qwename @ qwename @lemmygrad.ml

Fight decades of misinformation on China with official Chinese sources.

---

Read more

Posts

30

Comments

61

Joined

4 yr. ago

I'm not sure who you were, but I took over !china@lemmygrad.ml while you were away: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3309739, welcome back!

From today's (Jan 31) Chinese Foreign Ministry Regular Press Conference: https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/202401/t20240131_11237282.html

AFP: It’s reported that the Chinese President yesterday in Beijing received credentials of ambassadors from many countries, including Afghanistan. Does it mean that the Chinese government officially recognizes the Afghanistan’s Taliban interim government?

Wang Wenbin: China’s policy on Afghanistan is consistent and clear. As a traditionally friendly neighbor of Afghanistan, China is committed to a foreign policy of friendship towards all Afghan people and has maintained diplomatic ties and exchange and cooperation in various areas with Afghanistan. It is normal diplomatic arrangement for China to receive the new ambassador to China sent by the Afghan interim government and for him to present his credentials to the Chinese leader. We hope that the international community will step up engagement and exchange with the Afghan interim government, encourage it to actively respond to international concerns, jointly help with Afghanistan’s reconstruction and development, and support Afghanistan’s effort to combat violent terrorist forces and contribute to regional peace, stability and prosperity.

Bloomberg: Can you state clearly if China recognizes the Taliban government or not. In the case where it does not recognize the Taliban government of Afghanistan, what does the Taliban government have to do in order to get official recognition from China?

Wang Wenbin: I said in my previous answer that it’s normal diplomatic arrangement for China to receive the new ambassador to China sent by the Afghan interim government and for him to present his credentials to the Chinese leader. 

You asked whether China officially recognizes the Afghan interim government, I would like to say that China believes that Afghanistan should not be excluded from the international community. We hope Afghanistan will further respond to the expectations of the international community, build an open and inclusive political structure, adopt moderate and prudent domestic and foreign policies, firmly combat all forms of terrorist forces, develop friendly relations with other countries, especially with its neighbors, and integrate itself into the world community. We believe that diplomatic recognition of the Afghan government will come naturally as the concerns of various parties are effectively addressed.

Comrades, I have made a mistake, the video from China Daily loaded on mobile and I see that he is actually pointing at the speed display above the carriage door, saying that the train was moving at 300 kph.

I shall now see myself to the gulags in shame.

He is pointing at a TV.

Xi Jinping and Putin taking the high-speed rail to Tianjin, China in 2018-06-08, during Putin's visit.

Video: https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1602713068773632490

Putin's China trip: High-speed train, ice hockey, local snacks https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201806/09/WS5b1b6670a31001b82571f152.html

I agree with the part about owning our digital tools, the Fediverse community turns social media into a more transparent process with FOSS, and helps to turn otherwise complex software into user-friendly packages that can be setup more easily, thus putting more power into the hands of the people.

We still have to keep in mind that decentralized FOSS social media platforms aren't different from traditional social media in terms of potential to turn into reactionary walled gardens. So there needs to be something done different to avoid the cycle of:

(anarchist) decentralization -> (capitalist) centralization -> (anarchist) re-decentralization

Edit: Even the original news from Times of India has changed the title to "Hindi research scholars from China visit RSS’ Smruti Mandir, Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur"

Previously: https://nitter.net/INCKerala/status/1743223676906979435

2023-01-06 Hindi research scholars from China visit RSS’ Smruti Mandir, Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/china-diplomats-visit-memorial-of-rss-founder-keshav-baliram-hedgewar/articleshow/106556110.cms

A Chinese team comprising Hindi scholars, who attended a workshop at Wardha’s Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (Hindi University), visited prominent places in Nagpur, including Smruti Mandir at Reshimbagh on their return trip on December 7. Smruti Mandir houses the memorial of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar.

RSS has clarified the Chinese delegation visited the Hedgewar memorial as part of its sight-seeing tour of Nagpur and did not visit the Sangh headquarters here at Mahal.

Also, they did not interact with any senior RSS functionary at Smruti Mandir, which is open to all citizens and tourists for paying homage to the Sangh founder and does not even maintain a visitors’ register. Smruti Mandir in-charge showed them around.

The Chinese team, which had earlier in the day visited Mahatma Gandhi’s Sevagram Ashram at Wardha, also toured other landmarks in Nagpur, including Deekshabhoomi, where Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar embraced Buddhism with lakhs of followers and the Zero Mile pillar.

The delegation from China expressed optimism that the visit will go a long way in forging cultural and educational ties between the two countries. Students of Hindi University, Wardha, were also given prizes after a quiz and a Chinese calligraphy competition.

==========

I missed the later news when looking up this story, maybe someone can clarify if this is another case of media blunder.

