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He Weiwen: China’s tariff cuts contrast with U.S.’s tariff hikes2018年11月1日
By He Weiwen, a senior research fellow at the Center for China and Globalization(CCG). Amid ongoing trade war with the U.S., China is cutting import tariffs on nearly 1,600 items starting November 1. They account for 19 percent of the total number of Chinese taxed products, cutting down the average tax rate from 10.5 percent to 7.8 percent. The move comes after the Chinese government offered zero tariffs on an array of imported medicines starting May 1 and tariff cuts on consumer goods, vehicles and auto parts starting July 1. After the latest round of tax adjustment, China’s overall tariff rate will stay at 7.5 percent, down from 9.8 percent last year and lower than that of most developing countries. The trade-weighted average tariff rate will be 3.7 percent, marginally higher than Japan (2.1 percent), the U.S. (2.4 percent) and the EU (3.0 percent), but slightly lower than Australia (4.0 percent). In the midst of China’s tax-cutting efforts, the China International Import Expo (CIIE), the world’s first import-themed national-level expo, will be held in Shanghai from November 5 to 10. It will be another major move by China to further open up its market to the world. Is China yielding to the pressure from Donald Trump’s trade war? Absolutely not. China’s tariff cuts and the CIIE were planned before Trump’s unilateral tariffs on Chinese products. The U.S., given China’s retaliatory duties on 110 billion U.S. dollars of American goods, will be standing at an unfavorable position in exporting to China. There are three major reasons for China’s tariff cuts and the CIIE. First, the Chinese economy and people need them. The three rounds of tariff cuts mainly cover pharmaceuticals for people’s health, vehicles and auto parts for people’s auto consumption and the need to upgrade domestic auto-makers, consumer goods for people’s daily necessities, and machinery for China’s high-end manufacturing. Lower tariffs mean lower costs for both producers and consumers. They also mean intensified competition, propelling domestic manufacturers to advance their core competitiveness. Second, the world free trade system needs them. The Trump administration is challenging the WTO-represented multilateral free trade mechanism and its unilateral acts are casting a cloud over the prospects of free trade. China’s latest endeavors are in support of the world free trade mechanism and WTO’s core principles: non-discrimination and free flow of goods among nations. Third, the world economy needs them. While the world’s GDP growth rate is expected to be 0.2 percent lower than the previous estimate due to Trump’s trade war, China’s massive tariff cuts and the CIIE will provide tremendous market opportunities and thus serve as a fresh impetus to global economic growth. Every 10 percent of Chinese imports in goods and services will mean an additional 250 billion U.S. dollars in sales in the world market. Apart from the CIIE and tax-cutting endeavors, China is doing more to uphold globalization and the world multilateral trade mechanism with the WTO at the core. The country is earnestly working with the EU, Japan, Canada, ASEAN and many other WTO members on WTO reforms to keep abreast with the changing technology and trading environment while adhering to WTO’s core principles of non-discrimination and free flow of goods. In the meantime, China is unfolding full-fledged infrastructure, trade, investment and financial cooperation with vast numbers of countries along the Belt and Road initiative for an all-inclusive and win-win future, namely, a community of shared destiny for mankind. Moreover, China is pushing forward talks on various regional trade agreements and free trade agreements (FTA), including China-Japan-South Korea tripartite FTA, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, FTA with Canada and so forth. It is our firm belief that globalization and free trade will continue to prevail over unilateralism. Counter-globalization is only a temporary current. History has proved repeatedly that no trade policies can alter the economic law of globalization. China, as a responsible member of the international community, will continue to do its best in the right direction. From ECNS,2018-10-31
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Harvey Dzodin:Trump, sticks, stones and deadly words2018年11月1日
