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WORLD BRIEFS MACANESE DIASPORA AP PHOTO Global community TAIWAN Veteran Chinese director Feng Xiaogang has picked up the best director award for his social gathering kicks off satire “I Am Not Madame Bovary” at P2 the 53rd Golden Horse Awards, considered the equivalent of the Oscars for Mandarin- language cinema.

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the weight of the local cultures and language on a daily basis, generational change of guards and the limits derived by the small size of our community worldwide.” Leonel Alves, president of the General Council of the CCM, praised the local community during his speech “The peo- ple of Macau, regardless of the nationality or ethnicity, are ac- customed to welcoming Maca- nese from the diaspora in this city once every three years,” he said. Alves, who is also a lawmaker and member of the Executive Coucil, added that Ninth Gathering of Macanese such gatherings “contribute to the strengthening of Macau as a multicultural city, proud of its diversity and able to protect Communities kicks off its identity and history.” In Alves’ opinion the Macane- sident participants. exchanges between different se communities across the wor- Renato Marques The opening ceremony was cultures [during the past five ld have an important contribu- attended by the Chief Executive centuries].” te to the “projection of our city HE ninth edition of (CE), among other government José Luís Sales Marques, pre- Macau used to the world.” the gathering of Ma- officials. Chui Sai On highligh- sident of the Standing Commi- Interviewed by the Times, canese communities ted in his speech the impor- ttee of the Council of the Ma- to be our ‘little Francisco Colaço Xavier, who held every three years tance of such a community as canese Communities (CCM) Europe’ where lives in Seattle (US) and is Twas formally opened yesterday a “connection link” connecting spoke on behalf of the organi- taking part in the gathering at the Sheraton Grand Macao people who “have been residing zing committee. He highlighted everybody for the first time, said: “Ma- Hotel. and working in Macau, gene- the efforts that have been put in knew each cau used to be our ‘little Eu- For this year’s edition the ration after generation, giving by the Macanese “Casas” [hou- rope’ where everybody knew meeting features 1,540 partici- rise to Macau’s unique ethnic ses] and Association around the other and hug each other and hug each other pants, of which 894 come from characteristics in language, cul- world to “keep up with the goals in the streets. For me this is a Canada, USA, Brazil, Australia ture, religion, customs and cui- of the CCM, notwithstanding each other in come back to those ‘hugging’ and Portugal, among others. sine.” The CE added that these the challenges associated with the streets. moments and those memories Macau is also well represented characteristics made them “a poor economic environment in from the ‘old days’. So far has in this edition by 646 Macau re- bridge for communication and many of the hosting countries, FRANCISCO COLAÇO XAVIER been surprisingly good.”

UM to establish Chinese-Portuguese CE: Macau aims to industrialize bilingual teaching and training center traditional Chinese medicine

HE University of Macau them academics whose re- (Macao) in offering courses HE government is committed to tform for the health industry. These T(UM) plans to establish search interests include in Chinese language and cul- Tthe industrialization of traditional measures will be in keeping with Ma- a Chinese-Portuguese bilin- learning or teaching Portu- ture for students from Por- Chinese medicine (TCM) in Macau, the cau’s economic development effort gual teaching and training guese as a second language. tuguese-speaking countries, Chief Executive said on Friday. as outlined in the Guangdong-Macau center next spring. The With the support of a such a and in providing language Chui Sai On made the remarks in Cooperation Framework Agreement. move, according to a state- team, the center will formu- support for professional a speech at the opening ceremony The Guangdong-Macau Traditional ment by UM, was made “in late medium and long-term courses taught in Portugue- of the First World Health Organiza- Chinese Medicine Industrial Techno- order to promote reform training plans based on the se, such as courses in tou- tion (WHO) Inter-Regional Training logy Park, located on Hengqing Island of its Portuguese langua- current situation in Macau. rism, business management, Workshop on the quality and safety of in Zhuhai Prefecture, can take advan- ge programs, and produce One of its aims will be to im- and medical sciences. traditional medicine. tage of Macau’s bridging and linking more bilingual professionals prove the university’s Portu- On the teaching material The event is organized by the role with Portuguese-speaking coun- to support the SAR govern- guese language curriculum front, the center plans to WHO Collaborating Centre for Tra- tries, Chui said. ment’s effort to ‘build a be- in order to attract more stu- design innovative audio-vi- ditional Medicine (Macau), and is The WHO Collaborating Centre for tter Macau through talented dents. sual teaching materials that co-hosted by the MSAR government Traditional Medicine (Macau) was people’.” Additionally, the center is are more suited to Macau and WHO. established in August last year with The center plans to devise expected to launch training students, to supplement its The Government Information Bu- help from the global health body and innovative teaching methods programs for Portuguese existing teaching materials. reau reported that Chui emphasized the Central Government. A number based on the characteristics language instructors from In addition, the center will how the development of the TCM of agreements in relation to the de- of Macau students and deve- primary and secondary establish partnerships with sector is one of the major elements velopment of TCM have also been lop pedagogical models and schools in Macau, as well organizations and com- in the diversification of Macau’s eco- signed between the Government and quality evaluation standards as those from universities panies in Macau and over- nomy. The government’s devotion to the State Administration of Traditio- tailor-made for Chinese-s- in mainland China. The seas where Portuguese is promoting the TCM sector was also nal Chinese Medicine. These steps are peaking learners. center will also collaborate a working language, so as noted. The government’s future effor- considered international recognition The statement highlights with the Forum for Econo- to create more internship ts will include ensuring Macau is po- of Macau’s effort to promote TCM that UM’s Department of mic and Trade Co-Operation opportunities for students sitioned as an international base for and have created the expectation of Portuguese has a culturally between China and Portu- to practice their Portuguese quality control of TCM and as an in- further development of the sector in diverse faculty team, among guese-Speaking Countries language skills. ternational exchange and trading pla- Macau in the future.

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NIMAL welfare group Anima opens new facility and calls for AAnima (Macau) launched its Cat’s Paradise in Coloane regulation over microchipping Village on Saturday to help re- solve the ongoing challenge of rescuing and effectively caring strayed animals is important for stray cats in the region. not only in Macau but around The reconditioned sanctuary, the world. She praised Anima where approximately 180 res- (Macau) for the group’s initiati- cued cats are currently shel- ve on establishing an adequate tered, has three rooms that space for the abandoned cats. accommodate cats that have “I do believe that we need infectious diseases or are under more entities like this. Macau recovery. is rather small but the problem Anima (Macau) president Al- with stray animals is really bano Martins told the Times big,” she explained. that the cats would have ade- The recently launched Cat’s quate space in Coloane Village, Paradise, which also houses ra- saying that the shelter could bbits, turtles and security dogs, house up to 500 cats. Cat’s Paradise in Coloane Carla Flores poses in the new facility is open to the public. Flores no- “I’m very happy because at ted that the new center would last we have cats that can hap- spends MOP350,000 a month chipping of the stray animals. government’s response was help raise awareness of stray pily play and have a lot of space. to pay Anima’s 36 employees. Martins stressed that there are apathetic. animals, particularly in chil- Some diseases will not trans- “Volunteers can come and help. more stray cats than dogs, and With Anima’s latest statis- dren. mit so fast [due to secluded But you know we have to have therefore the region should tics showing that they have “Bringing the children here rooms],” he explained. professional people,” he said. make it compulsory for cats to rescued 229 cats in the region, really helps to convey the idea Martins said that the challen- “Volunteers come when they hold a microchip. compared with 164 cats in the that cats, dogs, rabbits and ge has always been finding fun- want and we need to give food “Many of them are abandoned comparative period last year, turtles are worth protection ding for this non-government everyday. We are happy they animals [and] others are just he hoped that the government and that they are not toys.” association. come [but] it does not solve lost animals. But as the law do would “wake up and see that Flores, who has adopted two This year, the Macau Founda- every problem,” he continued. not ask them to have a micro- [the group] is right.” cats from Anima a few years tion provided MOP3.5 million According to Martins, Anima chip, we [will] never know if the “Otherwise we cannot res- ago, also noted that sufficient for the association’s opera- delivers sustenance to over 30 cat is abandoned or lost,” he cue them,” he lamented, when and proper space is problema- tional expenses. Martins said sites in the region to help feed reiterated. asked what could occur if the tic in the territory. their budget for 2017 is MOP8 strayed dogs and cats in the ter- Martins’ contention is that MSAR fails to revise the law. “To be able to find the place million, and expressed his hope ritory. this law should be amended. Carla Flores, a Macau resident [Cat’s Paradise] where we are that the financial support wou- Another major matter he Although the group has sugges- who volunteered with the “Cat’s now it’s a miracle to be honest. ld rise. mentioned was the lack of regu- ted the necessary amendments Paradise” project, said that Let’s hope there are more mira- He shared that the group lation in regards to the micro- to the government, he said the she believes that the matter of cles [to come],” she concluded.

