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China A deputy head of the Chinese Trade Union law wins Cabinet’s Taiwan Affairs Office is placed under investigation for apparent corruption amid renewed scrutiny supporters but fails to of Beijing’s policies P5 toward the island following its election of a new independence- leaning president.

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Vietnam It is clear that the Communist Party’s eight-day Congress set to open today is the kind of political cliffhanger that would do a democracy proud, as a battle for power hinges on a last- minute procedural question

Afghan troops are fighting the Taliban across most of southern Helmand province and are in desperate need of reinforcements, an Afghan official says.

NEPAL Villages near the epicenter of a massive earthquake last year have been blanketed with snow, making life miserable for people still living in temporary shelters and huts.

N Korea A cold snap in the North Korean capital has residents ice fishing on the Taedong River. The whole country was colder than minus 10 C, and the North’s official weather forecaster predicted that Pyongyang would sink Jones Lang LaSalle pessimistic to minus 16 C.

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Alexis Tam Secretary for Social Affairs hails hospital improvements and praises cultural heritage

he Secretary for So- Tam added that 49 cities Tcial Affairs and Culture all over the country can hailed the improvements in send individual travellers ART staffing at major hospitals to Macau. The question is in his first year in office and that there are 300-county praised the cultural legacy level and another 300 lo- Italian graffiti given to the city by the Por- cal-level cities. One avera- tuguese. ge county-level city alone crew produce Alexis Tam Chon Weng has several million people. has a wide brief, with the “Even the central gover- murals in four main sectors of medi- nment is concerned that cine, education, culture and Macau might not have the downtown leisure. The Secretary has capacity to deal with it (the set short-, medium- and massive influx of mainland long-term objectives for tourists).” The most effec- talian graffiti crew “Truly Design” these areas. “Our success tive solution is to pick cities Imade their debut production in the and failure will be judged by with strong consumption MSAR last week at the Graffiti Square lo- people in the future – ‘those power to promote indivi- cated in downtown Macau. Despite rain before us plant trees, those dual tourism; Inner Mon- forcing the Torino-based group to relo- after us enjoy the cool’,” he golia is one example. cate indoors on Friday and Saturday, the said in a recent interview Tam is a success story of a guest crew was able to produce two large with Exmoo News. ‘Macau boy’. After gradua- murals decorated with bright tones and On medicine, Tam spoke ting from Pui Ching Mid- intricate details. of the “glorious five”. In the dle School and university, The murals were created as part of the first year of his term (2015), he was one of a first group Macau Graffiti Festival, which ran from he oversaw the hiring of chosen by the colonial go- January 11 until January 16. The festival 529 medical personnel. vernment to study in Portu- was co-organized by the Macau Powers of Add to that the 62 hired gal with a scholarship. His Arts to Inspire Intelligence Association in 2014 and this makes a subjects were Portuguese and the art group, Truly Design, and sou- total of 591. “All were hi- and the economy of Euro- ght to bring together artists from abroad red through a public re- awful. As long as Macau pe. During his four years in order to inspire residents and enable cruitment process, fair and In his first can preserve well (its heri- there, he not only comple- graffiti artists to learn from each other. just,” he said, responding to full year of his tage), there will be hope.” ted his studies but also fou- Truly Design has been active since 1996 criticism that he has taken He stressed that there nd his wife. when they turned their passion into a medical talent from Kiang term (2015), should be no contradiction He returned to Macau in profession. Upon landing in Macau last Wu Hospital. “It is a free between urban renewal and the late 1980s, when few week, the crew headed to a conference at labour market. People have Tam oversaw preservation, adding that, Chinese held administrati- the UNESCO center in the NAPE area. high expectations (for their with the right balance, the ve post in the government. In March 2014, local graffiti group jobs), which is very normal. the hiring of city would have vitality. He joined the Statistics and “Gantz 5” was commissioned to produce Staffing is still insufficient. 529 medical Tourism is one of Tam’s Census Service (DSEC); he a work of art outside the Macao Museum We will continue to hire.” responsibilities. Each year has spent 30 years in gover- of Art (MAM), but the piece has since Thanks to the new hiring, personnel more than 20 million main- nment. been removed. the service time of four de- land visitors come to Ma- He works a 12-hour day Contemporary graffiti has been regar- partments – cardiology, cau, testing the city’s ability but finds time to jog 20 mi- ded as street art for around 50 years, orthopedics, physiotherapy diagnosis.” to absorb them. They come nutes a day and play tennis when it developed from an underground and imaging diagnosis – Culture heritage is another not only for gambling but with friends at weekends. and illicit phenomenon into a recognized was extended. He said that important part of Tam’s also to see the monuments He has two daughters. The art form. this would also happen this responsibility. He praised left by the colonial govern- elder, 18, is studying medi- Controversy has arisen in recent deca- year at four more depart- the work of the Portuguese ment. cine in Lisbon; the younger, des, as critics claim that the movement ments – ophthalmology, colonial government in this At the end of last year, 16, is studying at a secon- of graffiti from the street to the exhibition oncology treatment, cos- area. “Very thankful to it for the Chinese government dary school in the same city. hall undermines the origin and purpose metic surgery and general leaving behind the policy ranked Macau as the se- To ensure that they do not of the art. medicine. “At the Centro of preserving heritage and cond city nationwide with forget their Chinese roots, On the other hand, “authentic” graffiti Hospitalar Conde de S. Ja- for today Macau’s (mixed ) a distinct character, after they spend time every year remains equally controversial. In Au- nuario, waiting times at East and West culture. This Lhasa. “I was very happy in Beijing studying Manda- gust, five men were arrested for what specialist clinics have been (heritage) is most impor- to hear the news. Conside- rin. Last Christmas, he and was described as “unauthorized vanda- greatly reduced – 50 per tant for Macau’s status in ring gambling revenue and his wife went to Lisbon for lism,” after they spray-painted on pro- cent at the cardiology cli- the world. I am very proud the VIP business have been a reunion with their daugh- tected, heritage architecture in the St. nic, 30 per cent at ortho- of it,” he said. “If you demo- falling, but we succeeded ters. “I haven’t had a holi- Lazarus quarter. Incidents such as these pedics and physiotherapy lish everything (like Hong in tourism, with no drop in day for a long time,” he si- continue to tarnish the reputation of the and 80 per cent at imaging Kong), it would be really numbers.” ghed. MDT/Macauhub/Exmoo art form. Staff Reporter

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Gaming alert Arts Deutsche Bank highlights MAM to celebrate 100 years Sands China as top pick of Austrian art, 1860–1960 he Macau Museum of Art T(MAM) is launching an exhibi- nese New Year, but reitera- tion at the end of this month, show- ted its caution on the gaming casing a century of Austrian art. sector, which has experien- The exhibition, entitled “One Cen- bloomberg ced a number of false starts tury of Austrian Art 1860–1960,” will in the past two years. feature nearly a hundred masterpie- Credit Suisse issued a re- ces by iconic Austrian artists of the port earlier this week saying 19th and 20th centuries. that its top pick was Galaxy The period covered in the exhibition Entertainment, followed by highlights a renaissance in influen- Sands China. It rated the tial Austrian art. Many of the artists, two companies equally as set painters, sculptors and playwrights to “Outperform,” with tar- from this period pioneered modern get prices of USD35.7 and movements and styles that have in USD35.1, respectively. turn influenced other artists globally ‘Head of a Man from the Front’(1879) by Figures released this week and have inspired architectural mar- Gustav Klimt from the Gaming Inspec- vels – particularly within Austria, but tion and Coordination also abroad. Oppenheimer’s “String Quartet,” Jo- Bureau (DICJ) indicated Among those whose works will be seph Dobrowsky’s celebrated “Corn that gaming revenue from shown is Austrian symbolist painter, Fields,” and Aloys Wach’s expres- the VIP segment declined Gustav Klimt – a prominent member sionist account of the Sermon on the The Venetian Macao resort and casino, operated by Sands China 39.9 percent to MOP127.82 of the Vienna Secession movement Mount, “Jesus on the Mount of Oli- billion in 2015 compared to who opposed the late-19th-century ves.” eutsche Bank re- per share tomorrow, and an the previous year. On the rigid interpretation of what constitu- The inauguration ceremony for the Dsearch house has said annual dividend of USD1.99, other hand, mass-market ted art. exhibition will take place on January that its top pick for the Ma- adding that the company gaming revenue shrank by The works of Egon Schiele, a renow- 29 at 6.30 p.m. in MAM’s Gallery of cau gaming sector is Sands could maintain this dividend 25.9 percent year-on-year ned painter and protégé of Klimt, will Special Exhibitions. China Ltd. due to its expec- level for the next three years. to MOP103.02 billion. Last also be showcased in the exhibition, It will be open to the public from ted dividend yield of 8.8 per- The research house said year, the mass-gaming as well as those of his contemporary, January 30 until April 3, between 10 cent. that it expected Macau ga- market increased its sha- Oskar Kokoschka, best known for his a.m. and 7 p.m., except on Monday It said that it expects for ming stocks to show some re of total gaming to more intense expressionistic portraits and when it is closed. Admission is nor- Sands China to declare an short-term improvement than 44 percent, up from 41 landscapes. mally MOP5, but is free on Sundays interim dividend of USD0.99 next month due to the Chi- percent in 2014. Also set to be exhibited is Max and Macau public holidays.

