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2024 is a choice between democracy and autocracy. Lai Ching-te: Peace depends on strength, not on rewards from invaders
Image :Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Lai Qingde said in his speech that the choice between democracy and autocracy in this election can only be sustained if we increase our own strength, stand with the international community, and grow so strong that China dare not act rashly. Peace! (Photo by reporter Liao Xueru)
Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Lai Ching-te attended the inaugural meeting of the Hsinchu County Trust Taiwan Friends Association in the afternoon of 6 May 2023 and said that he believes that if the choice between democracy and autocracy in this election is like that of some political parties Advocating accepting China's conditions to sign a peace agreement is tantamount to giving up Taiwan's sovereignty, and the peace gained in this way is not true peace; only by increasing one's own strength, standing with the international community, and growing so strong that China dare not act rashly, can such peace be achieved. It is eternal peace!
The Hsinchu County Friends of Taiwan Association held its inaugural meeting in Zhubei City at 3 pm of 6 May 2023. Vice President Lai Ching-te presented the flag to Vice Chairman Chen Yuzhen. Thousands of supporters poured into the scene.
Lai Chinge-te said in his speech that peace is priceless and there are no winners in war. "I very much hope that we worked hard for democracy in the past, and we will fight for peace together in the future!" He introduced the DPP's insistence on peace. First, the DPP is also a party of love, peace and non-violence. The former predecessors of the DPP, Lin Yixiong, Huang Xinjie, Shi Mingde, Chen Ju, and many others were arrested and imprisoned. After they came out, no one asked for blood for blood, and no one asked for tooth for tooth. They all advocated love and peace. There is nonviolence.
Second, the February 28th incident is a pain in Taiwan’s history. The DPP advocates transitional justice, and the facts of February 28th should be spread out in society. Therefore, when the February 28th Peace Memorial Day was promoted, everyone could see it. Come out , that is he DPP's insistence on peace.
Lai Ching-te said that the English abbreviation of the Democratic Progressive Party's name "DPP" means "Democracy", "Peace" and "Prosperity". He serves as the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party. He believes that facing the threat of China in this election, we should join hands in solidarity and cooperation, regardless of ethnicity or party affiliation, and jointly promote Taiwan's democracy, peace, and prosperity. But the pursuit of peace has a different approach.
He went on to say that there are some political parties that should accept China's conditions: the 1992 Consensus, the one-China principle, and then sign a peace agreement to achieve peace. But think about it, everyone, if you accept the 1992 Consensus and the one-China principle, it is tantamount to giving up Taiwan's sovereignty. The peace brought about by giving up Taiwan's sovereignty is not real peace. It will be like the situation in Hong Kong and Macau. This will not be sustainable peace, and we should not pursue this path.
Lai Ching-te said, "Under the leadership of President Tsai Ing-wen, the way the country strives for peace is, first, we must strengthen our national defense forces, so President Tsai said that peace depends on national defense, and national defense depends on the whole people. We must increase our strength to protect ourselves and let the international community know Taiwan's resolve."
He adds, "In addition, we need to cooperate with the international community. Recently, the president of South Korea, the prime minister of Japan, and the president of the Philippines all went to the United States one after another. From this, it can be seen that although democratic countries used to have different opinions, such as the bad relationship between Japan and South Korea, they now want to resist China’s totalitarianism. In the expansion of force, everyone abandons their prejudices and works together to achieve a goal—to use their power to prevent China from acting rashly, which is the so-called preparation for war to avoid war, and to achieve the goal of peace. This is sustainable peace."
Lai Ching-te said that President Reagan once said that peace must rely on strength, and peace cannot be rewarded by the aggressors. The peace bestowed by the aggressors is not true peace. When the aggressors are unhappy, they will take it back. Tibet is an example. So he wants to report to everyone that this election is not an election between peace and war, but "a choice between democracy and autocracy, and this is the key. If we want to continue to live a life of democracy and freedom, we must increase our strength and stand with the international community. When our strength is so great that China dare not act rashly, such peace is sustainable peace!"
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Lai Ching-te: Hsinchu contains global economy, Indo-Pacific peace and stability
Image : Democratic Progressive Party Chairman Lai Ching-teh (left) personally presents the flag to Hsinchu County Trust Taiwan Friends Association Vice Chairman Chen Maozhen (right). (Photo by reporter Liao Xueru)
Hsinchu County Trust Taiwan Friends Association was officially established on 6 May 2023 with the support of thousands of people from the scientific and technological circles, labor circles, and small and medium-sized enterprises. He reported his plans and goals for Taiwan's future vision, and defended Taiwan's democratic values with united forces. The audience waved flags and shouted "Team Taiwan Stands for Taiwan"!
