At the invitation of Foreign Minister Qin Gang of China, Korosi, President of the 77th UN General Assembly, visited China from February 1 to 4.

　　Kohler Heezen commented on China’s contribution to the cause of the United Nations: China has always been the strong backing of the cause of the United Nations and played an important role in the fields of climate change and peacekeeping.

　　As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and the first country to sign the Charter of the United Nations, China has always defended the purposes and principles of the Charter, always safeguarded the central role of the United Nations in international affairs, and unswervingly worked as a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development and a defender of the international order. By combing the relevant facts and data, people can see China’s clear and remarkable "report card" for supporting the United Nations cause.

　　The United Nations Headquarters Building in new york.

　　The key force of global peacekeeping

　　The United Nations, founded at the end of World War II, bears the expectations of people of all countries for permanent peace. However, Chinese civilization has always advocated "building a harmonious country", "harmony is different" and "harmony is the most important thing" to maintain peace and stability. China and the United Nations share the same ideas.

　　In today’s world, conflicts continue and various security challenges emerge one after another. In April 2022, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader put forward the Global Security Initiative at the Boao Forum for Asia, stressing that mankind is an inseparable security community, contributing China wisdom to make up the peace deficit of mankind, and providing China’s solution to international security challenges, which won wide recognition from the international community, including the United Nations.

　　Actively participate in the political settlement of hot issues in major regions such as the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, the Iranian nuclear issue, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Palestine and Israel; Efforts should be made to safeguard the authority and unity of the Security Council and support the United Nations in providing good offices in accordance with its mandate; Actively participate in the international arms control and disarmament process and join dozens of international arms control treaties and mechanisms such as the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; On the Ukrainian crisis, China has always decided its position and policy according to the merits of the matter itself, upheld an objective and fair position, and actively persuaded and promoted talks … … China shares security with the world and injects positive energy into world and regional peace and stability.

　　Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that China is committed to being a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development and a defender of international order, which is consistent with the ideals enshrined in the UN Charter.

　　Power source of global development

　　"In the face of the severe impact of the epidemic, we should jointly push global development towards a new stage of balance, coordination and tolerance. Here, I would like to propose a global development initiative. " In September 2021, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader put forward the global development initiative for the first time at the general debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

　　Adhere to development priority, people-centeredness, inclusiveness, innovation drive, harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and action orientation — — China’s proposition aroused warm response from the world, and China’s action promoted world development and progress.

　　Today, the global development initiative has achieved a series of early gains: the establishment of the global development promotion center, and the invitation of the "Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative" countries, regional organizations and relevant departments of the United Nations to designate corresponding institutions to establish the "Global Development Promotion Center Network", which has been joined by counterparts from 31 countries and regional organizations; A global development project library has been established. The first batch of 50 projects have been started, and now more than 100 projects have been expanded, and 1000 human resources training sessions have been carried out, covering more than 50 "friends group" countries.

　　In the past ten years, the "One Belt, One Road" initiative has also become a popular platform for international public goods and international cooperation, covering two-thirds of countries and one-third of international organizations.

　　Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund, said that with the global population exceeding 8 billion, China’s development and contribution will benefit many countries in the world.

　　The biggest contributor to global poverty reduction

　　"China has solved the problem of food and clothing for more than 1.3 billion people and lifted more than 700 million people out of poverty, which is a major contribution to the cause of human rights in the world." In January 2017, when the Chairman of the Supreme Leader delivered a keynote speech at the UN headquarters, he pointed out the world significance of poverty reduction in China.

　　In December, 2020, China officially announced that after eight years of continuous struggle, China had completed the goal and task of tackling poverty in the new era as scheduled. Under the current standards, all the poor people in rural areas were lifted out of poverty, and all the poverty-stricken counties were stripped of their hats, thus eliminating absolute poverty and regional overall poverty and achieving a major victory that made the world sit up and take notice.

　　Poverty is a chronic disease in human society, and anti-poverty has always been a major event in governing the country and safeguarding the country at all times and in all countries. Facing the global governance problem of poverty eradication, China has never hesitated to share its experience and contribute to international poverty reduction while achieving its own poverty reduction.

　　In recent years, China has made great efforts to provide "six 100" projects to developing countries, including 100 poverty alleviation projects, 100 agricultural cooperation projects, 100 trade promotion assistance projects, 100 ecological protection and climate change response projects, 100 hospitals and clinics, 100 schools and vocational training centers, to help the countries concerned reduce poverty.

　　In the Asian region, China has implemented the demonstration cooperation technical assistance project for poverty reduction in East Asia in rural communities in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar; In Africa, China has built water conservancy infrastructure for African countries, built a demonstration zone for agricultural cooperation, and promoted the implementation of projects such as technical cooperation between China and Africa; In the South Pacific region, carry out technical cooperation and assistance projects such as infrastructure construction and agricultural medical care; In Latin America, build agricultural technology demonstration centers to help local people in recipient countries get rid of poverty … …

　　UN Secretary-General Guterres said that China is "the country that has made the greatest contribution to global poverty reduction".

　　Unite the practitioners who fight the epidemic.

　　"People from all countries watch and help each other, showing the courage, determination and care of mankind in the face of major disasters, and illuminating the darkest moment. The epidemic will eventually be defeated by mankind, and victory will surely belong to the people of the world! " In September, 2020, when the COVID-19 epidemic was raging repeatedly around the world, the speech made by the Chairman of the Supreme Leader in the general debate of the 75th United Nations General Assembly was inspiring.

　　Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, China has been helping each other with the rest of the world, sharing anti-epidemic experience in time, rushing to help other countries with anti-epidemic materials, and actively carrying out international anti-epidemic cooperation. China has provided anti-epidemic materials to 153 countries and 15 international organizations, and co-organized more than 300 technical exchange activities such as epidemic prevention and control and medical treatment with more than 180 countries and regions and more than 10 international organizations around the world.

　　China was the first country to promise the new crown vaccine as a global public product, to support the exemption of intellectual property rights in vaccine research and development, and to cooperate with developing countries in vaccine production, which injected a strong impetus into bridging the global "immunization gap". China actively played the role of traditional Chinese medicine, held more than 100 video exchanges and live broadcasts of anti-epidemic experts, introduced the diagnosis and treatment schemes of traditional Chinese medicine to more than 150 countries and regions, and provided traditional Chinese medicine products to some countries and regions in need.

　　Romina Sudak, a member of the Argentina Research Group in China, Rosario University, Argentina, said that China has helped developing countries to fight the epidemic, and China has implemented its consistent concept of "community of human destiny" with practical actions.

　　The doer of green development

　　"The sky goes at four o’clock without words, and everything is alive without words." China is an active advocate and a down-to-earth doer in tackling climate change and strengthening global environmental governance.

