US and Japan are of no match with China. 美國和日本不是中國的對手.
Just like China is the native country of sakura, any one attempted to compare China economy with Japan’s, failled to comprehend the holistic view of strategic deployment strength rooted in Chinese culture and blood, Japan may had copied and subsequently assimilated part of Chinese culture in every aspect, but lack of mental dimension to truly understand and thus rein in them with true potential, not to mention many those superficial westerners/think tanks… 就像中國是櫻花的故鄉一樣，任何人試圖拿中國經濟與日本經濟進行比較，都無法理解植根於中國文化和血脈的戰略部署實力的整體觀，日本可能在每一個領域都抄襲並吸收了部分中國文化。方面，但缺乏真正理解並以真正潛力控制它們的心理維度，更不用說許多那些膚淺的西方人/智庫…
Codepink says what surely many people around the world are thinking: too much money is being spent on militarization and not enough focus is being devoted to dangers that humanity faces, such as the need to protect our environment. Codepink 說出了世界上很多人都在想的事情：在軍事化上花費了太多的錢，而沒有足夠的注意力投入到人類面臨的危險上，例如保護我們環境的需要
US double standards: China publishes report on US’ hegemonic, domineering and bullying practices 美國雙重標準：中國發表報告美霸權霸道行徑 by Xu Keyue Feb 20 2023
China on Monday released a report on US hegemony and its perils to expose the US’ abuse of hegemony in the political, military, economic, financial, technological and cultural fields, by presenting the relevant facts, and to draw greater international attention to the perils of the US’ practices to world peace and stability and the well-being of all peoples.
The report was published as the US has been escalating the great power competition across the globe, and its style of seeking hegemony has been transformed from “benevolent” to aggressive, forcing more and more countries and regions to take sides, said Chinese observers, warning that attempts by the US to suppress and contain China will only intensify in the near future.
Since becoming the world’s most powerful country after two world wars and the Cold War, the US has acted more boldly to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, and to pursue, maintain and abuse its hegemony, advance subversion and infiltration, and willfully wage wars, bringing harm to the international community, said the report.
The report pointed out that the US has developed a hegemonic playbook to stage “color revolutions,” instigate regional disputes, and even directly launch wars under the guise of promoting democracy, freedom and human rights. Clinging to the Cold War mentality, the US has ramped up bloc politics and stoked conflict and confrontation.
It has overstretched the concept of national security, abused export controls and forced unilateral sanctions upon others. It has taken a selective approach to international laws and rules, utilizing or discarding them as it sees fit, and has sought to impose rules that serve its own interests in the name of upholding a “rules-based international order.”
The report listed instances of US interference in other countries’ internal affairs. For example, in the name of “promoting democracy,” the country practiced a “Neo-Monroe Doctrine” in Latin America, instigated “color revolutions” in Eurasia, and orchestrated the “Arab spring” in West Asia and North Africa, bringing chaos and disaster to many countries.
During the past few years, the US also tried to encourage and support “color revolution” in China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Legislator Nixie Lam, of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong SAR, told the Global Times on Monday that in the past, the US extended its hand to China’s Hong Kong many times.
Citing the List of Facts of the US Interfering in Hong Kong Affairs and Supporting Anti-China Chaos in Hong Kong, published by the Chinese Foreign Ministry in September 2021, Lam said China has warned US politicians and their agents who meddle in Hong Kong affairs that the Chinese government and people are determined to maintain Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability, and that any outside intervention is doomed to be futile.
Also, the report criticized that the country hosted the first “Summit for Democracy” in December 2021, which drew criticism and opposition from many countries for making a mockery of the spirit of democracy and dividing the world.
In March 2023, it will host another “Summit for Democracy,” which remains unwelcome and will again find no support, said the report.
Last year’s democracy summit was lackluster, and predictably, this year’s summit will be another ridiculous political show by Washington, Sun Chenghao, a research fellow at the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University, told the Global Times on Monday.
There are plenty of problems with American democracy, and Sun questioned how it could be capable to act as a “democratic leader.”
The report also pointed out that the US’ surveillance is indiscriminate. All can be targets of its surveillance, be they rivals or allies, or even leaders of allied countries such as former German chancellor Angela Merkel and several French presidents.
