Chinese residents struggle in rising flood water; Soldiers blast dam in China breached by rain

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Chinese city picks through the debris after record rains kill 33

Piles of cars were strewn across a central Chinese city Thursday as shocked residents picked through the debris of a historic deluge that claimed at least 33 lives, with more heavy rain threatening surrounding regions.

An unprecedented downpour dumped a year’s rain in just three hours on the city of Zhengzhou, weather officials said, instantly…

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Zhengzhou picks through the debris after record rains

Piles of cars were strewn across a central Chinese city on Thursday as shocked residents picked through the debris of a historic deluge that claimed at least 33 lives, with more heavy rain threatening surrounding regions.An unprecedented downpour dumped a year's worth of rain in just three days on the city of Zhengzhou, weather officials said, instantly overwhelming drains and sending torrents of muddy, swirling water through streets, road tunnels and the subway system.Hundreds of thousands of people in the surrounding area have been affected by the flood, authorities said, as farmland was inundated and road and rail links severed.In worst-hit Zhengzhou, grim images of the horror inside the subway system were relayed in real-time over social media, showing water rising during Tuesday's rush hour from the ankles of passengers to their necks.At least a dozen people died before rescuers were able to cut survivors free from carriages.As the water retreated – with piles of cars a monument to its deadly power – residents prepared for another day of bad weather, moving vehicles to higher ground and trying to plot journeys out from the stricken city, where communications and power were still patchy.Trucks pumped muddy water from underground tunnels as business owners counted the cost of the torrent and meteorologists issued "red" rain alerts, warning of the threat of fresh landslides and flooding in the surrounding areas."I am waiting for the power to be restored, but it may take several more days I think," said Chen, the owner of a local food and pork sandwich restaurant."My losses? They are okay, compared to what happened in the tunnel there," he said gesturing towards the tunnel where floods trapped many cars on Tuesday – potentially with motorists still inside.Questions turned to how China's bulging cities could be better prepared for freak weather events like Tuesday's storm, which experts say are happening with increased frequency and intensity due to climate change.Chen Tao, chief forecaster of the National Meteorological Center (NMC), said a mix of Henan's topography and Typhoon In-Fa favoured the rains.Although the typhoon has not landed in China, under the influence of winds, "a large amount of water vapour from above the sea gathered towards Henan", providing a source of water for the downpours, Chen said.The changing climate is also making these kinds of extreme weather events more common as the world continues to heat up, with catastrophes seen across the world.Henan province, like much of China, is striated by rivers, dams and reservoirs, many constructed decades ago to manage the flow of floodwater and irrigate the agricultural region. But endless city sprawl is putting pressure on drainage.State media rebuked suggestions dams may have had a part to play in subverting the normal flow of water, with the Global Times citing experts as saying "construction had no direct connection to flooding". (AFP)

2021-07-22 14:47:44

WHO plan to audit labs is arrogant, says China

China on Thursday said a WHO proposal to audit Chinese labs as part of further investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic showed "disrespect" and "arrogance towards science".Last week, the World Health Organization said a second stage of the international probe should include audits of Chinese labs, amid increasing pressure from the United States for an investigation into a biotech lab in Wuhan.The proposal outlined by WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus included "audits of relevant laboratories and research institutions operating in the area of the initial human cases identified in December 2019" – referring to the Chinese city of Wuhan.But China's vice health minister Zeng Yixin told reporters on Thursday that he was "extremely surprised" by the plan, which he said showed "disrespect for common sense and arrogance towards science".Long derided as a right-wing conspiracy theory and vehemently rejected by Beijing, the idea that Covid-19 may have emerged from a lab leak has been gaining momentum.Beijing has repeatedly insisted that a leak would have been "extremely unlikely", citing the conclusion reached by a joint WHO-Chinese mission to Wuhan in January.At the same time, Chinese officials and state media have pushed an alternate theory that the virus could have escaped from the US military research lab at Fort Detrick, Maryland.Nationalist tabloid Global Times said it had collected five million signatures from Chinese web users on a petition to investigate the US lab.Top officials have also amplified theories that the virus may have been imported with frozen food.Yuan Zhiming, director of the National Biosafety Laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, told Thursday's press conference "no pathogen leakage or staff infection accidents have occurred" since the lab opened in 2018.Zeng hit back at what he called "rumours" about the lab, insisting that it had "never carried out gain-of-function research on coronaviruses, nor is there a so-called man-made virus".His comments were in reference to the type of research that has featured heavily in theories about a possible lab leak.China has in recent days faced accusations from the WHO that it had not shared the necessary raw data during the first phase of the investigation, with Tedros urging Beijing to "be transparent, to be open and cooperate" on a second phase.The UN health agency has been under intensifying pressure for a new, more in-depth investigation of how the disease that has killed more than four million people around the world first emerged.The WHO was only able to send a team of independent, international experts to Wuhan in January, more than a year after Covid-19 first surfaced there, to help Chinese counterparts probe the pandemic's origins. (AFP)

