Day hike Shek Lung Kung 3-8-21
Greenland poise to develope the second largest rare-earth mine in the world
Not about independence, nor economy nor environment, but about dominance. Whether the prize will go to China or US? The Tuesday, 6 April election will determine the outcome.
China owns US
China-US trade rose 81.3% to $109.8 billion in Jan and Feb in US dollar terms, the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics reports. Chinese exports to the US could jump 20% in 2021. US is now China’s third largest trading partner, behind ASEAN and EU. US is bound to increase imports with the $1.9 trillion bonus.
While Reuter reports:
* Jan-Feb exports +60.6% yr/yr
* Jan-Feb imports +22.2% yr/yr
* Jan-Feb trade surplus $103.25 bln
* Feb exports +154.9% y/y, imports +17.3%
After Jan-Feb exports surge 60.6% in US dollar terms, Chinese exporters weigh price hikes to offset inflated raw material costs.
Day tour swimming beaches along Castle Peak Road 3-6-21
70 countries extend support to China on HK policy at UN Human Rights Council
On behalf of 70 countries, a representative of Belarus to the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council expressed support to China’s implementation of “one country, two systems” in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and urged certain countries to stop interfering in China’s internal affairs. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is an inalienable part of China, and Hong Kong affairs are China’s internal affairs that brook no interference by any external forces, according to the representative.
2021 Government Work Report
Saving US
From March 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021, China has exported 43.85 billion face masks, 1.19 billion surgical gloves, 950 million sets of protective clothing, 54.03 million pairs of goggles and 17,585 sets of respirators to the US.
Human Rights Watch
Mars images
IPR innovations
China authorised 530,000 invention patents in 2020, 17% more than the previous year, and the country applied for 68,720 international patents in 2020, indicating China has become a major nation of IPR innovations.