quite tense.
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Chinese man who absconded from South Korean quarantine hotel deported
Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor : Fan Ming / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/25/a103634200.html / Image : On 3 January 2023, South Korean epidemic prevention personnel guided Chinese passengers to enter Incheon Airport. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images)
Recently, a Chinese man who entered South Korea was tested covi-positive. He absconded while waiting to enter the quarantine hotel and was arrested two days later. At present, the man has been deported by the South Korean government and has been restricted from entering South Korea for one year.
Yonhap News Agency reported on 24 January that a Chinese man arrested for evading the covid quarantine was deported on the 24th and restricted from entering South Korea for one year.
According to news from South Korea's Central Emergency Response Headquarters on the 24th, the Chinese passenger flew from China to Incheon International Airport on 3 January. After entering the country, the covi nucleic acid test result was positive and required isolation. However, the man absconded while waiting to check into the quarantine hotel, went to downtown Seoul, checked in with his wife and went out.
This incident aroused public outrage in South Korea. Mainland China is currently in the midst of a major outbreak, with a large number of people dying from the disease, but the CCP has opened the country's doors to allow people infected with the disease to leave the country. South Koreans are worried that Chinese tourists will bring the virus into South Korea again.
On 5 January, the Chinese man was arrested by South Korean police in downtown Seoul two days after absconding. The South Korean government said at the time that it would punish severely according to laws and principles, but in the end the Chinese man was not punished by any law and was only deported.
South Korea's Central Emergency Response Headquarters stated that the Chinese man involved was investigated by the police for allegedly violating laws related to the prevention and management of infectious diseases, and was later sent for inspection but it will take more than a month before the court hearing. Considering that the man did not meet the conditions for arrest, the Immigration and Foreign Affairs Office decided that there was no need for a separate trial, and only "compulsory deportation" was taken.
The CCP government opened its doors when the epidemic broke out. The United States, Japan, South Korea and other countries have imposed epidemic prevention restrictions on people entering from China. Since 2 January 2023, South Korea has required people entering from China to undergo a nucleic acid test upon arrival at Incheon Airport, and those who are covi-positive must be quarantined for 7 days.
In addition, the South Korean embassy in China has suspended the issuance of short-term visas for Chinese citizens to South Korea for a limited time. The CCP also took countermeasures, suspending the issuance of short-term visas for South Korean citizens to China.
In the case of the above-mentioned Chinese man absconding after entering South Korea, the South Korean government compulsorily required the Chinese passengers who entered the country to hang a yellow card around their necks, and special South Korean soldiers followed them to pick up their luggage, and then they were taken to a separate area of the airport for nucleic acid testing.
In addition to the "yellow card", there is also a "green card", which means that the passenger has truthfully declared the symptoms of covid and needs to undergo a nucleic acid test at his own expense. The price is about 80,000 won, about 440 RMB.
A few days ago, a Chinese netizen posted on social media, saying, “When I got off the plane in South Korea, I was given a yellow sign, which had to be hung around my neck, even if I held it in my hand. In the limited area, the whole process feels like the crime is being pulled away."
"The most irritating thing is that dozens of reporters took pictures with big cameras, just like the criminals who did wrong in Korean dramas were filmed! No one stopped these reporters, just let them run along and follow the film."
Image : Screenshot of Weibo
However, the South Korean government is targeting people who have stayed in mainland China within 7 days. Whether you are a foreigner, Korean or Chinese, you must go through a landing inspection. In addition, the airport requires immediate family members with long-term visas to guarantee that they can pick them up in a car and stay at home for isolation; the quarantine hotel requires friends with long-term visas to guarantee that they can also drive to pick them up.
South Korea's yellow card incident to Chinese tourists sparked heated discussions on the Internet in China. Some netizens thought it was discrimination against Chinese tourists. However, some netizens said that this is "enjoying domestic treatment", "Aren't you very proud to wear a big white hanging all over the world before?"
