Native Americans, refugees from US-initiated wars, Floyds and children separated from their parents at the border will remember
the US as the greatest “human ...
The masks covering the true face of the US were taken off one after another through the seven stories the Global Times had published over the course of the past few weeks. These masks are engraved with words such as peace, liberty, security, unity, science, humanity, and global order, hiding the country's true visage that has been distorted with lust, greed, and subjugation.
The masks covering the true face of the US have been removed one after another through the seven investigative stories the
Global Times published over the course of the past few weeks. These masks are engraved with beautiful words such as peace, liberty,
security, unity, science, humanity, and global order, hiding the country's true visage distorted with lust, greed, and subjugation.
Fanning the flames to create turmoil, using economic and financial hegemony to sanction opponents, and forming cliques to create
political isolation - the US is using its hegemony to undermine the international order.
In fact, the US government's approach is quite similar to Voldemort's - they both believe in power, recruit followers, use violence, and repeatedly want to kill competitors in order to maintain supremacy.
While mask-wearing will be optional in outdoor settings come Sunday, the public are highly encouraged to keep them on for crowded situations and if they are unwell, say public health experts.They said masks could reduce the expulsion and transmission of Covid-19 droplets and should be worn in crowded outdoor areas like bazaars, stadiums and night markets.
Public health expert Prof Dr Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia said people should wear masks when joining a large and crowded congregation outdoors where the health and vaccination status of the people are unknown.
“Individuals with symptoms such as fever, cough and runny nose are also encouraged to wear masks.
“People with symptoms should always wear masks as Covid-19 might mimic coughs and colds, so they may unknowingly transmit the virus to others,” she said.
Prof Sharifa said masking outdoors also provides personal protection for high-risk individuals such as the elderly, the unvaccinated, the immunocompromised and those living with comorbidities.
“Senior citizens and those with underlying health conditions such as diabetes or obesity should also wear masks outdoors due to their weakened immune system and the high risk of Covid-19 infections.
“Wearing masks outdoors can protect them should they be in close contact with infected persons with mild symptoms or who are asymptomatic.
“Other individuals can choose not to wear masks outdoors especially in well-ventilated, open air outdoor settings that are less crowded.”
Covid-19 cases were still manageable in countries like Singapore that have removed the mask mandate outdoors.
She said the city-state has a high health literacy and vaccination coverage as well as a lower population density than Malaysia.
She also said the government must pay attention to the children’s vaccination programme as the rate is still quite low.
Prof Dr Moy Foong Ming of Universiti Malaya’s Social and Preventive Medicine Department said while wearing masks outdoors has become a personal choice, the decision depends on the risks.
“Outdoor settings that are not crowded or where physical distancing is possible pose low risks.
“However, if the outdoor area is crowded like markets and bazaars, the risk of infection may be higher.
“Under these circumstances, I would suggest masks be worn.”
Additionally, she said if the individual is from the older age or high-risk group, his risk of getting infected will be even higher, adding that he is encouraged to put on his mask outdoors.
She said Singapore is doing well in terms of Covid-19 with its caseload and hospitalisation rates declining.“They have kept the last measure, that is the mask mandate indoors.”
Prof Moy said it is the people’s choice whether to mask up or not outdoors, as there are no more legal consequences.
However, she said they should be accountable for their actions.
“As reporting positive for Covid-19 is done by the patients themselves, I hope they will report diligently and go into isolation.
“They should not pretend or hide the fact that they are Covid-19 positive as it will cause a surge in new cases and increase the hospitalisation rate,” she said.
Prof Moy added that while the final measure – relaxing the indoor mask mandate – should not be done too soon.
“We need to observe the consequences of the current relaxations, especially on the hospitalisation and death rates.
“We should also monitor the situation in other countries, especially whether new variants are getting milder or more lethal,” she added.
She said with the Hari Raya celebrations, people should weigh the risks and be responsible.
Volunteers For Community Engagement and Empowerment For Covid-19 chairman Datuk Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar said that people could feel comfortable not masking up outdoors as the airflow does a good job of minimising infection risks compared to shared indoor spaces.
He added that being outdoors provides another layer of protection because of the ventilation.
“It should be okay if people want to walk around with their family members while on holiday without masks on,” he said.
