Have social networks brought us closer? No, it makes communication more restrained.

In the era of information explosion, when you wake up, it’s terrible that the full screen of little red dot always makes your heart scratch the wall. The inner os of patients with deep social fear: "three days visible" is a kind of interruption, it is best to be a "network vacuum person", or goodbye completely, social network.

When social media has quietly become an indispensable part of daily life, modern people are also surrendering their own data unnoticed. Nowadays, businesses that undertake the disappearance or tracking of the Internet have also emerged.People have to think about how to be wary of using their social accounts, or whether to simply escape.

"Connecting" is the tenet of Facebook. "Connecting people’s social vision is my top priority." Zuckerberg said before the hearing in April. At that time, tens of millions of Facebook users found that their private data had been leaked to Cambridge Analytica.

Studies have found that through close self-exposure, people become closer to each other. have onlyPeople have no privacy concerns about using these platforms in depth, and social media can make interpersonal communication so close.Paradoxically, these tools were created to keep people acquainted at a certain distance.

Julie Beck, senior deputy editor of Atlantic Monthly, recently conducted a study to try toVerify how much people look at themselves when using social media, and whether Cambridge analyzes whether corporate scandals have affected their use of Facebook and other platforms.Beck also shared the data with Sauvik Das, associate professor of interactive computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, and Sarita Schoenebeck, director of Living Online Laboratory at the University of Michigan. They also made some basic analysis of some data.

Of course, this survey is not rigorous. Atlantic Monthly sends the survey to readers through Facebook, Twitter, subscription mail and membership projects, so it is not a demographic sampling. Among the 2218 respondents, 82% are white, and most of them are from the United States; Women account for 59%, men for 40%, and 1% of other genders; Respondents are also distributed in a wide range of age groups, but generally tend to be older groups.

The survey results show what people are willing/unwilling to share on social media, the degree of trust in different platforms, and how privacy issues affect user behavior. In addition, Beck also followed up with some readers to learn their detailed views on social media privacy issues.

Overall, 78.8% of the respondents indicated that they were "very" or "somewhat" worried about their information privacy on social media; 82.2% said they would conduct self-censorship on social media. Das analysis mentioned that older people are more likely to conduct self-censorship because of privacy concerns than younger people, but for all age groups, the proportion is 75% or more. In this survey,"Self-censorship" is defined as "users will prevent themselves from publishing content they want to share for fear of privacy disclosure".

▲ Respondents’ concerns about the privacy of social media information

▲ Respondents conduct self-censorship when using social media.

David Garvey, a 27-year-old sales executive working in Boston, began to pay attention to self-censorship before Cambridge Analytica broke out. The reason is that David once posted a photo of drinking in high school on Facebook, and his friend’s mother complained to the principal after seeing it.

"Through that,I realized that anything posted on social media would be watched by others at any time."Garvey said," so I hardly send anything.Anything sent out may be publicly consumed.I try to avoid this situation,Keep your social life in intimate circles.Garvey said that he was not really worried about privacy on social media because he was careful enough about what he posted.

Among the respondents,Facebook is currently the most used but least trusted social network.57.9% of platform users said that they "almost don’t trust" Facebook or "don’t trust" Facebook’s protection of personal information privacy. Respondents have different attitudes towards other platforms such as Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest and Snapchat. Most of them are neutral or uncertain, and Facebook’s Instagram has a higher degree of trust. Several interviewees said that they know that Instagram belongs to Facebook, but they feel that most of the pictures shared on Instagram are not so easy to be used.

▲ Trust survey of major social media platforms

A Facebook spokesperson mentioned to Beck in an email that,In the past few months after the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke out in March, the company did not find any significant impact on user behavior."What we have seen is that people are more concerned about data privacy and understand their control and choice." In order to let users better "control" the privacy of their accounts, Facebook provides more concise privacy settings, and plans to develop a "history cleaning" function, so that users can delete data collected from external resources of Facebook.

However, some people began to think about how to use or whether to use Facebook after analyzing the company incident in Cambridge. In Beck’s survey, 99% of the respondents said they knew about the incident. Such a high proportion is certainly not unusual. After all, the survey was mainly aimed at readers of Atlantic Monthly, which paid close attention to this scandal. Among them,41.9% of people said that they changed their behavior of using Facebook because they knew this news, mainly because they were more careful about what they posted.But Das reminded,"When it comes to privacy, people often say one thing and do another."

A small number of voices (9.6%) said that they deleted or frozen their Facebook accounts after the scandal broke out.After the Cambridge Analytica incident, Facebook refused to provide the average number of accounts that people freeze or delete every month.

Janice Riggs, a blogger in Chicago, deleted her Facebook account after hearing about the incident. "It’s just one thing I can get rid of in my life," she said. "I don’t use Facebook and I don’t believe it, so I just closed my account, and so did my husband. But I also know people who say that they will not really completely abandon Facebook. " In addition, Riggs also mentioned that it is still very troublesome to figure out how to delete Facebook account, and she finally searched a lot of operation guides on Google.

A small percentage (25.6%) said that theyAfter analyzing the company events in Cambridge, I changed my usage behavior on other social media platforms, mainly by becoming more careful, sending less things or changing privacy settings.

In addition to Cambridge’s analysis of the impact of corporate events, on the whole,Respondents said that the content they posted on social media was not as personal as it was five years ago.A total of 60% people said that the content they posted was "very impersonal" or "relatively impersonal", but 25.7% people remained the same.

In 2016, The Information reported that, at least on Facebook, original personal sharing (compared with emoticons or links) is decreasing. API)2015 survey by the American Journalism Institute (API) found that millennials pay more attention to privacy issues than in the past.

"I think people are increasingly accepting that social media is a part of life." Das said. This is also reflected in himself. Das found himself sharing work updates or major personal events on Facebook. "In the past, I only posted irrelevant content."

As the freshness of social media has passed and its practicality has become stronger, perhaps people will realize more and more that private information is the price paid when using social media. Of course, some people don’t care about it.

"If Facebook wants to extract my data to improve the whole algorithm, just do it." Garvey said, "I think this will bring net benefits to society. These data are valuable, and more constructive insights can be found from them, not harmful. "

"mark zuckerberg is a genius of Facebook," said Shirley O’Key, a 98-year-old retired teacher living in California. "He has admirable goals, and he wants to provide communication channels for the world. I have great confidence in his sincerity in doing these things. Of course, he was also blocked, because everyone said he didn’t protect his privacy. However, we should realize that nothing in the world is private. "

Maybe people are not ignorant, just confused for a while. Beck’s colleague Alexis Madrigal pointed out that,The development of Facebook will not be hindered. It has grown and is very important to the lives of too many people. No negative news can really affect it.Facebook is unique, at least in terms of necessity. In Beck’s survey, most Facebook users (68.6%) said that without Facebook, their social life would be "a little", "average" and "great". For other social media platforms, most people’s attitude is that social life without it will "not suffer at all".

▲ "Without this platform, how much will your social life suffer?"

Regina Goodrich, a 26-year-old retail worker in Florida, said that she had frozen her Facebook account about five times in the past five years, but she couldn’t help but use it again. "I’m probably too afraid to miss something." Goodrich said. But recently, she completely deleted her account.It’s not because of Cambridge Analytica’s scandal, but because Facebook makes her feel too anxious. However, "privacy concerns are also one of the reasons."

However, in this survey, most people still reflect that they will not change their behavior of using social media because of this scandal.

Taylor Moore, a 22-year-old digital marketer in Chicago, said that Facebook is her "main social network" and she uses Facebook Messenger more than SMS. "If I have to delete some apps, deleting Facebook will definitely cause heavy losses." For Cambridge Analytica, Moore thought it was more like a "violation", and she didn’t change her usage habits because of it.

"The Cambridge Analytica incident is not the first time Facebook has fallen into a privacy storm." Schoenebeck said, "This kind of news has been breaking out for ten years. Every time we meet, people seem to think,’ This time it’s true, we must stay away from Facebook’. But then people forgot about it. Facebook is almost like a public tool, because people, especially adults, feel that they have to use it.So I don’t think people will associate using Facebook with trusting it.After all, many institutions and organizations are using it, such as workplaces, schools, community centers, churches, etc. People will miss many things if they don’t use it. "

Although the invasion of privacy will cause some people to completely quit some platforms, from a macro perspective, the dominant position of social media will not be shaken."It seems impossible to stop using the existing platform and return to the traditional social ways in the past." Das said, "We can’t stop using social media because they have completely changed the way we socialize, at least in this country."

On the contrary, if we continue to rely on social media to maintain relationships, then privacy violations that damage trust may lead to chilling effect. People will not give up social media, but they will use it more quietly, carefully and less personally. Social media is not a good tool for real connections.

Go on road trip survey on car rental: There are fewer models in peak season, and it is more troublesome to refund the rent over time.

  book

  Online booking is very convenient, and industry supervision needs to be improved.

  The car rental platform should further improve the management mode, especially the management of car safety, such as regularly checking the safety performance of cars, repairing damaged cars in time, and forcibly scrapping dangerous cars to ensure the safety of car renters.

  "Going to go on road trip, Xinjiang is an unforgettable experience." Tian Yu, who lives in Gongbei District, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, said that in July this year, he and his friends rented a car for seven days in Xinjiang and visited Tianchi, Turpan, Bosten Lake, the southern section of Duku Highway, Yili, Sailimu Lake and Karamay. "This is my first time renting a car in go on road trip, and it feels quite smooth."

  Tian Yu said that go on road trip, Xinjiang is very popular in summer. When he booked a car on a car rental APP more than a month in advance, most of the cars at the local pick-up points had been booked, and only a few cars were available at some distant pick-up points, so he quickly placed an order. "The car is too tight, have no choice. Although the price is more expensive, it is acceptable. " Tian Yu said.

  "It is very convenient to pick up the car at the pick-up point." Tian Yu said that after flying to Urumqi, he arrived at the car pick-up point at the scheduled time, signed the contract, paid the deposit, and checked the basic situation of the car, so he could drive off.

