380,000 Hongkongers March to Renew Calls for Freedom and Democracy
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DEC 5 - 11, 2019 ISSUE 637 AUSTRALIAN EDITION THEEPOCHTIMES.COM TRUTH AND TRADITION $3.00 PHILIP FONG/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES CHINA Mainland Chinese Lawyer Expresses TRUTH and TRADITION Hope That Hong A CURE FOR Kong Protests FAKE NEWS Could Bring SYNDROME Change to China OLIVIA LI GET YOUR While Hong Kong demonstrators were holding a rally and parade on COPY Dec. 1 thanking the U.S. govern- ment for its support, a lawyer from NOW! mainland China said he hoped that Hongkongers’ fight for freedom and SUBSCRIBE TODAY democracy will bring a change in ReadEpoch.com.au Continued on A4 02 8988 5600 US-CHINA In 25 US Senators the NEWS People take part in a march from Tsim Sha Tsui to Hung Hom in Hong Kong on Dec. 1, 2019. Press for Probe Into China’s Corporate See HONG KONG PROTESTS PUZZLES Ranking System on B6 EVA FU 380,000 Hongkongers March to Renew A group of 25 senators is urging the U.S. administration to launch a “I believe...that they probe into China’s corporate social [Navy SEALs] came Calls for Freedom and Democracy credit system, in “grave concern” in six times to try for the threats it could pose to U.S. to get us, and that companies and workers. a number of times, An estimated 380,000 take to streets to rejuvenate protest In a Dec. 2 letter to trade represen- they missed us only tative Robert Lighthizer, the sena- by hours.” movement; police block the march Continued on A6 ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Timothy Weeks, a teacher from Wagga Wagga, on his ANNIE WU & FRANK FANG ordeal in Afghanistan as a Taliban hostage ONG KONG—Hundreds of thou- marched off along Salisbury Road sands of protesters took to the to the Hong Kong Colosseum, which Protesters could AU | A2 streets on Dec. 1 afternoon, in an is located in Hung Hom, Kowloon. be heard shouting H effort to rejuvenate their movement Protesters could be heard shouting slogans such that started nearly six months ago. slogans such as “disband the police Under the theme of “Never Forget force,” and “the heavens will elimi- as “disband the There’s no need for Why You Started,” protesters gath- nate the Chinese Communist Party, police force,” and A protester holds a poster at the South- anyone other than ered at a landmark clock tower in let the entire Party die.” New Zealanders to “the heavens will orn Playground in Hong Kong on Oct. 15, the Tsim Sha Tsui neighbourhood. The peaceful march, which was 2019, during a rally in support of NBA donate to our politi- At around 3:30 p.m. local time, organised by a local netizen who eliminate the Chinese basketball Rockets general manager cal parties or seek they began walking out and then Continued on A5 Daryl Morey. to influence our Communist Party.” elections. Andrew Little, New Zealand Justice Minister, on the SIMON DAWSON - WPA POOL/GETTY IMAGES recent ban of foreign dona- OPINION tions to N.Z. politicians Gratitude Versus Entitlement AU | A2 British Prime Min- ister Boris John- son, Home Secretary PAUL ADAMS A weeklong Priti Patel, (L) and City of London com- Commentary missioner Ian Dyson We have much to be grateful for. CRACKDOWN (R) visit the scene We acquire, largely by of yesterday’s Lon- Developing and practicing grati- on demonstrators in Iran don Bridge stabbing tude as a habit and outlook on life inheritance and from has left over 200 people attack in London, is important to our well-being and others, the conceptual dead as Iran’s security England, on Nov. 30, that of society. So why do we teach forces went on a “killing 2019. children and young people the op- tools that enable us to spree,” according to Am- posite: an attitude of entitlement think rationally. nesty International. TERROR IN LONDON and grievance, of resentment and victimhood? WORLD | A3 People Convicted of Terror Crimes Should the unencumbered, autonomous Reasons for Gratitude individuals we sometimes in our Serve Full Prison Terms, UK’s Johnson Says We may be grateful for our own life individualism imagine, with no With and for the fact of life itself; grateful debt, even of gratitude, that we ZACHARY STIEBER near London Bridge. that there is anything at all rather didn’t ourselves choose to take A FLICK “It’s clear to me this guy was than nothing. We are grateful, if on. We are, as philosopher Alas- People in the United Kingdom im- out—he served half of his sentence, we pause