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China has supplied more than 1.25 billion doses of vaccines to the world
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On September 26, 2021, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the opening ceremony of the 2021 Forum on Sustainable Development by video and delivered a keynote speech. In his speech, Wang Yi revealed that China has provided more than 1.25 billion doses of vaccines to the world, will provide 2 billion doses of vaccines to the outside world throughout the year, and will donate another 100 million doses of vaccines to developing countries free of charge during the year on the basis of donating 100 million US dollars to the "NEW CROWN Vaccine Implementation Plan".
The United States, Japan, India and Australia have identified seven major areas of cooperation
The leaders of the four countries of the United States, Japan, India and Australia met at the White House on the 24th. After the meeting, the four parties announced that they will cooperate in seven major areas, including anti-epidemic, infrastructure, climate change, education, science and technology, networking and space. This is the first face-to-face meeting between the leaders of the four countries since the United States, Japan, India, and Australia announced the establishment of the "quadrilateral mechanism."
Germany will hold elections for the Bundestag
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Elections to the German Bundestag will take place on September 26, local time, and nearly 60 million people will be eligible to vote, and will elect political parties for their seats in the Bundestag and thus elect the prime minister. Due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the number of mail-in votes in this election has increased, and the final statistics may be released in a few weeks.
Putin suggested that Russia consider hosting another football World Cup
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested on the 25th that after the successful hosting of the Football World Cup in 2018, Russia can consider the possibility of hosting another World Cup.
The capital of Somalia
Suicide car bombing killed 7 people and injured 9
On the 25th local time, the Somali police said that a suicide car bomb attack occurred near the presidential residence in the capital Mogadishu on the same day, which had killed 7 people and injured 9 people.
Archaeologists have discovered the oldest human footprint in the Americas
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Archaeologists conducting research in White Sand National Park in New Mexico have uncovered the oldest human footprint in the Americas. These findings provide the earliest evidence of human activity in the Americas more than 23,000 years ago.
02 Count the world
DATA
3 billion people
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UN Secretary-General Guterres said at the opening ceremony of the UN Food System Summit on the 24th that every day, hundreds of millions of people around the world go to bed hungry; 3 billion people can't afford a healthy diet; 2 billion people are overweight or obese, and another 462 million people are underweight; at the same time, nearly one-third of the world's food production is lost or wasted.
105 billion won
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According to Korea Radio International, the South Korean government has set a budget of 105 billion won to rebuild the affected areas of Typhoon Omeis No. 12 in 2021.
03 One-sentence review
COMMENTS
Proteins associated with Alzheimer's disease
May come from outside the brain
Australian researchers have found through animal experiments that the β amyloid associated with Alzheimer's disease may come from other organs of the body and penetrate the brain through the bloodstream. This discovery brings new ideas to the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The paper has been published in the American Journal of Science Public Library Biology.
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I hope to solve this stubborn disease as soon as possible and let more elderly people enjoy their old age in peace.
More than half of Brazilian respondents have shopped on Chinese e-commerce sites
A survey recently released by Brazilian consumer protection website Reclame Aqui showed that Chinese e-commerce websites have become part of Brazilians' shopping habits due to their high quality and low prices. According to statistics, 56.5% of the respondents have shopped on Chinese platforms.
Chinese e-commerce has gone abroad to serve the world.
04 Hot spots
HOTPOTS
Meng Wanzhou returned to China! Full review of events
Lawyer's Statement: Look forward to the complete revocation of the charges after 14 months
According to comprehensive media reports, after the unremitting efforts of the Chinese government, on September 24, local time, Ms. Meng Wanzhou, vice chairman and chief financial officer of Huawei, had left Canada on a chartered flight from the Chinese government. On the evening of the 25th, he returned to his homeland and was reunited with his family.
Foreign Ministry: The allegations are pure fabrication
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said in response to an inquiry on the 25th: China's position on the Meng Wanzhou incident is consistent and clear. Facts have long proved that this is a political persecution of Chinese citizens with the aim of suppressing China's high-tech enterprises. The allegations of ms. Meng Wanzhou's alleged "fraud" are pure fabrications. Even HSBC, which was accused by the US side of being a "victim", issued documents sufficient to prove Ms. Meng's innocence. What the United States and Canada have done is typical of arbitrary detention.
