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Leaders of South Korea, Japan, China to Discuss North Korea
The annual trilateral summit since 2008 will focus on North Korea and its nuclear weapons.
White House Considers Restricting Chinese Researchers over Espionage Fears
Ana Swanson and Keith Bradsher
U.S. may bar Chinese from sensitive research at universities and research institutes.
Does China Want the Koreas to Reconcile?
Bo Zhiyue, Zhang Baohui & more
This Friday, April 27, the South Korean and North Korean leaders will meet in the demilitarized zone dividing their estranged countries to discuss improving relations and possibly even formally ending the Korean War, which has continued in the form...
China Fears Kim Is Moving out of Its Orbit as South Korea, US Talks Loom
Katie Hunt and Tim Schwarz
China and North Korea boast an alliance forged in blood -- more than 130,000 Chinese troops, including the son of Mao Zedong, died defending the North during the Korean War -- but the relationship has always been an uneasy one.
The Corrections Needed in the U.S.-China Relationship
Paul Haenle & Stephen Hadley from Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Stephen Hadley, former national security advisor to President George W. Bush, argues that the United States took false comfort in China's hide-and-bide strategy and failed to recognize that China would increasingly assert itself as it became more...
China Challenged Australian Warships in South China Sea, Reports Say
Ben Westcott and Jamie Tarabay
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull asserted the right of the Australian navy to travel the South China Sea, after local media reported three Australian warships were challenged by the Chinese navy earlier this month.
Trump's Incredibly Risky Taiwan Policy
J. Stapleton Roy
So-called friends of Taiwan in the United States are putting the island at risk as never before. The Taiwan Travel Act, passed unanimously by both houses of Congress, and signed by President Trump on March 16, 2018 without reservations, could...
Pakistan Shuns US for Chinese High-Tech Weapons
Kiran Stacey
In the last few months of the Obama administration, the US state department made an announcement which caused a new breach in Washington's tumultuous relationship with Pakistan.
Taiwan Accuses China of 'Sabre Rattling' as Naval Drill Begins
China is conducting live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid growing tension in the region.
U.S. Considered Blacklisting Two Chinese Banks over North Korea Ties
Christian Berthelsen
U.S. officials alarmed by public displays of Pyongyang's nuclear and missile technology last summer considered taking the provocative step of blacklisting two of China's biggest banks from the U.S. financial system for doing business with North...
Putin's Fourth Term
Paul Haenle & Alexander Gabuev from Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Vladimir Putin was elected to his fourth term as president of Russia on March 18, 2018. His continued leadership has important implications for the international community, including China.
What China Gained From Hosting Kim Jong Un
Oriana Skylar Mastro
In late March, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who had not stepped foot outside the hermit kingdom since taking power in 2011, traveled to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time.
China Installed Military Jamming Equipment on Spratly Islands, U.S. Says
Michael R. Gordon and Jeremy Page
China has installed equipment on two of its fortified outposts in the Spratly Islands capable of jamming communications and radar systems, a significant step in its creeping militarization of the South China Sea, U.S. officials say.
US Take Note: Chinese, Russian Militaries Are Closer Than You Think, China's Defence Minister Says
Kinling Lo
The United States should be aware of the close military ties between Beijing and Moscow, China's defence minister said during a visit to Russia, which has been facing international isolation over the killing of a former spy in Britain.
When Xi Met Kim: How China and North Korea Depicted It
Javier C. Hernández
Kim Jong-un's surprise visit to Beijing this week to meet President Xi Jinping added an element of intrigue to talks over North Korea's nuclear program.
China Says North Korea's Kim Pledged Commitment to Denuclearization
Ben Blanchard, Joyce Lee
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged his commitment to denuclearization and to meet U.S. officials, China said on Wednesday after his meeting with President Xi Jinping, who promised China would uphold friendship with its isolated neighbor.
China, Not North Korea, to Dominate Japan Military Planning
Tim Kelly, Nobuhiro Kubo
North Korea's growing missile arsenal might be the most obvious and immediate military threat facing Japan, but defense planners in Tokyo are focused on a much larger and more challenging foe as they prepare for the years ahead.
How China's Government Has Changed after the NPC
A stronger military and more power to fight corruption are among the major changes revealed at China's National People's Congress (NPC) this year...
Xi Jinping Warns against Dividing China after U.S. Passes Taiwan Law
Eva Dou
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that any "tricks" to divide China will be thwarted, a warning that followed U.S. legislation opening the door to high-level visits with Taiwan.
China, Russia Welcome Korean Peace Efforts with Diplomacy in Overdrive
Christine Kim
China's President Xi Jinping offered encouragement for South Korea's initiative to nurture peaceful engagement with North Korea, and Russia also expressed support, the South Korean official leading diplomatic efforts said on Thursday.
When American Pilots Fell out of the Chinese Sky
Kaiser Kuo, David Moser & more from Sinica Podcast
The distinctive shark-toothed fighter planes of the Flying Tigers streaked across the skies of China from 1941 to 1942, as American airmen racked up an impressive string of successes in defending China from Japanese forces. They are so recognizable...
When Trump and Kim Meet, What Will Xi Do?
Zha Daojiong, Sergey Radchenko & more
On March 8, South Korea's National Security Advisor announced that Donald Trump had agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un by May. Although now-ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson previously downplayed the announcement, a summit...
South Korea Moves to Ease Chinese Jitters over U.S.-North Korea Talks
South Korean officials met with Xi about Trump-Kim Meeting.
China's Arms Sales Rise as It Vies with U.S. for Influence on the World Stage
Kristin Huang
Research group highlights Beijing's growing share of global arms trade as it tries to strengthen ties with key allies.
China Unhappy with US Aircraft Carrier's Visit to Vietnam, State Media Says
Beijing is unhappy with the visit of a US aircraft carrier to a Vietnamese port, the first by such a vessel since the Vietnam war, and is monitoring developments, according to a state newspaper report on Wednesday.
Talks with North Korea? China Approves (No Matter the Outcome)
Jane Perlez
When China hosted the last serious talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program, in the mid-2000s, the setting was a huge, hexagonal table covered in green felt, in a government guesthouse in Beijing.
China Boosts Defense Budget in Quest for 'World Class' Military but Tells Neighbors Not to Worry
Simon Denyer
China's government said Monday that it will boost its defense spending by 8.1 percent this year, the biggest increase in three years, even as it insists that it poses no threat to other countries.
China's Military Spending
Dhruva Jaishankar, Dennis J. Blasko & more
On March 5, during the opening of the National People's Congress, China's annual parliament, Beijing announced it plans to spend U.S.$175 billion on its military in 2018, an 8.1 percent rise from 2017. China's military budget is the world's second...
As Xi Tightens His Grip on China, U.S. Sees Conflict Ahead
Mark Landler
A few weeks after Stephen K. Bannon left the White House in August, he was invited to a dinner at the Council on Foreign Relations to discuss American policy toward China.
As China Puts Pressure on Taiwan, Signs of a U.S. Pushback
Keith Bradsher
As China ratchets up pressure on Taiwan, the self-governing island it claims as its territory, the United States is cautiously starting to push back.
"Ignore the Missiles": Duterte Says China's South China Sea Militarization Is No Problem
Steve Mollman
