cinematheque new ‘there isn’t just one enters new phase macanese community’ The Cultural Affairs Bureau money Interview with Miguel de Senna advances to the second phase smuggling Fernandes, the new president of Cinematheque Passion’s case in of the Association for Macanese experimental operation taiwan Education (APIM) P2 P3 P5 INTERVIEW

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“ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” WORLD BRIEFS Gov’t presents inconclusive AP PHOTO

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CHINA President Xi Jinping has reorganized the military headquarters’ AP PHOTO structure in a sign of his DEATH AT 69 firm control over the 2.3 million-member armed forces. State media reported yesterday that Xi has ordered the elimination of the four David headquarters responsible for staff, politics, logistics and armaments and their replacement with 15 new agencies under the direct authority of the ruling Bowie’s Communist Party’s Central Military Commission. The move is part of a push to reassert the BACKPAGE absolute authority of the last act commission headed by Xi. AP PHOTO

USA-CHINA Donald Trump is leaving himself wiggle room on his proposal to impose a massive tax on goods from China if elected president. He says he’s confident China would change its behavior to avoid it and start trading more fairly. The presidential contender (R) told The New York Times that he’d “tax China on products coming in” to the U.S. and “the tax should be 45 percent.” But on Sunday reports suggested he’d give China a chance to change. Any tariff could be much lower. More on US elections on p15

THAILAND’s royal palace has released a vaguely- worded health report on the country’s 88-year-old king, the world’s longest reigning monarch who has been ailing for years, describing what appears to be a new bout of lung infection and occasional fever with rapid breathing.

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Passion”, which commenced last September as part of the Cinematheque Passion enters first phase, to fully utilize the venue’s resources. Star- ting last Friday, members of the film industry, filmmakers new experimental phase and film associations are all welcome to make reserva- tions for ticket lobbies and screening rooms. The ticket lobby, screening room and control room are located on the ground floor of the Cinematheque, and are primarily used for screening art and indie films. In September, the Times detailed some services that will be provided during the second stage. IC intends to develop a film information room on the first floor that will feature local film ma- terials, periodicals and ma- gazines. It will also serve other functions, including video storage, film journals, book loans and film appre- ciation. Cinematheque aims to cul- tivate local film apprecia- The cinematheque’s building is located at Travessa da Paixão The screening room tion to promote Macau film culture, and will offer a se- HE Cultural Affairs Bu- theque Passion. and attracted entities to or- located at Travessa da Paixão. ries of activities, such as Treau (IC) advanced to the According to a statement is- ganize reservations for more IC will continue to run the film-themed seminars and second phase of experimen- sued by the IC, the program than thirty film screenings. “Temporary Venue Booking workshops, to local film en- tal operation of the Cinema- was greeted with enthusiasm The three-storey building is Program of Cinematheque thusiasts and audiences.

TRANSPORT MUSIC No decision on additional US-based singer-songwriter HKD5.45b Delta Bridge funding plays intimate gig in town

estimate came to 14,000 ROOKLYN-BASED singer- vehicles each day upon the Bsongwriter Reonda performed bridge opening. Howe-

BLOOMBERG an intimate gig at “Pin-To Musica” ver they are expecting an in Senado Square on Saturday night. increase of vehicle traffic The performance, titled “Lightness of over subsequent years. Being,” featured around a dozen son- “Governments from three gs best described as alternative folk. sides are updating traffic The solo artist was equipped with estimates. But today, we a guitar, a microphone, a synthesi- don’t have a conclusion,” zer and a “loop station,” and created he said. rich, harmonic music without the The bridge, which has assistance of other performers. She already been delayed to A transport barge travels past the under construction Delta Bridge as played songs such as “Girl and the an aircraft takes off from HK airport the end of 2017, is said Sea” and “It Smells Nice in the Gra- to play a strategic role by veyard.” ONG Kong law- ties, including landscape linking Hong Kong to the In anticipation of her Saturday Hmakers failed to make works, toilets, taxi stands western Pearl River Delta. show, Reonda wrote on her Facebook a decision on the govern- and car parks on the island SCMP reported that the page: “I can almost taste the fresh ment’s request for extra that would serve as the People’s Power legisla- pork jerky and Portuguese egg tar- funding to finish its 42km boundary crossing point tor, Raymond Chan Chi- ts already. See you soon Macau and portion of the bridge that for the new bridge. chuen, has put forward Pin-To Musica!” will link Hong Kong, Macau The proposed budget is a motion to adjourn the The singer-songwriter previously Reonda and Zhuhai (Delta Bridge). also required to cover any meeting, despite support toured Guangdong Province back in A report by the South Chi- project contingencies. The from other lawmakers in 2014, when she played gigs in Hong concluded: “A few more spins of her na Morning Post (SCMP) undersecretary for trans- the pan-democrat camp. Kong, Guangzhou and Macau to new EP “Moon” reveals a familiar lo-fi stated that the government port and housing, Yau The Finance Committee coincide with the release of her EP, sensibility. “Moon” is like emotions laid is short HKD5.46 billion Ching-mu stated that they is set to meet again on “Moon.” bare and transformed into melodies, to conclude the “necessary have conducted a feasibi- Friday to further tackle Bitestone, an independent online mu- chords and lyrics. It’s the perfect sound- but not essential” facili- lity study and their traffic the funding issue. sic magazine, reviewed the album and track for a rainy day.” Staff reporter

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HE results of the public consultation requested by the government re- garding public opinion Ton how the decrepit Hotel Estoril could be reused were announced yesterday in a press conference held by the Office of the Secretary of Social Affairs and Culture at the Macau Cultural Center. “More than 70 percent agree with the government proposal for the hotel and [adjacent] swim- ming pool,” said Kenny Ip, the Chief of the Office of the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture. Se- cretary Alexis Tam did not attend. The company e-Research & So- lutions (ERS) conducted a study that applied two methods: a col- lection of “society’s opinions” and a “random telephone survey.” ERS director Angus Cheong explained that a total of 818 opi- nions were collected. From those, The ERS director, Angus Cheong The former hotel’s façade 15 percent are from associations while 85 percent are from indivi- HOTEL ESTORIL DEVELOPMENT dual citizens. The same document shows that, from those opinions, The screening room more than 8 percent were issued by members of Macau’s several advisory councils. Survey raises more The data gathered from this method shows that almost 83 percent of these opinions favor the “rebuild” of the former Estoril questions than conclusions Hotel, a word (rebuild) that drew questions from journalists. The term “rebuild” is presented on the surveyed citizens attributed an 81.5 percent of the survey parti- that these are the current ideas survey as synonymous with a “de- The survey average of 7.4 points (on a gra- cipants have “no opinion”, while from the government for the molition of the actual premises duation scale between 0 and 10, 12.3 percent say there is “no need reuse of the space. However, and construction of new ones.” cost the in which 0 represents total di- to preserve the whole building.” he stated that “nothing is de- On the other hand, only 9.8 per- government sagreement and 10 total agree- A total of 5.4 percent say exactly cided yet, the government will cent of the opinions opposed the ment), representing classifica- the opposite, that “there is a need now search for experts’ opinion” “rebuild.” The data also shows MOP600,000 tions from 6 or more points as a to preserve the complete buil- before adding that “the govern- that 7.8 percent of opinions were total of 68.6pct. ding.” ment keeps an ‘open’ position considered “not explicit.” highlighted reason – with 20 opi- The phone survey revealed that This figure seems to be a contra- regarding the opinions and con- These “not explicit” opinions nions collected – was that “the bui- the citizens agreed on certain diction with the data previously tributions to this project.” were also a target for the press, lding has a historical and cultural things that should be included in released, although that was disre- The government’s ideas for the who questioned the fact that the value and should be included on the reconstruction. The creation garded by the makers of the stu- former Estoril Hotel include the majority of the answers classi- the heritage site listing.” of the public parking facility was dy. “This was an ‘open question’ transformation of the space into fied as such had resulted from The results from the telephone the top answer with 8.3 points, where we tried to get other opi- a cultural, recreational and edu- the groups defined as Commen- survey showed a high percentage followed by sports facilities (7.6 nions, but the people had already cational venue that will “tentati- tators/Presenters (82.4 percent), of people (75 percent) who clai- points). The prospect of a heated expressed support to the project vely” house new conservatories Experts/Academics (66.7 per- med to know about the “ideas swimming pool won 7.4 points. before,” said Angus Cheong, ba- and schools for music, dance and cent), and Architects/Engineers of the government for the reuse One of the most controversial cked up by Kenny Ip and the se- theatre, as well as a heated swim- (66.7 percent). of the former Estoril Hotel and aspects of the study was related cretariat’s advisor Olivia Lam. ming pool for public use all year Among those who opposed the the Estoril municipal swimming to opinions on the demolition In the conclusions, Ip admitted long. demolition of the building and pool.” and reconstruction of the former that there is currently no “plan The survey cost the government wanted it to be preserved, the most The results also show that the hotel. The results showed that B” for the hotel’s future, saying MOP600,000.

airport customs offi- Another cash smuggler caught trying to leave Taiwan cials confiscated nearly USD28,000. A similar case took place AOYUAN airport Taiwan airport police clai- on December 23, when a Tpolice caught a Hong med that Ning, 58, was in woman carrying NTD4.8 Kong man attempting to Taiwan on an all-expenses million hidden in her lu- BLOOMBERG smuggle NTD12.47 million paid trip and had expected ggage and carry-on bag- (MOP2.99 million) from to earn HKD2,000 if suc- gage was stopped by air- Taiwan to Hong Kong on cessful. port police. Taipei Times Sunday, making him the The suspect had planned claimed that the woman, second cash smuggler cau- to take a flight to Hong surnamed Lung, was in- ght at the airport in three Kong at 6:40 p.m. on Sun- tending to board a flight days. day, but was intercepted to Bangkok but was cau- AsiaOne reported that the around 4 p.m when passing ght with undeclared cash. man, surnamed Ning, told through security at Taiwan In December, authorities airport police on Sunday Taoyuan International Air- also caught a South Ko- that he was bringing the port’s Terminal One. rean woman with NTD1.9 cash to Hong Kong in order As the Times reported million, a Taiwanese wo- to profit from the exchange previously, a Macau-bound man headed to Jakarta rate difference during the Taiwanese man was with NTD16.6 million, and rapid depreciation of the stopped on Friday at two men carrying a combi- New Taiwan Dollar. Taiwan dollar notes Taoyuan Airport when ned NTD2.5 million. 12.01.2016 tue

