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WEDNESDAY, August 10, 2011 chinadaily.com.cn RMB ¥1.5 Infl ation reaches 3-yr high at 6.5% Turmoil in global fi nancial markets may delay further rate increases

By LI XIANG rel on Tuesday on the New CHINA DAILY York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest level in more than BEIJING — China’s infla- eight months. tion rate hit a three-year high China’s Producer Price in July, posing challenges to Index (PPI), an economic policymakers amid turmoil in indicator of inflation at the the global fi nancial markets. wholesale level, jumped 7.5 Th e consumer price index percent year-on-year in July, (CPI), a key gauge of infla- according to the NBS. Ana- tion, rose 6.5 percent in July lysts said that falling com- year-on-year, driven mainly modities prices may help DYLAN MARTINEZ / REUTERS by soaring food prices which relieve imported infl ationary Looters fl ee from a clothes store in Peckham, London, on Monday. Rioting and looting spread across the British capital on Monday, and broke out in other cities, in climbed 14.8 percent from pressure. Britain’s worst unrest in decades. a year earlier, the “However, consumers may Inside National Bureau not benefi t quickly because Editorial, of Statistics (NBS) of the rigid domestic price- page 8 said on Tuesday. setting mechanism,” said Yao Riots turn parts of London into battleground Analysts said Wei, an economist for China that the higher-than-expect- at the French bank, Societe ed inflation figure poses Generale SA. Parliament recalled as police struggle the government’s emergency looted shops, set alight vehicles store in the main street of Hack- serious challenges to policy- Th e National Development committee. and buildings, and attacked ney. makers as escalating global and Reform Commission, to restore order after days of chaos More than 16,000 officers police officers in Croydon in Acting Scotland Yard Com- fi nancial turmoil complicates the country’s top economic will be on London’s streets on the southeast, Lewisham and missioner Tim Godwin, Brit- efforts to tackle domestic planner, brushed aside the By ZHANG HAIZHOU Prime Minister David Cam- Wednesday, he said. All police Peckham in the south, Camden ain’s most senior police offi cer, infl ation. possibility of any imminent CHINA DAILY eron, abruptly ended their holi- leave in London has been can- and Chalk Farm in the north, as called on parents and guardians Gloomy economic data cut in domestic retail fuel days and returned to London. celed. well as Ealing, a well-off area in to keep youngsters in at night- from the and prices despite the more than LONDON — Parts of the Parliament has been recalled Scotland Yard said that 525 west London. time and urged the public to Europe may delay further 10 percent drop in global British capital resembled a for an emergency session on people have been arrested in In Hackney, rioters, easily stay off London’s streets. interest rate hikes by the crude prices in the past week. battleground, with burnt-out Th ursday to debate the riots. London after three days of outnumbering police officers, “There are far too many People’s Bank of China until Economists forecast that buildings, scattered debris and Analysts urged London’s “unprecedented’’ rioting. smashed the windows of Lad- spectators who are getting in global fi nancial markets sta- the CPI will stay above 6 per- rampaging gangs, aft er a third Metropolitan police to “read- Cameron condemned what brokes, a betting shop, and bus- the way of the police operation bilize, they said. cent in the third quarter. night of rioting on Monday. just” planning for the Olympic he called the “sickening scenes es parked near Hackney Central to tackle criminal thuggery and “While there had been “This means that infla- A number of areas in the Brit- Games, due to start in less than of people looting, vandalizing, Station. burglary,” he said. strong expectations for tion, instead of an economic ish capital were hit by the riot- a year. thieving, robbing”. Th en rioters, wearing hooded In the tense atmosphere another rate hike early this slowdown, remains the major ing on Monday night, including “We will do everything Fresh riots erupted in Hack- tops, broke into a van and took media workers also became tar- month following the release risk,” Qu Hongbin, chief Peckham, Clapham, Hackney necessary to restore order to ney in north London on Mon- out wooden pallets to use them gets, with photographers and of the high inflation figure, economist for China and and Ealing. Violence had also Britain’s streets and make them day afternoon, after police as weapons to attack the police cameramen fending off rioters the probability for that has co-head of Asian economic spread to Birmingham, Bristol, safe for the law-abiding,” Cam- stopped and searched a man and smash shop windows. to protect their equipment. been lowered somewhat, research at HSBC, said. Liverpool and Nottingham. eron said in Downing Street but found nothing. Gangs also looted a Texaco with policymakers likely to Th e US may be poised to Politicians, including British on Tuesday aft er a meeting of Within a few hours, rioters petrol station and a Spar food SEE “RIOTS” PAGE 11 put the rate hike on hold until launch a third round of quan- the global macroeconomic titative easing in an attempt to outlook settles,” Alistair stimulate the economy. Two Thornton, an analyst with previous rounds lift ed com- IHS Global Insight, said in a modity prices, saw a surge of research note. speculative capital infl ow into Red Cross faces Investor confidence in a China and increased infla- global economic recovery tionary pressure. took a hard hit after inter- Premier Wen Jiabao urged credibility crisis national rating agency Stan- “relevant countries” on Tues- dard & Poor’s downgraded day to implement responsible Corruption scandal casts cloud over US credit rating from AAA monetary and fi scal policies to AA+. Global commodi- and reduce their defi cits. charity organization, Jiang Xueqing ties prices tumbled with oil prices falling below $80 a bar- SEE “PREMIER” PAGE 2 and Wang Yan report in Beijing. few days after the COVERSTORY 8.0-magnitude Wen- On chinadaily.com.cn Contacts chuan earthquake Inside: Red Cross questioned struck in May 2008, over luxury vehicles, page 5 Special: Veteran journalist passes away News A (86-10) 6491-8366 Li Wenyu donated money to on her micro blog to be the Bilingual News: Desperate Housewives the Red Cross Society of Chi- “commercial general manager” streaming to China Subscription (86) 400-699-0203 na. 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See story on page 12, editorial on page 8. “Guo Meimei Baby” claimed SEE “CHARITY” PAGE 6 nationPAGE 2 | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 CHINADAILY.COM.CN/NATION CHINA DAILY briefl y Premier: LIAONING Keeping the Yangtze clean China suff ers Call for cyber attacks By GUO RUI China suff ered about Zhou has come to realize that “you can CHINA DAILY global bid 493,000 cyber attacks last fi sh anything out of the water”. year, about half of which In the following years, he found anoth- originated from abroad, YICHANG, Hubei — It is a quiet and er two corpses and was able to take care particularly the United States peaceful morning at the Th ree Gorges of the situation calmly, informing the to ensure and India, according to a section of the Yangtze River. Th e surface local public security departments imme- recently issued computer security report. of the water is calm and mirror-. Th in diately aft er each fi nd. Most of the attacks came in fog fl oats among the mountains. Zhou admitted that his wife doesn’t recovery the form of malicious “Tro- It is the busiest season for Zhou Gong like him taking the job because of its jan” soft ware used by hackers hu, a 50-year-old cleaner of fl oating gar- hardship and danger. FROM PAGE 1 to gain access to target com- bage on the longest river in China. But Zhou said he likes it because this puters, according to a report issued by the National Com- Each July and job allows him to work on the river. China will strike a bal- puter Network Emergency CHINAFACE August is the rainy sea- “I grew up drinking water directly ance between economic Response Coordination Cen- son along the Yangtze from the river. It tasted so sweet,” Zhou growth, restructuring and ter of China, the country’s River and is when the water level rises in said, recalling how clean the river used controlling infl ation, Wen primary computer security the Th ree Gorges reservoir for the world’s to be. said at a State Council monitoring network. largest hydropower plant. He also remembered what it was like executive meeting. The water from upstream usually before the building of the Th ree Gorges Wen also called on the Police detain 11 brings a huge amount of garbage, mostly Dam. international commu- after scuffl e tree trunks, branches and straw for Zhou “The water ran very quickly and it nity to work together to Police detained 11 employ- and his colleagues to clean up. was very dangerous to ride a boat in it,” achieve a strong, sustained ees of a company suspected of Over the past fi ve years, Zhou, who Zhou said. and balanced economic attacking reporters who came to cover the collapse of an was born and raised in a nearby village Now with the dam, the water has recovery. anti-wave dike, local offi cials on the banks of the Yangtze River, has become very calm, causing fewer acci- “It is uncertain whether said on Tuesday. been taking care of an area of nearly 50 dents, he continued. global commodity prices Th e reporters were square kilometers. “But you can’t sail as fast as you used will rebound if the US harassed when they tried to “I usually spend nine hours on the to in the river, as described by the great launches a third round of reach the site of the dike, part of which collapsed on Mon- boat each day in this season, sometimes Chinese poet Li Bai from the Tang quantitative easing, which day due to Typhoon Muifa. longer, 12 hours a day,” Zhou told China Dynasty (AD 618-907) in one poem, will further complicate the Th e hazard caused by the Daily while standing aboard his fi shing ‘sailing a roundtrip of 500 km within domestic situation,” Lu collapse has been eliminated, boat. Th e boat swings back and forth one day on the Yangtze.’” Zhengwei, chief economist according to a statement as he fi shes tree trunks out of the water Zhou said he is not lamenting because at Industrial Bank, said. released by the management committee of Jinzhou district, with a net basket fi xed to a long bamboo he understands how much benefi t the “So raising interest rates is Dalian. pole. hydropower plant can bring. still necessary if infl ation Each day, Zhou has to repeat the sim- But it is hard for him to see the river, remains high.” ZHEJIANG ple, monotonous act more than 1,000 once so clean, be packed with garbage. Global stock markets Cabbies strike times. “It used to be swept directly down- continued to fall on Tues- in East China Each catch usually weighs more than stream,” Zhou said. day after a panic sell-off Hundreds of taxi drivers 10 kilograms, Zhou said. “It trains your But now it accumulates in the water triggered by the US down- staged strikes in two places arm muscles and grows callus in your area near the dam. grade. The benchmark on Tuesday in Zhejiang prov- palms,” said the river cleaner half-jok- So in 2006, the local government start- Composite Index ince, protesting rising petrol ingly. ed to hire people to clean up the garbage. ZHENG JIAYU / FOR CHINA DAILY declined 0.03 percent to prices and stagnant wages, If the garbage is too big to haul with the “It is not only for the beauty of the Zhou Gonghu collects fl oating garbage on the Yangtze River in Zigui county, close at 2,526.07 points. just a few days aft er more Hubei province, on Aug 3. than 1,500 cab drivers in the net, he uses his hands and at times gets reservoir, but also to ensure the smooth “Our base-case view provincial capital of Hang- help from colleagues working nearby. running of the Three Gorges hydro- “Th ough it is hard, I am interested in boats to clean up. is that markets are over- zhou took to the street for the But that’s not the hardest part. Work- power plant,” said Tan Xiaohua, direc- the job and very good at it,” Zhou said. Aft er that, Zhou said he is glad to see reacting, missing better same reason. ing in the scorching sun of the summer tor of Zigui county environmental “Besides, the pay is fi ne, 50 yuan ($7.75) the return of the mirror-like water sur- growth ahead and becom- According to the protesting is like physical torture. protection bureau. “As Zigui is where a day for 20 cubic meters of garbage.” face. ing too negative on policy,” drivers, more than 200 of the 900 cabs in the city of Jiaxing “Th e garbage steams and smells, and I the hydropower plant is located, we are Zhou recalled his busiest day — the “One day when I’m no longer able to Nomura Securities said in in Zhejiang were on strike on can hardly swallow my lunch,” Zhou said. like the last line of defense for the plant one before the Three Gorges Dam’s work, I’d like to fi sh on the bank, enjoy- a report. Tuesday. Dozens of drivers “I even got a corpse out of the water,” against possible damage brought by the water level hit its designed maximum ing the beautiful scenery which I helped “We expect the market parked their cabs near the city Zhou continued, recalling the fi rst time fl oating garbage.” capacity of 175 meters on Oct 26, 2010. keep for so many years,” Zhou said, all to initially react negatively government building. More he fished out a body in 2009. “I was Zhou was among the fi rst to sign up “It seemed the water was completely smiling. but this is unlikely to trig- than 100 taxi drivers also scared.” as a cleaner. Before then, he worked in covered with garbage,” Zhou recalled. ger a 2008-style crisis and went on strike on Tuesday in Zhou Lihua contributed to this story. Cangnan county of the city of But aft er years of working in the river, a material factory from 1993 to 2005. Th e local government had to send 176 the decline is unlikely to Wenzhou. last long,” it said. While policymakers in BEIJING Beijing appeared to have Museum denies limited room to maneu- screen damaged Draft may expand lawsuits against government ver on monetary policy, Th e Palace Museum on analysts said that China Tuesday denied the media’s still has enough fl exibility accusation that its staff By ZHAO YINAN lations, since such government deci- ishments, interference with the opera- lawyer, told China Daily that cases of on fiscal policy to boost concealed the damage of a CHINA DAILY sions usually exert a constant and wide- tions of enterprises, and violations of people suing the government are on the domestic consumption. wooden screen dating back ranging impact on the people and will rights of the person or a property right. rise, due to rapid social and economic Th e construction of sub- to the Qing Dynasty (1644- BEIJING — 1911). Chinese people may seriously infringe on civic rights, if ill- Such hearings, carried out in the local development which brought increasing sidized housing will start to Online media caing.com on soon be able to challenge unreasonable draft ed,” Wang said. people’s courts, are not permitted when friction between the public and offi cials. gather steam in the coming Tuesday quoted an unnamed administrative legislation — which is Wang has taken part in seminars held it involves national defense and foreign Yet he admitted the limitation in the months and a total of 700 insider who said a wooden currently excluded from the scope of by diff erent government departments to aff airs, administrative regulations, and litigation law has made many cases billion yuan ($111 billion) screen was waterlogged and destroyed during repair work. court hearings — in an attempt to ease solicit experts’ opinions on the revision, the appointment, rewards and punish- almost impossible to solve. is expected to be invested Th is follows the breaking intensifi ed relations between offi cials including the Supreme People’s Court ments of offi cials. “Sometimes I have to handle more in the second half of the of a porcelain dish that was and the public, a legal expert said. and China Law Society. In a recent case, a local court in than 20 cases just in one month, but year. Th e income tax cut, revealed to the public early Wang Xixin, a law professor at Peking “In addition, the Chinese govern- Chongqing municipality refused the most of them have to be addressed eff ective on Sept 1, will also August. Th e report also said University and contributing researcher ment has to honor promises it made in request from a woman who tried to fi le through meditation instead of a court benefi t consumption, tour- the museum staff again tried to cover up the accident. of China’s top legislature, told China the World Trade Organization Acces- a case against a government document hearing,” he said, adding meditation ism and healthcare sectors, Chang Lingxing, a public Daily that related departments have sion Protocol in 2001, when China related to the compensation of land has become the most useful tool to ease analysts said. relations offi cer, told China started to draft the amendment to the agreed to establish an impartial and seized in the city. confl icts between offi cials and the pub- “Although economic Daily that aft er an investiga- Administrative Litigation Law, which independent judicial body to review “Th e government document, which lic. growth has slowed down tion they discovered that will very likely add government regu- all the WTO-related administrative has a universal binding effect, is not An offi cial from the Legislative Aff airs in the fi rst half of the year, their only wooden screen was lations such as urban planning to the actions,” he said. subject to court hearings, according to Commission of the National People’s the risk of a sharp economic well preserved, and that the claim of it being waterlogged scope of judicial hearings. China’s Administrative Litigation the Administrative Litigation Law,” the Congress, who declined to be named, decline is slim and invest- was not true. “It is a big defi ciency in the current Law, which took eff ect in 1990, stipu- court stated in an administrative verdict told China Daily that it might be no ment will continue to grow litigation regulation which doesn’t allow lates administrative actions subjected on the website of the plaintiff ’s lawyer earlier than next year until lawmakers fast,” Xie Hongguang, the CHINA DAILY — XINHUA the public to sue regulatory documents, to judicial hearings must be “concrete Lin Wencai. are able to read the amendment, due deputy chief of the NBS, government decisions and other regu- actions”, such as administrative pun- Lin, a renowned administrative to the complexity of the matter, he said. said in his latest article.

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AND CANG WEI For instance, the outline CHINA DAILY 118 urges the government to set up The number of males at birth at least one special education BEIJING — Census figures for every 100 females in China school for disabled children in show an increasingly imbal- in 2010 every city and county with more anced sex ratio at birth on the than 300,000 residents. Chinese mainland, Deputy tem and harshly cracking down Th e government is also striv- Health Minister Liu Qian said at on sex-selective abortions, Liu ing to enhance the coverage of a news conference on Tuesday. said. health insurance for children in However, Liu did not respond Doctors found practicing the next decade while off ering to a reporter’s question about non-medical-related sex check- more fi nancial aid to facilitate whether or when China will ups or sex-selective abortions orphaned children, children in relax its family planning policy will lose their licenses, and any poverty or those suff ering from to curb the imbalance. medical institutions found to be major diseases to receive medi- China’s sex ratio at birth was involved will also be given harsh cal services, Song said. 118 males for every 100 females punishments, said Liu. Wang Zhenyao, chief of FIREFIGHTERS WIN LENGTHY BATTLE in 2010. Th e number of males Liu made the above remarks Beijing Normal University’s PHOTO BY YU GENLING / FOR CHINA DAILY for every 100 females has risen at a news conference on Tues- One Foundation Philanthropy consistently every decade from day to unveil the 10-year work- Research Institute, said Chi- Firefi ghters put out a blaze that started in a clothing factory in Ouhai district of Wenzhou 108 in 1982, 111 in 1990 and ing plans for women and chil- nese children enjoy insuffi cient 116 in 2000. dren (2011-2020), which were welfare services compared with in East China’s Zhejiang province at about 5:30 pm on Monday. Th e fi re was extinguished A traditional preference for issued by the government on their counterparts in many about 10 hours later. No casualties were caused by the accident. sons and the abuse of medical Monday. Western countries. technology such as illegal sex- China will continue improv- “Th ere is almost no serious selective abortion and other ing the nutrition, access to edu- illness relief system in China,” factors has led to the situation, cation, health and social securi- said Wang. “Many poor fami- he said. ty network for all children, said lies can only turn to charitable Th e government has taken a Song Xiuyan, vice-president of organizations for help.” Smoking spat on fast trains series of measures to address the the All-China Women’s Federa- problem, including improving tion and deputy director of the Xinhua contributed to the country’s social security sys- National Working Committee this story. By SHI JING about 40 minutes till the train “I am most worried about have led to some question- CHINA DAILY arrived at Beijing, when only the conductor now and she ing whether there are smoke one of the smokers, a 57-year- wasn’t one of the ones smok- alarms on the high-speed SHANGHAI — Th ere have old railway policeman, apolo- ing,” he added. trains, and, if so, whether been a number of complaints gized to the passengers. Th e incident is not the fi rst they work or not. Women seek larger role during the past few days “Th e policeman explained of its kind. “I have heard that smoke about staff members smok- that one staff member’s rela- The G140 train heading alarms are installed in some By HE DAN THE PROPORTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ing on the Beijing-Shanghai tives had just passed away from Shanghai to Beijing was parts of the train. I am not AND CANG WEI WITH FEMALE LEADERSHIP IN CHINA high-speed trains. and they were smoking to 40 minutes later than sched- sure whether the sightsee- CHINA DAILY Sun Honggang, a research- ease his sadness,” Sun said on uled on Aug 6 because of bad ing carriages have alarms or 2000 64.5% 65.1% 59.8% er from the Center for the his Weibo. weather. A train attendant not,” said Hu. BEIJING — China is striving Study of Contemporary “At first I was not going smoked at the door of the car- Smoking is banned on to improve the political infl uence China at Tsinghua Univer- to publicize this on Weibo, riage when the train stopped the high-speed train and of women by ensuring more 2010 87.1% 89.4% 86.2% sity, wrote on his Sina Weibo, because it might mean the temporarily at Tianjin South reminders are regularly positions for them in the coun- the Chinese version of Twit- staff are laid off. But it is a Railway Station. broadcast on every train. try’s government departments, Provincial level Municipal level County level ter, that four members of security issue,” Sun said. “Th e train attendant apolo- According to the railway fi re Song Xiuyan, deputy head of the train’s staff were found A man working for a Bei- gized immediately to the pas- safety regulations released China’s top women’s organiza- Source: All-China Women’s Federation SHEN WEI / CHINA DAILY smoking on the high-speed jing-based media company, sengers and explained that he by the Ministry of Railways tion, said at a news conference gender equality,” Song said in them to participate in politics. train he was taking from who asked for anonymity, had been working continu- in 2010, it is the train atten- on Tuesday for a new 10-year response to a question about a China also intends to improve Shanghai to Beijing on the was on board the same car- ously for 23 hours,” said a dants’ responsibility to stop working plan for women. lack of female representation health services for women, with night of Aug 7. riage. He told China Daily netizen called Lucky Feng- passengers from smoking on Chinese women have at higher levels of government. special attention given to reduce When the train was about that the railway policeman feng on his Sina Weibo. the trains. played important roles in the “Of course I want to become the maternal mortality rate for to approach its destination, and several train attendants Hu Jinghong, director of A Beijing-Shanghai high- country’s economic and social a leader in the future the same rural and migrant women, said passengers in the rear part were smoking on the train, the news department of the speed train was forced to slow development, said Song, vice- as my male colleagues, but as Liu Qian, deputy minister of of the third carriage started but added that some of the Shanghai Railway Bureau, down when it approached president of the All-China a woman, I can’t sacrifi ce a lot health. to quarrel with a group of train staff made sincere apol- said she had found out about Shandong’s Dezhou city on Women’s Federation and dep- of time with family to socialize Liu said that currently about train attendants and railway ogies to the passengers. the incidents on the Inter- July 5 when a passenger was uty director of the National with leaders, which is vital for 30 of every 100,000 Chinese policemen who were smok- “Th e conductor apologized net and had not yet heard discovered smoking on the Working Committee on Chil- promotion,” said Kuang Lidong, women die during childbirth, ing in a vacant sightseeing especially politely. She fol- whether the train attendants train. He was fi ned 50 yuan dren and Women. a 25-year-old public servant compared with 53 out of carriage. lowed us to the exit and apol- involved had been punished. ($7.80) for violating the regu- The 2011-2020 Outline for from Leiyang city, Central Chi- 100,000 one decade ago. The quarrel lasted for ogized all the way,” he said. The smoking incidents lation. Chinese Women’s Develop- na’s Hunan province. However, it remains an ardu- ment stipulates that all local “Many Chinese women still ous task to meet the goal of con- governments above the county prefer to devote themselves to trolling the maternal mortality level should have more than one families rather than participate rate to 20 per 100,000 by the HEN FEED female leader by the end of 2020. in politics due to the infl uence end of 2020, especially in Chi- Song stressed that China has of traditional culture,” said Sun na’s western regions, poverty- PILLS achieved remarkable progress Xiaomei, a professor with the stricken areas and among the PHOTO PROVIDED in enhancing women’s political Chinese Women’s University. migrant population, Liu said at TO CHINA DAILY participation as more than 86 She also said that China is the press conference. percent of local governments at still a male-dominated society, To achieve the goal, the gov- A workshop produc- the provincial, municipal and in which men always think ernment will offer subsidies ing fake medicine county levels had female lead- women should be taken care of. for rural women to fi nancially capsules was shut ers by the end of 2010, while 10 Th us Chinese women in poli- enable them to deliver babies years ago only about 60 percent tics oft en work in those “not-so- in hospitals, apart from popu- down by police in of the governments of the three tiring fi elds”, such as education, larizing pregnancy knowledge Xi’an, Northwest levels offered policy-making culture and health. among this population, Liu positions to women. “Chinese women’s retirement vowed. China’s Shaanxi Moreover, China has three age also contributes to their low Health departments will also province, on Mon- deputy chairwomen out of 13 participation in politics,” said try to provide female migrant chairpersons in the Standing Sun. “Men at the age of 50 still workers equal access to public day. Offi cers found Committee of the National have chances to get promoted health facilities and services as its so-called health People’s Congress as well as four because they mostly retire at urban residents, he added. products were actu- deputy chairwomen leading the 60, while women of the same Th e outline, issued every 10 National Committee of the Chi- age, who will retire in fi ve years, years by the State Council, aims ally made of hen nese People’s Political Consulta- almost have no chance.” to boost women’s rights in terms feed, rather than tive Conference, Song added. Sun suggested the central of education and employment, However, “we still have a lot government should select and and narrow the development of valuable herbal of work to do to raise social train more women leaders, and gap between urban and rural medicine. awareness and guarantee provide more opportunities for women. Ministry investigates pills made of ‘baby fl esh’ By ZHOU WENTING management of disposal of TV program warned that some Korea showed the content of the medicine experts and obstetrics AND LIU MINGTAI infant and fetal remains as of the capsules were taken by pills received by the television doctors in Beijing and Shanghai CHINA DAILY well as placentas. Koreans. team was 99.7 percent identical contacted by China Daily said “Any practice that handles Th e television team claimed with humans, the program said. they have never heard of such BEIJING / CHANGCHUN — the remains as medical waste is to have been to China, found It was not reported which cases and it seemed senseless. Th e Ministry of Health said on strictly prohibited,” Deng said. the hospital that sold the mate- hospital or city in China the It has long been a folk tradi- Tuesday that it has launched an According to the country’s rials, and taken video of the team visited. tion to eat placentas in China. investigation in the wake of a regulations, medical institutions manufacturing process. Phone calls to Customs in Jilin Placentas are believed to make media report in South Korea and their staff are prohibited It quoted insiders saying the went unanswered on Tuesday. up sperm and support the suf- about capsules from China — from trading corpses. “tonic” capsules are mainly sent A professor at the Th ird Hos- fi ciency of blood in traditional made from the flesh of dead The Global Times reported to South Korea through mem- pital of Jilin University said he Chinese medicine. babies — being used as stamina on Monday that SBS, one of bers of the Korean ethnic group has never heard of such cases in In China, placentas belong to boosters. the three major national televi- in China. his two-decade career. mothers of newborns. Medical Deng Haihua, spokesman of sion networks in South Korea, The ethnic group mainly “It’s hard to comment, institutions will handle a pla- the ministry, said on Tuesday broadcast a documentary on inhabits Jilin, Liaoning and Hei- because it looks like a rumor,” centa if a mother gives it up or that the ministry has instructed Aug 6 about the appearance of longjiang provinces. said the professor, surnamed donates it. Nobody is allowed its provincial agency in Jilin to capsules from China containing A test from the national cus- Zhang. “Th is is impossible from to sell or buy placentas accord- look into the case. dead baby fl esh. toms offi ce and institute of sci- my professional judgment.” ing to the regulation from the Deng said China has strict According to the report, the entific investigation in South Three traditional Chinese Ministry of Health. 4 nation WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 CHINA DAILY Vagrant kids get a new start Youngsters with eye Xinjiang children disorders get help to rescued from gangs who forced them to receive treatment steal return home BY WANG RU of hope because of a charity project CHINA DAILY started by the China Children and By CUI JIA Teenagers’ Fund. CHINA DAILY URUMQI — Just like her 15-year- In total, 165 children from diff er- old sister, Jenet, a 6-year-old Kazak ent parts of Xinjiang — 90 percent URUMQI — Yusup can vividly girl in Banfanggou township in of whom hail from ethnic families remember the day he was fi rst forced Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang living below the poverty line — will to pick pockets in a strange city about Uygur autonomous region, was go to Beijing to receive treatment 4,800 kilometers from his hometown born with beautiful eyes. for their condition. of Hotan, in the Xinjiang Uygur Yet even with the aid of glasses, Since June 2002, when the orga- autonomous region. that beauty has done little to pre- nization founded the Children “Th e fi rst thing I stole was a mobile vent the world from becoming Amblyopia Special Fund to help phone, which was worth about 1,000 slightly dimmer nearly every day children who have amblyopia, 2,246 yuan ($156),” said the 11-year-old. “I over the past two years. children from rural places through- was so glad because it made the dif- In 2010, Jenet’s mother, Kulizha, out China have been helped. ference between having food to eat noticed Jenet was sitting too close Starting on June 22, a group of that day and going hungry.” to the television and always looking experts dispatched by the fund Like a majority of vagrant Xinjiang down in a strange way. Alarmed, began going to rural places in Xin- children, Yusup had been lured away she took Jenet to a Urumqi hospital jiang and conducting a free medical from his hometown and then forced to have her vision checked. survey of more than 2,000 children. to steal or beg for a living. Kulizha learned afterward that After being preliminarily diag- For most of the past year, he Jenet’s loss of vision was caused by nosed, the 165 children who are to “worked” for a criminal gang in a condition known as amblyopia, receive treatment are to attend the Yibin, Sichuan province. Then he ZHANG TAO / CHINA DAILY or lazy eye. Radiant Children’s Eye Hospital in was lucky enough to be one of the Vagrant children from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region rescued from criminal gangs and sent back to Amblyopia originates in the Beijing. vagrant Xinjiang children who were the region by the authorities in places where they had been coerced into stealing, stand in line waiting for brain, not the eye, and occurs when The first batch of 39 children rescued and returned home in early assistance and aid at a vagrant children relief center in Urumqi, the regional capital, on Aug 4. the part of brain that receives imag- are coming from Kashgar, a city August. es is not being stimulated properly. in western Xinjiang. Th ey will be From April, when Xinjiang fi rst the center. Zhejiang and so that the children will be brought “I didn’t want to steal and I missed “Th e doctor said my daughter has treated in Beijing on Sept 2, using promised to bring home all its chil- provinces and Beijing are the three to hospitals, where they can easily home, but I had no choice,” Yusup severe amblyopia and needs imme- the most advanced therapies and dren who have become vagrants, to places that have sent back the most escape and return to the gangs. said. “I really want to go to school. diate treatment or she will never get equipment. the present, 229 children like Yusup children. Yusup will spend two weeks at the You don’t know how jealous I am her vision back,” Kulizha said. “We selected children from poor have been rescued and returned, “Th e number of vagrant children Xinjiang relief center in Urumqi, when I see children being picked Kulizha learned the cost of Jenet’s families who are believed to have a according to figures available on coming from Xinjiang reached a where workers will perform a thor- up by their parents from schools treatment would be 30,000 yuan chance of being cured,” said Chen Tuesday. peak in 2005 and 2006 because of ough health check and give him in Yibin.” ($4,665), an amount she could not Hua, founder of the Xinjiang Women Th at number has almost doubled the disparate development between counseling. Liu said Hotan authorities will aff ord on her school teacher’s salary. and Children Development Fund, from what it was in the same period Xinjiang and other parts of the More importantly, they will try to make sure Yusup resumes his edu- And other members of the family which has been helping the China last year, said Wang Zhengpeng, country,” Wang said. help him re-unite with his family by cation after he returns home and were unable to help. Her husband Children and Teenagers’ Fund. director of the Xinjiang Relief Cen- “Back then, a few thousand of gathering as much information as settles down. He said stories like is unemployed and their eldest According to reports, between 12 ter in Urumqi, capital of the region. them were sent back every year. possible about him. Yusup’s are what make his work daughter takes classes in a middle million and 15 million preschool Th e campaign is aimed at helping Many of them were forced into Th e 11-year-old looks young for worthwhile. school and needs money to con- children in China have amblyo- such children resume normal lives stealing by criminal gangs after his age. Th at is largely a product of “It’s a very rewarding job.” tinue her studies. pia. Of those, about 89 percent do and at restoring the reputation of the being conned by fake job off ers in poor nutrition and of an ear infec- As part of the campaign, the Niyaz, a 10-year-old Uygur boy not receive proper treatment, oft en region, which has become known large and medium-sized eastern cit- tion he contracted because he was region has sent police capable of from eastern Xinjiang, also suff ers because they have not been prop- as a den of thieves and vagrants to ies or kidnapped.” living in fi lth. speaking both Mandarin and Uygur from amblyopia and belongs to a erly diagnosed. many people. Many of the children who were “Th e younger the children that are to assist public security authorities family that cannot afford to have Scientific research shows that Most of the children rescued so rescued were found with scars and rescued, the better their future will in other provinces. him treated. With his vision dete- severe amblyopia can lead to a far are between the ages of 10 and 18 cigarette burns all over their bod- be,” said Liu Wei, who is in charge of Th e Ministry of Public Security riorating, he has lost some of his series of problems, such as atten- and a majority of them are Uygurs ies. Some gang members have even taking minors to the center. has also ordered police authorities confi dence and he now refuses to tion deficit disorder and a sense from Kashgar, Hotan and Aksu, cit- asked the children to carry blades “It’s more diffi cult to rehabilitate throughout the country to start go to school. of inferiority, which can adversely ies in southern Xinjiang, accord- and to cut themselves if they are res- them once they become hardened cracking down on the kidnapping Yet, despite the dark circum- aff ect the lives of the children who ing to the latest fi gures released by cued. Th at is done, Wang explained, to the vagrant way of life.” and coercing of Xinjiang children. stances, Jenet and Niyaz see a ray suff er from the condition. Invitation for Bids

