Lured into illegal smuggling by "high salary", people who returned to China surrendered to tell the story of "electric fraud nightmare" in Myanmar.

[Global Times reporter Fan Wei Hu Yuwei special correspondent Jiang Bohuai] Recently, many China students believed in the temptation of getting rich and were tricked into losing contact with Myanmar, which once again aroused strong concern among domestic people about the problem of illegal smuggling. Although these lost students were finally found after many efforts, the evil phenomenon of luring others to sneak out of the country and engage in illegal activities still exists, and some people still have illusions about the false "gold rush dream". Recently, Yang, a self-confessed person who was deceived and smuggled abroad for nearly two years, told the Global Times reporter about his tragic experience of inhuman torture abroad. Yang told the Global Times reporter that he hoped to use his personal experience to warn people who had the same fantasies as him not to make the same mistakes again.

"When he lifted his underwear on his back and thighs, the scars deeply embedded in his skin shocked all the policemen present," a policeman at the entry-exit frontier inspection station in Ruili, Yunnan, who participated in receiving Yang, told the Global Times reporter that at the moment when he saw Yang show his scars, he and his colleagues around him could not believe that such a tragic experience had happened to a young man who was only 18 years old.

And the beginning of all this, just because of an overseas "gold rush" message.

Yang comes from a county in Guizhou, but he always has a dream of getting rich one day at a young age. One day in December 2020, he accidentally received a short message from abroad, which said that a company in Myanmar was recruiting salesmen. "As long as you can surf the Internet, you can chat with customers on your mobile phone and promote your products, you can easily earn 100,000 yuan a month! Food, shelter, and round-trip air tickets … "Yang told the Global Times reporter that after several days of careful consideration, he finally failed to resist the temptation of high salary and planned to take a trip outside while he was young. So I immediately got in touch with the other party, agreed on a good time, and sneaked abroad under the arrangement of the other party.

"But it doesn’t feel right when you get there. It doesn’t look like a place where you can make money," Yang said. After arriving in Myanmar, he went with the car to a "company" hidden in an unknown mountain. Although the connector claimed to be a "company", it was just a few iron houses built sporadically on the grassy grass, and the environment was very poor.

Before his previous contact showed up, he was taken to a dark room and forced to hand over his mobile phone, bank card and ID card. "When I first arrived in Myanmar at night, the wind outside made a creaking noise on the iron sheet. In the dormitory of two dozen people, the double-decker iron bed would make a harsh noise as soon as it turned over, and a pale yellow light would light up in a small toilet. I couldn’t sleep over and over in bed, and my heart was not practical, "Yang recalled the night when he first arrived in Myanmar.

The next day, the "company" manager led Yang to the place of work. "I asked what it was, and the person who took the class told me that it was fraud through online social software. Before leaving the country, my contact always told me that I was engaged in’ promotion’ work after arriving in Myanmar, and did not disclose that I wanted to engage in fraud. "Yang said that he immediately refused, but five or six big men rushed out of the inner room and dragged him into the inner room, followed by a burst of punching and kicking. Subsequently, Yang was detained by gunmen and restricted his personal freedom until he signed a work contract with the company a week later, but he lost his freedom and dignity since then. Not only did I not get the so-called "high salary" at the beginning, but I was also intimidated and brainwashed to "go to work" to engage in telecom fraud.

Yang recalled that the "company" manager asked him to complete the work tasks of the day every day before he got off work. Every day, "colleagues" are dragged to the inner room and beaten up, or handcuffed and electrocuted, and shouts are often heard from the inner room. This happens to everyone who can’t finish the task, and he is not spared.

"One day, because I didn’t complete the task arranged by the company, I was asked by the manager of the’ company’ to take off my clothes in public, kneel on the ground, and then beat my back, ass and thighs with a whip, leaving a deep imprint. In a short time, my back was beaten raw and bloody, and I could smell the faint smell of blood in the surrounding air. Half an hour later, perhaps because I was tired from playing, or because I thought I was still of use value, the manager of the’ company’ stopped waving the whip in his hand and threatened me that if I didn’t get results within a week, I would dig out my kidney and sell it! Speaking of the scene that he had been abused, Yang was still a little afraid.

In order not to be whipped again by the manager, Yang worked overtime every day and exhausted his efforts to complete the tasks arranged by the "company". I thought this life would be easier. Unexpectedly, due to the serious lack of long-term overtime sleep, there was a mistake in the work, so the manager of the company slapped him continuously, which led to the rupture of the eardrum of the left ear. The manager also pointed a gun at Yang’s head to warn him not to do it again.

In the days of living an inhuman life, Yang also thought about running away, but because his ID card had been taken away and he was a stranger, he couldn’t escape at all. "The company is located in the barren hills and there are guards at the door, and they can’t let me escape. Someone tried to escape, but they were quickly recovered. What was waiting for them was a beating and then put in jail," Yang said.

Finally, because of his mediocre performance in "work", Yang was sold as "goods" by the "company" managers to a number of companies engaged in fraud. But each time, they suffered from worse environment and more brutal abuse.

Yang said that during his two years of smuggling abroad, he was whipped and injured in more than 20 places, especially leaving a 15cm-long scar on his calf. In the past two years, he wanted to leave countless times, but every time he mentioned this to the manager of the company, he was beaten up and couldn’t get out of bed for two or three days. Because of his physical pain, Yang dared not mention leaving again. Every day, he lived like a walking corpse.

The last "company" where Yang worked was located in a mountain near Muse City, Myanmar. After coming to this "company", Yang still engaged in the same "work" as the first two companies. The only difference was that the manager of this "company" told him that as long as he could pay 60,000 yuan, he could let him leave and regain his freedom. The hope of life prompted Yang to start making fraudulent phone calls day and night, hoping to earn enough money to be redeemed as soon as possible and escape from here as soon as possible.

In February of this year, Yang, who had experienced a nightmare life in Myanmar for nearly two years, finally saved enough money to be redeemed and regained his freedom. At the first time he left the company, Yang came to Ruili Port to surrender to the police at the border checkpoint on duty at the port.

"It feels really good to go home. I can accompany my parents and do what I want. Even if I take a class at home, it is better than there. In the future, I want to open my own grilled fish shop and stop thinking about the dream of getting rich overnight." The police at the entry-exit frontier inspection station in Ruili, Yunnan Province told the Global Times reporter that when he met Yang, he kept expressing his regret for easily listening to others smuggling out of the country, and at the same time he was glad that he had the opportunity to become the kind of person who escaped from inhuman torture. At present, Yang has been taken criminal compulsory measures in accordance with the law for allegedly crossing the country (border), and the case is being handled.