However, he said certain outdoor situations could call for masking up such as when in crowded areas without physical distancing.
“High risk individuals and those who are unwell should consider masking up outdoors.”
Parent groups are not too keen with the revised ruling allowing unvaccinated teachers to return to teaching students face to face in schools.
Saying that these teachers are more susceptible to Covid-19 infections, they suggested that these teachers be given voluntary separation scheme or early retirement.
Previously, unvaccinated teachers could not teach face to face but had to be present in school for other duties.
Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia chairman Datin Noor Azimah Abdul Rahim said this would put students and other teachers at risk.
“The ministry could consider giving unvaccinated teachers voluntary separation scheme or alternatively, teachers who cite health reasons for not getting their vaccinations could opt to retire early.
“The profession requires teachers to be fit. There are many steps to climb, books to carry and long teaching hours, for example.
“So if teachers have cited health reasons for not getting their vaccinations, the ministry could consider these options,” she said.
With students spending two years studying online, Noor Azimah said they want to return to schools and parents must ensure their children are fit and are eating healthily.
Melaka Action Group for Parents in Education chairman Mak Chee Kin said unvaccinated teachers should not be allowed to teach face to face and action should be taken against them.
“These are teachers who did not follow the ministry’s directives, so backtracking on this ruling will set a precedent for the future.
“For teachers who were advised against being vaccinated due to health reasons by their doctors, (this is) fair but they should, at the very least, be transferred to remote schools where there aren’t many students around them as a safety precaution,” he said, adding that an alternative would be to transfer them to district education offices for administrative work.
Mak also said students have lost out a lot from online classes such as face-to-face interactions and participating in sports and co-curricular activities.
“It’s high time they went back to school like before while adhering to standard operating procedures,” he added.
Separately, the National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) secretary-general Wang Heng Suan said the union welcomes the new ruling.
The NUTP, he said, had received feedback that vaccinated teachers are overburdened with their unvaccinated colleagues’ work as these teachers were not allowed to teach face to face before this.
“There were also cases of unvaccinated teachers being humiliated due to their vaccination status, which is unfair.
“So we welcome the minister’s announcement because we cannot stop teachers from teaching,” he said, adding that there are not many unvaccinated teachers in the country.
Tesla's founder Elon Musk inks a deal to purchase Twitter with $44 billion in cash. Photo: website
News about Elon Musk's Twitter takeover has sparked continuous heated discussions in the US recently. The focus of some, however, has apparently been off the track. A New York Times reporter tweeted to question whether Twitter would become one of the platforms Beijing will gain leverage over in the future. It was re-tweeted and commented on by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. There are also voices saying that Musk will have to seek a balance between his support for free speech and his business activities in China, and that China will exert influence on Twitter through Musk.
Many American media outlets didn't forget to "remind" people of the fact that Musk once "praised" China, and he encouraged people to visit China and see for themselves. At a critical moment when China and the US were locked in trade frictions in 2019, Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory kicked into production. In merely over a year, Shanghai-made Teslas have accounted for more than half of Tesla's global delivery. Musk has dealt a lot with China and spoke out some truths about China's economy, they are regarded as "original sins" of Musk by some Americans. Many link Musk's Twitter deal with China and raise it to the level of "risks" or "threats", which shows how narrow the room for pragmatism and rationality toward China in the US has become. Similar incidents have become common in the US. Making an issue of China in every possible way has already become an "American disease." In the face of China's growing comprehensive national power that is closing the gap with the US', the confidence of many political elites in Washington has been declining. And these people are showing anxiety and over-sensitivity toward China, not letting go of any opportunity to hype the "China threat" theory. After Musk acquired Twitter, some from American media even urged Musk to cut off his business ties with China to "guarantee freedom of speech." Such extreme overbearingness hilariously overlaps their weakness.
An interesting phenomenon is that many China security-related discussions contain various "private interests" if you look at them closely. Some businesspeople, such as George Soros, blamed China for their failure due to their wrong investment decisions in China. Others try to show their allegiance to the US. For example, Bezos often stresses security with a high-profile patriotic posture, but what he actually eyes are Pentagon orders that are highly profitable. More lawmakers and politicians touch on the China topic in an exaggerated and forcible way, through which they attack opponents as "weak." The "China Threat" is becoming a tacit business approach or a code to seek attention.
