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The correct way of charging handphones
Direct translation
No matter what kind of mobile phone you have, don't charge it like this, otherwise it will be "scrapped" soon. You must pay attention to it
Editor : Song Yun / Source : Decoration Must Know / https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/1126/2135826.html
Mobile phones are essential in life. They are indispensable for daily study, entertainment, work, and payment. When the battery level of a mobile phone alarms, many people will fall into a "panic" mood and can't wait to find a place to charge their mobile phones.
In the past, the batteries of old mobile phones could be replaced, but now mobile phones are all integrated and the batteries cannot be replaced. Once there is a problem with the battery, the mobile phone will be "scrapped".
It is estimated that many people have discovered that the newly purchased mobile phone can last for several days after being fully charged. After a few months, it may need to be charged once a day, and after a year, it may even need to be charged several times a day.
No matter what kind of mobile phone it is, don't charge it like this, otherwise it will cause great damage to the battery, and it must be taken seriously!
1. Wrong charging method
For convenience, many people will keep the charger plugged into the power supply, and have not unplugged it several times a year. When you want to charge, just hold the mobile phone and push it up.
This is indeed very convenient and trouble-free, but it is not recommended.
Because if the mobile phone is always plugged into the power supply, the charging head will be charged. When we charge our mobile phones, there will be instantaneous voltage when the charged charging head contacts the mobile phone port.
This can easily burn the charging port of the mobile phone, causing the battery to bulge or even explode. In addition, if the charger is connected to the power supply for a long time, it will also increase the risk of fire.
The correct way:
First connect the charger to the mobile phone, and then plug the mobile phone charger into the power supply. Because there is a thermostat in the mobile phone charger, which can keep the current constant. In this way, it is not easy to have instantaneous voltage, which will damage the mobile phone battery.
If you find it troublesome to frequently use the charger, you can use a socket with a switch. After each charging, turn off the power of the socket. When you need to charge, plug in the mobile phone and turn on the power, which can effectively protect the mobile phone.
2. Overcharging
Many people like to plug in their mobile phones to charge before going to bed at night.
Some mobile phones have a "power-off protection function" that will automatically stop when charging to about 80%, which is a self-protection measure.
However, many mobile phones do not have this "power-off protection function". When the power of the mobile phone reaches 100%, it continues to input into it. This can easily lead to bulging of the phone or even battery explosion.
Correct approach:
Nowadays, many mobile phones are "super fast charging". Even if the battery is about to run out, it only takes 30 minutes to charge it. There is no need to start charging before going to bed. After getting up in the morning, you can charge your phone while brushing your teeth, washing your face, and going to the toilet.
3. The charger and the phone are not matched
When the mobile phone leaves the factory, the charger and the mobile phone are completely matched. However, some people dislike their chargers for being too slow and buy fast charging heads to charge their phones privately.
This is indeed fast charging, but the wattage of the charger purchased privately may not match. This can easily cause the mobile phone battery to bulge, and even show that it is fully charged, but it is not actually fully charged.
Correct approach:
Try to use the original charger to avoid damage to the battery.
4. Use up all the power
Overcharging is harmful to the mobile phone battery, and the same is true for over-discharging.
Some people like to use up all the power when playing with their mobile phones, and let the mobile phone automatically shut down before starting to charge. Little do people know that if you do this frequently, the battery will lose power. Every time the battery loses power, the battery's storage capacity will decrease by one point, accelerating the battery's service life.
Correct approach:
Nowadays, mobile phones are all "lithium batteries", which can be charged repeatedly at any time without affecting the mobile phone battery.
Whenever the mobile phone's power is less than 20%, there will be a low power alarm. If conditions permit, charge the phone after the charging reminder appears.
5. Use the phone while charging
Many people suddenly find that the power is low when playing with their mobile phones, but they are reluctant to put the phone down, so they play with the phone while charging.
Doing this is equivalent to the charger directly supplying power to the mobile phone, without passing through the battery, and it is easy to cause the battery to explode, which is very dangerous.
Correct approach:
When charging the mobile phone, it is best not to use it again. Most of the current mobile phones are "super fast charging", which can be done in half an hour, just bear with it.
The frequency of use of mobile phones is too high, and they basically need to be charged every day. Mastering the correct charging method and method can not only extend the service life, but also avoid safety hazards. Have you learned it? Tell your family and friends quickly.
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Myanmar National Airlines' Sales / GSA office in Singapore has moved to Gateway East
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Myanmar National Airlines' General Sales Agent (GSA) in Singapore, Qing Yang Commercial Service Pte Ltd, has moved from #30-03 OUE Downtown to #17-08 Gateway East, Beach Road.
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Analysis: If Zhang Youxia launches a mutiny, Xi's four "knife handles" plan will fail
Editor : Tang Zheng / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2024/11/26/a103932775.html / Image : The internal struggles of the CCP's top leaders have never stopped. The picture is a schematic diagram of Zhongnanhai. (Jim Bourg/AFP via Getty Images)
After the re-election of CCP leader Xi Jinping, his cronies took control of important positions in the party, government and military, such as Cai Qi, Li Xi, Wang Xiaohong, and Chen Yixin, who became Xi's four "knife handles". However, some analysts believe that Xi's "knife handles" are not as good as a "gun barrel". For example, if the rumored Vice Chairman of the Military Commission Zhang Youxia may launch a mutiny in the future, the ambitions of these "knife handles" will be wiped out.
Cai Qi is a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China in charge of ideology and the top secretary of the Central Secretariat. He also serves as the director of the General Office of the Central Committee. He is the "chief eunuch" of Zhongnanhai and is in charge of the Central Security Bureau, which is responsible for the health care, protection and monitoring of current and former senior officials at the state level.
On 26 November 2024, freelance writer Du Zheng wrote in Taiwan's "Shangbao" that in the past two years, the power of Xi's four "knife handles" has risen and fallen quite obviously, and they have become popular people in the court with their "killing weapons".
The author said that Xi is most wary of those senior officials at the state level who cultivate their own confidants in private. In addition to issuing a ban on "making irresponsible comments on the central government" to these party bosses, Xi also has to guard against their mutual contact, especially with military generals. Therefore, the Zhongnanhai bodyguards under Cai Qi's control are more like monitors than guards for political elders.
Cai Qi also actually controls the National Security Commission of the Communist Party of China for Xi. The author said that as the core figure of the National Security Commission, Cai Qi can command all government agencies and enterprises, and even coordinate with the military.
Li Xi, the secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection who is in charge of the "New East Factory", "cleaned up the house" for Xi after taking office at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The cronies of the predecessors Wang Qishan and Zhao Leji were arrested or sentenced. Du Zheng said that the total number of provincial and ministerial tigers taken down by Li Xi has exceeded that of Wang Qishan during the same period, and even more than twice that of Zhao Leji during the same period.
The author pointed out that whether it is Li Yuanchao, Wang Qishan, Zhao Leji and other former senior CCP leaders, or even Li Zhanshu of Xi's army, Li Xi has adopted the method of "feather clipping" to completely clip the feathers around them. Because Xi wants these political elders to become lonely and cannot pose any threat in the future.
The author believes that as a member of the Fujian Gang, Wang Xiaohong has the support of Xi Jinping and controls a large-scale social stability maintenance force, including the Special Service Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security that can monitor vice-state-level leaders, so he is more flamboyant and does not take Li Qiang, the prime minister of the Zhejiang Gang, seriously.
After Chen Yixin took charge of the Ministry of State Security of the Communist Party of China, he was quite high-profile. Du Zheng said that Chen has crossed over to the fields of economy, diplomacy, and culture, including the territory of the former Ministry of Public Security. His request for various departments to cooperate with work or to secretly monitor and track officials has caused a lot of criticism in the officialdom of the Communist Party of China.
The author finally concluded that Xi's several "knife handles" are not as lethal as a "gun barrel". It is rumored that Zhang Youxia may launch a mutiny in the future. If the rumor is true, then the ambitions and future plans of these "knife handles" will also come to nothing.
In fact, after Xi Jinping's third term, his promoted confidants and military generals have been dismissed one after another. Since the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee in mid-July this year, it has been rumored that Xi's power in the party has been weakened, and military power has fallen into the hands of Zhang Youxia, and the attitudes of the Standing Committee members have also changed greatly. The "Xi Thought" that was once standardly praised has now been reduced or not mentioned.
Chen Pokong, a current affairs commentator, once said in the NTDTV program "Pinnacle Views" that after the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee in July, Xi's power was weakened, at least the military power was lost. In addition to the political top leaders, there are also political elders and the forces of the second generation of the Red Prince Party behind them, who no longer agree that Xi should hold the military power.
