tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64147223828166334942024-03-28T23:50:32.060+08:00Rightways TechnologiesRightways Technologieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12675896663803464743noreply@blogger.comBlogger5048125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414722382816633494.post-52250436709636574702024-03-28T23:49:00.004+08:002024-03-28T23:49:44.143+08:00Backups are lifeline to your digital lifestyle
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgpGWlvdgQnEkEuGFIByiOYYnq2Cs3OjIXXa973bhCj5NHnekm2OT6ycsflPWr21tpgBQ7QaLpVcxXkW2ns3OQYaTXxE7Gdp9OGS64lfsNHpzKRJWccc8E8GG4RzNUWbR5yhJprpjacwy3kiGnzWWmslj32HveSQwM-UqJkfGrM1ng9yaP4inXrRACdE/s910/Backups%20are%20lifeline%20to%20your%20digital%20lifestyle.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="910" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgpGWlvdgQnEkEuGFIByiOYYnq2Cs3OjIXXa973bhCj5NHnekm2OT6ycsflPWr21tpgBQ7QaLpVcxXkW2ns3OQYaTXxE7Gdp9OGS64lfsNHpzKRJWccc8E8GG4RzNUWbR5yhJprpjacwy3kiGnzWWmslj32HveSQwM-UqJkfGrM1ng9yaP4inXrRACdE/s600/Backups%20are%20lifeline%20to%20your%20digital%20lifestyle.jpg" width="600" /></a></div>Celebrate World Backup Day this Sunday by creating backup copies of your essential data to safeguard your digital lifestyle against potential loss. — Image by freepik <div><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">It is said that memories you make are priceless, but in this digital age, our data, whether text, audio, or video, has become equally invaluable.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">And its value is not lost to cybercriminals, as data breaches have become so common that protecting personal information has become an ongoing challenge for individuals and organisations alike.</p><div class="sasStoryRectPos" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Last year, cybersecurity firm Sophos reported that over 90% of cyberattacks reported by its customers involved data or credential theft.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">But hackers are not the only threat to your data – the device holding your information may suffer a hardware failure, be stolen, or even be destroyed in an incident such as a fire or flood.</p><div class="inlineAd" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 610px;"><div data-google-query-id="CJXz8dSUl4UDFTFLnQkdCTEN8A" id="div-gpt-ad-Desktop_TSOL_Tech_SP_Mid_OSV" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_Tech/Desktop_TSOL_Tech_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_Tech_SP_Mid_OSV_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 1px;"><iframe allow="attribution-reporting" aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="7" data-is-safeframe="true" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_Tech/Desktop_TSOL_Tech_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_Tech_SP_Mid_OSV_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" scrolling="no" src="https://cfee2777ec1105bce67c4927434b1f64.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px auto 20px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></div></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Despite happening over two decades ago, the near loss of Pixar’s <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Toy Story 2</em> assets due to accidental deletion during the 1990s remains a memorable story.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The studio was “saved” by Galyn Susman, a supervising technical director who had been working from home after childbirth and had a remote backup.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Even though much of the film was eventually remade due to quality concerns, the character models and environments from her backup were integral to the final film.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><span class="embeded-image inline-image-center" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: table; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Arina hopes that as awareness increases and user-friendly backup options become more widely available, more people will incorporate backups into their digital routines. — Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik" src="https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2024/03/22/2606029.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 831px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1240px;" /><span class="inline-caption" style="border: 1px solid rgb(214, 214, 214); box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; font-size: 0.813em; line-height: 1.231em; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 10px;">Arina hopes that as awareness increases and user-friendly backup options become more widely available, more people will incorporate backups into their digital routines. — Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Last year’s layoff of Susman, along with 74 other employees, struck a chord with fans who remember her as the person who saved <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Toy Story 2</em>.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">As we approach World Backup Day this Sunday, March 31, it’s crucial to remember that although incidents of data loss might seem distant, nobody is immune to such occurrences.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Data dilemmas and disasters</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Head of operations at Lucid Analytica, an analytics consultancy, Firdaus Jefri experienced data loss for the first time during his childhood when the hard drive of the family computer failed, resulting in the loss of numerous personal files.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“When my first PC, which I had as a kid, crashed due to a hard drive failure, it was devastating. I had important family photos, videos, and memories stored on it. I also made some great friends while playing games like <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Runescape</em> and <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Halo Combat Evolved</em>.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Unfortunately, as a kid, I didn’t keep track of my passwords and didn’t know how to recover my accounts, losing contact with most of them,” he says.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">He adds that his mother’s work documents were lost as well, though they weren’t devastating since she had hard copies on hand, requiring extra effort to recreate everything on a computer.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><span class="embeded-image inline-image-center" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: table; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Cloud storage services can be set up to back up files from a mobile device or a PC, but it’s important to maintain enough free space. — Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik" src="https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2024/03/22/2606034.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 827px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1240px;" /><span class="inline-caption" style="border: 1px solid rgb(214, 214, 214); box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; font-size: 0.813em; line-height: 1.231em; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 10px;">Cloud storage services can be set up to back up files from a mobile device or a PC, but it’s important to maintain enough free space. — Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Fast forward to today, and Firdaus has become a staunch believer in backups, having invested a significant amount into a self-built networked-attached storage (NAS) solution.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">He estimates that he has spent approximately RM10,000 on storage for multiple drives totalling 20TB, with each drive serving as a backup for another. This setup enables him to recover data in the event that one drive fails.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Firdaus describes his solution as overkill for most users, though it’s a necessity for him, as his work involved handling large files.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">When studying for his PhD, computer system engineer Lee Yang Yang was shocked to witness a fellow student fail his course due to losing his files just before the thesis submission deadline.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">In Lee’s experience, users typically only begin to prioritise the security of their files after a personal encounter with data loss.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“If you think a file is important, back it up. It is worth your money to have the extra storage. This would include private and confidential files that could cost you a fortune or even your job if the data is lost,” he says.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Better safe than sorry</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">While data recovery programs and services (read “Get Your Data Back”, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">StarLifestyle</em>, May 29, 2023; online at <a href="http://bit.ly/datalostandfound" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #107fc9; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">bit.ly/datalostandfound</a>) are available that could help restore lost files, the costs involved are steep.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><span class="embeded-image inline-image-left" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: table; float: left; margin: 0px 20px 10px 0px; max-width: 280px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Sin says that having a comprehensive backup strategy is crucial for recovering from such incidents, likening it to 'insurance' for digital assets. — Synology Malaysia" height="320" src="https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2024/03/22/2605819.png" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; height: 375px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 250px;" width="213" /><span class="inline-caption" style="border: 1px solid rgb(214, 214, 214); box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; font-size: 0.813em; line-height: 1.231em; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 10px;">Sin says that having a comprehensive backup strategy is crucial for recovering from such incidents, likening it to 'insurance' for digital assets. — Synology Malaysia</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">According to Jason Sin, Malaysia country manager for Synology, a company that specialises in NAS storage, the substantial price tag doesn’t guarantee complete data retrieval.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">To save oneself from the headache and hefty fees involved in recovering lost files, it’s best to have a backup system in place.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Nur Arina Ramlee, chief technology officer at Cybersolution Technologies, stresses the value of having proper backups.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Unfortunately, typically, users do not regularly backup their data as often as they should. Usually, this comes down to a few key elements.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Many users underestimate how upsetting data loss may be when it occurs to them or believe it only happens to other people.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“People are sometimes discouraged from starting because they believe that creating backups is complicated and time-consuming,” she says.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Arina hopes that as awareness increases and user-friendly backup options become more widely available, more people will incorporate backups into their digital routines.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">She recalls an incident involving a restaurant, which was exploring franchising opportunities at the time. The restaurant owner had stored all the key components of the company, including financial records, designs for its franchising plan, and even his beloved recipes – which he spent years perfecting and digitising – on a laptop.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">That laptop was stolen at an airport during a business trip, resulting in the loss of years’ worth of data.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The rise of ransomware is another threat to data. In a ransomware attack, the files on a computer system are encrypted, in most cases rendering them unusable, with the threat actor demanding a ransom payment to decrypt the data.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Sin says that having a comprehensive backup strategy is crucial for recovering from such incidents, likening it to ‘insurance’ for digital assets.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><span class="embeded-image inline-image-left" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: table; float: left; margin: 0px 20px 10px 0px; max-width: 280px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Arina recommends a straightforward approach to backup by starting with identifying the data crucial to your daily digital activities. — Cybersolution Technologies" height="320" src="https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2024/03/22/2605820.jpeg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; height: 270px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 230px;" width="273" /><span class="inline-caption" style="border: 1px solid rgb(214, 214, 214); box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; font-size: 0.813em; line-height: 1.231em; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 10px;">Arina recommends a straightforward approach to backup by starting with identifying the data crucial to your daily digital activities. — Cybersolution Technologies</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Ensuring data security and continuity is paramount for users and businesses alike.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Creating a backup strategy is like providing a safety net, allowing users to restore their data to a previous state and resume normal operations swiftly.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“As digital lifestyles become more prevalent, the potential impact of data loss on both personal and professional fronts has heightened, underscoring the importance of robust backup practices,” he says.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">As for companies, Sin highlights cost concerns and limited resources as major reasons why small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) often neglect backing up their data.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">This is due in part to hardware, software and maintenance costs, along with the lack of a dedicated IT team to manage backup infrastructure. Time constraints, data fragmentation, and the need to evaluate security risks are other factors that can also hinder efforts.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">In the long run, such neglect can make it significantly more difficult for a company to recover from cybersecurity incidents such as data breaches and ransomware attacks.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Sin highlighted that the Personal Data Protection Department (PDPD) reported a staggering increase in data breach cases. It received 130 reports by June 2023, a four-fold increase compared to the entire year 2022.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Such breaches lead to significant financial losses due to causes like configuration errors, hardware damage, data leaks, and malicious encryption,” he says.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Seeking simple solutions</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">According to a report from data recovery service provider Reno Research Lab, over half of data loss cases in 2023 resulted from user error, primarily accidental deletion (56.38%), with drive corruption coming a distant second, accounting for only 18.09%.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">These incidents could have been avoided if users simply made one backup copy.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><span class="embeded-image inline-image-center" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: table; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="According to a report from data recovery service provider Reno Research Lab, over half of data loss cases in 2023 resulted from user error, primarily accidental deletion (56.38%), with drive corruption coming a distant second, accounting for only 18.09%. — Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash" src="https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2024/03/22/2606037.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 826px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1240px;" /><span class="inline-caption" style="border: 1px solid rgb(214, 214, 214); box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; font-size: 0.813em; line-height: 1.231em; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 10px;">According to a report from data recovery service provider Reno Research Lab, over half of data loss cases in 2023 resulted from user error, primarily accidental deletion (56.38%), with drive corruption coming a distant second, accounting for only 18.09%. — Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Fortunately, thanks to the widespread availability of free cloud storage, hefty investments are often unnecessary.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><u>Popular and easy-to-setup options that offer free storage space include Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive and Apple iCloud.</u></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><u>However, without a subscription, the free storage is limited, with Google Drive offering 15GB for free, while both OneDrive and iCloud provide only 5GB each at no cost.</u></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The cloud storage services can be set up to back up files from a mobile device or a PC, but it’s important to maintain enough free space.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The services provide a range of subscription packages with different storage spaces, with family options typically offering better value for money.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">To backup your PC with OneDrive’s desktop client, access the settings menu and navigate to the “Sync and Backup” tab.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">From there, select “Manage Backup” to choose which folders, such as Documents, Pictures, Desktop, Music, and Videos to back up.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Unfortunately, OneDrive doesn’t support custom folders for backup, so users have to move their files to one of the listed folders.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Android smartphone users can check out Google Drive for backups. It can be turned on by going to the settings menu and selecting “Backup and reset” and then switching on the “Backup by Google One” option.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">This feature automatically backs up various types of data, including apps, SMS and MMS, call history, and device settings when connected to WiFi.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">However, remember to manually enable backup for photos and videos in this menu, as it is turned off by default.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">For faster access and complete control over your backups, consider using a NAS (network-attached storage) device. It’s a dedicated storage server that connects to your home WiFi network.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">It also provides a centralised location to store and access files and data from multiple devices, such as computers, smartphones, and tablets, over the network.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Essentially, it functions as a personal cloud storage solution, offering other features like file sharing, media streaming, and remote access.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">However, NAS devices, which come in various configurations and storage capacities, are not cheap.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Those who are more technically inclined could opt to assemble their own unit, but this will require researching various topics and familiarity with terminologies like RAID (redundant array of independent disks) and learning NAS-specific operating systems like TrueNAS and Unraid.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">However, if you’re seeking a robust backup plan, consider adopting the popular 3-2-1 backup principle.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">It’s a straightforward rule – though very demanding – that is designed to ensure that your data stays safe no matter what happens.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Let’s break it down: “3” stands for having at least three copies of your data; “2” means storing them on two different types of media; and “1” emphasises keeping one copy offsite or on the cloud. This method ensures that your data is well-protected against accidents, hardware failures, and other unexpected events.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Arina recommends beginning with a simple approach: identify the data essential to your daily digital life, such as chat messages, pictures, and documents.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“The key to this is to back up regularly or set your backups to run automatically. Some applications that users use daily may already have this readily integrated into their cloud accounts.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“And remember to test your backups once in a while to ensure they work when needed,” she says.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Sin emphasises the importance of education and awareness in establishing a strong backup culture.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“We encourage everyone to share the significance of backups with friends, family, and colleagues,” says Sin, “in order to collectively cultivate a more secure digital environment.”</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><b style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px;"><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2024/03/25/backups-are-lifeline-to-your-digital-lifestyle">Source link</a>\</b></p></div>Rightways Technologieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12675896663803464743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414722382816633494.post-61604918956949027042024-03-28T00:51:00.003+08:002024-03-28T00:51:27.071+08:00How the Philippines colludes with US government, think tank and media in 'sadfishing' itself, demonizing China on South China Sea issue<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NrXEsFZP0jpHWmnKCwtfrB4mB12KATHpyxX-w0AiGIZjJKAZMAV2jWV6nz1BFALRIKfLT8SjJkNB6v-K3n2LH3eAi960W0_EJFjRM7aHNSgG3uLQAAWCUm9KQj5q7XW1ulwE_CW7Xm77hvG4yoPR_fGJnvnjLvK0MMRI1hbF_idBWtI-plXWiDnV1aM/s1200/How%20the%20Philippines%20colludes%20with%20US%20government,.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1200" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NrXEsFZP0jpHWmnKCwtfrB4mB12KATHpyxX-w0AiGIZjJKAZMAV2jWV6nz1BFALRIKfLT8SjJkNB6v-K3n2LH3eAi960W0_EJFjRM7aHNSgG3uLQAAWCUm9KQj5q7XW1ulwE_CW7Xm77hvG4yoPR_fGJnvnjLvK0MMRI1hbF_idBWtI-plXWiDnV1aM/w640-h384/How%20the%20Philippines%20colludes%20with%20US%20government,.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-size: 13px;">The China Coast Guard expels Philippine vessels which had illegally intruded into waters adjacent to Ren'ai Jiao in China's Nansha Islands, on March 23, 2024. Photo: VCG</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The Philippines has been making a show of the South China Sea issue for a long time. It has repeatedly provoked China and created tension in the South China Sea region while turning a blind eye to historical facts. Seemingly suffering from a sort of histrionic personality disorder, the Philippines has not only staged many farces on the issue, but also colluded with anti-China forces in the US-led West to play the thief crying "stop thief."</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Last week, during his visit in the Philippines, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly "criticized China's provocative actions" in the South China Sea. Portraying the Philippines as a victim and China as a "perpetrator" has become a common intrigue to win attention and sympathy in the international community.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Supplying to its vessels illegally grounded on China's sovereign islands in the South China Sea is a trick of showmanship that the Philippines has employed in recent months. On Saturday, it sent a supply vessel and two coast guard vessels to intrude into the adjacent waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao (also known as Ren'ai Reef) in disregard of China's strong opposition. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">"China's Coast Guard took necessary measures at sea in accordance with the law to safeguard China's rights, firmly obstructed the Philippine vessels, and foiled the Philippines' attempt," Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that same day.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Days earlier, Philippine civil group the Atin Ito coalition said it was planning another mission to the South China Sea with the aim of "delivering aid to fishermen" around China's Huangyan Dao (also known as Huangyan Island). According to Philippine media, the group openly claimed to mobilize "a delegation of international observers" to join their mission. It didn't seem to mind making the involvement of Western forces public.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">"What it's like on board an outnumbered Philippine ship facing down China's push to dominate the South China Sea (CNN, March 26)," "China coast guard flexes its might against the Philippines in disputed waters as journalists look on (The Economic Times, March 27)"… It's not exaggeration to say that most media stories that smear China on the South China Sea issue, whether by Philippine or Western media, are products of the collusion between the anti-China forces of the Philippines and the US-led West. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The Global Times has looked into some of the various collusion forms, trying to reveal what's behind the current numerous untrue and misleading "media reports" that one-sidedly support the Philippines and attack China.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><center style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="People protest with signs and placards on Mendiola Street against the visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the Philippines in Manila, on March 19, 2024.Photo: VCG" id="667325" src="https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2024/2024-03-27/df533733-66d2-4abf-b0dd-3c95aa4590d4.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: -webkit-zoom-in; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 700px;" /></center><p class="picture" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">People protest with signs and placards on Mendiola Street against the visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the Philippines in Manila, on March 19, 2024. Photo: VCG</p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Closely linked Philippine coast guard, 'civil groups,' and US scholars</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The Atin Ito coalition disclosed its new "supply mission" plan at an event it held in Manila on March 14. The event gathered senior officers from the Philippine military and government, and representatives from the British, Australian, Dutch, Swedish, and European Union embassies, local media Palawan News reported the following day.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The guest list implied that Atin Ito has never been an ordinary "civil group." Close sources told the Global Times that the group was led by Risa Hontiveros, an anti-China senator who once asserted raising the notorious 2016 South China Sea "arbitration" to the United Nations General Assembly. Last winter, Hontiveros planned a "Christmas supply" mission for Atin Ito, asking the group members to send food and goods to a military vessel "stationed" at Ren'ai Jiao with the help of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Atin Ito had tried to land on Huangyan Dao and plant the Philippines flag on the island in June 2016. According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, a US scholar Anders Corr was among the group's activists aboard the fishing boat that intruded into the adjacent waters of the island.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">All the information has reflected that the so-called "civil groups" resupplying Huangyan Dao and Ren'ai Jiao are "nothing but a farce jointly planned by a few Philippine politicians and military, as well as the anti-China forces in the US-led West," Yang Xiao, deputy director of the Institute of Maritime Strategy Studies, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, told the Global Times.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">In an article published on March 6, The Associated Press (AP) introduced a PCG strategy of publicizing "aggressive actions" by China in the South China Sea, which aims to "spark international condemnation that has put Beijing under the spotlight." This strategy is known as "offensive transparency." </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">"We will continue [with the strategy]," PCG spokesperson Commodore Jay Tarriela said in February.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Joining the PCG in 2005, Tarriela allegedly has numerous links with the US. In 2021, he was largely involved in bilateral US-Philippine collaboration, including in the Pacific Forum's US-Philippines' Next Generation Leaders Initiative, a project sponsored by the US Department of State, through the US Embassy in Manila. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">According to an article by The Philippine Star in December 2023, Tarriela was considered a representative of the "pro-American faction," and even faced "CIA agent" accusations on social media.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Raymond Powell is another name frequently mentioned in the Philippines' "offensive transparency" strategy. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">A retired US colonel, Powell is the founder of the security think tank Project Sealight, and leads the "Project Myoushu" at Stanford University in cooperation with the PCG and some Philippine Foreign Ministry officials. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The main purpose of the project is to support the "offensive transparency" strategy and help create a "victim" image for the Philippines on the South China Sea issue.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><center style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="A US Air Force C-130 cargo plane comes in for a landing past US marines F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets during the semi-annual Philippine-US military exercise at the airport of the former US naval base in Manila, the Philippines, on July 13, 2023. Photo: VCG" id="667326" src="https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2024/2024-03-27/4348bb27-452a-4714-89d7-b916e3d4be57.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: -webkit-zoom-in; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 700px;" /></center><p class="picture" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">A US Air Force C-130 cargo plane comes in for a landing past US marines F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets during the semi-annual Philippine-US military exercise at the airport of the former US naval base in Manila, the Philippines, on July 13, 2023. Photo: VCG</p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">US journalists invited on board</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">On March 5, two supply vessels and two coast guard vessels from the Philippines, illegally intruded into the adjacent waters of Ren'ai Jiao of China's Nansha Qundao, in an attempt to send materials, including construction materials, to the vessel illegally grounded at Ren'ai Jiao. The China Coast Guard took strict regulatory action to curtail the Philippine vessels' intrusion.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">It is worth noting that the Philippines' mission included journalists from CNN, who said they witnessed a "high-stakes confrontation" that day, and wrote features that described their experiences on board in detail. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The CNN reporters wrote it was "the first time foreign journalists have been allowed to embed with the fleet in decades." But in fact, more than 10 years ago, US media reporters had boarded Philippine official vessels, including supply vessels, and wrote distorted media reports based on their first-hand experiences.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Early in 2013, The New York Times reporter Jeff Himmelman had been to the "Sierra Madre" vessel illegally grounded at Ren'ai Jiao for an interview, and later described the confrontation between China and the Philippines at South China Sea as "a game of shark and minnow" in a feature story. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Himmelman revealed that before they arrived they had "already hooked things up" with the local officials and the Filipino Navy.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">In recent years, US journalists have been frequently invited on Philippine ships to participate in the PCG's "missions." In 2023 alone, two AP reporters and several other media staffers were invited aboard three PCG vessels that protect supply ships in November. In April 2023 the PCG reportedly invited many journalists, including those from the AP, to join a 1,670-kilometer "patrol."