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They told him that if he continues CHINA to be vocal about HONG KONG things that the Chi- Disney Faces Calls nese government doesn’t like, the China Credit Machine Shrivels of ‘Boycott Mulan’ daughter, when After Star Voices she applies to Ad- elaide University, After IMF Disclosure Request Support for Hong her application might be denied. Kong Police That’s here in IMF scrutinises China’s official data after 2 banks became TIFFANY MEIER Australia. insolvent in July Disney’s upcoming live-action re- Former Miss World Canada make of Mulan is facing widespread Anastasia Lin on Beijing’s CHRISS STREET backlash after the starring actress intimidation of Chinese voiced support for Hong Kong city expats in Australia. hina’s ‘Total Social Financing’ credit was up a booming +10.9 percent, or police’s use of force against the pro- AU | A2 growth plunged by -55.3 percent $2.3 trillion, for 12 months through The Chinese democracy protestors. in July as the IMF was calling for June. But TSF plunged by -55.3 per- economy is facing “I support the Hong Kong police. C greater foreign exchange interven- cent from $322.9 billion in June to You can all attack me now. What a tion transparency and disclosures. $178.6 billion in the month of July. external headwinds shame for Hong Kong,” Chinese-born A heinous crime July saw tremendous turmoil in China’s TSF tends to seasonally and an uncertain Continued on A5 against our people; China’s financial markets as pro- slow in July, but it was down -18 environment. how is it possible to tests in Hong Kong sped up capital percent from the same period last VISUAL CHINA/GETTY IMAGES train a human and flight, the People’s Bank of China year and about -44 percent below International Monetary ask him to go and (PBoC) was forced to seize insolvent Wall Street analysts’ forecast. A Fund annual review with the blow himself [up] Baoshang Bank and Bank of Jinzhou closer look at China credit and People’s Republic of China inside a wedding?!! citing “serious” credit risks, and the liquidity reveals that consumer annual rate of capital flight acceler- loans, mostly mortgage, that had Afghanistan presidential ated from $22 billion last year to a been growing by +16.5 percent over spokesman Sediq Seddiqi $139.2 billion annual rate. the past year and +138 percent over on the ISIS attack inside Total Social Financing (TSF) is the last five years, plunged by $72.42 a wedding hall in Kabul on the Chinese term for real economy billion, or -23.5 percent. Aug. 17 that killed 63 people. aggregate financing that includes But even more worrisome, China Actress Liu Yifei arrives for the red car- WORLD | A3 public offerings, hitting an all-time corporate lending tanked in July pet of the 19th Shanghai International high of $657.4 billion in January and Continued on A4 Film Festival at Shanghai Grand Theatre in China on June 11, 2016. The current rate of transmission SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGES can be described DEFENCE as intense. US Tests Cruise Missile That Was Dr. Margaret Harris, spokesperson for the Banned Under INF Treaty World Health Organisation response team in Congo, on the Ebola pandemic in central Africa. IVAN PENTCHOUKOV & ZACHARY STIEBER WORLD | A3 The United States has tested a medi- um-range ground-launched cruise The heads of the State Department Intercepting and missile that would have been banned Two US-made F-16 fighters in the air during a scramble take off at the eastern under a treaty with Russia from and the Pentagon told reporters that Hualien air force base on Jan. 23, 2013. which the United States formally the United States planned to deploy MONITORING ground-launched missiles to counter CHINA withdrew on Aug. 2. communications may The Intermediate-Range Nuclear the growing number that China has. become impossible for US Government Moves Ahead With Sale of Forces (INF) Treaty was signed dur- intelligence agencies ing the Cold War, but U.S. officials— within the next 5 to 10 F-16V Fighter Jets to Taiwan with backing from the North Atlantic pacted its target after more than 500 years due to advances Treaty Organization (NATO)—argued kilometers [about 310 miles] of flight. in AI and quantum-level FRANK FANG chiefly to guard against the Chinese that Russia breached the treaty, re- Data collected and lessons learned encryption, a recent U.S. regime, which considers the self- fused to correct its actions, and in- from this test will inform the De- defence study predicts. TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan’s air de- ruled island a renegade province, sisted it hadn’t violated the treaty. partment of Defense’s development US| A6 fences are set for a major upgrade to be united with the mainland in “The United States has fully ad- of future intermediate-range capa- as the United States plans to sell it the future, with military force if hered to the INF Treaty for more bilities,” it stated. 66 F-16V fighter jets worth $8 billion. necessary. than 30 years, but we will not remain San Nicolas Island is located some INSIDE Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, The United States, after severing constrained by its terms while Russia 60 miles from the mainland and the while answering reporters’ ques- official diplomatic ties with Taiwan misrepresents its actions,” President U.S. military has previously tested AU...... A2 World...... A3 tions following a visit to a local tech in recognition of Beijing in 1979, has Donald Trump said in a statement. weapons there, including military China...... A4 company in the city of Taichung on maintained a non-diplomatic rela- “We cannot be the only country in research rockets. US...... A6 Aug. 17, said the arms purchase is an tionship with the island, based on the world unilaterally bound by this Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) was Opinion...... A9 “energy boost in national capability the Taiwan Relations Act, under treaty, or any other.” among those celebrating the missile

FEATURES ... for the purpose of maintaining which the former has continually The Department of Defense said test, writing in a statement, “NDAA Food...... B1 peace,” according to local media. sold military weapons and equip- Aug. 19 that it conducted a test the must fully fund this development Travel...... B2 “Only when we are capable of self- ment to Taiwan—to the disapproval day before of “a conventionally- activity. Congress can’t allow Russia defence can we guarantee that such of the Beijing regime. configured ground-launched cruise to gain a military advantage.” DON’T DELAY. peace be continued,” Tsai added. She Taiwan’s Central News Agency first missile” at San Nicolas Island in Cali- Experts expected the United States SUBSCRIBE TODAY. READEPOCH.COM.AU also expressed her gratitude to the reported in early March that Taiwan’s fornia. to test an intermediate-range missile TEL: 02 8988 5600 U.S. government for the deal. air force had formally submitted a “The test missile exited its ground on the day it formally exited the INF Taiwan’s defensive capabilities are Continued on A4 mobile launcher and accurately im- Continued on A7

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KERRY SHAW PHOTOGRAPHY MELANIE SUN According to Lin, this tragic situa- tion is the same faced by many Chi- She went from being promoted as an nese families around the world. international star in China’s state me- “They’re using it as a weapon,” she dia after winning Miss World Canada said of the regime, to “create fear to seeing her father’s livelihood de- among other Chinese people. They stroyed because she wouldn’t stay control China using the tools of lies quiet about the human rights abuses and manipulation.” in her home country. Now, Anastasia Lin is a scholar- Twisted, Manipulated in-residence for one month with the Lin says that recent events in Chinese Australian think tank the Centre for history, like the cultural revolution, Independent Studies. have “twisted and manipulated” The 29-year-old, described in a mainland Chinese people—something Globe and Mail editorial as the beauty she observed after moving to Canada queen that China saw and ran away from Hunan, China, at the age of 13. from, revealed in an intimate inter- “I’m not being racist here,” she said. view that she has been told by many “Just imagine a really beautiful ani- Chinese diasporas around the world mal being all of a sudden forced to that they worry about persecution go into combat mode and stripped from their fellow Chinese, including of all its natural elegance that it was their own family members, due to the born with,” she said, after reflect- culture of fear instilled in Chinese ing on her life in mainland China. minds by the communist party. Lin herself had been a communist She said that the communists in youth leader in China, tasked with China have laboured to create a “very organising her classmates to watch artificial fear” among the populace, mandatory propaganda videos and leading many mainland Chinese to repeat communist party slogans. feel “obligated to persecute” people But she said upon moving to Cana- who stand up to the government. da, she saw a big difference between Anastasia Lin. ASSOCIATED PRESS “You’re obligated to stand by the mainland and other Chinese. party line and to suppress your fel- “When I visited Taiwan, I saw the low Chinese,” Lin said in an interview Taiwanese bureaucrats, the way that with the Menzies Research Centre they were acting … all of a sudden I think tank. felt this joy,” she said. “It’s almost like She gave the example of what po- I’ve seen what China would be, could lice did to a high school student in be if communists didn’t take over. Adelaide. There’s that gentleness, that grace that “She told me that when her father our ancestors passed down. went back to China—because her fam- “In the past, because Chinese people ily is [a] rather outspoken diaspora believed in the divine—we had God here in Australia—the police went to and of course Communism is atheist. ‘have a cup of tea with him.’ So for them, traditional belief itself is “Being invited for tea is a Chinese the biggest enemy of the communist way of saying that you’re being party because it is their obstacle to threatened by the police in a private obtain total control over the minds conversation,” she explained. “They I think what and hearts of Chinese citizens. told him that if he continues to be communists [were] “That’s why the cultural revolution vocal about things that the Chinese trying to do is take was not an accident; it was not Mao’s government doesn’t like, the daugh- strategic mistake. It was a deliberate ter … when she applies to Adelaide [family bonds], that eradication of the biggest enemy of A Chinese official is paraded through the streets of Beijing by Red Guards on University, her application might be very basic instinct of Jan. 25, 1967. The words on his dunce cap accuses him of being a “political the Chinese communist party.” denied. That’s here in Australia. human beings away. pickpocket.” During Mao Zedong’s reign (1949-1977), many Chinese citizens Lin added that in her view, the “Unfortunately, some Australian and officials were accused of political crimes, and labelled “class enemies” and difference between China and the universities … they’re placating to And that’s exactly “counter-revolutionaries.” West isn’t that Chinese do not want Beijing, silencing freedom of speech, what they’re trying to or celebrate freedom. cancelling speakers that are sensitive do to me. by the police. were executed … it is a horrible thing. “In China, we want freedom too. But to the Chinese government, and not “When I first won and the Chinese “I think what communists [were] it’s not there; it was taken away by allowing these students a safe envi- Anastasia Lin media were reporting about it in a trying to do is take [family bonds], the Chinese communist party. That’s ronment to really study what they’re nice way, people from all over China that very basic instinct of human be- the difference.” coming here to study,” she said. were sending him congratulatory ings away. And that’s exactly what She encouraged the West to not take Lin said she knows the story of the messages,” she recalled. “Chinese they’re trying to do to me.” freedom for granted. Otherwise, we Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) media even interviewed him and Lin said after some soul-searching, might have to fight for it like the pro- intimidation all too well. wrote about him as this wonderful she understood that her father’s ac- testers in Hong Kong. Her father, who was a very success- father who raised an extremely ex- tions were being driven by fear. That’s “This is the privilege that our ances- ful businessman in China, demanded traordinary daughter.” when she decided that she didn’t want tors ... our grandfathers and fathers that Lin stop speaking publicly about But when he threatened to disown to repeat what the previous genera- got it right, and we’re living in a soci- human rights abuse in China after her, Lin said one thing became clear tion had done and would listen to her ety where we’re able to be free. Don’t she won the Miss World Canada title to her: the Chinese regime was using own voice. take it for granted.” in Vancouver in 2015. “the same tactic that they used in the “I felt like after making that deci- Anastasia Lin will be speaking at “Stop doing that or you’re ruining cultural revolution on the families sion, I got closer and closer to the way the Centre for Independent Studies the family,” he told Lin, leading her to that broke up, on the society that I actually want to live, as a conscious on Aug. 22 to debate if it is “Time to realise that he was being threatened broke down, the public enemy that being,” she said. get tougher with the PRC.”

Cardinal George Pell Loses Appeal on Child Sex Abuse Convictions

AAP IMAGE/JAMES ROSS VIA REUTERS ELIZABETH LI mously agreed to reject the plainant’s account was, in be shown what the jury had second and third grounds for a realistic sense, impossible seen.” MELBOURNE, Australia— appeal—that Pell’s lawyers to accept.” Australia’s Prime Minis- Cardinal George Pell’s ap- were not permitted to play Nevertheless, the first ter Scott Morrison addressed peal against his child sex an animation to the jury in ground argued by Pell’s the appeal dismissal at a abuse convictions has been their closing address, and lawyers—that the jury acted press conference on Aug. dismissed by a two to one that Pell was not given an unreasonably in coming to a 21, stating that George Pell majority in the Supreme opportunity to enter his plea guilty verdict—was dismissed will likely be stripped of his Court of Victoria on Aug. 21. of not guilty in the presence by two of the three judges. Companion of the Order of The Court of Appeal up- of the jury panel. The jury was the second to Australia honour, awarded held verdicts that found The court considered the hear the case after the first in 2005. Further, he urged Pell guilty on five charges whole of the evidence, with had to be discharged when “Australians who find them- of child sex abuse last De- Chief Justice Anne Fergu- they failed to reach a unani- selves re-living these experi- cember. son and President Maxwell mous decision. ences to reach out to those Chief Justice of the Su- agreeing that it was open for Chief Justice Ferguson and around them, and to reach preme Court of Victoria the jury to be satisfied be- President Maxwell were out to the services that are Anne Ferguson said she and Cardinal George Pell are sufficient grounds to -al yond reasonable doubt that unanimous in dismissing all there for them. President of the Court of Ap- departs the Supreme low the appeal. Pell was guilty. 13 “obstacles” to Pell com- “That’s where my sympa- peal, Justice Chris Maxwell, Court of Victoria, in Mel- If that fails, Pell will re- Chief Justice Ferguson said mitting the crime as raised thies are today. The courts dismissed Pell’s appeal. A bourne, Australia, on main in prison until at least Pell’s surviving victim, the by Pell’s lawyers, including have done their job, they’ve third Justice, Mark Wein- Aug. 21, 2019. October 2022, after which he man who gave evidence at the argument that his robes rendered their verdict. That’s berg, dissented. may be eligible for parole at trial, “was a compelling wit- were not capable of being the system of justice and it The court’s majority de- the age of 81—a decision to ness, clearly not a liar, not a manoeuvred in the way the must be respected.” cision means that Pell’s jail be made by the adult parole fantasist and was a witness complainant alleged. The Vatican announced term of six years stands, al- board and not the courts, of truth.” In reaching their decision, in February that it had also though his legal team said Chief Justice Ferguson said. Pell’s other victim died in Chief Justice Ferguson said, opened an internal investi- they will now “thoroughly On Wednesday morning, 2014 from a heroin overdose. “Those recordings [of the gation by the Congregation examine in order to deter- the court’s decision was live- Justice Weinberg dis- trial] went for more than 30 for the Doctrine of the Faith mine a special leave appli- streamed across the world. sented, stating that “there hours. We’ve watched those into Cardinal George Pell’s cation to the High Court.” Pell’s legal team argued was significant, and in some recordings more than once. crimes. If found guilty, Pell The High Court of Australia the appeal on three grounds. places impressive evidence Like the jury, we were taken will be dismissed as a Car- would have to decide if there The three judges unani- suggesting that the com- to St Patrick’s Cathedral to dinal from the priesthood. AUGUST 22-28, 2019 WORLD | A3

PAMELA TULIZO/AFP/GETTY IMAGES ISIS Claims Responsibility for Terrorist Bombing at Kabul Wedding That Killed 63

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The ISIS terrorist group claimed re- attack on the wedding hall in Kabul sponsibility for a suicide bombing at last night. My top priority for now is A boy has a wedding hall in Afghanistan that to reach out to the families of victims his tempera- killed at least 63 people and injured of this barbaric attack. On behalf of ture checked dozens more. the nation I send my heartfelt con- in Goma, Democratic The death toll as of Aug. 18 rose to dolences to the families of those who Republic 63, including women and children, were martyred,” he tweeted. of Congo, CBS News reported. An ISIS Afghan “Devastated by the news of a suicide on July 31, affiliate claimed responsibility for attack inside a wedding hall in Kabul. 2019. the blast. A heinous crime against our people; Another 182 people suffered inju- how is it possible to train a human ries from the blast, which occurred and ask him to go and blow himself Ebola Continues to Spread in Congo on Saturday evening, confirmed the (up) inside a wedding?!!” presidential Interior Ministry. spokesman Sediq Seddiqi said. The Taliban condemned the attack, The groom, Mirwais Alani, told CHARLES PENSULO saying it is “forbidden and unjustifi- TOLO News: “I would have never able” and denied any involvement. organised this ceremony if I knew BLANTYRE, Malawi—Hundreds of screening checkpoint on its border Both ISIS and the Taliban have car- that such an incident happens.” people continue to be exposed to with the DRC. ried out terrorist attacks in Kabul, Alani said he and his fiancee, Roee- the Ebola virus in the Democratic Medical workers the capital city. na, worked for months to prepare Republic of Congo (DRC), raising Response Challenges have constantly Afghan President Ashraf Ghani the wedding. fears of the disease spreading to The current outbreak in the DRC come under attack. denounced the Taliban. “I was supposed to return happy, but neighbouring countries and the was declared an international pub- “Taliban cannot absolve themselves within span of two hours, they devas- wider region. lic health emergency by the WHO of blame, for they provide platform tated my whole life. They devastated The World Health Organisation in July. for terrorists,” Ghani said before my life within seconds,” he added. (WHO) team in the DRC has re- But health charities and govern- reports emerged that ISIS claimed Roeena’s 11-year-old brother was ported 70 to 80 cases a week. ment officials have raised alarms responsibility. killed in the terrorist attack, accord- Overall, 2,758 cases and 1,819 over the challenges facing the re- “I strongly condemn the inhumane ing to the report. deaths have been recorded since Au- sponse to the outbreak, not least gust 2018, when the pandemic first because of an acute shortage of REUTERS/MOHAMMAD ISMAIL broke out in the country’s northern funding. The instability in the coun- provinces of North Kivu and Ituri. try, fuelled by conflict between the “The current rate of transmis- government and the militia, makes sion can be described as intense,” it dangerous for medical teams to Dr. Margaret Harris, spokesperson trek to some of the disease hotspots. for the WHO response team in the Medical workers have constantly An injured DRC, told The Epoch Times. come under attack. man talks on a Harris said the risk of transmis- Harris, however, emphasised mobile phone sion in the country and the region that local knowledge of the virus while receiv- is high, although she downplayed is essential, citing the example of ing treatment the risk to the rest of the world. West Africa where the virus spread in the hospital Recently, a man died in Goma, an quickly because “the people had not after sustaining area close to the Rwandan border, experienced it before.” wounds from a after being infected a week earlier. “The more local people are trained blast at a wed- ding hall in It’s feared that his wife and a child on how to deal with it, the more Kabul, Afghan- could have also been exposed to the chances of controlling the virus,” istan, on Aug. virus. Rwanda has since set up a she said. 18, 2019.

