China city nightlife competition, who loves eating, drinking and having fun?

Nightlife guide
Recently, "night economy" has been discussed more and more frequently.
First, the dispute between North and South. Southerners said, I came to the north, and there was no nightlife since then; Northerners retort, who says there is no nightlife in Beijing?
The discussion about nightlife is not limited to the dispute between North and South. Since the beginning of this year, Beijing, Tianjin, Chengdu, Chongqing, Shanghai, Jinan and other places have made moves to "light up" urban nightlife. The most striking thing is probably Shanghai. In April this year, Shanghai appointed the first batch of night district heads and nightlife CEOs.
Then, the ultimate test is coming. Which cities are the most active at night?
The country is a through train.
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In China, many people’s food problems are solved by take-away. Some people spent 250,000 yuan a year ordering takeout, others ordered 2,567 takeout orders a year, and some people bought 74 Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs at a time …
If you stay at home, you will have something to eat, and the takeaway brother has contributed. They are not only busy during the day, but also active in delivering bills at night. From the night delivery trajectory of takeaway brother, we can also judge the activity of a city’s "night economy".
Hungry word of mouth data show that in the past month, from 21:00 pm to 5:00 am the next day, the rider with the longest cumulative distance of running a single ticket at night came from Shanghai, which is also the city with the highest activity of dining consumption at night.
Shanghai Yuyuan Night Market’s special food attracts long queues of diners. China News Service reporter Zhang Hengwei photo
It is reported that the most diligent rider, the farthest single supper in the middle of the night, has a delivery distance of more than 30 kilometers, and it takes the rider one and a half hours to cross the city.
Judging from the activity of night riders, many cities with "night economy" are well-deserved.
From 22: 00 to 23: 00, most riders in Dali, Chongqing and Hangzhou are still active in running singles. From 23: 00 to 24: 00, nearly half of Guiyang, Wuhan and Guangzhou are still walking through the city. After 0: 00, more than one third of riders in Shenzhen, Xiamen and Foshan are still actively delivering tickets.
Chongqing Bajiumen "Hot Pot Museum" officially appeared in Jie Fangbei business circle. China News Service reporter Chen Chao photo
Let’s look at the ranking of takeaway orders. According to the data of take-away supper of Meituan, in the first half of the year, Shenzhen ranked first, Guangzhou second and Beijing third in the number of take-away orders. People all over the country like to take food at midnight from 21: 00 to 22: 00, and the take-away orders at this time account for about 40% of the total take-away orders.
Among them, compared with other cities in the country, Guangzhou’s meal time is later, and orders after 23 o’clock account for 7% higher than the national overall level, and Guangzhou is the city with the second largest number of take-away orders at 4 am.
The midnight snack scene in Beijing is also getting longer and longer, and the order volume at 4 am has increased by more than 65% over the same period. Chaoyang is the district with the largest number of midnight snacks in Beijing, accounting for 30%, Haidian 15% won the runner-up, Fengtai 10% squeezed into the top three, and Changping 7% regretted falling out of the list.
Hotan Night Market in Xinjiang: Tourists taste grilled eggs with charcoal fire. China News Service reporter Liu Xinshe
Of course, in addition to ordering takeout, many people like to eat out.
The night-to-store consumption of word-of-mouth shows a trend of "strong in the south and weak in the north". Among the 10 cities with the most active night consumption in China, the southern cities account for 9 seats, and the northern cities are only listed in Beijing.
Favorite city to play
When it comes to playing, of course, watching movies is indispensable.
Alibaba’s Night Economy Report shows that the peak of performance is from 19: 00 to 21: 00, and the most active cities are Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chengdu and Hangzhou with developed cultural infrastructure. Night movies are also popular among young people. The cities that watch movies at night are Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing and Hangzhou.
On July 15th, the first batch of "24-hour cinemas" were born in Shanghai, which was different from the convenience supermarkets that didn’t close for 24 hours. After the screening was delayed to zero, the entertainment needs of a group of "overtime workers" were met. In addition, most theaters in Jinan are also trying to show across zero.
On May 9th, a Cantonese opera "Full Moon and Good Flowers" was staged on the Pearl River Red Boat in Guangzhou. China News Service reporter Ji Dongshe
In addition to watching movies, there are night tours, lighting performances and other rich night games.
According to the big data of Ma Honeycomb, the cities with the highest night tours are Beijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Xi ‘an and Suzhou. Cruise-based experiences, such as the night tour of the two rivers in Chongqing, the night tour of the Pearl River in Guangzhou and the night tour of the Pujiang River in Shanghai, are becoming more and more popular.
In terms of lighting performance, Nanjing’s "Night Berthing at Qinhuai" is characterized by city night lighting and landmark buildings on both sides of the strait, which integrates catering, leisure, sightseeing and interactive entertainment into night cruise ships. Recently, Tianjin has also optimized the lighting arrangement of Haihe River at night, and launched a creative "light show", and the operation time of Haihe River cruise ships has also been adjusted accordingly.
Even the museum, which closed the earliest on weekdays, continued to open at night.
At present, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu and other cities have opened night tour museums. The "Night Stay Museum" activities launched in Beijing, Changsha and Hangzhou are also deeply loved by people. During the Spring Festival this year, Xi ‘an’s "Datang City that Never Sleeps" and the Forbidden City’s "Night in the Forbidden City" were even hard to get a ticket.
Of course, the night lifestyle is inseparable from the bar. "Have a drink" often marks the beginning of urban nightlife. Bars and nightclubs in Beijing Sanlitun Bar Street and Chengdu Shaoling Road Bar Street are well-known bar gathering areas.
However, when it comes to alcohol consumption, it is Fuzhou people, Shanghai people and Tianjin people who topped the list.
Fuzhou people reveled in the Oktoberfest held in Vientiane City Square. China News Service reporter Lu Mingshe
According to the big data of late-night alcohol consumption trend released by word-of-mouth of Hungry, Fuzhou people have the highest beer drinking capacity in the country, Shanghai people have the highest red wine drinking capacity in the country, and Tianjin people won the first place in the liquor drinking capacity list with an average order drinking capacity of 800ml.
It is worth mentioning that there is also a new way to play at night, such as brushing Tik Tok.
According to the night vitality data of Tik Tok cities, the southern cities are generally more active at night than the northern cities in terms of the ratio of punching cards at night. Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Dongguan rank among the top three cities in the south, and the rate of punching cards at night is much higher than other cities. Xi ‘an ranks first in the northern cities, and its nighttime activity exceeds that of Beijing.
Favorite city to buy
In addition to eating, drinking and having fun, the chop-handers want to buy them in buy buy.
Alibaba’s "Night Economy" Report shows that the peak of Taobao transaction is from 21: 00 to 22: 00, and night consumption accounts for more than 36% of the whole day’s consumption. From 23: 00 to 3: 00 in the morning, tens of thousands of people stayed up at Tmall to buy the most expensive eye cream.
Behind this, there is a constant stream of express logistics, ensuring that the good goods in the world will arrive in the evening. According to the data of night delivery wrapped by rookie, Shenzhen, Wuhan and Changsha have become the cities with the highest demand for night delivery.
Fierce night consumption has also activated the commercial vitality in the middle of the night.
People enjoy snacks and enjoy the historic site "Squeeze" Chengdu Kuanzhai Lane. China News Service reporter Li Bo photo
Alipay data shows that from 22: 00 to 23: 00, small businesses in Xi ‘an, Beijing and Chengdu are still busy. From 23: 00 to 24: 00, small businesses in Dongguan, Shenzhen and Foshan have the best business. After 24 o’clock, small microcode vendors in Shantou and Nanning are the most active.
According to the data of the US Mission review, night consumption in different cities presents different characteristics. In Chongqing, Chengdu, Shenzhen and other cities, the night consumption of catering accounts for a relatively high proportion; Night shopping in Chengdu, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and other cities accounts for a relatively high proportion; The consumption of night sports and fitness in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu and other cities accounts for a relatively high proportion.
Among them, the proportion of merchants operating at night in Shanghai accounts for about 91% of all categories of merchants. Night consumption is mainly catering, while night transactions of leisure, entertainment and life services also account for a certain proportion.
The 10th Beijing Blue Harbor Lighting Festival. China News Service reporter Jia Tianyong photo
Of course, spending at night in the store requires the support of transportation.
Last year, Shanghai launched the summer weekend and holiday subway operation time extended by 60 minutes; In March, Chengdu launched 12 night bus lines; Recently, Beijing announced that the operation hours of Metro Lines 1 and 2 will be extended from May to October every year until after 0: 30.
These cities all hope to stimulate economic development at night by extending public transport time. In the matter of "lighting up" nightlife, the competition among cities has just begun.
References:
1. 21st Century Business Herald: China midnight snack economic competition: Shanghai, Hangzhou and Shenzhen rank among the top three, and Beijing ranks sixth.
2. Southern Metropolis Daily: Meituan, Hungry, Qifa Nightingale Data: After 23 o’clock, Guangzhou has the most orders and the outer suburbs have the fastest growth?
3. International Online: Big data outlines the "vitality map" of the night economy for you.
4. CBN Weekly: China City Nightlife Index released! This city is more waves than Beijing and Shanghai.
5.DataDance: Tik Tok City Night Vitality Data released: This young city loves reading at night?
6. Alibaba’s Night Economy Report
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Is the Christmas card incident being hyped in the West again? Not a heroic play, but a farce.

