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News (1) to (5) / Reporter : Zhu Ying / Editor : Yun Tao / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/08/29/a103775788.html
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Shanghai residential nuclear radiation is 976 times that of Tokyo? Scholars : Chinese building materials are unqualified
Image : A broadcaster showed the audience in a short video: A Shanghai citizen tested himself at home with a purchased Geiger counter, and found that the radiation level in his home was 976 times that of Tokyo. (Video screenshot)
The CCP authorities deliberately hyped up the Japanese nuclear discharge wastewater, causing panic. A few days ago, a test in Shanghai found that the radiation level at home was 976 times that of Tokyo. Scholars pointed out that the nuclear radiation of China's building materials generally exceeds the standard but it has not aroused the public's vigilance.
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CCP causes people's fear of nuclear radiation and panic
On 24 August 2023, Japan began to discharge into the sea Fukushima nuclear wastewater that has been treated and has met international safety standards. The CCP then deliberately hyped it up to incite the Chinese people’s hatred of Japan, and at the same time caused the people’s fear of nuclear radiation to rise rapidly.
After the Chinese people snapped up the salt, they have recently snapped up the Geiger counters used to test nuclear radiation. Immediately afterwards, Chinese netizens posted the data of nuclear radiation detected at home, at work, and in public places one after another, causing even greater panic.
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Shanghai resident reports nuclear radiation in Shanghai higher than Tokyo by 976 times
Among them, a Shanghai netizen posted a post and revealed that he was "shocked" by the Geiger counter at home. Because the nuclear radiation value at home is even more serious than Fukushima's 3.0, and it will increase from time to time, the highest value can reach 9.7!
The netizen said, "According to CCTV news data, the nuclear radiation value in Tokyo is 0.01. Comparing the two, their nuclear radiation value is 976 times that of Tokyo. I have headache now, and I want to know if this is a common phenomenon or an isolated phenomenon."
Image : Internet screenshot
The screenshot of the post quickly spread among Chinese online communities, attracting many Chinese netizens to watch. Netizens analyzed and speculated on the possible sources of radiation in this netizen's home. Most of the netizens suspect that the source of radiation is related to building materials or decoration materials.
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Expert : CCP China's building materials have problem of excessive nuclear radiation
A number of Taiwanese media outlets reported the relevant news. Newtalk news quoted Shen Rongqin, an associate professor at Canada's York University, as saying that China's building materials generally have the problem of excessive nuclear radiation.
Shen Rongqin said that the outbreak of the financial crisis of real estate companies such as Evergrande, Country Garden and SOHO China has burst the real estate bubble in CCP China. Now the Chinese people suddenly discover that nuclear radiation pollution does not come from the sea, but from their homes and offices. They are exposed to excessive nuclear pollution every day. They are living in greater difficulty.
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Chinese live in radiation daily and the problem lies in the building materials
Qiu Mingyu, a senior Taiwanese media person, also said in the public TV program "National No. 1 Bravery" that it takes about a year for the waste water discharged by Japan to drift to the coast of China, but now the Chinese people live at home in radiation every day. The problem lies in the building materials. There are more and more unfinished buildings in China. "If you want to move, you might move to unfinished buildings."
Xu Guoyong, former Minister of the Interior of the Republic of China, said that the radiation crisis in China's real estate and construction industry has once again confirmed that information transparency is the biggest difference between democratic country and authoritarian country.
Relevant news quickly spread to overseas social platforms and aroused heated discussions among Chinese netizens.
Images : Webpage screenshots
News (6) to (15) / Reporter : Zhou Guihang / Editor : Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/08/29/a103775647.html
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Anti-Japanese propaganda cooling down? Chinese Communist Party media revealed that many ingredients in Japanese food stores are made in China
Image : On 27 August 2023, in the Japanese restaurant area in Beijing, there was a sign saying "stop selling all aquatic products imported from Japan". (Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images)
The CCP used Japan to discharge nuclear wastewater to incite anti-Japanese sentiment again. As a result, CCP China’s catering industry was severely damaged, and seafood markets and fisheries were endangered. A few days ago, the CCP’s public opinion orientation seems to show various signs of cooling down the anti-Japanese propaganda.
The CCP exaggerated the pollution of seawater by Japanese nuclear wastewater, which led some Chinese to boycott Japanese aquatic products and even all seafood. The business of Japanese restaurants in many places is bleak, and some Japanese food stores staged the scene of "the boss smashed his own shop angrily".
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Chinese seafood are despised and disposed, Chinese fishermen change careers
In addition, online videos show that seafood markets in some areas have also suffered. There is no one in the market, and many seafood produced in China cannot be sold, and they are thrown away after they stink. Panic has also spread to China's fishing industry, and fishermen in many places are preparing to sell their fishing boats and change careers. Netizens ridiculed the CCP's anti-Japanese propaganda for severely damaging their own economy, clearly "raising a rock to shoot themselves in the foot."