Loan No. 40524 August 10, 2011 Asian Development Bank (ADB) Loan Title: Energy Effi ciency and Emission Reduction Project in Shandong Province 1. The People’s Republic of China has received an ADB Financial Intermediary loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of Energy Effi ciency and Emission Reduction Project in Shandong Province and it is intended that part loan will be applied to eligible payments under the contract named below. 2. CMC International Tendering Corporation (abbreviated as ”CITC”, hereinafter referred to as “the Tendering Agent”), authorized by Dongying Lufang Metallic Materials Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “the Tenderee”), now invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for the supply, delivery, assembly and related service of any of the following contract(s) under this project. 1) ICB No.: 0702-1120CITC4011/1 Contract No.: 4

Contract Package: SO2 Blower (The fi rst contract package, and the Bidding Docu- ment has been reviewed and approved by the ADB) 2) ICB No.: 0702-1120CITC4011/3 Contract No.: 6 Contract Package: Waste Heat Turbine and Generator 3) ICB No.: 0702-1120CITC4011/5 Contract No.: 5 Contract Package: Acid accumulator trap, Demister, Dilute acid pump, Medium ab- sorbing acid pump, Accelerant 3. Bids will be evaluated and compared on the basis of single contract package and combi- nation discounts for multiple contract packages are prohibited. 4. International competitive bidding will be conducted in accordance with ADB’s Single Stage: One-Envelope bidding procedure and is open to all Bidders from eligible source countries. 5. Bidders may obtain further information from, and inspect the Bidding Documents, be- tween 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. / 13:30 and 16:00 p.m. (Beijing time) (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted) at the Tendering Agent’s offi ce stated bellow. 6. The Bidding Documents for each contract package, in English language, may be pur- chased by interested Bidders at the offi ce of the Tendering Agent on submission of a written application to the Tendering Agent, and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of RMB3,000.00 or US$460.00. The method of payment will be in cash. The document will be sent by airmail. No liability will be accepted for loss or late delivery. 7. All Bids must be delivered to Dongying Blue Horizon International Hotel (Address: No. 1099, Lushan Road, Dongying, Shandong Province, China) at or before 10:00 a.m. on September 7, 2011 (Beijing time). All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security and the minimum amount of Bid Security for each contract package is as follows: a) ICB No.: 0702-1120CITC4011/1 Minimum Amount of Bid Security: US$76,720.00 b) ICB No.: 0702-1120CITC4011/3 Minimum Amount of Bid Security: US$72,720.00 c) ICB No.: 0702-1120CITC4011/5 Minimum Amount of Bid Security: US$124,100.00 For the purpose of determining the equivalent amount of the required Bid Security in a freely convertible currency, the central parity rate published by the People’s Bank of China prevailing on the date 28 days prior to the deadline for bid submission shall be applied. Late bids shall be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend in Dongying Blue Horizon International Hotel at 10: 00 a.m. (Beijing time) on September 7. 8. Dongying Lufang Metallic Materials Co. Ltd. will not be responsible for any costs or ex- penses incurred by Bidders in connection with the preparation or delivery of their bids. 9. When comparing Bids, ADB’s Domestic Preference Scheme will not be applied in accor- dance with the provisions stipulated in the Bidding Document. Tendering Agent: CMC International Tendering Corporation Address: Genertec Plaza, No. 90, Xisanhuan Zhonglu, Fengtai District, Beijing 100055, China Tel: (86 10) 63348459, 63348451; Fax: (86 10) 63348445 Contact Persons: Mr. Cheng Xionghua, Ms. Wang Pengpeng E-Mail: [email protected] CHINA DAILY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 nation 5 City thinks devices will stem govt car misuse By ZHENG CAIXIONG Th e departments that man- to equip their cars with the CHINA DAILY age those cars can now know electronic monitoring system, immediately where they are doing so last year. GUANGZHOU — The and can also directly call the Th e devices have already led capital city of South China’s people inside the cars or send to some good results. Guangdong province expects them text messages. For one, the cost of operat- to bring the once-common Guangzhou is the fi rst city ing the cars that have the sys- misuse of official vehicles in the southern industrial tem has declined by a fourth, under control by putting elec- province to put the electronic Su said. tronic monitoring systems on monitoring systems in govern- Zhang Jieming, director of all local government cars by ment cars. the city’s bureau of finance, the end of the year. Besides preventing govern- said the government pays up Su Zhijia, deputy Party chief ment cars from being used for to 35,000 yuan ($5,442) a year of Guangzhou, said the city’s private purposes and reducing for each offi cial car it has. Th at Party disciplinary authority government expenditures, the money mainly goes to parking has placed priorities on better devices also enforce standards fees, tolls and gasoline. managing the use of the local for the use of government cars, Th e government also pays government’s large number of make work more effi cient and each government driver a offi cial cars and on preventing prevent corruption, Su said. monthly salary of about 5,000 FALLEN DOWN such cars from being put to The electronic monitoring yuan. PHOTO BY LUO YUNFEI / CHINA NEWS AGENCY private purposes. system was introduced into Han Zhipeng, a member “Guangzhou started equip- government cars after local of the city’s political advisory Firefi ghters in Wanning, South China’s Hainan province, search on Monday amid the debris ping its government cars with media began carrying fre- body, said the introduction of the Taiyanghe Bridge, which was under construction and collapsed on Monday aft ernoon. the vehicular electronic moni- quent reports in recent years of the monitoring system will toring system in June, and more of misuses of offi cial cars, dam- make the authorities’ fl eet of Th e accident killed two construction workers and injured two others. Th e cause of the acci- than 10,000 government cars aging the reputations of both cars easier to manage, reduce dent is under investigation. will have the equipment by the government departments and the number of government end of August,” said Su, who offi cials. cars that are used for non-offi - also leads the city’s Party disci- In addition to being seen cial purposes and reduce what pline inspection commission. parked at scenic spots and the government spends on the Guangzhou has more than restaurants during festivals, vehicles. Many doctors dissatisfi ed 31,000 registered government holidays and weekends, many Wang Longxing, a local cars, and the entire Guang- government cars, according to white-collar worker, said the dong province is estimated to the reports, were being used by introduction of the system will have 410,000 offi cial cars. the parents of offi cials to take certainly help reduce the num- Government cars used by children to and from school. ber of government cars travel- with pay, work conditions prominent Party and govern- Huangpu district govern- ing the city’s streets and roads, ment officials have already ment departments, the city’s especially during holidays and been equipped with the vehic- bureau of finance and the weekends, and help to com- ular monitoring systems, Su Chengguan (urban manage- bat the traffi c congestion oft en By WANG HONGYI RESULTS OF sure they feel mainly comes careers in the past three years. told local media on Tuesday. ment) authorities were the fi rst found in Guangzhou. CHINA DAILY DOCTOR SURVEY from medical disputes, heavy In the US, doctors are among workloads and the high expec- the professionals making the SHANGHAI — Nearly 96 tations of patients. most money. Doctors’ incomes 32.471/7% Cols percent of doctors in China other With the relations between there are, on average, from two believe their incomes fail to doctors and patients becom- to four times greater than those refl ect how hard they work and ing increasingly strained, hos- of civil servants. their true worth, according to a WORKING pitals throughout the country In China, in contrast, the recent survey. CONDITIONS are becoming the sites of more average salary of doctors is only Th at is about four percentage violence. When asked about 1.19 times greater than what is points above what the number that trend, 55.7 percent of the made on average by people in was in 2009. 48.51% respondents said the public the rest of society. Th at’s much 19.02 The survey was conducted % unsatisfied is prejudiced against doctors. lower, for instance, than the from March to April by the satisfied And 53.8 percent said media average salary of college teach- Chinese Medical Doctor Asso- outlets are carrying more criti- ers, which is 1.71 times greater ciation. It polled more than 6,000 cal reports about doctors. than the average income earned doctors at hospitals in the coun- In the meantime, doctors by the general ranks of work- try’s 11 provinces and munici- blamed the tense relations on ers, said Yin Dakui, director of palities. Its aim was to reveal the INCOMES the current medical system, Chinese Medical Doctor Asso- real conditions that Chinese doc- including the systems used to ciation. tors work in and to gauge their manage hospitals, compensate A newly graduated doc- satisfaction with their jobs. patients for malpractice, process tor surnamed Chen said he 51 Th e survey found that 19.02 % insurance payments and ensure makes about 2,000 yuan ($310) 95.67% highly percent of Chinese doctors are not commensu- dispropor- that hospitals are following a a month working at a middle- satisfi ed with their work condi- rate with their tionate common set of laws. level hospital in Tianjin. tions and that 48.51 percent are performances to their Because of the work pressures “I am worried about surviv- not. Doctors from or rural contributions and low incomes found in the ing in this city,” he said. “It’s real- hospitals were the least satisfi ed Source: Chinese Medical Doctor Association profession, nearly 80 percent ly hard to hold on to this career.” of all. Only about 11.5 percent TIAN CHI / CHINA DAILY of the respondents said they Yin warned the conditions in of the former and 5.5 percent don’t want their children to be which doctors must work pose of the latter said they like the doctors in the future. Only 6.8 a hidden threat to China’s plans work, percentages that were level should receive more sup- percent of doctors said they to reform the country’s medical much lower than those that port, which will help to keep hope their children will take system. came from doctors in high-, the medical staff at such places the career path they had chosen. “Health authorities and the middle-level or urban hospitals. stable and to ensure the public According to sources from rest of society should pay more In response to those results, receives basic health services. the Beijing municipal health attention to this issue and make the survey concluded that hos- Meanwhile, 70.7 percent of bureau, more than 2,000 medi- sure it is solved properly,” he pitals and clinics at the basic the respondents said the pres- cal workers have changed their said. Red Cross questioned over luxury vehicles By ZHENG JINRAN organization was hit by a suc- in an online statement made on vide solid evidence showing CHINA DAILY cession of fi nance scandals that Monday by Ding Shuo, an offi - it doesn’t misuse offi cial cars, have left it struggling to regain cial in charge of policy imple- “I would like to apologize to BEIJING — Th e top charity the public’s trust. mentation and legal aff airs for them and do every thing that in China denied on Monday “A retired journalist who is the society. I can to help them clarify the that offi cials at the organization one of my friends from South- Ding said the society has situation. But that’s only if they use cars that are too extravagant ern Weekly got this informa- spent 411,600 yuan ($64,000) can provide the proof.” for government standards, say- tion from an insider in the on official vehicles this year, The Red Cross Society of ing such claims are “nothing but Red Cross Society,” Wu told giving no further details. China has recently been the rumors”. China Daily on Tuesday. “My According to the announce- subject of a series of scandals. “A well-informed person friend didn’t have a micro blog ment on Tuesday, the Red Th e most notorious stemmed disclosed yesterday that several account, so I posted it on the Cross Society of China has 15 from the actions of Guo Mei- luxury government vehicles are Internet for him. offi cial vehicles. Th at number mei, a 20-year-old woman being parked in the garage of “Although I didn’t dig more is precisely in keeping with the claiming a business connection the Red Cross Society of China,” into it, I thought the possibil- standards set by the Govern- with the society, who boasted said a recent micro blog post ity that it is true probably sur- ment Offices Administration online of leading a lavish life. written by Wu Chenguang, passes 50 percent.” of the State Council, which And another scandal surfaced deputy editor-in-chief of Blog Asked about such criticisms, oversees the purchase and use aft er false information was put Weekly, a popular Chinese the Red Cross declined to com- of the vehicles by central gov- on the Red Cross’ website. magazine. ment. ernment departments. “The Red Cross Society of “Every official of or above “Every leader at the vice- Asked to provide more details China is under the spotlight, the society’s department level ministerial level, both those about the cars, such as what and has faced much public criti- has two luxury government who are serving and those models they are or what num- cism lately,” said Wang Zhenyao, cars at his disposal,” Wu went retired, has a car exclusively to bers they have on their license former director of the Ministry on. “Th is source said the policy himself,” the Red Cross Society plates, the society declined. It of Civil Affairs’ social welfare (of allocating two cars to every of China said in an e-mail sent also would not say how much and charities department. “At senior society offi cial) comes in to China Daily on Tuesday. it spent to buy and maintain the core of the problem is a lack response to the Beijing govern- “Other leaders also have one vehicles in recent years. of transparency. ment’s even-odd license plate government car each, which “I once gave about 2,000 “Th e offi cials in that orga- rule … and I believe what he’s they can use whenever they yuan through the society about nization should change their saying is true.” want. All these vehicles were two years ago, when I still trust- minds as soon as possible, Wu’s post immediately drew allotted through the Govern- ed the organization,” Wu said. accept supervision from the attention from the public and ment Offices Administration “I wanted to know where were public and set up a system to the media. Both have been of the State Council.” my money was going.” make all of the donations they keeping a close eye on the Red Most of the e-mail’s contents He said if the Red Cross receive and their assets trans- Cross Society of China aft er the were similar to what was said Society of China can pro- parent.” 6 coverstory WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 CHINA DAILY

LIANG XIAOPENG / FOR CHINA DAILY Textile workers from Jifa Group in Qingdao, Shandong province, submit donations for Yingjiang county in Yunnan province after an earthquake in March. The money was to be distributed through the Red Cross Society of China. Charity: Transparency called hard but vital

FROM PAGE 1 person donated and when, already diffi cult enough to col- listing the date, , amount but what’s the meaning of it? lect and post the receipts and list and use of the donation. For “I felt like I had been cheated,” Th e public cares most about to the students online,” Yang said. those who don’t want their said Li, 36 and a soft ware engi- which projects their money has Shenzhen One Foundation names released, the organiza- neer. “Th e scandal changed my gone, what the details of the and Ufi da Soft ware are work- tion uses the words “the kind- attitude toward public founda- projects are, and whether their ing together to develop a dona- hearted” instead. tions. Next time I will choose benefi ts have been evaluated.” tion information management Wang said the job requires more transparent organiza- To similar challenges system, but the foundation has a full-time position. “We hope tions in Hong Kong and Tai- brought by other experts, the found the task is fi lled with tiny the government would come wan or send the money directly society responded in its state- details. up with a standard format that to the target recipients.” ment, “We will expand the Some donors do not leave we can follow to release infor- To pacify the angry public, scope of inquiries, make the their information, so founda- mation to the public. Now we the Red Cross rushed a dona- items of inquiry more specif- tion staff members have no idea are just doing everything on tion information platform ic, and keep the public truly who donated the money or how our own.” onto its website on July 31, but informed about how their WU GUANGYU / XINHUA to reach them. Th e foundation various mistakes drew harsh money is spent and about the One of two health centers for women and children built in earthquake-stricken Yushu, Qinghai has to build connections with It’s a start criticism. latest progress of our projects. province, with the aid of the Red Cross Society. banks to ask donors to fill in Wang of the public interest For example, Web users During the process, please give forms and leave their contact research institute believes gov- found that two health centers us more time.” INFORMATION ABOUT CHARITIES information, so it can record ernment supervision depart- for women and children built Cheng suggested that the A 2010 survey by the China Charity & Donation Information Center collected responses each donation and make the ments should be held partially in earthquake-stricken Yushu, Red Cross set a timetable and from 988 individuals and 65 charity organizations. Here are some key findings. information available to the responsible for making vague Qinghai province received tell the public clearly what 10% 9% “High transparency” in public. and general regulations. “Our Members No charity organizations equal allocations of donations, progress to expect each month. of the option “It’s not technically compli- country has turned information although one was five times Statistics on the platform also The society should organizations 33% cated to build an information disclosure into ethics, which is larger than the other. Th e Red need to be updated daily. adopt a more open Donors management system, but it’s not legally binding, while in Cross Society of Qinghai apol- “Th e society should adopt a and tolerant attitude very expensive to have a high- some other countries, public ogized, blaming a staff worker more open and tolerant atti- ‘‘ ly automated one,” Yang said. foundations will be sued if they for sending wrong data to the tude by inviting all capable by inviting all capable Charities’ “How much it will cost depends fail to be transparent.” 82% Red Cross Society of China organizations, such as the Big organizations, such primary targets on which level of transparency Chinese regulations for foun- for information According to organizations’ without having it examined by Four accounting firms and as the Big Four self-ranking you want to reach. If you just dation management specify that the supervisor. large international IT compa- disclosure want to post bank statements those who do not perform “the % “Th e platform is an impor- nies, to join the information- accounting fi rms and on the Web, it’s a piece of cake.” duty of information releasing” tant step toward transparency, releasing project and find a large international IT 25% or who publish false informa- which the Red Cross promot- solution together,” he said. “In companies, to join the 23% National standards tion will be “warned, ordered The public ed. It is still in a trial period and this way, the society still has 25% According to the center’s There are no national stan- to stop all activities, or even information-releasing monitoring data will probably come up with a chance to rebuild its cred- Regulators dards for information disclo- revoked of their certificates”. project and fi nd more problems,” the national ibility.” What donors want to know (multiple responses were allowed) sure, so diff erent organizations However, the regulations are society said in a written state- a solution together. have diff erent levels of transpar- rarely enforced, partly because ment sent to China Daily. Big picture, details In this way, the ency. Among the 1,135 public some nonprofit organizations “We will collect complaints In China, public founda- foundations recorded by China are quasi-governmental, said and suggestions from all tions and other charities have society still has a 79% Foundation Center, some pub- USDO, a nonprofit organiza- chance to rebuild its 73% sides, take the rational part long been criticized as murky. 44% 43% lish information from the year tion that promotes self-disci- of the opinions, and make Nine out of 10 people are credibility.” 36% before last, and some do not pline within the industry. improvements to better sat- unsatisfi ed with their infor- The Financial Basic Others Internal have websites. Th e Red Cross, for example, CHENG GANG organization’s information information management isfy the information-searching mation disclosure, according PRESIDENT OF THE CHINA operational “Th e most pressing demand is not a charity organization in demands of our donors.” to a survey conducted by the FOUNDATION CENTER activities is to make a set of unifi ed stan- the normal sense. It is consid- The public didn’t buy it. Li China Charity & Donation Source: China Charity & Donation BRIDGET O’DONNELL / dards in terms of content, for- ered half-governmental because Information Center CHINA DAILY did not even bother to go to Information Center. Th e sur- mat and procedure. Otherwise, it takes both State money and the platform to check where vey collected responses from it’s hard to regulate foundations,” donations. her money went, aft er she had 988 people and 65 charity “Today’s charity industry is entries, but it becomes quite give the money to the education said Wang Zhenyao, dean of “Th e dual identity is confus- learned that only those who organizations. like the country’s market econ- complicated for one with mil- department of the local govern- the Beijing Normal University ing for the public when it comes donated at least 100,000 yuan “More than half of the omy in the 1990s. Practitioners lions of them.” ment, which will pass it on to One Foundation Public Interest to accountability,” said Yang ($15,550) could find their respondents donate on a regu- are testing each step before tak- schools. Th e schools will have Research Institute. Tuan, a leading researcher on names. lar basis, but 90 percent said ing it, and therefore imperfec- No simple process teachers distribute the money His suggestion is supported philanthropic studies and dep- they have never heard any feed- tion exists,” said Liu Youping, Th e job of collecting, arrang- and ask each student to sign for by Wang Yiou, founder and uty director of the Social Policy ‘Please give us time’ back from the charity organiza- deputy director of the center. ing and processing information it. In the end, the foundation director of China-Dolls, a Research Center at the Chinese “How could the Red Cross tions,” reads the report, dated Liu emphasized the costs is difficult and involves many will receive a written report with Beijing-based NGO aiming at Academy of Social Sciences. set such a bar for searching December 2010. and technology required details, according to Yang Peng, signed or stamped receipts. helping people with osteogen- About 439,000 social ser- individual donations? About About 79 percent of donors for information disclosure. secretary-general of Shenzhen Sometimes mistakes happen. esis imperfecta and other con- vice groups are registered with 95 percent of the donations want to know the organiza- For example, the donations One Foundation, a public foun- A donor once volunteered to ditions. Every month, the orga- China’s civil affairs depart- are below 100,000 yuan,” said tion’s operational activities, and made to the Red Cross aft er dation with registered capital of examine the implementation of nization posts fi nancial reports ments of all levels, but the Red Cheng Gang, president of the 73 percent want fi nancial infor- the Wenchuan earthquake 50 million yuan. such a project by visiting all 50 on its blog. Cross Society of China and the China Foundation Center. mation. Th e public has a strong required 3 million data For example, he said, if students. He found that three “We have to do it in a way 95,000 agencies in its system He also criticized the society interest in getting a more com- entries, and the Yushu earth- a foundation wants to give had not received the money. It that everybody can understand. are not among them, Yang said. for off ering too little informa- plete picture of charities, the quake donations more than 100,000-yuan subsidies to 50 turned out their teacher was Nobody wants to read some “Now that the society has tion about how donations are report concluded. They also 300,000. poor schoolchildren, it cannot sick and forgot to give the mon- obscure and complicated pro- put its information online, spent. want to know how donations “Information disclosure look for the children one by ey to the children aft er signing fessional reports,” Wang said. I think it has taken a step “Now people can look on are used and what results have is an easy job for an organi- one and give them the money receipts for them. The reports look much like toward the nongovernmental, the platform for how much a been achieved. zation with dozens of data directly. Th e usual practice is to “For many foundations, it is spreadsheets, with each entry charitable side.” CHINA DAILY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 metrobeijing 7 Offi cial health Not a green and fair way to use experts named water resources

By CAO YIN aged to get permission to use CHINA DAILY the ground water. “Each company or insti- to prevent cons BEIJING — Golf courses tute must get a green light have been reported using from the water resources ground water to irrigate their department fi rst in line with greens every day, arousing the regulations, or else it is further concerns about the illegal,” he said, adding it Bureau lists team of 251 recommended specialists city’s water resources. might be due to a loophole A report by China Cen- in the authorities’ supervi- to provide genuine medical advice to the public tral Television (CCTV) on sion. Tuesday, revealed that the The report by CCTV By CHENG YINGQI INFO be granted the title of “rec- 60 or so golf courses in Bei- found that a golf course by CHINA DAILY ommended health expert” jing use 40-million tons of the Wenyu River uses more For more details of the for two years. ground water a year, which than 1,000 tons of ground BEIJING — Th e Beijing fi rst group of health The experts are allowed is equivalent to the amount water every day, because the Health Bureau released the experts, please visit to take part in any popular of water used by one million river water is too polluted names of its first selected BJHB.GOV.CN/ science activities, such as residents in a year. to use. group of 251 health experts talking on TV shows or giv- “If that figure is true, “Actually, the rivers that on Monday. Th e experts will ing lectures. But they would it’s unbelievable,” Ma Jun, fl ow through the city, such be legally entitled to educate lose the title if they used it to director of the Beijing- as the Yongding and Chao- the public on health matters. 251 make money. based Institute of Public bai, have been dry for a Th e bureau recommend- health experts “We did not set a high and Environmental Aff airs, long time, while the lower ed local media in the capital, threshold for the doctors, told China Daily, adding he reaches of other rivers are including Beijing Television The number of approved only that they had experi- strongly disagreed with such seriously polluted,” Ma said. Station and Beijing Evening practitioners who are entitled ence in spreading health a practice. Th e capital is not suitable to educate the public on health News, to use experts on the matters knowledge,” Xie said. “Th e main source of water for establishing a lot of golf list for future reports or pro- Lin Hua, deputy director for residents is ground water. courses, he added. grams about health issues. of the obstetrics and gyne- If golf courses are using “Th e most urgent require- “As people’s health aware- ica extract. In the latest case, cology department of the ground water in such large ments are to control the ness has grown in recent a doctor tried to convince China-Japan Friendship amounts, it must be deplet- number of courses and years, some self-proclaimed people through the Internet Hospital, is on the expert ing the water level and will supervise their water usage,” experts, like Zhang Wuben, that he could cure chronic list. aff ect residents,” he said. he said. appear in the media to make disease by drawing 850 mil- “I would like to inform Xu Jintao, a professor of China Daily contacted money, but their advice liliters of blood from people. people about the health natural resource economics about 10 golf clubs and the misleads people,” said Xie Shen Yin, 60, a Beijing risks of abortions and at Peking University, agreed water authority in the capi- Hui, director of the disease citizen, said it was hard healthcare for menopaus- with Ma and questioned tal, but all of them refused control department of the for ordinary people to tell al women,” said Lin, who how the courses had man- to answer questions. Beijing Health Bureau. “So whether what a TV expert already gives free lectures to we are aiming to create a said was true or false. women to pass on scientifi c standardized team of health “Some theories sound knowledge. experts.” too ridiculous, say, eating “I had seen TV shows In a notable hoax last loaches, which I would fi nd talking too much about year, the self-proclaimed unacceptable,” Shen said. scraping and acupuncture. food expert, Zhang Wuben, “But I would believe eat- To make it balanced, the published a popular health- ing mung beans is good for producers should include care book claiming mung health, because I thought more items on maintaining beans can cure all chronic they contained good stuff .” health. diseases. Some people fol- Xie Hui, from the health “We can improve people’s lowed Zhang’s advice and bureau, said: “People can medical awareness bit by stopped taking medication neither develop health bit, until they can separate A BOLT FROM THE BLUE and took up eating mung awareness nor adopt a the true from the false by PHOTO BY / FOR CHINA DAILY beans instead in the hope healthy lifestyle by listening themselves.” ZHANG WEI of regaining their health. to these people. We need The selected health Lightening strikes the top of China Central Zhang was later proved to some real experts.” experts cover 18 medical be a fraud. Th e health bureau invit- specialties. Television Tower near the West Th ird Ring Fake experts were also ed doctors in Beijing’s 141 Traditional Chinese Road on Tuesday evening during a sudden PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY found to have prescribed hospitals to apply to be Medicine doctors and phy- thunderstorm that also led to subway Line 13 A golfer tees off at a golf course in Beijing in June. There such things as eating loaches volunteers in March. Once sicians make up 35 percent are concerns that keeping the city’s luxury-sport facilities and injecting Chinese angel- selected, the experts would of the list. being closed for an hour. pristine is depleting the water resources used by residents. chinascene because as a fi rst-time mother ensure her baby’s health. For- the boy’s eyes with the dirt. the ventilation duct. It was helped him get a job with an CENTRAL she did not have enough milk. tunately, the gamble paid off . Chen prescribed some unharmed. Internet company on July 18. At fi rst, the zoo had to feed Xu Hulin, 26, was diagnosed medicine for the boy, who is Liu Huan, a local animal CHONGQING MORNING NEWS Interruption breaks the lions with goat milk. In with both pregnancy and now well. However, the doctor expert, said that the pet could shopkeepers’ habit the meantime, they used local aplastic anemia last December said he had not yet identifi ed only have survived for 14 days media to look for dogs who in a hospital in Zhejiang prov- what kind of parasites had been in the duct, but that its good More than a dozen people could act as wet nurses for the ince, where she was working in found in the boy’s eyes. condition when rescued sug- SOUTH running small shops in Wuhan, cubs, as dog milk is closer to a clothing factory. QIANJIANG EVENING NEWS gested it might have caught Hubei province, have to take lion milk. Th e doctor told her she had some rats while trapped there. Electrical fault in taxis to fi nd a toilet. A shepherd dog, who had to receive treatment or her life 14-year-old saves HUASHANG DAILY fridge kills girl They used to go to a com- just fi nished nursing two pups, would be in danger. However, man from drowning A 5-year-old girl was electro- munal toilet in a nearby local was chosen from many candi- Xu refused any treatment or Man walks 320 km cuted when she took a chocolate animal husbandry bureau. dates and started feeding the medication over the next seven A 14-year-old boy in Zhe- to search for work from a refrigerator. However, the bureau, which three lion cubs. months to ensure the health of jiang province jumped into According to Lai Qiulan, the had promised that they could DAHE DAILY the baby. a pond to save a 46-year-old A man in Sichuan province little girl’s mother, who lives in always use the toilet for free, “If I have to die some time man. to be rebuilt, but the rebuild- walked for seven days and six Daba village in Wuhua coun- closed it without notice. Couple together in later, at least I could ensure my A male resident in San- ing has not yet started and the nights from Chengdu, capital ty, Guangdong province, her Th e deputy secretary of the life, and now death husband has company,” Xu shan village, Taizhou city, was residents have to take umbrel- of the province, to Chongqing daughter, Hu Liwen, decided bureau said the closure was said. Xu’s husband, proposed watching a play near a pond. las to cover themselves when to fi nd a job. to eat some chocolate that was temporary, and the toilet will Aft er spending half a century to Xu and the couple got their However, as the man started to they use the toilet. Jin Weiquan, 21, wanted in the refrigerator while she be reopened to the shop own- together, a couple in Wuhan, marriage license this April. wash his hands in the 4-meter- “There are tall buildings to find a job in Chongqing, was busy making dinner for the ers aft er renovation. Hubei province, passed away Xu had to receive blood deep pond, he lost his balance around the toilet. How we can a neighboring municipality, family. WUHAN EVENING NEWS within 21 hours. transfusions every three days and fell in. protect our privacy?” Chen and, as he had no money, he “When I came out of the According to their only to keep her alive aft er her baby The man could not swim said. decided to walk to the city. kitchen, I found my daughter Zoo recruits canine child, though they always lived was born on May 25. and shouted to the audience Th e construction company Starting from a bus station had been electrocuted,” the wet nurse for lions in poverty, they helped each CHONGQING MORNING NEWS for help, 14-year-old Fan said it was waiting for build- in Chengdu, Jin walked more mother said. other through 50 happy years Songlin jumped into the pond. ing materials. But the resi- than 320 km in seven days and Th e girl was rushed to hos- together. Th e 75-year-old wife, Parasites found Holding the man’s neck to dents asked why it started the six nights to arrive in Chongq- pital but could not be saved. Yi Jinxiu, died of cirrhosis on in boy’s eyes keep his face out of the water, project before it was properly ing on July 14. Police, who visited the family’s the morning of July 14. Fan pulled him to safety. prepared. “I had only a bucket of home to investigate the acci- After hearing about his An experienced doctor in Fan said he had copied a res- CHONGQING COMMERCIAL DAILY instant noodles with me and I dent, found that there was an wife’s death, the 77-year-old Ningbo, Zhejiang province, cue method he had oft en seen drank water from the trenches electrical fault in the fridge. husband, Cheng Zunhou, kept was amazed to fi nd three para- on television. Cat rescued from along the road,” Jin told traffi c The refrigerator seller had murmuring, “I don’t believe it”. sites in a 3-year-old boy’s eyes. QIANJIANG EVENING NEWS duct after 10 days police officer whom he met asked the manufacturer to sent Zoo staff members in Jiao- He was found dead the next In his 30 years as a doctor, when he arrived in the city. a technician to check on the zuo, Henan province, had to morning. Chen Xinqiang had never A small cat has been saved His walk attracted great problem. seek help from shepherd dogs They were buried together seen parasites in people’s eyes. WEST aft er being trapped for 10 days attention online, which GUANGZHOU DAILY when a yellow lion refused to by their family members and It took him an hour to take out in a ventilation duct of a build- breastfeed her three newborn neighbors. the small insects with a tweezer Residents use ing in Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi albino cubs. CHUTIAN METROPOLIS DAILY and a magnifier. The biggest umbrellas in toilet province. Th e three baby lions turned parasite was about 2 cm long. Th e management workers at out to be white even though Th e boy’s father said that his Residents in a communi- the building received a report both of their parents have yel- EAST son always rubbed his eyes with ty of Chongqing had to use about the cat on July 16 from low hair which, according to dirty hands when he was play- umbrellas to cover themselves a resident surnamed Zhong, zoo staff members, could be a Mother risks her life ing in his hometown, a poor when they went to a public who said she had been hear- case of genetic mutation in the for her baby’s sake village, which Chen thought toilet as the toilet’s roof had ing the cat’s cries for 10 days evolutionary process. Accord- A woman from Jingdezhen was the reason why there were been removed. and eventually found that it ing to a zoo worker, the mother city, Jiangxi province, gambled parasites in the boy’s eyes. According to a resident was trapped in the building. lion refused to breastfeed the with her life by dropping treat- Chen said the parasites’ eggs surnamed Chen, the roof was Aft er some eff ort, the workers cubs aft er giving birth, possibly ment for a serious disease to might have been brought into removed a month ago as it had managed to free the cat from WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 8 CHINADAILY.COM.CN/OPINION CHINA DAILY Comment editorials • opinion

