China to strongly repulse US ban on Xinjiang’s solar panel material companies by GT staff reporters Jun 24 2021

China on Thursday vowed to take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies following the latest US crackdown on solar panel material producers based in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, which produces around half of the world’s polysilicon.

Lawyers and experts encouraged relevant companies and the Chinese government to strongly strike back at the US’ unreasonable and baseless accusations after the US has obviously become aware of the sanction benefits of its “industry genocide” targeting businesses of Xinjiang’s cotton and tomato.

Highly automated industries in Xinjiang shatter Western “forced labor” lie

The fabricated “forced labor” issue in Xinjiang is contrary to reality and the accusation is “the lie of the century,” the Chinese Commerce Ministry and Foreign Ministry said on Thursday in separate remarks.

The US should immediately redress their actions, or “we will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies and institutions,” said Commerce Ministry spokesperson Gao Feng.

The US Commerce Department on Thursday put Hoshine Silicon Industry (Shanshan) Co, and three other Chinese companies – Xinjiang Daqo New Energy Co, Xinjiang East Hope Nonferrous Metals Co and Xinjiang GCL New Energy Material Technology Co, as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on an Entity List, citing the baseless claim of “forced labor” in the region.

The Biden administration on Wednesday separately blocked imports of Hoshine Silicon Industry, US media reported.

Despite having shown automated production of polysilicon in its Xinjiang plant to Western financial institutions and media outlets like Bloomberg and Financial Times in May to debunk the “forced labor” allegations, Xinjiang Daqo was named on the US Entity List.

“Considering the US photovoltaic (PV) market only needs 10 percent of the world’s polysilicon, we don’t believe it will create a significant impact on our businesses,” Xinjiang Daqo told the Global Times on Thursday.

Reaffirming the company’s “zero tolerance on forced labor,” it said it has neither sold any products directly to US companies nor purchased any US products.

Xinjiang Daqo obtained approval to get registered on the Shanghai tech-heavy STAR market on Tuesday after its parent firm Daqo New Energy tumbled at the New York Stock Exchange partly because of the groundless US accusations. Shares of Daqo New Energy dropped around 4 percent to $55.7 in trading on Thursday morning session (US time).

A staff of the investor relations sector at Hoshine Silicon told the Global Times on Thursday that the company is gathering information about the impact of the US ban on its downstream customers, noting the company’s sales proportion in the US market was small.

Xinjiang region contributes around 45 percent of the world’s supply of polysilicon. As energy consumption is one of the key factors affecting polysilicon manufacturing, competitive electricity prices in Xinjiang, North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Northwest China’s Qinghai Province and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region make these regions attractive.

According to Hangzhou-based industry website pv.china-nengyuan.com, the polysilicon output in Xinjiang is expected to hit 300,000 tons this year, which could satisfy the solar energy demand of 60 gigawatts (GW). It is notable that China’s domestic PV module demand will reach 60-70 GW in 2021 as the country is striving to realize its “carbon peak” and “carbon neutrality” goals.

Unlike targeting Xinjiang’s cotton and tomato, the US sanctions on the region’s solar panel materials is not a whim as the past decade witnessed how the US solar industry went downhill while growth in China’s solar energy sector forged ahead, industry observers said.

They noted even if non-Xinjiang regions have the capacity to produce polysilicon, the higher costs and other disruptions would appear in the global solar supply chains under the US ban. For instance, the old facilities and polysilicon manufacturing equipment at foreign companies including REC Group, OCI Solar Power and Hemlock would create increasing uncertainties to the global solar industry.

China became the world’s largest polysilicon producer in 2020 with an output of 396,000 tons. Its global output share climbed to 76 percent of the world total, up 8.7 percentage points, according to data from the China Photovoltaic Industry Association.

The latest ranking from German research firm Bernreuter Research said seven of the world’s top 10 largest polysilicon producers are based in China and only one is American.

Let Us Strengthen Confidence and Solidarity and Jointly Build a Closer Partnership for Belt and Road Cooperation – Keynote Speech by H.E. State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi At Asia and Pacific High-level Conference on Belt and Road Cooperation

23 June 2021

Colleagues, Friends,

In 2013, President Xi Jinping proposed the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Since then, with the participation and joint efforts of all parties, this important initiative has shown strong vigor and vitality, and yielded good results and progress.

