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Radical protesters in Hong Kong “There is no place in the world who attacked police officers with gas­ that would tolerate such atrocious, oline bombs on Sunday were strong­ violent acts. Hong Kong will slide ly condemned on Monday, with into the abyss if such acts of terror China’s top authority on the city’s are allowed,” the office said in a affairs warning that the violence is statement. moving toward “terrorism”. Hong Kong police have exercised Over the weekend, illegal protests restraint and professionalism took place in a “flash mob” style in while handling the violent and ille­ various districts, causing severe gal protests that began in mid­ damage to public property and dis­ June, the statement said. ruptions of many public services. On Yang said Hong Kong has Sunday night, a police officer was hit reached a “critical juncture”, call­ by a gasoline bomb thrown by a radi­ ing all those who care about Hong cal protester in Tsim Sha Tsui and Kong’s future to step up firmly to Illegal firearms confiscated across the country since last year are displayed before being destroyed on Monday in Wuhan, Hubei suffered burns to his legs, according stop the violence and restore province. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY to the Hong Kong Police Force. order. “We express our strong indigna­ On Monday afternoon, a protest tion and condemnation of this sinis­ at Hong Kong International Air­ ter, reckless and serious crime,” Yang port, which Hong Kong police said Illegal firearms destroyed in crackdown Guang, a spokesman for the Hong involved more than 5,000 partici­ Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the pants, forced the airport authority State Council, told a media briefing to cancel all flights in and out of the By LIU KUN in Wuhan crimes and eliminate major hidden January to November last year, the firearms and ammunition. They on Monday afternoon in Beijing. special administrative region. and ZHANG YAN in Beijing dangers to create a safe social envi­ number of such cases fell by around processed 1,100 tips that involved He said Hong Kong’s radical pro­ The Airport Authority Hong ronment,” he said. 28 percent, the ministry said. 20 provinces and cities, Qian said. testers who repeatedly attacked Kong said it had set up an emergen­ Police in 154 cities across the In recent years, although such Since January, police across the “China is one of the countries police officers in the past few days cy management center in the air­ country have destroyed a total of crimes have declined significantly country dealt with 16,000 gun­ and with the lowest number of gun have committed serious violent port and was keeping close contact 107,000 illegal firearms, explosives due to police efforts, some cases explosives­related cases, uncovered crimes and one of the safest coun­ crimes and have begun to show with airlines to try to resume oper­ and detonators that were confiscat­ have occurred sporadically around 163 organized crime operations and tries in the world. We will keep on “signs of terrorism”. ations as soon as possible. ed since last year, the Ministry of the country posing serious threats detained 17,000 suspects. Between striking out against guns and explo­ To date, a total of 12 police officers A spokesman for the Hong Kong Public Security said on Monday. to public safety and security, said January and July, such crimes sives to enhance people’s sense of have been injured by laser beams government said early Monday On Monday morning, police in ministry spokeswoman Guo Lin. decreased by 20 percent compared safety and security,” Sun said. pointed at them by radicals using that due to the persistent and large­ Wuhan, Hubei province, destroyed In order to tackle the issue, the with a year earlier, the ministry said. He said police will work closely laser pens, according to the Hong scale illegal and violent acts, some a number of air guns, shotguns and ministry, together with 23 other One typical case occurred in Feb­ with relevant authorities to fight Kong police. So far, about 700 people public facilities were closed early replica firearms as well as explosives authorities, set up a ministerial­lev­ ruary when police in Yichang, such crimes, tighten the manage­ have been arrested since mid­June in and emergency services and com­ and detonators by melting them at a el meeting mechanism under Hubei province, uncovered a major ment of guns and explosives and set connection with the illegal protests. mercial activities were obstructed. steel plant, with the furnace reach­ which they will share intelligence in online firearms and ammunition up a preventive mechanism to Yang said such violence should The spokesman emphasized that ing temperatures of up to 