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The cost of epidemic prevention and stability maintenance is high, and the internal economic contradictions of the CCP are difficult to digest
Reporters : Yu Ting, Li Yun and Luo Ya / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/25/a103634283.html / Image : Video Screenshot
In China, this year is the first traditional New Year without epidemic prevention restrictions after the outbreak of the covid epidemic. People actively return to their hometowns to visit their relatives but there is no tourism boom as expected by the outside world. China’s economic prospects are still not optimistic.
Chinese people: "After three years of lockdown, the lockdown was suddenly lifted, and the policy suddenly changed, from this extreme to this extreme. In fact, you also know that many elderly people have died."
After three years of extreme lockdowns, Chinese people can finally travel freely again. However, due to factors such as the extreme and opaque policies of the CCP, consumer confidence has been hit.
Mr. Li, a small vendor in Sanya, Hainan: "After the three years of the epidemic (control), many bosses have lost money, employees have stopped working for a few months, and they haven't gone to work for a few months. They have to pay off their mortgages and car loans. So in general, the quality of consumption cannot be improved.”
Sophia Ong, owner of a restaurant in Sanya, Hainan: "Many factors make us doubtful about the future. Even if (tourists) come back, compared to last year, this year's business has been reduced by half."
The CCP has insisted on the "dynamic clearing" movement for three years, which has severely damaged people's livelihood and the economy. At the same time, the cost of epidemic prevention and stability maintenance for local governments is also very high. In Guangdong Province, which has the highest economic aggregate, a total of 146.793 billion RMB has been invested in epidemic prevention in the past three years. Other provinces and cities are also facing similar situations, and local governments are heavily indebted.
Yuan Hongbing, a well-known Australian jurist: "It is a common phenomenon that officials at local and provincial levels, including officials at the district level, receive less wages and less wages during the New Year. In 60% of the counties, these officials are forced to buy county government salaries and long-term bonds to solve its financial crisis. This kind of officials generally lie flat, this is a big crisis."
In order to stabilize the economy, the CCP has also issued bonds on a large scale. According to sources quoted by Bloomberg, 18 local governments indicated that they would issue more than one trillion yuan in new bonds in the first quarter of this year but economists warn that it could lead to further deterioration of local finances.
Moody's, a well-known bond rating agency, wrote in a report: "China's local economy faces a negative credit situation in 2023, land sales revenue remains weak, fiscal deficit continues to be high, and direct and contingent liabilities continue to rise."
Wen Guanzhong, an emeritus professor of economics at Trinity College (source: VOA): "I personally think that either the whole country will collapse to delay the general outbreak of the crisis."
The deterioration of local government finances will not only affect economic growth, but may further affect social stability. Due to the shortage of funds, the authorities postponed or suspended payment to some service providers, causing large-scale wage protests in Chongqing and other places. Some local governments have even adopted measures such as salary cuts, layoffs, and reduced subsidies to alleviate the shortage of funds.
Yuan Gongyi, a Hong Kong entrepreneur: "The CCP is gone, the epidemic is a fatal blow to it, and many people have died. Master Li said that 400 million people died in the past three years. He has his sources. This time Master Li said it is the first shot to eliminate the CCP. Because the CCP is not eliminated, we have no hope at all.”
Today, the CCP regime is facing not only the impact of extreme epidemic prevention, but also the accelerated aging of the population, the relocation of industrial chains, the real estate bubble, internal economic conflicts, and the deterioration of geopolitics, all of which make China's economic prospects not optimistic.
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Taiwan is gradually getting out of the epidemic, ruling and opposition leaders pray for blessings in temples, and interact with folks during the Spring Festival
Reporters : Hu Zonghan and Zhang Dongxu / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/25/a103634281.html
Taiwan is gradually getting out of the epidemic. After two years, Taiwan's political leaders have come to temples to pray.
President Tsai Ing-wen visited Bao'an Temple in Taipei on the first day of the Lunar New Year, praying for the safety of the country and the people, and distributed red envelopes to the people one by one.
Taiwan is gradually getting out of the epidemic. After two years, the president and vice president resumed going to the countryside to visit temples and distribute red envelopes to the people during the Chinese New Year. Tsai Ing-wen and her colleagues visited the five temples in the north, center and south together, and was busy with the cabinet reshuffle at the same time.
