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WORLD BRIEFS LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY BACK TO WORK AP PHOTO ‘Bilingual talents’ are top UAE The Philippines ambassador to the United Arab Emirates says a wanted man P5 named by President Rodrigo Duterte as a concern after Li’s visit major drug kingpin has been arrested in the Arab country’s capital. Ambassador Constancio Vingno Jr. told yesterday that Rolando “Kerwin” BLOOMBERG Espinosa Jr. was arrested Sunday night in an apartment in Abu Dhabi. AP PHOTO

PHILIPPINES-CHINA The new Philippine president is making a state visit to China in a charm offensive that will help define how far he wants to shift allegiance from treaty ally the U.S. to an Asian superpower locked in a territorial standoff with his small, impoverished country. It’s a high-stakes gamble for brash Duterte. More on p12 AP PHOTO

THAILAND A Thai woman accused of insulting the country’s late king is forced to kneel before his portrait at a police station on the tourist island of Samui as several hundred people bay for an apology. More on p13

KOREAS North Korea says it wants Britain to pull out of upcoming military exercises in South Korea, calling the drills a “hostile act.” Britain has announced that it will send fighter jets and support planes to Asia, and that it will take part in exercises in South Korea together with South Korean and Lobbyists against growing U.S. forces in early November.

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CRIME STATISTICS Direct Woman lied to police to avoid investment paying loans to creditor flows plunge NWARD direct invest- Iment flows declined by Julie Zhu bing her of MOP7,500 as well next to her, she went out of the tober 16 when the suspect was 66.7 percent year-on-year as of her mainland identity casino and noticed a police of- taken to the police station for to MOP9.1 billion in 2015, 35-year-old female non-re- card. During a short investiga- ficer nearby. Taking the oppor- investigation. The Hong Kong according to information Asident worker, who is from tion while in the presence of the tunity, she faked the robbery resident, while being investi- released yesterday by the Guangdong province, faked a lady, the officer began to doubt story. Mo thought that by re- gated, shouted in the police Statistics and Census Ser- story about having been robbed, the story because some of the porting to the police, she would station and cursed the officer vice (DSEC). The plunge which she told to the police for- details provided did not match not need to pay the money back. who was conducting the inves- was mainly due to a nega- ce in order to avoid payments with the crime scene. Noticing The police are still investigating tigation. tive inward flow (- MOP6 to her creditors, the Judiciary that the woman looked relati- the man who allegedly lent the The suspect reportedly pun- billion) in the gaming sec- Police (PJ) disclosed yesterday vely panicked, the officer asked money to Mo. ched the police officer, which tor, as profits dropped and during a press conference. for further details. Separately, the police also dis- caused injury to the officer’s the amount of dividends According to the police re- The suspect then confessed to closed a case of a Hong Kong left eye. He was then taken paid exceeded the profits port, the suspect, who was the police that she had faked man in his twenties charged into custody. During his time made in the year. a cashier at a local super- the robbery story. According to with the crime of aggravated behind bars, the suspect con- On the other hand, in- market, reported her fake the PJ statement, the suspect assault for attacking a police tinuously kicked the door flows of direct investment story to the Public Security had lost all her money while officer. of his room until it became were recorded in banks Police Force (PSP) October gambling in a middle-sized ca- The incident took place Oc- damaged. and securities (MOP7.8 11 and was later taken into sino located at ZAPE prior to billion), wholesale and re- custody after the police found the reporting time. tail (MOP3.9 billion) and out she was lying. When she was walking out mainland siblings caught stealing together construction (MOP2.4 The suspect, surnamed Mo, of the casino, a man approa- billion). originally reported to the PSP ched her offering to loan her TWO MAINLAND siblings ing pedestrians and then throwing Analyzed by country/ter- that, on the night of October 11, money. Mo then borrowed were caught by police while steal- handbags into a trash bin. The ritory of usual residence of she had been robbed by a male MOP100,000 from the man ing together, the Public Security police officers followed the duo to direct investors, inward di- stranger close to the Outer Har- and went inside to gamble Police Force (PSP) revealed. The another street and noticed them rect investment flows came bor. A PSP officer happened again. The man did not lea- duo, surnamed Yang, consists of a throwing more bags into bins mainly from mainland Chi- to pass by the scene, where he ve the woman’s side while she female and her younger brother, again. The police approached the na (MOP7.4 billion), Hong immediately asked the woman gambled. Mo lost all of the bor- aged 52 and 49 years old, respec- siblings to question them, upon Kong (MOP3.2 billion) and about the incident. rowed money. tively. They were caught last Sun- which they confessed to having the British Virgin Islands She told the officer that a man After losing the money, and day at Largo da Sé. The police no- stolen the aforementioned bags a (MOP2.8 billion), however had just taken her wallet, rob- knowing that the loaner was ticed the duo consistently observ- few days prior. the Cayman Islands regis- tered a negative inflow (- MOP6.5 billion). TOURISM According to DSEC, in 2015 inward direct invest- ment income dropped by CDG sets example of 39.8 percent year-on-year to MOP 51.5 billion. In- come earned by gaming promoting culture at airports enterprises (MOP30.1 billion) and wholesale and retail (MOP6.4 billion) n one of the sessions of the Global Tou- and chief customer officer of Groupe ADP decreased by 47.5 percent Irism Economy Forum, which ended on Paris, recalled that CDG as the second and 30 percent respecti- sunday, a representative from Charles de largest airport in Europe hosts some 60 vely, while that in banks Gaulle (CDG) Airport highlighted the im- million passengers heading to more than and securities (MOP10.8 portance of showcasing the region’s cultu- 300 destinations globally. billion) rose by 17.8 per- re in its airport, as it is both the first and Thus, Baume highlighted that all airports cent. last impression of the visitors. in France aim to offer passengers a con- At the end of 2015, stock of Laure Baume, executive vice president densed version of the ‘Parisian feel’ in ter- inward direct investment of ms of arts, culture and shopping. Macau reached MOP231.8 33 million tourists by 2025 According to her, the very best of Paris Charles de Gaulle airport billion, up by five percent is showcased through partnerships with year-on-year. Analyzed by As part of the Parisian identity and cul- MGTO AIMS to reach its goal of at least 33 Parisian museums to disclose pieces of industry, inward direct in- million tourists visiting Macau by 2025, with French heritage and by inviting the young ture, Baume said that all French fashion vestment stock in gaming 15 percent of them traveling from abroad. French generation of artists to showcase brands are located in all the terminals of decreased by 4.8 percent Thus, to move forward and achieve this goal, their creativeness in all terminals. the largest airport in Paris, adding that to MOP123.3 billion, with the region is looking at other tourist destina- CDG Airport currently has a museum in they have also opened restaurants, run by 49.5 percent coming from tions for suggestions. Helena de Senna Fer- terminal two, with free entry for passen- Michelin-starred chefs, for passengers to the Cayman Islands. Banks nandes, head of MGTO said: “In the future gers. have a taste of French cuisine. and securities had MOP we have to draw on the successful experi- “In this museum, you have new exhibi- “We wanted to be a place where passen- 46.5 billion (+22.9 per- ences of other foreign tourist destinations. tions every six months […] while waiting gers can really experience the taste of Pa- cent), of which capital from This kind of forum [GTEF] will bring Macau for your plane you can enjoy the very best risian culture through exhibition, fashion mainland China accounted more opportunities.” of French culture,” she remarked. and gastronomy,” she concluded. LV for 60.7 percent.

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Lynzy Valles needs to be fresh, needs to work GLOBAL TOURISM ECONOMY FORUM and it needs to be quick. And if S the demand for it isn’t, the frustration will in- global tourism conti- fluence their experience. They nues to grow, urban share the experiences really areas tend to develop Growing demand for fast,” she said. inA response to the needs of the Another panelist, Hu Zhimin, growing number of incoming vice president of China Inter- tourists. national Travel Service, highli- During a session of the Glo- ‘fresh’ tourism offers ghted that one of the most tre- bal Tourism Economy Forum mendous consumption chan- (GTEF), which concluded on cious of the value of their he- a kettle in a hotel room as im- ges for the Chinese outbound Sunday, a group of panelists ritage and culture, and willing- portant. tourists is the convenience to discussed how urban tourism ness to invest in those visitors She also revealed that one use mobile internet, as more of consumption is shaping the re- as well as for residents,” said third of the Japanese, one fif- them are completing payments gion’s tourism offers. Carter in his opening speech. th of Chinese and a quarter of through their phones. In particular, the panelists Meanwhile, the panelists also Italian travelers choose a desti- “Travelers have a lot of resour- discussed how a variety of fresh discussed how the urban tou- nation based on what they have ces and care about the internet attractions, cultural objectives rism market has become more seen on either a movie, docu- facilities of [the] destination. and new landmarks are attrac- dynamic and changed in terms mentary or TV series. And we hope destinations have ting visitors, and also pointed of its demographic and beha- Egan also stated her belief that these facilities to meet all the out the important role that vioral characteristics. opportunities for the consump- needs,” he explained. managers of tourist locations Helena Egan, director of In- tion changes and revolution is Further, the panel stressed the should play in ensuring that dustry Relations of Trip Ad- massive. However she ques- importance of providing a wide urban, tourism-related develo- visor, revealed that according tioned the likelihood of consu- variety of elements such as ac- pments do not contribute to the to their survey results from mers spreading positive word commodation, transport and deterioration of the city’s envi- 40,000 consumers in 73 diffe- of mouth as visitors’ brand F&B offerings in cities, in a bid ronment. such advantages would also put rent markets and regions, 70 loyalty is also diminishing. to offer a diversified and com- Roger Carter, member of the pressure on urban tourism re- percent of the participants do “They need everything now, it plex experience. World Tourism Cities Federa- sources, mentioning that trave- not know where to travel. tion’s expert committee, spoke lers nowadays look for “unique, “That’s a tremendous oppor- about how the demand for lei- authentic experiences.” tunity for the cities to highlight flights between macau and yangon sure travel is expected to bring To be an effective travel des- what’s best in a destination,” under consideration swift growth in urban tourism, tination, the panelists shared Egan remarked. which will result in both econo- that the attraction should have She added that 60 percent are DURING THE GTEF, the Secre- Ohn Maung, Minister of Hotels and mic benefits and a reputation some heritage value, along with looking for new experiences, tary for Social Affairs and Culture Tourism of Myanmar, Tam men- Alexis Tam met with representa- tioned the possibility of future direct boost for cities. a complex infrastructure. The noting that one can no longer tives of tourism departments from flights between Macau and Yangon. Some of the advantages of the panel agreed that governments rely on the fact that friendly Myanmar, Hungary, Zimbabwe and The Myanmar minister suggested locals and key landmarks are increasing tourism include ur- have a vital part to play in en- France. The secretary exchanged the opening of direct flights between ban regeneration and produc- suring a city fulfils these requi- what visitors are seeking. opinions with the representatives the two cities in order to make it con- tion of better services, ameni- rements. According to Egan, Australian regarding both educational and tour- venient for people from both cities to ties and events. “Conservation […] makes and Indian travelers deem the ism cooperation. While talking to U enjoy each other’s culture. However, he stressed that more cities much more cons- minute details such as having