</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">According to a Chinese correspondent who worked in the Philippines for many years, there is a large number of US journalists in the Philippines. The Philippine authorities maintain close contact with foreign journalists in the country, and therefore, "it is easy for the authorities to seek cooperation from US journalists," said the correspondent who spoke on condition of anonymity.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The PCG's purpose of inviting journalists on board is to deliberately amplify the possible "incidents" through media, and to launch defamation warfare against China, the correspondent told the Global Times. "But I think [directly taking CNN reporters on board the PCG vessels] is excessive, and is even a sort of 'dishonor to the country,'" the correspondent added. "There is resentment within the Philippines, too."</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">US-funded Philippine media</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Searching online media coverage on the South China Sea, one may find that Philippine and US media outlets are particularly close. They quote and forward each other's South China Sea stories, working closely together in attacking China on this topic.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Some of the major Philippine media outlets that are active in reporting on South China Sea include Rappler, VeraFiles, and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Having called themselves "independent", these media outlets turn out to be are reportedly funded by the CIA and the US' infamous National Endowment for Democracy (NED).</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">In 2019, journalists from the aforementioned three media outlets were accused of receiving payments from the CIA, "a potential criminal offense under local law." The accusations claimed that the CIA uses the NED to channel funds, and the three media outlets "receive substantial grants from the NED," said the organization Committee to Protect Journalists in May that year.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">VeraFiles, for instance, started receiving funds from the NED since 2016. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The NED website shows that, so far VeraFiles has got five batches of money from this US government-backed foundation, totally $350,600. It's far from a small amount for a media outlet without full-time reporters (only three editors and two web technicians). But VeraFiles has never disclosed how it spent the money.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Obviously, the Philippines has deeply colluded with the US government, think tanks, and media from top to bottom in "sadfishing" itself and demonizing China on the South China Sea issue. Worse still, such a nasty trick by the Philippines may become normal and diversified in the future, said Chen Xiangmiao, director of the World Navy Research Center at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">In response to the slander, Chen suggested China fight back with strong facts including on-site images, videos, and objective data. "We should make it clear to the international community what China's claims are in the South China Sea," Chen told the Global Times. "Do not let the US and the Philippines skew international public opinion."</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;"><b style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px;"><a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202403/1309620.shtml">Source link</a>\</b></span></p>Rightways Technologieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12675896663803464743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414722382816633494.post-90674818449685237842024-03-27T23:12:00.004+08:002024-03-27T23:12:44.734+08:00Behind the plot to break Nvidia's grip on AI by targeting software<div class="inline-img" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><div class="story-image" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p class="caption" style="background: rgb(218, 228, 239); border: 1px solid rgb(214, 214, 214); box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 0.813em; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.231em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 8px 10px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3DcNvEnJQcIYB4DMfqjt6Jdfu0JhVeNPp_J4eGiNuDAQDaperNxJG4Io_s346e8j017B0zCJmnPKAkwG-eLJJAWRd96Hp4SNcF3KaHdsPSrtELnLbW4RSHgkGDKZwlADoohfYMhwln5xvrGTJ3PDymdKIwvHguJFezTJ5_sPmgJIR4i9iz3nRUM7z_Q/s1240/Behind%20the%20plot%20to%20break%20Nvidia%E2%80%99s%20grip%20on%20AI.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3DcNvEnJQcIYB4DMfqjt6Jdfu0JhVeNPp_J4eGiNuDAQDaperNxJG4Io_s346e8j017B0zCJmnPKAkwG-eLJJAWRd96Hp4SNcF3KaHdsPSrtELnLbW4RSHgkGDKZwlADoohfYMhwln5xvrGTJ3PDymdKIwvHguJFezTJ5_sPmgJIR4i9iz3nRUM7z_Q/w640-h426/Behind%20the%20plot%20to%20break%20Nvidia%E2%80%99s%20grip%20on%20AI.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Big draw: Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang speaking at an industry event in California. Some big tech companies are trying to show developers how to migrate away from Nvidia’s dominance in AI. — Bloomberg<p></p></div><div class="story-image" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a data-ved="2ahUKEwikmsXMwZSFAxVyS2cHHZl8CTAQFnoECBMQAQ" href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/behind-plot-break-nvidias-grip-ai-by-targeting-software-2024-03-25/" jsname="UWckNb" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/behind-plot-break-nvidias-grip-ai-by-targeting-software-2024-03-25/&ved=2ahUKEwikmsXMwZSFAxVyS2cHHZl8CTAQFnoECBMQAQ" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #1a0dab; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: 0px;"><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="display: inline-block; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; margin: 18px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Exclusive: Behind the plot to break Nvidia's grip on AI by ...</h3></a></div></div><div class="story bot-15 relative" id="story-body" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><div class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__ultra_small__37j9j body__base__22dCE body__ultra_small_body__1lUQl primary-gallery__caption__1UdH8" data-testid="Body" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #404040; flex: 1 1 0%; font-family: var(--tr-font-regular); font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto 0px 0px; max-width: 720px; padding: 0px;"><span class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__inherit-size__1DZJi body__base__22dCE body__ultra_small_body__1lUQl primary-gallery__pagination__1O2FW" data-testid="Body" face="var(--tr-font-medium)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; max-width: 720px; padding: 0px;"> [1/2]</span>A smartphone with a displayed NVIDIA logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. 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More than four million global developers rely on Nvidia’s Cuda software platform to build AI and other apps.</p><div class="sasStoryRectPos" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Now a coalition of tech companies that includes Qualcomm, Google and Intel plans to loosen Nvidia’s chokehold by going after the chip giant’s secret weapon: the software that keeps developers tied to Nvidia chips.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">They are part of an expanding group of financiers and companies hacking away at Nvidia’s dominance in AI.</p><div class="inlineAd" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 610px;"><div data-google-query-id="COqvgtu_lIUDFZxRnQkd76UPEA" id="div-gpt-ad-Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid_OSV" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_Business/Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid_OSV_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 1px;"><iframe allow="attribution-reporting" aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="5" data-is-safeframe="true" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_Business/Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid_OSV_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" scrolling="no" src="https://dfc45fe5ff6c7c9880efbdec1668143f.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px auto 20px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></div></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“We’re actually showing developers how you migrate out from an Nvidia platform,” Vinesh Sukumar, Qualcomm’s head of AI and machine learning, said in an interview with Reuters.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Starting with a piece of technology developed by Intel called OneAPI, the UXL Foundation, a consortium of tech companies, plans to build a suite of software and tools that will be able to power multiple types of AI accelerator chips, executives involved with the group told Reuters.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The open-source project aims to make computer code run on any machine, regardless of what chip and hardware powers it.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“It’s about specifically – in the context of machine learning frameworks – how do we create an open ecosystem, and promote productivity and choice in hardware,” Google’s director and chief technologist of high-performance computing, Bill Magro, said in an interview.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Google is one of the founding members of UXL and helps determine the technical direction of the project, Magro said.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">UXL’s technical steering committee is preparing to nail down technical specifications in the first half of this year. Engineers plan to refine the technical details to a “mature” state by the end of the year, executives said.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">These executives stressed the need to build a solid foundation to include contributions from multiple companies that can also be deployed on any chip or hardware.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Beyond the initial companies involved, UXL will court cloud-computing companies such as Amazon.com and Microsoft’s Azure, as well as additional chipmakers.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Since its launch in September, UXL has already begun to receive technical contributions from third parties that include foundation members and outsiders keen on using the open-source technology, the executives involved said.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Intel’s OneAPI is already usable, and the second step is to create a standard programming model of computing designed for AI.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">UXL plans to put its resources toward addressing the most pressing computing problems dominated by a few chipmakers, such as the latest AI apps and high-performance computing applications.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Those early plans feed into the organisation’s longer-term goal of winning over a critical mass of developers to its platform.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">UXL eventually aims to support Nvidia hardware and code, in the long run.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">When asked about the open source and venture-funded software efforts to break Nvidia’s AI dominance, Nvidia executive Ian Buck said in a statement: “The world is getting accelerated. New ideas in accelerated computing are coming from all across the ecosystem, and that will help advance AI and the scope of what accelerated computing can achieve.”</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The UXL Foundation’s plans are one of many efforts to chip away at Nvidia’s hold on the software that powers AI. Venture financiers and corporate dollars have poured more than US$4bil into 93 separate efforts, according to custom data compiled by PitchBook at Reuters’ request.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The interest in unseating Nvidia through a potential weakness in software has ramped up in the last year, and startups aiming to poke holes in the company’s leadership gobbled up just over US$2bil in 2023 compared with US$580mil from a year ago, according to the data from PitchBook.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Success in the shadow of Nvidia’s group on AI data crunching is an achievement that few of the startups will be able to achieve.</p><p style="background-color: white; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheR73B-ieLQMe7W_-rsd7s_kxat-zM3FPmMMKG73E6yPPLql2kDIwgvV8qd4ih7tH7AboHj_2ci8oVFnbs3P_BtBzJXgn3fai7-UnRUFbuJ2T3d1GxUCURhiKbCkU7trZ5wSQNo-HqIDjbNMat4Lwj28JiraK6buiKLmjG4ggt0tpfU-Xw-O0eSXpkXo0/w640-h360/ISIS-K.webp" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #707070; font-family: Rubik, helvatica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;">Smoke rises above the burning Crocus City Hall concert hall near Moscow, Russia on Friday. (Photo: Reuters)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="background-color: white; color: #151f34; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">The New Arab looks into who ISIS-K are and why they might have carried out the attack in Moscow that killed over 100 people.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimofAno9eiPjwVO94HrUKwZaXeSbKgwDQpmfGW9zusAefQ31G0NWPpiEnPzTpGVUElDvoJAN_G73ASLMMwT7J3hmi8Juw3PFb3WiJji1e7mgLYKqy3xCBZtpLcQtiQPatzmw5IXK18nO5EYMaY06ISYDj3Cx1brNVaozWq_gL4WjdzmLJgzrj0xtwpOzg/s1155/What%20is%20ISIS.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="1155" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimofAno9eiPjwVO94HrUKwZaXeSbKgwDQpmfGW9zusAefQ31G0NWPpiEnPzTpGVUElDvoJAN_G73ASLMMwT7J3hmi8Juw3PFb3WiJji1e7mgLYKqy3xCBZtpLcQtiQPatzmw5IXK18nO5EYMaY06ISYDj3Cx1brNVaozWq_gL4WjdzmLJgzrj0xtwpOzg/w640-h360/What%20is%20ISIS.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="background-color: #fbfbfe; color: #6d778b; font-size: 16px;">The perpetrators of the attack started a fire that completely destroyed the Crocus City Hall [Getty</span><p></p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 11px; overflow: hidden;">A branch of the <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/taliban-kill-mastermind-kabul-airport-attack" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; text-decoration-color: rgb(88, 122, 188); text-underline-position: under;">Islamic State group (IS)</a>, which once controlled <a href="https://www.newarab.com/analysis/down-not-out-islamic-state-resurgence" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; text-decoration-color: rgb(88, 122, 188); text-underline-position: under;">vast swathes of Iraq and Syria</a>, has claimed responsibility for the deadly terror attack at a <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/93-killed-moscow-rock-concert-massacre-claimed" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; text-decoration-color: rgb(88, 122, 188); text-underline-position: under;">Moscow concert hall</a> which took place on Friday.</p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">At least 133 people were killed and over 145 injured when as many as five gunmen, armed with automatic weapons, entered the Crocus City Hall and opened fire on concertgoers, who were there to see the popular Soviet-era rock band Picnic.</p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">Hours after the attack, the Islamic State Khorasan Province, known as ISKP or ISIS-K, the Afghan affiliate of ISIS, claimed responsibility for the attack through the group’s Amaq news agency.</p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The New Arab</em> looks into what ISIS-K are and why they are targeting Russia.</p><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; height: auto; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">What is the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K)?</span></h2><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">Khorasan is the historical name for the region between central and West Asia, including Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and parts of northeastern Iran.</p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">ISIS-K emerged in eastern Afghanistan in 2015 during the Taliban insurgency against the US-led coalition and the emergence of ISIS in its “caliphate” form in Iraq and Syria.</p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">The group formed from defectors of the Taliban, dissident Salafi-Jihadists suppressed during Taliban rule, and militants from Pakistan and Uzbekistan. It launched attacks not only on US forces and their allies in Afghanistan but also the Taliban and saw anyone who opposed its particular Salafi-jihadist worldview as a legitimate target.</p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">This situation has persisted, with the Taliban—having taken control of Afghanistan after the <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/year-after-us-afghanistan-withdrawal-situation-dire" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; text-decoration-color: rgb(88, 122, 188); text-underline-position: under;">US withdrawal in 2021</a>—and ISIS-K remaining in conflict. But the Taliban has struggled to suppress the group, with Afghanistan becoming a safe haven for ISIS-K and its ideological reach and networks expanding. </p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">This has coincided with a general <a href="https://www.newarab.com/analysis/down-not-out-islamic-state-resurgence" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; text-decoration-color: rgb(88, 122, 188); text-underline-position: under;">uptick in ISIS activity</a> around the world, most notably in Iraq and Syria. </p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">Since its inception, ISIS-K has also launched several attacks outside Afghanistan, most recently the <a href="https://www.newarab.com/opinion/after-islamic-state-attack-how-thick-are-irans-red-lines" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; text-decoration-color: rgb(88, 122, 188); text-underline-position: under;">twin bombings in Kerman in Iran</a> last January that killed just under 100 people.</p><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; height: auto; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Why is ISIS-K targeting Russia?</span></h2><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">ISIS-K has opposed the Russian government for years but experts who follow the group's activities say that it only began to re-focused its attentions on Russia since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.</p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">“ISIS-K has been fixated on Russia for the past two years, frequently criticising Putin in its propaganda,” <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/23/moscow-concert-hall-attack-what-do-we-know-so-far" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; text-decoration-color: rgb(88, 122, 188); text-underline-position: under;">said </a>Colin Clarke of the Soufan Center, a Washington-based research group.</p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">Michael Kugelman of the Washington, DC-based Wilson Centre said ISIS-K “sees Russia as being complicit in activities that regularly oppress Muslims”.</p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">More specifically, ISIS-K has used Putin’s brutal <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/syrias-assad-says-would-welcome-more-russian-troops" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; text-decoration-color: rgb(88, 122, 188); text-underline-position: under;">military intervention</a> in Syria on behalf of the regime of Bashar al-Assad to justify its attacks on Russia. Though ISIS more often than not fought Syria’s moderate rebels rather than the Assad regime, ISIS-K has used Russia’s intervention in Syria as a recruitment tool.</p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">Along with Russian intervention in Syria, the group also cites Russia’s destructive wars against Muslim-majority Chechnya as direct justifications for its hostility to Moscow.</p><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; height: auto; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Has ISIS-K attacked Russia before?</span></h2><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">In 2022, as many as 10 people were killed when a suicide bomber <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/kill-6-kabul-suicide-attack-near-russian-embassy" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; text-decoration-color: rgb(88, 122, 188); text-underline-position: under;">targeted </a>Russia’s embassy in Kabul, with ISIS-K claiming responsibility for the attack.</p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">Earlier this month, Russia reported several incidents involving ISIS-K, with the FSB intelligence agency saying on 7 March it foiled an attack on a synagogue in Moscow.</p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">The US said it had warned Russia of intelligence indicating an immediate threat posed by ISIS-K, with alleged plans for attacks on 'large gatherings' in Moscow. On Friday, a US official stated that Washington had intelligence confirming ISIS-K's claim of responsibility for the Crocus City Hall attack.</p><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; height: auto; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">What has Russia’s reaction been?</span></h2><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">Russia has said its security forces have arrested 11 suspects connected with the attack, while they are hunting for the rest. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in an address to the Russian people that Ukraine is involved in the attack.</p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">Given Russia continues to wage war on Ukraine, Putin’s regime may want to exploit the attack to place responsibility for it on Kyiv, even if it acknowledges ISIS-K’s involvement. </p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said four of the attack suspects had been trying to reach Ukraine and had “contacts” in the country. This excessive focus on Ukraine could leave Russia susceptible to more attacks by ISIS-K, as it fails to address the reasons why the group is targeting it.</p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president who now is deputy head of the security council, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/23/theres-little-reason-to-doubt-attack-on-moscow-venue-was-by-islamic-state" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; text-decoration-color: rgb(88, 122, 188); text-underline-position: under;">said </a>that if Kyiv’s involvement in the attack on the concert hall is proved, all those involved “must be tracked down and killed without mercy, including officials of the state that committed such outrage”.</p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;">Ukraine has denied any involvement in the attack.</p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow: hidden;"><b style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px;"><a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/what-isis-k-group-behind-moscow-concert-attack">Source link</a>\</b></p><p class="selectionShareable" style="background-color: white; 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color: #666666; font-family: "ScalaOT Regular", ScalaOT; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">More than 133 people have been killed and 145 injured in a terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall music venue in the city of Krasnogorsk in the Moscow Region as of press time on Saturday. This is the first large-scale terrorist attack targeting civilians within Russia since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and came within a week after Vladimir Putin won a reelection victory. 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The doctor’s condition has improved. — The Straits Times/ANN</p></div></div><div class="story bot-15 relative" id="story-body" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The first human-to-human transmission of a viral infection linked to ticks was recorded in Japan, the country’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases said.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">A doctor in his 20s contracted the infection – severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) – from a male patient in his 90s, reported The Yomiuri Shimbun.</p><div class="sasStoryRectPos" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><u>The elderly patient was diagnosed with the disease in April 2023. Symptoms of SFTS include fever, low blood platelet count, and influenza-like symptoms or gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea and diarrhoea, according to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) in Singapore.</u></p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">When the patient died, the doctor removed his intravenous drip and soon developed a 38ºC fever and other symptoms. He was diagnosed with the disease nine days later.</p><div class="inlineAd" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 610px;"><div data-google-query-id="CJ3NhZOEiIUDFSIPgwMdzR0CGg" id="div-gpt-ad-Desktop_TSOL_AseanPlus_SP_Mid_OSV" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_AseanPlus/Desktop_TSOL_AseanPlus_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_AseanPlus_SP_Mid_OSV_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 1px;"><iframe allow="attribution-reporting" aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="6" data-is-safeframe="true" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_AseanPlus/Desktop_TSOL_AseanPlus_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_AseanPlus_SP_Mid_OSV_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" scrolling="no" src="https://b9da1d53b431a42db11531b9e6aae1ab.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px auto 20px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></div></div></div><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Human-to-human transmission was confirmed after the genes of the viruses in the two men were found to be identical. The doctor’s condition has since improved.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><u>The disease is most commonly transmitted from infected animals such as cattle and rodents to humans through a tick bite, according to the NCID website.</u></p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">There is no evidence that suggests the main vector, the Asian long-horned tick, is established in tropical countries such as Singapore. —- The Straits Times/ANN</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><b style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">KUALA LUMPUR: <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=YTLPOWR" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #107fc9; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">YTL Power International</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=YTLPOWR" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #107fc9; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img class="go-chart" src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px 3px 5px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></a> has announced the formation of YTL AI Cloud, a specialised provider of massive-scale graphic processing unit (GPU)-based accelerated computing.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">YTL AI Cloud will deploy and manage one of the world’s most advanced supercomputers on Nvidia Grace Blackwell-powered DGX Cloud, an artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer for accelerating the development of generative AI.</p><div class="sasStoryRectPos" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">In a statement yesterday, YTL said the YTL AI Supercomputer will be located in a 664-ha data centre facility in the YTL Green Data Centre Campus in Johor, powered by a renewable energy source from its on-site 500-megawatt solar power facility.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said YTL AI Cloud, the first for Malaysia, will accelerate Malaysia’s adoption of AI and spearhead the development of the country’s Sovereign Cloud.</p><div class="inlineAd" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 610px;"><div data-google-query-id="CIqqmbCWg4UDFQgFgwMdCUcC1w" id="div-gpt-ad-Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid_OSV" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_Business/Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid_OSV_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 1px;"><iframe allow="attribution-reporting" aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="5" data-is-safeframe="true" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_Business/Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid_OSV_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" scrolling="no" src="https://cb0709f2600b7418a874e00342632a60.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px auto 20px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></div></div></div><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“The collaboration with Nvidia is a testament to Malaysia’s attractiveness as a hub for digital investments,” he said.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Meanwhile, Investment, Trade and Industry Minister, Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said the AI Cloud will create high-value, high-income jobs for Malaysians.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“This marks a significant step forward in our mission to become a leading AI and data centre hub in the region,” he said.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">He said the initiative not only brings Malaysia closer to achieving its goals under the New Industrial Master Plan 2030, but also demonstrates Malaysia’s capability and readiness to play a significant role in the global technology landscape.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">It is to be noted that YTL will be among the first companies to adopt Nvidia GB200 NVL72 – a multi-node, liquid-cooled, rack-scale system with fifth-generation NVLink.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The supercomputer will be interconnected by Nvidia Quantum InfiniBand networking platform.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The platform acts as a single GPU with 1.4 exaflops of AI performance and 30 terabytes of fast memory, and is designed for the most compute-intensive workloads.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The YTL AI Supercomputer will surpass more than 300 exaflops of AI compute, making it one of the fastest supercomputers in the world.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“There is no doubt that AI is a critical tool that will power the global digital economy,” said Digital Minister, Gobind Singh Deo.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">He said having one of the most powerful Nvidia cloud computing infrastructures in Malaysia is a game changer and will spark innovation and development of solutions which are instrumental to the success of the Malaysia Digital Economy blueprint.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Nvidia is working with YTL AI Cloud to bring a world-class accelerated computing platform to South-East Asia – helping drive scientific research, innovation and economic growth across the region,” founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia, Jensen Huang said.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The latest supercomputer marks one of the first deployments of the Nvidia GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchip on DGX Cloud, supporting the growth of accelerated computing in the Asia-Pacific region.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Meanwhile, YTL Power International managing director, Datuk Seri Yeoh Seok Hong said the group is proud to be working with Nvidia and the Malaysian government to bring powerful AI cloud computing to Malaysia.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“We are excited to bring this supercomputing power to the Asia-Pacific region, which has been home to many of the fastest-growing cloud regions and many of the most innovative users of AI in the world,” he said. — Bernama</p><p style="border: none; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div></div></div></div></div>Rightways Technologieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12675896663803464743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414722382816633494.post-22406885608574689332024-03-18T23:36:00.003+08:002024-03-18T23:36:22.393+08:00Philippine conspiracy of illegally occupying Ren’ai Jiao doomed to end in failure<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrBgL-wR96Mu0pje8kwCqzStyxmQGAouj3V9MS42CD5c_BiDhjpEPrZ6_4BAkOZP9fnBMXWDXP-vMiJxmVe90WxN0GnMHw_DAdET1f37GQf-pGWDwqNxxrvAP5a2vGO5_Y9D6k26fvRyavr2VSSwynj0WnLjQIWw9Mn6zaHiGYjmdSdwddsX421715Xw/s1200/Philippine%20conspiracy%20of%20illegally%20occupying%20Ren%E2%80%99ai%20Jiao%20doomed%20to%20end%20in%20failure.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1200" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrBgL-wR96Mu0pje8kwCqzStyxmQGAouj3V9MS42CD5c_BiDhjpEPrZ6_4BAkOZP9fnBMXWDXP-vMiJxmVe90WxN0GnMHw_DAdET1f37GQf-pGWDwqNxxrvAP5a2vGO5_Y9D6k26fvRyavr2VSSwynj0WnLjQIWw9Mn6zaHiGYjmdSdwddsX421715Xw/w640-h384/Philippine%20conspiracy%20of%20illegally%20occupying%20Ren%E2%80%99ai%20Jiao%20doomed%20to%20end%20in%20failure.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-size: 13px;">Two Chinese coast guard ships use water canon on a Philippine coast guard ship as it attempts to illegally enter the waters near Ren'ai Jiao on March 5, 2024. Photo: VCG</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Editor's Note:</span></p><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Over recent months, the Philippines has continuously undermined China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests by illegally intruding into the waters adjacent to China's Huangyan Dao (also known as Huangyan Island) and Ren'ai Jiao (also known as Ren'ai Reef). On March 5, two Philippine supply ships and two coast guard ships once again illegally intruded into the waters near Ren'ai Jiao in the South China Sea. They attempted to deliver supplies to a military vessel illegally "grounded" at Ren'ai Jiao. The China Coast Guard (CCG) took necessary measures to deal with the Philippine ships in accordance with domestic and international law. The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines also lodged representations with the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines over its illegal trespassing.