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### [China Xinjiang: Ten dead in Urumqi residential block fire](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63752407)
> *"Ten people have died in a fire in flats in the city of Urumqi, capital of the western Xinjiang region.
The incident has led to anger online."*

--- Not only online. People in Urumqi seem to be fed up now. Quite a number of [people protested in front of the city hall](https://twitter.com/songpinganq/status/1596183409801453570). [There were riots](https://twitter.com/songpinganq/status/1596213752890036224) & riot police showed up en masse, not in white but black (either because they had no time to get into their Covid suits or black is better for intimidation).

> *"State media said the compound had been categorised as low risk for Covid and residents were able to go downstairs."*

--- If the neighbourhood committee allowed them to do so. & the question is whether entrances were blocked or even welded shut, as [they like to do in some places](https://twitter.com/songpinganq/status/1596199497520005121). Screams from [people in the burning building](https://twitter.com/TGTM_Official/status/1596170716835373057) show that they begged for doors to be opened.

> *"Video from the scene posted online by Chinese state media showed workers removing fences near the compound and fire trucks waiting."*

--- You can also see firetrucks standing quite a distance away & [the water not reaching the burning building](https://twitter.com/TGTM_Official/status/1596221934299099136).
Another great success for emperor Xi's zero-Covid policy.

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### [As anger rises and tragedies mount, China shows no sign of budging on zero-Covid](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/25/china/china-zero-covid-discontent-reopening-mic-intl-hnk/index.html)
> *"Last week, in the southern city of Guangzhou, some residents revolted against an extended lockdown by tearing down barriers and marching down streets."*

--- Not only last week, it seems. [People are still quite unhappy](https://twitter.com/ChinaUncensored/status/1596112029269610496), & not only in Urumqi, Canton or Zhengzhou:

> *"on Thursday, in the sprawling metropolis of Chongqing in the southwest, a resident delivered a searing speech criticizing the Covid lockdown on his residential compound. “Without freedom, I would rather die!” he shouted to a cheering crowd, who hailed him a “hero” and wrestled him from the grip of several police officers who had attempted to take him away."*

--- [More unhappy people](https://twitter.com/songpinganq/status/1596174853266341889). The sheep seem to have had enough of it. Interesting times ahead?

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### [Beijing grinds to a near halt as China’s capital city battles Covid with more lockdowns](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/25/chinas-capital-city-beijing-battles-covid-with-more-apartment-lockdowns.html)
> *"Baidu traffic data showed Beijing has fallen from being the most congested city in all of China to 74th place.
Subway ridership in the southwestern municipality of Chongqing plunged by nearly 99% from a year ago, according to a Goldman Sachs report Friday.
That in the southern city of Guangzhou fell by about 65% from last year, the report said."*

--- But the economy is recovering. Just trust the CCP.

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### [China’s 26-storey pig skyscraper ready to slaughter 1 million pigs a year](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/25/chinas-26-storey-pig-skyscraper-ready-to-produce-1-million-pigs-a-year)
> *"At 26 storeys it is by far the biggest single-building pig farm in the world, with a capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year."*

--- What could go wrong?

> *"Workers will be required to go through multiple rounds of disinfection and testing before being given clearance to enter, and won’t be able to leave the site until their next break – reportedly once a week."*

--- So, their living conditions will be just as nice as those for the pigs, I guess.

> *"“Inevitably, the pig farming industry is heading towards a highly automatic and intelligent future, and the standards and threshold for pig farmers will become higher as a result,”"*

--- Considering China's chabuduo culture, I doubt that.

> *"other experts said large-scale intensive farms increased the likelihood of ever-bigger disease outbreaks
[...] “The higher density of animals, the higher risk of infectious pathogen spread and amplification, as well as potential for mutation.""*

--- & the already very high antibiotics usage in China will only grow. Probably very good for consumers & environment.

