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CHINA In a country long trumps the Clintons - again focused on bringing home as many Olympic P4-5 MDT REPORT gold medals as possible, this year’s haul isn’t what China expected. When

China’s 416-athlete AP PHOTO delegation set off for Rio, state sports officials were banking on 30 to 36 gold medals. As the games end, it had won just 24 for the worst showing since Atlanta 96. More on p11

CHINA-TAIWAN Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on China to jointly keep peace across the strait amid strained ties since she took office in May. “China should recognize both sides share the responsibility to maintain peaceful and stable development,” Tsai said in the first briefing with domestic and foreign media since her inauguration. “A communication mechanism has yet to be restored. We hope both sides can keep stability before considering a new view on dialogue,” she said.

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UN BRIBERY SCANDAL US prosecutors scrutinize Ng Lap Seng’s mysterious business affiliate believed to be a Chinese spy

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FFICIALS in the AP PHOTO U.S. are investiga- suspect that ting a Beijing busi- nessman who they Qin was Osuspect might be operating involved in the as a Chinese intelligence agent linked to Macau billio- directing of naire Ng Lap Seng. The latest information on the case co- Ng’s activities mes from the transcript of an in the US, FBI interview filed in court earlier this month. acting as his Ng is currently standing trial in New York on allega- ‘handler’ tions that he fueled a bri- bery scandal incriminating the recently deceased former quently returned to China, General Assembly president, according to a Wall Street John Ashe, in return for the Journal (WSJ) article. sponsorship of a UN confe- However, prosecutors be- rence center in Macau that lieve the links go deeper than would serve as the billionai- Ng suggests. They suspect re’s legacy. that Qin was involved in di- Last year, when Ng was ar- recting Ng’s activities in the rested and confined to his U.S., acting as his “handler,” New York City apartment af- Chinese billionaire Ng Lap Seng (left), leaves federal court with his attorney Ben Brafman after he was released on bail in and frequently traveling with ter a USD50 million (about connection with a U.N. bribery scheme in New York, on Oct. 26, 2015 the casino magnate on his MOP400 million) bail, he trips to the country. was asked by FBI agents any way involved with Chine- ting only that Qin was a con- Qin had been traveling with According to the WSJ ar- whether he knew if his busi- se intelligence services. Ng sultant at his company, Sun Ng when the latter was ar- ticle, people with informa- ness associate Qin Fei was in said he did not know, admit- Kian Ip Group. rested last year, but subse- tion on the matter claim that

LYING across the Pa- to work and learn, their Fcific on an Air Force families flourish, too. jet bound for Beijing, first Clinton’s 1995 foray in Beijing About halfway through, lady Hillary Clinton hud- she declared: “It’s time dled deep into the night to break the silence. It’s with a few aides and ad- all. Some feared offen- women’s rights, and wo- th before the conference; time for us to say here, visers, honing her speech ding the Chinese with cri- men’s rights are human Clinton writes that the- for the world to hear, for the U.N. Fourth Wor- AP PHOTO ticism; others feared the rights” — remains one of re was “never a quid pro that it is no longer accep- ld Conference on Women. hosts might use the U.S. her signature moments in quo.” table to discuss women’s It was 1995, and it had participation — and the public life. She and her aides flew rights as separate from been a bruising first few first lady’s — as propa- It also stands out as a from Hawaii, where Pre- human rights.” years in the White House: ganda. moment Clinton began to sident Bill Clinton was With emphasis on the Troopergate, Travelgate, In the end, Clinton deci- truly forge an identity as a speaking on the anniver- word “human” each Whitewater. Not to men- ded to make the trip, ho- public figure on the world sary of V-J Day at Pearl time, she listed abuses tion the failure of her own ping to “push the envelo- stage apart from her hus- Harbor. Working on the against women — and high-profile efforts — pe as far as I can on behalf band. draft while others slept, called them human ri- unprecedented for a first of women and girls.” And it almost didn’t ha- the group was keenly ghts violations (she did lady — to reform the na- But as she rose to the ppen. A few months ear- aware that “one wrong not mention China by tion’s health care system. podium, and even after lier, Chinese-American word in this speech might name). Then came her Even her trip to China she had stepped down dissident Harry Wu had lead to a diplomatic brou- most famous line: “If provoked controversy. 1995, file photo, first lady Hillary to thunderous applause, been arrested upon ente- haha,” Clinton writes. there is one message Clinton addresses the panel of There were objections in Clinton had no idea the ring China and charged Hours later, she took that echoes forth from women’s health and security impact the moment wou- with espionage, throwing the microphone in the some quarters to a first before addressing the U.N. World this conference, let it be lady wading into tricky Conference on Women in Beijing ld have, she says. More the participation of the large hall. She began by that human rights are diplomatic waters and than two decades later, U.S. delegation and Clin- telling the delegates that women’s rights, and wo- addressing issues like hu- conference “anti-family” that 21-minute speech ton, its honorary chair, when women are healthy, men’s rights are human man rights abuses. Some and felt the United States — with its declaration into limbo. He was finally educated and free from rights, once and for all.” in Congress called the shouldn’t be attending at that “Human rights are released less than a mon- violence, with a chance MDT/AP

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UN BRIBERY SCANDAL Groups call for US prosecutors scrutinize Ng Lap Seng’s mysterious business ban on tour buses around St Paul’s affiliate believed to be a Chinese spy Ruins Qin, the suspected agent, is a ple departments such as the ference center that his com- mysterious individual. recently revealed United Na- pany would develop. “Qin has emerged as a sha- tions Development Program. Ashe died in June awaiting dowy figure in the case, ac- His company has been tied trial, due to physical inju- cording to people familiar to a USD1.5 million (MOP12 ries during a weightlifting with the matter, and little million) donation to the UN accident. The official cau- is known about him. People Office for South-South Coo- se of death was “traumatic who live near a Long Island peration, which focuses on asphyxia […] while lifting a mansion, which public re- promoting collaboration barbell on a bench.” cords indicate he bought al- among developing countries, Meanwhile, Ng’s lawyers most two years ago, say they particularly in the southern have alleged in court papers have never seen him [there], hemisphere. that the investigation into with one person saying [Qin] Most infamously howe- the Macau billionaire is being hasn’t even removed the co- ver, Ng is accused of giving inappropriately piloted by a ver from the fountain in his former General Assembly state-sanctioned “U.S. geopo- front yard,” the report read. president John Ashe over litical interest in slowing the Furthermore, the WSJ re- USD500,000 (almost MOP4 progress of Chinese influence ported that the suspected million) in exchange for, over developing nations.” Chinese agent treated Ng as among other things, a con- a subordinate despite the fact that he is older than Qin. The suspected agent is belie- ved to be 54-years-old, while The Clinton-China affair Ng is 68, according to a U.S. government document. OCAL scholar and civil of tour buses entering core “Qin would direct Mr. Ng Lgroup leader Agnes Lam areas around the Ruins of St. to fly his private jet from the has stated her belief that tour Paul’s, upgrading the area’s