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EDUCATION Model European Union brings together 56 students from six local universities

IFTY-SIX students from the team representing Roma- Fsix tertiary institutions in nia (Hoi Keng Ieong and Haiyu Macau participated over the Wang, UM). They won a cash weekend at the fourth edition prize of MOP 3,000. of the Macau Model European The 56 participants, from a Union (EU). Participants – un- total of 120 applicants, came dergraduate and postgraduate from the UM, City University students – were from nine dif- of Macau, Institute for Tourism ferent nationalities. The event Studies, Macau Polytechnic took place at University of Ma- Institute, Macau University of cau’s (UM) Senate Room. Science and Technology, and The Model EU is an educa- University of Saint Joseph. tional simulation program in ts reached a consensus on a set Europe, funded by EUAP-M, from the Netherlands, UM), The event was co-organized which participants recreate the of conclusions, which included, which will take place next and Yao Fangyuan (represen- by the EUAP-M and the You- political decision-making of a among others, a recall that the summer. They were, respec- ting Portugal, UM), who won a th Association of International European council, at the level free movement of goods, ser- tively, He Wenting and Fu cash prize of MOP1,000 each. Affairs (YAIA) of the UM, and of heads of state and govern- vices, persons and capital are Qiuming (UM) and Evelin Ri- The best position paper of the held with the support of the ment, to learn about European necessary preconditions for the zzo (from Italy and Maastricht 28 member-states presented Institute of European Studies politics and current issues. This European Single Market, and a University, who is currently at the summit was awarded to of Macau (IEEM), the Depart- year’s topic was the exit of the proposal for the establishment at the UM under an exchange ment of Government and Pu- United Kingdom from the EU. of a transition period of a mi- program). Runner-ups inclu- blic Administration, Faculty of According to a statement is- nimum of three years after the ded the teams representing This year’s Social Sciences, UM, as well as sued yesterday by the European conclusion of the negotiations Italy (Lin Sijie and Xiao Shi- the Faculty of Law, UM. Union Academic Program in between the EU and the United ling, UM) and Latvia (Esther topic was Established in 2012, the EUAP- Macau (EUAP-M), “participan- Kingdom.” Li and Li Xinwei, UM). Run- M is a partnership between the ts displayed a deep understan- The three winners (the team ner-ups will be awarded a cash the exit of UM and the IEEM, co-financed ding of the functioning of the of two delegates from Greece prize of MOP1,000 each. the United by the European Union. It aims EU as well as of the positions as well as the best individual The runner-ups of the indivi- to bring the EU to the closer at- of the countries they were re- participant, a student repre- dual participants’ competition Kingdom from tention of the Macau’s general presenting. At the end of the senting Hungary) were awar- were Dorji Wangchuk (a na- public and, in particular, stu- two-days of discussion, studen- ded free study missions to tional from Bhutan, delegate the EU dents of all levels. ad mon 28.11.2016

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ARTS CCM presents ‘The Nutcracker’

HE Macao Cultural Centre (CCM) Thas announced that “The Nutcra- cker,” an all-time classic for families, is coming to Macau. The show will be staged from January 13 to 15 (Friday to Sunday) at CCM’s Grand Auditorium. Produced by the Hong Kong Ballet, the piece was conceived by Terence Kholer, a young Australian choreogra- pher who has constructed a new visual approach to his reinterpretation of the tale, without losing the charm and ele- gance of the original story. Set to the From left to right: Eugene Pao, Tots Tolentino, Jeremy Monteiro and Chanutr Techatana-nan sound of Tchaikovsky’s immortal mu- sical score, “The Nutcracker” will im- merse the audience in Clara and Fritz’s Lynzy Valles journey to a dream world, ruled by a MUSIC mischievous army of rats and toy sol- ACAU Jazz Week diers, among other magical characters. 2016, the fifth edi- The plot of this two-act ballet begins on tion of the festival, Christmas Eve, when Clara’s godfather kicked off last ni- Fifth Macau Jazz offers the little girl a wooden nutcra- Mght at the Macau Cultural Cen- cker. ter with the ‘Asian Jazz All-S- Ranked as one of Asia’s preeminent tars Power Quartet.’ classical dance companies, the Hong The quartet features Je- Week opens Kong Ballet features a cast of inter- remy Montero, Eugene Pao, nationally recognized interpreters Tots Tolentitno and Chanu- ts of Macau. motion Association president younger generations. well-known to Macau’s audience. The tr Techatana-nan who come Pao, a jazz guitarist, who of- Mars Siu-Hong Lei highligh- “Macau is too much about company has been in town on previous from Singapore, Hong Kong, ten visits the region told the ted the continuous challenge development and economy occasions to stage iconic works such Philippines and Thailand Times that Macau residents of promoting the music cultu- and young people are kind as “Cinderella,” another family classic respectively. seem to be more knowled- re to the Macau audience. He of sick of it. Many are still performed in 2009. The musicians have perfor- geable and interested in the reiterated that the association looking for other activities,” CCM will present “The Nutcracker” med together in Europe, Sin- jazz genre; adding that more seeks to promote such events he lamented. from January 13 to 15, 2017 (Friday to gapore, Malaysia, Thailand music festivals should be or- to the Chinese-speaking com- Siu also stressed that spa- Sunday) at the Grand Auditorium. Ti- and Indonesia. ganized in the future. munity, particularly to the ce is still problematic for the ckets are available since yesterday at According to Montero, a “In a city full of hotels and association to hold music CCM’s box office and Macau Ticketing Singaporean pianist, the being so commercial and events. According to him, Network outlets. group has known each other everything, it is great to have Macau lacks space that cou- since the mid-80s. something [like this].” Macau is too ld easily hold concerts and “We have a strong repertoi- Echoing the same senti- music festivals, noting that re base already that we have ments, Montero added that much about the Macau Cultural Center is been building up the last 10 residents are in need of art more often fully-booked. years we have played toge- and music events, especially development “Until today we do not have ther,” he explained to the Ti- in commercial regions. a concert hall in Macau,” he mes. “And every time we get “I always say that sports is and economy stressed. “Imagine how nice together we add a couple of important because it kind of and young [it would be] if we have a city new tunes and build a reper- builds the morale of a coun- park [with a] stage. What if toire,” Monteiro continued. try or a nation; and art and people are we can do something like The group also praised the music energizes the soul of that? It does not have to be a efforts of the Macau Jazz the country,” he suggested. kind of sick of big theater,” he said. Promotion Association for “The combination of sport The fifth Macau Jazz Week annually bringing in diverse and art and culture is very it. will run from December 8 jazz groups in the territory, important [to a] country or MARS SIU-HONG LEI until December 11, featuring which has helped in promo- region,” he said. MACAU JAZZ PROMOTION musicians from the territory ting the genre to the residen- Meanwhile, Macau Jazz Pro- ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT and neighboring regions.

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Julie Zhu POLICY ADDRESS | LIONEL LEONG

AST Friday, Secre- tary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong continued to Salary growth and labor import Lanswer questions posed by the lawmakers, during the second day of his Policy Address pre- sentation at the Legislative top lawmakers’ concerns Assembly. The main concer- ns covered in Friday’s session were the employment issues of non-resident workers. The number of non-resident workers in Macau and how MARQUES RENATO their salary levels have resul- ted in the extensive import of workers was the matter that was discussed most thorou- ghly. Au Kam San said that he is not against importing workers but he opposes abuses against a large inflow of non-resident workers. “Locals have been affected by [Macau’s] migrant workers related policies, […] the behaviours promoted by the government goes against the protection of the public,” said Au. Lawmaker Kwan Tsui Heng said that there are two non -Macau resident workers for every five employees. Kwan gave an example of the conse- quences of this ratio by saying that construction workers are earning salaries that are as low as their salaries in the year of 2010. “If we acknowledge the im- Lionel Leong (center) portance of construction workers, and if we consider asked Kwan. have experienced a decline in He then added that “both the that their work is demanding, She also remarked that hu- their salaries that began 30 industries and the employees why are their salaries so low?” man resources industries years ago, when the govern- There is a trend indicated that the employees’ ment, at that time, interfered salaries all increased.” in the economy and imported for residents to The Secretary for Economy a great number of workers, and Finance claims that more Oil price remains including those working in move upwards. Macau residents have worked the catering and hygiene in- LIONEL LEONG in Macau as managing sta- high compared to dustry. ff. According to Leong, from Kwan pressed the point by 2010 until the first three rest of the world asking, “How much have the- levels. quarters of 2016, there was se workers’ salaries improved Similar topics were also a 47 percent increase in the [over the past years]?” She raised by several other number of Macau residents O Ion Sang and Sio Chi Wai have doubts over the reasons strongly supports salary im- lawmakers, such as Leong working as managing staff. Hbehinds Macau’s expensive oil prices. provement for all workers and Veng Chai, Chui Sai Peng “There is a trend for resi- According to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), the stated that she is also commi- Jose, and Lam Heong Sang. dents to move upwards,” said oil import price has decreased to MOP4.39 per kilogram in tted to “improving the salaries In replying to the lawmakers, Leong. In reply to more ques- September this year, compared to MOP8.32 per kilogram in of non-resident workers. They Leong said that Macau’s ave- tions posed by lawmakers re- February last year, representing an approximate 50 percent are human, they also need to rage salary increased 5.4 per- garding issues over the city’s decrease. live in Macau. [We] can not cent since the year of 2000 labour force, Leong said that However, in Macau, despite this decrease, oil has always depend so much on cheap la- until 2015. He said that star- the government is planning been sold for more than MOP13 per kilogram, regardless of bour.” ting from the second half of on establishing an inspection the import price. Kwan, like Au, also opposes 2014, Macau’s economy en- system which will allow the Macau pays MOP4.4 (per kilogram) to mainland China for the abusing over importing la- tered an adjustment period, government to collect data importing oil. Hong Kong only pays HKD3.79, according to bour. “Non-resident workers and that employee’s salaries from resident and non-resi- Ho. should be a supplement to the “did not decrease but were in dent workers on big construc- Ho had questioned on why Macau residents need to “suffer local workforce, but it is the fact increased.” tion sites. from the expensive oil [prices].” He also asked the secretary opposite which is happening,” for an explanation of why the importing price has decreased noted Kwan. but the selling price remains the same. She also pointed out that Sio Chi Wai commented that it is because of the related in- many migrant workers have gov’t to research trade union law dustry, which has been manipulating the price. acquired semi-permanent re- Leong said that the Macau Economic Service (DSE) has been sident status under Macau’s THE SECRETARY for Economy AL’s staff can require all parities observing the change in oil price and have been organizing immigration policies. and Finance, Lionel Leong, said to deliver references related to that the government will research the law.” Triggered by Au, Tsui meetings with the industry regularly. He claims that the au- Another problem addres- the possibility of establishing a Wai Kwan voiced the opposite thority requested the commercial chamber and oil sellers to sed by Kwan referred to the trade union law in the region. opinion saying that it is not the launch a questionnaire in order to understand the reasons that number of Macau residents contribute to the evolution in oil prices. Leong’s statement came after Au right time to put this law onto occupying relatively high po- Kam San’s query at the Friday’s the agenda. Tsui countered that However, he said that this measure would not substantially sitions in Macau companies. Legislative Assembly meeting. Au “when the [workers] have law and increase our understanding of the changes in price. He also She suggested that the city raised the topic, asking, “When weapon held in their hands, there mentioned that, at the current stage, he expects the oil indus- should aim to maintain the will the trade union law be com- will be people causing troubles. try will, by meeting with the authority regularly, begin to un- ratio of employees at a more plete? If you are not willing to It is equal to the US’s gun control derstand the public’s concerns about the changes in the price equitable 85 percent share of answer the question, I hope that problems.” of oil. Macau residents in executive 28.11.2016 mon