The outside world also found that Cai Qi is relatively low-key and does not appear frequently in official media reports as in the past. Other members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and members are very active, some are visiting foreign countries, some are conducting research, and some are meeting with foreign guests.
Current affairs commentator Li Linyi previously told the Epoch Times that Cai Qi's prospects in the party will depend on how much Xi can stabilize his power in the future. At present, various signs indicate that Xi's power is facing loss, and this situation may affect Cai Qi. As the senior official who follows Xi most closely, Cai Qi is bound to be affected.
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Will Xi lose the general secretary? Beijingers: The situation is abnormal
CCP leader Xi Jinping is on a foreign visit. Some scholars believe that judging from the movements of CCP Standing Committee member Wang Huning and others, Xi Jinping will lose more power next.
Chinese CPPCC Chairman Wang Huning went to several cities in Hainan for research from the 20th to the 22nd, and CPPCC Vice Chairman Shi Taifeng went with him for research.
Chen Pokong, a commentator, said that Wang Huning rarely left Beijing before, but has been frequently going out for research recently. This time he went to Hainan accompanied by Shi Taifeng, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and secretary of the Central Secretariat. This is a rare high-level appointment. Shi Taifeng was the only one who accompanied Xi Jinping on his previous visits. Wang Huning violated Xi Jinping's taboo.
In addition, Chen Pokong also noticed that during this period, Zhang Youxia and other senior officials often did not mention Xi Jinping's name in their speeches, but Wang Huning and Shi Taifeng were different. They always expressed their determination to adhere to Xi Jinping Thought, etc.
Combining the rumours that Xi Jinping had lost some military power and was even sidelined some time ago, Chen Pokong analyzed that it is not ruled out that Xi Jinping would resign as general secretary at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee and be replaced by Wang Huning. Wang Huning is a compromise candidate that all parties can agree on, including the second-generation princelings of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping and the current political leaders. However, Wang Huning will not work for long. He will only act temporarily until the 21st National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Correspondingly, Shi Taifeng may replace Cai Qi as director of the General Office of the Central Committee. Seeing that Xi Jinping has lost some power, other senior officials have kept silent about his name. Wang Huning and Shi Taifeng are different. If they want to take the top position, they have to settle all parties and get their consent, and they have to please Xi Jinping verbally.
Of course, the above is just Chen Pokong's personal analysis, just a possibility. Because of the CCP's black box politics, the outside world can only speculate from a few clues.
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The threat of the new epidemic is getting more and more serious
The latest crisis that is spreading cannot be ignored, that is, the threat of the new epidemic. The CCP official media has never reported it, but the epidemic is getting more and more serious.
Many people on social media reported colds, coughs and fevers, and some people had sore throats like razor throats.
Mr. Wang in Beijing told the Epoch Times that several of his colleagues caught a cold. First, they had a fever, and after the fever subsided, they generally coughed violently. Even if they took medicine, they would cough for about a month. This symptom is different from the cold in the past. Mr. Wang repeatedly said that the situation was abnormal. He suspected that it was related to the new crown vaccine.
Mr. Wang observed that there were many people around him who had myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction, and the number of sudden deaths among young people increased. "A few days ago, a 34-year-old colleague was still at work in the morning, but was suddenly sent to the hospital in the afternoon and died in the evening." "A few days ago, a young man quarreled with others in a subway station in Beijing. His blood pressure and heart reaction were very high. He suddenly fell to the ground and died."
Mr. Li from Baoding also said that several people around him died suddenly. "In the past month, there have been many people with myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction."
He saw that most of them were in their 50s and 60s. Some people had no signs and suddenly died of myocardial infarction. People have become numb to this situation.
Ms. Hu, a nurse in Tianjin, also said that the situation was abnormal and felt that "the population of Tianjin is decreasing." She said, "It should be that many people died. In addition, there are fewer people born now, and too many people are not married because of the great pressure of life. I think it is really different from the situation before the epidemic. Tianjin is very obvious."
Doctors in Henan also said that the symptoms of pneumonia in children this year are different from before. They are highly hidden. Many people do not have a fever but cough for several months.
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Senior CCP officials died of illness
In less than two months from October 2024 to now, at least 11 senior officials in the CCP propaganda system have died of illness, all of whom are CCP members, including 5 vice-ministerial level officials, including Jin Chongji, former executive deputy director of the CCP Central Committee Literature Research Office, Zheng Mengxiong, former deputy editor-in-chief of the People's Daily, Ding Weizhi, former vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Liu Bin, former deputy secretary of the Party Group of the State Education Commission of the CCP, and Lu Zhichao, former deputy secretary-general of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In addition, CCTV reporters Gu Guoning (46 years old) and Zhou Wei (60 years old) died of illness one after another. The six senior CCP propaganda officials include Zhang Jinbiao, former deputy director of Xiaoxiang Film Studio and national first-level director, Bai Jin, member of the Chinese Writers Association, former president and party group secretary of Tianjin Academy of Painting, and former deputy director of the Press and Publication Administration of the CCP and former deputy director of the National Copyright Administration.
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Xianzhong cases are frequently reported, and the targets and means of people's revenge are escalating
As the economy continues to deteriorate, Chinese people's grievances have risen to a high level, and the targets and means of people's revenge are constantly escalating.
On 25 November 2024, another vicious incident of a car hitting pedestrians occurred in Neijiang City, Sichuan Province. This time, a bus hit pedestrians, causing 1 death and 4 injuries. The video circulated on the Internet showed that at an intersection, a bus suddenly ran a red light and rushed towards pedestrians who were walking across the zebra crossing. After the bus ran over many pedestrians, it drove out for about 100 meters before stopping. The picture shows that 5 pedestrians fell on the road at that time.
On 25 November 2024, the Traffic Police Brigade of the Neijiang Municipal Public Security Bureau issued a police report stating that at about 8:47 on 25 November 2024, a bus with a license plate of Sichuan k6XXX2 was driving to a certain intersection in Dongxing District. The driver Chen (male, 49 years old) suddenly fell ill and the vehicle lost control and hit a pedestrian passing by, causing 1 death and 4 injuries.
On 23 November 2024, another Xianzhong case was reported in Binzhou, Shandong. According to online news, at noon on 23 November 2024, the accident occurred in the Xinda International Garden City Community in Binzhou City, Shandong Province, suspected of a sudden explosion.
The pictures on the scene show that the windows on the first to seventh floors on the left side of the building are obviously broken. There are also pictures showing that there is obvious white fog rising into the air here.
According to the X platform blogger "China Mining Republic", an insider said that it was a village cadre who was sought for revenge. The bomb went straight into the house!
In addition, in the evening of 22 November 2024, the Xianzhong case also occurred in Chengdu, Sichuan.
The X platform blogger "New Slide" posted that a car hit other vehicles like crazy and finally stopped when it hit a large truck! The scene was a mess and some people were injured and pulled away.
The video shows that the Chinese Communist Party special police with live ammunition rushed to the scene to deal with it! The netizen who broke the news at the scene said: The Xianzhong looked extremely emotional!
The frequent incidents of ramming and killing innocent people in the mainland have once again shocked netizens. "It's terrible, like an infectious disease!" "The props are getting bigger and bigger~" "Alas, every car is a walking tool for loyalty." "The army of loyalty is on fire."
Many netizens are questioning the police's announcement.
Some spectators said: The bus stopped only after it hit the bus in front and couldn't move. But the driver didn't look sick after getting off the bus, let alone symptoms of cerebral infarction. "First, the scene was fenced off with police barriers. Covering up one's ears and stealing the bell." "Who invented this to fence off when something happened?" "I can guess from the official announcement that the driver is either sick or the vehicle is out of control." "The boundary between car accidents and loyalty has become increasingly blurred..."
As netizens complained: "From one sacrifice a week a few days ago, to one sacrifice a day recently, to three sacrifices a day today", "It feels like the car people have invaded China", "Everyone feels abnormal if there are not a few people hit on the road every day." Why don't Xi Jinping and Li Qiang's instructions work? The reason is simple. Although the specific reasons for so many people to commit crimes and take revenge on society vary, there is one thing that is consistent, that is, the root cause lies in the CCP, the economic recession and the widespread grievances under the CCP's rule.