From the national perspective, Sinophobia which is currently rampant in American society is not fundamentally different from "Japanophobia" that prevailed in the 1980s and 1990s. In both cases, the US regards a "chaser" as competitor, on which the US tried to suppress by any means to ensure its own competitive advantage. But the end of the story will be different because there is no way that Washington can overwhelm China in the same way that it coerced Japan to sign a Plaza Accord. Chinese people do not believe in fallacies, nor are we afraid of evil forces. We will never yield to threats or coercion. As to words and deeds of forcefully making an issue of China, they remind people of an ancient poem: Along the Yangzi River, apes moan ceaselessly. My boat has passed ten thousand mounts briskly.
It must be pointed out that making an issue of China can't save the US. Instead, it will continue to intensify all the problems Washington is facing, be they domestic or external, and squeeze the room to solve these issues in the future. Even some people of insight in the US have warned that the excessive attention on undermining Beijing's advantages could make Washington neglect its most important tasks at home and push its foreign policies to deviate from its course even further. "American hubris is always a danger, but so is exaggerated fear, which can lead to overreaction," wrote US scholar Joseph Nye last year. "The US and China must avoid exaggerated fears that could create a new cold or hot war," he added. It seems that those who are sick are unwilling to take medicine.
The US is trying to oppose China in every possible aspect, reflecting the peremptory squeezing of reality by the US' anti-China ideology. But the reality is also resisting the ideological pressure at all times. The twist has distorted some US elites' mindset, making them fall into hesitation and division. However, the "China threat" is not the root cause of Washington's internal and external problems. Reality will make them understand sooner or later that win-win cooperation is the effective cure for their disease.
Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today announced new Covid-19 SOP relaxations, most of which will take effect from 1 May 2022.
Masks no longer mandatory outdoors
Masks will be made optional outdoors from 1 May 2022
Masks are still required indoors and on public transportation
Those who are at high risk of getting Covid-19 (elderly, with comorbidities, unvaccinated children) may choose to continue wearing masks outdoors
MySejahtera check-in no longer compulsory
People no longer need to scan the QR code using MySejahtera from 1 May 2022
Entry into premises will be allowed for all, regardless of vaccination status, from 1 May 2022.
All economy sectors to open from 15 May
There will be no more “negative list” from 15 May onwards
Nightclubs may also reopen
Test & release for Covid+ patients
From 1 May, Covid-positive individuals may be released from quarantine if they test negative on the 4th day
However, if they test positive or choose not to do a test on the 4th day, they will continue to be isolated until the 7th day
Covid-19 travel updates
Fully-vaccinated travelers and children aged 12 and below are exempted from pre-departure and on-arrival Covid-19 tests
Partially/unvaccinated travelers are still required to take RT-PCR test within 2 days before departure and a supervised RTK-Ag test within 24 hours on arrival. They will also need to self-isolate for 5 days.
Covid-19 insurance is no longer mandatory for all travelers entering Malaysia
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PETALING JAYA: Besides unscrupulous local maid agencies, there are scammers offering part-time maids or “professional cleaning services”.
The Star found a few webpages offering “discounts on cleaning services” and upon contacting the service providers, a link was sent to customers with the request to install an Android package file (APK), a file format used by the Android operating system for the distribution and installation of mobile apps.
Installing the APK allows the syndicate to gain access to certain applications on the customer’s cellphone, including SMS.
This enables the scammers to obtain Transaction Authorisation Code (TAC) and other information when users pay for bookings via the app, to siphon money from the victims’ bank accounts.
One victim, Muhammad Nor Izzudin Hamzah, 32, told The Star that he lost nearly RM19,000 on April 23.
“I saw an advertisement on Facebook. My mistake was installing the APK and their app. I didn’t know my username and password were stolen when I made a booking.“The scammer’s site looked exactly like the website of the bank that I used. The APK and app that I installed had malware that enabled them to access my TAC messages.
“I only realised what had happened when I received a notification from my bank,” said the insurance agent.
Meanwhile, Smith Ang, 37, said he almost lost about RM5,000 to a syndicate using a different app late last year.
