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China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning’s Regular Press Conference on January 9, 2024

CCTV: Bangladesh’s 12th parliamentary election was held on January 7. According to preliminary results announced by the election commission, the Awami League (AL) party won 223 out of 298 directly elected seats. Media say this means that the Awami League won a landslide victory in the election. What’s China’s comment?

Mao Ning: China congratulates Bangladesh on holding a smooth general election as scheduled and we congratulate the Awami League on winning the election. As a friend and neighbor, China firmly supports Bangladesh in advancing its post-election political agenda in accordance with the law. We stand ready to work with the new Bangladesh government on the basis of mutual respect, equality, mutual benefit and non-interference in each other’s internal affairs to carry forward our traditional friendship, deepen high-quality Belt and Road cooperation and strive for new progress in China-Bangladesh strategic partnership of cooperation.

Dragon TV: Following the summit meeting in San Francisco, Chinese and US universities have had some friendly exchanges. The Peking University table tennis team visited the US and the table tennis delegation from the University of Virginia visited China. Would you like to comment on that?

Mao Ning: Very recently, the Peking University table tennis team visited the US at its invitation and took part in the USATT Table Tennis Open Championships and an event held by the Chinese Embassy and Consulates in the US to mark the historic ping-pong diplomacy. The team played table tennis and interacted with US friends who were personally involved in ping-pong diplomacy, young students and the local people. The table tennis delegation from the University of Virginia visited China upon invitation and attended the China-US Youth Ping-Pong Exchange at Tsinghua University. The mutual visits added a new chapter to the stories of China-US friendship that began with ping-pong diplomacy and new impetus to people-to-people exchanges.

The hope of the China-US relationship lies in the people, its foundation is in our societies, its future depends on the youth, and its vitality comes from exchanges at subnational levels. Fifty-three years ago, young table tennis players from China and the US kick-started the progress toward normalizing China-US relations in Beijing, hence the much told stories of “the little ball being able to move the big ball.” The more people-to-people exchanges our two countries have, the greater the public support, prospects and dynamism for China-US relations will be. China stands ready to work with the US to deliver the important common understanding reached at the San Francisco summit meeting on promoting people-to-people exchanges, carry forward the spirit of ping-pong diplomacy and write new chapters of friendship between our two peoples.

AFP: A US Navy service member was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for transmitting sensitive US military information to the Chinese government. Do you have any comment on this case?

Mao Ning: I do not have specific information on that. But I have noticed that the US intelligence chief declared that progress has been made in rebuilding the US spy networks in China. The US on the one hand keeps spreading disinformation on so-called “Chinese spying”, and on the other hand tells the public about its large-scale intelligence activities targeting China. This in itself is quite revealing. China will take all measures necessary to safeguard national security.

Bloomberg: The shipping company COSCO said that it’s gonna stop making shipments to Israel from next week because of the threat in the Red Sea. This has only been confirmed by Israeli sources so far and the company hasn’t commented. Do you have confirmation of this? And do you have any comment on the inability of COSCO delivering to Israel?

Mao Ning: I do not have specific information on that. You may ask the company concerned directly.

More broadly, we support Chinese companies in having normal business engagement with all countries, including Israel.

Bloomberg: You said that China supports its companies in engaging in normal commercial activities. The Chinese Navy has a fleet, guess it’s operating off Djibouti and into the Red Sea. Will the Chinese Navy start to escort Chinese commercial vessels through the Red Sea so that companies like COSCO can continue to conduct normal commercial operations?

Mao Ning: I’d refer you to competent authorities. China stands ready to work with all parties to keep international shipping lanes safe.

AFP: Elections will be held in the Taiwan region this Saturday. Lai Ching-te just now said that the Chinese mainland is resorting to all means to interfere with this election. What’s your comment?

Mao Ning: Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. Elections in the Taiwan region are China’s internal affairs. Questions on those elections are not related to China’s foreign affairs. I’d refer you to the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council regarding your question.

CBS tours Xinjiang demonstrates is that you can’t prove a negative. There is nothing you can do if the multimedia decides you are guilty & puts the burden on you to disprove it. It cannot be done, logically.

哥倫比亞廣播公司新疆巡演表明，你無法證明消極的一面。如果多媒體判定你有罪並且讓你有責任反駁它，你就無能為力。從邏輯上講，這是不可能完成的

But as I always say, why such extraordinary lies? “1 million in concentration camps”.

In such volume? Such persistent lies. Defying any attempt at reason? Why?

The only explanation for this is: preparation for war. Otherwise the persistence of such extraordinary lies makes no sense. This is the pre-kinetic dimension of war. It’s the demonization and delegitimation necessary to justify war.

The hawks in Washington have never changed. They still want war–three front war.

