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Thursday, January 23, 2025
Ultimatum to Russia, Rubio visits Panama, Online TM6 form for tourists to Thailand
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News on the U.S., Ukraine, Israel, Panama, CCP China, Taiwan, Thailand
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Trump issues Putin ultimatum
Today should be considered Trump’s third working day since he entered the White House. Although he did not achieve his ultimate goal of ending the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours of taking office, Trump issued an ultimatum to Putin yesterday.
Trump’s post on 22 January 2025 was, in my opinion, tantamount to an ultimatum. You cannot read Trump's posts the same way you read other politicians, because Trump himself is a person who does not follow the ordinary path, especially the "politically correct" path. Just kidding, if you follow the martial arts novel, Trump practiced Kung Fu in the opposite direction. So if you want to understand Trump’s words, you have to “listen to the words and the sound of the gongs and drums.”
This post by Trump is a typical Trump style. He first praises you: I love Russia and the Russian people, and I have always had a good relationship with Putin. I guess some people have started cursing after seeing this. In fact, this is Trump's style, which is similar to the Chinese tradition: use courtesy before force. Some people may ask how can you be sure that the "sound" you hear is correct.
Because this time Trump has already made clear what he really wanted to say. Pay attention to the capitalized words in his post - this is what he really wants to say. What are they? The first is: Russia is collapsing. Tell Putin, I have given you face before, now look at your own foundation and see how long you can last.
The second capitalized sentence is: I want to do President Putin a big favor. Tell Putin that I am giving you a way out. What is this stair? It is this third sentence in capital letters: Reconcile now and stop this ridiculous war! It's only going to get worse. In fact, it is telling Putin: either negotiate a ceasefire or let Russia collapse.
The last sentence is the finishing touch: We can use a soft approach or a hard approach - it is best to use a soft approach. It's time to "make a deal". No more loss of life! ! ! Note that Trump used three exclamation marks at the end, which tells you how serious he is.
I saw some people online mocking Trump's threats by saying that Russia's current trade with the US is only over 2 billion per year and that it is not afraid of U.S. tariff sanctions at all.
Do you really think that tariffs are the only stick of economic sanctions? Or do you think that sanctions only apply from the perspective of trade with the United States?
Russia's foreign trade now relies mostly on the export of oil, natural gas and minerals. As long as the United States is serious about it, lowers the price of oil and natural gas, and then imposes tariffs on those countries that import large quantities of Russian products, it will hurt Russia. Look again and see which country would pay money to support Russia and fall out with the United States. Look again and see if the impact on Russia is only over 2 billion US dollars. Let’s go deeper: This is just what Trump can do on the surface.
The feedback from Russia is actually the most interesting: Putin's official spokesperson and the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry are indeed blood relatives, and both of them remain stubborn even after their mouths are boiled, indicating that Trump's words do not contain any new ideas. However, five sources told Reuters that Putin has privately expressed growing concern about Russia's economy and may declare victory in Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine and end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Putin also took the initiative to say: "We are ready to discuss a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine."
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Israel gives weapons to Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is attending the Davos Forum in Switzerland, also missed the opportunity to sound the sidelines. Zelenskyy said: "I think that ending the war in Ukraine should be a victory for Trump, not a victory for Putin. It's nothing to him." Zelenskyy is too good at talking. If this continues, Trump will be embarrassed not to visit Kiev.
It is not just Zelenskyy who is playing the drums. Israel has also joined in the fun. On 22 January 2025, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Haskel proposed that all weapons seized from Hezbollah by the Israeli army be transferred to Ukraine, and 60% of these weapons are all Russian-made weapons. They were originally intended by Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force to launch another Hamas-like terrorist attack on Israel. This is tantamount to Israel telling Russia that you are not letting me in the Middle East. Well, now you get to taste the same thing.
There are so many weapons you might want to seize, here are some of them.
Does anyone think Israel is so well-equipped with weapons? So many weapons were given away? In fact, there are reasons for this. One is that they want to join forces with Ukraine to punish Putin. In addition, the Israeli army's weapons are American equipment, which are completely incompatible with Russian weapons in terms of ammunition use.
In fact, there is another important reason why Israel does not feel bad about sending them out. This is because Trump has just signed an executive order announcing the official lifting of all restrictions on the delivery of weapons to Israel. Israel is not short of money, and now it can and it would be a natural thing for it to buy all the weapons and ammunition it wants without restrictions and send captured weapons to Ukraine as a gesture of goodwill. In this executive order, Trump also terminated all U.S. funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East.
It is really infuriating to say that Israel has just confirmed that the three Israeli female hostages recently released by Hamas were actually being held by Hamas in a UN shelter in Gaza. You heard it right, they are being held in a shelter run by the United Nations in the local area.
When we talk about the Ukrainian army, people tend to think that they have been fighting with weapons provided by the United States and NATO for about three years. If this was true for the first two years of the war, but recently, the use of weapons by the Ukrainian army has undergone key changes. Zelenskyy recently stated that currently 40% of the weapons on the Ukrainian front line are domestically produced in Ukraine, and this proportion is increasing every month. This indicates that Ukraine's defense industry has basically stabilized and is developing rapidly. It also presents the strategic changes in the Russia-Ukraine war from another objective perspective.
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Chinese Communist Party’s special police entered South Korea to take action? Trump's conversation with US troops in South Korea has hidden meanings
On 23 January 2025, detained South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol attended the fourth impeachment trial. During the trial, former Defense Minister Kim Yong Hien appeared as a witness. On the other hand, the Korean Public Prosecutor's Office stated that it would transfer Yoon Seok-yeol's case to the Procuratorate and recommend prosecution procedures.
At the same time, the ruling People's Power Party, to which Yoon Seok-yeol belongs, hit a new high in the polls, rising to an astonishing 47%, while the opposition Democratic Party, which proposed arresting Yoon Seok-yeol, saw its poll numbers plummet by 13% and dropped to 39%, which means the difference is nearly 8%, exceeding the survey error of general polls and achieving a reversal. Large numbers of people in cities across South Korea took to the streets to support Yoon Seok-yeol, and the support team also shouted anti-communist slogans such as "Get out, Communists!"
The most surprising thing is that Yoon Seok-yeol's lawyers revealed two main reasons why Yoon Seok-yeol suddenly implemented the emergency martial law: the first was that he discovered that the secrets of the U.S.-made THAAD missile defense system deployed in South Korea had been leaked to the Chinese Communist Party; the other reason was that it was South Korean government agencies that were hacked by North Korean hackers.
Recently, when Koreans took to the streets to protest, they encountered violence from police who "could not speak or understand Korean and did not wear name tags." Someone tweeted that these policemen might be "Chinese People's Armed Police" in disguise.
This phenomenon has not only attracted the attention of Koreans, but even a retired U.S. military colonel said in a video that "there are a lot of reports showing that Chinese special forces personnel may have been airlifted to South Korea to serve as special police."
Speaking of the Trump administration's attention, it reminds me of something that I overlooked at the time but now finds unusual. On 20 January 2025, the day of Trump's inauguration, Trump attended a "Commander-in-Chief Ball" attended by military personnel, and Trump unexpectedly connected with the U.S. troops stationed in South Korea via video on the spot, and also talked to the troops in real time. The soldiers on the side had exchanges. It now seems that Trump's words have hidden meanings. He is obviously paying special attention to the current situation in South Korea and has issued a warning to certain forces.
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Rubio flies to the Panama Canal, embarrassing Chinese spokesperson
Although Trump has been in the White House for four days, only Secretary of State Rubio, a core member of his cabinet, has been unanimously approved by the House and sworn in. Rubio's actions as soon as he took office were unexpected. As Secretary of State, he did not first go to meet his closest European allies.
On his first day in office, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio met with the foreign ministers of Japan, Australia and India and held a four-party meeting. This is a very clear political signal. The new U.S. Secretary of State did not contact the closest ally Britain or greet European partners after taking office, but gathered with U.S. partners in the Indo-Pacific region. It seems that the United States has also begun to "rise in the East and decline in the West". The future focus of the United States is self-evident.
Many people may not know that when Rubio was a senator, he was recognized as the most hardworking of all senators. On average, he proposed one or two new bills every working day, looking like a workaholic. Now, after having just finished discussing important matters with the foreign ministers of three countries, he turned around and flew away. Guess where he went?
He was on his way to Panama. Trump had just announced that he would take back control of the Panama Canal from the Chinese Communist Party but Rubio had already headed straight for Panama before he even had time to warm up to his own Secretary of State chair. It is reported that in addition to Panama, Rubio's visit this time also includes Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic in South America. It seems that in addition to the canal issue, the issue of stopping the influx of illegal immigrants from South America to the United States is also the focus of his visit this time.
U.S. Secretary of State Rubio is representing the United States to solve the Panama Canal problem, while the Chinese Communist Foreign Ministry is still debating whether Rubio, who is being sanctioned by them, should have the last name Lu or Lu. So recently, when a reporter asked about the relevant question, the Chinese Communist Foreign Ministry spokesperson's confusion was definitely enough to "take 15 people half a month to watch", and when asked about the Panama Canal, the Chinese Communist Party spokesperson actually fell into a long period of brain-blank silence. Some people described it as a top-notch imaginative performance of "stepping on a watermelon rind and sliding wherever it takes you."