In recent years, some people have been tricked into engaging in online gambling and telecom fraud abroad by the high salary trap. These cross-border illegal activities have triggered a series of chain social problems in Southeast Asian countries such as Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand, such as murder, kidnapping and human trafficking. In order to crack down on a series of criminal activities, on March 20th, a trilateral meeting on human trafficking jointly held by the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China, the National Police of the Republic of Myanmar and the National Police Department of Thailand was held in Bangkok, Thailand, which will jointly crack down on transnational crimes such as human trafficking and telecom fraud.

According to the China Embassy in Myanmar, on March 23rd, Chen Hai, Ambassador of China to Myanmar, also held a meeting with Lieutenant General Soto, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior of Myanmar, on stepping up efforts to crack down on illegal cross-border criminal activities such as cyber fraud and gambling.

Ambassador Chen Hai pointed out that illegal cross-border criminal activities such as online fraud and gambling harm people’s interests and safety, undermine social stability and order, and affect China-Myanmar exchanges and cooperation. Recently, many incidents of Chinese personnel crossing the border to Myanmar have the background of illegal activities such as online fraud and gambling in Myanmar. It is hoped that Myanmar will attach great importance to the seriousness and harmfulness of related activities, further strengthen coordination and cooperation with China, intensify efforts to crack down on related illegal activities, and create a clear environment for China-Myanmar friendly cooperation.

Suotu said that Myanmar is well aware of the dangers of illegal activities such as online fraud and gambling, attaches great importance to the position that China has repeatedly stated, and has stepped up efforts to crack down. In view of the recent continuation of illegal activities in Myanmar, Myanmar is willing to join forces with China and other relevant neighboring countries to resolutely crack down and effectively curb them, and jointly safeguard the friendly cooperation between China and Myanmar and the safety of people’s lives and property.

From 15: 00 to 20: 00 today, some toll stations in key sections of Hubei were released free of charge.

The free release time of some toll stations in key sections of Hubei Province has been extended to 20 o’clock today.

In view of the recent traffic slowdown caused by bad weather in some sections of Guang Bei Expressway, Erguang Expressway and Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway in Hubei Province, Hubei has implemented free release for all vehicles from some toll stations in key sections. Due to the large traffic volume, the free release time has been extended to 20 o’clock today, which also facilitates the operation of machinery and equipment for shoveling ice and removing snow on the road, and ensures the smooth return of expressway arteries as soon as possible.

At present, the traffic control measures taken by highway toll stations in Hubei Province are mainly concentrated in Wuhan, Xiaogan, Jingzhou, Huanggang, Xianning and Suizhou.

Slow roads are mainly concentrated in 9 expressways, including Xuguang Expressway, Wushen Expressway, Hurong Expressway, Erguang Expressway, Fuyin Expressway, Daihuang Expressway, Hanxiao Expressway, Sihuan Expressway and Zaoshi Expressway.

In view of some slow-moving sections, especially the section from Xiantao to Jingzhou of the Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway, the Hubei transportation department timely coordinated the local transportation departments of Jingzhou, Xiantao and Qianjiang to deploy snow removal equipment to reinforce the expressway. Seize the gap between rain and snow, increase snow removal, remote diversion and transshipment, strengthen inter-provincial cooperation, and adopt remote control and early diversion. Using "all the way and many parties" to coordinate operations, we will organize the orderly passage and transshipment services of stranded vehicles by means of police cars clearing the way, formation running at low speed and traffic personnel escorting.

Previously reported: From 15: 00 to 18: 00 today, some toll stations in key sections of Hubei were released free of charge.

In view of the recent slow traffic caused by bad weather in some sections of the G45 Guang Bei Expressway, G55 Erguang Expressway and G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway in Hubei Province, according to the spirit of the dispatching meeting of the Ministry of Transport, with the consent of the Hubei Provincial People’s Government, all vehicles driven out of some toll stations in key sections will be released free of charge from 15: 00 to 18: 00 on February 5, 2024, which will also facilitate the operation of machinery and equipment for shoveling ice and removing snow on the road, and ensure the smooth operation of expressway arteries as soon as possible.

At the same time, according to the principle of "nearby, parallel and high (ordinary highway with high technical level)", the Hubei Provincial Department of Transportation has formulated and issued a detailed vehicle diversion bypass scheme, and relevant local governments and transportation departments have set up vehicle diversion service stations to ensure all services for diverted vehicles in time.

As of 14: 00 on February 5th, there were still 100 expressway toll stations in the province taking traffic control measures due to road icing, mainly in Wuhan, Xiaogan, Jingzhou, Huanggang, Xianning and Suizhou. In addition, traffic control is implemented in some sections of an existing expressway, which is K55-K51 (Xintan to Xiangkou) of the two-way Dongjinghe Bridge of S13 Wujian Expressway.

The slow-moving sections are mainly concentrated in nine expressways, including G0421 Xuguang Expressway, G0422 Wushen Expressway, G42 Hurong Expressway, G55 Erguang Expressway, G70 Fuyin Expressway, S1 Daihuang Expressway, S2 Hanxiao Expressway, S40 Sihuan Expressway and S53 Zaoshi Expressway.

Developing countries are not "garbage dumps" of rich countries. Southeast Asian countries have refused to accept "foreign garbage" one after another.

  In May, in Port Klang, Malaysia, a container carrying garbage stinks. Malaysia’s environment minister, Yang Meiying, said that she would return the maggot-bearing garbage to … …

  Recently, a reporter from Bloomberg wrote this scene into a news report, saying that Yang Meiying’s words represented a concern that spread throughout Southeast Asia. A lot of rubbish from Europe and America is weighing on Southeast Asian countries and losing patience. As foreign media said, for developed countries that export garbage, a message should be clear: their own garbage should be handled by themselves.

  Southeast Asia refuses to become a garbage dump

  Recently, the voice of rejecting "foreign garbage" has continued to rise in Southeast Asian countries.

  Indonesia’s Jakarta Times reported on July 9th that Indonesian customs had once again seized a large number of harmful waste from Australia in the country’s ports and would "send the garbage back to their hometown". The week before, the Indonesian government just announced that it would return 49 containers filled with "foreign garbage" to many developed countries including France.

