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Trump arrives in Florida for court appearance, calls on supporters to be calm
Image : On 12 June 2023, former U.S. President Trump stepped off the "Trump Air Force One" plane at Miami International Airport in Florida, preparing to appear in court in Miami on 13 June 2023. The Justice Department indicted Trump on 37 federal charges, including violations of espionage laws, false statements and mishandling of classified material. (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)
Former U.S. President Trump arrived in Miami, Florida on Monday (12 June 2023), preparing to appear in court on Tuesday to deal with the 30-year-old multiple felony charges. At the same time, the mayor of Miami said that 50,000 people may participate in the protest, and Trump called on his supporters to remain peaceful and calm during the protest.
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Trump flies to Miami, encourages supporters to protest peacefully
Image : On 12 June 2023, former U.S. President Trump stepped off the "Trump Air Force One" plane at Miami International Airport in Florida, preparing to appear in court in Miami on June 13. (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)
Wearing a navy suit and red tie, Trump took off from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, at noon on Monday and boarded a plane bound for Miami. He waved to supporters before boarding the plane.
The private jet carrying Trump's name on it landed in Miami at 2.54 pm on Monday.
Trump is scheduled to make his first appearance in federal court in Miami at 3 pm ET Tuesday to hear the case.
Trump encouraged supporters to join a peaceful protest Tuesday outside a Miami courthouse.
Image : On 12 June 2023, supporters of former U.S. President Trump wait outside the Trump National Doral Resort in Florida. Trump arrived in Miami that afternoon, preparing to appear in court on 13 June. The Justice Department indicted Trump on 37 federal charges, including violations of espionage laws, false statements and mishandling of classified material. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Trump spoke at Republican events in two states over the weekend and was adamant that he wants to return to the White House.
When longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone asked Trump on his radio show if he would end the campaign, Trump replied: "No, I don't think I will."
He told Roger Stone, "Our country needs strength right now. They have to go out, they have to protest peacefully."
Trump's supporters defended Trump, including the defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake of Arizona. She said candidly over the weekend that if prosecutors wanted to trouble Trump, they "would have to get past me, and 75 million Americans like me."
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Supporters plan to travel to Miami
Image : On 12 June 2023, supporters of former U.S. President Trump wait outside the Trump National Doral Resort in Florida. Trump arrived in Miami that afternoon, preparing to appear in court on 13 June. The Justice Department indicted Trump on 37 federal charges, including violations of espionage laws, false statements and mishandling of classified material. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Some supporters of Trump have gathered outside a golf club in Miami where Trump will spend the night there.
"I hope the whole country pays attention to what the radical left is doing to America," Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, before leaving New Jersey.
Trump's other supporters planned to travel to Miami from other parts of Florida.
As Trump supporters head to Miami, law enforcement officials are closely monitoring the situation and bracing for potential unrest. Mayor Francis Suarez is expected to release more details on security preparations to ensure safety and order around the courthouse.
Although there is currently a lack of police presence near the courthouse, law enforcement units will do their best to maintain the safety of the public to ensure that the protests can be carried out in a peaceful atmosphere.
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Miami steps up security measures
Image : On 12 June 2023, supporters of former U.S. President Trump wait outside the Trump National Doral Resort in Florida. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Miami-Dade police said they stand ready to assist with security efforts that may be required. Local media reported fences and barricades around the courthouse where Trump is expected to appear.
Miami Police Chief Manny Morales said the city planned to accommodate crowds of up to 50,000 people and would close downtown roads if necessary.
"We will work closely with our local, state and federal partners to provide assistance with personnel, resources, detours and/or road closures as needed," the Miami Police Department said in a statement. to protect everyone's First Amendment rights."
Law enforcement agencies are monitoring planned protests in Miami federal courthouse and around Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.
Miami Mayor Suarez told reporters the city is preparing for Trump's court appearance.
Image : Miami Mayor Francis Suarez speaks during a news conference at the city's police department on 12 June 2023, about the city's preparations for Trump's court appearance. (Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images)
More than 50,000 people are expected to attend, he said.
"We encourage people to be peaceful," Suarez said.