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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY PLENARY on the lawmakers’ agenda

POLITICAL REFORM Ng Kuok Cheong once more placed AL return dominated by Li’s political reform and the path to the election of the Chief Executive (CE) by universal suffrage on the agenda. The lawmaker urged the visit, training of bilingual staff government to present a concrete time frame for the development of the territory’s political system Renato Marques towards democratization. Ng called for the fulfillment of the HINESE Premier promise of the CE to develop the Li Keqiang’s visit political system by starting to

last week to the re- MARQUES RENATO change the number of seats at the gion and the mea- AL occupied by directly elected le- Csures announced by him gislators. Ng reminded the gover- during the Fifth Ministerial nment “a political system needs to Conference of the Forum respect public opinion and fulfill Macau dominated the dis- the residents’ wishes in this area,” cussions held during yes- calling for universal suffrage in terday’s inaugural session Macau or as he mentioned - a 1 of the Legislative Assem- person 1 vote system. bly’s (AL) legislative year. The first topic raised 68 DAYS OFF Kwan Tsui Hang during the return of the called on the government to esta- lawmakers to the assem- blish an effective system in which bly regarded the promo- all workers in both the public and tion of Macau as a tou- private sectors are guaranteed ac- rism and business plat- Mak Soi Kun talked about the ‘gifts’ brought by Li Keqiang’s visit cess to the 68 days of annual rest form between China and (including weekly days off, annual the Portuguese-speaking the studies and plans about the gifts that Premier Li conducted by a local associa- leave and mandatory holidays). countries. A primary con- complementary measures offered the region.” In the tion about the development According to the lawmaker, the cern relating to this issue to be adopted,” said Zheng lawmaker’s opinion the and competitiveness of Ma- private sector does not follow the is the limited “number of in his spoken enquiry. local government should cau youngsters, which revea- government’s way of compensation bilingual (Chinese–Por- Zheng’s words are remi- “valorize these generous led that less than 10 percent of the mandatory holidays that fall tuguese) talents” availa- niscent of those expressed gifts offered by the country possess some Portuguese on the workers’ rest days, which ble to carry out the much by Secretary Lionel Leong and take advantage of the language skills. “This can strips them of the right enshrined needed new functions. on a previous occasion. opportunities of the deve- be a serious problem!” said in the labor law. Kwan urges the The topic was launched ri- The latter had mentioned lopment of China.” Mak. “If we can’t respond government to review the law to ght at the start of the ses- that the development of a Mak cited figures of a study positively to these ‘gifts’ we add specifically this aspect in order sion by lawmaker Zheng finance industry should be might lose them.” to grant fairness of treatment to all Anting, who asked the evaluated by a good law fra- On the topic, Chan Hong, workers in Macau. government to review the mework. who is also vice principal of legal framework related In order to create such a For historical Hou Kong Middle School, HUMAN RESOURCES Ella Lei with the finance industry, platform, Zheng suggested mentioned that “for histo- highlighted the topic regarding the relating that factor with reinforcing the education reasons the rical reasons the teaching number of non-resident workers the need to strengthen re- and training of “bilingual of the Portuguese language (TNR) once more. The legislator lations with Portuguese talents” in the field of- fi teaching in Macau was never genera- stated: “In a moment in which the speaking countries. nance so that they would lized and after the hando- economy is retracting and there “In order to achieve this be able to provide services of the ver the language has been are less work positions, reducing goal of securing the stabili- to both individual clien- Portuguese decreasingly used by the the number of TNR to safeguard ty and safety of the finance ts and companies, adding population.” Hong drew a the priority of employment of the system and to provide su- that only such an initiative language dark panorama for the use local workers is the legal principle pport to both Portuguese could “promote the use of of Portuguese in the terri- as well as the most direct way to and Chinese companies, I the Chinese Yuan (RMB) in in Macau tory, citing results of a stu- grant their livelihood.” Lei expects urge the government to im- Portuguese-speaking coun- dy from 2014 which men- the government to deal with the prove, as soon as possible, tries and develop the role of was never tioned “that the use rate of issue in a positive way and to pre- the regulations and laws Macau as platform.” generalized. the Portuguese language sent measures to reduce the num- related with the finance in- Mak Soi Kun inquired if ranges between 0.4 and 0.9 ber of TNR in the policy address dustry and to go ahead with Macau is ready “to receive CHAN HONG percent.” for the coming year.

2015 government budget gathers critics on execution rates

HE low execution rates of execution rate was very low in have sent letters to the depart- Tmany projects included in some aspects that are most di- ments regarding this [issue].” the annual government budget rectly related with the life of the According to the secretary, the were once more criticized by population (…) there are many departments responsible for some lawmakers. The Secretary projects in which the execution such projects will soon provi- for Economy and Finance, Lio- rate is of zero [percent].” de information regarding those nel Leong, was at the AL to pre- “In the sector of public​​ works results that could be discussed sent the annual result of the 2015 there are 58 projects in which further by the AL committees. budget execution. Leong had to the implementation was zero. Zheng Anting and Ng Kuok In the area of ​legal affairs, nine hear some criticism regarding Cheong also highlighted the Lionel Leong (center) the execution rates of many of [with the same result and ano- issue of poor execution of the the budgeted projects. ther] four in the area of ​​securi- budget, with Cheong calling on In general terms, the budget the expenses and the execution Mak Soi Kun, who was very ty,” Mak enumerated. the need for a mechanism to execution for 2015 highlighted of the budget, the ordinary ex- active during yesterday’s ses- In reply, Lionel Leong said: follow-up on these matters and ordinary incomes of almost penses reached a total of MOP sion, was the first to criticize the “We also share the same con- especially for the “big projects” MOP116.1 billion, which repre- 80.8 billion in 2015, which re- execution of some of the projec- cerns about this. It is true that that in his opinion should pass sented a reduction of 28.3 per- presents an execution rate of ts, saying that it “looks like the there are many zeros and we to a prior approval by the AL. cent year-on-year. Regarding 85.9 percent. RM 18.10.2016 tue

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opinion Australian casino staff detained in David Fickling Chinese gambling probe Macau casino operators need not fear rown arrests Gerry Shih, Rod McGuirk more than 10 Chinese ci- notified yesterday by China C tizens to gamble abroad. of the detentions and said When Australia sneezes, does Macau catch a senior executive of The crime is punishable by consular officials were ar- cold? The territory’s casino stocks have certainly AAustralia’s largest casi- up to three years’ impri- ranging visits. The depart- taken fright at Chinese authorities’ detention of no operator and two other sonment. The industry has ment said the Australians 18 employees of Australian gambling company Australians have been de- been known to skirt the had legal representation. Crown Resorts - shares in Sands China and Wynn tained in an investigation ban by touting destination Crown said it was su- Macau dropped. of suspected gambling packages. pporting the Chinese and It’s understandable that the news has alarmed crimes, the Chinese go- Casino operators have Australian families of the the industry. The Australian Financial Review quo- vernment said yesterday, sought to lure Chinese hi- detained employees. Head- ted China’s foreign ministry as saying that the em- gh-rollers who have avoi- quartered in Melbourne, ployees were being held in connection with gam- in an apparent crackdown bling crimes. on overseas tours for high ded Macau since President Crown has gambling inte- Marketing of gambling services - an essential ele- rollers. Xi Jinping’s ongoing cor- rests in Australia, Macau, ment in attracting VIP clients, the high-rollers who The head of Crown Re- ruption crackdown deters Manila, Philippines, and make up a significant slice of Asian casino reve- sorts Ltd.’s VIP Internatio- visits to the offshore en- London. nues - is illegal in mainland China. nal team, Jason O’Connor, clave that is the only place Crown shares fell 14 per- As a result, much of the industry operates in a is believed to be one of 18 in China where casinos are cent to close on Monday at gray area, winning new customers by advertising Crown employees being legal. AU$11.15 ($8.47), the big- their non-gaming attractions instead, or allowing questioned by Chinese au- In 2015, police arrested gest single-day decline in junket operators to act as middlemen. thorities, the company said 13 South Korean casino the company’s history. That’s actually a good reason for the Macau ope- managers and 34 Chinese Grant Govertsen, a Ma- rators to take heart. Right now, there are two main in a statement to the Aus- agents for selling packages cau-based analyst at Union threats to their VIP businesses -- the shortage tralian Securities Exchan- of regulated gaming tables being granted by the ge. with free tours, free hotels Gaming, a gambling-focu- territory’s government, and competition from less The Chinese foreign mi- Crown casino in Melbourne and sexual services. sed investment bank and regulated resorts operating offshore. nistry said in a regular brie- Crown declined to say advisory firm, said such There’s not a lot Macau’s casinos can do about fing that Australians have their homes late Thursday why O’Connor was in Chi- crackdowns are common government regulators, but casinos catering to been detained in Shanghai and detained them. O’Con- na. Crown, founded by in China. Chinese high-rollers in Australia, the Philippines, for suspected involvement nor was among the Austra- billionaire James Packer, “I think what people are Korea, Saipan and elsewhere in the region may in gambling crimes, but did lians. has said in recent financial losing sight of is the fact be more tractable. not provide further details. The raids were part of an disclosures its “Internatio- that these arrests happen Being distant from China, and newcomers in a Fairfax Media reported apparent crackdown on the nal VIP” business segment all the time, several times market that’s already dominated by Macau’s big has surged in recent years a year with the Koreans, six casino operators, they face an uphill struggle over the weekend that po- firm’s operations to lure to establish themselves. Hence the presence of lice took the three Austra- high-worth Chinese gam- thanks to ramped up over- and it’s been going on like marketing offices on the mainland, in spite of the lians, who were visiting blers to its Australian casi- seas marketing. that for years,” Govertsen risks. China on business, and nos, Fairfax said. It was not clear whether said. He said that the ar- A crackdown on such offices is essentially a cra- local Chinese employees Casino gambling is illegal any of the staff had been rest of Australians “could ckdown on Macau’s competitors. That’s an old les- based in several Chinese on the mainland and Chi- charged. Australia’s De- represent a sea change, but son of gambling - more often than not, your oppo- cities, including Beijing nese law prohibits agents partment of Foreign Affairs it could also be business as nents’ losses are your gains. Bloomberg and Shanghai, away from from organizing groups of and Trade said it had been usual.” AP

