泰晤士(TIMES)四合院儿

China is committed to peace and won't cause "chaos" in the world but cannot give up even an inch of territory that the country's ancestors have left behind, Chinese President Xi Jinping told visiting US Defense Secretary James Mattis on Wednesday.

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"We cannot lose even one inch of the territory left behind by our ancestors. What is other people's, we do not want at all."

"We cannot lose even one inch of the territory left behind by our ancestors," Mr Xi said, according to Chinese state media. "What is other people's we do not want at all."

However, on 27 June 2024, the CCP Politburo announced that both Wei and Li Shangfu have been expelled from the party for "disciplinary and law violations", and their cases have been referred to the military's legal organisations for criminal prosecution, with Wei being accused of accepting unauthorised gifts and large amounts of money in exchange for using his power to obtain benefits for others.[15] Both men were stripped of their rank of general.[15][16] Some of the accusations made against Wei are unique to his case and are known for being used against high-level CCP members who had defected to the Kuomintang in the past.[17]

leave something/someone behind
phrasal verb with leave

to leave a place without taking someone or something with you
丢下，撇下，落下

We left in a hurry and I must have left my keys behind.
我们走得太匆忙，我肯定是忘了拿钥匙。

He was forced to leave the country, leaving behind his wife and children.
他被迫撇下妻儿离开了那个国家。

leave something behind
phrasal verb with leave verb

to cause a situation to exist after you have left a place
留下，遗留

The army left a trail of destruction behind it.
军队走过的地方一路狼藉。

inherit verb (FROM DEAD PERSON)

to receive money, a house, etc. from someone after they have died
继承

Who will inherit the house when he dies?
他死后由谁继承房子？

All her children will inherit equally.
她所有的子女将平分遗产。

A 10 June 1998 press release by the Government of Argentina stated that, since the beginning of its existence as an independent nation, the Argentine Republic has demonstrated the firm political determination to exercise its effective sovereignty in the southern territories inherited from Spain, including the Malvinas.

leave something/someone behind
phrasal verb with leave

to leave a place without taking someone or something with you
丢下，撇下，落下

Emperor Kangxi said:

My ancestors handed over the country to me. But now, it's in a mess! How I lement it! I'am guilty of [sic] (towards) my country. I feel so ashamed to face my ancestors and myself! How I wish I could remove myself! ...

(starting at 8th minute) Kangxi Emperor (1654 – 1722) said:

All of the five Grand Secretaries, I have to remove four. And all of the six ministers, I have to remove three. Look at these seven men.... Now, they are corrupt like rotten fruit. My heart is broken. My ancestors handed over the country to me. But now, it's in a mess! How I lament it! I'am guilty of [sic] (towards) my country. I feel so ashamed to face my ancestors and myself! How I wish I could remove myself! ...

And to the rest of you. Yes, you all look decent and innocent. But are you all clean? I know, some of you are even more corrupt than these seven men!...

I've come to realize one thing: the real problem of the Great Qing is not external, but internal. It's right here in this palace.... Think about it!

人民网北京10月19日电 今天上午10点，“加强党建工作和全面从严治党” 记者招待会在北京梅地亚中心召开。中央纪委副书记、监察部部长、国家预防腐败局局长杨晓渡介绍了加强党建工作和全面从严治党相关情况。

杨晓渡介绍了党的十八大以来全面从严治党取得的重大成效。他指出，坚持“老虎”“苍蝇”一起打，反腐败斗争压倒性态势已经形成并巩固发展。我们坚决铲除政治腐败和经济腐败相互交织的利益集团，严肃查处周永康、薄熙来、郭伯雄、徐才厚、孙政才、令计划等严重违纪违法案件。共立案审查省军级以上党员干部及其他中管干部440人，其中中央委员、候补中央委员有43人，中央纪委委员有9人。纪律处分厅局级干部8900余人，处分县处级干部6.3万多人。我们坚决整治群众身边的腐败，共处分基层党员干部27.8万人。我们努力推进反腐败国际追逃追赃，共追回外逃人员3453人，其中“百名红通人员”已有48人落网。

BEIJING - Disciplinary authorities have investigated 440 officials at or above provincial or corps (commander) level (省、军级) for corruption over the past five years as the Communist Party of China (CPC) pledges sweeping victory over the threat to the Party, an official said Thursday.

Among them, 43 members and alternate members of the CPC Central Committee, as well as nine members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), were investigated, said Yang Xiaodu, deputy secretary of the CCDI, at a press conference on the sidelines of the 19th CPC National Congress.

Five years ago, the CPC leadership launched a high-profile anti-corruption campaign, which has led to the downfall of a number of high-level officials, known as "tigers," and lower-level "flies" who serve at the grassroots level.