As soon as DPP Chairman and Vice President Lai Ching-te came to power, he first thanked the 13 towns and villages in Hsinchu County for their strong support, allowing the Hsinchu County Friends of Trust Taiwan Association to be successfully established. Lai Ching-te said, "From today onwards we will all be the Taiwan team, and we will support Taiwan together! Taiwan is our mother. We fought bravely in the arms of our mother. Therefore, we have also achieved outstanding results in the international arena. Including Taiwan's democracy index is the first in Asia, and the freedom index is one of the best in Asia; Taiwan's national average income in 2022 has reached 34,000 US dollars, surpassing the neighboring powers Japan and South Korea, and grabbing the 21st largest economy in the world."
Lai Ching-te further stated that Hsinchu County has a pivotal position in the world. In the early days, the world knew Hsinchu because of Hsinchu’s mothballs and tea leaves, which drove Taiwan’s economic development. A Taiwanese drama reflects that Hakka women bravely take on family responsibilities, are brave and strong, and represent the power of Taiwanese women. However, the importance of Hsinchu to Taiwan is not just from 100 years ago. Hsinchu is Taiwan’s technological hub and the core of the semiconductor industry, accounting for about 90% of the world’s advanced manufacturing processes. It also involves peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, which shows the importance of Hsinchu.
Zheng Chaofang, chairman of the Hsinchu County Party Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party and mayor of Zhubei, said that Vice President Lai took special care of Hsinchu County and supported Hsinchu County through various social forces. A few days ago, Vice President Lai visited the Citian Temple in Beipu. He gave a speech in Hakka throughout without reading the manuscript. He tried his best to touch the hard-necked Hakka people. The monolithic Hsinchu County has been shaken. Vice President Lai also recently recommended on Facebook the Taiwanese drama "The Chosen One-The Wavemaker", which tells the bitterness of those engaged in public affairs. It makes people feel sympathetic after watching it. Both politicians and people are for the stability of the country and society. Through hard work, he believes that in 2024 the Taiwanese will select the "person of choice - Lai Ching-te who benefits the people" and unite Hsinchu County, "we will definitely win!"
The Hsinchu County Friends of Trust in Taiwan completed the flag-presenting ceremony with the support of Vice Chairman Chen Yuzhen, Legislator Qiu Taiyuan, Hsinchu County Council Party Member Zhang Jiayuan, local party officials, and more than a thousand supporters.
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Peña hopes to visit Taiwan as soon as possible to deepen exchanges
Reporters : Su Yongyao, Yang Chengyu / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/paper/1581300 / Image : President Tsai Ing-wen held a telephone conversation with Paraguayan President-elect Santiago Peña yesterday. Peña looks forward to visiting Taiwan as soon as possible to meet with President Tsai. (AFP)
The Presidential Palace stated that President Tsai Ing-wen had a telephone conversation with Paraguayan President-elect Santiago Peña on 5 May 2023. On behalf of the government and the people, President Tsai congratulated Peña on his election, and hoped to further expand and deepen the existing Taiwan-Paraguay friendship. Peña mentioned that Paraguay has a long history with Taiwan, and he looks forward to visiting Taiwan as soon as possible to meet with President Tsai. He hopes that the two countries will continue to deepen exchanges and cooperate together in the future.
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Peña : Studying in Taiwan 22 years ago has deep roots
Paraguay, a friendly country, held a presidential election at the end of last month. Peña , the candidate of the ruling party "Red Party", which supports maintaining diplomatic relations with Taiwan, won the victory. The relationship between Taiwan and Paraguay will continue to deepen. The Paraguay Presidential Inauguration Ceremony is scheduled to be held in August. At that time, President Tsai will attend or appoint a special envoy of the President. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will explain to the public in due course.
Tsai Ing-wen spoke with Peña on 5 May for about 20 minutes. Tsai mentioned that Taiwan-Paraguay diplomatic relations and cross-strait issues have received international attention in this general election. She thanked Peña for repeating his support for the Republic of China Taiwan and expressing his firm stance to maintain and strengthen the Taiwan-Paraguay friendship.
Tsai thanks Peña for his support for Taiwan-Paraguay friendship
She said that Taiwan and Paraguay have a close and friendly relationship. During the tenure of President Abdo, the bilateral cooperation plans have achieved good results. She looks forward to the future based on the close friendship and the existing good foundation, and the two sides will be more active in strengthening agricultural technology, public health and medical care. , educational programs, electric transport and other areas of cooperation. Tsai Ing-wen also mentioned that during her recent visit to an electric vehicle manufacturer in Taichung, there were several young employees from Paraguay who took up key positions in the company after completing university education in Taiwan. She is happy to see that in the future, he and Paraguay can strengthen talent exchange and training through educational programs.
