'A Dazzling Example': Hamas Leader Says China Could Emulate the Terrorist Group in Attack on Taiwan 2023-10-31 01:37

a Hamas leader sharing bold words on camera China saw our attack is a dazzling example the leader claims Beijing is taking notes on the terrorist attack on Israel and could replicate it for Taiwan contradicting messages from a Defense form in Beijing top Russian and Chinese officials saying closer ties with the West are in order while dumping criticism on Washington a surge of social media tributes for China's former Premier after news of his death met with strict censorship why is Beijing trying to keep the message quiet and a new york- based Arts group facing oppression in a democratic Nation for nearly two decades why is South Korea caving to China under a recently elected president friendly to the US what do you think let us know below and subscribe if you haven't already welcome to China in Focus I'm Tiffany Meer when Hamas reigned thousands of rockets down on Israel in a sudden Attack 3 weeks ago did China and Russia benefit here's what hamas's leader is saying about the brutal attack and what it could mean for Moscow and Beijing Russia has benefited from our attack China saw our attack as a dazzling example the ex-chairman of the Hamas Terrace group made the statement in an interview at the Middle East media Research Institute last week in it he called for cooperation with China and Russia as for how the surprise attack benefited Russia he said it diverted us Focus away from the Ukraine conflict the hamas's leader then added Russia intends to use the Hamas attack as teaching material for its military and that China is taking inspiration from the Hamas attack when it comes to Taiwan the Chinese are thinking of carrying out a plan in Taiwan neither Russia nor China have condemned the hamas's terrorist attack the two exercised their veto power in the UN Security Council to block a US effort to support Israel last week China has put pressure on Israel to stop bombing Gaza mixed signals toward the west coming out of a Monday security Forum in Beijing China's second most senior military commander says he aims to boost defense ties with Washington while Moscow said it was open to discussing security issues that say Beijing Moscow relations grow ever friendlier but the Chinese and Russian military Chiefs also heaped criticism onto the US certain countries keep stirring up troubles around the world they deliberately create turbulences metal and Regional Affairs interfere in other country's Internal Affairs and instigate color Revolution Russia's defense minister blamed the West for getting involved in its war on Ukraine and warnant of conflict between between Global superpowers well the top Chinese official noted that beijing's military wouldn't tolerate Western support for Taiwanese Independence the Chinese Communist party claims the island as its territory though it has never ruled Taiwan China and the US have had no highlevel military communication since August 2022 Beijing suspended talks after then house Speaker Nancy palosi visited Taiwan the radio Silence has sparked fear over a potential clash in the south China Sea former Chinese Premier League Kang is dead details of his passing faced immediate censorship inside China but Chinese people around the world still found ways to commemorate him here's what one citizen from Lee's Hometown had to say watch they're expressing their wishes by mourning him in this way because under the current circumstances people may be too depressed and have many many disappointments they're hugely disappointed Le's passing last Friday garnered huge public attention on weo the Chinese version of Twitter the hashtag about his death exceeded 1 billion views in just a few hours but beijing's censorship engine appeared to step in quickly now almost all comments on the topic have been removed from social media even his name leang has been blocked the South China Morning Post reported that a student counselor at a university in Beijing said he didn't want students to organize memorials because it could lead to an event similar to what happened in 1989 at the the time following the death of former Chinese Communist party leader hu alang thousands of students gathered in tanan square to mourn the demonstration triggered a nationwide pro-democracy movement that lasted for 2 months it ended in a massacre with the Chinese military opening fire on unarmed students and citizens former leader huab Bon has been considered more open-minded to reforms than others similarly Liang is being remembered for his promise that China would remain open to the rest of the world Memorial activities were held for for him in at least two areas over the weekend H City Le's Hometown and jungo city where he worked the line of people waiting to pay respect stretch for more than half a mile a billboard bearing lease image was also set up China Affairs analyst hingan said people are seeking an outlet for their resentment toward current Chinese leader Chi Jin ping and the Le passing is giving them an opportunity these memorials are not because of how great and good Lee Kang was but because everyone thinks xiin ping is bad T described Lee tenure as Premier as mediocre because xinping had the final say on matters of State Tom went on to say that many Chinese people see themselves in similar situation under the Iron Fist of the CCP represented by xiin ping they are beaten to the ground and almost powerless to fight back they implicitly regard Lea Chang as one of them suffering the same fate it's an outpouring of empathy believes a large scale movement is unlikely to pop up again in China right now that's because 30 plus years ago Chinese people would speak H directly and demand political change but now people mainly complain about economic losses for the first time the US has started buying Japanese seafood to supply its military in the country that's in a bid to offset China's import ban on the country's Seafood Beijing imposed it after Japan released treated Wastewater from its Fukushima plant in August in announcing the initiative US ambassador to Japan Rah Emmanuel said it would begin with purchases of scallops before expanding to all types of Japanese seafood China will continue its economic coercion but the best way we have proven in all the instances to kind of wear out China's economic coercion is come to the aid and assistance of the targeted country or industry so this is one step Emanuel said the purchases would feed soldiers and and be sold in shops and restaurants on Military basis he