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China's four new vice premiers:Ding Xuexiang, 60, is the first-ranked vice premier who also sits in the ruling Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee, China's top echelon of power. Wang Zhigang, 65, remains minister of science and technology. Huai Jinpeng, 60, remains minister of educationPan Yue, 62, remains head of the National Ethnic Affairs CommissionWang Xiaohong, 65, remains minister of public securityChen Yixin, 63, remains minister of state security. Considered a Xi ally, he had worked with Xi when the latter was party chief of Zhejiang province from 2002-2007. Tang Dengjie, 63, remains minister of civil affairsHe Rong, 60, remains minister of justiceWang Xiaoping, 59, remains minister of human resources and social securityWang Guanghua, 59, remains minister of natural resourcesHuang Runqiu, 59, remains minister of ecology and environmentNi Hong, 60, remains minister of housing and urban-rural developmentLi Xiaopeng, 63, remains minister of transportLi Guoying, 63, remains minister of water resourcesTang Renjian, 60, remains minister of agriculture and rural affairsHu Heping, 60, remains minister of culture and tourismMa Xiaowei, 63, remains head of the National Health CommissionPei Jinjia, 59, remains minister of veterans affairsWang Xiangxi, 60, remains minister of emergency managementHou Kai, 60, remains auditor-general of the National Audit OfficeReporting by Yew Lun Tian, Ziyi Tang, additional reporting by Albee Zhang; Editing by Raju GopalakrishnanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Taiwan says crashed balloon was used for weather monitoring
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TAIPEI, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A balloon that came down on a remote Taiwanese-held islet close to China's coast was used for weather monitoring and had no audio-visual recording equipment on board, Taiwan's Defence Ministry said on Saturday after analysing the remains. The Defence Ministry said that after analysing and comparing the remains, it had determined that the balloon was carrying meteorological recording instruments "without photographic or recording audio-visual or storage-related devices". It was equipped with an antenna, temperature and humidity sensing equipment, a data transmitter board and lithium battery, a ministry statement said. According to statistics it has assembled, the ministry said "floating balloons" around the Taiwan Strait in recent years have mostly been seen between December and February, in line with the prevailing wind direction. Dongyin sits in a strategic position at the top of the Taiwan Strait and the island is well defended.

☆ Taiwan finds crashed weather balloon on remote island, says it is likely from China
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Chinese dredger boat seen from the ferry between Nangan and Dongyin, Matsu archipelago Taiwan, Aug. 30, 2022. Taiwan's military said on Thursday it had found the remains of a probable crashed weather balloon likely from China on a remote and strategically located island near the Chinese coast, amid a dispute between China and the United States over spy balloons. Taiwan, claimed by China as its own territory, has complained of increased harassment by Beijing's armed forces over the past three years, including fighter jets flying near the island and drones buzzing close to offshore islets. The sphere is about 1 meter in diameter with an instrument box marked with simplified Chinese characters — which are used in China but not Taiwan — and the wording "Taiyuan Radio No. 1 Factory Co., Ltd.," "GTS13 digital datmospheric sounding instrument" and "meteorological instrument," the army said.

☆ Taiwan finds crashed weather balloon on remote island, likely Chinese
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

TAIPEI, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Taiwan's military said on Thursday it had found the remains of a probable crashed weather balloon likely from China on a remote and strategically located island near the Chinese coast, amid a dispute between China and the United States over spy balloons. 1 Factory Co., Ltd.", "GTS13 digital datmospheric sounding instrument" and "meteorological instrument", the army said. Speaking to reporters at parliament on Friday morning, Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said the ministry has dispatched a team to investigate the crashed balloon. Dongyin sits at the top of the Taiwan Strait on an important passage for any southbound Chinese forces from the eastern province of Zhejiang if they attack Taiwan, and the island is well defended. China also deployed drones close to Taiwan-controlled islands near the Chinese coast last August when Beijing staged war games near Taiwan, which only ended after Taiwanese forces shot one down.

☆ My family owned a Chinese takeout restaurant. Here are 9 things we wished customers knew to avoid being offensive or inconsiderate.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Su-Jit Lin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Food writer Su-Jit Lin grew up working in her parents' American Chinese kitchen. Double meat is paid for unflinchingly at the likes of Chipotle; why should Chinese takeout be any different? Plus, the Chinese takeout restaurant industry is competitive, and offering good bang for your buck is often what the owners are convinced help them survive. This is a common formula for Chinese takeout across America. Don't order too close to opening or closing timeA lot of American Chinese food depends on our prep being hot and ready.

Jan 18 (Reuters) - A University of Kansas professor avoided prison on Wednesday for making a false statement related to work he was doing in China in the latest setback for a Trump-era U.S. Department of Justice crackdown on Chinese influence within American academia. Prosecutors had asked U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson in Kansas City, Kansas, to sentence Feng "Franklin" Tao to 2-1/2 years in prison, even after the judge in September threw out most of his trial conviction for concealing work he did in China. Robinson instead sentenced the chemical engineering professor to time served with no fine or restitution. The Justice Department did not respond to requests for comment. Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi and Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

China has said it only counts deaths of COVID patients caused by pneumonia and respiratory failure as COVID-related. The holiday travel rush is expected to last for 40 days, from Jan. 7 to Feb. 15, the Ministry of Transport said this week. China's official death toll of 5,246 since the pandemic began compares with more than 1 million deaths in the United States. The United States, India, Italy, Japan and Taiwan said they would require COVID tests for travellers from China. Omicron was still the dominant strain in China, Chinese health officials said this week.

☆ Taiwan's remote islands are on the frontline with China — sometimes only a few hundred yards from Chinese troops
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Taiwan is roughly 100 miles from mainland China, but some Taiwanese islands are much closer. Taiwan's outlying islands would stand little chance against China, but they wouldn't be easy to take. While celebrated, this year's anniversary was also a reminder of Taiwan's islands' growing vulnerability to Chinese attack. Taiwan's islands are much easier to reach. Tourists watch a Chinese military helicopter fly over Pingtan Island, one of mainland China's closest points to Taiwan, on August 4.

☆ Japan to look into group's report of secret Chinese police stations
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Safeguard Defenders, an Asia-focused rights group based in Spain, has published two reports since September indicating that Chinese authorities have established 102 overseas police stations in 53 countries, including Japan. Chinese authorities have dismissed the accusations and said the facilities are volunteer-run centres that help citizens renew documents and offer other services that were disrupted during the COVID pandemic. Matsuno said earlier that Japan had told Chinese authorities through diplomatic channels that "it would be unacceptable if there was any activity that violates Japan's sovereignty". Safeguard Defenders said in a September report that police from the Chinese city of Fuzhou had set up a "service station" in Tokyo. The group indicated in a follow-up report that police from the Chinese city of Nantong had another such station somewhere in Japan.

☆ Former NBA star Jeremy Lin fined for comments about Covid quarantine while playing in China
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Police fanned out across Shanghai, Beijing and other cities to try to prevent additional protests. A representative of Vision China Entertainment, which says on its website it represents Lin, didn’t respond to a request for comment. Jinzhou in the northeast lifted curbs on movement and allowed businesses to reopen. On Thursday, the metropolis of Guangzhou in the south, the biggest hotspot in the latest infection spike, allowed supermarkets and restaurants to reopen. Other major cities including Shijiazhuang in the north and Chengdu in the southwest restarted bus and subway service and allowed businesses to reopen.

☆ China’s lockdown protests spread to campuses and cities abroad
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

HONG KONG — Protests against China’s strict zero-Covid policy and restrictions on freedoms have spread to at least a dozen cities around the world in a show of solidarity with rare displays of defiance in China over the weekend. Expatriate dissidents and students staged small-scale vigils and protests in cities around the world including London, Paris, Tokyo and Sydney, according to a Reuters tally. In most cases, dozens of people attended the protests, though a few drew more than 100, the tally showed. The protests on the mainland were set off by a fire in China’s Xinjiang region last week that killed 10 people who were trapped in their apartments. It has been common in recent years for overseas Chinese students to rally in support of their government against its critics, but anti-government protests have been rare.

