Thursday, March 6, 2025
An open letter "overthrowing the CCP" was circulated online
The two sessions opened, and an open letter "overthrowing the CCP" was circulated online
Reporters : Qin Yue and Qiu Yue / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2025/03/06/a103964567.html
When the CCP's "two sessions" were held, an open letter from overseas called on the Chinese people to "overthrow the CCP's dictatorship and settle accounts with Xi Jinping's crimes", which attracted widespread attention.
This "open letter to all Chinese citizens" was published on the X platform account "Human Rights and Current Affairs" and was signed by Lv Zhanqiu.
In the letter, he accused local officials of corruption based on his own experience, and emphasized that no one can be immune under the CCP's dictatorship. He also criticized the "two sessions" as a "rubber stamp" of the dictatorship, and abolishing the CCP and settling the CCP leader is urgent!
Jie Lijian, acting chairman of the China Democratic Party United Headquarters: "When public opinion changes, it means a huge change. If there is a huge change, it means that the evil of the autocratic system will perish one by one."
Lai Jianping, former Beijing lawyer and chairman of the China Democracy Front in Canada: "The Chinese Communist Party has always been aware that its autocratic rule is unpopular and the profound disaster it has caused to the Chinese people. It has also always had a clear understanding of the resistance of the people, knowing that it is sitting on the crater and that there is a state of life-and-death hostility between it and the people. Therefore, all its purposes in governing are to maintain the one-party dictatorship and to suppress at all costs and by all means. So next they may introduce more measures and more severe suppression."
The letter described Xi Jinping's regime as "shaky" and said that history will prove that tyranny will eventually collapse. The Chinese and English versions of the open letter have been sent to more than a dozen overseas media to attract the attention of the international community.
Jie Lijian: "The Communist Party cannot give it a chance, nor can it change, nor can it move towards a US-China orientation. It is impossible. For so many years, we have been looking forward to it, but in the end, it has become a tiger that will become a threat to the security of the whole world, and it poses a major threat to the world's security."
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
What did Trump say when he mentioned CCP 6 times in his Congress speech?
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Trump mentioned the CCP 6 times in his speech to Congress. What did he say?
—Trump’s first speech to a joint session of Congress: What are the topics related to China?
Editor : Li Hua / Source: Voice of America, HK01 / https://www.aboluowang.com/2025/0305/2185211.html
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, 4 March 2025 at 9 pm. EST, U.S. President Donald Trump delivered his first major speech since the start of his second term at a joint session of Congress. In his speech, he said "America is back" and listed the measures and achievements he has made in the first six weeks of his second term. Trump's speech focused mainly on domestic issues, but many of his topics were closely related to China.
Focus on domestic issues
President Trump's speech lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes, the longest speech by a U.S. president at a joint session of Congress since 1964.
President Trump's speech focused mainly on domestic issues, including the investigation and cuts in federal agency spending and layoffs of federal employees by the Government Efficiency Department led by American entrepreneur Elon Musk; strengthening border security controls and large-scale deportations of illegal immigrants, and cutting federal funds for equality, diversity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. He also talked about the economy and how to reduce the size and waste of government to eventually reduce inflation and eventually balance the budget.
"As a president who has a campaign slogan of 'America First' and has some neo-isolationist tendencies, it is not surprising that Trump's speech focuses mainly on domestic policy issues," Dean Chen, a professor of political science at Ramapo College in New Jersey, told VOA.
Dr. Luzhong Weng, an associate professor of political science at Sam Houston State University in Texas, told VOA that Trump was able to take so many measures at the beginning of his administration because the power of conservatives gave Trump a lot of support.
"After the Republicans took over the Senate and the House, Trump felt that he had to implement it very efficiently without tying his hands and feet," he said. Currently, the Republicans maintain a slight majority in both the Senate and the House.
Many issues are closely related to China
President Trump did not mention China much in his speech this time, but many of the issues he talked about were closely related to China, and tariffs were one of them.
"The European Union, China, Brazil, India, Mexico and Canada. Have you heard of them? There are countless other countries that charge us far higher tariffs than we charge them. It's very unfair. India charges us more than 100% on cars. China charges us an average tariff twice as high as ours on our products. South Korea's average tariff is four times ours. Think about it, four times higher. And we help South Korea a lot militarily and in many other ways. But that's how it is. (Our) enemies and friends do this. This system is not fair to the United States. It has never been fair." Trump said.
President Trump announced that the United States will implement reciprocal tariffs on all countries starting 2 April 2025. In fact, Trump has twice increased tariffs of 10% on Chinese goods since he took office six weeks ago. In response, China has also imposed tariffs of 10% to 15% on American agricultural products.
When the reciprocal tariffs were announced, the Republicans at the scene applauded, showing that Republicans who once supported free trade have changed their views on tariffs. Li Shaomin, a professor of international business at Old Dominion University in the United States, said that Trump's emphasis on tariffs is a clear signal that manufacturing should be brought back to the United States and that the actual economic activities should be in the United States.
In addition, President Trump mentioned that the United States will open a shipbuilding office in the White House to strengthen the United States' defense industrial base and revitalize the US shipbuilding industry, including commercial and military shipbuilding.
"We used to build a lot of ships. Now we don't build many ships, but we will build them very soon. This will have a huge impact." Trump said.
"This is a veiled attack on Beijing." Professor Chen Ding of Ramapo College in New Jersey said that considering China's current dominance in the global shipping industry. He said that Chinese ships, containers and cranes are shipped all over the world and docked in US ports for various commercial activities, bringing economic disadvantages to the domestic shipping industry in the United States. In addition, many Chinese ships can also be used for military purposes.
Chen Ding predicted that Trump may issue an executive order to instruct more funding and support for the domestic shipbuilding industry to meet these challenges.
The USTR survey noted that China’s share of the global shipbuilding industry has exploded over the past 25 years. In 1999, China accounted for about 5% of global shipbuilding tonnage. By 2023, China’s share of the market will exceed 50%.
According to the USTR survey, China’s policies “burden or restrict U.S. commerce by undermining business opportunities and investment in the U.S. maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding industries; restricting competition and choice; creating economic security risks by creating dependency and vulnerability in industries critical to the functioning of the U.S. economy; and undermining supply chain resilience.”
