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In the fourth week of November 2020, the aftermath of the US elections are stirring, and the UK is also reflecting on its interaction with China over the past decades and exploring the future of bilateral relations. Trump formally accepted the White House handover, and Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Biden for causing concern. At the same time, Argentine Maradona, 60, died suddenly of a heart attack, shocking the world.
Chinese writer Fang Fang was selected as one of the BBC’s “Hundred Women” of 2020. In a special interview, she spoke about how her writing during the blockade in Wuhan caused a storm and her concern for society. Finally, Hong Kong youth democracy activists Zhou Ting, Huang Zhifeng and Lin Langyan pleaded guilty to an illegal gathering during a rally against the amendment to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance last year. The magistrate detained them and postponed the sentence until December 2.
In the past week, the following news content on the BBC’s Chinese website caught the attention of readers. If you missed them, BBC Chinese will take you back one by one.
As the results of the American elections become clearer, how the United States under Biden’s leadership will handle relations with China in the future has become a focus of international politics. At the same time, Britain is also reflecting on the interaction with China in recent decades and exploring where bilateral relations will go in the future. Britain was one of the first Western countries to recognize China. The two countries established diplomatic relations in the 1950s.
The General Services Administration of the Federal Government of the United States wrote to Biden of the Democratic Party to inform him that the transition can officially begin. US President Trump agreed that relevant transition work can be started and suggested that federal agencies “do whatever it takes,” but still vowed to continue to challenge the election results.
More than two weeks after Biden was forecast to be elected as the next president of the United States, China’s top leader Xi Jinping sent him a congratulatory message. At 9:30 p.m. Beijing time on November 25, Chinese state media reported that Xi Jinping had sent a congratulatory message to Biden. In the congratulatory message, Xi Jinping stressed the importance of promoting the “healthy and stable” development of Sino-US relations.
One of the best players in soccer history, Maradona, died of cardiac arrest at the age of 60. The Argentine Football Association tweeted “the saddest condolences on the death of the legend” and “you will always live in our hearts.” Diego Maradona (Diego Maradona, Diago Manadona; translation to Taiwan Maradona) was born on October 30, 1960, has a brilliant career as a player. He has played for clubs like Boca Youth, Barcelona and Napoli in Argentina.
He played 91 games with the Argentina team, scoring 34 goals; led the team to win the 1986 World Cup for Argentina.
On a busy Monday in late October, a strange scene appeared on Xingfu Street in central Beijing. About a dozen pedestrians in reflective vests lined up and moved slowly down the sidewalk. Sometimes they squatted, sometimes they bent and twisted, sometimes they leaned their bodies in strange positions. This is not a film crew framing the scene, nor is it an agent training, but rather a performing art project curated by a Chinese artist to show the public how to avoid the almost ubiquitous surveillance cameras over the city.
In early 2020, when an unidentified virus hit the city where she had lived all her life, Wuhan writer Fang Fang (real name Wang Fang) began using a diary to record events and events in the city during the shutdown. Not only has this opened a window for the world to pay attention to Wuhan, a city with a population of tens of millions, it also brought a touch of comfort to restless Chinese in Wuhan and many other areas during the epidemic.
With her valuable track record during the epidemic, Fang Fang was selected on the 2020 BBC’s “100 Women” list. In an email interview with the BBC, the woman who experienced controversy, pressure and concern in China this year described his experience and his thinking about the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
Hong Kong youth democracy activists Zhou Ting, Huang Zhifeng and Lin Langyan pleaded guilty to an illegal gathering during a rally against the amendment to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance last year. The magistrate arrested the three and postponed the sentence until December 2. The case is related to tens of thousands of protesters who gathered outside the Hong Kong police headquarters to protest on June 21 last year. On Monday (November 23), all three were taken into custody after pleading guilty in the West Kowloon Magistracy. Under the jurisdiction of the Hong Kong court, the court magistrate only has the power to sentence up to three years in prison.