chui honored in porto legend of architecture Macau’s Chief Executive I.M. Pei, the globe-trotting was presented with a architect who revived the benfica back, symbolic ‘Key to the City’ at Louvre, captured the spirit portuguese a ceremony in the northern of rebellion and left a Macau champions Portuguese city footprint, has died at age 102 P6 P14 P18 FOOTBALL

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TAIWAN Gay couples in Taiwan plan a mass wedding registration after lawmakers voted Wong’s to legalize same-sex marriage, a first in Asia and a boost for LGBT rights activists who had championed the cause for two decades. More on p11 lesson on AP PHOTO Greater Bay

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AUSTRALIA A jubilant Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison vowed yesterday to get straight back to work after a shock election victory by his conservative government that has left bewildered voters wondering how Wynn mulling Boston sale to MGM they were taken by surprise. More on p13 P3 GAMING More on backpage after regulator spares license 20.05.2019 mon

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DSSOPT halts BLOOMBERG three illegal construction projects

HREE clandestine construc- Ttions in Rua do Monte and Calçada do Botelho were demo- lished following an inspection conducted by an interdepart- mental working group of the Land, Public Works and Trans- port Bureau (DSSOPT). Two adjacent sites were on a terrace of Rua do Monte and were composed of brick walls, glass windows and metal roofs, the bu- reau explained in a statement. The unit also had an internal staircase to access the fifth floor. The other illegal construction site which was shut down was on the terrace of a low-rise building in Calçada do Botelho, following a complaint filed with the DS- Real estate transactions plunge SOPT. While one unit was being mo- HE value of purchases of by 26.5% to MOP8.32 billion. ge prices of those in the Macau In the first quarter of 2019 nitored by the DSSOPT, it was Tbuilding unit and parking During the same period, the Peninsula (MOP98,693), Tai- there were 1,799 real estate sold. As a result, the bureau has space purchases in the first number of existing residen- pa (MOP105,065) and Coloane purchases and sale contracts informed residents who wish to quarter of 2019 was MOP10.55 tial units transacted dropped (MOP126,822) falling by 1.2%, signed, and the number of pro- buy a property to ensure that billion, down by 20.3% for by 277 to 1,186, amounting to 8.4%, and 8% respectively. perties involved (1,886) repre- they properly ask about about building units and 25.5% for MOP6.44 billion, a 22.3% de- Earlier this year, real estate sented a fall of 34.4% quarter- the premises’ registration and parking spaces quarter-to- crease. firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) to-quarter. check whether it is approved by quarter. The transaction volume of predicted that local proper- During the first quarter of the the DSSOPT, otherwise the new According to data issued by pre-sale residential units decli- ties would face pressure in year, 1,979 mortgage contracts owner will be responsible for the the Statistics and Census Ser- ned by 100 to 193 units quar- 2019 due to slower economic were signed and the number demolition of the building. vice, a total of 1,850 building ter-to-quarter, and the tran- growth, noting that the capi- of properties involved (3,085) The bureau pledged to continue units and parking spaces were saction value reduced by 38.1% tal values of mass to medium dropped by 9.5%. inspections and efforts to com- purchased and sold from Ja- to MOP1.88 billion. residential could drop by 5%. Regarding construction in bat illegal works, and that it will nuary to March as per the Meanwhile, the average price Centaline Property (Macau) the private sector, there were prioritize addressing the most stamp duty record. per square meter of usable area forecasted that the number of 14,572 residential units in recent illegal works. The purchase and sale of re- and the overall average price transactions concerning first- the design stage, 7,394 under The bureau warns that violators sidential units decreased by of residential units, decreased hand house purchases wou- construction, and 258 under will have to bear all demolition 377 quarter-to-quarter to 1,379 by 4.8% quarter-to-quarter to ld decrease to approximately inspection at the end of the expenses and assume legal res- units, and the total value fell MOP102,576, with the avera- 8,000. first quarter.LV ponsibility. LV

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communities for the casinos, DSSOPT halts Springfield and Everett would AP PHOTO also likely have a say in any nego- three illegal tiations surrounding new licen- sees for the casino. construction Wynn recently engaged in mer- ger discussions with Australia’s projects Crown Resorts Ltd. The company embarked on the Boston pro- perty as part of a strategy by its former CEO to bring back grand hotels in major cities. But the Las Vegas-based casino operator has been more focused on internatio- nal markets such as Macau and Japan, where it’s pursuing a casi- no license. Concerns over a U.S.-China trade war have hurt shares of ca- sino companies with big invest- ments in Macau. Wynn shares fell as much 4.5% to $121.61 in New York. MGM, which has two Macau properties, was down as much as 2.4%. State gambling regulators last month levied a $35 million fine on Wynn Resorts but let Wynn keep its casino license after fin- ding executives failed to disclose allegations of sexual misconduct against company founder Ste- ve Wynn. It also levied another In this Jan. 2, 2019, file photo, construction continues on the Encore Boston Harbor luxury resort and casino in Everett, Mass. $500,000 fine on new CEO Ma- tthew Maddox. In its investigation, Massachu- GAMING | MASSACHUSETTS setts Gaming Commission focu- sed on how long Wynn officials were aware of the allegations against Steve Wynn and how Wynn and MGM in talks about they responded, rather than the truth behind the claims. Steve Wynn, who resigned as CEO last year, has denied the allegations. sale of Encore Boston casino The Massachusetts Gaming Commission had no immediate YNN Resorts Ltd. and of the nature that publicly property in Boston would bolster from holding more than one ca- comment on the talks between is in talks with traded corporations like ours of- MGM’s growing presence on the sino license, so MGM would not the two companies. Elaine Dris- MGM Resorts In- ten engage in.” East Coast. In recent years, the be permitted to operate both the coll, a spokeswoman for the agen- ternational to sell “Our conversations will not company has expanded with new Springfield and Boston Harbor cy, said in a statement the agency itsW nearly finished casino outside impact the jobs at our facilities properties, bought a racetrack ca- facilities. It would likely have to said its written decision following Boston - a startling turn after the and will not impact the opening sino near New York City and ac- sell the $960 million Springfield the Wynn investigation stands. company won a battle to keep its of Encore Boston Harbor,” the quired full control of the Borgata resort that opened only last year. “The deadline for fine payment casino license in the state. companies added. “Regardless of in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The law does contemplate the and notice of appeal is May 31. “Over the past several weeks, we where this leads us, we will ensu- MGM operates a casino in Sprin- possibility of a license transfer The MGC continues to focus its have engaged in conversations re that our commitments will be gfield, Massachusetts, about a and provides guidance for how efforts on the significant amount around the potential sale of En- met, and that those who welco- two-hour drive from Boston. The one might occur, but such a pro- of regulatory preparations requi- core Boston Harbor,” Wynn and med us into their communities 2011 state law that authorized up cess would likely be complicated red before Encore’s opening,” MGM said Friday in a joint state- will not be disappointed.” to three resort casinos in Mas- and perhaps lengthy, according Driscoll said in the emailed state- ment. “They are very preliminary The acquisition of a marquee sachusetts prohibits companies to gambling regulators. As host ment. MDT/Agencies

she said. tect the 22,000 people at- MGM Resorts has defen- tending the Route 91 Har- MGM might pay $800 million in ded itself against liability vest Festival. claims, outraging victims They point to findings last summer when it filed that the shooter, Stephen Las Vegas shooting settlement lawsuits against more than Paddock, spent several 1,900 people in a bid to days amassing an arsenal Ken Ritter, Las Vegas terly report. ttlement,” attorney Robert going with MGM Resorts consolidate claims in one of assault-style weapons MGM Resorts also said Eglet said. attorneys, and that he was federal court. and ammunition in the ASINO giant MGM it has $751 million in in- He said he represents aware the company would The plaintiffs are seeking two-room suite. Paddock CResorts told federal re- surance to pay toward a about 4,200 claimants, make its report to the SEC. compensation for a range was a 64-year-old retired gulators Thursday it might settlement. including those who have Eglet said he reviewed the of physical and psycholo- accountant and high-s- pay up to USD800 million However, a lawyer han- sued in Nevada, California SEC document and agreed gical harm after a shoo- takes video poker player. to settle liability lawsuits dling mediation talks for and other states, and peo- that a settlement should ter rained gunfire from a Police and the FBI say he stemming from the 2017 plaintiffs called it pre- ple who have not formally be reached within a year. Mandalay Bay suite into acted alone, firing out the mass shooting in Las Ve- mature for the corporate filed for damages. Company spokeswoman an open-air concert crowd, windows with guns equi- gas — the deadliest in mo- owner of Mandalay Bay “It’s true that a settle- Debra DeShong said pro- killing 58 people and inju- pped with rapid-fire bump dern U.S. history. resort to report a possible ment is possible,” Eglet gress has been made after ring more than 800. stocks then killing himself “The company believes it settlement range between said. “But I will tell you multiple mediation ses- They accuse MGM Re- before officers reached is reasonably possible that $735 million and $800 it’s not probable. Nothing sions over several months. sorts, which owns the hi- his room. Paddock didn’t a settlement will be rea- million. is signed. We have a long The goal is “to resolve the- gh-rise hotel and owned leave a note or a manifes- ched” by next May, it told “We’re not even close to way to go before we have se matters so that all im- the concert venue across to, and authorities closed the Securities and Exchan- resolving all the terms and an agreement.” pacted can move forward Las Vegas Boulevard, of investigations saying they ge Commission in a quar- issues before we have a se- Eglet said talks are on- in their healing process,” failing to adequately pro- didn’t identify a motive. AP 20.05.2019 mon

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Av. Colonel Mesquita crash Lawyers host celebratory leaves 90-year- old injured day in preparation for

