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Overall, despite historical and territorial frictions, Asia-Pacific publics tend to view their regional neighbors in a positive light, with Japan judged most favorably. Japan enjoys a relatively positive image, except in China and South Korea. Eight-in-ten or more Malaysians (84%), Vietnamese (82%), Filipinos (81%) and Australians (80%) express a favorable opinion of Japan. About seven-in-ten Indonesians (71%) agree. Such views are largely unchanged from 2014, except in Malaysia where favorability of Japan increased 9 points since 2014. As a point of comparison, 74% of Americans voice positive sentiments about Japan. But long-standing historical animosities and recent territorial tensions are evident in Chinese and South Korean views of Japan. Just 12% of Chinese and 25% of South Koreans express favorable views toward Japan. And 53% of Chinese say they have a very unfavorable assessment of Japan. A majority of people in the Asia-Pacific region who were surveyed, not including the Chinese, have a positive view of China. Public views of China have improved in the past year in the Philippines (+16 points) and India (+10 points). However, the Vietnamese (only 19% favorable) and the Japanese (9%) do not see China in a positive light. In fact, almost half the Japanese (49%) express a very unfavorable view of China. Asia-Pacific views of China are far more positive than the perception held by Americans. In the United States, only 38% have a favorable opinion of China. South Korea's favorable rating is the lowest of the four Asian nations tested. There is a 19-percentage-point differential between Aussie men's views of South Korea (71% favorable) and Aussie women's opinions (52%). |
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On November 8 South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the result of the questionary survey for 5,600 people of 14 countries including Japan, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia and United States. It became clear that Japanese have the strong tendency of "anti-Korea" & "anti-China" and the Chinese still have the tendency of "anti-Japan". Even if the summit of Japan, China and South Korea was held, national sentiments to the partner countries are not improved yet.
The national emotions of three countries are getting worse because of the confrontations around the history and the territory. The Korean diplomatic service explains that the suspicion for Korea is relatively weaker than the ditch of between China and Japan. It points out that Korea can play an important role in promoting a collaborative relationship in the East Asia. According to the survey, Japan's favorable rating is the highest in 12 countries except Japan and China.
Chinese news always say that "the sudden rise of China is welcomed in the world". But the people of 14 countries including Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and the United States do not welcome China so much. |
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Freedom of the Press 2015 | Freedom on the Net 2015 |
Freedom on the Net 2015 - COUNTRY SCORE COMPARISON
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The exchange rate of Chinese yuan became weaker than Japanese Yen, the U. S. dollar, New Zealand dollar and the Hong Kong dollar in January 7, 2016 in comparison with August 12, 2015. It became weaker nearly 10% for the Japanese Yen in particular. In other words, this means that the cost of the trip to Japan rose approximately 10% for a Chinese traveler and that the charm of the trip to Japan fades for us who is sensitive to a price. You should consider the inflation rate of the country too. For example, the inflation rate in Russia and Brazil are higher than 10%, and the benefit of the strong yuan disappears. Even if you deduct the inflation rate from the exchange rate in Malaysia and Singapore, Chinese yuan is stronger substantially more than 4%, and they are advantageous foreign countries for destination. Even if you consider inflation rate of Japan, Chinese yuan is weaker nearly 10%, and after all the Chinese travelers can not feel sense of cheap. Therefore according to this calculation, going to Malaysia is advantageous much more than going to Japan. Unless you have the reason you must go to Japan, you should change the destination. It is strange that your vacation help with economic growth of Japan. In conclusion the recommended destinations on the Chun Jie holidays are Malaysia and Singapore if you want to experience warmth earlier and Canada if you want to experience winter cold. |
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My French friend who likes culture of China and Japan said, "When I see a Asian walking a downtown in Paris, I can distinguish between Chinese and Japanese even if the Asian is speaking nothing". I was very embarrassed and ashamed to hear the reason. He says there are three ways. At first, The difference in the clothes and the looking. The Japanese do the elegant manner. On the contrary, the Chinese wear slovenly even if they wear the suits. The Japanese dress even the clothes of the non-brand well cleanly, and mind the hairstyle too. The Chinese like wearing the suits, but their posture is slovenly and they are unconcerned about hairstyle and appearance. Second Japanese is polite and have humility and talk in a low voice. The Chinese sit down and relax anywhere, vomit a sputum on the way, and speak like thunder sounds. The Japanese give way to each other in the streets and have perseverance patiently waiting a red light. The Chinese lack in the concept called mutual concessions and walk to compete. When Chinese are tired, they lie down anywhere, take off a tie, roll up the hem of pants, occupy the passage and talk loudly. They behave to selfishness as if only they existed in the world. Third the Japanese appreciate art slowly and carefully at a famous place and respect cultural environment. The Chinese leave quickly after they finish taking a photograph without minding artistic quality. The Japanese understand appreciation of the art. But only visiting is important for Chinese and they are not interested in artistic value. Conclusion:"The lifestyle" is related to not only personal conduct and personality, but also the human race and the national image. In particular, the good custom of one person raises the reputation of the nation and the human race of the person. The bad custom of one person sometimes injures the reputation of that. |
