China: contra os protestos ocidentais a propósito da nova legislação repressiva em Hong Kong

Acho que a China de Xi Jinping está fazendo um faux pas, usando seus instintos autoritários para controlar o regime democrático de Hong Kong.
Como se diz: matar a galinha (ou seja lá qual penosa for) dos ovos de ouro.
Muito capital pode sair de Hong Kong e se refugiar em Singapura, nos demais países da região, na própria Grã-Bretanha.
Ou seja, o autoritarismo vai custar caro ao país do "despotismo oriental". 
Não precisava: estava tudo tão bem. 
Mas, espíritos autoritários não conseguem se conter, como também estamos vendo por aqui...
Paulo Roberto de Almeida
Brasília, 30 de maio de 2020

China expresses firm opposition to foreign countries' joint statement on NPC decision on national security legislation for Hong Kong

Xinhua  08:33 UTC+8, 2020-05-30       

China on Friday expressed strong dissatisfaction with and firm opposition to "irresponsible comments and unwarranted accusations" by some countries over China's National People's Congress decision on national security legislation for Hong Kong.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks in response to a joint statement issued Thursday by foreign ministers of the United States, Britain, Australia and Canada, which claimed the NPC decision has breached the international obligations under the Sino-British Joint Declaration, and undermined the "one country, two systems" framework.

"It is totally China's internal affair for the NPC to adopt the decision on establishing and improving the legal system and enforcement mechanisms to safeguard national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and no foreign country has the right to interfere," Zhao told a press briefing.

Nevertheless, certain countries have made "irresponsible comments and unwarranted accusations" against the NPC decision, meddling in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs, Zhao said, adding the Chinese side has lodged stern representations with the countries.

Zhao said for any country in the world, following either a unitary or federal system, legislation related to national security belongs to the legislative power of the state. Safeguarding national security falls within the purview of central authorities, just as it is practiced in all countries, he added.

"Not a single country in the world allows activities endangering national security including secessionist activities in its territory."

Since China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997, the central government has administered the HKSAR in accordance with the Constitution and the HKSAR Basic Law rather than the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the spokesperson said, hence the countries have neither the legal basis nor the right to cite the Joint Declaration to point fingers at Hong Kong affairs.

Zhao said Hong Kong is China's Hong Kong, nobody cares more about the city's prosperity, stability and its residents' fundamental well-being than the central government, and nobody is more determined than the central government to fully and sincerely implement the "one country, two systems" policy and the Basic Law.

"We'd like to urge relevant countries to respect China's sovereignty, abide by international laws and basic norms governing international relations, be cautious with their words and deeds, stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs in any form, and contribute more to Hong Kong's prosperity, stability and the development of bilateral ties, rather than the other way around," Zhao added.

Source: Xinhua   

Editor: Wang Qingchu

Astronomia moderna, mas na tradicao do despotismo oriental: o maior telescopio do mundo

Imperadores, e outros déspostas, sempre agiram da mesma maneira: é preciso escavar um canal? Expulsem os camponeses do traçado. Vamos abrir avenidas? Derrubem esses hutongs (cortiços). Espaços para escritórios e empresas multinacionais: passem os tratores nesses três quarteirões.
Enfim, quando não há problemas em deslocar algumas milhares de pessoas, tudo avança...
Paulo Roberto de Almeida

9,000 people to make way for huge radio telescope

Source: Xinhua | February 17, 2016, Wednesday |  

Shanghai Daily, Print Edition

 

MORE than 9,000 people in southwest China’s Guizhou Province will be relocated before the completion of the world’s largest radio telescope in September, local authorities said yesterday.
Development of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), which sits between hills in the rural region, began in March 2011 with an investment of 1.2 billion yuan (US$184.3 million).
On completion, the telescope will be the world’s largest of its kind, overtaking Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory, which is just 300 meters in diameter.
The relocation program was proposed last year at the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, according to its secretary-general Li Yuecheng.
Anyone living within 5 kilometers of the telescope will be relocated to create “a sound electromagnetic wave environment,” Li said.
The move will affect 9,110 residents, he said. Each person will receive compensation of 12,000 yuan, with some ethnic minority families getting an additional 10,000 yuan in housing support, the official said.
Wu Xiangping, director-general of the Chinese Astronomical Society, said earlier that the telescope’s high level of sensitivity “will help us to search for intelligent life outside of the galaxy.”
Meanwhile, Chinese scientists said they have developed a system to measure the leak rate for a vacuum environment to be used in the country’s three-step lunar exploration program.
According to researchers at the Lanzhou Institute of Physics under the China Academy of Space Technology, the system will help scientists figure out a better way to preserve samples from the moon.
“The third step of the lunar exploration project involves taking samples from the surface of the moon back to Earth,” said Li Detian, the chief scientist on the research team.
“The samples will be packed in a vacuum environment. The accuracy of measuring the finest leak in a vacuum capsule will have direct impact on the research result of the samples.”
Cheng Yongjun, a member of the team, said the measurement system will ensure a similar vacuum environment as found on the moon for the samples.
It will also make sure that the 2 kilogram samples remain uncontaminated on their way back to Earth, and prevent them from being affected by any kind of environment change, including extremely high and low temperatures.
China has a three-step moon exploration project: orbiting, landing and return. The Chang’e-5 lunar probe is scheduled to be launched in 2017, which will fulfill the final stage of the project.