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Korean pitchers penalized for illegal gambling Formula E race in Hong Kong

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) punished offers ‘affordable tickets’ two pitchers on Friday for gambling illegally in Macau. Lim Chang-yong and Oh Renato Marques looking for a “name that can Seung-hwan were recently give it identity.” ordered to pay a fine of 7 HE first ever Formula E “Our circuit will be a street million won (MOP46,404) Trace in Hong Kong, set for one, similar to the Monte Car- after prosecutors decided their the weekend of October 8-9, lo F1 Circuit. Many motor ra- actions constituted a summary will have at least half of its ti- cing circuits have a name. The offense. The former Samsung ckets offered at affordable pri- one in Macau is called the Guia Lions players are currently free ces, the organizers revealed Circuit, and we want Hong agents. They will be banned on Friday (January 8) on the Kong citizens to give it a proper for half their team’s games if name, so that they can feel like they return to the KBO league, sidelines of the Car of the Year it is their own,” Mr Yu conclu- according to the governing body 2015 event, held by the Hong ded. of Korea’s top baseball league. Kong Automobile Association (HKAA) at Cyberport Mall in The HKAA also revealed some Hong Kong. of the details of the program that, Major gas The Hong Kong event will kick- for the first time in this compe- leak in Taipa off the third season of the all- tition, will also feature two other electric racing car series and support races, one being directed supermarket will feature a 2.2km street cir- to local racers and another a ce- cuit, to be built in Central HK, lebrity race in order to “make the Three people were hospitalized running between Lung Wo Hong Kong leg more interesting and 80 evacuated from a Formula E race cars inside the pit during the FIA Formula E 2014 Beijing ePrix at the Road and the Star Ferry Pier. and fun-filled.” supermarket in Taipa after Olympic Green Circuit Budgeted at HKD300 million, a major gas leak that forced is to encourage more people to authorities to clear the area near the organizers expect no profit participate in the experience. Avenida Olimpica. According from the ticket sales as the pre- good attendance at macau gp to TDM, authorities found that sident of HKAA, Mr Lawrence “We have yet to decide the ti- Sunday’s evacuation was caused Yu told the media. cket prices, but our principle is ACCORDING TO the numbers from the organizing committee, last by leaking hydrogen sulfide gas. “The price tag for putting up to ensure that more people can year’s Macau Grand Prix registered around 55,700 spectators dur- Four supermarket workers had an international event like this enjoy the motor racing,” Mr Yu ing race days, and a total of around 78,200 over the four-day event. shown signs of exposure to the is very high, but we don’t have said. The prices of the tickets for the race days in Macau ranged from MOP350 to 900 depending on the location of the stand. At a For- hazardous substance when the to worry too much about going Mr Yu mentioned that the or- ganizers are keen to make this mula E race recently held in China tickets ranged between RMB488 fire services arrived at the scene into the red,” he said, adding and 688. around 2 p.m. that the purpose of the event a memorable event and are

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Renato Marques Q&A MIGUEL DE SENNA FERNANDES ENOWNED lawyer Mi- PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR MACANESE EDUCATION (APIM) Rguel de Senna Fernandes is an avid supporter of Maca- nese culture and identity. He is president of the board of the ‘There isn’t just one Macanese Macanese Association (ADM) and is one of the faces of the Patuá dialect revival through his membership of the theater community but several’ group “Dóci Papiaçám di Ma- cau”, which holds annual stage performances for each edition as many times before, the pur- of the Macau Arts Festival pose of being a little “call to ac- (FAM). tion” that we truly hope works. On December 18, he was elec- We discussed a lot of topics and ted President of the Associa- ideas that now need to be diges- tion for Macanese Education ted. The main point was to fo- (APIM), an association that is cus on the younger generation, almost 150 years old. He dis- to call for their participation cussed his new position in an and ideas. We cannot limit ou- interview with the Times. rselves to the idea of “Macane- se” as being old-fashioned or all Macau Daily Times – traditional stuff. What do you will think will The presentation of the re- be your biggest challenge sults of the questionnaire con- in the leadership of APIM? ducted by the ADM was an Miguel de Senna Fernan- important point. Although it des – Well, first of all I would was originally intended to be say that to assume APIM [pre- answered more at the local le- sidency] is already a challen- vel, we had many replies from ge. Regarding the goals of the Macanese overseas, so it gave association for the next year or us different perspectives of di- so, it is not easy since I’m at fferent communities – becau- this moment officially taking se there isn’t just one Maca- office in the presidency, and I nese community but several, need some time to understand each with its specificities, de- how things have been done pending on the cultures they and what the possibilities are are involved with. for the coming times. APIM is involved in several projects and institutions, like the D. José da Costa Nunes ‘a sense of purpose’ Kindergarten and, although indirectly, the management IN A ceremony on Friday, of Macau Portuguese School Miguel de Senna Fernandes (EPM). It is necessary to first officially took over presidency understand exactly what has of the APIM, replacing José been done so we can draft our Manuel Rodrigues, the asso- ciation’s leader for more than policy address for the near fu- sixteen years. At his inaugura- ture, namely this year. kindergarten Costa Nunes. APIM wants it to become a now we will need time and tion, the newly elected presi- That is the most important truly valued and reputed as- perseverance. dent told Radio Macau: “It’s a MDT – But what would thing at this moment, I wou- sociation in the field of edu- challenge that I accept, and the you say are the main goals ld say. Secondly, we need to cation for the Macanese and MDT – Besides the APIM, whole team accepts too. APIM that you intend to achie- focus on education, as we are Portuguese communities. you were recently invol- is a traditional structure, it has ve? an association that has a na- What we want is to conti- ved in the organization history and it is important to MSF – Those are simpler to tural vocation for education. nue developing this associa- of the “III Conference on Macau, and in particular to the define. The first is to improve That is our central axis and tion, and the future will let Macanese Identity”. Can Portuguese community. It is the management of the insti- we need to mark that line us know if we need to change you tell us more about the with a sense of purpose that I tutions under our responsibi- well. anything on our current cour- conference? assume these functions.” lity, and more specifically the The new administration of se to achieve those goals. For MSF – This conference had,

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GAMING ‘Competitive corporate diplomacy’ between Crown and Star Entertainment

USJ signs IVALRY between Austra- “Australia has the highest per theology Rlia’s two casino giants – Ja- capita spending, on gaming of mes Packer’s Crown and Sydney-­ any nation today other than partnership BLOOMBERG based Star Entertainment – is Hong Kong. So opening another with UCP seeing new episodes of “competi- casino is unlikely to expand the tive corporate diplomacy,” accor- domestic market when Aus- The University of Saint ding to recent media reports. tralians are already spending Joseph (USJ) has signed Last week, Star confirmed its $1600 per capita per year. The an agreement with the plans to spend another USD500 opportunity for expansion is University of Portugal million on its flagship integrated through Sydney becoming a (UCP), under which resort in Pyrmont, Sydney – a more attractive destination for graduates of USJ’s move that was assumed to ignite the international VIPs and the Christian Studies program old tensions between the casino cker told media. portance of increasing the per- high end tourist, with greater will be awarded canonical rivals. However, Packer, who is Following this statement, ex- centage of international patrons, capacity to accommodate them,” degrees in theology, recognized by all Catholic co-chairman of Crown Limited, perts cited by the Australian including Chinese gamblers. Mr Bekier commented. Theological Faculties. stated that he would support the newspaper questioned whether Bekier says that Australia repre- The Sydney Morning Herald The agreement, signed plans devised by Star, formally “Packer could also be hoping sents only four percent of the glo- claimed that these two com- on Thursday at the Saint known as Echo. his support for The Star’s deve- bal market, so there is no shorta- panies will always compete for Joseph Seminary, marks Daily paper Sydney Morning lopment plans may also result ge of headroom. Both operators a slice of the local VIP and pre- a deepening collaboration Herald reported that the Packer in Star dropping objections it are also aware of how Chinese mium mass market business, but between the two higher camp is arguing that an impro- presented to authorities – based VIP players function, using Ma- could put aside their differences education institutions, ved Star Casino facility will enti- on local advice – that suggested cau as a template. for the sake of putting Sydney on said a representative of ce gamblers and tourists to Syd- Crown’s Bangaroo [a six-star The Star Entertainment the map as a destination for the USJ. Present at the signing ney, and will attract a bigger sha- casino and hotel resort that is Group’s product, marketing and middle-class Asian market. was the Bishop of the re of the international market by pending approval for construc- earnings have vastly improved The Star has also poached ma- Diocese of Macao, Jose having two world-class facilities tion close to Sydney] planning and in turn boosted its market nagement talent from Crown, in- Lai; the Dean of UCP’s in one town, creating a win-win process was flawed and open to share. They confirmed plans for cluding the new head of the Star’s Faculty of Theology, Joao situation for the rivals. court challenge.” a third hotel within its Sydney international VIP business, John Lourenço; and the Dean of “What’s good for Sydney is good Packer and Matt Bekier, The complex last week – one that will Chong, who was recently lured USJ’s Faculty of Religious for Australia, and what’s good for Star Entertainment Group’s be more than two-thirds the hei- from Crown’s Macau joint ventu- Studies, Arnold Monera. Australia is good for Crown,” Pa- chief executive, agree on the im- ght of its competitor. re, Melco Crown.

