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China Customs simplifies procedures and does not require health declaration for entry and exit
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On 31 October 2023, the Chinese Customs simplified the entry process. The announcement stated that starting from midnight on 1 November 2023, entry-exit personnel will no longer fill in the entry-exit health declaration card. However, entry-exit personnel who have symptoms of infectious diseases such as fever, cough, difficulty breathing, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, unexplained subcutaneous bleeding, or have been diagnosed with infectious diseases must still declare to the customs.
Previously, due to the epidemic, the General Administration of Customs of the Communist Party of China required entry and exit personnel to fill in a health declaration system at ports in mainland China from 25 January 2020, including online declaration or on-site declaration. It has been implemented for 1,376 days. However, due to the large number of items to fill in and the cumbersome procedures, it was once criticized by the outside world.
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Li Keqiang and Wu Zunyou died on the same day, and photos of the same frame were accidentally exposed
Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Wu Zunyou, an epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, died on the same day on 27 October 2023. Photos of the two of them sharing the same frame were circulated on the Internet. In the photo, the two appeared together on the eve of World AIDS Day in 2014.
According to public reports, at the end of November 2014, on the eve of the 27th World AIDS Day, Li Keqiang went to Beijing You'an Hospital to visit AIDS patients, AIDS prevention volunteers and medical staff. Wu Zunyou was present at the time and served as director of the Center for STD and AIDS Prevention and Control of the Chinese Communist Party Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
During the epidemic, as a royal expert of the CCP, Wu Zunyou worked hard to support the CCP. Last year, when Shanghai's lockdown triggered a strong social backlash, Wu Zunyou posted on his Weibo, supporting the CCP's "dynamic clearing" and claiming that the results of epidemic prevention "should first be attributed to the Party Central Committee." At that time, Shanghainese living overseas bluntly said that he was inhumane.
In addition, at Li Keqiang’s former residence in Hefei, Anhui, flowers in memory stretched for several kilometers. Wu Zuolai, a scholar in the United States, told The Epoch Times on Tuesday that Xi Jinping has offended too many people. This time so many people mourned Li Keqiang, for the authorities, "it's not just worry, they are fearful, feeling crisis and hostility."
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Shanghai’s “craziest” Halloween group of young people express their dissatisfaction
People’s dissatisfaction with Xi’s administration is evident. This year, the “craziest” Halloween in history was held in Shanghai. In the picture, someone dressed as Qingqing "Dabai" helped people screen quickly from a distance, while someone else dressed up as Lu Xun and wrote on the sign "Studying skills will not save the Chinese people." There are even people who have a chart of the Shanghai Composite Index hanging around their necks and a handful of leeks in their left hand, claiming to be cutting leeks. Now on the Chinese social media "Little Red Book", the keyword "Shanghai Halloween" has been banned.
Netizens lamented, "No wonder the Xi administration always wants to ban foreign festivals"; "An alternative way of expressing the same dissatisfaction."
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CCTV female host died of cancer at the age of 46
Following the deaths of CCTV hosts Fu Dayong and Zhao He last year, news of the death of hosts came again. On October 31, the topic "CCTV host Wang Jing passed away" appeared on Baidu's hot search list.
Du Enhu, a senior Chinese media person, published an article on the 30th, saying, "Wang Jing was suffering from cancer. After rescue efforts by experts and doctors failed, she died in a Beijing hospital at 4:56 a.m. on October 28. She was 46 years old." On the 30th, a memorial ceremony was held in Babaoshan, Beijing. Former CCTV host Liu Fangfei, singer Huo Yong and others appeared.
The article also mentioned that her mother revealed that in March this year, she suddenly discovered that her daughter had cancer, and the cancer cells had spread rapidly in more than half a year.
Wang Jing once worked in the Hai Zheng Art Troupe, was a CCTV host, a leader of the Chinese Communist Party and a foreign president, and hosted large-scale art evenings.
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Blackbirds circling in Tianjin are suspected to be related to the Langfang earthquake
A group of uninvited guests arrived over a Tianjin community at the end of October, causing citizens to express horror. In the morning of 30 October 2023, Mr. Xu from Tianjin discovered a large group of blackbirds circling and singing on the roof of his residential complex, so he took a video and posted it online. He also bluntly said that he had never seen such a scene before. It looked like crows and he did not know why there were so many people suddenly gathered.