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Hong Kong (CNN) - Thousands of Hong Kongers took to the city's streets Sunday to protest the mysterious disappearance of a number of publishers and booksellers. The protesters say five citizens -- some of whom also hold European passports and who publish books that are often critical of the Chinese leadership -- were taken by Chinese authorities. The latest to vanish, Lee Bo, disappeared from his warehouse last month. His company, Causeway Bay Books, was due to publish a book on Chinese president Xi Jinping's alleged love affairs before he came to power, according to Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker Albert Ho. Protesters chanted "no to cross-border abductions" and "stop political kidnapping" at the march, which went from the Special Administrative Region's government offices in the business district of Admiralty to the Chinese government's liaison office in the western Hong Kong district of Sai Wan. Hong Kong police estimated there were 3,500 protesters at the peak of the protest. Protest organizers, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, said there were 6,000. Although it was returned to Chinese control in 1997, Hong Kong has different laws from China, agreed to under a 50-year compact between China and the UK, which administered Hong Kong before the handover. Under the agreement, called the Basic Law, Chinese legal authorities have no jurisdiction in the city. The Basic Law -- which espouses a system commonly known as "one country, two systems" -- guarantees freedoms of speech in Hong Kong that are not granted in the mainland. With the disappearances, pro-democracy activists in the city say that Chinese authorities are riding roughshod over the agreement. Speaking in Beijing last week, British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond said he had urgently inquired of both Hong Kong and mainland Chinese authorities about the whereabouts of Lee. Lee holds a British passport, but Chinese authorities do not recognize dual citizenship and say Chinese nationals, including those in Hong Kong, are Chinese "first." Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who appeared with Hammond, said that Lee was "first and foremost" a Chinese citizen and it was "not necessary for anyone to make groundless speculations" about his whereabouts. |
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In Taiwan where an epidemic was ungoverned in those days, the rule by Japan restrained epidemics such as malaria or cholera and improved the public hygiene. Japan solved the problems in only approximately ten years. It was impossible for the Qing dynasty to solve them. In addition, the Japanese police protected law strictly and did administration without the corruption to maintain the peace and order. It was also impossible for the Qing dynasty to do so. Furthermore, Japan performed "agriculture reform" in Taiwan. Specifically, they are selective breeding, fertilization, mothproofing, the setting of irrigation facilities and the work system which were consistent from production to processing. As a result of this full-scale agriculture reform, the Taiwanese people obtained a big profit. Taito in the Japanese colonial days |
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‘Made in China’ hoverboard scooter explodes and burns down flat
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Hoverboard explodes 'like a bomb' causing £25,000 worth of damage to house in fire
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BEIJING — The Communist Party chief of Shenzhen, the southern Chinese city where a huge pile of construction debris collapsed, toppling 33 buildings and trapping dozens of people, bowed in contrition on Friday and vowed to punish anyone found culpable. The apology came on the same day that central government investigators confirmed that the disaster was man-made. The party secretary, Ma Xingrui, made the unusual gesture of official remorse during a televised news conference five days after the landslide of dirt and waste unleashed a torrent of mud that smothered or wrecked the buildings, including factories and housing. By the latest count on Friday, 75 people were missing. By Thursday, a city paper reported, rescuers had found the bodies of seven victims, although their identities had not been confirmed. One survivor was pulled from a building buried under the dense, rust-brown muck. Mr. Ma said the Shenzhen government “expresses its condolences for all the victims, and offers sincere apologies to the families of the victims and the missing, to those who were injured and other members of the public who have suffered,” Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong-based satellite service, reported. With other senior city officials at his side, Mr. Ma bowed to the cameras and indicated that he would also accept responsibility for the disaster. The Shenzhen city leadership, he said, “will assume whatever responsibility should be assumed, accept whatever punishment is due, and punish whoever should be punished.” In China, disasters are often followed by dismissals of officials and prosecution of bureaucrats and executives deemed culpable. It became even more likely that the debris slide in Shenzhen would bring similar recriminations after central government investigators declared that it was not a natural disaster. |
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The United States welcomes reports that Pu Zhiqiang, a prominent Chinese defense lawyer, has been released from detention. The United States is disturbed, however, that Mr. Pu was convicted and given a three-year suspended sentence, following 19 months of detention, on vague charges of “inciting ethnic hatred” and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” We urge Chinese authorities to vacate Mr. Pu’s conviction immediately and unconditionally. Pu Zhiqiang is a courageous defense attorney recognized around the world for his work to strengthen the rule of law in China. Civil society leaders such as Mr. Pu should be allowed to contribute to the building of a prosperous and stable China. |
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China today played down arch rival Japan winning the contract to build India's first bullet train project as officials said the deal is confined to one sector and claimed India is still open to Chinese investments on other high-speed routes depending on easy financing. The proposed agreement to be signed during Japan premier Shinzo Abe's visit to New Delhi on Saturday is for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor and India's decision to opt for high speed rail in other corridors will depend on easy and affordable financing terms as offered by Tokyo for the first bullet train in India, they said. There are comments of Indian users pleased with Japan's winning on the net. "Japan's technology will be 100 times better than Chinese technology." "Japanese technology is unquestionably the best whether it be cars, ships, trains or for that matter anything, that is made in japan or by Japanese companies elsewhere." "Very good news. Keep Chinese away from getting contracts. Let them go and build trains for Pakistan." |
