Taiwan's ownership has not been finally resolved, Henan protest over woman's tragic death

 Research, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

News on Taiwan, disease control, CCP

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On the eve of 228, Cao Xingcheng issued a 1500-word warning "Don't be stupid enough to trust bad people"

  

Image : Cao Xingcheng posted on Facebook on 27 February 2023 that Taiwan's ownership decision lies mainly in the United States, and warned "don't be stupid enough to trust bad people." (file photo)

The ownership of Taiwan’s sovereignty has not been mentioned in a series of treaties from the San Francisco Peace Treaty after World War II to the Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty. Even Ye Gongchao, the foreign minister of the Republic of China who signed on behalf of him at the time, also admitted Taiwan’s sovereignty issue, that is the island's ownership has not been finally resolved. Now, with the intensification of Sino-US relations, the relationship between Taiwan and CCP China is becoming more and more tense. Cao Xingcheng posted on Facebook on 27 February that the decision on Taiwan’s ownership is mainly in the United States, and warned “don’t stupid enough to trust bad guys."

Cao Xingcheng said in the article that after the defeat of Japan, the United States handed over Taiwan to its ally during World War II, the "Republic of China" for "management" nearby, and remained ambiguous on the issue of Taiwan's status, only stating that Taiwan did not belong to China; if the Republic of China was not an ally of the United States at that time, the United States must occupy Taiwan by itself. It can also be seen from the multiple joint military exercises of the United States and Japan on "Seizing the Island" as the precedence.

Cao Xingcheng also reminded everyone that the United States and China have now fully turned against each other. Taiwanese can no longer dream of unifying with the CCP, "maintaining neutrality" or "cooperating internally and externally" with the CCP. This will only bring disaster to Taiwan. If the CCP succeeds in attacking Taiwan, The United States will inevitably counterattack and recover Taiwan. He pointed out the only correct choice: "Work together with the United States and Japan to resist the CCP's aggression."

Cao Xingcheng said at the end of the article, "Some people are now calling on everyone to be pro-China, fear the Communist Party, doubt Japan, and oppose the United States. It is unimaginably stupid. It seems that these people may not be stupid, but have been bought by the CCP and are doing bad things. Don't be stupid to believe what the bad guys say", and finally said,"I would like to use this article to mourn all the lives that were wronged and died in Taiwan."

Ref.: https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/4224031

News (2) to (3) / Reporter : Xue Fei / Editor : Xu Gengwen / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/02/27/a103658510.html

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The tragic death of a woman triggered a large-scale protest in Hua County, Henan Province, and the police car was smashed

Image : On 27 February  2023, a large-scale mass incident broke out in Hua County, Anyang, and a police car was smashed. (Video screenshot/NTDTV synthesis)

On 27 February 2023, a large-scale mass incident broke out in Hua County, Anyang, Henan. A woman was hacked to death by her husband 8 times. The police mishandled it, which led to a large-scale conflict between the police and the people. The police car was smashed, and the man's house was smashed and burned. It is said that the man's family is powerful and has relatives who work in the Public Security Bureau.

Combining reports from mainland media, social media at home and abroad, and the official CCP, on 20 February 2023, a 24-year-old woman in Yangdazhao Village, Hua County, Anyang, Henan Province, was instigated by her mother-in-law and killed 8 times by her husband. However, the in-laws fled without informing the in-laws, causing the victim to hang her body for several days.

When the woman's natal family found out, they directly carried the coffin into the living room of the house, and laid bricks directly at the main entrance of her husband's house to set up a grave.

Image : Photo of the murdered woman circulated on the Internet. (Weibo map)

At night of 26 February, it was suddenly reported that the woman's body was stolen by the police, causing a large number of angry villagers to go to the man's house to ask for an explanation, triggering mass incidents.

Angry villagers overturned the police car, smashed the murderer's house, and set fire to the house. The police used violence to beat the villagers.

Image : At the scene of the conflict, the murderer's home was burned and smashed. (Network graph synthesis)

Image : At the scene of the conflict, protesters hung portraits of the deceased and elegiac couplets on police cars. (Network diagram synthesis)

Many insiders voiced their voices on the Internet: "I heard from the woman's mother that the 24-year-old woman was breastfeeding her child, and her neck was cut eight times! The man's mother instigated it, and the money earned after a few years of marriage was kept by the mother-in-law. She's so pitiful!"

Another said: "The man's relatives are still jc (police), so the man's family is fine, but the woman's family was arrested for 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble'."

"Enthusiastic people are beaten!" "Police, plainclothes, everyone with iron bars in their hands, chasing and beating!" "Just because the man's uncle is the chief of the police station!"

Image : The insider broke the information. (webpage Screenshot)

Image : A message from the woman to her sister-in-law before her death. (Webpage screenshot)

According to insiders, the family was optimistic about the woman’s coming to propose marriage, and they found a matchmaker many times, and gave 80,000 RMB in dowry, but after marriage, the father-in-law took back 60,000 RMB on the pretext of lack of money for the project.

After the woman got married, her husband Zhang did not earn much money from part-time jobs but he did not use it to raise the children, but gave the money to his mother. The mother-in-law is in charge of the family's financial power, while the daughter-in-law has little money to spend with the children. In order to earn some money to support herself and her children, she went out to sell boiled duck and some fried skewers. She had no time to take care of the children and had disputes with her mother-in-law.

The news also said that the woman filed for divorce because she could not bear it, and she did not want to cause a tragedy. "Some people in the village said that it was indeed instigated by my mother-in-law, but I didn't expect that this man would really kill her. Moreover, this woman was forced by his mother to cut his wrists and was rescued last year. This year, this woman will be killed. This woman was killed."

Image : The news said the woman filed for divorce because she could not bear it, which led to the tragedy. (Screenshot of Weibo)

Some netizens left a message: "The law cannot uphold justice, and public anger is aroused, and then it can't be controlled! After the people smashed the murderer's house, they directly set it on fire!"

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The official notice of Hua County was scolded

On the 27th, Hua County released an official Weibo message saying that on February 20, 2023, Zhang Mouhao, a villager in Yangdazhao Village, Sangcun Township, Hua County, Anyang, Henan Province, had a dispute with his wife Yang Moufang due to family disputes. Fang was killed. "The public security organ immediately controlled the criminal suspect Zhang Mouhao," and "Zhang Mouhao has been arrested by the procuratorate."

The official also announced: "The Hua County Party Committee and County Government established a working group to deal with the '2.20' case, trying to appease emotions and resolve conflicts..."

However, there was a lot of questioning and reprimand on the Internet: "Stealing the corpse and controlling the woman's family is called trying to appease emotions and resolve conflicts?"

Some netizens satirized: "Uncle Hat (the policeman) beat the brother of the deceased with a one-metre-long iron rod, a first-class method of appeasement, a newly developed method of appeasing the underworld?"

