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South Korea An official who disappeared off a government ship near the ITALIAN DESIGNER disputed sea boundary with North Korea this week may be in North Korea, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said yesterday, explaining the 47-year-old official was SEEKS RABBIT aboard a government vessel that was checking on potential unauthorized fishing near a South P4 Korean border island. Colleagues noticed the COPYCAT man was missing at lunch time and found only his shoes still on the vessel, prompting a so-far fruitless search involving aircraft and ships. AP PHOTO

Japan A tropical storm in the Pacific Ocean is slowly approaching the Tokyo region, and officials are urging residents to take precautions early from expected heavy rain and gusts. Tropical Storm Dolphin headed north over waters south of the Hachijo island, packing sustained winds of up to 108 kilometers per hour, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. AP PHOTO

Philippines The president got rare praises yesterday from his key critics for invoking before the Q&A | JAMES LIANG

United Nations a 2016 BEITLER DANIEL arbitration ruling that invalidated China’s vast ‘The data AGENCY PHOTO MACAU territorial claims in the says we South China Sea, in a surprise move that should be will likely pique Beijing. President Rodrigo optimistic Duterte made one of his strongest defenses of the about Philippine victory in the November, arbitration case in his first address before the annual December’ U.N. General Assembly. Greener buses promised under contracts extended to 2026 More on backpage P2-3 P6 page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 24.09.2020 thu

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Q&A JAMES LIANG JIANZHANG ‘The data says we should be optimistic about November, December’

DANIEL BEITLER tourism sector will fare in the re- se this is really the only tropical des- mainder of the year. tination that China can offer, and if HE chairman and co-fou- people cannot go to Thailand, they

nder of Trip.com Group, BEITLER DANIEL Macau Daily Times (MDT) - will go to Hainan. There are not China’s largest online tour What kind of destinations is the many tropical alternatives to Hai- agency, co-hosted a special Chinese traveler looking at in nan within China and so it is kind Tlivestreaming event yesterday at The 2020? of unique. [However, some of that Venetian Macao integrated resort James Liang Jianzhang (JL) - I tourism demand] might even spi- hoping to draw mainland visitors think that Chinese travelers are llover to Guangxi and maybe some back to visiting Macau ahead of a looking for leisure and high-end of the Guangdong beach resorts. major public holiday next week. destinations. For these kinds of But that is just the nature of their Dressed in the iconic striped shirt destinations in the mainland, we natural resources. and straw hat of the traditional Ve- are already at about 80 or 90 per- netian gondolier, Chairman James cent [of the pre-Covid-19 level]. MDT - If Covid-19 travel res- Liang Jianzhang led a two-hour live The best-selling products on our trictions persist into next year, broadcast in Mandarin promoting platform right now are resort ho- will small tourism-dependent the Macau SAR as a travel destina- tels in an open natural space, for economies have to rethink the tion. example in the mountains, or near makeup of their economies? The promotion was aired on the hot springs. There is also a lot of JL - It is going to be very tough same day that applications for travel interest in places that are very far for some of the small destination- endorsements to Macau resumed away [from large population cen- -countries. It is hard to say what across China, a watershed moment ters], for example Tibet, Yunnan the future will look like. If Covid-19 that many in Macau are hoping will and Hainan. These places around lasts for just one or two years, the mark the beginning of the city’s tou- the border [of China] are very po- recovery process will [take us back rism recovery. That hope is shared by pular right now. But if you travel to where we were]. But if it’s lon- Liang, who told Macau Daily Times just two or three hours from Shan- ger than two years, then destina- yesterday that that although Chinese ghai, there are many historical tions will have to adjust. It will be travelers would not make it in time towns that are also popular. Some painful. They will have to cater to for Golden Week, a more meaningful media just hours before yesterday’s As a tourism sector veteran, of them are [authentic] old towns, domestic travelers. They will have recovery was to be expected by No- broadcast. “Next year when the full Liang is also prized for his insights but others are newly recreated in to adjust to some other industries. vember or December this year. recovery is in process, they won’t into China’s travel market. the style [of imperial China]. It is But if this lasts for just one year or Headquartered in Shanghai, get the best discounts. But in the Not only is China the world’s lar- a kind of pseudo-historical expe- two, the situation of the travel in- Trip.com Group owns and operates first few months, we will offer very gest outbound travel market and rience, because it is not really a his- dustry should remain the same. some of the biggest brands in the on- steep discounts via our Trip.com its biggest spender, but it might be torical place, but they make it feel line travel agency market, including platform.” the only country to see domestic like one. MDT – Does Macau fall into Trip.com, Ctrip and Skyscanner. Liang is famous for dressing in tourism restored to pre-Covid-19 that bracket? In partnership with integrated the traditional clothing of the city or levels before the end of the year. Al- MDT – Tourism in Hainan Pro- JL - I think Macau doesn’t have resorts managed by Sands China, region he visits for the livestreaming ready, the business is “about 80% or vince has not only recovered, it is to worry about that. The China go- Trip.com is offering “steep discoun- events. He has completed more 90% back to normal,” according to booming. What is drawing so many vernment always tries to treat Ma- ts” on local tourism products to than 20 broadcasts so far, he said, Liang. visitors to the tropical island? cau as a domestic city so as long as help reignite the visitor market. but admitted yesterday to being Macau Daily Times sat down JL - Business in Hainan has al- the pandemic situation is basically “We want to offer the best pro- “very excited” to host his first lives- with Liang to learn more about the ready more than recovered! It is similar [between the two places], ducts and the best deals for the first tream show outside of mainland what the Chinese traveler wants actually seeing about 20 to 30% the tourists will be allowed to come wave of consumers,” Liang told the China. in 2020 and how Macau’s battered year-on-year growth. That’s becau- back to Macau.