After Tuesday's court appearance, Trump will return to New Jersey, where he plans to hold a news conference to publicly address the charges. In addition, he will host a private fundraiser.
Trump will celebrate his 77th birthday on Wednesday (14 June 2023).
Background
The Justice Department unsealed an indictment on Friday (9 June 2023) formally accusing Trump of mishandling classified files at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida and attempting to prevent The government retracted these documents.
The indictment charges Trump with 37 counts of willful concealment of national defense information, concealment or withholding of documents in a federal investigation, false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
The indictment alleges that after Trump left the White House in January 2021, he intentionally withheld hundreds of classified documents that he brought from the White House to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Prosecutors said the release of the information could have posed risks to members of the military, classified human resources and intelligence-gathering methods.
Among other things, prosecutors accused Trump of trying to thwart the government's efforts to recover the documents, including instructing his co-indicted personal assistant, Walt Nauta, to move and hide them.
Trump and his supporters disagree on the allegations.
It is the second time he has been charged with a crime this year and the first ever federal criminal case against a former U.S. president.
Trump's legal woes have not affected his popularity with Republican voters.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday found that 81 percent of Republicans believed the charges were politically motivated. The poll also found that Trump continues to lead his rivals by a wide margin in the party's presidential nomination.
A poll by CBS News and YouGov found that after the indictment was released, 61 percent of Republican voters said they were likely to vote for Trump in the 2024 Republican primary, putting him well ahead of the next biggest Contender Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
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Trump returns to Florida to appear Tuesday in "classified documents case"
Reporter : Lin Yi / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/06/13/a103730384.html
Former US President Trump, who was entangled in the "confidential document" case, has travelled from New Jersey to Miami on Monday (12 June 2023). He left his home in Bedminster, New Jersey, flew to Miami, and will appear in Miami federal court on Tuesday (13 June 2023) at 3 pm for the first time.
The federal Department of Justice announced 37 charges against Trump last Friday (9 June), mainly related to his behavior of retaining classified and top-secret documents after he left office, which violated the "Espionage Act" but Trump himself denied it, insisting that he was innocent and that the prosecution was politically motivated.
Trump comments, "This vicious prosecution is a mockery of justice."
The legal issues have not dented Trump's popularity with Republican voters, according to multiple polls. At the same time, some heavyweight Republican figures have been supporting Trump.
Senator Graham of South Carolina: "President Trump will have his day in court but whether you like Trump or not, the 'espionage charges' are absolutely absurd. He did not spy."
House Speaker McCarthy says, "I don't think President Trump has been treated the same as everyone else in the process."
People's sympathy for Trump is also getting louder. June 14, the second day of the trial, was Trump's 77th birthday. Many supporters traveled thousands of miles to Mar-a-Lago to support Trump.
Trump supporter Raumar Menendez comments, "It's a witch hunt because they want to drive him (Trump) out of the political race."
Trump supporter Dary Earneal says, "Trump did nothing wrong. The only thing Trump did was save this country."
Trump supporter Sharon Wilder says, "I think Trump is the best president we've ever had and I'm all for getting him re-elected."
Trump said a few days ago that he would continue his campaign and would never leave even if he was convicted in the "confidential documents" case.
News (6) to (8) / Reporter : Lin Yi / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/06/13/a103730385.html / Image : Video Screenshot
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Confronting CCP's influence, U.S. returns to UNESCO
On 12 June 2023, UNESCO announced that the United States had applied to rejoin the organization. The outside world believes that the rejoining of the United States is aimed at countering the growing influence of the Chinese Communist Party in the United Nations organization.
On 8 June 2023, the US State Department submitted an application for rejoining to UNESCO.
On 12 June, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay announced the news, welcoming the rejoining of the United States.
Audrey Azoulay: "Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, UNESCO is in good shape and will be even better with the return of the United States."
UNESCO is expected to approve U.S. rejoining in July, but that has drawn the ire of one member of the organization: CCP China.
Yang Jin, CCP Ambassador to UNESCO: "The United States withdrew from UNESCO twice, which has had a negative impact on UNESCO's work."
The main reason for the CCP’s dissatisfaction is that the return of the United States is aimed at countering the CCP’s ever-expanding influence over the past five years while the United States is absent.
