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62nd Anniversary of the Kinmen Artillery Battle - AIT Director Joins Taiwan President at Military Memorial for the First Time
Source: Stand News #Aug23
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62nd Anniversary of the Kinmen Artillery Battle - AIT Director Joins Taiwan President at Military Memorial for the First Time
Today (Aug 23) is the 62nd anniversary of the Artillery Battle initiated by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), China, on Kinmen Island on August 23, 1958. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen presided over the public service and memorial this morning in Kinmen. Director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) William Brent Christensen also joined the event in Kinmen for the first time. The Central News Agency (CNA) of Taiwan quoted a source close to Taiwan’s national security as saying that Christensen is the first US director level official to attend the commemoration. The sources opined that this sent a significant and positive message that the US and Taiwan were “Real friends with real progress”.
On August 23, 1958, the PLA launched an intense artillery bombardment on Kinmen and fired more than 470,000 shells in the following 44 days. The PLA then changed strategies and attacked Kinmen on odd-numbered days for 20 years, only ceasing fire on January 1, 1979 when Beijing and the US established diplomatic relations. A public service and memorial was held today at the Taiwushan Cemetery. It was presided by Tsai and attended by the Security-General of the National Security Council Wellington Koo, the Minister of National Defense Yen Teh-fa, the Chief of the General Staff Huang Shu-kuang, the Commander of the Army Chen Bao-yu and other Taiwanese military and political officials. In addition, 73 soldiers and nearly 100 surviving family and tribe members of the deceased also attended the ceremony.
Source: Stand News #Aug23
#August23 #Kinmen #ArtilleryBombardment #ArtilleryBattle #Taiwan #AIT #TsaiIngwen #PLA
Today (Aug 23) is the 62nd anniversary of the Artillery Battle initiated by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), China, on Kinmen Island on August 23, 1958. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen presided over the public service and memorial this morning in Kinmen. Director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) William Brent Christensen also joined the event in Kinmen for the first time. The Central News Agency (CNA) of Taiwan quoted a source close to Taiwan’s national security as saying that Christensen is the first US director level official to attend the commemoration. The sources opined that this sent a significant and positive message that the US and Taiwan were “Real friends with real progress”.
On August 23, 1958, the PLA launched an intense artillery bombardment on Kinmen and fired more than 470,000 shells in the following 44 days. The PLA then changed strategies and attacked Kinmen on odd-numbered days for 20 years, only ceasing fire on January 1, 1979 when Beijing and the US established diplomatic relations. A public service and memorial was held today at the Taiwushan Cemetery. It was presided by Tsai and attended by the Security-General of the National Security Council Wellington Koo, the Minister of National Defense Yen Teh-fa, the Chief of the General Staff Huang Shu-kuang, the Commander of the Army Chen Bao-yu and other Taiwanese military and political officials. In addition, 73 soldiers and nearly 100 surviving family and tribe members of the deceased also attended the ceremony.
Source: Stand News #Aug23
#August23 #Kinmen #ArtilleryBombardment #ArtilleryBattle #Taiwan #AIT #TsaiIngwen #PLA
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The Poor Man’s Luxury Sofa in China: Netizens Question Authenticity of Chinese Government Visit
Responding to Xi Jinping’s call for eradicating poverty in all of China’s impoverished rural community by 2020, the Administrative Committee of State Economic and Technological Development Zone of Pingxiang in the province of Jiangxi published an article on WeChat titled “District Leaders Supervise Work on Fighting Poverty and Visit the Impoverished”. The publicity effort, however, has led to questions of its authenticity.
An attempt to demonstrate the government’s care for the poor, the article reported a visit on the afternoon of 19 August by Li Jinlin, secretary of Pingxiang’s Party Working Committee, to inspect the work on fighting poverty at the village level. Allegations of the visit being a stunt were made as photos in the article show Li and other officials talking to what are supposedly poor people at two luxuriously furnished houses in Tianzhong Village. The residences came with marble flooring and a spacious living room equipped with a large sofa and a matching coffee table. A netizen in China commented that “this poor man’s sofa is even larger than mine”.
The article has been taken down after the argument appeared, but the images are still going viral online. The government responded by asking netizens “not to determine whether a family is poor from how well its home is furnished”.
#China #Xi #Jiangxi #LocalGovernment #Society #Economy #Staging #Sofa
Source: Apple Daily Taiwan #Aug23
https://bit.ly/32U5SS6
The Poor Man’s Luxury Sofa in China: Netizens Question Authenticity of Chinese Government Visit
Responding to Xi Jinping’s call for eradicating poverty in all of China’s impoverished rural community by 2020, the Administrative Committee of State Economic and Technological Development Zone of Pingxiang in the province of Jiangxi published an article on WeChat titled “District Leaders Supervise Work on Fighting Poverty and Visit the Impoverished”. The publicity effort, however, has led to questions of its authenticity.
An attempt to demonstrate the government’s care for the poor, the article reported a visit on the afternoon of 19 August by Li Jinlin, secretary of Pingxiang’s Party Working Committee, to inspect the work on fighting poverty at the village level. Allegations of the visit being a stunt were made as photos in the article show Li and other officials talking to what are supposedly poor people at two luxuriously furnished houses in Tianzhong Village. The residences came with marble flooring and a spacious living room equipped with a large sofa and a matching coffee table. A netizen in China commented that “this poor man’s sofa is even larger than mine”.
The article has been taken down after the argument appeared, but the images are still going viral online. The government responded by asking netizens “not to determine whether a family is poor from how well its home is furnished”.
#China #Xi #Jiangxi #LocalGovernment #Society #Economy #Staging #Sofa
Source: Apple Daily Taiwan #Aug23
https://bit.ly/32U5SS6
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China's Magic Weapon
Governments around the world are uncovering secret operations to expand China's influence - the work of a little-known branch of the Chinese Communist Party called the United Front Work Department. President Xi has called it his 'magic weapon'.
Australia has changed its laws to combat foreign interference, and America says eight out of ten industrial espionage cases now involve China. So what is the United Front doing in the UK? Jane Corbin investigates this powerful but shadowy organisation. Has influence become interference as China bids to become the most powerful nation on earth?
Source: BBC #Aug23
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000z2yt
#China #Weapon #PresidentXi #CCP #Australia
Governments around the world are uncovering secret operations to expand China's influence - the work of a little-known branch of the Chinese Communist Party called the United Front Work Department. President Xi has called it his 'magic weapon'.
Australia has changed its laws to combat foreign interference, and America says eight out of ten industrial espionage cases now involve China. So what is the United Front doing in the UK? Jane Corbin investigates this powerful but shadowy organisation. Has influence become interference as China bids to become the most powerful nation on earth?
Source: BBC #Aug23
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000z2yt
#China #Weapon #PresidentXi #CCP #Australia