Group tours limited to Few package tours available HKZMB or Hengqin Port S of yesterday, there are lable for visiting only Macau, However, due to cautiou- Abarely any package tour and that it is most likely that sness regarding Covid-19, ROUP tours, but not land visitors to Macau. der at the HKZMB port or products available on most travel agencies will only or- mainland companies may Ggroup tour visa hol- In order to cope with the Hengqin Port. Visitors of mainland China’s major ganize SARs package tours limit this arrangement to ders, will only be allowed the possible swift growth under the Individual Visa travel service platforms, in- when mainland visitors can only domestic group tours to enter Macau either by in visitor arrivals, which in Scheme can also join a cluding Taobao and Tuniu. travel to Hong Kong. this year. crossing the Hong Kong- turn may impact Covid-19 group tour. However, if they On Fliggy, another travel Besides the fact there are Aside from that, some -Zhuhai-Macau Bridge or pandemic control measu- choose to be part of a group platform owned by Alibaba, no relevant tourism produc- companies on the main- the Hengqin Port, accor- res, the Macau SAR gover- tour they can only enter various Hong Kong-Macau ts, Macau should also set low land, including state owned ding to a bulletin published nment has reached a con- Macau through the afore- package tour products are expectations for package companies, have also issued by the Novel Coronavirus sensus with the Zhuhai go- mentioned two immigra- still available. tours. explicit instructions to their Response and Coordina- vernment to implement a tion checkpoints. The Macau Daily Times It is a common practi- workers to not travel outside tion Center. special travel management Individual travellers can contacted some of these pro- ce among mainland com- mainland China, and em- Starting yesterday, main- policy. choose to use the HKZMB ducts’ suppliers, and were panies, both public and pri- ployees must first gain com- land China resumed issuing Members of group tou- port, Hengqin Port, WanZai informed that there are cur- vate, to enroll their workers pany approval if they wish to travel permits to all main- rs can only cross the bor- Port or the Border Gate. JZ rently no package tours avai- in group tours to Macau. do so. JZ

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China’s domestic travel has recovered 90%, say experts

ANTHONY LAM the Golden Week holiday vicinity and neighboring ‘The data says we should be optimistic about November, December’ season ranged between cities, rather than between HE tourism industry of 10% and 20% of total capa- provinces. MDT – What does the data cess the visa application [for to return to Macau, but in ter- Tmainland China has re- city. Airline activity in Ma- Xia Han, vice-president from your travel platforms travel endorsements] so most ms of numbers, they are very turned to about 90% of pre- cau is trending at a similar of tourism portal lvmama. indicate about visitor arri- people will not have their visa few. I think Macau is not just a -Covid-19 levels, according level. com, which focuses on vals to Macau this upcoming approved in time for Golden destination for casino visitors, to tourism experts who con- The webinar invited four brand building and tourist Golden Week? Week. But after Golden Week, but for young travelers and fa- vened yesterday on a webi- speakers from the tourism site development, said that JL - Right now the data is I think we should be more op- mily entertainment too. The nar hosted by PR Newswire. industry in mainland Chi- there are a lot of tourist si- saying that it will take a few timistic about November and families will probably come One indicator of this re- na, all of which are tourism tes that spend millions on weeks [for interest in Macau December. later because they will have covery is the daily number writers and marketers. They construction but struggle to pick up]. The reason is that to wait for the right vacation of domestic flights across expressed their views on to attract tourists. This year not many people have reali- MDT – There is a lot of talk period, probably in the winter. China. Data from the Civil how the tourism industry has not been any easier, he zed that Macau is open. We about pent-up tourism and But the young [adult] travelers Aviation Administration of can recover from the cur- said. Xie recommended are trying to communicate gaming demand across the will find it very attractive to China shows that the num- rent impact of the pande- that the industry work on this message to our potential border. What types of visitors come here. The majority mi- ber of flights nationwide in mic. brand values and offering customers through our lives- will be the first to return? ght be coming from Guang- August had returned to 90% Xu Yue, lead editor of the experiences to tourists. treams and our marketing JL - The small group of loyal dong, but some also come of pre-pandemic levels, tourism section of Phoenix Similarly, Wang Dandan, programs next month. [But casino customers will defini- from Beijing and Shanghai, amounting to nearly 20,000 New Media, cited data that deputy editor-in-chief of Chinese travelers] still think tely be among the first people and other major cities. flights per day. supports a bright recovery Chinese hotel portal mea- of Macau and Hong Kong as Moreover, the press re- for the Chinese tourism din.com, noted that custo- a single package. Macau has lease dissemination ser- market. She pointed out mers today are value-orien- a very rich experience to of- vice provider counted that the fact that several ted. In response, hotels fer [on its own], so people can the keywords used by the areas of the industry, in- should focus more on the spend a few days just in Ma- tourism industry so far in cluding flight and hotel realization of values. cau during the National Holi- 2020 and discovered that bookings, have returned to Zhou Qiyi, partner at day. If they want to combine “China,” “brand,” “guests” 90% of their pre-pandemic Tripvivid.com, another it with another destination, and “service” topped the levels, indicates a general tourism portal, pointed out there is Zhuhai or Hengqin, list of most frequently used recovery is underway. that current tourism trends and it can be an even richer words. Xu also pointed out that focus on the integration of experience. We expect a fast In contrast, annou- the mode of tourism in experience and services. He recovery of tourism-related ncements made yester- China would likely become also noted that small brands business in Macau, although day showed that Macau’s localized, meaning that tou- should have a greater role in it takes about a week to pro- booking rate for hotels over rists will travel within their the industry.