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LUO YA/THE EPOCH TIMES FRANK FANG into police actions while dispersing Protesters in Hong Kong are plan- protester crowds. ning to stage a local version of a Locals fear that the now-suspend- “human chain” demonstration, ed bill, which would allow anyone inspired by one that took place 30 in Hong Kong to be transferred for years ago among Baltic nations that trial in China, could threaten the sought to break away from com- city’s judicial independence, as the munism. Chinese regime’s judicial system is The proposal, first suggested by a known for targeting its critics and user on the Reddit-like LIHKG fo- dissidents. rum that’s popular with protesters On Aug. 18, more than 1.7 mil- for planning future demonstrations, lion Hongkongers defied a police calls for people to gather at 7:15 p.m. ban and marched in the heart of local time on Aug. 23, along sections the city’s busiest districts to call on of three major metro lines in Hong the city government to meet their Kong: the Island, Kwun Tong, and demands. Tsuen Wan lines. Since June, Hongkongers have It isn’t currently known how taken different approaches to try many people plan to participate to drum up international attention. in the event. Most recently, on Aug. 19, a group People will hold hands to cre- of protesters placed advertorials in ate three human chains—one on 11 newspapers in 10 countries, after Hong Kong Island and two in the a successful online crowdfunding New Territories area—echoing the campaign; the newspapers include peaceful protest known as the “Bal- the Globe and Mail in Canada, Le tic Way” that occurred on Aug. 23, Monde in France, the Liberty Times 1989. in Taiwan, Nihon Keizai Shinbun in Seeking to draw global atten- Japan, and Berlingske in Denmark. tion to their desire to declare in- The LIHKG user stated that he dependence from the Soviet Union, hoped the Hong Kong event would about 2 million Estonians, Latvians, Protesters take part in a “Spring Bug,” who started the on- all: universal suffrage,” wrote the replicate the success of the Baltic and Lithuanians joined hands to march in Hong Kong on line thread, estimated that the total LIHKG user. Way, so there will be more inter- form a human chain roughly 420 Aug. 18, 2019. length of the three chains would Mass protests have entered their national support for the protesters. miles long, linking the capitals of be more than 30 kilometers (18.6 11th consecutive week, as Hong- “What is more important is that the three countries: Tallinn, Riga, miles). kongers’ initial demand that the [the event] will be under the spot- and Vilnius. Seven months later, in “The three Baltic states showed the city government fully withdraw an light of international media, to show March 1990, Lithuania became the world that they were united. Hong extradition bill has ballooned into the world that determination of first of the Soviet states to declare Kong residents are also united. All five demands, including universal unity of Hongkongers in pursuit independence. five of our demands must be met, suffrage in the city’s elections, as for freedom and democracy,” the The LIHKG user nicknamed particularly the most important of well as an independent investigation user added.

WANG ZHAO/AFP/GETTY IMAGES China Credit US Government Moves Ahead With Machine Sale of F-16V Fighter Jets to Taiwan Shrivels CONTINUED FROM A1 After IMF request to the U.S. government for according to Rick Fisher, a senior the fighter jet purchases. fellow on Asian military affairs at On Aug. 16, the Washington Post the Virginia-based think tank In- Disclosure first reported that that the U.S. gov- ternational Assessment and Strategy ernment approved the transaction, Centre. He is also a regular contribu- Request citing several unidentified U.S. of- tor to The Epoch Times. ficials. The report stated that the U.S. “The regime in Beijing, the Chinese State Department submitted the deal Communist Party red regime, wants for informal review to Congress late to kill the democracy on Taiwan. on Aug. 15. The rest of the world opposes this. CONTINUED FROM A1 Yi Gang (R), Governor of The purchase of the U.S. fighter And by selling weapons to Taiwan, People’s Bank of China, jets is a necessity, considering that the United States is reducing the from $132 billion to $42.52 billion, that notional value of outstanding talks with International the island is under direct threat chance that the regime in Beijing or -67.3 percent. Overall July per- OTC derivatives $595 trillion, over 7 Monetary Fund (IMF) man- from Beijing, which has regularly will start a war,” Fisher said in an formance would have been worse, times larger than the world’s annual aging director Christine conducted military drills by flying Aug. 17 interview with New York- but the opening of China’s new gross domestic product, Wall Street Lagarde at the Joint Peo- Chinese jets to encircle Taiwan, in based broadcaster NTD, an affiliate STAR technology stock exchange Journal reported the PBoC has used ple’s Bank of China-Inter- addition to long-range flight exer- of The Epoch Times. helped corporate bond issuance state-owned banks as proxies to national Monetary Fund cises, Taiwan’s Air Force Command Taiwan had been seeking to buy almost double for the month to buy “masses of dollar-yuan swaps High-Level Conference in Headquarters explained in a Face- advanced U.S. fighter jets for years. Beijing on April 12, 2018. +$32 billion. to build a stronger outlook for the book post on Aug. 16. The last fighter jet sale was in 1992, The International Monetary Fund renminbi.” The air force noted that Beijing has when then-President George H.W. (IMF) Board of Directors completed The day after the IMF issued its conducted four encirclement drills Bush announced the sale of 150 its consultations with the People’s July 31 review, the long-stable ex- in 2016, but the number jumped to F-16A/B jets to the island. In 2011, Republic of China and issued its an- change rate of the China’s Yuan 34 the following year. In 2018, there the Barack Obama administration nual review on July 31. After years Renminbi currency (CNY) began were 13 such drills. rejected Taiwan’s request to buy of praising economic growth, the falling. Three trading days later, the Taiwanese lawmaker Tsai Shih- F-16C/D fighter jets, but agreed to opening sentence of the IMF report exchange rate broke the 7 CNY to $1 ying, writing on his personal Face- a package to upgrade the island’s ominously states: “The Chinese for the first time in 11 years. book page on Aug. 17, explained that existing F-16A/B jets. economy is facing external head- After the U.S. Treasury officially People in China the new F-16V fighter jets would Several U.S. lawmakers have winds and an uncertain environ- designated China as a currency ma- know what’s coming. work seamlessly within the current publicly voiced their support for ment.” nipulator, Pan Gongsheng, a vice- air force, since Taiwan had recently the new arms deal, including Sens. The IMF emphasised that reso- governor with the People’s Bank I would say that if begun upgrading its existing F-16s. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Ted Cruz lution regarding Baoshang Bank of China and the head of China’s China doesn’t get a Taiwan’s state-owned aerospace (R-Texas), and House Foreign Affairs marked the first PBoC takeover State Administration of Foreign deal with the U.S., company Aerospace Industrial Devel- Committee Chairman Eliot Engel of a “zombie” bank with solvency Exchange, wrote in an article that opment Corp. (AIDC) is currently up- (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Michael McCaul and liquidity problems in 20 years. China is a big responsible country: you will see this kind grading the island’s fleet of F-16A/B (R-Texas), the ranking Republican Coupled with the PBoC announce- “We will not engage in a competi- of movement in the jets to become F-16V, and the first of on the committee. ment in late June that “large deposi- tive devaluation and won’t use the currency. these retrofitted jets was handed to “The sale of F-16s to Taiwan sends a tors” of seized banks would suffer exchange rate as a tool to handle Taiwan’s air force in October 2018. strong message about the U.S. com- “haircuts” of principal and inter- international trade disputes.” Bo Zhuang, Chief China The new orders of the F-16V variant mitment to security and democracy est, China’s approximately 4,507 But TS Lombard’s chief China economist at independent is equipped with an advanced, multi- in the Indo-Pacific,” Engel and Mc- non-AAA rated banks saw sales of economist Bo Zhuang told Forbes researcher TS Lombard functional radar system known as Caul said in a joint statement. negotiable certificates of deposit that China will devalue the yuan AESA, enhanced avionics, a more “As the Chinese government and crash by at least 50 percent. by 3 to 5 percent over the next two powerful thrust engine, and upgrad- Communist Party seeks to extend The IMF Board commented that months, and then keep it stable for ed mission computers and cockpit its authoritarian reach in the region, China’s $3.1 trillion in foreign ex- about six months before making dashboards, according to Lockheed it is critical that the United States change reserves “remain more than the next depreciation of the yuan Martin, the U.S. manufacturer. continue to enhance our strategic adequate,” but “stressed the urgent to 7.5 to the U.S. dollar within the The U.S. government’s arms sales, relationship with our democratic need” to address China’s macroeco- next 18 months: “People in China including the sales of fighter jets, partner Taiwan through regular and nomic data gaps to further improve know what’s coming. I would say is for the purpose of preventing a consistent support,” Rubio said in a data credibility and policy making. that if China doesn’t get a deal with conflict across the Taiwan Strait, press release. The term “urgent need” refers to the U.S., you will see this kind of the People’s Bank of China’s new movement in the currency.” SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGES habit of using highly-opaque “forex swap” derivatives to manage foreign Chriss Street is an expert in mac- exchange variability, rather than roeconomics, technology, and the traditional intervention method national security. He has served An F-16V fighter of selling large quantities of U.S. as CEO of several companies and jet lands on the dollars to buy yuan (renminbi). is an active writer with more freeway in Chan- The forex swap market is one way than 1,500 publications. He also ghua county, cen- tral Taiwan, during to hedge currency exchange rate regularly provides strategy lec- the 35th Han Kuang fluctuations, but with Bank of In- tures to graduate students at top drill on May 28, ternational Settlements warning Southern California universities. 2019. AUGUST 22-28, 2019 CHINA | A5

BILLY H.C. KWOK/GETTY IMAGES HK Leader Makes No Concessions to Protester Demands

FRANK FANG

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam held a press conference on Aug. 20, promising to establish a platform for dialogueue about the ongoing extradition bill crisis. However, her remark was quickly rebuked by the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF), the main opposition group behind the Hong Kong protests. “We will immediately start the work Based on Lam’s to establish a platform for dialogueue. previous comments, This dialogueue, I hope, will be based Hongkongers gather at the Tin Hau metro station in preparation for a march in Hong Kong on Aug. 18, 2019. on a mutual understanding and re- she [doesn’t] see spect and find a way out for today’s Hong Kong citizens has consistently refused to withdraw Movement, have not led to tangible at the time that the Hong Kong gov- Hong Kong,” Lam said, adding that as “stakeholders in the bill as Hongkongers have demand- reforms. ernment “take necessary measures to the platform would involve “people ed, Lam replied that she had already The group further pressed for Lam establish a fully independent mecha- from different walks of life.” society.” answered the question on previous to respond to allegations of collusion nism” to conduct an independent in- Her comments came two days after occasions, saying that the “bill is dead” between police and triads. In late July, vestigation into complaints against the more than 1.7 million people took to and “there is no plan to revive the bill.” white-shirt mobs linked to local triads police, and empower it to “formulate the streets once again in protest of Lam first declared that the bill was attacked people inside the Yuen Long binding decisions.” an extradition bill that’s widely per- “dead” at a press conference on July 9, metro station with batons, bamboo Wong said the IPCC didn’t even have ceived as a threat to the city’s judicial but has refused to use the word “with- sticks, and metal rods, leading to doz- the power to summon police officers independence. The bill would allow draw” to retract the bill. Protesters fear ens of injuries. Locals have accused for its hearings. He urged Lam to set anyone in Hong Kong to be extradited that the vagueness of her language police of collusion, as the police ar- up an independent commission of to China for trial—where there is no could mean that the suspended bill rived 39 minutes after initial emer- inquiry to investigate police conduct. rule of law. could be reintroduced for debate any gency calls were made. By that time, Since June, police have fired tear Although Lam suspended the bill in time at the city’s unicameral legisla- the attackers had already left. Police gas, rubber bullets, and other crowd mid-June amid mounting public pres- ture, the Legislative Council. have subsequently arrested several control equipment at protesters during sure, protesters have continued their suspects in relation to the case, but demonstrations. These police actions rallies and marches en masse, saying Criticism only on charges of illegal assembly. have drawn condemnation from the that they wouldn’t accept anything Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF), a They have been released on bail. United Nations High Commissioner short of the bill’s full withdrawal. pro-democracy umbrella group and “We do not trust Carrie Lam, we do for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, Since then, protesters have broad- organiser of the Aug. 18 march, called not trust her lies,” Wong said. when she said in an Aug. 13 statement, ened their demands to include an in- a press conference soon after learning Instead of the platform, Wong sug- “The UN Human Rights Office has dependent investigation into police use of Lam’s remarks, saying that she has gested that a mechanism be put in reviewed credible evidence of [Hong of force when dispersing protesters, again failed to answer protesters’ five place in Hong Kong so that people Kong] law enforcement officials -em as well as universal suffrage in the LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP/GETTY demands and urged her to do “some- could directly vote for the chief ex- ploying less-lethal weapons in ways city’s elections. IMAGES thing substantial.” ecutive and elect someone who truly that are prohibited by international Local observers have noted that the “If she wants a dialogueue, she should represents the people and listens to norms and standards.” massive march turnout on Aug. 18 ap- have come to a protest,” CHRF convener people’s voices. Bachelet also urged the Hong Kong plied pressure to the Hong Kong gov- Jimmy Sham said. He added that the Currently, in Hong Kong, candidates government to investigate the police use ernment to respond to their demands. peaceful, “free-flowing” rally on Aug. for the chief executive are vetted by of force and ensure that they “comply But Lam didn’t relent, saying there 18 was “one of the few” opportunities Beijing and voted in by an electoral with the rules of engagement.” was no need for an independent in- left for Lam to resolve the crisis. committee made up of mostly pro- Meanwhile, the legislature’s pan- quiry because the Independent Po- Her two proposals—the platform for Beijing elites. democracy camp also called a press lice Complaints Council (IPCC), the dialogueue and the IPCC study—were As for the IPCC, Wong said that it conference in response to Lam’s re- city’s police internal watchdog, would also questioned. has no credibility, and noted that the marks. Civic Party lawmaker Kwok “create a fact-finding study” into the Wong Yik-mo, one of CHRF’s vice United Nations has also called for more Ka-ki said that her response was a dis- demonstrations. She said the study conveners, said that based on Lam’s independence in Hong Kong’s system appointment to the 1.7 million people would provide her government with previous comments, she didn’t see for investigating complaints of police who took to the streets on Aug. 18. recommendations. Hong Kong Chief Hong Kong citizens as “stakeholders misconduct. He urged Lam to show her sincer- Protesters and local rights groups Executive Car- in society.” Thus, she wouldn’t genu- In 2013, the UN Human Rights Com- ity by fulfilling protesters’ demands. rie Lam speaks at a have repeatedly said that since the inely respond to citizens, and such a mittee concluded that Hong Kong’s Lawmaker Fernando Cheung said press conference in IPCC only investigates complaints Hong Kong on Aug. platform would be a waste of money IPCC has “only advisory and oversight that Lam’s failure to respond ad- that the police force forwards to the 20, 2019. and time. functions ... and that the members of equately could pull Hong Kong into agency, it wouldn’t provide an im- Sham added that past “dialogueue” the IPCC are appointed by the Chief deeper turmoil, raising the question partial judgment. attempts, such as in the aftermath of Executive.” of whether peaceful protests are still When asked by a reporter why she the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella The UN Committee recommended effective.

