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U.S. Designates China’s Official Media as Operatives of the Communist State

The State Department told China on Tuesday that its five foremost news agencies — Xinhua, CGTN, China Radio, China Daily and The People’s Daily — will officially be treated as foreign government functionaries, subject to similar rules as diplomats stationed in the United States. The new action was described on Tuesday afternoon by two senior State Department officials.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/world/asia/china-media-trump.html
should have done yesterday...
good show from USA
 

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U.S. Designates China’s Official Media as Operatives of the Communist State

The State Department told China on Tuesday that its five foremost news agencies — Xinhua, CGTN, China Radio, China Daily and The People’s Daily — will officially be treated as foreign government functionaries, subject to similar rules as diplomats stationed in the United States. The new action was described on Tuesday afternoon by two senior State Department officials.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/world/asia/china-media-trump.html
Does China do the same with the media from US? Considering how the western media propagated weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq, it is wise for us to designate all foreign media (Chinese, western etc..) as operatives of those countries.
I'll be more happy if we extend it to their religious and social "NGO's" too...
 

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Does China do the same with the media from US? Considering how the western media propagated weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq, it is wise for us to designate all foreign media (Chinese, western etc..) as operatives of those countries.
I'll be more happy if we extend it to their religious and social "NGO's" too...
Propaganda is a weapon. Every country in the world recognizes this except for India. We have been paying heavy price for that shortcoming.
 

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Propaganda is a weapon. Every country in the world recognizes this except for India. We have been paying heavy price for that shortcoming.
somehow in the division for India..we have the capacity..and capability..but..we are not playing it to the fullest...yet..
 

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somehow in the division for India..we have the capacity..and capability..but..we are not playing it to the fullest...yet..
Our media particularly English language media is largely responsible for all the confusion that we see in the Indian society today. Of course leadership under Congress could have stopped this non-sense if they had vision but they compounded the problem. Entire Indian news media needs to be dismantled immediately. For the time being only DD should be allowed to disseminate news.
 

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These two American talk about lots of things of China , maybe have some new point of view.

 

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First it was Islam and now Christianity! China is going all out to banish all religions from the country.


China launches ‘crusade’ against Christianity, begins to remove crosses from churches across the country

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The Chinese government has decided to forcefully remove more than two thousand crosses from churches across China as part of a government campaign to regulate “excessive religious sites”. According to the reports, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has decided to pull down crosses atop of churches across the country as part of its post-coronavirus crusade against Christianity. The campaign is reportedly aimed at eradicating Christian landscape and its symbols from China.

The nation’s leadership has launched the crusade to eradicate Christianity in various provinces for two years now. Several members have been arrested for attempting to halt the government’s crude attempt to suppress the Christian faith, said a report published by Express.



 

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Vietnam may soon sue China on South China Sea
Everyone is suing China for something or the other! Nothing will happen seeing the thick skin of the Chinese. What would Vietnam do if China asks them to go take a walk? Zilch!
 

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Does China do the same with the media from US? Considering how the western media propagated weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq, it is wise for us to designate all foreign media (Chinese, western etc..) as operatives of those countries.
I'll be more happy if we extend it to their religious and social "NGO's" too...


They have already banned them from many years .....check this list.


 

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Its happening... so it seems CCP is throwing out westerners from there country.

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CCP on bad blood now.
 

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Its happening... so it seems CCP is throwing out westerners from there country.

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CCP on bad blood now.
If we engage in a boxing match with chines, they may do that with our students (medical students) who have returned due to CoVID19
 

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If we engage in a boxing match with chines, they may do that with our students (medical students) who have returned due to CoVID29
They can, I mean they own the HK now, the law has been passed. Xi told his CCP members that first target is HK law, then Taiwan and LAC over India (distant dream maybe).
 

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Western Media biased against India! Here's why!

Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, major US papers received millions to run Chinese propaganda


China Daily, a propaganda outlet of the Chinese government, has reportedly paid $19 million to American newspapers in advertisement and printing charges in the past 4 years. The story came to light, amidst growing concerns about US dailies giving intellectual cover fire to Beijing.

As per the documents filed by China Daily with the Justice Department, the Communist party mouthpiece had paid over $6 million to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), $4.6 million to the Washington Post, $2,40,000 to Foreign Policy, $50,000 to the New York Times, $34,600 to The Des Moines Register and $76,000 to CQ-Roll Call.

Besides, spending $11 million in advertising on prominent US papers, China Daily shelled out an additional $7.6 million to The Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Seattle Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Houston Chronicle, and The Boston Globe for printing copies of its own paper. For instance, the Los Angeles Times reportedly received $657,523 for printing services. The Communist party-mouthpiece had also spent $2,65,822 on advertising on Twitter.