During the meeting, Peña thanked President Tsai for his congratulations, and mentioned that when Tsai visited Paraguay in the past, he was the Minister of Finance and met President Tsai. He looks forward to visiting Taiwan as soon as possible to meet with President Tsai, and hope that the two countries will continue to deepen exchanges and cooperate together in the future.
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Joseph Wu revealed that he hoped to arrange for Paraguayan President-elect Peña to visit Taiwan before his inauguration
Reporter : Yang Chengyu / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/4292947 / Image : Paraguay's President-elect Santiago Peña. (Taken from Peña Twitter)
The Presidential Office said on 5 May that President Tsai Ing-wen had a telephone conversation with Paraguayan President-elect Santiago Peña recently. Peña mentioned that Taiwan has a long history and looks forward to visiting Taiwan as soon as possible to meet with President Tsai. In response to this, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu was asked to respond to relevant questions before his speech at the "2023 European Festival" on 6 May 2023, hoping to arrange for Peña to visit Taiwan, "and before he takes office."
Paraguay held a presidential election on 30 April. Peña , a 44-year-old candidate from the "Red Party", a ruling party that maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan, defeated his opponent by a wide margin. The Red Party also won a majority of seats in Paraguay's Senate and House of Representatives. In an exclusive interview with Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" after being elected, Peña emphasized that Paraguay will become Taiwan's spokesperson in the international community, and emphasized that establishing diplomatic relations with China is unattractive. Peña's inauguration ceremony is expected to be held in mid-August this year.
Asked about the atmosphere of the phone conversation between President Tsai and Benia yesterday, Joseph Wu said it was "very good", and also mentioned that we hope to arrange for him to visit Taiwan, "and before he takes office." As for the rumor that Vice President Lai Ching-te will lead a delegation to Paraguay to participate in Peña 's inauguration ceremony, Wu did not respond to this question.
"Reuters" reported on 6 May 2023 that the U.S. Biden-Harris administration will use the "Presidential Drawdown Authority" (PDA) to supply Taiwan with military weapons worth US$500 million (approximately NT$15.4 billion) in comparison with the model of aiding Ukraine. . In this regard, Wu said that he has no comment on this, and military-related issues are left to the Ministry of National Defense to respond.
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The security guard said "I like to listen to the Voice of America" and the party media's propaganda overturned
Editor : Li Chengyu / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/05/05/a103705545.html / Image : On 3 May 2023, the CCP media forwarded a video of Chinese security guards praising the Voice of America broadcast. (Video screenshot)
A few days ago, the Chinese Communist Party’s media outlets reposted videos of Chinese security guards communicating with foreigners in English in order to promote “the strength of the motherland.” But the security guard was praising the Voice of America broadcast, and netizens ridiculed the "positive energy propaganda overturned."
In recent months, the CCP’s internal propaganda system has been keen on the so-called “security guards talking to foreigners in English,” including “security guards giving directions in English,” “uncle security guards talking to foreigners fluently,” “driving school security guards communicating in English,” etc. etc., used to exaggerate the "strong self-confidence of the motherland" and incite "patriotic sentiment". Related videos are flying all over the Internet in mainland China.
On 3 May 2023, another self-media released a video of security guards in Hefei, Anhui, "communicating without barriers with foreign friends", which was reposted by social media accounts including Guangming.com and other central party media, as well as many local official media.
Most of these state media simply reposted the video to stir up emotions. However, there are also some state-run media that have "superimposed on the superfluous" by translating the content of the security guard's dialogue and adding Chinese and English subtitles.
In the video, the security guard said that he "likes to listen to VOA radio", and praised "VOA radio" to foreigners, saying that it contained science, technology and many other contents.
However, the Chinese subtitles of the official media only translated "VOA Broadcasting" and did not indicate "Voice of America Broadcasting".
"VOA" is the abbreviation of "Voice of America", translated into Chinese is "Voice of America". This is a foreign propaganda organization funded by the US government. Its political news and programs often expose the dark side of Chinese society and criticize the CCP regime but in recent years, the agency has also been often criticized for being infiltrated by the CCP.
