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China’s first homegrown aircraft carrier Type 001A Communique undergoes mooring trials in the northeast Chinese city of Dalian, Liaoning Province, on Sunday. The carrier was notes China at launched on April 26 this year. Photo: IC ‘new historical starting point’ 19THCPCcongress

By Zhao Yusha Profound, fundamental changes were made over the last five years indicating the nation’s development stands at a “new historical starting point,” according to a communique published at the conclusion of the four-day Seventh Plenary Ses- sion of the 18th Central Com- mittee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Saturday. Entrusted by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, delivered a work report at the meeting, the Xi- nhua News Agency reported Saturday. It was decided that the 19th CPC National Congress, a five-yearly event, will convene Wednesday in Beijing, the communique con-  2 firmed. China “These historic  Rapid development protects country’s interests, people Inside

Top News: Underwater glider completes mission 3 Nation: BeiDou jet test PLA makes huge strides successful 4 World: Rightward Austria shift could be new headache 7 By Shan Jie hina’sachievements The PLA has modernized, support forces. Some have even World: German state of C 2012-17 and has completed its system- considered the world’s best,” Lower Saxony goes to polls 8 China’s military has been de- atization and informatization, Song added. Asian Review: US needs veloping rapidly in the past five and rationalized in the past five Song Zhongping, a military China’s second aircraft car- wiser South China Sea years and is attracting global years since the 18th National expert who served in the PLA rier was transferred from the strategy 15 attention, which experts said is Congress of the Communist Rocket Force, told the Global dry dock to water in Northeast necessary to protect the country Party of China, meeting the re- Times on Sunday. China’s Liaoning Province on Forum: US needs to respect and its people. quirements of a large country,” “The PLA’s armament has April 26. The new carrier, the intl opinion of Iran deal 16 “The structure of the Peo- Li Jie, a naval military expert, made huge strides, for land first domestically- Business: Market plays ple’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) told the Global Times on Sun- forces, the navy, air force and  2 built one, came af- larger role in forex B2 armament has been completed day. rocket force, as well as strategic Advanced ter the Liaoning, a

