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• 12306’s Early Morning Waiting List Success Notification Sparked Heated Discussions, With Netizens Complaining About The Cold Rules And The Huge Losses.

  In the rush to grab tickets during the return rush hour, some netizens fell into the early morning waiting notice of 12306.

  Recently, a topic about "12306 midnight waiting list is successful and the 1,700 yuan ticket is invalid" has become a hot search topic, triggering heated discussions across the Internet. During the peak period of the return trip, a netizen was asleep and did not check the waiting list success notification sent at 3 a.m. when he woke up. The train had already departed. The nearly 1,700 yuan ticket could not be fully refunded. He could only change the ticket and bear the 40% handling fee and price difference.

  The person involved said that because he failed to get tickets, he submitted a waiting order for multiple trains. There was still no ticket near departure. He had no choice but to increase the price and "buy a few more stops" before successfully purchasing the ticket. However, he did not expect that the system would suddenly honor the previous waiting order in the early morning. What makes it even more difficult for her to accept is that the itineraries of the two tickets are highly overlapping, the system did not effectively intercept them, and the loss of nearly 1,700 yuan was entirely borne by the individual.

  As soon as this incident came out, netizens immediately became angry and complained that the rules of 12306 were "too cold".

  Many netizens said that 3 a.m. is the time for deep sleep. It relies only on text messages and APP push notifications. There is no phone reminder or forced pop-up window, so it is easy to miss it. Some netizens questioned, "Why not block itinerary conflicts?" Since the system can identify itinerary conflicts, why can't it automatically terminate waitlisted orders with overlapping itineraries, or at least give a second confirmation reminder? It's all up to the passengers themselves to keep an eye on it, and any carelessness can lead to heavy losses.

  In the face of the controversy, 12306 customer service gave a response. It can be summed up in one sentence: This is the rule. Passengers have to take the initiative to cancel redundant waiting orders. The system only acts according to the rules.

  First of all, we need to make it clear that the rules must be formulated with the interests of the majority of people in mind.

  We are not trying to overturn the rule, but we just hope it can be more user-friendly. For example, can we optimize the notification logic so as not to send out standby success notifications in the early morning or late at night, or add phone reminders and APP forced pop-ups to ensure that passengers can see it.

  Another example is to improve conflict detection. If a ticket for a certain train has been purchased, the system will automatically terminate the waitlist order with overlapping itineraries, or at least give a second confirmation reminder. If the order is successfully placed on the late night waiting list, can you give more time so that passengers have time to confirm and cancel? Don't cancel it immediately if it is missed.

  The waitlist mechanism was originally designed to solve the difficulty of grabbing tickets. The original intention of the 24-hour redemption rule was to increase ticket utilization. However, due to the unlimited redemption time, loopholes in the itinerary interception mechanism, and single reminder method, many passengers suffered losses and increased anxiety about grabbing tickets.

  It is the passenger's obligation to abide by the ticket purchase rules, but as a public service platform, the design of 12306's rules should take into account both efficiency and temperature. It is expected that the railway department will optimize the waiting system and use more refined services to make people traveling during the Spring Festival less troublesome.

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• Hunan Expressway Is Congested During The Return Peak: More Than 20 Vehicles Occupying The Emergency Lane Were Reported In Half An Hour

  

  

  Since February 22, many expressways in Hunan have experienced varying degrees of congestion due to return peaks. Many drivers and passengers posted on social platforms that they were stuck on the road. On the 23rd, the car owner "Shibazhu" posted that he found more than 20 private cars occupying the emergency lane during the traffic jam. He took pictures one by one and reported them to the Hunan Expressway Transportation Service Convenience Platform. Many people praised this, saying that "if you don't obey traffic rules, you should be supervised and punished."