At present, the CCP’s official media propaganda seems to have begun to “extinguish the fire and cool down the temperature.”
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Anti-Japanese propaganda cooling down
A report on 29 August 2023 by Shanghai’s official media “Paper News” called on the public not to boycott Japanese restaurants, because many of the ingredients in these shops are actually produced in China.
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Japanese restaurants' food in China are actually "pure Chinese seafood" and cheap fish from other countries
According to the report, CCP China's annual imports of aquatic products from Japan account for less than 4% of the total aquatic product imports. Except for some expensive kaiseki dishes in "Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen", what people eat in popular Japanese restaurants in China is actually "pure Chinese seafood" and some cheap fish from other countries.
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"Japanese eel rice" should be renamed "Chinese eel rice"
Especially the eel rice in Chinese Japanese food stores, since 30 years ago, no matter whether it is high-priced or cheap eel rice, the raw materials are all from China. The brackish and fresh water junction near Putian, Fujian is the most developed eel farming industry and the largest eel production area in the world today. The so-called "Japanese eel rice" in Chinese Japanese food stores is more appropriate to be renamed "Chinese eel rice".
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"Hokkaido sea urchins" come from Dalian
The report also quoted industry insiders as revealing that many of the so-called "Hokkaido sea urchins" in Japanese grocery stores actually come from Dalian, China, because the cost of importing Japanese sea urchins is too high.
A number of local official media reported that after Japan's nuclear treatment water was discharged into the sea on 24 August, the nuclear radiation detectors that were originally unpopular in China were suddenly sold out. However, after many people bought the detector, they found that their own home was the place with the highest radiation, far higher than the so-called "nuclear polluted seawater".
Some netizens pointedly said, "What are you fussing about, what should you eat, what should you drink, what should you do?". Another netizen said that most of the radiation in the home comes from building materials, and in the future, everyone will have a detector, "business in the building materials market will be difficult."
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CCP newspaper demand free return of Chinese cultural relics from the UK
In addition, on 27 August 2023, the party media "Global Times" suddenly "fired" on the British Foreign Secretary who is about to visit China, and strongly demanded that the British Museum return all Chinese cultural relics obtained through illegal channels to China free of charge.
Some Chinese netizens questioned that this kind of historical problem cannot be solved overnight, and whether the operation of the "Global Times" is diverting firepower from Japan's nuclear water treatment incident.
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Continuing to oppose Japan is bad for CCP and the Chinese economy
According to a report from Radio Free Asia, on the morning of the 28 August 2023 Beijing time, among the top 50 most-searched microblogs in mainland China, the topic about Japan’s nuclear wastewater disappeared for a while, and only three messages related to Japan appeared at noon that day. Mr. Zhang from Beijing said that the CCP intends to lower the voice of protest against Japan, because anyone who understands can see that continuing to oppose Japan is not good for the CCP authorities and private businessmen.
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Japanese car in Xi'an was smashed
A few days ago, a Xi'an netizen broke the news that he was driving a Japanese car and was suddenly stopped by "little pink" and smashed into the car. Xi'an Public Security hastily "refuted the rumors", claiming that "this is something that will happen in 2021".
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CCP has a fixed routine for inciting xenophobia
Prior to this, some Chinese netizens pointed out that the CCP has a fixed routine for inciting xenophobia: incitement by the party media leads to intensification of emotions, people blindly boycott foreign products, and then severely damage the domestic economy. "The voice of reason gradually gains the upper hand." Then the CCP It took a 180-degree turn to cool down the xenophobic propaganda, and finally hyped a certain celebrity scandal to divert attention, so that the whole incident could not be resolved.
Image : Chinese netizens ridiculed the authorities for their manipulation of public opinion. (webpage Screenshot)
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Insider: Xi Jinping fears the Western model and faces many difficulties in saving the Chinese Communist economy
Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor : Zhu Xinrui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/08/29/a103775446.html / Image : China's economic outlook is becoming increasingly bleak. Economists have called on the authorities to send money to the people to stimulate the economy and consumption, but officials have rejected it. The picture shows the scene of a job fair in Beijing on 19 August 2023. (Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)
China’s economic prospects are getting increasingly bleak. Economists have called on the authorities to send money to the people to stimulate the economy and consumption, but officials have denied it. According to insiders, Xi Jinping is afraid of the Western "welfare" economic model, and he faces many difficulties in saving the economy, and the longer the waiting time, the more it will accelerate the collapse of China's economy.
So far this year, bad official data has shown that China's manufacturing activity has shrunk, exports have fallen, house prices have been depressed, consumer prices have fallen into deflation, and youth unemployment has hit a record high. Although the authorities have taken some measures, the status quo of the weak economy has not improved in the slightest.
