News that caught our eye / June 25-July 1
June 25-July 1
Xi defends vision of Hong Kong on 25th anniversary of return / July 1, 2022
China’s leader Xi Jinping marked the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return with a speech Friday that emphasized Beijing’s control over the former British colony under its vision of “one country, two systems” – countering criticism that the political and civic freedoms promised for the next quarter-century have been largely erased under Chinese rule.
Xi will attend Hong Kong’s handover, but not the press / June 29, 2022
China urges U.S. to fulfill climate duties after Supreme Court ruling / July 1, 2022
The United States must meet its international obligations on climate change and do more than "shout slogans", China's foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting Washington's ability to cut power sector emissions. "We urge developed countries, including the United States, to... face up to their historical responsibilities and show greater ambition and action," he added.
China took the correct approach to Covid / June 29, 2022
Chinese president Xi Jinping said the ruling Communist Party's strategy to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic was "correct and effective." In addition, it should be firmly adhered to in the future.
Xi: Herd immunity will not work against Covid / June 29, 2022
China says it caught US hacking its computers / June 29, 2022
China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and a leading cybersecurity company disclosed a new vulnerability attack weapon platform deployed by the US National Security Agency (NSA). The US' move raised wide suspicions that the country might be preparing for a bigger cyberwar, experts noted.
China urges UN to live up to human rights principles / June 28, 2022
Chen Xu, head of the Chinese Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, told the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council that there is a clear human rights imperative for the UN human rights machinery to act and play its role in facilitating a sustainable, equitable and resilient recovery from the pandemic. "We emphasize that the COVID-19 pandemic can be countered effectively only through international cooperation, unity, solidarity, and collective action, based on a multilateral approach, and strong international institutions."
Global Times: US can’t compete with China’s Belt and Road program / June 27, 2022
During the G7 summit on Sunday, US President Joe Biden said: "Collectively, we aim to mobilize nearly $600 billion from the G7 by 2027." He did not name China but US and Western media made no attempt to disguise that it is to "confront" or "compete" with China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
US makes it harder for China’s illegal fishing industry / June 27, 2022
The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to combat illegal fishing by China, ordering federal agencies to better coordinate among themselves as well as with foreign partners in a bid to promote sustainable exploitation of the world's oceans. Nearly 11% of total U.S. seafood imports in 2019 worth $2.4 billion came from illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission, a federal agency.
China’s new aircraft carrier is epic / June 27, 2022
On June 17, China launched its third and most advanced aircraft carrier: The 80,000-ton behemoth Fujian. It is the first aircraft carrier that was both designed and built in China.
US Navy intrusion in South China Sea / June 26, 2022
China’s Global Times reports that the US Navy sent a warship to the South China Sea on Saturday (June 25). The day before a US spy plane provocatively flew over the Taiwan Straits. Chinese experts said on Sunday that the US vessel might also stir up troubles in the South China Sea or the Taiwan Straits. The People’s Liberation Army will be ready to deal with any aggressions it could make.
US destroyer challenged Chinese claims of sovereignty in and around islands in the South China Sea according to a Navy statement.
We must listen to public opinion: Xi / June 26, 2022
According to the China State Council Information Office, Chinese President Xi Jinping has underscored the importance of better listening to the people’s voices by making use of the internet and other channels. Xi stressed better respecting public opinion and following the aspirations of the people.
President Xi vows China will help other nations develop / June 25, 2022
At a meeting of developing countries, President Xi Jinping pledged China will help them toward national health and prosperity. He encouraged all the nations to work together with China. He quoted a Chinese adage, "With one heart and one mind, we can accomplish everything we aspire for."
China vows to open its door wider to world / June 27. 2022
China suppressing protests against its 'Zero-COVID' policy / June 23, 2022
A growing discontent is seen among people in China against the government's "Zero-Covid" strategy and its suppression of people's demonstrations and protests against the policy in the "most brazen and heartless manner".
Don’t underestimate China’s ambitions in space / June 23, 2022
(Op-ed) China’s space program may lag behind the US in accomplishments to date, but it is not to be underestimated. China’s ambitious program should remind the US not to be complacent.
Xi: Humans rights can be defined by each country / June 25, 2022
China’s Xi claims that there is no universal notion of human rights; that each country has the right to define “human rights” as it sees fit; and that the West pretends to impose the false idea of “universal” human rights. rights defined by its own bourgeois notion of these rights.
Tibet has improved under Chinese control / June 24, 2022
Since China took over control of Tibet, this autonomous region of China has taken on an entirely new look. It has achieved all-around economic and social development, remarkably improved people's livelihoods, and urban and rural areas look ever more vigorous.
Beijing Kids Must Take a PCR Covid Test to Play in the Park / June 21, 2022
Beijing is tightening its hard-line Covid Zero rules, mandating that kids show a negative test result to enter parks in China’s capital. Children older than three will need to show a green health code on the system that controls people’s movements, as well as a negative Covid result no older than 72 hours.