</em><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A review of the CCG's enforcement announcements since the beginning of this year shows that more than half of them are related to the Philippines. Since August 2023, the Philippines has been unilaterally conducting provocative actions near Ren'ai Jiao and adjacent waters, and has been hyping up so-called "water cannon incidents" and "collision incidents" to defame China's lawful and professional actions. In response to Philippine provocations, China has taken countermeasures and released on-site videos to refute attacks and smears from foreign media outlets.</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Looking back in history, China was the first country to name and include Ren'ai Jiao in its administrative jurisdiction. However, the Philippines has been attempting to illegally occupy Ren'ai Jiao through the "grounding" of vessels there in order to permanently control it, with the instigation of and support from the US.</em><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Through collections from historical materials, evidence, and interviews with marine experts, the Global Times is publishing a series of stories to illustrate how the Philippines disregards historical fact, distorts international law, and violates the consensus, which was reached and repeatedly confirmed through negotiations between China and the Philippines. This is the second installment in the series, illustrating why China indisputably holds sovereignty over Ren'ai Jiao and its adjacent waters. Ren'ai Jiao has always been Chinese territory and is an integral part of China's Nansha Islands geographically, economically, politically, and historically.</em><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><center style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></center>Territory from ancient times</span></span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Ren'ai Jiao, which is located within 9°39'N to 9°48'N and 115°51'E to 115°54'E, is an atoll about 15 kilometers long and 5.6 kilometers wide. It has always been Chinese territory and is an integral part of China's Nansha Islands. As early as in the 2nd century BC, the Chinese people of the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-AD25) sailed in the South China Sea and discovered Nanhai Zhudao (South China Sea islands) in their long course of activities.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">China was the first country to have named Ren'ai Jiao, and the first to have effectively exercised jurisdiction over it. The West calls Ren'ai Jiao "Second Thomas Shoal," believing that it was "discovered" by the British explorer Thomas Gilbert in the 1880s. But in fact, Chinese fishermen have been using it as an important fishing point from the wind before his discovery. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">In the navigation manual used by Chinese fishermen since the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644), Ren'ai Jiao is dubbed the Broken Sections. This name, which has lasted over a thousand years, implies that Ren'ai Jiao mostly exposed during low tide, with the southern half breaking into several segments.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">China's sovereignty over the islands in South China Sea was not challenged until the 20th century. During the World War II, Japan invaded and illegally occupied several South China Sea islands. After World War II, the Chinese government resumed the exercise of sovereignty over these islands in accordance with the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, and formally named Ren'ai Jiao as "Ren'ai Ansha." </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">In 1948, China published the "Location map of the South China Sea Islands", which clearly incorporates the Nansha Islands in their entirety into China's map, and labels "Ren'ai Ansha" as part of the Nansha Islands. According to the website China Nanhai, this position has been widely acknowledged by the international community, including the US. Many maps published by the US and European countries have recognized Nanhai Zhudao, including Ren'ai Jiao, as Chinese territory.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">In 1983, China's Geographical Names Committee announced Ren'ai Jiao as its standard geographical name, noting that it's commonly used "Broken Sections" among local fishermen. In 1987, China's Nansha scientific research team conducted an all-round investigation of Nanhai Zhudao and landed on Ren'ai Jiao, leaving a stone monument and markers. The Law of the People's Republic of China on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone issued in 1992 also clearly stated that the Dongsha Islands, Xisha Islands, Zhongsha Islands, and Nansha Islands, including Ren'ai Jiao, are China's inherent territory.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Down-and-dirty plot</span></span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The Philippines was under Spanish, and later, US colonial rule. Yet as its suzerain, neither of the two countries included Ren'ai Jiao within its territorial boundaries, nor did they raise any objection to China's sovereignty over Nansha Qundao, which included Ren'ai Jiao. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Prior to the 1970s, Philippine laws had clearly defined its territorial scope, which did not cover the islands and reefs in the South China Sea. However, since the 1970s, the Philippines has illegally occupied eight islands and reefs in China's Nansha Islands, namely, Mahuan Dao, Feixin Dao, Zhongye Dao, Nanyao Dao, Beizi Dao, Xiyue Dao, Shuanghuang Shazhou, and Siling Jiao. In June 1978, it unilaterally went beyond its territorial scope to set up the so-called "Kalayaan Island Group," which violates China's territorial sovereignty.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">After the Meiji Jiao (also known as Meiji Reef) incident of 1995, the Philippines began to covet Ren'ai Jiao, which is not far from Meiji Jiao. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">"Back then, the Philippine military had an internal discussion and decided that since the Philippines had suffered a setback in Meiji Jiao, they would need to make up for it in some other ways. As a result, they played the trick of occupying an island by grounding their warship on it," Chen Xiangmiao, director of the World Navy Research Center at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, told the Global Times.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">On May 9, 1999, the day after the US bombed the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia, the Philippines dispatched BRP Sierra Madre, an old WWII-era warship, to invade Ren'ai Jiao and illegally left it grounded under the pretext of technical problems. In disregard of China's solemn representations, the Philippines brazenly claimed that it was an accident and that the warship could not be towed away due to "lack of spare parts."</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Ge Hongliang, vice dean of the ASEAN College at the Guangxi University for Nationalities, told the Global Times that there were two main considerations behind the Philippines' illegal "grounding" on the Ren'ai Jiao in 1999. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">First, the Philippines attempted divert attention from public opinion following the US bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. Second, it aimed to occupy Ren'ai Jiao before China and the ASEAN began negotiations on the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea because the default premise of the negotiations at that time was that countries would no longer occupy new islands and reefs. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">In September 2003, upon the news that the Philippines was preparing to build facilities around that military vessel illegally grounded at Ren'ai Jiao, China lodged immediate representations. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><center style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="China Coast Guard inspects at waters near Ren'ai Jiao in China's Nansha Islands on November 10, 2023. Photo: Visual News" id="666088" src="https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2024/2024-03-17/cd7daaa1-be10-4a73-9a53-fb253a5fc9dd.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: -webkit-zoom-in; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 700px;" /></center><p class="picture" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">China Coast Guard inspects at waters near Ren'ai Jiao in China's Nansha Islands on November 10, 2023. Photo: Visual News</p><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The then Philippine acting secretary of foreign affairs Franklin Ebdalin responded that the Philippines had no intention of constructing facilities on Ren'ai Jiao and that, as a signatory to the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC), the Philippines had no desire to and would not be the first to violate the Declaration. However, this commitment was repeatedly broken by the Philippines.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">In May 2013, the Philippines "accused" China of obstructing its humanitarian supplies to Ren'ai Jiao, publicly claiming sovereignty over the reef for the first time, further exposing its ambition to occupy Ren'ai Jiao.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">In March 2014, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs issued a statement openly declaring that the vessel grounded at Ren'ai Jiao was placed there as a permanent Philippine government installation. This was an apparent attempt to provide an excuse for its continued refusal to fulfill its undertaking to tow away the vessel so as to illegally seize Ren'ai Jiao. China immediately responded that it was shocked by this statement and reiterated that it would never allow the Philippines to seize Ren'ai Jiao under any circumstances.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">In July 2015, the Philippines stated publicly that the "maintenance repair" was being done to fortify the vessel.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">From illegally grounding at the Ren'ai Jiao to continuously breaking its promise to remove the vessel, and finally taking reinforcement measures to fortify the vessel, the Philippines has proven through its actions that it is the first country to openly violate the DOC.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Filipino political commentator Rigoberto Tiglao pointed out in his article in 2021 that grounding the Sierra Madre as a desperate way to "maintain our claim" on the Ren'ai Jiao is a "very bad idea." "It has been a national disgrace," he pointed out. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Chen told the Global Times that after Philippine president Duterte took office in 2016, China and the Philippines reached an agreement on managing the dispute over Ren'ai Jiao. From then until 2022, the Philippines generally complied with the agreement, and the situation at Ren'ai Jiao remained calm. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">However, shortly after the current Philippine President Marcos took office, the Philippines did away with the agreement, leading to a sudden escalation of tensions over Ren'ai Jiao. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Chen pointed out that the Philippines first fabricated lies to illegally "occupy" the reef, which constitutes diplomatic fraud. They then turned the tables and accused China of interfering with their resupply operations, leading the international community to mistakenly believe that Ren'ai Jiao belongs to the Philippines. According to Chen, the Philippines also spread rumors to portray themselves as victims to deceive the international community. Their intention is to increase China's diplomatic and public opinion costs, in order to force China to compromise.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">At the same time, the current tensions in the South China Sea also stem from the meticulous planning by the US and Western countries. Over the last 20 years, biased press reports from Western media have depicted the Philippines as a "small impoverished country challenging the bullying of a superpower." </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">In 2013, after conducting an interview on the grounded Sierra Madre, reporters from the New York Times issued a report titled "A Game of Shark and Minnow," in which they claimed "the scorched shell of the Sierra Madre has become an unlikely battleground in a geopolitical struggle that will shape the future of the South China Sea and, to some extent, the rest of the world."</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><center style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Two Philippine small transport ships and three coast guard vessels enter the waters near Ren'ai Jiao in China's Nansha Islands on November 10, 2023 without the permission of the Chinese government. The China Coast Guard lawfully monitors and controls the Philippine vessels. Photo: Visual News" id="666089" src="https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2024/2024-03-17/81690d22-71f2-41f5-8938-1121fa779e35.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: -webkit-zoom-in; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 700px;" /></center><p class="picture" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Two Philippine small transport ships and three coast guard vessels enter the waters near Ren'ai Jiao in China's Nansha Islands on November 10, 2023 without the permission of the Chinese government. The China Coast Guard lawfully monitors and controls the Philippine vessels. Photo: Visual News</p><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">For a long time, the US has been inciting the Philippines to repair and strengthen the illegally grounded warship. It has even sent military aircraft and warships to carry out so-called "free navigation" and "reconnaissance" operations, conducted military exercises and joint patrols in countries surrounding the South China Sea, and threatened China with the implementation of the US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Clear bottom line</span></span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The vessel Sierra Madre has been illegally grounded at Ren'ai Jiao for nearly 25 years. According to a recent comment made by the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China has shown extraordinary restraint and patience concerning Ren'ai Jiao. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">For quite some time, it has sought to have frequent communication with the Philippines on various levels and through various channels, making its position clear that the Philippines must not send construction materials meant to repair and reinforce the "grounded" warship on a large scale. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The Philippines, however, chose to ignore China's goodwill and sincerity, and has reneged on its own promise, continually sent vessels into the waters of Ren'ai Jiao, spreading disinformation, and playing up the issue.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">"The Philippines has always gambled regarding the South China Sea issue, attempting to commit infringements in the region during a time of great power competition. In the past, they secretly sent construction materials to Ren'ai Jiao. Now they go even further by developing a national strategy which seeks to occupy the so-called West Philippine Sea, with Ren'ai Jiao included," Hu Bo, director of the South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative (SCSPI), told the Global Times.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Through both words and actions, China can show its bottom lines to the Philippines, thus making it withdraw from the dispute. China's recent response concerning Ren'ai Jiao has already showed its determination to safeguard its sovereignty, Hu stressed.</span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px;"><a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202403/1308985.shtml">Source link</a>l</b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px;"><a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202403/1309044.shtml" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeue-Bold, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2024/2024-02-21/c0fc6d42-e1d6-465d-bc0f-4038b97d6294.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 500px;" /></a><span face=""Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeue-Bold, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;"></span></b><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><a class="new_title_ml" href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202403/1309044.shtml" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: "ScalaOT Bold", ScalaOT; line-height: 30px; margin: 16px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">GT investigates: US State Department's support for Manila full of contradictions, serves to further militarize South China Sea</span></a></b></h3></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://rigthways.blogspot.com/2023/12/gt-investigates-how-does-us-led-g7-wage.html" style="color: #05294a; text-decoration-line: none;">GT investigates: How does US-led G7 wage cognitive warfare against China over South China Sea?</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="color: #330000; font-size: 14.72px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3168060149883494420" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 15.456px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 678px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><center style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="An aerial view of Qilianyu Islands in Sansha, South China's Hainan Province. 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After that, bone remodelling continues, but you lose slightly more bone mass than you gain because of a decrease in osteoblast activity. That’s why it is important to have as much bone mass as possible by the age of 30.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There are multiple modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors which can affect bone health.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Diet </b>– A low calcium intake will cause low bone density and will lead to early bone loss causing a higher risk of fractures. Not getting enough vitamin D can also increase the risk of osteoporosis because it is important for calcium absorption.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Physical activity</b> – Not being active for long periods can increase the chances of getting osteoporosis. Muscles and bones become stronger with regular exercise and thus delay the onset of osteoporosis.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Body weight </b>– Maintaining an ideal body weight is important for bone health. This is because extremely thin individuals will have lesser bone mass. Therefore, severely restricting food intake and being underweight weaken the bone.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Smoking </b>– Many research suggests that tobacco will increase the risk of osteoporosis. Women who smoke go through menopause earlier than those who don’t smoke.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Alcohol </b>– People who consume a lot of alcohol are more likely to get osteoporosis.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Medicines </b>– Usage of corticosteroid medications such as cortisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone can be damaging to the bone.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Age </b>– Advanced age causes thinning and weakening of the bone.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Gender</b> – Women have a greater risk of osteoporosis as they have less bone tissue than men. Women also lose bone faster than men because of hormonal changes that occur after menopause.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Ethnicity</b> – Caucasian and Asian women are more prone to osteoporosis.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Family history </b>– A strong family history of osteoporosis predisposes an individual to develop osteoporosis at an earlier age.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>Maintaining bone health is important to prevent or slow down the process of bone loss. Dietary calcium intake is extremely important. Good sources of calcium include dairy products, almonds, broccoli, kale, canned salmon with bones, sardines and soy products such as tofu. Calcium supplements may also be prescribed by a doctor if dietary calcium intake is lesser than the requirement.</u></p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>Adequate vitamin D intake is important for calcium absorption. Good sources of vitamin D include oily fish such as salmon, trout, whitefish and tuna. Additionally, mushrooms, eggs and fortified foods, such as milk and cereals, are good sources of vitamin D. Sunlight also contributes to the body’s production of vitamin D. Vitamin D supplement may also be prescribed if indicated.</u></p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>Physical activities especially weight-bearing exercises can help build strong bones and slow the process of bone loss. Avoiding smoking and limiting alcohol intake will also help delay the occurrence of osteoporosis.</u></p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There are some signs of osteoporosis that we should look out for which include receding gums, chipped or brittle nails, a weakened grip and fractured bones.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s important to seek medical attention for any type of bone pain, especially if the pain is severe, persistent, worsening over time or associated with swelling, redness, warmth, a fever, unintentional weight loss, or a palpable mass or lump.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Since osteoporosis does not have any symptoms until a bone breaks, it is important to talk to your doctor about your bone health. A bone density test may need to be done if your doctor feels that you are at risk for osteoporosis. A bone density test measures the density of your bones and assesses whether you have osteoporosis. It can also tell you the risks of breaking a bone.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Medications may be prescribed to help prevent and treat osteoporosis. These include bisphosphonates, oestrogen agonists/antagonists, calcitonin, parathyroid hormone, oestrogen therapy and hormone therapy.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-ved="2ahUKEwjn_tyDufuEAxW2xTgGHYoFAQIQFnoECAUQAQ" href="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Content/StarPicks/Issues/1C44886D-F63A-4872-9161-85CA504D3065.pdf" jsname="UWckNb" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Content/StarPicks/Issues/1C44886D-F63A-4872-9161-85CA504D3065.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjn_tyDufuEAxW2xTgGHYoFAQIQFnoECAUQAQ" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #1a0dab; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: 0px; text-wrap: nowrap;"></a></p><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="display: inline-block; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; margin: 18px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;"></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a data-ved="2ahUKEwiq5vHgyfuEAxXSQ2cHHQI3DuIQFnoECBcQAw" href="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Content/StarPicks/Issues/1C44886D-F63A-4872-9161-85CA504D3065.pdf" jsname="UWckNb" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Content/StarPicks/Issues/1C44886D-F63A-4872-9161-85CA504D3065.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiq5vHgyfuEAxXSQ2cHHQI3DuIQFnoECBcQAw" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #1a0dab; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 400; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-wrap: nowrap;"></a></h3><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="display: inline-block; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px; text-decoration: underline;"></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Preventing osteoporosis from a young age </span></h3></div><div class="yuRUbf" style="line-height: 1.58;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Content/StarPicks/Issues/1C44886D-F63A-4872-9161-85CA504D3065.pdf</u></span></div><div class="yuRUbf" style="line-height: 1.58;"><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="display: inline-block; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; margin: 18px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;"><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p></h3><h2 class="article-subtitle" lang="en" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-weight: normal; margin: -1.5em auto 2em; max-width: 830px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">▪ Administering blood tests </h2><h2 class="article-subtitle" lang="en" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-weight: normal; margin: -1.5em auto 2em; max-width: 830px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">HE best time to start caring for your bones would be during your childhood as your bones begin to develop and grow, gaining strength and mass. Your lifelong skeletal health is determined by the amount of bone mass you obtain while you are young.</h2><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="display: inline-block; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; margin: 18px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;"><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nutrition plays a pivotal role, particularly your intake of calcium and vitamin D. The daily calcium needs for infants under six months starts at 200mg and gradually increases, whereas teenagers between the ages of 14 and 18 require 1,300mg per day to support their optimal growth.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For babies under a year old, a minimum daily intake of 400 IU of vitamin D is recommended while those older than a year old should aim for 600 IU per day.</p></h3><h2 class="title-paragraph subtitle" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, Helvetica, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px auto 1.5em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Factors that increase the likelihood of impaired bone health</h2><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="display: inline-block; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; margin: 18px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;"><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Certain groups of children and adolescents face an elevated risk of experiencing compromised bone health:</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>l Premature babies and infants with a low birth weight</li></ul><p></p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Physical activities such as jogging can help prevent osteoporosis. may exhibit lower-than-average bone mass during their initial months of life</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>l Children who are on prolonged medication regimens such as steroids and anti-seizure drugs</li></ul><p></p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">l Children with conditions such as cystic fibrosis, celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease may struggle with proper nutrient absorption</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>l Children with medical conditions such as juvenile idiopathic arthritis, osteogenesis imperfecta, diabetes, kidney disease, hyperthyroidism, Cushing’s syndrome and anorexia nervosa</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>l Children relying heavily on cancer treatments, anticonvulsants used for epilepsy management and corticosteroids employed for treating various conditions such as arthritis and asthma</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>l Children who experience extended periods of immobility or are bedridden</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>l Adolescent girls who experience infrequent, delayed or irregular menstrual cycles due to factors like intense athletic training, emotional stress or low body weight</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>l Children with physical limitations due to conditions like cerebral palsy and other related disorders</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>l Children and adolescents who engage in a sedentary, inactive way of life</li></ul><p></p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Childhood obesity contributes to the decrease in bone density, yet further research is required to distinguish its impact from other factors, such as diet, race, ethnicity, lifestyle and exposure to the sun.</p></h3><h2 class="title-paragraph subtitle" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, Helvetica, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px auto 1.5em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Diagnosing osteoporosis in children</h2><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="display: inline-block; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; margin: 18px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;"><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Osteoporosis is typically identified when a child experiences a bone fracture. The diagnostic process may involve:</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>l Reviewing the medical history</li><li>l Conducting a physical examination</li><li>l Examining family medical histories to ascertain if there is a genetic component</li><li>l Employing a bone scan, specifically dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), to assess bone density</li></ul><p></p></h3><h2 class="title-paragraph subtitle" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, Helvetica, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px auto 1.5em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Preventative measures</h2><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="display: inline-block; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; margin: 18px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;"><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ongoing research is exploring strategies to optimise peak bone mass in children. However, parents and children can adopt a healthy diet and lifestyle by considering the following recommendations:</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>▪ Ensure a consistent intake of calcium and vitamin D</li><li>▪ Engage in regular physical activity, with a preference for weight-bearing exercises like walking and running</li><li>▪ Consider calcium and vitamin D supplements, as advised by your doctor</li><li>▪ Avoid smoking</li></ul><p></p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Prevention towards osteoporosis starts when you are young. Taking early preventive actions reduces the risk of osteoporosis down the road. This involves a multi-faceted approach, encompassing a balanced diet rich in calcium and vitamin D, regular physical activity and a vigilant eye on underlying medical conditions and medications that may contribute to the risk.</p><p class="article-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1.6em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Furthermore, promoting a healthy lifestyle is essential to safeguard children against the potential consequences of osteoporosis later in life. Early interventions and a comprehensive understanding of the risk factors can pave the way for stronger bones and a healthier future </p></h3></div></div>Rightways Technologieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12675896663803464743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414722382816633494.post-7027934407896525982024-03-17T00:07:00.003+08:002024-03-17T00:07:41.535+08:00The more thoroughly exposed the CIA's true face, the better<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT216dU7sPKoUnzPcPPx-sWSRrcNFRUufORG5MYxlxHgYnHKDOS-ichwI7seU4zDe5yLUE2DXqBHmW7VuN7wfleW0TZSIo6-nBIFh6cEiHJZakYacZbea2iiXHCQW33kNr9wc9_KjO05sRm0Sznh9f6BXZ07hTKW9FAybtALlMimfuQEHBsELt098fd3M/s1200/CIA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1200" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT216dU7sPKoUnzPcPPx-sWSRrcNFRUufORG5MYxlxHgYnHKDOS-ichwI7seU4zDe5yLUE2DXqBHmW7VuN7wfleW0TZSIo6-nBIFh6cEiHJZakYacZbea2iiXHCQW33kNr9wc9_KjO05sRm0Sznh9f6BXZ07hTKW9FAybtALlMimfuQEHBsELt098fd3M/w640-h384/CIA.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-size: 13px;">Mother of all disorder Illustration: Liu Rui/GT</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Reuters exclusively reported on Thursday that, according to a former US official with direct knowledge of highly confidential operations, then-US president Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to launch secret operations on Chinese social media aimed at "turning public opinion in China against its government." Many people don't find this information surprising or even consider it "news." The US is a habitual offender, using various covert means to foment "peaceful evolution" and "color revolutions" in other countries, with the CIA being the main force employed to this end. For other countries, the US' pervasive influence is everywhere, visible and tangible, so there is no need for exposés.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">We are still unclear what the specific purpose of the "former US official" was in leaking the information to Reuters. A CIA spokesperson declined to comment on the existence of the program, its goals or impact. A spokesperson for the Biden administration's National Security Council also declined to comment, which means it was neither confirmed nor denied. The US intelligence community often uses a mixture of false and true information to create confusion, a tactic that was used on Edward Snowden. The Reuters report is valuable, but needs to be further processed to filter out the true and useful parts.