Chinese gambling haven of THEDAILYBEAST coaches should be prevented pedestrian facilities, making Macau to Beijing to pick him from dropping off or picking use of the parking lots under- up for trips to the U.S., order up passengers in the area neath the Tap Seac Square. Mr. Ng to carry his luggage, around St. Paul’s Ruins, ac- Meanwhile, it is expected and complain that he walked cording to a report by Jornal that 10 out of the 11 injured too slowly,” the WSJ cited an Cheng Pou. tourists who have been hos- informant. Recently, a serious accident pitalized and cared for in the Little public information involving a tour bus took pla- territory’s hospitals will be exists on Qin even in China. ce near St. Paul’s Ruins. In returning home this week, Corporate records list him as Lam’s words, the dropping the Government Spokesper- the partial owner of a Beijing- off or picking up of passen- son Office said in a statement based company, which was gers should be done at the last Friday. set up in 2000 with a registe- Inner Harbour or at the Tap One victim is the exception, red capital of RMB50 million Seac Square. By doing so, who was in critical condition (MOP 60.3 million) and se- Lam believes that the traffic and underwent a surgical ven employees. Ng is regis- will be relieved around St. operation for craniofacial tered as the company’s legal Paul’s. The scholar also re- trauma sustained from the representative. marked that any government accident. According to the Ng and his assistant Jeff Ng Lap Seng with Bill Clinton in Washington (1996) that cares about the protec- same statement, this victim’s Yin were both arrested in tion of tourism sites should condition is considered sta- the U.S. last year, on charges HE relationship between the Clintons, China and pro- require travelers to visit tho- ble, although she still needs that they had made false sta- Tminent Chinese businessman Ng Lap Seng is one that se places on foot. life support equipment. tements about the purpose dates back decades, with the latter allegedly involved in The Central District Advi- Regarding the condition of of USD4.5 million (MOP36 misconduct that occurred during the presidential admi- sory Committee for Com- the Wa Keong Building, which million) brought into the nistration of Bill Clinton. munity Services recently was affected by the accident, country from China, which Macau billionaire Ng was famously involved in a fundrai- discussed the requirement representatives of the Land, the casino mogul had ini- sing scandal in the 1990s, involving the Democratic presi- issued to the government to Public Works and Transport tially stated was to be used dential campaign of Bill Clinton. devise a schedule regarding Bureau (DSSOPT) will meet for gambling, real estate pur- He was the alleged secret source of foreign money in a the implementation of traffic with the owners of the units to poses, and for purchasing art campaign scandal during the Clinton administration, that regulations at the aforemen- deliver a preliminary proposal and antiques. was channeled through an Arkansas restaurant owner, tioned area. The Committee for the restoration of the buil- According to prosecutors, it Charlie Trie, to the Democratic National Committee. called for a complete ban ding. Staff reporters may have instead been used Trie, a friend of then-president Bill Clinton, became ac- to renovate the house of “Bu- quainted with Ng in 1994, before making a USD100,000 siness Associate-2”, who may donation later in the year, even though he had never made have been Qin, who at that any comparable contribution before and had no apparent bus emits smoke during journey time was looking to renovate wealth. In total, more than USD1 million was funneled his USD10 million (MOP80 through Trie, allegedly backed by Ng’s finances. ON FRIDAY, smoke was seen ers were called. A preliminary million) Long Island man- Ng, who has close ties to the Chinese government and is escaping from a bus during its investigation conducted by sion, according to a Reuters listed as a member of a senior advisory group, the Chinese journey through Avenida de the Fire Service Bureau (CB) report on Friday. People’s Political Consultative Conference, was not char- Venceslau de Morais. Fifteen showed that a failure in one Additionally, the Macau ged with a crime during the investigation. passengers were on the bus at functionality linked to the billionaire is being accused Meanwhile, Trie, an American citizen, pleaded guilty to the time the incident accurred, rotation of the tires led to the of being involved in a UN bri- violating U.S. campaign financing regulations. and are all safe, according to a smoke. bery scheme, which allegedly The link between the Clintons and Ng is also highlighted report by Macao Daily News. Similar incidents occurred in involves staff at the highest by the fact that the Chinese businessman visited the White The driver spotted the smoke both January and July this year. tiers of the international or- House 10 times over a two-year period between June 1994 and immediately proceeded to No injuries or deaths were re- park the vehicle, while firefight- corded. ganization, as well as multi- and October 1996. DB 22.08.2016 mon

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Gov’t to recommend more projects for Hengqin’s Industrial Park

Survey respondents read on average 6.6 books in 2015

HE University of Macau visited libraries under the Treleased the results of a administration of IC, whi- survey conducted during the le 19 percent voiced their months of November and support for the 24-hour December last year, which opening periods of these enquired about the reading library facilities. With res- habits of local residents in pect to the number of book the previous year of 2015. collections, 34 percent were The survey concluded that satisfied while 39.3 percent on average the respondents were happy with the range read 6.6 books in 2015, ac- of available books. cording to a report by Jornal The results also show a Cheng Pou. greater interest in reading The survey data was ba- in Macau residents compa- sed on interviews collected red to the figures registered from 1,024 users of local in Hong Kong. According to public libraries (registered a reading index survey con- users of libraries under the ducted over the months of administration of the Cul- April and May by Sun Hung tural Affairs Bureau (IC)), Kai Properties, Hong Kong and 1,027 other people. people read an average of 2.8 Regarding the former, 53.6 books in the six months prior percent claimed to have to the survey. Tourism-related spending falls by Chui Sai On at a meeting with Guangdong province officials in Beijing 4.5 percent in Q2

HE Macau gover- Promotion Institute (IPIM) Macau has already lau- nment is currently statement. nched the first group of PENDING by tourists of visitors was of MOP1,601, preparing to recom- According to the statement, projects for the Park this Sdecreased by 4.5 percent with the biggest decrease mend a second group the suggestion came from the year, with an expected during the second quarter due to a drop in tourists arri- Tof projects to be implemen- Board of Management of the completion date of 2019. of this year when compared ving from Fujian Province by ted at the Guangdong-Macau Hengqin New Area that Ma- The first 12 projects – which year-on-year with the same 31.1 percent. Industrial Cooperation Park cau should present new in- are related to traditional Chi- period of last year, as re- On the other hand, per- located on Hengqin Island, vestment projects for the In- nese medicine, cultural and ported by the Statistics and capita spending of visitors Macauhub reported citing a dustrial Park to add to those creative industries, leisure Census Service (DSEC), after from Japan (MOP1,731), Macao Trade and Investment currently being developed. and tourism, education , en- analyzing the results of a vi- Malaysia (MOP1,657), tertainment, MICE, among sitor expenditure survey. Hong Kong (MOP955) and others - were chosen to be According to the report, the Taiwan (MOP1,548) increa- part of Hengqin’s first deve- total spending (excluding sed by 12.1, 10.1, 9.8 and ce to lead delegation on pan-pearl lopmental phase and were se- gaming expenses) amounted 12.7 percent respectively. river delta cooperation forum lected from a group of 33 pro- to MOP11.70 billion, which The report also highlights jects presented back in 2013. is MOP550 million less than that visitors have spent their THE CHIEF Executive (CE), morning of August 25 and will The Hengqin Island New that in 2015. money mostly on shopping Chui Sai On, will lead a delega- also attend the signing session of Area covers a total area of 96 An approximate decrease of (43.4 percent), accommoda- tion of MSAR government rep- cooperation agreements. square kilometers and is in- same-day visitors by 10 per- tion (26.8 percent) and food resentatives to Guangzhou in The Pan-Pearl River Delta Co- tended to be a complement cent is one of the contribu- & beverage (20.9 percent). order to participate in the 11th operation Forum was created to Macau’s entertainment, as ting factors for the reduction As for the areas that sug- Pan-Pearl River Delta Coopera- in 2003 as a joint cooperation well as a place for industrial in spending. According to gested most dissatisfaction tion and Development Forum between nine provincial govern- diversification. the data, the spending in Q2 from tourists, environmen- and Fair August 24 and 25, the ments (Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, The new campus of the has registered a slight raise tal hygiene and public facili- Government Spokesperson Office Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, University of Macau was the (1.4 percent) when compa- ties are still topping the list, informed. Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan) first big development to be red with the figures recorded being accountable respecti- Chui will attend the event’s open- and the two special regions built and to operate on the in Q1 (MOP11.54 billion). vely for 78.4 percent and 67 ing ceremony scheduled for the (Hong Kong and Macau). Island. RM The Q2 per-capita spending percent of complaints. RM mon 22.08.2016 th Anniversary

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ATINGS agency used to complete the cons- that Melco Crown Entertain- Standard and Poor’s truction of the hotel. The war- ment Limited will provide any Financial Services ning comes off the back of a financial support to Studio has issued a negative 42.5 percent slide in the value City Casino Macau or that it Routlook for Studio City Casino of bonds issued to investors. would step in for Studio City Macau bonds and warned that An additional report pub- Casino Macau.” the project could soon default lished by Bloomberg revealed Bloomberg also alleged that on its loan. that Studio City might also many analysts believe that Studio City’s new non-ga- have trouble borrowing cash Melco Crown Entertainment is ming facilities do not appear to repay its existing debts, seeking to take full control of to be a hit. With the number speculating that Melco Crown the Cotai resort, and that the of visitors to Macau having Entertainment’s partners, negative rating from Standard fallen by 2.6 percent year-on- American hedge funds Silver and Poor’s will strengthen the year to 30.7 million in 2015, Point and Oaktree Capital, operator’s negotiating hand. the resort has struggled to at- could be the first financial vic- Lawrence Ho, the operator’s tract new customers despite tims if the resort if to default. CEO, told Barron’s Asia ear- the publicizing of non-gaming The report also noted that lier this year that he was in activities like its Batman ride Hong Kong-listed Melco “no rush” to buy out the mino- and a magic show. Crown Entertainment, which rity partners in the develop- On top of that, the casinos holds 60 percent of the invest- ment due to disagreements on strategic positioning as a non- ment, is distancing itself from the valuation of the property. VIP gaming destination – an any rescue scenarios. Accor- Studio City, which opened attempt to appeal to families ding to Bloomberg, represen- in October last year, has not and China’s growing middle tatives of the company said: fared as well as analysts pre- class – also doesn’t seem to be “Studio City Casino Macau is dicted. Optimism had initially working. within an entirely separate run high for what was con- Standard and Poor’s has the- credit group and its debt is sidered the first resort of its ver, a revenue of less than Lawrence Ho to blame the re- refore issued a warning that non-recourse to Melco Crown kind, targeting the gaming USD200 million in the first sort’s marketing team in June, the resort could soon default Entertainment Limited. […] mass market and promoting quarter of 2016, disappointed who he said, “need[ed] to do a on the USD1.41 billion loan Investors should not assume non-gaming activities. Howe- market observers prompting better job.” DB