Meanwhile, President Trump vowed again to take back the Panama Canal in his speech to a joint session of Congress. Here he mentioned China again. He also said that the United States has already done so. He mentioned the purchase of a stake by a U.S. company in a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings that operates the Panama Canal Port.
“We didn’t give the Panama Canal to China, we gave it to Panama, and now we’re taking it back,” Trump said.
Another thing worth noting is that President Trump talked about TSMC's announcement of a $10 billion investment in the United States.
"Just yesterday, TSMC, the world's largest and most powerful chipmaker - with a 97% market share - announced an investment of $165 billion to make the most powerful chips on the planet in the United States. And we won't give them a penny."
He also mentioned that technology companies such as SoftBank, Apple and OpenAI will build factories in the United States, not "in China."
"The president is a shrewd transactional realist who often links business deals with national security, such as his attempt to reach a mineral agreement with Ukraine. How TSMC's huge investment plan will affect the United States' future Taiwan Strait policy remains to be seen." Chen Ding said.
Trump only mentioned Taiwan when mentioning TSMC, but when announcing TSMC's new investment plan in the United States at a White House press conference on Monday, Trump said that it would be a "catastrophic event" if China isolated or invaded Taiwan, but did not further elaborate on what actions his government would take. Just last week, at his first cabinet meeting, he again refused to clarify when asked whether his government would send troops to defend Taiwan if Beijing took military action.
Weng Luzhong believes that since the focus of the United States now is to make America great again, diplomacy must be centered on American interests. "The United States is now very strong abroad, so that other countries can understand what is in the interests of the United States." He told VOA.
Ukraine and the Middle East
Although Trump's speech focused mainly on domestic affairs, he could hardly avoid the topic that dominated last week-the war in Ukraine.
"I am also working tirelessly to end the brutal conflict in Ukraine," Trump said. "Millions of Ukrainians and Russians have been needlessly killed or injured in this terrible and brutal conflict, and there is no end in sight."
Trump had hoped to announce a new rare earth mineral agreement with Ukraine in his speech. But his quarrel with Ukrainian President Zelensky in the Oval Office of the White House last week disrupted that plan.
Instead, Trump returned to his frustration about how much money the United States has spent on the conflict.
But he also responded positively to Zelenskyy's social media post earlier on Tuesday - Trump referred to a letter from the Ukrainian leader - in which Zelensky expressed regret for Friday's quarrel and said he was ready to start peace talks.
"I am grateful that he sent the letter," he said, but did not say when he would try to speak with Zelenskyy again but he said that in the meantime, the United States has held discussions with Russia, and Russia has sent strong signals that they are ready to cooperate.
Trump also mentioned the Middle East in his speech. "In the Middle East, we are bringing hostages back from Gaza. During my first term, we reached one of the most groundbreaking peace agreements in generations: the Abraham Accords. Now we will build on it and create a more peaceful and prosperous future for the entire region."
The Abraham Accords are historic peace treaties or normalization agreements signed in 2020 between Israel and several Arab Muslim countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco, brokered by the Trump administration.
Democratic response
President Trump's speech was interrupted by continuous applause and cheers from Republicans, but also boycotted by Democrats. Al Green, a Democratic congressman from Texas, was asked to leave the venue for protesting 4 minutes after the opening. During this period, other Democrats also left quietly or held signs saying "lies".
In addition, female Democrats wore pink to call attention to the Trump administration, which they believed had a negative impact on women and families. Others held signs such as "Musk steals" and criticized Musk's practice of drastically reducing federal agencies by canceling government contracts and firing tens of thousands of federal employees. Male Democrats wore yellow and blue ties to show support for Ukraine.
Image : Democrats wore pink to protest Trump's policies. (Reuters)
After Trump's speech, Elissa Slotkin, a federal congressman from Michigan, responded on behalf of the Democratic Party.
She criticized Trump's economic plan for "not helping" Americans "far from it." She said Americans need to improve government efficiency, but she criticized Musk for blindly firing federal employees en masse and said he was not subject to any supervision. She said: "Would any American feel comfortable letting him and his group of twenty-somethings use their own servers to look through your tax forms, health information and bank accounts?"
Slotkin also said that we all want to end the war in Ukraine but Trump flatters dictators like Putin and kicks allies like Canada. She criticized Trump for abandoning American leadership. She said she would rather have American leadership than China and Russia's leadership.
CCP's Foreign Propaganda
Source : HK01
At night of 4 March 2025, U.S. President Trump delivered a speech to Congress in Washington, which was his first speech to Congress since he took office on 20 January 2025. Unexpectedly, he mentioned China only 6 times in his more than 100-minute speech, including 3 times to name tariff policies against China and other countries, and 1 time to single out China's role in the Panama Canal.
Trump mentioned China for the first time when he talked about tariff policies in the middle of his speech. He said that for decades, other countries, including China, have been imposing tariffs on the United States, so now it is the turn of the United States to start imposing tariffs on other countries.
He then mentioned China again along with other countries, saying that the above situation is very unfair. China's average tariff on American products is twice that of the United States on China, and South Korea's is even twice as high.
He reiterated that he had implemented "reciprocal tariffs" earlier and named "China and other countries". He emphasized: "For decades, we have been deceived by almost every country in the world. We will not let this happen again." Later, when he talked about the impact of the new trade policy on American farmers and industrial policies, although he mentioned China separately, he did not make any targeted or critical remarks.
Finally, when Trump mentioned the Panama Canal in his speech, he said that the United States built the canal at a high cost, and later reached an agreement with Panama to return the canal to them at a very low cost, but now the agreement has been seriously violated. He pointed out: "We didn't give it (the Panama Canal) to China, we gave it to Panama, and now we want to take it back."
Image : U.S. President Trump (front) spoke to Congress on Tuesday. Photo by European News Agency
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
U.S. State Department internal guidance document distinguishes between the CCP and the Chinese people
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Breaking news! No longer recognize Xi Jinping as the president! U.S. State Department internal guidance document shockingly exposed
—VOA Exclusive: U.S. State Department internal guidance document distinguishes between the CCP and the Chinese people
Editor : Fang Xun / Source: Voice of America / https://www.aboluowang.com/2025/0304/2184490.html
U.S. State Department —
The United States is drawing a sharp distinction between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Chinese people, setting the tone for Washington to view Beijing’s government — rather than the broader population — as a strategic competitor, according to an internal document obtained by Voice of America (VOA).