Members and supporters of the Jewish community come together for a candlelight vigil, in remembrance of those who died earlier in the day during a shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 27, 2018. /VCG Photo By Harvey Dzodin,a senior research fellow at the Center for China and Globalization(CCG). When we were growing up, we were taught the old adage that "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me." As we got older and more worldly, most of us learned that this saying is false wisdom reserved for those oblivious souls living in a fool’s paradise. Apparently, Donald Trump never figured out that words can have deadly consequences but the ghoulish events of October 2018 should be a wake-up call to the rest of us. First came the butchering of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi on October 2 by Saudi government agents. His crime: critical words apparently not appreciated by his government. Then in rapid succession in the last week came a spate of pipe bombs posted by a Trump supporter to 13 Democratic and liberal leaders on Trump’s enemies list. Their crime: words and thoughts incompatible with the warped selfish America First, world last agenda of Trump and his acolytes, followed closely by this weekend’s deadly shooting in a formerly idyllic peaceful Pittsburgh neighborhood by an anti-Semitic right-wing nut job armed with handguns and an assault rifle. A still image taken from a video shows Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, during an interview with Turkish broadcaster Haberturk in Istanbul, Turkey, October 26, 2018. /VCG Photo The shooter detested Trump for having Jewish members in his family (Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and their children). He targeted a specific synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood for having helped immigrants to come to the United States and was reported to have said that "all Jews must die" immediately before opening fire. Those murdered and maimed bear testimony to the fact that words can be lethal. The synagogue murders seem to be a corollary of the well-established phenomenon of copy-cat violence, where one such act brings on others like it in quick succession. The synagogue shooter could have been upset that the pipe bombs failed to go off and kill or maim. This may have triggered in him a desire to metaphorically finish the job, especially when the Jewish billionaire George Soros, backer of liberal causes, was unhurt. Because my brother lived there, I know Squirrel Hill well. I can attest that it was a special place where people of different races, religions, and countries of origin lived side-by-side in as much harmony as could be expected by any diverse group of neighbors. Perhaps the shooter couldn’t accept that this melting pot symbolized what America is all about — or at least was all about before the Age of Trump. An FBI agent stands behind a police cordon and an ambulance outside the Tree of Life Synagogue (L) after a shooting there left 11 people dead in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on October 27, 2018. /VCG Photo While I am quite certain that Khashoggi’s murder did not influence the bombs mailed and bullets fired this week, I am more certain that the capture of the bomber one day and the shootings the next are no macabre Halloween weekend coincidence. They are both attributable to Trump’s recent vastly ramped-up attempts to fire up his base with hatred, anger and fear in order to minimize or eliminate a Democratic Party victory in the House of Representatives. I hope that there will be no more word-inspired violence in the week until the election. If the worst happens, Trump will have even more blood on his hands. This is par for the course for the man for whom lying is a way of life and who has lied hundreds of times as president. Trump is an intellectually-challenged small-minded bully who won the support of the racist Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and other alt-right groups for saying that there were good people on both sides of demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia, last year where a white power supporter drove into a crowd, killing one and injuring others. You’d think that Trump would take some responsibility, but he hasn’t done so here. In fact, he never does; he only takes credit. It’s always someone else who caused the problem. So for the shooting, even though the synagogue consulted with the FBI and Department of Homeland Security and followed their recommendations, the house of worship here, the victims, were in Trump’s mind negligent in not having armed guards posted at entrances? Is this what America has come to? People hold candles as they gather outside the Tree of Life Synagogue after a shooting there left 11 people dead in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on October 27, 2018. /VCG Photo Trump has completely swallowed the National Rifle Association (NRA)’s simplistic and unworkable solution that the answer is to have good guys with guns protecting against bad guys with guns like the AR-15, whose sale and use the NRA has fought to promote. That’s a bizarre slant on freedom of religion, isn’t it? Is the Trump-NRA solution realistic? Hardly. In the US, there are roughly 400,000 Christian houses of worship, approximately 4,000 synagogues and Jewish Community Centers and 2,100 mosques. While there are exceptions, most houses of worship are not exactly rich. So let’s