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BEIJING—A billionaire Chinese businessman who had close ties to disgraced politician Bo Xilai and who testified against him, has died in prison of a suspected heart attack, according to Chinese state media reports. Xu Ming, the founder of the conglomerate Dalian Shide Group, died Friday in a prison in the central city of Wuhan at the age of 44, the Beijing Youth Daily, a newspaper affiliated to the Communist Party's youth wing, said Monday. Relatives and former colleagues brought his ashes back to his hometown, the northeastern city of Dalian, for a memorial service Sunday, according to the state media reports. Friends and former colleagues of Mr. Xu didn't respond to requests for comment. His family and Dalian Shide couldn't be reached for comment. A prison official in Hubei province, where Wuhan is located, said that he had hadn't heard of Mr. Xu and that prison authorities normally didn't announce the death of an inmate. Mr. Xu was a key figure in the scandal that rocked the Communist Party elite following the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood by Mr. Bo's wife, Gu Kailai, in 2011. She was given a suspended death sentence for that crime in 2012. Mr. Bo, once a rising star in the Communist Party, was given a life sentence a year later for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. Mr. Xu, who was ranked by Forbes in 2005 as China's eighth-richest man, built his fortune in Dalian while Mr. Bo was mayor there from 1993 to 2001. The company grew to include plastics, finance and property; it also owned the local soccer team. Lin Lefeng, a former general manager of the Dalian Shide soccer club, was quoted by the Beijing Youth Daily as saying that Mr. Xu possibly had died of a myocardial infarction—a technical term for a heart attack—but that had not been confirmed. “In the past, we've never heard of Xu Ming having this illness,” the newspaper quoted Mr. Lin as telling one of their reporters. “So everyone feels this is rather sudden.” Chinese leaders fired Mr. Bo as Communist Party chief of the southwestern city of Chongqing in March 2012 after the city's police chief sought refuge in a U.S. consulate voicing what were later revealed as suspicions about the death of the British businessman, Mr. Heywood. Mr. Xu was detained soon after, according to people familiar with the matter. Chinese authorities have never said whether Mr. Xu was formally charged, tried or convicted of any wrongdoing. His only public appearance since his detention was at Mr. Bo's trial in 2013. Mr. Xu testified that he had given Mr. Bo's wife about $3.1 million to buy a villa in the south of France and that he helped fund the lifestyle of one of Mr. Bo's sons, including paying a credit-card bill, funding a trip to Africa and buying him a two-wheeled Segway-like electric vehicle, according to official accounts of the proceedings. Mr. Bo cross-examined Mr. Xu in court and denied knowledge of those transactions. He was convicted of crimes including taking bribes totaling about $3.3 million from Mr. Xu and others. Other state media reports quoted Mr. Lin saying that Mr. Xu was due to complete his prison term in September. Mr. Lin couldn't be reached for comment. |
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The biggest interest matter in ARJ21 is safety. It has spent more than ten years and has devoted itself to making ARJ21, from development drafting in 2002 to maiden flight in 2008 and the delivery in 2015. ARJ21 was supervised strictly at each stage of research and development by a third party. The examination of each stage was strict based on global standards, too. Reliability does not have the question. The people can completely feel relieved. "It is very high in the safety of the civil aviation of China and it is more than that of the United States," Zhuan, chairperson of Chengdu Airlines explained. "We have prepared for the introduction of ARJ21 heartily. If we describe this domestic passenger plane easily, it matures theoretically, the system is good and the security is high." |
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The Chinese government recently arrested a handful of hackers it says were connected to the breach of Office of Personnel Management(OPM)'s database this year, a mammoth break-in that exposed the records of more than 22 million current and former federal employees. The arrests took place shortly before a state visit in September by President Xi Jinping, and U.S. officials say they appear to have been carried out in an effort to lessen tensions with Washington. The identities of the suspects — and whether they have any connection to the Chinese government — remain unclear. If the individuals detained were indeed the hackers, the arrests would mark the first measure of accountability for what has been characterized as one of the most devastating breaches of U.S. government data in history. But officials said it has been difficult to confirm whether the people rounded up were connected to the OPM breach. “We don't know that if the arrests the Chinese purported to have made are the guilty parties,” said one US official who — like others interviewed — spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the subject's sensitivity. Since the intrusions were disclosed in June, U.S. government officials have said they suspected the involvement of the Chinese government, in particular the civilian Ministry of State Security. Chinese officials have characterized the arrests as a criminal matter, rather than state-sponsored, and told their American counterparts that the individuals will be prosecuted, said U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. |
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The Chinese military scaled back its cybertheft of U.S. commercial secrets in the wake of Justice Department indictments of five officers, and the surprising drawdown shows that the law enforcement action had a more significant impact than is commonly assumed, current and former U.S. officials said. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has not substantially reengaged in commercial cyberespionage since then-Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced charges against the officers in May 2014, the officials said. It is still unclear, however, whether President Xi Jinping will be able to deliver on a September pledge to President Obama that China would not conduct economic spying in cyberspace to benefit its own companies. As the United States and China prepare for high-level cyber-talks in Washington beginning Tuesday, officials and private-sector analysts say there is evidence that China's civilian spy agency, the Ministry of State Security, continues to conduct significant commercial espionage operations. Officials at the two-day meeting are expected to discuss how China is following up on Xi's pledge, as well as guidelines for mutual assistance in cyber-investigations. "The big picture is that from 2014 on, the administration pursued a much more direct and coercive approach with China, and it has produced results over time," said Evan S. Medeiros, a former senior director for Asian affairs on the National Security Council. In September, during a state visit, Xi Jinping pledged to Obama that China would not conduct economic spying in cyberspace to benefit its own companies. "China strongly opposes and combats the theft of commercial secrets and other kinds of hacking attacks," Xi said during the state visit. [ U.S., China vow not to engage in economic cyber espionage ] The Obama administration