said the US military had not previously purchased local seafood in Japan Beijing was once the biggest buyer of Japanese seafood globally the regime says its import ban is due to food to safety fears the UN nuclear Watchdog has vouched for the safety of Japan's water release next a special segment shines a light on the Chinese Communist party's infiltration into one Democratic country with communist China to its West and a shared border with communist North Korea democratic values and the way of life South Koreans enjoy are facing an imminent challenge one of several major theaters in the country has blocked an American Performing Arts tour from taking the stage what's the tour about and why is the Chinese Communist Party pushing back on it in Korea ND dives into the history of the Chinese regime's interference with sinin and why the Free World needs to know the long arm of Chinese censorship reaching a key us Ally South Korea major theaters in Soul now declining to Rend their venues to Shin Yun an American Performing Arts company whose dance and music portrayed China before communism Epic Times investigations show that a Chinese Embassy in Korea has for years been threatening Korean theaters with economic and political retaliation if they let shinin perform in 2016 KBS Hall owned by Korea's national broadcaster cancelled a contract with Shen Yun after the Chinese Embassy sent them a letter warning it will be detrimental to the relationship between Korea and China if the theater proceeded with SH performances a Korean Court ruling in this case explicitly pointed to potential economic retaliation from Beijing stating that if KBS cannot export his broadcasting contents to China it may phas huge losses but Korea is not the only Democratic country in which the CCP is using its political and economic leverage to censor free art Chinese embassies have sent similar letters trying to stop shingun from performing to theaters and elected officials in the US Canada Europe and Australia in one case in Spain the Chinese Ambassador there admitted on tape that he personally warned in Madrid theater that they would lose the Chinese market if they didn't cancel shenyun but why would a powerful regime use all kinds of tactics to interfere with a classical Chinese dance show shingin describes his mission as to revive China's five Millennial old traditional culture which has been largely destroyed under Decades of communist rule the group's performer also practice fallong gong a meditation practice whose practitioners are persecuted by the Chinese regime some company members have fled religious persecution themselves or have family members still imprison in China alongside dances portraying scenes from Imperial dynasties and literary Classics some of the shows pieces also depict the story of what Fallen gone practitioners are facing in China today or attacks on bu temples during the culture Revolution the show's perspectives on Chinese culture history and spirituality have put it on the ccp's target list but it's also these values that have drawn millions of audience members from around the world shingu now tours in nearly 200 cities and 20 countries every year while the ccp's campaigns to censor their show have failed in most countries they are making Headway in Korea how Korea and the US act on it could decide if China can exert control over more key allies all at a Crossroads bowing to CCP pressure for upholding values shared by the Free [Music] World so what's driving the Chinese Communist party to leverage its sabotage campaign against shenyun outside its own borders and why should freedom-loving people around the world be concerned nd's Steve Lance sat down with Mr Louie an production director and show coordinator for shenu in South Korea for more Shen yuin faces a lot of adversity from uh the Chinese Communist party uh we've seen things like uh disinformation sabotaging the buses that the shenin performers uh travel in to to the theaters slashing the tires um a variety of things even uh pressuring theaters uh throughout the world to not invite uh shenyu and not host them why are we seeing this type of resistance from the Chinese Communist party yeah here's some main reason um CCP uh starts the persecution against fong in uh China in 1999 CCP is afraid of expose of their persecution in China and uh so that's why they are try to um uh interfere as much as they can do you have any evidence that the uh CCP is behind this and some of the actions that they've taken yeah we have U many uh evidence CCP uses all kinds of uh method to interfere with SH new performance in South Korea and then uh one of the example is they uh send official letter to the theater or city government to pressure them to cancel the show or cancel the um cont uh contract and so pressure is one thing but following through on that pressure is another can you tell us about the instances where uh the Korean uh theater in in Korea has cancelled a shenin performance there are some many uh cases canceling show in South Korea and one of the uh uh Stand Out is that KBS case in 2016 uh we had the almost sold our show they sent house notice uh to cancel the Vue rental contract and then we uh take that appeal to the court and then Court cited our uh appeal after that KBS submit their appeal again with the official letter from the uh Chinese Embassy so we can that's on evidence and earlier this year there is a media report about this issue they had uh interview with Chinese Embassy person and then they clearly mentioned to the reporter that they going to intervene with u activities for fundaa and shanin foreign investment into China is declining according to the financial times foreign investment in China fell by onethird in September compared to the previous year the largest drop in nearly a decade foreign investment into China has seen double digit percentage drops every month since May some analysts say that foreign companies are trying to get their profits out of the country as fast as they can and that seems to be a trend according to China State administration of Foreign Exchange more money left the country in September then came in net outflow reached nearly $ 54 billion marking the highest outflow since January 2016 the US in recent months has moved to restrict American Investment in mainland China at the same time beijing's revision of its anti-espionage law in July may have also contributed that's over concerns of arbitrary detention raids on foreign businesses inside China and the Law's vague description of what could be seen as Espionage Chinese property