  Car rental and self-driving are convenient, flexible and comfortable, and are loved by many tourists, especially young people. According to the statistics of China Travel Association and other institutions, go on road trip accounted for more than 65% of the national tourism market in 2017, and the total number of trips in go on road trip exceeded 3.1 billion, among which the proportion of parents, families and couples driving by car was the highest, and go on road trip became the first choice for holiday travel.

  Zeng Bowei, an associate professor at the School of Tourism of Beijing Union University, said that the conditions in go on road trip are constantly maturing, and the national highway construction is constantly improving, especially the expressway mileage is growing rapidly, connecting tourist attractions with cities; Roads, parking lots, hotels and other related supporting software and hardware facilities in tourist attractions are becoming more and more complete, and the accessibility of cars is improved.

  The development of mobile internet technology makes it more convenient to rent a car, navigate and book a hotel, and increases people’s enthusiasm for renting a car and driving by car. According to reports, Ctrip travel platform has opened car rental and self-driving services covering more than 330 domestic cities and more than 200 countries around the world, with more than 80,000 stores and more than 5 million cars for consumers to choose from.

  Car rental and self-driving are very popular, but there are also some problems. For example, some consumers reported that booking a car in advance to the store was told that the travel plan was ruined because there were no reserved models, and the car rental platform was single in the peak season, the price was too high, and the quality of car rental could not be guaranteed.

  According to industry insiders, the supervision of the car rental industry is still not perfect, and there is a lack of unified coordination and management departments. Some car rental platforms also have problems in internal management. As a service provider, the car rental platform should further improve the management methods, especially the management of car safety, such as regularly checking the safety performance of cars, timely repairing damaged cars and forcibly scrapping dangerous cars to ensure the safety of car renters.

  on passage

  Visiting is more free, and there are many embarrassments on the way.

  Some roads have very low speed limits, and some scenic spots have no parking facilities. Tourists stop at narrow roadside to take pictures, which increases the risk on the way to go on road trip.

  Xiong Liang is a doctor in Shaodong County, Hunan Province. On October 3-4 this year, he drove his family to Chenzhou City and visited Dongjiang Lake, Feitian Mountain Geopark and Epozhai. "These scenic spots have a large area and scattered scenic spots. It is only easy to drive." Xiong Liang said.

  Xiong Liang drove from home to Chenzhou, the whole journey was nearly 350 kilometers, which was basically an expressway. He followed the navigation and drove smoothly. "Although the road conditions to the scenic spots become a bit complicated after getting off the expressway, with navigation and looking at road signs, it is easy to find the entrance to the scenic spot."

  Xiong Liang found that the roads in scenic spots are becoming more and more humanized, and various road signs have increased a lot. Parking in the scenic spot is more convenient. If there are scenic spots nearby, a large parking lot will often be built along the road, so he and his family can stop to enjoy the scenery and take photos as a souvenir.

  "Considering that the hotel price in the scenic spot is too expensive during the National Day holiday, I booked the hotel in the nearest county town from the scenic spot online, which is more affordable and has good conditions." Xiong Liang said that go on road trip didn’t encounter any problems during the whole meal and accommodation.

  In recent years, the speed of road construction in scenic spots in China has been accelerating. Some remote scenic spots are also connected with expressways and high-grade highways, which have become popular attractions, such as the Aizhai Extra-large Suspension Bridge in Hunan and Tianlu in Zhangbei Grassland, attracting a large number of self-driving tourists. Local governments are also vigorously building scenic roads. For example, "Planning of Tourism Public Service System in Hebei Province" proposes that by 2020, the province’s 5A-level scenic spots and national-level tourist resorts will be connected with expressways, and 4A-level scenic spots, provincial-level tourist resorts and characteristic towns will be connected with secondary and above highways, thus completely solving the "last mile" problem of scenic spots.

  Tian Yu said that even in the Dragon Pond scenic spot at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters on the mountainside of Tianshan Mountain in Xinjiang, the cell phone signal is very good, and you can also surf the Internet. There are several large parking lots near the Duku Highway for tourists to rest and enjoy the beautiful scenery. There is a resort near Bosten Lake. After purchasing tickets, tourists can drive in, eat, stay and enjoy the desert lake view.

  However, some tourists in go on road trip encounter highway maintenance, the speed limit is very low, and even traffic jams, which greatly reduces their interest in traveling; Some tourists can’t find a parking place when they see a good scenic spot, so they can only take risks to stop at the narrow roadside to take pictures, which is dangerous. Some tourists book hotels online, but when they arrive at the place, they find that there are none. Other hotels are full and they can only spend the night in the car … …

  Zeng Bowei believes that relevant departments should improve go on road trip’s services, such as providing go on road trip public information such as weather and road conditions in time, building enough road signs, adding and widening scenic parking lots, and encouraging the development of motels. "go on road trip has certain risks, so tourists are advised not to go to go on road trip, where natural disasters such as mudslides and avalanches often occur. Go on road trip should pay attention to check the weather and road information before. If you drive for a long distance, you should pay attention to the maintenance and safety inspection of the car to eliminate the problems of the car itself. It’s best to go with two or three people who can drive, and drive in turn to reduce fatigue driving. Obey the traffic rules when driving, and it is best not to catch up at night. "

  Return the car

  Overtime rent withdrawal is troublesome, and you will spend more money if you are not careful.

  The car rental platform should constantly improve the service level, put an end to unreasonable terms, and let consumers be happy to pick up the car, drive safely and return the car smoothly.

  "It’s very convenient to pick up the car, but I didn’t expect to have trouble returning it." Tian Yu said that he agreed with the car rental platform to pick up the car at 7 pm and return it. Unexpectedly, he encountered road maintenance on the expressway back to Urumqi, and the speed limit was very low. He could only drive 60 kilometers per hour at the fastest, and some sections were still blocked by traffic. He hurried slowly and finally got on the bus at 9: 30 in the evening.

  "In the beginning, the staff at the car return point said that we were late, and the original 7-day package had to be changed to a daily rental fee." Tian Yu calculated an account, originally scheduled for a 7-day package, and charged 700 yuan every day. If the daily rent is charged, the daily fee is 900 yuan, which will cost 1,400 yuan more. "We are one and a half hours late, and it is obviously unreasonable to pay an extra 1,400 yuan for the package change."

  The staff at the car return point insisted on changing the package, but Tian Yu disagreed. He called the customer service center of the car rental platform and explained the situation. The customer service staff said that they could not make a decision, so they found the relevant person in charge of the company. The person in charge thinks that Tian Yu’s lateness is a special reason, and decides to maintain the original set meal and only charge 50 yuan for her lateness. In this way, Tian Yu agreed to pay the car back.

  According to industry insiders, some car rental platforms are indeed less reasonable in signing contracts with consumers, which is unfavorable to consumers and more beneficial to car rental companies. He believes that consumers who are late for returning the car due to objective reasons can charge according to the excess time, or charge a certain late fee, but can’t change the whole package, which will greatly increase consumers’ expenses.

  Some consumers are confused: they want to rent a car in one city and return it in another city, but many car rental platforms can’t do this and require that the car must be returned in the same city.

  "This is a market behavior." Zeng Bowei analyzed that the current car rental market is not big enough. If a car rental company provides car rental services in two cities, A and B, if all passengers drive their vehicles from A to B, there will be no cars to rent in A.. In this way, the car rental company must invest a lot of money to pull the vehicle back to A city, which is not cost-effective from the operational point of view. With the increasing market and more and more tourists renting cars, it may be more common to return cars in different places.

  The person in charge of the Ctrip car rental platform said that for the car rental platform, it is necessary to further tap the service advantages of suppliers and provide users with better quality services. Every time Ctrip rents a car, it will understand the new needs of users through research and help suppliers to better improve and perfect their services.

  "Car rental in go on road trip is becoming more and more popular. While making profits, the car rental platform should also continuously improve the service level, put an end to unreasonable terms, and let consumers be happy to pick up the car, drive safely and return the car smoothly. " Zeng Bowei said that in the future, with the increase of people’s rest time and the further convenience of transportation, go on road trip will usher in a new round of development.

  Extended reading

  Go on road trip has become the first choice for surrounding holidays.

  The "2018 China go on road trip Report" published by Donkey Mama Travel Network shows that with the upgrading of tourism consumption, tourists pay more attention to the convenience and comfort of travel, and self-driving travel has become the first choice for people to travel around.

  The surrounding go on road trip shows the characteristics of high-frequency consumption, and the seasonal go on road trip route is becoming more and more popular with tourists, with flowers in spring, summer vacation, climbing mountains in autumn and hot springs in winter, and similar characteristic routes run through the whole year.

  Long-distance go on road trip, the popular destinations are concentrated in the western and northern border areas, mainly to experience the magnificent rivers and mountains, cultural heritage and natural scenery, among which Sichuan-Tibet 318-day road self-driving, self-driving through Hulunbeier grassland and the Western Silk Road are the most popular.

  Judging from the tourists, 25 years old — 45-year-old tourists account for nearly 70%, and parents and family members account for nearly 60%; From the consumption content, rural tourism, famous scenic spots and parent-child parks are very popular.

  (Reporter Shen Shaotie)

Freshmen in a college in Yangzhou report: sign a "dream contract" with themselves first.

Freshmen in a college in Yangzhou report: sign a "dream contract" with themselves first.

  Zhongxin. com, Nanjing, September 3 (Reporter Cui Jiaming) "Party A: You in the future; Party B: You are now. Party A agrees to sign this dream contract on the basis of equality and voluntariness, so that Party B can become a person with dreams and goals to pursue Excellence during his four years in college. " On the 3rd, such a unique contract at the freshmen registration office of Yangzhou University Law School attracted the attention of freshmen and parents who came to report.

  "I have seen many contracts in my work before. This dream contract is innovative and makes me shine." The parents who came to send their children to report said. "Party B accepts the following dream goals arranged by Party A: Article 1: Party B learns to be independent, self-disciplined and self-reliant during his four years in college; Article 2: Party B learns to plan and manage time during his college life, set goals for himself and strive to achieve them; Article 3 … …” Freshmen everywhere read the contents of the dream contract intently, and they signed their names on the dream contract under the witness of their parents. Freshmen said that the presence of parents will have a supervisory role, reminding them to abide by the contract and keep their promises.