The approach is largely consistent with the State Department’s public messaging late in President Donald Trump’s first administration.
In a recent guidance document on China-related terminology, Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed U.S. embassies and consulates to use more specific descriptive terms and avoid using the adjective “Chinese” when it could imply a negative connotation about the broader Chinese people, culture or language.
Prior to the latest instructions, the State Department’s website removed references to the “People’s Republic of China” when referring to the Chinese government, and a fact sheet now simply refers to the country as “China.”
The internal document instructs the State Department to use “CCP” when discussing government actions in public speeches or press releases, recognizing that the CCP has ultimate authority over China’s political, economic, military and many other decisions.
However, the document advises against using “Chinese” as an adjective when describing China’s malign behavior to prevent the perception that the U.S. government is blaming the Chinese people for those actions, according to the memo.
The document also advises the U.S. to avoid using terms that reflect the ideology of Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping.
Under the directive, Xi should be referred to as the “General Secretary” of the Communist Party, rather than the “President,” reflecting that the party is greater than the government — an approach roughly in line with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s approach.
In the internal guidance, Rubio reiterated the State Department’s fact sheet on U.S. policy toward China, which emphasizes that the United States will approach its relationship with China in accordance with the principles of “reciprocity and fairness.”
In addition, the State Department should avoid using words from former President Joe Biden's administration, such as "invest-coordinate-compete" and "responsibly manage" U.S.-China relations.
In Beijing, Chinese officials expressed "strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition" to the State Department's changes to the fact list, accusing the U.S. side of "stirring up so-called Sino-U.S. strategic competition."
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a regular press conference on Monday that China "has lodged solemn representations to the U.S. side" after Rubio's recent media interview. Beijing believes that these remarks are "full of Cold War thinking."
In Washington, analysts said it is not unusual for the U.S. State Department to make changes to policy descriptions on its website, which often happens after a new administration takes office.
"We are still waiting to see how the (Trump) administration" formulates its broader China strategy, said Brian Hart, deputy director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington. However, he mentioned in a discussion hosted by the center on Monday that official website updates are common during the transition period of government change.
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Monday, February 24, 2025
Chinese blogger discovers huge population decline, Musk's AI reveals secrets
Translation : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
Reporter : Ning Haizhong / Editor : Sun Yun / https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/25/2/24/n14444610.htm / Image : A delivery man waits for orders in Beijing on February 24, 2025. (Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images)
The official Chinese Communist Party claims that China has a population of 1.4 billion, but recently many Chinese bloggers have posted videos saying that from cities to rural areas, there are fewer and fewer people, questioning whether China’s population data is correct: Where have all the Chinese gone? Musk's X AI Grok 3 calculated the huge population decline in China based on official Chinese data, and some commentators believed that this revealed a big secret of the Chinese Communist Party.
The National Bureau of Statistics of China released data on 17 January 2025, stating that China's population will be 1.4828 billion at the end of 2024, a decrease of 1.39 million from the end of 2023, and the natural population growth rate will be negative 0.99%. According to this data, China's population has only declined slightly, but videos shot by bloggers from all over the country show that shopping malls and streets in many places, which were once bustling with people, are now sparsely populated. During this year's Chinese New Year, even first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou were deserted, with only tourist attractions and major hospitals crowded with people.
Overseas YouTube channels have collected a lot of bloggers’ videos. Here are some of the bloggers’ sharing:
"Have you noticed that there are fewer and fewer people in Beijing this year? The post-Chinese New Year period is the peak season for people to return to Beijing, but this year a lot of houses cannot be rented out, and the streets are much quieter."
"The New Year is over. Where have all the people in Shanghai gone? Have you noticed that there are fewer people on the subway? The shopping malls are also very deserted. Even the most bustling pedestrian streets in the past are now closed."
"Do you feel that in big cities like Guangzhou, there are fewer people, no one in the shopping malls, no one on the streets, no one everywhere? Can anyone analyze where the people have gone?"
"In a country with a population of 1.4 billion, Jinan has a population of 9 million. There is no one on the streets or in the shops. Where have all the people gone?"
"I suddenly discovered a very scary problem. During the Chinese New Year, you said that there were no people in the cities. Everyone knows this, but my cousin in the countryside said that there were not many people in the countryside. The countryside was so deserted. You said that China has a population of 1.4 billion. Where did all these people go? I even began to doubt whether China has a population of 1.4 billion. Does China really have 1.4 billion people?"
It remains a mystery how many people have died from the covid epidemic, which broke out in Wuhan at the end of 2019, then spread across the country and overseas. In particular, after the CCP’s three-year extreme "zero-COVID" policy ended without warning in December 2022, the epidemic broke out like a tsunami, and crematoriums and funeral homes across China were overloaded but the civil affairs department stopped publishing funeral data afterwards. As of today (24 February 2025), the authorities have not resumed publishing funeral data.
Around the Chinese New Year this year, a wave of influenza A epidemic broke out. In mid-February, people in many parts of Hebei told Epoch Times reporters that around the Chinese New Year, people around them generally showed flu symptoms, and major hospitals and crematoriums were packed.
Mr. Hua, a villager in Tangshan, Hebei, said: "Now the big hospitals are overcrowded, like a market. The number of people who died in the hospital cannot be burned in the crematorium. I am now in my hometown in the countryside. Many people have died. To burn the bodies, we have to find people (with connections). It's like the end of the world! Those who died are all older, including middle-aged people, older people, and young people. Now it's still covid. My sixth aunt died of covid, and the government controls the media and does not allow them to talk about it."
Mr. Zhang, a resident of Ankang City, Shaanxi Province, said that due to the death of many people in his area, new graves are everywhere in the rural valleys and fields.
Interestingly, according to actual measurements, Musk's X AI Grok 3 estimates that China's population will decrease by 150 million to 200 million people from 2020 to 2023 based on official Chinese data, which seems to echo the Chinese people's feeling that the population has decreased significantly.
On February 20, 2025, a netizen posted on X: "Grok3, the Musk version of AI, is amazing! I just challenged it with a major question using its thinking function: How many people died in China during the three-year epidemic? It searched a large amount of public data in 29 seconds, designed a regression analysis model, provided control variables, and finally came up with a pure data analysis result: China's population decreased by 150 million to 200 million in three years! Do you accept it?" (link)
In response to this, well-known commentator Wen Zhao said in a video program on 22 February 2025 that this netizen limited the analysis to consumption data, which restricted the direction of reasoning too rigidly. Key factors such as GDP and unemployment rate should also be included as set conditions.
