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New South Wales is EXPELLING China’s state-sponsored Confucius Institutes from public schools after France’s President Emmanuel Macron (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a working session at the annual G7 Summit in Biarritz, south-west France on Aug. 25, 2019. a year-long review cited risks of foreign interfer- G-7 SUMMIT ence.

AU| A2 G-7 Leaders’ Support for Hong If we allow this to happen, even for a couple of more years, Huawei is Kong Draws Fiery Criticism going to control basically the communications From China systems of the West and, there- fore, will be able to control the Importance of Sino-British treaty on Hong Kong reaffirmed after China calls West. it ‘historical document’ Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon on Huawei’s take EVA FU meddling in pursuit of a hidden China to abide by the Sino-British over of global technology agenda,” Geng Shuang, China’s for- Joint Declaration. networks. Beijing admonished foreign gov- “The G-7 nations all want eign ministry spokesperson, said The 1984 bilateral treaty was draft- ernments for “interfering” in at an Aug. 27 press conference. He ed to stipulate how Hong Kong’s CHINA | A4 to support a stable and Hong Kong protests a day after G-7 prosperous Hong Kong. added that China “will manage [its] sovereignty would be transferred summit leaders expressed concern own affairs properly.” from Britain to China in 1997, about the region and appealed for a And we remain collectively On Monday, seven industrialised whereby both sides agreed to re- peaceful resolution to the ongoing committed to the ‘one country, nations, including Britain, Canada, tain the territory’s autonomy and Hong Kong cur- political crisis. two systems’ framework.” France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and freedoms not afforded in the main- rently sits atop “I would like to say to the G-7 the United States, issued a collective land, under the “one country, two one of the largest members, stop your impertinent British Prime Minister Boris Johnson statement at the G-7 summit asking Continued on A3 financial time bombs in history.

PETER PARKS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Hedge fund manager Kyle CHINA Bass on the declining Hong INDO-PACIFIC Kong dollar. Trump Responds to Think-Tank Report Beijing Lawyer CHINA | A5 Warning of Rising Chinese Military Prowess Threatened By Authorities After While sensational Travelling to Hong Kong EVA FU now, there’s nobody that’s even close and Attending Protests to us, militarily. Not even close.” REPORTS President Donald Trump has dis- Trump’s remarks were a response NICOLE HAO of the burning Amazon missed a new Australian study sug- to an Aug. 19 study conducted by the Rainforest are stirring up gesting that the Chinese military has United States Studies Centre at the Beijing lawyer Chen Qiushi re- climate fears, NASA says presented “an unprecedented crisis” University of Sydney, which warned cently travelled to Hong Kong to its satellite photos show for the United States’ defense strategy. of an “increasingly uncertain” future witness the ongoing protests and total fire activity is “close “We have the strongest military in the for U.S. military interests in the Indo- shared videos from the site of re- to the average in compari- Chinese warships are seen docked at world right now,” Trump said on Aug. Pacific region as the Chinese military cent demonstrations on Chinese son to the past 15 years,” Garden Island naval base in Sydney on 20 at the White House while meeting expands its presence there. social media. Soon after, Chi- writes geologist Gregory June 3, 2019. with the Romanian president. “Right Continued on A7 Continued on A4 Wrightstone.

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 Accuracy integrity in media. We stand outside political interests and the pursuit of profit. And we stand against the systematic destruction of traditional culture by destructive ideologies & Integrity such as communism. A2 | AU AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 NSW Scraps China-Sponsored Confucius Classrooms Over Concerns of Foreign Interference

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New South Wales is expelling China’s state-sponsored Confucius Institute from its education department, and scrapping the Confucius Classrooms program from 13 public schools follow- ing a year-long internal review sparked by ongoing public concern over foreign interference, it announced on Aug. 22. The Confucius Institute (CI) pro- gram—administered by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) agency Hanban—currently provides classes to 15 percent of Chinese language students in New South Wales public schools, according to the NSW De- partment of Education. In its report, the department ac- knowledged that there exists a “per- ception that the Confucius Institute is or could be facilitating inappropriate foreign influence in the department.” “The NSW Department of Education is the only department of education in the world that hosts a Confucius Institute,” the report noted. “The other Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s It will be replaced by a $1.2 million aspects of operations, from hiring Associate professor in China Stud- 13 Confucius Institutes in Australia are wife Madame Peng Liyuan program that will be locally funded teachers to teaching materials, are ies at the University of Technology all located inside universities.” poses for a photo with stu- until at least the end of 2022. controlled by the CCP’s ministry. Sydney, Dr. Feng Chongyi, told The It recommended that the depart- dents during their les- The department added its investment “Under the agreement with Hanban, Epoch Times the latest move by the ment “take action to ensure that there sons in Mandarin, callig- will make sure the students of the 13 schools receive an establishment grant NSW Government is a positive one is no perception of inappropriate raphy, paper-cutting and schools affected will continue learn- of US$10,000 for opening a Confu- and that he had always been opposed foreign interference in NSW public embroidery at Ravenswood ing the Chinese language from local cius Classroom and also receive free to having CCP-appointed officials schools and the department.” School for Girls in Sydney Chinese-speaking teachers—some- teaching materials (books and audio- oversee classroom operations in NSW on Nov. 19, 2014. The perceived risks included hav- thing that more than 10,000 petition- visual material) from Hanban,” the “for a little profit.” ing CCP officials on the institute’s ers demanded of the department back report stated. “The volunteer teacher “In Confucius Institutes, not only board of directors and operations in 2011. is also a significant resource provided are you not allowed to talk about any- which abided by Chinese laws. by Hanban.” thing not in the CCP’s interest, you The department admitted in its re- A Unique Arrangement According to a 2010 People’s Daily cannot even say anything bad about port that Chinese laws had the “poten- The review highlighted several points article, Chinese minister of propa- the CCP—you cannot make any criti- tial to conflict with the department’s of concern about the department’s ganda Liu Yunshan openly said to his cal comments about the government. Controversial Issues in Schools Policy.” arrangement with Hanban, which comrades regarding CIs, “Coordinate This is harmful to the core value of In China, open discussions on issues was approved by former NSW educa- the efforts of overseas and domestic our democracy, freedom, and legal like the Tiananmen Square massacre, tion minister Adrian Piccoli. Piccoli is propaganda, [and] further create a system,” he said. “It’s not appropri- the Hong Kong protests, and the re- now director of the Gonski Institute favourable international environ- ate even between democratic allied gime’s human rights abuses carry the This was always a for Education at the University of New ment for us. countries, let alone between the CCP risk of political persecution. no-brainer. Now the Sout Wales. “With regard to key issues that in- and Australia.” “Following the [review], the NSW NSW Department “The primary concern is the fact fluence our sovereignty and safety, Feng added that given the trend of Department of Education will be that NSW is the only government we should actively carry out interna- U.S. and Canadian universities using ending its Confucius program in 13 of Education will not department in the world that hosts tional propaganda battles against is- subtle ways to close down CIs, like schools,” NSW Department of Edu- have to register as a a Confucius Institute and that this ar- suers such as Tibet, Xinjiang, Taiwan, not renewing contracts, “I’d expect cation Secretary Mark Scott said in foreign agent. rangement places Chinese government human rights and Falun Gong. … We universities in Australia follow soon.” a press release. appointees inside a NSW government should do well in establishing and op- CIs are found in 13 universities across Charles Sturt University’s public Professor Clive Hamilton, ­department,” the review said. erating overseas cultural centres and Australia. ethics professor, Clive Hamilton, a public ethics expert and “Having foreign government appoin- Confucius Institutes.” He was right. A few days later on vocal critic of the CCP, said of the author of ‘Silent Invasion: tees based in a government depart- Discriminatory hiring practic- Aug. 28, the federal government an- announcement, “This was always a China’s Influence in Australia’ ment is one thing; having appointees es and espionage have also been re- nounced that it will be launching a no-brainer. Now the NSW Department of a one-party state that exercises cen- ported. task force to investigate foreign in- of Education will not have to register sorship in its own country working “The fact that numerous questions terference in Australian universities, as a foreign agent.” in a government department in a have been raised ... speaks to the con- without directly naming the CCP’s CIs. According to the federal govern- democratic system is another.” clusion that some see this arrange- Education Minister Dan Tehan says ment’s Foreign Influence Transparency The report acknowledged that par- ment as potentially compromising the task force comprises half univer- Scheme, which came into effect late ents, academics, and politicians have the department’s governance,” the sity staff and half government agency 2018, the department’s arrangement questioned the transparency and ap- report stated. officials. It will also have a cyberse- with Hanban would equate to foreign propriateness of the arrangement be- “To informed observers, the place- curity working group to protect uni- interference in a government body. tween the department and Hanban. ment of an institute with foreign versity networks against unauthorised China’s foreign ministry has since Hanban, which oversees CIs around government involvement inside a access and damage. accused NSW of politicising a “normal the world, is also known as the Office government department is both exchange program.” of Chinese Language Council Inter- unwise and problematic within the Henry Jom, Melanie Sun, Reuters The agreement is to end with the national. Hanban is directly affiliated good governance expectations of our and The Associated Press contrib- school year, the department said. to the CCP’s Ministry of Education. All democratic political system.” uted to this report.

REUTERS “I will continue to advocate strongly on behalf of Yang to ensure a satisfac- China Charges Australian- tory explanation of the basis for his arrest, that he is treated humanely Chinese Writer With Spying and that he is allowed to return home,” Payne said. Last month, China told Payne to stop “issuing irresponsible remarks” Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne for his political beliefs, he should be and interfering in Yang’s case and has expressed disappointment and released.” reiterated its displeasure on Tuesday. concern following the formal arrest Yang, a former diplomat with Chi- Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng of Chinese-Australian writer and de- na’s ministry of foreign affairs who Shuang said Yang’s case is being han- mocracy advocate Dr. Yang Hengjun became a pro-democracy campaigner dled in accordance with China’s laws in Beijing. and an Australian citizen in 2002, was and that he is in good health. Yang’s Australian lawyer Rob Stary detained in Guangzhou after arriving “The Australian side should ear- said the basis for the espionage charg- from the United States in January. nestly respect China’s judicial sover- es was unclear. Chinese language reports have also eignty and must not ... interfere with “We think it relates to espionage reported that Yang’s wife used to be a Chinese case,” Geng said. on behalf of Australia, but it’s not a well-known “50 cent party” com- Yang is a dual Chinese and Aus- specified on the charge sheet,” Stary mentator, often praising the CCP and tralian citizen, but Beijing does not told A A P. attacking Western democracy before recognise dual citizenship. “We’d obviously be disturbed by her husband’s arrest. She has since Yang Hengjun, author and “He’s a blogger and that’s what The 53-year-old has a doctorate that if it was the allegation because been widely criticized by Chinese former Chinese diplomat, he does, he’s an academic, he’s of from the University of Technology there is absolutely no foundation for netizens for pleading to Western who is now an Australian a different ilk,” he told AAP. Sydney and was living in New York it at all.” countries to save her husband, the citizen, displays a name tag “He had been active and he’s been as a visiting scholar at Columbia Uni- Yang has been held in Beijing for reports said. in an unspecified location politically active in promoting dem- versity before being detained. more than seven months. Fairfax reported in April that Yang in Tibet, China, mid-July, ocratic values. That’s the basis of it, Human Rights Watch director “Since that time, China has not ex- had been previously questioned by 2014. as we understand. Elaine Pearson said the treatment plained the reasons for Yang’s deten- a Chinese government official in “If there is no real or proper founda- of Yang is “absolutely chilling.” tion, nor has it allowed him access to Sydney back in 2018 about a classi- tion for those charges, then he ought She said the Australian government his lawyers or family visits,” Senator fied report that former government to be released and repatriated.” should work with other governments Payne said on Tuesday. security adviser John Garnaut had Payne has discussed his plight whose citizens are wrongfully de- “It is important, and we expect, written for the Turnbull government with China’s foreign minister twice, tained in China in order to step up that basic standards of justice and on Chinese Communist Party influ- and has written to him three times. pressure. procedural fairness are met. ence in Australian politics. Embassy officials have visited Yang “I respectfully reiterate my previous Stary suspects the espionage charge seven times since his detention, most By Daniel McCulloch requests that if Yang is being held relates to Yang’s activism. recently on July 25. From AAP AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 WORLD | A3 African Countries Take Bold Step to Cancel Chinese Investment Projects

