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Please text on topics, guest ideas, comments. Please include your email if you want a reply.This episode is the second part of the conversation with a truly exceptional guest: one of Asia's pre-eminent thinkers on the environment and climate change, Professor Christine Loh. We explore climate policy and climate action in the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong, examining the issues from a policy perspective. Given China's crucial role in global climate action, we began by discussing the nation's policies related to the environment, climate change, and energy.ABOUT CHRISTINE: Professor Christine Loh, SBS, JP, OBE, Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite, is Chief Development Strategist at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She was Under Secretary for the Environment in the HKSAR Government (2012-17), Special Consultant to the Chief Executive on the mainland's ecological civilisation policy (2019-2020), and a Member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (1992-97 and 1998-2000). Loh has been active in public policy and politics since the 1980s. She founded and was the CEO of the non-profit think tank, Civic Exchange (2000-12), and helped to establish several non-profit organizations in Hong Kong related to the environment, equal opportunity, arts and culture, as well as human rights. Professor Loh is currently a board member of CDP Worldwide, Global Maritime Forum, New Forests Pty Ltd, Towngas Smart Energy Company Limited, and is Asia Society's Scholar in Residence (2023-2024). She taught a course at Anderson School of Management, University of California at Los Angeles on nonmarket risks for five years (2018-22). She is a published author of many academic and popular works. Loh is a lawyer by training, and a commodities trader by profession. She received her legal training in England and received honorary degrees of Doctor of Law from the University of Hull and Doctor of Science from the University of Exeter.FEEDBACK: Email Host | HOST, PRODUCTION, ARTWORK: Joseph Jacobelli | MUSIC: Ep0-29 The Open Goldberg Variations, Kimiko Ishizaka Ep30-50 Orchestra Gli Armonici – Tomaso Albinoni, Op.07, Concerto 04 per archi in Sol - III. Allegro. | Ep51 – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049 Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

This is part 2 of 3. In this episode we discuss the gaokao exam, the toll it takes on young people, and the increasing divide between those from richer, more developed areas and students from the margins of society.In part 1 we explored life for middle schoolers racing to the top of an increasingly steep hill: https://youtu.be/hg86rP15eOE-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SourcesThe Mental Health Camp Treating China's Troubled ‘Gaokao' Kids, Sixth ToneChoice of Higher Education Institutions: Perspectives of Students from Different Provinces in China, Ashraf et al.Fairness in Admission: Voices from Rural Chinese Female Students in Selective Universities in Chinese Mainland, Ma and WangAccess to Higher Education in China: Differences in Opportunity, WANG HouxiongHigher education expansion and inequality in educational opportunities in China, Lingli Wu & Kun Yan & Yuqi ZhangRural students' evolving educational aspirations and the sense of ‘ft' in the changing context of China's higher education: a life history approach, Jiexiu ChenSupport the showSign up for Buzzsprout to launch your podcasting journey: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=162442Subscribe to the Sinobabble Newsletter: https://sinobabble.substack.com/Support Sinobabble on Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Sinobabblepod

①Stakes are high in Von de Leyen and Macron's upcoming China visit. Will the visit make the China-Europe ties more predictable? (00:51) ②Former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou expresses high expectations for cross-Straits exchanges. We look at Ma's ongoing 12-day ancestral trip to the Chinese mainland. (15:04) ③China's economy showed a faster pace of recovery in March. (24:55) ④The Asian Development Bank says Asia will see strong economic growth this year following China's scrapping of stringent pandemic controls. Why is China's reopening seen as a big plus? (34:36) ⑤Finland joins NATO on Tuesday, while Sweden continues to wait. (44:13)

The high-speed railway linking the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong has resumed operation. Authorities say they will continue to optimize the resumption plan according to the actual passenger flow.

In this episode we touch on an emerging Chinese contingent at this year's Australian Open, with spotlights on a teenager who used to be the world number one in the junior category and is set to make his Grand Slam debut in the senior group. His qualification means there will be three male Chinese players in the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time in history. We also analyze whether title favorite Novak Djokovic will be affected by the 2022 deportation incident in his return to Melbourne vying for a record 10th title.