A 90-year-old man was injured in a traffic accident on Avenida do Colonel Mesquita yesterday. upcoming Congress The accident occurred on the zebra crossing next to the Dom Bosco Soccer Field. The Public Security Police Force suspects that the accident was caused by a motorcyclist who did not MARQUES RENATO stop to let the senior cross. Bandages were left at the scene after paramedics departed. The man, who was slipping in and out of consciousness, was taken to the government hospital to treat wounds on the back of his head, both his arms and his left leg. Mainland TV station may have illegally broadcast drawing

A mainland television show recently broadcast Mario Ho, son of local tycoon Stanley Ho, had drawn on a wall opposite the Cinematheque Passion on Travessa do Paixão. It has stirred a debate as to whether the broadcast was legal. Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, Director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), said it was within the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s (IC) authority if it involved a cultural Renato Marques of the AAM, Jorge Neto Valen- days also provided meeting pla- from singers and dancers to ma- heritage building, adding that te, said last week that this aims ces and spaces for several con- gicians who entertained the ge- approval to shoot in Macau is monitored by either the IC or HE Macau Lawyers Asso- to give people the opportunity to tacts and informal meetings be- neral public. the Municipal Affairs Bureau. Tciation (AAM) once again know how this process works to tween lawyers and other profes- As announced during the press Cleanliness of public places organized Lawyer’s Day, invol- avoid some of the hassles of the sionals within the sector, such as conference that kicked off this is governed by the General ving activities covering enter- courts in cases where there are Public Prosecutions Office staff year’s Lawyer’s Day celebrations, Regulations Governing Public tainment, sports and free legal alternatives. members and other legal staff the association is getting ready Places. counseling sessions across three Neto Valente said, “the media- from the courts. Macau’s lawyers to host the first-ever Congress of days from Friday until yesterday tion and conciliation sessions engaged in several friendly spor- Macau Lawyers in September, evening. will help citizens to learn more ts matches against professionals which will be attended by over RMB250,000 Several performances were about the new system, presen- from other sectors over the se- 400 local lawyers in addition to held in Senado Square yesterday ted as an alternative to common cond day, competing in baske- over 120 interns. scammed from afternoon, inviting passersby to court cases in certain situations.” tball, badminton and table ten- The Congress has been a lon- university sit and watch. To recall, the AAM started a nis at the University of Macau g-held ambition of the associa- For the first time, this year’s Mediation and Conciliation Cen- campus in Hengqin Island. tion, Neto Valente said, and is students event included the option for the tre late last year. The main stage of the event, now justifiable due to the cur- public to try mediation as a form According to the extensive pro- held at the Senado Square, hos- rent number of professionals in A scam recently reported of conflict resolution. President gram of celebrations, the three ted a large number of artists, the sector. to the Judiciary Police (PJ) involved a mainland university student currently studying in Macau. Initially, she received a call from a so-called courier company. The caller told her illegal goods were found in a parcel addressed to her. After Four men assaulted, one killed in Cotai denying that she had ordered Staff reporter Hotel under the footbri- to Kiang Wu Hospital in were found to be connec- tion documents and are these items, she was connected dge connecting it to the Taipa, where the other ted to the same incident. aged between 29 and 39. to a supposed police officer in Shanghai who requested her OUR men from the Sands Cotai Central. It three men, who also The PSP and the PJ de- All three were conscious mainland were as- was accidentally disco- sustained stab wounds, ployed a large number of when the PSP officer personal data, including her F Wechat account. Later, she saulted on Saturday vered by a Public Securi- were found by the police officers and investigators arrived at the hospital, submitted her ID image, date evening, with one killed. ty Police Force (PSP) of- officer. to the spot where Wei while one of them later of birth and residential address The Judiciary Police (PJ) ficer who was on patrol. Wei died in hospital la- was discovered to collect underwent an operation. on Wechat, before being asked is investigating the case The officer saw a man ter that night. The cause evidence. The weapon is The Times submitted a to apply for online banking and looking to press the surnamed Wei, 40 years of his death will be deter- still missing and there is request to the PJ for in- services. In total the victim charge of murder. old, lying on the ground mined post-mortem. no confirmed suspect. formation related to the said she transferred a total of The incident took place with wounds to his chest After a preliminary in- The three injured men case, but a reply was not RMB250,000 to the scammer. near the Four Seasons and waist. Wei was sent vestigation, the four men hold Chinese identifica- received by press time. mon 20.05.2019

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construction of the GBA. Concluding his speech, Wong Wong says media should reaffirmed that the “main media” in the three territories should be focused on boosting and promo- ting the construction of the GBA, ‘embrace’ the GBA initiative bearing in mind the motto “uni- ty is strength,” taking advantage Renato Marques of new ways to propagate the news, and to “promote the vita- HE media should lity and wonderful history of the embrace the oppor- bay, allowing the whole world to tunities offered by witness its development, listen the Greater Bay Area to the voice of China and feel the T(GBA) and actively participa- Chinese vitality.” te in its promotion, according In response to the apparent di- to the Secretary for Security, rective, José Carlos Matias, Pre- Wong Sio Chak, who voiced sident of the Macau Portuguese this directive during a speech at and English Press Association, the opening of the First Media told Radio Macau it would be Summit of Guangdong-Hong better for journalists to decide Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area for themselves how best to cover held in Guangzhou yesterday. the development of the Greater The Secretary was attending Bay Area. the event to represent the Chief Speakers at the inauguration Executive (CE), Chui Sai On, ceremony of the conference, who was still on an official vi- aside from Wong, included the sit to Portugal (more on p6-7). secretary of the Guangdong Pro- According to a statement from vincial Committee of the Chine- the Government Information se Communist Party, Li Xi, the Bureau, Wong said, “the me- Chief Executive of Hong Kong, dia, especially of the main ones, Carrie Lam, the directors of the should take advantage of this tive. The first, “[through] highli- ment models, ideas for moderni- As for the second way, Wong Liaison Offices of both Hong historic opportunity that marks ghting the elements of this era zing governance, Greater Bay po- suggested that a good area of Kong and Macau, and Head the process the development [of and promoting a good dissemi- licies and measures, and impor- focus for the media should be of Propaganda Department of the GBA], being broadcasters, nation of the history of this bay.” tant projects and their results.” examining the strengthening of the Central Committee, Huang participants and promoters of Wong said this could be achieved According to the official, the cooperation in innovation and Kunming. this initiative.” using, “a number of news mate- priority “should be the orienta- joint presentation of ideas, and The main theme of the inaugu- Wong presented two ways for rials for the media, including the tion and commitment of the me- the way in which this can be a ral summit was “First-class Bay, the media to embrace the initia- country’s innovative develop- dia to the Greater Bay [project].” lever for the development and the responsibility of the media.”

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FORUM Chui given ‘Key to the City’ in Porto visit HIEF Executive Chui Sai On twinning between Porto and Ma- Cand the Mayor of Porto, Rui cau, the Porto Mayor stated that Moreira, signed a memorandum the signing of a memorandum of understanding on Friday with of understanding illustrated a the aim of promoting friendly strong commitment to promo- relations between the two cities, ting exchange and cooperation. specifically in the areas of trade Moreira further stated that Por- and finance. to would help Macau in its effort Chui, accompanied by a dele- to develop as a commercial and gation from the Macau govern- trade cooperation service pla- ment, travelled from Portugal’s tform between China and Por- capital Lisbon to Porto as part tuguese-speaking countries, in of his visit. In addition to the order to promote internationally signing of the memorandum of Porto’s financial services and understand, the Mayor of Porto tourism industry. presented Chui with a symbolic Later, on Friday afternoon, the “Key to the City”. MSAR government delegation vi- Speaking during Friday’s cere- sited a Macau-based company’s mony, Chui expressed his appre- project in Porto, which covers ciation for the honor of being Mayor of Porto Rui Moreira (right) and Chui Sai On media activities and services for granted a Key to the City. He said start-ups. Chui said that the com- it symbolized not only a privilege pany was an example of Macau’s granted to him personally, but to bolstering friendly contacts tourism, traditional Chinese me- friendship between the two ci- envisioned role within the Belt also a gesture of esteem directed between the two sides, he said, dicine, and cultural heritage pre- ties, the Macau Chief Executive and Road initiative framework. at Macau as a whole. and for the expansion of exchan- servation. added. The Chief Executive and the rest The granting of the ‘Key’ wou- ge and cooperation in various Such ties would consolidate the Noting that 2019 marked of the delegation start their jour- ld symbolically open the door fields. These fields include trade, foundation of cooperation and the 22nd anniversary of town ney home on Saturday. DB

opinion Liaison Office weighs Victor Li tries on his Superman suit in Shanghai in on extradition law