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Trump signs executive order to release files on Kennedy assassination
Reporter : Wu Xianglian / Editor : Ren Zijun / https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/25/1/23/n14420979.htm / Image : On 20 January 2025, U.S. President Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
On Thursday (23 January 2025), U.S. President Trump signed an executive order to publicly align himself with former President John F. Kennedy. F. Kennedy, former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Trump instructed the director of national intelligence and the attorney general to come up with a plan within 15 days for the "full and complete disclosure of records related to the assassination of President Kennedy."
"I have now determined that it is not in the public interest to continue to delete and withhold information from records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and that these records should have been made public long ago," the executive order states.
The executive order also states: "While no act of Congress directs the release of information relating to the assassinations of Senator Robert Kennedy and the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., I have determined that the release of all available information in the possession of the Federal Government relating to each of those assassinations is necessary. All records are in the public interest."
In 2024, Trump promised during his campaign to declassify the remaining documents about President Kennedy's assassination, as the assassination has remained a focus of public attention since it took place in 1963. Trump made the same promise during his first term, but kept some documents secret due to intelligence concerns.
In 1963, former President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald. Conspiracy theories persist that the CIA was involved in the assassination or that there was another gunman.
In 2022, the National Archives released nearly 13,000 new files related to the assassination of President Kennedy, the largest declassification of documents since 2018.
In 1992, federal lawmakers passed legislation requiring all remaining assassination records to be made public by October 2017 unless they posed a risk to national defense or intelligence. Both Trump and former President Biden issued extension notices to keep certain documents confidential.
Experts say it is unlikely that the final batch of documents released will contain any major secrets.
In April 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
Former Attorney General Robert Kennedy was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan in 1968.
His son, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., supports Trump's 2024 presidential campaign and was nominated by Trump as Secretary of Health and Human Services. In 2023, Kennedy Jr. supported the conspiracy theory that the CIA was involved in the murder of his uncle, President Kennedy, in an interview.
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Rubio's first overseas visit as Secretary of State to Panama draws attention
Reporter : Zhang Ting / Editor : Lin Yan / https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/25/1/23/n14420968.htm / Image : On 23 January 2025, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said that Secretary of State Rubio will soon visit Panama and four other countries in Central America and the Caribbean. The picture shows the new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking at the swearing-in ceremony on January 21, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Panama and four other countries in Central America and the Caribbean later next week. nation. This will be his first official diplomatic trip as Secretary of State.
State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said Thursday that Rubio's visit to Panama will be the beginning of a broader trip by the secretary of state to Central America and the Caribbean. In addition to Panama, Rubio will travel to Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.
The move comes as President Trump has placed immigration at the center of his foreign policy agenda and sought to reclaim the Panama Canal.
Bruce said the visits also reflect Rubio's focus on the region and his emphasis on improving relations with neighbors, especially in combating illegal immigration.
While the issue of illegal immigration will be high on Rubio's agenda, the Panama trip is likely to draw the most attention.
Control of the Panama Canal was transferred from the United States to Panama in 1999, after a period of joint management of the canal by the United States and Panama under a treaty signed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977. After being elected as the Uy.S. President in November last year, Trump has repeatedly expressed his dissatisfaction with the Chinese Communist Party's control of the canal and has proposed that the United States will take back the canal. On 20 January 2025, Trump again stated in his presidential inauguration speech that "the United States spent more money than ever before to build the Panama Canal and lost 38,000 lives."
"We have been treated very badly by this gift that should never have been given, and Panama has broken its promises to us," Trump said. "The purpose and spirit of our agreement have been completely violated. American ships including the United States Navy have been grossly overcharged, have not been treated fairly in any way, shape, or form.”
"The bottom line is that China is operating the Panama Canal, and we didn't give it to China, we gave it to Panama. We're going to take it back," Trump said.
Rubio also raised the issue of the Panama Canal during his confirmation hearing last week. He said there was potential legal basis to argue that Panama had violated the terms of the 1977 treaty. The treaty established Panama's control of the canal.
“While technically the sovereignty of the canal has not been transferred to foreign powers, in reality today foreign powers, through their companies (which we know are not independent), have the ability to turn the canal into a chokepoint in times of conflict, which is a direct threat to the national interests and security of the United States," Rubio said.
The Chinese Communist Party has invested heavily in Panama in recent years and manages two of the country's five ports.
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino has refuted accusations that China controls the Panama Canal.
"The canal belongs to Panama now and will continue to belong to Panama in the future, and its management will continue to be controlled by Panama and remain permanently neutral," said Mulino.
However, Panamanian authorities said on 20 January 2025 that they had begun auditing companies related to China.
U.S. State Department spokesman Bruce Rubio said Thursday that Rubio's trip "sends a signal to those countries, and it should also send a signal to Americans and those who hold the argument that 'America First' is isolationist, that the opposite is true.”
She said there was a reason Rubio arranged this first trip abroad. It shows how seriously he takes these things, seeking to address issues that are important to him and to President Trump's agenda.
"If we are to remain safe, prosperous and in good shape, we ... have to care about our neighbors — in today's world, certainly in South and Central America," Bruce said.
(This article refers to reports from Reuters and The Hill)
News (7) to (8) / Reporter : Lin Yan / https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/25/1/23/n14420913.htm / mage : On 23 January 2025, US President Trump delivered a speech and answered questions via video at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trump's Davos speech urges companies to produce in the U.S. or face tariffs
U.S. President Trump emphasized at the "World Economic Forum" in Davos, Switzerland that he would fulfill the "America First" policy. A campaign promise that called on companies to move production to the United States or face tariffs.
"My message to every business in the world is very simple: Come make your products in the United States, and we will give you the lowest tax rate in the world," Trump said in a video speech on Thursday (January 23). - Of course this is your privilege - then it is quite simple, you must be prepared to pay the tariff."
Trump expressed dissatisfaction with the EU's imposition of tariffs on American agricultural products and automobiles, saying that the EU was unfair to the United States. At the same time, he also expressed his disapproval of the EU's regulatory measures against major American technology companies - huge fines and lawsuits.
In addition, Trump called on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), led by Saudi Arabia, to lower oil prices. He said lower oil prices would put pressure on Russia to stop its invasion of Ukraine, given that the bulk of its revenue comes from energy sales.
Trump wants quick negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war. In his Davos speech, he reiterated his hope to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as possible to end the war.
In a social media post on Wednesday, Trump urged Putin to sit down and negotiate a deal, warning that if Moscow does not agree, "I will have no choice but to impose tariffs on all products sold by Russia to the United States and other participating countries." High taxes, tariffs and sanctions."
In the final question, Trump was asked whether Russia and Ukraine would reach a peace agreement when the World Economic Forum is held again next year.
"You have to ask Russia," Trump said, adding that Putin's government was ready for negotiations.
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Trump says he only wants 'fair' trade with China
According to the Chief Economist Outlook released by the World Economic Forum, 89% of participating economists said they expected a tit-for-tat trade restriction war between China and the United States.
During the question-and-answer session of the forum, Trump made it clear that the core demand of the United States is that it "just wants fair" treatment.
He noted that the huge trade deficit between the United States and China is the result of long-term unfairness and must be addressed.
"All we want is fairness. We just want a level playing field. We don't want to take advantage," Trump said.
On his first day in office, Trump issued a U.S. priority trade policy document, which required the Office of the Trade Representative to evaluate the implementation of the first phase of the U.S.-China trade agreement, quantify the economic damage caused by China's unfair trade practices, and require departments to consider revising potential Additional tariffs, with a particular focus on industrial supply chains and the circumvention of existing tariffs through third countries.
In the snowy ski town of Davos, although officials from the United States' allies are unhappy with Trump's tariff proposals, they also said that Trump's influence at home and abroad has increased significantly since the beginning of his first term. The "America First" agenda is also more likely to succeed than before.
"Over the past 72 hours, the world has witnessed a common sense revolution," Trump said in his speech.
"With this momentum, what we do now and in the future will soon make our country stronger, wealthier, and more united than ever before, and the entire planet more peaceful and prosperous," he added.
News (9) to (10) / Editor : Sun Yun / https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/25/1/24/n14421099.htm
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Yue Shan: Is the parachuting of the CCP Deputy Minister of National Security into Fujian related to a conspiracy against Taiwan?
Image : Recent news from within the Chinese Communist Party indicates that the power of National Security Chief Chen Yixin has grown. The picture shows security personnel standing behind the glass door outside the Tibet Hall of the Great Hall during the National People's Congress in Beijing on March 6, 2024. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
On 20 January 2025, Shi Haoyong, deputy minister of the Chinese Communist Party’s Ministry of State Security, was parachuted in to serve as secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee. This is another senior national security official who has been transferred to a key location for the CCP’s external united front work after Tung Jingwei was parachuted into Hong Kong in July 2023. Fujian is the CCP's frontline province against Taiwan. It is worthy of attention that officials with a national security background are in charge of maintaining stability in Fujian.
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The Deputy Minister of the Ministry of State Security of the Communist Party of China parachuted into Fujian, possibly involved in a conspiracy against Taiwan
Shi Haoyong first appeared as the deputy minister of the Ministry of National Security on 16 February 2022. Before he was promoted to the deputy minister of the Ministry of National Security, he served as the deputy director of the Office of the Coordination Group for the Construction of a Safe China. The director of the office was Chen Yixin at the time. He could be regarded as Chen's trusted henchman. . Shi Haoyong's background is mysterious. When checking his background information on the Internet, it was only found that he briefly served as deputy governor of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province, and member of the Standing Committee of Yanbian Prefecture Party Committee from May 2016 to November 2017.