Over the past eight years, the BRI has evolved from a concept into real actions, and received warm response and support from the international community. To date, up to 140 partner countries have signed documents on Belt and Road cooperation with China. The BRI has truly become the world’s broadest-based and largest platform for international cooperation.

Over the past eight years, the BRI has evolved from vision into reality, and brought about enormous opportunities and benefits to countries around the world. Trade between China and BRI partners has exceeded 9.2 trillion US dollars. Direct investment by Chinese companies in countries along the Belt and Road has surpassed 130 billion US dollars. A World Bank report suggests that when fully implemented, the BRI could increase global trade by 6.2 percent and global real income by 2.9 percent, and give a significant boost to global growth.

Notably last year, despite the sudden outbreak of COVID-19, Belt and Road cooperation did not come to a halt. It braved the headwinds and continued to move forward, showing remarkable resilience and vitality.

Together, we have put up an international firewall of cooperation against COVID-19. China and BRI partners have held over 100 meetings to share experience on COVID prevention and control. By mid-June, China has provided more than 290 billion masks, 3.5 billion protective suits and 4.5 billion testing kits to the world, and helped many countries build testing labs. China is engaged in extensive vaccine cooperation with many countries, and has donated and exported more than 400 million doses of finished and bulk vaccines to more than 90 countries, most of which are BRI partners.

Together, we have provided a stabilizer for the world economy. We have held dozens of BRI international conferences to share development experience, coordinate development policies, and advance practical cooperation. We have kept most BRI projects going. Energy cooperation under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor provides one-third of Pakistan’s power supply. The Katana Water Supply Project in Sri Lanka has made safe drinking water available to 45 villages there. Statistics show that last year, trade in goods between China and BRI partners registered a record 1.35 trillion US dollars, making a significant contribution to the COVID response, economic stability and people’s livelihood of relevant countries.

Together, we have built new bridges for global connectivity. China has carried out Silk Road e-commerce cooperation with 22 partner countries. This has helped sustain international trade flows throughout the pandemic. In 2020, the China-Europe Railway Express, which runs through the Eurasian continent, hit new record numbers in both freight services and cargo volumes. In the first quarter of this year, the Express dispatched 75 percent more trains and delivered 84 percent more TEUs of goods than in the same period last year. Hailed as a “steel camel fleet”, the Express has truly lived up to its name and played an important role in giving countries the support they need in fighting COVID.

Colleagues,

The fast-growing and fruitful Belt and Road cooperation is a result of the solidarity and cooperation among BRI partners. More important, as President Xi Jinping pointed out in his written remarks to this Conference, Belt and Road cooperation is guided by the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits. It practices the concept of open, green and clean development. And it is aimed at high-standard, people-centered and sustainable growth.

We are always committed to equal consultation. All cooperation partners, regardless of economic size, are equal members of the BRI family. None of our cooperation programs are attached with political strings. We never impose our will on others from a so-called position of strength. Neither do we pose a threat to any country.

We are always committed to mutual benefit and win-win. The BRI came from China, but it creates opportunities and good results for all countries, and benefits the whole world. We have strengthened policy, infrastructure, trade, financial and people-to-people connectivity to pursue economic integration, achieve interconnected development, and deliver benefits to all. These efforts have brought closer the Chinese dream and the dreams of countries around the world.

We are always committed to openness and inclusiveness. The BRI is a public road open to all, and has no backyard or high walls. It is open to all kinds of systems and civilizations, and is not ideologically biased. We are open to all cooperation initiatives in the world that are conducive to closer connectivity and common development, and we are ready to work with them and help each other succeed.

We are always committed to innovation and progress. In the wake of COVID-19, we have launched the Silk Road of health. To achieve low-carbon transition, we are cultivating a green Silk Road. To harness the trend of digitalization, we are building a digital Silk Road. To address development gaps, we are working to build the BRI into a pathway to poverty alleviation. Belt and Road cooperation began in the economic sector, but it does not end there. It is becoming a new platform for better global governance.

Colleagues,

In a few days, the Communist Party of China (CPC) will mark its centenary. Under the CPC leadership, the Chinese people will soon complete the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and on that basis, embark on a new journey of fully building a modern socialist country. At a new historical starting point, China will work with all other parties to continue our high-quality Belt and Road cooperation and build closer partnerships for heath cooperation, connectivity, green development, and openness and inclusiveness. These efforts will generate more opportunities and dividends to all.

