The situation in the Taiwan Strait has suddenly heated up recently. Will the Chinese Communist Party invade Taiwan by force? Some Taiwanese scholars believe that this is an illusion, and that Xi Jinping is trying to divert the domestic focus now that anti-Xi forces are on the move.
However, it is true that the Chinese Communist Party has recently ordered the strengthening of military training for high school students, which is quite a preparation for war.
Will the Biden administration support Taiwan? Hard to say! On the 42nd anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act, the Biden administration sent its “best friend” to Taiwan and the first U.S. government official in the cabinet to visit China.
Since the U.S.-China talks in Alaska, the Chinese Communist Party’s war-wolf diplomacy has flourished, but it has hit a brick wall at every turn. Turkey recently cut off the water supply to the Chinese embassy and threatened to change the name of the neighborhood where the embassy is located.
China’s Listed Companies Flash Crash on the Upside! On Tuesday, a tax-free flash crash with a market cap of $500 billion saw hundreds of funds lose $6.5 billion.
A world of difference! Look at the treatment of truck drivers in the US, so sad for Jind Johnson in China!
Turkey cuts off water to CCP embassy, threatens to change the name of the neighborhood where the embassy is located
Radio Free Asia 13 reported by RIA Novosti that Turkish media outlet Milli Gazete has revealed that the city government of Ankara, the capital of Turkey, is now considering changing the name of the street where the Chinese Communist Embassy is located to Turk Street. This may be in response to the Chinese Communist Embassy in Turkey tweeting back at Turkish politicians criticizing the CCP’s human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
Photo: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and CCP Ambassador to Turkey Liu Shaobin, December 15, 2020
In early April, two Turkish opposition politicians, including Ankara Mayor Yavas, a member of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), and IYI leader Akseneyan, tweeted criticism of Beijing’s Xinjiang policy. Chinese Ambassador to Turkey Liu Shaobin responded on Twitter, saying that Xinjiang is an integral part of China and that China firmly condemns any infringement on its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned Liu Shaobin to meet with him in response. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, for his part, protested the stance of certain Turkish opposition parties at a press conference on April 7, adding that the CCP embassy in Turkey had acted perfectly correctly.
But soon the Ankara municipality began “repair work” to leave the CCP embassy without water.
Experts: Anti-Xi faction is ready to move as CPC raises force against Taiwan
The Chinese Communist Party has recently become the focus of international attention on whether to unify Taiwan by force and its timetable. The United States has warned that the Chinese Communist Party may commit Taiwan in the next six years. Scholars analyze, the Chinese Communist Party frequently raise the information of force to commit Taiwan, in fact, is only a strategy, the Chinese Communist Party is very clear if rashly attack Taiwan, is the time of the Communist Party’s demise, that is, the Chinese Communist Party “the first war is the final war”. The CCP’s target is not Taiwan.
In recent years, Chinese military aircraft have frequently disturbed Taiwan. Admiral Philip S. Davidson, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, recently told a hearing of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee that the Chinese Communist Party could attack Taiwan within six years.
But according to Chiu Shih-Yi, a professor of political science at Tunghai University, the Chinese Communist Party’s constant war-wolf diplomacy underscores the weakness of the Communist Party’s power and the fact that its internal pressure is on the verge of a tipping point.
According to Chiu, “the CCP’s goal is actually to target the South China Sea, not to unify Taiwan with the military”.
In addition, it is worth observing that “whenever the Chinese Communist Party releases to the outside world that it wants to violate Taiwan by force, it is the time when the internal struggle is most intense. Qiu Shiyi said.
For example, China’s GDP growth has slowed, its supply chain has been cut off, its high-tech industries are under U.S. siege, and its economy has been curtailed, which has led to a near-success in maintaining stability within the Communist Party. In particular, Chinese President Xi Jinping is facing the challenge of whether he can survive the 20th National Congress in 2022 and meet the next term smoothly.