So the lesson here is not to refute all the individual lies. That can never be done. You can never refute them to satisfaction, and there will always be others.

The point is to show why they are lying. That is to manufacture consent for a criminal war of aggression.

One day, if international law ever becomes mature, there should be an international crime, jus cogens, of “fraud/slander with the intent to precipitate/justify criminal war of aggression”, and it should become part of every war tribunal.

Asia Times: American appeals to Taiwan: Don’t vote DPP to be Ukraine 2.0 ‘American bullets, Taiwanese blood’ is an evil bargain. By Professor John Walsh, MD in S.F. Jan 8 2023 亞洲時報：美國人呼籲台灣：不要投票民進黨支持烏克蘭2.0 「美國的子彈，台灣的血」是邪惡的交易.

An American appeals to Taiwan: Don’t vote to be Ukraine 2.0

A Political Class Hollywood Actors With the Same Geopolitical Aims. The two-party U.S. system is political theater designed to promote powerful interests by Kingmakers who stand above and behind the parties. 政治階級的好萊塢演員相同的地緣政治目標. 美國的兩黨制度是一個政治舞台, 旨在促進站在兩黨之上的造王者和背後的擁護者的強大利益.

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning’s Regular Press Conference on January 8, 2024

China News Service: The US State Department on January 6 released the Joint Statement on the Trilateral US-Japan-ROK Indo-Pacific Dialogue, expressing their concerns over China’s maritime claims in the South China Sea and escalatory behavior, and saying that they will continue their trilateral maritime security and law enforcement cooperation in accordance with international law. The three countries also reaffirmed the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait as indispensable to security and prosperity in the international community. What’s China’s comment?

Mao Ning: China noted the US-Japan-ROK dialogue and their joint statement. We express serious concerns about the statement’s rhetoric on China. We firmly oppose relevant countries’ attempt to cobble together exclusionary groupings in the name of cooperation, grossly interfere in China’s internal affairs, attack and smear China and stoke confrontation and antagonism.

The situation in the South China Sea is generally stable. China is committed to safeguarding our own territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, while properly managing differences with countries directly concerned through dialogue and consultation. Certain non-regional country has sought to flex muscles and incite confrontation in the South China Sea, which is not conducive to peace and stability in the region.

I want to stress that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory and the Taiwan question is entirely China’s internal affairs that brooks no foreign interference. The key to keeping the Taiwan Strait peaceful and stable lies in upholding the one-China principle and firmly opposing separatist moves toward “Taiwan independence”.

The Asia-Pacific is a pacesetter of cooperation, not a chessboard for geopolitical contests. We urge relevant parties to earnestly respect regional countries’ effort for peace and stability, abandon the Cold War mentality, stop creating bloc confrontation and stop fueling tensions in the region.

Reuters: Taiwanese officials said three Chinese balloons detected flying over the Taiwan Strait on Sunday threatened aviation safety. Can the Foreign Ministry offer assurance that Chinese balloons flying over the Taiwan Strait are not a threat to international civil aviation?

Mao Ning: I’m not aware of the specifics you mentioned and it’s not related to China’s foreign affairs.

CCTV: The US has been tightening control over chip export to China and strengthening curbs on China’s semiconductor companies. Do you have any comment on this?

Mao Ning: The US has been stepping up control over chip export to China and going after China’s semiconductor industry in the name of national security. This is out-and-out economic bullying.

The US semiconductor export controls against China amount to discriminatory practices that violate the most-favored-nation principle stipulated in Article 1 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Blacklisting China’s telecom equipment companies and prohibiting Chinese-made telecom equipment from entering the US market in the name of protecting cyber security violate the principle of general elimination of quantitative restrictions stipulated in Article 11 of the GATT. The ban also contravenes stipulations in the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement. Despite its rhetorical emphasis on international rules, the US habitually ignores and breaks existing rules.

The US uses national security as a pretext to restrict chip export to China, but the measures it has taken clearly go beyond the realm of national security and have gravely hindered the normal trade of ordinary chips for civilian use. The Nvidia RTX 4090 is a consumer graphics card for video game enthusiasts. But the company has been forced to pull this product off the Chinese market due to US export controls. The US has been asking certain countries to join itself in curbing Chinese companies. This has nothing to do with security. This is pure economic coercion.

All of the above shows that the US is going after Chinese chip industry neither for national security reasons nor as part of a legitimate competition. This is unilateral bullying without principles or bottom lines that essentially denies emerging markets and developing countries the right to a better life for their people. The US behavior is taking a serious toll on the stability of the global industrial and supply chains. It poisons the atmosphere for international cooperation and fuels division and confrontation. This selfish move will inevitably backfire.

