SCMP: China confirmed on Tuesday that President Xi Jinping demanded the United States resolve the saga over Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou, during a phone call with his US counterpart Joe Biden earlier this month.
US may failed to raise the debt limit forced shut down. It is another showdowns between the Mafia verses the Traid. The 1% ruling elites are protected 美國加州舊金山世界日報 World Journal Newspaper San Francisco, Sept 28 2021
US-style democracy ‘owned by 1%, governed by 1%, enjoyed by 1%,’ 中國質疑美式民主“1%擁有、1%治理、1%享受”
Video: Meng Wanzhou short speech has scholastic quotes from ancient time that AngloSaxon Western Empire will not understand. 孟晚舟的簡短講話中有古代經典名言是西方帝國野蠻人無法理解的
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Video: China-US Tension Is Worse Than The Cold War With Soviets! UN Chief Says 聯合國秘書長說: 中美緊張比與蘇聯冷戰還要糟糕！
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Video: Weak Nation has no diplomacy-Former Alstom executive: China’s national power ensures Meng’s different outcome 弱國無外交-前阿爾斯通高管：中國的國力保證了孟晚舟的不同結局
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Meng Wanzhou, the eldest daughter of Ren Zhengfei and CFO of Huawei, flew back to China last Saturday after the extradition case against her was dropped. CGTN host Tian Wei interviewed the author of The American Trap, Frederic Pierucci, a former senior manager for Alstom accused of corruption by the U.S. and pleaded guilty in 2014. He sees Meng’s return as a very huge win for China since it’s the first time that the country stood up to the U.S.’ long-arm jurisdiction in such a way.
Invitation: Celebrate China’s 72nd National Day – Chinese Embassy and Consulates General in the United States of America – Stay tuned Tomorrow Tuesday September 28th @7pm! Online Reception celebrating China’s 72nd National Day
请柬：庆祝中华人民共和国成立72周年招待会 – 中华人民共和国驻美利坚合众国使领馆
An online reception for the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China will be held on September 28 at 7pm EST. The reception is organized by the Chinese Embassy in the US, together with Chinese Consulates General in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago.
At the reception, Chinese Ambassador Qin Gang and invited guests will deliver video remarks, which will be followed by performances by the students and faculty of The Tianjin Juilliard School and The Juilliard School, artists of US National Symphony Orchestra and Chinese students in the US. Your participation is welcome!
From September 22 to 27, documentaries will be shown on the Embassy’s social media channels at 7pm each day: The CPC Way, a 6-episode documentary on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China; A Long Cherished Dream, a 4-episode documentary about ordinary Chinese’s pursuit of a better life; as well as videos about Asian elephants’ northbound migration in China and preparations for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Stay tuned!
“庆祝中华人民共和国成立72周年招待会”将于美东时间9月28日晚7时在线上举行。招待会由中国驻美国大使馆举办，中国驻纽约、旧金山、洛杉矶、芝加哥总领馆协办。
届时，中国驻美国大使秦刚和特邀嘉宾将发表视频致辞。天津茱莉亚学院和茱莉亚学院师生、美国国家交响乐团青年演奏家以及中国留美学子将为大家呈现精彩演出。诚邀各界朋友线上参与！
9月22日至27日每晚7时，驻美国使馆社交媒体将播出庆祝中国共产党成立100周年六集纪录片《活力密码》讲述平凡中国人逐梦小康的四集纪录片《柴米油盐之上》、云南野生亚洲象北迁纪录片以及北京2022冬奥会筹备情况视频集锦。欢迎收看！
Video: World has a single resource never depletes, that is culture, that is Chinese Culture and Huawei’s wolf culture. 世界上有一種永遠不會枯竭的資源，那就是文化，那就是中國文化和華為的狼文化.
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How US evades responsibility for war crimes in Afghanistan by Yu Ning Sep 27 2021
A resident stands amid the debris of a house damaged in a US drone strike in the Kwaja Burga neighborhood of Kabul on September 18, 2021.
“It was a mistake.” The US military on September 17 changed course amid huge international public opinion pressure and solid evidence provided by a pair of media investigations. It admitted that the deadly US drone strike in Kabul on August 29, which it had previously defended as a “righteous strike,” was a “tragic mistake” that killed 10 civilians, including a humanitarian worker and seven children, instead of terrorist targets. General Frank McKenzie, commander of US Central Command, offered an apology for the error. But then what? Demands from the victims’ families for a probe into the “blatant crime” and for the perpetrators to be brought to justice have been ignored. No US personnel responsible for the killings has been investigated or punished so far.
