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News on covi traceability, CCP, U.S., Mexico, Vietnam, Taiwan
News (1) to (5) / Editor : Chu Tian / Source : Central News Agency / https://www.aboluowang.com/2023/0612/1913119.html
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The Times: Before the covid outbreak, Wuhan scientists and the PLA co-created the virus
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The British media "The Times" reported that scientists in Wuhan cooperated with the People's Liberation Army pursuing biological weapons many years ago. Shortly before the outbreak of COVID-19, they created new virus mutants by combining the deadliest coronavirus in the world and causing laboratory leaks.
Whether the COVID-19 (covid, novel coronavirus pneumonia) virus emerged as a result of a laboratory leak or occurred naturally is one of the most debated questions in science. Investigators' attempts to find conclusive evidence have been hampered by China's lack of transparency.
The Sunday edition of The Times (The Sunday Times) obtained and reviewed hundreds of related documents through sources, freedom of information advocates, and interviewed investigators from the US State Department to outline the clearest picture of what happened to date the appearance of the event.
The hundreds of documents include previously classified reports, internal memos, scientific reports, email correspondence and more. The U.S. State Department investigators interviewed included experts on China affairs, emerging pandemics, and biological weapons who participated in the first major U.S. outbreak investigation.
The "Times" reported today that the Wuhan Institute of Virology has already begun to search for the source of the 2003 SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) virus, attracting the United States to inject funds through a charity in New York, and the top U.S. coronavirus scientists also shared advanced virus manipulation technology.
However, after the Wuhan Institute of Virology collected the coronavirus from bat caves in southern China, experiments on the virus became more and more risky. Initially, the Institute would also make the research results public, arguing that such work would help vaccine development and justifying the risks associated with the experiments.
A novel coronavirus was discovered in the Mojiang mine in 2016
However, events changed in 2016. Researchers found a new type of coronavirus in a mine in Mojiang, Yunnan Province, where some people died of symptoms similar to SARS.
The Chinese authorities did not warn the world and did not report these deaths. The virus is now considered the only close relative of the covid virus known to have existed before the outbreak.
The virus discovered by Mojiang was sent to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and the research results of the scientists in the institute became confidential. "The reporting dossier started to become opaque. That's when the classified program unfolded," said a U.S. investigator.
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U.S. investigators: CCP China planned to make covid virus more contagious to humans
The U.S. State Department investigators wrote in the report: "Although the Wuhan Institute of Virology claims to be a non-military institution, the United States is convinced that the Institute has cooperated with the Chinese Communist military to publish and carry out secret programs. The Wuhan Institute of Virology has represented China since at least 2017. The Chinese Communist military is involved in classified research, including laboratory animal experiments."
The U.S. Senate report said the Chinese Communist military was also awarded a supervisory position within the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
According to U.S. investigators, CCP China’s classified plan was to make the virus found in the mine more contagious to humans.
Investigators believe the scheme led to the creation of the covid virus and its escape into the city of Wuhan following a laboratory accident. "It has become increasingly clear that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was involved in the creation, spread and concealment of the COVID-19 pandemic," said an investigator.
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In 2019, family members of researcher who got sick died
U.S. personnel found evidence that in November 2019, when researchers engaged in related experiments were admitted to the hospital, they developed symptoms similar to COVID-19, and a family member of one of the researchers died. A month later, Wuhan learned of the existence of the outbreak.
"We're pretty confident this could be COVID-19 because they're doing cutting-edge coronavirus research in the lab, they're biologists by training, they're in their 30s, 40s, they're 35-year-old scientists," one investigator said. You don't get very sick with the flu."
Another analysis showed that the initial epicenter of the outbreak was closer to the laboratory of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, rather than the Huanan Seafood Market, as has long been thought.
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Before the outbreak, the Wuhan Institute of Virology was already developing a vaccine
U.S. investigators also explained how they had evidence showing that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was developing a vaccine before the outbreak.
Relevant sources revealed, "I interviewed Asian scientists who are closely related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. They told me that they believed that there was research on a vaccine related to COVID-19 in the fall of 2019."
The Times pointed out that Zhou Yusen, the PLA’s own vaccine expert, had worked with Wuhan scientists to study the MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) coronavirus, and is also working with Wuhan scientists at the moment of the epidemic.
Zhou Yusen came under suspicion because he applied for a COVID-19 vaccine patent in February 2020, just over a month after CCP China acknowledged the outbreak to the world.
In April 2023, Robert Kadlec, who is in charge of the U.S. vaccine research and development program, published a co-authored report, arguing that Zhou Yusen's team should develop the vaccine no later than November 2019, when the epidemic had just begun.