said it would continue to monitor China's cyber activities closely and press China to abide by all of its commitments. "We have been clear with the Chinese government that we are watching to ensure their words are matched by actions," said a senior administration official, who, like others, discussed the issue on the condition of anonymity because of its sensitivity. Most officials say it is still too early to tell whether China is making a true long-term shift or whether the changes are tactical. "A lot of these things just take time, more time than I think people realize," one U.S. official said. Both the National Security Agency and the FBI track Chinese cyber-activity, although neither organization has a complete or comprehensive view. The NSA primarily collects data on the threat overseas, and the FBI gathers information through investigations in the United States. "For a period of time following the indictments, there was a very significant decrease" by the PLA, said a second U.S. official. "And today we are definitely not at the level that we were before the indictments." The first shot across the bow came not from the U.S. government, but with the February 2013 release of a report by Mandiant, a cyberthreat intelligence firm. That report described in detail how hackers with the Shanghai-based Unit 61398, part of the PLA, conducted a wide-ranging industrial espionage campaign and described its targets, methods and personnel. Coinciding with the report's publication, the Department of Homeland Security released to U.S. companies a series of Internet protocol addresses associated with the PLA hacking unit and other Chinese groups. The idea was to help firms block malicious activity emanating from China, denying hackers access to company systems. The Unit 61398 hackers stopped their activity for a while, but other parts of the military continued their operations, and the Shanghai group eventually resumed using other tools, said an intelligence analyst at FireEye, which now owns Mandiant. [ With a series of major hacks, China builds a database on Americans ] Nonetheless, the report freed the administration to speak more openly about the Chinese cyber-campaign, as officials could point to the document to buttress their assertions. Obama repeatedly raised the issue with Xi — in Sunnylands, Calif., in June 2013; in St. Petersburg, Russia, in September of that year; and again in The Hague in March 2014. Then in May 2014, the Justice Department, following a months-long FBI investigation, announced the indictments of five PLA officers on economic espionage charges. One of the accused was a hacker profiled in the Mandiant report — a moon-faced, bespectacled officer named Wang Dong, also known by the online moniker Ugly Gorilla. "The indictments had an amazing effect in China, more than we could have hoped for," said James A. Lewis, a cyber-policy expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "The Chinese hated them. They complained about them every time there was a meeting. They said there couldn't be any progress [in cyber-talks, which the Chinese pulled out of] until the indictments were withdrawn and we promised not to do them again." In the following months, the Chinese military quietly began dismantling its economic espionage apparatus, officials said. PLA leaders, with Xi's approval, reviewed the military's cyber-activities. They cracked down on moonlighters within the PLA who were hacking on the side to sell information to companies, and they attempted to halt collection of data that was not central to the national security mission. What the change in PLA activity shows is that "China is not this implacable, immovable object," said Rob Knake, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a former White House cyber-official. "We can in fact alter the behavior of at least portions of the Chinese government." In April, Obama signed an executive order establishing the power to impose economic sanctions on individuals and entities that take part in or benefit from illicit cyber-activities such as commercial espionage. "If the indictments had the effect of getting the PLA to scale down, then sanctions likely will have a wider effect on other Chinese state-sponsored groups," Knake said. [ U.S. decides against publicly blaming China for data hack ] Prime among the other government hacking organizations is the Ministry of State Security. The MSS, which also employs elite contractors as hackers, is more skilled than the PLA and better able to hide telltale digital trails, analysts say. It is particularly suited to carry out economic espionage, some say, because it has direct channels to state-owned enterprises. But it also conducts what might be considered more traditional spying. In fact, some officials and analysts say it is likely that the MSS or contractors working for it were behind intrusions into the Office of Personnel Management last year that compromised the data of 22 million current and former federal employees and their families and friends. Cyberthreat intelligence firms such as ThreatConnect also have documented links between the MSS and the breach into health-care giant Anthem, in which the techniques bore strong similarities to the OPM hacks. "From what we see, the majority of the intrusions today are coming from sets that we believe are MSS or MSS contractors versus the PLA," said Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder of CrowdStrike, another cybersecurity firm. "That's a shift that's been happening roughly in the last year and a half." |
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The famous television tower in Shanghai was displayed with blue, white and red.
On 29th December Foreign Correspondents' Club of China (FCCC) in Beijing announced the statement that blamed the Chinese government and the governmental media because they attacked the French newshen of the weekly who wrote a critical article for Chinese Uygur policy. Her name is Ursula Gauthier. She pointed out that the collision of Uygur and the Chinese authorities was caused by the oppressive policy of the Chinese government for the minority race and it was different from the simultaneous terrorist attacks in Paris. In contrast, Chinese Communist Party bulletin and governmental "Global Times" criticized the reporter in a real name, "The article distorts the facts". Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the reporter and criticized her too. Messages of the criticism rained upon Chinese newspaper sites and the Social Networking Service (SNS) of the reporter. There were threatening messages such as "I'll kill you". It also said that the identification of the reporter necessary for year-end visa update had not been issued for the reporter. It said the delay of the identification was a "Chinese threat".
She said,
"The violence in Xinjiang is due to the Chinese ruthless suppression that drove young Uighurs into a tight corner.
Chinese government overwrites all aspects of the life of the Uighurs: culture, language, religion, access to education, work, or even to a single passport.
Recently, it is even heavier."
