Category: Flash News

On January 25th, a Mexican official and a US official revealed that Mexico has refused the Trump administration’s offer to allow a US military plane carrying “illegal immigrants” to land in the country. On January 24th local time, two US military planes carrying 80 immigrants each flew to Guatemala. The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the same day, saying, “We will always open our arms to accept Mexicans coming to our territory on the issue of repatriation

On January 25, the reporter learned from the Port Administration Bureau of Khorgos Economic Development Zone in Khorgos that, after meeting with the Khorgos Border Inspection Bureau of the Republic of Kazakhstan through the Khorgos Exit and Entry Border Inspection Station, according to the Agreement between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on China Kazakhstan Border Ports and Their Management System, and in combination with the adjustment of relevant chapters in the Measures for National Holidays and Memorial Day Holidays revised by the Chinese government in November 2024, the Spring Festival period of Khorgos Road Port of the People’s Republic of China [Khorgos (China) Port Nurraor (Kazakhstan) Port] is January 28 to 31, 2025 (From New Year’s Eve to the third day of the lunar calendar) It will be closed for 4 days, and will be opened and closed normally on February 1, 2025. (CCTV News)

On January 25th, the reporter learned from the 2025 comprehensive transportation Spring Festival travel rush work team that on January 25th, 2025 (the 12th day of spring transportation, the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month), the expected cross regional personnel flow in the whole society is 273.57 million people. Among them, the railway passenger transport volume is 15.25 million, the road personnel flow volume is 255.07 million (219.23 million non business passenger trips on highways and ordinary national and provincial roads, and 35.84 million business passenger trips on roads), the waterway passenger transport volume is 850000, and the civil aviation passenger transport volume is 2.4 million. On January 24, 2025 (the 11th day of the Spring Festival travel rush and the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month), the cross regional personnel flow in the whole society reached 266.045 million, an increase of 3.7% month on month and 23.2% compared to the same period in 2024. (CCTV News)

On January 24th, the Party Committee of the General Administration of Customs held an expanded meeting to study and deploy the work of ensuring safety and smooth traffic during the Spring Festival. The meeting requested that we should further deepen reform in an all-round way with greater efforts, thoroughly implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, always keep in mind that “the country is the largest”, make every effort to implement the reform tasks related to customs work deployed at the plenary session, deeply implement the action of “building a strong country with smart customs”, accelerate the construction of smart customs, promote the implementation of customs landmark reform measures, and better promote Chinese path to modernization with modern customs services. We must build a stronger national security barrier with higher standards, fully implement the overall national security concept, focus on key tasks that concern the Party Central Committee, society, and the masses, tighten the risk prevention and control chain, crack down on smuggling, strictly guard the port quarantine line, strictly control the quality and safety of imported food and commercial products, strictly regulate supervision and law enforcement, and firmly hold the bottom line of no major and systematic safety risks.

On January 25th, Cui Dongshu, Secretary General of the China Passenger Car Association, stated that the national passenger car market is still in a strong destocking cycle this year, with active destocking continuing from the beginning of the year until August and passive destocking from September to December. After the expected easing of wait-and-see measures brought about by stimulus policies and the release of consumer enthusiasm driven by the trade in policy, manufacturers stabilized their production in December to cope with market risks, and the trend of new energy in December was good. At the end of December 2024, the national passenger car inventory was 3.05 million units, a decrease of 150000 units from the previous month, a decrease of 760000 units from December 2023, and a decrease of 530000 units from December 2022. The current policy withdrawal has led to overall caution among manufacturers, resulting in a relative slowdown in production before the end of the year. The current sluggish fuel vehicle market has led to overall caution among manufacturers, with production still contracting significantly before the year-end sprint. Due to the sales forecast for January to March 2025 being lower than the average for December 2024 to February 2025, the inventory at the end of December 2024 and the current inventory support for the next three months’ sales are expected to be 59 days, which is a significant decrease compared to 76 days in December 2022 and 70 days in December 2023. Overall inventory pressure is not significant.

On January 25th, it was learned from China Railway Group Co., Ltd. that the railway Spring Festival travel rush reached its peak before the holiday, with an expected 15.25 million passengers and 2111 additional passenger trains planned to be added. On January 24th, the national railway transported 14.321 million passengers, ensuring safe, stable, and orderly transportation. As of 9:00 am on January 25th, Railway 12306 has sold a total of 311 million tickets during the Spring Festival travel rush. (CCTV News)

On January 25th, the US Department of Defense issued social media guidelines for the military, announcing a 10 day suspension of almost all official social media activities. It is reported that the suspension will take effect on the 25th and apply to “all levels of official accounts” of the Ministry of National Defense. However, content related to southern border operations, as well as routine base operations and activities (such as Ministry of Defense school activities, base situations and services, recruitment related activities), are not subject to this restriction. The specific reason for the suspension is currently unclear.

On January 25th, Russian President Putin agreed with US President Trump’s view that if Trump is successfully re elected in 2020, the Ukrainian crisis can be avoided. During his inspection of Moscow State University, Putin responded to a question posed by journalist Zarubin on the “Moscow Kremlin Putin” program, saying, “I cannot disagree with his view. If he were re elected as president and if the victory of 2020 had not been stolen, perhaps the Ukrainian crisis of 2022 would not have occurred

On January 25th, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said on Friday that the Trump administration is obtaining enough planes from six channels to accelerate the deportation of illegal immigrants in the United States. Miller told reporters that the ability of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to expel illegal immigrants has been hindered due to the lack of airplanes. This week, the United States began using military aircraft to expel immigrants, but former President Joe Biden refused to use this option. Miller said that President Donald Trump is willing to go further, and he said more planes can be used, including those from the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense. (Bloomberg)

On January 25th, the Hamas affiliated armed faction, the Kassan Brigade, announced the list of the second batch of Israeli detainees to be released soon. The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office confirmed on the same day that it had received the list. According to the recently reached ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, Hamas and Israel will begin the second round of exchange of detainees on the afternoon of the 25th local time. Regarding whether the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip can be effectively implemented, the Israeli people expressed their satisfaction with the release and return of Israeli detainees before the second round of personnel exchange, but also expressed concerns about the future of the ceasefire agreement. (CCTV News)