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On March 13, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council reposted a commentary from Ta Kung Pao titled “Don’t Be Naïve, Don’t Be Confused.” Ta Kung Pao is the CCP’s mouthpiece in Hong Kong.

The article’s key points are as follows:

“Currently, the world is undergoing accelerated changes unseen in a century, and the strategic rivalry between China and the United States is becoming increasingly intense. The situation is turbulent, with high winds and rough waves. The U.S. views China as its primary competitor and is making every effort to contain and suppress China’s development.

Recently, a particular development has sparked strong reactions from various parties: Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings Limited announced that it had reached a preliminary agreement with a consortium led by BlackRock to sell 80 percent of its assets in Hutchison Ports. This deal involves transferring ownership and operation of 43 ports and related logistics networks across 23 countries—including the Balboa and Cristóbal ports at both ends of the Panama Canal.

Netizens have widely criticized and condemned this transaction and CK Hutchison, viewing it as a spineless surrender driven solely by profit, disregarding national interests and betraying the Chinese people. Such public sentiment is entirely understandable.

Faced with a matter of such great importance and principle, the company in question must think carefully. It must seriously consider the nature and key implications of this issue and reflect on which stance it should take and whose side it should stand on.”

Source: Sina, March 16, 2025
https://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/2025-03-16/doc-inepuytu1080379.shtml

During his visit to the U.S. in November 2023, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping announced in San Francisco that China would invite 50,000 American youths to visit China for “exchange and study.”

Two students from Duke University shared their experiences after participating in a CCP-organized exchange camp last summer. Kyle Abrahm said, “Every city we visited had some kind of innovation museum. When you walked into these museums, they were spotless, and besides the tour guides, we were the only people there. That’s when I started to feel that everything was artificially staged and controlled because we didn’t actually experience any real cultural exchange. What we got was exactly what the regime wants to show us.” He added, “The guides always talked about China’s strengths, China’s resilience, and China’s innovation: ‘Look at what we are doing,’ and they constantly compared their data to the U.S. It all felt like they were trying to say, ‘This is how we are beating the U.S.’”

Matthew Rodriguez recounted an incident during a discussion at the Kunshan Chinese Opera Museum. An American student raised a question about Shen Yun Performing Arts, a group whose performers are mainly practitioners of Falun Gong that showcases traditional Chinese culture predating the CCP’s rule. (Editor’s Note: the CCP has been persecuting Falun Gong for 26 years since 1999.) The Chinese hosts quickly avoided the sensitive topic, which then led to an argument at the event.

Source: Epoch Times, March 10, 2025
https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/25/3/10/n14454651.htm