The decision to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to two journalists, one with deep NED/CIA connections no doubt brought satisfaction to US & Western Empires when journalists are for sale to the highest bidders with awards! 將 2021 年諾貝爾和平獎授予兩名記者的決定，其中一名記者與美國民主基金會和美國中情局有著深厚的聯繫，毫無疑問，當記者被出售給出價最高的人時，這讓美國和西方帝國感到滿意！

Myanmar’s military government has blamed “foreign intervention” for the rare exclusion of its junta leader from a regional leaders’ summit this month.

Video: China’s Shenzhou XIII Crewed Spaceship Successfully Launched And Docked! 點火瞬間超燃！神舟十三號發射成功！北京時間2021年10月16日0時23分，搭載神舟十三號載人飛船的長征二號F遙十三運載火箭，在酒泉衛星發射中心成功點火發射.
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Video: MOFA: U.S. paid posters to smear China a “wicked move” 中國外交部：美方出錢抹黑中國是“邪惡之舉”

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US Embassy pay US$1,000 per anti-China story in Zimbabwe uncovered by Zimbabwe largest newspaper, The Herald. 美國大使館被津巴布韋最大的報紙《先驅報》發現每一篇津巴布韋反華報導美國大使館支付 1,000 美元.

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Zhao Lijian lashed out at the United States on Saturday for bankrolling local African media to smear China-Africa cooperation and Chinese corporate investment and operations in Zimbabwe.

US Embassy pay US$1,000 per anti-China story in Zimbabwe uncovered by Zimbabwe largest newspaper, The Herald. 美國大使館被津巴布韋最大的報紙《先驅報》發現每一篇津巴布韋反華報導美國大使館支付 1,000 美元.

https://www.herald.co.zw/us-plan-to-discredit-chinese-investments-unmasked/

LinkedIn should be kicked out of China or leave China to save face. I was kicked out of LinkedIn permanently on my posting for violating their community standards.

***你地點睇中共？What is your view of Communist Party of China (CPC)?

甚麼叫中共，我不太清楚，只能說說我眼中的中國。What is the CPC, I am not quite sure, I can only talk about China in my eyes.

我是土生土長香港人，而且是受英式殖民地教育長大，所以在我成長之中，一直也沒有國家觀念，港英政府也不容許我們有國家觀念，對英國不會喜歡，對中國也沒甚麼好感，很陌生。在香港區聽到中國的消息大多數是負面的。直至2008年北京奧運直播，才突然發現中國真的站起來了。I was born and raised in Hong Kong, and I was educated in a British colony. So when I was growing up, I never had a national concept. The British Hong Kong government did not allow us to have a national concept. I would not like the United Kingdom or have a good impression of China. Very strange. Most of the news from China heard in Hong Kong is negative. It was not until the live broadcast of the 2008 Beijing Olympics that it suddenly became apparent that China really stood up.

其後，自己網上找資料，才知道國家近30年來的少許國情、基建，那些年中國只是發展中國家，但一直扶持其他第三世界國家…..中國帶領著自己的人民前進，同時也對其他國家作出貢獻，遠遠超過我所知道歐美國家的美好。我開始對中國的領導人敬佩起來。After that, I searched for information on the Internet and found out some of the country’s national conditions and infrastructure in the past 30 years. In those years, China was only a developing country, but it has been supporting other third world countries… China is leading its people forward. At the same time, it also contributes to other countries, which far exceeds the beauty of European and American countries that I know. I began to admire the leaders of China.

至於，大家說的中共，我沒有仔細研究甚麼是共產黨，但中國歷史告訴我，能令人民温飽甚至富足，就是好的政權或政府。As for the CPC you are talking about, I did not carefully study what the CPC is, but Chinese history tells me that it is a good regime or government that can feed people and even make people rich.

這些年來，中國是和平崛起，與拿軍火武器建國的歐美國家不一樣，這是奇蹟，但竟然能夠生存 還成為了第二大經濟體…… 從前對中國沒有好感的我，現在我會說：「我能身為中國人真的榮幸。」Over the years, China has risen peacefully. It is different from the European and American countries that used arms and weapons. This is a miracle, but it can survive and become the second largest economy… I used to have a bad impression of China, now I would say, “I am really honored to be a Chinese.”

