Inflight meal onboard Scoot's flight to Vientiane

 Report, images copyright by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

Scoot's onboard meal to Vientiane comes with free juice/mineral water and a snack (cake in this case). Other than these are pre-paid meals at the time of booking.

The best vegetarian restaurant of Bangkok

 Report, images copyright by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

Veganerie (above) is the best vegetarian restaurant of Bangkok. Its food caters to different vegetarians.

Veganerie sells a variety of vegetarian dishes as above and below. 

Kow soi (above) is spicy creamy coconut noodle soup filled with vegetables, mushrooms, tofu and crispy noodle. It costs 169 Baht.

Healthy broccoli cheese soup (above), which costs 190 Baht, consists of broccoli, potato, onion, carrot, nutritional yeast, cashew nut parmesan, pumpkin seed, almond, almond milk and crautions.

Others:

Veganerie (above) is located behind 7-11 on Soi King Kaew 40/2, Bangkok.

Americans must understand the reasons for defending Taiwan

 News on U.S., Taiwan

US think tank report: The US government must clearly explain to its own people the reasons for defending Taiwan

Editor : Fang Xun  / Source: VOA  / https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0330/2037049.html / Image : The Heritage Foundation, an American think tank, released a report on "Why the United States Supports Taiwan." (Photographed by VOA Zhong Chenfang on 28 March 2024)

A new report released by a U.S. think tank said that the importance of Taiwan to the United States is not clear to ordinary Americans. Policymakers in Washington should explain to the American people why Taiwan is very important to ordinary Americans and why it prevents the United States’ primary geopolitical rivals and national security Threat - People's Republic of China - Gaining control of Taiwan is an important national interest of the United States.

The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, released a report titled "The American Case for Taiwan" on Wednesday (27 March 2024), explaining why maintaining Taiwan from being attacked or taken over by China is a national security issue for the United States. Interests and economic prosperity are crucial especially on how to work with Taiwan to help maintain Taiwan's security in a changing region and cross-strait dynamics.

“If policymakers in Washington can’t explain to a farmer in Kansas, a teacher in Indiana, or a welder in Maine how what’s happening in Taiwan will affect their lives, they’re going to have a hard time explaining it. justification for sending America’s treasure, not to mention soldiers, halfway around the world to defend this self-governing island if needed,” the report said.

Taiwan’s geopolitical importance

The report written by Michael Cunningham, a researcher at the Heritage Foundation's Asia Research Center, mentioned that Taiwan is not only a threatened democracy, but its most direct and fundamental importance to U.S. national security "can be summed up in one word: "Geography", Taiwan is an important international maritime transportation route. The first island chain connected with Japan and the Philippines strangles China's throat in and out of the Western Pacific. Therefore, Taiwan is called "the first important node in the island chain" by military strategists. 

"Once China gains control of Taiwan, it will be able to breach the first island chain, positioning it at sea to deny the United States, Japan and other allies, and use Taiwan as a springboard to expand military power deep into the Pacific," "The report said.

Kong Mingshang pointed out at the Heritage Foundation's report conference on Thursday (28 March 2024) that Taiwan is located at an "important node" in the first island chain. China is equivalent to being restricted within its own borders. Although the People's Liberation Army does have activities outside the borders, it still does not have that freedom of action. Now the United States has reached a consensus that "the Chinese Communist Party is the biggest external threat to the United States." Does the United States now want to give China the strategic advantage across the first island chain?

Image : Kong Mingshang, a researcher at the Asian Research Center at the Heritage Foundation, an American think tank. (Photographed by VOA Zhong Chenfang on March 28, 2024)

"China has always been clear that it wants to dominate Asia, that it wants regional hegemony. And the definition of regional dominance is that it has to drive the U.S. military out of Asia in order to achieve that goal. If it gets Taiwan, it will aggressively pursue that goal. So if it wants to have regional dominance, Taiwan is very important to it," he said.

Important nodes in the first island chain and reassurance to Beijing

Regarding Kong Mingshang's statement that Taiwan is "located at an 'important node' in the first island chain," some experts do not agree with the United States' use of this to describe Taiwan's strategic importance to the United States. They believe that in order to prevent war in the Taiwan Strait, the United States It is also necessary to provide Beijing with symbolic reassurances of diplomatic recognition, including not supporting Taiwan independence and not signing a mutual defense treaty with Taiwan. If Taiwan is positioned as an "important node in the first island chain," the United States seems to be implying that it supports both sides of the Taiwan Strait. A position of permanent separation and no support for unity.

Voice of America (VOA) asked Kong Mingshang to comment on these different views.

He said that he actually struggled with this point when writing the report.

"In fact, I hope Beijing can see that we are not calling for a change in the status quo at all. I hope our friends in Beijing who are listening to these discussions will realize that what we are advocating is to continue to maintain the status quo, and that is in their current interests. It is also in our and Taiwan’s interests,” Kong Mingshang said.

However, he said that Taiwan's geopolitical importance does make it difficult for both the United States and China to be happy in the long run. China's acquisition of Taiwan is a major risk for the United States, but China also has its own interests and wants to gain control of Taiwan. .

“That’s why this is such a complex and difficult issue, and it could be a Cold War-like issue, just as we had a very uncomfortable situation with the Soviet Union for decades, we also have to live with a situation that has been uncomfortable for decades, especially when it comes to Taiwan," Kong said.

Taiwan's role in the global economy

In addition to Taiwan's geopolitical importance, Taiwan's important role in the global economy is another reason why Taiwan is important to the United States, Kong said.

He said that Taiwan is not only a major semiconductor production center, providing more than 90% of the world's advanced semiconductors, but also has the world's leading manufacturing capabilities under the "contract manufacturing" model. Taiwan has many "hidden champions" that produce "complex but complex products". "Monotonous" components, such as screws, but if a war breaks out across the Taiwan Strait, many factories, including those in China, may face production stagnation.

Due to the importance of Taiwan to U.S. national security, Kong Mingshang believes that U.S. policymakers must know how to protect national interests.

Maintaining the status quo is the goal

He said in the report that the United States urgently needs to take action to strengthen the United States' deterrent posture in the Western Pacific, arm Taiwan so that it can defend itself, and do so in a manner consistent with Washington's long-term Taiwan policy, including the Taiwan Relations Act, the "Six Assurances" and Under the guidance of the three joint communiques between the United States and China, we will expand economic, diplomatic and military cooperation with Taiwan.

At the same time, he also believes that some hotly discussed proposals, including diplomatic recognition of Taiwan or signing a defense treaty with Taiwan, are not supported by the Taiwan government and may even trigger a military response from Beijing. These are what policymakers hope avoid such a crisis, this report recommends not taking such extreme measures but taking bold and thoughtful actions to preserve peace, stability and deterrence.

"It is particularly important that U.S. policy continue to emphasize the maintenance of the status quo, that is, Taiwan continues to enjoy de facto sovereignty and freedom from rule by the People's Republic of China, and neither side can force a final settlement of Taiwan's diplomatic status - this position Received overwhelming support from the people and government of Taiwan," Kong Mingshang said in the report.

