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新西兰辅助型养老金 专业 | 负责 | 亲和 | 守密
KiwiSaver知多少
代理11家行业
What do you need to know about KiwiSaver 领先的保险公司

By ALVIN 权威提供最全面的医疗保险解决方案
文/ 刘阳 保险顾问/金融顾问 Medical Insurance Guru
人寿、重大疾病、收入保障、房贷偿
你有KiwiSaver吗？你的KiwiSaver 不定额自动补充。中间可以选择中断缴纳。 还、关键雇员、员工福利等保险专家
表现好吗？如果你早已加入KiwiSaver， Life cover, Trauma cover, Income
受雇： and Mortgage Rayment Protection,
请尝试回答以下问题： •受雇者：税前收入的3%、4%、6%、8% Key person, Business and Compa-
或10% ny/Group Scheme (Staff benefit)
•你目前的养老金账户余额是多少？ •雇主：如果雇员缴纳，雇主需至少缴纳 Specialist
•你的KiwiSaver加入的是哪个类型的 雇员税前收入的3%。 KiwiSaver 建议
基金？ •政府部分：个人每缴纳$1元，政府将缴 新西兰旅游险、留学生保险
•Growth增长型基金和Default默认型 $0.5元，一年最多缴$521.43. (第一年例外，第
基金有什么区别？ 一年根据你加入KiwiSaver的时长比例来计 刘阳 Alvin Liu
•Member Tax Credits怎样支付？ 算。)
•你的Prescribed Investor Rate是多少？ 资深保险经纪人/金融顾问
•你如何来选择KiwiSaver基金管理公司？ 非受雇： Financial Adviser
如果没有几条可以回答上来，那么估计 •自雇者或非雇佣者：自愿选择额度，可
你的KiwiSaver就需要评估了。 以定期缴纳。每年缴够$1,042.86（基本每周$20 192 Moorhouse Avenue,
），可享受政府足额补助$521.43。 Christchurch, 8011
为什么要加入？ 022 122 1924
[email protected]
•零存整取加投资，退休后或个人经济危 投资回报？ Lifetime.co.nz
机时“手中有粮，心中不慌”。简单来说，是一种 A disclosure statement
退休养老金。 各方缴纳进去的钱会被用作投资，你可 is available on request
以选择不同的基金种类。高回报的类别过去5 and free of charge.
•受雇者如果缴纳，则至少可以享受雇主 年最多可以在税费后平均每年回报11%以上,
缴纳的雇员年收入的3%。 低回报的可以有2-3%。个人可根据年龄、处境 PALMARY 51
及对风险的承受能力来选择基金种类。
•可以获得政府最多每年贡献的$521.43。
•缴满3年，购买首套房时可以提款付首 不同基金管理公司（包括银行）的投资策
付，同时还可获得政府一次性的资金帮扶，最 略和投资表现也是很不同的。
多一对夫妇可以获得$2万纽元（条件限制）。
•养老金投资回报，如果条件适合且管理 何时可以取？
有方，有人退休时可以享有超过百万纽元的养
老金。 •65岁以后；
•如缴满3年，购买首套房时可以取出用
谁可以加入？ 作首付；
•永久离开新西兰居住；
•新西兰公民或居民；且 •遭遇重大疾病或严重经济危机时。
•一般情况下在新西兰生活；且 如需了解更多或评估你目前KiwiSaver的
•0-65岁 （2019年7月1日后，65岁以上者 表现，欢迎联系我。
也可以加入。）

缴纳多少？ 免责声明：投资有风险。具体的条款和规

则适用。由于篇幅限制，本文并未全部列出。欢

自愿加入。除了周期性缴纳，可以不定期、 迎当面咨询。

说说保险里

的那些坑

Something you need to
pay attention to when
you purchase insurance

文/ Yu Sun/孙宇 不好，毕竟价格有优势，而且保了常见的大 出来，就会拿着这个理由拒绝你。
病。但是保险不就是买一个安心，买一个保 其实所有的告知都是基于事实的，如
注册保险顾问 障嘛！而不是去赌lotto，谁也不敢保证自己
只会得常见的大病。 果我们没检查出来的疾病，不知道的问题，
前几期给大家普及了很多保险理财的基 这些都不需要申报。要申报的就是已经有医
本观念和知识，希望让大家能去伪存真，有 为了防止这种情况出现，我们在买保险 疗记录的。很多人跟我说：“我觉得这都不
正确的保险理念，让其成为保障自己及家人 的时候，从信用度和专业度考虑，首选大公 是问题，申报太麻烦了”。但此时一时的麻
生命和财产的有效工具。同时，我们需要对 司。其次，理财顾问的选择要特别注意，专 烦，却能为客户未来的理赔做到百分之百。
保险有最基本的认识，否则就会不小心跌入 业性和稳定性都非常重要。例如客户购买一 理赔出现问题，对客户及家属是一件精神，
保险的“坑”。我常说，“无论是人，还是 个长期保单，保险顾问会是一直陪伴着你的 财产上的撞击。并且任何一个保险经纪人都
事物，你能接受它最差的一面，才是保持长 那个人，如果期间顾问出现任何意外问题， 不希望发生这样的情况，客户的质询，失
久关系的重要因素”。所以，今天就给大家 都是客户主动或被动的损失。 望，带来的是一连串的连锁反应。其中最常
总结一下平时容易忽略，但是在购买保险时 见的就是吸烟问题。更有甚者，一个客户以
又至关重要的一些内容。 打包套餐产品，可能是坑 前的一个印度人保险顾问“建议”他申报“
不吸烟”，这样保险费用会便宜很多，表面
想理赔时发现理赔不了 新西兰每一种保险产品都有自己的用 上的“好意”会影响成多大的后果？！在这
途和独立存在的价值。究竟要怎样区分和选 里就不多说这个问题了，因为这个已经上升
新西兰保险体系比较完善，这种情况相 择产品？这需要专业的保险顾问根据每个消 到另一个层面了。
比较前些年少了，但是还是存在。主要原因 费者的个人情况来量身定制。比如说，有些
分为两点： 保险产品就像速食店卖套餐，你想吃的是鸡 希望大家都能顺利跨过这些坑， 其实只
腿，套餐偏又送你不需要的可乐和薯条，但 要先对保险原则和知识有基础认知，再选择
第一、保险内容的涵盖范围 是单买的价格又不如套餐划算，导致左右为 一个专业的保险顾问，相信大家都会得到最
在购买保险时，少数保险经纪人夸大产 难。这种产品往往导致消费没有把钱花在刀 好的保障。
品的保障范围，以达到签约的目的。保险公 刃上。要记住，没有任何一种保险产品是可
司是一个盈利机构，合法合规的盈利机构。 以保障所有的。
如果所有的情况都能够百分之一百的赔付，
那么也失去了保险合同签署的必要性了。 这种情况要仔细看你的唯一保障——保
第二 、 合同条款未读 险合同，电子版、纸质版都一样，都有法律
客户在购买的时候根本没看过实际的 权益，都是有效的，所有阅读免责条款、保
计划书条款。同样是重大疾病保险，举例： 障范围、理赔条件是非常有必要的。
两家金融机构都有重疾保险的产品，同样的
保额，价格却差了将近三分之一，原因为何 如何申报健康状况，这里也有坑？
呢？ 因为A金融机构的产品比B金融机构的产
品少包含了13个benefits。不是说哪家的产品 投保的时候，面对健康告知，隐瞒选择
了 “ 否 “。理赔的时候，一旦被保险公司查