  On the 24th, the reporter contacted the owner of the car "Eighteen Pairs" who posted the car. She told reporters that during the peak return period during the Spring Festival, she took a car from Guangxi back to Wuhan, Hubei, and encountered a congestion of about 6 kilometers on the highway in Hunan. The navigation showed that it would take about an hour to pass. Her family was driving at the time, and she was sitting in the passenger seat. She saw many vehicles occupying the emergency lane unscrupulously, and even caused more vehicles that were originally queuing to follow suit. "Seeing the emergency lane gradually turning into a 'fast lane', I feel that something must be done to stop this trend - the emergency lane is a life channel and should not become a shortcut for speculators, let alone those who queue up and obey the rules to suffer."

  Some of the vehicles reported by the owner "Eighteen Marriage". Photo provided by interviewee

  Therefore, "Eighteen Marriage" tried to search the reporting channels of Hunan Expressway Traffic Police and discovered the "shoot at will" function. So follow the requirements step by step to report. "Shibazhu" said that she spent more than half an hour and reported more than 20 illegal vehicles. Currently, the system reports that 3 vehicles have failed to report due to unclear features or insufficient clarity in the photos, and the rest are being processed.

  The reporter noticed that on the 23rd, the Hunan Expressway Police official Weibo announced that in order to cope with the peak return period during the Spring Festival holiday, the Hunan Expressway Traffic Police temporarily opened emergency lanes on some sections of the expressway. However, the traffic police also reminded drivers to follow the instructions and to avoid occupying emergency lanes during off-peak hours. In this regard, "Eighteen Marriage" told reporters: "None of the things I reported are within the scope of (temporary opening)."

  Public information shows that Hunan Expressway Traffic Police carried out a "random shooting" illegal reporting activity from February 2 to March 13, 2026. The content of the report was "driving or parking in the emergency lane under non-emergency circumstances." The reporter called the Hunan Provincial Highway Traffic Police Station to inquire about the matter. The staff said that the content of the "casual shooting" report is currently being processed and will actively verify the content of the report. However, the number of reports during the Spring Festival holiday was too large, and the city and state detachments under its jurisdiction have been notified to handle these reports as soon as possible. "It is still being reviewed and entered, so it will not be that fast."

  During holidays, highway traffic volume is high, and periodic and regional congestion often occur. Behind the congestion, the illegal act of occupying the emergency lane not only disrupts traffic order, but also directly threatens the lives and safety of countless people.

  laws and regulations

  Emergency lanes are mainly set up on both sides of highways or urban expressways, and are dedicated to the rapid passage of police cars, fire trucks, ambulances, and engineering rescue vehicles. According to Article 82 of the "Implementation Regulations of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China": Motor vehicles driving on highways are not allowed to drive or park in the emergency lane in non-emergency situations.

  Article 9 of the "Measures for the Administration of Scores for Road Traffic Safety Violations" (Order No. 163 of the Ministry of Public Security) stipulates that motor vehicle drivers who commit one of the following traffic violations will be deducted 9 points at a time: Driving a motor vehicle to illegally park on a highway or urban expressway. Article 10 stipulates that if a motor vehicle driver commits one of the following traffic violations, he or she will be deducted 6 points at a time: Driving a motor vehicle while illegally occupying the emergency lane on a highway or urban expressway.

  

  At about 13:00 on October 1 last year, at the upstream entrance of the Shanghai G40 Yangtze River Tunnel, police drones conducted high-altitude inspections of the congested road section. A driver was fined 200 yuan and demerited 6 points for the illegal act of "driving in the emergency lane of the highway during non-emergency situations."

  Some drivers have a vague understanding of "emergency lanes can be used in emergencies" and even regard emergency lanes as "shortcuts" in congestion. This concept is both wrong and dangerous. They think they are "in a hurry" and occupy the emergency lane. For example: they are too sleepy after a long drive and want to rest in the emergency lane; they want to stop in the emergency lane to set up navigation when they take the wrong road; they are tired from driving and stop in the emergency lane to change drivers; it is too congested and use the emergency lane to overtake, etc.

  What situations qualify as “emergency situations”?

