[Epoch Times September 28, 2021]Hello everyone, and welcome everyone to pay attention to “News Highlights”. I am Li Muyang. Today is September 27 (Monday) Eastern Time, and September 28 (Tuesday) Asia Time.
Today’s focus: The British ship crosses the Taiwan Strait, flying helicopters for maneuvers; jumping and frantically, will the CCP’s worries come true? The “Two, Three, Four, Strategy” is provoked, and the CCP is trapped in multiple encirclements; the power rationing insurance has caused trouble by the official media, and restricting Australian coal is self-defeating; the real China, the good in human nature.
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The results of the German general election were announced, and the party’s votes formed an embarrassing situation. The Social Democratic Party narrowly won, but it was not enough to control the overall situation; the Coalition Party fell sharply and did not completely lose hope. At present, the two major parties have announced that they will lead the new government to form a cabinet, and both hope that the dust will settle before Christmas. In this way, the attitude of the small parties becomes the key.
On the 27th, the Japanese government officially launched a new draft of the “Network Security Strategy” applicable to the next three years, and for the first time named China, Russia, and North Korea as cyber security risks. Kyodo News Agency reported that the Japanese cabinet will soon approve this draft strategy.
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense’s “5+11” new military training campaign has been on the road on the 27th. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of National Defense said on the 27th that after the emergency order is issued, the first wave will mobilize 215,000 reserve soldiers within 24 hours, and the second wave of war depletes supplementary troops, and approximately 78,000 are on standby.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg expressed NATO’s concerns about the “expansion of China’s (CCP) nuclear arsenal” on the 27th, calling on Beijing to agree to a dialogue on arms control. Stoltenberg held a video meeting with Wang Yi that day. He called on China (the CCP) to “respect its international commitments and act responsibly in the international system.”
As of 1 p.m. Eastern time on September 27, the number of newly diagnosed CCP viruses (Wuhan virus, COVID-19) globally reached 359,298, and the total number of confirmed cases reached 232,252,046; 6,023 people died in a single day. The cumulative total number of deaths is 4,756,629.
Let’s enter today’s topic. Today (27th) there were two things that attracted the attention of officials and people. Among them, the people’s concerns even exceeded their attention to the Meng Wanzhou incident. When Meng Wanzhou returned to China, she was accurately “out of the country” because she had passports from seven countries, but the CCP insisted that Meng Wanzhou’s affairs became very hot. But for the common people, paying attention to this kind of thing cannot be a meal and cannot guarantee safety. What people really care about is whether they can eat enough and whether they can continue to live.
Another thing is that the Chinese Communist Party’s official media are paying attention, and the wording is very strong. Only in the title, words such as “inflated” and “provocative” appear.
High-profile British ship flying across the Taiwan Strait and flying helicopter
In the early morning of today (27th) in Asia time, the British Navy’s Type 23 frigate “Richmond” passed through the Taiwan Strait. The Richmond wrote on its official Twitter, “Working with partners and allies in the East China Sea, after a busy period of time, we are now on the way to visit Vietnam and the Vietnamese People’s Navy through the Taiwan Strait.”
This is a very rare move by the British army. We know that U.S. ships often cross the Taiwan Strait. Only since Biden took office, U.S. warships have passed through the Taiwan Strait eight times. Among them, on August 27, the guided missile destroyer of the US Navy and the patrol ship of the Coast Guard both passed through the Taiwan Strait.
The United States stated that these actions demonstrate the United States‘ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region. With the permission of international law, the U.S. military can “fly, navigate, and operate anywhere.”
But apart from the United States, other countries rarely cross the Taiwan Strait, because this sea area is too sensitive. Only Australian and French warships have ever crossed the Taiwan Strait.
And now, the Richmond appeared in Taiwan Strait, as if afraid that the CCP would not know it, and made a high-profile announcement on Twitter. What’s more interesting is that Richmond not only crossed the Taiwan Strait, but also conducted “sea and air drills.”
The Richmond tweet did not mention part of the exercise. However, the Chinese Communist Party media said that the United Kingdom not only sent warships across the Taiwan Strait, but also made high-profile hype. In addition, helicopters were released in the Taiwan Strait and a “sea-to-air exercise” was conducted. The Chinese Communist Party’s media stated that the Richmond was “outrageous” and a “great provocation” to the Chinese Communist Party.