  For a long time in the past, developed countries such as the United States, Britain, Germany, Canada, Australia, and Japan exported an amazing amount of "foreign garbage" to many developing countries in Asia, such as China, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Since last year, the "foreign garbage burden" faced by Southeast Asian countries has become heavier.

  In January 2018, China officially implemented the "foreign garbage" ban, totally banning the import of 24 kinds of solid wastes in 4 categories. Since then, garbage collectors in Europe and America have turned their attention to other Asian markets, especially Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

  Take Germany as an example. According to the data provided by German media, in 2017, the country exported 600 tons of plastic waste to Indonesia, and in the first 10 months of 2018, this figure increased to 49,500 tons. According to another data, in the first six months of 2018, the amount of garbage exported to Malaysia increased from 168,500 tons in 2016 to 456,000 tons.

  The increasing "foreign garbage" has brought serious harm to the ecological environment and people’s health in Southeast Asian countries. Under the heavy pressure, countries have successively introduced restrictive measures and related laws to prohibit the import of garbage, saying "no" to "foreign garbage".

  In June, the Philippines insisted on sending 69 containers containing illegally imported garbage back to Canada at the expense of "diplomatic war". In May, Malaysia also announced that it would send 450 tons of imported garbage back to Australia, Canada, Japan, the United States and other places.

  In addition, since last year, some Southeast Asian countries have legislated one after another to put a legal yoke on "foreign garbage". The Thai government announced that the import of plastic waste will be banned by 2021. The Vietnamese government also said that it would stop issuing new garbage import licenses, and "the country cannot become a garbage dump".

  "At present, Indonesia, the Philippines and other countries are interested in importing ‘ Foreign garbage ’ Take severe crackdown measures, mainly including strengthening customs supervision and inspection, and further strengthening the formulation and improvement of relevant laws in China. " Xu Liping, a researcher at the Asia-Pacific and Global Strategy Institute of China Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with this reporter.

  The ban forced the industrial chain to update.

  "Due to the development gap between developing countries and developed countries in terms of economy, technology and national legal system construction, waste producers in developed countries choose irresponsible export methods in order to reduce the cost of waste disposal as much as possible, but they cannot effectively supervise waste trade in developing countries in terms of environmental law enforcement and technology, which leads to developing countries becoming developed countries ‘ Garbage dump ’ 。” Tan Quanyin, assistant researcher of Tsinghua University Institute of Environment and director of the comprehensive office of Basel Convention Asia-Pacific Regional Center, pointed out in an interview with this reporter that this is the main reason why China and Southeast Asian countries are generally faced with the problem of "foreign garbage".

  According to the statistics of the World Bank, the population of developed countries only accounts for 16% of the world’s population, but they produce 34% of the world’s garbage. Exporting solid waste to developing countries for treatment, recovery and reuse, which is a common practice in many developed countries, can bring certain economic benefits, but it makes developing countries bear huge social and environmental costs.

  Water pollution, crops withering and people getting sick … … "Deutsche Welle" recently pointed out that these "foreign garbage" have brought great environmental and social harm to Southeast Asian countries after paying attention to the environmental damage caused by garbage disposal in a small town in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

  "processing ‘ Foreign garbage ’ In addition to incineration and burial, sorting and some technical means are needed, and Southeast Asian countries do not have the ability to handle a large number of ‘ Foreign garbage ’ The ability. In addition, the ecological environment of some Southeast Asian countries is relatively fragile, and they are already facing challenges such as marine garbage and sewage. ‘ Foreign garbage ’ The massive influx will cause fatal damage to the local ecological environment and even devastating effects, which is extremely unfavorable to the development of these countries. " Xu Liping said.

  Nowadays, with the multiple hazards caused by "foreign garbage" becoming increasingly prominent and the overall environmental awareness of Southeast Asian countries increasing, more and more countries choose "zero tolerance" for "foreign garbage". The "foreign garbage" ban issued by China last year has set an example for developing countries facing similar troubles to follow.

  据新加坡《海峡时报》报道,6月20日,在第34届东盟峰会举行之前,一群抗议者出现在泰国曼谷的一座政府大楼前,呼吁东盟国家禁止“从世界任何地方”向该地区出口废物。

  对此,英国回收协会负责人认为,中国的“洋垃圾”禁令是一件好事,既可以倒逼更多资金投入垃圾处理技术的研发,也可以倒逼从商品制造到垃圾处理的整个产业链进行更新。

  “自己的垃圾应自己解决”

  根据世界银行的数据,2050年,人类制造的固体垃圾将上升到34亿吨。随着越来越多东南亚国家拒绝“接盘”,发达国家又将如何安置它们的垃圾?

  有分析称,也许非洲将成为发达国家的下一个目标。然而,寻找“下家”只是不负责任的应急之举。发达国家真正该思考的,不是如何将垃圾压力转嫁他国,而是如何从源头根治问题。

  彭博社称,解决办法可能在于新科技和社会行为的改变,从而减少甚至消除对垃圾填埋场和焚化炉的需求。而对发达国家来说,尤为迫切的是应学会自己处理垃圾。

  5月10日,在瑞士日内瓦,包括中国在内的186个国家共同通过了一项决定,不再允许发达国家将其塑料垃圾随便丢给发展中国家处理。有日媒称,这对国际间的垃圾进出口施加了更进一步的严格限制。

  “‘ Foreign garbage ’ The problem has a long history. It is both a developing problem and a global governance problem. It involves many countries and needs to raise awareness from the global level, and introduce relevant international laws to carry out comprehensive governance. " Xu Liping pointed out that relevant countries, especially developed countries, as the main producers of most "foreign garbage", should bear the responsibility to dispose of garbage at home, instead of dumping it in developing countries and shirking their responsibilities. "In addition, developing countries should also strengthen their relevant legislation and law enforcement to further block ‘ Foreign garbage ’ Import channels. "

  Tan Quanyin also believes that solving the problem of "foreign garbage" requires a comprehensive plan to treat both the symptoms and the root causes. On the one hand, developed countries should adopt more responsible garbage disposal methods, strengthen the capacity building of domestic facilities, realize environmentally sound management of waste in China, and strengthen law enforcement to prevent illegal export of waste; On the other hand, countries should make joint efforts, while advocating and practicing sustainable production and consumption, and improving the level of cleaner production technology, strengthen cooperation, earnestly assume the responsibility of harmless management of their own waste, and promote the inclusion of the life-cycle responsibility system of waste in the framework of international law, fulfill relevant obligations, and perform their respective duties. (Our reporter Yan Yu)

Beijing is formulating the detailed rules for the implementation of "settlement of points" and will publicize the points of settled people.