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Blenheim Road 葡萄酒系列现
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还在等什么？

利率低至8.95%
2019年7月31日后 恢复到正常贷款标准 有附加条款和条件限制。

Derrick Chan
021-308 470 • 03-964 5404 • Wechat: eurofinance_chch • [email protected]

我们可以为您提供以下服务：
车辆贷款（新车或二手车；通过经销商、私人或TradeMe购买的均可; 船、汽车或摩托车）; 私人贷款 (个人或假期贷款); 商业保险计划 (预先批准的设
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On the stage of the Chinese Bridge
Competition New Zealand South
Island Finals held in Christchurch
late last month, more than 20 local
middle school and university students
gathered to show their language talents
and skills, and staged a wonderful
performance of Chinese pop songs, fan
dance, paper cutting and martial arts.

Non-native Chinese
speakers present glamour
of China in New Zealand

By Li Huizi and Yang Jiarui

Whether you admit it or not, Island Finals held in Christchurch competition speech in Chinese that
Chinese is one of the most late last month, more than 20 the most frequent Chinese phrases
difficult languages to learn on local middle school and university she has used was“I’m sorry, but
earth. One may feel surprised to see students gathered to show their I didn’t understand. Please say it
non-native speakers speak Chinese language talents and skills, and again.”
eloquently. The Chinese Bridge staged a wonderful performance of
(Chinese Proficiency Competition) Chinese pop songs, fan dance, paper Judges were amused by her words
provides a chance to admire those cutting and martial arts. during the competition. She told a
young linguists. story of her Chinese learning, saying
Paula Rodriguez Lopez from “My Chinese friends are very friendly
On the stage of the Chinese Bridge Christchurch-based Rewi Alley and they can’t wait to communicate
Competition New Zealand South Chinese School said in her with me in Chinese, but my Chinese is
not so good at the moment.”

Robert Pugh, a linguistic
undergraduate at the University of
Canterbury, discussed the concept
of“home”in his Chinese speech.
Pugh found in most Asian languages,
people tend to call each other

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Cameron studied in Shanghai through British-born Madi Christian from St

a Confucius Institute scholarship this Margaret’s College grew up in China’s

year. Hong Kong Special Administrative

Tracey Page, the two brothers’ Region. Christian said she would like

mother, said her children showed to go back to China to live and work.

great interest in the Chinese culture “Young New Zealanders should learn

and she has supported them in other country’s history and culture,”

learning Chinese from a very young she said.

age. She believes that young people Her mother Cherie Christian told

learning Chinese would help promote Palmary that learning Chinese helped

Alistair Crozier, director of the Office of the China-New Zealand relations. her daughter become more confident,
the Mayor in Christchurch, said he was
surprised to see the high level of Chinese Jack Barton from Christchurch Boys’ and that bilingualism is of great
proficiency of young New Zealanders.
High School performed paper cutting benefit to her development.
As a career diplomat who served as
New Zealand's first Consul-General to on the competition stage. He cut the Alistair Crozier, director of the Office
Chengdu, covering Southwest China,
Crozier said Chinese language education Chinese character“Spring”from of the Mayor in Christchurch, said he
played a significant role in the New
Zealand-China relations, as China is New a piece of paper in a few minutes. was surprised to see the high level
Zealand's important partner.
Barton said he wanted to become of Chinese proficiency of young New
“brother,”“sister,”“uncle”or
“aunt”though they had no any blood an engineer and live and work in Zealanders.
relationship. After interviewing many
people, he concluded that the broad China. He hoped he could help the As a career diplomat who served as
sense of home is where you feel
supported and loved by anyone such two nations communicate well with New Zealand’s first Consul-General
as your friends.
each other and show New Zealand the to Chengdu, covering Southwest
As a seasoned contestant, Pugh
represented New Zealand middle glamour of China. China, Crozier said Chinese language
school students to take part in the
Chinese Bridge Competition’s global Divyana Balakrishnan from the education played a significant role
finals in Beijing in 2017. Before going
to university, he attended a short-time Middleton Grange School was in the New Zealand-China relations,
study of Chinese language and culture
in Wuhan’s Huazhong University of enthralled by traditional Chinese as China is New Zealand’s important
Science and Technology in China’s
Hubei province. music and dance. She performed the partner.
“The Chinese learning opens the
door of a new culture for me, which dance“Dream of Dunhuang”during “If there are more young New
broadens my vision and helps me gain
friendship,”Pugh told Palmary. the competition. Balakrishnan said Zealanders learning Chinese, they

Connor Page presented a martial arts her dance was inspired by the images will become a key factor to strengthen
performance during the competition.
Clad in a black suit, the 12-year- on the Dunhuang Frescoes. She said bilateral ties,”he said.
old won applause for his sharp and
powerful moves. she longed for visiting historical sites Chinese language teacher Fu Jiwei

Page said his favorite city is in China. said many parents and students in
Shanghai and he hoped he could live
and study in China just as his elder Ashleigh Allum
brother Cameron Page did, who presented a martial
was the champion of the Chinese arts performance
Bridge South Island Finals in 2018. during the
competition.

