China news roundup / Nachrichten 2020-10-25
English news:
More mass testing in China after 137 virus cases in Xinjiang
"The new cases -- all asymptomatic -- were linked to a factory in Shufu county"
--- Dang it! How can we blame that on foreigners?
"State broadcaster CCTV showed footage of hundreds of people lining up to take nucleic acid tests outside hospitals and mobile testing centres"
--- Groups of people in close proximity for hours on end. What could go wrong?
People are traveling across China in the hopes of getting an experimental Covid-19 vaccine shot
"When CNN visited the hospital in Yiwu where Ku had gone on October 19, staff confirmed that in the past week they had been giving experimental coronavirus vaccinations to citizens who had an urgent need to travel overseas.
[...] An article in the state-run tabloid Global Times on Tuesday denied that the Covid-19 vaccines were publicly available at all."
--- & who has ever heard of Chinese state media lying?
Interesting, BTW, that some Chinese people actually want to be vaccinated even before phase 3 is done. Many Chinese do not really trust in the safety of Chinese food & medicine.
Trump is playing up China's threat to the 2020 election. But the evidence shows Russia is the real danger
"They'd like to be able to do what the Russians do, but they aren't that good at it.
[...] Right now, China's disinformation efforts are "sloppy and get caught very easily,""
--- Anyway, neither Russia nor China are much of a threat to particular Western elections at the moment. The threat is more in overall disinformation or targeted bribery.
"In the long-term, what makes China a potentially greater threat than Russia is its involvement in the global communications infrastructure"
--- Which is more a threat in terms of espionage than influence operations.
US Coast Guard to tackle China's 'illegal' fishing in Pacific
"the vessels will conduct maritime security operations [...] in collaboration with "regional partners who have limited offshore surveillance and enforcement capacity.""
--- Just a matter of time until China decries US interference in Chinese internal affairs.
Chinese censors target German publishers
"the Chinese publisher, who had licensed the translation, contacted Frisch and told her to take the book off the market
[...] "relevant departments" had given negative feedback on the book and that the issue was "sensitive.""
--- & the edits they wanted were actually minor, just about showing Chinese commies in a better light. But under emperor Xi, every detail matters.
"to stop all promotion of the book "in the interest of the author and the state." She added that "because the story concerns the Cultural Revolution and because it is the anniversary year, you cannot not publish the book for the time being.""
--- Business with Chinese characteristics.
"a Beijing publisher refused to grant a license for a detective story unless she also published a compilation of speeches by President Xi Jinping"
--- If you have to bore the people with some uninteresting detective story, you should at least give them the opportunity to lift their spirits with some juicy speech by emperor Xi.
Why China's dramatic economic recovery might not add up
"some of the numbers from September 2019 were re-apportioned into October of that year, in order to lower the comparison base"
--- Hey, nothing to complain about! The numbers are still there, we just moved them around a bit. We call that creative accounting.
"China recorded growth of 0.8% in fixed-asset investment for the first three quarters of the year, compared with 2019, but the absolute figures for the same period showed a drop of several trillion yuan."
--- Er... well... hmm...
Oh, you can't just look at the raw numbers! We must process them first to eliminate accounting mistakes by lower cadres. They just can't calculate properly. Just believe us. We account properly, if creative.
The Olympics are about diversity and unity, not politics and profit. Boycotts don't work
"You are part of an event that unites the world. In the Olympic Games, we are all equal."
--- Then why do you try to get the flag of your country on top?
"Neither awarding the Games, nor participating, are a political judgment regarding the host country."
--- The CCP sees that slightly differently.
(BTW, 1936 appears nowhere in that article.)
Bulgaria signs 5G deal with US excluding Chinese firms
"Bulgaria joined North Macedonia and Kosovo, neighboring nations that also signed the “Clean Network” security agreement on Friday."
--- China has a hard time keeping up with threatening retaliation at the moment.
"China argues that the U.S. initiative is driven by commercial concerns."
--- That accusation might work if Ericsson or Nokia were from the US.
Metal deposits from Chinese coal plants end up in the Pacific Ocean, research shows
"Emissions from coal-fired power plants in China are fertilizing the North Pacific Ocean with a metal nutrient important for marine life"
--- See? Chinese pollution is good for the world. We know why we keep building coal power plants. Just trust us!
Video News:
--- China Uncensored: "China “Prepares for War” With US"
--- China Unscripted: "How the Chinese Government Targeted Hunter Biden | Christopher Balding"
Deutsche Nachrichten:
Peking kontert Kritik mit «Whataboutism»
"dieser Whataboutism, also das Zeigen auf andere, um von den eigenen Problemen abzulenken, sei in China leider effektiv"
--- Nicht nur in China. Wird schon seit Ewigkeiten immer wieder gerne verwendet, gerade auch von westlichen 'Chinaliebhabern'.
Totale Überwachung, Zwangstests, harte Hand: Wie China das Coronavirus besiegt haben will
"Seit über zwei Monaten haben die Gesundheitsbehörden in Peking keine lokale Corona-Infektion mehr registriert."
--- Wer's glaubt. Wird interessant, zu sehen, wie die das Auftauchen in einer Textilfabrik in Kashgar jetzt wegerklären.
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