Anthrax cases break out in Laos and can be deadly

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News on disease control

Anthrax cases break out in Laos, Thailand orders surveillance of livestock

Editor : Lu Yongxin / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2024/03/30/a103866325.html / Image : On 21 August 2022, Siphanton, Laos, along the AH 11 highway from Vientiane, Laos to Sihanoukville, Cambodia, a man was seen with a group of dairy cows. Schematic diagram. (Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Images)

 An anthrax epidemic broke out in Laos (Lao PDR) recently. There are currently more than 60 cases of infection, and most of them are concentrated in provinces bordering Thailand and Cambodia. Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on 28 March 2024 orders relevant authorities to closely monitor the status of livestock and the development of the epidemic, and strengthen preventive control at borders.

Anthrax is spread through bacteria in the soil and usually infects grazing livestock or wild animals but it can also infect humans and can be fatal, Central News Agency quoted Agence France-Presse as saying.

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered officials to closely monitor the epidemic and "protect public safety."

Humans can become infected with anthrax by inhaling anthrax spores, eating infected food, or being exposed to anthrax through broken skin, such as when handling infected animals.

According to Lao media reports, there have been a total of 65 suspected cases locally, 54 of which occurred in Champasak Province in the south, which borders Thailand.

"The Prime Minister has ordered the Minister of Public Health to closely monitor (the epidemic), especially in areas near the border," Chai Watcharong, spokesman for the Thai Prime Minister's Office, said in a statement.

The statement also encouraged the public to notify authorities if they notice anything unusual about an animal.

Airport Terminal Pictorial Review : West Air flight PN6562 from Vientiane to Changsha

 Airport Terminal Pictorial Review by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

Images : Researcher's Pictures

Look at the plane-spotter-unfriendly airport of Vientiane! Tourists and passengers are unable to see the aircraft in full-view once they step into Wattay Airport. There is no public viewing gallery at all after clearing the Immigration and Customs queue from the plane. The above pictures show the check-in and boarding procedures for West Air flight PN6562 from Vientiane to Changsha.

Endeavour must be done to find the correct plane-spotting site in Vientiane in order to enjoy plane-spotting experience in Laos.

See also: https://kucinta-air.blogspot.com/2024/03/west-air-launches-flight-to-vientiane.html

Beijing requires Taiwanese to take up Communist courses, CCP's showdown with Liu Yazhou

 Research, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

News on CCP, CAAC, Hong Kong, Russia, disease control, the U.S.

News (1) to (3) / Editor : Fang Xun / Source : RTI /  https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0326/2035195.html 

News (1)

It is rumoured that Beijing universities require students from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau to take ideological and political courses

Image : It is reported that Beijing has adjusted regulations for universities and colleges and will no longer allow students from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan to be exempted from ideological and political courses, military training and military theory courses. (Pixabay)

In Beijing, China, it is reported that universities have decided to allow students from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan to resume taking "ideological and political classes". Analysts pointed out that this should be Xi Jinping's move to speed up the realization of the dream of reunification. It is expected that more Chinese universities will make ideological and political courses compulsory for students from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan in the future.

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Pretending that one country, two systems is no longer a thing

There are rumours on the social media "X" platform that some universities in Beijing have adjusted their regulations and no longer allow students from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan to be exempted from ideological and political courses, military training and military theory courses, triggering heated discussions among netizens. Someone left a message saying that it is expected that the number of overseas students enrolling in this school will decrease significantly. Some people also mentioned that a school in the "south" started doing this a few years ago; some netizens criticized this as accelerating the mainlandization of Hong Kong. They ask Hong Kong people to take Xi Jinping Thought into their bones and completely transform their thinking patterns. The CCP wants to prove to the world "how to transform normal people into non-human beings."

He Chenghui, deputy secretary-general of the Taiwan Security Association and CEO of Taiwan Black Bear College, said that Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan students in Chinese universities were previously exempted from relevant courses. This was because the Chinese Communist authorities wanted to create the so-called "one country, two systems" and thus gave them different qualifications from mainland Chinese students. treatment, and let Hong Kong and Macau go first, hoping to reduce the wariness of the Taiwanese people and attract more Taiwanese students to study in China.

He said that now that China has decided not to act, the Hong Kong government has passed Article 23 of the Basic Law, Hong Kong and Macau have accelerated their integration with China, and the relevant special treatment for Taiwanese students has also been cancelled. It is obvious that Xi Jinping is actively promoting the dream of reunification, which means that Hong Kong,  Macau and Taiwan are becoming like CCP China.

He Chenghui: "(Original sound) This also indicates that he has the same purpose for Taiwan. So basically the unification or their ideology that China advocates will not respect the values ​​of Taiwanese people and your way of life. Then he (Xi) tried to change this value. In fact, the inner meaning and inner logic of canceling the exemption from political courses are as follows. ’

If you fail the brainwashing class, you will not be able to graduate. It is easy to get into your heart and soul.

He Chenghui emphasized that CCP China's education system is controlled by the government. The cancellation of ideological and political courses for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan students by universities is not based on the school's teaching philosophy, but has a highly political purpose. The Communist Party is also very aware of the relevant courses and content. From top to bottom, he expects that other schools will also require students from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan to take ideological and political courses compulsorily, gradually making them universal.

He mentioned that ideological and political courses mainly teach students the ideology of the Chinese Communist Party, the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party’s rule and the proposition of the reunification of the motherland, and denigrate freedom of speech and democrats. Usually, students who fail to complete the course or fail the exam will not be able to graduate.

He Chenghui: ‘(Original sound) You basically have to recite a lot of what he said, otherwise how would you take the exam? If you are asked to recite such a result, it will of course enter your mind. Basically, it is the political orientation, mainly the legitimacy and necessity of military reunification, or justice. It is probably mainly these contents, and then uses rough methods to make you accept "a command and an action". In fact, a certain degree also has the effect of unifying thoughts, telling you not to think about other things. You can only obey orders. After listening for a long time, it becomes your inertia. ’

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Human Rights lawyer talks about the “Counter Effects” of brainwashing

Wang Quanzhang, a Chinese human rights lawyer, mentioned that in the past, in ideological and political courses, the students studied Marxism-Leninism, Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought, etc. the school will strengthen the ideological control of students. Some students may not adapt to it, and some students will be dissatisfied with related ideas. Be alert.

Wang Quanzhang: "(Original sound) It's actually quite complicated. We have come from this kind of education. We may be driven by the teaching system in school and may passively accept some theories. But once you go out into society and observe some public If you experience the incident yourself, you may have some changes and question your original ideas. Is this kind of questioning a necessary process or dispensable? It’s hard to say. It just depends. It is a personal understanding, and some people may find some of their flaws from this, which in turn strengthens their vigilance against this kind of ideological education. ’

He Chenghui said that where each student wants to study is a personal choice, but he reminded that if you go to a country with a special social environment, you should understand the dialectics of the knowledge and information obtained there, and then compare it with relevant information from other places. Think about it again, you must not accept it all, otherwise, if you input wrong information, you will get wrong results.

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Latest report on China Eastern Airlines vertical crash: Did the pilot commit suicide and hit a mountain? 

Editor : Fang Xun / Source : Newtalk / https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0325/2034615.html

According to CNN, two years after a Boeing 737-800 crashed into a remote mountainous area in southwestern Guangxi, China at an altitude of more than 8,800 meters at an angle of nearly 90 degrees, killing all 132 people, Chinese investigators have failed to provide new insights.

In its latest investigation report released on 20 March, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) failed to resolve the key issues that caused China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 (MU5735) to take a turn for the worse, nor did it provide the data in the aircraft’s black box as a key clue to the explanation.

