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Cuba & China present the first patent for a “Pan-Corona” vaccine that will be effective against different strains of COVID. 🧵 1/5 (📷: Eduardo Martinez)
Chinese reality show “Become a Farmer” took 10 Gen Z celebrities to work in the fields. Young people are tasked with cultivating a large plot of land, and living in an abandoned warehouse where they are responsible for cleaning and maintenance.🧵1/2
The People's Republic of China, founded in October 1st, 1949, has officially existed longer than the Soviet Union, which lasted 27,076 days (7 Nov. 1917- 25 Dec. 1991)
A new joint study between Columbia University & the University of Oxford says the “debt-trap” narrative is a function of China-US strategic and ideological rivalry rather than a reflection of African realities or perspectives. 🧵 1/12 (📷: Lau Kakuen)
Yesterday, the G20 summit in Indonesia ended, and we would like to share some moments of Xi Jinping./1
📷 Xi, wearing batik, an Indonesian shirt, with his wife.
China Railway completes testing of high-speed trains at 453 km/h, the fastest in the world
With the new CR450 train, the trip between Beijing and Shanghai will take two hours less than the current 350 km/h high-speed trains.🧵1/2
The US boycott of China's semiconductor industry is having difficulty finding global support.
A 🧶 with excerpts from an article by the Asia Times & other sources about the discomfort that the US offensive against China is generating in countries allied with the US.
A 2018 internal speech in which Xi Jinping highlights the revolutionary character of the Communist Party of China was published. We open thread with its six pages and the most important phrases. 🧵1/10
📷 Ju Peng/Xinhua
⚡🇷🇺🇨🇳 | As Presidents Xi & Putin said their goodbyes, the camera captured the following:
Xi: “Change is coming that hasn’t happened in 100 years. And we’re driving this change together”
Putin: “I agree.”
Xi: “Please take care dear friend.”
Putin: “Have a safe trip.”
Xi Jinping, on Monday congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his victory in the presidential elections in Brazil, and said that the long-term friendship and deepening of mutually beneficial cooperation serve the main interests of the two countries.🧶
📸 Lula Institute
China to transfer technology for Thailand to develop its own high-speed rail network. The transfer may involve patents, licenses, and other intellectual property rights. 🧵1/2
Chinese scientists successfully test real-time wireless transmission using 6G technology for the first time. Although 6G cellular networks are far from becoming a reality, the experiment achieved a speed of 100GB per second in a 10GHz bandwidth. 🧵1/2
🇨🇳 | In the first 10 months of the year, nearly 115,000 CPC cadres have been investigated and 80,000 disciplined for violating anti-extravagance measures. 1/3
Solar Power Price ‘War’?: Chinese solar panel makers cut prices by up to 27% to EU’s delight, while the US is left out due to self-imposed sanctions.
Here’s what happened 🧵1/6
On our YouTube channel, we posted a video about China's political system. Here’s a thread with some clips.
To talk about China's political system, we need to understand two major structures: the State and the Party. /1
A new technology developed by Chinese scientists effectively controls the growth and metastasis of cancer. The technology takes advantage of a bacteria specifically designed to attack and replicate quickly within tumors. 🧵1/2
🇨🇳 ☭ | Priority for CPC membership shifts to focus on quality over quantity, as Xi Jinping puts his hopes for the future of the party on the younger generation
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused China of considering provide weapons to Russia. In response, the Chinese foreign ministry stated that “it is the United States, not China, that is constantly sending weapons to the battlefield”.
A 🧶on Wang Yi's visit to Russia
Many people do not realize that China has a multi-party political system. A thread with the eight parties that were created before 1949 as part of the united front strategy and continue to play a key role in the Political Consultative Conference.
A small 🧵1/9
#TwoSessions
At about 19:49 on November 24, a fire broke out in a high-rise residential building in
#Urumqi
, killing 10 people and injuring 9 others.
Some people in China have expressed great sorrow and frustration online and in the streets.
Here’s what we know so far. 🧵 1/5
The head of the Cuban state-owned BioCubaFarma group, Eduardo Martinez, said the research is the result of the collaboration of the Cuban Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), and Chinese researchers. 2/5 (📷: Presidencia El Salvador)
🇨🇳 | Today is the 130th anniversary of the birth of Mao Zedong. Hereare the huge crowds that gathered last night to celebrate in Shaoshan, Mao's hometown.
Compared to traditional uranium reactors, molten salt thorium reactors are safer, generate less waste and use fuel more efficiently; Thorium is also a more abundant resource compared to uranium, and China has significant reserves of the metallic element. 2/2
🏫🇷🇺🇨🇳| Russia Opens New Research Center On Xi Jinping Thought
The goal of the state-funded research institution is to “understand modern China better” and allow the “government, business, and scientific community to understand modern China better”. 1/6
The measure will allow companies and financial institutions in both countries to use the yuan for bilateral transactions; China is Brazil’s largest trading partner, with bilateral trade exceeding US$100 billion for four consecutive years
⚡🔌🔋🚗🚎| The Chinese government is launching a pilot program to convert 80% of all “public” transport into electric-powered vehicles in cities chosen by provinces, by 2025.
