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A suspected nuclear leak occurred on the China-Russia border, and the CCP’s mouthpieces collectively fell silent
Reporter : Li Chengyu / Editor : Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2024/04/08/a103869375.html / Image : In April 2024, Russia's Khabarovsk officially announced the discovery of a "radioactive source," but the CCP central-level party media kept silent. Left: A video of the discovery of nuclear radiation in Khabarovsk spread online. Right: Weibo netizens mock the Chinese Communist Party media. (webpage Screenshot)
A nuclear leak was suspected in the Russian city of Khabarovsk (Kaboli) across the river from Heilongjiang, and the central-level mouthpieces of the Chinese Communist Party collectively fell silent. Netizens ridiculed, "As long as they are not from Japan, Russian fathers and North Koreans can accept nuclear radiation."
On 5 April 2024, the Russian official media TASS reported that a high radiation index was detected in the Khabarovsk region in Russia's Far East, and the authorities have declared a state of emergency.
Khabarovsk authorities claimed that "elevated radiation levels were detected" near a transmission tower about 2.5 kilometers away from a residential building.
Russian state media stated that the radioactive source "had been removed and placed in a protective container" and "transported to a radioactive waste storage facility."
According to a report from Metro, a video posted online showed a man wearing a nuclear protective mask holding a radiation detector in the dark and walking through a "garbage dump." The reading rises rapidly and an alarm sounds. The highest reading visible on the screen is 5.99.
However, the man stated in the video that the reading was 20, saying that this number is enough to increase the risk of cancer, damage DNA, cause fetal damage and threaten the health of children.
Khabarovsk was originally a Chinese territory, formerly known as Boli, and its indigenous people are all Chinese. Later, Tsarist Russia invaded and occupied this area and forced the Qing government to cede it to Russia through unequal treaties.
Khabarovsk is now used by Russia as a storage site for radioactive nuclear waste. The city faces China's Heilongjiang Province across the Heilongjiang River. It is only 25 km away from the Sino-Russian border in a straight line and only 56 km away from the nearest Chinese city, Fuyuan. After the news broke, Chinese netizens worried that a nuclear leak in Khabarovsk would threaten the security of Northeast China.
"Metropolitan Daily" reported that as early as 28 March 2024, Khabarovsk residents reported the situation to Russia's special departments, but it took the authorities up to a week to declare a state of emergency.
The reaction of the Chinese Communist Party media was as "slow" as that of the Russian officialdom.
As early as 5 April 2024, some Chinese self-media translated relevant reports from foreign media, triggering heated discussions among Chinese netizens but until 8 April, the CCP central-level party media still turned a blind eye and did not report the matter. Only on the 8th did Henan local party media "Top News" publish a report, but the tone was to "maintain stability" for Russian and Chinese officials, claiming that the radiation source in Khabarovsk "does not affect residents' lives" and "does not affect China's border" and so on.
However, many Weibo netizens did not buy it and pointed out that the report was "released only after being unable to contain it." Netizens also ridiculed the Chinese Communist Party’s media for “selectively” reporting on nuclear leaks from Japan, Russia and North Korea: “Don’t be afraid, it’s not a small thing, it has no impact”, “It needs to be selective”, “It can be prevented and controlled”, “The leak is not nuclear. Radiation is positive energy." "It's pity for parents in the world, everyone should believe in Russia." "How can a (Russian) father harm his son, even if he is not his biological son."
See also: https://www.timesnownews.com/world/europe/mystery-potentially-cancer-causing-nuclear-leak-in-khabarovsk-russia-prompts-state-ofemergency-article-109098713, https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/emergency-declared-russias-khabarovsk-after-radiation-detected-tass-says-2024-04-05/, https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/emergency-declared-in-russias-khabarovsk-after-radiation-detected-tass-says
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The CCP used various tricks to cover up the epidemic. Jiangsu residents: Everyone in the building is infected
Since the Chinese New Year this year, the covid epidemic has continued to sweep across the mainland repeatedly, and it is not uncommon for hospitals in various places to be full. A large number of people said that they, their families or those around them had fever and cough again, and the symptoms were the same as those of covid.
"The epidemic in mainland China has actually been very severe and has never really stopped! My family and I coughed for nearly 2 weeks in February after the New Year before it got better!" Fu Ming (pseudonym), a resident near Shanghai He told The Epoch Times a few days ago.
Fu Ming, a Jiangsu resident, and his family live in a city close to Shanghai, and the whole family was infected with the epidemic. He told The Epoch Times on April 4, “Our whole family coughed for at least two weeks before slowly getting better.”
"It's just a cough with a lot of phlegm. Because the phlegm is very cold and cannot be coughed out, it always stays in the throat, so the throat feels very itchy, so I can only keep coughing like this!"
He said that no medicine would help this time. "I bought Oseltamivir on 'JD.com Buy Medicine' on my mobile phone! I have also bought other types and brands of so-called antipyretics, cough medicines, and cold medicines on JD.com before. But this time I have a cough with excessive phlegm. After that, all the medicines I bought before really didn’t work! Then I could only take this ‘oseltamivir capsule’ with a content of 75 mg each.” But even if you take oseltamivir, Nor did he stop his coughing.
"No one in the building was spared from the attack."
Fu Ming's family has not been to other places during the Chinese New Year. He said, "After the Chinese New Year, as people visiting relatives from various provinces returned to the city one after another, residents with coughs gradually appeared one after another in the community where we live."
“Everyone has to go out to do errands, so just like others, (cough symptoms) appeared in our home very quickly.” He said, “When cough symptoms appeared in my home, (my family lived in) the upstairs and downstairs of the seven buildings The exact same coughing sound almost always appears one after another.”
He said that they live in an old-fashioned residential building with very poor sound insulation. “As long as there is a neighbor you know in the building, you can cough in his house, or suddenly get up in the middle of the night and cough while going to the toilet. Not only can you hear it, but you can also tell immediately that it must be the sound coming from someone who lives on which floor and which room!"
"Once you catch the virus, you will definitely cough uncontrollably. Then it will naturally not escape everyone's ears!" "So I can be sure that although this coughing sound is no longer heard in the corridor for the time being, at least it will During the period from mid-February to mid-March this year, no one living in these seven buildings was spared, and everyone was infected!"
“All my colleagues around me have fevers and coughs.”
Not only Fu Ming, Epoch Times reporters randomly interviewed people in many provinces and cities across the country, and they disclosed the epidemic situation in their areas.
Mr. Xiao, who works in Chengdu, Sichuan, told The Epoch Times, “The epidemic should still be there.”
He said, "All my colleagues around me have had fevers and coughs recently, and they have all taken leave once. It is probably covid, but no one mentions it that way now."
Mr. Wu, a citizen of Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, told The Epoch Times that the local hospital was full and many people had coughs and sore throats. “General outpatient clinics are full of people who have COVID-19 and the doctors don’t tell them. During the New Year, every community usually has colds (due to) One or two died.”
Mr. Zeng, a citizen of Baoding, Hebei, said: "Many people here have runny noses and uncomfortable throats, which last for a long time. It is similar to a cold. I guess it is also covid. We all wear masks here."
Ms. Ma, a Shanghai citizen, said: "People are coughing everywhere now, and there are quite a lot of people with various serious cold symptoms. I have been seriously ill for a long time. I have pneumonia since the end of February, and I still have diarrhea. Many people, like me, didn’t go to see the doctor at first, and only went to see him when his condition became serious.”