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China is brewing a change of power, and there may be major changes within a year
CCP leader Xi Jinping currently seems to be in power, which may be the perception of the outside world. Information revealed in China shows that he is facing soft and hard confrontations from his subordinates and the general public, and people are eager to escape from China. Current affairs commentator Yue Shan said there are signs showing that the situation may change greatly within a year.
The CCP officialdom is prevalent in lying flat. Now officials only believe in the RMB and only believe in themselves. Under the high pressure of the authorities, corruption has moved from the open to the underground.
The CCP official recently reported the anti-corruption data from January to September 2024. Among them, 77,000 current or former village party branch secretaries and village committee directors were filed in the first nine months, which has exceeded the annual number of similar cases last year (61,000). In addition, 50 CCP central-level cadres have been investigated this year, the highest record since the 18th CPC National Congress.
Xi has been fighting corruption for 12 years but corruption is getting worse. This is because the high degree of centralization he is pursuing now is creating the greatest political conditions for corruption. This kind of anti-corruption is doomed to fail.
Although the CCP officials lie flat and do not do their jobs, they dare to fine and arrest people at will. The public security, procuratorial and judicial organs are one family. In China, these three institutions are under the jurisdiction of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission. They are all one family. Whoever complains to it will handle it by itself. The "Police and Taxation Integrated Operations Center" in various places that have recently attracted attention, as well as the public security law enforcement in other places and the so-called "distant-sea fishing" that fines private enterprises at will, all show that the CCP has allowed local governments to expand their financial power under financial difficulties, and can do whatever it wants.
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Without freedom, people are eager to escape
The Financial Times reported that as Xi Jinping strengthened social control, the CCP authorities asked more and more teachers and other civil servants to hand in their passports to restrict and restrict their travel abroad. The report said that the CCP authorities have increasingly expanded international travel restrictions on colleges and universities, ordinary schools, local government civil servants, and ordinary employees of state-owned enterprises.
Due to the general disgust and distrust of the authorities, coupled with Xi Jinping's recent crackdown on private and technology companies in the name of "common prosperity", the abuse of national security control, and the deterioration of major trade partnerships with the West. More and more Chinese billionaires and high-net-worth individuals have emigrated abroad.
In the past decade, China's net outflow of high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) with a net worth of one million dollars ranked first in the world. In 2023, it is estimated that the number of Chinese millionaire immigrants will reach 13,500, an increase of 25% from 2022. It is expected that by 2025, the number of Chinese wealthy immigrants will exceed 700,000.
In recent years, Chinese wealthy people have started a housing boom abroad, and a large amount of funds have moved overseas. In addition to Europe and the United States, countries such as Thailand and Malaysia have also become the choice of immigration for ordinary middle-class people.
In addition to the accelerated emigration of the rich, many ordinary people have illegally entered the United States through the line in the past two years. In 2023, US border officials arrested more than 37,000 Chinese citizens at the southern border, 50 times the number in 2021. For this reason, the United States has tightened its border policy this year, and Chinese who enter the country illegally face the fate of being deported.
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Migrant workers: Do not harm the people that are suffering. Let's change the world
Many people in the Communist Party of China use soft resistance to express their dissatisfaction, such as cycling in Kaifeng, Halloween costumes, and white paper movements. Some people also use tough methods to violently confront.
After the indiscriminate attack at Wuxi Vocational and Technical College of Technology in Jiangsu, the X account "Yesterday" reported that an unknown migrant worker group in southern China issued an anti-government leaflet "A Letter to the People of the Whole Country", calling on the Chinese people to take action. The leaflet said that the young man was tortured crazy by the group of capitalists protected by the government, so he chose this path and harmed those who suffered with him. We Chinese workers are not cowardly and bullied casually, nor do we want to be the next victimizer. We want to change the world!
In addition, a group of students named "Social Revolutionaries in Guangzhou" submitted a post to the X account "Yesterday" on 22 November 2024, saying: "We are vocational school students in Guangzhou. We have been paying attention to mass incidents in China and know that the current society is already a huge pressure cooker. No one can escape under the rule of the CCP. We, the technical secondary school students, the bottom of the bottom and the edge of the edge, are suffering even more."
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Students: Down with the Communist Party for promoting bureaucratic capitalism in the disguise of communism
These students said that the CCP regime used to deprive the people in the name of communism but in fact it was to accumulate wealth for their bureaucrats, and now it is promoting bureaucratic capitalism, "Fellow countrymen, it is time for us to rise up and resist. We decided not to be the next murderer, let alone the slaves of the government, so our classmates organized in the dormitory and distributed handwritten leaflets, materials and white paper. Everyone was indignant for a while. Let's all come together to overthrow the Communist Party and build a new life!"
A day later, students from Chongqing universities also responded positively and organized a group called "1116 Action Team" to distribute anti-government leaflets, which were spread on overseas social media.
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Civil unrest is brewing, Chinese are looking forward to the collapse of CCP
The Ministry of Public Security of the Communist Party of China held a press conference on 14 November 2024, pointing out that someone was teaching how to make guns online and warned that criminal responsibility would be pursued if it violated the law. However, this news has triggered a lot of discussion on mainland social media but many netizens left messages saying: "They are afraid", "Water can carry a boat but can also overturn it", and some people rarely discussed how to divide the work and cooperate to make guns, and shouted "The sun is rising, and the cock is about to crow!"
Just recently, it was reported that the villagers of Baisha Village, Napen Town, Qinnan District, Qinzhou, Guangxi, confronted the urban management and special police to protest the authorities' occupation of land and forced construction. On 11 November 2024, the two sides clashed, and the villagers fought with the special police with sticks and farm tools.
A retired old cadre once privately commented on the Communist Party: "When that man (referring to Xi Jinping) first came to power, people still had some hope for him. Now no one says he is good, they all scold him, and people are looking forward to the collapse of the Communist Party!"
It seems that in 2025, whether it is civil unrest, military mutiny, or coup d'état, in CCP China, it is not only possible, but is brewing.
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China frequently reports sudden death from overtime work, insurance companies launch "staying up late insurance" to cause controversy
Editor : Zhou Guihang / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2024/11/26/a103932820.html / Image : There are frequent reports of sudden death from overtime work in mainland China, and insurance companies launch the so-called "996 struggle worry-free insurance" to encourage overtime and staying up late. (Internet photo/Getty Images/synthetic photo)
The CCP's "Labour Law" is in name only, and many industries have repeatedly reported sudden death from overwork, but insurance giants still launch the so-called "996 struggle worry-free insurance", which has caused controversy.
Recently, an insurance product called "996 struggle worry-free insurance" has attracted public attention. According to photos circulated on the Internet, the advertising slogans of the product promotion poster include "Fearless overtime, come to stay up late insurance to add fuel to your dreams", "Salute to the strugglers", "Stay up late and work overtime, struggle worry-free", etc.
The poster also shows that the premium for "996 Worry-Free Struggle Insurance" starts at RMB 18 per year, with a maximum compensation of RMB 600,000, including sudden death, accidents, ambulances, etc.
The poster is signed "China Ping An".
Image : "996 Worry-Free Struggle Insurance" promotional poster. (Internet photo)
However, China Ping An responded to the mainland media on 25 November 2024 that the company's official mall did not sell the product, and it may be a "product launched by a third-party institution and Ping An in cooperation".
China Ping An is China's largest insurance company. It was once owned by a state-owned bank and later expanded rapidly by introducing foreign capital. At present, the company has become a listed company with dispersed equity but in the context of China's integration of government and business, there are still questions among the people about whether China Ping An is a state-owned enterprise.
Most Chinese netizens are critical of this "996 insurance". Some people suggest that insurance companies can launch "lying flat insurance". Some people also tease: "The maximum is 600,000, life is really worthless" and "Have China Ping An employees bought it?"
On overseas social platforms, many netizens openly criticized the Chinese Communist Party authorities: "Use the system to guarantee the ability to work like a cow or a horse", "CCP tramples on labour laws to this extent? Do you still have face?" "There are many such (insurance) overbearing clauses, and it is impossible to get compensation normally. In the past, you had to buy life accident insurance when you took out a loan. If an accident really happened, nothing would be compensated, and they would say that you concealed your illness."
According to mainland media reports, in addition to this "996 Worry-free Struggle Insurance", there is also an insurance product called "Hushenfu, Term Life Insurance" on the Internet. Its promotional introduction has the slogan "Must-have protection for 996 office workers". The product includes "Sudden Death Care Insurance", claiming that sudden death before the age of 65 can receive relevant compensation.
