Early Reading | Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Lai Ching te is a complete "troublemaker" in transit | Lai Ching te | Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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The Taiwan Affairs Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to Lai Ching te's "transit" visit to the United States

On the 13th, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs answered questions from reporters regarding Lai Ching te's "transit" to the United States.

What is the spokesperson's comment on this?

The Chinese side strongly expresses dissatisfaction with the US's insistence on arranging for Lai Ching te to "transit" to the US and strongly condemns it.

The collusion between the United States and Taiwan under the guise of "transit" to arrange for Lai Ching te to engage in political activities in the United States seriously violates the One China principle and seriously damages China's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The Chinese side is closely monitoring the development of the situation and will take resolute and effective measures to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office, Zhu Fenglian, answered reporters' questions on Lai Ching te's "transit" to the United States on the 13th.

A reporter asked: Lai Ching te has arrived in New York today and is visiting the United States under the pretext of "transit". What are your comments on this?

Zhu Fenglian stated that we have repeatedly expressed our position regarding Lai Qingde's "transit" to the United States.

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On the 13th, the reporter learned from the emergency management department of Xi'an City that due to the impact of short-term local heavy rainfall, on August 11th, a sudden flash flood and debris flow disaster occurred in Jiwozi Group, Heiziping Village, Luanzhen Street, Chang'an District. As of now, 21 people have died and 6 people are still missing. After the occurrence of the flash flood and debris flow disaster, Xi'an immediately established an on-site command center, organizing 14 rescue forces including fire and public security, totaling more than 980 people. More than 1100 equipment and search dogs, including life detectors, satellite phones, excavators, etc., were deployed to do a good job in personnel search and rescue, as well as emergency rescue, and other work.

On the 13th, the reporter learned from the Tianjin Emergency Management Bureau that as the flood parade on the Yongding River is nearing its end, water from the direction of the Yongding River has entered the main channel, and the flood area of the Yongding River is slowly receding. After evaluation, relevant places in Tianjin have begun to orderly carry out the relocation and resettlement of personnel. As of August 12th, 13118 transferred personnel have safely returned to Tianjin.

● Affected by the residual circulation of typhoon "Kanu", rainstorm occurred in many places in Liaoning from August 12 to 13. The reporter learned from the Office of the Flood Control and Drought Relief Command in Anshan City, Liaoning Province that as of 8:00 am on August 13th, a total of 17875 people from high-risk areas have been transferred and resettled in Anshan City, including 15469 people from Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County and 2110 people from Haicheng City.

The reporter learned from the Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the People's Government of Chifeng City that Chifeng City launched a full-scale battle to annihilate two major sandy areas simultaneously in Wengniute Banner and Keshiketeng Banner on the 12th. By 2030, all 26.619 million acres of desertified land in the city will be treated.

The Public Security Bureau of Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province, recently dismantled an online gambling gang disguised as operating game apps during the summer public security crackdown and rectification operation, and discovered more than 120 million yuan in gambling funds involved. After investigation, the average age of the members of the criminal gang is in their twenties or thirties. The probability of winning the bet on the involved platform was already determined when writing the code, and players only have a 30% chance of winning. Since the beginning of 2022, the gang has made profits of over a million yuan, most of which have been divided among four gang shareholders, including Yang Mouhui.

§International

On the 12th, Hawaii Governor Josh Green confirmed that wildfires have caused at least 89 deaths on Maui Island in the state, surpassing the California Camp fire that caused at least 85 deaths in 2018, making it the deadliest wildfire in the United States in a century.

On the 13th, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that a Russian warship issued a fire warning on a cargo ship bound for Izmir Port in Ukraine to conduct boarding inspections. After completing the inspection, the ship continued to sail towards its destination.

According to a report by Bangladesh's Associated Press on the 13th, new data from the country's General Health Service shows that Bangladesh has reported a total of 82506 cases of dengue fever and 387 deaths from the disease so far this year. The World Health Organization has assessed the risk of dengue fever in Bangladesh as a high level and called for swift action to contain the spread of the epidemic.

On the 12th, Mohammad Reza Farzin, the President of the Central Bank of Iran, said that Iran's frozen assets worth approximately $6 billion in South Korea have been fully unfrozen. Previously, Iran and the United States reached a prisoner exchange agreement, which included unfreezing Iranian assets and other contents.

On August 13, 19 years ago, a US military plane crashed at Okinawa International University in Japan. This university held a rally on the 13th to protest against the noise, pollution, and safety hazards caused by the US military base, and demanded that the US military immediately close the Putenma base.

In recent years, unmanned shops have flourished in Japan, selling a wide variety of products. Among them, the unmanned 24-hour dessert shop has become a favorite of many people. According to the Japanese website "Sky News 24", "24 Dessert Shop" is operated by "24 Company" headquartered in Hiroshima. It only opened its first shop in the local area in January this year, claiming to be the "new generation candy theme park". The shop sells all kinds of candy, ice cream and Dim sum, even including some "online celebrity" goods that can only be bought in long queues elsewhere. It is difficult for dessert lovers to control their purchase desire.

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