Among the "tigers" felled in the campaign were Zhou Yongkang, Bo Xilai, Guo Boxiong (郭伯雄), Xu Caihou (徐才厚), Sun Zhengcai and Ling Jihua.

ysun wrote:

康熙王朝经典片段-痛斥贪官 比三个代表给力
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TTDXIqYLEM


China's territories marked in red were mostly annexed by old and new Tsardom of Russia in the 19th century and 20th century!

What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.

Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much [information] that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism.

Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.

Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny “failed to take into account man’s almost infinite appetite for distractions.”

In 1984, Orwell added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we fear will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we desire will ruin us.

I love Orwell, but on every account Huxley was more prescient.

— Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death

QHE wrote:

刷短视频成中国人杀时间第一利器!不想学习只想成就网红梦，成为荼毒中国孩子最大幻觉鸦片！

短视频，是近几年被各大平台，用户和资本所青睐的内容传播方式之一。闲暇时分甚至在通勤的时候等等间隙，人们都被短视频的魅力所折服，沉迷其中无法自拔。
https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_12294273

Among the three different maps, which one do you think is the map Chancellor Angela Merkel presented to President Xi as a gift?

3. 澎湃新闻：习近平谈《皇舆全览图》的启示，解密一张地图背后的故事
2014-06-10
https://m.thepaper.cn/wifiKey_detail.jsp?contid=1249977&from=wifiKey#

TITLE
(Latin) Regni Sinae Vel Sinae Propriae (i.e., 'China proper') Mappa et Descriptio Geographica.

DEDSCRIPTION
This is a rare and early example of d'Anville's famous map of China, printed in c. 1738 by Johann Hase of the Homann Heirs publishing house. It shows the geography and provinces of 'China proper', as well as surrounding regions, as it stood in the early 18th century.

A Closer Look
As is common derived from the work of the Jesuit China Mission, this map uses Beijing (Peking) as prime meridian. A glossary in the legend at bottom-left shows the Chinese (Mandarin), Tartar (Manchu), and Latin equivalents for terms commonly used in placenames, as well as scales using various measures of distance, including Chinese li. As is indicated in the map's title, the scope of the map is 'China proper', that is to say, the areas mostly inhabited by Han Chinese and constituting the provinces of the Ming. However, the Qing had control or at least suzerainty over a far wider swathe of territory, including 'Chinese Tartary' at the top of the map, and Kham, a culturally Tibetan region, at left.

地图反映康熙年间中国领土

罗桑表示，默克尔送给习近平的这张地图上，通体涂色的地区表现的是康熙年间清朝政府实际控制的领土，也就是当时整个中国的版图。边缘上色，但内部为白色的部分为清朝政府想要通过扩张，获取控制权的领域。与现有中国版地图相比，这张地图上缺少云南、四川、甘肃、青海、内蒙古以及中国东北（满洲里）的大片地区。西藏和新疆则几乎不在地图之内。但台湾同海南岛一道，被蓝色标记为清朝康熙、雍正时期正式的中国领土。

德国人送礼大都颇费心思。在乌克兰克里米亚危机、东中国海、南中国海领土争端、西藏新疆局势不稳、台湾反服贸运动愈演愈烈的背景下，德国总理送给中国国家领导人的这个礼物很快就(被)中国网络舆论赋予了各种各样的政治意义。微博用户"A116A"表示：这说明新疆自故以来中国领土是假的？ 历史课骗了我们？用户"平常格调"说："这不明摆着给咱上历史教育课么，太可恶了！太伤自尊了！""blue蓝颜霍水"则表示："这是提醒我们要把失去的夺回来吗 (My poor translation of this sentence: Is this a reminder that we should take back all the territories left behind (i.e., lost or abandoned) by our ancestors)?"

造成中国网民情绪激动的另外一个原因是，默克尔此次赠与习近平的中国历史地图在中文媒体的报道中有两个版本。"新华网"曾在相关报道中使用了另一张中国地图，其中反映了中华帝国在其鼎盛时期的疆域。囊括新疆、西藏、蒙古和西伯利亚的大片地区。包括网名为"GibsonSlash"在内的许多微博用户都相信"新华网"采用的地图是默克尔送给习近平的礼物，GibsonSlash评论称："默克尔送出了1735年的地图，那是中国历史上一个强盛时期。寓意为:一是暗祝中国再次强盛。二是告诫中国适可而止。三是切不可与俄罗斯接近。"

日前，正在出访欧洲的习近平主席收到默克尔总理亲生赠送的1735年中国地图：版图面积超过1350万平方公里，完美展现古中国的遗风。
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Description:
English: China and Japan in 1844, by John Nicaragua Dower. Published in 1844 World Atlas by Henry Teesdale and Co., London. Provinces of China proper are in various colors with "Chinese Tartary" (Manchuria, Korea, Mongolia, and Tibet) in blue-green.

日本語(Japanese): 清朝と日本の地図、1844年、ロンドンで公開。

中文(Chinese)：​1844年在英國倫敦出版的清朝與日本地圖。大清內地和藩部分不同的顏色。