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When a busload of Chinese tourists took a break at a highway toll station near Frankfurt, Germany, on an autumn afternoon in October, their translator and guide Linda Li told her charges they could use the toilet for €0.7 (HK$6.62). Many were on their first overseas trip and grumbled that back home in China pay-to-use toilets cost only 0.5 yuan (HK$0.63). Several of the men decided not go to the loo. Instead, they walked to an open spot to relieve themselves. Li shook her head and looked away - she had half-expected them to do so because it is common among first-time Chinese travellers. But what happened next took even her by surprise: a well-dressed middle-aged man followed suit to pee in public. The incident captured all too acutely the conundrum host countries find themselves in: boorish Chinese tourists bringing them piles of cash but also mountains of problems. The visitors seem to have the means, but not the manners. Locals get upset, facilities get damaged, tempers are frayed, and in many cases other tourists turn tail when they know the Chinese are coming, causing a dent in earnings. Last year, a 15-year-old Chinese tourist defaced a stone sculpture in a 3,500-year-old Egyptian temple with graffiti, generating a stir worldwide and a backlash at home. Many Chinese cringed at the shame and embarrassment brought on them. The boy's parents later apologised. Chinese tourists made international headlines yet again this month after four threw hot water and noodles at a Thai flight attendant. They were reportedly angry over their seating arrangements and the lack of receipts for their tickets. The CNTA promptly "blacklisted" the tourists from joining overseas tours offered by Chinese travel agencies. Even President Xi Jinping weighed in, urging his countrymen to behave overseas. "Do not leave water bottles everywhere. Do not damage coral reefs. Eat less instant noodles and more local seafood," Xi advised during an official visit to the Maldives in September. In the Indian Ocean island nation, whose economy relies heavily on tourism and which received 332,000 Chinese tourists last year, some luxury resorts last year stopped providing Chinese guests with hot water to stop them skipping meals in favour of cup noodles, triggering anger and calls for a boycott on China's social media. "Sadly, Xi's speech has made no impact whatsoever on the tourists," said Jenny Wang, a Beijing-based Maldives travel agent. "The good ones are good, but the bad apples remain the same." She added that many still did not tip, even though they had been advised to do so and told that service workers in the Maldives rely on tips to boost their meagre earnings. Scholars say courtesy begins at home. "We need to admit that Chinese people are rude abroad because they are rude at home," said Liu Simin, a researcher with the Tourism Research Centre of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. |
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China fines five phony Disney hotels - Xinhua Nov 25 China has fined five knock-off Disney hotels a combined 100,000 yuan ($15,656) for infringing on the iconic U.S. entertainment company's trademarks, state-run Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday in the run-up to the opening of a Walt Disney Co theme park in Shanghai. The news comes less than a month after Chinese authorities announced that they would give unprecedented special trademark protection to Disney in a year-long campaign around the park's opening. The Shanghai Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce (AIC), a business regulator, found that the hotels were all owned by the Shenzhen Vienna Hotels Group and had used the "Disney" trademark on their signs and websites without authorisation, Xinhua said. Several calls to the Shenzhen Vienna Hotels Group for a comment were unsuccessful. China has struggled for years to shake off a reputation for being a source of, and a market for, fakes, from replica handbags to knock-off cars. |
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Boba tea (also called pearl tea, or bubble tea) is a sweet drink that combines milk, flavored tea and tapioca pearls that are sucked up through an extra large straw and chewed. A recent investigative report in China found allegations that some of the country's boba may contain leather and rubber. In package for lifestyle programme “Life Help,” a reporter in Qingdao drinks a pearl milk tea from a local shop and then goes a nearby hospital to undergo a CT scan. The scan showed a stomachful of undigested tapioca pearls. Undercover interviews with local boba tea shop managers found that they also seemed unsure of the pearls' actual ingredients. One manager, however, made a stunning accusation that would mean illegality committed on the part of the boba manufacturer if true: “They're all made at chemical plants. To put it bluntly, they're made from the soles of leather shoes and old tires.” |
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Steve Hilton, a former policy adviser to David Cameron, told BBC Newsnight the UK should be imposing sanctions on China over issues such as its "vicious political oppression" and its "relentless cyber attacks", instead of "rolling out the red carpet". "This is one of the worst national humiliations we've seen since we went cap in hand to the IMF in the 1970s," said Mr Hilton, who left Downing Street in 2012. "The truth is that China is a rogue state just as bad as Russia or Iran, and I just don't understand why we're sucking up to them rather than standing up to them as we should be." |
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Hackers associated with the Chinese government have tried to penetrate at least seven U.S. companies in the three weeks since Washington and Beijing agreed not to spy on each other for commercial reasons, according to a prominent U.S. security firm. CrowdStrike Inc said software it placed at five U.S. technology and two pharmaceutical companies had detected and rebuffed the attacks, which began on Sept. 26. On Sept. 25, President Barack Obama said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed that neither government would knowingly support cyber theft of corporate secrets to support domestic businesses. The agreement stopped short of restricting spying to obtain government secrets, including those held by private contractors. CrowdStrike Co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch said in an interview that he believed the hackers who attacked the seven companies were affiliated with the Chinese government based in part on the servers and software they used. The software included a program known as Derusbi, according to Alperovitch. Other analysts have said Derusbi previously turned up in attacks on Virginia defense contractor VAE Inc and health insurer Anthem Inc (ANTM.N). Alperovitch said the hackers came from a variety of groups including one that CrowdStrike had previously named Deep Panda. The "primary benefits of the intrusion seem clearly aligned to facilitate theft of intellectual property and trade secrets, rather than to conduct traditional, national-security-related intelligence collection," CrowdStrike said in a blog post to be published on Monday. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying repeated that the Chinese government opposed all forms of hacking or stealing commercial secrets. "Internet hacking attacks are marked by their secretive, cross border nature," she told a daily news briefing on Monday. CrowdStrike said it had notified the White House of its findings but would not identify the targeted companies. White House spokesman Josh Earnest declined to comment on CrowdStrike's findings but said that Obama had "made clear that the United States would judge China not based on its words, not based on any verbal commitments, but based on its actions." "You can rest assured that the relevant agencies in the United States government are closely monitoring China's actions in this regard," Earnest said on Monday. Another U.S. cyber security company, FireEye Inc (FEYE.O), said the state-sponsored Chinese hackers that it monitored were still active but it was too soon to say whether their aims had shifted. "It is premature to conclude that activity during this short time frame constitutes economic espionage," FireEye spokesman Vitor De Souza said. Shortly before Xi's trip to the United States last month, Chinese officials told their American counterparts that Beijing had detained at least two hackers who breached U.S. computer networks, according to Jim Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and two other sources close to the Obama administration. The arrests were reported by the Washington Post a week ago, though the paper gave no names or other details. China said it believed one of the suspects was involved in the data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, according to Lewis and one of the sources. The OPM hack had compromised the data of 21.5 million government workers. The other person who was detained by Beijing was suspected of hacking for commercial gain, said Lewis and the other source. |