Mr. Wang, a citizen of Harbin, also disclosed, "There are a lot of colds, severe colds, and lung diseases, that is, pneumonia. There are too many white lungs, which is difficult to cure. Those with strong resistance can survive, while those with old diseases will die." .”
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The Chinese Communist Party used various tricks to cover up the epidemic
The CCP authorities have tried their best to cover up the covid epidemic. For patients with fever and cough, hospitals do not test for COVID-19. Instead, they do tests for influenza and mycoplasma pneumonia. This year, "whooping cough" testing has been added.
Recently, the news that “whooping cough has increased 23 times” has been hyped by the media. The latest China epidemic report released on the official website of the Chinese Communist Party's Disease Control and Prevention Bureau shows that in the first two months of 2024, 32,380 cases of "whooping cough" were reported across China, nearly 23 times the number in the same period last year, and resulted in 13 deaths.
Public information shows that "whooping cough" is an acute respiratory infectious disease and is considered a childhood disease. The early stages of infection may include symptoms such as fever, sneezing, and coughing. Deaths related to whooping cough are rare but occur most commonly in infants.
With the CCP’s need to cover up the epidemic, the “aging” explanation for “whooping cough” has emerged. On 29 March 2024, deputy chief physician Zhang Guoliang, an expert in respiratory and critical care medicine at Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, said that in recent years, whooping cough has become "ageing": the proportion of cases among students aged 7 to 15 has increased significantly, and the proportion in the number of adult patients has increased significantly.
Local governments at all levels also cooperated in issuing "whooping cough" reminder notices. On 30 March 2024, the official Weibo of Shanghai Baoshan District issued a "whooping cough" notice stating that once it progresses to the acute stage, the disease develops rapidly and can cause respiratory failure or even death.
American virologist Lin Xiaoxu once told The Epoch Times that the information currently provided by the CCP cannot explain the current serious situation. It only lists various possible respiratory pathogens. “The covid virus (Chinese Communist Party virus) cooperates with other respiratory viruses or cooperate with the bacteria of mycoplasma pneumonia to break through the body’s defense system, and a more serious infection will occur.”
He believes that “the covid virus (Chinese Communist Party virus) has not really disappeared completely from China.”
The covid epidemic continues to wreak havoc in China, causing a large number of deaths from the disease. Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, warned in the article "Reason" that "the current plague like the 'Chinese Communist Party virus' (Wuhan pneumonia) has a purpose and a goal. It is to eliminate the evil party members and the party of people that come together to support CCP."
The article mentioned, "Stay away from the evil party of the Chinese Communist Party and do not stand for the evil party, because behind it is the red devil, its surface behavior is hooligan, and it does all kinds of evil. God will begin to eradicate it, and those who stand for it will be eliminated."
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Biden is in danger! Trump expressed support for abortion, the Democratic Party may lose all their strategies
Editor : Fang Xun / https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0409/2041404.html
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Trump recently expressed his official stance on the abortion ban, saying that "the right to abortion should be left to the states to decide" and strongly supports "abortion will be allowed in cases of rape, incest and when the mother's life is threatened." Trump's soft stance on abortion policy may affect current President Joe Biden's support.
However, Biden solemnly warned Trump of the possibility of breaking his promise, "Don't have any illusions about him. If he is elected, all MAGA Republicans in Congress who are close to Trump will ask Trump to sign a national abortion order."
Trump made it clear on Monday, "My view now is that, legally speaking, we can have abortions wherever everyone wants them, and the states will decide whether to have abortions, either by vote or by legislation, or both. Regardless of the final result of the vote, the laws of the state must be abided by." These remarks were tantamount to supporting abortion and shocked the outside world. Meanwhile, Trump's announcement saddened anti-abortion groups across the United States. After all, it was previously reported that Trump may support limiting abortion at 15 weeks, which brings hope to anti-abortionists. In a social commentary in Newsweek, author Juan P. Villasmil mentioned , the Biden team has long portrayed Trump as an anti-abortion radical, but in fact Trump’s remarks over the past six months have been exactly the opposite, since Florida Governor (Ronald DeSantis) called the six-week ban “a terrible mistake” ”, Trump distanced himself from the anti-abortion movement. However, this is detrimental to Biden.
Although Trump has taken a softer line on abortion, the Biden campaign is still clinging to Trump's past comments, arguing that Biden must portray Trump if he wants to win the November election. has become a staunch anti-abortion supporter, but the disappointment and negative response from anti-abortion organizations to Trump’s latest statement only further proves that Trump’s pro-life statements should be taken seriously.
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Vatican declares: transgender and surrogacy violate human dignity
Reporter : Lin Yan / Editor : Ye Ziwei / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/24/4/9/n14221505.htm / Image : The picture shows a file photo of religious activities taking place in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. (Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images)
The Vatican released a 24-page document on Monday (8 April 2024), openly criticizing transgender and surrogacy, saying it is an insult to human dignity.
A document issued by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) titled “Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith “Dignitas Infinita” on Human Dignity”.
The report, which took more than five years to compile, focuses on threats to human dignity in modern society, including 14 issues such as abortion, human trafficking, poverty, euthanasia, and the death penalty.
The declaration begins: “In light of revelation, the Church resolutely reaffirms and affirms the ontological dignity of man, who is created in the image and likeness of God and redeemed in Jesus Christ.”
Notably, the document formally reiterates and expands the Catholic Church's teaching on gender theory, arguing that attempts to change one's sex are a misguided attempt to play God. The Catholic Church considers transgenderism an unacceptable ideology.
The Declaration states: “Concerning the theory of gender, the scientific coherence of which is subject to considerable dispute among experts, the Church reaffirms that human life, whether physical or spiritual, is a gift from God. It should be received with gratitude and Engage in good deeds.
“Detached from the fundamental truth that human life is a gift, the desire for personal self-determination, as gender theory says, is tantamount to the temptation to shape oneself into God, as warned in the past, and the true God of love revealed to us in the Gospel. Competition,” the manifesto reads.
The declaration states that the sexual difference between man and woman is the most beautiful and powerful difference created by God.
"Another striking aspect of the theory of gender is its intention to deny the greatest possible difference that exists between living things: sexual difference. This fundamental difference is not only the greatest difference imaginable, but also the most beautiful and powerful of them all. In In both men and women, this difference enables the most wonderful reciprocity. It therefore becomes a source of miracles that continue to surprise: the birth of a new child into the world,” the declaration said.
The declaration reaffirms the Church's teaching on abortion and also sets out the Church's longstanding ethical criticism of surrogacy, which it considers contrary to its pro-life stance.
“The Church also opposes the practice of surrogacy, which reduces priceless children to mere decorations,” the manifesto reads.
“First and foremost, surrogacy violates the dignity of the child. In fact, every child possesses an intangible dignity that is clearly reflected in every stage of his or her life, in a Unique and differentiated ways, from the moment of conception, birth, growing into a boy or girl and becoming an adult.”
“Because of this inalienable dignity, the child has the right to a fully human (and not artificially induced) origin and to receive the gift of life, embracing both the dignity of the giver and the dignity of the recipient.”
The Catholic Church believes that human life from the moment of conception to natural death must be protected and valued, regardless of stage of development or life circumstances.
The Vatican has also expressed serious concern about the international industry surrounding surrogacy. Couples in rich countries pay poor women in the third world to have surrogates.
"Recognition of human dignity also means recognition of all aspects of the dignity of the conjugal union and human procreation. With this in mind, the legitimate desire to have a child cannot be translated into a 'right to have a child' because such a right fails to respect the child as a The dignity of the recipient of the gift of life.”
