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according to the taiwan affairs office of the state council on the 6th, yang zhiyuan, a "taiwan independence" activist, was sentenced to nine years in prison and deprived of political rights for three years for the crime of splitting the country. the taiwan affairs office of the state council once again emphasized that the judicial documents on punishing "independence" only target a very small number of "taiwan independence" diehards who have committed crimes of splitting the country and inciting splitting the country, and do not target or involve the majority of taiwan compatriots.

the state council appoints and removes state personnel: lin tao is appointed as deputy secretary-general of the state council; liu bin is appointed as assistant minister of foreign affairs; qiao yueshan is appointed as deputy director of the state administration of science, technology and industry for national defense; chen xinfa is appointed as deputy director of the china academy of engineering physics. guo wei is removed from his position as deputy secretary-general of the state council.

in response to the us's plan to tighten export restrictions on semiconductor manufacturing and other products, the chinese foreign ministry said that china has always opposed the us's politicization and weaponization of economic, trade and technological issues.

wang zhenjiang, vice minister of justice, said on the 6th that the ministry of justice will fully perform the government's legislative review responsibilities, continuously strengthen legislation in key areas, emerging areas, and foreign-related areas, and provide more powerful legal guarantees for the development of the party and the country.

the list of national teaching role models for 2024 was announced on the 6th: pang jinju, director and professor of the center for political economics research at nankai university, he laihu, vice principal and teacher of the no. 2 middle school in linhe district, bayannur city, inner mongolia autonomous region, and 12 others were on the list.

in august, the central cyberspace affairs commission's reporting center guided the national cyberspace affairs reporting departments at all levels and major website platforms to accept 19.833 million reports from netizens on illegal and harmful information such as pornography, gambling, infringement, and rumors, a month-on-month increase of 4.2% and a year-on-year increase of 7.6%.

on september 6, based on the consensus reached by china and the philippines on jointly combating offshore gambling, the law enforcement agencies of the two countries once again cooperated to repatriate nearly 100 chinese citizens engaged in offshore gambling in the philippines.

the reusable test spacecraft successfully launched by china at the jiuquan satellite launch center returned to the scheduled landing site on september 6 after 268 days in orbit, marking the gradual maturity of china's reusable spacecraft technology.

typhoon makar made landfall in wenchang, hainan on the 6th, causing gusts of wind above level 10 in 62 towns (districts) in 10 cities and counties in hainan, and heavy rains in the western, northeastern and central parts of hainan island.

recently, some netizens reported that a child in suzhou was holding a crossbow and said he was hunting cats, which attracted attention. the local street office reported on the 6th that the child, chen moumou, had used tools to hit cats. after criticism and education, the child realized that his behavior was inappropriate and took the initiative to hand over the tools.

recently, there was a rumor online that "china's high-speed rail consumes 10,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per kilometer." in response to this, experts said that this statement is inconsistent with the facts. in fact, the hourly power consumption calculated based on the wheel power of the high-speed rail emu is mistakenly taken as the power consumption per kilometer, which secretly replaces the concepts of unit time and unit mileage.

according to media reports, badminton manufacturers are still facing the dilemma of soaring duck and goose feather prices. some large manufacturers have to stop overseas orders, and some small and medium-sized manufacturers have no money to buy feathers. there are reports that the price of feathers will continue to rise, which is not good for the development of the entire industry.

recently, the court published a statement from the three companies apologizing to hu ge. previously, the three companies had used hu ge's image and name on product packaging, promotional pictures and packaging bags without authorization. in august this year, the three companies were forced to pay 200,000 yuan for this case.

on the 6th local time, seven & i holdings, the owner of the 7-11 convenience store chain, said it had clearly rejected the acquisition offer from canadian convenience store company act.

on september 6, shanghai awarded great merit awards to nine athletes including fan zhendong, chen yuxi, and qin haiyang, seven coaches including cui dengrong, two scientific and medical support personnel including jin fan, and five managers including sheng maowu.

on september 6, the aquatics center announced the list of the national swimming team participating in the 2024 fina short course world cup shanghai station. olympic champions pan zhanle, zhang yufei and others will participate.

on the 6th, taiwanese artist ariel lin responded to being attacked for claiming to be from chengdu. she said: "chengdu, taipei, and yilan are where my grandparents, my grandparents, and i grew up. without these places and people, i would not be who i am today. please understand."

recently, there was news that the best-selling game "minecraft" will be made into a live-action movie, directed by jared hess and starring jason momoa and jack black.

the british government said on september 6 local time that it would provide ukraine with 650 light multi-purpose missiles to help the country deal with missile and drone attacks. on the same day, us defense secretary austin said the united states would provide ukraine with $250 million in new military aid.

on september 6, thailand's new prime minister petunthan shinawatra led the new cabinet members to take the oath of office to king maha vajiralongkorn at dusit palace in bangkok.

on september 6th local time, shinjiro koizumi, son of former japanese prime minister junichiro koizumi and former environment minister, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the liberal democratic party.

on september 6, local time, the israeli army withdrew from the palestinian west bank city of jenin.

on september 6, local time, according to the south korean joint chiefs of staff, the south korean military detected north korea releasing balloons to south korea again that day. currently, north korea has released balloons to south korea for three consecutive days.

the copernicus climate change service, the eu's climate monitoring agency, released its monthly climate report on the 6th. the report shows that august 2024 and august 2023 are tied as the hottest augusts in the agency's history.

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healthy living

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people who stay up late and have poor sleep every day look haggard. however, it is not just staying up late. people with such sleeping habits age before they get sick. a study published in sleep health in 2023 found that compared with people with stable sleeping habits, participants with larger deviations in bedtime and large differences in sleep between weekdays and weekends were biologically 9 months older.

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popular science knowledge

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marmosets communicate more complexly than previously thought, using distinctive calls to address other monkeys in their family, similar to how humans address each other by name, a study published in science on august 29 found. they are the first nonhuman primates known to do so.

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weather forecast

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the central meteorological observatory continued to issue a typhoon red alert at 18:00 on september 6. affected by typhoon makar, from the night of september 6 to the 8th, there will be heavy rain to torrential rain in southern yunnan, central and southern guangxi, central and southern guangdong, hainan island and other places, with local torrential rain.

editor | wang shanshan

source: china news network