Diaspora communities are sometimes an essential element of creating community and developing lines of communication, cultural connections, and solidarity between States and their diasporas. It has been an important matter of State policy in many places (e.g., Vanessa Bravo & Maria De Moya, 'Communicating the Homeland's Relationship with Its Diaspora Community: The Cases of El Salvador and Colombia,' (2015) 10 Hague J. Dipl. 70 (2015). China has also been careful about cultivating relationships with its diaspora communities. This is viewed as a positive obligation measured by the support of diaspora communities for the aspirations of countries of origin (Carsten Schäfer, Research Report: China's diaspora policy under Xi Jinping: Content, limits and challenges, SWP Research Paper, No. 10/2022). "President Xi Jinping has on many occasions stressed the importance of overseas Chinese in the country's reform and opening-up and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." (Xi's remarks on importance of overseas Chinese, China Daily 2023). Xi Jinping's 2023 speech reported widely perhaps best summarizes the current position:
On March 13 [2023], the first session of the 14th National People's Congress concluded at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered an important speech at the closing meeting. Adhering to the people's position, strengthening historical confidence, demonstrating mission responsibility, and guiding the way forward, President Xi Jinping's important speech has doubled the confidence of overseas Chinese overseas. They all said that the grand goal of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation is inspiring. Chinese sons and daughters overseas must pool their wisdom and strength, give full play to their advantages overseas, serve as bridges between China and other countries in the world, and contribute to the comprehensive construction of society. We will build a modern socialist country and comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. * * * "As Chinese sons and daughters overseas, we must practice our best to become friendly envoys of people-to-people diplomacy." Zhang Jian, president of the Overseas Chinese Association of Zambia, said that overseas Chinese are an important group that represents China's image overseas and should actively participate in local society and economy. Construction, strive to expand channels and platforms for exchanges and cooperation between China and foreign countries, use the inclusive wisdom and pattern of Chinese civilization to serve as a bridge between China and the world, deliver positive energy to world peace and development, and contribute to the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
3月13日，第十四届全国人民代表大会第一次会议在北京人民大会堂闭幕。中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平在闭幕会上发表重要讲话。坚守人民立场、坚定历史自信、彰显使命担当、指引前进方向，习近平主席重要讲话让身在海外的华侨华人信心倍增。他们纷纷表示，强国建设、民族复兴的宏伟目标催人奋进，海外中华儿女要凝聚智慧和力量，充分发挥身在海外的优势，做好中国与世界各国之间的桥梁纽带，为书写全面建设社会主义现代化国家、全面推进中华民族伟大复兴的绚丽篇章添砖加瓦、增光添彩。* * * “作为身在海外的中华儿女，我们要身体力行成为民间外交的友好使者。”赞比亚华侨华人总会会长张键说，华侨华人是海外代表中国形象的一个重要群体，应积极参与当地社会和经济建设，努力拓展中外交流合作渠道和平台，以中华文明兼容并蓄的智慧和格局，做好中国与世界沟通的桥梁，为世界和平发展传递正能量，为推动构建人类命运共同体贡献力量。(习近平主席在十四届全国人大一次会议闭幕会上的重要讲话让海外华侨华人信心倍增 HERE (Xinhua))
Xi Zhongxun provided the link between investment, patriotism and overseas Chinese in the early days of the Period of Reform and Opening up:
These are insights later developed in interesting ways under the leadership of Xi Jinping: "The overseas Chinese all over the world are an important bridge between China and the world. An important innovation in Xi Jinping’s discussion on overseas Chinese affairs is to attach importance to the role of overseas Chinese in promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and promoting the construction of the “Belt and Road”." [遍布世界的华侨华人是中国与世界沟通联系的重要桥梁。习近平侨务工作论述的重要创新，就是重视华侨华人在推动构建人类命运共同体、推进“一带一路”建设中的作用。] (习近平总书记关于侨务工作的重要论述之实践与理论渊源探析 [An analysis of the practical and theoretical origins of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important exposition on overseas Chinese affairs ](2021)).In the early days of reform and opening up, overseas Chinese came to Guangdong for inspection. At a foreign economic and trade conference, Xi Zhongxun said bluntly: "Now, people say that when you come to invest in the motherland, the first thing is to be patriotic, and the second thing is to make money. This is wrong. In fact, you The first is to make money, and the second is to be patriotic. If you don’t make money, why do you love your country?” Those overseas Chinese laughed: “Secretary Xi is right, of course we are patriotic when we invest, but if we don’t make money, who will.” Comrade Xi Jinping also proposed the principle of "three benefits" for overseas Chinese affairs in 1995. This win-win concept is of the same origin. 改革开放初期，华侨来广东考察，在一次外经贸会议上，习仲勋直率地说：“现在，人们都说你们来祖国投资，第一是爱国，第二才是赚钱。此话不对，你们实际上第一是赚钱，第二才是爱国，不赚钱你们爱什么国。”那些华侨就笑了：“习书记讲得对，我们来投资，当然有爱国心，但是不赚钱，谁来呀。”习近平同志在1995年也提出了侨务工作“三有利”的原则，这种共赢的理念是一脉相承的。(习近平总书记关于侨务工作的重要论述之实践与理论渊源探析 [An analysis of the practical and theoretical origins of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important exposition on overseas Chinese affairs ](2021)).