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ChemChina buys Pound rallies from 5 year low Germany’s KraussMaffei as markets shake China turmoil Anooja Debnath and Manisha Jha overnight index average, or for USD1b Sonia, aren’t pricing in a quar- HE pound rebounded from AP PHOTO ter-point increase until after HINA’S biggest chemi- Ta 5 1/2-year low against February 2017, data compiled Ccal company says it has the dollar and its weakest level by Bloomberg show. bought a German maker of in 11 months versus the euro Traders will scour through machinery to process rubber amid a recovery in European the minutes of the meeting to and plastic for USD1 billion stocks. see whether more hawkish po- (925 million euros) in the bi- A faltering domestic and licy makers have changed their ggest Chinese investment to global economy and concern minds on the potential for hi- date in Germany. Britain is headed for the Euro- gher borrowing costs. China National Chemical pean Union exit door has seen “If Ian McCafferty joins the Corp., also known as Chem- sterling fall against seven of its majority of the people and stops China, said yesterday the ac- Group-of-10 counterparts this voting for the rate hike, that cer- quisition of KraussMaffei wou- year. Waning prospects for an tainly will be a burden for the ld expand its product range. interest-rate increase by the pound,” said Thu Lan Nguyen, a State-owned ChemChina Bank of England in 2016 also currency strategist at Commer- said it would keep Kraus- weighed on the pound, before sentiment.” This is “temporary data, with industrial figures zbank AG in Frankfurt. sMaffei’s headquarters in the relief rally. relief,” he said. due today forecast by eco- Ten-year U.K. government Munich and its production “We’ve had some stabiliza- The pound rose 0.5 percent nomists to show production bond yields rose one basis and research operations in tion early on in the European to $1.4583 as of 1:33 p.m. stalled and a manufacturing point, or 0.01 percentage Europe. The company has equity market trading session London time, after slumping report seen showing an im- point, to 1.78 percent. The pri- 4,500 employees, with 2,800 and that’s helping the pound to to USD1.4494, its lowest level provement in November. The ce of the 2 percent security due of them in Germany. rebound,” said Lee Hardman, since June 2010. Britain’s cur- BOE also has its first meeting September 2025 fell 0.13, or ChemChina is one of Chi- a foreign-exchange strategist rency strengthened 0.8 per- since the Federal Reserve rai- 1.30 pounds per 1,000-pound na’s most active investors at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi cent to 74.67 pence per euro, sed U.S. interest rates. face amount, to 101.905. abroad. It has acquired com- UFJ Ltd. in London. “The pou- having earlier touched 75.55 The U.K. central bank is fo- Britain’s Debt Management panies in France, Britain and nd is one of those currencies pence, the weakest since Fe- recast to leave its main rate Office is scheduled to sell 900 Israel and agreed last year within the majors, which is bruary. unchanged at 0.5 percent in its million pounds of inflation- to pay $7.7 billion for Italian more vulnerable to the dete- Sterling’s rally comes at the Thursday decision. Forward linked bonds maturing in 2046 tire maker Pirelli. AP rioration in global investor risk start of a busy week for U.K. contracts based on the sterling today. Bloomberg

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Ben Bain, Paula Sambo and Filipe Pacheco OR investors in Brazil Brazil roiled by China mess shows battered by a terrible 2015, there was reason to believe January wou- Fld provide a respite. With sum- investors can’t catch a break mer holidays in full gear and Congress in recess, develop- ments in the political scandals at Moody’s Investors Service that had roiled markets were in Sao Paulo. “The slowdown put on hold. AP PHOTO in China hits Brazil directly. And then came China. In Brazil, you have commodi- The turmoil in Brazil’s largest ty producers and companies trading partner sent its ben- with a domestic focus, and now chmark stock index down 8.2 they’re all in trouble - and we percent in dollar terms to begin don’t see that getting better.” the year, making for the worst For every Brazilian corporate week in almost six months, as rating upgrade in 2015, Moo- shares of commodity producers dy’s cut five others. tumbled with raw materials to Commodities account for the lowest in more than a de- about 46 percent of Brazil’s cade. The currency weakened exports - prices for two of the past 4 per dollar, back to levels largest, soybeans and iron ore, seen after Standard & Poor’s have dropped 16 percent and surprised investors by cutting 41 percent, respectively, in the Brazil to junk in September. past 12 months. Data released Now stocks from Latin Ame- Thursday showed Brazil’s in- rica’s largest economy are once dustrial production fell 2.4 per- again getting punished worse cent in November, more than than emerging-market peers, all analyst forecasts. Consumer adding to the pain investors confidence as measured by the have felt over five consecutive Getulio Vargas Foundation rea- years of declines for the Iboves- ched a record low in December. pa. The worsening slowdown in Brazil’s real has dropped 1.5 China is only making it more di- percent this year after losing a fficult for Brazil to pull itself out third of its value last year, the of its worst recession in more worst performance among 16 than a century amid soaring major currencies tracked by inflation, a widening fiscal de- Bloomberg. The perception of ficit and efforts to impeach the risk in holding the country’s president that are making the dollar bonds, as measured by situation all the more chaotic. nese stocks this year amid con- ging market currencies have political crisis as top ranked credit-default swaps, is more “The scenario is not pretty,” fusion over circuit-breaker pro- gained against the dollar. legislators came under investi- than twice the average of the said Maarten-Jan Bakkum, a cedures and bets on a weaker But for Brazil, the China trou- gation. past five years. While Brazil’s senior emerging-markets stra- currency revived concerns over ble comes while the country is Meanwhile, President Dilma sovereign notes outperformed tegist at NN Investment Part- the Communist Party’s ability already beset by its own pro- Rousseff is fighting for her po- global peers last week, its cor- ners in The Hague with about to manage an economy set to blems. Inflation accelerated to litical survival after lawmakers porate overseas bonds now USD206 billion under ma- grow at the weakest pace since a 12-year high in December, initiated impeachment procee- have a higher yield than the nagement. “I’m very worried 1990. Brazil’s exports to China more than twice policy makers’ dings in December. The pre- average for junk-rated notes about the external pressures on totaled $35.6 billion in 2015, target. Analysts estimate a 3.73 sident and her opponents are from developing nations. Brazil, the poor policy respon- about 19 percent of the total percent economic contraction currently at a standstill with the The recession is likely to con- se and the political situation, goods sent abroad, according to in 2015, followed by a 2.99 Supreme Court and Congress tinue to push asset prices lower, which makes quick solutions government data. percent decline in 2016. The on recess until Feb. 2. according to Simon Nocera, the unlikely. China will continue to The impact of China’s slump recession deepened as some of “It’s a little bit cliched to say chief investment officer at Lu- slow, global liquidity will tigh- isn’t restricted to Brazil, of cou- the country’s largest companies at this point, but it really is the men Advisors LLC, who says ten and Brazil has had bad eco- rse. U.S. equities capped the get entangled in the largest cor- perfect storm,” said Marianna he’s been underweight Brazi- nomic policies for too long.” worst week since September ruption case in Brazil’s history, Waltz, the managing director lian equities since the end of The 15 percent selloff in Chi- 2011, while just five of 24 emer- which has also worsened the for the corporate finance group 2009. Bloomberg

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ANALYSIS governance and addressing the yawning income gap.

SOUTH CHINA SEA Eight reasons PRC and its Since the year began, China has landed three aircraft on a new island it built in the Sou- th China Sea, drawing protests president are off to a rocky 2016 from Vietnam and the Philippi- nes, which have competing ter- ritorial claims in the region. Christopher Bodeen, Beijing South Korea and China's tradi- China's robust assertions of its tional rivals Japan and the Uni- claim to virtually the entire Sou- ARELY more than a week AP PHOTO ted States. th China Sea have long drawn Binto 2016, Chinese Pre- complaints and sparked the sident Xi Jinping is having a TAIWAN occasional maritime confronta- rough time of it, with challen- Voters on the self-governing tions in the area through which ges ranging from a plummeting island democracy appear set USD5 trillion in global trade stock market to new provoca- to elect a new president whose passes each year. The test flights tions from obstreperous ally party opposes Beijing's goal of landed on one of seven new is- North Korea. While none pose unification between the sides. lands Beijing has built by piling an existential threat to his ad- Beijing's economic inducemen- sand atop reefs and atolls. The ministration, the world will be ts have failed to persuade the U.S. is adamant that the new watching to see whether he has Taiwanese public of the bene- features don't deserve the legal the sophisticated touch needed fits of political union. If oppo- status of actual islands, and the to find durable solutions and sition Democratic Progressive U.S. Navy has flown and sailed maintain stability. Party candidate Tsai Ing-wen close to them, drawing a furious Below is a look at eight key is- wins Saturday, as she is widely response from Beijing. Xi now sues Xi is contending with: expected to do, Beijing may feel has to defend China's actions compelled to embark on eco- while avoiding damage to its fo- STOCK MARKET nomic and diplomatic pressure reign relations. VOLATILITY that could send relations into China twice deployed its "cir- reverse. It's unlikely that Bei- HONG KONG cuit breaker" mechanism to jing would go so far as to back China faces continuing opposi- halt trading as stock markets China's President Xi Jinping up its longstanding threat to tion from pro-democracy forces nosedived by 10 percent in the use force to bring the island un- in Hong Kong, the former Bri- first week of the year. Beijing exporters, but the clumsy move for a transition from an invest- der Chinese control. tish colony that reverted to Chi- finally abandoned the mecha- sent shockwaves through world ment-based economy to one fo- nese rule in 1997 while retaining nism, and left the perception markets, further weighing on cused on services. POLITICS its own legal and economic that regulators don't have a clue Chinese share prices. While Xi faces no such elec- systems. Beijing's hand-picked as they try to stabilize a market NORTH KOREA toral challenges under China's chief executive, Leung Chun-­ that more than doubled be- SLOWING ECONOMY Despite persistent calls for one-party system, he does face ying, is deeply unpopular, and tween late 2014 and June, then Hiccups in the world's second-­ restraint, China's traditional resistance from political rivals planned electoral changes stal- dived 30 percent, causing deep largest economy are expected ally North Korea staged what and the vast bureaucracy. Xi led after massive street protes- pain among retail investors. to continue in 2016, with grow- it claims was a hydrogen bomb shows no sign of abandoning ts in 2014, leaving deep rifts in th falling to a six-year low of 6.9 test blast on Jan. 6 that sent his signature anti-corruption hyper-efficient Hong Kong's so- CURRENCY QUEASINESS percent in the July-September actual tremors across the bor- campaign blamed for creating ciety and politicizing a genera- Meanwhile, China's currency, quarter and forecast by the In- der into northeastern China a sense of fear and paralysis tion of students. Now, the recent the yuan, has slid to a five-year ternational Monetary Fund to and drew condemnation from among the rank and file. His disappearances of people asso- low against the dollar, forcing decline further to 6.3 percent Beijing. China now finds itself growing cult of personality exu- ciated with a publishing com- the government to spend tens this year. That bodes ill for the again under pressure to use des an exterior confidence. But pany that specializes in titles cri- of millions of dollars from its economy's ability to generate any possible leverage with the with the economy slowing and tical of China's leadership have foreign currency stockpile to enough new jobs for the more North to tamp down tensions no sign of political reforms, raised fears that Beijing is tigh- defend it. The government last than 7.5 million students due to in northeast Asia, while facing he may come under pressure tening its grip on Hong Kong's week guided the yuan 1.5 per- graduate from college this year, the possibility of more robust from critics and rivals to show freedom of the press and other cent lower to assist hard-­pressed while also building momentum security cooperation between results on jobs, growth, good civil liberties. AP

