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You probably regard the Western movies as a thing of the past. You'd be correct. However, you may want to view an episode of Have Gun Will Travel on a streaming platform. It stared Richard Boone as Paladin who had a gun for hire. Boone was himself a descendant of the famous Daniel Boone who had fought at The Alamo. The guest star who was the town marshall was Buddy Epsen of Beverly Hillbilly fame.
What might entice you to watch the episode is that it was written by Gene Roddenberry. He went from the Western genre to the Original Star Trek series which is now history itself. This western series though is written much better than the original Star Trek.
It is surprising how philosophical this episode is as is the whole series which lasted for six seasons. Paladin was a man who could draw a fast gun and lived by it. However, he only used it as was necessary for survival in the Wild West.
The episode distinguishes between legality and morality. It posits that morality is above legality. The town's sheriff who is legally appointed to enforce the law is neverthess an immoral man. He kills the mayor's son and also the mayor in the name of the law. He runs a gambling establishment which cheats its customers. Paladin though does not use his gun until he has to.
I'm reminded of Sun Dawu's viewpoint. He respected the law--even if it was incorrect ie. not based on reason. He was sentenced to 18 years for vague laws which were indiscriminately applied through a corrupt legal system. In his last public words upon sentencing he thanked the court.
One can't help be reminded of Socrates who was sentenced to death because the people wanted a scapegoat for the reign of the 30 tyrants. In the Cultural Revolution, the Red Guards undertook in 1966 to annihilate the Kong Family Business. In Cultural Revolution 2, the "red guards" undertook to annihilate the Dawu Group Family Business based on the "guards" distaste of Confucian principles and rule of law. The sherrif so to speak is morally corrupt and sees white as black.
However, Sun Dawu puts morality above or ahead of legality. It was Confucian morality based on the family that had been followed by the Chinese for thousands of years. It was a morality that promoted rule of law rather than the lawlessness of rule by law. Which will prevail in terms of survival? The Qin 秦 Dynasty based on rule by law and fear lasted only 15 years from 221-206 BCE.
D. Carlton Rossi
October 12, 2021
April 15, 1961
El Paso Stage
Guest star: Buddy Epsen
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SE 04 Episode 30 (Season 4 Episode 30)
DIRECTED BY ROBERT BUTLER.
WRITTEN BY GENE RODDENBERRY
At least 15 dead after heavy rainfall and flooding in northern China
By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN
October 12, 2021
The heavy rains also forced the closures of 60 coal mines in Shanxi, according to a statement released Saturday by the provincial government's Emergency Management Bureau. Shanxi is China's largest coal mining hub, accounting for a quarter of the country's coal production.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/12/china/flooding-china-shanxi-ntl-hnk/index.html
The flooding may not be as bad as that which Zhengzhou experienced in the summer. That was described as a 1000 year flood. However, the recent flood in Shanzi may have a wider impact because it has closed the coal mines. This may lead to a cascade of effects. Less electricity is produced. More factories are closed down. Less coal is available to heat homes during a cold winter. Possible unrest may be experienced on a large scale.
Chef Wang Yu serves the restaurant's signature Beijing Duck at Quan Ju De in Vancouver on Oct. 5, 2021
The Beijing Duck at Quan Ju De is legendary, and its Vancouver location does not disappoint
Alexandra Gill Vancouver
Taehoon Kim/The Globe and Mail
October 09, 2021
Quan Ju De, which opened with inauspicious fanfare in February of 2020 shortly after a jeep crashed through its front windows at 12th and Cambie, hails from venerable lineage that goes back to the Qing Dynasty. The signature is Beijing Duck at Quan Ju De. One of China’s most renowned roast duck chains, Quan Ju De serves more than two million ducks a year across four continents.
Beijing Duck
The article about the Quan Ju De restaurant has taken me back in time. I pretend not to be nostalgic, but am reminded about what Joan Baez sang in "Diamonds and Rust". She refers to Bob Dylan who as a lover pretends not to be nostagic, but then uses another word for it.
Perhaps my best, lifetime, culinary experience was back in 1995 in Beijing. It was my fourth year of teaching at the graduate level. I was a guest of the State as a designated Foreign Expert at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). I had also been employed at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). In another post and in another city in the new century I taught high school students at perhaps the most prestigious, Communist Foreign Language school in China. It is the Changchun Foreign Languages School 长春外国语学校 in Jilin Province. It was founded in 1963 under Premier Zhou Enlai's supervision.
This means that today I am a rather unique type of civil rights activist. I worked on behalf of the State. I saw the State from the inside. I understood the State as few in our foreign embassy in Beijing did or do.
Bian Yi Fang
The restaurant was known as the No. 1 Peking Duck restaurant in China. Beijing was still called Peking by some back then and Beijing Duck was called Peking Duck. The host was my director whose name was Professor Luo Xiwen of the Department of Philosophy. He was the foremost translator of the medical classics which represent one-half of Chinese classics.
The restaurant was called Bian Yi Fang which is located close to Tiananmen Square. Its history dates back to the 1400's. It was like going back in time when men were men, women were women and ducks were ducks. The meal, atmosphere and comaraderie was unforgettable. I was informed how Zhou Enlai 周恩来 had conducted his "duck diplomacy" at the restaurant when his guests were Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger.
Zhou Enlai 國共內戰時期周恩來
Ironically, one of my fondest tea ceremonies about a decade later was indirectly connected to Zhou Enlai. It was at the Summer Palace which is on the western outskirts of Beijing. A colleague and I decided to visit it late in the day.
His name was Gary Small. There was nothing small about Gary because he had been a Canadian engineer who had programmed Canada's robotic arm. He had also designed the anti-counterfeiting features of our plastic money and sold the patents to the Canadian government. On this inspiration, I designed the world's first gold bank note with a strip of gold foil to give the note intrinic value of trust.
I remember saying to Gary that it was rather late in the day to go to the Summer Palace, but he insisted on a visit so we took a fast cab. We saw a little of the Palace and then decided to have a cup of tea. I tried to read the tea leaves, but my future was rather cloudy. The leaves didn't tell me that I would momentarily become a prisoner.
We were the only guests in a large teahouse probably due to the late hour. It was obvious that the teahouse had seen better days. Those days were ones when Zhou Enlai had visited and entertained his guests. I believe we were seated at that same table. Subsequent research indicates that no one was allowed to sit at that table, so my memory may mislead me; although, we were the only ones there so maybe it was allowed. At any rate, we had a quick tea ceremony as we became more aware of the late hour.
We rushed to the exit gate of the Summer Palace. The Palace had closed five minutes earlier. The huge gate with its two foot threshhold was locked. In effect, we were temporary prisoners. The guards though allowed us to exit. While we took no pictures; nevertheless, it was something for the both of us to remember or forget as the case may be.
D. Carlton Rossi
October 12, 2021
Senate Judiciary Committee issues sweeping report detailing how Trump and a top DOJ lawyer attempted to overturn 2020 election
Katelyn Polantz and Zachary Cohen, CNN
Updated 9:38 AM ET, Thu October 7, 2021
Appearing on CNN's "New Day" Thursday morning, Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, said the US was a "half a step away from a constitutional crisis, a full-blown constitutional crisis" and explained the events unfolded in three phases.
"First phase, Trump goes to court. Loses every lawsuit, which claims there was voter fraud in the election. Next, he decides he has to take over the Department of Justice and the attorney general, and have the attorney general push this narrative on to the states to tell them to stop from sending in their Electoral College vote totals. When that failed -- and our report goes into graphic detail of the efforts that were made -- the third step was to turn the mob loose on the Capitol the day we were counting the ballots," Durbin said, referring to the January 6 riot.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/07/politics/senate-judiciary-committee-investigation-trump-2020-election/index.html
Gustaf Kilander
Yahoo News
October 6, 2021
Former President Donald Trump could be blocked from running again, a former White House ethics boss has said.
Richard Painter, who served as the chief White House ethics lawyer under President George W Bush from 2005 to 2007, told CNN on Wednesday that the 14th amendment to the US Constitution bars anyone who has supported an insurrection from holding public office.
Mr Painter, who became a Democrat in 2018 to run for Senate after being a Republican for “30 years”, said Mr Trump’s actions in connection to the Capitol riot on 6 January should bar him from running again.
On 6 January, a pro-Trump mob laid siege to the Capitol in an attempt to stop the congressional certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory after being fed lies by Mr Trump, who falsely claimed that the election had been rigged.
“I will note I was a Republican for 30 years, and one of the most important accomplishments of the Republican Party was the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution,” Mr Painter told CNN. “Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies from public office anyone who has supported an insurrection, such as what happened during January 6th at the Capitol.”
https://ca.yahoo.com/news/trump-could-blocked-running-again-181741865.html
Katelyn Polantz and Zachary Cohen, CNN
Updated 9:38 AM ET, Thu October 7, 2021
Appearing on CNN's "New Day" Thursday morning, Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, said the US was a "half a step away from a constitutional crisis, a full-blown constitutional crisis" and explained the events unfolded in three phases.
"First phase, Trump goes to court. Loses every lawsuit, which claims there was voter fraud in the election. Next, he decides he has to take over the Department of Justice and the attorney general, and have the attorney general push this narrative on to the states to tell them to stop from sending in their Electoral College vote totals. When that failed -- and our report goes into graphic detail of the efforts that were made -- the third step was to turn the mob loose on the Capitol the day we were counting the ballots," Durbin said, referring to the January 6 riot.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/07/politics/senate-judiciary-committee-investigation-trump-2020-election/index.html
Gustaf Kilander
Yahoo News
October 6, 2021
Former President Donald Trump could be blocked from running again, a former White House ethics boss has said.
Richard Painter, who served as the chief White House ethics lawyer under President George W Bush from 2005 to 2007, told CNN on Wednesday that the 14th amendment to the US Constitution bars anyone who has supported an insurrection from holding public office.
Mr Painter, who became a Democrat in 2018 to run for Senate after being a Republican for “30 years”, said Mr Trump’s actions in connection to the Capitol riot on 6 January should bar him from running again.
On 6 January, a pro-Trump mob laid siege to the Capitol in an attempt to stop the congressional certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory after being fed lies by Mr Trump, who falsely claimed that the election had been rigged.
“I will note I was a Republican for 30 years, and one of the most important accomplishments of the Republican Party was the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution,” Mr Painter told CNN. “Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies from public office anyone who has supported an insurrection, such as what happened during January 6th at the Capitol.”
https://ca.yahoo.com/news/trump-could-blocked-running-again-181741865.html
2003 Trial
Selected Works of Xu Zhiyong
Freedom, justice, love
November 9, 2012
The Illegal Survival of a Private Enterprise——In Defense of Sun Dawu
We know clearly that it is difficult to defend Sun Dawu’s innocence, and the court’s conviction based on vague legal provisions cannot be counted as wrong. However, we still insist on defending Sun Dawu’s innocence. At the same time, our more important job is to try to tell people if Sun Dawu is guilty. The conviction is not his fault, it is a problem with national laws.
Providing legal assistance to Sun Dawu is not only for Mr. Sun Dawu himself, but also for many private entrepreneurs who have experienced similar experiences. In order to have a better environment for the survival and development of our private enterprises, and for the reform to continue in-depth, we are willing to make efforts to promote social change.
Legal volunteers.
Defending Sun Dawu 2003 Link
Freedom, justice, love
November 9, 2012
The Illegal Survival of a Private Enterprise——In Defense of Sun Dawu
We know clearly that it is difficult to defend Sun Dawu’s innocence, and the court’s conviction based on vague legal provisions cannot be counted as wrong. However, we still insist on defending Sun Dawu’s innocence. At the same time, our more important job is to try to tell people if Sun Dawu is guilty. The conviction is not his fault, it is a problem with national laws.
Providing legal assistance to Sun Dawu is not only for Mr. Sun Dawu himself, but also for many private entrepreneurs who have experienced similar experiences. In order to have a better environment for the survival and development of our private enterprises, and for the reform to continue in-depth, we are willing to make efforts to promote social change.
Legal volunteers.
Defending Sun Dawu 2003 Link
Citizens Movement Advocates Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi Indicted for Subversion on Scant, Slanderous ‘Evidence’
China Change, September 25, 2021
They and their growing but loose network of citizens, who have embraced the concept of changing China for the better by putting into practice rights written on the paper, have carefully and deliberately avoided the perils of being an “organization,” precisely because there is no freedom of association in China — despite being guaranteed by the constitution — and all such attempts by dissidents were crushed with heavy-handed punishment during the 1990s and 2000s.
The citizens movement has never had an organizational structure, nor leaders and membership. Instead, this like-minded network of citizens gathered regularly in different cities across China, discussing China’s political system, people’s livelihood, human rights defense, and things they could do to be more like real citizens, rather than passive subjects.
But it has become clear from information made public by participants of the Xiamen gathering who had been interrogated and from lawyers who have met with Xu and Ding that the primary goal of the Chinese authorities was to frame this loose network of citizens as an “illegal organization,” and multiple participants of the Xiamen gathering were coerced to make false testimonies to that effect.
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https://chinachange.org/2021/09/25/civil-rights-activists-xu-zhiyong-and-ding-jiaxi-indicted-for-subversion-on-scant-slanderous-evidence/
China Change, September 25, 2021
They and their growing but loose network of citizens, who have embraced the concept of changing China for the better by putting into practice rights written on the paper, have carefully and deliberately avoided the perils of being an “organization,” precisely because there is no freedom of association in China — despite being guaranteed by the constitution — and all such attempts by dissidents were crushed with heavy-handed punishment during the 1990s and 2000s.
The citizens movement has never had an organizational structure, nor leaders and membership. Instead, this like-minded network of citizens gathered regularly in different cities across China, discussing China’s political system, people’s livelihood, human rights defense, and things they could do to be more like real citizens, rather than passive subjects.
But it has become clear from information made public by participants of the Xiamen gathering who had been interrogated and from lawyers who have met with Xu and Ding that the primary goal of the Chinese authorities was to frame this loose network of citizens as an “illegal organization,” and multiple participants of the Xiamen gathering were coerced to make false testimonies to that effect.
excerpt
https://chinachange.org/2021/09/25/civil-rights-activists-xu-zhiyong-and-ding-jiaxi-indicted-for-subversion-on-scant-slanderous-evidence/
More Than Half Of China’s Provinces Are Now ‘Rationing’ Electricity, Governors Demand More Coal Imports To Resolve Crisis
Tyler Durden
September 29, 2021
Europe and China are both in the throes of energy shortages and it’s not yet winter.
From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:
At least 20 Chinese provinces and regions making up more than 66% of the country’s GDP have announced some form of power cuts. Guangdong province, the southern industrial hub, is cutting ~10% of its peak power demand…
https://straightlinelogic.com/2021/09/29/more-than-half-of-chinas-provinces-are-now-rationing-electricity-governors-demand-more-coal-imports-to-resolve-crisis-by-tyler-durden/
Remarkable discovery shows humans were burning coal as fuel more than 3,500 years ago as world's earliest site of the activity is unearthed in China
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of coal being burned on an ancient site in the Xinjiang region, northwest China, dating back to the Bronze Age.
Pits discovered at the Jiren Taigoukou Ruins Site indicate the coal may have been used to sustain fires in the village.
Archaeologists also found copper tools on the excavation site that may have been forged using the fuel.
Emily Chan, For Mailonline
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-3202104/Remarkable-discovery-shows-humans-burning-coal-fuel-3-500-years-ago-world-s-earliest-site-activity-unearthed-China.html
China — willing to pay any price for coal — threatens world's fuel supply
The dirtiest fossil fuel, which was struggling against cleaner energy sources, is now seeing its biggest comeback ever
Bloomberg News
Stephen Stapczynski, Ann Koh and Isis Almeida
September 29, 2021
China will expand coal procurement at “any price to ensure heating and power generation in winter,” the China Electricity Council said in a statement on Monday. While more than 90 per cent of the fuel the country uses is mined locally, it’s difficult to raise local output at short notice.
https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/chinas-coal-shortage-means-higher-prices-for-the-whole-world
Coal is not King in China. It is the Joker. When the Party cut off imports of coal from Australia it basically shot itself in the foot. It could not instantly become self-sufficient in coal.
The open question is whether Australia will pull a Canada. When China cut off imports of canola from Canada then Canada went ahead (under Chrystia Freeland whose family has a canola business) to go through a middle-man in the Middle East to sell canola to China. At the time, my recommendation to the Canadian government was to cut-off direct and indirect exports of canola to China for a period of twenty-five years. We don't want to be held hostage again to export threats and bullying by China.
The author also stated the obvious. Canada must work in concert with Australia with respect to commodities. China is playing Canada and Australia against each other. For both Canada and Australia--together is better.
One doesn't encourage China to get off of coal to reduce global warming by selling it more coal at a higher price. It will simply encourage China to develop its own internal coal supply in the long run. As a matter of fact, I remember someone in China (who shall go unnamed) recently saying that China will not open new mines in the West. That was simply a bargaining ploy in light of the energy crisis in China so that it could import more coal.
Therefore, reduce or eliminate coal exports to China. Do not increase them. Put import taxes on Chinese products that are dependent on energy from coal. Of course, leaders don't rule in the West. Greed rules.
You may also want to consider that as long as China has an energy crisis it will not invade Taiwan. It's time the Canadian government thinks strategically. Unfortunately, it doen't think at all.