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NAIROBI, Kenya—Some African countries are cancelling Chinese development projects and licenses as governments wake up to the po- tential risks of such deals. Over the past few years, the re- gime in Beijing has played a huge part in African development projects. At the same time, there have been concerns about how it carries out those projects, often luring African countries into so-called debt traps with the potential to put national assets at risk in the event of a default on repaying their loans. On Aug. 2, the Financial Times reported that “the government of Sierra Leone has cancelled and sus- pended the licenses of several min- ing projects, including the Tonkolili and Marampa iron ore mines.” Major companies operating in Sierra Leone include China’s Shandong Iron and Steel, which owns the Tonkolili iron ore project, and Gerald Group, which owns the Marampa mines. Since he ascended to power last year, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio has made considerable changes to the law and reviewed mining contracts to ensure the country benefits from its natural A technician with a Chi- nese state-owned China Merchants ernments manage & define the about sovereign debt sustainability,” resources. nese company works at Port in partnership with Oman’s quality of investment they seek to the letter states. In October 2018, Bio cancelled an- the construction site of a State General Reserve Fund. encourage into their countries,” she “It also found that Chinese be- other Chinese-funded project, con- bridge at Kurasini area in “Those investors are coming with wrote. haviour as a creditor has not been struction of the Mamamah airport, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, tough conditions that can only be “Are there FDI [Foreign Direct subject to the disciplines and stan- at a cost of $400 million. on March 23, 2013. accepted by mad people,” Magufuli Investment] strategies being delib- dards that other major sovereign The project loan agreement with said, according to Kenyan news web- erately employed by African govern- and multilateral creditors have ad- China had been signed by the coun- site Tuko. ments to ensure the private sector opted collectively, and in the pro- try’s former president, Ernest Bai “The investor told us once they interests in the continent are lever- cess, debt levels and dependence Koroma, before his reelection bid build the port, there should be no aged strategically?” on China are rising. As financially failed in March 2018. other port to be constructed from strapped countries negotiate with During that time, the World Bank Tanga to Mtwara south. You are not International Concern China to free themselves of mount- and the International Monetary Fund even allowed to go and collect reve- In August 2018, 16 U.S. senators ing debt, Beijing has extracted oner- (IMF) issued a warning to the ef- nue, and the TRA [Tanzania Revenue wrote a letter to U.S. Treasury Secre- ous concessions, including equity fect that the project would impose a Authority] is not allowed to step onto tary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary in strategically important assets. heavy debt burden on Sierra Leone. the port to collect revenue. of State Mike Pompeo expressing Further, Beijing has repeatedly used The then-Chinese ambassador to Those investors are “Apart from that, they want us to concern about how China, through economic pressure to affect foreign Sierra Leone, Wu Peng, told the BBC coming with tough give them a guarantee of 33 years its One Belt, One Road initiative policy decisions.” at the time the project was cancelled conditions that can and a lease of 99 years, and we (OBOR, also known as Belt and Road Outside of Africa, Malaysian Prime that relations wouldn’t sour between should not question whoever comes initiative), was lending money to Minister Mahathir Mohamad, dur- the two countries. “I don’t think the only be accepted by to invest once the port is operational. countries in Africa and other parts ing his first visit to China in August airport project should affect our fu- mad people. They want to take the land as their of the world, sometimes more than 2018, after winning the election, an- ture bilateral relations,” he said. own, but we have to compensate they could repay, and therefore lur- nounced the cancellation of three Tanzanian President John them for drilling construction of ing them into a debt trap. OBOR projects: the East Coast Rail Tanzania Magufuli that port. In the letter, the senators pointed Link and two gas pipelines, the In June, Tanzanian President John “I am saying this so that we un- out that some countries were already Multi-Product Pipeline and Trans- Magufuli suspended a project by the derstand that as a country we have requesting that the IMF bail them Sabah Gas Pipeline. Chinese to build the Bagamoyo port been played with, and we need to out from loans that they owe Beijing, The projects had been signed by at a cost of $10 billion, after failing to change.” citing the case of Sri Lanka losing his predecessor, Najib Razak, whom agree on the terms of the project. The Echoing that sentiment, Anzetse its port to China. Mahathir has always criticised for project agreement had been signed Were, a Kenyan development econo- “The Centre for Global Develop- embarking on these ventures, saying by then-President Jakaya Kikwete mist, recently warned in a Twitter ment has estimated that of the 68 that they were detrimental to the and his Chinese counterpart, Xi thread that African governments countries currently hosting the BRI- country and its fiscal health. Dur- Jinping, during Xi’s visit to the East need to be careful about how they funded projects, 23 countries are at ing his election campaign, Mahathir African country in 2013. borrow from China to spend on de- risk of debt distress, and in eight of pledged to reduce Malaysia’s rising It included a 4,200 acres economic velopment projects. those countries future BRI-related debt levels, and the OBOR projects zone, and was to be built by the Chi- “It is important that African gov- financing raises serious concerns would only increase such debt.

JOHN LUKUWI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES G-7 Leaders’ Support for Hong Kong Draws Fiery Criticism From China

CONTINUED FROM A1 systems” model. it made in the Sino-British Joint “The G-7 reaffirms the existence Declaration. and the importance of the 1984 Si- U.S. Vice President Mike Pence no-British agreement on Hong Kong urged on Aug. 19 that China “act and calls for avoiding violence,” in a humanitarian manner” and according to a statement issued at hinted at the importance of the the conclusion of the G-7 summit Hong Kong issue for ongoing trade in France. negotiations between China and Also on Monday, British Prime the United States. Minister Boris Johnson delivered “For the United States to make a speech at the G-7, where he stated a [trade] deal with China, Beijing that the seven countries had a “deep needs to honour its commitments, concern” for Hong Kong. Mass pro- beginning with the commitment tests over a controversial extradition China made in 1984 to respect British Prime Minister countries such as the U.K. and the he hoped for a “calm resolution” in bill and police-civilian clashes have the integrity of Hong Kong’s laws Boris Johnson during a United States that expressed con- the trade dispute, Trump said that rocked the city in recent months. through the Sino-British Joint Dec- press conference at the cerns about China’s encroachment Liu’s statement also sent a positive “The G-7 nations all want to sup- laration,” Pence said in a speech conclusion of the G7 sum- over Hong Kong affairs. The U.K. message for Hong Kong. port a stable and prosperous Hong given at the Detroit Economic Club. mit in Biarritz, France, on government has stated on multiple “I think it makes it easier for Hong Kong. And we remain collectively Responding to Pence’s remarks, Aug. 24, 2019. occasions that the declaration is Kong to do something. And I think committed to the ‘one country, two China’s state-run broadcaster China still legally binding. that President Xi will do something systems’ framework,” Johnson said. Central Television in its evening pri- President Donald Trump at the with Hong Kong. I really think that Western governments have voiced metime news programme claimed G-7 summit also showed tacit sup- message is a good message with re- their concerns about the Chinese that the treaty had “become a port for Hong Kong by putting it in spect to what the ultimate outcome regime’s recent threats of sending historical document” upon Hong the context of the Sino-U.S. trade is in Hong Kong,” Trump said. troops to quash protests in Hong Kong’s transfer of sovereignty—a war. Kong, and have called on the Chi- claim that the Chinese regime has Commenting on Chinese Vice Epoch Times reporter Frank Fang nese regime to honour promises used in the past when attacking Premier Liu He’s statement that contributed to this report. A4 | CHINA AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 Beijing Lawyer Threatened By Authorities After Travelling to Hong Kong and Attending Protests

ANTHONY KWAN/GETTY IMAGES tain the lawyer license],” Chen said CONTINUED FROM A1 in his last Hong Kong video. nese authorities contacted him and All of Chen’s videos have since been warned that he’ll face consequences. deleted, but have been re-uploaded Chen, 33, received his bachelor and retained by netizens who posted degree in law from Heilongjiang them on YouTube, Facebook, and University and received his license Twitter. to practice law in 2014. That year, Chen also participated in Chen’s Video a Chinese reality competition show, Chen said in his first Hong Kong “I Am A Speaker,” whereby contes- video that he wished to view the tants vie for mentorship after making events without bias. “I want to put speeches. He won second place and my prejudices down and treat every- became famous across the country. thing I see with a neutral attitude as Currently, Chen works for the much as possible.” Beijing-based Long’an Law Firm. Chen also remarked on how cover- age of the ongoing protests diverged Forced To Leave Hong Kong so sharply between Hong Kong and Chen visited Hong Kong as a tourist mainland Chinese media. It is “as on Aug. 17 and planned to go back different as heaven and earth,” he on Aug. 23. On Weibo, a Chinese remarked. Twitter-like social media platform, He explained that local media have he explained that he wished to see reported that the female volunteer the situation in Hong Kong for him- medic was shot by a bean bag round— self, rather than relying on Chinese likely fired by police—during a recent state-run media’s coverage. protest, while Chinese state media For nearly three months, locals claimed that she was shot by her “pig have staged mass protests in opposi- Protesters take part in a rally as they march on a street in Hong Kong, on Aug. 18, 2019. teammate.” tion to an extradition bill that would Meanwhile, locals suspect that a allow the Chinese regime to trans- SCREENSHOT VIA WECHAT group of white-shirt mobs who at- fer individuals for trial in mainland tacked passengers inside the Yuen China. Many fear that the bill would Three days in Hong Long metro station are connected allow the Chinese regime, with a his- to local triads. Chinese state media tory of human rights violations and Kong may ruin my has called them “patriotic youths,” an opaque legal system, to punish three years of hard Chen explained. its critics with impunity. work [to obtain the Chinese state propaganda have Chen’s Fate portrayed the protests as the work lawyer license]. After posting his last video at the of violent rioters who are being di- Hong Kong airport on Aug. 20, Chen Chen Qiushi, Beijing lawyer rected by foreign governments. could not be reached when several “I’m by myself with my cellphone, Chinese activists tried to contact him selfie stick, mainland China ID, through phone and social media. lawyer license, and Hong Kong and But on Aug. 21, several Hong Kong Macau travel pass. I hope to witness media reported that they were able what’s happened here, and listen to to reach Chen and that he said he local people’s voices,” Chen said in was safe. his first video shot in Hong Kong, Beijing lawyer Chen Qiushi as seen in videos he took from Hong Kong demonstra- Xu Xiaodong, a Beijing-based pro- which he then shared on Weibo, on tions that he attended from Aug. 17 to Aug. 20, 2019. fessional boxer, shared a photo he Aug. 17. took with Chen on Twitter on the Chen attended anti-extradition-bill fraternity organisations founded by On Aug. 20 evening, Chen posted morning of Aug. 21, but did not dis- rallies as well as demonstrations or- mainland Chinese who live in Hong his ninth video from Hong Kong, in close where they met. Since then, Xu ganised by pro-police groups. While Kong but keep close ties with their which he said: “I’m at the Hong Kong did not give any updates about Chen. the former have criticised local po- mainland hometowns. Wenzhou is airport now and need to fly back to Voice of America reported on Aug. lice for firing tear gas, rubber bullets, located in the eastern province of the mainland immediately… Because 23 that it contacted the Beijing Bar bean bag rounds, and other crowd Zhejiang and Dongguan in neigh- the [Beijing] police bureau, judicial Association and Chen’s employer, but control equipment to disperse pro- bouring Guangdong Province. Many bureau, bar association, and my law both refused to provide information testers at recent events, the latter such fraternity associations are front firm called me and told me: ‘Qiushi, about Chen’s whereabouts. have supported the police actions. groups for the Chinese government’s you can’t stay in that sensitive place The Epoch Times has tried reaching On Aug. 18, Chen posted his video United Front Work Department, an [Hong Kong]. Nobody can protect you Chen via social media, but he has about the Aug. 17 pro-police rally, in agency tasked with persuading those if you don’t leave soon.” not responded by press time. which he said: “[Pro-Beijing] media inside and outside China to support Chen said his videos—which suc- Amnesty International has raised said 470,000 people participated in Beijing’s agenda. cessfully evaded Chinese censors concerns that Chen could be pun- the activity yesterday, but I didn’t see Chen then attended the mass rally for several days before they were ished by Chinese authorities. “In the that there were that many people … at Victoria Park on Aug. 18. Chen said removed between Aug. 19 and 20— past there have been cases of main- most of the participants are middle- in his video: “From 1 p.m. until 6 angered Beijing authorities. He added landers harassed or taken away by aged or seniors, many of them mem- p.m. when I left, protesters kept on that he was worried his lawyer li- the authorities after attending pro- bers of the local Wenzhou Associa- entering and leaving [the park].” cense could be revoked due to his tests in Hong Kong,” Doriane Lau, tion or Dongguan Association, and Organisers said that 1.7 million frank comments on Hong Kong. China researcher at Amnesty In- mainland Chinese tourists.” Hongkongers attended the rally “Three days in Hong Kong may ruin ternational Hong Kong, told South The associations he mentioned are that day. my three years of hard work [to ob- China Morning Post on Aug. 21.

‘Claws of the Red Dragon’ Seeks to Expose Huawei’s Role in Beijing’s Tech Ambitions

DAVID RAMOS/GETTY IMAGES EVA FU & JANITA KAN na’s encroachment into the and, therefore, will be able the 550 Huawei devices ex- technology area through- to control the West.” amined, exposing users to A film set for release this fall out the world. People will President Donald Trump has security risks. seeks to shed light on the be shocked. deemed Huawei a “national The Trump administration connection between Hua- “I’ve tested [it] here in the security threat,” saying on has also barred Huawei from wei Technologies—the world’s United States in Washington Aug. 19 that “at this moment, building U.S. next-generation largest maker of telecommu- ... tested it with some fairly it looks much more like we’re 5G networks over national- nications gear—and China’s senior people in the U.S. not going to do business.” security concerns, and has ruling communist party. government, and they were The company has been cautioned U.S. allies against The film, titled “Claws of stunned by some of the reve- fighting a trade ban since working with Huawei. the Red Dragon,” was in- lations in the film,” he added. May, amid the ongoing U.S.- So far, the United States has spired by the arrest of Huawei Bannon, who is currently Sino trade war. The ban has blacklisted more than 100 Chief Financial Officer Meng the chairman of the Rule of effectively blocked Huawei Huawei affiliates. Officials Wanzhou at Vancouver Inter- Law Society and co-founder of from doing business with U.S. granted a 90-day extension national Airport last year at the Committee on the Present companies without a special on Aug. 19 that allows the the request of the U.S. gov- A logo outside the Hua- holds 1.4 percent of Huawei’s Danger: China, said the film license. firm to buy U.S. products, ernment, and the subsequent wei booth at the GSMA shares, has a background in is significant, since it explores U.S. officials have repeated- while giving U.S. compa- deterioration of the Canada- Mobile World Congress the Chinese People’s Libera- the looming threat the Chi- ly voiced strong concerns that nies more time to transition China relationship. In what 2019 in Barcelona, tion Army (PLA). nese regime poses to the West Huawei’s equipment could be away from doing business has widely been viewed as Spain, on Feb. 26, 2019. “Claws of the Red Dragon” through its global technologi- used by the Chinese regime with Huawei. retaliation, the Chinese re- attempts to expose “the in- cal dominance ambitions. for spying, given the com- “We’ve been very clear gime detained two Canadians ner workings of the [Chi- “The backbone of the future pany’s close ties to Beijing. with Canada and with all of and accused them of spying, nese Communist Party] and of technology is 5G; [it] will A recent study found that our allies that we consider while also sentencing another Huawei,” said former White be a dominant technology,” about 100 Huawei staffers Huawei incompatible with two Canadians to death for House chief strategist Stephen Bannon said. “Right now, the had links to Chinese mili- the security interests of the drug-related crimes. Bannon, one of the film’s ex- path that Huawei has taken tary or intelligence agen- United States of America or Meng, who is the daugh- ecutive producers. as a front for the PLA is to cies. The firm’s former CEO, our allies in freedom-loving ter of Huawei founder Ren “This is a very powerful basically take over the net- Sun Yafang, also worked for nations across the world,” Zhengfei, was charged by U.S. film,” Bannon said in an works and the components China’s top espionage agency, Vice President Mike Pence prosecutors with conspiracy interview with The Epoch throughout the world. If we the Ministry of State Security, said during a May press con- and fraud in connection with Times’s programme Ameri- allow this to happen, even before joining the company. ference in Ottawa, Canada. violations of U.S. sanctions can Thought Leaders. “I think for a couple of more years, Research conducted by cy- The film will be distributed on Iran. The U.S. government it opens up and explains in Huawei is going to control bersecurity firm Finite State by Epoch Times affiliate NTD is currently seeking her ex- a dramatic form exactly basically the communica- in June found more than 102 and stars Dorren Lee, Taras tradition. Ren, who officially what’s going on with Chi- tions systems of the West known vulnerabilities among Lavren, and Eric Peterson. A10 | CHINAAUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2019CHINA | A5 Financial Impact of HK Crisis Threatens China Economy

ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES FAN YU gan Stanley analysts cut their 2019 News Analysis Hong Kong GDP target to -0.3 per- An ancillary development to the cent and set a price target of 21,500 worsening social-political situation points for the Hang Seng index, unfolding in Hong Kong is that the which represents an 18 percent de- city’s global standing as an inter- cline from the Aug. 23 close. While national financial center has been the bank expects the pegged ex- irreparably damaged. change rate system to hold, Morgan How the Chinese Communist Party Stanley Asia FX strategist Chun Him (CCP) and, by extension, Carrie Lam’s Cheung expects HIBOR to be volatile government have treated the ongo- going forward, putting stress on the ing protests in Hong Kong is dete- local financial sector. riorating to the point of no return. Hedge fund manager and noted Regardless of how the protests are China bear Kyle Bass described the handled as the calendar marches to- situation more bluntly. “Hong Kong wards Oct. 1—the 70th anniversary currently sits atop one of the largest of the CCP’s rule over China—global financial time bombs in history,” he investors and business leaders have wrote in a recent investor letter. been frightened enough that Hong Kong’s days as a leading business hub Hong Kong’s and financial gateway to China are Importance to China numbered. There’s no doubt Beijing has been That’s a terrible development for preparing for a day when China’s China and its economy. economy is completely decoupled Since April, when protests against from Hong Kong. But that day hasn’t the now-suspended extradition bill arrived. first escalated, Hong Kong’s bench- While China has been less and less mark Hang Seng Index has fallen by Traders work at the stock exchange in Hong Kong on April 9, 2015. dependent upon Hong Kong as an 11 percent. On Aug. 15, the Hong export hub since joining the World Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Trade Organisation, Hong Kong still slashed its 2019 GDP forecast for the handles around 15 percent of China’s city to zero to 1 percent, from 2 to 3 The biggest and foreign trade. More importantly, percent and compared to 3 percent Hong Kong’s status as a regional growth in 2018. most immediate financial and business center isn’t Hotel prices have fallen, and airline manifestation of as easily replaceable. Businesses, in- traffic is down—driven by both lower vestors, and residents fleeing Hong tourism and lower level of business business sentiment Kong is a true net negative for China. activity. Numerous global corpora- souring on Hong Kong From 2010 to 2018, Hong Kong has tions have issued internal memos is capital flight. handled about 64 percent of the for- recommending a moratorium on eign direct investment into China. Hong Kong travel. The South China Its liquid Western-style capital mar- Morning Post—an English-language kets have been a boon for Chinese Hong Kong newspaper owned by companies seeking foreign capital. Chinese internet giant Alibaba— During the same period, Hong Kong reported that some five-star hotel was the destination for 73 percent rooms have cut their rates to below of mainland Chinese companies’ HKD 1,000 ($128) per night, less than offshore IPOs, 60 percent of all off- half of the normal rates. shore bond issuances, 26 percent of offshore syndicated loans, as well as Hong Kong Financial Worries the global center for offshore yuan Deepen (CNH) trading activity, according to Hong Kong serves as the Asia and People from the financial community hold up umbrellas and shine lights during a data from French global bank BNP Greater China regional headquarters protest against a controversial extradition bill in Hong Kong on Aug. 1, 2019. Paribas. for many multinational companies. There’s simply no viable mainland The city’s residents are fluent in Chi- If the business community engages been spending its U.S. dollar reserves alternative to Hong Kong. Its highly nese and English, and Hong Kong’s in a mass withdrawal, it will have to prop up the HKD currency. In fact, skilled and English-proficient work- proximity to China, along with its severe consequences for both Hong Hong Kong’s interbank dollar liquid- force, free markets, rules-based legal many freedoms and legal framework, Kong and China. ity has been dwindling over the last structure, and U.S.-dollar-pegged all lend well to international compa- The biggest and most immediate year. Its closing aggregate balance currency environment can’t be read- nies in their consideration for a base manifestation of business sentiment of $54.5 billion on Aug. 23 was 41 ily replaced. for regional operations. souring on Hong Kong is capital percent lower than a year ago, and Despite recent plans by Beijing But the increased meddling in flight. 70 percent lower since the beginning to reposition Shenzhen—a Guang- Hong Kong’s affairs by Beijing and An indication of capital flight is of 2018. dong Province city just across the the CCP—despite the “one country, the value of the Hong Kong dollar This squeezes Hong Kong’s dollar border from Hong Kong—as a major two systems” mantra—are undermin- (HKD). The HKD has been pegged to liquidity and could force a spike in financial hub, its CCP governance ing Hong Kong’s status. the U.S. dollar since the early 1980s, interbank lending rates (the HIBOR), structure and draconian social credit “Hong Kong’s international reputa- but in recent weeks, the currency has potentially triggering a banking crisis system are likely a non-starter for tion for the rule of law is its priceless settled at the lower end of its range and ultimately lead to the abandon- international businesses seeking a treasure,” the American Chamber of because of the political turmoil. ment of the linked exchange rate new home. Commerce in Hong Kong said in a As the HKD is pegged to the U.S. system or the Hong Kong dollar as To China’s detriment, the biggest statement in March after the extradi- dollar, the HKMA, Hong Kong’s de a viable currency. beneficiaries to Hong Kong’s demise tion measure was first introduced. facto central bank and treasury, has In an Aug. 20 note to clients, Mor- will likely be Singapore or Taipei.

EU Set to Raise Trade Barriers on US, China Tech Firms

FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES CHRISS STREET According to Politico, the ropean consumer electron- feature an enforcement goal is to “get Europe com- ics and personal computers regulation to retaliate if News Analysis peting head-on with the hardware companies are the Trump administration European Union officials are American and Chinese tech basically nonexistent, and decides to grind the World pushing President-elect Ur- giants it has lagged behind Phillips sold off its TV unit. Trade Organisation (WTO) sula von der Leyen to update for decades.” Meanwhile, The only top tier EU tech to a halt by refusing to con- its Standards Policy to favour France and Germany have company is music service firm new judges to its trade EU tech firms by slapping been advocating for more Spotify, with a market cap arbitration court. In late July, tariffs on the United States interventionist action to of $25 billion and falling. Trump ordered the WTO and China. protect domestic jobs. The EU blames the absence to stop letting China and During the rise of global- There are no European of EU tech innovation leaders other economies to receive ism and internationali sation companies in the world’s top on the lack of competitive- lenient treatment under of supply chains, the Euro- 10 market value technology ness regulation, investment global trade rules by call- pean Union supported mul- companies. Those include climate geography, aging ing themselves “developing” tilateral standards develop- Apple, valued at $963.33 demographics, the attitude countries. ment organinsats (SDOsio ), billion; Samsung Electron- of EU citizens toward tech- EU Antitrust Commis- with the argument that they Flags of the European and the United Kingdom op- ics Co. at $221.6 billion; Mi- nology, and weak startup sioner Margrethe Vestager would ensure greater inno- Union fly next to flags of posed issuing protectionist crosoft at $995.324 billion; ecosystems. has already targeted U.S. vation by providing global EU member countries at trade barriers to prop up Alphabet (Google) at $885.97 Fortune Magazine found tech companies for various users and vendors with com- the European Parliament failing businesses. billion; Intel at $234.73 bil- in 2015 that European tech fines including $15 billion mon technology platforms in Strasbourg, eastern With the United Kingdom lion; IBM at $124.08 billion; startups were funded at a against Apple, $4.5 billion that ensure component com- France, on July 1, 2019. set to “Brexit” from the EU Facebook at $546.606 bil- multiple of 2.6 times rev- against Google, $960 million patibility. on Oct. 31, European Com- lion; Hon Hai Precision, enue, versus 3.9 times for against Qualcomm, and $275 But a growing number of mission members have draft- also known as Foxconn, at U.S. startups. But instead million against Amazon, and EU members are now com- ed a 173-page road map to $6023.96 billion; Tencent at of bias explaining the lower she is expected to fine Face- plaining about the rise of “level the playing field” by $462.116 billion; and Oracle valuation, geography also is a book about $5 billion. U.S. and Chinese companies updating technology stan- at $189.37 billion, at the time factor:Launching global ser- The proposed EU policy such as Google, Tencent, Ap- dards to favor firms within of writing. vices in large homogenous also urges von der Leyen to ple, Huawei, Amazon, Micro- the remaining 27-nation A decade ago, Europe fea- markets such as the United implement an EU-wide un- soft, and Facebook that have bloc, invest over $100 bil- tured competitive tech giants States or China makes it easi- employment insurance pro- overwhelmed domestic com- lion for shareholder stakes with phones from Finnish er to achieve scale, compared gram in the first 100 days of panies in the 28-member EU in high-potential European Nokia, German Siemens, to adapting the product to her administration. Such a bloc. The complaints never enterprises, and pay for the French Alcatel, and Swedish 30 languages, legal systems, fund would require approval gained traction because EU initiative by slapping tariffs Ericsson, as well as TVs from and cultures. by the European Parliament votes must be unanimous, on U.S. and Chinese firms. Dutch Philips. But all the Eu- The draft EU policy would and the 27 EU governments. A6 | US AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 Calls to Label Mexican Cartels as Terror Groups as They Grow Stronger, More Violent

BENJAMIN CHASTEEN/THE EPOCH TIMES CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON security (national defence, foreign relations, or the economic interests) WASHINGTON—The homicide rate of the United States.” in Mexico is rising at a record-set- Current groups that have such a ting pace this year, with more than designation include Hezbollah, ISIS, 30,000 murders in the first seven HAMAS, Shining Path, Palestine Lib- months. eration Front, and al-Qaeda. It’s on target to hit almost 51,500 The Epoch Times asked the State deaths by year’s end—about 1,000 Department if it had or was con- more than in 2018 and 6,000 more sidering designating any Mexican than in 2017. That’s not accounting cartels as terrorist organisations. A for the huge number of disappear- spokesperson said, “We don’t discuss ances. deliberations or the potential delib- Cartel wars are causing bloodshed erations of our designations process.” at the border, as well as in large port The connection between terrorist areas and major drug production groups and Mexican cartels has been areas. proven. Tamaulipas state, which borders A DEA investigation launched Texas, has a U.S. State Department in 2008, called Project Cassandra, Level 4 travel advisory, which is a unravelled the cocaine trafficking “do not travel” warning—the same operation between Hezbollah and as that given to Libya, Syria, and the Los Zetas cartel into the United Afghanistan. States and around the world. Hez- “Violent crime, such as murder, bollah was sending huge amounts of armed robbery, carjacking, kidnap- laundered money back to Lebanon ping, extortion, and sexual assault, Local police and paramedics help a man who is overdosing in the Drexel neighborhood of Dayton, Ohio, on Aug. 3, through cocaine shipments and used is common,” the State Department 2017. car sales. website warns about Tamaulipas. DEA However, the Obama administra- “Gang activity, including gun bat- “The majority of ... cocaine, meth, tion derailed the investigation in its tles and blockades, is widespread. heroin, fentanyl is coming from Mex- quest to sign the Iran nuclear deal, Armed criminal groups target public The majority of ico, and the cartels are controlling all according to a 2017 Politico article. and private passenger buses as well cocaine, meth, heroin, of it throughout almost every city in as private automobiles travelling fentanyl is coming America,” Maltz said. “They’re mak- Along the Border through Tamaulipas, often taking ing billions and billions of dollars.” Roy said the cartels are causing passengers hostage and demanding from Mexico, and the “enormous instability” along the ransom payments. Federal and state cartels are controlling Related Gang Violence border. security forces have limited capabil- all of it throughout Maltz said the gang violence on the “I think that they’re carrying out ity to respond to violence in many almost every city in streets of cities such as Chicago and activities that are deserving of char- parts of the state.” Photo illustration of 2 milligrams of Baltimore can be directly tied to acterising them as foreign terrorist Derek Maltz, former head of the America. fentanyl—a lethal dose for most peo- Mexican cartels “a hundred percent.” organisations for targeting American Drug Enforcement Administration’s ple—next to a one cent coin. “Jalisco cartel and the Sinaloa cartel citizens across our border, they’re (DEA) special operations division, Derek Maltz, former head of have been fighting for territory in moving people into our country for is advocating for the State Depart- special operations division, amounts of fentanyl in these labs Chicago. The gangs are all receiv- profit to undermine our national se- ment to label some Mexican cartels DEA in China ... selling it to the Mexi- ing large amounts of drugs,” he said, curity and sovereignty,” he said. as terrorist organisations. Such a can cartels. [They’re] combining the adding that the former head of the Roy said there are several possible designation, he said, would help fo- fentanyl with all the other drugs that Sinaloa cartel, Joaquín “El Chapo” reasons why the designation hasn’t cus resources and give broader legal they’re selling and dumping these Guzmán, built up territory all over gained more support. authorities to target and prosecute chemicals into our country. Well, Chicago. But when El Chapo started “One, and maybe somewhat legiti- cartels. the chemicals are like a poisonous to get weak, the Jalisco cartel gained mate, is that there is always a ques- “Obviously, law enforcement au- chemical attack.” ground. tion of sort of ideology, and what is thorities alone have not been suffi- The Arizona DEA stated on Aug. “Now you have the allegiance be- driving the targeting and you don’t cient to address the cartel threat to 22 that more than 1 million fentanyl tween the gang members and they’re want to water down how we do ter- America,” Maltz said. “[Cartels] are pills have been seized in Arizona so just fighting like crazy in Chicago.” rorist organisations broadly,” he said. causing more death and destruction far this fiscal year. Seizures of fen- Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) agrees and The second, and more likely, reason than any other organisation, in the tanyl have tripled each year since said they’re not just fighting over is that some people in the executive history of my life, to America.” 2016, when it first appeared in the drugs. Roy said Homeland Security branch believe the new Remain in Maltz argues that America’s drug United States. staff told him two weeks ago that Mexico policy may become more dif- crisis, fuelled by the cartels, is not The DEA stated that fentanyl was the Gulf Cartel alone is making $2 ficult to implement, he said. Under just a health emergency, but also first used in heroin as an additive to million a week smuggling people. Remain in Mexico, or Migrant Pro- an unprecedented national secu- exponentially increase its potency, Roy introduced legislation in March tection Protocols, the United States rity threat. In 2018, almost 70,000 but then Mexican cartels began to to urge the State Department to des- is sending asylum-seekers back to people died of drug overdoses in the manufacture their own fentanyl ignate three cartels as foreign ter- Mexico to wait out their asylum United States. and press the drug into pill form, rorist organisations: the Reynosa/ claim. “It’s almost like a jihad against our marketing the pills as “Mexican oxy.” Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel, But the cartels are stronger than country,” Maltz said, adding that ma- In late August, the secretary of the the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, ever and shouldn’t be underesti- jor heroin traffickers in Afghanistan Mexican navy announced the seizure and the Cartel Del Noreste faction mated, he said. have said that selling heroin to the of an estimated 23,000 kilograms of Los Zetas. “We’re talking about surface-to- West is a way to perform a jihad. (50,706 pounds, or 25 tons) of pow- The State Department criteria for air missiles, grenades. They have “They’re killing the citizens of our dered fentanyl from China, bound designating terror organisations is armored vehicles. They have big country, they’re destroying our coun- for Sinaloa. related to the Foreign Relations Au- machine guns on the top of the ve- try, they’re causing us to focus our The fentanyl was found in a con- thorisation Act and requires that the hicles. I mean, these guys are bru- resources on this problem, [and] it’s tainer ship travelling from Shang- group must be a foreign organisation tal and ruthless. ... They’re hanging helping to destabilise our country. hai under a Danish flag, to Mexico’s and that its “terrorist activity or ter- people on fence posts, they’re cut- “Now you have Chinese organ- largest port on its west coast, Lazaro rorism must threaten the security ting off heads, dropping people in ised crime that are making mass Cardenas in Michoacan state. of U.S. nationals or the national acid—they’re relentless.”