"If you can't solve the problem, then solve the person who raised the problem!" "All the videos sent by the victim's sister-in-law are gone!"

Image : Screenshot of Weibo

Image : Screenshot of Weibo

Videos and texts posted on the Internet showed that the conflict was suppressed by the police. At present, the mother of the victim woman passed out and was sent for rescue, and her family was taken away for investigation.

Some netizens summed up the incident: "People were killed, parents-in-law ran away, the corpse was robbed, the family members of the victim were beaten, and the enthusiastic people were beaten. There were not many popular searches, and the videos were blocked one after another. Absolutely!"

Image : Screenshot of Weibo

The latest development is that the authorities are sending a large number of police vehicles to the local area.

Images : Video screenshot/NTDTV synthesis

News (4) to (19) / Editor : Tang Wei Ni, China News Service  / Sources : China News Network, Xinhua News Agency, Science and Technology Daily, Beijing Daily, etc. / Image : Viideo Screenshot / https://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2023/02-28/9961915.shtml

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Fever attention! What are the differences between the high incidence of influenza A, norovirus and covid?

Recently, influenza A has entered a period of high incidence.

Schools in many places of China were closed due to students suffering from influenza A.

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National Influenza Center of China: Influenza A is the most ferocious

According to the China Influenza Surveillance Weekly Report for the seventh week of 2023 published by the National Influenza Center, the onset of influenza A  is the most ferocious recently.

Previously, the CDCs of China in many places remind that acute infectious diarrhoea is caused by norovirus while doctors may say, "The recent fever and fatigue may be caused by 'flu'."

In China, patients can go to the hospitals for nucleic acid testing, and nucleic acid testing can also detect influenza A virus.

If diarrhoea occurs, it is important to consider the possibility of norovirus infection.

Influenza A, norovirus, covid symptoms all have fever but how to differentiate the illnesses and how to prevent oneself from infection?

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Influenza A is seasonally highly contagious

Symptoms such as fever, muscle aches and headaches all over the body, and some mild respiratory symptoms, such as cough, runny nose, sore throat, etc. are symptoms of influenza A.

Incubation period of influenza A: 1-3 days. It is contagious 1-7 days after the onset of the disease, and the most contagious 2-3 days after the onset of the disease.

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Transmission route: Mainly air droplets, but also indirect transmission through virus-contaminated items

Note: In case of persistent high fever, shortness of breath, aggravation of underlying diseases, etc., should seek medical treatment in time. In the early stage, especially within 48 hours of onset, the use of anti-influenza virus drugs can significantly reduce the incidence of severe influenza and death.

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Norovirus causes acute gastroenteritis

It is one of the common pathogens that cause acute gastroenteritis. It has the characteristics of low infection dose, long detoxification time, and strong external environment resistance.

Symptoms: Nausea, vomiting, fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Some patients have headache, chills and muscle aches. Children mainly have vomiting, while adults mostly have diarrhea, and the stool is watery or watery.

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Incubation period of norovirus: 12-72 hours, usually 24-48 hours

Transmission route: infection through ingestion of food or water contaminated with feces or vomit, contact with patient feces or vomit, inhalation of aerosols produced during vomiting, and indirect contact with contaminated items and the environment.

Note: Norovirus gastroenteritis generally has an acute onset and is a self-limiting disease. Most patients can recover within 2 to 3 days after onset but for infants, young children, the elderly, especially those with underlying diseases, norovirus gastroenteritis can lead to more serious symptoms such as dehydration.

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The difference between influenza A and the common cold

First of all, the most important thing is to judge the epidemiological history. If you have been in contact with a patient with influenza A, or if many people around you have similar symptoms such as fever, cough, and sore throat, it may be influenza A.

The symptoms of influenza are usually systemic symptoms. In addition to fever, cough, sore throat, and runny nose, it is often accompanied by symptoms such as headache, fatigue, and muscle and joint pain.

The common cold usually has local symptoms mainly runny nose and sneezing.

In addition, the fever of influenza patients is mostly high fever, usually above 38.5 degrees Celsius, while the common cold usually has low-grade fever. 

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The difference between influenza A and covid

Influenza A and covid have similar symptoms in the upper respiratory tract. Antibodies produced after infection with influenza A are generally valid for half a year.

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Muscle soreness all over the body of influenza A patients

According to China CDC, the typical symptoms of influenza A are fever and muscle aches all over the body but mild and asymptomatic covid patients do not experience these symptoms.

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Abnormal taste and smell, vomit and diarrhoea rare in influenza A infection patients

Covid virus may also cause abnormal taste and smell. Some patients with the covid virus may experience symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea and conjunctivitis. These symptoms are relatively rare in influenza A infection.

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Mild covid patients more likely to develop pneumonia

From a clinical point of view, non-severe covid patients are more likely to develop pneumonia than influenza A. For the elderly and high-risk groups with underlying diseases, there are fewer severe cases of pneumonia and other severe illnesses after infection with influenza A than COVID-19.

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The difference between norovirus, influenza A and covid

After being infected with norovirus, the common clinical manifestations are vomiting, diarrhea, and some manifestations of abdominal pain, while fever is relatively mild.

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Vomit is the most prominent symptom of norovirus

For children, the vomiting symptom is the most prominent. The manifestation is acute vomiting, which can be three to five times a day, or even a dozen times.

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Norovirus can cause diarrhoea, no vaccine againt norovirus

Adults mostly suffer from diarrhea, and loose watery stools may appear, and there are no obvious white blood cells and red blood cells in routine stool tests.

Experts said that currently there is no specific antiviral drug or vaccine against norovirus. After infection, relief of symptoms and supportive treatment are the main methods; prevention and control of non-drug preventive measures are more important.

The antibodies produced after norovirus infection have no obvious protective effect, and repeated infections are very easy to occur. Therefore, it is necessary to develop good hygiene habits to prevent diseases from entering the mouth.

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The probability of superposition of influenza A and covid is low

Regarding the superimposition of influenza A and covid, Wang Baozeng, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, said that the probability of this situation is very small. Even if it occurs, it is rare for non-high-risk groups to develop critical illness.

Wang Baozeng said, "However, it is recommended that people who have not been infected with the covid virus should continue to take precautions."

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Oseltamivir is not a "miracle medicine"

Recently, many influenza A patients have rushed to buy oseltamivir in pharmacies, and some pharmacies have been out of stock.

Li Tong, Chief Physician of the Department of Infectious Diseases of Beijing You'an Hospital, once said that neuraminidase inhibitors such as oseltamivir are drugs for the prevention and treatment of influenza A. Patients who take them within 48 hours after the onset of the disease can significantly reduce the severity and death incidence rate of influenza. "However, antiviral drugs such as oseltamivir are prescription drugs and should be used under the guidance of a doctor, and should not be taken by themselves."

