Three-minute news, Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Domestic

1) Xi Jinping emphasized during his inspection tour of Bayannaoer, Inner Mongolia, and a symposium on strengthening comprehensive desertification prevention and control and promoting the construction of key ecological projects such as the "Three North" Shelter Forest Program: We must bravely shoulder our responsibilities, fear no hardship, and work tirelessly to create new miracles in China's desert control in the new era.

2) Today, 12.91 million candidates will enter examination halls to participate in the 2023 national college entrance examination, embarking on a new journey to create their future.

3) [Rule of Law] The State Council General Office issued the State Council's 2023 Legislative Work Plan. It involves areas related to people's livelihood such as raw materials and public utilities. The State Administration for Market Regulation exposed a batch of typical cases of anti-monopoly law enforcement. Seven high-level officials of Yunnan Tobacco, a company with a scale of hundreds of billions of yuan, have been successively investigated, making it a severely affected area in the anti-corruption campaign within the tobacco system. A reporter was assaulted, and the police station involved planned to apply for a first-class police station; the Guizhou Provincial Public Security Department has removed it from the announcement list. Hubei Public Security cracked down on a criminal gang that infringed on citizens' personal information, arresting 34 criminal suspects. Xiong Jianguo, the former special credit manager of the Agricultural Development Bank of China's Jiangxi branch, is under review and investigation. Ma Changqing, a first-level inspector of the Guizhou Provincial Association for Science and Technology, is under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation. A 39-year-old man driving a van hit nine people in Changsha and fled after the incident; he has been arrested. Jinan Railway Police: A 64-year-old man occupied another person's seat on a high-speed train and refused to give up his seat, and was administratively detained for five days.

4) The Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft completed its rendezvous and docking with the China Space Station combination at 3:10 am on June 6.

5) On June 6, China's first domestically built large cruise ship successfully left the dry dock. This cruise ship has a gross tonnage of 135,500 tons, is 24 stories high, has 2,826 cabins, and can accommodate more than 6,500 people. Due to its extremely high design and construction difficulty, it is known as the "crown jewel" of the shipbuilding industry.

7) With a buried depth of 1944 meters, the extra-long and ultra-deep buried tunnel of the Sichuan Ehan Expressway has achieved double-hole breakthrough.

The Wanjiazhai Yellow River Diversion Project in Shanxi Province supplied 59 million cubic meters of water to the Yongding River for ecological purposes in the first five months. The 305-day dry season in Dongting Lake has finally ended.

8) [Military] On June 6, China and Russia conducted their sixth joint air strategic cruise in the relevant airspace of the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. US officials said that China is becoming increasingly aggressive, and Wang Wenbin responded: The fact is that US military ships and aircraft have traveled thousands of miles to China's doorstep to provoke.

9) [Hong Kong and Macao] The Tiger Balm Garden, a Grade I historical building in Hong Kong, has reopened for citizens to visit by appointment.

10) [Taiwan] A US Republican presidential candidate suggested that Taiwanese families own guns. China responded: Don't use Taiwanese people as cannon fodder. Forensic doctors determined the cause of death of a Taiwanese high school student with a net worth of 500 million yuan: consistent with the characteristics of "falling from a height." No alcohol or common toxic substances were detected in the body. Taiwan's defense green energy achievements exhibited a "solar-powered tactical vest." Experts said it was impractical. Taiwan may face a shortage of cancer drugs. Netizens said: National health insurance is used to buy outdated US weapons. TSMC responded to the US factory subsidy matter: An application has been submitted, and we will actively communicate in the future. With a gap of up to 20%, TSMC admitted that the capacity of advanced packaging is in urgent need, and some orders have overflowed. TSMC chairman: Both China and the US "cannot do without TSMC".

International

1) Wang Huning, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, met with a delegation led by Klingbeil, co-chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, in Beijing on June 6.

Wang Yi met with Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand in Beijing on June 6. Qin Gang met with Juan Carlos Salazar, Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization, in Beijing on June 6. The Ministry of Commerce responded to the US sanctions on Chinese entities and individuals on the grounds of selling equipment related to fentanyl: The US side ignores the facts and attempts to confuse the public, mislead the public, and shift the responsibility for its own poor governance. China firmly opposes this. On the morning of June 5, local time, the opening ceremony of the Chinese Embassy in Honduras was held in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras.