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New Zealand realized the
importance of Chinese learning with
increasingly close ties between the
two countries.

New Zealand is a multicultural
country, and the government
encourages schools to open second
language courses so that students
could learn other cultures through
language learning, Fu said.

Between 2016 and 2017, Chinese
has become the most popular foreign
language in New Zealand, with more
than 70,000 primary and middle
school learners.

1. Robert Pugh sang a
Chinese pop song that won
big applause.

1 2 2. Madi Christian sang a
Chinese folk song.

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people only need to give orders and

the robots will do the rest, he added.

China’s fast-developing e-commerce

is shaping its logistics industry to be

more intelligent, with cutting-edge

technologies introduced for storage,

transportation and delivery.

In 2018, the smart logistics market

exceeded 400 billion yuan (58 billion

U.S. dollars), and the number is

expected to reach 1 trillion yuan by

2025, according to a report released

by iiMedia Research, a Chinese

consulting agency.

Cainiao Network Technology,

Alibaba’s logistics arm, said in May

that they would connect 100 million

smart devices with partnering

couriers to digitalize and accelerate

the delivery process.

DELIVERY ROBOTS The development of delivery robots,
ROLL OUT FUTURE OF
CHINA’S LOGISTICS with the help of big data and artificial

intelligence, has gradually become a

new trend.

More than 20 self-driving JD delivery

robots hit the road for the first time

in Beijing last year, delivering parcels

purchased from the platform.

Opened last year, the first JD robot

delivery station in Changsha has a

Fully loaded with parcels, five “Customers will receive a text team of 20 robot couriers to serve
delivery robots head toward their message to pick up their delivery.
destination, automatically following The robots can distinguish the customers within a range of 5 km
orders given through clicks on a customers through facial recognition
control screen. or passwords and will return to the from the station and can handle 2,000
station after all deliveries,”he said.
Each robot is a moving cargo tank deliveries a day.
with 30 package slots, running at Expected to be put into operation
a speed of 5-15 km per hour. They this year, the robot courier station The company said last year that
carefully observe traffic rules thanks in Guiyang is the third of its kind
to an autopilot system. launched by China’s e-commerce it had worked with Chinese robot
giant JD.com following that in central
These robots are demonstrated at China’s Hunan Province and north maker Siasun to develop logistics
an exhibition center of an intelligent China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous
delivery station under construction in Region. robots and increase automation from
Guiyang, capital of southwest China’s “We want to use robots to make
Guizhou Province. the last-mile deliveries safely and order to delivery. It will renovate 800
efficiently,”Ma said.
“All-rounded monitoring of the logistics centers nationwide with AI
surrounding environment through In the past, couriers went back and
radars and sensors can help the forth between the distribution station technologies by the end of 2023.
smart courier avoid roadblocks and and different destinations, but now
pedestrians,”said Ma Xiaoyong, a staff through the cooperation with robots, The robot can not only improve
member of the center.
delivery efficiency and save labor

costs, but also help conduct user

portrait analysis through big data

and promote the development of the

digital economy, according to Ma.

“New job opportunities, such as

back-office monitoring staff and

maintenance workers, will also be

provided,”he said. (Xinhua)

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Why NZ shouldn’t panic about
the growth of China’s domestic
milk powder market

By Stephen Jacobi

These are tense times for trade. Securing its food supply is a key like Nestlé and Danone hold larger
The ongoing US-China trade war concern for the Chinese government shares and all are competing against
makes everyone (even me) nervous. which has long held fast to the concept Chinese companies which, while
So when news broke that the Chinese of domestic“food security”whereby a eager to expand their business, still
government wished to see 60% of certain volume of essential foodstuffs have trouble convincing consumers
the infant formula market controlled need to be produced at home (New (particularly Chinese‘tiger Mums’)
by Chinese companies within three Zealand, on the other hand, contends about the quality of their products.
years, markets reacted swiftly as that food security is assured by open
shares of A2 Milk Corporation sharply and stable global trade). Whenever I visit supermarkets in
dropped. China, the managers invariably tell
But nervous analysts worried about As a result of the melamine scandal me they would like to sell more New
the future Chinese market for Kiwi that rocked China 11 years ago, Zealand milk products. For New
milk should take a deep breath and China placed limits in 2018 on the Zealand to hold a commanding share
relax – there remains plenty of room number and types of formula that in any product category of such a
to grow New Zealand exports of high could be sold in China. This led to a large and complex market as China
quality and sustainably produced significant shrinking of the number is no simple task (although Fonterra
dairy products, including infant of New Zealand suppliers doing manages it with mozzarella toppings on
formula, to China. They’ll be drinking business there. Other New Zealand pizza). Nor do we necessarily need to
our milk there for some time to come. exporters including A2 and Fonterra do so to continue to grow our exports.
have continued to trade and Chinese We can develop highly profitable
This isn’t the first time (and will consumers have responded very well market niches by concentrating at the
likely not be the last) that the Chinese with New Zealand products holding upper end of the market and building
have moved to tighten control over the small, but growing market shares. on our reputation for clean, safe and
domestic market for infant formula. Other international competitors sustainable products.

