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BMW and Tesla cut China prices after tariff drop on US made cars

BMW announced on Saturday it will cut the price of its US made X5, X6, X5M and X6M cars following China's decision to suspend additional tariffs on US made cars and auto parts.

It is the second automaker to do so in response to the tariff drop. On Friday, Tesla cut the prices of its Model S and Model X vehicles in China.

The price of the new BMW X5, which was just launched in early December, is slashed to 779,900 yuan, a decrease of 30,000 yuan.

China's finance ministry said on Friday it would suspend additional tariffs on US-made vehicles and auto parts for three months starting from Jan. 1, 2019, a move to implement the agreement reached by Chinese president Xi Jinping and his US counterpart during their trade talks at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires earlier this month.

That means the 40 percent tariffs on US cars will be cut back to 15 percent during the three months. (CGTN)

After China protests, Canada and US assure 'apolitical' judicial process for Huawei CFO

Canada and the US assured a fair and "apolitical" judicial process for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou after the foreign ministers and defense chiefs of the two countries met in the US capital late on Friday amid Beijing's sustained protest against what it says was the "wrongful" arrest of the Chinese telecom executive by Canadian authorities.

"We all agree that the most important thing we can do is to uphold the rule of law, ensure that Ms. Meng's right to due process is respected and that the current judicial process in Canada remains apolitical," Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said addressing a joint press conference after the US-Canada 2+2 ministerial meeting.

"In Canada, there has been to this point no political interference in this issue at all," she said. (CGTN)

France's 'yellow vest' protesters gather on decisive weekend

Defiant "Yellow vest" demonstrators gathered on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Saturday morning for a fifth and decisive weekend of protests despite calls by the French government to stay home.

The last three Saturdays have been marked by violent demonstrations, but by midday on Saturday the situation appeared calm in Paris and the number of protesters was down amid an overwhelming show of force from police. (AFP)

Service of Chinese Americans in World War II to be formally recognized

The United States House of Representatives and the Senate have passed a bill that formally recognizes the contributions of the more than 18,000 Chinese Americans who fought for the United States during World War II.

According to a report by sinovision.net, the bill grants the Chinese Americans who served a Congressional Gold Medal. Chinese Americans are currently the only minority group in the United States that has not been formally recognized for their contribution to the country's war effort. (China Plus)

Boeing delivers first plane from China plant

Boeing and its joint venture partner Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) delivered a Boeing 737 plane, the first jet completed in Zhoushan, on Saturday.

Zhoushan is home to Boeing's first completion and delivery center outside the US. The Chicago-based plane-maker said the delivery of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 to the national flag carrier Air China marks a new era in Boeing's partnership with the Chinese aviation industry.

China is expected to become the largest commercial aviation market in the world. (Xinhua)

Facebook unveils 6.8 million users possibly affected by latest photo API bug

US top social media network Facebook admitted Friday that about 6.8 million users may risk their private photos being exposed to third-party apps.

The company said more than 1,500 apps may have also been affected by the bug that exposed users' unshared photos during a 12-day-period from Sept. 13 to Sept. 25.

Facebook said it has fixed the breach and will roll out next week "tools for app developers that will allow them to determine which people using their app might be impacted by this bug." (Xinhua)

"123456" tops this year's list of world's worst passwords

Password management firm SplashData released its annual list of the 100 worst password character combinations in 2018. As Fortune magazine reported on Saturday, "123456" topped the list this year, followed by the other all too commonly used password, "password".

A bad password is one that is commonly used, or easy for hackers to guess.

Among the top ten other commonly used and easy to crack passwords were "111111", "sunshine", "qwerty", and "iloveyou". (China Plus)

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And now for the Question of the Day:

Which English county is known as ‘Shakespeare’s County’?

(Answer: Warwickshire.)

Today’s quote is from French novelist Marquis de Sade (1740-1814).

In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.

(Produced by Nancy Yan Xu, Ryan Yaoran Yu, Brian Lowe, and Da Hang.)