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AGUAR Land Rover Ltd. said it intends to Jaguar Land Rover wants to build electric cars in the U.K. if the government Jcan overcome shortfalls in avai- lable energy and infrastructure make electric cars in Brexit U.K. investment, potentially giving Britain a manufacturing boost as it leaves the European Union. in the Coventry area through The company, which employs 2020, Yardley said in a tele- phone interview Friday, though about 40,000 people in the BLOOMBERG U.K., said it aimed to build new about 2,500 of those positions facilities and lift its payroll in would be moved from elsewhere the country, without commi- in the country. The payroll wou- tting to a specific number of ld be boosted by a further 5,000 jobs. The expansion could crea- in the following decade, he said. te around 10,000 positions, The expansion could also said Martin Yardley, chief exe- cutive officer of the Coventry & Warwickshire Local Enterprise The company Partnership, which promotes the economy in the region whe- employs about re many of Jaguar Land Rover’s U.K. operations are clustered. 40,000 people Jaguar Land Rover Chief Exe- cutive Officer Ralf Speth is mo- in the U.K. ving to double the number of vehicles produced worldwide create 50,000 to 100,000 ad- to one million a year. The com- ditional jobs in the automotive pany, owned by Tata Motors supply chain and service indus- Ltd. of India, plans to build its tries, Yardley said. first electric vehicle at a plant in “As an industry it’s incredibly Austria owned by Magna Inter- productive because it has a hi- national Inc. and have it on the gher ratio of indirect jobs than road by 2018. other industries,” he said. Speth said he wants future Jaguar Land Rover’s expres- electric models to be built in the sion of interest in building elec- U.K. while cautioning that cur- tric cars in the U.K. follows a rent levels of power supply are commitment by Nissan Motor insufficient to produce those vehicles in the West Midlands, Philip Hammond on Wednes- Jaguar Land Rover already in- Co. to continue manufacturing cars. He also said the company in the home of our design and day announced 390 million vests about 3.5 billion pounds at a plant in Sunderland, En- would require mobile network engineering,” Speth said in a pounds (USD485 million) of in research and development gland, after the Japanese com- investments that could help speech Thursday. “If we dou- funding over the next five years each year, a spokesman said. pany said it might ask the U.K. with the development of auto- ble the cars we can double the to support ultra-low emission If Jaguar Land Rover goes government to compensate it nomous vehicles. workforce.” vehicles, including 80 million ahead with the U.K. plans, it for any negative consequences “We want to build our electric Chancellor of the Exchequer pounds for charging networks. would create about 7,500 jobs of Brexit. Bloomberg

Hong Kong-Shenzhen stock-trading BLOOMBERG link to start on December 5

Eduard Gismatullin, Shanghai and Shenzhen stock market through our to an August presentation Benjamin Robertson connections are a key part market and to our market from Hong Kong’s Securi- of China’s push to inter- through the mainland ties and Futures Commis- HINA will start its nationalize its currency market.” sion. Any company that is Csecond stock-trading and should also help the China has been slowly dual listed in the city and link with Hong Kong on country’s stocks integrate improving market access Hong Kong will also be Dec. 5, another step in the into the world’s markets. and gradually easing res- available. Buying shares hasn’t been as popular as said by e-mail. “This redu- country’s efforts to open When MSCI Inc. in June trictions on money flow. traded on Shenzhen’s Chi- authorities may have ho- ces the costs of investing up the mainland market. rejected the nation’s sha- In February, authorities Next small-cap gauge will ped, with investors rarely in Shenzhen and should The Shenzhen-Hong res for inclusion in its glo- removed limits on fo- be limited to institutional hitting the daily limits. ultimately translate into Kong connect will give in- bal benchmarks, among reign involvement in the investors at the “initial Global investors sold a cheaper fees paid by end vestors in the city access the issues it cited were country’s interbank bond stage” of the link, the SFC net 3.51 billion yuan of investors. For example, to stocks on the Shenzhen barriers facing foreign in- market, while Bloomberg said. mainland shares using ETF management fees will Stock Exchange, where vestors wanting to trade in News reported in Septem- The connection to Shen- the existing link between be lower.” many Chinese technology China. ber that officials had scra- zhen is a “positive step Shanghai and Hong Kong Hong Kong’s govern- companies are listed. The “We’re ready for another pped guidelines on Quali- from the standpoint of in the first half of Novem- ment welcomed Friday’s program has been awaited milestone in our mutual fied Foreign Institutional index managers and their ber, even as China’s ben- announcement of the start for more than two years market access initiative,” Investors’ mainland asset clients, and increases the chmark equity gauge clim- of the link. following the launch of Charles Li, chief executive allocations. chances of affirmative bed into a bull market. “We will closely monitor the Shanghai-Hong Kong officer of Hong Kong Ex- Investors buying into decisions on their part in The Shenzhen link “re- its implementation so that connect in November changes & Clearing Ltd., Shenzhen will have ac- their reviews over the co- duces foreign investors’ it will contribute to the 2014. said in a statement. “Shen- cess to any stock in the ming year,” Nick Ronalds, reliance on QFII, thus economic and financial re- The link’s start was an- zhen connect will open up Shenzhen Stock Exchan- managing director for relieving the difficulty of forms of our country and nounced by regulators another mainland market ge Component Index and equities at the Asia Securi- hedging renminbi, which reinforce Hong Kong’s po- amid the yuan’s biggest for international inves- Shenzhen Stock Exchan- ties Industry and Finan- has been increasingly vo- sition as an international monthly decline against tors, give investors on ge Small/Mid Cap Inno- cial Markets Association latile of late,” Tony Cheu- financial center,” the city’s the U.S. dollar since a both sides of the boundary vation Index that has a in Hong Kong, said before ng, head of quant analytics financial secretary John one-time devaluation more choices and enhance market value of more than the announcement. at Liquidnet Holdings Inc. Tsang said in an e-mailed in August last year. The access to the mainland’s 6 billion yuan, according The link with Shanghai in the Asia Pacific region, statement. Bloomberg mon 28.11.2016

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Workers look for survivors after a work platform collapsed at the Fengcheng power plant in eastern China’s Jiangxi Province

Gerry Shih, Beijing vince tumbled to their deaths after scaffolding collapsed. HINESE authorities de- Three years before that, two Ctained 13 people over the workers died after a vehicle collapse of scaffolding at a accidentally backed into a power plant construction site scaffolding support beam at a that killed 74 workers, as a Yineng-built cooling tower in preliminary investigation ze- Guangdong province. roed in on how the building Several of the company’s pu- company had rushed the job. blicly listed telephone lines Most of the dead had been and a mobile phone number working on the interior con- for the company’s legal repre- crete wall of a massive circu- sentative rang unanswered on lar cooling tower 70 meters up Friday. The company’s websi- when the scaffolding collap- tes could not be opened. sed Thursday morning, re- State media reports said the sulting in one of China’s most accident occurred during a serious industrial accidents in change of work shifts, possi- years. bly accounting for the high In a statement issued Satur- death toll. Workers had also day, the committee of the Sta- been toiling around-the-clock te Council, or China’s cabinet, in three shifts to make pro- said early findings suggested gress on the project ahead that a shortened timeframe of the arrival of bitter winter for the power plant project, weather, according to local hasty construction and mis- media interviews with survi- management played a role in ving employees. the disaster, without giving The 1,000-megawatt coal- details. fired plant had been designa- Although authorities did not ted a priority project by the disclose details about the 13 province, likely adding to the detentions, the focus of the pressure on workers. investigation has turned to The deadly accident has the power plant’s operator, taken on added political sig- Jiangxi Ganneng, and a ma- nificance in recent days after jor engineering firm, Hebei Chinese President Xi Jinping Yineng, which has taken on urged local governments to multiple high-profile power hold those responsible ac- plant projects and has a his- countable and the State Cou- tory of workplace fatalities. ncil established a special Yineng has won contracts committee to investigate. to build plants in more than China has suffered several a dozen provinces and in major work-safety acciden- Turkey and Malaysia, accor- ts in recent years blamed on ding to previous interviews weak regulatory oversight, given by executives. In 2012, systemic corruption and pres- seven Yineng builders in a sure to boost production amid cooling tower in Yunnan pro- a slowing economy. AP 28.11.2016 mon

