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SPIRITED EXCHANGE Premier Li Visits Britain for High-Profile Talks WORLD: IRAQ WAR 3.0? P.20 | BUSINESS: Alibaba’S mega merger P.32 VOL.57 NO.26 JUNE 26, 2014 WWW.BJREVIEW.COM SPIRITED EXCHANGE Premier Li visits Britain for high-profile talks RMB6.00 USD1.70 AUD3.00 GBP1.20 CAD2.60 CHF2.60 JPY188 邮发代号2-922·国内统一刊号：CN11-1576/G2 VOL.57 NO.26 JUNE 26, 2014 CONTENTS 38 No Easy Options EDITOR’S DESK Cutting bank reserve requirements to 02 A New Embrace spur growth THIS WEEK 40 Market Watch COVER STORY CULTURE 18 Civilization Partners 44 The Finer Points of Healing Europe and China are increasingly Acupuncture finds growing interest interlinked abroad WORLD FORUM 22 A ‘Cool War’? 46 Do Special Medical Services Cyber-spying allegations heat up 14 Belong in Public Hospitals? COVER STORY NATION EXPAT’S EYE 26 Preventable Deaths Eyeing the Future 48 China Is Not Beijing, Beijing Is China A vaccine to fight cervical cancer The mainland’s most unique and 28 The Dawn of Big Data Premier Li consolidates ties globalized city Data mining both welcomed and feared with UK’s Cameron 30 Embryos in the Courthouse The legality of assisted reproduction BUSINESS WORLD 36 The ‘New Normal’ P.20 | The Iraqi Redemption Adjusting to China’s economic shift Civil war looms in Iraq NATION P.24 | Time to Get Dressed Exposing China’s ‘naked officials’ Cover Photo: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (right) engages in conversation with British BUSINESS Prime Minister David Cameron outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, on June 17 (CNSPHOTO) P.32 | First-Degree Merger Alibaba acquires mobile browser ©2014 Beijing Review, all rights reserved. www.bjreview.com Follow us on BREAKING NEWS » SCAN ME » Using a QR code reader Beijing Review (ISSN 1000-9140) is published weekly for US$64.00 per year by Cypress Books, 360 Swift Avenue, Suite 48, South San Francisco, CA 94080, Periodical Postage Paid at South San Francisco, CA 94080. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Beijing Review, Cypress Books, 360 Swift Avenue, Suite 48, South San Francisco, CA 94080 EDITOR’S DESK A News Weekly Magazine Published Since 1958 President & Editor in Chief: Wang Gangyi Vice President: Qi Wengong Associate Editors in Chief: Li Jianguo, Huang Wei, Wang Yanjuan, Zhou Jianxiong, Ding Zhitao Assistant President: Li Zhenzhou Assistant Editor in Chief: Wa Chunfang Executive Editor: Ding Zhitao Assistant Executive Editors: Yao Bin, Zhang Zhiping, Zan Jifang Editorial Administrators: Zhang Xiaoli, Shi Bosen Opinion Editor: Zan Jifang World Editor: Yan Wei A New Embrace Nation Editor: Yao Bin Business Editors: Yu Shujun, Lan Xinzhen Culture Editor: Liu Yunyun Editorial Consultants: Joseph Halvorson, Kieran Pringle, Eric Daly, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang made an of- quality control. Kirsten Jacobson ficial visit to Britain and Greece from June The relationship between China and Staff Reporters: Tang Yuankai, Ding Ying, Wang Jun, Li Li, Yin Pumin, Pan Xiaoqiao, Yuan Yuan, Wang Hairong, Chen Ran, Liu Xinlian, 16-21; President Xi Jinping visited Europe Europe is, now more than ever, mutu- Yu Yan, Yu Lintao, Zhou Xiaoyan, Bai Shi, Li Fangfang, Deng Yaqing, Ji Jing just this March. Such frequent visits to the ally beneficial. Trade and economic ties Photo Editor: Wang Xiang continent by Chinese leaders indicate the between the two sides have become Photographer: Wei Yao Art: Li Shigong importance attached to Sino-European increasingly closer. Take China and Britain Art Director: Wang Yajuan relations by both sides. The EU is not only as an example: Trade volume between the Chief Designer: Cui Xiaodong China’s biggest trading partner but also an two nations reached $70 billion last year, Designer: Zhao Boyu Proofreading: Qin Wenli, Ma Xin indispensable part of the multipolar world threefold of that figure from a decade ago. Distribution Director: Hu Keqiang economy. China’s forming of closer ties China’s investment in Britain registered Advertising Director: Yang Jincheng with Europe, too, can be seen as an effort $13 billion for the last two years, higher Human Resources: Hou Jin