　　Chairman of the Supreme Leader has repeatedly expounded China’s proposition of building a clean and beautiful world and protecting the beautiful home of the earth on United Nations occasions. "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. We should follow the concept of harmony between man and nature and seek the road of sustainable development. "

　　Make a historic contribution to the conclusion and rapid entry into force of the Paris Agreement, take the lead in issuing the National Plan for China to Implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, fully implement the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, announce the timetable and road map for achieving peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality, and introduce the "1+N" policy system for implementing the dual-carbon goal, leading the world in the field of renewable energy development, becoming the country with the greatest contribution to the global ozone layer protection, and making green practical. … As the largest developing country, China promotes the construction of a community of human and natural life with consistent determination and strong measures, and contributes to the protection of human common home and the realization of human sustainable development.

　　Simon Steele, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said that at present, the international community is facing an energy crisis, and China has made substantial progress in the field of climate change and played an important role in promoting the global response to climate change.

　　At present, the world is standing at the crossroads of history. The changes of the world, times and history are unfolding in an unprecedented way, and human society is facing unprecedented challenges. People pray for the sunshine of peace, development and progress to penetrate the haze of war, poverty and backwardness.

　　The road is not alone, and the world is a family. China is willing to work with other countries in the world to push the United Nations to play a more active role in the lofty cause of promoting human peace and development, to promote the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom, to safeguard world peace, promote world development and promote the building of a community of human destiny.

　　Planning: Ni Siyi

　　Producer: Feng Junyang and Mao Lei

　　Coordinator: Yan Junyan, Han Mo, Xie Peng.

　　Reporter: Zhao Yan, Bird, Qiao Jihong and Chen Shan.

　　Editor: Han Liang Wang Fengfeng Wang Kewen Diao Ze

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　　Produced by Xinhua News Agency International Department

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Jing Ren She Fa [2024] No.12

　　In order to ensure that the insured units and individuals in this Municipality pay the social insurance premiums in 2024 in full and on time, the upper and lower limits of the wage base of various social insurance contributions are hereby notified as follows:

　　1. Since July 2024, the upper limit of the monthly payment base for the basic old-age insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and basic medical insurance (including maternity) for enterprise employees in this city in 2024 is determined to be 35,283 yuan, and the lower limit of the monthly payment base is 6,821 yuan.

　　Second, since July, 2024, individuals who file in their personal capacity in social insurance agencies such as city and district human resources public service centers, and who participate in social insurance, as well as individuals who pay social insurance in various street (township) convenience service centers, can choose between the lower limit and the upper limit of the old-age insurance payment for enterprise employees. If the application procedures are not completed on schedule, the base of social insurance payment in 2024 will be determined according to the base of my previous year. If it is lower than the lower limit of employee pension insurance payment and unemployment insurance payment, the following limit will be used as the base of payment.

　　1. If the upper limit of the monthly payment base of basic old-age insurance and unemployment insurance is 35,283 yuan, the insured person will pay the basic old-age insurance premium of 7,056.6 yuan and unemployment insurance premium of 352.83 yuan.

　　2. If calculated according to the lower limit of 6,821 yuan for the basic old-age insurance and unemployment insurance, the insured person will pay 1,364.2 yuan for the basic old-age insurance and 68.21 yuan for the unemployment insurance.

　　Three, since July 2024, in the city, district human resources public service center and other social insurance agencies in their personal capacity, and individuals who participate in social insurance, as well as individuals who pay social insurance in various street (township) convenience service centers, pay the basic medical insurance premium of 576.32 yuan per month.

　　4. Since July 2024, the upper limit of the monthly payment base of the basic old-age insurance for employees of government agencies and institutions in this city in 2024 is determined to be 35,283 yuan, and the lower limit of the monthly payment base is 7,057 yuan.

　　This is for your information.

Beijing Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security　　　　

Beijing Municipal Medical Security Bureau　　　　

State Taxation Administration of The People’s Republic of China Beijing Municipal Taxation Bureau　　　　

July 26, 2024　　

　　In December 2024, Mr. Qiu bought an Audi Q3 in Shaoxing Hongao Automobile Sales & Service Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Shaoxing Hongao 4S Store") by way of mortgage loan, and both parties agreed to pick up the car on January 20, 2025. But until now, Mr. Qiu has not mentioned the new car.

　　"I have already paid off three car loans, but the 4S shop has been delaying the date of picking up the car. The staff said that the new car certificate was mortgaged.However, the owner’s car purchase money was taken away by the headquarters for other purposes, and the 4S shop had no money to redeem the new car certificate. "Mr. Qiu told the First Financial Reporter.

　　Shaoxing Hongao 4S Store belongs to the North.Guorong Investment Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Yuntong Automobile"), the reporter noticed that many 4S stores under Yuntong Automobile, such as Beijiao, Shaanxi Yuntong Ruidi and Shaoxing Hongao, had consumer complaints about delayed delivery of new cars and unauthorized deduction of user points, involving Land Rover, Audi and other brands.

　　At present, the owners of Yuntong Auto in Hangzhou, Shaoxing and Wenzhou have established rights protection groups, with nearly 200 people, and consumers have filed lawsuits in court.

　　A number of employees of Chongqing Yuntong Shengdi, a subsidiary of Yuntong Automobile, told reporters that they were owed wages. "As early as July 2023, part of the performance salary was not paid, and then in 2024, the salary was not paid for two months, but the social security provident fund was paid normally. Because I can’t afford the waiting time, I have already gone through the resignation procedure. " An employee said. The video he provided shows that the exhibition car of Chongqing Yuntong Shengdi Store has been emptied, and only the maintenance service is reserved.

　　According to the enterprise investigation information, Chongqing Yuntong Shengdi Automobile Sales & Service Co., Ltd. currently has seven contract disputes with security service companies and construction companies, and the shareholder Chengdu Yuntong Guorong Investment Co., Ltd. was listed as the executor by the court.

　　In view of the above situation, China Business News reporter failed to contact American Express for comment by telephone or email.

　　Wang Youyin, a senior partner of Beijing Shengyun Law Firm, told reporters that consumers should first complain and report to the relevant administrative organs through formal channels when they encounter the default of selling cars by Express, and they can report problems to market supervision and management departments, consumer associations and other institutions. The second is to sue and seal up the other party’s property to protect their own rights and interests. In the course of litigation, consumers can apply to the court for seizure, freezing and other preservation measures to ensure that the judgment can be effectively enforced.

　　It is worth noting that according to official website Information of American Express Automobile, the company is mainly engaged inBrand cars, including, Bentley,, Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz, Lincoln, Audi, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, British finidi, etc. The number of brand stores accounts for 86% of the total number of the group. According to the china automobile dealers association report, dealers who mainly sell fuel vehicles have increased their operating pressure in the past year. In 2024, the profit ratio of automobile dealers was 39.3%, the flat ratio was 19%, and the loss ratio was 41.7%. In February this year, the inventory coefficient of high-end and imported car brand dealers was 1.85, up 58.1% from the previous month.