He personally tested Gork3 and asked, "Please combine China's consumption data with China's economic growth rate, unemployment rate and other economic operation data to creatively estimate the number of people who will be reduced in China during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2023."
The result given by Gork3 is also that the population decreased by between 150 million and 200 million. Wen Zhao said that this result was shocking. Musk's Gork3 had leaked a big secret to the CCP and created a big hole.
However, many observers have long pointed out that the official data on GDP and unemployment rate provided by the Chinese Communist Party are themselves "beautified" for the sake of regime stability.
As early as two years ago, Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong, stated that the CCP has been covering up the epidemic for more than three years. The epidemic in China has killed 400 million people, and 500 million people will die in China by the end of this wave of epidemic.
At the beginning of the outbreak, Mr. Li Hongzhi pointed out in his article "Reason" in March 2020: "In fact, the plague itself is aimed at people's hearts, morals, and karma." He also told the world how to avoid danger in this plague: "People should sincerely confess to God where they are not good, and hope to be given a chance to correct their mistakes. This is the solution, this is the panacea."
Macron meets Trump at the White House and stresses that "peace cannot mean Ukraine's surrender"
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Editor : Huang Qihao / https://def.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/4961475 / Image : Macron and Trump discuss ending the war between Ukraine and Russia. Macron stressed that Europe will strengthen its national defense and jointly defend peace, and that peace cannot mean "Ukraine's surrender"; Trump, on the other hand, is happy to see Europe play a role in promoting peace. (AFP)
French President Emmanuel Macron went to the United States on 24 February 2025 to meet with US President Trump. In addition to being the first European leader Trump met with since taking office, the two met at the White House on 24 February, that also symbolized the 3rd anniversary of the Ukraine-Russia war. Macron stressed that Europe will strengthen its national defense and jointly defend peace, and that peace cannot mean "Ukraine's surrender"; Trump, on the other hand, is happy to see Europe play a role in promoting peace.
According to foreign media reports, Trump met with Macron in the Oval Office of the White House. Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were also present. Trump and Macron talked in the Oval Office for more than two hours and held a joint press conference after the meeting.
Trump mentioned that the Ukraine-Russia war was a terrible, bloody and chaotic war, which represented the killing of an entire generation of Ukrainians and Russians. Trump stressed that if it were during his presidency, this war would never have happened, and that the progress he had made on peace was "greater than in the past three years." He was also pleased that Macron agreed that the responsibility for maintaining European security must be borne by European countries, not just the United States.
Macron mentioned that he was very aware that Europeans needed to contribute more to Europe's security, Europe's defense, and to share more equitably the security burden that the United States has borne for many years. Regarding the ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, Macron called for caution, saying that the two sides should first cease fire and then reach a peace agreement including security guarantees. "Everyone wants peace, but we don't want a weak agreement. Any peace agreement must be "evaluated, checked and verified." Macron emphasized: "Peace does not mean Ukraine's surrender."
Regarding Trump's previous phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Macron praised Trump's communication and said he thought it was a good thing to have discussions with other leaders, especially when the two disagreed. As for European countries sending peacekeeping forces to Ukraine, Trump also held a positive attitude and said that "peacekeeping missions are a good thing." It is understood that during the meeting, Macron mentioned that the peacekeeping forces would not participate in conflicts but would only ensure peacekeeping; Trump said that he accepted this concept and that he had asked Putin about the peacekeeping forces, to which Putin had no objection.
The U.S. Congress opposes the CCP's weaponization of Resolution 2758
The U.S. Congress opposes the CCP's weaponization of Resolution 2758 confusing the U.S. policy
Reporters: Hu Zonghan and Ning Yuxiang / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2025/02/23/a103961589.html
The U.S. Congress once again issued a cross-house and cross-party resolution last Saturday (February 22) to counter the CCP's weaponization of "UN General Assembly Resolution 2758", criticizing the CCP for subverting the United Nations and expressing a firm support for Taiwan.
On the 22nd, bipartisan senators and representatives of the U.S. Congress proposed a resolution to oppose the CCP's weaponization of "UN General Assembly Resolution 2758" and confuse the U.S. policy toward Taiwan. The United States does not recognize the CCP's sovereignty claim over Taiwan. The CCP deceives the world, and the United States will not sit idly by.
The United Nations General Assembly, "Resolution 2758" in 1971, stated that the People's Republic of China is China's only representative in the United Nations. However, the CCP expanded its interpretation that Taiwan is part of China and does not need another representative. Blocking Taiwan from participating in international organizations.
Jim Risch, Republican chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen, Democratic chief senator, proposed a similar resolution last year (2024), which countered the CCP's over-interpretation of UNGA Resolution 2758, indicating that the "one China policy" between the United States and its partners is different from the CCP's "one China principle".
This time, the cross-house version of the resolution of the U.S. Congress has expanded its lineup to 8 people, including Republican Senator Pete Ricketts, Democratic Senator Chris Coons, Republican Representative Young Kim, and Democratic Representative Ami Bera.
The 7-page resolution of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives pointed out that the CCP linked the "UNGA Resolution 2758" with the CCP's "one China principle" and claimed to the outside world that the "UNGA Resolution 2758" dealt with Taiwan's sovereignty. In fact, the "UNGA Resolution 2758" only involves the CCP's seat in the United Nations and has nothing to do with Taiwan's sovereignty.
The CCP has limited Taiwan's international space, and the U.S. Congress has expressed its toughness against China across houses and parties, reiterating the United States' consistent support for Taiwan.
Saturday, February 22, 2025
New coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 has been detected in humans
Translation : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
News (1) to (3) / Reporter : Yang Zuyu / Editor: Li Hua / Source: New Head Shell / https://www.aboluowang.com/2025/0222/2179486.html / Image : Recently, Shi Zhengli, a coronavirus expert at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, led a research team to discover a new coronavirus from bats again, and published the research report in the international journal "Cell". Photo by New Head Shell
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Wuhan Institute of Virology discovered another new coronavirus! It has similar characteristics to the covid virus
The impact of the COVID-19 (covid) epidemic on the world is still fresh in the memory of many people. However, foreign media recently reported that the Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is suspected of spreading covid, has discovered a new coronavirus, and it is related to Shi Zhengli, an expert in coronavirus research. The report also further pointed out that the new virus invades cells in the same way as the covid virus, causing people to worry about the large-scale spread of the epidemic again.
