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Asia-Pacific World 43
BEIJING
Chinese general warns India against‘ new trouble’
KELLY OLSEN
AN outspoken Chinese general known for his nationalist views warned India on July 4 against stirring up“ new trouble” in a long-running border dispute.
“ The Indian side should not provoke new problems and increase military deployment at the border areas and stir up new trouble,” Major General Luo Yuan told reporters.
Mr Luo, the deputy director general of the world military research department at a People’ s Liberation Army academy, described himself at a briefing as a“ reasonable hardliner”.
His articles appear prominently in state media and he has 320,000 followers on Sina Weibo, a popular Twitter-like micro-blogging site.
He made waves last year with comments questioning the legitimacy of Japanese sovereignty over the Ryukyu Islands, a chain that includes Okinawa and hosts numerous United States military bases.
“ India is the only country in the world that says that it is developing its military power because of China’ s military threat,” said Mr Luo, who was wearing a business suit.“ So I believe that India should be very cautious in what it does and what it says.”
A high-altitude frontier dispute between the nuclear-armed giants in the Himalayas has simmered for decades but intensified in May over troop movements in the region.
New Delhi alleged Chinese troops intruded nearly 20 kilometres( 12 miles) into Indian-claimed territory.
A three-week standoff ensued and was resolved after talks between local military leaders and a withdrawal of troops from both sides.
The border situation was now generally“ under control” following a visit to India in May by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Mr Luo said.
Covering a wide range of topics, Mr Luo touched on China’ s history of humiliation by foreign powers in the 19 th and 20 th centuries.
“ No other major country in this world has been subjected to foreign aggression and invasion by other major countries, so that is why no other country is more eager than China to become strong,” he said.
Besides India, Mr Luo also took swipes at the US and the Philippines over a territorial row China has with the Southeast Asian country.
Calling the US“ biased”, he said Washington has“ added fuel to the fire” by cooperating with Manila amid the maritime dispute.
“ The role of the Philippines in the South China Sea is actually, in my view, a troublemaker,” he said.
On June 30, Manila accused Beijing of a“ massive” military buildup in the sea, which is also the site of rival claims by Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan.
Asked by AFP if Beijing’ s close ally North Korea – which this year threatened to attack the US with nuclear weapons – was also a“ troublemaker”, Mr Luo suggested, albeit indirectly, that it was.
He referred to a speech Chinese President Xi Jinping gave in April saying there should be no tolerance for those fostering“ chaos for selfish gains”, wording widely seen at the time as criticising Pyongyang without mentioning it by name.
“ So we can imagine which country it is or which countries they are that are engaged in undermining peace and stability in our neighbouring environment for their own selfish gains,” Mr Luo said. – AFP
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AID began to trickle in to devastated villages in Indonesia’ s Aceh province on July 4 where thousands have been left homeless after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 30 people.
The 6.1-magnitude tremor sparked landslides, flattened buildings and injured hundreds in the natural-disasterprone province, where a tsunami triggered by an earthquake in 2004 claimed more than 170,000 lives.
The quake, which struck on July 2 in Aceh’ s mountainous interior, caused a mosque to collapse in one village, killing six children as they took part in a Koran-reading session.
The Red Cross said that some 5000 people fled their homes and many were in desperate need of food, blankets and shelter.
Many villages in the worstaffected districts of central Aceh and Bener Meriah had been cut off following the quake.
By July 4 many landslides blocking roads had been cleared and aid was beginning to arrive, said the national disaster agency.
“ Today our priority is to put
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A men stands in front of earthquake-damaged houses in Blang Mancung, Indonesia, on July 3.
up tents for people who have taken refuge. They are also in desperate need of blankets,” said agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
He said on July 4 that 30 people were confirmed dead, another 12 were still missing and 275 had been injured. More than 300 buildings have also been damaged, according to the agency.
Four trucks from the local branch of the Red Cross were on their way to the worst-hit areas, said Fauzi Husaini, an Aceh-based official from the aid group.
They were carrying hundreds of mats, tarpaulins, mosquito nets and blankets, as well as cooking equipment, clothes and toiletries, he said.
Aid was yet to reach the village of Bah, where searchand-rescue teams were using shovels to clear a landslide under which four victims were believed to be buried, said an AFP reporter at the scene.
“ It is now in the hands of God,” said Maliki, the father of a 12-year-old boy believed to be buried in the landslide.“ But I still want to see my son, whether he is alive or dead.” – AFP
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Kuala Lumpur Fat Malaysian orangutan put on diet An obese orangutan has been put on a strict diet by Malaysian wildlife authorities after two decades of gorging on junk food handed out by tourists, a report said Friday.
Jackie reportedly weighs 100 kilograms( 16 stone), twice the normal weight of an adult female in the rich jungle habitats of Borneo island.
The 22-year-old ape was relocated more than three months ago by the wildlife department in the state of Sabah- which lies in the northeast of Borneo- because visitors to the Poring forestry park kept feeding her.
Department director Laurentius Ambu was cited in a newspaper report saying that Jackie’ s familiarity with her human caretakers led her to seek out tourists at the park’ s visitors’ area.
“ I am glad that Jackie is a much happier orangutan now,” Ambu was quoted as saying in The Star.
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Tokyo Bosses forced woman to wear bunny ears A 61-year-old Japanese woman was forced to wear bunny ears as a penalty for missing her sales targets, with photos of her humiliation used in company training programs, reports said.
The woman, who was not named, was employed by cosmetics maker Kanebo in southwestern Oita.
She sued the company, claiming mental distress after her bosses instructed her to don costumes if she did not meet her targets, including over-sized rabbit ears on one occasion, several papers reported.
Four of her seniors took pictures of her in the outfits and used the snaps in presentation slides during training programs, the Mainichi Shimbun said.
The woman claimed the company’ s actions had caused mental suffering that resulted in physical sickness and had demanded 3.3 million yen( US $ 33,000) compensation, the paper said.
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A court upheld her complaint, but ordered the company to pay just 220,000 yen, the Asahi daily said on July 2.
Beijing Xinjiang security tightened on riot anniversary Security was ramped up in the capital of China’ s Xinjiang region, state media reported on July 5, the fourth anniversary of ethnic clashes which killed around 200 people.
Two incidents earlier this month in the area, where mostly Muslim Uighurs are the largest group but members of China’ s Han majority dominate the economy, left at least 35 people dead.
“ Wearing helmets, officers patrolled the capital holding guns and shields,” said a report by the state-run Global Times.
China commonly steps up patrols for the July 5 anniversary of the inter-ethnic riots but the report added:“ Last week’ s violence in the region has made authorities particularly watchful.” – AFP
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