Trudeau didn't use the word "China" in his stump speeches, debates, townhalls or policies in a hastily called election. Why? Well, let's begin with the fact that only 14% of Canadians support his China policy. The Chinese authorities call him "running dog". Kovrig and Spavor were in Chinese prisons. Over 27,000 Canadians were killed in Canada from COVID-19 since it was "imported" from China.
D. Carlton Rossi
September 29, 2021
孙大午：充分放权、敢担责任！
2020-08-15 大午传承
记得小时候学过《诗经》里的一首诗，一个新嫁娘，一进婆家的院子，发现猪在院子里到处跑。这个新嫁娘就说：“怎么能让猪满院子跑呢，赶紧把猪都圈起来。”别人都笑她，说她还没进门就开始管事了。
我想，这个新娘是人没到位，思想已经到位了，虽然刚进门，还没有正式拜堂，可是她的心已经进了这个家了，开始站在主妇的角度来处理事情。这就是主人翁意识的体现。
只有敢担责任的人，才会争权要权，才会恰当地使用权力。这里说的“争权”不是篡权，篡权是采取不正当的手段，将权力从有权者手中夺过来，争权不是这样的，争权争的是一种责任。
传统文化里有“位卑未敢忘忧国”、“天下兴亡，匹夫有责”的说法，那些志向高洁的人，即使地位卑微，生活窘迫，也一样心忧天下、希望为国家出力。在企业也一样，一个职位不高、挣钱不多的员工，如果能够为整个集团操心，就是很有前途的人。哪怕他做的事很小，但他立志高远，这就了不起。如果企业向这样的员工充分放权，他就敢打主意，敢担责任，为企业多做贡献。
孙大午：充分放权、敢担责任！
企业放权了，员工敢不敢用权是很关键的，因为用权就要担责任，担责任就有风险，就有可能因为决策失误而受到批评。正确的做法是自己要敢用权，即使事情做错了，被领导批评了，也有足够的心理承受力，并自我完善，把权力行使得越来越好，这是很不容易的。集团原来有个干部，自己做主花了八千多块钱买了一张办公桌，被领导说了两句，结果他甩手就走了，连招呼都不打。这样的人，你给他多大权力，他也用不好。
大午集团的充分放权是成功的。一是因为企业敢于放权，二就是有一批员工敢于用权，敢担责任，又能自我完善。我希望我们企业的干部员工都能主动争权要权，多拿主意。
集团有个不成文的规定，当下级向上级请示工作时，如果下级没拿出自己的意见，上级不会表态。这实际上也是在鼓励下级自己做主，敢担责任，而且处在第一线的人，他的处理意见常常是最佳的意见、最优的决策。以服务为例，第一线的人最清楚该不该赠送客人果盘，该不该给客人免单。
如果我们的员工都敢担责任，把企业当成自己的家，就是放权给他们，他们也舍不得随意给别人免单，他们会想办法把问题处理好。为什么说是想办法，而不是按照规章制度处理问题？因为服务不是机械性的，而是灵活多变的，某些具体事务的处理，很难靠明确的条文来规范，更多的是凭借人的经验和领悟。
过去很多有名的餐饮老店，都是师傅带徒弟，师傅用言传身教的办法，把自己在工作中的直接经验和感悟传给徒弟，让徒弟学会怎么为客人服务。
企业放权之后，有可能出现两个问题，一是员工不敢担责任；二是放权以后，员工因为心向企业，导致过于重视企业的利益，过于精打细算，比领导还刻板，不肯给予客人优惠。
第一个问题，员工不敢担责任，表现就是事不关己，高高挂起，多一事不如少一事，我少工作就少犯错误，不拿主意就不担责任。这是员工没有主人翁意识的体现。
第二个问题，员工敢担责任，可是他比经理、厂长把得还死。比如说菜里有根头发，他也舍不得给客人换一份，甚至和客人争吵。在咱们的企业里，这种现象并不少见，比如有的单位刚刚出台了优惠政策，或者产品降价了，有的业务员认为，反正客户也不知道，就还按原价售给客户，这种做法很不好。既然出台了优惠政策，就一定要落实到位，让客户享受到这种优惠，这才是我们企业的经营之道。
我想，当我们的服务员向客人赠送果盘甚至免单时，一定是在某一项服务上出了问题，可是他们通过赠果盘、免单，挽回了服务不到位的影响，企业的收益是最大的。如果有一个该免单的没有免，这一个人可能影响十个客户。如果真有不该免单的免了，客人也不会白吃你的，就是客人真的白吃一顿，又能有多大的损失呢？让客人感觉在咱们的企业里吃了亏，绝不是明智的做法。相反，只有大气一些，让客人得到更多实惠，我们的路才会越走越宽。
来源：https://twgreatdaily.com/zh-cn/gCzS8HMBLq-Ct6CZMJrj.html
Sun Dawu: Fully delegate power and dare to take responsibility!
2020-08-15 Dawu Heritage
I had to learn a poem from the "Book of Songs" when I was young. When a newly married woman entered the yard of her husband's house, she found pigs running around in the yard. The newlyweds said: "How can you let pigs run around the yard? Get all the pigs in a circle." Everyone laughed at her, saying that she had started to take care of her affairs before she even entered the door.
I think this bride is not in place, and the thoughts are in place. Although she has just entered the door and has not yet formally visited the house, her heart has already entered the house, and she has begun to deal with things from the perspective of a housewife. This is the manifestation of the sense of ownership.
Only those who dare to bear the responsibility will fight for power and use power appropriately. The "struggle for power" mentioned here is not usurpation of power. Usurpation of power is to take improper means to seize power from those in power. This is not the case when fighting for power is a kind of responsibility.
There are sayings in traditional culture that "the humble position does not dare to forget about the country" and "the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of everyone." Those with noble ambitions, even if they are humble and live in distress, still worry about the world and hope to contribute to the country. The same is true in the enterprise. An employee with a low position and low income can be a promising person if he can worry about the entire group. Even if what he does is small, he is determined to be lofty, which is remarkable. If the enterprise fully delegates power to such employees, he will dare to make ideas, dare to take responsibility, and make more contributions to the enterprise.
Sun Dawu: Fully delegate power and dare to take responsibility!
When an enterprise is decentralized, it is very important for employees to dare to use power, because when using power, one must bear responsibility, and when assuming responsibility, there is a risk that they may be criticized for making mistakes in decision-making. The correct approach is to dare to use power. Even if things are done wrong and criticized by the leader, they have enough psychological endurance and self-improvement to make power better and better. This is not easy. There used to be a cadre in the group who bought a desk for more than 8,000 yuan. The leader said a few words, but he waved his hand and left without even saying hello. Such a person, how much power you give him, he can't use it well.
Dawu Group's full decentralization is successful. One is because the company dares to delegate power, and the other is that there are a group of employees who dare to use power, assume responsibility, and improve themselves. I hope that the cadres and employees of our company can take the initiative to fight for power and make more decisions.
The group has an unwritten rule that when subordinates ask their superiors for instructions, if the subordinates do not give their opinions, the superiors will not make a statement. In fact, this is also to encourage the subordinates to make the decision on their own, dare to take the responsibility, and those who are on the front line, their handling opinions are often the best opinions and the best decisions. Take service as an example. People on the front line know best whether they should give guests a fruit plate or give them a free order.
If our employees dare to take the responsibility and treat the company as their own home, it means to delegate power to them. They are also reluctant to give others free bills. They will find a way to deal with the problem. Why is it to find a way instead of dealing with the problem in accordance with the rules and regulations? Because the service is not mechanical, but flexible, it is difficult to regulate the handling of certain specific affairs by clear provisions, and it is more dependent on human experience and understanding.
In the past, many well-known catering establishments used their masters to lead their apprentices. The masters used words and deeds to teach their apprentices, so that they could learn how to serve their guests.
After the decentralization of the enterprise, there may be two problems. One is that employees dare not take responsibility; the other is that after the decentralization, employees pay too much attention to the interests of the enterprise because of their attachment to the enterprise. .
The first problem is that employees don’t dare to take responsibility. The performance is that it’s nothing to do with them. This is a manifestation of employees' lack of ownership.
The second question is that employees dare to take responsibility, but he is more deadly than the manager and the factory director. For example, if there is a hair in the dish, he is reluctant to change one to the customer, and even argue with the customer. In our companies, this phenomenon is not uncommon. For example, some units have just introduced preferential policies, or the prices of products have been reduced, and some salespersons believe that anyway, customers don’t know, so they sell them to customers at the original price. The practice is very bad. Now that the preferential policy has been introduced, it must be put in place so that customers can enjoy this preferential treatment. This is the way our company operates.
I think that when our waiter presents a fruit plate or even a free order to the customer, there must be a problem with a certain service, but they have restored the impact of the lack of service through the gift plate and free order, and the company's profit is the largest of. If there is no waiver that should be waived, this person may affect ten customers. If there are really waivers that shouldn’t be waived, the guests won’t eat you for nothing, that is, how much loss can the guests have if they eat for nothing? It is by no means wise to make customers feel that they have suffered a loss in our enterprise. On the contrary, only with more atmosphere and more benefits for customers, our road will become wider and wider.
Source: https://twgreatdaily.com/zh-cn/gCzS8HMBLq-Ct6CZMJrj.html
The poet is reminded of Odysseus's return home as he confronts the suitors.
The following essay appeared briefly on the poet's site just before the website was discontinued. If you missed it then you might wish to become familiar with its content.
无限 Infinity 沙漏 Sandglass
From Infinity to Time as Measured by a Sandglass
The Mandate of Heaven was a compact between the people of the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BCE-256 BCE) and the supreme god. It conferred legitimacy on the Zhou ruler. The ruler was bound to uphold harmony and honor within the empire. The Zhou was the longest lasting dynasty at 790 years.
The Han Dynasty (202 BCE-220 BCE) was the second longest imperial dynasty at 422 years. The Four Seas (四海) concept was a pre-Han Dynasty belief which was held since at least the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty. However, the Han Dynasty defined it more clearly and expanded upon the concept. The seas included the East China Sea, South China Sea, Lake Balkash as the West Sea and Lake Baikal as the North Sea.
Today, China's offshore Four Seas are the Bohai, Yellow, East China and South China. It was announced on November 28, 2011 that military exercises were held near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, East Sea, in the north Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea. The exercises continue to the present time.
The most disputed area with respect to legal rights pertains to the South China Sea. On September 25, 2017, China announced a claim called the Four Sha” (四沙 meaning four sand). It extends sovereignty and maritime jurisdiction to the island groups called Dongsha, Xisha, Nansha, and Zhongsha.
The poet is reminded of the "X" symbol in the middle of the ruler on the Selden Map. It resembles infinity. The symbol is employed by the poet on both the Northwest Rectangle (Silk Road trade routes) and expanded Illustration D (includes Maritime Trade Routes) to define the extent of Chinese territory based in part on the old and modified concept of Four Seas during the Han Dynasty. The horizontal infinity symbol represents an unlimited period of time.
With respect to the human time span one might consider the period from the Zhou to the Qing Dynasty which is exceedingly long. However, if the infinity symbol is turned so that it becomes vertical it resembles a sandglass or hour glass. It measures short periods of time. For example, the shift for a Chinese sailor during the Ming Dynasty as measured by a sandglass was two and a half hours or one tenth of the day. Therefore, the shift from what had been the Nine Dash Line to a shifting sands Four Sha claim seems to be equivalent to that of a sandglass with respect to time. It is short and rather fleeting compared to the longer 2957 year period from Zhou to Qing which involved both the Mandate of Heaven compact and the Four Seas concept.
However, the Chinese government and Communist Party is officially atheist. They have connected the Four Seas which are adjacent to China. Since the South China Sea links the Pacific and Indian Oceans it then becomes part of the One Belt One Road plan which is an expanded view of Xi Jinping Thought. One Belt One Road has been renamed the "Belt and Road Initiative" (BRI) which is intended to join China with more than 100 countries through railroad, shipping and energy projects.
The BRI may be regarded as a grandiose scheme. Historically speaking, how have grandiose schemes fared in Chinese history? Qin Shi Huangdi (秦始皇) was the first emperor of a united China. In the North, he built the precursor of the Great Wall to defend the Qin state from the Xiongnu and in the South he built the Lingqu canal to transport supplies to the army. He was unable to secure an elixir of life from the island of Zhifu which has since joined the mainland by sand and soil of the sea's floor. His Plan B was to build a tomb and 35 to 60 kilometer square necropolis for the afterlife. The Qin Dynasty (秦朝) was one of the shortest since it lasted only fourteen years from 221 BCE-206 BCE.
Then there was the Yongle Emperor (永樂帝) who was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He reigned from 1402 CE-1424 CE. He called for a massive reconstruction of the Grand Canal. He also continued the building of the Ming Great Wall as a defensive measure and to protect his tomb. The Forbidden City of the new capital of Beijing took years to build at great expense. The inauguration took place on February 2, 1421. On May 09, 1421 the Forbidden City was struck by lightning. The fire burned down the Hall of Great Harmony, Central Harmony and Preserving Harmony. The Emperor lost the Mandate of Heaven.
Before the fire, the emperor had sponsored ZHENG He's sixth expedition of nine-masted treasure ships which sailed on March 03, 1421. The main purpose of the Treasure Fleet was to display Chinese might in order to secure tribute as early as 1409. A fleet of smaller vessels had sailed down the Sungari and Amur Rivers to Telin (特林) where the poet argues the Peng is located and the boundary of the Empire. The expenditures of the construction projects and the Treasure Fleet as well as ill-fated military expeditions left the empire in poor financial straits.
The main problem with the grandiose Belt and Road Initiative (involving the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road) is that there is no clear idea of its cost, timeline or extent.The cost estimates vary from $1 trillion to $8 trillion. The Center for Strategic and International Studies said in 2018 that China's trillion dollar infrastucture promise may not be met for several years. The main danger to the program seems to be inflated expections--especially if $8 trillion promises are touted as they have been by commentaries in the Hong Kong Economic Journal and mirrored by the Asian Development Bank. One might say that inflated promises of spending encourage countries to curry favour with China in order to secure funding. Is currying favour not the equivalent of paying tribute?
The China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) has taken part in BRI projects. It is said to be "the fulcrum of China’s BRI ambitions". Five of its entities have been placed on The Entity List of The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). The BIS placed restrictions on the companies which enabled the People's Republic of China to reclaim and militarize disputed outposts in the South China Sea.
D. Carlton Rossi
2020年10月26日
https://web.archive.org/web/20210122201442/http://sundawu.ca/Sun_Dawu.html
Illustration D
The Selden Map is provided courtesy of the Bodleian Library for educational purposes only
The poet is revisiting an image revealed to him on February 11, 2017 in order to make a descriptive comment on it. The image is superimposed on The Selden Map of the seventeenth century. It may surprise the reader to realize that he/she is viewing a poem. It is a poem of D. Carlton Rossi. It is a poem in the style of Poetic Analytic Imagery or to be specific Poetic Analytics of Imagery through Streams of Consciousness and Unconsciousness.
In this case, the poem is called Illustration D because the poet actually did not want to name it more specifically or for that matter describe it. He wanted the onlooker to see it without interpretation much as one would look at a painting in an art gallery or without commentary as one would read a poem.
An exception is made to the rule at this time because on The Selden Map he is now contrasting an unnamed poem involving a sandglass with a new poem involving the infinity sign. In other words, a rectangle is divided by an X into four parts. The infinity sign is horizontal and the sandglass sign is vertical stressing two different concepts of time and space. These signs are within Illustration D.
The viewer may appreciate the beauty of the geometric form evidenced in the illustration. Basically, it shows the Mandate of Heaven in the Middle Kingdom around 1619; that is, the relation of heaven, man and earth. More practically, it shows maritime trade routes complimenting older Silk Trade Routes on land. The emphasis though is on Beijing rather than Xian which was highlighted in an image poem called North-West Rectangle.
A brief description of Illustration D follows. The most important vertical line goes through the middle of the horizontal infinity symbol and the vertical sandglass sign. It also goes upward through a large yellow square. In the center of the large square is the smaller square. At its bottom is Beijing and within it is the Forbidden City and within it is the Temple of Heaven and within it is the Observatory near which sacrifices were made.
The small square is superinposed on another image. It is an outline of the Emperor dressed in Ming Dynasty style attire . As far as the poet knows he is the only one who has seen this hidden image. It is an image of the Emperor blowing the wind. Beijing is located in the Cap of the Emperor. It may be imagined that the Emperor is protected by the wall around the Forbidden City and one can see the Great Wall which protects China at the top of the Cap.
The line then continues north or upwards through the smaller infinity sign in the middle of the ruler. It progresses onward to the North Circumpolar Rectangle or Polar Quadrilateral. At the top of the large yellow square is the yellow rectangle (NCR). At the top of the square and rectangle is the center of the compass. It represents the location of Draconis A (an ancient Pole Star).
At the top, left-hand corner of the large square the poet has identified the Yanran Inscription within an horizontal rectangle. It marks a major victory of the Han over the Xiongnu Confederacy in 89 CE. The line then goes through the point at the center of the compass. It then goes eastward to the middle of the vertical rectangle representing the void. In other words, the importance of a major victory is contrasted with the unimportance of nothingness.
A poetic interpretation of The Selden Map through geometric form is relevant today. It defines the historical boundaries of modern China. Generally speaking, the Four Seas of the Han Dynasty mark the North, South, West and East boundaries of the Empire as defined in Illustration D and as explained in the poet's thesis called The Selden Poems. This illustration may or may not provide historical justification for China's claim to some or all of the South China Sea through either force or discourse based on the harmony of heaven, mankind and earth as a moral or legal imperative. However, it acts as an historical reference and guide for all parties.