The 996 culture in China
In mainland China, the so-called "996" refers to a work mode of going to work at 9 am, leaving get off work at 9 pm, and working 6 days a week. Against the backdrop of China's economic recession, all walks of life are seriously "involuted", and many companies have added overtime and staying up late into their "corporate culture".
The "996" sweatshop hours have been practiced in mainland China for a long time, especially in Internet companies. There are often reports of programmers dying suddenly from overwork on the Internet.
In other industries, overtime work is also common. For example, there have been frequent reports of employees dying from overwork at the children's clothing base in Zhili Town, Huzhou, Zhejiang. In March 2023, several netizens posted videos and revealed that "four people died of exhaustion" in Zhili Town within a month.
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A delivery man in Shanghai fell on the street and was motionless. His cause of death is unknown
Image : On 24 November 2024, it was reported online that a delivery man in Shanghai died suddenly on the street. (Video screenshot)
A delivery man in Shanghai fell on the street and was motionless. He was suspected to have been dead for a long time. Netizens once again lamented that "there are frozen corpses on the road."
On 24 November 2024, a video was circulated online showing that on the side of Sichuan Road in Shanghai, a delivery man in a blue uniform was lying on an electric bicycle. The electric bicycle fell sideways, pressing half of his body underneath. A security guard next to him was checking the situation.
Netizens revealed that the deliveryman was lying on the takeaway box, motionless. After someone called the police, the police could not wake him up even after they arrived. He was suspected to have been dead for a long time.
Netizens lamented: "The deliveryman is too lazy", "He has no time to rest in his life, and when he has time to rest, he sleeps with the mountains", "The slave society would not dare to think that human slaves would work themselves to death on the roadside. They are really treated and mentally like cattle and horses. 'Cattle and horses' are no longer a metaphor, but a realistic description."
Before this, deliverymen often died suddenly on the street. In recent months, this situation has occurred more frequently, and similar videos are often circulated online.
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Sudden death of a delivery rider in Fujian
On 7 October 2024, a video circulated online showed that a Meituan delivery rider fell to the ground in front of the Tustin Hamburger Store in Hanjiang District, Putian City, Fujian Province. Although emergency personnel rushed to the scene to provide first aid, they were powerless to save him.
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Sudden death of a delivery rider in Guangzhou
On October 5, an online video showed that a delivery rider in Guangzhou was lying straight on the steps outside a store, motionless, and his life or death was unknown.
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Sudden death of a delivery rider in Hangzhou
On September 5, a delivery rider in Yuhang, Hangzhou, lay on an electric bike to rest, and never woke up. It is said that the deceased was a 50-year-old "order king" who worked hard from dawn to dusk to support his family.
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Sudden death of a delivery rider in Beijing
According to the official microblog of Changsha Furong Court, on 2 September 2024, a delivery rider from Beijing's "flash delivery" platform suddenly fell ill and fainted on the roadside during the delivery process and unfortunately passed away.
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Judge: Agree to drop felony charges against Trump in January 6 case
Reporters : Li Mei and Jiang Diya / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2024/11/26/a103932866.html
Jack Smith, special prosecutor of the U.S. Department of Justice, filed a motion on Monday (25 November 2024) to drop two federal indictments against President-elect Trump. The judge then announced that all felony charges against Trump were formally dismissed.
On Monday, Jack Smith filed a motion to drop all felony charges in two federal indictments against President-elect Trump.
In the past two years, Jack Smith, special prosecutor of the U.S. Department of Justice, prosecuted then-former U.S. President Trump for four felonies, including the January 6 case and the confidential documents case.
In November 2024, Trump was re-elected President of the United States and will officially take office on 20 January 2025. He is currently stepping up the formation of a new cabinet to smoothly transfer power with the Biden administration.
Smith's office said in a court filing that it sought to dismiss the charges in order to follow long-standing Justice Department rules that a sitting president cannot be charged.
Federal Judge Tanya Chatkan, who presided over the January 6 case, subsequently signed a motion to formally dismiss the charges against Trump.
Federal District Judge Erin Cannon, who presided over the classified documents case, dismissed the charges in July, and Smith subsequently attempted to appeal. After Smith withdrew the lawsuit, the classified documents case was also formally dismissed.
Trump insisted that he was not guilty of both charges and considered them political persecution.
In response to the dismissal of the charges, the Trump team said that this was not only a political victory, but also a legal victory.
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Trump takes the opportunity to rise to the top? Biden's "runaway" is likely to happen
—"Sleepy Joe" suddenly turns into "Angry Joe"?! Trump is in trouble
The Russia-Ukraine war has reached 1,000 days on 19 November 2024! U.S. President Joe Biden suddenly announced on 17 November 2024 that Ukraine would be allowed to use the US-made long-range missile system "US Army Tactical Missile System" (ATACMS) to attack targets in Russia, causing a major escalation in the 1,000-day stalemate in the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Biden, whose term ends on 19 January 2025, suddenly took a gamble before leaving office. Some people said that it was a response to the new President Donald Trump's opposition to continuing to provide aid to Ukraine; some people believed that Biden created a situation of "riding a tiger and being unable to get off", which broke Trump's promise of "ending the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours of taking office". The former seems to be trying to "account" to Ukraine and NATO allies, hoping to help Ukraine advance the war within the countdown, and to catch up with the progress to leave a "historical position", but it may be difficult to reverse the deadlock of nearly three years in just two months; while the latter is linked to the fact that he was forced to withdraw from the Democratic Party, could not be re-elected, suffered a disastrous defeat in the general election, and was even ignored at APEC and G20. It is inferred that "Sleepy Joe" has become "Angry Joe", so he set up a difficult problem to "show his power" to Trump but this kind of scheme that no one will admit can only be brought to the big screen by Hollywood.
In addition to the possibility of Biden's "runaway", most people should be concerned about whether the Russia-Ukraine war will expand, whether it will evolve into a nuclear war, or even the World War III.
Let's take a look back at how the situation has evolved since the United States agreed to allow Ukraine to use the ATACMS long-range missiles: Britain and France followed suit and allowed Ukraine to use the "Storm Shadow" cruise missile with a range of up to 250 kilometers to attack Russian territory; on the 19th, it was reported that the Ukrainian army used 6 ATACMS missiles to attack the Bryansk region in northern Russia bordering Ukraine; on the 20th, it was reported that the Ukrainian Air Force launched 12 "Storm Shadow" missiles to attack Kursk Oblast in western Russia. In Russia, Russian official media reported that Vladimir Putin approved the revision of the basic national policy of Russia's nuclear deterrence, which significantly "lowered" the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons. The new policy states that "an attack on Russia by a non-nuclear country with the support of a nuclear-armed country will be regarded as a joint attack on Russia", that is, a large-scale attack on Russia using conventional missiles, drones or aircraft may lead to the standard of nuclear counterattack being met; on the 21st, it was reported that Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of carrying nuclear or conventional warheads from the southern Astrakhan region to attack Dnipro in central and eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian army did not specify the specific target, missile model, property damage and casualties. The Russian side later confirmed that it was the latest "Oreshnik" hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile, which is said to be a "multi-target reentry vehicle" (MIRV). If it is indeed a MIRV, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described it as a major escalation in "scale and cruelty".
Red line paved into a red carpet? Who will be the last straw that breaks the camel's back?
Since September this year, Putin has repeatedly sent the message to the United States and Western countries that "do not lift the restrictions on the use of long-range strike weapons", and Biden's sudden lifting of the ban has undoubtedly broken another "red line" of Putin. Looking back at the 1,000 days of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Putin has drawn "red lines", including NATO not providing weapons to Ukraine, not providing the "HIMARS" high-mobility multiple rocket system (HIMARS), not attacking Crimea, not attacking the Black Sea Fleet headquarters, not attacking Russian refineries, airports and arsenals, etc.; in addition, NATO countries provide Abrams and Leopard tanks, Patriot missiles, and F-16 fighters, which are all specific projects that Putin has repeatedly warned and threatened to touch the bottom line of nuclear attacks. But it has been broken again and again by the United States and Western countries, and Putin has been ridiculed for "the red lines have been laid out like a red carpet." But does this mean that Putin "can only bark" and "can't bite"? Don't have the courage to start a nuclear war? Won't it turn into World War III? Just like who would have known that Biden would suddenly "rise up", perhaps excessive optimism may lead to negligence and arrogance; it is important to know that it is not the last straw that breaks the camel's back, but every accumulated straw.
