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Grow together Courier service ZTO Farmers lay out rice slammed for inhumane seedling beds to raise them collectively in Lujiang county, Hefei, Anhui prov­ delivery of dogs, cats ince, on Wednesday. The practice can By LI LEI save labor costs and [email protected] reduce pests and other crop diseases. The courier giant ZTO Express The healthy ZUO XUEZHANG / was recently put under fire after development of FOR CHINA DAILY one of its business outlets in Chengdu, Sichuan province, was courier companies is found to have transported puppies reliant on … a proper and kittens as part of the contro­ versial pet blind box sales on value toward life.” e­commerce sites. A statement from courier com­ In a statement late on Tuesday, pany ZTO Express ZTO apologized for collecting live animals from e­retailers for ship­ ment, which it said breached rules. postal services, and courier com­ The New York listed firm said it panies shall not violate the rules has shut the outlet in question for knowingly,” it said on its Weibo rectification. account. A worker overseeing safety The online crusade came after affairs in the province has also volunteers from Chengdu Aizhijia been suspended from work with Animal Rescue Center, a local ani­ the year’s performance­based sala­ mal welfare group, late on Monday ry deducted, it added. intercepted about 160 packages “The healthy development of containing such pets at the ZTO courier companies is reliant on the outlet. Police increase crackdown strict application of industrial Videos posted on the group’s standards and safety manage­ Weibo account showed cube cages ment, as well as a proper value muffled with braided cloth being toward life,” the statement said. stacked into a truck as a group of The pet blind box has been volunteers stormed the site, to prevent human trafficking trending on multiple e­commerce demanding the drivers unload the platforms, including Taobao and animals. Puppies could be heard Pinduoduo. barking in distress. It allows users to buy pets of The group said it has taken con­ 10­year action plan aims to improve information release and service unknown breeds and appearances trol of the animals following 700+ introduction platforms relevant to for about 10 yuan ($1.50) or even health checkups organized by long­term mechanism against crime missing children children’s personal information. lower. local animal disease control were recovered nationwide in Operations would be launched on Many such purchases involve a authorities. By YANG ZEKUN department coordination and a the past four months. a regular basis to clean up informa­ dayslong cross­provincial ship­ A volunteer who asked not to be [email protected] wide range of participation by the tion about illegal adoption, abduc­ ping process and has led to ani­ named for fear of retribution from public. tion and trafficking of women and mals suffocating or dying of sellers said four dogs and cats were China has taken sound measures The involved authorities shall incorporate assistance to groups children and sexual assault on dehydration. found dead, and more than a doz­ to prevent and combat human traf­ deepen inter­department informa­ vulnerable to abduction, and super­ minors released through online The hashtag “pet blind box” got en were diagnosed with diseases ficking, and rescue those abducted. tion exchange and work interaction vise parents or guardians to fulfill platforms, the plan said. more than 380 million views and including distemper and cat Police nationwide had recovered and combine modern technological their duties, it said. It also calls for improving the about 100,000 comments on plague. more than 700 missing children, means such as big data and artificial The government would also pro­ information report and release microblogging service Weibo by She said her colleagues had pre­ resolved 43 child trafficking cases intelligence with traditional means vide care, protection and guardian­ channels, and the national DNA Wednesday. pared for Monday’s operation for and arrested 86 suspects during the such as household visits to improve ship to special groups such as left­ database for missing children to col­ Many users accused the business about two weeks and had success­ past four months, the Ministry of the crackdown. behind children and children in lect the samples for parents with of cruelty and called for harsh pun­ fully shone a spotlight on the prac­ Public Security said. They should also promptly ana­ difficult circumstances. missing children and children of ishments for all parties involved. tice, which she said masquerades In January, the ministry launched lyze the national human trafficking In addition, public security unknown origin who are suspected “Both the sellers and buyers are as pet adoption projects on Tao­ an operation named “reunion” to situation, enabling inspectors to organs and medical and health of being abducted and trafficked. bad to the core,” a Weibo user bao, Pinduoduo and Xianyu, a sec­ resolve cold cases and search for adjust work strategies and improve institutes were asked to share preg­ In 2016, the Ministry