The map itself is named after John Selden who wrote the draft for Mare Clausum or the closed sea in 1618 and the final version in 1635. He attempted to prove that the sea was "in practice virtually as capable of appropriation as terrestial territory." In the area of the South China Sea it contrasts to the Dutch East India Company's claim to an open sea enforced in 1619 with their seizure of the Javanese city of Jayakarta. The doctrine of the open sea was promulgated by Hugo Grotius in his Mare Liberum (1609) with respect to the Dutch involvement in the West Indies.
The poet is revisiting an image revealed to him on February 11, 2017 in order to make a descriptive comment on it. The image is superimposed on The Selden Map of the seventeenth century. It may surprise the reader to realize that he/she is viewing a poem. It is a poem of D. Carlton Rossi. It is a poem in the style of Poetic Analytic Imagery or to be specific Poetic Analytics of Imagery through Streams of Consciousness and Unconsciousness.
In this case, the poem is called Illustration D because the poet actually did not want to name it more specifically or for that matter describe it. He wanted the onlooker to see it without interpretation much as one would look at a painting in an art gallery or without commentary as one would read a poem.
An exception is made to the rule at this time because on The Selden Map he is now contrasting an unnamed poem involving a sandglass with a new poem involving the infinity sign. In other words, a rectangle is divided by an X into four parts. The infinity sign is horizontal and the sandglass sign is vertical stressing two different concepts of time and space. These signs are within Illustration D.
The viewer may appreciate the beauty of the geometric form evidenced in the illustration. Basically, it shows the Mandate of Heaven in the Middle Kingdom around 1619; that is, the relation of heaven, man and earth. More practically, it shows maritime trade routes complimenting older Silk Trade Routes on land. The emphasis though is on Beijing rather than Xian which was highlighted in an image poem called North-West Rectangle.
A brief description of Illustration D follows. The most important vertical line goes through the middle of the horizontal infinity symbol and the vertical sandglass sign. It also goes upward through a large yellow square. In the center of the large square is the smaller square. At its bottom is Beijing and within it is the Forbidden City and within it is the Temple of Heaven and within it is the Observatory near which sacrifices were made.
The small square is superinposed on another image. It is an outline of the Emperor dressed in Ming Dynasty style attire . As far as the poet knows he is the only one who has seen this hidden image. It is an image of the Emperor blowing the wind. Beijing is located in the Cap of the Emperor. It may be imagined that the Emperor is protected by the wall around the Forbidden City and one can see the Great Wall which protects China at the top of the Cap.
The line then continues north or upwards through the smaller infinity sign in the middle of the ruler. It progresses onward to the North Circumpolar Rectangle or Polar Quadrilateral. At the top of the large yellow square is the yellow rectangle (NCR). At the top of the square and rectangle is the center of the compass. It represents the location of Draconis A (an ancient Pole Star).
At the top, left-hand corner of the large square the poet has identified the Yanran Inscription within an horizontal rectangle. It marks a major victory of the Han over the Xiongnu Confederacy in 89 CE. The line then goes through the point at the center of the compass. It then goes eastward to the middle of the vertical rectangle representing the void. In other words, the importance of a major victory is contrasted with the unimportance of nothingness.
A poetic interpretation of The Selden Map through geometric form is relevant today. It defines the historical boundaries of modern China. Generally speaking, the Four Seas of the Han Dynasty mark the North, South, West and East boundaries of the Empire as defined in Illustration D and as explained in the poet's thesis called The Selden Poems. This illustration may or may not provide historical justification for China's claim to some or all of the South China Sea through either force or discourse based on the harmony of heaven, mankind and earth as a moral or legal imperative. However, it acts as an historical reference and guide for all parties.
The map itself is named after John Selden who wrote the draft for Mare Clausum or the closed sea in 1618 and the final version in 1635. He attempted to prove that the sea was "in practice virtually as capable of appropriation as terrestial territory." In the area of the South China Sea it contrasts to the Dutch East India Company's claim to an open sea enforced in 1619 with their seizure of the Javanese city of Jayakarta. The doctrine of the open sea was promulgated by Hugo Grotius in his Mare Liberum (1609) with respect to the Dutch involvement in the West Indies.
Illustration E
The poem called Illustration E is a refinement of Illustration D. The compass rose is now circled in yellow as if if it were the Sun. This acts as a counterpart to the square below. It suggests the circle could be theoretically squared.
One may also conjecture that the small yellow circle within the compass represents Draconis 11 while the small circle at the bottom of the yellow square represents Draconis 10. These small circles are the Pole Star and its binary companion respectively. The poet contends there were actually two Pole Stars. They rotate around a common barycenter.
D. Carlton Rossi
2020年10月25日
https://web.archive.org/web/20201210191822/http://www.sundawu.ca/Sun_Dawu.html
National Microbiology Institute
The Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN) was set up as a global network of connected professionals working to rapidly detect, identify, assess, prevent and mitigate threats to human health. GPHIN is managed by the Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC) Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response (CEPR), which was created in July 2000. The network was disbanded in May 2019.
Curiously, an exact date is not given in public records. To me this is not an oversight, but rather a deliberate omission to obfuscate an issue of timing.
PHAC would have us believe that the network slowly wound down over the years until it just ceased to exist in the manner in which old soldiers just fade away. It also tried to give the impression that a domestic agenda superceded an international one. However, global pandemics almost by definition become domestic agendas.
What the author would like to know is if PHAC became aware in May 2019 of the emergence of a coronavirus in Wuhan? Through a multilingual GPHIN System which was developed in collaboration with the National Research Council Canada (NRC)--under the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development--it was undertaking text analytics of Chinese news. Did PHAC through GPHIN detect the emergence of a coronvirus in Wuhan which led to the dismantlement of the system. Did this ultimately lead to the removal of Dr. Qiu Xiangguo and her husband Cheng Keding and up to 15 students for "administrative matters" from the National Microbiology Institute in Winnipeg Canada on July 5, 2019?
Dr. Qiu had close ties with the Level 4 lab of the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan. "She sent one of the deadliest viruses on Earth [Ebol], and multiple varieties of it to maximize the genetic diversity and maximize what experimenters in China could do with it, to a laboratory in China that does dangerous gain of function experiments. And that has links to the Chinese military"1. She also sent them Nipah viruses.
D. Carlton Rossi
October 05, 2021
1. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canadian-scientist-sent-deadly-viruses-to-wuhan-lab-months-before-rcmp-asked-to-investigate
China PCR Purchases Spiked in Months Before First Known Covid Cases, Firm Says
China’s Foreign Ministry dismisses claims, and some experts say data isn’t convincing
Jamie Tarabay
October 4, 2021, 3:39 PM EDT Updated on October 4, 2021, 5:32 PM EDT
The Chinese province that was the initial epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak made significant purchases of equipment used to test for infectious diseases months before Beijing notified international authorities of the emergence of a new coronavirus, according to research by a cybersecurity company.
The province’s purchase of polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, testing equipment, which allows scientists to amplify DNA samples to test for infectious disease or other genetic material, shot upward in 2019, with most of the increase coming in the second half of the year, the Australian-U.S. firm Internet 2.0 found.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-04/china-pcr-purchases-spiked-in-months-before-first-known-covid-cases-firm-says
COVID-19 was rife in China months before alert sounded, report says
The report claims spending on PCR equipment — critical in tracking COVID-19 — increased to $13.4M in 2019 in Hubei Province from $6.9M the year before
The Telegraph
Robert Mendick
October 04, 2021
A new report claims to have uncovered “notable, significant and abnormal” purchases of PCR lab equipment in the second half of 2019.
Analysts trawled through PCR procurement contracts in Hubei province, of which Wuhan is the capital, and found spending had almost doubled on the previous year.
The study by Internet 2.0, a cyber security consultancy that specializes in examining data from China, states: “We have come to the conclusion that based on the data analyzed it suggest the virus was highly likely to be spreading virulently in Wuhan, China, as early as the summer of 2019 and definitely by the autumn.”
The report claims spending on PCR equipment — standard kit in laboratories for amplifying small amounts of DNA and critical in tracking COVID-19 — increased to $13.4 million in 2019 in Hubei Province from $6.9 million the year before and $5.7 million in 2018. The report also found the number of PCR contracts increased from 89 in 2018 to 135 in the year of the outbreak.
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/covid-19-was-rife-in-china-months-before-alert-sounded-report-says
Dr. Shi Zhengli (Bat Woman) Dr. Peter Daszak
Wuhan scientists planned to release coronavirus particles into cave bats, leaked papers reveal
The Telegraph
Sarah Knapton
September 21, 2021
Wuhan and US scientists were planning to release enhanced airborne coronavirus particles into Chinese bat populations to inoculate them against diseases that could jump to humans, leaked grant proposals dating from 2018 show.
New documents show that just 18 months before the first Covid-19 cases appeared, researchers had submitted plans to release skin-penetrating nanoparticles and aerosols containing “novel chimeric spike proteins” of bat coronaviruses into cave bats in Yunnan, China.
They also planned to create chimeric viruses, genetically enhanced to infect humans more easily, and requested $14 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) to fund the work.
Papers, confirmed as genuine by a former member of the Trump administration, show they were hoping to introduce “human-specific cleavage sites” to bat coronaviruses which would make it easier for the virus to enter human cells.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wuhan-scientists-planned-release-skin-145326380.html
Wuhan scientists planned to release coronavirus particles into cave bats, leaked papers reveal
The Telegraph
Sarah Knapton
September 21, 2021
Wuhan and US scientists were planning to release enhanced airborne coronavirus particles into Chinese bat populations to inoculate them against diseases that could jump to humans, leaked grant proposals dating from 2018 show.
New documents show that just 18 months before the first Covid-19 cases appeared, researchers had submitted plans to release skin-penetrating nanoparticles and aerosols containing “novel chimeric spike proteins” of bat coronaviruses into cave bats in Yunnan, China.
They also planned to create chimeric viruses, genetically enhanced to infect humans more easily, and requested $14 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) to fund the work.
Papers, confirmed as genuine by a former member of the Trump administration, show they were hoping to introduce “human-specific cleavage sites” to bat coronaviruses which would make it easier for the virus to enter human cells.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wuhan-scientists-planned-release-skin-145326380.html
WHO scientist wants closer look at Wuhan lab that moved days before COVID-19 outbreak
New York Post
By Natalie O'Neill
August 13, 2021 4:46pm Updated
A Wuhan lab that was quietly moved by Chinese officials in December 2019 — drawing scrutiny from a World Health Organization scientist — operated under a mild safety level protocol where workers weren’t necessarily required to wear masks, officials said in reports.
At least one employee of the Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention facility — different than the city’s much-discussed Wuhan Institute of Virology — tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies due to “a family cluster transmission,” though it’s unclear when the tests were conducted, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a World Health Organization report.
The lab, where Chinese scientists research mild human diseases with bats, was moved near the seafood market where the first COVID-19 cases were found just days before the outbreak, WHO investigators said.
The revelation comes as Dr. Ben Embarek, the Danish head of a WHO-led team of investigators that probe the viruses’ origins, said in an interview this week that more information is needed about the lab’s move.
“It’s interesting that the lab relocated on the 2nd of December 2019: That’s the period where it all started,” Embarek, a food safety and animal diseases expert, said in a documentary that aired on the Danish television channel TV2.
“We know that when you move a lab, it disturbs everything…That entire procedure is always a disruptive element in the daily work routine of a lab,” he said.
https://nypost.com/2021/08/13/who-scientist-eyes-on-wuhan-lab-that-moved-before-pandemic/
The Wuhan CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) was a separate lab from the Wuhan Virology Institute. They were both located closely together in a less populous area. The Wuhan CDC was a level 2 lab with lower security level than the level 4 biohazard lab of the Wuhan Virology Institute which handled the most dangerous viruses.
Why was the Wuhan CDC Level 2 Institute moved on December 2, 2019? There is some circumstantial evidence in terms of satellite surveillance of hospital parking lots that there was something unusual going on as early as mid-November with respect to attendance and/or admittance at the hospitals. This may have been due to what became known as COVID-19.
Why was the Wuhan CDC Level 2 Institute moved to its present location in Wuhan. The answer is that it is closer to the Wet Market. One may assume that both purchases and sales of live animals were done at the market.
It is difficult to undertand though why the CDC Level 2 Institute was moved to a high density location in terms of population rather than to a more remote area. It couldn't be solely because of close proximity to a Wet Market for sake of convenience. One may conjecture that it was where there were more medical facilities with isolation units to handle an outbreak of COVID-19 which had already begun.
Would the relationship between the Wuhan CDC Level 2 Institute and the Wuhan Virology Institute have necessitated a move? This is a distinct possibility if the move was intended to curtail or cut-off the spread of a virus from a Level 2 to a Level 4 facility. One may assume that safety procedures at the Level 4 facility were were intensified even if procedures at the Level 2 facility may have been temporarily compromised in a potentially unplanned and quick move to downtown Wuhan. It may be also that the Level 2 facility was designated as the sole institution to contact with the Wet Market.
D. Carlton Rossi
September 14, 2021
Separated from his parents, an infected 4-year-old highlights the human cost of China's zero-Covid policy
By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN
September 17, 2021
Covered from head to toe in a white hazmat suit, a small child carrying a backpack half the size of his body toddles down a hospital corridor and arrives at a CT scan room -- all by himself.
"A 4-year-old boy has been infected (with Covid-19), unfortunately," a caption in the video reads. "No accompanying parents. Going to quarantine alone."
The scene, captured by a nurse at a quarantine hospital in the city of Putian, the epicenter of China's latest Delta variant outbreak, gripped millions of people when it went viral on Chinese social media this week.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/17/china/human-cost-covid-quarantine-mic-intl-hnk/index.html
No wonder Chinese families are balking at a three child choice
Chinese property giant Evergrande warns again that it could
default on its enormous debts
By Michelle Toh and CNN's Beijing bureau, CNN Business
Updated 6:32 AM ET, Tue September 14, 2021
Evergrande is once again warning that it could default on its huge debts as it struggles to cut costs or find anyone to buy some of its assets.
The embattled Chinese property giant has already warned in recent weeks of its cash crisis, listing $300 billion in total liabilities and saying that it could default if it's unable to raise money quickly.
Should that happen, the effects would be felt across China's banking system and the wider economy. The group has already suspended work on some projects as it tries to conserve cash, a move that's poised to hit China's property sector.
Hundreds of investors showed up at Evergrande's offices on Sunday to demand a meeting with a company executive, according to Chinese news outlet Caixin. Reuters reported similar scenes on Monday, with about 100 protesters on scene.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/14/investing/china-evergrande-group-stock-intl-hnk/index.html
Does Evergrande Represent China's Lehman Brothers Moment?
The vast empire of the developer Evergrande Group is crumbling and could collapse; what chunk of the homebuilding industry might it take with it?
Alex Frew McMillan
September 15, 2021
China's housing ministry has told major banks that Evergrande will not be able to make loan interest payments due on Sept. 20, Bloomberg reports here on Wednesday.
Ironically, it is the likely lack of government intervention that is of greatest concern. Beijing has inserted itself into a lengthening list of industries -- digital payments, videogames, e-cigarettes, for-profit tutoring, ride hailing, grocery delivery, to name just a few -- with market-moving regulatory changes, sprung without warning. But it is adopting a hands-off approach to the property industry that may see the Chinese leadership willing to let Evergrande go under.
It would be a warning to property tycoons across China, at a time Chinese President Xi Jinping says it is time to redistribute China's wealth away from the rich. Evergrande's founder, Hui Ka-yan (who goes by Xu Jiayin), was in 2017 rated the richest man not just in China but all of Asia. Forbes pegged his wealth at US$42.2 billion, which has now fallen to US$11.4 billion in its real-time ranking.
https://realmoney.thestreet.com/investing/global-equity/does-evergrande-represent-china-s-lehman-brothers-moment--15769406
The Shattered ‘Paradise’ of Agricultural Mogul Sun Dawu
August 31, 2021
Leo Timm
Though a CCP member and professed socialist, Sun believed in the capacity of the Chinese people to work for themselves. The backwardness and poverty of the countryside, he frequently argued, had little to do with the inability of China’s farmers to turn profits, but stemmed from the preponderance of crushing government regulations and taxes.
Speaking with the Chinese-language Epoch Times, Wang lamented that the Party saw people like Sun, “who have ideals and create prosperity for the people,” as enemies. “These people are society’s conscience, and they are hard to find. It is they who lead society forward.” But the CCP “is practicing totalitarianism, it is going backward, so any force that stops this backsliding will be increasingly suppressed and destroyed.”
For Cao, the Dawu Group’s accomplishments show “what a private citizen and a private company can do for the country, for a place, and for the people with a little freedom and policy support from the government. But I’m afraid, politically, that’s exactly where the CCP now sees danger,” Cao, the editor of China Change, wrote.
Sun had said in his numerous speeches that China’s countryside had no shortage of talent, labor, capital, or markets; only a lack of freedom.
https://truthusa.us/china-news/the-shattered-paradise-of-agricultural-mogul-sun-dawu/
One reason Dawu Group was successful was that it stressed self-suffiency. The concept of self-sufficiency matches Xi Jinping's goal for the country. One problem with the Dawu Group model may have been that it was too self-sufficient in that it did not rely enough on government. For example, it may have been "out of sync" with government regulations in some areas. Sun Dawu has conceded as much.