The Chinese mainland will reopen the border with Hong Kong, and scrap COVID testing upon arrival for travelers from the special administrative region starting Sunday.

Tony Burt, CEO of East Imperial #EISB talks about the double digit revenue growth and significant strategic milestones achieved in H1 along with recovery in the business post-covid meaning they expect to see the return to growth in the second half. Summary ● Revenues up 26.3% from £1.02m to £1.28m, reflecting the return of key on premise markets and normalised trading patterns in the US and Europe ● Strong improvement in net cash of £1.5m (H1 2021: £0.2m) due to the capital raise in January 2022. Q2 saw significant lowering of cash requirements compared to Q1 2022 ● Margins recovering in Q2 2022 (YTD at 17.4%; June 2022 up to 22.3%) as margin improvement programme continues ● Key US market saw sales up 132% year on year as expansion in this priority market continues and cornerstone APAC market shows positive signs of post-Covid recovery ● The current operating loss represents our commitment to the investment in the business and the growth opportunities in global markets. Strategic Highlights ● US distribution agreement with Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) and national distribution partnership enjoying successful roll out with East Imperial now available in 12 states ● China distribution agreement with Wen Hua Hang Wine Spirits Company to supply East Imperial's entire range across the Chinese Mainland and Macau. ● In advanced talks to appoint a bottling partner in the fast-growing US market, offering significant cost savings as the brand expands ● Light Tonic introduced in Q2 satisfying ongoing demand in all territories for lower sugar options and offering an ultra-premium low calorie tonic water, without compromising on flavour To read the full RNS click here

To say that the current situation between Washington, Beijing, and Taipei is a crisis of world-changing significance would be a massive understatement. With the Cross-Strait relationship between the Republic of China on Taiwan (ROC) and the People's Republic of China (PRC) being at one of its worst phases since the immediate era following the 1949 conclusion (at least when it comes to the end of military conflict on the Chinese Mainland) of the Civil War between the forces of the Kuomintang (KMT, lit: “Chinese Nationalist Party”) and the Communist Party of China (CCP), respectively. The recent announcement of an impending, formal diplomatic envoy headed by none other than Nancy Pelosi, the current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives has sparked a blazing hot rhetorical response from Beijing and its so-called “Wolf Warrior” diplomats with fears from the Biden Administration and Policymakers from the Pentagon that this could potentially manifest in the PLA Air Force shadowing and then literally shooting down the aircraft that would be transporting Speaker Pelosi, among other high-ranking (and yet to be announced) American politicians. In this segment today, I attempt to provide a comprehensive overview of the tensions as they have developed through the aforementioned war of words and also my personal geostrategic analysis of what is certainly a situation of critical importance if one is someone such as myself with an interest in foreign policy and international relations. – Articles Read & Referenced in the Podcast: “Biden and China's Xi to speak during tense Taiwan standoff” - via the Washington Post | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/28/china-biden-xi-call-nancy-pelosi-taiwan/ “EXPLAINER: Why is a Pelosi visit to Taiwan causing tension?” - via the Associated Press | https://apnews.com/article/china-pelosi-taiwan-visit-explainer-fd940b681b9a4165d2ace569bbfe33fb “How Eisenhower Saved Taiwan” - via The Diplomat | https://thediplomat.com/2015/07/how-eisenhower-saved-taiwan/ – Previous Video Segments I Produced on the Taiwan Question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KXpA6aqxt0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFiR2VX6PKQ&t=1064s – ***Expanded Description Coming Soon!*** – CONNECT: Main YouTube | http://youtube.com/GetNuanced Tech Channel | http://youtube.com/TJCMN Show Twitter | http://twitter.com/GetNuanced Main Twitter | http://twitter.com/TJCMN Show Instagram | http://instagram.com/GetNuanced Main Instagram | http://instagram.com/TJC – #GetNuanced with TJC --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getnuanced/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/getnuanced/support

​Dr. Johnny Ng Kit-chong is a self-made entrepreneur and a national political advisor based in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Having integrated his career path with the development of the country in the past 20 years, he has been actively encouraging Hong Kong youths to closely combine their personal growth with the development of the motherland. He also expresses much hope in building Hong Kong as a “cultural passport” of China in the future.