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MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Italian designer seeking Zone D legal liability over ‘rabbits reclamation and moon’ copycat plans not RENATO MARQUES pany that produced the co- pies,” the designer added. HE Italian designer Giovannoni believed dropped, but TStefano Giovannoni, that the Municipal Affairs founder and CEO of design Bureau (IAM) was not awa- company Qeeboo, wants a re that the products were under review company that he says un- counterfeit when they ac- JULIE ZHU lawfully produced the rab- quired them but that they bits used in the installation should have taken precau- HE government has once again reiterated that for the Mid-Autumn Festival tions to prevent it. Tthe New Urban Zone D reclamation project is in Macau to be identified “Of course [the govern- not yet abandoned, according to Mak Tat Io, head of and held liable. ment entity] should have the Urban Planning Department of the Land, Public As the Times reported on requested information Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) Tuesday, the exhibition has about the authenticity of Yesterday, Mak spoke about the Zone D reclama- been removed from Praça the products before buying tion plans during a TDM radio program, where he felt de Jorge Álvares garden in [them],” he said. compelled to reiterate the stance of the government. central Macau after being After facing criticism Earlier this month, Secretary for Transport and criticized by netizens, espe- from netizens, the “Rabbi- Public Works Raimundo Arrais do Rosário surprised cially those involved in art ts and the Moon” installa- the city by announcing that the SAR government had and design, for replicating a tion was removed from the already scrubbed the reclamation project. famous Qeeboo installation garden due to suspected However, DSSOPT Director Chan Pou Ha infor- held in Beijing a few years copyright infringement, an med the media that she did not receive any news ago. A poster for an exhibition at Shanghai Village in Shanghai in anonymous source told the related to the abandoning of the plan for Zone D. Ra- Giovannoni told the Ti- September 2016, showing the rabbit lanterns in question Times this week. ther the current arrangement of the reclaimed lands mes that his firm did not The Times attempted is under review. give permission to a Macau installations on the bridge pyright.” to reach the IAM for com- During yesterday’s TDM radio program, Mak said entity to reproduce the con- in Beijing in 2017 and in According to Giovanno- ment several times, but as that the government is asking the public to choose cept in the SAR. Shanghai Village [retail mall] ni, Qeeboo is now seeking of press time yesterday, the between several options involving changes to the “We have requested in- in 2016. They informed me information that will lead bureau had provided no of- proposed Zone D and Zone A development plans. formation from the only they are not responsible for them to the company that ficial clarification regarding Starting from September 4, local government has company [to have] bought this installation in Macau produced the counterfeit the exhibition’s removal, been collecting public opinions on the Urban Master the rabbit lamps for the which was obviously crea- items. nor whether the products Plan. As of today, DSSOPT only received 60 comple- purpose of creating installa- ted with counterfeit copies “We would like to file a were acquired directly by ted opinion forms and most of them are related to tions, which created the first [thereby] infringing our co- lawsuit against the com- the IAM. housing issues and green space topics.

on the matter at the mo- Government Edition, W to open hotel ment.” Leung signaled that retracts ‘world- properties in Macau soon the company would keep the media posted on any class’ description ANTHONY LAM updates about the resort. Meanwhile, asked to from Hac Sa project HE Times has recently comment on the Edition Tlearned that two lu- hotel project, a repre- JULIE ZHU a “world-class adventu- xury hotel brands, the sentative of Galaxy En-

re and amusement park Edition and the W, have AGENCY PHOTO MACAU tertainment Group, said HE Municipal Affairs zone.” made plans to open their they were unaware of TBureau has retracted Yesterday, the Admi- respective first properties such plans. However, the part of a public release nistration Council Vi- in Macau. representative said that made earlier in the week ce-Director of the IAM, According to sources a new hotel project, the in which the bureau Lo Chi Kin, decided to that requested anonymity Andaz Macau, was being claimed it would build retract the term “world- because they are not au- constructed by the main a “world-class” amuse- -class,” indicating that thorized to speak to the entrance to the existing ment park. the expression was exa- media, the Macau Edition JW Marriott Macau. Lawmaker Lam Lon ggerated and that the will be located within the Managed by Marriott Wai recently asked the amusement park was in- Galaxy Macau, very likely International Inc., the government to provide an tended as a youth adven- in the high-rise building Edition brand is one of update on Hac Sa village. ture camp. opposite the Taipa Barra- the hotel chain’s luxury The IAM had previously Lo said that the term cks of the People’s Libe- hotel brand and shares said that the bureau had “world-class” was “a bit ration Army Macao Gar- the same status as the begun engineering works improper” and that the rison. Ritz-Carlton. It was un- at a land plot near Hac Sa bureau had only used the Meanwhile, the Times der Starwood before its King Hung Shing Temple expression because the has also learned that W acquisition by Marrio- in Hac Sa village, which IAM “didn’t want peo- Hotels and Melco Resorts tt. The Edition brand is would transform the area ple to think the facilities and Entertainment have known for its lifestyle into a “large-scale inte- were too simple.” signed a letter of intent on focus. grated leisure zone.” According to Lo, the a project that involves a The W brand, also Replying to Lam’s in- IAM was worried that new W Hotel at the Studio it was acquired by Mel- Melco, Chimmy Leung, managed by Marriott, terpellation, the IAM ex- members of the public City integrated resort in co, included a W Macao Executive Director of is a luxury hotel brand plicitly remarked that the would not accept its pro- Macau. Hotel, alongside several Corporate Communica- focusing on a clientele aforementioned leisure posals if the bureau did The development other international hotel tions, said in an email to looking for chic, hip or zone was part of the go- not use the term “world- plan of an earlier Stu- brands. the Times, “we have no even postmodern de- vernment’s aim to build -class.” dio City project, before A representative of announcements to make signs. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 5 thu 24.09.2020 ADVERTORIAL