2023-01-05 Unprecedented: Chinese diplomats visited RSS Smruti Mandir in December https://www.nagpurtoday.in/unprecedented-chinese-diplomats-visited-rss-smruti-mandir-in-december-report/01051520

In an unprecedented diplomatic engagement, a team of Chinese diplomats paid a visit to the Smruti Mandir of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Nagpur in the first week of December, media reports said. The RSS is notable for its ideological disapproval of China and criticism of Chinese expansionist policies.

According to the reports, the visit, which transpired in early December, marked the first instance of Chinese diplomats of any level setting foot in the headquarters of the RSS. The delegation comprised middle-ranking officials from the Chinese consulates in Delhi and Mumbai. Despite their inability to rendezvous with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat due to his absence, they were cordially received by a senior RSS functionary who escorted them around the campus.

The Chinese delegation also graced Wardha’s Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, a university renowned for offering courses in Chinese. This hints at a potential cultural exchange element associated with their visit.

2023-01-06 'Team of Scholars Touring City': RSS Denies Visit by Chinese Envoy's Delegation https://www.news18.com/india/team-of-scholars-touring-city-rss-denies-visit-by-chinese-envoys-delegation-8729827.html

A day after it was reported that a Chinese delegation from the envoy’s office visited the headquarters of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Nagpur, the organisation, in a clarification, denied the visit and said no such communication about the visit ever reached the Sangh office.

According to an RSS functionary, the team was not from the envoy’s office, but a group of Chinese scholars that came to learn Hindi in Wardha’s Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwa Vidyalaya (Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University). The team wanted to see some of the main tourist places in the city and their professor took them to the important ones, said the functionary. He added that the team that visited the Smruti Mandir (memorial of RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar) also visited other tourist places in Nagpur, including Zero Miles, Bapu Kutir and others.

The RSS further clarified that the team did not meet any functionary and the RSS office was not aware of such a visit. “Smruti Mandir is open to all like Rajghat. So, there is no need to keep a vigil there. It is a public place and has nothing to do with the RSS head office or senior functionaries of the RSS,” he added.

Calling this "hanging out" with fascists is really stretching diplomacy to a twisted level that I'm uncomfortable with.

There will always be unpleasant or downright nasty people in the world we have to deal with, China has decided to prioritize political means over military means to resolve differences, this is definitely not as revolutionary as some people would prefer.

Maybe you're missing something, but my country China openly engages with people like Henry Kissinger, entities like genocidal Israel, imperialist US, and unapologetic mortal rival Japan.

If RSS is indeed related to China-India border disputes then all the more reason to engage with them.

Not sure what this means, should China not engage with this entity for some reason?

Liberal dictionary on China, PRC:

• Purge: layoff, fire, sack
• Rule: lead
• Regime: government, organization
• Crackdown: regulate, supervise, enforce

Example usage:

"Rulers of tech regime Amazon/Meta/Google purged thousands of employees to crackdown on rising economic difficulties" https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/03/20/amazon-layoffs-2023-pxt-aws-twitch-advertising/11508561002/

This "news article" has zero details and links to a twitter status with even less details:

I search around and found two articles, both from "Jewish" sources, both quoting the Pentagon:

• 2023-11-29 US: China ignored distress calls from hijacked Israeli ship https://www.jns.org/us-china-ignored-distress-calls-of-hijacked-israeli-ship/

  • Chinese naval vessels ignored repeated distress calls from an Israeli-owned commercial tanker that was under attack by suspected Somali pirates on Sunday, according to the Pentagon.

  • Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder confirmed that at least three People’s Liberation Army Navy ships in the area failed to heed the distress calls.

  • “So, my understanding is there were three PLA Navy ships in the vicinity. However, they did not respond. Supposedly, those ships are there as part of a counter-piracy mission, but they did not respond,” said Ryder.

• 2023-11-29 US: Chinese Navy Ignored Distress Calls of Hijacked Israeli Ship https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/china/us-chinese-navy-ignored-distress-calls-of-hijacked-israeli-ship/2023/11/29/

  • Chinese naval vessels ignored repeated distress calls from an Israeli-owned commercial tanker that was under attack on Sunday, the Pentagon said on Monday.

  • Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder confirmed that at least three People’s Liberation Army Navy ships in the area failed to heed the distress calls.

  • “So, my understanding is there were three PLA Navy ships in the vicinity. However, they did not respond. Supposedly, those ships are there as part of a counter-piracy mission, but they did not respond,” said Ryder.

This is the source from US DoD:

• 2023-11-27 Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds an Off-Camera, On-the-Record Press Briefing https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3598749/pentagon-press-secretary-brig-gen-pat-ryder-holds-an-off-camera-on-the-record-p/

  • Q: Did any other assets put eyes on the Central Park before the Mason got there?

  • BRIGADIER GENERAL PAT RYDER: So my understanding is there were three PLA Navy ships in the vicinity. However, they did not respond. Supposedly, those ships are there as part of a counter-piracy mission, but they did not respond.