cials arrested 14 South Koreans, gaming debts are illegal in Chi- confusion lies.” Crown pulls staff out of China including employees of casino na, they are “established prac- Packer has a net worth of USD4 operators Paradise Co. and Grand tices” carried out by marketing billion. His privately held invest- MONG the Crown em- rate. He emphasized Jiang has Korea Leisure Co., for allegedly teams, he said. Macau opera- ment vehicle, Consolidated Press Aployees detained is Jiang a purely administrative role. marketing to Chinese gamblers. tors also pulled staff from Chi- Holdings, owns 48 percent of Ling, a Shanghai resident who “She’s not even in sales,” Sikke- Those arrests and the deten- na, Soo said, citing “ground Crown Resorts. has worked for the Australian ma said by phone. “I don’t un- tions of the Crown staff highlight checks’’ by Daiwa. In recent months, Packer has company for more than five derstand why she was detained. the delicate nature of working in “They’re all operating in a pre- retreated from Crown’s day-to- years and processes applications There’s nothing to hide.” China for an overseas casino ope- tty gray area,” said Theo Maas, day operations, stepping down as for high-rolling gamblers, accor- Jiang’s detention notice, seen rator. a fund manager at Sydney-ba- chairman in August 2015 to focus ding to her American husband, by Bloomberg, shows she is being Crown and other Australian sed Arnhem Investment Ma- on the company’s new projec- Jeff Sikkema. He hasn’t been held by Shanghai police for alle- casino firms pulled staff out of nagement. “You can’t promote ts, which include a casino being able to reach Jiang, a Chinese ged “gambling crimes.” Her de- China over the weekend, said gambling in China directly, but developed in Las Vegas and the national, since she was taken tention date is listed as Oct. 14 at Jamie Soo, an analyst at Daiwa obviously the ultimate goal is to Sydney hotel for high rollers. He and he’s especially concerned 3:50 p.m. Capital Markets. While gam- get them to come and gamble quit as a Crown director later that about China’s high conviction In June last year, Chinese offi- bling advertising and collecting with you. You can see where the year. Bloomberg

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Meeting ‘Spot Light’ in Macau” The St. Regis Macao, Cotai event. Central is proud to present As his first fan-meeting event the Aficionado Experiences: a in the region, the show will pre- unique series of indulgences sent Kim’s acting and singing delivering exclusive and per- talents. The Korean star will sonalized experiences to so- also play games and hold a phisticated guests. unique interactive performan- The hotel has partnered ce for fans to get to know him with a number of prestigious better. brands including Kiton, one Kim began modeling profes- The first figure-8 and Asia’s hi- was delighted and welcomed of Italy’s premier tailors who “The Aficionado program is Korean model and actor Kim sionally during Seoul Fashion ghest Ferris wheel - Golden Reel by a group of entertainers and makes some of the most our distinctive approach to of- Woo Bin is set to appear for Week in 2008 before laun- at Studio City - has hit its first presented with a giant gold sought-after hand-made fering one-of-a-kind experien- the first time at The Venetian ching his acting career in 2011 major milestone by welcoming its ticket granting a lifetime of suits, and Cognac Croizet, ces that are designed exclusi- Macao’s Cotai Arena this co- when he appeared in the Ko- one-millionth visitor on Saturday. unlimited rides on the Golden one of the oldest and most vely for our guests,” said Paul ming Saturday, for his “2016 rean TV show ‘Drama Special The visitor was a part of a Reel and a weekend VIP re- iconic Cognac Houses in Cunningham, GM of Opera- – 2017 Kim Woo Bin Fan- White Christmas.’ family from Hong Kong, who treat for the family. France. tions at The St. Regis Macao. 18.10.2016 tue

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RED STAR OVER HOLLYWOOD ‘Dr. Evil’ says China BLOOMBERG wants movies

Anousha Sakoui, David McLaughlin nal investor, probably with the exception of Wall Street, that HE billboard towers over Hollywood has ever seen,” said If everything TSunset Boulevard, a marione- Robert Cain, a consultant and ttist’s hand, a la “The Godfather” partner at Pacific Bridge Pictures. continues on posters of decades ago, pulling A rarity in the business, Cain the strings in Hollywood. It poses said there is something to worry the current an unsettling question: “China’s about in China’s grab for the so- Red Puppet?” called soft power of cultural and trajectory, you The sign is the work of Rick economic influence. “I’ve been a will never see a coast, at the Los Angeles County sults for U.S. studios on how to Berman, a lobbyist on a mission beneficiary of Chinese investment Museum of Art yesterday. do business in China, said it will against - as he has framed it - “the myself and have been very happy Chinese villain “I don’t think that Wanda is be the absence of certain kinds of communist takeover of our mo- with the investors I’ve worked buying all these movie interests films that will be evidence of the vies.” The target, in this instan- with,” but as for those who belie- in the movies. because they are trying to corner detrimental effect of Chinese in- ce, is Dalian Wanda Group Co., ve the Chinese are just interested RICK BERMAN the buttered popcorn market,” vestments in Hollywood. “Who owner of the second-biggest U.S. in making money, “that is a very LOBBYIST Berman said. “These guys have a wants to be the person who got cinema chain and Legendary En- naive and even a dangerous atti- different agenda.” Berman runs themselves blacklisted in China tertainment, co-producer of “The tude.” all of its nearly 100-year history,” his save-Hollywood mission out because they made a film about Hangover.” And whose founder, Others dismiss Berman as a AMC said in a statement. “Wanda of a nonprofit called the Center the Dalai Lama?” he said, refer- billionaire Wang Jianlin, was in fear-mongerer. Janet Yang, a does not participate in any of the for American Security with a bu- ring to the spiritual leader of the Los Angeles yesterday to host an producer whose credits include day-to-day running of AMC, nor dget of USD400,000, some of it Tibetan people who has lived in event in a city whose best-known “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” said does Wanda make any decisions his own money and some from exile since China annexed Tibet. industry has embraced him. it seemed less than coincidental related to which films play in donors he declined to identify, Entertainment is hardly the only The entertainment business that the issue was being raised AMC Theatres. Wanda has been a describing them as “national se- U.S. industry attracting Chine- may welcome the invasion of in an election year in which Do- terrific shareholder for AMC, pro- curity hawks.” He set up a website se capital. There was more than money from Wanda and other nald Trump has attacked China viding capital support necessary - chinaownsus.com - to showcase $18 billion in direct investment Chinese companies, but Berman in particular and globalization in to enable AMC to dramatically re- his arguments. from that country in the first half sees danger. These investors are general. novate our movie theaters around One video on the site shows the of 2016, according to Rhodium gaining power that, in his view, “We are not making widge- the country.” scene from “A Clockwork Oran- Group, more than the total for all will be wielded to influence pu- ts,” said Yang, whose parents One of the newest studios, 2-year- ge” where Malcolm McDowell of 2015. blic opinion and tailor films to the were born in China. “We are old STX Entertainment, got its is forced to watch films with his U.S. companies with China-ba- liking of the rulers of the world’s making things that require incre- start with help from the Chinese eyes painfully propped open, sed parents run the gamut, from most populous nation. dibly deft and nuanced storyte- private-equity firm Hony Capital to suggest Beijing could decide Smithfield Foods Inc. to New “If everything continues on the lling, and audiences are not going and has raised millions in deals what movies U.S. audiences see. York’s landmark Waldorf Astoria current trajectory, you will never to put up with anything that reeks with Huayi Brothers Media Corp. Another intimates that the script Hotel. Those were both exami- see a Chinese villain in the mo- of propaganda.” and Tencent Holdings Ltd. Last for “The Martian” was altered to ned by the Committee on Foreign vies,” he said by phone from his Studio executives either decli- week, Alibaba Pictures Group include a pro-Chinese storyline. Investment in the United States, public affairs firm Berman & Co. ned to comment or didn’t respond Ltd. said it was buying a stake in The Matt Damon film, it turns a panel known as CFIUS that re- in Washington. He’s known there to calls and e-mails. The Motion Amblin Partners, the production out, was true to the novel, in whi- views foreign acquisitions of U.S. for his hardball tactics on behalf Picture Association of America outfit backed by Steven Spielberg. ch the Chinese space program companies. of the food, alcohol, tobacco and and Wanda declined to comment. Wanda has been the busiest. helped rescue a stranded Ameri- Now, thanks to Berman, the Go- energy industries, and earned the The Chinese have been sprea- Founded by Wang - a former of- can astronaut. vernment Accountability Office nickname Dr. Evil for his lobbying ding big money around the in- ficer in the People’s Liberation U.S. studios frankly need Chine- is looking into whether the sco- work against labor unions. dustry since 2012, when Wanda Army - the conglomerate bought se access as much as they do Chi- pe of CFIUS should be formally Berman’s campaign to heighten bought cinema operator AMC Legendary in January and has a nese money, and rely on partner- expanded, in light of what 18 government scrutiny of the se- Entertainment. Several recent deal to make movies with Sony ships to distribute in that country, members of Congress called the curity risks of Chinese stakes in blockbusters - including “Mis- Corp.’s film unit. AMC plans to where regulations put sharp res- “serious security questions” rai- the entertainment business has sion Impossible - Rogue Nation” purchase Carmike Cinemas Inc. trictions on foreign films. Because sed by Wanda’s shopping spree. captured the attention of some in and “Terminator Genisys” - were Wanda’s in talks to acquire a con- the market in China has such po- The lawmakers in a Sept. 15 letter Congress. It’s creating buzz and a partly financed by Chinese com- trolling stake in Dick Clark Pro- tential, Hollywood self-censors, asked the GAO to study whether bit of alarm in an industry that is panies. ductions. And Wang has said he’d no prodding needed, said Stanley CFIUS’s examinations should in- keen for access to China’s massi- “AMC Theatres is an American like to control one of Hollywood’s Rosen, a University of Southern clude a focus on propaganda and ve box-office market and increa- company run entirely by its Ame- six major studios. He promoted California professor who studies control of media and other soft- singly reliant on backing from its rican management team from its his company’s Qingdao Movie the relationship between China power institutions. companies. headquarters near Kansas City, Metropolis, a complex under and the U.S. industry. Wang told CNN on Sept. 28 that “China is the biggest exter- where AMC has been located for construction on China’s eastern “When they make a film, they the two Democrats and 16 Repu- will make sure it has friendly blicans who signed the letter were China elements, and certainly “over-worried.” no unfriendly elements,” he said. Lawyers at Akin Gump Strauss “It doesn’t matter who owns the Hauer & Feld cautioned clients company.” in a note last month that the GAO Studios sometimes make diffe- review indicated the panel may rent versions of movies for thea- increase its study of entertain- ters in China, where anything for ment deals. “You can’t ignore it as public consumption has to pass a potential problem,” said John the tough muster of the Film Burke, head of the firm’s enter- Bureau, an arm of the State Ad- tainment practice. ministration of Press, Publica- It may be just a matter of time, tion, Radio, Film and Television. and money, said Nova Daly, a se- “Cloud Atlas” from Warner Bros. nior policy adviser at Wiley Rein went to cinemas there without in Washington. “There could in sex scenes in 2013. Walt Disney theory be a point where enough Co. put out a special “Iron Man 3” investment by companies from that year with Chinese actors and only one country like China in the bonus footage. industry starts to raise eyebrows.” Pacific Bridge’s Cain, who con- Bloomberg 18.10.2016 tue