  The regulations are clear:

  1) Only when a motor vehicle encounters a traffic accident or breaks down and cannot drive normally, and needs to stop to troubleshoot and wait for rescue;

  2) When the driver or passengers suddenly become ill and need emergency medical treatment;

  3) Emergency lanes can only be used in accordance with the law when encountering special circumstances such as emergency military missions, rescue and disaster relief.

  In addition, any behavior that occupies the emergency lane on the grounds of being in a hurry, for convenience, or for a short break is illegal and must bear corresponding legal responsibilities.

  Safety reminder

  The emergency lane is called the "life channel", and whether it is smooth or not is directly related to the rescue efficiency in traffic accidents. Occupying the emergency lane has at least three hazards: First, it delays emergency rescue. Illegal occupation of the emergency lane will cause rescue vehicles and other emergency missions to be blocked, and they will be unable to arrive at the scene in time to handle the accident, eliminate dangers, provide guidance, and rescue the injured. It may even cause serious consequences such as the death of the injured and patients due to lack of timely treatment. Secondly, it causes road congestion. When encountering a traffic accident ahead or slow-moving traffic, some drivers will weave back and forth in the emergency lane and traffic lane, block traffic, and constantly change lanes. This will not only interfere with the normal traffic flow and increase traffic congestion, but also easily lead to collisions and rear-end collisions. The third is that it is extremely easy to cause accidents. Vehicles illegally occupy the emergency lane to drive or park. If there are emergency vehicles driving in the same direction behind and are unaware of the situation ahead, driving too fast, it is easy to cause a vicious traffic accident. The behavior of "following the trend" and occupying the emergency lane will also trigger a chain reaction, aggravate traffic congestion, disrupt the overall traffic order, and form a vicious cycle of "the more congestion, the more occupation, the more occupation, the more congestion".

  It needs to be emphasized that the harm of occupying emergency lanes does not only exist on holidays such as National Day. This illegal behavior is equally common and dangerous in daily highway traffic.

  Drivers are hereby reminded that whether it is a holiday or a working day, whether the traffic is congested or the road is smooth, drivers should always remember: the emergency lane is a life passage, not a "convenience lane"; complying with traffic regulations is not only respect for the safety of others' lives, but also responsible for yourself and your family.

  (Comprehensive upstream news, Shanghai Public Security Bureau Traffic Police Corps)

  49 minutes ago

• After Watching The Escort, I Was Left With A Different Emotion. The Six Tough Battles Were Exciting And Unforgettable.

  Sometimes after watching a movie, what remains in your heart is not the scene or the lines, but an emotion that makes you want to stand up, go out, and do something you have been hesitant to do.

  That's what "The Bodyguard" gave me.

  Six tough battles, each one is a hurdle

  There are six heavy action scenes in the film, and none of Yuan Woo-Ping's designs are repeated.

  It’s not that the fighting styles are not repetitive, but that each game carries a different narrative weight. After each game is played, the story moves forward a step, the character’s situation changes, and the direction of fate also changes.

  The first scene is the opening chase in the desert, which establishes the world view and at the same time establishes the character of Daoma. More than a dozen horses running wildly in the yellow sand tell us from the first second that this is no ordinary martial arts movie.

  The function of this scene is to set the tone and let us know what level of stuff we are going to see next.

  In every subsequent fight, there was something heavier behind the fight.

  Chang Guiren fights one against two, which is Jet Li's improvement in the entire movie. The skills of the older generation can still hold the scene here.

  The two most frequently mentioned battles between Wu Jing and Nicholas Tse in the entire film are the ones that have been mentioned repeatedly by the audience.

  The first one was in a sandstorm. The yellow sand was overwhelming, and the two men fought in almost zero visibility. Nicholas Tse took advantage of the wind to attack frequently, while Dao Ma defended in a panic against the wind.