Trump Regrets Not Raising China Tariffs Higher, White House Says

CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON/THE EPOCH TIMES IVAN PENTCHOUKOV clarification from the White national emergency,” Trump markets in his pursuit of free, President Donald Trump House, interpreting the state- said. He cited China’s theft of fair, and reciprocal trade. regrets not raising tariffs on ment as a reversal. intellectual property and the The meeting of the Group China higher in response White House economic ad- large U.S. trade deficit with of Seven nations—the UK, to Beijing’s latest trade war visor Larry Kudlow told CBS China, saying, “In many Canada, France, Germany, escalation, according to the on Aug. 25 that Trump “didn’t ways, that’s an emergency.” Italy, Japan, and the United White House. quite hear the question.” The president has previously States—in Biarritz, France, The White House issued a The G-7 summit comes criticised China for sending comes as Trump’s trade war statement on the issue early days after Trump raised tar- large amounts of the deadly with China peaked in in- on Aug. 25 in response to iffs on China, in response to opioid fentanyl into the Unit- tensity, in terms of both the news reports that misinter- Beijing’s announcement on ed States via the U.S. postal amount of tariffs each side preted Trump’s affirmative Aug. 23 that it would impose system and over the southern has imposed and the presi- response to a question on new tariffs on $75 billion in border via Mexico. dent’s rhetoric on the matter. whether he was having sec- U.S. goods. The president Trump then entered the “We’re having a little spat ond thoughts about escalating also threatened to declare a first official summit meeting, with China, and we’ll win it,” the trade war with China. national emergency to force initially set as a discussion of Trump said before departing President Donald Trump “His answer has been great- on the White House lawn war. Trump said, “Yeah, sure. U.S. businesses to cut ties foreign policy and security to France on Aug. 23. ly misinterpreted. President on Aug. 21, 2019. Why not?” He added, “Might with China. issues. White House aides “Actually, we’re getting Trump responded in the af- as well, might as well,” when Trump said he had “no said he made a late addition along very well with China firmative—because he regrets asked the same question. plans right now” to follow of economic issues to the right now. We’re talking. I not raising the tariffs higher,” “I have second thoughts through on his emergency summit agenda. think they want to make a White House press secretary about everything,” Trump declaration threat, but said White House officials said deal much more than I do. Stephanie Grisham said in a said. he would be within his rights Trump planned to press lead- We’re getting a lot of money statement. News outlets including to use a 1977 law designed to ers to do more to spur eco- in tariffs. It’s coming in by the During a question-and-an- The New York Times and target rogue regimes, terror- nomic growth, as well as to billions. We never got 10 cents swer session with reporters The Associated Press inter- ists, and drug traffickers as open European, Japanese, from China. So we’ll see what at the G-7 summit in France, preted Trump’s comments as the newest weapon in the and Canadian markets to U.S. happens. But we are talking Trump was asked whether he a softening on his stance on clash between the world’s manufacturers and produc- to China very seriously.” was having second thoughts China. Neither outlet altered two largest economies. ers. Trump has threatened The Associated Press contrib- about escalating the trade its headline after receiving “If I want, I could declare a to impose tariffs on all three uted to this article. AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 US | A7 Two MIT Media Lab Educators to Leave Over Institute’s Ties to Epstein

JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES BOWEN XIAO though it’s welcome. “I’m happy that the school’s kind Two educators affiliated with the of taking the steps,” he said in an in- Massachusetts Institute of Technolo- terview. “I’m just kind of concerned gy’s Media Lab announced that they they were kind of late doing it. We will end their relationships with have known about Epstein for many, the institute because of its ties to many years. now-deceased sex offender Jeffrey “There’s a question about Epstein Epstein, who had been facing trial right now in terms of how he made on child sex-trafficking charges. his money: Was it from ill-gotten The Media Lab is facing a crisis of gains? We just don’t know. So the sorts after Joichi Ito, the director of school was taking it at face value the interdisciplinary research labo- that it was legit money.” ratory, revealed in a statement that In a 2015 Reuters article, MIT de- he had previously associated with nied accepting any money from Epstein and received investment Epstein. The financier, who federal funds from the wealthy financier. prosecutors say was worth more He is also a member of the board than $500 million, claimed in a July at The New York Times Co., among 2014 press release that he provided other organisations. “critical funding” for scientists at In his Aug. 15 statement, Ito said he The MacLaurin Buildings on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., on Harvard and MIT to restore five had met Epstein in 2013 at a confer- Feb. 22, 2006. murals by Mark Rothko, and, in a ence, “through a trusted business September 2014 release, said he gave KIMBERLY WHITE/GETTY IMAGES FOR NEW YORK TIMES friend.” He said in his fundrais- money to the MIT Media Lab to teach ing efforts, he invited Epstein to toddlers computer programming. the lab and also visited several of The Rothko press release “was the financier’s residences. Ito said simply not correct, and was issued throughout all his interactions, he without our knowledge or agree- was “never involved in, never heard ment,” and the toddler press release him talk about, and never saw any was also “completely incorrect,” said evidence of the horrific acts that he MIT Media Lab spokeswoman Alex- was accused of.” andra Kahn in an email at the time, “Regrettably, over the years, the according to Reuters. Lab has received money through Nearly 2,000 pages of documents some of the foundations that he relating to Epstein were unsealed [Epstein] controlled. I knew about on Aug. 9. The documents, from a these gifts and these funds were lawsuit by one of Epstein’s accusers, received with my permission,” Ito Virginia Giuffre, listed new names wrote. “I also allowed him to invest allegedly involved in Epstein’s traf- in several of my funds which invest ficking ring and more details around in tech startup companies outside the claims of trafficking of minor of MIT.” girls by the multimillionaire and Following Ito’s apology, associate his former girlfriend, Ghislaine professor Ethan Zuckerman and Maxwell. visiting scholar J. Nathan Matias The New York City Medical Ex- said they would end their associa- aminer’s office concluded on Aug. tion with the lab, citing its ties to 16 that Epstein died by suicide from Epstein as being the cause. hanging in his cell. Epstein’s lawyers Zuckerman wrote in his statement: say they are “not satisfied” with the “For me, the deep involvement of results and have vowed to conduct Epstein in the life of the Media Lab their own investigation into his is something that makes my work Joichi Ito, Director of the MIT Media Lab, in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on March 1, 2016. death. impossible to carry forward there.” Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida Matias wrote in his statement: “As gave his foundation a grant to sup- received approximately $800,000 in 2008 to state charges of soliciting part of our work, CivilServant does I’m happy that the port his research. Lloyd didn’t say via foundations controlled by Jeffrey a child for prostitution under a non- research on protecting women and he was resigning. Epstein. All of those gifts went either prosecution agreement that required other vulnerable people online from school’s kind of taking to the MIT Media Lab or to professor him to spend 13 months in jail and abuse and harassment. the steps ... I’m just MIT President Addresses Ties Seth Lloyd,” Reif wrote. register as a sex offender. The agree- “I cannot with integrity do that kind of concerned In an Aug. 22 internal email ad- He added that the university will ment has been condemned for end- from a place with the kind of re- dressed to members of the MIT com- commit an amount “equal to the ing a broad federal child sex abuse lationship that the Media Lab has they were kind of late munity and obtained by The Epoch funds” it received to an appropri- probe involving at least 40 teenage had with Epstein. It’s that simple.” doing it. We have Times, university President L. Rafael ate charity that benefits Epstein’s girls, which could have landed Ep- Seth Lloyd, a professor of me- known about Epstein Reif divulged how much money the alleged victims and other victims stein in jail for life. chanical engineering and physics university has received from Epstein of sexual abuse. at the Massachusetts Institute of for many, many years. over the years, and outlined steps it MIT graduate Manny Alicandro Epoch Times reporter Ivan Technology, also wrote an apology would take to address the situation. told The Epoch Times the school’s Pentchoukov contributed to this statement over the fact that Epstein Manny Alicandro, MIT graduate “Over the course of 20 years, MIT latest response was too slow, al- report.

Trump Responds to Think-Tank Report Warning of Rising Chinese Military Prowess

CONTINUED FROM A1 American and allied military 94.7 out of 100 in military China, has the ability to con- routes, as well as access to facilities in the Western Pa- strength, followed by China trol or deny others access to seaports, oil exploration, and Growing Military Threat cific “in the opening hours at a score of 66.1. international waters like the gas development. Beijing’s While China is making large- of a conflict,” challenging Former Senior U.S. Navy South China Sea,” he said. One Belt, One Road initiative scale investments to advance the U.S.’s ability to respond Intelligence Officer John The United States frequently seeks to build geopolitical in- its military systems and promptly, the report con- Jordan disagreed with the conducts freedom-of-navi- fluence through financing growing “ever more capable cluded. Australian study findings, gation operations in parts of infrastructure projects in of challenging the region or- Some regional conflicts explaining that the United the South China Sea. Indo-Pacific countries. der by force,” the report as- America’s strategy could include an attempt States has consistently re- On Aug. 20, Trump re- “China is a bully, and [it] sessed that the United States to take over Taiwan, a de- plenished its military equip- sponded to a reporter’s ques- has been bullying countries was facing a crisis due to “an is to work with facto independent country ment, with new technologies tion about the Australian all over the world,” said increasingly worrying mis- partners, that is that Beijing considers its such as the Virginia-class study by saying, “Nothing Huessy, who is also a col- match between U.S. strategy the Philippines, renegade province; the Ja- attack submarine, Arleigh keeps me up at night,” warn- umnist for this publication. and resources,” the report pan-administered Senkaku Burke-class destroyers, USS ing that China would “pay He noted that China was stated. Japan, South Korea, Islands, which Beijing also Ford-class aircraft carriers, a price that they wouldn’t good at playing “the inno- According to the report, Australia, and claims as its own; or Scar- and the B21 bomber. want to pay” should there cent party.” the Chinese government has borough Shoal, a disputed He believed the U.S. be a conflict. For example, about a week been systematically upgrad- Singapore, to make area of the South China Sea military was fully capable Peter Huessy, president of ago, the United States test- ing and expanding its inven- sure that no one claimed by China, Taiwan, of confronting a Chinese the Maryland-based defense ed an intermediate-range tory of missiles for the past 15 country, including and the Philippines. military buildup. “America and national security con- cruise missile that would years. With up to 1,500 short- is very aware of the threat sulting firm GeoStrategic have formally been banned range ballistic missiles, 450 China, has the US Strategy that China and Russia want Analysis, agreed with the under the INF treaty—but the medium-range missiles, 160 ability to control or Despite the concerns, the to be,” Jordan said in a phone president’s assessment. United States had withdrawn intermediate-range missiles, deny others access researchers noted that the interview with The Epoch “What the president is say- from the agreement on Aug. and hundreds of long-range United States remained the Times. ing is, with the modernisa- 2. The test drew a strong- ground-launched cruise mis- to international world’s leading military He added that the U.S. tion plans that he’s put into worded protest from China. siles, it can strike targets as waters like the power and would continue strategy of working with place, we will continue to The missile was designed to far as the U.S. territory of South China Sea. to serve as a “military coun- Indo-Pacific allies has de- have the premium military counter the growing number Guam, where major U.S. terweight to China in the re- terred a conflict from occur- in the world,” Huessy said of missiles in China’s arsenal, Air Force and Navy oper- John Jordan, former senior gion.” In a power index of ring. “America’s strategy is in a phone interview. Huessy said. ating bases are located, the U.S. Navy intelligence countries with interests in to work with partners, that With that said, he added He called on the U.S. ad- report said. officer the Indo-Pacific, the Sydney- is the Philippines, Japan, that China’s ambitions ministration to form a stron- The precision strikes of ac- based think tank Lowy In- South Korea, Australia, and should be closely moni- ger coalition with Indo-Pa- curate long-range missiles stitute also recently ranked Singapore, to make sure that tored, as it seeks to build cific allies to “tell the Chinese could render useless the the United States a score of no one country, including hegemonic control over trade to stand down.” A8 | OPINION AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 Trying to Saddle a Crocodile: Iran and JCPOA