Beijing is formulating the detailed rules for the implementation of "settlement of points" and will publicize the points of settled people.

  BEIJING, Beijing, January 15 (Reporter Zeng Wei) Li Sufang, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, said on the 15 th that Beijing is formulating the implementation rules for "settlement of points", which will ensure operation in the sun and ensure fairness and justice; The points of people who meet the conditions for settlement will be publicized on the Internet and subject to social supervision.

  This was revealed by her at the first press conference of the Fifth Session of the 14th Beijing Municipal People’s Congress on 15th.

  The Administrative Measures for the Settlement of Points in Beijing (Trial) was officially released in August 2016, and will be implemented in 2017, and will be tried for 3 years. The overall framework of the policy can be summarized as "4+2+7", namely, 4 qualifications, 2 basic indicators and 7 guiding indicators. Qualifications include holding a residence permit in Beijing, below the statutory retirement age, continuous payment of social insurance in Beijing for 7 years, and no criminal record.

  Li Sufang said that the Beijing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Department is formulating the detailed rules for the implementation of the settlement policy for points, and is clearly identifying standards and standardizing operational procedures. She said that the policy indicator system involves 13 categories, 29 detailed project indicators, and more than 30 departments. The operation process is complicated, and the specific declaration start time has not yet been finalized.

  She stressed that the work is being accelerated as planned, and efforts should be made to facilitate the people to handle it and let the applicants run less; Before the official launch, a special information conference will be held and a convenience manual will be issued to answer questions for the public.

  "To implement the settlement of points, we must ensure that it runs in the sun." Li Sufang said, first of all, the policy is open and transparent, and the indicators are unified and open to all kinds of applicants after repeated solicitation of opinions; Secondly, the procedure is strict, and the information will be cross-checked through the network audit between urban areas and departments to ensure the authenticity and validity of the applicant’s information.

  Li Sufang pointed out that in the final settlement, publicity is needed. She said that under the premise of protecting the applicant’s privacy, the specific points of those who meet the conditions for settlement will be publicized on the Internet, and they will be widely supervised by the society to ensure fairness and justice. (End)

The mouth of the woman with many bacteria in the express package is purulent and ulcerated after "tearing the express"

  The most plastic bags for express delivery on the market are made of "recycled materials". The State Post Bureau issued an implementation plan for green packaging.

  Receiving a courier is sticky with dust? You may have received an unhealthy express package! The reporter’s investigation found that all kinds of plastic bags with the most express packaging on the market are "toxic", and because they are made of "recycled materials", a large number of harmful substances may remain. As Wechat business, e-commerce, logistics enterprises and other links reduce costs layer by layer, unhealthy postal parcels become more and more common.

  Text/Guangzhou Daily reporter Liu Ranran

  Correct opening method of express parcel

  1. Put old newspapers or other papers on the table, and put the courier on it.

  2. Cut the tape with scissors or a paper cutter, pick up the package and take out the courier, preferably wearing gloves.

  Wash your hands thoroughly with soap or hand sanitizer immediately, and then enjoy the goods in the courier.

  4. After unpacking the parcel, the express package should be cleaned outdoors or in a ventilated place in time and reasonably, and should not be hoarded around the desk or at home.

  case

  After the "mouth tearing express", the corners of the mouth are festering and festering.

  "Originally ‘ Tear express ’ It is really possible to die. " Netizen Bo reported that after a woman in Xiamen tore the express package with her bare hands and bit it with her teeth, not only red pimples appeared on her mouth, but also pus and fester. After the dermatologist ruled out all possibilities, she judged that she might be allergic to tearing the express package.

  The reporter visited and found that some people had a "red rash" on their hands after unpacking the courier bag, and some people were immediately "smoked" by the irritating smell after opening the courier bag. Most people often found that the courier bag was dirty, with a layer of dust on it, and there was an odor.

  A doctor from the Department of Respiratory Medicine of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University told the reporter that almost every day, patients in the Department of Respiratory Medicine are allergic, sneezing, crying and vomiting due to unpacking express delivery, and this past summer, there were so many people who were allergic to their hands and mouth due to direct contact with express delivery bags that some people even needed hospitalization: "Now you have to buy rolls of toilet paper online. With the increasing popularity of express delivery, the resulting garbage and pollution are also in citizens’ homes every day ‘ Enter the room ’ . Many people only care about receiving express delivery happily, but they completely ignore the pollution sources in their hands. "

  interview

  Weighing more than 10 grams, the U disk is 26 times overweight after packaging.

  At a courier outlet in Tianhe District, the reporter saw that even an ordinary small piece of courier similar to a USB flash drive should be tightly packed with "three layers inside and three layers outside", and the packaged express mail is ten times heavier than the real thing.

  After the courier put the U disk into a small paper box, he filled the space with bubble film and soft recycled paper, and then wrapped transparent glue around the paper box. That’s not all. Although it has been packaged with transparent glue, the courier also put a gray plastic express package bag on the outside, put the express bill on the plastic bag and wrapped it with transparent glue several times until it fits perfectly.

  Bubble film, soft recycled paper, paper box, transparent adhesive, plastic bag … … Why does a USB flash drive that doesn’t weigh more than ten grams have to be wrapped so much? The courier told the reporter, "This is not enough. I used to pack sunglasses for Wechat business. A pair of glasses had to be wrapped around for more than a dozen times inside and outside, and a large piece of light bubble pad was needed … …”

  According to reports, the reason why every courier has to be packed almost harshly is to ensure that the goods are intact when they are delivered to the buyer; The excessive use of plastic products is to prevent express delivery from being rained on the road. Moreover, there is no double-sided tape on the back of most express orders. If you want to stick it directly on the express package, you have to stick a layer of transparent adhesive &hellip in all directions without dead ends. … And this dozen grams of U disk, when it was finally sent out, has reached nearly 500 grams with packaging, which is 26 times its weight.

  Secret 1

  Sometimes there are more bacteria on the express package than on the toilet lid.