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a slowing economy and tigh- tening job market, there’s no certainty that the private sector Veterans’ protests for will be able to absorb them in such numbers. While reemployment poses its pensions pose test for leaders own challenges, for older vete- rans such as Yu, pensions and benefits are the main concern. Christopher Bodeen, Beijing Despite operating the world’s largest standing army, with

OR Yu Shuiping and other AP PHOTO 2.3 million personnel, China FChinese veterans, the coun- doesn’t have a central govern- try they served has yet to show ment body to handle veterans’ its gratitude. affairs, such as the U.S. Vete- Fed up with paltry pensions ran’s Administration. Instead, and benefits, they’re taking to cash-strapped local govern- the streets, hoping to shame the ment offices are responsible for government into recognizing their welfare, and treatment va- what they say is its obligation ries widely across the country. to those who battled in harsh While the government requi- conditions along the country’s res that their incomes be mar- borders. ginally higher than the average While largely peaceful, the in their home regions, that’s sporadic protests amplify con- often not the case, especially in cerns over labor unrest and the countryside where most ve- threaten to undermine rank terans live and are provided as -and-file support for Commu- little as 400 yuan (USD60) per nist Party leader Xi Jinping’s month, according to Yu. Urban campaign to modernize the dwellers suffer from a huge world’s largest-standing mili- disparity depending on where tary by attracting better quali- Protesters in green fatigues gather outside the Chinese Ministry of National Defense to protest in Beijing they live, ranging from a token fied and more highly motivated amount to something closer to soldiers. na faces a new round of cuts in that they just wait them out, Press, the Defense Ministry the local average income, he “We support the party and coal mines, steel mills and other hoping that age will eventually said resolving veterans’ con- said. the government, and we don’t state firms, throwing millions of prevent many from becoming cerns were taken very seriously Given the lack of centralized oppose the party or hate socie- workers on the scrapheap. overly feisty,” Diamant said. and that a new set of policies information, it’s difficult to tell ty,” Yu said in a phone interview Such veterans’ protests go Veterans also lack high-level were being rolled out to address how many veterans are now from his home in the central back decades and are now fa- contacts or powerful advoca- them at the local level. receiving pensions, including province of Hunan. “We just cilitated by adept use of social tes, while the wars they fought “The temporary living diffi- those who fought in the 1950- want better treatment.” Yu has media. The government cen- in have never been particularly culties of a portion of retired 53 Korean War, the 1962 bor- for years been petitioning the sors information about them popular. Their status in society soldiers will gradually be resol- der war with India and the 1979 government for more benefits, and veterans are highly reluc- doesn’t come close to matching ved,” the ministry said. invasion of Vietnam. although he declined to discuss tant to discuss their plight with the prestige the ruling Commu- For the military, the imme- The localized and scatter-shot the specifics of his efforts. foreign media for fear of being nist Party bestows on them, and diate priority is finding work nature of the system also pre- Activist Huang Qi, who tracks accused of disloyalty. most Chinese are more likely to for the 300,000 soldiers being cludes any unified figure on unrest in China, estimates that Thus far, however, their ac- sympathize with causes such as cut under an order issued last what the government spends veterans have staged as many tions have borne little fruit. Ac- pollution and corruption that year by Xi. While demobilized on veterans. Meanwhile, Chi- as 50 protests this year, highli- cording to most accounts, the affect their daily lives. soldiers used to be given jobs na’s fast-growing defense bu- ghted by a demonstration last central government’s response Their appearances outside go- in state companies, that possi- dget hit $146 billion this year, week outside the Defense Mi- has been to fob them off on lo- vernment offices are met with a bility no longer exists. And with making it the world’s second nistry in central Beijing, where cal authorities, who then fail to firm though non-confrontatio- largest after the United States, such actions are extremely rare. act on their complaints. nal response from the security and includes significant expen- Surrounded by police and The authorities work to ensu- forces, who in Beijing tend to For the ditures on welfare for troops plain-clothes officers, roughly re some veterans are satisfied, load them onto buses and dri- currently serving. 1,000 veterans from across the thus keeping them from for- ve them to the outskirts of the military, the In the military’s quest for ex- country, many dressed in their ming a united front, said Neil city where they are detained priority is cellence, shoddy treatment of old uniforms, sang and mar- Diamant, a professor of Asian until agents from their local go- veterans could harm efforts to ched for hours before being law and society at Dickinson vernments arrive to take them finding work attract the best recruits. That’s taken away in buses. College in Pennsylvania, who home. part of the reason protesting Behind the heavy security res- studies the veterans’ issues. “Having served in the army for the 300,000 veterans aren’t harshly treated, ponse lies the specter of street They also arrest emerging ve- and taken part in war, we hope said Gao Wenqian, senior poli- action by laid-off workers that terans’ leaders, infiltrate the only that the government not soldiers being cy adviser for Human Rights in has long haunted China’s com- groups and monitor their com- treat us harshly,” said Yu, who cut under an China, which has been monito- munist leaders, obsessed with munications, detaining large added he did not take part in ring the protests. preserving social stability at all numbers if necessary, he said. the recent protest in Beijing. order issued “Stable morale among the costs. Following a wave of worker “So far, this has allowed them In a written response to a military is one of (Xi’s) biggest protests in the early 2000s, Chi- to muddle though. My guess is question from The Associated last year by Xi concerns,” Gao said. AP

Indonesia prosecutors seek prison for Chinese Uighur accused of plot

NDONESIAN prose- Nur Muhammet Ab- vered next month. the outskirts of the ca- te Indonesian officials, court to six years in pri- Icutors yesterday de- dullah, known as Ali, Prosecutors say Ab- pital with another mili- including Jakarta’s go- son for conspiring with manded an eight-year was guilty of violating dullah was preparing to tant, Arif Hidayatullah. vernor, who is an ethnic Indonesian militants. prison term for a Chi- Indonesia’s Anti-Terror be a suicide bomber and Police found a suicide Chinese Christian, and The men were arrested nese Uighur accused of Law. State Prosecutor had given USD2,000 to bombing vest, explosive Shiite Muslims during while trying to meet Abu involvement in plots to Ika Salim said lenien- a militant group under materials and a map of holidays at the end of Wardah Santoso, who at attack Jakarta’s ethnic cy was considered after the guidance of Bahrun a government building 2015. the time was Indonesia’s Chinese governor and Abdullah expressed re- Naim, an Indonesian fi- they planned to attack. Last year, four men be- most-wanted extremist. minority Shiite Mus- morse and cooperative ghting with the Islamic Hidayatullah was sen- lieved to be members of He was killed by securi- lims. with authorities. State group in Syria. tenced on Oct. 3 to China’s ethnic Uighur ty forces in a shootout in In a sentencing re- The verdict in his case Abdullah, 30, was ar- six years in prison for minority were senten- July in Central Sulawesi quest, prosecutors said is scheduled to be deli- rested in December on plotting to assassina- ced by an Indonesian province. AP tue 18.10.2016