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Vaccine expert Zhou Yusen disappeared as if falling from the roof of the Wuhan Institute of Viology
Zhou Yusen appeared to have died in May 2020 at the age of 54. Chinese media had mentioned his death, and a research report added the word deceased in brackets after his name. Witnesses told U.S. investigators that Zhou Yusen fell from the roof of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, but this has not been confirmed.
The Times pointed out that if a country can vaccinate its citizens against its own secret virus, it may hold a weapon that can reverse the balance of power in the world.
A U.S. investigator said, "My opinion is that the Mojiang incident was concealed because of military secrets, and it is related to the (communist army's) pursuit of dual-use capabilities of virus biological weapons and vaccines."
News (6) to (11) / Editor : Fang Xun / Source: Laoyu Wants To Say / https://www.aboluowang.com/2023/0612/1913181.html
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Tesla asked Chinese battery and component suppliers to transfer the corresponding production lines to Mexico
Everyone knows that Musk, the boss of Tesla and currently the richest man in the world, has just returned to the United States after a visit to China. When many people are still immersed in the joy of the Sino-US trade situation being eased, today In the United States, there is a news.
According to U.S. media reports: "Tesla asked Chinese battery and component suppliers to transfer the corresponding production lines to Mexico." This news has not yet been reported in China.
That is to say, Musk’s next key layout has to be arranged in Mexico. In fact, as early as April 2023, the Mexican Foreign Minister said in a video, "Tesla will build a power plant in Mexico. The world's largest super factory with the lowest water volume."
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Tesla to build the largest electric vehicle assembly super factory in the world in Mexico
Tesla subsequently announced that it will build a factory on the Mexican side not far from the Texas border, with an initial investment of 5 billion US dollars. This will be Tesla's largest electric vehicle assembly super factory in the world.
Seeing this, some friends may want to say that a country like Mexico is not worth making such a fuss about! After all, we have the advantages of uforce and supply chain. This thing cannot be done in a day or two.
This is indeed the case, but the problem is that it has not been a day or two for the United States to deploy manufacturing in Mexico, and it has already achieved initial results.
In the past few days, the American media has also announced that due to the surge in exports from Mexico to the United States, Laredo, a small border city between Texas and Mexico, has become the largest trading port in the United States, surpassing Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.
This shows that the direction of U.S. imports has changed dramatically.
The goods that enter the United States from the Texas port must be from Mexico, which shows that the goods imported from Mexico to the United States have exceeded other goods shipped to the United States by sea.
Of course, some goods will be re-exported from Mexico to the United States, but most of China’s imports to the United States are by sea. Therefore, this shows that China’s exports to the United States have been surpassed by Mexico.
The data also shows that in recent months, in China's import and export data, except for automobile exports, all other export data have been in decline, and the increase in automobile exports is due to the fact that among exports to Russia, the number of cars has increased significantly, so I won’t go into details about this, because you understand the reason.
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Mexico is catching up with the major economies in the area of automobile manufacturing
Let’s talk about Mexico again. Everyone’s impression of Mexico is that they are all drug dealers, and the law and order are not good, but in fact, Mexico has developed very fast in recent years, especially in the field of automobile manufacturing. Mexico is now the seventh largest in the world. Now that there are auto-producing countries, China, Japan, the United States, and Germany are in front of them.
China certainly has the advantages of cost and a complete industrial chain, which is also the wealth accumulated over the years of China's reform and opening up.
However, Mexico also has obvious advantages. It is close to the United States, has a good labour force, a relatively complete supply chain, and their language and systems are close to those of the United States.
Although Mexico is still a developing country, although there are serious social problems such as drug trafficking, the North American Free Trade Area of the United States-Mexico-Canada has been laid out since the Clinton era.
The agreement calls for the cancellation or reduction of tariffs in this free trade zone, the construction or renovation of infrastructure, the expansion of border ports, and the opening of high-speed traffic between the three countries. Although this process is long, it has never stopped. The era of Trump and Biden is advancing. Today, at the border crossing between the United States and Mexico, there are long queues of convoys all year round.
This work has been done for more than 30 years, which is why the port between the United States and Mexico has become the largest import port in the United States today.
At present, all major automobile manufacturers in the world, European, American and Japanese brands have already opened factories in Mexico, and Mexico's current automobile industry chain is also very complete.
Recently, the United States also passed an "Inflation Reduction Act", which increased subsidies for new energy vehicles and other products, but this bill stipulates that as long as the cars produced in North America can enjoy preferential treatment, this is why Tesla has a b big reason to open factories in Mexico.
