(Thread) π§΅Key points of China's foreign policy delivered in Xi's work report at the #20thPartyCongress:
1. No matter what stage of development China reaches, China will never seek hegemony or engage in expansionism.
2. China is committed to narrowing the North-South gap and supporting and assisting other developing countries in accelerating development.
3. China has been committed to its foreign policy goals of upholding world peace and promoting common development, it is dedicated to promoting a human community with a shared future.
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Interesting results of 2023 Edelman Trust Barometerπ§΅
Despite some media trying hard to depict China as a depressed state that'll soon collapse, the results say the opposite.
1. China is the only country shows a growing trend that people believe they'll be better off in 5 yrs
2. Whether it's the high-income group or low-income group, Chinese people have a high degree of trust in institutions, whether it's the government, business, media, and NGOs.
Ranks the top among all surveyed countries.
When ppl from many countries trust business more than government, Chinese people show a great deal of trust both in the government and business!
So are Singapore, Saudi Arabia & UAE.
People in developed countries like the US, UK, Canada, France & Sweden have low trust in both.
China's #Shenzhou16 manned spaceship was just launched!
π§΅Here I gather some cool graphs to help you understand all you want to know about this manned mission!
About the taikonauts who will carry out the mission to the China Space Station.π
Jing was selected in the 1st batch of China's astronauts in Jan 1998.
He was in the Shenzhou-7, Shenzhou-9 & Shenzhou-11, and was the commander in the last two.
Jing will have conducted more flight missions than any other Chinese astronaut when his fourth mission began today.
Two young astronauts joined this time.
Gui Haichao is the 1st Chinese civilian astronaut & 1st payload specialist to enter China Space Station.
He is a university professor who specializes in spacecraft dynamics & control technology for aerospace systems.
Western gov't & media say Islam is banned in China, and minorities' languages like #Uyghur's r erased.
This lie can be easily debunked if you simply visit a mosque in China.
π§΅I visited, found publications in Uyghur, Kazak, Arabic ...
This is China Muslim magazine in Uyghur π
Different editions of the Koran are available in mosques in China.
On the left is a version in both Mandarin and Arabic and on the right is the version in Arabic with annotation.
This is a local newspaper in Kazak which is available in this mosque in Xinjiang's Tacheng city.
There's a large population of Kazakh ethnic groups living in this city.
This city shares a border with Kazakhstan.
China released an investigation report that disclosed important details of the weapons the CIA used for cyberattacks & details of specific cybersecurity cases taking place in China & other countries.
Worth a read. π§΅
For example:
CIA divulged users' secrets through smart TVs with their attack toolkit, Weeping Angel, developed by the Embedded Devices Branch.
The toolkit can make TVs "pretend" to be switched off but in fact, they are still overhearing.
China's technical team obtained a sample of an info interception tool that is exclusively used by NSA, indicating that the CIA & NSA may jointly attack the same target, share attack weapons with each other, or provide technological or personnel assistance to each other.
A thread π§΅on the so-called "debt-trap diplomacy."
@HusseinAskary found the accusation is inaccurate, & deliberately made to undermine the Belt and Road Initiative.
China's loans are not only small in those countries' foreign debts, and are also being used to boost productivity.
2. Two things ppl tend to misunderstand.
a). The percentage of debts.
From China is 10%, from international financial institutions is 40-60%.
b). How are the loans being used.
Loans from China are used on infrastructures that improve the country's ability to pay back.
3. A study by professors from Columbia University and the University of Oxford resonates with this founding.
"What keeps African leaders awake at night is not Chinese debt traps. It is the whims of the bond market," the study says.
Thanks to The New York Times @nytimes for putting my vlogs in your recent article, especially the ones I made in #Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Even though you published the article that involves me before I reply, I still would kindly offer my reply. (Thread)
Part 1: π
Part 2: π
The New York Times's 1st question:
Am I misleading people on my personal YouTube channel (which I started to use looong before I joined CGTN)?
If Chinese companies' employees need to be labelled, then shouldn't NYT employees be labelled as "corporate-funded media?"
Part 3:π
I totally get @paulmozur and many Western journalists' concerns over govt-backed people & organs.
So may I kindly suggest you also investigate @ASPI@UyghurCongress@NEDemocracy who receive funding from US govt & military-industrial complex? @nytimes