CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Friday, August 2, 2019 | 3 TOP NEWS 7th Military Secessionist Games torch rally lauds activity behind PLA birth
By ZHAO LEI solo travel ban [email protected] A torch relay for the upcoming 7th International Military Sports Individual permits to visit Taiwan Council Military World Games first allowed on trial basis in June 2011 began on Thursday in Nanchang, Jiangxi province. The flame was lit at a ceremony on By ZHANG YI “The launch of individual travel Thursday morning in front of a [email protected] permits in 2011 was a positive meas sculpture of Communist Party of ure to expand exchanges across the China revolutionaries inside the Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for Straits in the climate of the peaceful The bed of Hongze Lake is exposed as water recedes due to the worst drought in decades in Nanchang August 1st Memorial Hall. the State Council’s Taiwan Affairs development of crossStraits rela Huai’an, Jiangsu province, on Wednesday. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Fang Minglu, the greatgrand Office, said on Thursday that it is the tions,” Ma said. daughter of Fang Zhimin, a revolu island’s ruling Democratic Progres For years, mainland residents tionary martyr, lit the torch with a sive Party’s “Taiwan independence” visiting Taiwan played a positive concave mirror using the sun’s rays. secessionist activities that led to the role in promoting the development Business dries up for fishermen, Later, she passed the flame to a PLA suspension of individual travel per of Taiwan's tourism and related soldier who transferred it to a carrier. mits to Taiwan from the Chinese industries, he said. Thursday marked the 92nd anni mainland. “I believe that compatriots on versary of the founding of the Peo The DPP has been promoting “Tai both sides hope that crossStraits ships in droughtparched Hongze ple’s Liberation Army. The Nanchang wan independence” activities, con relations return to the right track of Uprising, which was led by the Com stantly fomenting hostility toward peaceful development and that By CANG WEI in Nanjing lages of Zhongyang township, munist Party of China, took place on the mainland and creating confron mainland residents' travels to Tai [email protected] said that the longerthanexpect Aug 1, 1927, and is remembered as tation across the Straits, Ma said. wan will resume normal and We didn’t expect ed drought has killed off most the founding of the PLA. “They destroyed the foundation and healthy development as soon as pos Hongze Lake in Jiangsu prov fish. The torch relay then reached conditions for individual travel.” sible,” he added. ince has been facing its worst that the drought “We didn’t expect that the Bayi Square where Yang Jian, He made the remarks in response Zhang Wensheng, a politics pro drought in decades as average would last for drought would last for months, so director of the executive commis to the announcement on Wednes fessor at Xiamen University, said the precipitation has fallen signifi we didn’t catch the fish in time,” sion of the 7th Games, passed the day by the Ministry of Culture and main cause of the suspension is the cantly. months, so we didn’t Sun said. “Now we can do noth torch to Dorah Mamby Koita, the Tourism that travel permits to Tai island’s leader Tsai Ingwen and her Precipitation from May to July catch the fish in ing but watch the fish die. The International Military Sports wan by individuals from the main administration’s hostility toward in China’s fourthlargest fresh loss is enormous for our family.” Council’s secretarygeneral, who in land will be suspended starting the mainland, and the resulting water lake only amounted to 19.5 time. ... Now we can Water supplies for millions of turn handed it over to Liu Qi, Party Thursday due to the current climate damage this has done to cross centimeters, which was less than do nothing but people might be affected if the secretary of Jiangxi province. Liu of crossStraits relations. Straits relations. half what it was in previous drought continues, said Yin Xiu then handed the torch to Olympic Mainland travelers who wish to vis The number of mainland tourists years, according to the Jiangsu watch the fish die. qiu, director of a water plant in diver Peng Bo and 2,019 doves were it Taiwan must now join tour groups. to Taiwan is expected to drop in the Water Resources Department. The loss is Sihong county, Suqian. released into the sky. Individual travel to Taiwan was following half year, and tourism and Zhang Jinsong, deputy direct “The water level of the lake The torch is 70 centimeters long first permitted on a trial basis in related industries in Taiwan will be or of the department, said that enormous for our drops by about 4 cm each day,” he and weighs 780 grams. June 2011 for travelers from the cit affected, he said. the area witnessed the lowest family.” said. “The factory could function Twenty torchbearers participated ies of Beijing, Shanghai and Xia The number of mainland travel amount of precipitation since normally for no longer than 15 in the relay at the ceremony, many men, Fujian province. This was ers to Taiwan fell in 2017 to about 2.7 1949. Sun Hua, a local fisherman days if it keeps dropping at this of them having served in the army expanded to 47 cities, including million, from 3.5 million in 2016, “About 3.94 billion cubic rate.” and winning military honors