1. "Skiing: Vanessa Mae banned for four years for fiddling race results - AFP/CNA 12 Nov 2014"
She was in the news recently when her pianist 'Tiger' mum was in town to perform. Now she is, for the dubious reasons! Hmmm. Who is responsible for this behaviours? :-)
2. "Online petition to review shisha ban - The Straits Times 9 November 2014!"
700 supposedly signed an online petition to review the shisha ban! This is good. The minority has spoken. If they are STILL in the minority, they will, hopefully, appreciate the need to respect the majority who are for the ban in public places. Yes? Or this a classical 'tyranny of the majority' example?
3. "Xi says US journalists to blame for China visa troubles - AFP Nov 12, 2014
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping suggested US news organisations had themselves to blame for Beijing not granting journalist visas, in response to a rare unscripted question from a foreign reporter on Wednesday.
Washington has criticised China's treatment of foreign correspondents after reporters from The New York Times and Bloomberg were not given residence visas in apparent retaliation for investigative stories on the wealth amassed by leaders' families.
The American question went to the New York Times, which published an investigation in 2012 into the family wealth of then premier Wen Jiabao. That year, Bloomberg news agency did the same regarding Xi's relatives, and ever since Beijing has blocked the websites of both outlets, while new journalists working for them have not been granted visas.
President Xi issued a stern warning that "media outlets need to obey China's laws and regulations". "When a car breaks down on the road, perhaps we need to get off the car to see where the problem lies," Xi said. "And when a certain issue is raised as a problem, there must be a reason."
"In Chinese, we have a saying: 'The party which has created the problem should be the one to help resolve it'. So perhaps we should look into the problem to see where the cause lies," he added.
Over the past two years, three Times journalists have been denied authorisation to stay in China, a development that the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China (FCCC) in January criticised as falling "well short of international standards"."
Happened to watch the live telecast of the press conference and were more impressed by President Xi's (which the Chinese translator addressed as Chairman Xi) comments on China's position in the world, relationship with the USA, etc and not this one.
Lessons for me are:
1. taking his other remarks with/on the USA and China into consideration, he is not impressed by outsiders' investigating the 'domestic disciplinary issues' as the 'family would have taken care of it, at the family's own time'! He is, as is evidently clear to all observers, going after corrupt officials, including those who had escaped and/or transferred ill-gotten wealth overseas! Of course, his ultimate motive will always be questioned as to: it is a political move or a genuine anti-corruption move?;
2. I was surprised he came back to this question as the NY Times reporter asked questions of Obama and Chairman Xi when the master-of-ceremony clearly stated one question each from the USA and China to their own leader! I thought he deliberately ignored the questions asked of him by the NY Time reporter to show him he should be RESPECTFUL of the host's instruction! With this response, I am sure a lot of experts are still trying to decipher WHAT EXACTLY the Chairman has really said! LOL!;
3. on the serious notes, this leader of PRC is not one to mince his words. He was exceedingly clear about the relationship between China and USA, China's position in the world orders, Hkg SAR's Occupy Central movement is strictly a domestic issue and no country should ever interfere, China's contribution to UN peace keeping and other humanitarian efforts around the world, etc. So, when he said what he said in answer to the NYT reporter's question, it is clear that he is adamant that the US journalists play it by China's rules when operating in China, which is NOT really the world's standard.
Let's see what will happen in the next 12 months on Chairman Xi's few initiatives - domestically and internationally.
She was in the news recently when her pianist 'Tiger' mum was in town to perform. Now she is, for the dubious reasons! Hmmm. Who is responsible for this behaviours? :-)
2. "Online petition to review shisha ban - The Straits Times 9 November 2014!"
700 supposedly signed an online petition to review the shisha ban! This is good. The minority has spoken. If they are STILL in the minority, they will, hopefully, appreciate the need to respect the majority who are for the ban in public places. Yes? Or this a classical 'tyranny of the majority' example?
3. "Xi says US journalists to blame for China visa troubles - AFP Nov 12, 2014
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping suggested US news organisations had themselves to blame for Beijing not granting journalist visas, in response to a rare unscripted question from a foreign reporter on Wednesday.
Washington has criticised China's treatment of foreign correspondents after reporters from The New York Times and Bloomberg were not given residence visas in apparent retaliation for investigative stories on the wealth amassed by leaders' families.
The American question went to the New York Times, which published an investigation in 2012 into the family wealth of then premier Wen Jiabao. That year, Bloomberg news agency did the same regarding Xi's relatives, and ever since Beijing has blocked the websites of both outlets, while new journalists working for them have not been granted visas.
President Xi issued a stern warning that "media outlets need to obey China's laws and regulations". "When a car breaks down on the road, perhaps we need to get off the car to see where the problem lies," Xi said. "And when a certain issue is raised as a problem, there must be a reason."
"In Chinese, we have a saying: 'The party which has created the problem should be the one to help resolve it'. So perhaps we should look into the problem to see where the cause lies," he added.
Over the past two years, three Times journalists have been denied authorisation to stay in China, a development that the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China (FCCC) in January criticised as falling "well short of international standards"."
Happened to watch the live telecast of the press conference and were more impressed by President Xi's (which the Chinese translator addressed as Chairman Xi) comments on China's position in the world, relationship with the USA, etc and not this one.
Lessons for me are:
1. taking his other remarks with/on the USA and China into consideration, he is not impressed by outsiders' investigating the 'domestic disciplinary issues' as the 'family would have taken care of it, at the family's own time'! He is, as is evidently clear to all observers, going after corrupt officials, including those who had escaped and/or transferred ill-gotten wealth overseas! Of course, his ultimate motive will always be questioned as to: it is a political move or a genuine anti-corruption move?;
2. I was surprised he came back to this question as the NY Times reporter asked questions of Obama and Chairman Xi when the master-of-ceremony clearly stated one question each from the USA and China to their own leader! I thought he deliberately ignored the questions asked of him by the NY Time reporter to show him he should be RESPECTFUL of the host's instruction! With this response, I am sure a lot of experts are still trying to decipher WHAT EXACTLY the Chairman has really said! LOL!;
3. on the serious notes, this leader of PRC is not one to mince his words. He was exceedingly clear about the relationship between China and USA, China's position in the world orders, Hkg SAR's Occupy Central movement is strictly a domestic issue and no country should ever interfere, China's contribution to UN peace keeping and other humanitarian efforts around the world, etc. So, when he said what he said in answer to the NYT reporter's question, it is clear that he is adamant that the US journalists play it by China's rules when operating in China, which is NOT really the world's standard.
Let's see what will happen in the next 12 months on Chairman Xi's few initiatives - domestically and internationally.
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