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Concentrated fever symptoms broke out in Beijing, and people rushed to clinics for medicine again

Reporters : Chen Jie and Wang Yanqiao / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/02/28/a103658938.html

Recently, people in Beijing, Shanghai and other places have concentrated fevers, and multiple viruses are raging at the same time. At the same time, mainland China once again set off a rush to buy medicines.

Chinese people: "Infected with influenza A, coupled with the sequelae of covid, the whole chest pains when coughing. A colleague's whole family were infected, and the symptoms of the elderly were particularly severe."

Some people said that their friends, colleagues and they all suspected of having influenza A, and the infection rate was relatively high. However, due to the opaque information of the CCP authorities, there was a new wave of drug rush among the people, and many pharmacies were out of stock of "Oseltamivir".

Chinese people: "The anti-influenza drug 'oseltamivir' is out of stock in many places. The intensity of seasonal influenza epidemics in Beijing has recently shown an upward trend. Some schools and childcare institutions have appeared again caused by influenza A virus infection and concentrated fever."

Chinese pharmacy salesperson: "Influenza is very prevalent in Changsha recently. This is the drug, 'oseltamivir' and 'oseltamivir phosphate', but they are not available. This drug in pharmacies, hospitals, all of them are not available. They can’t get in the goods.”

Recently, the Beijing CDC reported that the case report of "flu" is at the top, surpassing covid. On 25 February, the number of searches and reports for "A Stream" exceeded 70,000, making it the number one hot search. On 27 February, the page view of the entry "Doctors say influenza A can also cause white lung" exceeded 57 million.

Mr. Zou, a citizen of Beijing: "I was worried that there would be another wave (epidemic). How did the people confirm that when you go to the hospital to see it, they will tell you about colds and flu? After you have covid, you are afraid, and at that time I said there was a first wave, a second wave, and a third wave. Now it means that the first wave has passed, and the second wave has not yet come. At this time, if you talk about flu, can you not be afraid? Can you not doubt it? So this rush is normal to be on the hot search.”

Prior to this, there were reports of concentrated fever in primary and secondary schools in many places in China. Many netizens questioned whether a new wave of the epidemic is coming.

Chinese people: "Some time ago, everyone was still saying that people have antibodies and immune barriers, and the covid epidemic has disappeared miraculously but in the past two days, two schools in Hangzhou have tested covi-positive, and the news of the covi-positivity has spread to many places. There was news of fever and fever, which aroused people's nervousness again. Is the second wave of infection peaks coming?"

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Shanghai internal documents exposed, covid outbreaks in schools suspected

Reporter : Wang Yanqiao / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/02/24/a103656270.html

Recently, schools and kindergartens in Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Wuhan, and many other places have experienced concentrated fever among students, and many schools have been closed. Although the Chinese Communist Party officially declared that this wave of infectious diseases is the so-called "influenza A", many insiders revealed that this wave of epidemics also included the covid virus.

Following the report on 19 February 2023 that 15 students in two schools in Hangzhou were diagnosed with the covid virus and the schools were closed, many schools in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Zhejiang and other places also closed due to the concentrated fever of students but the CCP officially called it influenza A.

Chinese netizen: "This is the first time I heard that classes were suspended because of influenza A. Shanghai, Ningbo, and Tianjin have all suspended classes because of influenza A. We have a few colleagues whose children go to kindergarten. Usually there are more than 20 children in a class. It was reduced by half in a few days."

At the same time, the employees of the Shanghai subway station disclosed that they received an internal document issued by the station master on 21 February 2023 - "Operational Procedure Document for Handling Covi-Positive Passengers", requesting to do a good job in epidemic prevention and response to the second wave of epidemics. He also stated that the possibility of the CCP authorities launching "dynamic zeroing" again cannot be ruled out.

Netizen in Wuhan: "Yesterday, a kindergarten and a primary school in the East Lake High-tech Zone issued notices to suspend classes, and the parents in the parent group immediately exploded. In Class 5, Grade 3, Guanggu Seventh Primary School, 14 people were unwell, and 8 people had a fever. Symptoms-wise, the number of infections has been increasing."

Many parents also said that many schools have switched to online teaching due to concentrated fever. Among them, half of the students in a class in Huangpi, Wuhan have gone home; some kindergartens have already required wearing masks. Some parents in Shanxi revealed that there are schools in Shanxi whose students had never had infected before, but this time they all got infected, causing more public concern.

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4 years to wait for birthday! Taiwanese woman lamented that her birth on 229 was "skipped by the world" and 20,000 people gave their blessings

Editor : Wang Qianli / https://news.tvbs.com.tw/life/2054623 / Image : Netizens released her ID card to confirm her date of birth. (Picture / recap from the Burning Grudge Commune) 

Two months have passed in 2023, and 28 is also the last day of February. A netizen lamented through Facebook that her birthday in February is always ignored by the whole world. It turns out that her birthday falls on 29 February. Netizens are hotly discussing.

The netizen posted an article on the Facebook group "Burning Grudge Commune" and wrote, "This year's 229th birthday was skipped by the world again" which attracted attention. At the end of the article, a broken smiley face was attached, showing that she could not experience the same experience as ordinary people every year. She cannot help but celebrate her birthday. She also publicized her ID card to prove that she was indeed born on 29 February, causing many netizens to accidentally go wrong and praise her sweet and cute appearance. In less than a day, she received 20,000 likes and more than 2,000 birthday posts bless.

There are also some netizens who think that this netizen only celebrates her birthday once in 4 years, which means that she only adds 1 year old in 4 years. "In this way, you will stay young forever! I wish you peace and happiness", "Just buy 4 cakes for your next birthday", "100 years equals 25 years old, a strange woman in the world", "Don't care if it's 229 birthday, please be single ", "There will be 2/29 next year, happy birthday", "Whether you have 229 or not, you must be happy every day".

In fact, 29 February only occurs in leap years of the Gregorian calendar (referring to a year with 366 days). According to the law, those born on this day can choose 28 February or 1 March as their birthday. As for the origin of this date, human beings decided to add an extra leap day every 4 years, which is 29 February 29, in order to make up for the slight error that the earth revolves around the sun for one week (the actual time is about 365.242188 days). In addition, 29 February is also designated as International Rare Disease Day, implying that the incidence of rare diseases is low and uncommon.

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Choose 2024 "willing to be Guo Taiming's deputy"? Ke Wenzhe: Unite all forces that can be united

Editor : Cai Xinpei / https://news.tvbs.com.tw/politics/2054846 / Image : People's Party Chairman Ko Wenzhe (pictured left) and Hon Hai founder Guo Taiming (pictured right). (Picture/TVBS data screen) 

Former People's Party legislator Cai Biru recently raised the issue of the People's Party welcoming cooperation with Hon Hai founder Terry Gou (also Guo Taiming). The People's Party Chairman Ke Wenzhe said today that he will unite all forces that can be united.