First, we need to continue to deepen international cooperation on vaccines. We will jointly launch the Initiative for Belt and Road Partnership on COVID-19 Vaccines Cooperation to promote fair international distribution of vaccines and build a global shield against the virus. China will actively implement the important measures announced by President Xi Jinping at the Global Health Summit. China will provide more vaccines and other urgently-needed medical supplies to BRI partners and other countries to the best of its ability, support its vaccine companies in transferring technologies to other developing countries and carrying out joint production with them, and support waiving intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines, all in an effort to help all countries defeat COVID-19.

Second, we need to continue to strengthen cooperation on connectivity. We will continue to synergize infrastructure development plans, and work together on transport infrastructure, economic corridors, and economic and trade and industrial cooperation zones. We will further harness the China-Europe Railway Express to promote port and shipping cooperation along the Maritime Silk Road and build a Silk Road in the Air. We will embrace the trend of digital transformation and development of digital industries by accelerating the building of the digital Silk Road, and make smart connectivity a new reality in the future.

Third, we need to continue to promote cooperation on green development. We will jointly put forth the Initiative for Belt and Road Partnership on Green Development to inject new impetus into building the green Silk Road. We are ready to step up cooperation in such areas as green infrastructure, green energy and green finance, and develop more environment-friendly projects with a high standard and high quality. We support parties to the Belt and Road Energy Partnership in enhancing cooperation on green energy. We encourage businesses involved in Belt and Road cooperation to fulfill their social responsibilities and improve their environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance.

Fourth, we need to continue to advance free trade in our region and the world. China will work for the early entry-into-force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and faster regional economic integration. China will work with all sides to keep global industrial and supply chains open, secure and stable. We will open our door even wider to the world. And we are ready to share China’s market dividends with all to make sure that domestic and international circulations will be mutually reinforcing. This will also enable closer ties and broader space for economic cooperation among BRI partners.

Colleagues,

The Asia-Pacific is the fastest-growing region with the greatest potential and most dynamic cooperation in the world. It is home to 60 percent of the world’s population and 70 percent of its GDP. It has contributed over two-thirds of global growth, and is playing an increasingly important role in the global fight against COVID-19 and economic recovery. The Asia-Pacific region should be a pacesetter of development and cooperation, not a chessboard for geopolitics. The stability and prosperity of this region should be treasured by all regional countries.

Asian and Pacific countries are the pioneers, contributors and examples of Belt and Road international cooperation. As a member of the Asia-Pacific region, China is ready to work with Asia-Pacific countries in the spirit of partnership to promote high-quality Belt and Road development, provide Asia-Pacific solutions to the global fight against COVID-19, inject Asia-Pacific vitality into global connectivity, and transmit Asia-Pacific confidence to the sustainable recovery of the world economy, so as to make greater contributions to building a community with a shared future in the Asia-Pacific region as well as a community with a shared future for mankind.

Thank you.

Video: The Better China Performs, The Worse Western Empires Will Blame It! 中國表現得越好，西方帝國就會越責怪它!

When China discovered any COVID19 cases, it does not matter how few cases it might be like in Guangdong Province, entire population of 20 millions were tested in 3 days. China immediately banned her citizens from traveling to stop COVID19 spreading inside and outside of China. But for India and US, both advocates freedom democracy and human rights placed no travel restrictions potentially spreading COVID19 domestically and internationally. 中國每次發現新冠病毒就像最近在廣東省發現新的Delta新冠病毒時, 全省二千萬人在三天內全部被測試, 同時阻止其公民出遊, 防止新冠病毒在中國境內外傳播. 但印度和美國都提倡所謂自由民主和人權, 沒有限制在國內和國際旅行讓病毒無上限地傳播.

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People may ask why western countries prefer Indian to China, and western human groups seldom challenge India’s human rights abuse even when BBC reported its child labour issue. One of the reasons is India has a democratic government that is willing to follow western protocols. Having two or more parties in a country is what the west prefers to a one-party system. Another reason is that the west needs India to encircle China. A friend in need is a friend indeed. It sounds funny that the west only needs India’s help, not to help India when it needs their help. The last reason is India is not as powerful as it thinks. It does not pose a threat to the west as China.

Apple Daily closure ends West’s political fantasies by Chen Qingqing Jun 24 2021

As pictures circulated on social media on Thursday showing a number of local residents lining up in front of newsstands seeking to get a copy of the final edition of Apple Daily, with some trying to amplify a sentiment of sadness by calling it a “painful farewell,” local officials and scholars in both Hong Kong and the mainland said such small scale-lamentation remains insignificant in the face of the overwhelmingly positive change the once riot-plagued city has experienced over the past years.