Vice President Lai Ching-te took over as chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party on 18 January and was expected to run for the presidential election. From the first to the seventh day of the new year, he arranged to visit more than 50 temples in the countryside; Some supporters shouted "Hello, President"; when praying at the temple in Keelung, he reiterated the new era and new thinking to protect Taiwan and promote democracy, peace and prosperity. The country is prosperous and strong, with strong national defense.
Zhu Lilun, Chairman of the Kuomintang: "Under the leadership of our Jiang Wanan (mayor), all municipal functions in Taipei City are very smooth."
Zhu Lilun, chairman of the opposition Kuomintang, went to pray for spring on the first day of the new year. He and Taipei Mayor Jiang Wanan were at Longshan Temple, and Taoyuan Mayor Zhang Shanzheng was at a local temple. He also visited a temple in Linkou District of New Taipei City. New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi was not accompanied. Zhu Lilun was questioned about the New Year's red envelope for his wife, and was also asked about the layout of the 2024 presidential election.
Zhu Lilun: "(An Taiza has a price tag? Can you provide a reference for men?) I told you that maybe everyone will feel a little sad, we will give everything to Taizu, and Taizu will give us some pocket money, and we will be very happy .”
Zhu Lilun: "(Is it possible that Guo Taiming and Zhu Lilun will be paired in 2024?) Everyone is greeting everyone and saying good things. Everyone is in a very happy mood. Today we don't talk about politics. We all wish everyone a happy new year."
News (12) to (15) / Host : Fu Yao / Publisher : Voice of Influence / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/23/a103632797.html
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Checks and balances the weaponization of justice, McCarthy promises new action of the US Congress
Speaking of the "weaponization" of justice. During the FBI raid on Trump's residence, then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy tweeted: "I've seen enough. The political weaponization of the Justice Department has reached an intolerable level When the Republicans take back the House, we're going to be policing the Justice Department right away, making sure every single thing is checked, based on the facts."
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Pompeo broke White House secrets and secretly met with Kim Jong-un to make dangerous jokes
Another piece of news is about former US Secretary of State Pompeo (Mike Pompeo), whom many friends like very much.
Pompeo has released his memoir Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love on Tuesday (24 January 2023). Some parts of the book were exposed in advance.
Pompeo talked about a secret visit to North Korea in March 2018 to meet local leader Kim Jong-un.
He said, "This mission is completely secret and only a few people know about it. My goal is: to correct past failures that have failed to eliminate North Korea's nuclear weapons of mass destruction (WMD) that have led to the current threat increase." One of the darkest places on earth to meet Chairman Kim Jong-un, the darkest man who ever lived there."
Pompeo described meeting with Kim Jong-un. He described Kim Jong-un as a "small, sweating, evil man" (small, sweating, evil man), and he also pointed out that the two sides had joked with each other about the assassination.
Kim Jong-un tried to break the ice at the time, saying, "I didn't expect you (Pompeo) to show up. I know you've been trying to kill me."
Pompeo said that he did not expect Kim Jong-un to joke about the assassination, and decided to show a little humor himself. He responded, "Mr. Chairman, I'm still trying to kill" (Mr. Chairman, I'm still trying to kill you.) According to his description, Kim Jong-un seemed convinced that he was joking, and when the group photo was taken afterwards, Kim Jong-un kept smiling.
After Pompeo’s secret visit to North Korea, in June of the same year, the then U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un held a public meeting in Singapore, also known as the “Trump-Kim Meeting”.
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Accusing the CCP of spreading false information about the epidemic, Pompeo angered Xi with his truth
The book also revealed that Trump was dissatisfied with Pompeo for angering Xi Jinping.
During a phone call between Trump and Xi Jinping on 26 March 2020, Xi Jinping complained that members of Trump’s cabinet “undermined” the first-phase trade agreement signed between the United States and China; Trump told Pompeo afterwards, “Xiao Pang, That goddamn guy hates you."