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N the shadow of east Bei- Ijing’s soaring glass skyscra- Castro’s death a reminder in pers, elderly retirees still speak nostalgically about their Cuban brothers-in-arm, faraway China of changed communist axis comrades bound by communist solidarity. But in central Beijing’s halls made “immortal contributions of power, Cuba is perhaps seen to the development of socialism AP PHOTO these days as something less around the world.” romantic: a market for Chi- Chinese state television rolled na’s booming private-sector out hours of historical footage. exports. Voiceovers highlighted Cas- Viewed from the world’s lar- tro’s cigar-chomping charis- gest communist country, Fidel ma, ideological conviction and Castro’s death is a reminder of seeming “invincibility,” while how the communist axis has denouncing U.S. intelligence changed beyond recognition operations against him and cri- since the ideologically charged ppling U.S. sanctions against era when the bearded revolu- his country. tionary cut a dashing figure on China’s official Xinhua News the world stage alongside lea- Agency, meanwhile, eulogized ders like Mao Zedong. a man who “resisted the Ame- After establishing diplomatic rican superpower for half a cen- relations in 1960, the countries’ tury” with the headline: “Old fortunes diverged over the en- Soldiers Never Die.” suing decades: China began From Jiang Zemin to Xi, who adopting free-market refor- frequently reaches for Marxis- ms in the 1980s and morphed t-Leninist symbolism and lan- into an economic powerhouse guage, generations of Chinese — Communist mostly in name leaders have displayed an affinity — while Castro persisted with for the distant ally at a personal Marxism, Cuba’s economy hob- level. Xi made a visit to Cuba in bling on under U.S. sanctions. 2014 and, as he told an audience Today, the two countries’ lea- last year, sipped a mojito at Er- ders frequently nod to their nest Hemingway’s favored bar. shared ideological history, but Castro, likewise, was always bilateral relations revolve more greeted warmly in Beijing, and around jointly developed bea- many older Chinese remember ch resorts or Chinese telecoms the 1995 visit when, decked in investments. In a September vi- his tell-tale green fatigues, he sit, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang stepped up to Mao’s memo- offered to support Cuba’s deve- rial in Tiananmen Square and lopment as a “comrade and bro- snapped a military salute. Even ther,” while Castro congratula- in his later years, Castro was pic- ted China on the growth it has tured wrapping Chinese leaders achieved and sought assistance in bear hugs, eliciting surprise in agricultural technology. and delight from his hosts. At around USD2.2 billion a In the alleyways near Beijing’s year, trade between the two glittering World Trade Center countries is dwarfed by Chi- Fidel Castro stands on the Great Wall of China during a 1995 visit to Beijing complex, not far from Cartier na’scommerce with the rest of and Versace boutiques, elder- Latin America, which totals Geopolitical tectonics have gram. ly residents on Saturday pon- $236 billion, according to Chi- Castro was realigned in other ways since Shi Yinhong, a professor of in- dered the legacy of a man who nese state media. But China is Castro’s prime. Cuba restored ternational relations at Renmin loomed large in their youths. Cuba’s top creditor and secon- always greeted diplomatic relations with the University in Beijing, said the “He was a good person,” said d-largest trading partner after United States last year after a 90-year-old Castro’s death had a 78-year-old retired railway Venezuela, and ties have deepe- warmly in half-century freeze, a rappro- been anticipated and there will worker surnamed Zhang. “Cuba ned swiftly. Beijing chement that China viewed wa- be no material change in China- is our friend. I still remember Chinese refrigerators are rily. Meanwhile, Washington Cuba relations, given that he re- joining the anti-U.S. parade to found in Cuban homes, Chi- lifted an arms embargo against linquished power to his brother support Cuba in my 20s. The na’s “Yutong” brand buses ply the development of bilateral Vietnam, another erstwhile Raul years ago. sugar we had was from Cuba.” Cuba’s highways and Chinese ties between China and Cuba communist enemy, and has ba- Still, Castro’s passing is being Liang Yongxing, 60-year-old Unionpay cards are accepted did not focus too much on ideo- cked Hanoi in maritime dispu- mourned with a deep and ge- retired civil servant, said he at Cuban ATMs. In December, logy,” said Zhu Feng, dean of tes against neighboring China. nuine sense of nostalgia in Chi- was astonished by the news of Air China launched a direct fli- the Institute of International North Korea remains a com- na, even if he feels like an icon Castro’s death, calling it a mo- ght from Beijing to Havana lar- Studies at Nanjing University. munist holdout, but the coun- from a bygone era. mentous occasion for the inter- gely to serve burgeoning Chi- “Economic development and try’s leader, Kim Jong Un, has Chinese President Xi Jinping national order. nese tourists looking to spend cooperation, which were be- increasingly exasperated Chi- sent a telegram to Cuba on Sa- “Aside from North Korea, I holidays in the island nation. neficial to economic and social na, which is collaborating with turday mourning the loss of a think he was the last person “After China deepened reform development in both countries, the United States to try to halt “dear comrade and true friend” who clung to pure socialism,” and opened up in early 1990s, became more important.” its erstwhile ally’s nuclear pro- of the Chinese people who he said. 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area of the Xinjiang hi- Strong earthquake in remote far-western China kills 1 ghland is largely rural. China’s earthquake monitoring agency said strong earthquake The seismological bu- quake that struck late The U.S. Geological ted the quake as quite the quake epicenter was A in a remote area reau of China’s Xinjiang Friday. Survey said the quake shallow, at a depth of 12 located in Akto county of China’s extreme west region said that 55 ho- The government has had a preliminary mag- kilometers (7.5 miles). in Kizilsu Khirgiz Au- has killed at least one mes were damaged and dispatched emergency nitude of 6.5 and struck Shallow earthquakes tonomous Prefecture villager after a home 32 collapsed in an area response workers and western Xinjiang Uy- are more likely to cau- in Xinjiang, which is collapsed, authorities bordering Tajikistan closed some railways in ghur Autonomous Re- se damage in populated near the regional hub of said Saturday. and Kyrgyzstan in the southern Xinjiang. gion. The USGS repor- urban areas, but that Kashgar. AP mon 28.11.2016

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in July that invalidated most of its territorial claims in the area. AP PHOTO “It is not worth it for China to connect the seizure of the ship- ment to the issue of the South China Sea. It will only give Sin- gapore an excuse to play up the case,” said Yue, a retired colo- nel in the People’s Liberation Army. The seizure took place onths after China cut off commu- nication and exchanges with The seizure comes amid Chinese displeasure over Singapore’s approach to Nine eight-wheeled Singapore-made Terrex infantry carrier vehicles seized at a container terminal in Hong Kong South China Sea territorial Singapore teams heads to Hong disputes

Taiwanese President Tsai In- Kong to secure army carriers g-wen’s independence-leaning administration and launched a creeping campaign to diploma- INGAPORE’S army The statement did not say rities would need to contact na claims virtually the entire tically isolate the island. is sending a team where the vehicles had been China’s Foreign Ministry. strategic waterway as its own In Beijing, a Foreign Ministry to Hong Kong to secure shipped from, but Singapore’s The militaries of Taiwan and and says international law has spokesman said the govern- nine of its armored per- Straits Times newspaper said Singapore have long trained no jurisdiction in the matter. ment was verifying details about Ssonnel carriers that were seized they were being sent to Singa- together, much to the irrita- Some experts quoted the seizure of the vehicles. He by customs authorities while in pore from Kaohsiung in sou- tion of Beijing, which regards in Hong Kong media reports reiterated China’s opposition to transit through the southern thern Taiwan. The ministry self-governing Taiwan as a speculated that China would Taiwan conducting military ex- Chinese territory, the Defense said the vehicles were not car- breakaway province. use the seized military ship- changes with any country Bei- Ministry said Friday. rying ammunition or sensitive The seizure also comes amid ment to pressure Singapore to jing has ties with. The ministry said in a state- equipment. Chinese displeasure over Sin- adopt a friendlier stance toward “China has long been resolu- ment that the team was on its Hong Kong’s South China gapore’s approach to South China on the dispute. tely opposed to official exchan- way to “address the security” Morning Post newspaper ci- China Sea territorial dispu- However, Chinese military ges, including military exchan- of the eight-wheeled Singapo- ted unidentified sources as tes. Though not a claimant in analyst Yue Gang said that was ge and cooperation, between re-made Terrex infantry car- saying the vehicles were used those disputes, Singapore has unlikely given Beijing’s reluc- Taiwan and any countries that rier vehicles that were held in training in Taiwan and irritated China by advocating tance to draw attention to the have diplomatic ties with Chi- by Hong Kong customs on We- that in order to secure their that countries should abide disputes following an interna- na,” Geng Shuang said at a re- dnesday. release, Singaporean autho- by international rules. Chi- tional arbitration panel’s ruling gular briefing.AP