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Putin must justify attacking the U.S. and other Western countries
In late October, Chinese Communist President Xi Jinping and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un "unintentionally" inspected the Rocket Force and strategic missile bases. At that time, the author mentioned in the article "Yang Hongji's Viewpoint: Xi Jinping's appearance in the Rocket Force and Kim Jong-un's inspection of the missile base are both "strategic deterrence" against the United States". Why Putin did not use tactical nuclear weapons against Ukraine, because basically the collapsed buildings, broken bridges, and no grass were growing on the Ukrainian battlefield, which was "not painful" for the United States, and Putin had to bear the infamy, and Russia might be retaliated by the United States. Therefore, the best option is to directly attack the U.S. mainland and European bases, so that it is bound to escalate into a world war. How likely is this? As the United States and Western countries are advancing step by step, and long-range missiles attack the homeland causing casualties and public opinion endangering the regime, Putin needs a reason, a reason to attack the United States or Western countries. So, you might as well go back and take a closer look at the news that Russia accused the Ukrainian army of using 6 ATACMS to attack on the first day. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused "the repeated use of the 'Army Tactical Missile System' in the Bryansk region overnight, which is certainly a signal that they (the United States) want the situation to escalate", "Without the Americans, as Putin has said many times, (Ukraine) would not be able to use these high-tech missiles", and bluntly stated that Russia "knows" that these missiles are operated by "American military experts". They insist on putting the United States in the hat of participating in the war.
Image : Ukraine used ATACMS missiles to attack the Russian arsenal in Bryansk. Photo: Reproduced from the Tendar X account
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Biden asked questions to test Trump and Putin and the likelihood of starting a nuclear war on the third anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war
To be fair, since Russia must attack the U.S. mainland directly in terms of strategy to be the most advantageous option, it should remain at the stage of "bluffing" before its "good friend" Trump takes office on 20 January 2025 but the use of tactical, low-yield nuclear weapons for "bottom line testing" cannot be ruled out. It is just that Biden peacefully transferred the US regime to Trump but deliberately made the world situation very unpeaceful, leaving a mess for Trump to clean up. This "borrowing a knife to kill" strategy may make Biden notorious but if Trump can really solve the crisis in the end, he will reverse his image as a madman and become a resourceful and kind person. For Biden and the Democratic Party of the United States, this move can be said to be a terrible one.
Some analysts pointed out that Trump vigorously promoted peace talks but his attitude was obviously biased towards Russia and Putin, that might stimulate the warring parties to seize the most territory and strategic advantages before the peace talks. Therefore, the use of ATACMS to attack Russian territory was allowed. However, under the conditions of time and space, the lifting of the ban at this time was "too late", which not only missed the opportunity to save Ukraine, but also made the Democratic Party lose another 4-year term. It is actually difficult to convince the public to rely on the topic of sending troops and military aid to North Korea.
The next question is "time point". If Russia does not take action before 20 January 2025, the next time point should be the "3rd anniversary" because Trump has repeatedly threatened to "end the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours of taking office", there are 34 24 hours from 20 January to 24 February 2025. Can it be verified that Trump is just talking big? Or is he really powerful? Biden has given the green light. How will Trump change his course after the transfer of power? It is directly related to whether Putin is willing to talk further and whether he will use nuclear weapons. Putin described Trump as a "real man with courage" and said he was ready to talk to Trump about the Russia-Ukraine war but it was reported that Russia had no intention of backing down. Putin refused to make any concessions on the territorial issue. The new peace plan required Ukraine to withdraw its troops from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson, and give up its intention to join NATO. Will Trump accept such conditions for peace talks? Will NATO and Ukraine swallow it? Trump's staff also had different views on the Ukrainian issue. The national security adviser to be appointed by Trump suggested speeding up the delivery of weapons to Ukraine to force Russia to negotiate. The recent surge in the number of missiles and drones used by Russia, as well as the actual combat testing of supersonic medium-range missiles, are also creating "favourable conditions" for peace talks. It seems that Putin and Trump do not intend to give each other face. Therefore, if the Russia-Ukraine war "drags" for three years, escalating the nuclear war may be one of the options.
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Trump urged to include South Korea in strategic meeting on Taiwan
Reporter : Xia Yu / Editor : Ye Ziwei / https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/24/11/27/n14379590.htm / Image : On 7 November 2017, then-U.S. President Trump arrived in South Korea. Then-South Korean President Moon Jae-in greeted Trump at the US military base in South Korea. The two gathered together with US and South Korean soldiers to have a lively conversation. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
A South Korean think tank urged the new Trump administration to include South Korea in a strategic meeting on Taiwan. President-elect Trump will take office on 20 January 2025, and Taiwan is considered the most risky hotspot in Asia. The think tank also called for trilateral cooperation between the United States, Japan and South Korea to establish a structured regional security framework.
The South China Morning Post reported on 26 November 2024 that the Institute for Future Strategy at Korea National University in Seoul issued an appeal to the new Trump administration. The institute views this strategic consultation as a way to ensure that South Korea is included in discussions between the United States and allies such as Australia and Japan on the Taiwan issue.
The institute's report, "Towards Co-Resilience," found that such inclusion would also elevate U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral cooperation into "a structured mechanism for regional rule-making and strategic dialogue."
The report also calls on the United States and South Korea to strengthen the integration of strategic industry technologies such as shipbuilding, advanced artificial intelligence, and semiconductors. The report also urges the United States and South Korea to formulate a "comprehensive road map" to deal with the possibility of a two-front war involving the Taiwan Strait and the Korean Peninsula.
"The establishment of the Northeast Asia Security Consultative Body... will integrate discussions on Taiwan, the East China Sea and North Korea issues and provide a more cohesive regional strategy," the report reads.
"The U.S.-South Korea joint crisis management system should also be activated to prepare for coordinated minilateral or multilateral responses to potential emergencies in Taiwan," the report added.
The report claims to represent an independent and non-partisan voice. The South Korean Embassy in Washington did not respond to South Korea Morning Post's request for comment.
According to this report, South Korea supports maintaining the status quo in the Taiwan Strait; the South Korean authorities' core interest in Taiwan remains to prevent cross-strait war and Sino-US conflict, or a broader war in Northeast Asia.
Although it has not ruled Taiwan for a day, the Chinese Communist Party has always regarded Taiwan as a province and has not given up its military unification of Taiwan. Taiwan believes that only Taiwanese people can determine Taiwan's future.
The U.S. government opposes any attempt to seize Taiwan by force and is committed to supporting Taiwan's self-defense capabilities in accordance with the law.
Currently, approximately 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea.
Chaesung Chun, one of the authors of the report, said on the 25th that such coordination between the United States and South Korea will "send a message that South Korea still believes that it is very important to maintain the status quo across the Taiwan Straits."
In April 2023, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol expressed in an exclusive interview with Reuters that he opposed the CCP's attempt to use force to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait. He also believed that the Taiwan issue, like the North Korean issue, was a global issue, which triggered the CCP to jump on it.
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Bhattacharya was nominated as NIH director and had opposed the epidemic blockade
Reporter : Zeng Ziheng / Editor : Li Mu'en / https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/24/11/27/n14379550.htm / Image : On 17 April 2021, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, professor of medicine at Stanford University, gave an exclusive interview to The Epoch Times at his home in California. (Tal Atzmon/The Epoch Times)
On Tuesday (26 November 2024), US President-elect Trump officially nominated Stanford University health policy professor and epidemiologist Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
NIH is the largest public funding agency for medical research in the United States, with a budget of approximately $47.3 billion.
Bhattacharya will be responsible for overseeing the scientific research of 27 institutes and centers, including research on how to respond to emerging pandemic disease threats, development of vaccines, and early-stage research on new drug targets.
(Note: Target refers to the specific biomolecule or structure that researchers target during the drug development process to develop targeted treatments or drugs.)
Bhattacharya is a representative figure in the United States who opposes government lockdowns and restrictions during the covid epidemic.
Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff, an infectious disease expert at Harvard University, and Sunetra Gupta, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Oxford, co-drafted it in October 2020 The Great Barrington Declaration.
He said that public health policies should not only rely on preventive measures, but should also consider how to immunize young and healthy people through "natural infection." These diseases have relatively small chances and severity for healthy people. .
As a result, Bhattacharya and his co-authors oppose mandatory mask mandates.
The manifesto attracted hundreds of thousands of signatures and called on the government to end the lockdown measures introduced in 2020.
Bhattacharya graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1997 and received his PhD from Stanford University's Department of Economics in 2000.
In an interview with The Epoch Times' "American Thought Leaders" program, Bhattacharya said that he believed COVID-19 policies were "the biggest public health mistake in history" and emphasized that these policies had caused direct damage to the economy.