The Chinese Mainland with a population of more than 1.4 billion people faces a huge, growing burden of kidney diseases. Significant advances in nephrology have been made over the past 40 years in clinical practice, research, and academic development.  Nephrologist Grace Yan, Chief Medical Officer for Fresenius Kidney Care China, discusses the challenges and future of renal care in China.

Chinese health officials are reporting two Omicron variant COVID-19 infections on the mainland. They found the cases in the cities of Tianjin and Guangzhou. Both patients had recently returned from overseas.

A delegation of Chinese mainland Olympians has arrived in Hong Kong for a three-day visit.

Hong Kong is a small market, smaller still in the shadow of the Chinese Mainland market which we explored in episode 4 of How to Lend Money to Strangers. That said, its high concentration of low-risk/ high-income consumers make it a useful training ground for lenders looking to target prime and better customers. In this thirteenth episode 13 of HTLMTS I speak to Dr Francis Lau about the strength of the residential housing market post-COVID, about the emergence of virtual banks, and the growing line of competitors for credit card issuers. The KPMG report on Hong Kong banking which Francis referenced can be downloaded here, while the HKMA's mortgage numbers can be found here and their payment card numbers can be found here. You can also find out more about me on my LinkedIn page, here If you have any feedback, questions, or if you would like to participate in the show, please feel free to reach out to me at brendan@howtolendmoneytostrangers.show A full written transcript with timestamps can be found on HowtoLendMoneytoStrangers.Show

Organizers for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games have decided to sell tickets to spectators residing on the Chinese mainland who meet COVID-19 requirements. China says it is willing to work with Japan's new ruling team on bilateral relations. And Afghanistan has received food and winter supplies from China.

Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined, once again, by David Z. Morris, the chief insights columnist at Coindesk, to discuss what's happening with Evergrande, why it matters for other regions and industries, and how the property market on the Chinese Mainland operates.

Official figures show 1.1 billion people on the Chinese mainland have received COVID-19 vaccine jabs, accounting for 78 percent of the population. Over 1 billion people on the mainland have completed their vaccination.

The Chinese mainland recorded 19 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, all from overseas, data from the National Health Commission (NHC) showed on Monday. No additional deaths related to COVID-19 were reported, the NHC said. Seventeen new asymptomatic cases were recorded on Sunday, while 242 asymptomatic patients are under medical observation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aziz-mustaphi/message

In Episode I of our story about pianist Helen Yu, we followed her “Footprints” as a music educator in Beijing. In Episode II, we'll trace her living experience in Hong Kong and her romance with her husband that was like something out of a film. We'll also see why the couple finally chose to settle down in the Chinese capital.

China is preparing to provide COVID-19 Vaccine in Chinese Mainland by the beginning of 2021. Almost three vaccines were in final stages of approval and the distribution of vaccines were also said to be planned. Therefore, China is also ready to provide its medical service to the countries along Belt and road. The episode will discuss about the vaccines and its effectiveness as well as the procedures followed for the evaluation of Covid-19 Vaccine. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vithiyapathy-purushothama/message

A $1.8bn package that includes cruise missiles are the first offensive weapons Washington has provided to the island for four decades.

