With the support of the United States, India has used various means to compete with China, and the latest one is targeting China’s scientific research ships.
Prime Minister Modi of India.
According to a report by the Hindustan Times on January 1, Sri Lanka has informed India that the country will not allow any Chinese research ships to dock at its ports or operate within its exclusive economic zone within one year.
Sri Lanka Prime Minister Wickremesinghe.
Reports said the move was the result of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi putting pressure on Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Modi told Sri Lanka to respect India’s strategic and security concerns. Sri Lanka’s decision means that the Chinese “Xiangyanghong 3” scientific research vessel, which was originally scheduled to conduct deep-sea exploration in the southern Indian Ocean from January 5 to the end of May, 2024, will not obtain permission from the Sri Lankan government.
On August 16, 2022, the Chinese space survey ship “Yuanwang 5” docked at the Hambantota Port, a deep-water port in southern Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka has defaulted on US$46 billion in foreign debt and fell into trouble last year due to the sharp rise in the US dollar and US interest rates. India and Sri Lanka share a border and have close economic ties. Sri Lanka is unable to refuse India’s request.
Since 2019, China has deployed a total of 48 scientific research ships in the Indian Ocean. Their general activity areas are near the eastern and western coastlines of India.
India is wary of China’s growing presence in the Indian Ocean and its influence over Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is located in an important strategic location and is the center of east-west routes and an international shipping artery.
In October 2023, the Sri Lankan government allowed the Chinese scientific research ship “Experiment 6” to enter the Colombo port. This Chinese ship was only for replenishment. However, neighboring India alleged that the Chinese research ship may be used to attack India. Perform espionage work.
Media reports at the time indicated that New Delhi was suspicious of China’s growing presence in the Indian Ocean and its surge in influence in Sri Lanka, which is strategically located in the middle of the east-west international shipping lane. In 2022, the activities of the Chinese aerospace oceanographic survey ship “Yuanwang 5” in the Indian Ocean caused security concerns in India, and Sri Lanka banned the ship from conducting any research activities in its waters.
The “Experiment 6”, which entered the Colombo port in October last year, has a displacement of 4,319 tons and a length of 90.6 meters. It is a new geophysical comprehensive scientific research ship and the first scientific research ship in my country to adopt hybrid cooling D-type pod propulsion technology.
The “Xiangyanghong 3” scientific research vessel will not obtain a port entry permit from the Sri Lankan government.
The “Xiangyanghong 03” scientific research vessel that was refused docking in Sri Lanka this time is slightly larger than the “Experiment 6” that docked last year. The “Xiangyanghong 03” has a displacement of 4,800 tons and a length of 99.6 meters. It uses an advanced integrated electric propulsion method. Equipped with full-rotation pod thrusters, it was built with an investment of 500 million yuan from the State Oceanic Administration. It is one of the main ships for comprehensive marine surveys in China and one of the largest and most advanced scientific research ships in the Oceanic Administration system. It is newly built and under construction in developed countries. comprehensive research vessels are at the same level.
With the support of the United States, the rivalry between India and China will not stop.
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In the Chinese Communist Party’s anti-corruption feature film, Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese men’s football team who was suspected of accepting bribes, appeared on screen to repent and said, “We still have to be down-to-earth and take the right path.”
Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese national men’s football team, said he regretted it very much.
According to CCTV News today (January 5), the annual anti-corruption feature film “Continuous Efforts and Deep Advancement” jointly produced by the Propaganda Department of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission and China Central Radio and Television Station CCTV will be held from January 6 to 9 It will be broadcast on CCTV Comprehensive Channel. The feature film has a total of 4 episodes and selects 12 typical cases investigated and dealt with by the disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies, including a series of corruption cases in Chinese football.
Chen Xuyuan, former chairman of the Chinese Football Association, said he wanted to deeply apologize to fans across the country.
In the trailer of the feature film, Du Zhaocai, the former deputy director of the General Administration of Sport of China and former party secretary of the Chinese Football Association, Chen Xuyuan, the former chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese National Men’s Football Team, appeared on camera to confess.
Du Zhaocai, the former Party Secretary of the Chinese Football Association, said that he “somewhat drifted with the crowd in the pursuit of the interests of club owners.”
Du Zhaocai said, “In the pursuit of club owners’ interests, some of them have gone with the flow,” while Chen Xuyuan said, “I want to deeply apologize to the fans across the country.” Li Tie said, “I regret it very much. I still have to be down-to-earth and take the right path.”
In the past two years, Chinese football has launched an anti-corruption frenzy. Since the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China launched an inspection of the Party Committee of the General Administration of Sport of China in March last year, a number of sports officials have been investigated, including Du Zhaocai, Chen Xuyuan, Li Tie, and Ma Chengquan, the former chairman of the Chinese Super League.
According to the “Daily Economic News” report, “Football News” summarized the annual anti-corruption work in Chinese football in 2023 in December last year. The article disclosed that the Party Committee of the Chinese Football Association has internally informed Du Zhaocai that the amount involved in the case exceeds 40 million yuan (approximately 44.4 million Hong Kong dollars).
Li Xuan, domestic director of Football News, revealed on social media: “After excluding the return of stolen goods, the above amount only includes cash, and does not include multiple properties.”
It is these moths that have ruined China’s football scene.
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2024-01-06 02:56:22