NEW ZEALAND from the water and placed them on a beach, where locals kept them warm 7 dead, 1 missing as waves hit fishing boat until ambulances arrived. Police said they were still Nick Perry, Wellington boat notified the coast report back and could no trying to establish what guard that they were at- longer be reached on its happened to the boat and EVEN people were tempting to cross a san- marine radio or by mobi- AP PHOTO how its occupants ended Skilled and another dbar at the entrance to the le phone. up in the harbor, which is person was missing after harbor at about 2 p.m., Other boats in the area about 75 kilometers nor- a chartered fishing boat said Patrick Holmes, the reported to the coast thwest of Auckland. disappeared from view in chief executive of Coast- guard that they could no Inspector Hall said res- large waves at the entran- guard New Zealand. longer see the boat, al- cuers recovered five bo- ce to a harbor near Au- He said the coast guard though he wasn’t yet clear dies from the water soon ckland, New Zealand au- raised the alarm an hour if it had sunk. An investi- after the accident. Ano- thorities said. later after the boat didn’t gation was underway. ther two bodies washed The boat Francie was Waves at the sandbar ashore at nearby beaches carrying 11 people when it were about four meters and were found early got into trouble on Satur- Waves at high at the time of the Sunday. day afternoon in Kaipara the sandbar accident, Holmes said. The Facebook page for Harbour. Rescuers ma- Sandbars are formed by Muriwai beach is seen Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016 after the chartered Francie Charters says its naged to pull three survi- were about sand building up on the fishing boat Francie disappeared off Auckland boat Francie is licensed vors from the water, who seafloor, something whi- to carry up to 20 people were taken to a hospital. four meters ch can happen at har- with storms and tides, so waves becomes distorted with two crew members. A search for the missing bor entrances where the the bars are not in exactly and irregular.” It shows customers using person was continuing high at the ocean meets calmer har- the same position,” Hol- Eyewitnesses told Tele- fishing rods to catch Sunday, said police Ins- time of the bor water. mes said. “Because it’s a vision New Zealand that snapper and other fish, pector Duncan Hall. “All sandbar crossings disturbance of the sea- rescuers in helicopters and encountering dol- Crew members from the accident are dangerous. They shift floor, the action of the plucked the survivors phins. AP 28.11.2016 mon

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Michael Smith, Liam Vaughan OBITUARY IDEL Castro, who estab- lished a communist regi- me in Cuba that survived the collapse of the Soviet Fidel Castro, communist former FUnion, inspired revolutionary movements and brought two su- perpowers close to nuclear war before stepping down after 49 leader of Cuba, dies at 90 years in power, has died. He was 90. He told author Ramonet that his The former leader died at 10:29 rebellious streak developed early. p.m. Friday local time, his bro- AP PHOTO “I didn’t like authority, because at ther, President Raul Castro, who that time there was also a lot of has ruled the country since 2006, corporal punishment, a slap on said on state media Nov. 25. He the head or a belt taken to you,” will be cremated early on Satur- Castro said. day and the government set a fu- neral for Dec. 4. LAW SCHOOL Reaction to Castro’s death, In 1945, Castro enrolled in law like his life, was deeply divided. school at the University of Ha- World leaders including South vana and took his first steps into Africa’s President Jacob Zuma, revolutionary politics. India’s Prime Minister Narendra While still in school, the future Modi and several Latin Ameri- Cuban leader joined 1,200 men can politicians issued statements who set out to invade the Domini- and tweets highlighting Castro’s can Republic and overthrow dic- achievements and extolling his tator Rafael Trujillo. The Cuban virtues. navy turned the expedition back. President Barack Obama issued In 1952, two years after recei- a statement offering condolen- ving a law degree, Castro ran for ces to Castro’s family, acknow- Cuba’s Chamber of Deputies. The ledging the “powerful emotions” race ended when Batista, then a being experienced by Cubans, general in Cuba’s military, staged and said the U.S. extended a hand a coup and canceled elections. of friendship: “the Cuban people Castro led about 165 men in must know that they have a friend an attack on army barracks the and partner in the United States In this 1960 file photo, Cuba’s revolutionary hero Ernesto “Che” Guevara, center, Cuba’s leader Fidel Castro, left, and Cuba’s following year, hoping to spark a of America.” President Osvaldo Dorticos, right, attend a reception in an unknown location in Cuba popular uprising. The troops kil- President-elect Donald Trump led eight of his men and executed said “Castro’s legacy is one of fi- China Central Television, Presi- Union only 90 miles (145 kilo- form, though not the democracy scores when the fighting was over. ring squads, theft, unimaginable dent Xi Jinping said Castro was meters) from Florida. He pushed that successive U.S. presidents The survivors fled and were later suffering, poverty and the denial the founder of Cuban commu- the superpowers toward nuclear and generations of Cuban-Ameri- captured and tried. of fundamental human rights.” nism, and a “great figure in our war in the Cuban Missile Crisis cans had hoped for. Representing himself at the “Our administration will do all times and history.” of 1962 and gave military and trial, Castro gave a two-hour it can to ensure the Cuban peo- One of the world’s longest-ser- political support to revolutionary RECOGNIZING REVOLU- speech that ended with an often- ple can finally begin their journey ving political leaders, Fidel Cas- groups and Marxist governments TION cited declaration: “History will toward prosperity and liberty,” tro led rebel forces that wrested in Latin America and Africa, ce- On Dec. 17, 2014, President absolve me.” He was sentenced Trump said in a statement. control of Cuba from Fulgencio menting his reputation as a foe of Obama announced plans to res- to 15 years in prison and released Venezuelan President Nicolás Batista in 1959. As prime minister the U.S. tore diplomatic relations and ease after two years as part of a general Maduro tweeted: “To all the revo- and then president, Castro boos- the five-decade embargo on the amnesty. lutionaries of the world, we have ted literacy and health care for the DEEP IMPACT island, steps many Cubans and to continue with his legacy and island’s poor, while imprisoning “Starting in the 1960s, Cuba has Cuban-Americans thought would IN EXILE his flag of independence, of socia- thousands of dissidents, seizing been a huge player, disproportio- never occur in Fidel’s lifetime. Castro went into exile in Mexico, lism, of homeland.” private property and sparking an nate to its size, on the world stage The following month, Castro where he joined forces with Ar- At the same time, crowds of exi- and that’s largely because of Fi- lent his support to a thaw in rela- gentine communist revolutionary led Cubans and their supporters del,” said Geoff Thale, program tions while remaining skeptical of Ernesto “Che” Guevara. gathered on the streets of Miami Reaction to director at the Washington Offi- U.S. motives. In 1956, the two crossed the Ca- to celebrate the passing of a so- ce on Latin America. “Cuba and “I do not trust the policy of the ribbean with about 80 men on a metimes unyielding ruler who Castro’s death, Fidel are the symbol of the little United States nor have I exchan- yacht called the Granma to start a divided families and ruled with like his life, was guy standing up against the he- ged a word with them,” he wrote guerrilla campaign against Batis- an iron fist. Havana, meanwhile, mispheric giant. People still have in a letter published by state me- ta. Cuban forces killed all but 12 remained quiet. deeply divided this romantic image of Cuba as a dia. “This does not mean, howe- on landing. Castro retreated into symbol of revolution.” ver, that I would oppose a peace- the Sierra Maestra mountains CUBAN REVOLUTION His regime withstood a U.S.-s- ful solution to conflicts or threats with the survivors. There, he grew French President Francois exodus of Cubans who braved ponsored invasion, known as of war.” the beard that would become his Hollande wrote in a statement dangerous waters on homemade the Bay of Pigs, in 1961, while he In March 2016, President Oba- trademark. that Castro “embodied the Cuban rafts to reach U.S. shores. personally survived at least eight ma visited the island nation. “I “Everybody just let their beards revolution, in the hopes it had It’s not yet clear how Castro’s assassination plots by the Central have come here to bury the last and hair grow, and that turned aroused and then in the disillu- passing will impact the delica- Intelligence Agency. remnant of the Cold War in the into a kind of badge of identity,” sions it had provoked” and ex- te detente between the U.S. and Castro always defended the Americas,” he said. he told Ramonet. pressed his condolences to Raoul, Cuba. Relations between the two Cuban revolution. “I have not one Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was Castro’s rebels rallied public su- his family and the Cuban people. countries have thawed since 2014, iota of regret about what we’ve born on Aug. 13, 1926, in Biran, pport, and on Jan. 1, 1959, drove The Cuban government said pu- with President Barack Obama vi- done in our country and the way Cuba, one of seven children fa- Batista into exile. Castro was 32. blic events to mark Castro’s death siting Cuba this year and promi- we’ve organized our society,” he thered by Angel Castro y Argiz, a Over the next two years, trans- will begin today, with a rally a day sing to ease sanctions that have told author Ignacio Ramonet for Spanish immigrant laborer, with forming Cuba into a communist later at Plaza de la Revolucion in crippled the island’s economy for “Fidel Castro: My Life,” an oral Castro’s mother, Lina Ruz Gon- dictatorship, Castro seized land Havana and then a three-day pro- half a century. However, on the history published in 2006. zales, a member of the household and nationalized sugar mills, ran- cession to carry his ashes to Santia- campaign trail President-elect That year, he started to ease his staff. ches and oil refineries owned by go de Cuba for a funeral on Dec. 4. Donald Trump criticized Obama grip on power when he ceded Castro was sent to schools run U.S. interests. His government “This strong and wise man for making “concessions” to the temporary control to his younger by the Roman Catholic Marist imprisoned or killed political always looked with confidence to regime. brother, Raul, while recovering and Jesuit religious orders. He opponents, declared the country the future” wrote Russian Presi- The bearded Castro claimed a from surgery. He resigned as pre- was passionate about baseball atheist and closed 400 Catholic dent Vladimir Putin, emphasizing place on the world stage at the sident and commander-in-chief and was named Cuba’s “outstan- schools. the relationship between the two height of the Cold War by making in favor of Raul on Feb. 19, 2008. ding collegiate athlete” in high countries. In a telegram read on Cuba an outpost of the Soviet The switch of leadership led to re- school. CONTINUED ON P14 28.11.2016 mon