Pompeo said in the book that he believed Xi Jinping wanted Trump to fire him. Because, just the day before the call between the two, Pompeo publicly accused the CCP of repeatedly delaying sharing information about the CCP virus (covi, covid virus) with the outside world, and also spreading false information.
According to the book, after the Trump-Xi phone call, Trump accused Pompeo in the Oval Office of angering the CCP for putting everyone at risk. Part of the reason was that the United States was in the midst of an outbreak and needed to rely on China to provide medical protection equipment. "We need medical equipment, and we're letting the Chinese Communist Party handle it," he said.
Trump asked Pompeo to "shut up," and Pompeo also said that he would meet the president's request not to criticize Beijing, even if it was "telling the truth" but "wait for the moment".
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Pompeo's new book for the general election? Navarro stands up to Trump and fights again
Previously, former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro also published a book, "Taking Back Trump's America: Why We Lost the White House" (taking Back Trump's America: Why We Lost the White House and How Well Win).
According to the book, most of the people around Trump at the time were pinched by the CCP. It also mentioned that after Trump recognized the nature of the CCP, he completely reversed his China policy and has continued to this day. It makes people feel that Navarro intends to fight side by side with Trump and prepare for the 2024 election.
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Confidential documents found in ex-Vice President Mike Pence's home
Reporter : Jin Shi / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/25/a103634129.html
The "confidential document storm" of US President Biden has not yet subsided, and former Vice President Pence has also been exposed. More than a dozen documents with confidential labels were found in his home. The FBI is currently investigating.
Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's legal team said they found two small boxes of classified documents at Pence's home in Carmel, Indiana, on 16 January 2023. On 19 January, the FBI went to Pence's home and seized the documents.
Pence's team said that despite the "classified" stamp on the documents, it would still be up to the Justice Department or the agency that issued them to determine whether they remained classified.
Pence's lawyer said that after it was revealed that Obama's confidential documents were found in the home of the current President Biden, Pence sought the assistance of relevant experts out of prudence to check whether there were government documents in his home.
The storm of confidential documents in the United States continued to ferment. Currently, current President Biden and former President Trump are both being investigated by special prosecutors for discovering confidential government documents during their tenure in their private homes.
According to the Presidential Records Act of the United States, when a government term ends, relevant government documents must be handed over to the National Archives for safekeeping.
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North Korea's unidentified respiratory cases surge, authorities order Pyongyang to lock down for 5 days
"NK News", which has been tracking North Korea's affairs for a long time, reported that North Korea's recent "unknown respiratory disease cases" have surged. The authorities ordered the capital, Pyongyang, to be closed for 5 days from now on, but it is not clear whether it is covid.
According to "NK News", North Korea officially announced that due to the increase in "unknown respiratory disease cases", Pyongyang will be closed for 5 days from25 to 29 January 2023. It is unclear whether other cities other than Pyongyang are also blocked. The North Korean official media has not yet announced new measures. As for whether it is covid, the North Korean government has not mentioned it.
As North Korea will hold a large-scale military parade on 8 February, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un previously mobilized tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers to conduct publicity and rehearsals outdoors in the severe cold. Now that the latest city closure measures are released, it is unclear whether the military parade will be held. Rehearsals have an impact.
"Reuters" reported that North Korea admitted last year that the first COVID-19 outbreak occurred in the country. It never confirmed how many people in the country had been "infected". Instead, it reported the number of "fever patients" every day. About 4.77 million people were infected, and relevant cases have not been reported since 29 July 2022. By the end of August 2022, North Korea announced that it had "defeated the virus."
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Afraid of going to the front line in Ukraine, 9 North Korean labourers escaped from Russia
Editor : Xia Mingyi / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/25/a103634390.html / Image : North Korean workers wait for their flight at Vladivostok airport on 22 December 2019. schematic diagram. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Sources such as Jiang Dongwan (transliteration), a professor at South Korea’s Dong-A University who specializes in North Korean issues, said that nine North Korean male labourers who were originally sent to work in Russia entered South Korea in January, possibly fleeing in part for fear of being sent to the front lines in Ukraine.
