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| Aleppo, Donald Trump, Chennai: Your Tuesday Briefing | Aleppo, Donald Trump, Chennai: Your Tuesday Briefing |
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| Good morning. | Good morning. |
| Here’s what you need to know: | Here’s what you need to know: |
| • China returned fire at President-elect Donald J. Trump over his questioning of the long-held U.S. policy to recognize to Taiwan as part of “one China.” A state-run tabloid said his grasp of foreign policy was “like a child.” | • China returned fire at President-elect Donald J. Trump over his questioning of the long-held U.S. policy to recognize to Taiwan as part of “one China.” A state-run tabloid said his grasp of foreign policy was “like a child.” |
| Our reporter analyzed five ways the Chinese could make life difficult for a Trump administration. | Our reporter analyzed five ways the Chinese could make life difficult for a Trump administration. |
| Mr. Trump also faces a domestic split. Prominent Republicans are calling for investigations into intelligence findings that Russian cyberattacks supported Mr. Trump’s presidential bid, an assessment he has dismissed. | Mr. Trump also faces a domestic split. Prominent Republicans are calling for investigations into intelligence findings that Russian cyberattacks supported Mr. Trump’s presidential bid, an assessment he has dismissed. |
| Here’s a guide to separating fact from speculation about Russia’s interference. | Here’s a guide to separating fact from speculation about Russia’s interference. |
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| • Some of the world’s richest men — Microsoft’s Bill Gates, above, Alibaba's Jack Ma and Amazon's Jeff Bezos — joined other global business leaders to launch a fund that will invest more than $1 billion in “next generation energy technologies.” | • Some of the world’s richest men — Microsoft’s Bill Gates, above, Alibaba's Jack Ma and Amazon's Jeff Bezos — joined other global business leaders to launch a fund that will invest more than $1 billion in “next generation energy technologies.” |
| And investors who control more than $5 trillion in assets have agreed to drop some or all of their fossil fuel stocks. The divestment movement has doubled in size in 15 months. | And investors who control more than $5 trillion in assets have agreed to drop some or all of their fossil fuel stocks. The divestment movement has doubled in size in 15 months. |
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| • In Syria, Aleppo is falling. The forces of President Bashar al-Assad are within days, if not hours, of capturing the last corners of the country’s largest city. | • In Syria, Aleppo is falling. The forces of President Bashar al-Assad are within days, if not hours, of capturing the last corners of the country’s largest city. |
| The seizure would be a turning point in the civil war, cementing government rule in all major cities and forcing the opposition to reckon with whether the armed rebellion has failed. | The seizure would be a turning point in the civil war, cementing government rule in all major cities and forcing the opposition to reckon with whether the armed rebellion has failed. |
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| • Jakarta’s ethnic-Chinese Christian governor, known as “Ahok,” goes on trial for blasphemy today in a case seen as a test of Indonesia’s religious freedoms. | • Jakarta’s ethnic-Chinese Christian governor, known as “Ahok,” goes on trial for blasphemy today in a case seen as a test of Indonesia’s religious freedoms. |
| A guilty verdict would be a blow to the country’s tradition of secular politics, but a ruling that clears him could set off more destabilizing mass protests by hard-line Islamic groups. | A guilty verdict would be a blow to the country’s tradition of secular politics, but a ruling that clears him could set off more destabilizing mass protests by hard-line Islamic groups. |
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| • “Devastated and ashamed to be Australian.” | • “Devastated and ashamed to be Australian.” |
| The photographer Ashley Gilbertson wrote those words after spending a week with our Op-Ed columnist Roger Cohen, documenting the misery of asylum seekers detained at Australia’s request on a remote island in Papua New Guinea. | The photographer Ashley Gilbertson wrote those words after spending a week with our Op-Ed columnist Roger Cohen, documenting the misery of asylum seekers detained at Australia’s request on a remote island in Papua New Guinea. |
| One of our editors followed nearly a dozen migrants — and the man who decided their fates — through Italy’s overwhelmed asylum system. | One of our editors followed nearly a dozen migrants — and the man who decided their fates — through Italy’s overwhelmed asylum system. |
| • Tencent, China’s biggest internet company, is competing with Alibaba and Dalian Wanda to snatch up Hollywood assets and generate China-made blockbusters. The company is in talks with the writer David S. Goyer, whose films, including the “Dark Knight” franchise, have grossed a $4.88 billion worldwide. | • Tencent, China’s biggest internet company, is competing with Alibaba and Dalian Wanda to snatch up Hollywood assets and generate China-made blockbusters. The company is in talks with the writer David S. Goyer, whose films, including the “Dark Knight” franchise, have grossed a $4.88 billion worldwide. |
| • Hong Kong arrested 29 current and former employees of five unnamed financial institutions, accusing them of taking or giving bribes for confidential customer information used to market personal loans. | • Hong Kong arrested 29 current and former employees of five unnamed financial institutions, accusing them of taking or giving bribes for confidential customer information used to market personal loans. |
| • We look at why the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank is probably going to increase interest rates on Wednesday. | • We look at why the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank is probably going to increase interest rates on Wednesday. |
| • Oil surged on promises from both OPEC and non-OPEC producers to cut production, adding to to a global rout in bonds. | • Oil surged on promises from both OPEC and non-OPEC producers to cut production, adding to to a global rout in bonds. |
| • U.S. stocks were lower. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. | • U.S. stocks were lower. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. |