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ment banking at Banco Brades- co SA in Sao Paulo. For Chinese buyers faced BLOOMBERG with pricey equity valuations at home, companies in Brazil look like bargains. About 11 per- cent of the nation’s 473 public companies trade at less than half book value, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The real’s slump to beyond 4 per dollar made Brazilian assets look es- pecially attractive earlier this year, though the currency has since recovered by more than 30 percent amid a broader rally in emerging markets. While Brazil’s economic downturn has been pain- ful, Chinese acquirers see the country as a long-term growth market, in part because of its 200 million-strong population, according to Brian Gu, co-head of Asia Pacific mergers and ac- quisitions at JPMorgan Chase & Co. The nation’s power and utili- ties sector is particularly attrac- tive for Chinese buyers seeking to replicate the growth they’ve enjoyed at home for the last decade, said Helen Li, head of The sun rises over Guanabara bay and the Sugarloaf mountain in Rio de Janeiro Asia power and utilities at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Bra- M&A zil has a relaxed process for evaluating takeovers relative to the U.S, Europe and Australia, where some Chinese suitors The gold medal for buying up have struggled to win govern- ment approval, according to Li. President Xi Jinping said last year China’s trade with Latin Brazilian assets goes to China inc. America would rise to $500 billion in the next decade. China set up a $10 billion investment Vinicy Chan announced USD4 billion of pur- proving a smaller hurdle than builder that’s been trying to cut fund to support its industrial chases in Brazil so far this year, in the U.S. and U.K. leverage, agreed in July to sell cooperation with Latin Ame- HINA may be lagging the highest total for a compara- “Brazil has been welcoming its entire 24 percent stake in rica, the official Xinhua News Cbehind in the medal count ble period since 2010. towards Chinese investment CPFL Energia SA to State Grid Agency reported in September during this year’s Olympic ga- Latin America’s biggest eco- given the economic challenges Corp. of China. Vale SA, the last year. mes in Rio de Janeiro, but it’s nomy has turned into a fertile the country is facing,” Joseph iron-ore miner shedding assets Even after this year’s spate of winning the competition for hunting ground for Chinese ac- Gallagher, head of mergers and to better manage its debt load, acquisitions, there will be addi- Brazilian assets. quirers, as Brazilian firms look acquisitions for Asia Pacific at agreed to sell three vessels to a tional opportunities for Chine- No country has done more for suitors to help them ride out Credit Suisse Group AG, said Chinese group for $269 million se purchases as European and acquisitions in Brazil this year the nation’s longest recession in an interview in Hong Kong. last month. North American firms consi- than China, which grabbed the in decades. A 50 percent drop “Chinese appetite for Brazilian “Many Brazilian companies der exiting Brazil, said Zilong No. 1 ranking by deal value for in the real over the past five assets will continue to be high.” are being forced to sell very at- Wang, head of M&A at China the first time on record, ac- years has increased Chinese Debt reduction has been a big tractive assets at good prices to International Capital Corp., the cording to data compiled by firms’ buying power, while po- motivation for sellers. Camargo reduce their debt,” said Renato country’s most active domestic Bloomberg. Chinese firms have litical opposition to takeovers is Correa SA, a Sao Paulo-based Ejnisman, the head of invest- adviser this year. Bloomberg

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Didi Tang RIO GAMES N a country long focused on bringing home as many Olympic gold medals as possible, this year's haul A forgiving public embraces Iisn't what China expected. When China's 416-athlete de- legation set off for Rio, state sports officials were banking on fewer gold medals 30 to 36 gold medals. As the ga- mes end, it had won just 24 for the worst showing since Atlanta media sweetheart for claiming Team China, a longtime in 1996. she had used "primeval force" powerhouse in gymnastics, Lagging in third place, Chi- AP PHOTO in a semifinal. She eventually did not win a single gold since na's total is a far cry from the won a bronze. Shaped by the China returned to the Olympi- country's 51-gold performance social media instead of the sta- cs in 1984. For the past several in Beijing that topped the gold te parlance, Fu's vernacular re- years, China's gymnastics offi- medal chart. sonated with ordinary Chinese cials have worried that the state But so what? people, who were already bored system is running out of steam The once-feverish obsession with empty talks. because the national team has with the gold tally has slowly Ning Zetao, another swimmer, a dwindling pool from which to subsided among the Chinese came home empty-handed from recruit top talent, a consequen- public, which has shown more Rio but still grabbed headlines ce of isolating young talent in interest this year in lavishing because of his undiminished the state system. adoration on athletes with per- popularity back in China. And Even if there is more accep- sonalities, such as bronze me- Chinese social media was full of tance that every year won't dalist Fu Yuanhui, rather than encouraging words when swim- bring a haul of gold, there is counting medals. mer Sun Yang failed to qualify still a sense of alarm, and many "Finally, the public desire for for the 1,500-meter free style fi- don't like that China sits behind golds has returned to normal," nal, a sharp contrast to the days the United States and Great said Lu Yuanzhen, a professor when the Chinese public hurled Britain in the race for golds. of sports at South China Nor- hurtful words at athletes failing There are also whispers that mal University who has long to cinch the gold. Japan, the upcoming host of argued that a mature nation The swimmers got a welco- the 2020 Summer Olympics should have a more relaxed at- Fans hold the flag of China during a women’s gold medal volleyball match between me from thousands of fans at a Games, could pose a threat to titude toward wins and losses China and Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Beijing airport. Fu was scared. China. That prospect is likely in athletic competitions. Ning's appearance caused con- to rekindle the country's natio- "The ordinary Chinese people The fever only grew as Beijing country's stellar Olympic per- gestion, and besieged by fans nalistic sentiments, because of have become more indifferent sought better Olympic perfor- formances. seeking photographs and auto- long-time animosity toward the to the medal counts now they mances and the ultimate goal of Critics argue the brutal system graphs, she could barely move. neighboring country that inva- understand Olympic golds bear hosting the games. The Olym- has sacrificed vast numbers of At recently as 2008, the public ded China and shamed the Mi- little impact on their real lives," pics was a national obsession, rank-and-file athletes, encou- booed hurdler Liu Xiang when ddle Kingdom in the early 20th Lu told The Associated Press. and gold medalists were hou- raged dishonesty — such as do- he could not get off the starting century. For decades, the Communist sehold names and rewarded ge- ping, age alteration and game line in Beijing because of inju- "If the Chinese delegation's state has rallied national uni- nerously. rigging — in the name of natio- ries. achievements should indeed ty and pride on the country's China's gold medal tally clim- nal honor, and distanced sports "The public has gone to ano- decline at this year's Rio Olym- athletic performances on the bed to 28 in Sydney, 32 in from the public. ther extreme — tolerance of pic games, it begs some serious world stage, especially in the Athens and 51 in Beijing. In When this year's games began non-champions and even ado- thoughts on the part of China's Olympics. The entire country London, Chinese athletes still in Rio, state media lamented ration of them," wrote Li Ruyi, sports circle," wrote Liu Ge, a was moved to tears when Xu took away 38 gold medals and the lack of golds on the ope- a veteran Chinese sports writer state media commentator in Haifeng, a pistol shooter, won were second only to U.S. Olym- ning day, but Chinese sports in a commentary on the news the party-run Global Times. the first gold Olympic medal for pians. fans stayed nonchalant. They site ifeng.com. "The public can accept some Communist China in Los Ange- But following the climax in were more interested in chasing Under the most pressure are mistakes and some failures, les in 1984. It was considered a Beijing, public obsession with athletes oozing with personali- Chinese gymnasts, who came but the tolerance over the loss sign that China finally was able Olympic golds began to fade, ty. home with two bronzes this of one gold does not mean that to claim a place among world and voices of criticism grew The most telling example is year, the worst performance China's sports circle should not powers, a huge boost to natio- louder against the state-run Fu Yuanhui, a female swimmer ever in 32 years. care about the overall haul of nal pride. sports system credited with the who overnight became a social It is also the first time that golds and medals." AP

