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Phillip Pasmanick | May 9, 2013
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Netanyahu: Israel Can Learn From China’s Great Wall

On a tour of the Great Wall of China with his wife Sara, Thursday, PM Binyamin Netanyahu said that the wall was an apt simile for Israel’s situation.

By David Lev

 

On a tour of the Great Wall of China Thursday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that the wall was an apt simile for Israel’s situation. China had constructed a wall to defend itself, and Israel must do something similar, he said.

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this morning (Thursday, 9 May 2013), toured the Great Wall of China. - Photo Avi Ohayun, GPO

“Just like the Chinese defended themselves by locking themselves behind a great wall, we too will continue to do so in a similar manner on our southern border, on the Golan Heights, and on all the fronts we face,” Netanyahu said at the Great Wall.

Netanyahu’s visit to China has been a prosperous one for Israel. On Wednesday, Netanyahu signed a $400 million trade deal with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang. “This is a very important agreement for expanding bilateral cooperation. China is a vast market and if we even slightly increase our market share here it will significantly help the Israeli economy,” he said.

“Our two peoples are two ancient peoples with a glorious past, a difficult in-between period, and then soaring into the future,” Netanyahu told Li. “I think Israel can be the perfect junior partner for China in its pursuit of economic excellence and competitive advantage by offering our technological capabilities.”

Speaking to reporters, Netanyahu confirmed that he had spoken with U.S. President Barack H. Obama Wednesday night, discussing the planned sale by Russia of advanced S-300 surface to air missiles to Syria. “I spoke to Obama, just as I have been speaking in recent days to the leaders of China, and just as I did several days ago with President Putin of Russia. I discussed important regional and international issues with all of them,” he said.

 

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Phillip Pasmanick | July 31, 2012
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China: Romney’s Pro-Jerusalem Views May Spark War with Regional Arabs

China has refused to challenge Iran & Syria and now goes  to bat for the Regional Arabs

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

China, which has refused to buck Iran and Syria, now goes to bat for the Arab world and warns that Mitt Romney’s pro-Jerusalem remarks could even “reignite a war between Palestinians and Israelis.”

Jerusalem – Photo by Phillip Pasmanick

The presumptive Republican presidential candidate stated in his visit to Israel Sunday and Monday that Jerusalem is the country’s capital, a designation the international community does not accept because of the Arab world’s opposition.

“The U.S. presidential hopeful’s dangerous words should be carefully watched,” wrote the Chinese news agency Xinhua Tuesday.

After noting that “the status of Jerusalem is highly sensitive, which involves the religious sentiments and dignity of most Arab people,” the newspaper turned to Romney’s tough talk on the nuclear threat from Iran, where China has a heavy investment,

Romney pledged to “employ any and all measures to dissuade the Iranian regime from its nuclear course,” adding that the United States would never look away from its “passion and commitment to Israel.”

Xinhua then charged, “Romney’s remarks totally neglect historical facts and are actually irresponsible if he just meant to appeal to voters at home” but inexplicably followed with an explanation of the 1995 Congressional Jerusalem Embassy Act. It states that the capital must be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem but included a waiver that every president has recognized, postponing the move due to “national security,” although the connection never has been made clear.

However, “Romney stubbornly vowed to carry out this law, which, if translated into action, will cause international concerns,” the Chinese news agency added. It explained that “any words that favor any party to the conflict regardless of history and reality are irresponsible and unfair for Palestinians who are in a less powerful position in the peace talks.”

 

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Phillip Pasmanick | July 29, 2012
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Chinese destroyer crosses Suez Canal & enters Mediterranean Sea

Warship crosses via Suez into Mediterranean , possibly en route to Syrian coast for naval exercises

By Roi Kais

 

A Chinese destroyer sailed through Egypt’s Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea, Egyptian daily Al-Shuruk reported on Sunday.

The destroyer could be on its way to the Syrian coast, the Egyptian newspaper reported, adding that the warship is planning to hold naval maneuvers in the area.

Iranian ship in Suez Canal (archives) – Photo: Reuters

Al Shuruk daily further claimed that the canal authority authorized the Chinese ship’s crossing through the canal following permission from the Egyptian armed forces.

Meanwhile, Egypt’s Al-Wafd website reported that high security measures were taken during the ship’s crossing of the canal.

