583 SCATHING ATTACK: Slamming âincompetent democraciesâ like India for failing to check Covid, China has been gloating over its own success. Reuters
Palden Sonam
Visiting Fellow, Tibet Policy Institute
For authoritarian regimes, channels of information and communication like the press and social media are strategic domains to be controlled and manipulated unlike in democracies where they are meant for free expression and information. This is because they have huge political incentives to keep the people in a sugar-coated bubble as a matter of regime security.
Precisely for this reason, the Beijing regime maintains a near monopoly over the nation’s social and media landscape to protect its interests. A usual practice of the Chinese media is to multiply and magnify all the negative things befalling other countries while its domestic coverage creates the image of all-is-well under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This tradition of reportage has i
Over recent years, ethnic groups in general and those in
Ha Giang province in particular have benefited from numerous preferential policies to overcome hardships and improve their livelihoods. Today’s achievements are also thanks to elected representatives listening to the aspirations of the people.
As election day is fast approaching, Ha Giang voters have high hopes that elected deputies will represent the voice and aspirations of the people, contribute to socio-economic development, and improve the livelihoods of local ethnic minority groups./. VNA
2021-05-07 04:35:51 GMT2021-05-07 12:35:51(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, May 7 (Xinhua) Road traffic safety in China was stable during the five-day May Day holiday, with the number of traffic accidents decreasing by 65.3 percent from a year ago, said the Ministry of Public Security on Friday.
During the holiday that started on May 1, the traffic flow of the main roads increased greatly, the ministry said at a press briefing.
The number of deaths due to traffic accidents decreased by 49.5 percent year on year, it said.
No severe congestions or major road accidents occurred during the holiday, it added. Enditem
Fewer traffic accidents during China s May Day holiday
Xinhua
07 May 2021, 14:55 GMT+10
BEIJING, May 7 (Xinhua) Road traffic safety in China was stable during the five-day May Day holiday, with the number of traffic accidents decreasing by 65.3 percent from a year ago, said the Ministry of Public Security on Friday. During the holiday that started on May 1, the traffic flow of the main roads increased greatly, the ministry said at a press briefing. The number of deaths due to traffic accidents decreased by 49.5 percent year on year, it said. No severe congestions or major road accidents occurred during the holiday, it added.