In the past, Voice of America broadcasting was an "enemy station" that the Chinese Communist Party tried its best to ban. Earlier, there were many cases of people being sentenced or even executed for "listening to enemy stations". Even today, Voice of America’s website is blocked in China, and its broadcasts to China continue to be jammed by the CCP’s signal.
However, on Chinese social platforms, the audience of many official media promotions does not seem to understand English. Some of them complied with the official propaganda, praised the security guard's English, and left a message saying, "It seems that my way to become a security guard after retirement is blocked." Some people also lamented that it is not easy to get a job in China today, and commented, "Is the security scandal so serious now?".
There are also a small number of Internet users who can understand English. Some people ridiculed the "positive energy" propaganda of the official media, pointing out that the security guards in the video are clearly trying to flatter foreigners. Some netizens pointed out that the security guard used "like listen to" to express "like to listen to", and other expressions did not conform to English grammar at all, which shows that his English is not very good.
Some netizens also hinted that the official media's "propaganda of the Voice of America" is tantamount to "rolling over". Some people worry whether the security guard "will be caught."
As of press time, the video still exists in large numbers on social platforms such as Douyin in mainland China.
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Just no handshake! Disdainful of CCP's wolf-warrior diplomacy, India shows strength
The Chinese Communist Party’s “Wolf Warrior Diplomacy” has suffered successive setbacks recently. At the “SCO” Defense Ministers Meeting held in India, the Indian Defense Minister was the only one who did not shake hands with the Chinese Defense Minister. The posture has attracted the attention of the outside world.
Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar: "If the peace and tranquility of the border areas are disturbed, India-China relations are not normal and cannot be normal."
On 5 May 2023, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang attended the SCO Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in India, and Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar expressed a tough stance in person.
The dispute between the CCP and India on the "territorial issue" has always seriously affected the relationship between the two countries. Just last week, a detailed move by India has attracted the attention of media from various countries.
At the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Defense Ministers Meeting held on 27 April 2023, Indian Defense Minister Singh shook hands with all the defense ministers present at the meeting, but only skipped the hand of Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu.
Facing Li Shangfu, Singh did not smile. He only clasped his hands together and greeted Li Shangfu politely as a routine.
This subtle action was interpreted by the media of various countries as India's "remaining hatred" for the CCP has not disappeared, and it has also released a negative signal for Sino-Indian relations.
Current affairs commentator Wang He: "He has a kind of restraint in it, and a sense of distance between the two sides. This time, India jumped out of the CCP's deception and directly posed two questions. The first question is bilateral If the border issue is not resolved, Sino-Indian relations cannot develop; secondly, the Indian Defense Minister proposed that our current border issue is that you violated the agreement reached between the two sides in 1990. You (the CCP) broke your promise.”
At this meeting, Indian Defense Minister Singh directly criticized the CCP for violating the border agreement between the two countries and stationing a large number of troops on the border. His attitude was quite clear and tough.
Wang He: "One of the big reasons for this toughness is that the CCP has been engaging in negotiation traps and strategic temptations for India over the years. In fact, there are constant border conflicts between China and India. Therefore, India's national security depends on them. I feel that the hidden danger is very big. Then this time, (India) directly confronts the CCP with the basic facts.”
Relations between CCP China and India have deteriorated since 2020, when at least 24 people were killed when troops from the two countries clashed on the disputed Himalayan border.
Today, India is an important member of the "Quadruple Alliance" of the United States, Japan, India and Australia, and has formed a situation of encircling the CCP in the Indo-Pacific region. If the CCP does not substantially change its diplomatic "trap", it will fall into greater isolation.
Wang He: "The current situation in the Taiwan Strait is very tense. If Sino-Indian relations become stagnant, then the CCP will face a two-front war. This will be very passive for the CCP strategically."
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American University Chinese students set up an independent student union to resist the tyranny of the CCP
Reporter : Zhou Guihang / Editor : Xu Gengwen / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/05/05/a103705595.html / Image : Anti-Communist slogans posted on the campus of George Washington University in the United States. (Wen Hao/Voice of America)
Some Chinese students studying abroad at George Washington University recently established an independent student organization.
The organization, called "Torch-Potomac," published its founding manifesto on Twitter on 25 April 2023.
The declaration states that the organization opposes the tyranny of the CCP, including "genocide" against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang and other anti-human rights atrocities, and bluntly stated that "the CCP is not our legal representative" and members of the organization "will not become its (CCP) complicit in abuse of power".
The manifesto also stated that the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) on American campuses is the main force suppressing their political demands. "For a long time, CSSA and similar organizations have maintained a monopoly on the cultural and political representation of Chinese students. ".