South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo quoted multiple sources as reporting that a total of nine North Korean laborers who were sent to Russia to work and earn foreign exchange escaped collectively from November to December 2022 and entered North Korean defector support after being investigated by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) for entry ino the facility "Unification Institute" for education.
Affected by the strengthening of international sanctions against North Korea, North Korean workers who went overseas to earn foreign exchange had fewer job opportunities, and the Russo-Ukraine War broke out amid difficulties in livelihood, making them determined to defect to South Korea. The source pointed out that two of them expressed their willingness to defect to the South Korean civil society in September 2021, and arrived in South Korea in early November 2022 with the assistance of the group.
Jiang Dongwan said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency that the nine North Korean men were about 20 to 50 years old, including two soldiers in their 20s, and a lumberjack in their 40s to 50s who had worked in Russia for many years came to South Korea from Russia.
Jiang Dongwan said that judging from the ages of the nine people and their work backgrounds in Russia, they should not have known each other originally, but they merged and came to South Korea together during the escape process; The war broke out, and he was shaken and decided to come to Korea.
In October 2022, Radio Free Asia (RFA) quoted anonymous sources as reporting that North Korean laborers dispatched to work in Russia had fled in large numbers after hearing that they might be sent to the fiercely war-torn eastern Ukraine. The nine people may also have made up their mind to escape because they might be sent to the frontline Donbas for reconstruction work.
However, in order to protect the personal and data security of North Korean defectors, South Korea's Ministry of Unification and the National Intelligence Service refused to confirm the news.
The border between North Korea and CCP China has been closed for nearly three years due to the covid pandemic. The North Korean defection routes that used to pass through CCP China to South Korea have been restricted. This has greatly reduced the number of North Korean defectors during this period. Labourers have become the main group of North Korean defectors under the epidemic. According to sources, the recent North Korean defectors are mainly men, and most of them are overseas workers. Among the North Korean defectors currently living in the Unification House, more than 20 are construction workers from Russia.
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When will the mask order be lifted? Chen Xiuxi: Phase 3 will be lifted gradually, at the earliest by the end of February
Reporter : Lin Xiaoyun / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/4192972 / Image : Chen Xiuxi, a professor at National Taiwan University's School of Public Health, proposed a three-stage proposal to lift the mask order based on scientific data today. (The picture is taken from the live broadcast)
In response to the Wuhan pneumonia (covid, COVID-19, novel coronavirus pneumonia) epidemic, when is the best time to lift the mask order in my country? Chen Xiuxi, a professor at the National Taiwan University School of Public Health, put forward a three-stage suggestion for lifting the mask order based on scientific data today. He believes that the lifting of the mask order is based on the monitoring index of moderate and severe cases. The medical energy in Taiwan continues to adjust, and the current group immunity is higher than 50% and gradually Under the upgrade, the first stage is aimed at "low" contact intensity such as households and workplaces, and the mask order can be lifted at the end of February; It will be lifted at the end of the month; in the third stage, the mask order can be lifted at the end of June for vulnerable groups such as medical care institutions and long-term care institutions.
Chen Xiuxi, professor Yan Mingfang of Taipei Medical University, physician Xu Chenyang, doctor Lin Tingyu, lecturers Cai Fangjun, Wei Shixiang, Yang Minrong, Yang Changrong and other teams held the "Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention Science Online Live" this morning, proposing customized ethnic immunity lifting mask order and military idea of downgrading the lungs to level 4 control.
Chen Xiuxi explained the situation in Japan and South Korea. South Korea has decided to lift the indoor mask order at the end of January. At the same time, it is not necessary to wear a mask when entering and leaving indoor public places, but it is still necessary to wear a mask when taking public transportation and entering and exiting medical institutions; Japan is currently discussing covid downgrading to local epidemic detection, which is the same as influenza, and the indoor mask order will be lifted. The relevant policies are expected to be implemented in April. Therefore, when considering policies such as downgrading and mask order lifting, it is necessary to consider the community immune protection formed by natural infection. Considering factors such as the protective power of bivalent vaccines, the affordability of medical treatment is the focus of careful evaluation.