這幾個月來，疫情令我看到甚麼叫做愛護人民的國家，我國以傾國之力去救援國民，行事迅速，果斷精準，在疫情的迷霧中帶領人民成功地走出困境。身在香港的我，真正見識到祖國温暖而巨大的力量，是不可思議的國度，在危難時外交部對華人全球支援，說到做到，全球還有哪一個國家為了國民可以做這樣程度？這樣的重視人民的國家，我能為祖國做些甚麼嗎？甚麼叫中共？我只見人民危難時，有個叫人民政府不計成本經濟，全力救助自己人民，而不是叫甚麼聯邦政府。In the past few months, the epidemic has shown me what a country that loves the people is. Our country has devoted all its efforts to rescue its citizens, acting quickly, decisively and accurately, and successfully leading the people out of the predicament in the mist of the epidemic. As I am in Hong Kong, I have truly seen the warm and immense power of the motherland. It is an incredible country. In times of crisis, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides global support to the Chinese. If we say it, is there any country in the world that can do this for our citizens? Such a country that values ​​the people, what can I do for the motherland? What is the CPC? I only saw that when the people were in distress, there was a government called the People’s Government to help its people regardless of cost, not the Federal Government.

這是我眼中的中國。This is China in my eyes

***This posting was on LinkedIn. After being viewed by more than 300,000 LinkedIn members, LinkedIn said I violated their community standards and terminated my account 該帖子在美國領英上。在被超過30萬名美國領英會員查看後，美國領英表示我違反了他們的社區標準並終止了我的帳戶.

Note: Chinese to English translation using Google Translate

China’s space station hours away from receiving new batch of taikonauts by Deng Xiaoci in Jiuquan and Fan Anqi in Beijing Oct 14 2021

The combination of Shenzhou-13 manned spacecraft and Long March-2F Y13 carrier rocket rolled out to launch pad in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China’s Gansu Province on Thursday. The upcoming mission is expected to send three taikonauts to China’s Tianhe space station core module for record-long six-month stay in orbit.

China’s Tianhe space station core module will soon receive its second batch of taikonauts, the Shenzhou-13 crew led by mission commander Zhai Zhigang, and host their six-month stay in orbit – a new record for the longest duration of any single manned flight mission in the country’s history, as the manned spacecraft mounted on the Long March 2F rocket is expected to take off early Saturday morning from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China’s Guansu Province.

Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping, and Ye Guangfu have been selected to ride the Shenzhou-13 craft to space and are expected to live and work in China’s space station for a record-long six months.

The average age of the Shenzhou-13 crew is 45.6 years old, a significant seven years younger than the Shenzhou-12 crew. All three taikonauts are members of the Communist Party of China.

Wang Yaping will fly the mission as the first female astronaut to enter China’s space station. Trending on the search list of China’s microblogging platform Sina Weibo, Wang has become an inspiration to millions of women as they gaze upon the stars with an indescribable pride for the growing strength of women.

The date of the Shenzhou-13’s launch falls on the same day as China detonated its atomic bomb in 1964 exactly 57 years ago. Also, on the same date as launching Shenzhou-12, China’s first hydrogen bomb was detonated in 1967. “This is the Chinese-style of romance, commemorating our past glories,” netizens said.

Wei Dongxu, a space observer and TV commentator who also came to the launch event, told the Global Times that the ability for continuous launches have shown the maturity of Chinese technologies in manned space programs.

Shenzhou-13 was rolled out to the launch pad together with Shenzhou-12 and served as an emergency backup craft to fly into space in case problems occur to taikonauts in the space station. “This time, Shenzhou-14 will also serve as a backup plan to safeguard the Shenzhou-13 crew, showing that China puts taikonauts’ safety on top of all else,” Song said.

Chang Wuquan, chief designer of the Long March-2F rocket system, told the Global Times that two launches every year [for the Long March-2F] would be a new routine in years to come.

The Shenzhou-13 manned spaceflight mission is the second of its kind in the Chinese space station’s building period, following the epic three-month-long Shenzhou-12 mission, which concluded in September.

The Saturday launch marks the last one scheduled for this year toward building China’s space outpost, and Shenzhou-13 is expected to draw a conclusion to the technology verification period of China’s space station building period before it enters a more complicated actual construction phase to form a three-module complex around 2022.