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Firstly, this report carries a strong defense of US penetration into China. It portrays the proactive offensive of the US' cognitive warfare against China as a passive counterattack against "cyber attacks" on the US from China and Russia. In reality, portraying themselves as the weak or victimized party and labeling their hegemonic actions as "justice" is a part of the US' cognitive warfare against foreign countries.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">One US official interviewed by Reuters even said it felt like China was attacking the US with "steel baseball bats," while the US could only fight back with "wooden ones," showing his exaggerated and clumsy acting skills. The US has never used a "wooden stick." Over the past few decades, the CIA has overthrown or attempted to overthrow at least 50 legitimate international governments. There are also statistics showing that from 1946 to 2000, the US attempted to influence elections in 45 countries 81 times to achieve regime change. As a habitual offender of manipulating public opinions, the US has long established a series of tactics in its targeted propaganda, information dissemination, event creation, rumor fabrication, incitement of public opinion, and media manipulation. It constantly creates new tactics and uses new technologies according to changing circumstances. This is an open secret. The US dressing itself up as a "little lamb" only has a comedic effect, not a propaganda effect.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Next, as the US' intervention and infiltration in other countries are covert operations, this disclosure provides an opportunity for the outside world to glimpse into the specific methods used by the US. For example, the whistleblower admitted that the CIA had formed a small team of operatives, using bogus online identities to spread damaging stories about the Chinese government while simultaneously disseminating defamatory content to overseas news agencies. This corroborates with previous statements by CIA Director William Burns, indicating increased resources being allocated for intelligence activities against China, once again confirming the existence of the US "1450" (internet water army) team targeting China.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The whistleblower admitted that the CIA has targeted public opinion in Southeast Asia, Africa, and the South Pacific region, spreading negative narratives about the Belt and Road Initiative. This indicates that in the US-instigated propaganda war against China, the global public opinion arena, especially in "Global South" countries, is their main strategic target. Various "China threat" theories circulating in third-party countries, as consistently pointed out by China, are all being operated by the US intelligence agencies behind the scenes.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The US has never concealed its hegemonic aims, nor does it regard encroachment on other countries' sovereignty as something to be ashamed of, which is even more infuriating than the hegemonic behavior itself. American economist Jeffrey Sachs criticized the CIA's blatant violation of international law in his commentary last month, stating that it is "devastating to global stability and the US rule of law," leading to "an escalating regional war, hundreds of thousands of deaths, and millions of displaced people." He also criticized the mainstream American media for failing to question or investigate the CIA. In fact, far from acting as watchdogs, mainstream American media has served as an accomplice. How many rumors manufactured by the CIA have been spread through the mouths of mainstream American media? When did they reflect and correct themselves?</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">We also see that the intentions of the US intelligence agencies are even more sinister. As admitted in the revelations, they aim to force China to spend valuable resources in defending against "cognitive warfare," keeping us busy with "chasing ghosts," and disrupting our development pace. First of all, we appreciate their reminder. At the same time, we will not allow external factors to interfere with our strategic determination to manage our own affairs well. For China and the world, the more fully, clearly, and thoroughly the CIA exposes itself, the deeper people will understand its true nature, and the stronger their ability to discern the truth will become. Keeping the CIA busy to no end or failing in their attempts is the best preventive effect.</span></p><div class="related_img" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; flex: 0 0 183px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeue-Bold, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a data-id="11" href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202403/1308920.shtml?id=11" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2023/2023-06-08/ae3dcd2a-a462-4cc6-a79e-9b3c8c7278ed_s.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 183px;" /></a></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;"></span></p><div class="related_content" style="background-color: white; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4B398XdAxQdoCuQWxzd3E-SHwy5WowF7Inb_zolJos58SK2Oomr6LQuerVmFaNHmh7kJyKIYQ8vl5Ms8HEtVr3bq7jtvQakTX0zztr8AYjvB0nQa8rcXYbq-XXLaX6N7-udvDWp6L8FQ7wkJCeyG50SnxsUgrANqsWtp96bciTBVt-nZWRrGKMhuSBY/s447/HEALTH%20RISKS%20HIGH%20TEMPERATURE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="447" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4B398XdAxQdoCuQWxzd3E-SHwy5WowF7Inb_zolJos58SK2Oomr6LQuerVmFaNHmh7kJyKIYQ8vl5Ms8HEtVr3bq7jtvQakTX0zztr8AYjvB0nQa8rcXYbq-XXLaX6N7-udvDWp6L8FQ7wkJCeyG50SnxsUgrANqsWtp96bciTBVt-nZWRrGKMhuSBY/w640-h452/HEALTH%20RISKS%20HIGH%20TEMPERATURE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 13.008px;">Words of caution: Dr Azizan advised the public avoid outdoor activities while Prof Tangang says hot and dry conditions are expected to last for the next two weeks.</span><p></p><p><span face="Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 16px;">PETALING JAYA: Health experts have advised the public to take precautions against heat-related health issues as daytime temperatures are anticipated to soar beyond 35ºC in the coming weeks.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">They warn that prolonged exposure to high temperatures can heighten the risk of heat-related ailments, potentially leading to severe health complications.</p><div class="sasStoryRectPos" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Malaysian Medical Association president Dr Azizan Abdul Aziz said extremely hot weather can increase the risk of dehydration and heat stroke.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Children, people engaging in outdoor sports during the day and elderly with long-term health conditions like heart disease or diabetes, are most at risk,” she said, adding that untreated heat stress can lead to heatstroke, which is a medical emergency.</p><div class="inlineAd" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 610px;"><div data-google-query-id="CJyLmYjy-IQDFacqgwMdBykHzA" id="div-gpt-ad-Desktop_TSOL_News_SP_Mid_OSV" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_News/Desktop_TSOL_News_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_News_SP_Mid_OSV_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #4a4a4a;">“Therefore it is important to be aware of the symptoms and recognise them early. A heatstroke can lead to brain, heart, kidney and muscle damage,” she said.</span></div><div id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_News/Desktop_TSOL_News_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_News_SP_Mid_OSV_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #4a4a4a;"><br /></span></div></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Dr Azizan also advised Muslims to replenish fluids whenever breaking fast, recommending drinking between six to eight glasses of water between iftar and sahur.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Those going outdoors during the day are advised to use an umbrella and to wear thinner and light-coloured clothing.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“If possible, avoid outdoor activities between 11am to 4pm. 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border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States, heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramps and heat rash are heat-related illnesses.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Symptoms for heat stroke are hot, red and dry skin, headaches and dizziness, while symptoms for heat exhaustion include heavy sweating, cold, pale and clammy skin, and feeling nauseous.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Heat cramps, meanwhile, have symptoms such as heavy sweating during intense exercise while heat rash results in small clusters of blisters that look like pimples. Heat rashes are usually on the neck, chest, groin or in elbow creases.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Apart from those with existing health conditions, Prof Dr Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia said the disabled, pregnant women and children, were also at risk for heat-related ailments.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Deter children from playing long hours outside as they may come down with fever.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Fever with heat spells also may predispose the child to further harm and heat exhaustion,” she said.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">She also advised parents whose children were down with fever to get medical attention as soon as possible if they were unsure what to do.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“High temperatures may damage a child’s brain and certain neurological complications may occur,” she said.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">For those fasting, Dr Sharifa said the recommended intake of eight glasses of water a day can be broken into a 2:4:2 ratio, where two glasses can be consumed during iftar, four through the night and two during sahur.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Try to maintain usual food portions instead of having grand feasts for sahur,” she added. Meanwhile, climatologist and Academy of Sciences Malaysia Fellow Prof Dr Fredolin Tangang said the hot and generally dry conditions over the peninsula and Sabah are expected to last for the next two weeks.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">He cited several possible factors, namely the impact of the El Nino phenomenon, which is in the weakening phase.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“This typically results in hot conditions over the entire South-East Asia region, especially over northern parts of the peninsula and Sabah,” said Fredolin, who also highlighted how the spring equinox was approaching.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“With less cloud coverage due to El Nino, the amount of heat reaching and absorbed by the earth increases, thus elevating surface temperatures,” he said, adding that the public was advised to pay attention to MetMalaysia’s forecasts.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">On Tuesday, MetMalaysia forecast dry and hot weather with temperatures exceeding 35ºC in most places in the peninsula and Sabah over the coming week.</p><div class="headline" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(214, 214, 214); 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">PETALING JAYA: Homemaker Jessica Lai thought it was a scam when she was told she could find unclaimed money on the government portal eGUMIS.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">But she tried her luck anyway – and found that she could claim RM1,000.</p><div class="sasStoryRectPos" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“I had never heard of it, and I thought it was a scam, but I only believed it when my daughter showed me some news articles about it,” said the 53-year-old, who has yet to claim the money.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Some of my money was from 2012; I will have to claim it quickly now,” she said after being told that the government was shortening the claim period from 15 to 10 years.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Content/Images/main_ast_1303_-junpublicmoney120324_(1).jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #107fc9; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline-offset: -2px; outline: -webkit-focus-ring-color auto 5px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;" target="_blank"><span class="embeded-image inline-image-center" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: table; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="CLICK TO ENLARGE" src="https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2024/03/13/2589332.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 725px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 620px;" /><span class="inline-caption" style="border: 1px solid rgb(214, 214, 214); box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; font-size: 0.813em; line-height: 1.231em; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 10px;">CLICK TO ENLARGE</span></span></a></p><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">She will lose the money if government legislation to shorten the period is passed this year.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“I don’t understand why the government wants to shorten the claimable period, and there should have been more awareness about this in public. I have to tell my husband to check quickly and claim soon,” she said.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Senior writer Syed Umar Syed Ariff found the process of claiming the money to be swift and convenient.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“I was actually surprised to know that I had about RM400 in unclaimed money. I decided to claim it, and I just needed to fill in a few particulars and submit a few documents.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“A week later, the money was in my bank account,” he added.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Civil servant Y. Ravi Varman, 28, agreed that the claiming process was easy.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Just key in your details, and if you have unclaimed money, just upload the documents needed,” he said.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">On shortening the claim period, Ravi said the government should keep the public informed if it is to be implemented.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“The government should spread the word to all Malaysians to give them a chance to claim their money,” he added.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">However, engineer Mohd Azim Akmal, 35, said the process to claim the money he has in the system was not worth the hassle.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">He found out that he had unclaimed money worth RM50.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“It is a very small amount. I saw the steps needed to claim it, and I just don’t think it was worth the time.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“If the government wants to take it, that should be fine, as long as it benefits Malaysians as a whole,” he said.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The eGUMIS portal, which was launched in 2020, received about 17.2 million visitors as of last March and has almost 4.4 million registered users.</p><div class="css-question pds-question" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; 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position: relative; width: 248px;"><img alt="Option image" src="https://i1.wp.com/files.polldaddy.com/81cada5cfcbc39ab94e0b4ae63960e9b-65f15d8cc3024.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; left: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: unset; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: -8.10938px; vertical-align: top; width: 248px;" title="Option image" /></div></div><div style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">POLL: Have you checked for unclaimed money on eGumis yet?</div></div></div></div></div><div class="css-answer pds-answer" style="background-color: white; border-color: rgb(232, 232, 232); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px;"><span aria-label="POLL: Have you checked for unclaimed money on eGumis yet?" id="pds-answer13472071" role="group" style="border: none; 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box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-flex; flex: 1 1 0%; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="css-answer-span pds-answer-span" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Yes, I have</span></label></div></div><div class="css-answer-group pds-answer-group" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><div class="css-answer-row pds-answer-row" style="align-items: center; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: row; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="css-answer-input pds-answer-input" style="align-self: flex-start; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><input class="css-radiobutton pds-radiobutton" id="PDI_answer60260501" name="PDI_answer13472071" style="font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0.5ex; margin-right: 0.5ex; padding: 0px; top: unset;" type="radio" value="60260501" /></span><label class="css-input-label pds-input-label" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-flex; flex: 1 1 0%; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="css-answer-span pds-answer-span" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">No, not yet</span></label></div></div><div class="css-answer-group pds-answer-group" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="css-answer-row pds-answer-row" style="align-items: center; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: row; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="css-answer-input pds-answer-input" style="align-self: flex-start; 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color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 13.008px; font-weight: 600;">A view of Beijing's CBD area. [Photo/VCG] - China Daily/ANN</span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">IN all ancient civilisations, especially in Asia, material and socio-cultural-spiritual development progressed more or less hand-in-hand. Hence, there was generally balanced human progress, even though all the civilisations had their share of shortcomings.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><u>A major disruption occurred with the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Spurred by new productive forces, the Industrial Revolution facilitated epoch-changing discoveries in science and innovations in technology, which exponentially raised many European nations’ capability to generate material prosperity.</u></p><div class="sasStoryRectPos" style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><u>As a result, European countries became fabulously wealthy.</u></p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><u>However, the European countries used, rather misused, the new productive forces to consolidate their hold on their colonies in Asia, Africa and Latin America. They ruthlessly exploited and pillaged the colonies’ resources, seeking to destroy native cultures and establish European civilisational superiority.</u></p><div class="inlineAd" style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 610px;"><div data-google-query-id="CPL77c3H7oQDFcygrAIdyR8JnA" id="div-gpt-ad-Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid_OSV" style="border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_Business/Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid_OSV_0__container__" style="border: 0pt; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 1px;"><iframe allow="attribution-reporting" aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="8" data-is-safeframe="true" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_Business/Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid_OSV_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" scrolling="no" src="https://3df16acffab7c39aaf5deb60de5431ee.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px auto 20px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></div></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Their fierce internal rivalry, though, led to two horrific world wars, which claimed millions of lives and ruined the economies of both the victims and perpetrators.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><u>Hence, Western nations, despite their superior material wealth, became culturally, morally and spiritually impoverished. Even the birth of the United States was an outcome of the sordid history of colonisation. European powers literally mass-annihilated almost all the Indigenous peoples in the Americas in their lust for land and riches.</u></p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The United States, in the last century, contributed to the further explosive growth of productive forces with revolutionary advances in science and technology, especially in computers and the Internet, heralding the “information age”.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Nevertheless, these productive forces, being at the service of an uncontrolled capitalist system, have been misused leading to the extreme concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a minority.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><u>Moreover, US administrations have abjured neither the Western instinct for global domination nor the habit of using their country’s powerful productive forces to launch illegitimate wars.</u></p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The importance of the rise of “new quality productive forces” in China needs to be understood against this historical background. Many in the West have dismissed it as just another “buzzword” meant to divert the international community’s attention away from China’s economic slowdown.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">However, the concept can be properly understood only in the context of the Chinese leadership’s goal of developing “China into a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful”.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Seen from this perspective, the new quality productive forces, wedded to people-centric and planet-protective development, could be the harbinger of a significantly different kind of, and balanced, human development.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><u>The rise of new quality productive forces in China will have both domestic and global impacts. It is accompanied by, and is contributing to, positive changes in the West-dominated world order.</u></p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><u>For the first time in modern history, China is surging ahead of Europe and the United States in scientific research and innovations in technology, especially in deploying new technologies and innovations.</u></p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">China’s new quality productive forces are primarily in the areas of new energy, new materials, new hi-tech manufacturing systems and new applications of artificial intelligence.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">In terms of the production and use of solar photovoltaic panels and other clean and green energy products, China is far ahead of the rest of the world. In fact, China installed more solar panels in 2023 than the United States has ever built, setting new standards in low-carbon footprints.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Besides, there are more industrial robots in Chinese factories than in any other country. In space and ocean research, too, China is advancing at a pace faster than the West. For instance, it is developing the world’s first quantum communications satellite network. China now ranks No. 1 in science and technology innovation clusters in the world.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">While China is making rapid strides in developing its strategic industries, its agriculture and traditional industries are also becoming smarter and more innovative. As a result of the huge innovation-led increases in productivity, quality and efficiency, the Chinese economy is sure to navigate its current challenges satisfactorily.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><u>However, China’s new development paradigm differs from that of the West in the past in one crucial respect: Chinese leaders have time and again emphasised that China will never seek hegemony irrespective of how prosperous it becomes. China is not trying to replace the West in global domination. Instead, it aims to help improve the world order by making it equitable, fairer, more representative and more democratic.</u></p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Five features set apart China’s new quality productive forces from the Western template.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">First, China has not become the world’s second-largest economy by colonising any other country or by exploiting or stealing other countries’ resources. On the contrary, it has made much of the self-reliant technological advances despite the unlawful sanctions imposed by the United States and other Western countries.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Second, China has not misused its technological prowess by waging deadly wars against far-off countries. As a matter of fact, it advocates resolving disputes through dialogue.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Third, China aims to use the scientific and technological breakthroughs primarily for boosting all-round development so its vast population can lead a high-quality life and the country can achieve common prosperity. It has already lifted about 800 million people out of extreme poverty within a short span of four decades – a feat unparalleled in history.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The fact that the common people are living much better lives, as I have seen during my travels across the country, shows China is committed to using its resources to enrich its human capital, an obligation many Western governments have nearly abandoned.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Fourth, China is sharing its development experiences with other countries so they can learn from them and apply them, if necessary, to boost their development. As a matter of fact, the Belt and Road Initiative shows China is committed to helping build a community with a shared future for mankind.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">And fifth, in its 5,000-year history, China has achieved great feats in arts, culture and science and technology, while seeking harmony in society – and in the world at large – although it has suffered many setbacks and foreign aggressions.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Now that China has become a moderately prosperous society in all respects, it views its development propelled by new quality productive forces as a contributor to the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and a driving force behind the creation of a better world order.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Most Western observers fail to understand this civilisational wisdom guiding China’s modernisation. — China Daily/ANN</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">By Sudheendra Kulkarni, an advocate of India-China-Pakistan cooperation for a New South Asia and was an aide to former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. 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Try this Hawaiian mantra to achieve inner peace<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCZ9H4FPe8vk95dwvzSdaKj1UWuIy-mY-4EDNdUMeSoCMEplVmGhzfq57Tj2hEEysSN6JVCZB2E4k-ys4F-IXntwS3TxtIEpfEjgueL06HVBe4ZJePimlagJMn2iqza2Wp0rsLxdBBnE9RTf5lMQ04YMMxKMeb33gWRHRMUX80dCWSMfdkS0AVG_tVPw/s1240/mantra%20for%20inner%20peace.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCZ9H4FPe8vk95dwvzSdaKj1UWuIy-mY-4EDNdUMeSoCMEplVmGhzfq57Tj2hEEysSN6JVCZB2E4k-ys4F-IXntwS3TxtIEpfEjgueL06HVBe4ZJePimlagJMn2iqza2Wp0rsLxdBBnE9RTf5lMQ04YMMxKMeb33gWRHRMUX80dCWSMfdkS0AVG_tVPw/w640-h426/mantra%20for%20inner%20peace.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif" style="background-color: #dae4ef; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 13.008px; font-weight: 600;">Repeating the mantra – I'm sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you – while taking responsibility for a specific situation can help restore inner peace. — AFP</span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">FROM an argument with your partner, to a conflict at work, to a niggling thought that just won't go away, there are many situations that can lead to negative emotions, or even real mental blocks. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">In this case, why not try the Ho'oponopono method? This age-old Hawaiian tradition involves taking full responsibility for your actions and letting go of limiting beliefs to reconnect with yourself and others. Here's how it works.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">What started out as an ancestral tradition aimed at resolving conflicts within a community, or even a family, the Ho'oponopono method has gradually evolved into a whole life philosophy, and even a personal development practice. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">But the basic objective remains the same: to eliminate certain limiting beliefs (or memories) with the help of a mantra, in order to regain inner peace and resolve situations considered stressful or conflicts with others. In a way, this life philosophy is based on introspection and empowerment, with the key coming from your inner self and not from others.</p><div class="sasStoryRectPos" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What does it promise?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">According to the website Hawaiian Dictionaries, the term "ho'opono" can mean "righteous, respectable, correct, upright," or "to behave correctly." But, more precisely, it's a tradition aimed at overcoming certain conflicts (professional), relationship problems (like an imminent breakup) and other difficult situations (like a death) all through the art of introspection.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">"Ho'oponopono is the practice of sincere apology and true forgiveness. It is used today by many families, and in the past few decades, it has found its way around the globe," reads an article on the subject by <i style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Psychology Today</i>.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">When is it useful?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">As mentioned above, the Ho'oponopono method is now considered a life philosophy, so there are no limits or restrictions, whether for adults or children. Any unpleasant situation, whether it affects your mind or your emotions, can justify the use of this personal development practice. "When heartfelt, ho’oponopono rectifies and helps heal the person asking forgiveness or all the people involved in the process," explains the American magazine.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How does it work?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">While this method is based on a four-part mantra, to be repeated tirelessly to yourself (and in silence), it's not just a matter of saying these words to make yourself feel better and resolve your conflicts – whether internal or relational. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">This practice requires a certain amount of introspection, and is based on an awareness of your own personal responsibility for this or that action or situation .</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Once this principle has been grasped, it's time to move on to the famous mantra. This involves repeating the following, over and over in your head – I'm sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you – whenever you encounter a situation likely to affect you. As we've seen, the idea is to eliminate certain beliefs that can trap you in, or even foster, difficult situations. – AFP Relaxnews</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><b style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px;"><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/living/2024/03/04/nagging-thoughts-try-this-hawaiian-mantra-to-achieve-inner-peace">Source link</a>lR</b></p><p><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 20px;">You use the mantra, "</span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #d3e3fd; color: #040c28; font-size: 20px;">I'm sorry, Please forgive me, Thank you, I love you</span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 20px;">," to acknowledge and take responsibility for any negative thoughts, actions, or emotions that may have contributed to conflict or disharmony. The mantra helps release these negative elements and transform them into positive, healing energy</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><b style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px;"></b></p><p><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 20px;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lNeiLi882MU?si=u6FwLdx3tAOGGXZL" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></span></p><p><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 20px;"><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); border: 0px; color: #131313; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Heal your life, get over haunting memories, overcome deep-seated guilt, and let go of generational baggage and negativity through Ho'oponopono Prayer. This beautiful prayer is a traditional Hawaiian practice as a tool for reconciliation and forgiveness across lifetimes. As you repeat or hear this mantra meditation, try to feel it from your heart. Forgive and be forgiven. May your life come to balance through the magic of Ho'oponopono.