　　Since last year, Baolide Automobile,Luxury brand dealers have experienced business problems such as delaying the delivery of new cars. China grand auto Group’s Heilongjiang Zunrongjie Road Land Rover 4S Store issued a notice of suspension of business, saying that due to china grand auto’s transfer of 4S store funds, Jaguar Land Rover manufacturers refused to give wholesale resources, and the company did not pay wages for many months, which eventually led to the break of the capital chain and made it difficult to operate, and decided to suspend business on December 5 last year. In addition, in the second half of last year, BMW 4S stores in Beijing, Fuzhou and Xiamen were exposed and closed, and the delivery of new cars was delayed. BMW Group announced that it had cancelled its contract with G.A. Group, a Singapore automobile dealer group affiliated to the 4S store, and cancelled its authorization.

　　Lang Xuehong, Deputy Secretary-General of china automobile dealers association, said that the competition in the automobile market has become more and more fierce, and manufacturers and dealers have adopted the strategy of "exchanging price for quantity" and spared no effort to compete for market share, resulting in the situation of no increase in revenue and no increase in profit, and the price inversion of most brands has intensified. In 2024, 60.4% of car dealers’ prices were upside down by more than 15%. The serious price inversion has swallowed up the liquidity of dealers, and the tight liquidity has become a difficulty for automobile dealers.

[Editor’s note】

Speech! Speech! Speech!

Hillary Clinton, the US presidential candidate who lost in the general election in 2016 and former US Secretary of State, came back to work, that is, she kept giving speeches.

At the beginning of March, at the age of 70, she declared her return in full spirit in red, calling on women to chase after their dreams.

After that, she gave another 26-minute speech at the California Professional Women’s Conference. "I am very happy to get out of the predicament. Now I don’t want to go anywhere except the White House." Of course, her spearhead is still aimed at Trump, criticizing Trump’s health care reform bill and calling on everyone to continue fighting for the cause they believe in.

Recently, she appeared in Georgetown University in the United States in red, and mercilessly criticized President Trump’s budget proposal. Recently, several of Trump’s policy proposals have been constrained by Congress and courts everywhere, which has made former competitors full of firepower and angry. Hillary commented on Trump’s budget, "The blow to women and children is a serious mistake in our country."

Public opinion suspected that Hillary Clinton was likely to make a comeback, but in an interview with the new york Times reporter in early April, she made it clear that she would not participate in the US election again.

Good morning! (Applause)

Thank you!

I am grateful for your enthusiasm, and I am very happy to come to the campus and this great school. I am very glad to have the opportunity to talk with you today.

I am very grateful to President De Gioia for his visionary leadership and to Georgetown University. Numerous diplomats, peace defenders and leaders have been trained here. I share the same view with many people. We need more defenders of peace, diplomats and leaders, because they are committed to seeking common ground while reserving differences, eliminating differences and connecting people all over the world. And this is not an easy thing.

In the 1990s, we deeply felt the need to improve women’s rights and give them more opportunities, especially in education, health and economy. At the same time, we should also devote ourselves to resolving conflicts, creating a safe environment for everyone in the world and helping them prosper and grow. So on that day in 2011, we came to Georgetown University to announce that women’s full participation in peace and security affairs is no longer just a marginal issue in international affairs. (Applause)

At that time, I was full of confidence. Today, I am even more hopeful. The greatest unfinished business in the 21st century is to improve women’s rights and ensure their full participation. (Applause)

This seems to be self-evident, and improving women’s rights and interests is both a right and an obligation. Women account for half of the total population, so we have the right to participate in the discussion of decisions that will affect our lives. But what I really want to tell you is that this move is more about peace, security and prosperity. This is not a partisan dispute, but a problem that concerns everyone. A rising tide lifts all boats, and the tide of women’s rights can drive the development of the whole country. Therefore, every year, whenever I have the opportunity, I will come back here to attend the award ceremony. As President De Gioia has just read, women and men from different backgrounds and countries are United by the same belief, that is, women are not only victims of war, but also executors of change, creators of peace and promoters of progress.

This is the principle behind all the State Council’s efforts in the first term. We want to set a standard, and I am deeply proud of the importance of this standard. It is not just a "window dressing" on the edge of the State Council affairs, but the focus of our work. Speaking for women’s rights and opportunities is the cornerstone of America’s global leadership. Therefore, our foreign policy must take this as a benchmark, provide it with the necessary resources, personnel and attention, and at the same time be responsible for it. (Applause)

The US military has also recognized the role of women in peace and security affairs, which makes me full of joy. Over the years, I have been fortunate to fight alongside some military leaders on the stage. General Sandy Winnipeg, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Michèle Flournoy, former deputy minister in charge of policy of the Ministry of National Defense, stressed in their work that rape and gender violence should be eliminated in conflict areas and post-war areas, so that women can participate in peacemaking and peace-keeping.

Nowadays, this is particularly important. On a global scale, more than 60 million refugees are trying to escape not only war, but also famine, drought and disease. We can’t look on coldly, because the turmoil in countries and regions will in turn breed more problems, whether it is regional conflicts, terrorism, diseases or criminal activities, which may affect our own country. Global progress depends on the progress of women. Since the United Nations Conference on Women was held in Beijing in 1995, we have seen a lot of progress. However, it must be emphasized that we should be alert to the retrogressive signals that have already appeared. Today’s government has drastically cut its budget in international health, development and diplomacy, which is a heavy blow to women and children and a wrong move taken by the country. As you may know, more than 120 retired Admiral Lu recently signed a letter to Congress and the government, demanding that Congress and the White House stop the current practice. This is also our aspiration. These outstanding men and women who have been in the military have realized that the government’s practice will not make the country safer, on the contrary, it will only increase the danger and endanger China’s position in the world.

Defense Minister Matisse said, "If you don’t provide the State Council with sufficient funds, they will have to buy more ammunition". So at Georgetown University, you spoke with facts and proved the importance of women in peace and security affairs. Today, its importance is increasing instead of decreasing. With the expansion of the institute, there is more evidence that the country is becoming safer as women gradually participate in the process of creating and maintaining peace. Research shows-I talked about research, evidence and facts again (laughs).