The Hsinchu City Government held a 228 memorial concert today. When asked by the media about the 2024 general election, Cai Biru threw out issues such as the People’s Party’s welcome to cooperate with Guo Taiming. Ke Wenzhe said that he will unite all forces that can be united.

Asked by the media whether Guo Taiming would act as a deputy if he agreed to cooperate, Ke Wenzhe said that there is still some time before the presidential election, and the People's Party has a decision-making mechanism. It will set up an election decision-making committee in the near future, and then it will be decided by the Central Standing Committee.

Ke Wenzhe said that the People's Party is an open political party, and every party member can express their opinions. The first step is to establish an election decision-making committee, and then hand it over to the Standing Committee of the Central Committee for decision. Now it is the stage where party members can express themselves, but there is still a mechanism to do so. Decide.

When the media asked about the candidates for the Hsinchu City Legislative Council, Ke Wenzhe asked the reporter whether he would like to participate in the selection. Ke Wenzhe said that after all, it is difficult to find talents now.

The media asked Hsinchu Mayor Gao Hong'an whether spromoted the cooperation between Guo Taiming and Ke Wenzhe. Gao Hong'an said that Ke Wenzhe and Guo Taiming are good political predecessors. She respects and blesses everyone's decision but there is still some time before the presidential election. It is still too early to talk about this .

The Hsinchu City Government held the 228 Memorial Concert today. Ke Wenzhe and his father Ke Chengfa attended the concert. Gao Hong'an expressed her condolences to the victims through the concert, and also presented flowers to commemorate. History cannot be changed and it cannot be forgotten . (Central News Agency)

News (24) to (30) / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/4224545

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The Canadian government followed up and banned "TikTok", a list of current and imminent TikTok bans in various countries

  

Image : "TikTok" is the international version of "Douyin", the Chinese short video and video social program and has been banned by more and more countries. (Reuters)

According to a Reuters report, Canada on the 27th became the latest country to ban the use of the international version of "TikTok", the Chinese short video and video social program "Douyin" on government devices, arguing that this social media platform poses "unacceptable" levels of risk to privacy and security.

The Canadian move also underscores a growing lobby against the social media app by China's Beijing-based ByteDance, citing concerns that the company has close ties to the Chinese government and will Let the Chinese government agencies take the opportunity to grasp the data of global users.

"Reuters" has compiled a list of countries, political entities and institutions that "partially" or "completely ban" TikTok:

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India bans TikTok out of security and national integrity concerns

The Indian government announced in June 2020 that it would completely ban TikTok and dozens of other Chinese-developed apps, claiming that they may endanger the security and integrity of the country.

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Afghanistan to ban TikTok and PUBG for leading youth "astray"

Afghanistan is considering banning TikTok and the popular mobile battle game PUBG. The Taliban regime, which is currently in power, claims the apps lead Afghan youth "astray".

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Pakistan has banned TikTok four times

TikTok has been banned in Pakistan at least four times, the latest ban ending in November last year. Authorities say the app contains immoral and indecent content.

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Taiwan restricts the use of TikTok and other Chinese-developed apps in public sectors

Taiwan restricts the use of TikTok and some other Chinese-developed apps on public sector information and communication equipment and its affiliated sites, and launched an investigation into TikTok in December 2022 because the social media app is suspected of illegal operations in Taiwan.

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U.S. passes anti-TikTok bill in December 2022, American institutions and more than 25 U.S. states ban TikTok

The U.S. Congress passed a bill in December 2022 banning the use of TikTok on federal government equipment.

Schools such as Boise State University, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Texas-Austin and West Texas A&M University have banned devices on campus from using TikTok with Wi-Fi wireless network.

More than 25 states, including Texas, Maryland, Alabama and Utah, have ordered a ban on all staff using TikTok on government devices.

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Executive committee of the European Union ban TikTok on official business applications

Based on network security considerations, the European Commission has issued an order prohibiting employees from using TikTok on private devices such as mobile phones with official business applications.

Image : The countries that ordered the ban on the use of TikTok were mostly based on concerns that the company has close ties to the CCP regime and would allow the CCP government to seize the opportunity to obtain data on users around the world. (Reuters)

Lukashenko meets Xi on 28 February 2023, may help the CCP evade sanctions

Research, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

News on Belarus, CCP, Russia, U.S.

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Belarusian President visits Beijing. Experts say he may help the CCP evade sanctions on aiding Russia

Reporter : Li Zhaoxi / Editor : Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/02/27/a103658324.html / Image : Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. (Maxim Shipenkov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

At a time when the United States is concerned that Beijing may consider providing lethal weapons support to Russia and assisting Moscow in the war in Ukraine, on Tuesday (28 February 28), the Chinese Communist Party will receive Russian President Vladimir Putin's ally, Belarusian President Lukashenko,  andthis move has aroused the attention of the outside world.

According to a statement issued by the CCP Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 25th, Alexander Lukashenko came to visit at the invitation of Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping. His visit lasts for three days.

Tensions between Washington and Beijing have been running high over U.S. concerns that China could help arm Putin's military. U.S. President Joe Biden said he did not expect CCP China to provide significant arms aid to Russia, but warned that any such action would draw a U.S. response.

According to a CNN report on the 24th, sources familiar with the intelligence said that CCP officials have not yet made a final decision on providing lethal assistance, but are discussing the price and scope of supply of attack drones and ammunition with Russian officials. 

Senior U.S. officials say recent intelligence suggests CCP China is leaning toward providing the equipment to Russia under bilateral arms sales agreements, rather than as security assistance.

According to U.S. intelligence assessments, CCP is seriously considering sending arms to Russia as Western sanctions continue to put pressure on the Russian Defense Industrial Base (DIB).

Russian and CCP officials also reportedly hatched plans to send drones to Russia using forged shipping documents to avoid international sanctions.

Analysts at the US think tank Study of War believe that CCP may be trying to use the agreement with Belarus to cover up its arms supply to Russia in order to circumvent Western sanctions.

Lukashenko announced plans to visit CCP China from 28 February to 2 March 2023 and meet with Xi Jinping. The two sides may sign a series of agreements on trade, investment, large-scale joint projects and other matters.

The South China Morning Post reported last week that CCP China would not arm Russia in the Ukraine war but did not rule out a third party. Analysts say Beijing wants to maintain economic ties with the West but will not abandon its relationship with Moscow either.

Zhu Feng, a professor of international affairs at Nanjing University, said Beijing was under increasing pressure from Moscow to seek help as more Western weapons flowed into Ukraine.

Zhu Feng said that it is "very unlikely" that CCP will supply weapons to Russia but the strategic relationship between the two authoritarian countries may be raised to a higher level but he added that Beijing could not prevent the possibility of Moscow obtaining Chinese weapons and equipment from third parties.