The "Declaration" states that the purpose of their writing is to provide some reflections for society and help mankind maintain an understanding of human dignity in the complex historical moment we are in.
“In this way, we will not lose our way, and we will not burden ourselves with more pain and profound suffering amid the numerous concerns and anxieties of our time,” the declaration reads.
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Where is Russia's next target? Leaked recording reveals answer
Editor : Zhongkang / Source : Shihua Daily / https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0408/2041049.html
In 2022, Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine, an incident that shocked the world. People are surprised that "it's the 21st century, and Russia still has ambitions for foreign aggression!" However, after Ukraine, what is Russia's next target? Is it Belarus? Or Moldova? According to a leaked recording, the answer may be Kazakhstan.
According to Defense Blog, the person in the recording is Russian State Duma member Andriy Gurulyov. Not only is he a retired general, he also served as deputy commander of the Southern Military District. He has a distinguished position and is likely to represent the opinions of Russia's top political and military leaders.
In the recording, Gurulev mentioned that since Kazakhstan has been violating the Kremlin's position in the past few years, it is necessary for Russia to respond accordingly. It is said that the Russian army is ready to build up. "Kazakhstan has decided its own fate," he claimed.
The recording, which is likely part of an internal discussion within the Duma parliament's defense committee, raised concerns about Kazakhstan's security after being spread on social media over the weekend.
One indirect piece of evidence is that over the past year or so Russian politicians and state media have increasingly begun to describe Kazakhstan as a hostile state, similar to previous propaganda directed at Ukraine.
Andrey Lugovoy, a former KGB agent and current member of the Russian State Duma, is also a representative figure against Kazakhstan. Recently, he produced a propaganda film accusing Kazakhstan of being hostile to Russia, further exacerbating tensions between the two sides.
Another State Duma member, Yevgeny Fedorov, is also a typical representative of anti-Kazakhstan. During the Duma meeting, he questioned the legitimacy of Kazakhstan’s sovereignty and suggested that Kazakhstan has territorial sovereignty disputes with Russia (such as the famous Baikonur space base). He said Kazakhstan could not unilaterally determine its own national policies, such as banning membership in NATO, until the dispute was resolved. This kind of remarks is very similar to Russia's behavior towards Ukraine two years ago, when Russia also launched an invasion on the grounds that "Ukraine is not allowed to join NATO."
For years, Russia’s propaganda machine has described Kazakhstan as an “untrustworthy neighbor,” which has recently escalated to the point where “Kazakhstan is the second Ukraine.” Dmitry Medvedev, one of Putin's cronies and former Russian president, called Kazakhstan an "artificial state" and called on "the Slavic peoples within it to have the responsibility to restore the Soviet Union."
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Ma Ying-jeou echoes the CCP’s view of history and avoids talking about Chiang Kai-shek. He reveals the true face of his peace journey: Xi’s quotations
Editor : Fang Xun / Source : Sanli News / https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0409/2041444.html
When former President Ma Ying-jeou mentioned the Kuomintang and the Communist Party's resistance to Japan on 8 April 2024, he almost completely avoided mentioning former President Chiang Kai-shek who led the eight-year war of resistance against Japan. In this regard, some political workers who are familiar with the history of both sides of the Taiwan Strait said that Ma Ying-jeou's so-called peace journey was to remove the Kuomintang, dedemocratize, and Chiang Kai-shek throughout the whole process, and replaced it with Xi's thoughts and Xi's quotations. This is the real face and purpose of his peace trip.
▲Ma Ying-jeou visited the Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall and Marco Polo Bridge (Photo/Provided by Ma Ying-jeou Foundation)
Ma Ying-jeou visited the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall and Marco Polo Bridge in Beijing on 9 April 2024. When visiting the Anti-Japanese War Museum, Ma quoted former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Hu Jintao as saying on the 60th anniversary of the Anti-Japanese War that "the Kuomintang troops fight in the front, and the Communist Party fights behind enemy lines." He emphasized that Hu's speech at that time was brilliant, but the whole visit was almost complete. He avoided mentioning Chiang Kai-shek, who led the eight-year war of resistance against Japan.
Also in 2015, when Lien Chan, the former chairman of the Kuomintang, met with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping, he also made a speech about the Kuomintang and the Communist Party's resistance to Japan. Xi Jinping said at the time that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated to establish the anti-Japanese national united front and made important contributions by cooperating on frontal battlefields and battlefields behind enemy lines. Lien Chan echoed that the Kuomintang army, under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek, deployed a series of battles and major battles on the frontal battlefield to severely defeat the Japanese army; the Chinese Communist army, under the leadership of Mao Zedong, effectively contained the Japanese army on the battlefield behind enemy lines.
The then President Ma Ying-jeou countered, saying that there is only one historical truth, and that the War of Resistance was the result of the hard work of the military and civilians across the country led by Chairman of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, Chiang Kai-shek. He also said, "As the President of the Republic of China, I have the responsibility to clearly explain this important history and pass it on to future generations. It cannot be erased." Chen Liwen, then chief secretary of the National History Museum, also said that there was no so-called battlefield behind enemy lines during the Anti-Japanese War, and the war against Japan was held at the Communist Party. The Chinese army did not participate. The CCP said that they were the mainstay of the Anti-Japanese War, which was completely unacceptable to us.
Kuan Chung-min, the former president of National Taiwan University, even posted on Facebook at the time, criticizing Lien Chan for embarrassing himself and devaluing himself. He pointed out that Lien Chan's speech did not mention Chiang Kai-shek, who led the Anti-Japanese War. "It's a shame that you were the chairman and honorary chairman of the Kuomintang." Zhengda Taiwan Dai Baocun, a professor at the Institute of History, also said that when the Kuomintang and the Communist Party resisted Japan, the Kuomintang was the leading force and was the main force on the front line of the front-line battle. At that time, the Communist Army was more like an affiliated role in guerrilla warfare.
Regarding Ma Ying-jeou's visit to Whampoa Military Academy, he ignored Principal Chiang while listening to stories about the Anti-Japanese War, and avoided discussing the Anti-Japanese War with Chairman Chiang Kai-shek at Marco Polo Bridge. Some political workers who are familiar with the history of both sides of the Taiwan Strait said that this was because Chiang Kai-shek was Mao Zedong's mortal enemy, and Mao Zedong was admired by Xi Jinping, Representative of the Communist Party of China, so Ma could only visit the former residence of Sun Yat-sen of the United Russian Communist Party. He said that Ma Ying-jeou kept saying that he was a student of Chiang Ching-kuo, and instead of going to Chiang's family in Zhejiang, he went to worship the distant Yellow Emperor.
This person analyzed that Ma Ying-jeou’s so-called peace journey was to de-KMT, de-democratize, and de-Chiang Kai-shek, and was replaced by Xi’s thoughts and Xi’s quotations. This is the true face of his peaceful national journey.
In 2015, China's official media "Xinhuanet" published a special topic "Comparison of the Contributions of the Frontal Battlefield and the Battlefield Behind Enemy Lines in the Anti-Japanese War" in the "Red Flag Manuscript", an official publication of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. The article pointed out that during the strategic stalemate stage (1941- August 1945), the Kuomintang government was relatively passive during the Confrontation Day; during the strategic counteroffensive stage (after August 1945), the Kuomintang eagerly seized the fruits of victory on the frontal battlefield.
