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On July 21, local time, US President Biden announced that he would no longer seek re-election and supported Vice President Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate to participate in the 2024 general election. With Biden’s withdrawal from the election, the 2024 American election entered an unprecedented new stage, especially the Democratic camp.
On July 21st, 2024, in new york, USA, people paid attention to the news that US President Biden announced his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential election. Figure /IC photo
Since the "catastrophic failure" of the first TV debate, the voice of the Democratic Party demanding Biden’s withdrawal from the election has been rising. On July 17th, after Biden’s Covid-19 test was positive, behind-the-scenes activities to promote Biden’s withdrawal became more and more frequent. With the Democratic Party split, Biden lost the appeal and authority to lead the Democratic Party to win the presidential and congressional elections. In this case, Biden still insisted on not retreating before, and the reason seems not difficult to guess.
The Republican camp doesn’t seem to care that Harris may become a democratic presidential candidate. Trump said in an interview a few days ago that he believed Harris would be more easily defeated than Biden. The Republican camp is full of confidence now, but just after the 2020 general election four years ago, they just experienced a great division. Now the historical cycle has been replaced by the split of the Democratic Party. I don’t know how much of the two great divisions experienced by the "donkey elephant" two parties in four years are due to political morality and how much is due to political calculation. But at least, these two divisions have made people further see the true side of Washington’s power game. Read the full article > > >
"President Biden decided to withdraw from the election shortly before nominating his convention, which is unprecedented in American history." Rogers Smith, a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, said in an interview with the Beijing News reporter. In Smith’s view, Biden’s decision to withdraw from the election is inevitable. "Biden had previously tried to prove that his poor performance in the debate on June 27 was just a defeat, but no one believed it because he had made many wrong statements. At present, for him, the public opinion data is getting worse and worse, major donors stop donating money to his campaign, and more and more core members of the Democratic Party call on him to withdraw from the campaign. He realizes that he can no longer win and can only withdraw from the election. " Smith said.
After Biden announced his withdrawal from the election, the question of who will succeed him as the Democratic presidential candidate became the focus. Biden immediately stated that he would support Vice President Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate, and Harris quickly won the support of many senior Democrats. However, some prominent Democrats did not publicly support Harris. Others explicitly call for an open procedure to determine who should replace Biden as the Democratic presidential candidate. In Smith’s view, Harris is more likely to win the Democratic nomination, but there are also some uncertainties. Read the full article > > >
This is US President Biden (second from left) and Vice President Harris (second from right) filmed at the White House in Washington, USA on July 4th. Figure/Xinhua News Agency
Harris was born in Oakland, California in October 1964. Her mother was an Indian immigrant and her father was a Jamaican immigrant. She studied law at Howard University, a well-known African-American university, and Hastings Law School, University of California. After graduating from college, Harris worked as a district attorney in the San Francisco area for a long time. He served as a prosecutor in San Francisco, California, and the attorney general of California. In 2016, he was elected to the California Senate. In January 2019, Harris chose Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the American civil rights movement, to launch the 2020 presidential campaign, becoming the first African-American woman to announce her participation in the 2020 US election. However, Harris’s performance during the primary debate was mediocre, and she quickly faded out of the campaign stage and became Biden’s deputy. After the 2020 presidential election, she became the first female vice president in American history.
Looking back on Harris’ four-year ruling record as vice president, Jennifer Victor, a professor of political science at George Mei Sen University in Virginia, said that Harris can be said to be a very typical vice president. She supports Biden’s landmark policy to a great extent. "However, Harris’s popularity is not very high. In the past few years, she has not become the focus of political discourse." The chaos within the Democratic Party may continue after Biden’s withdrawal. Wang Yong, a professor at Peking University Institute of International Relations and director of the American Studies Center in Peking University, pointed out that especially after the debate between Biden and Trump, the chaos within the Democratic Party became more and more serious. Now there are still some differences and uncertainties in nominating candidates within the Democratic Party. There are different interest groups and different "money owners" in the Democratic Party, and they all want to put forward their own candidates. Read the full article > > >
On June 17, 2024, in Washington, USA, US Vice President Harris held a press conference in Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Figure /IC
Wu Xinbo, dean of the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University and director of the Center for American Studies, said in an interview with the Beijing News reporter that Harris’s nomination for the Democratic Party should not be a big problem. "First of all, from the procedural point of view, Biden temporarily withdrew from the election, so it is more logical for the vice president to replace the election. Secondly, Biden has actually locked in the Democratic Party’s nomination. He publicly supports Harris, which means that to some extent, it can still play a role. " Regarding whether Harris can beat Trump, Wu Xinbo said that it is still unknown, because Biden’s cold-blooded withdrawal may affect the morale of the Democratic Party. "The Democratic Party needs to identify new candidates as soon as possible in the coming period, and then adjust its campaign strategy to reflect Harris’ young and energetic side." Wu Xinbo said, "For Trump, he also needs to adjust his strategy appropriately. In the future, he may need to focus on winning the support of women and ethnic minority voters." Read the full article > > >
On July 21st, Xinhua News Agency was authorized to publish the full text of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Decision on Further Comprehensively Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese Modernization, which was deliberated and adopted by the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. The reporter interprets it from many aspects such as democracy and the rule of law, economy and people’s livelihood, macroeconomics, and scientific and technological innovation.