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Some may ask how the Chinese being, are largely aspirational even if is anyone listening?) – Belt and Road.
government under our free trade the intent is pretty clear. New Zealand It’s not rocket science. If we want
agreement can make these sorts of officials will be watching this space
changes. The FTA means China can’t closely, but any devil is likely to be in China to listen to us, we need to listen
arbitrarily stop the flow of exports, the detail. to them too. The challenge for New
nor did they do so in 2018. But when Zealand, with its different political
it comes to the rules applied to the What else does this intended system, is to manage all this in a way
trade, it’s not so straightforward. action on the part of the Chinese which meets not just our economic
China (and New Zealand for that government tell us? It tells us loudly interests, but also our values. This
matter) have considerable scope, for and clearly that we can’t take this means that there are likely to be
example, to apply rules for public important market for granted. Not disagreements from time to time, but
health reasons. This is common to only do we need to be alert to what’s as the prime minister has said, we
all the FTAs New Zealand has signed on the mind of Chinese regulators need to work to make sure they do not
and is one of the ways which the right and policymakers, but we also need define the relationship.
to regulate in the national interest to invest in a deeper understanding
is maintained, despite what those of the Chinese system. That’s why in The Chinese are also looking for
nay-sayers say about TPP. The rules recent years, government agencies one other thing – a level playing
China applied earlier to control like MFAT and MPI have increased field for their business interests in
the infant formula market could be staff numbers at the Beijing Embassy. New Zealand. While this can now
justified under these provisions. The This investment is a hedge against be interpreted as a codeword for
current policy moves are different – rapid policy changes that might Huawei’s continuing involvement
they’re focused more on growing the impact our interests. in our market, it is ironically
domestic industry and, for the time exactly what New Zealand wants
We also need the right political for its business interests in China.
relationship with China, as was Both China and New Zealand have
clearly demonstrated by Prime legitimate“security”interests to
Minister Jacinda Ardern’s recent protect and both of us need to do so
visit to Beijing. The prime minister in the spirit of partnership and within
was not there simply to promote the framework of the FTA rules.
trade interests although inevitably,
that was a major focus. She was there So away from the headlines it’s
to advance the relationship across business as usual for New Zealand
the board. The Chinese have told us infant formula exports to China where
for some time that the traffic can’t the market continues to grow. Chinese
all be one way – in exchange for the consumers want to buy what we have
considerable economic opportunities to sell. If we keep meeting their needs,
they’re offering us, they’re looking Miss Muffet can continue sitting calmly.
for partnerships in a range of
areas, including, climate change Disclaimer: Stephen Jacobi holds shares in A2 Milk
cooperation, innovation, science, Company.
technology and – as I keep saying (but Stephen Jacobi is executive director of the New
Zealand China Council. The article first appeared
on The Spinoff.

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$14 million invested in Cranmer
Gardens luxury apartments

By Caroline Yang

Local investors have already series of developments in central happening in the revitalised central
committed more than $14 million Christchurch suburbs, focusing city.”
into the redesigned Cranmer Gardens on creating high-end homes and
luxury apartment complex. buildings with luxury finishes Since the development was
designed by award-winning local announced in 2017, a redesign has
Site preparation has started on the architectural firms. reduced the number of apartments
site bordered by Kilmore, Montreal “The Cranmer Gardens luxury and penthouses from 39 to 30, a move
and Peterborough Streets, which apartments are very attractive to that Aaron Boddington says makes the
was previously occupied by the old people who want to retire to the complex“even more exclusive.”
Christchurch Normal School (and city and for professionals wanting a “There is a gap in the market for
later became the Cranmer Courts lock and leave property,”says Aaron generously sized, superb quality,
apartments). Boddington, Chief Executive of Huadu high-end apartments in Christchurch,
International (NZ). and Cranmer Gardens will meet this
Cranmer Gardens is a collaboration “They are perfectly positioned for demand.
between nationally acclaimed residents to walk to the Town Hall, the “So far all of our buyers are
architect Kerry Mason, a director of convention centre, the planned new from the South Island, but we are
Christchurch based MAP Architects stadium and everything else that is also seeing strong interest from
and Huadu International. throughout New Zealand and

Huadu International (NZ) has a

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overseas. single level apartments at Cranmer The three bedroom penthouses with
“Opportunities to live in an Gardens. Apartments have two large outdoor spaces and stunning
architecturally designed, luxurious, or three bedrooms, each with its views range in size from 296.8 square
low-rise, residential development own bathroom, expansive private metres to 431.6 square metres.
on a prestigious inner city site don’t balconies and large windows for an
come up very often. Who knows abundance of natural light. There is secure ground level parking
when something of this quality, for residents and additional visitor
size and location will be available The floor area of the apartments parking, and shared greenspaces
again in Christchurch?”says Aaron range in size from 50 sq metres (two and courtyards with well-established
Boddington. one bedroom apartments) to 431.6 sq landscaping
The apartments range in price from metres (a three bedroom apartment
$495,000 to around $4.2 million for the with extensive balconies). The design of Cranmer Gardens
largest penthouse. combines cutting-edge modern
It is expected that they will be architecture with the neo-gothic style
completed and ready to move into by of the historic Christchurch Normal
late 2020/early 2021. School which previously occupied the
Huadu recently completed the site. Fifty truckloads of the original
award winning modernistic housing building’s Halswell stone will be used
development Lintrathen Gardens in in the complex’s landscaping and
Fendalton. The group’s largest project courtyard walls.
was the recently completed seven
level Health Research and Education Nine of the remaining 1980’s award
facility on Oxford Terrace adjacent to winning townhouses and villas have
the New Christchurch Hospital A&E been retained and will form part of
building. Cranmer Gardens.

Cranmer Gardens - Luxurious Buyers pay a 10 percent deposit to
Urban Living Close to the CBD secure an apartment or penthouse
off-the-plan.
- details

Contemporary architecture
complements spacious high-spec,

The Cranmer Gardens sales and
display office is at Unit 27, 44
Peterborough Street, and open
Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 4pm and
at other times by appointment.