Cyber surveillance and attacks launched by the US such as “Prism,” “Dirtbox,” “Irritant Horn” and “Telescreen Operation” are all proof that the US is closely monitoring its allies and partners. Such eavesdropping on allies and partners has already caused worldwide outrage.
However, the US has always smeared other countries through spreading fictitious rumors over “surveillance incidents.”
For example, the US House of Representatives voted to pass a resolution condemning “China’s use of the suspected surveillance balloon” that was shot down by US jets recently, CNN reported on February 9. China has stated that the Chinese civilian unmanned airship straying into US airspace was completely accidental due to force majeure, and it did not pose any threat to US personnel or safety.
According to the Chinese report, the US has fabricated excuses to clamp down on China’s high-tech enterprises with global competitiveness, and has put more than 1,000 Chinese enterprises on sanction lists.
The country has imposed controls on biotechnology, artificial intelligence and other high-end technologies, reinforced export restrictions, tightened investment screening, suppressed Chinese social media apps such as TikTok and WeChat, and lobbied the Netherlands and Japan to restrict exports of chips and related equipment or technology to China, the report said.
Sun believes that the stranglehold by the US on China in the field of science and technology is the most obvious and fiercest, as China’s catch-up momentum in the field is very obvious, which has exposed US anxiety over the potential loss of its leading position in the field.
The report said that the US’ unilateral, egoistic and regressive hegemonic practices have drawn increasing, intense criticism and opposition from the international community.
China opposes all forms of hegemonism and power politics, and it rejects interference in other countries’ internal affairs. The US must critically examine what it has done, let go of its arrogance and prejudice, and quit its hegemonic, domineering and bullying practices, the report concluded.
Typical US thief yelling thief/Exclusive: US military uses balloons, disguises recon aircraft as civilian planes to spy on China: report 典型的美國賊喊賊/獨家：美軍用氣球，偵察機偽裝成民用飛機監視中國：報告 by Fan Wei and Liu Xuanzun Feb 20 2023
Several US military spy aircraft operate in the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea on August 9, 2022 amid PLA’s large-scale exercises around the island of Taiwan. Photo: Courtesy of MizarVision
High altitude balloons are widely used for weather surveillance by countries around the world, but the US recently created a series of “spying” dramas hyping China’s unmanned airship that went out of control, which not only built up tensions, but also seriously harmed China’s rights through the use of force. An exclusive report obtained by the Global Times on Monday shows that the US military frequently conducted close-in reconnaissance on China, including the use of balloons, making the US the top spying country in the world.
In 2022, the US military carried out close-in reconnaissance operations in the South China Sea over 600 times using spy planes, MizarVision, a Chinese technology and intelligence company, told the Global Times, citing open source Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data.
The real figure could be higher, as some US aircraft turn off their ADS-B trackers or use fake ones, MizarVision said.
Similar close-in reconnaissance sorties also took place in the East China Sea, including in August, when the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) conducted large-scale exercises around the island of Taiwan, according to the company’s monitoring.
Frequently deployed aircraft include the EP-3E electronic signals reconnaissance plane, the P-8A maritime patrol and reconnaissance plane, the RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft, the E-8C airborne command and control plane and the U-2 high altitude reconnaissance plane, said the intelligence company.
The US military also uses other types of aircraft as well as vessels, and also disguises them as civilian airliners and commercial ships through fake identification codes and by customizing commercial aircraft into spy planes, MizarVision said, adding that such techniques have been used to spy on China’s Hainan Island and Xisha Islands in the South China Sea.
A suspected spy balloon released from the Philippines is captured on a commercial satellite image near the Philippines on April 2, 2022 during a US-Philippines joint exercise. Photo: Courtesy of MizarVision A suspected spy balloon released from the Philippines is captured on a commercial satellite image near the Philippines on April 2, 2022 during a US-Philippines joint exercise. Photo: Courtesy of MizarVision
The US military has also used spy balloons, including in an exercise with the Philippines in the Bashi Channel from March to April 2022. Made of polyethylene plastic, the balloon can be used for communications, navigation and remote sensing for more than 45 days at a time, according to MizarVision.
But it is a normal practice to use balloons for scientific research purposes.