Economists and investors have been calling on Beijing to take bolder steps to boost the economy, such as handing out cash to boost consumer spending. But the CCP denies this "welfarism" practice of Western countries.
"The Wall Street Journal" reported on August 29 that people familiar with Beijing's decision-making revealed that Xi Jinping fears Western-style consumption-driven growth models and believes that such growth is a waste that is inconsistent with his goal of building China into the world's leading industrial and technological power. do not match.
Xi believes Beijing should maintain fiscal discipline, especially given its heavy debt load, the people familiar with the matter said. That makes stimulus or welfare policies like those in the US and Europe unlikely.
Also unlikely are major market-oriented reforms or a loosening of centralized controls on private companies, as authorities remain skeptical of private companies.
In an August 16 article in the party-run "Qiushi" magazine, Xi urged people to be "patient" and stressed the need to avoid emulating Western growth models.
People familiar with the matter said the timing of the publication was deliberate, with Xi’s February speech now being released to counter calls at home and abroad urging the Chinese government to do more to stimulate the economy, especially with regard to the launch of family-oriented, rather than government-oriented programs. Calls for a fiscal package.
Almost at the same time, on 16 August 2023, the party journal "Study Times" also published an article, expressly opposed to distributing cash to consumers, saying that this method is too costly and unfeasible in China.
Bert Hofman, former director of the China Bureau of the World Bank and director of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore, told Huari, "The main reason for not wanting to do this is ideology. Xi Jinping has repeatedly stated that China should not build a Western-style welfare state."
In an article published in Qiushi magazine in 2022, Xi warned local governments against "excessive safeguards" to prevent the country from falling into the trap of "welfarism" raising idlers.
For years, China has been reluctant to expand health benefits and unemployment benefits. According to Hofman, the cash benefits of Chinese households account for only 7% of GDP, about one-third of the ratio in the United States and the European Union.
Observers believe that the current severe economic and employment situation in China, as well as low welfare guarantees, have led to a reduction in the willingness of the Chinese people to consume, and they are more willing to deposit money in banks to deal with potential life crises.
Beijing is still expected to boost the economy with more spending on infrastructure and other key government projects, as well as easier credit. However, many economists worry that these measures will not be enough to revive the Chinese economy.
Qin Peng, a political and economic commentator who pays attention to China's issues, analyzed in his own media that there are three reasons why the CCP's dream of boosting the economy will eventually be shattered.
First, the current inaction of the authorities has increased economic risks. The longer China waits, the greater the chances of falling into prolonged economic stagnation, which could turn China from a reliable source of global growth into a risk to the world economy. The collapse of the Chinese Communist economy will accelerate;
Second, without international cooperation and good relations, self-development behind closed doors will widen the gap between China's economic technology and the world;
Third, this Soviet model, which emphasized investment and neglected consumption, proved to be the cause of the Soviet Union's failure in the competition with the United States. For example, although the computer Internet originated from the military industry of the United States, it eventually developed and became a huge engine for the world to enter informatization, which is the driving force brought by consumption.
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Hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia have been trafficked and forced to engage in online fraud
Reporter : Chen Qian / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/08/29/a103775866.html
According to a United Nations report, hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia have been coerced into committing online fraud. Let's find out together.
Jeremy Laurance, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: "They are victims. They are not criminals."
On Tuesday (29 August 2023), the United Nations issued a report stating that hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia are being coerced by criminal groups to engage in online fraud, tortured and ill-treated, and their human rights have been seriously violated.
Jeremy Laurance: "Hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia are being coerced by organized crime gangs into cybercrime, from love investment scams, cryptocurrency scams to illegal gambling. Victims face a range of serious assaults and abuses, including physical threats, and many torture, and cruel, inhuman treatment or punishment, as well as arbitrary detention, sexual violence, forced labor, and other human rights violations.”
Citing "reliable sources," the report estimates that there are at least 120,000 victims of cyber fraud in Myanmar and about 100,000 in Cambodia. Although women and teenagers are also among the victims, most of those trafficked and engaged in online fraud are men.
According to the report, the annual income of these fraud centers is as high as billions of dollars. Most of the victims come from Southeast Asian countries and regions including China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and some come from Africa and Latin America.
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The CCP demands allegiance to Xi Jinping from the National Grassroots Cadres. Analysis: Precursor of Collapse
Reporters : Zhao Fenghua, Zhang Danxia and Liu Fang / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/08/29/a103775730.html
Recently, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has conducted training for grassroots cadres across the country to learn the so-called "Xi Jinping Thought" and demanded their allegiance to the Xi authorities. However, commentators believe that the CCP regime is unstable and can only conduct political brainwashing and intimidation of grassroots officials.