In today’s episode: Huge injection of funds could help chipmaker surpass international rivals; Trump administration makes U-turn on policy that threatened international students with deportation; and how relaxing equity investment restrictions could unleash trillions into China's economy. SPECIAL OFFER: Great News! Caixin Podcast listeners can now enjoy a 7-day complimentary access pass to caixinglobal.com and Caixin app. This is a limited-time offer. Get your pass by heading to: https://www.caixinglobal.com/institutional-activity/?code=J3XVJC

There’s nothing like listening to a gifted speaker riff on culture and politics; especially when the riffing is concise, with a judicious use of words, and an almost complete absence of hyperbole or bafflegab.Sure, that sounds like Peter Ladner. But in this edition of Price Talks torch-passing, it also describes Vivienne Zhang, the successor to Ladner’s predecessor.Zhang is a UBC grad, currently en route to the Paris Institute of Political Studies (‘Sciences Po‘) to begin her Masters in international security, with an eye to a future career in politics. Born in Beijing, with years spent between the Chinese Mainland and the Lower Mainland, Zhang has, over time, become very self-aware of the richness of her bicultural perspective — two ways of living, two political systems, two views on the role of the individual in society.Ladner, also a UBC grad, can tell her a thing or two about politics on Canada’s west coast; the former journalist and co-founder of Business in Vancouver was at the forefront of municipal politics in the early 2000s as an NPA councillor and mayoral nominee, and has a brand name in local retail politics that’s literally on the map. Now a decade removed from political life, Ladner remains active in governance and policy as Chair of the Better Transit & Transportation Coalition, and past-Chair of the Board of the David Suzuki Foundation.And, like the host of this podcast, Ladner also remains interested in the evolution of the liberal democratic model, the sustaining legacies of certain political and institutional norms, and of the collective (or perhaps majority) mindset of the new generation of leaders who will be in the thick of it. Zhang, for Ladner, is one of those emerging leaders to watch, to listen to.Who does this generation trust? Are they integrated with the world they’re stepping into, or are they shaping it? Do they see problems with liberal democracy, and how are they dealing with it? Read more »

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Between 60 per cent and 70 per cent of all investment in infrastructure across the Belt and Road in 2016 flowed through Hong Kong in some way, says PwC’s Simon Booker – and Hong Kong has everything to gain in 2017. PwC’s Belt and Road Watch research for the past year shows that overall investment exceeded US$490 billion, with one third taking place or originating on the Chinese mainland.

Hong Kong’s highly rated Hotel ICON is a unique experience combining hospitality and learning for China’s Belt and Road Initiative, says Brian King, Associate Dean at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Hotel & Tourism Management. Students from the Chinese mainland, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka and Hungary evaluate their experiences while Professor King says the school and hotel engage prospective industry leaders of the future.

