The Saiteng OASSIST ECMO system was developed by Jiangsu Saiteng Medical Technology Co 江苏赛腾医疗科技有限公司 in Suzhou Industrial Park. The pre-charge amount of the pump head of the system is smaller with more even flow field compared with other ECMO machines, media reports said.
This is also the only domestic ECMO system in China that has begun the registration process.
So far, the OASSIST ECMO system has finished several animal trials successfully.
The system marks an opportunity for China to break free from its long-term dependence on importing these life-saving machines.
156 male Tibetan antelopes in total in Mayi Snow Mountain玛依雪山 in Qiangtang Nature Reserve羌塘自然保护区, the ones with big body and long horns were adult male Tibetan antelopes, while the ones with smaller body and short horns were sub-adult male Tibetan antelopes that were born last year. They stood in the water, shaking their bodies and tails. This bathing behavior of the Tibetan antelope in the water actually cools down and removes parasites. In summer, there is a big temperature difference between day and night on the plateau, although the thick fur of the Tibetan antelope can keep the cold away at night, but at noon, it will be very hot, so the Tibetan antelope will soak in the water to cool down; in addition, there are more mosquitoes and parasites in summer, so the Tibetan antelope soak in the water can clean some parasites on the body surface.
Data show that in recent years, the pace of foreign investment in China’s A-share significantly accelerated, in which the largest amount of stock purchases, have achieved considerable gains. However, they bought more bonds than stocks.
Foreign investors increased their holdings of Chinese bonds for 20 consecutive months.
Data show that the amount of bonds investment increased sharply in July. The face value of bonds under custody of overseas institutions was 2,344 billion yuan that month, up 148 billion yuan from June, up 6.74 percent, which means that overseas institutional investors have increased their holdings of Chinese bonds for the 20th consecutive month. It is understood that this is the second time during the year that foreign investors have increased their positions in a big way, and it is the highest monthly record for foreign investors to increase their positions in Chinese bonds since September 2017.
In the second quarter of this year, foreign institutions increased their holdings of Chinese bonds by 238 billion yuan, of which the largest increase was in government bonds, at 148 billion yuan, and if we add the bonds issued by banks such as China Development bonds, Import and Export bank bonds, and Agricultural Development bonds, the amount of increase in interest rate bonds by foreign institutions in the second quarter reached 246 billion yuan; in addition, ordinary bonds and local government bonds increased by 710 million yuan and 80 million yuan. The remaining asset-backed securities, corporate bonds, government-backed agency bonds, secondary capital instruments and medium-sized bills were all reduced by overseas institutions.
In the A-share market, trading within the prescribed range of stocks listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange through the Hong Kong Stock Exchange , known as “northbound funds”北向资金.
As of August 7, this year, 124 billion yuan of foreign funds have flowed into A-shares through the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. By the end of June this year, northbound funds held 2145 A-share stocks , the total position market value of 1.71 trillion yuan, an increase of 412 billion yuan from the end of March this year . During the second quarter, the “northbound funds”, increased new holdings of 970 stocks. Among them, Guizhou Moutai, Midea Group, Wuliangye and Li Xun Precision, four stocks position market value growth of more than 10 billion.
“I don’t have any assets abroad. Isn’t it a waste of effort to impose sanctions? Of course, I could send $100 to Mr Trump for him to freeze,” said Luo Huining, director of the central government’s liaison office in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), in a humorous response on Saturday to US’ sanctions imposed on 11 officials from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong.
“Being on the US sanctions list shows that I have done what I should have done for the country and for Hong Kong,” said Luo, who is also the national security advisor to the HKSAR committee for safeguarding national security.
The liaison office on Saturday expressed opposition and strong condemnation to the sanctions imposed by the US Department of the Treasury on 11 individuals for “undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy and restricting the freedom of expression or assembly of the citizens of Hong Kong” on Friday.
Several officials in Hong Kong, including Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, and senior officials from the Chinese mainland are on the list. It includes Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, Zhang Xiaoming, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, Luo Huining, director of the Liaison Office, and Zheng Yanxiong, director of the central government’s office for safeguarding national security in Hong Kong.
In a statement released on Saturday, the liaison office said “we will never fear arrogance. If the US thinks that the so-called sanctions will force China to compromise and give up, then they have misunderstood the times, miscalculated and wasted their efforts.”
Since the promulgation of the national security law for Hong Kong, some US politicians interfered in China’s internal affairs. Now they have violated the basic norms of international law and resorted to imposing sanctions against Chinese officials under the ridiculous pretext of “limiting Hong Kong’s political freedom,” the statement said.