Britain Extremely Concerned as Hong Disney Faces Calls of ‘Boycott Mulan’ After Star Voices Support Kong Consulate Staffer Held in China for Hong Kong Police

FACEBOOK/FREE SIMON CHENG/REUTERS HONG KONG—Britain said on Aug. CONTINUED FROM A1 20 it was “extremely concerned” by reports that a staff member at Crystal Liu Yifei, the lead actress of the consulate in its former colony Mulan’s live-action remake, posted of Hong Kong had been detained on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like social Liu is a naturalised American in mainland China. media platform. citizen. It must be nice. Simon Cheng did not return to Liu immediately faced backlash Meanwhile, she pisses on work on Aug. 9 after visiting the across social media, with #Boycott- neighbouring mainland city of Mulan becoming a trending topic people fighting for democracy. Shenzhen the previous day, Hong around the world. #BoycottMulan Commentator on social media Kong news website HK01 reported, even became a Twitter moment. citing an interview with his girl- People took to social media to call friend and family. out Liu’s support for police brutality to the pro-democracy protests in Cheng’s family confirmed his dis- as a naturalised American citizen. Hong Kong that began two months appearance in a Facebook post on One person wrote: “Liu is a nat- ago in opposition to an extradition Tuesday night, saying he travelled uralised American citizen. It must bill that would allow people to be from Hong Kong to Shenzhen on be nice. Meanwhile, she pisses on transferred to mainland China for the morning of Aug. 8 for a busi- people fighting for democracy.” trial. Since then, the protests have ness trip. “She lives in America, her family swelled into broader calls for the Spokesman for the Chinese foreign is in America, she’s a citizen who ability to directly vote for their own ministry Geng Shuang confirmed Simon Cheng, a staff member of Britain’s consulate in Hong Kong, enjoys all the protection and privi- leader and an investigation into po- on Aug. 21 that Cheng had been has been detained in Shen Zhen, China, for “violating the law.” leges of any American. That includes lice brutality. detained in China’s border city of freedom of speech. If she wanted to, Shenzhen for “violating the law.” “had provided the family with prop- she could be a powerful voice for Epoch Times reporter Eva Fu con- Hong Kong police did not respond er advice and practical assistance.” justice, but instead, she supports this tributed to this article. immediately to requests for com- Hong Kong has been gripped by Hong Kong’s brutality,” another person wrote on LINTAO ZHANG/GETTY IMAGES ment. anti-government protests in recent Immigration Twitter, adding the hashtag #boy- “We are providing support to his weeks, with Britain, the United Department cottMulan. family and seeking further infor- States, and other countries urging Others are still looking forward mation from authorities in Guang- China to respect the “one country, confirmed to the live-action remake, which is dong Province and Hong Kong,” a two systems” formula under which via email it set to release in 2020. representative of Britain’s Foreign Hong Kong returned from British had received “As her action goes against Disney’s and Commonwealth Office said in to Chinese rule in 1997. mission to spread hope and positiv- a statement. Beijing has accused Western coun- a “request for ity, I sincerely hope that Disney will Hong Kong’s Immigration Depart- tries of meddling in its affairs. assistance from reconsider the casting choice and ment confirmed via email it had [the] subject’s give the world the Mulan we deserve. Actress Liu Yifei arrives at the red carpet received a “request for assistance By Noah Sin and Tom Westbrook #BoycottMulan,” one person wrote. of the 7th Beijing International Film Fes- from subject’s family member” and From Reuters family member.” Liu’s comments come in response tival in Beijing, China, on April 16, 2017. A6 | US AUGUST 22-28, 2019 Hillary Clinton’s Emails Were Sent to Gmail Address Similar to Name of a Chinese Company

DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES IVAN PENTCHOUKOV inquiry. Horowitz had promised Congress a year ago to look into All but four of the 30,490 emails and report on what the FBI did to from Hillary Clinton’s unauthor- investigate the matter. The newly ised email server were forwarded released documents include the re- to a private Google email address sults of Horowitz’s inquiry in the featuring a name similar to that form of an April 9 letter to Sens. of a Chinese company, according Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron to documents released by a Senate Johnson (R-Wis.) committee on Aug. 15. In the letter, Horowitz and Intel- Nearly every email sent and re- ligence Community Inspector Gen- ceived via the Clinton email server eral Michael Atkinson write that was forwarded to a Gmail account the Carter Heavy Industries email that appeared to be tied to a busi- account was created by Platte River ness known as Carter Heavy In- Networks employee Paul Combetta, dustries. An investigator for the who managed Clinton’s email serv- intelligence community inspector er. Combetta allegedly created the general (ICIG) found that the busi- Carter Heavy Industries email on ness has ties to Chinese trucking Aug. 20, 2012. Combetta then used company Shandong Carter Heavy the email as “dummy email,” in or- Industry Co. Ltd., raising concerns der to transfer messages archived that a foreign actor may have gained on Clinton’s second private server access to Clinton’s emails, according to the Platte River Networks server to the documents. in early 2014. Shandong Carter Heavy Indus- What Combetta did with the try is a Chinese manufacturer of email account between 2012 and excavators and heavy machinery. Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York on Jan. 7, 2019. 2014 and who else had access to it The company didn’t respond to a before and after the transfer re- request for comment. SAMIRA BOUAOU/THE EPOCH TIMES mains a mystery. Neither the DOJ Frank Rucker, the ICIG investi- nor the ICIG inspector generals pro- gator, and Jeanette McMillian, an Even if you didn’t vide any details on whether the FBI ICIG attorney, told the FBI about ever examined the matter. the anomaly on Feb. 18, 2016, at a address an email Combetta’s use of the email ac- meeting that included Peter Strzok, to this address, the count is addressed in Horowitz’s who had just taken over as the sec- email went to it report, although it is referred to as tion chief heading the investigation. a “dummy email” instead of reveal- Rucker told Congress that Strzok anyway. ing the actual address. Horowitz was “aloof and dismissive” and Jeanette McMillian, attorney, and Atkinson don’t explain how didn’t ask many questions. Intelligence Community Combetta came to pick the email Strzok has since gained notoriety Inspector General address. Combetta’s lawyer told for text messages he exchanged with Horowitz that the Carter Heavy FBI attorney Lisa Page, with whom Industries email was a made-up he was having an extramarital af- name and that Combetta had no fair. The pair expressed bias against connection to Shandong Carter then-candidate Donald Trump and Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. in favour of Clinton during the 2016 Combetta, through an attorney, presidential campaign. refused to be interviewed by the McMillian told Congress that her DOJ inspector general about the understanding of the Carter Heavy matter, according to the letter. He Industries email address was that also said he had no documents Michael Horowitz, inspector general at the U.S. Department of Justice, at a Sen- it was a “drop box,” to which the responsive to subpoena about the ate hearing in Washington on June 18, 2018. emails from the Clinton server were issue. sent in real time. Horowitz wrote that his office “Even if you didn’t address an it appears that the Carter Heavy In- tees released unclassified versions didn’t find any evidence to con- email to this address, the email dustries email was inserted into the of those transcripts, along with sev- tradict the claims of Combetta’s went to it anyway,” McMillian said. routing table of Clinton’s server, but eral sets of supporting documents lawyer. Rucker told Congress that it ap- that he could only be sure if he ex- on Aug. 14. “Accordingly, other than the simi- peared that the Carter Heavy In- amined the server, which he didn’t The documents include several larity discussed above between the dustries email was inserted into have access to. There could be an emails from Clinton and her staffers dummy email address and the name Clinton’s server, “based on his alternative explanation to why the with message metadata showing of a Chinese company identified by reading of the metadata.” Rucker email address was in virtually every the Carter Heavy Industries email the former ICIG analyst and for- was also concerned because he re- message, Rucker said. address as a recipient. mer Inspector General McCullough viewed an email in which Clinton McMillian and Rucker were inter- during a Google search, the ICIG aide Huma Abedin and Abedin’s viewed by the Senate Finance and Inspector General’s Inquiry and the DOJ OIG are unaware of husband, Anthony Weiner, discuss Homeland Security and Govern- Department of Justice Inspector any information that links Com- how Weiner’s account was possibly mental Affairs committees on Dec. General Michael Horowitz was betta or the dummy email address hacked by a political opponent who 4, 2018, in response to media re- aware of the ICIG’s referral to the that he created with the Chinese ended up receiving copies of all of ports that cited anonymous sources FBI but didn’t address it in his government or a Chinese-owned his emails. claiming that China gained access 568-page report on the FBI and company,” Horowitz and Atkinson The investigator told Congress that to Clinton’s emails. The commit- DOJ handling of the Clinton email wrote.

DARPA Study Forecasts New Encryption Ending Intelligence Surveillance

DAVID MCNEW/GETTY IMAGES CHRISS STREET Two X-45A Unmanned of war. in Artificial Intelligence by Combat Air Vehicles The new Trump admin- 2030, indicate a top-down, A study by the Defense (UCAV) developed by istration moved quickly in government-driven agenda Advanced Research Projects America’s Defense 2017 to integrate operations that provides a road-map Agency (DARPA) forecasts Advanced Research across all five domains and for strategic collaboration U.S. intelligence’s commu- Projects Agency are began applying AI applica- between industry, academia, nication surveillance capa- shown to members tions to military operations and their civil society. These bilities are “‘Going Dark” as of the news media at by launching the Algorith- plans, when combined with AI and quantum computing Edwards Air Force Base mic Warfare Task Force—the resourcing, effort, and pa- move toward true “end to end in Calif., U.S. on July 11, parent of Project Maven and tience, may propel China to 2002. encryption.” the predecessor of the Joint leap ahead in many of the DARPA and the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Centre. technology sectors we will Advanced Studies on Terror- But China shocked U.S. talk about today.” ism reported smartphones intelligence services in late The DARPA report states and servers with powerful 2017 by applying advanced that with the “golden age” processors applying “Blow- quantum computing software of SIGINT coming to a close, fish” and other encryption watching. of high-tech signals intelli- developed in America, but ac- traditional methods of col- algorithms and keys can China shocked U.S. The DARPA report does not gence (SIGINT) tools to hunt quired through purchase or lecting signals intelligence now limit FBI and U.S. intel- credit or blame any party or down low-tech insurgents espionage, to be the first na- and eavesdropping on com- ligence community access to intelligence services legal hurdle for the coming and terrorists, neighbour- tion to demonstrate ‘quantum munications used by the in- communications. Within five in late 2017 by ineffectiveness of American ing China intelligence ser- entanglement’ message sent telligence community will no years, “Honey encryption” applying advanced intelligence’s surveillance vices through observation from a space-based satellite longer be effective” against and quantum keys will end tools perfected over the last and espionage gained the to a Chinese ground station, adversaries, terrorists and FBI’s surveillance capabili- quantum computing two decades. But China’s knowledge to hone an arsenal before self-destructing. criminals. ties, and more powerful pro- software developed quantum computing and ar- of highly-competitive “Anti- China’s feat of making cessors will end NSA access in America, but tificial intelligence (AI) effort Access/Area Denial” (AA/AD) public one of America’s most Chriss Street is an expert in within 10 years. is suspect. SIGINT tools. secret technologies stunned macroeconomics, technol- The good news is that U.S. acquired through With the Obama admin- It was not until 2016 that the U.S. intelligence com- ogy, and national security. national secrets and personal purchase or istration’s 2011 Army and the Pentagon acknowledged munity and generated U.S. He has served as CEO of privacy will be substantially espionage. Marine Corps “surge” into the emergence of a great House Armed Services Com- several companies and is enhanced; the bad news is Afghanistan, the Air Force power threat from China and mittee hearings in January an active writer with more that state actors, criminals and Navy began refocusing Russia by launching its Multi- 2018. Chairwoman, Rep. Elise than 1,500 publications. and terrorists will soon be on the rising threat from Domain Operations (MDO) Stefanik (R-NY21) warned: He also regularly provides able to communicate without China. But with the CIA, that for the first time added “Many of China’s pub- strategy lectures to gradu- concerns the U.S. intelligence NSA and the U.S. military cyberspace to land, sea, air lished National-level plans, ate students at top South- community is listening and employing the full portfolio and space as one of 5 domains such as achieving dominance ern California universities. AUGUST 22-28, 2019 US | A7

‘I Promise Not to Do This to Greenland:’ Trump Riffs on Greenland Purchase

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how far his tongue was in his cheek. The building in the picture bears a close resemblance to the golden Trump International Tower hotel building in Las Vegas. The president’s interest in the United States purchasing the A general view of Las Vegas includ- world’s largest island as a potential ing the Strato- resource surfaced on Aug. 16 in a sphere Casino Wall Street Journal article entitled Hotel (L) and the “President Trump Eyes a New Real- Trump Interna- Estate Purchase: Greenland” tional Hotel & Officials later confirmed that Tower Las Vegas the story was, in essence, true, on Oct. 23, although the Wall Street Journal 2010. article appears to have fired the starting pistol on any diplomatic U.S. President Donald White House economic advis- new frontier for adventure tourism,” having aggressively in the Arctic, process. Trump at the Presiden- er Larry Kudlow, who is the director the statement said. “We’re open for and China’s actions there had to be Greenland is an autonomous re- tial Social Media Summit of the National Economic Council, business, not for sale.” watched closely as well. gion with a population of around at the White House on July noted that years ago, former Presi- Discussions between Trump and According to a January 2018 edi- 56,000 owned by Denmark be- 11, 2019. dent Harry Truman had the same his advisers had only been explor- torial by state-run media Xinhua, tween the North Atlantic and Arc- idea. atory, with The Wall Street Journal China currently considers Green- tic oceans. Stretching up into the “It’s an interesting story,” Kud- kick-starting a diplomatic process land a strategic part of its Arctic Arctic Circle, Greenland’s landmass low told Fox News. “It’s developing. that might have otherwise been ini- ambition and its “Polar Silk Road”— is around four times smaller than We’re looking at it.” tiated further down the line, if ever. an extension of its One Belt, One that of the United States—although “Denmark is an ally. Greenland Unidentified sources told The Road initiative. typical flat map projections suggest is a strategic place. They’ve got a Wall Street Journal previously that Trump was due to visit Copen- it is much bigger. lot of valuable minerals,” Kudlow Trump, “with varying degrees of hagen, the capital of Denmark, in The region is dependent on Danish said. “I don’t want to predict it now. seriousness,” had repeatedly ex- September to discuss the Arctic with economic support. I’m just saying the president, who pressed interest in making a po- the prime ministers of Denmark On Aug. 19, Trump himself con- knows a thing or two about buying tential purchase. and Greenland, but called off the firmed that he had floated the idea Essentially it’s a large real estate, wants to take a look at Two of the sources said Trump had visit on Aug. 20 after the Danish of buying the resource-rich territory a potential Greenland purchase.” asked his White House counsel to prime minister said the idea of the with members of his team. real estate deal. A lot Danish politicians have dismissed look into the idea. Trump reportedly United States buying Greenland was “Essentially it’s a large real estate of things can be done. the idea; Greenland’s Ministry of asked advisers if such a purchase absurd. deal. A lot of things can be done. It’s It’s hurting Denmark Foreign Affairs has also rejected could happen and “listened with “The Prime Minister was able to hurting Denmark very badly be- it. In an official statement on Aug. interest” when they discussed the save a great deal of expense and ef- cause they’re losing almost $700 very badly because 16, Greenland’s Ministry of Foreign island’s abundant resources and fort for both the United States and million a year carrying it,” he told they’re losing almost Affairs said on its Twitter account geopolitical importance, accord- Denmark by being so direct. I thank reporters in New Jersey. “So, they $700 million a year that the island isn’t available for ing to the newspaper. her for that and look forward to re- carry it at great loss, and strategi- purchase. The United States has had a mili- scheduling sometime in the future!” cally for the United States, it would carrying it. “Greenland is rich in valuable tary air base in northern Greenlan he said on Twitter. be nice. And, we’re a big ally of U.S. President Donald Trump resources such as minerals, the since a 1951 defense treaty. Denmark and we help Denmark, purest water and ice, fish stocks, In May, U.S. Secretary of State Epoch Times reporter Bowen Xiao and we protect Denmark.” seafood, renewable energy, and is a Mike Pompeo said Russia was be- contributed to this report.

Ghislaine Maxwell Donated to LAURA CAVANAUGH/GETTY IMAGES US Tests Cruise Missile That Was Hospital Where Epstein Victim Banned Under INF Treaty Was Treated, Filings Show CONTINUED FROM A1

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE pact, or shortly thereafter. BOWEN XIAO The heads of the State Department and the Pentagon told reporters that British socialite Ghislaine Max- the abuse resulted “in both the United States planned to deploy well—who has been referred to Defendant and Epstein taking ground-launched missiles to counter as convicted sex offender Jeffrey Plaintiff to New York Presbyte- the growing number that China has. Epstein’s purported madam— rian Hospital in New York while Secretary of Defense Mark Esper made a charitable donation to she was a minor.” told reporters earlier in August that a hospital that treated an alleged “The dates on the hospital re- the Pentagon’s position is to deploy teenage victim of Epstein. cords show she was seventeen non-nuclear INF-range missile sys- Tax filings published by Pro- years old” at the time of the tems “sooner rather than later.” Publica and reviewed by The Ep- alleged abuse, the documents “So, the best answer is, sooner och Times found that on May 2, stated. rather than later, we want to develop 2007, Maxwell donated $1,000 Giuffre also said she this capability and making sure we The United States tested an interme- to the New York-Presbyterian was “forced to have sexual re- can have long-range precision fires, Ghislaine Maxwell in New York City diate-range missile in Calif. on Aug. Hospital, the same place where lations” with Prince Andrew in not just for that theater, but for the on Sept. 20, 2013. 19, 2019. one of Epstein’s accusers, Vir- Maxwell’s apartment in London theater that we’re deploying to as ginia Giuffre, claimed she was and that Maxwell “facilitated” well, because of the importance of concerns in 2013. treated after being sexually as- the sex “by acting as a ‘madame’ the “Lolita Express,” at least great distances we need to cover, “Russia subsequently and system- saulted by Epstein. for Epstein.” A 2001 photo shows 26 times, according to flight and how important an intermediate- atically rebuffed six years of U.S. Maxwell made the contribu- Prince Andrew with his hand records. In a July statement, range conventional weapon would efforts seeking Russia’s return to tion through her private foun- around Giuffre’s waist and Max- Clinton denied ever visiting the be to the Asia Indo-PACOM theater,” compliance,” the department said dation called “Max Foundation well standing behind them. island and said he had only trav- Esper said. in a statement. TR,” which was created in 1996. Maxwell has previously denied eled on the plane four times. Esper, in an official state- “With the full support of our Maxwell was listed as the trust- Giuffre’s claims. She hasn’t been President Donald Trump ment upon withdrawal from the NATO Allies, the United States has ee. The tax filings came from the charged with any crimes. Ac- suggested reporters look into treaty, said that the Pentagon has determined Russia to be in material foundation. cording to court documents, Ep- whether Clinton visited the is- been researching and developing breach of the treaty, and has subse- A day before Epstein was found stein sexually exploited and land, telling reporters on Aug. intermediate-range cruise and bal- quently suspended our obligations dead in his cell, nearly 2,000 abused dozens of minor girls at 13, “If you find that out, you’re listic missiles since 2017. under the treaty. Over the past six pages of documents relating to his homes in New York City and going to know a lot.” “Because the United States scrupu- months, the United States provided him were unsealed, including in Palm Beach, Florida, among Maxwell, through her foun- lously complied with its obligations Russia a final opportunity to cor- claims from Giuffre that she other locations. dation, also donated $350 to an to the INF Treaty, these programs rect its noncompliance. As it has for was directed by Maxwell to Jeffery Greco, a New York organization called “Girls Educa- are in the early stages,” he said. many years, Russia chose to keep its have sex with a number of rich criminal defense lawyer and for- tional and Mentoring Services” “Now that we have withdrawn, noncompliant missile rather than and powerful men, including mer prosecutor previously told on April 15, 2008. According the Department of Defense will going back into compliance with Epstein. The documents listed The Epoch Times that Maxwell to its website, the organization fully pursue the development of its treaty obligations.” new names allegedly involved would be prosecutors’ next main serves “as the nation’s leading these ground-launched conventional NATO issued a statement on Feb. 1 in Epstein’s trafficking ring target. organization for empowering missiles as a prudent response to backing the United States’ decision. and more information on the “She’s going down,” Greco said commercially sexually exploited Russia’s actions and as part of the “Unless Russia honors its INF role Maxwell played. Giuffre’s on Aug. 14. “She’s going to take and domestically trafficked girls Joint Force’s broader portfolio of Treaty obligations through the lawsuit against Maxwell ended everybody with her.” and young women.” conventional strike options.” verifiable destruction of all of its in both sides agreeing to settle In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty The United States fields a number 9M729 systems, thereby returning in 2017 for an undisclosed sum. Charitable Donations to one charge of procuring a mi- of sea- and air-launched alternatives to full and verifiable compliance In those unsealed documents, The tax filings show Maxwell nor for prostitution. He served to the formerly banned interme- before the U.S. withdrawal takes a section titled “New York Pres- usually made a few donations 13 months in prison, but was al- diate-range missiles, but ground- effect in six months, Russia will bear byterian Hospital Records” de- to various organizations each lowed to leave for up to 16 hours, launched missiles have a number of sole responsibility for the end of the tailed how Giuffre had “provided year. six days a week, to work from strategic advantages in a potential Treaty,” the NATO declaration states. extensive medical records in this One of her bigger dona- his Palm Beach office. He also conflict. As a result, China wields NATO Secretary-General Jens case, including medical records tions, $2,500, was made to the had to register as a sex offender. a substantial strategic advantage. Stoltenberg said in August that a from the time when Defendant “Clinton Library and Founda- The New York City Medical Trump said on Aug. 2 that he moratorium request from Russia was sexually abusing and traf- tion” on July 16, 2003. Examiner’s office concluded on spoke to Russian President Vladimir was “not a credible offer” and al- ficking her.” Former President Bill Clin- Aug. 16 that Epstein died by sui- Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping leged that Russia keeps building According to the docu- ton had visited Epstein’s private cide from hanging. Epstein’s about a potential deal that involves missiles. ments, Giuffre produced records island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, lawyers say they are “not sat- all three countries. “There are no new U.S. missiles, supporting her claims that she according to the latest unsealed isfied” with the results and have The State Department said Rus- no new NATO missiles in Europe, was sexually abused in New documents. Clinton flew on Ep- vowed to conduct their own in- sia began violating the INF in the but there are more and more new York. The documents said that stein’s jet, infamously dubbed vestigation into his death. mid-2000s. American officials raised Russian missiles,” he said. A8 | WORLD AUGUST 22-28, 2019 THE WORLD In Pictures GETTY IMAGES; IMAGES; TOMOHIRO VALERIE OHSUMI/GETTY GETTY GACHE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES IMAGES; HUGUEN/AFP/GETTY PHILIPPE MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; KITWOOD/GETTY IMAGES; DAN BRENDON THORNE/GETTY IMAGES; IMAGES; LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/ GUPTA/AFP/GETTY DINESH