Beijing, an ally of Syria, has repeatedly blocked Western-backed Security Council attempts to increase pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad to end the violence sparked by a government crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

Last month reports claiming that the armies of Iran, China, Russia and Syria are planning to hold naval maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea were circling the media outlets. According to the report, 90,000 soldiers from the four countries will take part in the large-scale maritime war games, which will be held off the Syrian coastline.

In February, two Iranian naval ships sailed through Egypt’s Suez Canal into the Mediterranean, and according to Iranian reports, the ships docked in Syria.

Just last month, Russia said that it had dispatched a flotilla of 11 warships to the eastern Mediterranean, some of which would dock in Syria.

Moscow’s gesture was the largest display of Russian military power in the region since the Syrian conflict began. Nearly half of the ships were capable of carrying hundreds of marines.

 

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Phillip Pasmanick | April 28, 2012
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China’s prime minister visits Auschwitz

Wen Jiabao pays visit to death camp during official visit to Poland; says ‘the tragedy of Auschwitz is the tragedy of all humanity’

 

China’s prime minister paid homage on Friday to the victims of the Nazi Auschwitz death camp, saying lessons drawn from it should help build a safer world.

Laid yellow and red flowers . Auschwitz death camp Photo: Shutterstock

Laid yellow and red flowers . Auschwitz death camp - Photo: Shutterstock

Wen Jiabao paid the visit to the Auschwitz memorial on Friday, following two days of political and business talks with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Bronislaw Komorowski in Warsaw

At the memorial in southern Poland, Wen walked through the former camp’s main gate and laid yellow and red flowers at the Death Wall where the Germans executed masses of people during World War II.

Wen visited a crematorium and Block IV and Block V, where inmates were held and where belongings of the victims are kept now, including hair, clothes and empty suitcases.

He said that atrocities like those at Auschwitz oblige people to protect peace and dignity.

“The tragedy of Auschwitz is the tragedy of all humanity,” Wen said. “History tells us that we must oppose war, racial discrimination and all forms of crime.”

Earlier Friday, Wen paid a visit to the picturesque Renaissance city of Krakow, where he met with local authorities and artists. He walked in the Old Town, Europe’s largest Renaissance market place, and talked to tourists sitting in outdoor cafe gardens.

 

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Phillip Pasmanick | March 17, 2012
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Israel helps transform China’s dairy industry

As demand for dairy products in China increases rapidly, Chinese dairies turn to Israel for farm management technology and training.

 

A Chinese dairy farm worker using AfiMilk equipment.

A Chinese dairy farm worker using AfiMilk equipment.

Cow milk is a fairly recent addition to the Chinese diet. But demand for milk products has grown so quickly that existing farms can barely meet it. So Chinese dairy companies are turning to the acknowledged authority on the milking business: Israel.

Eight Chinese dairy farm manager trainees recently completed an 11-week course in Israel organized by AfiMilk, a world leader in computerized systems for dairy farm and herd management.

The six men and two women were sent by their employer to get acquainted with AfiMilk’s software, visit productive Israeli farms and milking parlors, and learn about advanced animal welfare and operating procedures.

The course, held at the Galilee International Management Institute from November 6 to January 20, garnered such positive feedback that a second Chinese dairy company sent a team for training in February and March.

AfiMilk’s Pinhas Gur, left with Charles Zhou, gAfiMilk’s Pinhas Gur, left with Charles Zhou, general manager for AfiMilk China.eneral manager for AfiMilk China.

AfiMilk’s Pinhas Gur, left with Charles Zhou, general manager for AfiMilk China.

“Israeli dairy farming is highly considered all over the world for its high production per cow,” says Pinhas Gur, head of professional services at AfiMilk.

The kibbutz-based company’s staff of 15 in Beijing has helped plan and equip 105 milking parlors in China. Compared to the average Chinese milk yield per cow of 5,000 to 6,000 liters per year, farms using AfiMilk technologies average 11,500 liters per year.

Caring for the cows

It all began with a demonstration dairy farm set up near Beijing in 2001 by Israel’s MASHAV agency for international development to show off the latest Israeli technology.

Now on par with Israel’s most efficient dairy farms, the demo site serves as a training center for thousands of dairy producers in China and from neighboring countries.

A former dairyman himself, the New York-born Gur knows that boosting milk production has everything to do with cow care — what they eat and how they’re handled. He devised the syllabus for the first Chinese training session with that focus in mind.

The Chinese trainees learned about bovine nutrition from Israeli experts.

The Chinese trainees learned about bovine nutrition from Israeli experts.