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Mexico's labour force quality and language advantage is very high
The quality of Mexico's labour force is also very high, and it is younger and there are still a lot of people. In addition, although Mexicans speak Spanish, Spanish is almost the second official language in the United States, and most of them do not speak English too much. Therefore, Mexico's language advantage is also huge.
What is more, although there are more drug dealers in Mexico, for American investors, the overall situation in Mexico is stable, which is completely different from countries like Afghanistan and Syria.
Mexico is so close to the United States, and you can go there by walking from the U.S. Therefore, if there is any trouble, the American soldiers will pass by. Therefore, the safety of investors and property here will not be affected by geopolitics, ideology and uncertainty caused by the impact.
In fact, the current U.S.-Mexico trade is only one aspect of the changes in the entire world trade pattern.
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Many manufacuring companies that export to North America are moving from CCP China to Mexico
Many manufacturing companies that export to the United States and Canada are moving from China to Mexico. This trend started at least five or six years ago, and it is not only simple manufacturing, but also high-tech industries.
Not only the foundries in China, but also many companies from South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Europe are also moving to Mexico, and even directly to the United States.
Not long after TSMC invested in a new plant in Phoenix, the United States, South Korea's Samsung recently also plans to build a new advanced process fab in Texas, which is expected to be put into operation next year, and hopes to obtain subsidies from the U.S. government.
However, the U.S. "Chip Act" stipulates that subsidized operators must limit investment in China, which means that Samsung's original plan to upgrade its semiconductor factory in Xi'an will face huge uncertainties.
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Mexico may be the world's manufacturing centre in the future
It can be seen that Tesla's requirement to relocate its supporting companies in China to Mexico may seem like an inconspicuous matter on the surface, but behind it may be a major issue of where the world's manufacturing center will go in the future.
This question is really important.
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Vietnam's electricity shortage alarm sounds, Apple and Samsung's local manufacturing is put to the test
In recent years, more and more foreign companies have increased production in Vietnam. However, due to the severe drought in Vietnam recently, the production capacity of hydropower has declined. The lack of electricity made matters worse. The Vietnamese plants of Apple and Samsung, which invest locally, are facing a crisis of power outages.
Recently, it has been reported that Foxconn and other Apple’s upstream supply chains and Samsung’s factories have received power notices one after another, predicting that they will implement regional power cuts, or implement power cuts during peak power consumption hours. The Vietnamese authorities are cooperating with the local state-owned power company and hope to discuss countermeasures as soon as possible to reduce the impact of the power outage on business operations.
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The heat wave is coming! Power outages hit Vietnam's catering industry
Reporter : Shuhe / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/06/13/a103730495.html
The heat wave hit Vietnam, resulting in a surge in electricity consumption. Power outages occurred in many parts of the country, and the catering industry was also facing a crisis. Air conditioner sellers are also working hard to find suppliers to cope with the rising demand in the summer in the next few months.
Due to the heat wave in Vietnam, households were blowing air conditioners and fans around the clock, resulting in a surge in electricity consumption across the country, and the power system was unable to load. The local government turned off street lights and changed the business of large manufacturers to off-peak hours. Power outages occurred in many parts of the country and other measures to keep the power system in operation.
People who go out will also choose to eat in restaurants with air conditioning, which also forces restaurant operators to rent large generators to maintain their operations.
Nguyen Quoc Duy, manager of a hotpot restaurant, says, "My restaurant often has power outages, sometimes two or three times a day, sometimes twice in the morning and twice in the evening. Customers complain that there will be no fans or air conditioners running during the power outage, and they cannot eat hotpot. The power outage has complicated our operations, we have lost credibility with our customers and we have lost revenue."
Summer heatwaves are common in Vietnam, but this year's temperatures were reported to be some of the hottest and most extreme. Generator rental operators said that since 29 May 2023, at least 10 large generators have been rented out every day.
Nguyen Dinh Diep, a generator rental business manager, says, "Because of the power shortage, homeowners and businesses have to rent generators from me. Compared with the same period last year, the demand has greatly increased, and the order volume has increased by as much as 70%."
Still, not all households can afford a generator. It costs about US$50 (about NT$1,500) a day to start it up during a power outage, which is usually enough to cover a family of six's electricity bill for an entire month.
An air conditioner seller in Hanoi has also seen a 60-70% increase in sales. The operator is working hard to find an air conditioner supplier, and demand is expected to rise further in the summer months in the coming months.
News (14) to (16) / Reporter : Shang Jing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/06/13/a103730535.html
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Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russian lieutenant defected, Russian army morale low
There have been defections from Russian troops as Ukraine launched its counteroffensive.
In an interview with the BBC on Monday, Air Force Lieutenant Dmitry Mishov, 26, who fled Russia described heavy losses and generally low morale.