CHINADAILY CHINA FORUM | ZHU FENG EDITORIALS Conditions make it hard to talk No time for complacency

THE COMBINATION OF SOARING CONSUMER Unrealistic demands of the US and its allied nations will prices at home and the worsening global economic out- look has ostensibly added a further complication to China’s further delay resumption of Six-Party Talks for Peninsula endeavor to keep economic growth on track while preventing overheating. espite little sub- divided than ever over on how to or threatened to abandon, the Six- peaceful nuclear energy project. As the world’s second largest economy, China will have stantive agree- kick-start a new round of the multi- Party Talks more than once, there Still, analysts from the US and no chance of maintaining its growth momentum amid a ment, the talks national talks. are doubts about the DPRK’s real ROK believe that inspectors from global recession. So Chinese policymakers will have to keep a between the Th e last time Ambassador Ste- intentions — whether it is using the International Atomic Energy watchful eye on external weakness and the volatility of global United States phen Bosworth, the Obama admin- its denuclearization as a negotiat- Agency (IAEA) would be able to markets. D and the Demo- istration’s special representative for ing chip to gain aid and undercut confi rm this, and more important- cratic People’s DPRK aff airs, met with his DPRK sanctions, or using delaying tac- ly, dismiss international concerns But with infl ation still too high for comfort, it remains far Republic of Korea (DPRK) in New counterpart Kim Kye-gwan was in tics to postpone denuclearization about the DPRK’s nuclear weapons too early for a policy about-face, even though China has intro- York on July 28-29 were a rare act December 2009, when Pyongyang while improving its international program. duced fi ve interest rate hikes since October 2010 and frequently worth applauding. stressed that discussing a peace surroundings — the US may be In order to promote the process increased government curbs on lending and investment. Th e talks signaled that Washing- treaty and lift ing sanctions were looking for a lever to push the of denuclearization, it would be Th e latest statistics show that the country’s consumer infl a- ton has shift ed its policy of “malign “preconditions” for it to return DPRK into taking some genuine, benefi cial if all parties follow the tion hit a fresh three-year high at 6.5 percent last month, well neglect” of Pyongyang since the to the Six-Party Talks. However, verifi able steps toward denuclear- earlier agreement to disable the above the offi cial 4 percent target for the year. sinking of the Cheonan on March Pyongyang has become more fl ex- ization. nuclear facilities at Yongbyon. The July figures should effectively refute the optimistic 26, 2010, and turned to dialogue ible recently and has stated that it Th ough Pyongyang has reaf- While the DPRK has been asked forecasts that infl ation would peak around midyear in the with the North. But there is no will return to the talks “without any fi rmed its intention to return to the to facilitate international verifi ca- absence of any new price shocks, thanks to base eff ects turn- evidence that the Obama adminis- conditions”. talks, it has yet to reassure other tion of its declared nuclear inven- ing favorable and the impact of previous tightening measures tration will engage with the DPRK But, Washington, Seoul and parties that it will adhere to the tory of November 2007, it should beginning to kick in. and no evidence that bilateral talks Tokyo contend that the DPRK Joint Statement of Sept 19, 2005 — be provided with the necessary But with foodstuff s accounting for about one-third of the between the two countries would must show it is sincere about which fi rmly commits the DPRK to incentives to cooperate — such as monthly spending of the average Chinese consumer, the spearhead a dialogue process simi- abandoning its nuclear program nuclear dismantlement. satisfying its legitimate require- stubbornly high food prices, which went up 14.8 percent lar to that of 2007. and nuclear weapons before they No one wants to see a resumption ments for national security and It is also hard to say when the US join a new round of Six-Party of the Six-Party Talks rapidly turn- development. China should be year-on-year in July, should put an end to any complacency will agree to return to the Six-Party Talks. Th erefore, the New York ing into another “talking shop”. If encouraged to push Pyongyang in and the belief that the country can easily win the battle against Talks － a multinational mecha- talks between the US and the this were to happen again, it would that direction. infl ation. nism that seeks a negotiated halt to DPRK were a chance to “sound out not only devalue the multinational But it seems that the US seeks to Admittedly, the rapidly darkening global growth prospect the DPRK’s nuclear program. the North Koreans”, as US State platform, it would also cast doubts go much further with its various may add desired downward pressures on China’s consumer As the DPRK has declared it will Department spokesman Mark on its feasibility. preconditions. It is reported that infl ation by lowering international commodity prices, a key return to the talks uncondition- Toner said at a press briefi ng in Offi cials from the ROK have Washington’s preference, in col- source of domestic price hikes. ally, currently the main obstacle to Washington on July 27. raised the issue of DPRK putting laboration with Seoul and Tokyo, In Asia, oil prices tumbled to below $78 a barrel on Tuesday, reconvening the Six-Party Talks “What we’re looking for... is a its uranium enrichment program is not only for suspension of the almost the lowest in a year, as global investors feared the wors- is not the DPRK, but the US, the concrete indication that they’re (UEP) under international inspec- DPRK’s UEP, but for moratoriums ening outlook in the United States and the European Union Republic of Korea (ROK) and going to move forward,” he added. tion, according to reports by Kore- on its nuclear tests and long-range may touch off a global recession. In fact, the price of crude has Japan. In fact, the six countries “It’s a chance for us to gauge their an JoongAng Daily. missile tests. But such precondi- fallen about one third since reaching nearly $115 in May. involved in the talks, the other two seriousness.” While in New York, Kim Gye- tions are unrealistic. For an energy-thirsty country like China which imported being China and Russia, are more As the DPRK has abandoned, kwan declared that its UEP is a While denuclearization of the 126 million tons of crude oil from the international market in DPRK is an unshakable goal of the fi rst half of this year, lower oil prices, in theory, will give its the international community, the Obama administration has priori- policymakers more leeway in their attempts to slow infl ation. LUO JIE tized counter-proliferation and has Nevertheless, the current fall in the cost of oil and other com- decided to re-engage the DPRK to modities may be short-lived if debt-laden Western countries curb Pyongyang’s nuclear capabili- choose to print more money in an eff ort to hide rather than fi x ty. Th is explains why the US agreed their fundamental fi scal and economic problems. to the bilateral talks in New York. In that case, developing countries like China that are fi ghting But the White House is dramati- a diffi cult war against infl ation should brace themselves for cally shift ing its strategic gravity of another fl ood of excess liquidity in the international fi nancial denuclearizing the North from the markets, liquidity that will exacerbate their domestic price multi-national talks to coordina- pressures. tion with its allies. Th e expectations on China to repeat its role as a powerful So it is questionable whether the growth engine are largely premature while the country’s infl a- US, ROK and Japan are commit- tion remains so hot. ted to the Six-Party Talks. For the Th e international community should understand that, from time being, their endorsement of a new round of talks is lack-luster. a long-term point of view, the value of China’s persistent eff orts Th e Washington-Seoul-Tokyo to tame infl ation and pursue sustainable growth will eventually collaboration emphasizes that be borne out if the West falls into recession again. inter-Korean dialogue is another “precondition”. Given this, resumption of the Six-Party Talks remains laborious Africa cries for help work.

AFRICA IS OFTEN THE SUBJECT OF MUCH DEBATE Th e author is deputy director and derision. Yet there is also a startling and deep-rooted igno- of the Center for International and rance about the continent. Strategic Studies, and professor of Th e international community, especially developed coun- the School of International Studies, tries, has failed to engage with Africa in meaningful ways, even Peking University. when the worst drought in 60 years is causing a humanitarian disaster in parts of the continent. Famine now aff ects 12 million people, particularly in Soma- ZHU YUAN lia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced from their homes in search of food and water. On Aug 4, the Chinese government announced that it will provide direct humanitarian assistance to drought-aff ected areas Intellectuals need independent thought in the Horn of Africa. It said it will give aid totaling 90 million yuan ($14 million) to Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti and is hold- t has been said that Europe technology and laissez faire, which was the prime principle China conclude without any convincing ing consultations to provide humanitarian assistance to Somalia. has two types of intellectuals they regard as the panacea to all must stick to. Yet, the dichotomy evidence that there is no risk at all A famine is declared when malnutrition rates among chil- Ithat hold completely diff erent problems. Th ey oft en turn up their of perception that exists among or the risk is under control. Th is is dren exceed 30 percent; more than two people per 10,000 die views about the way European noses at the views of their oppo- intellectuals over the approach to dangerous when it comes to any per day; and people are unable to access food and other basic countries should be run. Th ose who nents, whose concern for the future development is diff erent. It has discourse about such serious issues. necessities. have a dream of Utopia that they of this country or worries over a nothing to do with ideology in Th e other two types, no matter Western governments have not delivered on their past aid inherited from their forefathers in single project they oft en dismiss the old sense, rather it is about the how extreme their views may be, pledges and are failing to respond to the famine in east Africa, the 18th century and who strive for as crossing a bridge before com- quality of development, or whether are sincere and say exactly what a more just society through human ing to it. Th eir reply to those who development is sustainable. they think. Th ere is even the pos- and UN offi cials have criticized the mentality of nations who rights and justice and those who point out problems in the process Th e fi nancial crisis and the sibility they may change their are only moved to act when it is too late. believe that capitalism, backed by of development is always: “Nothing debt crisis in Europe and the point of view if they are proven Th e United Nations World Food Program reports that it is science and technology, will bring is perfect, there is always a price to United States suggest that laissez wrong. Th e third type, however, about 40 percent — or $190 million — short of what is needed prosperity, peace and all good pay for development.” faire leaves much to be desired. only say what they think wants to to combat hunger in Africa, and is appealing for help. things to the world. With China’s economic reform Th e food safety hazards that be heard in order to further their Th e United Kingdom’s International Development Secretary Th ere is a similar situation in and opening-up in the late 1970s, have repeatedly emerged and the own interests. In other words, their Andrew Mitchell said too many countries have not woken up China. We have two similar types most intellectuals embraced ideas numerous scandals in various thinking is compromised by the to the scale of east Africa’s drought. He called on the interna- of intellectuals, who hold opposing from the outside world, those of institutions also point to the fact lure of political power or economic tional community to answer a UN appeal for $2.4 billion. views on the approach to devel- developed countries in particular. that the worries of some intellectu- self-interest. As a result, they only But while a response is urgently needed to the present crisis, opment. Th e fi rst are the heirs of Th ey had been repressed under the als are not without cause. talk on behalf of the political or the at the same time, an initiative is needed to address the under- traditional Chinese culture, who dominant class-struggle ideology So the debate between these two economic power they are looking lying causes of food insecurity and diseases in the continent. are concerned about the future of and opening-up stimulated their types of intellectuals is probably to profi t from. Severe food insecurity in this part of the world is driven by their country and well-being of its enthusiasm to try new things. healthy, but there is a third type of It is not easy for intellectuals to cyclical drought, poor land management practices, limited avail- people. Th ey are fond of fi nding Th at the economic progress of intellectual in this country that is stick to their principles in the face ability of animal health services, infl ation, confl icts over land and faults with the nation’s social insti- the past three decades is unprec- deeply troubling. Th ey are the ones of the temptations of status and tutions. Th ey tend to judge every- edented and the size of China’s who barter their independence money. But we must demand they water, poor hygiene practices, and the lack of dietary diversity. thing against a moral standard, or economy has jumped to be the for a mess of potage when making do so, as they are the country’s Th e G8 summit hosted by Italy in 2009 promised $20 billion against an unattainable Utopia, second in the world seems to have judgments and cater to the authori- social conscience, and their inde- over three years for Africa’s food security. But only about one- which human beings must strive justifi ed the argument that the ide- ties or even a particular interest pendence is the moral backbone of quarter of that money has been disbursed. for if they do not want to lose their ological debate over whether China group. As a result, they oft en give society. People have no time to waste in lending helping hands. Th ey way on the path of development. should take a socialist or capitalist comments that are against com- need to step up their response or risk failing thousands of men, Opposed to them are the techno- road is meaningless. Deng Xiaop- mon sense. Say, the risk of infl a- Th e author is a senior writer women and children who are desperately in need of help. crats, who tend to blindly worship ing once said that development tion is high, some economists will with China Daily.

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MA JUN LETTERS Higher parking fees welcome

Comment on “Space race too costly for car owners” Dilemma over dollar reserves (China Daily, Aug 2) f the $3.2 trillion in reserves A recent article in China Daily said many people managed by the State are protesting against the increase in parking fees. OAdministration of Foreign Th e article even asked the government to force Exchange, about $1.1 tril- property developers to reduce parking fees. lion are in US Treasuries, according to But the parking fee issue should be considered US Treasury International Capital Sys- in the context of other facts. According to China tem fi gures. Aft er Standard & Poor’s Daily’s report, the country’s dependence on foreign (S&P’s) downgraded the US sovereign oil is rising fast. China depends on foreign countries credit rating, many Chinese commen- for 55.2 percent of its oil requirements, and the fi g- tators, policy advisors and economists ure could even reach 80 by 2030. have argued more aggressively that Considering China’s high level of dependence China should diversify its massive on imported oil, the new parking fees’ rates are a foreign reserves, a large part of which good management measure. When parking fees now is in US dollars. are high, fewer people will use private vehicles and Such people are either urging China turn to public transportation, which will reduce to diversify its foreign reserves away fuel consumption and China’s dependence on from US dollars to other currencies or imported oil. suggesting that it move more quickly YIFANG CHIU, via e-mail to asset classes such as commodities. Readers’ comments are welcome. Please send your e-mail Among the reasons cited for this are to [email protected] or [email protected]. “the risk of US government default cn or to the individual columnists. China Daily reserves the is rising”, “there will be a signifi cant right to edit all letters. Th ank you. reduction in the purchasing power of Chinese holding of US Treasuries or US dollars”, “the forthcoming QE3 (third quantitative easing in the US) FROM THE CHINESE PRESS will exacerbate US infl ation and force a devaluation of the US dollar”, and “it is WANG XIAOYING / CHINA DAILY an opportunity for China to speed up A farce of an interview its yuan internationalization”. lead to an even faster reserve accumu- serious setback to the mainland’s eff orts another global recession has risen sub- But China’s reserve management lation by the People’s Bank of China to internationalize the yuan. stantially over the past weeks. Freedom of speech is a fundamental right that every strategy should not change drastically (PBOC, or China’s central bank) via Fift h, even if China wants to diver- When the global economy slows citizen enjoys. But while speaking in public places, from its current path of gradual diversi- the hot money channel. Th is is because sify its foreign reserves rapidly, the lack and contracts, the most obvious vic- especially to or for the media, one should never cross the fi cation. A sudden acceleration to diver- a rapid decline in the dollar (forced of depth and liquidity in other curren- tims are commodities and equities. US basic moral baseline, says an article in Shanghai Busi- sify China’s reserves away from the US by China’s selling of its dollar assets) cies’ fi xed income markets poses a seri- Treasuries, on the other hand, could be ness. Excerpts: dollar now is practically diffi cult, and against other currencies will put China ous constraint because of the size of well supported by the “risk off ” global could well be dangerous for China as under greater pressure to revaluate its China’s reserve portfolio. For example, reallocation of assets, despite the down- On Aug 3, Guo Meimei, a rich young woman well as the global economy and fi nan- currency against the dollar over the the size of the Bund (German federal grading the US’ rating. notorious for linking herself with the Red Cross in cial markets. medium term (because a rapid revalu- bonds) market is only 14 percent of the Th erefore, China should not accel- China, and her mother gave an interview to Larry First, any signifi cant selling of dollar ation of the yuan has proven politically US government’s debt market. Given erate its reserve diversifi cation now, Lang, an economist and commentator, on a TV assets by China will be immediately impossible). Th e expectation of faster the lack of liquidity in other markets, although gradual diversifi cation should show. But far from clearing people’s doubts about noticed by the global markets and could revaluation of the yuan in the future the impact generated by China’s fast remain a long-term strategy. A more Guo’s links with the Red Cross, the show left viewers lead to panic selling of dollar reserves will trigger stronger hot money infl ows diversifi cation on them could be very important message that China should more confused. on a much larger scale. Th at could lead via traditional mechanisms (that is, much self-defeating. and is likely to learn from this historical Th e purpose of the interview was to clear Guo’s to a crash of the dollar, push up US fake overseas direct investment, over- Sixth, the euro’s fi xed income market event — S&P’s downgrade of US rating relationship with the Red Cross. But Lang seemed interest rates and dampen the US econ- invoicing of exports, black markets and is the most liquid aft er the US market, — is that further accumulation of for- more eager to induce Guo into saying that her godfa- omy, which in turn would hit the Chi- individual conversions to yuan through but many European sovereigns (that is, eign reserves is becoming increasingly ther is Wang Jun, who is on the board of directors of nese economy through falling demand Hong Kong banks). the Spanish and Italian) are facing sig- risky both fi nancially and politically. a company with ties with the Red Cross. Wang holds from developed countries for Chinese Fourth, any abrupt move to diversify nifi cantly higher default risks than US Th us, it is important for China shares in the company, and the money he gave Guo goods. Besides, China will be blamed away from US dollar reserves could deal Treasuries. And following S&P’s down- to accelerate its domestic structural to buy a sports car didn’t come from the Red Cross for exacerbating the global economy’s a serious blow to the yuan’s off shore grade of US rating, many market partic- reforms (that is, promoting domestic but from the company. woes at a time when global confi dence market in Hong Kong. Speculation over ipants have begun to worry that France consumption, improving the social But even aft er the TV interview, we don’t know is already very weak. a more rapid revaluation of CNY (the may be the next target. In addition, the safety net and encouraging imports the relation of Wang’s company with the Red Cross, Second, if the dollar falls sharply, the yuan which is traded onshore, that is, worsening of the eurozone sovereign and overseas direct investment) to and whether the Red Cross has similar business yuan will also fall signifi cantly against on the Chinese mainland) will lead to a debt crisis could easily lead to a further cut the overall balance of payments operations. Besides, some comments made by Guo most other currencies, given that Chi- wider premium of CNH (the yuan’s off - devaluation of the euro against the US surplus and, in the process, reduce the and her mother didn’t relate to what they had said na does not allow major movements shore market in Hong Kong) over CNY. dollar in the next one to two years. pace of future reserve accumulation. earlier. of its currency against the greenback. Chinese importers (whether genuine Finally, although shift ing foreign Th is reform will, on a more funda- Th e interview provided false information, too. To Th is will result in political pressures or not) will therefore pay more aggres- reserves toward equities and com- mental basis, help improve the health portray Guo as a wealthy woman, her mother said she from China’s other trading partners sively in yuan to Hong Kong to enjoy modities is a strategy we believe China of the Chinese and global economies is rich because she has invested in stocks and earned that would suff er from reduced com- the better CNH rate. Th is will force a should adopt on a long-term basis, and reduce the risks arising from the millions of yuan. petitiveness because of the yuan’s faster accumulation of dollar reserves doing this now could be risky. Th is is global imbalance. Such misuse of freedom of speech challenges the devaluation against their currencies. by the PBOC. As a result, regulators are because the growth of the US and the moral baseline of society. Maybe Guo and her mother Th ird, any abrupt eff ort to diversify likely to come under pressure to restrict European Union is clearly on another Th e author is chief economist of are confused about moral and social values. But why away from dollar reserves is likely to transactions on the CNH. Th is will be a deceleration path and the probability of Deutsche Bank, Greater China. should a professional and the media get involved in it?

Rural students deserve better ZHANG JIE AND ZHONG FEITENG In early 2009, Xinhua carried a signed article by Pre- mier Wen Jiabao which lamented the gradual drop in the proportion of students from rural areas in universi- Asia Pacifi c poses multiple challenges ties. According to data gathered by university professors, the proportion of rural students in Peking University is 10 percent while that in Tsinghua University is 17 per- efense communications to build a “gooselike security pattern” asymmetrical character of the US- Cooperation in non-traditional secu- cent, says an article in Xi’an Evening News. Excerpts: between China and Japan to tackle China’s rise. Th e US places Japan alliance. But Japanese people’s rity is less sensitive than in traditional Dwere interrupted and bilat- itself as the leader of Asia Pacifi c, fol- opposition to it is likely to weaken as security because common interests Th e fall in the proportion of rural students in eral ties became tense aft er lowed by the US-Japan and US-ROK Tokyo’s security dependence on Wash- are above competition and could help universities is the result of diff erent situations in a Chinese trawler collided with Japan alliances. Th e third tier of the US’ ington grows. reduce doubts and build mutual trust cities and the countryside. Urban areas have better Coast Guard ships in September last security ring is its relationship with Since Japan’s nuclear energy develop- among countries. But considering the teachers and education resources. Schools in rural year near Diaoyu Islands. Despite allies such as Australia, the Philip- ment plan will be delayed, it will rely dominant role that the US has played areas, on the other hand, are fraught with outfl ow the untoward development, China pines and Th ailand, and the fourth is more on import of oil and deepen its in relief and rescue operations in Japan of talent, and shortage of teachers and education responded sympathetically, both at its ties with Vietnam, Indonesia and trust in the US to protect its interests and the strong constraints China’s res- resources. the government and non-government India. in waterways as distant as the Persian cue team faced, we have to assess the US If things continue in the same vein, a dispropor- levels, to the March 11 earthquake that Aft er Japan’s triple disaster and Gulf. Many scholars believe that the factor in its entirety while promoting tionately higher percentage of students from provin- devastated Japan, warming bilateral Washington’s return to the region, huge impact of the triple disaster on non-traditional security cooperation in cial capitals and other cities will enter Peking, Tsing- relations. the US-led alliance has become more Japanese people is likely to become the East Asia. hua and other universities. But Japan’s white paper on defense, multilateral and expanded its network most important factor infl uencing their Th e triple disaster has improved Besides, examination questions and terms for issued recently, has once again hurt further. It means that China will face self-cognition and opinion toward the Japan-Russia ties, even if temporarily. admission to universities are favorable to urban stu- bilateral relations by playing up the a more united and tighter US-led US-Japan alliance in the long run. Japan’s increasing demand for natural dents, increasing the unfairness. For example, accord- “China threat” theory. military alliance in its competition to Th e triple disaster has played the role gas from Russia would force China to ing to Peking University fi gures, in the last fi ve years, Th e March earthquake and the take the leadership role in East Asian of an activator, examining and intensi- face more competition in acquiring it has admitted about 70 percent students from large ensuing tsunami and the Fukushima security in the short run. fying Japan’s cooperation with the US. energy resources. Aft er the nuclear and medium-sized cities and only about 6 percent Daiichi nuclear power plant accident Besides, the triple disaster will Japan’s relationship with the ROK has leak from the Fukushima Daiichi from rural areas. (or triple disaster) have not only hurt strengthen the asymmetrical US-Japan improved, too, because of the triple plant, Japan was forced to shut down We should start the education reform from the the Japanese economy, but also have alliance. Protests and strong opposi- disaster, giving a shot in the arm to the or suspend many nuclear power admission process to ensure fairness, and the govern- had a deep impact on its strategic role tion in Okinawa, Japan, in 2010 had US-Japan-ROK coalition in Northeast plants. As a result, it has had to import ment should allocate more education resources to in the region. Japan has territorial prevented the Japanese government Asia. Australia has also played a very more oil and natural gas. Statistics rural areas. disputes with Russia, the Republic of from signing an agreement with the active role in this development. show that Japan’s import of lique- China has introduced a plan to educate students to Korea (ROK) and China, but all the US on the Futenma Air Station reloca- Th e overfl owing impact of the triple fi ed natural gas (LNG) in April 2011 become teachers in rural areas. But it will take some three countries off ered aid to it aft er tion issue. But because of the prompt disaster has highlighted the necessity increased by 23 percent year-on-year. years before the plan fructifi es. So, in the short term, the quake and tsunami. In spite of and large-scale relief provided by the and urgency of non-traditional secu- Japan’s increasing demand for oil quality teachers should be sent to rural schools at that, Tokyo has taken policy decisions US Forces in Japan (USFJ), Japanese rity cooperation in Asia Pacifi c, espe- and LNG will make it more depen- regular intervals. under the infl uence of the US-Japan people saw the positive side of US- cially among East Asian countries. dent on Russia. It is thus possible that Francis Bacon said that to guarantee fair education military alliance and according to its Japan alliance. China, Japan and the ROK have competition between China and Japan to all, the poor should not inherit poverty from gen- energy demand. Th e USFJ’s relief work could to a strengthened communications and for importing oil and gas will become eration to generation. Th at’s why increasing the pro- Japan’s current foreign policy and the certain extent mitigate Okinawa resi- cooperation in warning against earth- fi ercer, creating more challenges for portion of rural students in universities is important impact of the triple disaster on the Asia- dents’ repulsion against the American quakes and other natural disasters. Beijing to secure the supply of its if we want to provide fair education to all and build a Pacifi c region’s economy and strategic military base even though Okinawa According to Japanese Foreign Minis- energy resources. harmonious society. situation will infl uence international prefecture suff ered little from the triple ter Takeaki Matsumoto, the Japanese relations in Asia Pacifi c in the long run. disaster, but it cannot altogether quell government is preparing for “revival Th e authors are with the Institute of Th e US returned to the region last local people’s anger. diplomacy” aimed at helping rebuild Asia and Pacifi c Studies, China Acad- Th e opinions expressed on this page do not necessarily year with its new Asia-Pacifi c strategy Th e triple disaster has laid bare the quake- and tsunami-hit areas. emy of Social Sciences. refl ect those of China Daily. 10 world WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 CHINA DAILY Zoo to open elephant sperm bank