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overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><b style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px;">R</b></p>Rightways Technologieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12675896663803464743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414722382816633494.post-1622094799502597722024-03-12T00:03:00.003+08:002024-03-12T22:47:07.014+08:00How you perceive stressful situations could help minimise their health impact<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Gpg66p4-pHy2xjitDDSHIVrdqc6Zy8W_xml0buK01kam8e51KJmrX3voVWQNBmdw1S7-Yep_bABMV5liqfSXIVFzyE4bSgT7BZMtdWFrYaKQYmSIRxH1lqbBM9CklydT2GNJrFTodPElkh7NUZWSbZquULcKvd9BZCre8maNabCybFt7liNzPBGDJ6c/s1240/MINDSET%20MATTERS,AFP%20Relaxnews.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Gpg66p4-pHy2xjitDDSHIVrdqc6Zy8W_xml0buK01kam8e51KJmrX3voVWQNBmdw1S7-Yep_bABMV5liqfSXIVFzyE4bSgT7BZMtdWFrYaKQYmSIRxH1lqbBM9CklydT2GNJrFTodPElkh7NUZWSbZquULcKvd9BZCre8maNabCybFt7liNzPBGDJ6c/w640-h426/MINDSET%20MATTERS,AFP%20Relaxnews.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif" style="background-color: #dae4ef; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 13.008px; font-weight: 600;">Seeing a stressful situation as a challenge, rather than a threat, can help you avoid suffering both physically and mentally. — AFP</span><div><span style="color: #4a4a4a;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><p></p><p><span face="Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif" style="color: #4a4a4a;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reframing stressful situations could help minimise health and well-being problems</b></span></span></p><p><span face="Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif" style="color: #4a4a4a;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px;"><b><br /></b></span></span> <span face="Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 16px;">FROM mounting workloads to relationship problems, moving house or looming exams, stressful situations come and go, but they all have one thing in common: they can play havoc with your health.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">But it all depends on how you view them, a new British study reveals. In fact, seeing stressful situations as challenges, rather than threats, could prove beneficial to physical and mental health.</p><div class="sasStoryRectPos" style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The figures speak for themselves: the global population is struggling. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly a billion people worldwide were living with at least one mental disorder in 2019, and the situation has since worsened considerably.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The global health authority estimates that the worldwide prevalence of anxiety and depression rose by 25% in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic alone. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">It's an edifying finding, and one that serves as a wake-up call to the importance of taking action to try and curb the phenomenon.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">While action is needed on a global and national scale, each of us also has the opportunity to take action, at our own personal level, to better cope with situations that could affect our health and well-being.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">So suggest the findings of a new study by researchers at the United Kingdom's University of Bath, who found that the way we approach stressful situations can have an impact on our physical and mental health (or not, as the case may be).</p><div class="inlineAd" style="background-color: white; 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border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">They can either feel overwhelmed, and therefore see it as a threat, or they can feel capable of dealing with it, or even managing it, and therefore see it as a challenge.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">This can be particularly true in the world of sport, where mindset can influence an athlete's performance.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">In fact, the researchers turned to athletes to carry out their research, which is based on "valid and reliable" measures of challenge and/or threat assessment, mental health, well-being, and physical health problems from 395 athletes who responded to an online survey.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Published in the journal <i style="border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Stress and Health</i>, the results suggest that participants who saw stressful situations as threats were at greater risk of physical and mental health problems, compared to those who saw them as challenges.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">"We found a convincing link between mental and physical ill-health, and the way a person typically views stressful situations," said study co-author Dr Lee Moore from the Department for Health at the University of Bath, quoted in a news release.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><b>"The more you’re able to appraise a stressful situation as a challenge, the more likely you are to report good health and well-being."</b></p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">He continues: "Researchers have speculated for the past 15 years that people who repeatedly believe they don’t have the resources to cope in stressful situations are putting their health at risk, but we believe this is the first time the theory has been properly tested, leading to us finding a link between stress appraisals and health."</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Although the study was carried out on athletes, its authors believe that the findings are equally valid for the rest of the population. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">They point out that the negative consequences induced by the way stressful situations are approached can range from a simple cold or flu, or even a weakened immune system, to mental health disorders such as anxiety or depression. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">It is hoped that this research will ultimately lead to the improved identification and management of people at risk of health problems due to increased stress.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">"Most people will fluctuate in the way they appraise a situation, depending on the details of the specific situation, however, some people are far more likely to appraise all stressful situations as a threat, and this study shows that this tendency is associated with poorer health and well-being," concludes Moore. – AFP Relaxnews</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Pullout quote: "The more you’re able to appraise a stressful situation as a challenge, the more likely you are to report good health and well-being." - Dr Lee Moore</p><p style="background-color: white; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; 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The hearing, which was supposed to discuss data security and protection of children, was described by many netizens as a barbaric witch-hunt and pure bullying. Photo: VCG" id="622476" src="https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2023/2023-03-22/af57e72b-067d-4eb5-b16e-8a04028b9200.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; cursor: -webkit-zoom-in; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 700px;" /></p><div class="article_content" style="-webkit-box-align: stretch; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; -webkit-box-pack: start; align-items: stretch; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-flow: wrap; justify-content: flex-start; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 700px;"><div class="article_right" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 700px;"><p class="picture" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew (center) testifies at a US Congressional hearing on March 23, 2023. The hearing, which was supposed to discuss data security and protection of children, was described by many netizens as a barbaric witch-hunt and pure bullying. Photo: VCG</p><div class="article_title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "ScalaOT Bold", ScalaOT; font-size: 38px; line-height: 46px; margin: 22px 0px; padding: 0px;">US bill forcing ownership change of TikTok another hysterical move in crackdown against Chinese companies</div><div class="article_subtitle" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "ScalaOT Regular", ScalaOT; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px; margin: 22px 0px; padding: 0px;">Act is political gamesmanship, to dent bilateral ties</div>As a US bill that could potentially ban the use of TikTok in the US sailed unanimously through a House committee, Chinese experts said that the act is political gamesmanship by politicians playing the China-bashing card and yet another hysterical move in its crackdown against Chinese companies.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />With bilateral ties showing signs of stabilization amid enhanced engagements between the two sides, Chinese analysts warned that the cyber witch hunt against TikTok - used by roughly 170 million Americans - and sheer extortion of a successful company will have negative effects and cause bilateral ties to retract.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The bill, which threatens to ban TikTok from app stores operated by Apple and Google unless the popular short video platform divests itself from ByteDance, its parent company, within about six months, passed unanimously out of the US House energy and commerce committee on Thursday with a vote of 50 to 0.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The bill is set for a floor vote next week.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />US media outlet CNN described the bill as the "most aggressive legislation" targeting TikTok to come out of a congressional committee since company CEO Shou Zi Chew testified to lawmakers last year that the app poses no threat to Americans <a appprop="1" href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202303/1288354.shtml" nid="1288354" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_self">in a grueling hearing</a>.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Chinese observers said the passing of the TikTok bill demonstrated a persistent campaign by some US politicians to hunt down the social media platform, which has enjoyed worldwide success, and is set to dent stabilizing ties between the two countries. Cooperation is the only sensible way forward in the field of science and technology, they noted.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />"Some people in the US want to relate TikTok with China, threatening to impose further bans on the company. In the US presidential election year, some lawmakers aim to be tough on China regarding the sensitive and significant issue of TikTok, in order to demonstrate their commitment to so-called national security threats," Song Guoyou, deputy director of the Center for American Studies, Fudan University, told the Global Times.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Although the bill has only been passed within a committee of lawmakers and needs to go further through the legal pipeline, it nonetheless reflects a bipartisan consensus among some politicians in the US on this issue, Song said, noting that whether the bill can gain more support through legislative procedures needs to be watched closely.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />"The bill demonstrated the obstinate political prejudice held by some US politicians against the influential platform," Li Yong, a senior research fellow from the China Association of International Trade, told the Global Times on Friday.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Last year, a federal judge temporarily blocked a statewide ban on TikTok in Montana, citing First Amendment rights.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Unable to provide any evidence, these politicians resorted to baseless fearmongering, Li said, refuting the claims that the app could present an espionage threat, as claimed by US politicians.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Driven by their sinophobic paranoia, some US politicians are pushing for a series of absurd bills, measures and bans on Chinese products or China-related goods. <br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />In addition to the witch hunt against TikTok, which can be dated back to the Trump era, cargo cranes, automobiles and even <a appprop="1" href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202403/1308126.shtml" nid="1308126" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_self">garlic were among the targets US politicians raised red flags</a> against in recent months.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a recent interview with US media outlet MSNBC that "cars these days are like an iPhone on wheels… Imagine a world with 3 million Chinese vehicles on the roads of America, and Beijing can turn them off at the same time."<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />In a rebuttal to these false narratives, Hua Chunying, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, asked, "Were you suggesting that iPhones, Tesla and even Boeing... have been sending secret data back to the US and could be shut down at any time by Washington?"<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Expressing their disagreement with the bill, TikTok users in the US are flooding the congress will telephone calls, with some staffers saying there are as many as 20 calls per minute, according to a report by The Guardian on Friday.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />US social organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union have slammed the bill as "unconstitutional." The Computer and Communications Industry Association, a major trade group representing tech powerhouses including Apple and Google, was also against it.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The move came amid enhanced engagements between Chinese and US officials and business organizations pointing to stabilizing ties, which help alleviate growing concerns among businesses and governments around the world.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The US and China have reportedly agreed to extend a science and technology agreement for another six months.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Chinese analysts said the two countries stand to benefit from cooperation on science and technology, and the ruthless crackdown on Chinese companies can only serve to undermine trust and damage stabilizing bilateral ties.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The renewal of the US-China Science, Tech Pact will be a test of how willing the Biden administration truly is to consider mutual interests, listen to the scientific community's voice and jointly maintain the stability of China-US relations, Song said.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />A TikTok spokesperson told the Global Times on Wednesday that "this bill is an outright ban of TikTok, no matter how much the authors try to disguise it. 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<div><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thousands of NPC deputies & CPPCC members gather in Beijing with their proposals about national policies. In a one-hour special episode, CGTN's Liu Xin engages with experts about China's democratic practices, and one mystery guest appears to share insights! </span><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/2024chinaagenda" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #065fd4; display: inline; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;" tabindex="0" target="">#2024ChinaAgenda</a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7tbxDfiW2w0?si=I-jTrzUs6hBFHL61" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: "ScalaOT Bold", ScalaOT; font-size: 38px;">Whole-Process People's Democracy from a Global Comparative Perspective</span></div><div><span face="Nunito, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A recent global survey by the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies reveals that the value and practice of whole-process people’s democracy have won widespread plaudits throughout the international community.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Developing whole-process people’s democracy is one of the intrinsic requirements of China’s modernization. It is a creation of the Communist Party of China in the process of advancing democratic theories and practices through drawing on the historical lessons of China and the world in governance. Whole-process people’s democracy fits Chinese conditions, as manifested in China’s nationwide vibrant vitality. It also contributes Chinese wisdom to the global promotion of democratic practice.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">In 2023, the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies conducted a survey in 23 countries across five continents on practice and modern development of democracy in China. Results showed that the value and practice of whole-process people’s democracy has won widespread plaudits throughout the international community.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><center style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="While “acting” as deputies to the people’s congress, foreigners from the Global Young Leaders Dialogue program experience the solemn exercise of state power on behalf of the people by pressing voting keys on the desks of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People’s Congress. (Photo: China Today)" id="665207" src="https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2024/2024-03-08/23a9febe-6787-41eb-a5dc-f0280f3d81e6.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: -webkit-zoom-in; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 700px;" /></center><p class="picture" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">While “acting” as deputies to the people’s congress, foreigners from the Global Young Leaders Dialogue program experience the solemn exercise of state power on behalf of the people by pressing voting keys on the desks of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People’s Congress. (Photo: China Today)</p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Democracy Takes Root in China</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Democracy is a universal aspiration. In light of different social and political conditions, as well as historical and cultural traditions, however, different countries have followed different democratic paths. Upon the end of the Cold War came a call from the international community to follow the Western approach to democracy, which it regarded as “universal,” eternal, and humanity’s sole pathway to a happy life.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Western countries hence exported their particular vision of democracy, which certain developing countries aped. But the result, rather than peace and development, was turmoil. Former Dutch foreign minister Wopke Hoekstra once said that many countries had lost interest in Western democracy, rather preferring their own versions, and nor did they buy the Western interpretation of human rights. The loudly overt disinclination on the part of these countries to bow to Western democratic norms strikes a chord in the international community, Hoekstra said.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Results of the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies survey showed that 95.7 percent of respondents endorsed the view whereby countries should choose the path to democracy and modernization that is best suited to their national conditions; moreover that variances in countries’ national conditions and stages of development make impossible the Western one-size-fits-all democratic model.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Whole-process people’s democracy has advanced and been formed on the basis of China’s historical traditions, culture, and economic and social development. It embodies the essence of fine traditional Chinese culture. As the world’s longest “continuous civilization,” China boasts more than 5,000 years of history, which embodies the Chinese nation’s most profound spiritual pursuit. It is also imbued with the Chinese nation’s specific world view, values, and conceptions of history, civilization, and democracy. Chinese traditional culture regards people as the foundation of a state which, when solid, endows stability and tranquility upon that state. The people are thus more important than the ruler. Traditional Chinese democratic ideas and aspirations regarding the common good so form the cultural basis whereon the values of whole-process people’s democracy are nurtured.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The survey also showed that the traditional values conveyed by whole-process people’s democracy have achieved recognition throughout the international community. More than 86 percent of those polled endorsed the values of harmony, benevolent government, rule of law, and rule of virtue as most precious and relevant to improving global democratic politics.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Democracy with People at the Center</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Democracy is not a decorative ornament, but an instrument for addressing issues that are of concern to the people. Distinguished British journalist, academic and political commentator Martin Jacques has targeted Western democracy with a torrent of questions. Given that many in the West regard their governance system as the world’s best – hence one with which the Chinese system could not possibly hope to compete – why is it that the West is in such a rapid decline? And how has China managed to attain such upending changes over the last 40 years? Don’t the two respective governance systems have impact on such distinctly contrasting trajectories?</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The Global Satisfaction with Democracy Report, published by Bennet Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, showed that people in more than 100 countries and regions are dissatisfied with Western democracy, and that 2019, the year the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, reflected the highest level of democratic discontent on record. The reason may be that the malfunctioning Western democracy has resulted in governance failure; hence that Western democracies are suffering a crisis of faith.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Whole-process people’s democracy, meanwhile, requires that the running of the country by the people is specifically reflected in governance policies and measures. Ronnie Lins, CEO of Center China & Brazil: Research and Business, said in 2017 at the BRICS Governance Seminar in Quanzhou that China’s governance model exhibits extremely high efficiency by virtue of the country’s remarkable achievements. China has indeed won the people’s support through state governance that emanates from democratic practice, which is tailored to the people’s interests and needs.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Results of the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies survey showed a global belief on the part of respondents that China’s employment of whole-process people’s democracy to improve the state’s capacity for governance and modernize the state governance system stands as testament to the strong practical efficacy of the Chinese democratic system. An average 94 percent of respondents from 23 countries – a 7 percent increase over the previous year – praised China’s capacity for state governance, saying that the country’s highly efficient, stable, and sustainable policy decision-making embodies the modernization level of the country’s democratic governance. A substantial proportion of respondents from developed countries – almost 10 percent higher than that of the previous year – was particularly lavish in their plaudits.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Whole-process people’s democracy lays great store on resolving the contradiction between people’s ever-growing needs for a better life and unbalanced, inadequate development. It is committed to realizing sound, stable, high-quality development, and ensuring that development results bring the people ever greater benefits. Ong Tee Keat, chairman of the Center for New Inclusive Asia in Malaysia, said in an interview with Beijing Review that China’s democracy is for the people and realized through a goal-driven approach. Substantial improvements in people’s lives, large-scale poverty reduction, and a far higher standard of public health services provide solid evidence that the priorities of the Chinese government are fueled by its pursuit of the people’s wellbeing.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">The practical efficacy of whole-process people’s democracy has won widespread approbation throughout the international community. The survey showed that respondents from 23 countries are optimistic about China’s economy. An average 93 percent of them believed that China’s economy shows resilience and high potential, and that it will sustain growth in the long run. They spoke highly also of China’s manufacturing and technological innovation, saying that whole-process people’s democracy has spurred social innovation. More than 90 percent of respondents praised China’s Internet technology, high-speed rail technology, 5G telecommunication technology, infrastructure, and super hybrid rice technology. They believe that China heads the world in technological innovation, and provides its people with high-quality products.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><center style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="While “acting” as deputies to the people’s congress, foreigners from the Global Young Leaders Dialogue program experience the solemn exercise of state power on behalf of the people by pressing voting keys on the desks of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People’s Congress. (Photo: China Today)" id="665206" src="https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2024/2024-03-08/ac5106af-9712-4214-bd09-60d54196c54b.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: -webkit-zoom-in; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 700px;" /></center><p class="picture" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Foreign young representatives from the Global Young Leaders Dialogue program visit an exhibition about the development history of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. (Photo: China Today)</p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Holistic Approach to Democracy</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Functionally, democracy is supposed to build consensus in society, rather than social division or confrontation. But today, political polarization is rampant in Western democracies. Disputes and confrontations prevail within organizations and communities, and also among different political parties, social classes, and ethnic groups. The State of Democracy in the United States: 2022, published by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in March 2023, observed that the United States has fallen victim to the vicious cycle of democratic pretensions, dysfunctional politics, and a divided society. Such problems as money politics, identity politics, social rifts, and the gulf between rich and poor have worsened. A 2024 Gallup poll shows that only 28 percent of American adults are satisfied with U.S. democracy – lower even than the 35-percent satisfaction rate shortly after the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021. A record low indeed.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">China, meanwhile, after more than 40 years of reform and opening-up, has created two miracles of rapid economic growth and long-term social stability. Whole-process people’s democracy has been instrumental in maintaining long-term social stability. It ensures that the people gain equal benefits from development achievements and enables them to express their demands and concerns in a timely manner. Favorable public opinion thus provides a stable foundation for China’s sustainable development. The Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies survey showed that 92 percent of respondents in 23 countries – almost 5 percent more than in 2022 – regard Chinese society as stable, solidary, safe, and orderly. Similarly positive opinions among respondents in developed countries rose by nearly 10 percent.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Practice has shown that the Chinese people fully recognize and support the role that whole-process people’s democracy plays in realizing the running of the country by the people, and building consensus. This demonstrates China’s institutional strength, as well as the vitality and bright future of whole-process people’s democracy, the latter of which (the survey showed) has greatly improved public confidence in and satisfaction with the government. More than 98 percent of Chinese respondents said that they trust the government, and are satisfied with the country’s democracy and clean government. Over 94 percent of the Chinese people polled expressed satisfaction with social fairness and the environment, and confidence in the Chinese culture. The effect of whole-process people’s democracy is obvious in having heightened the people’s sense of advancement, happiness, and security, as reflected in the opinions of more than 96 percent of Chinese respondents.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">Since 2021, the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies has organized the Global Young Leaders Dialogue program, under which it launched a global youth salon themed on observing whole-process people’s democracy through Beijing’s practice. Young people from more than 10 countries, including the United States, Italy, Pakistan, Nepal, and Colombia, had an immersive experience of China’s whole-process people’s democracy in the offices of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People’s Congress, and in the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, as well as in residential communities. In the event, these young representatives from foreign countries “acted” as deputies to the people’s congress where they pressed the voting key, so experiencing the solemn exercise of state power on behalf of the people. They also put into operation the Beijing Municipal People’s Congress online budget supervision system, and were awed at the extent to which big data empowers the people’s congress review of the government budget.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">These young foreign representatives believe that China’s democracy consists in a process of building consensus, which entails collecting and fully discussing public opinions, and then reaching consensus. For both mundane matters, such as everyday life issues and transport, and more important ones, like urban planning and implementation of reform measures, the people can express their opinions and make suggestions through democratic channels, thus for administration, legislation and law enforcement to be more procedure-based, democratic, sound, and effective.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">There is no one-size-fits-all political system. Each country presents its distinctive values in building democratic systems and advancing democracy. Whole-process people’s democracy is not about exporting Chinese democracy to other countries. Rather, it tells those that are pursuing democracy that each country is entitled to search out the political system and path to democracy best suited to their national conditions. In the future, countries should learn from each other while forging ahead. Both drawing on the experience gained from fine political civilizations and giving full consideration to their national conditions and political practice, countries should take a problem-oriented approach to seeking out a model of democracy that fits their national contexts. Countries should join hands in opening up new chapters in the politics of human civilization. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: "ScalaOT Bold", ScalaOT; font-size: 16px;"><b>By YU YUNQUAN</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;"><b> </b> </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;">YU YUNQUAN is president of the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="color: white; 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Take a look at the graphics to get some basic information.