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In the U.S. absence, CCP tries to formulate AI rules in Communist's advantage
In March 2023, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that the absence of the United States gave the CCP an opportunity to formulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) rules; U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Bass also stated that the CCP’s strength in the organization continues to increase, “ weakens our ability to effectively promote the vision of a free world", UNESCO plays an important role in shaping global technology and science, and should take seriously the competition with the CCP in the digital age, "the United States can no longer be absent".
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U.S. withdrew from UNESCO twice
The United States is a founding member of UNESCO, but it has withdrawn twice in history, the first time in 1984, and it rejoined in 2003. In 2017, the Trump administration of the United States withdrew from UNESCO again because of the Israeli issue.
News (9) to (10) / Reporter : Jin Shi / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/06/13/a103730383.html
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Blinken's first response to CCP China gathering U.S. intelligence in Cuba
In response to the CCP’s establishment of an intelligence monitoring station in Cuba, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken responded for the first time on 12 June 2023. The outside world is concerned about whether this incident will affect Blinken's visit to CCP China this month.
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken remarks, "They (the CCP) have considered expanding (monitoring) in many places around the world, including establishing an intelligence collection facility in Cuba."
He adds that the CCP’s intelligence gathering facilities in Cuba has existed before 2019.
Blinken says, "Based on the intelligence we have, China upgraded their intelligence-gathering facilities in Cuba in 2019."
The Wall Street Journal first disclosed last week that the CCP and Cuba will secretly establish an electronic wiretapping station, which is only 160 km away from Florida, and will be able to monitor numerous U.S. military bases in the southeastern United States.
The report sparked a strong reaction from U.S. lawmakers. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Warner, a Democrat, and Vice Chairman Rubio, a Republican, said in a joint statement that they were "deeply disturbed that Havana and Beijing are teaming up to target America and the American people."
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CCP's actions on spying the U.S. delayed
Regarding domestic concerns, Blinken said that the Biden-Harris administration has taken countermeasures, including diplomatic actions with many governments.
Blinken: "We have contacted and exchanged information with high-level countries that are considering providing (spy) bases for the Chinese Communist Party. According to expert assessments, our diplomatic efforts have delayed the Chinese Communist Party's actions."
Blinken will visit CCP China on 18 June 2023. It is unknown whether the "Cuban Listening Station" incident will affect Blinken's visit arrangements.
Blinken's last visit to China had to be canceled at the last minute because of the sudden explosion of the CCP spy balloon incident.
News (11) to (13) / Reporter : Tang Zheng / Editor : Fan Ming / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/06/13/a103730477.html
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Liu Ran, the "inner ghost" of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, was double-opened, and the official report was abnormal
Image : Since the beginning of this year, many "inner ghosts" have been dropped from the CCP's discipline inspection system at all levels. The picture is a schematic diagram. (Feng Li/Getty Images)
The "inner ghost" of the CCP's discipline inspection system has been frequently exposed. On 12 June 2023, Liu Ran, deputy director of the Second Supervision and Inspection Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC Central Committee and a first-level inspector, was double fired.
On the same day, the official website of the National Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China notified the above news, saying that Liu Ran was expelled from the Communist Party of China and public office due to "serious violations of discipline and law".
It is worth noting that when a CCP official is usually double-checked, the content of the notification all mentions the specific details of the crime of the official under investigation, but this time Liu Ran was double-checked, and the official did not mention his crimes at all.
In addition, when Liu Ran was investigated, there was no official report from the CCP.
According to public reports, Liu Ran has worked in the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for a long time. He used to be a bureau-level discipline inspection supervisor and deputy director of the Second Supervision and Inspection Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and State Supervision and Inspection. Inspector. In April 2019 and November 2021, he will attend meetings in the above capacity respectively.
The CCP’s official media once published an article stating that the Second Supervision and Inspection Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission is responsible for contacting 54 central party and government-related departments and units.
On 9 January 2023, Xi Jinping stated at the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China that it is necessary to "cure the poison with the blade turned inward, scrape the bone, cure the poison with strong medicine, and treat the disorder with severe punishment", "punishment, resolute prevention and control" of "black under the lights" and so on.
