San Francisco collections send to Hong Kong for exhibition 為纪念香港回歸祖國25 周年纪念，林凱斌 Herbert Lam個人藏品百年前舊金山華人為主题的明信片很榮幸被《中國華僑歷史博物馆》和香港🇭🇰特区民政事務處選中，代表海外華僑文物在香港展出。十分感謝本地華文報纸《星島日報》及記者黄偉江先生在今天7月28日用宝貴的版面報導盛事。

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Video: China’s 5 super projects come out, once again stunning the world 中國5大超級工程問世，再次驚艷世界

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As we all know, China is known for its infrastructure, including the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shiguang, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Yangtze River, the Three Gorges Dam, the North-south Water Diversion Project, and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. And China, an infrastructure fiend, will never be content with the present. But recently, China has surprised the world again, with five super projects on the horizon that will make western countries worry. So, what are these five super projects?

Scott Ritter’s letter to his congressional representatives regarding Ukraine blacklist: US Should Not Fund Ukrainian ‘Blacklist’ July 27, 2022

US Should Not Fund Ukrainian ‘Blacklist’

Scott Ritter, a military analyst and CN contributor, was among those blacklisted by a Ukrainian government agency that appears to be funded by the United States. Ritter has written the following letter to his representatives in Congress.

Senator Charles Schumer
Leo W. O’Brien Federal Office Building
11A Clinton Avenue, Room 827
Albany, NY 12207

Senator Christine Gillibrand
Leo W. O’Brien Federal Office Building
11A Clinton Avenue, Room 821
Albany, NY 12207

Representative Paul Tonko
19 Dove Street, Unit 302
Albany, NY 12210
July 27, 2022

Dear Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, and Congressman Tonko,

My name is Scott Ritter. I am a New York State resident, currently residing in the Town of Bethlehem, in Albany County. My family and I have lived at our current address since July 2000.

I am writing to you in your collective role as my elected representatives in the United States Congress, specifically regarding H.R. 7691, the Additional Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022, which became Public Law 117-128 on May 21, 2022, which each of you voted in favor of.

I draw your attention to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, specifically the following language: “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.”

By enacting Public Law 117-128, you appear to have abrogated your Constitutional responsibilities in so far as you may have, in fact, made a law which both abridges the freedom of speech and a free press by enabling the Government of Ukraine, through the use of US taxpayer dollars appropriated under Public Law 117-128, to publish a “blacklist” singling out US citizens as “Russian propagandists” for exercising their Constitutional rights pertaining to free speech and a free press.

The “blacklist” in question was published on July 14, 2022, by the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation, and consists of a list of politicians, academics, and activists who the Center claims promote “Russian propaganda.” Many on this list are citizens of the United States, some of whom, like me, have taken an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States.

While the specific criterion used by the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation for selecting persons for inclusion on this “blacklist” is not known, in my case the Ukrainian government appears to have taken umbrage against my articulation of Ukraine as a NATO base of operations, my analysis of the Bucha Massacre in early March which assigns responsibility to Ukrainian security services, and my description of the current Ukraine-Russian conflict as a “proxy conflict” being waged on behalf of the United States.

Whether one agrees with my positions on these and other matters pertaining to Ukraine is not the point; by articulating my views, I am exercising my rights under the Constitution of the United States. While the Government of Ukraine is free to express its opinions regarding my viewpoints as it sees fit, the Government of the United States, by using funds appropriated by the United States Congress, should not facilitate the actions of the Government of Ukraine in this regard.

I draw your attention to Section 507(a) of Public Law 117-128, which directs that “[f]unds made available by this title under the heading Economic Support Fund may be made available for direct financial support for the Government of Ukraine.”

Public Law 117-128 makes available $8,766,000,000 for assistance for Ukraine under the heading “Economic Support Fund.”

On July 12, 2022, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) issued a press release in which it announced that $1.7 billion in direct budgetary aid was provided to Ukraine under Public Law 117-128, which allowed the Government of Ukraine, among other things, to pay the salaries of Ukrainian civil servants. This would logically include the salaries of the employees of the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation.

As a constituent whose name has appeared on a so-called “blacklist” published by the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation, my personal and professional life has been, and continues to be, detrimentally impacted by the chilling effect of being labeled a “Russian propagandist” for simply exercising the right to free speech guaranteed by the United States Constitution. Moreover, Ukraine has a history of converting “blacklists” of this nature into “kill lists”, where those who speak out against the policies of the Ukrainian government are being murdered or threatened with violence. I am certain you agree with me that Congress cannot be in a position where, through its actions, foreign governments are provided the means to intimidate citizens of the United States from exercising their Constitutionally protected rights regarding free speech.

As such, I respectfully request that each of you investigate what role, if any, funds authorized by you under Public Law 117-128, have been used to underwrite the actions of the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation, and more specifically, if any funds appropriated under Public Law 117-128 have been used to pay the salaries of Ukrainian civil servants employed by the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation involved in the preparation and dissemination of this so-called “blacklist”.

Under Section 507(d) of Public Law 117-128, Congress directs that “[t]he Secretary of State or the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as appropriate, shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the uses of any funds provided for direct financial support to the Government of Ukraine pursuant to subsection (a) and the results achieved, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2025,” and that such a report “shall also include the metrics established to measure such results.”

I request that each of you become personally involved in preparing the appropriate questions to be asked of either the Secretary of State or the Administrator of USAID when they next appear before Congress to carry out their mandated reports regarding the use of funds provided for the direct financial support of the Government of Ukraine. The specific metric of interest here is whether any of these funds were used to pay the salaries of civil servants employed by the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation involved in the preparation and dissemination of the aforementioned “blacklist”.