| • Christine Lagarde, the director of the International Monetary Fund, said she was “profoundly shocked” by the vigorous pursuit of a criminal case against her, which alleges that her negligence as France’s finance minister allowed the misuse of hundreds of millions of euros. [The New York Times] | • Christine Lagarde, the director of the International Monetary Fund, said she was “profoundly shocked” by the vigorous pursuit of a criminal case against her, which alleges that her negligence as France’s finance minister allowed the misuse of hundreds of millions of euros. [The New York Times] |
| • India evacuated thousands of people and shut schools as Cyclone Vardah lashed the southern coast and the city of Chennai with heavy rain and lethal winds of up to 85 m.p.h. (140 k.p.h.). [CNN] | • India evacuated thousands of people and shut schools as Cyclone Vardah lashed the southern coast and the city of Chennai with heavy rain and lethal winds of up to 85 m.p.h. (140 k.p.h.). [CNN] |
| • The office of President Rodrigo Duterte criticized a photo essay in The Times this week that documented 57 homicides in 35 days of his antidrug campaign as “totally one-sided” and depicting the Philippines as “the Wild, Wild West.” [The New York Times] | |
| • New Zealand’s incoming prime minister, Bill English, provided a few surprises, including some poetry, as he laid out his vision for the country. [New Zealand Herald] | • New Zealand’s incoming prime minister, Bill English, provided a few surprises, including some poetry, as he laid out his vision for the country. [New Zealand Herald] |
| • Women who lived Mosul, Iraq, under the Islamic State’s two-year occupation described the tyranny of an extreme dress code — even their eyes had to be covered — enforced with a whip. [The New York Times] | • Women who lived Mosul, Iraq, under the Islamic State’s two-year occupation described the tyranny of an extreme dress code — even their eyes had to be covered — enforced with a whip. [The New York Times] |
| • Old flame: A photographer explores the last remaining match factory in northeast China. [China File] | • Old flame: A photographer explores the last remaining match factory in northeast China. [China File] |
| • Indian police arrested a man for not standing during the mandatory playing of the national anthem at a movie theater. [The New York Times] | • Indian police arrested a man for not standing during the mandatory playing of the national anthem at a movie theater. [The New York Times] |
| • In Taiwan, an estimated 250,000 people attended a concert in support of same-sex marriage, but an official says lawmakers remain divided on the issue. [Asia Times] | • In Taiwan, an estimated 250,000 people attended a concert in support of same-sex marriage, but an official says lawmakers remain divided on the issue. [Asia Times] |
| • A Malaysian stand-up comedian, Harith Iskander, was named the “World’s Funniest Person” by the American comedy club chain Laugh Factory. [BBC] | • A Malaysian stand-up comedian, Harith Iskander, was named the “World’s Funniest Person” by the American comedy club chain Laugh Factory. [BBC] |
| • The Philippine government is still looking for a $500 million art collection amassed by Imelda Marcos, above, that vanished when her husband, Ferdinand E. Marcos, was ousted from power in 1986. | • The Philippine government is still looking for a $500 million art collection amassed by Imelda Marcos, above, that vanished when her husband, Ferdinand E. Marcos, was ousted from power in 1986. |
| • In Myanmar, a sleepy town on the Irrawaddy River is marketing itself to tourists as the setting of George Orwell’s first novel, the anticolonial “Burmese Days.” | • In Myanmar, a sleepy town on the Irrawaddy River is marketing itself to tourists as the setting of George Orwell’s first novel, the anticolonial “Burmese Days.” |
| • An auction-house jackpot: The portfolio of drawings a man wanted assessed in Paris turned out to include one attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. It’s worth about $15.8 million. | • An auction-house jackpot: The portfolio of drawings a man wanted assessed in Paris turned out to include one attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. It’s worth about $15.8 million. |
| • And our Daily 360 video takes you to the Niger-Nigeria border, where hundreds of thousands of people face food scarcity. | • And our Daily 360 video takes you to the Niger-Nigeria border, where hundreds of thousands of people face food scarcity. |
| Basketball celebrates its 125th birthday this month. Its inventor, Dr. James Naismith, aimed to keep athletes vigorous through the winter. | Basketball celebrates its 125th birthday this month. Its inventor, Dr. James Naismith, aimed to keep athletes vigorous through the winter. |
| He might be surprised at the game’s popularity worldwide. Especially in China, where at least 300 million people play. | He might be surprised at the game’s popularity worldwide. Especially in China, where at least 300 million people play. |
| YMCA missionaries introduced the new game in Tianjin in 1895 and, using a Chinese translation of Naismith’s rule book, spread it widely. | YMCA missionaries introduced the new game in Tianjin in 1895 and, using a Chinese translation of Naismith’s rule book, spread it widely. |
| Yao Ming lifted basketball’s profile in China after becoming the top pick in the 2002 N.B.A. draft, but earlier factors helped. | Yao Ming lifted basketball’s profile in China after becoming the top pick in the 2002 N.B.A. draft, but earlier factors helped. |
| First, the Communist Party embraced it. Games maintained soldiers’ morale during the Long March, when Mao Zedong led the Red Army on a yearlong retreat. | First, the Communist Party embraced it. Games maintained soldiers’ morale during the Long March, when Mao Zedong led the Red Army on a yearlong retreat. |
| And while Mao declared war against almost all Western imports during the Cultural Revolution, “he never wavered in support of basketball,” The Atlantic reported in 2012. | And while Mao declared war against almost all Western imports during the Cultural Revolution, “he never wavered in support of basketball,” The Atlantic reported in 2012. |
| In 1979, a few years after President Nixon’s historic visit, the N.B.A.’s Washington Bullets (now Wizards) visited to play China’s national team. | In 1979, a few years after President Nixon’s historic visit, the N.B.A.’s Washington Bullets (now Wizards) visited to play China’s national team. |
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| Your Morning Briefing is published weekday mornings. | Your Morning Briefing is published weekday mornings. |
| What would you like to see here? Contact us at asiabriefing@nytimes.com. | What would you like to see here? Contact us at asiabriefing@nytimes.com. |