is being led by Th omas Hildeb- Offi cials hope randt, head of reproduction at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo initiative will and Wildlife Research in Berlin. boost dwindling Semen for the North Ameri- can bank was collected only last numbers in US year, which is why the eff ort is lagging behind Europe’s, Pitts- burgh zoo spokeswoman Con- PITTSBURGH, Pennsylva- nie George said. nia — Zoo officials trying to The initiative is especially establish North America’s fi rst important because the elephant elephant sperm bank have been population in captivity in North slowed by bureaucratic hurdles America consists largely of ani- but hope South African offi cials mals past prime breeding age, will approve shipping frozen which George said is from the elephant semen to the United late teens through the 20s. Ele- States in about a month. phants can live into their 50s, Officials at the Pittsburgh though that’s rare due to poach- DRAGON SHOW TO TOUR WORLD Zoo & PPG Aquarium have ing and other issues, she said. PHOTO BY WILLIAM WEST / AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE had difficulty getting export “The population of ele- and import permits for 16 liters phants in North America will A dragon and a Viking perform at the launch of a collaboration between DreamWorks Th eatricals and Global Crea- of semen being stored in the be depleted in 40 years if we tures to turn the DreamWorks animated fi lm How To Train Your Dragon, into an arena show, in , Austra- National Zoo’s BioBank in Pre- don’t bring in new bloodlines,” toria, South Africa, the Pitts- George said. lia, on Monday. Th e arena show will feature 24 dragons, with wingspans of up to 14 meters, as well as a world-class burgh Tribune-Review report- Leibniz scientist Frank circus and acrobatic performers when its world premiere is held in Melbourne on March 2, before touring the world. ed on Monday. Goeritz is working as a repro- “It is taking longer than we ductive consultant for the Pitts- hoped, but we knew when we burgh Zoo and said the prob- started that it had not been done lem with getting approval to before,” said Barbara Baker, ship the sperm is that it’s never president and chief executive been done here before. Japan designer hoping balloon dress takes off offi cer of the Pittsburgh Zoo. “Th e law and all these guide- Scientists collected the sam- lines are diff erent from country TOKYO — The latest in annual “Th e Millennium Jam” to account for the amount of came with a price tag of more to defl ate, while some change ples last year as part of what’s to country,” Goeritz said. “Th e dresses from one Japanese balloon festival for her skill at air when adjusting the size than $1,000, refl ecting Hoso- color depending on the tem- called Project Frozen Dumbo, problem is there is no standard designer is feather-light, see- twisting and weaving the light, and volume of the dress. Th e kai’s determination to punc- perature and humidity. a two-year international eff ort protocol developed because it’s through and comes with an latex toys into dresses. “Th ere garment, worn with white ture the of balloons Hosokai, who began her to help preserve elephants and a groundbreaking project.” unusual warning: Watch out are latitudinal and longitudinal underwear and co-designed being something cheap. Most career as a florist before breed them in captivity without Once South African scientists for needles. balloons to be woven together, by Hosokai’s husband Takashi of Hosokai’s dresses carry price expanding into balloon art having to ship animals from zoo get approval to ship the semen, It’s a dress made from bal- so it’s quite similar to fabric,” Kawada, was modeled for tags ranging from 150,000 to and opening her “Daisy Bal- to zoo. the US Fish and Wildlife Service loons — 200 of them, to be the 35-year-old Hosokai said photographers with the warn- 300,000 yen ($1,930 to $3,860), loon” offi ce 10 years ago, said Th e ZooParc de Beauval in must agree to bring it into the exact. The crystal-clear cre- recently, as she deft ly manipu- ing, “Watch out for needles”. and she has sold one set of a that she hopes to lift the profi le France collected its semen sam- country, agency spokesman Bill ation is the latest in balloon lated balloons into a transpar- Despite the inexpensive balloon dress, headpiece and of balloon fashion and attract ples in 2009 and has already set Butcher said. couture from balloon artist ent mini dress. materials, 7 yen (9 US cents) bouquet for 1 million yen. customers eager for unusual up a sperm bank in Europe as Rie Hosokai, who won inter- All the work is done by hand, for each of the 200 balloons Each dress lasts only 24 party wear. part of the international eff ort ASSOCIATED PRESS national prizes at Belgium’s and Hosokai said it can be hard she used, the bubbly creation hours at most before it starts REUTERS CHINA DAILY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 world 11 FM visits fl edgling nation South Sudan region — they stick to the peace University of Juba, the visit by a Analysts say move shows China’s option and address the issues key fi gure in the Chinese gov- through dialogue,” Yang said. ernment shows China’s inten- commitment to brokering peace He said China will continue tion to help maintain peace and to aid South Sudan, as its ability stability in the region. By WU JIAO on Sunday and Monday to permits, and will support and “I am very sure that the visit AND QIN ZHONGWEI meet with Sudanese President encourage Chinese enterprises will succeed to bring the two CHINA DAILY Omar al-Bashir and Foreign to invest and start businesses in parties together to discuss time- Minister Ali Karti, Yang said the country. ly issues,” Mukhtar told China BEIJING — Foreign Min- Beijing would continue its eco- According to Yang, oppor- Daily. ister Yang Jiechi arrived in the nomic and political support “no tunities and challenges fac- Regional peace and stability Republic of South Sudan on matter how the regional and ing Sino-African relations are were high on Yang’s agenda. Tuesday to strengthen ties with international situations change”. increasing. He said earlier that China the world’s newest country one He urged both Sudan and “My government’s policy would continue its eff orts with month after it declared inde- South Sudan to resolve their toward Africa is consistent and the international community to pendence. diff erences. firm. China is ready to work fi nd a solution to the issue of the In an interview with South Beijing has had strong links with African countries, South disputed border area of Abyei. Sudan’s Al-Masier newspaper, with Khartoum in recent years, Sudan included, to move the Khartoum and Juba have yet posted on the Chinese Foreign but it has also made an eff ort to China-Africa strategic part- to agree on who will control Ministry’s website on Tuesday improve ties with Juba, the BBC nership of a new type to still a Abyei, stirring fears that the afternoon, Yang said his visit reported. higher level,” Yang said. issue could sour the secession “gives testimony to the impor- Asked by Al-Masier how South Sudan became inde- EBRAHIM HAMID / AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE and spark a broader confl ict. tance China attaches to culti- China would balance its rela- pendent one month ago aft er Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi speaks to the media as his Sudanese counterpart Ali Karti (right) Yang said the situation in vating friendship and coopera- tionship with the two, Yang said decades of north-south con- listens in Khartoum on Monday. Darfur, another region where tion with South Sudan”. it has consistently supported fl ict. rebels have fought the Khar- He said he has conveyed to and contributed to the peace Before it was divided, Sudan countries have so far failed to According to Dai Yan, for- good terms with each other. toum government, could be South Sudan’s President Salva process. was a large oil exporter to Chi- agree on transit fees, or how to mer Chinese counselor to Aft er all, China has important resolved only by eliminating Kiir an invitation from Presi- “We have always believed na. Now, more than half of the share oil revenue. Republic of Ghana, Yang’s trip economic interests in both,” he poverty and through devel- dent Hu Jintao to visit China. that the north and the south are oil resources belong to South “We hope that Sudan and shows China’s intention to treat told China Daily. opment, which would lead to Yang was on the last leg of an interdependent, and we hope to Sudan. South Sudan will have good the two equally. According to Mohamed peaceful coexistence among eight-day tour of European and see that — proceeding from the But South Sudan must export neighborly relations based on “China wishes to develop Ahmed Mukhtar, deputy direc- tribes. African nations. fundamental interests of their oil via the north because it has the exchange of benefi ts,” Yang good relations with both coun- tor of the Center for Peace & During a visit to Khartoum peoples and the stability of the no port or refi neries. Th e two said. tries and hopes they can have Development Studies at the Reuters contributed to this story. Pressure on Syria’s Assad increases as deaths mount

Syria is hopeful that Damascus Turkey and Gulf countries will “quickly correct their hopes Turkey, stands,” the state-run Al- Baath newspaper said on Gulf countries Tuesday in an editorial, aft er Kuwait, Saudi Arabia ‘quickly correct and Bahrain recalled their envoys to Damascus. their stands’ Damascus still believes that its real ties with those DAMASCUS, Syria — countries “can end political Pressure grew on Syria on diff erences if there are good Tuesday as the Turkish for- intentions”, Al-Baath news- KIEV RALLY BROKEN UP eign minister headed for paper said. PHOTO BY GLEB GARANICH / REUTERS Damascus with the message The paper said the Gulf that Ankara has “run out of and Turkish stands have Riot police prevent supporters of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko from blocking the street patience” for its crackdown come in line with the Unit- on anti-government pro- ed States and the European during a protest rally in central Kiev on Monday. A judge on Monday refused to release Tymoshenko from police tests. countries in “disregarding detention, increasing political tension around her trial on a charge of abuse of offi ce. President Bashar al-Assad that the Syrian people are named a new defense min- subject to terrorism, and ister on Monday as he faced denying the right of Syria growing regional isola- to confront it and protect its tion, and Sunni Islam’s top people”. authority urged an end to the It said the Gulf stands were Chen’s planned Israeli trip signals a thaw bloodshed. “unanticipated because they Turkish Foreign Minis- are brothers and the Turkish By LI XIAOKUN ing, an expert on Middle East June, Israeli Defense Minister es are approved ahead of time the country. But its surrounding ter Ahmet Davutoglu’s visit stand was also unexpected CHINA DAILY studies with the Chinese Acad- Ehud Barak visited China, the by the Pentagon, the newspaper environment will defi nitely be to Damascus was to pass because they (the Turks) are emy of Social Sciences who first visit of an Israeli defense reported. aff ected,” he said. on Ankara’s message that friends.” BEIJING — Th e fi rst visit of a spent years in Israel, said that minister in a decade. “Th e US has always been very “It is in need of fresh outside it “has run out of patience” Two days ago, Syrian pres- top Chinese military offi cial to the military ties became frayed Israel will be Chen’s last stop important for Israel and Wash- support, especially from China.” with the ongoing violence in idential adviser, Buthayna Israel next week signals warm- when Israel cancelled an arms on a three-nation trip that has ington’s influence has never “I don’t think that the expan- its southern neighbor, Prime Shaaban, said if the Turk- ing bilateral ties once darkened deal with China. also brought him to Russia and faded in military ties between sion of Israel-China relations Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo- ish minister brings with a by Israel’s cancelled arms deals In 2000, Israel gave in to pres- Ukraine. China and Israel,” Yu said. “So or Israeli arms sales to China in gan said. “firm” message, he would with Beijing, but not necessarily sure from the US and suspend- According to the Jerusalem I don’t think we can make a general is going to damage US- Rights activists reported hear “stronger words” from a breakthrough in arms sales, ed the sale of four advanced Post newspaper in Israel, Chen breakthrough during Chen’s Israel relations,” Barry Rubin, two civilians were killed the Syrian leadership for his experts say. early-warning Phalcon aircraft will meet with Barak, Gantz and visit.” director of Herzliya Interdis- and several wounded in the country’s failure to condemn General Chen Bingde, chief to China because they were other Israeli military leaders. Still, the newspaper report ciplinary Institute’s Center for northwestern Idlib Province what “armed and terrorist of the General Staff of the Peo- installed with US technology. However, the Jerusalem Post said Israel attaches great impor- Global Research in Interna- bordering Turkey on Tues- groups” are doing in the ple’s Liberation Army (PLA), Since then, all Israeli military quoted Israeli defense offi cials tance to China due to its role at tional Affairs, told the Media day and two more killed as country. will visit Israel next week as the exports to China have been sub- on Monday as saying that Chen’s the UN Security Council. Line news agency, which covers security forces opened fire guest of his Israeli counterpart jected to strict inspections to visit “did not signify a change in Yu said Israel’s growing focus Middle East news. in the central city of Hama. AFP—XINHUA Lieutenant General Benny ensure they do not include US Israeli policy regarding defense on Beijing is also related to the “China has not posed a threat Gantz, the Ministry of National technology. relations and exports to the Chi- continuing turmoil in the Mid- to any country,” said Rubin. “You Defense announced late last However, Sino-Israeli defense nese military”. dle East. can speculate about the future, BBeijingeijing HHuiyuanuiyuan month. ties have showed signs of warm- Senior Israeli defense offi cials “So far Israel is still observing but they have not bullied any It will be the fi rst trip of a Chi- ing in recent months. In May, said recently that all of Israel’s the situation and has yet to com- country, or made claims against MMediaedia VVillageillage ApartmentApartment nese military chief of general Admiral Wu Shengli of the ties with China are under care- ment in public on the impact of any country ... China, it seems to staff to the country. Yu Guoq- PLA Navy visited Israel. In ful US scrutiny and in most cas- regional changes this year on me, is avoiding aggression.” Riots: Concerns rise about security during Olympics FROM PAGE 1 more people coming to Hack- News that he was confi dent that the speed, the volume, and the police shooting last week. ney next summer,” said 22-year- the Games would pass off safely. scale of this kind of event. Now Th e protest in Tottenham on Hackney residents expressed old university student Naveed But Pepe Egger, who works they’ll have to readjust their Saturday was followed by vio- concern about the security situ- Ahmed on Monday. His family at Exclusive Analysis, a political planning for the Olympics. lence that has escalated. ation in their borough with the moved from Pakistan to Hack- risk think tank, said the police “Th e problem for the police A 26-year-old man who was Beijing Huiyuan Media Village (Huiyuan Service Apartment) is located in the central area of the business district of the Olympic and Asian Games villages, about 500 Olympic Games looming. ney decades ago. “might be challenged and over- will be if there’s the Olympics, shot in a car in Croydon, south meters away from the National Stadium (the Bird’s Nest). As the media village of the Hackney, one of the tradi- Preparations for the Games, stretched if something like this rioting like this, and a terrorist London, during disturbances Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, it was home to more than 1,000 Chinese and foreign tionally less well-off areas of the however, will not be affected happens” during the Games. attack, then they couldn’t cope,” this week has died, becoming journalists. It offers a number of different varieties of apartments. Spacious and well-lit, they have ample facilities and furnishings and are suitable for residential British capital, will be hosting by the riots, according to the “I don’t think they were nec- he said. the fi rst fatality of riots sweeping or business use. Businesses may be registered here and it is ideal for individual Olympic events. British Olympic Association essarily planning for this kind The rioting that has rocked Britain, police said on Tuesday. business or tourist customers. “It looks like the police can- (BOA). of event, on this kind of scale,” London over the last three days Preferential rents are available. Contact us for details. not control the situation today. BOA Director of Communi- Egger said. “I would assume that started aft er a peaceful protest Agencies contributed to this Apartment Hotlines: (8610) 6499 3636/3528 E-mail: [email protected] Hotel Hotlines: (8610) 6499 2828/2929 E-mail: [email protected] But there will be significantly cations Darryl Seibel told Sky probably they didn’t anticipate on Saturday following a fatal story. Website: www.huiyuangongyu.com.cn worldPAGE 12 | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 CHINADAILY.COM.CN/WORLD CHINA DAILY Russian briefl y UN airlifts supplies to Somalia

JAPAN cargo plane Govt to ease By LI LIANXING drought in the Horn of Africa, crash leaves residence curbs CHINA DAILY and it decided to provide a total Japan’s government has of 90 million yuan ($14 million) decided to lift evacuation BEIJING — A chartered cargo worth of emergency food assis- 11 dead advisories in some areas more plane of the UN High Commis- tance to countries in the area. than 20 kilometers from the sioner for Refugees (UNHCR) The Ministry of Commerce By MARIA ANTONOVA country’s crippled nuclear AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE power plant. landed in Mogadishu on Tues- announced in late July it will Th e advisories warned day, carrying more than 31 tons send grain aid to Ethiopia, residents to be prepared to of material for shelters and other Kenya and Djibouti, without MOSCOW — A Rus- leave in case of worsening relief items from the agency’s naming specifi c amounts. sian cargo plane crashed on conditions at the plant. emergency stocks in Dubai, Since the 2006 Forum on Tuesday in the remote Far Th e government said on according to UN’s website. China-Africa Cooperation, agri- East aft er reporting engine Tuesday that about 25,000 people live in areas where the Th is is the fi rst of three con- cultural cooperation to allevi- trouble and disappearing off advisories will be lift ed. A signments of emergency relief ate food shortages in Africa has radars, apparently killing all 19-kilometer no-go zone will supplies to the famine-ravaged been enormously strengthened 11 on board in the latest in a remain in place around the region, the fi rst time the agency by the two countries. spate of air accidents. Fukushima Daiichi nuclear has airlift ed aid to the capital of As of 2010, hundreds of Chi- Transport prosecutors plant, where the cores of three reactors melted aft er being hit Somalia in fi ve years, according nese agricultural officials and said in a statement that the by a massive earthquake and to the report. experts had been sent to more aging Soviet plane came tsunami on March 11. The second flight is due to than 33 African countries, down in a hard-to-reach reach Mogadishu on Th ursday including Ethiopia, to help area of the Magadan region, COMOROS and the third one next week. develop sustainable agriculture, hundreds of kilometers At least 30 dead Mogadishu is one of fi ve areas and African agricultural experts from the nearest village. in boat accident of southern Somalia that the UN oft en visit China for training and “Th e remains of the plane At least 30 people died has declared famine-stricken. experience. were found 200 km from aft er their boat sank off the “This airlift of emergency The African Union has Omsukchan village,” said Indian Ocean archipelago assistance items will allow us declared Aug 15 “One African the transport authorities for of Comoros, a rescue offi cial to continue delivering aid to Voice Call Day” to search for the Far East region. said on Tuesday. “At the moment the death those displaced by drought further humanitarian assis- “According to initial toll stands at 30 and 50 sur- and famine,” Bruno Geddo, tance from its “member states, information, 11 people — vivors,” Mouigni Daho, the the UNHCR’s representative in the African private sector, the nine crew members and head of the center for rescue Somalia, was quoted as saying. international community, the two passengers — died in operations and civilian pro- “However, we need funding Diaspora and all well meaning the crash.” tection, said. Th e accident occurred on support to enable us to replenish good persons of good will”, The plane disappeared Monday night to the south our emergency stocks, for they according to a written state- off the radars at 3:30 am of the Comoros’ main island are being rapidly depleted as we ment. local time on Tuesday aft er of Grande Comore where deliver much-needed aid across A conference for pledging reporting that its engine was the boat had left for the southern Somalia,” he added. money and aid will take place in on fire and requesting to archipelago’s other island of Anjouan. Although some countries Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the AU’s make an emergency land- have shown the will to help and headquarters, on Aug 25. ing at the Magadan airport. IRAQ made donations, the World “Th e biggest challenge at this Th e An-12 was operated Cleric warns US Food Programme (WFP) said stage is whether the local gov- by a Khabarovsk-based forces to leave on its website that there is still ernment could effi ciently coop- Avis-Amur company and a “long way ahead” in coping erate with various donors and was carrying 16 tons of pro- A powerful anti-US Shiite cleric demanded on Tuesday with the famine. It was planning international organizations to visions from Komsomolsk- that US troops in Iraq leave to feed more than 11.5 million send needed items to refugees’ On-Amur to the village of the country and go back to people across the Horn of Africa. hands,” said Pang Zhongying, Kiperveyem in the remote their families or risk more Th e UN’s Food and Agricul- professor of international rela- Chukotka region. attacks. ture Organization (FAO) said tions at Renmin University of Th e site of the accident is Muqtada al-Sadr’s com- ments came in a rare state- it has asked for $161 million to China. near a gold mine in one of ment translated into English save the lives and livelihoods of He said climate change Russia’s harshest and least and directed at US troops millions of hungry farmers and and weak government man- populated areas. During in Iraq. Th e statement was had received or has commit- agement, combined with the summer the Chukotka posted on his website. ments for around $57 million. long-lasting armed confl icts, Peninsula is accessible only In it, the Shiite cleric appealed directly to the In the past month, China resulting from colonialism, IHH HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FOUNDATION / HANDOUT VIA REUTERS by air and sea as no roads roughly 46,000 US troops still expressed deep concern over the have made the crisis in the A handout picture, released on Monday, shows a Somali woman holding her malnourished child at connect it to Russia’s trans- in the country and said Iraq widespread famine caused by region worse. the Banadir Hospital in southern Mogadishu. portation networks. does not need their help. “So, The RussianPlanes.net go forth from our holy land aircraft register said the and go back to your families who are waiting for you Food insecure missing plane, made in ERITREA YEMEN impatiently,” al-Sadr said. Desperate mother AFRICA population 1963, was the oldest An-12 DROUGHT in civilian use in Russia. DPRK In 2007, the transporta- Storm causes sends her children DJIBOUTI120,000 tion ministry watchdog Djibouti casualties PERCENT temporarily banned the plane’s owner from fl ying Th e Democratic People’s Addis-Ababa BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION because the An-12 was Republic of Korea said on 2.85 mln Jun 2010 - May 2011 Tuesday a tropical storm back to famine zone overloaded by more than SOUTH caused casualties, destroyed 4.5 mln SUDAN fi ve tons. many houses and damaged By AARON MAASHO It took Eblah two days to Russia’s Investigative Com- farmland in western coastal ETHIOPIA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE walk to the camp but another Indian mittee has launched a crimi- areas. SOMALIA Ocean An initial survey showed nine days for her to be regis- nal probe into possible vio- tropical storm Muifa DOLO ADO, Ethiopia — tered to stay, such are the num- KENYA lations of fl ight regulations, “claimed more than 10 casu- When Somali mother Eblah bers of sick and hungry stream- Mogadishu spokesman Vladimir Markin UGANDA Food Security alties and destroyed many July - Sept 2011 Sheikh Aden gathered her sev- ing in. 2.4 mln told Interfax news agency. dwelling houses” in North en children and set off walking Now that she has managed to He added that the vic- Hwanghae province, the None/minimal country’s offi cial Korean Cen- for Ethiopia to find food, she register her family, she said she tims’ remains have yet to be Stressed tral News Agency said. never imagined she would end hopes her husband will bring Nairobi found. In the province, about up sending some of her brood the four children back to the Crisis Th e Magadan branch of 1,000 hectares of standing TANZANIA 400 km 50 30 10 back into the heart of famine. camp soon. Emergency Source: OCHA, news reports the Emergency Ministry crops were “seriously dam- But that’s just what the When trucks loaded with said in a statement that aged” and some 1,000 road- CHINA DAILY / REUTERS side trees toppled, it said. 35-year-old did to four of them food descend on the sprawl- poor weather prevented when she realized they were not ing Kobe complex they leave a rescue operation from LIBYA going to get fed in time at one of both a swirl of dust and a trail scurrying with a worried look bury him,” he said, nearly an afternoon sun, 34-year-old starting for several hours Rebels take over the Horn of Africa’s overfl owing of people in their wake, as doz- on his face past lines of people, hour after Addo died from Dakat Ibrahim spread out an until Tuesday evening. UK embassy refugee camps — swelled by a ens of refugees jostle for space tents and shacks trying to fi nd severe malnutrition. old rug on the parched earth The four engine turbo- deadly mixture of drought, war to grab that day’s rations. somewhere to bury his baby. Hasano, Eblah and their for a nap, her three boys — all prop is used by both mili- Diplomats named by Lib- ya’s rebel administration, the and bored donors. This week, as aid workers “We had taken Addo to the families fl ed a region in Somalia emaciated — lying next to her. tary and civilian organiza- National Transitional Council “Th ey were extremely sick, and police scattered a crowd clinic but he never recovered,” that has been declared a famine “We are hungry. We’ve been tions. In 2008, nine people (NTC), took over the London and there wasn’t food here,” she to maintain order, 68-year- said Hasano, who had fled zone by the United Nations — hungry since all our livestock died when a similar plane embassy previously staff ed said in the Kobe Camp in Ethi- old Hasano Abderahman cast southern Somalia with his wife a rare call for agencies used to perished the past two months,” crashed near the city of by appointees of Muammar opia. “I couldn’t watch them die a lonely and confused figure and his one-month-old son. dealing with drought. she said, aft er spending the day Chelyabinsk aft er plough- Gadhafi ’s government on Tuesday, the British Foreign and had to make a decision.” amid the boisterous hungry, “I’m now looking for space to As the heat soared with the collecting food and fi rewood. ing into power lines. offi ce said on Tuesday. Britain recognized the NTC as Libya’s sole legitimate government in late July and said it would invite a new Libyan diplomatic mission Hotel maid fi les suit against Strauss-Kahn over encounter in NYC made up of opponents of Gadhafi . By LARRY NEUMEISTER brutally and violently sexually tried to get them to perform during the attack. physically and psychological- merit and their client will fi ght “Th e National Transitional ASSOCIATED PRESS assaulted Ms Diallo and in the sexual acts. The lawsuit, filed in state ly harmed, with permanent it vigorously. Council is the sole legitimate process humiliated, degraded, Th ey said the lawsuit, seek- court in the Bronx, accuses damage done to her profes- “We have maintained from governmental authority in NEW YORK — Libya. It is therefore right that A hotel maid violated and robbed Ms Diallo ing unspecified damages, Strauss-Kahn of acting like a sional and personal reputa- the beginning that the moti- their representatives are now who accuses ex-International of her dignity as a woman”. would “redress the violent common criminal aft erward, tions along with severe mental vation of Mr Th ompson and staffi ng the Libyan Embassy,” Monetary Fund boss Domi- The lawyers, Kenneth and sadistic attack by defen- fleeing the hotel so quickly anguish from which she may his client was to make money,’’ Foreign Secretary William nique Strauss-Kahn of sexual Thompson and Douglas dant Strauss-Kahn on Nafi s- that he left behind traces of never fully recover, the lawsuit attorneys William W. Taylor Hague said. assault sued him on Monday Wigdor, promised to tell a satou Diallo when he sexually his semen, along with bloody says. She suffers great emo- and Benjamin Brafman said. Th e Times newspaper reported that Gadhafi ’s gov- over what she calls a “vio- jury about other instances assaulted’’ her on May 14 at tissues. tional distress, humiliation, “Th e fi ling of this lawsuit ends ernment was planning to lent and sadistic’’ attack in an when Strauss-Kahn sexu- the Sofitel hotel in midtown “In his haste to fl ee the scene depression and physical pain, any doubt on that question.’’ use anti-squatter laws to try upscale suite that left her life “in ally attacked women in hotel Manhattan. of a crime, he rushed out of and the experience has “left The filing of a lawsuit so to evict the embassy’s new shambles”. rooms and apartments, The lawsuit says Strauss- the hotel with toothpaste Ms Diallo’s life and her young quickly after an arrest pro- occupants. Lawyers for the maid, Guin- coerced employees into com- Kahn injured Diallo’s shoul- smeared on the outside of his daughter’s life in shambles”, vides an avenue for lawyers to ean immigrant Nafissatou plying with sexual demands der, bruised her vagina, tore mouth and was looking over it says. pursue evidence and interview AP-AFP-REUTERS Diallo, wrote in the lawsuit that or accosted women with inap- her pantyhose and violently his shoulders,’’ the lawsuit says. Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn witnesses for a potential civil Strauss-Kahn “intentionally, propriate sexual remarks and grabbed the back of her head The attack has left Diallo said the maid’s lawsuit has no trial while memories are fresh. Stocks rebound Smartphone Property sales from day’s lows payment deal boost builder Chinese shares shrugged off losses in the US China UnionPay Co Ltd links up with China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd and European markets to close fl at. Taiwan-based HTC Corp. said fi rst-half profi t up 35 percent. business> Page 14 > Page 15 > Page 18 CHINA DAILY CHINADAILY.COM.CN/BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 | PAGE 13