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CONTINUED FROM P13 pope’s call for a prisoner amnes- ty by releasing 300 inmates, in- U.S. EMBARGO AP PHOTO cluding about 70 held on political In 1962, U.S. President John F. charges. Kennedy imposed a trade embar- In 1999, a new patron emer- go, which was continued under ged when Hugo Chavez became successive U.S. leaders, depriving president of oil-rich Venezuela Cuba of its largest trade part- and reached out to form politi- ner and starving the economy of cal and economic partnerships dollars. In 2014, the government with Castro. Under Chavez and claimed the U.S. embargo had his successor, Nicolas Maduro, cost the island USD117 billion. Venezuela provided Cuba with From 1960 to 1965, the CIA 100,000 barrels of oil a day in ex- mounted at least eight assassina- change for the services of 30,000 tion plots against Castro, accor- health-care providers and athle- ding to the 1975 report of a U.S. tic trainers. Senate committee headed by Se- Castro maintained a repressive nator Frank Church, a Democrat grip on society and, in 2003, im- from Idaho. plemented a new crackdown on “I’ve survived 600 attempts on In this May 1, 2006 file photo, Cuba’s leader Fidel Castro speaks on International Workers Day in Revolution Plaza in Havana, Cuba dissidents that led to internatio- my life,” Castro said in Cordoba, nal condemnation. Argentina, in July 2006. guerrilla movements in develo- with boats that helped ferry more As Castro’s health deteriorated, The Bay of Pigs invasion was ping countries throughout the than 125,000 people to the U.S.; his wide-ranging speeches, once a authorized by President John F. 1970s and 1980s, often clashing included among the “Marielitos” fixture of Cuban life, were repla- Kennedy. On April 17, 1961, refu- I’ve survived with U.S.-backed governments. were criminals whom Castro had ced by opinion columns in state- gees armed by the CIA staged an During Castro’s period in power, released from prison, mentally ill controlled newspapers, where he amphibious landing at the bay on 600 attempts tens of thousands fled Cuba, people and others he found unde- defended socialism, even as the the island’s southwest coast with on my life. mainly to the U.S., where they es- sirable. government run by his brother the goal of sparking an uprising. tablished anti-Castro communi- The loss of Soviet aid after 1991 Raul dismantled some restric- Castro’s forces killed more than FIDEL CASTRO ties in South Florida and the New sent Cuba’s economy into a deep tions on home ownership, travel 100 invaders and captured more York area. depression, with Castro ratio- abroad and private businesses. than 1,100. He released the priso- speechwriter Theodore Sorensen. ning food and ordering people to When Raul and Obama in De- ners after securing a ransom from Kennedy imposed a naval blocka- MASS EXODUS ride bicycles to save gasoline. He cember 2014 announced plans the U.S. of $53 million worth of de on Cuba and ordered nuclear The largest decampment, the so- generated foreign exchange by to improve ties, Fidel didn’t offer food and medicine. weapons loaded onto aircraft. called Mariel boatlift, took place in allowing Spanish-built hotels, fil- any public comments. After almost two weeks of crisis, 1980. After groups of Cubans tried led with European tourists, to line Castro’s marriage to the former MISSILE CRISIS Kennedy offered to secretly with- to leave the country by fighting the country’s resort beaches. He Mirta Diaz-Balart, whom he mar- Eighteen months later, photo- draw U.S. missiles from Turkey their way into foreign embassies, continued to spar with the U.S. ried in 1948, ended in divorce in graphs taken by a U.S. spy plane and Italy if the Soviet Union with- Castro removed security forces over immigration. 1955. They had a son, Felix Fidel showed Castro had allowed the drew its missiles from Cuba. The from the buildings. Within a week, Castro Diaz, nicknamed Fidelito. Soviet Union to build nuclear- next day, Radio Moscow broad- 10,000 Cubans pushed their way PAPAL VISIT In 1961, Castro began a rela- missile bases in Cuba. The dis- cast a statement by Soviet leader into the Peruvian compound. The Communist Party lifted its tionship with Dalia Soto del Val- covery marked the start of the Nikita Khrushchev that the wea- Castro responded by announ- ban on membership in religious le, a teacher whom he married in Cuban Missile Crisis, 13 days pons would be dismantled. cing that Cubans were free to lea- organizations in 1991. Castro in- 1980, according to “Fidel Castro: during which the world stared While Cuba’s economy stagna- ve. He invited emigres in the U.S. vited Pope John Paul II to visit My Life.” They had five children: down “the gun barrel of nuclear ted over the next decades, Castro to pick them up at the port of Ma- in 1998, allowing four open-air Alexis, Alex, Alejandro, Antonio war,” in the words of Kennedy sent military forces to support riel. The harbor was soon clogged Masses and responding to the and Angel. Bloomberg

death and pain” caused by nity in South Florida has Castro couldn’t be erased, earned a reputation as the In Miami’s Little Havana, Castro’s but that his administration de facto capital of Latin will do “all it can to ensu- America, drawing waves of re the Cuban people can immigrants from countries death sparks celebration finally begin their journey including Argentina, Brazil toward prosperity and li- and Venezuela, and beco- Jonathan Levin, Michael Smith have died in the US and in berty.” ming a place where Latin Cuba waiting for this day “There’s a lot of reason to American tycoons invest UBAN-AMERI- AP PHOTO and for freedom.” think that finally things will and enjoy their money. CCANS took to the For all the jubilation in change in Cuba,” said Angel Many immigrants origi- streets in Miami Saturday the streets, Castro’s death Ali Gonzalez, a 32-year-old nally from the island, and morning as news spread comes at a time when the security guard with a fat their children, have gone that Fidel Castro, the father future for the U.S. rela- Cohiba cigar in his shirt on to play important roles of the Cuban revolution tionship with Cuba is un- pocket, who was born in in American politics, whi- and a man who prompted certain. President Barack Miami to parents who im- le others -- like billionaire many to flee the island, Obama visited the island migrated in 1969. real estate developer Jorge leaving behind homes and earlier this year and pro- On 8th Street, Gonzalez Perez -- have personally family members, had died mised to ease sanctions in was waving a “Trump-Pen- helped shape the Miami at 90. place since the early years ce: Make America Great skyline. While Havana remained of the Cold War, but the vic- Again” sign and wearing Olivia Carlos, 29, immi- eerily quiet after the annou- tory of Donald Trump has one of the campaign’s sig- grated with her parents ncement of Castro’s death munity joined the celebra- demise of the regime run left many wondering whe- nature baseball caps. Al- from Cuba when she was on state media, hundreds tion, too. Many consider by Fidel Castro’s brother, ther the detente will last. though polls show signs of 10, joined the U.S. Navy, had gathered on a stretch themselves kindred spirits Raul. “The suffering has Trump won the state of change in political views and eventually returned to of 8th Street in Miami’s Li- of the Cubans, having fled come to an end.” Florida thanks in part to among many younger the island when she was sta- ttle Havana, banging pots a place that the late Hugo Miami Mayor Tomas Re- support from Cuban-Ame- members of the communi- tioned for a year in Guanta- and pans and dancing. Cars Chavez imagined in Cuba’s galado said in a statement: rican voters critical of the ty, Cuban-Americans have namo Bay. For her, Castro rolled slowly through the image. “For fifty seven years Fidel regime they left behind. In been an electoral bulwark has long been a part of her streets, honking and wa- For an obituary on Fidel Castro has been the symbol Little Havana, Trump-Pen- for the Republican Party in tangled personal narrative. ving Cuban and American Castro, click here. of tyranny and oppression ce signs could be seen in the Florida for decades. “This is a very emotional flags. Other celebrations “The tyrant is finally of our people. I call on the crowd on Saturday mor- During his visit to Hava- day for me, and I hope this were seen in Cuban-Ame- gone,” said Guillermo Ra- Obama administration and ning. Trump tweeted: “Fi- na in March, Obama said means there’s light at the rican neighborhoods like mon, 67, who came to the Trump administration del Castro is dead!” to his 16 Cubans had essentially end of the tunnel,” she said. Hialeah. Miami 26 years ago from to demand real changes million followers. Later, in created Miami as it cur- “Maybe there’s hope that Members of Miami’s bur- the island, predicting that from the Cuban regime, on a statement, the presiden- rently exists. The bilingual things will finally change in geoning Venezuelan com- the death would hasten the behalf of many Cubans who t-elect said the “tragedies, Spanish-English commu- Cuba.” Bloomberg mon 28.11.2016 th Anniversary