The six-month stay of the Shenzhou-13 crew will become the new normal for future China Space Station manned missions. It also suggests that the Shenzhou-13 crew will celebrate a special, unforgettable Spring Festival in space.

Major tasks and challenges ahead

The CMSA has revealed that the spacecraft would meet its first challenge right after the launch, as it needs to execute an automatic docking and rendezvous with the Tianhe core module from the radial direction, instead of the orbiting craft’s front and rear docking point as Shenzhou-12, Tianzhou-2 and -3 cargo spacecraft all did.

According to the spacecraft developers with the China Academy of Space Technology, they have designed a new rendezvous path and circling flight mode to support such fast-docking fashion, and the success of this method would be another display of China’s spacecraft docking capabilities.

The Shenzhou-12 practiced such R-Bar docking technology shortly after its detachment from the core module in September, the Global Times previously reported.

The Global Times learned from mission insiders that the Shenzhou-13 mission will also attempt a fast automatic rendezvous and docking with the Tianhe core module, just as the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft did, which would take place about six and a half hours after the launch.

The Shenzhou-13 crew is expected to carry out two to three extravehicular activities, better known as spacewalks. According to the CMSA, they would be tasked with installing transfer gears linking the big and small robotic arms and related suspension gears, in order to make preparation for future construction works.

Their six-month stay itself would verify the performance of relevant technologies to sustain taikonauts’ wellbeing and support their highly efficient work in orbit.

Science and technology experiments in the field of space medicine and microgravity physics, and conducting a variety of science popularization events are among other goals of their stay.

Huang Weifen, the Chinese astronaut training chief, revealed to the Global Times on Thursday that the mission, which will be China’s longest manned mission in space, poses some tough challenges for the crew, as the enclosed, confined room in the cabin, and vibration, noise, and gravity-free space environment will be intertwined, adding complexity to their normal work and life.

Their physical and mental health will face far more challenges than during the previous mission, and the weightless impact on their musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems will be more prominent, Huang noted.

It may lead to sleep disorders, fatigue, gastrointestinal disorders and cardiovascular dysfunction among other problems, and the crew will also be prone to irritability and other adverse psychological reactions, she added.

Pang Zhihao, a Beijing-based space expert and retired researcher from the China Academy of Space Technology, told the Global Times that in light of such challenges, psychological compatibility was an important factor considered in the selection of the crew.

“Taikonauts can also use psychological relief methods such as listening to music, watching TV, or communicating with ground-based psychologists and their families to adjust and improve their mental states,” Pang noted.

Welcoming all

“China welcomes astronauts from other countries to come onboard China’s Space Station and conduct flight cooperation. We believe we could see more such cooperation after the space station becomes fully operational and utilized,” CMSA spokesperson Lin Xiqiang said ahead of the launch.

Manned space exploration is a common task for all mankind, requiring full cooperation. China’s space station is an integral part of building a community of shared future, Lin added.

According to Lin, the CMSA has signed cooperation treaties with space agencies from countries including Russia, Germany, France, Italy and Pakistan, as well as with international organizations including the ESA and UNOOSA, and conducted a variety of exchanges and corporations.

In the field of astronaut selection and training, the taikonauts participated in training in Russia and Shenzhou-13 crew member Ye took part in a cave training in Italy, where six astronauts from China, the US, Russia, Spain and Japan all trained together.

After the Shenzhou-13 mission completes a comprehensive evaluation of each operational system, the space station project will enter the construction phase, which is expected to last until 2022.

A total of six launches are scheduled during this phase. First, the Tianzhou-4 supply mission and Shenzhou-14 manned mission will be launched. During the Shenzhou-14 crew’s stay, the Wentian and Mengtian experiment modules will be delivered to the station, completing the three-module combination by the end of 2022.

The Tianzhou-5 cargo craft and Shenzhou-15 manned mission will then arrive subsequently at the station to give an overall assessment of its working conditions, after which China’s space station will enter the operational phase. Later, the Xuntian optical telescope will be launched to conduct independent flights on the same orbit with the space station.

Population of extremely endangered high-plateau gazelle restored thanks to conservation efforts by Shan Jie Oct 14 2021

Przewalski’s gazelles

At their darkest days, the population of Przewalski’s gazelle was less than 300, no more than giant pandas.