The conclusion stated that after the War of Resistance entered a strategic counteroffensive, various people's armed forces led by the Communist Party played an extremely important role in recovering lost territory and cooperating with the Allied forces in the final decisive battle against Japan.
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Li Keqiang’s words came true! They are disappearing and becoming poor...
Reporter : Sun Ruihou / Editor : Fang Xun / https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0407/2040570.html
The monthly income of ordinary people in China, according to 2022 data provided by CICC, a central enterprise of the Communist Party of China, the cumulative number of people with a monthly income of less than 5,000 yuan is 1.328 billion, accounting for 94.8% of the total population of 1.4 billion. CICC divides Chinese people’s monthly income into 11 levels:
Level 1: There are 5.46 million people with a monthly income of 0 yuan.
Level 2: There are 215 million people with a monthly income of 0 to 500.
Level 3: There are 202 million people with a monthly income of 500 to 800.
Level 4: There are 124 million people with a monthly income of 800 to 1,000.
The total number of people at the above levels adds up to 546 million, which also confirms what Li Keqiang said that China has 600 million people with an average monthly income of only 1,000 yuan.
Level 5: There are 243 million people with a monthly income of 1,000 to 1,500.
Level 6: There are 172 million people with a monthly income of 1,500 to 2,000.
Level 7: There are 203 million people with a monthly income of 2,000 to 3,000.
Level 8: 156 million people have a monthly income of 3,000 to 5,000
Adding up all the above people, there are 1.328 billion people with a monthly income of less than 5,000 yuan, accounting for 94.87% of the total population.
Level 9: There are 63.28 million people with a monthly income of 5,000 to 10,000 yuan. Level 10: There are 7.84 million people with a monthly income of 10,000 to 20,000 yuan. Level 11: There are 7 million people with a monthly income greater than 20,000 yuan.
The population with income above 5,000 accounts for 5%.
Economist Cheng Xiaonong analyzed in "Politics and Economics Frontier" on 4 April 2024 that China's middle class has bubbled, is disappearing, and is becoming poorer.
The rich have shrunk. The Hurun Research Institute's rich list on 25 March 2024 showed that there were 814 entrepreneurs with a billion-dollar wealth in the world last year, a decrease of 155 this year; the total wealth of 6 million wealthy families fell by 3.6%.
The middle class cannot make money, and at the same time they have mortgages. There is a saying in China that "the middle class will return to poverty and eventually become miserable."
Cheng Xiaonong’s research concluded that the number of middle class people in Taiwan is higher than that in the United States; the proportion of China’s middle class is one-tenth that of Taiwan’s. There are 10 in Taiwan and only one in China; each Chinese middle class household has a debt of 2 million.
Cheng Xiaonong said that 84% of people in China are poor and have nothing to do with the middle class. The remaining 16% of people are considered to be the top people in China. Among the top 200 million people, 15000 have an average monthly income below Taiwan's minimum wage, averaging 3,000-5,000 yuan per month. Even 3/4 of the people earn NT$5,000 per month, which is equivalent to 80% of Taiwan’s minimum wage (NT$27,470).
Cheng Xiaonong analyzed that prices in cities like Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen in China are similar to those in Taipei, Taiwan, and prices in cities and towns and villages will be lower than in Taiwan. Therefore, the minimum wages on both sides of the Taiwan Strait can be compared. Taiwan’s consumption level is higher than that of mainland China. If those Taiwanese people in Taiwan who support "cross-strait relations and one family" really wanted to make the two sides of the straits one family until the minimum wages were the same, they would not do so. The minimum wage will be reduced from NT$27,000 to more than NT$20,000 or more than NT$10,000. If the minimum wage is lowered to China's standards, people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait should not want to have a family relationship.
Image : Jisu Financial News Report/CICC Data: 95% of the total population has a monthly income of less than 5,000, with a total of 1.328 billion people
According to Manwhale Video, under the influence of the Internet atmosphere, it seems that everyone has an average annual income of one million, but the real data is not like this. According to data from CICC, the total number of people with a monthly income of less than 5,000 yuan in 2022 will be 1.328 billion, accounting for 94.8% of the total population of 1.4 billion.
According to the Financial Breakfast report, according to the latest data released by the Bureau of Statistics, the per capita disposable income of national residents in 2022 is 36,883 yuan, a nominal increase of 5.0% over the previous year. After deducting price factors, the actual increase is 2.9%. In addition, in 2022, the per capita wage income of residents nationwide will be 20,590 yuan, an increase of 4.9%. It accounts for 55.8% of per capita disposable income, the highest proportion.
Previously, the "China Statistical Yearbook 2022" compiled and published by the Bureau of Statistics published the average salary data of employees in urban non-private units and private units in 31 provinces in 2021. According to the data, in 2021, the national average annual salary in urban non-private units exceeded the 100,000 yuan mark, reaching 106,800 yuan; the national average annual salary in urban private units reached 62,800 yuan. If averaged every month, the former's salary is 8,903 yuan and the latter's salary is 5,233 yuan. Overall, the average salary that year has not exceeded 10,000 yuan.
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Kishida Fumio: The world is facing a historic turning point and Japan must completely change its defense capabilities
Reprinted from Central News Agency / Editor: Xia Mingyi / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2024/04/09/a103869507.html / Image : On 8 April 2024, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (left) and his wife Yuko Kishida arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida left for the United States yesterday (8 April 2024) for a state visit. Before visiting the United States, he said in an exclusive interview with American media that the world is facing a historic turning point, so Japan must completely change its defense capabilities.
Kishida said in an exclusive interview with CNN in Tokyo on the 7th that a comprehensive review of Russia's aggression in Ukraine, the Middle East and East Asia shows that the world is facing a turning point in history. This is why Japan is determined to completely strengthen its defense capabilities.
Kishida explained that Japan has significantly changed its security policy in terms of national defense, and emphasized that at a time when security issues are piling up, the U.S.-Japan alliance is of unprecedented importance. He hopes to gain support from both the Democratic and Republican parties in the United States based on this view.
Kishida will hold talks with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington on the morning of the 10th ET (Japan time on the 11th). He is expected to deliver a speech at a joint session of the US Congress on the morning of the 11th ET and attend the first US-Japan-Philippines summit meeting in history.
CNN reported that the U.S. government positioned the summit between Kishida and Biden as a historic opportunity to modernize the U.S.-Japan alliance. From North Korea's nuclear weapons test and the development of relations with Russia to China's tough attitude toward the South China Sea and Taiwan, there are threats in the region that the United States and Japan have to respond to.
The partnership between the United States and Japan has been the core of the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy for many years. Since Kishida took office in 2021, the defense relationship between the United States and Japan has expanded, and Kishida has increased Japan's influence in global and regional security.
Kishida has led a radical change in Japan's defense posture and distanced itself from Japan's post-World War II pacifist constitution, indicating that Japan's defense spending (defense spending) will increase to about 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) before 2027. In addition, Japan also stated that it will have "counterattack capabilities."
CNN pointed out that Japan's moves are not without controversy, especially in China and other parts of Asia, which suffered great damage from Japanese militarism during World War II. The backlash is still strong.
When asked by a CNN reporter about the national defense situation, Kishida said that the security environment surrounding Japan is quite severe and difficult. Around Japan, some countries are developing ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons, and some are strengthening their military capabilities in opaque ways. Moreover, in fact, in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, the situation of using force to change the status quo is ongoing.