A man with his 8.5m long moustache poses with national flags at Bikaner, India, as the country prepares to celebrate its 73rd anniversary of inde- pendence from British rule on Aug. 15. A girl stands in the pouring rain near the London Eye in London, England, on Aug. 14. A young Asian ele- phant stands near his mother in its enclosure at the Pairi Daiza Zoo in Bru- gelette, eastern Belgium, on Aug. 15. 1.7 million protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong in opposition to a government extradition bill that has since morphed into wider calls against the Chinese Communist Party on Aug. 18. People gather to see Cherry Blossom trees at the Sydney Blos- som Festival in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 17. A fire-fighting plane drops water over a wildfire near the village of Stavros on the Greek Evia island on Aug. 14. Hundreds of villagers were evacuated a day prior, authorities said. Japan’s Emperor Naruhito (R) delivers a speech as Empress Masako (L) listens during a memorial service marking the 74th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug. 15. Japan’s former emperor Hirohito announced the surrender of Japan on Aug. 15, 1945, following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9. A full moon rises behind the statue of the mythological Pegasus in the city of Corinth, west of Athens, on Aug. 15. AUGUST 22-28, 2019 OPINION | A9

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Meditations on the Wisdom of Inaction

PIXABAY CHRIS ERICKSON that work is the be-all-end-all of our lives; we let our labor de- Commentary fine us, rather than who we are I recently read an and what we actually value and article published cherish. on The Art of What if instead, we looked at Manliness that the active life as something we was written by only tolerated in order to ex- one of my peers, perience the true happiness of Kyle Eschenroeder, contemplation? As St. Thomas a fellow writer and Aquinas wrote in the “Summa marketing director. The title of Theologica,” “When a person is the piece was “Meditations on called from the contemplative the Wisdom of Action,” and the life to the active life, this is done main idea was that much of the by way not of subtraction but of confusion-driven anxiety that’s addition.” creating a feeling of meaning- If we truly wish to find our lessness in our society has a way out of the noise and chaos simple, one-step remedy: taking that is our “always-connected, action. always-on” society, we have to The first thing I want to draw learn how to be more than just attention to is that I don’t further go on to condemn the this more apparent than in the tolerant of inaction; we have to disagree with the entirety of self-refuting modern concept of phrase “killing time.” Time is learn how to embrace this si- Eschenroeder’s position; in fact, I a “work-life balance,” in which our most precious commodity, lence and sit comfortably in our think we would agree on a great we seek to justify having any yet we act as if it’s an enemy to own thoughts. many things he writes about, if time set aside for life apart from be conquered and subdued. Therefore, I’ll leave you with not the exact terms we’re each work. As our culture has become one last parting piece of advice using. For what it’s worth, we The modernist Western inven- more secular, we’ve lost the from Pieper to contemplate: “Lei- should begin with clearly defin- tion of “total work” may very sense of the importance of days sure is not the attitude of the one ing the difference between intel- well be what undoes Western of rest built around a liturgi- who intervenes but of the one lectual work and servile work. Civilisation, if it’s allowed to ac- cal calendar that celebrates the who opens himself; not of some- In his treatise, Eschenroeder celerate and spread unchecked. passage of time and encourages one who seizes but of one who specifically states that medita- In his philosophical mas- meditation upon deeper truths. lets go, who lets himself go, and tion itself is work. What I wish terpiece “Leisure: The Basis of As Pieper writes, “The vacancy ‘go under,’ almost as someone to call attention to is the vitally Culture,” Josef Pieper writes, “Of left by absence of worship is who falls asleep must let himself important fact that not all work course the world of work begins filled by mere killing of time go. The surge of new life that is created equal, nor can all its to become—threat- and by boredom, flows out to us when we give variants be compared “apples ens to become—our which is directly ourselves to the contemplation to apples.” Indeed, I would say only world, to the related to in- of a blossoming rose, a sleeping that it borders on recklessness to exclusion of all If we truly wish to find ability to enjoy child, or of a divine mystery—is speak of taking action as a cure- else. The demands our way out of the noise leisure; for one this not like the surge of life that all for our societal ills, while of the working and chaos that is our can only be bored comes from deep, dreamless lumping all “action” into the world grow ever if the spiritual sleep?” same basket. more total, grasp- “always-connected, power to be lei- If you want to find peace, you My “radical” answer to those ing ever more always-on” society, we surely has been have to surrender to the dis- who would sound the general completely the lost.” comfort that is peace in today’s alarm to “take action” as the whole of human have to learn how to Boredom isn’t world. panacea for our culture is a firm existence.” embrace this silence something to (and decisive) “No.” Western We have forgot- and sit comfortably in be overcome; Chris Erickson is a combat culture has completely forgotten ten how to con- boredom, as our veteran and former Green Be- how to properly work and how template; now, we our own thoughts. modern culture ret, with extensive experience to effectively engage in leisure. fear the absence of understands it, deployed to various locations We don’t need more action, 24/7 stimulation, no matter how is actually the chief symptom of across the world. He now works period. We must let go of this empty the content we consume our illness. We think that “work in the communications industry. crazed idea that our justifica- may be. By allowing our brains for work’s sake” is a virtue and You can follow him on Twitter @ tion and purpose is found in the to exist in a state of constant regard deep thought with sus- EricksonPrime sort of actions that can only be digital noise, we’ve lost our abil- picion and disdain. The truth is, classified as servile work. We’re ity to be receptive to the ideas leisure isn’t the absence of activ- Views expressed in this article obsessed with taking actions that are actually worth the time ity; it’s the stillness and quiet are the opinions of the author with known performance indi- to think about. We would rather that exists in the space between and do not necessarily reflect the cators attached to them. I would be dead than bored; nowhere is words. Yet, we accept the lie views of The Epoch Times. A10 | OPINION AUGUST 22-28, 2019 Dismantling the Myth of War Heroism by the Chinese Communist Party

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On Aug. 25, 1945, just 10 days after Victory over Japan Day, U.S. Army Capt. John Birch, a devout Baptist and Mandarin speaker, was murdered in northern China by Chinese communist soldiers— the United States’ erstwhile “allies” in its fight against the Japanese. “Birch was shot in the thigh, carried to a cinder pile near the train station, and bayoneted to death,” Richard Bernstein wrote in his book “China 1945.” “The body was found wrapped in a straw mat, the hands and feet were bound. There was a large wound in the left thigh, a large hole in the right shoulder, and the whole face had been muti- lated beyond recognition.” Nine months earlier, on Dec. 7, 1944, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had organised a rescue mission by its 8th Route Army of the 11 U.S. crew mem- bers of a downed B-29 Superfor- tress bomber in Japanese-con- trolled Hebei province. The CCP’s high-profile rescue of downed U.S. airmen and, in the next breath, the killing of Birch was in sync with Zhou Enlai’s communist strategy of “da da tan tan” or “fight fight talk talk” Communist soldiers from the East river unit, with among them several women, sing to mass murderer Mao Zedong’s glory as they arrive in Sham Chum, three when dealing with the United kilometres north of Hong Kong Britain’s border on Oct. 25, 1949. States—a CCP tactic that contin- AFP/GETTY IMAGES ues to this day. versed 48 years later, with intel- There was nothing heroic in lectuals during the Tiananmen rescuing a few downed U.S. air- Massacre escaping from China to men. It was, after all, the Ameri- Hong Kong. cans who were taking the fight Tsui Yuet-ching wrote in the to the Japanese while the CCP sat chapter “Cleaning Up Local Prob- back and waited. lems” that HKIB forces “subse- Mao Zedong always had his quently had many battles with sights set on killing his fel- dozens of local criminals, often low Chinese—not the invading either killing them, or evicting Japanese nor the Americans who them from the villages they were stayed on to help China avoid terrorising. This helped build civil war. long-lasting relationships with As military historian Antony local villagers.” Beevor explained in “The Sec- The British government ond World War,” following the wouldn’t have asked the CCP to October 1938 Central Commit- send its soldiers into Japanese- tee plenum, Mao’s policy was occupied Hong Kong. strict: “Communist forces were Without any legal authority, the not to fight the Japanese, unless killings would have been extra- attacked. They were to conserve judicial executions by the CCP. their strength for seizing terri- Perhaps the “local criminals” tory from the Nationalists. Mao were people who didn’t want the made clear that Chiang Kai-shek Japanese troops get a mute reception as they parade through defeated Hong Kong in 1941. communists in Hong Kong. was their ultimate opponent, Tsui Yuet-ching’s attempts their ‘enemy No. 1.’” to legitimise the communists’ Bernstein’s account revealed Mao didn’t cooperate with the ers who followed the Japanese involvement in Hong Kong dur- that “the Communists were Nationalists. Mao cooperated into Hong Kong’s New Territories ing the war years is particularly extremely successful in propa- with the Japanese to defeat the as “independence” fighters for troublesome considering the gating the notion that they had Nationalists. And pre-1948, the Hong Kong. recent attacks on pro-democracy struggled bitterly, bravely, and communists never had “the up- The speakers included Tsui protesters in the New Territories. continuously against the invader, per hand.” Yuet-ching, the author of “The Fortunately for the people of but their million-man army had In a more recent example, Alex Hong Kong Independent Battal- Hong Kong, Churchill insisted engaged in only small-scale hit- Last of the BBC World Service ion.” that the territory be returned to and-run attacks.” claimed on Aug. 9 in the “Wit- “Almost at the same time of the Britain at the end of World War II. Beevor said that by 1943, British ness History” podcast that the British surrender, units of the If Hong Kong had been handed intelligence was certain the com- Chinese communist attack on the Dong Jiang People’s Anti-Japan to Chiang Kai-shek, as U.S. munists had made an unofficial British rescue ship HMS Am- Guerrilla Force that had been President Franklin D. Roosevelt deal with the Japanese, under ethyst and its subsequent escape active in Guangdong secretly wanted, Mao’s Great Leap For- which both sides restricted their in 1949 signalled “the restoration Mao Zedong always followed the Japanese invaders ward and the Cultural Revolution operations against each other. of Chinese sovereignty.” had his sights set into the territory. They organised would have utterly destroyed But the myth of the CCP’s war Are Last and his employer able on killing his fellow themselves into the Hong Kong Hong Kong, including the vibrant heroism has now become part of to explain how the 70 million Independent Battalion and set up Hakka culture of the New Ter- the Western lexicon. victims of the CCP are enjoying Chinese—not the a network around the territory,” ritories villages that had provided Beevor wrote that: “Smedley, their “Chinese sovereignty,” not invading Japanese the RGS-HK said on its website. the communist guerrillas with so Theodore White, and other in- to mention the 2 million protest- nor the Americans The Dong Jiang People’s Anti- much support. fluential American writers could ers in Hong Kong? Japan Guerrilla Force was created The unelected CCP doesn’t own not accept for a moment that The CCP stole and betrayed who stayed on to by the CCP, as was the inap- China and doesn’t own the Chi- Mao might turn out to be a far China’s sovereignty. help China avoid propriately named Hong Kong nese people. worse tyrant than Chiang Kai- Such references to the CCP’s civil war. Independent Battalion (HKIB). The United States can recognise shek. The personality cult, the revisionist history simply help Chiang Kai-shek had made it this by severing diplomatic rela- Great Leap Forward which killed perpetuate the myth that the clear that he wanted Hong Kong tions with the regime, reopening more people than in the whole of rise of Mao—who was one of his- returned to China once hostilities formal ties with Taiwan. In doing the Second World War, the cruel tory’s worst mass murderers—was had ended. But true to Mao’s pol- so, it can show support to the madness of the Cultural Revo- somehow inevitable. icy, the CCP wouldn’t just allow many Chinese people who desire lution and the seventy million Hong Kong to become Nationalist to live in a CCP-free society—in- victims of a regime that was in The CCP in Hong Kong territory without a fight. cluding the people of Hong Kong. many ways worse than Stalin- In May 2018, it became apparent Once Hong Kong Gov. Mark ism proved totally beyond their that the Royal Geographical So- Young surrendered to the Japa- Mark Tarrant is a Sydney-based imagination.” ciety–Hong Kong (RGS-HK) had nese on Christmas Day 1941, the lawyer. He spent his childhood The West’s capitulation to the fallen victim to the CCP’s United communist guerrilla fighters in Hong Kong where he attended CCP’s rewriting of history was Front—a programme run out of moved into Hong Kong, assisted Kowloon Junior School and King apparent in an article about the Beijing that works to subvert free by New Territories villagers. George V School. Mark has vivid treasures from the National Pal- and open societies around the In her book, Tsui Yuet-ching memories of the impact of the ace Museum of Taipei earlier this world to the Communist Party’s claimed that “intellectuals” were Cultural Revolution on Hong year, when The Australian col- will. rescued from Hong Kong under Kong, including the threat of im- umnist Christopher Allen wrote, In a talk named “The Hong the order of Zhou Enlai, who she minent invasion by the PLA and “During the war, communists Kong Independent Battalion: The wrongly claimed was Minister of local bombings. and Nationalists co-operated in Story of the Secret Resistance State in the Chinese government the struggle against Japan, but Fighters of HK during the Japa- at the time. All the intellectu- Views expressed in this article in its aftermath, and especially nese Occupation of 1941–1945,” als went on to become writers in are the opinions of the author from 1948, the communists re- the RGS-HK hosted speakers communist China. and do not necessarily reflect the gained the upper hand.” touting the CCP’s guerrilla fight- This escape route became re- views of The Epoch Times. AUGUST 22-28, 2019A20 OPINION | A11JANUARY 17–23, 2019