RMB HKD JPY EUR GBP AUD INR CAD KRW THB BRL ONEU$DEQUALS 6.4306 7.8090 77.21 0.7009 0.6122 0.9847 45.17 0.9932 1087.00 29.92 1.6230 SOURCE: REUTERS, 9PM TUESDAY briefl y GM crops still wait for harvest GM introduces entry-level car General Motors Co (GM) has introduced its fi rst sedan Limited land, water resources make under a new China-only brand for entry-level buyers in the world’s largest auto new grain varieties “inevitable” market. By ZHOU SIYU Th e four-door 1.5-liter “The problem is that the Baojun 630 sedan went on CHINA DAILY Ministry of Agriculture does sale on Tuesday, priced at not have clear regulations on 62,800 yuan ($9,750) to BEIJING — Genetically the procedures for regional tri- 73,800 yuan, GM said. Th e car will be available through modifi ed (GM) food in China als of GM food crops,” Huang 120 dealers in eight cities, is unlikely to be commercially said. Th at makes it diffi cult to including Zhengzhou, Nan- available for large-scale plant- predict a timeframe for com- ning, Changsha and Harbin. ing for at least three to five mercialization. years, said a top agriculture In 2009, the Ministry of Opera to boost expert. Agriculture issued safety cer- base of users “Given the constraints on tifi cates for production of two Norwegian browser com- natural resources in GM fi eld crops: rice and maize. pany Opera Soft ware ASA AGRO China, particularly The move prompted heated aims to boost its user base in land and water, the debate in the domestic media, China to 100 million in three government will definitely which raised public concern years and move to fi rst place in the mobile browser market, need transgenic technology about food safety. the company said in a media to raise food production in Fan Shenggen, director- briefi ng on Tuesday. the long term” Huang Jikun, general of the International Chief Financial Offi cer director of the Center for Chi- Food Policy Research Insti- Erik Harrell said Opera aims nese Agriculture Policy at the tute, said there was still no evi- to have 500 million active users every month globally, Chinese Academy of Sciences, dence to suggest that GM food and China is central to this told China Daily in an exclu- is harmful to human health. strategy. sive interview. However, the new GM crops China has increasingly do have an impact on the ecol- July steel output turned to biotechnology to ogy and biological diversity, he declines by 1% boost grain production. said. ZHANG KE / FOR CHINA DAILY China produced 59.3 mil- In 2008, the government “We need to be cautious so as lion tons of crude steel in July, launched the National Trans- to make the maximum use of A researcher explains genetically modifi ed vegetables to a visitor in Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei province. Jing Fei, an expert at down 1 percent from June, genic New Variety Develop- (GM plants’) advantages while Bohai University in Jinzhou, Liaoning province, said the government should postpone commercialization for as long as possible. the National Bureau of Statis- ment Program, with plans to minimizing their negative tics said on Tuesday. invest 26 billion yuan ($3.8 bil- effects on the environment,” ers,” he said. ization of GM food over the ogy research,” he said. Weather permitting, the Steel output normally declines during the summer lion) in biotechnology research Fan said. To delay the commercializa- next few years. “With the current technol- country can expect a bumper as construction activities slow, by 2020. “China has great potential tion of GM foods might also While there was no proof ogy, China’s food production harvest this year, according to and many in the industry Th e crop closest to commer- for further development in GM dampen scientists’ enthusiasm that GM foods are harmful to can easily meet demand in the the National Development and were also expecting electricity cialization for staple food so far technology,” he added. for research and development, human health, current medi- near future,” Jing added. Reform Commission, the top shortages to have an impact in China is rice, Huang said. GM technology does have he said. cal technology can’t absolutely But he admitted that given economic planner. on production. GM maize is mainly used as advantages. It can boost pro- Still, some experts take a guarantee the safety of these limited land and water resourc- So far, the government has Youku 2Q net animal feed. duction, reduce the use of more guarded view of GM crops, Jing said. es, it was inevitable that China issued safety certificates for loss narrows But the new variety must chemicals and enhance nutri- crops. “The government should will start the cultivation of GM production of eight GM plants, still undergo at least two years tion, Huang said. Jing Fei, a seed expert at postpone commercialization foods. including cotton, rice, maize, Youku.com Inc, owner of of regional trials before it can “Advanced biotechnology Bohai University in Northeast for as long as possible. This China’s grain production tomatoes and sweet peppers. China’s biggest online video be approved for commercial will help guarantee China’s China’s Liaoning province, said would not aff ect scientists, as rose for seven consecutive Cotton is the only plant site, said its second-quarter net loss narrowed from a year planting, under national regu- food security and benefit there was no need for the coun- long as the government contin- years through 2010. Last year’s allowed for commercial farm- earlier, helped by advertising lations. both farmers and consum- try to approve the commercial- ues its support for GM technol- harvest was 546 million tons. ing. sales. Th e net loss was 28.1 mil- lion yuan, compared with 62.6 million yuan a year earlier. Ad sales accounted for 96 percent of total revenue, Youku said. Sinohydro, ICE power up for The drive to Vanke profi t climbs 5.9% China Vanke Co said fi rst- $1.2b project in Costa Rica go electric half profi t climbed 5.9 percent as the company sold more By BAO CHANG ICE to build a 3G network in homes in smaller cities that CHINA DAILY Costa Rica two years ago. Th e China is encouraging sales of were immune to government project aims to provide tele- curbs targeting metropolitan BEIJING Lan Lan areas. — Sinohydro communications services for new-energy vehicles, as Net income increased to Corp, China’s largest hydro- 935,000 cus- 2.98 billion yuan, or 0.27 power construction enterprise, tomers. reports from Beijing. yuan a share, from 2.81 bil- is expected to win a $1.2 bil- “We are lion yuan, or 0.26 yuan, a lion contract to jointly build now work- o buy a conven- through dedicated deal- year earlier, the company said in a fi ling to the Shen- a 300-megawatt hydroelectric ing with tional gasoline- ers and only a very small zhen Stock Exchange on power station in Costa Rica diff erent driven car in Bei- number of charging sta- Monday. Revenue increased with the Costa provincial jing, customers tions have been established 19 percent to 20 billion yuan. TRADE T Rican Institute of and city gov- have to wait for months to in the city. Th ose that have HNA bids for Electricity (ICE). Marco Vinicio ernments to obtain a registration plate been set up are currently “The plant, which will be Ruiz Gutierrez, attract more through a lottery system lying idle. airport assets operational in 2016, will be a Costa Rica’s Chinese because of the Chinese gov- Apart from the lucrative HNA Group, the parent of joint venture between Sino- ambassador to investments”, ernment’s tightened pur- stimulus packages, all the China’s fourth-largest airline hydro and ICE,” Marco Vini- China as a free- chasing policies. other requirements, includ- Hainan Airlines Co Ltd, is cio Ruiz Gutierrez, the Costa trade agree- FOCUS There is no ing infrastructures, the bidding for Hochtief AG’s air- Rican ambassador to China, ment (FTA) has taken effect, such limitation markets and even the cars ports business, which it values at more than 1 billion euros said on Tuesday. Gutierrez added. on electric cars, however, themselves, are not ready. ($1.42 billion), the Wall Street The Chinese State-owned The pact between China as the government seeks To combat energy short- Journal reported. dam builder has met the Costa and Costa Rica was signed in to encourage sales of new- ages and off er an opportu- HNA’s airport unit was Rican government’s technical April last year and took eff ect energy vehicles. nity for Chinese automak- among the bidders short- requirements and is negotiat- on Aug 1 this year, according In addition to a zero- ers to catch up with the listed to move to the second round of bidding, the news- ing financing, according to to the Ministry of Commerce. rate purchase tax, buyers global giants, the govern- paper reported, quoting HNA Gutierrez. Under the FTA, duty-free of electric vehicles can ment has invested heavily Executive Director Adam Tan Brazil’s State-owned Cen- status will be phased in for at MAI TIAN / FOR CHINA DAILY enjoy the benefi ts of a total in promoting “green” cars. on Monday. trais Eletricas Brasileiras SA least 90 percent of the goods The Sinohydro Corp offi ce in Beijing. The company has been price reduction of 120,000 But the big question has also been short-listed for from both countries. shortlisted to build a hydropower plant in Costa Rica. yuan ($18,600) for each car is: will all this really help Fujian province the project. On the Chinese side, the as a result of central and domestic brands transform oil investment “Chinese fi rms are interested goods that will benefi t include to deepen our relation with hua News Agency reported local government policies themselves into leading China National Off shore in investing in companies with textile raw materials and prod- emerging markets such as that bilateral trade increased designed to stimulate pur- players? Oil Corp has signed an agree- high levels of technology and ucts, light industrial products, China,” Gutierrez said. 19.2 percent last year to $3.8 chases. At the factory of Bei- ment with Fujian province Costa Rica is an operations machines and electrical equip- “In the future, we want to billion. The Chinese capital is jing Electric Vehicle Co to invest 80 billion yuan by center for metal mechanics and ment. For Costa Rica, the list promote Costa Rica as a coun- “The FTA with China will one of 25 pilot cities chosen — the electric-vehicle unit 2015, the Beijing-based oil company said in a statement electronics in Central Ameri- includes coffee, beef, orange try through which Chinese expand the foreign trade for large-scale promotion of Beijing Automotive on its website. ca,” Gutierrez said. juice and seafood. companies have access to Cen- platform of Costa Rica, off er- of electric vehicles. Industry Holding Co Ltd China’s Shenzhen-based “Given our definition of tral America.” ing investors opportunities However, sales remain (BAIC) — in a southern CHINA DAILY — AGENCIES Huawei Technologies Co won development in sustainable China is Costa Rica’s sec- to invest and produce in our low. Few brands have a $235 million contract with terms, our strategy has been ond-largest trade partner. Xin- country,” Gutierrez said. started to sell their wares SEE “AUTOS” PAGE 16 14 businesseconomics WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 CHINA DAILY July slowdown, but economy is still on track

Industrial output declines to 14%, Securities Ltd. China plans to build 10 million units of says National Bureau of Statistics low-cost housing this year, to address the diffi culties faced By HE WEI by an estimated 30 million CHINA DAILY people. Th e move will help to shore SHANGHAI — China’s up the property sector that is major economic indicators suff ering from policy tight- slowed in July, but signaled ening. the country’s growth engine Fixed-asset invest- “We believe that large-scale remains on track, analysts ment growth is quite construction of low-cost JIANG JIANG / FOR CHINA DAILY said. robust and retail housing will be a major driv- An investor at a brokerage offi ce in Wuhan, Hubei province. Chinese equities ended mixed on Tuesday, though concerns persisted The year-on-year growth ‘‘ er for the country’s economic that the world economy might drop back into a recession. sales appear brisk in in industrial output growth,” Jing Ulrich, chair- DATA decelerated slightly terms of year-on-year man of global markets for to 14 percent in growth.” China at JP Morgan Chase & July, 1.1 percentage points ZHOU HAO Co, wrote in a research note. Stocks stage ‘technical rebound’, lower than in June, the AN ECONOMIST WITH THE AUSTRA- Zhou believes the pros- National Bureau of Statistics LIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING pects for the Chinese econ- announced on Tuesday. GROUP LTD omy are promising. However, that fi gure is still The only factor likely to close fl at after initial sell-off higher than the historic low raise concern is whether of 13.3 percent registered in lower than June’s gain of 17.7 the country’s exports, data By WANG YING Index edged up 2.45 points, or lapse similar to 2008’s fi nancial exchange reserves,” said Zhou May. Industrial production percent. about which are scheduled CHINA DAILY 0.02 percent, to 11315.08 on meltdown will happen in over- Lu, a macro-economy analyst grew 14.3 percent from Janu- While the fi gures failed to to be released on Wednesday, transactions of 90.78 billion seas economies and markets, with Sealand Securities. ary to July, maintaining the meet overall market expecta- will slow in the face of pos- SHANGHAI — Chinese yuan. but a long recession does have About 70 percent of China’s pace set in the fi rst half of the tions, analysts remained cau- sible weaker demand from equities shrugged off the A shares opened lower, its possibility, which is negative foreign reserves are in dollars year. tiously optimistic about the the United States following downward pressure of steep extending their sharp fall on to China’s economy”. or dollar-denominated securi- Meanwhile, fixed asset country’s economic growth its debt downgrade by Stan- drops in the US and European Monday, amid concerns over But it said the correct direc- ties, so any weakening of the investment, a primary driver momentum. dard and Poor’s, in addition stock markets, triggered by rat- the global economic outlook. tion of macroeconomic con- dollar will aff ect their value. of economic growth, soared “Fixed-asset investment to the lackluster European ing agency Standard & Poor’s But boosted by heavyweight trols and consistent confi dence Kai Wenming, an analyst by 25.4 percent year-on-year growth is quite robust and economy. move to downgrade the long- banking and property stocks, in domestic economic develop- from Everbright Securities, during the fi rst seven months retail sales appear brisk However, Ken Peng, senior term credit rat- Chinese equities pared intra- ment would help realize steady ruled out the possibility of Chi- of the year to 15.24 trillion in terms of year-on-year economist at BNP Paribas MARKETS ing of the Unit- day losses of 3.5 percent, stand- and faster economic growth na’s stock markets experiencing yuan ($2.36 trillion). growth,” said Zhou Hao, an SA, told Reuters that the ed States, and ing out among Asian stock and lay a solid foundation for any record declines. That was slightly lower economist with the Australia indicators show that “Chi- erased intraday losses to close markets for the day. the stock market. “It’s a bit exaggerated to say than the reading of 25.6 per- and New Zealand Banking na’s growth has continued to fl at on Tuesday. Gains were also posted by However, some analysts said China will passively follow the cent recorded in June. Group Ltd. slow, and because of weaker The benchmark Shanghai producers of rare earth per- that the technical nature of the US drop, because the substan- Investment in the nation’s In general, the fi gures have external demand it will con- Composite Index fell 0.75 point manent magnet alloys, while correction, and sluggish gains tial drop of the US market has property sector rose 33.6 per- remained “healthy” even if tinue to slow in the coming to 2526.07, down 0.03 percent, stocks of gold miners, water by fi nance and property shares, a lot to do with its earlier surge cent year-on-year. they continue to moderate months”. with transactions valued at conservation equipment mak- might signal further declines. aft er the last fi nancial tsunami, Retail sales followed a sim- in July, according to Benny 107.7 billion yuan ($16.7 bil- ers and electric power suppliers while the Chinese stock market ilar pattern, rising a solid 17.2 Lam, an associate direc- Xinhua contributed to this lion). were among the losers. Rate hike expected has stayed at the bottom since percent year-on-year, but still tor and economist at CCBI story. Th e Shenzhen Component Analysts are split about the In addition, China’s con- late 2008,” he said. direction of China’s stock mar- sumer price index, the gauge Over the past five trading ket, but they agree that Tues- of infl ation rate, came in at 6.5 days, the Shanghai Compos- day’s rally reflected a techni- percent in July, the highest in ite Index has dropped 5.7 per- cal correction from Monday’s 37 months, driven mostly by cent while the smaller Shen- plunge, as well as a reaction to food prices. Th e fi gure fueled zhen Component Index has pledges by leaders of the world’s expectations that another declined 5.2 percent. major economies to bail out the interest rate hike is in store. Against this backdrop, Zhou ailing capital markets. “Actually, the impact of the urged investors to be calm and Xinhuanet.com published US credit downgrade has not positive. “Aft er all, the Chinese a commentary on Tuesday fully rolled out in China. Sim- economy is growing rapidly morning, asking investors to ply speaking, it will have two with a solid outlook,” she said. be confi dent in China’s stock negative eff ects on the Chinese But she warned of a worst- market, stressing the nation’s economy in the near future. case scenario, if the US Federal fundamentals hadn’t changed. “One is that China’s exports Reserve Board launched a third Th e commentary noted that will decline due to a slug- round of quantitative easing, or “various signs have shown gish US economy. The other QE3, to rejuvenate the domes- there is little chance that a col- is China’s shrinking foreign tic economy. Wealth management products’ sales increase By WANG XIAOTIAN percentage points. wealth management sector at a CHINA DAILY Th e People’s Bank of China Beijing branch of Bank of Chi- raised the one-year deposit rate na Ltd, said fi rst-half sales of BEIJING — Xi Shijia, 28, an by 25 basis points to 3.5 percent wealth products at the branch IT clerk at a State-owned com- in July. increased substantially com- pany in Beijing, said he will not But the consumer price pared with the same period of stop buying individual wealth index (CPI), a main gauge last year. management (IWM) products of inflation, rose by 6.5 per- “Tightened liquidity trapped from commercial banks in the cent year-on-year in July, the many companies in cash fl ow second half to safeguard against National Bureau of Statistics problems, therefore they are asset losses. said. inclined to use equity as a FINANCE The master’s Data from Chengdu-based pledge to fi nance at a compara- graduate from Fanhua Puyi Investment Man- tively high cost, which provides Tsinghua University has been agement Co Ltd shows that good investment opportunities purchasing IWM products Chinese commercial lenders for our clients,” he said. since the beginning of the issued 8,497 IWM products As much as 50 percent of the year, especially those that will in the first half, worth more products’ outstanding money mature within one month and than 8.5 trillion yuan ($1.33 may go to companies, includ- those with a yield of around 4 billion) in total, exceeding the ing developers and local gov- percent. 7.05 trillion yuan issued dur- ernment financing vehicles, “The gap between deposit ing 2010. instead of into stocks and interest rates and the infl ation These products issued by bonds, Bloomberg quoted rate is too large. Th at means my Chinese commercial lenders Wilson Li, an analyst at Guotai deposit will depreciate if I just usually require a minimum Junan Securities Co as saying. keep the money in the bank,” investment of 50,000 yuan, and Th e rapid growth of banks’ said Xi, adding that he does not the capital from buyers oft en wealth management business have better investment choices goes into bonds, loans, and may increase systemic fi nancial amid a depressed real estate company projects. risks and aff ect the implemen- market and a gloomy stock “Because of much lower tation of monetary policies, performance. deposit rates compared with because common monetary Sales of IWM products in CPI, a large amount of deposits tools cannot directly aff ect the China rose markedly in the has fl own to off -balance-sheet fl ow of capital to these prod- fi rst half aft er the gap between business such as wealth prod- ucts, said Liu Xiaoxin, a profes- deposit interest rates and the ucts to obtain higher returns,” sor at Nankai University. infl ation rate became the wid- said Chen Hui, an analyst at est in three years. Bohai Securities Co Ltd. Hu Yuanyuan contributed to In June, the gap reached 3.15 Li Ran, supervisor of the this story. CHINA DAILY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 businesscompanies 15 Smaller HTC, Unionpay target mobile wallets cities key By SHEN JINGTING for Adidas CHINA DAILY

SHANGHAI—China UnionPay By LI WOKE Co Ltd announced on Tuesday the CHINA DAILY launch of the fi rst smartphone with built-in mobile payment capability, SHANGHAI — Adidas Group jumping ahead of domestic rivals in China, a unit of Adidas AG, plans the world’s most populous mobile to expand aggressively into lower- phone country. tier cities as it seeks to compete China UnionPay, the with Chinese rivals. TECH country’s sole bank card “We plan to open more than processor, said the world’s 2,500 additional stores in the first mobile phone that supports next few years in lower-tier cities, UnionPay’s mobile payment stan- expanding city coverage to more dard will be produced by Taiwan- than 1,400 cities,” said Colin Cur- based HTC Corp, and the product rie, managing director of Adidas will arrive on the market as early as Group China. September. Currie commented following The handset utilizes near field the company’s release of its fi rst- communication technology, which half report, which showed that allows users to complete payments sales in China grew 38 percent to through banks’ point-of-sale (POS) 552 million euros ($783 million), machines. “a new record for this region”, the Th e smartphone supports various company said. functions, such as credit card pay- Currie attributed the rise to a ment, booking movie tickets and focus on cultivating sales channels, paying mobile phone subscription revitalizing the brand, focusing fees. on productivity at the retail level, HTC declined to reveal the spe- forming a new leadership team in cifi c number of its bank partners in China and introducing inventory the Chinese mainland or the price management measures. of the handset. “Our strong performance in “Mobile phone users no longer the fi rst half marks the start of a have to bring their bank cards in the new era for Adidas in China,” said future, because their smartphones Currie. “We are seeing improve- can provide the same function,” PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY ments in our businesses across Chai Hongfeng, executive vice- An HTC Corp smartphone with near fi eld communication technology being used with a point-of-sale (POS) machine. There are currently 400,000 POS the board, and it sets us up well president of China UnionPay, said machines in China capable of mobile payment and that number is expected to increase to 700,000 by the end of this year. for the future as we press ahead at a news briefi ng in Shanghai. with our Route 2015 strategy.” Chai added that the launch of ment department, recently said for any mobile devices. It means 40 percent, an amount equal to 150 sys International. Th e plan calls for fi ve years of HTC’s mobile payment handset there were already 400,000 POS customers will have more choices,” billion yuan, by 2013. China Mobile Ltd, the world’s big- double-digit annual sales growth could spearhead China’s mobile machines in China and these are Chen said. Th e rosy prospect has attracted gest telecom carrier by subscribers, in China. The Adidas Group is payment era, as mobile phone use likely to increase to 700,000 by the Chen added it is very likely that various companies to join the band- bought a 20 percent stake of Shang- a global sporting goods leader, is now a part of daily life. end of this year. China UnionPay may promote its wagon by profi ting from China’s 900 hai Pudong Development Bank last off ering a broad range of products He said mobile payment could “HTC has been developing the mobile payment services beyond million mobile phone users. Chi- year to strengthen its mobile pay- around the core brands: adidas, quickly gain popularity, provided mobile payment handset for more China. At present, the Chinese nese telecom carriers have showed ment services. Reebok, TaylorMade, Rockport that it off ers increased convenience than a year. We cooperated with bank-card processor provides ser- the most interest. China United Telecommunica- and Reebok-CCM Hockey. and security. China UnionPay for merely six vices in more than 120 countries. “The mobile payment industry tions Corp Ltd (China Unicom) “Th is is an important market He also disclosed that China months before we introduced the The market scale of China’s has experienced a best-ever period established a mobile payment arm for the group and one where we’ve UnionPay is deploying initial stra- device,” Dennis Chen, head of the mobile payment industry reached in development, as more people use on April 18 with registered capital had great results in the past,” Cur- tegic arrangements in about a dozen Asia and China Enterprise depart- 20.3 billion yuan ($3.16 billion) in smartphones and wireless networks of 250 million yuan, the carrier said rie said. “We are confi dent that in Chinese mainland cities, in coop- ment of HTC Corp, told China 2010, according to China E-com- have faster speed. But so many play- on its micro blog. the future with our strategy, in eration with local banks to push for- Daily. merce Research Center. ers are in the hunt now. It means Th e new subsidiary will “actively the lower-tier cities and also in ward mobile payment businesses. “We support China UnionPay’s Th e organization estimated Chi- that not every one can be a winner,” apply for a mobile payment license the higher-tier cities, consumers Xu Jinyao, general manager of mobile payment standard because it na’s mobile payment market would said Zhang Meng, an analyst with and provide professional payment will be looking for premier inter- China UnionPay’s mobile pay- is an industry standard and is open experience an annual growth rate of Beijing-based research fi rm Analy- services”, China Unicom said. national quality sports brands.”

winespecial Home grown vines produce top-quality wines NUMBERS By ZHAO RUIXUE Shaanxi, and Liaoning provinces, ice-wine chateau in Liaoning prov- Changyu in 1892, there was no AND JU CHUANJIANG and in areas around Beijing. Th ese ince, in the northeast, and Chateau way he could have dreamed that, 20 account for a quarter of China’s Changyu AFIP Global, in Miyun 119 years later, Changyu would be percent market share held by Changyu Th e world’s wine producers have grape-planting regions. county just outside Beijing, in 2006. known around the world. for several years. been looking for a bigger share “The grapes from our six bases Another three chateaux are under But, in 1915, Changyu wines had of the Chinese market because of each have a diff erent fl avor, so they’re I believe that Changyu is construction in Shaanxi province already won four gold medals and its immense potential among an used for diff erent types of wine,” Li capable of rivaling any and the Xinjiang and Ningxia auton- quality certifi cates at the Panama- increasingly aware population, in Jiming, Changyu’s chief engineer, other wine since we have omous regions, and scheduled for Pacifi c International Exposition, in recent years. said, by way of explaining why they ‘‘ completion by the end of the year, all San Francisco, California. Th is was sound terroir conditions, 1.09 Meanwhile, here at home, the cover such a large area. of them top grape-producing areas. the fi rst time for a Chinese product million kiloliters Changyu Pioneer Wine Co Ltd, Changyu has strict standards for fi rst-class grapes, and Th e company has also cooperated to win an international exhibition of wine produced by Chinese faced with an ever expanding array of planting with only 10 to 15 clus- competitive sales net- with four prominent chateaus to award. vineyards in 2010, a year-on-year overseas wines, has been working on ters of grapes kept on each vine to increase sales of its top wines over- Now, thanks to Changyu, the increase of 12.38 percent. convincing people that its wines can ensure each cluster of grape getting work” seas. coastal city of Yantai is the only rival the world’s best, from anywhere. enough nutrition. And in the Cha- ZHOU HONGJIANG And its eff orts have won some rec- Asian city to have been granted teau Changyu AFIP Global, only GENERAL MANAGER OF CHANGYU ognition. Yves Benard, the president the “International Grape and Wine Quality counts 266 vines are raised per mu, and the of the International Organization City” status by the OIV. Changyu is one of China’s top pro- grapes from each vine are only be of Vine and Wine (OIV), praised Th anks to their quality, Changyu 29.47 ducers and parallels European wine used to produce one bottle of pre- wine, for example production, stor- Changyu by saying that the Changyu wines are frequently served at state billion yuan producers in its grape planting, pro- mium wine. age, and sales. Jiebaina is a strong brand with a long banquets and international sum- in wine sales in China in 2010, a cessing technology, and scale, said In addition to ensuring grape qual- Changyu also has several chateaus, history. What’s more important is mits, such as the opening ceremo- year-on-year increase of 29.15 percent. Sun Jian, the deputy general man- ity, Changyu has spent a great deal on one of which, Chateau Changyu- that all of the judges approve of the ny of the Shanghai World Expo, ager. state-of-the-art equipment to pro- Castel, was China’s fi rst to be built wine’s quality. last year, the welcoming banquet The company now has 16,666 duce a global winner. to international standard, in 2002, in of the BRICS China summit, in However, that is still in the future. hectares planted in grapes in the It has an electronic tag for each Yantai, Shandong province, home of Changyu’s growth Hainan, this past April, and the Consumption in China is still much Xinjiang Uygur and Ningxia Hui bottle of its top wine so that custom- Changyu. When Zhang Bishi, an overseas G20 seminar on an international lower than the 6 liters that is now the autonomous regions, in Shandong, ers can get more information on the The company also opened an Chinese from Malaysia, founded monetary system, in Nanjing this world average, but that indicates the March. huge potential. The Chinese wine market has Market potential attracted producers from Europe and China is now the world’s seventh the Americas, and this has made the largest producer and consumer market here a bit complicated, if not of wine by volume and is likely to chaotic. become the sixth largest consumer by Statistics from the French wine 2014, according to Vinexpo research association Conseil Interprofessi- published in March. onnel Du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) In 2009, wine consumption in Chi- show China as the largest importer na stood at nearly 1.16 billion bottles, of Bordeaux wines, with a trade vol- up 104 percent from 2005. ume that was worth 90 million euros China Vine and Wine Association ($128.4 million) last year. statistics show that Chinese vine- Still although Chinese wine pro- yards produced nearly 1.09 million ducers face stiff challenges from over- kiloliters of wine in 2010, a year-on- seas brands, the domestics account year increase of 12.38 percent. Th ese for 85 percent of the market here. resulted in 29.47 billion yuan in sales, And, one major force among those a year-on-year increase of 29.15 per- domestic wines is Changyu, with a cent. market share above 20 percent, for China’s wine market is still expand- several years running. ing, as the standard of living contin- Zhou Hongjiang, general manager ues to improve. of Changyu, concludes with this, “I One 2011 forecast shows wine believe that Changyu is capable of consumption in China undergoing a rivaling any other wine since we have large increase over the next fi ve years, sound terroir conditions, fi rst-class with yearly per capita consumption at grapes, and competitive sales net- Changyu’s modern and busy wine bottling line at Yantai. JU CHUANJIANG / CHINA DAILY one liter, in 2012. work.” 16 businessfocus WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 CHINA DAILY

CHEN XIAOGEN / FOR CHINA DAILY A Besturn electric concept car made by FAW Group Corp at an auto show in Beijing. While Chinese automakers regard new-energy vehicles as an opportunity to allow them to lead the global industry, they are also very cautious. Autos: The race for the industry’s future