As a result, a dispute arose in the summer of 2020 between Dawu Group and a state-owned organ known as Xushui State Farm. At other times it is referred to as Baoding State Farm so the author is not exactly sure who the owners are. To use a bodily reference, Xushui State Farm might be considered to be the equivalent of a vestigial organ such as an earlobe.
The local regulatory, administrative issues assumed national, political importance on the 100th anniversary of the CCP. In fact, it was reported at one point that prosecutors wished to hold the criminal trial of Dawu Group's employees on July 1, 2021 in Baoding or when the Chinese Communist Party was celebrating at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Were they just trying to curry favour with the leader at the expense of national issues such as alleviation and elimination of poverty, redistribution of weath and achievement of common prosperity?
The Shattered ‘Paradise’ of Agricultural Mogul Sun Dawu
August 31, 2021
Leo Timm
Though a CCP member and professed socialist, Sun believed in the capacity of the Chinese people to work for themselves. The backwardness and poverty of the countryside, he frequently argued, had little to do with the inability of China’s farmers to turn profits, but stemmed from the preponderance of crushing government regulations and taxes.
Speaking with the Chinese-language Epoch Times, Wang lamented that the Party saw people like Sun, “who have ideals and create prosperity for the people,” as enemies. “These people are society’s conscience, and they are hard to find. It is they who lead society forward.” But the CCP “is practicing totalitarianism, it is going backward, so any force that stops this backsliding will be increasingly suppressed and destroyed.”
For Cao, the Dawu Group’s accomplishments show “what a private citizen and a private company can do for the country, for a place, and for the people with a little freedom and policy support from the government. But I’m afraid, politically, that’s exactly where the CCP now sees danger,” Cao, the editor of China Change, wrote.
Sun had said in his numerous speeches that China’s countryside had no shortage of talent, labor, capital, or markets; only a lack of freedom.
https://truthusa.us/china-news/the-shattered-paradise-of-agricultural-mogul-sun-dawu/
One reason Dawu Group was successful was that it stressed self-suffiency. The concept of self-sufficiency matches Xi Jinping's goal for the country. One problem with the Dawu Group model may have been that it was too self-sufficient in that it did not rely enough on government. For example, it may have been "out of sync" with government regulations in some areas. Sun Dawu has conceded as much.
As a result, a dispute arose in the summer of 2020 between Dawu Group and a state-owned organ known as Xushui State Farm. At other times it is referred to as Baoding State Farm so the author is not exactly sure who the owners are. To use a bodily reference, Xushui State Farm might be considered to be the equivalent of a vestigial organ such as an earlobe.
The local regulatory, administrative issues assumed national, political importance on the 100th anniversary of the CCP. In fact, it was reported at one point that prosecutors wished to hold the criminal trial of Dawu Group's employees on July 1, 2021 in Baoding or when the Chinese Communist Party was celebrating at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Were they just trying to curry favour with the leader at the expense of national issues such as alleviation and elimination of poverty, redistribution of weath and achievement of common prosperity?
Mao Tse-tung introduced the concept of "common prosperity" in 1953. In 1958, he visited Xushui District, Hebei Province to better understand the situation of the peasants and to promote the Great Leap Forward. Today, it seems that more understanding of the state-organ known as Xushui State Farm and Dawu Group is required by the national leadership if it wishes to promote "common prosperity" in the rural areas of China. Is "common prosperity" furthered with the imprisonment of Dawu Group executives and with the local government takeover of a thriving agricultural enterprise which serves the people? Dawu Group is not only now "run" by the local government, but is being "run down" by it. Is this the model of "common prosperity" for the rural areas of China? The peasants, farmers and migrants might think differently. It may be time for another visit to Xushui District by the national leadership if it wishes to follow in the steps of Mao Tse-tung.
D. Carlton Rossi
September 1, 2021
D. Carlton Rossi
September 1, 2021
The Dawu Magic Bus
https://孙大午.cn THE CCP'S ILLEGAL FRAME OF SUN DAWU IS UNPOPULAR
https://孙大午.com THE CCP'S ILLEGAL FRAME OF SUN DAWU IS UNPOPULAR
Common Prosperity (共同富裕)
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Sun Dawu 孙大午 said that the combination of traditional Confucianism, modern rule of law, and socialist common prosperity ideas is the corporate culture of Dawu Group (大午集团).
孙大午说，传统的儒家思想、现代的法治思想、社会主义共同富裕思想，这三者的结合是大午集团的企业文化。
COMMON PROSPERITY (共同富裕) Link
Xiamen, Fujian Province
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Not many people were able to read the following analysis written a couple weeks after the arrest of Sun Dawu in the year 2020. The reason was that my SSL certificate required a double rekeying procedure which the provider was unwilling to facilitate. At any rate, it was only a minor set-back in the grand scheme of things.
The Arrests of Sun Dawu (孙大午)
In 2003, the arrest of SUN Dawu, his two brothers and a few others along with the author who was detained on house arrest made international headlines. The world found out what happened and why in a small village in rural China. On November 11, 2003, Sun Dawu abandoned his appeal to the charges of illegal fundraising and his probation began. To some degree it's been repeated, but most things have now changed whether they are of subtle or substantial nature.
Recently, Sun Dawu and his brothers were detained on November 11, 2020. The seventeen year anniversary to the day is no coincidence and taints any notion of impartiality. However, today, it is now much more personal. His wife was detained, his two sons were detained, his daughter-in-laws were detained and his oldest grandson was detained. It is basically an insult to and assault of the Confucian family whose very existence is threatened by the Communist Party of China.
To put it bluntly, it is an extreme form of hostage diplomacy. While in prison awaiting trial in 2003 there were threats made to Sun Dawu to admit guilt about illegal deposit taking. He agreed to be silent in court. However, at trial he was presented with Dawu Group's "IOU" which was identified as a "voucher of deposit" for illegal fundraising. He responded by saying "I typed an IOU, not a deposit slip. Are you illiterate?
Needless to say the prosecutor went bananas. The Chief Prosecutor said "Sun Dawu! You are still talking! You must know that your wife is at large, your two brothers are still in the detention center, and there are two more than 80-year-olds in your family..." That declaration by the Chief Prosecutor should have ended the trial at that very moment thereby freeing Sun on a mistrial, but it didn't.
The manner in which the arrests were conducted in 2003 and 2020 are very telling. Their unusual nature speaks volumes. On May 27, 2003, Sun Dawu was invited as a ruse to a dinner party held by the newly appointed county party secretary in Xushui County. It was held at the Hongyan Hotel. Deceptively, he was arrested as a dinner guest. This deception is one of the most egregious insults and acts of perfidy to a guest with regard to Chinese custom and Confucian values.
Sun Dawu's name means the Great Noon. Traditionally, Noon is the start of the day for Chinese. However, police forces chose the end of the day or midnight for their special operations police action. This procedure is highly unusual with respect to the detention of the family for what might be civil charges concerning property issues. Civil charges can transform into criminal charges with uncommon ease when the CCP controls the courts through "rule by law".
Inexplicibly, Xushui County police forces or the local ones did not conduct the arrests of the family. The arrests were undertaken by the Public Security Bureau of Hebei Gaobeidian City (高碑店 河北). One must speculatively assume that the decision to use this bureau was at the provincial level. One might also assume that if there is a trial the Sun family will not be judged by their peers but rather outsiders. Finally, it might be guessed that the local public security bureau might anticipate strong local support for Sun Dawu as was forthcoming in 2003 so they have moved the potential venue of trial.
The force used by the police was tantamount to a break-in by a police-state. Three hundred police arrived in six buses to arrest sleeping family members. To the midnight break-in the police brought their dogs to intimidate. They brought their submachine guns as an expression of over-whelming force. They brought terror to instill fear in those who support rule of law and human rights.
D. Carlton Rossi
2020年10月30日
Not many people were able to read the following analysis written a couple weeks after the arrest of Sun Dawu in the year 2020. The reason was that my SSL certificate required a double rekeying procedure which the provider was unwilling to facilitate. At any rate, it was only a minor set-back in the grand scheme of things.
The Arrests of Sun Dawu (孙大午)
In 2003, the arrest of SUN Dawu, his two brothers and a few others along with the author who was detained on house arrest made international headlines. The world found out what happened and why in a small village in rural China. On November 11, 2003, Sun Dawu abandoned his appeal to the charges of illegal fundraising and his probation began. To some degree it's been repeated, but most things have now changed whether they are of subtle or substantial nature.
Recently, Sun Dawu and his brothers were detained on November 11, 2020. The seventeen year anniversary to the day is no coincidence and taints any notion of impartiality. However, today, it is now much more personal. His wife was detained, his two sons were detained, his daughter-in-laws were detained and his oldest grandson was detained. It is basically an insult to and assault of the Confucian family whose very existence is threatened by the Communist Party of China.
To put it bluntly, it is an extreme form of hostage diplomacy. While in prison awaiting trial in 2003 there were threats made to Sun Dawu to admit guilt about illegal deposit taking. He agreed to be silent in court. However, at trial he was presented with Dawu Group's "IOU" which was identified as a "voucher of deposit" for illegal fundraising. He responded by saying "I typed an IOU, not a deposit slip. Are you illiterate?
Needless to say the prosecutor went bananas. The Chief Prosecutor said "Sun Dawu! You are still talking! You must know that your wife is at large, your two brothers are still in the detention center, and there are two more than 80-year-olds in your family..." That declaration by the Chief Prosecutor should have ended the trial at that very moment thereby freeing Sun on a mistrial, but it didn't.
The manner in which the arrests were conducted in 2003 and 2020 are very telling. Their unusual nature speaks volumes. On May 27, 2003, Sun Dawu was invited as a ruse to a dinner party held by the newly appointed county party secretary in Xushui County. It was held at the Hongyan Hotel. Deceptively, he was arrested as a dinner guest. This deception is one of the most egregious insults and acts of perfidy to a guest with regard to Chinese custom and Confucian values.
Sun Dawu's name means the Great Noon. Traditionally, Noon is the start of the day for Chinese. However, police forces chose the end of the day or midnight for their special operations police action. This procedure is highly unusual with respect to the detention of the family for what might be civil charges concerning property issues. Civil charges can transform into criminal charges with uncommon ease when the CCP controls the courts through "rule by law".
Inexplicibly, Xushui County police forces or the local ones did not conduct the arrests of the family. The arrests were undertaken by the Public Security Bureau of Hebei Gaobeidian City (高碑店 河北). One must speculatively assume that the decision to use this bureau was at the provincial level. One might also assume that if there is a trial the Sun family will not be judged by their peers but rather outsiders. Finally, it might be guessed that the local public security bureau might anticipate strong local support for Sun Dawu as was forthcoming in 2003 so they have moved the potential venue of trial.
The force used by the police was tantamount to a break-in by a police-state. Three hundred police arrived in six buses to arrest sleeping family members. To the midnight break-in the police brought their dogs to intimidate. They brought their submachine guns as an expression of over-whelming force. They brought terror to instill fear in those who support rule of law and human rights.
D. Carlton Rossi
2020年10月30日
Fearful Symmetry
The author is rather surprised at the continuing naivety of government authorities in Canada. They talk about hostage diplomacy with regard to a link between the Spavor-Kovrig cases and that of the Meng Wanzhou case. It seems however that they learned nothing from the earlier Garratt case in terms of hostage diplomacy of Canadian citizens by Chinese authorities which directly involved Chinese-Korean relations. It should be noted that Kovrig was an expert of the Korean Peninsula while Spavor was a businessman in North Korea. Both were arrested in China.
To support his view the author quotes from his April 03, 2019 paper called "The absurdity of the Liberal Government's China Policy and Strategy as it pertains to Canola". One needs to put the present into perspective by examining the past. On June 28, 2014, SU Bin--who was a permanent resident of Canada--was arrested for cyberespionage against Amercian military contractors with the theft of hundreds of thousands of files. Kevin Garratt who is a Canadian was arrested in China on August 4, 2014 in a tit-for-tat response and later charged with espionage. There was no foundation for the charges against Garratt. One might even call them absurd. Garratt didn't report to CSIS, but rather to God. He was held as a bargaining chip.
More fundamentally, though, Canadian authorities have not understood the phenomenon of "hostage diplomacy" as it has been applied internally and domestically in China. For example, the author is aware of a personal story of a Renmin University student at Tiananmen Square in 1989. He was one of the 1,000,000 students who were involved in the demonstration known as the June 4 Fourth Incident in China (六四事件). The national movement was called the 89 Democracy Movement (八九民运). The student caught the attention of Chinese authorities who limited his influence by stealing his sandals. As a result, he had to visit the infirmary of the hospital to get treatment for his blistered feet. They wanted to detain him on the second floor, but he climbed down the outside of the building to secure his freedom. The police couldn't find him; so, they arrested his father at his village thousands of miles away in the countryside. This forced the student to give himself up to police. The above example is a domestic case of hostage diplomacy. His father had nothing to do with his son's behavior; but, nevertheless, he was arrested so that they could target his son.
There was an instance of hostage diplomacy in the May 27, 2003 arrest of Sun Dawu (孙大午). The government's main target was Sun Dawu both because of his public statements at Beijing universities and because of his application of innovative financing in the grey area which competed against monopolistic banking concerns. Basically, authorities arrested his two brothers as hostages to bend Sun Dawu's will. Furthermore, they tried to arrest his wife, but she escaped in the trunk of a car.
A similar kind of situation transpired on November 11, 2020. Again, the target was Sun Dawu. This time all his family was arrested who were involved in the private, family business called Dawu Group making his grandchildren legal orphans. His lawyers continue to have concerns about the threat of gang charges being levied which could mean the legal seizure of his business. Virtual extortion may go hand-in-hand with virtual kidnapping.
Let's also not forget possible charges involving "foreign forces" which were first expressed around Tomb Sweeping Day on April 4, 2021. This charge might actually involve the author. Imagine, a poet as a foreign force! All the poet can say to the charge is "Vergiß die alten Freunde nicht" from the title of a poem by Leonard Cohen.
It is of significance that Sun Dawu's wife Liu Huiru and daughters-in-law Zhang Yuan and Ma Xiaochen were charged with “illegally absorbing deposits from the public” in a separate case. The defence argues the following. "The case was returned by the Gaobeidian People’s Prosecutorate to Gaobeidian Public Security Bureau for supplementary investigation. That’s the only charge against these women, and their so-called “criminal offense” involves nothing but providing personal bank accounts to Dawu Group, which is not a crime at all. What the Gaobeidian Prosecutorate is doing is holding these women as de facto “hostages” as a way to dismiss the defense lawyers’ motion against bringing separate charges against them." 1.
The Dawu Group was actually founded by Sun Dawu's wife. The year was 1985. It grew from a few chickens and pigs to an agricultural enterprise. However, the enterprise suffered a devastating blow some eighteen years later when its management led by Sun Dawu and his two brothers were arrested in 2003 on charges of illegal fund-raising.
It is commonly known that Sun Dawu was released on October 30, 2003 when he returned home at the time of his father's birthday (Sun Kai). However, what has been forgotten is that his probation formally began on November 11, 2003 when he dropped his appeal to the charges of illegal fundraising.
November 11th therefore takes on special meaning because that was the anniversary of the day on which Sun Dawu and his family were arrested in a massive sweep of Dawu Group. The date is informally known as 被捕11112020. It is no coincidence that Sun Dawu was arrested on November 11, 2020 or the anniversary to the day on which his probation began on November 11,2003. It is a political statement which is intended to convey that Sun Dawu learned nothing with respect to illegal fund-raising as well as the other charges. Nothing could be further from the truth; for example, he designed the Private Entrepreneurial Constitutional System in 2004.
The sentence of Sun Dawu was announced on July 28, 2021 or in the eighteenth year since his arrest in 2003. How many years did Sun Dawu get on the various charges? The length of the sentence appears to have been politically predetermined in advance. He received 18 years or, unofficially, one year for every year since his probation began after the trial in 2003. Sun Fushuo (孙福硕), Sun Dawu's younger son, said it plainly during the trial: “We all know that, no matter how outstanding the lawyers who defended us are, it will not change the rulings against us.” 2. which suggested a kind of pre-determination with regard to both verdicts and sentences.
If prosecutors unofficially lumped together sentences on eight charges to meet a predetermined length in Sun Dawu's case then it potentially jeopardizes the rights of appeal for Sun Dawu. The eighteen year periods from 1985 to 2003, 2003 to 2021 and 2021 to 2039 may be called Triple Unhappiness (三重不幸). It is shared by farmers, peasants and migrants.
D. Carlton Rossi
2021年8月13日
1. https://chinachange.org/2021/07/17/briefing-on-the-first-day-of-dawu-trial/
2. https://chinachange.org/2021/08/01/briefing-on-the-eleventh-day-of-dawu-trial-10-questions-and-10-answers/
For the first time, the poet is putting together his Chinese poems. Neither the word "Chinese" nor the word "poem" is defined. The pages are finished.