Nisha Gopalan, Bloomberg Opinion Ma, head of research at Jones Lang ONG Kong deputies for reading. movement in 2014. Aside LaSalle Inc. Ma estimates they could China’s top legislative According to the Hong from taking to the streets Billionaire Li Ka-shing built his drop between 5% and 10% this year H body met with officials from Kong-based news outlet, the in a protest which gathered fortune and legendary reputation by as Hong Kong borrowing costs rise displaying an uncanny ability to time and economic headwinds build. Gra- the Liaison Office on Fri- Liaison Office issued “im- tens of thousands last mon- asset markets. Investors in Shanghai de A rental yields are 2.7%, versus day, reported The Standard. portant instructions” to the th, democrats in the LegCo real estate need to ask whether his around 4% in 2010, according to JLL. They met to discuss the city’s deputies in firm support of have used tactics to stall the son has the same touch. Shanghai office values have a si- controversial fugitive law Chief Executive Carrie Lam. amendment from being pas- Victor Li’s CK Asset Holdings Ltd. is milarly toppy look, having plateaued amendment bill that critics For her part, Lam said it sed. considering selling its 60% stake in since the first quarter of 2017. Chi- say is being tailored for the was reasonable for Beijing The pan-democrats say a commercial building that’s valued na’s economic growth has slowed mainland. to express its stance, backing they do not approve of the at almost USD3 billion, Bloomberg and a trade war with the U.S. is pi- The move comes after the the position held by her go- Liaison Office’s interference News reported this week, citing cking up steam, both factors that are government announced its vernment. in the legislative matter. One likely to damp demand from com- people familiar with the matter. The intent to bypass the bills The bill amendment has LegCo member criticized 54-year-old elder son of Hong Kong’s panies to lease space in the city’s richest man took over as chairman office buildings. committee by putting the fu- garnered resistance from the move, saying that “Hong of CK Asset and group flagship CK Added to this, domestic real estate gitive law amendment bill to the opposition pan-demo- Kong is not ruled by the Liai- Hutchison Holdings Ltd. upon his fa- investors have been struggling to get the full Legislative Council crat camp on a scale not seen son Office,” according to The ther’s retirement last year. access to funding while there’s alrea- (LegCo) to resume a second since the Occupy Central Standard. DB The mixed-use development is CK’s dy evidence of serious oversupply in single-biggest Shanghai project, so the commercial market. Shanghai’s a decision to sell could be seen as office vacancy rate will climb to a re- a significant call on the city’s office cord 17.2 percent this year, from 15.2 market. It arrives as overseas inves- percent in 2018, CBRE forecasts. tors such as Blackstone Group LP Granted, CK’s development may Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam and Brookfield Asset Management not be a bellwether for Shanghai in Inc. have been piling into Shanghai. the same way that The Center was continues Greater Bay tour Foreigners accounted for about half for Hong Kong. The project, Upper the 53 billion yuan ($7.8 billion) in West Shanghai, is outside the city’s ONG Kong’s Chief Exe- tegrated Construction (MiC) was founded by a Hong Kong commercial property deals in the first downtown area in the northwestern Hcutive Carrie Lam, ac- Display Centre in Kowloon merchant. Opened in 2001, quarter, a more than fourfold jump district of Putuo. Moreover, a sale – companied by Secretary for Bay. Clifford Hospital was the first from what they spent a year earlier, should one happen – may not signify Constitutional and Mainland The Hong Kong officials hospital in China to be accre- according to figures from real estate any view on the market. The Li family Affairs Patrick Nip, continued also visited Xinhui Tange- dited by Joint Commission has been reducing its exposure to broker CBRE Group Inc. her visit to the mainland cities rine Peel Village to find out International and provides To get an idea of the CK group’s China for years. market-timing prowess, consider The At the same time, it would be rash of the Greater Bay Area this the development of the trade. medical services for many Center. CK Asset sold the Hong Kong to dismiss the signal that such an weekend, visiting Jiangmen The production of aged tan- Hong Kong people living skyscraper for HKD40.2 billion ($5.2 exit would send. Investors have on Saturday. gerine peels in the city has a nearby. billion) in November 2017, when the been waiting for clues that Victor Li During their visit to Jiang- history hundreds of years old, Since she assumed office, elder Li was still at the helm. The has inherited the investing savvy of men, Lam and Nip visited and they are known across Hong Kong’s Chief Executive price was a global record for an offi- his 90-year-old father, whose well-ti- China International Marine the country for their quality. has visited Macau and the nine ce building, according to a Dealogic med bets and $30 billion fortune have Containers (CIMC) to learn Following years of develop- mainland cities of the Greater analysis cited in the Financial Times. earned him the nickname Superman about the operations of its ment, it has become an indus- Bay Area. According to a sta- A year and a half later, it looks like in local media. subsidiary, CIMC Modular try with an annual production tement from the SAR govern- CK may have picked the top of the A near-term dip in Shanghai proper- Building Systems, which su- worth billions of dollars. ment in Hong Kong, these visi- market. Hong Kong’s office capital ty prices might suggest some of the pplies construction compo- Later, Lam and Nip depar- ts have helped to inform her of values fell 0.3% in the six months master’s flair has rubbed off on his through March, according to Denis scion. nents for the Construction In- ted for Panyu, Guangzhou, to the characteristics and econo- dustry Council’s Modular In- visit Clifford Hospital, which mic advantages of each city. DB mon 20.05.2019

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Macau’s Commission Against Corruption (CCAC), the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Guangdong Provincial Commission of Supervision held a joint meeting in Guangzhou last week, where the three parties discussed “integrity building” in the Greater Bay Area, according to a statement published yesterday by the CCAC. The three parties agreed that they would strive to develop a corruption-free Greater Bay Area. They agreed to strengthen exchanges in education and publicity initiatives on probity culture and pledged to dedicate themselves to “establishing a clean, healthy, open and transparent government-business relationship”, increasing exchange visits and staff trainings and stepping up efforts in combating cross-border corruption. Shenzhen, Edinburgh cement city friendship ties

The city of Shenzhen in Guangdong Province cemented friendship city ties with Edinburgh in Great Britain last week. The mayors of the two cities signed the agreement in Shenzhen at the 2019 Shenzhen Smart City Forum with Hong Kong corruption police International Friendship Cities, planning to cooperate on smart city building. Shenzhen will hold discussions with its friendship cities files fraud charges against Cho to take advantage of breakthroughs in science and technology and industry reform and find a way Benjamin Robertson ment into Convoy, according migrate to the country under Cho left the city, he might forward in the cities’ future & Sheridan Prasso to details in two lawsuits fi- an investment migration pro- not return because Cho had development, said Wang Weizhong, led by Convoy management gram and he must appeal in previously disappeared for 10 the city’s Party secretary. Shenzhen NE of Hong Kong’s in late 2017 and early 2018. person a previous rejection of months from late 2017. Cho has solidified friendship city ties biggest financial Several companies that were his application, Cho’s lawyer secretly owned more than half with 87 provinces, districts and regulatory investi- part of a web of cross-sha- told the court. of Convoy’s shares, the prose- cities in 56 countries since it first gations saw its first reholdings identified and na- Prosecutors argued that if cution said. Bloomberg started to create friendship city ties Ocharges filed late last week. med the “Enigma Network” by in 1986. Cho Kwai-chee, founder of activist investor David Webb the city’s largest private heal- were involved, the filings said. th-care group, was charged Insurance and securities Insurance with conspiracy to defraud brokerage Convoy was used company helps Hong Kong’s stock exchange by Cho to make margin loans JPMorgan banker and a listed firm where he was to other businesses connec- to fight African director, anti-corruption po- ted to him, and he directed charged over bribery lice said in a statement. Cho confidants at the firm through swine fever benefited financially when he a secret email account even ONG Kong’s anti-corruption office filed bribery charges caused Convoy Global Hol- though he didn’t own a con- Hagainst Catherine Leung, a former managing director at A major insurance company in dings Ltd. to buy an invest- trolling stake, according to the JPMorgan Chase & Co. Guangdong Province has joined the ment company he owned for lawsuits filed by Convoy’s new Leung, 51, was charged with bribing the chairman of a logis- battle against African swine fever more than HKD89 million management. tics company by promising to employ his son with the bank (ASF). The insurance company has (USD11.3 million), the Inde- Firms connected to Cho, if the firm favored JPMorgan while choosing bankers for its allocated materials worth more than 1.4 million yuan (USD200,000) pendent Commission Against which included businesses as initial public offering, the Independent Commission Against to local companies to help lower Corruption alleged. diverse as finance, LED ligh- Corruption said in a statement on Thursday. She will appear the risks associated with raising in court on Monday. “He is innocent of the char- ting and education, allegedly animals. The materials include Leung is the latest to be embroiled in the fallout of a hiring ge,” Cho’s lawyer Wong Ching bought and sold each other’s disinfectants and vermifuge. said after Cho appeared befo- shares to artificially pump up strategy that JPMorgan eventually ended in 2013. The pro- Training sessions have been held re a judge Thursday, dressed prices while diverting millions gram - which allowed senior staff to refer external candidates in Guangdong to increase farmers’ in a dark suit and held in a of dollars of investors’ money for junior positions at the firm - was used to curry favor with knowledge of ASF and enhance their metal pen. He was released on into their own pockets, the foreign officials and clients, the U.S. Federal Reserve said in abilities to defend against the virus. HKD700,000 bail. Convoy lawsuits said. 2017. Earlier this month, China asked Cho, the 55-year-old doc- The judge on Thursday gran- JPMorgan settled the case in 2016 and has also strengthe- pork processors and hog dealers to tor-turned-financier, was at ted Cho permission to visit ned its compliance procedures around hiring and conduct, the secure certificates to prove that their the center of a “sophisticated Australia in late May. Cho and firm said in a separate statement. Leung had left JPMorgan in products are free from African swine scheme” to misuse an invest- his family are applying to im- 2015. A call to her mobile was unanswered. Bloomberg fever. 20.05.2019 mon

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ELECTRONIC LAUNDERING That’s fed the perception that AP PHOTO Vancouver’s money-launde- ring problem is in large part an Asian one. But rich economies genera- te the most dirty money and from crimes related to the fi- nancial sector that can move billions at the push of a bu- tton, according to Brigitte Unger, a professor at Utrecht University who modeled the Canadian study. She says the Netherlands, considered to be at the forefront in tackling dirty money, had earlier made the same mistake that “money laundering only took place in Chinese restaurants and casi- nos.” “The big money, I’m still con- vinced, doesn’t come from Chi- na,” said Unger by phone from Vienna. “The big money comes from the U.S. and from Euro- pe because these are the rich countries, which use Canada as a wide-open door because it has much lower restrictions on where to place your money and how to stay anonymous.”