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Communique, from Page 1

changes and achievements indicate that China’s development stands at a new historic starting point of great and far-reaching significance for the cause of the Party and the country, “ it read. China has witnessed profound and fundamental changes during the period while its achievements are “comprehensive and groundbreaking,” according to the communique. “Many groundbreaking achievements were made and deep-rooted problems solved during the past five years since its 18th national congress in 2012, including economic structural reform and fighting corruption,” Su Wei, a professor at the Party School of the Chongqing Committee, told the Global Times Sunday. Su said that ever since the 18th national congress, the Party has shown it is serious about improving governance and tackling corruption. “And the CPC will continue its anti-corruption A Somali man reacts next to a dead body where a car bomb exploded in Mogadishu, on Saturday. More than 85 drive with more emphasis on prevention and people died on a busy street in the capital, a police official said (see story on page 8).Photo: AFP education,” he said. Since 2012 the Party has investigated more than 280 senior officials, including Zhou Yong- kang, Bo Xilai, Guo Boxiong, Xu Caihou, Sun Zhengcai and Ling Jihua, Xinhua said. Senior Advanced helicopter being officials should remain loyal to the Party and will- ingly safeguard the authority of the central leadership and the unity of the Party, the communique tested in plateaus: sources said, and called on all members to safeguard the authority of the Party leadership, follow its lead and stay in accordance with the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping at the core. PLA, from Page 1 South China’s Guangdong Province, parades showcased advances made One of the biggest achievements in the past on November 1, 2016. by the PLA, which have been reported five years was to rejuvenate and accelerate Party refitted former Soviet Union-made Aside from fighter jets, other air- and analyzed by Chinese and foreign development, said Zhuang Deshui, deputy direc- carrier that was commissioned by the craft like the Y-20 heavy transport media, 81.cn reported. tor of the Research Center for Government Integ- PLA Navy in 2012. aircraft, KJ-500 early warning aircraft A military parade was held in Ti- rity-Building at Peking University. The PLA Navy’s new destroyer, and CH-5 surveillance/strike drone ananmen Square in Beijing in Sep- Type 055, a 10,000-ton domestically were also shown. tember 2015 to mark the 70th anni- Deepening reform designed and manufactured vessel, The Y-20, a versatile plane with versary of the victory of the Chinese “The country also saw major achievements in was launched at the Jiangnan Ship- a maximum takeoff weight of about People’s War of Resistance against economic development and major breakthroughs yard (Group) in East China’s Shang- 200 tons, is designed to carry cargo Japanese Aggression, followed by an- in comprehensively deepening reform,” said the hai on June 28, and is equipped with and personnel over long distances other military parade on July 30 this communique, adding that China has made his- new anti-air, anti-missile, anti-ship in hazardous terrain. It officially en- year to celebrate the 90th anniversary toric achievements in reform and opening up as and anti-submarine weapons, Xin- tered military service in July 2016, of the PLA at a base in North China’s well as socialist modernization. hua reported. The ship marks a mile- Xinhua said. Inner Mongolia Autonomous Re- “Not only the Party has been growing up dur- stone in upgrading the nation’s Navy On September 2, 2016, then-PLA gion. ing the last five years. The people and the country armament system and building a Air Force Commander Ma Xiao- The next stage of the PLA’s devel- also benefited during the period when China be- strong and modern navy. tian said that China is developing a opment should further strengthen came a world center of power,” Su said. new generation long-range strategic informatization and systematization, China has become the world’s second-largest Air force upgrades bomber. Chinese military enthusiasts and continue to develop attack weap- economy after decades of rapid economic growth. The PLA Air Force has also been and analysts call it the H-20, which ons, Song said. China’s GDP expanded at an average annual rate upgraded in the past five years with they believe could match the US B-2 “In terms of armament, the PLA of 7.2 percent from 2013-2016, compared with the “20” series aircraft. The J-20, stealth bomber. has entered a balanced and healthy 2.6 percent average global growth and 4 percent a stealth fighter jet independently The Z-20 utility helicopter, which period with great momentum to growth in developing economies, Xinhua said. developed by China, was officially they consider a match for the UH-60 further develop,” Li said, noting that Every year from 2012 to 2016, China lifted commissioned into military service Blackhawk, is also undergoing tests as China continues to gain greater 13.91 million people out of poverty and annual on September 28. The aircraft is the in plateau regions in China, accord- global influence, the PLA should be per capita income grew by 10.7 percent in im- country’s fourth-generation medium ing to anonymous sources from the prepared to protect China’s overseas poverished rural areas, the State Council said in and long-range fighter jet, Xinhua Aviation Industry Cooperation of interests. August. “One of the major reasons contributing reported. China. to such phenomenal accomplishments is the Par- The J-20 first appeared at the 11th Page Editor: ty’s ability to formulate long-term development [email protected] China International Aviation and Future tasks plans and carry them out in an effective manner,” Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, In the past five years, two military Zhuang said. UK, Germany remain firmly committed to nuclear deal with Iran

Britain and Germany agreed on “They agreed the UK and bilizing regional activity, and choosing not to certify that programs and its support for Sunday they remained commit- Germany both remained firmly to explore ways of addressing Tehran is complying with the extremist groups in the Middle ted to the nuclear deal with Iran committed to the deal,” the concerns about Iran’s ballistic deal and warning he might ul- East. He accused Iran of “not after a US decision to decertify spokeswoman said in a state- missile program.” timately terminate it. living up to the spirit” of the the agreement, a spokeswoman ment. Previously, US President Trump announced the major nuclear agreement and said his said after a call between Prime “They also agreed the inter- Donald Trump struck a blow shift in U.S. policy in a speech goal is to ensure Tehran never Minister Theresa May and national community needed to against the 2015 Iran nuclear in which he detailed a more ag- obtains a nuclear weapon. German Chancellor Angela continue to come together to agreement on Friday in defi- gressive approach to Iran over Merkel. push back against Iran’s desta- ance of other world powers, its nuclear and ballistic missile Reuters Monday October 16, 2017 3 TOPNEWS  Haiyi 1000 reaches record distance, collects data for research Underwater glider completes mission