HINA’S Cabinet has by non-public firms. Ccreated a new depart- The State Council didn’t ment to coordinate finan- Beijing said to create new office respond to a faxed request cial and economic affairs, for comment, while a press according to a person fa- officer at Agricultural Bank miliar with the matter, as coordinating finance and economy of China declined to com- the country’s leaders seek ment on Li’s status. A Chi- to restore investor confi- na Insurance Regulatory dence in the government’s person said. more than 17 percent parate body that steers government’s decision Commission spokesman regulation of markets. The move signals a broa- since late December, and financial policy, the Cen- to devalue the yuan. The declined to comment, and The department under der recognition among leaders had to abandon tral Leading Group on currency has lost near- the securities and banking the State Council’s gene- Communist Party leaders a newly imposed stock Financial and Economic ly 9 percent of its value regulators also didn’t res- ral office is tasked with that the government’s circuit-­breaker system Affairs. against the dollar in the pond to faxed requests for coordinating between current structure must after stock slides twice In the meantime, lea- last two years. comment. China’s financial and be revamped to proper- halted trading for the day ders are planning a China’s bond market Liu He, an economic po- economic regulators and ly manage the gyrations last week. broader streamlining is a typical example of licy adviser to President gathering data from lo- of China’s markets and Previously, State Cou- of China’s complex re- the country’s conflicting Xi Jinping, wrote a prefa- cal offices, according the its economic slowdown. ncil oversight of finance gulatory structure. The regulatory scheme. The ce of a recently published person, who asked not to Investors have voiced re- and securities fell to a government is conside- central bank governs book saying that China be identified because the newed concern about the State Council department ring a plan to combine bond sales in the inter-­ should speed up “the es- move hasn’t been publicly government’s credibility that handles myriad other the three regulators that bank market, the China tablishment of financial announced. Agricultural following a series of inter- issues including land, en- oversee securities, insu- Securities Regulatory regulation mechanisms Bank of China Vice Pre- ventions since this sum- vironmental protection, rance and banking, ac- Commission oversees that fit the profile of mo- sident Li Zhenjiang was mer to arrest a market sli- forestry and tourism. It’s cording to other people bonds issued by listed dern finance, to be able tapped as deputy director de that led equities to fall unclear how much power familiar with the plan. companies and the Na- to enhance coordination responsible for its daily globally. the new department will Those discussions gai- tional Development and and advance cooperation, operations and took the The Shanghai Compo- have given that President ned pace following the Reform Commission and have effective and ef- new post last week, the site Index has plunged Xi Jinping manages a se- market turmoil and the approves bond issuance ficient functions."AP tue 12.01.2016

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Giant golden statue Pakistan, Afghanistan, of Mao demolished China, US seek in Henan province village in central China to be disconnected. Ahas abruptly demolished Since his death in 1976, Mao a statue of the country's fou- has been both revered as a roadmap to peace nder, Mao Zedong, after ima- founding father and blamed ges of the structure covered for political turmoil and di- in gold paint and looming 37 sastrous economic policies Kathy Gannon, Islamabad meters high over farmland at- that claimed millions of lives. tracted heated discussion on Successors including Deng key gathering ope- AP PHOTO social media. Xiaoping, China's paramount ned yesterday in Isla- Although the official reason leader during the 1980s, mabad in which four for the demolition is unk- openly rebuked the cult of countries — Afgha- nown, with even a high-level personality that had been bui- nistan,A Pakistan, China and the Communist Party newspaper lt around Mao and warned United States — hope to lay the struggling to explain the epi- cadres about the risk of overly roadmap to peace for the war-­ sode, the rise and fall of the concentrated influence. shattered Afghan nation. Mao monument in rural He- Even as China's current pre- The meeting comes as Afgha- nan province highlights the sident, Xi Jinping, consolida- nistan's battlefield losses are political sensitivities in China tes power to a degree that has mounting and entire swaths of surrounding a historical figu- drawn comparisons to Mao, the country that cost hundreds re alternatively revered and he warned in a 2013 speech of U.S.-led coalition and Afghan criticized by both the public against "worshipping" revolu- military lives to secure slip back and the government. tionary leaders without poin- into Taliban hands. Taliban re- Delegates from Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and United States attend a meeting The project, reportedly fi- ting out their mistakes. presentatives have not been in- hoping to lay the roadmap for peace talks with the Taliban, at the foreign ministry nanced by entrepreneurs, cost Still, Mao, known as the vited to the talks, vowing to talk in Islamabad, Pakistan USD460,000 and was near "Great Helmsman," has kept only to the U.S. and not to the completion last week when it a firm grip on the imagination government in Kabul. ronment for holding direct talks that page." was nixed by local officials af- for a large swath of the popu- As the gathering got under way, between the Afghan government Though the Taliban were not in- ter images of the statue elici- lation, particularly the dissa- host Pakistan — seen as key to and Taliban groups." vited to yesterday's talks, a senior ted mixed reactions on Chine- tisfied, rural poor, drawing bringing the warring Taliban fac- Meanwhile, a breakaway Ta- Taliban official, who spoke on se social media, and the story notice of central authorities. tions to the table — cautioned of liban group said yesterday it condition of anonymity fearing was picked up by domestic Last month, the Global Ti- the difficulties ahead. was ready for talks. The faction, exposure and capture, told the and international media. mes, a Communist Party ta- Sartaj Aziz, adviser to the Pakis- which emerged following the AP that two Taliban delegates, The People's Daily, the offi- bloid, reported on the latest tani prime minister on foreign revelation last year that the Ta- currently headquartered in Qa- cial Communist Party news- Mao statue to rise in rural affairs, warned against prema- liban leader and founder Mullah tar, will meet "soon" with China's paper, said the statue may northwestern China, where turely deciding which Taliban Mohammed Omar had died two representatives. The meeting, have lacked approval from villagers sang revolutionary factions are ready to talk, urging years ago, is believed to be rela- which will also include Pakistan, cultural management autho- songs in a quasi-religious ce- instead "confidence building" tively small and its absence from is to be held in Islamabad, said rities, though it also cited an remony that featured "ecsta- measures to get even the recalci- the battlefield is unlikely to be a the official. official as saying that did not tic dance" and a shamanistic trant Taliban to the negotiating game changer. Still, there seems little to no appear to be the reason. Local figure brandishing a sword. table. Imtiaz Gul, whose Center for chance for early peace talks be- officials could not be reached "Building Mao temples is But analysts and participants Research and Security Studies tween the Taliban and the Af- for comment yesterday, and not encouraged by the central alike say that while there are four has delved deeply into the Af- ghan government. some agencies' publicly listed government or local authori- countries talking, much of the ghan conflict and Pakistan's The Taliban, struggling to con- telephone numbers appeared ties," the article noted. AP hope for progress toward peace decades-old involvement, says solidate their leadership council rests with Pakistan, which is ac- Pakistan has significant leverage following Omar's death, have cused of harboring some of the with the Taliban, led by Omar's drawn their line in the sand: no MEDIA fiercest factions of the Taliban, replacement Mullah Akhtar official talks with Kabul on a pea- including the Haqqani group, a Mansoor. ceful end to their protracted and U.S.-declared terrorist organiza- Militants in both countries bloody war until direct talks can Gillian Wong named tion. Pakistan says its influence are allied, and getting rid of the be held with the United States. over the Taliban is overrated. Haqqanis, for example, could "We want talks with the Ame- AP’s news director "Even at the best of times they unleash a violent backlash insi- ricans first because we consider (Taliban) didn't listen to us," Aziz de Pakistan where the army has them a direct party," the Taliban for greater China told The Associated Press earlier. been fighting for several years official said in a face-to-face- in "Look at Bamiyan," he said, refer- to defeat a coalition of militant terview with the AP. ILLIAN Wong, a veteran ring to the Taliban's destruction groups largely based in its border The Taliban want recognition journalist who has spent