On July 5th, the "Employment Pilot Building the Future Together-2024 Summer Employment Service Month for Graduates in Beijing" was officially launched, and the first offline job fair was held at Dahongmen International Convention and Exhibition Center in Beijing on the same day. Beijing News reporter Wang Guibin photo
The Decision puts forward more than 300 important reform measures, and proposes to complete the reform tasks put forward in this decision by the 80th anniversary of the founding of People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 2029. The fifth part of the Decision, "Improving the Macroeconomic Governance System", mentioned that it is necessary to improve the financial relationship between the central and local governments, which is specifically expressed as "establishing a financial relationship between the central and local governments with clear rights and responsibilities, coordinated financial resources and regional balance". At the press conference held in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China earlier (July 19th), Han Wenxiu, deputy director of the Central Finance Office in charge of daily work and director of the Central Agricultural Office, said that the "Decision" proposed to improve the financial relationship between the central and local governments, mainly aimed at the current financial difficulties of local governments and grass-roots units. The full text of the "Decision" discloses more details of the reform, one of which is to promote the backward movement of the consumption tax collection link and steadily delimit the localities. Many financial and taxation experts said that allocating part of the consumption tax revenue to local governments will help alleviate local financial difficulties, cultivate local tax sources, promote the fair distribution of tax revenue among regions, and improve the local tax system. Read the full article > > >
In the part of "improving the system of ensuring and improving people’s livelihood", the Decision puts forward a number of reform measures involving workers’ income and pension insurance benefits, which are worthy of attention. In terms of income distribution system, the "Decision" proposes to increase the proportion of labor remuneration in the initial distribution. We will improve the mechanism of wage determination, reasonable growth and payment guarantee for workers, and improve the policy system of distribution according to factors. Improve the redistribution and adjustment mechanisms such as taxation, social security and transfer payment. In terms of improving the social security system, the "Decision" clearly proposed to improve the basic old-age pension, basic medical insurance financing and reasonable adjustment mechanism, and gradually improve the basic pension of basic old-age insurance for urban and rural residents; Improve the social security system for flexible employees, migrant workers and new employment forms, and expand the coverage of unemployment, work injury and maternity insurance; We will completely abolish the restrictions on household registration in places of employment and improve the policy of transferring and continuing social security relations. Read the full article > > >
"The" Decision "has great efforts, practical measures and high gold content in the deployment of reforms in the economic and people’s livelihood fields." At the press conference held in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on July 19th, Han Wenxiu, deputy director of the Central Finance Office in charge of daily work and director of the Central Agricultural Office, said this when introducing the reform contents in the fields of economy and people’s livelihood. The CPC Central Committee attaches great importance to employment and emphasizes that "employment is the foundation of people’s livelihood" and "employment is the greatest livelihood". In the field of employment, the "Decision" proposed four specific reform measures. It is worth noting that the Decision clearly puts forward the reform contents such as "improving the employment support system for key groups", "simultaneously promoting the reform of household registration, employment, archives and other services" and "unblocking social mobility channels". Click to view the interpretation of the Decision of the Third Plenary Session > > >
"Dividing the sky into four orders equally, the most bitter thing is steaming." At 15: 44 on July 22nd, Beijing time, we ushered in the summer solar term, and entered the hottest period of the year in the process of "steaming and cooking". What’s the weather like at this time of year? How to eat is healthy? How to prevent "emotional heatstroke"?
The great summer heat is the period with the most sunshine and the highest temperature in a year in China, and it is also the last solar term in summer. This year’s summer heat is in the early and middle days of the dog days. This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival will last for 20 days from July 25th to August 13th. As the saying goes: "There are three volts in summer, and the heat is in the middle." During the hot summer season all the year round, the scope of summer in China has expanded to about 5.3 million square kilometers, reaching its peak in a year. It was also during the summer heat that summer began to flourish and decline, then it entered the beginning of autumn solar terms and began to expand its territory in autumn.
The average temperature of summer solar terms is the highest in 24 solar terms, with the largest number of average high temperature days and the largest number of extreme high temperatures, making it an absolute "three-material champion". In addition to the heat, there are often heavy rains in the summer. The rainy season in the northern region is called "seven rains and eight rises". At this time, the rainfall in North China and Northeast China often comes quickly and fiercely, so we should pay special attention to the possible sudden change of drought and flood. During the perennial summer heat, typhoons in the South China Sea and the Northwest Pacific are concentrated and landed in China. The public in East China and South China coastal areas should pay close attention to the typhoon warning and forecasting information, prepare for typhoon prevention in advance, and stay away from dangerous areas.