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### [Kris Wu: Chinese-Canadian singer jailed to 13 years for sex crimes](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63754238)
> *"Beijing's Chaoyang district court said on Friday that Wu would serve 11 years and six months for raping three women at his home in 2020 "when they were drunk and did not know or not able to resist".
He also received a sentence of one year and 10 months for "gathering people to commit adultery""*

--- Just a criminal case with a celebrity involved, but several Western media found this to be more important than the fire in Urumqi. Priorities, I guess.

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### [Lao authorities seem powerless to stop crime in Golden Triangle economic zone](https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/golden-triangle-11252022131629.html)
> *"The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in northern Laos is a haven for criminal activities including prostitution, scamming and drug trafficking, but Lao authorities are essentially powerless to stop it, workers in the zone and police told Radio Free Asia.
The zone is a gambling and tourism hub catering to Chinese citizens situated in Bokeo province along the Mekong River where Laos, Myanmar and Thailand meet. It has been described as a de-facto Chinese colony.
Due to the special nature of the zone, Lao authorities have limited access to it, and they require permission from officials at the Chinese-run Kings Romans Casino"*

--- Nothing new so far. Was in the news already months ago. Business with Chinese characteristics, probably based on huge bribes to local officials.

> *"Residents living near the zone said they wanted authorities to more effectively deal with rampant crime inside it, but they doubt it is a high priority for Laos and its neighbors.
“Many Laotians want the government to crack down on all the crime … but they have been ignoring it for years,” a resident living near the zone said."*

--- Not only does the government ignore it, but:

> *"On Oct. 1, Zhao, the Chinese chairman, received a medal of courage from the Lao government, saying it recognized his contributions to national defense and public security within the zone."*

--- Which proves that not only local officials were bribed, but the central government is involved. Looks like the whole of Laos is becoming a Chinese colony.

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#### [The US-China chip war is spilling over to Europe](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/25/tech/us-china-chip-war-spillover-europe-intl-hnk/index.html)

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#### [China threat looms in Taiwan’s local elections as voters weigh island’s future](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/25/china-threat-looms-in-taiwans-local-elections-as-voters-weigh-islands-future)

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#### [Hong Kong court convicts Cardinal Zen and 5 others over failing to register protester relief fund as society](https://hongkongfp.com/2022/11/25/breaking-hong-kong-court-convicts-cardinal-zen-and-5-others-over-failing-to-register-protester-relief-fund-as-society/) (& the Pope says: "... .")

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#### [China On Slippery Grounds As UK Restricts Chinese-Made Surveillance Systems](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-slippery-grounds-uk-restricts-161014620.html)

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### --- China Uncensored features the weekend news variety:
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### --- DW News: "Why China will be watching Taiwan elections closely"
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### --- DW News: [China's zero-COVID policy pushes society to the limit](https://youtu.be/WSvoByZvxtg)

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### --- CNBC: [China's 'iPhone city' Zhengzhou in lockdown until Tuesday](https://youtu.be/LQ71lyyEKX8)

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### [Wut über Brand in Xinjiang](https://web.archive.org/web/20221125234702/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/ungluecke/wut-ueber-brand-hochhaus-in-china-18488810.html)
> *"Spekulationen von Bewohnern, wonach die Rettungsarbeiten durch Absperrungen verzögert worden seien, die im Zusammenhang mit der Corona-Politik aufgestellt wurden, riefen wütende Reaktionen hervor. Belege gibt es dafür nicht."*

--- Keine Belege? Deutschland, deine Journalisten. Es gibt diverse Videos, die zeigen, daß die Feuerwehr zunächst nicht nahe genug an den Brand kam.

> *"In Staatsmedien wurde hervorgehoben, dass Bewohner des Hoch­hauses nicht durch Corona-Maßnahmen daran gehindert worden seien, ins Freie zu flüchten."*

--- Tja, eine Frau, die aus dem Feuer um Hilfe schrie, war da anscheinend nicht richtig informiert. Sie verlangte, daß die Türen geöffnet werden.

> *"Abgeriegelte Notausgänge sind in öffentlichen Ge­bäu­den derzeit ein alltägliches Phänomen."*

--- Nicht nur Notausgänge. Es gibt auch Fälle, wo die Türen von Wohnungen oder sogar ganzen Wohnhäusern verschweißt wurden.