  "Freshmen have just entered the school and have not yet come into contact with the profound and complicated subject of law. We have drawn up this contract not only to encourage students to pursue their dreams, but also to stimulate their interest in studying law." Li Siming, a teacher of the Youth League Committee of the hospital, said that this dream contract was specially tailored for the 2016 freshmen. Party A and Party B are the students themselves four years later and now. After the student contract is signed, it will be kept by the college instead, and it will be returned to the students four years later, so that the students can look back on what they have gained in the university and test whether their dreams have been realized.

  Li Siming said: "In fact, this is to talk to yourself and set a goal for yourself. Combining the experience sharing of previous outstanding graduates, we have formulated such a dream contract to guide freshmen to cultivate planning awareness and establish their own university goals, making the four-year university time more substantial and meaningful. " (End)

Ff14 Mount Picture Book 2.0 2.x Version Get a list of all 35 mounts.

There are 214 kinds of mounts in ff14, of which 35 are online in version 2.x, They are Chocobo, Heritage Chocobo, Gupu Orangutan, Eye of the Ghost, Bearded Leopard, Magic Armor, Unicorn, Besimos, Bingdui Huojiao, Yueguiguan Gupu Orangutan, Magic Armor Type C, Nightmare, Fat Chocobo, Shuibing Shuilong Lizard, Bomb Hanging Chair, Fire Demon Maheton, Wind Demon Makesantus, Earth Demon Maghur Faksy, Water Demon.

Click to view: illustrations of all 214 mount acquisition methods of ff14.

The ff142.x version of the mount is complete as follows:

Computer users can use it.Ctrl+F, and theninputNeed to look forMount name,Fast positioningMount acquisition method and location.

Exclusive Chocobo

After the role is level 20 and the main line of level 20 is completed to join the Legion, use 200 military tickets to exchange "corresponding to the name of the Great National Defense Coalition+Chocobo voucher" at the Legion Replenishment.

Heritage Chocobo

Prop shopping mall purchase

Gupu orangutan

Buy digital collection package to get

Eye of the ghost

Integral mall exchange

Long bearded leopard

Integral mall exchange

Magic armor

Complete the main line "beyond fantasy, study the magic weapon"

unicorn

Illusionist Lv30 branch line "My only hope"

behemoth

Purchase monthly cards for 9 months.

Bing dui huo jiao

After the lizard Terran’s friendliness reached-trust, it was purchased at the barbarian store for 120,000 game coins.

Moon laurel ancient Buddha orangutan

After the goblin family’s friendliness reaches-trust, they spend 120,000 game coins in this barbarian shop to buy it.

Magic armor type c

After completing the achievement "unforgettable teammate", you will get it.

have a nightmare

Eve Park Jung Su fighters/Titan/Garuda fighters-rare fall

Pang Chocobo

Crystal heritage Zhan

Water lizard of the army

After the fish Terran’s friendliness is reached-trusted, it will cost 120,000 game coins in this barbarian store.

Explosive hanging chair

After the Earthling’s friendliness reached-trust, I spent 120,000 game coins in this barbarian store.

Fire demon Ma ‘aituoen

Eve Park Jung Su’s Fight-Rare Fall

Wind demon ma ke San tu si

Garuda’s war of annihilation-rare fall

Maghur faxi, the local demon.

Titan’s battle-rare fall

Water demon Maain Barr

Leviathan’s Battle-Rare Fall

Zhanshi

Obtained after completing the achievement of "tenacious knight"

War bear

Obtained after completing the achievement of "Brave Warrior"

Grand Chocobo.

Crystal heritage Zhan

Afraid of wolves

Bird Terran Friendly Degree Reached-After the pledge, I spent 120,000 game coins in this barbarian store to buy it.

Black vortex war horse

Obtained after completing the achievement "Triumph of the Sea Capital 4"

Double snake war horse

Obtained after completing the achievement "Triumph of the Forest Capital 4"

Henghui war horse

Obtained after completing the achievement "Triumph of the Sand Capital 4"

Lei Yao Ma Ma Ka Bu

Ram fights-rare fall

Slapnier

Prop shopping mall purchase

The ice demon Marporias

Shiva’s fight-rare fall

Marching in Chocobo

Obtained after completing the achievement "unforgettable 2"

Ceremony Chocobo

Oath of Love-Gold or Platinum Scheme

kylin

After obtaining and using six mandolin flutes of fire, earth, wind, water, thunder and ice, I went to Moduna to complete the task of "auspicious from heaven".

Riding system

Obtained after completing the achievement "Hero Triumph"

Jingjingui

Kingdee currency 200,000 is exchanged for prizes.

Fenrir

Kingdee 1 million for prizes.

E-sports champion lion sauce: in the jungle where men are strong and women are weak, they are unwilling to oppose each other and do not seek preference.

Before 2021, Li Xiaomeng returned to Xinjiang early.

She comes from Kuitun, Yili, a small town with a population of 160,000. There is not much rain there, especially in winter. When chatting, Li Xiaomeng’s throat was dry, and he coughed lightly occasionally, but his tone remained flat all the time.

In mid-December, 2020, Li Xiaomeng needed a minor operation, and she decided to go back to the small town to recuperate. Her hometown, which she didn’t want to go back to, is now a place of peace of mind when she is vulnerable.

The elders in my hometown probably know that Li Xiaomeng, who graduated from Southwest University of Political Science and Law, could have become a beauty of law, but now he is playing games in Shanghai.

In Weibo’s comments, fans can always see the record of Li Xiaomeng, a passerby who doesn’t understand: "She is the first female champion in the world and the first champion in China."

This girl from a small town in Xinjiang has another well-known code name-liooon (lion sauce). In the circle of the card game Hearthstone, everyone called her "lion sauce".

Li Xiaomeng at work. Except for special marks, the pictures in this article are all from Weibo, Li Xiaomeng.

According to the Survey Report on Talent Salary of Game Industry in China in 2019, the proportion of male employees is 70.9%. On November 3, 2019, at the "Hearthstone Legend Masters Global Finals", the second that e-sports player Li Xiaomeng won the championship trophy surrounded by a group of male players became a historic 100%.

With the halo fading, opposition and preference are not really equal —— Behind the brilliant e-sports road of the "female champion" is the story of self-acceptance of Li Xiaomeng, a girl from a small town, amid doubts.

The following is her self-report.

On November 3, 2019, Li Xiaomeng won the championship in the Global Finals of Hearthstone Masters. Image source: Blizzard official website

"Even if I didn’t play games, I should find an opportunity to resist."

Our home is in Kuitun, Yili, a very small city.

In fact, in Xinjiang, most parents will tell their children that you should study hard, get into a good university and live in a developed city in the future. Therefore, at that time, everyone’s idea was not to stay there, and it seemed that people who were better and more capable would not come back.

Li Xiaomeng and his father as a child.

But my dad is different from other parents, and he just wants me to go back and inherit his job.

He told me about his arrangements for me. Let me graduate, pass the judicial exam, and then come back. He will buy me a car and work in his law firm. He’s in charge of everything anyway.

When I told my dad I didn’t want to come back, he said something to refute me, which seemed unreasonable to me. I still remember that he said, "Look at Beijing, Shanghai and new york. There are also many beggars in those places." He may want to express that big cities are not all good.

But my dad stayed in a small town all his life except for going to college in Xi ‘an, so every time he said how bad the big city was, in fact, I couldn’t be convinced.

Li Xiaomeng in the third grade.

I did well in the college entrance examination, but I chose my major at that time. In the end, we were still deadlocked. My father insisted that I choose law, but I want to study advertising myself. I have always liked advertisements. I can’t bear to change channels when I see good advertisements on TV.

My dad finally said, you can study what you want, but I won’t pay for your college education.

I’m just choosing my major carefully, not quitting college. How does he know that I will have no future if I choose another major? It’s boring, in this threatening way.

Originally, my parents had agreed to let my father pay for my college education. Before the college entrance examination, my mother got sick and had a brain tumor. Now my father says that he won’t pay for it. My mother analyzed it with me and said that she can also pay for my college education. However, after getting sick, the pressure on this matter became greater. So I finally chose the law major.

The financial pressure is really great sometimes, but I don’t think my father is right because of lack of money. Money is not the most important thing for me, although I am also a Taurus who loves money very much.

My dad is a very realistic person. He didn’t accept my choice to do what he likes at first, but now after seeing my achievements, he will feel that the present stage is not bad.

At the beginning of 2018, I decided to play professionally, and the competition coincided with the judicial examination. It’s impossible for me to prepare for the exam when I’m preparing for the game, so I called my dad and told him that I wouldn’t take the exam, but I didn’t dare to tell him that I was going to be a player, only that I found a game company to work.

My dad was so angry that he said he would take the judicial exam anyway, and told me to stop talking nonsense. I blacked him out because he kept bombing me on the phone.

At the end of 2019, the day after the finals ended, I flew back from the United States. As soon as I came back, my mother told me that my dad sent me messages everywhere and showed off that I won the championship in the work group.

But I don’t think he really approved of me.

I pulled him out of the blacklist long ago, but he didn’t call me a single time.

When my dad talks to others about my winning the championship, he will deliberately avoid the fact that he was opposed to my playing games before. Otherwise, he will lose money and can’t naturally show off to others, saying that this is my daughter, and she won a world champion in e-sports-to tell the truth, he is not qualified to be proud.

Before I played games, I almost never disobeyed my father.

But even if I didn’t play games, I should find an opportunity to resist.

"It’s not that I can accept these things in my heart, I just figured it out."

When I first started to participate in the competition, I felt that e-sports was based on strength. I thought that if I became more powerful one day and scored in the competition, I would be affirmed and paid attention by many people, even a little more attention than boys. At that time, I would have this naive idea.

It turned out that this was not the case. There are also a few people with poor quality, and they can feel the prejudice and malice of a large part of people towards girls.

For example, some people will be particularly unhappy if they lose to girls. When I first started playing professionally, I would take part in a small city Internet cafe competition. I was a college student in Chongqing at that time, and there was basically a game every week. When an opponent sees a girl coming, he will secretly rejoice and show it directly on his face, which is obvious. Their friends will also say to him, "Your hand is steady."