Generally speaking, a sovereign nation dislikes it when a foreign power establishes new military bases within striking range of its capital. But when it comes to China doing just that to the Philippines in the South China Sea, Rodrigo Duterte, it...
Chinese Warships Enter East Indian Ocean Amid Maldives Tensions
Eleven Chinese warships sailed into the East Indian Ocean this month, a Chinese news portal said, amid a constitutional crisis in the tiny tropical island chain of the Maldives now under a state of emergency.
Maldives Crisis Could Stir Trouble between China and India
Mujib Mashal
As the Maldives' autocratic president, Abdulla Yameen, cracks down on opposition to consolidate power ahead of another election, analysts and diplomats warn that the small nation's troubles could provoke a larger crisis that draws in China and India...
Harry Harris, Trump's Pick for Australia Envoy, Slams Beijing's Asia Ambitions
China is seeking to "undermine" the international order in the Asia Pacific, Adm. Harry Harris, US President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to Australia, said in Washington on Wednesday.
Is American Policy toward China Due for a 'Reckoning'?
Charles Edel, Elizabeth Economy & more
Former diplomats Kurt M. Campbell and Ely Ratner argue that United States policy toward China, in administrations of both parties, has relied in the past on a mistaken confidence in America's ability to "mold China to the United States' liking."...
China and Russia Are Catching up with Military Power of US and West, Say Leading Defence Experts
Kim Sengupta
China and Russia are challenging the military supremacy of America and its allies and the West can no longer rely on the strategic advantage it has enjoyed until now, a leading think tank states in its annual report.
"Shameless" and "Two-Faced": China's Astonishing Rebuke of Its Former Internet Czar
Zheping Huang
China's former internet czar was expelled from the Communist Party and will be prosecuted for corruption, the party's top graft-busting agency said yesterday (Feb. 13).
The 'Globalisation' of China's Military Power
Jonathan Marcus
China's modernization of its armed forces is proceeding faster than many analysts expected.
Britain to Test China by Sailing Ship in Disputed Sea
Jamie Smyth and Tom Hancock
Anti-submarine frigate to sail through contested waters of South China Sea.
An Indian-Russian Supersonic Missile Could Be a Problem for China
Nyshka Chandran
BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture between India and Russia, has developed what it calls the world's fastest supersonic cruise missile. The namesake rocket may now be exported globally — a potentially concerning development for the world's second-...
China Is Placing Underwater Sensors in the Pacific near Guam
Anthony Kuhn
China's official People's Daily newspaper reported in December that Chinese scientists had lowered acoustic sensors into the Mariana Trench, at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
Philippines' Duterte Reneges on China Deal, Bans Foreign Research Ships
Manuel Mogato
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has banned all foreign scientific research off the country's Pacific coast and told the navy to chase away unauthorised vessels, despite earlier allowing Chinese oceanographers to operate there.
Photos Show Beijing's Militarisation of South China Sea in New Detail
Beijing has been accused of building "island fortresses" in the South China Sea after a newspaper in the Philippines obtained aerial photographs offering what experts called the most detailed glimpse yet of China's militarisation of the waterway.
Is the Belt and Road Anti-Democratic?
Nadège Rolland, Tim Summers & more
During her visit to Beijing, Shanghai, and Wuhan January 31-February 2, Prime Minister Theresa May attempted to improve her country's trade relations with China—an increasingly important partner for the post-Brexit United Kingdom. And yet, May was...
Should Pacific Island Nations Be Wary of Chinese Influence?
Jenny Hayward-Jones, Graeme Smith & more
British Prime Minister Theresa May's three-day visit to China, from January 31 to February 2, has amplified ongoing debates in Europe about the costs and benefits of engagement with China and of Chinese investment. Attention to China's role in...
Trump Alarms China with 'Cold War' Rhetoric in State of Union Address
China raised alarms Wednesday over what it called President Trump's "outdated Cold War mentality" after an address that described Beijing as a global rival and set an increasing tough line against China's economic and military reach.
A Most Immoral Woman: George E. Morrison's Life in Turn-of-the-Century China
Linda Jaivin
My historical novel "A Most Immoral Woman" tells the story of Morrison's passionate and unconventional affair with Mae Perkins, an independent and wealthy young American libertine, in 1904. It's a tale that roams the landscape of a dynasty in...
China Denies Plan to Build Military Base in Afghanistan
China's Defence Ministry on Thursday denied that it was planning to build a military base in Afghanistan, branding such reports "groundless".
Is China Really a 'Threat' to the U.S.?
James Holmes, Zha Daojiong & more
In a move presaging tougher policies towards China, the Department of Defense's National Defense Strategy announced that the "revisionist powers" China and Russia are the "central challenge to U.S. prosperity and security." And on January 22, Donald...
Top U.S. Sanctions Envoy Presses China to Expel North Korean Agents
Jeremy Page and Ian Talley
The Trump administration's top sanctions envoy pressed China in high-level meetings this week to deliver on commitments to expel North Korean agents helping finance Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and missile programs.
Taiwan President Says Does Not Exclude Possibility of China Attack
"No one can exclude this possibility. We will need to see whether their policymakers are reasonable policymakers or not," Tsai said in an interview on Taiwan television broadcast late on Monday, when asked whether China could attack Taiwan.
China's Evolving Military Strategy in Africa
Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden & more
Chris Alden, a professor of international relations and China-Africa scholar at the London School of Economics, joins Eric and Cobus to discuss his new book, China and Africa: Building Peace and Security Cooperation on the Continent.
Asia & Pacific China to U.S.: It's Your Fault We Are in the South China Sea
Emily Rauhala
Beijing has a message for the Trump administration: The more ships you send to the contested waters of the South China Sea, the more we will bolster our presence there.
U.S. Military Advantage over Russia and China 'Eroding,' Pentagon Says
The Pentagon unveiled its National Defense Strategy, a document that focuses on the "eroding" U.S. military advantage with regard to Russia and China, and will likely influence future spending on weapons systems and other military hardware...
How China's Military Is Girding for Battle, and What It Means for Neighbours
Wei Shiji "died instantly" while trying to defuse a landmine in a dense forest in China's Fujian province this month, while two comrades, Li Shoushun and Liu Shangdong, "survived the war".
India Tests Ballistic Missile, Posing New Threat to China
India tested a long-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons on Thursday, paving the way for membership to a small list of countries with access to intercontinental missiles and putting most of China in its reach.
China accuses U.S. of "Cold War thinking" with North Korea summit
China on Wednesday said "Cold War thinking" was behind a meeting of U.S. allies on how to deal with North Korea's nuclear threat, adding that the gathering risks splitting international opinion over the issue...
Philippines to Protest to China over Apparent Airbase on Manmade Island
The United States has criticized China's build-up of military facilities on the artificial islands and is concerned they could be used to restrict free movement along the key trade route.
India, China Hold Talks on Long-Running Border Dispute
India and China on Friday discussed ways to prevent a repeat of a recent face-off between their armed forces at a Himalayan plateau where their borders meet.
Donald Trump 'Ignores Facts': Chinese Military Hits Back at Claim It Is Trying to Challenge US Interests
The Chinese military has rejected US President Donald Trump's accusation that it is a challenge to American's national security, according to a statement released late on Wednesday night.