  The person in charge of the quality control department of an enterprise that OEM produces plastic bags for express delivery told the reporter that at present, the packaging bags used by express delivery companies are usually polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or polyethylene (PE). The raw materials of such packaging are mostly chemical materials and domestic garbage. The main raw materials are old plastics. Although the cost is very low, a large number of harmful substances such as plasticizers and flame retardants may remain. Moreover, the waste plastics may still remain the pollution when they are used for the first time.

  The reporter learned from the Third Hospital of South Medical University that some harmful chemicals left in express packaging may cause human allergies or decline in skin immune function, and in severe cases, it may affect the liver and kidneys through blood circulation. Although chemicals need to be volatilized at high temperature or for a long time, at present, centralized sorting and long-distance container transportation are generally adopted in the logistics industry, which may not only aggravate the pollution efficiency, but also contaminate the bacteria and pollution carried by the packager and the surrounding environment, further increasing its dirtiness. "The bacteria on a courier package are sometimes much more than those on the toilet lid, and even equal to turning over the trash can."

  Secret 2

  Reduce costs layer by layer to create unhealthy postal parcels.

  "In fact, this is a vicious circle brought about by compression costs." Xiaoyan, a Wechat business who often sends express delivery, told the reporter, "Now the competition between Taobao and Wechat business is too fierce. Most merchants have introduced parcel post to attract customers, and the cost of express delivery is borne by themselves. Therefore, we usually choose our own logistics providers, and the express packaging used is relatively cheap, the quality is poor and not environmentally friendly. In order to ensure that the goods are not damaged by violent sorting, sun and rain on the way, we can only ask the courier to pack several layers … … In this way, there may be one more pollution for every extra layer of packaging. "

  "Especially for some fragile products, if the road is damaged, the courier and the merchant need to pay the bill together." A courier said that their response is simple: wrap several more layers. Why not switch to more environmentally friendly and durable packaging materials? When the courier was asked this question, he looked helpless: "If each courier can earn more than ten yuan or even dozens of yuan, who doesn’t want to use good packaging materials, but now a courier bag only earns one yuan and eighty cents, how can it afford a good packaging bag?" The courier also said that all express delivery companies are now adopting a "simple and extensive" way to seize the market, and no one wants to lose users with high orders such as "Wechat business" and "E-commerce" because of better packaging materials, so they can only bite their teeth and use low-priced packaging materials.

  As a result, the courier violently sorts, the transportation process is exposed to the sun and rain, the express packaging is getting thicker and thicker, and the cost of a single plastic bag is repeatedly compressed … … It has formed a vicious circle, and it has also caused many citizens who love online shopping to encounter "poison parcels" more frequently.

  How to tell:

  Look at the parcel by color

  Not completely reliable

  Is there an industry standard for express delivery in plastic bags? How do express delivery companies in Guangzhou do it? The reporter learned from Guangzhou Post that at present, Guangzhou has compiled the "Specifications for Goods Mail Packaging and Selling Products". The plastic film packaging bags of the postal system are made of resin as the main raw material, and after die-cutting, printing and sealing, they are made into environmentally-friendly bag-type packaging products that can be directly used by users. The courier has the responsibility to ensure the cleanliness and hygiene of the parcel during the period of receiving the courier until it is delivered to the home. In other words, as long as citizens send things from the post office, they hardly have to worry about receiving "poisonous parcels" and "polluted parcels".

  The relevant person in charge of SF Express also told the reporter that at present, they have carefully classified the seven packaging materials of express delivery, and strictly classified the packaging raw materials that can be recycled, reused and used once, and the required materials have also passed the inspection of relevant departments. If the public finds that the express package is damaged and polluted during transportation, they can refuse it.

  Recently, there is a popular saying on the Internet: "You can tell whether the express package is poisonous or not by looking at the color": paper express package is the most expensive and rarely seen; Followed by white plastic bags, about 0.25 yuan each, which are relatively rare and have the least pollution in plastic packaging; Once again, it is green and yellow, half is made of old materials and half is made of new materials, and aviation parts are occasionally visible; The most common is gray-black, which is almost made of "recycled materials" and may leave a lot of harmful substances. For this statement, people in the industry said: "The statement that gray-black pollution is great is because the recycled old plastics are colorful, and it is easiest to cover the primary colors by adding gray-black, but it is not reliable to judge the pollution degree and the adverse effects on people’s health. The best way is to use high-quality materials of high-end logistics. "

  Relevant policies

  Introduce a plan to promote

  Express green packaging

  According to the website of the central government, China’s express delivery exceeded 20.6 billion pieces in 2015, ranking first in the world. However, the huge amount and variety of packaging in the express delivery industry and the environmental problems it brings have also attracted great attention from the society. The State Post Bureau recently issued the Implementation Plan for Promoting Green Packaging in Express Industry (hereinafter referred to as the Implementation Plan) to improve the utilization efficiency of express packaging, reduce packaging consumption and reduce environmental pollution.

  The "Implementation Plan" requires that during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the use rate of environmentally-friendly boxes, bags and tapes that meet the standard requirements in the express delivery industry will increase substantially, and the use of transfer boxes, cage cars and other equipment will be promoted to further reduce the use of woven bags and tapes. By 2020, packaging materials with excessive toxic and harmful substances will be basically eliminated, and a socialized recycling system for express packaging will be basically established.

  In view of the problem of "over-packaging" that express users reflect more, the plan proposes to encourage enterprises to explore simple packaging and reduce secondary packaging.

The local characteristic food industry drives the consumer market and stimulates the vitality of the city.

CCTV News:Yesterday (March 29), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other 11 departments jointly issued guidance, proposing to cultivate traditional superior food producing areas and promote the development of local specialty food industry by enhancing the ability to guarantee high-quality raw materials, upgrading technical equipment and design level. Let’s look at the drive of some local specialty food industries to the consumer market.

Eleven departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, jointly issued guidance, proposing to cultivate traditional superior food producing areas and promote the development of local specialty food industry. It is estimated that by 2025, more than five traditional superior food producing areas with a level of 100 billion will be cultivated.

Cookie oven with dipping sauce and soul barbecue set of three. Recently, the barbecue in Zibo has been popular on social media, attracting tourists from all over the country to take the high-speed train and go straight to the barbecue shop.

To say that the soul of Zibo barbecue is a table with a small charcoal oven. Waiters usually bring seven or eight cooked kebabs to the table, and then customers need to process them themselves. This immersive experience greatly stimulates the diners’ sense of participation.

