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September 17 - 23, 2012
Xi appears for first time in two weeks
BEIJING – China’s Vice President
Xi Jinping has made his first public
appearance in two weeks, state media
said on September 15, following
swirling speculation about the
whereabouts of Beijing’s leader-inwaiting.
Xi had not been seen in public
since September 1 and cancelled
meetings with four foreign dignitaries
including visiting US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton, giving rise to
intense speculation about his health.
The vice president arrived at China
Agricultural University on September
15 for “activities marking this year’s
HK polls a govt setback: papers
HONG KONG – Hong
Kong’s Beijing-backed
government is the big
loser from legislative polls
despite the poor showing
of opposition democratic
parties, media reports said
on September 11.
Democrats won only 27
seats even though they
secured almost 60 percent
of the popular vote in the
September 9 election, while
the establishment camp
won 43 seats thanks to an
electoral system tilted in
favour of big business and
vested interests.
The pro-Beijing
Democratic Alliance for the
Betterment and Progress of
Hong Kong is the strongest
force with 13 seats in the
Legislative Council (Legco),
a result hailed as a “huge
strategic success” by the
state-owned China Daily
newspaper.
Independent media
observers said radical
parties did better than
mainstream democrats at
capitalising on strong antigovernment
sentiment and
frustration with the lack
of full democracy in the
former British colony.
“The dominance of
government allies suggests
no easy road” for Beijingbacked
government leader
Leung Chun-ying, the
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National Science Popularisation Day”,
state-run news agency Xinhua said.
His unexplained disappearance came
at a highly sensitive time for China,
which is preparing for a generational
handover of power.
On September 13, he made his first
public communication since September
1 when state media said he had
“expressed condolences on the death
of old party comrade Huang Rong”,
who died on September 6 – a day after
Xi missed a planned meeting with
Clinton.
The news was published widely in
China, but made no mention of Xi’s
South China Morning Post
said in an editorial.
“The wider political
spectrum in a larger Legco
means more uncertainties
and the need for harder
lobbying. There will be
more political stunts and
resistance from rebel
lawmakers.
“The rising support for
radical pro-democracy
groups and the general
anti-communist
sentiments... are worrying
signs of growing discontent
with the government and
Beijing –a problem that
should not be ignored.”
The Wall Street Journal
said Beijing should “draw
health, which had been the subject of
widespread speculation. Theories about
a health problem have ranged from
back ache to a heart attack.
Xi has been widely tipped to succeed
President Hu Jintao as leader of the
ruling Communist Party at a crucial
meeting that is expected to be held
sometime next month, before taking
over as head of state in March.
His disappearance from public view
has attracted global attention, as well
as some speculation on China’s popular
but heavily censored microblogs.
China’s government has so far given
no explanation for his absence. – AFP
the right lesson” from
the election in its semiautonomous
southern
territory – that Hong
Kong people do not want a
political culture imposed
on them from above.
Beijing has promised
universal suffrage for Hong
Kong’s next leadership
election in 2017, and by
2020 for the legislature.
However, democrats are
preparing for a fight amid
fears the mainland will try
to veto candidates.
The election results
mean the democratic bloc
retained its critical onethird
minority, giving it
the power of veto over
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Xi Jinping had not been
seen in public since
September 1. Pic: AFP
changes to the Basic Law
that will be required for
electoral reform.
The Beijing-backed
Wen Wei Po daily said the
“rise of the radical forces”
was a warning to the
establishment camp that
it had to work harder to
win support from younger
voters.
Turnout was a near
record of about 53pc,
fuelled by massive
protests against a plan
to introduce mandatory
Chinese patriotism
classes that resulted in
a policy backdown by the
government on the eve of
the election. – AFP
Japan begins
bid to save
‘miracle pine’
TOKYO – A lone pine
tree that stood as a
symbol of hope in Japan,
after surviving the huge
tsunami that swept away a
forest of 70,000, was being
cut down on September 12
in a bid to preserve it.
The tree, known as
the “miracle pine”, will
be cut into pieces and
treated before being put
back together, in a process
expected to cost about
150 million yen (US$1.9
million).
A ritual reflecting the
beliefs of Shintoism,
Japan’s animistic native
religion, was carried out on
the pine before the delicate
process began on the shore
at Rikuzentakata, a city
badly hit by the March
2011 disaster.
“The process of cutting
down could take two days
or more, as we need to
start cutting branches
that can eventually be put
back on the trunk,” city
official Shinya Kitajima
told AFP.
He said the trunk of the
27-metre (89-foot) tree
will be divided into nine
sections, which will be
hollowed out and given
anti-decay treatment
before being reassembled
using a carbon spine.
The preservation process
will finish in February, the
official said, and the tree
will be put back where
it was, on a spot that
was previously a thick
shoreline forest. – AFP
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Briefs
Korean reunification
inevitable, says Lee
OSLO – South Korean
President Lee Myung-
Bak said on September
12 that the peaceful reunification
of his country
with North Korea was
“inevitable”.
“We are the only divided
nation in the world
and it is inevitable that
we (will) come to peaceful
reunification at some
point,” Lee told reporters
in Oslo.
The death on December
17 of North Korean leader
Kim Jong-Il and his replacement
by his son Kim
Jong-Un have revived
debate in South Korea
about the chances of reunification,
though it is
seen as being far off given
the persisting tension between
the two countries.
Arrest made over
journalist’s killing
PHNOM PENH – A Cambodian
military police officer
has been arrested in
connection with the killing
of a journalist who
exposed illegal logging
activities, police said on
September 14.
Hang Serei Oudom, a
reporter at the Vorakchun
Khmer Daily, was found in
the boot of his car in northern
Ratanakiri province on
September 11.
His killing is the latest
death in a country where
environmental activists
regularly face threats.
Rampant illegal logging
has contributed to a
drop in Cambodia’s forest
cover from 73 percent in
1990 to 57pc in 2010, says
the United Nations.
William says he’s
no fan of durian
KUALA LUMPUR –
Britain’s Prince William
declared on September
14 that he is no fan of
durian after the future
British king and his wife
Catherine were served it
during a luncheon hosted
by Malaysian Prime Minister
Najib Razak the
previous day.
At a lunch with business
executives in Kuala
Lumpur on September
14, William said he was
“delighted” that durian
was not on the menu.
“Having tasted it yesterday,
I feared for the safety
of the people I met thereafter,”
he said, causing the
crowd of more than 1000
business figures to erupt
in laughter. – AFP
Correction
An Agence France-Presse
report on Page 29 of The
Myanmar Times of August
27-September 2 incorrectly
named Indira Gandhi as
India’s president. Indira
Gandhi is the president
of the Indian National
Congress.