One of the important means by which the CCP has carried out united front work against Taiwan in recent years has been to promote the so-called cross-strait integration and development demonstration zone in Fujian, and the CCP’s united front plans have also been interspersed throughout. Taiwanese internet celebrity Ba Jiong and singer Chen Boyuan previously collaborated on a film exposing the CCP's dark side of using the Taiwanese Youth Entrepreneurship Base in Fujian to win over and bribe Taiwanese internet celebrities for united front work in Taiwan, including enticing Taiwanese people to apply for Chinese identity cards.
In addition to the layout of the United Front base in Fujian, the CCP’s dispatch of a Political and Legal Affairs Commission secretary with a national security background to Fujian, the front line against Taiwan, may be related to the inclusion of national security operations in the local routine stability maintenance tasks.
Many people are now comparing the threats facing Taiwan to those facing Hong Kong. During the 2019 Hong Kong "Anti-Extradition" movement, the Chinese Communist Party's Ministry of State Security secretly intervened. At that time, it was reported that a large number of the Chinese Communist Party's "National Security Plainclothes" disguised themselves and mixed into the "anti-extradition" crowd. They used a portable sensing device that could be put into a backpack to read the demonstrators' ID information at a certain distance. In fact, the Chinese Communist Party’s national security has done much more than this. It is still unclear whether some of the suicides or unexplained deaths of Hong Kong people at that time involved factors related to the Chinese Communist Party’s national security.
Hong Kong, which still retains a certain degree of freedom despite the transfer of sovereignty in 1997, has been shrouded by the iron curtain of the Chinese Communist Party since 2020. Taiwanese people should learn lessons from this.
On 5 August 2024, the Cross-Strait Urban Planning Institute of Xiamen University issued a document to "start preparations for the takeover of Taiwan as soon as possible," putting forward a plan for the CCP to "fully take over Taiwan." The article was removed from the shelves after it was published. The plan mentioned the establishment of the Taiwan Working Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China as soon as possible, the creation of a Taiwan governance pilot zone, and even suggested "consolidating anti-Taiwan independence forces on the island."
The author believes that this has revealed the CCP’s calculations for united front work on the island of Taiwan. This plan has at least been submitted to the top leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, but it is inconvenient to publicize it. United Front Work + National Security may very well be the real means for the CCP to invade Taiwan, rather than military aircraft and artillery, which are only used as a means of pressure.
According to the current system of the Communist Party of China, the head of the Taiwan Work Leading Group of the CPC Central Committee is Xi Jinping, Wang Huning is the only deputy head, and the secretary-general is Wang Yi, who is also the director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The office of the Central Taiwan Affairs Leading Group, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, are two separate entities with the same staff, and are managed by Xi's confidant Song Tao.
If the Chinese Communist Party’s Ministry of State Security uses Fujian as a base to intervene in the "invasion of Taiwan", it may also reflect a change in the power struggle at the top level.
The CCP's national security forces are growing stronger. Sources indicate that Falun Gong in Taiwan has become a target of cross-border suppression.
Recent news from within the Chinese Communist Party indicates that the power of National Security Chief Chen Yixin has grown.
An insider of the Chinese Communist Party’s Public Security Bureau previously revealed to the Epoch Times that attacking Falun Gong overseas is part of a plan by the new Chinese State Security Minister Chen Yixin to seek credit and rewards in order to fulfill his power ambitions. Australian legal scholar Professor Yuan Hongbing also disclosed to the Epoch Times that these plans came directly from the conspiracy layout of the highest level in Zhongnanhai, and the mastermind was Xi Jinping.
Yuan Hongbing revealed that after internal adjustments of the CCP, as of the end of December 2024, the overseas crackdown on Falun Gong was actually led by Chen Yixin, Minister of the Ministry of State Security. Previously, it was coordinated and led by the "610 Office" and the Political and Legal Affairs Commission.
Yuan Hongbing recently told The Epoch Times that a conscientious person within the CCP system revealed that at the end of December 2024, Chen Yixin, Minister of the CCP’s Ministry of State Security, arranged the CCP’s overseas comprehensive crackdown on Falun Gong, mentioning that the CCP’s focus in cracking down on Falun Gong overseas in 2025 is the United States and It’s Taiwan. The united front work and crackdown on Falun Gong in Taiwan focuses on the leaders and backbone members of Falun Gong media in Taiwan, as well as people with social influence.
In my opinion, the CCP's use of spy tactics against the Falun Gong group that believes in "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance" is unlikely to be truly effective. The atheist CCP will not work on true practitioners of the Fa, and can only cause chaos to a few individuals. Even if spies enter Falun Gong, those who still have a conscience will be assimilated; those who commit crimes against practitioners and are beyond redemption will inevitably be held accountable in the future.
Of course, it would be tragic if anyone, from politicians to people from all walks of life, were bought off and used during the CCP’s attempt to persecute Falun Gong across borders in Taiwan.
Some people in Taiwan are secretly helping the CCP to discredit Falun Gong. The government should be alert.
The author learned that Dong Ping (a pseudonym, a supporter of Falun Gong), an overseas anti-communist scholar who does not want to reveal his real name, received several articles, including a video, that slandered and attacked Falun Gong from a Taiwanese scholar last year. Dongping knew the Taiwanese scholar but was not familiar with him, so he suspected that he was a member of the Chinese Communist Party because most people would not take the initiative to do anti-Falun Gong propaganda for the Chinese Communist Party.
Falun Gong, a religious group that has been suppressed by the Chinese Communist Party since 1999, has been protesting peacefully and has spread to more than 100 countries around the world. In Taiwan, Falun Gong practitioners have voiced their support for mainland China's anti-persecution efforts with great momentum. For many years in Taiwan, both the government and the public have praised Falun Gong. The contrast in attitudes toward Falun Gong between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait has also made the Chinese Communist Party feel uneasy.
However, there will always be some people who are bought by the CCP and do things that hurt the Taiwanese people and make their loved ones sad and their enemies happy. Some people are secretly and proactively doing propaganda for the CCP to discredit Falun Gong, which would make the Taiwanese people feel disgusted.
The author believes that the parachuting of Shi Haoyong, Deputy Minister of the Chinese Communist Party’s Ministry of State Security, into Fujian deserves Taiwan’s attention. Here I call on Taiwan’s national security departments to increase their vigilance against the simultaneous involvement of the Chinese Communist Party’s national security and united front systems in “gray warfare” against Taiwan. Taiwan's national security department can make the CCP's cross-border harassment of Falun Gong in Taiwan a special case deployment, such as understanding the anti-Falun Gong trends of pro-CCP people on the island and stopping the harassment. This is also part of protecting Taiwan's security and highlighting the value of protecting a free Taiwan.
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Trump's CIA director sworn in, may strengthen surveillance of top CCP officials
Reporter : Zhang Ting / Editor : Lin Yan / https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/25/1/23/n14420881.htm / Image : The picture shows Trump's nominee for CIA director, John Ratcliffe, speaking at the confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on 15 January 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP)
On Thursday (23 January 2025), the U.S. Senate voted 74 to 25 to approve the appointment of John Ratcliffe as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Ratcliffe was then sworn in by Vice President Vance.
In the final vote in the Senate, 20 Democrats and one independent joined the Republicans in supporting Ratcliffe as CIA director.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on the Senate floor earlier this week: "He (Ratcliffe) will bring valuable knowledge and experience to his new position." He noted that Ratcliffe Turcliffe previously served as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and a member of the House Intelligence Committee.
"Mr. Ratcliffe will bring the right experience and approach to the CIA, and I look forward to working with him in his new position," Thune said.
The Senate ended debate early Thursday by a vote of 72-26, clearing the way for a full-house vote on Ratcliffe's nomination later Thursday.
On 15 January, the Senate Intelligence Committee held a confirmation hearing for Ratcliffe's nomination. Ratcliffe expressed confidence at the hearing that the United States could meet the challenges posed by Russia and China, and pledged to investigate whether the "Havana Syndrome" suffered by Americans was the result of an attack by hostile forces. He also promised to develop offensive cyber tools.
He also made clear to Democratic lawmakers at the hearing that he would keep the CIA apolitical and would not fire employees because of their political leanings or opposition to the president. His stance on China has also been highly praised by both parties. He has long advocated for cracking down on China, a topic he raised at the hearing.
On 20 January 2025, the Senate Intelligence Committee approved his nomination by a vote of 14 to 3, paving the way for a full Senate vote.
According to people familiar with Ratcliffe who spoke to the Wall Street Journal, after taking office as CIA director, Ratcliffe may promote more proactive covert intelligence activities against Beijing and senior Chinese Communist Party officials.
When Ratcliffe was the Director of National Intelligence, he believed that the Chinese Communist Party was the greatest long-term threat facing the United States.
Some former intelligence officials and Democratic lawmakers have accused Ratcliffe of using the Chinese threat theory to cover up Russia's election interference and political meddling in the United States during Trump's first term. But Ratcliffe and many other national security officials have long believed that successive U.S. administrations have underestimated and been naive about the threat posed by China.