The secessionist tabloid, depicted by Western politicians and media as the so-called defenders of freedom of speech, issued its final hard copy on Thursday, after some of its senior executives were arrested on suspicion of violating the national security law for Hong Kong. HK$18 million ($2.3 million) in assets was also frozen during the ensuing investigation.

While a small proportion of readers called to “stand with Apple Daily” on a rainy night, trying to create an emotional scene of sounding an elegy for the paper, more Hong Kong people felt relieved, some observers said, as the shutdown of the 26-year-old newspaper, founded by modern-day traitor Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, is a symbolic move to bring the practice of the “one country, two systems” onto the correct path by ending an era when foreign proxies and secessionist forces could meddle in China’s internal affairs by cultivating agents like Lai and his media group.

With the national security law and the electoral reform for Hong Kong, officials and scholars in the mainland and in Hong Kong see fundamental positive changes to the city’s political environment over the past year. Despite that foreign politicians like UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab continued to slam China by calling the shutdown of Apple Daily a “forced closure,” claiming it delivered a heavy blow to “freedom of speech,” more local residents realized that the secessionist outlet having gone far beyond being a press agency.

The closure would also help end the West’s political fantasies by using relevant anti-government radicals to exploit Hong Kong, which tried to cause a “color revolution” against China and subvert state power, experts said.

From Thursday on, the closure of Apple Daily will save Hong Kong at least 300 million pieces of wasted paper annually, as one copy used to be printed with 10 pages of paper every day, Leung Chun-ying, former chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said in a public post on Thursday.

Boundaries of the rule of law

After the board of Next Digital, the parent company of Apple Daily, announced in a public statement on Wednesday that the tabloid will close down on Saturday amid mounting financial pressure to maintain normal operations, Apple Daily said via its website that it would issue its last edition on Thursday, with its website to stop updating at midnight.

On Thursday, there was no content on its website but a short notice for readers. The final edition ran a front page picture showing staff illuminating the flashlights on their phones and waving to supporters at the headquarters of the tabloid, creating an emotional moment over the death of the paper, which claimed to be the “paper of Hong Kong residents” over the past two decades.

The decision by the board came after Hong Kong police arrested on June 17 the paper’s editor-in-chief, Ryan Law Wai-kwong, CEO of Next Digital, Cheung Kim-hung，and other senior staff, and the seizure of its assets in its second raid in a year while Lai, the paper’s founder, was sentenced to jail facing multiple charges including collusion with foreign forces in violating the national security law for Hong Kong.

Apple Daily represented both anti-China sentiment and opposition to the Communist Party of China, having played an active role in working with the US to arouse chaos in Hong Kong and help plan, finance as well as organize rioting activities, which has gone against the successful practice of the “one country, two systems,” Lau Siu-kai, vice-president of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macao Studies, told the Global Times on Thursday.

“It has been a miracle the paper could have survived until now, underscoring the central government’s patience and tolerance,” Lau said.

When the US stepped up on curbing China and the Chinese central government decided to lift the city out of chaos with the enactment of the national security law for Hong Kong, the closure of Apple Daily was inevitable, Lau noted.

When running anti-China and anti-local government stories, Apple Daily ran short, eye-catching headlines with sensational and sometimes fearless reporting styles, which, in the eyes of many local residents, served much more than a newspaper. Local newspaper Wen Wei Po also recently came up with 100 lies published by Apple Daily over the years, shedding light on a number of false information and conspiracies run by the tabloid with some deepening the misunderstanding of Hong Kong residents about the mainland.

During the anti-government protests that turned into a citywide rampage in 2019, Apple Daily ran sensational stories calling out alleged police brutality and posted slogans calling for “Hong Kong independence.” Lai had also actively advocated for foreign sanctions on China and the Hong Kong SAR, and he flew to the US in meetings with former US officials such as Mike Pence and Mike Pompeo.

While some foreign journalists and observers lamented the closure of Apple Daily on social media, claiming it to be “an end of an era,” Chinese experts said that it indeed marked the end of an era when foreign proxies and secessionist forces meddled in China’s internal affairs, and tried to instigate a “color revolution” in Hong Kong, and the era would exit political life for good.

“It is also a heavy blow to foreign proxies’ established networks in instigating a ‘color revolution’ in Hong Kong, completely ending their political fantasies in igniting a so-called revolution of our times and attempts from the West to subvert state power in China through Hong Kong,” Tian Feilong, an associate professor at Beihang University’s law faculty and a member of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macao Studies, told the Global Times on Thursday.

“It is indeed an end of an era when the media was used to create chaos in Hong Kong, which also turned a new page for the city in embracing stability and prosperity,” Tian said.

Fundamental changes

Facing the latest criticism from the EU, UK and the US over the Apple Daily-related issues, the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Chinese Mission to the EU and Chinese Foreign Ministry denounced those remarks, staging strong opposition to the so-called concerns over free press and urged them to stop playing the “Hong Kong card” in pressuring China.

“Stop using press freedom as a pretext as China doesn’t buy it ,” the office of commissioner said in a public statement on Thursday.

With the support of the central government, Hong Kong has seen fundamentally positive changes as the national security law for Hong Kong completely changed the situation of social turmoil and citywide violence, helping to ensure national security in the city, and electoral reform for Hong Kong will help implement the principle of only patriots governing the city, Carrie Lam, chief executive of the HKSAR government, said at a public event on Thursday.

Lam also said that she is confident Hong Kong will embrace a brighter future regarding its economy, social livelihoods and development.

On the occasions of celebrating the 24th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China, the centennial of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the first anniversary of the national security law for Hong Kong taking effect, more Hong Kong residents cheered the exit of foreign proxies like Apple Daily from local political life while experts considered that amid overwhelming changes in Hong Kong society, major opposition groups including the Hong Kong Alliance and the Civil Human Rights Front need to adjust their behaviors to meet the new requirements of the law.

“Hong Kong people today understand the central government’s determination and capability to bring the political practice of Hong Kong back onto the right track. The city has also entered a new phase of development as the national security law and the electoral reform for Hong Kong largely reduced the room of activities for anti-China forces,” Lau said.

Video: A humanity test 一份人性的考卷. 美國不是老是拿著民主自由人權去攻擊不聽話的國家包括中國. 但一埸新冠病毒把美國多年的謊言一夜之間完全打破. 爸爸少年時告訴我們,誰是酒肉朋友,誰是真正關心你的朋友你不會知道直到你有危難時刻誰給你援手才是你的真心朋友. 患難才見眞情. 在新冠病毒疫情下中國和美國政府如何處理和控制病情我相信不用再多説了.

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A humanity test. US always use democracy, freedom and human rights to attack disobedient countries, including China. But COVID19 has completely broken US years of lies overnight. When I was young, father told us who is a friend and who is merely a drinking partner, you won’t know until you have a moment of crisis. Only in adversity will you see true friendships. During the COVID19 epidemic, how the Chinese and US governments handled and controlled the disease tells all, no need for me to elaborate further.

China issues white paper on CPC’s practice in human rights protection by Xinhua Jun 24 2021

China’s State Council Information Office on Thursday issued a white paper on the practice of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in respecting and protecting human rights.

The year 2021 marks the centenary of the CPC. Over the past century, the CPC has invested a huge effort in human rights protection, adding significantly to global human rights progress, said the white paper.

For a hundred years, the CPC has always put people first, applying the principle of universality of human rights in the context of the national conditions. It regards the rights to subsistence and development as the primary and basic human rights, and believes that living a life of contentment is the ultimate human right, said the white paper.

The CPC promotes the well-rounded development of the individual, and strives to give every person a stronger sense of gain, happiness and security. Its success in pioneering human rights in a socialist country is unique and readily apparent, said the white paper.

For a hundred years, the CPC has committed itself to peaceful development and common progress. China is firm in its international stance — to safeguard world peace and seek progress through cooperation, ensuring human rights with the benefits deriving from development, according to the white paper.

China has been an active participant in matters of international human rights, providing a Chinese contribution to global human rights governance and progress, and working with other countries to forge a global community of shared future, according to the white paper.

The CPC is leading the people towards the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation and the second centenary goal — to build China into a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful by the centenary of the People’s Republic of China.

At that time, all rights of the Chinese people will be safeguarded at a higher level, and they will have a better sense of dignity, freedom and happiness. China will make a greater contribution to the protection of human rights, enabling the world to develop better and become more prosperous, said the white paper.

Video: The Burning of Yuan Ming Yuan – The restoration of the video before the Old Summer Palace burning and looting by the British and French armies is stunningly beautiful. 圓明園被英國和法國軍隊搶劫和燒毀前的視頻還原, 美得震撼.