The study MONEY LAUNDERING assumes that criminals, like Vancouver’s dirty figures: most people, channel most the smoking gun that wasn’t of their financial Natalie Obiko Pearson Canada’s third-largest city around the world, what portion year. The report said its best assets into real & Natalie Wong and its most expensive housing needs to be laundered, and how estimate was a range of 3.7% to estate market is increasingly divided much each region is likely to at- 7.5% but noted “considerable HEN British Co- over what caused the cost of a tract. Launderers are expected uncertainty” about the figures. lumbia released typical home to surpass a million to gravitate to safe havens and “It’s a tremendous oversimpli- CASH GIFTS its bombshell fin- dollars in mid-2017. Premier rich economies where it’s easier fication,” says Matthew McGui- The second report had fea- dings last week John Horgan’s government, to hide ill-gotten gains. It assu- re, a forensic accountant who tured a luxury car dealer des- thatW more than CAD7 billion which has pledged to make hou- mes that criminals, like most previously worked for Canada’s cribing how foreign students (MOP42 billion) was laundered sing more affordable, is under people, channel most of their financial intelligence unit. “The- come in 10 times a month with in a single year through the Ca- pressure to deliver answers. He financial assets into real estate. re is money being laundered no credit and no income and nadian province - mostly throu- announced Wednesday a formal Geographical and cultural pro- through real estate, yes, but the get auto financing based on gh real estate - it trumpeted that inquiry into money laundering. ximity, including a history of factors that influence the chan- wire transfers as “unequivo- “thousands” of properties might The province is planning to set migration, are thrown into the ge in prices of real estate are far cally money laundering.” be involved. up a public registry of beneficial mix. more complex and far greater Flamboyant displays of weal- It appeared to be conclusive property owners by next year - “There’s no way of proving it,” than just criminality.” th by students may be unpala- evidence of what many in the the single most important step but it beats the impossible task On Wednesday, a government table but not necessarily crimi- city suspected: the 60% surge in peeling back the anonymity of trying to tally up transactions news release said the impact on nal. An international student in Vancouver housing prices in that enables dirty money, many you don’t know about, says John Metro Vancouver prices may who returns home periodically the five years through 2017 was experts agree. In the meanti- Walker, a former researcher have been “upwards of 20%” typically isn’t required to re- fueled in part by dirty cash, a big me, it’s working with educated with the Australian Institute of - the kind of geographic gra- port or pay taxes on income chunk flowing from Asia. guesstimates. Criminology who first developed nularity that’s impossible to from abroad, while cash gifts But the government’s case The study gauged that CAD7.4 the model, said by phone. calculate with current data, the from family members aren’t may be less conclusive than it billion was laundered through The government trumpeted report’s chair Maureen Maloney taxable under Canadian rules. appeared. A closer reading of B.C. last year. By far the biggest that CAD5 billion of the CAD7 had said earlier this week. The The second study sifted the studies underlying the an- source of dirty cash into Canada billion washed in the province offices of Horgan, James and through more than a million nouncement shows there’s little was the U.S. at CAD4.9 billion, last year went into real esta- Attorney General David Eby di- land titles looking for red fla- hard evidence of actual money six times more than from East te - the study’s highest possi- dn’t immediately respond to a gs such as overseas buyers, laundering, and even then, the Asia, including China. The se- ble estimate. It may be as low request for comment. properties bought without fi- amounts could be much smaller. cond study, led by a former as CAD800 million depending Vancouver has for years been nancing, opaque addresses And while one report said much police chief, said it identified on how criminals save versus riveted by stories of rich Asians and unusual mortgage terms. of the suspect money is coming thousands of suspect properties invest, according to the report. moving cash into the region: More than 2,000 properties from China, the other pointed to - none of which were used to ar- The study also indicates billions students and homemakers de- were classified high risk for the U.S. rive at the CAD7 billion figure - more are being laundered in oil- claring no income but owning simply having mailing addres- “It’s very difficult for us to and declared that “China figures -rich Alberta and Ontario, home multi-million-dollar homes, ses in China or Hong Kong. really accurately estimate the prominently” in the flow of sus- to the financial capital Toronto. Chinese high rollers showing Ultimately, it concluded the volume of flows of money lau- picious money. up at casinos with hockey bags approach had limitations. ndering,” said Vanessa Iafolla, ‘TREMENDOUS brimming with cash, and most “The ‘suspicious properties’ who researches money launde- GRAVITY MODEL OVERSIMPLIFICATION’ recently, a thriving grey market analysis suggests that a scoring ring at the University of Water- The methodology in the first Finance Minister Carole James in Vancouver-to-China luxury system may not be an effective loo in Ontario. “It’s hard to mea- study, known as the gravity says dirty money was respon- car exports that sent millions of way to detect properties linked sure something that you can’t model, seeks to determine how sible for raising housing prices dollars in sales-tax refunds to to money laundering,” the stu- see.” much dirty money is floating about 5% in the province last overseas buyers. dy said. Bloomberg 20.05.2019 mon

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had announced increased capa- city to handle recyclable paper Gov’t ban on scrap imports a since the Chinese cutoff. Another Chinese company, Global Win Wickliffe, is reope- ning a shuttered paper mill in boon to US recycling plants Kentucky. Georgia-based Pratt Industries is constructing a mill Mary Esch, Albany in Wapakoneta, Ohio that will turn 425,000 tons of recycled AP PHOTO HE halt on China’s impor- paper per year into shipping bo- Tts of wastepaper and plastic xes. that has disrupted U.S. recycling Plastics also has a lot of capa- programs has also spurred in- city coming online, de Thomas vestment in American plants said, noting new or expanded that process recyclables. plants in Texas, Pennsylvania, U.S. paper mills are expanding California and North Carolina capacity to take advantage of a that turn recycled plastic bottles glut of cheap scrap. Some faci- into new bottles. lities that previously exported Chinese companies are inves- plastic or metal to China have ting in plastic and scrap metal retooled so they can process it recycling plants in Georgia, In- themselves. diana and North Carolina to And in a twist, the investors make feedstocks for manufactu- include Chinese companies that rers in China, he said. are still interested in having ac- In New Brunswick, New Jer- cess to wastepaper or flattened sey, the recycling company GDB bottles as raw material for ma- International exported bales of nufacturing. scrap plastic film such as pallet “It’s a very good moment for wrap and grocery bags for years. recycling in the United States,” But when China started restric- said Neil Seldman, co-founder ting imports, company presi- of the Institute for Local Self- dent Sunil Bagaria installed new Reliance, a Washington-based machinery to process it into organization that helps cities pellets he sells profitably to ma- improve recycling programs. nufacturers of garbage bags and China, which had long been plastic pipe. the world’s largest destination He said the imports cutoff that for paper, plastic and other re- China calls “National Sword” cyclables, phased in import res- was a much-needed wake-up trictions in January 2018. About USD1 billion in invest- the past year to buy and expand “The paper industry has been call to his industry. Global scrap prices plumme- ment in U.S. paper processing or restart production at paper in contraction since the early “The export of plastic scrap ted, prompting waste-hauling plants has been announced in mills in Maine, Wisconsin and 2000s,” Boland said. “To see played a big role in facilitating companies to pass the cost of the past six months, according West Virginia. this kind of change is frankly recycling in our country,” Baga- sorting and baling recyclables to Dylan de Thomas, a vice pre- In addition to making paper amazing. Even though it’s a Chi- ria said. “The downside is that on to municipalities. With no sident at The Recycling Partner- from wood fiber, the mills will nese-owned company, it’s crea- infrastructure to do our own market for the wastepaper and ship, a nonprofit organization add production lines turning ting U.S. jobs and revitalizing domestic recycling didn’t deve- plastic in their blue bins, some that tracks and works with the more than a million tons of communities like Old Town, lop.” communities scaled back or sus- industry. scrap into pulp to make boxes, Maine, where the old mill was Now that is changing, though pended curbside recycling pro- Hong Kong-based Nine Dra- said Brian Boland, vice presi- shuttered.” he said far more domestic pro- grams. gons, one of the world’s largest dent of government affairs and The Northeast Recycling Cou- cessing capacity will be needed New domestic markets offer a producers of cardboard boxes, corporate initiatives for ND Pa- ncil said in a report last fall that as a growing number of coun- glimmer of hope. has invested $500 million over per, Nine Dragons’ U.S. affiliate. 17 North American paper mills tries restrict scrap imports. AP

Iran’s economy. Zarif arrived following a Beijing officials, Iran foreign ministers visit to Japan — like Chi- na, a major importer of crude oil from the Persian meet amid Middle East tensions Gulf — as part of intense diplomatic efforts to sal- RAN’S foreign minister China’s Xinhua state news di Arabia accused Iran of vage Tehran’s nuclear deal praised his country’s re- agency. being behind a drone atta- with world powers at the