William Evanina, a former senior U.S. counterintelligence official, backed Ratcliffe's position, saying: "Russia is a huge geopolitical threat and an electoral threat, but China's influence is everywhere. John (Ratcliffe) understands this very well.”
During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump and his running mate JD Vance's cell phone lines were reportedly hacked by Chinese hackers. A person close to Ratcliffe told the Washington Post: "Trump is very disappointed with this kind of thing."
The source revealed that Ratcliffe will promote intelligence activities targeting senior Chinese Communist Party officials, as well as covert operations aimed at countering Beijing's growing influence around the world, including preventing cyber intrusions by Chinese Communist Party hackers.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
"All should be tested" for nucleic acid testing in China despite high incidence of influenza
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Out of control signal! "All should be tested" for nucleic acid testing. Is the covid prevention and control measures returning? A new round of epidemic spreads across the country—China's epidemic prevention policy reiterates "test everyone who needs to be tested" but the high incidence of influenza raises doubts
Editor: Fang Xun / Source: Radio Free Asia / https://www.aboluowang.com/2025/0123/2164414.html / Image : Respiratory diseases are raging across China. A woman holds a baby as she walks out of a children's hospital in Beijing on January 10, 2025. (Jade Gao/AFP)
Recently, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued a notice, proposing specific requirements for the prevention and control of infectious diseases before and after the Chinese New Year, including "all tests should be conducted" for the novel coronavirus nucleic acid test, "all fever clinics should be set up and opened" and other measures. Many patients reported that they had symptoms similar to covid, such as coughing and headaches, and most people wore masks when they went out.
A new round of respiratory diseases is spreading across the country. Patients showed symptoms such as coughing, headaches, diarrhea, and even some patients died. On 17 January 2025, officials from the National Health Commission of China said at a press conference that respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza are in the seasonal epidemic period.
Mr. Xiao, a Wuhan resident, said in an interview with Radio Free Asia on Wednesday (22 January 2025) that many people around him have cold symptoms: "Everyone is catching a cold, a lot of people. Didn't they (the government) say that they would do a good job of preventing covid before and after the Chinese New Year? Isn't this defining it as covid? Doctors will definitely not say it's covid, they will just say that your disease is a cold or influenza A, and you should take a film and get checked."
Mr. Xiao, who has experienced Wuhan pneumonia, believes that if it is a natural influenza virus, it should not be so fierce: "Natural viruses will gradually weaken, weakening every two or three years. How can it become stronger and stronger? It violates the laws of nature."
Official: The novel coronavirus is "at a low level of prevalence"
According to the notice released on the official website of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China is currently in the winter and spring acute respiratory infectious disease outbreak season. Influenza has entered its peak period, and the spread of other respiratory pathogens such as the novel coronavirus and Mycoplasma pneumoniae is at a low level of prevalence, but it is still prevalent to a certain extent in some areas and specific populations. The increase in population mobility and gathering activities during the Chinese New Year may further increase the risk of epidemic transmission.
The notice particularly emphasizes entry prevention and control, implements temperature monitoring, nucleic acid sampling and genotyping tests for incoming personnel, and requires timely reporting of abnormal situations. In addition, the notice also requires key institutions such as schools and nursing homes to strengthen epidemic prevention and control, and recommends that high-risk groups such as the elderly and children be vaccinated against influenza and new crowns.
Ms. Tang, a resident of Chengdu, said in an interview with this station that the local hospital is already full of influenza patients, and most pedestrians on the street wear masks to prevent infection: "I caught a cold some time ago, it was said to be influenza A, no fever, just coughing, coughing very badly. This cold is a sudden cough, deep cough, headache, diarrhea. There are four people in our place, all caught a cold, all coughing, but I coughed first. At least five or six of the ten people wear masks, more than half."
The return of covid prevention and control measures?
It is worth noting that the notice once again mentioned the "all-inclusive testing" of the novel coronavirus nucleic acid test, as well as the full opening and setting of fever clinics. Since China relaxed its epidemic prevention policy at the end of 2022, official documents have rarely mentioned the new coronavirus directly, and most of them have been replaced by influenza or other diseases. The re-mention of the novel coronavirus nucleic acid test this time is considered a signal to deal with the potential out-of-control of the epidemic.
Ms. Tang, who just arrived in Beijing from Jiangsu, told this station that wherever she went, the sound of coughing came one after another. The doctor said it was influenza, but she thought it was a novel coronavirus variant. Ms. Tang said that almost all the employees in the factory run by her daughter were infected with respiratory diseases: "Wearing masks is more serious in the south, saying it is influenza A, and it is more serious in Jiangsu. This cold is the same as the last outbreak. The symptoms are the same. My daughter runs a garment factory, and the employees all have this symptom, sore throat, severe diarrhea and vomiting, which is the new coronavirus. My daughter has chest pain and dry cough, and the symptoms are the same. A friend in Beijing said yesterday that the cold is very serious now, and it is estimated that this epidemic will not be small."
The recent epidemic situation has caused concern
Recently, a seven-year-old girl in Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, died of influenza A infection. According to family members, more than a dozen children have died suddenly of influenza A in just half a month. Although the authorities have repeatedly stated that the current virus is mainly influenza A and the novel coronavirus is not significantly prevalent, the release of this notice has raised more questions about the actual epidemic situation.
Wuhan citizen journalist Fang Bin said in an interview with this station that he had not heard the official confirmation that the novel coronavirus infection has been widely spread, but a Guangxi netizen once reminded him to pay attention: "There are quite a lot of patients, but I didn't go out to see them, so I have no right to speak. Because I have been at home. I have a Guangxi netizen who told me that he almost died. At that time, he also said that he had a cold. The symptoms were the same as the novel coronavirus. Several of his cousins were infected, and the doctor didn't tell him that it was the novel coronavirus, but he said it should be the novel coronavirus, and he told me so."
Fang Bin said that doctors generally call patients with respiratory infections who come to see a doctor "cold" or "influenza A" and do not mention the novel coronavirus.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, epidemic prevention and control has once again become an important issue for the Chinese government. Although the issuance of this notice is aimed at protecting public health, its similarities with previous strict epidemic prevention policies have sparked widespread public discussion.
Trump revokes Lyndon Johnson's EO11246 : Equal racial competition for admission into U.S. varsities
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Breaking news! Shocking move: Trump revokes Executive Order 11246 of the Lyndon Equal Rights Act
—State of the Union: Trump executive order revokes Lyndon Johnson's EO11246
Report and Editing by: Fang Xun / https://www.aboluowang.com/2025/0123/2164362.html
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday titled "Ending Unlawful Discrimination and Restoring Opportunity Based on Merit Admissions," which prohibits affirmative action and racial preferences, including "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) programs, in federal contracting and public universities, The American Conservative reported on 22 January 2025.
Trump's executive order revoked Executive Order 11246, which was issued by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 to establish the Affirmative Action Act.
The order lists its purpose as enforcing existing civil rights laws and ending racial and gender preferences and discrimination sanctioned by DEI. The order also requires the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education to issue guidance to comply with the Supreme Court's ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which banned affirmative action in college admissions.
Trump's executive order also seeks to combat DEI discrimination in the private sector, including through civil compliance investigations.
Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th President of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He took over the presidency after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and became president.
He Qinglian, an expert and scholar on the CCP in the United States, tweeted that President Trump signed an executive order revoking Executive Order 11246, which established the Equal Opportunity Act issued by Lyndon Johnson, and prohibiting all federal contractors and public universities from implementing racial discrimination, including DEI.
Netizen comments: President Lyndon Johnson signed Executive Order 11246 on 24 September 1965. This order is intended to implement equal employment opportunities and prevent government contractors and their subcontractors from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
He Qinglian replied that from then on, it was implemented as a racial quota, and then developed into today's DEI. You should see this process.
Shi Jie tweeted a comment that there is good news every minute since Trump took office. The most important thing today is that President Trump signed an executive order revoking Executive Order 11246, which established affirmative action issued by Lyndon Johnson, and prohibiting all federal contractors, federally funded enterprises and public universities from practicing racial discrimination, including DEI. In other words, universities can no longer lower the scores to admit black and Latino students, and significantly raise the scores for Asian students before admitting them. Have the anti-Trump Asians seen it clearly? In the future, your children can compete fairly with whites, blacks, Arabs, and Latinos for admission. In his inaugural speech yesterday, Trump clearly stated that from now on we are color blind. If you still think Trump is racist, you can only say that this person is so stupid that there is no cure; you must know that the public universities and Ivy League universities are raising the scores for Asian students. It was the Democrats who did it.
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
A circle in China is waiting for an uprising, the U.S. uses courtesy before force
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Signals of China's civil uprising and military mutiny. It is said that someone inside is waiting for an uprising
Editor : Tang Zheng / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2025/01/22/a103950425.html / Image : Various signs show that the CCP is in a crisis of governance both inside and outside. The picture is a schematic diagram. (Daniel Dorko/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)
After the CCP leader Xi Jinping came to power, China's political and economic environment was bad, and the internal struggles at the top continued. Whether from the CCP officialdom to the people, they are waiting for Xi to get into trouble. It is reported that there is a circle in China that often discusses matters in groups through security software, and is waiting for two opportunities to start an uprising.