Everything about cookies is the barbecue style in Zibo, which suits the tastes of young consumers. After the spread of social media, it has attracted many people’s attention. For the convenience of tourists who come to eat barbecue, Zibo has specially formulated a barbecue map and added 21 barbecue bus lines. With the extension of barbecue traffic, the tourist popularity in Zibo has also increased.

Developing characteristic economy is inseparable from its own advantages. In Yunnan, the "port economy" is driving the local foreign trade and border markets to get hot. At Hekou Port in Yunnan, cold-chain trucks loaded with fresh durian from Thailand are being sent to Kunming for transit and then transported to many places in the country. With the full resumption of customs clearance at Hekou Port, more and more Chinese and foreign tourists gather in the border town. Vietnamese spring rolls, rice noodles dipped in water and other exotic foods are deeply loved by everyone.

The latest trailer of Lantu’s bosom friend is released, and the core technology leads the new trend of pure electricity

The latest trailer picture of Lantu’s bosom friend is released

To warm up Lantu’s new global model, an all-electric SUV, which is capturing the market’s attention, the company released four posters highlighting the word "no", which successfully aroused consumer curiosity and hinted that the car had a deep insight into user requests.

Lantu’s confidant promises "no false label, true battery life", equipped with a 109kWh battery pack, achieving a 901-kilometer cruising range, which is at the industry’s leading level, and its true battery life performance is expected.

At the technical level, Lantu’s confidant abandoned the practice of simply pursuing traffic, and instead emphasized "not comparing traffic, comparing technology". It is equipped with the current most efficient 800V high-efficiency electric drive system, with an electric drive efficiency of up to 92.5%. Combined with a new generation of high-density amber batteries, it ensures the coexistence of high efficiency and high energy, enhancing the user’s battery life experience.

In terms of safety, Landscape’s confidant adopts a 2000MPa high-strength body structure, passes the five-star safety certification, and combines the comprehensive protection measures of amber batteries, making safety performance a major highlight.

In the face of the "price war" in the market, Lantu’s confidant proposed "not the price, but the value", indicating that it will attract consumers with value beyond the price. It is expected to pay more attention to product quality and practicality while ensuring cost performance.

As the second new car of the Lantu brand recently, Lantu Zhiyin complements the recently released Lantu FREE 318, which focuses on long-range extended-range models and jointly improves Lantu’s product lineup. Lantu Zhiyin is positioned in the household consumer market, and only provides pure electric versions. It is planned to be produced at the Dongfeng Yunfeng factory, aiming to help Lantu achieve its annual sales target.

All in all, Lantu’s bosom friend is not only the key layout of the brand in the field of pure electric SUV, but also a confident demonstration of core technology and product value. With excellent battery life, top technology, strict safety standards and adherence to value, Lantu’s bosom friend has the potential to win the favor of young family consumers. The latest trailer of Lantu’s bosom friend is released!

The history of Harley-Davidson motorcycle, a century-old legend of American highway

  [Brand History] Professor Commager, an American critic, tried to explore "the elusive thing called the American spirit" in the book "The American Spirit", which is a combination of self-confidence, independence, enterprising, tolerance and freedom, and also contains profound confusion and confusion. Regarding the American spirit, I believe everyone has their own interpretation. If you were asked to find a brand in America that best explains the American spirit, who would you choose? The first thing that comes to my mind is not the car brands, but the Harley-Davidson we are going to talk about today.

Home of the car

  Since 1903, Harley-Davidson has not only produced countless "exciting products" (Clinton’s evaluation), but also created a riding culture that embodies passion, freedom and independence. In the course of one hundred years’ development, it has experienced many baptism of war, economic recession, buyout and repurchase, foreign competition and market changes, and its success is called the legend of American traditional manufacturing industry. However, for such a brand, it is easy to be over-exaggerated and mythical. In the final analysis, it is only a means of transportation or one of the tools for people to express their personality, and it is not the only one. How to interpret the brand connotation of Harley-Davidson? I believe that a comprehensive understanding of its history is a good way.

● Milwaukee, the birthplace of legend

Home of the car

Home of the car

  There was no expressway in Milwaukee more than 100 years ago. Most roads were paved with pebbles, and the streets were mostly gravel roads or dirt roads. Wagons are the main means of transportation in this city, while ordinary people without wagons have to walk or ride bicycles. Of course, the difficulties people faced at that time were far more than just traveling, but also incurable diseases and lack of material conditions.

Home of the car

  Although the basic conditions are very poor, the industrial revolution has brought people extremely valuable wealth, which is creativity and imagination, and they are brave enough to try. In those days, gasoline-powered vehicles occasionally appeared on the roads, which always attracted crowds to watch. Most importantly, these vehicles and their related stories inspired the creativity of many young people in the early days, including William Harley, 21, and Arthur Davidson, 20.

Home of the car

  William Harley and Arthur Davidson are both Milwaukee natives. Interestingly, they are both neighbors and work in the same metal factory. William Harley is a cartographer, while Arthur Davidson is a model mechanic. As amateurs, the two of them originally wanted to build a motor vehicle that relied on driving. Nevertheless, the difficulties in making such a car at that time are unimaginable now. You can’t go to the store or buy the parts you need through the mail order catalogue. Most of the parts must be designed and manufactured by yourself.

  They are not just dreamers (), but supported by certain knowledge and technical foundation. William Harley once worked for a bicycle manufacturer and knew about the related hardware. Arthur Davidson has experience in engine model manufacturing. After two years of experiments, they made some progress, but they still needed more help, especially the knowledge about machinery, so they found Arthur Davidson’s brother Walter Davidson.

Home of the car

  Walter Davidson is a highly skilled railway mechanic. After studying the design sketch, he decided to stay in Milwaukee to help William Harley and Arthur Davidson complete the engine development. At first, their experiment was carried out in the basement of their home, and the first engine was successfully manufactured and then installed on the bicycle. However, they found that the engine was too small to generate enough power, so they had to redesign it.

Home of the car

  On the door panel of the wooden house, the words "HARLEY-DAVION MOTOR CO" are written, which is the first time that the two surnames of Harley-Davidson have been put together. Perhaps they wouldn’t have thought that this company, which was born in a log cabin, would develop into a legendary enterprise madly loved by car fans all over the world in the near future, and everything in the story really started here.