G AP PHOTO in the summer of 2001 of some of areas with Afghanistan, Gul said. of their Qatar office under the more than a decade repor- the world's most precious statues That battle has been brutal with banner of the Islamic Emirate ting on China and elsewhere of Buddha. The Taliban blew up thousands of Pakistani soldiers of Afghanistan, the name they in Asia, is returning to The the statues, ignoring the roars of killed and wounded and thou- used when they ruled Afghanis- Associated Press to lead its dissent, including from Pakistan. sands more Pakistani civilians tan until they were ousted by the coverage of the world's most Aziz refused to say whether killed in deadly retaliatory suici- U.S.-led coalition in 2001. They populous nation and second-­ Pakistan has a list of Taliban de attacks by the militants. also want the United Nations to largest economy. representatives prepared to en- Gul said last month's trip by remove the Taliban from its wan- Wong, who currently covers are as intrepid and creative as ter into peace negotiations. The Pakistan's army chief Gen. Raheel ted list and they want their priso- technology at The Wall Street Gillian," Anthony said. "Her existence of such a list was an- Sharif, who travelled to Afghanis- ners released from Afghan jails. Journal, will be based in Bei- comprehensive understan- nounced Sunday by Javid Faisal, tan unaccompanied by the coun- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani jing as the AP's greater China ding of the China story, after deputy spokesman for Afghanis- try's powerful ISI intelligence wants no part in giving the Tali- news director. In that role, she years of covering it inside and tan's Chief Executive Abdullah agency, long considered the force ban official recognition. will oversee coverage in video, outside the country, will help Abdullah. behind the Taliban, was a signal Maulvi Shazada Shaeid, a re- text and photos, across a ter- the AP deliver what its custo- At the start the conference, Aziz the military was ready to move presentative on Afghanistan's ritory that includes the main- mers expect about one of the urged that participants avoid the away from past practices and cen- High Peace Council, tasked with land, Taiwan and Hong Kong. biggest stories in the world — media and work toward finding ter future policy decisions only at seeking peace with the Taliban, Wong's appointment was and more." ways to get all the Taliban to talk the army headquarters. said the distance between the announced yesterday by Ted Wong, 33, has been repor- peace. He said the Islamabad Changes won't come quickly, two sides is vast, holding out litt- Anthony, the cooperative's ting from China since 2008, gathering needs to define the says Gul, "but important for le hope for peace. Bangkok-based director of including six years as a corres- "overall direction of the recon- us is to turn the page (from su- "In the current situation, it is Asia-Pacific news. pondent with the AP's Beijing ciliation process" and goals that pporting militants) and I think not possible to bring peace," he "I know few journalists in bureau, where she covered a would create a "conducive envi- Gen. Raheel Sharif has turned said. AP Asia or anywhere else who wide range of stories. AP 12.01.2016 tue

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KOREAS Though the president has a strong base of conservati- ve supporters, thousands of opponents took to the streets on several occasions before Kim’s nuke test proves gift the nuclear test to criticize her policies and what they saw as her attacks on personal and political freedoms. of sorts for president Park There's resistance to a new requirement for schools to use Foster Klug, Seoul only state-issued history tex- tbooks starting in 2017, which ORTH Korea's nu- AP PHOTO critics call an attempt to whi- clear test has pro- tewash past dictatorships — voked global outra- including that of Park's father, ge, a push for sanc- Park Chung-hee, who ruled Ntions, even fear. But Kim Jong South Korea in the 1960s and Un's decision to conduct it has 1970s. The country's military also handed a gift of sorts to dictatorship ended only in the his rival in the South. late 1980s and the divide be- In an instant, Wednesday's tween left and right remains explosion shifted the focus on deep. the presidency of Park Geun-­ hye, who has faced several mass protests condemning her A survey leadership in recent weeks. Park's swift, hard-line respon- showed Park’s se, including a return of cross-­ border propaganda broadcasts approval rating that Pyongyang loathes, has, for the time being, oversha- rose slightly dowed criticism over her lea- last week, for dership style, her alleged abuse of workers' rights and her pur- the first time in ported submission to Tokyo in a deal meant to end a dispute five weeks over Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women. Park has also received mas- Park has temporarily stopped sive public criticism for a bo- a slide in popularity by doing tched rescue operation during something she has proven a ferry disaster in 2014 that herself adept at: Standing tall killed more than 300, mostly in the face of what Seoul sees schoolchildren, and for the as a provocation from its nor- handling of a MERS virus ou- thern rival. A survey showed S. Korean President Park Geun-hye presides over the National Security Council at the presidential house in Seoul last week tbreak last year that killed 38. her approval rating rose sli- Most recently, the nuclear ghtly last week, for the first reportedly moved missiles, earlier era of rapprochement. thoritarian leadership as tan- test tamped down anger over time in five weeks. artillery and other weapons She's attempting to walk a tamount to war. Seoul says the an "irreversible" settlement While the boost is likely tem- closer to the border, partially delicate line: To show South broadcasts led the North to last month between Japan and porary, the timing of the nu- banned South Koreans from a Korea's intense displeasure fire artillery across the border South Korea of a decades-long clear test may help Park and jointly run factory park in the without killing the possibili- the last time they happened, standoff over Korean women her ruling party. Crucial par- North and allowed huge green ty of drawing the North into in August. British Foreign Se- forced into sexual slavery by liamentary elections loom in speakers along the border to future diplomacy that could cretary Philip Hammond on Japan's World War II military. April. begin cranking out South Ko- settle the neighbors' many di- Friday publicly urged Seoul to All those controversies may The test is "immediately rean K-pop songs and criti- fferences. refrain from the broadcasts. have been muted by the nu- quieting down" the most con- cism of the North's leadership. A military clash is also a wor- North Korea, however, has clear test, but none are going tentious complaints against She could have done more to ry. Pyongyang posts a large done little to respond to the away. Park, said Yoon Tae-Ryong, punish the North, by slapping part of its 1.2 million military broadcasts this time, perhaps "Conservatives have muste- a professor at Seoul's Konkuk them with bilateral punitive and a huge array of weapons because Pyongyang is too fo- red support temporarily be- University. measures and ending the Sou- along the Korean border, wi- cused on celebrating its nu- cause of this external shock," "Some members of the ru- th's participation in the fac- thin easy striking range of the clear test for internal propa- Jang Seung-jin, a professor at ling party must be grinning tory park, which is a rare cash South Korean capital, Seoul, ganda purposes. The most Seoul's Kookmin University, inside." cow for the impoverished, wi- and its 10 million residents. tangible effect of the South's said of the nuclear test. "When Shortly after the North's dely shunned North. The park, The North views the restart retaliation so far is that it has the nuclear news calms down, test, Park put her front-line however, is also the last major of the propaganda broadcasts helped Park change the con- I think her approval rating will troops on their highest alert, inter-Korean project from an and their criticism of its au- versation back home. dip back to where it was." AP

ILDFIRES that AUSTRALIA Wkilled two men and destroyed more than 140 buildings in southwest Firefighters controlling blazes that killed 2 Australia were being brought under control, officials said yesterday. statement. injuries. casting Corp. radio early The blazes had scor- The fires had destroyed More than 450 firefi- yesterday. ched more than 71,150 AP PHOTO 143 buildings, including ghters took advantage of Destructive wildfi- hectares of farms and 128 houses, it said. Most cooler conditions since res are common across woodland south of Per- of the property damage Sunday to stop the fires much of Australia during th, the Western Austra- occurred in the township from spreading further, the southern hemisphe- lia state capital, since of Yarloop, where two Francis said. re summer. In 2009, they were sparked by men in their 70s died "It's not totally under wildfires killed 173 peo- lightning strikes last on Thursday, Emergen- control yet, but we're ple and destroyed more Wednesday, the Depart- cy Services Minister Joe very optimistic about the than 2,000 homes in li- ment of Fire and Emer- Francis said. Four firefi- next 24 hours," Francis ttle more than a day in gency Services said in a ghters sustained minor told Australian Broad- Victoria state. AP tue 12.01.2016

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Steve Peoples, Des Moines (Iowa) USA ELECTIONS HREE weeks before Iowa kicks off the sta- te-by-state presidential nominating contests, Republicans may face Tbusinessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are ge- nerating overwhelming enthu- ‘devil’s bargain’ in campaign siasm among Republican voters in the state, along with concern, though not panic, among the party professionals who belie- ve both are unelectable in No- AP PHOTO vember against the Democratic nominee. Despite such fears, talk of a "takedown" effort aimed at ei- ther Trump or Cruz appears to have faded as the Feb. 1 caucu- ses in Iowa near. For now, there is nervous acceptance that two of the Republican Party's most divisive figures may stay at the top of the presidential pack well into the first month of voters' getting their say. "Cruz would not only cost us the general (election), he wou- ld cost the GOP (Republican Party) the future. Trump is not a Republican and he is not a conservative," said Republi- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz can strategist Alex Castellanos, who is not affiliated with a 2016 That feeling is echoed by party trist conservatives" will have to the state, drawing overflow white and blue Cruz sign. "The campaign. "The geometry is officials across the country, who be patient until what they see as crowds everywhere — from a status quo has got to go." conflicting: If you limit one, you acknowledged they have few a more electable alternative to pizza restaurant in Pocahontas It's much the same for Trump, aid the other. tools to stop Cruz or Trump. Trump and Cruz emerges. to a small college in Sioux Cen- who is showing no signs of "At the end," Castellanos said, Instead, there is hope that vo- "This is about who's going to ter, where hundreds packed the slowing down after leading "Republicans may face the de- ters ultimately will settle on be in the finals," Kaufman said. auditorium, spilling into the most national preference polls vil's bargain and have to settle what they consider a more via- "Clearly on one side it's going to stairwell and upper level. since the summer. The brash for the lesser of two anti-estab- ble alternative from a group of be Trump and/or Cruz. And for "There is no doubt that the real-estate billionaire and for- lishment evils." candidates that includes Flori- the centrist conservatives, it's Washington cartel is in full mer reality television star rou- da Sen. Marco Rubio, New Je- going to come down to one of panic mode," said an almost gi- tinely draws thousands of peo- rsey Gov. Chris Christie, former three governors or Rubio." ddy Cruz this past week. "They ple to his rallies, packing high Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Ohio That may explain why the at- are in full panic mode because school auditoriums, arenas, Gov. John Kasich. tacks on Cruz and Trump pale they are seeing on the ground convention centers — even an Cruz would not "Let's see how the votes go be- in comparison to the amount conservatives uniting." airplane hangar — across the fore we panic," said Washing- spent disparaging other can- At other stops, Cruz suppor- country. only cost us ton-based Republican operative didates. For example, a Rubio- ters stood outside in snow and Supporters began lining up John Feehery, who has been boosting group recently put sub-freezing temperatures, at dawn for a 7 p.m. rally in the election, critical of Cruz and Trump. more than USD1 million into unable to get in for a seat, but Burlington, Vermont, this past he would cost There is little evidence of wi- sharp-elbowed anti-Christie at- still trying to listen through week, while in Massachusetts despread alarm from establish- tacks in New Hampshire. Rubio open doors. At a Friday mor- and New Hampshire, hundreds GOP the future. ment Republican leaders and has been the target of close to ning event in Mason City, stood outside in the bitter cold their well-funded supporters. $1 million in negative adverti- 48-year-old Robert Peterson for hours waiting to get in. Trump is not Despite their commanding sing, mostly in Iowa and mostly said he was sold on Cruz, even "Folks, we have a revolu- presence in preference polls, by Cruz boosters. though he said he had never tion going on," Trump said in a Republican Trump and Cruz have almost There is unquestioned exci- before voted for a Republican Lowell, Massachusetts, marve- and he is not a completely escaped paid attack tement among the Republican presidential candidate. ling at the thousands of people ads, particularly in Iowa. electorate in Iowa for the two "It's time for a change," Peter- who filled the arena. "People conservative. Republican National commit- front-runners. son said, standing at the back of are tired and they're sick of the ALEX CASTELLANOS teeman Ron Kaufman of Mas- On Saturday, Cruz concluded the room wearing a red "Cruz stupidity that we're seeing co- REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST sachusetts said the party's "cen- a six-day, 28-stop trek across 2016" button and holding a red, ming out of Washington." AP