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Facemask rule to apply to casino workers for six more months MACAU PHOTO AGENCY PHOTO MACAU The requirement for all casino employees to wear facemasks while working, established by the government in January, has been extended for another six months until March next year. The extension was published on the government’s Official Gazette. The director of the Health Bureau, Lei Chin Ion, justified the need for continuing the mandatory rule because of concerns regarding the prevention of potential infections. When it was first implemented, the rule was valid for only one month. It was then renewed on a monthly basis until now. The new extension comes in preparation of the resumption of travel endorsements to Macau for all residents of the mainland, which started yesterday. Since mid-July, people that wish to enter resulting in death in which the any gaming facility need to provide a negative result of the nucleic operator is found to be at fault. acid test in addition to the existing Bus service contracts The same fine also applies requirements of undergoing a to the acceptance of electronic body-temperature check and payment systems not approved presenting a Macau health code. extended to 2026 by the MSAR, and the running of routes not attributed to the con- of vehicles.” The contract adds ronmentally friendly energies” cessionaire. Sacred Art of St. RENATO MARQUES an exception for vehicles with as fuel in at least 50% of the fleet. Fines of MOP100,000 can also Joseph’s Seminary HE new public bus service more than two doors, which may That is, they need to be powered be issued for charging a different closes for Tcontracts were published have more than one step at their by either natural gas, electricity, fare from the fare authorized by maintenance yesterday in the government’s last rear door. or a hybrid of the two. the government, performing Official Gazette. The new con- Of note, the reference to “envi- This requirement will then be any actions without prior au- The artworks included in the tracts for operators Transportes ronmentally friendly” standards rolled out to the entire bus fleet thorization, and not complying Treasure of Sacred Art of Saint Urbanos de Macau S.A.R.L. and is not explained or clarified el- (with the same exceptions) by with the minimum number of Joseph’s Seminary are closing Sociedade de Transportes Colec- sewhere within the contract. August 1, 2024. operational vehicles in the fleet. temporarily to the public due to tivos de Macau, S.A.R.L., retain It is not clear if it refers to the The requirement to replace The minimum has now been maintenance works, the Cultural most of the existing conditions type of fuel used by the vehicles, public buses with a more envi- set to 490 vehicles and a fine of Affairs Bureau (IC) informed in from previous contracts and ex- pollutant emission standards, or ronmentally friendly fleet does MOP100,000 can be issued for a statement. The artifacts will tend the service period for ano- other factors such as the mate- not apply to small and me- each vehicle falling short of that not be available for public visits ther six years, until December rials used and the percentage of dium-sized buses. As soon as number. from tomorrow and until an 31, 2026. recyclability. environmentally friendly buses As in previous contracts, the estimated date in late December. Changes to the contracts in- The only reference to this part with an identical size to those government will continue to The closure comes to allow the subsidize the operators for trips performance of maintenance clude new requirements for the is where the government defi- used in Macau are available in and repair works in the building operators regarding the new nes a progressive system for the the market, they will be subject made by students, senior citi- facilities, including repairing vehicles to be added to the con- inclusion of more buses using to the same requirement while zens, and people with disabili- leakages in the ceiling and walls. cession. “environmentally friendly ener- retaining the exception for the ties, as well as the trips made by It is now stated that, from the gies.” routes crossing the Governador those using the Macau Pass pay- first day of the new contract on It states that within the first Nobre de Carvalho Bridge. ment system. Restaurants, January 1, 2021, “all vehicles to year of the contract, with the Regarding the fines that ope- Across both subsidies, the go- retailers business be registered for the first time exception of small and medium- rators could face for infringing vernment plans to spend about performance must be ‘environmentally frien- -sized buses, all other buses ope- the rules of the new contracts, MOP900 million, an amount that fell in July dly’ and, except for small buses, rating on the routes that do not some infractions are punishable will then be subjected to a mid- must be of low-floor, with only pass over Governador Nobre de by a fine of MOP500,000, inclu- -contract review, to be adjusted The performance of restaurants one step at the entrance and exit Carvalho Bridge must use “envi- ding cases of traffic accidents according to the evaluation. and retailer businesses in Macau continued to fall in July, but according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), both sectors were expecting a slight improvement in August. Court allows casino camera footage as evidence The latest report from DSEC HE Court of Second Instance dent, who reported witnessing a The security force’s supervi- ne of civil servants concerns the indicated that 83% percent of has ruled against an appeal PSP officer gambling in a Taipa sory entity found the act to be public interest. The court further the interviewed restaurants T filed by the suspect in a case whi- casino. The PSP officer even dis- a violation of the Duty of Obe- explained that the discipline of and similar establishments ch resulted in a sub-chief of the closed to other gamblers that he dience in local laws governing civil servants is part of public or- recorded a year-on-year decline Public Security Police Force (PSP) was with the Third Policing Dis- the PSP. The director of the PSP der. in revenue in July, while just 12% being punished with 25 days of therefore imposed a 25-day fine As such, the court ruled of the interviewed restaurants trict of the PSP. reported a year-on-year rise. A fine for two instances of unau- During the investigation, the on the sub-chief. The police sub- against this argument as grounds similar proportion of interviewed thorized gambling in a casino. police obtained surveillance ca- -chief filed an appeal to the Se- for appeal. retailers (84%) registered a year- Considering the evidence pro- mera footage from the casino. Af- cretary for Security, who denied In addition, the identification on-year sales drop in July, a slight vided to be reliable, the Court ter cross-referencing the faces of the appeal. process was conducted by two increase from the month before. has ruled against the police sub- people captured by the videos, it He then filed a judicial appeal other police officers, whom the Operators in both industries -chief’s appeal. was confirmed that the sub-chief to the middle court. However, court considered more familiar were expecting a slightly better On April 19, 2017, the Disci- had entered the Taipa casino be- the court deemed that the casino with the face of the suspect and situation for their businesses in plinary Supervision Commission tween 1 and 2 p.m. on both April providing surveillance footage therefore trustworthy. August, according to the DSEC of the Security Forces received 17 and 19, without approval from was consistent with the Personal Based on these facts, the court data release. a complaint filed by a local resi- his superintendent. Data Protection Law, as discipli- ruled against the suspect. AL www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 7 thu 24.09.2020 中國 CHINA

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UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY Xi says Covid reveals isolationism as a futile pursuit HINA’S leader took Quixote’s lance goes against re, could not rebut what Coblique potshots at the trend of history. Let this Trump said, his U.N. am- the United States and its be clear: The world will ne- bassador was on site in the foreign policies yesterday ver return to isolation.” General Assembly cham- [Macau time], cautioning Such remarks, while not ber and responded directly in a U.N. address that the naming U.S. President Do- while introducing the Xi world must “not fall into nald Trump, are highly cri- video. the trap of a clash of civili- tical of him and his “Ameri- “At this moment, the zations” — remarks played ca First” philosophy, which world needs more solidari- minutes after delegates goes against China’s public ty and cooperation, and not heard the American presi- stance on how diploma- a confrontation,” Zhang dent insist that the United cy should be managed. In Jun said. “We need to in- Nations “hold China ac- reality, China often acts crease mutual confiden- countable” for how it han- unilaterally in affairs both ce and trust, and not the dled the emergence of the domestic and internatio- spreading of political virus. coronavirus. nal. China resolutely rejects the “Major countries should Earlier in the day, Trump baseless accusation against act like major countries,” Xi used his own U.N. speech China.” Jinping said in a speech to to roundly condemn Xi’s Xi spoke at a historical the U.N. General Assembly, government for what the moment in which China is a speech made remotely American president fre- working to manage its sta- and recorded in advance quently calls “the China vi- ggering — and staggeringly because the pandemic pre- rus,” a term he used again complex — military, econo- vented leaders from conve- yesterday. He referred to mic and political rise while ning as they have for deca- the virus as the “invisible confronting the aggressive des. The virus first emerged enemy.” Many consider the containment strategies of in China early this year and very term “China virus” to the world’s current super- has spread around the wor- be racist. power, the United States, ld, killing nearly 1 million Though Trump had la- and its friends and allies. people. vish praise for Xi early in his “Xi Jinping has his work Xi, China’s president and term, two key issues — a cut out for him at the Ge- the leader of its Communist tariff dispute and the emer- neral Assembly,” said Mike Party, cast the fight against gence of coronavirus — Mazza, a China analyst at the virus as an important have helped cause his ad- the American Enterprise exercise in international ministration to take a more Institute in Washington. He cooperation, an oppor- hardline attitude toward pointed to tensions with tunity to “join hands and the Chinese government. Europe over trade and in- be prepared to meet even “The United Nations vestment, climate and hu- more global challenges.” must hold China accoun- man rights, in addition to “COVID-19 reminds us table for their actions,” the Trump administration’s that the economic globa- Trump said in his own more consistently confron- lization is an indisputab- speech. tational approach to China. le reality and a historical China has a longtime Xi has failed to leverage trend,” Xi said. “Burying practice of reflexively re- ill feelings between many one’s head in the sand like jecting any criticism of its European leaders and an ostrich in the face of policies. Yesterday was no Trump, while a potential economic globalization or exception. While Xi, being detente with Japan has stal- trying to fight it with Don prerecorded and not the- led. MDT/AP page 8 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo WORLD 國際 24.09.2020 thu