The World Meteorological Organization on Friday said that weather balloons have been a vital part of the global observation network over the past decades, serving as bases for weather forecasts and climate surveillance. Some 1,000 weather balloons carrying radio detectors send data every day.
Using high altitude balloons for scientific research activities has become an international norm, with data from the China Science Daily showing that by 2018, the US had released more than 2,000 high altitude balloons, France around 3,000, and Japan more than 800.
With technological advances, balloon activities by scientific research organizations and companies around the world are becoming more frequent, which also makes cross-border flights more frequent, including those from the US. When such incidents happen, they are often solved through dialogues.
But this time, when China’s civilian weather scientific research airship accidentally entered the US, it disregarded facts and China’s friendly communication, took the chance for political manipulation and ill-intended hype, and accused China of using the balloon for “spying” purposes.
A source close to the Chinese military told the Global Times that it is impossible that the Chinese balloon was used for “high altitude reconnaissance,” as even Pentagon officials and US experts said satellites would do a better job than a balloon for military reconnaissance.
The source said that the current political atmosphere in the US does not respect professionalism and common sense, as it intentionally creates anti-China stunts.
The US is conducting so-called analyses on the balloon’s payload, and these results could be faked to further throw mud at China, said the source.
Zhu Yaochun, deputy secretary-general of the China Air Transport Association, told the Global Times that the US’ shooting down of the Chinese airship using a fighter jet and missile was an obvious overreaction and does not conform to international law and norms.
In international practice, civilian unmanned aircraft that accidentally enter another country’s airspace should be escorted, warned, expelled or forced to land, as resolving a problem peacefully is a key principle of the UN Charter, Zhu said.
According to international law, the illegality of an unmanned aircraft entering another country’s airspace without authorization can be exempted in the event of force majeure, danger or emergency evasion, Zhu pointed out.
By contrast, the US is conducting real military reconnaissance on China using technologies including balloons.
The purpose of this kind of close-in reconnaissance is to gather intelligence on the PLA’s maritime activities, including those by nuclear-powered submarines, collect electronic information that could decipher the PLA’s communications and grasp radar information, learn China’s defense facilities by using optical and radar devices, as well as understand the PLA’s warplane sortie patterns and reaction times, which serve the US’ hegemonic aims, observers said.
No one took us seriously on the gun & drug problems in US, this Chinese student gambled his life away. HK & Singapore are much better choices for higher education. 沒有人認真對待美國的槍支和毒品問題，這名中國學生賭上了自己的生命。香港和新加坡是高等教育的更好選擇.
On February 19, pacifists in the United States held a rally in Washington, D.C. Thousands gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial to demand that the U.S. stop providing military aid to Ukraine. 2月19日，美國和平主義者在華盛頓舉行集會，數千人聚集在林肯紀念堂前，要求美國停止向烏克蘭提供軍事援助.
Video: China’s Wang Yi on Ukraine crisis, balloon incident, US tech ban and Taiwan question at Munich Security Conference 中國王毅在慕尼黑安全會議談烏克蘭危機、氣球事件、美國技術禁令和台灣問題
China is going to release a position paper on political solutions of the Ukraine crisis upon the upcoming first anniversary of the Ukraine crisis, China’s top diplomat Wang Yi said on Saturday.
Wang Yi, the Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, made the remarks after delivering a keynote speech at the 59th Munich Security Conference in Germany, in which he stressed that China always stands on the side of peace and dialogue on the Ukraine issue.
The conflict should not continue any more, said Wang. Chinese President Xi Jinping has pointed out clearly that conflicts and wars produce no winner; there is no simple solution to a complex issue, and confrontation between major countries must be avoided, he said.
A just-published headline in the UK Sunday Times associates Huawei with an admission by an ex-Huawei director that “everybody spies”, thus implying that the Chinese telecom firm WAS spying. But the actual interview with Sir Ken Olisa says the opposite. His words are worth considering–and give us hope. 英國《星期日泰晤士報》剛剛發布的一則標題將華為與一位前華為董事承認“每個人都從事間諜活動”聯繫起來，從而暗示這家中國電信公司正在從事間諜活動。但對肯·奧利薩爵士的實際採訪卻恰恰相反。他的話值得考慮 – 給我們希望.
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