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The Political Correctness of Hong Kong’s Tycoons
News Analysis
On May 4, Robin Zeng Yuqun, a new immigrant from mainland China, replaced Li Ka-shing as the richest man in Hong Kong when his net worth soared along with the company’s stock prices. In the context of Beijing’s “patriots ruling Hong Kong,” his new status attracted additional attention.
In Forbes’ real-time billionaires list, Zeng’s net worth stood at $34.5 billion that day, surpassing Li by $.2 billion.
However, on May 6, Zeng’s wealth dropped to $34.1 billion, putting Li Ka-shing back on the throne as Hong Kong’s richest man.
According to Forbes, Zeng is the founder and chairman of Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), one of the world’s largest suppliers of batteries for electric vehicles, headquartered in Ningde, Fujian Province.
Barrasso: China s goal is domination, not cooperation. It s playing Biden and America for fools.
China pretends it’s a developing country, steals technology, uses forced labor and manipulates markets to its advantage. It s a grand deception.
John Barrasso
China has a well-deserved reputation for deceit.
That’s what makes a recent statement from China’s Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng so remarkable: It is honest. He said it’s “not realistic” to expect China to make a new pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
There’s every reason to believe him, but the Biden administration is ignoring reality.
President Joe Biden’s Special Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, has embarked on a quixotic diplomatic quest to get China to cooperate with the United States and do something meaningful to combat climate change.
Public helps uncover environmental offenses By Hou Liqiang | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-04-29 09:23 Share CLOSE
Teams target issues affecting people s lives, report trouble in Jiangxi, Liaoning
China s high-profile, people-oriented environmental inspection teams launched earlier this month have been listening to complaints from the public to shed light on environmental violations that have an impact on society, according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
It has only been about 20 days since the teams arrived in places including Liaoning, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces. As of Wednesday, the teams have exposed 24 violations, including some involving water and air pollution, as well as illegal launches of high-carbon producing projects.
2021-04-29 08:30:23 GMT2021-04-29 16:30:23(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
XIONG AN, Hebei, April 29 (Xinhua) Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng Wednesday stressed high standards and quality in the construction of the Xiong an New Area, which is expected to help relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the national capital.
Han, during an inspection tour of Xiong an, highlighted clear goals and guiding principles in the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Whether planning macro projects or micro ones, we must stick to the core principle to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the national capital, said Han, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.