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The Next Stage of the Ideological Struggle Between the U.S. and China
By Isaac Chotiner December 9, 2020 The New Yorker
In September, the House passed a bill that would ban imports produced by Uighur forced laborers in Xinjiang. Companies such as Apple, Nike, and Coca-Cola have mounted a lobbying campaign against the bill, which passed the House by an overwhelming margin of four hundred and six to three, and is likely to pass the Senate. If the bill does become law, it will be the latest sign that the relationship between the United States and China is as contentious as it has been in decades. The Chinese Communist Party’s use of forced labor, its authoritarian activity in Hong Kong, and its obfuscation about the coronavirus have raised bipartisan concerns about the future of the relationship between the U.S. and China.
Tiếp tục đọc “The Next Stage of the Ideological Struggle Between the U.S. and China”Europe, US should say ‘no’ to China’s ‘wolf-warrior’ diplomacy: EU envoy
FILE PHOTO: An attendant walks past EU and China flags ahead of the EU-China High-level Economic Dialogue at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China on Jun 25, 2018. (Photo: REUTERS/Jason Lee)
10 Dec 2020 02:50PM(Updated: 10 Dec 2020 02:52PM)
Tiếp tục đọc “Europe, US should say ‘no’ to China’s ‘wolf-warrior’ diplomacy: EU envoy”
China uses big data to select Muslims for arrest in Xinjiang: HRW
Rights group says Chinese policing programme selects people for arrest for ‘everyday, lawful’ behaviour.
![A Chinese police officer standing near what is officially called a 'vocational education centre' in Yining, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, September 4, 2018 [File: Thomas Peter/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-12-09T055221Z_578150358_RC2HJK9XGVSS_RTRMADP_3_CHINA-RIGHTS-XINJIANG-e1607501922191.jpg?resize=770%2C513)
A big-data program in China’s Xinjiang “arbitrarily selects” Muslims for detention, flagging behaviour such as wearing a veil, studying the Quran or going on the Hajj pilgrimage as reasons for arrest, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Tiếp tục đọc “China uses big data to select Muslims for arrest in Xinjiang: HRW”Proposed Feed-in-Tariff reduction could “seriously damage” growth of wind power in Vietnam
- New proposed Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) extension by Vietnamese government would reduce tariffs for onshore and intertidal wind power by 17.4 per cent and 13.6 per cent respectively, one of the most dramatic reductions seen for wind power globally.
- According to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), this FIT reduction threatens to deter investment and derail the long-term growth of wind power in Vietnam.
- GWEC welcomes a FIT extension to compensate for permitting and COVID-19-related delays, which collectively will cause Vietnam to miss its 800 MW of wind power capacity target by 41 per cent.
- GWEC, representing the global wind industry, recommends a minimum 6-month extension to the current FIT, followed by milder reductions to the FIT from May 2022 onwards.
3 December 2020, Singapore – The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) welcomes the recent decision by the Vietnamese government to approve an extension of the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) scheme for wind power in the country. However, the proposed dramatic reduction to the FIT risks seriously damaging the growth of Vietnam’s promising wind power sector, slowing down investment and the creation of new jobs and making it harder for Vietnam to meet growing energy demand. Tiếp tục đọc “Proposed Feed-in-Tariff reduction could “seriously damage” growth of wind power in Vietnam”
Tự do hóa thị trường điện Châu Âu: nửa ly nước đầy
English: Liberalisation of the European electricity markets: a glass half full
Năm 2016, chỉ thị đầu tiên về tự do hóa thị trường điện châu Âu (năm 2006) kỷ niệm 20 năm ngày ban hành. Chúng ta có thể rút ra kết luận gì từ hai thập kỷ tự do hóa thị trường điện? Một số nhà quan sát, thậm chí những người có tiếng, [1] cũng đang tranh luận rằng thử nghiệm này là một thất bại.Theo định kỳ, các hội nghị được tổ chức tại Brussels hoặc các thủ đô khác để thảo luận về những cải cách mới được cho là cần thiết để cứu ngành điện châu Âu. Ủy ban Châu Âu đề xuất những thay đổi sau khi tham khảo ý kiến của các bên liên quan trên thị trường. [2]
Bài báo đưa ra một quan điểm lạc quan hơn đó là: tự do hóa ngành điện của châu Âu đã hoàn thành hầu hết các mục tiêu ban đầu của chỉ thị. Phải thừa nhận rằng có thể và sẽ cần phải cải tiến, nhưng chúng ta đã đi được một chặng đường dài. Vì vậy, ly nước đã đầy một nửa. Trong thời điểm nghi ngờ về sự thành công của hội nhập châu Âu, ngành điện cho chúng ta nhiều cơ sở để hài lòng.
1. Các mục tiêu ban đầu của quá trình tự do hóa ngành điện Châu Âu Tiếp tục đọc “Tự do hóa thị trường điện Châu Âu: nửa ly nước đầy”
Geopolitics plays out on the Mekong with doubts on dams and promises of cooperation
The geopolitics of the Mekong river continue to evolve, with key announcements from China, Thailand and the Mekong River Commission.
Editorial
Recent weeks have seen new developments in the ongoing tension over the Mekong river and its waters, as the river basin faces ecological crises and its waters play an ever-larger role in geopolitics.