Image : Twitter screenshot
The organization stated that "our top priority remains to protect George Washington University students from the influence of the Federation of Students and the CCP" and "hope to provide support for Chinese students and scholars at George Washington University, as well as their contemporary Chinese diaspora in the wider diaspora, provide youth with an organizing platform, social support and community independent of the Chinese Communist Party and its puppets."
The manifesto stated that in order to resist the oppression of the CCP and the Federation of Students, "we no longer wait for the torch, but decided to ignite sparks on the banks of the Potomac (K) River", "in solidarity with those who came before us, and hope to unite all Brothers and sisters, we light the fire - face the fear."
Flowing through Washington, DC, the Potomac River is one of the major rivers of the Eastern United States.
Voice of America reported on 4 May 2023 that the organization fired the first shot for overseas students to set up independent organizations and resist the CCP regime.
The report quoted an organizer as saying that the group currently has more than 12 members, but all of them chose to remain anonymous for security reasons.
Xie Tian, a chair professor at the Aiken School of Business at the University of South Carolina in the United States, told Voice of Hope that when he was studying in an American university, he also established an independent student union that was not controlled by the Chinese Consulate.
When talking about the independent student union of George Washington University, Xie Tian said: "I think this is a very, very gratifying phenomenon, very gratifying and congratulatory. It's really good. It marks the awakening of young people of this generation."
He also said that this group of students at George Washington University is very similar to the group of June Fourth students. They saw the corruption of the CCP, the recession of the Chinese economy, and the oppression of the entire CCP. They wanted to seek freedom. And they have a very close relationship with the young people in mainland China, so they will slowly guide the young people in the country to fight for freedom, and the torch of resisting the tyranny of the CCP will spread back.
Xie Tian hopes that after George Washington University, Chinese students from other major American universities will also stand up and set off a wave of anti-communism and freedom overseas, just like Mr. Sun Yat-sen’s revolution overseas, which has a positive meaning in the resistance against the CCP.
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No fear of the CCP, overseas students independent student association "Torch-Potomac" is established
Editor: Meng Xinqi / Reporter : Yi Ru / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/05/05/a103705465.html
Recently, a group of Chinese students studying in the United States established an independent student union, hoping to provide a safe platform for Chinese students and scholars who want to express political dissent, and avoid being attacked by the CCP’s overseas organizations harassment and oppression.
A group of Chinese students from George Washington University recently established an Independent Chinese Student Union called "Torch-Potomac".
On 25 April 2023, the student organization issued a statement saying: "We hope to provide overseas Chinese youth with a safe space and platform to express political dissent, free from the surveillance, intimidation, suppression and violence of the Chinese Communist Party and its puppet student organizations' threats."
Luo Qiu, one of the organizers of the independent student union, told VOA that more than 12 members have joined it so far, but they all chose to remain anonymous for security reasons.
Lai Jianping, Master of International Law, China University of Political Science and Law said, "I think this is a landmark event, which means that the CCP's oppression and enslavement have reached a point of cohesion, marking a qualitative change. Overseas students actively and spontaneously set up such a truly autonomous organization that is not controlled by the CCP means that these people have awakened, have the moral courage they should have, and are willing to stand up and even sacrifice something.”
In response to the recent vandalism of the Democracy Wall at George Washington University, the student union stated in a statement that this is not the first time the Democracy Wall at the school has been vandalized, but the latest in a series of attempts to silence and suppress them.
Lawyer Chen Chuangchuang, executive director of the China Democracy Party National Committee: "Because in that school, there is a very powerful American right-wing conservative student organization called Athens Society. From the statement initiated by this overseas student organization, we can see that their establishment was supported by the organization of American students and local students on the same campus. This student organization, the Athens Society, has been very active in anti-communist issues in recent years.”
The statement revealed that the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) on the George Washington University campus is the main force suppressing their political demands.
Lai Jianping: "Over the years, most of these overseas Chinese, and these overseas students have organized their shadow organizations and agent organizations of the CCP. They are all forces and cronies cultivated by the CCP. They are controlling these associations. No matter what it is an overseas Chinese association, or an overseas student association, so they do not have their own independent organization, and they are afraid. Now that these people can stand up, it shows that they have run out of patience."
"Although we are far outside China, we are still under the shadow of fear. We find ourselves facing systemic repression. We and our families face intimidation, surveillance, harassment, extortion and other forms of violence and coercion. We cannot achieve true academic freedom and civil rights." the statement said.
Chen Chuangchuang: "It is really difficult to say that they are in a school and publicly play the name of this organization. They mean more."