In fact, real professional players respect each other very much, and even give more preferential treatment to girls. If you win, your opponent will sincerely recognize you, and if you lose, you won’t laugh at your food. They all say it doesn’t matter and comfort you. However, professional players are, after all, the top part. To put it bluntly, people with poor level will be sexist.

When I won the finals-China only had two places a year, I won the first season championship in China, so I got one. At that time, there were many people who questioned me. Some people think that I won by luck, while others think that I am a girl, so I must not play well. When the previous champion was a boy, he was never questioned so much.

Including after I won the championship, many people said that I was lucky and Germany was not worthy. Some people have been touting the female champion, thinking that if I win the world championship, I will be amazing. In fact, I am just like other players.

Also, before I went to the game, it was broadcast live and I needed to show my face on stage. As soon as I appeared, the barrage was all about grading, appearance, figure and so on, and all kinds of comments were made.

In fact, all the girls are on the live broadcast, which is the case.

If you don’t look thin, you are a normal figure, and then you look fatter on camera, it’s called "micro-tan" If you were a little fatter, the barrage would always brush "fff". "F" means "Press F to enter the tank" in the game.

After graduation, I gained weight because I played this game. Because I have been playing games seriously, I don’t have much activity every day and I don’t eat very healthily. I also got grades, not white and fat.

After I became famous and more people knew me, more and more people called me fat, and my own fans told me to lose weight quickly. I can’t explain to others where I got my meat one by one. I can only pretend not to see it. These words are still quite hurtful-obviously they are all playing professional games, as if it is useless for me to play no matter how well I don’t lose weight.

The most unacceptable thing in my heart should be male players. Even in the male commentary, there are many fat people, much fatter than me, but no one talks about them or brushes tanks for them.

At first, I was not happy, and found that this circle was not as beautiful as I thought.

Later, I figured it out. Let them say whether they are fat or not. Otherwise, I have been entangled in this matter, which affects my training, and the game is easy to play badly. I always feel that people are staring at me.

It’s not that I can accept these things in my heart, I just figured it out.

"People who really love me will definitely consider my feelings."

Hearthstone is a game that I came into contact with quite early. I played it just after my sophomore year. It was introduced to me by the first boyfriend I talked to after I went to college. He was playing, so I got the next one.

At first we were all ordinary players. Later, the game attracted me more and more, and I slowly became more involved. He often said something to hit me and asked me why I spent so much time on the game. Anyway, girls couldn’t play well.

He never considers my feelings, and he likes to comment on girls, thinking that I am fat and have thick legs. I obviously can’t stand him, but some of what he said at that time would make me think there was something wrong with me.

I always told myself that it was troublesome to break up, and I would meet someone again in the future, and everything I experienced would have to be done again.

We have been together for more than two years, and we broke up three times, all of which I mentioned. Usually, when he goes to play games or goes out with friends, he doesn’t always surround me and doesn’t care much about me. But as soon as I broke up with him, he kept me crazy. There will be phone bombing. When I hang up his phone, he will call me on my roommate’s cell phone.

I still remember when we broke up for the first time, he told me that he had regarded me as family, so sometimes he didn’t pay so much attention to some details. I can’t believe I believed it then.

He was fine for the first two weeks after getting back together, and then he slowly returned to his previous appearance. I feel a little stuck.

Later, I made up my mind to completely separate from him because he didn’t care much about this kind of thing before, and I still thought it could be changed, but the differences in three views could not be made up. The longer we spend together, the more we talk about things in the future, the more we feel very different from him. Even I found out later that he is quite similar to my father in some places.

At that time, I thought that love was like this, until I met Brother Feng, my coach and my current boyfriend, and found that love can be a very happy thing.

His real name is Fan Yilun, and his circle name is "Follow the Wind". Now he is a signing player of the Hearthstone Branch of iG Club. We didn’t have any achievements when we met, but he is quite famous in the player circle, because he is very enthusiastic and likes to help others analyze the deck. The Jianghu people call him "Wind Coach". I went to him and wanted him to help me guide me. Later, I had feelings and naturally got together.

Li Xiaomeng and her boyfriend Fan Yilun. Both of them were eliminated from the tour in 2020, and the lion sauce quipped: "What a coincidence, are you cold?"

He is really a serious person. I will feel respected when I stay with him. Because some people will treat me slightly differently, and because I am a girl, I will lower my standards when teaching me to play games. But he won’t. He just regards me as an ordinary player who wants to improve his level. This is what I want.

I get nervous easily. Hearthstone, a card game, will be random. I’m always worried about drawing an unfavorable card. Later, Brother Feng told me that I just had to do what I had to do. If I lost because of drawing cards, he would write an analysis post on the forum to help me explain that I didn’t lose because of my poor level.

I seldom laugh and cry, but when I face my boyfriend, I will show my fragile side. He is not very good at comforting people, but he will listen to me quietly and stay with me. There are some things he hasn’t experienced, so it’s impossible to feel the same way. I just need him to listen.

If these experiences have taught me anything, it is that people who really love me will definitely consider my feelings.

Whether I am a champion or not, he believes me unconditionally, which is enough.

Deputy Secretary of Police Flower of "Olympic Community" and Guardian of Olympic "Media Village"

  CCTV News:I always thought that in order to manage a complex community well, the community police should be the kind of image that is domineering and not angry and arrogant. However, when I met Qi Jing, I discovered that this guardian who can keep the community "open at night" is a kind-hearted and always smiling policeman.

  The Green Home Community of Olympic Village Street under Qi Jing’s jurisdiction consists of 9 communities, including Tianju Garden and Tianchang Garden, with 89 residential buildings. The "Media Village" for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was located here. After the Olympic Games, the superior geographical location and the famous name made many owners of "Media Village" rent their houses for profit, so that there were more than 2,400 rented houses, more than 1,200 small companies and more than 200 shops within the jurisdiction of 0.8 square kilometers, and the problems brought about by it, such as the sudden increase of floating population, many hidden dangers in community safety and great management difficulties, became chronic diseases here. When Qi Jing took over this community in 2014, she faced such a situation.

  Face up to difficulties and swear to keep security risks away from the community.

  There are many problems, and you can only solve them one by one. So where do we start? Qi Jing soon made up her mind, and she began to pay close attention to the solution of fire safety hazards. Because it concerns the life safety of everyone in the community.

  Doing what she says, loving learning and willing to study, she draws lessons from the "listening, hearing and asking questions" of traditional Chinese medicine, and innovatively establishes a "six-step" working method, that is, "listening face to face", and taking advantage of opportunities such as home visits, holding symposiums and organizing activities to listen to people’s feedback on the spot and grasp first-hand information in real time. "Comprehensive and key two-handed inspection", through the combination of comprehensive inspection and key inspection, the ledger is built in different categories, and the bills are sold step by step. "Always publicize safety precautions", and improve people’s self-help ability by setting up publicity stations, posting posters, giving safety lectures, distributing manuals and fire drills. "Affinity talks about the truth of Xiao", through the case statement, tirelessly preaches policies and regulations, understands it with reason and moves with emotion. "Punish and promote reform according to laws and regulations", resolutely punish units and individuals that have serious security risks and refuse to rectify, and urge others to take the initiative to rectify. "Training drills to improve ability", special training and actual combat drills are carried out to enhance the safety awareness of property and the masses.

  At work, it is common to hit a wall. To this end, Qi Jing is not afraid of breaking her mouth and running her leg. As long as she finds a problem, she will not give up until she solves it. There is a canteen in the jurisdiction with a serious fire hazard, but the boss thinks Qi Jing is looking for fault and refuses to rectify it. Qi Jing found the fire department to jointly enforce the law and issued a ticket. Who knows, the boss held the mentality of "spending money to get things done" and even gave Qi Jing money. Qi Jing flatly refused and educated him: "If you have this money, why not spend it on rectification?" Don’t think that I am looking for trouble, and the hidden dangers are gone. Isn’t it more reassuring for you to operate here? " Under Qi Jing’s patient work, the boss was convinced. Not only did all the hidden dangers in the canteen be eliminated, but he also became friends with Qi Jing.

  With concurrently serving as the deputy secretary of the community, Qi Jing is more actively involved in the work of eliminating diseases. She discussed with the community party committee to set up 12 "mini-fire stations" in key areas, equipped with protective clothing, self-rescue breathing apparatus, rescue ropes, demolition axes, hoses and other fire-fighting equipment, and encouraged property security officers to carry out the duty of mini-fire stations, and set up a 24-hour emergency response team with five people in each group, which added a reliable layer of security to the community.

  Once, a fire broke out in a resident’s home in the jurisdiction. After receiving the alarm from the smoke alarm, the central control room of the property immediately deployed security guards near the burning floor to rush to the scene for disposal. The emergency disposal team of the micro fire station also rushed to the fire point with equipment, and successfully disposed of the fire before the arrival of firefighters, effectively playing the role of "micro fire station" in extinguishing small, early and early stages.

  Careful and delicate, let the masses "keep their doors open at night" with sincerity.

  As a female community policeman, Qi Jing warms the people in her area with the care and delicacy unique to women. When Qi Jing is mentioned in the community, everyone says that she is the "little sun" of the community and the deputy secretary of the police flower who can shine and heat. 

  One day in June this year, Aunt Yang, a resident, asked Qi Jing to "complain": a children’s painting class was opened next door to her house, and parents crowded in front of her house when they were waiting. It was noisy and people came and went, which also affected safety. After Qi Jing ‘an took good care of Aunt Yang, he immediately joined the community secretary to influence the industrial and commercial office to carry out a joint inspection of this painting class. The inspection results show that the company’s business license belongs to off-site operation. Soon, the painting class moved away, and Aunt Yang’s door was clean. She sent a banner to Qi Jing: "The masses are warm-hearted, and the people are good policemen".