ISRAEL Palestinian on hunger strike in critical condition

HE condition of a Bet did not immediately would not comment on ties with Hamas' student ger strikers' demands by has protested the law, TPalestinian journa- respond to a request for his condition. His wife, organization. He was ar- agreeing to release them and there are no known list on a 48-day hunger comment. Faihaa al-Qeq, said Is- rested Nov. 21. at the end of their terms instances of a prisoner strike in an Israeli jail is "Al-Qeq is in critical rael "accused him of in- Palestinian prisoners of detention. Israel so- being force-fed. deteriorating, the man's condition after 48 days citement." have used hunger strikes metimes extends the ad- Also yesterday, the Is- wife and a Palestinian in hunger strike and his Al-Qeq, 33, works as a before to draw atten- ministrative detention of raeli military said for- official said yesterday. life is at risk," said Issa correspondent for the tion to their detention suspects. ces shot and wounded Mohammed al-Qeq is Qaraqe, the Palestinian Saudi channel Al-Majd without trial or charges. A contentious law a knife-wielding­ Pales- protesting his six-month minister of prisoner af- and also appears as an Al-Qeq is the first jour- passed last year allows tinian who the military sentence without trial or fairs. analyst on channels nalist to do so. Israel to force-feed a said attempted to stab a charge, under a measu- Al-Qeq is being moni- linked to the Islamic Fearing that a fasting hunger striker if his life soldier in the West Bank. re called administrative tored in an Israeli hospi- militant group Hamas. detainee's death could is in danger, even if the The Palestinian's condi- detention. Israel's inter- tal, according to Israel's Israel has arrested him spark violence, Israel has prisoner refuses. Israel's tion was not immediate- nal security agency Shin prison service, which in the past for his activi- at times acceded to hun- medical establishment ly known. AP 12.01.2016 tue

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13:00 TDM News (Repeated) The Sky of the Inside – Xiao YaWen Artwork Exhibition 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Time: 10:30am-6:30pm 14:30 RTPi Live (Closed on Mondays and public holidays) 16:10 Criminal Minds S.7 Until: January 31, 2016 17:40 Trail of Lies (Repeated) enue V : Calçada da Igreja de S.Lázaro ,10, Macau 18:30 TDM Sport (Repeated) Admission: free 19:30 Soap Opera Enquiries: (853) 2835 4582 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report The Mastery of Shipbuilding 21:00 TDM Intreview – Fishing Junk Models by Wan Chun 21:40 Non-Daily Port. News Time: 10am-6pm 22:10 Trail of Lies (Closed on Sundays and public holidays) 23:00 TDM News die in massacre Until: 1998 100 April 9, 2016 23:30 Miscellaneous Venue: Gallery of the Historical Archives in Algeria 00:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) of Macau, Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira The Algerian government has blamed Islamic extremists de Almeida Nº 91 - 93, Macau 01:00 RTPi Live for the deaths of more than 100 people, who were killed Admission: Free when two villages were attacked. Enquiries: The latest violence follows a series of massacres in (853) 2859 2919 north-­west Algeria since the start of the Muslim holy mon- th of Ramadan. One Century of Austrian Art 1860-1960 It is thought the attacks happened shortly after evening Time: 10am-7pm cinema prayers. cineteatro (no admittance after 6:30 pm, closed on Mondays) Homemade bombs were thrown into a cinema in Sidi Until 7 Jan - 13 Jan Ahmed and a mosque in nearby Haouche Sahraoui, in the : April 3, 2016 so-called “triangle of death”, south of the capital Algiers. Venue: Macau Museum of Art, Survivors have said that people trying to escape the Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE bombings were shot and attacked with knives, swords Admission: MOP5 and axes. (Free on Sundays and public holidays) Since the end of December 1997, more than 800 people Enquiries: have been killed in villages and mountain hamlets. (853) 8791 9814 Last week more than 400 people were reportedly killed in a single attack and thousands of people have been Exhibition – The Journey of a Master: fleeing the area. Júlio Pomar and Friends Survivors have said that whole families were rounded up Time: 2pm-8pm (Tuesdays to Sundays); 3pm-8pm and either hacked or burned to death. There is some speculation that the Armed Islamic Group (Mondays; Open on public holidays) (GIA), which is accused of the massacres, may have shif- Until: January 15, 2016 ted its operations outside urban centres as the result of Venue: Albergue SCM, Calçada da Igreja pressure from the security forces. de São Lázaro No.8, Macau Gallery A2 One of the GIA’s chiefs has recently been quoted by the Admission: Free media as saying that isolated villages should arm them- selves or take refuge in larger, better protected towns. Enquiries: (853) 2852 2550 / 2852 3205 THE 33_ room 1 Very little is known about the GIA except that it espouses extremist interpretations of Islam which it uses to justify nward azes 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm I G Director: Patricia Riggen the acts of violence. – Four Artists in Performance Starring: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, The Organisation of the Islamic Conference has con- Time: 10am-8pm (Closed on Mondays) Juliette Binoche demned the massacres, saying that such acts were cate- gorically forbidden by Islam. Until: February 14, 2016 Language:English (Cantonese) Duration: 127min The Algerian government has angrily rejected any su- Venue: Old Court Building, Avenida da Praia ggestions that the security forces have been involved in Grande, Macau SECRET IN THEIR EYES_ the massacres. Admission: Free room 2 January marks the sixth anniversary of a military coup, Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 2.30, 4.30, 9.30 pm the dissolution of the National People’s Assembly and the Director: Billy Ray introduction of a state of emergency. Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, This led to the cancellation of general elections and the Shining Clean – Exhibition of Yongle Julia Roberts disbanding of the main opposition party, the Islamic Sal- Porcelain Excavated from Zhushan of the Language:English (Cantonese) vation Front, which was certain to win the vote. Jingdezhen Official Kiln and Museum Duration: 111min A violent insurgency against the coup has claimed the lives of between 60,000 and 80,000 people. Time: 9am-9pm IP MAN 3_ Recent violence has drawn concern from the world Until room 2 : March 13, 2016 community and the US State Department has called for Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery of the Civic 7.30 pm Director: Wilson Yip Wai Shun an international inquiry into the massacres. and Municipal Affairs Bureau Organizer: Civic and Starring: Donnie Yen, Lynn Xiong, Max Zhang This has been rejected by the Algerian government who Municipal Affairs Bureau, Cultural Affairs Bureau Language: Cantonese (English/Cantonese) say it would give credence to the idea that Islamist extre- Admission: Free Duration: 110min mists were not the only ones involved. But a European Union fact-finding mission is expected Enquiries: (853) 8988 4100 / 2882 7103 SHERLOCK: THE ABOMINABLE BRIDE_ in Algiers in the next ten days. room 3 2.30, 4.45, 9.30 pm Courtesy BBC News Director: Douglas Mackinnon Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Offbeat Una Stubbs Language:English (Cantonese) In context Cincinnati Zoo names baby Duration: 89min The final number of dead was much higher than first reports sug- gested. Newspaper reports, after gathering statements from survi- penguin ‘Bowie’ after singer THE BOY AND THE BEAST_ vors, put the figure at 400 - many of them women and children. room 3 Villagers also said that around 30 girls had disappeared after the 7.15 pm attacks, as had happened in previous massacres. Having already earned a measure of “Fame” as the Cincin- Director: Mamoru Hosoda The struggle between the military and insurgents has claimed the nati Zoo’s first animal birth of 2016, a newborn penguin chick Language: Japonese (English/Cantonese) lives of more than 100,000 people. has been named “Bowie.” The decision was made before Duration: 119min In 1999 a referendum approved a law on civil concord, and an the news of David Bowie’s death broke out yesterday. amnesty led to many insurgents laying down their arms and being The zoo says the baby known as a blue or fairy penguin pardoned by the government. hatched at 6 a.m. Friday, weighing less than 56 grams. macau tower Thousands of militants were freed from prison by President Ab- Friday was both David Bowie’s and Elvis Presley’s birth- delaziz Bouteflika, who took office in 1999 and was re-elected in a COMING SOON 14 Jan - 10 Feb day, and the zoo says there was a lot of support for the Elvis landslide victory in 2004. A general amnesty is now being considered for Algerians implicated name. But the zoo already has a king penguin named for THE 5H WAVE_ in violence and murder since 1992. “the King,” so “Bowie” was the choice for the new arrival. 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm Many Algerians say Mr Bouteflika has brought security to the Director Thane Maynard says the year’s first baby is fitting Director: J Blakeson country, but some human rights campaigners say that abuses and since the zoo celebrates “Penguin Days” in January and Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, torture by the security forces continue. February. Maika Monroe Since 1992, 7,000 Islamic prisoners arrested during the violent The singer Bowie had turned 69 on Jan. 8, and released Language: English (Cantonese) upheaval are reported to have disappeared. a new album, “Blackstar.” Duration: 112min tue 12.01.2016 th Anniversary

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YOUR STARS THE BORN LOSER by Chip Sansom Aries Taurus

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TENNIS Bouchard wins in Hobart 1st round

