Enduring voyage Ningxia’s goji revenue Firm commitment It took decades for archaeologists to growing amid boom Flexibility of RMB exchange rate recover treasures from ancient ship in health products to be enhanced, says PBOC official LIFE, PAGE 14 70 YEARS ON, PAGE 5 BUSINESS, PAGE 8 GLOBAL EDITION TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 HK violence showing signs of ‘terrorism’ Central government strongly condemns attacks on police officers as ‘sinister’ Radical protesters in Hong Kong “There is no place in the world who attacked police officers with gas­ that would tolerate such atrocious, oline bombs on Sunday were strong­ violent acts. Hong Kong will slide ly condemned on Monday, with into the abyss if such acts of terror China’s top authority on the city’s are allowed,” the office said in a affairs warning that the violence is statement. moving toward “terrorism”. Hong Kong police have exercised Over the weekend, illegal protests restraint and professionalism took place in a “flash mob” style in while handling the violent and ille­ various districts, causing severe gal protests that began in mid­ damage to public property and dis­ June, the statement said. ruptions of many public services. On Yang said Hong Kong has Sunday night, a police officer was hit reached a “critical juncture”, call­ by a gasoline bomb thrown by a radi­ ing all those who care about Hong cal protester in Tsim Sha Tsui and Kong’s future to step up firmly to Illegal firearms confiscated across the country since last year are displayed before being destroyed on Monday in Wuhan, Hubei suffered burns to his legs, according stop the violence and restore province. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY to the Hong Kong Police Force. order. “We express our strong indigna­ On Monday afternoon, a protest tion and condemnation of this sinis­ at Hong Kong International Air­ ter, reckless and serious crime,” Yang port, which Hong Kong police said Illegal firearms destroyed in crackdown Guang, a spokesman for the Hong involved more than 5,000 partici­ Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the pants, forced the airport authority State Council, told a media briefing to cancel all flights in and out of the By LIU KUN in Wuhan crimes and eliminate major hidden January to November last year, the firearms and ammunition. They on Monday afternoon in Beijing. special administrative region. and ZHANG YAN in Beijing dangers to create a safe social envi­ number of such cases fell by around processed 1,100 tips that involved He said Hong Kong’s radical pro­ The Airport Authority Hong ronment,” he said. 28 percent, the ministry said. 20 provinces and cities, Qian said. testers who repeatedly attacked Kong said it had set up an emergen­ Police in 154 cities across the In recent years, although such Since January, police across the “China is one of the countries police officers in the past few days cy management center in the air­ country have destroyed a total of crimes have declined significantly country dealt with 16,000 gun­ and with the lowest number of gun have committed serious violent port and was keeping close contact 107,000 illegal firearms, explosives due to police efforts, some cases explosives­related cases, uncovered crimes and one of the safest coun­ crimes and have begun to show with airlines to try to resume oper­ and detonators that were confiscat­ have occurred sporadically around 163 organized crime operations and tries in the world. We will keep on “signs of terrorism”. ations as soon as possible. ed since last year, the Ministry of the country posing serious threats detained 17,000 suspects. Between striking out against guns and explo­ To date, a total of 12 police officers A spokesman for the Hong Kong Public Security said on Monday. to public safety and security, said January and July, such crimes sives to enhance people’s sense of have been injured by laser beams government said early Monday On Monday morning, police in ministry spokeswoman Guo Lin. decreased by 20 percent compared safety and security,” Sun said. pointed at them by radicals using that due to the persistent and large­ Wuhan, Hubei province, destroyed In order to tackle the issue, the with a year earlier, the ministry said. He said police will work closely laser pens, according to the Hong scale illegal and violent acts, some a number of air guns, shotguns and ministry, together with 23 other One typical case occurred in Feb­ with relevant authorities to fight Kong police. So far, about 700 people public facilities were closed early replica firearms as well as explosives authorities, set up a ministerial­lev­ ruary when police in Yichang, such crimes, tighten the manage­ have been arrested since mid­June in and emergency services and com­ and detonators by melting them at a el meeting mechanism under Hubei province, uncovered a