I AP PHOTO lations with China during The Chinese foreign mi- ck that shut down a key oil center of a crisis unfolding talks with his Chinese nister pledged to maintain pipeline in the kingdom. A between Iran and the U.S. counterpart in Beijing the nuclear deal and work local newspaper linked to Zarif was quoted by amid heightened tensions with Iran to eliminate the Al Saud royal family Iran’s official IRNA news and efforts by Tehran to “complicated disturbing called Thursday for Ame- agency as chastising the keep its world markets factors,” Xinhua said. rica to launch “surgical international community, open following the U.S. Along with ratcheting-up strikes” on Tehran. saying in Beijing that it withdrawal from the Iran pressure on the Islamic The U.S. has also dispa- has “mainly made state- nuclear deal. Republic, Washington is tched warships and bom- ments, instead of saving Mohammad Javad Zarif engaged in an increasin- bers to the region to coun- the deal.” met Frriday with Wang Yi, gly bitter tariff battle with ter an alleged threat from After Trump pulled whose country has been China. Iran that has seen Ameri- America out of the deal, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) and Iranian Foreign Minister a major customer for Ira- Mohammad Javad Zarif Wang’s comments were ca order nonessential di- other signatories — the nian oil, at the Diaoyutai inaudible, but China has plomatic staff out of Iraq. European Union, France, state guesthouse. and multilaterally, in or- deal can be “fully imple- accused the U.S. of raising President Donald Britain, China, Russia and “We consider [China] der to preserve the inte- mented.” tensions in the Middle Trump decided last year Germany — have been one of our closest partners rests of our two peoples “China firmly opposes East with its more asser- to withdraw the U.S. trying to salvage it. in the world,” Zarif said […] for peace and securi- unilateral sanctions and tive approach to Iran, as from the 2015 nuclear Iran recently warned it in opening remarks at the ty,” Zarif said. the so-called ‘long-arm’ well as upsetting energy accord between Iran and would resume enriching start of the meeting. Wang told Zarif during jurisdiction imposed by markets and the global world powers and impo- uranium at higher levels if Iran wishes to coopera- the meeting that China the United States on Iran,” economy. sed wide-reaching sanc- a new deal isn’t reached by te with China “bilaterally hopes the Iran nuclear Wang said, according to The talks came after Sau- tions that have crippled July 7. AP mon 20.05.2019

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Gay couples plan mass weddings after Taiwan legalizes unions Ralph Jennings, Taipei Despite that, news of Taiwan’s new law was a major trending

AY couples in Taiwan AP PHOTO topic on social media in Chi- plan a mass wed- na, with more than 100 million ding registration after views on the Twitter-like micro- lawmakers voted to le- blogging site Weibo. Ggalize same-sex marriage, a first Opponents in Taiwan raised in Asia and a boost for LGBT ri- fears of incest, insurance scams ghts activists who had champio- and children confused by ha- ned the cause for two decades. ving two mothers or two fathers. Legislators pressured by LGBT Both sides of the issue have held groups as well as by church or- colorful street demonstrations ganizations opposed to the move and lobbied lawmakers. on Friday approved most of a “This is going to cause a lot of government-sponsored bill that morality problems,” said Lin recognizes same-sex marriages Shih-min with the Taiwan po- and gives couples many of the litical action group Stability of tax, insurance and child custody Power, which opposed the law. benefits available to male-fema- “From the point of view of the le married couples. children, they have the right to That makes Taiwan the first grow up with both a mother and place in Asia with a comprehen- a father.” sive law both allowing and laying out the terms of same-sex marriage. At least 20 Taiwanese President Tsai Ing- wen, a supporter of the law, same-sex tweeted: “On May 17th, 2019 couples are in Taiwan, LoveWon. We took a big step toward true equality, treatment, as well as opponents a larger movement across Asia “I think once more people are planning a and made Taiwan a better coun- among church groups and ad- to ensure equality for LGBT peo- married and more families are try.” vocates of traditional Chinese ple and pro-active protection more comfortable being out in mass marriage “It’s a breakthrough, I have to family values that stress the im- of their rights by governments public, that will naturally have a say so,” said Shiau Hong-chi, portance of marriage and pro- throughout the region. No more beneficial impact on society and registration professor of gender studies ducing offspring. excuses!” on people’s minds,” Lin said. in Taipei on and communications manage- Religion, conservative values At least 20 same-sex couples Taiwan’s acceptance of gay ment at Shih-Hsin University in and political systems that dis- are planning a mass marriage and lesbian relationships began May 24 Taiwan. courage LGBT activism have registration in Taipei on May in the 1990s when leaders in Thousands of people, inclu- slowed momentum toward sa- 24, a spokesman for the advo- today’s ruling Democratic Pro- In November 2018, a majori- ding same-sex couples, demons- me-sex marriage in many Asian cacy group Marriage Equali- gressive Party championed the ty of Taiwan voters rejected trated Friday morning in the countries from Japan through ty Coalition Taiwan said. The cause to help Taiwan stand out same-sex marriage in an advi- rainy streets outside parliament much of Southeast Asia, althou- newlyweds and hundreds of in- in Asia as an open society. sory referendum. However, le- before the vote. Many carried gh Thailand is exploring the le- vitees will hold a mass party a Although claimed by China as gislators favoring the bill, and rainbow-colored placards rea- galization of same-sex civil part- day later on a blocked-off bou- its own territory, Taiwan is a voting separately on each item ding “The vote cannot fail.” nerships. levard outside the presidential self-governing democracy with largely along party lines, said it About 50 opponents sat under “This will help spark a debate office, the event organizer said. a vibrant civil society dedicated followed the law as well as the a tent outside parliament and in Thailand, and hopefully will The law will give a boost to Jay to promoting rights for sexual spirit of the referendum. gave speeches favoring marriage help Thailand move faster on Lin and his partner, who hope to and ethnic minorities, women, “We need to take responsibili- between only men and women. our own partnership bill,” said marry and assume joint custo- the handicapped and others. ty for the referendum last year Taiwan’s Constitutional Court Wattana Keiangpa of the Asia dy of their two 2-year-old sons. Mainland China, ruled by the and we need to take responsi- in May 2017 said the constitu- Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual They plan to register after May authoritarian Communist Par- bility for people who have suf- tion allows same-sex marriages Health. 24. ty, remains much more conser- fered from incomplete laws or and gave parliament two years Phil Robertson, deputy Asia “A lot of gay parents are exci- vative and officials have repea- faced discrimination,” ruling to adjust laws accordingly. The director for Human Rights Wa- ted about that already,” said Lin, tedly discouraged even the dis- party legislator Hsiao Bi-khim court order mobilized LGBT ad- tch, said Taiwan’s action should a Taipei-based online streaming cussion of legalizing same-sex said during the three-hour par- vocacy groups pushing for fair “sound a clarion call, kicking off service founder. marriage. liament session. AP

Wang tells Pompeo US must negotiate on equal basis Hao Huang rious words and actions, U.S. concerns about trade disputes through concerns, signed an exe- Trump attempts to pres- including by what he Iran,” said spokeswo- negotiations, but that cutive order that could sure China’s leaders into EGOTIATING on said was containing nor- man Morgan Ortagus. China must safeguard its effectively ban Huawei agreeing to a wide-ran- Nan equal footing is mal business operations Wang urged “all par- legitimate interests and Technologies Co. and ging trade deal. Trump the only way to solve of China companies by ties to exercise restraint defend “basic norms of Chinese sister firm ZTE has threatened to impo- pressing trade issues, political means, accor- and act with caution” in international relations.” Corp. from the U.S. se tariffs on almost all Chinese Foreign Minis- ding to a readout of the Iran, and warned against He also urged Pompeo market. The Department imports from the world’s ter Wang Yi told U.S. Se- call posted on the minis- “long-arm jurisdiction” that the U.S. should abi- of Commerce on Thurs- No. 2 economy after last cretary of State Michael try website. by the U.S., according to de by the One China po- day also said it had put week increasing duties Pompeo in a phone call The State Department the ministry readout. licy in regards to the sta- Huawei on a blacklist on some USD200 billion on Saturday, the minis- acknowledged the call The more detailed Chi- tus of Taiwan. that could forbid it from in Chinese products to try said in a statement. in a one-sentence state- nese readout also said The Wang-Pompeo call doing business with 25% from 10%. No talks Wang said the U.S has ment. “They discussed that Wang pointed out came days after Presi- American companies. between the parties are recently harmed China’s elements of the bilateral that China is willing to dent Donald Trump, The pair of actions risk scheduled at the mo- interests through va- relationship, including resolve economic and citing national security aggravating Beijing as ment. Bloomberg 20.05.2019 mon

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INDIA among the voters,” said Ramesh Kumar Singh, who was among the first to vote. “There were long queues of people waiting pa- Residents vote in final phase tiently to cast their votes, which is a good sign for democracy.” During the election campaign, Modi played up the threat of of grueling national election Pakistan, India’s Muslim-majori- ty neighbor and archrival, espe- Julhas Alam Prodeep Chakrabarty, a retired cially after the suicide bombing of & Ashok Sharma, Kolkata teacher in Kolkata, said Modi’s a paramilitary convoy in Kashmir AP PHOTO BJP was desperate to win some on Feb. 14 that killed 40 Indian NDIANS voted yesterday in seats against Banerjee’s influen- soldiers. Ithe seventh and final phase of tial regional party. Congress and other opposition a grueling national election that “People are divided for many parties have challenged Modi lasted more than five weeks, as reasons. We have to wait for a over a high unemployment rate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s final outcome to see who people of 6.1% and farmers’ distress ag- Hindu nationalist party seeks to are voting for. Things are not pre- gravated by low crop prices. govern for another five years. dictable like before,” he said. Some of Modi’s boldest policy The election is seen as a referen- Minorities in India, especially steps, such as the demonetization dum on Modi and his Bharatiya Muslims, who comprise about of high currency notes to curb Janata Party. The BJP’s main 14 percent of the country’s 1.3 black-market money, proved to opposition is the Congress party, billion people, criticize Modi for be economically damaging. A ha- led by Rahul Gandhi, the scion of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, nine Trinamool Congress party and is his Hindu nationalist agenda. phazard implementation of “one the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that in West Bengal, four in Himachal eyeing a chance to go to New De- Modi’s party backed a bill that nation, one tax” — a goods and has produced three prime minis- Pradesh and three in Jharkhand lhi as the opposition’s candidate would make it easier to deport services tax — also hit small and ters. and Chandigarh. for prime minister. millions of Bangladeshis who medium businesses. Vote counting begins on Thur- In Kolkata, the capital of West Modi visited West Bengal 17 ti- have migrated to India since Ban- Voter turnout in the first six sday, and the election result will Bengal, voters lined up outside mes in an effort to make inroads gladesh’s independence in 1971. rounds was approximately 66%, likely be known the same day. polling stations early yesterday with his Hindu nationalist agen- The bill, however, eases a path the Election Commission said, up The voting covered Modi’s cons- morning to avoid the scorching da, provoking sporadic violence to citizenship for Hindus, Sikhs, from 58% in the last national vote tituency of Varanasi, a holy Hindu heat, with temperatures reaching and prompting the Election Com- Parsees and Jains — non-Mus- in 2014. city where he was elected in 2014 up to 38 degrees Celsius. Armed mission to cut off campaigning lims — who came from Afgha- Pre-election media polls indi- with an impressive margin of over security officials stood guard in there. nistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan cate that no party is likely to win 200,000 votes. Modi spent Satur- and outside the centers amid fear Nirmala Sitharaman, a BJP over decades. anything close to a majority in day night at Kedarnath, a temple of violence. leader and the country’s defense Voters were also up early in Parliament, which has 543 seats. of the Hindu god Shiva nestled in While the election, which be- minister, accused Banerjee’s su- Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh state, The BJP, which won a majority the Himalayas in northern India. gan April 11, was largely peaceful, pporters of attacking her party where election workers arranged of 282 seats in 2014, may need The final election round inclu- West Bengal, located in eastern members and preventing them for drinking water, shade and some regional parties as allies to ded 59 constituencies in eight India, was an exception. Modi is from voting at several places in fans to cool them down. stay in power. states. Up for grabs were 13 seats challenged there by the state’s six of the nine constituencies in “I straightaway came from my A Congress-led government in Punjab and an equal number chief minister, Mamata Baner- West Bengal. She did not provide morning walk to cast my vote and would require a major electoral in Uttar Pradesh, eight each in jee, who heads the more inclusive details. was surprised to see enthusiasm upset. AP ad mon 20.05.2019