Lukashenko may be becoming a bridge between China and Russia, Lukashenko watchers and former diplomats told The Daily Beast. Lukashenko has long tried to draw a bridge between Putin and the West and maintain a delicate balance but over the past few weeks, Lukashenko's ability to maintain that balance seems to have completely disappeared.

"He's kind of stuck. He can't say no to Putin right now," said Scott Rauland, former chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in Belarus.

Earlier this month, Lukashenko announced that he was willing to allow Putin to use Belarusian territory as a staging area for an attack on southern Ukraine. "I am ready to offer territory again," he told reporters.

News (2) to (4) / Reporter : Li Yan / Editor : Li Tongde / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/23/2/27/n13939375.htm

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Belarusian partisans: Russian reconnaissance plane was blown up near Minsk

Image : On 24 June 2020, Moscow, Russia, during the Victory Day military parade commemorating the 75th anniversary of the victory of World War II, the "Bumblebee" A-50 early warning aircraft (Beriev A-50) flew over Red Square. (Evgeny Biyatov / Host Photo Agency via Getty Images)

On Sunday (26 February 2023), a Russian Bumblebee A-50 (Beriev A-50) reconnaissance plane was reported to be in the Belarusian capital. An airport near Minsk was destroyed by a drone. Belarusian anti-government activists say they are responsible.

Aliaksandr Azarov, leader of the Belarusian anti-government organization BYPOL, said on the organization's Telegram channel, "The participants in (this) operation are Belarusians." He was also quoted by the Belsat news channel.

"They (operation participants) are safe now, abroad," Azarov said.

The Epoch Times was unable to independently verify reports of the attack. Neither Russia nor Belarus has officially confirmed this.

Franak Viacorka, an adviser to Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, tweeted that this attack is the first time since early 2022 and the most successful bust of all time.

"Partisans ... confirmed a successful special operation at the Machulishchy airfield near Minsk that destroyed a rare Russian aircraft," Vyakorka said on Twitter.

"This is the most successful clamping operation since the beginning of 2022." He added that the two Belarusians who carried out the operation used drones, adding that they had safely left the country.

Vyakorka said the destroyed Russian plane was worth 330 million Euros. According to news outlets close to the opposition, it was a Bumblebee A-50 surveillance plane.

The plane's front and center sections, as well as its radar antenna, were destroyed during the attack on the Macchulic Air Force Base near Minsk, BYPOL reported.

The Bumblebee A-50, whose NATO reporting name is Mainstay, is a Russian airborne early warning aircraft with air command and control capabilities capable of simultaneously tracking up to 60 targets.

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The role of Belarus in the Russia-Ukraine war

Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine a year ago, there have been several attacks in Belarus and Russian regions bordering Ukraine, particularly on railway systems, Reuters reported.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who is not directly involved in the war Russia began against Ukraine a year ago, has allowed Russian troops into his territory as a transit at the start of the war.

Moscow called the war a special military operation in Ukraine to defend Russia, which Kiev and its Western allies called an unprovoked aggression.

Belarus and Russia have established a joint military unit in Belarus and have held numerous exercises. Some Russian warplanes and airborne early warning and control aircraft have been deployed to Belarus.

"I am proud of all Belarusians who continue to resist Russia's mixed occupation of Belarus and fight for the freedom of Ukraine," Tikhanoskaya tweeted in response to the news.

The Belarusian human rights group Vyasna said on Monday that a woman was detained in Macchulic and her whereabouts and reasons for her detention are unknown.

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The latest battle updates

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said on Monday (27 February 2023) that Russian forces are focusing on offensive operations in eastern Ukraine.

The ministry said Ukrainian forces had repelled Russian attacks in Kupyansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Shakhtarsk in the past 24 hours. 81 attacks around Shakhtarsk, adding that "the threat of Russian missile attacks remains high throughout Ukraine".

"The enemy is trying to destroy our country's critical infrastructure and continues to strike and shell civilian installations and houses," the General Staff said. "The enemy is constantly conducting aerial reconnaissance to adjust its strike operations."

The General Staff said Russia twice attacked civilian infrastructure with the Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicle. Both drones were shot down.

Ukrainian authorities said earlier that according to preliminary estimates, 11 of the 14 Shah drones launched by Russia had been shot down, with most destroyed near the capital.

At least two people were killed and four others were injured when a Russian drone struck the Ukrainian city of Khmelnytskyi, 200 miles from Kiev, on Monday, local officials said.

The Russian army also carried out more than 50 attacks with multiple rocket systems targeting civilian infrastructure in the Donetsk and Kherson regions in the south of the country, causing " Civilians were killed and injured, civilian buildings were destroyed, civilian infrastructure was damaged."

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CIA chief: Xi Jinping and his senior officials have doubts about the ability to attack Taiwan

Editor : Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/02/27/a103658174.html / Image : CIA Director William Burns testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington, DC, 10 March 2022. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Burns revealed that Xi Jinping originally hoped to be ready to attack Taiwan by 2027, but Russia’s poor performance in invading Ukraine in the past year presents a very difficult decision for CCP to make. That may have exacerbated doubts about a successful invasion of Taiwan by Xi Jinping and his top military brass.

On 26 February, local time, in an interview broadcast on the CBS program "Face the Nation", William Burns disclosed the above information.

"I think our judgment, at least, is that today Xi Jinping and his military leadership have doubts about whether the invasion (Taiwan) can be done; what they saw with Putin in Ukraine probably exacerbated some of that," Burns said with doubt."

Burns said that, as has been made public, Xi Jinping has instructed the military to prepare to "invade" Taiwan by 2027, or even earlier, but this goal is not set in stone.

"I think, at least our judgment is that Xi and his military leadership are currently skeptical that they will be able to pull off the invasion, and when they look at Putin's experience in Ukraine, that probably reinforces some of those doubts as well," he said. .”

Burns believes that since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the aid of the United States and Europe to Ukraine has shown the solidarity of the West, which may also be considered by the Chinese Communist Party.

He said, "I don't think there is a foreign leader who has observed Putin's experience in Ukraine, the evolution of the war more carefully than Xi Jinping."

Burns said that Xi Jinping was disturbed by the situation of the Russia-Ukraine war. "He (Xi Jinping) was surprised by Russia's very poor military performance. I think he was also surprised by the level of solidarity and support for Ukraine in the West."

Burns believes that the CCP's ambition to attack Taiwan by force should not be underestimated. He said that the potential risk of the Chinese Communist Party using force may further increase in this decade and beyond. Therefore, the United States needs to maintain "very, very careful attention."

He stressed that even if a military conflict is not inevitable, the US "takes Xi Jinping's ambitions for eventual control of Taiwan very seriously".

Burns also said that there is reliable information that the CCP is considering providing Russia with "lethal" weapons, but there is no evidence that China has made a decision or started actual transportation.

He emphasized that if Beijing supports Russia, it will be a very unwise and risky gamble, and Washington will definitely stop it. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have also made it clear to China the consequence of supporting Russia as a result.

