The world is like a new chess game, one side is rainy and the other is sunny.
It has to be said that the international situation in recent days is for 2022. It can't be said to be a "good start". On the contrary, chaos and turmoil are constantly emerging, making people inevitably pessimistic about the international situation this year.
On January 6, there were three more unusual events in the world, with both bad news and good news.
The new U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Emanuel
The first thing, tongue-in-cheek? Before anyone arrived, the U.S. ambassador to Japan began to stir up trouble.
On December 18 last year, the U.S. Senate approved the new U.S. ambassador to Japan, former Mayor of Chicago and White House Chief of Staff Emmanuel, for the position. The appointment also fills the vacancy of the position since July 2019.
However, Emanuel, who has not yet officially taken office in Washington, D.C., when interviewed by Japanese media on January 5, "lit a fire" in the air and talked about negative issues related to China.
Emmanuel claimed that "China is not a good neighbor, nor is it a presence that promotes the development of regional interests." It is not difficult for a clear-eyed person to see that the United States is stirring up the situation in East Asia again.
It is necessary to share 3 points of view.
1, Emmanuel's resume determines that he must be a supporter of the Biden administration's "Asia-Pacific Strategy".
As early as the Obama administration, Emanuel made a lot of contributions to the Democratic Party. By the time of the 2020 US election, Emanuel, who clearly supported Biden, was therefore regarded as "his own person" by Biden.
Biden and Emanuel
Unfortunately, due to Emanuel's extreme personality, Biden failed to "give" the position of transport minister to Emanuel. As a result, Emanuel was more eager to make a difference in the post of ambassador to Japan.
Aligning with Biden's Asia-Pacific strategy, which deepens the U.S.-Japan alliance and strengthens the U.S. presence in the Indo-Pacific, is Emanuel's primary goal.
2, the US troops stationed in Japan who brought the epidemic to Japan are the "evil neighbors and evil guests" who are not easy to develop in the region.
Since this period of time, the outbreak of collective infection at us military bases in Japan has made the sixth wave of the epidemic in Japan extremely dangerous. In particular, the OKIN base of the US military in Japan has long been affected by the epidemic situation, and 623 new cases were added in Okinawa Prefecture on the 5th.
In the next 5 years, the US military in Japan will receive 1.055 trillion US dollars in "protection fees", but the people of Okinawa have long been disgusted by the fact that they will not abide by Japan's epidemic prevention policy while taking the money. Who is the "evil neighbor and evil guest," and is the US ambassador to Japan still pretending to be confused?
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
3, Contrary to Emmanuel's statement, China, which actively promotes the entry into force of RCEP, is a friendly existence that promotes the development of the Asia-Pacific region and even the world.
On the first day of the new year, RCEP came into effect, and the world's largest free trade area began to set sail, injecting a "shot in the arm" into the global economy under the epidemic, which is the contribution of the real "good neighbor" to the world.
The third thing, the Israeli army shot and killed! Who is responsible for the death of a Palestine refugee?
On January 6, Palestinian medical and security authorities reported that the Israeli military had entered the West Bank city of Nablus in the early hours of that day to carry out an arrest operation, during which a 21-year-old Palestinian from a refugee camp had been shot and killed.
So far, the Israeli military has not responded to the matter.
It should be noted that Nablus is a central Palestinian city, just 30 miles from Jerusalem, and is the largest city in the West Bank. However, this area has been occupied by Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Bennett
In this context, the shooting and killing of a local Palestinian refugee by Israeli forces will inevitably make people think. What's more, since this period of time, the situation in the Palestinian-Israeli region can be described as turbulent.
On the first day of the new year, Hamas armed forces in the Palestinian Gaza Strip fired two rockets at Israel, and the Israeli Air Force launched retaliatory air strikes that night, bombing multiple rocket factories in Hamas. In addition, 3 days ago, an Israeli military helicopter mysteriously crashed.
All in all, the Palestinians and Israelis, who have long had a grudge and have just restarted the conflict in 2021, have no intention of getting along with each other in January 2022. Israel's arrogance and hegemony have also caused a lot of controversy in the international community.
A few days ago, Watson, a British actress who played the role of Hermione in "Harry Potter", openly supported Palestinian protesters on social media platforms, but caused the anger of Israeli officials.
The Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations claimed that magic should be used to "eliminate the evil of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority". In addition, he designated Watson as an "anti-Semite", jokingly saying that Gryffindor was deducted 10 points.
"Hermione" Watson
But the Israeli diplomat's statement is not even looked at by Israel itself. Many commentators believe that supporting the Palestinians is not the same as anti-Semitism, and that the suppression of Palestinians is true anti-Semitism.
There is no doubt that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is the focus of the world's attention, and the ungraceful rhetoric of Israeli diplomats has no positive impact on the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the easing of the situation in the region.
The third thing, after 20 years of escape, the mafia leader was finally arrested, and the map software made a contribution!
On the 5th local time, the Italian media disclosed an important arrest operation, the arrested person was the Italian mafia leader Gamino who had been on the run for 20 years, he was convicted of murder and other crimes, and was sentenced to life imprisonment, but disappeared after successfully escaping from prison in 2002.
After a long investigation, the Italian police not only issued a wanted warrant, but also determined that Gamino was hiding in Spain. It wasn't until the police used the Street View feature of the map software that they found a vegetable and fruit shop owner who was highly similar to Camino.
Garmino standing in front of the fruit and vegetable shop
After detailed confirmation, the police arrested the murderer from the mafia family at the end of last year. At the time of his arrest, Camino, who had not been in contact with his family for 10 years, did not believe that he would be discovered by the police.
For this 20-year hunting operation, I would like to talk about 3 points.
First, high-tech means are increasingly helpful in solving cases, AND DNA comparison, face recognition, mobile phone positioning, etc., have been widely used in modern criminal investigation technology, and criminals will eventually have nothing to hide.
Second, the insistence of the Italian police is admirable, having been following the old case for 20 years, tracking it all the way from Italy to Spain and quickly identifying the suspect when seen in the streetscape.
Therefore, although the street view function of the map software helped the police kick out the "door", the main credit still belongs to the Italian police who have paid a long preliminary investigation.
Italian police
Third, the Skynet is restored without leakage, and illegal crimes are bound to be punished. Therefore, no one should try the Fa by example, let alone make mistakes again and again, causing irreparable consequences.
In 2022, to maintain a society based on the rule of law, everyone works together!