By Liu Caiyu endured turbulent sea conditions caused South China Sea together with 11 other In terms of ocean exploration, the by typhoons, which proves its reliability underwater vehicles, the CCTV said. glider can detect ocean currents, min- China continues to make progress in and stability, the report said. The Haiyi 1000 doubled China’s un- eral resources and oceanic geology, Lin deep sea exploration following the three- Advanced underwater gliders will not derwater gliders’ endurance, the CCTV Hongmin, an adviser at the Hainan Pro- month mission of a new underwater only assist China’s deep sea scientific re- report said. vincial Maritime Environment Protec- glider in the South China Sea, which search but also serve military purposes, “Unlike an underwater robot, the un- tion Association, told the Global Times. experts said will also help in maritime Xu Guangyu, a senior adviser of the derwater glider has no propellers. But it “More importantly, it helps research warfare. China Arms Control and Disarmament can adjust its buoyancy by changing the into ocean pollution by obtaining sam- Codenamed Haiyi 1000, which Association, told the Global Times. size of its oil pool. The underwater glider ples from different depths,” Lin said, means “sea wings” in Chinese, the un- “As an unmanned deep-sea machine, moves like a wave, like a dolphin,” Yu Ji- adding that scientists have found large derwater glider reached a record dis- underwater gliders can acquire deep-sea ancheng, a research fellow at the Chi- amounts of plastic waste particles in tance of over 1,880 kilometers during data through multiple sensors, and will nese Academy of Sciences’ Shenyang oceans. its mission, collecting data for scien- help submarines better complete their Institute of Automation, told CCTV. China made its first underwater glid- tific research, China Central Television military missions as well as detect for- The underwater glider is efficient and er in 2005, which passed tests in 2009. (CCTV) reported on Sunday. eign submarines in China’s waters,” Xu high on endurance, Yu said, adding that Over the years, the Shenyang Institute Developed by the Shenyang Institute explained. while the machine is slow, it could be has developed more than 20 such ve- of Automation under Chinese Academy The Haiyi 1000 began its mission on recycled and is cheap to make and main- hicles at depths of 300, 1,000 and 7,000 of Sciences, the Haiyi had successfully July 14 in the northeastern part of the tain. meters, the CCTV said.

Mainland Disarming protester condoles with Protesters gather ahead families of of a march in Sydney Taiwan tourists against transferring refugees in Papua New A Chinese mainland spokes- Guinea, on person expressed sympathy af- Sunday. ter three Taiwan tourists were Refugees killed by falling rocks at the held in an Three Gorges area in Central Australian China’s Hubei Province Sun- camp in Papua day morning. New Guinea The accident happened at scheduled 9:45 am in Yichang, when a to close this group of 45 people organized month have by a Taiwan travel agency were been offered at the tourist attraction. Two the option men and one woman died. of moving to another Two others were rushed to detention a local hospital for injuries sus- center in tained in the accident, accord- Nauru. Photo: ing to Hubei’s Taiwan Affairs AFP Office. Their injuries are not believed to be life threatening. Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Of- fice of the State Council, said the office offers its condolences to the victims’ families. The Association for Rela- tions Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and the Association US, N.Korea warned against renewed provocations: experts for Tourism Exchange Across the Taiwan Straits will send a task force to Hubei to provide By Liu Caiyu territory of Guam. research fellow at the Liaoning or Hwasong-12 intermediate- assistance, Ma said. “We have warned several Academy of Social Sciences, range ballistic missile. The State Council and AR- North Korea and the US should times that we will take defen- told the Global Times on Sun- But Jin Qiangyi, director of ATS have activated an emergen- avoid words or deeds that sive counter-measures, includ- day. Yanbian University’s Asia Re- cy response mechanism and might trigger fresh safety con- ing a salvo of missiles into Lü warned that “North Korea search Center, said the chance updated the Taiwan tourism cerns on the Korean Peninsula, waters near the US territory will likely test more missiles.” of a military conflict between agency on the tragedy through Chinese experts warned ahead of Guam,” Kim Kwang-hak, a Satellite photos show North the US and North Korea is low. the Association for Tourism of this week’s US-South Korea researcher at the Institute for Korean ballistic missiles being “The US is not ready for war. Exchange Across the Taiwan navy drill. American Studies of North Ko- transported out of a hangar to Their recent statements and Straits, Ma said. The US 7th Fleet said Friday rea’s Foreign Ministry, wrote in somewhere near Pyongyang response are merely intended Hubei provincial tourism that the aircraft carrier USS a commentary published by the and North Pyongan Province, to deter Pyongyang from fur- authorities have asked for strict- Ronald Reagan and two US de- Korean Central News Agency South Korea’s Donga Ilbo re- ther nuclear tests,” Jin told the er measures to guard against stroyers would take part in the (KCNA). ported Friday, citing a govern- Global Times Sunday. possible hazards to ensure the navy drill with South Korean “The Korean Peninsula situ- ment source. The US and North Korea safety of tourists, as the au- Navy vessels from October 16- ation has been a huge concern The report said South Ko- should continue to restrain tumn flood season has begun 26, AFP reported. in the region. The situation is rean and US military officials themselves, Lü said. and certain areas are prone to The news was followed by expected to worsen with the view this as a preparation for natural disasters. a renewed threat from North fierce US-North Korea stand- the launch of a missile compa- Page Editor: Korean state news agency of off. Any reaction would dam- rable to the Hwasong-14 inter- [email protected] Xinhua launching a missile at the US age regional safety,” Lü Chao, a continental ballistic missile 4 Monday October 16, 2017 NATION People’s Daily launches Rural Qipao review Women English language app dressed in traditional Chinese By Wang Hailin garments People’s Daily, the Communist Party of China’s known as the (CPC) flagship newspaper, announced on Sun- Qipao, take a stroll along day that it is providing its own English language alleyways news app, a key step in integrating the traditional in Taining media and new media and to better “connect Chi- county, East na with the world.” China’s Fujian The launch comes just ahead of the 19th CPC Province National Congress in Beijing this week. on Sunday. “This is a timely opportunity for our English More than language app. The 19th CPC National Congress 1,000 women will open in Beijing three days from now to world- took part in wide attention and this app has bright prospects. the tour to We can use this opportunity to provide timely promote local coverage on the Congress and the latest insights tourism. Some of the CPC to the world and the new blueprint of held lanterns “Beautiful China’s development,” said People’s Daily Presi- Taining” dent Yang Zhenwu. printed on “China has never been so close to the center of them. Photo: the world stage … The changing world is eager to VCG know more about China. The international community expects China to share its experiences, expound on its propositions, propose solutions, and contribute its wisdom,” Yang added.  System could improve military, commercial safety Weibo denies deleting Typhoon news update BeiDou jet test successful over pornography error