  Qi Jing often said, "The township whistles and departments report for duty. This ‘ Whistle ’ It is the appeal of the masses. " In view of the prominent characteristics of contradictions and disputes between community merchants and residents, with the support of community party committees, she has influenced all functional departments in the community to carry out investigation and resolution of contradictions and disputes. At one time, recruitment agencies in the community clustered together, and people often reported that the other party refused to find a job and could not get the deposit back. These companies tend to be extremely deep and well-prepared, and they all evade the law. To this end, Qi Jing carefully studied the relevant laws, and then took fire inspection as a breakthrough to interview the person in charge of the company. For those who still go their own way, she has influenced the industrial and commercial office and the labor inspection team to carry out joint law enforcement, which has saved economic losses for more than 20 people. This summer, Qi Jing helped dozens of college students to get back their deposits. On the basis of fully collecting and fixing relevant evidence, Qi Jing resolutely cracked down on companies suspected of violating laws and crimes and their responsible persons. Now, such companies have disappeared in the "media village".

  Since serving concurrently as the deputy secretary, Qi Jing has fully relied on the mechanism of "whistling in the streets and townships and reporting to the departments" and joined forces with safety supervision, industry and commerce, labor inspection, urban management, fire protection and other departments to jointly enforce the law, so that the cases of fraud, disorder, gambling and pornography in the community have all dropped to "zero". Once, during her visit, Qi Jing found that a family had not locked the door. Qi Jing quickly called the residents to get back and asked them why they didn’t lock the door. The resident said: "The community is very safe, and it is completely possible to keep the house open at night." Seeing that his contribution has been affirmed by the masses, Qi Jing is very gratified.

  Widely launched, the police and the people work together to create peace

  As the saying goes, a hero has three gangs. To manage the community well, it is far from enough to rely solely on community police. Qi Jing pondered that there are more than 300 security guards in the community. Why not establish a joint logistics linkage mechanism to mobilize these security guards and build a professional security force? She acted immediately, and after winning the support of the community party Committee, she distributed small handpieces and shoulder flashes to the security guards, so that they could inform themselves, the community police office or the police station of the community police situation at the first time, the suspicious situation at the first time, and the joint disposal at the first time. Through Qi Jing’s efforts, the streets and police stations in the Olympic Village have covered this mechanism in 88 communities, and nearly 1,000 security guards have been included in the security team. Through round-the-clock patrol prevention and control, live police alert, actual combat training, and posting "yellow card" warnings at the gates of continuous crime-prone communities, the number of cases in the jurisdiction has dropped significantly, while the number of preventable cases in the green home community under Qi Jing’s jurisdiction has dropped by an average of 40% year on year.

  The work has achieved initial results, and Qi Jing, who can’t be idle, is determined to make persistent efforts. With the support of the community party committee, with the security team as a template, she expanded and set up 13 teams, including the "six-package team" in front of the door, the environmental protection team, the public security patrol and so on, to mobilize the community party member, the security activists and the enthusiastic masses. This not only enriches everyone’s spare time, but also helps to form a benign interaction of mass autonomy. In particular, the public security patrol composed of 80 old party member, wearing red riding hood and red armband in groups of five, conducts voluntary patrols in key sections of the community at night, which constitutes a beautiful landscape of the community.

  Once, Qi Jing learned that there was an aunt Wang in the community who planted vegetables and placed flowerpots under the window on the first floor, which not only hindered the neighbors from traveling, but also affected the environment. The neighbors reacted strongly, and the neighborhood Committee and the property did not work many times. After learning that Aunt Wang is a party member, careful Qi Jing took the deputy secretary in charge of party building in the community to chat with Aunt Wang. Chatting and chatting, Aunt Wang opened the chatterbox. When Auntie mentioned that she was planting vegetables because she had nothing to do at home, Qi Jing took the opportunity to propose: "Auntie, in front of our community ‘ Six teams ’ There is a lack of a captain. Would you like to join in and try to play a role in community work? " Aunt Wang was so excited that she took the initiative to report to the "six-pack team" in front of the door the next day. At work, Aunt Wang got better and better, made many friends, and took the initiative to empty vegetable fields and flowerpots. When I saw Qi Jing again, I was happy to say, "Thank you, Xiao Qi, for letting me, an old party member, find my organization, home and vitality!" 

  Nowadays, with Qi Jing’s efforts, the once Olympic "media village" has built a solid guardian network for police and people to build, govern and share. Qi Jing said that she will continue to work hard and spare no effort to contribute her talents to the community, making the people feel safer and making the community more harmonious and peaceful.

Consolidate the ideological foundation of building a dream with one heart (cohesion)

  In the past five years, we have painted a beautiful blueprint.

  ● In the past five years, we have cultivated a heavy hand.

  ● In these five years, we have led a core value.

  In the past five years, we have laid a solid foundation for party building.

  History, like a giant pen, needs soul pulse traction; The great journey of the times is inseparable from the beacon of thought. To strengthen the party’s leadership in an all-round way, we must first strengthen ideological cohesion, so as to consolidate the ideological foundation of building a Chinese dream together.

  In these five years, we have formed a set of theoretical system. With a high degree of theoretical consciousness and self-confidence, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core creatively pondered and answered the new issues facing Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s development, put forward a series of innovative new ideas, new theories and new requirements, and made a new theoretical summary, forming the spirit of the important speeches of the Supreme Leader General Secretary, new ideas, new ideas and new strategies for governing the country and creating a new realm for adhering to and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics.

  This is a scientific and complete ideological and theoretical system, the latest achievement of Marxism in China, and the new contribution of our Party to the development of Marxism in the 21st century. Under the scientific guidance of the spirit of the series of important speeches by the Supreme Leader General Secretary and the new ideas, new ideas and new strategies of governing the country, the whole party’s thinking is more unified, its pace is more consistent, and its cohesion is greatly enhanced.

  In these five years, we have painted a beautiful blueprint.

  "Everyone has ideals and pursuits and has their own dreams. Now, everyone is discussing the Chinese dream. I think that realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation in modern times. " On November 29th, 2012, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited the exhibition "The Road to Rejuvenation", which gave our ideals and pursuits a resounding name — — Chinese dream.

  National dream, national dream and personal dream, the Chinese dream, with vivid words and magnificent feelings, is entrusted with the common expectations of several generations of Chinese, which embodies the overall interests of the Chinese nation and the people of China and condenses the greatest common denominator of 1.3 billion Chinese.

  Under the traction of the Chinese dream, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has made concerted efforts to open up a new situation step by step;

  Under the traction of the Chinese dream, China’s economy is the second largest economy in the world, successfully resisting various risk challenges, and "the scenery is unique here";

  Under the traction of the Chinese dream, new progress has been made in learning to teach, earning income from labor, getting medical care for illness, providing for the elderly and living and living, and the people’s sense of gain has been significantly enhanced.

  In the past five years, we have cultivated a heavy foundation.

  "To persist in Do not forget your initiative mind and move on, we must adhere to Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s road confidence, theoretical confidence, institutional confidence and cultural confidence, unswervingly adhere to the party’s basic line, and constantly push forward the great cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics." At the celebration of the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), General Secretary of the Supreme Leader solemnly proposed to adhere to the "four self-confidences".

  Relying on the "four self-confidences", we continue to create miracles in China, contribute wisdom in China, and provide China’s solutions, so that the Chinese nation with a history of more than 5,000 years of civilization development can glow with new vitality.

  "I am confident that if I live for 200 years, I will be hit by water for three thousand miles." Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s continuous great achievements fully prove that Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s road is correct, Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s theoretical system is scientific, Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s system is advanced, and Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s culture is full of vitality.

  In these five years, we have led a core value.

  "Prosperity, democracy, civilization, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, rule of law, patriotism, dedication, honesty and friendliness." 24 words, every word is well-written.

  In the past five years, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has put forward a series of innovative new ideas, new viewpoints and new requirements around cultivating and carrying forward the socialist core values, which is an important part of the new ideas, new ideas and new strategies of the Party Central Committee governing the country with the Comrade of the Supreme Leader as the core.

  In the past five years, the cultivation of socialist core values has entered the mind. "100 forums on core values" was held, and public service advertisements "Illustrating our values" were created and broadcast; Nursery rhymes, paper-cutting, Allegro, handwritten newspapers, creative propaganda methods and vivid display carriers have made the core values of "24 words" sound in the whole society.

  In the past five years, the pace of practicing socialist core values has been sonorous. People have seen that "the most beautiful people" have emerged from all walks of life and shined the land of China, vividly interpreting the rich connotation of socialist core values; People heard that the "model of the times" issued a strong voice of the times, boosted the spirit of the times, and bravely acted as the vanguard of practice and promotion. The whole society is constantly setting off the trend of the times of being good and upward.

  In these five years, we have laid a solid foundation for party building.

  Ideological party building is the basic principle and requirement of Marxist party building, and it is also a valuable experience and an important magic weapon for the continuous development and growth of our party. It is also the distinctive feature and primary task of managing the party since the 18th National Congress.

  The CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core attaches great importance to the Party’s ideological construction. From a political and overall perspective, it has successively deployed and carried out the Party’s mass line education and practice activities, "three strictness and three realities" special education and "two studies and one doing" study and education, promoting the inner-party education to expand from "key minority" to all party member, and from centralized education to regular education, and playing a set of "combination boxing" to continuously strengthen the inner-party ideological and political education. People have seen that the "master switch" of party member and cadres’ thoughts has been tightened constantly, and party organizations at all levels and the vast number of party member have strengthened their beliefs, strengthened the "four consciousnesses", and built a highly consistent ideological foundation with the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, and gathered into a powerful force to promote reform, development and stability.

  It is with this theoretical system, this beautiful blueprint, this heavy foundation, this core value and this foundation of party building that our party is more cohesive, uniting and leading the people in the extraordinary five years and bringing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation into reality.

  Caption:

  Figure ①: The manned submersible "Jilong" enters the water.

  Liu Shiping

  Figure ②: At the 70th anniversary of the victory of the world anti-fascist war, the people’s army was magnificent.

  People’s vision

  Figure ③: Primary school teachers and students create paper-cut works of "Fifty-six nationalities share a common Chinese dream".

  Hao Qunying

  Figure ④: Red lanterns printed with socialist core values appear in Hefei, Anhui.

  Ge Chuanhong

  Figure ⑤: Harmony train crosses Juyongguan Flower Sea.