Martinez stressed that this vaccine would not only be useful against the current pandemic but could also be effective against the emergence of new pathogens belonging to the same family of viruses. 3/5 (📷: Eduardo Martinez)
🇨🇳🇸🇦 | Mandarin learning boom in the
#MiddleEast
.
Saudi Arabia (
#KSA
) is the latest country to mandate
#Chinese
language education in schools as the region embraces
#Beijing
links.
🧵1/24
Under the new strategy – announced at a meeting presided over by President Xi Jinping in December – the State would take over a larger portion of the real estate market, which for years has been dominated by the private sector.
🇨🇳🇵🇸| China reaffirms the right of Palestinians to "armed struggle" against Israeli occupation
Ma Xinmin, stated that "[the Palestinian people have the right to the] use of force to resist foreign oppression and to complete the establishment of the Palestinian state."
China overtakes the US to become the global leader in the number of most-cited scientific papers. Among the 1% of most-cited papers in the world, 27.2% are Chinese and 24.9% are from the US. 🧵 1/2
Pan-Corona is a recombinant type antigen, a class of vaccine that CIGB has had much success in with successful vaccines against Hepatitis B and Cuba’s homegrown COVID-19 vaccines. 4/5 (📷: Joaquin Hernandez/Xinhua)
⚡🩺🤖| China Carries Out Telesurgery Over 4,500 km (2,800 miles)
A woman in Xinjiang has had her gallbladder removed by a surgeon in Hangzhou using a 5G-enabled surgical robot, opening up new opportunities for medical care for people in remote parts of the country.
A 🧵 1/5
China urges the US to lift the blockade on Cuba. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said "…unilateral sanctions on Cuban officials lack basis in international law. It is a textbook example of ‘coercive diplomacy’." 🧵 1/8
What is the path of China's modernization and how does it differ from that of the West? Members of the new Central Committee gave a press conference where they elaborated on these questions. Here’s a thread. 🧵/1 📷 MoF China
The "Hurun Rich List" includes those with a minimum net worth of 5 billion yuan (US$690 million). Only 1,305 people reached the threshold this year, 11% less than last year. Their total wealth was US$ 3.5 billion, 18% less year-on-year.
🇧🇴🇨🇳 | “Today begins the era of the industrialization of Bolivian lithium”, said Bolivian President Luis Arce, during the signing ceremony of a historic agreement with a consortium led by Chinese CATL, which will allow Bolivia to manufacture and export lithium batteries. 🧵 /1
China will cut import tariffs for 16 of the world’s poorest countries, boosting local production. Cuts apply to 98% of taxable products from Cambodia, Laos, Djibouti, Rwanda, Togo, and others. 🧵 1/2
China published a report denouncing "unilateral, selfish, & regressive hegemonic" US practices that threaten world peace & stability.
The text divides the fields of US hegemony into 5 categories: political, military, economic, financial, technological, & cultural. 🧵 1/10
China to exceed Xi Jinping’s 2020 clean energy targets by five years ahead of schedule
The country has already announced or begun construction of enough projects to bring its wind and solar capacity to 1,371 GW by 2025. 🧵1/2
🇨🇳🛤️🚄 🇹🇭| China will transfer technology to Thailand to develop its own high-speed rail network.
Transferring may involve patents, licenses, and other intellectual property rights. 🧵1/7
China is increasingly directing its exports to countries of the Global South. In the first four months of this year, China's exports increased by 24.1% to ASEAN countries, 36.9% to Africa and 11.2% to Latin America. 🧵1/3
Some tech tycoons were hit hard amid falling stock prices and Beijing's anti-monopoly regulatory crackdown. The fortunes of Tencent's Pony Ma, TikTok founder Zhang Yiming, and Alibaba's Jack Ma fell by 32%./5
This year's decline in fortunes was the largest in the past 24 years, driven largely by the real estate slump, according to Rupert Hoogewerf, chairperson and chief researcher of Hurun Report./3
In a heated exchange with Justin Trudeau, Canada’s Prime Minister, Xi "scolded" him for leaking information about their meeting to the press: "It's not appropriate, it's not the way we do things", Xi was quoted as saying./2
Huawei patented a breakthrough in sub-10 nanometer microchip fabrication. This was an advance in extreme ultraviolet lithography, dominated only by the Netherlands-based ASML. 🧵 1/2
🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦| BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) To Offer Financing In Local Currencies
The NDB will increase the share of financing denominated in the currencies of its members, i.e. Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. 🧵1/5
The CPC National Congress is attended by 2,296 delegates, with an average age of 52.2 years. 33.6% of delegates are workers from various industries, 11.5% are from 40 ethnic minority groups, and 27% are women. /2
📷 Xinhua/Xie Huanchi
Happy birthday to Karl Marx.