major ment of guns and explosives and set connection with the illegal protests. mercial activities were obstructed. steel plant, with the furnace reach­ which they will share intelligence in online firearms and ammunition up a preventive mechanism to Yang said such violence should The spokesman emphasized that ing temperatures of up to 1,600 C. a timely manner and take required trafficking ring. Police detained 29 greatly curb such crimes at their be “resolutely cracked down on” in ordinary people had been deprived “Gun­ and explosives­related cas­ action. In February last year, they suspects and confiscated 41 illegal source. accordance with the law, and the of their right to carry on their daily es endanger people’s lives, public launched a two­year campaign to firearms and 1,300 rounds of Moreover, they will motivate and office firmly supports Hong Kong lives. security and the country’s long­ crack down on such crimes. ammunition, said Qian Xiongfei, reward the public to report more police enforcing the law and bring­ “We appeal to all members of the term stability,” Sun Lijun, vice­min­ Last year, police nationwide dealt deputy director of the ministry’s clues and strengthen publicity and ing criminals to justice as soon as public to say no to violence to help ister of public security, said on with more than 30,000 gun­ and Public Security Management education, he said. possible. the community to restore order as Monday. explosives­related cases, uncovered Bureau. The Liaison Office of the Central soon as possible,” the spokesman “We will take effective measures 416 criminal gangs and detained Moreover, police seized 13 devices Contact the writers at People’s Government in the Hong said. to curb gun­ and explosive­related more than 40,000 suspects. From used in the illegal manufacture of [email protected] Kong Special Administrative CHINA DAILY Region also condemned the violent acts on Monday, after the Hong Inside Kong government expressed simi­ TYPHOON PUTS SCIENTISTS, RESIDENTS TO THE TEST lar outrage. Editorial, page 11 ◆ Shanghai and southeastern areas rise to challenge Stability is foundation of reform, development in-depth Among the topics I think I know By MA ZHENHUAN in Hangzhou, well, I do not count Hong Kong. WORLD WATCH XING YI and WANG YING Although I visit Hong Kong, have By Robert Lawrence Kuhn in Shanghai and CANG WEI in Nanjing friends in Hong Kong and research Hong Kong for my writings — for t 2 pm on Sunday, nearly example, its repatriation to China all the residents and busi­ and the Asian financial crisis, both deteriorating and the requests kept ness owners on a street in in 1997, and the recent Greater Bay coming, I began to consider what I do the city of Linhai, Zhe­ Area coordinated development plan know. In writing my book How Chi­ jiang province, were busy with the A — I do not know Hong Kong like I na’s Leaders Think, I spoke with doz­ same task. know Beijing. ens of Chinese leaders and officials, They were cleaning up their That’s why, when the protest including then Zhejiang Party Secre­ homes and shops on Ziyang Old movement began, I was reluctant, at tary Xi Jinping, who advised me to Street after a frightening night of least initially, to accept interview think of China both horizontally in its heavy winds, rain and flooding requests from the international great geographic diversity and verti­ caused by Typhoon Lekima. media. If I could not speak authori­ cally in its long history of civilization. Some people pulled their wood­ tatively, I should not speak at all. en beds, complete with sodden But as the situation continued See Hong Kong, page 3 mattresses, into the street to dry in the afternoon sun, while others were busy tending to their walls or wooden floors. INSIDE The owner of a noodle shop on Driven by the street said, “We made some market preparations before the typhoon The ancient city of Linhai, Zhejiang province, is inundated by flooding caused by Typhoon Lekima on made landfall, such as moving the Saturday. XINHUA demand refrigerator and other electrical Global Views, appliances to higher places, but we and Qing Dynasty (1644­1911) as 1,500­year­old city wall and rose to Linhai page 13 never expected the amount of rain­ well as homes decorated with stone a height of 1.5 meters. fall it brought.” carvings and gray tiles. The flooding was so severe that Linhai is about a four­hour drive The street is a must­visit attrac­ the police and rescue authorities www.chinadailyglobal.com Newsstand prices: US $1 Canada C$1 UK 1 £ from Shanghai, and Ziyang Old tion for tourists to the old part of issued an online emergency appeal A member of © 2019 EU 1€ Kenya 50 Kenya Shilling Street has long been known for its Linhai, which sits near the Ling­ for boats to be used to evacuate Zhejiang China Daily Global Asia Pacific: Thailand 120 cobblestone sidewalks that wind jiang River.