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UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY this day in history

1980 Iraq bombs Iran as World leaders who hostilities increase Iraqi planes have bombed and set on fire Iran’s Kharg Island crude oil export ter- skipped past meetings minal. Iranian officials have con- firmed oil exports from the terminal, off the north-west get their moment coast of Iran, have been hal- CHRISTINE ARMARIO, ted and given no indication BOGOTA when they may be resumed.

AP PHOTO The fighting began three E’S not recognized as days ago when the Iraqi lea- Ha head of state by the der, Saddam Hussein, orde- country he’d be visiting. red a bomb attack against His diplomatic immuni- Iran following months of border clashes. ty is granted by the United Tension between the two countries has been rising since Nations, not an unfriendly Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was hailed the leader of the Isla- American administration mic revolution in Iran and took control from Shah Reza Pahlavi that could decide to pick in February 1979. him up on drug-trafficking Appeals for an end to the violence from the United Nations charges if he sets foot in the Security Council, the secretariat of the Organisation of Petro- United States. Then there’s leum Exporting Countries and the European Economic Com- the $15 million U.S. bounty munity have all gone unheeded. for information leading to The worst fighting has been close to the disputed Shatt al his arrest. arab waterway, which forms Iraq’s only access to the Persian Venezuelan President Gulf. Nicolás Maduro has good The strategic Iranian cities of Khorramshahr and Abadan are reason not to travel to New said to be holding out against heavy Iraqi pressure, which has York for the annual United been mostly directed at oil facilities there. Nations gathering of world Baghdad is demanding recognition of its sovereignty over leaders. But this year’s vir- the Shatt al arab waterway, the lower reaches of which also António Guterres, UN Secretary-General tual U.N. General Assem- mark the border between Iraq and Iran. bly format means he can It has torn up the 1975 Algiers agreement under which Iraq be heard without having to But these leaders’ voices gs is expected to make thin- attract additional criticism.” agreed to shift the border with Iran to the middle of the es- come to New York — or risk will almost certainly travel gs more complicated for the All leaders making an tuary. an uprising back home if he farther than in years past. opposition, which has been appearance on the U.N. Speaking in Baghdad tonight, Iraq’s deputy commander left the country. The opposite is true for their losing momentum over the screen could see diminished in chief of the armed forces, General Adnan Khairalla, left no Instead, Maduro will opposition foes, who gene- last year. returns. doubt Iraq would extend the war to achieve its aims, regar- dless of international or other pressures. speak from the comfort of rally rely on side events to “Without a doubt this “Most of the leaders are The Foreign Office is advising British ships not to visit Iraqi the presidential palace, re- get their message out as lea- format makes it much more going to see this as a purely or Iranian ports and is also discouraging British citizens from newing his place on the in- ders came together in New difficult to focus just on Ve- domestic exercise,” said Phi- visiting Iraq. ternational stage after mis- York. nezuela,” said Miguel Pi- lip Alston, a law professor at Although no general order has been given for the evacua- sing out on last year’s event. zarro, who represents the New York University. “That “The virtual speeches do tion of British subjects from Iraq, many British families have “This opens up an oppor- give an opening,” said Shan- opposition’s humanitarian is always the case to some been fleeing the country and the first have arrived back in the tunity that Maduro doesn’t non O’Neil, a vice president efforts in Washington. extent, but given there is no UK today. usually have,” Venezuelan at the Council on Foreign The opposition’s lessened opportunity for photo ops, Western oil industry officials say there is no immediate analyst Luis Vicente Leon Relations, said as the assem- visibility also packs an emo- for meetings with other pre- threat of a world shortage because the non-Communist said. “On a net scale, he co- bly got underway. “But the tional punch. sidents and so on, the only world has about 100-days worth of oil in stock. mes out winning.” virtual format puts them on “I think in general for real value is getting speech However, there are fears war between the two sides could He’s not alone. A virtual the same platform as your Venezuelans every time out there which restates cer- lead to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passa- General Assembly knows no regular Zoom, too.” that Maduro talks trying to tain positions for domestic ge which forms the gateway to the Gulf, through which much national borders, incurs no Venezuela’s situation is a represent us all, it’s an in- consumption.” of the oil from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other smaller states travel expenses and allows case in point: The nation is sult,” the exiled Venezuelan Duterte used the plat- is transported. even the most cautious, pri- in the midst of a power tug lawmaker said. form Tuesday to defend his ckly or paranoid leaders to of war between Maduro and But the online speech drug crackdown that has Courtesy BBC News have their say without lea- U.S.-backed opposition lea- also is unlikely to win Madu- left more than 5,700 mostly ving their at-home security der Juan Guaidó. Last year, ro any new friends. poor people dead. Tan- bubbles. both men sent representa- A recent United Nations zania’s John Magufuli will In context Philippines President Ro- tives who carefully avoided Human Rights Council re- speak as he seeks a second drigo Duterte spoke to the crossing paths at the U.N.. port accuses Maduro’s go- term in an election next The war between Iraq and Iran did not initially appear likely to General Assembly for the While Vice President Delcy vernment of committing month in which opposition be a prolonged one - owing to the limited military capabilities of the two sides. first time in his four years Rodríguez got the main sta- crimes against humanity, leaders say they’ve faced The two superpowers, the USA and the USSR, declared neu- in office. Saudi Arabia’s King ge, the opposition comman- including grisly cases of tor- government obstruction at trality. The US, under President Jimmy Carter was committed Salman’s speech marks only ded a powerful presence on ture and killings supposedly every turn. And King Sal- to keeping the Hormuz Strait open. The Soviets had paid to the second time in more the sidelines. U.S. President carried out by security for- man’s speech will be the first arm Iraq and shared a common border with Iran. than six decades that a si- Donald Trump personally ces. Their method: electric since his brother addressed Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was seen as the spiritual leader of the Islamic Revolution. He regarded Saddam Hussein, a Sunni tting monarch from the hosted one of four high-le- shocks, genital mutilation, the General Assembly in Muslim, as the infidel head of the country that had expelled kingdom addresses the ga- vel meetings on the coun- asphyxiation and more. The 1957. The 84-year-old mo- him in 1978. thering. And Tanzania’s po- try’s crisis. allegations are likely to be narch has generally relied on Iraq sought to take advantage of the political confusion in Iran pulist president, who rarely This year, Maduro will brought up repeatedly at the his foreign minister. by demanding the amendment of the Algiers agreement over leaves the country, will get give his country’s official ad- virtual assembly. In a short speech Monday the Shatt al arab waterway. When the demands fell on deaf ears, it culminated in the bombing of Iran which began on 22 his 15 minutes, too. dress and Guaidó will deliver “I don’t believe he is going to commemorate the U.N.’s September. Whether a short online online remarks on a separa- to have any added benefit,” 75th year, Maduro came out Iraq’s superior military equipment gave it initially the upper speech will give them a leg te platform. His aides will at- said retired U.S. Ambassa- guns blazing, charging that hand in the fighting, but Iran fought back and even advanced up at home remains to be tend some side U.N. events dor Nicholas Burns, a pro- the world is facing a critical to occupy some Iraqi territory in 1984 and 1986. seen. After months of lock- – none of which are specifi- fessor at the Harvard Kenne- choice between a multipolar Both sides eventually agreed to a ceasefire in August 1988. Official reports say more than 400,000 were killed and down, much of the world cally about Venezuela. The dy School. “If he is speaking world and one dominated 750,000 wounded in eight years of fighting. is effectively Zoomed out. lack of face-to-face meetin- on Zoom it might as well by imperialism. AP www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 9 thu 24.09.2020 資訊／娛樂 INFOTAINMENT