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It was thus with great interest that one approaches a recent article that appeared in Ta Kun Pao (大公报 ): 犹太利益集团势力庞大 美国无底线盲撑以色列 [The Jewish interest groups are powerful and the United States blindly supports Israel without any bottom line], the text of which follows in the original and a crude English translation. Its inconsistency with the broad insights of promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind might be worth considering. Unless, of course, both the conditions of overseas Chinese and "Jews" differ in some way. Yet the reconciliation of the insights of Socialist Internationalism of the New Era and this application appear hard to reconcile in theory. Unless ideologically the Jews are now to play a distinctly curious role in the further evolution of Chinese Marxist Leninism (see eg HERE), one that appears to align more with the USSR in the 1950s than China in its New Era (eg here). But that cannot be right in the shadow of New Era Socialist Internationalism core principles.
Still notions of bricolage may suggest a curious interpenetration of ideas that may be based on a strategic misreading of Marx's "On the Jewish Question" (see eg here; others have also curiously grappled with its bits and pieces eg here, but which ought to be read in its own historical context, e.g here helpful framing), aligned with the domestic strategic imperatives of the anti-beliefs in ghosts and gods campaign (信鬼神 [Belief in Ghosts and Gods]: 官员信鬼神患的是“精神缺钙”病 [Officials who believe in ghosts and gods are suffering from "mental calcium deficiency" disease]), and the even more strategic tilt toward influence in the MENA region (Choosing Sides, Socialist Internationalism, and the Ideological Signification of China's Jewish Problem in the International Arena: "Wang Yi Holds Talks with the Delegation of Arab-Islamic Foreign Ministers" ("These two discursive tropes--the Jew as the post-modern objectification of the foreign-fascist-feudal oppressors, on the one hand, and the Jew as compulsory wanderer, the predicate exemplar of a semiotics of progressive dialectical overcoming toward perfection--now appear to be usefully conflated as a Chinese Marxist "solution" to the Jewish problem in MENA").
One cannot say with certainty how any of this is connected in meaningful ways to Socialist Internationalism, at least in its ideal state; but the bricolage is there ("We find what works (resonates and seduces), and hang it on our walls or
sit it on our floor; and then, when something new comes along, or when
what we’re doing stalls, we rearrange it." (Here; Derrida on bricolage here)). And its current configurations ought to give thoughtful Chinese Leninist at least some pause especially where the insights lead not to a community with a shared future for mankind but rather to the sensibilities of the liberal elites in late 19th century Europe before its Marxist enlightenment (from a Chinese perspective).