  On the outskirts of London on Christmas Eve, a little girl bought a greeting card in Tesco. When she opened the inside of the card, she suddenly found a distress message written on the cardboard, to the effect that:

  We are foreign prisoners in Qingpu Prison in China. We are forced to work. Please help us and contact a man named Peter Humphrey.

  ▲ Note content

  Coincidentally, the little girl’s father contacted this Englishman named Humphrey on the Internet. He was once held by the China government and happened to be in Qingpu Prison. More coincidentally, Han Feilong immediately wrote a long article and published it in the Sunday Times. 

  Christmas, human rights, China, prison … … Seeing these keywords, the western media began to speculate wildly.

  But the reality is always better than the movie. Under the coincidence again and again, Tan found that things are not that simple. There are countless strange things about this "blockbuster".

  Listen to the news and believe in it.

  Real and objective? inexistent

  Let’s take a look at the title of the Sunday Times, which was first reported:

  Tesco greeting card "wrapped by slaves in China prison"

  The Sunday Times uses the word slaves in its title to refer to criminals in prison, rather than the words commonly used to refer to criminals such as offender, culprit and prisoner. The Sunday Times was anxious to label China as a "slave to criminals" before it was clear what happened.

  Let’s look at the so-called truth written by this Han Feilong. In this long article, Han Feilong used a large number of sentences such as "I consider" (I think) and "I know" (I know) to express subjective position and subjective guess. But what the facts are, and whether there is evidence to support them, he hardly mentioned it.

  "I don’t know the identity and nationality of the prisoners who slipped this note into Tesco greeting cards, but I’m sure they are prisoners in Qingpu and knew me before I was released."

  In the Sunday Times, he explained how to determine that this card came from China prison, and said that he didn’t know the identity of the prisoner. But in a subsequent BBC interview, Humphrey changed his mind:

  I think I know who he is.

  ▲BBC report screenshot

  So inconsistent and contradictory, I wonder whether what Han Feilong said is the truth or his "imaginary fact"? And how are the western media reporting these unverified subjective information responsible for the truth of their news?

  Wang Xuan and Chen Minglei, CCTV reporters in the UK, checked the western media reports on this matter for the first time. They found that there was a great balance problem in the western media reports on this matter:

  "At present, the biggest problem with these reports is to win the trust unilaterally, and basically only interview unfavorable voices."

  Wang Xuan found that in the whole report, there was no interview with any institution or relevant person in China.

  Tan Zhu interviewed Li Qiang, director of Qingpu Prison in Shanghai:

  "This batch of greeting cards is absolutely impossible to flow from us. This imagination is a bit rich, but it runs counter to our transformation. (Reform) is to cultivate criminals’ skills. First, (criminals) are voluntary; Second, his project is based on his own characteristics. He wants to apply and we will give him a job if he wants to take part in it. Third, according to his labor situation, we have a reasonable proportion and give him a certain amount of labor remuneration. "

  At the same time, the CCTV reporter station in Britain also contacted the other party to the incident — — Tesco selling greeting cards. Tesco, for its part, has held discussions with the factory in China, which makes greeting cards, and launched an investigation, during which the cooperation with the factory in China will be suspended. Its written statement also provides a very important message:

  "We have a comprehensive audit system. Just last month, this supplier was audited independently. There is no evidence that they violated our regulations prohibiting the use of prison workers."

  This should be a reliable factual basis in the whole incident. Why? Wang Xuan analyzed:

  1. The investigation time was just last month.

  2. The target of the survey is the factory in China that supplies greeting cards to Tesco.

  3. As a third-party organization, the investigation agency is impartial and professional.

  In the face of professional third-party survey results, how did these western media respond? Let’s take a look at the picture below:

  ▲ Report screenshot: "But this incident highlights the difficulty of monitoring the production of cheap goods in China. Subcontracting is very common in China, and the use of forced labor is often difficult to detect. "

  Any clarification from Tesco, followed by a "BUT", is said to be that the company audit has no way of knowing what happened in China’s prison system, so it is useless to explain it.

  Obviously, the independent audit results show that "there is no evidence that they have violated our regulations prohibiting the use of prison workers", but the western media turned a blind eye and just exaggerated in the title that Tesco stopped its cooperation with China enterprises.

  This is equivalent to falling into a logical cycle: only use evidence that is beneficial to your own point of view, even if the source of the evidence itself is suspicious. In this closed cycle of "the answer has already been predetermined", the voice from the other side seems to have been pressed the "mute" key anyway.

  Thus, from the choice of words to the selective amplification and neglect of facts, some western media have hacked China in order to hack China, and they may not care about the truth.

  Catch the wind and catch the shadows is everyday.

  It is a common practice of some western media to attack the country of origin with a "distress letter" with unknown source and unverifiable authenticity.

  In 2017, Reuters revealed that a female consumer in Braintree, Essex, England, bought a Christmas charity card in a department store, which contained a China bill, which read "Good luck and happiness" and signed "The Third Product Store of Guangzhou Sixth District Prison". But when it comes to evidence collection, the staff responsible for investigation and verification can only say:

  "We can’t verify the authenticity of the banknotes."

  Even if the authenticity is in doubt, the above events are still widely reported by western media.

  This time, too.

  The author of this report, Han Feilong, accepted an interview with BBC on December 22nd. When answering a reporter’s question, he used a lot of subjective, arbitrary or vague words:

  I’ M pretty sure; Obviously (obviously); I think I know … …

  The western media, which have always flaunted their news attitude by pursuing truth, objectivity and fairness, seem to be suffering from amnesia collectively this time, and they have no time to verify the truth and no one to investigate, so they hastily launched a "public opinion offensive".

  Remember the "39-person container truck" incident more than a month ago? At that time, the British police only guessed that the victims might be from China based on a few fake passports, which was a terrible thing. When it was reported to the BBC, the "possibility" had become "confirmation" and "yes", and other western media reprinted it one after another, and then to CNN, it became "China just celebrated its great achievements and progress in 70 years. How could anyone leave China in such an extreme way" — — But in the end, the victims were confirmed to be Vietnamese, which made them embarrassed. (Poke the link and review the article "CNN people have thought about the answer before asking cold-blooded questions")

  It is a familiar bridge and a familiar routine — — "Maybe", "Maybe" and "I think I know", but I can’t prove it. Western media still refuse to take off their colored glasses.

  No wonder Wang Xuan said that during her years in Britain, she and her colleagues were all familiar with this routine.

  The rhythm is brought up, where is the moral integrity?

  Anti-China business is also a routine.

  The "exclusive" report on the "Christmas card" incident in the Sunday Times was written by Han Feilong. Another article by Han Feilong describing how he spent another Christmas in China prison and an "expert" interpretation were published together.

  In the article, he repeatedly mentioned his identity as a journalist and said that he was imprisoned for "angering the China government".

  Yes, he was a reporter in Reuters. But not when he was arrested in China.

  In 2013, Han Feilong was imprisoned in China for illegally obtaining citizens’ personal information. His business in China is ostensibly a consulting company, but in essence a commercial private detective. Being a journalist has nothing to do with his arrest.

  Then why mention your identity as a reporter at this time?

  Of course, he knows very well that this is in line with the smear routine that the western media has always demonized China. They are familiar with this routine. If you give a little hint, readers will make up their own brains.

  "Reporter+angering the government" gives readers unlimited imagination.

  This man is not simple.

  Just yesterday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Geng Shuang commented on this man at a press conference:

  "Mr. Han Feilong is always unable to bear loneliness. From time to time, he has to jump out of my hype for fear that people will forget him. But the farce he made up this time is really a bit old-fashioned. I advise him that if he wants to catch his eye, at least he will come up with some new tricks. "

  Why does Humphrey always jump up and down? 

  ▲ Personal introduction of Han Feilong LinkedIn

  In his personal introduction on LinkedIn, Han Feilong called himself "China Veteran" and "Political Commentator", and described his two-year detention in Qingpu police for violating the law.

  So, what "good things" did he do in China?

  Help others!