From 20 to 24 August 2023, the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Central Social Work Department, and the Central Party School (National School of Administration) jointly held a national video training course for community party organization secretaries and neighborhood committee directors to learn the so-called "Xi Jinping Thought" and demand firm support for the so-called "two establishments" and "two maintenances".
Lan Shu, a senior media person and current affairs commentator: "Because all the economic problems China is facing now are rooted in political problems. With the downturn of China's economy, social conflicts at all levels have intensified. The public officials at the grassroots level are exhausted. , They themselves have been under the pressure of this economic downturn. Confidence in the CCP has been seriously shaken."
Lan Shu, a senior media professional and current affairs commentator, analyzed that China's economic downturn and various social conflicts have intensified, and the CCP's political brainwashing cannot save the regime crisis.
Lan Shu: "Many grassroots civil servant organizations in China, especially the township party organizations, have turned into a large-scale underworld. It is actually a kind of interdependent existence of economic interests between it and the Xi Jinping core of the CCP. It does not get enough economic benefits. , it will not carry out high-level political tasks, so it has no other way but to require them to conduct political studies, which is to re-brainwash these grassroots officials, but this brainwashing has no meaning.”
Zhang Jing, the founder of women's rights and fact commentator, believes that this is another campaign of political intimidation by the CCP.
Zhang Jing: "This is part of its (CCP's) intimidation. These cadres from the central to local and grassroots tell you what to do, and if you don't do it, what will be the consequences. So one level at a time. At the bottom, it is a political movement.”
Zhang Jing said that this highlights the crisis of the CCP's rule and is a harbinger of its downfall.
Zhang Jing: "It has too many internal and external troubles, and it lacks a sense of security. So it pays close attention to every link, maintains stability, controls every person and every unit, and uses various means to strengthen their foundation of the Communist rule. They know that it will be over soon, which is a harbinger of being drained. Of course, the CCP is like a big camel, and it will (boil) until the last straw, and it will die slowly.”
News (19) to (21) / Editor : Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/08/29/a103775572.html
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Protests surge in China. Analysis: Civil uprising threatens Xi Jinping's safety
Image : Chinese President Xi Jinping. The picture is a data photo. (Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images)
Under the impact of various factors such as rising unemployment, factory closures, economic downturn, and man-made flood discharges, the CCP authorities are falling into the panic of "civil uprising". Statistics show that recent strikes and protests in China are on the rise. Analysts believe that once the accumulated anger of the Chinese people breaks out, it will inevitably endanger the "political security" of the CCP regime and Xi Jinping.
"Nikkei Asia" reported on 28 August 2023 that according to the statistics of the non-profit organization China Labor Bulletin), the number of worker strikes and protests in China this year has risen sharply, and there will be 830 recorded in 2022. There were 741 cases in the first half of this year.
China Labor Bulletin predicts that there will be at least 1,300 worker protests in China this year.
In response to news of strikes or protests by Chinese workers, China Labor Bulletin will contact local workers' organizations to confirm the incident, and will ask whether workers' organizations have participated.
According to reports, as the U.S.-China relationship cools down, more and more multinational companies withdraw from China, and a large number of Chinese factories close down, Chinese workers' protests will continue to increase.
Another survey suggested that there may be more protests erupting in China. According to the latest China Dissent Monitor report released by the human rights organization Freedom House, between April and June 2023, there were 583 mass protests in China, making the period from June to June 2022 a total of 583. The total number of protests during June 2023 reached 2,803, with a cumulative participation of at least 30,000 people.
Lin Shengliang, a dissident currently living in the Netherlands, said in an interview with Radio Free Asia that the protests recorded in the report are just the tip of the iceberg.
He said: “The reports released by many human rights organizations are very rigorous, so the real situation is more prominent than the report. Especially for the housing issue, when some people organized activities on the streets in many counties, (the CCP) had already nip the incident in the bud."
In November 2022, a large-scale protest broke out at Foxconn in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. Tens of thousands of workers chanted slogans such as "pay us wages" and "protect our rights, protect our rights." Water cannon suppressed and many workers were injured.
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Large-scale protests broke out in Bazhou, people angrily smashed government gates
Since the end of July this year, in order to protect key areas and projects such as Beijing and Xiong'an, the Chinese Communist Party has artificially released floodwaters to Zhuozhou and Bazhou in Hebei, triggering protests from victims of the disaster.
A video uploaded online shows that dissatisfied with the compensation, the villagers of Jinjiabao Village, Wangzhuangzi Town, Bazhou City protested at the Yingbin Building, where the resettlement department of the municipal government is located, and smashed the gate in the early morning of 23 August 2023.
Online videos showed that in the dark night, many villagers gathered to light candles. Someone seemed to be talking to someone who was not there and said, "I didn't see you. They are all plainclothes. If you can't do it, let's make a fuss."