A single Q&A buried in a long transcript from the US DoD turns into sensationalist title on two "Jewish" news articles two days later, and someone reposts it on twitter 3 weeks later with no details. This is how liberal propaganda works, please don't promote this sort of shitty journalism.

Not an Arabic speaker, just posting relevant sources for people to verify.

SANA's 40-min video posted on 2023-12-18 titled "حديث الرئيس الأسد في الشأن السياسي خلال اجتماع اللجنة المركزية لحزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي", also posted on their website (https://sana.sy/?p=2018974): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZaQzBcjOgM

SANA's English news article titled "President al-Assad to al-Baath Party’s Central Committee meeting: Commitment to issues protects nations and homelands", summarizing the main points of his speech, but doesn't mention this particular topic posted by MEMRI TV: https://sana.sy/en/?p=322180

Can you specify which UN SC resolution authorizes this "Operation Prosperity Guardian"?

I also looked up the website for CMF (Combined Maritime Forces) and this is on their about page: https://combinedmaritimeforces.com/about/

CMF has five Combined Task Forces:

• CTF 150 (Maritime Security Operations outside the Arabian Gulf)
• CTF 151 (Counter Piracy)
• CTF 152 (Maritime Security Operations inside the Arabian Gulf)
• CTF 153 (Red Sea Maritime Security)
• CTF 154 (Maritime Security Training)

CMF has 39 member nations: Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Türkiye, UAE, United Kingdom, United States, and Yemen.

I'm not sure how China or the UN is related to this operation at all, when this is the US DoD's statement: https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3621110/statement-from-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-on-ensuring-freedom-of-n/

The recent escalation in reckless Houthi attacks originating from Yemen threatens the free flow of commerce, endangers innocent mariners, and violates international law. The Red Sea is a critical waterway that has been essential to freedom of navigation and a major commercial corridor that facilitates international trade. Countries that seek to uphold the foundational principle of freedom of navigation must come together to tackle the challenge posed by this non-state actor launching ballistic missiles and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) at merchant vessels from many nations lawfully transiting international waters.

This is an international challenge that demands collective action. Therefore, today I am announcing the establishment of Operation Prosperity Guardian, an important new multinational security initiative under the umbrella of the Combined Maritime Forces and the leadership of its Task Force 153, which focuses on security in the Red Sea.

Operation Prosperity Guardian is bringing together multiple countries to include the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain, to jointly address security challenges in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, with the goal of ensuring freedom of navigation for all countries and bolstering regional security and prosperity.

Should celebrate it on December 21st too because 1879-12-21 was used before they found the document that showed his birthday to be 1878-12-18. https://www.rbth.com/history/335676-stalin-2-birthdays-birth-date-different

Front page of People's Daily on 1949-12-21, celebrating Stalin's 70th birthday.

Chinese Postage stamps commemorating 100th anniversary of Stalin's birth in 1979

Jewish people have become synonymous with "rich, powerful and evil people" due to a mixture of pro-Jewish propaganda, anti-Jewish deep-state conspiracy theories, Zionist propaganda tying Jewish people to Zionism, combined with Zionist atrocities by Israel.

In my experience in China, when people talk about "U.S. Jews" they are referring to the rich Jewish people who hold key positions in large corporations and have great lobbying powers. Now this sort of stereotype is of course racist towards Jewish people as a whole, but that's probably why even North Korea talks about Jews in this way.

Let's not get too abstract around "means of production" and "commodities".

• Is AI going to replace seeds/eggs/embryos or is it going to find ways to produce more food?
• Is AI going to replace machinery or is it going to replace the human/circuitry that controls them?
• Is AI going to replace cars/bikes/trucks/buses or is it going to drive them?

You focus a lot on intangible commodities like text/music/art/videos/social media, but even without AI those are already dominated by the capitalists. I think greater accessibility of various technology empowers the people more than it empowers capitalists, because capitalists can hire experts either way, but the people are able to harness technology otherwise unavailable to them. AI is just another tool, a very powerful tool but still a tool that depends on the class using it.

As for "conscious" AI, they are not going to be worse than the worst humans to ever live. At worst someone might give it the nuclear codes but that's not very different from giving imperialists the nuclear codes.

I think that as long as the American imperialists are still supporting Israel, they won't "make peace" with Palestine. A two-state solution is a compromise in the event that the US stops giving support.

Korea is an existing example of a two-state solution waiting to be resolved by the north side, they also separated about the same time as Palestine. I suspect that after implementing a two-state solution, Palestine will get the same treatment as Korea or Cuba by the US with sanctions or embargoes.

A one-state solution for Palestine will still result in conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, the current Israeli colonialism in Palestine will just turn into Israeli separatism from a single Palestinian state.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma5Ib_AhyhU