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When Japanese talk about the peace and order of Japan, they boast and say "We do not close the entrance at night. We do not pocket a lost article which we picked up on a road". Generally speaking, even if you drop and lose something in Japan, they do not carry it away and steal it. Most of Japanese are not interested in a lost article of other persons, and far from stealing it, they send it to a police box or the lost article checkroom directly. A reporter of "Life Times" in China wrote that. One day in 2005, the reporter dropped a wallet carelessly at an Immigration Bureau in Japan. He noticed on the way home and he came back to the Bureau, but he could not find it. However, in the next day he received the news that his wallet was found from the police box. According to the police officer, a man found it at the Bureau on the day before, and brought it to the police box. When he checked the wallet, nothing was changed in it at all. He asked the police officer the phone number of the person of conscience and expressed his thanks on the telephone. He told the person that he wanted to hand the reward, but the person declined it rigidly. According to the Japanese "Lost Goods Law", the lost article is kept in the police for three months. When the owner does not appear for 3 months, it belongs to the person who picked it up, but it is necessary for the police to show the information of the lost article online. If you make the lost article yours without bringing it to the police, you will be punished by imprisonment with work for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than 100, 000 yen. If the lost article returns to the owner, the owner has to hand a reward to the person who picked it up. The Japanese children receive moral education at the kindergarten. The teachers tell them emphatically and repeatedly, "You must not take the thing which is not yours. You must bring anything that you pick up to a police box without making it yours." In addition, the Japanese think about the money that you can't know the owner with "very dangerous thing" or "things inviting the evil". The Japanese have such a consciousness about a lost article of another person and bring it to the lost article checkroom or the police box without pocketing it. |
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On September 27, Xi Jinping hosted a meeting on women's rights at the UN and acted as chairmanship by himself. Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized China. Mrs. Clinton posted on Twitter: “Xi hosting a meeting on women's rights at the UN while persecuting feminists? Shameless.” In March, China detained five women who were protesting sexual harassment in public places. They were released in April, but have said they could still face charges and are subject to surveillance for a year. Police also can bring them in for questioning at any time. The female lawyer in the human rights group is still detained. There is such a problem in the background of the Clinton's criticism. On Monday, China reacted quickly to Clinton's comments. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said, "China is a law-abiding country, and the citizen's legal rights are guaranteed by law. Everyone in the international community has their own prejudices.", when asked about Clinton's tweet, and added that Beijing hopes others would respect China's judicial sovereignty. |
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It became clear that there is no Senkaku islands in the first Chinese modern map "Imperial map of China" that was made by Qing dynasty in the late 1600s after the dynasty incorporated Taiwan into the territory. When the Chinese government insists on legitimacy of the dominium of Senkaku Islands, it has explained, "they have been a part of islands attached to Taiwan". The Kangxi Emperor(4 May 1654 – 20 December 1722) who was the fourth emperor of the Qing dynasty made a missionary of "Society of Jesus" manufacture the map in 1699. He performed large-scale surveying in the whole land of China and the map was completed in 1717. It was the first modern map in China and it came to be used as the standard afterwards when a map of the whole land of China was made. Taiwan and Pescadores Islands that were incorporated into Fujian in 1683 are on this map, but Senkaku Islands are not included. The Chinese government has begun to insist on the dominium of Senkaku Islands in the 1970s after the possibility that oil was buried was pointed out. However, the map that were made by the Chinese government in 1969 and wrote "Senkaku Islands is a territory of Japan" has been already discovered. This discovery is evaluated as "the historic precious document indicating being groundless when the Chinese government insists on the dominium of Senkaku Islands". |
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Xi made a speech at U. N. Summit on September 26th and announced the large-scale support of developing countries. Though the meeting place was a rattle, the Chinese governmental media talk big saying "he brought down the house". The major media such as CCTV, Xinhua News Agency and China News Service exaggerated his speech, saying "applause and shouts of joy that were ardent over several degrees" and "the cheers that were greatest at the summit". On the other hand, Chinese immigrants residing in the United States chilled the speech. Mr. Northwind who had once worked at Chinese media and was an activist in New York put the image of the conference room where Xi made a speech on the net. The picture of CCTV that introduced the speech for approximately ten minutes took only a close‐up of the Chinese delegation and the African certain country delegation except close‐up of Xi. At least two-thirds of the seats were vacant at the time of the speech, and it was far from the full seats at the time of the speech of Pope Francisco. The contrast of both made the Chinese government feel awkward. Los Angeles Times described "the U.S. side noticed in disappointment that Chinese side was not interested in the relations progress of the two countries at all, but it put weight on the merely ceremonious part and it thought only as clearly propaganda for Chinese." |
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In a Friendly basketball Cup between 2 Chinese teams and 2 Korean teams on August 30, the large scuffle of punching and kicking occurred. The Korean newspaper "Chosun Ilbo" blamed Chinese team saying "the Chinese basketball is the infamous 'Shaolin Soccer'". The Chinese Internet users talked back with "both Korean players and the coaches are famous for much quarrel". According to the Korean media, the great scuffle got up in the tournament performed in Chinese Guangdong hosted by Samsung Electronics. It says, in the third quarter when the Korean team led in 58-42 a Korean player who tried a shot was held and punched strongly in his face by a Chinese player. It also says, "Triggered by this, members of both teams mingled and a Chinese player added the assault of punching and kicking to the Korean player who fell down". Some Chinese media say the cause of the disturbance was the psychological warfare and an excessive act by the Korean players. As for Chinese basketball, the large scuffle that rolled up the audience occurred in China-America friendly game performed in BEIJING OLYMPIC sports center on August 18, 2011. Korean player also poked the chest of a Japanese player in a practice game with Japan and it caused jostles. That became nearly just before a scuffle. |
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A special train for Chinese tourists has been launched at a mountain resort in Switzerland, following tensions over cultural differences. Swiss newspaper Blick reports that some tourists visiting Mount Rigi in the Swiss Alps have become incensed with Chinese tourists crowding the corridors while taking pictures from the train. There are also reports of rudeness in packed carriages, and some even say they've seen tourists spit on the floor. Peter Pfenniger, chief of Rigi Bahnen said the huge influx of visitors from Asia had brought the struggling railway company back on track, but that “their strong presence is a challenge”. Almost half of the foreign visitors to Mount Rigi are Chinese, following an advertising campaign after the mountain's management entered a partnership with an organisation from Chinese Mount Emei. To ameliorate tensions, special trains have been created for tourist groups from Asia. Toilets are now cleaned more regularly, and signs have been put up “showing how to use them correctly,” the paper reports. In September, the company is expected to offer around 20 special trains a week. Pfeinniger also said Chinese tourists will not be prevented from boarding ordinary trains. The move has been received poorly in China, with the Global Times newspaper reporting that Chinese 'netizens' have criticised the report, arguing the increased numbers of Asian tourists would help Switzerland's economy. |
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Chinese passengers break out into national anthem to protest delayed flight at Thai airport(YouTube) |
A group of Chinese tourists decided to let out their steam by singing the Chinese national anthem and refusing to board an aircraft in Bangkok last week,
after their flight was delayed for over ten hours.