Qiu Shiyi said, “When China’s economy is good, the CCP is more rational in its diplomacy, but when the economy is down, it will adopt a war-wolf diplomacy, which is the habit of the Communist Party. “
The more the Chinese Communist Party releases the smell of smoke and mirrors of force against Taiwan, he said, it means that the pressure of internal strife is rising rapidly and the country is facing serious challenges, so it needs to use the issue of unification with Taiwan to shift the focus.
Qiu further analyzed that in recent years, the U.S. has shifted from appeasement to strength in its relations with the CCP, and has begun to strike back economically and militarily, thus exposing many of the CCP’s weaknesses and leaving it in an internal and external dilemma. Whether it is harassment of Taiwan or the announcement of the Maritime Police Act, “this is the CCP blowing the whistle in the middle of the night to strengthen its courage and first find a way to respond to the image of shaping (maintaining) stability within the Chinese line.” He said that the Chinese Communist Party believes that the best way to get out of the dilemma, the best kettle of fish is to weaken the United States in the international power, and the South China Sea is the breakthrough.
He believes that, in view of this, the Chinese Communist Party can never do the unification of Taiwan within six years, because now under the worldwide siege of the Chinese Communist Party, it is difficult to make a move on Taiwan. He bluntly said that the Chinese Communist Party does not dare to fight Taiwan, when the Chinese Communist Party fights Taiwan is the time of the Communist Party’s demise.
He also said that even so, Taiwan should not be complacent and should continue to strengthen its national defense strength, “as long as Taiwan does not fear war, Taiwan is the safest.”
Prepare for war? Communist Party orders more military training for high school students
China’s Ministry of Education and the Ministry of National Defense Mobilization of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) released the “Military Training Syllabus for High School Students” on August 1, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC, which specifies that the military training curriculum for Chinese high school students should not be less than 56 hours in seven days.
According to the official website of China’s Ministry of Education, the preamble of the syllabus, which was released nationwide on March 26 and only announced today, emphasizes that in order to comprehensively implement “the Party’s education policy,” implement “the fundamental requirements of the goal of strengthening the military,” comprehensively standardize the organization and implementation of military training for high school students, and “strengthen the national defense reserve. The syllabus was developed to fully implement the “Party’s education policy,” implement the “fundamental requirements of the goal of strengthening the military,” comprehensively standardize the organization and implementation of military training for high school students, and “strengthen the building of national defense reserves.
The syllabus specifies that military training for high school students in China consists of two parts: “basic military knowledge” and “basic military skills”, and that the teaching time ranges from 7 to 14 days, with a total of no less than 7 days and 56 hours (1). “Class time” refers to the time of one class including the next class).
Of these, 24 hours are devoted to “basic military knowledge”, of which 12 hours are compulsory and 12 hours are optional; 88 hours are devoted to “basic military skills”, of which 44 hours are compulsory and 44 hours are optional.
This syllabus strictly ordered that all types of high schools in China shall not reduce the content of military training and the required class time. At the same time, schools are encouraged to actively offer courses on military knowledge and military skills training to broaden the content of military training instruction.
First U.S. Government Official in Biden’s Cabinet to Visit China
The U.S. Department of State announced on the 13th that John Kerry, the President’s Special Envoy for Climate Change, will visit Shanghai, China, and Seoul, South Korea, from the 14th to the 17th; this will be the first Biden administration official to visit mainland China.
Kerry has just finished a trip to the Middle East and Bangladesh, and President Biden has invited 40 heads of state to an online meeting at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) summit, where Chinese Communist Party President Xi Jinping, whom Biden described as “not democratic at heart,” and “executioner “Russian President Vladimir Putin is on the invitation list.
The Washington Post reports that Curry’s trip will hopefully shape bilateral cooperation on climate change at a time when U.S.-China relations are at a high level of tension.
Biden Sends “Best Friend” to Taiwan on 42nd Anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act
The Biden administration will send former Senator Chris Dodd, former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and James Steinberg on a special flight to Taiwan from the 14th to the 16th, Taiwan time, the first Biden mission to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen and top national security officials since he took office.