Conway Junior High students ended their school year by joining in a food drive for CAPCA.
Students school-wide were asked to take part in giving back to their community in this way.
In all, they collected more than 1900 food items for CAPCA.
Assistant Principal Ben Broyles says he decided the project would be worthwhile when he heard about the need for food pantry items in the summer time.
"When school is out for the summer, students who eat breakfast and lunch at school often don't have food to eat at home," said Broyles. "This food drive will fill up CAPCA's food pantry and directly benefit not only our students, but those around our area as well."
Broyles and his staff wanted to find a way for all students to participate, so with help from Centennial Bank, they gave kids the incentive of a fun lunch if they brought a food item. The bank grilled hot dogs for the students who participated, while the classes who brought the most food items had the opportunity to dunk principals and teachers in a dunking booth. The winning class brought 300 items!
"We wanted everyone to win," said Broyles. "This way it was a competition for some, but everyone got to win. And it fills such a need here in our community and beyond...I am so glad we could help out in this way."


THP 1-13-010 HUM (Wintergreen THP) Humboldt Redwood Company, 448 acres; 82% group selection, 11% no-harvest, 7% selection logging. Grizzly Creek (HUM: T1N R2E Sec.1; T1N R3E Sec.5, 6). Winter operations, moderate erosion hazard, steep slopes over 65%, steep roads, landslide terrain, debris slides, road failure sites, 21 road drainage work sites, impaired 303.d watershed, coho watershed, large tree helicopter logging, 11 spotted owls within 1.3mi, trees up to 42" dbh. Estimated public comment deadline: 03/27/13.
This THP is about 10 miles east of Rio Dell, CA, near Highway 36 and Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park. Humboldt Redwood Company wants to tractor, cable and helicopter log at an elevation of 450 - 1600 feet in the Grizzly Creek watershed. Grizzly Creek flows into the Van Duzen River, which is impaired for sediment and temperature due to intensive logging in the area. Helicopter logging is planned likely to remove some large trees from 5 stands that contain marbled murrelet habitat. HRC also plans to use tractors on steep slopes in units designated for cable logging. There are several areas with landslide terrain and debris slides; mostly along stream channels. More information is available on the THP Tracking Center website.
Is Green Diamond Resource Company clearcutting their way to FSC labeling?
Recently, Green Diamond Resource Company (formerly Simpson Timber Company), SCS Global Services (SCS), and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) issued a joint press release announcing Green Diamond Resource Company's California Timberlands have been certified as meeting the forest management standards established by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). SCS Global Services, an international corporation that provides certification contracting services to a number of industries, conducted, on behalf of the FSC, the evaluation, or audit, of Green Diamond Resource Company's logging practices.
This is an interesting development, given the fact that Green Diamond Resource Company has clearcut over 9,000 acres of their own timberlands since 2010 (See THP Tracking Center CA Private Lands Logging Statistics for 2010, 2011 & 2012). FSC allows some mimicking of natural processes; but the reality is Green Diamond Resource Company has already converted far more of their lands to plantations through clearcutting than either fire or insects could. And since clearcutting is the cheapest way to log, it continues to work very well for their bottom line, so FSC labeling gives them the prefect excuse to greenwash. More information is available on EPICs BLOG "Forest Products Marketing Firm Commits Major Blunder in the Redwoods" and on the THP Tracking Center website.
THP 1-13-009 MEN (Sherwood Orange THP) Campbell Timberlands, 365 acres; 56% clearcut, 35% selection, 8% variable retention logging. Upper S. Fork Ten Mile River, Duffy Gulch (MD: T18N R16W Sec.1; T19N R15W Sec.18, 19, 30, 31; T19N R16W Sec.25, 35, 36). Wet weather operations, high erosion hazard, steep slopes up to 85%, 16 landslide terrain sites, debris flows, road failure sites, 49 road drainage work sites, wet areas, impaired 303.d watershed, coho watershed, 14 spotted owls within 1.3mi, trees up to 68" dbh. Estimated public comment deadline: 03/18/13.
This THP is about 10 miles east of Fort Bragg on Sherwood Ridge at an elevation of 560 - 1760 feet; between the North Fork of the Ten Mile River watershed, and the Noyo River watershed. Both watersheds have a long history of intense logging and are listed as "impaired" due to excessive sediment and elevated temperatures. Campbell Timberlands wants to tractor and cable log on some very steep and unstable slopes with a high erosion hazard. According to the geology report, there are 16 landslide related sites in the area; 1 site may have failed because of a 1999 clearcut, and there is a high possibility of future debris flows on another site with a steep headwall swale that Campbell wants to log on. The THP is also adjacent to the Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco lands, and there is marbled murrelet habitat near a rock pit and haul road. More information is available on the THP Tracking Center website.
THP 2-13-007 PLA (Deller Springs THP) New Forestry LLC, 55.2 acres; 100% clearcut logging. Big Mosquito Creek, Peavine Creek (MD: T14N R12E Sec.14). Winter operations, moderate erosion hazard, slopes up to 65%, 2 CA spotted owls within 1.3mi, trees up to 100 years old. Estimated public comment deadline: 03/20/13.
This THP is about 12 miles NE of the town of Foresthill, in the Mosquito Ridge area between the Middle & North Forks of the American River. New Forestry LLC is proposing to tractor and cable log clearcut 55.2 acres of forestlands at an elevation of 4,600 - 4,800 feet. The THP area is a little over a mile west of Big Trees Grove, the northernmost grove of giant Sequoias in the Sierra Nevada range. More information is available on the THP Tracking Center website.
THP 1-13-007 MEN (Orchard THP) Jackson State Forest, 289 acres; 85% selection, 15% group selection logging. Mitchell Creek, Caspar Creek (MD: T17N R17W Sec.3, 10). Wet weather operations, high erosion hazard, landslide terrain, road failure sites, steep slopes over 70%, 24 road drainage work sites, 20 acres of large tree logging, bicycle trail, coho watershed, 3 spotted owls within 1.3mi, red tree vole sightings, california pinefoot, trees up to 36" dbh. Estimated public comment deadline: 03/14/13.
This THP is on the Mendocino coast and about 4 miles east of the town of Casper, CA at an elevation of 120 - 880 feet. The Casper Creek watershed is an important steelhead and coho fishery that drains directly into the Pacific Ocean. Jackson State Forest is planning a tractor and cable logging operation that includes 20 acres of large tree logging in a forested area that has been untouched since the late 1800s. The area also has a poorly drained jeep road and ditch system that needs repair, and 24 road drainage work sites including culvert repair/replacement and dip rocking and re-construction. There is a single track bicycle trail that runs along the north side of the project area, and some uncommon stands of Pygmy Cypress and Northern Bishop Pine. 3 individuals of California Pinefoot are within the plan area, and a population of Leafy Stemmed Miterwort lie just outside of the THP. More information is available on the THP Tracking Center website.
THP 2-13-006 PLU (High Country THP) Soper Wheeler Company, 2778 acres; 70% group selection, 16% sanitation salvage, 12% shelterwood, 2% rehab, 1% clearcut logging. Little Grass Valley Reservoir, Onion Valley Creek, Claremont Creek, Bagget Gulch, Rabbit Creek, Cleghorn Bar (MD: T21N R9E Sec.2, 3, 4; T22N R9E Sec.15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35; T23N R9E Sec.25, 26, 35, 36; T23N R10E Sec.30, 31). Winter operations, high erosion hazard, slopes up to 50%, 38 road drainage work sites, wet area, impaired 303.d watershed, 12 CA spotted owls within 1.3mi, bald eagle within 1.5 mi, foothill yellow legged frog within 1 mi, adjacent to middle fork feather river roadless areas, pacific crest trail within .5mi, scattered large trees. Estimated public comment deadline: 03/14/13.
This THP is about 10 miles SW of Quincy, CA, high up on the crest of the Sierra Nevada Range at an elevation of 5,100 - 6,700 feet. Soper Wheeler Company is planning a mostly group selection tractor logging THP with some sanitation salvage and modified shelterwood logging. They also will be logging in some nice high elevation red fir and lodgepole pine stands adjacent to the Middle Fork of the Feather River Roadless areas. Section 15 is within a half mile of the Pacific Crest Trail, and a portion of the THP is close to Little Grass Valley Reservoir boat ramp and campground; a popular recreation area. More information is available on the THP Tracking Center website.


