Huai Jin holds Yu, and the wind is exhausted
Today in history: Six years ago today, Yu Guangzhong, a famous contemporary Chinese writer, poet, scholar and translator, passed away, and his representative works include "White Jade Bitter Melon", "Homesickness", "Listen to the Cold Rain" and so on. Yu Guangzhong has been engaged in poetry, prose, criticism, and translation throughout his life, and has been in the literary world for more than half a century, covering a wide range of fields, and is known as a "multi-biographer in art".
politics
01The Prime Minister of Cambodia met with the Prime Minister of Vietnam
Cambodia-China Times News, recently, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manai arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam, to start a two-day official visit, this is Hun Manai as Prime Minister for the first official visit to Vietnam, the Vietnamese government for Prime Minister Hun Manai held a high-level welcome ceremony, this visit aims to inherit the good traditions of the two countries, and further promote the traditional unity and friendship and comprehensive cooperative relations between the two countries to a new level.
During the talks, the leaders of the two countries spoke highly of the achievements of cooperation in various fields and stressed that they will continue to promote bilateral cooperation, especially in the political, economic and trade, investment, tourism, health, education, connectivity, defense, and border demarcation and monument erection. After the talks, the two sides witnessed the signing of three cooperation documents, namely the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam and the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation of Cambodia on Cooperation in the Field of Science, Technology and Innovation, the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Cambodian General Chamber of Commerce, and the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Vietnam Diplomatic Academy and the Cambodian Institute of Diplomacy and International Relations.
02 Laos said it would be difficult to resolve the Myanmar issue next year
According to Lianhe Zaobao, recently, Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shalunxay shared his insights on the current international situation, as well as Laos' plans and priorities during his chairmanship of ASEAN next year. He said that in view of the Myanmar issue, which has attracted much attention, Laos will be committed to promoting the implementation of the ASEAN five-point consensus, and using the "troika" informal consultation mechanism and other ways to try to resolve the deadlock, but does not believe that it can be completely resolved during the term of office, which is an ongoing process, and this thorny issue will continue until Malaysia takes over the rotating chairmanship.
It is reported that after Laos took over the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN from Indonesia, it will be responsible for promoting the ASEAN agenda from next year, which will be the third time that Laos has served as the rotating chair of ASEAN after 2004 and 2016. Under the theme "ASEAN: Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience", the Lao presidency will set out nine priorities based on the theme, including creating an inclusive and sustainable future and promoting growth at the heart of ASEAN, which will be formally announced at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Informal Meeting in January next year.
military
01 Israeli Prime Minister urged Hamas to surrender
According to Israeli sources, on December 10, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement in which he said that the war was still ongoing, but everything was a foregone conclusion, and that members of the Hamas organization should not die for the leader of the organization, Sinwar, and surrendered immediately. At the same time, he revealed that dozens of Hamas members have surrendered to Israeli forces in the past few days. Hamas denied this and warned that the hostages would not leave Gaza alive without negotiations and a prisoner swap that met Hamas's demands. It is reported that as of now, Hamas is still holding 137 Israeli hostages, while about 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are still being held in Israeli prisons.
Hamas, which has been designated as a terrorist organization by the European Union, means that any funds or assets it has in the EU region will be frozen, and EU foreign ministers recently met to consider next steps in sanctions, including a crackdown on Hamas's finances and a travel ban on Israeli settlers who incite violence in the West Bank. The UN Secretary-General has warned of a near-collapse of public order in Gaza and worse, including an epidemic and the possibility of a massive influx of refugees into Egypt.
economy
01TikTok restarted its e-commerce business in Indonesia
Jakarta comprehensive news, recently, TikTok and the Indonesian technology company GoTo's e-commerce platform Tokopedia reached a cooperation agreement, Tokopedia will first buy the Indonesian business of TikTok Shop for $340 million, and TikTok will then acquire 75.01% of the new company for $840 million TikTok has pledged to invest $1.5 billion in the expanded company after a period of operation, with the deal expected to close in the first quarter of 2024. After the agreement comes into effect, TikTok's e-commerce business will be managed by Tokopedia.