UGENIE Bouchard pro- vided relief from a deluge

E AP PHOTO of bad injury news in the wo- men's game ahead of the Aus- tralian Open, as the Canadian won 6-2, 6-1 against Bethanie Mattek-Sands at the Hobart International yesterday. The former No. 5 is on the co- meback trail since sustaining a concussion when she fell in the dressing room during last year's U.S. Open, with the Shenzhen Open last week being her first tournament since. Bouchard said before her first match in Hobart she had "zero expectations" for the tourna- ment as she eases back into competitive tennis after the four-month layoff. However she was impressi- ve against American veteran Mattek-Sands, just as many leading Australian Open deal with injuries. Daria Gavrilova, who teamed with Nick Kyrgios to win Aus- Eugenie Bouchard tralia's first Hopman Cup title in Perth last week, became the on Sunday due to a stomach vi- Radwanska leaves the six top-­ Meanwhile, Britain's Andy Victor Estrella Burgos 6-0, 6-4 latest player to withdraw from rus and was joined a few hours ranked women all under injury Murray is also in Melbourne to claim his place in the second the Sydney International yes- later by No. 2-seeded Agnies- clouds ahead of the Australian hoping a long lead-in to the round. World No. 26 Sock took terday, due to an abdominal zka Radwanska, who cited a Open which starts Jan. 18. Australian Open will help him the first set in only 17 minutes, injury. leg injury. Germany's Angelique Kerber, in his quest to win the tourna- finishing it with his fifth ace, "If I had a bit more time, I Last week, the world's four ranked 10, won her first rou- ment at last, after four appea- then won the second set with would be fine," Gavrilova said. top-ranked women retired or nd match in Sydney, beating rances in the final. a single service break and wi- "But it's just a bit sore, so it's a withdrew from tournamen- Ukraine's Elona Svitolina 4-6, "I love playing here and I've thout facing a breakpoint. bit of a precaution. ts due to injuries: No. 1 Sere- 6-0, 6-3, while former U.S. played some of my best tennis "I came out in difficult condi- "It's not great timing, but I'm na Williams (Hopman Cup/ Open champion and local favo- here," Murray said. "If I keep tions today for everyone, with not too worried because it's knee), second-ranked Halep rite Sam Stosur beat Roberta working hard and giving my- the wind swirling a little bit early days. I should be fine for (Brisbane/ankle), No. 3 Garbi- Vinci 4-6, 7-5, 7-5. self opportunities, hopefully and the court fast, and I'm ha- Australian Open." ne Muguruza (Brisbane/foot) In the men's draw, fifth- I'll be able to win." ppy to get through." Defending champion and and fourth-ranked Maria Sha- seeded Andreas Seppi beat At the ASB Classic in Au- Canada's Vasek Pospisil ous- world No. 5 Petra Kvitova wi- rapova (Brisbane/forearm). Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin ckland, American Jack Sock ted seventh-seed Ivo Karlovic thdrew from the tournament The addition of Kvitova and 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. took only 43 minutes to beat 7-6 (4), 7-5. AP

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CRICKET.COM.AU Australia names two uncapped fast bowlers for first one-day

Mitchell Starc. had been compelling. He has scored 218 runs in taken it on the chin and Boland, from Victoria, "His death bowling has five matches for the Perth he's been great around has also been handed a been very impressive," Scorchers at an average of the group." debut as Australia reple- Smith said. "He hits a 72.67 and a strike-rate of India may also name an nishes its fast bowling sto- yorker as well as anyone 128.24. uncapped paceman. In- cks but allrounder Shaun at the moment. He's got a Australia has opted ins- dia's team hasn't yet been Joel Paris Marsh has been omitted bit of pace to him so ho- tead to let veteran George announced but Barinder Scott Boland from the Australian lineup pefully he can hurry up Bailey fill the batting va- Stan is expected to be re- AST bowlers Joel Pa- for the first match of the the Indian batters a bit." cancy left by the retire- place the injured Moham- sport and cricket, I don't Fris and Scott Boland five-match series. Marsh hasn't been able ment of Michael Clarke. med Shami. think revenge and hate will make their debuts Captain Steve Smith to clinch his place in the "It's very difficult but Today's match is the are words that should be for Australia in today's said Paris was selected Australia match XI, thou- Shaun's been exceptio- first meeting between used," Dhoni said. "Be- opening one-day inter- because Australia wants a gh his Big Bash form has nal," Smith said. "He Australia and India since cause then on the same national against India as left-armer in Perth "who also been outstanding. hasn't whinged once, he's the World Cup semifinal line we'll say it's a gentle- the two sides prepare to can use the breeze and in Sydney in March. man's sport, so it beco- renew a growing rivalry. move the ball." Recent meetings be- mes quite conflicting. Paris has been chosen Boland was a member of tween the teams have "You are representing to make his first interna- the Australia test squad australia lineup featured verbal exchan- your country and you tional appearance on his during the recent series gfes betwen players but want to win. But at the home WACA Ground after against the West Indies DAVID WARNER, Aaron Finch, Steve Smith (captain), India captain Mahendra same time, you want to being fast-tracked into the but didn't get a chance to George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Singh Dhoni believed the follow the guidelines I've Australia squad following play. Smith said his form Wade, James Faulkner, Joel Paris, Scott Boland, Josh coming series would be been given — the spirit the retirement of Mitchell for the Melbourne Stars Hazlewood. played in good spirit. of the game and every- Johnson and and injury to in the Big Bash League "When it comes to thing." AP tue 12.01.2016

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SAILING WS hires ex British

PHOTO ARCHIVE PHOTO official Andy Hunt as new CEO WWW.SAILING.ORG

Andy Hunt Sailing’s world governing body has hired a new CEO as it wrestles with the problem of staging this year’s Olympic competition in sewage-infested waters in Rio de Janeiro. Andy Hunt, a former chief executive of the British Olympic Association, replaces Peter Sowrey at World Sailing. Sowrey resigned in December after just five months in the role. World Sailing President Carlo Croce said yesterday that Hunt combines “exceptional business leadership credentials, with an excellent track record in sports administration.” Tests conducted by The Associated Press last year exposed contamination in Rio’s waterways that will be used in the Olympics. Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero RUGBY FOOTBALL | EPL PREVIEW Wycliff Palu returns to NSW Waratahs

Australia backrower Wycliff Palu has rejoined Aguero back scoring, leading the New South Wales Waratahs for the 2016 Super Rugby season after injury prevented him fulfilling a two-year contract in Japan. The 33-year-old Palu, capped 57 times by City’s Premier League charge Australia and a veteran of 121 matches for the Waratahs, suffered a serious hamstring injury during the Wallabies’ pool match against Uruguay at last year’s Rugby World Cup. Steve Douglas, Manchester “When Kun continues are meeting three times in Liverpool manager Juer- A protracted rehabilitation prevented Palu playing games and playing three weeks. The second leg gen Klopp fielded the kids from fulfilling the first year of his Japanese Thursday, 3:45am more minutes, his perfor- of the semifinals is on Jan. against fourth-tier club contract. Palu said he was undergoing Man City v Everton mance always improves af- 27. Exeter in the FA Cup on Fri- rehabilitation at the Waratahs when coach ter he comes back from a Manchester United may day, and escaped with a 2-2 H 1.53, D 4.85, A 7 Daryl Gibson asked if was interested in long injury,” Pellegrini said have won its last two ga- draw. Many first-teamers returning. He said he jumped at the chance of Aguero, who missed 10 mes to end an eight-match will return against Arsenal, because “I’m a big believer that everything OOK out, Premier weeks of action from Oc- winless streak, but it hasn’t but Klopp will still be wi- happens for a reason. It’s not by bad luck or League: Sergio tober to December because stopped the criticism from thout the likes of Philippe chance that I’m here again.” Aguero is back to of two separate injuries and going manager Louis van Coutinho, Daniel Sturrid- fitness, back scoring is still on 11 goals for the Gaal’s way. ge, Jordan Henderson and ATHLETICS Lgoals and leading Manches- campaign. After the tepid 1-0 victory three first-choice center ba- ter City’s charge to reel in “We know he is a top over third-tier club Sheffield cks. UK: Reset world records Arsenal in the second half player and when he conti- United in the FA Cup on Sa- Liverpool is in eighth pla- amid doping crisis of the season. nues playing, he will arrive turday, former United great ce, 12 points behind Arse- After an injury-marred at his normal performance. Paul Scholes said: “Every nal. end to 2015, the Argentina When you have players as time I come to Old Trafford, Few can have predicted