to cushion the impact of the United States’ than that added up over the past 30 years. International Cooperation: Zhang Yajie Marketing/PR Director: Pan Changqing strategic refocus on the Asia-Pacific. Additionally, London is China’s largest off- Legal Counsel: Yue Cheng Premier Li’s visit further boosted rela- shore yuan holder. North America Bureau tions with Britain and Greece. As Britain is However, Sino-European relations Chief: Huang Wei of great importance to Europe, Li’s visit to are often interrupted by unexpected inci- Deputy Chief: Xu Tao Tel/Fax: 1-201-792-0334 the country at a time when the all-around dents. For instance, Chinese relationships E-mail: [email protected] Sino-UK strategic partnership enters its with both France and Britain deteriorated Africa Bureau 10th year not only enhanced bilateral ties when governments of the two European Chief: Li Jianguo but promoted Sino-European relations. nations met with the 14th Dalai Lama, a Africa Managing Editor: Francisco Little Similarly, Greece is one of the most ami- Tibetan separatist. Tel: 27-71-6132053 E-mail: [email protected] able of EU countries to China. At present, relationships between General Editorial Office During Li’s visit, over 40 intergov- China and the two countries and between Tel: 86-10-68996252 ernmental agreements and commercial China and the EU as a whole have been Fax: 86-10-68326628 deals worth over $30 billion were signed recovered. In addition, Sino-European co- English Edition Tel: 86-10-68996259 between Britain and China, in such diverse operation in the international economy, Advertising Department industries as energy, culture, education, trade, politics, education, tourism and Tel: 86-10-68998164 advanced technology and finance. China ecology is flourishing. 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To personalize their photos, many college graduates in China make unique modifications to their garments and assume interesting poses. http://www.bjreview.com JUNE 26, 2014 BEIJING REVIEW 3 THIS WEEK SOCIETY SONG ZHENPING Underground Survey A general survey of underground pipe- lines in cities and a unified management system will be completed by 2015, the Chinese Government announced on June 14 in a move to reducing accidents caused by aging facilities. Gas, water, sewerage, telecom- munications and other underground pipelines will be upgraded by 2019, the State Council, China’s cabinet, said in a policy document. A sound urban underground pipeline system will be built by 2024 and substantially better emergency response and disaster prevention are called for in the document. Serious accidents caused by old pipes have become more frequent. The death toll reached 62 when crude oil leaked from an underground pipeline in November 2013 in Qingdao, east HK Heritage China’s Shandong Province. A dragon boat race in celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival took place in Hong Kong in June 2011. Joint Lab On June 17, Hong Kong released its first intangible cultural heritage inventory of 480 items, including An international laboratory for high- Cantonese opera, the Dragon Boat Festival and traditional Chinese medicine. altitude medical research has been The inventory is the result of over three years of a research and data collection. The government will devise established in Xining, capital of and implement northwest China’s Qinghai Province, measures to update the list of items regularly, said a spokesman for the Leisure and Cultural Services Department on June 16. of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The lab is a cooperative effort between China’s Qinghai University and the University of Utah in the United Aging Society Orphan Care States. Scientists from the two schools have been partners in academic ex- More than 131.6 million Chinese citizens More than 80,000 disabled orphans change, personnel training and research are now over the age of 65, about 9.7 have undergone surgery and rehabilita- collaboration since a cooperative agree- percent of the population, the Ministry tion over the past decade thanks to a INTRICATE ment was signed in April 2010.
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