By Zhang Qiyong performance of the navigation infor- Also, the BeiDou navigation sys- China’s popular social media platform Sina Wei- mation receiver, the ground-based tem is not limited to use in aviation bo on Sunday denied that it deleted a yellow alert A Chinese regional jetliner equipped signal system, and the short-messag- since it has an increasing number of posted by the National Meteorological Center with a homegrown BeiDou naviga- ing function of the BeiDou system. uses just in everyday life, from the (NMC) seen as pornography, saying that it was tion system completed its test flight The results showed the perfor- new shared bicycles to bank cards to the result of a technical problem. on Saturday, which experts believe mance of the Chinese navigation unmanned patrol vehicles. The NMC’s yellow alert on Saturday was has considerable meaning for the system on a par with similar systems According to Jiao, the future ap- for Typhoon Khanun, which was approaching safety of domestic jetliners. produced abroad, or at the interna- plications are not only in the field China’s southern coast bringing heavy rain and The test, at an airport in Dongying, tionally advanced level in quick po- of commercial aircraft, it can also be storms, but the post was deleted after being re- East China’s Shandong Province, was sitioning index, the Commercial Air- used in the field of traffic, transporta- ported several times. the first case of a Chinese regional jet craft Corp of China (COMAC) said on tion, agriculture, social development The national weather observatory then re- to use the BeiDou navigation system, Saturday. and scientific research. leased another post, asking why the platform according to the Civil Aviation Ad- “The International Civil Aviation The BeiDou navigation system is deleted its storm post and how people could pos- ministration of China website. Organization has very high standards being used in weather forecasting, sibly prepare for the upcoming typhoon without “The BeiDou navigation system for navigation equipment used on explained Jiao, adding that the signal a forecast. could mean a lot for improving the aircraft, so, the use of the BeiDou the system sends can help scientists The China Earthquake Networks Center said safety of domestic jetliners. The cur- navigation system attests to its high- predict weather conditions faster and on its account that the post was deleted because rent GPS cannot meet the needs of level and reliability,” Zhao Kangning, more accurately. the word “yellow” triggered the platform’s regu- Chinese jetliners. This is why flights former deputy director of China’s Na- “The navigation system can have lations on releasing pornographic content. This are often delayed due to weather con- tional Administration of Global Navi- military applications as well, and was because the Chinese word for “yellow,” as in ditions,” Jiao Weixin, a space science gation Satellite Systems and Applica- guarantee signal accuracy and signifi- yellow books or yellow movies, can implicitly re- professor at Peking University, told tions, told the Global Times. cantly influence the development of fer to pornography. the Global Times. Zhao said he believes that the suc- missile technology, hence strength- However, Sina Weibo denied that the deletion So, when the BeiDou navigation cessful combination of the BeiDou ening our national defense,” Jiao con- was related to suspected porn content or to its application matures, it’s quite pos- navigation system and a regional cluded. “supervisory” system, saying that it was caused sible that there will be more accurate jetliner shows that the Beidou navi- by a delay in data that affected the post display. departure and arrival times, minimiz- gation system is in a leading posi- Page Editor: ing the effects of weather, Jiao added. tion among other navigation systems [email protected] Global Times The test flight covered the onboard worldwide. Africans’ call for apology over ‘racism’ overreaction: Wuhan curator

