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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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