Tianjin, Chongqing and Nanjing, according to the 2019 Green Book of meters of water from the Yang He said that an outbreak of including Qiu Eguo, a police officer; Jiangsu province, over the following China’s Tourism by the Chinese tze River has been pumped into tributaries dried up. The algae may occur if the drought Xiao Qun, a medical worker award three years. Academy of Social Sciences. the lake so far this summer,” Huai’an section of the Beijing continues, as has been forecast by ed the United Nations Peacekeeping Zhang said. “The lake has Hangzhou Grand Canal is now the Jiangsu Meteorological Medal, and Hu Minhua, recipient of received a total of 11.2 billion closed after some 3,000 ships Bureau. The bureau said on the Florence Nightingale Medal. Treacherous commute cubic meters of water from other ran aground in shallow waters. Thursday that Jiangsu will have The last torchbearer was Wang waters to guarantee local peo By Tuesday, the drought had no heavy rain for 10 days. Zhizhi, head coach of professional ple’s livelihoods and maintain affected the lives of more than “The water quality will be basketball team, the Bayi Rockets. agricultural and industrial pro 1,000 fishermen, costing them worse with the death of aquatic A total of 2,019 torchbearers, duction.” more than 97 million yuan ($14 plants and fish,” Yin said. “But including 70 foreigners, will carry The lake has shrunk by almost million), according to the Jiangsu people don’t need to worry the torch in 27 cities and 16 military half, from 1,780 to 900 square Fisheries Management Office. about tap water because the sites across the country from kilometers, the department said. Sun Hua, a fisherman living in water resources department will Thursday to Oct 18, when the A lack of rain has left the lake’s one of the droughtstricken vil use water from other rivers.” 10day 7th Games will begin in Wuhan, Hubei province. Nearly 11,000 athletes from more than 100 International Military Bank Sports Council member states have : Adjustments possible later registered to take part in the games. Chinese participants will take part From page 1 to change the interest rate level. onemonth lows on Thursday after in all sports except golf. They are It is possible that the Chinese the US central bank dampened undertaking intensive training for stressed that marketset interest monetary authority could follow hopes for a long ratecutting cam the event, said the Chinese military. rates would be free of side effects in the next Fed move or rate cut, if paign. The games are an important order to avoid a massive stimulus. any, later this year in order to join Emerging market shares fell 0.8 international sports event and Commuters navigate through high waters in Haikou, Hainan prov China will continue to imple the global monetary easing cycle, percent, while currencies that had Wuhan is committed to making ince, on Thursday. Typhoon Wipha made landfall on the island prov ment a prudent monetary policy in Ming said. rallied in anticipation of a more them memorable, according to Hu ince around 1:50 am on the same day. LUO YUNFEI / CHINA NEWS SERVICE the second half of the year, accord The highly expected Fed interest supportive stance by the Fed fell, as Yabo, executive vicemayor of ing to a meeting of the Political rate cut on Wednesday was the the dollar index rose to a twoyear Wuhan and deputy head of the Bureau of the Communist Party of first time the US Federal Open peak. games’ executive commission. China Central Committee on Tues Market Committee cut the federal After the Fed’s announcement, All of the 35 venues for the games day. funds rate since 2008, when the the dollar index saw a steep climb have either been built or refurbished Key factors that could influence subprime mortgage crisis threat of 0.8 percent and reached its high in preparation for the event. Con Belt, Road helping expand the Chinese monetary authority’s ened to engulf the US economy. est level since May 2017. Against a struction or refurbishment of venues decision on interest rate adjust The Fed reduced the rate range stronger US dollar, the Chinese took over two years to complete, Hu ments include the total inflation to 2 percent to 2.25 percent from yuan weakened slightly to 6.90 to said, adding that they will be open to overseas tourism sector within the economy and asset the earlier 2.25 percent to 2.50 per 6.91 yuan per dollar, compared the public after the games. price levels, especially housing cent, making it cheaper for busi with 6.87 to 6.89 one month earlier. He noted that accommodations By CHENG SI March. Travel to Montenegro market prices, according to Wu Ge, nesses to borrow to expand and for “Powell described the mood as a and canteens in the Athletes’ Village [email protected] surged 161 percent yearonyear in chief economist of Changjiang consumers to buy on credit. midcycle adjustment, and markets were completed and 98 hotels des the first six months, Mafengwo said. Securities. But at a news conference follow are worried that means there isn’t ignated to host visitors and travel China’s outbound tourism saw Zhao Ran, Mafengwo’s marketing With the inflation figure of 2.7 ing the announcement, Fed Chair much more easing coming,” Kit ers had finished their preparations. steady growth in the first half of this strategy manager, said at the news percent in May and June being man Jerome Powell said the rate Juckes, a macro