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justifiabl­e defense/正当防卫/ ( zh- ngd` ng f1ngw- i)

A: The verdict in the case of a South Korean woman biting off the tongue of a sexual offender has aroused widespread discussion and concern.韩国女子咬掉性侵者舌­头案的判决引起广泛的­讨论和关注。

( h1ngu5 n) z@ y2odi3o x# ngq~ nzh0 sh9tou3nde p3nju9 y@ nq@ gu2ngf3nde t2ol& n h9gu` nzh&.)

B: This has a lot to do with South Korea being a typical patriarcha­l society.

这与韩国是一个典型的­男权社会有很大关系。

( zh- y^ h1ngu5 sh# y! g- di2nx! ngde n1nqu1nsh- hu# y6uh0nd3gu` nx#.)

A: Yes, it is ground breaking for the experts in the South Korean legal profession to confirm to the prosecutio­n that the woman’s act was justifiabl­e defense.

对,韩国法律界专家们向检­方认定女子属于正当防­卫一事有开创性意义。( du#, h1ngu5 f2l_ ji- zhu` nji` men xi3ngji2nf` ng r- nd# ng n) z@ sh^ y% zh- ngd` ng f1ngw- i y! sh# y6u k` ichu3ngx# ngy# y#.)

B: South Korean women have long been exploited and squeezed in many aspects such as at the workplace and marriage.

韩国的女性长期在职场、婚姻等多个方面受到剥­削和压榨。

( h1ngu5de n) x# ng ch1ngq~ z3i zh! ch2ng, h$ ny~ n d0ng du4g- f` ngmi3n sh7ud3o b4xu8 h9y` zh3.)

A: So when encounteri­ng bad people, they often don’t resist because they are worried that their behavior will violate the law.

所以遇到坏人时往往因­为担心她们的行为会触­犯法律而放弃抵抗。

( su6y@ y& d3o hu3ir9nsh! w2ngw2ng y~ nw- i d` nx~ n t` mende x! ngw9ihu# ch& f3n f2l_ 9rf3ngq# d@ k3ng.)

B: The law protects everyone’s legal rights.

法律保护每个人的合法­权益。

( f2l_ b2oh& m0ig- r9nde h9f2 qu1ny#.)

The Chinese Football Associatio­n ( CFA) has extended the domestic winter transfer window for the Chinese Super League ( CSL) for a month to March 26, it announced earlier this week, amid speculatio­n that three major clubs who are in financial crisis may be dissolved.

Defending champions Jiangsu FC, formerly known as Jiangsu Suning, are reportedly seeking for an ownership transfer, according to Soccer News newspaper.

The report said that the club’s parent company Suning Holdings Group is seeking financial help domestical­ly inside the province, but that the potential buyers did not meet their demands.

In a New Year speech, Suning Group’s chairperso­n Zhang Jindong vowed that the company will limit its spending on those assets that are not helping the group’s major retailing business.

If the club cannot get help from the local government, Suning may seek to sell it free of charge or dissolve it, the report said.

The Tianjin Tigers, formerly known as Tianjin Teda, reportedly owes its players’ 10 months of salary, as its owner Teda Holdings has been reluctant to invest further into the club.

The club, which has been in China’s top- tier football league for over two decades, has yet to start preseason training for the 2021 CSL season, local media reported.

Its social media account has also gone quiet since January 20, when it released a statement announcing the name change to Tigers. Fans flooded the post, expressing their hopes that the club won’t be dissolved.

Several players have been voicing their misgivings about the financial woes of the team, once home to Nigerian national team captain John Obi Mikel and Italy internatio­nal Damiano Tommasi, along with famed China internatio­nals Yu

Genwei and Hao Junmin.

Another Tianjin- based CSL club, Tianjin Tianhai, went defunct in May 2020 after failing to attract new investment to the outfit left debt- ridden by a rocketing deficit created by then- owners the Quanjian Group.

It is also reported that the Hebei Football Club is looking for a new buyer, as Tangshan, a city in North China’s Hebei Province, has shown its interest in purchasing the Langfang- based club.

The once- ambitious Hebei FC, formerly known as Hebei China Fortune, was home to many internatio­nal stars, including Argentina’s Ezequiel Lavezzi and Javier Mascherano and Cote d’Ivoire’s Gervinho.

It is believed that the financial impact due to the coronaviru­s epidemic in China has hugely impaired the club’s operations, with their deficit mounting high after years of big spending in the Chinese top flight.

The CFA has introduced a “neutral name policy,” which requires club names to no longer bear sponsors’ names, to avoid clubs heavy reliance on sponsor investment. However, it is believed that this has also prevented potential financial support to clubs.

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Illustrati­on: Liu Xidan/ GT

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