According to reports, it is generally believed that this is a sword directed at China. Kishida believes that the above situation is related to Japan and the Philippines, and that China is forcibly expanding its maritime operations.
Kishida looks forward to showing the world the deepening cooperation between the United States and Japan through this US-Japan summit. In an interview, he emphasized that establishing Japan's deterrence and confrontation capabilities is indispensable for the U.S.-Japan alliance. He hopes that the United States can understand this and work together to improve regional peace and stability.
Kishida's state visit to the United States has also become an opportunity for Japan and the Philippines to deepen relations. The Philippines is another important partner of the United States in Asia and an ally that has signed a defense treaty with the United States.
CNN pointed out that in August last year, the United States held a historic trilateral summit with the leaders of Japan and South Korea at Camp David, a suburb of Washington. The upcoming trilateral summit between the leaders of the United States, Japan and the Philippines in Washington highlights the importance of Japan in the U.S. Indo-Pacific security strategy and the strengthening of cooperation among allies and partners as regional tensions rise.
The report also said that this US-Japan summit was held when both Kishida and Biden were facing unclear domestic conditions. Due to problems within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Kishida's cabinet approval rating is low; the U.S. election is approaching, and if former U.S. President Donald Trump is re-elected as president next year, policies may be readjusted.
Given that Trump has repeatedly made cold water on U.S. defense and security treaties during his administration or after leaving office, both Asia and Europe are highly wary of this.
CNN reported that Kishida did not comment when asked by reporters whether he was worried about Trump's backlash. He only expressed that he hopes the United States can widely understand the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance, regardless of political party.
Since taking office as prime minister, Kishida has positioned Japan as a partner of the United States not only in Asia, but also in the world. He supports the view that Europe should be closely connected with the security of the Indo-Pacific, and also shows his support for Ukraine. Regarding Russia, Japan's stance is in line with that of the other major Group of Seven industrialized countries (G7).
Reports say Kishida is conducting high-level dialogue in order to resolve outstanding issues between Japan and North Korea and stabilize bilateral relations. He hopes to achieve talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Kishida paid close attention to the cooperation between North Korea and Russia in defense equipment. During the interview, he also mentioned that China and Russia held joint military exercises. He believed that from the perspective of international order and regional stability, the cooperation between North Korea and Russia and China and Russia are worrying. .
Kishida believes that in order to maintain a free and open international order based on the rule of law, North Korea and China should understand the importance of peace, stability and prosperity in the international community.
News (10) to (13) / Reprinted from The Epoch Times / Editor: Yue Yuan / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2024/04/09/a103869613.html
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Analysis: Xi is afraid of internal coup, mutiny is the key
Image : In recent years, the second generation of red workers in the CCP have been increasingly marginalized. The picture shows a schematic diagram. (Mark Schiefelbein - Pool/Getty Images)
After the news that Liu Yazhou, the former political commissar and general of the National Defense University of the Communist Party of China, was sentenced to a severe sentence was recently confirmed, another second-generation red generation Hu Deping has also attracted attention. An old case reported by the CCP last year involved someone within the party who elected Hu Deping as general secretary and was even suspected of planning an armed riot. But experts say there's something else going on.
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Insiders reveal the inside story of Xi’s relationship with Hu Yaobang’s family
Xi Jinping's father, Xi Zhongxun, was a former member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and served as deputy prime minister and vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Xi Jinping came to power at the end of 2012. At that time, relations with the second-generation Red Generation factions were relatively good. However, as Xi Jinping becomes more and more powerful, he has gradually marginalized the second generation of red people in recent years, and even directly captured them. For example, real estate developer Ren Zhiqiang, who has been outspoken in criticizing Xi, was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Anti-Xi princeling leader Liu Yazhou has been confirmed to be sentenced to life imprisonment. Liu Shaoqi's son Liu Yuan has also been marginalized.
According to the arrangements of Chen Yun and Deng Xiaoping, the princelings were once very powerful and held real power in the political arena of the CCP. Every family of the so-called deputy state-level officials of the so-called "party and state leaders" had at least one ministerial-level child. But nowadays, princelings have almost disappeared from high positions above the provincial and ministerial levels.
Hu Deping, the eldest son of former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Hu Yaobang, also served as the former deputy minister (at the ministerial level) of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Independent commentator Cai Shenkun published an article on the overseas X platform on 2 April 2024, saying that before the transfer of power at the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi was rarely invisible, mainly seeking the support of all the red second generation. When Xi and Hu Deping met alone, Hu enthusiastically put forward many suggestions on political reform, but Xi said, "My eldest brother thinks highly of me, but I just stick to my job and can't do these big things." Since then, the decades-old interactive relationship between the Hu family and the Xi family has been interrupted.
Hu Yaobang's family and Xi Zhongxun's family had a close relationship in their early years. In 1978, Xi Zhongxun was exonerated and returned to Beijing. Hu Yaobang, then head of the Central Organization Department, was kind to him. Hu Deping also had a close friendship with Xi Jinping in his early years.
However, in 2016, the Xi administration sent people to seize the reformist magazine "Yanhuang Chunqiu" hosted by the Hu brothers. Vice President Hu Dehua (the third son of Hu Yaobang), who was originally part of the original team, came back to Beijing from abroad in late July and asked the outsiders who had occupied the magazine for several days to leave.
On 19 May 2019, Hu Dehua was forced to move out of the courtyard house at No. 25 Accounting Division Hutong, Xicheng District, where Hu Yaobang lived.
Wang Juntao, chairman of the National Committee of the China Democratic Party and a political scientist living in the United States, who is also a second-generation red generation, told The Epoch Times on 7 April 2024 that the relationship between the Hu and Xi families has not yet broken down on the surface.
"The two families have a good relationship. Before Xi Jinping came to power, he was invisible for half a month and lived in the Hu family. The relationship between the two families is also good now."
Wang Juntao mentioned that a few months ago, a "little brother" of former Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Wang Qishan came overseas and specifically wanted to meet with him and Wei Jingsheng. During the conversation, Xi Jinping and Hu Deping were mentioned.
This person said that Hu Deping and Xi don’t get along, but they will not become enemies. “If we have this kind of family relationship since childhood, we will not become enemies. It’s just that Hu Deping doesn’t talk now. Look at "Yanhuang Chunqiu" (being persecuted), In the end, Hu Dehua had a (rights protection) role in it, but he was just Hu Dehua. But I estimate that Hu Deping would also ask him not to (make any more noise), because it is Xi Jinping who wants to do it, so let him do it."
This person also said that when Xi Jinping said that he wanted to be the successor to the cause of communism, Hu Deping definitely disapproved of it, but he didn't want to say anything. "It's not enough to say nothing, but I can't go wrong and say anything to him."
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Scholar: Hu Deping once sent a message to overseas countries calling on "scold Xi to return to the reform path"
Feng Chongyi, associate professor at the University of Technology Sydney, briefly explained the Red Second Generation faction to The Epoch Times on April 7.
"One group demands political reform and democratization of China, with Hu Deping and Hu Dehua as role models, but they are a minority, and Ren Zhiqiang is among them. The other group is Xi Jinping's group, which is a die-hard group, and Liu Yuan is also among them. They think The second generation of Reds must be in power so that the Reds can take control. These include Wang Zhen’s son Wang Jun, Chen Yun’s son Chen Yuan, who originally supported Bo Xilai but later turned to support Xi Jinping, and Hu Qiaomu’s daughter Hu Muying. He founded a Yan'an Children's Association and many red websites. These people later stood behind Xi Jinping and were die-hards."