If funds were, in fact, used in this manner, I would respectfully request that you, in your status as my elected representatives to the United States Congress, take the appropriate action necessary to ensure that funds appropriated by the United States Congress are not used to suppress the free speech rights afforded to citizens of the United States, including myself, by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Moreover, I would insist that you take the appropriate action to guarantee that the Government of Ukraine immediately cease and desist in all activity designed to threaten and intimidate citizens of the United States. You are duty bound to protect the interests of the United States and its citizens rather than facilitate the actions of a foreign power that are, by design, intended to accomplish just the opposite.

Congress cannot be allowed to bypass Constitutionally imposed constraints on its actions by allowing a foreign government to do that which would not be permitted here in the United States. By paying the salaries of the civil servants employed by the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation, who have prepared and disseminated the so-called “blacklist”, you and your fellow Senators and Representatives appear to be doing just that—allowing the Government of Ukraine to suppress the right of free speech guaranteed to United States citizens under the Constitution.

I look forward to hearing back from each of you as to how you propose to proceed in this matter.

Sincerely,
Scott Ritter

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Biden has already given more than US$40 to this comedian and he is asking for more when the Americans are suffering high inflation and interest rates!

A cartoon from a New Zealand artist, forwarded by John Berry, many thanks

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Remarks by Ambassador Qin Gang At the Reception Marking the 95th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Liberation Army of China

Your Excellencies,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Friends,

Good evening! First, let me welcome you all to the Chinese Embassy and to celebrate with us the 95th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China.

The past 95 years has been an extraordinary and glorious journey for the PLA. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the PLA has made remarkable contribution to liberation, independence and national rejuvenation of China. Now China is firmly committed to the path of peaceful development and takes a defense policy that is defensive in nature. Chinese military has always been a champion and contributor to world peace. Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, China has never initiated any war or conflict, and never occupied a single inch of other country’s territory. China is the second biggest financial contributor of UN peacekeeping budget and the largest troop contributor among Permanent Members of the UN Security Council. China has altogether dispatched almost 50,000 troops to 25 peacekeeping operations, and sent over 120 vessels in escort missions for more than 7,000 Chinese and foreign ships. 16 Chinese peacekeepers have laid down their lives while on duty in other countries.

Friends,

The world is facing drastic changes and a pandemic both unseen in a century. Turbulences and crises come up one after another. Traditional and non-traditional security challenges keep emerging. Deficits in peace, security, trust and governance are on the rise. All pose unprecedented challenges to human society. Against this backdrop, President Xi Jinping has put forward the Global Security Initiative, calling on countries to abide by the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, address the complex and intertwined security challenges with the win-win mindset, adapt to the changing international landscape in the spirit of cooperation, and create a new path to security that features dialogue over confrontation, partnership over alliance and win-win over zero-sum.

Friends,

This year marks the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s visit to China. 50 years ago, the elder generation of Chinese and American leaders showed extraordinary wisdom and vision, and opened the gate of engagement for our two countries, ushering in 50 years of shared peace and prosperity.

Fifty years later today, the China-US relationship is at a new crossroads. Some people say that China and the US cannot avoid the “Thucydides’ trap” and the “tragedy of major-power politics”. Some assert that we will enter into a new Cold War. With the lessons of major-country conflict and confrontation still fresh in our memory, we should say a categorical “no” to these assertions, and jointly explore a way of peaceful coexistence of two major countries with different social systems, development paths, history and cultures on this planet.

President Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden have agreed that China and the US should respect each other, coexist peacefully, strengthen communication, constructively manage differences, prevent conflict, enhance cooperation, and take China-US relations back the track of healthy development.

The Taiwan question has always been the most important and sensitive core issue in China-US relations. The Chinese government values peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and has been making utmost efforts for peaceful reunification. However, the “Taiwan independence” separatist forces and their activities pose the biggest threat to cross-Strait peace and stability. If anyone tries to separate Taiwan from China, if anyone wants to challenge China’s bottom line, Chinese military will take forceful measures to firmly safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Maintaining the stability of military-to-military relations is essential to China-US relations. Since April, our militaries have had three high-level exchanges in the form of phone calls and in-person meetings, laying a good foundation for our next-step interactions. It’s hoped that the two sides will make joint efforts to strengthen communication, build military mutual trust, manage risks and crises, and advance cooperation in areas of shared interests, such as counter-terrorism, peacekeeping, military medicine, and military environmental protection, so as to contribute to the stable development of our bilateral, including mil-to-mil, relations.

Friends,

I wish to use today’s occasion to bid farewell to our Defense Attache Major General Zhang Li, who will leave his post soon, and also welcome Major General Liu Zhan, his successor. General Zhang is a seasoned military diplomat. He has been posted to the US, the UK and Thailand for almost 20 years, with 12 years in the United States. He has played an important role in the military engagement between our two countries during his tenure here. General Zhang, your contribution will not be forgotten. I would hate to say goodbye to you, just as all our colleagues, but I also congratulate you on your successful tenure in the past four years and a half, and I wish you well in the future. General Liu Zhan is also an experienced and capable military diplomat. He was posted to the US twice before, and served as Chinese Defense Attache to Iraq and Brazil. I believe that General Liu, as General Zhang did, will establish sound working relations and communication channels with our American colleagues and all of you present, and contribute to the stable development of China-US mil-to-mil relations.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends,

Let me propose a toast,

To the 95th anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Liberation Army,

To the healthy and stable development of China-US relations,

To the friendly exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and US militaries,

And to your health,

Cheers!