By Claudine Housen and about the offensive nature of tion of association with ani- the heart of the uproar. Sibanda, a Zimbabwean and Deng Xiaoci the images, the Hubei Museum mals, such as the 12 zodiac ani- Members of the African founder of the Appreciate Af- in Wuhan removed the photos mals. The photos just call for community in China said that rica Network. Members of the African com- on Wednesday. harmony between humans and juxtaposing the images of Afri- Wang said his team had munity in Wuhan and in other Wang Yuejun, curator in animals,” he stressed. cans with animals suggests that spoken with some African stu- parts of China are calling on a charge of the exhibit, called the The exhibition titled “This is blacks are animals, saying it is dents in Wuhan about the com- museum in Central China’s complaints “overreactions” and Africa” was scheduled to open a very offensive stereotype and plaints and that some of them Hubei Province to apologize declined to apologize, insist- from September 28 to October encourages the perpetuation of said “they could understand.” for a photo exhibition that has ing that they had done nothing 17, with 150 photos from the Af- racism. Amid the outcry, the muse- the faces of Africans, including wrong. “We did not intend to rican continent on display. “I saw it as disrespectful. I um’s deputy director surnamed young children, next to wild discriminate against any cul- It is 12 of them, titled Xiang felt they really disrespected the Zeng said the photos and de- animals. ture,” said Wang. you xin sheng (meaning “face African people and misrepre- sign came from the sponsors After receiving complaints “The Chinese have a tradi- comes from heart”) that are at sented Africa,” said Samantha and they only provide the room. Monday October 16, 2017 5 AD 6 Monday October 16, 2017 NATION

By Liu Caiyu services, making it simpler to select and agencies are trying to be more creative in the short term, service design pro- cancel additional charged services, Ctrip by offering customized services. grams might raise costs for businesses, t’s nothing new to hear about Chi- said in its statement, Tencent reported. While it’s a trend that’s worth but long-term profits and competitive- nese customers falling into the trap Ctrip’s self-regulation also serves as encouraging, agencies need to make ness are inevitable. Iof Ctrip, a platform that recently a call for other major travel agencies clear what their optional services are, In the US, flight ticket purchasing came under scrutiny from the Chinese to monitor their services. Bundle sales Liu added. websites normally place additional ser- public after well-known actress Han are common among China’s online Su Haopeng, vice dean of the Law vices options in prominent spots and Xue complained she became the victim travel agencies, Cao Lei, the director of School at the University of International allow users to make their own choices, of its bundle sales tactics. e-commerce think-tank 100ec.cn, said. Business and Economics in Beijing, Jin said. When purchasing tickets on Ctrip, China’s online travel agencies have told the Global Times that bundle sales For Ctrip, and other Chinese OTAs which claims to be the world’s third received the greatest number of com- are illegal and violate customers’ right it is necessary to acknowledge how to largest online travel agency, many plaints among domestic public services to know, according to China’s Law on balance the relationship between profits Chinese customers said they paid more platforms, according to data collected Protection of the Rights and Interests of and user experience, she added. on the platform than the official price by 100ec.cn. At least 10 travel platforms Consumers and Anti-Unfair Competi- If businesses don’t know how to shown. Buttons for selecting additional have received all kinds of customer tion Law. strike this balance, they face the risk services were always placed in conspic- complaints, it said. of closing down, Liu told the Global uous positions, and difficult to avoid if Bundle sales have become a mecha- ‘Self-defeating’ Times. customers don’t pay proper attention. nism for online travel agencies to If bundling services are unclear or The market will decide its destiny, In a post on her Sina Weibo last redeem costs, since the current policies make it inconvenient for users to make Liu said, and customers will turn to Monday, Han Xue warned others to have led to a curb on their profits, Cao selections or cancellations, it contradicts other platforms if Ctrip fails in its user check carefully before they make orders explained. the idea of “customers first.” In the long experience. on Ctrip. A picture Han posted shows Major domestic airlines stopped run, users will lose trust in the busi- “Ctrip has many competitors out that Ctrip added a 38-yuan-hotel coupon charging commission fees in June 2015. ness, which will further reflect on its there. The platform hasn’t got a mo- to her flight ticket basket, priced at Currently, flight ticket agencies only profits, Jin Liwen, the marketing direc- nopoly on the domestic travel market,” 1,530 yuan. earn around 10 yuan per ticket sale. At tor of Continuum in China, a consult- he added. According to online news Han’s post struck a responsive the same time, they are burdened with ing company based in Boston, said to site, leiphone.com, China has more chord. It was liked by 260,000 Weibo costs from transactions, manual work the Global Times. than 27,000 travel agencies that help users and received nearly 40,000 com- and technical maintenance, Nanfang But she added that there is no Chinese tourists book flight and train ments as of press time. Daily reported. conflict between user experience and tickets. When agencies struggle to earn commercial profits. “As an important Saving itself money from selling tickets, they turn factor for building brands, good user After a huge public outcry, Ctrip re- their attention to other products. experience will increase brand value sponded twice in a week in a bid to save However, Liu Simin, vice president and profits,” Jin said, itself from further bad publicity. of the Tourism Research Institute of the adding that Ctrip said Thursday that customers China Society for Future Studies, told are able to select “normal reservation” the Global Times that Ctrip which excludes additional services from and other travel customers’ ticket selections. The platform now offers clearer information on detailed