  People’s vision

China obesity map is released in 2023, and you still have to eat like a southerner.

Original wish you health magazine

I just saw a news these two days: a 33-year-old brother drank 8 bottles of coke every day, but he lost 70 pounds in three months.

He flattered himself that he had found the secret of losing weight, but he was quickly "awakened" by the cold reality: it turned out that he was suffering from diabetes.

It can be seen that he really wants to lose weight, although the method is all wet.

It is indeed the common wish of many people to lose weight healthily, but the reality is not so beautiful.

Also in these two days, the "China obesity map" was released.

This is the largest study on the prevalence of overweight and obesity and related complications in China so far. A total of 15.8 million eligible adults from 243 cities across the country participated.

"Fat Three Provinces" released:

Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Hebei

According to the BMI classification standard of overweight and obesity in China, 34.8% of the 15.8 million adult subjects are overweight and 14.1% are obese.

By region, the top three provinces are Inner Mongolia (37.1%), Shandong (37.1%) and Hebei (36.6%).

Image source: Yimaitong

The result is not very optimistic, to sum up:

Northerners are fatter than southerners.

The top ten provinces are Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Ningxia, Shanxi, Liaoning, Tianjin, Xinjiang and Beijing, almost all of which are northern provinces.

Men are fatter than women.

The proportion of overweight in men is 41.1%, while that in women is 27.7%. The proportion of obesity among men is 18.2%, while that of women is 9.4%.

As long as you get fat, almost all of them have complications.

Nearly 90% of obese patients have complications, the most common ones are fatty liver (34.9%), pre-diabetes (27.6%), dyslipidemia (24.9%) and hypertension (17.6%).

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"Jiangnan diet"

When it comes to "fat", it will definitely involve "eating".

In particular, "being thin in the south and fat in the north" is closely related to "eating".

After all, just looking at the comparison of the food exposed by these netizens, I have to admit:

In terms of weight, northern cuisine has never been lost;

In terms of weight, North Renye Fang is "fat".

Northern one-cage steamed buns VS Southern one-cage steamed buns

Northern barbecue corn VS southern barbecue corn

In the Scientific Research Report on Dietary Guidelines for China Residents (2021) issued by China Nutrition Society, the "Oriental Healthy Diet Model" was first put forward, and it was specifically mentioned that "Jiangnan Diet" should be the representative.

Main characteristics of Jiangnan diet

·1

Light and little salt.

·2

Food is diverse, mainly grain.

·3

Vegetables and fruits are abundant.

·4

Fish and shrimp are rich in aquatic products.

·5

Milk and beans are abundant.

Experts mentioned that meals in the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta regions are generally lightly seasoned, paying more attention to the "original taste" of ingredients, and the amount of cooking salt is lower than that in the northern region.

There are also many classic gourmet dishes cooked at low temperature with little oil in the above areas, such as "boiled shrimp", "steamed fish" and "boiled chicken", which can make full use of the advantages of fresh ingredients and get full delicious enjoyment on the basis of less oil and less salt.

I suggest you adjust your dining table with reference to the characteristics of "Jiangnan diet", especially those who are used to "northern taste", and need to move early ~

1. Adults should consume 200-300g of cereals every day, including 50-150g of whole grains and miscellaneous beans and 50-100g of potatoes.

50-100 grams of potatoes, the energy is only equivalent to 15-35 grams of rice, which can help us reduce the calorie intake while eating.

2. Adults should consume at least 300g of vegetables every day, giving priority to fresh green leafy vegetables, accounting for at least 1/2 of the total vegetable intake.

3. Adults consume 200-350g of fruit every day. To eat fresh fruit, it is not recommended to drink juice.

4. It is recommended to take 120-200g of animal food such as fish, poultry, meat and eggs every day.

5. Eat 300-500 grams of fish and shrimp aquatic products every week, not limited to sea water products or fresh water aquatic products, and you can buy them according to your eating habits.

6. Eat 300-500 grams of milk or dairy products every day.

Note that 100g fresh milk = 100g yogurt = 12.5g milk powder = 10g cheese.

7. The total amount of soybeans and nuts eaten every day is about 35 grams.

8. Adults should consume 25-30 grams of cooking oil and no more than 5 grams of salt per day.

9. Adult women with low physical activity level are recommended to drink at least 1500 ml of water every day, and adult men should drink at least 1700 ml.

With reference to such a "Jiangnan diet" scheme, we don’t have to change our "China’s stomach" and just try the "Mediterranean diet" and "Deshu diet" ourselves, which can easily control our weight and prevent overweight and obesity, and a series of complications caused by it.

-Produced by the editorial department of "I wish you health" of Jiangsu Phoenix Science and Technology Publishing House-

Content planning/typesetting: Zhu Jingjing

Original title: "Listen to Health | 2023 China obesity map released! The "three fat provinces" are all in the north, so we still have to eat like southerners.

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Can the appearance of major illegal delisting regulations activate the "metabolism" mechanism of A shares?

  Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, March 12th Question: Can the appearance of major illegal delisting regulations activate the "metabolism" mechanism of A shares?

  Xinhua News Agency reporter Pan Qing

  On the 9th, the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges simultaneously issued the Measures for the Implementation of Mandatory Delisting of Listed Companies for Major Violations of Law (Draft for Comment). While stipulating the circumstances of major illegal delisting, it is clear that major illegal listed companies may not resume listing, and fraudulent issuing companies may not apply for re-listing.

  In the new round of delisting system reform, why does fraudulent issuance bear the brunt? The compliance index of delisting system tends to be perfect. Can the "metabolism" mechanism of A shares be activated?

  The new delisting rules of Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges were unveiled, and fraudulent issuance was the first to bear the brunt.

  On March 2nd, CSRC publicly solicited opinions from the public on the revision of Several Opinions on Reforming, Perfecting and Strictly Implementing the Delisting System of Listed Companies, strengthened the decision-making subject responsibility of the Exchange for the mandatory delisting of major illegal companies, and improved the mandatory delisting system for major illegal companies.

  A week later, the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges simultaneously issued the "Implementation Measures for Compulsory Delisting of Listed Companies for Major Violations (Draft for Comment)", which achieved full coverage and strict handling of possible major violations by listed companies through institutional arrangements.

  According to the exposure draft, the major illegal delisting situations stipulated in the Measures include not only the fraud in the initial public offering and reorganization listing, but also the major illegal disclosure of information such as annual reports. At the same time, the illegal facts identified by administrative punishment and judicial judgment can be used as the basis for the determination of compulsory delisting.

  Among all kinds of major illegal acts, fraudulent issuance bears the brunt. The new regulations stipulate that there are false records, misleading statements or major omissions in the application or disclosure documents of listed companies for initial public offering of shares, which are determined by the administrative punishment decision of the China Securities Regulatory Commission to constitute fraudulent issuance, or are made guilty by the people’s court according to Article 160 of the Criminal Law. Effective judgment; If a listed company issues shares to purchase assets, which constitutes reorganization and listing, its application or disclosure documents contain false records, misleading statements or major omissions, and it is determined by the China Securities Regulatory Commission that it constitutes fraudulent issuance, it will be forced to withdraw from the market.

  "Don’t tell lies, don’t make false accounts, true disclosure is the issuer’s absolute legal obligation and basic integrity requirements. Fear of the law, respect for the law, and adherence to the law are the bottom line requirements for issuers to participate in securities market issuance activities. " Lu Wendao, the chief counsel of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, said that as the most serious illegal act in the securities market, fraudulent issuance seriously eroded the operating foundation of the securities market and should be resolutely delisted and never tolerated.

  Optimize delisting procedures and tighten the road of "coming back"

  In addition to clarifying the situation of mandatory delisting for major violations of the law, the other two highlights of the new regulations are to optimize delisting procedures and tighten the road of "coming back".

  On the one hand, it is stipulated that the period of suspension of listing due to triggering major illegal forced delisting will be shortened from 12 months to 6 months.

  On the other hand, after a major illegal company is suspended from listing, it will no longer consider the company’s rectification and compensation, and will directly terminate its listing after the expiration of six months and may not resume listing. A company delisted due to fraudulent issuance shall not apply for re-listing. The time interval for companies that illegally delisted due to major information disclosure to apply for re-listing was extended from one year to five years.

  Prior to this, in the revision of the opinions on delisting reform, the CSRC decoupled the delisting of listed companies from the transfer to public security organs, and deleted the provisions on correcting illegal acts, replacing responsible personnel and properly arranging civil compensation to apply for resumption of listing.

  Jiang Mingde, chief consultant of Yixin Weiye Fund, believes that whether it is blocking the "back door" to correct illegal resumption of listing or closing the "door" for fraudulent issuing companies to return to A shares, it has conveyed a clear signal of strict supervision of major illegal delisting.

  While fully covering major illegal acts, the new regulations will also include "incorrigible after repeated education" in the scope of delisting. It is stipulated in the exposure draft that listed companies should be delisted if they are punished by the CSRC for violating the law of information disclosure for more than three times within 60 months.

  The relevant person in charge of the Shanghai Stock Exchange said that the purpose of the above arrangement is to form a comprehensive regulatory deterrent, leaving no dead ends, urging listed companies to fulfill their information disclosure obligations according to laws and regulations, and safeguarding the fundamental interests of small and medium investors.

  "Metabolism" mechanism is out of order, and diversified delisting indicators should be improved.

  As the second largest spot stock market in the world, the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets had 3,517 listed companies as of March 9, with a total market value of nearly 58 trillion yuan.

  While the volume is growing steadily, the A-share market has long been plagued by the failure of the "metabolism" mechanism. Wind statistics show that only 57 listed companies bid farewell to A shares in 17 years since PT Narcissus first set a precedent for delisting in 2001, including some companies that were absorbed and merged and delisted.

  The poor delisting mechanism has not only led to the chaos of "staying stiff but not retreating", but also seriously affected the stock market’s pricing function and resource allocation function.

  With the normalization of new share issuance, the supervision of the securities market shows a strict trend in the whole chain. From the initial public offering to the reorganization public offering, a series of system improvements are aimed at "entrance clearance". This also puts forward new requirements for the delisting system reform to unblock the "export customs".