Image : On 10 September 2024, former U.S. independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. prepared to attend the first meeting between Republican presidential candidate Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the Pennsylvania Convention and Exhibition Center. presidential debate. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Trump announced on the 14th that he would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
The department oversees the nation's drugs, vaccines, food safety, medical research, and programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. In addition, he also oversees the NIH.
Kennedy Jr. has become one of the leaders of the global anti-vaccination movement since the mid-2000s. His positions include claiming that the covid vaccine is "the deadliest vaccine ever produced."
Kennedy Jr. said he would quickly lay off about 600 NIH employees after taking office and hire new ones. In total, NIH has 20,000 employees. He further stated that his goal is to shift the NIH's focus from infectious diseases, such as covid, to treatments for chronic diseases, such as diabetes.
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Trump nominates O'Neill as deputy secretary of Health and Human Services
Reporter : Li Xin / Editor : Ye Ziwei / https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/24/11/27/n14379530.htm / Image : Trump nominated Jim O'Neill as deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The picture shows the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building in Washington, DC, on 2 February 2024. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
U.S. President-elect Trump announced on Tuesday (26 November 2024) that he would nominate Jim O'Neill to serve as President of the United States. Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). O'Neill is an investor and close aide to billionaire Peter Thiel, a Trump supporter.
"I am pleased to nominate Jim O'Neill as Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr.," Trump said in a statement posted on his social media platform "Truth Social" on Tuesday. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. will oversee all operations to improve governance, transparency and accountability to make America healthy again."
Trump also said in the statement that O'Neill and JFK "will work together to ensure that every American, especially our most precious resource - our children, can live a long and healthy life and make America great and healthy again!"
O'Neill is the former CEO of the Thiel Foundation, and Trump considered him to serve as director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after he was first elected president in 2016. O'Neill has extensive ties to Silicon Valley and served as principal assistant deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the George W. Bush administration.
Trump also mentioned in Tuesday's statement that O'Neill has led research and development of regenerative medicine solutions for age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's, cancer and heart disease.
In recent weeks, O'Neal has posted on the social media platform X to express his support for JFK's "Make America Healthy Again" slogan.
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Trump’s second cabinet is mostly composed of MAGA supporters and China hawks
Reporter : Qiusheng / Editor : Li Lin / https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/24/11/26/n14379298.htm / Image : On 22 January 2019, a hat said "Make America Great Again" (MAGA). (Samira Bouaou/English Epoch Times)
After winning his second term as President of the United States, President-elect Donald Trump formed his cabinet within a few weeks, filling the top job, setting the stage for pursuing his agenda in the coming years. Most of his cabinet members are loyal supporters of the MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement and China hawks.
MAGA advocates
Trump's first administration (2017-2020) included several members of the Republican establishment with whom he had no relationship but this time, Trump quickly assembled a team of staunch allies with seniority in the MAGA movement .
Among them, Representative Elise Stefanik (New York State) was appointed ambassador to the United Nations; former Representative Lee Zeldin (New York State) was elected to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Former Rep. John Ratcliffe (Texas) was selected to serve as CIA director; former Rep. Doug Collins (Georgia) was selected to serve as director of the Department of Veterans Affairs (the Department of Veterans Affairs.
All four are members of Trump’s 2020 impeachment defense team.
Trump's nominee for attorney general, Pam Bondi, also served as a lawyer on the impeachment defense team and was involved in challenges to the 2020 election results.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who has been close to Trump and his team for years, has been nominated to run the Department of Homeland Security.
Brooke Rollins, Trump’s nominee for Agriculture Secretary, was a senior aide in the White House during Trump’s first term and in recent years also led the influential America First Policy Institute. While Trump is out of office, the think tank has worked to advance his agenda.
China hawks
At the same time, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (Florida) and U.S. Representative Mike Waltz (Florida), who are regarded as members of the "dream team" of China hawks in Trump's new cabinet, State), Fox News TV host Pete Hegseth and others have all been entrusted with important tasks by Trump. They have emphasized for many years that the Chinese Communist Party poses the greatest "national security threat" to the United States.
Rubio was one of Trump's fiercest rivals during the 2016 Republican primaries, later became a staunch ally of Trump's presidency, and is now Trump's nominee to serve as secretary of state.
Walz is generally considered to be one of the most hawkish members of the House of Representatives against China (Chinese Communist Party). He once put forward the argument that "we are in a cold war with the Chinese Communist Party." He once publicly called on the United States to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and made Demanding an investigation into the CCP’s responsibility for the COVID-19 (covid, Chinese Communist Party virus) epidemic and other measures against the CCP. After the CCP high-altitude balloon incident in 2023, Walz believed that CCP leader Xi Jinping wanted to challenge the United States through spy balloons and criticized the Biden administration for being weak in response. He also visited Taiwan in 2022 and met with Tsai Ing-wen, the then President of the Republic of China, emphasizing Taiwan's strategic position and believing that the Chinese Communist Party intends to control Taiwan and replace the United States as the global leader.
On 12 November 2024, he was nominated by Trump to serve as the President’s National Security Assistant.
Hegseth supported Rubio, Senator Ted Cruz, and rising political star Trump during the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, and has become a staunch supporter of Trump since then. On November 12, Trump announced his nomination to serve as Secretary of Defense.
Hegseth has a tough stance on the CCP. He once pointed out that "China (the CCP) is building a military dedicated to defeating the United States." He believes that the size of the CCP's navy is no less than that of the U.S. Navy and is committed to developing hypersonic missiles. technology that threatens U.S. aircraft carriers. He commented during the 2024 election that if the Democratic Party's Harris Jinli is elected, Beijing will see the continued weakening of US military power and believes that "China (the Chinese Communist Party) wants to annex Taiwan because they dream of completely monopolizing the market in technology in the future."
Other important positions
Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent is a former Democratic donor who recently became an adviser to Trump and his campaign.
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum ran against Trump in the 2024 Republican primary, but later withdrew and supported Trump, and was eventually nominated to lead the Department of the Interior.
Robert Kennedy Jr. once worked to "end the corrupt merger between government and corporate power" and ran for president with this goal, first competing for the Democratic presidential primary nomination in 2024 and then switching to 2023. He announced his candidacy as an independent. On 23 August 2024, he announced his withdrawal from the presidential election and instead supported Trump. On 14 November 2024, Trump nominated him as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Trump’s cabinet picks have shown some diversity, including two Hispanic nominees, one African-American nominee and an openly gay nominee.
In addition to Noem, Bondi, Rollins, and Stefanik, many other women have been nominated by Trump and will hold important positions in the new cabinet: former Congressman Tulsi Gabbard will serve Director of National Intelligence, Congressman Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who will serve as Secretary of Labor, co-founder and former president of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and former director of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Lynn Linda McMahon will serve as Education Minister.
Although Republicans currently have a 53-seat majority in the Senate, it is still unclear whether Trump's nominees for the 15 cabinet positions and other key positions can successfully pass the confirmation process.
(This article refers to the report of "Capitol Hill")
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There's a drama within the drama: Trump launches tariff stick, Mexico threatens retaliation
From 6 November 2024 to now, although it has only been three weeks since he was elected, the Trump whirlwind has blown all over the world, making many countries full of tension and not knowing what will happen to them one day. This Monday, the first wave of boots and sticks finally fell.
That evening, Trump sent out two tweets in succession, targeting his two North American partners, Canada and Mexico, as well as China, thousands of miles away.
He first announced that on his first day in office, he would impose a 25% tariff on all imported goods from Mexico and Canada because the two countries facilitated illegal immigration and fentanyl abuse in the United States. The Mexican peso subsequently fell against the U.S. dollar, down 1.4% as of Tuesday morning.
Trump was furious, saying, "This tariff will remain in effect until drugs, especially fentanyl and all illegal aliens, stop invading our country!"
Secondly, he promised to impose an additional 10% tariff on Chinese imported products on the grounds that the Chinese Communist Party failed to properly regulate the chemicals used in the opioid drug fentanyl. "I have had numerous negotiations with China regarding large quantities of drugs (especially fentanyl) being shipped to the United States, but to no avail. Chinese representatives told me that they would impose the maximum penalty, which is the death penalty, on any drug trafficker caught doing this, but Unfortunately, they never enforced it and drugs are flooding into our country at unprecedented levels, mostly through Mexico. Until they stop, we will impose additional tariffs above any additional tariffs on all the many products coming from China into the United States of America. 10% tariff. Thank you for your attention to this matter."