"We want to make the university community, including students, faculty, and administrators, aware of the CCP's continued violations of our rights and freedoms," the statement said. We want to express our heartfelt voice: "The CCP is not our legitimate representative, and we will not be complicit in its abuse of power."
Lai Jianping: "Then this is their resistance to the CCP's dictatorship. It is said that wherever there is oppression, there will be resistance. When the oppression reaches a certain level, all kinds of people at home and abroad will stand up and oppose the CCP's autocratic dictatorship."
Experts believe that the establishment of the independent student union is a continuation of the overseas firewood of the anti-communist protests in Sitongqiao, Beijing in October 2022.
Chen Chuangchuang: "After the white paper movement, we have seen different forms of organizational alliances. In Canada, they have civic associations, some young people, cross-school, cross-society, and cross-region; then in Germany they have established publications ; In the UK and France, they also have relatively active local activities.”
Lai Jianping, a master of international law at China University of Political Science and Law, said that the establishment of the Independent Student Union, an organization of Chinese students studying abroad, marks the rise of overseas Chinese anti-communist forces. This will inspire many people, and many people will follow suit.
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Dynamic clearing again? Universities in Beijing are quarantined at their own expense, Anhui requires students to undergo nucleic acid testing
Recently, colleges and universities in many places in CCP China require students to seek medical treatment in time and report to the school if they develop symptoms of covid. Schools in many places, including universities in Beijing, have begun to implement isolation, while Anhui has once again instructed students to queue up for nucleic acid testing. People are worried that the CCP will restart the zero-covid policy measures.
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Patients report pharyngitis becomes covid eventually
On 5 May 2023, the entry "Is the whole country suffering from pharyngitis" appeared on Weibo's hot search list. Many positive people said that the symptoms this time were different from the previous ones. At the beginning, they were just itchy throat and cough, and the antigen could not be detected. After a few days, the throat became more and more painful, and the test was covi-positive but soon some people said that the entry had been blocked.
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XBB.1.16 is not highly likely to infect the brain's nervous system
Lin Xiaoxu, former director of the laboratory of the Department of Virology at the U.S. Army Research Institute: "The symptoms include runny nose, runny nose, sore throat, fever, body aches, diarrhea, fatigue, etc. It is a relatively common symptom of Omicron. But it can also be emphasized that if you lose your sense of smell or taste, this possibility is relatively small. That is to say, the virus relatively enters through the Olfactory channel in the nasal cavity. The possibility of infection of the nervous system of the brain is still relatively low."
According to experts, if the virus enters the cardiovascular system, respiratory system, etc., shortness of breath will occur, and in severe cases, the concentration of blood oxygen will decrease, and symptoms such as shortness of breath will occur.
Lin Xiaoxu: "If it enters the cardiovascular system, respiratory system, etc., there will be shortness of breath, and in severe cases, the concentration of blood oxygen will also decrease, and then breathing Distress will cause shortness of breath, etc. So these are relatively severe patients. Such a situation will occur. So of course, severe cases should be avoided. The most special point of it is that some doctors have observed that some children will have conjunctivitis and red eyes.”
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Isolation at the students' own expense
Recently, some people disclosed that some colleges and universities have been quarantined. In a university in Beijing, the isolation of covi-positive persons needs to be paid at their own expense. The isolation point at Wuhan University is already full.
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Report of quarantine in Jiangsu University
In addition, students of Jiangsu University of Science and Technology have already sought help online. The college student said that he was infected with the covid virus. Although he had a cough, he did not have a fever, but he was placed in an isolation cabin between two people, fearing cross-infection, which aroused concern.
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Some authorities require people above 3 years old to be vaccinated with a fourth dose
In addition, in some areas, the authorities have mandated that people over the age of 3 must be vaccinated with a fourth dose of the covid vaccine booster.
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WHO: The end of the "COVID-19 global health emergency" does not mean the end of covid as a global health alert
On 5 May 2023, the WHO announced the end of the "COVID-19 global health emergency" that had lasted for more than three years. Meanwhile, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus added that the end of the emergency does not mean the end of covid as a global health threat.
Hu Yang, Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Third-A Hospital: "Three years have passed, countless families have been broken, and many people have changed their destiny since then. Is the covid epidemic completely over? At present, it seems that the covid virus has not completely disappeared. There are still about 6,000 people who have tested positive for nucleic acid. In the season when the flow of people is relatively large, there are still people who were hospitalized due to infection with novel coronavirus pneumonia.”
