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    Investigation: the mystery of Chinese underground police stations

    Are clandestine Chinese police stations located in the heart of Paris? This is according to the NGO Saveguard Defenders. It would be a relay for the Chinese authorities, whose mission would be to monitor certain nationals.

    Officially, they don’t exist. However, the Chinese press has spoken about it. Police officers from the province of Fuzhou (China) are said to be stationed clandestinely and illegally, all over the world,

    NGO survey finds China monitors its diaspora in Europe and Canada through outsourced police offices

    According to Safeguard Defenders, the Chinese government has set up more than fifty unofficial agencies around the world, including three in Paris. The objective is to help Chinese nationals in their administrative procedures but also to control their activities.

    A Chinese flag in front of the Chinese Embassy in France, in Paris, in 2021. (VINCENT ISORE / MAXPPP)

    The investigation was published last month, but it comes to light at the end of October as Xi Jinping begins an eternal and uncompromising term in the leadership of China. According to the NGO Safeguard Defenders, the Chinese government has established more than 50

    China: the protest of the population in the face of the zero Covid policy

    The severity of the Chinese authorities in terms of policy against Covid-19 seems to be increasingly criticized in the country. The challenge is now displayed in public toilets. Explanations with journalist Lou Kisiela, local correspondent, Thursday 27 October.

    Faced with the policy pursued by the Chinese authorities against Covid-19, the population is becoming less and less docile. “Soon three years of zero Covid policy, and we are seeing

    Faced with Chinese influence in Asia, Japan and Australia sign bilateral defense agreement

    In the club of correspondents, todaynewspost returns to a defense agreement concluded on Saturday October 22 between Japan and Australia, anxious to show the muscles in the face of the ambitions of the all-powerful President Xi Jinping, reappointed to the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP ).

    Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (left) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (right) in Perth, Australia on October 22, 2022. (Kyodo/MAXPPP)

    Xi Jinping obtained a third coronation at the head of the CCP on Sunday October 23. The Chinese president, 69, arrogates full powers to himself, and was reappointed in the process

    Re-election of Xi Jinping: who is Peng Liyuan, the first lady of China more famous than the president?

    The intruder of the news gives each evening a spotlight on a personality who could have passed under the radar of the news.

    Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan wave as they arrive at Macau International Airport on December 18, 2019. (ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)

    When we say that there are no longer any women in the entourage of re-elected Chinese President Xi Jinping, we are talking about the Politburo and its now 25 out of 25 men! The only woman to sit there has been retired and replaced by a man.

    China: Shilin Stone Forest amazes tourists from all over the world

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    Located in southwestern China, the Shilin Stone Forest is a unique geological treasure in the world that animates the greatest legends. Very popular with Chinese tourists, it is a source of inspiration for painters and photographers.

    Semiconductors: the showdown between the United States and China goes up a notch

    In the club of correspondents, today news post is interested in the technological war between the United States and China on semiconductors. Washington wants to slow down the development of Beijing in the production of these electronic components, essential for advanced technologies.

    Production of semiconductors in Colomiers, Occitanie, in the Actia company. (REMY GABALDA / MAXPPP)

    Without semiconductors, there is simply no digital: no 5G, no computers. The race for semiconductors is raging between the United States and China. Latest episode: Washington announced in early October drastic restrictions on its exports of electronic chips to the Middle Kingdom. This has consequences in Beijing, but also in Taiwan.

    Propaganda, even espionage for the benefit of China: associations demand the closure of Confucius institutes in France

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    While the congress of the Chinese Communist Party has just ended, associations are asking for the closure of the Confucius institutes in France, the Chinese equivalent of the French alliances, important relays of influence from China.

    Mobilization of opponents of the Confucius Institutes in front of the Confucius Institute in the 13th arrondissement in Paris, October 21, 2022. (NATHANAEL CHARBONNIER / RADIO FRANCE)

    This is a great first in France: associations, supported by elected officials, openly demand the closure and prohibition of Confucius institutes in the country.

    China: the Communist Party includes for the first time the refusal of the independence of Taiwan in its charter

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    At the opening of the Chinese Communist Party Congress on Saturday, the Chinese president reaffirmed his intention to “reunify” Taiwan with China, by force if necessary.

    The closing session of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress on October 22, 2022 in Beijing (China). (DING LIN/XINHUA/AFP)

    A first, which comes in a context of tensions between China and Taiwan. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) decided on Saturday, October 22, to include for the first time in its

    China: Ex-President Hu Jintao escorted out

    Hu Jintao, who served as China’s president from 2003 to 2013, was tricked by staffers into rising from his seat, which sits next to Xi Jinping in the front row of the People’s Palace.