犹太利益集团势力庞大 美国无底线盲撑以色列
美国犹太裔人口只有约600万，占总人口2%，但却有大量犹太人跻身美国政坛、金融界和媒体界高层，形成庞大的利益集团，影响甚至操控美国政府的政策。美国总统拜登便长期接受亲以色列游说集团捐赠，在本轮巴以冲突期间无底线支持以色列，无视以军在加沙地带滥杀平民的事实，坚持向以色列提供军援。美国主流媒体亦受到犹太集团控制，一味放大亲以宣传，压制批评以色列的声音，最终导致社会严重失衡。
金融界/犹太富豪靠捐款操控名校
高盛、贝莱德、花旗银行等美国主要投资银行和基金公司的创始人均为犹太人，决定美国货币政策的美联储也是在犹太裔银行家沃伯格的推动下建立。犹太裔富豪们不仅对美国经济走向有重要影响，还通过大量捐款进入美国知名大学的校董会，在工商界和学术界掌握话语权。美国大学校园爆发反战示威之后，犹太裔富豪们纷纷行动起来，通过威胁停止捐赠等方式逼迫校方和美国政府镇压示威。
哈佛校友、潘兴广场资本管理公司首席执行官阿克曼的妻子出生于以色列。去年10月，哈佛30多个学生团体发表谴责以色列压迫巴勒斯坦人的公开信，阿克曼立即要求校方公布参与联署的学生名单，以确保他的公司不会雇用他们。他还持续攻击时任哈佛校长盖伊，直至其于今年1月辞职。宾夕法尼亚大学前校长马吉尔同样受到阿克曼抨击。去年底，信仰犹太教的亿万富豪史蒂文斯以宾大“违反反歧视和反骚扰条款”为由，宣布撤回对宾大的1亿美元捐款。马吉尔随后辞职。
犹太裔亿万富翁库珀曼和NFL球队新英格兰爱国者队班主克拉夫特均为哥伦比亚大学毕业生，且是该校主要金主。去年底至今，哥大学生持续举行反战示威，要求校方停止投资支持以色列军事行动的企业。库珀曼和克拉夫特先后宣布暂停向母校捐款。
（综合报道）
政界/亲以游说团体 渗透美国政坛
美国总人口3.3亿，犹太人的占比只有大约2%，但在美国联邦政府担任各级要职的比例却高达40%以上。在拜登政府中，国务卿布林肯、财政部长耶伦、司法部长加兰、国土安全部长马约卡斯等均为犹太裔。半岛电视台指出，与早前的犹太复国组织不同，如今的犹太利益集团不再只是敦促美国政府和国会采纳亲以议程，而是渗透至政府各个层面，直接参与政策制定。
美国著名国际关系学者米尔斯海默和沃尔特在《以色列游说集团与美国对外政策》一书中提到，亲以游说集团在美国政坛的声望“令人畏惧”。美国以色列公共事务委员会（AIPAC）是影响力最大的游说集团之一，现任美国总统拜登就曾接受该集团超过520万美元的捐赠。参议院多数党领袖舒默、众议院议长约翰逊等人亦接受包括AIPAC在内的亲以游说集团大额捐赠。
米尔斯海默和沃尔特指出，金钱在美国选举中至关重要，亲以游说集团会“奖励”支持它的候选人，并“惩罚”拒绝支持以色列的候选人，将资金投向其竞争对手。2016年美国大选期间，特朗普为出席AIPAC年会特意推掉一场电视辩论。他当时承诺，将不承认伊朗核协议，并将把美国驻以大使馆迁至耶路撒冷。特朗普上台后兑现了这两项承诺。
拜登政府同样不敢怠慢亲以游说集团。上月起声援巴勒斯坦、要求加沙停火的示威席卷美国大学校园，拜登政府却试图给反战示威者贴上“反犹”标签。1日，众议院通过一项扩大“反犹主义”界定范围的法案，将“攻击以色列”也包括在内，引发巨大争议。
（综合报道）
媒体界/美主流媒体沦以色列传声筒
美国主流媒体《纽约时报》、美国广播公司、《华尔街日报》等均由犹太人掌控，还有很多媒体虽不直接属于犹太人，但其广告收入也在很大程度上离不开犹太人的支持。因此，美国主流媒体多年来极力回避对以色列的批评，无视以色列占领巴勒斯坦土地、迫害巴勒斯坦人民的事实，否则便会被扣上“反犹主义”的帽子。
2016年，美国媒体教育基金制作纪录片《占领美国人的思想：以色列在美国的公关战》，揭露美国主流媒体数十年来未能如实报道以色列对巴勒斯坦土地的军事占领，以及支持巴勒斯坦的声音如何在美国被边缘化，甚至被污蔑为“反犹主义”和“恐怖主义”。不出所料，这部纪录片也被批评是“反犹主义”，无法在大学校园和社区正常上映。这部电影的制作团队指出，美国媒体不仅长期掩盖以色列的暴行，还掩盖了美国向以军提供大部分武器的事实。
近年随着社交媒体兴起，犹太利益集团对美国社会舆论的控制开始减弱。去年10月7日新一轮巴以冲突爆发以来，虽然美国主流媒体仍倾向以色列，不断强调哈马斯“恐怖分子”在以色列造成的破坏，但越来越多的美国人在社交媒体上看到了以军的暴行和加沙地带的惨状，呼吁停火、敦促美国政府停止军援以色列的声音越来越大。
（综合报道）
美企与以色列合作情况
•科技巨头思科2018年与以色列建立长期合作伙伴关系，在约旦河西岸和戈兰高地设立联合办公中心。
•美国主要国防承包商洛克希德马丁为以军制造武器，通用电气公司的发动机、电力和机械系统用于以军战机、直升机和侦察机中。
•推土机制造商卡特彼勒的产品被以色列军方用于拆除巴勒斯坦人的房屋。
大公报整理
美国名校与犹太资本深度关联
哥伦比亚大学：
哥大学生团体指出，校方投资了谷歌、亚马逊、卡特彼勒等为以色列军方提供服务的公司。
纽约大学：
与洛克希德马丁、通用电气、卡特彼勒等为以军提供服务的公司签有供应商合同。
麻省理工学院：
接受以色列国防部1100万美元资金，用于无人机导航和导弹防护相关研究项目。
密歇根大学：
投资为以色列制造无人机和战机的公司，以及生产加沙检查站监控设备的公司。
宾夕法尼亚大学：
私募股权巨头阿波罗全球管理公司犹太裔行政总裁罗文是该校主要捐助者之一。
Jewish interest groups are powerful, and the United States blindly supports Israel without a bottom line
2024-05-04 04:03:18 Ta Kung Pao
The Jewish population in the United States is only about 6 million, accounting for 2% of the total population, but a large number of Jews have entered the top ranks of American politics, finance and media, forming a huge interest group that influences and even manipulates the policies of the US government. US President Biden has long accepted donations from pro-Israel lobbying groups. During this round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, he supported Israel without a bottom line, ignored the fact that the Israeli army killed civilians in the Gaza Strip, and insisted on providing military aid to Israel. The mainstream media in the United States is also controlled by Jewish groups, blindly amplifying pro-Israel propaganda and suppressing voices criticizing Israel, which ultimately led to serious social imbalance.