There is a deep, unhealed historical wound in the UK’s relations with China – a wound that most British people know nothing about, but which causes China great pain. It stems from the destruction in 1860 of the country’s most beautiful palace.

It’s been described as China’s ground zero – a place that tells a story of cultural destruction that everyone in China knows about, but hardly anyone outside.

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Ownership, legality questions swirl around treasures looted from Old Summer Palace

More than 150 years after French and British troops sacked Beijing’s Old Summer Palace in 1860, relics that may have been taken from the site are showing up at foreign auction houses, prompting an outcry from China.

Many other items thought to have been taken from the palace, which is also known as Yuanmingyuan, are housed in museums and private collections around the world.

In recent years, Beijing has called for the return of such items and for them to be withdrawn from sale when listed by auction houses.

In the UK, items thought to have been looted are on display in several military museums, according to Louise Tythacott’s paper Trophies of War: Representing Summer Palace, Loot in Military Museums in the UK.

Video: Simon Yam: Grateful that I am Chinese, treasure strong motherland gives me warmth. 任達華: 感恩自己是一個中國人, 珍惜強大祖國帶給我們的溫暖.

藝人任達華接受專訪時提到，近年有份參與拍攝《建黨偉業》、《我和我的祖國》等愛國電影，他坦言心情是激動的。他說，國家始終都是為人民服務，一心為老百姓着想，所以感受很深。而國家能發展到今時今日，都是中國人自己自強不息，才能為國家做出這麼大的貢獻。
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他回憶道，八十年代起，他就經常往返內地，以前的交通是不方便。但現在幾條鐵路已貫穿南北西東。他說，我們雖然起跑線慢，但卻越跑越快，他也為國家今日的發展感到驕傲。

他也認為，身為中國人，要熟讀中國歷史，也要懂得飲水思源，比如六十年代，香港經歷了四日制水時期，幸得祖國給予東江水救助，所以飲水思源好重要，要懂得感恩，要珍惜強大祖國帶給我們的温暖，作為中國人，他覺得好榮幸，也感恩自己是一個中國人。

建黨百年，共產黨為國家打造了輝煌的成績。他希望國家的未來越來越富強，發展越來越好，對老百姓關懷也能越來越多。

【與毒果的恩怨今天了】

常說「天有眼」！天理循環因果報應！正義可能遲到，但絕不缺席！相信很多香港人也等了今天很久，禍港害民足足26年的蘋果日報，終於「壽終正寢」於今天停刊。

蘋果跟我的恩恩怨怨，也持續了26年。有位十分支持蘋果日報的好友，見我最近經常寫文章批評毒果，問我可否放它一馬？我非常堅定的說：「不！絕對誓不兩立。」他們不懂感恩圖報，還由反修例後一直把我傷害，落井下石誣蔑狂貶至今的，就是這爛蘋果。我反問朋友，為什麼你一直不叫蘋果放過我呢？

當年我由93年開始做娛記，直至95年蘋果創刊，傳媒界便腥風血雨。把專業高尚的傳媒行業變成討厭下流的狗仔隊，記者不再受尊重。當年蘋果更用三倍人工高薪挖角，還記得當年多位明星好友叫我千萬不要過檔蘋果否則沒有朋友做；可想而知當時其討厭程度。亦因為蘋果令傳媒風氣敗壞，我才放棄記者職業投身金融業。

2014年我開始免費替蘋果旗下「飲食男女」拍攝食譜至2017年。當時自己亦對他們盡量幫忙配合，免費借出廚藝學校又送出免費課堂給他們讀者，關係不錯。但全因2019年7月21日我發表撐警言論後，便可以把所有恩惠拋掉。「飲食男女」首先發文與我割蓆，更誣蔑我支持暴力，說「恥與為吾」永不合作。原來一份傳媒可以因為別人的立場取態而斷定他的品格好壞？我不需你幫忙，但也不用出貼割蓆去落井下石吧！還引導一大班讀者到我臉書專業留言辱罵欺凌，害得我要把專頁關閉了兩個月才重開。

