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本周新闻 胡晨璇： Chinese hostages freed by pirates are heading home Nine of the 10 Chinese sailors released after four-and-a-half years as hostages of Somali pirates boarded a China Southern Airlines flight home from Kenya&`&s capital, Nairobi, on Monday. One who is sick remained in Kenya. The sailors, escorted by a working group of the Foreign Ministry, were expected to arrive in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Tuesday morning before going to their hometowns. The 10 Chinese sailors — nine from the Chinese mainland and one from Taiwan — were among 26 hostages released by pirates in Somalia on Saturday. The others are from Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam. They were the last of the sailors taken hostage at the height of Somali piracy, although several hostages taken later still remain. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang, at a regular news briefing on Monday, said China has always put priority on ensuring the life and security of the crew members, and he thanked the agencies and people involved in gaining the sailors&`& release. The sailors were taken captive when their Omani-flagged fishing vessel, the Naham 3, was seized in March 2012 south of the Seychelles. Pirates initially took 29 crew members hostage, but one person died during the hijacking and two more "succumbed to illness" during their captivity, according to a statement from the US-based group Oceans Beyond Piracy. Of the three who died, one was from the Chinese mainland and one from Taiwan. "Am so, so happy. Really, am so, so happy. ... Thanks to you all," one of the hostages, Sudi Ahman, whose country was not immediately known, said after being flown to Kenya on Sunday. Some of the sailors were unable to hold back tears on Sunday, while others hugged each other and smiled broadly. Bile Hussein, a representative of the pirates, was quoted by media as saying that $1.5 million in ransom was paid for the sailors&`& release. The claim could not be independently verified. John Steed, coordinator of Hostage Support Partners, which helped negotiate the release, had gone to the Somali city of Galkayo to fetch the crew of the Naham 3, who had been held hostage for longer than any other crew except for four Thais released last year after nearly five years in captivity. "The crew members are all malnourished. ... They have spent over four-and-a-half years in deplorable conditions away from their families," he said. "We have achieved what we achieved today by getting elders, the religious community and local leaders and regional government all involved to put pressure on these guys to release the hostages," Steed added. He said one of the hostages had a bullet wound in a foot, one had suffered a stroke and another had diabetes. The weakness of Somalia&`&s central government made it hard for negotiators to reach "emergency contacts", thus compromising intergovernmental efforts, said Yuan Tiecheng of Riskon International, a Beijing-based security service provider. Such cases usually require involvement of private participants, since a large role by governments might induce kidnappers to raise the ransom amount, Yuan added. Wang Hanling, a researcher of maritime law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said the release was difficult due to the fact that maritime piracy had become organized in the region. "The successful release shows that the Chinese government has indeed tried all it can to ensure the safety of the sailors held hostage, and that China&`&s diplomacy is for its people," Wang said. International mediators said the action marks a turning point in the long battle against Somali piracy. Piracy off Somalia&`&s coast was once a serious threat to the global shipping industry. Attacks have dropped off dramatically in recent years amid patrols by the navies of China, India and NATO countries. Wang, the CASS researcher, said the incident shows that it&`&s necessary to continue such patrols to ensure the safety of the region. At the peak of the piracy epidemic in January 2011, Somali pirates held 736 hostages and 32 boats. According to Oceans Beyond Piracy, while overall numbers are down in the Western Indian Ocean, pirates in the region attacked at least 306 seafarers last year. While there has not been a successful attack on a commercial vessel since 2012, there have been several on fishing boats. Ten Iranians taken hostage last year and three Kenyans — one a seriously ill, paralyzed woman — remain in the hands of pirates, said Steed. Agence France-Presse and The Associated Press contributed to this story. 黄洁： Palace Museum to build new offshoot to display more exhibits The Palace Museum will build a new museum in North Beijing to showcase more items, as currently the exhibits displayed each year account for less than one percent of its collections, Shan Jixiang, curator of the museum said. According to Chinanews.com, Shan made the remark during the International Smart Tourism Conference 2016 in Hangzhou. He said that as the Palace Museum has a special identity as a tourist destination, museum, and a cultural education institution, it cannot fully display its abundant collection. In major museums around the world, generally, 10% or even 20% of their collections are on show, while the Palace Museum can only display 0.5% of its entire collection through around 80 exhibitions each year. Therefore, the building of a new museum is quite necessary. The plan has been approved by the authorities and it is already in process. Shan revealed that the new museum, 25 kilometers away from the current site, is in a picturesque area neighboring tourist attractions, to the north of the Old Summer Palace, to the south of Badaling Great Wall and the Ming Tombs. The new museum will be a museum in a park, surrounded by a lake in the south and a river in the north. "The new museum will surely be a green, low-carbon, zero emission and responsible example of modern architecture, which is also a harmonious museum which is best for the display of museum collections and for tourist visits," Shan said. The Palace Museum is one of the top five museums in the world, along with the Louvre Museum in France, Metropolitan Museum of Art in US, the British Museum in the UK and the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg of Russia. It is the largest wooden architectural complex, the most complete palace building complex, and the museum that receives the most visitors in the world. 