    Former Chinese President Hu Jintao is escorted out of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress on October 22, 2022 in Beijing, China. (NOEL CELIS / AFP)

    A very unusual incident. Hu Jintao, former Chinese president, was escorted out of the closing ceremony of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) congress on Saturday, October 22, AFP journalists noted. These facts were neither explained nor reported by Chinese state media.

    China: the five burning issues awaiting President Xi Jinping for his third term after the Communist Party Congress

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    Chinese President Xi Jinping at the opening of the 20th Chinese Communist Party Congress in Beijing on October 16, 2022. (NOEL CELIS / AFP)

    The communist leader notably maintains tense relations with the United States over Taiwan, and is eagerly awaited in the fight against global warming.

    France – Germany: what consequences for the European Union?

    While tensions between France and Germany have not yet fully subsided on Wednesday, October 26, what impact can they have on a European scale? Live from Brussels (Belgium), we find the journalist Julien Gasparutto.

    What could be the consequences of the disagreement between France and Germany? “It rubs off on all of Europe. When relations between France and Germany are not good, this blocks discussions”, states Julien Gasparutto, in duplex from Brussels (Belgium)

    Environment: the low-emissions zone divides Rouen

    As in several French cities, Rouen has established a low-emissions zone excluding the most polluting vehicles. This measure does not seem to everyone’s taste in the City of 100 steeples.

    Since September 1 in Rouen (Seine-Maritime), vehicles with a Crit’Air sticker 4 or 5, i.e. diesels produced before 2005, are prohibited in the low emission zone (ZFE). A measure that divides the inhabitants. “It’s unmanageable for those who have no income,”

    Accident: policeman dies in a pile-up on the A13

    A pileup that occurred Tuesday, October 25 on the A13, in the Eure, cost the life of a gendarme. The vital prognosis of another soldier is engaged.

    Before addressing the deputies, the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin asked the National Assembly for a moment of meditation on Tuesday, October 25.

    Hunting accidents: blood alcohol level

    One of these avenues is the establishment of a blood alcohol offense with the same rules as for motorists. Hunters will therefore not be able to have more than 0.5 grams of alcohol per liter of blood.

    A hunter enters a wood in La-Bastide-de-Serou (Ariege), October 16, 2022. (VALENTINE CHAPUIS / AFP)

    A plan to better secure the practice of hunting will be announced on Tuesday, October 25, by the Secretary of State for Ecology, Berangere Couillard, during a visit to the Marne.

    Hunting day: “Let’s keep Saturday morning for hunting and leave the rest for walkers”, suggests environmental senator Daniel Salmon

    A plan to better secure the practice of hunting will be announced Tuesday by the government.

    Hunting (illustration). (MARION BOTHOREL / RADIO FRANCE)

    While the government is preparing to announce ways to better secure the practice of hunting, the environmental senator of Ille-et-Vilaine Daniel Salmon proposes

    The president of the National Federation of Hunters is in favor of “the alcohol test to get out of the hysteria of certain tenors of the far left”

    If he sees no inconvenience not to drink and to avoid “shooting the neighbour”, Willy Schraen is on the other hand fiercely opposed to the ban on hunting on Sundays.

    Willy Schraen, president of the National Federation of Hunters, October 18, 2022. (LIONEL BONAVENTURE / AFP)

    The government plans to introduce a blood alcohol offense in its future plan to make hunting more secure. The president of the National Federation of Hunters, Willy Schraen, declared

    Hunting accidents: “We cannot accept that a hunter with a weapon in his hand can be intoxicated”, judges a senator

    While the government is considering regulating the consumption of alcohol while hunting, a Senate report even proposed its ban in September. One of its authors was the guest of RADIO FRANCE.

    Hunter control operation in the Dordogne. Illustrative photo. (EMMANUEL CLAVERIE / RADIO FRANCE)

    “We cannot accept that a hunter with a weapon in his hand can be intoxicated”, reacted Sunday October 26 on today news post, senator of Ain, rapporteur of the “joint control mission on securing hunting” whose proposals were presented in September.

    Automotive: how to avoid scams on used vehicles?

    Present on the 19/20 set, Monday October 24, journalist Luc Bazizin gives advice on how to avoid pitfalls when buying a used vehicle.

    How not to be fooled when buying a used vehicle? “The first thing is not to be satisfied with a photo on the Internet, but to see the car with your own eyes. First, to make sure that the

    Tornadoes: how to explain such a phenomenon?

    The tornadoes in the North, Sunday October 23, shook France. Disasters that are difficult to predict and which could be more and more common with global warming.

    A dark, intriguing and threatening sky. These are the premises of a tornado. For it to form, two masses of air are needed, one cold at altitude, the other hot near the ground, which oppose each other and cause a storm cloud.

    A fragile hope for peace in Ethiopia

    It is one of the deadliest conflicts on the planet: the war in northern Ethiopia in East Africa has been going on for two...