say that on average each needs two armed guardians. Good guys with guns, unlikely to be volunteers, don’t come cheap and we’re talking about more than 800,000 of them. I have a funny feeling that the NRA won’t have any funds left over after spending millions on lobbying for assault rifles and the like. I don’t expect that their arms manufacturer allies will pitch in either. Trump? He doesn’t like to spend money, except for the richest one percent. The tragedy is that the president of the United States is supposed to be a moral compass, not an immoral one. The tragedy is that the president is supposed to unite the nation, not to divide it. The tragedy is that the president is supposed to make people safe, yet he has created and nurtured the toxic tragedy we all mourn today. From CGTN,2018-10-28
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Xu Fangqing: Abe’s Visit to China: Sino-Japanese rebalance and an upset Trump2018年10月29日
By Xu Fangqing, a non-resident fellow with the Center for China and Globalization
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Victor Gao: Leave no one behind in poverty2018年10月22日
By Victor Gao, vice president of CCG October 17 marks China’s Poverty Alleviation Day, and the country has ample reasons to be proud of its achievements in poverty alleviation. Over the past forty years, while the exact numbers differ from one study to another, the consensus is that China has lifted more people out poverty than the combined total number of people lifted out of poverty in all the developed countries since the Industrial Revolution. Forty years ago, China achieved probably the highest form of egalitarianism in human history, but it was egalitarianism of poverty where people were equally poor. Then Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping refused to accept this as the fate for China or for the Chinese people. Relying on his wisdom, courage and vision, Deng brought China out of the ideological box and embarked on a path of reform and opening-up. Deng emphasized that if socialism would only result in poverty, it would not be the ideology for China. He focused on development and eventually brought China out of poverty and unto a path of development, modernization and prosperity. Deng called the new system as socialism with Chinese characteristics, which eventually changed China and the world for the better. A villager in Lu’an City, east China’s Anhui Province talks about the joy of being lifted out of poverty on China’s Poverty Alleviation Day, October 17, 2018. /VCG Photo Lifting hundreds of millions of Chinese people out of poverty has been a gigantic epic movement in human history. Through a dazzling flurry of political and economic reforms and audacious opening to the outside world, hundreds of millions of people in China shook off the shackles of poverty. Many of them moved to cities as migrant workers in the rapid process of industrialization and modernization. Industrialization, modernization, urbanization and globalization have become the mega trends in China, unlocking productivity and efficiency in many walks of life. People’s living standards improved, life expectancy increased, health improved, per-capita income and per-family wealth increased, and 9-year mandatory education has become institutionalized throughout the country. Chinese people are confident that today is better than yesterday, and their tomorrow will be better than today. However, given China’s population and complexities, poverty is still a severe problem in some regions. The Chinese government is committed to eradicating poverty by 2020. By 2020, poverty as a phenomenon will no longer exist anywhere in China, and the Chinese people as whole will enjoy a well-to-do living standards free from hunger, starvation and poverty. China will continue to grow as a modern, prosperous, responsible and accountable country in the world. Inclusive and equitable development has become an important theme in political discourse in China. Chinese governments at all levels and the Chinese people as a whole have been fully mobilized to make sure that no one will be left behind in poverty in China’s big strides forward. Everyone in China deserves to enjoy the benefits of China’s reform and opening to the outside. Shanghai, China’s financial hub. /VCG Photo China firmly believes that the extraordinary hard-working people in China in all walks of life have made the greatest contribution to the economic miracles and transformation in China over the past forty years. While China’s full engagement with many countries in the world has created mutual benefits for both China and all these countries, no country in the world has any justification to claim that it created the economic miracle and transformation for China. The Chinese people, through their hard-working commitment and dedication and sweat on their brows have made these economic miracles a reality. By now, China is already the second largest economy in