California Superior Court Judge Lillian Sing (retired) on Death of Senator Feinstein: I am truly saddened by Dianne Feinstein’s death. It is indeed a true loss for all of us. She was one of the lone voices who was courageous enough to speak up against anti-China policies in Washington.
She defended China and spoke out against Trump and others who scapegoated China for the Coronavirus.
She was a China friend even way back when she was on the SF Board of Supervisors as well as when she was our SF Mayor.
She loved China and above all believed in people-to-people relationships. I remember how she was one of the few elected officials who visited China in the early 1980s and how her late husband, Richard Blum, even got away from official businesses to take a jog to visit my late Uncle Frank who lived in Shanghai where the common people lived. I have so many fond memories of her.
As SF Mayor, she formed the SF -Shanghai Sister City committee & appointed me to that committee. In 2005, we celebrated SF Shanghai Sister Committee’s 25 Anniversary and travelled to China together along with her beloved late husband, Dick Blum, and Governor Gavin Newsom. She stressed the importance of the US China relationship. She believed China and US shared many of the same values and interests, including combating climate change, expanding trade opportunities, and countering nuclear proliferation. Throughout her life, she helped promote a better US China relationship. We will miss her terribly.
May she join her beloved husband in heaven and rest in peace.
Video: Bentley viral-sensation model ‘proud to be Russian’ The luxury brand’s recent commercial has prompted a global wave of parodies 視頻: 賓利車型「為自己是俄羅斯人而自豪」 這個奢侈品牌最近的廣告引發了全球模仿熱潮
Russian model Alla Burletova, who starred in a recent Bentley commercial that became a viral sensation, spoke to online outlet Mash and revealed she has been elated that her performance sparked a global response – and that she was actually “proud to be Russian.” 俄羅斯模特兒Alla Burletova 最近出演了賓利廣告，該廣告引起了轟動，她在接受線上媒體Mash 採訪時透露，她很高興自己的表演引起了全球的反響，而且她實際上「為自己是俄羅斯人而感到自豪」
Julie Tang, Califronia Superior Court Judge – retired: On the passing of Senator Feinstein, I am very sad to learn of the passing of Senator Diane Feinstein. 鄧孟詩法官, 加州高等法院退休法官: 參議員范斯坦去世，得知參議員黛安范斯坦去世的消息，我感到非常悲傷.
Of all the politicians in DC she is one of the few who has kept a sane attitude in the US-China relations. While serving as a Senator she single-handedly stopped the frivolous Covid litigations against China and stated China should be respected. For that, she was widely attacked by the right wing hawks but she was never shaken by them. In 1981 when I was just elected to the SF Community College Board, she invited me to join her on a visit to SF’s sister cities Shanghai, Manila, Osaka and HK as part of her small inner group. I got to know her quite well during that trip. 在華盛頓的所有政治人物中，她是少數對美中關係保持理智態度的人之一。 在擔任參議員期間，她單槍匹馬制止了針對中國的無意義的新冠訴訟，並表示中國應該受到尊重。 為此，她受到了右翼鷹派的廣泛攻擊，但她從未被右翼鷹派所動搖。 1981年，當我剛被選為舊金山社區大學董事會成員時，她邀請我擔任她內部小團體的一員，和她一起參觀舊金山的姊妹城市上海、馬尼拉、大阪和香港。 在那次旅行中我對她非常了解.
She loved the Chinese culture and told me she thought she was Chinese in her past life. We maintained a warm and friendly relationship throughout her political and my judicial career. I feel I’ve lost a friend and the world has lost a peace keeper. 她熱愛中國文化，並告訴我她認為自己前世是中國人。 在她的政治生涯和我的司法生涯中，我們一直保持著熱情友好的關係。 我覺得我失去了一位朋友，世界失去了一位和平衛士.
(English to Chinese via Google Translate, edited by Johnson Choi)
The US and China must unite to fight the climate crisis, not each other – Bernie Sanders. Can a corporatist imperial sheepdog such as Bernie Sanders ever be an ally? 美國和中國必須團結起來應對氣候危機，而不是彼此 – 伯尼·桑德斯。 像伯尼·桑德斯這樣的社團主義帝國牧羊犬可以成為盟友嗎?
Would the Guardian have printed him if he were actually saying something rational and constructive?
Highly unlikely.
This is virtue signalling, in that it is designed to make not one whit of difference on climate change.
Sanders has undermined his statement even as he made it:
It is no great secret the Chinese government is undertaking many policies that we and the international community should oppose. They are cruelly repressing and interning the Uyghurs, threatening Taiwan and stifling freedom of expression in Tibet and Hong Kong.