Chinese Poems 中国诗歌 Link
Chinese Poems 中国诗歌 Link
Collage of Dawu Group legal team from China Change
Sun Dawu’s Closing Court Statement
Sun Dawu, July 28, 2021, in Gaobeidian Court, Baoding City, Hebei Province
Is it dangerous for private enterprises to grow large? Are state-owned enterprises not dangerous if they become bigger? How can such theories stand? State-owned enterprises are the foundation of communism, and the management system of state-owned enterprises is not as efficient as that of private enterprises. Chairman Xi’s speech was in affirmation of private enterprises, he was affirming Deng Xiaoping’s Southern Tour. I truly hope that the Dawu Group system will show Chairman Xi that socialism can work in practice, and it’s something that can be tested by everyone. Not the testing of the Public Security Bureau, but rather, something that can be tested by every consumer. We can withstand the test of time. By blurring ownership while validating the right of use, we turned a family business into an enterprise, and made that enterprise a cause. We have turned an enterprise into a breathing living society. I believe that to us, this ordeal too is part of the process towards betterment. We will not harbor grievances.
The question is, what will happen from now on? I can take on all the guilt, but I ask you to let my senior management go. Acquit them. I will bear the fault in exchange for their release without prosecution, and do so without making it public. Do you think I am unaware of what you are slapping me with? You want to make a case against me for being a mafia leader, for collusion with foreign forces. But do you really understand what my thoughts are? Do you even know what I am doing?
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https://chinachange.org/2021/08/03/sun-dawus-closing-court-statement/
孙大午法庭最后陈述
民营企业做大了是危险吗？国营企业做大了就不危险吗？这个理论能成立吗？国营企业是共产主义的基础，国营企业的管理体制没有民营企业的效率之高。习主席讲话是肯定民营企业的啊，是肯定邓小平南巡的啊。我真的希望大午集团的实践能让习主席知道，社会主义的实践是能够走得通的，是能够经得住所有人的检验的，不是公安局能检验，是每个顾客都可以检验，我们能经得住历史的检验，虚化所有权、夯实使用权，把家业变成企业、把企业变成事业，我们把企业变成了不死的社会。我认为对我们来说，这次仍然是我们正能量的修行过程，我们不会有怨气的。
问题是到了这个地步了，这件事怎么走下去。我可以承担全部的罪责，但你们把我的高管放了，把他们无罪释放。有错我来承担，能不能不予起诉、能不能不予公开。你们扣在我身上的东西，我不清楚吗？涉黑涉恶，勾结境外势力，可是你们了解我的想法吗？你们知道我在做什么吗？
孙大午，2021年7月28日，于河北省保定市高碑店法庭
https://chinachangechinese.org/2021/08/02/%e5%ad%99%e5%a4%a7%e5%8d%88%e6%b3%95%e5%ba%ad%e6%9c%80%e5%90%8e%e9%99%88%e8%bf%b0/
Response to a Journalist’s Query Regarding the Sun Dawu Verdict
Yaxue Cao, July 28, 2021
On a fundamental level, China has no private enterprises because there is no rule of law to protect private property, and there are always some parts of the private enterprises that are not private — by design, like the land Dawu uses and the hot spring resort it developed with the blessing of the local government. The CCP has never seen private enterprises as sovereign entities and it can take them over anytime under the guise of implementing the law. That’s precisely what we have seen in the Dawu case.
https://chinachange.org/2021/07/28/response-to-a-journalists-inquiry-regarding-the-sun-dawu-verdict/
The author has often said that the word "private" has no meaning in China under the present system. The government wants to know everything in order to exercise control. The term Private Entrepreneurial Constitutional System (PECS) of Dawu Group has become a misnomer as of November 11, 2020. That was the date of the detainment of 30 employeees of Dawu Group on multiple charges. November 11th was the date that the government effectively seized control of Dawu Group pretending to protect it.
It is easy though to be a critic and more difficult to offer constructive criticism. With this in mind the author recalls asking Sun Dawu a question. To put a date on it is difficult, but it can roughly be dated based on the period when Dawu Group had 24 subsidiaries--it has around 30 now. The question was something like "Why doesn't Dawu Group establish a joint venture on a 50-50 basis with a State Owned Enterprise (SOE)?" The intent of the question was to explore a way the Dawu Group could co-operate rather than potentially compete with the SOE's as well as smooth relations with governments in China.
One might consider a new 50-50 joint venture outside China in the field of agriculture. Both companies would invest equally in a facility or endeavour in a foreign country. One impediment to "private" companies in China such as Dawu Group is that state-owned organs" at the commune level (as opposed to SOE's) do not make such an investment for either profit or principles. The SOE could potentially earn much more than just match the rate of inflation in co-operation with a well-run "private" enterprise. Of course, the joint-venture would be subject to the laws of the foreign country. The author is familiar with one SOE which may have an interest.
1. dwnews
The Trial of the Century
Sun Dawu was released from RSDL after 9 months along with six other co-accused. Two defendants under RSDL had irregularly been refused bail which contributed to their suffering even though the law allowed release. Furthermore, it is believed by the author that 3 months is the maximum time an accused can legally be held in RSDL. It seems this law is circumvented by detaining suspects for an extended period of time before an arrest is made. This circumstance may further erode protective rights of citizens during detainment.
Immediately, upon release, Sun Dawu was taken to the hospital of Dawu Group for observation and treatment for a brief stay of undetermined length; altlhough, it could probably be measured in hours. It is perhaps the best regional hospital and he was examined on the 15th floor. The status of his mental and physical health was unknown publically, but Sun Dawu has said at trial that the circustances of RSDL were tortuous. One could speculate that he was at least debilitated and disoriented.
It is therefore uncertain but probable that he was not totally competent to defend himself at trial. The trial itself was legally public, but de facto secret. One might liken it to a three ring circus ie. all blow and show. Whether or not the trial was intentionally designed to weaken and disorient the defense lawyers and defendants is not known, but that was its effect. Remember that there were 20 defendants who were tried and sentenced in a matter of just fourteen days with hundreds of thousands of pages of evidence submitted. Yet, disclosure of recorded sessions which the defendants demanded to be presented were disallowed by the judge.
Sun Dawu was released from RSDL after 9 months along with six other co-accused. Two defendants under RSDL had irregularly been refused bail which contributed to their suffering even though the law allowed release. Furthermore, it is believed by the author that 3 months is the maximum time an accused can legally be held in RSDL. It seems this law is circumvented by detaining suspects for an extended period of time before an arrest is made. This circumstance may further erode protective rights of citizens during detainment.
Immediately, upon release, Sun Dawu was taken to the hospital of Dawu Group for observation and treatment for a brief stay of undetermined length; altlhough, it could probably be measured in hours. It is perhaps the best regional hospital and he was examined on the 15th floor. The status of his mental and physical health was unknown publically, but Sun Dawu has said at trial that the circustances of RSDL were tortuous. One could speculate that he was at least debilitated and disoriented.
It is therefore uncertain but probable that he was not totally competent to defend himself at trial. The trial itself was legally public, but de facto secret. One might liken it to a three ring circus ie. all blow and show. Whether or not the trial was intentionally designed to weaken and disorient the defense lawyers and defendants is not known, but that was its effect. Remember that there were 20 defendants who were tried and sentenced in a matter of just fourteen days with hundreds of thousands of pages of evidence submitted. Yet, disclosure of recorded sessions which the defendants demanded to be presented were disallowed by the judge.
One of the few pictures of the trial that escaped the censors was that of an ambulance at the court exit on the final day. It may have been for Sun Dawu, another defendant or defense lawyer. A defense lawyer had complained about the court hours which sometime exceeded fourteen hours and broke labour laws. One might even construe the length of hours and format of proceeding to be tortuous in themselves. Whomever the ambulance was for it is certain that an ambulance ushered in the trial and an ambulance was present at the conclusion of the trial which is rather an infamous and dubious legacy.
D. Carlton Rossi
August 1, 2021
1. 孙大午再出庭拒认9罪 此前庭审混乱爆激烈冲突[图]
中国
撰写：南希
2021-07-16 08:13:02
最后更新日期：2021-07-16 08:57
https://www.dwnews.com/中国/60251616/孙大午
https://www.dwnews.com/中国/60251616/孙大午再出庭拒认9罪此前庭审混乱爆激烈
D. Carlton Rossi
August 1, 2021
1. 孙大午再出庭拒认9罪 此前庭审混乱爆激烈冲突[图]
中国
撰写：南希
2021-07-16 08:13:02
最后更新日期：2021-07-16 08:57
https://www.dwnews.com/中国/60251616/孙大午
https://www.dwnews.com/中国/60251616/孙大午再出庭拒认9罪此前庭审混乱爆激烈
Western Qing Palace near Baoding, Hebei Photographer: D. Carlton Rossi
Executives of Dawu Group 大午集团
Seven Victims of Terror and Torture in Residential
Surveillance at a Designated Location (RSDL)
Surveillance at a Designated Location (RSDL)
Sun Dawu 孙大午 and D. Carlton Rossi
Supervisor Sun Dawu was charged with illegal absorption of public deposits, provocation and nuisance, illegal mining, gathering a crowd to storm state organs, illegal occupation of agricultural land, forced trading, disrupting production and operation, and obstructing public service.
With regard to all the evidence in this charge, including audio and video evidence, Sun Dawu provided the following cross-examination opinion: “The Public Security Bureau has used many despicable means to willfully create a wrongful case. The video recording of the scene is the only meaningful evidence, and the rest is not worth refuting. But if they again place me under Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location (RSDL), they will get the same confessions from me, or even worse — they will get whatever they want to get.
https://chinachange.org/2021/07/26/briefing-on-the-ninth-day-of-dawu-trial/
Sentence: Sun Dawu (孙大午): 18 years fixed-term imprisonment, and a fine of 3.11 million yuan
With regard to all the evidence in this charge, including audio and video evidence, Sun Dawu provided the following cross-examination opinion: “The Public Security Bureau has used many despicable means to willfully create a wrongful case. The video recording of the scene is the only meaningful evidence, and the rest is not worth refuting. But if they again place me under Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location (RSDL), they will get the same confessions from me, or even worse — they will get whatever they want to get.
https://chinachange.org/2021/07/26/briefing-on-the-ninth-day-of-dawu-trial/
Sentence: Sun Dawu (孙大午): 18 years fixed-term imprisonment, and a fine of 3.11 million yuan
Ji Weilian (纪玮莲)
Ji Weilian, secretary of the group office, was charged with the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, the crime of gathering a crowd to storm state organs.
During the trial, several defendants questioned the failure of the judicial authorities to uphold their promises, at the same time filing another application for bail pending trial.
Ji Weilian pointed out: “I don’t understand it: the RSDL room as well as the detention center all have 360-degree rotating cameras. They can clearly observe my physical and mental condition. Why can’t I be granted bail?”
Another defendant in the Dawu case is Ji Weilian (纪玮莲). A former assistant to Sun Dawu (孙大午), she was also placed under RSDL. Ji suffers from severe depression. After being taken into custody, she has been vomiting dozens of times a day. She is extremely weak and on the verge of mental breakdown.
During the trial, several defendants questioned the failure of the judicial authorities to uphold their promises, at the same time filing another application for bail pending trial.
Ji Weilian pointed out: “I don’t understand it: the RSDL room as well as the detention center all have 360-degree rotating cameras. They can clearly observe my physical and mental condition. Why can’t I be granted bail?”
Another defendant in the Dawu case is Ji Weilian (纪玮莲). A former assistant to Sun Dawu (孙大午), she was also placed under RSDL. Ji suffers from severe depression. After being taken into custody, she has been vomiting dozens of times a day. She is extremely weak and on the verge of mental breakdown.
Ji Weilian 纪玮莲
The defendant Ji Weilian (纪玮莲), who previously was also placed under RSDL and suffers from severe depression, said that she could understand how false interrogation transcripts could be created during residential surveillance. This is because — “Mr. Dawu said that during the RSDL period, life was worse than death. But if you ask me, I say words pale in comparison to reality. During the pre-trial meetings, the lawyers proposed to go back to the RSDL site for on-site inspection. I really didn’t want to go, because I trembled even when I thought about that environment.”
https://chinachange.org/2021/07/19/briefing-on-the-third-day-of-dawu-trial/
https://chinachange.org/2021/07/19/briefing-on-the-third-day-of-dawu-trial/
Ji Weilian 纪玮莲 is on the right side at the Huangdi Room
The defendant Ji Weilian (纪玮莲, female) said: I could see that there were once windows in the RSDL room. I applied to change rooms, I was extremely agitated, and wanted to dig out the window. I wanted to open the door. I wanted air. I was interrogated too many times. My memory was declining. The case handlers tried to help me recall the details, but I couldn’t recall them. Everything written in the transcripts was prompted by the case handlers, as evidenced by the interrogation video recording. I had hoped to be taken out of the room to be interrogated, because then I could have a breath of fresh air. When a female member of the custodial caretaking staff came into my residential surveillance room she fainted within 5 minutes. During my final two days of detention, the doctor gave me an oxygen bag, which I had kept on requesting but they they had not given it to me. (Crying.) Why did they seal off the windows that had been there, why? I will keep asking, and waiting, for an answer.
The author has always found poetry as one way to combat the blues. If that fails then he supports a lawsuit for infringement of civil rights.
Sentence: Ji Weilian (纪玮莲): 1 year and 5 months fixed-term imprisonment
Sun Meng, the chairman of the board, was charged with the crimes of unlawful absorption of public deposits, unlawful occupation of agricultural land, illegal mining, forced trading, and fraud.
Sun Meng (孙萌): “They recommended other companies to me to take over Dawu Group!” Sun Dawu’s eldest son and chairman of Dawu Group, Sun Meng, said: “After I was placed under RSDL, an official came and said that Dawu Group needed someone to operate it and recommended several companies to me to take over the group. I said that those companies were not even in the same industry, how could they take over Dawu? From the perspective of the long-term development of the company, my father should be granted bail. As a result, the official was very angry and slammed the door as he left.
https://chinachange.org/2021/07/18/briefing-on-the-second-day-of-dawu-trial/
Sun Meng (孙萌): “They recommended other companies to me to take over Dawu Group!” Sun Dawu’s eldest son and chairman of Dawu Group, Sun Meng, said: “After I was placed under RSDL, an official came and said that Dawu Group needed someone to operate it and recommended several companies to me to take over the group. I said that those companies were not even in the same industry, how could they take over Dawu? From the perspective of the long-term development of the company, my father should be granted bail. As a result, the official was very angry and slammed the door as he left.
https://chinachange.org/2021/07/18/briefing-on-the-second-day-of-dawu-trial/
孙萌 SUN Meng on left
Sun Meng’s defense lawyer [Tong Zongjin, 仝宗锦] pointed out that, with the aforementioned opinion, the defense lawyer was not trying to act like the second prosecutor, nor did he wish an innocent man to be charged with a crime; the defense lawyer was simply stating that “the case-handling agencies have not applied the law equally, fairly and justly.” As such, it is entirely possible that this important witness was given certain promises or instructions to make inconsistent statements in order to turn himself [or herself] from a suspect to the prosecutors’ witness. The prosecutors’ evidence presentation did not exclude such reasonable doubt of the defense lawyer.
https://chinachange.org/2021/07/26/briefing-on-the-ninth-day-of-dawu-trial/
Sentence: Sun Meng (孙萌, Sun Dawu’s older son): 12 years fixed-term imprisonment, and a fine of 1.9 million yuan
Sun Dawu's second son, Sun Fushuo 孙福硕 , said: “I don’t know what forced confession made under duress means, but after I was arrested, they handcuffed me to the interrogation chair for more than 30 hours, until my legs were swollen. They all knew what they were doing. The police interrogators made it clear: Don’t think we can’t make you submit; we can place you under RSDL. I knew that RSDL was terrible, and I was scared. The subsequent interrogation transcripts were made under such duress.”
By book, Residential Surveillance in Designated Locations is a relatively minor form of criminal detention measure, but the experience of the defendants in the Dawu case made clear that under RSDL “death is better than life”. Given that these places are without humane living conditions, that female relatives are held as de facto “hostages”, and that investigators used threats and deception for their aims, RSDL has in fact become “illegal detention”. The defendants’ confessions obtained under such circumstances is of course illegal evidence and should be excluded in accordance with the law.
https://chinachange.org/2021/07/18/briefing-on-the-second-day-of-dawu-trial/
Sentence: Sun Fushuo (孙福硕, Sun Dawu’s younger son): 1 year and 6 months fixed-term imprisonment
Liu Ping 刘平 and Sun Erwu 孙二午
Liu Ping (刘平) was General Manager of Dawu Group. She was arrested on her visit to Hainan Island where Dawu Group has a subsidiary. She has been with the company for more than two decades. She is one of the seven detained under terror and torture in RSDP.