“About two-thirds of the lectures were given by our people, and we also brought in a lot of top Israeli experts to talk about [bovine] diseases and nutrition. So they got training in our system and gained good animal husbandry knowledge as well,” he tells ISRAEL21c.

The lecturers spoke in English, with Chinese Israeli residents or students available to translate. All the reading materials for the course were translated into Chinese by AfiMilk staffers in Beijing.

Israeli expertise

Gur relates that four of the first group of trainees had already completed three years of veterinary studies in China, while the other four had taken a few courses and worked on a dairy farm. Each one earned an individualized diploma from AfiMilk.

“Unlike other courses, where we give a general certificate at the end, this time each student was certified for a specific job, like managing fertility, managing health or managing baby calves,” says Gur.

All expenses were covered by their employer, Mengniu, including a year of follow-up support by an AfiMilk adviser in China.

Computerized and hands-on herd management were covered in the course.

Mengniu, the second biggest milk processor in China, first contacted AfiMilk’s Beijing office for assistance in building milking parlors. “When they found out what else we can provide, like managing dairy farms in Vietman and teaching local farm managers, they proposed sending their future farm managers to Israel,” says Gur.

He chose to run the course at Galilee because of its experience hosting agriculture classes provided by the Israeli government for people from African and Asian countries. “They provide work permits, insurance and visas, and they have dorms where the students can stay,” he says.

The course covered all issues relating to herd management and monitoring: cow and heifer health, cow behavior, fat and protein levels in the milk and immediate solutions for problems that can arise during milking.

Milk consumption is still low in China compared to Israel or to Western countries, but that is likely to change fast with the help of Israeli ingenuity.

 

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Phillip Pasmanick | March 16, 2012
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Israel to sell $300M in water-tech to China

Jerusalem, Beijing ink multi-million dollar deal which will see Israel provide innovative water technology to china’s agriculture sector

Israel has recently signed a deal to sell China water technology valued at $300 million for use in the agriculture sector, the Israeli Finance Ministry said in a statement.

The deal was signed by both countries’ finance ministers in Beijing during a visit to China by Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz.

(Illustration) Photo: Shutterstock

(Illustration) Photo: Shutterstock

Israel is a world leader in water technology products and has pioneered drip irrigation that was developed for arid Middle Eastern conditions. No details of the companies or technology involved in the deal were in the statement.

It has been increasing its exports to China in recent years as its two largest trading partners, Europe and the United States, have been in the throes of an economic slowdown.

“Israel considers the deepening of economic ties with China to be a very important strategic target for both countries,” Steinitz said in the statement.

The statement also said officials from the two countries had discussed possible natural gas exports by Israel to China and that Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren said “talks would begin soon”, although it gave no more details.

Israel has made several huge offshore natural gas discoveries over the past three years that will ensure its energy independence for decades and even make it an exporter, although the first field will be online in the second quarter of 2013.

 

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Phillip Pasmanick | March 1, 2012
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Israel, China Sign Huge Business Deal

Business relations between Israel and China are set to grow significantly, thanks to a new billion shekel deal

 

Business relations between Israel and China are set to grow significantly after Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz inked a deal Wednesday worth over NIS 1 billion with Chinese officials. Under the deal, Israeli companies will export water technologies to China, to aid that country with water purification and agricultural projects. The projects will be set up mostly in agricultural areas of the Chinese provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang.

Minister Steinitz

Minister Steinitz Israel news photo: Flash 90

At a ceremony in Beijing Wednesday, Steinitz said that Israel “sees the expansion of economic ties between Israel and China as a very important strategic goal.” Speaking with Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren, Steinitz said that “each time we meet the level of trade between our two countries grows, and I hope this trend will continue.” Steinitz invited his Chinese counterpart to visit Israel. The two also discussed the possibility of Israel’s exporting of natural gas to China, with the two finance ministers saying that that talks specifically about this issue would take place soon.

Xie said that China was “very pleased with the growth of trade between China and Israel, which are growing quickly, and we intend to encourage this trend. There are many projects in agriculture and technology involving Israeli companies that are important for our economic relations.”

Under the terms of the protocol, a line of credit guaranteed by both countries will be set up to fund Israeli investment in China, and trade between the two countries. Long-term loans at low interest rates will be granted, and grants are available for some project components. This is the fourth economic protocol Israel and China have signed since 1995, with 220 joint Israeli-Chinese projects worth over $600 million. Most of these projects have been in the medical and communications field. A Finance Ministry spokesperson said that it was the success of those previous protocols that prompted the development of the new one signed Wednesday.

 

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By: David Lev

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