 Bundle sales fallout forces Ctrip to reassess business practices Ticketing Clean-up A Net user displays the download page of the Ctrip app on his phone on October 10. Photo: IC

Beijing unveils ambitious 3-step plan to boost soccer industry

Beijing municipal authorities out a three-step development sports frequently. 2035, both men’s and women’s national tournaments stage. have announced an ambitious strategy for its soccer industry. The document explicitly soccer teams will be playing The city will also actively soccer development plan, By 2020, there will be total stresses the development of in the top Chinese league, and make applications to host Inter- setting the goal of getting of 1,610 soccer pitches ready soccer at the grassroots level, both should be competitive in national soccer events. more than 1 million people and available for Beijing resi- in that it demands the sport fighting for the league title. Beijing has previously participating in the sport on dents, equivalent to about one be widely taken up among the And the third step, which successfully hosted the 29th a regular basis by 2020, the pitch for every 14,000 people. city’s residents. has a more long-term goal, Olympic Games in 2008. Beijing Youth Daily reported Furthermore, campus soc- The ultimate objective will demands that by 2050, game on Sunday. cer systems will be established be to get around one million management skills and sports Global Times According to the document in 230 primary and middle residents playing soccer regu- capabilities will reach world issued by the Beijing city gov- schools in the city, where more larly by 2020. class levels, and that profes- Page Editor: dengxiaoci@ ernment’s official website on than 200,000 students are The second step mentioned sional soccer teams will be globaltimes.com.cn Thursday, the capital has rolled expected to be engaged in the in the document states that by quite competitive on the inter- 7 WORLD Monday October 16, 2017 Two Koreas avoid Russian u Conservatives join far-right in alliance opportunity to hold talks Rightward Austria shift Politicians from North and lower house of parliament, and South Korea will not hold dian unnamed member of North rect talks in Russia on Monday Korea’s delegation as saying about Pyongyang’s nuclear and there would not be any talks. could be new headache missile program despite attend- The unnamed North Korean ing an event at the same time delegate was quoted as saying and place, Russian news agen- that US pressure on Pyongyang cies said on Sunday. and US and South Korean mili- Austrians were voting Sunday ernment for the fi rst time in a right. Valentina Matviyenko, tary exercises meant precon- in a watershed election tipped decade. Founded by ex-Nazis in the speaker of the upper house of ditions for such talks had not to see conservative Sebastian The People’s Party (OeVP), 1950s, the FPOe almost won parliament, is due to discuss been met. Kurz, 31, become the EU’s rebranded by “whizz-kid” Kurz the presidency last year and separately with a deputy head North Korea’s nuclear tests youngest leader and form an al- as a “movement”, is forecast topped opinion polls in the of North Korea’s legislature and missile launches have liance with the far-right, in the to reap more than 30 percent midst of Europe’s migrant cri- and the head of South Korea’s stirred global tensions and bloc’s latest populist test. of the vote with pledges to go sis. parliament on the sidelines of prompted international sanc- A rightward shift in the tough on migrants and easy on Then Kurz came along and a congress of parliamentarians tions at the UN Security Coun- wealthy European Union taxes. stole votes with his hardline in St Petersburg on Monday, cil. member of 8.75 million people The eurosceptic Freedom OeVP makeover, prompting TASS quoted a senior Russian A de-escalation plan, backed would be a fresh headache for Party (FPOe) is battling for sec- FPOe chief Heinz-Christian lawmaker, on Saturday. by Russia and China, would see Brussels as it struggles with ond place with the beleaguered Strache to call him an “impos- TASS cited a Russian parlia- North Korea suspend its bal- Britain’s decision to leave and Social Democrats (SPOe) of inter.” mentarian as saying Moscow listic missile program and the the rise of nationalists in Ger- cumbent Chancellor Christian But Austrian media reported would call on the two countries US and South Korea simulta- many, Hungary, Poland and Kern. Sunday that both parties were to use the opportunity to have neously call a moratorium on elsewhere. Kurz – who as new OeVP already involved in behind-the- direct talks to try to narrow large-scale missile exercises, But all signs indicate that leader forced the snap vote in scene talks, with the OeVP put- their diff erences. both moves aimed at paving the Austrians, fed up with a record May by ending the coalition ting a “generous off er” on the But the RIA news agency way for multilateral talks. infl ux of asylum-seekers, want with Kern – has yanked his par- table. on Sunday cited Piotr Tolstoi, to swap the gridlocked centrist ty to the right and is expected deputy speaker of the Russian Reuters rule for a more hardline gov- to seek a coalition with the far- AFP uFrench air disaster Governor calls wildfi re California’s worst ever