  These actions were recreated by the crew using real natural environments. On the one hand, tailwinds and headwinds actually represent the positions and values ​​of two people. On the other hand, the action scenes in the wind test the skills of the director and actors. This duel in the wind and sand of the desert is one of the most exciting and beautiful scenes in the film.

  The second scene is in the firelight. Moonlight, desert, flames, two people fighting close to each other, the long lens preserved every detail. This fight is not just about skill, it is about the grudges and grudges between two people that have lasted for more than ten years. It is the kind of complicated relationship in which colleagues become rivals and rivals cherish each other.

  After the fight, those watching had an indescribable feeling in their hearts. It was not simply a feeling of relief, but a sinking feeling.

  After six games, each game has its own emotional coordinates. Some are passionate, some are heavy, and some make people feel sad at the end. Yuan Heping did not use the fight scene as a spectacle, but as a narrative. This is the way people who truly understand martial arts would handle it.

  There is a poem by Tao Yuanming in the film, which Xiao Qi recited in a stumbling child's voice: "After being in a cage for a long time, you can return to nature."

  Daoma was once the Zuo Xiao Cavalry Guard of the Sui Dynasty Forbidden Army. He had a structure and a position. Then his family was destroyed overnight and he became the second most wanted criminal in the world. He made a living as a escort in the desert with a child.

  This time, he took the escort to escort Tomoyo to Chang'an. His reason for accepting it in the first place was very simple, that is, to repay a favor.

  But in the end, it was no longer repayment.

  Chishiro represents another possibility, that in troubled times there are people who are still thinking about "making the world a better place." The sword and horse protect not only one person, but the possibility and his own path that he cannot let go of. In a world where rules are broken, you still stick to your own rules.

  The escort has a promise, life and death depend on each other. Put in the desert at the end of the Sui Dynasty, this sentence was more important than any heroic words.

  Watching the entire movie, I kept thinking about one thing. In the story, everyone is on the road, running to somewhere. Ayuya wants to go back to build her own desert, Chishiro wants to go to Chang'an to light the fire, and Daoma wants to protect Xiaoqi from this dead place.

  Their destinations are different, but what drives them is the same thing. There is a place in their hearts worth fighting for.

  This is the most touching core of martial arts. It is not how beautiful the fighting is, but why these people fight.

  In reality, there are no deserts, no chasing soldiers, and no escort missions spanning thousands of miles. But everyone has a "Chang'an" in their hearts.

  That thing you’ve always wanted to do but haven’t done yet, that place you’ve always wanted to go but haven’t gone yet, that person you want to be.

  When I watch this movie this year, I will have a very specific impulse after watching it. It is not a chicken-blooded slogan, but a quiet and down-to-earth thought: This year, go for it.

  It doesn’t matter if you try and fail. Daoma's escort journey was not smooth either.

  After all, "The Daredevil" itself is a story about "going out".

  Yuan Heping is eighty-one years old and has been in the industry for more than sixty years. He has already made all the classics he can and has nothing to prove. But he still took his team to the Xinjiang Gobi for nearly half a year. In the extreme environment of -10°C to 55°C, he insisted on real-life shooting, real skills, and "no pretense."

  Wu Jing did not care about the decline of the martial arts film market, but he recruited such a large lineup and got it done.

  Jet Li returned to the martial arts screen after 14 years, and at the age of over sixty, he performed the same set of moves.

  None of these people needed to prove themselves through "Dart Man", but they are all here.

  For what reason, they made it clear. Martial arts should not disappear, real kung fu should not disappear, this thing is worth fighting for again.

  On the first day of the new year, I walked into a movie theater and watched the sky filled with yellow sand, the glint of swords and the shadows of swords, and a group of people going to their own deaths and running towards their own Chang'an.

  After reading it, if something in your heart is loosened, ignited, and you want to move forward, then go ahead.

  Life is a wilderness, not a track. Your Chang'an is waiting for you to go there.