1,600 C. a timely manner and take required trafficking ring. Police detained 29 greatly curb such crimes at their be “resolutely cracked down on” in ordinary people had been deprived “Gun­ and explosives­related cas­ action. In February last year, they suspects and confiscated 41 illegal source. accordance with the law, and the of their right to carry on their daily es endanger people’s lives, public launched a two­year campaign to firearms and 1,300 rounds of Moreover, they will motivate and office firmly supports Hong Kong lives. security and the country’s long­ crack down on such crimes. ammunition, said Qian Xiongfei, reward the public to report more police enforcing the law and bring­ “We appeal to all members of the term stability,” Sun Lijun, vice­min­ Last year, police nationwide dealt deputy director of the ministry’s clues and strengthen publicity and ing criminals to justice as soon as public to say no to violence to help ister of public security, said on with more than 30,000 gun­ and Public Security Management education, he said. possible. the community to restore order as Monday. explosives­related cases, uncovered Bureau. The Liaison Office of the Central soon as possible,” the spokesman “We will take effective measures 416 criminal gangs and detained Moreover, police seized 13 devices Contact the writers at People’s Government in the Hong said. to curb gun­ and explosive­related more than 40,000 suspects. From used in the illegal manufacture of [email protected] Kong Special Administrative CHINA DAILY Region also condemned the violent acts on Monday, after the Hong Inside Kong government expressed simi­ TYPHOON PUTS SCIENTISTS, RESIDENTS TO THE TEST lar outrage. Editorial, page 11 ◆ Shanghai and southeastern areas rise to challenge Stability is foundation of reform, development in-depth

Among the topics I think I know By MA ZHENHUAN in Hangzhou, well, I do not count Hong Kong. WORLD WATCH XING YI and WANG YING Although I visit Hong Kong, have By Robert Lawrence Kuhn in Shanghai and CANG WEI in Nanjing friends in Hong Kong and research Hong Kong for my writings — for t 2 pm on Sunday, nearly example, its repatriation to China all the residents and busi­ and the Asian financial crisis, both deteriorating and the requests kept ness owners on a street in in 1997, and the recent Greater Bay coming, I began to consider what I do the city of Linhai, Zhe­ Area coordinated development plan know. In writing my book How Chi­ jiang province, were busy with the A — I do not know Hong Kong like I na’s Leaders Think, I spoke with doz­ same task. know Beijing. ens of Chinese leaders and officials, They were cleaning up their That’s why, when the protest including then Zhejiang Party Secre­ homes and shops on Ziyang Old movement began, I was reluctant, at tary Xi Jinping, who advised me to Street after a frightening night of least initially, to accept interview think of China both horizontally in its heavy winds, rain and flooding requests from the international great geographic diversity and verti­ caused by Typhoon Lekima. media. If I could not speak authori­ cally in its long history of civilization. Some people pulled their wood­ tatively, I should not speak at all. en beds, complete with sodden But as the situation continued See Hong Kong, page 3 mattresses, into the street to dry in the afternoon sun, while others were busy tending to their walls or wooden floors. INSIDE The owner of a noodle shop on Driven by the street said, “We made some market preparations before the typhoon The ancient city of Linhai, Zhejiang province, is inundated by flooding caused by Typhoon Lekima on made landfall, such as moving the Saturday. XINHUA demand refrigerator and other electrical Global Views, appliances to higher places, but we and Qing Dynasty (1644­1911) as 1,500­year­old city wall and rose to Linhai page 13 never expected the amount of rain­ well as homes decorated with stone a height of 1.5 meters. fall it brought.” carvings and gray tiles. The flooding was so severe that Linhai is about a four­hour drive The street is a must­visit attrac­ the police and rescue authorities www.chinadailyglobal.com Newsstand prices: US $1 Canada C$1 UK 1 £ from Shanghai, and Ziyang Old tion for tourists to the old part of issued an online emergency appeal A member of © 2019 EU 1€ Kenya 50 Kenya Shilling Street has long been known for its Linhai, which sits near the Ling­ for boats to be used to evacuate Zhejiang China Daily Global Asia Pacific: Thailand 120 cobblestone sidewalks that wind jiang River. those who were affected. thb; Philippines 120 php; All Rights Reserved Myanmar 2000 kyat; Japan their way past two­story buildings On Saturday night, residents bat­ Wenling Vol.1— No. 155 210 yen; Dubai 10 dirham; Pakistan 300 rupee from the Ming Dynasty (1368­1644) tled floodwaters that breached the See Lekima, page 2 CHINA DAILY CHINA DAILY | GLOBAL EDITION Tuesday, August 13, 2019 | 3 TOP NEWS Ping­pong Clashes at holy site diplomacy gets reboot Chinese table tennis players arrive in US for 2­week training with Team USA