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U.S. progress in determining the CCP laboratory as the cause of the covid outbreak

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The CCP is going to be miserable! U.S. Confidential Intelligence: The Covid Outbreak may be caused by the CCP’s Laboratory

Editor : Fang Xun / Source : Voice of America / https://www.aboluowang.com/2023/0227/1871473.html

The U.S. Department of Energy has concluded that the coronavirus pandemic was likely caused by a laboratory leak, based on a recently classified intelligence report provided to the White House and key members of Congress, the Wall Street Journal first reported.

The new report highlights how different parts of the intelligence community are making differing judgments about the origins of the pandemic. The Energy Department is now joining the FBI in saying the virus may have spread through an accident at a Chinese laboratory. Four other agencies, along with a national intelligence group, still judge it was likely the result of natural transmission, and two agencies have yet to make a decision.

The Department of Energy's conclusions, the result of new intelligence, are significant because the agency has considerable scientific expertise and includes a network of U.S. national laboratories, some of which conduct advanced biological research.

People who have read the classified report say the Energy Department has "low confidence," or "low confidence," in its judgment. According to CNN's explanation: Intelligence agencies can make assessments with low, medium or high confidence. A low confidence assessment usually means that the information obtained is not reliable enough or too fragmented to make a more definitive analytical judgment, or that there is not enough available information to draw a more reliable conclusion.

The FBI previously concluded with "some confidence" that the pandemic was likely the result of a lab leak, and it still stands by that view. The FBI employs many microbiologists, immunologists and other scientists, and is supported by the National Bioforensic Analysis Center, which was established at Fort Detrick, Maryland, in 2004 to analyze anthrax and other possible biological threats .

U.S. officials declined to elaborate on the new intelligence and analysis that led the Energy Department to change its stance. They added that while both the Energy Department and the FBI said an accidental lab release was most likely, they differed in their reasons for reaching those conclusions. The new report highlights how intelligence officials are still analyzing how Covid-19 emerged. More than 1 million Americans have died from the pandemic that began more than three years ago.

A Department of Energy spokesperson told CNN in a statement: "The Department of Energy continues to support our intelligence professionals in their thorough, careful and objective work in investigating the origins of COVID-19, as directed by the President. .”

A senior U.S. intelligence official confirmed that the new report was based on new intelligence, further research into the academic literature and consultations with experts outside the government.

National security adviser Jack Sullivan said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that the intelligence community remains divided on the matter, while noting that President Joe Biden has dedicated resources to finding out The question of origin. "Right now, the intelligence community doesn't have a definitive answer to that question," Sullivan said on CNN's show. "Some members of the intelligence community have come to conclusions on one side and others on the other. Some of them have said they just don't have enough information to be sure." Sullivan said Biden had instructed Include national laboratories affiliated with the Department of Energy in the assessment.

The new report, which is less than five pages long, was not requested by Congress but lawmakers, notably Republicans in the House and Senate, are launching their own investigations into the origins of the pandemic and have pressed the Biden administration and the intelligence community for more information. Officials did not say whether an unclassified version of the new report would be released.

Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) called on Sunday for a public hearing after the Energy Department's assessment was disclosed. "We need broad hearings. I hope our Democratic colleagues in Congress will support this. I know the Republicans in the House will definitely support this," the Senate Armed Services Committee member said on NBC's "Meet the Press." . "If you think about what just happened in the last three years, it's one of the biggest epidemics in a century. There's a lot of evidence that it came from China," Sullivan said.

A spokesman for House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said in a statement that the committee was "reviewing" classified information provided by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in response to a request earlier this month Letters providing information.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued a statement on the DOE's assessment: "A year and a half ago, following an extensive investigation, I issued a report Dangerous unsafe conditions, the novel coronavirus leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and the leak turned into a global COVID-19 pandemic as the Chinese Communist Party focused on covering up their mistakes instead of warning the world. Although I hope the new report comes sooner,  I'm glad the Department of Energy finally came to the same conclusions that I've come to. I've asked the Administration for a full and thorough briefing on this report and the evidence behind it. Now it's time for the entire Biden administration to join the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the FBI, and most Americans to publicly conclude what common sense tells us in the first place—that the COVID-19 pandemic arose from a laboratory leak in Wuhan, China. It is critical that the government also immediately work with our partners and allies around the world to hold China accountable and put in place up-to-date international regulations to ensure something like this never happens again."

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U.S. Department of Energy: SARS-CoV-2 most likely came from a Chinese laboratory

Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor : Zhu Xinrui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/02/27/a103658132.html / Image : The picture shows an employee working in the P4 laboratory in Wuhan. (Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images)

The U.S. media revealed that according to the recent confidential intelligence documents provided to the White House and important members of Congress, the US Department of Energy believes that the covid pandemic is "most likely originated from Chinese laboratory leak".

The Wall Street Journal reported on 26 February 2023 that the U.S. Department of Energy changed its view in an update to a 2021 document from the office of Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines. The department changed from the previous "has not yet determined" how the virus emerged to the conclusion that the covid virus "may have spread outward due to an accident in a Chinese laboratory."

The report said that the US Department of Energy reached its conclusion based on "new intelligence", which is of great significance. Because DOE holds considerable scientific knowledge and oversees a network of US national laboratories, some of which conduct advanced biological research.

People who have read the classified document say there is "low confidence" in the Energy Department's determination.

The intelligence community has updated its determination of the origin of the covid pandemic with new intelligence, but needs to study more literature and consult with experts outside the government, a senior intelligence official confirmed.

"The Department of Energy continues to support our intelligence professionals in their thorough, careful and objective work in investigating the origins of COVID-19, as directed by the President," a Department of Energy spokesperson wrote in a statement.

The U.S. intelligence community consists of 18 agencies, including offices within the Departments of Energy, State, and Treasury. Eight of these agencies, along with the National Intelligence Council, are involved in tracing the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The FBI previously concluded it had "some confidence" that the pandemic was likely the result of a lab leak, and it still maintains that view. The FBI employs many microbiologists, immunologists and other scientists and is supported by the National Center for Forensic Bioanalysis.

The U.S. Department of Energy joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), four other agencies and the National Intelligence Council (NIC) still believe that SARS-CoV-2 may have originated from natural transmission, and the other two agencies are not sure.

U.S. officials declined to comment on the new intelligence and analysis that led the Energy Department to change its stance. While both the Energy Department and the FBI said an accidental lab release was most likely, they differed in their reasons for reaching those conclusions, they said.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in an interview with CNN's "State of the Union" on the 26th that there is "no clear answer" to the question of the laboratory leak.

"President Biden has repeatedly instructed every member of our intelligence community to invest efforts and resources to find out the truth of this question." Sullivan said that the intelligence community still does not have a clear answer.