So far, of the 28 detained, it’s said that three have since been released and seven have been placed under “residential surveillance at a designated place.” They are: Sun Dawu (the Director of the Supervisory Board), Sun Meng (孙萌, Chairman of the Board of Directors), Sun Erwu (孙二午) and Sun Zhihua (孙志华), Liu Ping, Jin Fengyu (靳凤羽, deputy General Manager of the Group), and Ji Weilian (纪玮莲, secretary of the Group’s general office). The 18 others have been formally arrested.
https://chinachange.org/2021/04/02/sun-dawu-a-chinese-agricultural-entrepreneurs-36-year-dream-in-the-era-of-reform-and-opening-up-part-two/
Sentence: Liu Ping (刘平): 3 years and 6 months fixed-term imprisonment, and a fine of 950,000 yuan
So far, of the 28 detained, it’s said that three have since been released and seven have been placed under “residential surveillance at a designated place.” They are: Sun Dawu (the Director of the Supervisory Board), Sun Meng (孙萌, Chairman of the Board of Directors), Sun Erwu (孙二午) and Sun Zhihua (孙志华), Liu Ping, Jin Fengyu (靳凤羽, deputy General Manager of the Group), and Ji Weilian (纪玮莲, secretary of the Group’s general office). The 18 others have been formally arrested.
https://chinachange.org/2021/04/02/sun-dawu-a-chinese-agricultural-entrepreneurs-36-year-dream-in-the-era-of-reform-and-opening-up-part-two/
Sentence: Liu Ping (刘平): 3 years and 6 months fixed-term imprisonment, and a fine of 950,000 yuan
Sun Erwu 孙二午 大午集团 Dawu Group
Sun Erwu (孙二午, or 孙德华 Sun Dehua) also expressed disbelief at the charge: “So we were spending money to buy a crime! We bought a crime with 400,000 yuan! I just want to ask: isn’t it true that we gave the restaurant owner a street-front location? If Dawu were to eliminate competition, why would we help relocate the restaurant to a street-front location?”
https://chinachange.org/2021/07/26/briefing-on-the-ninth-day-of-dawu-trial/
Sun Erwu believed that all the witness testimonies of the incident were false. The village Party Secretary Yang Xueming was in charge of this matter. Only after he viewed the live video of the scene, said Sun Erwu, did he realize the seriousness of the incident. He did not arrange for anyone to block the warehouse, and no one had informed him about it afterwards. He should not be held responsible.
https://chinachange.org/2021/07/26/briefing-on-the-eighth-day-of-dawu-trial/
Sentence : 12 years fixed-term imprisonment, and a fine of 510,000 yuan
https://chinachange.org/2021/07/26/briefing-on-the-ninth-day-of-dawu-trial/
Sun Erwu believed that all the witness testimonies of the incident were false. The village Party Secretary Yang Xueming was in charge of this matter. Only after he viewed the live video of the scene, said Sun Erwu, did he realize the seriousness of the incident. He did not arrange for anyone to block the warehouse, and no one had informed him about it afterwards. He should not be held responsible.
https://chinachange.org/2021/07/26/briefing-on-the-eighth-day-of-dawu-trial/
Sentence : 12 years fixed-term imprisonment, and a fine of 510,000 yuan
Sun Zhihua 大午集团 Dawu Group
Sun Zhihua, the deputy supervisor, was charged with the crimes of unlawful absorption of public deposits, illegal mining, unlawful mining, unlawful impact on state organs, unlawful occupation of agricultural land, forced trading, disrupting production and operation, and obstructing public service.
Sentence: Sun Zhihua (孙志华 or Sun Sanwu who is Sun Dawu’s younger brother): 9 years fixed-term imprisonment, and a fine of 550,000 yuan
The seventh individual held under RSDL was Jin Fengyu.
Sentence: Jin Fengyu (靳凤羽): 1 year and 7 months fixed-term imprisonment, suspended for 2 years.
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Source list for 7 sentences and punishments for other defendants: https://chinachange.org/2021/07/28/statement-of-the-dawu-legal-team-on-the-verdict-and-sentences-in-the-dawu-case/
Note: Readers may wonder why Sun Dawu's brothers have two names. It appears to the author the second set of names is ancestral. Sun Dawu is the oldest son or in other words the first son. Sun Erwu is the second son. Sun Sanwu is the youngest or third son.
There is no sun, moon and stars but dazzling lights that blind me day and night,
With two armored soldiers guarding me, six shifts a day, through long and tormentous hours.
Fate is fickle, I am but a living corpse forbidden to speak with eyes wide open.
In unbearable suffering I hold on to faith, as I silently miss Dawu City.”
Poem written by Sun Dawu in prison. No pictures have been available of Sun Dawu since his arrest on November 11, 2020.
https://chinachange.org/2021/07/19/briefing-on-the-third-day-of-dawu-trial/
With two armored soldiers guarding me, six shifts a day, through long and tormentous hours.
Fate is fickle, I am but a living corpse forbidden to speak with eyes wide open.
In unbearable suffering I hold on to faith, as I silently miss Dawu City.”
Poem written by Sun Dawu in prison. No pictures have been available of Sun Dawu since his arrest on November 11, 2020.
https://chinachange.org/2021/07/19/briefing-on-the-third-day-of-dawu-trial/
Nomad 2002
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Nomad MK-15c Tan Ru 谭儒 Stardate 3541.9
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谭儒使命是消毒生命
Tan Ru's Mission is to Sterilize Life
It is difficult to say anything new about the old, original Star Trek (星际迷航) series because the viewpoints of Trekkies have become canonical. Yet, it may be worthwhile to re-examine an episode of the series called The Changeling (变形金刚) which aired on September 29, 1967. That date happens to be close to the 2518th Anniversary of the Birth of Confucius (孔子) on September 28th. While the series purports to be science fiction; nevertheless, it may reflect more of what was going on in the present at that time.
On the macro scale, the United States was involved in a proxy war with China and Russia in Vietnam; so, it might be regarded as a conflict between democratic and communistic systems or more simply as powers wishing to extend their influence through imperialism. In China, the Cultural Revolution (文化大革命) had begun which was designed by Mao to replace the four olds (which didn't include Mao himself) with a new order of Communism. It was based on Mao Thought (毛泽东思想) of which Xi Thought (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想), today, bears an uncanny resemblance which is not coincidental. Thought is not theory which can be proven scientifically as correct or incorrect as in Deng Theory (邓小平理论), but has more nebulous characteristics (模糊特征) with various interpretations and is of a purported higher order.
An event was presaged by the People's Daily editorial on June 1, 1966 about the Four Olds (四旧). It was fulfilled through one of the notable occurences in 1966 during the Cultural Revolution beginning on November 07th which involved the activities of the young Red Guards (红卫兵) led by Tan Houlan (谭厚兰).
The campaign was called "Annihilate the Kong Family Business" (消灭孔氏家族企业). In the offensive the Guards dug up and dynamited corpses of the family of Confucius and set them on fire. They also unburied and burned 100,000 Confucian texts.
It was part of an offensive against the so-called capitalist-roaders (走资派). Deng Xiaoping (邓小平) was regarded as one of the capitalist-roaders. He was attacked verbally and physically by the Red Guards. 15 Of course, after the Gang of Four (四人帮) who were charged with treason, Deng Xiaoping led China through a series of far-reaching economic, market reforms. Today, the pendulum has swung away from reform or should one stress that the pendulum has been sharpened?
On the macro scale, the United States was involved in a proxy war with China and Russia in Vietnam; so, it might be regarded as a conflict between democratic and communistic systems or more simply as powers wishing to extend their influence through imperialism. In China, the Cultural Revolution (文化大革命) had begun which was designed by Mao to replace the four olds (which didn't include Mao himself) with a new order of Communism. It was based on Mao Thought (毛泽东思想) of which Xi Thought (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想), today, bears an uncanny resemblance which is not coincidental. Thought is not theory which can be proven scientifically as correct or incorrect as in Deng Theory (邓小平理论), but has more nebulous characteristics (模糊特征) with various interpretations and is of a purported higher order.
An event was presaged by the People's Daily editorial on June 1, 1966 about the Four Olds (四旧). It was fulfilled through one of the notable occurences in 1966 during the Cultural Revolution beginning on November 07th which involved the activities of the young Red Guards (红卫兵) led by Tan Houlan (谭厚兰).
The campaign was called "Annihilate the Kong Family Business" (消灭孔氏家族企业). In the offensive the Guards dug up and dynamited corpses of the family of Confucius and set them on fire. They also unburied and burned 100,000 Confucian texts.
It was part of an offensive against the so-called capitalist-roaders (走资派). Deng Xiaoping (邓小平) was regarded as one of the capitalist-roaders. He was attacked verbally and physically by the Red Guards. 15 Of course, after the Gang of Four (四人帮) who were charged with treason, Deng Xiaoping led China through a series of far-reaching economic, market reforms. Today, the pendulum has swung away from reform or should one stress that the pendulum has been sharpened?
Red Guard Rampage at Kong Family Cemetary led by Tan Houlan
It was basically an assault on "rule of law" (法律规定), the family, Ruism (儒) or Confucianism itself . However, one can't easily destroy traditions going back thousands of years which are the essence of what it means to be Chinese by a single act of madness or through symbolic gestures. Communism has little to do with tradition or what it means to be Chinese, but more to do with "The business of revolution" (革命事业) to quote Sang Ye and Geremie R. Barmé 6.
The campaign to dig up Confucian texts and the bones of the first three generations and the last three generations of Confucius' family and set them on fire reminds the author in an inverse way of instructions given by Emperor Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇) or first emperor of the Qin Dynasty which was one of the most short-lived and brutal dynasties. He ordered Confucian scholars to be buried and their books burned. One might say that Qin represented "rule by law" (依法治国). He may have been the first practitioner of "Tough Thought" (强硬想法) 16 on a grand scale or at least has historically inspired it even if there is a pretense by modern acolytes to ignore, cherry pick or reinterpret history.
The basic plot of The Changeling is improbable bordering on impossible, but remember it is set in the future (star date 3541.9 to be exact). An interstellar probe is launched from Earth in 2002. It is called Nomad (游牧民族). Its mission is to explore for life forms. It collides with a meteor and is damaged. Eventually, it meets an alien probe which is designed to sterilize soil as a prelude to colonization. Nomad repairs itself with help from the other probe, but its mission is skewed.
As Tan Ru (谭儒) 9 its goal is now to sterilize life. It begins by sterilizing 4 billion inhabitants of the Malurian system. This number roughly corresponds to the whole population of Earth which in 1967 numbered 3,478,770,104. It then proceeds to the planet of its creator or Earth where it intends to sterilize the population. In this sense, the episode is apocalyptic.
If one wishes to interpret the clash of systems representing both life and sterilization as it pertains only to China then one may begin one's examination with The Great Leap Forward 大跃进 (1958-1962). It was the clash between the old feudal system and the establishment of a new, Communist industrial system through people's communes. However, the unexpected consequence of a new wind of communism with the meteoric rise of Mao was the death of over 40 million Chinese in a man-made famine. It is comparable to a freak accident of a probe hit by a meteor. The probe repairs itself with the help of an alien probe, but its mission changes to sterilization of life.
Sun Dawu (孙大午) was born in 1954 in the village of Langwuzhuang. It was just before The Great Leap Forward. As a youngster he had no food to eat. He was forced to eat grass to survive. He estimates that millions more were killed in The Great Famine 大饥荒 (1958-1962) than have been officially reported.
To enforce the unrealistic quotas which were never met, First Party Secretary Zhang Guozhong ran a labour camp. It held 1.5% of the population from farmers to Party officials who offered resistance. Punishment included flogging and naked exposure to the winter elements. As a result, 124 people did die. "Outside the camp some 7,000 people were tied up, beaten, spat upon, paraded, forced to kneel or deprived of food, resulting in another 212 deaths." 18
"A little over an hour's drive from Beijing via the new highway, Xushui (徐水) was a star county of the Great Leap Forward at the end of the 1950's. Mao Zedong and Liu Shaoqi both toured Xushui and promoted the community nationwide. It is where the fantasy started that a single mu of land could produce 10,000 catties of wheat (亩产万斤). Upon learning that there was so much food it couldn't be eaten Mao told the members of the people's communes to eat five meals a day. The tragedy that transpired following The Great Leap Forward is well known
to history." 2
Chairman Mao visits Xushui in 1958
The people's commune of Xushui (徐水) in 1958 set the national standard with Mao's visit for two reasons. On hearing of the projected, unrealistic harvests that were expected in the autumn, Mao recommended the following. 'Plant a little less and do half a day's work. Use the other half for culture: study science, promote culture and recreation, run a college and middle school.' 4 It meant nothing to starving people. Do you know that no one officially starved in China as they were listed as dying of other causes and imaginary diseases?
Furthermore, the institution of the family was destroyed in the People's Commune of Xushui. The first separation of men and women into different living quarters took place in Xushui in 1958. The practice of separation spread to Henan, Hunan and Anhui. It was said through propaganda that the dearest persons in the world are our parents, but they cannot compare to Chairman Mao and the Communist Party. 1
"During the Great Leap Forward in 1958, Xushui became a model county for state collectivizing measures. The Xushui experiment in Communism was one of the most revolutionary, ludicrous, and tragic experiments in the history of China, as Chinese scholars now recognize. Mao visited communes in Dingxian and Xushui. Just southeast of Xushui county-town, Dasigezhuang village was renamed the 4th August brigade. But when Zhou Enlai (周恩来) visited he was shocked to see the destitution that communization was bringing, and Xushui's favoured status did nothing to prevent many starving to death there around 1960." 4
Furthermore, the institution of the family was destroyed in the People's Commune of Xushui. The first separation of men and women into different living quarters took place in Xushui in 1958. The practice of separation spread to Henan, Hunan and Anhui. It was said through propaganda that the dearest persons in the world are our parents, but they cannot compare to Chairman Mao and the Communist Party. 1
"During the Great Leap Forward in 1958, Xushui became a model county for state collectivizing measures. The Xushui experiment in Communism was one of the most revolutionary, ludicrous, and tragic experiments in the history of China, as Chinese scholars now recognize. Mao visited communes in Dingxian and Xushui. Just southeast of Xushui county-town, Dasigezhuang village was renamed the 4th August brigade. But when Zhou Enlai (周恩来) visited he was shocked to see the destitution that communization was bringing, and Xushui's favoured status did nothing to prevent many starving to death there around 1960." 4
The Great Famine threatened to undermine Mao's power so the Cultural Revolution ensued from 1966 to 1976. It represented the collapse of Chinese civilization. New targets of resistance classified as enemies were found. One of these targets of a new apocalypse was the family. For example, young Red Guards were encouraged to "turn in" members of their family who deviated from Mao Thought.
On November 07, 1966. Red Guards under the leadership of Tan Houlan (谭厚兰) dug up and dynamited the graves of the first three and last three generations of the Kong family (Confucius). On November 29, 1966, a telegram was sent to Chairman Mao. It read as follows:
“Dearest Chairman Mao,
One hundred thousand members of the revolutionary masses would like to report a thrilling development to you: we have rebelled! We have rebelled! We have dragged out the clay statue of Kong the Second Son (Kong lao’er 孔老二); we have torn down the plaque extolling the ‘teacher of ten-thousand generations’; we have leveled Confucius’ grave; we have smashed the stelae extolling the virtues of the feudal emperors and kings, and we have obliterated the statues in the Confucius Temple! 6
With reference to The Changling one may also refer to geometry. Imagine two equilateral triangles in the sci-fi episode which are fairly balanced. They correspond to the two probes representing life and sterilization. Then, an unexpected happening transpires which distorts the balance and harmony of sine, co-sine and tangent. It is tangent then that rules or what is called Tan Ru in The Changeling episode. The new triangle is no longer equilateral. It corresponds to illogic or Mao Thought gone askew without checks and balances during The Great Leap Forward and The Cultural Revolution. It is personified by the zealot Tan Houlan during the latter revolution.
On November 07, 1966. Red Guards under the leadership of Tan Houlan (谭厚兰) dug up and dynamited the graves of the first three and last three generations of the Kong family (Confucius). On November 29, 1966, a telegram was sent to Chairman Mao. It read as follows:
“Dearest Chairman Mao,
One hundred thousand members of the revolutionary masses would like to report a thrilling development to you: we have rebelled! We have rebelled! We have dragged out the clay statue of Kong the Second Son (Kong lao’er 孔老二); we have torn down the plaque extolling the ‘teacher of ten-thousand generations’; we have leveled Confucius’ grave; we have smashed the stelae extolling the virtues of the feudal emperors and kings, and we have obliterated the statues in the Confucius Temple! 6
With reference to The Changling one may also refer to geometry. Imagine two equilateral triangles in the sci-fi episode which are fairly balanced. They correspond to the two probes representing life and sterilization. Then, an unexpected happening transpires which distorts the balance and harmony of sine, co-sine and tangent. It is tangent then that rules or what is called Tan Ru in The Changeling episode. The new triangle is no longer equilateral. It corresponds to illogic or Mao Thought gone askew without checks and balances during The Great Leap Forward and The Cultural Revolution. It is personified by the zealot Tan Houlan during the latter revolution.
Dawu City is NNW of Xushui
A "farm" whose generic name is used herein was created as an organ of the state in 1958 at the beginning of The Great Leap Forward. In theory, it was created in order to use unplanted land and wasteland in the surrounding villages. However, [in 1963] the "farm" also requisitioned large amounts of land from surrounding villages such as Dingzhuang Village, Langwuzhuang Village, Mazhuang Village, and Zhaizhuang Village." 3 The implication was that if it wasn't accepted then one didn't eat.