The liaison office said the sanctions show the US actually does not care about the rights and freedom of Hong Kong people, but the freedom of Hong Kong secessionists who endanger China’s national security and the freedom of gangsters and people who have harmed the interests of Hong Kong residents.
The unscrupulous intentions of US politicians to support the Hong Kong secessionists have been revealed, and their clowning actions are really ridiculous, the statement stressed.
The office solemnly called on US politicians to see the general trend clearly and soberly. “No matter how rough your interfere and extreme the pressure you exert, you will not be able to stop the trend of prosperity and development of modern China, nor will it be possible to shake the ‘one country, two systems’ principle,” it said.
Officials in Hong Kong also responded their firm opposition to the US sanctions.
“It is my duty and honor to safeguard the security of the country and Hong Kong. Foreign sanctions against me mean nothing to me. I will continue to concentrate on my duty,” said Commissioner of Hong Kong Police Chris Tang Ping-keung in response to the US sanctions, according to Hong Kong media reports.
“The US has many laws to safeguard national security, but is highly critical of the security law for HK, fully reflecting its double standards and hypocrisy. Safeguarding national security is a matter of course, and attempts to intimidate through ‘sanctions’ will never succeed,” said Hong Kong Secretary for Security John Lee Ka-chiu, state news broadcaster CCTV reported.
The HKSAR government’s Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Tsang Kwok-wai criticized the “sanctions” calling them a self-deception.
“They have no effect on me,” he said, noting that the US, claiming to be a democratic country that respects human rights, but blatantly digs into personal privacy, like a hooligan.
“We are not intimidated by them,” he said. “It only reinforces our belief that what we are doing is the right thing.”
The latest sanction introduced by the US government on Hong Kong will definitely hurt Hong Kong-US relations, said Edward Yau, HKSAR Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development in an interview on Saturday morning.
“In the long run, it will inflict wounds on US’ interests in Hong Kong, too,” Yau said, calling the US sanction “unreasonable and barbarous.”
“My family and I are not afraid,” said Chan Kwok-ki, secretary general of the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the HKSAR, stressing that the “sanctions” are a good opportunity for Hong Kong residents, especially those who still have illusions about the US, to see clearly the unjustifiable and insolence of the US government.
“I am very honored to have the opportunity to serve in this position. I will do my best to serve the interests of the country and Hong Kong,” Chan said.
The HKSAR government vehemently criticized the “sanctions,” slamming it of being shameless and despicable. The measure represents blatant and barbaric interference in China’s internal affairs, using HK as a pawn in its ploy to create troubles in China-US relationship, out of self-serving interests of some US politicians, a spokesperson from the HKSAR government said.
Speaking on behalf of her senior colleagues who are being targeted, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said that “we are discharging an honorable duty to safeguard national security, protecting the life and interests of not only the 7.5 million Hong Kong people but also the 1.4 billion Mainlanders. We will not be intimidated.”
Observers from the Chinese mainland noted that the officials on the list should have prepared for the US’ move so it won’t have any impact on them.
The observers are also happy to note that Hong Kong officials have demonstrated a strong collective will and do not fear US’ sanctions. It shows that after experiencing the social turmoil that lasted over a year, Hong Kong officials are being more mature in their politics, they said.
An American man with ties to Amnesty International and key Hong Kong separatist figures has been posing online as a Hong Kong native named Kong Tsung-gan. Routinely cited as a grassroots activist and writer by major media organizations and published in English-language media, the fictitious character Kong appears to have been concocted to disseminate anti-China propaganda behind the cover of yellowface.
Through Kong Tsung-gan’s prolific digital presence and uninterrogated reputation in mainstream Western media, he disseminates a constant stream of content hyping up the Hong Kong “freedom struggle” while clamoring for the US to turn up the heat on China.
Whispers about Kong’s true identity have been circulating on social media among Hong Kong residents, and was even mentioned in a brief account last December by The Standard.
Sunrise Diagnostic Center, a joint venture partner of China’s BGI, is now establishing 16 temporary membrane Huoyan Labs in Hong Kong to support its large-scale COVID19 testing efforts
The two idiots rushed to London after hearing that “BNO holders are eligible for UK visas”. However, they were refused entry to the United Kingdom by border control when they entered the country, according to the UK Daily Mail 7. According to the UK’s Daily Mail 7, the two BNO passport holders had to apply for political asylum if they wanted to enter the UK, otherwise they would be sent back to Hong Kong.