During the summer solar term, Beijing will start with a thunderstorm. Due to the strong convection, the local rain is strong, and it may be accompanied by short-term strong wind or hail, so it is necessary to pay attention to prevention. Although the temperature will drop under the rain, and the high temperature warning will be lifted soon, it is difficult to alleviate the sultry feeling. In the coming week, rain will occur frequently, and the temperature will basically not break through the high temperature line of 35℃ again, but the humidity is high, and damp heat and thunderstorms will replace the high temperature as the next weather protagonist. Read the full article > > >
There are still four days left before the opening of the Paris Olympic Games. The Beijing News today published the long volume "From Beijing to Paris", a guide for the China delegation to watch the Paris Olympic Games. Let’s cheer for the athletes together.
In 2024, the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, after the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Olympic Games have always been held in Paris, and the Olympic spirit has been passed from Beijing, the "Double Olympic City", to Paris, where the sports civilizations of the East and the West meet and blend in different time and space. After welcoming the Olympic Games 100 years later, Paris became another city that hosted the Olympic Games three times. Dancing with flags on the banks of the Seine, China athletes marching. From Beijing to Paris, the China sports delegation, consisting of 716 people, will fight hard, surpass itself and win glory for the country in 30 major events, 42 sub-events and 236 minor events.
Malone, Gong Lixiao, Liu Hong, Cao Yuan, Hua Tian and other veterans started their journey to the next Olympic Games, and years have witnessed their greatness. Wang Chuqin, Liu Huanhua, Huang Yuting, Liu Qingyi, Yang Siqi and other young people after 00 first entered the Olympic stage, and Zheng Haohao, a young person after 10, was only 11 years old. Youth blooms under the Eiffel Tower. In previous Olympic Games, diving, weightlifting, table tennis, shooting, gymnastics and badminton were the traditional advantages of China sports delegation. In the Tokyo Olympic Games, only these six events won 27 of the 38 gold medals of the China sports delegation. In the Paris Olympic Games, these six advantages are still the basic items for China Legion to win gold. Table tennis, badminton, diving, weightlifting and other teams all participated in the competition in full, and are expected to win all the gold medals. Break dancing, rock climbing, surfing, skateboarding, BMX freestyle and other new Olympic events are also featured by China athletes, who will make history in Paris. Click to collect the most complete watching guide > > >
The Beijing News sorted out the popular dramas that aired from March 23rd to June 22nd, 2024. According to the series quality, audience reputation, broadcast popularity and other dimensions, the "Q2 Series List of Beijing News in 2024" was selected.
Literature is the mother of film and television works, and IP adaptation is an important source of film and television scripts. In the drama series broadcast in the second quarter, My Altay, which was adapted from Li Juan’s prose collection, made us see poetry in the film and television drama and saw the charm that literature endowed to the film and television drama; "The Story of the Rose" and "Cheng Huan Ji" make us realize that those literary works published in the last century are not out of date and can still touch people’s hearts after being adapted in line with the current trend of thought; The popularity of "Yunian Qing 2", "Mo Yu Yun Jian" and "Xi Hua Zhi" is telling what empathy can be brought by the "marriage" of online literature and film and television …
Thanks to the broadcast of several large IP adaptations, costume dramas swept away their previous decline in the second quarter, and their popularity and reputation rebounded. Although the "Fox Demon Little Matchmaker Moon Red" has a poor reputation, it has benefited from a popular cast and a huge base of original fans, and it still gained a lot of attention after broadcasting. Yunian Qing 2, also adapted from Big IP, is set in fictional ancient times, and its story core and characters’ spirit are very modern, which easily resonates with the audience and becomes a hit explosion in the second quarter. The original novel Mo Yu Yun Jian is not well-known, but the adaptation has captured the popular drama "cool point" and became a popular dark horse in the second quarter.
In contrast, the performance of realistic dramas in the second quarter was not excellent enough, and the lineup of Riding the Wind and Waves, City in the City and Today’s Women was good, and the response was dull after broadcast. Suspicious drama is a major category of realistic themes, but in recent years, the frequent occurrence of high-quality suspense dramas has also raised the audience’s expectations for this type, making the suspense track more and more "rolled up". If no innovation is just an old routine, suspense dramas will inevitably be rejected by the audience. In the second quarter, although there were no explosions of suspense dramas, New Life was integrated into the drama creation with the narrative skills and visual style of the film. The boy who can’t see the shadow cut into the family suspense from the perspective of body double literature, and Twilight Fire used suspense as a bridge to think about the conflict between "times" and "individuals", all of which were refreshing. Read the full article > > >
Editor Wei Yue designed Zhu Jinghui to proofread Liu Yue.