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on the lawmakers’ agenda Trade union law stirs debate Inner Harbor link The su- dden closure of the ferry link between the Inner Harbor and Zhuhai’s Wanzai Port on Sunday has left some lawmakers but fails to pass again worried. According to lawmaker Mak Soi Kun, the local ferry terminal shut- Paulo Barbosa down “has caused major inconveniences to both Macau residents and tourists” he Legislative who use the link. In his spoken enquiry, Assembly (AL) ve- the lawmaker found it strange that the toed the seventh closure announcement was made on attempt to pass a the eve of the closure. “Is there a lack of Ttrade union law yesterday. communication between the administra- Unlike in previous attemp- tions of Macau and Zhuhai?” he asked. ts, when proposals were The lawmaker finds it strange that such vetoed without undergoing a sudden move could happen in a con- a debate, this time several text where the cooperation between Ma- lawmakers praised the pro- cau and Guangdong province is being posal, while others said that enhanced. Kou Hoi addressed the same it’s approval could disrupt issue, stating that the infrastructure of companies’ operations or the Inner Harbor and the Wanzai Port even create chaos. The de- should be revamped in order to be able bate surrounding the bill to receive more passengers. He added was sparked by lawmakers that if the border reopens with better linked to the Macau Fe- conditions, there is potential that an in- deration of Trade Unions creased number of people would use it. (Kwan Tsui Hang, Lam Gov’t rents Song Pek Kei pointed Heong Sang, Ella Lei) and Kwan Tsui Hang was one of the proponents of the proposal ended with a split result: out that the government is spending large 18 against, 12 in favor, and agree. We must respect the (…) I don’t want to have a attempt to approve the law amounts of money to rent offices. Accor- lawmaker Leonel Alves abs- associations that are already radical power established in in the face of current eco- ding to her, the value of rent paid to priva- taining from the vote. established,” she stressed. Macau,” he said. Fong pre- nomic, social and industrial te owners will surpass one billion patacas. A part of the discussion Other than lawmakers dicted that the trade unions conditions. Au Kam San Stressing that her intervention was also centered on what Melinda being linked to business would be used by some tried to counter-argue this on behalf of lawmaker Chan Meng Kam, Chan labeled “a local pecu- interests, there was no dou- groups “to create chaos,” view by asking: “But what is Song said that she didn’t understand why liarity” – the fact that there bt about the pernicious- and that no businessman the favorable time to appro- the rent paid by the public administration are over 6,000 associations would want to invest here if ve the trade union law? continues to increase despite the rental registered in Macau. “Poli- that was the case. When the economy was be- market downturn. “What does the gover- tics in Macau are based on “After I read the proposal tter, the opponents to the nment have to hide regarding these rental associations. In mainland last night, I couldn’t sleep,” proposal said that it was not issues?” she asked. According to Song, China, there’s only one as- Do we need he concluded, raising laugh- a good time, now they are “The population has an answer to that sociation. In the U.S., the ter among some lawmakers, saying the same.” question.” She concluded by saying that syndicate represents one to resort to and warned that he still had The proponents, headed the government “isn’t careful in the way it labor sector. (…) We need trade unions 20 minutes left to speak. by Kwan Tsui Hang, no- spends the generous resources available.” to know which model we Appointed lawmaker Ma ted that there are notable Lawmaker Lei Cheng I also addressed the want to follow. China or to solve Chi Seng said that the im- differences between trade government rents, saying that more trans- the U.S.?” she asked. The plementation of a trade unions and associations, parency is needed. lawmaker said that she problems?! union law “would crea- one of them being the fact Poverty Pereira Coutinho said that approved the proposal but te great pressure over the that trade unions can repre- he recently visited several households in with some conditions, na- We have the SMEs,” adding that “social sent workers in judicial ca- the northern district, where people live in mely freedom of associa- consensus is needed” before ses. They added that the law government! a state of “hidden poverty.” Enumerating tion. “In Macau, there are making such a move. Chan is needed to compensate the the cases in detail, the lawmaker said that several associations of doc- Fong Chi Keong Chak Mo complemented imbalance between workers tors, nurses, and so on,” that viewpoint, saying that and employers. They also the cases of “hidden poverty” are growing. she explained. “Will these ness of the proposal. Fong the workers could engage in said that the government In his opinion, these cases are triggered by associations be forced to be Chi Keong was, as usual, strikes if the proposal was should assume the respon- major disruption in a citizen’s personal life united under a single tra- the most vociferous: “Do approved. sibility of filling the gap in (like the death of a family member), but de union? Will they not be we need to resort to trade As in previous occasions, legislation. But their argu- also by the “brutal increase” in rent and able to act independently? unions to solve problems?! the argument was again rai- ments, once again, were other aspects that raise the cost of living. If that is the case, I don’t We have the government! sed that it is poor timing to made to no avail. Tougher penalties for drug trafficking and consumption

he region’s anti- cking are relatively low, Tong and Leonel Alves, mote their social reinser- as evidence and inquired added that the evidence Tdrug laws are set to hence the dissuasive effect both of them law experts, tion,” he said. as to how a suspect will must be validated by a ju- be amended after the Le- is minor,” she said. said that it wasn’t clear The amendment sets the have the right to appeal. dge. gislative Assembly voted The bill sees the mini- under the new amend- limit for the possession The Judiciary Police After the law was appro- yesterday on the first rea- mum prison term penal- ment how drug consu- of drugs deemed to be for (PJ) director Chau Wai ved, Leonel Alves made a ding of the introduction of ty for consumption grow mers and traffickers will private consumption as Kuong said that the col- voting declaration saying heavier penalties for both from up to three months be distinguished from that which does not ex- lection of urine samples that a “careful conside- drug trafficking and con- to a range of three mon- each other. Tong said that ceed the quantity for “5 will only occur when there ration of the penalties” sumption. ths to a year. The mini- the penalties seem be too days use.” If that is excee- is strong evidence of drug should be made during the The Secretary for Ad- mum penalty for drug high for cases of mere ded, the crime is classified consumption, such as the detailed discussion of the ministration and Justi- trafficking however will consumption, saying that as a trafficking offense. discovery of tools used to amendments. Otherwi- ce, Sonia Chan, told the rise from three years to the focus should not be Stating that “there shou- facilitate drug consump- se, a minimal difference lawmakers that there’s a five in prison. The maxi- only on punishing infrac- ld be a difference between tion at the site. “When in the quantity of drug need to strengthen pu- mum limit would remain tions. “With regards to trafficking and consump- we stop a car, sometimes possession may mean the nishments given the rise at 15 years of imprison- consumption, we should tion,” Pereira Coutinho we can assess [if someone difference between con- in trafficking cases. “The ment. make consumers avoid questioned the method of is on drugs] by the facial sumption and trafficking penalties for drug traffi- Lawmakers Gabriel the use drugs and pro- obtaining urine samples expression.” The director crimes. 21.01.2016 thu

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ones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Macau released its Real estate summary of the property market for the year 2015, Jalong with its forecasted outlook for this year at a meeting with the JLL pessimistic on property in press yesterday. Citing trends since the gaming slump began in February 2014, senior members of JLL Macau 2016, hopeful beyond that noted the sub-par performance of the property market last year and expressed concern about market down by a dramatic 24.2 percent pressures continuing into 2016. year-on-year. Jeff Wong, head of residential And the poor performance of properties, said that the company 2015 is likely to continue into this expects “further drops for capital year. and rental values for both com- “In view of the negative growth mercial and residential units in recorded in most of its economic 2016.” indicators, the outlook for Ma- This will be partly caused by “strong tenant bargaining power” and partly due to a substantial increase of supply penned for the next few years. The outlook Around 16,287 residential uni- for Macau’s ts are expected be completed between 2016 and 2020 – com- property market pared with an average of 2,253 Senior executives at JLL Macau Jeff Wong, Gregory Ku and Oliver Tong (left to right) residential completions per year is expected to between 2005 and 2015. Repre- retail properties, the long-term in the last decade, following the workers simultaneously rose in sentatives from the company said be uncertain in trends may show positive indica- implementation of the open-door the third quarter of 2015 by 15.4 that this might further saturate the short term. tors for the years beyond 2016. policy in Macau […] we expect it percent year-on-year to about the market, especially as many Data released from the Statis- will provide solid support to the MOP15,000. The trends indica- of them are high-end properties Jeff Wong tics and Census Service (DSEC) residential market in the long- te that Macau locals are getting looking to attract investors and showed that the labor market was term.” comparatively wealthier. tenants from an increasingly de- generally stable throughout last Certainly, Macau shows no signs Another positive note was the solate VIP market. cau’s property market is expected year. The employment rate edged of slowing the import of foreign government’s recent reversal of While an excess of properties to be uncertain in the short term up slightly to 1.9 percent in No- workers. November marked a the stamp duty. may be slated for completion in and may have downside pressure vember, upholding what is largely historic high for the city, recor- Managing director Gregory the coming years, they are not in 2016,” Wong told reporters. considered to be a healthy rate by ding a 7 percent year-on-year rise Ku said: “I think it’s a good time being sold nearly as quickly. The “In general, investors are expec- most economists. to 182,246 workers. for the government to withdraw transaction volume of Macau’s ted to remain cautious and adopt Furthermore, according to However, the proportion of some of the stamp duties. It’s not residential market reached a re- a wait-and-see attitude,” he ad- Tong’s colleague, Wong, “Gover- imported workers that are con- fair that many of the buyers who cord-low last year with just 5,431 ded. nment statistics showed that the sidered “skilled” declined over bought a unit two years ago could residential transactions registe- On the other hand, according to numbers of marriage and birth the course of last year, whi- not sell because of the stamp duty red in the first 11 months of 2015, Oliver Tong, associate director of registration have been increasing le the median incomes for all costs.” Staff reporter

