Author: Adrian (釋大道)

Adrian Chan-Wyles is a British expert specialising in the forensic translation of historical and contemporary political, cultural and philosophical Chinese texts - providing reliable English language interpretations. A number of his English language articles (interpreting Chinese affairs) have been published within the PRC - referenced in a number of Chinese language academic and news texts as examples of reliable transliterations regarding the (correct) 'foreign' understanding of Chinese culture.

China: Enhanced Co-Operation with Eire Announced! (18.2,2025)

18/02/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

During his visit, Wang also met with Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Simon Harris.

A unilateral visa-free policy to Ireland to facilitate personnel exchanges between the two countries was announced during Li’s visit last year. And 2024 saw the relaunch of a year-round direct Dublin-Beijing air route, which operates twice weekly.

According to statistics from Ireland’s government, China is Ireland’s largest trading partner in the Asia-Pacific region, with total bilateral trade of 36 billion euros ($37.7 billion) in 2023. Irish goods exports to China have increased by 529 percent in the decade since 2013.

Ireland also enjoys a trade surplus with China, with its exports to China being driven by medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, computer services, agri-food, and financial services.

China: Hou [侯] Family Sentenced for Fake TCM Treatment – Full Story! (18.2.2025)

18/02/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

There is a tradition within Chinese culture of “Master to Disciple” transmission of spiritual, medicinal, and martial culture (I know – as I have been a recipient and beneficiary of it). This still occurs within the Chinese diaspora – and it still happens in Mainland China – but with the caveat that modern China requires a rigorous professional approach when it comes to medicine and selling treatments to the public. TCM has been aligned with the educational standards of modern medicine – both of which are available to Chinese citizens. In fact, there are entire hospitals dedicated to TCM within which all the staff are university-educated. Mainland TCM doctors also have surgeries throughout the West – and are often not cheap to consult (although some offered “free” treatment to Westerners during the Covid-19 Pandemic). Regardless, a number of law-abiding citizens in China disagree with what the Hou family has experienced via the PRC Judiciary.

DPRK: Ground-Preparing Ceremony – 10,000 Socialist Flats to be Built in Hwasong Area! (17.2.2025)

17/02/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

All the builders broke into enthusiastic cheers with boundless reverence for Kim Jong Un, who is warmly inspiring them with great trust so that they can perform eye-opening feats once again in this year’s struggle for successfully concluding the tasks decided by the Party congress.

The venue of the ground-breaking ceremony was filled with the ardent enthusiasm of the builders of the capital city to uphold the cherished desire of our Party with miracles of creation, bearing deep in mind Kim Jong Un’s instructions that the Hwasong area is the epitome that intensively shows the spirit peculiar to the Workers’ Party of Korea that wages the revolution uninterruptedly and the onward march of our state that advances towards the future with a great ambition.

Kim Jong Un pressed the button for blasting to herald the start of the project for building 10 000 flats at the fourth stage in the Hwasong area.

US: Trans Erasure – Protests at Stonewall National Monument – “LGBTQ” changed to “LGB”! (16.2.2025)

16/02/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

“The transgender community threw the first bricks that launched the contemporary LGBTQ human rights movement,” said State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal.

“It was trans women of colour, trans women like Sylvia, Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, trans women that put their lives on the line, that stood on the front lines of this revolution. They are the reason why we have the rights that we have today, not just for trans people, but for LGBT people in general,” Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative board member Angelica Christina said.

“We’re going to do everything we can, especially with our nonprofit that fights for equality all over the globe, Stonewall Gives Back Initiative, to make sure that people know that we’re not going to tolerate this. Progress and civil rights, LGBTQ rights have never been made by being silent, and we’re not going to be silent,” Stonewall Inn co-owner Stacy Lentz said.

Spain: Russian Foreign Ministry – ‘Rights Violations of Russian Citizens Abroad’! (16.2.2025)

16/02/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Factors such as media coverage with a strong critical narrative of Russia, the massive arrival of Ukrainian refugees – Spain granted temporary protection to some 210,000 citizens between 2022 and 2024 – and the activity of Ukrainian nationalist organisations have influenced this context. In addition, statements by some Spanish officials have stoked the controversy. In June 2022, for example, the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, in a conversation with some pranksters, supported the need to “punish Russian bastards”, according to media reports.

Islam: Interactional Acts of Worship [عبادتك التعاملية]! (16.2.2025)

16/02/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Do not think that religion is about praying, fasting, reading the Quran, paying zakat, performing Hajj, and uttering the Shahada, and that’s it? No..!!

These acts of worship (ritualistic acts of worship) are obligatory duties for which you will be held accountable, but you will not reap their fruits and achieve their goals unless your (interactional acts of worship) are correct. They will not be correct if you are unjust, negligent, hurt, lie, and curse.

ا تتوهم أن الدين هو أن تصلي، وتصوم، وتقرأ القرآن، وتزكي، وتحج، وتنطق الشهادة، وانتهى الأمر ؟ لا ..!!

هذه العبادات (عبادات شعائرية) وهي فرائض ستحاسب عليها، لكنك لن تقطف ثمارها ولن تحقق أهدافها إلا إذا صحَّت (عبادتك التعاملية) لن تصح اذا ظلمت، وقصرت، وأذيت وكذبت وشتمت..

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