On 24 February 2023, the CCP’s national discipline inspection and supervision cadre team education, rectification, mobilization and deployment meeting was held in Beijing. The meeting stated that it is necessary to resolutely investigate and deal with "two-faced people" and resolutely prevent "black under the lights" and so on.
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Seven more Chinese Communist officials under investigation for corruption
Subsequently, many "inner ghosts" were dropped from the CCP's discipline inspection system at all levels.
On 30 May 2023, Cui Yunan, a first-level investigator of the 13th Inspection and Investigation Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC Central Committee, was investigated.
On 23 May 2023, Xu Jiansheng, a former deputy director-level full-time discipline inspection supervisor and first-level inspector assigned by the Guizhou Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision to the 18th Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team, was investigated.
On 19 May 2023, Zhou Peibin, the former head of the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the Shanxi Provincial Public Security Bureau, was investigated. Zhou Peibin used to be Secretary of the Disciplinary Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Public Security Department, the leader of the Discipline Inspection Team of the Shanxi Provincial Disciplinary Committee in the Provincial Public Security Department, and the leader of the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the Shanxi Provincial Disciplinary Commission and Supervision Committee in the Provincial Public Security Department.
On 18 May 2023, Ji Tao, the former head of the inspection team of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, was investigated.
On 19 March 2023, Yin Xueru, former deputy secretary of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Commission for Discipline Inspection and former deputy director of the Autonomous Region Supervisory Committee, was investigated.
On 19 March 2023, Dong Lixin, a former first-level inspector of the General Office of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress, was investigated.
On 5 February 2023, Hao Hongjun, chairman of the Dalian CPPCC and secretary of the party group, was dismissed from his post. He has worked in the discipline inspection system for many years, serving as Secretary of the Disciplinary Committee of Fushun City, Secretary of the Discipline Committee of Dalian City, Director of the Supervisory Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Disciplinary Committee of Liaoning Province, Deputy Director of the Provincial Supervisory Committee, etc.
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If the CCP is not eradicated, corruption cannot be eradicated, hence the need to disintegrate CCP
The Epoch Times columnist Wang He previously said that the CCP’s corruption is determined by its system, including the discipline inspection system itself, which is also corrupt. If the CCP is not eradicated, corruption cannot be eradicated.
Wang He said, "The corruption of the CCP has gone to the bottom. It has been fighting corruption for so many years, but it has not eliminated the root cause of corruption in the fundamental system. Because the corruption of the CCP itself is determined by this system, and the system does not change, its corruption is impossible to solve. Therefore, only the disintegration of the CCP is a prerequisite for China to gain a new life and get out of all difficulties."
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Messi stranded in the country for 2 hours: Doesn't Taiwan count as China?
Reporter : Ruili / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/06/13/a103730390.html
Argentine soccer champion Lionel Messi arrived in China a few days ago, but was once stranded at the airport due to "visa issues". Messi still wondered, "Is Taiwan not counted as China?" What's going on? Let's get to know each other.
Chinese fans echoed, "Messi! Messi!"
On 10 June 2023, a large number of fans greeted the arrival of football king Lionel Messi at Beijing International Airport. Unexpectedly, Messi's trip to Beijing staged a scene of "people on an embarrassing journey".
Although this is not Messi's first visit to China, Messi was stopped at the airport. The reason is simple. Messi, who has dual citizenship, took a "Spanish" passport this time instead of an "Argentine" passport.
Unlike Taiwan and Spain, which allow visas on arrival, according to the agreement, holders of Spanish passports need to apply for visas in advance when entering CCP China.
After staying for two hours, Messi applied for an "expedited visa" and successfully entered the country.
But netizens on both sides of the strait were excited, calling Messi "I didn't know it was an act of insulting China, but I insulted China" and "Congratulations to the king of football for becoming Taiwan independence."
According to the "Henry Passport Index" ranking of the strongest passports, Taiwan has 146 visa-free countries, and the ease of passports ranks 32nd in the world, far outstripping the CCP's passports.
According to the CCP official announcement in 2023, there are only 15 countries that have achieved full "mutual visa exemption" with China, and all of them are underdeveloped countries.