Taiwan about a possible convergence of so-called ‘Chinese, Ame- PJ director says Macau rican and Jewish interests’ Macau student [making Macau a target]. terrorist attack unlikely “From what I know,” he punished for killing said, “it was never a concern in the past for Adelson.” stray cat he director of the Judi- “It is always possible, of Tciary Police (PJ), Chao course, but bringing the war student from Macau was punished at the Wai Kuong, has stated that to Chinese territory would be ANational Taiwan University (NTU) on the threat of a terrorist atta- a clear suicidal move,” Sau- Monday after having been linked to a case in ck in Macau remains low, in tedé added. “ISIS is already which a cat was abused, triggering public ou- light of a recent report issued withdrawing part of its asse- trage. by Hong Kong-based risk ts to Libya.” NTU’S Student Disciplinary Committee de- consultancy Steve Vickers The Vickers report made cided to give the student, bearing the surname and Associates. reference to the terrorist at- Chen, two demerits and two minor demerits, The Vickers report sugges- tack in Guangzhou in March according to NTU Chief Secretary Lin Ta-te. ted that although the risk of last year, which left at least He added that the punishment was equivalent an attack occurring in Ma- six injured from a knife as- to placing Chen on probation. cau remained low, the terri- sault at a major train station Chen was accused of torturing and killing tory presented itself as “an in the city. a well-known stray cat named “Big Orange” attractive target given the gh he stressed that the like- “We are actively carrying Chinese state media Xi- near the school late last month, which had ge- nexus of Chinese, American lihood of an attack occurring out preventive measures nhua reported that the per- nerated anger among the public. Over 14,000 and Jewish interests in the was very low. such as collecting data and petrators were Muslim Ui- netizens endorsed a petition demanding the gaming sector.” He added that Macau has participating in joint anti- ghurs from Xinjiang Provin- accused to be expelled from NTU. Gaming tycoons Sheldon been developing mechanis- terror drills with police for- ce – a region where Xinhua The student issued a statement through the Adelson and Steve Wynn ms for dealing with such an ces in Hong Kong, mainland says Chinese intelligence university admitting his mistake and apologi- both have Jewish origins and event, and has focused re- China, and even Guangdong has monitored a significant zing to the public. He also begged for forgive- extensive stakes in Macau’s sources on preventing the Province,” the director ad- growth in radical Islam. ness from the residents in the neighborhood gaming industry, holding two spread of terrorist activities ded. “We hope to strengthen Chao Wai Kuong reiterated and hopes that the incident would raise awa- of the six gaming licenses in to the region. our cooperation through the- that Macau’s security forces reness of the safety of stray animals. He ad- the MSAR between them. “The Secretary for Security se drills in order to prevent have remained vigilant and ded that he will acknowledge the punishment PJ director Chao said that once said that the risk [of a any kind of terrorism.” have been holding consul- given by his university and will participate in Macau’s security forces re- terror attack] is quite low in Eric Sautedé, a political tancy meetings over securi- volunteer activities in the future to make up gularly train with their coun- Macau, but we do have a me- commentator and contribu- ty matters in recent years to for his mistake. terparts in Hong Kong and chanism to deal with that,” tor to the Times, noted that prevent this sort of attack Chen admitted that he lost control emotio- in mainland China, althou- Chao told TDM reporters. he has “strong reservations from occurring in the SAR. nally, which led him to hurt a helpless creature. thu 21.01.2016

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ew Jersey Go- vernor Chris Christie on Tuesday rejec- Nted legislation intended to In this October 16, 2014, file photo, a screen at the NYSE is shore up the finances of juxtaposed with the Goldman Sachs booth. Atlantic City, a move that Dakin Campbell could hasten the state’s takeover of the struggling oldman Sachs Group Inc.’s fourth quarter casino hub. Grevenue beat analysts’ estimates as fees from Christie vetoed a bill that advising on mergers jumped 27 percent. Net inco- would have established me dropped 65 percent on costs to settle a mortga- fixed payments from ca- ge probe. sinos instead of levies ba- Revenue fell 5 percent to USD7.27 billion, better sed on real-estate values, than the $7.17 billion estimate of 16 analysts sur- which would prevent tax veyed by Bloomberg. Net income declined to $765 appeals that strain the ci- million, or $1.27 a share, from $2.17 billion, or ty’s finances. He declined $4.38, after an agreement to settle a U.S. probe into to take action on bills that the bank’s handling of mortgage-backed securities that would have diverted reduced earnings by $1.54 billion, the New York some gambling funds to -based company said Wednesday in a statement. the city. People waling on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, U.S. Goldman Sachs’s merger-advisory business bene- Without those measures, fited from a record $3.8 trillion of deals globally in the city will run out of cash for 15 years. very,” said Assemblyman no choice but to declare 2015, surpassing the previous record set in 2007, in April, according to a re- The rejection of the Vince Mazzeo, a Demo- bankruptcy, “ he said in according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The firm port released on Friday by bills by Christie, who is crat who represents the a statement on Tuesday. said last week it reached a $5.1 billion agreement Kevin Lavin, the emergen- seeking the Republican community of 39,000, in The state’s Local Finance in principle on the mortgage case, cutting fourth- cy manager appointed by presidential nomination, a statement. Board must approve any quarter profit and closing out a year of record legal Christie. comes after he sent them Atlantic City’s fiscal cri- filing. and litigation costs. Christie’s actions “rein- back to the legislature in sis was precipitated by the Unless it comes with “Our diversified business mix allowed us to deli- force the pressing need for November with a condi- closure of a third of its ca- more subsidies, “it is un- ver solid results in a year characterized by uneven Atlantic City to get its fi- tional veto. The legisla- sinos in 2014 as competi- likely that a state takeover global economic activity,” Chief Executive Officer nances in order and to get ture complied with his tion from neighboring sta- will meaningfully improve Lloyd Blankfein said in the statement. “Our strong it done as soon as possib- requests to modify them tes eroded its onetime do- the prospects” for Atlantic global client franchise leaves us well positioned to le,” said Senate President with provisions such as minance over gambling in City’s future, Matt Fabian, generate superior returns over the long term.” Stephen Sweeney, the hi- having the state’s local fi- the East Coast. The city’s a partner at Concord, Mas- Goldman Sachs shares fell 1.7 percent to $154.14 ghest-ranking Democratic nance board collect reve- gaming revenue last year sachusetts-based Munici- at 8:47 a.m. in New York. The stock had dropped legislator, in a statement. nue from the casinos and was less than half its 2006 pal Market Analytics, said 13 percent this year through Tuesday, trailing the “The best way to get that make its release depen- peak of USD5.2 billion. in a report on Tuesday. 10 percent decline of the 88-company Standard & done is to have the state dent on the city’s fiscal Bankruptcy is now a pos- Fabian says bankruptcy Poor’s 500 Financials Index. assume management of progress. sibility, said Mayor Don remains a risk. On Tuesday, Morgan Stanley and Bank of Ameri- the city’s finances.” “Once again, our absen- Guardian. Joelle Farrell, a ca Corp. said profit improved as expenses shrank. Last week, Sweeney in- tee governor has shown “If the state is not able to spokeswoman for Christie, Cost cuts also bolstered results at JPMorgan Chase troduced legislation that a brazen disregard to pu- come up with the funding didn’t comment on his de- & Co. and Citigroup Inc., which reported earnings would place the city’s ope- tting Atlantic City back we need within the next cision during an interview last week. Bloomberg rations under state control on the road to fiscal reco- few weeks, we will have in Trenton. Bloomberg