But in fact, when women participate in peace negotiations, the agreement is easier to reach and more likely to continue. We know that women’s rights and personal safety are often the first targets attacked by fundamentalists, and we also know that women are often the first to discover conflicts. When their insight and the information they provide are ignored, it will have serious consequences, but such consequences can be completely avoided. When sexual violence is still used as a strategy by terrorist organizations, and when women are still recruited by ISIS and Boko Haram, leaders who want to eliminate terrorism and violence should redouble their efforts to ensure women’s right to participate. Before others draw any conclusions, I want to state in advance that women are not born more peaceful than men. This is a stereotype, which does not exist in reality. (Laughter)

But history does show that when women sit at the table and talk about peace, they can form alliances and try their best to reach a consensus. On the issues of human rights, transitional justice, national reconciliation and economic recovery, they can often shine brilliantly. I have witnessed this scene with my own eyes. Over the years, I have worked with women in Northern Ireland, and I have witnessed their great efforts to transcend religious differences and conclude a lasting peace.

When this work began in the 1990s, who would have thought that martin mcguinness, who had just passed away, would shake hands with Queen Elizabeth one day? We have also witnessed women in Liberia ending the bloody civil war. If you haven’t seen the movie "Pray for the Devil to Return to Hell", I strongly recommend it. Because this film conveys the same point of view as I want to convey when I stand on the podium today from a personal point of view. Women in Liberia came to the place where men held peace talks, which was a hotel in Ghana, and they had been discussing it for weeks. They surrounded the hotel and refused to leave. Until an agreement is reached, they are not allowed to go out, not even sticking their heads out of the window. Of course, in the end, they chose ellen johnson sirleaf as the new president. She is also the first female president on the African continent. (Applause)

I have witnessed that women in the Democratic Republic of Congo survived unimaginable cruelty, but they were able to rejuvenate and help others. I have been following the development of Colombia for many years, and I will focus on it in a few minutes. We saw women’s organizations protest and participate in negotiations, which finally ended the bloodshed that lasted for more than 50 years. When the conflict broke out and all attempts to stop the violence failed, women went out of their homes and started the whole peace negotiation process in Colombia on their own, and prevented all parties from staying out until an agreement was reached.

If we want a fairer, freer and more peaceful country, or even the whole world, it is not enough to talk about women’s rights. We must seriously consider their needs and provide them with tools so that they can participate in the process of transforming the world. The leaders who stand here today to be commended have witnessed these progress.

Like many peace agreements, the peace situation ushered in after 50 years of war is only the beginning. Peace is not a temporary achievement, but a long-term undertaking. Although it is inconceivable to give up this hard-won peace, as long as the interests are harmed in any way, there will be various forces within the country trying to undermine the existing situation. We must do everything possible to prevent the current peace situation in Colombia from being destroyed. This work is indeed full of difficult decisions and considerations about transitional justice and economic feasibility, but peace is indeed within reach.

Therefore, from the peace process we celebrate today to the measures taken by the state and various institutions to improve the status of women, people gradually realize what role women have played in coping with climate change and fighting violent extremism, terrorism and various conflicts. We must continue this work. I implore the government to continue its leadership work on behalf of world peace, because with or without the participation of the United States, the world will only move forward, not backward. (Applause)

The decision is in our hands. The world we live in is complicated, and everything is interrelated and interdependent. You can’t just choose one or two things and say, "OK, now we have to solve this problem". Things are ever-changing, the border will disappear before the pressure, and the Internet is spreading despair while providing opportunities. We can’t help but ask, will the United States be left behind by the world tide or will it continue to maintain its leading position? I hope the answer is that we will do everything possible to make the country and the world stronger and safer.

We must fight for our values, human rights, opportunities and security for all, and at the same time continue to ensure that women have the same rights as men. Only by striving for and guaranteeing these rights can we release human potential and achieve unprecedented development.

Students of Georgetown University, this is my hope for your generation, and I hope you can make it a reality.

Thank you all. (Applause)

　　China Overseas Chinese Network March 8th According to Indonesia’s "International Daily" report, from March 7th, 2022, international tourists from many countries will enter Indonesia through the airport gates and ports in Bali, no longer need to be quarantined, and will be allowed to apply for a visa on arrival (VOA). The government has also cancelled the requirement for a guarantor to apply for an electronic visa for travel. However, the government still requires visiting international tourists to purchase health insurance covering COVID-19 according to applicable regulations.

　　Shan Diaca, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, announced in Jakarta on March 7th that after the co-ordination meeting of all relevant departments and units, all parties agreed to test the above-mentioned measures for allowing international tourists to apply for visa on arrival and entry without quarantine in Bali in advance. The list of foreign citizens who are allowed to enter the country according to the regulations is as follows: Australia, the United States, New Zealand, Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Qatar, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Italy, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Italy.

　　Iwawan Koser, governor of Bali, said that the decision was made at the coordination meeting held on March 4th, attended by the ministers of maritime affairs and investment coordination, health, creative economy and tourism, transportation, justice and human rights, foreign affairs, chairman of COVID-19 and the national disaster relief working group, coordinator of the COVID-19 working group, governor of Bali, commander of the ninth military region in Na, Udaja, police chief of Bali and tourism entrepreneurs.

　　On March 4th, Gosul said that after listening to the opinions and support of the participants on the experiment of implementing the new policy for foreign tourists, the segregation policy was cancelled, allowing international tourists to apply for visas on arrival, but they still had to abide by the health agreement. These conditions include the obligation to complete vaccination and booster before departure, negative PCR swab test, and having proof of payment to book a trip to Bali Hotel for at least 4 days. If the PCR test result is negative, tourists are allowed to go to all tourist destinations, but if COVID-19 is positive, they must be quarantined in the hotel. Especially for positive cases and elderly tourists, hospitalization will be arranged immediately and PCR swab test will be conducted on the third day. If the result is negative, you are allowed to travel in Bali.

　　Gosul emphasized that, according to the instructions of the minister, Bali is committed to accelerating the vaccination of intensified vaccines and striving to achieve the minimum target of 30% by March 7, 2022. Government ministries and commissions have made full preparations for the implementation of non-isolation measures and visas on arrival in Bali. (Liang Jian)

A few days ago, a card friend claimed that he was stopped at a toll station in Henan Province without an ID card. Please review https://www.360che.com/law/231024/185124.html for details. This matter has attracted the attention of many card friends. What documents do I need to check to take the green link? Do I have to have an ID card? Can’t I have other documents? Who has the authority to check the ID card? Can the toll booth staff check it? This article will take a look!

At present, the official documents have clear requirements for fresh agricultural products. According to the Notice of the Ministry of Transport, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance on Further Optimizing the "Green Passage" Policy of Fresh Agricultural Products Transportation, fresh agricultural products on the expressway only need to have one of the animal quarantine certificate, the plant quarantine certificate or the "three certificates" of the origin of fresh agricultural products. Among them, animals and their products rely on animal quarantine certificates, and crop products rely on plant quarantine certificates to pass through toll highways free of charge. Fresh bamboo shoots, fresh chestnuts, fresh aquatic products and fresh eggs and milk can pass through the toll highway free of charge only with the certificate of origin.