  In July 2013, Humphrey’s former employer — — GlaxoSmithKline, a pharmaceutical giant, was fined RMB 3 billion by the China government for bribery. After being fined, the company "hired" Humphrey to investigate and report the bribery of China employees.

  The hired Humphrey used some illegal means to obtain the personal information of the employee; However, it soon became public that Han Feilong was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for the crime of illegally obtaining citizens’ information, and he was in Qingpu Prison in Shanghai.

  For Han Feilong, Li Qiang, director of Shanghai Qingpu Prison, recalled:

  "Han Feilong served his sentence in our prison. As far as I know, the time is not very long. While serving his sentence, he was not a very outstanding one. You have opinions on the case, you can appeal to the court and sue, and these rights are all open to us. However, I have read his entire prison record, and he seems to have no such situation. "

  Two years later, Han Feilong returned to Britain, but he spread his dissatisfaction with the Chinese court trial everywhere. However, his experience of committing crimes and being imprisoned in China was not regarded as a stain on his life, but became a "precious wealth".

  In the following years, he published articles in major western media for a long time, peddling his life experience in China prison, attacking China on various China-related issues, and earning a lot of royalties and manuscript fees.

  It is reported that Han Feilong is looking for a publisher to publish a 1,000-page book about his detention by the Shanghai police, claiming that this incident has "international influence".

  The doubts began to come to the bottom: why did the small note contact Han Feilong by name, why did it happen that the Christmas card was made by "Qingpu Prison in Shanghai", and why Han Feilong’s response was vague … …

  The probability of coincidence after coincidence is extremely low, unless someone deliberately creates, directs or uses it.

  Among them, some people are guilty and others are making profits. "Anti-China" has become an important tool for some people in the West to seek money or political interests.

After giving birth to the baby, I finally have a world of two people! The new photo of Ming Xi He Youjun is so sweet.

On the evening of December 27th, He Youjun took a sweet photo with Ming Xi, posting: Time for Alone! It seems to be "abandoning" the baby to enjoy the world of two people, which verifies the sentence: parents are true love, and the baby is an accident!

In the picture, Ming Xi is wearing light make-up, her face is ruddy, her lips are full, and she looks good. She pulls the neckline, while He Youjun squints and leans against Ming Xi’s head. They snuggle together, which is very sweet!

This should be the first time for two people to enjoy their own world after they got married. They got married too hastily. From He Youjun to Ming Xi to give birth, it seems that in an instant, after having a baby, their lives are more complicated. They are both parents for the first time, and there are many new things to learn. Naturally, they are busier than before, so there is no time for them to get along alone. Many couples have little time to date alone after having children, let alone love. Life is very monotonous, but He Youjun is still very emotional. It’s thoughtful of Ming Xi to give Ming Xi a surprise of dating alone just two months after giving birth to a baby.

Ming Xi can be said to be a great contributor to the family. He gave birth to a son, known as the "eldest son", which won glory for the family. He Youjun proudly said that his son’s name was He Guangshen, because the third word was taken by his father himself, and Ming Xi lived a life like a "lady" from then on, which is no ordinary tycoon.

Ming Xi just gave birth, which happened to coincide with He Youjun’s father’s birthday, and took her son to celebrate his grandfather’s birthday. Such a good opportunity has strengthened her position in any family.

Ming Xi’s relationship with her mother-in-law after marriage is also quite good. Netizens have met Ming Xi, He Youjun and He Youjun’s mothers for dinner many times. Ming Xi and her mother-in-law are talking and laughing, and their relationship is harmonious. Ming Xi is also a smart girl, as can be seen from her sitting position. In front of her mother-in-law, she can’t show her love at all. Taking care of her mother-in-law is the key point.

He Youjun obviously dotes on his son and obeys his wife Ming Xi in every way, so he can be called a "good husband". Ming Xi out of the month, go downstairs to buy things, He Youjun is never leaving. After buying things, He Youjun is carrying them, while Ming Xi is swaggering ahead, so the family status is clear at a glance.

Although He Youjun became a father, he still had a lot of work, and he was often recognized by netizens recently. At my sister’s senior party, He Youjun appeared, but she was faced with handsome guys and beautiful women and didn’t bring Ming Xi to attend.

It is reported that He Youjun is also the president of the Macau E-sports Association, and he also came to the scene to watch the game during the day, wearing a white T-shirt, which is refreshing and handsome. It’s just that there are boys around, and there is no shadow of Ming Xi. It seems that Ming Xi has not integrated into He Youjun’s life.

Seeing He Youjun wandering around, netizens are also worried about whether he is with his wife and children. This is true. Just when netizens questioned him, he quickly posted a photo of the two of them to break all kinds of rumors. It seems that He Youjun, who works during the day, obediently goes home to accompany his wife at night, and is more sensible than the netizens imagined.

On the whole, He Youjun is a qualified husband. On the one hand, it gave Ming Xi enough sense of security, declaring that "Xiao Ming is his favorite woman", on the other hand, it gave Ming Xi enough patience and consideration, and hoped that they could last a long time.

Why has the "Iran War" been repeated?

    2007 seems destined to be the year of "Iran War". The prediction that the "Iran War" was about to break out many times in advance failed to come true, but until the end of the year, people were still asking: Will the United States launch the "Iran War" immediately? Even though the US intelligence department made it clear on December 3 that Iran had stopped its "nuclear weapons research program" four years ago, US President Bush still insisted that Iran was still dangerous and the possibility of launching a war against Iran could not be ruled out.


  


     Profile picture: On November 2, 2006, in a military exercise held in the desert near Qom, a city in central Iran, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard was testing the Meteor -3 medium-range missile. The Iranian military successfully test-fired a number of medium-range "Meteor -3" missiles in the military exercises that began that day. The missile range can cover the whole of Israel and the US military bases in the Middle East. Xinhua news agency


    After the US intelligence department released the report on Iran’s nuclear issue, some analysts believed that the report "seriously damaged the credibility of the Bush administration, which has been preaching the Iran threat theory", and the reason for the Bush administration to launch an Iran war will no longer exist in the foreseeable future.


    However, President Bush seems to have decided that he wants to wage this established "Iran War". On December 4th, Bush claimed that Iran still wanted to learn how to enrich uranium, and if Iran found such knowledge which could be used for secretly developing nuclear weapons program, it would definitely pose a threat to the security of the whole world. Bush’s statement reveals many mysteries. The most direct point is that the cloud of "Iran War" still exists.


  The reason of "Iran War" still exists.


    When the US government launched the war, it needed to solve one or some political problems that were difficult to solve by other means. This is what American officials have repeatedly stressed: war is the last choice.


    So, what problems do Americans need to solve in Iran? Although people are constantly talking about the Iranian nuclear issue, in fact, the Iranian nuclear issue is only a superficial issue of the relationship between the United States and Iran, and it is not a direct problem of confrontation between the United States and Iran, let alone a direct reason for the "Iran war." What Americans constantly emphasize is that Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons, which threatens world security. Bush’s speech on the 4th also made it clear once again that the Bush administration is not concerned with the Iranian nuclear issue, but with the so-called Iranian threat.


    On the Iraq issue, from the Gulf War in 1991 to the Iraq War in 2003, although there are different excuses and reasons, it is very clear to the US government that it is necessary to overthrow Saddam Hussein’s government in Iraq, which is "dangerous to American interests". In the 1991 Gulf War, the United States failed to overthrow Saddam Hussein by military means, but after more than 10 years of preparation, the United States finally solved this problem in 2003. Changing the color of the Iraqi regime is the real purpose of the US government.


    In Iran, what the United States needs to solve is not whether Iran develops a nuclear program or not-the United States has always acquiesced, connived and even helped some countries develop nuclear weapons. The real concern of the United States for Iran is whether Iran, a country that runs counter to the United States ideologically, will pose a threat to American interests once it possesses nuclear weapons. Since the United States believes that Iran will pose a danger to the interests of the United States, then the US government must start to solve this problem. As with the Iraq issue, eliminating danger is fundamental for the United States on the Iran issue. With a basic understanding of the current Iranian regime, the United States can find various excuses to solve the Iranian issue.


    According to the report of the US intelligence department, Iran terminated its nuclear weapons development program four years ago, and may not restart its nuclear weapons program so far. Even if Iran restarts its nuclear weapons program, it will not be possible to build the first atomic bomb until 2015. This report seems to have eliminated Bush’s excuse to wage war, but at the same time, it has confirmed from the opposite side that the current Iranian government has a nuclear weapons program, and Iran’s leaders tried to make nuclear weapons, but they stopped after negotiations with the European Union.


    As Bush said, as long as Iranians have ideas and plans to develop nuclear weapons and they can restart this plan at any time, then Iran still poses a threat to the interests of the United States. This reason is much more convincing than the one that triggered the Gulf War when Saddam invaded Kuwait.