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Human rights Dahlin was arrested Jan. 3 the circumstances." on his way to Beijing's inter- Chinese authorities since national airport, becoming 2013 have frequently used the first foreign worker to be televised confessions of dissi- State TV airs confession entangled in the crackdown dents and activists on state TV that has drawn widespread ahead of their trials, swaying condemnation from foreign public opinion against them, governments and overseas hu- although legal experts say the from detained Swede man rights groups, which have tactic violates Chinese law. urged Beijing to abide by its The confessions are filmed by promise to rule by law. the state broadcaster CCTV Dahlin's organization in and appear to be voluntary, Hong Kong, which was not though they often are believed ap photo legally permitted to operate to be coerced by police. in mainland China, accep- At least 18 such confessions ted foreign funding and paid have been made by high-profile lawyers and petitioners within activists, bloggers and journa- China, who in turn provided list. negative information that tar- Whistleblowing journalist nished the country's image, Liu Hu, accused of spreading according to the state media falsehoods and detained in reports. 2013, said in an interview he "Certain people that we have was cajoled for months to give supported in one time or ano- such a confession, but that he ther have gone on to do acts refused. Liu, who had repor- in clear violation of the law," ted on corruption in his home Dahlin said in his televised city of Chongqing, eventually confession, while apologizing was released in 2014 and later for hurting "the Chinese gover- cleared of charges. nment and Chinese people." Dahlin's group says it has He also said he had "no com- been working since 2009 to plaints to make" and that he help advance the rule of law by had been treated fairly while organizing training programs in detention and provided me- by lawyers for rights defen- dication he needed. ders focusing on land rights The official Xinhua News and administrative law. It also Agency cited witnesses as releases practical guides on saying Dahlin had been planted the Chinese legal system. by "Western anti-China forces" China has a huge number of to gather negative information petitioners who have unresol- about China and fan opposition ved complaints against local to the ruling Communist Party. governments, often involving A petitioner with her grievances written on her clothes walks along a street in Beijing The CCTV segment about land seizures. Dahlin came one day after the Dahlin's group says it "has hinese state television with the help of employees cked down on the country's Chinese government released only ever advocated nonvio- Chas aired a confession from the human rights- increasingly assertive legal ri- a taped confession by another lent, informed reliance on made in detention by a Swe- focused Fengrui Law Firm in ghts groups, framing their ad- detained Swede, Gui Minhai, a Chinese law," and that Dahlin dish co-founder of a human Beijing, whose lawyers have vocacy as a destabilizing force Hong Kong-based publisher of was "arbitrarily detained on rights group, who said he had been recently charged with to state security. Authorities sensitive books banned on the spurious accusations." trained and funded unlicensed subverting state power. formally charged four well- mainland who disappeared in Endangering state security is lawyers in China to take on Dahlin's group has called the known Fengrui lawyers last October. a category in China's criminal cases against the government confession "apparently for- week, six months after hun- Swedish Embassy spokes- law that includes a number of "in clear violation of the law." ced" and rejected accusations dreds of lawyers nationwide man Sebastian Magnusson offenses, including subversion In a 10-minute segment aired that it manufactured or esca- were rounded up and accused said the embassy had no com- of state power, separatism and early yesterday, state broad- lated conflicts inside China. of stirring up hostility toward ment on the CCTV report, but espionage. The maximum sen- caster CCTV detailed how Pe- In the past year, China's go- the government and manufac- said that Swedish representa- tence for some is the death pe- ter Dahlin established an acti- vernment under President Xi turing cases to enrich them- tives had met with Dahlin and nalty, although it also allows for vist organization in Hong Kong Jinping has aggressively cra- selves. that he was "OK considering foreigners to be deported. AP

verage concen- Greenpeace Atrations of air par- ticulates in 189 Chinese cities fell by 10 percent in Air 10 percent less polluted last year 2015, according to a new Greenpeace report, a sign that pollution overall was has seen concentrations United States far exceeds to meet economic output decreasing even as ca- of microscopic PM2.5 it on a per capita basis. targets. tastrophic levels of smog particles drop by a quar- ap photo Chinese leaders have China said in Septem- this winter in northern ter since 2013. Similar vowed in recent years to ber it would put a price China effectively shut improvements were seen seriously confront pollu- on greenhouse gas emis- down schools and roads. in the Yangtze and Pearl tion and the trail of en- sions under a cap-and- Overall pollution levels river delta areas around vironmental damage left trade system during a in Beijing were down for Shanghai and Guang- by decades of runaway White House summit, a the second consecutive zhou. growth. The central go- year after it pledged to year but skyrocketed in Still, 80 percent of Chi- vernment has passed a cap emissions before the December, when a thick nese cities did not meet series of legislative mea- year 2030. gray soup enveloping the national air quality stan- sures since Premier Li Researchers at Ger- capital prompted the go- dards, the group found, Keqiang declared a "war" many's Max Planck ins- vernment to issue a first- pinning blame on coal on pollution at China's titute have estimated ever "red alert" warning, consumption. China, the annual parliament mee- that smog has led to 1.4 limiting automobile use location of the vast ma- ting in 2014 and conti- million premature deaths and closing schools. jority of coal power plants nued to push renewable in China every year, whi- The Greenpeace study added in the last decade, energy technology, but le the non-profit group released yesterday found has been the world's lar- changes have not always Berkeley Earth in Califor- the northern Chinese re- gest emitter of greenhou- A man walks through a shopping and office complex on a blue-sky trickled down to local au- nia had a higher figure, gion surrounding Beijing se gases, although the day in Beijing thorities under pressure 1.6 million. AP thu 21.01.2016

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Beijing’s Taiwan Taiwan party that office deputy head won election wants under investigation deputy head of the Chinese Cabinet's A Taiwan Affairs Office has been placed under investigation for apparent corrup- US help with China tion as Beijing's policies toward the island come under renewed scrutiny. The ruling Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a brief statement that Gong Qinggai was suspected of "serious violations of discipli- ne," which is usually a euphemism for graft. No other details were given. The announcement came three days after Taiwanese voters elected an independence-­ leaning president in a landslide, although there was no indication of any connection between the two events. Multiple online reports speculated that Gong's problems related to his hiding of personnel assets and feuding within his family. However, President Xi Jinping is believed to be deeply unsatisfied with the office's failure to obtain results in Beijing's quest to win over the Taiwanese to China's goal of political unification. Rumors have also long circulated about the office facilitating private deals between Taiwanese and Chinese businesses, side- stepping the sort of checks usually required for approval. Taiwanese voters on Saturday elected Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party as president following the eight-year term of Ma Ying-jeou of the China-friendly Nationalist Party. Skepticism over Ma's push for closer eco- nomic ties with China was a major factor in the result, with young voters in particular fearful of an erosion of the island's compe- titiveness and their future earning potential. The sides are now entering in a wait-and- see period in the months before Tsai, Taiwan's first female president, is inaugu- rated in May. Supporters of DPP, presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen cheer at the campaign headquarters as polling numbers arrive in her favor on Saturday She has pledged no change in the status quo of de facto independence, but has re- Matthew Pennington, tain the status quo and and International Studies democratic island are part fused to accept Beijing's "one China princi- Washington safeguard peace and sta- think tank. of a single Chinese nation. ple" asserting that the island and mainland bility across the Taiwan Those remarks will be Tsai has refused to endor- are part of a single Chinese nation. AP aiwan's new Strait. welcomed by the Oba- se Beijing's "one China government will "We will do our utmost ma administration. The principle" but hasn't pu- carefully manage to find a mutually accep- United States is Taiwan's blicly repudiated it either. relations with table mode of interaction most important ally and Wu said a top priority Jiangxi Tmainland China and it between Taiwan and the source of defensive arms for the new administra- wants Washington to mainland, one that avoids but it has applauded the tion would be for legis- Fireworks factory keep encouraging recon- confrontation and pre- easing of cross-Strait lation laying out the gui- ciliation, a senior official vents surprises," Wu told relations under the ou- ding principles for cross- of the victorious party the Center for Strategic tgoing Nationalist gover- Strait relations so there blast kills three, said yesterday (Macau nment. China claims the is more transparency in time). island as its own territory its dealings with Beijing. injures fifty-three Joseph Wu is secretary- and threatens to use force Opposition to a services general of the indepen- if Taiwan declares formal trade agreement with Chi- hinese state media say three people dence-leaning Democra- We will do independence. na spawned major protes- Chave been killed and 53 injured in an tic Progressive Party. He "We would need the ts in 2014 by Taiwanese explosion at a fireworks plant in the sou- is meeting with senior our utmost United States to conti- students and civic groups thern province of Jiangxi. U.S. officials this week nue to encourage the two who occupied the national The official Xinhua News Agency said yes- following the party's to find a sides to speak with each legislature. terday that one person was missing from the commanding victory in other," Wu said, adding Wu said Taiwan would blast that shook Hongsheng Fireworks Plant elections on the self- mutually that Washington can look to strengthen rela- in a village outside the city of Shangrao. governing island Satur- acceptable play a "balancing role" so tions with the U.S., Japan A local government confirmed the inci- day. The DPP defeated Taiwan is "not dangling and the European Union, dent on its official website. the Nationalist Party that mode of out there alone dealing and pursue membership Last week, an explosion at a fireworks fac- has forged closer ties with with China." of the Trans-Pacific Part- tory in the central Chinese province of He- the mainland during its interaction Wu characterized Bei- nership, or TPP, a U.S.-­ nan killed 10 people and injured seven. eight-­year tenure. jing's reaction to the elec- backed free trade pact. China is about two and a half weeks away The result was widely between tion as "measured," but it He said if China sought to from Lunar New Year celebrations, when seen as a setback to Bei- Taiwan and has already warned that it pressure smaller member holiday revelers set off fireworks. There jing, but Wu said his par- will not budge on its bo- of the 12-nation pact to are frequent fireworks-related incidents at ty's presidential nominee, the mainland. ttom line that Taiwan's oppose Taiwan's inclu- factories in the weeks leading to the holi- Tsai Ing-wen, has made Joseph Wu leader must agree that the sion it would hurt cross-­ day, as China generally has a poor record in clear she wants to main- Secretary-general, DPP communist mainland and Strait relations. AP workplace safety. 21.01.2016 thu

