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"De-risking" poses risks to world: British business leader

STORY: "De-risking" poses risks to world: British business leader DATELINE: Aug. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEPHEN PERRY, Chairman of Britain's 48 Group Club 3. various of China 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): STEPHEN PERRY, Chairman of Britain's 48 Group Club 5. various of China STORYLINE: As some U.S. and European officials advocated "de-risking" from China recently, a British business leader said that this concept puts the West at risk of "losing most." SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEPHEN PERRY, Chairman of Britain's 48 Group Club "I think that the Americans have found it easier to explain away the advances that China has made by demonizing China. Whether one talks about decoupling, de-risking, whatever words one wants to use, the world has changed beyond all imagination. And the idea that the world can be segregated again into areas, the people who will lose most if the world is segregated will be the West. The

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Gov't to appeal ruling on damages for Taiwanese leprosy sufferers

TOKYO, Japan - Health minister Jiro Kawasaki speaks at a press conference at his office on Nov. 8 on a government decision to appeal a district court ruling that ordered the state to pay damages to a group of Taiwanese leprosy sufferers who had been segregated at a leprosarium during Japanese colonial rule. He said his ministry will ''swiftly consider about how to provide compensation for those who were at the leprosarium, apart from the trials.''

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(1)SARS affects China

SHANGHAI, China - James Maguire (L), an adviser to the World Health Organization (WHO), visits a Shanghai infectious diseases hospital April 23 where severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients are segregated.

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Minister apologizes to leprosy patients for segregation

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (2nd from L) meets some 20 former leprosy patients at his office in Tokyo on June 14. Sakaguchi apologized for the Diet's failure to promptly abrogate legislation that segregated them from society for decades.

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Diet apologizes to leprosy patients for discrimination

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives on June 7 unanimously adopts a resolution offering an apology to former leprosy patients for Diet members' failure to promptly abrogate legislation that segregated them from society.

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AUSTRALIA BRANDON WALTERS Date: 2008

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Gov't to appeal ruling on damages for Taiwanese leprosy sufferer

TOKYO, Japan - Health minister Jiro Kawasaki speaks at a press conference at his office on Nov. 8 on a government decision to appeal a district court ruling that ordered the state to pay damages to a group of Taiwanese leprosy sufferers who had been segregated at a leprosarium during Japanese colonial rule. He said his ministry will ''swiftly consider about how to provide compensation for those who were at the leprosarium, apart from the trials.'' (Kyodo)

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(1)SARS affects China

SHANGHAI, China - James Maguire (L), an adviser to the World Health Organization (WHO), visits a Shanghai infectious diseases hospital April 23 where severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients are segregated. (Kyodo)

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American WWII veterans from minority groups

LOS ANGELES, United States - African-American and Japanese-American World War II veterans gather for a dinner in Beverly Hills, California, on Nov. 5, 2011, to celebrate the award of the Congressional Gold Medal to Japanese-American veterans. Former members of the Navajo code talkers, an all Native American unit, were also in attendance, as members of the three segregated World War II units met for the first time. (Kyodo)

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Kumamoto marks 6 months after quakes, rebuilding homes remains issue

A worker uses a kitchen knife to scrape a waterproof sheet off a piece of concrete -- a requirement under the recycling law -- during the demolition of a house destroyed by a series of powerful earthquakes in the town of Mashiki in Kumamoto Prefecture on Oct. 13, 2016, about six months after the area was devastated by the disaster. "I don't suppose anyone knows we are doing such detailed work, do they?" the worker said, pointing to the fact that the garbage won't be collected unless it is correctly segregated. "This is why reconstruction is being delayed." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Minister apologizes to leprosy patients for segregation

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (2nd from L) meets some 20 former leprosy patients at his office in Tokyo on June 14. Sakaguchi apologized for the Diet's failure to promptly abrogate legislation that segregated them from society for decades.

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Diet apologizes to leprosy patients for discrimination

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives on June 7 unanimously adopts a resolution offering an apology to former leprosy patients for Diet members' failure to promptly abrogate legislation that segregated them from society.