☆ China's protests over lockdowns spread to campuses and communities abroad
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Jessie Pang | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Dozens of people attended most of the protests with a few drawing more than 100, the tally showed. The protests on the mainland were triggered by a deadly fire in China's Xinjiang region last week that killed 10 people who became trapped in their apartments, in a disaster blamed in part on lockdown measures. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson told a regular briefing on Monday that China was not aware of any protests abroad calling for an end to the zero-COVID policy. State media and government spokespeople have not made any official comment on the protests in China. "At the core of it is China's system,” said the student, who asked to be identified as just Emmanuel.

☆ China's lockdown protests spread to campuses and cities abroad
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Jessie Pang | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Expatriate dissidents and students staged small-scale vigils and protests in cities around the world including London, Paris, Tokyo and Sydney, according to a Reuters tally. In most cases, dozens of people attended the protests, though a few drew more than 100, the tally showed. The protests on the mainland were triggered by a fire in China's Xinjiang region last week that killed 10 people who were trapped in their apartments. On Monday evening, dozens of protesters gathered in Hong Kong's Central business district, the scene of sometimes-violent anti-government demonstrations in 2019. BLAME, SLOGANSIt has been common in recent years for overseas Chinese students to rally in support of their government against its critics, but anti-government protests have been rare.

☆ Factbox: China's 20th Communist Party Congress: who could be in Xi's new team?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

BEIJING, Oct 13 (Reuters) - China's Xi Jinping is widely expected to clinch a third five-year leadership at the upcoming congress of the ruling Communist Party, a mandate that would secure his stature as the country's most powerful ruler since founding leader Mao Zedong. Hu Chunhua, 59, vice premierHu is considered a candidate for elevation to the PSC and possibly to become China's next premier. Chen Miner, 62, Chongqing party secretaryChen is also a trusted aide and considered a candidate for the PSC. The only current female member, Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, is 72 and therefore ineligible to serve another term under China's unofficial age norms. Li Xi, 65, party chief of Guangdong provinceLi, considered a trusted ally of Xi, may get a bigger job after the Congress.

☆ Judge tosses most charges against Kansas researcher
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A federal judge on Tuesday threw out three of four convictions against a Kansas researcher accused of illegally concealing work he was doing at a Chinese university while working at the University of Kansas, leaving only a conviction for making a false statement on a form. A jury convicted researcher Feng “Franklin” Tao in April on three counts of wire fraud and one count of false statements. He was accused of not disclosing that he was working for Fuzhou University in China while employed at the Kansas university. She upheld the making a false statement conviction and denied Tao’s request for a new trial on that count. She said Tao did make a false statement to Kansas on a conflict of interest statement he submitted to the university in 2018.

FILE PHOTO - Feng "Franklin" Tao, a professor at the University of Kansas, appears in an undated handout photo provided by the school. Kelsey Kimberlin/University of Kansas/Handout via REUTERSSept 20 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday tossed most of a University of Kansas chemical engineering professor's conviction for concealing work he did in China while conducting U.S. government-funded research, in the latest setback for a crackdown on Chinese influence within American academia. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson in Kansas City, Kansas, ruled prosecutors presented insufficient evidence to support Feng "Franklin" Tao's conviction on three wire fraud counts in April by a jury in her courtroom. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterProsecutors had accused him of concealing his affiliation with Fuzhou University in China from the University of Kansas and two federal agencies that provided grant funding for the professor's research. read more"This will hopefully drive a final stake through the heart of these China Initiative cases," Peter Zeidenberg, Tao's lawyer, said regarding Tuesday's ruling.