to reflect on them, for dair MacIntyre puts it, dependent of a switch, China could prisoned on terrorism convictions he was out on automatic, early re- our vision and other senses, for rational animals. We depend on remotely turn off the shouldn’t be released early from lease—and I have long said that this our mind and knowledge. We ap- others for life and love, for our Phillippines energy grid, their sentences, British Prime Min- system isn’t working,” Johnson told preciate our mental and physical language and culture. We ac- the president of Philip- ister Boris Johnson said, one day af- reporters on Nov. 30, standing near health, perhaps most when they are quire, largely by inheritance and pines’ state-run National ter a criminal who was let out early the scene of the stabbing. compromised. from others, the conceptual tools Transmission Corporation stabbed people at Fishmongers’ Hall Continued on A3 We are born, live, and die, not as Continued on A12 has confirmed. CHINA | A4 BOXING DAY INSIDE SPECIAL $3999 OUTDOOR MOON 4PC LOUNGE AU............................................ A2 REGULAR PRICE $5699 World....................................... A3 MEMBER PRICE $4799 Alexandria Homemaker Centre China....................................... 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And we stand against the systematic destruction of traditional culture by destructive ideologies & Integrity such as communism. A2 | AU DECEMBER 5-11, 2019 HAGEN HOPKINS/GETTY IMAGES New Zealand to Limit Foreign Political Donations on Interference Concerns ISABEL VAN BRUGEN New Zealand moved to ban foreign We need to protect donations to politicians and tighten the integrity of our disclosure rules for political ad- vertising, as concerns over foreign elections. These interference intensify ahead of an changes will reduce election next year. the risk of foreign News that the legislation was in- troduced to Parliament on Dec. 3 money influencing our was announced by Justice Minister election outcomes. Andrew Little in a statement. The bill prohibits foreigners from Andrew Little, New Zealand making donations to political par- Justice Minister ties and candidates of more than NZ$50, a fraction of the current Minister of Justice Andrew Little speaks during a press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Aug. 5, NZ$1,500 threshold. 2019. “There’s no need for anyone other than New Zealanders to donate to heard there are credible reports of of Justice publication. should be required that an annual our political parties or seek to in- interference campaigns in the elec- financial disclosure be submitted fluence our elections,” Little said. tions of other countries, and these Bill Raises Concerns by members of Parliament, leaders “The risk of foreign interference in attempts are increasing in their so- News of the legislation in New Zea- of political parties, local politicians, elections is a growing international phistication,” Little said. land has sparked concern from aca- and their spouses. phenomenon and can take many The justice minister argued that demics, who say more can be done “They should also be required to forms, including donations. New New Zealand must be protected to safeguard the region against for- provide an annual disclosure of paid Zealand is not immune from this from this “risk to our democracy.” eign interference. overseas trips by foreign organisa- risk.” “We need to protect the integrity “A good start, more needs to be tions,” Brady wrote, adding that due Ahead of New Zealand’s next gen- of our elections. These changes will done to make our democracy resil- diligence on all donations should be eral election in late 2020, the legisla- reduce the risk of foreign money in- ient against foreign interference,” a requirement for political parties. tion would also require the publi- fluencing our election outcomes,” he New Zealand professor Anne-Marie Brady said the Electoral Commis- cation of the names and addresses added. “We don’t want our elections Brady said on Twitter. sion should also make it a require- of individuals funding election ad- to go the way of recent overseas ex- Brady, who specialises in Chinese ment that political parties provide vertisements in all mediums—it’s a amples where foreign interference domestic and foreign politics at the evidence they have “vetted candi- bid to minimise the “avalanche of appears to have been at play.” University of Canterbury in Christ- dates” for political risk.