林楚楚： Leonard, Spurs spoil Durant&`&s Warriors debut with blowout Kawhi Leonard and the San Antonio Spurs put on such a basketball show they sent the loyal Golden State fans to a rare early exit. What a strange sight at Oracle Arena for opening night and Kevin Durant&`&s long-awaited Warriors debut. Leonard scored a career-high 35 points and the Spurs emphatically spoiled KD&`&s first game for Golden State in a 129-100 rout Tuesday that the Warriors could hardly believe had just happened. Durant had 27 points and 10 rebounds, but little looked in sync for MVP Stephen Curry and the reigning Western Conference champions in a forgettable first game -- and quite a different one after the Warriors dominated at home and came out of the blocks last season with a record 24-0 start. Leonard scored 31 points by the end of the third, LaMarcus Aldridge added 26 points and 14 rebounds and Gregg Popovich thoroughly outdid a couple of his close friends on the opposite bench in reigning NBA Coach of the Year Steve Kerr and top assistant Mike Brown. "If there was an outcome I wasn&`&t expecting, it was this one," San Antonio&`&sManu Ginobili said. "A 29-point lead against a team like them? I truly didn&`&t expect it." Jonathon Simmons came off the bench to score a career-high 20 points, including a 3 to beat the halftime buzzer for a 64-46 advantage. His status had been in doubt for the opener because of a calf injury. Green dunked off a pass from Curry early in the third to get Golden State within 10, only to pound his chest and yell before being hit with a technical. The Warriors had flurries of greatness trying to get back in it. San Antonio answered each time -- like when Golden State pulled within 50-42 in the second quarter before the Spurs closed the half on a 14-4 run. "It&`&s a nice little slap in the face," Curry said. "First game you want to come out and protect your home court and have the energy of the home opener live throughout the game. We didn&`&t do anything to let that happen." Durant, whose former Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals, wants to make sure this result doesn&`&t start a trend. "What we can&`&t do is let these games pile up," he said. "We can&`&t panic. It&`&s Game 1 of 82." 柯长霖： Bob Dylan: Nobel Literature Prize left me speechless US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan says he accepts his Nobel Prize in literature, ending a silence since being awarded the prize earlier this month. He said the honour had left him "speechless", the Nobel Foundation said in a statement. The foundation said it had not yet been decided if the singer would attend the awards ceremony in December. However, Dylan reportedly told a UK newspaper he intended to pick up the award in person "if at all possible". The award to the star was announced on 13 October "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition". However, his failure to acknowledge it raised eyebrows. Last week, a member of the Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel prizes, described his silenceas "impolite and arrogant". But on Friday, the Nobel Foundation said Dylan had called Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, telling her: "The news about the Nobel Prize left me speechless. I appreciate the honour so much." Although the statement said it was unclear if Dylan would attend the prize-giving banquet in Stockholm,the UK&`&s Daily Telegraph quoted him as saying: "Absolutely. If it&`&s at all possible." In an interview with the paper he described the prize as "amazing, incredible". "It&`&s hard to believe. Whoever dreams about something like that?" the paper quoted him as saying. 谢泽茜： This Tuesday, officials in France have started clearing the way of "The Jungle". That`s the nickname for a refugee camp. It`s become a symbol of the challenges that the continent has faced in most serious refugee crisis since World War II. The jungles in the northern French city of Calais, it`s made up of tents, makeshift shelters, campers and bad shape and thousands of migrants and refugees livethere, many of them from Afghanistan, Eritrea and Sudan. So, why Calais? Because it`s connected by an undersea tunnel to Britain and many migrants wanted to get to Britain because its economy is relatively good and its employment rate is slow.But European Union rules say migrants have to apply for asylum to stay in the first European country they arrive in -- so, France in this case. And that nation`s government says they can either stay in France or go back to their home countries. There`s been some violence between the migrants who don`t want to leave and police, and the relocation process could take a week. In the sense, though, the much more difficult part of this process begins when the bulldozers move in and the camp itself begins to be dismantled. We`ve heard from many people who do not want to take up the French government`s offer and who are determined instead of clinging on to their dream of making it to the U. K. , andthat`s why the police presence here, is as great as it is, 1,200 orderly policemen and riot policemen are on standby to deal with that second part of the evacuation, the dismantling of the camp itself.