The report only reiterated previous findings that no problems were found with the aircraft, crew or weather before the flight departed Kunming to Guangzhou on 21 March  2022.

The update failed to quell speculation about the cause of the crash, with some questioning why investigators had not revealed the information contained in the black boxes.

The black box recorded all relevant flight data and cockpit conversations, but the Civil Aviation Administration of China did not mention any relevant information. The report added that there were no abnormalities in radio communications and control instructions before takeoff, and no reports of hazardous weather were received.

However, the report failed to respond to outside expectations for black box data.

"If everything is normal, it means that either someone on the ship did it intentionally, or it was caused by a sudden force majeure!" said a message on Weibo that received nearly 28,000 likes.

In its latest investigation report released on the 20th, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) failed to resolve the key issues that caused China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 to take a turn for the worse, nor did it provide the data in the aircraft’s black box as a key clue to the explanation. Picture: X account @AviationWG

In addition, some people said that the reason why the official was unwilling to disclose the air crash was that the captain deliberately committed suicide and took all the passengers on the plane with him, so the plane hit the mountain at a vertical angle.

Image : The last photo of China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 (MU5735) that hit a mountain at a vertical angle in Guangxi two years ago. Picture: X/Tani Feng

Image : A Boeing 737-800 passenger plane crashed into a remote mountainous area in southwestern Guangxi, China, at an altitude of more than 8,800 meres in 2022. Picture: X account @AviationWG

Image : The black box of China Eastern Airlines 5735. Picture: X account @AviationWG

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Signal of major political struggle! The "two forces" within the Chinese Communist Party are about to showdown 

Reporter and Editor : Qin Rui / https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0325/2034864.html

Recently, "Hong Kong 01", which is affiliated with the Jiang Zeng faction of the Chinese Communist Party, broke the silence in recent months with an article "The struggle between two forces is a protracted war." The political insinuations in it are very obvious.

On 19 March 2024, the Jiang Zeng faction published a commentary article on the so-called "interpretation" of the TV series "Ming Dynasty 1566" with the title "The struggle between two forces is a protracted war."

This TV series also has a subtitle called "Jiajing and Hai Rui". All Chinese people are familiar with the name Hai Rui.

On 10 November 1965, Yao Wenyuan's "Review of the New Historical Drama "Hai Rui Dismissed from Office"" was published in Shanghai's newspaper Wenhui Po. This article was regarded as the prelude to the "Cultural Revolution".

It is worth mentioning that the TV series "The Ming Dynasty 1566" was filmed in 2006, not now. Therefore, Jiang Zeng's faction suddenly commented on this, which is particularly interesting. Moreover, the article adopted the CCP’s usual “innuendo” technique.

The whole article has one theme, which is "struggle". There was not only the struggle between the "Qing faction" and the "strict party" in the Ming Dynasty, but also the struggle between the "renovators" and the "conservatives" as Chen Duxiu said.

The article first borrows from "The Ming Dynasty 1566" to talk about "the struggle between the Qing faction represented by Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng and Yan Song, Yan Shifan, Yan Maoqing and other strict parties."

The part where it was said that Hai Rui obviously had something to say, the article said, "In the play, Hai Rui is undoubtedly the embodiment of justice and stands firmly on the people's side. Jiajing gave Hai Rui eight words at the end - no king, no father. "No country, no home"

The so-called "stand on the standpoint of the people" and "no king, no father, no country, no family" seem to be sarcastic and sarcastic to the leader of the Communist Party of China, because it is very reminiscent of the leader of the Communist Party of China's sentence "I will have no self, no self." Let the people down."

The article said, "In order to defeat the strict party, Zhang Juzheng gave advice to King Yu: 'Your Majesty, the short-term pain is worse than the long-term pain. Let's just let Zhejiang be in chaos this time and treat it as a rotten piece of flesh on my Ming Dynasty!" Tan Lun heard this Later, he seconded: 'It's a great strategy, but it only hurts the people of Zhejiang.' Obviously, as long as the strict party can be defeated, it doesn't matter if Zhejiang is in chaos? This is the high-sounding slogan of the Qing faction."

Every sentence in this passage has a hidden edge, and the last sentence is like a slap in the face to the leader of the Communist Party of China, insinuating that the so-called "anti-corruption" of the leader of the Communist Party of China is actually to defeat political opponents, but on the surface it is "high-sounding."

The "strict party" here seems to be an allusion to those within the CCP who miss Deng Jiang's line. There are still many people like this in the CCP today. They are not nostalgic for Jiang Zemin, but for the era when "all the civil servants of the dynasty had green cards and half of the country had beauties." Under the leadership of the leader of the Communist Party of China, they now have to tighten their belts. Therefore, resentment against him within the Chinese Communist Party is growing day by day.

The article borrows from another 2021 TV series "The Age of Awakening", in which there is a conversation between Chen Duxiu and his eldest son Chen Yannian, in which they once again talk about "struggle".

Chen Duxiu said, "The struggle between the reformists and conservatives will never end. Even if another million years pass,... the world will eventually be a world of struggle between reformers and conservatives. At a certain point, the environment will change, and people will The understanding of the battle between the old and the new will also change and even reverse.”

This passage undoubtedly implies that not only does the struggle between the so-called "renovators and conservatives" still exist within the CCP, but it has now been reversed. The reason why this situation occurs is precisely because of the "grand strategy" mentioned earlier that "long-term pain is worse than short-term pain".

In 2022, a series of articles by the Institute of History of the Communist Party of China attracted great attention from the outside world. These articles were seen as overturning the "closed-door policy", the Boxer Rebellion in the late Qing Dynasty, and the "taking class struggle as the key link" during the Mao era.

Song Yongyi, a historian of the Communist Party of China, pointed out at the time that the publication of articles by Chinese historians that criticized the country's seclusion heralded the need to "criticize Deng and counter the right-leaning trend of overturning the verdict."

In the article, the Jiang Zeng faction quoted a passage from Chinese historian Qian Mu in "China's Political Gains and Losses in the Past" regarding the biggest concern of the CCP leader:

"...We misunderstood that all previous political traditions should be overthrown, and indeed all were overthrown. At the same time, we have lost mutual respect and confidence in all traditions and habits."

"But how can we establish the prestige of the central government? ... If we cannot come up with something that the people of the whole country respect and believe in, this work will naturally be difficult."

Most people may not know what this passage really means.

Just look at what the leader of the Communist Party of China said in 2013.

"Why did the Soviet Union disintegrate? Why did the Communist Party of the Soviet Union collapse? One important reason is that the struggle in the ideological field was very fierce. ... Negated Lenin, negated Stalin, ... the thinking was confused, ... In the end, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was a huge party. When the birds and beasts were separated, the Soviet Union, a huge socialist country, fell apart. This is a lesson learned from the past!"

The Jiang Zeng faction is most afraid of the CCP leader, which is to use the so-called "death of the party" to threaten them, implying that if you deny Jiang Zemin, the CCP will inevitably collapse.

The appearance of this article provides new evidence for the political trends of the CCP observed by the outside world.

The Jiang Zeng faction of the Chinese Communist Party has been dormant for several months. The sudden publication of this article with very clear political innuendo seems to represent that the "struggle between two forces" within the Chinese Communist Party is approaching the moment of showdown.