Chinese ships, planes hold war games in Sea of Japan

Christopher Bodeen, Beijing intended as a response to, prospective test-generation long-range H-6K stra- foes or why the Sea of Japan was chosen tegic bomber equipped with the DH- HINESE planes and ships held war as the location of the drills. However, 20 land-attack cruise missile, giving it Cgames in the Sea of Japan last week, China has grown increasingly assertive the ability to hit targets as far away as VIA AP XINHUA the military said, during which Beijing over its claim to a chain of uninhabited Australia. Only Russia and the U.S. are displayed its latest-generation frigate at islands controlled by Japan, recently currently able to launch cruise missiles a time of bitter territorial disputes with dispatching more than a dozen coast from the air. Asian neighbors. guard vessels as Chinese fishing vessels Along with its island dispute with Ja- The Defense Ministry said in a state- swarmed the surrounding waters. pan, China is involved in an intense ment on its website this weekend that The ministry said the main ships in- rivalry with the U.S. over military do- the long-range exercises staged Friday volved in the exercise were the Jing- minance in the region. Tensions in the pitted a red army against a blue one in zhou, a latest-generation type 054A South China Sea have also risen after a simulated bomber attack on a naval class stealth frigate of which China is China refused to accept an internatio- task force. planning to deploy more than two do- nal arbitration panel's ruling invalida- It quoted the commander of an uni- zen, and the type 052C destroyer Xi'an. ting its claim to virtually the entire stra- dentified flight wing under the East The ministry said aircraft were gui- tegic water body. Sea Fleet, Zhang Wenzhong, as saying ded to their targets with the aid of early China plans joint naval exercises with the planes found, identified and struck warning planes. Russia in the South China Sea next their targets in a "radically short time." Other types of aircraft involved we- month, a move criticized by the head of A Chinese missile frigate launches an air-defense The statement made no mention of ren't identified, although China has the U.S. Pacific fleet as increasing insta- missile in the waters near south China’s Hainan what sort of conflict the exercise was been touting the capabilities of its la- bility in the region. AP Island and Paracel Islands 22.08.2016 mon

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houses and beating residents to INDIA intimidate protesters. More than 2,000 people have been arrested for participating in protests and clashes in re- World’s largest Muslim bloc cent weeks, state government officials said. Earlier in the week, Indian concerned by Kashmir violence army soldiers beat a young college teacher to death and injured dozens of other people in a raid in the southern Khrew Munir Ahmed, Islamabad area. The army later said that it AP PHOTO HE world’s largest bloc of TMuslim countries expres- More than sed concern over alleged hu- man rights violations in Indian- 68,000 people controlled Kashmir, which has seen weeks of deadly clashes have been between Muslim protesters and killed since police. Iyad Madani, secretary-gene- rebel groups ral of the 57-member Organi- sation of Islamic Cooperation, began fighting said at a news conference in Indian forces the Pakistani capital of Isla- mabad that the situation in in 1989 and in Kashmir was deteriorating and urged the international com- the subsequent munity to act. “The situation is getting wor- Indian military se rather than better and this crackdown cannot continue,” Madani said after meeting with Sartaj Aziz, the foreign affairs adviser to regretted the incident. Pakistan’s prime minister. Indian paramilitary soldier walk back towards their base camp after a day long curfew in Srinagar A security lockdown and pro- Kashmir, a predominantly test strikes have shut the In- Muslim region, is divided be- Standing next to him at the training rebels, a charge Isla- area, police and locals said. dian portion of Kashmir since tween India and Pakistan but news conference, Aziz accused mabad denies. A police officer who spoke on the killing of a popular rebel claimed in its entirety by both. Indian forces of using lethal Meanwhile, a Kashmiri cou- condition of anonymity in kee- commander on July 8 sparked Most Kashmiris want an end to force against Kashmiris protes- ple in their late 70s was injured ping with department policy some of Kashmir’s largest pro- Indian rule and favor indepen- ting peacefully over extrajudi- in firing by Indian forces who said the raiding party “acci- tests against Indian rule in re- dence or a merger with Pakis- cial killings. He said a peaceful have intensified nocturnal raids dently fired” at the couple and cent years. tan, which has long called for a solution to the dispute over the to arrest protesters in the re- “regretted” the incident. A strict curfew and a series of referendum on the region’s fu- region “is an imperative for re- gion, police said Saturday. In signs of an intensified cra- communication blackouts have ture. Hindu-majority India has gional peace and stability.” The husband and wife were ckdown against protesters in failed to stop the protests, as re- refused to hold such a vote. More than 68,000 people have injured Friday night by pelle- Indian-held Kashmir since last sidents have struggled to cope “We should not be afraid of been killed since rebel groups ts from a shotgun fired as they week, local residents have in- with shortages of food, medici- referendum,” Madani said, ad- began fighting Indian forces in tried to resist a police party creasingly accused counterin- ne and other necessities. ding that it was up to the Kash- 1989 and in the subsequent In- looking for one of their sons surgency police and army sol- At least 63 civilians have been miri people to decide their fu- dian military crackdown. India for allegedly leading anti-India diers of systematically raiding killed and thousands injured in ture. accuses Pakistan of arming and protests in the southern Tral neighborhoods, ransacking protest-related violence. AP

PHILIPPINES Regular troops, rebels hold fire ahead of peace talks

HILIPPINE Presi- rebels will match his move he said survive through ex- dent Rodrigo Duterte with the same sincerity. tortion, Duterte pursued

P AP PHOTO has reimposed an indefi- After being sworn into peace negotiations to stop nite cease-fire after com- office on June 30, Du- the decades-long blood- munist guerrillas declared terte has reached out to shed. their own truce as both the Maoist guerrillas by Under Duterte’s prede- sides set the stage for a talking to rebel leaders, cessor, Benigno Aquino resumption of talks aimed designating left-wing ac- III, peace talks stalled over at ending one of Asia’s lon- tivists to two key Cabinet the government’s refusal gest-running rebellions. posts and agreeing to free to heed a rebel demand for Government peace talks captured rebel leaders. The the release of some cap- adviser Jesus Dureza said growing rapport, however, tured guerrillas. Duterte, that the unilateral cease- was short-lived. however, has shown more fire reimposed by Duterte Duterte declared a cea- flexibility by agreeing to took effect yesterday si- se-fire on July 25, but wi- the release of 22 rebels, multaneous with the start thdrew it five days later who would serve as con- Communist New People Army militants march in unison in front of local residents and supporters during of the rebels’ weeklong the celebration of the 42nd anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines after the guerrillas killed a sultants in the talks. cease-fire. government militiaman in As he gave concessions The gestures usher in 150,000 combatants and ce in the land and also in national Airport before he a clash and failed to imme- to the Maoist guerrillas, four days of talks in the civilians dead and under- order to provide an ena- and the government’s ne- diately declare their own Duterte started to visit Norwegian capital of Oslo mined the Philippines’ bling environment for the gotiating team flew to Oslo truce by a deadline set by military camps across the starting today that will fo- economic development. success of the peace nego- for the talks. the tough-talking presi- country to explain his pea- cus on resolving the root “The duration of the cea- tiations,” Dureza said at a The military said it ba- dent. ce overtures to army for- problems of an insurgen- se-fire will last for as long news conference at Mani- cks Duterte’s move and While he became more ces at the forefront of the cy that has left more than as necessary to bring pea- la’s Ninoy Aquino Inter- expressed hopes that the critical of the rebels, whom counterinsurgency war. AP mon 22.08.2016