還有位蘋果記者當年有事相求便來找你，到我出新書要找她幫忙宣傳時她便叫我自己發到蘋果大圍料電郵。到我721出事後又問我接不接受訪問！忘恩負義明知你會對我一沉百踩的，我還會傻得去接受你們訪問嗎？這記者之後不止unfriend我，還四處亂播謠言辱我聲名。難道你以為我不知道你背後說的壞話嗎？我不去還擊是因我相信事實勝於雄辯，亦相信因果報應。現在你失業了！希望你能校正回歸，不再犯口孽四處說是道非。

2015年尾我有朋友意外過身遺下傷殘兒子及妻子，首先蘋果頭條報道把他們的背景亂作一通，然後蘋果基金嘗試利用金錢作利誘其家人做煽情專訪去吸引讀者捐款，但被我朋友的妻子拒絕。我當年嘗試聯絡基金的負責人，問捐款會否全數到他們手中，回覆竟原來基金是自己決定自由分配到任何人，不做訪問的亦休想分得一分一毫。結果我當年在自己專頁幫朋友家人眾籌，叫大家不要再捐到蘋果基金，直接存入給當事人好了。到今天，朋友的妻子仍有跟我聯絡，亦很感恩當年我及大家的幫忙。

蘋果至今每一篇關於我的報道也是負評，永遠用最醜沒化妝的照片去醜化我，用不實的指控去詆毁我⋯相信不少藝人名人也有同樣遭遇。一份神憎鬼厭的報紙，還是避之則吉吧，大家都明白在蘋果沒有新聞便是最好的新聞的道理。

多年來用「言論自由」去亂做新聞，被告毁謗誣蔑的法庭個案戰績彪炳。還敢說自己一直追求真相公義？跟本是完全沒有道德觀念底線、違反記者守則的報章！更利用傳媒光環去舉辦抗爭活動，到後期甚至煽動暴力。被你們害過、誣蔑過、荼毒過的人多不勝數。全港多個傳媒卻唯獨蘋果被整頓，都是自己咎由自取。還說自己是被政治打壓？根本就是邪不能勝正吧。但都沒關係了，因為我們的恩怨從今天起了結。

朱庭萱

[Grievance with poison fruit is today]

It’s always said, ′′ God has eyes Karma! Justice may be late, but never absent! I believe that many Hong Kong people have been waiting for a long time today, and the Apple Daily News, which has been a long time since the people of Hong Kong have been in the middle of a long time, has finally been suspended today.

Apple and my grudge, also lasted for years. A friend who is very supportive of the Apple Daily, who has recently written articles criticizing poison fruit, asked me if I could give it a horse? I said very firmly, ′′ No! Absolutely, they don’t understand the Gratitude Report, and they have been harming me since the anti-amendment legislation, and they have been wounding me up to this day, this is the rotten apple. I ask my friend, why don’t you keep asking Apple to leave me alone?

I started as an entertainment journal from to, when Apple was founded in, and the media world was blurred. Turning the professional and noble media industry into a nasty paparazzi, reporters are no longer respected. In those years, Apple used three times more artificially high salary to dig corners, and I remember that many star friends told me never to go over apples or no friends would do it; I can imagine how disgusting it was at that time. It was also because Apple made the media a bad mood, that I gave up my journalist career to enter the financial industry.

I started filming recipes for Apple’s ′′ diet for men and women ′′ for free until the year of the year. At that time, I also tried to help them as much as I could, and I lent them free culinary schools and gave them free classes to their readers. But all because of my remarks on July,, I could throw away all the favours, ′′ Diet men and women ′′ first sent an article with me, and even more so I supported violence and said ′′ Shame on you.” . ′′ Never cooperate. It turns out that a media can determine that his character is good and bad because of the stance of others? I don’t need your help, but I don’t need to go out of the cut seat to go down! I also directed a large class of readers to my Facebook professional message to abuse and bullying, and it took me two months to shut down the page before reopening.

Another Apple reporter came to you when I asked her to help promote my new book, and she asked me to send it to Apple’s big enclosure e-mail. When I was in the middle of the day, I was asked if I was going to take an interview! Ungrateful knowing you’re going to sink a hundred miles on me, would I still be stupid to accept your visit? This reporter not only unfriended me afterwards, but also spread rumors to insult my reputation. Do you think I don’t know the bad things you say behind your back? I don’t fight back because I believe facts speak louder than eloquent and I believe in karma. Now you’re unemployed! I hope you can correct the reunification and don’t whistle and say it’s Taofi again.