“This problem is actually quite rampant; some of my colleagues also got scammed through the maid service application as everyone is looking for part-time maids because there is a shortage of full-time helpers.
“When you click on the scammers’ advertisement, you will be directed to the perpetrators who will ask for your place of residence.
“They will send you a price list quoting RM40 for four hours and you are offered a discount. Then you are directed to use an app sent via Whatsapp,” said Ang.
“After choosing the service, you are given a choice of credit card or FPX as payment mode. But you find that the credit card option does not work.
“So you click on the FPX, select your bank and you will be ‘redirected’ to the bank’s ‘website’. It looks like the real thing but when you key in your username and password it will show ‘account information incorrect’ no matter which bank you choose,” he said.
Ang then received a text message saying that he had made a transfer to one “Nooralif Safwa”, but his quick reaction prevented losses.
“When they requested the OTP, I called the bank immediately before they transferred my money,” he said, referring to the one-time password.
Albatross,
famous migratory bird, is also a love bird. It is known for being monogamous, forming long-term bond with one partner that is rarely broken. Mated pairs never split up until one bird dies.
The proceedings of the Security Council conference on April 6 are in the public domain and are accessible. See the video below:
The UN Security Council held an extraordinary event on April 6 under the rubric Arria Formula Meeting on Biological Security regarding the biological activities in countries including Ukraine. Predictably, the U.S. and UK representatives didn’t show up at the event and the western media also blacked out the proceedings. But that does not detract from the profound significance of what transpired.
The highlight of the Security Council proceedings lasting over two hours was the disclosure by General Igor Kirillov, chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, that Washington is creating biological laboratories in different countries and connecting them to a unified system.
He said the U.S. has spent more than $5 billion on military biological programs since 2005 and detailed that in territories bordering Russia and China alone, about 60 facilities have been modernised during this period. The Ukrainian network of laboratories is designed to conduct research and monitor the biological situation consisting of 30 facilities in 14 populated locations.
Highly sensitive materials from the Ukrainian biological laboratories were exported to the U.S. in early February just before the Russian special operation began, and the rest were ordered to be destroyed lest they fell into Russian hands. But the cover-up was only partially successful. Indeed, Russia is in possession of highly incriminating evidence.
Previously also, Russia had released a number of documents related to the biological military activities of the Pentagon, which pointed toward a worldwide project to set up biological laboratories in rival countries with the goal of developing targeted viral weapons against those countries.
Russia has made specific allegations, pointing finger at:
Pentagon funding for the bio-labs in Ukraine;
Location of these bio-labs(not only in Ukraine but in 36 countries around the world);
Diseases and epidemics on which research work is going on, focusing
on the means for their release, the countries where they are being
tested (even without the knowledge of the governments of these
countries); and, of course,
Experiments relating to coronavirus (and bats used to transmit this virus).
However, the U.S. has so far point-blank refused to accept any supervision and verification of such incriminatory evidences and has stonewalled the demand for a verification mechanism. It is unlikely that the U.S. will permit an international verification process that holds the potential to expose it as indulging in crimes against humanity–although there are appropriate frameworks in place including the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and the UN, to hear the clarifications from the relevant country in a fair and impartial manner.
A mind-boggling “discovery” that Russian forces in Ukraine stumbled upon is the use of numbered birds by the Pentagon-funded labs. This almost falls out of science fiction and Sir Alfred Hitchcock could have made an epic movie out of it where deception mixes with innocence and man’s cruelty to nature becomes unbearably grotesque. The project works like this:
To begin with, the Pentagon accesses the scientific data available with environmental specialists and zoologists after studying the migration of birds and observing them throughout the seasons, relating to the path these birds take each year on their seasonal journey from one country to another and even from one continent to another.
On the basis of this data, groups of migratory birds are caught, digitised and capsules of germs are attached to them that carry a chip to be controlled through computers.They birds are then released to the flock of the migratory birds in those target countries toward which the U.S. intelligence has malevolent intentions.
Of course, these migratory birds travel great distances. The wandering albatross, for instance, is known to migrate at least 8500 km eastward across the South Pacific to the coast of South America, and many shy albatrosses migrate westward across the Indian Ocean to the coast of South Africa.