According to the Hong Kong "South China Morning Post" report, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Guangzhou Academy of Sciences, and Guangzhou Laboratory recently jointly published research results in the American scientific journal "Cell", saying that its researchers have discovered a new coronavirus in bats and named it HKU5-CoV-2. In addition, the report also pointed out that the research related to HKU5-CoV-2 was led by Shi Zhengli, a Chinese coronavirus expert nicknamed "Bat Woman", and HKU5-CoV-2 has some similar characteristics to the covid virus.
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HKU5-CoV-2 can target cells in human intestine and other environments
The research report stated that the HKU5-CoV-2 virus contains a protein mediator that can bind to the ACE2 protein receptor in humans or other mammals, and then infect the cells of specific animals, which has similar characteristics to COVID-19. In addition, the report also pointed out that when HKU5-CoV-2 is simulated in the laboratory, it can infect target cells in the human intestine, respiratory tract and other environments.
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HKU5-CoV-2. less toxic, has been detected in humans
The report further stated that HKU5-CoV-2 has a strong ability to infect and can infect a wide range of hosts, but the virus is less toxic than the previously known COVID-19, and called on the public not to exaggerate the risks that the new virus may cause to humans. The report also pointed out that so far, HKU5-CoV-2 has been detected in humans, and the research team of the virus is currently studying antibodies and antiviral drugs against the new virus.
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Stop it, China! A new coronavirus was discovered in Wuhan, similar to COVID-19 and SARS, with a wider host range
Reporter : Xiao Youchen / https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=1613205&From=Search&Key=%E6%96%B0%E5%9E%8B
Image : The Wuhan Institute of Virology, Guangzhou Academy of Sciences and Guangzhou Laboratory of Virology jointly discovered the latest "HKU5-CoV-2" coronavirus. (Diagram/Photo taken from Pixabay)
It has been five years since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The national and even global panic over the epidemic is still vivid in people's minds. In China, where the first confirmed case of COVID-19 occurred, a virus research institute has discovered another new coronavirus. The way it invades cells is the same as COVID-19 and SARS that shocked the early 21st century. This virus may have a wider host range and higher cross-species infectivity.
According to the South China Morning Post, Chinese virus expert Shi Zhengli discovered the new coronavirus from "East Asian house bats" caught in Hong Kong and named it "HKU5-CoV-2." The virus binds to the same receptor that the COVID-19 and SARS viruses use to infect cells, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2).
Shi Zhengli published her latest findings in the journal Cell, stating that the new virus can not only utilize bat ACE2, but also human ACE2 and various mammalian ACE2 orthologous species. The researchers found in experiments that the viruses isolated from bat samples can infect cells or tissue clusters that simulate the human intestine and respiratory tract, and all showed that they can cause cellular ACE2 to be highly infected.
Studies have shown that the new virus has stronger binding ability and a wider host range but the researchers stressed that the new virus is significantly less potent than COVID-19 and the risk to humans should not be exaggerated. However, the researchers also added that "HKU5-CoV-2" can bind to the ACE2 receptors of many other species, all of which can act as hosts to transmit the virus to humans.
See also: https://www.sinchew.com.my/?p=6322513, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14421599/coronavirus-potential-cause-pandemic-discovered-china.html, https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/chinese-researchers-find-bat-virus-enters-human-cells-via-same-pathway-as-covid/article69249248.ece, https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/other/market-plunges-after-new-cornoavirus-reported-but-pharma-stock-soars/ar-AA1zyAwo?ocid=nl_article_link,
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Trump and Rubio both said on the same day that Covid-19 came from the Wuhan laboratory
Image : U.S. President Trump and Secretary of State Rubio (right). (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
On Friday (21 February 2025), U.S. President Trump and Secretary of State Rubio both mentioned in their speeches that the CCP virus (Covid-19, covid) came from the Wuhan laboratory.
A governors' meeting was held at the White House that day. Trump mentioned US-China relations in his speech to the governors of the country, and also talked about the first time he came into contact with the virus "pandemic" information during his last term. He said that when he walked into the office that day, a group of scientists told him that something very bad had happened in China, and there were bodies everywhere, right around the Wuhan laboratory.
Trump said that from the images taken from the air and space, it seemed that there were only some "small cracks" on the ground, but in fact there were a lot of black body bags everywhere around the laboratory. So the virus came from there.
On the same day, Trump also signed an investment memorandum instructing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to restrict China's investment in the United States in strategic areas.
In an interview with CBS TV in the United States, Secretary of State Rubio drew a red line on US-CCP China relations, emphasizing that the United States "will not give up its participation in regional affairs as a Pacific power." Rubio pointed out that in some ways, the United States and China are competitors and in others they are direct opponents.
The interview also talked about whether covid came from the Wuhan laboratory. Rubio said that he personally has always believed that this is the case, and common sense tells people that the possibility of such an accident exists.
Rubio said that the CCP has spent many years looking for viruses, conducting research on virus function enhancement, and even received funding from the West. The purpose of the CCP doing these things may be to come up with a covid virus vaccine.
Rubio's comments on the origin of covid are relatively "mild." Previously, several mainland insiders revealed that virus laboratories across China were developing biological weapons under the banner of "preventing the epidemic." Chinese Communist Party researchers artificially synthesized a large number of deadly viruses and claimed to be "studying the various possibilities of virus mutations in order to explore preventive measures in advance."
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Jiang Chaoliang was dismissed
On the same day that Trump and Rubio made the above remarks, the official website of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Jiang Chaoliang, former secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and current vice chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, had been dismissed. When the Wuhan epidemic broke out in early 2020, Jiang Chaoliang was serving as secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee. Jiang Chaoliang's sudden arrest now makes people wonder whether it is related to the covid virus tracing by the Trump administration.
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CIA supports the theory covid originates from Wuhan
After Trump returned to the White House this time, the US CIA quickly changed its words and clearly supported the theory that the covid virus originated from the Wuhan laboratory. The newly appointed CIA Director Ratcliffe also stated that he would immediately find out all the information related to the Wuhan laboratory leak that the CIA has.