Home of the car

  After repeated tests, the first mass-produced Harley-Davidson motorcycle was officially born in 1903, named Serial No.1 The equipment of this car is extremely simple. It can be said that it has two wheels and an engine, and the top speed is only 11km/h. The single-cylinder engine has a row and the displacement is 440ml. At present, Serial No.1 is treasured in the exhibition hall of Juneau Street.

  Interestingly, for a long time, people didn’t know that serial number 1 was the first Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Until one day, when the repair members were disassembling some parts, they found that there was a "1" marked by the original mechanic, and the unexpected discovery made everyone excited.

Home of the car

  At the beginning of the company’s establishment, although there were only three founders, William Harley and the Davidson brothers still divided their work. Among them, Walter Davidson was appointed, Arthur Davidson was in charge of sales, and William Harley was the chief engineer. In 1907, William Davidson, one of Davidson’s three brothers, joined the team and served as vice president, forming the earliest entrepreneurial team of Harley Davidson. Regarding the history of Harley-Davidson’s birth, there is a video below, and interested friends can have an addiction.

More exciting videos are all on the car home video platform.

The Grand Exam and the Courtyard of the County Party Committee, a major theme drama worthy of attention in the second half of the year | Special planning

Grand Exam: Vividly reappearing the story of college entrance examination under the epidemic situation.

 Text/Huang Baixue

In 2020, the sudden COVID-19 epidemic will be a "big test" for countries around the world; As for the 2020 China college entrance examination students who were born in COVID-19, the exam under the special background is a "big exam" with extraordinary significance in their lives.

The TV series "Da Kao" focuses on the college entrance examination under the epidemic situation, taking "one city, two schools and several typical families" as the incision, vividly reproduces the story of the college entrance examination in a special period, and shows the youthful elegance of contemporary China. This drama series is the key project of the theme TV series "Our New Era" of the State Administration of Radio and Television.

The story happened on the eve of the Spring Festival in 2020. The sudden epidemic changed the study and life track of senior three students, and a "big exam" kicked off. Tian Wenwen, a student, is estranged from her parents who work in other places. Xueba Zhou Bowen wants to help his father quit Internet addiction; Wu Jiajun, who dreamed of an art test, was opposed by his mother; Gao Mingyu, a poor student, lacks the conditions for online classes, and travels several kilometers down the mountain to attend classes every day … The epidemic has finally been controlled, students have resumed classes and are actively preparing for the college entrance examination, and the contradictions among students, parents and teachers have gradually resolved. Unexpectedly, on the day of the college entrance examination, a flood stopped the college entrance examination in the county again, and the relevant departments started the college entrance examination subtitle in time. With the joint efforts of all sectors of society and the local education system, all candidates completed the college entrance examination as scheduled. In this "big test" to fight the COVID-19 epidemic, they handed over excellent answers.

As "the first test in China", film and television works with the theme of college entrance examination are common. The special feature of "The Great Examination" is that it tells the normal and important event of "College Entrance Examination" in the abnormal background of "epidemic situation". As Wang Xiaohui, chief content officer of iQiyi, said, how to make the plot unconventional; How to skillfully structure the relationship among teachers, families and students; How to express the pressure of students’ college entrance examination, and at the same time, show the help of all sectors of society in the face of the epidemic, these are the difficulties that the creative team is constantly trying to solve.

In order to shoot this drama well, the producer Aiqiyi assembled a strong creative team: directed by Shen Yan (My First Half Life and Chinese Relationship), who won the Magnolia Award for Best Director, and Shen Jie (Feather Flying to the Sky and White Deer Plain), who won the Flying Award for Excellent Screenplay, served as artistic director, and Feng Weiwei, vice president of Aiqiyi Company, served as producer. In terms of actors, Guo Jingfei, Hu Xianxu, Li Gengxi, Lawrence Wang and others co-starred, and Chen Baoguo and Wang Qianyuan joined in.

In March 2022, the play was filmed in Shexian County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, and was finished on June 16.

County Committee Courtyard: Grounding Gas, Moving the True Feelings, Showing the Picture of Grassroots Governance

 Text/Zhong Qian

Produced by Noon Sunshine, Hou Hongliang is the producer, Kong Sheng is the director, and Wang Xiaoqian is the screenwriter. The County Courtyard starring Hugh, wuyue, Huang Lei and Li Guangjie is in hot shooting. The drama focuses on the grassroots cadres of the county party Committee, and tells the story that Guangming County has taken on a new look with the unremitting efforts of generations of grassroots county party Committee cadres and local people. The drama series reflects the new actions of the continuous improvement of social governance system and the continuous improvement of grassroots governance capacity in China since the 18th CPC National Congress. The play will participate in the creation, exhibition and broadcasting of the theme works of "Our New Era" by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

On the eve of the 19th National Congress, Mei Xiaoge (Hugh) took office as the county magistrate of Guangming County, and became colleagues with the county party secretary Lv Qingshan (Huang Lei) and deputy secretary Ai Xianzhi (wuyue). At this time, they are facing Guangming County, which is in urgent need of getting out of the predicament and seeking development. Mei Xiaoge has a high emotional intelligence and a good affinity. After taking office, she traveled to hundreds of villages in Guangming County without stopping. After being elected secretary of the county party committee, Mei Xiaoge led cadres to improve their work style, adhere to the concept of green development, and protect people’s livelihood on the basis of protecting the environment … With the efforts of the county party committee, Guangming County finally realized its ideal of managing the county by getting rid of poverty and getting rich and developing healthily.

Only by going deep into life, reality and the masses can we make the characters more vivid and tell the story more deeply. However, the creative difficulty of "Courtyard of County Committee" is to extract life stories in more than 1,300 counties in China. Therefore, under the coordination arrangement of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, the creative team adopted the most direct "grass-roots" approach. Screenwriter Wang Xiaoqiang and co-director Mao Mao went to Dayu County, Jiangxi Province, and Hengyang County, Hunan Province, respectively, for several months and accumulated rich materials.

Wang Xiaoqiang’s post-employment experience lasted nearly five months, during which he was deeply involved in the work and life of grassroots cadres. No matter during working hours or rest days, he worked with grassroots cadres during the day, chatted in the evening, and went back to sort out records and take work notes at night. Wang Xiaoqiang introduced that there are hundreds of people who have a surname and a beginning and an end in the script of "County Courtyard", which is also the one with the most roles in his script. "This creation has brought me great gains. A good script is stepped out with your feet."