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URGEONS from arou- nd the world gathered at Doctors hail China’s pledge to a conference in Beijing yesterday in China’s la- Stest effort to fight persistent skepticism about whether its stop harvesting inmate organs hospitals have stopped perfor- ming transplants with the or- gans of executed prisoners. inmates’ organs for transplant, Doctors from the World Heal- and a paper he co-authored th Organization and the Mon- AP PHOTO six years later reported that as treal-based Transplantation many as 90 percent of Chine- Society who were invited to the se transplant surgeries using conference by China praised organs from dead people came Chinese officials for reforms from those put to death. they have made in the trans- Huang has also responded to plant system, including a ban a report earlier this year that a put in place last year on using Canadian patient apparently re- organs from executed inmates. ceived a kidney from an execu- Doubts persist that China is ted inmate by announcing that accurately reporting figures or the doctor and the hospital in meeting its pledge given its se- question were suspended from vere shortage of organ donors performing more transplants. and China’s long-standing bla- A key impediment is that ck-market organ trade. By its members of a donor’s immedia- own figures, China has one of te family have the right to veto the lowest rates of organ dona- any transplant once the person tion in the world, and even the is dead. There is also a traditio- system’s advocates say it needs nal aversion to the removal of hundreds of additional hospi- body parts from the dead and a tals and doctors. fear that donated organs could While China suppresses most A tea hostess prepare for the 2016 China International Organ Donation Conference held at a ornate, chandeliered ballroom in be exploited for monetary gain. discussions about human righ- the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Dr. Philip O’Connell, the im- ts, government officials and sta- mediate past president of the te media have publicly talked ceremonial Communist Party na was building the “next great” vard Medical School. “It’s a ma- Transplantation Society, told about their commitment to en- events. system. tter for the government to fulfill reporters later that he would ding a practice opposed by doc- Doctors at the conference “You are taking this country what is the law, just as it is in work with doctors supporting tors and human rights groups Monday described meeting to a leading position within the the other countries of the world reform in any country. due to fears that it promotes patients and visiting hospitals transplantation world,” he said. that we go to.” “The options are that you com- executions and coercion. around the country, and said Others offered praise for Chi- China is believed to perform pletely isolate someone, whi- In a sign of the issue’s sym- the recorded usage of drugs gi- nese officials, but stopped short more executions than any other ch means that generally their bolic importance to China, the ven to transplant patients lined of saying whether they could country, though the govern- practices get compounded, or conference took place in an up with China’s reported num- confirm China had stopped ment does not disclose how you engage with them and you ornate, chandeliered ballroom bers of transplants. using executed inmates’ organs. many. tell them your point of view and inside the Great Hall of the Dr. Jose Nunez, an adviser on “It’s not a matter for us to pro- The former vice minister of explain why it would be better People, the building next to organ transplants to the World ve to you that it’s zero,” said Dr. health, Dr. Huang Jiefu, pu- for them to change,” O’Connell Tiananmen Square that typi- Health Organization, told the Francis Delmonico, a longtime blicly acknowledged in 2005 said. “That is, I think in the sim- cally hosts foreign leaders and audience that he believed Chi- surgeon and a professor at Har- that China harvested executed ple terms, what we’re doing.” AP

GREAT LEAP UPWARD Longest crewed space mission yet AP PHOTO

WO Chinese astro- United States are the from now and slated to dered stepping stones to Tnauts began the coun- only countries that have run for at least a decade. a mission to send a rover try’s longest crewed space independently launched The Shenzhou 11 space to Mars by the end of the mission yet yesterday, humans into space, and capsule blasted off from decade. Administrators blasting off on a spacecra- while the others have the Jiuquan Satellite Lau- suggest a crewed landing ft for a 30-day stay on an more experience in man- nch Center on the edge of on the moon may also be experimental space sta- ned space travel, China’s the Gobi Desert in nor- in the program’s future. tion as China steadfastly military-backed program thern China at 7:30 a.m. The Shenzhou 11 astro- navigates its way to beco- has made methodical pro- (2330 GMT) aboard a nauts are Jing Haipeng, ming a space superpower. gress in comparatively Long March-2F carrier who is flying his third Ahead of the launch, one short time. rocket. mission, and 37-year-old astronaut shouted: “We The launch is China’s si- Zhang declared the lau- Chen Dong. are ready! Please give xth manned mission, the nch a success 16 minutes “It is any astronaut’s instructions!” in front of previous longest being later. Defense Minister dream and pursuit to be other countries’ missions safer, more environmen- dozens of people dressed about two weeks. Fan Changlong then read able to perform many spa- to Tiangong 2, which, at tally friendly fuels. in colorful dress represen- For this mission, the as- a congratulatory message ce missions,” Jing, who 60 tons when completed, China is developing the ting China’s ethnic mino- tronauts will dock their from President Xi Jinping turns 50 during his time would still be considera- Long March 5 heavy-lift rities, in footage shown spacecraft with the Tian- calling for China’s astro- in space, told a briefing bly smaller than the 420- rocket needed to launch prominently on Chinese gong 2 station within two nauts to explore space Sunday. ton ISS. the Tiangong 2’s addi- TV. The commander-in- days, conduct experimen- “more deeply and more China was excluded China’s space program tional components and chief of the manned spa- ts in medicine and space broadly.” from the International also opened a fourth spa- other massive payloads. ce program, Gen. Zhang -related technologies, and Since China conduc- Space Station mainly due cecraft launch site at Wen- A source of enormous Youxia, replied: “Pro- test systems and proces- ted its first crewed space to U.S. concerns over the chang on the island pro- national pride, China’s ceed!” followed by blaring ses in preparation for the mission in 2003, it has Chinese space program’s vince of Hainan in June. space program plans a marching music as the launching of the station’s staged a spacewalk and strongly military charac- It was inaugurated with total of 20 missions this astronauts boarded a bus core module in 2018. A landed its Yutu rover on ter. Chinese officials are the launch of the newly year at a time when the to take them to the launch fully functioning space the moon. The Tiangong, now looking to internatio- developed Long March 7 U.S. and other countries’ pad. station is on course to or “Heavenly Palace,” nalize their own program rocket that was hailed as a programs are seeking China, Russia and the begin operating six years space stations are consi- by offering to help finance breakthrough in the use of new roles. AP 18.10.2016 tue

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FTER lashing out at long- Atime ally America, the new Philippine president’s China Philippine president is making a state visit to China in a charm offensive that will help define how far he wants to shift alle- trip puts US ties to the test giance from treaty ally the U.S. to an Asian superpower locked in a territorial standoff with his WHAT IS THE US ATTI- While China has expressed small, impoverished country. TUDE TOWARD DUTER- openness to Duterte’s efforts to It’s a high-stakes gamble for AP PHOTO TE’S BOOSTING RELA- boost trade and seek financing brash President Rodrigo Duter- TIONS WITH WASHING- for railways and other infras- te. TON’S KEY ASIAN RIVAL? tructure, it remains uncertain While he recalibrates Philippi- The U.S. says it wants to see be- if China will back away from its ne relations with the world’s big tter relations between the Phili- longstanding South China Sea powers, his country’s 65-year ppines and China, wary that any sovereignty claims, including at alliance with the United States major downturn could harm re- Scarborough, where the Chine- — a key pillar of President Ba- gional stability and possibly for- se coast guard continues to blo- rack Obama’s rebalance to Asia ce the Washington to take action ck Filipino fishermen. — hangs in the balance. China under its 1951 mutual defense China would be expected to will likely move to regain lost treaty with the Philippines. Yet, applaud any diminishing of ground in a Southeast Asian it doesn’t wish for that to come U.S. influence among Asian nation that won a major arbi- at the expense of its relations nations since that creates tration lawsuit against Beijing’s with Manila, and a marked de- more room for it to increase massive territorial claims in terioration of ties would likely its economic, political and the South China Sea just three be viewed with alarm, since the military influence. Beijing months ago. Philippines remains a key part was caught off guard by the Below is a look at some of the of the U.S. chain of alliances in U.S. “pivot” to Asia — of whi- issues surrounding Duterte’s Asia running from Japan and ch stronger ties with the Phi- four-day visit to China that South Korea to Australia. lippines was a key element begins today and will inclu- Any effort by Duterte to enhance — so a change of course by de meetings with President Xi defense ties with China will also Manila serves Beijing’s goal Jinping and other officials. likely unsettle the U.S. military if of negating Washington’s bid it feels the security of American to shore up its influence. WHY IS DUTERTE PUR- military personnel and opera- Beijing is also eager to consign SUING A MAJOR FO- tions could be compromised. the Hague arbitration panel’s REIGN POLICY SHIFT Connections between the U.S. ruling to history and resume its AND WHAT DOES HE Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and the Philippines run deep, approach of discussing territo- WANT FROM CHINA? “I am not a fan of the Ameri- ne sovereignty and stick to his represented in their century rial disputes on a bilateral basis Duterte’s desire to chart a fo- cans,” he said last month. country’s claims, Duterte said -old relationship and the more with the countries concerned. reign policy independent of the Duterte wants to make pro- “there will be no hard imposi- than 3 million Americans of The ruling bore the spirit of United States apparently stems gress on the South China Sea tions.” Filipino descent. Such links are multilateralism that would re- from a variety of reasons, inclu- territorial dispute between the In his outreach to China, Du- likely to ensure that relations duce China’s relative heft vis-a- ding the history of American two countries and expand de- terte says he primarily wants remain close, no matter what vis the other claimant countries colonialism in the Philippines. fense cooperation with China, Filipino fishermen to regain direction foreign policy takes and brought the sort of outside He was also angered by a 2002 which could be a new source of access to Chinese-held Scarbo- under Duterte. intervention that Beijing has incident in which he accused weapons for the Philippines. rough Shoal in the South China China’s relations with its nei- long condemned. FBI agents of spiriting out of Sea that both sides claim, and ghbors, meanwhile, often stag- Finally, warmer ties with the the country an American bla- WILL DUTERTE RAISE boost trade and investment af- ger from crisis to crisis, raising Philippines might also provide med for a hotel room blast in THE THORNY SOUTH ter years of frigid relations. It’s the possibility that the next opportunities for the Chine- Davao city, where Duterte ser- CHINA SEA DISPUTES IN been suggested that he might dust-up over the South China se economy, particularly the ved as longtime mayor. More CHINA? seek China’s assurance that it Sea could result in new econo- newly established Asian In- recently, he has told Barack Before embarking on his trip will halt any more island-buil- mic or diplomatic retaliatory frastructure Investment Bank Obama “to go to hell” in a spee- to Brunei and China, Duter- ding plans in disputed areas. measures from Beijing. In such that Beijing has backed as an ch after the U.S. president criti- te said the territorial conflicts A few days before his state vi- a case, the U.S. will be likely alternative to the Asian Develo- cized his deadly anti-drugs cra- would be taken up, including sit to China, the two sides still standing by, eager to remind pment Bank, the International ckdown. He has declared plans a July 12 decision by an inter- haven’t agreed on proposed pa- Manila of who its true friend is. Monetary Fund and other glo- to scale back engagements with national arbitration tribunal ragraphs concerning the dispu- bal financial institutions. Chi- U.S. forces whose presence, he that invalidated China’s claim, tes in a joint statement that may WHAT DOES CHINA nese companies would move said, has inflamed Muslim res- based on historical grounds, to be issued at the end of Duterte’s HOPE TO GET OUT OF aggressively to snap up any ma- tiveness in the south and has virtually the entire South China visit in Beijing, according to a THE VISIT AND ANY jor infrastructure projects that failed to help uplift his coun- Sea. While he pledged he wou- Philippine official privy to ef- CHANGE OF COURSE BY become available, especially try’s anemic military. ld “not bargain” over Philippi- forts to draft the statement. DUTERTE? road and rail construction. AP