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aliban gunmen stor- Tmed a university in nor- Taliban kill 20 in attack at thwestern Pakistan yester- day, killing at least 20 people and triggering an hours-long northwest Pakistani university gunbattle with the army and police before the military de- clared the assault in a town near the city of Peshawar was ap photo over. The attack stirred grim echoes of the horrific 2014 Peshawar school attack that killed more than 150 people, mostly children, and shocked the nation. It also prompted the Pakistani prime minister to pledge the country will wipe out the ‘menace of terrorism.’ Police said four attackers were also killed. Yesterday’s attack began shortly after the Bacha Khan University opened for clas- ses in the town of Charsadda, some 35 kilometers outside Peshawar, said Deputy Com- missioner Tahir Zafar. An ambulance transports the body of a victim Pakistani troops and rescue workers gather at the main gate of Bacha Khan University As police and soldiers rushed to the campus, the attackers traded gunfire with the troops ground floor, he said, adding group behind yesterday’s at- vincial governor Sardar Meh- rall violence has declined sin- and several explosions were that they were using automa- tack, describing the assault tab Abbasi declared that the ce the wide-ranging military heard from the area of the tic assault rifles. The students as “un-Islamic.” Mohammad military operation on the offensive was launched in university. The attackers were ran in different directions, he Khurasani also denied earlier campus grounds had been North Waziristan, the Taliban later contained inside two said. reports that he had endorsed completed and that the atta- still manage to carry out ma- university blocks where the “I locked myself in a Mansoor’s claim and said that ck was over. The troops were troops killed four attackers, washroom,” he said. “I jum- those who carried out such at- combing the nearby areas, the army said. ped out when I saw one of the tacks would be tried before an searching for more possible A chemistry professor and attackers coming toward me Islamic, or Sharia court. attackers, he said. a student were among those and shooting straight ahead of Such statements from among Pakistani army chief Gen. I locked myself killed, said Zafar, adding that him.” the Taliban are not uncom- Raheel Sharif visited the cam- it was not initially clear how Pakistani Prime Minister mon since the group has many pus and a town hospital where in a washroom many attackers managed to Nawaz Sharif vowed to fight to loosely linked factions and the wounded were brought to. penetrate the campus. the end and destroy the Tali- is indicative of the deep divi- The Bacha Khan University [and] jumped Television footage showed ban and other militants. sions and splits among the in- is named after the founder of out when I heavy military presence at the “We are determined and re- surgents. a liberal, anti-Taliban political university, troops rushing in solved in our commitment to Khurasani also said the Ta- party. The Pakistani Taliban saw one of and people fleeing. Ambulan- wipe out the menace of ter- liban “consider the students have in the past targeted the ces were at the scene and the rorism from our homeland,” in non-military institutions party for its anti-militant po- the attackers wounded were taken to hospi- Sharif said in a statement. the future of our jihad mo- licies. tal. A Taliban leader, Khalifa vement” and would not kill Pakistan’s northwest and its coming toward The attackers entered the Umar Mansoor, claimed res- potential future followers. He lawless tribal regions borde- me and university compound by clim- ponsibility for yesterday’s at- insisted Mullah Fazlullah, the ring Afghanistan is a highly bing over back walls and shoo- tack in a phone call to AP from head of the Pakistani Taliban, volatile region. Pakistani for- shooting. ting at a security guard befo- an undisclosed location. had nothing to do with the as- ces have been carrying out a re they made their way to the Mansoor, who was the mas- sault. major operation against the Mohammad Ishtiaq administration building and termind mind the Peshawar Yesterday’s attack was the se- Taliban and other militants Botany teacher the male students’ dorms, po- school attack, said a four-man cond major attack in as many there since 2014. lice official Saeed Khan Wazir Taliban team carried out the days in the volatile northwest. Last month, as the country jor attacks. said. assault in Chasadda. He said A suicide bomber riding a mo- marked the first anniversary The Peshawar school attack A witness, botany teacher it was in revenge for the sco- torcycle struck a crowded po- of the Peshawar school attack, horrified the country and led Mohammad Ishtiaq, said he res of militants the Pakistani lice checkpoint on the outskir- the military claimed “pheno- the government to lift a 2008 jumped out from the second security forces have killed in ts of Peshawar on Tuesday, menal successes” in the war moratorium on the death pe- floor of the building when he recent months. killing 11 people in an attack and said it has killed around nalty. Pakistan hanged four heard gunshots and broke his However, a spokesman for that was also claimed by the 3,500 insurgents since laun- militants last month who were leg. Two attackers were on the main Taliban faction in Taliban. ching the operation. sentenced to death over the first floor and three on the Pakistan later disowned the Later in the afternoon, pro- Though authorities say ove- attack. AP Japan Economy Minister Amari to explain graft claims

Keiko Ujikane, “I want to thoroughly in- me behind my back.” ding to a summary pub- reported that an uniden- tion’s competitiveness. Maiko Takahashi vestigate the matter and The article, to be pu- lished on the magazine’s tified spokesman for the If true, the report would then fulfill my responsibi- blished in the weekly website. construction company be a setback to the go- apanese Economy lity to explain myself so as Shukan Bunshun maga- The payments amoun- said the article was cor- vernment’s bid to pull JMinister Akira Amari not to arouse suspicions zine, says that Amari and ted to 12 million yen rect. the world’s third-largest said he would provide an among the public,” Ama- his secretary took money (MOP830,000), the ma- Amari, Japan’s point economy out of more explanation about allega- ri told reporters in Tokyo from an unnamed Chiba gazine said, adding that man in the Trans-Pa- than a decade of defla- tions of financial impro- yesterday. prefecture-based cons- there are no details of cific Partnership trade tion, and could prove a priety to be published in “I personally haven’t truction company in an them in Amari’s political talks, spearheads Prime headache for Abe in the a tabloid magazine article done anything that would alleged violation of a po- funding record. Minister Shinzo Abe’s run up to elections this today. make the people point at litical funding law, accor- Public broadcaster NHK strategy to boost the na- summer. Bloomberg thu 21.01.2016

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senior U.S. diplomat ste- North Korea pped up pressure on China Vietnam warns over yesterday to play a leading role in punishing North oil rig activities KoreaA for its recent nuclear test that raised worries about advancements US piles pressure in its bomb program. ietnam said China has moved an oil U.S. Deputy Secretary of State An- Vrig into disputed waters in the South tony Blinken was in South Korea on China Sea in a move that could result in a a diplomatic push for tougher sanc- on Beijing to help repeat the 2014 stand-off between the com- tions and punishment that can force munist neighbors. change in the North. Key to those Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh said efforts is whether China, the North's with sanctions in a statement posted on the ministry's websi- last major ally and a veto-wielding te this week that Vietnam has raised concer- U.N. Security Council member, will ns with China over the movement of Haiyang join in such moves. Shiyou oil rig, and has demanded that China "We believe that China has a spe- stop any drilling and remove the oil rig from the cial role to play given the special ap photo area where the two countries' continental shel- relationship that it has with North ves overlap that have not been demarcated. Korea," Blinken told reporters after "Vietnam demands that China not conduct meeting with South Korean officials. any drilling activities and withdraw Hai Duong He said Beijing has "more influen- 981 oil rig from this area," he said, using the ce and more leverage" over Pyon- Vietnamese name for the oil rig. gyang than any other country be- "Vietnam reserves all its legal rights and inte- cause most its trade goes from, to rests in the area in accordance with internatio- or through China. "We are looking nal law," he said. to China to show leadership on the The oil rig was at the center of a stand-off be- issue," Blinken said. tween the countries in May 2014 when China He flew to Beijing late yesterday parked the rig off Vietnam central coast. It was for talks on North Korea. towed away more than two months later, but During a meeting with South Ko- the incident sparked deadly anti-China riots rean Foreign Minister Yun Byung- in Vietnam and plunged bilateral relations to se, Blinken said Seoul and Washing- their lowest point in years. ton are working closely in New York US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken The move of the oil rig into disputed waters with the United Nations Security also comes as more than 1,500 delegates from Council. is North Korea versus international lead to the collapse of the North's Vietnam's ruling Communist Party gather in Yun said it is time for the interna- community," he said. authoritarian government. China Hanoi on Wednesday for a once every five-year tional community to stand united China is expected to join in some fears the onslaught of a wave of re- congress that will select the country's new lea- to make North Korea face the con- U.N. sanctions, but won't likely go fugees and violence surging across ders and set development plans for the next sequences for its bomb test. "This as far as to take steps that might the border, analysts say. AP five years.AP

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AP Exclusive Oldest Christian monastery in Iraq razed