The farm's new mission wasn't to sterilize wasteland for productive usage, but rather it adopted a mission which is metaphorically similar to The Changeling. The farm sterilized life in the villages. Life left. The "farm" is the metaphorical equivalent of Tan Ru (谭儒) or Tangent Rules which sterilizes life. Tan Ru (谭儒) is shaped like a drill and it drills out life with a laser or photon torpedo. It wishes to sterilize the King Fisher (翠鸟) who as head of Dawu Group brings fertility to the Waste Land (荒地). 19, 20
The farm's new mission wasn't to sterilize wasteland for productive usage, but rather it adopted a mission which is metaphorically similar to The Changeling. The farm sterilized life in the villages. Life left. The "farm" is the metaphorical equivalent of Tan Ru (谭儒) or Tangent Rules which sterilizes life. Tan Ru (谭儒) is shaped like a drill and it drills out life with a laser or photon torpedo. It wishes to sterilize the King Fisher (翠鸟) who as head of Dawu Group brings fertility to the Waste Land (荒地). 19, 20
孙大午和妻子刘会茹当年创业时的合影
In 1985--not 1958, it was the Dawu Group which formed an agricultural enterprise on wasteland by leasing it. The more successful it became the more irritating it was to the "farm". Sun Dawu states the problem succinctly. "The farm does not have a dominant position in the market economy, it does not have the qualifications to cooperate with me, and the two sides have no basis for equal cooperation, because the farm itself has no ownership, and it manages the land for the country, but the background is different. It is vacant, and there is no real unit that bears economic responsibilities, and no investors. The Bureau of Agriculture is only responsible for policy guidance, regardless of the farm’s business activities." 3
In 2010, the newly built Rongwu Expressway reignited the dispute between the "farm" and Dawu Group. Even though Dawu Group leased the land, it could only be compensated for ground attachments. This meant major compensation went to the "farm". 12
In 2010, the newly built Rongwu Expressway reignited the dispute between the "farm" and Dawu Group. Even though Dawu Group leased the land, it could only be compensated for ground attachments. This meant major compensation went to the "farm". 12
Kangyang Town Apartments 大午集团 Dawu Group
More recently, the Dawu Group encountered major problems with its Dawu Kangyang Nursing Home Project (8 apartment buildings). It was approved by the district chiefs and had support from the Xushui District Land Bureau. However,on July 25, 2018 the decision was reversed. It was declared the buildings were built without approval and the land was illegally occupied. At the request of The Xushui District Government and Land Bureau, the Group paid a fine of 4,151,250 yuan. In addition, the 77,000 square meter project was confiscated and Sun Dawu threatened with arrest. 21 If the project received approval from the local government then how did it all of a sudden become illegal according to Sun Dawu?
The Great Noon Triangle comprised of Xushui City, Dawu City, Fushan and Baoding City Satellite
Dawu City is seven kilometers northwest of Xushui City. One might imagine it forming a small, equilateral triangle (等边三角形) of Xushui City, Dawu City, Fushan and Baoding City. Fushan is included because Sun Dawu is guardian of the mountain where Huangdi united the tribes over five thousand years ago. In addition, remnants of religious enclosures can be found at Fushan. The Sun Temple Park at Dawu City with its Confucian and Buddhist temples is the spiritual center of the region.
Sharing one side of the equilateral triangle which might be referred to as The Great Noon Triangle (大正午三角) is one side of what might be referred to as a non-equilateral Great Xiong'an Triangle (雄安新三角) whose center is Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区). Xiong'an New Area is expected to grow exponentially. It is the artificial intelligence, 5G, I of T center of The Great Xiong'an Triangle. The programs and programmers of the area reflect Xi Thought; whereas, Dawu City serves people personifying Sun's heart.
Both triangles are within the bigger area called Jing-Jin-Ji (雄安新三角) or Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei (known as Ji). It can also be said that a large piece of Jing-Jin-Ji (JJJ) may be found within an imagined non-equilateral triangle of Beijing, Tianjin and Baoding.
The centerpiece or hub of the JJJ megalopolis is Xiong'an New Area. It was founded on April 1, 2017. It's about 40 kilometres east of Xushui City. It seems that Jing-Jin-Ji rings in a poetic way with President Xi Jinping's name and furthermore that the Xiong'an hub of Jing-Jin-Ji represents his legacy.
During the Northern Song Dynasty 北宋 (960-1127), the area was a Watery Great Wall. In the Sixth Lunar Month of 1048, the Yellow River flooded 13 and more floods followed. However, in 1128, General Du Chong intentionally broke the bank of the river thereby provoking a flood in order to halt the Jurchen invasion. The waterlogged swamps were not deep enough for boats, but not shallow enough for soldiers to walk through. The swamp stretched nearly 500 kilometers. As a result, fertile farmland was lost and replaced by salinized, sand- covered land. The peasant-farmers left.
A thousand years later the state is draining the swamps in order to build a modern hub of the future. While peasants have returned to make claim on their property the legacy is "soil salinization, water toxicity and poverty". Why are farmers poor and why do they have little to eat? The answer is that the state plans for them and plans for them badly.
The "farm" and land bureau have disturbed the harmony between The Great Noon Triangle and Great Xiong'an Triangle. It has disrupted the balance between Dawu Village founded in 1985 to become a city and Xiong'an New Area founded in 2017 to become a hub. If Dawu Group (大午集团) as a large, self-sufficient agricultural enterprise is metaphorically sterilized then who will provide food for programmers in the self-sufficient, Xiong'an New Area with its sandy, salinized soil? There is friction brought about, too, along the Xushui-Baoding common line of the triangles or between heart and thought.
In Dawu's view, the "farm" is like a "freak" (怪物) 3. Its business activities have nothing to do with its superiors, its profits and losses have nothing to do with its superiors, and the amount of money it makes is not handed over to the state or the government. However, the superiors will still provide various compensations to the "farm" according to the agricultural land. In other words, as a result of a freak accident in The Great Leap Forward, the "farm" has itself become like a "freak" where Tangent and illogical arbitrariness rule.
The centerpiece or hub of the JJJ megalopolis is Xiong'an New Area. It was founded on April 1, 2017. It's about 40 kilometres east of Xushui City. It seems that Jing-Jin-Ji rings in a poetic way with President Xi Jinping's name and furthermore that the Xiong'an hub of Jing-Jin-Ji represents his legacy.
During the Northern Song Dynasty 北宋 (960-1127), the area was a Watery Great Wall. In the Sixth Lunar Month of 1048, the Yellow River flooded 13 and more floods followed. However, in 1128, General Du Chong intentionally broke the bank of the river thereby provoking a flood in order to halt the Jurchen invasion. The waterlogged swamps were not deep enough for boats, but not shallow enough for soldiers to walk through. The swamp stretched nearly 500 kilometers. As a result, fertile farmland was lost and replaced by salinized, sand- covered land. The peasant-farmers left.
A thousand years later the state is draining the swamps in order to build a modern hub of the future. While peasants have returned to make claim on their property the legacy is "soil salinization, water toxicity and poverty". Why are farmers poor and why do they have little to eat? The answer is that the state plans for them and plans for them badly.
The "farm" and land bureau have disturbed the harmony between The Great Noon Triangle and Great Xiong'an Triangle. It has disrupted the balance between Dawu Village founded in 1985 to become a city and Xiong'an New Area founded in 2017 to become a hub. If Dawu Group (大午集团) as a large, self-sufficient agricultural enterprise is metaphorically sterilized then who will provide food for programmers in the self-sufficient, Xiong'an New Area with its sandy, salinized soil? There is friction brought about, too, along the Xushui-Baoding common line of the triangles or between heart and thought.
In Dawu's view, the "farm" is like a "freak" (怪物) 3. Its business activities have nothing to do with its superiors, its profits and losses have nothing to do with its superiors, and the amount of money it makes is not handed over to the state or the government. However, the superiors will still provide various compensations to the "farm" according to the agricultural land. In other words, as a result of a freak accident in The Great Leap Forward, the "farm" has itself become like a "freak" where Tangent and illogical arbitrariness rule.
Dawu Group has made it explicitly clear in writing that it does not give bribes nor accept bribes or red packets. It has been trusted by the local peasant population since its inception in 1985. The Group established a co-operative-grain bank which has had the confidence of farmers since at least 2003 if not earlier. Its medical system is free and is not plagued with bribery as it is throughout China. The Group puts people ahead of profits. Anyone who claims the Dawu Group is corrupt has corrupted the definition of corruption. Therefore, it is abundantly evident that charges brought against executives of Dawu Group for corruption have no basis in truth. They are infamous confabulations.
Dawu Group represents life and growth in the Xushui area. It reclaims the waste land. Sun Dawu represents the Kingfisher (翠鸟) 19,20 bringing fertility (生育能力). On the other hand, the "farm" is sterile (无菌的) and metaphorically sterilizes its people as a Changeling. As a result, the peasant-farmers live in poverty or have moved away to poverty. Life is sterilized.
Dawu Group represents life and growth in the Xushui area. It reclaims the waste land. Sun Dawu represents the Kingfisher (翠鸟) 19,20 bringing fertility (生育能力). On the other hand, the "farm" is sterile (无菌的) and metaphorically sterilizes its people as a Changeling. As a result, the peasant-farmers live in poverty or have moved away to poverty. Life is sterilized.
敢言民企老板遭抄家 警方拘捕30人恐涉黑入罪 - 万维读者网 2020年8月4日
The clashes of “6.21事件”和“8.4事件 were not provoked ( 没有被激怒)) by Dawu Group, but by the "farm". It is the metaphorical equivalent of Tan Ru (谭儒) firing 90 photon torpedoes (光子鱼雷) at the starship Enterprise (星舰企业). The campaign to annihilate the private enterprise of Dawu Group in 2020-21 (which is run on Confucian principles stressing the importance of the family along with its ancestors) is equivalent to the campaign to "Annihilate the Kong Family Business" (消灭孔氏家族企业) in 1966. The new campaign might be called an attempt to "Annihilate the Sun Family Business" (歼灭太阳家族企业) as part of Cultural Revolution 2.0. It can be expressed by lyrics from the 1965 single called "Paint It Black" (把它涂黑) by the Rolling Stones (滚石).
"I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black.
“我想看到它被涂成黑色，涂成黑色
黑如夜，黑如煤
我想看到太阳从天空中消失
我想看它涂漆，涂漆，涂漆，涂黑。
D. Carlton Rossi
2021 年 7 月 10 日
July 10, 2021
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2. Cao Yaxue, Sun Dawu: A Chinese Agricultural Entrepreneur's 36 year dream in the era of reform and opening up, part one, March 30, 2021
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3. 中国经营报：孙大午的新困惑：国营农场为何物？
China Business News: Sun Dawu’s new puzzle: What is a state-owned farm? 2010-10-25
在孙大午看来，国营农场就像一个“怪胎”：它的经营活动与上级无关，盈亏与上级也没关系，赚多少钱也不上交国家，也不给政府交。可是上级仍然会按照农用地给予农场各种补偿（原来的情况是农民纳农业税，农场也纳农业税；现在农民享受每亩80多元的补贴，农场也享受），农场在市场经济中经营生产、盈亏自负，看不出和“国家”有什么关系。
http://sundawu1.blog.sohu.com/161530405.html (censored)
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17 吴丹红 孙大午因何被抓？与国营农场土地纠纷浮出水面 2020-11-15
Wu Danhong, Why was Sun Dawu arrested? Land disputes with state farms surfaced November 15, 2020
https://money.163.com/20/1115/18/FRGCB76N002580S6.html
18. Jun, Xiao, Through the Valley of Death: 9 Warning Signs, Part II
https://erenow.net/modern/maos-great-famine-the-history-of-chinas-most-devastating-catastrophe-1958-62/11.php
19. T. S. Eliot reads: The Waste Land
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqvhMeZ2PlY
20. Frazer. J. G., The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion, 12 Volumes, New York, Macmillan and Company: 1894.
Volume 4, The Golden Bough: The Dying God
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21. 大午：民在违法，官在犯罪，路在何方？！
The People are Breaking the Laws, The Government Officials are Committing Crimes, Where’s the Exit?
By Sun Dawu (Chairman of Supervisory Board of Hebei Dawu Group, China)
https://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-shuang-zhou-kan/sun-da-wu-min-zai-wei-fa-guan-zai-fan-zui-lu-zai-he-fang
22. 孙大午：我这十年, 请看博讯热点：民企的困扰 (博讯北京时间2013年10月13日 转载)
孙大午曾经感叹，最近提到重庆的事情，大家还心有余悸，说害怕“文革”回头，确实如此，我今年59岁了，经历了“文革”，也经历了改革开放三十多年的过程，一直以来，我们的社会何时摆脱过“文革”的阴影呢？
Sun Dawu once sighed that at the recent mention of Chongqing’s affairs, everyone still has lingering fears, saying that they are afraid of the "Cultural Revolution" to turn around. It is true. I am 59 years old this year. Since then, when has our society escaped the shadow of the "Cultural Revolution"?
https://www.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2013/10/201310131940.shtml
L'image poem of D. Carlton Rossi based on Draconis 11 and 10 and the Big and Little Dippers
Of the evidence presented by the public prosecutors, there was one piece of written evidence of special importance. Lawyer Wang Shihua regarded it as “the eye of the case” (“案眼"), evidence of a “case-critical” nature, and believed that this evidence alone could explain why the well-known entrepreneur Sun Dawu is standing trial today. This evidence is the “Minutes of the Public Security Bureau [2020] No. 1 Meeting of Xushui District Public Security Bureau of Baoding Municipality.” The minutes of the meeting show: On August 3, 2020, the state-owned farm, planning to clear the Dawu Farm’s structures on its own initiative, requested Xushui District PSB to provide police presence to maintain order at the scene. Xushui District PSB decided that the police force would arrive at the demolition site before 5 a.m. on August 4. Yet the manner in which the Baoding Farm requested police protection was no more than a written document submitted to the PSB on August 2, and its main content simply stated that the farm planned to demolish the fencing and mobile houses erected by the Dawu Group on August 4.
Several defense lawyers focused their cross-examination on this piece of evidence. Lawyer Wang Shihua pointed out that the written request of the state-owned farm was not a report of criminal conduct. The illegality of requesting police protection in such a manner, as well as the police force’s intervention in a civil dispute, is obvious. “If I believe I face physical danger while defending a client in court in Gaobeidian today, and I ask the PSB to send policemen to protect me, is that acceptable? Of course not. Because I represent private interests, and the police can only be used to protect public affairs and public power.” In addition, given that the minutes of the PSB meeting and the state farm’s written request were both created before the August 4 incident, “it is a trap set up for Dawu. The case we are going through such lengths trying today is no more than a case involving a civil dispute.”
https://chinachange.org/2021/07/24/briefing-on-the-seventh-day-of-dawu-trial/
Yang Bin (former prosecutor) and advisor to Sun Dawu
The Chinese businessman who defied the state and got locked up
Louis Neal
June 17, 2021
A person with knowledge of the case said prosecutors were urging the defendants and their families to fire their lawyers and hire legal representatives from Gaobeidian or allow the government to appoint them.
https://insider-voice.com/the-chinese-businessman-who-defied-the-state-and-got-locked-up/
Legal team members: Shihua, Yang Xuelin, Tong Zongjin, Zhang Lei, Liu Jinbin, Zhu Xiaoding, Wang Wanqiong, Zhou Lei, Zhou Haiyang, Hao Yachao, Shen Yachuan and other well-known lawyers.
If it is true that prosecutors urged defendants and their families to fire their lawyers and hire legal representatives from Gaobeidian or allow the government to appoint them then a mistrial must be declared; otherwise, there is not even the appearance of justice.
Sun Dawu's Minor Grandchildren become "Legal Orphans"
Liu Huiru is Sun Dawu's wife, and Zhang Yuan and Ma Xiaochen are Sun Dawu's daughter-in-laws. After Sun Dawu and his wife, two sons, and two daughters-in-law were arrested on November 11, 2020, Sun Dawu's five minor grandchildren became "legal orphans" overnight.
https://yibaochina.com/?p=242083
"Freak" State Farm
中国经营报：孙大午的新困惑：国营农场为何物？
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中国经营报：孙大午的新困惑：国营农场为何物？
分类：征地争议 | 标签： 农场 集团 土地 物权法 孙大午
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孙大午在考虑自己还要不要配合那条路过大午集团的高速公路的建设施工。
“怪胎”国营农场
在孙大午看来，国营农场就像一个“怪胎”：它的经营活动与上级无关，盈亏与上级也没关系，赚多少钱也不上交国家，也不给政府交。可是上级仍然会按照农用地给予农场各种补偿（原来的情况是农民纳农业税，农场也纳农业税；现在农民享受每亩80多元的补贴，农场也享受），农场在市场经济中经营生产、盈亏自负，看不出和“国家”有什么关系。
“农场的一把手是权力最大的人。现在农场有七千亩土地，场长可以发包给任何一个人，收益全部由农场领导说了算，只要农场职工不闹事，就万事大吉。对于农场的经营事务，是上不用请示，下不用商量。农村还有个民主选出的村委会，有事时村委们商量着办，地方国营农场的“主人”是谁，让人看不明白。这是非常奇特的现象。”孙大午说。
事实上，在我国，除了新疆、黑龙江、海南拥有广袤的因建国后采用国家开荒的方式建设的农场之外，在传统的农业区，如保定地方国营农场这样的国营农场十分分散。
而保定地方国营农场的成因也有着十分复杂的历史背景。记者了解到，保定徐水县正是当年人民公社的发源地，而保定地方国营农场也是在当年的“共产风”的大潮中成立的。据农场场长张洪生回忆，农场在1958年大跃进时期成立。“主要是利用周围村子不种的地以及荒地组建的。”
不过，农场也大量征用了周围的丁庄村、郎五庄村、马庄村、翟庄村等村庄的土地。据了解，国营农场现有耕地5600余亩，其中外租2400余亩。记者得到的一份来自周围村庄委员会的申诉材料显示，农场共占用郎五庄、马庄、翟庄、丁庄四个村庄的集体土地共计5085亩，可见占到了农场现有土地面积的大部分。不过，张洪生的说法是“并没有那么多。”
现在国家对于农业的补贴政策越来越优厚，使得农场职工和周围村民的境遇差别显得越发突出，当地人向记者介绍说，周围村民的人均耕地只有不足2亩，而农场职工只有100多人，人均耕地却达到五六十亩，非常富有。这自然让村民们心理不平衡，他们于是希望能够要回被农场无偿占有几十年的土地。他们多年来的上访终究没有什么回应。
“这个问题的根源在哪里呢，就是《物权法》留下了空白，”保育钧说，“物权法在涉及国家、集体、个人权利的时候留下了好多空白。其中就有国有农场的承包人有没有用益物权，是不是使用权人的问题。解释的时候用集体来解释，来对付你，实际上是把民营企业的承包租赁使用权否了，所以你处于一个非常危险的境地，什么时候要把你收了就收了，承包租赁得不到法律保障，这是个要害问题。”
因此，保育钧建议，一定要把国有农场的主人找到，这是根源。“其实不光是国有农场，国有林场、渔场、盐场都有类似的主人问题有待解决。”而孙大午提出的方案是，应该将保定地方国营农场改制，“可以保留相当的土地分给农场原职工，作为对他们的安置，保证他们的生活，而将其他的土地归还周围的村民。否则这些问题早晚会爆发。
China Business News: Sun Dawu's new puzzle: What is a state-owned farm?