  Are the conditions ripe for war?


    In 2007, the world media repeatedly broke the news that the "Iran War" was about to break out, even a specific date was clearly stated, but in the end there was no movement in the White House and there was no explosion in Iran. In order to launch a war, the American government needs a well-known reason and a relatively suitable condition with the right time, place and people.


    At present, a large number of American troops are still trapped in the quagmire of Iraq; The voice of anti-war in the United States is very strong; The United States is about to face the re-election of the government, and the Bush administration, whose two terms are about to expire, has to leave the White House. More importantly, have the American oil and arms groups already felt the need to wage a war? Is it appropriate to start a war now? After all, there are natural differences between today’s Iran and 2003′ s Iraq, and these are issues that cannot be ignored by the United States.


    Iran is a unified country, while Iraq was a country that was actually divided for many years. After the Gulf War in 1991, the western allies led by the United States set up a so-called no-fly zone in the north and south of Iraq. As a result, the Kurds in the north of 36th latitude in Iraq achieved autonomy, and the Shia Arabs in the south of 32nd latitude also achieved semi-autonomy. Politically and militarily, Saddam actually controlled only a narrow area between 32 and 36 degrees north latitude before the Iraq war in 2003, including the vast desert area in the west. Iran, on the other hand, not only does not have the problem of territorial division, but also has been in a unified state for a long time. Most of the opponents and dissidents who support the West have fled abroad and cannot pose a direct threat to the Iranian regime.


    Another more sensitive and realistic problem is that Iran is a country that implements the system of integration of politics and religion. Unlike Iraq, where Sunni Arabs, a minority population, are in a dominant position due to historical reasons, Shiite Arabs and Kurds have been engaged in the struggle against the Baghdad regime for a long time, and ethnic contradictions and sectarian contradictions are intertwined, greatly weakening their national strength. In terms of population, Persians and Azerbaijanis play a leading role in Iran, accounting for the absolute majority of the population; In terms of sects, Shiite Muslims account for more than 90% of the total population. This distribution of ethnic groups and sects has greatly reduced domestic contradictions, making Iran often shelve internal contradictions and be consistent with foreign countries when facing foreign invasion.


    However, Iran’s political and religious integration system has given the Iranian regime strong religious support, and the influence of religious forces in the political field has made the "Iran War" in danger of turning into a "religious war".


  Repeat the way of Iraq


    Looking back on the course from the Gulf War in 1991 to the Iraq War in 2003, it is not difficult to see that with the continuous strengthening of political and economic sanctions by the United Nations and the United States, Iraq has moved from an oil-rich country to a weak country, and has become fragmented. Obviously, the United States has repeatedly threatened the military this year, and it has been constantly reported that the Pentagon has drawn up a plan for the "Iran War" and prepared for the war. The so-called "war means are not excluded", and this "wolf is coming" signal is nothing more than paving the way for the future "Iran War".


    However, if the United States wants to launch the Iran war, it must also solve several important problems:


    First, greatly weaken Iran’s national strength. Isolating and sanctioning Iran is a soft knife to weaken Iran’s comprehensive national strength. The unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States have hindered Iran’s development for more than 20 years. In recent years, the United States has pushed the United Nations to impose sanctions on Iran, which is bound to further greatly weaken Iran’s national strength, especially declaring the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a "terrorist organization", which will help the United States to further contain Iran.


    Second, disrupt Iran’s domestic stability. Iran’s current regime is basically stable. Although there have been factional disputes in Iran’s political arena for a long time, the United States once hoped that a certain faction would disrupt the foundation of Iran’s political arena. However, in order to wage war and eventually overthrow Iran’s current regime, the United States still needs to further intensify internal contradictions in Iran, and even promote ethnic and sectarian contradictions that have existed in Iran’s domestic history, so as to make Iran fall into a fragmented situation.


    Third, find the way to the lowest loss. Iran, after all, is holding the world’s energy throat, the Strait of Hormuz. If we control this oil channel before the outbreak of the Iran war, it is bound to be an issue that the United States needs to consider to ensure that the energy supply of the United States and even the world will not be greatly affected and that the world economy will not be plunged.


    It can be predicted that the drama of "Iran War" unfinished in 2007 will continue in 2008. Although American intelligence has confirmed that Iran has stopped its nuclear weapons research and development program, the United States will continue to push the international community to impose stricter sanctions on Iran and will continue to create news such as "Iran War is about to break out". (Rong Song)

Editor: Li Xiuwei

The Historical Role and Important Influence of "Tianjin Way" in the War of Liberation (Photos)


Our army captured the enemy garrison headquarters.


 



On the afternoon of January 14, 1949, our army bravely attacked the enemy’s Ningyuan defense line.


 



On January 15, 1949, our officers and men marched on the streets of the city.


 



On January 15th, 1949, our army passed the present-day jiefang bridge.


 



Our army broke through the defensive line of enemy city.


 


  Create a model for tackling tough battles


  The liberation of Tianjin 60 years ago had an important historical role and influence in military and political aspects, and created the "Tianjin Way" which was called by Mao Zedong as one of the three ways to solve the remnant military groups of the Kuomintang at the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which wrote a brilliant chapter in the history of the War of Liberation.


  Create a model for tackling tough battles


  1, formulate operational guidelines in line with the characteristics of the city.


  On the eve of liberation, Tianjin is the largest industrial and commercial city in North China, with a population of more than 2 million, while the enemy defenders have 130,000 people. It has painstakingly built an outer defense line of the Yugoslav capital with a length of 82 Li, a diameter of 25 Li from north to south and a diameter of 10 Li from east to west.


  In addition, the Kuomintang military and political authorities have also formulated urban operational plans and divisional defense arrangements. In this regard, Chen Changjie, the enemy Tianjin garrison commander, proudly thought: "This kind of troop deployment, like the tail of a scorpion, can bend back and sting people." For the "fire array" composed of 40,000 mines set up on the periphery of the Yugoslav capital, he confidently declared that "on the Tianjin 90-mile line, Fiona Fang is a big minefield every 30 miles, and if the communists don’t come, they will be able to play a big role and cause the enemy to die."


  In order to lay a solid foundation for Tianjin in a relatively short time, according to the terrain characteristics of Tianjin and the defensive situation of the enemy, the PLA Front Command formulated the operational policy of "East-west advancing, stopping at the waist, first south and then north, first dividing and then panicking, first eating meat and then gnawing bones". Subsequently, the "Three Principles of Tactics for Attacking Tianjin" was put forward: in the battle, infantry, artillery, tanks and engineers must be "coordinated"; In terms of "thinking and deployment, there is a preparation for repelling the enemy and counter-charging"; In the tactics of warfare, the division tactics of "first dividing, then panic in, first eating meat, then gnawing bones" are used. Thus, the operational policy is more substantial and complete, and its power has been brilliantly exerted and embodied in the subsequent tough battle in Tianjin.


  The liberation of Tianjin was the first time that the People’s Liberation Army used infantry, artillery, armored forces, engineers and other arms to participate in a large-scale battle. In order to strengthen the preparation for siege and the pertinence of battlefield training, Tianjin Frontline Command has drawn up the Order of Coordinated Action of All Arms in the Frontier Breakthrough Stage, which clearly defines the different tasks of infantry, artillery, armored forces and engineers in each stage of the campaign, and closely coordinates the action norms. According to the characteristics of the moat, the Tianjin-attacking troops also invented and made simple and portable crossing equipment such as reed bridge, movable leaf bridge and boat bridge. Ten major breakthroughs were selected, and the terrain conditions such as attack roads were defined.


  2, surprise attack.


  At the end of December 1948, after the Northeast Field Army was transferred from Tanggu to Tianjin, it followed the instructions of the Central Military Commission and completed the siege of Tianjin in three steps according to the development and changes of the situation, and made all the preparations before the war, which laid the foundation for Tianjin to win the tough battle quickly in a certain sense. At the same time, all the troops in Dongye devoted themselves to political mobilization, close-in operations, military drills and logistical support before the war. During this period, grass-roots companies have extensively carried out the activities of "three good companies" to strive for "good fighting, good policy discipline and good unity" in order to win both military and political victories; In order to achieve the maximum results, all units have adopted the operation of digging traffic trenches and other close-to-close fortifications, which is close to the front of the enemy line. At the same time, we launched a training craze and practiced tactical actions such as "one point and two sides" and "four groups and one team" in the cold; In order to ensure the logistics support of the campaign, the Dongye Logistics Department and the Party and government departments in the liberated areas such as Jizhong, Jidong, Beiyue, Hebei, Shandong and Henan, under the guidance of the principle of "everything is for the front line", actively organized the former army to transport all kinds of materials to the front line in Tianjin in time.