By LIU YINMENG in Los Angeles ly, during the International Table [email protected] Tennis Federation’s annual general meeting in Budapest, Hungary, in A delegation consisting of star April. table tennis players and coaches The fact that the US and China from China has landed in the United will host the World Table Tennis States for a two­week training ses­ Championships in successive years sion with top players from Team is significant because 2021 marks USA, an event that organizers said the 50th anniversary of Ping­Pong will further enhance communica­ Diplomacy. tion and friendship between ath­ In 1971, a chance encounter letes from the two countries. between an American player and Israeli security forces fire sound grenades inside the Al­Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on Sunday, as clashes “#Pingpong diplomacy has played Chinese player, Glenn Cowan and broke out during the overlapping Jewish and Muslim holidays of Eid al­Adha and the Tisha B’av holiday inside the historic compound a pivotal role in #ChinaUS relations. Zhuang Zedong, during the 31st which is considered the third holiest site in Islam and the most sacred for Jews. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP I wish our national #tabletennis World Table Tennis Championships team a good visit to the US to further in Nagoya, Japan, led to an unex­ the spirit of friendship and coopera­ pected thaw in the long­stalled tion,” Cui Tiankai, Chinese ambassa­ US­China relationship. dor to the US, said on Twitter. As they were preparing to leave Hong Kong: Securing robust stability will be key The 58­member delegation, led by Nagoya, the US table tennis team Liu Guoliang, a Chinese table tennis received an all­expenses paid invita­ legend and chairperson of the Chi­ tion to visit China, where they From page 1 mation, after more than a century central authorities will never sit by if viation is related to political stability nese Table Tennis Association, would play a series of friendly of oppression and humiliation, of the situation in Hong Kong worsens and Party leadership? includes many distinguished play­ matches. In response to the Ameri­ When I am interviewed on Hong global presence and importance. to a level of turmoil that the SAR All forms of governance systems ers such as Olympic gold medalists cans’ visit, the Chinese national Kong, I begin with basics: Why is The third is that Hong Kong government cannot control. have trade­offs, and only collective Ma Long and Ding Ning, as well as table tennis team, led by Zhuang Hong Kong so important to China? I reflects China’s international Given interconnectedness, the tur­ human wisdom can discern what is former Olympic and world champi­ Zedong, embarked on an eight­city offer five reasons — two economic, image and soft power. moil in Hong Kong cannot be much optimum for each social group ons Ma Lin, Chen Qi, Wang Hao and tour of the US in April 1972. three political. The central government seeks the quarantined from all China, where under its own conditions at its own Guo Yan. What became known as Ping­ The first is that Hong Kong has best for Hong Kong, stressing social stability has been the foundation for times. But I’m rather confident that, The Chinese team and the US Pong Diplomacy paved the way for been the gateway for doing busi­ stability, essential for economic reform and development. In his under China’s conditions, the vast players will practice in a joint train­ US president Richard Nixon’s his­ ness in China, facilitating reform development, and rule of law, essen­ domestic policy, President Xi pledges majority of those hundreds of mil­ ing camp at the University of Cali­ toric visit to Beijing in February and opening­up and catalyzing the tial for social development. Beijing to win the “three tough battles” — lions of Chinese who have been lift­ fornia in Los Angeles, said Bruce 1972. country’s economic miracle. But will defer to the local Hong Kong gov­ preventing financial risks, reducing ed out of poverty would be pleased Liu, a member of the board of direct­ It also led to the signing of the with the rise of mainland markets, ernment as much as possible and as poverty and tackling pollution. that political stability enabled eco­ ors of USA Table Tennis. The camp, Joint Communique on the Estab­ exemplified by Shanghai and long as possible, thus sustaining the If social turmoil in Hong Kong nomic development and Party lead­ which began on Aug 11, will run lishment of Diplomatic Relations, Shenzhen, this