After the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi's cronies took control of the party, government and military power, but less than a year later, fierce power struggles broke out within Xi's army, and dozens of senior generals of various military services and senior military industry system officials were investigated, including Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu. In particular, the resignation of Miao Hua, a member of the Central Military Commission and director of the Political Work Department of the Military Commission, further highlights Xi's ruling crisis.
Previously, the three-year "dynamic zero" policy personally directed by Xi hit the Chinese economy hard and triggered the "blank paper revolution", with people shouting slogans such as "the Communist Party step down" and "Xi Jinping step down" for political demands. However, China's economy continues to deteriorate, and a wave of unemployment and bankruptcies has swept across all walks of life. The authorities are helpless and public resentment is boiling.
According to a report released by the international human rights organization Safeguard Defenders on 7 January 2025, the cumulative number of asylum seekers in China has exceeded one million, reaching 1,158,739 since Xi Jinping came to power in 2012.
The report pointed out that since Xi Jinping came to power, the number of asylum seekers has increased at a record rate. The number of asylum seekers in 2022 alone is equivalent to the total number during Hu Jintao's 10-year term.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that the total number of people fleeing last year was at least 176,239, a record high, not only a 169% increase from 2019 before the outbreak of the new coronavirus (CCP virus), but also 14 times more than in 2012.
According to the latest report from investment immigration company Henley & Partners, an estimated 15,200 wealthy Chinese with liquid investable wealth of US$1 million or more will move out of China in 2024, and the number of wealthy people lost through immigration will exceed that of any other country.
Independent commentator Du Zheng wrote in Taiwan's "Shangbao" today (22 January 2025) that many people choose to vote with their feet, but some are willing to stay in China and wait for an opportunity to start an uprising.
The author mentioned that around 2022, an old friend who was a cultural businessman in China told him that they had a circle in China, all of whom were faceless and safe dissidents, mainly businessmen, but also some middle-level officials and even police. They often discussed matters in groups through secure network software and enlightened the Chinese people on democracy whenever they had the chance.
Later, some of them participated in the "White Paper Movement" against the blockade, and as a result, many young people got into trouble and some fled overseas. The author revealed that the above-mentioned old friends also got in trouble, but some could not come out, and some were unwilling to come out and hoped to continue waiting for opportunities.
These people emphasize non-violent non-cooperation to change China. When the situation in China changes in the future, they will definitely come out to respond.
The author also mentioned that some people hope to solve the problem with force. The armed uprising of the Chinese Communist Army is what the authorities fear the most.
A friend in Guangdong has a relative in a certain war zone of the Chinese Communist Party. He recently revealed that the Chinese Communist Army is actually unstable, the army is too rotten, and officials are bought to serve. Zhang Yang and Miao Hua, two consecutive directors of the Political Work Department of the Military Commission who were in charge of personnel, were both dismissed, and the grassroots officers and soldiers with ideas were very dissatisfied. It is true that some officers want to imitate the Wuchang Uprising and wait for an opportunity to revolt.
The friend said that the uprising may have to wait for two opportunities, one is the extraordinary period when the Communist Party of China unifies Taiwan by force; the other is when Xi Jinping suddenly dies and there is chaos in the party.
The author said that it is unknown whether this news is true but he can get confirmation from other places that military incidents may happen.
On 10 January 2025, He Weidong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, once again asked the army to maintain Xi's central government at an enlarged meeting of the Military Discipline Committee, to implement the responsibility system of the chairman of the Central Military Commission, and to promote anti-corruption, etc. The author believes that these words are half intimidating and half appeasing, or are related to rumors of chaos in the army.
On 23 December 2024, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Daily published an article on the management of grassroots officers and soldiers, pointing out that the management of officers and soldiers is loose and the discipline is lax, and emphasizing the need to rectify illegal "climbing the wall". The author said that if soldiers secretly climb the wall, the impact on the army will be huge. Even soldiers climb the wall, and there will be many people in society who are willing and able to climb the wall.
The traditional Chinese New Year is approaching, and various prophecies have been circulated overseas recently, including that the Taiwan Strait will go to war and Xi Jinping will fall. The author believes that people are keen to spread the prophecy of the fall of the Communist regime overseas, which may represent a kind of public sentiment or public opinion, including the one million people who fled China.
The author reminds that things are unpredictable but anyway, as a Chinese who has lived in China for many years, he wants to sincerely tell Taiwanese people that no matter what they face in the future, do not trust the CCP because it represents evil!
Since the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee last July, rumors have been circulating on the Internet that Xi Jinping's health is in trouble, he was reprimanded by the elders, and his military power has been weakened. This may indicate that some changes are quietly taking place in the core of power in Beijing.
Recently, there was an internal source that the International Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong reported an intelligence report saying that Xi Jinping had a serious health problem.
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Trump takes office. Experts analyze: The United States will use courtesy before force against the CCP
Reporter : Qin Yue / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2025/01/22/a103950454.html
After the inauguration of U.S. President Trump, how the US-China confrontation will develop has attracted much attention. According to what Trump mentioned in his inaugural speech, experts analyzed that Trump first used courtesy before force against the CCP. Let's take a look at the details.
On 20 January 2025, US President Trump officially took office. When he mentioned the Panama Canal in his inaugural speech, he bluntly stated that the CCP is operating the Panama Canal, violating the treaty agreement.
Tang Jingyuan, host of "Vision Express Commentary": "In the entire half-hour inaugural speech, the only time Trump mentioned the name of a foreign government was the CCP, and it was relatively negative. He believed that the actual control of the Panama Canal was in the hands of the CCP."
It is worth noting that the executive order signed by Trump on the first day of his presidency included: postponing the implementation of the TikTok ban for 75 days and not implementing a 60% tariff on the CCP.
Experts analyzed that Trump emphasized Sino-US friendship on the one hand, and on the other hand, he did not give in on issues involving US interests. It is expected to be similar to the "first courtesy, then force" strategy of the previous term.
"Exploration Time" host Zhou Ziding: "The entire Trump cabinet is dominated by China hawks, such as Secretary of State Rubio and CIA Director Ratcliffe, so the tone of the entire China policy will not change much. He sometimes treats leaders as brothers, including inviting Xi Jinping to the United States. These will bring some confusion to some outside observers but I think the overall tone is still the same as four years ago."
Experts pointed out that it is difficult for the U.S.-China relationship to achieve fundamental changes in the short term, and the United States will continue to enhance its military advantage over the CCP; many foreign media also pointed out that Trump may visit mainland China within 100 days of taking office, so that the outside world will continue to pay attention to the U.S.-China game.
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Beijing performed a show to show condolences to old military leaders. Xi's close-up shots were reduced. The military newspaper did not mention him
Editor : Pan Yu / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2025/01/21/a103950356.html / Image : On 17 January 2025, the Chinese Communist Party's Central Military Commission held a New Year's performance in Beijing to show condolences to old cadres of the troops stationed in Beijing. (Screenshot of CCTV)
The Chinese Communist Party's Central Military Commission held a New Year's performance in Beijing to show condolences to old cadres of the troops stationed in Beijing. The party media mentioned the so-called "Chairman of the Central Military Commission is responsible for the system". However, some commentators pointed out many details reported by the party media, believing that "Xi is the only one" is no longer in the position.
The party media People's Daily reported on the January 17th condolence performance, claiming that "old cadres unanimously expressed" the need to adhere to the so-called "Xi Thought", "two establishments", "two maintenances", "the responsibility system of the Chairman of the Military Commission", etc.
However, Chen Pokong, a political commentator living in the United States, said in a self-media program that this event had a subtle confrontation between the Xi faction and the anti-Xi faction. The above statement "is completely Xi Jinping and Cai Qi's pen talking to themselves", because there is no such sentence in the military newspaper.
On 20 January 2025, the Chinese Communist Party's military newspaper published an article "2025 Central Military Commission condolences to the old cadres of the Beijing-based troops for the Spring Festival cultural performance summary", interpreting multiple programs in the performance. And last year's "Performance Summary" Compared with the "Review", this year's "Review" did not mention Xi Jinping and the so-called "Xi Thought". All the programs expressed loyalty to the "Party" rather than the party leader.
In addition, the commentator Li Dayu compared the party media reports of this year's and last year's condolence performances and found several differences. First, last year Xi Jinping, He Weidong and others only waved when they entered the venue, and did not shake hands with the people on the scene. This year, Xi Jinping and the two vice chairmen of the Central Military Commission, Zhang Youxia and He Weidong, greeted and shook hands with everyone. This shows that Xi Jinping's status is no longer high above, "no longer a statue".
Second, there are fewer close-up shots of Xi Jinping this year. Last year there were at least three close-ups, but this year there is only one close-up at the end of the report. This represents "power being 'slimmed down'".
Third, the "four consciousnesses" and "four confidences" are missing from the "2442" expression of the party media's reporting standards. "The standard propaganda language has been shortened, which is a manifestation of limited authority."
Li Dayu also pointed out that a lot of information can be read from the images of official media. Xi Jinping's confidant He Weidong still has the expression that seems to be laughing and crying. "Xi Jinping's expression and movements are a bit restrained. Only Zhang Youxia is the most relaxed, smiling very brightly, and has been actively saluting, shaking hands and interacting with the retired old military leaders."
