Beidaihe has traditionally provided a relaxed setting for retired Chinese Communist Party leaders to interact and raise concerns with the current leadership. China does not announce when leaders go on holiday but typically indicates the start of their vacation with an announcement about meeting experts. At least 100,000 people in the province where Beidaihe is located have been evacuated, but the resort itself has not been affected. Since the founding of the people's republic, current and retired party and government leaders have gathered for summer vacations at Beidaihe, 3-1/2 hours east of Beijing by car. Top leaders have traditionally held official meetings at the resort to discuss important matters such choosing the next leadership, often in consultation with retired party elders.

Customs recently busted a smuggling operation at West Kowloon Station where a woman attempted to take 40 beauty injections into the mainland by taping them to her legs. According to local reports on Wednesday, Customs officers noticed something suspicious when carrying out a routine inspection of the woman's luggage. Officers also noticed that the woman was nervous therefore conducted a search of her person before discovering 40 Ellanse injections strapped to her legs and hidden under her long skirt. A Customs spokesman reminded the public that under Chinese laws, anyone who transports, delivers, carries, or posts restricted and prohibited articles or taxable goods and bypasses customs inspection commits a smuggling act. "Ellanse" is a beauty injection which the main ingredients include hyaluronic acid and collagen.

(UPDATE) THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed 127 tax evasion cases against 214 corporate officers amounting to P6.1 billion with the Department of Justice on Thursday. "Corporations and their officers should follow all regulations of the BIR," Lumagui said. BY THE CARTLOAD Personnel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue unload copies of the complaints filed against alleged tax evaders on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN BY THE CARTLOAD Personnel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue unload copies of the complaints filed against alleged tax evaders on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. This is the second nationwide filing of the bureau under its Run After Tax Evaders program.

The world's largest movable humanoid robot is now on show in Yokohama. Standing 18m high, it's a full-scale reproduction of the giant robot made famous by the popular "Mobile Suit Gundam" animated TV series. Three engineers who also are Gundam fans took on the unprecedented challenge of creating a real-life robot that would move dynamically just like the original animation. The development of this giant humanoid took six years of trial and error, but now at last, the result of their project is ready to roll. VIDEO BY MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN

There are legitimate reasons for these faculty members to have limited outside experience, such as the need for personal presence in their families or budget constraints. Also, external faculty members seeking to raise their professional niche may not be attracted to a university's research level. Given the constraints faced by universities for internationalization in terms of academic mobility of a university's faculty members, a university may link with these nonprofit organizations for funding of projects within the focus areas of these organizations. These organizations would likewise fund foreign experts to work with university counterparts — some type of internationalization in-shore. She is an Internationalization Office consultant and professorial lecturer at Liceo de Cagayan University.

ZHUOZHOU, Hebei — China’s capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days after being deluged with heavy rains from the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri. The city recorded 744.8 millimeters (29.3 inches) of rain between Saturday and Wednesday morning, the Beijing Meteorological Bureau said Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENTBeijing and the surrounding province of Hebei have been hit by severe flooding because of the record rainfall, with waters rising to dangerous levels. Among the hardest hit areas is Zhuozhou, a small city in Hebei province that borders Beijing’s southwest. Nearly 850,000 people have been relocated, local authorities in Hebei province said.

WHEN writing, our first line of defense against misplaced modifiers or strays is to always place single-word modifiers beside or nearest to the words they modify. The trickiest misplaced modifiers are the danglers, which usually occur in participial phrases, infinitive phrases, and elliptical adverb clauses. The strategies for avoiding dangling modifiers should be very clear by now:(1) Make the subject of the main clause the logical doer of the action. (3) Combine the dangling phrase and main clause into one. Read this essay and listen to its voice recording in The Manila Times: "Rx for strays, danglers, and squinters"Next, Aug. 10, 2023: Proper and improper use of tense shiftsVisit Jose Carillo's English Forum, http://josecarilloforum.com.

Ramen is one of the most popular types of Japanese noodles. The first ramen shop in Japan opened about 100 years ago, serving with soy sauce flavored broth, which suited Japanese tastes. Over the years, more varieties of broth were developed for a wider selection. Now, there is even a Michelin Guide Tokyo awarded ramen restaurant, whose chef's excellent fusion of Japanese and Western ingredients is a hit around the world. Halal ramen is another innovation helping spread the appeal of ramen worldwide.