In order to present a sense of the times, the crew visited Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and other places, visited 50 county-level governments, and determined the final landscape plan. The office, conference room, boiling water room, bathroom, and even desktop ornaments, steel window design, exterior building landscape, slogans and banners are all close to the reality.   

Hou Hongliang said that he was deeply touched by the creation of "Courtyard of the County Party Committee", and the content of the drama and the spirit presented by the characters also affected the working state of the crew-the cast members were particularly United, with a sense of belief and responsibility, and kept striving for perfection, just like Mei Xiaoge and his colleagues in the drama, "working hard in one place".

According to the plan, "County Courtyard" will be finished at the end of July.

Special planning |Narrating the growth of the young theme drama "Breaking the Circle"

Narrating the growth of the young theme drama "Breaking the Circle"

Main melody series worthy of attention in the second half of 2022

Grand Canal: an ecological picture depicting the integration of water cities in the new era

"Our Decade": Opening a new chapter in unit drama with major themes

Grand Exam: Vividly reappearing the story of college entrance examination under the epidemic situation.

County Committee Courtyard: Grounding Gas, Moving the True Feelings, Showing the Picture of Grassroots Governance

The most important thing: Ingeniously writing the picture of heavy industry in big countries

Hard-core Era: A tribute to China’s nuclear pathfinder.

"Beautiful Mountains and Rivers": Panoramic display of the great course of poverty alleviation

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The future of Iranian oil tanker is uncertain, and the United States threatens to sanction "helper"

  Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 21st (a global hotspot) The future of Iranian oil tankers is uncertain, and the United States threatens to sanction "helpers".

  Xinhua news agency reporter

  On the 20th, US Secretary of State Pompeo warned that any party that assists or allows the Iranian oil tanker that has been released by British overseas territory Gibraltar to dock may face US sanctions.

  Some analysts believe that the tit-for-tat game between the United States and Iran will continue, but the United States may not want to trigger a direct conflict with Iran on the tanker. In addition, there are differences between Europe and the United States and within Europe on the Iran issue, especially on the formation of the so-called "escort alliance".

  News fact

  Pompeo told the media on the 20th that the Iranian oil tanker will go to Syria to exchange crude oil for funds to support the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has been listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, and the United States will take all measures to stop it.

  The original name of this oil tanker is Grace I, which used to fly the Panamanian flag, but now it has changed to fly the Iranian flag and changed its name to Adrian Daria I..

  According to the data of Luft Company on 18th, the tanker carrying about 2 million barrels of crude oil is heading for the southern Greek port of Calamata.

  Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif pointed out during his visit to Finland on the 19th that there was no legal basis for the United States to demand the seizure of Iranian oil tankers, but it was politically motivated to "escalate the situation". Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mousavi said on the same day that Iran has issued necessary warnings to the US through official channels, and the wrong decision of the US will lead to "serious consequences".

  According to a report by Iran’s Tasneem News Agency on the 20th, a person in charge of Iran’s road traffic department said that the British oil tanker "Steiner Empire" was previously detained by the Iraqi side on suspicion of violating international maritime laws and regulations, and the relevant judicial procedures in this case are currently being processed, which has nothing to do with the detention of the Iranian oil tanker.

  [Depth analysis]

  Liu Zhongmin, a professor at the Middle East Institute of Shanghai International Studies University, said that in order to catch up with the change of government, Britain is facing many problems at this stage, including "Brexit", hoping to avoid excessive distraction on the Middle East issue, and may choose to compromise and reach some kind of agreement with Iran. Europe’s desire to retain the Iranian nuclear deal is real, and its ability to change the status quo is limited. I am afraid that the complicated triangular relationship between Europe, the United States and Iran will continue for a certain period of time.

  He said that in addition to military strikes, the United States has used political, diplomatic, economic and other means to exert extreme pressure on Iran, as well as a certain degree of military deterrence. Iran still shows no signs of being unable to persist, and there are fewer and fewer policy means available to the United States in the next stage. Although the United States does not want a war with Iran at present, accidental factors, third-party factors and regional forces available to Iran will increase the risk of conflict.

  Bi Jian, a researcher at the Institute of World History of China Academy of Social Sciences, said that in the next stage, it is unlikely that the United States will use its own military force to forcibly detain Iranian oil tankers. Because it triggers a direct conflict with Iran, it is not conducive to the re-election of US President Trump. Iran still wants to retain the Iranian nuclear deal as much as possible, and will continue the strategy of diplomacy first and resist the extreme pressure of the United States by asymmetric means; At the same time, taking advantage of its own geographical advantages, especially its local military advantages, it conducts military dealings with the United States in the Gulf, "wiping the gun without going off." Therefore, at least until the dust settles in the next US presidential election, the two sides will not let the US-Iran relationship slide out of control.

  He said that the United States wants to form a so-called "escort alliance", mainly to seek a tool for political queuing and comprehensive blockade of Iran. Joining means supporting the United States’ comprehensive blockade and extreme pressure on Iran, and at the same time putting itself in a dangerous whirlpool. Therefore, big countries will not easily participate, and even if small countries participate, they will only show political gestures.

  [instant comment]

  For a month and a half, the settlement of the "ship arrest storm" has been delayed. At present, Britain and Iran finally have a breathing space of "stop loss" and "unwinding".

  The request for "long-arm jurisdiction" from the United States was rejected by its allies, and the "escort alliance" from the United States was few in Europe, which once again confirmed two points: First, in the face of the Iranian issue, the United States and the European Union are really not on the same boat; Second, when the core interests of the country conflict with the "priority of the United States", even close allies are "really difficult to accompany" the United States.

  [Background link]

  On July 4th, the British overseas territory Gibraltar authorities, with the assistance of the British navy, seized the "Grace I" oil tanker loaded with Iranian crude oil, claiming that it was transporting crude oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions. The Iranian side denied this accusation and demanded the immediate release of the detained tanker.

  On July 19th, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards detained the British oil tanker "Steiner Empire" on suspicion of violating international maritime laws.

  On August 15th, Grace I was released by the Gibraltar authorities. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a subpoena on the 16th, seeking to continue to detain Grace I, but it was rejected by the Gibraltar authorities. (Reporter: Dong Yalei, Guo Yang, Hu Guan; Editor: Sun Hao)