However, around 100 Chinese passengers refused to accept the compensation terms and started an uproar in the departure hall.
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Chinese papers reported the animation that showed a Russian compared the strength of a helmet made in Japan with that of China. He compared the damage situation by beating each helmet strongly. Though he beated the Japanese helmet strongly with an iron bar from the side and from right above, the surface painting came off and a plastic part was only damaged. On the other hand, when he beat the Chinese helmet from the side, it greatly became dented, and when he beat it from right above, it was broken separately. The photographer of the animation had laughed unintentionally at the breaking into pieces. |
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According to the news of Hong Kong phoenix TV, Yao Yu-dong the director of People's Bank of China (the central bank) Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies emphasized,
Yao strongly denied the observation of 7% breaking and said, "Consumption and a service industry are continuing firm growth and I'm convinced of 7% growth of China." Furthermore, state-run Xinhua News Agency delivered a comment, "China achieves responsibility about the measures to stock prices fall. Japan, the United States and Europe should make an effort for the world economy more". The News Agency made the argument and said, "Deterioration cause of the economy which globalization advanced should not be limited to one and two and it is a mistake to make an issue of only China". Renmin Ribao (newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party) or the economic specialized net media began claims simultaneously. They say, "China is unrelated to world simultaneous falling stock prices", "The Western world is too pessimistic for the China's economy". Most of less than 100 million individual investors suffered damage from stock prices fall after the middle of June in China, but there are many investors that risk consciousness to market price is thin, and dissatisfaction may go off accidentally if a fall continues more. Therefore, Xi Jinping might have hurried up "buck-passing" so that the anger of investors did not go to the Chinese government. |
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Various products and techniques such as the high-tech products, various machines and motor parts, the solar and wind power generation products and the electric cars were displayed at the Hannover Messe. The persons concerned of the Chinese companies learned to know the position of the Chinese products in the world and evaluations by overseas people. The display places of the Chinese products were at the edge of the pavilions and people did not gather. The display booth of each company had a small space. The exhibition booths of the companies of other countries were grand and colorful, and the products displayed there were very fine and the latest. And technical standards were high. The booths of the Chinese companies were small and seemed to be faded. In addition, the products which Chinese companies displayed were old-fashioned, and the technology was low, and the way of the display was unreliable, too". Companies more than 6, 500 exhibited, and 180, 000 or more visited the exhibition for business talks in the Hannover Messe, but there were few visitors who visited the booths of the Chinese companies and they returned immediately. In the high-tech and the special technical pavilions, robots and 3D printers equipped with artificial intelligence were displayed, but no Chinese company was seen in the pavilion. Manufacturing industry has been developed in China, and some says the Chinese products are already the most advanced in the world, but why the Chinese high-tech products did not turn up in "the battlefield" ? Is it because Chinese products are the copy of other companies and violate intellectual property rights ? Most of visitors in the Hannover Messe do not trust Chinese products and are not interested in them. When they found the booth of the Chinese company, they turned on their heels and left. It was good that there are a few visitors who looked at the Chinese products in the booth. When I talked to them, they just laughed and answered nothing. The Chinese products are treated coldly and are going to be thrown away now. Because the Chinese makers don't have long-term visions and they pursue only short-term profits. In addition, they do not make much of the study, the technique and the talented persons, and they do not have morality, trust and the responsibility, too. Lack of morality and the trust that have been often pointed out in Chinese society is connected for the crisis of the Chinese products in the global market. |
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The extremely complicated many elements such as "policy", "time accumulation", "the accumulation of the technique", "research and development", etc. bring a difference of the Japanese-Chinese manufacturing industry. It needs not only the cutting-edge machineries but also expert craftsmen to make products of high quality. The China's economy already overtook Japan on the scale, but its quality is not high and it cannot still break out of the world's factory. Actually, the past leap of the China's economy was made by populousness. The Chinese before and after Chinese economic reform worked desperately for cheap wages to change their living environment. So price competitiveness was high in the manufacturing industry of China. "Made in China" was able to sweep over the world extremely in a short term because there were populousness and the poverty of people in the background. A change is taking place in factor that has supported competitiveness of the past manufacturing industry in China. Productive population has begun to already decrease in China. Furthermore, the labor market is varying from the buyer's market to the seller's market, and personnel expenses are rising. Sons and daughters of the farmers and factory workers do not want the hardships the generation of their parents had. "The difference" between Japan and China in the manufacturing industry do not seem to be very big superficially. China seems to be able to produce anything that Japanese makers make, but they are different in the quality. Japanese products are high-quality and Chinese products are lower. |
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While Chinese investors purchasing Australian real estate are increasing, most of approximately 4,000 houses which Chinese investors purchased in the past 2 years are left unattended. It is in a situation that the town may become a ghost town. The property market is brisk in the Australian big cities, and there is much investments from foreign countries, too. On the other hand, even if the Chinese purchases real estate, they only sometimes come to look and the real estate is left unattended in an unoccupied state". Australian real estate consulting company "MacroPlanDimasi" said, "The Australian real estate which Chinese investors purchase in the next five years will reach 10, 000, but most of them will be unoccupied". The number of unoccupied houses continues increasing at the same time as the real estate investments by the foreign investors increase in Australia. Most of foreign investors don't purchase real estate to live in Australia, but they are waiting a rise in price to get profit on sales without leasing the estate.
