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Three-Minute News Breakfast, Tuesday, January 2, 2024

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2024-01-02

Three-Minute News Breakfast, Tuesday, January 2, 2024

1) Xi Jinping and US President Biden exchanged congratulatory messages, celebrating the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The top leaders of the two parties and two countries of China and North Korea exchanged New Year's greetings, announcing the launch of the "China-North Korea Friendship Year."

2) It is estimated that over 120 million passengers will travel nationwide during the New Year's Day holiday in 2024.

3) The registration work for the fifth national economic census started on January 1, a "comprehensive physical examination" and "inventory" of the national economy.

4) Platform data shows a significant rebound in domestic air ticket bookings in China during the New Year's Day holiday. In terms of outbound tourism, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok are popular destinations. National Immigration Administration: Since the implementation of the unilateral visa-free policy on December 1, 2023, more than 110,000 people from 6 countries have entered China visa-free, with sightseeing and leisure accounting for 70%.

5) The Ministry of Emergency Management made meticulous arrangements and deployments, and the overall security situation in the country remained stable during the New Year's Day holiday, with no major disasters or accidents.

6) The first domestically produced large cruise ship started its maiden voyage season on January 1, with Shanghai as its home port. Ticket prices range from a few thousand yuan to over ten thousand yuan per person.

7) [Rule of Law] Beijing: The "Ten No's" set a "hard line" for political and business interactions. Wu Hai, former deputy general manager of China Electronics Corporation China Electronics International Information Service Co., Ltd., is under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation.

8) [Military] Enlistment registration for female soldiers in the first half of 2024 begins on January 1.

9) [Hong Kong and Macau] The Chief Executives of the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions hope for better development in the new year. Members of the 7th District Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region took their oaths of office, and John Lee attended the ceremony and delivered a speech.

The People's Liberation Army garrison in Hong Kong held a New Year's flag-raising ceremony. Hong Kong's first civil patriotic education exhibition hall opened.

10) [Taiwan] Tsai Ing-wen delivered a New Year's address summarizing her eight years in office. The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council refuted this, stating that the so-called "Tsai Ing-wen line" is the "Taiwan independence" line, the confrontation line, and the line that harms Taiwan. The first Fujian-Taiwan (Pingtan) Children's Drama Carnival built a bridge for cross-strait cultural exchanges. The MV for the theme song of the Cross-Strait Forum, "We Believe," was released. Kuomintang's 2024 vice-presidential candidate Zhao Shaokang resigned from his positions as chairman of "Central Broadcasting System" and others during a debate and signed on the spot.

1) The accession of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and three other countries to the BRICS cooperation mechanism officially took effect on January 1, with the new BRICS partners looking forward to economic development.

2) "Exchange" was selected as the "China-Japan-Korea Spirit - Character of the Year 2024." Global shipping giant Maersk announced another 48-hour suspension: container ships were attacked, having just announced their return.

3) Trump's sharp New Year's greeting to Biden: As the New Year approaches, I would like to extend my advance New Year's greetings to the cheat Joe Biden and his band of misfit radical left-wing thugs.

4) Israeli Defense Forces: The IDF is adjusting its troop deployment in the Gaza Strip, and the conflict is expected to last for a whole year. Accused of genocide, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu defended himself: Israel's war in Gaza is incredibly just. The IDF said it killed a senior Hamas commander.

5) Russia launched retaliatory actions against the attack on Belgorod, striking several decision-making centers and military facilities in Kharkiv. Zelensky delivered a New Year's address: Ukraine has become stronger, and 2024 will severely damage the Russian army. Affected by the earthquake in Japan, many places in Russia's Far East issued tsunami warnings.

6) A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, at 3:10 PM on January 1, triggering a 5-meter tsunami. Many Shinkansen lines in Japan were suspended due to the earthquake, and the tremors were clearly felt in Tokyo.