striker has been eased back important as Sergio it is it’s negative football. Fans that a match between Tot- GETTYIMAGES into prime shape in the last very important for their are bored, even the players tenham and Leicester in Ja- few weeks by City manager teammates, for the mana- are bored, everyone’s bo- nuary would be a meeting of Manuel Pellegrini, who ste- ger, for the fans to see them red. You look at the bench two teams in the top four. pped up Aguero’s playing playing every game because and Van Gaal looks bored as But they are there on me- Chairman Ed Warner time each game over the he is a player that makes a well.” rit, summing up the erratic All world records in track and field should be festive period. difference.” Thousands of fans left Old nature of this season’s Pre- reset and lifetime bans should be imposed Aguero, the Premier Lea- Third-place City heads Trafford before the end of mier League. on serious drug cheats to clean up the sport gue’s top scorer last sea- into the game at Etihad Sta- the third-round match, with Leicester has failed to win amid its global doping crisis, the governing son, is starting to deliver dium a point behind Leices- United won courtesy of an any of its last three league body of British athletics said. UK Athletics once again, either netting ter and three behind Arse- injury-time penalty by Way- games, suggesting a drop- published “A Manifesto for Clean Athletes” or assisting four of City’s nal in the league, after 20 of ne Rooney. off in form finally after its containing 14 proposals aimed at restoring last five goals. On Saturday, 38 matches. With Arsenal Asked why, Van Gaal said surprisingly strong start. credibility to a sport battered by allegations of he marked his fourth strai- at Liverpool, there is a real yesterday: “They are not Tottenham has lost only widespread doping, cover-ups and corruption. ght start with a stunning possibility the two leading thinking that we would sco- twice in the league and “The integrity of athletics was challenged as solo goal — a weaving run title contenders could be re, I think, and maybe also looks to be the real deal this never before in 2015,” UK Athletics chairman past three defenders before tied for points after tomor- because of the traffic that season. Ed Warner said. “Clean athletes and sports poking in a finish to set City row’s games. they leave the stadium a few Harry Kane came off the fans the world over have been let down. on its way to a 3-0 win over City is in the midst of a minutes early.” bench to earn Spurs a late Trust in the sport is at its lowest point for Norwich in the FA Cup. heavy load of matches: Se- United visits Newcastle, 2-2 draw from the penal- decades.” One of the federation’s proposals is to ‘investigate the implications of drawing Next for the player nickna- ven games in 24 days across which is third from last and ty spot in Sunday’s FA Cup a line under all pre-existing sport records ... med “Kun” is Everton in the three competitions. Becau- has lost its last four games. match. Tottenham manager se City is playing Everton in Liverpool currently has 12 Mauricio Pochettino may and commencing a new set of records.” Triple- Premier League tomorrow jumper Jonathan Edwards and marathon the two-legged League Cup players out injured, so the not rest him a second time (Thursday 3:45am), one of runner Paula Radcliffe are current British semifinals this month — last team it would want to against a disciplined - and the standout games from world-record holders. UK Athletics also a full midweek program in Everton won the first leg 2-1 play next is the league lea- dangerous - Leicester side. proposed a lifetime ban for British athletes England’s top division. on Wednesday — the teams ders. AP / Oddschecker.com guilty of a serious anti-doping violation. THE ‘Star Wars’ earns USD56 million Station12.01.2016Air quality tue th Anniversary BUZZ in opening weekend in China Roadside 40-60 20 Moderate “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” earned in the world’s second-largest movie market. USD56 million during its opening weekend in “Fast & Furious 7,” China’s top-earning fo- High China, a strong start but pulling in much less reign movie, earned $182 million during its Density 35-55 than “Fast & Furious 7” did on its first weekend opening weekend in May last year. It went on Residental in the country. to gross $390.9 million in China, just over a Moderate Leading entertainment consultancy Ent- quarter of its total earnings. The latest “Star Area opinion Group said that yesterday afternoon the movie Wars” movie was released in China on Satur- had earned just under 366 million yuan ($52m) day. Ambient 35-55 Moderate Views on China DSMG SOURCE: Christopher Balding, Bloomberg WORLD BRIEFS AP PHOTO China isn’t headed for RUSSIA The ruble has a financial crisis tanked on the first day Ever since the 2008 global financial crisis, pundits of trading after a ten- have tried to guess which country could set off the day holiday period as next implosion. Last week, China seemed to put it- the price of oil continues self forward as a pretty good candidate, as markets to decline. The Russian currency dropped by around the world panicked over the risks posed by nearly 2 percent half an its slowing economy. Those fears, while valid, are hour into trading to 76.1 overdone. rubles yesterday at the We know much more now about the factors that Moscow stock exchange’s contribute to financial crises than we did before. Pre- first currency trading vious victims have all featured elevated risk factors session since Dec. 31. such as rapid credit growth, poor public finances and Oil prices, the backbone asset bubbles. Those risks intensify when they de- of the Russian economy, velop in combination with one another. have been declining in the Today’s China certainly suffers from many of them. past week, pressured by The Bank for International Settlements has warned fears about a slowdown in that Chinese credit growth since 2008 represents one China’s economic growth. of the largest expansions in modern financial history. The Chinese credit-to-GDP gap, a widely used lea- ding indicator of banking stress, stands at a global

high of 25.4. No other country comes close: Turkey, AP PHOTO the next on the list, has a credit-to-GDP gap of 16.6. Between 2007 and the end of 2014, Chinese and Hong Kong debt-to-GDP grew by 82 percent and 103 percent respectively - more than twice as fast as virtually every other emerging market economy. At least five The International Monetary Fund warns that Chi- BURUNDI people were killed over na’s government and contingent deficits total nearly In this Sept. 14, 1995, file photo, David Bowie performs in Hartford, U.S. the weekend, as violence 10 percent of GDP. Chinese economists have found spurred by President housing price-to-income ratios well in excess of the Pierre Nkurunziza’s third long-term global average. Bad loans are seriously ‘THE CHAMELEON’ LAST ACT term continues to rock understated; Charlene Chu of Autonomous Resear- the East African nation. ch puts them closer to 20 percent. The world’s fac- Three bodies were found tory is suffering from severe overcapacity and weak in the Nyakabiga, Jabe global demand for its manufactured products. Iconic singer David Bowie and Musaga districts of Still, it would be a mistake to look at this cocktail the capital, Bujumbura, of factors and assume a crisis is inevitable. First, on Sunday, police told just because a country features elevated risk levels reporters late that day. doesn’t guarantee disaster. dies at 69 Two members of the ruling Second, crises grow out of complicated, non- party’s youth wing were linear interactions of various factors, rather than a also killed when an armed uniform and predictable sequence of events. In his Mesfin Fekadu, New York produced “Heroes.” ve reviews from critics, re- group attacked a pub in book “Outliers,” Malcolm Gladwell describes plane He had some of his big- presented yet another sty- Muyira, about 15 km east crashes as most “likely to be the result of an accu- AVID Bowie, the in- gest successes in the ear- listic shift, as he gathered of the city. mulation of minor difficulties and seemingly trivial novative and iconic ly 1980s with the stylist jazz players to join him. A professional malfunctions.” D ZIMBABWE singer whose illustrious “Let’s Dance,” and a mas- He felt uneasy about hunter in Zimbabwe has Chinese leaders are acutely conscious of the career lasted five decades sive American tour. some of his greatest mate- canceled a plan to raffle “seemingly trivial malfunctions” in the economy that with hits like “Fame,” ‘’He- “My entire career, I’ve rial, once embarking on a a lion hunt at a hunters’ could prompt a crisis and have the tools to address roes” and “Let’s Dance,” only really worked with “greatest hits” tour saying convention in the United them. Whereas Greece had to haggle desperately States, following protests with Europe to obtain financing and the U.S. gover- died Sunday after a battle the same subject matter,” it would be the last time with cancer. He was 69. Bowie told The Associated performing much of his from activists. Martin Nel nment provoked fierce argument over its corporate said last week that he was bailouts, China has moved swiftly to rescue failing Representative Steve Press in a 2002 interview. old material. He later re- scrapping the raffle in firms to prevent a domino collapse. Authorities will Martin said yesterday that “The trousers may chan- lented, however. which he hoped to sell 100 censor market rumors, sell off billions in foreign re- Bowie died “peacefully” ge, but the actual words “I’m not a natural per- raffle tickets for USD1,500 serves to prop up the currency, flood the banking and was surrounded by fa- and subjects I’ve always former,” he said in the each in Las Vegas next system with liquidity - whatever it takes to maintain mily. He had battled can- chosen to write with are 2002 interview. “I don’t month. stability. cer for 18 months. things to do with isola- enjoy performing terribly ‘ Third, as with all things in China, the specter of a “While many of you will tion, abandonment, fear much. Never have. I can financial crisis is an intensely political concern. Even

share in this loss, we ask and anxiety — all of the do it and, if my mind’s on AP PHOTO a publicly acknowledged slowdown would pose a threat to Communist rule, which is so dependent that you respect the fa- high points of one’s life.” the situation, do it quite on the regime’s claims to economic competence. mily’s privacy during their At a concert for rescue well. But five or six shows Whereas the U.S. might be able tolerate the risk or time of grief,” the state- workers after the 2001 in, I’m dying to get off the losses associated with a crash and emerge stronger, ment read. No more de- World Trade Center at- road and go back into the Chinese leaders - well aware of the fate of the Soviet tails were provided. tacks, his performance of studio.” Union - can’t afford to do so. Bowie turned 69 on Fri- “Heroes” was a highlight. British Prime Minister Should a financial crisis occur in China, it will be day, the same day he re- “What I’m most proud of David Cameron tweeted HOLLYWOOD “The because all options to prevent such a profound dis- Martian” rocketed to best leased a new album called is that I can’t help but no- that Bowie’s death is “a film comedy at the 73rd location have been tried and failed. Before then, no “Blackstar.” tice that I’ve affected the huge loss.” He wrote he rescue attempt or bailout will be too outlandish to annual Golden Globes, The singer, who was vocabulary of pop music. had grown up listening to where even its director, attempt. No policy, however absurd like maintaining Ridley Scott, wondered credit growth at twice the rate of GDP growth, will born David Jones, came For me, frankly, as an ar- and watching Bowie and whether his science fiction be overlooked. of age in the glam rock era tist, that’s the most satis- called the singer a “master epic about a stranded Indeed, the greater problem is that amid these of the early 1970s. He had fying thing for the ego.” of reinvention” and a pop a striking androgynous Bowie kept a low profile genius who kept on get- astronaut quite belonged in efforts, the serious and painful restructuring China the category. “Comedy?” needs will be postponed. Truly slowing credit grow- look in his early days and in recent years after re- ting it right. Scott wondered, taking the th would prompt a wave of corporate bankruptcies was known for changing portedly suffering a heart Kanye West said on Twi- podium, answering with a and prevent the government from reaching its GDP his looks and sounds. The attack in the 2000s. He tter that Bowie “was one skeptical wave of his hand. growth target. Yet the alternative - the continued bui- stuttering rock sound of made a moody album of my most important ins- Sylvester Stallone scored ldup of debt and spread of lossmaking zombie com- “Changes” gave way to the three years ago called pirations, so fearless, so a knockout 29 years after panies across the economy - only deepens the risk disco soul of “Young Ame- “The Next Day” — his first creative, he gave us magic the first “Rocky,” Jennifer of an eventual crash. It’s true that a crisis would be Lawrence notched her third ricans,” co-written with recording in a decade whi- for a lifetime.” the last possible outcome after many, many failures. Globe and Matt Damon The question is whether the cure will turn out to be John Lennon, to a dro- ch was made in secret in Bowie was married to landed both best actor. worse than the disease. ning collaboration with New York City. “Blacks- international supermodel Leonardo DiCaprio won for Brian Eno in Berlin that tar,” which earned positi- Iman since 1992. AP best actor in a film drama.