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And then she proceeded to spit them out back into their container, slowly and demurely, while one of the hosts covered her face for her.
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The Asian Affairs > Latest News > Indonesia > Trending : Controversial Indonesian Criminal Code Draft
Trending : Controversial Indonesian Criminal Code Draft
By Noto
Indonesia may be facing another legal crisis as the controversial draft criminal law is imminent (a complete review of the current criminal law).
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Indonesia – Indonesia may be facing another legal crisis as the controversial draft criminal law is imminent (a complete review of the current criminal law). Deputy Minister of Justice and Human Rights Edward Omar Sharif Heariezi said the law should be passed by July this year at the latest, but the date has not been released.
A draft of the new code was released in 2019, with demonstrations nationwide, some of which became violent. 4,444 Indonesians were concerned about articles ranging from blasphemy to adultery and were afraid that some of the provisions for minorities would be armed and used to crack down on civil liberties.
The draft has since been updated, but changes and revisions have not been fully shared. "Indonesia's draft criminal law reflects the growing influence of Islamism. Many Muslims consider it the best jewel of what they call Shariah Law," Human Rights Watch Indonesia. Researcher Andreas Harsono said.
"It will be disastrous not only for women and religious and gender minorities, but for all Indonesians."
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What is the Draft Criminal Code?
The Draft Criminal Code proposes a drastic change to the current Indonesian Criminal Code (known as Kitab Undang-undang Hukum Pidana or KUHP) by adding, deleting, or extending its form and content.
The current criminal law dating back to 1918 during the Dutch colonial period was codified and unified in 1946 after Indonesia's independence. It is based on the civil law system and is a mixture of Dutch law, customary law known as Hukum Adat, and modern Indonesian law added over the years.
Many articles in the current code are duplicated or inconsistent as a result of the revision of the current code and the addition of bills in certain legal areas such as the Domestic Violence Act and the Healthcare Code. The process of updating the code began over a decade ago and was led by many different governments, but this latest push is primarily Indonesia's 49-year-old Hiariej, lovingly known as Prof Eddy- His legal qualifications and his expertise in criminal law
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Honky Tonk Clapham to launch in autumn
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This autumn will see the launch of American-inspired restaurant and bar Honky Tonk in Clapham, south-west London, following its successful launch in Chelsea. Honky Tonk is the brainchild of Mark Cutler, one of the founders supperclub London, and will feature regular live music and entertainment, with a late licence until 2am at weekends. The venue will house over 150 covers with separate restaurant, bar and private dining areas, as well as a stage for musicians. The décor will feature worn brown leather banquette seating, vintage rock 'n' roll music posters, old Elvis films projected on a large screen, and mismatched wooden tables and upholstered chairs. Honky Tonk is a collaboration between Mark and bar and restaurant consultants, The Cocktail Service and will be based at 16A Clapham South Side, London SW4.
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Are We Running Out of Ideas?
In Economics, In the news
Last month I pointed out that tech seems to be peaking, but social good feels like its in its infancy. The "peaking" story has cropped up a few more times:
Freakonomics recent podcast asks, "Are We Running Out of Ideas?" This podcast, like the book it is named after, always does a good job analyzing the root causes rather than just skimming over the surface. That root cause is productivity, which seems to have slowed down dramatically in the last few decades.
Back on the surface symptoms, TechCrunch points out, "There's an implosion of early-stage VC funding, and no one's talking about it".
In both cases, what comes to my mind is the common desire to work on the shiny, new idea rather than working through the details of the last great idea. Similarly seen as the focus on building new roads and bridges, while the old infrastructure decays from lack of maintenance.
It's the 80:20 rule played out, where 80% of the success takes just 20% of the effort, and the last 20% takes 80%.
Forty years of personal computers, from the Apple I in 1977 to the iPad of 2010 and seemingly ubiquitous notebooks in 2017 grew productivity tremendously. But for half the world the only computer they've ever touched is a cheap mobile phone.
Similarly, the "Green Revolution" of the 1960's and 70's fed the last three billion people born on the planet. But that productivity has yet to reach the half of the world's population who are smallholder farmers.
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Echo Music Prize (stylised as ECHO, ) was an accolade by the , an association of recording companies of Germany to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The first ECHO Awards ceremony was held in 1992, and it was set up to honor musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1991, succeeding the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, which was awarded since 1963. Each year's winner was determined by the previous year's sales. In April 2018, following controversy regarding that year's ceremony, the Bundesverband Musikindustrie announced the end of the award.