Thailand has announced that it is reconsidering its decision to purchase power from the planned Sanakham Dam, a large hydropower project on the mainstream of the Mekong in Laos. Tiếp tục đọc “Geopolitics plays out on the Mekong with doubts on dams and promises of cooperation”
Australia, US partner on air-launched hypersonic missile
By: Nigel Pittaway, defensenews 3 days ago
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia and the United States are partnering to develop and test an air-launched hypersonic cruise missile under the bilateral Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment program, or SCIFiRE, the two countries announced Monday.
Tiếp tục đọc “Australia, US partner on air-launched hypersonic missile”Mekong Delta expressway network expansion: infographic
By Ta Lu, Doan Loan December 3, 2020 | 11:10 am GMT+7
The Mekong Delta region is set to get over 300 kilometers of expressways in the next five years as the government seeks to boost connectivity and economic growth.
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Vietnam Airlines staff apologize in chorus after Covid-19 community transmissions
By Long Nguyen December 3, 2020 | 06:44 pm GMT+7 vnexpress
Since December 2, a host of Vietnam Airlines flight attendants have posted the #WeApologize hashtag, saying sorry on behalf of their colleague, “patient 1342,” who violated quarantine rules and spread the novel coronavirus to the community.
“What happened was unexpected, our colleague was wrong, and we apologize on his behalf,” a female flight attendant said on her Facebook page.
Promising to strictly follow the rules and not cause any similar incidents in future, many also expressed the hope people will stop criticizing and even abusing them on social networks and in real life.
“We have been worried at work as some of our colleagues have been discriminated against and abused. I want to repeat we are sorry for what happened,” another flight attendant wrote on Facebook.
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| A flight attendant posts on his Facebook page, using the #WeApologize hashtag on December 2, 2020. |
Previously, local news said verbal abuse and ostracism were reported by Vietnam Airlines staff. On December 3, a stranger attacked an attendant with a burning cigarette while the uniformed victim was waiting at a red light.
These posts from Vietnam Airlines flight attendants have attracted attention from netizens, who have shown encouragement and support, hoping the staff would overcome the upheaval soon.
The soured image of Vietnam Airlines attendants in the public eye was by
Under Covid-19 prevention protocols, flight crews must isolate themselves on returning to Vietnam. But the flight attendant, “patient 1342,” who returned to Vietnam from Japan on November 14 and entered quarantined for four days at a facility managed by Vietnam Airlines in HCMC’s Tan Binh District, went to another quarantine area and contracted the virus from a crew member who had returned from Romania.
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| Vietnam Airlines staff on a flight during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo by Tien Phong Newspaper. |
After two tests showed he was negative for the coronavirus, he was let go but told to isolate himself at home.
But he came into contact with his mother and two friends, including an English language teacher who stayed with him for a few days.
On November 29, 15 days after he returned from Japan, he tested positive for the virus, and the next day the teacher did too. The latter had meanwhile spread the virus to a nephew and a student of his.
On December 3, local police said the flight attendant could be charged with “spreading dangerous infectious diseases to humans.”
Vietnam has recorded 1,358 Covid-19 cases so far, 119 still active. Thirty-five have succumbed to the disease, many of them elderly with underlying conditions like diabetes or kidney failure.Related News:
Vietnam protests China’s escalation of sovereignty violations
By Vu Ngoc December 3, 2020 | 06:36 pm GMT+7 vnexpress
Satellite photo shows North Island, part of the Paracel Islands in the East Sea, September 2017. Photo by Planet Labs via Reuters.Vietnam Thursday asked China to stop escalating tensions with actions that exacerbate violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam protests China’s escalation of sovereignty violations”
US tightens travel rules for Chinese Communist Party members: Report
The new policy – which took immediate effect on Wednesday – caps visas of Communist Party members and their immediate families to one month and a single entry into the country, the report said.
“For decades we allowed the CCP free and unfettered access to US institutions and businesses while these same privileges were never extended freely to US citizens in China,” a State Department spokesperson said in a statement quoted by the Times.
Applicants had previously been able to obtain 10-year visitor visas. The report estimated the new restrictions could theoretically apply to around 270 million people.
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Rise of domestic social media in Tibet against China
ANI
03 Dec 2020, 18:55 GMT+10
Taipei [Taiwan], December 3 (ANI): Despite the attempts by the authoritarian Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to curb freedom of expression, right to information, association and religion in Tibet, there has been a rise in domestic social media giving platform to voices challenging the government-sponsored news.
Tiếp tục đọc “Rise of domestic social media in Tibet against China”Update: China to step up RCEP trade pact implementation
Xinhua APN
03 Dec 2020, 10:51 GMT+10
Aerial photo taken on April 8, 2020 shows the Xiaochantan dock in Yangpu, south China’s Hainan Province. As a state-level development zone established in 1992 in the northwest of Hainan, the Yangpu Economic Development Zone is expected to develop into a growth point of Hainan’s high-quality development and a pilot zone of Hainan free trade port. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)
BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — The State Council, China’s cabinet, has made arrangements to step up implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
Tiếp tục đọc “Update: China to step up RCEP trade pact implementation”US blocks China cotton due to human rights issues
ANI, APN
03 Dec 2020, 10:55 GMT+10
Washington DC [US], December 3 (ANI): The US government has issued an order to block cotton imports from a Xinjiang governmental organisation in China due to the ongoing human rights abuses of Uyghurs, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Wednesday.
“The US Department of Homeland Security announced today that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel at all US ports of entry will detain shipments containing cotton and cotton products originating from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC),” the release said on Wednesday.
Tiếp tục đọc “US blocks China cotton due to human rights issues”
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