In addition to the inspection requirements for Lalutong products, when vehicles pass the inspection at high speed, they need to check four license procedures, namely, driver’s license, driving license, road transport qualification certificate and road transport operation certificate. There is no clear document, and you must have an ID card to take the green link! In the case of Henan toll station before, Kayou also mentioned that he had a driving license, but the staff insisted on asking for an ID card. The rationality of this matter is still in doubt.

Identity card is the identity certificate of the holder, which is generally used in the process of transportation, hotel registration, bank card handling, medical registration and other affairs. According to Article 15 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Resident Identity Cards, the people’s police perform their duties according to law, and when they encounter people suspected of committing crimes, on-site control, emergencies that seriously endanger social security, and other circumstances that require identification according to the law, they can check their resident identity cards by showing their law enforcement certificates.

However, the law stipulates that the people’s police can have the right to check their identity cards under these circumstances, but the staff of the toll station belong to the employees of the expressway investment company, not the people’s police. It stands to reason that they have no right to check their identity cards! Back in the Henan toll station incident, the staff insisted on an ID card to avoid the green pass, and when the card friend questioned whether he had the right to check the ID card, he replied, "I am definitely qualified. No ID card is inevitable. You don’t have an ID card, we can call the police. " What is the basis for the toll booth staff to say "qualified to check ID cards"?

Because many card friends are very concerned about whether they need an ID card to take the green link, the truck house left a message to the Ministry of Communications and received a reply from the Ministry of Communications.

Reply: Hello, in the document on the "green channel" policy issued by our department,There is no requirement to check the identity card.Issues related to the inspection of identity documents are not within the scope of my department’s responsibility management.

Previously, the card friend was asked to pay by the toll booth staff because of lack of pull, overload and non-compliance with the Catalogue of Fresh Agricultural Products. This time, the Henan toll booth stopped the card friend on the grounds of "no ID card". This is the first time I have seen it. After consulting the documents needed to take the green link, checking the legal authority of the ID card, and combining with the reply of the Ministry of Communications, the truck house does not agree with the staff of Henan toll station.

What do you think of the rationality of this matter? Talk about your opinion in the comments section!

　　Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, September 6th Title: The cultural relics of the No.2 ancient ship in the Yangtze River estuary: presenting the multiculturalism in the early days of Shanghai’s opening.

　　Xinhua News Agency reporters Sun Liping and Ding Ting

　　"Dimethyl Chuantu" Cup, "Green Blowing" Glazed Porcelain, Blue and White Ear "Dowry Bottle" and even Vietnam hookah & HELIP; … In recent years, the ancient ship No.2 at the Yangtze River Estuary, which is sleeping under the north harbor channel in the northeast of hengsha island, Chongming, Shanghai, has been flooded with cultural relics.

　　On September 6th, the Shanghai Cultural Relics Protection Research Center announced a batch of water cultural relics after cleaning and preliminary textual research. Most of these porcelains are trade exchange porcelains, and they are well-made. They are like jigsaw pieces scattered on the seabed, which "collage" a vibrant and culturally diverse social life picture for people in the early days of Shanghai’s opening.

　　According to Zhai Yang, deputy director of Shanghai Cultural Relics Protection Research Center, more than 600 pieces of ceramics have been cleaned up from the preparation of the overall relocation and salvage project of the Yangtze River Estuary No.2 ancient ship. Archaeologists extracted and cleaned up some ancient ship-related cultural relics in the early stage of underwater investigation and overall migration pretreatment. Most of these porcelains are produced in Jingdezhen kilns, and some may be produced in Yixing kilns in Jiangsu and Yaokou in Fujian.

　　Carefully holding up a green glaze cup of Jingdezhen kiln in Tongzhi, Zhai Yang said that this cultural relic can be named "001". The green glazed cup is small and exquisite, and the bottom has the inscription of "Tongzhi Year System". Zhai Yang said that the bottom payment of this water cultural relic played an important role in dating the ancient ship No.2 in the Yangtze River estuary.

　　Zhai Yang is showing a green glazed cup of water cultural relics. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xiang photo

　　At the bottom of the green glazed cup, there is a sketch of "Tongzhi Year System". Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xiang photo

　　"Jingdezhen Kiln began to burn green glazed porcelain in Xuande period of Ming Dynasty, and introduced European technology in the early Qing Dynasty to create a kind of ‘ Western green utensils ’ Enamel is different from traditional green glaze, and it is glazed by blowing glaze. This green glazed cup is slightly brown due to long-term corrosion by seawater. However, its own imprint of cultural exchanges outside junior high school in Shanghai is still vivid. " Zhai Yang said.

　　Compared with the "foreign" green glazed cup, the pastel "Dimethyl Chuantu" cup of Jingdezhen kiln in Tongzhi of Qing Dynasty is particularly antique. This pastel cup depicts two crabs walking with their crab claws open and reeds between them. Experts explained that two crabs mean "dimethyl"; Reed is homophonic. In the Qing Dynasty, the "second place" in the imperial examination, that is, the fourth place in palace examination, was called "Biography", which entrusted people’s earnest wishes for "to be no.1" at that time.

　　The "Dimethyl Biography" cup from the No.2 ancient ship in the Yangtze River Estuary symbolizes to be no.1. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xiang photo

　　The underwater archaeological team also found a huge white and blue-and-white Panasonic Costus ear bottle piled in Jingdezhen kiln of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty. This porcelain bottle is 60 cm high, with a plump shoulder and a bulging belly. There are double lion earrings on both sides, and the body of the bottle is painted with a picture of Panasonic in blue and white. Experts explained that this style was popular in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and it was mostly used for dowry, commonly known as "dowry bottle" among the people. Surprisingly, when archaeologists cleaned and collected the thick silt in the bottle layer by layer for further research in the future, they took out a total of 50 blue and white dragon cups from the "dowry bottle" in succession.

　　The picture shows the huge "dowry bottle" in Qing Dynasty. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xiang photo

　　Archaeologists took out 50 blue and white dragon cups from the "belly" of porcelain bottles. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xiang photo

　　The staff extracted the silt from the water cultural relics for archaeological research. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xiang photo

　　There are Vietnamese hookah cans in the cultural relics of the ancient ship No.2 in the Yangtze River estuary. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xiang photo

　　On March 2nd this year, National Cultural Heritage Administration and the Shanghai Municipal Government jointly announced the official launch of the archaeological and cultural relics protection project of the No.2 ancient ship in the Yangtze River Estuary. It has been made clear that the No.2 ancient ship in the Yangtze River Estuary was a trading merchant ship during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, and it was also a wooden sailing boat with the largest volume, the most complete preservation and a huge number of cultural relics on board. Recently, underwater archaeologists have found both rudder and iron anchor in the north of the ancient ship, which provides reference data for the "largest volume and most complete preservation" of the ancient ship No.2 in the Yangtze River estuary from another side.