An exhibition of Huangbo art commemorating the 45th anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship was held at the China Cultural Center in Tokyo on June 5. Visa service agencies: The number of Chinese tourist visa applications has recovered to 35% of the same period in 2019. Destinations with a large demand for Chinese tourist visa applications include Canada, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Among countries closer to China, Japan, South Korea, and Thailand have a large demand. Chinese cultivated diamond companies appeared at the largest jewelry exhibition in North America.

2) A Chinese representative at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting severely criticized Japan's plan to discharge Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water. Dai Bing, China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, emphasized in a speech at the UN Security Council open meeting on the issue of Central Africa: External interference and unilateral sanctions cannot solve the problems of Central Africa. The UN Secretary-General called for breaking the dependence on plastics on World Environment Day. The second UN Habitat Assembly was held in Nairobi, Kenya on June 5, local time, focusing on a sustainable urban future. The EU extended restrictions on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products. Martin Chedoondo, Zimbabwe's ambassador to China: China's poverty alleviation model and the Yan'an spirit have inspired us.

3) Former teammates turned opponents, former US Vice President Pence will officially announce his candidacy for president on June 7, directly confronting Trump.

US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for peaceful coexistence with China and Russia.

Former US intelligence official: NATO hates Zelensky, Ukraine will never join NATO. US media: "Arrogance and hypocrisy" keep the Global South away from the United States. US police chased a stolen vehicle on the highway and remotely shut it down, discovering that the driver was a 10-year-old boy. SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft launched into space on June 5, local time, carrying scientific equipment and supplies to the International Space Station.

4) The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station in the Kherson region was attacked, and nearly half of the dam has collapsed, and is still collapsing. Reservoir water is leaking, and some areas are suffering from floods.

Both Russia and Ukraine accused each other of carrying out the sabotage. A US-made missile was shot down over Donetsk. Russian media reporters went to take a look: It had expired 28 years ago; the missile's expiration date was May 31, 1995. US media reported that Ukraine is training sabotage teams in Russia. US media: Several Russian radio stations were attacked by hackers, broadcasting a fake speech by Putin. Multiple incidents of apple cider poisoning occurred in Russia, resulting in 18 deaths.

5) UK media: NATO discusses establishing a liaison office in Japan, Macron opposes, unwilling to worsen relations with China. Australia's Northern Territory looks forward to strengthening multi-faceted exchanges and cooperation with China. Australia considers providing more than 40 retired Hornets to Ukraine.

6) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant starts injecting seawater into the nuclear contaminated water discharge tunnel. Fijian officials angrily rebuke Japanese officials: If the nuclear wastewater is safe, why don't you keep it? South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol: The South Korea-US alliance has been upgraded to a "nuclear-based alliance." Chinese e-commerce causes South Korean customs to explode with packages, South Korean Customs Service says: Logistics for some consumers are delayed by a month. Foreign media: Currently under criminal detention in China, South Korean football player Son Jun-ho is surprisingly on the South Korean national team roster.

7) An attack in Afghanistan kills a deputy governor. Clashes continue between the warring parties in Khartoum and Darfur.

8) Haiti is hit by floods and landslides, displacing about 19,000 people.

Finance and Securities

1) Ministry of Finance statement: No financial bonds have been issued, and physical government bonds have not been issued since 1997. Several major state-owned banks have recently lowered interest rates on some deposits, involving RMB and USD currencies. Consumer loan interest rates at multiple banks have "dropped" below 4%, lower than large-denomination certificates of deposit at private banks.

2) China Railway Group resumes large-scale procurement of EMUs, with the first batch of orders possibly reaching 50 billion yuan. Multiple railway lines are implementing new ticketing products such as counted-trip tickets.

3) China's three major operators jointly released the "Telecom Operators Liquid Cooling Technology White Paper".

4) A department store in Foshan, Guangdong, was fined 10,000 yuan for importing nuclear-radiated food from Japan; most of the food involved has been sold. VIP.com crashed, relevant personnel were dismissed: Judged as the highest-level P0 failure, with performance losses exceeding 100 million yuan.

5) Kweichow Moutai starts selling coffee, priced at 28 yuan per cup and up. Apple releases its first mixed reality (MR) headset, Vision Pro, priced at $3,499 (approximately RMB 25,000).