After two decades of natural conservation with the efforts from different parties, the population of the precious species has increased around 10 times, making it an outstanding example of China’s achievements in conserving ecosystems and the environment in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau.

In the past 25 years in Qinghai, wildlife photographer Ge Yuxiu has followed the traces of the Przewalski’s gazelle and devoted himself in promoting the preservation of the species. While documenting the restoration of the gazelles, Ge has also witnessed the change of people’s awareness and activities in the high plateau region.

The Sanjiangyuan National Park, where three major rivers originate and home to the Przewalski’s gazelle, was announced to be among the first batch of national parks in China. The future of wildlife species in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, including the Przewalski’s gazelle, will be guaranteed.

High-plateau gazelle

Przewalski’s gazelle is a unique species of China. It is currently only present in a small area around Qinghai Lake in Northwest China’s Qinghai Province.

It is listed as an endangered animal by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in its red list and is China’s national first-class protected animal. It is one of the most engendered gazelles in the world.

Przewalski’s gazelle was once widely distributed in regions including Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai in northern and northwestern China. However, in the 1960s, during the three-year natural disasters, large numbers of Przewalski’s gazelles were hunted and killed while their habitat continued deteriorated. The population of the animals rapidly decreased.

In the 1990s, there were only less than 300 surviving individuals around the Qinghai Lake, scientists estimated.

The Przewalski’s gazelle also faced other challenges, including parasites, fences, wolves, winter drought and isolated population.

Przewalski’s gazelles are adorable animals of Qinghai. They have sandy and ocher fur in summer, and brown and yellow in winter. Males have black horns pointing at each other and heart-shaped white fur on their rear.

Restoring population

In November 1997, on the way to shoot some pictures of wild swans, photographer Ge Yuxiu met Przewalski’s gazelle for the first time. “There were seven of them, jumping and running in a line. Their white tails were like lotus on the grassland,” Ge said.

It happened too fast and Ge was unable to snap a perfect picture. However, the unclear photo turned out to be the first time the mysterious and rare animals had been captured in camera.

From then on, in the following 25 years, Ge never stopped following the gazelles.

Ge often used his spare time to observe the gazelles and take pictures. Sometimes, he had to hide in the cold grass for hours and face the risks of wolves. But Ge gradually leaned about the gazelles’ activities and recorded many import moments, such as courtship and mating.

However, Ge found that most people do not know the Przewalski’s gazelle, nor are aware that it is the unique species living at the Qinghai Lake. He made up his mind to call on more people to join the team to protect these fragile and adorable animals.

In recent years, volunteers and governments have been working together to protect the Przewalski’s gazelle by building drinking ponds, reserving migration channels, removing net fences and barbed wire, and feeding overwintering forages. In 2015, the number of individuals of this species living around Qinghai Lake was approximately about 1,200.

Recently, thanks to the unremitting efforts and appeals of volunteers, the height of the net fence in Qinghai has dropped from 1.5 to 1.2 meters. A total of 500,000 meters of wire fence have been removed.

Name changing

The Przewalski’s gazelle was named after Nikolay Przhevalsky, a Russian geographer and alleged spy in the 19th century. However, as China’s “godfather” of the promotion and protection of Przewalski’s gazelle, Ge has been advocating the public to accept the new Chinese name of the gazelle as “Chinese diagonal gazelle,” because Przewalski’s bad record while traveling around China.

In 1872, Przewalski left Beijing to collect some information in China. Bringing a team of camels and horses, Przewalski planned to visit Lhasa. A naturalist as he was, Przewalski collected more than 130 specimens of animal skins and skulls and about 1,000 birds. He killed more than 30 Tibetans in Qinghai.

The Chinese name of the species should reflect the self-confidence of Chinese culture and achievements preserving nature, an expert said.

Nowadays, many scholars and experts have accepted the name “Chinese diagonal gazelle,” and many people in China have learned about the species. This special gazelle has also become the mascot of the Tour of Qinghai Lake.

October 19, 2021 5:15 PM-6:30 PMPT
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Fact check: Is China the main climate change culprit? Note the historical share of CO2–over half (61.8%) is from the west. China is 13.7% but China is to blame.
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