It is reported that Indonesia's GoTo Group was formed in 2021 by the merger of Gojek, a private ride-hailing platform, and Tokopedia, an e-commerce platform, and is one of the most important technology companies in Indonesia. Authoritative economists analyzed that for TikTok's parent company ByteDance, this is a rather unusual way of cooperation, which is equivalent to directly ceding the largest overseas market, but this is also a way to save itself after Indonesia issued a ban on online sales of social media platforms in September this year. The cooperation between the two companies will inevitably increase the amount of online shopping and payment for both companies. According to the data, the size of Indonesia's e-commerce market may expand from US$62 billion this year to about US$160 billion by 2030.
02Pakistan plans to increase its exports to $50 billion within five years
Pakistani news, recently, the Ministry of Commerce of Pakistan issued a statement that Pakistan's exports in 2022 will be 39.42 billion US dollars, an increase of 24.94% over 2021. The authorities hope to increase their exports to $50 billion within five years, with $100 billion in exports as a long-term development goal.
Pakistan's Ministry of Commerce said that the textile industry, which is the backbone of the country's economy, employs 40-45% of the country's workforce, and that the industry also contributes the most to exports, and that the authorities will consider plans to organize a textile industry expo to achieve the above export targets. The Ministry of Commerce of Pakistan has established the Pakistan Export Advisory Committee to address the pressing challenges facing Pakistan's export sector.
safety
0110 Northern Myanmar wire fraud ringleaders are publicly wanted
According to Xinhua News Agency, recently, on the basis of grasping the relevant criminal facts and evidence, the public security organs in Liaoning, Fujian, Chongqing and other places in China decided to publicly reward and arrest 10 important leaders of the telecommunications network fraud criminal group in the Kokang Autonomous Region of northern Myanmar, including Bai Suocheng, Wei Huairen, and Liu Zhengxiang.
Earlier, China's public security organs issued a public reward for the important leaders of the family crime group headed by Ming Xuechang. With the vigorous cooperation of all parties in Myanmar, the first offender, Ming Xuechang, committed suicide in fear of crime, and three people, Ming Guoping, Ming Julan, and Ming Zhenzhen, were arrested. At the same time, the public security organs in Liaoning, Fujian, Chongqing, and other places in China discovered during their investigations that three family criminal groups headed by Bai Suocheng, Wei Huairen, and Liu Zhengxiang, and a criminal group headed by Xu Laofa had been carrying out criminal activities of telecommunications network fraud against Chinese citizens for a long time, and the amount of fraud was huge. At the same time, they are suspected of intentional homicide, intentional injury, illegal detention and other serious violent crimes, the facts of the crime are clear, and the evidence is conclusive and sufficient.
The Chinese side urged the criminal suspects, including Bai Suocheng, Wei Huairen, Liu Zhengxiang, and Xu Laofa, to have a clear understanding of the situation, restrain themselves from the precipice, and voluntarily surrender themselves at an early date in order to strive for leniency. At the same time, it is hoped that all sectors of society and the general public will actively report and assist in the arrest of criminal suspects. The Chinese public security organs will give a reward of 100,000 to 500,000 yuan to those who provide effective clues and assist in the arrest.
culture
01Vietnamese rice won the world's best rice award
Hanoi news, recently, the 15th World Best Rice Competition was held in Cebu, Philippines, Vietnam's "Guo Weng Rice" brand ST25 rice from more than 10 countries, 30 kinds of rice won the title of the world's best rice, this brand of rice won this honor for the first time in 2019. It is understood that Vietnamese ST25 rice is a mixture of three varieties: Thai jasmine rice, basmati rice and Japanese rice. It is mainly planted in Xianqiang Village, Thanh Thai An Township, Tran Ti District, Saochang Province, Vietnam, with a planting area of 2.6 hectares.
In addition, rice from Cambodia and India won second and third place respectively in this competition. Although Thai rice has been widely recognized for its high quality, high standards and timely delivery in previous competitions, Thailand did not participate this year.
Financial Newsletters
According to the Financial Associated Press, recently, the capacity utilization of the glass industry was 84.02%, a slight increase of 0.15 percentage points week-on-week, and the average daily melting volume of glass was 171,600 tons, down 0.69% week-on-week.