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The whole world was shocked! Is he the mastermind behind the Moscow terrorist attack? 

Editor : Fang Xun / Source : X / https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0324/2034378.html  / Image : Web Screenshot

Asian Financial X Platform: Moscow. ISIS officially stated twice that they were responsible for the terrorist attack on the Moscow Concert Hall. However, the former employee of the concert hall is convinced that the Russian Federal Security Service was behind the attack because Putin needed to recruit troops to occupy Ukraine. He said that Russia has invested a lot of money in the Crocus Concert Hall and ancillary buildings and has the best security and fire-extinguishing systems. It is impossible not to work. Moreover, the Moscow Special Police Headquarters Base is right opposite Crocus. Why did it take 1 hour and 22 minutes to get here? In particular, ISIS official video showed that after killing more than 140 people, the gunmen slowly walked out of the concert hall. Why are they taking their time?

Moscow. ISIS officially stated twice that they were responsible for the terrorist attack on the Moscow Concert Hall. However, the former employee of the concert hall is convinced that the Russian Federal Security Service was behind the attack because Putin needed to recruit troops to occupy Ukraine. He said that Russia has invested a lot of money in the Crocus Concert Hall and ancillary buildings and has the best security and fire-extinguishing systems. It's impossible not to work. Moreover, the Moscow SWAT headquarters base… pic.twitter.com/uSODff11js

— Asia Finance (@AsiaFinance) March 24, 2024

Alex Chen X Platform : Semi-illiterate novices who were randomly recruited and gathered together in order to earn a few worthless rubles without any trace of training were able to calmly operate weapons and shoot and kill hundreds of people. Their psychological quality is stable, cold and cruel. This is not a TV confession. The trembling scapegoats can claim. According to the video taken by the perpetrator of the Moscow terrorist attack released by ISIS at the scene, innocent people were shot, and there were obviously a large number of casualties in the concert hall. A man had been shot and lying on the ground and his throat was cut in a typical ISIS manner. The picture was quite bloody. It is fully confirmed that the terrorist attack was indeed carried out by ISIS, and the murderer has returned safely.

The terrorist murderers at the crime scene acted decisively and calmly. It was obvious that their tactical movements were extremely skilled and their collective actions were seamlessly coordinated, showing the remarkable characteristics of long-term training and living together. However, the Russian official insisted that the murderers were semi-literate people randomly recruited on the Telegraph network. A novice, who gathered together randomly in order to earn a few worthless rubles, without any trace of training, was able to calmly operate a weapon and shoot and kill hundreds of people. His psychological quality...

— Alex Chen (@AlexChe31659937) March 24, 2024

Visegrád24X Platform:

Zelenskyy on the Moscow Concert Hall attack:

Putin is a coward who hid from his own people for a day just to figure out how to blame Ukraine for this attack. 

Subtitles via @wartranslated pic.twitter.com/Dqg93qqare

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 23, 2024

LT Vision X Platform : Now Putin is embarrassed: 1) Before the terrorist attack, Putin publicly declared that the US warning message was a threat. 2) After IS claimed the terrorist attack yesterday, Putin framed Ukraine in front of the whole world. How does Putin explain his poor judgment to the Russians? Perhaps even worse is the fact that Russians think Putin is always right.

Yesterday, IS stated that it was responsible for the Moscow terrorist attack, but Putin just did not believe it. Today, IS not only issued another statement, but also released a video of the terrorists reporting to IS during the concert hall attack. Now Putin is embarrassed: 1) Before the terrorist attack, Putin publicly declared that the US warning message was a threat. 2) After IS claimed the terrorist attack yesterday, Putin framed Ukraine in front of the whole world. How does Putin explain his poor judgment to the Russians? Maybe worse… https://t.co/mptbzubJuM pic.twitter.com/s8Tu3faZj9

— LT Vision (@ltshijie) March 23, 2024

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Attack on concert hall, Putin admitted that IS committed the crime, alluding to ties to Ukraine

Editor: Xia Mingyi / Source : Central News Agency / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2024/03/26/a103865166.html / Image : On 25 March 2024, on the outskirts of Moscow, people saw the flowers left beside the burned Crocus City Hall venue. (Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted for the first time today that "radical Islamists" were behind last week's attack on a concert hall outside Moscow, but implied that they were somehow related to Ukraine There is some kind of relationship.

Gunmen wearing camouflage uniforms broke into the Crocus City Hall concert hall on the 22nd of this month, opened fire on people attending the concert, and then set fire to the building, killing at least 139 people. Currently, 11 people have died due to was arrested in connection with the case.

Image : In this picture released by the Russian state news agency Sputnik on 25 March 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo State Guesthouse on the outskirts of Moscow to discuss the Measures taken after the massacre in the Crocus City Hall. (Mikhail Metzel/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

"We know that this crime was committed by radical Islamists," Putin told a televised meeting, AFP reported.

However, he said there were "many questions" that remained unanswered, including why the attackers tried to flee to Ukraine but Kiev authorities deny this.

"Of course it is necessary to answer the question, why do terrorists try to go to Ukraine after committing crimes? Who is waiting for them there?" Putin said.

"This atrocity may be just one link in a series of attempts by those at war with our country since 2014," he said of Ukraine and its allies.

Ukraine said it was absurd to accuse Kiev of involvement. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned in his night speech: "Putin once again talked to himself, and once again it was broadcast on television. Once again, he blamed Ukraine."

Islamic State (IS) militants have repeatedly confessed to the crime since the 22nd, and Islamic State-affiliated media channels also released bloody videos of the gunmen in the concert hall.

When asked about the Islamic State's claim of involvement, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded on 25 March 2024 that the investigation was still ongoing.

Officials expect the death toll to rise further, and rescuers are still searching for bodies at the crime scene today; 97 people are still being treated in hospitals.

News (8) to (10) / Editor : Fang Xun / Source : Voice of America / https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0324/2034250.html,  https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0324/2034253.html, https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0326/2034966.html

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Deep inside story: Xi Jinping said this internally, Liu Yazhou is completely finished 

Image of Liu Yazhou : Web Screenshot

As the top leader of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping, successfully eliminated Tuanpai members at the top levels of the party and launched a sweeping purge of top military leaders, the treatment of retired Air Force General Liu Yazhou, who has the status of a princeling, has attracted much attention.

Recently, sources once again reported that General Liu Yazhou, the former political commissar of the National Defense University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, who had been arrested for a long time, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption and using foundations to make money. This is seen by analysts as part of Xi Jinping's continued purge of dissidents within the military.

Dr. Wang Juntao, a Chinese political scientist and pro-democracy leader in the United States, recently told Voice of America that Liu Yazhou was sentenced to life imprisonment at the end of last year. Wang Juntao said that he learned the news from an insider and confirmed it through Liu Yazhou's relatives. He said: "I said what will happen to Liu Yazhou? He (Liu Yazhou's relative) said, lock him up for the rest of his life and not let him come out. Did I say sentence? He said it has been dealt with. What did I say? He said life style The question is, what about keeping a mistress? Later I learned that there are also financial problems. How can I get an indefinite sentence for keeping a mistress?"

In late December 2021, news came out in Beijing that Liu Yazhou and his fifth brother, Colonel Liu Yawu, who once served as the director of the Political Department of the Wuhan Base of the People's Liberation Army Air Force, were arrested.