the world and is firmly on the way to becoming the largest economy in the world, anytime between 2025 and 2035. The question is not whether, but when China will become the largest economy in the world. The country which is now the largest economy in the world may not be happy about this prospect, but it needs to learn to come to terms with this prospect. As far as China is concerned, becoming the largest economy in the world doesn’t mean that China will become an abrasive and aggressive superpower bent upon fighting its way to the top of the world against the incumbent superpower. On the contrary, China will remain a force for peace and stability in the world in the future. China will also be happy to share its experience in fighting against poverty and creating economic miracles with many countries in the world. An important part of promoting the community of shared destiny of mankind is poverty alleviation and elimination of poverty of all kinds everywhere in the world. China will not be complacent about eliminating poverty in its own country. China will join hands with many countries in the world in fighting against poverty of all kinds wherever it is found in the world. A China free from poverty will be a better China. A world free from poverty will be a better world. Let us all work together to make that happen. About Author Victor Gao, vice president of Center for China and Globalization(CCG), the chairman of China Energy Security Institute.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan: China’s progress has lessons for Pakistan2018年10月17日
The national flags of China and Pakistan. [Photo/IC] By Zamir Ahmed Awan, a senior fellow with Center for China and Globalization(CCG) Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan praised China’s rapid development in his maiden speech after winning the election held on July 25, 2018. He said he wanted to learn two things from China. One was Chinese experience of eradicating poverty. China pulled around 700 million people from poverty within past four decades. It is an unprecedented achievement in the history of humankind. Second thing Khan wants to learn is China’s success on controlling corruption. He admired the Chinese approach to fighting corruption that does not differentiate between tiger or fly. Nobody is above law, whether it’s high-profile official or common citizen both are treated equal in front of law. He has specifically constituted “China Unit” headed by one of his close aid Shahzad Waseem, who directly reports to him. The unit is powerful and in a position to take all necessary actions. The unit is to deal with all affairs related to China, including China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). He is scheduled to visit China early November on his first visit after taking charge of his office. However, he visited China in 2011 as chairman of his political party. Khan has said at a high-level meeting that strengthening the all-weather China-Pakistan strategic cooperative and all-dimension partnership is the cornerstone of Pakistan’s foreign policy. He emphasized early implementation of CPEC projects would help realize the true potential of China-Pakistan economic relations. He believes that CPEC is beneficial not only for the two countries but for the entire region. Khan said that CPEC is a great opportunity to learn from the Chinese experience, especially in social sector, agriculture and other areas. He said that the agricultural output of the country, considered as the backbone of economy, can be enhanced manifold by learning from Chinese expertise and employing latest technologies and efficient methods. Pakistan’s agriculture possesses a huge potential and should be exploited properly. He emphasized on the need to more focus on early establishment of special economic zones in various parts of the country which would help the local industry to grow through industrialization and would also create huge employment opportunities for the youth. Pakistan’s population comprises 70 percent youth under the age of 40. We should fully utilize out this strength in the nation’s socio-economic development. Khan said the flagship China-Pakistan Economic Corridor under the Belt and Road Initiative of President Xi Jinping offered opportunities to other countries to invest in CPEC projects and reap benefits in various sectors. It is expected that Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey, Kuwait and many other friendly countries may also invest in Pakistan. Our future lies with BRI and we must follow the Chinese approach of “win-win” and “globalization”. Pakistan is also an open-minded nation and wants to promote “peace, harmony and development” globally. Pakistan opens its doors to all nations, whoever wants our partner in peace, stability and prosperity. About Author Zamir Ahmed Awan is a senior fellow with Center for China and Globalization(CCG) and a sinologist at the National University of Sciences and Technology.