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HE Philippines' brash-talking presi- dent threatened yes- terday to withdraw Duterte threatens to withdraw This country from the United Nations and lashed out at U.S. police killings of black men in his latest outburst against cri- Philippines from UN, hits US tics of his anti-drug campaign, which has left hundreds of suspects dead. gh crime-busting style while "Anybody in that stupid body President Rodrigo Duterte serving as the southern city's complaining about the stench pointed to the haunting ima- AP PHOTO longtime mayor. there of death?" ge of a bloodied child being Duterte also belittled U.N. When asked about the pos- pulled from the rubble of a work in the Philippines wi- sible repercussions of his re- missile-struck building in the thout providing facts, raising marks, Duterte replied: "I Syrian city of Aleppo to note questions, for example, about don't give a shit about them. the inability of the U.S. and the performance of the world They are the ones interfering." the U.N. to stop such deadly body's agency that fights hun- Duterte wondered whether conflicts, complaining that he ger. U.N. officials were threate- comes under fire for the killin- If the Philippines breaks off ning to put him in prison and gs of criminals. from the U.N. — which Du- repeated that he was ready to The U.S. State Department terte called "inutile" and "stu- sacrifice his life and presiden- and two U.N. human rights pid" — he said he would invite cy for his country. experts have urged Duter- other countries like China and Reacting to U.S. criticisms, te and Filipino authorities to African nations to form a new Duterte cited the string of stop extrajudicial killings in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte international body. The U.N., shootings involving police and the fight against illegal drugs he said, should return Mani- black men that have sparked and ensure law enforcement could be held liable, saying demic provoked an angry ou- la's financial contributions. protests in the U.S. compliance with international in a recent statement that tburst from Duterte, who held "Look at the iconic boy that Duterte's drug crackdown human rights obligations. Phi- "claims to fight illicit drug tra- a news conference after mid- was taken out from the rub- has left more than 500 sus- lippine police say more than de do not absolve the gover- night Saturday that dragged ble and he was made to sit in pected dealers dead and more 500 drug suspects have been nment from its international on for more than two hours. the ambulance and we saw it," than 4,400 arrested since he killed in gunbattles with poli- legal obligations and do not "Maybe we'll just have to Duterte said, referring to the took office on June 30. Nearly ce since Duterte was sworn in shield state actors or others decide to separate from the photo of a 5-year-old Syrian 600,000 people have surren- eight weeks ago. from responsibility for illegal United Nations. If you're that boy, Omran Daqneesh, that dered to authorities, hoping to Agnes Callamard, the new killings." rude, son of a bitch, we'll just has gone viral online. avoid getting killed. The arres- U.N. Special Rapporteur on Criticisms against Duterte's leave you," Duterte told repor- "Why is it that United States ts have further overwhelmed summary executions, sugges- crusade against a problem ters in Davao, where he first is not doing anything? I do the Philippines' overcrowded ted that Philippine officials that he says has become a pan- built a reputation for his tou- not read you," Duterte said. jails. AP

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IRAQ Authorities execute AP PHOTO 36 men convicted in Islamic State massacre

Qassim Abdul-Zahra after forcing them to lie face- present at the scene of the cri- down in a shallow ditch. me," Ahmed al-Karim told The RAQ yesterday executed 36 The Speicher massacre Associated Press. "We support Imen convicted of taking part sparked outrage across Iraq the death penalty for those who in the Islamic State group's and partially fueled the mobi- committed crimes," but "the use massacre of hundreds of sol- lization of Shiite militias in the of violence and torture [in Iraqi diers in 2014, officials said. fight against IS, a Sunni extre- prisons] should be investigated." The men were hanged at the mist group. The militias now ri- Prime Minister Haider al-­ Nasiriyah prison in southern val the power of Iraq's conven- Abadi has attempted to fast- Iraq, according to provincial tional armed forces. track the implementation of Gov. Yahya al-Nasiri. A Justi- Iraqi forces arrested dozens death sentences following a se- ce Ministry official, who spoke of men allegedly linked to the ries of large-scale bombings in on condition of anonymity be- massacre after retaking Tikrit and around Baghdad in recent cause he was not authorized to in 2015 with the help of U.S.- months. brief reporters, confirmed the led airstrikes. The men execu- The United Nations criticized executions. ted yesterday were sentenced to that policy earlier this month, IS captured an estimated death by an Iraqi court earlier saying that "given the weakness 1,700 soldiers after seizing Sa- this year. of the Iraqi justice system," the ddam Hussein's hometown The head of the provincial rushed sentences risk causing of Tikrit in 2014. The soldiers council in Salahuddin provin- "greater injustice." were trying to flee from nearby ce, of which Tikrit is the capital, Iraq ranks among the top five Camp Speicher, a former U.S. criticized the judicial process, countries in the world in the base just outside the northern saying some of the men execu- use of capital punishment, ac- city. Shortly after taking Tikrit, ted had been tortured to extract cording to figures compiled by In this Wednesday, June 8, 2016 photo, Sgt. Ahmed Abdelaziz, 29, of Iraq's elite IS posted graphic images of confessions. the rights group Amnesty Inter- counterterrorism forces shows an Islamic State video of his brother's death by the gunmen shooting the men dead Some of them "were not even national. AP Islamic State group at a battle position on the southern edge of Fallujah

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Cinar Kiper, Istanbul TERRORISM N Islamic State group suicide bom- ber as young as 12 years old attacked Young suicide bomber attacks anA outdoor Kurdish wed- ding party in southeastern Turkey, killing at least 51 peo- ple and wounding dozens of Turkey wedding party; 51 dead others, the Turkish president said yesterday. The bombing late Saturday in Gaziantep, near Turkey’s Erdogan, border with Syria, was the AP PHOTO deadliest attack in Turkey speaking live this year. President Recep Tayyip Er- on national dogan, speaking live on na- TV in front of tional television in front of Istanbul’s city hall, said the Istanbul’s city attacker was aged between 12 and 14. He said 69 peo- hall, said the ple were wounded, with 17 of them in critical condition. attacker was “It was clear that Daesh had aged between such an organization in Ga- ziantep or was attempting to 12 and 14 make room for itself in recent times,” Erdogan said, using an alternative acronym for IS. wedding party into a place of “Many intensive operations mourning” and he vowed to were conducted, are being prevail over the “devilish” at- conducted. Of course our se- tacks. curity forces will be conduc- Opposition parties have also ting these operations with denounced the attack. The even greater intensity.” main opposition Republican A bus driver who shuttled People’s Party will be hol- some of the guests from Siirt ding an emergency meeting to Gaziantep said that he cou- in the late afternoon and a ldn’t believe the party was delegation was being sent to targeted. Gaziantep by the Nationalist “This was a wedding party. Movement Party. Supporters Just a regular wedding par- People carry dead bodies into ambulances after an explosion in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey of the pro-Kurdish People’s ty,” Hamdullah Ceyhan told Democracy Party will be hol- the state-run Anadolu Agen- — or were blamed on IS. In was “absolutely no differen- the PKK and the government ding a protest against the at- cy. “This attack was deplora- June, suspected IS militants ce” between IS, Kurdish re- collapsed last year, leading to tack in Istanbul. ble. How did they do such a attacked Istanbul’s main air- bels and Gulen’s movement, a resumption of the three-de- Foreign governments, inclu- thing?” port with guns and bombs, calling them terrorist groups. cade-long conflict. ding the U.S., Sweden, Gree- The bride and groom weren’t killing 44 people. A dual sui- “These bloodthirsty orga- In Gaziantep, Deputy Prime ce, France, Bahrain, Qatar in life-threatening condition cide bombing blamed on IS at nizations and the powers Minister Mehmet Simsek and and Jordan, have condemned and were undergoing treat- a peace rally in Turkey’s capi- behind them have neither the the country’s health minister the attack. ment, Anadolu reported. The tal, Ankara, in October killed will nor power to silence the visited the wounded and ins- Police sealed off the site of groom’s sister and uncle were 103 victims. calls to prayer, lower the flag, pected the site of the attack. the explosion and forensic among the dead, the agency The attack comes as the divide our motherland and “This is a massacre of unpre- teams moved in. reported. country is still reeling from break up our nation,” he ad- cedented cruelty and barba- Hundreds of residents had Turkey has been rocked by last month’s failed coup at- ded. rism,” he told reporters. “We gathered near the site chan- a wave of attacks in the past tempt, which the government Earlier this week, a string [...] are united against all ter- ting “Allah is great” as well as year that have either been has blamed on U.S.-based of bombings blamed on the ror organizations. They will slogans denouncing attacks. claimed by Kurdish mili- Muslim cleric Fethullah Gu- PKK that targeted police and not yield.” Turkish authorities issued a tants linked to the outlawed len and his followers. Gulen soldiers killed at least a dozen Prime Minister Binali Yil- media blackout on coverage Kurdistan Workers’ Party — denies any involvement. people. A fragile, 2 ½ year- dirim condemned the bom- of the attack until the investi- known by its acronym PKK Earlier, Erdogan said there long peace process between bing, which he said turned “a gation is completed. AP