Artiste Roy Chow Wing-hang on Tuesday pleaded guilty to resisting and assaulting a police officer for refusing to let the cop collect his fingerprints and spitting at the cop in April, after he was arrested for threatening to slash his wife to death. The court heard Chow was arrested on April 17 over another case and he immediately requested to be sent to a hospital. The cops then arrested Chow for the second time. Yet, the officer directly took Chow in to take his fingerprints and made Chow felt aggrieved. The lawyer agreed Chow should have followed the officer’s instructions instead of letting his rage to take charge of him.

THE Philippines has called on the five nuclear weapons states (NWSs) to report on their disarmament obligations to allow all state parties to scrutinize them, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. The meeting of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Working Group convened in Vienna, Austria from July 24 to 28, the DFA said. The Philippines "worked actively towards consensus on detailed measures that aim to hold nuclear weapon states accountable for their disarmament obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), including an interactive reporting process," the DFA said on Tuesday. This obligation is part of the NPT's "grand bargain," under which non-nuclear weapon states (NNWSs) forego their sovereign right to develop nuclear weapons on the condition that they will have access to peaceful uses of nuclear energy and that the five nuclear weapon states will disarm, the DFA said. But no such mechanism exists to hold the five nuclear weapon states accountable for their nuclear disarmament obligations, the DFA stressed.

Caroline ZhengHSBC has announced a fresh share buyback program of US$2 billion (HK$15.6 billion) and raised its earning guidance after seeing its interim pretax profit soar nearly 150 percent to US$21.7 billion. HSBC will also repurchase an additional US$2 billion following a previous buyback program revealed three months ago. The better-than-expected results came as Quinn believes that the debate over a potential split of HSBC is over. Quinn noted that HSBC has been offering fair and appropriate products to customers, whether they are mortgage or saving products. On possible investments, Quinn said HSBC will be open-minded to do further bolt-on acquisitions after the lender recently acquired the UK arm of collapsed Silicon Valley Bank.

A committee of the House of Representatives will investigate Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. whose second suspension for his absence from work has lapsed. The Committee on Ethics and Privileges will "acquire jurisdiction" over Teves, said Ako Bicol Rep. Raul Angelo "Jil" Bongalon, its vice chairman. Coop Natcco Rep. Felimon Espares, the committee's chairman, told reporters last week that the committee, "once no Congressman Arnie Teves is reporting in the House," might conduct a "meeting to acquire jurisdiction." The House in May adopted the committee's recommendation to suspend Teves for another 60 days or from May 31 to July 30, 2023, after the first one had lapsed. The House penalized Teves due to his refusal to come home from the US even after his official leave had expired.

Philippine factories pick up production in JulyMANILA, Philippines — Local factories managed to eke out output growth in July, fueled by improving demand for Filipino goods, as purchasing activity hits its fastest pace since the start of 2023. “Continued improvement in the underlying demand picture helped drive the latest upturn, with both production and new orders recording stronger rates of expansion,” she said. The recovery in production in July wasn’t confined to orders, as output growth picked up after easing to a 10-month low back in June. Local factories witnessed average lead times extended for the second straight month, while deliveries hit their worst pace since December 2022. Nicholas Antonio Mapa, senior economist at ING Bank in Manila, said the latest outturn showed signs of recovery for local factories.

THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Monday said that its technical team had done its system and maintenance upgrade to the digital App and is now back to sending One-Time Password (OTP). Hong Kong – ID card and permanent ID card5. Malaysia – ID card and permanent residence card6. Japan – ID card, residence card and visa10. United Kingdom – Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) for work visa holders and residence permit visa.

BACK ON TRACK Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Wall Street is back to rallying after receiving encouraging news on profits and inflation is relaxing. AP PHOTO BACK ON TRACK Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Wall Street is back to rallying after receiving encouraging news on profits and inflation is relaxing. "Don't underestimate central bank commitment to 2 percent inflation," Bank of America economists wrote in a BofA Global Research report.