Lillian Fan, Publisher Stephen Gregory, Publisher Jasper Fakkert, Editor-in-Chief Jasper Fakkert, Editor-in-Chief Melanie Sun, Regional Editor Gigi Fu, Layout Artist SPECIAL SERIES Channaly Philipp, At Home, Travel Editor Chrisy Trudeau, Mind & Body Editor Crystal Shi, Food Editor ABOUT US How the Specter of Communism Sharon Kilarski, Arts & Culture Editor The Epoch Times is a media or- ganisation dedicated to seeking ABOUT US the truth through insightful and Is Ruling Our World independent journalism. The Epoch Times is a media organization dedicated to seek- Standing outside of political in- ing the truth through insightful terests and the pursuit of profit, and independent journalism. our starting point and our goal is The Revolt Against God to create a media for the public Standing outside of politi- benefit, to be truly responsible cal interests and the pursuit of to society. The Epoch Times here serializes a translation from the Chinese of “How profit, our starting point and our the Specter of Communism Is Ruling Our World,” a new book by the Chapter Six (Cont.) goal is to create a media for the We endeavor to educate readers editorial team of the “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party.” public benefit, to be truly respon- about today’s most important sible to society. topics, seeking to broaden and uplift minds. We believe that We endeavor to educate read- rational, balanced debate is key b. The Chinese Communist Party’s the CCP took the lead in cursing the ances- Buddhist scriptures and Buddhist stupas, ers about today’s most impor- for fostering a healthy democ- Destruction of Culture, Destruction tors of the Chinese people and defiling and basically speaking, apart from a very small tant topics, seeking to broaden racy and a compassionate of Religion, and Severance of the spurning traditional culture. Countries number of monasteries, including the four and uplift minds. We believe that society. Connection Between Man and God (cont.) around the world usually revere their ances- great monasteries which were protected, in rational, balanced debate is key tors and kings of the past and value their Tibet’s other monasteries and in the villages, Destroying the Bedrock of Traditional traditions. Likewise, the sages and philoso- small towns and towns in the broad agri- for fostering a healthy democ- As an independent media outlet, racy and a compassionate we use our freedom to inves- Culture phers of Chinese history passed down a cultural and animal herding areas, some of The landlords and gentry of rural areas, culture of splendor. This culture is a treasure our Han cadres produced a plan, our Tibetan society. tigate issues overlooked—or and merchants and scholar-officials of that belongs to China and the world and is cadres mobilized, and some people among avoided—by other media out- urban areas, were the elites carrying worthy of the respect of future generations. the activists who did not understand reason As an independent media out- lets. We seek to highlight solu- China’s traditional culture. They bore the Yet in the eyes of the CCP and its shame- played the part of executors of the plan. They let, we use our freedom to inves- tions and what’s good in society mission of inheriting and spreading China’s less propagandists, the emperor, generals, usurped the name of the masses and put tigate issues overlooked—or rather than what divides us. traditions. In the early stages of the CCP’s scholars, and gifted people of ancient China on the face of the masses, and stirred up a avoided—by other media outlets. seizure of power in 1949, the Party used were good for nothing. Such an insult to great flood of waves to eliminate statues of a series of movements, such as the land one’s own ancestors is indeed rare through- the Buddha, Buddhist scriptures and stupas, We seek to highlight solutions We report respectfully, compas- and what’s good in society rather sionately, and rigorously. reform campaign, the campaign to suppress out history. Led by the CCP, the Chinese throw them into water, throw them onto the counterrevolutionaries, and the Three-Anti people came to oppose God, reject their ground, break them and melt them. than what divides us. We stand against the destruc- and Five-Anti campaigns, to massacre land- ancestors, and destroy their own culture, “They recklessly carried out wild and lords, gentry in villages, and capitalists in putting them on a perilous road. hasty destruction of monasteries, Buddhist We report respectfully, compas- tion wrought by communism, cities. Plundering social wealth while creat- halls, mani walls, and stupa, and stole many sionately, and rigorously. including the harm done to ing terror, the Party annihilated the elites Persecuting Religions ornaments from statues of the Buddha and cultures around the world. who had promulgated traditional culture. Religious belief is a vital component of precious things from the Buddhist stupas. We stand against the destruc- At the same time, using the methods traditional Chinese culture. The Taoism, Because the government purchasing bodies tion wrought by communism, We are inspired in this by our of “institutional adjustments” in order to Buddhism, and Confucianism known to the were not careful in making distinctions including the harm done to cul- own experience. The Epoch “ideologically reform” scholars—indoctri- world were intertwined in their brilliance when purchasing non-ferrous metals, they tures around the world. Times was founded in 2000 to nating them with materialism, atheism, and lasted through thousands of years of purchased many statues of the Buddha, stupas, and offering vessels made from non- bring honest and uncensored and the theory of evolution—the CCP sys- Chinese history. Many Western religions We are inspired in this by our ferrous metals and showed an attitude of news to people oppressed tematically brainwashed a new generation also played a role in Chinese history. of students, instilling hatred toward tradi- After the CCP obtained power through encouraging the destruction of these things. own experience. The Epoch by the lies and violence in tional culture. Through the Anti-Rightist violence in 1949, it followed the Soviet “As a result, some villages and monasteries Times was founded in 2000 to communist China. Movement in the 1950s, all disobedient Union. On one hand, the CCP promoted looked as if they were not the result of man’s bring honest and uncensored intellectuals were exiled and sentenced to atheism and launched ideological attacks deliberate actions, but rather they looked news to people oppressed We still believe journalism is a re-education through forced labor, casting against the belief in God. On the other hand, as if they had been accidentally destroyed by the lies and violence in noble vocation, but only when them to the bottom of society. The Party throughout a series of political movements, by bombardment and a war had just ended, communist China. it genuinely seeks to serve its made scholars—whose views were once it used methods of violence and high pres- and they were unbearable to look at. communities and help them to respected and had guided society—the sure to suppress, persecute, and eliminate “Furthermore, they unscrupulously We still believe journalism is a flourish. In all that we do, we will subject of mockery and ridicule. religions, including through the murder of insulted religion, using the Tripitaka as The eradication of the traditional elites religious practitioners. The persecution of material for fertilizer, in particular using noble vocation, but only when it hold ourselves to the highest brought the process of inheriting and pass- those with orthodox faiths became more pictures of the Buddha and Buddhist sutras genuinely seeks to serve its com- standards of integrity. This is ing on traditional Chinese culture, which and more severe, all the way until its peak to make shoes. This was totally unreason- munities and help them to flour- our promise to you. had lasted generations, to an end. Young with the start of the bloody persecution of able. Because they did many things that ish. In all that we do, we will hold people who came along later were no longer the spiritual practice Falun Gong in 1999. even lunatics would hardly do, people of ourselves to the highest stand- enculturated, socialized, and nurtured in After 1949, the CCP started persecuting all strata were thoroughly shocked, their CONTACT US ards of integrity. 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Catholic bishops and priests were jailed or Cultural Revolution, Laozi was criticized After the Cultural Revolution, the hellfire executed, and only a few hundred remained. as hypocritical, and the Dao De Jing was of Destroying the Four Olds burned across Some foreign priests in China were ex- deemed “feudal superstition.” the land of China. Monasteries, temples, ecuted. The rest were expelled. Over 11,000 The core beliefs of Confucianism were Buddhist statues and paintings, artifacts, Catholics were killed. Numerous followers benevolence, righteousness, the moral dis- and cultural sites were destroyed complete- were arrested arbitrarily or were subjected position to do good, proper conduct, wis- ly. The essences of Chinese culture that had to extortionate fines. According to incom- dom, and trust. Confucius set the moral been inherited and preserved for thousands plete statistics, within the first few years standards for generations. During the of years was destroyed overnight, beyond of the CCP’s rise to power, nearly 3 million Cultural Revolution, the rebels in Beijing hope of restoration. religious followers and members of religious led the Red Guards to Qufu, Confucius’s Before the Cultural Revolution, there organizations were arrested or executed. hometown, where they sabotaged and were more than 500 temples and monas- Like the Soviet Communist Party, to burned ancient books and smashed thou- teries in Beijing. Every one of the thou- strengthen the leadership over religion, sands of historical tombstones, including sands of cities and towns in China had the CCP established regulatory agencies that of Confucius. In 1974, the CCP started ancient walls, temples, and monasteries. for each group, such as the Chinese Taoist another movement to “Criticize Lin [Biao], Ancient artifacts were everywhere. 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At the same Party leader Jiang Zemin, of Falun Gong The campaign to Destroy the Four Olds time, the CCP used those associations to (also known as Falun Dafa) and its cultiva- not only ruined the sites of religious prac- perform deeds that could not be done by the tors, who practice truthfulness, compas- Get the Get the tice, prayer, and cultivation—ancient places evil specter directly: to sow discord in and sion, and tolerance. Furthermore, the Party that represented the harmony between corrupt orthodox religions from within. carries out organ harvesting from living independent news independent news man and Heaven—but also went about The CCP treated Tibetan Buddhism the Falun Gong practitioners, a crime that has eradicating basic righteous beliefs from same way. After dispatching armies and never before existed on the planet. you won’t find you won’t find human hearts, such as the belief in the har- occupying Tibet in 1950, the CCP started During a few decades, the CCP complete- mony between humans and the cosmos. the heavy persecution of Tibetan Bud- ly devastated thousands of years’ worth of anywhere else. anywhere else. Many people, believing that such traditions dhism. The 14th Dalai Lama escaped Tibet China’s traditional culture, moral values, are irrelevant, may not think much of this, in 1958 and lived in exile in India, which and beliefs in self-cultivation. As a result, but when people cut their ties with gods, the CCP considered a rebellion. 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Google staff at the UK headquarters in London on Nov. 1, 2018. The Corrupt Romance Between Big Business and Socialism

JOSHUA PHILIPP they send a message that speaking against in the early 1900s were opposed not just to of public complaints by reducing the costs the politically correct narratives can ruin socialism, but also to the emerging forms of medicine and improving quality of care. There’s an odd and ironic ro- your life. People are then terrorized into co- of collectivist corporatism that have come Socialism would also mean that big govern- mance between big business erced silence. to define the modern economy in the West. ment could regulate public health and force and socialism. We can take the famed writer G.K. Chester- people to receive medical care, while limiting In otherwise free societies, ‘State-Capitalist Monopoly’ ton as an example. Like many anti-socialists outside options for care. corporations have become Contrary to popular belief, socialism doesn’t of his time, he recognized that the problems The same principle applies to colleges and the extralegal enforcement get rid of big business. It gets rid of the true of socialism weren’t limited to the official the plague of student debt. Rather than low- bodies of cultural laws—able principles of free trade and places businesses socialist systems that we recognize today. er the cost of education and reform what’s to fire, shame, and ruin the lives of people under state control. It then subsidizes them The problems extended to the direction the taught to help ensure graduates can get jobs who defy the unofficial systems of political through high taxation and manages them “free” market was taking under corporate after college—and thus pay off their debt— correctness. through strict law. The new state businesses monopoly. many institutions want socialist policies to The Supreme Court unanimously reaf- become immune to independent competi- Many writers, including Chesterton, subsidize their industry. This allows them to firmed in June 2017 that so-called “hate tion; people can be appointed to work for framed their criticisms more broadly as op- use taxpayer dollars to solidify high tuition speech” isn’t illegal in the United States, and them as the state sees fit; and taxes prop up posing “tyranny” and “monopoly,” which costs and to continue offering degrees of little is protected as free speech by the U.S. Consti- businesses that would otherwise fail. included the full spectrum of socialism, and use in the real world—since it won’t matter if tution. But elements in society are ignoring Don’t believe me? Name one socialist coun- of the darker parts of big business. students can’t find jobs to repay their loans. this constitutional protection. try or regime that did away with the facto- Chesterton wrote in his newspaper GK’s The reality is that socialist tyrants in poli- Of course, “hate speech” is largely unde- ries, big businesses, or debt-riddled social Weekly in 1925: “There is nothing in front but tics work hand-in-hand with big-business fined, and as a practical matter, its mean- regimes that many people oppose in capitalist a flat wilderness of standardization either by interests. ings change based on the political needs systems. Many countries under the “Nordic Bolshevism or Big Business. And it is strange Politicians who are financed by these big of the socialist left. There’s a steady flow of model” are arguably more capitalist than the that we at least have seen sanity, if only in a businesses become puppets working on their cases, but recently, a Google insider revealed United States—in Denmark, for example, it’s vision, while they go forward chained eter- behalf. In this exchange, these politicians to Project Veritas that Google is censoring easier to start a business than in most U.S. nally to enlargement without liberty and create narratives to convince the public to conservatives to prevent a future Donald states, and there aren’t even minimum wage progress without hope.” vote in socialist policies that subsidize big Trump presidency. Even the Ravelry knitting laws. business. And through these corrupt ties, community announced it will ban users for The Tyranny of Big-Business Socialism the socialist tyrants come to represent the supporting Trump under the pretense that Socialism is a system of subsidized tyranny interests of big business over the well-being the president has become a symbol of ideas and corruption. It takes all the worst traits of of the people they’re supposed to represent. they deem hateful. Political correctness originated big business and corrupt politics and solidi- This corrupt network between socialism, In all cases of supposed hate speech, people fies them in society through high taxes and big business, and corrupt politics has always who are allegedly violating these unofficial with Mao Zedong’s Chinese bureaucratic state control. existed. It’s a foundation of the socialist sys- laws risk being publicly exposed by news Communist Party, when he The classical liberal economist Ludwig von tem. During the Cold War, Wall Street in the outlets—as we saw in June, when the Daily established in 1967 that those Mises explained in his 1947 book “Planned United States was pumping money into the Beast exposed and publicly shamed a black Chaos” that while “nothing is more unpop- Soviet Union, and it wasn’t until this channel forklift driver in the Bronx for allegedly creat- who support socialist policies ular today than the free market economy” of finance was cut off that the communist ing a joke video that portrayed House Speaker are ‘politically correct,’ and those and many political factions levy different regime collapsed. We see the same ties be- Nancy Pelosi slurring as if she were drunk. who oppose them can be publicly accusations against capitalism—to the extent tween today’s Wall Street and the Chinese We saw a similar situation in February that they contradict one another—many of Communist Party. 2018, when CNN sent a reporter to the home shamed, arrested, or killed. their criticisms are actually against social- If a business is corrupt, it can’t last long of an elderly woman to accuse her of sharing ist concepts that have been adopted into the if it grows too large. Businesses that fail to an alleged Russian article on Facebook. We Even in so-called “agrarian” societies such free market. provide competitive prices and good services saw this again when 16-year-old high school as tsarist Russia and Cambodia under the Mises wrote: “Although capitalism is the can only last if they hold a monopoly—and student Nick Sandmann was falsely accused Khmer Rouge, where there were no “capital- economic system of modern Western civi- free societies are supposed to break up mo- by the big corporate media of harassing an ist” systems to destroy, the socialist tyrants lization, the policies of all Western nations nopolies like that. Socialism also eliminates elderly Native American man. In response, “seized the means of production” from com- are guided by utterly anti-capitalistic ideas. competition from small and medium-sized celebrities joked on Twitter about assaulting mon people, which included seeds, farming The aim of these interventionist policies is companies. or murdering him and his fellow classmates. equipment, and land. And in both cases, this not to preserve capitalism, but to substitute So why are so many big businesses pushing Political correctness originated with Mao led to genocide for the “socialist cause.” a mixed economy for it.” for socialism, if socialism allegedly gets rid of Zedong’s Chinese Communist Party, when Lenin explained the intention of having The reality is that many big business- the “capitalist” system that they depend on? he established in 1967 that those who sup- business serve the state to the Russian people es support socialist policies, since they The basis of socialism is monopoly. Under port socialist policies are “politically correct” from the get-go, referring to socialism in 1917 stand to benefit from the systems of socialism, big businesses are allowed to per- and those who oppose them can be publicly as a system of “state-capitalist monopoly” monopoly and state subsidies offered sist—albeit under state control—through tax shamed, arrested, or killed. that was a necessary step toward the end- by socialism. money, which means they don’t need to be News outlets and big business have become goals of communist social and moral deso- Why is it that the pharmaceutical in- competitive in prices and services. Social- the enforcement bodies of unofficial laws and lation. dustry is backing politicians who want ism is the preferred model for corrupt big the current arbiters of political correctness. The result is that independent business is socialist health care? It’s because social- business, since it eliminates the risks and They identify people, shame them, contact destroyed, the means of production and re- ist health care would finance their op- obligations that go along with big business. their employers, and attempt to ruin their sources are seized, and the state attempts to erations and give them immunity to the And it’s likely for this reason that so many lives. They send the message that any person, micro-manage the nation’s economy through problems encountered in the business “millionaires and billionaires” support it. regardless of age or race, is open for attack massive state business and bureaucracy. of medicine. if he or she violates the corporate-enforced Meanwhile, the fat cats in corporate big Instead of forcing big-business medicine Joshua Philipp is a senior investigative re- socialist laws of political correctness. business are sometimes all for this. After to cut costs and improve services, socialist porter for The Epoch Times. Big businesses, in cahoots with socialist all, socialism doesn’t get rid of corruption health care would make these issues non- political factions, have found a way to enforce or greed—it subsidizes it. Socialism is all about negotiable. Socialist health care would fi- Views expressed in this article are the opin- socialist dictates that aren’t criminal under monopoly, only it’s “state” monopoly. nance big pharma with high taxes, rather ions of the author and do not necessarily re- normal law. And through political terrorism, This is part of the reason that anti-socialists than force these businesses to fix the roots flect the views of The Epoch Times. SUMMER EATS SECRETFAMILY RECIPESINGREDIENT Rules of the Lobster Roll SoThe You Power Think of a Family YouDinner Know Soy Sauce? 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ALL PHOTOS BY SHUTTERSTOCK sible to look at every single detail. I spent a few hours here and could have easily spent IN THE double the amount of time, but I wanted to FOOTSTEPS see the next Mayan structure before leav- ing the thick jungle and heading back to civilization. OF THE What Lies Within: Ek’Balam MAYANS Of the three sites I endeavored to see, Ek’Balam was the least known, but I came based on a personal recommendation from my local host, who had promised me carved statues of unrivaled beauty—and I was not WIBKE CARTER going to be disappointed. I arrived at around 3:30 pm (it is about hen it comes to choosing a vacation des- Tulum means 32 miles north of Valladolid). Ek’Balam is tination, I am inevitably drawn to places barely visited, so the late hour meant that filled with history, culture, and beauty. I ‘wall’ in the only another 20 or so visitors strolled around W have seen the gladiators’ arena in the Coli- Mayan language. the site, leaving this ancient place pretty seum in Rome; I stood where the Colossus much to myself. of Rhodes towered over the Greek island; I Access to the 60 Ek’Balam is Mayan for “Black Jaguar” have walked among the shrines and temples or so structures and the city’s importance was evident in in Kyoto, Japan; and this time I was set to the monumental buildings. But only a few discover the traces of the Mayan culture on of the complex principal ones have been excavated and re- the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. stored so far, and it felt as if the surrounding I arrived around noon at Cancun Airport is through wilderness had not given up all its secrets yet. where the thermometer showed a warm 82 various holes in The domineering feature of Ek’Balam is El degrees Fahrenheit. While Cancun is the Torre, The Tower, one of the largest Mayan tourist center of the Mexican state of Quin- the fortification. structures in the Yucatán. It measures over tana Roo, I opted to stay in the much smaller 500 feet long, 200 feet wide, and reaches 100 Playa del Carmen. After making my way feet in the air. To my great delight, it was to the public bus area, the next scheduled permitted to ascend the pyramid, and when transport arrived within 15 minutes. overlooking the Mexican jungle I marveled Online, I had found and rented a small at the idea that this must have been the same apartment for a week from Helene and view the ancient Mayans enjoyed some 1,000 Victor, a French-Mexican couple in a local years ago. neighborhood, just a couple of blocks off On the way down, I saved the best for the main tourist area in Playa del Carmen. off in the turquoise blue water, I had a good times—the black spiny-tailed iguana. Re- lic, its location on the site’s highest point, The nearly 100-foot-high pyramid counts last: the exquisite stucco wall making up After a day of strolling the streets in town, night’s sleep before getting ready for my days laxing in the sun and without any fear of decorations, and architecture comprising (Left) Tulum is arguably 91 steps on each of the temple’s four sides, the opening of the tomb of the ruler of and going for a swim and snorkel to cool of Mayan adventure in Tulum, Chichén Itzá, humans, this relative of ancient dragons different levels left no doubt that this was one of the most picturesque and the top platform makes the 365th—one Ek’Balam. The doorway itself was carved in and Ek’Balam. lived a life of eating, sunbathing, and bob- the center of the ancient city. archeological sites in the step for each day of the year. I was told that the shape of a jaguar’s mouth and full figure bing its head in communication. After spotting a staircase nearby that con- Riviera Maya. during the fall and spring equinoxes a fasci- statues were so well preserved that I could Perched on a Cliff in Tulum Tulum means “wall” in the Mayan lan- veniently led directly down to the shore, (Top R) For any history nating display of mathematical and archeo- see the braids in their hair and patterns in While bus tours are available daily and guage. Access to the 60 or so structures I decided the best way to finish a visit to buff, no visit to the Yucatán logical advancement could be observed—a their clothing. A thatched roof protected with various operators, I chose to of the complex is through various Tulum was by taking a refreshing swim at Peninsula would be complete shadow falls on the pyramid in the shape the ensemble for more generations to see. rent a car on Playa del Carmen’s Ek’Balam is holes in the fortification, which the beach. without a visit to Chichén Itzá. of a serpent. As the sun sets, this shadowy My week of Mayan discovery passed in the (Bottom R) The restored main shopping street, 5th Av- Mayan for ‘Black measures 1,246 feet in length, snake descends the steps to eventually join blink of an eye. I felt humbled to have been Mayan site Ek’Balam. enue, to visit all three sites dur- Jaguar’ and the 656 feet in width, and 20 feet Yucatán’s Grandest Site: Chichén Itzá a stone serpent head at the base of the great able to see these amazing structures, in awe ing the week of my stay. Only city’s importance in height. Navigating the com- For any history buff, no visit to the Yucatán staircase up the pyramid’s side. of the great civilization that once inhabited 40 miles to the south, Tulum was evident in plex was easy as an expansive Peninsula would be complete without a visit Throughout the whole complex, I was them. I also sensed that there was still so the monumental was my first destination. walkway extended around the to Chichén Itzá, one of Mexico’s most popu- amazed at how well preserved sculpted dec- much more to discover. Though my vaca- buildings. This ancient Mayan fortress is ruins. Even though it was a busy lar tourist destinations. Located 160 miles orations were on the buildings—depicting tion had come to its end, I made a promise arguably one of the most pictur - day, visitors spread out in a space, from Playa del Carmen, the self-drive was mostly battle scenes. Warriors and serpents, to myself to come back to Mexico soon. Finish off esque archeological sites in the Riviera which used to be home to about 10,000 easy on the remote Mexican streets, which present on columns and substructures, were a visit to Tulum by Maya and the only one perched on a cliff Mayans in the past. wound through small villages and thick easily made out everywhere. Wibke Carter is a travel writer who taking a overlooking the ocean. The parking lot was Unlike other cities, the pyramids of Tulum jungle. The stepped pyramids, temples, columned hails from Germany. She has lived in refreshing located a 10-minute walk away, but before I are small and the most recognizable build- The first view of the Temple of Kukulkan, arcades, and other stone structures such New Zealand and New York, and pres- swim at set foot into Tulum, my eye caught sight of ing is the cliff-top El Castillo. Even though also known as El Castillo, was awe-inspiring as the astronomical Observatory and im- ently enjoys life in London. Her website the beach. a creature I would come across here many the building was not accessible to the pub- and made me feel small and insignificant. posing Temple of Warriors, made it impos- is WibkeCarter.com

