Soviet Studies (1917-1991) – Page 87

DPRK: Inauguration Ceremony of Regional-industry Factories in Jaeryong County Held! (18.1.2025)

18/01/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

He repeatedly stressed the need for the Party and government organs in cities and counties to always pay close attention to providing conditions necessary for normalizing production at the regional-industry factories, including providing raw materials and training skilled workers, and unconditionally ensure the provision of the conditions so that the new regional development policy of our Party can make a substantial contribution to promoting the material well-being of the inhabitants in the relevant regions.

He affirmed that he would make this year a year of another upsurge in regional construction by setting a higher standard as a goal on the basis of last year’s successes and ensuring the economic profitability, effectiveness and prospectiveness to the maximum.

The inauguration ceremony of the regional-industry factories in Jaeryong County held in the presence of Kim Jong Un served as a significant occasion, which instilled confidence in sure victory and optimism into the people across the country, who have turned out as one in the drive to open up a new avenue for prosperity according to the viewpoint on development and in the spirit of creation of the Korean style and greet the Ninth Congress of the Party as a glorious congress of victors.

China: US Allegations [& Reports] of Cyber-Attacks – Firmly Rejected! (17.1.2025)

17/01/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Shen Yi, a professor at Fudan University in Shanghai and a leading expert on cyberspace governance studies, said, “U.S. intelligence agencies have a typical behavioural pattern in hyping cybersecurity governance and national security issues, which is fabricating facts using false and inaccurate information, and fabricating so-called cyberattacks by other countries.”

The objective is to hype security threats and create anxiety, Shen added.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned a Beijing-based cybersecurity company, accusing it of helping Chinese hackers infiltrate U.S. telecommunication systems and conduct surveillance.

Israel “Celebrates” Ceasefire with New Atrocity in Gaza! (16.1.2025)

16/01/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Defense, said Israeli warplanes had intensified raids across multiple areas of Gaza. One strike, near the Engineers’ Syndicate in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of western Gaza City, killed 18 people and injured 20 others.

He added that seven Palestinians were killed in a strike on a house in northern Gaza, and another one targeting a home in the Al-Daraj area in eastern Gaza City resulted in three more deaths.

In addition, local sources at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, reported two fatalities in an attack on a house in the Qizan Rashwan area south of the city.

The Israeli military has not yet commented on the recent attacks.

Chinese New Year - 2926-4723! - Year of the [Yin] Wood Green Snake!

Chinese New Year [2025-4723] Year of the [Yin] Wood Green Snake! (15.1.2025)

15/01/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Wearing red is not limited to red clothes, red socks, and red belts, but can also be red jewellery, red mobile phone cases, as long as the items you carry with you are red.

There are two special days when wearing red is appropriate:

i) The first day of the first lunar month, during the Spring Festival, wearing red can add to the festive mood.

ii) The second is the beginning of Spring. As the beginning of the year, the beginning of Spring means the start of a new cycle.

Within China, there is a custom of “Avoiding Spring” (避春 – Bi Chun) at the beginning of Spring, that is, avoiding offending the numerous “Tai Sui” (太岁 – “Grand Aged”) gods that equate to the 12 stars opposite Jupiter (later expanded to 60 deities) – so people choose to wear red on this day in the hope of bringing good luck.

Everyone shapes their own destiny. Hard work, kindness and wise choices will help you succeed.

No matter what – I hope everyone will experience a smooth journey throughout the Year of the Snake (2025-4723) and welcome the arrival of boundless happiness and good luck!

PRC Places Trade with US Ahead of Solidarity with Cuba!

Cuba: Outgoing Biden Removes Socialist State from “Terrorist” List! (15.1.2025)

15/01/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

I thank all those who contributed to the decision announced today by the United States to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, where it should never have been and which, along with two other measures adopted, has had a high cost for the country and Cuban families .

It is a decision in the right direction, although it was taken late and with limited scope . The blockade and most of the extreme measures that were put in place since 2017 to suffocate the Cuban economy and cause shortages for our people remain in place .

Starbucks Declares “Buy or Leave” – as Israeli “War Crimes” Boycott Kicks-In! (15.1.2025)

15/01/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Below, as an example the BBC refers to the Israeli “Genocide” in Gaza as the Israeli-Gaza War” – as if Gaza is a country (rather than a small area of occupied Palestine) that benefits from equal political support and possesses an armed force equivalent to that being armed and funded by the US, UK, and EU! Ordinary Palestinians “volunteer” to resist the Israeli aggression whilst lightly armed, and for no pay. This article briefly mentions a “boycott” vaguely linked to the Israeli “Genocide” – but tries to negate this association by suggesting “price rises” are the reason Starbucks sales have plummeted since the beginning of the Israeli aggression of October 2023. In fact, photographs of IDF soldiers returning from murdering innocent Palestiian men, women, and children – and holding “free” Starbucks coffees – has caused worldwide revulsion!

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