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13:00 TDM News (Repeated) x arehouse hildren s rtland O W C ’ A 2016 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast – Jolly Joint Exhibition II 14:45 RTPi Live Time: 12pm-7pm (closed on Tuesdays, opened on public holidays) 19:00 Merciless (Repeated) Until: September 18, 2016 19:50 Soap Opera Venue: Ox Warehouse, intersection of Av. Coronel 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Mesquita and Av. do Almirante Lacerda 21:00 Miscellaneous nquiries E : (853) 2853 0026 21:30 Miscellaneous Admission: free 21:45 Portuguese Music Silver Anniversary Animation 22:10 Merciless Time: 12pm-8pm (Mondays to Thursdays) 23:00 TDM News 11am-9pm (Fridays to Sundays) 23:30 Documentary Series Until: September 11, 2016 00:15 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Admission: MOP120 (No admission one hour before closing) IOC President Avery Brundage Ticketing: (853) 2855 5555 Venue: Macau Convention Centre, Estrada da Ponta da Cabrita Golden Crown China Hotel cinema 1972 Rhodesia out of (Opposite Macau International Airport, Taipa) cineteatro Olympics 18 Aug - 24 Aug Rhodesia has been thrown out of the Olympic Games Former Home of Revolutionary Leader with just four days to go before the opening ceremony in Ye Ting Munich, Germany. Time: 10am-6pm daily The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted by 36 (Except Wednesdays, open on public holidays) to 31 with three abstentions to recommend Rhodesia’s expulsion in the face of mounting international pressure. enue V : 76, Rua Almirante Costa Cabral Two days ago the National Olympic Committees of Afri- Admission: Free ca threatened to pull out of the games unless Rhodesia Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 was barred from competing. The African nations were demanding Rhodesia’s expul- Macau Grand Prix Museum & Wine Museum sion on the grounds the country was an illegal regime and members of its team were not therefore British subjects. ime T : 10am-8pm daily (Except Tuesdays) Seven years ago Ian Smith declared Rhodesia’s inde- Venue: Rua Luis Gonzaga Gomes, 431, basement pendence from Britain and then in March 1970 he annou- (Tourism Activities Centre-CAT) nced the country was a republic - breaking its last link with Admission: Free the crown and ending any hopes of black majority rule. Enquiries: (853) 8798 4108 / 2833 3000 The IOC issued Rhodesia’s invitation to the West Ger- man games on certain conditions, which included appea- BEN-HUR_ ring under their old colonial flag. Macau Science Centre room 1 In a bid to appease the IOC, the Rhodesian team did Time: 10am-6pm daily (2D) 2.30, 7.15 pm arrive in West Germany with the Southern Rhodesian flag (3D) 9.30 pm - made up of a Union Jack and a coat of arms on a blue (Except Thursdays, open on public holidays) Director: Timur Bekmambetov Venue: Macau Science Centre, background - and stood to attention when the national Starring: Morgan Freeman, Rodrigo Santoro, Jack anthem, God Save the Queen, was played. Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Huston But comments by the Rhodesian team manager, Os- Admission: Exhibition Centre MOP25; Language: English (Cantonese) sie Plaskitt, when the team arrived in Munich did little to Duration: 124min Planetarium MOP60-80 smooth over the disagreement. Enquiries: (853) 2888 0822 DOREAMON:BIRTH OF JAPAN_ He was quoted as saying : “We are ready to participate room 1 under any flag, be it the flag of the boy scouts orthe Moscow flag. But everyone knows very well that we are ak eng n awnshop 4.450 pm T S O P Rhodesians and will always remain Rhodesians.” ime Director: Shinnosuke Yakuwa T : 10:30am-7pm Duration: 97min The decision is a blow for the retiring IOC president, (closed on the first Monday of every month) Avery Brundage, who had argued for Rhodesia’s inclusion Venue: No. 396 Avenida Almeida Ribeiro LINE WALKER - THE MOVIE in the games. Admission: free room 2 He told reporters he was “shocked and surprised” by 2.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm the decision. He continued: “The political pressures in nquiries E : (853) 2835 7911 Director: Jazz Boon sport are becoming intolerable.” Starring: Nick Cheung, Louis Koo, Francis Ng Many of the Rhodesian athletes were in tears when they Walk and See—Youth Artist Art Exhibition Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/ English) heard the news. Time: 11am-10pm Duration: 97min The 44-strong team of black and white Rhodesians will, Until: September 20, 2016 however, be allowed to stay in Munich to watch the ga- CHIBI MARUKO CHAN- A BOY FROM ITALY_ mes. enue V : Lakeside Gallery - S1 room in Anim’ Arte, room 2 In the Rhodesian capital, Salisbury, sports officials said Nam Van Lakeside Plaza, Avenida Panorâmica do 4.30 pm the decision was a disgrace. A spokesman for the prime Director: Jun Takagi minister said there was “no doubt that the Olympics are Lago Nam Van Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/ English) in the hands of the politicians”. Admission: Free Duration: 120min Courtesy BBC News ROBINSON CRUSOE room 3 2.30, 7.30 pm Director: Vincent Kesteloot, Ben Stassen Offbeat Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/ English) In context Duration: 90min Rhodesia last took part in the Olympics at Tokyo in 1964, Ohio woman who missed bus is before its unilateral declaration of independence. It did not BFG_ go to the Mexico games because the Mexican government put charged with stealing ambulance room 3 a harder interpretation on the United Nations resolution con- 4.30, 9.30 pm cerning passports than West Germany. Police say a woman who missed the last bus for the night Director: Syeven Spielberg In the end, Rhodesia was excluded from Munich on a techni- is accused of stealing an ambulance to get home from a Starring: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton cality. The athletes could not prove they had travelled on the hospital in Ohio. Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/ English) correct documents after they had superficially, at least, com- Court documents filed in Hamilton Municipal Court in Duration: 117min plied with all the others terms imposed by the IOC. Cincinnati say 43-year-old Lisa Carr is accused of getting Rhodesia was allowed back into the games in 1980 by which into an ambulance that a driver had left running last week time it was known as Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe’s rule. and driving to her home in suburban Cincinnati. The driver macau tower The games were overshadowed by a terrorist attack on the Israeli team, which left 11 athletes, five terrorists and one po- apparently had left the ambulance to go inside the hospital 18 Aug - 31 Aug liceman dead. The Israeli team returned home but the games with a patient. continued. Police say the Springfield Township woman was arrested HEARTFALL ARISES_ American swimmer Mark Spitz made most of the sporting after a short pursuit. They say she told them she took the 2.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm headlines - taking four gold medals for individual events as ambulance because she had missed her bus home. Director: Ng Ban Yu well as three golds for relays. Carr is charged with theft, failure to comply with a police Starring: Sixuan Chen, Babyjohn Choi, Mavis Fan The diminutive Soviet gymnast Olga Korbutt became an over- order and driving under suspension. Court records don’t Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/ English) night sensation - taking three golds and a silver. show an attorney for her. Duration: 106min mon 22.08.2016 th Anniversary

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Mar. 21-Apr. 19 April 20-May 20 If you want to achieve your goals, Making the transition from your you have to make some sacrifices. private to you social life is a rough Working overtime is a small adjustment for you. Everyone is sacrifice, in the grand scheme of rubbing you the wrong way or your career. Think of your future and striking you as just plain weird. Don’t stay late to work. worry, it will all feel better soon.

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May 21-Jun. 21 Jun. 22-Jul. 22 Everything is mutable, even you. It’s You respond to problems in amazing how a change of scenery intellectual ways all day, so it’s hard can give you a whole new point to turn off your head and respond of view. One day out of the office with your emotions. But that’s just and it all looks different over your what your life calls for, today. Go shoulder. Keep looking. ahead, get soppy. SUDOKU WEATHER Leo Virgo MIN MAX CONDITION Jul. 23-Aug. 22 Aug. 23-Sept. 22 CHINA Ego clashes can ruin an otherwise Don’t forget where you are. What Easy Easy+ good day. Don’t make an may be perfectly acceptable at work investment in being right or being may not be ok on your own time. Beijing 23 31 cloudy in charge. Save that for another Take being critical, for instance. The Harbin cloudy/clear time. least you can do is pad criticism in 17 27 something that sounds constructive. Tianjin 25 33 clear Urumqi 26 cloudy Libra Scorpio 19 Xi’an 26 35 cloudy/clear Sep.23-Oct. 22 Oct. 23 - Nov. 21 Lhasa 12 23 cloudy Have you forgotten how to have a It’s time to put out some fires at Chengdu 25 36 cloudy/moderate rain good personal day? Here’s a hint: home. Harmony there has been out It includes fun, not work. Make of whack for the entire week and it’s Chongqing 29 38 clear a list if you must, but be sure to affected everything, including work. Kunming 18 26 shower have a good time. Put on your gloves and prepare to deal with some outbursts. Nanjing 27 34 overcast/cloudy Shanghai 28 35 cloudy Sagittarius Capricorn Wuhan 25 34 cloudy Medium Hard Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Hangzhou 27 36 cloudy You relate well to new colleagues, Your vision of the future doesn’t Taipei 27 32 drizzle/cloudy and there’s no reason you can’t involve your office job. Weekends Guangzhou cloudy/clear do the same with total strangers. can cloud your mind that way. 26 34 Besides an open mind, the only thing But if you want to make it more Hong Kong 26 32 shower real connection takes is for you to than a fantasy, come up with a walk out the door. blueprint.