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What Lies Within: Ek’Balam Of the three sites I endeavored to see, Ek’Balam was the least known, but I came based on a personal recommendation from my local host, who had promised me carved statues of unrivaled beauty—and I was not going to be disappointed. I arrived at around 3:30 pm (it is about 32 miles north of Valladolid). Ek’Balam is barely visited, so the late hour meant that only another 20 or so visitors strolled around the site, leaving this ancient place pretty much to myself. Ek’Balam is Mayan for “Black Jaguar” and the city’s importance was evident in the monumental buildings. But only a few principal ones have been excavated and re- stored so far, and it felt as if the surrounding wilderness had not given up all its secrets yet. The domineering feature of Ek’Balam is El Torre, The Tower, one of the largest Mayan structures in the Yucatán. It measures over 500 feet long, 200 feet wide, and reaches 100 feet in the air. To my great delight, it was permitted to ascend the pyramid, and when overlooking the Mexican jungle I marveled at the idea that this must have been the same view the ancient Mayans enjoyed some 1,000 years ago. On the way down, I saved the best for lic, its location on the site’s highest point, The nearly 100-foot-high pyramid counts last: the exquisite stucco wall making up decorations, and architecture comprising (Left) Tulum is arguably 91 steps on each of the temple’s four sides, the opening of the tomb of the ruler of different levels left no doubt that this was one of the most picturesque and the top platform makes the 365th—one Ek’Balam. The doorway itself was carved in the center of the ancient city. archeological sites in the step for each day of the year. I was told that the shape of a jaguar’s mouth and full figure After spotting a staircase nearby that con- Riviera Maya. during the fall and spring equinoxes a fasci- statues were so well preserved that I could veniently led directly down to the shore, (Top R) For any history nating display of mathematical and archeo- see the braids in their hair and patterns in I decided the best way to finish a visit to buff, no visit to the Yucatán logical advancement could be observed—a their clothing. A thatched roof protected Tulum was by taking a refreshing swim at Peninsula would be complete shadow falls on the pyramid in the shape the ensemble for more generations to see. the beach. without a visit to Chichén Itzá. of a serpent. As the sun sets, this shadowy My week of Mayan discovery passed in the (Bottom R) The restored snake descends the steps to eventually join blink of an eye. I felt humbled to have been Mayan site Ek’Balam. Yucatán’s Grandest Site: Chichén Itzá a stone serpent head at the base of the great able to see these amazing structures, in awe For any history buff, no visit to the Yucatán staircase up the pyramid’s side. of the great civilization that once inhabited Peninsula would be complete without a visit Throughout the whole complex, I was them. I also sensed that there was still so to Chichén Itzá, one of Mexico’s most popu- amazed at how well preserved sculpted dec- much more to discover. Though my vaca- lar tourist destinations. Located 160 miles orations were on the buildings—depicting tion had come to its end, I made a promise from Playa del Carmen, the self-drive was mostly battle scenes. Warriors and serpents, to myself to come back to Mexico soon. easy on the remote Mexican streets, which present on columns and substructures, were wound through small villages and thick easily made out everywhere. Wibke Carter is a travel writer who jungle. The stepped pyramids, temples, columned hails from Germany. She has lived in The first view of the Temple of Kukulkan, arcades, and other stone structures such New Zealand and New York, and pres- also known as El Castillo, was awe-inspiring as the astronomical Observatory and im- ently enjoys life in London. Her website and made me feel small and insignificant. posing Temple of Warriors, made it impos- is WibkeCarter.com

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The island nation of Taiwan may Hakka Cuisine rally as the persimmon dries. only be one-fourth the physi- The Hakka people are the cal size of Florida, but it has an second-largest ethnic group in Tofu Varieties extraordinarily diverse cuisine Taiwan. They emphasize texture As is the case throughout much of that’s a combination of indig- in their cuisine, and they are Asia, soy—used to make tofu, soy enous, Chinese, Japanese, and known for naturally bringing sauce, and soy milk—is a staple in Western flavors and styles. out the flavor of meat and cook- the Taiwanese diet. ALL IMAGES BY SHUTTERSTOCK BY IMAGES ALL The island’s culinary traditions ing it thoroughly without letting One of the most polarizing have been enriched, in turn, by it become tough. Taiwanese dishes is stinky tofu, the Dutch and the Japanese, who Traditionally, Hakka dishes a fermented form of tofu notori- colonized the island for differ- tend to be salty, rich, and fra- ous for its pungent odor, found ent periods of time; early Fujian, grant. In earlier eras, most Hakka at street markets across Taiwan. Hoklo, and Hakka immigrants people were farmers who toiled Depending on who you ask, the from southern China; and a wave laboriously in the fields every dish is either beloved or abso- of new Chinese immigrants in day, so they made highly flavor- lutely detested. Stinky tofu, a night market classic. the 1940s. ful dishes to boost their appetites Another common soy-based The Taiwanese people are and replenish their bodies after food is dried tofu, or dried bean known for taking pleasure in their work. curd, which is much firmer than delicious food. Thus, culinary de- normal tofu. It’s made by pressing lights are aplenty, found in both soy curds into condensed squares, Michelin-starred restaurants and is a commonly used ingredi- and the many unassuming street Food markets are home ent in stir-fry dishes. stalls that populate Taiwan’s to some of the best Daxi District, Taoyuan City, beloved night markets. In fact, nightlife on the island, is especially well-known for its many hidden gems of Taiwan- dried tofu varieties, so much so ese cuisine can be found in the brimming with ven- that they host an annual Daxi island’s charming small towns. dors, tantalizing scents, Bean Curd Festival. The dried tofu While no short list could pos- and crowds of locals at Daxi is darker, tougher, and sibly do justice to the breadth of and tourists unable to more flavorful than the common Taiwan’s cuisine, here’s a small products found elsewhere. selection of unique Taiwanese of- decide what to try first. High mountain tea gardens in Alishan. ferings to whet your appetite. Tea A signature Hakka dish, for Many people may know that Fresh Seafood instance, is Hakka-style stir-fry, Taiwan is the birthplace of bubble Sea creatures abound in the a savory mix that includes dried tea—the popular tea-based drink waters surrounding Taiwan, from squid and fatty slices of pork filled with tapioca pearls with a the warm Kuroshio current flow- belly, made aromatic with green chewy “Q” texture, as Taiwanese ing along Taiwan’s eastern coast onions, soy sauce, and rice wine. people like to call it. to the nutrient-rich continental There’s also Hakka salty rice ball But since long before the inven- shelf west of the island. soup, made with soft and chewy tion of this sugary drink, Taiwan One of the best places to try rice balls filled with savory has been producing some of the Taiwan’s delicious seafood is the ground meat. You can easily find finest teas in the world, thanks to Keelung Night Market, in the these delicious dishes in most its unique geography and climate. northern port city of Keelung. Hakka villages in Taiwan. Tea plants are cultivated You can also head to Keelung Another famous specialty in throughout the island, from City’s fishing port, where lo- Hakka towns is bantiao, thick flatlands to high mountain cal fishermen hawk their daily white noodles made from rice ranges. They’re made into a wide Taiwanese oyster omelet. catches at Bisha Fish Market. flour—other noodles in Taiwan variety of high-quality teas, Further south, on the western are typically made with wheat. from light, minimally or non- coast of Taiwan, is Dongshih A classic Hakka beverage, oxidized green; to earthy, semi- Township, the oyster capital of meanwhile, is lei-cha, a nutrient- oxidized oolong; to darker, fully Taiwan. For any visitor to the filled drink made with tea leaves, oxidized or fermented black and island, a must-try street food is grains, dried fruits, and nuts and pu-erh teas. the oyster omelet, a savory dish seeds. The ingredients are ground High mountain oolong teas, studded with fresh, briny oysters up, traditionally using a mortar grown at altitudes of 1,000 me- and topped with a tangy sauce. and pestle, and mixed with hot ters and above, are some of the More delectable seafood can be water to brew into a thick, nour- island’s most beloved. found at Donggang Township, ishing drink. Wenshan Baozhong tea is Pingtung County, at the south- another well-known oolong. The ernmost part of the island. Dong- Diverse Fruits and Desserts tea’s name means “the wrapped gang is one of Taiwan’s largest Taiwan has a subtropical climate kind,” because it was traditional- fishing harbors, and it’s famous and an extraordinarily diverse ly wrapped with rectangular Chi- for its bluefin tuna, which makes geography—a combination of nese writing paper into a square The making of traditional Hakka lei-cha. for delicious sashimi. mountains, plains, valleys, and pack. A seal on the pack would Donggang is also one of the only basins. The land can thus grow indicate the name of the tea and two fishing harbors in the world a bountiful array of fruits and its maker. To try some of this tea, that have sakura shrimp, small vegetables. head to Pinglin District in New pink prawns that resemble the Any visitor to Taiwan will know Taipei City. The tea is harvested in color of Japanese cherry blos- that their most well-known des- the spring, which is when it can soms. Sakura shrimp contain sert—and one of the most com- be enjoyed at its freshest. much more calcium than ordi- monly purchased souvenirs—is nary shrimp, making them good pineapple cake, a traditional Taipei Street Food for people with weak pastry filled with a rich pine- For food lovers, a visit to Taiwan bones or children apple jam. wouldn’t be complete without a who need a calcium Another popular fruit multi-day food tour of Taipei, the boost. Shibing, snack is shibing: tradi- island’s food-obsessed capital. traditional dried tional dried persimmons. The Taiwanese have elevated the persimmons. Chewy and honey-sweet, idea of a midnight snack to a they are shaped like disks cultural phenomenon, so much Sakura shrimp.

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COURTESY OF BLUEFIN CRYSTAL SHI executive chef of BlueFin at the GIL PLASTER CHIPOTLE Portland Harbor Hotel in Maine: He Executive chef, BlueFin at the LOBSTER ROLL WITH Portland Harbor Hotel For many New Englanders, lobster poaches his lobster in beurre monte, GRILLED CORN rolls are synonymous with summer. an emulsion of butter, water, and Portland, Maine Classic lobster rolls come in two lemon juice. “It makes the lobster For a twist on the traditional lobster roll, What do lobster rolls mean main styles, distinguished by the very light and tender, and the flavors ArtBar executive chef Brian Dandro mixes to you? preparation of the lobster: Con- really penetrate to the meat,” he said. smoky chipotle peppers into the mayo For me, lobster is indicative of celebration. necticut-style, tossed in drawn but- to bump up the heat—being careful, still, During my childhood living in Florida, whenever ter and served warm; and Maine- Bun Basics not to overpower the lobster itself. Grilled we had a special occasion or something to style, slicked with mayo and served New England lobster rolls are tra- corn, meanwhile, complements the natural celebrate, my father would always buy a chilled. In either case, the chunks ditionally served on New England- sweetness of the meat. big lobster, two pounds or more, and eat it of sweet, tender lobster meat are style hot dog buns. Also known as MAKES 2 LOBSTER ROLLS every which way possible, from rolls with heaped into a warm, toasted, buttery split-top or top-loading rolls, these warm butter to lobster “salad”—and even for 1 ear sweet corn bun, making for a perfect summer- buns stand straight up, open from breakfast. time meal best enjoyed with sun- the top, and have soft, flat sides per- 2 (1 1/4-pound) lobsters Describe your perfect lobster roll. shine and an ocean breeze. fect for toasting in butter on a griddle 1 lemon, halved Regardless of where you are this for crusty outsides and pillowy-soft A split-top brioche New England-style roll, season, you can bring a taste of insides. 2 bay leaves buttered and toasted on both sides. Filled with coastal New England home by mak- Be sure to adequately toast both 1 teaspoon black peppercorns Bibb lettuce leaves, topped with chilled lobster meat seasoned with salt and pepper, and then ing your own lobster rolls. Below, sides, but go easy on the butter, 2 New England-style brioche hot dog finished with a light drizzle of mayo and a little three New England-based chefs Dandro warns, since there’s “noth- buns share their best tips for homemade ing worse than a greasy bun while fresh lemon juice—that’s perfection. 2 teaspoons chipotle aioli (recipe lobster-roll success. trying to enjoy your fresh lobster.” follows) COURTESY OF FORGE & VINE He prefers using a fresh, New PATRICK BASSETT 2 leaves Bibb lettuce Use Good Lobster England-style brioche bun, which Executive chef, Forge & Vine at Fresh lobster is non-negotiable; nev- “already comes loaded with but- Remove corn from husk and place on the The Groton Inn grill, turning until all sides have some color er use frozen lobster meat. As Brian ter, so you don’t need to add much.” Groton, Massachusetts Dandro, executive chef of ArtBar at For a good store-bought option, he and are cooked through. When cooled, remove kernels from cob and set aside. What do lobster rolls mean Royal Sonesta Boston, explains, not recommends St Pierre Bakery’s bri- to you? only does the freezing process ruin oche rolls. In a large pot, cook the lobsters in boiling For me, the lobster roll is a summertime staple. the meat’s texture, but the liquid re- water with lemon, bay leaves, and black peppercorns. Cook for 9 minutes and Growing up in a coastal town, on our way leased as it thaws also carries away Let the Lobster Shine transfer to a pot of ice water for 10 home from the beach, covered in sand, we much of the flavor. When it comes time to assemble minutes, to stop the cooking. would stop by the local lobster pound to pick Instead, Dandro recommends your roll, remember that the lob- Break down the lobster and chop the meat up lobsters and bushels of steamers, to have sourcing live, hard-shell lobsters— ster should be the star of the show. (using the whole lobster) into thick chunks. what was a typical dinner on a summer Sunday which have more and denser meat Bassett suggests using a good mix evening on the south shore of Massachusetts. than their soft-shell counterparts— of tail, knuckle, and claw meat for a Griddle brioche hot dog rolls on both sides and set aside. Growing up, I thought everyone ate lobster. We weighing around two and a half to variety of textures and flavors. Any would take the leftover meat and make lobster three pounds. Bigger lobsters run other ingredients—the supporting Combine lobster meat with 2 teaspoons salad and lobster rolls. the risk of having less sweetness and characters—should be added with a chipotle aioli and 1/2 cup grilled corn. flavor, he says. judicious hand. Line each roll with one leaf of lettuce, and Describe your perfect lobster roll. As Dandro put it, “Anything you divide meat evenly between both rolls. My perfect lobster roll would be pretty simply You should have plenty of lobster for two Cook It Right do should enhance the flavor [of the done, allowing the focus—the lobster—to overflowing rolls, plus some to snack on really stand out. Dressed up with what has to For Patrick Bassett, executive chef lobster]; you do not want to mask during the process. of Forge & Vine at The Groton Inn in the taste.” be Hellmann’s mayonnaise, lemon, salt, white Massachusetts, “lobster-roll success For purists, that might mean noth- pepper, and a little celery. Large chunks of starts with perfectly steamed meat.” ing more than a thin coating of but- CHIPOTLE AIOLI meat, lightly dressed, put into a buttered hot He suggests steaming lobsters whole ter or mayo (Dandro uses about one 1/2 cup mayo dog roll. Salt of the sea in the air, the sound for 10 to 15 minutes, depending on teaspoon per four ounces of lobster, of crashing waves, and the call of a hungry 1 tablespoon finely chopped chipotles their size, to optimally concentrate just enough to hold it together with- seagull looking for a snack. For me, in adobo sauce the sweetness of the meat. out overpowering the flavor), plus it’s a total package. Whether you choose to steam or a squeeze of lemon and salt and 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime boil your lobster, the key is to not pepper. juice overcook it—the meat will turn un- Others may line their buns with Salt and pepper, to taste pleasantly rubbery. Keep a timer a leaf or two of fresh, crisp Bibb let- Mix all ingredients together. close, and once time is up, immedi- tuce, maybe mix in a sprinkling of Recipe courtesy of ately transfer your lobster to an ice finely chopped celery for refreshing Brian Dandro bath for five to 10 minutes to stop crunch, or add pinches of chives, tar- it from further cooking, Dandro ragon, and cayenne for extra bright- suggests. ness and a little kick. In any case, be To take your lobster to the next sure that no ingredient overshadows level, try a trick from Gil Plaster, the lobster.