FROM PAGE 13 the fi rst half. CHINA'S NEW-ENERGY Th at slowing market has also VEHICLE AMOUNT suburb of the city, the iconic made automakers view electric FORECAST Saab 9-3 sports sedan has now cars as an unmissable opportu- been revamped as an electric nity to step up the design and 2010: About 10,000 units 2020: car. testing of new products. 2015: 500,000 units Th e design gives no indica- “The fever for electric cars 5,000,000 units tion that the vehicle is electric has ebbed and flowed many Total investment between until one opens the hood: there times in recent decades, but 2011 to 2020: 100 billion yuan is no engine as such, instead this time it’s for real,” said Source: New-energy Vehicle there’s a typical power system Liao, previously an engineer Development Guideline 2011-2020 (Draft) for an electric car and the bat- for General Motors Co (GM), SHEN WEI / CHINA DAILY teries are installed far away whose first mass-produced from prying eyes. electric car, the EV1, hit the cles, Chinese automakers will experience of original engineer- Unless you’re a motoring market in the 1990s. be unable to transform them- ing in electric cars, plus the les- expert, the driving experience The EV1 went on sale in selves into leading producers sons learned from pioneering is similar to that of an ordinary 1995, but the program was of green cars, according to projects, have given us a certain gasoline car and the engine stopped in early 2002, partly experts. confi dence,” he said. even mimics the “kick-down” because the auto giant reck- “Th e comprehensive coop- Th e current incentive poli- feeling of an automatic trans- oned that electric cars belonged eration between international cies are scheduled to be with- mission. to an unprofi table “high input” and domestic companies in drawn by the end of 2012 and BAIC is the Chinese part- niche market. past decades has helped the future policy remains unclear. ner of Daimler AG and Hyun- Liao said that, on average, Chinese auto industry become The country’s developmen- dai Motor Co. It established the technical levels of Chinese HU XUEBAI / FOR CHINA DAILY larger instead of stronger,” said tal road map for new-energy Beijing Electric Vehicle in late brands still lag behind those A Volkswagen AG electric motorcade off ering free travel for passengers at Tian’anmen Square in Zhen Zijian, deputy director of vehicles over the next decade 2009. Other major players in of the EV1, especially in terms Beijing on April 6. the offi ce for electric vehicles is expected to be formally the domestic industry have of engineering and the manu- at the Ministry of Science and released during the coming also established similar enter- facturing process. Moreover, the United States, Japan and German Embassy in China. Ulrich Mellinghoff, head of Technology. months. prises, over the past two years, the EV1 was road-tested over a Germany, have also geared Both Germany and China safety development at Mer- Th e electric-car market will Foreign automakers are con- underlining the emphasis on period of almost a decade. up to put electric cars on the have started to develop a new cedes-Benz, in a recent inter- be open to all automakers, but cerned they have been unable new-energy vehicles. “Th e technology for lithium- road soon. Th e electric car is car, she said, emphasizing that view with China Daily. international players should to secure the same subsidies It only took two years for the ion batteries has jumped for- far from dominant worldwide, the move does not involve the Th e German automaker is in take part in China’s new-energy as domestic players, but if they company to expand its staff ward to a new era compared but its development is becom- development of an existing charge of the traditional tech- vehicle race in a more “fair and were, “it would be a devastating numbers to approximately 400 with 20 years ago, but in other ing increasingly important as structure, but is an entirely new nologies relating to bodywork, reasonable” way by, for exam- blow to unfledged domestic and roll out three electric cars: aspects, little progress has been looming energy shortages, concept. suspension and the safety ple, moving more research and brands, as well as the whole one model is based on the plat- made,” he said. greenhouse gas emissions and Germany’s motoring history aspects of the new car, while development (R&D) work into supply chain for electricity and form the company purchased traffic concerns become ever serves as an excellent starting BYD is providing the battery the country, he said. driving motors”, said BAIC’s from Sweden’s Saab Automo- Opportunity to lead more worrisome. point for the successful devel- technology. Foreign automakers used to Liao. bile AB in 2009, while the oth- Fortunately, the gap between The German government opment of quality electric cars, be reluctant to undertake core “It is worth asking whether ers are based on Beijing Elec- Chinese automakers and lead- has agreed to bolster its elec- but China has also put a strong Joint eff orts R&D in China, partly because it is a good choice to com- tric Vehicles’ newly developed ing foreign manufacturers of tric-auto sector with billions strategic emphasis on electric “It’s a good joint venture and of possible infringements of pensate the end products in a models using their domestic electric cars is about 10 to 15 of euros in subsidies and aims automobiles, she said. each side can learn from the intellectual property rights. sector where the technologies brands. years, much lower than the to have 1 million new-energy “Th e government has put a other,” he said. Zhen admitted that more have yet to mature fully,” said BAIC said that the fi rst batch 50-year gap in conventional vehicles on the road by 2020. In lot of pressure on this industry Such cooperation will problems have emerged, such Hai Yang, deputy-president of electric vehicles was deliv- gasoline cars, Liao said. the United States, the Obama at an early stage and it has been increase in the electric-car as the lack of a high degree of of CDH Venture Partners, a ered to “fleet” customers — “Local automakers have to administration also plans to appointed an emerging and sector. In May, Volkswagen expertise and talent, as mass venture-capital company, that that is, those who buy in bulk adopt unconventional tactics see 1 million electric vehicles key industry. I think China has announced that it is teaming production of electric vehicles has specialized in investment — such as security and rental to overcome the technical bar- in operation by 2015. a very good chance of building up with its Chinese partner, draws closer. in the electric car sector for sev- companies at the end of last riers in electric-car develop- International automakers it up quickly,” Kautz said. FAW Group Corp, to make “It is not easy to balance per- eral years. year. According to the compa- ment,” he said. are looking to launch electric “European and Chinese electric cars in China. Industry formance and costs,” he said. “A large amount of money ny, the city of Beijing wants to The Chinese government’s cars in China, the most impor- automakers can build a good websites have reported that the For electric cars to be accept- has been pumped into the see around 5,000 electric cars ambitious promotion plan tant market for many of them. partnership for cooperation, new vehicle, called the “Kaili”, ed by the general public their industry, but the market’s launched on its roads this year. — which has no comparable The models include GM’s but it should be a win-win situ- will be on sale by late 2013 or price and convenience of use growth rate is much slower “Th e coming 18 months will counterpart in any other coun- Chevy Volt and Nissan Motor ation on an equal footing for early 2014. must equal that of conven- than expected,” Hai said. be a heated period for those try — is a big advantage for the Co’s Leaf. Moreover, the Ger- both sides,” she added. China is currently the tional vehicles, while energy Jin Yibo, a spokesman for domestic automakers wishing domestic industry. “Incen- man automaker Volkswagen A 50/50 joint venture world’s largest and fastest- consumption and emissions Chery Automotive Co Ltd, said to launch new models, because tives will not be a long-term AG has said it expects to start between BYD Co Ltd and growing auto market. How- should be lower. the industry has always been the incentive policies are slat- solution, but they’re crucial in production of electric cars in Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz ever, its short motoring history Compared with their inter- highly cut-throat, so competi- ed to be invalid by the end of enabling companies to sur- China by early 2014. unit is a cooperation pioneer means that international play- national rivals, most Chinese tion in the new-energy sector 2012,” said Frank Liao, execu- vive in the initial period,” Liao “Of course, German auto- and the venture has already ers still occupy a dominant role automakers have failed to is inevitable. tive chief engineer of Beijing added. makers have put China on fi nalized the design of the fi rst in the conventional car market, establish a streamlined system “The most urgent bottle- Electric Vehicle. China plans to invest 100 bil- their top-priority list, given the BYD-Daimler electric vehicle. despite innovations by domes- of component development neck facing the companies is Th e year-on-year growth of lion yuan over the next 10 years huge market and its vast per- Both sides are cooperating tic automakers in recent years. and supply, which will hinder the incomplete infrastructure. the world’s largest auto market to stimulate the new-energy spective,” said Gabriele Kautz, closely on the joint venture, If this market pattern does the development of new-ener- Automakers cannot build the declined from 32 percent in vehicle industry. Transport, Building and Urban Shenzhen BYD New Tech- not become a pivotal point in gy vehicles, Zhen said. charging stations or battery- 2010 to about 3.3 percent in Other countries, such as Development Counselor at the nology Co Ltd, according to the race for new-energy vehi- “But the more-than-10 years’ swapping sites,” he said. 17 CHINA DAILY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 ipspecial US wireless patent giant fi les legal actions against China’s Huawei and ZTE

By HAO NAN interests of our licensees, we CHINA DAILY made the decision to bring legal action against these par- A US company with a mas- ties.” sive wireless patent portfolio Huawei and ZTE said they has lodged a complaint with will respond to the complaints the US International Trade positively and make “huge Commission (ITC) against eff orts” to protect their inter- Chinese telecom equipment ests. giants Huawei Technologies Huawei, China’s largest tele- Co and ZTE Corp alleging com equipment maker, is now unfair trade practices. studying detailed documents Th e complaint by InterDigi- in the legal actions. tal Inc alleges the companies “One of the world’s leading import and sell 3G wireless intellectual property owners, devices in the US — including our company has maintained mobile phones, USB devices, a good record in respecting mobile wireless hotspots, tab- the intellectual property rights lets and components — that of others,” said a representative infringe on several of its pat- at the company’s headquar- ents. ters. In conjunction with the ITC ZTE also made an announce- complaint, InterDigital filed ment saying the company a suit in US District Court in respects and values intellectual Delaware alleging the same property rights, and “will take infringements. effective measures to protect SHAO CHANG / CHINA DAILY The complaints also name their legal rights”. A couple looks at herbal medicines on sale in Shanghai. Before imported to the European Union as a food additive, herbal remedies are now governed by a new Finnish telecom and cellphone Experts at the Chinese regulation that took full eff ect last April. A Gansu company recently fi led for approval in Sweden to become the fi rst from China. company Nokia Corp for Academy of International alleged infringements unrelat- Trade and Economic Coop- ed to the Chinese companies. eration said the US leads The ITC filing asks for an the world in innovation and exclusion order that would bar high-tech, so products that entry of the infringing 3G wire- are banned from entry would Meeting the EU formula to less devices and components also be diffi cult to sell in other into the US. overseas markets. It also seeks a cease and desist Liu Chuntian, director order on the sale of such prod- of the intellectual property ucts that have already been research center at Renmin market herbal medicines imported into the country. University, said the case was “Over the past 30 years, not only about profits and By ZHANG ZHAO percent of the market. More it meets standards for quality ly important to the national InterDigital has invested nearly business integrity, but also CHINA DAILY than 80 percent of global sales and safety. strategy,” said Xian Hui, vice- $1 billion in the development an important experience in are by Japanese companies. In the seven years follow- governor of the province in 350 of advanced digital cellular dealing with international dis- Makers of Chinese herbal “Only by mastering propri- ing adoption of the regulation, northwestern China. “It is also herbal medicines technologies, creating impor- putes. medicines need to pay greater etary intellectual property and none of the 350 newly autho- a promotion of TCM culture.” tant innovations and helping to “Th ough the fi nal result is attention to intellectual prop- brands can Chinese herbal rized herbal medicines came Chinese herbal medicine have been approved under new drive an industry creating bil- hard to predict now, I believe erty rights, trademark registra- medicine companies improve from China. has been more welcome in EU regulations, yet none are from lions of wireless connections,” the two giant companies have tion and patent applications to their international compe- Hoping to become the fi rst Sweden than most other Euro- China said Lawrence Shay, president capabilities to develop the pat- promote their products on the tence and enlarge their share Chinese herbal medicine pean countries, said Chen of InterDigital’s patent holding ented technologies involved in global market, said delegates at of the global market,” the dec- registered in the EU, Gansu- Mingming, former Chinese subsidiary, in a statement on the case,” Liu noted. an international summit last laration of the summit noted. based Foci Pharmaceuticals ambassador to Sweden. the company’s website. month in Lanzhou, capital of Europeans have used herb- applied for authorization in The northern European “During that period, we 4,700 This page is jointly Gansu province. al remedies for more than June for its Nongsuo Danggui nation is respected in medical have signed dozens of license published by the State The forum on European 700 years and the European Wan — condensed pills made circles in Europe and the world, Chinese fi rms agreements with manufactur- Intellectual Property registration of traditional Union is now the world’s sec- from the angelica root — from so approval there would off er a produce herbal medicine valued at ers, giving them access to a pat- Offi ce and China Daily. Chinese medicine (TCM) ond-largest market for tra- the national drug administra- “breach” in barriers to Chinese 1.2 trillion yuan annually ent portfolio of approximately To comment or property rights aimed to help ditional medicines following tion of Sweden. herbal medicine, he said. 19,000 issued patents and pat- contribute, please e-mail modernize the sector to “let China. Foci Vice-President Sun Yu China had nearly 4,700 ent applications — among the [email protected] it become an international Chinese herbal medicine noted the product has been herbal medicine companies largest wireless portfolios in the or contact editors at medicine and serve the health was long exported to Europe used in Europe for 30 years and by the end of last year with world,” Shay added. +86-10-6499 5774. of all humankind”. as a food additive, but the EU meets the new requirements. annual output worth 1.2 tril- “The vast majority of our More than 100 industry issued a directive in 2004 to With more than 1,000 spe- lion yuan ($186.5 billion). agreements have been reached insiders and officials from a regulate all herbal medicines. cies, Gansu is a major grower But despite the large num- TCM sales in without the need for litigation. number of countries including Products already on the mar- of medicinal herbs. Local bers, most China’s herbal European and US “However, despite having Japan and Sweden took part in ket were allowed to be sold offi cials believe international medicine companies “have markets is profoundly engaged in good faith efforts the summit. until last April. markets offer “a key step to a small scale and low profi t”, ‘‘ to license our patents to Hua- Special thanks to Annual trade in herbal A company must now dem- change the province from a noted Fang Shuting, head of important to the wei and ZTE, we have not been China IP magazine for medicine has now surpassed onstrate a herbal medicine has material supplier to a manu- the China Association of Tra- national strategy.” able to reach an acceptable res- the joint launch of ipr. $40 billion globally and is been in use for at least 30 years, facturing center”. ditional Chinese Medicine. olution. XIAN HUI chinadaily.com.cn growing at 10 percent a year, including 15 years in the EU. It “TCM sales in European “So internationalized develop- VICE-GOVERNOR OF GANSU “As a result, to protect our but China only has about 3 must also get a certifi cate that and US markets is profound- ment is very important.” intellectual property and the ipscene 1 BEIJING CenterCen for cross-Straits exchanges 95.6 million yuan paid for patents A nnational training center for intellectual property rights was Statistics from the Beijing government show nearly 600 localal recentlyrecen inaugurated at Xiamen University. companies in the city’s technology hub Zhongguancun receiveded Th e center is designed to hold training and promotion pro- a total of 95.6 million yuan ($14.8 million) in government aid to gramsgram “in diff erent forms at various levels”. LuoLu Xuan, head of the provincial intellectual property offi ce, encourage patents in the past four years. 2 Begun by the city government in 2007, the funding programm is said at the opening ceremony that the center “will become a key designed to improve awareness and management of intellectualal 1 platformplatf for intellectual property exchanges across the Taiwan property. Straits”.Stra Companies in the high-tech area received 5,000 yuan for everyvery Th e State Intellectual Property Offi ce has had a number of invention patent granted. Each company can receive up to 1 mil- trainingtrai centers in many provinces since 2009. lion yuan a year. STATS.GOV.CN In last year alone, 185 companies were awarded a total of 21.7.7 million yuan. 4 GUANGXI CHINA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NEWSWS CopiesC include soaps, cellphones An exhibition to illustrate recent achievements in fi ght- ining counterfeits was recently held in Nanning, capital of the auautonomous region. Th e exhibits ranged from cheap soaps and lotions to 3 eexpensive wines and cellphones. Many looked so like the true pproducts in size, packaging and even bar codes that customers 5 4 ccould not tell the diff erence unless they were placed beside the actual brands. Law enforcement offi cers said the copycat products were seized in Nanning’s wholesale market, ready to be shipped and sold in small shops in the countryside. In the following years, Guo developed a range of eco-friendly MoreMore tthanhan halfhalf of the fakefake winewine waswas soldsold toto twotwo winemakerswinemakers iinn CHINA QUALITY DAILY agricultural technologies and equipment. He also invested 1 mil- Changli countycounty in the province, whichwhichht tthenhen generated more than lion yuan to found a company that produces organic fertilizers, 28 millionmillion yyuanuuauan by bottling and sellingsellingg thetht e concoction between 5 DA WEI / CHINA DAILY feed and feed additives. March 2008 and December 2010. GUANGDONG Proprietary electronics on display in Zhongguancun, XINHUANET.COM HEBEI.GOV.CN New low-cost anti-cancer medicine one of the nation’s innovation demonstration areas. 3 FUJIAN An anti-cancer injection has been termed a medicine with 2 HEBEI bright prospects by the World Intellectual Property Organization Fake wine hangover: Life in prisonprison 3,716 pairs of false brand shoes due to its effi cacy and price. Invention from farmer-entrepreneurr Former wine company deputy manager Wang Chunping was XiamanXiamanmaa customs recently seiseizedeizedz a large number of fake sports Th e new medicine with full intellectual property rights was Farmer-entrepreneur Guo Yunzheng in Botou city receivedd a sentenced to life imprisonment and forfeited all personal prop- shoes inn a bbatchatch of declared goods, a scheme “rarely seen in developed by Zhongshan University. patent certifi cate at the end of last month for a process to makee erty aft er he was convicted of making and selling fake wine in recent years”. “It can cut off the nutrient supply and metabolic channels of an effi cient compound fertilizer, his sixth patent granted in thee Qinhuangdao, capital of the northern province. Th e 3,716 pairs off cocounterfeitedunterfeited shoes carried 19 well-known cancer cells to kill tumors,” said Professor Huang Wenlin, leader past fi ve years. FivFiveeo offh hisis assassociatesociatesw wereere sesentencedntencedt toop prisonrison tertermsms ranrangingging brands,brands,i includingncluding NikNike,e, AdiAdidas,das,D Dior,ior,B BMWMW and LiLi-Ning.-Ning. of the project. “Few countries are conducting such research and Th e 38-year-old graduated from college in 1997, went back from seven to 15 years. Among them, counterfeit Nike sports shoes accounted for the China leads the world in this technology.” to his hometown, and devoted himself to improving agricul- Beginning in 1998, Wang — also the company’s chief engineer largest proportion, about 1,800 pairs, followed by 890 pairs of Th e research team has fi nished the second phase of clinical tural technology. In less than 10 years, he developed a patented — organized workers to add ingredients including water, sugar, Adidas shoes and 268 pairs with the Li-Ning brand. tests in 11 hospitals and received high grades. compound fertilizer that had a 20 percent higher effi ciency than alcohol and yeast to pulp and grape skin left over from the actual similar products. winemaking process. CNR.CN XINHUANET.COM 18 businessmarkets WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 CHINA DAILY China ZTE aims to beat mobile device targets Overseas Planning for US to be top market reports by sales in the next fi ve years, H1 profi t executive says jump By MELANIE LEE REUTERS By BONNIE CAO BLOOMBERG NEWS SHANGHAI — China’s second-largest telecom equip- SHANGHAI — China Over- ment maker, ZTE Corp, is seas Land & Investment Ltd, confi dent it can beat its 2011 a Hong Kong-based builder target of shipping 80 million controlled by the Chinese con- mobile devices and is looking struction ministry, said first- for an expanded US footprint half profi t climbed 35 percent to fuel growth. on gains from one-time items TELECOM The world’s and property sales. sixth-largest cell Net income rose to HK$6.8 phone vendor, which shipped billion ($871 million), or 83.7 35 million units in the fi rst half, Hong Kong cents a share, from also aims to ship 12 million HK$5.1 billion, or 62 Hong smartphones, which mainly Kong cents a share, a year run Google Inc’s Android earlier, the company said in a operating system, during the stock-exchange fi ling on Tues- rest of the year. It sold 5 million day. Sales rose 25 percent to smartphones in the fi rst half. HK$21.9 billion from HK$17.6 ZTE makes a mix of low- billion, the company said. and high-end smartphones for The developer’s profit rose Western markets and will roll even as China expanded eff orts out its star product, known as to control risks of asset bubbles. Skate, in Europe this month Th e cabinet said last month it and launch it in China within will rein in residential prices three months, said He Shiyou, FENG LEI / FOR CHINA DAILY in smaller cities aft er limiting ZTE’s executive vice-presi- A saleswoman stands at a display of ZTE handsets in a supermarket in Liaocheng, Shandong province. The company said it sold 35 million handsets in the fi rst home purchases in metropoli- dent. half of 2011. tan areas including Beijing and He said the company aimed Shanghai. China is intensifying to ship 1 million Skate phones they are just replacing some next fi ve years, said He. Th e panies are the latest entrants 1996 launch of the Communi- ZTE plans to launch long- property restrictions nation- by year-end. of the demand in higher-end United States accounts for into an increasingly crowded cator model, but competition term evolution devices in the wide after developers posted ZTE, like its bigger Chinese feature phones,” said Zona 10 percent of ZTE’s hand- smartphone manufacturing from its two nearest rivals and United States in the second gains in first-half sales and rival Huawei Technologies Co Chen, an analyst from Sam- set business, behind Europe, sector dominated by Apple a slump in its own sales sent it half and smartphones based housing transactions climbed Ltd, is hoping to rely on con- sung Securities Co Ltd. which generates 15 percent Inc, Nokia Corp and Samsung from fi rst to third place in the on Microsoft Corp’s Mango 31 percent in June. sumer devices to drive growth. Overall shipments, includ- to 20 percent, and China Electronics Co. second quarter as growth in operating system early next “China Overseas’ diversifi ed Earlier this month, Huawei ing cell phones, smartphones, with 35 percent. Apple and Samsung Elec- the sector started to slow. year. portfolio in both the country’s launched its fi rst cloud-com- tablet personal computers and “Success in the United States tronics ended struggling In the fi rst quarter, ZTE was China’s Alibaba Group major and smaller cities helped puting smartphone to com- wireless dongles, rose 40 per- is the proof required to say you Nokia’s 15-year reign at the ranked the sixth-largest hand- also recently launched its boost their sales performance plement its range of low-cost cent to 60 million units during have global success,” He said. top of the smartphone sales set maker by shipments glob- first self-developed mobile and the earnings,” said Kevin phones. the fi rst half. ZTE recorded 300 percent rankings in the second quarter, ally, behind Nokia, Samsung, operating system and smart- Gin, a Hong Kong-based ana- “I wouldn’t say the low-end Th e company also aims to growth in the US market in researchers said last week. LG Electronics Inc, Apple phone running on its cloud lyst at Yuanta Securities Co. smartphone is a completely make the United States its the fi rst half. Nokia dominated the and Research In Motion Inc, computing-based operating “Looking forward, the devel- new market. I would say that top market in sales in the Chinese technology com- smartphone market since its according to Gartner Inc. system. oper has suffi cient resources to generate profi ts from projects.” The company recorded about HK$1.2 billion from two transactions including the sale Commodities hit eight-month low as slowdown erodes demand of interests in three projects to a real estate fund and the acqui- sition of the control of China By SUNGWOO PARK cent to 598.46, the lowest level US credit rating has fueled a lot Crude for September deliv- “badly” should the US debt and may have limited room for Overseas Grand Ocean Group BLOOMBERG NEWS since Dec 2, and was at 611.73 of those concerns. Th e market ery fell as much as 6.9 percent rating downgrade spur a slow- further stimulus. Ltd, it said in the statement. at 3:30 pm in Seoul. Th e mea- is also focusing on the Euro- to $75.71 a barrel in electronic down in the global economy, Copper for three-month SEOUL — Commodities sure has dropped 5.2 percent in pean situation.” trading on the New York Mer- according to Credit Suisse delivery fell as much as 3.8 ‘Confi dent’ on outlook plunged to their lowest level two days, extending last week’s Investors dumped equi- cantile Exchange and last trad- Group AG. percent to $8,446.25 a ton Th e company’s Hong Kong- in eight months on Tuesday, 5.9 percent decline. Oil lost ties and most raw materials ed at $79.08 a barrel. and traded at $8,748 a ton in traded stock decreased 3.05 extending two weeks of losses. as much as 6.9 percent to the for the perceived safety of US Chinese infl ation London. Gold for December percent to HK$15.92 on Tues- Th e retreat came on concern lowest level in more than 10 Treasuries, the Swiss franc and G7 ready for action Inflation in China, the delivery climbed as much as day. However, the shares have that the global months, and copper fell to an gold amid escalating debt con- Group of Seven nations world’s biggest consumer of 3.6 percent to $1,774.80 an gained 11 percent this year, one MARKETS share-market eight-month low. cerns in the United States and have said they will take every energy, iron ore, soybeans ounce, a record for the most of the best performer on the rout will slow “Th e market is now worried Europe. Th e MSCI Asia Pacifi c action necessary to stabilize and copper, accelerated to the active contract. Hang Seng Property Index. the economy and erode about another global reces- Index, which last week entered financial markets after S&P fastest pace in three years in Wheat for December delivery Th e company is “confi dent” demand. Gold jumped to a sion,” said Natalie Robertson, a so-called correction aft er fall- lowered the US rating by one July. Elevated infl ation shows dropped as much as 1.9 percent about the medium- and long- record on demand for a haven. a commodity analyst at Aus- ing more than 10 percent from level to AA+. The European that China is still dealing with to $6.82 a bushel on the Chi- term development of China’s Standard & Poor’s GSCI tralia & New Zealand Bank- its May peak, slumped as much Central Bank started buying the aft er-eff ects of an unprec- cago Board of Trade. Corn for property market, citing indus- Index of 24 raw materials ing Group Ltd in Melbourne. as 5.5 percent on Tuesday, fall- Italian and Spanish bonds. edented monetary expansion December delivery declined as trialization and urbanization. tumbled as much as 3.6 per- “The S&P downgrade of the ing for a sixth straight day. China’s exports will be hurt during the last global slump much as 2.3 percent to $6.70. Property prospects in Hong Kong and Macao are “good”, Chairman Kong Qingping said marketroundup in Tuesday’s statement. China Overseas, which COMMODITIES ASIA INDEXES builds homes and offices on the Chinese mainland, Hong Shanghai Futures Exchange Nikkei 225 KOSPI Straits Times BSE Sensex Kong and Macao, said operat- Commodity Contracts Price Change% Japan 8944.48 South Korea 1801.35 Singapore 2884 India 16857.91 ing profit rose 37 percent to -1.68% -3.64% -3.7% -0.78% Aluminum OCT1 17265 0.91 HK$10.9 billion. Operating 1800 2930 17050 profi t from the Chinese main- Copper OCT1 65960 -2.45 8880 Rubber JAN2 32785 -2.28 land increased 29 percent from 1760 2900 16850 Fuel Oil DEC1 4880 -1.65 8800 a year earlier, accounting for 79 Zinc OCT1 16400 -1.77 8720 1720 2870 16650 percent of the overall result. Gold DEC1 362.46 2.57 The company’s contracted Wire Rod DEC1 4837 2.11 9:00 13:00 15:00 9:00 13:00 15:00 9:00 13:00 17:00 9:00 13:00 15:30 sales advanced 82.4 percent in Rebar JAN2 4765 -0.38 the fi rst seven months from a CHINA INDEXES year earlier to HK$60.3 billion, Dalian Commodity Exchange Shanghai Composite Shanghai B Shares Shenzhen Component Shenzhen B Shares it said in a statement on Mon- Commodity Contracts Price Change% day. Developers in Hong Kong Soybean#1 MAY2 4485 -1.23 2526.07 -0.03% 258.629 +0.08% 11315.08 +0.02% 660.307 -1.69% and the Chinese mainland Soybean#2 NOV1 4755 -2.04 11350 2520 660 usually start selling properties Soybean Meal JAN2 3238 -1.13 257 while they’re still under con- Corn JAN2 2322 0.13 11200 2490 253 650 struction and book profi t as the Soybean Oil JAN2 9788 -1.73 LLDPE JAN2 10660 -3.44 2460 11050 project is being built. 249 640 Palm Oil JAN2 8528 -2.16 PVC JAN2 7760 -3.48 9:30 13:00 15:00 9:30 13:00 15:00 9:30 13:00 15:00 9:30 13:00 15:00 Ahead of target “The company has already CSI 300 MARKET DIGEST TOP 10 BY VOLUME IN SHANGHAI achieved more than half of the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange 2798.19 +0.15% year’s sales target,” said Nicole Commodity Contracts Price Change% 2800 Shanghai Shenzhen Hong Kong Name Last Change% Vol(m) Wheat JAN2 2139 -1.16 Wong, a Hong Kong-based Gainers 322 352 127 Zijin Mining 5.67 -1.05 364 property analyst at CLSA SG Wheat JAN2 2718 -0.88 2760 Cotton#1 JAN2 20640 -0.91 Losers 588 698 976 China State Con 3.47 2.36 152 Asia-Pacifi c Markets, who had White Sugar JAN2 7245 -0.52 2720 a “buy” rating on the stock. Unchanged 18 23 81 Mingsheng Bank 5.21 0.77 143 PTA JAN2 8934 -2.89 “China Overseas already oper- 9:30 13:00 15:00 Rapeseed Oil JAN2 10192 -1.62 Agriculture Bank of China 2.59 0.39 139 ated in those home-purchase Early Rice JAN2 2586 0.35 Hang Seng SUBINDEX Meiyan Hydropower 3.59 -5.03 137 restriction zones in the first 19330.7 -5.66% Name Last Change% Bao Steel 6.68 0.15 120 half, so their earnings in the Bohai Commodity Exchange next half will not be much dif- 19900 Hang Seng A+H 1817.65 -3.75 Communication Bank 4.54 1.34 117 Commodity Price Change% ferent.” SME Composite 6320.66 -0.01 Coke 1964 -1.31 19500 Pudong Development Bank 8.87 1.6 111 The developer acquired 16 Oil 5270 -1.35 SSE Fund 4164.33 0.31 Merchants Bank 11.51 0.7 102 plots in China in the fi rst half Deformed Steel Bar 5179 -0.34 19100 and plans to expand its land SZSE Fund 5341.60 0.62 China Unicom 4.68 -1.47 99 Hot Rolled Coil 4625 -0.45 10:00 13:00 16:00 bank at low cost in the future. life