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HE path to the Olympic po- Tdium for British athletes be- gins with the selection of six num- bers. Every time a Briton fills in Selecting six numbers turned a lottery slip and hands over two pounds (USD2.60), the country moves closer to another Olym- Britain into Olympic superpower pic medal. And medals of every hue are now in the possession of athletes sporting the union jack divided by the referendum vote ability never found a competitive flag. to leave the European Union in outlet. Those who make it into It wasn’t always like this. The AP PHOTO June. Team GB then benefit from the Olympics used to be just like the It was a British prime minister expertise of the leading coaches World Cup for Britain’s football whose reign was defined at the and world-class facilities. Before teams: Stories of near-misses, time by divisions over Europe who the lottery, many representing plucky losers and embarrass- created the lottery that spurred Britain had to scrape a living to ment. the sporting success. John Ma- fund their sporting dreams. But funding from the National jor’s “greatest achievement was The cash isn’t dispersed frivo- Lottery has fueled the transfor- to change the face of sport” in the lously. Sports that don’t meet pre- mation of British sports from the country, IAAF President Sebastian games medal targets can have nadir of the 1996 Olympics. Bri- Coe, the double-Olympic middle- their funding cut. tain left Atlanta with a single gold distance champion, has said. In There is criticism of a system among 15 medals, stranded in the last year, 20 percent of lottery that churns out cash to produce 36th place in the standings. Team Jason Kenny of Britain celebrates after winning gold in the men’s cycling sprint final funds were injected into sports. results at the elite level, rather GB, as it’s now known, ranked at the Rio Olympic Velodrome on August 14, during the 2016 Summer Olympics “The whole idea of the lottery than targeting more handouts at second in the medals table as the was to create the opportunities grassroots facilities to boost gras- Rio de Janeiro Games entered “This is not happening by chan- agency that allocates cash from for Cinderella sports [where com- sroots participation. their final day. ce,” Simon Timson, performance the state and the lottery to Olym- petitors achieve more than expec- “A relatively small number of It’s been the best games for director at UK Sport, said. “This pic and Paralympic sport. The ted] to be properly funded and sports feature regularly on prime Britain since 1908, with China is success by design. It’s the result lottery was launched in 1994, two I think by and large it has done time TV, so for many the Olympic squeezed out of second place and of 18 years of consistent, coherent years before the debacle of Atlan- well,” said David Mellor, who was Games is the moment that cata- only the United States ahead. and targeted National Lottery in- ta left British athletes scurrying sports minister in the Major ad- pults them onto the screens of Jack Laugher and Chris Mears vestment. back into Britain with no fanfare. ministration in the 1990s. the nation,” Sport England chief claimed Britain’s first-ever diving “The partnership we have with The discussion now is where For Mellor, Whitlock is the type executive Jennie Price said. “We gold and Max Whitlock became the British Olympic Association to hold the victory parade. Man- of person “who would have gone need to capitalize on that.” the country’s first Olympic gym- and the money we’ve invested chester in northern England is to his grave 30 years ago never Britain used to rule through the nastics champion. All 14 British into the Team GB’s final prepara- displacing London for the bus knowing he had that talent.” world through its empire. The for- cyclists who competed won me- tions is one of those elements of tour this year, a chance to display Investing in talent searches, faci- mer imperial power is showing dals. The swimmers enjoyed their success by design.” the gold, silver and bronze medals lities and coaching allows Britain itself to be a force again interna- best games in more than 30 years. UK Sport is the government that have briefly reunited a nation to unearth those whose sporting tionally — at the Olympics. MDT/AP

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AP PHOTO Wayde Van Niekerk to Olympic gold and a world record in the men’s 400 sprint. Her style is simple. When the smile goes away and the voice gets stern, it’s time to get se- rious. Sort of like most great- grandmothers. “She’s an amazing woman,” Van Niekerk said. “Her work [...] I think it speaks for itself.”