The video sparked heated debate, with some believing it to be an ominous omen. Others mentioned that it might be related to the Langfang earthquake. The China Seismological Network officially determined that an earthquake of magnitude 2.6 occurred in Anci District, Langfang City, Hebei Province at 10:01 on October 31, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. However, the CCP has always fabricated data, and the real magnitude of earthquakes may be more serious.
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Israel was “disappeared” from China’s map and map producers were accused of breaking the law
Since the Israeli-Palestinian conflict broke out, the Beijing authorities have been "coldly treating" relations with Israel, and now the country of Israel has been "disappeared" from the map. Eagle-eyed Chinese netizens have noticed that Israel has been erased from the maps of many Chinese companies. For example, although Baidu Maps shows the dividing line between Israel and the Palestinian territories, it does not indicate the name of Israel. Alibaba’s Amap map also does not have the name of Israel.
Netizens ridiculed, "The whole world should be wiped out, and then only one country will be left, to achieve world unification from the map." Others mentioned that this approach is contradictory to the laws enacted by the Chinese Communist Party. In the "Map Management Regulations" No. 664 of the State Council of the Communist Party of China, the authorities clearly stipulate that "the latest map data should be selected and supplemented or updated in a timely manner to correctly reflect the geographical location, shape, name and mutual relationship of each element." Some people criticized that erasing Israel "violates China's laws on maps."
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Real-name system at the front desk is on the way, more than 500,000 fans want to reveal their real names
China's Internet celebrity real-name system is officially on the road. On Tuesday, social platforms such as Weibo, WeChat, and Douyin issued announcements stating that they would promote self-media accounts with more than 500,000 fans to display their real names on their homepages.
Specifically, Weibo said: Recently, self-media accounts with more than 1 million fans in professional fields such as social current affairs, military, finance, law, and medicine must fill in their real names. This will be gradually expanded to self-media accounts with more than 500,000 fans in related fields. , the real name will be displayed at the front desk after the user agrees.
WeChat, on the other hand, is a self-media company with more than 500,000 fans, regardless of field, all must put their real names. WeChat announced that it will guide self-media with more than 500,000 fans to real-name in batches and stages. In the near future, it will first guide self-media with more than 1 million fans to real-name.
Douyin announced that accounts with more than 500,000 fans and publishing content on current affairs, society, finance, education, medical and health, justice, etc. need to have real names.
The real-name system has attracted criticism from the outside world, and many people are worried that it will affect freedom of speech. Some netizens estimate that many big Vs will withdraw from the "Internet arena."
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Female leader of the Evergrande Song and Dance Troupe: She has been reported to the police after being bullied online
Bai Shanshan, the female leader of the Evergrande Song and Dance Troupe who once lamented that she "spent all her youth on the line", recently posted a video in response to being attacked online and reported the crime.
Bai Shanshan of the Evergrande Song and Dance Troupe, "Countless harassing information calls came to me overwhelmingly. I am just an ordinary dance practitioner and have never done anything unrelated to work."
In the official public account of Evergrande Group, a search for Evergrande Song and Dance Troupe found that the most recent relevant news was published on January 13, 2020. It was mentioned that the Evergrande New Year Gala is about to be held grandly. The gala is a large-scale charity gala hosted by Evergrande Group and hosted by the Evergrande National Song and Dance Troupe. In this tweet, the Evergrande Song and Dance Troupe was also introduced.
According to public information, the full name of Evergrande Song and Dance Troupe is "Hengda National Song and Dance Troupe". It was founded in 2011 and is 100% owned by Evergrande Real Estate. The criteria for being selected for the Evergrande Song and Dance Ensemble are that in addition to being young and beautiful, they also need to have a plump figure, a light body, and attractive dancing postures, and they must have majored in folk dance at a prestigious school, etc. And the last step is to be personally interviewed by Xu Jiayin.
Netizens revealed that the Evergrande Song and Dance Troupe is not a pure performance, but provides services to Evergrande senior executives and specific objects. Whenever Xu Jiayin is depressed, he will ask the song and dance troupe to perform exclusively for him to relieve his boredom. In addition, the group acts as "special envoys" and performs at "academic exchange" activities to help Xu Jiayin make friends and expand his career. It can be called Xu Jiayin's public relations team.