☆ UNESCO propune plasarea Veneţiei în lista Patrimoniului Mondial aflat în pericol
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-22 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Veneţia şi Budapesta ar putea fi plasate pe lista Patrimoniului Mondial UNESCO aflat în pericol, în timp ce portul comercial din Liverpool (Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City) ar putea pierde listarea în Patrimoniului Mondial, din cauza dezvoltării sale prea rapide, potrivit UNESCO, informează AFP.Aceste recomandări ale organelor consultative ale UNESCO au fost făcute publice înainte de reuniunea Comitetului Patrimoniului Mondial, care va decide dacă să le urmeze sau nu, la Fuzhou, în China, în perioada 16-31 iulie, scrie agerpres.ro La Veneţia, impactul activităţilor de turism de masă figurează printre criteriile care au determinat UNESCO să solicite plasarea Oraşului Dogilor pe lista Patrimoniului Mondial aflat în pericol.La Budapesta, malurile Dunării şi cartierul castelului Buda sunt în special vizate. În cauză: demolările "inoportune" şi reconstrucţiile la scară largă, în special de clădiri înalte care denaturează aceste locuri istorice.Marea Barieră de Corali este ameninţată cu aceeaşi soartă din cauza degradării sale cauzate de schimbările climatice.În ceea ce priveşte portul comercial din Liverpool, decizia UNESCO ar putea fi şi mai dură, deoarece implică eliminarea completă a sitului de pe lista Patrimoniului Mondial.Marele proiect de dezvoltare al docurilor din oraşul Beatles-ilor, numit "Liverpool Waters", ar avea un impact profund negativ, în special pentru clădirile istorice, potrivit UNESCO.În pofida avertismentelor repetate din partea UNESCO, dezvoltarea acestui proiect nu a fost încetinită.Primarul din Liverpool, Steve Rotheram, a regretat această recomandare a UNESCO. "Este profund dezamăgitor. Suntem mândri de istoria noastră, dar patrimoniul nostru este o parte vitală a revitalizării oraşului", a declarat el într-un comunicat postat pe social media. "Solicit (UNESCO) să accepte invitaţia noastră de a veni să viziteze oraşul, mai degrabă decât să ia decizia în jurul unei mese de cealaltă parte a planetei", a adăugat el.Un alt sit ameninţat cu aceeaşi sancţiune este Rezervaţia Naturală Selous din Tanzania, ca urmare a braconajului masiv.

Persons: Liverpool Waters, Steve Rotheram Organizations: UNESCO, Liverpool Maritime, Liverpool Locations: Veneţia, Budapesta, Liverpool, Liverpool Maritime Mercantile, Mondial, China, Dogilor, Buda, Corali, Tanzania

☆ UNESCO propune plasarea Veneţiei pe lista Patrimoniului Mondial aflat în pericol
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-22 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: shtiu.roUNESCO propune plasarea Veneţiei pe lista Patrimoniului Mondial aflat în pericolVeneţia şi Budapesta ar putea fi plasate pe lista Patrimoniului Mondial UNESCO aflat în pericol, în timp ce portul comercial din Liverpool (Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City) ar putea pierde listarea în Patrimoniului Mondial, din cauza dezvoltării sale prea rapide, potrivit UNESCO, informează AFP. Aceste recomandări ale organelor consultative ale UNESCO au fost făcute publice înainte de reuniunea Comitetului Patrimoniului Mondial, care va decide dacă să le urmeze sau nu, la Fuzhou, în China, în perioada 16-31 iulie. La Veneţia, impactul activităţilor de turism de masă figurează printre criteriile care au determinat UNESCO să solicite plasarea Oraşului Dogilor pe lista Patrimoniului Mondial aflat în pericol. În ceea ce priveşte portul comercial din Liverpool, decizia UNESCO ar putea fi şi mai dură, deoarece implică eliminarea completă a sitului de pe lista Patrimoniului Mondial. Primarul din Liverpool, Steve Rotheram, a regretat această recomandare a UNESCO.

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