  49 minutes ago

• Teach You How To Easily Complete Sina Weibo Certification

  Teach you how to easily complete Sina Weibo certification

  It seems that not many people use Weibo in daily life. As for how ordinary users can add a beautiful little orange v, the method is actually not difficult. Sina Weibo is mainly divided into three types of certification, one is identity and professional certification, one is interest blogger certification, and the other is Weibo self-media certification. As for the Golden V certification and Super Topic certification, I won’t go into details. If you want to become a Golden V, you must first be certified as an Orange V, and then the monthly Weibo reading volume is more than 10 million. Super topic authentication requires that your activity in the super topic reaches a certain level. Once you are inactive, the orange v will be revoked.

  Of course, there are some special gray channels for Weibo authentication, so I won’t go into details. In short, just be careful of being deceived. Sina Weibo authentication is free.

  Pictures sent from Jianshu App

  Identity authentication

  Identity authentication is the simplest way. You only need to provide proof of occupation. A small work card can make you realize your Orange V dream. One of the more difficult aspects of identity authentication is two Orange V friends who are fans of each other. If the number of fans is not enough, you can find someone to follow them.

  Let’s talk about how to get two Orange V friends to follow each other. Try to find a small Orange V to follow each other. Those with many fans will generally ignore you. You can ask for mutual followers by leaving comments at the bottom of Weibo or sending private messages. When exchanging followers, try to follow others first.

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  Interest certification

  If you want to become a hobby blogger, you need to post on Weibo for a month, post one post every day, and have a monthly reading volume of 10,000. The more difficult thing about interest certification is to light up the field. For example, if you want to be certified as a food blogger, you need to insist on creating food-related Weibo. Interest bloggers can become well-known interest bloggers if their reading volume reaches 1 million in a single month.

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  Self-media certification

  Self-media certification is mainly for self-media authors who publish articles and videos on Weibo. After successful certification, the author of Weibo video self-media or Weibo headline article will be displayed. This certification is more difficult and requires a certain amount of creative ability, and you must post 20 Weibo posts in a single field of videos or articles, and you must continue to contribute to a single field like an interest blogger.

  If you are successfully certified as a Weibo self-media, when the monthly Weibo reading volume reaches 1 million, you can become a Weibo contracted self-media, provided that 80% of the Weibo content needs to be original. After a successful signing, there are almost no benefits for the average author, unless you are particularly awesome.

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  If you have more questions, you can consult the Weibo service. Of the above three authentication methods, it is generally recommended that you use identity authentication, because this is the simplest.

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  49 minutes ago

• Peter Mandelson Was Arrested For His Ties To Epstein And Criticized Trump For Being Boycotted

  

  Peter Mandelson was sacked as Britain's ambassador to Washington last September over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. On Monday, the former political giant was formally arrested by British police on suspicion of misconduct as a public official.

  The arrests come just days after Prince Andrew, formerly known as Prince Andrew, was detained and questioned for several hours by British police on Thursday on suspicion of similar misconduct in public office.

  For Mandelson, who has been in British politics for 40 years and is a good dancer, Monday's sudden arrest is tantamount to a devastating blow, pushing his political career into the abyss.

  adventurous diplomat candidate

  In the eyes of many political observers, promoting Mandelson to the position of British Ambassador to the United States was an extremely risky move in itself.

  At that time, his affair with Epstein was an open secret. Although British Prime Minister Keir Starmer strongly defended himself after the incident, claiming that Mandelson had deliberately concealed and lied about the true extent of their relationship.

  Looking back on his tumultuous political career, Mandelson was twice forced to resign from core government positions due to extremely embarrassing personal scandals.

  In addition, he has previously publicly criticized US President Trump as a "white supremacist" and a "threat facing the world." These sharp remarks have led to fierce bombardment and resistance from Trump’s core allies.

  

  However, after taking office, the 72-year-old Mandelson incredibly quickly integrated into and became a frequent visitor to Washington's top social circles, and even frequently visited the White House to participate in important affairs.

