Soviet Studies (1917-1991) – Page 78

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.

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.

PLA Airforce - J35 - Will Blow Foreign Planes Out the Sky!

China: Australian Fighter Jet Expelled from PRC Airspace! (15.2.2025)

15/02/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

It should be noted that the Australian military aircraft chose not to take the clear path but instead intruded into someone else’s territory in the South China Sea, he said.

He added that China’s expulsion of the aircraft was entirely reasonable and lawful, beyond reproach, and a legitimate defence of national sovereignty and security.

“We urge Australia to abandon its risky and reckless behaviour, strictly restrain its front-line naval and air forces, and not act as a follower and enforcer, stirring up trouble in the South China Sea to the detriment of others and itself,” he said.

China: Chinese Student [Zhuang Menghan – 庄梦涵] Killed in US – Police Say Suspect “Asian Male”! (15.2.2025)

15/02/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

At the press conference, the investigator in charge of the case released some details of the case: “The woman who was killed was Menghan Zhuang, a 23-year-old Chinese citizen, who was found at her home by her roommate at 6:45 p.m. on February 4. Investigators believe Ms. Zhuang was murdered by a man she knew, who she let into her apartment the night before she was killed. “At the moment, the investigator is focusing his attention on this person.” During the investigation, investigators found that the man had arrived at the scene the night before the crime, and the video showed that the same man had left her apartment through her second-floor bedroom window on the same afternoon that Ms. Zhuang was found dead. ”

Thoughts on the Zhuang Menghan [庄梦涵] – Emily King – Case! (14.2.2025)

14/02/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

When Mainland Chinese people arrive in the West, usually as students, or sometimes employees, they are usually shell-shocked at the very different culture they find – even if the people are kind and considerate. The fundamental dualism that has built the Judeo-Christian world is thoroughly alien to these people (I have even found this to be the case regarding the very small percentage of genuine Christians that exist in China). Whenever I have travelled around the world, as soon as I exit the aeroplane, I can immediately feel the different frequency of the culture I have entered. I know nothing and am at the mercy of the indigenous population until I can find my feet. When I return to England, as soon as I land, it is like a hand in a glove – I am familiar with everything and know how and what to do to achieve objectives and solve difficulties. Acculturation and acclimatisation are a matter of experience and familiarity. Even Chinese people born outside of China sometimes express an underlying sense of alienation within the culture their parents or ancestors migrated into.

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