China news roundup / Nachrichten 2020-01-17

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English news:

China's economic growth hits 30-year low

"Official figures show that the world's second largest economy expanded by 6.1% in 2019 from the year before"

--- & - Surprise! - the figures are right in the CCP's target range. Who would have thought?


China's birthrate falls to lowest level despite push for more babies

"14.6m births last year was “still a relatively large number”, according to state media"

--- Sounds like some in the CCP still think a lower birthrate is a good idea. Will be interesting to see what happens once they realise that their workforce is actually shrinking & the number of pensioners increasing.


Myanmar Unrolls a Welcome Mat for China, but Not All the Way

"“Only Chinese employees are hired for their projects. [...] They even bring in food from China and don’t buy anything from Myanmar.”"

--- That's how the BRI rolls. Win-win situations in which both wins go to China.


Coronavirus: second death in China after Sars-like outbreak

"the number of cases in Wuhan may be more than 1700. “It is likely that the Wuhan outbreak of a novel coronavirus has caused substantially more cases of moderate or severe respiratory illness than currently reported,”"

--- Just as expected. What's the probability that there are no suspected & verified cases inside China except for Wuhan, but several outside China? Oh wait, they actually calculated it:

"Based on flight and population data, said Ferguson, “there is only a 1 in 574 chance that a person infected in Wuhan would travel overseas before they sought medical care."

--- So much for just a few dozen cases.


Chinese student Wu Huayan died 'after donations withheld'

"The government are likely to be keen to shift any blame away from their officials, as they have been working hard to paint them in more positive light and point towards successes in poverty alleviation."

--- That whole story is so typically Chinese, it's horrible. But if you want to know how the Chinese society works, this is a good example.


China anger after woman drives into Forbidden City

"Weibo users were stunned to see not only pictures of Ms Lu and her friend at an empty site, but also her huge luxury car, which she drove onto the complex."

--- Also a quite symptomatic case. Money gets you everywhere. (But you shouldn't be so stupid as to post your privilege to Weibo.)


Hong Kong student who helped found volunteer protest medic group arrested in China, classmates say

"Kwok Chun-fung has been detained on charges of “soliciting prostitutes” in Guangzhou"

--- Seems to become the to go-to accusation in China, at least if they just want to arrest someone as harassment.


Hong Kong gov’t blocks efforts by pro-democracy district councillors to hold Lunar New Year fairs

"the slope on Centre Street had been used for events during new year and mid-autumn festival and the government had never rejected applications in the past."

--- Yeah, but back then the councillors had been commie lapdogs. When pro-democracy councillors organise such events, that's highly dangerous.




Video News:

--- China Uncensored: "10 Things People Get WRONG About TAIWAN"


--- Heritage Foundation: "Dean Cheng: "Would Be a First" If China Keeps Its Trade Promises"


--- HK Free Press: "Arrested protesters mainly of good character, says Hong Kong Bar Assoc. chief Philip Dykes"




Not in the news (yet):

Beating up people, driving your motorcycle into people, no problem, but posting at Lennon Walls gets a cop suspended in HK




Deutsche Nachrichten:

Chinas Wirtschaft wächst so langsam wie seit drei Jahrzehnten nicht

"Während das BIP etwa in Deutschland tatsächlich das messe, was „hinten rauskommt“, also die produzierten Waren und Dienstleistungen, sei das BIP in China ein Wert, der nicht den „Output“, sondern den „Input“ messe."

--- Wichtig ist nur eines: daß die KPCh recht hat.


Taiwan geht unsicheren Zeiten entgegen

"die Tourismusindustrie des Inselstaats mit seinen 23 Mio. Einwohnern leidet."

--- Nicht wirklich. Trotz zurückgehender chinesischer Touristenzahlen ist der Tourismussektor 2019 sogar gewachsen.


Reisende schleppen chinesisches Virus in weitere Länder ein

"Auch unter den mehr als 750 Kontaktpersonen der in Wuhan Erkrankten ist kein Fall der Lungenentzündung aufgetreten."

--- Schon seltsam, daß außerhalb Wuhans nur im Ausland Verdachts- & bestätigte Fälle auftreten. Zur statistischen Wahrscheinlichkeit siehe englische Nachrichten.






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