Chinese tycoon sentenced to 13 years in prison

Other news of the day: a film in the Philippines is drawing criticism for historical revisionism, Bhutan will ban the import of non-commercial vehicles, Glasgow will return museum pieces to India, Russia could run out of alcohol by New Year’s.

CHINA

Xia Jianhua, a billionaire with Chinese and Canadian citizenship, was sentenced to 13 years in prison and his company must pay a fine of 8,000 million dollars. He was last seen in 2017 when he was taken from a luxury hotel in Hong Kong. The Canadian embassy was denied access to the trial, which began in July.

PHILIPPINES

A movie released this month in the Philippines has sparked a wave of criticism of historical revisionism: The film, titled “Maid in Malacanang” (the presidential palace) is set in 1986 and would show the last three days in power of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, father of the current president. It has had revenue of $4.5 billion, the highest since the pandemic.

BHUTAN

Bhutan will prohibit the importation of all types of vehicles, except commercial ones, because foreign exchange reserves are increasingly scarce. The country has had to deal with the increase in oil prices and the suspension of tourism for two years due to the measures imposed by the pandemic.

INDIA – UNITED KINGDOM

The museum of Glasgow to return seven pieces to India. “We don’t know what fate they will have when they return to India,” said director Duncan Dornan. “But they are significant objects and it’s as important a time for India as it is for Glasgow, so I’m sure they’ll get a lot of public attention.

RUSSIA

Russia may be headed for a teetotal New Year due to a growing deficit of high-alcohol beverages and “Russian champagne,” the Association of Retail Companies has warned. This has officially asked the government to include alcoholic beverages among illegal exports, to avoid a situation that would be catastrophic for the Russians.

UKRAINE

To support the military operation in Ukraine among the population of Crimea, who are very skeptical about it, a mass sale of any kind of objects with the face of President Putin, such as carpets, paintings, medals, statuettes and matryoshkas, was organized. among others.