  In order to carry out the operational policy of liberating Tianjin, the Northeast Field Army formed two major assault groups, East and West, and North and South assist groups with absolute superiority, and carried out feints in the north of the city. Among them, the 1st and 2nd columns (38th and 39th armies) attacked from west to east from the north and south of Xiyingmen; The 7 th and 8 th columns (44 th and 45 th armies) attacked from east to west from the front line of the National Gate and the Civil Rights Gate; The 34th Division of the 9th Column (46th Army) and the 12th Column (49th Army) assisted from south to north in Jianshan, Jinnan. The 8 th column alone has 4 divisions, and the 2 nd column alone has 7 divisions, etc., to carry out feints in the north of Minsheng Gate and Dinggu; The 17th Division of the 6th Column (43rd Army) is the General Reserve; The main force of the 12th column is located in the commissary city area, monitoring the defenders in Tanggu. According to the instruction of the Beijing-Tianjin Front Command that "the combat troops are in the non-main attack areas, so as to make my main attack direction surprise", Liu Yalou, the commander of Tianjin Front Command, ordered the troops located in the north of the city to take a feint posture, which caused the illusion that our main attack direction was in the north of the city, so as to skillfully transfer the 151st Division of the enemy 62nd Army to the north of the city for protection, thus reducing the pressure of our main attack direction.


  Since then, Tianjin’s rich practice in tackling key problems has fully proved that because our army flexibly and decisively applied the operational policy of east-west confrontation, it not only concentrated its absolute superior forces in the two main attack directions, but also implemented the north-south assistance strategy. At the same time, according to the characteristics of street fighting in big cities, it divided its troops in time after the main force entered the deep battle, so that eating "meat" first and then eating "bones" eventually became eating "meat" and eating "bones" at the same time. At the same time, the main force attacked the enemy troops on the defensive in the north and south respectively. As Liu Yalou later said: "By strengthening the attack forces on both sides, we can quickly and reliably get through and cut off the enemy." This will not only "disrupt the enemy’s entire defense system, but also freely expand the troops to the two wings."


  This is also the case in the course of combat: from 10: 00 a.m. on January 14th, 1949 to 3: 00 a.m. on the 15th, all our east and west opposing forces broke through the defensive lines and entered into deep fighting, and the southern auxiliary forces also quickly attacked the north. At dawn on the 15th, Jintang Bridge, Jingang Bridge, Shengli Bridge (now Bei ‘an Bridge) and Zhongzheng Bridge (now jiefang bridge) were captured, and at the same time, the main attack in the north and south also achieved great results: at 5 o’clock on the 15th, the attack on the enemy’s core defense area was launched, and at 7 o’clock, the enemy garrison headquarters was captured and the commander Chen Changjie was captured alive; At 1500 hours, Yaohua School, the last stronghold in the city on the defensive, was captured. Thus, in just 29 hours, 130,000 defenders were wiped out, which set a precedent for conquering the enemy’s heavily fortified cities in the shortest time and became a classic of the People’s Liberation Army’s urban warfare.


  Have powerful deterrent power.


  1. Tianjin liberation and Chiang Kai-shek’s "downfall"


  At the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Mao Zedong put forward "Tianjin Way", "Peiping Way" and "Suiyuan Way" to solve the remaining Kuomintang troops in the future. Among them, the "Tianjin way" is a high generalization of the way of resolutely, thoroughly and cleanly annihilating all enemy troops who dare to fight hard by military means. As Mao Zedong emphasized at this plenary session: "Solving the enemy by fighting, such as solving the enemy in Tientsin, is still the first thing we must pay attention to and prepare for." On January 14th, 1949, the People’s Liberation Army launched an attack on the enemy troops on the defensive in Tianjin, which refused to accept peaceful conditions. On the same day, President the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Mao Zedong’s Statement on the Current Situation (hereinafter referred to as "Statement") was published, and eight peace conditions representing the wishes of the broad masses of the people were put forward. Mao Zedong’s choice of this day to publish the "Statement" has profound political significance, thus marking the formal implementation of the "Tianjin Way" summarized at the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Party.


  On April 17, 1949, on the eve of the Battle of Crossing the River, Zhou Enlai pointed out in his speech when he met some patriotic Democrats attending the meeting of the New Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference: "The eight conditions put forward by Comrade Mao Zedong in his statement on January 14 are the conditions for true peace. Chiang Kai-shek did not accept it. As soon as Tianjin was liberated, he had to step down. " This is the correct conclusion drawn by Zhou Enlai on behalf of the CPC Central Committee based on the objective judgment of the situation, thus raising the "Tianjin Way" to a strategic height that affects the development direction of the war and the change of the political situation.


  On December 15th, 1948, Chiang Kai-shek personally issued a warrant to Chen Changjie, demanding that all the important machinery, equipment, gold and silver of the enterprise be shipped to the south within three days, and sent Li and Lan, the second chief of staff, to Tianjin, to instruct the defenders to "be sincere in their work, unite their will, and obey the unified action commanded by Commander Fu". More importantly, it is necessary to ensure that nearly 400,000 direct troops in the Pingjin area can withdraw south by sea when the situation is critical. On January 10th, 1949, Du Yuming Group was wiped out in Huaihai battlefield. On the 14th, the People’s Liberation Army launched a general attack on Tianjin. On the same day, Mao Zedong issued a statement on the current political situation, with a clear political purpose, that is, any Kuomintang military group that does not accept peace conditions can only be resolved by military means. This undoubtedly dealt a fatal blow to Chiang Kai-shek. On the 16th, the day after Tianjin’s liberation, he ordered the Tanggu garrison to "retreat by sea", and at the same time, he instructed the central bank and China bank in Nanjing and Shanghai to quickly transfer foreign exchange abroad, so as to "keep a chance for the country". At the same time, it was ordered to transport the silver dollar and gold stored in the national treasury to Taiwan Province, and even my family property, documents and three "Baikal" cars were transported to Taiwan Province in advance in February. On the day when the People’s Liberation Army captured Tianjin, the US Consulate General in Tianjin reached the following conclusion in its report to the State Council: "We witnessed the occupation of Tianjin by the communist party army, and almost all the equipment of these troops was the unused American weapons seized from the Manchurian Kuomintang army. The only consequence of the United States’ further assistance to such a government will only further enhance communist party’s strength.The (Kuomintang) government has proved to be so incompetent that most of our assistance has been transferred to communist party. Faced with the difficulties in domestic and foreign affairs, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the Executive Yuan to hold a government affairs meeting on the 19th, and held a five-hour "solemn discussion" on the eight peace conditions put forward by our party, and decided to "send representatives to Yan ‘an to negotiate peace with the Chinese Communist Party". At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the envoys to move to Guangzhou. On January 21st, only 10 days before the peaceful liberation of Peiping, Chiang Kai-shek announced his retirement, announcing that Li Zongren was acting as president.


  2. Shock and awe to the remnant military groups of the Kuomintang.


  The liberation of Tianjin and the emergence of the "Tianjin way" had a considerable impact on the Kuomintang military clique, and thus produced the "Peiping way" and "Suiyuan way".


  The conquest of Tianjin brought great shock to the spirit of more than 200,000 Kuomintang troops stationed in Peiping. In the Battle of Pingjin, Fu Zuoyi Group believed that it would take at least three months for the PLA to lay Tianjin. Therefore, after our army launched a general attack on Tianjin, Fu Zuoyi still ordered Chen Changjie to retake the breakthrough at all costs. However, the rapid liberation of Tianjin on 15th was unexpected by Fu Zuoyi and others, and broke their last hope. After the liberation of Tianjin, 800,000 troops arrived at the gates of Beiping. Under the strong military and political pressure, Fu Zuoyi Group finally reached the Agreement on Peaceful Settlement of the Peiping Problem with our army. Mao Zedong once profoundly pointed out the reason for the peaceful liberation of Peiping: "Tianjin was defeated, and within 29 hours, hundreds of thousands of people were disarmed. Chen Changjie, Lin Weichou, Du Jianshi and other gangsters were captured together, and Peiping was isolated and hopeless. Determined to take the second road, the possibility of a peaceful solution to the Peiping problem emerged."


  The "Tianjin Way" dealt a heavy blow to the remnants of the Kuomintang military group. After the conquest of Tianjin, the 13th Army, 16th Army, 92nd Army, 94th Army and other Kuomintang central forces stationed in Peiping panicked. Chiang Kai-shek demanded for this: "The central armies will break through in different ways and make a plan for a narrow escape." While Li Wen, commander of the 4th Corps, Shi Jue, commander of the 9th Corps, and Yuan Pu, commander of the 16th Army, etc., wept bitterly and beat their chests, feeling that the tide was over. It also has a great deterrent effect on the remnants of the Kuomintang military groups such as Hu Zongnan, Bai Chongxi and Tang Enbo. The Yen Hsi-shan Group, which was trapped in Taiyuan, was also extremely frightened. Yen Hsi-shan was "restless day and night" and paid close attention to the development of the situation. In a telegram to Fu Zuoyi, he said, "Today, we have to do what is important and do our best with gravity."