role has diminished. “one country, two systems” policy. seems unrelated to, say, poverty ership delivered poverty alleviation. until Aug 25. by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping The second economic reason is But three red lines cannot be alleviation on the mainland, this is Looking forward, Hong Kong is Team members from the US likely and US president Jimmy Carter in the Guangdong­Hong Kong­Ma­ crossed: movement toward Hong the crux of the matter, as seen by China and will remain China. While will include players such as Lily 1979, which formally established cau Greater Bay Area, a vital strat­ Kong independence or even quasi­ China’s leaders. no doubt some radicals favor vio­ Zhang, Wu Yue, Amy Wang, Nikhil official relations between the two egy for transforming China’s independence, which includes one­ China’s economic growth has lift­ lence, and some Western politicians Kumar, Kanak Jha and Nicholas countries. economy via coordinated develop­ person­one vote elections for local ed over 750 million Chinese out of encourage protests, the challenge Tio. “This is the first time the Chinese ment. The Greater Bay Area’s GDP leaders; using Hong Kong to under­ poverty, the greatest success story in for Chinese wisdom is to see what it “Table tennis plays a pivotal role team will bring the entire team and is around $1.7 trillion, or 12 per­ mine the mainland’s Party­led polit­ human history. In late 2012, when Xi will take, in the long term, to secure in the establishment of Sino­US dip­ will present a great opportunity for cent of China’s GDP, and is projec­ ical system; and unending chaos became China’s senior leader, there the kind of robust stability that lomatic relationships. We hope to the US players to learn, to build ted to reach around $3.5 trillion by such that Hong Kong’s economic were about 100 million Chinese who empowers creative, dynamic, enhance the friendship between the friendship with the Chinese players, 2030. If the Greater Bay Area were viability would be threatened. would remain intractably poor. Xi knowledge­based development for two countries through the joint and also to build a great partnership a country, its GDP would rank The central government will asserts that China cannot be a the benefit of all. practice,” Liu said. between our two associations,” said almost in the world’s top 10. make the absolute minimum inter­ “moderately prosperous society” by According to Liu, the idea for a USA Table Tennis CEO Virginia The first political reason of ventions necessary to safeguard 2021 — China’s first national goal — The author is host and writer of the joint training camp came about aft­ Sung. Hong Kong’s importance to China these three red lines, but it will, if any of its citizens live below the feature documentary Voices From er the US city of Houston, Texas, and “We hope to make this joint train­ is that it exemplifies the “one under all circumstances, safeguard line of absolute poverty. Hence, Xi the Frontline: China’s War on Pov­ the southwestern Chinese city of ing camp an annual event leading country, two systems” policy that them. In a recent news conference, mobilized the Party and the country erty and a 2018 recipient of the Chengdu, learned they will be host­ up to the Houston and Chengdu enables Hong Kong’s special sta­ Zhang Xiaoming, director of the to fight poverty. China Reform Friendship Medal. ing the 2021 and 2022 World Table World Championships and the 2028 tus. The second is that Hong Kong Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Who can deny that China’s The views do not necessarily reflect Tennis Championships, respective­ LA Olympic Games,” she added. represents China’s historic recla­ Office of the State Council, said the astounding success in poverty alle­ those of China Daily. Chinese kids groomed for studies abroad via overseas summer camps

By ZHAO XINYING math, or project­based learning. whether they are suitable for the [email protected] “By familiarizing young students study. with the international study and liv­ Earlier this month, Zhang Xin, a Zhou Xiaodong, a deputy general ing environment in advance, sum­ resident of Zhengzhou, Henan prov­ manager of an enterprise in Wuhan, mer camps are deemed by many ince, sent her 16­year­old daughter to Hubei province, has been thinking Chinese parents as a good way to St. Mary’s School, Oregon, US, for a about sending his son Zhou Zixuan gear up their children for overseas one­week summer camp themed on to an overseas university since he study in the future,” she said. robotics and programming. was just a seventh­grade student. Kevin Wang, marketing director of There, together with peers from In order to help his son get accus­ Global Tour Study at New Oriental different countries and backgrounds, tomed