(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.
Ridicule
Definition:
(n.) An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
(n.) Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an object of laughter; banter; -- a term lighter than derision.
(n.) Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
(v. t.) To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.
(a.) Ridiculous.
Example Sentences:
(1) Historically, what made SNL’s campaign coverage so necessary was its ability to highlight the subtle absurdities of the election and exaggerate the ridiculous.
(2) It is ridiculous,' says Li Rui, a former secretary of Mao Zedong.
(3) No doubt it was intended as a bold and graphic way of presenting the Iranian nuclear threat, but much of the initial response – on Twitter, at least – was ridicule.
(4) "It would be ridiculous to encourage shale gas when in reality its greenhouse gas footprint could be as bad as or worse than coal.
(5) He says he won't respond to the latest ridiculous rumor of Republican action.
(6) At the 2nd stage, as the self-esteem lowered and negative attitude of other schoolchildren arose, the neurotic disorders emerged alongside with prevalent depressive reactions and fear of getting bad marks and being an object of ridicule at school.
(7) Once I’d checked she was OK I said, ‘Stop crying now.’ ” So it’s about managing emotions: ‘I’m going to need you to get a grip.’” “If you’ve got interesting points to make about the devaluing of serious words like bullying and depression, why make them in a way that sounds like you’re ridiculing people who are suffering?” I ask.
(8) Walden said the comparison with Comet was “ridiculous”.
(9) Well, Machado put those skills on display on Sunday, and this is an excuse to bring you his ridiculous play against the Yankees.
(10) Alamgir was ridiculed on social media after he told the BBC that the building may have collapsed after opposition activists enforcing a general strike "pushed at the gate and columns of the building".
(11) "The ANC pretence that we don't have a social crisis in this country is quite ridiculous.
(12) So we started asking them ridiculous questions about being single," says Lucas, "and the sheer number of misunderstandings about each other's lives felt like comedic material."
(13) "Rio Ferdinand's decision-making, the chances he has taken, it is ridiculous.
(14) It's ridiculous, because there will soon be a massive public outcry about how there's nowhere for kids to go.
(15) Westminster wits had taken to ridiculing the rebel movement against Gordon Brown as a "peasants' revolt", a cohort without influence.
(16) To create a new bank, which we understand is an option, which could be called Glyn Mills, is ridiculously back to the future.
(17) JD, Oxford More than three months to get a replacement debit card is ridiculous, and we agree that you have been more than patient.
(18) The Kiev-appointed governor, Serhiy Taruta, has dismissed this poll as ridiculous, pointing out that most of the region's 2.4 million voters won't take part.
(19) Liberal Democrats and Conservatives today ridiculed a request by Labour to broadcasters to focus more on policy analysis.
(20) Edge: Cardinals Bench Shane Robinson made a name for himself in Game Four of the NLCS with a pinch-hit home run and actually finished the NLCS with an OPS of 1.278, which is completely ridiculous and tops any of his teammates by a country mile.