Photo: Chris Dodd (Dodd)
World Journal reported that a senior Biden administration official confirmed to reporters via email that the delegation will meet with senior Taiwanese officials, following a long-standing cross-party tradition of the U.S. government sending high-level and unofficial representatives to Taiwan; all three members of the delegation are longtime friends of Taiwan and close friends of Biden.
China’s $500 billion tax-free giant flash crash, down hundreds of funds lose $6.5 billion
The white horse stock China CDFA Tuesday afternoon flash crash down to 265.85 yuan, sealed single nearly 11,000 hands, turnover of more than 4 billion yuan, while the early China CDFA once rose more than 2%.
Since February 18, as of April 13, China CDF accumulated from the high point fell more than 30%.
Based on the annual report disclosure, in 2020, there are 119 funds holding China CDF, holding a total of 242,136,600 shares. Based on today’s (April 13) share price drop of China CDF, these funds hold institutional day float losses of more than 6.5 billion yuan.
From the low point at the end of March 2020 to mid-February this year, China CDF rose from a low of 66 yuan to over 400 yuan in less than a year, a cumulative gain of 465%.
Well-known Chinese financial commentator Shui Pi wrote on April 13 that China CDFG was overhyped, which actually seriously overdrew the company’s future development, and that China CDFG’s P/E ratio is now up to about 100 times.
The contrast is strong: Chinese drivers driving trucks in the U.S. earn $6,000 to $12,000 a month
Recently a Chinese truck driver, Jin Deqiang, was fined RMB 2,000 yuan for a malfunctioning BeiDou navigation system, and eventually committed suicide by swallowing pesticide, triggering netizens’ sympathy and support for Chinese truck drivers. What about the situation of Chinese truck drivers in the United States? Recently, according to the information of a Chinese driver driving in the United States, the netizen who signed “Shi Yonggang” wrote an article summarizing the income and reality of this industry.
First, the income is generous, about 6-8,000 U.S. dollars per month (equivalent to RMB 40,000-60,000 yuan).
One kind of basic is to go to the dock to pull the domestic container, and then sent to the import and export companies, probably can earn 5-6000 U.S. dollars a month (equivalent to RMB 30-40 thousand yuan)
The other is long-distance or short-distance, pulling goods from company A to company B, depending on the route run different. Every month, you can earn about 6-8,000 US dollars (equivalent to 40-60,000 RMB).
Secondly, if you own a truck, you can earn almost twice as much as working for someone else! That is, you can earn about $12,000 a month.
Third, their freight is calculated according to 60 cents a mile; if there is loading and unloading waiting time, there will also be an hour of $15 unloading fee; need to wait overnight need to subsidize the overnight fee of $50 per person. On average, one’s current freight rate is $1,800-1,900 per trip, and the monthly salary is basically around $8,000, much higher than the average local income of $3,000-4,000 in California.
Fourth, fast user “baby” said 14 months ago, when he just became a truck driver, a round trip from the West Coast to the East Coast, the starting income of the internship period is only $ 650; now, the same trip, the starting income of the novice period can reach $ 900-1000.
Fifth, the high salary of U.S. truck drivers has a lot to do with the manpower gap in the market for truck drivers. According to ATA data, there is a 51,000 truck driver shortage across the U.S.; by 2026, this shortage will reach an even more staggering 174,000.
Sixth, according to a Chinese driver driving in the U.S., his biggest cost was spending $2,000 to use a month to get his A-license trucking license. There are basically no checkpoints on the road and no toll fees.
Seven is important to say three times, their cost on the road in addition to gasoline, there are no additional costs, no high-speed fees, no GPS installation costs. GPS free navigation ……
Unable to pay high compensation, Egyptian officials seize the long-giving ship
The Suez Canal Administrator Osama Rabie said on Tuesday that the administration has asked an Egyptian court to seize the MV EVER GIVEN because of the company that operates it, and the court order has been executed.
The Washington Post reported that the $900 million in damages awarded to the MV EVER GIVEN is to cover the losses incurred by the international waterway since it ran aground for six days on March 23, including damage to the waterway and equipment, as well as the cost of dredging and towing.
The Suez Canal chairman said the results of the investigation will be announced on April 15.
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