giant evergrand getting one last chance on Monday a critical hearing for the company was adjourned until December 4th a Hong Kong judge ruled this was the company's final opportunity to come up with a restructuring plan if it fails evergrand will likely face liquidation here's more the giant developer has over $300 billion in liabilities and defaulted on its offshore debt in 2021 it's become a symbol of a crisis that has engulfed China's real estate sector which accounts for about a quarter of the country's economy that leaves investors around the world worried what might happen if giant companies like everr face a chaotic collapse now the court says the developer has to come up with a revised restructuring Plan before the December hearing its previous plan was thrown into Doubt last month after news that the firm's founder was under investigation for criminal activities ever Grant has also been barred from issuing new debt due to a probe into its Flagship property unit one lawyer for a major group of creditors said they supported the court adjournment saying they would still prefer a restructure ing to liquidation everand did not respond to a request for comment coming up days after the sudden death of China's former second in command shock waves are lingering among many Chinese people formerly at the Helm of the regime's economic sector Leach Chang had suddenly railed against the Communist party's narratives from warning of the financial harm of pandemic restrictions to admitting 600 million people lived under the poverty line will his passing Shake beijing's leadership and could we see a nationwide protest to discuss we sat down with Bradley ther the director of China policy at the center for security policy more on that after the break here on China in Focus welcome back to China in Focus I'm Tiffany Meyer following the death of former Chinese Premier League Kang the CCP is keeping an eye on public tributes is a nationwide protest incoming and what impact could his passing have on the country we spoke with Bradley theer director of China policy at the center for security policy to discuss Bradley there thank you so much for joining us great to have you back on the show it's my pleasure to join you once again to begin China's former Premier leang died early on Friday now what's the impact his passing is likely to have on the country well his the impact of his passing really is or two major elements one uh it shows that um Xi Jinping might have had a role in the death it's it's he evidently died in a pool uh if the death is natural it eliminates a potential rival which is useful for Xing ping and if his death was not natural uh then it also not only eliminates a Ral for xiin ping but certainly consolidates uh his power thirdly in broader con excuse me secondly in broader context it shows uh that um opposition to xingping from established party officials uh is waning huan was thrown out of the 20th party Congress Jang Xin passed away uh now with Lee's death uh with foreign ministers disappearing defense ministers disappearing generals uh disappearing it's quite clear that his grip and his control over the party uh is tightening um which is not a good thing for the Chinese people and not a good thing for stability in international politics I want to zoom in on some of these differences so as an economist Lee took different stances from xiin ping whether that was on the co lockdowns even on poverty Lee kachan had a very famous speech where he said 600 million Chinese people were living under the poverty line without saying they were living under the poverty Lane how do you read these different comments he was taking from the party narrative well it shows that there were profound tensions in within the party uh concerning its uh economic policy and it's um uh the emphasis that it should place on certain priorities what you has happened however is under X the economy of course has had this profound downturn uh post uh coid with the collapse of the essentially the real estate market and with other structural problems coming to the four in the Chinese uh economy so what Lee might have done differently uh I think is at one level moot uh it really shows that uh the uh the policies that XI dominated and brought into uh force uh have really brought China to the economic crisis uh that it faces and the big question then is how will it weather that and whether well weather those crises uh successfully and given that Lee kachan was an economist and a former Premier what does his passing mean for China's economy and more broadly the US China e economic ties well he was seen among the engagement school in the United States as a positive force um an individual who was uh if you will um to borrow from Margaret Thatcher in her comments about gorbachov a man with whom you could do uh business uh I think his passing shows that um the Alternatives or the um potential Futures that do not entail a large rule a large role for Xi Jinping are uded they're disappearing uh the party is xi's party uh and alternative voices within it uh are being uh removed uh by retirements or by eliminations of one means uh or another and Bradley you and I have talked about how Xi Jinping is doing more of a return to Mao on the ideological front as you also mentioned the real estate crisis China's economy is not doing well on the political front though in terms of Le's passing how might we see unrest or are we not going to see anything happen I think it's less likely that we'll see anything happen what you might have would be the symbols of protests um that surrounded um China the in the in 1989 uh where you had significant unrest in 88 really and then in 1989 or the white page protest that we witnessed really December uh of last year December into January 22 and uh 23 um the resentment towards G and the resentment towards the party uh is ample uh however it's devilishly hard in a way that was not under in dung's China uh to protest against uh Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist party because of the effectiveness of the omnipresent and it seemingly omniscient uh surveillance State uh that uh exists so there should be protests but uh I think as a practical matter there won't be because it's so difficult to mobilize Bradley theer thank you so much for your time this my pleasure to join you thank you that's all for today's China InFocus I'm Tiffany Meyer if you have any feedback on the show or have something you'd like to see us cover send us an email at chinin focus.com we'd love to hear from you thanks for watching see you tomorrow