Gao Yu, a senior media person in Beijing, said on Twitter on 18 April 2023, "Domestic websites continue to criticize Liu Yazhou. The main crime is 'hatred of Mao Zedong'. He is arrogant and two-faced. It has nothing to do with economic crimes. All Liu Yazhou's online publications have been removed from the shelves; Baidu only retains articles he published in party newspapers and military newspapers after the 18th National Congress in 2012."

More than a year later, after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 14th National People's Congress of China confirmed Xi Jinping's supreme and almost lifelong status within the CCP and the country, rumours emerged that Liu Yazhou was sentenced to a suspended death sentence.

There has been no official notification or confirmation regarding the circumstances of Liu Yazhou's arrest and verdict. The outside world is not clear about the details and specific date of Liu Yazhou's trial. VOA contacted Dr. Liu Yawei, Liu Yazhou's third brother and director of the China Program of the Carter Center in the United States, via mobile phone text message. He declined an interview with Voice of America, saying, "I won't comment on it."

Liu Yazhou's father, Liu Jiande, joined the New Fourth Army under the leadership of the Communist Party of China in 1939. During his lifetime, he served as deputy political commissar of the Logistics Department of the Lanzhou Military Region of the People's Liberation Army and held the rank of deputy military officer. Therefore, the five Liu Yazhou brothers can also be regarded as the "red second generation" in a broad sense.

Liu Yazhou, like many "second generation reds" of his generation, was one of the lucky ones despite experiencing the Cultural Revolution. In 1968, when the "intellectual youth went to the mountains and countryside" climax, he joined the People's Liberation Army, which was envied by people; in 1972, as a "worker, peasant, and soldier student", he entered a university that was beyond the reach of most young people of his generation to learn English, and met him at Wuhan University. After Li Xiaolin, the daughter of the then Vice Prime Minister and later President Li Xiannian, got married, Liu Yazhou became the top "red second generation", also known as the "Princeling", and became the "Prince Consort"; in July 2012 Yue was promoted to Air Force General, which was very popular.

Bi Ruxie, a writer in New York, is from Beijing. He has lived in a "big courtyard" where the children of high-ranking cadres gathered since childhood. His father once served in the central ministries and commissions. At the end of February 2023, Bi Ruxie quoted a Beijing source "old buddy" online who broke the news that Xi Jinping said in an internal speech that Liu Yazhou had political ambitions. The news broke that Liu Yazhou was "completely finished and has been given a suspended death sentence!"

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Xi Jinping is jealous of the arrogant and unruly Liu Yazhou who is invincible in officialdom, business and love

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Bi Ruxie told VOA that Liu Yazhou is a genius who has to be admired and is jealous of Xi Jinping, who is about the same age as him. "A rare all-rounder. When I saw Liu Yazhou, I was able to remember what Sima Qian said about the kind of uninhibited talent. His talent was like that wild horse that escaped the reins. No matter where he killed, people would be surprised. Also, you will marvel: there are still such people in the world."

At the same time, Liu Yazhou is also a person who is arrogant, unruly and has a high self-esteem. Bi Ruxie said, "Of course we have known Liu Yazhou since his youth, that is, since he was in his 20s, that he was an unruly person. Because his words at that time were completely inconsistent with his age, status, and qualifications. "

On 21 February 2024, the book "Great Power Strategy and Sino-US Relations" compiled by Liu Yazhou won the Best Translation Theory Book Award from the New York publishing organization Borden Books. His brother Liu Yawei accepted the award on his behalf. Rong Wei, head of Boden Bookstore and editor-in-chief of Contemporary China Review Quarterly, told VOA that the award was awarded to Liu Yazhou in recognition of his academic achievements and had nothing to do with his imprisonment in China.

Rong Wei said, "His (Liu Yazhou) personal sentence or what crime has nothing to do with us. We are just because of his books and the thoughts he expressed. Because our independent publishing house specializes in publishing independent scholars who have independent thoughts and ideas. We study the academic works of such people. We are an academic publishing house. Because of his thoughts, including Li Anyou, he is a very thoughtful, a Chinese who can be called a scholar, writer or general. We That’s the way it is considered. Whatever crime the CCP convicts him of, that’s the CCP’s view. In the end, history still has to evaluate it.”

The April 2005 issue of Hong Kong's "Open" magazine published an article by Gao Yu, "Liu Yazhou, a senior strategist in Jiang Zemin's army - the ambitions of young soldiers from the CCP's princeling faction." The article talked about Liu Yazhou's arrogance, "He calls himself: Among soldiers, I am a scholar, and among scholars, I am a soldier." Gao Yu also wrote: "In 2002, he entered the National Defense University to train for military cadres Ban, known as 'Long Ban' in the army, is one of the three generals selected by the Air Force. Regarding this squad, Liu Yazhou made the following conclusions: 'First, although there are still good people in the army who have not come, they will definitely come. is the best. Second, in the future, the leaders of the Military Commission and the headquarters are likely to be selected from these thirty people, or even higher, which is unknown.'"

Bi Ruxie said, "Liu Yazhou is a miracle. He is invincible in all aspects, in all the fields where he could appear in the past, officialdom, business, and love. So people often say that character determines destiny. For his fate today, he may be determined by his character."

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"Wrong opinions about the central government"! Liu Yazhou, unwilling to be lonely, stung Xi Jinping at the symposium

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After being marginalized, Liu Yazhou did not silence his voice. On Christmas Day, 25 December 2018, a video of Liu Yazhou circulated on the Internet. In the video, Liu Yazhou said to the camera: "Today is Christmas. We celebrate Christmas in roadside shops." At that time, public celebrations of Christmas were basically not allowed in China. In the video, Liu Yazhou's voiceover said: "Someone criticized his friend, you read so many negative news on your mobile phone every day, aren't you afraid of a dark mind? This friend retorted and said, Xu Caihou can't help but watch Xinwen Lianbo every day, how come he doesn't see morality? What about nobleness?”

Analysts said that although Liu Yazhou no longer has the right to speak publicly after retiring, he still has not silenced himself privately. In an environment where talking too much will lead to mistakes and "unreasonable comments about the central government" must not be made, Liu Yazhou's speech on the Taiwan issue at a symposium finally angered Xi Jinping.

Bi Ruxie said: "He blatantly offended Xi Jinping. He blatantly said this at that symposium, saying that to solve the Taiwan issue, we need a great commander like Chairman Mao. But the current leader cannot do this. words. This deeply hurts Xi Jinping’s little belly.”

Bi Ruxie said that Xi Jinping would certainly not use personal grudges as a reason for rectifying Liu Yazhou. The most convenient reasons are financial issues and private life issues.

Bi Ruxie said, "The things he did in the relationship between men and women and in his private life are too numerous to describe in one sentence. So it is very easy to make him notorious among the people. Those things about Liu Yazhou they are not made up. He is greedy for money and lustful. The people on the task force said that they did not want to deal with Liu Yazhou's private life, but Liu Yazhou explained it himself as soon as he came up."

Bi Ruxie said that Liu Yazhou himself took the initiative to confess that he had an affair with seven female teachers at the National Defense University, including the "March 8th Red Flag Bearer." Bi Ruxie also said that Liu Yazhou did have financial problems.

Bi Ruxie said, "It seems that he had set up a Li Xiannian Foundation and some kind of World Peace Foundation at that time. He passed through these places and was never idle. He really did a lot of economically illegal things, and this is already a lenient treatment, even if it were ordinary people’s children, 10 heads would be chopped off.”