Meng Wanzhou's lawyer William W. Taylor, III issued a statement:
I am pleased that Ms. Meng wanzhou has reached a stay of prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, which has been approved by Judge Ann M. Donnelly of the Eastern District Court of New York. Under the terms of the agreement, she will not be further prosecuted by the United States and Canada's extradition process will be terminated. Ms. Meng did not plead guilty and we are looking forward to the complete dismissal of the charges against her in 14 months. Now, she is about to regain her freedom and return home to reunite with her family.
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Full review of the course of events:
On August 22, 2018, the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of New York issued an international arrest warrant calling for the arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou.
On December 1, 2018, when Meng Wanzhou was transiting in Canada, she was temporarily detained by Canadian authorities on behalf of the US government.
On January 28, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice formally indicted Huawei and Meng Wanzhou, listing 23 counts. The next day, the United States formally submitted a request to Canada to extradite Meng Wanzhou. China urges the US side to immediately withdraw the arrest warrant and formal extradition request for Meng Wanzhou.
On 1 March 2019, Canada's Attorney General decided to issue an authorization order in the Meng Wanzhou case.
On March 3, 2019, Meng Wanzhou filed a civil lawsuit against the Canadian government.
On May 8, 2019, the Canadian court reopened the hearing on Ms. Meng Wanzhou's extradition hearing, determined the schedule for the next trial, and did not make a decision on whether to extradite or not.
On September 23, 2019, Meng Wanzhou's extradition case was heard again in the High Court of British Columbia, Canada.
On January 20, 2020, the Canadian court held another hearing on Meng Wanzhou's case.
On May 8, 2020, Meng Wanzhou attended the extradition hearing.
On May 27, 2020, after the verdict of double crime, the focus was on the two defense directions of procedural abuse and adequacy of evidence.
On July 23, 2020, a Canadian court released key evidence in the Meng Wanzhou case, and the key evidence in which the United States prosecuted Meng Wanzhou for "fraud" was materially missing and misleading.
On August 17, 2020, a Canadian court held a hearing on Meng Wanzhou's case to discuss the disclosure of information on the evidence involved.
On September 30, 2020, the round of hearings on Meng Wanzhou's extradition case ended, and the presiding judge did not rule on the claims of both sides.
On December 1, 2020, Huawei said: "Huawei still firmly believes that Ms. Meng is innocent and believes that the Canadian judicial system will come to the same conclusion." In light of this, Huawei will continue to support Ms. Meng in her quest for justice and freedom. ”
On January 29, 2021, Meng Wanzhou, vice chairman and chief financial officer of Huawei, previously applied to the High Court of British Columbia in Canada to relax the bail conditions and was rejected by the court.
In March 2021, the prosecution and defense successively debated the four branches of "procedural abuse" and judicial remedies.
On June 29, 2021, Meng Wanzhou's extradition case was heard again, and Meng Wanzhou arrived at the court to participate in the hearing.
On August 4, 2021, the hearing of Meng Wanzhou's extradition case was held again in Vancouver, Canada. Meng Wanzhou's side believes that there is a lot of untrue and misleading information in the extradition content submitted by the United States to Canada.
On August 9, 2021, Meng Wanzhou's extradition case was heard, and the court heard "judicial remedies".
On August 18, 2021, meng Wanzhou's extradition case ended all trials. The judges decided to hold a hearing on October 21 and agreed on a date for the announcement of the verdict.
On September 24, 2021, Canada dropped her extradition process after Meng Wanzhou reached an agreement with the U.S. government to extend her prosecution. On the same day, Meng Wanzhou left Canada on a chartered plane of the Chinese government and returned to China.
China Discipline Inspection and Supervision Daily: The epitome of a major change unprecedented in a century
Meng Wanzhou made a brief speech at the airport, she said: "Where there is a five-star red flag, there is a beacon of faith. If faith has color, it must be Chinese red! Subsequently, the welcoming crowd at the scene sang "Singing the Motherland".
After more than 1,000 days of unjustified detention by Canada, Meng Wanzhou finally returned to the embrace of the motherland and was reunited with her family. This is the result of the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee, the result of the unremitting efforts of the Chinese Government, the full support of the whole Chinese people, and the great victory of the Chinese people.