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AP PHOTO eager to return to work today to form his new government. A key Morrison ally, Trea- surer Josh Frydenberg, paid tribute to his leader’s campaig- ning for securing the victory. “The prime minister led from the front,” Frydenberg told ABC TV. “From the minute the starter’s gun was fired in this campaign, we knew we were behind, but we also knew we were in it, and no one knew this better than the prime mi- nister.” “He crisscrossed the country with great energy, belief, and conviction. He was assured, he was confident, and he was across the detail, and he sold our economic plan to the Aus- tralian people, a plan that reso- nated with them,” Frydenberg said. Analysts credited the result also to a simple coalition plat- form centering on promises of keeping taxes to a minimum. Labor entered the race gra- ppling with a low popularity ra- ting for Shorten, a 52-year-old former union boss widely seen AUSTRALIA as having a pallid personality. Rather than frame the election as a battle between him and the more outgoing Morrison, La- Leader vows to get back bor strategists instead pushed a broad platform of policies. Shorten campaigned heavily on reducing greenhouse emis- to work after shock win sions, while promising a ran- ge of other reforms, including Trevor Marshallsea, Sydney Opinion polling has been a by the Australian media like a government, with just 73 seats. the government paying all of a factor in conservative and La- game score of the government Labor was holding 65 seats, patient’s costs for cancer treat- jubilant Australian bor governments ousting four and opposition’s popularity and with independents and minor ment, and a reduction in tax Prime Minister Scott of their own prime ministers in achievements. parties claiming six. breaks for landlords. Morrison vowed yes- the past decade, mostly recently Morrison’s predecessor, Tur- The possibility remains that While senior Labor lawmaker terday to get straight elevating Morrison to prime mi- nbull, justified overthrowing his the coalition will again have Chris Bowen conceded his par- backA to work after a shock elec- nister. predecessor, Tony Abbott, in to govern in the minority, ty may have suffered for what, tion victory by his conservative Sydney University political 2015 on the basis of “30 losing relying on agreements with in- for an opposition party, was an government that has left bewil- scientist Stewart Jackson said Newspolls.” dependent and minor party unusually detailed campaign, dered voters wondering how the polls that had put Labor Turnbull’s administration had lawmakers to transact govern- Shorten insisted it had been they were taken by surprise. ahead of the government for the trailed Labor in more than 30 ment business. right to fight the election on is- The opposition Labor Party, past two years were too consis- Newspolls before his govern- sues rather than personalities. meanwhile, began another bout tent for too long to be credible. ment replaced him with Morri- “I’m disappointed for people of post-election soul searching “That indicates ‘herding,’ whe- son as elections loomed. The result is who depend upon Labor, but while starting the task of finding re the pollsters themselves are O’Shannessy said yesterday, much the same I’m glad that we argued what a new leader, after Bill Shorten getting results that they don’t “You should never sack the pri- was right, not what was easy,” stepped down following an em- think are right and are adjusting me minister on the basis of a as the last Shorten told supporters. phatic defeat Saturday in a poll them,” Jackson said. “Because Newspoll — ever.” Shorten would have been Aus- many had seen as unlosable for statistically, polls should never Labor lawmaker Anthony Al- election, which tralia’s sixth prime minister in his party. come up like that.” banese, who was defeated by six years had he been elected. Center-left Labor, which has Martin O’Shannessy, who Shorten in a ballot of the party delivered the Many Australians have at least governed Australia for only 38 headed the respected Newspoll leadership in 2013 and will con- government welcomed Morrison’s announ- of its 118 years as a federation, market research company in test for the job again, said he cement of a change in Liberal was rated an overwhelming fa- Sydney for a decade until 2015, had expected to be in govern- a single-seat policy in that the party can no vorite, both in opinion polls and said he was “shocked” by the ment based on polling. longer dump a prime minister with odds-makers, to topple the government’s victory, given the “The truth is that clearly there majority in 2016 by internal party vote, meaning conservative Liberal-National polling. is a major gap between what the they will lead the country for a coalition government after its “It’s not possible to tell exactly polling was showing and what Still, Shorten’s move to con- full three-year term unless an six years in power. how the current polls are being the outcome was,” Albanese cede defeat late Saturday night early election is called. Instead, Morrison — who beca- conducted because they don’t said. “That is something that no confirmed a resounding victory So high was public confidence me prime minister only last Au- have the same method state- doubt will be examined over co- for the Morrison administra- of a Labor victory, Australian gust when a contentious inter- ment that polls in the past have ming days and weeks.” tion. online bookmaker Sportsbet nal party vote dumped Malcolm had,” O’Shannessy said. With just over 75% of votes Speaking before attending paid out 1.3 million Australian Turnbull as its leader — swept Until Saturday, Newspoll had counted by yesterday evening, church in his electorate in dollars to bettors who backed the coalition to victory with accurately predicted the winner the coalition had won 73 of the southern Sydney, Morrison Labor two days before the vote. what is likely to be an increased of every Australian state and 76 seats needed to form a ma- thanked Australians for retur- Sportsbet said 70% of wagers representation in Parliament. federal election since its incep- jority government, according to ning him to office. had been placed on Labor at The result is much the same as tion in 1985. Australia has made calculations from the Australian “I give thanks to live in the the slender odds of USD1.16 to the last election, which delivered voting compulsory, so pollsters’ Broadcasting Corp. With seven greatest country in all the wor- $1.00. the government a single-seat surveys of Australians’ party seats still undecided, the coali- ld,” he said. “Thanks again to all As Labor absorbed the defeat, majority in 2016. Since then, preferences usually come close tion was expected to make fur- Australians all across the coun- deputy leader Tanya Plibersek public expectations have taken a to the election result. ther gains by the end of coun- try.” and Albanese told reporters roller coaster ride based on the Newspolls are published every ting. The government had gone The 51-year-old, who recei- they were considering running media’s reporting of polls. few weeks and are reported into the election as a minority ved a congratulatory phone call for the party’s leadership. AP 20.05.2019 mon

