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China has no interest in joining the US-Russia negotiation on nuclear arms reduction

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-07-08/China-will-not-join-U-S-Russia-arms-control-negotiations-RXADOSEvIY/index.html China has no interest in joining the US-Russia negotiation on nuclear arms reduction given the huge gap between the nuclear arsenal of theirs and China’s, and China has the need to improve its military capabilities.

China on Wednesday stressed that it has no plans to join the U.S. and Russia in their talks to renew a nuclear arms control treaty.

Recently, U.S. officials have been making a lot of noises about China joining the U.S.-Russia negotiation on nuclear arms. They even went so far as to tweet a staged photo.

Washington and Moscow began talks last month to try to extend the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), which they signed in 2010. It will expire next year.

Fu Cong, Director-General of the Department of Arms Control of the Chinese Foreign Ministry reiterated China’s position during a press conference to share China’s policy mainly on arms control issues, noting that China has no interest in joining Russia and the U.S. in their bilateral negotiations.

Given the huge gap between the nuclear arsenal of China and those of U.S. and Russia, it is unrealistic to expect China to join the two countries in a negotiation aimed at nuclear arms reduction, Fu said.

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First container train from China’s Wuhan arrives in Kiev

The first direct container train, which left the central Chinese city of Wuhan on June 16, arrived in Kiev on Monday, opening up new opportunities for China-Ukraine cooperation, said Ukrainian officials.

“Today’s event has important symbolic significance for Sino-Ukrainian relations. It means that future cooperation between China and Ukraine within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative will become even closer,” said Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine Fan Xianrong during a ceremony to mark the train arrival here.

“Ukraine will show its advantages as a logistics center connecting Europe and Asia, and Sino-Ukrainian economic and trade cooperation will become even faster and more convenient. All this will bring even more benefits to the peoples of the two countries,” he said.

Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Kryklii, who also attended the ceremony, said this is the first step of regular container transportation from China to Ukraine.

“This is the first time that Ukraine has not just been used as a transit platform for container transportation from China to Europe, but acted as the final destination,” said Kryklii.

Ivan Yuryk, acting head of Ukrainian Railways, told Xinhua that his country plans to expand the route of the container train.

“We have big expectations as to this container route. We can receive (trains) not only in Kiev but also in Kharkiv, Odessa and other cities,” said Yuryk.

“For now, we’ve made plans with our partners about one train per week. It’s a reasonable volume for a start,” said Oleksandr Polishchuk, first deputy head of Liski, a branch company of Ukrainian Railways that specializes in intermodal transportation.

“One time per week allows us to improve the technology, work out necessary procedures with customs and controlling authorities, as well as with our clients,” Polishchuk said.

The official added that one train can transport up to 40-45 containers, which adds up to a total of 160 containers per month. Thus Ukraine will receive up to 1,000 containers till the end of this year.

“In 2019, China became Ukraine’s most important trading partner,” said Ukrainian economist Olga Drobotyuk in a recent interview with Xinhua. “The launch of such trains can help to further expand and strengthen trade, economic, political and cultural cooperation between the two countries.”

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Video Event | China’s Attempt to Influence U.S. Institutions: A Conversation with FBI Director Christopher Wray

https://www.hudson.org/events/1836-video-event-china-s-attempt-to-influence-u-s-institutions-a-conversation-with-fbi-director-christopher-wray72020?fbclid=IwAR0SbsWIiavxX8euZemulTUUDNuswtJALtCV2rI7fwJm1fikTS-aZNnGovw

A bullshit conversation:

Join Hudson Institute for a conversation with Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray on the pernicious influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the United States and how the Bureau is responding to curtail Beijing’s far reaching influence.

From manipulating Fortune 500 companies and stealing intellectual property to subverting U.S. universities and sowing disinformation, the CCP is employing a multipronged approach to distract Americans while filling its coffers and expanding its vision for a communist world.

How is the FBI responding to Beijing’s incursions into American businesses and in the U.S. financial sector? What strategies is the CCP employing to coopt American institutions? How can U.S. businesses protect themselves from Chinese data and monetary theft?