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MAKES 1 LOBSTER ROLL griddle on medium heat. Toast each side for 3 minutes, or until golden brown. 1 New England-style brioche hot dog Shred lettuce with a sharp knife to bun prevent browning and liquifying the 2 tablespoons butter lettuce. A dull knife will make the natural 1/4 head iceberg lettuce water from the lettuce come out, causing it to quickly become soggy and 3 1/2 ounces fresh lobster meat unenjoyable. Zest of 1/4 of a lemon Roughly chop the lobster, still leaving 2 thyme sprigs (use leaves and large chunks. Combine lemon zest, thyme discard stems) leaves, mayonnaise, and salt and pepper in a bowl. Mix thoroughly, then add lobster 1/4 cup mayonnaise meat and lightly toss. Place toasted bun 1/2 teaspoon salt on plate, fill with shredded lettuce, and top with lobster meat. Serve with a lemon 1/2 teaspoon pepper wedge. Butter both sides of roll and place on Recipe courtesy of Gil Plaster A18B6 | PUZZLES MONDAY,AUGUST JULY 22-28, 22, 2019 * Use American spelling to enjoy these puzzles made by our parent company in New York.

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SOLUTIONS CROSSWORD KAKURO LARGE: EASY KAKURO LARGE: HARD 4 NUMBERS HARD 1

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EASY 2 MONDAY,AUGUST 22-28, JULY 22, 2019 2019 PUZZLES | A19B7

Fill in the boxes using numbers from 0 to 9 and letters Fill in the boxes using numbers between 1 and 9 so that each column, each row, and each 3x3 square contain all nine numbers only once. SUPERSUDOKU from A to F so that each column, each row, and each 4x4 SUDOKU CONSTRUCTED BY KANNAN SANKARAN square contain all ten numbers and six letters only once. Hard Easy

Kakuro puzzles are like crosswords that use numbers instead of words. The goal is to fill the blank squares associated with a clue (called a KAKURO “run”) with the numbers 1-9 so that the numbers add up to the corresponding clues. Like Sudoku, digits in a run cannot repeat. When the grid CONSTRUCTED BY EPOCH TIMES STAFF is filled, the puzzle is complete. Easy Hard

EPOCH ESCAPE MAZE CRYPTIC QUOTE Quote by: Aristotle

WORK SPACE

CONSTRUCTED EPOCH DOKU BY EPOCH TIMES STAFF KEN KEN 1. Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 6 without repeating. 2. The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners. 3. Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

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(challenging) without repeating. without (challenging)

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through 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 6 through 1 or (easy) 4 through

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ALL PHOTOS BY SHUTTERSTOCK Several mental get the common cold than those who sleep health issues, eight hours or longer. including depression, have been linked to Inflammation. It’s been shown that inflam- inadequate sleep and mation plays a critical role in many serious sleep disorders. health challenges, ranging from heart dis- ease to asthma, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and diabetes, among others. Therefore, the fact that sleep can trigger markers of inflammation and cell damage is important to know. One example is an as- sociation between poor sleep and inflamma- tory bowel diseases, which has been demon- strated in a number of studies, including one in the World Journal of Gastroenterology and another in Gastroenterology & Hepatology.

When we Physical performance. Inadequate sleep can don’t get slow you down physically. Whether you are Why Sleep Is Important taking a walk, going about your daily rou- enough tine, or playing a game of tennis, you need The effects of adequate sleep can be wide-ranging and sleep, sleep to perform your best. In a study of our appe- older women, for example, poor sleep was life changing associated with greater difficulty perform- tite hor- ing daily activities, walking, and maintain- DEBORAH MITCHELL ease (stroke, coronary heart disease) than mones are ing grip strength. People who are typically those who get seven to eight hours of shut- disrupted. active, such as those who play sports, also As adults, we spend approximately one- eye, based on the findings of more than a have better speed, performance and recovery third of our lives sleeping. At least that’s dozen studies. times when they get adequate sleep. the amount of sleep experts recommend. Again and again, we hear the mantra about Depression. Several mental health issues, Type 2 diabetes risk. Do you get less than six getting eight hours of sleep per night, but including depression, have been linked to hours of sleep per night? Then you are at in- do you know why? inadequate sleep and sleep disorders. One creased risk for Type 2 diabetes. Inadequate Even though sleep is one of the body’s example is sleep apnea, which is associat- sleep overall has a negative impact on blood most basic functions and something all ed with poor sleep, as well as significantly When you get suf- glucose levels in the general population. people, and animals with complex nervous higher rates of depression than those with- ficient sleep, how- systems, need to do, there is still a veil of out this sleep problem. Overall, about 90 ever, research has Weight: Research has shown that inadequate mystery around it. Scientists aren’t com- percent of people who are depressed also shown that both sleep is associated with an 89 percent and 55 pletely certain why people sleep. However, have sleep quality challenges, including kids and adults percent greater likelihood for children and they have come up with many hypotheses inadequate sleep. have better mem- adults, respectively, to be obese. to explain why sleep is important and do ory and problem- One reason for this relationship appears have insight into how it affects our brain Emotional and social life. Some research- solving skills. to involve hormones. When we don’t get and body. ers have reported evidence that inadequate enough sleep, our appetite hormones are sleep reduces your ability to recognize im- disrupted. For example, levels of the appe- Brain function. Without sufficient sleep, portant emotional cues from other people, tite stimulant ghrelin rise while those of the your brain can’t function properly. Lack including happiness and anger. This factor appetite suppressant, leptin, decline. These of sleep leads to problems with concentra- may make it difficult to interact socially with responses can lead to weight gain. tion, performance, cognition, memory, and others. productivity. When you get sufficient sleep, Deborah Mitchell is a freelance health however, research has shown that both kids Immune system. One of the best things you writer who is passionate about animals and adults have better memory and prob- can do to fight off a cold or the flu is to get and the environment. She has authored, lem-solving skills. enough sleep. That’s because co-authored, and written more than it’s been shown that people 50 books and thousands of articles Cardiovascular risk. People who get less who sleep less than seven on a wide range of topics. This article than seven hours of sleep per night are at hours per night are nearly was first published on a much greater risk of cardiovascular dis- three times more likely to NaturallySavvy.com

High Social Stress Associated With Bone Loss in Postmenopausal Women

MAT LECOMPTE through changes in hormone levels. This can “We identified specific psychosocial stress- include thyroid hormones, cortisol, growth ors pertaining to the social environment Many conditions can lead to bone loss and Stress has been hormone, and glucocorticoids. that were associated with bone loss,” the new research shows how stress can be a pos- proven in previ- Previously, very few studies have studied authors wrote. sible risk factors.. ous studies as a the relationship between stress and BDM. It was also found that after the six-year According to the study published in the The data was collected from 11,020 post- follow-up, higher social strain was associ- Journal of Epidemiology & Community well-established menopausal women who were enrolled ated with a lower BMD of the hip, femoral Health, poor quality social relationships risk factor for in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). neck (just below the ball of the ball-and- that contribute to psychosocial stress may many chronic The WHI is a long-term U.S. health study socket hip joint), and lumbar spine (lower be related to bone loss in postmenopausal launched in 1993 to assess strategies for pre- back). Social functioning stress was con- women. diseases. venting heart disease, colorectal and breast nected with more significant bone loss of

Stress has been proven in previous studies FRANK11/SHUTTERSTOCK cancer, and osteoporotic fractures in post- the hip and femoral neck. as a well-established risk factor for many menopausal women. The authors of the study point out that chronic diseases. Psychological stress, such The data was collected at the time of enrol- this is an observational study and therefore as traumatic life events, low life satisfaction, ment and during a follow-up visit six years can’t establish cause and that psychosocial and lower levels of optimism may all be as- later. The women were required to com- stress levels may have been lower than av- sociated with fractures. plete a questionnaire at enrolment, which erage because participants in the Women’s Psychosocial stress is the physiological and included information regarding stress and Health Initiative were healthy individuals emotional reaction experienced when a situ- their available social support, which mea- living in the community. Also, psychosocial ation arises that can take an individual sures positive relationships. They were stress levels were self-reported at the start goes beyond their coping resources. also asked about social strain, which of the study and could have changed over Other stressful situations that have measures negative social interactions the follow-up period. been known to push individuals’ and relationships as well as social However, the authors of the study did con- stress levels are maritalmartial problems, functioning, which looks at limita- clude, “We found that bone loss is among abuse, death of a loved one, health tions in social activity the physiological stress responses more problems, and financial crises. The research showed that there strongly related to the quality of social re- was a link between social stress lationships than quantity. The results sup- A Decline in Bone Mineral and lower BMD after adjusting for port community building social stress in- Density potential influencing factors such as terventions in postmenopausal women to For this study, the premise was that age, education, existing conditions, potentially limit bone loss.” psychosocial stress might increase smoking status, alcohol use, hormone fracture risk because of a decline in therapy use, age at menopause, physi- Mat Lecompte is a freelance health and bone mineral density (BMD). The authors cal activity, history of fracture after age wellness journalist. This article was first suggested that stressors may alter BMD 55, and weight. published on Bel Marra Health. B2 AUGUST 22-28, 2019 THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2019 B9 Kristi Clover Is a M.O.M., ‘Master Organizer of Mayhem’ Advice on getting organized and homeschooling

COURTESY OF KRISTI CLOVER BARBARA DANZA good phonics program and from pretty much every- their homes look lived in, math program. thing I did online. especially in busy seasons Author, content creator, Then, create a simple unit I can only juggle so many that seem to accompany and homeschooling mom study for the other subjects. things well, at one time. So #momlife. However, I also of five Kristi Clover encour- A unit study is picking one I prioritize and just do what want them to have practi- ages other moms to get topic to base all your other I can do. There are seasons cal advice and systems to organized and create more subjects on. So if your child when it seems easier to get implement to help them be joy in their lives through loves airplanes, you would more done at once. There more efficient in managing her books, podcast, online study the history and sci- are also times when I have their homes. I really think courses, and YouTube ence of planes. Borrow a to pull back completely in this book will be a breath channel. bunch of books from your order to maintain balance of fresh air to moms in all Clover sat down with The local library and enjoy for my family and myself. stages of life. Epoch Times to tell us just learning more about them. how she does it all. Write stories or essays on THE EPOCH TIMES: You talk a THE EPOCH TIMES: As a very the subject. You could also lot about organization and busy mom, what organi- THE EPOCH TIMES: You home- take a field trip to a local joy. How do you think the zational habits or practices school your five children. airport or talk with a friend two are related? have you found to be espe- What led you to decide to who is a pilot. Add to the MS. CLOVER: Most people cially important in order homeschool, and how has fun by learning how to would probably agree to keep that joy in your homeschooling benefited sketch an airplane, watch that chaos and joy are not family? your family? a movie or documentary synonymous. What I’ve MS. CLOVER: Prioritizing! I KRISTI CLOVER: There are about planes, and make discovered is that when my guess I kind of gave that so many reasons that we some airplane-shaped house isn’t adding to my away earlier. It’s one of the decided to homeschool our snacks. Food is always a stress level and filling up early chapters in my book: kids. We love that we’re great way to create memo- too much of my to-do list, I “Don’t Forget Your Top able to tailor each child’s ries around anything you can more readily enjoy time Priorities.” education to their interests are studying. at home. It’s totally possible There are always going and strengths, as well as Of course, I’d also en- to have joy in all kinds of to be times when life is to their needs. If they need courage folks considering circumstances, but it comes busy and the house will more time to learn a subject, homeschooling to read more easily when my house be harder to keep straight- then we can slow down and “Homeschool Basics.” It’s a Author Kristi Clover. isn’t overwhelming me and ened up to your normal work on it as long as it takes book that my friend Tricia based on my most popular those who live here. standards. So during those for them to truly under- Goyer and I wrote together video about homeschool seasons, I’ve had to learn to stand it. The opposite is to answer questions just organization. THE EPOCH TIMES: Your new lower my expectations and true as well. If they quickly like this to help parents “Homeschool Basics” fol- book is coming out soon. be okay with it. grasp the concept, then we figure out the ins and outs lowed the next year. How- What can you tell us The key is that my faith can move on more quickly. of homeschooling. ever, it wasn’t until early about it? and my family are my two My older boys have shown My faith and 2018 that I finally turned in MS. CLOVER: Yes! “M.O.M. = top priorities. My home is talent in writing and pho- THE EPOCH TIMES: What made my family are the book proposal for my Master Organizer of May- the hub where I do try to tography, so we create more you get started creating dream book, titled after hem: Simple Solutions to bless my family, but not at opportunities for them to content online and writing my two top my very first moms’ group Organize Chaos and Bring the expense of my sanity or practice those skills. books? workshop—“M.O.M. = Mas- More Joy into Your Home” is my time with them. In the MS. CLOVER: I started speak- priorities. ter Organizer of Mayhem.” coming out Sept. 3! book, I share how I redefine THE EPOCH TIMES: What advice ing at moms’ groups back This book is all about organization. To me, it’s Unexpected Gift, Kristi Clover, author would you give parents who when my oldest two boys and homeschooling THE EPOCH TIMES: You’ve cre- helping moms create more about creating efficiency in are thinking about home- were only in preschool. It mom of five ated so many encouraging efficiency in their homes. my home in order to create schooling their kids? Where sparked a passion for en- resources for moms—es- Kids add a completely dif- more time for my family should they start? couraging moms. pecially homeschooling ferent dynamic to trying and my other priorities. MS. CLOVER: Start with what I’d always been interested moms. You probably get this to stay on top of the daily Now, here’s a bonus tip: Unexpected Time you’re excited about teach- in writing, so I started blog- all the time, but how do you mess that naturally hap- You can prioritize your ing or what your kids are ging as a hobby in 2014. I do it all? pens in a home. Most moms household to-dos. I like interested in learning. Too discovered YouTube and MS. CLOVER: Ha! Yes, I do! carry around this weight having tidy floors and clean many people get bogged live video and fell in love The big secret is that I don’t that they need to have it all toilets. My husband likes down with finding the with that platform, and do it all at the same time. together and keep the house clear counters and know- perfect curriculum to use found that my audience When I’m podcasting, I’m looking perfect as much ing that we have a plan for for every subject that they wanted more details about usually not creating You- as possible. It can be quite dinner (even if it’s pizza). So want to teach. Sometimes, how I homeschooled and Tube videos. When I was overwhelming. when push comes to shove, it’s best to start with a few organized my family. So I writing “M.O.M.,” I took I want moms to un- those are the things that get basics for curriculum, like a created an online course almost nine months off derstand that it’s okay if done in our home.