History
First held with 370 people in the Flora, Cologne in 1992, the award ceremony in Frankfurt was televised and the classical awards were moved to a separate event, Echo Klassik, in Cologne in 1994. Until 1995, only invited guests could attend the ceremony. It was held in Munich, and in 2001, the venue was moved from Hamburg to Berlin because of subsidies of up to 20 million euros, although a return in 2004 was considered. In 2009, the venue in Berlin was moved to Mercedes-Benz Arena.

Trophy
The trophy was designed by Oliver Renelt when he was a student at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. It is stainless steel, and is  tall and weighs . It depicts half a disc with notes flowing into it from a globe, and the design was the winner of a competition held for that purpose.

Controversy
The Echo Award was heavily criticized worldwide when Farid Bang and Kollegah received the award for best hip hop/urban album in April 2018. The nominated album, Jung, Brutal, Gutaussehend 3 (English: "Young, brutal, handsome 3"), contains the track "0815", in which the artists refer to their muscles as being more defined than those of Auschwitz inmates. The duo was even allowed to perform this track during the ceremony, despite heavy protests weeks before the award show.

Campino, singer of German punk band Die Toten Hosen, was the first one to criticize the committee's decision during the ceremony. His remarks received a standing ovation from the audience. Several artists later returned their Echo awards in protest, such as Marius Müller-Westernhagen, who returned all of his seven Echo awards received over the years. Other artists returning their awards were German conductors Christian Thielemann and Enoch zu Guttenberg, Russian-German pianist Igor Levit, record producer Klaus Voormann, and the Notos Quartett.

However, criticism did not only come from artists and the German press. Several businesses joined in, with Tom Enders, CEO of Airbus, being one of the most recent high-profile commentators, saying that this would hurt "Germany's international reputation". He also asked if "antisemitism [was] becoming acceptable in Germany" again.

As a consequence, the Echo Award was discontinued.

Ceremony locations

Echo Awards
The Kastelruther Spatzen have won 13 Echo Awards in the category Volksmusik which is more than any other artist; the awards were in 1993, 1996–2003, 2006–2010.

Selected pop categories

Best National Rock/Pop Male Artist
1992 Herbert Grönemeyer
1993 Marius Müller-Westernhagen
1994 Herbert Grönemeyer
1995 Marius Müller-Westernhagen
1996 Mark'Oh
1997 Peter Maffay
1998 Nana
1999 Marius Müller-Westernhagen
2000 Xavier Naidoo
2001
2002 Peter Maffay
2003 Herbert Grönemeyer
2004 Dick Brave
2005 Gentleman
2006 Xavier Naidoo
2007 Roger Cicero
2008 Herbert Grönemeyer
2009 Udo Lindenberg
2010 Xavier Naidoo
2011 David Garrett
2012 Udo Lindenberg
2013 David Garrett
2014 Tim Bendzko
2015 Herbert Grönemeyer
2016 Andreas Bourani
2017 Udo Lindenberg
2018 Mark Forster

Best National Rock/Pop Female Artist
1992 Pe Werner
1993 Sandra
1994 Doro
1995 Marusha
1996 Schwester S.
1997 Blümchen
1998 Sabrina Setlur
1999 Blümchen
2000 Sabrina Setlur
2001 Jeanette
2002 Sarah Connor
2003 Nena
2004 Yvonne Catterfeld
2005 Annett Louisan
2006 Christina Stürmer
2007 LaFee
2008 LaFee
2009 Stefanie Heinzmann
2010 Cassandra Steen
2011 Lena
2012 Ina Müller
2013 Ivy Quainoo
2014 Ina Müller
2015 Oonagh
2016 Sarah Connor
2017 Ina Müller
2018 Alice Merton

Best International Rock/Pop Male Artist
1992 Phil Collins
1993 Michael Jackson
1994 Meat Loaf
1995 Bryan Adams
1996 Vangelis
1997 Eros Ramazzotti
1998 Jon Bon Jovi
1999 Eros Ramazzotti
2000 Ricky Martin
2001 Carlos Santana
2002 Robbie Williams
2003 Robbie Williams
2004 Robbie Williams
2005 Robbie Williams
2006 Robbie Williams
2007 Robbie Williams
2008 James Blunt
2009 Paul Potts
2010 Robbie Williams
2011 Phil Collins
2012 Bruno Mars
2013 Robbie Williams
2014 Robbie Williams
2015 Ed Sheeran
2016 Ed Sheeran
2017 Rag'n'Bone Man
2018 Ed Sheeran

Best International Rock/Pop Female Artist
1992 Cher
1993 Annie Lennox
1994 Bonnie Tyler
1995 Mariah Carey
1996 Madonna
1997 Alanis Morissette
1998 Toni Braxton
1999 Celine Dion
2000 Cher
2001 Britney Spears
2002 Dido
2003 Shakira
2004 Shania Twain
2005 Anastacia
2006 Madonna
2007 Katie Melua
2008 Nelly Furtado
2009 Amy Winehouse
2010 Lady Gaga
2011 Amy Macdonald
2012 Adele
2013 Lana Del Rey
2014 Birdy
2015 Zaz
2016 Adele
2017 Sia
2018 P!nk

Best Schlager Female Artist
1993 Nicole (German singer)

Best National Rock/Pop Group
1992 Scorpions
1993 Die Prinzen
1994 Die Toten Hosen
1995 Pur
1996 Pur
1997 Die Toten Hosen
1998 Tic Tac Toe
1999 Modern Talking
2000 Die Fantastischen Vier
2001 Pur
2002 No Angels
2003 Die Toten Hosen
2004 Pur
2005 Söhne Mannheims
2006 Wir sind Helden
2007 Rosenstolz
2008 Die Fantastischen Vier
2009 Ich + Ich
2010 Silbermond
2011 Ich + Ich
2012 Rosenstolz
2013 Die Toten Hosen
2014 The BossHoss
2015 Revolverheld
2016 Pur
2017 AnnenMayKantereit
2018 Milky Chance