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Floods kill 24 as Typhoon Sarika looms AP PHOTO

LOODS triggered by are searching for three Hung said by telephone In the Philippines, fast- Fheavy rains have kil- others who are missing, from Quang Binh. moving Sarika Typhoon led 24 people and left four disaster official Tran Le Heavy rains of up to 90 blew out of the northern others missing in central Dang Hung said. centimeters (3 feet) on Philippines on Sunday Vietnam, disaster officials Six people died and one Friday and Saturday sub- after leaving at least two said Monday, as Typhoon was reported missing in merged 125,000 homes people dead and displa- Sarika approaches after three other central pro- in the region, temporarily cing more than 150,000, leaving at least two peo- vinces. disrupted the North-Sou- though the region was ple dead and displacing “We are worried. We th Highway and damaged spared a major disaster more than 150,000 in the have instructed district infrastructure, crops and due in part to the storm’s Philippines. governments to outline fish farms. speed. In the worst-hit provin- plans for evacuating peo- Hung said the floods The Typhoon is over speed of 15 kilometers to Vietnam, according to ce of Quang Binh, 18 peo- ple from high-risk areas to have receded in most in the South China Sea 20 kilometers per hour Vietnam’s national wea- ple died and authorities cope with the Typhoon,” areas in Quang Binh. and was moving at the heading toward northern ther forecast center. AP tue 18.10.2016

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held aloft portraits of the reve- On Friday, police and soldiers THAILAND red monarch, jeered when she on the Thai resort island of first appeared. A line of poli- Phuket dispersed a mob of se- ce officers linked arms to keep veral hundred people seeking a them from surging forward. confrontation with a man they Grief after king’s death It is likely that Sarasat, a small believed insulted the king. business owner who is alle- A video showed the crowd ged to have posted disrespect- blocking the road outside a soy ful comments online, will face milk shop and waving placards spills into anger charges of insulting the monar- with slurs such as “buffalo,” a chy. slang word for stupidity. Some “We are going to proceed with shouted for the man to come the case as best we can,” district out.

AP PHOTO police chief Thewes Pleumsud Thailand has a draconian lese told the crowd. “I understand majeste law that imposes stiff your feelings. You came here prison sentences for actions or out of loyalty to his majes- writings regarded as deroga- ty. Don’t worry, I give you my tory toward the monarch or his word.” family. Authorities are also urging The operator of Thailand’s calm as social media throbs main cable TV network has blo- with criticism of people who cked foreign news broadcasts aren’t wearing black and white deemed insensitive to the mo- clothing to mourn the revered narchy since Bhumibol’s death. monarch and some arch-roya- Separately, Bhumibol’s se- lists take to reprimanding peo- cond daughter, Princess Maha ple in public. Chakri Sirindhorn, appeared A government spokesman said yesterday at her first public some Thais can’t afford mour- event since the king’s death. ning clothes and stressed the She was named a special am- need for tolerance. High-profile bassador for “Zero Hunger” for figures such as Bhumibol’s el- the U.N. Food and Agriculture dest child, Princess Ubolratana, Organization to mark World and a daughter of Thaksin Shi- Food Day. Although all official nawatra, a former prime minis- events have been canceled, the ter who lives in exile after being fact that Sirindhorn attended ousted in a 2006 coup, used so- showed the importance she at- cial media to urge Thais not to tached to the cause. rush to judgment. Sirindhorn’s acceptance of the There have been reports of role “will greatly improve awa- price gouging as demand for reness of both policymakers such clothing has surged since and the public of what, collec- Bhumibol’s death on Thursday. tively, we must do to achieve Umaporn Sarasat, 43, pays respects in front of a portrait of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Koh Samui Tens of thousands of Thais a world without hunger,” said have descended on the Grand Kundhavi Kadiresan, the FAO’s Stephen Wright several hundred people bayed ning. Palace in Bangkok where Bhu- regional representative for Asia & Natnicha Chuwiruch, Bangkok for an apology. Two police officers led 43-year- mibol’s body is being kept, and and the Pacific. The woman’s arrest and pu- old Umaporn Sarasat to a pic- a year of mourning has been de- FAO estimates there are near- Thai woman accused blic shaming over the weekend ture of Bhumibol in front of clared by the government. ly 800 million undernourished of insulting the coun- was the latest of several such Bophut police station, where Several foreign governments people in the world. The Asia- try’s late king was for- incidents since King Bhumibol she knelt and prayed, both on have warned citizens traveling Pacific region is home to most, ced to kneel before his Adulyadej died last week after the way into the station and the in Thailand to avoid behavior with 490 million not receiving portraitA at a police station on a reign of 70 years, plunging way out. that could be interpreted as fes- enough calories to live healthy the tourist island of Samui as Thailand into intense mour- The crowd, some of whom tive, disrespectful or disorderly. lives. AP

JAPAN Panel begins to study emperor’s possible abdication

XPERTS on a gover- raises a series of legal and because saying that open- Akihito’s abdication as ge of successors in the Enment-commissio- logistical questions, ran- ly could have violated his an exception and enact 2,000-year-old monar- ned panel held their first ging from laws subject to constitutional status. a special law to avoid chy, reflecting the overall AP PHOTO meeting yesterday to stu- change to the emperor’s Current law, set in 1947, dealing with divisive is- concern about Japan’s dy how to accommodate post-abdication role, his largely inherits a 19th sues such as possible fe- declining and rapidly Emperor Akihito’s appa- title and residence. century constitution that male succession and lack aging population. rent abdication wish, in The six panel members banned abdication as a of successors. Akihito and his wife, a country where he is not — five academics and a potential risk to political Akihito suggested in his Michiko, have two sons supposed to say anything business organization stability. public message a need to — Crown Prince Naruhi- political. executive — are to compi- About 80 percent of consider how to make the to and his younger bro- Unlike many European le a report early next year the general public su- succession process smoo- ther, Akishino — as first countries where abdica- after interviewing specia- pports Akihito’s abdica- ther. He recalled the diffi- and second in line to the tion of kings and queens lists on the constitution, tion, saying he should be culties he faced when his Chrysanthemum throne. are relatively common, monarchy and history. allowed to retire and enjoy father, Hirohito, died in The couple has four gran- Japan’s modern imperial Akihito, 82, suggested life while he is still in good 1989 while he was largely dchildren but only one law doesn’t allow abdica- his wish to abdicate in a health. In addition to re- serving as a substitute. — Akishino’s son — is eli- tion, and Japan’s postwar rare video message to the ceiving foreign dignitaries, He said he doesn’t wish gible to become emperor constitution stipulates public in August, citing Akihito still travels across to cling to his title if his under Japan’s male-only the emperor as a mere his age and concern that the country to attend cere- responsibilities have to succession system. Emperor Akihito “symbol” with no political he may not be able to ful- monies and has repeatedly be severely reduced and Prime Minister Shinzo power or say. fill his official duties. His visited disaster-hit areas to he has to rely on a regent. Abe said at the outset of because it is “an extre- Allowing Akihito to ab- message was subtle and console survivors. The abdication issue has the meeting Monday that mely important issue that dicate would be a major the emperor did not use The government re- also renewed concerns he hopes the discussion affects the basis of our change to the system, and the word “abdication,” portedly wants to allow about aging and shorta- is carried out thoroughly country.” AP 18.10.2016 tue

