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By ZHONG NAN tainable economic ties between the [email protected] two countries, said Tim Stratford, chairman of AmCham China, whose Most companies from the United membership comprises more than States with operations in China said 3,300 individuals from 900 compa­ they have continued to see their rev­ nies operating across China. enues grow in China and urge gov­ The survey was conducted ernments on both sides to foster between Nov 13 and Dec 16. It was more sustainable economic ties, sent to 771 AmCham China member according to an annual survey pub­ company representatives, of which lished on Tuesday by the American 314 completed most of the questions. Chamber of Commerce in China. As China and the US made Despite trade tensions, the ques­ progress in the latest round of trade tionnaire — The 2019 China Business talks in Washington last week, For­ Climate Survey Report — stressed eign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang that China remains a high priority said on Tuesday that the two coun­ market for the majority of US compa­ tries will continue to push for mutu­ Democratic People’s Republic of Korea top leader Kim Jong­un arrives on Tuesday at Dong Dang, Vietnam, at the border with China. nies surveyed. ally beneficial results. ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA / REUTERS United States President Donald Trump arrives in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, on Tuesday evening. EVAN VUCCI / AP The survey also found that Sino­ This is a confirmation of the trust US trade tensions played a large role and goodwill that have been engen­ in turning the overall outlook for US dered and it bodes favorably for win­ companies surveyed from cautious win outcomes in the weeks — if not optimism to cautious pessimism. days — ahead, said Sourabh Gupta, a Kim, Trump set to kick off summit in Vietnam The chamber’s members have senior fellow at the Institute for Chi­ been very clear on actions that na­America Studies in Washington. By PAN MENGQI in Hanoi with yellow stripes, made a stop at productive Summit!” have follow­up talks in a bid to real­ should be taken by the Chinese and [email protected] Dong Dang Station near the Vietnam­ According to the White House, ize the details of their June 12 decla­ US governments to foster more sus­ See Trade, page 3 ese border with China on Tuesday the two leaders are scheduled to ration in Singapore, in which they Democratic People’s Republic of morning. A welcoming ceremony kick off the two­day event with a agreed to work together for “com­ Korea top leader Kim Jong­un and was held at the station. Kim waved brief one­on­one conversation and plete denuclearization” of the Kore­ United States President Donald and smiled as he was greeted by Viet­ a social dinner on Wednesday. an Peninsula, a transformation of Trump have arrived in Hanoi one namese officials and residents. The Hanoi talks come eight DPRK­US ties, and peace on the Central government day ahead of their second summit, Trump arrived at Hanoi’s Noi Bai months after their historic summit peninsula. with high expectations that the two International Airport on Tuesday in Singapore, the first between a sit­ leaders can flesh out specific steps evening. He has expressed opti­ ting US president and a DPRK lead­ See Summit, page 3 both sides will take to achieve mism about his upcoming talks er. backs HKNP ban denuclearization of the Korean with Kim, and tweeted aboard Air No schedule for the second day Inside Peninsula. Force One, “Heading over to Viet­ has been released yet, but experts By KATHY ZHANG in Hong Kong Kim’s train, green and adorned nam … Looking forward to a very believed that Kim and Trump will Comment, page 9, 10 [email protected]

The central government voiced its support for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Scientists envision solar power station in space in an official letter on Tuesday over its ban of the Hong Kong National By ZHAO LEI 100 million yuan ($15 million) will Glaser, a late Czech­American scien­ Party in accordance with the law. [email protected] be made by the Bishan district gov­ tist and aerospace engineer, the con­ The letter came a week after the Chief Executive Carrie Lam ernment. cept of an orbital power plant has chief executive and Executive Council Cheng Yuet­ngor, accompanied Chinese scientists are exploring Xie added that construction of the been a popular aspiration among made the final decision to dismiss the by Secretary for Security John Lee the possibility of putting in place a base will take one to two years and spacefaring nations such as the party’s appeal over the ban. Ka­chiu, speaks to the media on space­based solar power station, a once it begins operations, scientists United States and Japan, but has That was the end of the reviewing Tuesday about the ban imposed futuristic approach expected to and engineers will build tethered seen little development due to tech­ procedures of such cases as stipulated on the Hong Kong National reduce pollution back on Earth and balloons equipped with solar panels nological and financial hurdles. in the city’s Societies Ordinance. How­ Party. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY mitigate energy shortfalls. and use them to verify microwave Xie said if everything goes well, a ever, the HKNP can still initiate a judi­ Xie Gengxin, deputy head of the transmission technologies. Computer simulation graphic of a Chinese solar power station will be cial review over the ban if they do not ernment is an approval to the govern­ Chongqing Collaborative Innova­ “We plan to launch four to six proposed space­based solar pow­ put into orbit about 36,000 kilome­ accept the result. ance of the SAR government, said tion Research Institute for Civil­Mil­ tethered balloons from the testing er station PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY ters above Earth and start generat­ Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Lam. itary Integration in Southwestern base and connect them with each ing power before 2040. Yuet­ngor briefed the media after The prohibition of the HKNP was China, said researchers from Chong­ other to set up a network at an alti­ 100 meters, Xie said. Pang Zhihao, a retired China receiving the letter from Beijing. in line with the SAR government’s qing University, the China Academy tude of around 1,000 meters,” he The designer noted that engi­ Academy of Space Technology The letter reiterates that Hong consistent standpoint — zero toler­ of Space Technology’s Xi’an Branch explained. “These balloons will col­ neers will need to resolve two major researcher, said space­based solar Kong is an inalienable part of China, ance on Hong Kong independence, in Shaanxi province, and Xidian lect sunlight and convert solar ener­ technical difficulties — accurate, power stations are very attractive stressing it is the SAR government’s she added. University — also in Xi’an — have gy to microwave before beaming it directed transmission of high­ca­ solutions to pollution and energy duty and an obligation of all Chinese On Sept 24, 2018, Secretary for begun designs on a testing facility in back to Earth. Receiving stations on pacity microwaves, and construc­ shortages. people including Hong Kong compa­ Security John Lee Ka­chiu said he Chongqing’s Bishan district that will the ground will convert such micro­ tion of a large space­based power He explained that a space­based triots to safeguard national sovereign­ would prohibit the operation of the be used to test the theoretical viabili­ waves to electricity and distribute it station. He said the size and weight solar power station will be able to ty, unification and territorial integrity. HKNP in accordance with the city’s ty of a space­based solar power sta­ to a grid.” of such a station have yet to be deter­ collect sunlight around the clock Moreover, the central government Societies Ordinance. tion. If the tests are successful, mined because the research is still in without being affected by factors instructed Lam in the letter to submit Section 8 of the ordinance stipu­ The test facility will occupy 13.3 researchers will launch new teth­ a preliminary stage. such as atmosphere and weather. In a report on the handling of the issue. lates that with the recommendation hectares and demonstrate space ered balloons to the stratosphere for “We can use several launches to addition, the power generated in Facing questions on the request, of the societies officer, the secretary transmission technologies while further tests, he said. place components in space and then this manner will be pollution­free Lam explained it is the CE’s constitu­ for security may make an order pro­ studying the effect of microwaves So far, Chinese engineers are able assemble them into a single station,” and limitless, he said, adding this tional duty to file the report to the cen­ hibiting the operation or continued beamed back to Earth on living to transmit energy­carrying micro­ Xie said. source of energy can also power any tral government as the CE — operation of a society if he reasonably organisms. The initial investment of waves over a distance of about just First proposed in 1968 by Peter spacecraft within its beaming range. according to the Basic Law — is believes that the prohibition is neces­ accountable to both the central gov­ sary in the interests of national securi­ ernment and the HKSAR. ty or public safety, public order or the In the report she will mainly protection of the rights and freedoms READERS RUSHING FOR BOOKS ON WORLD HISTORY include the facts and the handling of others. ◆ process of the issue, as well as legal The HKNP is the city’s only political procedures the SAR has taken. organization which has explicitly Changing tastes key reason for works’ popularity Although inclined to make the advocated Hong Kong independence. report public, she will first ask for the The HKNP once said the party might Editor’s note: In a world facing By LIU XUAN and viewed world history as a advice from the Department of Jus­ resort to violent means to achieve its increasing challenges on a num­ [email protected] unified whole, tracing major for­ tice as the HKNP later on may apply political aims. ber of fronts, such as isolation­ ces, such as Greco­Roman civili­ for a judicial review on the govern­ ism and protectionism, different n 2006, then high school zation, as well as events or ment’s decision. That may affect the Inside nations and cultures now have a student and history enthu­ movements having profound courts’ handling over the potential stronger need and desire to get to siast Qiu Yang bought a global impact. lawsuit. • See more, page 3 know one another. In this series copy of the newly published Qiu said the book’s popularity in The support from the central gov­ • To the point, page 8 “China and the World: Learning IChinese edition of A Global Histo­ tory or civilization, but it became China was also due to its being a and Understanding”, we look at ry: From Prehistory to the 21st Cen­ highly sought after when it arrived relatively rare publication, as efforts that have been and are tury. in China. there were not so many high­qual­ © 2019 China Daily All Rights Reserved Vol. 23 — No. 6807 being made globally to broaden Written by Leften Stavros Sta­ Qiu spoke highly of the book ity works available that addressed cross­border communication vrianos, a Greek­Canadian histori­ and said that rather than taking a global history. A member of the and study. This article is the an, the book was originally regional or national view, Stavri­ Asia News Network third in the series. designed for courses in world his­ anos used a new global approach See Books, pagepage 2