Bi Ruxie pointed out that these problems are of course just excuses for Xi Jinping to crack down on Liu Yazhou. The economic problems of arresting Liu Yazhou are the same as arresting Ren Zhiqiang because they pose a political threat or challenge to Xi.

He said, "This is because Xi Jinping is a power maniac. He is highly vigilant and will show no mercy to any possible, real or imaginary endangerment of his highest power position, including Ren Zhiqiang who said this was a naked person. The emperors in clothes, whether they are the second generation red generation or the children of cadres, are accustomed to talking without restraint and not knowing where the sky is the limit. The most important thing is that they have not positioned themselves correctly, whether it is Liu Yazhou or Ren Zhiqiang. They have not properly positioned themselves. That is to say, after Xi Jinping officially ascended the throne in 2012, their relationship is no longer that of friends and buddies, but should be that of a monarch and his ministers. Xi Jinping must be treated as a king, and he must be treated as a minister. Such a humble position. Neither of these two people have it, so it is foreseeable that they will be so unlucky."

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Liu Yazhou's life sentence is the same as Li Keqiang's

Liu Yazhou, the retired CCP general who is said to have been arrested and investigated, currently has the latest news that he has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the CCP military court. He is a representative figure of the princelings in the Chinese Communist Army, and initially strongly supported Xi Jinping's rise to power. Now that Liu Yazhou has been severely sentenced, does it prove that the CCP system has undergone some major changes?

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Liu Yazhou was sentenced to life for the same reason as Li Keqiang

Wang Juntao, chairman of the China Democratic Party, said in NTDTV's "Elite Forum" program that he recently learned through a friend that Liu Yazhou was sentenced to life imprisonment for nothing more than economic issues, style issues, etc. The question I was concerned about was why this news had not come out for so long. It should have been reported by the media first, but later I found out that I was the first person to report this news to the media. The second question I am concerned about is why he was sentenced at this time. What is the origin of this?

Wang Juntao said that the second generation of red people actually played a special role in Xi Jinping's big game of the Chinese Communist Party, in the process of his ascending to power and consolidating power. When Xi Jinping first rectified the Jiang faction, he actually had two emperors above him. He defeated both of them, mainly because of the support of the second generation of red. The second generation red generation is the same as Xi Jinping in this regard because the two emperors are not of pure blood. But after Xi Jinping gained power and purged these two factions, he wanted to establish a dictatorship. At this time, he began to target the second generation of red people. As far as I know, he is very ruthless against the second-generation red workers in key departments. For example, all other entrances are open to the second-generation red workers, but the security entrance is very strict. But whether this is done to Liu Yazhou because he is in a key department, we will put this aside for now, but from the perspective of knocking mountains and Zhenhu, the effect on the second generation of red is the best, allowing them to temporarily restrain themselves. But the second generation red was actually not convinced by him.

In terms of controlling the situation, the second generation of red people and the second generation of officials do not have real power. We say the second generation of officials, the children of people like Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji, they do not work in the Communist Party or the government, they work outside To run a private equity fund, of course, you also rely on your father's connections. For example, if Jiang Mianheng did not have Jiang Zemin, how could Taiwan's Wang Yongqing's children do business with him? In any case, the second generation of red people actually eat official meals. Just like the New York Times said at the time, 70% of the people at the helm of state-owned assets are the children of the eight elders of the CCP. This means that as long as the second-generation red generation retires, he will basically have no power.

So I think from this perspective, the second generation of red people who are the same generation as Liu Yazhou have withdrawn from the stage, and they can no longer make any big waves. Does someone like Liu Yazhou still have influence in the military? It can be said from two aspects. One is actual influence. This kind of influence is generally that if you have military exploits, everyone will respect you. The other influence is that you bring out the army. However Liu Yazhou obviously does not have any of these influences. He is a military writer and relied on his backdoor connections. Of course, backdoor connections also have a certain influence in the military, because one of the characteristics of the military is respect for seniority. If you really come from a family with seniority that everyone admires, everyone will at least be polite to you, but None of this stuff works in factional warfare.

I feel that after Liu Yazhou stepped down, as far as I know, the Li Xiannian family has become passive, and more than one person has been passive. So why bother touching Liu Yazhou in this case? We can think so, or maybe because some people have hopes for him, he may not want to do it himself, but people hate Xi Jinping too much, so they have hopes for Liu Yazhou. Xi Jinping may also be worried about this situation. Even if Liu Yazhou doesn't do it, someone will push you to do it because Liu Yazhou has a good reputation, especially in the military and political circles. Another reason is what is said in "Hou Hei Xue", I am not punishing you because you are guilty, I am just looking for a scapegoat, or in order to prevent abnormal movements in the army, I am going to get some people, such as killing chickens to show to monkeys.  This is the case with Li Keqiang. I think Li Keqiang will never touch Xi Jinping, but Xi Jinping must kill him because too many people have hopes for Li Keqiang.

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Xi Jinping’s crackdown on the second generation of red people is the most severe

Shi Shan, senior editor and chief writer of The Epoch Times, said in the "Pinnacle View" that Xi Jinping has carried out a large-scale purge in the military in the past two years, especially those with second-generation red and official backgrounds. An officer with this kind of background seems not to be so strict. Therefore, some people think that Xi Jinping’s approach is to knock on the mountain to suppress the tiger and kill the chicken for the monkey. The monkey mentioned here is of course other generals of the CCP army, especially the so-called princelings or red second generation generals with this status in the army. . Liu Yazhou must have stayed at the National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army for fifteen years. From 2003 to 2017, he was originally the deputy political commissar and later the political commissar. Everyone knows that the National Defense University is a place where senior generals of the Chinese Communist Army are trained. Before and after Liu Yazhou retired, he started to form a research association, and then donated some money from various places. Now it is said that the money raised by his research association is also counted as his personal corruption. Of course, all of us know that this is definitely just a In name, there must be something else behind it.

The second generation of red people are increasingly dissatisfied with Xi, and something big will happen when it breaks out

Guo Jun, editor-in-chief of The Epoch Times, said in the "Pinancle View" that the military has its own culture, which pays special attention to feelings of compatriots and loyalty. Because on the battlefield, your life and death completely depends on other comrades who must fully trust you before you can win the battle. This is the same all over the world, not just in China. Moreover, the highest awards in the military usually reward acts of loyalty, that is, the act of rescuing comrades. For example, most of the highest medals in the U.S. military reward heroic actions such as rescuing comrades. The U.S. military often promotes that it will never leave a comrade behind. , if an army does not have this kind of thing, it is impossible to fight.

Some of the most popular novels we have seen in China before, such as "Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and even Jin Yong's martial arts novels, are mainly about this thing, which is very effective in reality. There are often military coups or military governments around the world, which actually rely on the tradition of the military to rule the country. I think Liu Yazhou has served in the military for a long time. From 2003 to 2017, he served as deputy political commissar and political commissar at the National Defense University for almost fifteen years. I think this kind of influence is very big. It can be said that most of the senior generals have been his students in the past twenty years. Will this lead to various kinds of rebellion against the highest level? In fact, after Liu Yazhou was arrested, the number of purges in the CCP army in the past two years has not decreased, but has increased. I think this can illustrate the problem.