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Arms control: Statement by the Spokesperson on the ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty by China

https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/82304/arms-control-statement-spokesperson-ratification-arms-trade-treaty-china_en

China has become the 107th State Party to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).

By acceding to the ATT, China, an important arms exporter, contributes to the advancement of the Treaty’s objectives to regulate the international trade in conventional arms, to prevent and eradicate the illicit trade in conventional arms and ammunition, and to prevent their diversion. Increased transparency in international arms trade is another important objective of the Treaty.

As with all international treaties, full implementation and universal adherence is essential. This is an important development as a more responsible global arms trade would contribute to peace, security and stability, reduce human suffering, and promote cooperation, transparency and increased confidence. It would also create better conditions for sustainable development. The European Union supports the universalisation and implementation of the Treaty by sharing expertise with countries around the world on how to set up or improve their arms export control systems in accordance with the Treaty. The European Union calls upon all Signatory States to advance their ratification processes.

The European Union encourages other States, especially major arms exporters, importers and transit States, to become State Parties to the ATT before the next Conference of States Parties, thus strengthening the multilateral framework.

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China Inks Military Deal With Iran Under Secretive 25-Year Plan

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/China-Inks-Military-Deal-With-Iran-Under-Secretive-25-Year-Plan.html?fbclid=IwAR0mHzlcDcEdzpugzKZp7x0N4sO0J6efEoCC7xIDZeS8LqLv8lVoW-0LCrM One of the secret elements of the deal signed last year is that China will invest US$280 billion in developing Iran’s oil, gas, and petrochemicals sectors. This amount will be front-loaded into the first five-year period of the new 25-year deal, and the understanding is that further amounts will be available in each subsequent five year period, provided that both parties agree. There will be another US$120 billion of investment, which again can be front-loaded into the first five-year period, for upgrading Iran’s transport and manufacturing infrastructure, and again subject to increase in each subsequent period should both parties agree. In exchange for this, to begin with, Chinese companies will be given the first option to bid on any new – or stalled or uncompleted – oil, gas, and petrochemicals projects in Iran. China will also be able to buy any and all oil, gas, and petchems products at a minimum guaranteed discount of 12 per cent to the six-month rolling mean average price of comparable benchmark products, plus another 6 to 8 per cent of that metric for risk-adjusted compensation. Additionally, China will be granted the right to delay payment for up to two years and, significantly, it will be able to pay in soft currencies that it has accrued from doing business in Africa and the Former Soviet Union states. “Given the exchange rates involved in converting these soft currencies into hard currencies that Iran can obtain from its friendly Western banks, China is looking at another 8 to 12 per cent discount, which means a total discount of around 32 per cent for China on all oil gas, and petchems purchases,” one of the Iran sources underlined.

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Huawei has introduced a new desktop PC that is made of all Chinese parts

Huawei has been at war with the US since last year when the Trump administration banned the company from conducting business with US-based companies. After the government renewed the ban this year, Huawei was forced to switch to in house hardware and software to continue developing new smartphones and PCs.

In an attempt to project itself as a self-reliant company, Huawei has introduced a new desktop PC that is made of all Chinese parts. The company has used its own ARM-based Kunpeng 920 processor built on 7nm technology (2.6 GHz eight-core). The processor is paired with 16 GB of Kingston DDR4-2666 RAM and a Yeston RX550 graphics chip. All the hardware is housed in a Huawei D920S10 motherboard. The motherboard supports 6 SATA III ports, two M.2 slots, two USB 2.0 and USB 3.0, Gigabit Ethernet, and HDMI. For storage, the PC has a 256 GB SSD and it comes with a 64-bit proprietary OS-based on Linux.