Affected by the earthquake, at least 32,000 households in Ishikawa Prefecture were without power. A "large-scale" fire broke out in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, due to the earthquake, and many buildings in the city center collapsed. A volcano erupted in Kagoshima Prefecture, with a smoke plume reaching 1600 meters high.

Around 10:03 PM local time on January 1, another earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 and an intensity of 3 occurred in the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. According to Japanese media reports on January 1, Tokyo Electric Power Company said that it has confirmed that the earthquake caused water to overflow from the top-floor fuel pools of reactors 2, 3, 6, and 7 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Niigata Prefecture. It is currently impossible to confirm any leaks or damage outside the building. The Korea Meteorological Administration: Observed a tsunami caused by the earthquake on the east coast of South Korea.

7) Kim Jong Un: North and South Korea are no longer of the same ethnicity, but completely hostile. North Korea's GDP in 2023 increased 1.4 times compared to 2020, and exceeded its grain production target.

8) More than 27 million foreign tourists visited Thailand in 2023, a record high since the COVID-19 pandemic, a 20% increase compared to 2022.

9) Cologne Cathedral became a target of a terrorist attack, and German police arrested three people. The Queen of Denmark announced that she will abdicate on January 14, 2024, and the throne will be passed to her eldest son. Venice plans to implement new regulations, limiting tour groups to a maximum of 25 people.

10) The death toll from floods in the Bela-Bela area of South Africa caused by heavy rains has risen to 22, with 6 still missing.

1) Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Focusing on advantageous industrial chains such as rare earths, photovoltaics, new energy vehicles, and 5G, forging a batch of "killer" technologies.

2) Sales of the top 100 real estate companies in 2023 decreased by 17.3% year-on-year.

3) At the end of 2023, the number of listed companies on the Beijing Stock Exchange reached 239, with a total market capitalization of 449.6 billion yuan.

4) The annual freight volume of the Wari Railway, a major channel for transporting coal from the west to the east in China, exceeded 100 million tons again.

5) BYD completed its annual sales target of 3 million vehicles, and Li Auto exceeded its target by 25%.

1) In 2023, China's total box office revenue for films reached 54.915 billion yuan, with 1.299 billion viewings.

2) Important archaeological findings from the Shang Dynasty have been unearthed at the Xiaogu Cheng site in Hangzhou.

3) The 170-year-old Zhemian Academy was completed and inaugurated in Yiyang, Hunan Province. It was planned and repaired according to its original site and appearance, continuing the cultural heritage of Hunan.

1) 73,000 people gathered in Tiananmen Square in Beijing to welcome the new year's dawn with the raising of the national flag on New Year's Day!

2) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport's East and West Concourses 4 opened on December 31, with a total area exceeding 1.56 million square meters, becoming the world's largest single-terminal airport.

3) In November 2023, Shanxi Province's monthly coal-bed methane production exceeded 1 billion cubic meters for the first time, accounting for approximately 81.1% of the national output during the same period. Hainan will halve its port service charges starting January 1st.

4) 30 million tourists visited the " Mulan's Homeland" in a year, and "new consumption" has made Huangpi District in Wuhan incredibly popular. Chongqing's rail transit system saw a record high of over 5 million passenger trips in a single day. In 2023, 2.959 million passengers traveled to and from Tibet via the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

5) More than 2,000 ski enthusiasts gathered in Jingyuan, Ningxia, for a winter sports event. A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck Pingchuan District, Baiyin City, Gansu Province; no reports of building collapses or casualties have been received yet.

6) Heavy fog and haze are affecting the Sichuan Basin and Hebei Province, while significant rainfall is occurring in Guizhou, Hunan, and Guangxi. From 8 PM on January 1st to 8 PM on January 2nd, light snow or snow mixed with rain is expected in parts of northeastern Inner Mongolia, eastern Jilin, northern and along the Tianshan Mountains of northern Xinjiang, northern and southern Tibet, southern Qinghai, and southern western Sichuan Plateau.

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