  Have a far-reaching political impact


  1, create a combination of military and political.


  Sun Tzu, a famous military scientist in ancient China, advocated "to defeat the enemy without fighting". On the eve of Tianjin’s liberation, in order to protect the lives and property of more than 2 million people and prevent the industry and commerce from being destroyed by war, the People’s Liberation Army issued a peaceful settlement initiative to the Kuomintang defenders. Since then, Liu Yalou has held two sincere talks with representatives of Tianjin Senate. For this reason, Mao Zedong promptly gave the instruction that "Tianjin can be dealt with separately as long as there are separate negotiations", and it was only on the premise that Chen Changjie and others refused to settle peacefully that they had to launch a general attack. Therefore, our army’s efforts to peacefully liberate Tianjin have touched Fu Zuoyi’s attempt to delay time by taking advantage of the Tianjin issue, which enabled our army to take the lead in politics, to show the way to peacefully solve the Tianjin issue in advance in a certain sense, and to point out two alternative paths for Peiping and other Kuomintang troops.


  The "Tianjin Way" promoted the emergence of "Peiping Way" and "Suiyuan Way", and the double shock of its military means and political disintegration was the fundamental reason for the major changes in military and political trends in the late period of the Liberation War. After that, in the strategic pursuit stage, the strategic defense line of the Kuomintang army centered on controlling cities and traffic arteries was completely in a state of disintegration under the mutual influence of the military and political offensives of the People’s Liberation Army. The ultimate goal of "defeating the enemy’s soldiers instead of fighting, pulling out the city of people instead of attacking" was achieved without bloodshed. With the peaceful liberation of Changsha, Yunnan, Xinjiang, Xikang, Datong and Xinxiang, and the uprising, surrender and adaptation of 1.26 million Kuomintang troops, it became an unprecedented miracle in the history of Chinese and foreign wars.


  Just as Zhou Enlai pointed out after the launching of the Battle of Crossing the Yangtze River: "When the People’s Liberation Army is waiting for orders on the front line of the Yangtze River, there are two kinds of tasks in form: one is Tianjin-style progress; One is Peiping-style progress … The peaceful settlement is generally accepted and adapted according to peaceful methods; The advance of the battle is to receive and adapt it by fighting. "


  At the same time, the successful experience such as operational principles and tactical ideas created by Tianjin’s tough battle played an important role in the subsequent urban warfare of the People’s Liberation Army. For this reason, the Central Military Commission informed the whole army to learn from Tianjin’s hard-fought experience. In the subsequent battles in Taiyuan, Shanghai, Lanzhou, Guangzhou and other cities, the People’s Liberation Army absorbed and adopted Tianjin’s experience in fighting tough battles, gave full play to its close synergy and the overall power of firepower, blasting and assault, and flexibly implemented interspersed division. This tactic was successfully applied to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, which wrote an important chapter in the history of the People’s Liberation Army.


  2. Have a strong social response.


  On the eve of Tianjin’s liberation, people from all walks of life in Tianjin launched a movement calling for peace through various means, and opposed the perverse behavior of the Kuomintang authorities who were determined to destroy the city regardless of the safety of people’s lives and property. Professors from institutions of higher learning such as Nankai University and Beiyang University jointly wrote a letter demanding the maintenance of cultural and economic undertakings and the withdrawal of troops stationed in schools, so as to avoid "the danger of being subjected to artillery fire". In the meantime, the situation that the Tianjin Senate sent representatives to negotiate with our army attracted wide attention from all walks of life. Tianjin Ta Kung Pao, Yishi Daily, Republic of China Daily and other newspapers reported the whole process on the front page. Foreign news organizations, such as Associated Press, Reuters and AFP, also reported the news that four representatives made written statements after returning to the city. At the same time, all walks of life understand and welcome the four conditions put forward by our army for the peaceful settlement of the Tianjin issue, and strongly demand that the Kuomintang authorities respond to the people’s liberation army’s appeal for peace and negotiate to solve the Tianjin issue as soon as possible.


  In order to cooperate with the military and political offensive of the People’s Liberation Army, Tianjin workers, students, citizens, businessmen, intellectuals and people from all walks of life, under the call and influence of the underground organization of the Communist Party of China, have launched various struggles such as protecting factories, schools and destroying enemy military production. The vast number of ethnic industrialists and businessmen and university professors have waged a struggle against moving south; Many workers braved gunfire to protect machinery and equipment; Nankai university students opened a propaganda car on the day of liberation; Many citizens are not afraid of danger and take the initiative to lead the way and guide our army. The People’s Liberation Army’s exemplary behavior of observing city discipline in Tianjin has won the heartfelt support and love of Tianjin people. Thereby expanding the influence of our party in the Kuomintang-controlled areas.


  The liberation of Tianjin had a strong response in the Kuomintang-controlled areas. The highest military and political authorities of the Kuomintang believe that "Tianjin calls for peace" after the Beiping peace talks began, adding "annoyance" to the already tense situation. On January 7, 1949, Chiang Kai-shek personally telephoned Li Zhuchen and other business leaders, stressing that the negotiation should be based on his New Year’s Proclamation and should not be easily compromised; On the 13th, the presidents of the councils of seven provinces and cities in North China jointly called Chiang Kai-shek and Fu Zuoyi, calling for an immediate truce. "All problems are solved by political means." During this period, Shanghai Ta Kung Pao and other news media in the Kuomintang-controlled areas also commented in succession, calling on the Kuomintang authorities to hold peace talks with the Chinese Communist Party as soon as possible. This fully reflects the people’s desire for peace in the Kuomintang-controlled areas.

Editor: Wang Teng

The moldy concert will enter the China cinema, but the popular netizens have quarreled: Is the concert movie still a movie?

Which movie ended the "Want to See" index of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Twinkle, Bright Stars" which won many days on major platforms?

It turned out to be the concert video Taylor Swift, a singer nicknamed "moldy" by China fans, "Taylor Swift’s Time Tour Concert". In the minds of some fans, it is not even a movie.

On December 15, the film released a trailer and was scheduled for December 31. As soon as the news came out, people’s popularity soared on the major ticketing platforms, far ahead: according to the data from Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 19: 25 last night, the number of "wanting to see" surged by nearly 70,000 in one day, followed by "Twinkle, Twinkle, Bright Stars" and "If You Are the One 3" released one day earlier, with less than 3,000 new data yesterday. In Douban’s weekly word-of-mouth list updated yesterday, the film jumped 10 places to occupy the top spot.

After the publication of the "Battle Report" of Lighthouse Professional Edition, the data is still rising.

The high popularity of this new film, however, has a completely different impression in the industry and the audience. Some people think that "concert movies" expand the boundaries of movies and the service scope of cinemas, and it is normal to expect new elements such as musicals and sports competitions to enter this field in the future; Others think that such a "movie" can neither highlight the atmosphere of the concert nor the narrative of the movie. "Will anyone pay the bill besides fans?"

Concert replacement?

On Douban, the introduction of the film is: "The film records the charming stage of Taylor Swift’s world tour in 2023, including many classic tracks in Taylor’s music career, and at the same time restores the grand scene of the tour, creating an audio-visual feast of’ Thai burning, Thai value and Thai stick’ from a film perspective."

However, before the file was finalized, a platform introduced the film more bluntly: "In order to satisfy the fans who can’t get tickets, the full video of Taylor Swift Times Tour Concert will land in the cinema."

In the eyes of some fans, the former is nothing more than adding some flowery rhetoric of public relations articles. In essence, as the latter said, the content of the film is a concert video that may have undergone lens switching, picture editing and sound collection.

Taylor Swift performed at the award ceremony (Source: Xinhua News Agency)

"At present, the concerts of the most popular singers in China can only sit on the’ top of the mountain’ for thousands of dollars, and the line of sight may be blocked by speakers, columns or front-row audiences, and they can only see the idol style through the big screen." In Taylor Swift’s "Iron Powder" Ms. Fei’s view, "Isn’t it worthwhile to spend a movie ticket to see a top concert with the best location and the most exquisite composition?"

Qin Xiao, a citizen who has chased many concerts this year, bluntly said that live performances such as concerts are "the art of regret". "I only bought tickets for the top floor of a concert. People on the stage couldn’t see the appearance at all, but they could fully appreciate the beauty of lighting and dancing from a nearly overlooking perspective. The transformation of the choreography formation on the spot was amazing. These are invisible when sitting in the infield. " In his view, the concert recorded by film can achieve the best of both worlds and lead the audience to explore the backstage. "Isn’t this a good innovation?"

