Asian Morning: Trump and Xi Jinping, China's Leader, Hold Cordial First Phone Call

View in [Browser] Add [nytdirect@nytimes.com] to your address book. [Unsubscribe] [The New York Times] [NYT Apps] | [[The New York Times] Today's Headlines] Tuesday, November 15, 2016 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [U.S. News] | [Opinion] Top News [President Xi Jinping of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing last week.] [Trump and Xi Jinping, China's Leader, Hold Cordial First Phone Call] By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ The president-elect skipped the harsh rhetoric on trade used in the campaign and predicted "one of the strongest relationships" for the U.S. and China. [An Indian boy cooled off under a cascade of water during a heat wave in New Delhi in May.] [2016 Likely to Top 2015 as Hottest Year on Record, Scientists Say] By SEWELL CHAN The announcement is no surprise to climate scientists, as experts at NASA had already projected that the year would be the third bringing record heat. [Kashmiri women in mourning this month in Srinagar.] [Kashmir Is Paralyzed by an 'Adored' Band of Militants] By GEETA ANAND and HARI KUMAR The militants have widespread support from a populace that has lost faith in dialogue to resolve differences with the Indian government. [U.S. Forces May Have Committed War Crimes in Afghanistan, Prosecutor Says] By SOMINI SENGUPTA The International Criminal Court signaled Monday that investigations were likely in cases involving American and Afghan soldiers, as well as Taliban fighters. For more top news, go to [INYT.com] ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [Douban.com is essential to China's growing music scene. The site attracts more than 40 percent of Chinese internet users every month.] [In China, One Music Website Is Always No. 1] The Chinese market is dominated by Douban, which exposes users to thousands of bands around the world and is essential to China's own music scene. World [A performance in Beijing of ] [With Odes to Military March, China Puts Nationalism Into Overdrive] By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ Beijing is using the anniversary of the Long March, which established Mao's pre-eminence, in an effort to sow patriotic fervor and strengthen loyalty to the Communist Party. [Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece is hoping to win a new round of debt relief from creditors before Donald J. Trump takes office.] [Greece, Seeking Dose of Stability, Is Rattled by Trump's Win] By LIZ ALDERMAN and NIKI KITSANTONIS A failure to secure debt relief before 2017 could spell a new round of political and economic instability in the country, and Europe as a whole. [A Swedish deputy chief prosecutor, Ingrid Isgren, arrived at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London on Monday to put questions to Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder.] [Assange Is Questioned in London Over Rape Accusation in Sweden] By SEWELL CHAN and CHRISTINA ANDERSON The WikiLeaks founder was interviewed by prosecutors in the 2010 case for the first time. He has been living in the Ecuadorean Embassy in Britain since 2012. [Shoppers taking pictures of a polar bear named Pizza at the Grandview Mall in Guangzhou, China, in July.] ['World's Saddest Polar Bear' to Get a Temporary Reprieve From Home in Chinese Mall] By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW Amid public anger over his living conditions, a polar bear named Pizza will be moving from a mall aquarium while his quarters are upgraded. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World] Business [A construction site in Tokyo last month. Japanese gross domestic product increased by 2.2 percent in annualized terms in the third quarter. The country has averaged less than 1 percent over the last two decades.] [Why Japan's Economy Posted Surprisingly Strong Growth] By JONATHAN SOBLE Demand for its exports provided the lift that neither government nor consumers have offered. But Donald Trump's anti-Japan talk has put trade under a cloud. [Samsung said it would pay $8 billion for Harman International Industries, an American automotive technology company.] [Samsung to Buy Harman International in an $8 Billion Bet on Cars] By AMIE TSANG The South Korean electronics giant will acquire the American provider of sound systems and components for cars in a push toward smart devices. [Indra Nooyi, the chief executive of PepsiCo, at the DealBook conference in New York.] [Business Leaders Examine a Post-Election World] "Forget the Pepsi brand - how dare you talk about women that way?" Indra Nooyi said at the annual DealBook conference in New York. For more business news, go to [INYT.com/Business] Technology Tech Fix [Apple's New MacBook Pro: Fast and Light, but Not for Everyone] By BRIAN X. CHEN The latest generation of a laptop beloved by creative professionals and coders has just one type of connection port, an unhelpful Touch Bar and a big price tag. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Tech] Sports [Junior high and high school basketball coaches from China observed a recent practice at the University of Utah.] [Chinese Coaches Take Lessons in Hardwood Diplomacy in America] By MARC TRACY Junior high and high school coaches from China participated in a three-month residency as part of a partnership involving the Chinese government, the Pac-12 and the University of Utah. [The Cavalier's LeBron James, right, guarded by the Hawks' Thabo Sefolosha on Nov. 8. Cleveland was the last undefeated team in the N.B.A. before it lost to Atlanta, 110-106.] [N.B.A. Schedule: Here's What to Watch This Week] By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH There are no more undefeated teams, but plenty of intrigue remains, including a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference finals between Cleveland and Toronto. For more sports news, go to [INYT.com/Sports] U.S. News [Stephen K. Bannon, left, in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Nov. 7 as Donald J. Trump spoke at his final campaign event.] [Critics See Stephen Bannon, Trump's Pick for Strategist, as Voice of Racism] By MICHAEL D. SHEAR People took to Twitter to lament what they said was a frightening normalization of the fringe views that Mr. Bannon promoted as the chairman of Breitbart News. [Hutham Lalqaraghuli, 34, with her daughter Fatima, 11, at their home in Dundalk, Md., last month. The family has received both threats and welcomes since moving to the United States from Iraq.] [Refugees Discover 2 Americas: One That Hates, and One That Heals] By ADEEL HASSAN Amid rising attacks on members of minority groups across the United States, refugees find themselves comparing the threats they fled to those that might still emerge. [A scene from President-elect Donald Trump's campaign event in West Palm Beach, Fla., in October. The Anti-Defamation League criticized the speech for ] [Globalism: A Far-Right Conspiracy Theory Buoyed by Trump] By LIAM STACK Analysts who track U.S. extremist groups have expressed alarm at the president-elect's use of the word, a staple of antigovernment conspiracy theories. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US] ADVERTISEMENT Opinion [A vendor waits for customers at a market in an urban village under demolition in Zhengzhou, Henan province, in May.] Opinion [How China Fell Off the Miracle Path] By RUCHIR SHARMA After years of rapid growth, China has taken on so much debt that its economy is at great risk. Op-Ed Columnist [Italy Feels Our Pain] By FRANK BRUNI Across the Atlantic, they shudder at Donald Trump and the international havoc he could wreak. They also recognize him. [University educations and their costs are ] Opinion [Peter Thiel's Dropout Army] By TOM CLYNES His prodigies want to rewire the world. Will that mean more than inventing the next Snapchat? 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