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Li Keqiang is cremated on 2 November. The atmosphere in the funeral home is tense. The authorities did not hold a memorial service
Reporter : Tang Zheng / Editor : Li Quan / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/11/01/a103816651.html / Image : On 27 October 2023, the obituary of former Chinese Communist Party Premier Li Keqiang was played on a screen outside a shopping mall in Beijing. (Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images)
The body of former Chinese Communist Party Premier Li Keqiang is cremated in Beijing on November 2. There are reports that the atmosphere near the Babaoshan Funeral Home in Beijing is currently tense on the eve of the cremation, with a large number of police officers deployed to maintain security and randomly check the identities of passers-by. Li Keqiang's funeral is expected to be cremated at Babaoshan Funeral Home but the authorities will not hold a memorial service.
On 27 October 2023, the 68-year-old former Premier of the Communist Party of China Li Keqiang died suddenly in Shanghai. On the same day, his body was transported from Shanghai to Beijing 301 Hospital by a special plane. On October 31, officials announced that his body would be cremated in Beijing on 2 November 2023.
According to a report by "ETtoday" on October 31, a reporter visited the Babaoshan Funeral Home in Beijing and found that police forces began to be deployed in the surrounding areas. There were security guards at every intersection, police cars parked, and plainclothes officers randomly checked the identities of passers-by. They were informed that "recently If you want to hold an event, control the surrounding area and don’t walk around at will.”
Reports indicate that the atmosphere outside the funeral home was serious, with many Chinese Communist Party police and gunmen standing at the surrounding intersections. Inside, many people wearing black jackets shuttled back and forth, gathering to discuss matters, and it seemed that the venue had already begun to be set up. Even the Babaoshan Martyrs Cemetery, which is located next to the funeral parlor, is not allowed to the general public and requires relevant documents to enter.
Regarding Li Keqiang’s political evaluation, the Chinese Communist Party officially stated that Li Keqiang is an “outstanding proletarian revolutionary and statesman” and “an outstanding leader” of the Chinese Communist Party. This is the same assessment as former Prime Minister Li Peng.
In accordance with past funeral standards for former leaders of the Communist Party of China who have passed away, Li Keqiang's body will be cremated at Babaoshan Cemetery in Beijing, and a farewell ceremony will be held. Compared with the funerals of former National People's Congress Chairman Li Peng, Wan Li, Qiao Shi and others, Xi Jinping and other leaders of the Communist Party of China were present to bid farewell. According to common practice, except for "core" figures, other senior officials at the national level do not hold memorial services and do not set up funeral committees.
Coincidentally, the Beijing authorities issued a yellow air pollution alert that lasted until 2 November which happened to be the same day as Li Keqiang’s cremation day, triggering heated discussions: “What is this for?” “Air pollution can be controlled by humans, only the devil can do!"
In the evening of 29 October, Beijing issued an important reminder: From 12:00 on 30 October to 12 am on 2 November 2023, a moderate PM2.5 pollution process will occur in Beijing. Therefore, an orange warning for heavy air pollution will be activated and roads will be closed. Lines will be limited.
Beijing authorities advise citizens to reduce travel as much as possible. At the same time, primary and secondary schools, secondary vocational schools, and kindergartens were ordered to reduce or stop outdoor activities according to the situation, and construction sites and enterprises were ordered to take emergency measures.
After Li Keqiang's death, the Chinese Communist Party authorities ordered the Chinese people to ban public activities for a week, and asked universities to cancel club activities and not to gather to mourn. At the same time, Li Keqiang’s relevant discussions on the Internet are strictly controlled.
The Chinese Communist Party officially stated that Li Keqiang died of a "sudden heart attack", but the outside world generally questioned this explanation, and various conspiracy theories continued to arise.
On 30 October 2023, Gu Wanming, a member of the Communist Party of China and a retired former Xinhua News Agency reporter, issued an open letter calling on the authorities to stop arranging for the cremation of the body and other four major demands. He first investigated the cause of Li Keqiang's death and dug out "careerists."
Huang Liang (pseudonym), a former mainland media person, told The Epoch Times on 31 October 2023 that the reason why people reacted strongly to Li Keqiang’s death was because of the economic downturn and difficult life. People are dissatisfied with many policies in today's society and want to use this matter to vent their anger.
Ian Johnson, a former Wall Street Journal reporter in China, wrote that, at the very least, Li Keqiang’s death may be viewed by many in China as another sign that something strange is happening at the top, and that Xi Jinping’s second decade in power will be more complicated than before. His first decade was much harder.