However, for some fans and fans, such innovation touches the foundation of the two performance methods. "To enjoy beautiful pictures and perfect singing, just go home and play HD MV. Why go to the scene?" Mr. Wei, a citizen who likes to chase concerts and various live performances, believes that the charm of live performances lies in the "live". "The live performances of singers and actors are often imperfect, but such imperfections can touch people’s hearts." When Mr. Wei was at school, he watched Faye Wong’s concert in Hongkou Stadium. It rained heavily all the time that day. "While the light rail rumbled, Faye Wong slipped in the heavy rain. I have a vivid memory of the past 20 years, and I won’t have such a strong emotional resonance without being in it. "

"Whether it is a documentary or a feature film, any type of film has a narrative basis." Hu Xiao, a veteran movie fan, introduced that from the award-winning movie Bohemian Rhapsody to the classic movie Bodyguard, the concert scenes were talked about by fans, but the core was the story, "Without narrative support, can a pure concert support the big screen?" Some people in charge of the cinema admit that even if the sound effect is no problem, it is difficult for the cinema to restore the beautiful effect of the concert at present. "The stage lighting is three-dimensional, and it is flat on the big screen."

Special offer for fans?

As one of the most influential singers in Europe and America, Taylor Swift, born in December 1989, has hundreds of millions of fans on overseas social media. Her popularity in China can’t be underestimated. In 2020, her album Folklore sold 200,000 copies on QQ music on the first day of its release.

Ms. Fei said that most of her fans are young people who "grew up with her and were encouraged by her infection". The audience analysis of this film from the professional edition of Lighthouse shows that the audience under 30 years old occupies an absolute majority: the most of them are 20-24 years old, accounting for 43.7%; Followed by teenagers, accounting for about 23.7%, while the audience aged 25-29 accounted for 21.5%. The audience who "want to see" is highly coincident with the age of fans.

"This kind of viewing atmosphere may be unprecedented." The film was released in North America in October this year. Liu Jieyu, who is studying in the United States, and her friends went to watch it. "Everyone is clapping along, which is more like watching a concert than watching a movie." Douban has an IP address on the Internet, and netizens in Canada also commented that "everyone is singing along with each song, and everyone applauds after each song" and "rounding is equal to watching the tour scene". Ms. Fei said that she would buy tickets to invite relatives and friends to see them. "After all, movie tickets are much more affordable than concert tickets. I hope more people can feel this charm."

This film got a high score of 9.4 on Douban, and this year’s ordinary film and television drama reached this level with Long Season. However, in Hu Xiao’s view, although the douban scores are the same, the quality may not be the same. "There are only more than 5,000 people scoring this movie, and most of them are fans. "The Long Season" has 880,000 ratings, and the actors are not taking the’ flow’ route, which will be closer to the feelings of ordinary audiences. " In the eyes of some viewers, if fans are too strong, they are often exclusive, and some ordinary viewers may "instinctively refuse."

The release is just around the corner, and Shanghai cinema managers have different views on it. "How many fans does Taylor Swift have?" Ms. Wang, the person in charge of a cinema, said that she still held a wait-and-see attitude towards the domestic box office of the film. "Some cinemas opened the pre-sale in advance, and then judged it after seeing how it sold."

In 2011, "Mayday" promoted the 3D concert movie "Chasing Dreams 3DNA" (Source: Xinhua News Agency)

Ms. Wang’s worry is not unreasonable. Recently, Mayday, a Taiwan Province regional orchestra that caused lip-synching controversy, has shown many films in mainland China, which can be traced back to 2011′ s "Chasing Dreams 3DNA", which is based on Mayday concert and interspersed with three short stories. However, the box office results of these films are not particularly eye-catching. The best performance is "Mayday Life Unlimited Company" in 2019, which won a box office of 50.208 million yuan.

"Whether Taylor Swift’s popularity in China is higher than that in May is a question mark." Ms. Wang bluntly said that concert movies are special for fans. "People who like them may watch them 10 times, and the box office depends on the singer’s popularity. If Jay Chou’s concert movies are shown in China, the box office should be good. "

"There are many moldy fans, and the box office should not be bad." Zhang Dong, the head of another cinema, knows Taylor Swift better than Ms. Wang. In his view, presenting a concert directly in the form of a movie in a domestic cinema has a certain freshness for the audience. Zhang Dong is preparing for the "Snowfield" of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Twinkle, Stars" recently. In his view, today’s young people will buy tickets for a "snow" and will try to watch a concert in the cinema.

There will be operas and movies?

Taylor Swift: Time Tour Concert was released in North America in October this year, and the box office was in full swing. The data shows that the film earned $45 million on the first day of its release in North America, breaking the box office record of "The Clown" in North America for four consecutive years. At present, the global box office of the film has reached $249 million.

Taylor Swift is not the first singer to put a concert on the big screen. Madonna, Justin Bieber and other singers have also put concerts on the big screen before. Beyonce: The Renaissance, by another singer, was also released on December 1st. At present, the box office is about 36.12 million dollars.

In October, 2009, Michael Jackson, a generation of pop king who died in June of that year, was introduced to China, earning 48.3 million yuan. The film temporarily ranked first in the global box office of concert films with a box office of 261 million dollars, but this record is likely to be broken by Taylor Swift.

In addition to Mayday, the earliest time that domestic singers put concerts on the screen can be traced back to Leslie Cheung’s Passion Concert in 2000. In addition, Cui Jian has released Beyond that Day, Wang Leehom has Firepower Full, and even the pianist Lang Lang has a Passion Sonata. However, compared with Taylor Swift’s box office myth, the box office of these films is generally not high.

According to industry sources, Taylor Swift didn’t talk about cooperation with the traditional film production company. Her company directly cooperated with AMC, Regal and Cinemark, the three major cinemas in North America. Well-known director Christopher Nolan once commented on this matter, "Taylor Swift is about to show his strength to the film company".

What enlightenment does an atypical film bring to domestic practitioners because of its high global box office?

Although Ms. Wang is not optimistic about the box office of this film, she agrees with this arrangement and attempt. "The film schedule is very good on December 31, which will attract some viewers who want to spend the New Year in the cinema."

Liu Jieyu introduced that the movie’s viewing experience is completely different from that of traditional movies. "You don’t have to sit in your seat according to the rules, and you don’t have to keep quiet. You can bring light sticks, wear surrounding clothes and AIDS and get together at the same time." In Zhang Dong’s view, more concert films will enter the market in the future. "In recent years, stage plays and concerts have made breakthroughs, and they have moved their performance venues from the Grand Theatre to the cinema. Concert movies are expected to have investment returns, and investment value will attract more capital into this field. "

In the face of market changes, cinemas that used to show movies and sell popcorn are also seeking innovation and change. On November 19th, the League of Legends Global Finals was held. Many Wanda Studios in Shanghai held synchronized cinema watching activities. Tickets and movie tickets were almost the same price. In addition to feeling the atmosphere of e-sports events on the big screen and cheering for the China team, you can also receive customized support packages for the silver crown watching games. According to the system ticket sales, except for one suburban cinema, all the other cinemas sold out early, and some cinemas added several extra performances.

Fans dressed in role costumes and holding hands to help "Slam Dunk Master" at the special screening event of Shanghai Studios.

During the release of this year’s animated film "Slam Dunk", many fans dressed themselves as characters, and many cinemas also launched "support fields" for a single character. Fans turned into fans in the cinema to cheer for the movie characters. In recent years, SHO, Shanghai Studios, has launched "special field" movies for seeing you, hugging you through the cold winter and slam dunk, aiming at the special needs of the audience.

China Film Co., Ltd. Beijing Film Distribution Branch Deputy Manager Ma Wei said that in addition to screening new films, it may try to introduce more content such as drama, musical, concert and opera stage documentary into the screening venue in the future. With the blessing of high-definition technology, stage works may be presented in a more all-round way without dead ends, which also brings a different appreciation experience from the theater.

With the "Taylor Swift Times Tour Concert" finalized, a person in charge of the cinema revealed to reporters that he had received calls from moldy fans last night, "The cinema in the future will be more yuan and more interesting."

Editor-in-Chief: Shi Chenlu

Author: Jane Gong Bo Zhong Han

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At 18: 50 today, the production and living electricity of residents in Yuanqu County, Shanxi Province was all restored.

The reporter learned from the State Grid Shanxi Electric Power Company that at 18: 50 on December 19, the power supply of 56 transmission lines in Yuanqu Power Grid and the power supply of emergency power vehicles were all switched, and the production and living electricity consumption of residents in Yuanqu County was all restored.

