Updated HarmonyOS 2.0

Huawei unveils updated Harmony OS on Thursday – a self-developed operating system widely seen as alternative to Google Android – and gave its direct response to US escalated crackdown on its technology & supply chain.
All Huawei Smartphones Will Support Harmony OS in 2021 Amid Android Ban.

Huawei released testing version of its updated self-developed operating system HarmonyOS 2.0 to developers, and it is scheduled to release a version for mobile phone in December, Yu noted. “HarmonyOS will be used in smartphones in next year,” he said.

The development is considered the Chinese tech giant’s direct response to the expanded ban from the Trump administration as the tech cold war between the US and China heats up and poses a severe threat to the global supply chain, particularly as September 15, the deadline for cutting off the supply of chipsets to Huawei looms. 

Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Just weeks after helping to broker peace between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), President Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.

The nomination submitted by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament, lauded Trump for his efforts toward resolving protracted conflicts worldwide.

Tybring-Gjedde:
An idiot? Repeated offender.
Tybring-Gjedde was one of two Norwegian lawmakers who nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for efforts to bring reconciliation between North and South Korea. Any lawmaker serving in a national legislature can nominate someone for the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • Magnus Jacobsson, a member of the Swedish Parliament, submitted the second nomination. He announced on Friday that he was nominating the Trump administration along with Serbia and Kosovo “for their joint work for peace and economic development, through the cooperation agreement signed in the White House,” adding that “trade and communications are important building blocks for peace.”
Magnus Jacobsson
  • 9-29-20

Joe Biden has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, joining President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in names put forward. British lawmaker Chris Bryant, a Labour Party member of the U.K. Parliament, told the Evening Standard he put forward the Democrat on Monday.

Chris Bryant, a Labour Party member of the U.K. Parliament

Journalist war between China and Australia

  • Australia has not provided reasonable explanation for raiding the residences of four Chinese journalists and has not returned all their seized items after Australian intelligence agency staff raided the residences of Chinese journalists in 6-26-20.
  • Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on Sunday, 9-7-20 warned foreign journalists working in the country they might come under the scrutiny of federal agencies if they provide a “slanted view” of Australian affairs. “If people are here as journalists and they’re reporting fairly on the news, then that’s fine,” Dutton told ABC TV’s Insiders program. He said reporters shouldn’t provide “a slanted view to a particular community.” Dutton wouldn’t confirm reports four Chinese journalists were questioned by Australia’s national security agency ASIO in June, but said there had been “ASIO activity.” “Where ASIO has sufficient grounds for the execution of a search warrant or for activities otherwise, then they’ll undertake that activity,” he said. “If people are masquerading as journalists or business leaders or whoever they might be and there’s evidence that they are acting in a contrary nature to Australian law, then ASIO and the Australian Federal Police and other agencies will act.”
  • The reporters Bill Birtles and Michael Smith sought refuge in the Australian Embassy in Beijing and the consulate in Shanghai while diplomats negotiated their departure. Four days later 9-7-20 , they were cleared to leave the country. Birtles and Smith were the last reporters for Australian outlets remaining in China.
The Australian Financial Review’s Michael Smith and the ABC’s Bill Birtles at an airport
  • Just hours after the reporters landed in Australia, Chinese authorities announced that Cheng Lei 成蕾 , an Australian news anchor for Chinese state broadcaster CGTN , had been arrested 8-14-20 on charges of “carrying out illegal activities endangering China’s national security.”
Cheng Lei: China says journalist 'endangered national security' - BBC News
  • 9-24-20 China has banned entry for Clive C Hamilton and Alex Joske under country’s Exit and Entry Administration Law, after Australia revoked visa of Chinese scholars .

CU grad returns to his hometown as village official

中大畢業生回鄉當村官 四種語言直播帶貨

李承洋畢業於香港中文大學,在港工作幾年後,毅然放棄即將獲得的香港永久居留權和高薪工作,選擇回鄉發展,成為四川省一個貧困村的第一書記。
年紀輕輕的他走進田間地頭,由徜徉五穀不分徜徉到熟練掌握各種務農技術,贏得了村民的信任和支持。還透過網上直播,用普通話、四川方言、粵語、英文幾種語言向網友推薦茄子、藤椒、高粱燒酒等農產品。李承洋下定決心,幫助四川農民脫貧。

After graduating from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and working in Hong Kong for a few years, Li decided to give up his upcoming permanent residency and high-paying job to return to his hometown and become the first secretary of a poor village in Sichuan province.
He went into the fields, from wandering to mastering a variety of farming techniques, and won the trust and support of the villagers. He also recommended eggplant, rattan peppers, sorghum soju and other agricultural products to netizens through a live webcast in several languages, including Mandarin, Sichuan dialect, Cantonese and English. Li is determined to help Sichuan farmers get rid of poverty.

Corona is over! Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh declares at rally

The Bengal BJP president made the sensational claim while addressing supporters at a rally in Hooghly on Wednesday.
Visibly happy with the crowd that had gathered to hear him speak, Dilip Ghosh said, “Didi’s [CM Mamata Banerjee] brothers are feeling unwell seeing the crowd here…not due to fear of coronavirus but due to the fear of BJP! Corona is over! Didi is uselessly imposing a lockdown so that BJP cannot hold meetings and rallies.”