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In late years immigrants from China increase rapidly in Canada. 47% of inhabitants are immigrants from China in Richmond that is adjacent to Vancouver in western part of Canada. Immigrants from China perform Tai chi chuan at the shopping center in the town. There are many signboards written in Chinese in the town. Most of the buildings under construction are for Chinese. Some board schools teach Chinese in addition to English and French that are the official languages. Why did immigrants from China increase in Canada? There was "The Immigrant Investor Program" in the background. The Canadian Government had given right of permanent residence for the foreigners who had assets of CAD$1, 600,000 and invested CAD$800,000 in Canada. It had an aim to make domestic economy revitalize by calling in the foreign wealthy. It was Chinese wealthy to have used this Program. There are Chinese newspapers in the counter in the supermarket. The shops which squeeze a target to Chinese customers and support only in Chinese are increasing. Furthermore, handbills and the advertisements are written in Chinese, too. The Canadians who do not understand Chinese feel incommodiousness and sense of estrangement, though they live in their own country Canada. In this situation the community may break up. Canada is a country which has developed by accepting many immigrants. How can Canada keep the unity as the society and the identity of the country while respecting variety? A difficult problem appears. The Canadian Government canceled and largely reviewed the program to accept immigrants subject to investment last year (2014), while immigrants from China had been drastically increasing. The Canadian Government explained, "Because economic effect was not enhanced as expected". The Chinese gives a muttering. "It is the measures to suppress the immigrants from China." |
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On July 13 Chinese state China News Service conveyed the press conference that Hayao Miyazaki the animated cartoon supervision went for in Tokyo on the same day. It seemed to be the claim that the Chinese authorities welcomed, but some nuances were changed subtly. It introduced that Miyazaki took office as the Gesamtvertretung of "the Henoko fund" against the move of Futenma base. It reported, "Most of the citizens in Okinawa prefecture want to remove the base" as the remark of Miyazaki. Furthermore Miyazaki said, "It is impossible to stop the expansion of China with the armaments. It needs a different method". The expression of "the expansion" means his recognition that "the status quo change of China is causing problems". But China News Service reported, "It is impossible to stop China with the armaments. It needs a different method". It cut the part of "the expansion of China". ◆Explanation◆
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More than 100 human rights lawyers and activists have been detained or questioned by Chinese police and denounced in state media as a “criminal gang” in recent days, raising fears of an unprecedented crackdown by the Chinese authorities. The US State Department condemned the detentions and said it was concerned that the new national security law was being used as a “facade to commit human rights abuses”. It called on China to “respect the rights of all its citizens and to release all those who have recently been detained for seeking to protect the rights of Chinese citizens”. |
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Vancouver housing prices climbs, driven in part by Chinese investment. Anti-Chinese sentiment is increasing. "People here are getting angry." "Average, hardworking Canadian residents are being forced to compete for housing with the global wealthy," said Xia, who immigrated to Canada from China as child. The her tweet went viral, and hundreds of other young Vancouver residents soon began expressing their own frustrations in tweets about the red hot housing market - and the feverish foreign investment they believe has fueled it. That anger has contributed to a simmering xenophobia or Anti-Chinese sentiment in Vancouver, a multicultural coastal city long known for its inclusiveness. That has residents like Xia pressing the government to track international buyers, scrutinize the source of their funds and tax property speculation, before the anti-Chinese sentiment gets out of hand. Last summer, a small anti-immigration group covered up Chinese symbols on real estate signs in the affluent suburb of West Vancouver with stickers reading "Please Respect Canada's Official Languages." And police are investigating incidents on neighboring Vancouver Island, where anti-Chinese pamphlets appeared in affluent neighborhoods and signs for Chinese real estate agents were defaced with racial epithets and messages like "Go home" and "Not welcome". |
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Taiwan Coast Guard patrol ships and helicopters from National Airborne Service Corps are seen during a drill held about 4 nautical miles out of the port of Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, June 6, 2015. |
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In 2014, 20 Chinese were arrested in Japan. They drew money remitted illegally in ATM.
The Metropolitan Police Department asked the Chinese police office for cooperation to the investigation, but there is no answer to date. Many computer viruses have been sent from China, but it is difficult to prevent that. The Metropolitan Police Department says, "if the criminal were in Japan, we could investigate that, but we can do nothing because the criminal is in China. |
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Chinese ultimate goal is to devide the Pacific ocean into two with United States. |
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