In the next tweet you can watch a clip of the recent Chinese film series, “When Marx Met Confucius,” popularizing Marxism combined with China’s specific realities and traditions
⚡🇵🇸🇨🇳 | Xi Jingpin Calls For Palestine To Become Full Member of the UN
“China supports Palestine in becoming a full member State of the United Nations,” Xi said during a meeting with President Abbas in Beijing, according to CCTV.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to visit Beijing, seeking closer economic ties and support against US aggression, as Chinese experts welcome Cuba as “Good Comrades & Good Brothers”.
A thread 🧵 1/8
Xi Jinping is expected to be re-elected for a third term, the first president to do so since Mao Zedong. The delegates were elected under the guidance of Xi's thought of "socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era"./4
📷 Xinhua
⚡🇵🇸🇨🇳| Xi Announces China-Palestinian Strategic Partnership & 3-Point Peace Proposal
The Chinese President made a renewed offer to mediate and find a lasting solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict during his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas 1/5
Here's our second 🧵 about the 20th Congress report, presented by Xi Jinping, that includes the CPC's ideological and organizational self-criticisms. What is the place of Marxism in the CPC? What is the Party's role in the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics? 1/10
📣 📕 Did you know that China lifted over 800 million people out of extreme poverty? What does this have to do with socialism?
Issue no. 2 of the international edition of Wenhua Zongheng, the Chinese political & cultural magazine, is out now via
@tri_continental
& DS 🧵 1/14
The meeting with the Argentinian president was almost called off due to Alberto Fernandez's gastritis, but he was finally able to attend. Xi confirmed the extension of their currency swap agreement for 35 billion yuan (US$ 5 billion)./4
On Sunday morning, Xi Jinping kicked off the 20th National Congress of the CPC with areport from the outgoing 19th CPC Central Committee. Here’s a thread of some highlights and key quotes.
#20thNationalCongress
1/10 📷 Xinhua
The development of the Belt and Road Initiative makes China a major player on the international stage, expected to be the leading economic power in the coming years. This is why the decisions taken at this Congress will not only affect China but the whole world.
Wealth creation in China has changed dramatically in recent years. Only 30% were on the list ten years ago. Among the top 10 billionaires, Tencent founder Pony Ma is the only one who has been there for a decade./4
US Treasury Sec. Yellen chastised by Chinese Embassy for her inflammatory comments made during Zambia visitY ellen claims Beijing is an obstacle to debt relief; China strikes back & advises the US to deal with its own massive debt problems & not to sabotage other nations. 🧵1/10
The super-rich in China and their fortunes are declining, according to the Hurun Rich List. The wealthiest with over 5 billion yuan fell 11% from last year to 1,305, and total wealth down by 18%. 🧵 1/2
After Chinese buyers canceled orders for 562,800 tonnes of US corn in April, state-owned COFCO imported 53,000 tonnes of the grain from South Africa. 1/2
Hui Ka Yan, founder and chairperson of real estate giant China Evergrande Group, has continued to sell assets to pay down debt. His wealth fell 60% to US$4 billion, down more than 90% from its peak of US$43 billion in 2017./7
Citing Marx, Engels, Lenin, Mao and Deng, Xi reviewed the history of scientific socialism and highlighted China's importance for the continuity of the world socialist project after the Soviet collapse. 3/10
📷 Chinese Posters
China is the continent’s biggest bilateral creditor but most of Africa’s total public debt is held by private Western creditors. Only 8% (US$78 billion) of sub-Saharan Africa’s total public debt of US$945 billion was owned by Chinese entities. 3/12 (📷: Global Times)
At the moment, the Two Sessions are taking place in China, the country's most important annual political event. This is the most important annual political event in the country.
What is it about? Here is a thread. 🧵1/10
🇨🇳 Why are there no slums in China? | Explained
Slums were not uncommon in Chinese cities a few decades ago. How did China manage to develop in a way that decreased mass housing precarity? What are the structural reasons behind it?
📰 Read:
Jack Ma dropped from being China's richest man last year and fell to ninth place this year with a net worth of US$25.7 billion. Tencent's Pony Ma recorded the second largest drop in wealth of US$14.6 billion to fifth place./6
Debt-Trap Myth: African governments owe *three times more* debt to private Western lenders than China & are charged *double the interest rate* – new research based on World Bank data by UK’s
@debtjustice
finds. This has huge implications for debt relief. 🧵1/14
☭ 🇨🇳📈| Communist Party of China Membership Grew To 98.04 Million In 2022
This is according to the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee which says this constitutes an increase of 1.4% from 2021 membership figures. 🧵1/6