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The nuclear agreement with Iran, known by the strange title of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac- tion (JCPOA), is on life support and badly in need of a complete overhaul. But any serious change to this “deal” requires that the parties involved recognise their options. Those options are accepting that they will soon have a nuclear- armed Iran because of the flaws in the current agreement, or they admit the deal isn’t comprehen- sive enough to do the job and they need to change it. What the deal required was a minimum of showcase photo-ops of centrifuge equipment that met JCPOA requirements, but actu- ally helped with camouflaging the building of what former CIA and NSA Director Gen. Michael Hayden described as an Iranian “industrial-strength nuclear technology” that will ultimately provide Tehran with the abil- ity to quickly build an arsenal of nuclear weapons, the very capa- bility the “deal” was supposedly designed to stop. The current Iranian diversion of “interfering with oil tanker traf- fic in the Gulf” actually provides All these issues are important the release of U.S. hostages,” to adhering to the so-called Addi- the very opportunity to cement a and must be faced. But far more A security say nothing of giving Iran $150 tional Protocols, but by insisting strong alliance not just for mari- importantly, and what President guard stands billion in escrowed oil revenue Iran open all its nuclear sites to time security, but for them using Donald Trump sees that others outside the Bushehr without any restrictions on the inspection and, as already noted, that coalition as a springboard to are unwilling to acknowledge, nuclear power plant use of the funds, such as building dispose of its plutonium and en- secure a new nuclear agreement, is that the key issue is that the in Bushehr, Iran, on more ballistic missiles or increas- riched uranium stocks. while also maintaining genuine “deal” enables Iran to get nuclear August 21, 2010. ing support for terrorist groups The best means to get Germany “maximum pressure” on Iran. weapons, not now, but in the post- such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and and other U.S. allies to agree to Before delving into these points, 2025 period. While not explicitly Islamic Jihad. redo the nuclear deal with Iran is some current background is denying that it’s the case, JCPOA Supporters of the deal concede to get them on board by uphold- needed. supporters cling to the assump- that’s true, but insist there is a ing another key international tion that while a better deal is good chance that Iranian behavior legal norm, and that is freedom 1. The EU, led by its business needed, all that can realistically in other areas—missile tests and of navigation. While the norm interests, is still trying to work be accomplished now is a tem- terrorism support—will modify as of stopping the proliferation of around U.S. sanctions on Iran to porary delay in Iranian nuclear economic sanctions are lifted and nuclear weapons is at the heart keep the JCPOA on life support. objectives, and that, while not Iran modernises and moderates. of the JCPOA, the norm of free- The bloc is trying to convince optimal, the current deal is better On top of which former Secretary dom of navigation is critical to Iran that the EU won’t have than the alternatives: (1) an end to of State John Kerry assured us that international trade and economic to abide by existing economic the JCPOA and an Iranian sprint Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s prosperity. How does it benefit sanctions as it seeks (recently to nuclear weapons production supreme leader, told him there the supporters of the JCPOA to successfully) waivers from the within months, or (2) warfare be- was an Islamic fatwa, a religious earn a few million dollars running United States for the EU’s prof- tween Iran and the United States order, which he had issued against nuclear projects in Iran if it means itable nuclear projects in Iran; to compel Iranian concessions that building nuclear weapons. So the loss of billions of dollars in 2. The Iranians continue to satisfy the United States. what could there possibly be for us diminished trade and rising oil breach portions of the JCPOA In short, we can have a nuclear- to worry about? prices? deal banning the enrichment armed Iran now or get a short Iran is trying to avoid Iran is trying to avoid an analy- Iranian interference in oil tanker of uranium, and will continue reprieve. But beyond “mowing the sis of the deal because when its shipping in the Gulf is harming to do so until the United States nuclear grass,” trying anything an analysis of the deal terms are closely examined, the everyone’s economic interests. rolls back all sanctions; else would be akin to the question: because when its terms JCPOA is revealed as an agreement Rather than submit to Iranian 3. Iran seeks to further split the “Have you ever tried saddling a are closely examined, that generates nuclear weapons, piracy, the United States and its al- United States from its allies crocodile?” the JCPOA is revealed as revealed by the trove of nuclear lies should mimic what President by grabbing oil tankers in the What Iran and its supporters documents that Israel recov- Ronald Reagan did in 1987—reflag Straits of Hormuz, and then want to avoid, including authors of as an agreement that ered. Making matters worse, the Kuwaiti tankers that could be claiming innocence by blaming the deal who are still embedded in generates nuclear Iranians continue to deny access attacked by the Iranian Revolu- the United States for the inter- the U.S. bureaucracy, is addressing weapons. to military sites where earlier tionary Guard. That action ended ference; the JCPOA’s lethal defects. They nuclear work was completed; Iranian interference in Gulf ship- 4. Germany, a JCPOA supporter, are getting help from European, the International Atomic Energy ping and would be an important won’t join the U.S.-led naval Chinese, and Russian elements Administration has caved on that first step in challenging Iran with force in the Gulf to protect hungry for business deals with score. a united front. shipping, although the UK and Iran, while still wedded to the fake What then are our options? A As U.S. Ambassador to Germany Israel will; idea of a “nuclear deal.” way forward is available in two Richard Grenell explained, “Ger- 5. The Russians are placing naval If one analyzes the timelines in steps. man participation would help and other military assets at two the JCPOA, it becomes unmis- A significant number of legisla- de-escalate the situation,” and Iranian bases in the Gulf, prom- takably clear that Iran can build tors, on a bipartisan basis, are with a united West, would also ising to protect Iranian Revolu- nuclear weapons just around the now pushing the administra- undo Russian mischief in the Gulf, tionary Guard Corps and other nuclear corner. Like in the 1970s, tion to enhance the campaign of while undercutting the mullahs. Iranian naval assets, thereby the Oslo “peace process” in the “maximum pressure.” Fifty U.S. What does Iran seizing tankers raising the stakes for any U.S. 1990s, “reset” with the Russians lawmakers, in a July 17 letter to have to do with the nuclear deal? and allied military action. in 2009, and the “end of history” the president, urged the adminis- Not much, except that it’s part of after the end of the Soviet Union, tration to cancel the Iran nuclear Iran’s plan to change the subject, The most immediate fight in the narrative of a nuclear-free Iran sanctions waivers once and for while letting them secure nuclear Washington is the disagreement being a solid achievement irre- all and eliminate nuclear projects weapons in the future as they about the extent to which lim- spective of Iranian cheating and established under the deal. continue missile testing, support- ited waivers should be granted to bad faith, is simply a talisman the One signatory, Sen. Tom Cot- ing terrorism, and convincing European companies that, in “deep state” can’t give up. ton (R-Ark.), said the goal is to the West to accept the Alice in the words of Sen. Ted Cruz (R- Andy McCarthy, in his newly get Iran to “permanently abandon Wonderland narrative that JCPOA Texas), permit Tehran to “con- published book “Ball of Collu- its nuclear ambitions and stop supporters are promoting. duct sensitive nuclear work at a sion,” writes of the JCPOA, “The sponsoring terrorism” including A far superior alternative? Start military site that many believe table [Obama] gave away the agreeing to Secretary of State Mike with re-establishing the interna- allows Iran to march toward the store, agreeing to the promotion Pompeo’s 12-point plan and, as the tional norm of freedom of mari- eventual production of nuclear of Iran’s industrial nuclear capa- Financial Action Task Force (FATF) time navigation and then, build- weapons.” If the limited waiv- bilities (rationalised as civilian required of Iran, implement the ing the anti-nuclear coalition that ers weren’t allowed, European, use); abiding continued [ad- group’s 2016 crackdown in terror- would put a saddle on the Iranian Chinese, and Russian firms vanced] centrifuge development; ist financing. nuclear crocodile. would have to be sanctioned delegating verification duties to Here we get to the second prom- because they have projects inside the U.N.’s feckless International ising pathway. As the Foundation Peter Huessy is the president of Iran that were prohibited at the Atomic Energy Agency; choreo- for Defense of Democracies re- Geo-strategic Analysis of Po- 2015 JCPOA deal. Those projects graphing side deals between Iran cently put it, “wanting to do busi- tomac, Maryland, a defense and include modifying the heavy and the IAEA which would not ness with Iran should not trump national security consulting firm. water reactor in Arak and the be disclosed to Congress; tweak- imposing serious penalties on enrichment center in Fordow, as ing the deal when Iran was out Iran for violations of international Views expressed in this article are well as the Tehran Research and of compliance to avoid any ‘snap norms.” This involves more than the opinions of the author and do the Bushehr nuclear reactor fuel back’ [of sanctions]; and orches- just the provisions of the JCPOA not necessarily reflect the views of exchanges. trating ransom payments for in which Iran has dragged its feet, The Epoch Times. AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 OPINION | A9

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Protesters with umbrellas and protective gear face off with riot police at Kowloon Bay in Hong Kong on Aug. 24, 2019. China Trade War, Taiwan F-16 Sales, and Hong Kong

SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGES BRAD JOHNSON A U.S.-built F-16V China remains largely inscrutable fighter jet lands today, as its reputation from the on a freeway dur- past implies. Perhaps it’s worth ing the 35th Han making a point about how they Kuang drill in view themselves. Changhua county, For example, something I have Taiwan, on May 28, 2019. never heard mentioned is the meaning of the flag of China, with its red background and five gold-coloured stars in the upper left quadrant. The flag is widely believed to be the flag of China and is used as such, however, it’s not the flag of China—the flag represents the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), not the country of China itself. This is actually fairly common in hard-left governments, and it’s commonly misunderstood. Similarly, the flag used by the Germans in World War II—with its red background and swastika—was not the flag of Germany, but the flag of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, better known as the Nazis. The same applies to the flag used by the USSR, which had a red background with a hammer and sickle in The CCP likes to they’ve been robbing us blind. He let them support for the pro-democracy protest- the upper left quadrant. remind the United know that can’t continue and that they can ers in Hong Kong. He’s made it clear he This is a difficult concept for most of us States it agreed still make money by negotiating an honest doesn’t want to see a violent suppression in the West—who haven’t lived under such to reduce arms deal, although far less. Naturally, the Chi- of Hong Kong but hasn’t stated what his a regime—to truly understand. From the nese have a hard time walking away from response would be, other than that a trade perspective of the CCP, and all of these sales to Taiwan in billions of free dollars and are pinning their deal would be hard to come by. Fortunately, aforementioned countries, everything and an unsigned 1982 hopes on ratcheting up the stakes, hoping to Western countries haven’t forgotten the everyone belongs to the ruling regime. The communiqué. We damage Trump before the next election and 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre or the CCP’s flag flying over everything symbol- need to remind get back to stealing money under a different invasion and subjugation of Tibet. ises precisely that. This means that even administration. Taiwan has always been a much more the individual life of every Chinese citizen them of their signed They still have many options for putting difficult target, but has also been on China’s belongs to the Communist Party. Literally. agreement to allow pressure on the Trump administration, target list to conquer and subjugate. The Should the Party need a person to die for Hong Kong to govern although their tough stance on trade nego- same for the absolute control of the South “the good of the Party,” it’s fully expected themselves. tiations hasn’t been working, and Trump’s China Sea, which was going well for the that the individual will willingly allow tariffs are badly damaging the floundering CCP before the Trump administration. Now, themselves to be killed. Chinese economy. Their economy is shrink- with the large amounts of stolen money cut Here in the West, the news reports that ing rapidly, while the U.S. economy is doing off, it’s not so affordable, and at least some the problems in Hong Kong, the trade well and producing income from the tariffs, portion of China’s ambitions and plans are negotiations, and the updated F-16 fighter which will be used to offset any negatives. being put on hold. aircraft sales to Taiwan are separate issues. Many observers have noted that the Part of Trump’s negotiations has been to To the CCP, this isn’t the case. Their “Borg- Iranians have been more aggressive of late continue to show a friendly approach to like” perspective is that everything is one on the world stage. But few have noted that Taiwan, which recently culminated in the under the Communist Party, and resistance the Iranians also depend on support from sale to Taiwan of 66 F-16 fighter jets. This is futile. China. Their current aggressive stance is is a nice boost to the Taiwanese military, By happy coincidence, President Donald very likely a part of the Chinese overall re- although not profound, but certainly not Trump, as an experienced negotiator, is the sponse and an effort to pressure the Trump liked by the CCP. perfect person to fix the situation with the administration. The same can be said of the The CCP likes to remind the United States CCP, which has been stealing billions of situation in Hong Kong. that it agreed to reduce arms sales to Tai- dollars from the United States as a matter The CCP has always intended to take full wan in an unsigned 1982 communiqué; we of unchallenged routine. Trump correctly and unquestioned control of Hong Kong, need to remind them of their signed agree- views China as a dangerous, gigantic, com- and this must have seemed a golden oppor- ment to allow Hong Kong to govern itself. petitive corporation, in the form of a coun- tunity. Maybe an offer to sell Taiwan F-35 fighter try that is acting extremely aggressively in As part of the CCP’s overall efforts to cre- aircraft would make for interesting negotia- its own interests and in direct opposition to ate pressure on the administration, we have tions. ours. also seen increased pressure on Hong Kong, We’re observing in the public bits and which is, in fact, in contradiction to the Brad Johnson is a retired CIA senior opera- pieces of the president’s behind-the-scenes agreement the CCP signed with regard to tions officer and a former chief of station. negotiations with China in a number of the rights of Hong Kong as a self-adminis- He is president of Americans for Intelligence areas. In the West, these bits and pieces tered zone. This is certainly not an accident Reform. of a larger whole are generally incorrectly or coincidence, but is part of the U.S.–China reported as separate, unrelated issues. negotiations. Views expressed in this article are the opin- The situation began with Trump respect- Trump has slowly increased the level ions of the author and do not necessarily fully calling out the Chinese on the fact that of his response, showing more and more reflect the views of The Epoch Times. A10 | OPINIONTUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2019 AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBEROPINION 4, 2019 | A15