Chen Pokong also mentioned that the atmosphere of the party seemed very subtle, and Zhang Youxia smiled very brightly, looks relaxed and natural. Many people rushed to shake hands and say hello to Zhang Youxia, and Xi Jinping was quickly passed. Xi Jinping also smiled reluctantly, and his face immediately became stern as soon as he sat down.
Chen Pokong analyzed that the old cadres of the army had a different attitude towards Xi Jinping and Zhang Youxia because Xi Jinping had previously carried out a major purge in the army, which broke the hearts of the army in the past 12 years. He had a stroke and fell to the ground at the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee last year, and to a certain extent, the military power had been lost. Now that Zhang Youxia is in charge of the daily work of the Military Commission, the major purge has been temporarily stopped, and in turn, Xi Jinping's people have been purged, so these old cadres thank Zhang Youxia for stabilizing the situation in the army.
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Trump warns: If this happens, a 100% tariff will be imposed on CCP China
Editor: Zhongkang / Source: FX168 Finance / https://www.aboluowang.com/2025/0121/2163524.html / Image : Web Screenshot
The Financial Times reported on Tuesday (21 January 2025) that U.S. President Donald Trump said that tariffs on CCP China may depend on an agreement on TikTok ownership. He signed an executive order to keep the popular short video platform online in the United States for 75 days.
Within hours of his inauguration on Monday, Trump postponed the deadline for TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell its stake in the app or face a ban in the United States.
At the signing of the executive order, Trump said, "China makes a lot of things, makes mobile phones, all kinds of things, and no one complains about these, but they only pick TikTok to complain about."
When reporters asked why Trump's attitude towards TikTok had changed, Trump responded that it was because he also started using TikTok.
Trump pointed out that TikTok is popular among young people, and Trump won the favou of young voters in this election. The Republican Party is generally unpopular with young people.
Trump said that if TikTok continues to operate after the shutdown time, the United States "should be entitled to half of the shares" and that he would "definitely" impose tariffs on China if China refuses to reach an agreement. Trump described China's refusal to reach an agreement as a "hostile act."
He said the tariffs could be as high as 100%. "(Beijing) will eventually approve it because we're going to impose tariffs on China," Trump said when signing the order. "I'm not saying I'm going to do it, but you certainly can. If we say, 'You're not going to approve it,' that's hostile, and we're going to impose 25%, 30%, 40%, 50%, or even 100% tariffs."
CCP China was one of three countries Trump threatened to impose tariffs on on his first day in office. On Monday, he said he might impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico from 1 February 2025.
However, he did not impose a full 60% tariff on Chinese imports as he promised during the campaign, which would have marked a new phase in his trade war with Beijing during his first term.
The move to delay tariffs on China appears to have provided a bargaining chip for the TikTok deal, the Financial Times said.
Trump spoke with Chinese Communist President Xi Jinping last Friday and said he raised the TikTok issue, although Beijing has not confirmed the discussion.
TikTok was temporarily unavailable to about 170 million U.S. users at midnight on Sunday, after the initial deadline set by the "divest or ban" law but service was restored hours later.
TikTok CEO Chou launched a charm offensive after Trump said during the campaign that he wanted to "save" TikTok.
Chou attended the inauguration alongside tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, sitting next to Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and drawing criticism from some observers.
Many U.S. politicians and security officials believe the Chinese Communist government could use TikTok to gain access to Americans' personal information, which could facilitate espionage, and use the app's algorithms to spread propaganda. TikTok denies that Beijing has any control over the app. TikTok also said it was technically not feasible to transfer its shares within the time frame required by the law. Beijing has expressed opposition to the sale.
However, Trump said that if TikTok continues to operate, the United States should get "half of what TikTok is worth," adding: "If I don't make this deal, it's worth nothing. If I make this deal, it could be worth a trillion dollars."
On Monday, the Chinese Communist Foreign Ministry said that any decision on TikTok's ownership should be "determined by the company itself, based on market principles."
In addition, Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, an American investment bank, told BNN Bloomberg on Monday that TikTok has become a valuable chip in the "big stakes game" between the United States and CCP China.
Ives believes that there may be 10 to 15 bidders in the market, and the transaction price may be between $40 billion and $50 billion. Considering Musk's position in the Trump administration, both formally and informally, and the fact that Musk is the only person who may be selected by Beijing to run TikTok, Musk is definitely the most advantageous competitor.
Ives believes that TikTok is only part of the larger chess game of U.S.-China negotiations, which will obviously be a "soap opera" that will continue to be staged. He believes that Trump understands that TikTok basically needs to have some kind of ownership in the United States to survive, and in the upcoming large-scale tariff negotiations with CCP China, Trump's last wish is to ban TikTok and make the negotiation situation go wrong from the beginning.
Image : After taking office, U.S. President Trump postponed the TikTok ban for 75 days, but also emphasized that the U.S. has the right to sell and shut it down. (European News Agency)
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Beijing News: The CCP is plotting to trade with Trump on the Taiwan issue, which will definitely end badly
U.S. President Donald Trump officially took office on 20 January 2025. Foreign media reported that Beijing is both hopeful and nervous about this. Yuan Hongbing, a liberal legal scholar living in Australia, exclusively broke the news to the Epoch Times that the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, is seeking to make a deal with the new U.S. government, and the key point is the Taiwan issue, but this plan may end in a bad ending.
Yuan Hongbing stated that his sources of information are mainly two: One is people of conscience within the CCP system, who pursue freedom and democracy and want to overthrow the CCP regime. The other source is the second generation of reds who oppose Xi Jinping's personal dictatorship. They still hope to return to Deng Xiaoping's reform and opening-up route and maintain the rule of the Communist Party. This part includes the members of the CCP's powerful families who have been purged and are extremely hostile to Xi Jinping.
Yuan Hongbing revealed the CCP's new "deal" plan with the United States to the Epoch Times on 20 January 2025 (the day Trump took office as president). He said that the news from the above two channels confirmed each other, and the core content and specific strategic arrangements of Xi Jinping's attempt to make a deal with Trump are emerging more and more clearly.
"In the words of the second generation of reds, Xi Jinping's general principle for dealing with Trump based on his stupid and arrogant psychological personality is called 'to accumulate strength through great struggles, and then talk about deals based on strength'."
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Taiwan is the key to Beijing's "deal" plan
On 17 January 2025, Trump said on his "truth social" account that he had a dialogue with Xi Jinping and discussed balanced trade, fentanyl, TikTok and other issues.
According to reports from the Chinese Communist Party’s official media, Xi Jinping specifically mentioned the Taiwan issue during his phone call with Trump.
Recently, the Chinese Communist Party’s media have removed “anti-American” reports and instead published articles that talk about “China-US friendship”. Reuters reported that Beijing is both hopeful and nervous when Trump returns to the White House.
Beijing sent Vice President Han Zheng to attend Trump’s inauguration. On his first day in office, Trump did not implement the 60% tariff increase on China and suspended the TikTok ban but he mentioned Beijing’s control over the Panama Canal in his speech.
Many foreign media reported that Trump may visit CCP China within 100 days of taking office.
Yuan Hongbing said that the Communist Party of China has always claimed that the Taiwan issue is the core of its core interests, the last red line, the bottom line, etc. Trump and Xi Jinping recently had a phone call. Xi Jinping wanted to focus the deal on solving the Taiwan issue in accordance with the will of the Chinese Communist Party. This is the key.
Yuan Hongbing cited sources saying that Xi Jinping said at a Politburo meeting of the Communist Party of China in December 2024 and at an internal meeting of the National Security Council that he had previously explicitly asked the United States in a face-to-face meeting with Biden in the United States not only to express its opposition to Taiwan independence, but also to clearly express its opposition to Taiwan independence and support for cross-strait reunification. In the process of fighting and trading with Trump, Xi also has to make the same request directly to Trump.
Yuan Hongbing analyzed that this is the CCP's annexation strategy. Xi Jinping judged that as long as the Trump administration publicly expressed its intention to oppose Taiwan independence and support the peaceful reunification of the two sides of the strait, it would inevitably have a shocking and powerful disintegration effect on Taiwan's military and society. This is conducive to the CCP's realization of the so-called "first battle is the final battle" across the strait.
The source also said that Xi Jinping asked all relevant working agencies of the CCP to follow the core content and basic principles of both fighting and trading with Trump when dealing with the relationship with the Trump administration. In particular, the diplomatic department should use non-public but effective channels to let the Trump administration team clearly understand that as long as Trump publicly expresses his position of opposing Taiwan independence and supporting the peaceful reunification of the two sides of the strait, the CCP can make appropriate or even major concessions in other areas of trading.
Sources pointed out that the relevant state agencies of the Chinese Communist Party had already made specific deployments in accordance with Xi's so-called core strategy of dealing with Trump before December 2024.
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Cambodia obeys CCP in diplomacy allows U.S. and Japanese warships to anchor
Yuan Hongbing gave an example, saying that it is well known that Cambodia has now become a political, economic and military colony of the Chinese Communist Party and is completely obedient to the Chinese Communist Party in diplomacy. In December 2024, Cambodia allowed U.S. and Japanese warships to enter Cambodia's South China Sea ports. This is actually a signal sent by the Chinese Communist Party to Trump's ruling team in advance, that is, as long as the United States shows its sincerity in dealing with the Chinese Communist Party on the Taiwan issue, the Chinese Communist Party is willing to make corresponding concessions to the United States and Japan on the South China Sea issue.
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Song Tao promotes the spread of doubts about the United States in Taiwan, pro-communist forces integrate, and the military prepares for war
Yuan Hongbing said that around the core conspiracy of Xi Jinping's attempt to deal with Trump, Xi Jinping's confidant, Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese Communist Party, also made corresponding actions. At the end of December 2024, Song Tao emphasized three points in the deployment of the work tasks of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Communist Party of China in 2025:
He says, "First, we must continue to support and encourage the suspicion of the United States on the island of Taiwan, so that suspicion of the United States becomes the mainstream of public opinion in Taiwan."
"Second, we must take all necessary measures to resolutely prevent the People's Party from bubbling after Ko Wen-je."
"Third, we must continue to strengthen the energy of the Blue and White Alliance in Taiwan's legislative body, and continue to expand the commanding heights and stalls occupied by the Blue and White Alliance in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan, thereby affecting the doubts of the United States and Japan about Taiwan's political direction, and creating a strategy that is conducive to the realization of Xi Jinping's personally organized and formulated strategy of both fighting and trading with the Trump administration of the United States."
It is reported that at the end of December 2024, Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, convened a combat training meeting attended by officers at the military level and above in the Eastern Theater Command and the Southern Theater Command. Zhang Youxia required that once a major social unrest broke out on the island of Taiwan, the army should be able to enter combat status in the shortest time.
Yuan Hongbing said that the CCP estimates that around the 2026 local elections in Taiwan, there will be an intensification period of internal political contradictions in Taiwan, and large-scale social unrest will suddenly break out on the island of Taiwan. The CCP military will use such incidents as a signal to immediately launch combat operations.
Xi is willing to pay a heavy price to "make a deal". Insiders: It must be an unfinished project
Yuan Hongbing quoted a conscientious person in the CCP system as saying that in his speech at an internal CCP meeting, Xi Jinping explained that he tried to use Taiwan as a bargaining chip for a core deal with Trump and put forward a point of view: as long as the Taiwan issue can be resolved according to the will of the CCP, it will be a milestone symbol of the general trend of "the rise of the East and the decline of the West". Xi believes that it is worth paying a heavy price to facilitate this deal.
However, the insider of the CCP system who broke the news believes that Xi Jinping has been in power for 12 years, and his governance of the country is absurd. There are unfinished projects everywhere that he personally directed and deployed. And Xi Jinping wants to make a political deal with Trump with Taiwan as the target, which will eventually be another unfinished project.
Yuan Hongbing said that Xi Jinping's global expansion of communist totalitarianism, with the annexation of free Taiwan as the key node, is diametrically opposed to Trump's oath and ideal of "making America great again". Therefore, Xi Jinping's expected deal with Trump will not only fail, but on the contrary, Xi Jinping's unfinished project is likely to eventually lead to the end of the CCP's tyranny.
News (9) to (10) / Reporter : Li Lan / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2025/01/21/a103950397.html
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Putin and Xi Jinping had a phone call. Du Wen: The timing is sensitive and the confrontation is strong
On the second day after Trump returned to the White House, Putin and Xi Jinping had a video call. The outside world interpreted this move as a statement of CCP China and Russia joining forces to resist the United States. In addition, Trump’s announcement of withdrawal from the "Paris Climate Agreement" and the withdrawal from the World Health Organization actually had the consideration of countering the CCP.
Just after Trump was sworn in, Russian President Putin and CCP leader Xi Jinping had a video call on January 21. Xi Jinping said that it is necessary to deal with the uncertainty of the outside world by achieving a new height in Sino-Russian relations.
Du Wen, a commentator and former executive director of the Legal Advisory Office of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Government of China: "The latest news is that he (Xi Jinping) just had a phone call with Putin. In fact, it is not about what he said, but to tell the United States at this sensitive moment that China and Russia are united and allies. In fact, the two camps are very clearly highlighted, one is the Eastern camp - the Russian and Chinese camp, and the other is the Western camp led by the United States. He responded to Trump's "aggressive" new global strategy in a camp confrontation way."
Trump proposed in his inaugural speech on the 20th that he wanted to take back the Panama Canal from the Chinese Communist Party, which made Han Zheng, the vice president of the Chinese Communist Party sitting below, look ugly.
Chinese Communist Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun only responded at the press conference on the 21st that China's position on the Panama Canal issue is consistent and clear.
Du Wen: "The Panama Canal is just a very typical example. The CCP has invaded the Panama Canal on a large scale through economic aggression and economic investment. The consequence is that the United States is at a disadvantage in related international competition. My opinion is that this is Trump's intention to announce to the world that the United States will compete with the CCP on a global scale, and this competition method is like cutting off the firewood from the bottom of the pot."
This "cutting off the firewood from the bottom of the pot" method is not limited to the United States' bilateral relations, but also reflected in international cooperation.
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Trump orders U.S. withdrawal from WHO due to CCP's overpowerful influence over the organization
On the first day of his inauguration, Trump signed an executive order announcing that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization (WHO).
U.S. President Trump (20 January 2025) says, "Basically all countries have taken advantage of the United States. We know that we have not reached any good agreement."
Guo Jiakun, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, did not directly comment on the United States' withdrawal from the WHO, but only said that it would continue to support the WHO and realize the so-called "human health community."
According to the WHO website, the United States is the organization's largest donor, with $1.284 billion in funding for the WHO in 2022-2023, accounting for about 15% of the organization's total budget. During the same period, the Beijing government gave the WHO only $157 million, of which $115 million was required membership fees.
Dr. Yang Jingduan, CEO of the Northern Medical Center in New York: "But China's influence on the WHO far exceeds that of the United States. In the early stages of the COVID-19 (covid) pandemic, the WHO relied too much on China's information on the pandemic, which led to the spread of the pandemic worldwide. He (Trump) believes that an inefficient international organization cannot be relied on. From a geopolitical perspective, Trump also hopes to send a signal to the international community that any organization that favours China will affect U.S. support."
The covid pandemic has caused critical damage to Trump's first term. Trump admitted at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago in December 2024 that his relationship with Xi was far worse than before the pandemic.
News (11) to (12) / Host : Qin Peng / Publisher : Qin Peng's Observations / Editor : Li Hong/ / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2025/01/22/a103950475.html
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President Trump's order has caused many Chinese people to worry
After entering the White House again, U.S. President Trump worked furiously until the early hours of the next day and signed as many as 200 executive orders. Now is the focus on Trump's order to terminate birthright citizenship, which has caused many Chinese friends to worry. I will also gradually explain other policies involving friends in the United States and China in the next few days.
First of all, parents who have already given birth to children in the United States do not need to worry. American laws will not be retroactive. For example, I also have a friend who gave birth to a child in the United States 10 years ago and obtained citizenship papers. In this case, no matter whether Trump's executive order can take effect or how the relevant laws of the United States are amended later, it will not affect the previous identity of the person.
Secondly, Trump's new executive order plans to cancel the birthright citizenship of two types of people: the first type is that the mother is in the United States illegally, and the father is not a U.S. citizen or a U.S. green card (permanent residence permit) holder when the child is born; the second type is that the mother is in the United States legally for a short period of time, but the father is not a U.S. citizen or a green card holder. For example, the mother of the baby is staying in the United States using a temporary non-immigrant visa such as a tourist visa, student visa, or work visa. In both cases, the newborn child shall not automatically become a U.S. citizen. The order will take effect 30 days after it is announced. In other words, if it is not one of these two cases, and one of the parents has a green card or citizenship, there is no need to worry.
Once again, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief that Trump's executive order has encountered challenges. At present, organizations or prosecutors in more than 20 states and cities have filed lawsuits. According to the experience of the U.S. legal battle, the lawsuit will take at least a year before the final result is achieved.
In fact, Trump signed the executive order on Monday, and that evening, immigrant rights advocates filed a lawsuit in federal court in New Hampshire, representing a group of Indonesian immigrants in the state, as well as other groups representing Latinos and so-called Dreamers, people who were brought to the United States by parents who entered or entered the United States as children.
The lawsuit claims that Trump's order violates the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and federal laws that are more than 80 years old. "Neither the Constitution nor any federal statute gives the president the power to redefine American citizenship." "By attempting to restrict birthright citizenship, the order exceeds the president's power and violates the Constitution and federal statutes."
The lawsuit also claims that if Trump's order is implemented, it may make some children stateless.
However, this result is in Trump's plan. As early as November last year, the US media expected Trump to encounter a series of lawsuits, and then the case would be sent to the Supreme Court. Trump hopes to get a ruling in the Supreme Court. Because there are currently 6 conservative justices, the ruling may be in Trump's favor.
Of course, the ruling may also be a rejection, requiring Congress to re-enact the law through a constitutional amendment. If so, it will be very difficult to pass in the future. Because according to regulations, before the amendment can take effect, it must be passed by two-thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, or requested by two-thirds of the state legislatures, and then it can be submitted to the states and approved by three-quarters of the state legislatures, that is, the legislatures of 37 states, before it can take effect.
Some legal experts also analyzed that the Supreme Court's ruling may also be a compromise. For example, only the birthright citizenship of children of illegal immigrants is revoked. After all, it is illegal first, but for those who come to the United States legally and temporarily, it seems unreasonable to revoke their citizenship. Forbes also gave an example. Otherwise, people like Vice President Kamala Harris would not be able to obtain American citizenship, let alone run for president, because when she was born, her parents were just international students.
Not making trouble out of nothing: Trump found a basis in the wording of the Constitution
In fact, Trump proposed a similar plan as early as his last term. However, he did not take action in the end. In an interview with the media in December last year, he explained, "I was going to do this through executive action, but then we had to solve the coronavirus problem first, to be honest."
So why did he make a comeback this time? Do you have a better chance of winning now? In a sense, yes. Because Trump's election this time is related to the large number of illegal immigrants entering the United States during the Biden administration, which has created more social problems, national security issues, and the burden on local governments, and has also triggered a voter crisis in the United States. Because, although illegal immigrants cannot vote in theory, the United States will allocate more seats for congressmen to those sanctuary cities with more illegal immigrants every ten years.
So, this time with strong public support, Trump tried to challenge the legislation again. This is one aspect.
On the other hand, Trump found evidence in the wording of the Constitution. The 14th Amendment does not always guarantee birthright citizenship to all people born in the United States. For example, it was not until 1924 that Congress approved citizenship for all Native Americans born in the United States. And more importantly, the original text of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution is: "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." Please note that it says "subject to the laws of the United States."
Therefore, Trump's new executive order states that the 14th Amendment "has never been interpreted" to grant universal citizenship to everyone born in the United States: "Subject to the jurisdiction of the United States" means that the amendment does not apply to children of immigrants living in the United States illegally, or non-permanent residents.
In a video, Trump also said that "as many scholars have pointed out, the current policy is based on historical myths and deliberate misunderstandings of the law by advocates of open borders."
Trump's interpretation has been recognized by some legal experts. For example, Christopher Hajec, a lawyer at the Immigration Reform Law Institute, said that "it is difficult to say that illegal immigrants are protected by the United States."
However, most legal experts say that the wording of jurisdiction only refers to people who are not subject to US law, especially foreign diplomats.
James Ho, a conservative lawyer appointed by Trump to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, supports this view. In a 2009 article, he wrote that the citizenship language of the 14th Amendment applies to "most children of foreigners born in the United States, including illegal aliens." Judging from his appearance, this judge is a Chinese, and it is said that he is also a candidate for Supreme Court Justice that Trump has considered.
Being under U.S. jurisdiction simply means that people must obey U.S. laws, Ho said. "Of course, compliance does not mean immigration status."
However, after Trump was first elected, the judge withdrew his previous remarks.
When the two sides argued, they often mentioned a case related to China: In 1898, during the Qing Dynasty in China, in a case called "United States v. Wong Kim Ark", a U.S. court ruled that a man born in San Francisco whose parents were both from China was a U.S. citizen. Those who insist that citizenship can be obtained by birth say, look, this case shows that the children of Chinese citizens can also obtain citizenship if they are born in the United States.
However, opponents believe that the ruling in "United States v. Wong Kim Ark" did not resolve the question of whether the children of illegal immigrants are U.S. citizens, because in this case, Wong Kim Ark's parents had entered the country legally. They believe that the ruling actually assumes that the children of illegal immigrants do not have citizenship, although they admit that this argument may be difficult to understand.
"You really have to figure it out," Hayek said, "It's a pretty complicated argument."
As you can see, the legal community is actually a matter of public opinion. And the Supreme Court has never directly ruled on this issue.
So, since this involves the interpretation of the legal text, Trump has a reason to take the case to the Supreme Court without having to take the difficult path of re-legislation.
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Tightening immigration policy will be the focus of Trump's second term
In the end, we don't know the outcome of the legal battle yet, but one thing is clear: Trump 2.0 will significantly tighten immigration policy, especially for China.
In his inaugural address, Trump declared the border crisis a national emergency and announced that he would send troops to the border to enforce order. Within hours of taking office, he signed 11 comprehensive border reform measures.
Shortly after Trump was sworn in, a legal channel created by the Biden administration for immigrants who illegally crossed the border from Mexico was paralyzed. An app and website called CBP One, which makes appointments for about 40,000 people a month to apply for asylum crossings, has been used by more than 900,000 immigrants to enter the United States since Biden launched it in January 2023. Now, the program is suddenly unavailable and existing appointments have been canceled.
In an executive order, Trump said he would use broad powers to suspend border asylum until he is sure that "the invasion is over." Biden's so-called "catch and release" policy will also be stopped. Border wall construction will also resume, and "Remain in Mexico" will once again become US policy.
According to U.S. government estimates, as of early 2022, there were about 11 million illegal immigrants or temporary immigrants in the United States, and some analysts currently believe that the actual number is between 13 million and 14 million.
Trump's critics and immigration advocates say mass deportations could disrupt businesses, split families, and cost US taxpayers billions of dollars. However, Trump's supporters believe that "mass deportation" itself is a false propaganda language, and Trump's deportation plan is currently limited to those who have committed crimes, about one million people.
In addition, men of military age from China are also believed to be among the first to be deported.
As the confrontation between the United States and the CCP deepens, visas for studying abroad, scientific research, etc., which were previously easy to enter, will also be tightened. At the same time, according to US law, CCP members are prohibited from naturalization. In the future, those who are CCP members or suspected of being too close to the CCP will also be restricted from entering the country or directly deported.
In recent years, those who conceal their Communist Party membership when applying for entry will be deported or prohibited from entering the country because it involves visa fraud. Even if they obtain a green card or citizenship in the future, the green card or citizenship will be revoked.
However, according to U.S. law and federal court precedents, three exceptions are stipulated or confirmed, and immigration or adjustment of status is still allowed:
1. At the time of submitting an immigration application, the party has withdrawn from the Chinese Communist Party or has terminated its association for more than two or five years;
2. Participation in the Communist Party organization or its affiliated organizations is involuntary, such as joining such an organization for employment or obtaining food distribution or other necessities of life, or joining when they are under the age of 16 and terminated their membership before the age of 16.
3. The applicant's party membership is meaningless, that is, the applicant lacks political and ideological belief in communism.
There is good news for this. Those who are worried about the impact of their membership in the CCP can go to the Epoch Times Quit the Party website to make a statement, and then go to the Global Quit the Party Service Center to apply for a certificate of quitting the party (team). Based on years of practice, this certificate has been highly recognized by the U.S. government.
News (13) to (14) / Reporters Zhao Fenghua and Yu Wei / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2025/01/22/a103950453.html
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Criticizing the CCP for distorting trade, Ursula von der Leyen: Will negotiate with Trump
On Tuesday (21 January 2025), at the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen criticized the CCP's unfair trade practices and said that the EU is ready to negotiate with Trump.
On Tuesday, at the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen criticized the CCP's trade-distorting practices and pointed out that the CCP's export subsidies have an impact on world trade.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: "Now is the time to pursue a more balanced relationship with China (Communist Party) in a spirit of fairness and reciprocity. This new engagement with countries around the world is not only an economic need, but also a message to the world."
Von der Leyen said at the forum that the EU is ready to negotiate with Trump.
Von der Leyen: "Our priority is to engage (with the United States) as early as possible, discuss common interests and be ready for negotiations. We will negotiate pragmatically, but we will always stick to our principles."
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Ukraine should decide its territorial future, Europe needs to deal with any type of threat
Von der Leyen also mentioned that Ukraine should decide the future of its territory, but the EU will support Ukraine as long as necessary.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at the forum that Europe needs to have its own missile defense system to deal with any type of threat.
Ukrainian President Zelensky: "We need a unified European security and defense policy, and all European countries must be willing to invest the money they really need in security, not just the amount they are accustomed to in years of neglect."
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It is said that 3 North Korean soldiers killed 5 Russian soldiers and then fled. The CCP blocked the news
Editor : Pan Qin / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2025/01/21/a103950337.html / Image : In January 2025, it was reported that the Russian government wanted three North Korean soldiers. (Internet photo)
A wanted order sent to the mainland Chinese network showed that three North Korean soldiers who assisted Russia killed five Russian soldiers and then fled. The Chinese authorities hurriedly blocked the news.
On 21 January 2025, a photo of a Russian wanted order was widely circulated on Chinese social media. According to mainland media reports, the wanted order was posted all over cities and villages in Kursk, Bryansk, Belgorod and other regions of Russia. The content is that three North Korean soldiers are suspected of being wanted. They are suspected of killing five soldiers of the 810th Independent Brigade of the Russian Marine Corps (13140th Unit of Sevastopol) in Bolshoy Soldatsk, Kursk Oblast on 13 January 2025 and then fled. They may now be wandering in Kursk, Bryansk, Belgorod and other provinces. Citizens should contact the Kursk Ministry of Internal Affairs immediately if they find them.
On the mainland NetEase platform, related reports from many self-media have been deleted.
Image : At present, all related messages on NetEase have been "404". (Google search screenshot)
Last month, the official Telegram channel of Hur, the military intelligence agency of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, revealed that the North Korean army, which fought side by side with the Russian army in Kursk Oblast, opened fire on the Chechen Akhmat troops fighting for Russia because of language barriers, killing eight Russian soldiers.
In addition, Ukrainian media reported in November 2024 that a 28-year-old female student from the Russian University of Friendship of Peoples complained that she went to the battlefield to help the North Korean army adapt to local life, but was gang-raped by several North Korean soldiers.
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