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I.M. Pei, architect who designed Louvre, Macao Science Center, dies at 102 EOH Ming Pei, more popu- larly known as I.M. Pei, was one of the most influential AP PHOTO architects history has seen. IHe died overnight on Thurs- day aged 102, the New York Ti- mes reported, citing his son, Li Chung Pei. Pei gave “this century some of its most beautiful interior spaces and exterior forms,” said the jury of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, which Pei won in 1983. Though reserved and supre- mely diplomatic, Pei’s face, always crowned by round thick-rimmed glasses, could break unexpecte- dly into a wide, dazzling smile. He approached clients with charm and a quick wit, and they usually succumbed happily. He designed innumerable buil- dings around the world, many of which are now considered gems. His connection with Macau was realized in 2002, when the go- vernment decided to construct its own science center. “Mr. Pei is at once the most prag- I.M. Pei standing in front of the Louvre Pyramid matic and the most visionary of in 1989, and the Macau Science Center (overlay) architects, his work poised skill- fully between the demands of the real world and the dreams of art,” sign and coddling clients, under structure. Many say that its spiral tion, spurring litigation that might splendid glass and metal-cable Paul Goldberger, architecture cri- the tutelage of the prominent New slope resembles the Guggenheim well have destroyed the firm. The structure of the Louvre shows it.” tic of the New York Times, wrote York real estate developer William in New York, while the lighting claims were settled, but the bui- Even with all of his acclaim, in 1989 after the opening of the Zeckendorf Sr. As in-house ar- system makes wide – and wise – lding opened in 1976 four years Pei’s influence on the course of Louvre pyramid in Paris. chitect for Zeckendorf’s Webb use of sunlight. late and almost double the origi- architecture has been limited, ac- Pei’s 50-plus projects included & Knapp Inc., Pei designed sho- After Pei’s passing, the Science nal cost estimate. cording to some critics. His forms the Musee d’Art Moderne in Lu- pping centers, offices and residen- Center issued a release to pay tri- Problems with the elaborate ne- were recognizably derived from xembourg (2006), Beverly Hills’ tial towers, such as Manhattan’s bute to the architect. twork of rods and spherical nodes such great architects as Le Cor- Creative Artists Agency building Kips Bay Plaza. that roof the Jacob Javits Conven- busier and Louis I. Kahn, though (1989) and the 72-story Bank “I believe that architecture is a JFK LIBRARY tion Center in New York for a time he filtered them through a unique of China Tower in Hong Kong pragmatic art,” Pei said. “To beco- The cool monumentalism with brought waves of angry publicity artistic sensibility. (1989). He also designed the me art it must be built on a foun- which Pei would always be as- as construction ground to a halt. John. F. Kennedy Library in Bos- dation of necessity.” sociated emerged in the helme- Its opening in 1986 unveiled a LARGE SCALE ton (1979) and the Rock and Roll In 1955, he left Zeckendorf to ted concrete towers, echoing the stepped, glass-roofed lobby with His talents seemed best-suited Hall of Fame and Museum in Cle- form I.M. Pei & Associates, which Rocky Mountain foothills, of the a delicate web of metal suppor- to large-scale buildings of civic veland (1995). would become I.M. Pei & Partners National Center for Atmospheric ts that is among New York City’s significance. The stiff grandeur of Among his many honors were in 1966 and then Pei Cobb Freed Research in Boulder, Colorado great interior public spaces. Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of the American Institute of Archi- & Partners in 1989. (1967). The interlocking triangles, The texture, surface effect and Fame was seen by some as being tects’ Gold Medal in 1979; the squares, and circles of the contro- sense of weight of the materials at odds with the ephemeral popu- Grande Medaille d’Or from the MACAO SCIENCE CENTER versial John F. Kennedy Library was so essential to the firm’s de- lar art it celebrates. A simplistic Academie d’Architecture de Fran- In April 2002, Pei set foot in would become a Pei signature. sign identity that such setbacks monumentality made the Center ce three years later; and the Pre- Macau for a site visit of the Ma- He elaborated on those geome- could never persuade Pei to turn for Arts & Media Technology at sidential Medal of Freedom, the cao Science Center. At the time, tric shapes in the design of the away from technological possibi- MIT much reviled by its inhabi- highest civilian honor in the U.S., the idea of building the science marble-clad East Building of the lity. tants, even as they hatched dot- from President George H.W. Bush center was in a very early phase National Gallery (1978), the most com innovations. in 1992. and the exact site had not even acclaimed of Pei’s projects. He LOUVRE PYRAMID Although Pei retired from his been determined. It was Pei who organized the museum around a The 71-foot-high glass pyramid firm in 1990, he continued to SHANGHAI YOUTH pinpointed the “dot” where the grand atrium, roofed by a tracery he built as the Louvre’s new en- work on a few select commissions Pei was born in Canton, China center now sits. He said the reason of pyramid-shaped skylights that trance relied for its extraordinary in his later years. (now Guangzhou), on April 26, he chose the location was because created a lively play of sun and visual lightness on a fretwork of On the most important, the Su- 1917, the son of a bank manager. the center is a place for education shadow. stainless-steel rods and cables zhou Museum in Suzhou, China, His family later moved to Suzhou, and, in the vicinity of the Macao Pei and his partners were per- made by a manufacturer of yacht he collaborated with his architect a city near Shanghai. As a young Cultural Center, construction of fectionists in the use of modern rigging. sons, Chien Chung and Li Chung. boy, Pei was enthralled by cons- the Science Center could fill the building materials, cutting ra- Before its completion, the pyra- Displaying a 2,500-year legacy of truction of high-rise buildings in neighborhood with a cultural flair. zor-sharp corners out of marble, mid was widely derided as an art and including some extraor- Shanghai and Hong Kong. Pei’s designs are often associated stretching glass into vast, curved insult to French history. Once dinary Chinese gardens, the mu- He came to the U.S. to study with geometric shapes, especially arcs, honing concrete to a velvety it opened, however, it proved a seum was completed in 2006 in architecture at age 17, receiving a the triangle. He extended this mo- sheen. triumph -- the most admired of the city where Pei’s ancestors had bachelor’s degree from the Mas- tif in his design for the science cen- the “Grand Projets” with which lived for more than 600 years. sachusetts Institute of Technology ter. The center has an asymmetric HANCOCK PROBLEMS France’s then-President Francois Pei was married to Eileen Loo, in 1940 and a master’s from Har- conical shape that leans towards Sometimes they stretched tho- Mitterrand hoped to transform the granddaughter of a former vard University’s Graduate School the east. The exterior is covered se materials to the limit, paying a Paris. Chinese ambassador to the U.S. of Design in 1946. At Harvard, he in silvery panels. Together, they heavy price. “By the end of the 1980s, there The couple had three sons -- T’ing studied with Walter Gropius, one make the building a contempo- The slim, elegant John Hancock was probably no firm capable of Chung, Chien Chung and Li Chung of the masters of modern architec- rary masterpiece. Tower in downtown Boston shed producing large-scale work with -- and a daughter, Liane. Eileen Pei ture. Pei not only designed that cen- dozens of its 11-foot-tall plates of such refinement and excellence died in June 2014. T’ing Chung Pei honed his skills, in both de- ter’s exterior, but also the internal reflective glass during construc- of detail,” Goldberger wrote. “The died in 2003. MDT/Bloomberg mon 20.05.2019 th Anniversary

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FOOTBALL Madrid loses last match of Benfica wins 5th Portuguese season to forget league title in six seasons EAL Madrid put a fittingly poor en- Rding to its worst season in recent memory after losing its last match of the ENFICA has won its fif- Spanish league on Sunday. th Portuguese league tit- Many of the frustrated fans at the San-

B AP PHOTO le in six seasons after routing tiago Bernabeu jeered Madrid’s players Santa Clara 4-1 on Saturday. after the 2-0 loss to Real Betis. Most of Benfica lifted its 37th lea- Madrid’s supporters have long placed gue trophy by finishing two their hopes on what changes the club points ahead of defending will make to an underperforming squad champion Porto, which de- in the summer. feated Sporting Lisbon 2-1. Betis outplayed the hosts from the start Benfica trailed Porto by se- and got second-half goals from Loren ven points in the beginning Morón and former Madrid forward Jesé of the year. Rodríguez. “Everybody thought we Madrid entered the match with nothing were done in January,” to play for, locked into a third-place fi- Benfica forward Pizzi Fer- nish for the second consecutive season. nandes said. “But we have Madrid was out of the Champions Lea- a great group of players and gue and Copa del Rey in early March and overcame the challenge. We without a realistic chance of stopping showed that we are deser- Barcelona from successfully defending ving champions.” its La Liga title. A draw would have been Since the return of Zinedine Zidane to enough for Benfica at the time with goals by Haris Se- men from the 19th minute Europa League along with take charge of the club after its shock loss Stadium of Light, as it ente- ferovic, Joao Felix, and Rafa because of a red card to de- fourth-placed Braga. to Ajax in the round-of-16 in the Cham- red the final round with a be- Silva. Seferovic scored again fender Cristian Alexis Borja. Porto will play in the qua- pions League, the team has finished the tter head-to-head tiebreaker early in the second half be- Danilo Pereira and Hector lifying rounds of the Cham- campaign with a record of 5 wins, two over its rival. It won four fore Santa Clara got its lone Herrera scored late in the pions League, while Benfica draws and four losses. straight titles before Porto goal through Cesar. second half after the visitors goes straight into the group “The fault is ours,” Madrid defender ended its streak last year. Porto struggled at home opened the spell with a Luiz stage. Marcelo said. “We didn’t start well and we The host got off to a fast against third-placed Spor- Phellype goal. Chaves, Nacional and Fei- didn’t finish it well either. In no way was start and was up 3-0 by half- ting, which played with 10 Sporting qualified for the rense were relegated. AP this the season we wanted to have.” AP ad mon 20.05.2019

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FOOTBALL David Silva to strike into the net. City’s other Silva — Bernardo — was the provider of the second in the 38th, chipping to the far post where Gabriel Jesus diver- Man City completes sweep of ted the ball into an empty net. Sterling ensured it crossed the line but his Brazilian teammate was credited with the goal. English trophies with FA Cup win The onslaught came in the se- ANCHESTER More than USD1 billion has cond half with De Bruyne exer- City swept aside been spent on transfer fees alone ting his influence after coming