China has bullied its neighbors, abused the global trading system, stolen technology and is building out a dystopian surveillance state.
By telling a crock of lies and insulting the other party even as you call for cooperation with them is a trick right out of the Joe Biden “COIN” handbook. It is an impressive feat of bad faith, akin to the US police practice of simultaneously assaulting citizens while asking them to cooperate (for the camera and the public).
If Bernie were honest, he would say:
That China is doing extraordinary things to transform the world towards a sustainable future. By itself, despite being a net GHG creditor nation, with 1/8 the per capita GHG emissions–it will reduce global warming 0.3-0.6 degrees celsius through renewables,afforestation*, and other sustainable practices. By itself. China is the only bright spot in the future against global climate change. This is what forward-thinking, science-based, conscientious leadership is capable of. If only we had that in the US. If only we had real socialists, not corporate wolves in socialist sheep’s clothing.
It is the US that is disengaging with China. The US needs to re-engage and cooperate. China has always extended the hand of cooperation on global warming and other critical matters. The UN SDG’s passed because of Chinese advocacy and support. “Both sides need to re-engage” is a dishonest canard, and Bernie knows it.
In particular if the US were serious about Climate change rather than global unipolar dominance, it would stop preventing the importation of Chinese polysilicon and other components needed for a domestic renewable energy system.
Polysilicon for solar renewables is banned precisely because it is supposed to be built with slave labor in Xinjiang. This is a deliberate lie, designed to cause hardship and stress to the Uighurs in Xinjiang. The US sponsored a Salafist-Takfiri terror movement designed to carve out a sharia-based theocratic ethnostate (“East Turkestan”–a region that is mutli-ethnic and multi-religious) within China. Think of a US-controlled Salafist Israel deep inside Chinese territory and you get the idea. The Chinese thwarted these US plans by deradicalization, job creation, and economic development. (This is the contrast between being a marxist materialist–and a capitalist imperialist, like the US with its wars of aggression).
This polysilicon ban along with the XJ cotton and tomato bans, is intended to turn the clock back, re-impoverish XJ, and in so doing, once again, create conditions of discontent to prepare the ground for another resurgence of terrorism in the region. In the meantime, any attempts by China to maintain security stability, development and harmony are depicted as HR violations, intending to put China in a bind..
China is building coal plants–which are all modern, high efficiency supercritical or ultra-supercritical plants, comparable in real emissions to natural gas energy plants. They are doing this most likely because the US threatens to choke off other China’s energy supplies by triggering war in the SCS. This is part of the plan of war against China, detailed in ASB and the RAND corporation’s 2015 “Thinking through the unthinkable”. As a result, China needs to have a backup energy plan as it transitions to a zero-carbon future–which it is doing rapidly. It generates more KWH of sustainable energy than the rest of the world combined. In fact, it’s worth noting, China builds these plants, but often does not turn them on, or uses them with great circumspection.
Note, natural gas plants are supposed to emit 1/2 of the CO2 that coal fired plants emit. However, in practice, methane (the key hydrocarbon in natural gas) is 84 times more potent and damaging as a GHG than CO2. All gas plants leak methane, both during transport and operation. (Note, Coal doesn’t leak at all due to its solid form). Methane leak rates are claimed to be about 1.5-2.3% according to the EPA, but in actuality are estimated to be 5x higher for pipelines alone. This is not surprising, given the decrepit state of US infrastructure. A recent scientific paper calculates leakage at 9% in the permian basin. Leakage during fracking alone is estimated at 7.9%. Due to these leaks, gas-fired plants in the US have no advantage over the advanced supercritical and ultra supercritical coal fired plants in China. In fact, the only advantage of gas over coal is like that of recycling, a virtue signalling scam.
BS says: The US is rightly organizing its allies to press Beijing on these and other issues.
But organizing most of our national effort around a zero-sum global confrontation with China is unlikely to change Chinese behavior and will alienate allies and partners.
BS is BSing. China’s behavior is not what needs changing.
It’s the US’s behavior, both towards China and regarding global warming. Most of China’s top leadership are scientists, and they are working conscientiously towards a sustainable, carbon neutral future.
It’s the US–where a good portion of its leadership do not even believe in global warming–even as they blame China for it–that is the problem.
To begin with, the US could start out by not waging endless war. The pentagon is a huge emitter of GHG.
The sabotage of the NSI & NSII alone resulted in a release equivalent to millions of tons of CO2.