</div><div class="mid_desc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: "ScalaOT Regular", ScalaOT; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="mid_desc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: "ScalaOT Regular", ScalaOT; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><ul style="align-items: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; display: -webkit-flex; flex-wrap: nowrap; flex: 1 1 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeue-Bold, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; justify-content: flex-start; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 0 256px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 50px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202403/1308486.shtml" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2024/2024-03-08/c233df69-53d9-4827-92f4-14460077ea7e_s.jpeg" style="border: 0px; 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clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HFQDmAjZvdk?si=lVyXFkUj4t_7j_PY" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe> </p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre;">Chester Cheng - Real Estate</span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string bold" dir="auto" style-target="bold" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-color,inherit); font-weight: var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-font-weight,500); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string bold" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/malaysia2024" spellcheck="false" style-target="bold" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display,inline-block); font-weight: var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-font-weight,500); overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap,none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration,none); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break,none);">#malaysia2024</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string bold" dir="auto" style-target="bold" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-color,inherit); font-weight: var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-font-weight,500); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string bold" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/malaysiarealestate" spellcheck="false" style-target="bold" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display,inline-block); font-weight: var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-font-weight,500); overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap,none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration,none); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break,none);">#malaysiarealestate</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string bold" dir="auto" style-target="bold" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-color,inherit); font-weight: var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-font-weight,500); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string bold" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/malaysiaproperty" spellcheck="false" style-target="bold" style="cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display,inline-block); font-weight: var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-font-weight,500); overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap,none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration,none); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break,none);">#malaysiaproperty</a><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span style="color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">As the year 2023 comes to an ending, I wish everyone Happy New Year! This video sharing is my own personal opinions about the coming year 2024 for Malaysian real estate market.</span></p><div class="inline-img" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmc-EpGSEWTMQZx7kRimseLDbN2HhiufsGPk9S9q6UsYo3FHuFuf9rPDItBjRp4ZKb76TbQ44Onu3SUmyjXfHuVObEm3rLcwwu2HTMdL43xoj8qg-py4ihTg7I9hamiHHAK1YWr-3sNZtAamy1u5Dj3pd2LIiCQSCvZGu3QfU9orAYWImwNIRlg8MZlIo/s620/Growth%20momentum%20set%20to%20continue.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="620" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmc-EpGSEWTMQZx7kRimseLDbN2HhiufsGPk9S9q6UsYo3FHuFuf9rPDItBjRp4ZKb76TbQ44Onu3SUmyjXfHuVObEm3rLcwwu2HTMdL43xoj8qg-py4ihTg7I9hamiHHAK1YWr-3sNZtAamy1u5Dj3pd2LIiCQSCvZGu3QfU9orAYWImwNIRlg8MZlIo/w640-h480/Growth%20momentum%20set%20to%20continue.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="story-image" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p class="caption" style="background: rgb(218, 228, 239); border: 1px solid rgb(214, 214, 214); box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 0.813em; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.231em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 8px 10px;">The positive growth trend is driven by a higher increase in transaction values in all subsectors.</p></div></div><div class="story bot-15 relative" id="story-body" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">KAJANG: The Malaysian property market transaction values rose by almost 10% to a record of RM196.83bil in 2023 from the previous year, with its growth momentum expected to continue this year.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The property overhang situation had seen a slight improvement as the numbers continued to decline by 7% and 4% in volume and transaction values, respectively, from 2022.</p><div class="sasStoryRectPos" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Moving forward, the Valuation and Property Services Department (VPSD) said the property market performance is expected to remain cautiously optimistic this year. This is predicated on the healthy gross domestic product growth forecast for this year that’s supported by resilient domestic growth prospects.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Accommodative policies, well-executed measures outlined in Budget 2024 and proper implementation of strategies and initiatives under the 12th Malaysia Plan are expected to catalyse further growth in the property sector, the department said.</p><div class="inlineAd" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 610px;"><div data-google-query-id="CLe22pGc4oQDFUaPrAIdNXkDQQ" id="div-gpt-ad-Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid_OSV" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_Business/Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_Business_SP_Mid_OSV_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em;">The number of property transactions last year recorded a positive growth of 2.5% to 399,008 in 2023, compared to 389,107 last year. The statistics were taken from the Property Market Report 2023 published by the National Property Information Centre (Napic) and VPSD, which is a department under the Finance Ministry.</span></div></div></div><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“The performance of the property market is encouraging with transaction values in 2023 having reached a record, which is an increase of 9.9% from 2022.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“The momentum of the property market will continue to be supported through Budget 2024 measures related to affordable housing and first home financing towards generating a stronger economic performance for the year 2024,” said Finance Minister II senator Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The positive growth trend is driven by a higher increase in transaction values in all subsectors, namely the residential at 7.1%, commercial 17.5%, industrial 13.1%, agriculture 4.6% and development land and others at 13.8%, compared to 2022.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Newly launched residential units also saw an increase of 4.4% to 56,526 units with a better sales performance of 40.4% from 36% in 2022, the department said.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">In his speech at the property report launch yesterday, Amir Hamzah also highlighted the reduction in the property overhang.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“The status for the overhang or unsold units have reduced to 26,000 units with a value of RM17.7bil compared with almost 28,000 units valued at RM18.41bil in 2022,” he said.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Amir Hamzah also said there will be an improvement in the requirements for applicants of the Malaysia My Second Home programme to increase its “flexibility.”</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“This will encourage more interest into property transactions in the country that will also attract more tourists and foreign investors into the country,” he said.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">This move is expected to help increase investments into the financial markets, of which also includes the national property market, he added.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The government’s present efforts to boost the property sector include the exemption of stamp duty on the transfer of documents for the purchase of a person’s first home up to RM500,000, which will be effective until December 2025.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">On another matter, the minister also urged all data suppliers to ensure the data provided to Napic were always accurate and correct.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Please continue the good working relationship with Napic and the VPSD as the data supplied has a big impact in the future formulation of government policies for the property market.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“I also ask all the others involved, especially the developers, planners or agencies that approve development plans to continue to refer to the data that is being published by Napic, which is accessible through a dedicated portal,” Amir Hamzah said.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Meanwhile, the report said the Malaysian House Price Index stood at 216.5 points or RM467,144 per unit in 2023, with a moderate annual growth of 3.2%.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">All major states recorded positive annual growth, led by Johor at 6.2%, Penang at 3.8%, Selangor 2.9% and Kuala Lumpur at 1.8%, the report said.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Meanwhile the performance of shopping complexes witnessed moderate growth in 2023, as the occupancy rate increased slightly to 77.4%.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The available space reduced to four million sq metres, while the availability rate decreased to 22.6%, it said.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Commenting on the property overhang situation, Rahim & Co International Sdn Bhd real estate agency chief executive officer Siva Shanker said he expects the overhang will go down further this year as the market stabilises and improves.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“The biggest cause of overhang units is mainly due to oversupply.”</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“A mismatch in location, pricing and developers not meeting the buyer’s demands” are causes of overhang and unsold residential units,” he added.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">According to the property market report, the states with the highest rates of residential overhang and unsold units last year were Johor, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor respectively.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Meanwhile, Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents president Tan Kian Aun said the positive reduction in the overhang is a good sign, which shows the vibrancy of the market to be able to absorb the outstanding units in the market.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Tan said the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) last year showed good progress in the overhang statistics.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Hopefully the government can consider extending the HOC to further reduce the overhang situation,” Tan told StarBiz.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">When asked on the property market’s outlook, Siva said the days of phenomenal growth in the property market are over and he expects a slight growth in the property market for 2024.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Siva noted that “organic growth is a good thing.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“We want a market that is stable and sustainable in the long run as it will not fluctuate with unpredictable highs and lows.”</p></div>Rightways Technologieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12675896663803464743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414722382816633494.post-66838072104683918852024-03-05T23:32:00.004+08:002024-03-05T23:32:43.989+08:00We choose our own friends, China remains a key ally<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A9VdVlZ3GHU?si=Yxpw4UQZPVXPN6p4" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></p><h1 class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; display: -webkit-box; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; 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border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">MELBOURNE: As a “fiercely independent” nation, Malaysia will not be dictated to by anyone over its relations with China or any of its important neighbours, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“While we remain an important friend to the United States, Europe and here in Australia, that should not preclude us from being friendly to one of our important neighbours, specifically China,” the Prime Minister said.</p><div class="sasStoryRectPos" style="border: none; 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We do not want to be dictated to by any force.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“If they have problems with China, they should not impose them upon us. We do not have a problem with China,” Anwar said in a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during his official visit to the country yesterday.</p><div class="inlineAd" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 610px;"><div data-google-query-id="CKjXg6Gp3YQDFV5BnQkdaHEBmQ" id="div-gpt-ad-Desktop_TSOL_News_SP_Mid_OSV" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_News/Desktop_TSOL_News_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_News_SP_Mid_OSV_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 1px;"><iframe allow="attribution-reporting" aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="6" data-is-safeframe="true" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_News/Desktop_TSOL_News_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_News_SP_Mid_OSV_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" scrolling="no" src="https://72f1ec900b87b7a59111b36619c91c7e.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px auto 20px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></div></div></div><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Asked about how Sinophobia manifested itself and its effect on the region, Anwar replied that Malaysia upholds an “open trading policy to encourage investments from foreign countries.”</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“They have levied some criticisms against us for giving additional focus to China. Right now, China seems to be the leading investor in Malaysia.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Cumulatively, it’s still the United States of America,” he added.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">On Feb 27, Anwar had decried “China-phobia” among US and Western allies in an interview with the Financial Times in the United States, questioning why Malaysia would “pick a quarrel” with China, its largest trading partner, in response to US criticism of Malaysia’s ties with Beijing.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Why must I be tied to one interest? I don’t buy into this strong prejudice against China, this China-phobia.”</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Calling China an important neighbour, he said Malaysia would give priority to enhancing relations with Beijing in terms of trade, investment and culture.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Anwar, who is in Australia with his wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and several ministers and leaders, will attend two major programmes – the Malaysia-Australia Annual Leaders’ Meeting and the Asean-Australia Special Summit.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><span class="embeded-image inline-image-center" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: table; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Warm welcome: Anwar shaking hands with Albanese at Government House in Melbourne, Victoria. Looking on is Governor of Victoria, Margaret Gardener. — Bernama" src="https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2024/03/05/2575659.JPG" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 455px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 620px;" /><span class="inline-caption" style="border: 1px solid rgb(214, 214, 214); box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; font-size: 0.813em; line-height: 1.231em; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 10px;">Warm welcome: Anwar shaking hands with Albanese at Government House in Melbourne, Victoria. Looking on is Governor of Victoria, Margaret Gardener. — Bernama</span></span></p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">On the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Anwar lauded the Syrian government for supporting the call for a ceasefire and enhancing media efforts in Gaza.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“The consensus is in calling for a ceasefire and good humanitarian support, and probably avoiding the contentious issues between Palestine and Israel. At least for now, it is to cease fire and provide humanitarian assistance.”</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Albanese also reiterated his call to end civilian suffering through a humanitarian ceasefire, the release of hostages, and a two-state political solution for Palestinians and Israelis to live with security and stability.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">On the 10th anniversary of flight MH370, which went missing on March 8, 2014, Anwar said Malaysia would not hesitate to renew the search for the aircraft if there was “compelling evidence.”</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“We will be glad to reopen (the search) because I don’t think it’s a technical issue. It is an issue affecting the lives of people, and whatever needs to be done must be done,” he said.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Both Anwar and Albanese also agreed that Malaysia and Australia would like to achieve more growth in trade and economic relations, especially in green energy and education.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“There’s a real potential for further institutional investment from Australia into Malaysia as well, with universities and tertiary education being a real prospect.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Australia remains an important supplier of LNG to Malaysia. We have so much in common in our economies that is quite complementary,” Albanese said.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">He also said Australia was focused on this region despite receiving critical commentary about it sometimes.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“We make no apologies for our focus being on South-East Asia in the Indo-Pacific because this is where our future economic prosperity will be determined.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“We’re living in this region, the fastest-growing region of the world. What that presents is an enormous opportunity for both our nations,” he said.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Anwar replied that Malaysia was committed to facilitating all avenues that both countries could explore – including renewable energy, green technology, digitalisation, food security and education opportunities involving top Australian institutions.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><b style="font-size: 1em;">Related post:</b></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://rigthways.blogspot.com/2024/03/promise-of-change-slow-in-coming.html" style="color: #73c054; text-decoration-line: none;">Promise of change slow in coming</a></h3><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><b>Related articles:</b></p><div class="common_left" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 0 500px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeue-Bold, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 60px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202403/1308156.shtml" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline-offset: -2px; outline: -webkit-focus-ring-color auto 5px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img height="240" src="https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2024/2024-03-04/3ddbf1a2-6507-4e6a-b3e3-c44fa4765e47.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 500px;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="common_right" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeue-Bold, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="common_title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: "ScalaOT Bold", ScalaOT; font-size: 38px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202403/1308156.shtml" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Western slander won't put China off its economic stride</a></div><div class="common_desc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: "ScalaOT Regular", ScalaOT; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">During China's two sessions, much attention is often paid to the country's GDP growth target. 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #23527c; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: "ScalaOT Bold", ScalaOT; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px; margin: 9px 0px 14px; outline-offset: -2px; outline: -webkit-focus-ring-color auto 5px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Philippines cannot catch 'big fish' of geopolitics in SCS: Global Times editorial</a><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">We also hope that the Philippines' expression of "hope for a peaceful resolution to the maritime disputes with China" is not just a diplomatic rhetoric shifting the blame onto China</p></div></div><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></div>Rightways Technologieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12675896663803464743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414722382816633494.post-700391624969995342024-03-04T19:42:00.004+08:002024-03-04T19:42:33.301+08:00Promise of change slow in coming<p> </p><h2 class="article-subtitle" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-weight: normal; margin: -1.5em auto 2em; max-width: 830px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Accusations of betrayal and unfulfilled promises of reforms have been flying fast and furious but, behind the scenes, efforts are being pursued to realise the pledges made.</h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgQIFnr8pJxW_Na1oQm221VKlx1ej5piBs199GbB3ww3Tl2kzrf11aHgfmR8jntm1pwUao-cmknim8Gb0NYEenSMP35baxe-tDGWNMvl6XHIy1SjwxUfbv-flxa6O8JrHGtSSJiDEojhVQ_amadF_9DQ8XVsVI3hVwZPrvkzJAFFYLH2q8uJjBlawf2ws" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgQIFnr8pJxW_Na1oQm221VKlx1ej5piBs199GbB3ww3Tl2kzrf11aHgfmR8jntm1pwUao-cmknim8Gb0NYEenSMP35baxe-tDGWNMvl6XHIy1SjwxUfbv-flxa6O8JrHGtSSJiDEojhVQ_amadF_9DQ8XVsVI3hVwZPrvkzJAFFYLH2q8uJjBlawf2ws=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><img alt="" class="wp-image-2694649 size-full" data-adbro-processed="true" height="500" loading="lazy" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/95f51de6-bersih-parliment-fmt-270224-13.jpg" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 8px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 14px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 800px;" width="800" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-2694649" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--fmt-mortar-color); font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 20px; text-align: center;">Protesters holding yellow signs with phrases such as ‘Don’t get comfortable’ and ‘Clean and fair’ while chanting ‘Tuntut Reformasi, Tolak DNAA, Rakyat Bangkit’.</figcaption></div><div><a data-ved="2ahUKEwi_45bbu9qEAxXIcGwGHTnwARoQFnoECBUQAQ" href="https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/02/27/100-protestors-march-in-bersih-rally-demanding-reforms/" jsname="UWckNb" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/02/27/100-protestors-march-in-bersih-rally-demanding-reforms/&ved=2ahUKEwi_45bbu9qEAxXIcGwGHTnwARoQFnoECBUQAQ" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); background-color: white; outline: 0px;"><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="display: inline-block; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; margin: 18px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">100 protesters march in Bersih rally for reforms</h3></a></div><div><a data-ved="2ahUKEwi_45bbu9qEAxXIcGwGHTnwARoQFnoECBAQAQ" href="https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2024/02/1018383/bersih-rally-shows-something-wrong-madani-govt" jsname="UWckNb" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2024/02/1018383/bersih-rally-shows-something-wrong-madani-govt&ved=2ahUKEwi_45bbu9qEAxXIcGwGHTnwARoQFnoECBAQAQ" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); background-color: white; color: #1a0dab; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: 0px;"><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="display: inline-block; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; margin: 18px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Bersih rally shows something wrong with Madani govt'</h3></a></div><div><br /></div>
THE Bersih march to Parliament was a sad sight.
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Once a powerful voice that was able to flood downtown Kuala Lumpur with a sea of yellow-shirted people, the rally crowd on Tuesday morning was so sparse it was almost outnumbered by police personnel and media people.
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Cynics say it is living proof that Bersih was basically a vehicle used by Pakatan Harapan to overthrow Barisan Nasional and that the NGO has been used and discarded like tissue paper.
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But Pakatan politicians are the ones who ought to be embarrassed for what some reporters described as “hiding inside” Parliament instead of facing the protesters.
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The tables have turned and it is ironic that Pakatan is now on the defensive.
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Only six MPS emerged to meet the protesters among them being Sungai Petani MP Taufiq Johari who said his party, PKR, has not abandoned its reform ideals.
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“Don’t dwell on the size of the Bersih crowd. It is the message they carry that is important and we support that,” he said.
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Taufiq pointed out that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim also spent about 40 minutes in his Parliament office to listen to the Bersih delegation and also to explain that reforms are still his priority.
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A year is quite impossible to implement the sky, the moon and the stars that Pakatan had promised during the election campaign.
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Tiktok is flooded with videos of Anwar and also Rafizi Ramli slamming the then government over the ringgit and the economy when they commanded the ceramah stage.
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Pakatan had promised to “save Malaysia” but businessmen are staggering under the shrinking ringgit.
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The government is under pressure and DAP has been labelled as MCA 2.0 for their silence on issues, including the never-ending saga of the Teoh Beng Hock death which the party had used to inflame Chinese sentiments.
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It has been a thorny period as the past returns to haunt Pakatan leaders.
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Actually, Pakatan politicians said so many silly things on the ceramah circuit and their supporters have only themselves to blame for swallowing everything without chewing.
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“To be fair, the unity government is now dealing with a bit of what each party promised because it took a few months for the new partners to find the chemistry of working together.
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“But they have not sat down to talk about a combined manifesto, to tell people that this is what we will do as a coalition government,” said lawyer Ivanpal S. Grewal.
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Much credibility also went down the drain over the preferential treatment given to the corruption cases of Umno leaders Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
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Ivanpal said that while the average Malaysian is concerned about the rising cost of living, the noise among the chattering class is on issues like equal allocation for the Opposition, political funding and strengthening the judiciary and the Malaysian Anticorruption Commission.
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“None of the Pakatan leaders seem to be thinking about how the unity government wants to be perceived in the eyes of the public and Anwar cuts a lonely figure defending his government’s policy.
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“The government is failing on the communication front,” said Ivanpal.
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Investors and businessmen, said Ivanpal, expect an economic roadmap by now.
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The mantra that reform takes time may sound like a lame excuse but legislative reform is not like cooking Maggi Mee.
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Also, it is not that the government is doing nothing about it.
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“We are working on it and we want it to be properly done,” said Selayang MP William Leong who chairs the Parliamentary Select Committee on Human Rights, General Elections and Institutional Reform.
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The government has tackled the low-hanging fruits like laws on sexual harassment, child protection and amendments to the Suhakam Act.
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Leong, who was also there to meet the Bersih protesters, said Bersih then under the chairmanship of Thomas Fann was the first NGO that the select committee met in April last year.
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This was followed by discussions with more NGOS like Tindak Malaysia, Suhakam, the Civil Society Organisation, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) and groups connected to refugee and prison reform.
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“Everyone, especially the NGOS, have their pet reforms but we also have to prioritise. I told the NGOS that we are new cooks who have just come into the kitchen and there are 10 pots boiling away on the stove.
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“The devil lies in the details. For instance, separating the Attorney General’s Chambers and Public Prosecution cannot happen overnight. We have to look at the legal side as well as the administrative implementation.
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“I understand people are impatient that change is not coming fast enough but even when we buy a house, it takes three years to be completed. Let me say this – the changes we promised are on the way,” said Leong.
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Anwar has turned out to be more lively than his immediate predecessor Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He is also less aloof than Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and certainly younger and more energetic than Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
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But he is surely aware that the last time ordinary people complained so much about the ringgit and cost of living issues was when Najib was still in charge and that is not a good parallel.
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Truth be told, the non-malays had wholeheartedly supported Anwar because they believed they were voting for a more equal Malaysia. It is a painful realisation that the Chinese tsunami could not deliver the New Malaysia they expected.
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But time is on Anwar’s side. He has a supportive King on his side and another three years to work on delivering the change.</u></u><div><span color="rgba(68, 79, 86, 0.95)" face="system-ui, -apple-system, Helvetica, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />The Star by JOCELINE TAN The views expressed here are entirely the writer’s own.</span><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><u><br /><u><br />
</u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></u></div>Rightways Technologieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12675896663803464743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414722382816633494.post-47416248744212650552024-03-01T22:47:00.005+08:002024-03-01T22:47:54.341+08:00Exercises Like Planks, Wall Sits Work Best to Help Lower Blood Pressure<div class="loc article-header" style="background-color: #fefcf9; box-sizing: border-box; grid-area: header; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="comp healthdotcom-article-header mntl-article-header" id="healthdotcom-article-header_1-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 3.375rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Plus Jakarta Sans, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #1c0e40;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sQCzXdckXPs?si=BbmsMAguFizgLyaG" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 3.375rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Plus Jakarta Sans, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: #1c0e40; font-size: 14px;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dMGllNClf20?si=JcB1t6USYyHsanlZ" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 3.375rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Plus Jakarta Sans, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: #1c0e40; font-size: x-small;"><h1 class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; display: -webkit-box; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 2.8rem; margin: 0px; max-height: 5.6rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: break-word;"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style="">The Single BEST Exercise to Lower Blood Pressure!</yt-formatted-string></h1></span></span></div></div></div><div class="loc article-content" style="background-color: #fefcf9; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c0e40; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; grid-area: content; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="comp article-content mntl-block" id="article-content_1-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-area: content; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="comp mntl-sc-page mntl-block structured-content js-extended-commerce__section" data-bind-scroll-on-start="true" data-sc-ad-label-height="24" data-sc-ad-track-spacing="100" data-sc-breakpoint="50em" data-sc-content-positions="[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]" data-sc-load-immediate="4" data-sc-max-track-height="600" data-sc-min-track-height="250" data-sc-sticky-offset="90" id="mntl-sc-page_1-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="comp mntl-sc-block healthdotcom-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-newstakeaway" data-tracking-container="true" data-tracking-id="mntl-sc-block-callout" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 0.5rem; border: 1px solid rgb(20, 47, 11); box-sizing: border-box; color: #142f0b; margin: 0px 0px 3rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><div class="mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 1.5rem 0px; padding: 0px 1.5rem;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 0.8125rem; padding: 0px;">New research found that strength training exercises can be more effective at lowering blood pressure compared to other styles of exercise.<span class="mntl-inline-citation mntl-dynamic-tooltip--trigger" data-id="#citation-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #571af2; cursor: pointer; display: inline-flex; font-size: 13.5px; margin-left: 0.125rem; padding-bottom: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: super;" tabindex="0">1</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 0.8125rem; padding: 0px;">Isometric movements, like wall sits and planks, were noted as the best form of strength training to lower blood pressure.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8125rem; padding: 0px;">Experts recommend creating a sustainable exercise routine that includes both aerobic exercises and strength training in order to see the most benefits.</li></ul></div></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_2-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">Strength training is more effective at lowering blood pressure than other styles of exercise, a new study finds.<span class="mntl-inline-citation mntl-dynamic-tooltip--trigger" data-id="#citation-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #571af2; cursor: pointer; display: inline-flex; font-size: 13.5px; margin-left: 0.125rem; padding-bottom: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: super;" tabindex="0">1</span></p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_3-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_4-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">It has long been known that exercise can help reduce blood pressure, and can be an important component of managing <a data-component="link" data-ordinal="1" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" href="https://www.health.com/high-blood-pressure-overview-7505223" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #571af2; outline: 0px; text-underline-offset: 2px; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s;">hypertension</a>. However, most research has focused on the benefits of aerobic exercise—like walking and running—to reduce blood pressure.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_5-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_6-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">But, it’s not just cardio workouts that can be helpful for blood pressure management.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_7-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_8-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">A new study, published in July in the <em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-variation-settings: "ital" 0.75;">British Journal of Sports Medicine</em>, found that strength training exercises are more effective at lowering blood pressure than other forms of exercise.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_9-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_10-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">The new research suggests that strength exercises, particularly those considered isometric exercises like planks and wall sits are better at lowering blood pressure than other types of exercises.<span class="mntl-inline-citation mntl-dynamic-tooltip--trigger" data-id="#citation-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #571af2; cursor: pointer; display: inline-flex; font-size: 13.5px; margin-left: 0.125rem; padding-bottom: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: super;" tabindex="0">1</span></p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_11-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_12-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">“Isometric exercises increase the heart rate, lower cardiac output, and alter systemic vascular resistance via various musculoskeletal receptors,” said <a data-component="link" data-ordinal="1" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="externalLink" href="https://hfcca.com/team-member/nitin-bhatnagar-d-o/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #571af2; outline: 0px; text-underline-offset: 2px; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s;" target="_blank">Nitin Bhatnagar, DO</a>, a cardiologist, human behavioral specialist, CrossFit coach, and life architect at Hampden and Franklin County Cardiovascular Associates in Massachusetts.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_13-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_14-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">He explained that, over time, this conditions the cardiovascular system and lowers blood pressure.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_15-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_16-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">“This gives further proof that exercise is a critical component of controlling our blood pressure, in addition to medication if that is what is recommended by your doctor,” said <a data-component="link" data-ordinal="1" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="externalLink" href="https://www.brcardiology.com/portfolio-item/lance-c-lamotte/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #571af2; outline: 0px; text-underline-offset: 2px; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s;" target="_blank">Lance LaMotte, MD</a>, FACC, a structural and interventional cardiologist and the owner of TITLE Boxing Club in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_17-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="comp mm-ads-native-fluid mm-ads-native" data-right-rail-index="2" id="mm-ads-native-fluid_1-0" style="--native-ad-height: auto; box-sizing: border-box; height: var(--native-ad-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 600px;"><div class="comp mm-ads-native__adunit mm-ads-gpt-dynamic-adunit mm-ads-gpt-adunit scads-to-load gpt native dynamic js-immediate-ad js-immediate-ad-loaded" id="mm-ads-native__adunit_1-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; max-width: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></div></div></div><figure class="comp mntl-sc-block healthdotcom-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-universal-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res" id="mntl-sc-block_18-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 3rem auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><div class="figure-media" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="img-placeholder" style="background-color: #c7c7c7; border-radius: 0.5rem; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 0px 399.594px; position: relative; width: 600px;"><img alt="Man doing a forearm plank" class="universal-image__image lazyloaded" data-click-tracked="true" data-expand="300" data-hi-res-src="https://www.health.com/thmb/C_kOIu1-awiGKi8X1LTFSnPEuPk=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/GettyImages-1349270653-74307c0f482b4e2db3aecf365907ee56.jpg" data-img-lightbox="true" data-sizes="750px" data-src="https://www.health.com/thmb/C_kOIu1-awiGKi8X1LTFSnPEuPk=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/GettyImages-1349270653-74307c0f482b4e2db3aecf365907ee56.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.health.com/thmb/b5AeFBO9zyEqYMPcXr9Kn1mxQ7E=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/GettyImages-1349270653-74307c0f482b4e2db3aecf365907ee56.jpg 750w" data-tracking-container="true" height="1414" id="mntl-sc-block-image_2-0" sizes="750px" src="https://www.health.com/thmb/C_kOIu1-awiGKi8X1LTFSnPEuPk=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/GettyImages-1349270653-74307c0f482b4e2db3aecf365907ee56.jpg" srcset="https://www.health.com/thmb/b5AeFBO9zyEqYMPcXr9Kn1mxQ7E=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/GettyImages-1349270653-74307c0f482b4e2db3aecf365907ee56.jpg 750w" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: zoom-in; height: auto; max-width: 100%; width: 600px;" width="2121" /></div></div><figcaption class="comp mntl-figure-caption type-label--md figure-article-caption" id="mntl-figure-caption_1-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #615d66; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: 1.125rem; margin-top: 0.5rem; text-align: right;"><span class="figure-article-caption-owner" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-transform: uppercase;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">GETTY IMAGES / OSCAR WONG</p></span></figcaption></figure><div class="comp mntl-sc-block healthdotcom-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-explainer" data-tracking-container="true" data-tracking-id="mntl-sc-block-callout" id="mntl-sc-block_19-0" style="background-color: white; border-color: rgb(20, 47, 11); border-radius: 0.5rem; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #142f0b; margin: 3rem 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 1.875rem 1.5rem 1.5rem; position: relative;"><h3 class="mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__heading" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.5625rem; line-height: 2rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">The Limitations of the Study</h3><div class="mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">LaMotte noted that since the new research is a meta-analysis (an analysis of several trials), there is room for critique of the certainty of the findings. “As licensed practitioners, we rely on meta-analyses a little less for absolute results,” he said.</p></div></div><span class="heading-toc" id="toc-exercise-reduces-the-stiffness-of-blood-vessels-which-lowers-blood-pressure" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><h2 class="comp mntl-sc-block healthdotcom-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading" id="mntl-sc-block_20-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 2.625rem; margin: 3rem 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span class="mntl-sc-block-heading__text" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Exercise Reduces the Stiffness of Blood Vessels, Which Lowers Blood Pressure</span></h2><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_21-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">From a broad perspective, exercise helps blood pressure by reducing the stiffness of the blood vessels. This makes the blood vessels more “compliant” or extensible and able to dilate or widen, making more “room” for blood to flow through.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_22-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_23-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">This decreases the pressure exerted by the blood on the arterial walls.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_24-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_25-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">Bhatnagar explained that blood vessels have three layers of tissue that comprise the walls of the vessels. The innermost layer is known as the endothelial layer; exercise has been shown to influence the activity of the endothelium.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_26-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_27-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">The endothelial cells release nitric oxide, which helps widen the blood vessels.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_28-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_29-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">“[Nitric oxide] also relaxes the artery wall’s smooth muscle cells, preventing spasms, and keeps the vessels patent,” Bhatnagar said. “Regular exercise helps the arteries by increasing nitric oxide production.”</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_30-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_31-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">He explained that because of the widening of the blood vessels, blood pressure is lowered.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_32-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_33-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">Consistent exercise also helps lower blood pressure because of how it strengthens the heart muscle, Bhatnagar added. This allows the heart to pump blood more efficiently, which reduces stress on the blood vessels.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_34-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="comp mntl-sc-block healthdotcom-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-explainer" data-tracking-container="true" data-tracking-id="mntl-sc-block-callout" id="mntl-sc-block_35-0" style="background-color: white; border-color: rgb(20, 47, 11); border-radius: 0.5rem; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #142f0b; margin: 3rem 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 1.875rem 1.5rem 1.5rem; position: relative;"><h3 class="mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__heading" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.5625rem; line-height: 2rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">What Is a Healthy Blood Pressure in Adults?</h3><div class="mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">According to the American Heart Association, a blood pressure reading below 120/80 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury) is considered within the normal range for a healthy adult.<span class="mntl-inline-citation mntl-dynamic-tooltip--trigger" data-id="#citation-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #571af2; cursor: pointer; display: inline-flex; font-size: 13.5px; margin-left: 0.125rem; padding-bottom: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: super;" tabindex="0">2</span></p></div></div><div class="comp mntl-sc-block healthdotcom-sc-block-featuredlink mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link--related shape-radius--medium" id="mntl-sc-block_36-0" style="align-items: baseline; background-color: white; border-radius: 0.5rem; border: 1px solid rgb(232, 221, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 1.5rem;"><a class="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link mntl-text-link type--cat-link type-title--sm" data-tracking-container="true" data-tracking-id="featured-link" href="https://www.health.com/most-americans-dont-know-healthy-blood-pressure-7109037" id="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link_1-0" rel="nocaes" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #571af2; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.375rem; outline: 0px; text-underline-offset: 2px; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s;"><span class="link__wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Most People Don't Know What a Normal or Healthy Blood Pressure Is, Study Shows</span></a></div><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_37-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><span class="heading-toc" id="toc-creating-a-balanced-exercise-routine-for-blood-pressure" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><h2 class="comp mntl-sc-block healthdotcom-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading" id="mntl-sc-block_38-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 2.625rem; margin: 3rem 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span class="mntl-sc-block-heading__text" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Creating a Balanced Exercise Routine for Blood Pressure</span></h2><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_39-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">Even though the new research points to the benefits of <a data-component="link" data-ordinal="1" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" href="https://www.health.com/weight-training-lower-blood-pressure-7485185" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #571af2; outline: 0px; text-underline-offset: 2px; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s;">strength training for blood pressure</a>, Bhatnagar clarified that it’s important for an exercise routine to include all forms of exercise in order to provide a full range of benefits to the body.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_40-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_41-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">“Strength training is just as crucial as aerobic training, which is equally vital to yoga and stretching,” he said. “Each discipline plays a role in the body’s development and conditioning to balance strength, endurance, stamina, coordination, flexibility, speed, agility, and functionality.”</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_42-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_43-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">Ultimately, it’s important to find a sustainable exercise routine that you can stick with—that’s when you’ll start to see results.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_44-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_45-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">“The most important thing is to find an exercise that you are going to do at least 3 or 4 times a week,”<a data-component="link" data-ordinal="1" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="externalLink" href="https://www.hcafloridaphysicians.com/physicians/profile/Dr-Allan-Stewart-MD" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #571af2; outline: 0px; text-underline-offset: 2px; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s;" target="_blank">Allan Stewart, MD</a>, a cardiologist and the chairman of surgery and medical director of the Cardiovascular Institute at HCA Florida told <em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-variation-settings: "ital" 0.75;">Health.</em> “If you are someone that doesn’t like strength exercises, and likes to, say, swim, walk, or hike, those are fine as well.”</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_46-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_47-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">LaMotte agreed that liking the kind of exercise you’re doing will help with consistency, which is, in his opinion, more important than choosing a specific kind of physical activity.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_48-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_49-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">“Make sure you choose something that you enjoy doing and can commit to long-term,” he said. “That’s where I see people fall off—when they choose an activity they can’t adhere to.”</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_50-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_51-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">That said, Stewart, LaMotte, and Bhatnagar agree that you certainly shouldn’t negate strength training.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_52-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_53-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">“The reason why we have joint, posture problems, and disc disease is because we’re not doing strength training over time,” Stewart said. “Strength training will lead to better posture and a lower heart rate. It will also decrease stress, decrease arthritis, improve posture, and decrease spinal disease, among the many benefits.”</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_54-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_55-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">Before you begin any exercise program, particularly if you struggle with high blood pressure, Stewart noted that it’s important to speak to a healthcare professional.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_56-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_57-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">But, once you’ve decided on the right exercise path for you, it can yield impactful results.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_58-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_59-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">“We are far better off with exercise than blood pressure medicine,” said Stewart. “It’s not to say there aren’t people who need it, but [focus on] controlling your diet, controlling your stress, getting proper sleep and exercise.”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><div class="comp mntl-bylines__item mntl-attribution__item mntl-attribution__item--has-date" id="mntl-bylines__item_1-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzIWAvx-TYiykXQchJ1Ujjf0ZtPmjTetI5MFNKHowIuxLhOp2FeYKYQFf82BXmP1UGbNbTVjwuVNVw1iLsANa0LaLhYP0ramaJis94qPTLbOKJ0pdEzaVly4U7nIExTnaImDkogbOF_GWDhyphenhyphenEa1SaubyRKIGkBGimNwleEF55mtHmRgpVDQP_xJwZpjQ/s640/Sack%20Anyone%20Who%20Doesn%E2%80%99t%20Perform.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="640" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzIWAvx-TYiykXQchJ1Ujjf0ZtPmjTetI5MFNKHowIuxLhOp2FeYKYQFf82BXmP1UGbNbTVjwuVNVw1iLsANa0LaLhYP0ramaJis94qPTLbOKJ0pdEzaVly4U7nIExTnaImDkogbOF_GWDhyphenhyphenEa1SaubyRKIGkBGimNwleEF55mtHmRgpVDQP_xJwZpjQ/w640-h344/Sack%20Anyone%20Who%20Doesn%E2%80%99t%20Perform.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Sack Anyone Who Doesn’t Perform – PM Anwar And Other Lame Ministers Should Learn From Badass Tiong - FINANCE TWITTER February 25th, 2024
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With 35 years experience under his belt in the public service, Dr Ammar Abdul Ghapar was one of Malaysia’s 1.7 million lucky bloated civil servants. Untouchable due to his skin colour, he was promoted as the new director general of Tourism Malaysia on April 12, 2023. But he mistook his promotion as recognition of his talent and brilliance. The little Napoleon soon became big-headed.</u><div><br />
When the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture – Tiong King Sing – suddenly terminated his service in a letter dated February 22, 2024, removing him effective February 26, he was shocked, angry and humiliated. Never in the history of the Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board had its director-general been removed in such a fashion. How dare Tiong removed him, supposedly an untouchable Malay?
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Backing Ammar was Sri Ganesh Michiel, the clueless secretary-general of the Malaysian Tourism Federation (MTF) who demanded an explanation for the termination. Sri Ganesh argued that Ammar was a highly experienced industry professional with 36-year experience. Ammar shed crocodile tears, pretended to be lost about his termination, leading to rumours that he had been fired.
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The termination letter went viral on social media, sparking another round of racist issue in a country that has seen the rise of extremism and racism. Opposition Perikatan Nasional, banking on Malay nationalism and Islamic radicalization for votes, appears to suggest that the fiasco was due to the major group Malay being bullied by the minority ethnic Chinese.
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But Mr Tiong did not care about his subordinate’s skin colour. In fact, the minister was well prepared to spill the beans. As it turned out, director-general of Tourism Malaysia was not sacked, but merely demoted. And the reason he was demoted to deputy director-general (planning division) was due to his underperformance. The best part was Tiong managed to spare some time insulting Ammar’s qualifications.
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The Minister of Tourism told media – “Since he couldn’t perform well, I decided that whoever is capable should take on the role, and if someone is incapable, step down to give others an opportunity. I don’t know if he lacked ideas or was unsure how to implement them. But if one cannot deliver results, a change is necessary. I didn’t terminate his employment; I simply reassigned him.”
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Insulting Ammar’s over-rated qualification, Tiong said – “When the former director-general retired (Zainuddin Abdul Wahab), Ammar was not the ministry’s top suggestion. Still, I gave him an opportunity due to his PhD in tourism. Unfortunately, his performance did not reflect the qualifications of a PhD. This has nothing to do with race or religion. Let’s not play around with issues of race and religion.”
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Graduated with a Doctorate of Philosophy in Hotel and Tourism Management and a Master of Business Administration from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Dr Ammar should be ashamed that he has given a bad name to his alma mater. Like it or not, it also speaks volumes about the quality of the university, which ranked #555 in QS World University Rankings 2024.
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To justify how he had lost hope in the director-general, Tiong said that both he and his deputy, Khairul Firdaus Akhbar Khan, provided extensive advice to Ammar and sought input from him. However, like most civil servants infamous for inefficiency, low productivity, yet arrogant, the chief of Tourism Malaysia ignored all the advice and instruction as he thought he knew best.</div><div>
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Ammar’s defiance and lack of engagement with respective stakeholders to aggressively boost tourism was the last straw that broke the camel’s back. Tiong said – “Thailand can get 10 million tourists annually from China alone. We only receive 2 million Chinese tourists at most. I set a target of 5 million Chinese tourists, but he deemed it impractical and proposed lowering the target to 3 million.”
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However, only 1.5 million Chinese visitors were recorded last year, meeting just half of the newly demoted Tourism Malaysia director-general’s own target. As a result, Tiong King Sing could not wait till Ammar’s retirement in March 2025 to terminate him. If indeed the tourism minister had wrongly or discriminately cut short his service, Ammar should have sued Tiong.</div><div>
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Instead, Ammar said – “I have no intention of going against any directive or instructions given to me, but I feel very frustrated and sad. I think that after serving for 36 years, I should not be treated this way”. Clearly, he believes that he should be allowed to keep his cushy job till his retirement as traditionally practiced by the incompetent Malaysian government, even though it means wasting taxpayers’ money on non-performing officials.
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Despite the opposition’s attempt to politicise the issue using racial and religious cards, Chief Secretary to the Government Mohd Zuki Ali admits that the Minister of Tourism has the power and authority to hire and fire because the Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board is just another division under the ministry. Even Ammar’s colleagues on the board of directors of Tourism Malaysia supported his termination.
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Despicable Dr Ammar Abdul Ghapar should be grateful that his boss did not sack him. Unlike Chinese ministers from Malaya (West Malaysia), who would think thrice about criticising useless and clueless senior government servants (more than 95% are Malays), let alone terminating their service, Tiong King Sing is from Borneo Sarawak (East Malaysia).
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Arguably, Tiong is the only minister of Chinese ethnicity who dares to call a spade a spade. A member of GPS (Gabungan Parti Sarawak), the largest ruling party in Sarawak that holds the trump card in Anwar-led Unity Government, he does not need to appease anyone. Extremely rich, the 62-year-old politician and businessman is a classic example of a competent lawmaker desperately needed in the country.
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To be effective and efficient, he shows Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, whose bloated cabinet has been expanded to 60 ministers and deputies after a reshuffle in December 2023, how the civil servants should be dealt with if they do not perform. Instead of pussyfooting and rewarding everyone just to become popular, including dead wood, the prime minister should learn from Mr Tiong.
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The termination of Mr Ammar reflects a Chinese proverb – kill one to warn a hundred – that basically means to punish an individual as an example to others. Like the jailing of crooked former Prime Minister Najib Razak, the demotion of the director-general of Tourism Malaysia will set an example to the civil service that they are not untouchable, and can be punished if they sleep on the job.
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Not only the speed of the job termination, which caught the little Napoleon with his pants down, is both admirable and inspiring, the decisiveness of the minister is precisely what investors – both foreign and domestic – have been looking for in the Anwar administration. The PM should decisively do what is necessary to reform the ailing country from decades-old structural problems.</div><div>
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Accountability and meritocracy are some of the missing pieces in the government and civil service, which led to widespread corruption and inferior standard. Instead of being held ransom by the underperforming civil servants, the government should terminate anyone who refuses to work together and promote those who can contribute to the country. Obviously, Ammar isn’t the only director-general who was paid without doing work.
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Tiong King Sing is the same badass minister who rushed to the KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport) in June 2023 in an attempt to help a traveller from China. Initially, he was reportedly barged into the restricted zone without a permit to free a Chinese national – a personal assistant of a senior official of a Chinese government-owned TV station who had arrived in Malaysia to pursue her PhD at a local university.