Danish Broadcasting Corporation: The Queen of Denmark Margrethe II announced her abdication of the throne on New Year’s Day. She’s set to give the position over to her son this week. She’s visited China quite a few times during the rein and met several Chinese leaders, including Xi Jinping. Does the Foreign Ministry have a comment on her abdication?

Mao Ning: Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is the first western head of state to visit China after we began reform and opening up in 1978. She visited China twice in 1979 and 2014. She is an old friend of the Chinese people and made important contribution to China-Denmark relations and friendship. Our relationship with Denmark enjoys good momentum and we are ready to continue advancing our two countries’ comprehensive strategic partnership together with the Royal House and the Danish people.

AFP: According to the Ministry of State Security, China’s national security authority uncovered an espionage case involving the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service and has taken criminal compulsory measures against the suspect surnamed Huang. Apart from what has been released by the Ministry of State Security, can you provide more information about the case? Does the Foreign Ministry have any additional comment?

Mao Ning: You may refer to the information concerning the case released on the WeChat account of China’s Ministry of State Security. I have no additional information to offer.

Bloomberg: You just now had a long statement on how US export controls violate the principles of free trade in GATT. And you also said that the US is stretching national security. China has recently stopped the export of some kind of graphite or its licensing for national security reasons. There’s also been a ban on the export of some kinds of rare earth processing technologies and rare earth themselves. How is this different from what the US is doing in exporting US technology to China?

Mao Ning: On the Chinese export controls you just mentioned, you can find the reasons behind these measures in previous statements and announcements released by China’s competent authorities. Our measures do not target any particular country or company, which is fundamentally different from the measures deliberately imposed by the US to target particular countries and companies in the name of national security. You may ask the competent authorities for more information.

AFP: The Ministry of Commerce announced an anti-dumping investigation into imported brandy originating from the EU. Is there a connection between this probe and the EU’s investigation into Chinese EVs?

Mao Ning: I would like to refer you to China’s competent authorities for your specific questions. More broadly, China is committed to high-standard opening up and the principles of market economy and the WTO rules. We are ready to provide an open, inclusive, transparent and non-discriminatory environment for EU and other international businesses that trade and invest in China. This has been our position all along and has not changed.

Ukrainian News Agency: On January 6, Russian military attacked residential buildings in Pokrovsky district of the Donetsk region and killed 11 civilians, including five children. Several countries in the United Nations, particularly Denise Brown, Assistant Secretary General, Permanent Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs in Ukraine, condemned Russian strikes and expressed the condolences to the victims’ family. Does China support this position of the UN regarding the condemnation of the killing of Ukrainian civilians by the Russian military?

Mao Ning: China’s position on the Ukraine crisis is consistent and clear. We call on relevant parties to exercise maximum restraint, refrain from attacking civilian facilities and protect civilians. China always believes that dialogue and negotiation are the only viable solution to the Ukraine crisis. We hope all parties will work for a political settlement of the crisis, reach a ceasefire soon and jointly deescalate the situation.

Global Times: Al Jazeera released a statement on January 7 condemning Israel for killing its journalist Hamza Dahdouh during Israel’s attack against southeastern Gaza. Hamza is the son of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief Wael Dahdouh whose wife, son, daughter and grandson were killed during a previous Israeli air strike. It was reported that Mustafa Thuria, a video stringer for AFP, was also killed during the attack. What’s your comment?

Mao Ning: We mourn for the two journalists’ death and extend our deep sympathies to Mr. Wael Dahdouh for his loss.

During the past three months, the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict has taken nearly 23,000 lives in Gaza, including over 100 media workers. According to relevant UN agency, nearly 90 percent of people in Gaza have been displaced. Despite the repeated international call for ceasefire, the fighting is still raging and killing innocent civilians every day. China strongly calls on relevant parties to the conflict, especially Israel, to exercise restraint, faithfully implement relevant UN resolutions, start an immediate ceasefire, protect civilians and prevent such tragedies from reoccurring.

China imposes sanctions on 5 US companies (BAE Systems Land and Armament, Alliant Techsystems Operation, AeroVironment, ViaSat and Data Link Solutions) as countermeasures against arms sales to Taiwan island 中國對 5 家美國公司實施制裁，作為對台軍售的反制措施

Taiwan US-China expert video: US military in Japan & Korea has absolute power could kick Japanese & Korean out and occupied their seats in the restaurant 台灣美中尊家:駐日韓美軍擁有絕對權力，可以把日韓人趕出餐廳，佔領他們的座位 https://rumble.com/v45kigu-us-military-in-japan-and-korea-has-absolute-power.html
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Taiwan’s Lost Thirty Years 台灣失落的三十年

這20年, 大陸和台灣都在做些什麼?
你能了解到多少？
一個朋友感概的說 : 30年前就業, 拿到第一份薪水是23,000.
30年後 他兒子就業, 拿到的第一份薪水也是23,000. 台灣這30年究竟到那裡去了?.