  The good times did not last long. After only seven months in office, his lingering old relationship with Epstein turned into a haunting nightmare again.

  In a scathing statement, the British Foreign Office pointed out that the "depth and breadth" of the relationship between the two men, as confirmed by internal emails first disclosed by Bloomberg, was "materially and materially different from the circumstances known to the British government at the time of his appointment."

  Faced with irrefutable evidence, Prime Minister Starmer finally had to make a painful decision and directly dismissed Mandelson from his diplomatic post.

  focus of criminal investigation

  Since the beginning of this year, the political storm has not subsided, but has intensified.

  The U.S. Department of Justice released the latest batch of top-secret files on Epstein on January 30. The bombshell documents reveal that Mandelson's friendship with the disgraced sex offender and financial tycoon was far closer than he had previously admitted to the public.

  What is even more shocking is that the clues in the file seem to imply that during his tenure in a senior position in the British government, Mandelson most likely secretly conveyed core information involving state secrets to Epstein that could affect the direction of the financial market.

  Just this month, the British police officially launched a full-scale criminal investigation into Mandelson's serious accusation of "misconduct in a public office."

  As of now, Mandelson has not been formally charged with a criminal offense. Since announcing his resignation from the Labor Party on February 1, he has chosen to remain silent and has not made any public comments to the outside world.

  However, in the early stages of the controversy, he issued a strong defense statement, insisting that the documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice "absolutely cannot prove any improper performance of my duties or illegal activities on my part."

  political strategist

  

  Going back to 1992, Mandelson entered parliament for the first time as a Labor MP. With his keen political sense, he helped to create the core ideas of the famous "New Labor Party".

  It was the successful operation of this concept that strongly promoted Tony Blair to successfully enter No. 10 Downing Street in 1997 and ascend to the position of Prime Minister.

  However, Mandelson's official career was not all smooth sailing. He resigned from important government positions twice due to scandals he triggered. He was forced out of office in 1998 after he concealed a huge housing loan from a cabinet colleague.

  In 2001, he resigned again after being accused of using his position to try to interfere with the passport application process on behalf of a generous political donor.

  From 2004 to 2008, he went to Brussels to serve as the European Union Trade Commissioner. However, during this period, the multilateral negotiations on global trade agreements that he was deeply involved in eventually collapsed.

  He has since been recalled to the inner circle of the British government. As an important senior member of Brown's cabinet at the time, he not only won a lifetime seat in the House of Lords, but was also canonized as Lord Mandelson.

  The latest disclosure of confidential documents has torn away another layer of secrecy. After the Labor Party suffered an electoral defeat in 2010 and lost its majority in parliament, he co-founded a consulting agency with Epstein's strong encouragement and advice.

  This institution, called Global Consulting Company, had no choice but to initiate bankruptcy liquidation proceedings last week due to the recent loss of core major clients.

  It was not until last year that Mandelson, who was always good at dancing, returned to the public eye and the center of power as ambassador to the United States.

  Scandal shakes government to its foundations

  After the intricate entanglement of interests between Mandelson and Epstein was exposed, it triggered a huge public anger. This anger was like triggering a political earthquake, directly shaking the highest levels of British politics.

  

  The leader of the Scottish Labor Party even used fierce words, publicly demanding that Prime Minister Starmer must resign for his serious negligence in appointing Mandelson as ambassador to the United States.

  Faced with overwhelming pressure, Starmer has so far maintained his position as prime minister in Downing Street.

  In a public speech this month, he solemnly expressed a belated apology to all the victims of the Epstein case and admitted that Mandelson should not have been pushed into that key position in the first place.

  "I would like to express my deepest apologies," he said in a heavy tone. "I am deeply sorry that so many people in power have ruthlessly failed you. I am deeply saddened and regretful that I believed Mandelson's lies."

  Contributor: Amelia Nirenberg, international correspondent for The New York Times in London

  First media: "The New York Times"

  Source: Who Is Peter Mandelson?