Martha Mendoza, Maya Alleruzzo "Bulldozers, heavy equip- Ancient monuments in the ci- & Bram Janssen, Irbil ment, sledgehammers, pos- ties of Nineveh, Palmyra and ap photo sibly explosives turned those Hatra are in ruins. Museums atellite photos ob- stone walls into this field of and libraries have been pilla- Stained by The Associated gray-white dust. They des- ged, books burned, artwork Press confirm what church troyed it completely," he said crushed — or trafficked. leaders and Middle East pre- from his Colorado offices. U.S. troops and advisers had servationists had feared: The On the other side of the wor- worked to protect and honor oldest Christian monastery ld, in his office in exile, in Ir- the monastery, a hopeful en- in Iraq has been reduced to bil, Iraq, Catholic priest Rev. deavor in a violent place and a field of rubble, yet another Paul Thabit Habib, 39, stared time. victim of the Islamic State in disbelief at the before- and "I would imagine that many group's relentless destruction after- images. people are feeling like, 'What of heritage sites it considers "Our Christian history in Mo- were the last 10 years for if heretical. sul is being barbarically leve- these guys can go in and des- St. Elijah's Monastery stood led," he said in Arabic. "We see troy everything?'" said U.S. as a place of worship for 1,400 it as an attempt to expel us from Army reserve Col. Mary Pro- years, including most re- Iraq, eliminating and finishing phit, who was deployed there cently for U.S. troops. In ear- our existence in this land." in 2004 and again in 2009. lier millennia, generations of The Islamic State group, Built in 590, tragedy struck monks tucked candles in the which now controls large par- at St. Elijah's in 1743, when as niches, prayed in the chapel, ts of Iraq and Syria, has killed many as 150 monks who refu- worshipped at the altar. The U.S. Army soldiers tour St. Elijah’s Monastery on Forward Operating Base Marez on thousands of civilians in the sed to convert to Islam were Greek letters chi and rho, re- the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq past two years. Along the way, massacred by a Persian general. presenting the first two letters its fighters have destroyed Roman Catholic Army cha- of Christ's name, were carved Before it was razed, a par- chapel. One month later pho- whatever they consider con- plain Jeffrey Whorton, who near the entrance. tially restored, 27,000-squa- tos show "that the stone walls trary to their interpretation of celebrated Mass on the mo- This month, at the request of re-foot stone and mortar bui- have been literally pulveri- Islam. nastery's altar, was grief-stri- the AP, satellite imagery firm lding stood fortress-like on zed," said imagery analyst Ste- St. Elijah's joins a growing cken at its loss. DigitalGlobe tasked a high re- a hill above Mosul. Although phen Wood, CEO of Allsource list of more than 100 religious "Why we treat each other like solution camera to grab photos the roof was largely missing, Analysis, who pinpointed the and historic sites looted and this is beyond me," he said. of the site, and then pulled ear- it had 26 distinctive rooms destruction between August destroyed, including mosques, "Elijah the prophet must be lier images of the same spot. including a sanctuary and and September 2014. tombs, shrines and churches. weeping." AP

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Jill Colvin, Ames (Iowa) USA Elections epublican presi- dential front-runner Donald Trump recei- ved the endorsement Donald Trump receives key Ryesterday of conservative fi- rebrand Sarah Palin, giving the billionaire businessman a potential boost less than two endorsement from Sarah Palin weeks before Iowa's kick-off caucuses. The endorsement comes as to the national political are- Trump is locked in a dead heat na when Arizona Sen. John with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in ap photo McCain named her as his Iowa. The two have been ram- running mate. She has since ping up their attacks against risen to prominence as one of one another as the election has the most outspoken conserva- neared. tives in the party. She signed In the statement announcing on as a Fox News commenta- the endorsement, Trump's cam- tor after resigning as Alaska's paign described Palin as a con- governor in 2010, a job she servative who "helped launch held until last year. the careers of several key future Trump and Palin did not leaders of the Republican Party discuss how the endorsement and conservative movement." had come about, but Trump's The statement also quoted Cruz national political director as once saying he "would not Michael Glassner previously be in the United States Senate worked for her. were it not for Gov. Sarah Palin. The event came a day after ... She can pick winners." Palin's oldest son, Track, was "Media heads are spinning," arrested in Wasilla, Alaska, Palin said after taking the stage in a domestic violence case in at a Trump rally at Iowa State which his girlfriend told police University. "This is going to be she was afraid he would shoot so much fun." himself with a rifle. Track Pa- Palin, the former governor of lin was charged with assault, Alaska and 2008 Republican interfering with the report of vice presidential candidate, a domestic violence crime and said that, with Trump as presi- possessing a weapon while in- dent, America would no longer toxicated in connection with apologize. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, endorses Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally at the Iowa State University the incident. "No more pussy-footing arou- Earlier, Trump received an nd," Palin said. Palin's remarks in Ames, ld "let our warriors do their job they to tell us that we're not endorsement from the daugh- Campaigning in New Iowa, were signature Palin, and go kick ISIS' ass!" conservative enough? ... Give ter of movie star John Wayne. Hampshire, Cruz said, "Regar- combining the folksy charm She also took aim at the Re- me a break." Standing in front of a life-size, dless of what Sarah intends to and everywoman appeal that publican establishment for "at- Trump, whose team had been rifle-toting model of the actor do in 2016, I will remain a big, initially made her a Republican tacking their own front-run- touting a major, surprise an- in full cowboy gear, Trump ac- big fan of Sarah Palin." superstar with defiant taunting ner" and offered a challenge nouncement, praised Palin as cepted the endorsement of Ais- Palin endorsed Cruz in his of a "busted" party establish- to those who have suggested "a friend, and a high-quality sa Wayne at the John Wayne 2012 Senate race in Texas and ment that she slammed for that Trump, whose positions person whom I have great res- Birthplace Museum in Winter- said as recently as last month counting both Trump and her- on issues like gun control and pect for" in a statement. set, Iowa. that he and Trump were both self out. abortion rights have shifted "We're going to give' em hell," "America needs help and we in her top tier of candidates, Palin offered her full-throated over the years, isn't conserva- he said after her speech. need a strong leader and we making the endorsement a support for Trump and slam- tive enough. Palin will also be joining need someone like Mr. Trump symbolic blow to Cruz who says med President Barack Obama "Oh my goodness gracious. Trump at two events today, with leadership qualities, so- Trump is not a true, consistent as the "capitulator in chief." What the heck would the esta- including a rally in Tulsa, meone with courage, someone conservative and represents Trump, she said, would be a blishment know about conser- Oklahoma. that's strong, like John Way- "New York values." commander in chief who wou- vativism?" she said. "Who are Palin was a virtual newcomer ne," she said. AP

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resh off his Golden Globe win, nied and even covered up the evidence squarely at their feet." Leonardo DiCaprio drew ooohs, ahhs of our changing climate." DiCaprio joined rapper and entrepre-

F ap photo and smiles from a crowd as he was ho- "Enough is enough. You know better. neur Will.i.am, Danish artist Olafur nored for his work against the climate The world knows better. History will Eliasson and Chinese actress Yao Chen crisis at the World Economic Forum in place the blame for this devastation as laureates of WEF's culturally- orien- Davos. Then he ripped into Big Oil. ted "Crystal Awards." The Hollywood star of "The Revenant" In their speeches, both DiCaprio and traded the North American snows for Will.i.am mentioned Bill Gates — a Da- white Alpine slopes at a ceremony where vos staple, who is set to take part in a he announced his foundation was dona- We cannot allow session this Friday. DiCaprio hailed the ting another USD15 million to environ- Microsoft co-founder for his support of mental projects, and pleaded with busi- the corporate greed a "zero-emissions" future; the hip-hop ness leaders and other notables on hand star imagined the impact on a downtro- to help battle climate change. of the coal, oil and dden community if a Gates-like entre- "We simply cannot allow the corporate gas industries to preneur were to emerge from one. greed of the coal, oil and gas industries Chen, who was said to have 78 million to determine the future of humanity," determine the future followers on Sina Weibo, China's answer DiCaprio said to polite applause. "Those US Actor Leonardo DiCaprio smiles as he was to Twitter, was recognized for her work entities with a financial interest in pre- awarded the Crystal Awards during the World of humanity on behalf of the U.N. refugee agency, serving this destructive system have de- Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Leonardo DiCaprio UNHCR. 21.01.2016 thu

