一 | SYDNEY -- A Sydney court on Monday postponed an extradition hearing for a former U.S. military pilot accused of illegally training Chinese aviators until May as his lawyers attempt to further build their case.Boston-born Dan Duggan, 55, was scheduled to fight his extradition to the United States at a Nov. 23 hearing in the downtown Downing Center Local Court.But a magistrate decided to use that date to rule on what additional information that the Australian defense department and security agencies should provide defense lawyers.U.S. lawyer Trent Glover told the court the United States was ready to proceed with the extradition, but had agreed with defense lawyers the hearing should take place after November.Duggan’s lawyer, Dennis Miralis, told reporters outside court that the stakes were high for his client, who faces up to 65 years in prison if convicted.“This is existential, which means that every right that Dan has under the Australian legal system on the basis that he’s presumed innocent ... needs to properly and carefully be considered,” Miralis said.Duggan's wife, Saffrine, has said she asked Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to advocate against the extradition when he meets President Joe Biden in Washington this week.But in a news conference on Sunday before departing for the United States, Albanese said Duggan, who became an Australian citizen in 2012, was not on the agenda of his meetings with U.S. officials.“I don’t discuss things that are legal matters on the run, nor should I,” Albanese told reporters.Duggan has been in custody since Oct. 21 last year when he was arrested near his home in Orange, New South Wales.Duggan’s grounds for resisting extradition include his claim that the prosecution is political and that the crime he is accused of does not exist under Australian law. The extradition treaty between the two countries states that a person can only be extradited for an allegation that is recognized by both countries as a crime.Duggan’s lawyers say they expect additional material will demonstrate the overtly political aspects of the extradition request.They claim the former U.S. Marine Corps flying instructor was lured by Australian authorities from China in 2022 so he could be arrested and extradited.Duggan maintains he has done nothing wrong and is an innocent victim of a worsening power struggle between Washington and Beijing.In a 2016 indictment, prosecutors allege Duggan conspired with others to provide training to Chinese military pilots in 2010 and 2012, and possibly at other times, without applying for an appropriate license.Prosecutors say Duggan received about nine payments totaling around 88,000 Australian dollars ($61,000) and international travel from another conspirator for what was sometimes described as “personal development training.”Duggan has said the Chinese pilots he trained while he worked for the Test Flying Academy of South Africa in 2011 and 2012 were civilians, and nothing he taught was classified.。 邢台不养蚌、不产珍珠，却孕育出年销售2000多万元的珍珠加工产业，每年带动百余名农村妇女增收300多万元。8月17日，记者来到隆尧县北楼乡南汪前村一处农家院，“珍珠小院”的门匾格外醒目，这里便是优塔莉珠宝首饰有限公司的加工基地。
二 | 院内的三层小楼，被划分成珍珠基础分选、打孔、精选、串珠等功能区，主要加工珍珠项链、耳坠等饰品。公司负责人刘胜波是南汪前村本地人。早年，他在浙江从事珍珠养殖、加工行业，多年来，30多名隆尧籍女工一直跟着他打拼。
三 | 随着员工陆续成家育儿，常年在外奔波多有不便。
四 | “这些员工都是公司宝贵财富，不能老让她们在外漂泊。”刘胜波说。2021年，在当地政府的大力支持下，刘胜波将珍珠加工产业链条迁回家乡。他们将在浙江等地养殖生产的原料珍珠，经过清洗、初加工后运到隆尧，再进行精深加工生产。现在，公司从几十人发展到百余人，全部吸纳周边村镇农村妇女在家门口就业。在三楼的珍珠精选区，十几名女工正对着灯光专心筛选珍珠。员工张媛手持特制木夹，往珍珠堆里一探，轻轻一拨，目光快速扫过滚动的珠粒，麻利地挑出色泽、形状差异较大的珍珠，放到贴着不同标签的盒子中。精准筛选是珍珠加工的关键一步。
五 | 珍珠可根据大小、颜色、形状划分为三个等级百余种规格，要从这些直径4至4.5毫米的珍珠中筛选出圆度、光泽一致的珠粒，十分考验从业者的眼力与实操经验。张媛大专毕业后，曾在省会从事销售工作，收入一直不太稳定。
六 | 2024年底，她选择返乡，在家门口的“珍珠小院”就业。“每道工序不仅对熟练度有要求，还要具备专业技能。”张媛说，公司提供的带薪培训打消了她的后顾之忧。在这里，张媛系统学习珍珠加工的理论知识，老员工还手把手教她打孔、串珠等技能。入职一年多，张媛的技能等级从初级晋升为中级，工资也涨了1500多元。“再加把劲，冲刺高级技能等级，收入还能再高些。
七 | ”张媛对未来充满信心。“‘基础工资+技能评定’的薪酬模式激发了员工学技能、练本领的热情。”刘胜波介绍，他们根据评定的等级给员工发放相应的技能补贴，鼓励员工持续提升手艺。此外，公司还实行弹性工作制，让员工挣钱、顾家两不误。近年来，隆尧县立足乡村发展实际，持续引进、扶持珍珠加工、毛绒玩具、刺绣等轻量化、特色化富民产业，带动上千名农村劳动力在家门口就业，成为推动乡村全面振兴的重要力量。（日报记者 闫德见）。
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