CHINA DAILY CHINADAILY.COM.CN/LIFE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 | PAGE 19 Why citizen journalism sounds much better in theory

itizen journalism has had a great press recently and from reading some of the breathless commentary you might be for- C given for thinking that the future news land- scape will consist solely of press releases and netizen comments in 140 characters or less. One of the catalysts for thinking that micro blogs are taking over the media space occupied by papers, TV screens and websites is the role it played in July’s Wen- zhou train crash. Even China Daily got onboard and noted in a cover story how micro blogs “broke the news, joined the rescue work, helped JULES QUARTLY survivors and families of victims and monitored WEB CRAWLER the authorities”. As if micro blogs hadn’t done enough already, they also “took on the mantle of the fourth estate” — leaving us poor hacks out in the cold, presumably. But hold on a minute. Many of the micro blog reports turned out to be by journalists working in traditional fashion, just publishing their work on the micro blog

platform. Th ey were read and believed in the fi rst place Guo Fengxian, a young mother from Yangjiu village in Wuding county, Yunnan province, feeds her baby food supplements. PHOTOS BY QIN QING / XINHUA because they worked for respected organizations or were trusted individually because they had built a track record. As we know, there’s so much dross and dissimulation out there, it’s necessary to go to respected sources that check their facts. Quoting a netizen (or citizen) doesn’t necessarily make it true. In fact, since they do not pub- lish their real names, are not held accountable for what Breast-fed is best fed they say and have no credentials to prove they know what they are talking about, they can be suspect sources. While citizen journalism certainly has its place it’s easy to get carried away. People always want to have Fewer than one in three Chinese moms put their babies exclusively on their say and a new medium of expression doesn’t change this. Whistle-blowers, those who write letters to papers, paste posters on trees or broadcast their views breastmilk for the fi rst six months of life, even though it’s the best source of on radio are doing the same thing. Yu Fei Th e transformation in citizen journalism is down to nutrition for infants. of China Features reports. speed and readership. Tweets are composed and sent in a minute to become part of the public domain forever. earing her toddler wail makes Zhang with other mothers. Lest we forget, however, they are transmitted by organi- Shuyi feel nervous. She continues to Hipgrave says that breastfeeding is not always easy zations that control the fl ow of information in much the breastfeed her 2-year-old, supplement- for women in China. Th ey oft en regard breastfeeding same way as any other traditional media organization, ing the toddler’s diet with solid foods, as a very private activity, fi nding it diffi cult to breastfeed whether it’s government backed or a private company. but worries he may not be getting in public places, most of which have no private rooms. Someone who seems to have just woken up to this Henough milk and is crying from hunger. He also says the pervasive presence of advertise- fact is “Stone Man” or Song Shinan, a university lecturer Zhang, 35, is a doctor at the Capital Institute of Pediat- ments for baby formula and promotions of breast milk and “commentator” who trumpeted the cause of Sina rics in Beijing, and a believer in what is known as “exclu- substitutes have shaken the confi dence of many young Weibo aft er the train crash with some shrill notes: sive breastfeeding’’ — defi ned internationally as putting mothers to breastfeed. “Th e nature of Weibo’s communication empowers an infant on just breast milk for the fi rst six months of An says she doesn’t know how the milk powder the voice of Internet users. It has pressured authorities life and supplementing the child’s diet with solid foods companies got access to her telephone number. Th ey to investigate further and answer questions raised by for the next two years. oft en call her to promote their products. During public Internet users,” he opined in South China Morning Post. Although her son looks healthy, he is much thinner parent-child activities and holidays, the companies are “No one can aff ord to ignore Weibo now as it facilitates than other children his age, much to the dismay of her quick to make their presence known, setting up booths information fl ow and directly refl ects public opinion.” parents and in-laws. and handing out free gift s. Fast forward a few weeks and Song has performed a For older Chinese, fat babies are healthy babies, and Although China enacted a law to prohibit the adver- spectacular volte face. He is now ignoring Sina Weibo Zhang’s parents have urged her to switch to formula milk. tisement and promotion of breast milk substitutes in and in a statement dripping with bitterness said, “never Since China adopted the global defi nition of “exclu- 1995, its enforcement lacks teeth. again will I post on this service”. sive breastfeeding” in 2007, there are no reliable statis- According to an investigation conducted by the He claims he fell out with Sina aft er he retweeted a tics on it before that year. China Consumers Association in 15 cities, includ- Xinhua news report about artist Ai Weiwei’s release and David Hipgrave, chief of health and nutrition for ing Beijing, Chongqing municipality and Liaoning’s since then has been on the watch list. He says he used UNICEF China, says, “According to the most recent provincial capital Shenyang, formula manufacturers all his powers of persuasion to get onside with Sina national statistics from the 2008 national health service invariably target hospitals, malls and supermarkets to management but has given up because the organization survey, the rate of exclusive breast-feeding is 28 percent market their products. is “thug-like … shrewd and immoral” and is “muting” for six months. Zhang Xianli, a mother in Yangjiu village, Yunnan Experts say formula milk powder makes children his voice. “Th is is a bit higher than we expected but still rather province, breastfeeds her baby. more prone to infections, asthma, meningitis, obesity Basically, he thinks it’s not fair because it won’t do low.” and diabetes. Low-quality milk powder and formula what he wants. And that’s the end of his citizen journal- Many studies have shown that breast milk is the most substitutes are oft en marketed in poor rural areas, where ism on Sina Weibo, because it’s not “the only choice, let hygienic source of nutrition for infants during the fi rst 28 many parents have been forced to leave their children in alone the best one”. six months of life. Even when solid foods are started, the care of grandparents while they work in the cities. Micro blogs are exactly what they say they are — breastfeeding should continue for up to two years since percent Although rates of breastfeeding in rural areas is much very small blogs. Th eir novelty has people like Song it is an important source of nutrition, experts say. of Chinese mothers exclusively breastfeed higher than in the cities, people in rural areas have getting carried away and imagining citizen journalists Th ere is evidence that breastfeeding protects infants many misunderstandings about breastfeeding. their children for six months. like himself will seize media power, rather than being against sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), allergies, Ye Yan, a village doctor in Baizi, Yunnan province, just another voice in the fi rmament. He was in need acute respiratory infections and ear infections. A WHO- says more than 90 percent of the women in the village of a reality adjustment. If only he hadn’t got so carried led global study shows that adults who were breastfed as breastfeed their children until they are 1 year old. away with kiddy fervor in the fi rst place, I don’t think he infants had lower blood pressure and cholesterol, as well 13 But at the same time, she says, mothers are encouraged would be throwing such a tantrum now. as a lower prevalence of obesity and diabetes. to add supplementary foods as early as the fourth month. “Although I know a lot about breastfeeding, I still wor- million Malnutrition is common among infants older than ry that my milk is not enough for my child,” Zhang says. of the world’s 177 million malnourished children six months in these remote, poor regions, as a result Her husband, Liu Huan says: “I know from the child- live in China, according to a 2009 UNICEF report. of the improper introduction of supplementary foods. rearing training sessions that I attended before my son According to a 2009 UNICEF report on nutrition, was born that breast milk is the best for our child. I on formula straight away. China is home to 13 million of the world’s 177 million always encourage my wife to breastfeed our baby, but However, An kept trying and has breastfed her child malnourished children. Although these numbers have sometimes, it’s very hard for her.” every day since. She even hired a nurse to give her mas- declined, China has more of them than any country in Zhang says that the fi rst month aft er her baby was sages to help her produce more milk. the world, except India. Chen Chunming, an expert born, as well as the time she returned to work aft er When An resumed work, she found she had little with the China Disease Prevention and Control Center, exhausting her maternity leave, were the hardest. time to continue breastfeeding. “I considered switching says many children younger than age 2 suff er from ane- Th e fi rst month she worried she wasn’t feeding him to formula, but I’ve managed to persist,” she says. mia because traditional Chinese diets lack fresh meat, enough. Resuming work left her feeling very tired, and She relocated to a new home closer to her offi ce and which leads to iron defi ciencies. this aff ected her ability to produce milk. purchased an electric bicycle, allowing her to make Th e rate of anemia among urban infants is more than Zhang continued to breastfeed her baby after he quick trips during her lunch break to breastfeed her 20 percent, with the fi gure going up for rural infants, reached his fi rst birthday, a time when most Chinese baby. On days when she can’t make it home, she car- Chen says. mothers wean their children. “Many people have criti- ries a breast pump and an icebox to collect and store UNICEF is cooperating with the Chinese government cized me. But I remember that once this old woman saw the milk for her baby to drink later. Her goal is to keep to provide food supplements to address nutritional me feeding my son and said, ‘What a fortunate child’. I breastfeeding through her child’s fi rst year. problems. Families in 550 rural counties will be provided felt so happy to hear that. If only more people could give “Although my daughter is thinner than other babies with free daily supplements, which contain a mixture of us such encouragement,” she says. her age, she could stand up on her own much earlier nine vitamins and minerals in a soybean-based powder. An Jiangqun, 32, was still receiving calls from work than others. She plays by herself and doesn’t cry much,” Counties in the provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi and Sich- as she was making her way to the hospital delivery An says. uan have already seen a 30 percent reduction in new room. She couldn’t produce any milk right aft er giving She oft en browses online parenting forums, encour- anemia cases since the introduction of the supplements PANG LI / CHINA DAILY birth and her daughter, now 7 months, had to be put aging other parents to breastfeed and even swaps tips in 2009. 20 lifepulse WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 CHINA DAILY Want to ace Chinese exam? Finding hope, escaping Turn on the TV By ALEXIS HOOI CHINA DAILY

Chinese is supposed to be my second lan- clutches of ‘that disease’ guage, but it was one of my weakest subjects in school. I was so bad that my teachers felt better A summer camp helps children of parents with HIV/AIDS from Henan off if I slept at the back of the class or left early for recess. One hap- less instructor even pro- province see a future. Xu Lin reports. vided me with extra hints to help me pass the exams, but it was futile. Force-fed i Yujia, 24, sales manager at an with Chinese textbooks automobile 4S store in Beijing, is and tuition, I lost the little L talking intently to a group of 35 HOTPOT interest in the language I students in a park. had and instead developed Th e youngsters listen attentively as Li, not an aversion for it that made me skip class at her real name, shares her life story. every opportunity. Both Li and her listeners are from Henan I was one of those youngsters many Sin- province and have at least one parent who is gaporean Chinese teased as “potato eaters” living with, or has died of HIV/AIDS. — choosing a Western spud-fi lled diet over “I’m telling them how I made it through rice or noodles as staples. the years, to encourage them,” Li says. So former classmates are constantly sur- Th e students are taking part in an annual prised to fi nd out I have landed up in China one-week summer camp sponsored by the — where the language barrier can still be Chi Heng Foundation, which was founded very daunting even in increasingly interna- in 1998 in Hong Kong and has been fund- tional cities. ing these students’ educations and living Th ey will be even more surprised to know expenses since 2002. that I recently chose to subject myself to a The foundation has helped more than famously excruciating Chinese exam — the 8,000 children from nine provinces, fewer Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, or HSK national than 1 percent of whom are themselves liv- Chinese profi ciency test. ing with HIV/AIDS. Many foreigners in China will attest to In the 1990s, tens of thousands of impov- the various ways of making the six diff erent erished farmers from Henan made a living grades of the HSK — with level 6 being the by illegally selling blood. highest — by spending enormous amounts Over the years, many of them were infect- of time and money on Chinese lessons. ed with HIV, as the blood was oft en collected But those are not enough. Admirable traits in unsanitary conditions, and needle sharing like determination and courage to practice was rampant. speaking and writing the language at every According to Henan’s Department of opportunity are also needed. Health, there were more than 49,000 people Out of curiosity and fueled by a sudden living with HIV/AIDS in the province as of shot of masochism, I decided to sign up for the end of 2010. the level 5 test in June. In 2003, the government began to provide But my distaste for textbooks and classes HIV/AIDS patients in rural areas with free also meant that I had not attended a single medicine. However, most of them had to decent Chinese lesson in the four years since stay home because of their poor health, PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY I started working in the country, with seem- leading to a loss in family incomes. The It is the fi rst time most summer camp participants have visited scenic spots, universities and companies. ingly little to draw on for the exam. I was children had to not just deal with poverty probably also going to be the oldest person but also suffer psychologically from the includes visits to scenic spots, such as the brush up my English so I can communicate in the room to take the test. Age and sloth are stigma of HIV/AIDS. Summer Palace and the National Stadium with them. Th ey seem so diff erent from us, not a good mix for any academic endeavor. “When I was in primary school, I only (Bird’s Nest), universities and companies, and I’m curious about them.” Luckily enough, I have been fed with knew that my parents were in poor health,” team-building activities, skating, painting For these students, HIV/AIDS is a taboo a steady diet of Chinese TV during most says Li, who fi nished her high school and and dancing. word and they avoid mentioning it. Th ey of my time in Beijing. Who would have university education with the foundation’s “We should not only ensure they receive instead call it “that disease”. Even a passing thought that the countless hours of mind- assistance and now helps as a volunteer. educations but also show concern for them. mention of “that disease” makes them fall lessly watching off erings like historical “I discovered what their disease was nine Th e summer camp gives them hope for the silent, and some even shed tears. dramas, sword-fi ghting series, variety years ago but could not open up to anyone future and shows them what universities “Th ey have witnessed the wasting away of shows and monotonous-sounding docu- for fear of being looked down upon. I felt and enterprises are like,” says To Chung, their parents and faced society’s discrimina- mentaries helped me to tap an interest in inferior and dared not speak to anyone,” founder and chairman of the foundation. tion. I was shocked to see their paintings in Chinese that was buried deep in my sub- she says. For most of the participants, it’s their fi rst 2004 that were full of sadness and helpless- conscious? When she entered a university in Beijing time to leave their hometowns to come to ness,” says Lee Wai-fong, art program direc- I could always feel the familiarity of impe- in 2005, she was careful never to mention a city, to travel by train, to experience the tor of the foundation. rial court intrigues in period dramas that I her hometown, as the village is well known subway, skate, dance, study painting and “So I introduced painting lessons in the fi rst remember my grandmother watching for its HIV/AIDS patients. eat at KFC. summer camp, and they learned quickly. in the Hong Kong versions of the 1980s, or She even kept her secret from her boy- “Everything is new to me. Th e trains I Art therapy can really help them resolve the history lessons in the school curriculum friend, who ended their four-year relation- have seen on TV look shabby, but the real their inner pain.” that documentary researchers also talked ship in 2008 after finding out about her trains are well-equipped and fast,” says an According to Zhang Qiushuang, a staff about over the latest Chinese treasures from family. 18-year-old, who is waiting for her univer- member of the foundation’s Henan offi ce, tomb excavations. “It’s diffi cult for us to fi nd a spouse,” she sity admission decisions. not everyone is willing to accept help Th is TV-based form of “total immersion” says. “But I’m glad that people’s thinking Her parents both have AIDS and do because receiving assistance from the foun- in Chinese culture also provided fodder about the disease is improving. My current Painting helps participants deal with their farmwork and odd jobs to raise their three dation outs their parents as having HIV/ for my conversations with friends and col- boyfriend and his family are willing to help inner pain. children. A loner in school, she has opened AIDS. Some would rather do part-time jobs leagues. Apart from discussing centuries-old my parents. up at the camp and is a team leader, who to get through. archeological mysteries, the goggle box must “For people like us, the only way out is to Li, who is participating in the camp for likes to communicate with others. “I used “It is important to protect their privacy. be one of the best ways to provide the latest be educated. Had I had not received an edu- the fi rst time as a volunteer, says it off ers an to be afraid of crowds, but now I have the When I visit families living with HIV/AIDS, celebrity gossip and fashion trends to keep up cation, I would also have become another opportunity to help broaden the students’ courage to talk to a stranger,” she says. I usually tell the neighbors I’m a relative. In any animated exchange in Mandarin. married woman with several kids in the vision. A 15-year-old, whose father died from the camp, too, we use nicknames and ask Consider the common exclamation from countryside, like many of my childhood Th is is the seventh summer camp orga- AIDS several years ago, says: “Th is is the the participants not to tell outsiders the any local friend: “What? You even know friends.” nized by the foundation. The schedule fi rst time for me to see foreigners. I want to names of their hometowns,” Zhang says. so-and-so has gotten her nose fi xed? Your Chinese must be really good now!” Or how about: “You’ve seen the latest what’snew drama version of A Dream of Red Mansions three times? It must be all the pretty faces TV starlet hits silver screen actor known for his role in the 2004 fi lm Th e assessments by education specialists and in it!” Maybe even: “You really think the If Chorus; star of the 1992 classic Th e Lover Jane recruiters from top US universities and colleges. You Are Th e One Actress Yang Mi, who rose to overnight fame March; and French singer Clemence Saint- Skills such as English, logical thinking and lead- matchmaking reality show aft er appearing in the lead role in the popular Preux star in the fi lm. Chinese actor Deng Chao ership, in addition to academic performance, is staged? Come on, nobody could make all time travel-based TV series Palace, will star in performs the leading role. were evaluated. of that up! I would actually really prefer to four blockbuster fi lms. Th e 25-year-old’s cinematic debut, Mysterious cry in a BMW rather than smile on a bicycle Island, has brought in 85 million yuan ($13.22 Park gets Rodin sculptures Ink art group founded myself.” million) since July 8. Th e fi lming of two of the Changchun World Sculpture Park will bring About 400 artists recently announced the So there you go. Now that I have the HSK fi lms, a kungfu fl ick and a spy thriller, will start in two original works — Balzac and Bronze founding of the Chinese Ink Painting Society level 5 fi rmly under my belt, I just need to in October. She will also play the lead in a hor- Age — by Francois-Auguste-Rene Rodin from in Beijing. start hitting the books for a serious shot at ror fi lm adapted from a novel by Can Jun and a France’s Rodin Museum in September. Th ey Veteran birds-and-fl owers painter Guo fi lm version of the opera Turandot. level 6. My former Chinese-language teach- will be displayed alongside Rodin’s Th e Th inker, Olympic TV program airs Yizong was elected as the academic NGO’s fi rst chairman. ers from school would be proud. which is already in the park, at Rodin Square, On July 27, China Network Television Tibetan album released near the park’s main entrance. “In recent decades, Chinese ink art has made (CNTV) began airing London Action, a pro- great headway, and the market … is booming,” Since 1997, Jilin’s provincial capital Aft er eight years of preparation and produc- gram tracking the run-up to the 2012 London Guo says. Changchun has staged 11 international sculp- tion, Tibetan singer Rongzhong Erjia recently Olympic Games. He also said society has a responsibility to ture exhibitions. Th is year, the park has brought released his latest album, Th e Mystery of Tibet Chinese actress Li Bingbing was appointed as “advance the time-honored art form in the new — Th e Song of Shepherds, in Beijing. Th e album together the greatest number of artists yet — 111 the program’s image ambassador. century and introduce it to people all over the is the renowned singer-songwriter’s third, aft er sculptors from 101 countries and regions around CNTV will be the exclusive Internet and world.” Plateau Red and Th e Mystical Jiuzhai. the world. mobile broadcaster of the London Olympic Th e new album was inspired by the Tibetan And thanks to donations by Li Songshan and Games on the Chinese mainland. CNTV aired tale of King Gesar, which is the world’s longest Han Rong, a couple living in Africa for more 3,800 hours of footage about the Beijing Olym- Bilateral media forum held epic. Th e singer-songwriter traveled through- than 40 years, visitors can take a close look at pic Games in 2008. It was the only media to air A Sino-Pakistani media forum was recently out the Tibet autonomous region to learn local more than 1,000 original African wood, bronze, every Olympic event. held in Beijing. Th e event, co-organized by Chi- herdsmen’s songs. Every song on the album tells stone and mud sculptures in the park’s new na International Publishing Group (CIPG) and a story about Gesar. African Art Museum. Whiz kids win big bucks the Pakistani Embassy in Beijing, drew more Th e new album has two versions — one in than 50 journalists from 20 media organization Tibetan and one in Mandarin. TV special presents Qixi Th e 300,000 yuan ($46,564) award for the from both countries. fi rst Super Students Competition has been split Th e media plays an important role in promot- China Central Television (CCTV) broadcast between Bai Ke from Hainan Middle School in Couple kissed by luck ing people-to-people contact and intercultural an 11-hour live program based on Qixi festival, Hainan province and Zhu Hao from St Paul’s dialogue between the two countries, CIPG presi- A young Chinese couple has won the chance known as “China’s Valentine’s Day”, from 11 am School in Zhejiang province. dent Zhou Mingwei told the forum. to attend the premiere of Perfect Baby, a romantic to 10 pm on Aug 6. Th e top 20 students have won free consulta- Pakistan’s ambassador to China Masood comedy to hit screens in late August, by kissing Th e program showed Chinese wedding tions on study abroad opportunities from Chi- Khan expressed hopes that “media networks ceremonies, banquets and attire across several in public. naEdu, the contest’s organizer. from the two countries intensify their contacts PANG LI/ CHINA DAILY Th e fi lm is set in Paris and deals with the generations. It also presented the history and More than 3,300 middle school and high (and) have closer cooperation”. relationship between a Chinese man and a culture surrounding the Qixi festival. And the school students applied to enter the contest, To comment or contribute, French girl. Jean-Baptiste Maunier, the French show featured vocalists singing love songs. which started in May. Candidates underwent CHINA DAILY e-mail [email protected] CHINA DAILY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 lifefun 21 horoscope language tips Capricorn (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) BETTER CHINESE crossword It’s a time for building bridges, not barriers. For the sake of harmony and progress, you and your mate shouldn’t be butting heads, but putting them together for a common cause. 甲骨文 ML̤J̴Z̧Q Oracle bone inscriptions Aquarius (JAN. 20-FEB. 19) With your physical and mental energies both in high gear, you 甲骨文因刻在龟甲与兽骨上而得名，是目前已知的中国最早的成熟文 could have diffi culty distinguishing the diff erences between assertiveness and mere aggressiveness. Take care. 字，被称为“档案库”。甲骨文所记载的内容非常丰富，涉及到商代 社会经济生活的各个方面，不仅包括政治，文化，军事，社会习俗等 Pisces (FEB. 20-MARCH 20) 内容，同时涉及天文，历法，医药等科学技术。 Instead of associating with a clique that is made up of certain people who make you feel uncomfortable, you should fi nd com- panions who have pleasant ways to spend their time. ML̤J̴Z̧Q\̪QN̩]̥LJX̪ML̤\̴VḴXJ̴VK̥QJ̧UĢP̫QJVK̭P̵ TḶQ\̬]K̪GH]K̮QJJX̯]X̭]̤RGHFĶQJVK̳Z̧Q]̭E̩LFK̦QJ Aries (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) Z̧L᱑G̥QJ̥QN̵᱒ML̤J̴Z̧QVX̰M̭]̤LGHQ̩LU̯QJI̦LFḲQJ If you want others to be supportive of your interests, you must be there for them when they need you. Make some time to help an I̦QJI̵VK̩M̫G̥RVK̢QJG̥LVK̩KX̭M̪QJM̭VK̦QJKX̯GHJ̩J̩ associate who could use a little assistance. I̢QJPL̥QE̳M̬QE̢RNX̱]K̩QJ]K̭Z̧QKX̥MXQVK̭VK̩KX̭[̫ V̳G̨QJQ̩LU̯QJW̯QJVK̫VK̩M̫WL̢QZ̧QO̭I̤\̪\̥RG̨QJN̦[X̧ Taurus (APRIL 20-MAY 20) M̭VK̵ Being in a talkative mood could have you telling others about things you might otherwise keep to yourself. Don’t let something slip out that you need to keep under tight wraps. Oracle bone inscriptions were ancient Chinese characters carved on tortoise shells or animal bones. They are the Gemini (MAY 21-JUNE 20) earliest known examples of a mature written language in When you fi nd yourself in a spending mood, your material desires can be very pronounced, which could be the case at his juncture. China. These inscriptions are called “file archives” as they Be very careful about going off on a wild spree. are a record of all aspects of the social and economic life in the Shang Dynasty (16th centur y-11th centur y BC). The Cancer (JUNE 21-JULY 22) content ranges from politics, culture, military affairs and You’re more easily infl uenced than you may realize, so take care that you’re not unduly swayed by others to waste your time. Set social customs, to science and technology, astronomy and some goals and go after them. medicine.

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Women who took the supple- Sunglasses aren’t just a fash- ments every day for two years didn’t ion statement or another prop have any improvement in their for celebrities to mask their symptoms compared with those identity — they also protect who took a soy-free placebo pill — the eyes. and they suff ered more hot fl ashes by the end of the study. “Sunglasses are more Researchers also didn’t see any than just an accessory,” says changes in their bone mineral Lu Yanyun, director of the density compared to women taking Optometry and Glasses Cen- placebos. Low bone mineral density ter at Beijing Tongren Hos- puts women at higher risk of osteo- porosis and broken bones. pital. Women seeking relief from “Th ey can provide our eyes menopause symptoms have been very powerful protection without a clear go-to treatment against bright sunlight.” since the Women’s Health Initiative Excessive exposure to sun- (WHI) study of hormone therapy reported heart and cancer risks with light, including both visible estrogen and progestin use. and invisible sunlight, can “What prompted us to do this cause more than just discom- study was in the wake of WHI when fort, and the most common many of our patients stopped using form of damage comes from hormone therapy,” says Dr Silvina Levis, the study’s lead author from ultraviolet and blue light, Lu the Miller School of Medicine, Uni- explains. versity of Miami. Ultraviolet light, mostly “Many of them had just gone to a ultraviolet A and ultraviolet health food store and started on soy B, can cause short-term and supplements,” she says. “Th e study was started to try to long-term eye problems, such answer a simple question: Will these as cataracts, snow blindness, soy isofl avone tablets help women and eye cancers. with the issues they were concerned High-energy light, which with?” includes blue light, is thought “We didn’t see any protection from bone loss or any relief from to be a cause of age-related menopause symptoms.” Aft er this, macular degeneration. she adds, “maybe women will recon- Macula is an oval-shaped, sider” taking soy tablets during highly pigmented yellow spot menopause. near the center of the retina, and acts as a natural sun- Stem cell research blocker that absorbs excess off ers hope to blue and ultraviolet light. It infertile men is also responsible for central, A team of scientists has reported high-resolution vision. producing viable sperm using the “A pair of sunglasses can stem cells of mice in an experiment effi ciently cancel out the blue that researchers hope could one day and ultraviolet light, thus pro- lead to treating infertile men. Th e Kyoto University research- tecting the optic nerve and ers managed to induce mice stem macula,” Lu says. cells into creating sperm precursors, “But the prerequisite is that which were transplanted into infer- the sunglasses are of good tile male mice. Th e mice then pro- quality and well-chosen.” duced sperm that was successfully used to fertilize eggs in a lab dish. When choosing sunglasses, Th e off spring were healthy and the fi rst thing to make sure is fertile, according to a paper pub- that the product has a quality lished online in the scientifi c journal Experts say the improper use of cosmetic contact lenses can cause permanent damage to the eyes. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY certifi cate. Cell. Sunglasses from a hawker Members of the research team, may look like those in a repu- led by Mitinori Saitou, say they believe their success may help in table glass store, but the qual- the development of infertility treat- ity gap is wider than the price ments in humans, although they say diff erence, Lu notes. many hurdles remain. “Pay attention to certified “We have high hopes, but it’s manufacturer labels on the not that easy,” Saitou says. “Th ere are many diffi cult issues ahead in glasses that refl ect the ability applying this to humans. But it is a of the glasses to shield ultra- COLORED fi rst step.” violet light,” Lu says. Experts outside the group say it’s Another thing to consider is an important fi rst step toward infer- the color of the lens. tility treatment. “Th is is a very good experiment Th e color can vary depend- for thinking about treatment of ing on style and purpose, infertile man but a very very long but for daily use, gray, green, LENSES CARRY RISKS way,” says Toshio Suda, develop- brown and other comfortable mental biology professor at Keio colors are recommended, as University. they can maintain true vision and increase color contrast. ashionable young people are increasingly AT A GLANCE be purchased without a prescription. In China, Researchers learn On the other hand, candy turning to colored contact lenses to add without permission from the State Food and more about starving colors and bright colors should a touch of glamour to their appearance. Drug Administration, it is illegal to sell corrected parasites to death be avoided because their ability F Yet, few of them are aware of the health contact lenses, including colored lenses that can Researchers in Australia are to cancel out light is limited, risks of these fashion accessories that range in improve vision, according to Lu. working on a technique that will and they can distort vision, Lu color from black to exotic green, blue and yellow. Yet, there’s no related law concerning the dis- allow them to starve to death suggests. Pan Siming, a journalist with Beijing-based tribution of the non-corrective colored lenses, parasites that are proving harder to destroy using existing drugs. Th e shape of the glass frame Consumption Daily, never expected that a pair which many people consider to be nothing more Th e parasite they used in the is a personal choice, but bear of colored contact lenses priced at 100 yuan than a fashion accessory, Lu says. study was the Leishmania, which is in mind the curve of the frame ($15.50) would end up costing her much more Lu Huizhi, a graduate student at Qingdao transmitted by the bite of the phle- should be not too dramatic, — the health of her eyes. University of Science and Technology, once ran botomine sandfl y. Aft er a period of or, the lenses will practically Th e 26-year-old used to wear black-colored a small business selling colored lenses to earn incubation, the parasite causes huge skin sores, fever, anemia and dam- become a prism and distort lenses she bought online, but it wasn’t long before extra money. ages the spleen and liver. It aff ects 12 the vision. her eyes became itchy and red. • Contact lens users should check with an He bought the products on the Internet and million people worldwide and has Last but not least, people She didn’t pay much attention to the symptoms eye care provider before using colored then sold them at a gift shop in the campus. become more resistant to current with eye problems, such as until one of her relatives, a contact user who had lenses to make sure there is no eye infection. “Business was stunningly good. I could sell at drugs. abnormal intraocular pressure experienced similar discomfort, told her that least 80 pairs a month. Th e profi t rate was above Th e scientists exposed the para- • Long-term users should check with a site to a large variety of food sources. and glaucoma, need to con- it might be caused by the poor-quality contact specialist periodically to avoid potential 80 percent,” says the young man, adding most of Using highly sensitive equipment, sult an optician on whether to lenses and could lead to a corneal ulcer. complications. the buyers were university students. they tracked how these nutrients wear sunglasses. “I was horrifi ed,” says Pan, who has stopped • Conventional contact lenses must be taken “Many customers think the lenses are like were broken down and absorbed “A pair of ill-chosen sun- wearing contact lenses. off after 10 hours of use a day, and colored using makeup,” Lu says. “No one seems to doubt into the bodies of the parasites. glasses will harm the eyes. Compared with ordinary contact lenses, col- lenses should not be worn for more than their safety.” “Using this technique we found four hours. that Leishmania parasites are very Always buy them from a qual- ored lenses carry greater risks of ocular irritation, “Lenses of low quality are a great safety con- dependent on the use of sugars for • Care and cleaning of the lenses is important ifi ed store,” Lu says. redness and infection, says Lu Yanyun, director cern,” says Lu, with Tongren Hospital. “Even energy and growth. Th is was sur- to avoid infection. of the Optometry and Glasses Center at Beijing when people feel they are problem-free, there are prising as previous studies suggested Tongren Hospital. • Do not wear lenses if you have a cold, are risks. It is vital that wearers have a proper fi tting that these parasites may be able to Due to the layer of tinted color, they are thicker pregnant, or are swimming. at a qualifi ed glasses and lens store, and have use a range of other nutrients for and harder than ordinary contact lenses, and • When irritation occurs, take off the lenses regular eye exams.” growth (such as amino acids and as soon as possible and rest the eyes. fats),” writes lead author Malcolm additionally are less permeable, which can lead to Lu tells of one patient whose eyes were infected McConville, a biochemistry and the eyes being deprived of moisture and oxygen, • Go to hospital if the irritation continues by the lenses she bought from a cosmetics store. molecular biology professor at the Lu explains. even after a month of not using the lenses. She overlooked the doctor’s suggestion that she University of Melbourne. When the eyes, mainly the cornea, are deprived CHINA DAILY should no longer wear cosmetic contact lenses. “Th ey are therefore far more picky than we thought and therefore of water and oxygen, cells die and blood vessels In the end, one of her eyes developed leukoma, more vulnerable to therapeutic dilate, causing syndromes such as itchiness and an eye disease characterized by an opaque white attack,” he adds. bloodshot eyes. spot on the cornea. Th e team is hoping to use this “Once these symptoms occur, people should inner eye, causing infection and other complica- “Her pursuit of beauty cost too much,” Lu says. food source as a way in to attack the stop wearing the contact lenses right away,” Lu tions,” Pan explains. “Human eyes are very delicate, and colored parasite. warns. In some extreme cases, if the dead cells are lenses must be used very carefully,” Lu says. “We are interested in seeing whether we can develop new drugs Moreover, death and slow reproduction of endothelial cells, the damage is irreversible. “It is very important to buy a tailored pair of that inhibit parasite sugar metabo- certain eye cells, such as the epithelial cells of the “Th e number of endothelial cells is fi xed when lenses from qualifi ed channels, and use them lism. Th ese drugs would not only cornea, will make the eyes vulnerable to viruses we are born. Once they die, the loss is perma- under strict direction, as well as having regular prevent parasites from growing and and bacteria, says Pan Zhiqiang, a cornea disease nent,” Pan says. checks. infecting new tissues, but would specialist at Beijing Tongren Hospital. Contact lenses are categorized as medical “It is also advisable that short-sighted wearers also make them vulnerable to host ZHOU JIN / ASIA NEWS PHOTO immune response,” McConville adds. People should be careful “Once the epithelial cells die in large numbers devices that are inserted in the body, like artifi - prepare a pair of glasses, and whenever they feel when choosing a pair of it is like the door of the inner part of the eye is cial heart valves, and demand great care, Lu says. uncomfortable with lenses, just put the glasses REUTERS-AP sunglasses. forced open and microorganisms can enter the In the United States, contact lenses cannot on.” 23 CHINA DAILY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 sports