During the long flight of the birds that have been digitised in the Pentagon bio-labs, their movement is monitored step by step by means of satellites and the exact locations are determined.The idea is that if the Biden Administration (or the CIA) has a requirement to inflict harm on, say, Russia or China (or India for that matter), the chip is destroyed when the bird is in their skies.
Plainly put, kill the bird carrying the epidemic. Sadly, my mind goes back to the novel by the American author Harper Lee To Kill a Mocking Bird, the haunting story of innocence destroyed by evil.
To return to reality, once the “digitised” bird is killed and the capsule of germs it carries is released, the disease spreads in the “X” or “Y” country. It becomes a highly cost-effective method of harming an enemy country without any need of war or coup d’état or colour revolution.
The Russians have made the shocking claim that they are actually in possession of such migratory birds digitised in the Pentagon’s bio-labs.
International law expressly forbids the numbering of migratory birds because they freely criss-cross the blue sky and air of other countries.By supplying them with germs, these birds become weapons of mass destruction. What human ingenuity! But the U.S. enjoys total immunity from international law.
The bottom line is that only the U.S. intelligence—and President Biden, perhaps, if he remembers—would know where all humans have been infected so far in this century by the Birds of Mass Destruction. Was Ebola that devastated Africa a test case and precursor of things to come?
What about COVID-19, which is known to have originated from funded laboratories that were administered by the U.S.? It is very likely that the U.S. might have used migratory birds to kill Chinese citizens. Clearly, the U.S. in its desperation to reverse its global decline is pulling out all the stops to restore its hegemony in a world order that is inexorably moving toward multipolarity.
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A new kind of terrorism* - Numbered Bird strategy, which Russia accuses America !
For those who want to know what the numbered birds are... and how the United States kills the world without a single shot... I leave the information here:
*Birds of Mass Destruction*
Russia did not expect to discover, as part of its military campaign in Ukraine, numbered birds produced by biological and bacteriological laboratories in Ukraine financed and supervised by the US.
But what are the numbered birds?!
After studying the migration of birds and observing them throughout the seasons, environmental specialists and zoologists will be able to know the path these birds take each year on their seasonal journey, including those that travel from one country to another and even from one continent to others.
Here comes the role of the intelligence services of the parties that carry out a malevolent plan.
A group of these migratory birds are “detained”, digitized and provided with a capsule of germs that carry a chip to be controlled through computers. They are then released again to join migratory birds in countries where damage is planned.
These birds are known to take a route from the Baltic Sea and the Caspian Sea to the African continent and Southeast Asia,
as well as two other flights from Canada to Latin America in spring and autumn.
During its long flight, its movement is monitored step by step by means of satellites and its exact location is determined.
If they want, for example, to harm Syria or Egypt, the chip is destroyed when the bird is in their skies.
Kill the bird that falls carrying the epidemic. Thus, diseases spread in this or that country. In this way, the enemy country is harmed at no military, economic and political cost.
The numbering of migratory birds is considered a crime by international law, because they are birds that penetrate the sky and air of other countries.
If you supply them with germs, then this bird becomes a weapon of mass destruction.
Therefore, in international law, it is considered prohibited to use birds to launch deadly attacks against an opponent.
Anyone who commits such an immoral and inhumane act is punished.
The US does not tremble at any punishment, for no one dares to punish it. But they tremble before the stigma that will accompany their life and their complete exclusion as a credible country, even before their allies.
The Russians have a strong pressure card when they say they captured the birds.
This means that the Americans were caught with their hands in the dough, with all the details contained that prove the decisive condemnation.
This forces us to think about the possibility that all the viruses that have infected humans in this century, especially the last ones, such as the Ebola that affected Africa, anthrax, swine and avian flu, and currently Covid-19, all come from funded laboratories. and administered by the US.
And this is what prompted China to submit an urgent, serious and strict request to carry out an international investigation into the sudden emergence of the coronavirus.
It is very likely that the United States used migratory birds to kill Chinese citizens.
The serious thing is that the US scandals are on the rise.
*See also:*
Fox News: Washington has been funding laboratories in Ukraine for the investigation of "lethal pathogens" since at least 14 years
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivered a speech at the International Press Conference
1. This morning! Serious warning to the United States: China's nuclear weapons are created NOT for you to see! It's not that we're afraid of things, it's just that you're not qualified to see!