In the 20-year-long Afghanistan war, the US has committed horrible war crimes in the country. But Washington and the Pentagon usually refuse to acknowledge them, and try to cover up the truth. It also shields criminals and deals with them leniently. This is done even when the evidence of wrongdoing is staring them in the face. The US also imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), which started an investigation into US war atrocities in Afghanistan. Washington has shown zero sincerity to reflect upon the crimes it committed against the Afghan people.
Horrible crimes
In November 2020, a war crimes inquiry found that there was “credible information” to prove that the Australian Special Forces in Afghanistan had unlawfully killed 39 civilians and detainees and cruelly treated two persons. This sparked global outrage. The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission later called on other nations, especially the US and the UK, to also open inquiries to investigate possible unlawful killings by their forces in Afghanistan. Neither the US nor the UK has made moves in this direction. But it’s widely believed that if a systematic investigation is carried out into US forces, the results would be more appalling and horrible.
The Costs of War project by Brown University estimates that over 46,000 Afghan civilians lost their lives during the longest war in US history. The errant drone strike on August 29 wasn’t the first time Afghan civilians have been killed in drone strikes under the broad banner of the war on terror. Data published in May by Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), a London-based charity, showed that 3,977 casualties were caused by US-led airstrikes between 2016 and 2020. Among them, 1,598 were children.
Ordinary Afghans say it had happened to them many times, most of which, however, had not been reported. Innocent Afghans might simply be on their way to carry water, graze cattle or collect wood when the drones strike.
In 2010, it was also reported that 12 American soldiers based in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan formed a secret “kill team” that allegedly blew up and shot Afghan civilians at random and collected their fingers as trophies.
Besides civilian killings, there are also many allegations over the US forces’ torture, mistreatment and killings of prisoners in Afghanistan. In 2016, in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed more than a decade ago by the American Civil Liberties Union, the US Defense Department had to release nearly 200 photographs related to prisoner abuse at US military facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan. The photos were a part of a larger set of 2,000.
The ICC in March 2020 asked its chief prosecutor to open an investigation into allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan, including any that may have been committed by Americans. The court said it had enough information to prove that US forces had “committed acts of torture, cruel treatment, outrages upon personal dignity, rape and sexual violence” in Afghanistan in 2003 and 2004. But until now, no case has been opened largely because of the US’ obstruction and refusal to cooperate.
Afghanistan has been an ICC member country since May 1, 2003; therefore, the court has the power to prosecute crimes committed in the country. However, Washington, claiming it’s not a member of the ICC, made it clear that it would not cooperate. This made it very difficult for the prosecutor to establish sufficient evidence to charge the suspects and advance the judicial procedure.
Barrier to justice
It could be said that the US has provided the biggest umbrella over potential criminals who were suspected of committing war crimes in Afghanistan. For one thing, it treated a small number of criminals, whose crimes were too prominent and appalling to hide, with leniency. For another, it has tried hard to obstruct international judicial bodies’ investigations into war crimes by the US in Afghanistan.
Xue Lei, a research fellow at the Department of International Organization and International Law of Shanghai Institutes, told the Global Times that it’s hard to hold criminals who committed war crimes in Afghanistan to account. One of the reasons, he noted, is that it’s the US that has the jurisdiction over war crimes committed in Afghanistan by US soldiers. And a regrettable fact is that the US’ legal system is inadequate to give the criminals the due penalty they deserve.
The US also trampled upon international rules and brutally obstructed the ICC’s investigation into alleged war crimes US forces committed in Afghanistan in order to cover up the US military’s scandals. In response to the Hague-based ICC’s decision to investigate whether US forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan, the US in September 2020 imposed sanctions on senior officials of the ICC, including the chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. It also restricted the issuance of visas for ICC staff involved in “efforts to investigate US personnel.”
Although the Biden administration, which trumpets so-called human rights more loudly, revoked the Trump-era sanctions on the ICC in early April, it wouldn’t cooperate with the ICC’s investigation into war crimes by US forces in Afghanistan, Xue noted, adding that it’s pretty difficult for the ICC to advance its probe.