At the end of the year, I had friends who accidentally left their disabled sons and wives, first Apple headlines reported to mess with their backgrounds, then Apple Fund tried to use money to lure their families into incitement interviews to attract readers to donate, but I was A friend’s wife refused. When I tried to contact those in charge of the Fund to ask them whether the donations would be in their hands, the reply was that the Fund had decided to be freely distributed to anyone, and those who did not do the visit would not be able to get a cent. As a result, I helped my friends and family on my page back then, and asked everyone to stop donating to the Apple Fund and deposit it directly to the person concerned. To this day, my friend’s wife still contacts me, and I am grateful for the help that I and everyone have given back then.

Apple has been negatively reviewed by every report of me so far, and has always used the ugliest pictures without makeup, and has used false accusations to discredit me… I believe many artistes and celebrities have experienced the same. A ghostly newspaper, or avoid it, everyone understands that no news in Apple is the best news.

Over the years, ′′ freedom of speech ′′ has been used to mess with the press, and the court cases where the accused has been blasphemy. Do you dare say you’ve been pursuing truth and justice? This is a newspaper that has no moral idea at all, violates the code of journalists! The media aura is also used to organize fight activities, and even incite violence in the late stages. Many have been killed by you, run over, and put into poison, many have been numerous. Many of the media in Hong Kong are the only ones that Apple has been rectified, and they are all on their own. You still say you’re being oppressed by politics? It’s just that evil can’t prevail. But it doesn’t matter, because our grievances are over from today.

Zhu Tingxi

Hit TV dramas “The Rebels” help CPC revolutionists’ thoughts gain ground among young Chinese by Ji Yuqiao Jun 23 2021

The five-volume Selected Works of Mao Zedong, which collects the thoughts and experiences of the late chairman Mao, gained more fans among young Chinese after the most recent episode of TV drama The Rebel, a hit on China’s streaming platform iQIYI and China’s Central Television. Physical copies of the book have even sold out on an e-commerce platform.

The Chinese TV drama about a group of young people looking to save the country under the guidance of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and their strong belief in their mission has been getting good audience reviews since its debut on June 7. It currently has an 8.4/10 on media review platform Douban, making it one of the highest scored Chinese TV dramas of recent months.

The 31st episode of the drama that aired on Sunday featured a plot that brought viewers’ excitement to a boil, with some reviews praising it as one of the most stunning highlights of the drama.

The lead character Lin Nansheng, played by young actor Zhu Yilong, finds himself trapped in darkness and confusion in the episode. Undergoing medical treatment in Hong Kong in 1938 and feeling desperate to save China from Japanese invader, he happens to hear a radio broadcast from Yan’an, the revolution center of the CPC, and it is like a light in the darkness helping him find the right direction.

The radio program was a broadcast of Mao’s well-known series of speeches, On Protracted War. The speeches were given from May 26 to June 3, 1938 at the Yan’an Association for the Study of the War of Resistance against Japan. In them, Mao calls for a protracted people’s war as a means for small revolutionary groups to fight the power of the state.

Lin’s excitement while listening to the speech on the radio has been reflected in the young audiences tuning in to the drama.

“Probably because I live in an age of peace, I hadn’t tried to understand the experiences and thoughts of revolutionists, even Chairman Mao, but after watching the episode, I suddenly have a similar feeling as Lin Nansheng and respect the strong will and belief of our predecessors,” Wan Feng, 27, an audience of the drama, told the Global Times on Tuesday.

E-book sales of Mao’s speeches have skyrocketed, while orders for the second volume of Selected Works of Mao Zedong have flooded e-commerce platforms.

A 78-year-old veteran surnamed Fang living in North China’s Shanxi Province told the Global Times that Selected Works of Mao Zedong is one of his favorite works as a great deal of wisdom can be found in the book that cannot only be used on the battlefield, but also help people overcome difficulties in work and life.

“I read it every day when I was the secretary of the Party of our village,” Fang recalled.

Attracting youth with youth

In addition to Zhu, the drama also stars other hot young entertainers who possess a large number of fans. Using hot talent to bring in younger viewers hasn’t been limited to The Rebel. Faith Makes Great is an example of a show that has been using star power to get young viewers to learn more about the CPC history.

The cast of the drama, which tells the stories of 40 historical figures during the founding and growth of the CPC, includes actor and singer Wang Yibo and actress Zhao Liying, two extremely popular stars in China’s entertainment industry.

Restoring history and making audiences feel that it is real are important for this kind of TV series, Shi Wenxue, cultural critic based in Beijing, told the Global Times.