2. Wang Yi's answer: The virus is the common enemy of all mankind, it may appear at any time and any place, and China, like other countries, has been attacked by the new crown virus, and is a victim, not a perpetrator, let alone an "accomplice" of the virus. At that time, the H1N1 flu was first diagnosed in the United States and broke out in a large area, spreading to 214 countries and regions, resulting in nearly 200,000 deaths. In the 1980s, AIDS was first discovered in the United States and spread rapidly to the whole world, causing suffering to many people and families, and who sought compensation from the United States? In 2008, the financial turmoil that occurred in the United States, the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, and eventually evolved into a global financial crisis, who demanded compensation from the United States? The United States must be clear that their enemy is the virus, not China.
3. Wang Yi went on to say: If Biden and Blinken and the like are not guilty of Senile rhapsody, then they should know that China is not the China that was trampled by the "Eight-Power Coalition", and China is not Iraq, not Venezuela, not Syria, not when you want to come, you can check it if you want. China is not afraid of things, but you are not qualified, you are not qualified! At the beginning of the epidemic, we took the initiative to invite WHO and Chinese experts to conduct joint inspections in the affected areas, and put forward preliminary inspection results on related issues such as the outbreak and spread of the new crown virus. The investigation request put forward by Trump is purely unreasonable and a manifestation of hegemonism. They have placed the United States above international organizations and over all of humanity, as if only they themselves are credible. But is the United States really credible? Iraq and Venezuela are the lessons of the past.
4, we have to warn Biden, if you want to play China's calculations, it is best to think about it and then say it. Because 1.4 billion people will not agree, China's 2 million troops are not decorations, but China's Great Wall of Steel. China's Dongfeng missiles are not used to hit rakes, but to hit dogs and jackals. China's nuclear submarines are not used to travel under the sea, but to combat uninvited guests. China's nuclear weapons are not used to scare anyone, but to defend themselves, and whoever wants to taste it, you tell me.
5. We want to warn Biden that if we want China to compensate, it will start from the time when the Eight-Power Alliance invaded China, until wang Yi just proposed these cases together. You first compensate the old historical accounts of China and the world.
6, now China is in a very good position in the world, the first to control the new crown pneumonia, the first to enter the stage of economic recovery, and now it is to increase the horsepower to export anti-epidemic materials to the world, China's time to catch up with the United States in the total economic volume is also greatly advanced, which is unacceptable to Biden, the United States has been dragged into the quagmire by Biden, this time Biden wants to make China, let the world be unhappy. The heart of harming people must not be there, the heart of preventing Biden must not be without, and the wicked have their own harvest!
I hope that every Chinese will be able to pass this article out and make our China stronger and stronger, supporting all patriotic groups.
Native Americans, refugees from US-initiated wars, Floyds and children separated from their parents at the border will remember
the US as the greatest “human ...
The masks covering the true face of the US were taken off one after another through the seven stories the Global Times had
published over the course of the past few weeks. These masks are engraved with words such as peace, liberty, security, unity, science, humanity, and global order, hiding the country's true visage that has been distorted with lust, greed, and subjugation.
The masks covering the true face of the US have been removed one after another through the seven investigative stories the
Global Times published over the course of the past few weeks. These masks are engraved with beautiful words such as peace, liberty, security, unity, science, humanity, and global order, hiding the country's true visage distorted with lust, greed, and subjugation.
Fanning the flames to create turmoil, using economic and financial hegemony to sanction opponents, and forming cliques to create
political isolation - the US is using its hegemony to undermine the international order.
In fact, the US government's approach is quite similar to Voldemort's - they both believe in power, recruit followers, use violence, and repeatedly want to kill competitors in order to maintain supremacy.
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech via video at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022, on April 21, 2022.(Photo: Xinhua)
The Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022 is being held in Boao, Hainan Province, from April 20 to April 22. The theme of this year's forum is "The World in COVID-19 and Beyond: Working Together for Global Development and A Shared Future." In a keynote speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the forum on Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed a Global Security Initiative, emphasizing the need to uphold "true multilateralism" and that it is particularly important for major countries to lead by example in honoring equality, cooperation, good faith and the rule of law, and act in a way befitting their status.