The hypocrisy of the US is obvious to all: It says one thing, but does quite another. Washington has been claiming to defend “human rights” all day long. But when international institutions try to investigate its crimes against humanity, it shamelessly undermined fairness and justice by slapping sanctions. It is a bloodthirsty country that is accustomed to killing and trampling upon human rights in other countries and has no remorse over its war crimes. It even tries hard to cover up truth and excuse and shield criminals. How could such a country call itself a beacon of democracy and human rights?
More efforts needed
The ICC should continue pushing forward the investigation into the US, Zhang Tengjun, deputy director of the Department for Asia-Pacific Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, told the Global Times. The UN should also act by condemning through resolutions the war crimes committed by the US and its allies in Afghanistan and should initiate inquiries and prosecution, Zhang noted.
However, Zhang is also concerned that the ICC and many other international institutions cannot impose effective restrictions on the US due to the country’s hegemonic position and mind-set.
The existing order is established with the US’ participation. But when the US thinks the mechanism will hurt its interests, it will not hesitate to disregard the rules. Washington will go all out to pull itself out of relevant treaties, and even sanction the entities in charge.
More efforts are needed to hold the US to account for the war crimes it committed in Afghanistan and other countries. The vast human rights groups and non-governmental organizations can provide extra help to gather evidence. They can also help guide public opinion to focus more on this issue to exert a certain degree of pressure on the US.
China questions US-style democracy ‘owned by 1%, governed by 1%, enjoyed by 1%,’ echoes Russian FM’s criticism 中國質疑美式民主“1%擁有、1%治理、1%享受”，呼應俄羅斯外長的批評 by Global Times Sep 27 2021
我完全同意美國掛羊頭賣狗🐶肉的假民主. The fake American Style Freedom Democracy Human Rights and Rules of Laws
The US is “owned by one percent [of its people], governed by the one percent and enjoyed by the one percent – is this democracy? The US turns a blind eye to the millions of Floyds who can’t breathe, to the millions of innocent people killed by guns – is this democracy? The US suppresses others’ right to normal development and denies their people a better life – is this democracy?” asked the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday.
The Chinese authority raised questions over US-style democracy, echoing Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who on Sunday criticized the US idea of holding the “democracy summit” as another example of its Cold War mentality.
“I fully agree with [Russian] Foreign Minister Lavrov’s view that the so-called ‘democracy summit’ held by the US is, in essence, drawing ideological lines and engaging in bloc politics. This will only cause division and confrontation, which goes against the trend of the times and will not gain public support,” Hua Chunying, spokesperson of the ministry said at a press conference.
In August, US President Joe Biden floated the idea of convening the “Leaders’ Summit for Democracy” which is scheduled for December.
As we have said many times, the key to recognizing democracy is whether it meets the expectations, needs and aspirations of the people and whether it delivers genuine benefits to the people, said Hua, noting that democracy is judged by results, not slogans.
“The US is owned by one percent [of its people], governed by the one percent and enjoyed by the one percent – is this democracy?” questioned Hua, pointing out how divided and polarized US politics has become.
“The approval rating of the US government is less than half – is this democracy? Deceiving the people, abusing their trust, and making empty promises – is this democracy? Fabricating lies and rumors to wage war abroad, causing ordinary people to lose their lives and fall into poverty, while feathering military enterprises’ and big capitalists’ nests – is this democracy? Turning a blind eye to millions of Floyds who can’t breathe, to the millions of innocent people killed by gun violence – is this democracy? Denying other countries’ right to normal development and their people a better life while using all means to only allow itself to enjoy good conditions – is this democracy?” asked Hua.
Hua urged the US to make a correct and objective assessment of itself, refrain from pretending to be the spokesperson of democracy, not adopt “double standards” or even “multiple standards” on democracy, and not use democracy as a tool to suppress and contain other countries.
China hopes the US will abandon its Cold War and small bloc mentality, reject the wrong zero-sum game approach, work with others to practice the international relations of mutual respect, fairness, justice and win-win cooperation, and promote the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom for all mankind.
India has been kicked to the curb after America decided that it is better to appease China (as evidenced by Meng’s release). No red carpet for India’s Modi visit to America. India better wise up – not all QUAD members are treated equal. 以為做美國隻🐶好過.
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