Guo Jun said that the dissatisfaction in the hearts of many people may have been suppressed or hidden, but it will explode at a certain time. The question now is when it will explode collectively. This was the case during Mao Zedong's time. When Mao Zedong was around, everyone remained silent and even expressed their support for Mao Zedong. But as soon as Mao Zedong died, these people immediately took action and then supported Deng Xiaoping. Why is it successful? It was because no one in the Gang of Four was in the army. Deng Xiaoping had been in the army and was the political commissar of the second field.

Guo Jun said that Liu Yazhou's incident actually had a huge impact on the second generation of Red Generation members of the CCP. When Xi Jinping first came to power, almost all factions supported him. This was actually rare. The leftists supported him, the rightists also supported him, the Youth League faction also supported him, the bureaucracy system supported him, and the people also supported him. Among these, One of the biggest supporting forces is the second generation of red people. At that time, 400 to 500 people from the second generation of Beijing Reds gathered together, and they drafted a statement to express their support for Xi Jinping. People including Liu Yazhou, Liu Yuan, Deng Pufang, and Chen Yuan all supported him. Of course there is a reason why this group of people support him, it is because he represents the group of people who are rooting for Hongmiao Zheng, which means he represents the "Zhenghongqi". After Deng Xiaoping's reforms, the CCP ostensibly formed a so-called collective leadership mechanism. In fact, hundreds of powerful families have the power to call the shots in China, which is equivalent to having the status of hundreds of emperors. Therefore, Xi Jinping later revised the Party Constitution and the Constitution to require personal authority and to establish one authority, which is equivalent to downgrading these "red flags". Of course, these second-generation reds will not work. Now they cannot even be ministers. They do not talk much about national affairs. They are not allowed to discuss government affairs or the central government. Of course, these people are even more dissatisfied. Their power has been lost, their interests have been lost, and their status has been lost. Of course they were very unhappy. Some of them can only complain, and some of them are really colluding to change the situation. This is not groundless. It is true that many people within the CCP are collaborating to turn the situation over.

Guo Jun said that basically all the second generation red generation have fallen out with Xi Jinping. Those who are promoted by Xi Jinping will not be considered if they have the background of the second generation red generation or the second generation of officials, especially within the military. We know that Li Shangfu and Zhang Youxia are the second generation of red people. Being investigated or seized of power will actually have a great impact. This group of people has great political energy, so it is difficult to guarantee that nothing will happen in the future, and if something happens, it will definitely be a big deal.

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Will she join the Politburo? Peng Liyuan’s role in Chinese officialdom has attracted increasing attention 

Editor : Li Dongqi / Source : World Daily / https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0324/2034500.html

The role of Xi Jinping’s wife, Peng Liyuan, in Chinese officialdom has come under increasing scrutiny. March 24 is the World Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Day. On the 24th, the National Health Commission rarely released a graphic, text and audio and video report on the homepage of the official website of "Peng Liyuan investigates grassroots tuberculosis prevention and control work in Changsha, Hunan".

According to a press release on the website of the National Health Commission of China, "Recently, Peng Liyuan, the World Health Organization's Goodwill Ambassador for Tuberculosis/AIDS (called "AIDS" in Taiwan) prevention and treatment, investigated grassroots tuberculosis prevention and control work in Dongjing Street, Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan. Deputy Director of the National Health Commission Wang Hesheng, Director and Director of the National Administration of Disease Control and Prevention, and Zhang Yingchun, Member of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, participated in the research activities."

According to a recent report by Xinhua News Agency, Xi Jinping, accompanied by Hunan Provincial Party Committee Secretary Shen Xiaoming and Governor Mao Weiming, visited Changsha, Changde and other places from 18 to 21 March 2024. A video from the National Health Commission of China shows that Peng Liyuan inspected tuberculosis prevention and control work in Changsha on March 20. Therefore, it is estimated that Peng Liyuan came to Changsha with Xi Jinping.

The press release stated that Peng Liyuan and her party first came to the Yuhua District Health Education Center, and then visited the grassroots medical workers at the Dongjing Street Community Health Service Center, learned about the management of grassroots tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment services, and met with tuberculosis rehabilitation workers who came for health consultation. Patients, children waiting to be vaccinated, and parents communicated cordially to learn about tuberculosis prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and other related conditions.

On 24 January 2024, Xinhua News Agency also reported that Peng Liyuan met alone with Mirziyoyeva, the wife of the President of Uzbekistan, in the afternoon of that day. Judging from past public information, it is very rare for the wives of successive Chinese presidents to meet with foreign guests alone, and Peng Liyuan has participated in China's foreign affairs work many times in the past few years.

In December 2023, during Xi Jinping’s state visit to Vietnam, Peng Liyuan, accompanied by Ngo Thi Min, wife of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, visited the Vietnam Women’s Museum and Hanoi National University.

On 28 September 2023, the UNESCO Girls' and Women's Education Award Ceremony was held in Beijing. Peng Liyuan also attended and delivered a speech as UNESCO's Special Envoy for the Promotion of Girls' and Women's Education.

In mid-September 2023, Peng Liyuan also met with Zambian President Hichilema's wife Mutinta, who accompanied Zambian President Hichilema on his state visit to China.

Image : The picture shows Peng Liyuan investigating tuberculosis prevention and control publicity work at the Yuhua District Health Education Center in Changsha. The National Health Commission calls her Professor Peng Liyuan in the caption. (Taken from the official website of the National Health Commission of China)

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Krugman: The Chinese Communist government will destroy China

Editor : Li Anda / https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0326/2035144.html

Krugman, the youngest winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in history, who has successfully predicted the Asian financial crisis, the Enron incident, the failure of Bush's tax cut policy, the Iraq War, the California energy crisis, the process of economic globalization, etc., was recently publishing a series of articles on The New York Times slandering CCP China, shocking the world and dumbfounding Chinese intellectuals.

Krugman believes that CCP China will fall into the trap of moderately developed countries and become an unfortunate country like Argentina, Myanmar, and South Africa. It is about to become developed but unfortunately it continues to fall short, and then fails to recover. Alas, the Communist country has a promising future but is in a dilemma. Krugman believes that CCP China's economic difficulties are caused by inevitable mistakes in the country's system and policies. Although the government has introduced more policies to try to correct it, the results have become darker and deeper, and eventually it is a mess that is beyond control. This is a trap dug by the Chinese Communist regime for itself, allowing the government to fall into it. Krugman believes that the serious problems caused by the Chinese Communist government will be resolved by the Chinese people, and the economy will remain sluggish for a long time.

Goldman Sachs predicts that China’s economy will fluctuate around the 4% line for a long time. 4% is already high enough for European countries that have already entered into high welfare state. However, for China, 4% is obviously not enough. Because China's retired population has expanded 15 times since the beginning of reform and opening up, and continues to expand. It has reached 300 million, compared with less than 20 million 40 years ago. Pensions face a huge shortfall. The Chinese Communist government is at a loss as to how to fill the gap and has no solution.