Best International Rock/Pop Group
1992 Queen
1993 Genesis
1994 Ace of Base
1995 Pink Floyd
1996 The Kelly Family
1997 The Fugees
1998 Backstreet Boys
1999 Lighthouse Family
2000 Buena Vista Social Club and Ry Cooder
2001 Bon Jovi
2002 Linkin Park
2003 Red Hot Chili Peppers
2004 Evanescence
2005 Green Day
2006 Coldplay
2007 The Pussycat Dolls
2008 Linkin Park
2009 Coldplay
2010 Depeche Mode
2011 Take That
2012 Coldplay
2013 Mumford and Sons
2014 Depeche Mode
2015 Pink Floyd
2016 Coldplay
2017 Metallica
2018 Imagine Dragons

Best International Rock/Alternative
2001 Limp Bizkit (nominee: Blink-182, Kid Rock, Korn, Papa Roach )
2002 Linkin Park (nominee: Crazy Town, Gorillaz, HIM, Limp Bizkit)
2003 P.O.D. (nominee: Coldplay, Korn, Linkin Park, Puddle Of Mudd )
2004 Evanescence (nominee: Coldplay, Linkin Park, Metallica, The Rasmus )
2006 System of a Down (nominee: 3 Doors Down, Audioslave, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand )
2007 Billy Talent (nominee: Bullet For My Valentine, Evanescence, Placebo, Tool )
2008 Nightwish (nominee: Foo Fighters, Kaiser Chiefs, Marilyn Manson, Within Temptation )
2009 AC/DC (nominee: 3 Doors Down, Metallica, R.E.M., Slipknot )
2010 Green Day (nominee: Billy Talent, Kings Of Leon, Mando Diao, Placebo )
2011 Linkin Park (nominee: Iron Maiden, Mando Diao, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Volbeat )
2012 Red Hot Chili Peppers: (nominee: Evanescence, Foo Fighters, Nickelback, Nightwish )
2013 Linkin Park (nominee: Billy Talent, Green Day, Muse, The Rolling Stones )
2014 Volbeat (nominee: Black Sabbath, Imagine Dragons, Placebo, Thirty Seconds to Mars )
2015 AC/DC (nominee: Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Nickelback, Slipknot )
2016 Iron Maiden (nominee: AC/DC, Motörhead, Nightwish, Placebo )

Single of the Year
2005 O-Zone: "Dragostea din tei"
2006 Madonna: "Hung Up"
2007 Silbermond: "Das Beste"
2008 DJ Ötzi feat. Nik P.: "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)"
2009 Kid Rock: "All Summer Long"
2010 Lady Gaga: "Poker Face"
2011 Israel Kamakawiwoʻole: "Over the Rainbow"
2012 Gotye feat. Kimbra: "Somebody That I Used to Know"
2013 Die Toten Hosen: "Tage wie diese"
2014 Avicii: "Wake Me Up"
2015 Helene Fischer: "Atemlos durch die Nacht"
2016 Lost Frequencies: "Are You with Me"
2017 Drake: "One Dance"
2018 Ed Sheeran: "Shape of You"

Single of the Year (National)
1993 Snap!: "Rhythm is a Dancer"
1994 Haddaway: "What is Love"
1995 Lucilectric: "Mädchen"
1996 Scatman John: "Scatman"
1997 Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman: "Time to Say Goodbye"
1998 Tic Tac Toe: "Warum"
1999 Oli.P: "Flugzeuge im Bauch"
2000 Lou Bega: "Mambo No. 5"
2001 Anton feat. DJ Ötzi: Anton aus Tirol
2002 No Angels: Daylight in Your Eyes
2003 Herbert Grönemeyer: "Mensch"
2004 Deutschland sucht den Superstar: "We Have a Dream"

Single of the Year (International)
2001 Rednex: "The Spirit of the Hawk"
2002 Enya: "Only Time"
2003 Las Ketchup: "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)"
2004 RZA feat. Xavier Naidoo: "Ich kenne nichts"

Album of the Year
2008 Herbert Grönemeyer: 12
2009 Amy Winehouse: Back to Black
2010 Peter Fox: Stadtaffe
2011 Unheilig: Große Freiheit
2012 Adele: 21
2013 Die Toten Hosen: Ballast der Republik
2014 Helene Fischer: Farbenspiel
2015 Helene Fischer: Farbenspiel
2016 Helene Fischer: Weihnachten
2017 Udo Lindenberg: Stärker als die Zeit
2018 Ed Sheeran: ÷

Best National Newcomer
1991 Pe Werner
1992 Die Fantastischen Vier
1993
1994 Six Was Nine
1996 Fettes Brot
1997 Fools Garden
1998 Nana
1999 Xavier Naidoo
2000 Sasha
2001
2002 Seeed
2003 Wonderwall
2004 Wir sind Helden
2005 Silbermond
2006 Tokio Hotel
2007 LaFee
2008 Mark Medlock
2009 Thomas Godoj
2010 The Baseballs
2011 Lena
2012 Tim Bendzko
2013 Cro
2014 Adel Tawil
2015 Oonagh
2016 Joris
2017 AnnenMayKantereit
2018 Wincent Weiss

Best International Newcomer
1996 Alanis Morissette
1997 Spice Girls
1998 Hanson
1999 Eagle-Eye Cherry
2000 Bloodhound Gang [Nominee: Tarkan, Jennifer Lopez, Everlast, Britney Spears]
2001 Anastacia
2002 Alicia Keys
2003 Avril Lavigne
2004 The Rasmus
2005 Katie Melua
2006 James Blunt
2007 Billy Talent
2008 Mika
2009 Amy Macdonald
2010 Lady Gaga
2011 Hurts
2012 Caro Emerald
2013 Lana Del Rey (Nominee: Alex Clare, Emile Sande, Luca Hanni, Of Monsters And Men)
2014 Beatrice Egli
2015 The Common Linnets
2016 James Bay
2017 Rag'n'Bone Man
2018 Luis Fonsi

Honorary Award
1991 Udo Lindenberg
1992 Reinhard Mey
1993 Udo Jürgens
1994 James Last
1996 Klaus Doldinger
1997 Frank Farian
1998 Comedian Harmonists
1999 Falco
2000 Hildegard Knef
2001 Fritz Rau
2002 Caterina Valente
2003 Can
2004 Howard Carpendale
2005 Michael Kunze
2006 Peter Kraus
2007 Ralph Siegel
2008 Rolf Zuckowski
2009 Scorpions
2010 Peter Maffay
2011 Annette Humpe
2012 Wolfgang Niedecken
2013 Hannes Wader
2014 Yello
2015 Nana Mouskouri
2016 Puhdys
2017 Marius Müller-Westernhagen

Echo Klassik

Following its first edition as a separate event in Cologne in 1994, the Echo Klassik has been held in the Semperoper in Dresden in 1996 and 2009, in Dortmund in 2003, in Gasteig in Munich from 2004 to 2008 and in 2014. In 2010 it was held in Essen. From 2011 until 2016 the award show was held in Berlin's Konzerthaus - only shortly intermitted in 2014. In 2017, the Echo Klassik took place in Hamburg's newly opened Elbphilharmonie.

