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G-7 Leaders' Support for Hong Kong Draws Fiery Criticism from China AUG 29- SEP 4, 2019 ISSUE 623 AUSTRALIAN EDITION THEEPOCHTIMES.COM TRUTH AND TRADITION $3.00 ANDREW HARNIK/AFP/GETTY IMAGES TRUTH and TRADITION GET YOUR COPY NOW! AVAILABLE EVERY WEEK IN MAJOR NEWS- AGENTS ACROSS NSW SUBSCRIBE TODAY ReadEpoch.com.au 02 8988 5600 In the NEWS 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 it ‘historical document’ Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon on Huawei’s take EVA FU meddling in pursuit of a hidden China to abide by the Sino-British over of global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. OPINION | A12 off MERMAID50% 3PC SET INSIDE WITH CAMELLIA STOOL AU............................................ A2 CLEARANCE SALE REGULAR PRICE $1299 World....................................... A3 MEMBER PRICE $999 Alexandria Homemaker Centre CLEARANCE PRICE $500 China....................................... A4 49-59 O’Riordan Street US.............................................A6 Artarmon HomeHQ 1 Frederick Street Opinion....................................A8 Auburn Showroom 276-278 Parramatta Road FEATURES Belrose Supa Centre Art & Culture........................... 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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 ROB GRIFFITH/GETTY IMAGES MIMI NGUYEN LY 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
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