2021-07-22 14:56:05

Human Rights Observe Report: Pro-Chinese Camp harasses Australia to support democracy people, Chinese students overseas supports Hong Kong protest, receive threatening text messages

“Human Rights Watch”, the non-government organization released a report on 28 June 2021 expatiated how advocates of democracy are harassed and threatened by pro-Chinese camp. Chinese university female students who verbally support Hong Kong protests said she received messages from classmates in Mainland China at midnight time saying that she is kept under surveillance which made her feel pressure and seek for professional assistance. She said 98% of students in the class were Chinese students. “Many students said bad things on her and blamed her of “betraying the Country”.

The 102-page report, namely “They don’t know our fear: China suppresses academic freedom of Australia universities and colleges”, pointed out the Chinese government monitors the Chinese and Hong Kong overseas students who support democracy in Australia make student to feel fear. Many people have to cover and self-censor in order to avoid being threatened and harassed, or being reported to relevant authority.”

The reports interviewed 24 Chinese and Hong Kong students and 22 education research staffs who “support democracy”. The organization investigates 3 of the cases and found their family members in China were called on or cited by police and asked their wordings and behaviors in Australia. One of the students was threatened to jail because he registered the Twitter account and published speech which support democracy. Another student’s passport was forfeited after going back to China because he expressed his support of democracy in front of the classmates.

Source: Stand News #Jun30

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China says WHO plan to audit labs in COVID origins probe ‘arrogant’

China on Thursday said a WHO proposal to audit Chinese labs as part of further investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic showed “disrespect” and “arrogance towards science”.

Last week, the World Health Organization said a second stage of the international probe should include audits of Chinese labs, amid increasing pressure from the United…

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Republicans Want Digital Yuan Restricted at Beijing Olympics

“Republican Senators Marsha Blackburn, Roger Wicker, and Cynthia Lummis urged the U.S. Olympic Committee to forbid American athletes from using China’s new digital currency at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, citing espionage and data-security concerns.

“Olympic athletes should be aware that the digital yuan may be used to surveil Chinese citizens and those visiting China on an unprecedented scale, with the hopes that they will maintain digital yuan wallets on their smartphones and continue to use it upon return,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter sent Monday to Susanne Lyons, board chair of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Source: Bloomberg #Jul20

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-19/republicans-want-digital-yuan-restricted-at-beijing-olympics

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China rejects WHO plan for study of COVID-19 origin.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-will-not-follow-whos-suggested-plan-2nd-phase-covid-19-origins-study-2021-07-22/

No. 2 US Diplomat Sherman to Visit China as Tensions Soar

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LAB-LEAK THEORY: China SNUBS new WHO plan to investigate Covid-19 origins as “DISRESPECTFUL”

Beijing has SLAMMED a WHO proposal for a more thorough audit of Chinese bio labs. A senior health chief calling it “disrespectful of common sense” and “contrary to science” on Thursday – adding “it is impossible for us to accept such a source-tracing plan.”

China has long-refuted the possibility that the virus may have leaked from a high-security bio lab in Wuhan – the city was the epicenter of first reported Covid cases back in December 2019, prior to the global pandemic.

An initial joint investigation between China and global experts picked by the WHO had concluded a lab-leak scenario “extremely unlikely.”

The US govt and a growing number of scientists argue that it is premature to rule out the possibility amid increased speculation about the lab-leak theory – after a US intelligence report claimed 3 workers at the Wuhan lab were hospitalized with a flu-like illness in November 2019

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