Washington said to disregard facts concerning China's military effortsThe Defense Ministry has strongly slammed the recent security report released by US President Donald Trump, saying it has exaggerated and disregarded facts about China's efforts to modernize its national defense.Military experts also said that the report, which for the first time explicitly labeled China as a competitor both economically and militarily, is "poisonous" to Sino-US relations.In an online statement published late Wednesday, Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry, slammed speculation about China's military development mentioned in the 2017 US National Security Strategy Report published by US administration on Monday.The report has exaggerated and disregarded facts about China's efforts to modernize its national defense, and questioned the intention of China's military development, Ren said.The report contradicted the world's current theme of peace and development, as well as the trend of Sino-US relations, he added.In the report, the US accused China of stealing US intellectual property worth hundreds of billions of dollars per year, claimed the Chinese military is "designed to deny America access" to certain regions, and said Chinese investments are "expanding influence to gain competitive advantage against the US" .In the 2015 security report, the US mentioned the Paris Agreement as a bright spot in Sino-US relations, but the latest report has nothing positive to say about China in the 23 times the country's name is mentioned, despite China and the US signing a historic $250 billion in trade deals last month.Ren said China's contribution to maintaining world peace and mutual development is evident to the world. "Any country or report that tries to distort the facts and make insinuations will find its efforts in vain," he said."We hope the US will abandon its Cold War mentality, be objective and rational when examining Chinese military development and work with China to promote dialogue, cooperation and positive interaction between the two countries' militaries," Ren said."Cooperation will bring prosperity to both countries, but confrontation will bring disasters," he said. "Working together is the only right option for Sino-US relations."Senior Colonel Liang Fang, a professor at the National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army, said on Thursday that the recent US report is "poisonous to Sino-US relations" and "extremely worrisome" because it is the first time that the US government has so explicitly labeled China as a competitor both economically and militarily."For the first time in history, the US is acknowledging the fact that China's rapid rise is challenging its status as the world's sole superpower, and the report reflects US politicians' anxiety," she said, adding that most of the Sino-US conflict is ideologically based, and the US administration is using this fact as leverage to carve out more economic gains for the US."The ideological rift between China and the US is still too great to overcome with just economic ties," she said. "The US will use the money earned from China to beef up its military presence in Asia to serve its own strategic needs. ... China needs to find a new foundation other than economics to build cooperation with the US." personalised rubber wristbandscustomize your own braceletmotivational bracelets for athletespersonalized rubber braceletsprintable wristbands
About 80 percent of liver cancer patients in China would like to see a wider range of treatments included in the reimbursement lists of basic medical insurance programs, according to a survey of 300 family members of liver cancer patients nationwide.More than half of those surveyed said the patients are most in need of drugs that can effectively relieve pain and prolong life, according to the online survey, which was conducted by Life Times, a health newspaper in Beijing, in February and March.The results were published last month.Most of the patients covered by the survey were age 50 or older, and 55 percent said they were already in the late or terminal stages of liver cancer when they were diagnosed.More than half of the patients said they only sought medical advice after experiencing a period of physical discomfort, and only 10 percent were diagnosed during regular physical checkups.About 3 percent had been misdiagnosed once.Nearly 70 percent said they did not pay enough attention to warning signs and symptoms during the early stages of the disease.Nearly 60 percent of those surveyed said their lives had been disrupted by having a family member with liver cancer, and they were unable to obtain adequate rest.More than 40 percent of the relatives spent all of their time after work caring for the patient.More than 51 percent said they had experienced heavy financial pressure as a result of high treatment costs, while just 4.7 percent said they had experienced very little pressure.Wu Jianxiong, director of the hepatobiliary department at the Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, said China has one of the highest incidences of liver cancer in the world, accounting for more than half of all new cases globally every year.A major reason for the increased incidence of the disease in China is the high number of patients with hepatitis B and C, which are both prone to develop into cancer.Liver cancer is difficult to detect in the early stages, which results in many patients missing the opportunity for effective treatment, he said.Wu suggested that people at higher risk, such as those with hepatitis B and other liver conditions, should have regular checkups.He added that good dietary habits and a healthy lifestyle can help to prevent the disease from developing.