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try or the Ministry of Science and Technology could step in if they China threatens to kill TikTok have concerns over technology transfer. Several others could get involved for antitrust issues. And deal over ‘dirty’ Trump tactics reservations around national se- curity could involve any body UST a few days ago, the TikTok from the State Council or cabinet Jdeal looked like a win for China. on down. Now its state-run media are de- “The decision could be well nouncing it as “an American trap” BLOOMBERG out of the hands of the Ministry and a “dirty and underhanded tri- of Commerce and decided by top ck.” leadership from both sides,” said The quick shift in sentiment Xu Ke, a law professor at the Uni- shows the complications of con- versity of International Business cluding an agreement that is and Economics. “The TikTok case about much more than finding a needs to be seen in the context of proper valuation for an addictive the trade war, tech decoupling and video app that has enthralled tee- wider competition on technology nagers around the world. It also between China and the U.S.” has big ramifications for how the While Treasury Secretary Ste- world’s biggest economies handle ven Mnuchin remains confident security threats related to new te- that Trump will sign off on the chnologies that will drive growth transaction, U.S. national securi- over the next few decades. ty officials are raising concerns For China, the political stakes that the data of American TikTok are similar to the marathon trade users would remain with a Chine- talks that ended with a phase-one se company, Bloomberg reported. deal in January. Any agreement TikTok’s algorithm could also po- that makes it look like the Trump tentially still be used to influen- administration forced China’s ce public opinion - particularly hand could hurt President Xi ahead of the Nov. 3 elections. Jinping, who has repeatedly hai- China is getting ready to hit led the Communist Party’s emer- back. The Commerce Ministry gence as a great power in contrast That appeared to appease both make the deal,” Trump said, refer- rent agreement as it endangered on Saturday said it could restrict to the humiliations suffered un- Donald Trump, who declared vic- ring to ByteDance, which owns China’s national security. trade, investment and visas for der colonial powers centuries ago. tory and called off a ban on TikTok, TikTok. “It’s going to be controlled, The saga has sparked “com- companies on an “unreliable en- “Beijing basically doesn’t want as well as China’s most nationalis- totally controlled by Oracle, and plete disbelief” among Chinese tity list” without naming anyone to set a precedent where the U.S. tic media. Hu Xijin, the influential I guess they’re going public and leaders, said Gao Zhikai, a former specifically. can be allowed to unilaterally flex editor-in-chief of the Party-run they’re buying out the rest of it -- diplomat and translator for late It’s still possible a deal gets in this way,” said Kendra Schaefer, Global Times, said the deal was they’re buying out a lot, and if we leader Deng Xiaoping who is now done. ByteDance has made clear head of digital research at the Tri- “still unfair but it avoids the worst find that they don’t have total con- chair professor at Soochow Uni- its AI technology remains in Chi- vium consultancy in Beijing. “Ha- result.” trol then we’re not going to appro- versity. “China wants to emphasi- nese hands, while TikTok’s data on ving some role to play in the deci- By Monday, signs of troub- ve the deal.” ze that the Chinese companies’ le- more than 100 million Americans sion balances things out a bit.” le emerged. ByteDance asserted On Wednesday, two of China’s gitimate rights cannot be violated will be stored by Oracle on U.S. Over the weekend, Oracle that it would remain in control of most prominent state-backed me- without consequences.” servers. Corp. and Walmart Inc. agreed TikTok Global, appearing to con- dia mouthpieces denounced the It’s unheard of for the major Now it appears to be more a to take 20% of a new U.S.-based tradict Trump’s earlier comments deal. parties to a mega-deal to diverge question of the political feasibility, entity called TikTok Global that about how Americans would di- “What the United States has so drastically on its basic contou- both for Trump and Xi. would ringfence the app’s inter- rect the new entity. Oracle issued done to TikTok is almost the same rs. While Trump has yet to give his China’s leaders “don’t want national operations and data, a statement backing Trump’s view, as a gangster forcing an unreaso- final sign-off and the deal therefo- to play in favor of Trump for no- said to be worth up to $60 billion. and the American president war- nable and unfair business deal on re remains in flux, Beijing will in- thing,” said Ding Chenling, a tech ByteDance Ltd. appeared to get ned he could still torpedo a deal if a legitimate company,” the state- tervene if it feels ByteDance risks entrepreneur who said he has most of what it wanted, including U.S. parties didn’t have a majority -run China Daily wrote in a Wed- giving up too much, Trivium said known ByteDance founder Zhang getting to keep the valuable artifi- hold. nesday opinion piece. Hu from the in a Tuesday note. Yiming for over five years. “That cial intelligence algorithms for its “They will have nothing to do Global Times tweeted that Beijing How exactly that would happen will also anger nationalists in Chi- short-video app. with it, and if they do, we just won’t likely wouldn’t approve the cur- is unclear. The Commerce Minis- na.” BLOOMBERG

