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The Star / Toronto

Canada needs to make a statement about Aung San Suu Kyi

鈥淪ix Burmese generals accused [recently] of 鈥榞enocidal intent鈥� against the Rohingya people ... are walking free...,鈥� states an editorial. 鈥淏ut the real outrage is that ... the slaughter ... continues unabated.... [T]his ethnic cleansing is taking place in a country whose elected civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and one of only six people to have been made an honorary citizen of Canada. Where does she stand on the massacre of her own citizens? Nowhere. She is silent.... No wonder some ... are calling on the Trudeau government to revoke Suu Kyi鈥檚 honorary Canadian citizenship. And so it should. Symbols matter.鈥�

The Gleaner / Kingston, Jamaica

Question easy loans from China

鈥淭he new government of Malaysia, led by Mahathir Mohamad, has started a movement that the current Jamaican Government ... should view prudently...,鈥� writes Carol Archer. 鈥淸T]he 93-year-old Mohamad was voted into office with a mandate to reduce the country鈥檚 debt[,] a good portion of which is owed to Chinese companies and government. The ... previous administration received easy loans for showcase projects and signed deals that were of strategic value mainly for the Chinese.... There is enough ... evidence from across the globe to suggest that governments and citizens of developing countries must seriously question Chinese investments in major infrastructure ... projects. Certainly, here in Jamaica, given our colonial and neo-colonial experiences, we should at least question whether the next generation should be indebted....鈥�

South China Morning Post / Hong Kong

Working mothers are assets, not liabilities

鈥淪ome people believe having children will kill a woman鈥檚 ambition to succeed at work, or even ruin her career,鈥� writes Luisa Tam. 鈥淭he truth is: in most cases, it doesn鈥檛. But when a woman鈥檚 career is ... adversely affected, it鈥檚 most likely caused by companies that hold discriminatory attitudes towards working mothers.... [A] working mother is a valuable asset. She is an effective manager, who is good at multitasking, and has good negotiation and conflict-resolution skills.... [T]he government must ensure companies are committed to equal pay and hiring for all, including working mothers. And we must change ... the perception that working mothers are less committed to their job than others without children.鈥�

The Nassau Guardian / Nassau, Bahamas

Tourism bump is driven by North American economic growth

鈥淸In August] the Ministry of Tourism reported that international arrivals to The Bahamas were up 10.2 percent for the year...,鈥� states an editorial. 鈥淸T]he strong growth in the hemisphere鈥檚 two largest economies 鈥� the U.S. and Canada 鈥� are the real engines of this boom tourism market.... For all the fears of economic slowdown from the Trump administration鈥檚 trade wars ... thus far the good times continue.... With tourism being our number one industry, there is hope that good times are here again in The Bahamas.... Hopefully we are at the beginning of a sustained period of growth. We never fully recovered from the financial crisis a decade ago. Bahamians are ready for prosperity.鈥�

The Times of India / Mumbai

Tennis organizations should work harder to win against sexism

鈥淭he Grand Slams seem to keep breaking into a sweat over women鈥檚 bodies,鈥� states an editorial. 鈥淪erena Williams is being banned from wearing a catsuit at future French Opens and Alize Cornet has received a US Open code violation for changing her T-shirt on court.... The Cornet reprimand was such a brazen display of sexist double standards, that it has forced US Open organisers to clarify 鈥榯his will not happen moving forward....鈥� [Novak Djokovic] took off his shirt during a break. As did other men.... All this dressing down is in the guise of 鈥榬espect the game鈥�. But that metric should only be concerned with the skills a player brings to the game. Criticising what she wears to it or doesn鈥檛 is just discrimination.鈥