ALEXEY SAZONOV/AFP/GETTY IMAGES mythical super-corporation headed, as a rule, by a lunatic capitalist.” Bukovsky’s book, “Judgment in Mos- cow,” will be released in English in May. What does he say happened toward the supposed end of the Cold War? Bukovsky wrote, “This was a full debacle, a total sur- render of its positions by the West at the most critical moment of our history.” The West rushed in to support the “hangman, Gorbachev.” And despite all that help, when the Soviet Union “fell,” the hangmen in their thousands were not made accountable. There was no trial of communism as a system, no “judgment in Moscow” as there had been a “judgment in Nuremberg.” Instead, a KGB general like Oleg Kalugin, who bragged about his murders, retired to live in the West. If there is no statute of limitations on murder, how can this happen? Bukovsky wrote that Glasnost and Perestroika were “diabolical inventions” that ratified what followed in its wake. “Out of hundreds of thousands of politicians, journalists and academics, only a tiny handful retained sufficient sobriety not to yield to tempta- tion, and it was an even tinier one that had the courage to voice their doubts out loud.” Soviet-era dissident Vladimir Bukovsky (C) speaks to his supporters outside the Sakharov museum in Moscow on Dec. 16, 2007. Later in the book, Bukovsky character- ised the American elite as “raised on lies and betrayal,” damning them as the “nat- ural ally of the USSR.” And so it remains true as ever today. The Threat of Communism: Look at the resulting shift in the global balance of power decades later: Putin’s regime links arms with the communist regime in China, with the communist Then and Now regime in Cuba, with Nicaragua and South Africa, Vietnam and North Korea, Bukovsky’s words come home. The com- munist bloc rises from the ashes, with new weapons, new technologies, and new J.R. NYQUIST superficial assessments. It is impossible economic clout. We believed the commu- for them to go deep. When you talk about nist lies and invested our “peace dividend.” One of the most famous enemies of communism, their eyes glaze over. They People are lazy. They Now we are threatened from within and Soviet communism is Vladimir Bukovsky. become bored.” prefer superficial from without. He was tortured by Soviet authorities and assessments. It is “The whole thing hangs in the balance,” spent many years in Soviet prisons. He MR. NYQUIST: “Could that be true?” said Bukovsky. was even declared “insane” and sent to a MR. BUKOVSKY: “Yes, I have delivered many impossible for them to psychiatric prison. When Bukovsky was lectures on the subject. People get up in go deep. When you talk J.R. Nyquist is a columnist and the author exiled to the West, people paid lip service the middle and leave. The concepts are too about communism of the books “Origins of the Fourth World to his courage; but few heeded his warn- difficult for them. They want it to be easy.” War” and “The Fool and His Enemy,” as ings about Gorbachev’s Perestroika. their eyes glaze over. well as co-author of “The New Tactics of Bukovsky reminded everyone that all MR. NYQUIST: “What is the hope for the future?” They become bored. Global War.” Soviet leaders were liars. Gorbachev, he MR. BUKOVSKY: “There will be more suffering, said, was no exception—and was certainly more ruined lives.” Views expressed in this article are the no democrat. Like Lenin, Stalin, Khrush- opinions of the author and do not neces- chev, and Brezhnev, Gorbachev was a MR. NYQUIST: “Are the communists in Russia sarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times. liar and a hangman. But hardly anyone putting the Soviet Union back together?” listened. Everyone wanted to believe the MR. BUKOVSKY: “Yes, they are naive enough to Cold War was over. think they can do this. But they will never But how could we have won the Cold succeed.” War? This was the inconvenient question Bukovsky asked. Random House senior Hope in Ukraine? editor Jason Epstein rejected Bukovsky’s MR. NYQUIST: “What about the orange revolu- question altogether. And so, Bukovsky’s tion in Ukraine? Surely there is hope in LOOKING book on the equivocal “fall of communism” Ukraine.” was not published in English—until now. MR. BUKOVSKY: “Ukraine is on a razor’s edge. The book’s title is “Judgment in Mos- The whole thing hangs in the balance. It cow.” It was published in French and Ger- could go either way.” man editions two decades ago, and it has TO GROW YOUR stood the test of time. I interviewed Bu- MR. NYQUIST: “What about Ukrainian Presi- kovsky on Dec. 22, 2018, by telephone, ask- dent Petro Poroshenko?” Serious speed! ing how the French and German editions of MR. 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The WCC thus is a and policies that depart from gods, for fostering a healthy democ- As an independent media outlet, racy and a compassionate we use our freedom to inves- made systematic arrangements major force in world religious circles. or when they speak out against for attacking religious believers in However, the WCC was the first abortion or homosexuality, which society. tigate issues overlooked—or non-communist countries. Through international religious organisa- are forbidden by God, communists avoided—by other media out- the Communist Party of the Soviet tion to accept communist countries in the United States or the militant As an independent media out- lets. We seek to highlight solu- Union and the Chinese Communist (including the Soviet Union and Left go on the offensive. 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We stand against the destruc- communist ideologies into religion. such as the election of the Russian This then led to believers continuing Orthodox metropolitan bishop of We report respectfully, compas- tion wrought by communism, to worship and practice in religions Leningrad, Nikodim (birth name sionately, and rigorously. including the harm done to that had been changed by commu- Boris Georgievich Rotov), as presi- cultures around the world. nist ideology. dent of the WCC in 1975. Another Some Marxists We stand against the destruc- victory was the decades-long role tion wrought by communism, We are inspired in this by our a. Infiltrating Religion played by Bulgarian communist spy went undercover to including the harm done to cul- own experience. The Epoch Curtis Bowers, producer of the Todor Sabev, who served as deputy tures around the world. 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GREGORY WRIGHTSTONE readiness alert system to identify fires the timber. It’s estimated that up to 15 before they rage out of control. It turns percent of the original forest has been The latest climate-change disaster du out that the same fire might be counted cleared in this manner, most of which jour was the lead story in many news- more than once to ensure that none are occurred in the 1990s and 2000s before feeds and headlines around the globe. missed. conservation efforts slowed the loss of The report that the Amazon was burn- Likely the most shared image of the forest. ing at unprecedented rates due to man- “devastation” was a NASA satellite im- Fires are rare during much of the year, made global warming was tailor-made age across most of the Amazon showing because it’s difficult to start and spread for the climate-catastrophe crowd to smoke from fires in many areas. What them due to the exceedingly wet nature promote fear of impending planet-wide was not shared was the caption NASA of the climate. During the dry season, doom. provided, which states, in part, “As of land that has already been cleared is The reliably alarmist CNN headline was August 16, 2019, an analysis of NASA typically burned periodically to regener- “Amazon rainforest burning at record satellite data indicated that total fire ac- Much of the fire ate and maintain farmland or pasture. rate,” while over at the New York Daily tivity across the Amazon basin this year that’s being reported Much of the fire that’s being reported News, the writer declared, “The Amazon has been close to the average in compari- as virgin tropical rainforest is existing rainforest is burning. Be afraid.” Most son to the past 15 years.” as virgin tropical grassland or farmland being regenerated reporting included some variation on the According to NASA’s Global Fire Emis- rainforest is existing using fire as a tool. theme that “the lungs of the world are sions Database, activity is above average grassland or farmland The Amazonian rainforest is a power- burning.” in the states of Amazonas and Rondo- ful and necessary ecological niche, and In a tweet, French President Emmanuel nia, but so far is below average in Mato being regenerated conservation efforts have been effective Macron called upon world leaders to Grosso and Pará. The overall numbers using fire as a tool. at stemming the worst of deforestation place the fires in the Amazon at the top are pretty much in line with historic abuses. The promotion of alarmist and of their agenda when they meet for the data that goes back to 2003, much longer false information misdirects the energies Group of Seven summit: “Our house is than the Brazilian data and with satellite of people, including world leaders, and burning. Literally. The Amazon rainfor- data analysis specifically designed to do undermines trust in media and public est—the lungs which produces 20% of our the task of counting the fires rather than institutions. planet’s oxygen—is on fire.” simply alerting government personnel of The source of this alarm is an osten- danger. Gregory Wrightstone is author of the sibly reliable source, Brazil’s National A little background on Amazon fire is new book “Inconvenient Facts: The Sci- Institute for Space Research. However, in order to put these yearly fires in per- ence That Al Gore Doesn’t Want You to a closer look reveals some real problems spective. The fire season in the Amazon Know.” He is a geologist with more than with the data. begins with the dry season in late July 35 years of experience researching and First, the satellite fire data referenced and peaks in mid-September before end- studying various aspects of the Earth’s only began in 2013, so six years of data is ing in November. Nearly all of the fires processes. hardly long enough to make statements are intentionally set because dry light- about “record breaking” in any context. ning strikes are rare and it’s difficult to Views expressed in this article are the Secondly, the satellite data collected begin a fire in a damp rainforest. opinions of the author and do not nec- wasn’t intended to be used as a counting Ranchers have used fire to clear the essarily reflect the views of The Epoch tool for number of fires, but rather as a forest, as it’s much easier than felling Times.

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Modern suggest that the observations that Chinese medicine once considered it supersti- generations of Chinese medicine tious to suggest mood disorders, the practitioners have made and passed medicine is liver, and conditions like hyperten- down regarding the effects of their sion could be connected, which was treatments do not constitute a legiti- intricately something taught in TCM. 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It has focused on the whole system of With many years of study and re- symptoms. recognizes that emotions and envi- TCM. This makes sense given it is finement, TCM is an advanced med- ronmental factors can affect human beyond modern scientific practice ical/healing system that has a very Cultural Heritage health. Therefore, our life should to study complex systems. The best close relationship with Daoism, in- Being such a long-standing and well- adapt to the four seasons and con - our current science can do is study cluding a strong focus on prevention developed practice, Chinese medicine form to nature. It is a systematic and isolated elements and formulate a and preservation. This is very differ- is intricately tied to the Chinese peo- holistic approach that is focused on hypothesis that explains the appar- ent from western medicine, which is ple’s cultural heritage and traditional preserving health and preventing ent interconnections between these more focused on curing illness after way of life. This is why Chinese people disease. elements. it develops. Chinese medicine aims see Chinese medicine as a natural ex- In the theory of TCM, there is a As a result, research on TCM focuses to maintain and optimize health and tension of their life. However, I hope to primary emphasis on “Qi” energy on a single type of treatment, such wellbeing and is a preventative form educate and enrich the understanding which is energy that needs to be in as acupuncture or botanical/herbal of medicine. 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The sys- there will inevitably be greater inte- Christina Xu holds a bachelor’s de- tem of energy distribution is known gration of different forms of medical gree from Beijing University of Chi- medical system. as the meridian channels which are practices, including TCM. nese Medicine. Living in Australia, located throughout the body where But just because modern medicine she now dedicates her time to advo- TCM is a reflection of Daoism, one Qi or energy flows. and science can’t fully explain TCM cating for and promoting the benefits of China’s three religious traditions. Chinese medicine is poorly under- at this time doesn’t mean people can’t of traditional Chinese medicine to the Daoism is about seeking the truth stood by the mainstream medical enjoy the benefits of TCM. mainstream western society. Learn about the world and the individual. system, which has historically taken My husband and I recently dined more at PreserveHealth.com.au

TYLER OLSON/SHUTTERSTOCK and I drifted away into la-la land in less than why not?” Yet oddly enough, the word can- a minute. cer still had not been spoken. My next memory was slowly opening my The next thing I knew, I had an appoint- eyes in a curtained-off post-procedure area, ment at 8:30 the following morning with with a nurse checking in on me every few this surgeon. My head was starting to really minutes. As I came back to reality, she let get dizzy at this point. me rest a few minutes, then asked me to get The doctor asked me, “Do you have any dressed and meet her outside the curtain. more questions?” As I dressed, I started to hear other patients I asked, “Is this cancer? Are you sure this next to me get their results. “Hey, every- is cancer?” thing looks good,” one person was told. “No He replied, “We won’t know until the bi- problems, everything looks fine,” someone opsy for sure, but I’ve been doing this a long else heard. time, and yes, it is cancer.” “Hey, wait a minute,” I thought. What I didn’t start to cry until I got up to leave about me? Where is my good news, or words and the doctor gave me a genuine hug. of encouragement? Nobody said a word to He said, “You are young and in good me. health, so good luck with everything.” That was the moment I realized I was fac- At that point, my emotions took over and ing a different outcome. I was sobbing and felt a strange combina - it was because I knew that I’d probably be I came out and met the nurse. She sweetly tion of shaking and numbness take over my getting some information the next day that I had never had surgery or took my arm and led me to a small, private body. I didn’t want to hear. anesthesia before, so I was room. “Have a seat. The doctor will be here Somehow, I managed to get to the bath- At 2:30 p.m. the next day, I arrived at the very nervous and felt like I in a minute,” she said. “Would you like a room, washed away my tears, and went out outpatient surgical center where my gas- was having a bad dream. warm blanket?” to the waiting room to get my family so we troenterologist was located and waited in I said, “Sure, why not?” She came back and could leave. a crowded room for what felt like an eter- carefully wrapped me up, then my doctor I decided not to tell them yet, and only nity. My father, mother, and brother all came walked in. mentioned that they had found a mass that with me. “We found a mass, and we couldn’t finish was getting biopsied. I kept my composure Finally, my name was called, and it was the procedure because the scope could not during the car ride back to my house, though my turn to go in. I was taken to a small room fit past it. We’ve taken a biopsy and tattooed I don’t know how. But I was dead inside. I for pre-procedure evaluation, where they it. Do you want to see the images from the needed time alone to process this devastat- took my temperature and other vitals, plus procedure?” he asked. ing news, at least for one more day. a urine sample. Afterward, I changed into “Sure, why not?” I said. Join me next time when I share what hap- a hospital gown and was asked to take off He showed me the mass and it looked big pened during my visit with a colorectal sur- my pants and underwear, but to keep on my and ugly, but the word “cancer” didn’t come geon 17 hours after my diagnosis, which I sports bra and socks. out of his mouth. handled all by myself. The nurse then walked me into a surgi- I didn’t start At this point, I was in a haze, a crazy fog, Until then ... breathe deep, be kind, and cal suite where I saw my doctor, who was but appeared cool as a cucumber on the take it one day at a time. behind a surgical mask. It was all very sur- to cry until I outside. real. I had never had surgery or anesthesia got up to leave He then said that I needed to get another Michele Goncalves is a financial compli- before, so I was very nervous and felt like I CT scan as soon as possible (this time with ance and fraud auditor for a Fortune 500 was having a bad dream. and the doctor contrast), and he wanted me to see a surgeon company by day and a passionate pursuer I got up on the operating table and laid on gave me a right away. He had the name of someone of holistic and functional medicine knowl- my left side. The anesthesiologist introduced he could refer me to and offered to call him edge by night. She is also the author of the herself to me, inserted an IV into my arm, genuine hug. right then and there if I wanted. I said, “Sure, column The Consummate Traveler. B44 | ARTS & TRADITION AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBERWeek 30, 4, 2019

“The chinese chamber” paintings, 1761, by Marie Leszczynska, Henri- Philippe-Bon coqueret, Jean-Martial Frédou, Jean-Philippe de La Roche, Jean-Louis Prévost, under the direction of Étienne Jeaurat. Oil on canvas. National Museum of the Palace of Versailles and the Trianon, Versailles.