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Orient, a London-based team in FOOTBALL the fourth division, may have to for- feit the game if the club is deemed to be unable to fulfil the fixture. Manchester United got its first West Ham plays despite virus win of the season by beating se- cond-division Luton 2-0, but it was a far from dominant showing after losing 3-1 to Crystal Palace in the cases, Spurs game called off league on Saturday. Juan Mata gave United the lead from the penalty spot after Bran- WEST HAM 5, HULL CITY 1 don Williams was tripped in the

AP PHOTO 44th minute. However, United HE coronavirus domina- struggled to break down Luton’s ted the English League otherwise disciplined defense and Cup schedule yesterday only a good save from goalkeeper [Macau time] as West Dean Henderson in his first com- THam played despite its coach and petitive game for United stopped two players having tested positi- Luton leveling the score with a hea- ve, while Tottenham’s game was der in the 81st. called off. Marcus Rashford made sure of West Ham said manager David the win with a goal on the coun- Moyes and players Issa Diop and terattack seven minutes later and Josh Cullen only found out their Mason Greenwood scored another test results after they had arrived in added time. United faces either at the London Stadium to play Brighton or second-tier Preston in against Hull. Diop and Cullen had the next round. been named in the starting lineup. Newly promoted Premier Lea- “The manager and both players the game 5-1 as Robert Snodgrass 2-1 loss to Arsenal on Saturday. called off two hours before kickoff gue club West Bromwich Albion immediately left the stadium and scored the opening goal before The Premier League coronavi- because Orient players contrac- lost 5-4 on penalties against se- have returned home,” West Ham Sébastien Haller and Andriy Yar- rus protocols state Moyes, Diop ted the coronavirus. cond-tier Brentford after the game said. “All three, who are asymp- molenko scored two each. and Cullen will have to isolate for “Discussions are ongoing be- ended 2-2, with goalkeeper David tomatic, will now follow Public West Ham did not say when 10 days. That would mean they tween the relevant stakeholders Raya making the deciding save in Health England and Premier Lea- its players and coaches gave their miss the Premier League game in regards to the implications of the shootout. Defender Branislav gue guidelines and protocols.” samples to be tested or how much against Wolverhampton on Sun- the fixture not taking place,” the Ivanovic made his West Brom de- Assistant coach Alan Irvi- contact Moyes and the two players day. English Football League, which but in the game. Newport produ- ne took charge of West Ham in had with the rest of the team since Earlier, the match between To- organizes the competition, said in ced another surprise result to beat Moyes’ absence. West Ham won then. West Ham’s last game was a ttenham and Leyton Orient was a statement. Watford 3-1. AP

ad China blasts US House bill, the denies forced labor in Xinjiang BUZZ China lashed out at the passage of a bill by the U.S. House of Re- the West,” Wang told reporters at a daily briefing. presentatives that threatens sanctions over the alleged use of for- The House voted 406-3 to declare that any goods produced in ced labor in China’s Xinjiang region, calling the accusation a lie. Xinjiang are presumptively made with the forced labor of detai- Foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the bill “ma- ned Uighurs and other ethnic minorities, and therefore banned liciously slandered the human rights situation in Xinjiang” and from being imported to the U.S. sought to curb development and progress in the region while stir- If enacted into law, it could force companies to avoid a region ring up ethnic divisions and interfering in China’s internal affairs. that produces 80% of the cotton in China, one of the world’s top OPINION “The so-called problem of forced labor is totally a lie fabricated producers of the fiber, as well as tomatoes and manufactured World Views by some organizations and personnel in the United States and goods. Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg

India Senior military How Biden could commanders from India Hong Kong Disneyland and China have agreed avoid Obama’s to not add more troops biggest Iran mistake along their fast-militarizing stripped of right to disputed border in the In March 2015, as nuclear negotiations between Iran mountainous Ladakh region where the two Asian and the world powers entered the home stretch, 47 Re- giants are locked in a bitter publican senators wrote an open letter to Supreme Lea- expand theme park months-long standoff, der Ali Khamenei, warning that a future president could SHIRLEY ZHAO the sides said. The joint revoke any deal signed by President Barack Obama “with statement released after the stroke of a pen.” Since Obama was negotiating wi- ALT Disney Co.’s Hong talks said the two sides thout congressional approval, the nuclear deal, known as BLOOMBERG also agreed to “strengthen Kong Disneyland Re- the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, would be only an W communication on executive agreement, subject to alteration or abrogation. sort will be unable to expand the ground” and “avoid The warning was ignored. The lead Iranian negotiator, its site after local authorities misunderstandings and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, who claimed an acute un- decided not to renew an misjudgments” along the derstanding of American politics, made no effort to engage agreement with the amuse- lengthy contested border known as the Line of Actual with the Republicans. The other negotiating powers, their ment park to develop a nei- Control. eyes on the billions of dollars in anticipated trade deals ghboring plot of land. with the Islamic Republic, pretended not to notice that Hong Kong won’t extend Obama was acting without the imprimatur of the Senate. the 20-year purchase option, At home, the GOP senators were accused of treason for which expires today, due to the anti-government pro- jointly owned by the local AP PHOTO having gone over the president’s head. Obama and Secre- “the current economic con- tests and then by the coro- government and Disney. It’s tary of State John Kerry brushed off objections from the ditions,” according to a state- navirus outbreak. Waves of scheduled to reopen on Fri- other side of the aisle and made the deal, declaring they ment yesterday on the gover- challenges have badly hurt day with reduced capacity had achieved peace for our time. nment website. A 60-hectare the city’s tourism sector and and enhanced health and Saudi Arabia said Muslims will be allowed to perform And the signatories all affected shock and horror three patch of land next to the the- major attractions such as safety measures. the smaller, year-round years later, when the next president did exactly as the me park was reserved since Hong Kong Disneyland have In January, Hong Kong’s pilgrimage starting Oct. 4 senators had predicted, pulling the U.S. out of the agree- 2000 to allow for possible ex- been closed for most of the Secretary for Transport and as the kingdom gradually ment with the stroke of a pen. pansion. year. Housing Frank Chan said begins lifting restrictions The letter has been forgotten, along with the lesson. Joe It would be more “pru- Disney “will continue in- that he wanted to build tem- that had been in place Biden, now aspiring to Obama’s office, is proposing to dent” for the theme park vesting in the current expan- porary residential units on on Islam’s holiest site for bring the U.S. back into the JCPOA if Iran returns to com- operator to focus on deve- sion plan, however, we are this site, urging Disney to the past seven months pliance. Since Trump’s withdrawal, Tehran has ratcheted due to the coronavirus. loping the existing resort, extremely disappointed with consider its “corporate social up uranium enrichment, and now has a stockpile 10 ti- State media reported the a spokesman for the Com- the Hong Kong government’s responsibility.” mes the limit set in the agreement. government plans to allow merce and Economic Deve- decision not to extend the Some local tycoons, criti- In an op-ed about his Iran policy, the Democratic can- up to 6,000 visitors a day lopment Bureau said in the phase 2 land expansion op- cized by state-run media for didate says he “will offer Tehran a credible path back to at the sprawling Grand tion,” a Hong Kong-based Mosque in Mecca, which will diplomacy,” and use that “as a starting point for follow- statement. helping drive up home pri- be open to Saudi citizens -on negotiations.” Like his former boss, Biden seems to The move underscores company spokesman said in ces, offered to donate land changing priorities for Hong an email. or cash to the government to and residents only during think he can do this by executive fiat, which is the more this first phase. remarkable, coming from a man with his legislative expe- Kong as it tries to revive its The theme park in Hong avert any backlash from Bei- rience. economy battered first by Kong is run by a firm that’s jing. BLOOMBERG Russian opposition leader There is no acknowledgment in Biden’s op-ed about Alexei Navalny has been the Republican objections, much less an effort to address released from a Berlin them. It is as if Trump, and Trump alone, was the reason hospital after more than why the U.S. withdrew from the JCPOA. a month’s treatment for This misconception is not limited to the Biden cam- poisoning, with doctors Lebanese teen from Beirut now believing that a paign. The other signatories — and especially the Euro- “complete recovery” from pean trio of Britain, France and Germany — seem to hold joins global pop band the Soviet-era nerve agent the same view. In London, Paris and Berlin, fingers are ti- is possible for him, the ghtly crossed in the hope that Trump will lose to Biden on teenage singer from Le- hospital said yesterday. Nov. 3, reviving the hopes of billion-dollar deals with the banon this week beca- Navalny spent 32 days at theocrats in Tehran. A me the latest to join a global AP PHOTO Berlin’s Charite hospital, 24 of them in intensive care. The Iranians, too, are rooting for a Biden victory: The re- pop band formed by Simon gime has reportedly instructed its proxy militias in Iraq to Fuller, the man behind the cut down on their rocket attacks against American targe- Spice Girls and “American ts, to deprive Trump of an issue around which he can rally AP PHOTO Idol,” which aims to trans- support. Iran’s online influence operations, too, are direc- form young unknowns into ted at defeating the president. Under other circumstances, Republicans in Congress internet superstars. That may seem a grandio- might have used this moment to fire off another open le- Belarus President se ambition during a global tter, this time to Biden, as a reminder of their objections Alexander Lukashenko to the JCPOA and to serve notice that they will fight any pandemic. But Now United, assumed his sixth term of effort to return to the deal. But to issue such a warning with over a dozen teenagers Singer Nour Ardakani office yesterday during an would be to acknowledge the possibility of Trump losing drawn from across the wor- inauguration ceremony the election; given his fragile ego, no GOP grandee would ld, is plowing ahead, recor- town, has been grappling in show business, represents that officials did not dare suggest it. ding and filming new music with an array of crises: an a career kick-starting plat- announce in advance after There is, of course, always the chance that Biden and in the skyscraper-studded economic collapse, a worse- form for those dreaming of weeks of mass protests against the authoritarian the Democrats can attain the trifecta: the presidency and city of Dubai this week. ning coronavirus outbreak being catapulted from obs- leader’s reelection, which majorities in the Senate as well as the House of Represen- Nour Ardakani, 18, told and a massive explosion curity to teen pop fame. opposition activists tatives. In that case, the new president could conceivably The Associated Press during that demolished businesses The group, which inclu- maintain was rigged. get congressional approval to bring the U.S. back into the her visit yesterdat to the Uni- and homes across the capi- des aspiring singer-dancers State news agency nuclear deal, giving it the weight of a treaty rather than a ted Arab Emirates that she’s tal last month. from across the world, in- Belta reported that the mere executive agreement. “honored” to represent Le- Ardakani scored the 16th cluding Russia, India, China, swearing-in ceremony But it would be good for all the parties — Biden, the Eu- banon. spot in the band after a se- Mexico and Finland, has at- took place in the capital of Minsk with several hundred ropeans and the Iranians — to be reminded that resistan- “Arts and music are so im- ries of Zoom auditions from tracted over 100 million fans top government officials, ce to the JCPOA runs deep in American politics. Ignoring quarantine that drew talen- portant in times like these,” on social media and this lawmakers, representatives that reality brought us to this sorry pass. That mistake she said. “Lebanon is going ted contenders from the Mi- year got a nomination from should not be repeated. of media organizations and through so much.” ddle East. The band, similar MTV Video Music Awards. other prominent figures Beirut, Ardakani’s home- to Fuller’s previous projects MDT/AP present.