The previous government made a historic move to abolish agricultural taxes and implement cooperative medical care. The people place their hopes on this government for free education, free medical care, and free elderly care. The public voices are getting louder and louder, but the government has always pretended not to listen. What does he get for free? CCP China's tax revenue is already the largest in the world, fully four times that of India, which has the same population. Taxes can no longer be raised, otherwise entrepreneurs will be forced to jump off their buildings. Tax cuts are a global trend, while tax increases mean business closures. If there is no tax increase, what is free? If it is not free, what will the people spend on it? Stimulating consumption and stimulating the economy is not just empty talk. This is a knot that the Chinese Communist government has tied up in itself and cannot be untied by itself. What the government should do is public welfare, but the Chinese government refuses to do it. Instead, it goes to business, invests, and makes money for itself. Guizhou, China, has always been a backward region in history, and the local government is going crazy. Set up some kind of "urban investment company" yourself and build 30,000 bridges in 10 years. The total number of bridges built in Guizhou since its establishment has not exceeded 3,000. Why do 30,000 bridges suddenly appear? In economically backward provinces, there are few cars running and everything is left idle. It's like a child's feet haven't grown yet, and her mother makes 30,000 pairs of shoes in one go. Isn't this a joke? President Reagan said: "Government cannot solve problems; government can only create problems." The Guizhou Provincial Government is the number one culprit in creating problems for Guizhou Province. There is no forgiveness for all evil.

What does an entrepreneur do? Entrepreneurs are "professional resolvers of all social crises." China talks bad about the United States every day. In fact, Americans themselves talk bad about themselves all the time. The concept of "rising in the east and falling in the west" was not proposed by China's Zhang Weiwei, Hu Angang, Jin Yinan, and Jin Canrong. The Americans proposed it as early as the 1950s when the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union began. But has the United States declined? Has it set in the west? Why has the U.S. economy experienced a soft landing recently? Because the U.S. economy is not decided by the U.S. president, but by American entrepreneurs. American entrepreneurs resolve crises just like pepsin resolves food, or dung beetles on the Australian prairie resolve cow dung. Therefore, there will never be a stupid thing like a poor state building 30,000 bridges in 10 years in the United States. Entrepreneurs need to settle accounts and figure out how to get back the money they invested. He wants investigation, war games, and mathematical modeling. If the result of the deduction is that it cannot be recovered within the predetermined time, the entrepreneur will refuse to invest, and the crisis will be avoided? Why doesn’t the United States still have high-speed rail? Is it because the United States has no technology? Obviously not. Not that I can't, but that I really don't want to. The U.S. government would not even dare to think about building high-speed rail. Because this is market behavior and entrepreneurs have the final say. If you can make money by practicing it, you should have practiced it long ago. After repairing the losses, which idiot entrepreneur would be willing to repair them? The United States has 300 million people, 30,000 airports, and 280 million cars. Flying long distances and driving cars short distances. Why build high-speed rail? If you practice it, you will definitely suffer losses, so you won’t practice it. The traditional railways in the United States are used to transport goods, but they have long stopped transporting people. The United States does not have high-speed rail. It is not because the United States is lagging behind, but because American entrepreneurs say "no." China's high-speed railway ranks first in the world, but it suffers a huge loss, and the people of the country quietly resolve it. Even if you have never taken the high-speed rail once. The Chinese people use their rights such as free medical care, free education, free pensions, paid vacations and many other rights to pay for the Chinese government's decision to build high-speed rail. Entrepreneurs say: "You can't build high-speed rail, it's a loss-making business." This is in the United States.

The government's job is to be the referee and set the rules. The government cannot invest in projects. Whether the railway is repaired or not is a matter of reckoning. This is market behaviour, not political gambling. However, in CCP China, all high-speed rails are built by the government. It has become a heavy burden for the entire Chinese people. Entrepreneurs are the ones who resolve the economic crisis. However, the development of China's economy, excluding entrepreneurs, is the final decision of the Chinese government. Calculate political accounts and ignore economic accounts. Goldman Sachs Group believes that the Chinese government's economic decision-making is very naive and child-like.

CCP China's real estate in 2023 will drop 59% compared to 2021 projects. Investment fell by 9.6%, and house prices fell in 89% of cities. China's deflation in 2023 will fall to the levels of 1999 and 2009. As of the second quarter of 2022, total credit in China's non-financial sector reached US$51.8 trillion, and China's debt was 295% of GDP, the highest level since 1995. China's stock market fell to its lowest level in 19 years, and the government can no longer come up with new stimulus measures. Some people have suggested injecting 2 trillion yuan (about 270 billion U.S. dollars) from the national treasury to activate the stock market. This means continuing to nationalize the economy, since the acquired shares will be owned by the state. This is drinking poison to quench thirst, with endless consequences.

China's foreign trade continues to deteriorate. In 2023, China's imports and exports will decline at the same time. Exports fell by 4.6% to US$3.4 trillion; imports fell by 5.5% to US$2.6 trillion. This is the first decline in exports since 2016. China's trade surplus also fell by 6.2% to $823.2 billion. Sino-US trade volume fell by 11.6% year-on-year, exports fell by 13.1%, and imports fell by 6.8%. As far as the EU is concerned, trade volume fell by 7.1%, exports fell by 10.2%, and imports fell by 0.9%. The only country with a significant increase in China's trade volume in 2023 is Russia. This is a sinful and bloody "trade". Without this so-called "trade", the Russia-Ukraine war would not last a day. Moreover, the gains from this growth and the punishment from European and American countries are not worth the losses to China.

President Reagan said that between the government's own interests and the interests of the people, no government will favor the people. China's fiscal support reaches 80 million people. The first thing the Chinese government must consider is the interests of these 80 million. It spends 48% of the fiscal budget and invests only 12% in education. India's population has exceeded China's by 1.1 million, but its financial support staff is only 18 million, which is 1/4 of China's. India's fiscal revenue is about 230 billion US dollars per year, while China's is 3.1 trillion US dollars, 75 times that of India. It is surprisingly impossible to allocate part of it to provide three exemptions. Why? It's not that I can't, but I don't want to.

The latest report released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2024 predicts that, taking into account the real estate crisis, declining fertility rate, and accelerated population aging, China's economic growth rate will continue to decline, and the economic growth rate will decline to 3.5% in 2028. Without a growth rate of more than 4%, it is simply impossible to maintain normal operations.

Goldman Sachs believes that the economic literacy of the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party is too poor, and they make repeated mistakes in decision-making, which are all embarrassing. This evaluation cannot be wrong, but it is not very correct. It is this political system and economic structure that determines that the Chinese government does not know its own role, that is, it does not know what it does for a living, does not do public welfare, and replaces entrepreneurs every day, leaving its own business. All the money that should be used for people's welfare is invested in enterprises and all is lost. What a stupid government it would take to do this! It's like taking stimulants to improve competition performance. The effect was obvious at the beginning, but the marginal utility became worse and worse, and eventually the athletes were killed. During China's currency reform in 1956, M2 was only 17.5 billion yuan, and it will reach 300 trillion yuan in 2023, an increase of 17,143 times. To develop the economy, the Chinese government does not only print money, but also prints money. It is really a waste of money. The issuance of 4 trillion yuan in 2008 was effective. The issuance of 56 trillion yuan in 2023 not only failed to achieve the expected economic climax, but actually did the opposite and caused deflation. This is the "diminishing marginal effect" in economics, just like taking stimulants to improve sports performance. At first it was effective to take one pill, but then it had no effect after taking a handful.

You always have to pay back when you go out to hang out. The Chinese government (CCP China) has been around for 75 years, running rampant and doing whatever it wants. It's time to pay it back. It’s just that the Chinese people have to suffer.

——Alas, China!

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