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Xu Fangqing: A decisive step to be nailed down in Korean Peninsula2018年10月12日
By Xu Fangqing, a non-resident fellow at the Center for China and Globalization(CCG) and a senior editor with China News Week. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo finally made his fourth "successful" Pyongyang visit on October 7, where he was warmly welcomed by top Democratic People’s Republic of Korea leader (DPRK) Kim Jong Un. The trip which was originally scheduled at the end of August was cancelled last minute by US President Donald Trump due to his "disappointment" over DPRK’s efforts to fulfill the promise of "complete and verifiable" denuclearization. The overall five-hour journey on Sunday including a lunch with DPRK leader was a high-standard reception compared to Pompeo’s last Pyongyang visit. In fact, US Vice President Mike Pence, during his last Pyongyang trip in February, didn’t even get to meet Kim. Both sides spoke highly of this meeting and Pompeo himself claimed a "victory" for his stop in Pyongyang. Pompeo hailed "significant progress" and said they were "pretty close" to agreeing details for a second summit between Kim and Trump "as soon as possible" depending on the political climate in the US. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Kim Yong Chol, DPRK ’s senior official at the Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang, July 7, 2018. /VCG Photo But the second Kim-Trump meet would be different from the landmark Singapore summit that was held in June this year. Reason? US midterm elections! It could be the perfect showtime for Trump administration and Republicans to flaunt their achievements and abilities to the US voters. Therefore, during the much-anticipated second Kim-Trump summit many substantial issues could be on the table with huge expectations on both sides. As an envoy of president Trump, Pompeo branded his visit as a "step forward" in further normalizing the situation in the Korean Peninsula. During the much-talked-about visit, both sides discussed the timing and logistics of the next Kim-Trump summit, and expressed their sincerity towards holding the top-level meeting. The DPRK has also agreed to allow US inspectors into its defunct Punggyeri atomic testing site. The key nuclear testing site was shut five months ago by the DPRK in order to live up to the US’ condition of verifiable denuclearization As part of his delegation to Pyongyang, Pompeo brought along Stephen Biegun, his special representative to DPRK and the diplomat who’s expected to take on more of the day-to-day negotiating with his counterpart and DPRK vice foreign minister Choe Son Hui. This mechanism would bring benefits to the process of negotiations and preserve the achievements made during the past several months. The two special representatives are also expected to deliberate on further details of the second Kim-Trump summit. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Beijing, October 8, 2018. /VCG Photo The fulfillment of the second Kim-Trump summit would at least be a signal that the consensus on some of the key issues regarding the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula has been reached. And as we have mentioned above, the next Kim-Trump summit may not be far away, as the US midterm election is scheduled for November and Pompeo also said it could be "pretty close". However, the historic peace process of the Korean Peninsula takes not only the courage of innovative leaders, but also practical tactics especially considering the complicated situation in the region. Therefore, US State Secretary’s Asian trip also covered Tokyo, Seoul, and Beijing. Obviously, US doesn’t take the Korean issue as a simple bilateral business which could be tackled with several meetings between the leaders of two countries. During the joint press conference in Seoul, Republic of Korea (ROK) President Moon Jae-in said that he would like to see another summit between DPRK and Russia, another historical and realistic player in the region. And it won’t be a bold assumption that a DPRK-Japan summit is possible as well. Setbacks are not inevitable on the way to the final verified denuclearization in the region without the support of the key concerning sides like China. However, the meeting between Pompeo and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi demonstrated the tensions as the two largest economies are in fierce trade disputes. US Secretary of State expressed frankly that the two countries now had "fundamental disagreements". Without China’s support, we see little chances to make real and irreversible progress on the denuclearization no matter how many breakthroughs US and DPRK have made until now, and in the future, as both sides still lack strategic trust. As an irreplaceable country in the region, China could provide the guarantee for the trust and agreement between US and DPRK. It would take much more efforts to balance the relations of all sides in the region before reaching ideal results. An effective bilateral mechanism is badly needed and so is a multilateral communications mechanism. This is the only way we could witness a positive outcome of the second Kim-Trump summit and even a new history for the Korean Peninsula. From CGTN, 2018-10-10
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Martin Jacques: Message to Washington: US does not rule the world2018年10月10日
By Martin Jacques, a senior fellow of CCG, and a British journalist, editor, academic, political commentator and author of When China Rules the World.