Marie Leszczynska, the queen of France, and the Dauphin Louis Ferdinand, circa 1730, by Alexis-Simon Belle. Oil on canvas. National Museum of the Palace of Versailles and the Trianon, Versailles.

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Chamberthe wasBath an Chamber, “extremely the small Rest 16“The and runs Taste until of springMarie Leszc2020.- MadameIn the painting,Campan wasMarie a reader is sitting for She made quite an impact—not po- space,”Chamber, where Marieand even stored the Poets’her Thezynska: exhibition Marie Leszczynska,was curated by Marie’supright and younger poised, daughters. embodying Dia the- litically, as she was left out of poli- poetryChamber. collection, The wrote Poets’ Charles- Cham- Gwenolaan Unknown Firmin Queen,” and Marie- that monds“elegant are spirit” woven that throughout Madame Cam Ma- tics, but on the life of the people. Philippeber was d’Albert, an “extremely the Duke small of Laureopened de Rochebrune,on April 16 and who runs are rie’span hair,said echoingMarie had the injewels her thatyouth. are Leading by example, she was un- Luynes,space,” in his where memoirs. Marie stored bothuntil head spring curators 2020. The at the exhibi Na- setMadame in what Campan looks like was elaborate a reader me for- conditionally devoted to her hus- Theher apartments poetry collection, spilled out wrote onto tionaltion Museumwas curated of the by PalaceGwenola of tallicMarie’s embroidery younger ondaughters. her gold dress.Dia- band, King Louis XV; her children; a numberCharles-Philippe of elegant terraces d’Albert, and VersaillesFirmin and theMarie-Laure Trianon, and de Shemonds gently are holds woven her throughout son’s hand. Ma The- and the people of France. She was balconiesthe Dhunguke withof Luynes, garlands in ofhis theyRochebrune, were assisted who by are Vincent both dauphin,rie’s hair, stillechoing only thea babe, jewels mirrors that are his just as devoted to her faith; Marie flowers.memoirs. Marie also enjoyed gar- Bastien,head curators doctor of at art the history. National setmother’s in what facial looks expression like elaborate with an me air- attended Mass twice a day and con- dens containingThe apartments lead sculptures spilled out MuchMuseum of ofthe the art Palace featured of Ver in- tallicof royalty embroidery that belies on herhis tendergold dress. age. fession once a day. and aonto rockery a number framing of elegant Monsei ter- - thesailles exhibition and the reflectsTrianon, Maand- ShePerhaps gently he holds knows her his son’s fate. hand. The Thegold “By her own good example, she gneur’sraces courtyard, and balconies a small hung spot with rie’sthey love were for assisted her family, by Vincent God, crowndauphin, on still the onlychaise a babe, lounge mirrors certainly his turned a dissolute court into one namedgarlands after Louis of flowers. XIV and Marie Marie also andBastien, beauty. doctor of art history. signalsmother’s what facial his expression future will with be. an airHe devoted to religious observance, Thérèse’senjoyed son. gardens containing Much of the art featured in sitsof royalty on a cloak, that beliesfur-lined his tenderand with age. a without detracting from its gaiety Theselead private sculptures apartments and a rockery were Familythe exhibition Portraits reflects Ma- Perhapsfleur-de-lis he knows pattern, his fate.which The he goldwill or majesty,” Charles Jean-François her sanctuary.framing Monseigneur’s It was within thesecourt - LouisLouis XV, the XV, king the of Manyrie’s oflove the for paintings her family, through God,- wearcrown once on the he chaiseis king. lounge certainly Hénault (1685–1770) wrote in his confinesyard, that a small she spotwould named read, after rest, Louis France,king circa of France, 1728, outand Marie’s beauty. apartments were of her 10 signalsSimilar what symbols his future and finery will be. can He be memoirs. Hénault, the president pray, XIVor work and Marie on a needlepointThérèse’s son. or by ancirca unknown 1728, artist. by children, all born between 1727 and seensits on in a the cloak, portrait fur-lined of the and dauphin’s with a of the Parliament of Paris, was Ma- painting.These Despite private the apartments fact that her were her Oil onan canvas. unknown National Family1737. When Portraits the first boy, the Dau- father,fleur-de-lis Louis XVpattern, (1710–1774), which the he king will rie’s adviser and manager. father,sanctuary. the king Itof was Poland, within was these de- con- Museumartist. of Oilthe on Palace phinMany Louis of the Ferdinand, paintings was throughout born, Ma- ofwear France, once paintedhe is king. around 1728 by an Every afternoon, after perform- throned,fines Marie that shewas wouldeducated read, asrest, a pray, of Versaillescanvas. andNational the rieMarie’s commissioned apartments Alexis-Simon were of her Belle 10 unknownSimilar symbols artist. Here,and finery King Louiscan be ing her royal duties at the court, princess,or work learning on a needlepoint languages, ordanc painting.- Trianon,Museum Versailles. of (1674–1734)children, all bornto paint between his portrait. 1727 and wearsseen in the the collar portrait of theof the Order dauphin’s of the Marie would retire to her private ing, singing,Despite themusical fact thatinstruments, her father, the the Palace of The1737. Whenpainting the wasfirst hung boy, in the Marie’s Dau- Holyfather, Spirit, Louis and XV the(1710–1774), fleur-de-lis the kingcloak apartments, where she kept com- painting,king and of Poland, more. In was the dethroned, Green Gal- Marie Versailles and Bathphin LouisChamber. Ferdinand, She was was so born, fond Maof it- thatof France, the dauphin painted sat around on in the1728 portrait by an pany with a small circle of fam- lery, shewas would educated draw, as paint,a princess, play mulearning- the Trianon, thatrie commissioned she commissioned Alexis-Simon Belle again, Belle withunknown his mother. artist. On Here, the Kingtable toLouis his Versailles. ily and close confidants, includ- sic, andlanguages, print using dancing, her own singing, printing musical but(1674–1734) this time to to paintpaint hisher portrait.with the rightwears are the the collar king’s of the crown, Order scepter, of the ing writers, philosophers, and press.instruments, painting, and more. In Thdauphin.e painting was hung in Marie’s andHoly Charlemagne’s Spirit, and the fleur-de-lis Hand of Justice, cloak ministers. A selectionthe Green of Gallery,50 paintings, she would some draw, BathThe Chamber. painting Sheof Mariewas soand fond her of son it whichthat the is dauphin a French sat type on inof thescepter portrait with AUGUSTWeek 30, 29-SEPTEMBER 2019 4, 2019 ARTS & TRADITION |B5 5

ALL PHOTOS By cHRISTOPHE FOUIN/PALAcE OF VERSAILLES (RMN-GP) (Left) “The Death of Saint Francis Xavier,” 1749, by charles-Antoine coypel. Oil on canvas. National Museum of the Palace of Versailles and the Trianon, Versailles. (Below) Marie Leszczynska, the queen of France, 1748, by Jean-Marc Nattier. Oil on canvas. National Museum of the Palace of Versailles and the Trianon, Versailles.

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itswith finial his mother.showing On the the hand table of toGod his in landscape.in painting It for is thought a period that of 15 Étienne years. Saintqueen Francis bequeathed Xavier the and paintings Death to aright gesture are theof blessing. king’s crown, scepter, Jeaurat,In 1761, one Marie of the and king’s five court of the paint paint-- Marieher in had1768. a strong desire to relieve and Charlemagne’s Hand of Justice, ers,ers whoassisted worked her in on its the execution. king’s state Je- Many of the the suffering of others. She was re- Queenwhich is Marie’s a French Practice type of scepterof Art with auratapartments mentored painted the queen a series in painting of chi- paintings portedSaint Francis to have Xavier said “I and have Death no need Marieits finial was showing not naturally the hand giftedof God atin fornoiserie a period canvases of 15 years. called “The Chi- forMarie dresses; had a strong the poor desire do notto relieve even drawing,a gesture of according blessing. to her friend neseIn 1761, Chamber.” Marie and The five series of theis paintedpaint- throughout havethe suffering shirts.” She of supportedothers. She hospices, was re- the Duke of Luynes. But she could ersfrom who the worked bird’s-eye on theview king’s as per state the clinics,ported toand have charitable said “I have foundations, no need Queenpaint quite Marie’s well. Practice She “draws of Art much apartmentsChinese style, painted with a exquisite series of chi de-- Marie’s dedicatingfor dresses; herself the poor to helping do not those even in amusementMarie was not from naturally it,” he wrote. gifted at noiserietailing ofcanvases the architecture, called “The Chinesedress, apartments need.have shirts.” She founded She supported a convent hospices, in Ver- drawing,Jean-Baptiste according Oudry to her (1686–1755) friend the Chamber.”and landscape. The series Various is painted scenes from are saillesclinics, for and educating charitable poor foundations, girls, which wasDuke one of Luynes. of Marie’s But favoriteshe could paint paint- theshown, bird’s-eye such view as aas teaper the ceremony, Chinese were of her 10 wasdedicating inaugurated herself after to helping her death. those in ers.quite She well. copied She “draws one of muchhis paintings amuse- style,evangelism with exquisite by Jesuits, detailing and a fairof the at children. need.Marie’s She Christianfounded a convent faith featured in Ver- thatment her from son, it,” the he dauphin, wrote. had com- architecture,Nankin. dress, and landscape. children. stronglysailles for educating in her apartments, poor girls, which in missioned.Jean-Baptiste On her Oudry canvas (1686–1755) “A Farm, VariousVersailles scenes acquired are shown, “The such Chinese as a thewas booksinaugurated she read, after andher death. also the Afterwas one Jean-Baptiste of Marie’s Oudry,” favorite a paintserene- teaChamber” ceremony, paintings evangelism in by2018. Jesuits, The artMarie’s she consumed. Christian faith featured sceneers. She shows copied a onebountiful of his paintings harvest andpaintings a fair at had Nankin. been in the care of stronglyShe favored in her themes apartments, and stories in andthat herhardworking son, the dauphin, farm hands had com in a- theVersailles family ofacquired the queen’s “The lady-in- Chinese aboutthe books the early she read,Christian and martyrsalso the ruralmissioned. landscape. On her It canvas is thought “A Farm, that Chamber”waiting, the paintings Comtesse in de 2018. Noailles, The andart she Jesuits. consumed. At the time, Jesuits ÉtienneAfter Jean-Baptiste Jeaurat, one Oudry,” of the a sereneking’s paintingssince the had queen been bequeathedin the care of the wereShe activelyfavored beingthemes expelled and stories from courtscene painters,shows a bountiful assisted her harvest in its and ex- familypaintings of the to queen’s her in 1768.lady-in-waiting, France.about the early Christian martyrs ecution.hardworking Jeaurat farm mentored hands inthe a queenrural the Comtesse de Noailles, since the andMarie Jesuits. was At particularly the time, Jesuits interested were inactively St. Francis being Xavier.expelled The from Jesuit France. had spentMarie time was in particularly India and was interested on route toin mainlandSt. Francis China Xavier. in The 1552 Jesuit to evan had- gelize,spent time but beforein India he and could was do on so, route he passedto mainland away Chinaon Sangchuan in 1552 to Island, evan- offgelize, the butcoast before of Guangdong. he could do She so, com he- missionedpassed away “The on DeathSangchuan of Saint Island,Francis Xavier,”off the coast painted of Guangdong. in 1749 by Charles-She com- Antoinemissioned Coypel “The (1694–1752),Death of Saint for Francis pri- vateXavier,” devotion. painted in 1749 by Charles- AntoineThe dark Coypel tones (1694–1752), of St. Francis’s for prilife- lessvate body devotion. on the earth almost divides theThe painting dark tones in half: of St.The Francis’s darkness life -of deathless body is met on theby theearth divine almost light divides of the angelsthe painting beckoning in half: and The welcoming darkness the of Jesuitdeath isto met heaven. by the divine light of the angels beckoning and welcoming the Jesuit to heaven.