"No one in the army trusts the authorities. The army doesn't believe the official report because it's not true," Mischov said.
On the same day, Ukrainian troops recaptured four villages in the southeastern region in a counteroffensive.
In an unverified video, soldiers raised the Ukrainian flag in the village of Stozhev in the Donetsk region.
Ukrainian soldier: "Marines of the 35th Independent Brigade, liberated the village of Stozhev. Glory to Ukraine."
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Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi dies
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi died on Monday at the age of 86. Berlusconi has served as Italy's prime minister four times, and his opposition to communism is one of his clear political stances.
In 2008, Berlusconi boycotted and refused to attend the Beijing Olympics.
In 2022, he warned that the CCP “posed a dangerous challenge to all economically, politically and militarily.”
In January 2023, he even stated bluntly: "The CCP is a systemic competitor of the West in the 21st century and poses a real danger to our future."
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The CCP did not publish the funeral data in the fourth quarter of last year. Analysis: Afraid of cheating
The Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Communist Party of China announced the "Civil Affairs Statistics for the Fourth Quarter of 2022" on June 9, but in this delayed statistical bulletin, it did not release relevant data on cremated remains as usual.
Current affairs commentator Tang Jingyuan analyzed that the disappearance of the data was obviously related to the outbreak and death toll at that time.
He said, "Because the national death data is not isolated, this data is linked to the relevant data of many departments such as pension, social security, and subsistence allowances. If the data of cremated remains is falsified alone, it may go wrong."
Comprehensive report by Shang Jing, reporter from NTDTV
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The new version of the National Defense Response Manual adds a new chapter on "Identification Friend or Foe"
Reporter : Wu Shuwei / https://def.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/4332076 / Image : "Identification Friend and Foe" in the National Defense Response Manual, which publishes the details of the enemy's military uniforms (reviewed from the National Defense Response Manual)
The Ministry of National Defense released the template of the "National National Defense Handbook" in April 2022, which aroused criticism from all walks of life. The Ministry of National Defense has considered the opinions of all walks of life and released the "National National Defense Response Manual" today to provide emergency response for the public and local governments. Compared with last year's version, the "Identification Friend or Foe" chapter is added, and 4 kinds of "enemy clothing" and the details on the clothing are illustrated for the public to identify.
The Ministry of National Defense held a regular press conference on 13 June 2023 to explain the release of the "National National Defense Response Manual" and the 112-year disaster prevention and preparation situation of the National Army. Shen Weizhi, director of the Material Mobilization Department of the National Defense Department, said that the Ministry of National Defense published the "National National Defense Manual (Template)" in April last year. The public has more adequate response information.
Therefore, Shen Weizhi said that he edited the manual with reference to the suggestions of relevant news comments, experts, scholars, and legislators, and at the same time revised the name to "National National Defense Response Manual" to provide the public and local governments with emergency response. It is the emergency response information people need to prepare for safety and help themselves survive.
According to Shen Weizhi, the manual is divided into two paragraphs, "Preparation in Peacetime" and "Response in Wartime", and 14 main titles. Daily preparations include emergency evacuation preparations, air defense alarm notes and voice recognition, recognition of important places around, and mastering correct information.
As for wartime response, it includes situations that may occur during wartime, identification of friend and foe, emergency evacuation and refuge, response to survival on the battlefield, response to communication interruption, medical first aid for war injuries, battlefield crisis management, public response to various types of disasters, 10 titles including the Emergency Response Line and "Additional Sheets".
The National Movement Agency stated that the new version of the manual will integrate air defense shelters, emergency hospitals, distribution of people's livelihood necessities, and shelter and resettlement locations in the APP through inter-departmental planning, so that people can easily inquire, and emphasizes the preparation of personal emergency refuge kits, providing personal temporary shelter, can be Immediately carry the necessary and important materials with you, and add titles such as mastering the correct information, emphasizing that any false information such as the defeat of the relevant country or the surrender of the government during wartime, please the public not to believe it, and prevent false information.
Regarding the "Identification Friend or Foe" section, the Ministry of National Defense's manual shows the identification of the Republic of China's national army clothing and the Republic of China's police uniforms, while on the "Enemy Army Clothing", although the title does not use the title to refer to which army the "enemy army" is, but when introducing the armbands of the enemy army, it is clearly shown that they are the armbands of the "Chinese People's Liberation Army", as well as four types of clothing, summer and winter training uniforms, frog clothing, and training coats, as well as various details on the clothing.
Image : "Identification Friend or Foe" of the National Defense Response Manual, published four illustrations of enemy clothing. (Review of the National Defense Contingency Manual)
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