Monday, January 29
US media: Gu Ailing will continue to represent China in the 2026 Winter Olympics. According to a report by the Associated Press on the 27th, freestyle skiing world champion Gu Ailing made it clear in a recent interview that she plans to continue to represent China in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Gu Ailing said that this will give thousands of Chinese girls the opportunity to see the potential of ice and snow sports. She also expressed a desire to play a bigger role in the wider women's sport.
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domestic
The National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention and 12 other departments have jointly formulated the Sustainable Development Plan for the Comprehensive Elimination of Leprosy Hazards (2024-2030), which clarifies that by 2030, the number of counties (cities and districts) with a leprosy prevalence rate greater than 1/100,000 in the country will be zero.
On the second day of the Spring Festival (January 27), the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society was 189.578 million.
According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the 27th, the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size will continue to recover in 2023.
After monitoring and analysis, at around 05:10 on January 28, 2024, the second-stage wreckage of the Long March 7 Yao-8 launch vehicle has re-entered the atmosphere.
According to Bank of China, in 2023, Bank of China will complete cross-border RMB settlement of more than 57 trillion yuan.
The Shanghai headquarters of China Economic Information Service was inaugurated in Shanghai on the 27th.
The investigation report of the "6.21" special major gas explosion accident at Ningxia Yinchuan Fuyang Barbecue Restaurant was released on the 27th.
The China Geological Survey of the Ministry of Natural Resources has drilled a high-yield industrial oil stream at Lingbao Hanguguan, located in the middle of the Sanmenxia Basin, with an estimated crude oil resource of 107 million tons.
Recently, in the Xinjiang Zhundong Open-pit Coal Mine of the National Energy Group, one of the top ten open-pit coal mines in mainland China, 36 driverless trucks have achieved normal operation, which is the first mine in the industry to realize the normal operation of multiple vehicles.
Recently, there has been a surge in vehicles leaving the island, and the Haikou Municipal Transportation and Port and Shipping Administration issued a reminder that the Qiongzhou Strait strictly enforces reservations to cross the sea.
The Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology revealed on January 28 that Xi'an discovered the road traffic system in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty, or the "Han Ancient Road" recorded in the literature.
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international
On January 28, local time, China and Thailand signed a mutual visa exemption agreement in Bangkok, Thailand. The agreement will enter into force on March 1, 2024.
Gan Yu, spokesman for the China Coast Guard, said that on January 27, the Japanese fishing boat "Tsurumaru" and several patrol boats illegally entered the territorial waters of China's Diaoyu Islands, and the Chinese coast guard ships took necessary control measures against them in accordance with the law and warned them to leave.
According to a report by the Times of India on the 27th, on the 26th, a ship carrying 22 Indian crew members was hit by a Houthi missile, and the Indian Navy dispatched.
According to US media reports, on January 27, local time, a shooting incident occurred at a US military base, in which two soldiers fought with guns, resulting in one death.
On the morning of January 27, local time, the U.S. Embassy in Colombia and the U.S. Agency for International Development said that the social media account of the U.S. Embassy in Colombia was hacked.
On January 27, local time, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Kanaani issued a statement strongly condemning the armed attack that occurred in the Sarawan area of Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan Province on the same day.
According to Canadian media reports on January 27 local time, after Turkey decided not to oppose Sweden's accession to NATO, Canada's arms exports to Turkey were restarted.
According to the news released by Japan Tokai Railway Company (JR Tokai) on January 28, due to the impact of the Tokyo Bay earthquake, some sections of the Tokaido Shinkansen in Japan were temporarily suspended.
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Looking at China from overseas
"Japan hopes that China will resume visa-free travel to Japan." Japan Economic News Chinese Network published an article saying that China's short-stay visa-free entry measures for Japanese have not been restored. Although China has optimized and adjusted its epidemic prevention and control measures in January 2023 and gradually increased the number of countries eligible for visa exemption, Japan has not been included. The obstacle is China's "principle of reciprocity," which requires the Japanese side to grant visa-free access to Chinese when they visit Japan. For Japanese companies doing business in China, the cumbersome visa process is a real annoyance. But China has not completely failed to relax visa procedures for Japan. The Chinese embassy in Japan partially waived the fingerprint requirement when applying for a visa to China in August last year. In November, advance appointments at Visa Application Centres were cancelled.
On December 26, 2023 local time, in Asakusa District, Tokyo, Japan, tourists take a selfie near Sensoji Temple. Source: Visual China
2024 is not suitable for marriage in the Year of the Dragon? The Spring Festival is approaching, and folk rumors such as "there is no spring in the Year of the Dragon, it is the Year of the Widow, and it is not suitable for marriage" has aroused the attention of netizens. In response to such rumors, some netizens recently couldn't sit still and left a message on the official website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, suggesting that the Ministry of Civil Affairs or other ministries and commissions jointly issue a document to guide residents not to be affected by superstitions and rumors, and to get married normally in the Year of the Dragon. The Department of Social Affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs responded that it would pay attention to this.
A 70-year-old river cleaner scooped up a baby who fell into the water in October. January 25, Wuzhen, Zhejiang. When a baby slipped into the water in a stroller, Xu Shuigen, a 70-year-old river cleaner, heard the cry for help and quickly rowed a boat to the rescue, and immediately launched a rescue with a fishing net, which took 30 seconds to rescue the child. Fortunately, the rescue was timely and the baby was fine. Uncle Xu, praise for you!
Japan's most wanted man surrendered after 49 years on the run. On January 25, local time, after 49 years on the run, 70-year-old wanted criminal Satoshi Kirishima surrendered in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He claims to have terminal cancer and wants to use his real name to welcome the last moment. Currently, the police are conducting DNA testing to confirm his identity. Satoshi Kirishima is the longest-running fugitive among Japan's most wanted criminals, and when he was in college, he joined the illegal ultra-left organization "East Asia Anti-Japanese Armed Front" and operated as a member of a small detachment. The organization demanded the abolition of the Japanese emperor system and demanded that Japan take responsibility for the war during World War II. Satoshi Kirishima participated in the assassination of the emperor, and after his failure, he participated in a number of corporate bombings in 1974-1975, including the explosion of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries building of the military industrial company, which killed 8 people and injured 380 people.
Weather in the capital: Cloudy in Beijing, -5°C/4°C, east wind, air quality: good.
National weather: light to moderate snow or sleet in parts of central and northern Heilongjiang, western mountainous areas of Xinjiang, northern Sichuan Plateau, and northern Guizhou. There is light to moderate rain in parts of eastern Hubei, central and southern Guizhou, southern and eastern Yunnan, most of Jiangnan, southern China, Taiwan Island and other places, among them, there is heavy rain (25~40 mm) in northeast Guangxi and other places. Some areas in central Inner Mongolia and other places will have 4~6 winds, and the Taiwan Strait, most of the South China Sea and other sea areas will have 5~7 winds, with gusts of 8.