China battles rare wave of violent crime as economic woes bite

NEW Challenges Police said preliminary investigations showed the culprit of Monday’s frenzy was a 62-year-old person “dissatisfied” with a marriage settlement. In other cases, a middle-aged man used a razor and weapons to kill at least 21 people in eastern Shandong province in February, and a 55-year-old person rammed aContinue Reading

Zhuhai car attack victims heard sound ‘like earthquake’ but had no time to escape: Witness

” I felt like it sounded like an earthquake, the car rushed over, ( travelling at ) 70 to 80kmh, very fast”, he said.

” We were walking forward, and we did n’t expect the car to come from behind”.

Chen jumped into the shrubbery next to the track to escape, but the majority of his colleagues were in his usual position, in the middle of the party, and had no time to maneuver away from the path.

” I still do n’t understand how he rushed in”, Chen added, saying vehicles are not allowed in that area.

He claimed that there were more than 40 people of his training class present, and eleven of them had died, two of whom are still unaccounted for.

According to Chen, there were subjects of all ages and from a variety of backgrounds.

A list of the patients has not been made available by the authorities.

Since Monday night, images and videos have been circulated on social media showing that victims also include those who did n’t previously use the exercise track.

” I do n’t understand why someone would want to kill so many people”, said Chen.

The attack’s location, according to another native named Lai, was “terrifying” and “really painful.”

He had gone that because he knew his family, who was unharmed, often went to dance classes there.

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Outpouring of blood donations in China’s Zhuhai as residents rally to help car ramming victims

Online, there have also been website appeals for more people to join the reason.

” Now, Zhuhai city’s body businesses are in need of blood. We ask that all neighbors and friends constantly respond. Please help by spreading the word. reads a blog from Xiaohongshu, a Taiwanese social media platform.

The article included a body banks address and the physical requirements for potential sponsors.

Citizens from even further away have made an effort to help out. After learning about the event, a Macao native claimed to have driven to a blood banks in Zhuhai on Tuesday morning. But on appearance, he was told that heart supplies were “enough”. &nbsp,

” A staff at the ( blood ) bank told me that there were currently more than 100 people in the queue and that their blood supplies were sufficient”, he shared on Xiaohongshu.

According to local media reports, the National Health Commission has dispatched 11 professionals to help with the work, while more than 300 healthcare professionals from five Zhuhai hospitals are treating the sufferers.

SHOCK AND HORROR&nbsp,

A 62-year-old gentleman with the surname Fan has been identified as the suspect. Local authorities said on Tuesday that he rammed people exercising on the inner roads and through the sports center’s wall.

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Boots on the ground: China in a spot as North Korea marches into Russia’s war on Ukraine

South Korea has previously indicated that it might re-engage. In a move that would be in contrast to its longstanding policy of never providing wings to countries in conflict, President Yoon Suk Yeoul then asserts that the nation is no opposing giving weapons to Ukraine.

Essentially speaking, South Korea and its northern neighbor are still at battle. Seoul’s concerns are being expressed by experts as to whether North Korean soldiers will benefit from Russia’s rich military training and experience, as well as probable Moscow-related support for Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons ambitions.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stated on November 7 that” we will eventually adapt our support approach in stages” based on the level of North Korean presence.

If Seoul does follow through, warned Curtin University’s associate professor of regional security and geopolitical experiments Dr. Alexey Muraviev.

He told CNA,” We does end up having a substitute conflict where the two Koreas and supporters are seen as substitute conflicts.”

CHINA’S DIPLOMATIC DILEMMA

The deepening relationships between Moscow and Pyongyang, which analysts claim are making the Taiwanese nervous, have been greatly improved by these improvements.

According to a report released on November 1 by researchers from the Institute for the Study of War in Washington, Pyongyang properly be leveraging its growing ties with Moscow to lessen its reliance on Beijing.

According to the review, China has been able to halt North Korea’s brutality by using its influence. Reduced Chinese influence on Pyongyang is likely to destabilize the Asian Peninsula and put a greater threat on the Asia-Pacific area as a result.