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CCP China has to take account of covid
Epoch Times political commentator Zhou Xiaohui wrote that the Trump administration's virus tracing caused Beijing to panic. Because once the United States officially confirms that the virus came from the Wuhan virus laboratory, the CCP will face accountability from the United States and even many governments and people, which is something that the top leaders in Zhongnanhai cannot bear politically and economically.
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The first case in the United States, Missouri, opened a lawsuit against the CCP for compensation for the epidemic
Image : COVID-19 virus diagram. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)
The trial of the lawsuit filed by the state of Missouri in the United States for a $25 billion claim against the CCP for the COVID-19 pandemic ended this week. Missouri is the first state in the United States to hold Beijing accountable for the epidemic.
Local media "KRCG13 Channel" reported that the trial of this lawsuit was held in the federal court in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on Monday (27 January 2025) and lasted about an hour. This case is a judge trial without a jury.
On Monday, Missouri Attorney General (also translated as the state attorney general), Republican Andrew Bailey, issued a statement saying: "Today, we took China (CCP) to court and held them accountable for releasing COVID-19 to the world." Bailey said, "Today is a great day. The judge interacted with our debate and asked detailed questions. We are confident that we will recover the $25 billion in compensation we requested. If China (CCP) refuses to pay, we will seize Chinese assets." The court is expected to make a ruling in a few weeks. Bailey said in a statement that the CCP has refused to appear in court, and "the judge made it clear that he is inclined to make a ruling in favor of Missouri." Bailey said that he presented "a lot of indisputable evidence" in court that the CCP has harmed Missourians by releasing COVID-19 to the world. Bailey also mentioned that Missouri is the only state in the United States that has filed a lawsuit to hold the Chinese Communist Party responsible for causing and exacerbating the COVID-19 epidemic. In April 2020, the Republican-led state of Missouri filed a lawsuit against the Chinese Communist Party in a U.S. federal court. Eric Schmitt, then the state attorney general, accused Beijing of "suppressing information, arresting whistleblowers, and denying the contagiousness of the new coronavirus (COVID-19)", thereby causing and exacerbating the COVID-19 pandemic, and hindering the production, procurement, and import and export of medical equipment such as personal protective equipment (PPE).
After Schmitt was elected to the U.S. Senate, his successor Bailey claimed $25 billion from Beijing.
In 2024, a federal circuit court of appeals ruled that Missouri could sue the Chinese Communist Party for certain illegal actions taken by the Chinese Communist Party related to COVID-19.
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Lawyers outside Missouri have sued CCP for covid spread and damage to the U.S.
Before the Missouri lawsuit was filed, several teams of lawyers in the United States had sued the Chinese Communist Party authorities on behalf of American citizens or small businesses in the United States, demanding that Beijing be held responsible for the damage caused to the United States by the virus pandemic.
Among them, a lawsuit in California demanded that the Chinese Communist Party pay at least $8 trillion in compensation.
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The CCP secretly starts doomsday mode. “Many provinces with large populations have quietly opened up burials.”
—Funeral homes in many parts of China are full, and new graves are everywhere in mountain villages
Editor : Fang Xun / Source: Epoch Times / https://www.aboluowang.com/2025/0224/2179968.html2025/0224/2179968.html
In mid-February, people in many places in Hebei revealed that around the Chinese New Year, people around them generally showed flu symptoms, and major hospitals and crematoriums were full.
The Epoch Times reported that Mr. Hua, a villager in Tangshan, Hebei, said: "Now the big hospitals are overcrowded, like a market. There are too many people who are gone in the hospital to be cremated in the crematorium. I am now in my hometown in the countryside, and many people have died. I have to find people (connections) to cremate them, like the end of the world! Those who died are all older, including middle-aged people, older people, and young people. Now it is still the new coronavirus. My sixth aunt died of the new coronavirus, and the government controls the media and does not allow it to be said."
Mr. Wang, a villager in Shijiazhuang, also disclosed that many people died in the area, coffins were out of stock, and prices skyrocketed. "Now there are many people who suddenly died, and most of them are elderly. We don't know exactly how many people have died. Anyway, in a small village with 180 people, several people died before and after the New Year. A coffin that normally costs 4,000 yuan is now selling for 12,000 yuan. If it was 12,000 yuan in the morning, it might go up to 13,000 yuan in the afternoon because there are so many people and now it’s hard to order a coffin.
Mr. Yao, a resident of Shijiazhuang, believes: “People are still infected with covid, which is nothing more than a new name, called influenza A. The symptoms are quite serious. A few days ago, an old acquaintance of mine passed away. Another buddy who was just over 50 also passed away. Now there are people in their 50s, 60s, and 70s who have passed away.
“Anyway, there are very few people on the street now, it’s very deserted, there are not many people in the countryside, and there are not many people in the city. Anyway, it feels like there are fewer people and older people, and there are not many people on the subway and bus, and there are no traffic jams when driving.”
Mr. Zhang from Ankang, Shaanxi said that because many people have passed away, there are new graves everywhere in the valleys and fields in the countryside. “From the 26th of the twelfth lunar month last year to the 10th of the first lunar month this year, 11 elderly people have passed away here alone. In our rural area, burials are generally done, and few are sent to funeral homes. Those workers and state officials are cremated, but ordinary people still bury their dead. Now there are many new graves, many in the fields and valleys. "
Mr. Zhang believes that the authorities forced people to take the COVID-19 vaccine in the past few years, which led to a surge in sudden deaths in recent years.