While the latest intelligence document was not requested by Congress, Republicans in the House and Senate are launching their own investigations into the origins of the pandemic and are urging the Biden administration and the intelligence community to provide more information.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael. A year and a half ago, McCaul issued a report concluding that the novel coronavirus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology and caused a global pandemic "because the Chinese Communist Party focus on covering up their mistakes instead of warning the world."

McCaul said, "I am very pleased that the Department of Energy finally came to the same conclusion that I have come to. I have asked the administration to conduct a full and thorough briefing on this report and the evidence behind it. Now it's time for the whole of Biden government to join the Department of Energy, the FBI, and most Americans in publicly coming to the conclusion that common sense told us in the first place - that the COVID-19 pandemic arose from a laboratory leak in Wuhan, China."

He called on the U.S. government to immediately cooperate with its allies to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable and develop the latest international regulations to ensure that similar things never happen again.

According to US intelligence documents from 2021, the novel coronavirus was spreading in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China before November 2019. However, no clear conclusion has been drawn on the source of the epidemic.

The CCP imposed restrictions on the World Health Organization (WHO) investigation into the origin of SARS-CoV-2, denied the theory of Chinese laboratory leaks, and suggested that the virus came from other countries.

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Dai Qi: The CCP’s economic and trade methods run counter to the WTO principles

Image : U.S. Trade Representative Dai Qi released a report on 24 February 2023, criticizing the CCP for failing to fulfill its commitment to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) more than 20 years ago. The picture shows Dai Qi speaking at the EU headquarters on 17 January. (Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images)

The Office of the United States Trade Representative recently released a report criticizing the CCP for failing to fulfill its commitments to the World Trade Organization (WTO) more than 20 years ago. U.S. Trade Representative Dai Qi said that the CCP adopts a state-led economic and trade method, which runs counter to the market-oriented principles of the WTO.

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U.S. Trade Representative: CCP China's non-market economic policies hurt other countries

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative submitted the "Report on China's Fulfillment of WTO Commitments in 2022" to the U.S. Congress, detailing the Biden administration's assessment of the CCP's fulfillment of its WTO commitments.

U.S. Trade Representative Dai Qi said in a press release, "After more than 20 years of joining the WTO, China (the Communist Party) still adopts a state-led economic and trade approach, which runs counter to the principles of openness and marketization recognized by all WTO members."

She said CCP China's practices continue to cause serious harm to workers and businesses in the United States and around the world.

"This report details the scale of China's non-market policies and practices and reminds the international trading system that it must continue to cooperate to defend our common interests from these harmful practices," Dai said.

The press release also reads that over the past two years, the Biden-Harris administration has passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the Reduce Inflation Act, and the Chips and Science Act, while continuing to work with allies to address China's non-market economic policies challenge.

According to the requirements of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 and the U.S. Code, the U.S. Trade Representative is required to report to the U.S. Congress annually on the assessment of the CCP’s implementation and accession to the WTO, including multilateral commitments and any bilateral commitments made to the United States.

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Report: China is playing with the global trading system

Since the CCP joined the WTO in December 2001, it has not fulfilled its commitments when it joined, including canceling industry subsidies, forcing joint ventures, forced technology transfer, protecting foreign intellectual property rights, and providing market access for the service industry. But the CCP denies accusations of stealing intellectual property and unfairly disrupting the (competitive) environment.

A 2015 report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), an American science and technology think tank, pointed out that “for the CCP, joining the WTO is to obtain more protection of full autonomy, so that it can resist other countries that may unilaterally adopt, sanction China’s trade enforcement measures; but at the same time, the CCP has not promoted domestic reforms and shifted to a market-based economic system in accordance with the WTO.”

In its 2021 report, ITIF once again criticized the CCP’s “serious inadequacy” in fulfilling its WTO commitments.

The report states that the Chinese government has “gambled the global trading system for decades,” which has allowed it to “accumulate huge trade surpluses and foreign exchange reserves, which it uses to achieve its domestic and foreign policy objectives.”

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U.S.-China trade war begins, Expert: If the CCP changes, it will shake the regime

In 2018, during the administration of US President Trump, he imposed tariff sanctions on the CCP, and the U.S.-China trade war broke out. The U.S. demands changes in the Chinese Communist Party’s economic structure, including:

1. Stop requiring U.S. companies to transfer technology to China;

2. The CCP needs to strengthen the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights;

3. Remove substantial tariff and non-tariff barriers to U.S. companies in China;

4. Stop cyber theft of U.S. commercial property;

5. Stop subsidizing state-owned enterprises;

6. Remove market barriers and tariffs that limit U.S. sales of manufacturing, service, and agricultural products to China;

7. The role of currency in U.S.-China trade relations;

8. Reduce the U.S.-China trade deficit.

However, many experts believe that it is very unlikely for the United States to ask the CCP to make real changes on these structural issues. The CCP has been relying on the theft of international advanced technology, promoting the development of state-owned enterprises with the power of the government, seizing the international market through unfair competition, and plundering the wealth of other countries. Once changes are made in these areas, the CCP will lose control of its financial resources, which will shake the foundation of the CCP’s rule.

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G7: Take a tougher stance on China

The U.S.-China trade war has been going on for more than four years, but the CCP has yet to make substantial changes. The United States has been lobbying its allies and partners to coordinate their actions to jointly address the Chinese Communist Party's challenge.

On 15 September 2022, the economic and trade ministers of the Group of Seven countries met at the Neuhardenberg Palace in eastern Berlin. The Group of Seven countries agreed to take a tougher and more coordinated stance against the CCP on trade issues.

The G7 trade ministers did not directly name China in a joint statement issued after the meeting. The statement condemns “all forms of forced technology transfer, the theft of intellectual property, unfair practices that lower labor and environmental standards to gain a competitive advantage, market-distorting practices by state-owned )” expressed concern.

The G7 members include the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Italy and Japan.

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U.S. P-8A Poseidon patrol plane flies over the Taiwan Strait, "showing commitment to the Indo-Pacific"

Reporter : Huang Weiquan / https://news.tvbs.com.tw/politics/2053906 / Image : The P-8A Poseidon patrol plane flew over the center line of the Taiwan Strait on the 24th, triggering protests in mainland China. (Schematic diagram / Dazhi image Shutterstock) 

The Seventh Fleet of the U.S. Navy issued a statement stating that a P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft of the Navy flew over the Taiwan Strait in international airspace today (27th), demonstrating the U.S. commitment to a "free and open Indo-Pacific region."

On 24 June 2022, the U.S. Navy dispatched a "P-8A Poseidon Patrol Aircraft" to fly over the middle line of the Taiwan Strait and confronted the Communist Army in the air for more than 20 minutes. , triggering dissatisfaction and protests from the Chinese side.

The Ministry of National Defense stated in a press release this morning that from 6:00 on the 26th to 6:00 on the 27th, 4 sorties of military aircraft and 3 sorties of warships passed through the Taiwan Strait. Coincidentally, the U.S. Navy issued a statement today emphasizing that "the United States will continue to fly, sail, and operate wherever international law allows, including within the Taiwan Strait."

