2nd #COVID19 case seems to have emerged in #Beijing, as Haidian district's Baiwangmoliyuan community 百旺茉莉园小区 has undergone quarantine. On-site health worker reportedly said 1 resident was tested positive after developing a fever late Mon.
#Beijingoutbreak At Jan. 18 presser, 3 more cases were announced, in addition to the 1st case on Jan. 15. case 2 was the mother of the 1st case, case 3, resident of Baiwangmoliyuan, worked on the same floor with case 1. Case 4 was a migrant worker in Chaoyang district/3
#Beijingoutbreak Case 4 developed flu symptoms on Jan. 14 and went for testing on Jan. 17. Results returned on Jan. 18 showed he's infected w/ Delta variant. Case 4 was on a train to Weihai, Shandong province when he was notified of the result and has been quarantined. /4
#Beijingoutbreak@XHNews on possible "surface-to-human" transmission: officials say "it can't be ruled out" that 2 recent cases in Beijing & Shenzhen were infected when contacting foreign-sourced objects, but tracing is still ongoing to determine true origin./5
#Beijingoutbreak The reason for possible "surface-to-human" transmission is samples collected from both patients shared high similarity those reported in N. America, but not to any known cases in China. Top CDC scientist Wu Zunyou suggested "surface-to-human" transmission /6
#Beijingoutbreak needed 3 factors, 1. the object was "heavily contaminated";2, virus survived for an extended period on such surface (e.g. in low temperature) ; 3, no proper protective measure was adopted when contacting the object. /7 news.cn/politics/2022-…
Beijing residents have gotten the * sign on their tracing app. (the * sign indicates the city has sections deemed as medium/high risk, but not an indicator that the carrier has been to those sections). In practice, the * would mean more restrictions and checks while traveling.
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China's Foreign Ministry lists issues that will be waiting for U.S. Secretary of State @SecBlinken when he arrives in Beijing.
The list of issues is wide-ranging and builds on Xi-Biden call earlier this month, it reiterated some of the negative elements in the bilat-tie.
MFA gave the Xi-Biden meeting in SF and their call as the two events that set the stage for Blinken's visit. It repeats some of the text in official readouts after those two events, indicating that the general conditions between China, the U.S. then are still relevant today./2
MFA reiterates the overarching principle guiding China's U.S. policy.
➡️Mutual Respect
➡️Peaceful Co-existence
➡️Win-Win Cooperation
Also the focus of China's stance toward bilat ties this year:
➡️Value peace
➡️Prioritize stability
➡️Uphold credibility /3
🧵Late last night #China's top diplomat Wang Yi held phone calls with his Iranian and Saudi counterparts to discuss the recent hostilities between #Iran and #Israel. Here's what they said, according to an official readout.🇨🇳🇮🇷🇸🇦 #IranIsrael
In the Iranian phone call, Wang said
⭕️China strongly condemns and firmly opposes the attack on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus, regarding it as a serious violation of international law and unacceptable./2
⭕️China has noted Iran's statement that its action taken was limited and was an act of self-defense.
⭕️China appreciates Iran's stress on not targeting regional and neighboring countries as well as its reiteration of continuously pursuing a good-neighborly and friendly policy./3
Xi to Biden: In recent months, our teams followed thru on agreements reached in SF and bilat ties are stabilizing, as is welcomed by many in China, US, and the world. On the other hand, negative elements in bilat ties are on the rise, which is worth our attention. tc
The negative elements mostly refer to Taiwan, Tech sanctions, HK, human rights and South China Sea.
Xi: China would not tolerate outside forces supporting successionists in TW, hope Biden would put the US commitment of not supporting TW independence into action.
Xi: US is on a neverending campaign to suppress Chinese trade & tech. This is not "de-risking" but creates risks. If US wishes to cooperate, China's door remains open, but if US is bent on stripping China of its legitimate rights to growth, China would not sit on its hands.
Chinese MOD spox Tan Kefei Wed responds to reports alleging 🇨🇳 ignoring @DeptofDefense request for talks:
China attaches importance to the development of 🇨🇳🇺🇸 military relations & the development of communication at all levels, in fact, mil-to-mil contacts are not severed./1
I want to emphasize that dialogue cannot be without principles, and communication cannot be without the bottom line. The U.S. side bears full responsibility for the current difficulties of mil-to-mil exchanges. /2
On the one hand, the U.S. side claims to seek more communication, but on the other hand, it disregards China's concerns, arbitrarily creates obstacles, and seriously undermines mutual trust between the two militaries. This is not the right attitude in pursuing communication. /3
Politburo member & #Shanghai Party Chief Chen Jining on May 30 met w/ @jpmorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, pledging to provide a better business environment for foreign businesses. Dimon's in town for JP Morgan's "Global China Summit".
Politburo member & #Shanghai Party Chief Chen Jining on May 30 met w/ #JardineMatheson CEO Benjamin William Keswick.Chen welcomes JM to apply the latest development concepts, techs, business models & consumption stimulation in SH. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qZciM6hmaPp1…
Didn't visit the #Shanghai#Autoshow, but here is a list of takeaways somebody wrote that's circulating on social media and getting a lot of nods.
I'll briefly translate. 1. EV are the future, the days of combustion engine vehicles are numbered.
2. Brand value of luxury brands such as #Benz and #BMW is the saving grace of combust engine vehicles 3. #Audi is lagging behind Benz and BMW, the conventional acronym of the big 3 lux brands of "BBA" is now "BB"
4. After 3 years of Covid, the latest development of Chinese EVs has shocked many foreign brands 5. Many foreigners are watching domestic brand cars with anxiety on their face 6. Japanese, Korean and French brands have little future in the Chinese market