Chinese tourist left clinging to 100m-high glass bridge
By Helen Davidson / The Guardian, TAIPEI
A man was left stranded on a glass-bottomed suspension bridge in northeastern China after sudden gale-force winds shattered the transparent panels around him.
The man was on the 100m-high bridge at Piyan Mountain in Longjing city, when it was hit by sudden strong weather, the local tourism department said.
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Gusts of up to 150kph blew out several glass panels, trapping the tourist until he could be rescued by firefighters, police, and forestry and tourism personnel more than half an hour later.
Photographs shared on social media showed the man clinging to the side of the bridge, surrounded by gaping holes where the glass panels used to be.
“These are candidates who we have spoken to about opportunities, who have said ‘not now’ as they are considering Australia,’’ HainesAttract executive director Hamish Price said. This was not good news for New Zealand s ongoing skills shortages in areas like construction, which were mirrored in Australia, Price said. If history can tell us anything, it’s that while we get a few Aussies coming this way, the number is dwarfed hugely by the numbers flying out of New Zealand, he said.
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Stand tall, but be careful, Jimmy Lai tells HK staff
By Helen Davidson / The Guardian, TAIPEI
Hong Kong media mogul and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai (黎智英) has told his staff to “stand tall” in a letter from prison, days before being sentenced in two of several cases against him.
Separately yesterday, fellow democracy advocate Joshua Wong (黃之鋒) was sentenced to a further four months in jail, concluding another of a growing number of trials in a sweeping crackdown.
Lai, the 72-year-old founder of Hong Kong newspaper the Apple Daily, is in jail on remand after prosecutors successfully appealed against a court decision to grant him bail on national security charges.
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