Since the 1950s, Beijing has been Pyongyang’s most important ally, providing industry, political support and military support to the Kim program. They share a common defence pact- China’s only such authority with any state.

This was true of North Korea, which had a security agreement with Russia that required both edges to supply military aid “without delay” in the event of an armed attack. Moscow and Pyongyang both ratified the agreement.

In a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty content published on October 30th, Reid Standish, a Chinese foreign policy observer, wrote that North Korea’s troop deployment to Russia “weakens the perception that China is a force for peace in contrast to the US.”

Mr Standish noted that the walk undermines Beijing’s place that European countries should stay out of Eastern military matters, then that” the Indo-Pacific is inserting itself into Europe’s safety talk”.

According to analysts, this puts China in a difficult position diplomatically.

On the one hand, the Russia-North Korea arrangement risks a bloc being formed. Inevitably including China, it would be placed against a US-South Korea-Japan alliance, said Mr Zhu Feng, dean of the Institute of International Studies at Nanjing University, in a Nov 6 report by British news outlet The Guardian.

That kind of Cold War mentality is completely contrary to the national interest of China, the problem is. Today’s China is not the 1950s China”, he added.

On the other hand, Beijing stands to gain from a Russia-North Korea alliance as this would “certainly” put additional pressure on South Korea, Japan and the US, explained Dr Muraviev from Curtin University.

He thinks the arrangement will also help to restore the North Korean regime’s predictability.

” Why am I saying this? Because Kim Jong Un would not have the Kremlin’s express approval for anything adventurous or dangerously risky at the moment, he claimed.

Putin “do n’t want another war on his eastern doorstep,” according to the Chinese, who would likely be feeling a little at ease with it.

Beijing has publicly stated that expanding Russia-North Korea ties are their own business, regardless of whether it feels otherwise. &nbsp,

Russia and North Korea are two independent, sovereign nations. A representative from the Chinese foreign ministry said on November 1 that how they develop bilateral relations is their own issue.

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‘Weak leader’: Japan PM Ishiba has his work cut out on economy, US ties after surviving parliament vote, say analysts

NEED TO BOOST PUBLIC SUPPORT

The less prominent lower house will be held elections in Japan in 2014. If Ishiba can rekindle the public trust stifled by a scandal over unpublished donations to lawmakers that were made public late last year, the ruling coalition’s slim majority there could be in danger.

Citizens have expressed dissatisfaction with stagnant salary and high living costs.

Ishiba said in a media conference on Monday that he believes the LDP “needs to be reborn” in light of the most recent general election outcomes.

He suggested that non-taxable resources be used for social purposes as one of the options. He added that he hopes to pass a law by the end of the year that would allow for the creation of a publicly available database of political gifts.

Taniguchi claimed that Ishiba may offer opposition parties the political financing reform needed to form an ad-hoc alliance.

” The LDP is struggling very little, and that’s going to get a boost for the opposition functions”, he added, pointing to “rampant” rumours that rank-and-file LDP people are set to reject Ishiba.

The opposition parties are beginning to oppose any parliamentary expenses the LDP will introduce during the upcoming parliamentary sessions because they are sensing blood.

Before the lower house vote, Taniguchi told CNA’s Asia First that Ishiba’s top priority will be to increase public support for the ruling partnership.

The Japanese lower house has a very solid veto power, according to the report from the United Kingdom and India. In the event that the LDP loses the lot there as well, there is going to be a great paralysis”, he added.

For Ishiba to regain public support and confidence over the coming months will be essential. Everything else is secondary” .&nbsp,

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Chinese internet censors ban anti-West firebrand Sima Nan for a year

Chinese internet officials have banned controversial&nbsp, ultranationalist blog Sima Nan&nbsp, from posting on his social media accounts, according to solutions.

The restrictions on the very contentious Taiwanese online influencer known for his fierce anti-West popular takes was anticipated to continue a year, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.

Both solutions declined to provide an explanation of the ban’s cause.