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### [Tote und Verletzte bei Hochhausbrand in Uiguren-Region](https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/china-tote-und-verletzte-bei-hochhausbrand-in-uiguren-region-a-a8954c93-2d3d-467f-b35b-c9a2dc8edd6b)
> *"Die Situation in dem betroffenen Gebiet ist unklar. So kursierten Videos, die einen Wasserbogen von einem Löschfahrzeug zeigten, der das Feuer verfehlte. Einige Kommentatoren merkten an, Feuerwehrautos seien durch Barrieren zur Pandemiebekämpfung oder durch gestrandete Autos blockiert worden. Andere Videos sollen gemeinsame Proteste von Uiguren und Han-Chinesen gegen die strengen Coronamaßnahmen zeigen. Überprüfen lässt sich die Echtheit der Videos nicht."*

--- Grmpf. Läßt sich durchaus überprüfen. Aber das würde tatsächlich Recherche nötig machen. & sowas kann man von deutschen Journalisten nun wirklich nicht verlangen.

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### [Scholz wundert sich über Firmen-Abhängigkeit von China](https://www.onvista.de/news/2022/11-25-scholz-wundert-sich-ueber-firmen-abhaengigkeit-von-china-20-26069270)
> *""Unsere Wirtschaft kann ihre Kraft nur entfalten, wenn sie den ganzen Weltmarkt im Blick behält", sagte er. "Wie wichtig dabei der chinesische Markt ist, bedarf keiner Erklärung." Gleichzeitig gelte aber das Ziel, von niemandem abhängig zu sein. Eine alte Volksweisheit laute, dass man nicht alle Eier in einen Korb legen solle."*

--- Ah, die Weisheiten unserer Kanzlers. Unübertroffen.

> *"SPD-Fraktionschef Rolf Mützenich warnte in der Debatte um eine neue China-Strategie der Bundesregierung vor zu viel Konfrontation mit China. "Ich wünsche mir eine inklusive China-Strategie"
[...] Die künftige China-Strategie der Bundesregierung müsse in der Lage sein, das Land in die internationale Ordnung einzubinden."*

--- Mützenich mal wieder. Kann seine Sympathien für (pseudo-)linke Autokratien & Diktaturen nicht verbergen.
Bestenfalls ist es nur hirnrissige Naivität, zu glauben, daß Deutschland irgendwie in der Lage wäre, China in eine internationale Ordnung 'einzubinden', die es offensichtlich kontrollieren will.

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### [Lockdowns bremsen Chinas Wirtschaft aus](https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/weltwirtschaft/china-covid-wirtschaft-101.html)
> *"Der Anstieg der Infektionszahlen und die verhängten Lockdowns in China lösen in der deutschen Wirtschaft Sorge aus. "Chinas Festhalten an der Null-Covid Politik in der Kombination mit den exzessiven Lockdowns schon bei vereinzelten Krankheitsfällen erschweren die für den deutschen Handel so wichtigen Geschäftsbeziehungen mit dem Reich der Mitte""*

--- Argh! 'Es könnte uns Geld kosten!'

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#### [Menschenrechtler in Hongkong verurteilt](https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/hongkong-joseph-zen-kardinal-urteil-geldstrafe-101.html)

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#### [China: 26-stöckiges Schweinehochhaus sorgt für Aufsehen](https://orf.at/stories/3295321/) (Ein Traum für Antibiotikaproduzenten.)

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#### [Popstar Kris Wu in China wegen Vergewaltigung zu 13 Jahren Haft verurteilt](https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/kris-wu-popstar-in-china-wegen-vergewaltigung-zu-13-jahren-haft-verurteilt-a-aa34316d-9ae2-46db-be86-050f3db8a117)

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### --- Spiegel: [Coronalockdowns in China: »Die Leute wollen sich nicht wegsperren lassen«](https://youtu.be/0gQIkgUNvHo)

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### --- Tagesschau: [China hält an strikter Null-Covid-Strategie fest](https://youtu.be/fKx1fbWVirg)

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