Relevant videos also sparked heated discussions among netizens on the overseas X platform (formerly Twitter). Some netizens said, "The first shot of the Bazhou Uprising!" It’s not easy to overturn.”
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People call for the resignation of the CCP, and the wave of protests spreads at home and abroad
The Sitong Bridge Incident in October last year rarely targeted the CCP as the object of protest. Protesters hung banners on the Sitong Bridge in Beijing, "Reject nucleic acid Want to eat, Reject lockdown Want freedom, Reject lies Want dignity, Reject Cultural Revolution Want reform, Reject votes from leaders, slavery, Be citizens”; another banner called for the removal of Xi Jinping.
Subsequently, this wave of protests evolved into a large-scale "blank paper revolution". People from all over China held rallies holding blank papers, and spread from Shanghai, Nanjing and other Chinese cities to overseas. Chinese and non-governmental organizations in the United States, Britain, Australia, Japan, South Korea and other countries gathered to support China's white paper revolution and the Sitong Bridge warriors. They also put up similar slogans, calling for the resignation of the Chinese Communist Party and Xi Jinping.
Current affairs commentator Zhou Xiaohui recently wrote an article in The Epoch Times, pointing out that the CCP authorities are falling into the panic of "civil uprising". Under the pressure of US-EU decoupling, multi-party sanctions, disloyalty at the top of the Rocket Army, infighting in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the difficulty in boosting the economy, more and more disasters are also causing the people to accumulate anger. Once the anger of the people erupts, it will inevitably endanger the "political security" of the CCP regime and Xi Jinping.
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Chinese snapped up nuclear radiation detectors and found the highest radiation levels in their homes
Editor : Li Chengyu / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/08/29/a103775592.html / Image : Screenshot of Chinese mainland report
After Japan’s nuclear treatment water was discharged into the sea, panic spread in China. In addition to low-priced table salt being snapped up, even high-priced nuclear radiation detectors were sold out. However, many Chinese people who bought the goods found out after testing that their own homes were the place with the highest amount of nuclear radiation.
A Chinese netizen also said that he did not know the accident, and the radiation level in his home was “probably higher than the radiation level in the sea.”
Based on reports from The Paper, Jiupai News and other Chinese media, after Japan's nuclear treatment water was discharged into the sea on the 24th, the nuclear radiation detector, which was originally an unpopular product with a unit price of about 350 to 500 yuan (NT$1,540 to 2,200), instantly disappeared. big sale. According to online shopping hot searches, the search volume for "nuclear radiation detector" has increased by 232% compared with a week ago.
In less than a week, China's domestic nuclear radiation detectors were short of inventory and production, and were quickly sold out. Some manufacturers have sold more than 10,000 units since August, which is several times the previous monthly sales. Some sales platforms show that there are tens of thousands of orders for nuclear radiation detectors that have not been digested.
Chao News reported that Chinese people who successfully bought nuclear radiation detectors took measurements in their own environment as soon as they received the goods. But it was unexpectedly discovered that the place with the highest amount of nuclear radiation was actually his own home.
The report quoted a resident surnamed Xia from a coastal city in Zhejiang as saying that she took a detector outdoors to measure it, and the instrument showed that the radiation level was only 0.06 to 0.08 microsieverts per hour. But when I took it home for a test, the radiation level increased to 0.1 to 0.2 microsieverts per hour.
A person surnamed Xia pointed out that because she lives in a coastal city, she was afraid of being affected by nuclear radiation, so she bought a detector to reassure herself. After arriving, she took a measuring instrument to measure everywhere in the community and at home, and found that the radiation level in the home was the highest, and the figures in the toilet and bedroom were even higher.
According to reports, on the Chinese Internet, many people have shown their nuclear radiation measurement values, most of which are around 0.1 microsieverts per hour, which is similar to that measured by people surnamed Xia. Some people therefore suspect that these nuclear radiations come from building materials, among which tiles and marbles have high levels of radiation.
Some Chinese netizens said that if they want to carry out interior decoration in the future, everyone will probably have a detector to personally detect the radiation level of building materials. "Business in the building materials market will be difficult."
Some netizens on other Chinese online platforms pointed out that they did not know the accident, and once they tested it, the radiation level in their home "may be higher than that in the sea"; What to worry about, what to eat, what to drink, what to do.”