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Bassem Mroue, Beirut MIDDLE EAST IRSTRIKES on rebel-held Aareas in the northern pro- vince of Aleppo yesterday kil- Activists say Aleppo province led at least 36 people, including children, opposition activists said, as violence in Syria conti- nued while a major operation airstrikes kill 36 people began against the Islamic State group in neighboring Iraq. Most of the deaths were in the Western world’s weak support Maj. Gen. Ali Mamlouk, head village of Oweijel just west of the for any military action against of the National Security Bureau city of Aleppo, where at least 23 AP PHOTO Syria’s government as they seek and one of Assad’s top aides, vi- people were killed in an airs- ways to pressure Syrian Presi- sited Cairo Sunday at the head trike that also wounded dozens, dent Bashar Assad and his chief of a delegation to coordinate according to the Britain-based backer, Russia, to halt the dea- with Egypt in the fight against Syrian Observatory for Human dly Aleppo offensive. “terrorism” in the region, Syria’s Rights. Another monitoring After a meeting of 11 govern- state-run news agency SANA group, the Local Coordination ments opposing Assad’s rule, said. Committees, said the air raid U.S. Secretary of State John SANA said the Syrians met was carried out by Russian war- Kerry and British Foreign Secre- with top intelligence offi- planes and put the death toll at tary Boris Johnson each insisted cials, including deputy chief 30. that all options were on the ta- of Egypt’s intelligence agency. More than a dozen people were ble. But their stark explanations It said both sides agreed on also killed in a besieged eastern about the danger of resorting to “coordinating political stan- rebel-held neighborhood in Ale- military force appeared to rule dpoints” and strengthening the ppo. The eastern parts of the Rescue workers trying to remove a boy stuck in the debris of a building in the out such a move. “cooperation in fighting terro- city, Syria’s largest, have been neighborhood of Qaterji in rebel-held east Aleppo The government in Damascus, rism.” Egypt’s pro-government subjected in recent weeks to the meanwhile, appears to be trying Sada al-Balad and other news worst aerial attacks in years. The to retake the city of Mosul from ly clear who was in the vehicle, to improve relations with Egypt, websites reported on Sunday airstrikes have claimed hun- the Islamic State group. There but such attacks have previously the Arab world’s most populous that six Syrians arrived on a dreds of lives, wounded many have been concerns the gover- targeted officials with al-Qaida’s nation, following the first public private jet from Damascus. others and demolished entire nment in Damascus could use affiliate in Syria, known as Fatah meeting between Egyptian and Earlier this month, Egypt vo- buildings. Opposition activis- the timing of the Mosul offen- al-Sham Front. Syrian security chiefs. ted for rival French and Russian ts have blamed Russian and sive to press its onslaught in The Observatory said the atta- draft resolutions on Syria at the Syrian government warplanes Aleppo while world attention ck targeted a faction comman- U.N. Security Council, arguing for the strikes. is diverted to developments in der. An official with Fatah al Those killed that both called for a truce and The Observatory said the airs- Iraq. -Sham Front, formerly known for aid for besieged Syrians in trikes hit in the Marjeh nei- Also yesterday, Syrian state as Nusra Front, said all those included 11 the rebel-held areas of the nor- ghborhood. The Aleppo Media media claimed 49 rebels were in the car were “martyred.” thern city of Aleppo. Center, an activist collective, killed and wounded in fighting The man, who spoke on condi- people with the The move angered Egypt’s said those killed included 11 in the neighborhoods of Sheikh tion of anonymity because he same family major financier Saudi Arabia, people with the same family Saeed and Shurfa on the sou- was not authorized to speak to which supports rebels fighting name of Qabs ranging from a thern edges of Aleppo. the media, said it was not clear name of Qabs against Assad’s Moscow-backed month-and-a-half-old baby girl In the nearby province of Idlib, if members of his group were government. to a 25-year-old man. a U.S.-led coalition drone stru- targeted. ranging from Egypt and Syria are both figh- Monday’s airstrikes coincided ck a car in the provincial capi- Earlier this month, a drone at- ting extremists, including mem- with the launch in neighboring tal that carries the same name, tack killed top al-Qaida official a baby girl to bers of the Islamic State group. Iraq of a major operation by killing all inside, according to Ahmed Salama Mabrouk. a 25-year-old Both countries also have poor Iraqi and Kurdish forces, ba- the Observatory and a jihadi The United States and Britain relations with Turkey’s Presi- cked by the U.S.-led coalition, official. It was not immediate- on Sunday acknowledged the man dent Recep Tayyip Erdogan. AP Lithuania wants USA Gorbachev to testify Clinton, Trump condemn Republican in war crimes trial Party office firebombing UTHORITIES are investiga- tial nominee Hillary Clinton said the Ating after a local Republican Par- attack “is horrific and unacceptable. AP PHOTO AP PHOTO ty office in North Carolina was van- Very grateful that everyone is safe.” dalized and set on fire in what a state An hour later, Trump tweeted: “Ani- GOP official called an act of “political mals representing Hillary Clinton terrorism.” and Dems in North Carolina just fire- A bottle filled with flammable liquid bombed our office in Orange County was thrown through the window of because we are winning.” Lithuanian court has called former Soviet the Orange County Republican Party The North Carolina GOP tweeted Aleader Mikhail Gorbachev to testify in a mass headquarters overnight, damaging thanks to both Clinton and Trump trial related to the 1991 crackdown on the coun- the interior before burning out, ac- for their words of support. A burnt couch is shown next to campaign try’s independence movement. cording to a Sunday news release In tweets of their own, North Caro- signs at the Orange County Republican Gorbachev and Russian authorities haven’t from the town of Hillsborough. The lina’s Republican Gov. Pat McCrory Headquarters in Hillsborough answered previous requests so it’s unlikely he office was empty and no one was in- and his Democratic challenger, state would comply with yesterday’s request from the jured. Attorney General Roy Cooper both Republican offices around the state Vilnius district court. Also, someone spray-painted “Nazi described the violence as a threat to are re-examining their security, state The case involves more than 60 former Soviet Republicans leave town or else” on a democracy. GOP executive director Dallas Woo- officials charged with war crimes and other offen- nearby wall. “I will use every resource as gover- dhouse said. People sometimes work ses for their roles in a crackdown on pro-indepen- There were no new developments nor to assist local authorities in this after-hours in the office, and the bo- dence demonstrators that left 14 people dead in overnight in the investigation, Hills- investigation,” McCrory’s added, and ttle appeared to have landed on or January 1991, when Gorbachev was still in power. borough Police Chief Duane Hamp- Cooper’s said “the culprits must be near the couch where volunteers so- The judges approved a request by one of the ton said in an email yesterday. caught and brought to justice.” metimes take naps, he said. plaintiffs in the case to call Gorbachev to the The violent act in the key battle- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fi- “They are working around the court as a witness. ground state has been condemned rearms and Explosives was working clock. It is a miracle that nobody Only two defendants are present in court. by public figures across the political with local investigators to solve the was killed,” he said in an interview, Others, mainly citizens of Russia, Ukraine and spectrum. crime, which was discovered Sunday calling the fire an act of “political ter- Belarus, are being tried in absentia. A tweet from Democratic presiden- by another business owner. rorism.” AP tue 18.10.2016

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Amnesty: Nauru won’t investigate crimes against refugees

UTHORITIES fai- The Guardian newspaper in intent to properly investigate led to adequately in- August published more than such incidents. vestigate complain- 2,000 leaked incident repor- Immigration Department ts of violent crimes ts from Nauru that included Secretary Michael Pezzullo committedA against asylum allegations of sexual abuse, visited Nauru last week and seekers held at Australia’s ex- assaults and self-harm among told the committee that three pense on the Pacific atoll na- asylum seekers. The incidents charges involving asylum- tion of Nauru, Amnesty Inter- were logged by the Save the seeker victims were before national said yesterday. Children charity between May the court. He did not detail The London-based human 2013 and October last year. those allegations. rights group found in an in- Australian Federal Police Immigration Minister Pe- vestigation that it appeared Acting Deputy Commissioner ter Dutton said Australia is that no Nauruan had been Justine Saunders told a routi- asking other countries to held to account despite alle- ne Senate inquiry on Monday consider resettling asylum gations of dozens of sexual that 14 of those incidents had seekers from Nauru and Pa- assaults and physical attacks been referred to Nauru poli- pua New Guinea, even if they from 1,159 asylum seekers ce for investigation and one are found not to be genuine and refugees who live among Nauruan had been charged refugees. 10,000 local residents on the with assault. Amnesty International’s re- tiny island. Nine investigations were port is based on research by “According to confidential Australia’s Department of asylum seekers from Afri- closed due to insufficient senior director for research information provided to Am- Immigration and Border Pro- ca, the Middle East and Asia evidence, one complaint was Anna Neistat, who traveled nesty International in Sep- tection said the report repea- from trying to reach Austra- withdrawn and two investi- to Nauru in July for five days tember 2016, in the preceding ted claims that had already lian shores by boat from In- gations remained open, she and met 58 refugees, asylum two years there had not been been refuted. It said Amnes- donesian ports by sending said. seekers and service providers. a single prosecution involving ty International had failed to them to immigration camps Australian Federal Police The report criticized Aus- refugees or asylum seekers as approach the Australian go- at Nauru or Papua New Gui- Commissioner Andrew Colvin tralia’s offshore processing complainants in cases of as- vernment to verify its allega- nea. Genuine refugees among told the same Senate commi- system, saying it fit the defi- sault, rape and theft,” the re- tions. them are told they will never ttee he was confident Nauru nition of torture under inter- port said. Australia attempts to deter be resettled in Australia. police had the capability and national law. AP

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WICKENHAM Sta- dium has seen its sha- re of tackles and tries, field goals and forward Tpasses. The NFL is about to bring some more, but with a twist. A sporting event other than rugby will be held at the venue for the first time in its 107-year history when it hosts a game between the Los Angeles Rams and the New York Giants on Sunday. After playing 15 games over 10 years at Wembley Stadium, the league is slightly broadening its international horizons, moving one of its annual international games to a different London lo- cation. Forget about scrums and say hello to huddles. Keep an eye out for yellow flags, not yellow cards. Even for those who have made the trek to Wembley, Sunday’s game will provide a different type of atmosphere. Think of it, in American terms, as Lambeau Field meets Wrigley Field. NFL prepares for 1st London “Twickenham is definitely a suburban, residential venue, and so it offers a very different experience for fans,” said Mark game at Twickenham Stadium Waller, the NFL’s executive vice president for international. “I think it’s going to be fasci- ted with replay and communi- level and will be obstructed by play at least two games at Wem- nating and interesting for our cations systems — something players and coaches on the si- The NFL also bley each year through 2020 and fans to give us feedback on how the NFL and RFU have been delines. will begin playing at least two that experience will compare to working to install. The goal, of course, is to make has agreements games a year at the redeveloped what many of them will already Accommodations will also sure that any potential issues to play at least White Hart Lane, the home of have seen and known at Wem- be needed for cheerleaders have been addressed by Sun- English Premier League club To- bley.” and the media, who will work day. Those attending the first two games at ttenham, beginning in 2018. To prepare Twickenham for from three sections in the sou- games at Wembley — the Gian- Thus, how successful Sunday’s Sunday’s game, the NFL and thwest corner. Because of the ts, coincidentally, played in the Wembley each game is could play a role in the the Rugby Football Union had stadium’s location, a detai- first game in London in 2007 — NFL’s future at Twickenham. to make a number of significant led transportation plan is also reported a number of hiccups year through Waller said the league isn’t con- changes. needed for buses transporting that were ironed out in subse- 2020 sidering games at any other ve- For one, with football rosters players and team personnel to quent years. nues in London, and the reason twice the size of their rugby and from Twickenham. Waller said the RFU’s expe- Twickenham and White Hart counterparts, the existing lo- Some of those changes will be rience hosting the semifinals terms of their relocation from Lane were contracted is becau- cker rooms will be insufficient. noticeable to longtime Twicke- and final of the Rugby World St. Louis, they will play at least se Wembley hosts a number of The Rams, the designated home nham attendees. In addition to Cup in 2015, has eased a num- one home game in London other events. team, will dress in a temporary the goal posts, which were ins- ber of concerns about the venue. every year until their new sta- “The most exciting thing for us facility in the Twickenham gym, talled last Monday, and the field “It’s an important event for dium opens in 2019. is the ability for us to get a new while the Giants will utilize an markings, to be painted later this them in the same way that it’s That game is not guaranteed experience, a new stadium ex- adjacent reception hall. week, the capacity of the stadium an important event for us,” to always be at Twickenham. perience,” Waller said. “We’re The coaching booths, located will be reduced from 82,000 to Waller said. “They’re very fo- The league and the RFU rea- very happy and have always just above the access tunnels 75,000 for NFL games. cused on it being successful as ched an agreement last October been very happy with Wembley, for rugby games, will be mo- According to Charlotte well.” to play a minimum of three ga- and so for us, it’s never been ved to the sixth level to provi- Harwood, an RFU spokeswo- The Rams, who flew through mes in three years at the venue, about looking for something de coaches with an appropria- man, that’s because views from the night after a 31-28 road loss but not necessarily one each better than Wembley. It’s, ‘Hey, te viewpoint. Those converted the front several rows of the to the Detroit Lions, arrived in season. we need to give our fans the suites also will need to be fit- lower bowl rise just above field London early Monday. Per the The NFL also has agreements to best experience available.’” AP