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Offbeat With 92% of the referendum votes counted the “no” campaign had a clear margin of 52.4% to 47.6% for rgentine attorney seeks relief the “yes” vote. Turnout was estimated at 80%. A The result is a blow for Prime Minister Gro Harlem for his pachyderm plaintiffs Brundtland, who has made Norwegian membership of the EU her main political goal for the last four years. “It was the people who made the decision, and we SHUT IN_ as a country have to live with that,” she said. room 1 Norway first rejected membership of the European 2.15, 6.00, 9.45 pm Economic Community, as the EU was then known, in Director: Farren Blackburn 1972. That result, by a similar margin to today’s vote, Starring: Charlie Heaton, Naomi Watts, Jacob Tremblay forced the resignation of the government. Language: English (Cantonese) Mrs Brundtland has ruled out resignation this time, Duration: 91min but it remains unclear how she will lead Norway into a non-European future. YOUR NAME The leader of Norway’s Anti-European Union cam- room 1 paign, Anna-Enger Lahnstein, told supporters “With 4.00, 7.45 pm this, we have said Yes to Europe and Yes to interna- Director: Makoto Shinkai tional solidarity - but we don’t want to join the Union.” Language: Japonese (English and Cantonese) The result threatens to leave the country bitterly di- Duration: 115min vided after the closely-fought campaign. FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM_ Voters in the far north, the stronghold of the “no” room 2 campaign, rejected membership by a margin of 80- 2.15, 4.45, 7.15, 9.45 pm 20, whereas the capital, Oslo, where a third of voters Director: David Yares live, backed membership. Attorney Andres Gil Dominguez may have had bigger ca- Starring: Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol The “no” campaign led consistently in opinion polls ses, but he’s never had bigger clients. Language: English (Cantonese) throughout the campaign, but last-minute gains by A city prosecutor’s office has authorized Gil Dominguez Duration: 133min the “yes” campaigners narrowed the gap and made to represent three elephants in captivity at a former zoo in the result too close to predict. Argentina’s capital. He’s demanding that Mara, Kuki and Recent votes for EU membership in fellow Scandi- Pupi be transferred to a reserve abroad where they can SHOW ME YOUR LOVE_ navian countries Finland and Sweden swayed many have a better quality of life. room 3 voters, but even that was not enough to reverse the “The lockup of the elephants violates their rights and 2.30, 4.30, 9.30 pm trend. constitutes abuse punishable by law,” Gil Dominguez said Director: Ryon Lee The “yes” campaign has centred on the potential Thursday. Starring: Nina Paw, Raymond Wong, Ivana Wong for Norway to become isolated if it doesn’t join nei- Language: Cantonese (English and Cantonese) The case follows a notable 2014 ruling in Argentina that ghbouring EU countries in an era of expansion and Duration: 121min determined an orangutan named Sandra was entitled to change. some of the same rights as humans. However, the “no” campaign argued EU member- FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM_ ship would undermine the country’s independence The 140-year-old zoo where Sandra and the elephants room 3 and its control over its rich petroleum and other na- have lived for most of their lives closed its doors this year 7.30 pm and authorities announced that hundreds of its animals Director: David Yares tural resources. would be set free as it transformed into a park. But officials Starring: Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol But economists also warn that although Norway’s there argue the three elephants would not survive if set free Language: English (Cantonese) oil-dependent economy is strong in the short term, into the wild. Duration: 133min North Sea oil and gas revenues are due to tail off “These are animals that were born or have lived most of soon and growth is expected to weaken. their life in captivity,” said Rosario Espina, director of bio- diversity at the Buenos Aires eco-park. macau tower Courtesy BBC News “What we can do is improve their well-being in their infras- 17 Nov - 30 Nov tructure and handling. But they can’t be set free, because they’d die.” FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM_ In context Many of the former zoo’s enclosures are considered inhu- 2.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm The final result was 52.2% no to 47.8% yes, with turnout a mane by modern-day standards. All three elephants live in Director: David Yares record 88.6%. a small treeless site in the Palermo neighborhood of Bue- Starring: Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol A poll in 2002, following the introduction of the Euro, sug- nos Aires near busy avenues and buildings. Language: English (Cantonese) gested the tide had turned in Norway, and more than 50% Mara hails from Asia and was rescued from a local circus. Duration: 133min were now in favour of EU membership. Espina said experts have recommended against the trans- However, there are no imminent plans to reconsider apply- fer of the 52-year-old elephant because its advanced age ing. Gro Harlem Brundtland resigned two years after the “no” could pose a health risk. Kuki and Pupi come from Africa vote, after three terms in office. and now are in their 30’s and have more possibilities of She served as director of the World Health Organization from being transferred to a sanctuary abroad. 1998-2003. In 2004 she was listed by the British newspaper, the Finan- But their transfer will depend on finding the right con- cial Times, as the 4th most influential European for the last ditions, carrying out health exams and obtaining sanitary 25 years, behind the Pope, Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret permits in a process that could take up to two years, Espina Thatcher. said. In May 2004 the EU took in 10 new members, expanding it to The eco-park managed by the city of Buenos Aires plans 25 member nations, with more under consideration. to improve the enclosure where the elephants live. AP mon 28.11.2016 th Anniversary

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ERMAN driver Nico Rosberg held his nerve Rosberg wins Formula One title to win the Formula One championship for the Gfirst time after finishing second at the season-ending Abu Dhabi for 1st time; Hamilton 2nd Grand Prix yesterday. Defending champion Lewis Hamilton won the race from pole as they jostled for second place. Rosberg. position for his 53rd GP win. With the sun setting on the Yas Last season, Hamilton sealed Rosberg was 12 points ahead of AP PHOTO Marina track, the race started the championship in style with his teammate coming into the with Hamilton on pole for the three races to spare, while in title showdown and only needed 12th time this season — a career 2014 the title also went down to finish third, even if Hamilton best — and 61st overall, four to the final race in Abu Dhabi. won. behind Brazilian great Ayrton However, Rosberg was in con- Hamilton blatantly disobeyed Senna. tention then because of a double team orders to speed up near Hamilton got away cleanly, as points rule that applied only to the end, thus backing Rosberg did Rosberg — albeit cautious- the final race and has since been toward Sebastian Vettel and Max ly. Meanwhile, Verstappen’s car scrapped. Verstappen in third and fourth went into a spin following con- After losing last year’s title, the places, respectively. tact shortly after the start, dro- German driver won the final Vettel could not quite pass Ros- pping down from sixth to last, three races of the campaign and berg and he finished third ahead but soon caught up. the first four of this year to show of Verstappen. Hamilton came in for his first Hamilton that he meant busi- Having finished runner-up for tire change on the eighth lap, and ness. Nico Rosberg of Germany celebrates on the podium after winning the 2016 world the past two seasons, the 31-year championship while teammate Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain, right, Rosberg came in for his on the As Hamilton struggled with en- -old Rosberg finally emulates his applauds next lap. gine problems early on, Rosberg father Keke Rosberg, who won But the German driver was held looked in command as he ope- the F1 title in 1982. cedes’ executive director Paddy He then grabbed Formula One up for a couple of seconds by Ve- ned up a lead of 43 points. “That was definitely not the Lowe four laps from the end did supremo Bernie Ecclestone and ttel, who had just come in for his The topsy-turvy campaign saw most enjoyable race I’ve had. not work. lifted him into the air, while Ec- stop, and when he came out, he Hamilton bounce back to lead Can’t believe it’s over. I’m ecsta- Rosberg was clearly getting clestone congratulated him. was behind Verstappen and Ha- Rosberg by 19 points heading tic,” Rosberg said. nervous, and Vettel was a wheel’s Hamilton stood in the corner milton. into the summer break. Hamilton, meanwhile, misses length away from him on the fi- sipping water as Vettel — himself Rosberg needed to overtake Rosberg then turned the tables out on a third straight title and nal lap. a four-time F1 champion — smi- Verstappen to get closer to Ha- on Hamilton to lead again by 33 fourth overall, despite ending the But he kept his cool and his ela- led and congratulated Rosberg. milton, but his team told him not points, only for Hamilton to res- year with 10 wins — one more tion was evident as he let out a On the podium, Rosberg’s eyes to take any risks. pond with three straight wins to than Rosberg. delighted screech of “Yes! World were watering as the weight of Verstappen, the youngest dri- trim that to 12 heading into their Hamilton slowed in the later champion” when he crossed the his achievement sank in and he ver to win an F1 race, has earned Abu Dhabi showdown. stages of the race to increase the line. thanked his wife, who also wiped a reputation for his risky, bor- Last-race scenarios are nothing chances of Rosberg being over- Then he jumped out of his car away tears. derline dangerous overtaking new to Hamilton and this was taken by other drivers. If Ros- and danced around the track “A big congratulation to Nico. and has upset other drivers this fourth time he has been involved berg had been passed by Vettel before being hugged by his me- Good job man,” Hamilton said, season. in such a finale. and Verstappen and had finsihed chanics. and they shook hands more en- As he and Rosberg jostled for He won on the last day of the fourth, then Hamilton would Hamilton made a point of co- thusiastically this time. second place, they twice almost season in 2008, beating Brazi- have held onto his title. ming over to congratulate Ros- “Congrats to Lewis, you are a came into contact, and Rosberg lian Felipe Massa by one point in When his team told him over berg and offered him a hug. Ros- great competitor,” Rosberg said. must have been mightily relieved a dramatic final race. race radio to up the tempo, Ha- berg accepted but it was a brief Rosberg survived the tense fi- to see him pitting shortly after. The previous year, Hamilton milton replied bluntly: “I suggest one, and then he carried on cele- nale of the race as well as earlier He was back on his tail later was the one feeling bruised as he you guys let us race.” brating as he was tossed into the drama when he was close to col- on, but Vettel was between them lost the title by one point to Fer- Even a direct order from Mer- air by his Mercedes crew. liding with Verstappen on lap 21 and he didn’t get another crack at rari’s Kimi Raikkonen. AP