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Human H5N1 and H9N2 infections reported
In addition, on 4 May 2023, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued a weekly influenza surveillance report (week 17), claiming that on 30 April 2023, the World Health Organization reported that a 53-year-old male patient in Chile was infected with H5N1 bird flu. At the same time, 3 cases of human infection with H9N2 bird flu were found in China. The real situation is unknown.
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WHO lifts epidemic alert, China's "pharyngitis" hits hot searches
Editor : Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/05/06/a103705920.html / Image : The picture shows the data map of the covid virus (covi, novel coronavirus). (Shutterstock)
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on 5 May 2023 that COVID-19 no longer constitutes a global health emergency. However, there are still many covi-positive cases in various parts of China. On the day when the World Health Organization lifted the epidemic alert, the topic "the whole country is suffering from pharyngitis" was posted on Weibo, and many netizens suspected that they were infected with the new virus.
WHO Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced at a press conference on the 5th that COVID-19 (covid, novel coronavirus pneumonia, 2019 coronavirus disease, Wuhan pneumonia) is no longer a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" (PHEIC).
However at the same time, it is also reminded that lifting the highest level of alert does not mean that the danger is over. Covid still exists, and new covi variants may still appear and cause covid cases to surge again.
This catastrophe of the epidemic, which lasted for more than three years, was first reported from Wuhan, China at the end of 2019. Due to the concealment of the truth by the CCP authorities, the epidemic spread rapidly to all parts of the world. According to WHO statistics, as of 5 January 2023, the global cumulative number of reported confirmed cases of covid exceeds 657 million, and the number of deaths exceeds 6.67 million.
WHO Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on 5 January 2023, "10,000 people still die from the covid virus every week, and the real death toll may be much higher."
At present, the covid virus is still constantly mutating. The National Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the CCP recently admitted that there are multiple mutated strains in China.
On May 5th, the day when the World Health Organization lifted the epidemic alert, the topic of "Is the whole country suffering from pharyngitis?" appeared on the mainland Weibo hot search. Many netizens suspected that after the "May 1st" holiday, China had another new virus, because the symptom is different from before which is sharp sore throat.
Some netizens reported that a more obvious symptom is the feeling of foreign objects in the throat, and some also have severe pain and fever. Some netizens also said that they or people around them have been diagnosed covi-positive:
"The low-grade fever hovered between 38 and 37 degrees in the past two nights, and then I had a sore throat. The test was negative a few days ago, but today I don't have a fever. As soon as I tested it, I was covi-positive. I have never had been diagnosed before."
"Don't say it's not covid! Someone around me is covi-positive again! The vaccine is useless at all! The technology has not reached it!"
"Anyway, I have taken all the vaccines! I was infected once in December last year and once in May this year."
Prior to this, a woman in Nanjing, Jiangsu said that she, her mother, her boyfriend, her cousin’s boyfriend and others had symptoms of COVID-19 successively since April 2, and they all tested covi-positive after rapid screening, all of which were second degree infection, and it has been more than 3 months since the first infection in December 2022.
Another woman from Chongqing said that her husband was first tested covi-positive, which was a second infection, but only had diarrhea and cough, and the symptoms were milder than the first one; she was infected by her husband, and it was the first infection, with fever and weakness and sore throat and other symptoms; the two children also had mild fever and cough, and they have not been screened yet, but they should also be infected.
Zhang Wenhong, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University in Shanghai, said on 20 April 2023 that if the covid virus mutates, secondary infections will slowly appear after 6 months. He said that if the mutation of the virus effectively breaks through the immune barrier formed by the human body to fight against the previous wave of the virus, the second wave will form a peak of infection.
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After more than three years of the epidemic, the WHO announced the end of the global health emergency
Reporter : Lin Yi / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/05/06/a103705669.html / Image : Video Screenshot
The World Health Organization announced on Friday (5 May 2023) that the COVID-19 global health emergency has ended, but at the same time reminded that this does not mean that the epidemic is over. The public still need to be vigilant.
The World Health Organization's emergency committee held its 15th meeting on Thursday (4 May 2023) on the covid outbreak, discussing that the global health emergency should be terminated. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the decision on Friday.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: "I declare that the COVID-19 global health emergency is over."
Tedros added that the end of the state of emergency does not mean that the threat of the epidemic will also end, and countries should not relax their vigilance.
On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization announced for the first time that the COVID-19 outbreak was at the highest alert level.
However, three years later, the covid virus has gradually become a routine virus, people in various countries have gradually developed antibodies to this virus, large-scale hospitalization and death cases have no longer appeared, and the death rate of infection has also increased from the weekly rate in January 2021. The peak of over 100,000 people has slowed to just over 3,500 in the current week.