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Te Ōhaka - Centre for Growth and
Innovation now officially open in

central city Christchurch

By Ministry of Awesome

On 24 May, Dr. Megan Woods, player in our ecosystem. It is wholly Institute of Canterbury student body
Minister for Science and dedicated to supporting, nurturing, ● A mentorship programme
Innovation, officially opened Te and growing New Zealand startups provided by sector and ecosystem
Ōhaka - Centre for Growth and and innovators with bold ambition leaders, experienced entrepreneurs,
Innovation - Christchurch’s city and the drive to transform our world and professional service providers
centre campus dedicated to high by staying true to the principles ● Customised education and
growth startups and innovators. of kaitiakitanga and culturally capability building through Ministry
intelligent business. of Awesome and Ara
Te Ōhaka is jointly powered by the ● Access to resources and advice
Ara Institute of Canterbury, Ministry Te Ōhaka features: provided for ICT, legal and financial
of Awesome, ChristchurchNZ, and, management
Media Sponsor, Stuff. ● Joint access to the entrepreneur- ● Opportunities to pitch and
rich and well-networked Ministry expose startups to local, national,
While originally founded by of Awesome community and Ara and global investors and corporate
Ara and Ministry of Awesome, Te
Ōhaka is a city resource for every

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partners
● 100+ events per year for
networking, collaboration, and
knowledge sharing
● A fixed‘home’in which to
network, collaborate and be
surrounded by likeminded people
on a high growth mission

It is also community led and ecosystems. Te Ōhaka tackles
encourages high growth startups the viability of our ecosystem by
to reflect upon their impact with providing critical support for our
regard to sustainability, world region’s high growth startups whilst
betterment, cultural and inclusive at their most vulnerable pre-revenue
vision especially for Māori stage.”
entrepreneurs.
Te Ōhaka is located in Ara’s high
Tony Gray, Chief Executive, Ara profile Kahukura building on
Institute of Canterbury, says,“Te Moorhouse Avenue and is currently
Ōhaka is not only aligned with taking applications from high
the goals of our region - to ignite growth startups and innovators
bold ambition and to stimulate beginning immediately.
economic activity but it will provide
all 16,000 Ara students access to a
range of entrepreneurial support,
mentorship and resources which
Ara colleagues will also benefit from
and contribute to.”

Marian Johnson, Chief Awesome
Officer at Ministry of Awesome, says,
“NZ and Canterbury specifically
are very small markets and struggle
to compete with larger innovation

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Ever thought about a UK
canal boat holiday?

By Jim Davis

Here’s what you need to know.
Right let me say from the start,
if you are going over to the UK on a
holiday you should really have a think
on how you can factor in a canal boat
break.

I have to say you will not regret it.
It is a fantastic way to get a taste of
the country. Whether you are over
there for a week or two or a month
or two, time on a boat will be one of
the most interesting and entertaining
things you could do. Why drive from
one tourist spot to another in the
country when the canals provide you
with a great cross section of the whole
country right there on their banks.

While it definitely helps if you have
been in a boat before, it is not a pre
requisite. The operators will show you
what to do at the start, and in reality,
you pick it up fairly quickly.

Obviously, time and where to boat
are two of the biggest decisions to
make. The length of time on the
canals will likely be determined by
your reason for coming over to the UK
in the first place. Late spring, summer
and autumn provide the best chance
of some decent weather, but it is the
UK so anything is possible. From late
July through August is the summer
holiday period in the UK and Europe
so the canals are at their busiest then
but in all fairness don’t let that put
you off, after all everything is busy in
the UK or Europe in July and August
so just get on with it.

In terms of where to go, it could
be anywhere. I don’t think you can
go wrong. The favourites are always
busy and there is a reason they are
favoured so just choose what suits you

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best. and get the shortest boat that suits. stay alert and think ahead. When the
I suggest a quick trawl through We have a 60ft monster for two of us front goes left, the rear goes right
because we have friends joining us and vice versa. The boats essentially
YouTube to help you choose what later, but at times I wish I had chosen pivot round their midpoint. This
canals/ areas to boat if you are unsure, a boat closer to 50ft. characteristic is just one of the
as all the canals have been filmed at reasons a smaller boat is easier to
some stage, so a bit of research will You get used to it but it always keeps handle. But have no fear you will get
give you an idea of what you could you on your toes. used to it and plenty of people have
be in for and will help you choose an mastered it.
area. When you arrive at your pick up
Marina, they will show you round Hint #2. Go slow.
Ok so you’re booked in, and on the boat but essentially you are on The whole idea of this type of break
arrival all you see at the start is this your own after that, especially if you is to relax and, in this case, and
massive long thin thing. First reaction have told them you have some form within the close confines of a canal,
is“What the hell have I done?” of boating experience. If you are speed and power are definitely not an
completely fresh to boating, they will option. Within the banks of the actual
Hint #1. Don’t get a longer boat than take you for a wee sail first. canal you are continually going past
you really need. moored boats (tell you why later),
In terms of sailing one of these
Depending on whether you are a things, all I can say is you have to
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of the canal, whereas the other side is
typically for private moorings. Close
to bridges, towns and villages there
will be the odd small area that may
have a no mooring sign, but we have
never run into an issue on our trip.

Boats literally park up anywhere and
everywhere, hence the reason you
are typically always going slow, it’s
just part of the requirement when you
pass moored boats. You will find they
park on corners, right up to bridge
entry points there seems to be no real
road rules here. As mentioned, the
canal side is well signposted in terms
of where you can and can’t moor.
Close to a pub is always a favourite
and I have to say each day when you
meet and talk to other boaters at the
locks they will always, always talk
about“there’s a nice pub located at
…. you have to call in.”

Depending on the length of your
canal hire you will likely have no need
to worry about diesel or pump outs,
but you may well have to top up the
water tanks. Showers chew through
the water. Luckily water fill up points

meeting other boats heading in the It just happens, don’t worry. I heard
opposite direction and the canals one hire company just has a policy
twist and turn a lot especially close of respraying the sides of their
to bridges, so speed is a definite no boats each month. In our case the
no and people will“bollock you”if hire company doesn’t even provide
you are speeding and creating waves fenders, so what can they expect.
anyway.
As you get better at steering these
Don’t worry in all fairness it’s hard things you will eventually take
to actually damage the boats. They pleasure when you enter a lock and
are all heavy steel beasts. However, finally achieve nothing but net, rest
the locks are solid wooden structures. assured however at the next lock there
They can be badly damaged and the will be a complete stuff up, it’s called
sides are mostly stone, so if you hit canal boating.
at speed you will definitely feel it and
know it, so go slow is the aim. So you are cruising along enjoying
the sites and the towns and the pubs,
Hint #3. You will scrape and scratch but where do you actually stop at
the boat. night?

