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🚨 BREAKING: Head of Philippine Chinese Education Research Center tells Chinese-language schools to promote China's political goals
On November 6, Manila-based PCERC Chairman Huang Duanming (a.k.a. James Wang) called directly for the Philippines' Chinese-language schools to commit themselves to advancing several Chinese Communist Party political goals.
According to a post on PCERC's own Facebook page, which were also printed in several Chinese-language news outlets, Chairman Huang explicitly called for every Chinese school in the Philippines to:
1. "Uphold the One-China Principle" (秉承一个中国的原则). This term represents Beijing's hard-line position that Taiwan has always been part of the PRC, and is the basis for its mandate to "reunify" with Taiwan, by force if necessary (unlike the Philippines' more flexible One-China Policy).
2. "Add bricks and tiles to Belt and Road construction" (为一带一路建设…添砖加瓦). The Belt and Road is Xi Jinping's signature program for extending China's economic and political reach abroad, and was written into the CCP's constitution in 2017.
3. "Jointly build a community with a shared future for mankind" (共建人类命运共同体). This is Xi's slogan for a world order reshaped to suit Beijing, written into the Party's constitution in 2017 and China's state constitution in 2018.
4. "Fulfill its responsibility to the cause of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" (为中华民族伟大复兴事业尽到自己的责任). This "great rejuvenation" is the CCP's overarching national goal and Xi's "Chinese Dream," targeted for 2049.
Huang gave this charge at an awards ceremony for the Chinese Ambassador's Education Fund. Ambassador Jing Quan then added that the attendees should not fear the recent "smears" against Chinese-language education.
That has been the Embassy's line for weeks. In October, Jing called it "complete nonsense" to describe Chinese-language education as "united front work" or "political infiltration." The Embassy has excoriated critics like Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro and SeaLight Director Ray Powell, claiming that the alarms they raised "forced more than 180 Chinese teachers out".
In other words, according to the Embassy the problem isn't the state-sponsored United Front work being carried out by the PCERC, it is those who are shining a light on it.
Huang's words echo the CCP's United Front Work Regulations, which govern how the Party wants to build support beyond its ranks -- and explicitly among ethnic Chinese around the world. These regulations name unification, rejuvenation and the "community with a shared future" as goals of its work with "overseas Chinese".
PCERC is no stranger to that system. For decades it worked closely with China's Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, which the Party folded into its United Front Work Department in 2018. That November, a visiting United Front official heard reports from PCERC's department heads and pledged to "fully support" the center.
Beijing, its Embassy and United Front-linked groups like PCERC can't have it both ways. They can't urge Chinese-language schools to advance CCP's political goals, then cry "smear" when someone points it out.
Put pressure to the UAAP Basketball commissioner to review the altercation and make necessary actions, lalong lalo malakas kapit ng Ateneo sa UAAP board.
As expected from this twitter handler, kelan ba hindi naging mali ang Ateneo para sa taong to? parang DDS cult lang eh.
to anyone wondering what happened bakit nagkagulo:
nagdunk pa si bayla with 2 seconds left in the game nalang. sure win na sila with the amount of time and the lead that they have.
hindi bawal ishoot ang bola kasi yes, may oras pa naman. pero unwritten rule siya na technically, tapos na ang game & panalo naman na sila and shooting the ball in the last few seconds is kind of disrespectul na rin sa kalaban. para siya insult in some way nern
again, hindi bawal yung ginawa pero disrespectful siya in a sense. that’s why😄
ps: di lang to sa uaap ha, baka sabihin gawa gawa pa kami as an excuse sa talo hahaha
May full court pressure on dying seconds of the game and you expect UP not to play on? Lol. Suspend that Louie Alas. #UAAPSeason89
Master Dane retweeted
Jing Quan, grabe ka naman, wag kang malito. Isda at langis ang sinabi ko, hindi lahat! 😂
Isda, dahil hinaharang ninyo ang mga mangingisda namin sa BDM. Langis, dahil hinaharang ninyo ang exploration namin sa Recto Bank, na nasa loob ng aming EEZ at, ayon sa 2016 Arbitral Award, bahagi ng aming continental shelf.
Pero dahil nagtanong ka na rin kung ano pa ang puwede kong isisi: nandiyan ang mga POGO at scam hub, kung saan karamihan ng nahuhuli ay Chinese nationals. At ang pinakabago: mga Chinese-linked na steel plant na, ayon sa NBI at PAOCC, gumagawa ng substandard na bakal na may radioactive material, at ang ilan ay naibenta na sa merkado. Mapanganib ito sa kalusugan which may lead to cancer at kaligtasan ng bawat Pilipino.
Kaya balik tayo sa tanong na iniiwasan ninyo: bakit patuloy ninyong hinaharang ang mga mangingisda namin sa BDM at ang exploration namin sa Recto Bank?
Master Dane retweeted
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a blunt message to Russia:
“You cannot bomb Ukrainian cities and then send your junior players to Alberta to play hockey as if you were civilised people.
No Russian or Belarusian teams at the World Junior Championship. Not under your flags. Not under any other flags. Period.”
Master Dane retweeted
Without America, thousands and thousands more Ukrainians would have been killed by Russian strikes. And millions more would have become refugees. That’s why we always thank America. And we mean it. Even when we say thank you many times in one speech. Just to make sure those who sometimes feel we haven’t thanked them enough can hear us.
But we also know that without Europe, Ukraine would not have survived. Without Germany and other European countries, without the EU. The Russians would have burned down far more of our cities and villages if it were not for your help.
From the address at the Berlin Security Conference. (2/3)
Master Dane retweeted
🚨 JUST IN: Quezon City RTC Branch 90 found probable cause to issue a warrant of arrest against the best journalist in the Philippines, este, DDS blogger of PGMN.
The case is for seven (7) counts of cyberlibel against ex-QC Rep. Marvin Rillo.
Resibo 👇
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It was China's own decision to keep its Defense Minister away from the ADMM-Plus in Cebu and send only an embassy defense attaché, its lowest level of representation since the forum began in 2010.
Yet Beijing now says the Philippines is to blame for the downgrade. 🤔
China never tires of claiming it is open to dialogue and consultation. If that were true, why would it belittle ASEAN's highest defense consultative mechanism, in the very year the Philippines holds the chair?
Let me be clear: this is not a snub of the Philippines alone. It is a snub of ASEAN!
You cannot claim to support ASEAN centrality while walking away from the ASEAN defense ministers' table simply because you were embarrassed by our exposure of your illegal, coercive, aggressive, and deceptive actions in the West Philippine Sea!
Master Dane retweeted
Je viens d'apprendre avec émotion qu'un drone à réaction russe vient de s'abattre sur la gare de Dnipro, avec un très lourd bilan.
J'adresse au Président @ZelenskyyUa et au peuple ukrainien mes condoléances et notre solidarité.
Nous devons, dans ce contexte, aspirer à bien plus qu'un cessez-le-feu localisé comme celui qui vient d'être négocié localement à Olechky. Il est intolérable que la Russie continue d'opposer son refus à toutes les propositions en ce sens, en continuant de miser sur l'escalade et en visant les civils.
Nous devons ensemble redoubler d'efforts pour une paix juste et durable et amener la Russie à la table des négociations.