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As it turned out, not only all Cabinet members have security passes which allow them to enter restricted areas at the KLIA, but the pro-active action of the tourism minister had exposed how the notorious immigration department solicited bribery in broad daylight. It was not true that he had breached security protocols, let alone bullied the immigration into freeing the Chinese traveller.
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It was a standard modus operandi by the corrupt Immigration Department to solicit money from foreign travellers. In order to gain entry, a “three-star” ranking immigration officer demanded RM3,000 bribes from the Chinese woman. Stunningly, the female tourist was also asked an additional RM3,000 if she wanted to return to the country of origin or re-enter Malaysia using a “special lane”, and RM12,000 for visa-processing fees.
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She needs to pay a whopping RM18,000 to gain entry into Malaysia as well as to return to China, without which she could be detained indefinitely – an intimidation and bullying tactic. Not only corruption had been committed, the cellphones of the women were seized by the immigration officers. Hilariously, after caught with its pants down, the immigration officers told Minister Tiong that the matter was a misunderstanding due to language barrier.<br /><br />
Rather than keeping quiet in order not to spook Malay voters, PM Anwar should decisively capitalize on the demotion of Ammar to promote accountability, efficiency, meritocracy and competency among the civil servants.- <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;"> </span><a href="http://www.financetwitter.com/2024/02/sack-anyone-who-doesnt-perform-pm-anwar-and-other-lame-ministers-should-learn-from-badass-tiong.html" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007fef; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; outline: none;">Finance Twitter</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Related posts:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; 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</div>Rightways Technologieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12675896663803464743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414722382816633494.post-19830012644560037652024-02-29T23:25:00.002+08:002024-02-29T23:25:37.256+08:00Unlocking the nation’s ‘brain bank’<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yXXAoaNu5PbgsrmF0brQzqYlvs2LhqjdRTbvIMhGzYYs5AkdxjxgXgM4slzf3xcSMXWalx6K1YyWX9lMzJeK7FFHCQGMFUVQPJmRydcXdJScn4cgX3Y8DscGijwAq5sDfyKt5tdp1bKlJ1Pkb0er67iTsHMLM2RDQQOAe2AJlYPWOqnxEkQScV6BJEY/s1240/%E2%80%98Rethink%20strategy%20to%20entice%20skilled%20talents%20to%20come%20back%E2%80%99.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yXXAoaNu5PbgsrmF0brQzqYlvs2LhqjdRTbvIMhGzYYs5AkdxjxgXgM4slzf3xcSMXWalx6K1YyWX9lMzJeK7FFHCQGMFUVQPJmRydcXdJScn4cgX3Y8DscGijwAq5sDfyKt5tdp1bKlJ1Pkb0er67iTsHMLM2RDQQOAe2AJlYPWOqnxEkQScV6BJEY/w640-h426/%E2%80%98Rethink%20strategy%20to%20entice%20skilled%20talents%20to%20come%20back%E2%80%99.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif" style="background-color: #dae4ef; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 13.008px; font-weight: 600;">Greener pastures: Among reasons why Malaysians opt to work in Singapore are enhanced job prospects, attractive salaries and advantageous exchange rates for the Singapore dollar. — THOMAS YONG/The Star</span><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/02/26/rethink-strategy-to-entice-skilled-talents-to-come-back" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #107fc9; cursor: pointer; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline-offset: -2px; outline: -webkit-focus-ring-color auto 5px; padding: 0px;">‘Rethink strategy to entice skilled talents to come back’</a></h3><p> <span face="Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 16px;">PETALING JAYA: The country should set up a comprehensive registry of Malaysians working abroad, say human resources experts.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">They said this can be done by using big data so that the government can formulate strategies for better “brain circulation” to lure our skilled workers into either returning home or contributing to the economy.</p><div class="sasStoryRectPos" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">National Association of Human Resources Malaysia (Pusma) president Zarina Ismail said Talent Corporation Malaysia Bhd (TalentCorp), an agency under the Human Resources Ministry, should maintain a database of Malaysian professionals abroad.</p><p style="background-color: white; 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border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“This should include Malaysians who went abroad for career prospects and who may have not been kept track of before this.“TalentCorp and the ministry should do more to help Malaysia turn the brain drain into brain circulation, which is doable,” she said in an interview yesterday.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The term “brain circulation” was bandied about in a statement by the Statistics Department last week.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">According to the department, the nation must reframe the “brain drain narrative” and transform it into “brain circulation” in which the Malaysian diaspora will “eventually return to Malaysia after a predetermined period, thereby contributing the valuable expertise and experiences they acquired (overseas) back to the country”.For the short term, Zarina said Malaysian employers should use expatriates in the country to train locals to be on par with field experts.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Make them train our local workforce and utilise their expertise since we have them here now so that the trained ones can become experts later and train future talent.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“We should also limit service terms for expatriates so that trained successors get an opportunity to perform and have hands-on experience for the job.”</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Acknowledging that talent cannot be stopped from looking for better pay and opportunities abroad, Zarina said Malaysia should focus on strengthening its workforce with better career prospects and benefits.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“We have many people who are willing to work, such as women who want to take up welding jobs. We should identify those who want to work and train them.”</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The emphasis should be on how to harness these workers’ capacity and skills in a productive way, she added.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">National Council of Professors fellow Dr Syed Alwee Alsagoff said Malaysia has a hidden asset in the form of a “brain bank” consisting of a network of academic professionals abroad to plug the talent gap.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“This ‘brain bank’ represents knowledge, experience and global connections.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“By engaging this bank effectively, Malaysia can unlock a powerful tool for development and innovation,” he said.Syed Alwee said diaspora academicians can help Malaysia revolutionise its education by having world researchers injecting international experience into local universities.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Other ways, he added, include modernising research collaboration and innovation in a knowledge-based economy and creating a wellspring of fresh ideas, tackling issues from climate change to healthcare.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“These ‘academic ambassadors’ could bridge the gap between Malaysia and the world.”The diaspora, he said, can become a bridge to the world, boosting Malaysia’s global standing.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">He added that engaging the diaspora is not just about tapping into existing talent but about strengthening connections.“Imagine ongoing collaboration, continued contributions and even potential future repatriation.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“By fostering these relationships, Malaysia can ensure a continuous flow of knowledge and talent, turning the ‘brain drain’ into a ‘brain gain’,” he said.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Syed Alwee said the key is engagement and connecting diaspora academicians with local professionals.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“We should transform isolated experts into a powerful collaborative force. Knowledge transfer programmes can link international academics with local professionals, sparking innovation and capacity-building.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“This ‘brain circulation’ fuels the ecosystem further.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Short-term collaboration, seminars and guest lectureships act as bridges, injecting fresh ideas and perspectives into the local academic scene, keeping it dynamic and responsive.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Malaysia’s brain drain might hold the key to unlocking its brain bank,” he added.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">By engaging its vast academic diaspora, Syed Alwee said the nation can transform challenges into opportunities, thus moving towards a brighter future.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><b style="color: white; 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autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2GhXk5X6mvQ?si=cbE11W_R0M3-JJ7T" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe>;<span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f0f0f; text-align: left;">China Just Won the Space Race Against America...NASA is in Shock!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;">China Space Station Tian Gong is now complete and China is in a position to dominate the future of space and replace America as the number one space nation in the world. But how did this happen? How did China become a supreme space nation? Let's break it down </span></p><div><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style=""><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></yt-formatted-string></div><div class="inline-img" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><div class="story-image" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" data-source="uploads/images/2024/02/25/2560534.jpg" src="https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2024/02/25/2560534.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-height: 500px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 0px 10%; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 610px;" /><p class="caption" style="background: rgb(218, 228, 239); border: 1px solid rgb(214, 214, 214); box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 0.813em; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.231em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 8px 10px;">A staff member stands before a Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft, on the launch pad encased in a shield at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert in northwest China on Oct. 25, 2023. — AFP</p></div></div><div class="story bot-15 relative" id="story-body" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">SHORTLY after New Year’s Day in 2019, China landed an unmanned spacecraft on the far side of the moon, where no mission had gone before. United States intelligence officials say they did so quietly, taking their time to verify the rover had landed in one piece and protecting themselves from embarrassment. Hours passed before Beijing announced its historic achievement to the world.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="sasStoryRectPos" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The landing was a wake-up call in Washington. China’s space program was advancing with unexpected speed. Beijing would soon assemble in record time a space station orbiting Earth, catching US officials off guard once again.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">US intelligence officials acknowledge that China’s sudden advances had surprised them. They are no longer surprised. The intelligence community now assesses with confidence that China is poised to succeed in landing humans on the moon and constructing a permanent base camp at the lunar south pole by the end of this decade, four intelligence officials said, just as American space agency Nasa has fallen behind its own deadlines to achieve similar milestones.</p><div class="inlineAd" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 610px;"><div data-google-query-id="COO-6bq8xoQDFY_TPAId-NwMlA" id="div-gpt-ad-Desktop_TSOL_News_SP_Mid_OSV" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_News/Desktop_TSOL_News_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_News_SP_Mid_OSV_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 1px;"><iframe allow="attribution-reporting" aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="6" data-is-safeframe="true" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/21764785206/Desktop/Desktop_TSOL/Desktop_TSOL_News/Desktop_TSOL_News_SP_Mid/Desktop_TSOL_News_SP_Mid_OSV_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" scrolling="no" src="https://e67bf6dd5491bb9df42c0d3e96679425.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px auto 20px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></div></div></div><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">It is the first time intelligence officials have publicly detailed their concerns that China may win the race to return people to the moon and establish a lunar outpost – an achievement that could set back US plans for human space travel for decades to come.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“It wasn’t too long ago that China said they were intending to land by 2035. So that date keeps getting closer and closer,” Nasa administrator Bill Nelson said in an interview. “I take it very seriously that China, in fact, is in a headlong race to get to the moon.”</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Neither country plans to stop at the moon. Both see it as a training ground for missions to Mars in the 2030s, vying to make history by sending humans deep into space and landing them for the first time on another planet.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Before, it was more of an afterthought – China was nowhere to be seen,” one US intelligence official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence matters. “Today, China gets the lion’s share of intelligence attention.”</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">A second US intelligence official said “space is very evident to China as a place they need to counter US power.”</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“They don’t want to be the space power of the 2020s,” the official added. “They want to be the space power of the 21st century, the way we were in the 20th.”</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">More than half a century after the US put men on the moon, a space race is on for the new millennium. The first great competition of world powers since the end of the Cold War is spurring a new era of exploration that could send humans on missions far beyond those of the Apollo program 50 years ago.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">But if the original space race with the Soviet Union was a sprint, this new competition with China is going to be a marathon.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“The United States will continue to lead the world,” Vice President Kamala Harris, who also serves as director of the National Space Council, said in a statement. “Our unrivaled network of allies and partners will power our deep space exploration, inspire the next generation of explorers, and will ensure that advancements in space benefit all of humanity.”</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">At Nasa, all of these goals are linked, forming a “ Moon to Mars Architecture” that is breaking modern precedent in Washington for space initiatives with sustained support and funding from consecutive Republican and Democratic administrations.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“Is China a catalyst? It should be. Chinese ambitions for both the moon and Mars should be taken very seriously,” said Dean Cheng, senior adviser to the China program at the US Institute of Peace. “Because from their perspective, it’s not just about planting a flag. There’s a whole freight train worth of baggage and meaning associated with both of these missions.”</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“This is to establish presence,” Cheng said, “but then to establish the rules.”</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Competition is already inching toward conflict closer to home. Since landing a rover on the far side of the moon, China has more than doubled its number of satellites orbiting Earth, and has launched a space plane that remained in low-Earth orbit for several months before ascending and releasing a projectile, defense officials said. Beijing is already fielding weapons in space, including electronic and cyberspace equipment, but also devices that can stalk and latch on to satellites to disrupt their orbit.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Nelson expressed concern that China may reach its lunar milestones first – a development that could allow Beijing to monopolize resources critical to a sustained presence on the surface, such as frozen water hiding in crevices of permanent darkness, and solar energy from mountain peaks bathed in eternal sunlight.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“If China were to land and begin an outpost there, I think it would be a Sputnik moment for the American people,” said G Scott Hubbard, Nasa’s first Mars czar and former director of the Ames Research Center at Nasa who now chairs SpaceX’s crew safety advisory panel. “They could claim it as their own.”</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The Chinese Embassy in Washington said in a statement that “outer space is not a wrestling ground, but an important field for win-win cooperation. The exploration and peaceful uses of outer space is humanity’s common endeavor and should benefit all.”</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Senior officials in the Biden administration said that China’s program could be the motivation the US needs to reestablish the wonder and drive of spaceflight that once captured the American imagination. “There are positive aspects to competition,” one official said, adding, “one person’s pressure is another person’s inspiration.”</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Beijing surprised Washington once again last May, when its military-run Manned Space Agency held a press conference ostensibly to deliver a routine announcement.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">Agency officials were introducing three new Chinese astronauts who would depart for China’s Tiangong Space Station the following day – part of a steady cadence of new crew members being sent into orbit every six months, an impressive achievement in and of itself. Then officials added that Beijing intends to land humans on the moon by 2030, moving their timeline up by years.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">China’s Academy of Military Sciences has previously said that space “has already become a new domain of modern military struggle.” Neither the China National Space Administration nor the China Manned Space Agency responded to multiple email requests for comment.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">China’s public plan is to use robots to scout the south pole for lunar water in 2026 and begin establishing its base there, to be called the International Lunar Research Station, in 2028. Beijing aims to complete a new Long March 10 rocket system for its crewed missions by 2027.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">US intelligence officials say it would be “high risk” for the Chinese to attempt their first human landing at the south pole, but also believe Beijing will try to distinguish their first landing from Apollo.</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">“If there is a prestige goal,” one intelligence official said, “it is the south pole of the moon.” — TNS</p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: white; 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text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="" data-source="uploads/images/2024/02/25/2560536.jpg" height="266" src="https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2024/02/25/2560536.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-height: 500px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 0px 10%; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 610px;" width="400" /><p class="caption" style="background: rgb(218, 228, 239); border: 1px solid rgb(214, 214, 214); box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 0.813em; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.231em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 8px 10px;">The sunrise casts a golden glow on the Artemis I Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft. – NASA/TNS</p></h3></div><div class="story bot-15 relative" id="story-body" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="display: inline-block; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; margin: 18px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Malaysia's giant leap into the stars</h3></div><div class="story bot-15 relative" id="story-body" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><u><span style="color: #333333;">https://www.thestar.com.my/news/focus/2024/02/25/malaysias-giant-leap</span></u></span></div><div class="story bot-15 relative" id="story-body" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><b style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px;"><br /></b></p></div>Rightways Technologieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12675896663803464743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414722382816633494.post-27293392225795680042024-02-29T23:21:00.002+08:002024-02-29T23:21:31.895+08:00Poor ringgit performance due to a lack of competitiveness in Malaysia, a 28-year-old problem as a result of 1MDB financial scandal and the subsequent corruptions. <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7vvRWQn5rBOljhIkBSMFqmjiauhrxC60hLt80Q1I0mnSrGSpm3iDhognh2FVp13CP5ZWw5b1sqdNgjjCPZ6q6kfF3VIwaPeJOanO8TgbsPP6Ykm0ruN8tuuOFJAik3S2D-U-4Lbt4XcGOOYZJS9WUkQNywEDUc7CdDA5qlWuqwgChiJ5B5KMuGmBrBc/s741/Weak%20ringgit%20a%2028-year-old%20problem,%20says%20expert.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="741" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7vvRWQn5rBOljhIkBSMFqmjiauhrxC60hLt80Q1I0mnSrGSpm3iDhognh2FVp13CP5ZWw5b1sqdNgjjCPZ6q6kfF3VIwaPeJOanO8TgbsPP6Ykm0ruN8tuuOFJAik3S2D-U-4Lbt4XcGOOYZJS9WUkQNywEDUc7CdDA5qlWuqwgChiJ5B5KMuGmBrBc/w640-h442/Weak%20ringgit%20a%2028-year-old%20problem,%20says%20expert.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><b>The ringgit's poor performance can be attributed to a lack of competitiveness in Malaysia over the past 28 years</b>,
says a World Bank economist. Apurva Sanghi said this was partly a
consequence of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) financial scandal.</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BbEFbRH4xiU?si=LWJqCDfu20UVX1rY" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></span></span></p><p>PETALING JAYA: The ringgit’s poor performance can be attributed to a
lack of competitiveness in Malaysia over the past 28 years, says a World
Bank economist.</p> <p>Apurva Sanghi said this was partly a consequence of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) financial scandal.</p><div class="sasStoryRectPos"></div> <p>“Weak ringgit is ultimately a symptom of long-term decline in Malaysia’s competitiveness,” Apurva said on X.</p> <p>The
economist said while many Asian countries also slid following the 1998
financial crisis, Malaysia’s lack of reforms had affected its economy in
the long run.</p><div class="inlineAd" style="clear: both; width: 100%;">
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</div> <p>He added that Malaysia opted for short-term solutions to boost the ringgit in the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis.</p> <p>Apurva
said it consequently hurt the currency in the long run, adding that the
government’s measures resulted in its GDP and exports falling.</p> <p>He
said the Thai baht and South Korean won outperformed the ringgit as
both countries arguably reformed the most after the financial crisis.</p> <p>Separately, Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin
Yassin said the government should own up to its own failures instead of
pointing fingers at others.</p> <p>Muhyiddin said it is unreasonable
for the government to blame the Opposition for the fall of the ringgit
when they are the ones in power.</p> <p>“They are the government of the
day and have the responsibility, role and power to manage the country,”
he said during his Pagoh constituency Chinese New Year celebration at a
temple in Bukit Pasir yesterday.</p> <p>The Pagoh MP was responding to
former Sabah chief minister Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak, who said the
Opposition’s constant claims about trying to topple the government mean
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Recently, during his participation in the Munich Security Conference (MSC), US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a statement that offers significant room for interpretation and is worthy of in-depth analysis. When responding to a moderator's question concerning that "the US-China tensions are leading to greater fragmentation," he used an American slang phrase, stating that "if you're not at the table in the international system, you're going to be on the menu." Translated into Chinese, the meaning is akin to "if you're not the knife and the chopping board, you'll be the fish and meat on the board." As the chief diplomat of a superpower, Blinken's use of this phrase reveals a worldview characterized by a harsh and chilling perspective of a world where the strong prey on the weak.
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This is not the first time Blinken has made such remarks. On January 24, 2022, during a forum, Blinken used this same phrase to elucidate the China-US relationship, emphasizing that in competition with China, they should make sure that the US is "at the table," but not on the menu. Going back further, this phrase appeared in a 1993 article in an American Middle East affairs journal, describing the situation in Lebanon at that time.
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Subsequently, individuals of different backgrounds used it in various contexts. However, Washington politicians gradually found that it "vividly and accurately" encapsulates the US worldview and foreign strategy, making it resonate with their beliefs. Hence, Blinken reiterated the remarks.
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The phrase "if you're not at the table, you'll probably be on the menu" is extremely straightforward, even blunt, representing a stark zero-sum game mentality. In plain language, if you have the strength, you devour others at the table; if you lack strength, you become the prey on the menu. It adheres completely to a jungle law where power and status, not ethical or legal norms, dictate actions.
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Over 200 years ago, the massacre and land usurpation against the indigenous peoples living in North America were manifestations of this mind-set. World War I instigated by old European empires and, to some extent, the Cold War can also be seen as examples. However, with the progress of political civilization and the development of economic globalization, this mind-set and approach are increasingly unpopular.
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<u>In fact, even within the US, the use of this slang phrase is filled with criticism and reflection, because it implies that when privileges that can be enjoyed at the table appear, it is usually at the expense of sacrificing others. The corresponding Chinese phrase "if you're not at the table, you'll probably be on the menu" is even more filled with the humiliation of being at the mercy of others. Strictly speaking, Blinken, as the chief diplomat of the US and a professional diplomat, speaking such words can be considered a slip of the tongue and a loss of composure. However, his repeated blunt remarks in international public forums also indicate the unapologetic hegemonic thinking of current American diplomacy.
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Washington's current official diplomatic rhetoric emphasizes the so-called "rules-based international order," but it is all used as tools to demand, restrain, and accuse others, or to cover up US own hegemonic intentions. Blinken's "table and menu" remarks indicate that the underlying logic that Washington truly believes in and follows in its foreign strategy has not fundamentally changed. He may also be intended to create a sensationalistic effect of intimidation. In the US Congress, there is a mobilization of public opinion on the strategy of containment against China, while internationally, the US is coercing other countries to take sides between it and China, or else they will end up on the menu.
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Former US president Woodrow Wilson once said "the small states of the world have a right to enjoy the same respect for their sovereignty and for their territorial integrity that great and powerful nations expect and insist upon." The principle of sovereign equality of states established by the Westphalian system has long been one of the fundamental principles of international relations and international law. All countries, especially small ones, have a higher awareness and insistence on sovereign equality. However, centuries later, the chief diplomat of the <u>US seems more convinced of power politics, and unashamedly uses the privilege of "sitting at the table with a Western knife and fork to prey on others" to pressure and entice other countries. It must be said that this is also the tragedy of American diplomacy.
</u><br /><br />Today's world is not a private restaurant monopolized and controlled by individual superpowers, but a broad stage where all countries should share prosperity, bear responsibilities, and compete fairly. The vast majority of countries in the international community share the common desire for peace over war, justice over hegemony, and cooperation over confrontation. No country is destined to become the fish on the menu. Going against this historical trend is bound to be criticized and opposed by the international community. <p></p><div><span face=""Source Sans Pro", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: white; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 900;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px;"><a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202402/1307465.shtml">Source link</a>l</b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px;"> </b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px;"> </b><div class="related_section"><div class="column_title">RELATED ARTICLES</div><div class="column_title"> </div><div class="related_article"><div class="related_img"><a data-id="11" href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202402/1307447.shtml?id=11"><img src="https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2024/2024-02-21/61f24ec5-e2b0-4eb3-b09a-90a8c525b40c_s.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="related_content"><div class="new_title_s"><a data-id="11" href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202402/1307447.shtml?id=11"> Chinese think tank finds Western sanctions fail to undermine Russia </a></div><p>As
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