The View, from China

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wasn't it only Solomons and Somoa who signed ? and the other 12 declined ?

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Originally Posted by OhOh

China is closing in, but "many a slip twixt cup and lip".

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"China and the Pacific Island countries reached a five-point consensus at the meeting, which include deepening their comprehensive strategic partnership,

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China, Tonga to deepen ties in disaster relief, agri, health


Sovereign states have the right to choose how they deal with other countries

By Zhang Hui
and Shan Jie

Published: May 31, 2022 11:40 PM

"Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Tonga on Tuesday, the fifth leg of a tour to South Pacific island nations, and the two countries signed cooperation deals on disaster relief, agriculture, fishery and health amid some Western countries' malicious hype of China's normal cooperation with regional countries.

In a meeting with King of Tonga Tupou VI, Wang said the visit to Tonga is to put into practice the diplomatic concept that all countries, big or small, are equal, and China takes concrete measures to support Tonga in accelerating post-disaster recovery and reconstruction.

Wang said China is ready to do the utmost to help developing countries catch up with the trend of the times and accelerate development and revitalization.

King Tupou VI said that he was delighted to see the success of the second China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Monday, and said some people have commented on island countries' cooperation with China. But as sovereign states, Pacific island countries have the right to choose how they deal with other countries.

King Tupou VI said facts proved that Chinese friendship has always been based on deeds rather than words, and Tonga firmly adheres to the One-China policy and will continue to take it as the cornerstone to push forward bilateral relations.

China and Tonga signed cooperation agreements covering disaster relief, agriculture, fishery and health.

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China, Tonga to deepen ties in disaster relief, agri, health - Global Times

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Originally Posted by OhOh

China is closing in, but "many a slip twixt cup and lip".

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The visits are continuing:

"Wang's Pacific island tour will also take him to Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste. The trip has seen him visiting the Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Samoa and Fiji."

China, Tonga to deepen ties in disaster relief, agri, health - Global Times

I suspect a final tally will be posted from CFM once the tour is completed and updates issued, if and when others agree on what they want and what they don't want.

Hohhot business plants space-bred seeds from Shenzhou-13

2022-05-30

"Chinese researchers at ecological technology company Inner Mongolia M-grass Ecology and Environment (Group) Co – which specializes in indigenous plant acclimation and ecological restoration – have started breeding experiments on 12,000 very special seeds.The company, based in Hohhot, capital city of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, is working on the seeds which were bred for six months in space inside the Shenzhou-13 crewed spaceship – that docked with China's Tiangong space station – and were brought back to Earth on April 16.

This marks the second time the company has sent grass seeds into space, following the return of grass species mutations with the Chang'e-5 lunar probe back in 2020.

Plans are for the company's research team to test the viability of the returned seeds. One-third will be put in a long-term storage bank for native plant germplasm resources, while the remaining seeds will be used for breeding research.
The research team will screen for mutants with specific traits, create new germplasm with superior traits – such as stress resistance, broad adaptability and high yields – and cultivate new varieties.
M-grass is an ecological environment engineering company that provides solutions tailored to local conditions."

http://en.hhhtnews.com/2022-05/30/c_757879.htm

UK’s Manchester hosts Chinese Dragon Boat Festival


Embodiment of teamwork


By Xinhua Published: May 31, 2022 07:02 PM

"At the sound of the starting signal, the athletes in four colorful dragon boats at Salford Quays near Manchester shot ahead and paddled mightily to the exhilarating beat of drums, watched and cheered on by crowds on the bank.

The fastest boat earned even louder cheers at the finishing line, where hundreds of spectators gathered. A few meters away, another crowd was enjoying Chinese cultural performances by singers, dancers and Shaolin kung fu warriors against the backdrop of a traditional costume show.

The boat race and the performances were the highlights of the UK Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, organized by the Xinhua Chinese Association, on Sunday.

Launched in 2012, the festival has grown to be one of the biggest of its kind in Europe.

This round was the eighth edition of the event - after a two-year interruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic - with 36 participating boats, including corporate teams, student teams and teams comprising sports enthusiasts.