Mr. Zhang said: "People's resistance is relatively poor after taking the vaccine. All the people in our rural areas have taken it, and most of them have taken the Sinovac vaccine from Beijing, and they have taken three shots. Some old men in their 80s and 90s do not go out of their hometowns. They all live in the mountains and take the vaccine to their homes. When they were vaccinated, some people started to have a fever when they returned, and some people went back with weakness in their limbs and did not want to eat. There were all kinds of problems, and some died. "
Xiao Chen (pseudonym), a worker at a coffin factory in Zhejiang, also revealed that the local epidemic was severe and many young and middle-aged people died suddenly. "All industries are laying off employees because of lack of business. Our industry is working overtime and adding more staff. We have built seven or eight coffin factories here in the past two years. The coffins we make are shipped to the whole country, and there are basically coffins in every city. Now our production capacity is a little bigger, and there is no wood for making coffins. Many people did not go home during the Chinese New Year, and they worked overtime desperately. "
Zhang Xiong (pseudonym), who works in the funeral industry in Jinzhai County, Lu'an, Anhui, said that many people died around the Chinese New Year. "I have a work group, and the number of people reported every day is 20 to 30. Most of the people who are dead now are elderly people. There are also middle-aged and young people. There are many people who are dead, and the crematorium business is quite good. We have built a large funeral home here, and more than a dozen furnaces are burning every day. "
Mr. Li from Zhumadian, Henan revealed that "due to the large number of deaths, many funeral homes have added crematoriums. "There is a situation in Henan Province, Anhui Province and Jiangxi Province, which are populous provinces, that is, burials are quietly allowed. Because of burial, the pressure on the crematorium is reduced. Didn't the requirements in rural areas used to be very strict? Buried in the ground must be dug out and cremated, but now it is not required. Now many places have allowed burials."
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Xi Jinping has been promoting poisonous tactics in China for many years, and today he finally suffered the consequences
Report by : Akio Yaita / Editor: Fang Xun / Source: X platform / https://www.aboluowang.com/2025/0222/2179291.html/2179291.html
I once heard an old saying, "If you insult others, you will always be insulted by others." It means that people who like to insult others will always be insulted by themselves. It is said that it evolved from the saying "If you respect others, you will always be respected by others" in "Mencius". Japanese veteran media person Akio Yaita said that after seeing the news that the Chinese Shandong Taishan Football Team was forced to withdraw from the Asian Champions League held in South Korea in recent days, he felt that what the ancients said was really reasonable.
The whole story is like this. First, on 11 February 2025, when the Shandong Taishan team played against the South Korean Gwangju FC team at home, some Chinese fans in the audience held up photos of the dictator Chun Doo-hwan, who bloodily suppressed demonstrators in the 1980 Gwangju incident, and North Korea's Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-un, provoking and humiliating their opponents, trying to anger the Korean players.
The result of the game was that the Shandong team won 3:1. But after the game, the Korean media reported that Chinese fans held up photos during the game, which angered the Korean society. Especially for many Gwangju people who lost their loved ones, the Gwangju incident 45 years ago is an eternal pain in their hearts. Gwangju FC lodged a solemn protest to China, pointing out: "This is not only a mockery and derogation of Gwangju, but also a mockery and derogation of the entire South Korea."
A week later, it was the turn of the Taishan team to play in Ulsan, South Korea. Although the opponent was not the Gwangju team, thousands of Gwangju fans spontaneously came to Ulsan. According to reports, they prepared a large number of "8964" and other sensitive slogans of the Chinese Communist Party to "return" their opponents.
After receiving the news, the Chinese Communist Party officials were highly nervous, fearing that the incident would be reported back to China and cause adverse political impact. Therefore, they urgently ordered the Taishan team to withdraw from the game and return home immediately. Therefore, the Taishan team gave up the game on the grounds that "the players were unwell" and returned home in disgrace.
In the future, Shandong Taishan will face huge fines and a ban from participating in the AFC Champions League for a considerable period of time.
In recent years, Xi Jinping's brainless patriotic education promoted in the Communist Party of China has cultivated countless arrogant little pink wolf warriors, and today he finally ate the bitter fruit.
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
The Chinese Democratic Revolutionary Party, a hostile organization, suddenly appeared in China
Direct translation
Important insider information! Wang Xiaohong personally revealed his headache! The Chinese Democratic Revolutionary Party, a hostile organization, suddenly appeared in China
Editor, reporting : Fang Xun / https://www.aboluowang.com/2025/0219/2177839.html
In recent years, Xi Jinping's regime has faced more and more challenges and crises. Although the CCP has shown strong ruling power on the surface, domestic political, economic and social contradictions have intensified, threatening the stability of the regime. From the power struggle among the top leaders of the CCP to the spread of dissatisfaction among the people, all signs indicate that Xi Jinping's leadership is facing severe tests, especially in the looming domestic political crisis.
Against this background, Professor Yuan Hongbing, a famous legal scholar who has lived in Australia for a long time and often discloses the inside story of the top leaders of the CCP, pointed out in an interview with a reporter from "China Watch" that he quoted the news of people of conscience within the CCP system, revealing another domestic political crisis facing Xi Jinping - the politicization trend of civil resistance.
According to this insider, the summary of an internal speech by Wang Xiaohong, Minister of Public Security of the CCP, has been conveyed to the director level of grassroots public security bureaus. In his speech, Wang Xiaohong particularly emphasized that the CCP public security organs must focus on the politicization trend of civil unrest as a key target for investigation and crackdown. He clearly pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen the reconnaissance and surveillance of a hostile organization called the "China Democratic Revolutionary Party", and proposed effective measures to deal with the "cellularization" trend of this hostile organization.
The so-called "cellization of hostile organizations" refers to the flattening of the organizational structure, with each group consisting of only two to three people. This structure greatly increases the difficulty for the CCP's secret service to crack such cases, and also greatly improves the concealment and flexibility of the organization's members.
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Trump supports European troops stationed in Ukraine
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Trump supports European troops stationed in Ukraine, may meet with Putin at the end of the month
Reporter : Xia Yu / https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/25/2/18/n14440308.htm / Image : U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he signs an executive order at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, February 18, 2025. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP)
On Tuesday (18 February 2025), U.S. President Trump said at Mar-a-Lago in Florida that he would not oppose the deployment of European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine. He also said he might meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the end of the month.
On Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order at Mar-a-Lago. When asked by reporters whether he supported the deployment of European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine, he said he would "not object at all."
"If they want to do it, that's great. I'm all for it. If they want to do it, I think that's great," he said. Trump also mentioned that France and Britain have expressed their willingness to do so.
Trump suggested the United States would not be involved in the peacekeeping force "because we are far away."
The president went on to say, "No one has asked me" to withdraw all U.S. troops from Europe in the event of a peace deal, "so I don't think we have to do that."
He continued: "I didn't want to do that. The question never really came up."
Trump also said he would "probably" meet with Putin before the end of the month. When asked if there was a specific date, the president did not respond. Including today, there are 11 days left in February.
Trump and Putin spoke by phone for 90 minutes last week, during which time he said his meeting with Putin might take place in Saudi Arabia.
