How was the coronavirus epidemic stopped and the economy saved in China?

 "While officials in Wuhan initially dithered and obfuscated for fear of political reprisals, the authorities now leap into action at any sign of new infections, if at times with excessive zeal. In Hebei this January, the authorities deployed their well-honed strategy to test millions and isolate entire communities — all with the goal of getting cases, officially only dozens a day in a population of 1.4 billion, back to zero.
The government has poured money into infrastructure projects, its playbook for years, while extending loans and tax relief to support business and avoid pandemic-related layoffs. China, which sputtered at the beginning of last year, is the only major economy that has returned to steady growth.

“They were able to pull together all of the resources of the one-party state,” said Carl Minzner, a professor of Chinese law and politics at Fordham University. “This of course includes both the coercive tools — severe, mandatory mobility restrictions for millions of people — but also highly effective bureaucratic tools that are maybe unique to China.”
In so doing, the Chinese Communist authorities suppressed speech, policed and purged dissenting views and suffocated any notion of individual freedom or mobility — actions that are repugnant and unacceptable in any democratic society.

The dictates reflected the micromanaged nature of China’s political system, where the top leaders have levers to reach down from the corridors of central power to every street and even apartment building.
The State Council ordered provinces and cities to set up 24-hour command centers with officials in charge held responsible for their performance. It called for opening enough quarantine centers not just to house people within 12 hours of a positive test, but also to strictly isolate hundreds of close contacts for each positive case.
Cities with up to five million people should create the capacity to administer a nucleic test to every resident within two days. Cities with more than five million could take three to five days.
The key to this mobilization lies in the party’s ability to tap its vast network of officials, which is woven into every department and agency in every region.
The government can easily redeploy “volunteers” to new hot spots, including more than 4,000 medical workers sent to Hebei after the new outbreak in January.

Zhou Xiaosen, a party member in a village outside of Shijiazhuang, a city of 11 million people that was among those locked down, said that those deputized could help police violations, but also assist those in need. “If they need to go out to buy medicine or vegetables, we’ll do it for them,” he said.
The government appeals to material interests, as well as to a sense of patriotism, duty and self-sacrifice.

The China Railway 14th Bureau Group, a state-owned contractor helping build the quarantine center near Shijiazhuang, drafted a public vow that its workers would spare no effort. “Don’t haggle over pay, don’t fuss about conditions, don’t fall short even if it’s life or death,” the group said in a letter, signed with red thumb prints of employees.
The network also operates in part through fear. More than 5,000 local party and government officials have been ousted in the last year for failures to contain the coronavirus on their watch. There is little incentive for moderation."

Who will pay for the transfer of Belarusian cargo delivery operations from Klaipėda to Russian ports?

 This transition is organized by the President of Belarus A. Lukashenko himself, fighting against Lithuania's participation in the failing attempts to organize an uprising in Belarus. 

"The reluctant to name itself source of the Western Express reminded that in 2011 Lithuania became the country that, using its veto right, blocked the new sanctions against Belarus planned by the EU at that time, which could worsen the business situation in Lithuania. 

"For two decades, work has been done consistently and persistently to direct Belarusian cargo to the port of Klaipeda, now we have politicians whose names (for example, G. Landsbergis, G. Nausėda (K. pastaba)) I do not want to mention. They due to ignorance , ignorance or simply for short-term personal political gain want to destroy everything without thinking about Lithuania's long-term interests, "said the source of the Western Express." Defending national interests, we must take the example of Germany, which, despite strong US resistance, proceeds with pipeline project."

If the Klaipėdos nafta loses the flow of Belarusian oil products, negotiations on the handling prices of Orlen Lietuva's products may be complicated. The negotiating position of the Polish-owned company would already be strengthened not only by the restored alternative of transporting cargo by rail to Latvian ports, but also by the reduced competition from Belarus. This may further aggravate the financial situation of the Klaipėdos nafta. The worst thing would be that Klaipėdos nafta would compensate for its loss in the oil product handling business through the LNG terminal it operates, the maintenance costs of which have fallen on the shoulders of all Lithuanian gas consumers for decades." 

So, we Lithuanians will pay for it. 

Kas sumokės už baltarusiškų krovinių transportavimo perėjimą iš Klaipėdos į Rusijos uostus?

Šitą perėjimą organizuoja pats Baltarusijos prezidentas A. Lukašenka, kovodamas prieš Lietuvos dalyvavimą, keliant maištą Baltarusijoje. 

