Weekly-86

/ Woody | 治部少辅

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1.1 Political Economy

  • China’s GDP in the first quarter of 2023 was 28,499.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.5%, exceeding market expectations by 4%; the GDP in the first quarter increased by 2.2% from the fourth quarter of the previous year. 1

  • Lu Shaye, Chinese ambassador to France, said in an interview on April 21 that “the countries of the former Soviet Union do not have the sovereign status of independent countries” and other remarks, which aroused widespread condemnation from European and American countries. When asked on April 24 whether he agreed with his remarks, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “China respects the sovereign status of the republics after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.” 2

    • Isn’t it just hilarious? Who wouldn’t~

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  • Bangladesh and Russia agreed to settle US$300 million for nuclear power plant projects in RMB. 3

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1.2 Technology

  • Starship launch failed. The starship was launched at 8 o’clock local time on the 20th in the United States, but three minutes after the launch, the “super-heavy propeller” part seemed to fail to separate and exploded at high altitude. This is the first launch of a SpaceX Starship. 4

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  • Dota2 released 7.33 “big picture” update. This update reworked the map. 5

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2 others

  • The conflict in Sudan has lasted for more than a week, and countries have stepped up evacuation operations. 6

    • The Sudanese Armed Forces announced that they have regained control of the Army Command and have shifted from a stalemate to a clean-up. 7

  • Recently, there has been a rumor circulating on the Chinese Internet that Russia has begun to implement an electronic conscription order. When a Russian youth’s conscription code turns red, he needs to go to the conscription office to report. 8 But The Paper verified that this matter may be false 9 .

  • A fire broke out in the east building of the inpatient department of Beijing Changfeng Hospital, killing 21 people. 10

  1. China’s GDP grew by 4.5% in the first quarter: the economy is on a recovery track as scheduled, and consumption has room to continue to recover ↩ ︎

  2. What remarks did Lu Shaye make that shocked the West? ↩ ︎

  3. Bangladesh and Russia agree to settle payments for nuclear power plant projects in RMB ↩ ︎

  4. Comment丨SpaceX “Starship” launch failed, but Musk did not lose ↩ ︎

  5. DOTA 2 ushers in the 7.33 “big picture” game update: a new map is launched ↩ ︎

  6. Sudan conflict lasts more than a week, countries step up evacuation operations ↩ ︎

  7. Sudanese Armed Forces announce retake of army command ↩ ︎

  8. The Russian red code is here! Russian youths whose conscription codes turned red lined up to join the army ↩ ︎

  9. Clear investigation｜Russia offers a “conscription code”? Young people who have been given red codes queue up at the conscription office to report? Fake ↩ ︎

  10. Information briefing ↩ ︎

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