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Medigen covid vaccine technology transferred to WHO. Project leader: to promote the global fight against COVID-19
Reporter : Chen Yongji / https://ec.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/4411970 / Image : Paul F. Torkehagen (left), deputy general manager of the High-end Vaccine International Business Development Division, and Chen Zhengyang (right), the acting spokesperson, held a press conference on the 30th to explain the alliance with WHO C-TAP to publicly authorize the technical achievements of covid vaccines. (Photo by reporter Zhang Jiaming)
The WHO planning unit COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and the United Nations public health organization unit Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) jointly announced on 29 August 2023 that they will cooperate with Medigen to obtain Medigen authorized covid vaccine technology, Paul Torkehagen (Chinese name: Tang Kehan), vice president of the Medigen Vaccine International Business Development Office, said on 30 August 2023 that this cooperation is to speed up the sharing of COVID-19 vaccine technology to promote the global fight against the covid epidemic.
Inspired by this profit, the stock price of Medigen Vaccine (6547) opened today and directly reached the daily limit of 69.4 yuan.
Paul Torkehagen is the project leader of the high-end vaccine cooperation project. He pointed out that the high-end vaccine and C-TAP have reached an agreement to share high-end Medigen COVID-19 vaccine formula, production technology and experience with the world, including personnel training. As the first company in the world to authorize vaccine technology to C-TAP, Medigen is committed to promoting fairer vaccine acquisition and distribution through the C-TAP program, so that more people can be protected.
He also revealed that when he first discussed with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) on co-funded clinical trials of high-end vaccines and the WHO's "Solidarity Trial Vaccine", he made a clear commitment to these two organizations, if If the high-end vaccine is successfully developed, the technology and vaccine will be widely provided to support the global anti-epidemic work.
Since this is the first covid vaccine to be selected, the review process has gone through multiple dialogues and negotiations, including review by the seed committee, technical advisory group, legal experts, scientists and the operating committee. The entire process took more than a year. At the same time, the agreement of partners is also required, such as the adjuvant CpG 1018 of American partners Dynavax Technologies and cell line technology of Thermofisher. In addition, it is also necessary to ensure that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) supplies the active ingredient S-2P antigen of the vaccine.
Paul said that in the future, Medigen will work closely with C-TAP to find potential partners to transfer Medigen vaccine technology and expertise. Interested teams or companies can obtain an Expression of Interest (EOI) through the C-TAP and MPP websites.
Medigen pointed out that this cooperation is expected to enable countries to produce vaccines locally at a lower cost, strengthen supply chains, obtain important technologies for protein vaccine manufacturing, and ultimately provide life-protecting and effective vaccines to better fight against covid.
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Experts speculate that Medigen also passed the WHO solidarity test
Reporter : Wu Liangyi / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/paper/1601992 / Image : Li Bingying, honorary chairman of the Vaccine Promotion Association and a pediatrician at National Taiwan University Hospital, pointed out that the transfer of high-end vaccine technology allows other countries to develop vaccines according to the manufacturing process, which can help low- and middle-income countries obtain vaccines for epidemic prevention. This is good news. (file photo)
C-TAP under the WHO and MPP, a public health organization supported by the United Nations, announced yesterday that a Medigen vaccine factory company in the Republic of China was selected as the world's first COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer to participate in the WHO C-TAP and UN MPP plans. Li Bingying, honorary chairman of the Vaccine Promotion Association and a pediatrician at National Taiwan University Hospital, pointed out that this means that both the WHO and the United Nations recognize Medigen technology, and it can be inferred that the results of the solidarity test have also passed, otherwise they will not cooperate with Medien on technology transfer matters.
Li Bingying pointed out that this transfer of vaccine technology will enable other countries to developcovid vaccines according to the manufacturing process, which can help low- and middle-income countries obtain vaccines for epidemic prevention. This is good news.
China's Food and Drug Administration passed the emergency use authorization (EUA) for Medigen vaccines during the local epidemic, but was discredited by the opposition party and some media, including profit-seeking and corruption. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director Wu Xiumei said on 29 August 2023 that the FDA recruited many experts to participate in the EUA period, all of which were reviewed with scientific evidence. The antibodies are not inferior to AZ vaccines, but many attacks and smears later were not objective. Now the WHO and the United Nations are cooperating with Medigen on covid vaccine technology transfers, which is affirmation.
News (25) to (27) / Reporter : Lin Huiqin / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/paper/1601988
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Medigen is often slandered, but the international must be fair / Public welfare authorization brings Taiwan Biotech onto the world stage, demonstrating the spirit of Taiwan Can Help
Image : The WHO issued a Medigen cooperation technology transfer license. (file photo)
During the Wuhan pneumonia (covid, COVID-19) epidemic, the domestic Medigen MVC vaccine was beaten by domestic political saliva, and now it has passed the test and successfully cooperated with international organizations to prove that the efficacy of the vaccine has been affirmed, and Taiwan has finally felt proud.
What is more, the licensing of this technology is public welfare, which not only brings Taiwanese biotechnology companies onto the world stage, but also demonstrates once again Taiwan's spirit of "Taiwan Can Help" in striving to participate in the World Health Assembly.