While Andrei Mikhne- could take his 2012 gold. vich is serving a life ban, Miankova’s hammer gold 3 Olympic gold medals stripped Natalia also now faces a medal could be awarded life ban for a second do- to Yipsi Moreno of Cuba, ping offense. She served with Zhang Wenxiu of Chi- in latest IOC doping retests a two-year doping ban in na in line to be upgraded to 2013-15. silver and Darya Pchelnik HREE Olympic gold roids going back weeks media, Ilyin said he was turinabol and oxandrolo- Also sanctioned Friday of Belarus to bronze. Tmedals and one silver and months, rather than “shaken” and “in shock” ne, the IOC said. She also were: Pavel Lyzhyn of The reallocation of me- medal were stripped on days. at the news and was con- was disqualified from the Belarus, fourth-place fi- dals in the Beijing wo- Friday from athletes cau- Weightlifter Ilya Ilyin of sidering an appeal. Ilyin is London Games, where she nisher in the men’s shot men’s shot put is com- ght in the latest round of Kazakhstan was formally one of the biggest names finished seventh after tes- put in Beijing; Svetlana plicated by the fact that positive doping retests stripped of two gold me- in weightlifting, and the ting positive for turinabol Usovich of Belarus, elimi- another Belarusian, Nad- from the 2008 and 2012 dals — one each from the only athlete to win two and stanozolol. nated in the semifinals of zeya Ostapchuk, won the Summer Games. Beijing and London Ga- Olympic gold medals for Natalia Mikhnevich of the women’s 800 meters bronze. Ostapchuk was Seven athletes from Be- mes, both in the 94-kilo- Kazakhstan. Belarus was stripped of in Beijing; Boyanka Kos- stripped of the London larus, Azerbaijan and Ka- gram class. He is believed Kazakhstan’s weightlif- the silver medal in the tova of Azerbaijan, fifth gold medal after testing zakhstan were retroacti- to be the first summer ting program, which had women’s shot put from place in the women’s 58- positive at those games. vely disqualified after tes- Olympic athlete to lose been one of the world’s Beijing after her samples kg weightlifting division The IOC recorded at least ting positive for steroids two golds for doping. most successful over the were reanalyzed and tes- in London; and Anasta- 98 positive tests across in a reanalysis of their The Kazakhstan Olym- last 10 years, has been al- ted positive for methan- sia Mironchuk-Ivanova numerous sports from stored doping samples, pic Committee had an- most wiped out by the re- dienone and stanozolol, of Belarus, seventh in the the London and Beijing the International Olympic nounced Ilyin’s sanction testing, with all five gold the IOC said. women’s long jump in retesting program, with Committee said. on Wednesday. The IOC medals won by Kazakh Mikhnevich joins her London. more expected in the pi- The IOC, which stores said in Friday’s statement lifters in 2008 and 2012 husband, Andrei, in being No final decision has peline. The IOC also plans samples for 10 years, rea- that he tested positive for now stripped. stripped of shot put me- been made on reallocation to retest samples from the nalyzed more than 1,000 stanozolol on his Beijing Oksana Menkova of Be- dals from Beijing. He lost of medals. 2014 Sochi Winter Games samples from the 2008 sample and for stanozolol larus was stripped of the his 2008 bronze medal Szymon Kolecki of Po- after the former Russian Beijing Games and 2012 and turinabol in his Lon- Beijing gold medal in the when he was caught for land is in line to inherit lab director said samples London Olympics with don test. women’s hammer throw doping in retests of sam- Ilyin’s weightlifting gold were manipulated to co- improved techniques that In comments reported after her retested samples ples from the 2005 world from Beijing, while Saeid ver up doping by Russian can detect the use of ste- Wednesday by Kazakh came back positive for championships. Mohammedpour of Iran athletes. AP THE China signs partnership with Station28.11.2016Air quality mon BUZZGermany to boost football Roadside 40-60 Moderate China is turning to World Cup champion Ger- and football league met with their counterpar- many in a bid to boost football in the country ts from China in Cologne on Saturday, one day High through the exchange of ideas and training for after the agreement was signed in Berlin. Density 30-50 players and coaches. The German league says in a statement that Residental China Vice Premier Liu Yandong has welco- “comprehensive measures are to be taken to Good med a five-year partnership signed between the support the growth of soccer in China,” and the Area opinion countries, saying, “We can learn from Germany agreement is the outcome of earlier talks be- in many ways.” tween German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ambient 55-75 Members of the German football federation China President Xi Jinping. Moderate World Views DSMG SOURCE: Nisha Gopalan, Bloomberg WORLD BRIEFS HK classic ‘Comrades: Almost a Love Story’ to get AP PHOTO Go West. China’s property South Korean TV remake rush to London has long SWISS voters rejected a plan to accelerate legs the country’s exit from Studio LYD specializes in London has a property problem. nuclear energy in a producing Korean dramas referendum yesterday, Brexit is looming, potentially wiping out and movies from interna- turning down an thousands of finance jobs, real-estate tional IPs and develops Ko- initiative that would investment trusts are slumping, office rean unscripted formats to have forced their values are dropping, and the city is lo- co-produce and syndicate government to shut the sing money to places like Frankfurt and with international part- last plant in 2029. New York. ners. authorities Funny, but Chinese investors don’t In addition to the Comra- TURKISH have detained two seem to notice. des remake, Studio LYD is reporters working Whatever travails residential landlords also developing the Korean for foreign news face, commercial property in London re- remake of the Chinese hit organizations in mains good value for the Chinese, and it web series, Go Princess Go, southeast Turkey, the isn’t all due to the post-Brexit plunge in with LeTV and FOX Ne- latest journalists taken the pound. twork Group. into custody as part Beijing and Shanghai may offer rela- The company was for- of the government’s med by Joon Lee, former sweeping crackdown tively high returns for commercial lan- following July’s failed dlords of more than 4 percent, but the head of North Asia and “Comrades: Almost a Love Story” – restored clip coup. yield spread - the difference between head of original produc- what government bonds pay and rental tion for mainland China Chinese-Korean man who for FOX Network Group; yields - is among the lowest of major fi- Lee Hyo-won, gets taken under the wing J.S. Kim, former CEO of AP PHOTO nancial centers. In London, it’s about 3.5 Hollywood Reporter of a smart and ambitious CJ Entertainment and for- percent, versus 1.5 percent in Shanghai HE Hong Kong cult woman, trying to find her mer president of KT Me- and 1.8 percent in Beijing, third-quarter Tclassic Comrades: Al- own way to a better life in dia Hub; and Park Hyung data from CBRE Group Inc. show. most a Love Story will be the bustling city of Seoul. Jun, who also produced In China, investors are also accusto- remade in South Korea as Comrades will be distribu- the 2010 Korean remake SYRIAN government forces advanced deep med to agreements that allow tenants a TV series, Studio LYD ted by Warner Bros. Inter- of John Woo’s A Better into eastern Aleppo to negotiate six-year leases after three announced on Friday. The national Television Pro- Tomorrow. years. In London, eight- to 10-year con- yesterday amid a project is one of the latest duction. Park, who is Studio LYD swift collapse of rebel tracts are the norm. Brexit may have mu- examples of the high de- “We have kept an eye on co-founder and producer, defenses inside the ddied London’s long reputation as a sta- mand for intellectual pro- this IP for many years and will head the production. divided northern city, ble market, but on the whole, landlords perty (IP) in the Asian en- are very excited to develop “I’m very excited to be able threatening to cleave can still count on reliable tenants. tertainment industry. the project for the Korean to take one of Asia’s top the opposition’s Add to that closer ties between the U.K. The 1996 film by Peter market. The original film melodramas and turn it enclave between its and China (despite tensions that flared Chan, about two Chine- was such an iconic story into a Korean drama. This northern and southern when Prime Minister Theresa May brie- se mainlanders trying to and a reboot could re-e- is a story that I’m very pas- parts. make a life in Hong Kong, nergize the original themes sionate about, and we plan fly held up the Chinese-funded Hinkley More than for a modern-day Korean to bring in one of Korea’s UGANDA Point nuclear plant), and the allure is was a critical and commer- four dozen people clear. A possible stock trading link be- cial success across Asia. audience,” said Joon Lee, top writers to start on the have been killed in tween Shanghai and London would bring The Korean adaptation will CEO of Studio LYD, in a project,” he said in the sta- fighting between the two even closer, making it easier for feature a North Korean or a statement. tement. Bloomberg Ugandan forces and mainland companies to set up shop. a tribal militia in a Little wonder then that Chinese money remote district near the border with Congo, flows into London are picking up again. Ugandan officials said Chinese investors, among the world’s THE yesterday as security most active buyers of real estate, are forces battled armed on track to plow 4 billion pounds (USD5 DECISIVE MOMENT Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan men protecting a tribal billion) into property in the city this year, king who is accused of beating the 2015 record by a large margin. leading the rebels. Developer APB London and Citic Group Corp. are helping to build a new business district in the east while companies inclu- AP PHOTO ding China Minsheng Investment Corp. and China Vanke Co. are among those that have forked out millions on office BRAZILIAN President buildings. Michel Temer lost a Investors from elsewhere may be re- key aide on Friday after being dragged thinking their commitment to London into an influence- - certainly the recent surge in U.K. go- trafficking scandal that vernment bond yields has lessened the threatens to revive appeal of commercial developments. But political uncertainty in in China, people are not only coping with Latin America’s largest a weakening yuan and slower economic economy. Geddel Vieira growth but government curbs that are Lima, Temer’s top congressional liaison, starting to put pressure on real estate stepped down after he prices across the board. and the president were Those domestic tensions won’t ease accused of exerting any time soon, giving this property gold undue pressure to rush West long legs. People parade a wooden-made boat during a folk festival held Saturday in Tong’an District of Xiamen, southeast construct a building in China’s Fujian Province. which Lima has a stake.