Financial sector/Jewish tycoons rely on donations to control prestigious schools
The founders of major US investment banks and fund companies such as Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and Citigroup are all Jews, and the Federal Reserve, which determines the US monetary policy, was also established under the promotion of Jewish banker Warburg. Jewish tycoons not only have an important influence on the direction of the US economy, but also enter the board of directors of well-known American universities through large donations, and have a voice in the business and academic circles. After anti-war demonstrations broke out on American college campuses, Jewish tycoons took action and forced the school and the US government to suppress the demonstrations by threatening to stop donating.
The wife of Harvard alumnus and Pershing Square Capital Management CEO Ackerman was born in Israel. Last October, more than 30 Harvard student groups issued an open letter condemning Israel's oppression of Palestinians. Ackerman immediately asked the school to publish the list of students who signed the letter to ensure that his company would not hire them. He also continued to attack then-Harvard President Guy until he resigned in January this year. Former University of Pennsylvania President Magill was also criticized by Ackerman. At the end of last year, Jewish billionaire Stevens announced the withdrawal of his $100 million donation to Penn on the grounds that Penn "violated anti-discrimination and anti-harassment clauses." Magill subsequently resigned.
Jewish billionaire Cooperman and NFL team New England Patriots owner Kraft are both graduates of Columbia University and are the school's main financiers. Since the end of last year, Columbia students have continued to hold anti-war demonstrations, demanding that the school stop investing in companies that support Israel's military operations. Cooperman and Craft announced the suspension of donations to their alma mater.
(Comprehensive Report)
Politics/Pro-Israel Lobbying Groups Infiltrate American Politics
The total population of the United States is 330 million, and Jews account for only about 2%, but the proportion of Jews holding important positions at all levels in the U.S. federal government is as high as more than 40%. In the Biden administration, Secretary of State Blinken, Treasury Secretary Yellen, Attorney General Garland, and Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas are all Jewish. Al Jazeera pointed out that unlike the earlier Zionist organizations, today's Jewish interest groups no longer just urge the U.S. government and Congress to adopt a pro-Israel agenda, but infiltrate all levels of the government and directly participate in policy making.