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ELEVATE AND INSPIRE 1 Nun’s Illnesses Miraculously Cured After Doctor Gave Her a Book Wandering nun found new path after illness became so severe that recovery seemed impossible

DANIEL CAMERON ing completed her work, she’d take out leave the temple and go off on her own. her Buddhist scriptures to read and sit in In addition to the robe she wore, her only his is a story of hope, one the lotus position, a seated-meditation possessions included a cloth bag, an um- that provides insight into position where both legs are folded atop brella, and a sleeping bag. the life of a businesswom- one another. Alone, she roamed barefoot on the an who later became a nun Shi did not feel any meaning to her streets, day in and day out under the in her arduous quest for the work; she did not enjoy it. Life itself be- baking sun of southern Taiwan. true meaning of life. came depressing. She had no interest “The soles of my feet were worn out,” TMeet Shi Zhengtong. Born into a farm- in the business, nor secular life, not to she said, adding the hot asphalt road was er’s family in a rural area of southern mention her own family. Her heart just excruciating to walk on. Taiwan, Shi (pronounced “Shrr”) grew Shi Zhengtong wasn’t in it. Begging for alms was how she was born into a up on the bare necessities of life. She wanted to become a nun from as survived. poor farmer’s Her kindhearted family believes very family in southern young as 6 or 7, but never could, as she She walked and walked like this, from much in serving others. Growing up, Taiwan. felt a responsibility to her family. county to county, in search of a master Shi’s family was not financially well off There came a point, however, when who could help her return to her home but nevertheless always went out of their secular life became too much, and she in heaven, “to the origin,” she explained. way to help neighbors and the people seriously considered giving it all up to She would sleep outside, under trees, around them. become a nun. sometimes even in cemeteries. Despite hardly having enough food for For two years before she finally became All this roaming around was tortur- themselves, Shi’s parents encouraged a nun, she cried a lot and felt great hard- ous, but such is the ascetic life of the their children to share food with needy ship internally at the thought of leaving monastics. locals in the community so nobody After taking her family. Host Yu Xin asked how she kept going would starve. up the spir- despite all the hardship. “It really wasn’t even easy to have three Taking Up the Robe To2 that, Shi explained that because it meals a day,” Shi tells NTD show host itual system, The time came when she could not ig- was for a greater purpose, she did not Yu Xin. she noticed nore her heart’s desire any longer, so she feel bitter inside. Shi explains that when she was a young a considera- gave up everything and took up the robe She adds that whenever she saw a girl, she was often sick. Her family had to become a Buddhist nun sometime in kindhearted person smile at her, such a little money to spare on medical expens- ble improve- her 40s. simple act, it would truly lift her spirits. es. Their money mainly went toward ment to her For several years, Shi remained in a Though the person may not realize it, it food, shelter, and transportation. overall men- temple to cultivate herself. encouraged her to keep going. tal and physi- She realized, however, that the scrip- Secular Life tures she studied could no longer guide A Turning Point Later in life, she established a business cal health. her any higher in her cultivation. Shi’s health when she was a young girl with her brothers, importing Buddhist “It’s agonizing for a cultivator who was not so good, as she was afflicted with items. wants to upgrade oneself, but does not numerous ailments, and life as a wan- Each day when she was at the office, have the Way to do so,” explains Shi. dering nun exacerbated her condition, and when she had spare time after hav- That’s when Shi resolutely decided to taking a huge toll on her health.

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Shi Zhengtong, a Taiwanese who became a nun in her 40s meditates beside a river.

She was faced with the reality that her tice’s health benefits and recommended also flow when she practiced the medita- and not return to secular life. life as a nun could not go on. she try it. tive exercises. The robe she wears today is the same Then one day in 1998, there came a After being handed a copy of the main robe she has worn since around 1988. As turning point. text, Shi found a place to sit down quietly Health Restored, Hope Renewed new as it looks, she says the hems inside As there are a number of free servic- and read. It’s rare for a nun like Shi Zhengtong to are all frayed, though one cannot see this es made available for monks and nuns She respectfully lifted the book above step onto another path, but she felt it only from the outside. in Taiwan, Shi used to be treated at a her head before flipping open the first right with Falun Gong, especially given Shi says she has learned how to sin- health care clinic, where she became page. When she laid eyes upon a picture her poor health, which turned out to be cerely look within her heart to improve acquainted with a doctor. He was well of Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of the a blessing in disguise. herself, which is an integral part of her aware of her deteriorating condition and practice—“my tears fell instantly,” she After taking up the spiritual system, self-cultivation. knew that medical treatment could not recalled. she noticed a considerable improvement She says that in traditional Buddhism, help her. She felt a profound familiarity with to her overall mental and physical health. lay Buddhists treat monks and nuns Before leaving the clinic after a checkup this teacher, as though she had met him Her ailments, which had tortured her with such respect that the latter become one fateful day, that doctor friend gifted before. In her heart, she knew she had for so long, seemed to disappear. She now comfortable and complacent. They thus her a copy of Falun Gong’s principal text, finally found her teacher. has a healthy appearance and is not af- fail to look within and strictly cultivate Zhuan Falun. “I felt like a lost child who had returned flicted with illnesses. She’s even able to their hearts. Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) home,” she said, sharing her deepest walk up stairs with ease. At the end of the day, “cultivation,” or is an advanced spiritual discipline of the feelings. “During that time, I would cry “Very soon my health recovered,” says self-improvement, is what’s fundamental Buddha school and is based on the prin- when I read the book. My tears would Shi. She also went on to explain that all for a cultivator of any discipline. ciples of “Truthfulness-Benevolence- keep flowing.” those who practice these meditative ex- In this cultivation, “xinxing,” or heart- Forbearance.” Reading Zhuan Falun, it was as though ercises gain better “mental and physical nature, is stressed. Cultivators are taught According to Margaret Trey, “One of she had found her parents, that she had health.” to look within, as opposed to looking ex- the reasons for Falun Gong’s popularity found home. Falun Gong is not a religion, so there are ternally, and be good people wherever is its remarkable healing effect,” in her “The inner meanings of this book ... no places of worship, and its practitioners and whoever they are, be it a student, Ph.D. research outlined in the book, “The I just knew it’s the mighty Buddha Fa are encouraged to conform to the norms worker, husband, wife, son, or daughter. Mindful Practice of Falun Gong: Medita- manifesting once again in the human of society as upstanding, law-abiding Shi said she feels blessed to have found tion for Health, Wellness, and Beyond.” world.” citizens. As Shi had already been a nun the practice and encouraged others to Shi’s doctor friend knew of the prac- Shi was so touched that the tears would for many years, she chose to remain a nun try it.

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Perhaps he’ll ask Sarah if he and Jackson—are home full time for the can invite a friend over, or build a fort of summer. Their mother, Sarah, has sched- blankets and ropes in the playroom, or uled a week of soccer camp for Tom and learn a magic trick from the book his dad Caroline, and in August, the family will gave him for Christmas. travel to the beach for a vacation, but oth- An old adage states, “Only boring people erwise, the kids will spend most of their get bored.” This is not quite true. Most of days at home. us get bored. In the first week or so of their summer The writers of these articles would break, the siblings are delighted to be free instead contend that “only boring people of classrooms, textbooks, and teachers. No stay bored.” longer do they have to stagger to the van Which leads us to another benefit of al- in the wee hours of the morning under a lowing Tom his boredom: self-sufficiency. book bag that weighs nearly as much as In “The Virtues of Boredom in an Anxious they do. No longer are they tormented by Age,” Joseph Sunde examines the role the agonies of common core math class boredom plays in “fostering true resil- or by the dreary minutes of sitting after iency and creativity.” He quotes Pamela supper at the kitchen table doing their Paul’s New York Times article “Let the homework. Children Get Bored Again,” where Paul Then the day comes when that terrible notes, “Boredom teaches us that life isn’t a serpent, acedia, enters this summertime parade of amusements ... more important, paradise. it spawns creativity and self-sufficiency. It’s mid-afternoon, and the heat and ... Boredom is something to experience humidity in the backyard could boil rather than hastily swipe away. ... Bore- an egg. Nine-year-old Tom has used up dom is useful. It’s good for you.” his allotted time for television and the By finding his own way out of his computer. Now he drifts from room to boredom rather than with the help of his room like a wraith, picking up a book mother or, as is the case with so many and putting it down, rolling the drawing adults, by means of electronic entertain- pencils in his fingers and putting them ment—television, computers, phones—Tom back on the sketch pad, looking at the By finding their way out of boredom, children learn independence and how to deal with a problem. is learning independence and how to puzzle he started yesterday and shaking deal with a problem. He is exercising the his head. He refuses to play Candy Land self-sufficiency that Pamela Paul, Joseph with 7-year-old Caroline and their 5-year- slip it into the conversation.) articles on why we benefit from boredom. Sunde, and others promote. old brother—“It’s a game for babies,” he Of course, Sarah might resort to that old After reading half a dozen of these When we fill up our children’s days with tells himself—and he stands surveying his chestnut my mom used. When I com- pieces, I discovered some common ground activities and entertainments, we not only partially constructed Lego village as if plained of boredom, Mom would stop as to why these researchers and commen- take away those hours of free play neces- he’d never seen it before. whatever she was doing—as the mother of tators find value in tedium. sary for growth and the imagination, we His rambles take him into the kitchen, six, she was always doing something—raise First, after noting that many children also remove the valuable lessons boredom where Sarah is wiping down the counter- an eyebrow at me, and say, “Well, if you’re have a weapon against boredom in their teaches: that peaks of excitement are often tops. Tom slips onto one of the stools, puts bored, I’ll find something for you to do.” phones and tablets, an array of amuse- followed by valleys of the humdrum, that his elbows on the breakfast bar, wraps his So even though boredom and my boyhood ments at their fingertips, these commen- we deliver ourselves from those valleys cheeks in his hands, and unleashes that self were well acquainted, I soon learned to tators are universally opposed to such through willpower and imagination, and dread pronouncement: “Mom, I’m bored.” keep my mental lethargy to myself. a circus of constant entertainment. It that we, not others, are ultimately respon- So what does Sarah do? Or Sarah could just say, “Well, some teaches, they argue, the wrong life lesson sible for our interior moods. She might offer suggestions to relieve people think boredom is good for you.” to our young people. Nearly all of us, at Tom’s malaise: running through a sprin- And she would be right. one time or another, find ourselves adrift Jeff Minick has four children and a kler in the baking heat of the backyard, If you Google “the virtue of boredom,” in the doldrums, caught up in dull but growing platoon of grandchildren. For writing a letter to Grandma, breaking out you will find a score of articles proclaim- necessary chores or work. Children who 20 years, he taught history, literature, his box of toy soldiers and setting them up ing the value of ennui. The Child Creativ- fail to learn that lesson are missing a criti- and Latin to seminars of homeschooling on the dining room table, tidying up the ity Lab, the Acton Institute, Benjamin cal part of their education. Had Tom asked students in Asheville, N.C. Today, he closet in his room. (That last is least likely Franklin Circles, The Virtue Blog, The his mother whether she was ever bored, lives and writes in Front Royal, Va. See to fly, but as a woman of hope, Sarah might Atlantic—these and other websites feature she might tell him that folding the laun- JeffMinick.com to follow his blog.

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are all infinitely better ways erything besides messaging to spend your first waking and the actual phone func- Is Your Phone Hindering Your Parenting? moments. tion, essentially turning How to spend less time on your phone and more time with your family Likewise, nighttime your “smart” phone into a phone usage, even after “dumb,” or “feature” phone.

ANTONIODIAZ/SHUTTERSTOCK the kiddos have gone to BARBARA DANZA phone problem in the bud. bed, can negatively impact Enlist Your Family’s Help Can you imagine letting your sleep and your mood. Tackling this issue openly For all the talk and concern this silly device get in the Charge your phone in an- can be a great teaching op- we hear about the amount way of the goals and dreams other room and don’t touch portunity for your children. of time kids spend staring at you have for your family? it for the rest of the night. Admit to your family that screens, parents are waking Do you ever want your Enjoy your life and your you’ve become a bit too up to the hard realization children to be interpreting family right there in front attached to your digital that their own screen time your phone use as “that’s of you. Allow your mind to device. Explain why that’s a may be an even bigger issue. more important than me?” rest and time to slow down. negative thing. Explain the No parent wants to look Of course not. Recall this An example of a rule you steps you’re taking to alter back at their kids’ child- conversation with yourself might set up for yourself your habits and ask for their hood and think, “I wish when you find yourself slip- could be to not touch your help. I’d spent less time on my ping back into old habits. phone until after noon each You’ll find motivation and phone.” Yet all too often the day. Likewise, perhaps you accountability, and they’ll carefully engineered bells Monitor Your Screen Time agree to plug it in away from learn a positive lesson about and icons call our attention Use your phone’s screen the morning. your bedroom at 6 p.m. or the type of relationship away from our families and monitoring tools or a If your phone is on your before dinner each night. they’ll later choose to have over to texts, email, a news similar app of your choice nightstand, and it’s the first Set the limits that work with technology. alert, or our various social and understand how much No parent thing you reach for in the best for you and your media feeds. time you’re truly spend- morning (as opposed to say, family. Keep at It Each time, the message to ing plugged in. It may be wants to your spouse), you may want It may surprise you how our children is clear: “This is shocking at first, but you’ll to rethink that arrange- Declutter Your Screen challenging it can be to cre- more important.” have data that you can look back at ment. You’re giving away What are those apps ate new habits around your The first step, as they say, measure over time and see their kids’ your fresh mental energy that you keep going back digital devices. The addic- is admitting there’s a prob- real improvement on going to whatever your phone is to—Facebook, Instagram, tion is real. lem. If you’d like to spend forward. childhood and delivering to your mind. YouTube, Twitter, Netflix? So, if you fall back into less time on your phone and think, ‘I wish News reports, overnight What would happen if your old ways, don’t beat more time with your family, Set Rules for Yourself texts, email, social media you deleted those apps from yourself up. Keep trying. Go here are some strategies to Unless you’re going I’d spent less feeds—they come at you at your phone? Would you be back to reviewing your big- consider. cold turkey—those old flip lightning speed and start totally lost not knowing picture why and practicing phones are looking better time on my you off down the digital what was going on or would better habits that work for Assess the Big Picture and better each day—set phone.’ rabbit hole before you even it feel a bit more peaceful? you and your family. Think for a moment about parameters for your device get out of bed. Why not try and see? Don’t let some of the best how you’d like your little usage. Many people find Exercise, meditation, Delete apps and leave only moments in life be lost ones’ childhood to be. Then it helpful to not use their journaling, saying good what is essential. on you because you were consider what you might phone in bed and to not look morning to your family, Want to take it a step distracted by a back-lit rect- regret if you don’t nip this at their phone first thing in and literally doing nothing further? Delete almost ev- angle. Keep at it. D8 AUGUSTTHURSDAY, 29-SEPTEMBER FEBRUARY 28, 4, 2019 2019 THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2019 B11C3

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