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Identity of thug who stabbed police officer on July 1

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七一刺傷港警案，讓香港暴徒黃鈞華及其同黨備受譴責、臭名昭著。

一場街頭遭遇戰

7月1日暴徒黃鈞華在香港灣仔街頭拔刀刺傷港警，並非一時衝動。

據知情人透露，7月1日13時30分許，黃鈞華夥同其他3名暴徒在銅鑼灣希慎廣場中庭集合，準備非法集結後上街“搞大事”。

當天16時，黃某一幫人遊蕩至灣仔消防局附近時，一名暴徒由於“動作過大”被港警“@爆爆sir”盯上後實施抓捕。

眼見同夥被抓可能導致整個團伙及行動計劃提前洩露，黃鈞華及其團伙另一名成員決定鋌而走險，在合力搶奪被捕同夥受阻後，黃鈞華揮刀刺傷港警，後三人趁亂逃逸。

一個組織嚴密的犯罪團伙

其實，刺傷港警的暴徒黃鈞華和其同夥，都隸屬一個叫“美國支持香港獨立” （簡稱ASHKI）的組織。

這是一個以“ 抵抗”香港特區政府和中央政府、推動“香港獨立” 為目的，以組織、策劃暴力恐怖犯罪活動為主要形式的犯罪組織。

整個組織的架構嚴密：下設A、B、IT三個小隊。其中，A隊負責現場行動的策劃及組織；B隊負責具體實施街頭暴力行動；IT隊則負責網絡等“技術活”。

黃銘華，正是B隊負責人！

該團伙成員都是經過仔細挑選的，其中不乏網絡高手、爆破行家。

有幾個成員還擁有多國護照，據稱是為了行動後“方便逃匿”。

一宗未遂的殺警案件

黃暴徒所屬的組織，犯案方式比臭名昭著的“勇武”分子更為激進。他們一直在密謀殺害香港警察，妄圖瓦解香港警隊鬥志，並對香港國安法落地製造障礙，以引起國際關注。

據悉，6月9日晚，黃鈞華等人組織團伙分子10餘人，在港島灣仔百德新街珠城大廈25樓開會，策劃刺殺港警的行動，代號“屠龍行動”。

6月15日晚，“屠龍”行動正式開始。襲擊的目標，對準了太子警署附近經常執勤的港警“速龍小隊”！

在西洋菜南街與山東街交界處，他們製造混亂支開安保人員後，在電腦監控系統插入U盤，成功“黑”入了兩間“卓悅”化妝品店門口監控設施，獲取了遠程監控秘密查看權限。

在太子警署出入口對面酒吧街燈柱上，暴徒們還安裝了一個微型遠程攝像設備，對警察太子警署的車輛進行監控。

當晚21時，感覺時機成熟的黃鈞華帶隊親自前往雅蘭中心附近天台，企圖以MPX型槍支及十字弓射殺“速龍小隊”警員。

所幸當晚“速龍小隊”沒有出動。凌晨2時，找不到目標的黃鈞華，帶著一眾暴徒悻悻而返。

外部勢力的幕後黑手

由此，我們可以看出黃鈞華背後的“美國支持香港獨立”組織大有來頭，該組織的創建人據稱是具有CIA和FBI“雙料”背景的一名美國人。

這個美國佬對破壞投入了大量“心血”：親自製定了組織計劃書，募集資金；組織開展專門戰鬥宣傳；協調偷運並裝備美國槍支；精心挑選組建一支“專業隊伍”；網上網下同步開展軍事技能訓練。

在黃鈞華等人所使用的U盤中，還發現了大量美軍巷戰、爆破、無人機等實戰訓練文件。這個團伙所使用的科技監視器材，號稱“能對香港警方的部署實施動態監控”。負責行動策劃與指揮的A隊林姓頭目，與美國中情局特工人員聯絡頻繁……

這夥人行動的嚴密和專業，讓人不寒而栗、細思恐極。看來，港警此前稱香港黑暴活動呈現“本土恐怖主義”絕不是說說而已，香港止暴制亂、恢復秩序，將是一個長期的過程。

香港國安法出台後，反中亂港分子並沒有放棄抵抗，他們開始轉化對抗方式，大搞“白紙抗爭” 、黃色經濟圈2·0，“生活化抗爭”等等都值得關注。與此同時，部分激進暴徒在境外勢力的操縱下，行為方式呈現出極端化特點，造成的社會破壞性還可能更為嚴重，這需要引起整個香港社會的高度警惕。

但再大的挑戰，都不會動搖中央和香港特區政府維護國家主權、恢復香港繁榮穩定的決心。敵人“越是喪心病狂，越顯示內心虛弱。越是居心叵測，越容易土崩瓦解。” 我們有充分的理由相信，中國香港終將贏得這場較量的完胜！