Chen Xiuxi said that Taiwan's immune protection is currently around 50%, and there is a continuous growth trend. The immune protection of the statistics on 15 January reached 54%. Considering that the ethnic group has high protection of additional doses of vaccines and some bivalent vaccines, there is no need to further consider asymptomatic infections. The tolerable effective reproductive epidemic index (Rt value: the ability of the virus to spread to humans within a certain period of time) is 2.1. Taiwan's current Rt value is about 2.17, but in order to prevent the impact of the CCP virus epidemic and the impact of tourists returning from Europe and the United States, it is conservatively suggested that indoor masks can be removed around the end of February.
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The first person in history! Chen Jianren took over the cabinet and set a record of 2. He was sour: High-end cabinet
Editor : Lou Guansheng / https://news.tvbs.com.tw/politics/2025811 / Image : Chen Jianren is determined to succeed Ge Kui, and Huang Yangming joked that he will form a "high-end cabinet". (Photo/Reposted from Chen Jianren, Huang Yangming Facebook)
After President Tsai Ing-wen conducted a cabinet consultation during the Spring Festival, she successfully persuaded former Vice President Chen Jianren to take over as the Premier, and is expected to officially announce the matter the day after tomorrow (27 January). In this regard, veteran media person Huang Yangming also issued an article after learning of the incident today (25 January 2023), saying that although the members of the "Xinren Cabinet" have not yet been finalized, Chen Jianren has set two "high-end" records, so he should be called "Xinren Cabinet", "High-end Cabinet".
Presidential Office Spokesperson Zhang Dunhan issued a statement this evening, saying that Tsai Ing-wen invited Chen Jianren this afternoon to exchange views on major state affairs issues. with Lai Ching-te. In addition, Tsai Ing-wen is expected to hold a press conference at the Presidential Palace at 10 am on 27 January to formally announce the personnel order.
In this regard, Huang Yangming also issued an article this evening pointing out that although the cabinet members of the "Xinren Cabinet" have not yet been finalized, Chen Jianren himself has set two "high-end" records. Huang Yangming said that Chen Jianren will become the first Ge Kui in the history of the Republic of China to have the status of an academician of the Academia Sinica (high academic status) and in addition, he will succeed Ge Kui as the retiring elected vice president, which is also the first case in history (high political status).
Huang Yangming further explained that in the history of the constitutional government of the Republic of China, people such as Chen Cheng, Yan Jiagan, Lien Chan, etc., all once "concurrently served as the Premier" during the tenure of the Vice President. However, Chen Jianren should be the first cabinet in history to take over as the "outgoing vice president". Therefore, Huang Yangming laughed and said that it would be reasonable to call Chen Jianren's cabinet a "high-end cabinet".
According to the "Liberty Times" report, after Chen Jianren took over the position of Ge Kui, the deputy Ge Kui is expected to be replaced by former Taoyuan Mayor Zheng Wencan, the Minister of the Interior will be replaced by former Keelung Mayor Lin Youchang, and the spokesperson of the Political Council will be replaced by Chen Zongyan, the former Deputy Minister of the Ministry of the Interior. In addition, Li Mengyan, secretary-general of the Political Council, and Wang Guocai, minister of transportation, are expected to remain in office.
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Founder of Falun Gong publishes "Why Humans Exist"
On 20 January 2023 Eastern Time, Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong, authorized NTDTV to publish "Why Human Exist". The full text is as follows.
Why Humans Exist
First of all, I would like to say hello to everyone on the occasion of Chinese New Year!
During the New Year, there should be a few New Year's words that everyone likes to hear, but the danger I see is approaching human beings step by step. For this reason, the gods and Buddhas asked me to say a few words of what the gods want to say to all living beings in the world, a sentence of heaven's secret, in order to let people know the truth and give them a chance to be saved.
Why are there human beings? The universe has to go through a long process of four stages: formation, stasis, decay, and extinction from the creation to the end. Once the universe reaches the end of the process of final "extinction", everything in the celestial body, including the universe we live in, will disintegrate in an instant! All life is destroyed!