At present, the changes in the world, the times, and history are unfolding in an unprecedented way. At a time when unprecedented global changes are combined with a once-in-a-century pandemic, the world is at the crossroads of unity or division, cooperation or confrontation, upholding justice or hegemony. Xi's emphasis on "true multilateralism" is of great significance for lighting the way forward for international society to move on and promote peaceful development.
What is true multilateralism? It is, after all, that international affairs should be handled by all through consultations and the future and destiny of the world will be jointly decided by all countries. Such "true multilateralism" cannot be separated from the United Nations, therefore we must firmly safeguard the international system with the UN at its core; it cannot be separated from the international law, so we must unwaveringly uphold the international order underpinned by international law; it cannot be separated from global cooperation, so major powers need to lead by example in upholding justice, enforcing the rule of law, taking responsibility, and focusing on actions.
When representatives from 42 countries and regions were discussing regional solidarity and cooperation at the Boao forum, Washington was hosting the G20 Finance Ministers and the Central Bank Governors meeting. Finance ministers of countries including the US and Canada walked out when the Russian delegate spoke, staging a show of "political protest"at an international multilateral economic cooperation forum. The US supports a draft resolution to adjust the use of the veto by permanent members of the UN Security Council. All those acts are weakening and jeopardizing multilateralism and multilateral mechanisms.
In stark contrast, Asia is "climbing the hill together and going down the ravine together" and making "sugarcane and lemongrass grow in dense clumps." In 2021, the region withstood the pressure of the raging COVID-19 pandemic and led the global economic recovery. Measured by purchasing power parity, Asia accounted for 47.4 percent of the world's economy in 2021. From taking the lead in advocating the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and the Bandung Spirit, to jointly promoting the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, Asian countries have made maintaining and practicing multilateralism in the region to transform from an experiment to a model, through all-round and broad-based win-win cooperation.
However, for Washington accustomed to creating rivals and stirring up trouble around the world to gain benefits, the stability and prosperity of Asia have become a thorn in its flesh. To seize the moral high ground and sugarcoat its geopolitical ambitions, Washington has even packaged its so-called Indo-Pacific Strategy as "multilateralism." It also has attempted to disturb regional peaceful development by strengthening its "multilateral mechanisms," including its "quadrilateral mechanism" and "trilateral security partnership." If we want to practice "true multilateralism," we must be wary of and oppose such "fake multilateralism."
It is clear that a lot of unrest, division, and poverty have been created in different parts of the world under practices of prioritizing one country's interests, making coteries that uphold hegemony, treating international rules as a tool for the interests of one nation, using a certain country's interests as the criteria, and engaging in "selective multilateralism." The US is still using the Russia-Ukraine conflict to further divide the world into camps and keeps pressuring neutral countries to "take sides." Such a "fake multilateralism" sometimes is deceptive to some extent, but more and more countries have seen through it and denied any attempts to stir up troubles globally or seize geopolitical "fruits."
As a Chinese saying goes, "Power may win for the time being, but justice will prevail for the long run." All countries across the world are in the same boat with a shared destiny. We must work together to sail through the stormy seas to a bright future. Any attempt to throw whoever into the sea is unacceptable. From the Global Development Initiative to the Global Security Initiative, China has always been a firm practitioner of true multilateralism. History will continue to prove that such a choice is on the right side of the history and on the side of human progress.
Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed a global security initiative which stressed a commitment to the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech via video link at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022 held in Boao, Hainan Province. Here are some highlights of his remarks (4/12)
China's commitment to multilateralism and opening-up is reassuring to a world faced with rising security risks, academics and
delegates attending the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) 2022 said on Wednesday, as the international forum amid a new round of epidemic ...
The ongoing global supply chain crisis should be tackled by the major economies leading by example through multilateral
consultation, economists and delegates attending the Boao Forum for Asia 2022 said.
Despite global challenges, the Boao Forum for Asia held in South China's Hainan Province, sent the world an important message of
global collaboration and development while addressing new opportunities in Asian regional cooperation to overcome economic hurdles in the
post-pandemic era, the Mongolian Ambassador to China said on Thursday.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech via video at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022, on April 21, 2022.(Photo: Xinhua)