AP PHOTO Watford to com- since 2008 when Sheikh Man- off the bench. The Belgian net- plete the first clean sour bought a team that was ted in the 61st, receiving the ball Msweep of English men’s football more accustomed to playing in from Gabriel Jesus, who had trophies. lower leagues than lifting tro- combined with Sterling. The fourth piece of silverware phies. Gabriel Jesus found the net of the season was sealed by four It wasn’t until 2011 that City seven minutes later after being different scorers in the FA Cup ended a 35-year trophy drought released by De Bruyne’s throu- final at Wembley Stadium on by winning the FA Cup. ghball, sliding past Heurelho Saturday. Raheem Sterling and Now City is the undisputed Gomes after the goalkeeper Gabriel Jesus netted twice and power of English football — a came off his line. David Silva and Kevin De Bruy- status it claimed from neighbor Then the record-equaling final ne also scored as Watford was Manchester United. victory margin came from a dou- humiliated 6-0. “It’s one of the best seasons I ble inside six minutes from Ster- Victory for Pep Guardiola’s side have experienced as a manager,” ling, who grew up near Wembley came a week after the Premier said Guardiola, who won titles and has a tattoo of the stadium’s League trophy was retained to previously at Barcelona and arch. join the League Cup and Com- Bayern Munich. “It just shows what the ma- munity Shield already in City’s Watford was contesting its first nager’s building here,” Sterling possession. cup final in 35 years and never said. “At the start of the season he “What a season,” City captain had a look in after Roberto Pe- said, ‘Let’s try and get the menta- Vincent Kompany said. “What a reyra was denied by goalkeeper lity right and go for the Premier tremendous club.” Ederson of the chance to snatch League again,’ and we’ve done But the unprecedented achieve- a shock lead in the 11th minute. that again, exceptionally well. ment by football’s costliest squad Not long after, Watford fans “It’s a credit to all the boys, comes against the backdrop of were made to endure City being mentally switched on investigations into City’s com- players celebrating in front of throughout the season which pliance into football’s spending them. has been long with the World rules that could lead to the Abu After Abdoulaye Doucoure gave Cup as well. Everyone’s been fo- Dhabi-owned team being ban- the ball away, City broke forward cused and on their A game the Watford’s goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes tries to stop Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus ned from the Champions League. and Sterling headed through for whole way through.” MDT/AP

ad THE Bomb hits tourist bus near Station Air quality BUZZEgypt’s Giza Pyramids, wounds 16 Roadside 30-50 Good Egyptian officials say a roadside bomb has has occasionally spilled over to the mainland, hit a tourist bus near the Giza Pyramids. hitting minority Christians or tourists. High They say Sunday’s blast wounded at least 16 The attack comes as Egypt’s vital tourism in- Density 20-40 people, including tourists. dustry is showing signs of recovery after years Residental The officials spoke on condition of anony- in the doldrums because of the political tur- Good mity because they weren’t authorized to brief moil and violence that followed a 2011 uprising Area opinion media. that toppled former leader Hosni Mubarak. It Egypt has battled Islamic militants for years is the second to target foreign tourists near the Ambient 30-50 in the Sinai Peninsula in an insurgency that famed pyramids in less than six months. Good World Views DSMG SOURCE: Michael Schuman, Bloomberg WORLD BRIEFS China just doesn’t want The Netherlands SWITZERLAND Swiss to be like the West media were reporting that early exit polls Theories abound for why the U.S.-China trade talks wins Eurovision Song yesterday show that collapsed into stalemate, from misplaced overconfiden- voters approved a ce on the part of Beijing to President Donald Trump’s measure to strengthen calculation that a tariff fight will boost his re-election Contest in Tel Aviv Switzerland’s gun chances. It helps to look beyond the political maneuve- laws, bringing the ring and consider China’s history. Alpine country in Throughout its 500-year relationship with the West, line with many of its

Beijing has sought to profit from its wealth without truly AP PHOTO European partners embracing its ideals and norms. That long-standing am- over the objections of bivalence is playing out in trade negotiations today, and many law-abiding gun probably doomed them before they even got underway. aficionados. The notion that China can be turned “Western” has been the mainstay of U.S. foreign policy toward Beijing since President Richard Nixon held his famous 1972 AP PHOTO meeting with Mao Zedong. But the thinking goes back much further. In the 18th century, the European powers, frustrated by Chinese trade practices, wanted the Qing Dynasty to adopt its economic principles, too. Back then, China was more than happy to trade porcelain and tea for silver, but the court tightly controlled such exchanges. That seemed unfair to merchants who de- sired free trade. In 1793, the British sent a mission led by Lord Macartney to Beijing to plead for market opening SAUDI ARABIA does and other reforms. not want war but will not hesitate to defend itself But Macartney’s refusal to perform the standard, ob- against Iran, a top Saudi sequious kowtow before the emperor enraged protocol- diplomat said yesterday -obsessed mandarins. The emperor sent Britain’s King amid heightened George III a condescending letter rejecting the requests. tensions in the Persian “How can our dynasty alter its whole procedure and sys- Gulf after attacks on tem of etiquette, established for more than a century, in the kingdom’s energy order to meet your individual views?” he asked. sector. The Qing never willingly accepted Western-style tra- HE Netherlands won To maximize onscreen band Hatari, which had de and diplomatic practices. They were bombarded Tthe 2019 Eurovision tension, performers are drawn attention for initially into it – literally, by the cannon fire of the Opium Wars Song Contest in Tel Aviv Sa- ranked by a mix of fan vo- saying it would be “absurd”

in the mid-19th century. Only then did China open wider turday, with Duncan Lau- tes and professional juries. to participate in Israel be- AP PHOTO to foreign commerce and culture, and begin to accept rence’s doleful piano ballad Spectators could not vote cause of its policies toward European-style state-to-state relations. “Arcade” crowned cham- for their own country, but the Palestinians. They had Resistance, though, hasn’t been China’s only respon- pion of Europe’s annual like-minded nations tend to vowed to use the Eurovi- se. Beginning in the late 19th century, Chinese intel- music extravaganza. fall into blocs that back their sion spotlight to expose the lectuals, reformers and revolutionaries came to believe The 25-year-old was ta- regional favorites, with poli- “face of the occupation,” the country had to become more like nations such as pped as an early front-run- tics meshing into art. but their live performance Britain and the United States. As the Qing Dynasty ner before the Grand Final Israel earned the right to of grinding metal rock pas- tottered, these thinkers saw salvation in copying over- but was only ranked third host the show after Barzilai sed without incident. Only FRANCE French seas institutions and practices – such as a constitution, President Emmanuel after the vote of professio- won last year’s competition at the end of the broadcast, elected assemblies and Western-style schools. Still, Macron sees himself debate raged over how westernized China had to be- nal juries from the 41 par- with her catchy pop anthem when their final vote tally as Europe’s savior and come. Some argued that merely buying Western guns ticipating countries, trailing “Toy.” was announced, did they this week’s European and learning its new technology would be sufficient; Sweden and North Mace- The ostensibly non-politi- whip out a Palestinian flag, Parliament elections China’s core institutions didn’t have to change. Others donia. He surged ahead cal affair has tried to avoid to sounds of boos from the as a make-or-break saw China’s traditions as outdated and backward. Only thanks to the fan vote, se- the Israeli-Palestinian con- audience. moment for the wholesale adoption of foreign ideas could rebuild its curing The Netherlands its flict and has largely succee- As the reigning champion, beleaguered European greatness. fifth win ever in the compe- ded, despite swirling threats Israel swept straight throu- Union. It’s ironic that the trade talks fell apart near the 100th tition. Italy finished second, of controversy. Calls for per- gh to the finals — along with anniversary of the May Fourth Movement. Named after followed by Russia, Switzer- formers to boycott the show the five European countries RUSSIA says Syrian student protests on that day in 1919, the term signi- land and Norway. over Israeli policies toward who most heavily funded government forces have fies a wider campaign to change Chinese society. “I unilaterally ceased fire “This is to dreaming Palestinians failed to gene- the event. The other 20 par- would much rather see the past culture of our nation in the northern Idlib disappear than see our race die out now because of its big. This is to music first, rate much momentum. ticipants qualified through province, the last major unfitness for living in the modern world,” Chen Duxiu, always,” Laurence said, as A small protest took pla- a pair of semifinal rounds. rebel stronghold. one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party, he was handed the trophy ce outside Tel Aviv’s Expo Israel has won the Euro- wrote in 1915. from last year’s winner, Is- Center before the show, vision four previous times This spirit carried into the 1980s. Under China’s pro- rael’s Netta Barzilai. following another one from and it has provided the -market reforms, the country adopted free enterprise, Some 200 million people musicians in Gaza earlier country with some of its cul- AP PHOTO invited in overseas investment, heeded Western eco- around the world were be- in the week. A recent round tural touchstones. “Hallelu- nomists and joined institutions such as the World Tra- lieved to have watched the of rocket fire toward Israel jah” became the country’s de Organization. No less a figure than Hu Yaobang, annual campy contest with from there also failed to unofficial national song af- the party’s general secretary, suggested that Chinese 26 nations battling in the temper excitement. ter Milk and Honey won the should eat with knives and forks rather than chopsticks. Grand Final of the 64th Eu- Madonna herself had fa- contest for Israel when it But wariness of the West never went away, and as rovision. ced calls from a Palesti- hosted the event in the late China’s economic might has grown, so has its deter- Madonna was the star at- nian-led campaign to avoid 1970s, and Dana Internatio- mination to chart its own course. On the global stage, USA Former President President Xi Jinping has pushed Chinese alternatives traction, performing her performing at the event nal became a national hero Jimmy Carter carved to the Western world system, such as his Belt and Road hit staple, “Like a Prayer,” in Israel. But the Queen and global transgender icon an unlikely path to the infrastructure-building program. At home, Xi has em- marking 30 years since its of Pop rejected the boyco- when she won with “Diva” White House in 1976 phasized the role of the state over greater liberalization, release, and a new song tt motions, saying she will in 1998. Barzilai became a and endured humbling and promoted traditional Chinese culture and philoso- “Future” from her forthco- “never stop playing music role model for plus-size wo- defeat after one term. phy to ward off unwanted ideas such as democracy. ming album “Madame X.” to suit someone’s political men after her win last year. Now, six administrations later, the longest-living This love-hate attitude is playing out in the trade talks. She took the stage after par- agenda.” Still, two of her She has been unapologetic chief executive in On the one hand, Beijing realizes it benefits from being ticipants wrapped up their embracing dancers sported about her weight, the loud American history is re- part of the current U.S.-led global order. On the other, performances shortly after the flags of Israel and the colors she wears, and the emerging from political Beijing isn’t willing to embrace that order fully and ac- midnight when the elabo- Palestinians on their backs. funky chicken moves and obscurity at age 94 cept its norms. rate voting process got un- All eyes were on Iceland’s sounds that have become [Abridged] to win over his fellow derway across Europe. controversial steampunk her trademark. MDT/AP Democrats once again.