Taiwan's market is small, and it has the advantage of momentum and price matching when it loses to other big countries. In terms of international vaccine procurement, the amount allocated is often limited. This problem existed before the emergence of the covid virus. In the past, Guoguang Biotechnology’s flu vaccine was born in the past. The government has continued to purchase it, and the Chinese people have also been vaccinated to increase their protection, and even exported.
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Malicious criticism hinders the development of local vaccines
People from all walks of life agree that domestic vaccines are necessary, but when the covid epidemic hits, countries are rushing to rush for vaccines, and overbuyers have to occupy the quota first. On the one hand, the opposition party requires the government to actively support the local industry to develop vaccines. On the one hand, because of the interests of the election, ignoring the repeated clarifications and rumors of the Central Epidemic Command Center, from vaccine efficacy to contract signing and price, it is a real obstacle to the development of local vaccines.
These slanderous voices continue to be broadcast on various platforms. "MVC" has almost become a joke among relatives and friends. People with allergies even have the courage to stand up and thank the former commander of the command center Chen Shizhong for "not forgetting us a group of minorities." "People" has also been pulled into a malicious operation, and the pressure is passed on to people with allergies.
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To promote biomedicine, politics cannot override profession
There were countless wars of words that dyed white cloth black. The command center team that had paid for the country and the people at that time suffered greatly. The unreasonable Medigen vaccines also became victims of political operations. Until now, the bitterness has finally come to an end. Under the affirmation of the international community, it is confirmed that His own strength also proves that the "MVC" did not suffer in vain, and the belated justice has finally arrived.
If Taiwan wants to promote the biomedical industry to the second "Sacred Mountain of Protecting the Nation", it must agree that politics should not override professions, otherwise there will only be more innocent "Medigen vaccines", and the real victims will be the health of the people rights and interests.
Image : The WHO issued a Medigen cooperation technology transfer license. (taken from WHO official website)
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The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) is a non-profit public health organization supported by the United Nations. Through cooperation with governments, international organizations, enterprises, and patient groups, it signs agreements with patentees for the required drugs and obtains intellectual property rights into patents. Libraries encourage the manufacture of generic drugs or the development of new formulations to make medicines more accessible in low- and middle-income countries.
The COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) is a WHO-supported organization that provides a single global platform for developers of COVID-19 treatments, diagnostics, vaccines and other products to promote intellectual property rights and technology sharing , so that people of all countries can obtain affordable medical and health products faster and more equitably.
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Study: Wearing a face mask may expose one to toxic chemicals
Reporter : Li Li / Editor : Yun Tao / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/08/29/a103775833.html / Image : Mask signs are posted on windows along Roosevelt Avenue in New York, 11 May 2023. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Some people believe that masks are the golden protective equipment against covid but there may be more risks in wearing masks. In May 2023, a study published in the Journal of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety showed that toxins emitted by masks pose a significant risk to the wearer.
South Korean researchers measured the amount and concentration of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by several different masks, including cotton masks and KF94 masks (a disposable mask similar to N95 masks).
It was found that the concentrations of the four VOCs detected in the KF94 masks were 22.9 to 147 times higher than those in other cotton fabric masks. The total number of VOC particles is 14 times that of cotton masks. In some KF94 masks, VOC concentrations reached a threshold high enough to pose a serious risk to human health.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), VOCs are man-made chemicals that evaporate at room temperature and are commonly "used and produced in the manufacture of paints, pharmaceuticals, and refrigerants."
VOCs may cause the following: irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat, difficulty breathing, headache, nausea, damage to the central nervous system and other organs, cancer (in some animal cases, and suspected or known cases in humans).
The researchers found that VOC concentrations fluctuated depending on the ambient temperature and when the KF94 was removed from the packaging. When the temperature rose to 104°F (40°C), the VOC concentration of the KF94 mask increased by 119% to 299%. Thirty minutes after the mask was removed from the package, the content dropped by 80%.
The study authors note that harm can be reduced by reducing the risk.
"Clearly, special attention must be paid to VOCs associated with the use of KF94 masks and their impact on human health," they wrote.
The authors conclude, "Based on our findings, we recommend that each product should be turned on and not worn for at least 30 minutes prior to wearing KF94 masks, thereby reducing the total VOC concentration to a level that does not harm human health."
A 2022 study also cited toxic chemicals found in several face masks, as well as a long list of possible consequences of wearing them.
Mainland Chinese researchers found harmful phthalates in 56 mask samples collected from various countries. Nearly 90 percent of the samples contained potential carcinogens, according to the research published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials. This suggests that unless the types and amounts of chemicals are controlled within safe limits, any benefits of wearing masks may be outweighed by the risks.
Phthalates are widely used chemicals that can disrupt the human endocrine system and affect human health. Exposure to it can cause damage to a person's reproductive and neurodevelopmental systems. While phthalates are said to make masks more versatile and flexible, choosing comfort over safety comes at a high price.
A comprehensive review published in Front Public Health in April noted that both surgical masks and N95 masks have significant negative effects. Adverse effects associated with wearing a mask include: decreased oxygen saturation, decreased minute ventilation, increased carbon dioxide in the blood, increased heart rate, blood pressure, and skin temperature, higher levels of discomfort, shortness of breath, headache, acne, skin irritation, Dizziness.
"Masks interfere with oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide release and impair respiratory compensation," the review's authors wrote. "The results independently validate mask-induced fatigue syndrome (MIES)) and downstream physiological and metabolic dysfunction. MIES may have long-term clinical consequences, especially for vulnerable populations. So far, some mask-related symptoms may be misinterpreted as COVID-19 symptoms. In any case, the possible MIES is in sharp contrast to the World Health Organization definition of health when compared."
The study was retracted a month later on the grounds that "the article did not meet Frontiers in Public Health's standards of editorial and scientific soundness."
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Japan intends to sue the CCP at the WTO, accusing it of unreasonably banning aquatic products
Editor : Li Li / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/08/29/a103775819.html / Image : On 14 February 2021, TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and storage tanks used to store nuclear-processed water along the coast of Fukushima Prefecture. (STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images)
Under the supervision of all parties, Japan discharged the Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the sea. The CCP took this opportunity to incite anti-Japanese sentiment in China. Japan said it intends to complain to the World Trade Organization (WTO) that Beijing has unreasonably banned imports of Japanese aquatic products.
On 29 August 2023, the Japanese government stated that in response to Beijing’s unreasonable and comprehensive import ban on Japanese aquatic products, Tokyo is considering suing Beijing to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to urge the Chinese Communist government to withdraw the ban.
Japanese Foreign Minister Lin Fangzheng said that the Chinese Communist Party's ban on the import of Japanese aquatic products is "totally unacceptable" and has no scientific basis. The Japanese side requires Beijing to immediately withdraw the ban. In addition, Japan will take various necessary measures, including filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization.
At the same time, Lin Fangzheng called on the CCP to "provide accurate information about the water treated by the Fukushima nuclear power plant" to the public, "rather than unnecessarily arousing public concern by providing information without any scientific basis."
Japan's Minister of Economic Security Sanae Takaichi also said on another occasion that if Japan's protests expressed through diplomatic channels have no effect, then filing a lawsuit with the WTO is an option.
Japan's discharge of nuclear wastewater has been approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency for supervision and verification.
This week, both South Korea and Japan released seawater testing data, saying that the radioactive level of seawater after discharge was in line with predictions and did not exceed the set limit.
The International Atomic Energy Agency also stated last Thursday based on test results that the radioactivity level in the triple-state water that Japan intends to discharge into the sea is "far below" the operational limit of 1500Bq/l.
However, the CCP continues to hype the false information about the discharge of polluted seawater in China, and blocks and deletes the real information, inciting nationalism and anti-Japanese.
Recently, Japanese government departments, enterprises and public sectors have been continuously receiving harassing phone calls from the +86 mainland China area code, basically complaining about the discharge of Japan's Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the sea.
According to Jiji Press, the Japanese National Police Agency has received 225 reports of telephone harassment so far, and the Japanese government is trying to prevent such telephone harassment through the assistance of communication companies.
Reuters quoted a spokesman for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co Ltd (NTT) as saying that landline phone users are increasingly asking to block numbers from foreign countries and that the company is in discussions with several other telcos about how to implement the government's request .
The Eastern Division of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co., Ltd. operates in eastern Japan including Fukushima. At the request of the government, the Ministry set up a customer service center on Tuesday to deal with harassing calls from foreign countries.
Reuters quoted Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura as saying, "The large number of harassing calls from China is extremely regrettable and concerning." Yasutoshi Nishimura also quoted Fukushima residents as saying that some harassing calls even went to the hospital, "Now it is a matter of personal safety, please stop making calls."
The Japanese embassy in Beijing and consulates general in various places have also stated that due to frequent protests and harassing calls, the Japanese embassy has increased security personnel to deal with unexpected situations.
On 28 August 2023, Japanese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Masakaya Okano summoned Wu Jianghao, the Chinese ambassador to Japan, and pointed out that Japan had received many harassing calls from mainland China, protested and expressed "extreme regret".
However, the CCP’s embassy in Japan issued a statement on its official website on the 28th, saying that the CCP’s embassy and consulate in Japan received a large number of harassing calls from Japan.
Chinese netizens ridiculed the CCP embassy, "I don't know how to reflect on my own mistakes, so you are beating them up?"
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