of Public named Muxiyan Crystal com­ ondhand e­commerce site owned children who had been reported the prevention of crimes in key nancy and childbirth information, Security established a specific sys­ mented. by Alibaba, she lamented. missing since 1978. industries, places, regions and improve the registration and identi­ tem to release information for miss­ China Central Television, the “The business is everywhere,” The general office of China’s State groups of people, the plan said. ty verification of pregnant women ing children, and it had released State broadcaster, weighed in on she said. “My colleagues and I have Council issued a 10­year action plan Human resources management to prohibit hospitalization or child­ 4,722 pieces of information, with Monday, calling the business a kept sending inquiries to custom­ last month to combat human traf­ will be tightened, and channels for birth in the name of others and 98.1 percent of the missing children “departure from humanity”. er service personnel of such shops, ficking and protect the basic rights complaining of labor security will be severely crack down on surrogacy. found by March 2021. “Relevant rules have forbidden and many said they can still send of citizens, maintain social harmony ensured, it said. Government In terms of busting human traf­ In 2009, the ministry set up a the sending of live animals via out pets using courier services.” and stability, and safeguard nation­ departments shall clean up illegal ficking crimes, the plan requires the DNA system to collect and match al security. job intermediaries, bust illegal acts involved authorities to modernize information between parents with The plan aims to improve the of child labor or illegally hiring the and upgrade the investigation missing children and people who long­term mechanism against disabled or foreigners without resi­ methods and improve the crack­ suspect they were abducted. Basketball fun human trafficking that integrates dence permits. down on the online and offline crim­ The number of child abductions the prevention and crackdown of According to the plan, teachers inal networks. and trafficking crimes has dropped such crime, relieves the victims, and and students in kindergartens, Comprehensive crackdown and sharply in recent years, the ministry offers assistance, resettlement and schools and education institutes rectification measures shall be taken said. rehabilitation of rescued people. will learn about anti­trafficking to target the key areas and the “buy­ Any organization or individual Government departments are knowledge and methods to access ers’ market” for human trafficking, other than the public security organ urged to prevent such crimes at the assistance when they encounter as well as those who use the internet is prohibited from collecting DNA source, improve the community­ such crime. to commit such crime, it said. data of abducted children, parents based network and establish a Governments at the grassroots Authorities should tighten the and suspected trafficked persons, working system featuring multiple level and village committees will management of online social chat, the plan said. G7: Western officials ‘do not seek truth based on facts’

From page 1 wrote in response that G7 ministers warned that a failure to resolve He spoke against the backdrop of should not meddle in China’s affairs. US­China tension could cause serious ties between the world’s two largest Reuters reported that an unnamed “I couldn’t help but say that they problems, Blinken told the Financial economies plunging to a low point US official said at a news briefing after are the most good­for­nothing elite Times: “I resist putting labels on most under the previous US administra­ Children show their basketball skills at a basketball carnival for the first day: “China was the dominant since the end of WWII, because they relationships, including this one, tion, and, after three months of the young kids in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Tuesday. Nearly 600 topic today. We opened with it because have abandoned a basic sense of because it’s complex … And when I Biden administration, not signifi­ children from dozens of kindergartens in the province participated it was the most important agenda shame and do not seek truth based look at the relationship, I see adversa­ cantly improving. in the event, which included freestyle programs, team skills and item for us, out of the many important on facts,” he wrote. rial aspects. I see competitive aspects. 