COURTESY OF BOISE BOYS 3 Ways to Bring the Outdoors Inside Tips from Luke Caldwell, host of HGTV’s “Boise Boys” and co-owner of home renovation and design company Timber and Love

Finding ways to bring the outdoors inside creates this wonderful organic connection between your home and nature. In my own home, I try to do this in a few different ways:

Fresh flowers. It may seem obvious, but nothing brings elegance to your home as simply, yet relatively inex- pensively, as flowers. They are always a mood-lifter, the smell is fresh, green, and floral, and the colors are a natural accent to our décor. KSENIA MAKAGONOVA/UNSPLASH

Incorporating a rustic, reclaimed-wood dining table. My wife and I love our beautiful, worn wood table. It brings soul, character, warmth, and a sense of history into our home. ANNIE SPRATT/UNSPLASH

Potting fruit trees. We actually have a thriving avocado tree in our home, and we love the look and feel it lends to the ambiance. It’s super easy to care for and fresh guacamole is only a few feet away at any given time!

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Our gifts to loved ones and friends can be as small as a bouquet of flowers to a wife, a letter of love and appreciation to a parent, an ice cream treat to a child. Unexpected Gift, Unexpected Time

JEFF MINICK Soon these guests, all of whom I knew, him of your love and what his hard work were streaming through the front door. means to the family may warm a discour- n the movie “Finding Forrester,” a When my 40th Several of them gave me strange looks as aged heart. To say to your 10-year-old af- reclusive novelist gives this tip to they entered the house. Some of them, I ter supper, “Let’s saddle up, Johnny,” and his young protégée: “The key to a birthday was was certain, had little connection with drive him without notice to the bowling woman’s heart is an unexpected gift approaching, our hosts. At one point, I slipped into a alley or a movie will provide him with a at an unexpected time.” hallway and asked my friend Wanda, memory he will long cherish. That young INow there’s a piece of worthy advice— my wife asked “Why are we here?” woman in your office expects a present and not just applicable to women. “I don’t know, Jeff,” Wanda said. “Why at Christmas—a bonus, a gift card—but When my 40th birthday was approach- me what are we here?” you can make her day in April with some ing, my wife asked me what I wanted. “A I wanted. This weird answer chilled me. By the comparable offering. surprise party,” I replied. time Julie summoned everyone into the Unexpected gifts, unexpected times. Throwing a surprise party presents ‘A surprise living room, my stomach had twisted into We can even give such gifts to ourselves. obvious difficulties when the recipient one enormous knot. Kris and I were clearly One catch: Only those with “eyes to see requests such an event, but Kris found party,’ the center of attention. Was this some sort and ears to hear” can unwrap these pres- a way. Around noon on my birthday I replied. of intervention? Had I run naked down ents. In Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” a she and the three kids marched into the Main Street while sleeping? Had I un- young woman who has died is permitted to bookstore we owned on Main Street and knowingly broken some social code? revisit one day in her life. She picks her 12th presented me with a miniature cake. They Now, a step back: earlier that month, birthday, and is soon shocked and saddened sang Happy Birthday, I blew out the single several friends had encouraged me to go by the blindness of human beings to the candle, and thanked them. I figured that to the art gallery on Main Street and view miracles of ordinary life. At one point she was my surprise. a painting of our bed and breakfast by addresses the Stage Manager: I was wrong. Asheville artist Ann Vasilik. Eventually, Emily: “Does anyone ever realize life As I was closing the shop, Kris and crew I viewed the painting—I had no idea our while they live it … every, every minute?” pulled up on the street outside. In the car B&B had attracted an artist’s brush—and Stage Manager: “No. Saints and poets behind her were my sister, brother-in- the unusual angle Vasilik had chosen, maybe ... they do some.” law, and their two little ones. “Hop in,” exposing the ramshackle soul of our old Few of us are saints and poets, and none Kris said, and whisked us off to McDon- house, intrigued me. I also viewed the of us can realize life every minute, but ald’s, which is where you dine when price tag, shook my head, and walked sometimes a happy accident or force of money is scarce as a desert rain and you back across the street. will can remove us from the trenches of have little ones in tow. I enjoyed visiting That painting was the purpose of the the daily grind, open our senses to the with my sister and her husband, thanked party. Julie carried it from the next room, mysteries and magic of the world, and everyone for the surprise dinner, and an- held it high, and spoke some words I could allow us respite from our cares and the ticipated an uneventful evening at home. scarcely comprehend. All those people, refreshment of our souls. Wrong again. some with a good deal of money, some An example: You’ve woken from These two surprises were feints. When poor as the proverbial church mice, had a night of restless sleep and terrible we pulled into the driveway of our bed- chipped in and bought the painting for us. dreams. You’re financially strapped,

and-breakfast, I was stunned to find the SHAWN ANG/UNSPLASH To this day, it hangs in the home where I the bills are piling up, and you’re just parking lot and the lot of the business live, with the names of the donors at- trying to feed the kids and keep a roof next door jammed with cars. Inside the tached to the back. over their heads. Worried sick, you sit on house were some 30 friends and family Unexpected gift, unexpected time. the back deck of your home with a cup members, all ready for a party. It was an These surprises were grand gestures, of coffee. Wearily, you close your eyes, unforgettable birthday. to be sure, but our gifts to loved ones open them, and absorb your surround- Unexpected gift, unexpected time. and friends can be as small as a bouquet ings. For just that moment, your anxiet- In early September of the following year, of flowers to a wife, a letter of love and ies disappear, and along with your cof- my mother died. She was not only Mom, but appreciation to a parent, an ice cream fee, you sip in the morning’s pleasures: a best friend, a confidante to whom I spoke treat to a child. Such simple presents can blue skies, cool air, a slight breeze, and weekly by phone, a woman who had never brighten the day, bring a smile, spark birdsong. wavered in her love and support for me. Her romance, and make a memory. Unexpected gift, unexpected time. passing left me bereft, slogging through the So often we become caught up in the A key to the heart. days like a man in chains. frantic race of day-to-day life that we About six weeks later, another couple forget the power of the gift. A dozen roses Jeff Minick has four children and a Gifting roses on Valentine’s asked Kris and me to supper, I assumed out to a woman on Valentine’s Day is a nice growing platoon of grandchildren. For Day is a nice gesture but of sympathy for my loss. We arrived at the with little kick, but the same gesture but with little kick, whereas this 20 years, he taught history, literature, appointed time to find a long table laden bouquet delivered in the same bouquet delivered in the middle of and Latin to seminars of homeschooling with delicacies. “We invited a few other middle of July on no special July on no special occasion might rattle students in Asheville, N.C. Today, he people,” Julie told us as she ushered us into occasion might rattle the the Richter scale of emotions. To leave a lives and writes in Front Royal, Va. See the living room. Richter scale of emotions. letter on your husband’s pillow telling JeffMinick.com to follow his blog. THURSDAY,AUGUST 22-28, JULY 2019 25, 2019 B11D5

RACHAEL DYMSKI surrender; about the fear they That week, several farmers re- felt when the Channel Islands ported a dead pig and toasted I have a farmhouse table in my became the only piece of Brit- their luck at the undercover kitchen, built with wooden ish territory to fall into Hitler’s hog roasts they enjoyed with The slats and grooves wide enough hands. friends. to collect every crumb. Its legs For my grandparents, the As the Germans dotted the are adorned with red crayon hardest part about the occu- pristine beaches with land- marks courtesy of my toddler. pation was not knowing what mines and bunkers, access to It is not the most ornate table in was going to happen. They the water became more limited. Power the world, nor is it the neatest, didn’t know that the Allied sol- Fishing was severely restricted, but it is my favorite place in my diers would win the war. They because the Germans feared the house. didn’t know that Jersey would Jersey men would use fishing of a That my family eats dinner be liberated in 1945, and that as an opportunity to escape. together is my strictest rule. I they would narrowly escape Where low water fishing was do this so we can talk, I do this starvation thanks to the Red allowed, my grandad would because I enjoy it, but mostly, I Cross. All they knew was that hunt for limpets, which his do this because of my grandfa- their homes were suddenly in mother would use for limpet Family ther’s stories from the war. enemy territory, and it looked stew: fried in a little fat with like the enemy was winning. flour, parsley, and thyme, and Visits to Jersey served with a thick gravy over I learned about World War II a well of mashed potatoes. on my grandfather’s knee, in In sitting down to They would talk, over limpets Dinner the half-light of dusk, during or razor fish, or seaweed soup, visits to his house by the sea on eat, in keeping this about how not to give in, how During the German occupation the English Channel Island of one sacred act con- to remain strong in the face of Jersey. This island, only 14 miles sistent, they refused occupation. I imagine them of Jersey, food ran scarce—but the off the coast of France, was the around their little kitchen table only place that had truly been to surrender to with a vase of flowers, my gran- islanders’ spirits stayed strong home for my grandparents. the Germans. dad with his parents and sister, Their family histories went still participating in the act of back hundreds of years on this In 1940, the island was occu- sitting down to eat together, still little island, and they took an pied and cut off from communi- claiming the ritual of family COURTESY OF RACHAEL DYMSKI ownership of everything “Jer- cation with the rest of the world. dinner as important and valu- sey”: the cows, the cream, the Wireless sets were confiscated, able, even when food sources LIMPET STEW 40-foot tides. It was an owner- curfews were enforced, weap- were tight and constantly get- ship and grounding they passed ons and ammunition were to be ting tighter. In sitting down to on to me. turned in, and clocks were set eat, in keeping this one sacred 1 quart limpets I remember these visits as a forward an hour to conform to act consistent, they refused to 1 tablespoon flour series of snapshots: racing my Central European Time. Ger- surrender to the Germans. Salt grandad along the beach, the man troops arrived on Channel I have the recipe for Limpet Thyme, parsley, and one small wind blowing my hair into my Island soil, 11,000 in number, Stew, among several others bay leaf ice cream with the chocolate marching through the streets from the occupation, passed flake on St. Catherine’s break- and requisitioning houses or down to me by a cousin. I find 1 pint green peas water, my granny’s guest room cars for their use. it so moving that this recipe Mashed potatoes, to serve that flooded with the scent of Naturally, widespread panic was written down, because it Put the limpets in to boiling water; lavender from the fields when about food developed. On an implies that it is worth remem- boil for 10 minutes. Remove shells

CLARENCE CRISTIN/COURTESY OF RACHAEL DYMSKI RACHAEL OF CRISTIN/COURTESY CLARENCE she opened the window, the island, there is only so much bering. The war forced choices and intestines. Then take the soft propane stove and porcelain food to go around, and even less upon everyone, and my family tops off and mince the hard parts. cups lowered by rope over the so in wartime. Islanders who chose to stay loyal to their val- Put a little fat, butter or oil, in cliffs down to the beach at low could afford it began to “panic ues, one of which was taking frying pan. When hot, add flour, tide in order to enjoy a steaming buy” butter, sugar, and meat, time to sit down together and a little salt, thyme, parsley, and cup of tea in the hot sun. resulting in the enforcement of enjoy the act of eating. bay leaf. Fry till brown, stirring Every night, my granny strict rations. In May of 1941, the I think about my granny, pro- all the time. Add enough stock or cooked up a dish of meat and weekly adult ration of food was viding my grandad a cooked water to make a thick gravy, add limpets and peas (strained), stir Jersey Royal potatoes. In the 11 ounces of meat, 2 ounces of meal every day of his married and simmer for 15 minutes. morning, we would have thick butter, 3.3 pints of milk. life, and the security it brought Serve in a well of mashed milk from Jersey cows, the kind to their home, the room it creat- potatoes. that left mustaches on our faces Resilience ed for conversation, for sharing and made us full before break- What strikes me most about my stories with me. I think about MIRIAM NEWITT/SHUTTERSTOCK fast. grandparents’ stories, as I look my grandad’s mother, who in a back now, is not the hardness time of fear brought security to BUNDESARCHIV, BILD 101I-228-0326-34A / DEY / CC-BY-SA 3.0 / CC-BY-SA / DEY 101I-228-0326-34A BILD BUNDESARCHIV, Remembering the War of the times, nor the difficulty her home by sitting around the What I loved most about my of the rations, but the resil- table to eat and to talk. visits to the island were the ience they and their families Even in hard times, when stories I would hear around the had. They talked with fondness the very core of our identity is dinner table, when the plates about the ways they became re- shaken, there is power in con- were cleared and time stretched sourceful. tinuing to provide our families leisurely before us, allowing When tea and coffee became with the steady refuge of the my grandparents to return in scarce, they made their own dinner table, whether we are memory to some of the most from carrots, parsnips, and sug- serving lamb and mint sauce impactful years of their child- ar beets. They still boiled their or limpet stew. hoods. water, sat down on the couch, When we sit at a table and en- I learned about Winston and enjoyed the ritual of a cup joy a common meal, we serve up Churchill’s decision to demili- of tea. When salt ran out, they more than good food. We serve tarize the Channel Islands in learned to evaporate seawater. up courage. (Top) The author’s great grandfather, 1940; about the German planes When the Germans insisted Clarence Cristin. that bombed the harbor of St. that every pig and cow be ac- Rachael Dymski is an author, Helier, shattering the windows counted for, islanders resisted florist, and mom to two little (Middle) The author’s of the family photography shop; in their own way. A friend of my girls. She is currently writing great grandmother, about the pamphlets that fell granny told me a story about a a novel about the German Elsie Foster Cristin. from the sky demanding is- pig that died on one farm and occupation of the Channel (Bottom) German sol- landers hang a white flag from was taken, undercover in a Islands and blogs on her web- diers in Jersey in 1941. every house in unconditional wagon, to several other farms. site, RachaelDymski.com

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YUM WOON SEN (THAI A Noodle Salad GLASS NOODLE SALAD)

PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES From the Land of Smiles COOK TIME: 15 MINUTES SERVES 4 CICI LI street food stalls, or in luxurious restau- rants. Despite all being made with the same 6 ounces glass noodles hailand is known as the Land of Smiles ingredients, each version tasted slightly dif- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil because of its genuinely happy and ferent, from one place to another. My favorite 1/4 cup peanuts welcoming people. Bangkok, the spot was at a food stall in front of a giant T 3 tablespoons dried shrimp country’s capital, is the place I called home shopping center, The Mall Bangkapi. for eight years of my childhood. After coming to the United States, yum 1/2 pound shrimp, peeled and One of my favorite Thai dishes is yum woon woon sen became a dish that I had to order deveined sen, a beloved glass noodle salad dish. The in every Thai restaurant I went to—and yet 1/4 pound ground pork word “yum” literally translates to “mix,” and I never found one that perfectly satisfied 1 teaspoon fish sauce shrimp, refers to a type of Thai salad; while “woon my palate, like the one in front of The Mall and stir fry sen” means “glass noodles.” Bangkapi. 1/2 small onion, sliced lengthwise into 1/4-inch over low heat until crispy, about 2 Yum woon sen is a dish that every Thai I told my husband about my quest to find slices minutes. This is going to add a lot Yum home cook knows how to make by heart. the perfect yum woon sen. One day, he of umami flavor to the salad. Drain woon sen. 1/4 cup Chinese celery stalks, It has many dimensions of flavors and piled up all the ingredients for the dish on and set aside. textures, all different but coexisting in our kitchen counter. He was determined to cut into 1-inch-pieces harmony: slippery, chewy glass noodles; make it for me. 1/4 cup Chinese celery leaves, In a pot, add about 2 cups of crunchy Chinese celery, juicy tomatoes, For the next 30 minutes, he worked his chopped water and bring to a boil. Cook snappy shrimp, and umami-packed dried magic on the dish. To my surprise, he pre- 1/4 cup grape tomatoes, the noodles until al dente, about shrimp and ground pork. Roasted peanuts sented me with a flavor that was so familiar, halved lengthwise 30 seconds. Without draining the add more crunch and nuttiness, and a spicy, and yet that I had not tasted for the longest water, remove the noodles from the A handful of cilantro, chopped zingy dressing of lime juice, fish sauce, palm time. It is one that I missed dearly. pot and rinse in cold running water, sugar, and bird’s eye chili peppers brings it To me, it is the taste of Thailand, the taste of to stop them from cooking any For the dressing: all together. smiles. It is so refreshing, a perfect balance further. Set aside. of sweet, savory, citrusy, and spicy. I believe 6 tablespoons lime juice Bring the water in the pot back to a A Quest for the Perfect Dish yum woon sen will also become your fam- 5 tablespoons fish sauce boil. Transfer in the shrimp and boil I remember eating yum woon sen in Thai- ily’s favorite salad dish and bring a smile to 1 1/2 tablespoon palm sugar over medium-high heat until they land all the time, whether at school, from everyone’s face. 2 bird’s eye chili peppers, turn pink, about 1 minute. Remove minced from pot and set aside. Yum woon sen 2 garlic cloves, minced Drain most of the water from the is a dish that pot, leaving about 5 tablespoons. every Thai home Soak the glass noodles in water for Add the ground pork and fish sauce cook knows 5 minutes. Drain and set aside. and cook over high heat, stirring, how to make until well done, about 3 minutes. by heart. To make the dressing, mix together Drain and aside. the lime juice, fish sauce, palm sugar, bird’s eye chili peppers, and To assemble the salad, in a large minced garlic. (Traditionally, the mixing bowl, add the onion, Chinese bird’s eye chili peppers and garlic celery, grape tomatoes, cilantro, are pounded in a mortar and pestle, glass noodles, dried shrimp, but if you don’t have one, chopping shrimp, minced pork, and dressing. them with a knife will do just fine.) Toss together. In a small pan, add 1 tablespoon of Serve on a plate and top with the vegetable oil and the peanuts. Stir peanuts. fry the peanuts over low heat until lightly browned, about 2 minutes. CiCi Li is the producer and presenter of “CiCi’s Food Paradise” on NTD. ISAXAR/SHUTTERSTOCK Drain the oil and set aside. Join her in discovering the world of In the same pan, add the dried Asian home cooking at CiCiLi.tv

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