More...https://www.opindia.com/2020/06/china-propaganda-daily-washington-post-new-york-times-wall-street-journal-millions-dollars-justice-department-newspapers-paid-content/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push

So that's the reason why the Western media is churning out propaganda against India. It also has Pakis on their editorial boards!
 

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At the end of last month, the Chinese Communist Party announced it will convene a key policy meeting in October.

"The fifth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will be held in Beijing in October," the Xinhua article read.

Attendees will assess the proposals for the next five-year plan that spans 2021 to 2025 "and future targets for 2035," it said.

For China watchers around the world, the second half of that sentence is a coded message that could not go unnoticed.

"President Xi Jinping really does intend to stay in power for the long run," one political pundit said. "This must be, in effect, the manifesto for the next 15 years."

But to plan for a decade beyond that, all the way to 2035, does not come from any textbook, and it raised many eyebrows.

In a world where the near future is becoming increasingly unclear, especially as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, looking 15 years down the road is far-fetched, even for the strategic-thinking Chinese. It would be equivalent to drawing up three five-year plans in one stroke.

What political intentions lie behind the move? Veteran party officials will easily realize what they are.

Upon hearing about the ultra-long-term plan for 2035, one political pundit reacted by citing a quote by Zhuge Liang, the master strategist from the Three Kindoms Period(220-280 CE).

"Spare no effort unto one's dying day."

It was a slogan the top bureaucrat liked to use to express his resolve when he went to war.

Doing one's best until one's death might sound like a compliment to Xi's resolve, but the reality is this pundit was speaking sarcastically in a way unique to China.

The key here is Mao Zedong, the founding father who reigned over China until his death at 82.

For Xi, who was born in 1953, the year 2035 is when he too will turn 82.

Mao was the "eternal chairman" of the Communist Party. By comparing himself to Mao, Xi is trying to pave the way to becoming the second leader to stay in power for life.

Naturally, not everybody in the party is thrilled with Xi's daring ambition. Those opposed to his ultralong reign cannot speak out loudly but occasionally attempt to put up resistance using various methods, perhaps circling around like a bee looking to sting.

"Things are moving too soon," one veteran party source said. Already in July the party has decided what to discuss in an October meeting, he noted.

According to the communist calendar, this summer will be a crucial period that will affect the future of the Xi Jinping era.

That is because ahead of the next quinquennial party National Congress in 2022, it will be this year, not next, when the framework of the discussions will come together. The prelude to a full-scale political battle over the 2022 national congress is already underway.

In some cases, the outline of key personnel changes at the congress, including specific names, will be discussed this year.

From Xi's standpoint: Victory goes to the one who makes the first move.

Certainly now is not the time to play defense. With the domestic economy in the doldrums and relations with the U.S. in tatters, Xi would not be able to make much of an argument if he were defending himself in front of party elders.

If Xi can make people think that his status will be secure, overseeing the party's national congresses in 2022, then in 2027 and even in 2032 as China's de facto top leader, party members, including those who do not belong to Xi's faction, will come to heel en masse. They will serve the powerful for their own good at the end of the day.

On the other hand, Xi's boldness could backfire, resulting in an even harsher feud with rivals. If party elders or rivals see this summer as their last chance to make their case, there is no shortage of topics with which to go after him.

Looking back, Xi was also on the offensive at the party's last national congress, in 2017.

Shortly before the event, Sun Zhengcai, then the top official of Chongqing and a candidate to succeed the top leader in the future, fell victim to Xi's signature anti-corruption campaign.

At the party's 2017 congress, five years after he took the helm of the party, Xi also succeeded in doing something that was thought to be impossible: enshrining his eponymous ideology in the party's constitution——Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.

Months later he scrapped the presidential limit of two five-year terms.

In China today, many governmental programs have completion dates of 2035. The Xiong'an New Area, a massive new city in Hebei Province, is among them. The project is proceeding with Xi's full backing.

Last month, Xi declared that the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, China's answer to GPS, had formally started global operations. A Chinese official in charge of the system has made clear that it will be upgraded by 2035.

Chinese officials are publicly referring to "Made in China 2025" much less frequently now that the blueprint for upgrading the country's high-tech industries has come under fire from the U.S. This shows a certain degree of consideration to the international political situation.

But the ultra-long-term plan for 2035 is at the core of Xi's politics, and China will push ahead with it regardless of Beijing's external relations if domestic politics demand it.

Naturally, China's confrontation with the U.S. will intensify.

"No country or individual can stop the historical pace of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," Xi has repeatedly said, reflecting his confidence that China will be able to overtake the U.S.

His supporters would say that extending his reign until 2035 is a necessary component to realize "the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation."

 

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