Likewise, the news also triggered a fall in the RMB exchange rate against the US dollar.
At present, Trump’s warnings to the three companies have received responses. Let’s take a look first, and then analyze the subsequent effects in depth.
On Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he discussed the tariffs with Trump on Monday night and pledged that Canada would address the concerns of the new U.S. administration. "We discussed some challenges that we can address together," he said. Obviously, the Canadian government compromised first.
About three-quarters of Canada's exports are sold to the United States, accounting for more than 20% of Canada's GDP. Some economists have warned that Canada's economy will slip into recession if Trump follows through on his promises, while others say this is likely to be the opening salvo in negotiations to revise the North American trade agreement.
However, some Canadian business leaders called on the Liberal government to stand firm. "In this case, being a 'good neighbor' to the United States will not do us any good," said Candace Laing, chief executive of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. "If we are going to hold our ground, we have to be prepared to take a beating. It's time to replace 'sorry' with 'sorry, not sorry.'"
Compared to Canada, Mexican President Scheinbaum is much tougher. She said Mexico would retaliate if Trump imposed tariffs.
"President Trump, threats and tariffs are not going to be the answer to the immigration problem or the drug use problem in the United States," she said at her daily news conference Tuesday morning. "A tariff will follow, and so on. Until we put the company at risk."
Of course, she also called for dialogue to resolve issues and differences between partners. Say "I hope our teams can meet in person as much as possible."
You may wonder that the United States is undoubtedly much more powerful than the two countries, but why do the businesses of the two countries and the president of Mexico react so strongly? There are two reasons for this:
First, they believe that this will hurt both sides and the United States may have to make concessions. For Mexico, the auto industry, especially U.S. companies producing in Mexico, will be most hurt by the imposition of tariffs. Shares of General Motors and Ford plummeted on Tuesday.
According to the analysis, approximately 4 million finished vehicles and $97 billion worth of auto parts are shipped to the United States from Mexico and Canada each year. The 25% tariff will add $3,000 to the cost of each vehicle.
The second reason is that Trump has previously said that he would impose a 10% tariff on all tariffs, with 20% for Mexico and 60% for China. Therefore, economists and politicians have huge differences on the purpose of Trump's current actions.
Some people believe that Trump hopes to use this as leverage to renegotiate. For example, Benito Berber, chief economist of the Americas at Natixis, said that if Mexico can restrict immigration and fentanyl trafficking and prevent Chinese companies from passing through Mexico Ship to the United States and tariffs can be avoided.
"(Trump) took action so early, which may indicate that he wants to negotiate as soon as possible," his uncle said.
However, some people believe that the tariffs are a cover-up. What Trump really wants to do is to rewrite the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. Therefore, no matter what concessions are made, it will be damaged, so it is better to retaliate in kind.
For example, market economist Giulia said: "We suspect investors may be underestimating the impact of Trump's policies on Mexico." "We suspect Trump's tariffs will undermine optimism about nearshoring and limit exports to the country. investment, thereby affecting the Mexican stock market.”
"We expect Trump to start another trade war," she added.
Guajardo, who served as Mexico's economy minister and led the last round of U.S.-Mexico negotiations, also believes Trump wants to tear up the agreement. He said: "Trump said he negotiated the best North American trade treaty in history. "If he tries to harm Mexico's exports, I will use his treaty to retaliate on the same scale against his most important supporters."
However, judging from the current real performance, Mexico is not as tough as its words. Just last Friday, the female president of Mexico said that her government has launched a campaign to replace Chinese parts.
"We have a plan to replace these imports from China with Mexican or mainly North American companies and produce most of them in Mexico," she said.
However, for the three North American countries, I think Trump is more likely to use this 25% tariff as a negotiating weight. In the end, not all will fall, and all parties will reach a new agreement. There are two reasons:
First, their economies have too much influence on each other, so they will not impose such high tariffs as a whole, especially because American manufacturers are not ready yet, and it will hurt the United States itself too soon.
Second, Trump wants more American products to be manufactured and employ Americans. Therefore, tariffs will certainly not be completely eliminated.
Therefore, considering that a large number of Chinese goods have been re-exported from Mexico in recent years, and more and more Chinese manufacturers have settled in the country, and that Trump’s new tariff 2.0 will focus on China, we will continue to pay attention to the story between the United States and Mexico.
As for Canada, after Canada has fulfilled its commitment to deport illegal immigrants, the space for negotiation between the two parties is much greater than that of Mexico.
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Another rooster crows in the middle of the night, Zhongnanhai welcomes Trump’s wrath with kind words
If the whole world is still confused as to what medicine Trump is selling in his declaration of war on the two North American neighbors, then the whole world understands that Trump’s increase in tariffs on China is just the appetizer.
For example, Joe Brusuelas, chief economist of the global accounting firm RSM, believes that imposing a 10% tariff on Chinese imported products is "a gambit."
However, it is obvious that the CCP did not foresee that Trump would use fentanyl as a reason to start a war. Therefore, on 26 November 2024, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning twice evaded relevant issues.
A Reuters reporter first asked: "U.S. President Trump will impose high tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. Trump said that the United States will impose an additional 10% tariff on China on top of all other tariffs because "What's your comment on China not taking strong enough actions to prevent fentanyl from flowing into the United States through Mexico?" Mao Ning replied: "I have just paid attention to the information you mentioned, and we will respond later."
The "Wall Street Journal" reporter then asked: "I know you have no specific comment on Trump's statement, but can you clarify whether China has contacted the Trump transition team to discuss this issue? Before taking office, Do the two sides plan to discuss it? "Mao Ning: "I can't provide information."
It has to be said that foreign media reporters are really getting more and more familiar with the CCP, so they are not talking about it. A few days ago, on November 19, the Financial Times reported that Zhongnanhai was surprised by Trump’s election. They sent many people, including former ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai and current ambassador Xie Feng, to frequent activities in Washington and New York. I tried to establish contact with the Trump team, but ended up getting a lot of rejections. They also tried to answer the question "What does Trump want?" but found nothing.
The Chinese Communist Party once had great illusions about Musk, who helped Trump campaign, but from the current point of view, they are also mostly disappointed. One piece of evidence is that an article that clearly represents Zhongnanhai’s mentality was circulated on the Chinese Internet recently. “Musk’s true attitude towards China reminds Americans of the ‘second Kissinger’?” ", the article admits that Musk may help China (the Communist Party) gain some flexibility, but he is not a politician like Kissinger, although he may still play his role in helping stabilize the relationship between China and the United States.
At the end of the article, it also writes about the CCP’s disappointed but unwilling ambivalence: “Generally speaking, if Musk can have a certain influence on Trump, will he exert force on China-U.S. issues, or even Facilitating some changes requires further evaluation. What we need to wait for now may be Trump’s formal taking office in January next year.”
Therefore, Zhongnanhai is very confused. Just like a while ago, they initially expressed a cold response to Trump's election, and then asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send a message of congratulations around 11 p.m. This time Zhongnanhai performed another midnight chicken crow.
On 26 November 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a message with two meanings: First, the CCP habitually shifts responsibility outward, saying that "Fentanyl is a problem in the United States, and China has provided support for the United States to deal with the fentanyl problem." "Second, it showed weakness and said, "China is willing to continue to carry out anti-drug cooperation with the United States on the basis of equality, mutual benefit, and mutual respect. The United States should cherish China's goodwill and maintain the hard-won good situation of Sino-US anti-drug cooperation."
Please note that the CCP did not become furious over the 10% tariff, nor did it say it would retaliate. This is a sign of weakness. Deep down, they are worried that Trump will strike harder.
I really feel that those people in Zhongnanhai have made themselves too tired. All Chinese people know that the CCP allows fentanyl to poison the United States because of its long-term hatred of the United States and its hope to cause chaos to the United States. However, if you have the courage to do bad things but don’t have the courage to admit them, can you solve the problem?
Moreover, it is stupid and absurd for Zhongnanhai to spend so much manpower and material resources trying to find the answer to "what Trump wants." Because normal people should know that Trump is different from ordinary politicians who say one thing during the campaign and then do another thing after taking office. Trump is like a primary school student who hopes to fulfill his campaign promises one by one, that is: to make the United States stronger. , change unfair trade, cancel the threat of the Chinese Communist Party to the world, make the United States safer, and prevent drugs from killing Americans... Therefore, any simple bribery or fooling around will not meet Trump's expectations.
Therefore, I think the seven dwarfs in Zhongnanhai really don’t need to be so tired. I will give you a trick to ensure that Trump will not attack China again.