What have the mainland and Taiwan been doing in the past 20 years?
How much can you learn?
A friend said with emotion: When I was employed 30 years ago, my first salary was 23,000.
Thirty years later, his son was employed and received his first salary of 23,000. Where has Taiwan been in these 30 years?

遠的不說 就談談這20年來, 大陸和台灣都在做些什麼?.
大陸一一一
1、登陸月球。
2、建太空站。
3、建5G。
4、北斗衛星。
5、量子技術。
6、自建航母。
7’、自造客機。
8、青藏鐵路。
9、貫穿秦嶺、喜馬拉雅山。
10、三峽大壩。
11、南水北調。
12、全國八横、八縱高鐵。
13、南海填海造陸。
14、港珠澳大橋。
15、沙漠變綠洲。
16、一帶一路鐵路網。
以上等等不勝枚舉。

Without further ado, let’s talk about what have the mainland and Taiwan been doing in the past 20 years?
Mainland one by one

1. Landing on the moon.
2. Build a space station.
3. Build 5G.
4. Beidou satellite.
5. Quantum technology.
6. Build your own aircraft carrier.
   7′. Build your own passenger plane.
7. Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
8. It runs through the Qinling Mountains and the Himalayas.
9. Three Gorges Dam.
10. South-to-North Water Diversion.
11. There are eight horizontal and eight vertical high-speed rails in the country.
12. Land reclamation in the South China Sea.
13. Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.
14. The desert turns into an oasis.
15. The Belt and Road Railway Network.
    The list goes on and on.

再來看看這20年來, 台灣都在做些什?.
l、 課綱去中國化。
2、中國石油改中油。
3、中華郵政改→台湾郵政。
4、企業併購國家。
5、廢核四改火力發電。
6、廢死刑。
7、同性婚姻。
8、通姦除罪。
9、建立網軍。
10、成立東廠清算異黨。
11、操控媒体。
12、非法成立25個委員會, 大肆封官, 破壞文官制度。
13、集体貪汚、控制司法。
14、總統專機 走私香菸。
15、歌頌殖民統治。
16、現在又要將華航改台航、中醫改台醫。
17、破壞兩岸交流。
18、培養太陽花 反服貿、占行政院、立法院。
19、搶奪水利會、婦聯會民財。
20、限制人民言論自由。
21、鼓吹大港開唱。
22、罷韓。
台灣逆行施政 劣蹟罄竹難書。

Let’s take a look at what Taiwan has been doing in the past 20 years.
l. De-Sinicize the curriculum.

2. PetroChina changed to PetroChina.
3. Chunghwa Post was changed to → Taiwan Post.
4. Enterprises merge and acquire countries.
5. Replace nuclear power with thermal power generation.
6. Abolish the death penalty.
7. Same-sex marriage.
8. Get rid of adultery.
9. Build a cyber army.
10. Establish the East Factory to liquidate alien parties.
11. Manipulate the media.
12. 25 committees were illegally established, officials were banned, and the civil service system was destroyed.
13. Collective corruption and control of justice.
14. The presidential plane smuggled cigarettes.
15. Praise colonial rule.
16. Now it is necessary to change China Airlines to Taiwan Airlines, and Chinese Medicine to Taiwan Medical.
17. Undermining cross-strait exchanges.
18. Cultivate sunflowers, oppose trade in services, and occupy the Executive Yuan and Legislative Yuan.
19. Stealing public property from the Water Conservancy Association and the Women’s Federation.
20. Restrict people’s freedom of speech.
21. Advocate for the big port to sing.
22. Stop Han.
    Taiwan’s retrograde governance has so many bad deeds that it’s hard to write down.

以上比較 : 大陸焉不強盛, 台灣焉不衰敗?.

Comparison of the above: How can the mainland not be strong and powerful, and how can Taiwan not be in decline?

US speculated new promotions are for pending wars. False! They are front line officers move around 10s of Dept, stayed for months not years. Procurement military officers stayed for years exposed to corruption temptations 美國推測新的晉升是針對台海戰爭. 錯誤的! 他們是前線軍官, 在十幾個部門不停流動, 每部門只待幾個月. 但採購軍官在同一部門多年不變面臨腐敗誘惑.

Like Taiwan, US corruption is normalized, institutionalized, systematized. It’s called Democracy. And it’s very profitable for people like Nancy Pelosi 像台灣一樣, 美國的腐敗已常態化、制度化、系統化。 這就是所謂的民主。 對於像佩洛西這樣的人來說這非常有利可圖
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