3v3 real battle. SHAO DAN / FOR CHINA DAILY things that we had to discuss.” Blinken insisted in an interview I see cooperative aspects: all three.” ‘Biggest problem’ The official added that all partici­ with the Financial Times that Wash­ Blinken said the US should Kissinger said earlier that strained pants said nations must counter ington is not obsessed with “trying to engage with China from “a position ties between China and the US are challenges arising from China’s eco­ contain China, or to hold China down”. of strength”, something Beijing has “the biggest problem for America, nomic growth. He said they also “What we are about is upholding rejected. the biggest problem for the world”. resolved not to attempt to contain the international rules­based order While speaking with Blinken on “If we can’t solve that, then the Police paste ticket on taxi Beijing, or to escalate tension. that we’ve invested so much in over March 18, during their first face­to­ risk is that, all over the world, a The US has in recent years pres­ many decades, that has served us face meeting, China’s top diplomat kind of Cold War will develop sured some of its allies to take well, but not just us,” he said. “We Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political between China and the United with dead driver inside moves against the overseas growth think, for all its imperfections, it’s Bureau of the Communist Party of States,” said the 97­year­old former of Chinese enterprises, such as tele­ served the world pretty well.” China Central Committee and direct­ US secretary of state at the McCain By YANG ZEKUN branch’s statement said. com giant Huawei. It has also joined He said “anyone who takes action or of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Institute’s Sedona Forum on global [email protected] At 10:19 am, traffic officers from hands with some Western countries that would disrupt that order”, or who Commission of the CPC Central Com­ issues on Friday. Xincheng brigade, Xi’an traffic to accuse China of violating human seeks to undermine it, will be opposed. mittee, said: “In front of the Chinese Kissinger said countries now have Two police officers and one aux­ police detachment, found the car rights in places such as its Xinjiang The BBC said on Wednesday that side, the US does not have the qualifi­ technology that could not be imag­ iliary police officer in Xi’an, illegally parked and pasted the ille­ Uygur autonomous region. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson cation to say that it wants to speak to ined 70 years ago. Shaanxi province, were penalized gal parking notice on the driver’s The Chinese government said that and Blinken met privately in London China from a position of strength. “For the first time in human his­ for pasting a ticket on an illegally side of the car then left. they have built their accusations on to discuss the “close alignment” of “The US side was not even quali­ tory, humanity has the capacity to parked taxi while the driver was They did not notice the driver in fabrications and lies that are not sup­ the UK and US. fied to say such things even 20 years extinguish itself in a finite period of dead inside. the car, it said. ported by any solid evidence and A spokeswoman for the UK prime or 30 years back, because this is not time,” he said. On May 2, the public transport Later, a passerby saw the driver they are attempting to thwart China’s minister said they agreed to collabo­ the way to deal with the Chinese Kissinger said the US “must be in branch of the Xi’an Public Security and called an ambulance. normal development. rate on tackling the novel coronavi­ people,” he added. constant dialogue with China” and Bureau said on its Weibo account Medical staff arrived and con­ The London meeting is likely to rus as well as on trade and defense. Speaking on Tuesday, Blinken make clear what the red lines are, that an inspection team was set up firmed the driver was dead. culminate in the release of a com­ The Guardian newspaper reported said the US recognizes that coun­ while working to avoid conflicts. to investigate. A statement issued by the Xi’an munique from US Secretary of State that the G7 ministers were expected tries may have close ties with both “This is the complex task we According to video data collected Public Security Bureau on Tuesday Antony Blinken and his counter­ to talk on Wednesday about a range Beijing and Washington. have. Nobody has yet succeeded from the car, at 4:57 am on May 1, said that the police officers didn’t parts that sources say will include a of challenges, including climate “We’re not asking countries to doing it completely,” he said. “But the driver pulled the car over, follow proper procedures, didn’t call for the Chinese province of Tai­ change and the pandemic. choose,” he said. “We recognize that that is the essence of the relation­ moved to the passenger seat and meet enforcement standards and wan to be invited to join interna­ Earlier, Blinken rejected claims countries have complicated rela­ ship. That’s the challenge the laid down, then vomited and had simply gave out the ticket. tional organizations, including the that Washington wants a new Cold tionships, including with China, administration now has.” convulsions. The incident sparked controver­ World Health Organization. War with Beijing. including economic relationships. The driver no longer showed sy on social media platforms, with The editor­in­chief of China’s Speaking a few days after former And the issue is not that those need Contact the writers at physical movement in the video many netizens questioning the Global Times newspaper, Hu Xijin, veteran US diplomat Henry Kissinger to be cut off or ended.” [email protected] recorded after 9:42 am, the traffic officers’ behavior.