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Gao Zhikai: Martyr’s Day, a day of gratitude and re-dedication2018年10月9日
By Gao Zhikai, vice president of the Center for China and Globalization(CCG) and chairman of the China Energy Security Institute. Today, September 30 is Martyrs’ Day in China. Top leaders of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese government and the Chinese military as well as representatives from many walks of life in the country will gather at Tian’anmen Square in the heart of Beijing and participate in a solemn ceremony to renew respect and gratitude of the Chinese people to those who laid down their lives and made the utmost sacrifice for the just causes of China and for protecting peace and advancing the development and prosperity of the Chinese people. The Chinese nation as a whole will go through a solemn process of renewing our gratitude for the martyrs and rededicating ourselves to the just cause of peace and development and for the betterment of life of the nation. September 29, 2018, Tian’anmen Square, Beijing: The red carpet is laid on the steps of the Monument to the People’s Heroes. /VCG Photo In China today, the martyrs to whom we as a nation renew our gratitude and respect include all those who sacrificed their lives for China since the First Opium War in 1840, including those who died in China’s struggle for national independence, against foreign aggression, occupation and threats, as well as those who died in peacetime for a better China. In China, to be recognized as a martyr posthumously is the highest honor and recognition that the Chinese government and the Chinese nation as a whole can give to those great heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice. The peace and prosperity that we enjoy today could not have been possible without their sacrifices, in wartime as well as in peacetime. Martyrs’ Day is just one day before the National Day, October 1, which is also significant and profound for the Chinese Nation. Every year, the National Day is always a day of national happiness and rejuvenation. Singing, dancing, an outpouring of joy and happiness of all kinds will take place throughout China. April 5, 2018, Kunming, Yunnan Province: Soldiers present flowers in front of the wall of the martyr. /VCG Photo Martyrs’ Day is a day of solemnity and heavy and deep soul-searching and reflection. To observe this day just one day ahead of the National Day is to keep reminding the Chinese nation that, without the sacrifices by the martyrs, there would not have been the fruits of happiness and peace and stability today. It also keeps reminding the Chinese nation that, in order to give greater peace and stability and happiness to the future generations in China, we need to be committed to working hard and be prepared to make all kinds of sacrifices, including the ultimate one when needed, for a better tomorrow. We are also mindful that many Chinese martyrs did not die on Chinese soil, but on foreign soil when they sacrificed their lives performing various kinds of international duties, as UN peace-keeping soldiers and officers in many war-torn regions and countries around the world, as workers and engineers in many infrastructure projects in Africa and other developing countries, as doctors and nurses in many disaster-relief missions and epidemic-control missions in many parts of the world. September 29, 2018, Nanjing: Yuhuatai Revolutionary Martyrs Monument. /VCG Photo China recognizes the glorious sacrifices of these heroic martyrs who passed away far away from home and their families and friends. This reinforces our determination that in addition to whatever we need to do at home, we also need to care about and dedicate to building the community of shared future for mankind as a whole. The world today is going through profound and fast changes. There are threats to peace, stability, and development, not only from forces of evil in the form of terrorism, extremism, racism, and bigotry but also from dangerous forces bent on damaging the WTO rules and disrupting normal business and trade in the world. Not only growth and development in the world are at stake, but the possibility of greater confrontation and armed conflict may loom larger on the horizon. The world today is at a critical turning point, and mankind is faced with a choice for a better tomorrow, or a worse one that is more threatening. Rather than giving in to these evil forces or major threats to peace and development in the world, we need to re-dedicate ourselves to defending peace, maintaining stability and promoting development at home and abroad. We need to make the right decision, take the right action and do the right thing in protecting and promoting peace and development in China and in the world. We need to make sure that the martyrs whom we honor today will not have died in vain. About Author Victor Gao, vice president of Center for China and Globalization(CCG), the chairman of China Energy Security Institute.
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Kim-Moon Summit: The process is far important than the results2018年9月20日
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Chinese Women Are Driving a Global Fertility Industry Boom2018年9月18日
In vitro fertilization process for a patient at a hospital in Beijing. Photographer: Andy Wong/AP Photo
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