Human death is only the superficial deterioration and aging of the body, while the human soul (the real self has not died) will be reincarnated in the next life. The universe has success, stasis, decay, and extinction. People have birth, aging, sickness, and death. This is the law of the universe. Gods will also go through this process, but it will be long, and the greater gods will be even longer. There is no pain in their life and death, and the process is all sober, just like changing clothes. That is to say, life generally does not die. If the universe and celestial bodies disintegrate in the final stages of formation, stasis, decay, and extinction, life will no longer exist and reincarnation will cease, and all life and objects will disappear, turning into dust, and everything will return to emptiness. At present, the human world is going through the final process of "destruction" of becoming, stasis, degeneration and extinction. Everything in the end will become bad, that's why it will be destroyed, and that's why the current society is in such chaos. Human beings have no good thoughts, disordered sex, psychopathy, drug abuse, unbelief in God and other chaos. This is the inevitable end of the celestial body, and it is time!
The Creator cherishes the gods, many good and beautiful lives, and the wonderful creations in the celestial bodies. Therefore, in the early stage of "badness", he led some gods to the godless land on the outermost layer of the celestial bodies (collectively called outside the law world) to create up the earth. The earth cannot exist independently, it must have a corresponding celestial structure to form a cycle system of life and biology to exist. For this reason, the Creator created a large area outside the earth, which the gods called "Three Realms". Until the final salvation, no matter how high a god is, without the consent of the creator of the world, he is not allowed to enter or leave the Three Realms at will. Within the scope of the Three Realms, there are three major realms. The layer of all beings on the ground, including human beings, is called the "desire realm"; the second realm above the desire realm is the "form realm"; and the third realm above is the "formless realm". A realm is higher and more beautiful than a realm, but none of them can compare with the Dharma Realm and the heavenly kingdoms above the Dharma Realm. The heavens that humans usually refer to are actually the heavens in the three realms of the Form Realm and the Formless Realm. Because each realm has ten heavens, there are thirty-three heavens in the three realms plus the three realms themselves. People are in the Desire Realm, which is the lowest level, and the environment is also the worst. Life is short, and the most frightening thing is that there is no justice in this world, and human principles are reversed in the universe (except for the Fa principles taught by gods to humans). For example: the victor is king, the soldiers fight for the world, the strong is a hero, etc., in the eyes of gods, these are not right principles, they are all obtained by killing and robbing. The universe and gods will not be like this, but it is necessary and feasible for human beings. This is the principle of the human world. Compared with the principle of the universe, it is "anti-reason". Row. Some people live a better life than others, and they think it's good. That's because people in this world are comparing themselves with each other, but they are actually living in the garbage heap of the universe. The Three Realms are built on the outermost layer of the celestial universe, where the lowest, thickest, and dirtiest particles, such as molecules and atoms, are composed. In the eyes of God, this is where the garbage of the universe is discharged. Therefore, God regards the particles at the layer of molecules as soil, which is the lowest layer. This is also the original meaning of what is said in religion, "God created man out of clay."
The creation of man by the gods was assigned by the Creator, and different gods were asked to create man with different appearances according to their own image, so there are white races, yellow races, black races and other races. Life is given by the Creator, so they all have common values. The purpose of the Creator to ask God to create man is to save all beings in the universe, including the gods, in the end.
Then why did the creation of the world mainly ask the gods to create humans in such a poor environment? This is because this is the lowest level of the universe and the most bitter place, only suffering can cultivate, and only suffering can eliminate sin karma. In the midst of suffering, people can still maintain kindness and know how to be grateful. To be a good person is to improve yourself. Moreover, salvation is a bottom-up process, and it must start from the bottom. Life here is suffering, there will be conflicts of interests between people, the harsh natural environment, human beings have to work hard to survive, etc., all of which provide life with opportunities to improve and eliminate karma. It is certain that suffering can eliminate sin karma. In the midst of suffering and conflicts, if a person can still maintain kindness, he will accumulate merit and thus his life will be improved.