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Sun Dawu was considering whether he should cooperate with the construction of the expressway passing by the Dawu Group.
"Freak" State Farm
In Sun Dawu's view, the state-owned farm is like a "freak": its business activities have nothing to do with its superiors, its profits and losses have nothing to do with its superiors, and the amount of money it makes is not handed over to the state or the government. However, the superiors will still provide various compensations to the farm according to the agricultural land (the original situation was that farmers pay agricultural tax, and the farm also pays agricultural tax; now farmers enjoy a subsidy of more than 80 yuan per mu, and the farm also enjoys it), and the farm operates in a market economy. Being conceited, I can't see what it has to do with the "country".
"The leader of the farm is the one with the most power. Now the farm has 7,000 mu of land, and the farm manager can issue a contract to anyone. All the profits are determined by the farm leader. As long as the farm employees don’t make trouble, everything will be fine. Regarding the management of the farm. There is no need to ask for instructions and no discussion. There is also a democratically elected village committee in the countryside. When something happens, the village committee will discuss it. It is hard to understand who the "owner" of the local state-owned farm is. Strange phenomenon." Sun Dawu said.
In fact, in my country, in addition to Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, and Hainan, which have vast farms built by the country after the founding of the country, state farms such as the local state farm in Baoding are very scattered in traditional agricultural areas.
The formation of Baoding local state farm also has a very complicated historical background. The reporter learned that Baoding Xushui County was the birthplace of the People’s Commune, and the local state-owned farm in Baoding was also established in the tide of the “communist wind” that year. According to Zhang Hongsheng, head of the farm, the farm was established in 1958 during the Great Leap Forward. "It was mainly formed by using unplanted land and wasteland in the surrounding villages."
However, the farm also requisitioned large amounts of land from surrounding villages such as Dingzhuang Village, Langwuzhuang Village, Mazhuang Village, and Zhaizhuang Village. It is understood that the state-owned farm has more than 5,600 mu of arable land, of which more than 2,400 mu is rented out. A complaint from the surrounding village committees obtained by the reporter shows that the farm occupies a total of 5085 mu of collective land in the four villages of Langwuzhuang, Mazhuang, Zhaizhuang, and Dingzhuang, which shows that it occupies most of the existing land area of the farm. . However, Zhang Hongsheng's statement is "not so much."
Now the country’s subsidy policy for agriculture is becoming more and more generous, making the difference between farm workers and surrounding villagers more prominent. Locals told reporters that the per capita arable land of surrounding villagers is less than 2 mu, while farm workers only have more than 100 people. The per capita arable land has reached fifty or sixty acres, which is very rich. This naturally makes the villagers psychologically imbalanced, so they hope to get back the land that has been freely occupied by the farm for decades. After all, they did not respond to their petitions over the years.
"Where is the root of this problem? The "Property Law" has left blanks," said Bao Yujun. "The Property Law has left a lot of blanks when it comes to the rights of the state, collectives, and individuals. Among them are the contractors of state-owned farms. If there is no usufructuary right, it is a question of whether it is the owner of the right of use. When explaining, use the collective explanation to deal with you. In fact, it is whether the private enterprise’s contracted lease use right has been denied, so you are in a very dangerous situation, when? If you have to accept it, you can accept it. Contracting and leasing cannot be protected by law. This is a critical issue."
Therefore, Bao Yujun suggested that the owner of the state-owned farm must be found. This is the root cause. “In fact, not only state-owned farms, but state-owned forest farms, fisheries, and salt farms all have similar owner problems to be solved.” Sun Dawu’s plan is to restructure Baoding local state-owned farms, “it is possible to reserve a considerable amount of land to the original workers of the farm. As a resettlement for them, to ensure their livelihood, other land should be returned to the surrounding villagers. Otherwise, these problems will erupt sooner or later.
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中国经营报：孙大午的新困惑：国营农场为何物？
分类：征地争议 | 标签： 农场 集团 土地 物权法 孙大午
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孙大午在考虑自己还要不要配合那条路过大午集团的高速公路的建设施工。
“怪胎”国营农场
在孙大午看来，国营农场就像一个“怪胎”：它的经营活动与上级无关，盈亏与上级也没关系，赚多少钱也不上交国家，也不给政府交。可是上级仍然会按照农用地给予农场各种补偿（原来的情况是农民纳农业税，农场也纳农业税；现在农民享受每亩80多元的补贴，农场也享受），农场在市场经济中经营生产、盈亏自负，看不出和“国家”有什么关系。
“农场的一把手是权力最大的人。现在农场有七千亩土地，场长可以发包给任何一个人，收益全部由农场领导说了算，只要农场职工不闹事，就万事大吉。对于农场的经营事务，是上不用请示，下不用商量。农村还有个民主选出的村委会，有事时村委们商量着办，地方国营农场的“主人”是谁，让人看不明白。这是非常奇特的现象。”孙大午说。
事实上，在我国，除了新疆、黑龙江、海南拥有广袤的因建国后采用国家开荒的方式建设的农场之外，在传统的农业区，如保定地方国营农场这样的国营农场十分分散。
而保定地方国营农场的成因也有着十分复杂的历史背景。记者了解到，保定徐水县正是当年人民公社的发源地，而保定地方国营农场也是在当年的“共产风”的大潮中成立的。据农场场长张洪生回忆，农场在1958年大跃进时期成立。“主要是利用周围村子不种的地以及荒地组建的。”
不过，农场也大量征用了周围的丁庄村、郎五庄村、马庄村、翟庄村等村庄的土地。据了解，国营农场现有耕地5600余亩，其中外租2400余亩。记者得到的一份来自周围村庄委员会的申诉材料显示，农场共占用郎五庄、马庄、翟庄、丁庄四个村庄的集体土地共计5085亩，可见占到了农场现有土地面积的大部分。不过，张洪生的说法是“并没有那么多。”
现在国家对于农业的补贴政策越来越优厚，使得农场职工和周围村民的境遇差别显得越发突出，当地人向记者介绍说，周围村民的人均耕地只有不足2亩，而农场职工只有100多人，人均耕地却达到五六十亩，非常富有。这自然让村民们心理不平衡，他们于是希望能够要回被农场无偿占有几十年的土地。他们多年来的上访终究没有什么回应。
“这个问题的根源在哪里呢，就是《物权法》留下了空白，”保育钧说，“物权法在涉及国家、集体、个人权利的时候留下了好多空白。其中就有国有农场的承包人有没有用益物权，是不是使用权人的问题。解释的时候用集体来解释，来对付你，实际上是把民营企业的承包租赁使用权否了，所以你处于一个非常危险的境地，什么时候要把你收了就收了，承包租赁得不到法律保障，这是个要害问题。”
因此，保育钧建议，一定要把国有农场的主人找到，这是根源。“其实不光是国有农场，国有林场、渔场、盐场都有类似的主人问题有待解决。”而孙大午提出的方案是，应该将保定地方国营农场改制，“可以保留相当的土地分给农场原职工，作为对他们的安置，保证他们的生活，而将其他的土地归还周围的村民。否则这些问题早晚会爆发。
China Business News: Sun Dawu's new puzzle: What is a state-owned farm?
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China Business News: Sun Dawu's new puzzle: What is a state-owned farm?
Category: Land Acquisition Disputes | Tags: Farm Group Land Property Law Sun Dawu
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Sun Dawu was considering whether he should cooperate with the construction of the expressway passing by the Dawu Group.
"Freak" State Farm
In Sun Dawu's view, the state-owned farm is like a "freak": its business activities have nothing to do with its superiors, its profits and losses have nothing to do with its superiors, and the amount of money it makes is not handed over to the state or the government. However, the superiors will still provide various compensations to the farm according to the agricultural land (the original situation was that farmers pay agricultural tax, and the farm also pays agricultural tax; now farmers enjoy a subsidy of more than 80 yuan per mu, and the farm also enjoys it), and the farm operates in a market economy. Being conceited, I can't see what it has to do with the "country".
"The leader of the farm is the one with the most power. Now the farm has 7,000 mu of land, and the farm manager can issue a contract to anyone. All the profits are determined by the farm leader. As long as the farm employees don’t make trouble, everything will be fine. Regarding the management of the farm. There is no need to ask for instructions and no discussion. There is also a democratically elected village committee in the countryside. When something happens, the village committee will discuss it. It is hard to understand who the "owner" of the local state-owned farm is. Strange phenomenon." Sun Dawu said.
In fact, in my country, in addition to Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, and Hainan, which have vast farms built by the country after the founding of the country, state farms such as the local state farm in Baoding are very scattered in traditional agricultural areas.
The formation of Baoding local state farm also has a very complicated historical background. The reporter learned that Baoding Xushui County was the birthplace of the People’s Commune, and the local state-owned farm in Baoding was also established in the tide of the “communist wind” that year. According to Zhang Hongsheng, head of the farm, the farm was established in 1958 during the Great Leap Forward. "It was mainly formed by using unplanted land and wasteland in the surrounding villages."
However, the farm also requisitioned large amounts of land from surrounding villages such as Dingzhuang Village, Langwuzhuang Village, Mazhuang Village, and Zhaizhuang Village. It is understood that the state-owned farm has more than 5,600 mu of arable land, of which more than 2,400 mu is rented out. A complaint from the surrounding village committees obtained by the reporter shows that the farm occupies a total of 5085 mu of collective land in the four villages of Langwuzhuang, Mazhuang, Zhaizhuang, and Dingzhuang, which shows that it occupies most of the existing land area of the farm. . However, Zhang Hongsheng's statement is "not so much."
Now the country’s subsidy policy for agriculture is becoming more and more generous, making the difference between farm workers and surrounding villagers more prominent. Locals told reporters that the per capita arable land of surrounding villagers is less than 2 mu, while farm workers only have more than 100 people. The per capita arable land has reached fifty or sixty acres, which is very rich. This naturally makes the villagers psychologically imbalanced, so they hope to get back the land that has been freely occupied by the farm for decades. After all, they did not respond to their petitions over the years.
"Where is the root of this problem? The "Property Law" has left blanks," said Bao Yujun. "The Property Law has left a lot of blanks when it comes to the rights of the state, collectives, and individuals. Among them are the contractors of state-owned farms. If there is no usufructuary right, it is a question of whether it is the owner of the right of use. When explaining, use the collective explanation to deal with you. In fact, it is whether the private enterprise’s contracted lease use right has been denied, so you are in a very dangerous situation, when? If you have to accept it, you can accept it. Contracting and leasing cannot be protected by law. This is a critical issue."
Therefore, Bao Yujun suggested that the owner of the state-owned farm must be found. This is the root cause. “In fact, not only state-owned farms, but state-owned forest farms, fisheries, and salt farms all have similar owner problems to be solved.” Sun Dawu’s plan is to restructure Baoding local state-owned farms, “it is possible to reserve a considerable amount of land to the original workers of the farm. As a resettlement for them, to ensure their livelihood, other land should be returned to the surrounding villagers. Otherwise, these problems will erupt sooner or later.
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A basic tenet of law is that a defendant has the right to meet his accuser. At trial, Sun Dawu has the right to meet the owner of the state-owned farm. If the owner cannot be identified then charges should be dismissed.
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I believe that the property rights of legal persons are a kind of public power, while the general meeting of shareholders is a kind of private power. Property cannot be named public, and public power cannot be named private. Property can be inherited, but the position of the manager cannot be inherited. The position of the chairman is a public power, because the chairman is not the power of the general meeting of shareholders, but the power of the legal person's property rights.
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I have tried to communicate with Dawu Group without success. Letters to Langwuzhuang and even Baoding are being returned. Therefore, I will write openly. Miss Ji Weilian (纪玮莲) is pictured on the left. She is Sun Dawu's personal secretary. Both she and Sun Dawu among others have been arrested. With respect to Sun Dawu it should be noted that his entire family has been arrested. Both Ji and Sun are my personal friends.
I was rather shocked to read comments made by both at the pre-trial hearing as well as other family members. There is a horror and terror experienced by them. Sun is being fed pickled vegetables even though he is the Chairman of one of the largest agricultural enterprises in Hebei Province. Miss Ji cannot keep food down. Sun's grandchildren are left at home without proper supervision. To understand this matter you have to know that Sun, his wife (Liu), his two sons, his brothers and sister-in-laws have also been arrested. I have known them all since 2002. They are decent people.
I therefore extend a formal invitation to the parents of Miss Ji to visit me in Port Colborne, Canada. At least they and Miss Ji will have some relief for the short duration of their visit. I also extend a formal invitation to the five grandchildren of Sun Dawu and his wife; so that the children can relax and be carefree here for a short while. Do not forget that Sun asked me to China in December 2019 to teach teachers at Dawu School as well as his grandchildren.
Miss Ji's parents or subsitutes can act as chaperones as well as any and all members of the Sun family who have not yet been arrested to supervise the children and to secure their welfare. You may all visit me immediately.
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I was rather shocked to read comments made by both at the pre-trial hearing as well as other family members. There is a horror and terror experienced by them. Sun is being fed pickled vegetables even though he is the Chairman of one of the largest agricultural enterprises in Hebei Province. Miss Ji cannot keep food down. Sun's grandchildren are left at home without proper supervision. To understand this matter you have to know that Sun, his wife (Liu), his two sons, his brothers and sister-in-laws have also been arrested. I have known them all since 2002. They are decent people.
I therefore extend a formal invitation to the parents of Miss Ji to visit me in Port Colborne, Canada. At least they and Miss Ji will have some relief for the short duration of their visit. I also extend a formal invitation to the five grandchildren of Sun Dawu and his wife; so that the children can relax and be carefree here for a short while. Do not forget that Sun asked me to China in December 2019 to teach teachers at Dawu School as well as his grandchildren.
Miss Ji's parents or subsitutes can act as chaperones as well as any and all members of the Sun family who have not yet been arrested to supervise the children and to secure their welfare. You may all visit me immediately.
D. Carlton Rossi
June 2, 2021
d.carlton.rossi@protonmail.ch
1 905 714 5108
This invitation remains in effect as of July 28th
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一句“我无罪，但是我伏法”代表着他的悲与愤，9年后，这种悲与愤远未消逝。
The phrase "I am not guilty, but I am not guilty" represents his grief and anger.
Nine years later, this grief and anger are far from gone.
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Lazarus Resurrected
With silent lips "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free".
Welcome to my hometown and to my home
as fish dish awaits with bottle of báijiǔ.
My toast to your health and your prosperity,
your family and your ancestral lineage.
The Sun shines brightest at time of Big Noon
and smiles on bigger land of fewer people.
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"影响农村金融稳定的不是孙大午，而是垄断的、僵化的金融体制。”
"It is not Sun Dawu that affects rural financial stability, but the monopolistic and rigid financial system."
SUN Dawu's Eulogy to Bao Yujun
保育钧先生曾对邓小平复出、恢复高考、为知识分子正名起到过重要作用。他由宣传部门转到全国工商联工作后，两次提案促成私产入宪，屡次为民企发声。他率真耿直，敢说实话。说实话是需要胆量的，更是令人尊敬的。人们称他“保大炮”，我倒觉得他更像温暖民企的火把。他对中国的民营经济贡献很大，民企不应该忘记他，我们大午集团更不会忘记他。2014年在我们企业创办30周年庆祝活动中，保主席发言说：“大午集团自力更生、循序渐进，自食其力光彩！不劳而获不光彩。”对此，我们很有感触！“自食其力”就是我们大午集团风雨三十年的写照，我们今后的发展还是要靠“自食其力”。
Mr. Bao Yujun played an important role in Deng Xiaoping's comeback, the restoration of the college entrance examination, and the rectification of intellectuals. After he was transferred from the propaganda department to the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, two proposals led to the entry of private property into the constitution, and he repeatedly spoke for private enterprises. He is straightforward and dare to tell the truth. To be honest, it takes courage and is respectable. People call him "protecting a cannon", but I think he is more like a torch that warms private enterprises. He has made a great contribution to China's private economy. Private enterprises should not forget him, and Dawu Group will never forget him. In the celebration of the 30th anniversary of our establishment in 2014, Chairman Bao said: "Dawu Group is self-reliant and gradual! It is not honourable for nothing." We are very touched by this! "Self-reliance" is the portrayal of the 30 years of our Dawu Group. Our future development still depends on "self-reliance".
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