BEST COUPLE Decathlon champion Ashton Eaton of the U.S. and his wife, heptathlon bronze medalist Brianne Thiesen-Eaton of Ca- nada, would be a very easy se- lection here. But what Kate Richardson- Walsh and Helen Richardson- Walsh did was even more rare. They’re married, and played for the same gold-medal winning British women’s field hockey team. In a games that had more openly gay athletes than ever before, theirs was a moment that surely resonated with many around the world who don’t know the first thing about field hockey. “To win an Olympic medal is special. To win an Olympic me- dal with your wife standing next to you [...] we will cherish this for the rest of our lives,” Kate Richardson-Walsh said. Jamaica’s Usain Bolt greets fans as he celebrates winning gold in the men’s 4x100-meter relay final, during the athletics competitions on Friday BIGGEST OFF-FIELD STAR OLYMPICS 2016 A tough category, especially after Leslie Jones of “Saturday Night Live” parlayed hilarious Twitter commentary into an in- The good, the bad and the vite to Rio. Matthew McConau- ghey hung out with everyone from the U.S. women’s rugby team to Phelps, and Gisele Bun- ugly of the Rio Games dchen’s catwalk in the opening ceremony was one not to forget. But the pick here is Zac Efron, ICHAEL Phelps overall. Ledecky and Biles each gament in the fall and obviously BREAKOUT STAR who flew to Rio just to surpri- won more medals won five medals; Biles will carry couldn’t finish. Hamblin wou- Narrowing the list of potential se the U.S. women’s gymnas- than anyone else, the U.S. flag into the closing ce- nd up finishing last of 17 in the candidates to four — Simone tics team — particularly Biles, again. And then he remony. And U.S. shooter Kim 5,000 final, so neither left with Manuel (four swimming me- who doesn’t hide her enormous Msaid farewell, also again. Usain Rhode has now won a medal in a medal. dals), Joseph Schooling (beat crush on the actor. Bolt kissed the finish line goo- six consecutive Olympics — and “That girl is the Olympic spi- Phelps for a gold in the pool), dbye after enhancing his Olym- she might not be done. rit right there,” Hamblin said of Monica Puig (whose tennis BEST BRAZILIAN pic legacy. Simone Biles and D’Agostino. “I’ve never met her gold was Puerto Rico’s first MOMENT Katie Ledecky delivered under BEST FINISH before. Like I never met this Olympic title in any sport) and Soccer gold — and in most the burden of enormous ex- Bolt kissing the finish line af- girl before. And isn’t that just Ibtihaj Muhammad (the barrier dramatic style, too. pectations. Two strangers went ter his ninth and final Olympic so amazing?” -breaking fencing medalist) — Brazil vs. Germany, men’s from rivals to forever-linked by gold — in nine final races — was AP asked its Twitter followers soccer, gold-medal matchup. a display of kindness, an enti- a perfect ending. He ran the BIGGEST to have a say in deciding this Neymar gives the hosts a 1-0 re island seemed to celebrate a anchor leg of the 4x100-me- EMBARRASSMENT one. lead, but the Germans tie it tennis match, and a gold meda- ter relay for Jamaica, won em- Another easy pick, even in a The response was overwhel- and ultimately it goes to penal- list scampered home to avoid phatically to become the third games where an Egyptian was ming, and one-sided: Puig is ty kicks to decide the Olympic legal issues after a robbery athlete ever with nine golds in sent home after failing to shake the breakout star of these ga- champion. story unraveled. And then the track and field, and insists that an Israeli judo opponent’s mes. Germany makes its first four. home team won soccer gold. this will be the end of his Olym- hand. Reduced to tears many times So does Brazil. The Rio de Janeiro Olympics pic career. Ryan Lochte is a 12-time after draping the Puerto Rican Then Germany is stopped on were not perfect. “Nothing left to prove,” Bolt Olympic medalist, and the flag across her body after the its fifth, and the stage is set for But there were moments — said. “I am the greatest.” odds that he’ll have a chance gold-medal match, Puig beat Neymar — who else? — to set off some great, some dreadful and to ever swim for a 13th are as two of the world’s best five a national celebration. His shot some downright ugly — that BEST ACT OF murky as some of the pools players to win the title. sails into the back of the net, will not, and should not, be for- SPORTSMANSHIP were in these Rio Games. Lo- Brazil wins and the roar could gotten. An easy pick. In the women’s chte’s story that a robber put BEST COACH be heard all over Rio as Neymar 5,000-meter heat, Abbey a gun to his head quickly un- Due respect to Mike Krzy- collapsed on the field in a qui- MEDAL LEADERS D’Agostino of the U.S. and raveled, his three teammates zewski, Geno Auriemma, Mar- vering mass of joyous tears. The U.S. dominated the me- New Zealand’s Nikki Hamblin who were companions that ni- tha Karolyi and the Japanese Forget all the problems these dal count, a rare romp in a non- — strangers before that day ght all were left to answer le- wrestling coach who found games had. Forget how many boycotted games. Phelps won — were involved in a tumble. gal questions after he scurried himself getting body-slammed Brazilians opposed them in six medals, five of them gold, D’Agostino helped Hamblin up, home, and more repercussions twice in celebration by women’s the first place. They got their to increase his career haul to 23 encouraging her to finish the from the U.S. Olympic Commi- gold medalist Risako Kawai, perfect finish to an imperfect Olympic titles and 28 medals race. D’Agostino tore a knee li- ttee are likely coming. this one goes to Ans Botha — Olympics. MDT/AP THE HK: Protest against candidate Station22.08.2016Air quality mon BUZZ poll ban hits the streets Roadside 40-60 Moderate Hundreds of people have taken to the of the chief executive, where police met streets in Hong Kong yesterday to march them. High against “political censorship” in the run-up Jimmy Sham, head of the Civil Human Ri- Density 50-70 to Legislative Council elections. ghts Front which organized the march, said Residental Six candidates have been barred from to reporters the key issues protesters were Moderate running in the September poll for failing to highlighting were judicial independence. Area opinion prove they are no longer in favor of Hong A court, he said, should decide who is not Kong’s independence. Three of the rejected allowed to run in the election, not the elec- Ambient 40-60 candidates joined the march to the offices toral affairs office. Moderate Rear Window DSMG SOURCE: Severo Portela MMA AT THE COTAI ARENA WORLD BRIEFS Soft targets Democrats gathered under the current ONE Championship AP PHOTO leadership of the New Macau Association (better known by its Portuguese acronym ANM) really do look like they have digested attracts 8,000 fans CHINA-JAPAN Chinese the lessons learned from the civic referen- planes and ships held war dum defeat and from other (relative) failu- games in the Sea of Japan res in their ongoing fight on core political Jimmy Yabo, while the last week, the military issues, and not so core or political ones. MMA fighter from Jiangxi said yesterday. During the The democrats have had to live in a hostile Province Ma Haobin de- exercise Beijing displayed political environment of a general reticence feated Cambodia’s Chan its latest-generation frigate to debate anything that may threaten the Rothana by unanimous de- at a time of bitter territorial disputes with Asian system… even though it may be the untou- cision in a bantamweight neighbors. More on p11 chable Basic Law or even something trivial, fight. not to say stupid. Speaking to Shanghai Coming of age in an arrogant sort of au- Daily, Ma Jiawen, 19, is thoritarian political climate and having to AP PHOTO optimistic about his career face an intransigent system by the day, and looked forward to his Scott Chiang, Jason Chao and others deci- ded to shelve their hard political agenda to upcoming successes. concentrate their fire on soft targets. That it “I like challenging my is why it looks like the New Macau Associa- opponent’s forte and prac- INDONESIA Ten people tion is on the hunt for Secretary for Social IXED martial arts Adriano “Mikinho” Moraes tice fist fighting instead of died and five were Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam. M(MMA) promoters defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Tilek depending too much on missing after a small Secretary Tam, long a Chui Sai On right- ONE Championship attrac- Batyrov by submission for my wrestling skills. Chi- wooden boat capsized in rough seas and sank hand-man, has been credited to be the ted some 8,000 fans to The the interim ONE Flyweight nese fighters started MMA comparatively late. Regular yesterday off Indonesia’s Chief Executive’s go-to-man for defusing Venetian Macao’s Cotai World Championship title. Bintan island, south of crises, regardless of profile, no matter from Arena earlier this month, Shanghai Daily reported and scientific trainings are Singapore, Indonesian where they may originate… whoever is in- making it one of the biggest that the clash that won the what we lack,” he said. officials said. Search volved or framed. But in doing so, Alexis MMA events the region has loudest cheers was proba- “When people talk about and rescue personnel, has been presenting himself as an easy hosted. bly Filipino veteran Hono- China’s MMA fighters, I maritime police and the target: if you target him you hit Chui Sai On. Commenting on the suc- rio “The Rock” Banario’s want them to mention my navy were searching for Tam’s handling of the Estoril Hotel brief cess, ONE director of pu- name immediately; that’s survivors of the sinking. thorough decision victory Two people were rescued. - Scott Chiang takes it as the “farce of the blic relations Loren Mack over Hong Kong’s Eddie my goal,” said Ma, who whole renovation project” - has been an Two children were among said, “Macau wants world “The Magician” Ng in a li- only became a professional the 10 people who died. entertaining production, to say the least. class entertainment, so this ghtweight bout. MMA fighter about a year Everybody looked so absorbed and amu- is going to be the first of Undefeated female ago. NORTH KOREA said sed playing the crowd-pleasing sound-byte many times we will be co- atomweight Istela Nunes of China was foreign terri- that a senior diplomat game that they did not notice the PR di- ming here.” tory to MMA until just a who recently defected to saster on the horizon. We have to bear in Brazil impressed in a suc- couple of years ago, despi- South Korea is a criminal mind that Scott Chiang was arrested by the Team Lakay’s strawwei- cessful ONE Championship and “human scum,” in its te its martial arts’ culture police following the hoisting of a black ban- ght prospect Joshua Pa- debut with a victory over first official response to ner that called Secretary Tam the “heritage cio opened up the “ONE former world title challen- and heritage. ONE Cham- the defection. The official killer”. He was released after a night in de- Championship – Heroes ger Mei Yamaguchi. The pionship has held five Korean Central News tention without being charged… and that´s Of The World” event, with fight was close for three events in China in the past Agency also accused Seoul of using the defection of all he could say. Not very reassuring when an impressive display of whole rounds after which two years. The media outlet Thae Yong Ho, formerly a winds blowing from the Pearl River Delta grappling skill when he de- Nunes earned a split deci- stated that it is aiming for ten events there next year. minister at the N. Korean tell of civil disobedience kept, and kept un- feated Thai fighter Kritsada sion. Embassy in London, der investigation. Kongsrichai in the first rou- In a featherweight bout, At the championship, for propaganda aimed At the same time, the case of the Hong nd with a rear naked choke. Tianjin fighter Ma Jiawen two fighters from China’s at insulting the North Kong film crew who shot the inside of the Also in the competition, performed a knockout vic- mainland claimed four vic- Korean leadership. It also Estoril unauthorized was good as done. Brazil’s former champion tory over the Philippines’ tories. LV denounced the British gov’t Perhaps Scott Chiang has been taken as for ignoring international the author of a felony and the Hong Kong protocol. crew guilty of cultural activism?! The dis- World champion tinction Hannah Arendt made between an RUGBY New Zealand humiliated open violation of the law performed in pu- THE Australia 42-8 to open the blic, and a clandestine one is “so glaringly Renato Marques Rugby Championship this obvious that it can be neglected only by DECISIVE MOMENT weekend and extend the All prejudice or ill will”. Blacks’ recent dominance The president of the New Macau Asso- over its Bledisloe Cup ciation was not shy to label Secretary Tam rival. New Zealand scored as an “ignorant and arrogant official” and six tries as it dismantled voiced the obvious conclusion of his argu- the Wallabies, which lost ment: he is not suitable to be in charge of centers Matt Giteau, Rob Horne and Matt Toomua preserving Macau Heritage. through injury — all inside While Chiang was not shy to highlight the first half. Tam’s inadequacy to the job, he was timid, indeed, one has to read strategically wise, to add that Alexis Tam has to go! Chui Sai On came slightly in help of his Secretary AP PHOTO but rather tepidly. Finally, just to gather one more example of the New Macau Association soft target antics, take the example of the announced launch of an alternate unofficial naming KENYA’s Eliud Kipchoge competition for the Panda cubs. The De- won the gold medal in the mocrats say the government-sponsored Olympic men’s marathon competition is “non-transparent” in its deci- yesterday on a rainy day sion making process. Whether this is frivo- in Rio. The 31-year-old lous material or not, the Democrats believe dominated the closing that without fairness there is no reason to A very long break. LRT construction worker takes a deserved break. It’s OK to drink beer as long as you’re stages of the race to finish reduce the animosity. not operating heavy machinery. in 2 hours, 8 minutes and 44 seconds.