After the public opinion exploded, on 11 June 2023, the Chinese Communist Party’s official media had no choice but to “refute the rumours”, saying that Messi’s entry did not cause any problems. The problem was his teammate Otamendi, and it was resolved smoothly in less than 20 minutes.
As a result, some fans came out to expose that Otamendi and Messi were not on the same plane, or even on the same day, and the official media "wrote it blindly".
After the "passport oolong", Messi's "embarrassing journey" has just begun. From the airport to the hotel where Messi stayed, the fans watched from the evening of the 10th to the noon of the 11th, and a large number of fans ran all the way, like a shadow.
Messi originally planned to go to the "Bird's Nest" for training in the evening of 11 June but he was forced to cancel it because there were too many fans at the gate. The fan meeting originally scheduled for the 14th was also canceled. Messi can only be forced to "stay" in the hotel and train in the banquet hall.
Staff of Beijing Four Seasons Hotel: "It's pointless for you to wait here... I hope everyone will get out of this passage."
In order to stop the fans, the hotel even pulled up the white cloth; some staff members "slapped each other" and asked Messi to enter the hotel through the staff passage, which attracted many fans to "swear".
There are also fans who sent messages to friends, jokingly saying "I am Messi", but they were shut down. The operator's reason was: the background recognized "sensitive words", so the shutdown was processed.
Messi's trip to China this time is mainly to participate in an international football friendly match against Australia. The match will be held at the Beijing Workers' Stadium in the evening of 15 June.
News (15) to (17) / Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor : Fan Ming / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/06/13/a103730455.html
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Beijing's military attack on Taiwan will lead to a bitter battle
Image : Mainland Chinese media published an article stating that if the CCP attacks Taiwan by force, it will be in a tough fight, and it will face three major problems that cannot be solved. The picture shows a Taiwanese soldier standing guard. (Jameson Wu/AFP via Getty Images)
After the CCP’s attack on Taiwan will fall into a “four-sided battle”, the mainland media has rarely revealed that Beijing’s military attack on Taiwan will fall into a hard fight, and it will face three major problems that cannot be solved. Experts said that there are two reasons why the CCP authorities made these remarks and lowered the tone of sending troops to the Taiwan Strait.
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Analysis: The CCP faces three major tactical difficulties in attacking Taiwan
Recently, an article on the mainland Zhihu website revealed that the CCP faced three major tactical difficulties in attacking Taiwan.
1. Beach landing operations
This has always been an important topic in military operations, and it is also a difficult point, especially in modernized and informationized operations, so far there has been no successful example.
The article said that for decades, the Taiwan military has made great efforts in anti-landing operations, deploying a large number of weapons and equipment on the coastline, including shore artillery, rocket launchers, and Xiongfeng series of shore-to-ship missiles. The mobile armored force of anti-landing operations can deploy a large number of mines through aircraft and warships in relevant sea areas at any time, and even dispatch fighter planes to carry out missile attacks on the Communist Army's landing fleet.
However, it is difficult for the Chinese troops to completely clean up the defense targets of the Taiwan military. Once the Taiwan military launches an attack on the CCP's transport ships and landing troops, its destructive power will not be underestimated. If the CCP's ships carrying heavy weapons are sunk, even if the landing troops successfully land on the island, it will be difficult to establish a stable beachhead.
2. Street fighting
The beach landing operation was only the first step for the communist army, and the subsequent street fighting was even more of a headache for the communist army. The article pointed out that the Taiwan military is equipped with a large number of anti-tank missiles and rocket launchers, including "Javelin", "Tao" type, "Kestrel" and so on. Equipped with a large number of shoulder-fired individual air defense missile systems, such as the "Stinger", this is a huge challenge for the Communist fighters.
In addition, the U.S. military has recently sent more than 200 active-duty soldiers to Taiwan to train the Taiwan military in combat skills, including street fighting. U.S. officials also proposed to distribute weapons to the people of Taiwan. Obviously, the Taiwan military is preparing for street fighting. How to win street battles is an important issue for the Communist Army.
3. Ensure the safety of logistics supply lines
The communist army had to rely on the mainland for supplies, including weapons and ammunition, food and medicine, and so on. There are two main ways to supply materials, one is air transportation; the other is sea-ground transportation.
In war, the loss of air transport materials is very large, and the loading capacity of transport aircraft is limited. The Taiwan military has a large number of anti-aircraft missiles, which have three-tier interception capabilities, far, middle and near, and pose a threat to the Communist Army's transport agencies.
Sea-to-ground transportation is relatively safe, and the transportation volume is large, but this requires the Communist Army to invest enough guards in material transportation. Moreover, in special operations such as cities and mountains, there are still security loopholes in the transportation line. Therefore, how to ensure the safety of the logistics supply line is a difficult problem for the communist army to face.
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Tang Hao: There are two reasons for the CCP tossing out the theory of "Four Fronts War"
Since the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in August last year, the CCP has escalated its military intimidation against Taiwan. The situation in the Taiwan Strait has deteriorated sharply, and war seems to be on the verge of breaking out. However, recently, a "four-sided war theory" has been bizarrely spread on the Chinese Internet, claiming that the use of force against Taiwan will plunge the CCP into a four-sided war, which is not good for China, and it is trying to cool down the CCP's military deployment across the Taiwan Strait.
The so-called "four-sided war theory" means that when the CCP invades Taiwan, it is likely to be surrounded by four fronts at the same time.
First, fight against the armed forces of the United States, Japan, and Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait;
Second, in the South China Sea, the United States may unite with the Philippines, and even Australia and Southeast Asian countries to attack the CCP;
Third, in the Northeast, the United States may unite with South Korea to attack Northeast China;
Fourth, in the southwest, India may attack the Sino-Indian border while the CCP is in a war situation.
Tang Hao, host of "Crossroads of the World", analyzed that there are two main reasons why the CCP puts out the "four-sided war theory" to put on the brakes and lower the tone of sending troops to the Taiwan Strait.
The first reason is that the CCP discovered that before the war in the Taiwan Strait, they had already fallen into the crisis of "decline before fighting". This is mainly reflected in three aspects.
First, capital flight is accelerating, and foreign companies and foreign capital are afraid to come; second, China's economy is in a downturn, and assets are depreciating;
Tang Hao said that the second reason is Beijing's scruples about domestic and foreign political realities, which includes three aspects.
First, the CCP knows that it does not have the strength to win the war across the Taiwan Strait. If it really misfires and triggers a war across the Taiwan Strait, then Xi Jinping will not only lose Taiwan, but also lose his political power.
Second, the CCP knows that it cannot go to war yet, so it can only keep talking. But after talking about it for a long time, the result is that they dare not move, which may lead to a strong backlash of public grievances.
Third, the CCP is trying to use the opportunity of mediating the war between Russia and Ukraine in exchange for an opportunity to negotiate with European and American countries and lift the blockade.
At this time, the purpose of cooling down the "army reunification" is to create the illusion that the CCP is making concessions in the Taiwan Strait, in order to create more bargaining chips, and at the same time reduce the vigilance of the international community, so as to avoid a greater international siege.
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Chinese netizens "will not fight for country"
In April 2023, when the CCP was clamouring for the use of force against Taiwan, a post saying "I don't want to fight for the country" went viral on the Chinese Internet.
The post said: "If there is a war, I will not go, and I will not let my children go. I am a person who grew up at the bottom of society. No one remembers us in peacetime. I only want to come when it is difficult. What country? When it comes to difficulties, everyone is responsible. When receiving welfare benefits and receiving state treatment, they are not treated equally. Whoever wants to go will go. Anyway, I won’t go, and I won’t let my children go.”
This post resonated with many Chinese netizens, and they all criticized the CCP's rulers for "the blessings are enjoyed exclusively, and the people who are in trouble are taken care of."
Tang Hao said, "The CCP's excessive passion for inciting the war across the Taiwan Strait not only aroused people's resentment, but also aroused people's anger at the CCP's monopoly of power and welfare. Maybe this is what Chairman Xi said, 'asking for hardship'."