　　The rudder stock of the No.2 ancient ship in the Yangtze Estuary is about 5.6 meters long and 42 centimeters in diameter, and it is also wrapped with 52 iron hoops with a width of about 7 centimeters, presumably to reinforce the rudder stock. The tiller is made of three pieces of wood surrounded by iron hoops, the longest of which is 6.26 meters. In addition, the iron anchor of the Changjiang Estuary No.2 ancient ship is a four-claw anchor, about 3.3 meters long (excluding iron rings), and it is also a relatively large ancient four-claw iron anchor found in China at present.

　　Rudder of the Yangtze River Estuary No.2 ancient ship. (Photo courtesy of Shanghai Wenbao Center)

　　Four-claw iron anchor of the Yangtze River Estuary No.2 ancient ship. (Photo courtesy of Shanghai Wenbao Center)

　　The Yangtze River Estuary No.2 ancient ship is expected to be salvaged before the end of this year. After that, according to the ancient ship archaeology and cultural relics protection plan, the cultural relics and archaeologists will carry out all-round research on the formation process, construction technology and route of the ancient ship site, explore the scientific, historical, artistic, social and cultural value of the ancient ship to the greatest extent, and gradually uncover many puzzles of the Yangtze River Estuary No.2 ancient ship.

CCTV News:March and April are the off-season of wheat processing every year, and the price is also running at a low level. However, this year, the price of wheat has fluctuated greatly. Let’s see the reporter’s investigation in Puyang, Henan Province, the main wheat producing area.

The reporter saw in a flour enterprise in Puyang, Henan Province that the vehicles that came to sell grain were scattered. Li Yanqun, a wheat grower, told the reporter that the price of wheat has experienced great fluctuations since March this year.

According to reports, affected by the rising prices of means of production and other factors, the price of wheat has been rising continuously since last year. By the first week of March this year, it reached a historical high above 1.6 yuan per catty, but it dropped sharply in the following month.

Liu Huaizeng, general manager of a flour industry group in Puyang City, Henan Province, said that at present, in the off-season of flour consumption, the overlapping epidemic situation affects logistics and transportation, and the sales volume is reduced by 10% compared with February.

Liu Huaizeng, general manager of a flour industry group in Puyang City, Henan Province:Due to the fluctuation of prices, our purchase volume has declined.

　　　　　　 In the interview, the reporter learned that after mid-April, the price of wheat rebounded slightly, which increased the uncertainty of the market. Because there are still about two months before the new wheat goes on the market, enterprises and farmers are also on the sidelines.

According to data released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations recently, with the continuation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, world food prices jumped sharply in March, reaching the highest level in history. Will the high international food price have an impact on China’s wheat price? Keep looking.

The FAO Grain Price Index averaged 170.1 points in March, up 17.1% from the previous month, the highest since 1990. This is due to the soaring prices of wheat and coarse grains in the world. The main reason is that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict led to the interruption of Ukrainian and Russian grain exports, and the expected loss of exports in the Black Sea region intensified, which affected the already tight global wheat supply situation.

Although the price of wheat in the international market has risen to a historical high, China’s wheat is completely self-sufficient, and the import quota accounts for about 6% of the total domestic consumption & mdash; 7%, and a small amount of wheat imported every year is mainly used for variety adjustment, which has limited impact on China’s wheat market. In the future, domestic production and supply will mainly affect wheat prices. From the national situation, the wheat in the main producing areas has entered the jointing stage in an all-round way, and the field management has changed from promoting weakness to strengthening to growing into large ears and increasing grain weight. The transformation of seedling conditions has basically been completed and the growth is better than expected. As of April 6, the proportion of first-class and second-class seedlings of winter wheat in China was 87.9%, which was 17.4 percentage points higher than that before winter.

Cao Hui, Director of Industrial Development Research Office of Rural Economic Research Center of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs:In five provinces, 110 million mu of late-sown wheat has been generally applied with a regreening fertilizer, and the soil moisture in warm winter last year was also good, so the seedling situation changed quickly. The proportion of first-and second-class seedlings in China in early April was similar to that in the same period of the previous year, and the foundation for stable and increased production was there.

According to the market changes, the relevant state departments have also started the policy wheat auction, putting about 500,000 tons of policy wheat into the market every week. Since January, the total turnover has reached 6.723 million tons, and the turnover rate is about 98%. In addition, the intensive rotation of wheat reserves at all levels has met the grain demand of flour processing enterprises. In addition, China’s wheat stocks can meet the domestic consumption demand for more than one year, and the material foundation for ensuring stable supply and price is solid.

Adam Curtis’s career feels like a series of glitches at the heart of the BBC. His films are completely separated from the output of this channel. The first episode of his series "The Trap" (2007) covers the rise of game theory under the paranoia during the Cold War. It starts with a chilling title card ("Humans will always betray you") and is broadcast directly on BBC 2 after Crufts—, an extension of an international dog beauty contest.

Adam Curtis

Now, however, Curtis’s films can be obtained democratically on the Internet and are wildly welcomed by young people. They are documentaries on the surface, but his method is closer to poetry or video art than traditional narrative TV programs. Curtis also carefully avoided the stipulation of political labels, sometimes criticized the instability of capitalism with revolutionary Marxism, and sometimes he was a liberal technical utopian. However, in his infectious soundtrack and baroque visual style, Curtis is consistent with unwavering romanticism. He wants the audience to have a feeling-not simply explain the world.

I can’t get you out of my mind poster

Curtis’s new series "Can’t Get You Out of My Head" is a real epic. This six-part eight-hour series depicts the ups and downs of society from collectivism to individualism. His unrestricted access to BBC archives gave each episode an all-powerful eye, which Curtis used to locate and explain power, and the change of hands of power uprooted the world.

It all started with a sentence by David Gray Bo, using Curtis’s trademark all-capital Helvetica bold font-"The most secret truth in the world is that it is made by us and can be easily made into different shapes". With the development of the plot, the series tries to understand why this ultimate truth is really hidden, not dazzling. Through each episode (the last episode weighs 120 minutes), Curtis explores this issue emotionally through personal stories that try to change the modern world (from Russian dissident Edward Limonov to Tupac’s mother and former Panther member Afeni Shakur).

In the interview, Curtis told jacobin magazine about his new drama series, populist left wing, conspiracy theory and his love for music.

You subtitled this new series: "Emotional History of the Modern World". Why "emotion"?