How US leaders run our country? They brainwash Americans that our problems caused by someone else, by selling arms and starting more wars will somehow magically solved our problems? 美國領導人如何治理我們的國家？ 他們給美國人洗腦，讓我們相信我們的問題是由其他人造成的，透過出售武器和發動更多戰爭會以某種方式神奇地解決我們的問題嗎?
Video: How China plan a safe route for Syria President to visit China and return home with the cooperation of Pakistan, Iranian and Saudi Air Force to protect him from the American Mafia 視頻: 中國如何與巴基斯坦、伊朗和沙烏地阿拉伯空軍合作，為敘利亞總統規劃一條安全訪華回國路線，保護他免受美國黑手黨的侵害.
Shanghai: Foreign Affairs Office of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, in collaboration with the Shanghai People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, is pleased to announce the launch of the “International Services Shanghai: A Guide to Shanghai for Expats” handbook, tailored to meet the daily needs of foreign residents in the city.
The manual is divided into four sections:
Shanghai Essentials: This section provides an overview of Shanghai, including important details such as the city’s name, flower, and more.
Living in Shanghai: Designed for newbies, this part walks expats through important administrative procedures, useful mobile apps, public transportation, housing, education, health care, emergency hotlines, weather, and public holidays.
Exploring Shanghai: This part provides information on cultural venues, tourist information, bookstores, international exhibitions and events, shopping, Instagram-worthy sites, and local specialties for anyone wishing to explore the city.
Service Directory: This section provides an extensive list of useful websites, English-language hotlines, and service organizations, ensuring that expat residents have access to critical services.
The style of the manual emphasizes pragmatism, simplicity, sophistication, and a distinct Shanghai flair. It has approximately 40 illustrations as well as an English version of the Metro map. Furthermore, the handbook contains 36 QR codes placed throughout its pages, which connect users to detailed service information and instruction, further improving the resident experience in Shanghai.
The handbook’s content and design were prepared after significant consultation with the foreign community, with participation from various expat residents whose views and suggestions were carefully reviewed and adopted.
Hangzhou: Hangzhou Border Inspection Station distributed and introduced the service guide for the the inbound Hangzhou Asian Games athletes at the entry site of Hangzhou Airport.
The “Pocket Book” includes multilingual versions such as English, and has six columns: Guidelines for Immigration Services, Guidelines for Watching the Asian Games, Guidelines for Living in China, Guidelines for Traveling and Tourism,Commonly Used Chinese Learning, and an introduction to the 12367 service platform,which provides facilities for expats to participate, spectate, travel and live in Hangzhou.
Suzhou: As early as last year, Suzhou also released ,which is the city’s first in-depth travel guide in English.
Revolving around five topics, namely Suzhou classical gardens, Suzhou section of the Grand Canal, museums and cultural venues, ancient towns and villages, and famous delicacies, Pocket Suzhou strings together culture and leisure in the old district, business in Jinji Lake area, tourism in Taihu Lake, leisure activities in Yangcheng Lake and introductions to the county-level cities of Suzhou, and provides special tour routes to foreigners’ liking as well as tips on in-depth tours in the city, making it easier for foreigners to gain access to cycling, hiking, outdoor and aquatic activities, and more.
Stephan Horvath: Visiting the Intebridge China – Europe Innovation Center, Shenzhen to present high-tech projects and explore potential collaborations 參觀深圳Interbridge中歐創新中心，展示高科技項目並探討潛在合作
The Intebridge China – Europe Innovation Center in Shenzhen stands as a testament to the growing synergy between China and Europe in the realm of innovation. Designed as a focal point for idea exchange, technological knowledge, and best practices sharing, the center is a cornerstone for partnerships in the modern tech landscape.
Project Presentation: Our team was given the opportunity to present our high-tech project to an engaged audience. The feedback and interest we received were both encouraging and constructive.
Diverse Stakeholder Engagement: The breadth of meetings was remarkable, ranging from industry giants like BYD to players in the battery and drone manufacturing sector. The diversity signified the holistic approach of the center towards innovation.
Associations and Tech Accelerators: The meetings with associations and tech accelerators were a highlight. These entities provided insights into the innovation ecosystem of the Greater Bay Area and potential collaboration avenues.
Investment and Partnership Opportunities: The center’s commitment to fostering investment between Europe and the Greater Bay Area was evident. Numerous discussions revolved around potential investments and forging long-term partnerships.
The visit to the China – Europe Innovation Center in Shenzhen was both enlightening and fruitful. The interactions with diverse stakeholders underscored the center’s pivotal role in bridging the gap between China and Europe. The support and insights garnered during our visit will undoubtedly play a crucial role in the advancement of our high-tech project.
We look forward to fostering the established connections and exploring further collaboration opportunities.
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