Good morning. “Orwellian nonsense,” a Pell fund and Karl Marx’s starring moment. Here’s what you need to know: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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• “There is only one China in the world.” | |||||||||||||||||||||||
All foreign companies doing business in China must purge any references to Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan that imply they are independent of China, the country’s foreign ministry decreed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The directive was first given to airlines. After the U.S. objected (an official called it “Orwellian nonsense”), China said all foreign companies would have to comply. Above, a youth group in Hong Kong on Friday that refused to do Chinese-style military marches. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The friction adds to deepening U.S.-China tensions. Talks in Beijing last weekended with no agreement on averting a possible trade war. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
And the White House has accused China of aiming lasers at American jets on the Horn of Africa, causing minor injuries to two pilots’ eyes. ****
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2018年5月6日 星期日
中國笨拙的努力:五集特別節目“馬克思是對的”;“Orwellian nonsense”“奧威爾式的胡說八道”
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