1 Yoko Ono debuts peace exhibition in Sydney
Yoko Ono flashes a victory sign during an
opening of her 2007 exhibition ''Odyssey Of A Cockroach'' in Moscow
In Yoko Ono's new exhibition "War is Over (if you want it)" in
Australia, the writer, artist and peace activist hopes to unite people to dream
and work towards a better future through art.
"It's what we can do to change society," Ono, the widow of
Beatles frontman John Lennon, told a news conference at the Museum of
Contemporary Art Australia in Sydney, where the show opens on Friday and runs
until late February.
The interactive parts of the exhibition were designed to encourage
collaboration between people, linked to a central theme of world peace, she
said.
The mixed-media presentation, Ono's first solo show in Australia, features
works from more than five decades including sculptures, vintage collage spreads
and a chess game with all-white pieces.
The title "War is Over (if you want it)" refers to a campaign by
Ono and Lennon in 1969 when they rented billboards in various cities to display
a message of peace over Christmas.
"Change is not that easy but we have to understand that if we don't
allow change, that is death," Ono said.
A prolific user of Twitter, Ono tweeted against gun violence this year and
posted a photograph of the blood-stained glasses that apparently were worn by
Lennon when he was shot to death in New York in December 1980.
"When John and I stood up, very few people were activists. Now I think
90 percent of the world is activists," she said. "If you're not an
activist, you'd be considered a nerd maybe."
2 JFK's daughter takes public office in Tokyo
New US Ambassador to Japan Caroline
Kennedy gives a statement shortly after her arrival in Japan at the Narita International
Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo
Caroline Kennedy, daughter of slain US President John F. Kennedy, arrived
in Japan today to take up her first high profile job in public office, making a
late start to a political career for which her family is renowned.
Kennedy, sworn in as US ambassador two days ago, received a warm welcome at
Tokyo's Narita Airport, smiling and waving at reporters, and carrying a bouquet
of flowers.
The 55-year-old lawyer takes up the post a week before the 50th anniversary
of her father's assassination.
Kennedy, the first female US ambassador to Japan, was an early and
prominent supporter of Barack Obama in his initial quest for the presidency in
2008, and also campaigned for him.
"I bring greetings from President Obama ... I am honored to represent
him as the United States ambassador," she said. "I am also proud to
carry forward my father's legacy of public service."
Kennedy worked briefly for education authorities in New York, and
contemplated, but later abandoned, a run for a New York Senate seat in 2009.
In a video greeting to the people of Japan released on the internet,
Kennedy said she had studied Japanese art and history, and made several trips
to Japan, including a visit to Hiroshima - where the first atomic bomb was dropped
- when she was 20.
"It left me with a profound desire to work for a better, more peaceful
world," she said, adding that she had also visited Japan on her honeymoon.
Previous ambassadors to Japan have included political heavyweights such as
former Vice President Walter Mondale, but Japan welcomed Kennedy's nomination
since they felt her closeness to Obama would be an advantage.
"The Japanese people feel closest to her father of all presidents, and
in that sense I'd like to offer my hearty welcome," said chief cabinet
spokesman Yoshihide Suga at a news conference.
Caroline is the only
surviving child of President Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
Her brother John F. Kennedy, Jr, died in a 1999 plane crash, while an older
sister was stillborn and another brother died within days of his premature
birth while Kennedy was president.
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Published: November 15, 2013
Published: November 15, 2013
China to Ease Longtime Policy of
1-Child Limit
The Chinese limit of one child for most families, which was enacted to
slow population growth, has led to criticism. By CHRIS BUCKLEY
HONG KONG — The Chinese
government will ease its one-child family restrictions and abolish
“re-education through labor” camps, significantly curtailing two policies that
for decades have defined the state’s power to control citizens’ lives, the
Communist Party said Friday.
The changes were announced in a
party decision that also laid out broad and potentially far-reaching proposals
to restructure the economy by encouraging greater private participation in
finance, vowing market competition in several important parts of the economy,
and promising farmers better property protection and compensation for confiscated
land.
Senior party officials, led by
President Xi Jinping, endorsed the 60 initiatives at a four-day Central
Committee conference that ended Tuesday, but details were released Friday. Mr.
Xi described the document as a bold call for economic renewal, social
improvement and patriotic nation-building — all under the firm control of
one-party rule.
“We must certainly have the
courage and conviction to renew ourselves,” he said in a statement accompanying
the decision. Both were issued by the official news agency, Xinhua.
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