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By WANG KAIHAO [email protected] cooperation For those hoping to stop by key tourist attractions in the capital during Spring Festival holidays, admittance is not a given due to Tackling growing refugee problem limited space within popular placed on top of AU Summit agenda facilities. As the holiday began, some were surprised to find that tick By CAO DESHENG in Beijing the Forum on ChinaAfrica Coop ets to Beijing’s Palace Museum and LUCIE MORANGI eration held in September, saying had been sold out until Sunday, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia he and leaders of African coun and they simply had to find other tries, along with the AU, mapped ways to enjoy their time off. China stands ready to join hands out a blueprint on the develop A quota restricting visitor Home stretch with the African Union and African ment of relations between China numbers has been in place by the countries to promote cooperation and Africa. museum since June 2015 to help Travelers make their way home related to the Belt and Road Initia He called on Africa to take advan with crowd control. on Sunday, the last day of the tive and build an even stronger Chi tage of the opportunities brought by Up to 80,000 people are Spring Festival break, amid naAfrica community with a shared implementing the outcomes of the allowed to enter the complex heavy snow in Yongji, Shanxi future, President Xi Jinping said on FOCAC Beijing Summit, and work each day. Since October 2017, all province (top). Sunday. together with China to advance syn tickets must be purchased LIU BAOCHENG / FOR CHINA DAILY Xi made the remarks in a congrat ergy of the BRI with the AU’s Agen online, and buying electronically Technical malfunctions in ulatory message to the opening of da 2063, the 2030 Agenda for has become second nature to Zhangjiazhuang, Hebei prov the 32nd AU Summit held in Addis Sustainable Development of the more and more people. ince, led to delays on Sunday, as Ababa, Ethiopia, where at least 30 United Nations as well as the devel ID cards are needed to buy dig seen on a screen at Beijing Rail African heads of state and govern opment strategies of African coun ital tickets online, but a small way Station (left). ment gathered to tackle complex tries. number of paperbased tickets LIU CHANG / FOR CHINA DAILY issues surrounding international The annual AU Summit kicked off are still reserved as gifts for See story, page 3 and internal migration of people at under a cloud of uncertainty after some, which are still valid for a time when the global community five countries, including the United entry. stands divided on the way forward. States, opposed the adoption of the As regular tickets recently ran Calling the AU a banner that Global Compact for Safe, Orderly out of stock, standin commem unites the African countries to pur and Regular Migration during the orative tickets were going for sue selfrenewal, Xi praised the inte UN General Assembly in December. over 200 yuan ($30) during the More outcomes expected from trade talks gration process of the continent and The agreement was the outcome of holiday on Xianyu.com, a major the great headway made since last a conference in Marrakech, Moroc secondhand trading website. year under the guidance of the orga co, earlier that month. By comparison, tickets typi By JING SHUIYU “In the next stage, the two sides Agency cited him as saying. nization. At the summit, which focuses on cally cost only 40 yuan in winter and ZHONG NAN will still be subject to various global Zhang Yansheng, a senior CCIEE African countries continue to refugees and displacement, Africa is (from November to March). pressures. However, I believe that researcher, said the two countries speak with a united voice on impor expected to come up with innova Nevertheless, visitors have VicePremier Liu He will hold a the two sides will be able to pro can properly handle trade conflicts tant international and regional tive approaches to address the many reasons to be keen on tour new round of highlevel ChinaUS pose more weighty measures to and foster cooperation despite issues, and the international influ unprecedented recent movement of ing the palace during the holi economic and trade consultations solve differences in their further some headwinds, adding that coop ence of the continent keeps rising, people. Conflict, poverty and cli days. with United States Trade Repre consultations,” Wei said. eration is the best and only choice Xi said, adding he sincerely hopes mate change were identified as root The Palace Museum was Chi sentative Robert Lighthizer and Zhou Mi, a research fellow at the for the two sides. the AU will lead African countries to causes. na’s imperial palace from 1420 Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Chinese Academy of International Xue Rongjiu, deputy director of make greater achievements. to 1911 and also is known as the in Beijing from Thursday to Friday. Trade and Economic Cooperation, the Beijingbased China Society for Xi recalled the Beijing Summit of See Africa, page 3 Forbidden City. Analysts said the two sides are said companies in the two coun WTO Studies, stressed that the US As a UNESCO World Heritage likely to propose weightier meas tries definitely do not want to end should not consider China as an site and the world’s largest sur ures to address economic and their cooperation. Calling for a sta economic threat. A country viving wooden architectural trade differences and to broaden ble environment, Zhou said more shouldn’t be measured by the size Scifi blockbuster proves compound, it houses more than overall cooperation. and more achievements may be of its economy, but by its develop 1.86 million cultural heritage According to the Ministry of Com made through cooperation at dif ment level, pointing out that in items, most of which are art pie merce, based on recent