A highly popular national holiday in China, the Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, which falls on Friday in 2022.

The festival commemorates the legend of the Chinese patriotic poet Qu Yuan. As per tradition, people eat zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) while cheering on the dragon boat rowers."

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US summit struggles in Latin America are a boon to China

Spat over attendance at Summit of the Americas underlines Washington’s waning influence

Michael Stott - Financial Times.

"It is supposed to show that America is back in its own neighbourhood. Yet three weeks before its opening, the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles threatens to expose Washington’s weakness in the region.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico, the US’s most important ally in Latin America, has dropped a bombshell by vowing not to attend the three-yearly heads of government meeting unless the US invites Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua — something the Biden administration had previously ruled out.

Caribbean nations backed López Obrador’s position, as did Bolivia. Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro has still not decided whether to go and Argentina is wavering. Iván Duque, president of Latin America’s fourth-biggest economy Colombia, could end up being the most important invitee.

“We’re in crisis mode now and it’s really embarrassing,” said Ryan Berg of the Americas Program at the Washington-based think-tank CSIS. “I cannot believe that we are three weeks out [from the summit] and we are where we are,” said Rebecca Bill Chavez, director of the Inter-American Dialogue think-tank in Washington.

The US has announced a partial relaxation of Trump-era restrictions on Cuba and dispatched a team to Mexico to bend López Obrador’s ear. But the struggle to persuade a key ally to attend what should be an indispensable meeting has already underlined America’s weakness.

China, by contrast, has been rapidly growing trade, investment and influence as it pursues Latin America’s abundant supplies of key commodities such as soy, copper and lithium.

Berg contrasted the troubled preparations for Los Angeles with a smoothly run Chinese virtual summit with Latin American and Caribbean foreign ministers in December, which agreed a three-year action plan.

The row over summit attendance disguises a bigger problem: the lack of an ambitious agenda. Latin American officials complain that the Biden administration has not yet advanced anything comparable to the bold proposal for a Free Trade Area of the Americas floated by Bill Clinton in 1994, the last time the US hosted the summit.

Beijing has been making diplomatic hay from the US’s woes. The Chinese foreign ministry quickly supported Mexico’s argument that Los Angeles should not “be reduced to a ‘Summit of the United States of America’” adding: “Instead of benefiting Latin America . . . the US has brought Latin America wanton exploitation, wilful sanctions, inflation, political interference, regime change, assassination of politicians and even armed aggression.”

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And he comes right along to prove it.

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And he comes right along to prove it.

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Would you expect anything less? What a clown he is with his regular propaganda dump.

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Originally Posted by OhOh

China, Tonga to deepen ties in disaster relief, agri, health

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Sadly, Tonga is fucked and has sold it's soul to China ...

Tonga <snip> owes two-thirds of its external debt of US$195 million to China's Export-Import Bank, its budget shows.
Australia and New Zealand are its biggest donor nations, the budget also shows.

Tonga says it discussed debt with China, Australia’s foreign minister set to visit - CNA


The world assists, through Aid to Tonga ... the Merchant of Venice, China lends the money and looks to extract it's 'pound of flesh' in the future.

Like Voldemort ... the name which shall not be said, not even whispered ...


Hong Kong police warn Tiananmen anniversary gatherings will break the law

Hong Kong has commemorated 1989 crackdown for decades, but national security law imposed in 2020 has put a stop to annual vigils

Hong Kong police have warned that people risk breaking the law if they gather on Saturday to commemorate China’s Tiananmen crackdown - particularly in the city’s Victoria Park, the site of a once annual candlelit vigil.

Discussion of the 4 June 1989 crackdown, when the Chinese government set troops and tanks on peaceful protesters, is forbidden in mainland China. For decades Hong Kong exercised its semi-autonomy and freedom of speech to hold an annual candlelit memorial for the victims.
But after the national security law was brought in in 2020, that came to an end.

Hong Kong police warn Tiananmen anniversary gatherings will break the law | Hong Kong | The Guardian

Democracy Perception Index Report 2022The world’s largest annual study on how people perceive democracy

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So which country in the world perceives itself as most democratic? Answer: China!I told you the results would surprise most!




You can download the full report here-

Democracy Perception Index Report 2022 | Latana

The overwhelming majority of people living in China say they are living in a democracy.

Most people in the United States say they do not.

These findings are part of a new study published by the Denmark-based Alliance of Democracies Foundation and Germany-based Latana data tracking firm. Part of the latest installment of the annual Democracy Perception Index published Monday, the study explores public opinions of democracy among 52,785 respondents across 53 nations and territories, including China and the U.S., surveyed between March 30 and May 10 of this year.

When asked whether they believe their country is democratic, those in China topped the list, with some 83% saying the communist-led People's Republic was a democracy. A resounding 91% said that democracy is important to them.

A note accompanying the poll results offers a disclaimer, stating that "in authoritarian countries, positive perceptions might result from different conceptions of democracy, high levels of government satisfaction, or fear of speaking out against the government."

Those leading the list alongside China included countries with a mix of political systems, including Switzerland, Vietnam, India and Norway. And, after the Philippines, China's rival, Taiwan, ranked high as well in terms of those who said they lived in a democracy.

Latana political research consultant Frederick Deveaux told Newsweek that the eagerness displayed by those in single-party-led nations such as China and Vietnam to describe their country as democratic "may perhaps be a function of not wanting to speak out against the government." But he argued "it could also be a real perception that their country is somehow acting in the interests of many people, and this is what democracy means."

Most in China Call Their Nation A Democracy, Most in U.S. Say America Isn't


Surely some mistake here? :chitown:

https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qi...b29930440-pjlq

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Death with reprieve (simplified Chinese: 死刑缓期执行; traditional Chinese: 死刑緩期執行; pinyin: sǐxíng huǎnqī zhíxíng, abbr.: 死缓; 死緩; Sǐhuǎn) is a criminal punishment found in the law of the People's Republic of China. According to the criminal law chapter 5 (death penalty), sections 48, 50 and 51, it gives the death row inmate a two-year suspended sentence of the execution. The convicted person will be executed if found to intentionally commit further crimes during the two years following the sentence; otherwise, the sentence is automatically reduced to life imprisonment or, if the person is found to have performed deeds of merit during the two years, fixed-term imprisonment.^[1]
Unlike pardon (clemency), in which the relief of the penalty is decided after the death penalty has been pronounced, reprieve is pronounced directly in place of the death sentence to the prisoner who has committed the potentially capital crime.
Chinese courts hand down this form of sentencing as frequently as, or more often than,^[2] actual death sentences. This unique sentence is used to emphasize the seriousness of the crime and the mercy of the court, and has a centuries-old history in Chinese jurisprudence.^[3] Scholars reported that in the context of the post-2007 death penalty reform in China, a considerable number of prisoners who would previous be subject to the death penalty by immediate execution have been diverted to the suspended death penalty regime.

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China has suffered humiliation in the pacific. 10 island nations in the region rejected China's proposed security pact.
Palki Sharma tells you how these island nations stood up to China.

Gravitas: Small Pacific Nations reject China&#39;s deal - YouTube

THE VIEW FROM CHINA :)

Zero Covid has wrecked the Chinese economy.
A report has claimed that the lockdowns were costing the country at least $46 billion in a month.
Palki Sharma tells you how the Chinese economy is struggling.

Gravitas: How Zero Covid ravaged Chinese economy - YouTube

Why China’s Man-Made Islands Are Sinking - YouTube

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China has suffered humiliation in the pacific.

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Hardly "A View From China".

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Palki Sharma tells

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The person's name may give you a hint.

"Who is the owner of WION news channel?

The Essel Group

The World is One News (WION) is an Indian multinational English language news channel headquartered in New Delhi. It is owned by the Essel Group and is part of the Zee Media network of channels."