TENNIS is the ATP finals in Lon- don from Nov. 13-20. The ATP announces suspension, fine for Nick Kyrgios 12th-ranked Kyrgios has not qualified for the eigh- t-player finals, so he will ICK Kyrgios will was sanctioned for “con- over the net and turning day that, in addition to if Kyrgios agrees to enter have to wait until next Nmiss the rest of the duct contrary to the away before his oppo- the extra $25,000 fine, “a plan of care under the year in any case to return season after being sus- integrity of the game” nent’s serve had crossed Kyrgios was handed an direction of a sports psy- to the tour. pended by the men’s tour following an investigation the net. eight-week suspension chologist or an equiva- Kyrgios issued a state- and fined an additional into his behavior during The 21-year-old Austra- lasting through Jan. 15 — lent plan approved by ment yesterday offering USD25,000 yesterday for a second-round loss to lian had already been fi- a day before the start of the ATP.” That means he another apology for his “tanking” a match and German qualifier Mischa ned a total of $16,500 for the Australian Open, the would eligible to return conduct in Shanghai and insulting fans in the mer- Zverev last week at the failing to give a full effort, year’s first Grand Slam on Nov. 7. saying he will be back in curial Australian’s latest Shanghai Masters. unsportsmanlike conduct tournament. There are no regular 2017. He did not say whe- run-in with tennis autho- Kyrgios gave little effort and verbal abuse of a However, the tour said tournaments on the sche- ther he would enter the rities. during the 6-3, 6-1 defeat, spectator. the suspension will be dule after Nov. 7. The treatment program man- The ATP said Kyrgios even patting easy serves The ATP said yester- reduced to three weeks only event in November dated by the ATP. AP THE Germany wants Tesla to stop using Station18.10.2016Air quality tue BUZZ term ‘autopilot’ Roadside 45-65 Good German authorities are telling electric automaker Autopilot is Tesla’s array of driver assistance Tesla to stop using the term “autopilot” for its driver features such as lane maintenance and traffic High assistance system, saying it is misleading. -aware cruise control. Density 50-70 The transport ministry confirmed in an email One person was killed in Florida in May when Residental that a letter to that effect had been sent to the a Tesla Model S with the system on hit the side Good Area opinion company based in Palo Alto, California. of a truck. Ambient 45-65 Good Our Desk DSMG SOURCE: Julie Zhu CO2 to fish food, WORLD BRIEFS Again, diversify the economy other ideas advance in Prosecutors Recently, the Premier of China, Li Keqiang INDONESIA in Indonesia seek an visited Macau for a three-day inspection eight-year prison term tour. The Premier said that Macau, despi- USD20M XPRIZE contest for a Chinese Uighur te facing the world’s slow recovery from the accused of involvement economic crisis and also its own industrial in plots to attack structural challenges, still manages to keep greenhouse gas. Farm-rai- sed fish, such as salmon, government officials and fiscal surplus, high employment rates, better minority Shiite Muslims. livelihood and a peaceful society. AP PHOTO could be more sustainable if they got some of their nutri- The Premier of China has said that the cen- JAPAN The Japanese tral government is confident that the outlook tion from sources that don’t government expects to for Macau will continue to be bright. Befo- grow in the ocean. raise 416 billion yen from re leaving Macau, Li said that Macau would In the third and final rou- the initial public offering play an ever more important role in connec- nd, teams will demonstrate of 160 million shares of ting China and the Portuguese-speaking their ideas at a coal-fired Kyushu Railway Co., or countries. This would also assist with the power plant in Wyoming JR Kyushu, the latest diversification of the local economy, as he and at natural-gas-fired in the privatization of said. power plant in Canada. the nation’s prized train Needless to say that it never matters what operations. The sun sets beyond visitors to Liberty Memorial as the temperature “Each round is 10 times Li says, but the topic of diversification of the hovers around 100 degrees in Kansas City harder than the previous economy, again, attracted my attention. one in some respects,” Bunje It has become a cliché to say Macau should Mead Gruver, Cheyenne (Wyo.) warming. Coal-fired power said. AP PHOTO diversify its economy in order to try to get plants are a major source of The winners on each side rid of the image of a gambling city, where ITH dreams of tur- carbon dioxide emissions, of the competition — tech- casinos are the main attraction, and evolve ning carbon dioxide a problem contributing to nologies destined for gas-fi- ISRAEL A book about to become a celebrated world tourism center W into everything from concre- hard times in the U.S. coal red-power-plants and those Israel’s character and capable of offering tourists more than just industry. for use at coal-fired power the “turning points” in entries to gambling spots. te to fish food, teams from six countries have advanced Semi-finalist entries came plants — will get $2.5 million its history that Nobel Indeed, turning Macau into a tourism cen- laureate Shimon Peres beyond the first phase of from Canada, China, India, after the second round. They ter will bring a series of benefits to the eco- completed just weeks nomy, leaving it less dependent on casino a USD20 million XPRIZE Switzerland, Scotland and will each get $7.5 million af- before he died will come revenues, and making the economic envi- contest to find profitab- the U.S. ter the third and final round. out next spring. The ronment in the territory stronger against ex- le uses for CO2 emitted by Successful ideas in the NRG is a U.S. energy com- HarperCollins imprint ternal market fluctuations, which are around power plants. NRG COSIA Carbon XPRI- pany based in Houston, Custom House said that the corner in the current global scenario. A panel of nine judges re- ZE must work as anticipated Texas. COSIA stands for the Peres’ “No Room for Casinos are important, as it is everything cently chose the 28 proposals and will need to be profitab- Canadian Oil Sands Inno- Small Dreams” will be else that keeps the engines running in the from 47 entries submitted le enough to offset their cost vation Alliance, a group of published April 4. Peres, city. The main goal is to minimize the conse- last summer. The teams now in a real-world application. companies developing the whose previous books quences of an engine fail. will have a year or so to de- Ideas moving up to the Canadian oil sands. included the memoir The future of any society lies with its you- monstrate their techniques contest’s second round wou- The gas-fired power plant “Battling for Peace,” died last month at age 93. th. Young people promote change and they in laboratories and compete ld turn CO2 into a range of where the competition will represent a responsible sustainability of the for the first $5 million in pri- products including graphe- take place has yet to be social system, which can protect the elderly, ze money, XPRIZE announ- ne, a newly discovered subs- announced. The XPRIZE the newest generations, even themselves. ced yesterday. tance much stronger than competition will be the first AP PHOTO In short, young people are in charge of re- “The race is really on,” said steel; carbon nanotubes, tenant of a carbon-capture newing society. Therefore, it is important to Paul Bunje, principal and se- extremely tiny tubes with test center under construc- keep them around. nior scientist at XPRIZE. potential uses in electronics; tion at Basin Electric’s Dry AUSTRIA The According to a few reputable rankings re- The goal is to find new and toothpaste. Fork Station near Gillette in government says it plans leased this year, the University of Macau ways to prevent carbon dio- Making high-protein fish northeast Wyoming. to demolish the house has some of the highest rates of internatio- xide, a greenhouse gas, from food from carbon dioxide The state of Wyoming has where Adolf Hitler was nal students in the world, which indicates born and erect a new entering the atmosphere could have environmental pledged $15 million toward that students worldwide are curious not only building in its place in about the school but also about the territory, and contributing to global benefits besides controlling the project. AP efforts to erase any link and that in itself is a very positive aspect in to the Nazi dictator’s a city that has created a multi-cultural stab- birthplace. Interior le society in the past years. However, more Minister Wolfgang important than welcoming all the brains that Sobotka said that “a populate the city, it is to keep them in order THE thorough architectural remodeling is necessary to make contributions of all kinds to Macau, Xinhua regardless of whether they are scientific or DECISIVE MOMENT to permanently prevent artistic contributions. the recognition and I believe that the strength of a society can the symbolism of the be measured through its education. Macau, building.” like the rest of the world, needs as many en- gineers and doctors as it needs artists and teachers. AP PHOTO If Macau wants all these young people to feel interested in the city after finishing their studies, then the city needs to come up with SOUTH AFRICA South solid opportunities for their careers. African protesters Diversifying the economy shouldn’t just demanding free have tourists in mind, but also the people university education who the territory is training in its education broke windows, forced institutions. Training intelligent and valuable open doors and threw people who then leave the territory in pursuit human excrement in of good jobs is a waste of resources for the an effort to disrupt the territory. It is the equivalent to let go of the resumption of classes, most precious and reliable valuables in our said an official from possession. the University of Cape So, the first step should consist of bringing Town. In Johannesburg, more investment to the city, and then deve- students blocked a road during the morning rush lop an industry beyond the tourism-based Taikonauts Jing Haipeng (right) and Chen Dong wave during the see-off ceremony of the Shenzhou-11 hour and threw stones perspective. manned space mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China’s Gansu Province at the University of the (see more on page 11). Witwatersrand.