AC：I want to explain why we are so anxious about the future. We know that we are dissatisfied with what we have today. But no one is willing to propose an alternative. I want to explain this paralysis through the rise of individualism, which makes people feel anxious and lonely, and individualism was supposed to liberate them.

In our personal time, our feelings are placed at the center, and we are taught that our inner feelings are the most important. In fact, consumerism also responds to this. Therefore, I want to describe a history of "emotion", because I am interested in the idea that your feelings are related to your system-this is really a forgotten idea.

Your previous series of works followed the narrative convention to some extent, but this series feels more like a collage, and the stories are intertwined in a nonlinear way. Why did you choose to do this?

AC：Part of the reason is that I am restless and I want to try something different. But mainly because I want to do something that feels more like a novel, a multi-part novel, just like what they wrote in the 19th century.

One of the people you pay attention to is Abu Zubaydah, whose brain was reduced to a random image by the torture of the CIA. This series feels a bit like being told through Abu Zubeda’s brain.

In fact, at the end of the film, I had a narrator who said, "We have all become like Abu Zubaida’s brain". But I deleted it because I thought it was too hard and I should let people see it for themselves. And I was right-you did see it. However, the problem about Zubaida is not torture, but that he was stuck in his brain by a shell fragment in 1991 and had such an effect that his experience is no longer meaningful. I think we have all become like this.

This series seems to be deliberately chaotic and disorderly, but history is also chaotic and disorderly. Is there a conflict between making a coherent narrative film and keeping a chaotic description of history?

AC：I want to do both. I want to describe the feeling of living in history in the era of individualism, where you have to rely on yourself and try to make all this meaningful.

You described this personal era, which flourished after World War II and is said to have liberated society, but now you say it is declining and it is no longer interesting as an individual. Can the genie be put back in the bottle?

AC：No-you can’t put it back. People are quite afraid of large-scale and twentieth-century collective efforts to change the world, which often leads to terror. The personal era comes from mass democracy as a response to mass democracy. But it actually leads to individuals who are deprived of power. They all want something different, but they don’t know how to get it. But I think another thing will appear soon, a new kind of politics, which allows you to be an expressive individual, but it is also part of something bigger than yourself. If we can regain control of the Internet from venture capital funds, then this is a good start.

You often talk about the shift from politics to culture, where radicalism just sits there and makes a lot of noise. Well, I am deeply suspicious of radicalism in art. With the rise of Thatcher and Reagan in the 1980s, leftists and liberals retreated to culture, thinking that they could change things from there. But things have not changed. I believe that the function of art is to express its times beautifully. Interestingly, it now beautifully expresses the paralysis of our time. Culture is a comfort blanket for radicals to cling to, so that they can avoid the terrible fact that they have no answer.

Has Covid-19 uprooted power?

AC：Covid-19 showed quite cruelly that the closer you are to power, the less likely you are to die. This understanding is shocking, and it will be as profound as the financial crisis in 2008.

Bernie sanders-and Britain’s jeremy corbyn-led the populist left-wing movement, trying to awaken the traditional collectivism, but they all failed. Why do you think that is?

AC：You must distinguish between the two. Sanders is likely to win the election in 2016. I remember what he said was almost exactly the same as Trump-talking to the white working class and how they were betrayed by the think tank in Washington. Although, in the primary election in 2020, his language has changed. He gave up talking to people that liberals are very afraid of.

I really don’t know Corbin well enough, but I remember talking to Labour activists during the 2019 election. What shocked me was their contempt for Brexit voters. I didn’t vote for Brexit, but I understand why people do it-not just because of anger, but because it is a tactical way to declare your alienation from the mainstream politics managed by technocrats. I know that many gin-drinking colonels in Surrey also voted for Brexit, but the elephant in the room is that all these former Labour voters have suddenly become stupid in the eyes of liberal metropolises.

You can’t deny these people, you must take them seriously. You don’t have to agree with them or believe that their racism is correct, but you must take them seriously and understand their feelings. The same is true in the United States, where Trump supporters are dismissed as being fooled by Putin, leaving them in a crumbling infrastructure and a booming opioid epidemic.

It’s interesting that you mentioned Putin. In this series, you compare the story of "TongRumen" with anonymous Q as a different way to react to the deadlock of Trump’s failed promise.

AC：When you run out of stories-that’s when you get conspiracy theories. There are many people who can’t face up to what is happening. People will not tell how Trump was chosen by Americans instead of Russia, or that he was actually very useless and was not blocked by pedophiles Satan in deep countries. I think these conspiracy theories are suitable for The New York Times, because they increase their reading, and also for intelligence agencies, because they are suddenly known as part of the resistance against Trump.

Back to collectivism, what about the society envisioned by radical Islamism?

AC：What we westerners don’t understand is that modern Islamic radicalism, which began in the late 1950s, was completely unable to bring the masses into it by the mid-1990s-maybe not in Iran, but it has completely failed in the Sunni world. The attack on the World Trade Center was not the result of a powerful movement, but the lashing out of a failed movement. The Sunni masses had not stood up at that time-not in Egypt, nor in Algeria.

But these tendencies are collectivist in thought?

AC：The question of our time is this-how do you manage a world of millions of individuals, millions of screaming pigs-how do you get them together? There is a saying that it is not the politicians’ fault that we got this withered managerialism-it is just a way to deal with millions of pigs desperately. We are little monsters. Seriously, we are.

I want to ask you a question about ghosts. M.R. James has a story called "Oh, whistle, I will come to you, my boy", and you are influenced.

AC：The inscription on the whistle that the hero of that story found on the beach-"What’s coming?" (What is this that is coming)-almost became the title of this series. But this is not a stupid thing. M.R. James wrote these stories in the 1890s, which I think is a similar era to the present. The British Empire is collapsing. With this feeling of fear and guilt, something will come back to haunt you. I think the United States has felt this way since the Vietnam War.

It’s a bit like what Mark Fisher wrote-the ghost of the past came back to cover the future.

AC：I know Mark. We used to meet in a cafe next to Liverpool Street Station and have a long talk about all this. We appeared on the stage together in Berlin, I think. But back to this idea about ghosts, I use certain characters, because they have the idea that you can force ghosts out of people’s minds and create a new society. But they forget that the most important thing is the ghost in their own heads.

The same is true of Brexit, who are troubled by a fictional and idealized vision of British history. Dominic Cummings (Boris Johnson’s former adviser, who is considered to be the mastermind of the Brexit movement) entered Britain through nationalism, which is something that liberals are very afraid of.

This is why Edward Limonov’s National Bolshevik Party is so symbolic in Russia.

AC：Exactly. Limonov is not a very nice person, but he did put forward an interesting point, that is, unless the left wing either uses nationalism or creates a stronger new myth, they will not have enough people on their side.