News (19) to (25) / Reporters : Ning Haizhong and Luo Ya / Editor : Li Muen / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/23/6/12/n14014721.htm
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Xi reveals that he engages in internal circulation to survive, Experts: Xi Jinping is preparing for the worst
Image : On 12 March 2023, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the Fifth Plenary Session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of Beijing. (Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images)
When Xi Jinping, the leader of the Communist Party of China, visited Inner Mongolia recently, he talked about the "dual circulation" and the localization of semiconductors Cycle is to "survive on your own" under extreme circumstances. Experts said that under the siege of the United States and its allies, the CCP still has big troubles, and Xi is planning for the worst. But the external environment is not good, and the CCP’s so-called new development pattern is just empty talk.
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Xi said that the internal circulation is to prevent others from "surviving" when the door is not opened
From 7 to 8 June 2023, Xi Jinping inspected Inner Mongolia. The CCP’s official media reported on 10 June 2023 that when Xi visited the Central Industrial Park in Hohhot, he demanded to “rely on high-level technological self-reliance and build a new development pattern to overcome technological difficulties.”
Xi mentioned the "various foreseeable and unforeseen storms and turbulent seas" that he has frequently talked about in recent years, and claimed that the domestic cycle must be improved first. When we open the door, we can live and live better ourselves."
Professor Song Guocheng, a senior researcher at the International Relations Research Center of Taiwan National Chengchi University, told The Epoch Times on 12 June 2023 that CCP China's economy has begun to face the turbulent waves. Xi Jinping said. One of the reasons is that after the new crown epidemic, the entire international demand market is quite weak, especially the relationship between the United States and China continues to deteriorate, and the United States' purchase orders from China continue to decline.
"Another reason is that China's internal policies are very unstable. Before the zero-blocking of the city is lifted, many companies could not operate normally, and they withdrew to Southeast Asia and other countries to invest. The weak international demand and the substitution effect on China's industrial chain, China's economy is seriously deteriorating."
After the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020, Xi Jinping proposed for the first time to build a pattern of "domestic circulation as the main body and domestic and international dual circulation mutually promoting each other". At that time, Xi mentioned that the economy "must be internally recyclable". However, the theory of "internal circulation" has been questioned by the outside world, which is considered to be a blockade of the country. The authorities quickly changed the name to "Double Circulation", and then kept switching between "Inner Circulation" and "Double Circulation". But on April 15 this year, the party media published Xi’s internal speech on January 31, again mentioning that the economy “must be internally recyclable.”
Taiwan's general economist Wu Jialong told The Epoch Times on the 12th that all economies in the world must combine their own economic conditions with the international division of labor so that their own conditions can give full play to their advantages. China must also continue to rely on the international division of labor and activate the internal circulation through the external circulation. It cannot go on behind closed doors. "If you are sanctioned, embargoed, or decoupled because of poor relations with the United States, you want to fill it with internal circulation, which is impossible."
He said that CCP China's manufacturing industry, employment crisis, real estate crisis, and local finance crisis are all because Xi Jinping wants to confront the United States, and the United States uses economic means to deal with China. Then a lot of problems will emerge, including the devaluation of the renminbi, capital outflows, and so on.
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The CCP claims that internal and external cycles are not contradictory, Experts: Xi Jinping himself is contradictory
The CCP’s CCTV reported on 8 June 2023 that Xi Jinping stated in Inner Mongolia that the purpose of building a domestic cycle is to ensure the normal operation of the national economy under extreme circumstances, and there is no contradiction with participating in the international economic cycle.
Song Guocheng told The Epoch Times that any country, in addition to the domestic demand market, also conducts import and export trade at the same time. This is the basic principle of economics. Therefore, there is no contradiction between the so-called inner loop or outer loop.
"The contradiction lies in Xi Jinping's own contradictions. On the one hand, he implemented the anti-espionage law at home, and on the other hand, he proposed to speed up the construction of a national security risk monitoring and early warning system at the meeting of the National Security Council, and to conduct national security inspections of foreign-funded enterprises, which increased the high risk of foreign-funded enterprises doing business in China. So, foreign-funded enterprises have been withdrawing one after another.”
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A series of suppression actions against American companies in CCP China shows Xi is worried about external influences
Beijing recently amended stricter anti-espionage laws. While claiming to continue to open to the outside world, the authorities have recently issued a series of suppression actions against American companies in China. Those hit include the Beijing office of U.S. due diligence firm Mintz Group, the Shanghai office of U.S. management consulting firm Bain & Company, and the offices of U.S. company Capvision Partners in various places in China. It also banned operators of critical information infrastructure from buying chips from U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology.