Ian believes that Li Keqiang's death is unlikely to change the power dynamics of the CCP’s top leadership but his death leaves an opportunity for people to criticize Xi Jinping.
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Li Keqiang's death sets off "revolution in memory", experts reveal Xi Jinping's new crisis
Editor : Tang Zheng / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/11/01/a103816641.html / Image : On 27 October 2023, a man laid flowers in front of the hometown of former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Dingyuan County, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province. (Rebecca Bailey/AFP via Getty Images)
Li Keqiang, the former Prime Minister of the Communist Party of China, passed away suddenly. A large number of people went to Li Keqiang’s former residence to lay flowers. Some experts pointed out that a large number of people spontaneously went to mourn, setting off a new "common people's revolution" to vent their dissatisfaction with the authorities. At the same time, no one believes what the CCP says now, which has created a new political crisis for Xi Jinping.
On 27 October, the Chinese Communist Party officially stated that Li Keqiang died of a sudden heart attack during his recent "rest in Shanghai" at the age of 68. At the same time, Li Keqiang's body is cremated in Beijing on 2 November 2023.
After Li Keqiang's death, the Chinese Communist Party authorities implemented "stability maintenance" controls, prohibiting people from gathering to commemorate Li Keqiang, and blocking relevant speeches on the Internet. Some people said that the short video platform Douyin restricted the viewing and comments of related videos.
In the past few days, the Chinese Communist Party officials have only opened Li Keqiang's former residence in Hefei, Anhui Province, and Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province where he once worked, for outsiders to mourn. However, there was a huge crowd of people going to mourn, and there were mountains of "memorial flowers." In addition, there were also memorial activities at Li Keqiang’s ancestral home in Dingyuan County, Chuzhou, Anhui Province.
Multiple videos circulated online showed that a large number of plainclothes police officers and people wearing blue shirts appeared at Li Keqiang's former residence in Hefei to monitor or "maintain order" on people who came to pay homage.
On 30 October 2023 Akio Yaita, director of the Taipei branch of Japan's Sankei Shimbun, posted on Facebook that in the past few days, more and more people across China have spontaneously mourned Li Keqiang, which has aroused the official alert of the Chinese Communist Party.
Akio Yaita believes that Li Keqiang has held a high position in recent years, but he has not done much. The main reason why his death caused so much commotion was to vent his dissatisfaction with the authorities.
Akio Yaita said that in commemorating Li Keqiang this time, everyone also understood that Li Keqiang only told a few truths at most. In terms of political performance, he is not a "virtuous minister" at all. However, what he assisted was an out-and-out "faint king".
Since ancient times, there have been few virtuous ministers, but weak kings have often appeared. It is an excuse for everyone to miss the virtuous minister, and "venting their dissatisfaction with the foolish emperor" is the real purpose.
Yaita Akio said that it is recorded in "Historical Records" that Chen Sheng said when he rose up in Daze Township, "The world has been suffering from Qin for a long time." In the past few days, people in Anhui, Henan, Beijing and other places have spontaneously paid tribute to Li Keqiang, ignoring the authorities' ban. "I guess what they are trying to say is, 'The world has been suffering for a long time.'"
As we all know, Li Keqiang is the weakest prime minister in the history of the Chinese Communist Party and the shortest-lived prime minister. Due to years of rumors of discord between Xi and Li, various conspiracy theories have been rampant since Li Keqiang's death.
Song Guocheng, a Taiwanese China issues and international strategist, published an article in "Shangbao" saying that the reason why there are different opinions and rumours about the cause of Li Keqiang's death is because people do not believe the "official announcement" and do not believe that Li Keqiang died a normal death. Therefore, the common people "would rather believe that something is true than something that is not true" and acquiesce that Xi Jinping may be the mastermind behind it. This will inevitably lead to "Xi Jinping's crisis of trust", that is, giving Xi Jinping the "most negative evaluation."
Song Guocheng said that this is the so-called "Tacitus Trap" in political science. No matter what the CCP says, the people just don't believe it.There is a saying in "Zhuangzi . Zaiyou": "The weather is not harmonious, and the earth's energy is depressed." This scene of the world being at odds can exactly describe Xi Jinping's political crisis. In the eyes of the Chinese people, the so-called "Xi Jinping's political crisis" means that Xi Jinping eats ideology! Treat the Chinese people like leeks!
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