The CCP’s worries are emerging?
Shi Yi, a spokesperson for the Eastern Theater of the Communist Party of China, said today (27th) that the passage of the Richmond through the Taiwan Strait was a waste of effort by the British side to brush their “sense of existence.” This kind of behavior is ill-intentioned and undermines peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. The “Global Times” stated in its report that “the theater troops always maintain a high level of alert and resolutely counter all threats and provocations.”
A CCP military person wrote an article to analyze that the main reason why the Richmond appeared in the Taiwan Strait, passed high-profile and conducted helicopter maneuvers, was mainly due to the implementation of “gunboat diplomacy” with the CCP.
The article stated that the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea are “sacred places for clocking in.” Only when these two places have “struck a sense of presence” can the “task” deployed by the United States be completed. Claiming that this is a “voting certificate” handed over by the United Kingdom to the United States.
The article stated that the British side got in touch with China in early September and introduced the movements of the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier formation in the Indo-Pacific region. Although the Chinese Communist Party already knows that the Richmond will “borrow through the Taiwan Strait,” it still needs to talk about it even so.
The article stated that the British ship’s high-profile crossing of the Taiwan Strait and the conduct of exercises in the process “trampled on the red line of China (the CCP), and China (the CCP) would not open the net just because the British had notified in advance.” “Otherwise, if everyone does this, there will be no peace in the Taiwan Strait.”
This last sentence actually reveals the CCP’s concern: the CCP is afraid that under the lead of the United States, it will become a normal state for ships to cross the Taiwan Strait.
In fact, as the British Navy Chief of Staff Radhakin told the Japanese media this month, the Taiwan Strait is “a part of the free and open Indo-Pacific” in international waters. He said, “The Taiwan Strait is an international water area. This is very clear.” “This is a waterway that can be used by different countries.”
However, the CCP has long claimed that Taiwan is its territory, and the Taiwan Strait is also regarded by the CCP as its jurisdiction. Once warships of various countries pass through here frequently, the expansion of the CCP’s ambitions and the unification of Taiwan by force will be a great containment.
As I mentioned earlier, in addition to the United States, Australian and French warships have also crossed the Taiwan Strait. The Australian warship crossed the Taiwan Strait in 2017, when the Australian Navy sent a good guided missile destroyer Melbourne. France sent warships across the Taiwan Strait twice in May this year and April 2019.
Now that the British Navy Richmond has also crossed the Taiwan Strait, this has already shown a sign to the CCP. The situation it fears is gradually becoming a reality. Not only the United States, Britain, France, and Australia have warships crossing this sea area, and naval vessels of various countries are increasingly appearing near China.
In fact, this situation has already revealed the US’s “two, three, four strategy” in the Indo-Pacific region. Then we have to observe next and see who is the next country to cross the Taiwan Strait? Could it be Japan?
“Two, Three, Four, Strategy” Outrages the CCP in Multiple Encirclements
As we all know, the relationship between the United States and Japan is a military alliance, which is the “two” in the United States‘ “two, three, four,” strategy. According to the “U.S.-Japan Security Treaty” signed in 1960, when one of the parties receives an armed attack, the other party will use armed assistance.
In the East China Sea and the Western Pacific, the United States has deployed tens of thousands of US troops in places such as Okinawa, Japan. Coupled with the deployment of the Seventh Fleet and the wheel defense deployment of various fighters and bombers, the U.S. military has a strong military force in Japan, which is the key point of the first island chain.
Under the framework of the US-Japan alliance, Japan also has the possibility of crossing the Taiwan Strait, and this possibility is gradually becoming clear.
On August 31, the former chief of staff of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces Kono Katsushiro participated in the Asia-Pacific Security Dialogue. In the video conversation, Katsushiro Kono said that in order to deter the CCP’s illegal activities on the sea, Japan should send warships across the Taiwan Strait.
Because Japan has had a lot of friction with the Chinese Communist Party recently, the tension between the two sides is very likely to be a mess. Under normal circumstances, Japan should have countermeasures. So we can wait and see if Japan will follow up.
The “three” in the “two, three, four strategy” actually just emerged recently, and it is the “new Indo-Pacific alliance” established by the United States, Britain and Australia. Under the framework of this alliance, the United States and Britain will help Australia have its own nuclear submarines.
As analyzed in the previous program, after Australia has a nuclear submarine, it can quietly lurch in the South China Sea, posing a great threat to the CCP. And this tripartite alliance has another point. Its focus is on the southern part of the Pacific Ocean. This will form a north-south with the US troops stationed in Japan, and a north-south attack on the CCP.
Everyone should be able to think of the “fourth” in the “two-three-four strategy”, which is the “quartet security dialogue” between the United States, Japan, India and Australia just held in Washington. Although Biden, Yoshihide Suga, Modi, and Morrison did not mention the CCP in the talks, everyone can hear the meaning. Because this “four-party security dialogue mechanism” was established specifically to address the threat of the CCP.
In 2007, the then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe initiated and organized the Quartet Security Dialogue, which “advocated that the four countries strengthen cooperation in response to the threat from China (the Communist Party).” But in 2008, the pro-communist Australian Prime Minister Rudd’s government withdrew from the four-party dialogue.
In 2017, the Morrison government resumed the four-party dialogue. By 2020, under the Trump administration, this four-party security dialogue has transformed into the “Indo-Pacific Small NATO” with “common security and political goals of the court.” However, the leaders of the four countries have not met before, and now the leaders of the four countries have met face-to-face.
According to the US vision, the “four-party security dialogue mechanism” will constitute an alliance against the CCP’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative. But in fact, Japan, Australia, and India all have frictions and even conflicts with the CCP in different areas.
The friction and conflict with Japan were mainly in the waters of the Diaoyu Islands, and the two sides even almost caused a conflict not long ago. The friction with Australia involves a wide range of aspects, including political infiltration by the CCP and economic suppression on Australia. The conflict with India mainly occurred on the border between the two countries. In the summer of 2020, the two sides broke out tense confrontation and clashes, and caused casualties.
Although the establishment of the US-Japan-India-Australia Four-Party Security Dialogue is to counter the CCP’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative, judging from the tense confrontational relationship between the CCP and these four countries, it is more like a net open to the CCP. On the east and west sides are blocked by Japan and India, and on the south is blocked by Australia.
In the current situation, the “two, three, four strategy” deployed and implemented by the United States in the Indo-Pacific region has taken shape and is showing its power. The CCP has fallen into heavy siege, and this is also an important reason why the CCP jumps into a frenzy.
Power limit insurance kills China back to the 80s?
Next, let’s talk about the matter that has surpassed Meng Wanzhou’s popularity and is highly concerned by the people, that is, the power rationing of more than a dozen provinces in China. Starting in early September, companies in many provinces in mainland China have received notices of power rationing. The production restriction and suspension are required, which may continue until the end of the year.
Among them, Guangdong proposes to stop using elevators in public places below the third floor; industrial enterprises “open three and stop four” or even “open two and stop five”, and “open one and stop six” off-peak electricity use. Jiangsu Province has turned off the street lights, and the three northeastern provinces have begun to restrict electricity to residents, and even hospitals and schools have been cut off. Even Shanghai started a power outage today (27th), and it is planned to last until October 3rd.
Today (27th), the “Beijing News” disclosed on Weibo that yesterday, a family of four in Dunhua, Jilin went downstairs by elevator. The elevator was running and suddenly there was a power outage. A family of four was trapped in the elevator for 45 minutes. Later, I called my neighbors to help call in the property and the workers who repaired the elevator, and rely on the artificial lift to lift the elevator, so that the family was able to get out of trouble.
In addition, the “Beijing News” today (27th) also reported a piece of news. On the 24th, Liaoning had no warning to switch off the power supply, which caused the company’s equipment to shut down and gas leaks. A total of 23 people showed symptoms of gas poisoning and were rushed to the hospital for treatment. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
Some citizens of Shenyang told the mainland media that they had not received any notice before the power outage. The sudden power outage exceeded 7 hours, which caused great inconvenience to businesses and residents. “There was no notice of the power outage, no household supplies were stored at home, and the takeaways were all stopped. The wax was lit at home, and the elderly and children were hungry.”
There is an old man living on the 21st floor. Going for a walk in the community downstairs, the result was a power outage. The old man does not have a mobile phone and cannot contact his family.
When I was in elementary school, in the 1980s, there were frequent power outages in my hometown. Only our house in the whole village has a black-and-white TV set, and many people come to our house to watch TV every night.
At that time, watching TV was one of the few entertainment lives people had. It was also from that time that TV dramas from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan entered people’s lives one after another. For example, Hong Kong’s “Fearless”, Taiwan’s “Stars Know My Heart”, “On the Water Side”, Japan’s “Volleyball Players”, “Dog Flute” and so on have attracted many people.
But what makes people anxious is that every night when these TV series are broadcast, they are inexplicably “on time” blackouts. Until the two episodes of the TV series were over, the cable came “on time”. So although electricity was turned on at that time, matches and foreign wax were still necessities for every family. Now that the CCP has started to cut off electricity again, is it going to go back to the era when I was in elementary school?
I’m talking about when I was young, and in the countryside, the power outage did not cause much impact. But now that power cuts are implemented, the problem is too big, regardless of the boundaries between towns and villages and some industries.
Sports power outage compensation work?Official media dumping place
So why did the power cuts suddenly begin? Yesterday (26th) “People’s Daily” WeChat public account “Xia Ke Dao” issued a comment, naming and criticizing the “sports” carbon reduction in various places, just like students’ supplementary homework before the beginning of school.
The article stated that the goal of “dual energy consumption control” has been stable. However, in order to optimize the energy consumption indicators, all localities will not hesitate to restrict electricity and stop production, which even affects the electricity consumption of residents. This kind of “one size fits all” behavior “not only is not conducive to energy conservation, emission reduction, and transformation of development mode, but also brings unnecessary disorder to the economy and society.” “If it is not corrected, there will be endless troubles.”
Judging from this article, the power cuts are like the actions of local governments. However, there seems to be a big gap between the opinions of Guangdong industry insiders on Guangdong’s power rationing and the opinions of the Chinese Communist Party’s official media.
“Securities Times” quoted industry insiders as saying that the reasons for the shortage of electricity in Guangdong are complex, the most important being “power shortage.” The anonymous industry insider said, “The thermal power plant has lost more than a dime when it generates electricity for more than a month. Under this background, how can the power plant have the power to increase the power supply? None of them are generating electricity at full capacity.”
The “Daily Economic News” stated on Weibo today (27th) that the power curtailment may be related to the shortage of coal. A manager of a power plant in the Northeast said, “Even if there is coal to burn, it must be left for winter.” (News highlights)
Some netizens questioned in the thread, “The three major coal provinces in Northeast China have no electricity. Why is there no electricity? Where did the coal go? Where did the electricity go?” “.
The netizen meant it was like saying that the three provinces of Northeast China are large coal-producing provinces and should have electricity. It looks like this on the surface, but it actually has only a small relationship with the coal production in the three northeastern provinces. More importantly, in order to impose sanctions on Australia, the CCP shot a stone on its own feet.
Restrict Australian coal from suffering for Chinese people
As we all know, coal is divided into two types, one is called power coal and the other is called metallurgical coal. The value of these two types of coal is different. Metallurgical coal is usually used for heating and so on. Most of the coal produced in the three northeastern provinces falls into this category.
Power coal is generally used for power generation. Many power plants in mainland China, especially those in southern China, used coal for thermal power before they were imported from Australia. However, in order to retaliate against Australia, the CCP has restricted Australia’s coal imports.
As you all know, since the CCP virus has ravaged the world, many experts and scholars have called for the source of the virus to be traced for better prevention and treatment. Although people are calling for it, they basically stay in the private sector or organizations, etc., and no national government has made such a voice.
Last year, Australia’s Morrison called the leaders of the United States, France and other countries and publicly called on the international community to independently investigate the source of the virus. This was a normal and reasonable appeal, but the CCP, which had a guilty conscience, immediately retaliated against Australia.
The CCP has played a set of “combined punches” one after another, increasing tariffs and even restricting imports of various Australian commodities, including red wine, lobster, iron ore, barley, and coal.
Restricting red wine, restricting lobsters, etc., has nothing to do with the lives of ordinary people. However, the CCP has restricted Australia’s coal imports, which directly affected the electricity supply on the mainland. Rather than saying that this is a “combined boxing” played by the CCP, it is actually more like a “seven injury boxing” that hurts myself.
In 2019, for example, Australia exported about 4 billion Australian dollars of coal to China. 4 billion Australian dollars, equivalent to approximately 19 billion 477.8 million yuan. This means that the CCP must find an alternative seller of coal imported from Australia every year.
“Australia News Network” pointed out that the CCP has found alternative sellers such as Russia, Indonesia, South Africa, India and Pakistan. However, most of these countries first imported from Australia and then resold them to the CCP.
In other words, these countries have become distributors, making a large price difference from the CCP. This situation is like the CCP’s purchase of American soybeans. In order to report the copying of the United States, it did not import soybeans from the United States and turned to Brazil in South America. However, Brazil’s soybean quantity cannot meet the requirements of the CCP, so it can only be imported from the United States and sold to the CCP.
It is the so-called harm to others and self. Now the CCP has once again tasted the taste of smashing its feet. However, this foot was not smashed by others, but a rock lifted by the CCP itself.
In fact, the CCP has shot itself in the foot, and the real victims are the Chinese people. CCP officials are not afraid of power outages at home. They have generators and receive various special treatments. But without electricity, many problems have appeared in the lives of ordinary people. Without electricity, it is a problem for the people to go up and downstairs; without electricity, the people encounter difficulties in seeking medical treatment; without electricity, people’s lives are threatened…
“True China” Painting Exhibition: Two hours
This reminds me of a painting by Mr. Dacheng, “Persevere for Two Hours”. This is Mr. Dacheng’s contribution to the “Real China” section.
The picture shows a scene on the battlefield. The 44th Regiment of the Fourth Division of the Heilongjiang Production and Construction Corps is at war with the Soviet army. An official of the CCP army said to the soldiers, “The time has come for the party to test us. As long as you hold on for two hours, the big army will arrive.”
Mr. Dacheng introduced in the text that the Sino-Soviet conflict intensified in 1969 and the border was very tense. One day, an active-duty soldier summoned all the armed forces to gather, and this man began to talk. “The time has come for the party to test you. You must be ready to dedicate your life to the party if you raise the soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while! Look at the action for loyalty and disloyalty. Once the war starts, as long as you persist for two hours, the big army will arrive!”
After the man finished speaking, he hurried away by himself. At that time, there were only a few broken guns on the Chinese side, but the Soviet Union had a group of tanks, and the military strength was very different, and there were many people on the Chinese side who had never touched a gun.
The CCP has always been like this. It continues to deceive the people and always makes people “persistent.” The CCP never considers the life and death of the people.
The good in human nature
Next, I will tell you a story about the good in human nature. This story takes place in Osaka, Japan.
There was a man whose pet cat suffered from infectious peritonitis. This is a fatal disease. If it is not treated in time, the kitten may be in danger of life.
The man then wanted to sell his Toyota sports car on the Yahoo auction site in Japan. This car was made in 1989, and he has been driving it for 27 years. But the price he marked was a bit staggering, 2.7 million yen, equivalent to 24,700 U.S. dollars.
Unexpectedly, buyers really appeared. This is a builder who loves cars and animals. He decided to buy that classic car.
The construction owner and the man reached an agreement to put the car in the garage first. When the man is able in the future, he will buy the car back at the same price. In other words, the builder is tantamount to providing an interest-free loan to the man.
With the help of the builder, the man can finally treat the kitten. But the story is not over yet. Last month, the man was planning how to save money so that he could buy the car back as soon as possible. Suddenly one day, a shiny Toyota sports car parked in front of his house.
It turned out that the builder owner sent the car to the garage and asked the workers to repair it. He took the car as a gift and asked the repairer to give it back to the man to celebrate the recovery of his pet cat.
Why did the boss ask the repairer to give the car to the man? He said he didn’t want to let the man take the time to thank him because of this incident.
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