In the book "Israel Lobbying Groups and U.S. Foreign Policy", famous American international relations scholars Mearsheimer and Walter mentioned that the pro-Israel lobbying group's reputation in American politics is "frightening". The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is one of the most influential lobbying groups, and the current U.S. President Biden has accepted more than $5.2 million in donations from the group. Senate Majority Leader Schumer, House Speaker Johnson and others also accepted large donations from pro-Israel lobbying groups including AIPAC.
Mearsheimer and Walter pointed out that money is crucial in American elections. Pro-Israel lobbying groups will "reward" candidates who support it and "punish" candidates who refuse to support Israel by investing funds in their competitors. During the 2016 US election, Trump deliberately turned down a televised debate in order to attend the AIPAC annual meeting. He promised at the time that he would not recognize the Iran nuclear agreement and would move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Trump fulfilled these two promises after taking office.
The Biden administration also dared not neglect the pro-Israel lobbying groups. Since last month, demonstrations in support of Palestine and demanding a ceasefire in Gaza have swept American college campuses, but the Biden administration has tried to label anti-war protesters as "anti-Semitic." On the 1st, the House of Representatives passed a bill that expanded the definition of "anti-Semitism" to include "attacking Israel," sparking huge controversy.
(Comprehensive Report)
Media/Mainstream Media in the United States Becomes a Mouthpiece for Israel
Mainstream media in the United States, such as the New York Times, ABC, and the Wall Street Journal, are all controlled by Jews. Although many media do not directly belong to Jews, their advertising revenue is also largely inseparable from the support of Jews. Therefore, the mainstream media in the United States has been trying to avoid criticism of Israel for many years, ignoring the fact that Israel occupies Palestinian land and persecutes the Palestinian people, otherwise they will be labeled as "anti-Semitism".
In 2016, the American Media Education Foundation produced a documentary "Occupying American Minds: Israel's Public Relations War in the United States", which revealed that the mainstream media in the United States has failed to report truthfully on Israel's military occupation of Palestinian land for decades, and how voices supporting Palestine have been marginalized in the United States, and even slandered as "anti-Semitism" and "terrorism". As expected, this documentary was also criticized as "anti-Semitism" and could not be shown normally on college campuses and in the community. The production team of this film pointed out that the American media has not only long covered up Israel's atrocities, but also covered up the fact that the United States provided most of the weapons to the Israeli army.
In recent years, with the rise of social media, the control of Jewish interest groups over American public opinion has begun to weaken. Since the outbreak of a new round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict on October 7 last year, although the mainstream media in the United States still favors Israel and constantly emphasizes the damage caused by Hamas "terrorists" in Israel, more and more Americans have seen the atrocities of the Israeli army and the tragic situation in the Gaza Strip on social media, and the voices calling for a ceasefire and urging the US government to stop military aid to Israel are getting louder and louder.
(Comprehensive report)
US companies' cooperation with Israel
•Technology giant Cisco established a long-term partnership with Israel in 2018 and established joint office centers in the West Bank and the Golan Heights.
•Lockheed Martin, a major US defense contractor, manufactures weapons for the Israeli army, and General Electric's engines, power and mechanical systems are used in Israeli fighter jets, helicopters and reconnaissance aircraft.
•Bulldozer manufacturer Caterpillar's products are used by the Israeli military to demolish Palestinian houses.
Ta Kung Pao sorted
Famous American universities are deeply connected with Jewish capital
Columbia University:
Columbia student groups pointed out that the school has invested in companies such as Google, Amazon, and Caterpillar that provide services to the Israeli military.
New York University:
Signed supplier contracts with Lockheed Martin, General Electric, Caterpillar and other companies that provide services to the Israeli army.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
Accepted $11 million in funding from the Israeli Ministry of Defense for research projects related to drone navigation and missile protection.
University of Michigan:
Invested in companies that manufacture drones and fighter jets for Israel, as well as companies that produce monitoring equipment for Gaza checkpoints.
University of Pennsylvania:
Rowen, the Jewish CEO of private equity giant Apollo Global Management, is one of the school's major donors.
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