  After several rounds of reform, A shares have established a market-oriented and diversified delisting index system, including financial indicators such as net profit, net assets, operating income and non-standard audit opinions, as well as trading indicators such as stock volume and stock closing price. On this basis, the release of relevant rules for mandatory delisting of major violations of laws will improve the compliance delisting indicators.

  It is worth noting that the new round of reform gives the two major exchanges the right to formulate rules for major illegal delisting. The relevant person in charge of the Shanghai Stock Exchange said that it will effectively assume the main responsibility of delisting decision-making, take whether major illegal acts affect the listing status of listed companies as the focus of consideration in rule-making, and clarify specific standards and implement supporting procedures and mechanisms in accordance with the principle of strictness.

  Prior to this, the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges had already practiced the mandatory delisting of major illegal activities. In 2016, *ST Boyuan, which was involved in major violations of information disclosure, became the first listed company in the history of A shares to be forced to withdraw from the market due to major violations. The following year, Xintai Electric became the first case of forced delisting of fraudulent issuance.

Behind the word "Troubles" in the British history book: 30 years of blood and hate in Northern Ireland conflict

        

        In British history books, there is a word called "Troubles", which refers to the conflict in Northern Ireland from 1968 to 1998.

        Belfast in those thirty years was very different from other cities in Europe. There are heavily armed military vehicles on the streets, soldiers armed with live ammunition are ready to attack at any time, police stations need to be protected by high-wall wire grids, walls are built between adjacent streets, roadblocks are set up outside commercial areas to prohibit vehicles that may contain explosives from entering and leaving, and people who buy daily necessities outside shops queue up to pass the security check. Bombings and shootings are one after another, and people in other parts of Britain are also fearful, because they don’t know which car, which trash can and which forgotten backpack will suddenly detonate. At that time, there was a chilling name: Irish Republican Army.

Origin: religious struggle, civil rights parade turned into violent conflict

        The conflict between Northern Ireland and Ireland is a territorial conflict, a conflict between the ownership and identity of two completely different groups, which has both political and religious factors. Since the 16th century, many immigrants from England and Scotland moved to northern Ireland. Most of them were wealthy Protestants, pushing the original Catholics in Northern Ireland to the edge. In 1801, Ireland became a part of the United Kingdom, but like Scotland, some people’s calls for independence never stopped. In 1916, the predecessor of the Irish Republican Army launched the "Easter Uprising" in Dublin, and Irish nationalism was high. In 1919, Sinn Fein (meaning "ourselves") and the Irish Republican Army were founded with the goal of fighting for independence. In 1920, the British government established two houses in Ireland, the North and the South, which were in charge of the 26 counties in the south and the 6 counties in the north, giving them some autonomy. In 1921, Britain and Ireland signed an agreement to establish a free state, and 26 counties in the south became independent from the United Kingdom. In 1937, the Free State declared the establishment of the Republic of Ireland.

          Six counties in Northern Ireland remained in Britain because of years of immigration, when Protestants accounted for the majority of the population in Northern Ireland. Protestants don’t want to leave England, so they are also called royalists or unionists; Indigenous Catholics, on the other hand, hope to be unified with the south, so they are also called Republicans or nationalists. The conflict between the two factions has been constant, but it has not reached the point of white-hot later. Although defense diplomacy is still dominated by London, the Northern Ireland House is still relatively autonomous. For decades, the Northern Ireland House has been controlled by The Ulster Unionist Party——UUP), which marginalized Catholics from employment, education, medical care and health care. Catholics are discriminated second-class citizens.

        Where there is oppression, there is resistance. The civil rights movement that began in the United States in the 1960s spread to Northern Ireland, and Northern Ireland Catholics took to the streets to demand more political rights, social supply and cultural recognition, but these were resisted by Protestants. In October 1968, the demonstrations demanding civil rights quickly turned into violent conflicts, and the police controlled by royalists were extremely heavy, and various contradictions also intensified rapidly. The royalists and Republicans were at loggerheads. This is the beginning of the "Troubles" defined in the history books.

Confrontation: 3,600 British troops were killed and 50,000 wounded.

        Seeing that the Irish Parliament could not control the situation, the London government sent troops to Northern Ireland to maintain order in 1969. Although the British army set foot on the land of Northern Ireland, most ordinary people could accept it, but a small number of extreme Republicans were quite disgusted. The civil rights demand that should have been reformed within Northern Ireland quickly rose to the movement of separation from Britain and reunification with the south. In the same year, some extremists in the Irish Republican Army separated and established the Provisional Irish Republican Army, which is also known as IRA. They began to directly attack the British army and announced that they would carry out a "protracted war" against Britain and the royalists.

          The British government took a tough approach to IRA at first. In 1971, they announced internment’s policy that they could be detained without trial, and more than 2,000 people were arrested. On January 30, 1972, 10,000 people staged a demonstration demanding civil rights in Delhi, London, Northern Ireland. The procession clashed with British troops maintaining order, and soldiers shot and killed 13 people and injured 13 others. This was "Bloody Sunday". The hatred of all parties intensified, and the London government decided to cancel the completely paralyzed Northern Ireland House, take the management power back to the central government in an all-round way, and set up a full-time Secretary-General for Northern Ireland to manage it.

        Instead of killing IRA, the British government’s tough measures made it stronger and more morale. Young Catholics actively participated in IRA. They were financially supported by Irish immigrants from the United States, with better weapons and more professional means. Car bombs and plastic bombs were used, and shooting was more common, and the death toll soared.

        For example, in July 1972 alone, there were nineteen explosions in Belfast. IRA has also extended its military activities originally limited to Northern Ireland to Britain and Europe, making people in Britain fearful. To give a few examples, in February 1972, the Aldershot bombing in Britain killed seven people. In September 1973, London’s King’s Cross and Euston railway stations were bombed, and 21 people were injured; In February 1974, a bus exploded on the expressway, killing 12 people; In June 1974, the British House of Representatives exploded, causing extensive damage to the House building and injuring eleven people. In October 1974, Guildford Bar exploded, killing five people and injuring 44 others. In November, 1974, the Birmingham Bar exploded, killing 21 people and injuring 182 others.

        When people talk about the conflict in Northern Ireland, they always think that IRA is the culprit, but it is not entirely true. Royalists are not soft either. They have set up armed forces one after another, such as UDA(Ulster Defence Association) and UFF(Ulster Freedom Fighter), which were established in September 1971. They imported guns and ammunition from South Africa, attacked Catholic residential areas and bombed bars and public places where Catholics gathered, in the same way as IRA.

        Therefore, the 30-year "Troubles" in Northern Ireland was a civil war between Republicans and royalists. The police and British troops tried to maintain peace in the war, and sometimes they went off accidentally, hurting innocent people. Republicans also accused the police of conspiring with British troops and royalists’ armed groups. Hatred is growing, society is more isolated, and the economy is paralyzed.

         In the "Troubles", about 3,600 people died and more than 50,000 people were injured. More than 2,000 of the dead were civilians, about 1,270 were Catholics and 730 were Protestants. Because IRA’s main targets are the police and the British army, the target is in the open, which is easier to fight. The targets of the royalist armed forces are mostly in the dark, and their revenge by force is mainly concentrated in Catholic residential areas and bars, so more Catholic civilians are hurt.
        During the Northern Ireland conflict, the British government also tried many times to solve the problem by political means. For example, the Sanningdale Agreement reached with the three major parties in Northern Ireland in 1973, and the Anglo-Irish Agreement signed by Britain and the Republic of Ireland in 1985, the British government has always agreed to decentralize the power to manage Northern Ireland, so that the political parties in Northern Ireland can share the power to manage Northern Ireland. But the problem is that these agreements are selective and only allow those "legitimate parties" to participate, especially the political organization Sinn Fein of IRA is not included in the framework of negotiations, so they have not succeeded. In 1983, Gerry Adams was elected as the chairman of Sinn Fein, and he also hoped to solve the conflict politically. But for many royalists, it is totally inconceivable and unacceptable to negotiate with Sinn Fein.

Intensified: Prisoner hunger strike Margaret Thatcher tough

        There is no improvement in political negotiations, and the violent actions of the Irish Republican Army and the royalist armed forces continue. On March 1, 1981, Bobby Sands, an IRA prisoner in Metz Prison in Belfast, began a hunger strike, demanding that the British government regard them as "political prisoners" rather than terrorists or ordinary murderers. During the hunger strike, many prisoners joined in stages. However, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s attitude was quite tough, and she flatly refused the hunger strikers’ demands. Thornton died after 66 days of hunger strike. The Iron Lady made no apologies in her speech in the House of Representatives. She said that if she made concessions to IRA prisoners, she would give them a license to slaughter innocent people. Seven months later, the prisoners stopped their hunger strike automatically, but more than a dozen IRA members had starved to death.

        The British media regarded the cessation of the hunger strike as a victory for Thatcher’s government, but they didn’t know that her tough attitude attracted more explosions and shootings. Margaret Thatcher’s handling of the hunger strike was like the detention without trial in 1971 and the bloody Sunday in 1972. The more the government resorted to coercion, the more young people took part in IRA, the higher their morale, the fiercer the armed conflict and the more divided Northern Ireland. In July 1982, in Hyde Park and Ruijin Park in London, two bombs of IRA exploded at the celebration ceremony of the British army, killing four British soldiers, seven members of the military band and seven military horses. On October 12, 1984, the Brighton bombing was aimed at assassinating Mrs. Thatcher. Although the Iron Lady survived, five people died, including her two political allies. On November 8, 1987, the Enniskillen bombing killed eleven people and injured sixty-three. The bombing made IRA realize that they had gone too far, and Adams publicly condemned it for undermining the "legality of the use of force". Since then, the strategy of Republicans has changed.

 Turning point: beating all parties while talkingSecret talks 

        On January 11th, 1988, John Hume, the chairman of the Social Democratic Labor Party (SDLP), who has always advocated autonomy but is relatively neutral, held a secret meeting with Adams for the first time to discuss the possibility of letting IRA cease fire.