Trump: U.S.-Russia talks went very well
The U.S. and Russian teams held highly anticipated talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The US State Department said after the meeting that the talks were "an important step forward." Russian negotiators said discussions with the United States on Ukraine were positive.
Trump described the talks between the United States and Russian officials as "very good." "Both Russia and Ukraine have lost tens of thousands of soldiers, many have been killed," he added.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after talks with Russian representatives that after more than four hours of talks in Saudi Arabia, the United States and Russia agreed on four principles, including the appointment of a senior team to help "negotiate and work to end the conflict in Ukraine in a way that is acceptable to all parties involved."
"I think I have the ability to end this war. I think it's going very well," Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago.
He also expressed greater openness to pushing for new elections in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy is unhappy about not being invited to participate in the US-Russia talks, Trump responds
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was not invited to the U.S.-Russia talks, said on Tuesday that Ukraine would not "succumb to Russia's ultimatum." He also said earlier that he would refuse to sign any agreement without Ukrainian representatives participating in the negotiations.
“But I heard some people today say, ‘Oh, we weren’t invited.’ Well, you’ve been there for three years,” Trump said at Mar-a-Lago. “You should have ended this in three years.”
"I think they've got to make peace," Trump said last week. "Their people are being killed, and I think they've got to make peace. I say this is not a good war, and I think they've got to make peace. That's what I think."
U.S.-Russia talks concluded with four points of consensus
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US-Russia talks concluded with four points of consensus
Reporter : Zhang Ting / Editor : Li Tianqi / https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/25/2/18/n14440103.htm / Image : On 18 February 2025, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio and others held talks with the Russian team in Saudi Arabia on the Russia-Ukraine war. (Evelyn Hockstein/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
On Tuesday (18 February 2025), the U.S. and Russian teams held a highly anticipated meeting in Saudi Arabia. The US State Department said after the meeting that the talks "took an important step forward" and that the two sides reached four points of consensus. Russian negotiators said discussions with the United States on Ukraine were positive but the meeting has not yet set a time for the meeting between US President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The U.S. team participating in the talks mainly includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff; the Russian team mainly includes Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, President Putin's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund.
The United States: An important step forward
In a summary of the talks, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said the United States wants to stop the killing and is using its global power to bring nations together.
She said President Trump is the only leader in the world who can make Ukraine and Russia agree on this.
Bruce added that during the US-Russia talks, officials from both countries reached the following consensus:
— Establish a consultative mechanism to address factors affecting U.S.-Russia bilateral relations, with the goal of taking necessary measures to normalize the operation of the two countries’ respective diplomatic missions.
— Appoint their respective high-level teams to begin working to end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict as soon as possible in a lasting, sustainable and acceptable way to all parties.
— Paving the way for future cooperation on issues of “common geopolitical interests” and the historic economic and investment opportunities presented by a successful end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
— The parties meeting today committed to remain engaged to ensure that this process moves forward in a timely and productive manner.
Regarding Trump's phone call with Putin last week and the U.S.-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Bruce said, "One phone call and one meeting are not enough to build a lasting peace. We must take action, and today we took an important step forward."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after the talks that the United States and Russia reached a consensus to remove obstacles to the two countries' diplomatic missions and agreed to appoint special envoys as soon as possible. He said both sides were also interested in removing barriers to economic cooperation.
No date set for Trump-Putin meeting
According to the BBC, the US State Department told reporters that the talks between US and Russian representatives in Riyadh lasted more than four hours, including a working lunch.
Putin's foreign policy adviser, Ushakov, told Russian state-controlled television channel Channel One that no date has been set for the meeting between Putin and President Trump.
He said it was "unlikely" that the meeting between Trump and President Donald Trump would take place next week.
"The two delegations need to work closely together. We are prepared for this, but it is difficult to determine the specific date for the meeting between the two leaders now," he said.
Dmitriev, a member of the Russian negotiating team, told CNN that the talks between the two countries on Tuesday were "positive."
Dmitriev told Reuters it was too early to talk about a compromise, but the two sides had begun to listen to each other, respect each other and treat each other as equals.
The Russian negotiator also said U.S. and Russian officials had held separate discussions on future economic cooperation, including global energy prices.
US security adviser: Trump cannot accept endless war in Europe
U.S. National Security Advisor and U.S. negotiator Waltz said that President Trump has decided to quickly start negotiations on a potential peace agreement with Ukraine, and will also negotiate on territorial and security issues.
Waltz said after meeting with Russian officials in Riyadh that Trump could not accept endless war in Europe. He also said that the United States is consulting with its allies on the Ukraine issue and no one is excluded. He stressed that the United States is pleased to see that Europe is discussing making a stronger contribution to Ukraine's security.
The first step in a long and difficult journey
U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said everyone involved in the conflict in Ukraine must accept a solution that ends it.
He said the meeting with Russian officials in Riyadh was the first step in a long and difficult journey to achieve a fair and lasting end to the war in Ukraine.
Rubio again downplayed concerns that the European Union was being excluded from Ukraine peace talks. He said the EU needed to be involved at some point and no one should be left out.
Russian negotiator Dmitriev told CNN that the talks between Russia and the United States were a "huge achievement" after years of hostility.
The pick-up in U.S.-Russia relations "is starting from a very low base," he said after concluding talks in Riyadh. He said Tuesday's talks were "mutually respectful" and that the two sides aimed to "understand each other's positions."
"This is already a huge achievement," he said, adding that although "the road ahead is difficult," the two countries "have begun to dialogue in a positive and professional way."
Zelenskyy: War cannot be ended without Ukraine's participation in negotiations
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Türkiye on Tuesday. He told a news conference in Ankara that he was surprised that Ukraine was not invited to the U.S.-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia. He said he wants the war to end, "but we want it to end in a fair way, without anyone deciding anything behind our backs."
"You cannot make a decision on how to end the war in Ukraine under any conditions without Ukraine (being involved)," he stressed.
Regarding Ukraine's concerns, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio made it clear in an interview with the CBS program "Face the Nation" last Sunday (16 February) that the negotiation process has not really begun yet. If the negotiations really begin, Ukraine will "have to participate" in them because they are the invaded party; European countries will also be involved because they have imposed sanctions on both Putin and Russia. “We’re just not there yet,” he said.
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