File photo: Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] A spokesman for the Chinese mainland said on Wednesday that the mainland has never interfered in elections in Taiwan and that it never will. He was responding to recent comments by island authorities and the United States. Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said, We have always stayed out of the elections in Taiwan. The DPP authorities are used to slandering the mainland and spreading rumors. Last week, the island's leader Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party said she believed the mainland had interfered in the nominating process for the Kuomintang party in the race for the island's top office. The accusation is nonsense and has ulterior motives behind it, Ma said on Wednesday. The DPP is creating cross-Straits conflict and is harming the interests of the Taiwan people, he added. Last week, a senior official of the United States, James Moriarty, chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan, said in a meeting that Beijing is exerting influence on the upcoming election in Taiwan. He said the US will continue to consult with Taiwan on security issues. In response, Ma said, It is irresponsible for some people in the US to repeat the groundless claims of the DPP authorities. The Taiwan question is China's internal affair. No external interference will be allowed. Taiwan's 2020 election campaign kicked off earlier this year as more politicians from the DPP and KMT announced they would run for the top office. Terry Gou, head of the world's largest electronics supplier, Foxconn, announced last week that he will run in Taiwan's 2020 leadership election. Guo criticized Tsai via social media last week for her administration's hostile policy toward the mainland, saying that the key to Taiwan's participation in regional economic cooperation lies in the mainland. Another potential leadership candidate from the KMT, Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu, who gained popularity in the mayoral election last year, said on Tuesday that he is not going to participate in the KMT's primary election. During his first visit to the mainland at the end of March, trade deals worth more than 1 billion yuan ($149 million) were signed, selling the city's agricultural and fishery products to mainland cities. customize your own bracelets for couplesbest buy wristbandpersonalized plastic braceletsbracelet en silicone nikecustom rubber bracelets
Pilot on a JH-7A fighter-bomber get prepared to take off during the Peace Mission-2013 China-Russia joint military drill in Chelyabinsk, Russia, Aug 6, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua] Young candidates will be subject to tests to determine fitness for training Graduates from junior high schools in the economically thriving province of Guangdong normally have two options for their future: They can either continue their studies at a senior high school or go into vocational training. But there's another choice. They can try their luck with the People's Liberation Army Navy to see if they have what it takes to become a naval aviator and land on aircraft carriers. An announcement by the Affiliated High School of South China Normal University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, said the school has begun to work with the Navy to set up an experimental teen aviator program that selects and trains candidates to fly. It calls on students in the third grade of junior high school in the province to apply for the program. Approved by the Navy, the Ministry of Education and the provincial education department, the program aims to attract students who are interested in aviation and are fit for military flight. The idea is to establish a talent pool for the Navy's shipborne aviation units, the announcement said. It's the first time the Navy has launched such a program in Guangdong. In addition to the Guangzhou school, another four high schools in Heilongjiang, Anhui, Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces have been selected to take part in the program this year. Before the five new partners, the Navy had nine cooperating high schools in nine provincial-level regions, according to the flight student recruitment office. Before the teen program, which was launched in 2015, all candidates selected by the Navy for its naval aviation force were graduates of senior high school. According to the Navy, applicants for this year's teen aviator program should be born between Sept 1, 2002, and Aug 31, 2005; have a height between 160 and 180 centimeters; and be neither too thin nor overweight. Candidates must be free of diseases such as meningitis or nephritis, and blood pressure and vision must meet the Navy's standards for its pilots. Other criteria include clean political, legal and study records, consent from legal guardians, a strong mind, mental and physical agility, a good sense of direction and a certain level of proficiency in English. In each province involved in the program, qualified applicants will take exams addressing overall capabilities around the end of this month. A short list of 250 candidates will then take part in a series of tests of physical, academic and psychological abilities. Fifty candidates will be enrolled in the program at each of the 14 cooperating schools, the recruitment office said. During the three-year program, students will be given lectures and training on naval and flight knowledge and will be managed like military cadets. After three years, those who pass the tests will be admitted to naval aviation academies or some of China's top universities that collaborate with the Navy for pilot training. An experienced naval pilot who flies a J-15 fighter jet based on the Navy's CNS Liaoning aircraft carrier said on Monday that he expects future aviators to have good capabilities in science and technology and the ability to handle rapidly changing situations and make quick decisions, because such abilities are essential in aerial combat. embossed-wristbandprinted-wristbandblack rubber bracelets meaningrubber wristbandspurple silicone bracelets<%2fcenter>