What is Trump’s current comprehensive economic policy? It will impose additional tariffs on the outside and reduce taxes on companies and people internally. At the same time, it will significantly cut the government, reduce government spending, and loosen restrictions on companies. It is expected that 75% of government agencies and personnel will be cut. In this way, the United States will have a Set up a new and more dynamic system. In this way, the CCP cannot fight back by relying on retaliation or small favors to American politicians and businessmen.
Therefore, if Xi Jinping really wants to defeat the United States during the Trump New Deal, I think there is only one way: that is, to also reduce taxes in China, massively cut the government, loosen restrictions on enterprises, and at the same time truly open up to the outside world, so that foreign investment will no longer escape and let the wealthy Chinese no longer be "moist". Only in this way can China become truly powerful and win over others without fighting.
Do you think this is the case? Will Zhongnanhai and Xi Jinping listen to my suggestion?
News (27) to (30) / Reporter : Zhong Yuan / Editor : Ye Ziwei / https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/24/11/27/n14379496.htm
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Lai Ching-te hopes that Taiwan and the United States will complete legislation to avoid double taxation by the end of this year
Image : On 26 November 2024, President Lai Ching-te of the Republic of China took a group photo with the "U.S. Senator and Co-Chairman of the Congressional and Executive Branch China Commission Merkley's delegation". (Provided by the Presidential Office of the Republic of China)
U.S. Senator Merkley, co-chairman of the U.S. Congressional and Executive Branch Commission on China, paid a visit to President Lai Ching-te of the Republic of China on 26 November 2024. Lai Ching-te hopes that with the support of the U.S. Congress, the Taiwan-U.S. double taxation avoidance bill can be completed as soon as possible this year. Merkley reiterated that the U.S. House and Senate would unite across party lines to support Taiwan.
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Meeting with U.S. Senator Merkley, Lai Ching-te hopes to continue to deepen the Taiwan-U.S. economic and trade partnership
When President Lai Ching-te of the Republic of China received the "visiting delegation of U.S. Senator and Congressional-Executive China Committee (CECC) Jeff Merkley" on the 26th, he first welcomed Senator Merkley and his staff to come to Taiwan. Merkley last visited Taiwan in 2000. He visited again 24 years later at an important time to express his support for Taiwan with concrete actions. He thanked Merkley for speaking out for Taiwan in the U.S. Congress for a long time, proposing a number of Taiwan-friendly initiatives, supporting strengthening Taiwan-U.S. relations and expanding Taiwan's international space.
Image : On 26 November 2024, President Lai Ching-te of the Republic of China received "the delegation of Merkley, U.S. Senator and Co-Chairman of the U.S. Congressional and Executive Branch Commission on China" and delivered a speech. (Provided by the Presidential Office of the Republic of China)
Lai Ching-te pointed out that the Taiwan Relations Act passed by the U.S. Congress 45 years ago has become an important cornerstone for Taiwan and the United States to promote security cooperation and develop a comprehensive partnership. Merkley co-sponsored the "Taiwan Relations Strengthening Act" and the "Taiwan Relations Act 45th Anniversary Resolution" with Senator Marco Rubio in 2024 and 2025 respectively, which shows Merkley's strong support for Taiwan.
Lai Ching-te said, "Taiwan has undergone great changes in the past 24 years. The only thing that remains unchanged is that China's threat to Taiwan is growing. Taiwan will neither be humble nor arrogant and maintain the status quo in order to maintain regional peace and stability, and Taiwan will always adhere to a free and democratic constitutional system; we insist that the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China are not subordinate to each other; we insist that sovereignty cannot be infringed upon or annexed; we also insist that the future of Taiwan in the Republic of China must be jointly decided by 23 million people."
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Lai Ching-te: Taiwan will continue to strengthen its national defense capabilities and show the international community its determination to protect the country
Lai Ching-te said, "We will continue to enhance our national defense capabilities, whether through military procurement or national defense independence, and we will do our best. Before former President Tsai Ing-wen came to power, Taiwan's GDP was 17 trillion yuan (NT$, the same below) (approximately 0.55 trillion U.S. dollars), the defense budget accounts for 1.8%, about 300 billion yuan (about 9.648 billion U.S. dollars); after Tsai Ing-wen took office for 8 years, GDP last year was 23 trillion yuan (about 0.74 trillion U.S. dollars), and the defense budget accounted for 2.5%, about 6 More than 100 billion yuan (approximately 19.3 billion U.S. dollars). In the past eight years, we have increased our defense budget by 80%. In the future, we will continue to strengthen our national defense capabilities under asymmetric combat power and show our determination to protect the country to the international community."
"We will also continue to enhance Taiwan's economic resilience." Lai Ching-te said that in 2011, China accounted for 80% of Taiwan's overseas investment; at the end of last year, China accounted for only 11.4%, and the United States accounted for about 42%. Taiwan no longer puts eggs in In one basket, but in the global democratic supply chain, we continue to strengthen cooperation. Taiwan hopes to stand side by side with the democratic camp and jointly exert a force of deterrence to maintain regional peace and stability.
Lai Ching-te pointed out, "In addition to strengthening security cooperation, we hope that Taiwan and the United States will work together to build a trustworthy supply chain and promote world prosperity and development. In recent years, the promotion of the Taiwan-US 21st Century Trade Initiative has continued to deepen the Taiwan-U.S. economic and trade partnership , I believe that subsequent negotiations will achieve more fruitful cooperation results. "
Image : On 26 November 2024, President Lai Ching-te of the Republic of China received "a visiting delegation of United States Senator and Co-Chairman of the "U.S. Congressional and Executive Branch China Commission" Merkley." (Provided by the Presidential Office of the Republic of China)
Lai Ching-te said, "We also hope that with the support of the U.S. Congress, the Taiwan-U.S. double taxation avoidance bill can be completed as soon as possible this year to create a more complete economic and trade exchange environment and jointly enhance Taiwan-U.S. two-way investment, industrial cooperation, and economic resilience. .
Finally, Lai Ching-te once again thanked the visiting guests for coming all the way to show his rock-solid support for Taiwan. "We will continue to work together to make more contributions to regional peace and stability and world prosperity and development, and I wish this visit a complete success." , left a deep impression on Taiwan.”
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Merkley reiterated that the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate will unite across party lines to support Taiwan
In his speech, Senator Merkley said that the visiting delegation visiting Taiwan at this time must once again emphasize the importance of connections between Taiwan and the United States. He said, "Although we need to face the most serious issues, I would first like to congratulate Taiwan for ending Japan's 27-game winning streak and winning the World Baseball Top 12 championship. I believe this victory will remain in the memory of the Taiwanese people forever."
Merkley mentioned that his last visit to Taiwan was in 2000, which coincided with Taiwan's second presidential election. At that time, everyone was discussing various important issues enthusiastically, and he could feel the atmosphere of freedom. He believes that democracy is like a fragile flower in its inception and needs careful nurturing to grow and thrive. Taiwan has now held eight presidential elections, giving birth to one of the strongest democracies in the world. He would like to congratulate President Lai on his election, and also congratulate Taiwan on its firm commitment to freedom of speech, assembly and religion.
Image : On 26 November 2024, President Lai Ching-te of the Republic of China received "a visiting delegation of U.S. Senator and Co-Chairman of the Congressional and Executive Committee on China (CECC) Jeff Merkley." (Provided by the Presidential Office of the Republic of China)
"Over the years, his home state of Oregon has had a very close connection with Taiwan. Two cities in Oregon have also signed sister city agreements with Taiwan, and the two sides have many mutual investment opportunities and business connections." Merkley said .
Merkley pointed out that when he visited Taiwan as a state legislator in 2000, he saw Taiwan's flourishing democracy and became a lifelong supporter of Taiwan. After serving as a U.S. Senator, he became more committed to promoting Taiwan-U.S. relations. He and Senator Rubio belong to different political parties, but the two united in supporting Taiwan, co-sponsored the "Taiwan Relations Strengthening Act", and collaborated on a number of resolutions to reaffirm Taiwan-U.S. relations.
Merkley emphasized that during his tenure as a U.S. senator, he will continue to make every effort to strengthen relations with Taiwan in various areas, including military security, strengthening connections with the world, and strengthening the country's resilience in the face of climate change, natural disasters and other challenges. The delegation's visit at the time of the transfer of power in the United States hopes to reiterate that the U.S. House and Senate will unite across party lines to support Taiwan, and looks forward to continuing to promote the Taiwan-U.S. partnership in the future.
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