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                                                                                         WORLD NEWS Wednesday 5 June 2019




































            China issues travel alerts, slams US 'interference'



            Associated Press                                                                                                    rassment  by  U.S.  law  en-
            BEIJING  (AP)  —  China  is-                                                                                        forcement agencies.
            sued a pair of travel warn-                                                                                         It  urged  Chinese  citizens
            ings  for  the  U.S.  on  Tues-                                                                                     and  Chinese-funded  bod-
            day  and  slammed  what  it                                                                                         ies  in  the  U.S.  to  step  up
            called  "interference"  in  its                                                                                     their safety awareness and
            internal affairs.                                                                                                   preventative     measures
            Foreign Ministry spokesman                                                                                          and respond "appropriate-
            Geng Shuang accused the                                                                                             ly and actively."
            U.S.  of  acting  in  bad  faith                                                                                    The  alert,  valid  until  Dec.
            in  trade  negotiations  and                                                                                        31, was "needed under the
            said any attempts to inter-                                                                                         current    circumstances,"
            fere  or  undermine  China's                                                                                        Geng said.
            stability would be "doomed                                                                                          China's  Ministry  of  Culture
            to fail."                                                                                                           and  Tourism  also  issued  a
            The  volleys  of  criticism  be-                                                                                    travel  alert  on  Tuesday,
            tween  the  two  largest                                                                                            noting  the  high  frequency
            economies leave them fur-                                                                                           of shootings, robberies and
            ther than ever from resolv-                                                                                         theft in the country. And on
            ing  their  standoff  over  U.S.                                                                                    Monday, Chinese planning
            complaints  that  Beijing  re-                                                                                      on studying in the U.S. were
            sorts to unfair trade practic-  In this Oct. 10, 2018, file photo, a traveler pushes his luggage beneath large Chinese flags hanging   urged  to  assess  the  risks
            es and unscrupulous meth-    from the ceiling in Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in Shenzhen in southern China's Guang-  involved  given  tightened
            ods  to  obtain  advanced    dong province.                                                                         visa restrictions.
            technologies.                                                                                      Associated Press  The  statement  posted  on
            The Chinese comments fol-                                                                                           the  USTR  website  accused
            lowed  a  statement  from  jing's  stance  in  the  stalled  caused  by  the  U.S.'s  flip-  the  Chinese  Embassy  and  Beijing of "unfair trade prac-
            the  U.S.  Trade  Representa-  trade negotiations.        flops,  violations  of  consen-  consulates  in  the  U.S.  said  tices" that it said have cost
            tive  and  Treasury  Depart-  "The white paper has made  sus,  and  bad  faith,"  Geng  Chinese visitors have been  the U.S. hundreds of billions
            ment  late  Monday  criticiz-  it very clear that every twist  said.                   interrogated,  interviewed  of dollars and accused Bei-
            ing a Chinese "white paper"  and  turn  in  the  China-US.  A  travel  warning  issued  by  and  subjected  to  other  jing  of  pursuing  "a  blame
            report  that  defended  Bei-  trade  consultations  were  China's Foreign Ministry and  forms of what it called ha-  game."q


            Thailand's Democrats to vote to join coup leader's coalition


            By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA        government led by Prayuth  members  were  appointed  hold a majority in the lower  named "Democratic Front,"
            BANGKOK  (AP)  —  Thai-      Chan-ocha,  candidate  of  by  the  junta  headed  by  house  was  extended  be-       which  comprises  anti-mili-
            land's  prime  minister,  who  the military-backed Palang  Prayuth.                    cause of the previous lack  tary parties led by the Pheu
            took  power  in  a  military  Pracharath party.           Palang   Pracharath    has  of  a  commitment  on  the  Thai  Party,  which  won  the
            coup  five  years  ago,  ap-  Prayuth's election as prime  enough allies to make Pra-  part of the Democrats and  most  lower  house  seats  in
            pears  set  to  win  a  parlia-  minister  was  virtually  as-  yuth the prime minister. The  the  similarly  sized  Bhumjai  the  March  general  elec-
            mentary  vote  Wednesday  sured  even  before  the  Democrats'  support  makes  Thai  party,  who  were  re-        tion.  The  election  was  run
            that will give him a second  Democrats'  decision,  be-   it likely they will also have a  ported  to  be  bargaining  according  to  laws  passed
            term in office.              cause the position requires  majority in the lower house,  with  Palang  Pracharath  under  Prayuth's  govern-
            The    Democrat      Party,  a simple majority of a joint  which  is  necessary  to  pass  over  what  Cabinet  posi-  ment that were intended to
            the  country's  oldest,  an-  vote by the 500-seat House  legislation  and  approve  tions they would occupy.       handicap Pheu Thai, which
            nounced  Tuesday  that  it  of Representatives and the  budgets.                       The  pro-military  coalition  headed  the  government
            will vote to join a coalition  250-seat  Senate,  whose  Uncertainty over who might  is  opposed  by  the  self-    ousted by the 2014 coup.q
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