However, most of the second generation of red people have gone to business and do not care about politics, including Chen Xiaolu, the son of Chen Yi who later turned against Xi Jinping. The second generation of business leaders such as Qin Xiao support capitalism but have reservations about democracy and freedom. This group of people still have certain expectations for Xi.
Feng Chongyi said that he had been on the sidelines for half a year after Xi Jinping came to power. In May 2023, the No. 9 Document of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was leaked, which mentioned the "Seven Don'ts" about ideology, setting the tone for a left turn. But even though Xi has revealed his "conservative" nature, reformists within the party still have illusions about him.
Feng Chongyi broke the news to The Epoch Times that two years after Xi came to power, the Hu brothers sent people overseas to bring him messages.
"They can't give up on Xi yet. His words are: You are outside and have a chance to speak. No matter how you scold him, just scold him back to the path of reform. We (at home) are coaxing him to reform. "
Feng Chongyi said that Hu Deping and others had not really broken with Xi at that time, but Xi went further and further. By 2016, Xi blocked "Yanhuang Chunqiu", a position of the reformist democrats, and also blocked the Consensus Network - Consensus Network In fact, it was Deng Pufang and others who supported it from behind. After that, the two sides broke up completely.
"So these people didn't just break up now, they broke up completely in 2015 and 2016, and they have been unable to talk to each other for a long time. Ma Xiaoli is good with both sides. Ma Xiaoli and Xi Jinping grew up together, because they can still talk and want to reconcile (The conflict between the two sides) is completely irreconcilable.”
Feng Chongyi said that later Xi rectified the Deng family’s grandson-in-law Wu Xiaohui and Chen Xiaolu in the business world, and the second-generation red generation who went into business also broke with him. The relationship between Chen Yuan and Xi Jinping has also completely changed. "At this point, Xi has broken up with the entire family."
Feng Chongyi said that these big families don't want Mao Zedong's behavior and are worried about another Cultural Revolution. They want to establish an oligarchy so that they can have the opportunity to make a fortune, and the red country has not changed. But Xi returned to the path of dictatorship and had a showdown with most of the red second generation. He only used the Xi family army and his servants, and no longer reused the princelings. Powerful people such as Wang Qishan and Liu Yazhou were eliminated.
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Someone openly supported Hu Deping's election and staged an armed riot?
Hu Deping was once suspected of being involved in a major armed anti-Xi case.
On 15 August 2023, the Ministry of State Security of the Communist Party of China released an old case on the WeChat public account, saying that in 2016, a retired cadre from a school in Yunnan named "Su" had "made reactionary remarks on the Internet for a long time" and also "actively contacted overseas Key members of hostile organizations plan to purchase weapons from abroad and recruit so-called death squads within the country, "overthrow state power through violent actions" and "attempt to change China's political system." This Su is Zi Su.
Zi Su, a retired lecturer at the Party School of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, once publicly supported democratic constitutionalism. In 2016 and 2017, he was sentenced to four years in prison for "inciting subversion of state power" after being accused of planning "death squad" armed riots and issuing an open letter recommending the direct election of the general secretary of the Communist Party of China. In an open letter, Zisu called on Xi Jinping to step down and nominate Hu Deping, son of Hu Yaobang, as the new general secretary.
Public information shows that Zi Su sent an open letter calling for the direct election of the general secretary while he was on bail awaiting trial for being accused of conspiring to plot an armed riot. The outside world has not been able to confirm whether the so-called "carrying out armed insurrection" means supporting Hu Deping, but this has caused some commentators to think that this is the reason why Xi hates Hu Deping.
Feng Chongyi said that the official statement about Zisu plotting a riot could not be confirmed by the outside world, but it might be true. The book "The Record of Cows, Demons and Snake Gods" written by economist Yang Xiaokai records the stories of more than 20 people he met when he was imprisoned in Changsha during the Cultural Revolution. The content mentions that many people conspired to assassinate Mao Zedong.
Feng Chongyi mentioned, "Many of the people he (Yang Xiaokai) saw in the prison were all death row inmates, and they all wanted to plot to kill Mao Zedong. So now you can imagine that there are many people who want to plot to kill Xi Jinping. Will they succeed? Success is something else."
However, Feng Chongyi believes that those who want to plan riots may not have anything to do with Hu Deping, and Hu Deping is not the type of person who wants to rise up and take action.
"It is very likely that the civilian protesters wanted to raise a big flag and thought of the Hu family, because Hu Yaobang has a status in the party and a higher status among the people. It is not surprising that they want to use this flag to seek big things. ."
As for Zisu's case involving armed riots, Wang Juntao believes that it was obviously framed by the CCP and that the Ministry of State Security of the CCP used fake cases to scare people, because Zisu's sentence was not harsh and he has been released.
"If it is really that serious, the sentence will definitely be a very heavy one. People like Wang Bingzhang and Peng Ming, who were kidnapped and returned to China, were sentenced to life (imprisonment). How could (Zi Su) be sentenced to so many years? ?”
Wang Juntao said that Zisu wrote an open letter to directly elect the general secretary and recommend Hu Deping, mainly because he wanted to embarrass Xi Jinping. When the CCP inspected leadership successors, it never thought of Hu Deping. Moreover, people like Hu Deping would not be able to achieve anything in the evil CCP officialdom.
Analysis: Xi is afraid of coups and civil unrest, but mutiny is the key
At the beginning of this year, it was revealed that the second generation of Reds, with Liu Yuan, son of Liu Shaoqi as the core, had signed a petition calling on Xi Jinping to step down. The news spread widely overseas. But Wang Juntao believes that there is no possibility of the second generation of red people participating in the coup. These people have no room for rebellion. They are surrounded by spies. In addition, they will indeed not behave like this.
Wang Juntao said that an official who had inspected Xi Jinping at the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in the past revealed that the second generation red generation in the local area do not dare to speak at all. Only the second generation red generation in the military still dare to speak, but they are all those who have retired and have no official positions. Xi Jinping did not take them seriously because there was no danger.
He believes that it is up to the Chinese people to do something first. Maybe a fringe incident will cause a big disturbance in society in the future, and then the top management will have the opportunity to take action. "If a civil uprising occurs somewhere and the army is needed to quell it, the army will have an opportunity to attack Xi Jinping, because now they are tightly controlled, and the guns and bullets have to be separated."
Regarding the form of change in China, Feng Chongyi analyzed that those who had the conditions to launch a coup in the past did not do so. For example, Li Keqiang and Wang Qishan have the ability to stage a coup. If they challenge Xi Jinping during a meeting in Beidaihe, this is a form of coup but with Wang Qishan out and Li Keqiang dead now, the method of coup d'état through the upper echelons of the party is basically blocked. "Now a coup is likely to involve murder or other means, which is impossible to guard against."
He believes that the future may evolve from civil unrest to mutiny and coup, that is, once the popular protest trend becomes large, Xi will send troops to suppress it. If the suppression fails, the troops will defect on the front line and fail to carry out orders. "The CCP is in turmoil, and the soldiers are unwilling to die together with Xi. They may strike first and kill Xi first to atone for their sins. But how this change will happen depends on God."
Xi has repeatedly mentioned preventing disasters from happening. Feng Chongyi said that Xi is very afraid of internal coups. To this day, Xi has not cultivated successors because he is afraid that new forces may form to challenge him but at the same time, Xi is also wary of color revolutions because he is afraid of the people and change.