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Macau Printmaking Triennial Time: 10am-7pm cinema (Closed on Mondays, No admission after 6:30 pm) cineteatro Until: February 14, 2016 21 Jan - 27 Jan Venue: Macau Museum of Art, the 5h wave_ 1950 Acclaimed author Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE room 1 eorge rwell dies Admission: MOP5 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm G O Director: J Blakeson The writer, George Orwell, has died after a three (Free on Sundays and public holidays) Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Enquiries: -year battle against tuberculosis. (853) 8791 9814 Maika Monroe Until the last, news had been positive and it was Language: English (Cantonese) hoped Mr Orwell was improving. Duration: 112min Creative & Collective Exhibition On Friday morning he had a long talk with a friend Time: 12pm-7pm steve jobs_ about his plans for the future. However, a few hours later he suffered a fatal hae- (Closed on Tuesdays, open on public holidays) room 2 2.30, 7.15 pm morrhage in a London hospital. Until: January 31, 2016 Director: Danny Boyle But illness had not dimmed George Orwell’s enthu- Venue: No Cruzamento da Avenida do Coronel Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, siasm for writing. Seth Rogene His last novel, 1984, published last summer was Mesquita com a Avenida Almirante Lacerda Macau Language: English (Cantonese) written in between periods spent in hospital. Admission: Free Duration: 127min The controversial book - like Animal Farm - was wi- Enquiries: (853) 2853 0026 dely viewed as an attack on the Communist system. However, it brought George Orwell widespread critical acclaim including the award of £357 by the Tutti Colori influential Partisan Review for the year’s most signi- – Arts, Crafts & Sketches Exhibition ficant contribution to literature. Time: 10am-6:30pm George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair in June 1903 into a family of relatively prosperous civil ser- Until: February 18, 2016 vants working in India on behalf of the British Empire. Admission: Free He is said to have assumed his pseudonym, inspi- Venue: Calcada Da Barra, No. 16 R/C LJ A, red by the River Orwell, near his parent’s house in Suffolk, to spare his family embarrassment. Edif. San Chak, Macau Orwell’s early writings often drew on his own expe- Enquiries: (853) 2896 2820 riences of poverty which were in marked contrast to his privileged background. “Foam Tip” by Arlinda Frota He spent time living as a tramp in the East End of London and as a dishwasher in Paris - events which Time: 12pm to 8pm (closed on every Tuesdays) inspired his first book in 1933, Down and Out in Lon- Until: January 31, 2016 the big short_ don and Paris. Admission: free room 2 It was followed in 1934 by his first novel, Burmese Days. enue 4.45, 9.30 pm V : Signum Living Store, Director: Adam Mckay And in 1938 after returning wounded after fighting Rua do Almirante Sérgio, no. 285, R/C, Macau Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling for the socialists in the Spanish Civil War he wrote Enquiries: (853) 2896 8925 Language: English (Cantonese) Homage to Catalonia. Duration: 130min But it was only five years ago that the book which made him world-famous, Animal Farm, appeared. the big bee_ In reaction to the sudden glare of fame, Orwell mo- room 3 ved to the island of Jura, off the coast of Scotland. 2.15, 4.45, 9.30 pm The move aggravated his tuberculosis which had Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi developed after his return from Spain. Starring: Yosoke Eguchi, Masahiro Motoki, Yukie Nakama Courtesy BBC News Offbeat Language: Japanese (Cantonese/English) Duration: 139min Emirati prosecutors file warrant Ip man 3_ In context for men dancing in uniforms room 3 7.30 pm George Orwell’s work has remained popular over the years, Director: Wilson Yip Wai Shun especially Animal Farm and 1984. Prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates have filed an Starring: Donnie Yen, Lynn Xiong, Max Zhang He began writing 1984 after resigning from the BBC World arrest warrant for two men who wore military uniforms Language: Cantonese (English/Cantonese) Service in September 1943 where he had been employed writ- and danced in an Internet video. Duration: 110min ing and producing news for India. 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It described the video as showing “two men donning Words and phrases from the novel have passed into everyday military uniforms and making outrageous physical mo- the 5h wave_ usage, particulary “Big Brother”. vements that did not respect the uniform, the morale 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm The book was also made into a film released in 1984. and the value of national service.” Director: J Blakeson George Orwell’s name itself has become an adjective -”Or- The country has suffered dozens of casualties in the Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, wellian” - meaning an oppressive system. ongoing Saudi-led war against Shiite rebels in Yemen, Maika Monroe 1984 and Animal Farm frequently appear in lists of the making authorities especially sensitive about its mili- Language: English (Cantonese) world’s best-ever selling novels. tary. Duration: 112min thu 21.01.2016 th Anniversary

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Boxing to look beyond Bradley. “[Mayweather] retired alrea- dy, so I’m going to retire also after this fight,” Pacquiao said. Pacquiao insists he’ll retire “I never regret. In fact, I thou- ght I won the fight. A lot of people, my fans, believe I won the fight. ... I know (it’s time after Bradley rematch to retire) because after this, I have another big responsibili- ty in the Philippines, which is Greg Beacham, California with Freddie Roach. serving the people. My family Pacquiao realizes that if he wanted me to retire before I ith a beatific politi- ap photo looks impressive in beating fought Mayweather. I started Wcian’s smile on his face, Bradley, he could stoke inte- this boxing just to help my mo- Manny Pacquiao calmly insis- rest in a healthy rematch with ther, and I’ll end my boxing ca- ted he’ll step out of a boxing Mayweather, who retired last reer to help the country.” ring for the final time on April fall. Even after their anti-cli- Pacquiao will face Bradley at 9 after his third fight with Ti- mactic first meeting, a second the MGM Grand Garden Are- mothy Bradley. bout would be another enor- na in Las Vegas, completing a After all, the eight-division mous financial windfall for the trilogy between two of the wor- champion has a senatorial cam- two biggest stars in boxing. ld’s top welterweights. Bradley paign to plan and a loving fa- Pacquiao insists it’s irrelevant won a hotly disputed split de- mily to please. The 37-year-old cision over Pacquiao in their Filipino phenomenon quietly first meeting in June 2012, but claims the spring is a good time Pacquiao earned a unanimous to take his last punch. decision victory in the April “I’m so happy hanging up my I started this 2014 rematch. gloves after this fight,” Pac- Manny Pacquiao takes questions during a news conference in Beverly Hills, California With a guaranteed $20 quiao said Tuesday. “I’m sure boxing just million payday, Pacquiao hap- I’ll feel sad after that, but that’s Manny’s last fight,” Arum said. ther Jr. in the most lucrative pily agreed to take on Bradley life. It’s time, I think.” “He says he’s going to retire, fight in boxing history, Pa- to help my for a third time. That note of uncertainty is fa- and maybe he will. The truth cquiao is back stateside to He claims the reasons we- miliar to Pacquiao’s promoter, is that you never know with promote his grand finale. His mother, and I’ll ren’t just financial: Pacquiao Bob Arum. After a half-century any boxer, but I haven’t known camp insists Pacquiao is reco- end my boxing believes Bradley “has changed” in the fight game, the Top Rank Manny to say things he doesn’t vered from shoulder surgery since their last two fights, and boss knows a boxer’s word on mean. But we all realize this required to repair a rotator career to help he wants to see how he’ll do retirement is hardly ever the could be the last time he fights.” cuff injury that affected the against the revamped version last one. Nearly nine months after he Mayweather bout, and he’ll be the country. of an already tenacious oppo- “I will not promote it as failed to hurt Floyd Maywea- ready for a full training camp Manny Pacquiao nent. AP

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Rob Harris, London Football he World Cup cou- ld be spread across entire regions, emu- lating the continen- Infantino seeks regional World Tt-wide 2020 European Cham- pionship, if Gianni Infantino wins the FIFA presidential election next month. Cup if elected FIFA president The UEFA secretary gene- ral used his manifesto, which in the game," the manifesto was published on Tuesday, to says. "Proposals should be say FIFA should not limit the ap photo fully tested and the poten- tournament to be being held tial impact on the flow of the in one or two countries. The game should be studied in de- 2002 World Cup in Japan and tail. Finally, this has to be an South Korea was the only time objective assessment based on the event has been co-hosted. the best interests of football." Infantino, working along- The International Football side Michel Platini at UEFA, Association Board is already spearheaded spreading Euro preparing to approve trials 2020 across 13 countries. with a type of video replay for In November, Infantino referees. told AP of his plan to expand One idea Infantino propo- the World Cup to 40 teams. ses, which seems unique in Allowing several countries to an election campaign with stage matches in about a do- few differences between the zen stadiums would ensure candidates, is starting a glo- the tournament is not limited be-trotting team of the game's to just a few wealthy potential greats. Legends games, orga- hosts. nized by third-parties, have "FIFA should investigate the attracted big crowds in recent possibility of organizing the years. World Cup not only in one or Infantino envisages that the two countries but in a who- FIFA Legends Team would or- le region, so enabling several ganize matches "against local countries to enjoy the honor lineups throughout all con- and benefits," Infantino's ma- tinents to promote football, nifesto says. social projects and charitable The first World Cup bidding aims." after the Feb. 26 election is "Players who wish to give so- mething back to the world of In this February 22, 2014 file photo UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino gestures during a press conference. Infantino used football should be positively his manifesto, which was published on Tuesday, to say FIFA should consider hosting the tournament across multiple countries. encouraged to do so, and FIFA should provide a platform for FIFA should for the 2026 tournament. The billion. four-year cycle. them," writes Infantino, who investigate launch of the contest has been Each of FIFA's members will "If the target of 50 percent of is best known to soccer fans as stalled since last year when be offered $5 million to invest distribution of FIFA's income the face of Champions League the possibility FIFA was swept up in a glo- in development projects and is reached, these amounts will draws. bal soccer corruption scandal, running costs — a huge increa- further increase significantly," The 45-year-old Infantino, a of organizing which led to Sepp Blatter an- se on the $2.05 million per Infantino said. lawyer who has risen to UE- nouncing plans to quit before federation 2011-2014 — and Infantino entered the race FA's top administrative job the World being banned. another $1 million, if requi- only after Platini, his boss at since joining in 2000, was Cup […] in a Infantino, who is Swiss, is red, for travel, which would be UEFA, was initially suspen- born in Brig, close to Blatter's one of five presidential can- attractive to small nations in ded by FIFA in October befo- birthplace of Visp. whole region, didates seeking votes from remote regions. re being handed an eight-year For the FIFA presidency, In- FIFA's 209 member associa- Additionally, each of the six ban last month. fantino is competing against so enabling tions. confederations will be handed Distancing himself from Pla- Asian Football Confederation In an attempt to entice fe- $40 million to invest in deve- tini, who blocked high-tech President Sheikh Salman bin several derations, Infantino is also lopment projects and their re- goal-line aids being used in Ibrahim al Khalifa of Bahrain, countries to offering them a greater sha- gional offshoots in Asia, Afri- the Champions League, Infan- former FIFA vice president re of FIFA's wealth, saying a ca, the Caribbean and Central tino champions expanding te- Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of enjoy the honor "proper risk analysis must be America can request another chnology in the game. Jordan, former FIFA official conducted" into whether the $4 million to organize youth "FIFA shall start an open de- Jerome Champagne and Sou- and benefits. governing body requires cash tournaments. bate with all stakeholders on th African businessman Tokyo Infantino’s manifesto reserves as high as USD1.5 The amounts are all within a the further use of technology Sexwale. AP