非常感谢热心听众【张仕泓-Sammy】对本文稿的贡献！准确率很高！Luo Yu: Right. It’s like ten percent of the students suffer from this learning disabilities. Yeah, I think in the future, teachers can do is that do not label the student as being having the lower IQ or being lazy (But this is not lower IQ though…I think…) I know, I know (Yeah…), but a lot of teachers actually label the students as being lazy or having lower IQ. This is definitely wrong. I think Hong Kong has done a very good example for the Chinese Mainland, because Hong Kong Municipality has trained teachers in more than two hundred schools to identify dyslexic students. Once they have been identified, they can be sent to, you know, special training program, and as He Yang has mentioned, they can be salvaged totally. Intervention is quite important because if the problem is identified in the first two years of the elementary school, almost ninety percent of this reading and writing problems could be solved completely. However, as you grow older, the success rate will be dropping as well. So I think intervention, well, identification is very important, and strengthening of the schooling system is also very important. (Yeah) In China, nationwide, we only have less than five social organizations offering services for dyslexia (Yeah) students.Heyang: Yeah, and I think this is certainly one area that just doesn’t get any attention and that’s why I keep on saying dyslexia and 读写障碍 in Chinese. I want everybody to know about this. As I think this is something we can learn a lot from foreign experiences. It’s just, I can’t believe me saying this, but a couple of years ago, I used to think that dyslexia only exist in English, because I’ve only seen studies and thorough discussions of this topic in English, and I simply thought this is nothing to do with Chinese, when actually there is simply just no awareness as such. And apparently the timely intervention is really important that according to experts, they say the best time to intervene is before the age of twelve. (Yeah) So, yeah, like Luo Yu said earlier, this needs the expertise and the patience of teachers that sometimes these kids they’re not being lazy. They are not just messing around. That they’re trying to tell you or they don’t how to tell you that “I am sorry, I simply don’t get this the way you’re teaching me and I am having a problem but I don’t realize this is a disorder.” And parents need to realize this too so you can give your kid a helping hand in that kind of situation too.Ryan: Yeah, sounds like a… maybe a test, not a test like to tell if they are, like a test to tell how they learn. Because a test to tell how they learn at a young age sounds like you can better fit them in the classes that would be able to teach them and get them out this funk. So they’ll become part of ninety percent that do fix this problem. But you now, I’ll take you to another level, I will even say that people learn, just regular people, everybody learns in different ways, like in US, we always talk about it. There is audial people that like to hear things… like listening to lectures is how they learn. There is other people that have to, like write it down. They are actually they have to engage in do something while they listening to this information for them to retain it. And there is people that learn just by watching but they are so many different ways for people to learn and how they excel. Yet we have one standardized unilateral way for teaching them. So it’s interesting because these people can flourish if they are put into the right kind of classroom. (Yeah…)Luo Yu: I do agree, because people should have diversified growth patterns, and according to some of the researchers from Yale University, Sally Shaywitz and Bennett Shaywitz, they argue in their joint research that people with dyslexia tend to be more creative and also they say youngsters’ reading skills could be improved through proper training techniques and tools. That’s no wonder probably maybe Albert Einstein or Steve Jobs have captured their parents’ or teachers’ attention, and then they got the proper training, but probably that will not be the case in China, and we could possibly lose someone talented as Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs here in China.Ryan: I totally agree with that. In fact, words out of my mouth, I totally agree. I think better plans and better ways to identify and find these kids at a young age will help the world see more Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs which could make this world a much more convenient and a better place where we really flourish as a society, right, instead of just having one standardized way to teach people who are all so different when it comes to learning. Heyang: That is so true. That is so true. And, Wow, I think I’ve leaned a lot from you guys, and yeah, I’m really happy about this discussion and I just wanna finish on the note of Xiao Jingteng. (Laughing) Because back to what he said in the various interviews and I’ve watched them all, yes, he didn’t find the kind of support in his school, but there was this body on campus that was not about academic endeavors, and it was about, well, listening to music, and he found Bon Jovi, and I found Bon Jovi when I was a little kid too, and that led to my interest in Rock & Roll music and led to Xiao Jingteng, and wanting to write that kind of music when he grows up. And look at where he is now, and he still finds it difficult to read out some of the scripts that’s been given to him as I think he’s passed the window to cure dyslexia, but don’t let this stop you, there are always a way.Ryan: Yeah, you should never feel bad because maybe he can’t follow down someone else’s path, reading books and becoming a super huge academic, but he is a rock star, (Yeah…) look how cool is that, my hat is off to you, sir.Heyang: Yeah, Mr. Xiao Jingteng, and, wow, (laughing) yeah, even more happier now.

更多内容请关注今天（1.14）的微信：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlusIf you love Chinese Culture, Peking Opera is the art form that you must be familiar with. And you must know this name, Michael Chow(Chinese name: Zhou Yinghua), who is probably one of the most passionate Chinese about Peking Opera by interest or by fate.Chow's father was Zhou Xinfang, one of China's most famous actors and the leading figure at the Peking Opera of his time early last century.But Chow was never able to take up his father's career as he was sent to a British boarding school when he was 12 and grew up in Europe. He studied art in London before setting out on a business career that lasted for about 50 years.Michael Chow has been working hard and earned his name in the west as a restaurateur running a chain of high end restaurants providing authentic Chinese food in different locations around the world with the name "Chow".But Chow said deep in his heart he is an artist, and all he has been doing is to reconnect with his father and his home country China. After 47 years of running the restaurant business, Chow restarted his painting career in recent years, and had exhibitions in various places. Voices From Other Lands found him when he is preparing his first exhibition on the Chinese Mainland in 798, an art district in Beijing. We sat down and talked for his "magnificent obsessions."Michael Chow had ten years of professional training in painting at youth, and later focused on his restaurant business. Chow designed Mr. Chow, the first restaurant, in London featuring cool green floor tiles and white walls, and later bought art by Allen Jones, Peter Blake, Patrick Caulfield, David Hockney and Jim Dine for the walls. But Michael Chow said his restaurants have always been underlined by his desire and need to promote the Chinese culture. The passion for painting has been there and finally was turned into action. Michael Chow continues the Qi Style that was started by his father Zhou Xinfang, a leading figure at the Peking Opera. Through years, Chow realized the Qi Style is not a performance but a method of life. By good fortune, he said after a 50-year radical sabbatical, he returned to painting in the school of Qi. And now he is a self-commissioned ambassador in promoting the great art forms in the Chinese culture, Peking Opera in particular. In doing so, it's brought him closer to his father. When it comes to the 120th celebration of his father's birth, he said he has finally fulfilled that void.