The hire companies know this is part Hint #4. Just park up on the canals.
of the scene and because it’s hard to You don’t need marinas at night
dent the boats all you can do is scrape and in all fairness most marinas
and scratch them. Everyone does, you are not geared up for overnight
can’t help it, in locks, mooring up, the moorings, they are largely there for
wind pushing you sideways, etc, steel boat service and storage. Anyone is
on stone is a regular daily occurrence. allowed to moor on the tow path side

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are really in for a treat. All I can say is
relook at Hint #2 you cannot rush the
water while it finds its level.

Finding your way around is relatively
simple in this day and age, and for
canal holidays it’s no different.

Hint #6. Download the app“Open
canal map”.

It provides all the info you need on
where you are and what’s in front of
you.

Lastly whether as a couple, or a
family or a group of friends, the
number doesn’t matter, it’s just that
if there are a few of you it makes the
locks easier and spreads the load. But
in reality, two people is more than
enough.

So after all this all that remains now
is for you to make the right decision
and talk to Mike and Sandy at World
Travellers Riccarton, you will love
it. Whether it’s a couple of days or a
couple of weeks, give it a go next time
you travel to the UK. Promise you
won’t regret it.

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Hint #5. Talk to fellow boaters.
This won’t be hard to do. Everyone
on the canals is typically in go slow
mode so chatting is part of the culture
and most are only too happy to oblige.
You will actually get the best advice
from fellow boaters along with plenty
of tips and tricks to assist at the locks.
The locks are the most interesting,
the most fun as well as potentially
the most stressful aspects of your
journey. They are amazing pieces
of engineering, and if you are lucky
enough to book a journey with a
“staircase of locks”along the way you

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8 Amazing Flat Lay
Photography Ideas

By Dina Belenko

1. Capture the Season
The best seasonal photos can convey
a unique mixture of photographer’s
feelings.
Winter can be a cozy season
of hot cocoa, silly sweaters, and
marshmallows. Or it can be a cold
and simple time of minimalist Nordic
interiors, pale colours and snow-white
decorations.

2. Add Hands in the Frame
Human presence in a creative flat lay
works great. Whatever you work on,
including hands in frame brings your
image to life.

3. Use Coffee
To be honest, coffee is my go-to
object for any project. Every time I
don’t really know what to shoot my
first thought is about coffee.First of
all, coffee can bring you everywhere.
A botanist can have a cup of coffee and
you can shoot it surrounded by Petri
dishes and strange plants.

4. Use Decorative Ornaments Made
From Food

We already talked about food
typography, which generally counts as
flat lay photography too.

If you liked that idea, but creating
an entire food lettering composition
seems like a bit too much for you, why
not incorporate some elements of it
into your flat lay?It doesn’t take much
time, but it looks pretty cute and
creative!

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5. Show Ingredients Instead of the
Final Product

Pies, cookies, buns, cakes, and
donuts! The alchemy of baking is
perfect for a flat lay photograph.

Food looks gorgeous from above, but
for pies, that goes twice. And there
are so many stories you can tell with
dough and flour!

6. Big shapes from tiny objects
I rarely see this trick executed, but I
love the idea so much! Objects can tell
so many things about their owners.
What they’ve seen, who’s held them,
who accidentally broke them, who
lovingly gathered them in pieces and
repaired. So why not use it to create a
conceptual flat lay?

7. Make Ice Cream
Ice cream cones are an Instagram
star. By all means, photograph an
actual ice cream. But you can also add
a little twist to it！Make it look like a
blueprint of a dessert.

8. Use Colour Blocking
Take your inspiration from Pete
Mondrian and Kazimir Malevich. Look
at all these bold colours and simple
forms! It looks fantastic as a painting
and it would look great as a flat lay
too.
Cut some triangles, circles, and
squares out of colourful sheets
of paper or vinyl. Focus on basic
geometric forms and limit your range
of colours. Make sure the colours you
picked look good together. You can
use many bold colours, but organise
them in a harmonic palette.

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How to Make
Hot Pot at Home

Winter is always the best season purchase an electric cooker, but slow scoop and strainer can help to hold
when you get to eat hot pot, cooker is not recommended for hot fragile ingredients.
either in restaurants or at home. pot since the time needed is a little
long. This time, I’ll use an outdoor Cook’s note before starting
I am a big homemade hot pot fan stove. For the pot, we recommend
since it is so comforting, warming using a wider pot so all the hot pot 1. Light stock or basic stock should
and convenient to cook at home. Let’s diners eat can their favorite foods all be prepared as a larger amount. For
find out how to prepare a great hot pot together. Usually we serve only one example, if your pot can hold 3L
party at home. type of broth, but if you want to serve water, prepare at least 5L stock. While
two types of broth, two-flavor hot pots eating, reload the stock if the liquid is
Hot pot equipment can be a great help. lowered.

The first thing is to prepare is the In addition, you need longer 2. For a spicy hot pot, adding a small
equipment, which mainly refers to the chopsticks to avoid being burnt from drop of vinegar can make the spices
pot and the heater. You can choose to the pot and the splashes. A hot pot milder.

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3. Do not eat too much. As most
of the ingredients are presented as
raw ingredients and shared with
each other, it is hard to calculate
how much has been eaten by one
person. Additionally, hot pot dinners
usually last for a longer time than
normal dinners, which creates more
chances of being uncomfortably full.
During the process, stand up and
walk around, stop as soon as you feel
slightly full.

4. Order of cooking the ingredients.
Although there is no limit, leafy
vegetables should be added near the
end because in most cases, they will
absorb the flavor and spoil the soup
base.