The Meng Wanzhou incident is a concentrated microcosm of the great changes that have not occurred in a hundred years. The essence of the Meng Wanzhou incident is that the United States tried to obstruct or even interrupt China's development process. China's efforts are not only safeguarding the rights of a citizen and an enterprise, but also safeguarding the right of Chinese people to live a better life and the country to achieve modernization. Through the Meng Wanzhou incident, Chinese people can see more clearly that the closer to national rejuvenation, the less smooth sailing, the more full of risks and challenges and even terrifying waves. In the face of major changes in the world that have not occurred in a hundred years, we must unswervingly follow our own path, do our own things well with all the twists and turns, realize high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance, and build the great motherland into a stronger country.
The Meng Wanzhou incident occurred during the critical period of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and in the midst of major changes in the world that have not occurred in a hundred years, and the essence is that the United States tried to obstruct or even interrupt China's development process.
On December 1, 2018, under the planning of the United States, Meng Wanzhou was unjustifiably detained by the Canadian side without violating any Canadian laws when he was transiting in Canada.
"The Meng Wanzhou incident occurred in the course of the US trade war and science and technology war against China, and this incident is by no means accidental and isolated." Liu Jianli, a researcher at the Institute of Industrial Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told reporters.
Looking back, China was considered one of the poorest countries in the world in 1978. After more than 40 years of rapid growth in reform and opening up, China has created the "two miracles" of rapid economic development and long-term social stability that are rare in the world, and has become the world's second largest economy and the largest manufacturing country. With this process, Chinese enterprises have gradually become bigger and stronger, and the breadth and depth of "going out" have been continuously expanded.
In its 2019 response report to the government, the U.S. think tank RAND Corporation clearly proposed specific countermeasures to contain China in the gray area between war and peace. "At present, the policies implemented by the United States are basically in line with this countermeasure." In addition to the conventional strategy of scientific and technological competition, the United States has increasingly used national power and adopted various unconventional means to disrupt the pace of development of China's high-tech industries in order to maintain the technological hegemony of the United States. Liu Jianli said.
Liu Jianli analyzed that the chip industry is the strategic commanding heights of today's scientific and technological competition, which is related to the lifeline of 5G and other digital technologies and national defense and security, and has become the core area of the United States to implement scientific and technological containment against China. Huawei's sharp knife breakthrough in the chip field and the global leadership in 5G technology are difficult for the United States to accept. The United States has adopted a targeted strike "bellwether" strategy for China's technological containment, as one American politician put it, "hitting Huawei is equivalent to ten trade agreements."
"The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is not only an organic part of the great changes in the world that have not occurred in a hundred years, but also an important driving factor; the great changes in the world that have not occurred in a hundred years have not only provided conditions and opportunities for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, but also brought potential risks and challenges." The Meng Wanzhou incident is a microcosm of the United States' obstruction of China's rise under the great changes that have not occurred in a hundred years. Liu Jianli told reporters that this kind of unscrupulous suppression is a concentrated reflection of the anxiety and hostility of the United States in the process of China's rise, and it is a concrete manifestation of the united states as the world's scientific and technological hegemon in the context of the rise of the new industrial revolution, worried that China's rise will affect its position in the world political and economic order, and thus maliciously obstruct China, a rising developing power.
The unilateralism and hegemonic thinking of the United States are doomed to be futile, and the United States, which moves against the trend, is moving towards being out of the way and helpless
The occurrence of the Meng Wanzhou incident nakedly embodies the "unilateralism" pursued by the United States. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on September 25 that the allegations of ms. Meng Wanzhou's alleged "fraud" were pure fabrications. Even HSBC, which was accused by the US side of being a "victim", issued documents sufficient to prove Ms. Meng's innocence.
"The US government concocted the Meng Wanzhou incident for no legal reasons, its real purpose is to suppress Chinese high-tech enterprises and obstruct China's scientific and technological development, and what the Canadian government has done is an accomplice." Diao Daming, an associate professor at the School of International Relations at Chinese University, said.
In recent years, the "Five Eyes Intelligence Sharing System" led by the United States has been extremely active. This intelligence sharing mechanism, established by the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, has long violated international law and the basic norms of international relations through secret cooperation, and has carried out large-scale, organized and indiscriminate network eavesdropping and surveillance of foreign governments, enterprises and individuals.
In addition to sharing intelligence, the United States has also frequently encouraged the "Five Eyes Alliance" to unify its position and caliber, and under the guise of "human rights" and "freedom," it has interfered in China's internal affairs on the Hong Kong and Xinjiang issues. The United States has also coerced the "Five Eyes Alliance" to squeeze and suppress Chinese high-tech enterprises, including Huawei, and to obstruct their participation in the bidding of mobile communication equipment and technology in various countries of the alliance.
