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ASIA / PACIFIC December 18, 2017 THE ASIAN REPORTER n Page 5 China marks Nanking Massacre’s 80th anniversary SILVER LINING. This undated photo released by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) shows a Northern Brown kiwi in New Zealand. The global conservation group’s recent update mostly included news of grave threats to many species, much of it caused by loss of habitat and unsustainable farming and fisheries practices. How- ever, IUCN said it has upgraded the Okarito kiwi and the Northern Brown kiwi from endangered to vulnerable thanks to progress in controlling predators like weasel-like stoats and cats. (Neil Robert Hutton via AP) Two kiwi birds are a rare bright spot in grim extinction report By Elaine Kurtenbach The Associated Press TOKYO — Two types of New Zealand kiwi birds are rare bright spots in a mostly grim assessment of global species at risk of extinction. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature upgraded the Okarito kiwi and the Northern Brown kiwi from endangered to vulnerable thanks to New Zealand’s progress in controlling predators like stoats and cats. But the conservation group’s latest update mostly detailed grave threats to animals and plants due to loss of habitat and unsustainable farming and fisheries practices. It said three reptile species are now considered extinct in the wild. The whiptail-skink, the blue-tailed skink, and Lister’s gecko from Australia’s Christmas Island all have mysteriously disappeared. The group said a disease or the arrival of an invasive species, the yellow crazy ant, might be to blame. 2 5 3 7 4 8 1 3 2 6 8 5 1 The Year of the Dog begins February 16, 2018. 8 7 3 2 1 9 4 7 8 5 n Polo Polo’s “Talking Story” column will return soon. All solutions available at <www.sudoku.com>. The Asian Reporter’s Lunar New Year special issue in honor of the Year of the Dog will be published on Monday, February 5, #25374 # 29 Instructions: Fill in the grid so that the digits 1 through 9 appear one time each in every row, col- umn, and 3x3 box. Puzzle #81437 (Medium) Mark your calendar! 4 level: Hard Solution to last issue’s puzzle NANKING MASSACRE. Chinese paramilitary policemen stand at attention near a Chinese flag flown at half-mast to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nanking Massacre, held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing. Chinese officials struck a tempered tone on the 80th anniversary of the massacre, saying China would “look forward” and deepen friendship with its neighbor Japan despite historical misgivings. (Chinatopix via AP) including China, South Korea, and would “never be hegemonic or the Philippines, and it continues to expansionist.” “It will never impose the tragic fuel debate in contemporary Japan. A Japanese hotel chain attracted experience that it experienced on condemnation in January when it other peoples,” he said. In an op-ed in the Financial Times distributed a book questioning Japan’s use of forced sex workers and Chinese edition, the French and calling the Nanking Massacre a fake. German ambassadors to China said Nanking, an ancient Chinese capital their countries’ experience as 200 miles west of Shanghai, is now opponents in the war’s European theater showed that “perpetrators commonly known as Nanjing. Relations between Xi and Abe, both need to recognize their crimes, and known for their nationalist bent, victims need to forgive” to achieve a have warmed in recent months, with measure of reconciliation. Reflecting the occasion, the the two leaders posing together with smiles and pledging to seek a “fresh Nanking memorial was far more than China’s 2015 start” at a November summit in low-key celebration of the 70th anniversary of Vietnam. Yu, a former member of the the end of World War II, which Communist Party’s top leadership unfurled as a propaganda showpiece circle, did not touch on the historical with a massive military parade controversies, but said China and observed by Xi and Russian President Japan share a long, rich history and Vladimir Putin from atop Tiananmen should promote friendship for Gate. China similarly pressured foreign generations to come. China has raised alarms in Asia ambassadors in Beijing to attend the with its more assertive military and Nanking memorial — but many did diplomatic posture in recent years, not, according to a Beijing-based particularly over territorial disputes diplomat. “They fear being instrumentalized in the South China Sea. Yu said in his address that Beijing by propaganda,” the diplomat said. TALKING STORY IN ASIAN AMERICA 8 8 Difficulty HARD NANJING, China (AP) — Chinese officials struck a tempered tone on the 80th anniversary of the Nanking Massacre, saying China would “look forward” and deepen friendship with its neighbor Japan despite historical misgivings. Chinese President Xi Jinping led a citywide minute of silence but did not speak as Yu Zhengsheng, the head of China’s parliamentary advisory body, urged China and Japan to draw lessons from history and look forward to the future. The remarks were a departure from China’s frequent criticism of Japan for not showing sufficient contrition for the brutality of its expansionist campaign that swept across Asia during the first half of the 20th century. China’s ruling Communist Party has often allowed anti-Japanese sentiment to build domestically, but relations have improved in recent months. China’s government and a 1946 international postwar tribunal say at least 200,000 civilians were killed by Japanese troops in a weeks-long frenzy of murder, rape, and arson after Nanking — China’s capital at the time — fell on December 13, 1937, after bitter street fighting in Shanghai. Some right-wing Japanese politicians, including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, have downplayed the death toll or denied outright that the Nanking atrocity happened. Wearing a white flower on his lapel, Xi watched somberly as Chinese soldiers bearing large funeral wreaths marched slowly past a memorial showing the figure 300,000 — the number of massacre victims, according to official Chinese estimates. Denial by conservative Japanese quarters of the country’s wartime history has frequently incensed neighbors that bore the brunt of its militarism and colonial rule, 8 3 9 7 2 5 6 1 4 6 7 2 3 1 4 8 5 9 5 4 1 6 9 8 2 3 7 7 9 4 8 6 1 5 2 3 1 6 3 4 5 2 7 9 8 2 8 5 9 7 3 1 4 6 9 2 6 5 3 7 4 8 1 4 5 7 1 8 9 3 6 2 3 1 8 2 4 6 9 7 5 Department of Consumer & Business Services Small Business Ombudsman: What We Do Our office provides free confidential assistance to businesses that have questions about workers' compensation insurance. We provide information about whether you need workers’ compensation insurance, how to buy it, and how much it may cost. Workers’ compensation is a complex system and we can help you navigate the process. Common questions we receive are: Why is the premium so high? What is a classification? What is an experience modification? Our office can explain the terms and help you make sure you are paying the right premium amount. 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