Echo Jazz

Since 2010, the Echo Jazz awards have been given in thirty categories, including ensemble of the year, male and female singer of the year, record label, and lifetime achievement. In 2012 the criteria for entry included album release date and "two outstanding reviews from music journalists." Conductor Claus Ogermann was given the ECHO Jazz Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. Awards are decided by a twelve-member jury based on critical and commercial appeal.

References

External links

 Echo Deutscher Musikpreis

1992 establishments in Germany
Awards established in 1992
Awards disestablished in 2018
2018 disestablishments in Germany
German awards
German music awards
Jazz awards
Lists of award winners

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Public Release: 31-Mar-2006
New discoveries point to 'cave of John the Baptist' as important site in the time of Isaiah
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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New Discoveries Point to "Cave of John the Baptist" as Important Site in the Time of Isaiah Recently completed digging at Israel's Suba Cave, an archaeological site that is possibly connected with John the Baptist, or Jewish groups of his time has revealed features that deepen the mystery of the site's ancient origins, according to University of North Carolina at Charlotte archaeologist James D. Tabor, associate director of the excavation.
The site was brought to international attention in 2004 with the publication of The Cave of John the Baptist, a controversial book by Israeli archaeologist Shimon Gibson, the site's director. The initial connection with John the Baptist was based on some of the earliest Christian drawings related to John on the cave walls as well as the location of the cave near Ein Kerem, John's birthplace. In particular, the most recent excavations point to the possible existence of a second, still unexcavated cave at the site, suggesting that the location may have been a major complex of uncertain function during the Iron Age
In the 2004 book, Gibson discussed discoveries from the cave and underground reservoir at Suba, 15 miles west of Jerusalem, focusing on the finding that it had seen particularly heavy use during the early Roman period, around the time of John the Baptist and Jesus. In particular, the discovery in 1st. Century AD stratigraphic levels of thousands of small pottery vessels, all apparently ritually broken, led Gibson to theorize that the cave had been a site for baptismal rituals, possibly performed by John the Baptist or Jesus, or other Jewish groups of a similar nature who practices ritual water purification rites. Towards the end of the cave excavation, Gibson also found evidence that the cave's large (24 meters long, 4 meters wide and 5 meters high) plastered reservoir had originally been constructed in the 7th Century BC, near the time of Isaiah. Because the massive cave had been professionally cut from solid rock, Gibson concluded that it must have been a project of the Kingdom of Judah. Because it was not conveniently located in an urban area (the nearest town was Suba, which was more than a kilometer away) and because it contained features that were inconsistent with a storage reservoir or cistern (its unusual shape and broad stairs descending to the water), Gibson theorized that part of its original function might have included ritual rites of water purification.
In the most recent excavations in March, 2006, a University of North Carolina at Charlotte student team, supervised by Gibson and Tabor, uncovered an outside corridor leading to what appears to be another cave. The corridor was filled with deposits that date to the Iron Age (within 100 years of the site's original construction) and leads directly into the steep hillside.
"Just last summer we found new pools outside up above the cave and a corridor, which our most recent dig shows is leading into what we now think is another chamber," said Tabor. "We're almost afraid to continue because it now looks like this is some huge complex, but now that we are into it, we can't stop."
"We're following the corridor on back and taken it up to a wall of fill - it is leading to something - maybe another cave. The corridor narrows as it approaches the cliff face and up above you can see bedrock, maybe a roof, but in front you can just see fill. It could just be a little enclave, but it just keeps going... it's going somewhere."
Tabor notes that if the corridor is leading to a cave, the site was even more extensive during the time of Isaiah than it was during the time of John the Baptist and Jesus. "The entrance, if that's what it is, is blocked with Iron Age fill, so this went out of use quickly after it was built, which is another mystery," Tabor noted. "Why do you build this huge thing and then it goes out of use within a hundred years? You have to wonder."
In the recent excavations, the team also uncovered seven rough stone pillars in the middle of the corridor.
"We have no idea what purpose these pillars served," said Tabor. "They could be quarry stones, but they left them standing in the corridor for some reason."
Tabor sees the new discoveries as further evidence for the past significance and historical importance of the Suba Cave site. If the cave was used for baptismal rituals at the time of John the Baptist, as Gibson has argued, it is a possibility that the site was used because it had ancient significance to John and his followers. Gibson and Tabor have also explored more practical theories, namely that the complex was quarried for some kind of industrial use--perhaps as a clay production facility.
In his 2004 book, Gibson argues that "evidence showed that the cave at Suba was already more than 700 years old at the time of John the Baptist. It was a place, I believe, that must have possessed a hoary Israelite tradition of ritualistic bathing going back into the mists of time." As more evidence has been uncovered Gibson has broadened his theorizing and currently is uncertain of the original function of the facility. There are no precise parallels to this kind of complex from the Iron Age, however, a roughly similar reservoir, but without the external pools and corridor, exists at nearby Bet Shemesh.
UNC Charlotte is the academic sponsor of the Suba Cave project. The dig began in March 2000, and student crews from UNC Charlotte continue to be actively involved in the ongoing excavation. A full scholarly publication on the first six years of excavation is now being prepared and will be published in 2007 by the Israel Exploration Society. Other project sponsors are the Jerusalem Historical Society and the Foundation for Biblical Archaeology, with funding from the John C. Whitehead Foundation.
Source: James Tabor, 704-687-2783
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You can be sure we will be hearing it loud and clear as two crusades get to the point that they need to be eliminated.
The most immediate and narrow is the multi-pronged investigation into the most recent presidential election.
With Democrats in charge of the House, committees that for the past two years have pretended to investigate influence by Russia and possibly other nations on the campaign, and especially on social media, will actually be doing the hard work.
This will include the possibility that we finally will get to see President Donald Trump's tax returns, a revelation that was considered business as usual until 2016.
And you can be sure that those who defend the president will join in the chorus lamenting that if we can force an alleged billionaire to do what every other presidential candidate has done for decades, well, then we are moving even farther down that slippery slope toward socialism.
And you know what happens when socialism takes hold.
The other force, one longer in the making, harder to stop and with much more deadly consequences, is global warming, or more precisely, this newfound determination to do something about it.
The most recent reports from genuine scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is that last year was the fourth hottest since they began reliably recording temperatures back in 1880.
And while fourth place might not seem that threatening, you have to realize that the hottest five years ever recorded are the past five, with 2016 holding the all-time record.
What about the polar vortex, the blast from Canada — which is pretty socialist when you come to think of it — that briefly froze us before we were all of a sudden shedding our parkas for a few days?
Proof that global warming is a hoax or, as the real scientists at NASA and elsewhere are always ready to show us, proof that steadily rising temperatures which melt the glaciers and warm the oceans are responsible for more extreme weather, the kind that brings deadly hurricanes and drought that extends the fire season for 12 months, that bakes Australia — another socialist enclave — while we freeze?
And what about this Green New Deal, sponsored by some politicians who do not deny they are socialists, echoing the socialism that was at the heart of the original New Deal - you know, the one that inflicted such socialist punishment on us as Social Security and unemployment compensation and federal insurance for bank deposits. Don't forget socialized medicine, which you know better as Medicare and Medicaid.
Now, Nancy Pelosi has named a special committee to deal with climate change while Democrats in the House and Senate push their plans to help cut down on the use of fossil fuels, moving as quickly as we can to alternatives such as solar and wind, creating both energy and jobs.
But wouldn't that hurt Venezuela, whose main product is oil? Why would our socialists want to harm those socialists?
It's all clearly a very clever socialist plot.