        The meeting was a turning point in the Northern Ireland conflict and provided an opportunity for future peace talks. In 1989, Adams announced that he wanted a "non-military political movement for self-government". A few months later, the Secretary-General of Northern Ireland admitted that Britain could not defeat IRA completely by force, and it was necessary to negotiate with Sinn Fein and other political means to resolve the conflict. Secret talks between various parties have come and gone, and the British government has also had a direct dialogue with IRA, which was brokered by the British Intelligence Agency. Moreover, the British government has made it clear that if most citizens in Northern Ireland agree to reunification with Ireland, the British government will respect citizens’ choices. In 1992, Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds, without knowing that the British government had secretly contacted IRA, also asked his senior officials to secretly contact Sinn Fein. The two governments reached the same goal by different routes and finally reached the same node. In April 1993, after many secret talks, Hume and Adams issued a joint statement: Irish citizens should have the right to decide where they belong. On December 15, 1993, Major and Irish Prime Minister Reynolds issued the Downing Street Statement, accepting the principle of self-determination in Northern Ireland, provided that all Irish citizens (including the south and the north) agree.

        While talking and fighting, the violence never stopped. Let me cite two examples: in October 1993, IRA exploded in a fish shop on Shankill Road, a royalist gathering area, killing ten people. After that, the royalists retaliated by assassinating two Catholics. On October 30th, UFF killed eight people and injured 13 others at a Halloween party in the Greysteel bar in the Catholic community. Revenge for revenge, Northern Ireland is still full of blood.

Pusher: American intervention in Clinton’s visit to Northern Ireland

       In 1994, another major force became the driving force of peace in Northern Ireland, and that was the United States. Irish immigrants are powerful in the United States, and they have always funded the actions of the Irish Republican Army. Therefore, the attitude and participation of the United States are crucial. In January 1994, although London objected, US President Bill Clinton personally approved Adams’ visa to the United States. On August 31 of the same year, IRA declared "a comprehensive ceasefire and stopped some armed actions", and seven weeks later, the royalist armed forces also announced a ceasefire. Since 1988, the BBC has banned the images and voices of Sinn Fein and IRA members such as Adams. After the ceasefire was announced, the ban on TV broadcasting was also lifted. However, declaring a ceasefire does not mean disarmament. In the next few years, the total disarmament of IRA has been the biggest stumbling block to the peace process in Northern Ireland and the negotiations between the parties.

        In May 1995, Sinn Fein and the British government met formally for the first time. In November of the same year, Clinton visited Northern Ireland and sent George Mitchell, a Democratic politician, as the special envoy for Northern Ireland to act as a middleman for the negotiations. Negotiations finally started, but in February 1996, IRA thought that the London government’s demand for their disarmament was not keeping its promise, so it announced the suspension of the ceasefire and exploded in London’s financial district. Although they gave a warning 90 minutes in advance, two people still died, resulting in a loss of 100 million pounds. This event ended the 17-month ceasefire agreement. In June of that year, IRA exploded in Manchester City, destroying a large area in the center of Manchester City. IRA bombings occurred one after another in Britain. Royalist parties once again reiterated the importance of disarmament before negotiations. Sinn Fein was driven out of the negotiating table, and several other political parties and the British and Irish governments continued peace talks. However, the talks were not smooth, and no agreement could be reached on some simple issues, such as whether Mitchell should be the chairman, so the talks were suspended.

Turning point: Blair took office to restart negotiations and sign an agreement

        On May 1, 1997, the Labour Party won the general election and Blair became the British Prime Minister. Blair’s government made many concessions to Sinn Fein and IRA, re-established contact with Sinn Fein, and the negotiations started again. Not mentioning the comprehensive disarmament of IRA for the time being made the royalist party very dissatisfied and resisted. In July of the same year, IRA announced a ceasefire again. In October, Adams met with Blair for the first time, along with Mo Mowlam, Secretary General of Northern Ireland. In January 1998, Moran went to Metz prison where IRA prisoners died of hunger strike, and his attitude was completely opposite to that of Iron Lady. The New Labour Party knows that although prisoners from both sides are in prison, they are still quite influential in peace negotiations.

        On April 10th, 1998, Easter Good Friday, the negotiations finally came to fruition, and the parties signed the famous Good Friday Agreement. There are five main points in the Agreement: First, the future and constitutional status of Northern Ireland will be decided by its citizens; Second, if the majority of citizens in the north and south want a unified Republic of Ireland, they can obey the majority opinion through elections; Third, Northern Ireland’s current constitutional status remains in the United Kingdom; Fourth, citizens in Northern Ireland have the right to define whether they are Irish, British or both. Fifth, the Republic of Ireland will give up its claim to the territory of Northern Ireland, and the demands of all citizens will be protected by the Constitution. The agreement agreed to establish a Northern Ireland House with decentralized power and shared management rights, and to reform the police, hoping (but not insisting) that both armed groups would disarm.

        All families in Ireland received an agreement, and on May 22nd, Northern and Southern Ireland held a referendum on the agreement. Seventy-one percent of Northern Irish people supported the agreement, including all Republicans, and royalists supported and opposed it equally. In Ireland, 94% of the citizens voted for it. In the definition of history textbooks, this is also the end of "Troubles".

Stalemate: The conflict continues to disarm weapons such as toothpaste.

        From 1998 to 2003, it was the stage of trying to implement the Good Friday Agreement. It is difficult to negotiate the agreement, and it is even more difficult to implement it.

        Shortly after the signing of the agreement, some extreme IRA members who were dissatisfied with Sinn Fein separated and established the "Real IRA". Conflicts continue in the streets of Northern Ireland, and the "real Republican Army" continues to carry out explosive activities. For example, on August 15th, they detonated a bomb in the center of Omagh, killing 29 people and injuring hundreds. Adams publicly condemned the violence and called for it to become history. On September 3, Clinton visited Northern Ireland for the second time, hoping to advance the peace process. On September 10th, Adams met with David Trimble, the 12th president of UUP, which was the first formal meeting between Republicans and royalists in 75 years. At the same time, the British government also began to withdraw troops, reform the police, release prisoners, and remove isolated roadblocks and buildings.

        In October of the same year, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Xiumo of SDLP and Trumbu of UPP for their contributions to the Irish peace process. Historically, this Nobel Prize was awarded too early, because the most important issue of disarmament has not yet reached an agreement with IRA, and it is difficult to negotiate the decentralization and sharing of the Northern Ireland government under the threat of a gun. The IRA’s disarmament was delayed again and again. One year after the signing of the agreement, there was still no progress in the formation of the government. The American special envoy Mitchell was once again invited back to mediate. In November 1999, the Irish Republican Army agreed to contact and talk with the Independent International Commission on Disarmament. On December 2, the Northern Ireland government was established, with Trumbu as the first minister of Northern Ireland and Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein as the minister of education. The Northern Ireland government began to negotiate with London on the specific issues of decentralization.

        Two months after the establishment of the Northern Ireland government, IRA has still not disarmed. In February 2000, the British government announced that it would temporarily stop the Northern Ireland government and put Northern Ireland under the direct management of the central government, hoping to put pressure on IRA. Sure enough, IRA agreed to let independent inspectors go to inspect weapons. At the end of May, the Northern Ireland government resumed its work, and then the British government had two 24-hour strategic suspensions for the Northern Ireland government. The armed actions of extremist IRA elements have not stopped, for example, they fired rocket-propelled stray bullets at the building of MI6 headquarters in London, and detonated car bombs at BBC TV Center in London.

        In October, 2002, the British government stopped the Northern Ireland government again. First, there was no movement when IRA disarmed. Second, it was discovered that IRA spy network was monitoring the Irish Parliament. Later, this spy case failed to be established. More intricately, Denis Donaldson, a senior official in the spy network, turned out to be an undercover sent by British intelligence agencies and had worked for Britain for more than 20 years (who was assassinated in April, 2006). The revocation of the Irish government’s management license this time is not just to scare them like the previous ones. The British government is serious, and it was not until 2007 that the Northern Ireland government was restored.

        During this period, the negotiations on decentralization and sharing went on and on, and IRA disarmed weapons in batches several times, but all of them were like squeezing toothpaste. The royalists asked for photos as evidence, and IRA refused to provide them. Moreover, armed conflicts on the streets of Northern Ireland also occur from time to time, and the estrangement and hatred between neighbors are still on the verge. In February, 2005, IRA announced that it would withdraw its promise of total disarmament. Seeing that the peace process was about to go backwards again, Adams publicly called on IRA to keep its promise. Although Sinn Fein always denied its relationship with the IRA, Adams was still listened to. In October, the inspector of the Independent Disarmament Commission announced that he was satisfied with IRA’s disarmament. At this time, IRA was completely renounced. The British government thinks this is a big step in the peace process, but the royalists remain skeptical because there is no photo evidence.

Epilogue: The anger and bitterness of co-governance are still there.

        In April 2006, the British and Irish Prime Ministers went to Northern Ireland at the same time, and the negotiations on decentralization resumed; In May, the Northern Ireland government was started again, and on November 24th, the Transitional House was established. On March 7, 2007, citizens of Northern Ireland participated in the parliamentary general election and elected 108 members. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) won 36 seats, and Sinn Fein came second with 28 seats. In May, DUP leader Ian Paisley and Adams shared the ruling power, and the Northern Ireland House officially worked. Although the Good Friday Agreement was signed in 1998, it will take nearly ten years for all factions to be disarmed, decentralization to be completed, and political parties that hate each other to jointly govern.
       Up to now, many people still think that Blair’s government has made too many concessions to Sinn Fein and the Irish Republican Army. In particular, it was recently revealed that 187 IRA members had received a secret letter from the Labor Party government, saying that they would be pardoned for their past actions, while the royalists’ armed members and the soldiers of Bloody Sunday never obtained similar "prison passes". It was this secret agreement between Blair and Adams that made John Downey, the main suspect in the Hyde Park bombing, walk out of court two weeks ago, and anger and resentment surfaced again.

        After years of conflict and estrangement, how can we make old enemies live in harmony? Compared with Blair’s many small moves, Mandela’s "truth and reconciliation" comprehensive Amnesty is more far-sighted and tolerant.