strategist at Socie The executive commission has year, and countries involved in the conference that the reason some “neither too high nor too low”, and cut was a “midcycle adjustment”, te Generale, told Reuters. recruited more than 240,000 volun Belt and Road Initiative have travel to initiativerelated destina policies to control housing prices indicating that additional cuts lat teers to support event operations. emerged as popular attractions for tions is due to easier visa policies set to continue, Wu didn’t expect er this year were not assured. Contact the writers at Chinese travelers, the China Tour and convenient transportation, thus any immediate, remarkable moves Emerging market assets fell to [email protected] Xinhua contributed to this story. ism Academy said in a news confer luring more Chinese visitors. ence in Beijing on Thursday. The Ministry of Transport said The academy said Chinese travel there were now nonstop flights transaction, he added. ers made about 81.3 million out between China and 45 BRIrelated Talks: ‘Lasting growth’ makes better partner Some Chinese companies have bound visits from January to June, countries and regions. Also, about purchased US agricultural prod up 14 percent over the same period 112 new flight routes were opened From page 1 on Thursday, Pompeo said that “the Speaking of the latest round of ucts and applied for the removal of in 2018. Among overseas destina since 2018 to BRIrelated countries meeting with my Chinese counter ChinaUS highlevel economic and additional tariffs on these food tions that domestic travelers visited, and regions, covering nearly 84 per Pompeo said that neither US Pres part today was always professional”. trade consultations that concluded stuffs, Gao said. attractions in BRIrelated countries cent of domestic provinces. ident Donald Trump nor the US gov Ruan Zongze, vicepresident of in Shanghai on Wednesday, Pom Asked whether Huawei Technol saw continuous growth. Meanwhile, more travelfriendly ernment has any intention of the China Institute of International peo said “this was a very profes ogies Co was mentioned in the lat Mafengwo, an online travel agen visa policies were launched as 131 containing China’s development, Studies, said, “In fact it is China’s sional discussion”, adding, “We are est talks, Gao said it is hoped that cy headquartered in Beijing, said in countries and regions had signed and they are ready for cooperation lasting growth that makes a more working with them (China) on the US will implement its commit a report jointly released with the cooperative agreements with China in a wide range of areas. He said powerful cooperative partner (for many fronts.” ment on Huawei as soon as possi academy on Thursday that State as of the end of April. Among them, they expect economic and trade the US) in the global arena.” The working groups of China ble. policy plays a rather important role 52 offered visawaiver policies or vis consultations to move forward Ruan said close ChinaUS collab and the US will maintain frequent Wang Xiaosong, a professor of in affecting the destinations travel as upon arrival to Chinese travelers, smoothly. oration at the Group of 20 is an communication before the next international trade at Renmin Uni ers select. thus facilitating tourism develop Pompeo said the US government example, and such teamwork has round of highlevel talks in the US versity of China’s School of Eco The online agency added that the ment. remains true to the three landmark served like a powerful glue that in September, Ministry of Com nomics, said the talks need to be initiative has strongly boosted tour He Qiongfeng, a researcher at the ChinaUS joint communiques and steadfastly binds together the merce spokesman Gao Feng said at conducted in the spirit of equality ism cooperation between China and tourism academy, said at the news the oneChina policy, according to a interests of the two countries. a news conference in Beijing on and mutual respect, while placing BRIinvolved countries, bringing conference that outbound countries release of the Chinese Foreign Min Their bilateral trade accounts for Thursday. extreme pressure on the other par attractions in these places to the preferred of late by Chinese were istry. roughly onefifth of total world Gao said both sides clarified the ty can only hinder progress toward attention of more Chinese travelers. mainly in Asia and Eastern Europe The US supports reinforcing trade, and it is necessary for Beijing principles and approach for future a deal. The professor said the two For example, people’s willingness and were also involved with the BRI. bilateral peopletopeople and Washington to foster mutual negotiations. They discussed Chi nations need to align their interests to travel to Italy rose by 28 percent “BRI countries in Eastern Europe exchanges and is willing to effective trust and eliminate fluxes and na’s possible purchase of more US and find a middle ground. yearonyear in the first half after saw rather high increases of Chinese ly resolve problems in that regard, uncertainties in the face of fresh agricultural products based on the country signed a memorandum travelers in the past half year,” she Pompeo added. global complexities and challenges, domestic need, and the US creation Contact the writers at of understanding with China in said. At a news conference in Bangkok Ruan said. of favorable conditions for the [email protected]