Feng Chongyi mentioned that some time ago, the overseas pro-democracy movement was held in a forum. At that time, there were two schools of opinion. One group wanted to talk about "peace, reason, and non-violence" and believed that only non-violent resistance could lower the threshold and people would participate. The other group believes that so many years of "peace and reason" are ineffective, and that China must have a violent revolution to end the tyranny of the CCP. The conclusion of the final meeting was that neither should be ruled out, regardless of civil unrest, side changes, or coups.
Original title: [China Watch] The inside story of the relationship between Xi Jinping and Hu Yaobang’s eldest son
News (14) to (18) / Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor : Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2024/04/03/a103867500.html
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Further protests across China, "Peng Lifa" reappears in Xi'an, Henan "tanks" defend their rights
Image : It is reported on the Internet that the "Peng Lifa" incident reappeared in Xi'an. A man posted a slogan on the back of his bicycle that said "Xi Jinping apologizes to all mankind." In addition, some people in Henan hung slogans on the "Great Wall Tank" off-road vehicle to protect their rights, which attracted attention. (Video screenshot synthesis)
The CCP is beset with internal and external difficulties, and protests continue in various places. It is reported on the Internet that the "Peng Lifa" incident has reappeared in Xi'an. A man posted a slogan on the back of his bicycle that read "Xi Jinping apologizes to all mankind." In addition, some people in Henan hung slogans on the "Great Wall Tank" off-road vehicle to protect their rights, which attracted attention.
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Xi'an bicycle slogan: Xi Jinping apologizes to all mankind
On 3 April 2024, netizen "Wei Guangzheng" posted two photos on the There is a piece of paper that says "Xi Jinping apologizes to all mankind." I am very worried about this warrior. I hope that people with knowledge of the situation can provide detailed information about the warrior. How heroic but tragic!
(Screenshot of X platform)
(Screenshot of X platform)
From the photo, it can be seen that the cyclist is a young man wearing a helmet. There are bags hanging on both sides of the back seat of the car. There are two bags of items tied up on the back seat of the car. There is a white paper attached to the bag. The words "Xi Jinping apologizes to all mankind" are printed on it.
Some netizens praised: "A strong man! So strong and so sad!"
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Great Wall Tank-300 rights protection: Support domestic production, burst into tears
On the same day, netizen "Luo Xiang" posted a video on the X platform. The footage showed a red off-road vehicle parked outside a Great Wall Motors sales store to defend its rights. There were two banners hanging on the vehicle, which read "Lifetime warranty, pure nonsense" and "Support domestically produced products, with tears streaming down my face."
Image : Rights protection slogans on the Great Wall Tank-300. (Video screenshot)
Great Wall Motors is the abbreviation of Great Wall Motors Co., Ltd. Great Wall Motors, formerly Great Wall Industrial Company, is a collectively owned enterprise.
Another supporter of domestic products, tanks, and rights protection in Henan, China, was hit by an iron fist!
Let me give you some advice: the best way to support domestic products is to buy a domestic car and keep it at home! Three sticks of incense in the morning and evening🤣!
In addition, buy a joint venture or imported car for transportation! pic.twitter.com/H6Ba4Jt6IC
— LUOXIANGZY (@LUOXIANGZY) April 2, 2024
"Luo Xiang" joked: "Another supporter of domestic products in Henan, China, who was hit by an iron fist, tanks, rights protection! Let me give you some advice: the best way to support domestic products is to buy a domestic car and keep it at home! Sooner or later Three sticks of incense! In addition, buy a joint venture or imported car for transportation!"
Many netizens left comments under the video. Some said: "This car looks like Great Wall Motors' Tank-300?" "Great Wall Motors does not allow negative news inside the wall."
Some people also talked about their experience and lessons in buying domestically produced cars: "If there is no problem, it will have a lifetime warranty. If there is a problem, it will not be maintained according to the regulations and it will not meet the scope of the warranty! The warranty word game of domestically produced cars is a broad and profound word game. I have experienced it. I won’t consider it again.”
Others bluntly said: "Don't buy domestically produced cars. The so-called domestically produced cars are the products of the powerful and bureaucratic capital... and under the current system, these so-called brands wear the same pants as the public security organs, law enforcement agencies and state-owned media. There is no way to protect our rights.”
More people ridiculed: "It's very good. You can understand it only after you have suffered an iron fist." "The people believe in the party and there will be no good end."
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Tianjin automobile slogan: The CCP cannot escape the disaster of being a fugitive party
On 30 January 2024, car slogans pointing to “the crisis of the CCP’s demise” appeared on the roads in Tianjin. A video showed that on a busy road, a large cardboard was stuck on the rear windshield of a red car, with two lines of large characters written on it, including "Eradicate fascism, freedom belongs to the people, and eradicate judicial corruption."
Image : Tianjin car protest slogans. (Video screenshot)
There are two rows of small words below the slogan: "The Chinese Communist Party cannot escape the disaster of the Party's collapse! By seizing the danger of the Party Central Committee's loss of authority, I can make precise efforts." It refers directly to the crisis of the Communist Party of China's collapse and the loss of authority of the party leader.
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A projection appeared at Jinan Wanda Plaza: "Down with the Communist Party, down with Xi Jinping"
In the evening of 21 February 2023, on the eve of the two sessions of the Communist Party of China, a projection of the slogan "Down with the Communist Party, Down with Xi Jinping" appeared on the outer wall of Wanda Plaza in Jinan, Shandong Province.
Image : Protest slogans are projected on the exterior wall of Wanda Plaza in Jinan, Shandong Province. (Video screenshot)
The person involved, Chai Song, said in an exclusive interview with NTDTV in February this year that he was inspired by Peng Lifa to take the protest action. While traveling in Central and South America, he remotely activated the projector in his rental house and projected the slogan "Down with the Communist Party, Down with Xi Jinping" on the outer wall of Wanda Plaza.
Chaisong said that he hopes his actions can influence some Chinese people and make them understand clearly that "Chinese people are not equal to the Chinese Communist Party, and the Chinese Communist Party cannot represent the Chinese people."
He also revealed that the friend who helped him shoot the video of the projected slogans was suppressed by the CCP. “She (my friend’s girlfriend) told me that more than 50 people went to her house to arrest her that night.”
Chai Song remained silent for a year after coming to the United States before exposing the incident. He said that his silence did not bring news from his friends, and they were still out of touch, so he decided to expose the incident. "The more people pay attention to them, the safer they will be."
"Peng Lifa" incident affects China
In recent years, China's economy has been in recession, and the CCP has become increasingly strict in its control over the people. Public dissatisfaction has boiled over, and protests have continued. The Sitong Bridge incident in Beijing is one of the landmark incidents with far-reaching impact.
In 2022, Chinese protester Peng Lifa hung a giant banner on the Sixth Bridge of the Third Ring Road in Beijing to protest against the leader of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping, "We want Dignity, don’t be a slave, be a citizen” and “go on strike to remove the dictatorial thief Xi Jinping.”
Image : On 13 October 2022, two protest slogans with red letters on a white background appeared on Sitong Bridge in Haidian District, Beijing. (Source: Twitter)
Peng Lifa was arrested at the protest site and is still secretly detained by the Chinese Communist authorities but since then, protests similar to Peng Lifa's have continued to occur across China.