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C Porto says it has of his first match against Arabian national team. the club is currently third Fhired Portuguese Maritimo on Sunday. The 55-year-old has in the league, five points coach Jose Peseiro on Peseiro has been in won just one trophy in adrift of leader Sporting an 18-month contract to charge at Egyptian club his coaching career, lea- Lisbon. replace Spaniard Julen Al Ahly for the past three ding Braga to the Portu- Sporting Lisbon dealt Lopetegui. months. Before that, he guese League Cup in the Porto a 2-0 loss on Ja- The announcement was coached several Portu- 2012-13 season. nuary 2, with the for- confirmed on the club's of- guese clubs as well as Porto fired Lopetegui on mer’s Islam Slimani sco- ficial website on Tuesday Panathinaikos, Dynamo January 8 after a three- ring both goals, one in Sporting’s Islam Slimani (center) scores the opening goal against and he will take charge Bucharest and the Saudi game winless streak and each half. MDT/AP Porto at the Alvalade stadium on January 2. THE Lin, Curry, Harden in NBA TV spot Station21.01.2016Air quality thu th Anniversary BUZZ for Chinese New Year Roadside 65-95 20 Moderate The NBA is celebrating the Chinese New Year The Chinese New Year is Feb. 8 and cele- with a TV spot featuring Jeremy Lin, Stephen brates the year of the monkey. Lin plays for High Curry and James Harden. the Charlotte Hornets and is the first Ameri- Density 65-95 The ad is called “Dining Table” and shows can-born NBA player of Chinese or Taiwanese Residental the stars sharing a New Year meal with a Chi- descent. Moderate nese family. It is being broadcast until Feb. 22 Fifty-one games will be broadcast or strea- Area opinion across all of NBA China’s television and digital med in China, showcasing all 30 NBA teams partners’ platforms. for the first time. Ambient 65-95 Moderate HK Observer dsmg source: Robert Carroll Travel WORLD BRIEFS F-words for bookseller’s Chinese Garden at SoCal’s story: fake and framed ap photo Let’s use an f-word: “fake.” And another? How Huntington Library about “framed.” Fake is how the edited, inconsis- tent confession of publisher Gui Minhai appears to his daughter and to most Hong Kongers. Typical of the style of televised pre-trail confessions on and I write. the mainland, Gui’s appearance did nothing to as- That incorporated view of Burkina Faso France’s suage strong doubts in Hong Kong about the true ap photo the mountains — so symbo- nature of the publisher’s disappearance. prime minister said three Raising more doubts is one of the latest twists: lic of California — makes the attackers remain at large how Gui disappeared from Thailand. There has Chinese Garden even more following the attacks been no record at any Thai immigration control special. A tea house with a in Burkina Faso’s capital, points of him leaving Thailand, which is where he stone-patterned courtyard though authorities there was last known to have been, according to his at the south end of the lake insist that all those who daughter who was informed by Swedish autho- has a terrace called Terrace carried out the assault had rities. that Invites the Mountains been shot dead. That Thai authorities appear to have come up empty in their supposed investigations into the that purposefully faces the Secretary of State matter smacks of a cover up. However, there San Gabriels. USA John Kerry is hoping to have been investigations by British newspaper The Love for the Lotus Pavilion and Pond of Reflected Greenery at the Also, every Wednesday, move aside obstacles The Guardian and by Gui’s friends, which, unlike Chinese Garden at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical a solo musician comes and those of the Thai police, did not come up empty. Gardens in San Marino, Calif. plays a traditional Chine- that threaten to delay the The Guardian obtained CCTV footage of Gui se instrument, from the start of peace talks to entering and leaving his building in Pattaya for end Syria’s war, seeking Solvej Schou, ned at Southern California’s four-stringed pipa to the the last time, along with witness accounts of what compromise with Russia’s massive, 207-acre Hunting- two-stringed erhu fiddle, in happened from staff members on the block. They San Marino (Calif.) foreign minister on which also traced down a taxi driver who drove Gui and ton Library, Art Collections, one of the pavilions. On a Syrian opposition groups other unidentified individuals on that day. The n a typical day at the and Botanical Gardens in recent Wednesday, I sat in should be eligible to picture reveals a series of highly suspect events OChinese Garden at the 2008. A new rock grotto — my usual spot at Love for the participate. surrounding Gui’s mysterious departure, certainly Huntington Library in San part of a continuing expan- Lotus, listening to an erhu involving Chinese individuals, which point to an Marino, the smell of flowers sion — includes a waterfall. player perform, her bow abduction via China-friendly Cambodia. During Gui’s arrival back at his complex from a — jasmine, camellias — floa- As a nearby Pasadena resi- stretching across the narrow shopping trip, CCTV at the building gate shows a ts across the garden’s man dent and Huntington mem- wooden instrument. ap photo casually dressed man appearing from the securi- -made lake in the center, ber, I started spending time The erhu’s twangy notes ty area apparently watching the car’s progress. A flanked by limestone rocks, at the Chinese Garden three mingled with the sound of management employee at the condominium re- airy pavilions and hand-car- years ago. It remains my chirping birds and the grotto called a man who spoke poor Thai waiting at the ved bridges. go-to oasis, and especially waterfall splashing against gate, where he was speaking in Chinese on his It’s no mere coincidence, during off-peak days and ti- rocks imported from China’s phone; then, he claimed to see Gui speaking to HAITI For a second the same man and shortly afterwards asking for then, that the garden — one mes, when it’s not as packed Lake Tai region. As the af- straight day, opposition his shopping to be taken up to his flat. Gui was of the largest traditional Chi- with visitors. ternoon sun shot out orange protesters erected burning never seen at the complex again, but made two nese gardens outside China, I sit alone, usually in a rays, the lake’s sand-colored roadblocks and shattered suspicious calls to his daughter. The first was two encompassing 12 acres — is pavilion with circular woo- Jade River Bridge mirrored windows in a section of weeks later to ask her to her to put food away and officially named the Garden den arches called Love for itself in the water. Haiti’s capital Tuesday to secure the flat – no explanation of why he had of Flowing Fragrance, and the Lotus, stretch my legs The scene looked like a press for new elections vanished, despite her several messages asking painting — colorful, soo- about his welfare. The second call was the day its 1.5-acre lake the Lake of on a stone bench, close my less than a week before a after to say a friend would come by to pick up his Reflected Fragrance. Pavi- eyes, breathe in the scent of thing, serene — a world Jan. 24 presidential and computer. lions with gray swooping flowers and listen to koi fish away from cars, streets and legislative runoff. The “friend” turned out to be four men, only two tiled roofs all face the water, and ducks swishing through stoplights only minutes ou- of whom spoke Thai, who entered Chinese names surrounded by pine, maple, the lake. Then I stare at the tside the garden. I breathed Moldova Hundreds in the visitor log book. They went to the flat and plum and California oak water and the enormous, in the smells, slipped my cell of protesters broke spent almost half an hour there but did not take trees. Inspired by the Ming curving San Gabriel Moun- phone into my purse, and through police lines the computer. dynasty, the garden ope- tains north of the garden, listened. AP yesterday to get into The saga continued with another highly sus- Moldova’s Parliament picious turn. The condominium manager, who after it approved a new discovered that Gui was unreachable, called the number the flat’s visitors had used. A taxi driver government to end months answered, saying that the four men had left the of deadlock between phone in the cab but had been negotiating a ride The the president and the to a border town with Cambodia – a place with a legislature. reputation for immigration officials who take bri- decisive moment Xinhua/Zhu Zheng bes. The Guardian reported that, soon after, two Germany’s finance Beijing-dispatched airplanes were about to arrive minister is floating the to deport some Chinese people who were allege- idea of a European tax on dly fraudsters. gasoline to help finance The Guardian then called all of the numbers the continent’s efforts to Gui had used since he vanished. One was from Croatia, another from Togo and the last was from manage the migrant crisis. Poland – all were disconnected. The EU has struggled Of course, we had to leave open the possibility to find common ground that the publisher arranged his own disappea- amid the huge influx of rance. On the other hand, going shopping the people seeking safety and same day, and not saying anything to his wife and a better life. Germany and daughter, the latter of whom he was supposed to Sweden have allowed in meet a couple of days after he disappeared, re- large numbers of refugees mains suspicious. And why all the trouble – and but many other countries expense – for a highly secretive, illicit flight to Chi- are reluctant to share the na when he could have handed himself in at the Chinese embassy or the China Liaison Office in burden Hong Kong? The case in China against Gui is also suspicious: INDIA Violent clashes a hit and run driving accident where a student was between police and killed. Firstly, the driver was reported to have two protesters erupted different ages. Secondly, that was thirteen years Wednesday in Indian- ago. Why so long before any action? controlled Kashmir, leaving F for “fake” and F for “framed” comes to mind. He a man dead and two was said to have just been about to publish a book Policemen from Yangma Island Frontier Police Station help sea cucumber others wounded, officials about Chinese president Xi Jinping. farmers to break ice yesterday in Yantai, Shandong Province. said.