Wu Jialong believes that Xi Jinping is worried that external influences will cause the CCP to lose control. Xi is looking at things from the perspective of power. "He only wants to grasp power, attach importance to security, pay attention to social monitoring, maintain stability, and protect the party and regime."
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The Chinese Communist Party’s technology continues to be stuck, and experts analyze the reasons
When Xi Jinping visited the Central Industrial Park in Hohhot this time, he suddenly mentioned the problem of being stuck by the West. Xi said, "Some countries want to pursue hegemony and monopoly, and they want us to follow them as vassals."
In recent years, due to the CCP’s consistent non-compliance with the protection of intellectual property rights and the theft of technology from the West, the United States and other Western countries have blocked technology, and “chips” have become the most serious “stuck neck” problem.
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The Netherlands plans to stop Chinese students from taking university courses in sensitive technologies while Japan is controlling exports to CCP China
On 12 June 2023, Bloomberg quoted people familiar with the matter as revealing that the Dutch government is formulating legislation to prohibit Chinese students from taking university courses in sensitive technologies such as semiconductors and national defense.
The Japanese government officially announced on 23 May 2023 that 23 items, including advanced chip manufacturing equipment, will be included in the list of controlled exports. The broad export restrictions have China's semiconductor industry concerned that its production of lower-grade chips will also be affected.
In May, on the eve of the G7 leaders summit, the Japanese government invited Micron, Intel, Samsung, TSMC and other major semiconductor manufacturers to expand investment in Japan and organize a chip supply chain that does not rely on China. At the G7 summit, the leaders of the seven countries united unprecedentedly and unanimously targeted the CCP’s economic coercion.
On 6 September 2022, the CCP authorities have passed the "Opinions on a New National System for Key Core Technology Research". In February this year, when Xi Jinping presided over the second collective study of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China, he emphasized the need to speed up the resolution of the "stuck neck" problem in foreign countries.
Song Guocheng told The Epoch Times that many countries are wary of the CCP, and of course there are reasonable reasons to get stuck with the CCP in technology. "Many countries have opened their doors to you, Beijing, and gave you some trade and technology imports. But you use these technologies to develop lethal weapons, and turn back to deal with these exporting countries, and even use high-tech artificial intelligence to attack domestic countries. Ethnic minorities carry out surveillance, and the high-tech imported from the external circulation is used against humanity, and the international community will certainly not assist you based on human rights and humanity."
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Analysis: The CCP still has more troubles, Xi Jinping prepares for the worst
According to the Xinhua News Agency of the Communist Party of China, Xi not only explained that the inner circulation in Inner Mongolia is to survive, but on 7 June 2023, when he inspected the border guards in Inner Mongolia, he asked to "improve the ability of border defense and control, and strive to forge the Great Wall of Steel for the defense of the country. "
Taiwan's general economist Wu Jialong told The Epoch Times on 12 June 2023 it is estimated that Xi Jinping may have made up his mind to support Russia's actions in Ukraine militarily, so as to prevent Russia from being defeated after Ukraine launches a major counterattack. But this will inevitably lead to countermeasures from NATO, Japan, South Korea and other countries, so Xi Jinping made some countermeasures in advance.
Song Guocheng pointed out that Xi Jinping chose Inner Mongolia to talk about "dual cycle" and semiconductor localization, etc. Xi Jinping hopes that Inner Mongolia will develop high-tech industries, especially the optoelectronic industry, to echo its so-called independence or the so-called construction of a new development pattern but now the world is besieging the CCP, and the whole world is carrying out an economic and technological blockade against the CCP. "Your external environment is not good, people don't do business with you, don't give you technology, all your development pattern is just empty talk, just a castle in the air or a beach fortress."
He said, "Xi Jinping emphasizes that the domestic circulation should be the main focus and the international circulation should be supplemented. This is to lock down the economy and pave the way for decoupling from the United States, that is to say, to plan for the worst case of being sanctioned and blocked."
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