talks in Wash ferent levels. terms of per capita GDP, China still holiday hit, amazes critics ces and dailyuse articles. ington, China and the US will engage This year marks the 40th anni ranks as a developing country, Xue This year’s theme, “Celebrat in further discussions on issues of versary of the establishment of said. ing Spring Festival in the For common concern. The US delegation SinoUS diplomatic ties. In 2018, The global community should By LI YINGXUE ed from one of Liu’s stories — which bidden City”, is one of the largest arrives in Beijing on Monday. trade volume between China and give China more room for gradual [email protected] had made 1.4 billion yuan by Sunday scale exhibitions in the site’s his China and the US have been the US exceeded $630 billion, and reform including offering more afternoon, “represent the general lev tory. embroiled in trade frictions for twoway investment surpassed access to foreign companies and China’s scifi feature film The el of China’s film development”. The display in the Meridian several months. The two sides are $240 billion, according to the Min supporting investment in industrial Wandering Earth was a stellar per Directed by Guo Fan, the film Gate Gallery will run through now in the midst of a 90day tariff istry of Commerce. upgrading, infrastructure, environ former during Spring Festival, rak stars actors Wu Jing, Ng Mantat April 7. The exhibition combines truce, which began on Dec 1, when Nicholas Burns, former US mental protection and urbaniza ing in 1.9 billion yuan ($282 million) and Li Guangjie and took around more than 100 curators’ efforts President Xi Jinping and his US undersecretary of state, said the tion, which will further stimulate as of Sunday at domestic box offices $50 million and four years to make. to showcase 885 Qing Dynasty counterpart, Donald Trump, met SinoUS relationship is “the most economic growth, he said. since it hit cinemas on Tuesday. The Wu thinks 2019 is “year one” of (16441911) cultural relics cen on the sidelines of the G20 summit important relationship that both of film has garnered much acclaim Chinese scifi films. “With 7,000 peo tered around the theme of in Buenos Aires. our countries have.” The US and Contact the writers at from critics and audiences both at ple taking part in the production of Lunar New Year. Wei Jianguo, vicechairman of China, though facing certain chal [email protected] home and abroad. the film, we have educated at least The kaleidoscopic display, ran the China Center for International lenges in bilateral relations, should The Wandering Earth is adapted this number of people on how to ging from royal rituals to enter Economic Exchanges, said China learn how to compete with each Inside from a novella of the same name by make scifi films,” he said at the tainment and banquets, US trade consultations have made other as well as how to work Liu Cixin, author of the Hugo Award film’s premier on Jan 28. complements the holiday tradi “a big stride forward”. together, the official Xinhua News Editorial, page 9 winning The ThreeBody Problem. So far, The Wandering Earth has tions of family reunions, and It tells the story of an outofthis recorded a score of eight points out of offers wishes for good health and world plan at an undisclosed future 10 on Douban, a popular Chinese film fortune. time to use giant thrusters to move our and TV rating site, both receiving Auspicious red couplets are ESPORTS PLAYERS CHASE planet, with its remaining 3.5 billion favorable reviews and sparking dis ubiquitous in the Forbidden City, people, 4.2 light years through space to cussions on its storyline and effects. and contain both prayers for escape annihilation from the dying sun. prosperity and admonitions to DREAMS OF STARDOM According to China Film Critics See Movie, page 3 ward off evil spirits. Association President, Rao Shu Eaves are decorated with lan ◆ guang, films like The Wandering Inside terns in royal style in an attempt Earth and Crazy Alien, another Chi to recreate an imperial ambience Many are called but few are chosen nese scifi movie — also loosely adapt Comment, page 9 for the first time since the institu in rapidly emerging field tion became a public museum in 1925. By ASKA CHEONG in Hong Kong Now 26, Lau has reset the bar for Sky lamps and longevity lamps [email protected] Hong Kong esports players. From were erected in front of the Pal age 17 to 21, his winnings totaled ace of Heavenly Purity in the For Lau Waikin, one of many young HK$3 million ($382,000). bidden City. people in Hong Kong with savvy His parents borrowed money technological skills, decided to from relatives to send his elder See Palace, page 3 pursue a career as an esports brother abroad for university stud superstar a few years back. But it ies. Lau, being no scholar, had no wasn’t a quest for fame that drove wan. His team won the Season 2 such opportunity. him. Championship in 2012, and Lau As a whiz kid in gaming, and “I play computer games simply became Hong Kong’s first home with minimal aptitude in scholas © 2019 China Daily because I can make a living from grown esports world champion. tic studies, Lau left school at 16 and All Rights Reserved esports,” said Lau, who is known Lau was known as the “beast of spent most of his time playing com A member of the Vol. 23 — No. 6793 Asia News Network in the cyberworld as Toyz. the mid lane” (a position on the puter games. He worked in sales After winning several tourna team). He earned the nickname for and as a porter before his transi ments in the game League of Leg what many considered to be his tion to esports at age 19. ends, he was invited to join esports brutal style of destroying online Moviegoers check out a poster promoting the Chinese scifi blockbust team Taipei Assassins from Tai opponents. See Esports, page 2 er The Wandering Earth on Sunday in Beijing. ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY