On Nov. 18, guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold collided with a Japanese commercial tugboat in Japan's Sagami Bay, causing minimal damage and no injury. The tugboat had reportedly lost propulsion and drifted into the US warship during a towing exercise.
On Monday, four former USC students sued the school and the ex-campus gynecologist, Tyndall, who they accuse of molesting patients over decades as a "serial sexual predator," according to a court filing, the Times reported. Tyndall routinely made crude comments, took inappropriate photographs and forced the plaintiffs to strip naked and groped them under the guise of medical treatment for his "sexual gratification," the civil lawsuit said.
On Saturday, Wuhan residents could travel by subway again. Before entering subway stations, they are required to scan QR codes by using widely available smartphone apps through which they must register by their real names so that their travel histories can be traced. As they get off the train, passengers have to scan the QR code posted in the carriage again in order to track which one they took.
On Jan 22, the ministry launched a new round of crackdowns on cybercrimes.
On Sunday, the central government released its "No 1 central document" of 2018-the indicator of policy priorities for the year. The policy statement this year features a strategy that aims to revitalize China's vast rural regions.
On Saturday, Trump followed up with a tweet aimed at Apple:
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On National Day, an all-out attempt was made to break Hong Kong society and test "Asia's Finest" to its limit. Very well-coordinated sudden eruptions of violence occurred in 13 different locations across the city, from Tuen Mun to Sha Tin to Wan Chai. Fires were started in multiple locations, buildings vandalized and the police force attacked with hitherto unknown savagery. When a police officer was attacked from behind by multiple masked "black-shirt" thugs, another officer tries to save his colleague and in the melee shot one of the protesters in the chest after warning him. It's worth pointing out that a typical US cop would empty his pistol's magazine for much less. It looks like the young "Blackshirt" will live to spend some years behind bars, so the hoped-for a martyr still has not materialized. Some commentators have shouted that this was a case of police brutality and expressed outrage that a live bullet was fired, but they clearly live in la-la land. Physical brutal attacks against police officers will cause a serious, but proportionate reaction anywhere in the world, even in Hong Kong where we are not used to these high levels of violence. Strangely enough, the recent deaths of two student protesters in Indonesia clearly have not attracted attention anywhere near what the international media have accorded our gunshot-wounded young Hong Kong rioter.
On Friday, the National People's Congress, the country's top legislative body, will vote on the adoption of the draft foreign investment law.
On Monday, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, expressing her resolve to press ahead with the bill, responded to the concerns that have been raised by stressing the importance of the legislation, which she said will help Hong Kong uphold justice and fulfill its international obligations.
On Oct 15, a 34-year-old man, surnamed Wang, was sentenced six months in prison by Shanghai Jing'an District People's Court.