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Reporter: Civil servants pay cuts and refunds, state-owned enterprises lay off workers on a massive scale
Editor : Zhou Yulin / Interview : Xiong Bin / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2024/04/05/a103868299.html
China’s economy is in recession, and a wave of salary cuts and layoffs is sweeping across the country. People in many places on the mainland have reported to our reporters that not only are private and private enterprises closing in large numbers, but civil servants and employees of state-owned enterprises are also having their salaries cut or laid off.
An education source in Anshan, Liaoning, who declined to be named, revealed that the local government has no money and local civil servants are now having their salaries reduced.
An anonymous person from the education sector in Anshan, Liaoning said: "Civil servants are not good enough. They have no money. A salary cut for civil servants will definitely be a cut. For example, if the original salary is 5,000 (yuan), you may be given more than 3,000 yuan. Others, I heard, are asking for a salary cut." When they donate money, they are borrowing money. If you borrow money, you can't pay it back. It doesn't matter if the civil servant borrows money. He will ask you to borrow money, for example, it will be at least 100,000, or tens of thousands. If you don't borrow, your job will not be guaranteed. Otherwise, just stop doing it.”
Mr. Zhang, a civil servant in Wuwei City, Gansu Province, also said that the welfare benefits of local civil servants are not as good as before.
Mr. Zhang, a civil servant in Wuwei, Gansu: "Welfare benefits within the system are also being abolished on a large scale. Except for the tax bureau, the finance bureau, or the national security bureau and the public security bureau, some of these are powerful departments, such as the tax bureau and the finance bureau. The welfare of these units that have money passed through their own hands can still be guaranteed as in previous years. In other units, most of these units that have taken a negative impact on the finance have all had their benefits cancelled. There are no benefits anymore.”
Not only that, some areas also require civil servants to return the money and benefits previously paid.
Mr. Zhang: “It has not been implemented in my city, but it has been implemented in another city.”
Reporter: "Which city?"
Mr. Zhang: "Baiyin City, Gansu Province."
Civil servants have only had their salaries cut and benefits cut, while corporate employees are not so lucky. What they are facing is no longer a salary cut, but wage arrears and direct layoffs.
Mr. Wang, an employee of a state-owned enterprise in Shanxi, said that his company closed down and he was owed several months of wages, and now he begs for wages every day.
Mr. Wang: "A good company has gone bankrupt. My salary is still several times lower than mine. I look for him every day. When I meet a powerful person, I smash his office every day. He will bully an honest person like you."
Mr. Wang said that currently in China, only civil servants, public institutions and state-owned monopolies have slightly better incomes for employees in various units.
Mr. Wang, an employee of a state-owned enterprise in Shanxi who was owed wages: "The rest are living and half-dead. The government has owed wages. Even many civil servants are not as good as before. The wages are in arrears, let alone bonuses. Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery, These are all national industries, including the postal service. These are major financial expenditures, all are financed by fiscal appropriations, and they all receive royal rations. Their wages and bonuses are deducted this way and that, and they cannot be paid."
Employees of state-owned enterprises in Fujian Province no longer face the problem of salary cuts and wage arrears, but direct layoffs.
Mr. Xu, an employee of a state-owned enterprise in Fuzhou: "Salary cuts were popular in the past one or two years. Now it is no longer a salary cut. The salary cuts are gone. Now, it means buying out your seniority or driving you back." All units are laying off employees, and state-owned enterprises are all laying off employees, probably half of them."
As for the reasons for the layoffs, Mr. Xu said that on the one hand, it was due to the reduction in business volume, imbalance of supply and marketing, and overstaffing; on the other hand, the Chinese Communist Party's state-owned enterprises were all run by corruption.
Mr. Xu: "Then he had a lot more employees. He had more employees, and then he started to fight against corruption. After fighting against corruption, there was no money. In the past, people like us relied on corruption from leaders, and then a little money leaked out of his hands. Come down and (give) us, right? Now it’s like we have no money at all.”
Although there is some compensation after being laid off, many people have no place to find a job after being laid off, and their lives are very difficult.
Mr. Xu: "It means layoffs, or (the company) cannot continue to operate, or it is closed. Now many houses have collapsed, the rents cannot be rented out, and some housing loans cannot be paid, which is very difficult."
Mr. Xu said that large-scale layoffs at local state-owned enterprises were carried out after the Chinese New Year because the authorities were afraid that employees who were laid off before the New Year would rebel and cause unrest, so they did not start the layoffs until after the Lantern Festival.
Educational circles in Anshan, Liaoning, also said that the Chinese Communist Party officials are very worried about the salary reduction of civil servants, fearing that economic problems will trigger civil protests and threaten the regime.
An educational person from Anshan, Liaoning Province: "Some time ago, the governor of Liaoning Province called me and asked me, how do you think the public security is now? I said I didn't want to answer this question. In fact, I know very well that they are afraid of the leeks, so Just asked me. I'm not that kind of person, I don't care about that nonsense. They were very panicked, afraid of the leek trouble, very panicked. They had never made such a call before. He was afraid that one day the pot would be opened. "
However, as the economy gets worse and worse, and the Chinese Communist Party authorities tighten their control over the people, Chinese society has become a pressure cooker that can explode at any time. The outside world is paying attention to how long the CCP can last.
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Analysis of the first joint military exercise between the United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines: a new pattern is taking shape
Reporter : Chen Qian / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2024/04/08/a103869425.html
On 7 April 2024, the United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines held their first joint maritime exercise in the South China Sea. The time was chosen before the US-Japan-Philippines Summit to jointly fight against the CCP.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the Australian Defense Force and the Japanese Self-Defense Forces held a "Multilateral Maritime Cooperation Operation" in the South China Sea last Sunday. This was the first joint military exercise among the four countries. Among them, the U.S. military sent the littoral combat ship USS Mobile and a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft to participate in the exercise.
The Philippine military stated that this joint exercise in the maritime field aims to strengthen regional and international cooperation to support a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
Mark, a senior military blogger: “In this four-nation exercise between the United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines, the warships participating are basically frigates or littoral combat ships, which are used to deal with conflicts near the coastline. This kind of thinking. I think they are looking for a way to deal with this provocation from the CCP, and they adopt a way to deal with it at the same level, or in a way that will not cause greater conflicts."
This exercise comes on the eve of the US-Japan-Philippines summit. It is expected that the United States and Japan may announce a significant upgrade of bilateral defense relations at the summit and plan to launch joint maritime patrols with the Philippines in the disputed waters of the South China Sea.
A conflict broke out between CCP China and the Philippines in the South China Sea in March, in which three Filipino sailors were injured, attracting international attention.
Current affairs commentator Lan Shu: "The talks between the heads of state of the United States, Japan and the Philippines are extremely important to ensuring peace in the Taiwan Strait and security of Taiwan, and even the security of the entire South China Sea. The reason why the CCP has continued to The main reason is that the Philippines has reopened four military bases to the United States in the past year. Once the CCP wants to use force to unify Taiwan, the United States will use military bases in the Philippines and Japan, which can form strong support for Taiwan. This is what the CCP is most unhappy about, and it is also the main reason why the CCP has been constantly provoking provocations and troubles on the border of the Philippines for more than a year."
In August 2023, Japan, the United States, Australia and the Philippines conducted joint training in the offshore waters of the northern Philippines. Analysts believe that this formal maritime military exercise marked the gradual formation of an alliance against the CCP in East Asia.
Mark: "This is a new pattern in the future, because there is no real military alliance in East Asia, unlike Europe where there is NATO. So in the future, we need to find an effective and feasible military alliance model Faced with the CCP’s constant military provocations, this model may slowly take shape.”
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