The last message in the series is likely to be quite promising. It says that if we can become more confident, then we can create a new vision for the future. This makes me feel strange, because it sounds like self-help, and you seem to despise this kind of thing?

AC：No, it’s the opposite of self-help. It is "stop imagining what you can do to yourself and start imagining what we can do to change the world". The starting point of self-help is that you can transform society by transforming yourself, but what we end up with is a society full of anxiety. I hope people can get out of this matter of self-help. That’s why I quoted David Gray Bo.

Your film has a very wide audience and many disgruntled young people are watching it. What do you want to say to a confused and depressed 16-year-old boy?

AC：Nothing. The last thing they want is for me to tell them what to do. I know I have such an audience, but I don’t know why. When I was filming All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, I heard that children broke into the house occupied by Croydon (a town in South London) and held an all-night party to watch my movie. It was strange, and then I realized that I had broken through.

Poster "Everything is guarded by the grace machine of love"

Your movies can also be silly.

AC：Yes, I can be silly. But you must keep a straight face. You can’t let people know that you are trying to be funny, because it’s not funny. But back to the original question, there are also old people who like my work. The people who never seem to like it are political journalists. They are not interested at all. They can’t understand why I put music in it.

It’s time for us to talk about music. Why do you choose tracks instead of using original soundtracks?

AC：Basically, I want to create an emotion. But this is not cynicism. It’s always my favorite music. For a while, I decided to end the series with Zombie by the cranberry band, because it seemed appropriate. But the terrible fact is that I don’t like that song. Just before this series was about to air, I was lying in bed thinking about this song and couldn’t sleep. Finally, I replaced it with Til I Gain Control Again by This Mortal Coil.

Why did you choose this?

AC: Because it makes me cry.

Is music the first? Have you ever changed what you want to write because you want to use a song?

AC: Not in general. I tend to use images. I will use a piece of music to oppose it, and then sometimes I will adjust something to suit this song. This is an organic process, but sometimes they just work. In "Lake of Bitterness" (a film about America and Islam made by Curtis in 2015), there is a david bowie song called "The Bewlay Brothers". I put it in and it was a success. I’m never literal. You see, I’m emotional. Another example is that in the first movie of the new series, I used the German version of Marlene Dietrich’s Where Have All the Flowers Gone, and at first I used the version sung by Donovan.

Bitter Lake

You also used Burial’s Forgive, who is a frequent visitor to your soundtrack.

AC：Yes, that song is very cute. But "Come Down to Us" is the best one. It is one of the great works of our time. But there are many Burial songs that I don’t like, because they are too dubstep.

I like that you use The Specials’ Do Nothing. That song is cheerful, but it is also quite nihilistic. The same is true of Sex Pistols’s Who Killed Bambi from The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle.

AC：I want to put skinheads in. Look. I always thought skinheads were said badly. I used to be a skinhead when I was young, because I like reggae and ragga (reggae branch, combined with rap) music. Skinheads are ambiguous figures, and I am attracted by ambiguous figures.

To tell the truth, a lot of this music, it sounds like "Adam Curtis Music".

AC：[Laughter] Well, I think we all have certainty and uncertainty about our personality. I’m really not sure about my writing style. I’m really not good at writing, and I’m troubled by it. But I’m very sure about my taste in music.

Can you tell me something about your editing process? The image in my mind is that you-a person-are sitting in front of a huge control panel and gradually accumulating copyright invoices. Is this real life?

AC：Corresponding to what?

Well, as long as you snap your fingers, you will have a team of student volunteers to browse the BBC files for you. But you won’t do it.

AC：What’s the point? If you draw my career, it is completely connected with the digitalization of everything. When you start digitizing images, it’s easy to rotate them quickly. That’s what I’ve been doing all my life. I have thousands of hours of videos on many hard drives.

How do you arrange your hard disk? Are they marked with things like "dark train shots" or "city view at night"?

AC：[Laughs] No. I read one day that Amazon’s execution center randomly stores items because it is more efficient. My stuff is also very random. I have a coding system, but I also have a memory of visual patterns, so I always know where everything is. My main rule is that if it makes me cry or want to dance, then it works.

Back to your use of language, what I like is how you speak in these grand ways-you put the world in epic historical terms.

AC：Do you still remember Marianne Williamson (American writer) in the primary election of American Democratic Party? I like her because she speaks in epic historical terms. Because of this, I have a lot of trouble with my American liberal friends. Back to M.R. James and "What’s coming?" This is coming. Some people put this uncertainty and confusion on a big and historic level. Britain needs the same thing. I mean, now Labour’s argument makes me want to cry.

Why is this?

AC：Because it is speaking in utilitarian terms set by the think tank. Political needs are exciting. It can be exciting because it can tell a powerful story. We are eager for this kind of story and this kind of excitement.

Yes, there are indeed many revolutionary attempts based on grand ideas that have led to terrible results. This is an indisputable fact, and it has penetrated into people’s consciousness. But it is also true that many other things based on grand ideas and revolutions have led to amazing things: for example, the United States, or mass democracy, or the welfare state. These are all born out of grand ideas. So, we are in this pessimistic world, and we seize those failed examples and say that this means that you can never change the world. But what I want to say by quoting David Gray Bo is: Yes, we all created bad things, but we also created great things.

Original link: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/03/Adam-Curtis-BBC-cant-get-you-out-of-my-head-interview.　

　　After understanding the efficacy and function of green tea, many netizens may not know the storage method of green tea. Let’s take a look at it with Xiaobian.

　　A bogey wet:

　　Green tea is a kind of loose and porous hydrophilic substance, so it has strong moisture absorption and moisture regain. When storing green tea, the relative humidity is 60%, and when it exceeds 70%, mildew spots will occur due to moisture absorption, and then acidification will occur.

　　Second, avoid high temperature:

　　The optimum storage temperature of green tea leaves is 0-5℃. If the temperature is too high, amino acids, sugars, vitamins and aromatic substances in tea will be decomposed and destroyed, which will reduce the quality, aroma and taste.

　　Three bogey sunshine:

　　Sunlight can promote the oxidation of green tea pigments and esters, and can decompose chlorophyll into pheophytin. Green tea leaves are stored in glass containers or transparent plastic bags. After being exposed to sunlight, their internal substances will react chemically, which will deteriorate the quality of green tea leaves.

　　Four bogey oxygen:

　　Chlorophyll, aldehydes, esters and vitamin C in green tea are easy to combine with oxygen in the air. The oxidized green tea leaves will make the green tea soup turn red and deepen, which will greatly reduce the nutritional value.

　　Five bogey odor:

　　Green tea leaves contain high molecular palm enzymes and terpenoids. This kind of substance is extremely unstable in nature and can absorb odor widely. Therefore, when tea leaves are mixed with odorous items for storage, they will absorb the odor and cannot be removed.

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