  50 minutes ago

• Senior U.S. Official Said Southeast Asia's Electronic Fraud Was Alarming And Avoided The Question Of Whether To Cooperate With China In Combating It.

  

  A senior FBI official said at a press conference this morning (24th) that he was surprised by the problem of telecom fraud in some areas of Southeast Asia, especially the scale of large-scale telecom fraud centers there.

  However, the United States has avoided questions about whether it hopes to cooperate with China to combat such crimes.

  The press conference was held remotely by the Asia-Pacific Media Center of the U.S. State Department at 9 a.m. Beijing time on the 24th. The content of the press conference was Scott Sherbull, an official from the International Operations Division of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), introducing the telecommunications fraud problem in the region that he learned during his visit to Southeast Asia.

  At the meeting, Scherbull first revealed the reason why he was paying attention to this issue, saying that more and more Americans are being victimized by telecom fraud criminal gangs from the region. He emphasized that the violations were not carried out by scattered individual criminals, but by "well-organized and well-resourced" criminal groups.

  "I visited several large-scale fraud complexes on the spot. Although it was only from a distance, it is difficult to truly understand the staggering scale of these fraud crimes without seeing it with your own eyes - there are entire facilities here dedicated to committing crimes in an industrialized manner. It completely changes your perception of this threat," Sherbull said.

  

  Sherbull also said that since these electronic fraud criminal gangs are distributed in many countries in Southeast Asia, the United States will carry out coordinated law enforcement with countries in the region.

  Public information shows that since China is the main victim of electronic fraud crimes, China has been vigorously cracking down on electronic fraud gangs entrenched in Southeast Asia through transnational coordinated law enforcement for many years, and has achieved quite remarkable results - including the elimination of the "four major families" of electronic fraud in northern Myanmar in recent years.

  In comparison, the United States has insufficient knowledge of such organized large-scale electronic fraud centers in Southeast Asia. It once thought that the problem was limited to the local area. However, with the development of related technologies, some electronic fraud groups have gradually begun to shift their targets to Western countries, hoping to avoid attacks from China by switching their "hunting targets" to other countries.

  Regarding this change, China has clearly expressed its willingness to cooperate with other injured parties. According to Xinhua News Agency, China and the United States jointly handled a transnational telecommunications network fraud case in 2024 and helped a Zhejiang company and its American partner recover more than 1.7 million US dollars in defrauded funds. A Chinese scholar also wrote an article in the media last year, believing that cracking down on electronic fraud may be the next step in Sino-US law enforcement cooperation.

  In February this year, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng also stated at an event that China and the United States should explore opportunities for cooperation on multiple matters, including combating telecommunications fraud and anti-money laundering.

  However, at the press conference of the US State Department, China did not appear among the countries that Sherbull mentioned that the United States would seek cooperation with. Brother Geng learned that during the question-and-answer session of the press conference, although some Chinese media had submitted relevant questions early on, asking Sherbul whether the United States was willing to seek cooperation with China, and also mentioned that China's rich joint law enforcement experience and outstanding results in combating electronic fraud crimes in Southeast Asia might be helpful to the United States, the US State Department personnel who hosted the press conference did not submit this question to Sherbul for an answer.

  In this regard, some scholars who study Sino-US relations believe that the US's avoidance of the issue of cooperation with China at this press conference may be due to a relatively narrow geopolitical consideration.

  The scholar believes that combating telecommunications fraud is something that is beneficial to the whole world. The United States should take a pragmatic stance and work together with China, which has shown a willingness to cooperate, to cooperate on this matter where there is no essential conflict of interest between China and the United States. Moreover, the scholar believes that the United States should openly acknowledge the benefits of such cooperation to the United States, because this will not only protect more people in the world from harm, but also help strengthen the relationship between China and the United States, a major country that has a far-reaching impact on the world.

  Review | Lu Changyin

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