In this regard, the Ministry of National Defense stated on 27 February 2023 that an American P-8A aircraft flew from north to south through the Taiwan Strait.

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U.S. intelligence official: CCP considers supplying Russia with artillery and drones

Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor : Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/02/27/a103658236.html / Image : U.S. intelligence officials say China is considering aiding Russia with artillery and drones. The picture shows that on 25 February 2022, the Ukrainian army drove tanks to the Luhansk region. (Anatoli Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)

 U.S. intelligence officials revealed that China is considering supplying Russia with artillery and drones. The U.S. government released this information in order to prevent the CCP from making a decision to send lethal weapons to aid.

The Wall Street Journal reported on 27 February that U.S. intelligence officials familiar with the matter said that if Beijing provided military assistance to Russia, it would include drones, artillery and other weapons to help the Russian army fend off a Ukrainian counteroffensive this summer.

China has not yet delivered weapons to Russia, the officials said but if the CCP starts to act, it will have a profound impact on Beijing's relations with the West and the Russia-Ukraine war.

In an exclusive interview with CBS News on 24 February, CIA Director Bill Burns confirmed that Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping is considering providing lethal weapons assistance to Russia.

Burns said, "We believe that the Chinese (Chinese Communist Party) leaders are considering providing lethal equipment." He believes that Xi Jinping's provision of lethal equipment to Russia "would be a very risky and unwise bet."

"We have not seen that (Xi Jinping) has made a final decision, nor have we seen evidence of the actual delivery of lethal equipment." He said that the US government decided to disclose this information in order to prevent the CCP from making a decision to deliver lethal aid.

"That's why, I think, Secretary Blinken and President (Biden) think it's also important (for China) to be very clear about the consequences of this (losing lethal weapons to Russia)," Burns said.

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, in an interview with CBS during the Munich Security Conference on the 19th, revealed that China is considering providing lethal support to Russia, including weapons and ammunition, to help Moscow deal with the Ukraine war.

"So far, we've seen Chinese companies provide non-lethal support to Russia for use in Ukraine. Our current concern is based on information we have obtained that they are considering providing lethal support." Blinken did not elaborate on what specific information the United States has obtained. .

He said that when he met with the top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in Munich, he raised a warning in person and expressed "deep concern" about the possibility that the Chinese Communist Party will provide Russia with lethal weapons.

Retired four-star Army General Jack Keane told Fox News Sunday that Blinken's warning could serve as a deterrent.

He believes that the public exposure of the United States has grasped what the CCP is trying to provide, and "China (the CCP) is likely to back down after the public exposure."

Burns also told CBS, "I think the Chinese (the CCP) are also trying to weigh the consequences of the concerns that we have expressed about providing lethal equipment."

Burns is a former ambassador to Russia who was sent by President Biden several times to meet with Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Russia's top spy chief.

He mentioned in the interview that a few days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he secretly traveled to Kiev to inform Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the United States had the latest intelligence that Russia's Putin was planning to launch a lightning strike from the Belarusian border to capture Kiev within a few days.

He believes that throughout the course of the war, the intelligence provided by the United States helped Ukrainians strengthen their resolve and defend their homeland.

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The water is deep! The CCP has fought by itself!  

Editor, reporting : Qui Rui / https://www.aboluowang.com/2023/0226/1871353.html / Image : Web Screenshot

On the first anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine War, Hu Wei, chairman of the Shanghai Public Policy Research Association, published an article that sparked heated discussions again. Apollo commentator Li Yuqiang pointed out that according to Hu Wei's article, it can be seen that his true attitude is to protect the Communist Party and oppose Xi Jinping. Another article by Hu Wei, "In Memory of Senior Jiang", shows his Jiang style.

Hu Wei, vice chairman of the Public Policy Research Center of the Counselor Office of the State Council of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Shanghai Public Policy Research Association, recently wrote an article "The Lost Irreversible: Thoughts on the First Anniversary of the Russo-Ukraine War", which was later published by "China-U.S. Impression" forwarded.

Liu Yawei, editor-in-chief of the "China-U.S. Impression" website, is the younger brother of Liu Yazhou, a general of the Communist Party of China. In December 2021, there was news from the mainland that Liu Yazhou was arrested for opposing Xi Jinping but the official announcement was not made.

Hu Wei first mentioned in the article that at the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War, he published an article "Possible Results of the Russo-Ukrainian War and China's Choice".

This article aroused the attention of the outside world at the time, and then the China-U.S. Impression Chinese website was closed, and the article was also deleted from the social platform.

It is worth noting that the article claimed that "if China does not take measures to respond positively, it will encounter further containment by the United States and the West. After the fall of Putin, the United States has changed from facing two strategic competitors, China and Russia, to targeting China for strategic containment." , Europe will be further cut off from China, Japan will become the vanguard of anti-China, South Korea will further fall to the United States, other countries in the world will have to choose sides and produce a herd effect, and Taiwan will also join the anti-China chorus. China is not only facing the United States and NATO, QUAD (The U.S.-Japan-India-Australia Quadrilateral Alliance), AUKUS is surrounded militarily, and is facing challenges from Western values and systems.”

Hu Wei's statement here truly reflects the distorted thinking of a CCP think tank, which not only confuses "China" and "CCP", but also confuses "anti-China" and "anti-Communist".

However, in Hu Wei’s latest article, the following statement appeared, “On the contrary, a superpower like the Soviet Union ended up in a situation of being besieged on all sides and collapsed. The world trend is mighty and mighty. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish. A country, no matter how big or small , can not run counter to the development of human civilization."

These words are obviously full of justice. However, as the title of the article says, "What is lost will be irretrievable." What does the author think the CCP will lose?

The article gives the answer, "The post-war world pattern will undergo subversive changes,...China's external environment will be more dangerous."

The article also believes that "under the situation where the outcome of the Russia-Ukraine war has become increasingly clear, China is indeed in a dilemma, with little room for maneuver."

This point of view is exactly the same as the previous article.

In December last year, Hu Wei also wrote another article titled "Remember Jiang Xuezhang", where Jiang Xuezhang refers to Jiang Zemin, and the article praised Jiang Zemin a lot.

Li Yuqiang, a commentator on Apollo.com, analyzed that from these articles Hu Wei can see that his true attitude is to protect the CCP. He believes that Xi Jinping made wrong decisions and harmed the CCP. Moreover, through Hu Wei's series of articles, especially this "Remembering Senior Jiang", it proves that his Jiang faction is obvious. Therefore, no matter how high-profile it is in the article, it will make people put a question mark. If he really believes that "the trend of the world is mighty and mighty, those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish", he should not call the United States, Japan, and Taiwan "anti-China", because this is the trend of the world and it is getting mightier.