(1) It’s one of the reasons why we want to maintain a very strong relationship with China, one of the reasons why what Clive Palmer said the other night was so destructive, and really it’s very hard to understand why someone who wants to be influential in our nation’s life would be so simplistic and counter-productive.” Palmer said: “The comments I made on the ABC’s Q&A program this week were not directed at the Chinese community or the Chinese government.” In a statement released after the prime minister’s rebuke, the tycoon said his comments were directed at the Chinese state-owned company Citic “that has failed to honour its agreements and announcements made to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in early 2006”.
(2) That time Clive Palmer… Facebook Twitter Pinterest ...walked out on an interview (also due to questions around the court case with Citic Pacific) with the ABC’s Sarah Ferguson “Don’t talk to me about allegations and bullshit,” he said.
(3) Palmer told Guardian Australia he was referring “particularly to Chinese government owned state corporations.” Palmer earned his estimated $1.2bn fortune first through real estate and then mining royalties – mostly through Citic Pacific which is mining iron ore in the Pilbara.
(4) Palmer United party leader Clive Palmer has defended a live television rant during which he called Chinese companies “mongrels” and said they shoot their own people, after he was asked about corruption allegations to do with mining company Citic Pacific.
(5) On ABC’s Q&A program on Monday night, the leader of the Palmer United party was asked about allegations he siphoned more than $12m from state-owned Chinese company Citic Pacific, through his Mineralogy company, to his fund his election campaign.
(6) The court order covers only access to the Citic building at Admiralty, including two minor roads.
(7) But the scheme – also involving fellow Chinese group Citic, which already owns 40% of that site – is billed as developing a new financial district in east London that will create up to 30,000 jobs.
(8) He has strenuously denied accusations his company Mineralogy misused Citic Pacific’s cash to finance PUP’s federal election campaign.
(9) This article was amended on 3 February 2015 to amend the description of Citic Pacific.
(10) Palmer is embroiled in a legal battle with Chinese state-owned company Citic Pacific, which has accused the mining magnate of siphoning off $12m in funds.
(11) When the audience reacted he said: “I’m saying that because they’re communist, because they shoot their own people, they haven’t got a justice system and they want to take over this country.” On Wednesday he stoked the controversy by accusing Citic, with whom Palmer is currently locked in legal action , of attacking Australian living standards and the wage system.
(12) The police statement refers only to the court order passed to clear access to the Citic Tower at Admiralty, at the request of the building owners.
(13) Palmer is embroiled in a legal battle with subsidiaries of Chinese government-owned miner Citic Pacific over what they say is the misuse of company funds which ended in PUP coffers.
(14) He reportedly sold his mining rights to Chinese steel company CITIC, pocketing an upfront payment fee of $200m and royalties at 10%, well above the usual fees.
(15) It was earned first through real estate and then mining royalties, particularly from Citic Pacific, the Chinese state-owned company that is mining Palmer’s Pilbara iron ore holdings with which he is locked in another long-running and bitter legal dispute over what he is owed and allegations he improperly spent money on his political campaigns.
(16) I’ve got better things to do, more important issues to face than the Australian and [journalist] Hedley Thomas.” Palmer had repeatedly accused the News Corp publication of running a baseless campaign against him over his business dealings and a separate legal dispute with the Chinese state-owned company Citic Pacific.
(17) It was requested by the building’s owners Golden Investment, a joint venture controlled by the Chinese state-owned Citic Group.
(18) The group’s chief executive, Innes Willox, said: “The incident serves as a reminder that there should be no room for abuse in political debate and it carries real risks for business if such abuse is directed at our trading partners.” Palmer made the original comments on Monday last week when asked about allegations he siphoned money from the state-owned Chinese company Citic Pacific, through his Mineralogy company, to his fund his election campaign.
(19) Barnett has previously criticised Palmer’s dealings with Citic Pacific as damaging to the Australian economy.
Criticism
Definition:
(n.) The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a literary performance, or of a production in the fine arts; as, dramatic criticism.
(n.) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.
Example Sentences:
(1) The newborn with critical AS typically presents with severe cardiac failure and the infant with moderate failure, whereas children may be asymptomatic.
(2) The hypothesis that proteins are critical targets in free radical mediated cytolysis was tested using U937 mononuclear phagocytes as targets and iron together with hydrogen peroxide to generate radicals.
(3) The interaction of the antibody with both the bacterial and the tissue derived polysialic acids suggests that the conformational epitope critical for the interaction is formed by both classes of compounds.
(4) Ursodeoxycholate was the only dihydroxy bile salt which was able to solubilize phospholipid (although not cholesterol) below the critical micellar concentration.
(5) The pathology resulting from a missense mutation at residue 403 further suggests that a critical function of myosin is disrupted by this mutation.
(6) The criticism over the downgrading of the leader of the Lords was led by Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, a former Scotland secretary, who is a respected figure on the right.
(7) Anaerobes, in particular Bacteroides spp., are the predominant bacteria present in mixed intra-abdominal infections, yet their critical importance in the pathogenicity of these infections is not clearly defined.
(8) Even former Florida governor Jeb Bush, one of Trump’s chief critics, said ultimately, “anybody is better than Hillary Clinton”.
(9) Also critical to Mr Smith's victory was the decision over lunch of the MSF technical union's delegation to abstain on the rule changes.
(10) Critics say he is unelectable as prime minister and will never be able to implement his plans, but he has nonetheless pulled attention back to an issue that many thought had gone away for good.
(11) The high incidence of infant astigmatism has implications for critical periods in human visual development and for infant acuity.
(12) It isn't share ownership but the way people are managed that's critical.
(13) GlaxoSmithKline was unusually critical of the decision by Nice, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, and also the Scottish Medicines Consortium, to reject its drug belimumab (brand name Benlysta) in final draft guidance.
(14) The present studies indicated that the critical level at which HbCO influenced VO2 max was approximately 4.3%.
(15) Brewdog backs down over Lone Wolf pub trademark dispute Read more The fast-growing Scottish brewer, which has burnished its underdog credentials with vocal criticism of how major brewers operate , recently launched a vodka brand called Lone Wolf.
(16) Last week the WHO said the outbreak had reached a critical point, and announced a $200m (£120m) emergency fund.
(17) Critical in this understanding are the subtle changes that occur in the individual patient, reflecting the natural history of the disease or response to its treatment.
(18) That’s a criticism echoed by Democrats in the Senate, who issued a report earlier this month criticising Republicans for passing sweeping legislation in July to combat addiction , the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (Cara), but refusing to fund it.
(19) He's called out for his lack of imagination in a stinging review by a leading food critic (Oliver Platt) and - after being introduced to Twitter by his tech-savvy son (Emjay Anthony) - accidentally starts a flame war that will lead to him losing his job.
(20) Critics of wind power peddle the same old myths about investment in new energy sources adding to families' fuel bills , preferring to pick a fight with people concerned about the environment, than stand up to vested interests in the energy industry, for the hard-pressed families and pensioners being ripped off by the energy giants.