England briefl y

GOLF poised Futures tour hits Qingdao to claim Th e fi ft h stage of the 2011 China Amateur Golf Futures Tour comes to Qingdao, Shan- No 1 title dong province, this week and will attract 110 male and 37 female players, most of whom are about 15 years of age. The tour was established two years ago with the aim of producing China’s future golf stars and has become one of the most popular events among the nation’s budding young golfers. Adding to the Qingdao PAUL TOMIC event, several overseas young- sters, who started the sport at an early age in golf pow- hat was billed erhouses such as the US and as an edgy Australia, will play in the shootout tournament, which takes place between India, from Wednesday to Friday. W With golf included in the the world’s No 1 team, and an 2016 Olympic Games, more up-and-coming England side Chinese parents are choosing has so far proved to be a one- the sport as a career for their sided rout. children. England has been so domi- SOCCER nant that India has started to resemble its sides of the Friendly falls 1970s, those that traveled victim to UK riots more in hope than expecta- England has canceled tion. Th e much-vaunted Wednesday’s international batting line-up has not per- soccer friendly with the Neth- formed as a unit and only erlands at Wembley on police advice as forces focus on deal- Rahul Dravid has looked in ing with rioting and looting in any sort of form. V.V.S. Lax- the capital. man and Sachin Tendulkar “It is with regret that have shown glimpses of qual- Wednesday’s international ity but in reality “Th e Wall”, fi xture with Holland at Wem- bley has been called-off ,” t h e as Dravid is known, has been EDDIE KEOGH / REUTERS Great Britain’s Alistair Brownlee reacts as he wins the men’s ITU World Championship at Hyde Park in London on Sunday. English Football Association bailing out a sinking ship on (FA) said in a statement on his own. Tuesday. If England wins at Edg- A number of Tuesday’s baston, it will become the English League Cup fi xtures, including West Ham United’s world’s top Test team, on game against Aldershot Town paper at least, and the side and Charlton Athletic’s match will be hoping the wicket ‘BROTHER-LEE’ LOVE with Reading have also been lives up to expectations and canceled. provides plenty of help for Siblings ready to reap triathlon glory at the London Olympic Games TENNIS its bowlers, who have looked a class apart from India’s. next year after great ‘trial’ performances at host venue Olympics too big Th e attack has cohesion, for Kim’s farewell a fact that was noticeable Belgium’s world No 2 Kim when Tim Bresnan slotted listair Yet, since its introduction in 2000, Portugal was edged out by Australian containing almost all the remainder of Clijsters on Monday shot straight back into the side as Brownlee the Olympic triathlon has consistently Emma Snowsill. the 65-man fi eld. down talk of retiring aft er next a replacement for the injured thrown up surprises. Th e down-to-earth Brownlee broth- “I was really surprised we got away, year’s London Olympics and will go into said she would rather have a Chris Tremlett. Eleven years ago, Australia had so ers are not about to waste time worry- I didn’t even really try,” he said. “I was much lower-key farewell. Bresnan’s success at Trent the Lon- much strength in depth that it time- ing about any sort of “Olympic jinx” just following the wheel in front of me, Th e four-times Grand Slam Bridge - a fi ve-wicket haul tabled the women’s triathlon as the fi rst though as they continue the day-by- then we got a bit of a gap and suddenly winner, who returns to action and 90 almost carefree runs don 2012 event of the Sydney Games hoping to day approach that has worked so well it jumped up to a minute and I was as at this week’s Rogers Cup in Toronto after missing Wim- in the second inning - sug- men’s tri- get off to a gold medal start. for them so far in their medal-laden amazed as anyone. bledon with a foot injury, said gests he is now undroppable. athlon at short odds to deliver However, hot local favorite Michellie careers. “I stopped working completely then, the Olympics were the last big Th e Yorkshireman has also A Jones had to settle for silver behind “The same result (as on Sunday) trying to make sure Jonny still had the event she is focused on. become something of a talis- a home victory but he knows Swiss outsider Brigitte McMahon, would be brilliant and a one-two chance of getting on the podium as well.” “I am not saying I am done man, having been on the while Canadian Simon Whitfi eld won would be amazing, but the Olympics Sunday’s race was being used by after the Olympics but that’s as well as anyone that his sport where so far I have set my winning side in all eight Tests the men’s event with none of the pre- is a year away and anything can hap- many countries as an Olympic qualifi er schedule towards and what he’s played. has proved completely unpre- race favorites among the medals. pen,” Alistair Brownlee said aft er his and the fact that many athletes were I am building towards and Stuart Broad’s return to dictable when it comes to the In Athens in 2004, the heat and a hilly emphatic win in front of about 50,000 racing mainly to secure their berth then we’ll see what happens form and Jimmy Anderson’s course gave a lift to the strong cyclists, fans along the course. gave it an unusual character. from there,” Clijsters, 28, said. probing swing have also Olympic Games. enabling veteran Hamish Carter to lead “All we can do is keep working hard, “Nobody was really working,” Jona- “I might choose to end (my career) in a smaller tourna- meant that a largely anony- home a surprise New Zealand one-two prepare properly and hope we can both than Brownlee said of the chase pack ment just to have it a little mous Indian summer for Brownlee, 23, the 2009 world cham- ahead of Bevan Docherty and Austrian get to the start line in good condition. he was in on the 40 km bike leg. more personal and where I can off spinner Graeme Swann pion, destroyed all his major rivals in long-shot Kate Allen to come from “It’s a flat bike course, it’s not that “I think a lot of strong cyclists were really enjoy it with my family, hasn’t really mattered. All this Sunday’s London leg of the world series 28th place aft er the bike leg to win the technical but a break got away today so happy to settle for top-10 or whatever my friends and coaches.” makes it probable that Ravi over the same Hyde Park course to be women’s race. a break could get away next year and it their Olympic qualifi cation was — a lot Bopara, who rejoins the team used in next year’s Games. Spaniard Javier Gomez had swept all could have got away today without me of people were looking at each other Top seeds dealt aft er batsman Jonathan Trott With his 21-year-old brother, Jona- before him going into the 2008 Games in it so it’s important to cover every and thinking about their countrymen, early exits was ruled out with a shoulder than, posting the fastest run of the day but, hampered by injury, could fi nish eventuality.” not wanting to work too hard if a team- Former world No 1 Jelena injury, will be the only change to take third place, there could even only fourth as Germany’s Jan Frodeno Brownlee senior controlled the race mate wasn’t. Jankovic suff ered a swift exit from the eleven that annihi- be a British podium double next year produced the run of his life to win. from start to fi nish on Sunday, surpris- “That was good for Alistair and it at the Rogers Cup on Mon- lated India at Nottingham. as the fl at course gives little help to the It was a similar story in the women’s ingly escaping in a group of four which worked out well for me, but it won’t be day, falling 6-1, 6-3 to Ger- many’s Julia Goerges on a India’s bowling unit is stronger cyclists and favors the run race where 2007 world and Europe- opened a gap of almost a minute before like that next year.” day where a pair of other top REUTERS in disarray; it has now lost specialists. an champion Vanessa Fernandes of fi nishing 14 seconds ahead of the pack seeds fell. Zaheer Khan for the rest of France’s Marion Bar- the tour — not that he’d actu- toli and Russia’s Svetlana ally done much since arriving scoreboard Kuznetsova also suff ered sur- in England — and also Harb- prise first-round exits, both day (home team in CAPS): 13. Gary Woodland $2,707,563 18. Dustin Johnson 1,191 points players eliminated by gritty hajan Singh. Singh’s stomach Chicago White Sox 7 BALTIMORE 6 14. Dustin Johnson $2,686,265 19. Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 1,181 2. (2) Rafa Nadal (Spain) 11770 World championships TAMPA BAY 2 Kansas City 1 15. Martin Laird (Britain) $2,466,289 20. Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 1,174 3. (3) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 9710 qualifi ers. injury has done India’s selec- LONDON — Results from the world Boston 8 MINNESOTA 6 16. Brandt Snedeker $2,456,895 4. (4) Andy Murray (Britain) 6705 Goerges had not won a tors a favor, as the bowler was badminton championships at Wembley Atlanta 8 FLORIDA 5 17. Aaron Baddeley (Australia) TENNIS 5. (5) Robin Soderling (Sweden) 4325 set in two previous meetings on Monday (x denotes seeding): NY METS 9 San Diego 8 $2,447,182 6. (6) David Ferrer (Spain) 4210 with the 15th seeded Jankovic almost certain to be dropped; Men’s singles 1st rd TEXAS 9 Seattle 2 18. Jonathan Byrd $2,401,954 WTA Toronto 7. (7) Gael Monfi ls (France) 2905 so innocuous did he look Dicky Palyama (NED) bt Stefan Colorado 10 CINCINNATI 7 19. Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) Results here on Monday from the WTA 8. (8) Mardy Fish (U.S.) 2540 but the 22-year-old Ger- Wojcikiewicz (CAN) 21-12, 21-9; Shon Washington at Chicago, ppd., rain $2,358,172 tournament (x denotes seeding): 9. (9) Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) man struck early and never at Trent Bridge. Zaheer’s Wan Ho (KOR) bt Jacob Malieka (RSA) Houston 9 ARIZONA 1 20. Bill Haas $2,320,991 1st rd: 2420 really allowed her opponent 21-12, 21-8; Mathieu Lo Ying Ping (FRA) Philadelphia 5 LA DODGERS 3 Zheng Jie (CHN) bt Alberta Brianti (ITA) 10. (10) Nicolas Almagro (Spain) 2165 replacement, R.P. Singh, is bt Sattawat Pongnairat (USA) 21-13, Pittsburgh 5 SAN FRANCISCO 0 Leading money winners on 2011 6-2, 6-1; Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) bt 11. (11) Gilles Simon (France) 2155 any chance to get back in the 21-15; (SWE) bt Carl European Tour Race to Dubai Marion Bartoli (FRA x9) 6-3, 6-3; Lucie 12. (12) Andy Roddick (U.S.) 2030 71-minute match. a talented left -arm swinger, GOLF Baxter (ENG) 21-8, 21-19; Park Sung As of Monday, Aug 8 (British unless Safarova (CZE) bt Polona Hercog (SLO) 13. (13) Richard Gasquet (France) 2000 World No 9 Bartoli fell 6-3, but he hasn’t played a Test Hwan (KOR x9) bt Hsueh Hsuan Yi (TPE) stated): 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Samantha Stosur (AUS 14. (14) Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 1990 since 2008 and will need to 21-15, 21-15; Ville Lang (FIN) bt Dinoy- World rankings 1. Luke Donald 3,618,466 euros x10) bt Ayumi Morita (JPN) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; 15. (15) Viktor Troicki (Serbia) 1970 6-3 to Kazakhstan’s Galina sius Hayom Rumbaka (INA) 21-17, 21-18; As of Monday, Aug (US unless stated, 2. Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) Nadia Petrova (RUS) bt Jarmila Groth 16. (16) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) Voskoboeva while Kuznetsova help energize a unit that has Chen Jin (CHN x6) bt (EST) last week’s positions in brackets): 1,928,774 (AUS) 6-1, 6-2; Greta Arn (HUN) bt Klara 1945 21-8, 21-10; Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 1. (1) Luke Donald (Britain) 10.10 aver- 3. Rory McIlroy 1,924,504 Zakopalova (CZE) 6-3, 6-1; Simona 17. (17) Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzer- followed her out of the $2 mil- looked fl at, despite occa- (DEN) bt Hu Yun (HKG x16) 24-22, 21-18; age points 4. Martin Kaymer (Germany) 1,649,117 Halep (ROM) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova land) 1935 lion tournament when she was sional fl ashes from Parveen Ajay Jayaram (IND) bt Kenichi Tago (JPN 2. (2) Lee Westwood (Britain) 8.26 5. Lee Westwood 1,617,698 (RUS x12) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Maria Jose 18. (18) Jurgen Melzer (Austria) 1875 upset 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 by Roma- x15) 21-12, 21-19; (GER 3. (3) Martin Kaymer (Germany) 6. Darren Clarke 1,331,181 Martinez Sanchez (ESP) bt Anastasia 19. (20) Juan Martin Del Potro (Argen- Kumar and Ishant Sharma. x14) bt Valeriy Atrashchenkov (UKR) 7.10 7. Anders Hansen (Denmark) 1,200,570 Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x14) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; tina) 1710 nia’s Simona Halep. 21-19, 21-10; Kevin Cordon (GUA) bt 4. (5) Rory McIlroy (Britain) 6.98 8. Alexander Noren (Sweden) 944,853 Julia Goerges (GER) bt Jelena Jankovic 20. (19) Fernando Verdasco (Spain) Trent Bridge was memo- Chen Long (CHN x5) 21-19, 8-21, 27-25; 5. (4) Steve Stricker 6.91 9. Simon Dyson 937,628 (SRB x15) 6-1, 6-3; Ekaterina Makarova 1705 BASEBALL rable not only for England’s Lee Chong Wei (MAS x1) bt Tanongsak 6. (6) Phil Mickelson 5.95 10. Alvaro Quiros (Spain) 878,158 (RUS) bt Rebecca Marino (CAN) 7-6 Saensomboonsuk (THA) 21-15, 21-17; 7. (8) Jason Day (Australia) 5.81 11. Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) (10/8), 6-4. WTA rankings Uggla extends biggest-ever run victory over Pabli Abian (ESP) bt Tan Yuhan (BEL) 8. (7) Dustin Johnson 5.63 841,790 As of Monday, Aug 8 (last week’s rank- 16-21, 21-17, 21-15; Vladimir Ivanov 9. (17) Adam Scott (Australia) 5.50 12. Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) 839,071 ATP Montreal Masters ings in brackets): India, 319, but also for M.S. (RUS) bt Michal Matejka (SVK) 21-12, hit streak 10. (9) Nick Watney 5.28 13. Pablo Larrazabal (Spain) 805,102 Results on Monday from the ATP Mon- 1. (1) Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 21-6; Taufi k Hidayat (INA x4) bt Rodrigo Dhoni’s decision to withdraw 11. (11) Matt Kuchar 5.21 14. Ian Poulter 783,846 treal Masters (x denotes seeding): 9915 points Atlanta’s Dan Uggla closed Pacheco Carrilla (PER) 21-10, 21-14. an appeal against Ian Bell 12. (10) Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 15. Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 779,707 1st rd: 2. (2) Kim Clijsters (Belgium) 7625 in on Major League Baseball’s 5.19 16. Yang Yong-eun (South Korea) Ivo Karlovic (CRO) bt Juan Monaco 3. (3) Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 7045 Women’s singles 1st rd 13. (12) Graeme McDowell (Britain) 5.04 longest hitting streak of the aft er the batsman had wan- 740,919 (ARG) 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 7-6 (7/5); Ivan Dodig 4. (4) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 6115 Ai Goto (JPN) bt (SLO) 21-11, 14. (13) KJ Choi (South Korea) 4.73 17. Thomas Aiken (South Africa) 718,902 (CRO) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 6-3, 6-4; 5. (5) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 5941 season as the Braves beat the 21-13; Judith Meulendijks (NED) bt Sim- 15. (14) Bubba Watson 4.63 dered down the wicket with- 18. Matteo Manassero (Italy) 691,895 Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA) bt Adrian 6. (6) Li Na (China) 5726 struggling Florida Marlins 8-5 one Prutsch (AUT) 21-10, 21-18; Linda 16. (15) Paul Casey (Britain) 4.40 19. Francesco Molinari (Italy) 683,924 Mannarino (FRA) 6-2, 7-6 (7/4); Thomaz 7. (7) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) out checking if the tea break Zechiri (BUL) bt Rajae Rochdy (MAR) 17. (16) Ian Poulter (Britain) 4.29 20. Peter Hanson (Sweden) 677,023 Belluci (BRA) bt Andrey Golubev (KAZ) on Monday. 5437 21-7, 21-12; Carolina Marin (ESP) bt Yao 18. (21) Kim Kyung-tae (South Korea) 7-5, 7-6 (8/6); Ernests Gulbis (LAT) bt had begun. India’s supporters 8. (8) Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 4831 Uggla stretched his hit- Jie (NED) 21-18, 23-21; Gu Juan (SIN) bt 3.77 PGA Tour 2011 FedExCup points table Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 3-6, 6-1, 7-5; Salakjit Ponsana (THA) 21-19, 21-17; 9. (9) Marion Bartoli (France) 4425 ting streak to 29 games with will be hoping that Dhoni 19. (26) David Toms 3.70 Kevin Anderson (RSA) bt Pablo Andujar (CAN) bt Susan Egelstaff As of Monday, Aug 8 (US unless stated): 10. (11) Andrea Petkovic (Germany) 3375 20. (18) Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 3.69 (ESP) 6-4, 6-4; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI a lead-off single in the fifth and Co make the Edgbaston (SCO) 22-20, 21-16; Agnese Allegrini 1. Nick Watney 1,844 points 11. (10) Samantha Stosur (Australia) 2. Steve Stricker 1,803 x14) bt David Nalbandian (ARG) 6-1, (ITA) bt Rena Wang (USA) 21-17, 21-17; 3215 inning, moving one short of Test memorable for more Leading money winners on 2011 3. Luke Donald (Britain) 1,765 6-4; Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) bt Erik Olga Konon (GER) bt Ying Tai Tzu (TPE) 12. (13) Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) the 30-game streak produced PGA Tour 4. KJ Choi (South Korea) 1,572 Chvojka (CAN) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4; Nikolay enjoyable reasons. walkover; (SIN) bt Larisa 3065 As of Monday (US unless stated): 5. Phil Mickelson 1,552 Davydenko (RUS) bt Flavio Cipolla (ITA) by the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Griga (UKR) 21-10, 21-10; Chan Ka Tsz 13. (14) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1. Luke Donald (Britain) $4,293,248 6. Bubba Watson 1,535 6-3, 6-3; Marin Cilic (CRO) bt Andreas Andre Ethier. (HKG) bt Jeanine Cicognini (SUI) 20-22, (Russia) 2775 2. Nick Watney $4,264,483 7. Mark Wilson 1,419 Seppi (ITA) 7-5, 6-4; Juan Martin del 21-19, 21-13; Lindaweni Fanetri (INA) bt 14. (15) Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 2775 With Atlanta up 4-2 after Paul Tomic has been a die- 3. KJ Choi (South Korea) $3,737,992 8. Gary Woodland 1,404 Potro (ARG x16) bt Jarkko Nieminen Tatjana Bibik (RUS) 21-11, 21-9; Lianne 15. (12) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) four innings, Alex Gonzalez hard supporter of English Tan (BEL) bt Charmaine Reid (CAN) 21-9, 4. Steve Stricker $3,597,523 9. Webb Simpson 1,361 (FIN) 6-4, 6-0; Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Lu 5. Phil Mickelson $3,235,821 10. David Toms 1,361 Yen-Hsun (TPE) 7-6 (7/5), 6-3; Jo-Wilfried 2751 smashed a three-run homer in 21-19; Chloe Magee (IRL) bt Adrianti 16. (18) Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 2685 cricket for more than 35 years, Firdasari (INA) 13-21, 24-22, 21-13; 6. Bubba Watson $3,145,735 11. Matt Kuchar 1,358 Tsonga (FRA x13) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA) 17. (17) Peng Shuai (China) 2600 the fi ft h to pad the Braves’ lead (ENG) bt Michelle Chan 7. Jason Day (Australia) $3,109,087 12. Jason Day (Australia) 1,308 6-4, 7-6 (7/0). many of which have been 18. (16) Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) Ky (NZL) 16-21, 21-13, 21-11. 8. David Toms $3,073,230 13. Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 1,235 and set up their fourth win in unremittingly miserable. He 9. Matt Kuchar $2,963,861 14. Martin Laird (Britain) 1,234 ATP World Tour rankings 2595 fi ve games. BASEBALL 10. Adam Scott (Australia) $2,941,477 15. Adam Scott (Australia) 1,232 As of Monday, Aug 8 (last week’s rank- 19. (19) Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) CHINA DAILY / REUTERS can be contacted at pault- 11. Mark Wilson $2,826,190 16. Brandt Snedeker 1,227 ings in brackets): 2470 [email protected] Major League Baseball results on Mon- 12. Webb Simpson $2,725,043 17. Bill Haas 1,210 1. (1) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 12860 20. (20) Julia Goerges (Germany) 2295 sports

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Woods’ former caddie is criticized near Philadelphia, but Wil- liams said the dismissal came for his remarks after Scott win in a telephone conversation aft er the caddie asked to work ATLANTA, Georgia — Steve ing, “Wow! Really? In yo face for Scott on a temporary basis Williams, the caddie fi red last TW?” while Woods was recovering month by Tiger Woods aft er “Steve Williams breaks the from left leg injuries suff ered carrying his clubs in 13 major unwritten caddy rule, by talk- at the Masters. triumphs, has been roundly ing to the press. Most don’t, a “He called me up when I criticised for his remarks few do at times when appro- asked him to go and caddie aft er caddying for Australian priate,” Azinger posted later. for Adam and he didn’t agree Adam Scott in his victory at US tennis star Andy Rod- with it and thought it was time the World Golf Champion- dick was stunned as well. to take a break,” Williams said. ships Bridgestone “Am I missing something? “In caddie lingo, that means GOLF Invitational. Was steve the one actually you’re fi red.” ERIC MILLER / REUTERS Scott’s win on playing?” Roddick pondered Williams was cheered by Boston Red Sox’s Adrian Gonzalez (bottom) and Minnesota Twins shortstop Trevor Plouff e watch the back end of a double play Sunday was one of the big- in one posting, later noting, spectators as he walked up the that ended the top of the seventh inning of their American League game at Target Field in Minneapolis on Monday. gest triumphs of his career “the guy was just happy for his 18th green alongside Scott, in one of his fi rst events with new employer! So happy for who cracked, “I had no idea 47-year-old New Zealander him that he almost mentioned how popular a New Zea- Ortiz has 4 hits to lift Red Sox Williams as his caddie. his name”. lander can be, coming from “Th at’s the best week of my And Roddick was far from Australia. Surprising.” life. I have been caddying for alone in feeling that Williams But Scott also gave serious MINNEAPOLIS — Even ahead single with two outs in of the cycle. Jarrod Saltalamac- games against them, Ortiz is 33 years, 145 wins, and that’s stole the spotlight from Scott. praise to Williams’ eff ort, say- after all these years, David the ninth inning to lift the Red chia added a homer and two hitting .327 with 11 homers the best win I’ve ever had,” “Steve surely doesn’t seem ing, “Obviously he’s a popular Ortiz is still tormenting the Sox to an 8-6 victory over the RBIs to help the Red Sox win for and 31 RBIs. said Williams, who also called bitter at all,” tweeted US LPGA guy around here having won Minnesota Twins. Twins on Monday night. the fi ft h time in seven games and “Of course you get a little it his “most satisfying win” player Christina Kim. “Great- now eight times. Th ey appreci- Whether it was launching “I’ve been gone for years move 1½ games ahead of the idle excited when you play the team and said “I sort of believe in est week of my life. Good job ate him a lot and he’s a bit of a a home run nearly 440 feet already,” Ortiz said, insisting Yankees in the AL East. you’ve played for before,” Ortiz destiny sometimes”. congratulating Adam, who hit character. It was fun to get sup- into the stands in right-center there’s no hard feelings about Ortiz debuted with the said. “But you go with the same Th e subtle digs at Woods, the shots, you knob.” port, whether it’s for me or him, field or bar- being let go. “In this business, Twins in 1997, but injuries intensity against everybody.” the former World No 1 now English golfer Oliver Wil- I don’t care. It’s the right team.” BASEBALL reling down sometimes you’re right and prevented him from realizing Marco Scutaro chipped in ranked 30th who won 13 of son posted: “Cannot believe Scott said he wants no part the third base sometimes you’re wrong. One his full potential, so the Twins with three hits for Boston and his 14 major titles with Wil- they have interviewed Steve of bitterness between Woods line to strike fear into catcher thing I would say about the let him leave after 2002. It Jonathan Papelbon worked a liams as caddie, brought swift Williams. Nice of him to take and Williams, although many Joe Mauer, the Boston Red Sox Twins organization is I always wasn’t until he arrived in Bos- perfect ninth for his 25th save. rebuke on Twitter posts. away from Scotty’s win. Says golf fans can hardly wait to slugger put his fi nger prints all thank them for giving me the ton in 2003 that he blossomed, Jason Kubel had a homer Paul Azinger, the 2008 it all...” see how tense the situation over his latest victory over his opportunity to come play at becoming ‘Big Papi’, one of the among his three hits and two US Ryder Cup captain, was Woods had said he fired is when Woods and Scott are former team. this level.” most feared hitters in the game. RBIs for the Twins, who have stunned Williams would Williams in person on July paired together. Ortiz had four hits and three Ortiz hit a two-run homer in He’s been making the Twins lost fi ve straight. rebuke Woods as he did, post- 3 at the PGA National event AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RBIs and delivered the go- the sixth and fi nished a triple shy pay ever since. In 42 career ASSOCIATED PRESS PSG new boy Pastore under ‘no pressure’

PARIS — Javier Pastore was unveiled as a Paris Saint-Ger- KLINSMANN main player on Monday and denied there was any added KICKS OFF pressure on him as France’s US DREAM most expensive player ever. Th e 22-year-old Argentinian midfi elder signed from Italian Jurgen Klinsmann will Serie A side kick off his tenure as US SOCCER Palermo on coach on Wednesday Saturday for 42 with a friendly against million euros ($59.8 million), conference, PSG’s new sport- North America’s other breaking the previous record ing director, Leonardo, also perennial powerhouse set when PSG paid Real Madrid welcomed the arrival of the and longtime US archri- 33 million euros for Nicolas Argentina international. val, Mexico. Anelka in 2000. “Javier is a world-class The former German “I am not thinking about player, very important for star, a World Cup and this record transfer; that is a us,” said Leonardo. “We are European Champion- subject between the club and very happy that he chose to ship winner as a player, my agent,” said Pastore at a continue his career in Paris was appointed on July press conference at the Parc aft er Palermo. 29 and said in naming des Princes. “He is a player who already his squad his goal was to spark competition “As for me, I came here to understands what we are try- for every position on his play football and only that. In ing to do at PSG. Javier is a team. my career, I have yet to win young and very talented play- “There are many play- any titles and so that is my sole er, like Menez, Matuidi, Sirigu ers who are established motivation: to win titles. and Gameiro. We are just car- as well as many players “I have dedicated myself to rying on with the direction who will get opportuni- football since I was nine so I the club has taken.” ties,” Klinsmann said. don’t feel under any pressure.” Pastore signed too late The match is a PSG, under its new Qatari to take part in the opening reprise of the June owners, has spent more than match of Ligue 1 at the week- 25 Gold Cup fi nal at 84 million euros during the end, which saw PSG lose 1-0 the Rose Bowl, where summer, more than any oth- at home to Lorient. Mexico collected its er club in Europe, as it also However, he said it was too sixth CONCACAF title brought in Jeremy Menez, early to be overly concerned by rallying to score four Blaise Matuidi, Salvatore Sirigu about the team’s prospects for unanswered goals in a and Kevin Gameiro. the season. 4-2 victory. Pastore said he was not “I do not think you can It was the second concerned by the prospect of judge from the game in Paris, title in a row for Mexico adapting to a new club, city it is too early for that,” he said. in the biennial North and country. “The preparation of my American regional “Fear? No, I have no fear,” teammates only just ended tournament, after its he said. and mine is just beginning. triumph over the US in “It is true that Paris is an So we still need a bit of time the 2009 fi nal. important club in the world to make the team work. It also spelled the end of football but I have already “However, a full stadium of Bob Bradley’s reign shown I can adapt when I left like there was at the Parc des as US coach. In the Argentina to go and play in Princes on Saturday is always a wake of the Gold Cup the Italian championship. I pleasure to see. But really, with fl op he was sacked and generally adapt quickly to new this group of players, I think Klinsmann brought in. towns, new clubs.” we can do very good things.” AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Also speaking at the press AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE