[EpochTimesJune292021]Hello, everyone, and welcome to “Current Affairs”, I am Fuyao. Today is Monday, June 28, 2021.
Today’s focus: the official media’s hype about Xipu video conference, is China-Russia friendship true or false? Beijing is full of “sunrise crowds”, and the party celebration performance is mysteriously advanced; restore the attributes of electric power products? The people on the mainland were angrily denounced; infected with the Delta virus, the British military high-level quarantine, and many countries blocked again.
Is China-Russia friendship true and false in state media’s hype about Xipu video conference?
On June 28, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin held a video meeting. The party media and other mainland media reported and reprinted a large number of reports, which made the atmosphere enthusiastic.
According to the Chinese report, the main result of the meeting was that Xi Jinping and Putin issued a joint statement, formally deciding to extend the term of the “Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation” by five years. Xi Jinping said that the “Treaty” has established the “idea of friendship for generations” between China and Russia, and the relationship between the two countries “can withstand the test of any international vicissitudes” and “will continue to unite and move forward with determination.” The report also stated that both sides oppose interfering in other countries’ internal affairs under the guise of “democracy” and “human rights” and oppose unilateral mandatory sanctions.
It sounds like there is something in the words, let’s look at them one by one.
First of all, Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized China-Russia relations. What signal does this reveal?
An article by the Voice of America stated that at present, the United States and its Western allies have formed a powerful and extensive anti-communist alliance. In contrast, the CCP has encountered unprecedented isolation. What is more unexpected is that the results of the US-Russia summit on June 16 were very positive. The two countries also agreed that the ambassadors of the two sides will soon return to their jobs and resume normal relations.
Beijing is very disturbed by this situation, worrying that Russia, the only country that can provide important support to the CCP, will slide to the side of the United States during the confrontation between China. Therefore, it is very important for Xi Jinping to hold Russia and consolidate Sino-Russian relations.
From Xi Jinping’s statement, we can indeed see that he has a strong sense of wooing Russia; moreover, pro-communist Hong Kong media have come out to bring the wind, saying that although Biden wants to use the meeting with Putin to divorce Sino-Russian relations, now, China and Russia are not only Reiterating the friendly relations and not naming the critics of the US for using “human rights” to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries shows that the United States‘ intention has not been achieved.
Is this statement advisable?
Current affairs commentator Tang Jingyuan believes that this is a propaganda war of the CCP’s self-imbursement. What we need to pay attention to is that, first, this is only what the Chinese side said, and it depends on the official Russian statement, and the actual situation can be seen by comparing the wording; secondly, the CCP raised its opposition to the use of human rights to interfere in internal affairs, and Putin and Biden also made it clear when they met. What has been said is not new; third, the sign of the improvement of US-Russian relations is the restoration of ambassadorial relations and the resumption of strategic dialogue between the two sides. This in itself means that Russia’s probability of “finding trouble” has been greatly reduced, and it can be said to be a success. However, this does not conflict with the continuation of the Sino-Russian treaty.
Tang Jingyuan also pointed out that Russia is stepping on balance and not completely falling back to the CCP itself, which is already in line with the goals of the United States. Note that the purpose of the United States is not to achieve a US-Russian alliance, but to keep China and Russia at a distance and to keep Russia on the sidelines.
When it comes to Russia, the outside world believes that the importance of Xi Pu to Beijing is far greater than it is to Moscow.
Putin once said that he would “sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight”
So, what is Putin’s attitude? Recently, a mainland netizen reposted a video showing that Putin had previously stated clearly that he would “sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight” in the face of the US-China contest.
The video was shot in 2019. At that time, the reporter asked whether Russia would be on China’s side in the US-China trade war. Putin said, “There is a Chinese saying that tigers fight in valleys, and smart monkeys will sit on the mountain to see who can win.”
This has aroused concern and heated discussions among netizens. Someone said, “The term China-Russia friendship from generation to generation is nothing but open eyes. Anyone who understands a little bit of modern history will understand that true friendship means that it will not arrive ten years after the establishment of the government. The rest of the time is in struggle. In the struggle, China basically No advantage.”
Someone also said, “Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, the cranes and the clams fight, the fisherman gains, and the polar bears are ready to take advantage of the fire at any time. Look at the right time to come over and sign a treaty to get a piece of land!”
Evidence of the CCP’s betrayal of the country
This statement is not groundless. Anyone who understands this period of history knows that the “Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation” extended by Xi Jinping and Putin is the evidence of the CCP’s betrayal of the country.
The “Treaty” was signed on July 16, 2001, when the leaders of the Communist Party of China Jiang Zemin and Putin. Article 6 stipulates: China and Russia have no mutual territorial requirements.
With a stroke of a pen, Jiang Zemin, what has China lost? The territorial sovereignty of the outer northeastern region, including Vladivostok (Vladivostok), is about 400,000 square kilometers east of the Ussuri River, which is larger than the area of 10 Taiwan.
In 1860, Russia took advantage of China’s entry into the Second Opium War and forced the Manchu and Qing government to sign the “Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty” and cut away the 400,000 square kilometers of territory. Among them, Vladivostok is an ice-free port, which is not only open to navigation throughout the year, but also an important military strategic location.
In the period of the Republic of China, the National Government strongly advocated the recovery of Vladivostok. In 1945, the then Foreign Minister Wang Shijie and the Soviet Foreign Minister signed the “Sino-Soviet Treaty”, clearly mentioning that Vladivostok, Jiangdong Sixty-four Tun and the mouth of the Tumen River were Chinese sovereignty. 50 years later, in 1995, China took it back. Vladivostok.
However, after the CCP came to power, the Soviet Union unilaterally tore up the treaty, and the recapture of Vladivostok was shelved; in 2001, when Jiang Zemin signed the contract, all of this land belongs to Russia.
Therefore, does the CCP extend the “Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship, and Cooperation” this time, does it extend the traitorous treaty in order to win over Russia? If those little pink warwolves who shouted “Even though they are far away will be punishable”, would they dare to go on the expedition if they knew it?
According to the “Russian Satellite News Agency” report, Putin emphasized again in the video meeting on the 28th, “The important thing is that the two countries have determined that they have no territorial requirements for each other and are determined to turn the common border into a zone of permanent peace and friendship.” Is this a reminder? The CCP, if you want to get closer to Russia, don’t forget what they want.
“Crowds in the Sun” all over Beijing
In addition to pulling allies internationally, the CCP’s series of actions to prepare for party celebrations at home have also attracted attention.
We have reported in previous episodes that as July 1 approaches, Beijing controls traffic, arrests petitioners, and stationed a large number of military police with special guns and live ammunition, and so on. And now there are videos showing that the local streets are full of armed police, police, plainclothes, and “sunrise crowds” in gray vests, constantly monitoring passers-by.
According to a report by the Voice of America, the government and military family compound in key locations issued a notice requesting everyone to close and close the street windows during the 24-hour final control period from midnight on June 30 to midnight on July 1. Curtains cannot be used for watching, taking pictures and videos, personal families cannot meet customers, electric vehicles cannot be charged, etc.
Some Beijing netizens also revealed that Donghuamen has stopped supplying natural gas, and the community organizes food delivery. It will not return to normal until July 4th.
Not only that, but online pictures show that even the manhole covers near Tiananmen Square have been sealed off by security checks, which can be said to have entered a state of special combat readiness.
Some netizens sarcastically said, “Beijing is now the safest, safest place in the world! Three steps one post, five steps one post.”
The party celebration performance mysteriously attended the 7th standing committee ahead of schedule
At the same time, late at night on June 27, the official Weibo of the “Beijing Daily” issued a notice from the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, stating that the large-scale party celebration performance originally scheduled to be held on the 29th was advanced to the 28th. The official explanation was only mysterious. Two words-for some reason.
This caused heated discussions among mainland netizens. Someone asked, “What is the reason for changing the performance time, and why?” “It’s a bit sudden, what’s the matter?” Others said, “This kind of thing is almost impossible! What happened?”
“Why make announcements late at night?”
These questions may never be answered. Not to mention the reasons for advancement, the density of the rehearsal of this theatrical performance is very high.
A Weibo netizen revealed, “An actress disappeared for 20 days, and the Shanghai Film Festival judges gave it to zdy (Zhou Dongyu). The phone was confiscated during the day, and Song Jia, who could only get the phone in the middle of the night and sneak on Weibo, was epic in this situation. In the show (in), what exactly is the show?”
And Song Jia himself posted on Weibo on June 9th, only saying, “Due to unexpected and more important work assignments, it is impossible to complete this year’s Golden Goblet Award judges. I wish you all enjoy the movie and see you next year.”
It was not until the end of the performance that the party media released a message saying that Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng, the Seventh Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Wang Qishan and other officials all went to watch the performance. It can be seen from the photos of the scene that the huge stage is luxuriously arranged, the number of actors is too large to count, and dense fireworks reflect a large area of the sky.
Someone previously broke the news on the Internet, saying that a fireworks preview would burn 70 million yuan, so what was the total cost of the party celebration before and after? This squandering is all the hard-earned money of the Chinese people.
Restore the attributes of electricity products?Mainland people slammed
For the CCP, if it is short of money, it can cut leeks. And then, the price of electricity for all Chinese people’s daily life will increase.
Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission of the Communist Party of China claimed that, for a long time, China’s residential electricity prices have been low and industrial and commercial electricity prices have been high; “In accordance with the requirements of further deepening the market-oriented reform of electricity prices, the next step is to improve the tiered electricity price system for residents, and gradually ease the cross-subsidy of electricity prices. The price better reflects the cost of power supply and restores the commodity attributes of electricity.” In other words, electricity bills have risen.
The official statement immediately aroused negative comments. Some netizens said, “You have all contracted for water, electricity, coal, communications, and railways, and then said that the price is low. The price says that we are not market-oriented, and the monopoly does not see you want to be market-oriented. The double standard is shameless.”
Zhang Jianping, a commentator in Jiangsu, told Radio Free Asia on the 28th, “When I saw this information, the first thing I felt was to hear the voice of Huo Huo sharpening the sickle. If you (the Development and Reform Commission) are a market economy, the above statement (commercialization of electricity bills) ) No problem, (electricity bills) must have market attributes. The problem is that you build the Three Gorges Power Station and we all pay for it.”
Mr. Gao, a resident of Wuhan, felt the same way. He said, “I remember when the Three Gorges Dam was built and said that the electricity bill for the people who built the Three Gorges Dam reached 8 cents once. So far, our electricity bill is still more than 50 cents (one degree), and the Three Gorges Dam. The dam construction fund is deducted from every kilowatt-hour of our electricity, and they have the final say.” He also said, “You build all the infrastructure such as transportation, energy, etc., with the hard-earned money of our taxpayers. Why are you telling us’commodity attributes’?”
Infected with Delta virus, British military high-level quarantine and blockade in many countries
Next, let’s take care of the situation related to the epidemic.
Up to now, there are 181 million people in 192 countries and regions in the world who have been confirmed to have been infected with the Chinese Communist virus (Wuhan virus, the new crown virus), and the death toll has exceeded 3.92 million. Except for mainland China, which does not disclose the true number, on June 27, 46,643 people were confirmed to be infected in India, 33,704 in Brazil, 20,169 in Russia, and 14,633 in the United Kingdom. Among them, the 62-year-old British Army Commander and Chief of Defense Staff Nick Carter (Nick Carter) was also diagnosed with the CCP virus.
Carter had just met with the British Secretary of Defense and others the night before the diagnosis, so the military seniors who contacted him also quarantined independently. Among them are the British Minister of Defence Wallace (Ben Wallace), as well as the chief of staff of the sea, land and air.
This wave of India’s mutant strain of Delta virus is raging. Tracking found that the infectivity of Delta virus is 60% higher than that of the British mutant strain. Taiwanese physician Wu Changteng revealed in an interview with the media that one person infected with the Delta virus can infect 6-7 people, and children and adolescents under the age of 18 will face the greatest risk.
The Delta virus epidemic in Australia has become more and more serious. After New South Wales restarted the lockdown for two weeks, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the streets of Sydney. On the 26th, New Zealand suspended the quarantine-free system “tourist bubble” between New Zealand and Australia, which lasted until July 7. The New Zealand Prime Minister’s plan to visit Australia was also forced to postpone. Prior to this, the two countries had just opened tourist exchanges in April.
Malaysia has also imposed a nationwide blockade on June 1. As the epidemic has not slowed down, the blockade order has been extended indefinitely. For five consecutive days, more than 5,000 cases were diagnosed in Malaysia every day, and the infection rate was as high as 8.34%.
Prime Minister Muhyiddin of Malaysia stated that three conditions must be met to lift the lockdown order: the number of new cases dropped to 4,000 in a single day; the utilization rate of intensive care units dropped to 75%; and 10% of the population received two doses of vaccination. At present, the authorities are increasing the vaccination plan.
However, according to experts, the current vaccines are mainly used to reduce the probability of severe infections and are not effective in preventing asymptomatic infections.
British researchers concluded that compared with previous symptoms of infection, infection with Delta mutant virus is “more like a bad cold” for young people. Fever is the most obvious. Loss of smell is no longer the main symptom, so Even if young people do not have any extremely uncomfortable symptoms, they may also be infected with the virus and bring danger to others.
At present, the Delta mutant virus has appeared in nearly 85 countries around the world.
Okay, let’s stop here today, and we will see you in the next episode.
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