FF中国总部落户湖北黄冈？黄冈回应“正接洽合作事宜”******
贾跃亭的公司又自称有大动作。FaradayFuture官微宣布与湖北黄冈市签订战略协议，拟将其FF中国总部迁至黄冈。18日上午，黄冈政府网发布消息，为加快新能源产业布局，黄冈市正积极与外资企业法拉第未来接洽合作事宜，双方已于2022年第三季度签署《战略合作框架协议》。
但是，双方已经在2022年第三季度签署了战略合作协议，2023年初的黄冈市政府工作报告却没有将其作为重大投资项目予以公布。而且18日上午，第一财经记者向包括发改委、宣传部在内的黄冈市政府有关部门多方求证，得到的答复都是“不知道”。
“这不符合常理，一般这种重大招商引资落户，地方政府都会大张旗鼓地进行宣传，但黄冈这次却表现得十分低调。”民进中央特约研究员、盘古智库学术委员叶青对第一财经分析。
FaradayFuture官微宣布与湖北黄冈市签订战略协议，并与FF Global签署新股东协议。根据双方签订的框架协议，为进一步实现优势互补、互惠互利、共同发展，双方应在投资、科技创新、产业转型、区位、政策等方面贡献各自的优势。预计黄冈市政府将积极协助FF在黄冈市进行产业布局，调配相关资源，同时为FF在黄冈市的创业项目提供包括但不限于资金和政策方面的支持。Faraday Future拟将其FF中国总部迁至黄冈市，同时保留其位于加州洛杉矶的全球总部。FF中国总部预计将由黄冈市政府引导基金、相关产业基金和FF共同出资建设。该框架协议已于2022年第三季度签署。
事实上，近年来湖北汽车走廊大有东延之势，在武汉东湖高新区去年高调宣布入局智能网联汽车产业之前，黄冈市早在2018年就引进了威马电动车。
目前，一座由威马汽车投资约202亿元建造的新能源智能汽车生产基地正在黄冈建设中，一期建设已于2020年建成投产，2025年完成整体项目投产，建成后可年产30万台新能源汽车。
去年4月，格罗夫氢能汽车产业园也落户黄冈，拟建设氢能汽车整车、氢能电池、制氢基地等，计划3年内达到年产整车2万辆、6年内达到8万辆规模，使黄冈成为国内氢能产业强市。
叶青认为，黄冈切入新能源汽车产业，不仅延伸了湖北汽车产业走廊，也改善了湖北汽车产业的形态。
但对于FaradayFuture主动宣布拟将中国总部迁至黄冈的事，叶青认为还是要抱“谨慎乐观”的态度。
美国当地时间1月10日，FF又收到来自纳斯达克股票市场的退市预警，这已是FF借壳登陆纳斯达克一年半以来，二度收到退市预警。此次黄冈市政府是否会雪中送炭，化解FF的财务危机？
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