The 133 emergency power vehicles mobilized by the State Grid from Hebei, Sichuan, Anhui and other places will all return on the morning of the 20th.

Amber: Berlusconi is obsessed with beautiful football. He wants to control the ball more & win through wonderful performance.

Live broadcast on November 2 nd In the podcast, Milan star Ambrosini talked about the demands of former President Silvio Berlusconi on Milan.

Ambrosini said: "Berlusconi likes beautiful things. He hopes to win the game by playing wonderful games, and he has always been obsessed with it."

"I still remember one time during the halftime of the game, Berlusconi walked into the dressing room and told us in front of everyone that he wanted to see the team get more possession of the ball. This moment is called’ Marisa’, which means to control the ball. We players look at each other, but this is Berlusconi’s personality. "

(real steel fist)

The 2023 FIFA World Cup ended and Beijing Normal University won the women’s team championship.

People’s Daily Online, Beijing, November 1 (Reporter Yang Lei) On October 31, the 2023 FISU Football World Cup ended in Jinjiang, Fujian. Beijing Normal University beat paulista University of Brazil in the women’s final and won the championship, while paulista University men’s soccer team won the men’s championship.

On the afternoon of October 31st, the battle for the women’s championship of the 2023 FIFA World Cup in Jinjiang was held at the training ground of Jinjiang Football Center. The team of Beijing Normal University, which represented China, played against the team of paulista University in Brazil, and the two sides fought for 120 minutes and drew 2:2. In the final penalty shootout, Beijing Normal University won the championship with a total score of 7:6.

"Today, we made full preparations for playing for 120 minutes and presented a very wonderful game to everyone. It is our honor to stand on the highest podium again after 12 years. " Bi Yan, former China international and head coach of Beijing Normal University, said after the game.

At the 2011 Shenzhen Universiade, Bi Yan helped the Beijing Normal University women’s football team win the championship by beating the Japanese team 2-1. Twelve years later, as the head coach, she led the team to the highest podium in the world college football again.

In the men’s final, paulista University of Brazil beat the Ukrainian National University of Economics and Business men’s soccer team 7-6 in a penalty shootout and won the championship. Hohai University’s men’s soccer team, representing China, created the best result of China University’s men’s soccer team in the FIBA World Cup, and finally won the eighth place.

Production and marketing growth of automobile industry exceeded expectations

Positive effects appear and demand continues to be released-

Production and marketing growth of automobile industry exceeded expectations

According to the data of China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in the first 10 months, China’s automobile production and sales reached 24.016 million and 23.967 million respectively, up by 8% and 9.1% respectively, and the automobile production and sales maintained steady growth. Experts believe that with the continuous emergence of the national steady growth policy effect, coupled with local car subsidies, promotional activities and other measures and the "tail-jumping" effect at the end of the year, the market demand of the automobile industry will continue to grow in the fourth quarter, which is expected to better achieve the annual target.

Create a new high in the same period in history.

Auto shows and promotions in many places in China are being carried out in the near future, new models are continuously released, and the number of passengers entering the store has increased significantly, further stimulating automobile consumption.

According to the data of China Automobile Association, the production and sales of automobiles reached 2.891 million and 2.853 million respectively in October, up by 11.2% and 13.8% respectively year-on-year. After September, the production and sales volume once again hit a new high in the same period of the month.

Chen Shihua, Deputy Secretary-General of China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, said that the automobile market is "golden September, silver and ten", and the automobile sales volume in October was basically the same as that in September, slightly lower than that in the previous month, achieving rapid growth year-on-year. In the first 10 months, the growth rate of automobile production and sales in China increased by 0.7 and 0.9 percentage points compared with the previous September.

This year, China’s automobile market has shown a gradual improvement trend. Cui Dongshu, Secretary-General of the Passenger Car Market Information Association, said that in the first two months, the automobile market was greatly affected by the Spring Festival and the withdrawal of subsidies. From March to May, it was driven by last year’s low base, and it surged year-on-year. From June to October, exports and domestic demand were strong, which promoted high growth. The recovery of commercial vehicles in China automobile market is strong, and the passenger car market continues to improve.

At present, manufacturers and dealers have entered the year-round target sprint stage, and the competition in the auto market has become increasingly fierce. Especially in the fourth quarter, some manufacturers have launched some impulse measures to gradually increase terminal promotion. With the increase of policy guidelines for the automobile industry at the national level, the automobile market is expected to achieve the annual target better.

Chen Shihua pointed out that the monthly law of automobile production and sales has a "tail-jumping" effect at the end of the year, and the base in the last two months of last year was low. From the recent research, this year’s "tail-jumping" will appear again. In the first ten months of this year, automobile sales increased by 9.1% year-on-year. In addition, automobile companies still have to be impulsive in the fourth quarter. It is estimated that the annual growth rate of production and sales will exceed the expectation of 3% at the beginning of the year.

Xu Haidong, deputy chief engineer of China Automobile Association, predicted that from the performance of the automobile market in the previous October, domestic automobile sales this year are expected to exceed 30 million, a record high.

The monthly production and sales of new energy is nearly one million vehicles.

Compared with the automobile market as a whole, the performance of new energy vehicles is more eye-catching.

In October, the production and sales of new energy vehicles were 989,000 and 956,000 respectively, up by 29.2% and 33.5% respectively, with a market share of 33.5%. In the first 10 months, the production and sales of new energy vehicles in China reached 7.352 million and 7.28 million respectively, up by 33.9% and 37.8% respectively, with a market share of 30.4%. The export of new energy vehicles was 995,000, a year-on-year increase of 99.1%.

"In October, the production and sales of new energy vehicles hit a record high, reaching a scale of nearly one million vehicles in a single month, and the market share exceeded 30% for six consecutive months." Chen Shihua said that the cumulative sales volume of new energy vehicles in China during the year has exceeded that of last year, and the market share has also exceeded 30% from 29.8% in September.

From the sales point of view, in the first 10 months, the sales volume of the top ten enterprise groups of new energy vehicles totaled 6.321 million, up 49.6% year-on-year, accounting for 86.8% of the total sales volume of new energy vehicles. Chen Shihua said that in the past few years, the market share of the top ten new energy vehicles was only 50% to 60%, and now it can be compared with fuel vehicles, which proves that the market concentration is constantly improving.

New energy vehicles have gradually become the main force in the auto market. The recently released 2023 Research Report on China Automobile Preservation Rate shows that the sales of new energy vehicles have increased substantially this year, and the market penetration rate has remained high, which has contributed more to the growth of domestic new car sales than fuel vehicles.

Rural market is the future increment of China automobile market. A few days ago, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao said that it will continue to promote new energy vehicles to the countryside, and the whole chain will promote automobile consumption. According to industry insiders, with the further enrichment of vehicle supply, the improvement of intelligent+fast charging+long battery life experience and the reduction of cost, new energy vehicles will sink to a more competitive price range, which is expected to usher in a second increase in penetration.

Independent brands performed well.

In October, the independent brands of automobiles performed well and their market share further increased. Data show that in October, the sales volume of China brand passenger cars was 1.485 million, up by 25.1% year-on-year, and the market share reached 59.7%, up by 6.6 percentage points.

Chen Shihua said that last year, the market share of China brand passenger cars was 49.5%. Since the beginning of this year, this figure has remained above 50% and steadily increased, even approaching 60% in October.

In the field of new energy vehicles, the advantages of independent brands are more obvious. Except Tesla, the top ten manufacturers in the field of new energy sales are all independent brands. Cui Dongshu said that independent brands have achieved significant growth in the new energy market and export market, and the transformation and upgrading of traditional car companies have performed well, and the brand share of traditional car companies such as BYD, Chery, Changan and Geely has increased significantly.

With the increasing concentration of the domestic market, the domestic market tends to be relatively saturated, enterprises will look more overseas, and automobile exports will grow rapidly year-on-year.

The data shows that in October, China exported 488,000 cars, up 9.8% from the previous month and 44.2% from the same period last year. In the first 10 months, automobile exports reached 3.922 million, up 59.7% year-on-year. Among them, the export of traditional fuel vehicles was 2.927 million, a year-on-year increase of 49.6%; The export of new energy vehicles was 995,000, a year-on-year increase of 99.1%.

Chen Shihua pointed out that this year, domestic listed companies have taken the development of the international market as an important business strategy, not only by direct trade, but also by domestic car companies, including supply chain companies.

The research report released by Everbright Securities shows that the competition in the domestic automobile market is intensifying, and the market expansion demand of independent brands drives the domestic automobile exports to maintain a strong growth trend. Building factories and mergers and acquisitions are effective solutions to expand the scale of overseas production and marketing; Among them, the most localized development or the key factor of overseas layout. (Liu Wei)

Source: Economic Daily