When the creation of the modern world mainly used the human body to save sentient beings in the universe, most of the original lives in the human body were replaced by "gods" reincarnated as humans. Because the human body can eliminate sins and karma in the midst of suffering, and at the same time, in the midst of irrationality, if it can stick to the righteousness spoken by God and maintain kindness, it will improve its life. The end has come, the heavenly gates of the Three Realms have been opened, and the creator of the world is already choosing this kind of people to save.
In the process of the celestial universe's formation, stasis and degeneration, everything becomes impure, and it is not as good as it was when it was first formed, so it will be "destroyed". That is to say, everything in the cosmic body is broken, and all sentient beings are not as good as they were in the beginning, and their lives are not pure anymore, and they all have sinful karma, so they will perish. This kind of sin is called "original sin" in religion. In order to save Tianyu, the Creator asked the gods and lords to come down to the world to be human beings in this environment, endure hardships, improve, eliminate sins, reshape themselves, and then return to heaven. (Because the Creator is recreating the universe while saving people.) Xintianyu is absolutely pure and beautiful. People can maintain good thoughts in a difficult environment. Facing the impact of modern concepts, people can stick to traditional concepts. In the midst of the shock of God, such a person can still believe in God, and such a person will achieve the goal of being saved and returning to the kingdom of heaven. All the chaos is arranged by God in the end, the purpose is to test whether all beings can be saved, and at the same time, suffering can also eliminate sin karma in the process, and everything is done to save people back to the heavenly world.
So that is to say, life is not for some social achievement. Struggle, hard work, and unscrupulous acquisitions in life can only make people worse. The purpose of becoming a human in the next life is to eliminate sins and karma, and to improve oneself. People come to this world to be saved, to wait for the Creator to save the world before they come to be human, and to accumulate merits while waiting for life after life, which is also the purpose of human reincarnation. However, there are also some people who are not satisfied when they ask God for help in the face of difficulties, so they start to hate God, and thus go to the point of rebelling against God, and even fall into the evil way and create new sins. Such people hurry back, beg God for forgiveness, and come back. In fact, everything in life, whether you deserve it or not, is the cause and effect of the next life and the next life caused by the good or bad things you did in the previous life. The amount of merit accumulated in the previous life determines this life or the next life. How many blessings. If you have a lot of merit, in your next life, you may exchange your merit for a high official and rich salary, and you may also exchange for various wealth and blessings, including whether your family is happy or not, and even how your children are. This is the fundamental reason why some people are rich, some are poor, some are high officials, and some are homeless. It is not the devil's rhetoric of equalizing the rich and the poor as propagated by the wicked Communist Party. The universe is fair. If you do well, you will be rewarded. If you do bad things, you will have to pay back. If you don’t pay back in this life, you will pay back in the next life. This is the absolute law of the universe! Heaven, earth, gods, and the Creator are merciful to all living beings. Heaven, earth, humans, and gods are all created by the Creator, and will never be good to any life or bad to any life. Karma is the root cause of happiness and unhappiness in life.
The performance of gains and losses, in reality, looks like the normal performance of society, and is fundamentally the cause and effect caused by life itself. But existence and non-existence, gain and loss, are in line with the human social conditions in terms of human society. Therefore, no matter whether you are rich or poor in life, you must do good deeds, refrain from doing bad deeds, be kind, respect heaven and God, and be willing to help others. In this way, merit will be accumulated, and there will be blessings in the next life. Old people in China used to say that if you suffer a lot in this life, don’t complain about it, do more good deeds and accumulate virtue, and you will be fine in the next life. It's no use coming to help. There are universal laws in the universe, and Gods have to follow them. If God does what he should not do, God will also be punished. It’s not as simple as people think, God has to give you whatever you want? The condition is that you must have the merit accumulated in the previous life, and exchange it with the merit! Because this is determined by the law of the universe. But fundamentally speaking, this is not the fundamental purpose of accumulating merit. The most important thing is to accumulate more merits in life to pave the way for one's return to heaven, not to exchange for the happiness of life for a while!
Teacher Li Hongzhi
Twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month in Renyin Year
January 20, 2023
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