Taiwanese judo player Yang Yongwei won the men’s 60kg competition at the World Judo Championships in Uzbekistan on the 6th, winning the Taiwanese men’s first medal at the Judo World Championships. (CNA file photo)
Yang Yongwei wins bronze at World Championships, the first man in Taiwan’s men’s judo history
Taiwanese judo player Yang Yongwei defeated Israel’s Woksak in the men’s 60kg bronze medal match at the 2022 World Judo Championships on the 6th, becoming the first male player in Taiwan’s judo history to win the World Championships. Yang Yongwei lost to Naoso Takato of Japan, the gold medalist at last year’s Tokyo Olympics, in the quarter-finals. The two faced off in the Tokyo Olympic gold medal match last year, but Yang Yongwei lost, but won the first Olympic silver medal in the history of the judo team for Taiwan. In the previous Judo World Championships, only Taiwanese female player Zhou Yuping won the bronze medal in the women’s 48kg weight class in 1987. (see full report）
Family and roommates are diagnosed and no longer suspend classes and take 3 doses for 7 days. Asymptomatic and quick screening negative can go to school
According to the current epidemic prevention regulations, students living with family members who are diagnosed with COVID-19 must stop physical classes for 7 days, which often causes parents to complain. The Ministry of Education announced on the 6th that the measures will be adjusted from the 13th. If the staff and students have finished 3 doses of the vaccine, they can 7-day self-prevention (0+7) is adopted, and those who are asymptomatic and negative for quick screening can enter the school; those who have not received 3 doses of the vaccine will be subject to 3-day home isolation and 4-day self-prevention (3+4). in addition,Overseas studentsDuring the implementation of “0+7” autonomous epidemic prevention, if you are asymptomatic and have a negative result of quick screening within 2 days, you can go to school for classes. Those with symptoms will be admitted to the “isolation dormitory”, and those who are diagnosed later will be transferred to the “nursing dormitory”. (see full report）
Nobel Prize in Literature French writer Anne Aino’s autobiography keenly exposes class injustice
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature was announced on the 6th, by the French writer Anne. Annie Ernaux was honored. Born in Normandy, France, 82-year-old Aino started her writing career with autobiographical novels, but soon abandoned fiction in favor of memoirs. Aino has written more than 30 books, mostly about short-lived events in her personal or life, and presents sexual experiences, abortions, illnesses, and parental deaths in a firm style. Aino once said that writing is a political act. She regards words as a “knife” to cut through the veil of imagination and open the eyes of the world to see the injustices in society. (see full report）
38 dead in Thailand childcare center shooting, including 24 children, killer shoots and kills with knife
A major shooting occurred on the 6th in a kindergarten center in northeastern Thailand. The 34-year-old murderer who served as a police officer opened fire and attacked with a knife, killing 38 people, including 24 children between the ages of 2 and 4. The police said that the suspect shot and killed with a gun at the childcare center. After returning home, he killed his wife and son and then committed suicide. The motive for the crime is still under investigation. Police investigations revealed that the suspect had a history of drug abuse and violence, and even attacked colleagues when he was a police officer. (see full report）
German MPs are not afraid of Chinese pressure to visit Taiwan: Don’t tell us where we can’t go
Members of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group arrived in Taiwan on the 2nd, and held a press conference to summarize the itinerary on the 6th. The chairman of the group, Welsch, emphasized that both Germany and Taiwan respect democratic politics. Therefore, German parliamentarians like to come to Taiwan to meet with their partners. Threatening small countries with military force, Germany refused. The group’s vice-chairman Buder also said, “It is unacceptable if some countries suddenly tell us where we can’t go.” Another vice-chairman, Chevrolet, also revealed that another delegation from the German parliamentary human rights committee will come to Taiwan next year. A visit by a young corps of members of Congress is also expected. (see full report）
12 North Korean fighter jets were launched, 30 South Korean military aircraft were launched in response to the vicious circle of armed demonstrations between the two Koreas
North Korea fired two more short-range ballistic missiles in the direction of Japan on the 6th, testing missiles six times in 12 days, the highest frequency in history.Meanwhile, North Korea dispatched12 military aircraft lift off, flying near the special surveillance area of the Korean military, and South Korea dispatched 30 military aircraft to respond. The South Korean media described the current military confrontation between the two Koreas as a “vicious circle”. Experts believe that the Pyongyang authorities are likely to conduct provocative actions such as the test of an intercontinental ballistic missile and the seventh nuclear test. Some sources believe that the ultimate goal of the Pyongyang authorities is for the United States to recognize that North Korea has nuclear weapons and establish diplomatic relations with the United States, so the attitude of the United States will be the key to the change of the current situation. (see full report）
Before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, all parts of China strictly prevent the spread of the epidemic to the Bund in Beijing and Shanghai
Various parts of China continue to strictly prevent the COVID-19 epidemic, but the Bund, a tourist hotspot in Shanghai, will see a large influx of tourists during the long-term National Day from October 1st to 7th.Shanghai adds new local asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 on the 6th11 cases, the official emergency announced that each district will arrange at least one round of nucleic acid screening for all members of the community, “not one household or one person will be missed.”The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will take place on the 16th. In order to prevent the epidemic from rebounding and spilling over to Beijing, the local government has resorted to “killing chickens with a bull’s knife”-style closure and control.Xishuangbanna Airport suddenly announced grounding, Thousands of passengers stranded at the airport shouted to go home, and the police confronted the public with guns. (see full report）
Li Wenliang’s medical records revealed that the time of death may be earlier than the official announcement
China’s COVID-19 whistleblower Li Wenliang died more than two years ago. The New York Times quoted a colleague of Li Wenliang’s information showing that Li Wenliang’s actual death may have been earlier than the official announcement. Li Wenliang’s lack of appetite, inability to sleep at night, low mood and a diagnosis of “depression” were recorded in the case, details that have never been made public. At the end of 2019, Li Wenliang and several other doctors discovered that there was an unidentified pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan. They reported it to a group of medical staff. As a result, they were reprimanded by the authorities for spreading rumors on the Internet, and they were forced to sign a document of confession and repentance. (see full report）
Putin ordered to take over Ukraine’s main nuclear power plant Ukrainian troops advance into Luhansk for the first time
Russia officially annexed four Ukrainian states and more than 15% of the territory on the 5th. Russian leader Vladimir Putin ordered to take over Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Zaporozhye, southern Ukraine.Meanwhile, CNN reported that community photos showed Ukrainian troops passing through Donetsk and into another state in the Donbas region.luganskThis is the first time Ukrainian troops have advanced into Luhansk since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. In addition, the Ukrainian army’s counter-offensive operation continued to progress in the south. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Ukrainian army has recaptured more settlements in Kherson, and the Russian army has successively withdrawn from the southern and eastern front lines. (see full report）
Shohei Otani’s two-knife flow set a record and the number of innings reached the standard, the first player in MLB history
The Los Angeles Angels “Two Swordsman” Shohei Otani made another history on the 5th, becoming the first player in the history of Major League Baseball to meet the required number of pitching innings and the required number of seats. According to the regulations, a pitcher must pitch 162 innings in a single season, and a batter must play 502 batting seats to qualify. The Angels played against the Oakland Athletics on the 5th. Shohei Otani played as a batter in 1 inning, batting for the 663rd of the season, and he boarded the board in 1 inning and pitched 162 innings this season. (see full report）