He was prohibited from using the programs for a time. However, one source with direct knowledge of the situation said,” I ca n’t talk about what caused the ban.”

On Friday ( Nov. 8 ), Sima Nan did not respond to the Post’s requests for comment.

Sima Nan has been active and vocal for more than 20 years, beginning in the 1990s with his condemnation of Falun Gong, a spiritual group Beijing after outlawed.

Yu Li, his true name, currently has more than 44 million followers on Chinese social media.

With no formal associations, Sima Nan is seen by many as a symbolic message on the political left, raging on China’s heavily-censored internet against several targets, from businesspeople to the West and democratic intellectuals.

In those problems, he frequently cites Communist Party philosophy, including Mao Zedong Thought, leading many in the state to feel that his comment have some amount of official support.

He frequently accuses organizations or individuals of colluding with the United States and defying China’s interests, which is how he is known as” the anti-US fighter.”

He became a national conversation starter in 2021 when he accused Lenovo of selling condition property for less than their value and paying top executives unasonably higher salaries despite the company’s subpar performance.

Lenovo’s parent company defended the 2009 price of an equity stake in the company made by China’s major science club, saying it was legitimate and in line with restrictions.

Sima Nan, who claimed Lenovo of” causing damage to express assets,” went on to post more than 50 films and articles on the subject after being widely shared on social media websites.

Despite the heated discussion, Beijing did not initiate any inquiries into the matter.

Sima Nan’s last comments on the US presidential election were posted on Weibo, the short-lived platform Douyin, and WeChat, which he had posted just before the voting started.

In his final post on Douyin, where he has nearly 38 million followers, he jokingly referred to himself as” the deputy head of Trump’s presidential campaign office in Beijing”, expressing support for the Republican candidate.

In his last Weibo post, Sima Nan said he preferred Trump because” Trump’s transactional mentality” might help Beijing to take over Taiwan.

” To put it bluntly, Trump is a trader. He calls himself a great trader. Trump will cut trade with Beijing and Taipei. He can sell everything. The key is the price”, he said on the Weibo post.

There are no conclusive links between the Sima Nan ban and other problems.

In August 2022, the blogger has been banned before for a number of weeks.

Beijing is attempting to persuade both domestic and international audiences of its commitment to market reforms and support for the private sector with this ban in the face of repeated official pledges.

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Separated but not forgotten: South Korean adoptees look for their birth parents

SOUTH KOREA’S Imperfect ADOPTION SYSTEM

Driven by hunger, South Korea used to be the world’s largest cause of children for implementation. &nbsp,

During the Korean War in the 1950s, Asian ladies began to want to give away their children to Western, largely British, soldiers. &nbsp,

Nevertheless, the practice quickly expanded to poor people, orphans and unmarried mothers, &nbsp, as the company reportedly brought millions of dollars into South Korea.

International adoptions peaked in 1985 when almost 9, 000 children were sent worldwide. As the South Korean government promoted private adoption, these figures steadily decreased.

Since the 1950s, about 200, 000 children have been sent abroad, but the situation governing their adoption have been questioned.

Studies of children being taken away or kidnapped by specialists who claimed they were dead or ill have recently emerged.

The implementation system will soon face significant changes in the face of intense criticism for issues like alleged human rights violations and misrepresented papers.

In July of next year, the state will implement reforms and assume control of the current implementation process, which is now being managed by private organizations. It promised that the new state-led program will protect babies, promote private adoptions, and reduce the number of children sent abroad.

However, Ms Pennell, who has continued with her search for her family, does no plan to give up.

” I just want to keep her. I just want to know that she’s ok and that it was hard for her, because I’m certain it was”, she said.

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China to unveil stealth jets and attack drones at Zhuhai airshow

The J-35A, described as a “medium-sized cunning multi-purpose fighter”, looks identical in style to a US F-35, experts say, though specifics are several. Taiwanese military aircraft professional Fu Qianshao stated last week that his country’s participation in the show” may be interpreted as verification of its entry into service.” IfContinue Reading