5. Do not forget about the drink. The
best drink for hot pot in China is fruit
juice especially watermelon juice or
corn milk. Mung bean soup is highly

By Elaine | China Sichuan Food

recommended as it can help to reduce base, and coconut chicken soup base.
inflammation. Another easy hot pot soup base is to

Hot pot soup base use store bought soup bases, almost
all famous hot pot restaurants provide
The soup base is the key part of their own hot pot soup base package
making hot pot at home. Generally to customers. In China, hot pot soup
there are two types of soup bases, bases can be sold at least hundreds of
spicy mala hot pot (also called 红汤 in millions. They can be very easy to find
Chinese ) and mild hot pot (清汤). In in Chinese supermarkets.
addition, soup bases can be greatly
personalized based on the ingredients Recommended hot pot soup
in your fridge. For example, in China, base brands
we have lamb soup base, beef soup
Little sheep hot pot soup base is a

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very famous brand outside China.
Clear soup is 100% ok but if you want
a Sichuan style mala hot pot, you need
to add more chili peppers and Sichuan
peppercorn to the spicy soup base.

Hai Di Lao is another brand you may
find in Chinese supermarkets or Asian
stores.

Hot pot ingredients

In theory, all food can be cooked Seafood: shrimp, mussels, scallops, after thinly sliced to avoid oxidation.
in hot pot but there are some well- lobster, crabs, oysters, clams and Melons: cucumber, winter melon,
known hot pot ingredients. abalone. Shrimp is the most popular
hot pot ingredients. pumpkin, tomatoes.
Hot pot meat slices (火锅肉卷) Tofu and tofu balls (豆腐): both soft
including sliced lamb and beef. The Mushrooms: all kinds of mushrooms
meat is sliced very thin and can be can perform well in hot pot soup base tofu and firm tofu perform good in a
cooked just in seconds. including king oyster mushrooms hot pot. If you want to cook soft tofu
(should be thinly sliced), enoki in a hot pot, get a strainer to hold the
Meatballs (肉丸) including fish mushrooms, also called needle tofu and prevent it from breaking.
meatballs (鱼丸), beef meatballs (牛肉 mushrooms (remove hard ends), Frozen tofu (冻豆腐) and fried tofu
丸), shrimp balls and pork balls, either oyster mushrooms and shiitake (油豆腐) are also popular hot pot
freshly made balls or frozen ones. mushrooms (cut into small pieces) ingredients.

Edible Offal (内脏) (Optional) like Root vegetables: potatoes, lotus root, Bean vermicelli and other noodles (
tripe and liver is famous for Sichuan yam, taro, radish. Potatoes and lotus 粉丝和面条): bean vermicelli, potato
Mala hot pot. I don’t recommend this root should be soaked in clear water noodles, sweet potato noodles and
in a mild hot pot. Beef tripe is the fresh handmade noodles can work as
most popular and famous ingredient
for a real Sichuan hot pot.

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staple food for a hot pot meal. 1. Sesame paste-based dipping taste.
Green leafy vegetables and others ( sauce, popular in northern Chinese Main sauces: Sha cha sauce, peanuts
provinces, usually served with lamb
绿叶蔬菜): including snow pea leaves, hot pot (涮羊肉). sauce, oyster sauce, sesame paste,
bok choy, cabbage, yu choy, Chinese light soy sauce, dark soy sauce,
broccoli cauliflower and broccoli. 2.Sesame oil-based dipping sauce, vinegar, and black bean sauce
Choose seasonal leafy vegetables (2 originally comes from southwest
to 3 types). Leafy vegetable is best China’s Sichuan Province in Chengdu Oil: chili oil, sesame oil, and olive oil
for mild hot pot soup base. If cooked and Chongqing hot pot. Sesame oil Others: salt, roasted peanuts,
in a spicy soup base, they absorb the is used as the main base, highlighted coriander, mashed garlic, spring
flavors and become very hot. If you by other chili paste, smashed garlic, onion, pepper flakes (辣椒面),
are a spicy food lover, vegetables in fermented tofu and freshly chilis. A fermented tofu (豆腐乳), chopped fresh
spicy soup broth can be amazing. purer version is using only sesame oil, peppers (辣椒圈)
garlic, salt and chopped green onion For daily homemade hot pot, you can
Hot pot dipping sauces and coriander. make the dipping sauce directly. The
most two popular option is:
There are generally several types of 3. Dry mix dipping sauce (干碟) | This 1.This one is the most popular
hot pot dipping sauces in China. is a special dipping sauce for Sichuan dipping sauce for most Sichuan hot
mala hot pot. Best for meats and pot: sesame oil + smashed garlic +
seafoods. Dry spices are mixed with a salt or light soy sauce + green onion/
good ratio. coriander + toasted sesame seeds/
peanut
4.Sha Cha-based dipping sauce for 2.This one is the ideal one for lamb
beef hot pot and seafood hot pot. Sha or beef hot pot: sesame sauce (2 tbsp.
cha sauce is made from grounded fish sesame paste + 3 tbsp. warm water
and shrimp. It partners well with beef + 1/2 tbsp. light soy sauce + 1 small
and other seafood, as the top option pinch of salt) + coriander or green
for Cantonese beef hot pot. onion + smashed garlic + toasted
sesame seeds or toasted peanuts
Following are the commonly used Enjoy your hot pot party!
condiments and seasonings used in
dips. You can combine your own hot
pot dipping sauce based on personal

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The Wild Goose Lake
First Look Review

By CHARLES BRAMESCO | Little White Lies

Diao Yinan cements his status as assured, exhilarating tale of transforms from the kind that sneaks
a master filmmaker with another criminality and the havoc it wreaks up on you to the kind that blows you
ingenious crime epic. on interpersonal connection, with away.
everything impressive about its
China's Diao Yinan landed the predecessor – attentive procedural Diao's writing makes a viewer work
Golden Bear prize at the Berlinale detail, curious experiments with for it, fine-points comprehension
in 2014 for his Black Coal, Thin Ice, a colour and shadow, action set pieces slipping away with even a moment's
film that impressed the jury by merit that'd make Michael Mann envious – tune-out, but the broad contours of
of its original take on the gangster raised to the Nth degree. its plot can be followed easily enough.
picture and the finesse with which On his first day out the feds, made
the director executed his refreshing There's not a single false step in man Zhou Zenong (Hu Ge) reunites
of the genre. Like so many master its two hours; every edit, every shot with his biker crew at a gangland
filmmakers, a distinction he has now setup, every movement of the camera summit that quickly descends into
earned beyond any shadow of a doubt, maximises the raw cinematic effect. fisticuffs supercharged by rapid-fire
he followed his most high-profile There's power in Diao's more subdued cutting. The fight spills out into the
success by doing the same thing passages, but when he really lets public, and Zhou makes a pair of
differently. loose and the fists (or bullets, or bad decisions that get both Wuhan's
strategically concealed booby-traps) amateurish police force and its
The Wild Goose Lake is another start flying, this film's greatness felonious underground on his tail.