to life and studies overseas in Education & Technology Group, said Zhang’s daughter, Ma Saiyudi, advance, Zhou last year enrolled him such overseas summer camps, usual­ engaged herself in a wide range of in a summer camp in the United ly costing at least 30,000 yuan courses and activities, including States, which Zhou said “changed his ($4,250) each trip, have been well­re­ making robots, climbing mountains son greatly”. ceived by some wealthy parents. and hiking through jungles. His son was initially reluctant to Students participating in these Zhang said before setting out for study abroad. However, after return­ programs are mostly aged between the summer camp, her daughter ing from the summer camp, he told 10 and 18. hadn’t been very sure whether to Zhou that he hoped to attend a for­ The younger ones — primary pursue studies abroad in the future eign university in the future. school students — usually choose because she doubted whether she “He gained a lot of knowledge camps in nearer destinations like could well adapt to life and study in a about the lifestyle of his peers over­ Japan and Singapore, while those in foreign country. seas, such as how they play and learn. middle school who are more linguis­ After the weeklong trip, she was He made some foreign friends and tically capable and can better take quite determined. She loved the improved his ability to interact with care of themselves, take part in pro­ teaching approach and the atmos­ people,” Zhou said. grams in farther countries like the phere there. Students from Pinghu Middle School in Zhejiang province attend a summer camp on advanced robot­ As Chinese children are heading United Kingdom and the US, Wang “Moreover, with such an experi­ ics at St. Mary’s School in the US state of Oregon in July. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY abroad for studies at a very young said. ence, an educational institution over­ age, participating in summer camps “Generally speaking, a majority of seas is no longer a completely new overseas before formally starting parents choosing summer camps environment for my daughter,” tal strengths and so on, according to two and finds balance between the omous region, Erhai Lake in South­ their studies there has become a overseas have a long­term plan, such Zhang said. “I believe she will get EF Education First China, a Sweden­ two,” he said, adding that summer west China’s Yunnan province and common way for Chinese students to as study or even emigrating overseas, used to her new life faster in the based education company. camps that expose children to his­ Baiyangdian in Hebei province. get academically or mentally pre­ for their children. They hope the chil­ future.” Kevin Wang from New Oriental tory and culture and those engag­ “During the trips, my son was pared, according to Shao Yuan, mar­ dren could improve language profi­ Compared with the longer distance said the domestic summer camps ing children in nature have been asked to do some ‘mini­research’, keting director of KnowledgeLink ciency and enrich travel experience and more expensive travel to a foreign seem to be more relaxing, as many particularly popular in recent which I think helped him gain Group Inc, a US­based education and by participating in such summer country, many parents, especially of parents treat such trips during sum­ years. knowledge on and deepen under­ consulting company. camps,” he added. children aged under 10, preferred mer holidays as an opportunity for Yu Xiaotian, a mother of a seventh­ standing of the places he visited. The ongoing summer vacation has Shao said by immersing in an domestic trips for their children. their overburdened children to have grader in Beijing, has been enrolling For kids of his age, such summer so far seen at least 500 Chinese stu­ authentically exotic environment for These trips, organized mostly by a break at an affordable cost. her son in domestic summer camps camps are more meaningful than dents taking part in summer camps one week or up to one month, stu­ travel agencies or education compa­ “In the eyes of this group of par­ almost every summer vacation in the just traveling somewhere as a tour­ organized by the company overseas. dents are able to get an all­round nies, cover themes such as improving ents, entertainment is of equal past few years. Through these trips, ist,” she said, adding that she’s look­ The camps are themed on science, experience on what overseas study is children’s artistic or cultural compe­ importance to learning and an ideal Yu’s son has been to grasslands in ing for a program for her son this technology, engineering, arts and like. It also helps students identify tence, training their physical or men­ program is one that combines the North China’s Inner Mongolia auton­ summer.