完整文稿，更多内容请关注今天的微信推送内容：英语环球 NEWSPlus This is NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Yun Feng in Beijing. Here is the news. Chinese tennis star Li Na has announced her retirement on a personal social networking site. Li cited knee injuries as the reason for retiring from play. The 32-year-old tennis sensation said she had no regrets about ending her tennis career. She said it is a very tough decision, but she has done her best, and it is the most appropriate time to say goodbye. Li is planning to set up her tennis training school, and will invite her former coach Carlos Rodriguez to join the school. Li's tennis career culminated with two grand slam titles in the past three years and a rise to number two in the world rankings. The achievement has made her the first and only grand slam winner in China and Asia. This is NEWS Plus Special English. The delayed release of the iPhone 6 in China has been a boon for scalpers seeking to score on the black and grey markets. Large portions of the crowds that gathered outside Apple retail outlets in the U.S. for the iPhone 6 release were Chinese buyers looking to profit off the delayed release. Chinese scalpers made up the vast majority of the 2,000 people waiting in line at the Apple store on New York's Fifth Avenue. Chinese news media reported that a scalper surnamed Wang said the Chinese Mainland is off the list this year, while there are bunch of rich guys crying for the new product, which has driven the price of each phone up to 400 dollars. Wang originally came from Fujian Province in eastern China. A grey-market iPhone 6 goes for as much as 2,700 dollars on the Chinese mainland. You are listening to NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Yun Feng in Beijing. Apple's largest iPhone is selling for 100 dollars more than its other new model, but an outside research firm estimated that it costs Apple only 15 dollars more to make the more expensive version. Apple said it sold more than 10 million of the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models in their first three days on sale. Both have larger screens than earlier iPhone models, and analysts say consumers like the new, bigger sizes. The Plus has a 5.5-inch screen, as measured diagonally, while the regular iPhone 6 is at 4.7 inches. The new iPhones address a key advantage that rival Android phones have long had -- size. The iPhone has been Apple's main source of profits and is expected to remain so for at least the next year. Research firms estimates that Apple will make more profit on the Plus version. The full, no-contract price for the 16-gigabyte iPhone 6 is 650 dollars; and it costs Apple200 dollars for materials and manufacturing. The iPhone 6 Plus retails for 750 dollars without a contract, but it costs Apple around 216 dollars. The Plus model also has a bigger battery and a slightly more expensive camera than the regular iPhone 6. This is NEWS Plus Special English. Israel has joined the international effort to stem the Ebola epidemic sweeping across West Africa. Doctors, health care professionals and infectious disease experts are being sent to Sierra Leone, Cameroon and Liberia to treat infected patients and help prevent spread of the disease. Two physicians are already in Cameroon and others will be joining them in the near future. Meanwhile, a shipment of medicine and medical equipment is scheduled to arrive in the affected areas in West Africa. The United States, along with a host of other nations, and international organizations have scrambled to combat the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Ebola has killed some 2,600 people and infected around 5,300 others in West Africa since early spring. But some media outlets from the countries ravaged by the disease have been critical of the concerted effort, saying that too little help has arrived too late. This is NEWS Plus Special English.