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"""Test .NET autoapi objects"""

import os
import unittest
from collections import namedtuple

from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader

from autoapi.mappers import dotnet
from autoapi.mappers import python
from autoapi.settings import TEMPLATE_DIR

class DotNetObjectTests(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_type(self):
        """Test types of some of the objects"""
        obj = dotnet.DotNetNamespace({"id": "Foo.Bar"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(obj.type, "namespace")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_type, "namespace")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_directive, "ns")

        obj = dotnet.DotNetMethod({"id": "Foo.Bar"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(obj.type, "method")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_type, "method")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_directive, "meth")

        obj = dotnet.DotNetProperty({"id": "Foo.Bar"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(obj.type, "property")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_type, "property")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_directive, "prop")

        obj = dotnet.DotNetEnum({"id": "Foo.Bar"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(obj.type, "enum")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_type, "enumeration")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_directive, "enum")

        obj = dotnet.DotNetStruct({"id": "Foo.Bar"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(obj.type, "struct")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_type, "structure")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_directive, "struct")

        obj = dotnet.DotNetConstructor({"id": "Foo.Bar"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(obj.type, "constructor")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_type, "constructor")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_directive, "ctor")

        obj = dotnet.DotNetInterface({"id": "Foo.Bar"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(obj.type, "interface")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_type, "interface")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_directive, "iface")

        obj = dotnet.DotNetDelegate({"id": "Foo.Bar"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(obj.type, "delegate")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_type, "delegate")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_directive, "del")

        obj = dotnet.DotNetClass({"id": "Foo.Bar"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(obj.type, "class")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_type, "class")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_directive, "cls")

        obj = dotnet.DotNetField({"id": "Foo.Bar"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(obj.type, "field")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_type, "field")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_directive, "field")

        obj = dotnet.DotNetEvent({"id": "Foo.Bar"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(obj.type, "event")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_type, "event")
        self.assertEqual(obj.ref_directive, "event")

    def test_names(self):
        """Test names of objects"""
        obj = dotnet.DotNetNamespace({"id": "Foo.Bar"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(obj.name, "Foo.Bar")
        self.assertEqual(obj.short_name, "Bar")

        obj = dotnet.DotNetNamespace({"id": "Foo.Bar.Something`1"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(obj.name, "Foo.Bar.Something`1")
        self.assertEqual(obj.short_name, "Something`1")

    def test_namespace_namespace(self):
        """Namespace parent resolution"""
        ns = dotnet.DotNetNamespace({"id": "Foo.Bar.Widgets"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(ns.namespace, "Foo.Bar")
        ns = dotnet.DotNetNamespace({"id": "Foo.Bar"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(ns.namespace, "Foo")
        ns = dotnet.DotNetNamespace({"id": "Foo"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertIsNone(ns.namespace)

    def test_class_namespace(self):
        """Class parent resolution"""
        cls = dotnet.DotNetClass(
            dict(id="Foo.Bar.Widget", type="class"), jinja_env=None
        )
        self.assertEqual(cls.namespace, "Foo.Bar")
        cls = dotnet.DotNetClass(dict(id="Foo.Bar", type="class"), jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(cls.namespace, "Foo")
        cls = dotnet.DotNetClass(dict(id="Foo", type="class"), jinja_env=None)
        self.assertIsNone(cls.namespace)

    def test_filename(self):
        """Object file name"""
        cls = dotnet.DotNetClass({"id": "Foo.Bar.Widget"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(cls.pathname, os.path.join("Foo", "Bar", "Widget"))
        cls = dotnet.DotNetClass({"id": "Foo.Bar.Widget<T>"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(cls.pathname, os.path.join("Foo", "Bar", "Widget-T"))
        cls = dotnet.DotNetClass({"id": "Foo.Bar.Widget<T>(TFoo)"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(cls.pathname, os.path.join("Foo", "Bar", "Widget-T"))
        cls = dotnet.DotNetClass({"id": "Foo.Foo-Bar.Widget<T>(TFoo)"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(cls.pathname, os.path.join("Foo", "FooBar", "Widget-T"))
        cls = dotnet.DotNetClass({"id": u"Foo.Bär"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(cls.pathname, os.path.join("Foo", "Bar"))
        cls = dotnet.DotNetClass({"id": u"Ащщ.юИфк"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(cls.pathname, os.path.join("Ashchshch", "iuIfk"))

    def test_rendered_class_escaping(self):
        """Rendered class escaping"""
        jinja_env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader([TEMPLATE_DIR]))
        cls = dotnet.DotNetClass(
            {"id": "Foo.Bar`1", "inheritance": ["Foo.Baz`1"]}, jinja_env=jinja_env
        )
        self.assertIn("* :dn:cls:`Foo.Baz\\`1`\n", cls.render())

    def test_include_path(self):
        """Include path"""
        cls = dotnet.DotNetClass({"id": "Foo.Bar.Widget"}, jinja_env=None)
        self.assertEqual(cls.include_path, "/autoapi/Foo/Bar/Widget/index")
        cls = dotnet.DotNetClass({"id": "Foo.Bar.Widget"}, jinja_env=None)
        cls.url_root = "/autofoo"
        self.assertEqual(cls.include_path, "/autofoo/Foo/Bar/Widget/index")

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