"Zee Media Corporation Limited (abbreviated as ZMCL; formerly Zee News Limited) is the news broadcasting company of the Essel Group which is controlled by Subhash Chandra.^[3] The company is engaged mainly in the business of broadcasting of news current affairs and regional entertainment satellite television channels uplinked from India.


"The network has been involved in several controversies and has broadcast fabricated news stories on multiple occasions.^[4] The network is subjected to an ongoing criminal defamation"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zee_Media_Corporation

Respectable source?

:rolleyes:


Wang Yi summarizes bilateral-multilateral ‘two-wheel drive’ for China-Pacific countries friendship at conclusion of 10-nation visit

By
Deng Xiaoci

Published: Jun 03, 2022 10:42 PM

"China and PICs reached 52 cooperation pacts, covering 15 domains including those under the Belt and Road Initiative, climate change responding, the pandemic, green development, health, trade and tourism, Wang said at a press conference held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG), the final stop of his PICs tour. Wang’s PNG counterpart Soroi Eoe also attended."

More available here:

Wang Yi summarizes bilateral-multilateral ‘two-wheel drive’ for China-Pacific countries friendship at conclusion of 10-nation visit - Global Times

I would suggest progress was made. Everything agreed, nope, diplomatic agreement on many topics discussed and agreements made by those that can, yes.

The future will be up to the participants, nobody signed away their sovereignty as imposed by the OZ + invited "partners" agreements.

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Zero Covid has wrecked the Chinese economy.
A report has claimed that the lockdowns were costing the country at least $46 billion in a month.
Palki Sharma

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THE VIEW FROM CHINA https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

In the video, the lady reporter's number is US$ 36 billion per month. (0.44) https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

An unnamed "report", from an Indian lady

China's population 1,449,569,111

If true, that's US$ 25 a month.

What price should a countries' government spend on its citizen's health security?

With an annual Gross Domestic Product per capita, of US$ 10,430, it appears the healthy, productive, citizens earn their keep.

China GDP per capita - 2021 Data - 2022 Forecast - 1960-2020 Historical - Chart - News

This is by far the most detailed single expose' I have read about the manufactured myth of the "Tiananmen Square Massacre". It is written by Nury Vittachi, a veteran HK reporter, and himself one of those fooled (" I went to Victoria Park with my candle almost every June for 30 years.")

How psy-ops warriors fooled me about Tiananmen Square: a warning – Fridayeveryday


Fascinating stuff- and highly relevant to our World today. Sorry, not gonna copy and paste, because that is a laborious nightmare with this particular publication.

^ Bugger ... I found that just now myself. :)

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Fascinating stuff- and highly relevant to our World today. Sorry, not gonna copy and paste, because that is a laborious nightmare with this particular publication.

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Actually that's quite good news because it's more fucking chinky propaganda bollocks anyway.

Yeh sure, Nury Vitachi = "chinky propaganda". The readers that actually know HK will already be larfing. :)

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"I went to Victoria Park with my candle almost every June for 30 years."

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Surely "Which country is throwing the most dirty money around ASEAN?"

Which has a pretty obvious answer:

Chinastan.

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Democracy Perception Index Report 2022The world’s largest annual study on how people perceive democracy

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So which country in the world perceives itself as most democratic? Answer: China!I told you the results would surprise most!




You can download the full report here-

Democracy Perception Index Report 2022 | Latana

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The Chinese can’t even get painting by numbers right. More faulty exports …..

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the manufactured myth of the "Tiananmen Square Massacre"

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Excellent find.

It was going so well, then you mentioned the evil "Julian".

The angry old men will be out for your kidneys soon. Lamenting their inability to share a bed with a legend.

Here is an edited and dubbed version of allegedly,

Man vs. tank in Tiananmen square (1989)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...;v=YeFzeNAHEhU

Not actually in Tiananmen Square. But facts ..... :tieme:

There was another version, a minute or so longer, which has been deleted from yutub. Showing the man being helped across the road by "onlookers".

China only ever looks inward. This is to spy on the Chinese people and stop them revolting. Why are they so scared if they are the perfect democracy, as Sabang and OhWoe maintain?