According to WHO data, the cumulative number of confirmed covid cases worldwide has reached 764 million. China, where the virus originated, has always been a mystery because the CCP has always concealed the number of the epidemic.
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The Four Heads of Xi Jinping's Finance and Economics Committee appeared, None of them understands Economics
Reporter : Tang Zheng / Editor : Li Quan / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/05/06/a103705916.html / Image : A few days ago, Xi Jinping presided over the first meeting of the 20th Central Financial and Economic Commission of the Communist Party of China. The picture is a schematic diagram. (Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images)
A few days ago, the 20th Central Financial and Economic Commission of the Communist Party of China held its first meeting. Xi Jinping, who is also the director of the Central Financial and Economic Commission, presided over the meeting. This is also the first appearance of the members of the current Financial and Economic Commission. The outside world has noticed that none of the four main members understands economics.
The CCP’s Xinhua News Agency reported that in the afternoon of 5 May 2023, Xi Jinping, director of the Central Financial and Economic Commission, presided over the first meeting of the 20th Central Financial and Economic Commission. Li Qiang, deputy director of the Central Financial and Economic Commission, Cai Qi, secretary of the Central Secretariat and member of the Central Financial and Economic Commission, and Ding Xuexiang, vice premier and member of the Central Financial and Economic Commission, attended the meeting.
This is the first appearance of members of the 20th Central Financial and Economic Commission of the Communist Party of China. None of the above-mentioned three, plus Xi Jinping, is an expert in the economic field.
Xi Jinping said at the meeting that the new Central Financial and Economic Commission of the Communist Party of China will further "strengthen the party's leadership over economic work," and that "the Central Financial and Economic Commission is an important institutional arrangement for the Party Central Committee to lead economic work," and so on.
The meeting deliberated and approved the "Central Financial and Economic Commission Working Rules" and "Central Financial and Economic Commission Office Working Rules".
The Central Financial and Economic Commission of the Communist Party of China is the deliberative and coordinating body of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to lead the financial and economic work. It is the core leadership and decision-making department of the economy. In March 2018, the Office of the Central Financial and Economic Commission was established, its predecessor being the "Office of the Central Financial and Economic Leading Group".
The above-mentioned members Li Qiang, Cai Qi, and Ding Xuexiang are all close aides of Xi Jinping. After the two sessions of the Communist Party of China, the outside world has doubts about the economic team led by Li Qiang.
Voice of America has reported that the new economic team does not have many bright spots. Although the Chinese economy faces many difficult challenges, Xi Jinping values "loyalty" over ability and experience, and he emphasizes "the centralization and unity of the party." It is doubtful whether the new team has the ability and space to implement pragmatic economic policies.
Since the founding of the Communist Party of China, the successive premiers of the State Council have all had the experience of serving as vice premiers, or vice premiers plus the experience of serving in ministries and commissions of the State Council, but Li Qiang has no such experience, and the outside world has doubts about his competence for this position.
Ding Xuexiang has never held a provincial leadership position and lacks experience in formulating economic policies.
Cai Qi's reputation among the people is very poor, but he has won the trust of those in power by relying on political tactics, but his political achievements are lackluster.
Feng Chongyi, a scholar living in Australia, once told Radio Free Asia overseas that there are no technocrats who understand economics in the new Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Feng Chongyi said that the new CCP Standing Committee lacks officials who understand national governance and economic policies, and Xi Jinping wants to follow Mao Zedong's ultra-left economic line, which will increase and accelerate the risk and speed of CCP China's economic collapse.
After Li Qiang took over as Premier of the Communist Party of China, China's economic situation remained sluggish. According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of the Communist Party of China on 30 April 2023, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) dropped from 51.9 in March to 49.2 in April, falling below the critical point, which proves that the level of prosperity in China's manufacturing industry has dropped.
On 18 April 2023 the National Bureau of Statistics of the Communist Party of China announced that the GDP in the first quarter increased by 4.5% year-on-year. The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee admitted at a meeting on 28 April that China's current economic operation is mainly restorative, the endogenous driving force is not strong, and demand is still insufficient.
Current affairs commentator Zhong Yuan wrote an analysis in The Epoch Times. The Politburo meeting on 28 April further lowered the tone, which reflected the real situation of China's economy and also revealed that the CCP's top leaders continued to be helpless about the economy.
On 6 May 2023, current affairs commentator Li Lin told The Epoch Times that Xi Jinping's current goal is to fully realize the party's control of the economy, but this is an empty practice, and laymen control experts, which is actually accelerating the collapse of the Communist Party.
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