However, even if the "group" acts as a "thug", the members of the "Five Eyes Alliance" cannot completely escape the situation of being suppressed by the United States. In the Meng Wanzhou incident, Canada's judicial system was independent, but it was suppressed by the "long-arm jurisdiction" principle of the United States. Some commentators have said: The United States let Canada arrest any country of people, it will arrest which country of people, and then detain people waiting for the United States to say how to deal with it, such a Canada can not be the 51st state of the United States?
As a tool of the United States, other members of the "Five Eyes Alliance" may also be involuntary — an anxious United States that is kidnapping allies with a strong Cold War mentality and zero-sum game, hurting the interests of allies more and more deeply. German international political scientist Oliver Fox believes that the "five eyes" are actually "1 big eye + 4 small eyes", the United States is the absolute protagonist, but the "4 small eyes" are not willing to obey 100%, but at present it is still unable to get out of the control of the United States.
"For a great power, the decline of ideas is more dangerous than the decline of power." Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said bluntly: "In the era of multipolarization and globalization in the 21st century, we cannot still think of rummaging through the toolbox of the Cold War, thinking every day about how to contain other countries, pulling 'small circles', engaging in group confrontation, and acting according to the law of the jungle." These musty old ideas will certainly not work in today's world, but will only harm others and harm themselves, and will eventually be abandoned by the times. ”
Dare to be good at struggle, strengthen the application of international rules, take the initiative to participate in the formulation of international rules, and earnestly safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests
In the face of the perverse actions of the United States, we must not only dare to struggle, but also be good at struggle, especially good at using international rules to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests.
After learning of the situation related to Meng Wanzhou's unreasonable detention, the Chinese government immediately made solemn representations, made a solemn stand, and provided consular assistance to Meng Wanzhou at the first time. Since then, the Chinese government has been strongly urging the Canadian side to release Meng Wanzhou and effectively protect his legitimate rights and interests. On July 26, during the high-level Sino-US talks in Tianjin, China submitted two lists to the United States, in which the Chinese side urged the United States to revoke the extradition of Meng Wanzhou.
In September last year and January this year, mofcome promulgated the Provisions on the Unreliable Entities List and the Measures for Blocking the Improper Extraterritorial Application of Foreign Laws and Measures. In June this year, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Anti-Foreign Sanctions was promulgated and implemented, focusing on anti-sanctions, anti-interference, and countering long-arm jurisdiction, etc., to enrich the legal "toolbox" for responding to challenges and preventing risks.
While strengthening the application of international rules, we should actively participate in the formulation of international rules. The establishment and normal operation of the AIIB and the NEW DEVELOPMENT Bank of the BRICS countries have been highly affirmed by the international community; the "Belt and Road" initiative has received positive responses from most countries; and China has become an important part of the Paris Agreement in addressing climate change and has played an important role in promoting net zero emissions. In the field of anti-corruption, in November 2014, the APEC Economic Leaders' Informal Meeting adopted the Beijing Declaration on Anti-Corruption, which became the first anti-corruption international cooperation document formulated under the leadership of China; in September 2016, China promoted the G20 Hangzhou Summit to adopt the "G20 High-level Principles for Anti-Corruption Pursuit and Recovery of Stolen Goods", which once again clearly put forward China's proposal to strengthen international anti-corruption pragmatic cooperation in the form of an international document under the multilateral framework; in June 2021, in the "G20" Challenges and Measures to Prevent and Combat Corruption, Strengthen International Cooperation" At the United Nations General Assembly, China put forward the political proposition of "four adherences" on international cooperation against corruption, contributing Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to global governance against corruption.
To a certain extent, the Meng Wanzhou incident reflects the storms that Chinese enterprises have to face on the road to becoming bigger and stronger. From Xiaomi's victory in suing the US government to Meng Wanzhou's release and return to China, the Chinese government and Chinese companies have accumulated valuable experience in the struggle in "actual combat". The Meng Wanzhou incident fully shows that China does not cause trouble, but it is not afraid of things. Chinese people have never bullied, oppressed, or enslaved the people of other countries, nor will they allow any foreign forces to bully, oppress, or enslave us.
Source: Workers Daily client Workers Daily reporter Dong Pei Liang Fan
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