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The term "ride-or-die" takes on new
significance when so-called "bathing
beauty" – a regional term referring to
a sex worker frequenting the beach –
Liu Alai (Diao regular Gwei Lun Mei)
joins him as he flees. But can she be
trusted not to give him up for the
300,000-yuan reward? If it sounds like
they're on course to establish a fragile
bond of intimacy through their shared
predicament, think again. Their lone
sexual encounter concludes on a
decidedly unsentimental note.

Their flight from consequences takes
them on a motorbike tour through
arresting tableaux befitting the
ugly beauty of industrialised China.
A textile factory offers a pleasing
symmetry even in its mechanical
lifelessness. A run-down apartment
takes on a grimy glamour due to
the neon sign pouring rich magenta
through the window. A dance party
to Boney M's 'Rasputin' gets cut short
by gunfire, the attendees' light-up
trainers skittering away like Day-Glo
shooting stars. Even the snatches of
shocking violence have a novelty and
ingenuity to them; you'll never look at
your umbrella the same way again.

In his best moments, viewers
familiar with Diao's filmography will
be able to see him working to one-up
his previous work. His critiques of
China's class disparities have grown
harsher, his yellows even more sickly,
his tracking shots more adventurous.
It's a rare privilege, to watch an
artist level up in this way. Having
conquered Berlin, Diao's making his
first appearance In Competition this
year at Cannes. Judging by his driving
need to attain a higher and higher
echelon of greatness, however, it looks
like he's really in competition with
himself. And with the high bar set by
this latest triumph, he's got his work
cut out for him.

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Shadow puppetry tries to
crawl out of shade

By Zhong Qun | Xinhua

As the vibrant sound of string a shortage of young people willing to then added drum sounds and Chinese
music and a powerful singing learn the traditional craft. opera to accompany the movement of
voice echo across the room, a strong the figures, and the shadow play was
young man beats a tiger to death. "Most performers in shadow born.
puppetry troupes are above the age of
It's a scene from the Chinese novel 60," she said. Shadow plays went through a hiatus
Water Margin, one of the Four during the Cultural Revolution
Great Classical Novels in Chinese In China, shadow puppetry has between 1966 and 1976 but re-
literature, but the scene is performed a long history. Ancient Chinese emerged shortly after in the early
with shadow puppets by master Lin historical records show that shadow 1980s, when the art was involved in
Shimin. puppet plays were initially created rural marriage ceremonies, funerals
by a Chinese Taoist during the Han and banquets.
Lin, from northeast China's Liaoning Dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD) to console
Province, has been performing Emperor Wu, who was heartbroken Gaizhou shadow puppetry, however,
Gaizhou shadow puppetry for 41 after losing one of his imperial has a much shorter history. It
years. Gaizhou is a city in Liaoning. concubines. The Taoist made a stone originated in the late Ming Dynasty
image of the concubine and projected (1368-1644) and the early Qing
"Gaizhou shadow puppet figures it in a tent with candlelight. The Dynasty (1644-1911) and has unique
have huge eyes, and you can tell if shadow looked so vivid that it helped local features. The music during
a figure is a bad guy or a good guy the emperor relieve his grief. the performance features a robust
simply from their appearances," said local singing style and a four-string
Lin, the fifth inheritor of the national- Over the next 2,000 years, the stone musical instrument called Sixianhu.
level intangible cultural heritage. figures were gradually replaced by The puppet performers usually stand
cowhide ones, and the tents were behind a curtain and play with the
Lin is currently looking for young turned into curtains. Performers
talents to inherit the art, which faces

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puppets while singing the lines using
a local dialect and slang, to depict
historical stories, folklore or simply
stories they make up.

Lin started learning the art from
master Wang Shengtai in 1978.

"My master taught me in the
daytime, and I repeatedly practiced
at night," she recalled. "When he was
performing, I would stand behind the
curtains and watch closely, so I could
learn the techniques."

Lin also focused on the making of
the puppets and tried to collect stories
for the performances. In her studio,
a shelf is filled with scripts, many of
which have yellowed with age.

"They were the scripts from my
past performances, but they're still
so precious," Lin said. "When we
were performing, we would look at
the scripts and sing or 'rap,' while
controlling the puppets."

On Lin's desk lie many "heads" of the

puppets made of donkey hide, which with the money she earned from
she created through a complicated performing. She also scouted for
process of carving, painting and apprentices to train new talents.
tinting.
More than 40 years of experience
"Carving is probably the most made Lin an influential figure in the
difficult," she said. "You have to industry. Last year, she and her troupe
be extremely careful using your performed more than 120 shows. Most
strength." of the shows were charity events for
senior citizens and children.
Every time she performs, Lin
also brings with her a half-finished "Hopefully through my performance,
donkey-hide puppet, so that after each people will get to know the ancient
show she can share with the audience art," she said.
how the puppets are made.
Lin said that the craft is in dire need
"I not only want to bring laughter to of young people.
the viewers but also share the 'behind-
the-curtain' things," she said. "The youngest performer in my
troupe is 51 years old," she said. "I
Beginning in the late 1980s, as films hope that more young people will join
and TV series gradually became major us so the heritage will be passed on
entertainment, shadow plays waned, through the generations."
with many performers shifting jobs.
But Lin stuck with the art. In 1993, (Li Yujia, Ding Feibai and Hong
she created a shadow puppetry troupe Kerun contributed to the story)

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