In July, the British government announced the opening of “special visas” for BNO passport holders. From January 2021 onwards, Hong Kong people holding BNO passports would be granted five-year visas with the right to work and study in the UK, subject to meeting other criteria. Before the special visa comes into effect, BNO passport holders are still entitled to a 6-month visa-free entry into the UK as in the past. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the two Hong Kong nationals have the right to enter the UK, even though they are unable to work and pursue long-term studies for six months. Up to now, the UK border control has not given any reasonable explanation for refusing the entry of these two people into the UK. The UK Border Agency’s recommendation of “applying for political asylum” is not a good option for these two people, as they will not be able to work in the UK and their other rights to remain in the country will be affected once they enter as “political evaders”.
The first idiot to be refused entry flew to London immediately after the British Foreign Secretary announced a “special visa for BNO holders”. The UK Daily Mail revealed his conversation with the UK border checkpoint in his own words.
UK Border Control: If you are unable to enter the UK, we will send you back to your home country.
The person who was refused entry: Please don’t do that, please help me, because if I go back to Hong Kong, I will be in immediate danger.
The Hong Kong resident who was refused entry also told the border control that if he was deported, the Hong Kong government would charge him with “disloyalty” and he would even be arrested upon landing in Hong Kong.
Compared to the first BNO passport holder who was refused entry, the description of the second rejected person is even more exaggerated and dramatic from the reports and self-reports.
This person, who claimed to be working in the IT industry in Hong Kong, said that his grandfather was a secret agent of the Kuomintang (KMT) in Hong Kong and left his family some “secret documents against the Chinese Communist Party”, and that he came to the UK to escape danger.
The rejected man said he had sent them to some foreign intelligence agencies, but since Hong Kong’s National Security Law came into force, he had “destroyed all his copies” out of fear, and would not show them to anyone. Therefore, the report could not confirm the existence and contents of these documents.
Now, the latest Home Office announcement on entry requirements for BNO holders is that those who entered the UK before the “special visa route for BNO holders” was opened, but do not meet the immigration requirements, can only obtain a short term visa with severely restricted rights of abode.
In other words, if they cannot be allowed to enter the UK normally, they will have to return to Hong Kong and try to re-enter the UK in January next year if they wish to obtain a long term visa for the two BNO passport holders who have been refused entry to the UK.
China, which overcame the impact of the epidemic earlier, was described as a “key haven” for many US companies. China’s economic recovery in the second quarter helped them hedge against sales losses in the US.
In reporting financial results for the second quarter of this year, presidents of some of the best-known US brands cited China’s business as helping them through what could have been a much worse period.
Skechers, the third-largest U.S. sneaker brand, revealed the company’s overall sales fell 42 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, but were up 11.5 percent in China. Retail sales in China recovered faster than most expected from April to June, falling just 3.9 percent from a year earlier. US retail sales, on the other hand, were down 8.1 percent year-over-year in the second quarter.
Despite the current intensifying political tensions between the US and China, US branded retailers selling in China have been virtually unaffected and can benefit from China’s economic recovery.
Luxury sales are the area where the contrast between China and the world is greatest. LVMH revealed that the company’s luxury revenue fell 38 percent in the second quarter from last year, yet rebounded 65 percent in China. Consumers are mainly choosing to buy in the country because of travel restrictions.
Kering SA, the parent company of luxury brand Gucci, was in a similar situation, with luxury sales down 43 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, and up 40 percent in China.
While the US and other Western countries are struggling to contain a new outbreak and restart their economies, China has the epidemic largely under control. Many analysts are predicting a return to positive retail sales growth in China in the third quarter. In April, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) argued that China would not achieve positive retail sales growth until 2021. Now the agency is revising its forecast and sees year-on-year growth of 1 percent in the third quarter of this year and 2.4 percent in the fourth quarter.
US coffee shop chain Starbucks’ second-quarter retail sales in China were down 19% year-over-year, but still below the global revenue loss (-38%).
Yum China, which operates fast-food brand, KFC, also revealed that the recovery has been uneven, with the market performing better in eastern China than elsewhere. The company’s operating income fell 11 percent in the second quarter.
In the apparel and footwear sector, high-end brands fared relatively better, with Canadian athleisure brand Lulu Lemon doing better in the second quarter. Canadian athleisure wear brand Lululemon saw only single-digit sales growth in China in April this year, but has grown 20% year-over-year in recent weeks.
Nike Group’s sales in China also returned to positive growth in the year to May 31, up 1 percent from last year, helping to offset a 38 percent decline in the company’s global revenue. Nike’s chief financial officer revealed that retail sales in China saw strong double-digit growth in May.
Finally, while overall car sales in China have not fully recovered, Tesla doubled its China sales to 48,384 units in the first half of the year year year-over-year through the production of its Model 3 electric model in Shanghai. Although Tesla’s U.S. factory was forced to close at one point, the company still posted a $104 million profit in the second quarter, with the Chinese market playing a key role.