"Nepanoręs viešintis „Vakarų ekspreso“ šaltinis priminė, kad dar 2011 metais Lietuva tapo ta valstybe, kuri, pasinaudojusi savo veto teise, užblokavo tuo metu ES planuojamas naujas sankcijas prieš Baltarusiją, kurios galėjo pabloginti verslo situaciją Lietuvoje. Tuomet kaip tik Vyriausybei vadovavo konservatoriai ir liberalai, o susisiekimo ministru buvo klaipėdietis Eligijus Masiulis. „Du dešimtmečius nuosekliai ir atkakliai buvo daromas darbas, kad baltarusiški kroviniai būtų nukreipti į Klaipėdos uostą, dabar turime politikų, kurių net pavardžių (pvz., G. Landsbergio,  nenoriu minėti. Jie dėl neišmanymo, nežinojimo ar tiesiog dėl trumpalaikės asmeninės politinės naudos nori viską sugriauti, negalvodami apie ilgalaikius Lietuvos interesus, – liejo emocijas „Vakarų ekspreso“ šaltinis. – Ginant nacionalinius interesus, reikia imti pavyzdį iš Vokietijos, kuri, nepaisydama net didžiulio JAV pasipriešinimo, įgyvendina šiaurinio srauto dujotiekio projektą.“

Jei KN neteks Baltarusijos naftos produktų srauto, gali būti apsunkintos derybos ir dėl „Orlen Lietuva“ produkcijos krovos kainų. Lenkų valdomos įmonės derybines pozicijas jau stiprintų ne tik atkurta alternatyva vežti geležinkeliais krovinius į Latvijos uostus, bet ir sumažėjusi konkurencija iš Baltarusijos pusės. Tai gali dar labiau pabloginti KN finansinę situaciją. Blogiausia būtų tai, kad savo netektis naftos produktų krovos versle KN kompensuotų per jos valdomą SGD terminalą, kurio išlaikymo kaštai dešimtmečiams užgulė visos Lietuvos dujų vartotojų pečius."

Taigi, sumokėsime už tai mes, Lietuvos gyventojai.

Ministras D. Kreivys aptiko, kad jis perka tik Astravo elektrą

 Tai yra draudžiama Lietuvoje. Todėl D. Kreivys paprašė jį skubiai suimti bei kartu išnagrinėti kitus jo nelegalius ir korupcija persisunkusius veiksmus.

Prašymas nagrinėjamas prokuratūroje.

Kodėl toks pasiaukojimas? Kad pakenkti rusams, kurie stato baltarusiams Astravą. Ponas D. Kreivys tiek persisunkė konservatorių propaganda, kad tapo kamikadze.

Perspėjimas smulkiesiems verslininkams ir juos palaikančiam chorui

 Jei labiau užkrečiamas britiškas koronavirusas užtvindys Lietuvos ligonines, karantinas Lietuvoje taps toks, kokio dar nesapnavote. Net nelegaliai uždarbiauti neišeis.

Neleiskime verslininkams Lietuvą paversti mažąja Ukraina

 

„Romos popiežius Pranciškus antradienį perspėjo, kad globalizacija gali sukelti pasaulyje stulbinantį vienodumą, jei ji nepaisys vietos įvairovės ir individualumo. Savo kreipimesi į penktojo pasaulinio čiabuvių tautų forumo susitikimo dalyvius popiežius pasmerkė visiems tinkantį globalistinį mentalitetą, kuriame pirmenybė teikiama vienodumui, o ne įvairovei. Komunija ir solidarumas neatsiranda iš homogeniškumo, sakė pontifikas, ir „globalizacija negali reikšti vienodumo, nepaisančio įvairovės ir primetančio naują kolonializmo rūšį“. Jo teigimu, iššūkis yra „sukurti solidarumu pagrįstas alternatyvas, kad niekas nesijaustų ignoruojamas, tačiau ir nenusileisdamas neitų savo paties kryptimi, manydamas, kad tai vienintelė teisinga“. Kai įvairovės yra išreikštos ir viena kitą praturtinančios, „klesti ir atgyja tautų bendrystė“, - pridūrė jis."

Let us stop entrepreneurs from turning Lithuania into a small Ukraine

 "ROME — Pope Francis warned Tuesday that globalization risks creating a stultifying uniformity in the world if it fails to respect local diversity and individuality.

In his address to participants at the fifth global meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum, the pope denounced a one-size-fits-all, globalist mentality that prioritizes sameness over variety.

Communion and solidarity do not stem from homogeneity, the pontiff said, and “globalization cannot mean a uniformity that ignores diversity and imposes a new kind of colonialism.”

The challenge, he said, “is to create alternatives based on solidarity so that no one feels ignored, but without imposing overwhelmingly its own direction, considering it to be the only correct one.”

When diversities are articulated and mutually enriching, “communion between peoples flourishes and comes to life,” he added."