Authorities hope weaker winds will help more than 10,000 fi refi ghters battle the deadliest blazes in Californian history, which have killed at least 40 people and destroyed thousands of structures in one of the state’s worst natural disasters in years. Fast-moving fi res spread by shifting winds forced thousands more to evacuate their homes on Saturday as the death toll over the week rose to 40, with hundreds missing. More than 10,000 fi refi ghters supported by air tankers and helicopters battled 16 major wildfi res in areas north of San Francisco that have con- sumed nearly 214,000 acres (86,000 hectaers), or roughly 334 square miles (865 square kilometers) - an area larger than New York City. The 40 confi rmed fatalities, including 22 in Sonoma county, make it California’s deadliest-ever fi re event, surpassing the 29 deaths from the Griffi th Park fi re of 1933 in Los Angeles. With 235 people still missing on Saturday in Sonoma county alone and rubble from thousands of incinerated dwellings yet to be searched, au- French soldiers and rescuers prepare to pull the remains of a cargo plane that crashed off Ivory Coast on Saturday. thorities expect the death toll to climb. The plane was chartered by the French army as part of the anti-jihadist Operation Barkhane. Four were dead and Some 100,000 people have been forced from six others injured in the crash of the aircraft, which had 10 people on board. Photo: VCG their homes, including 3,000 on Saturday from the city of Santa Rosa, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of San Francisco. The fi res have dam- aged or destroyed about 5,700 structures, reduc- Syrian forces say they’re taking Raqa from IS fi ghters ing homes and businesses to ash. Some victims were asleep when fl ames en- gulfed their homes, while others had only min- The US-backed Syrian Democratic The militia, an alliance of Kurdish unclear how many jihadists have left utes to fl ee. Forces on Sunday announced the and Arab fi ghters, said in a statement and to where. “This is truly one of the greatest tragedies that “fi nal phase” of the battle to capture that the fi nal phase of the fi ghting Thousands of civilians were be- California has ever faced. The devastation is just Raqa, once the Syrian stronghold of would “end the presence of the terror- lieved to remain trapped in the last unbelievable. It is a horror that no one could have the Islamic State group. ist mercenaries inside the city.” parts of the city under IS control. imagined,” California Governor Jerry Brown said “We are now in the fi nal phase of They said it came after a deal to Ahmed said Sunday that many on a visit to a devastated city. the battle for Raqa,” spokeswoman “evacuate remaining civilians in the had now escaped. Jihan Sheikh Ahmed told AFP, after city and ensure the surrender of 275 “There are very few left, and they Reuters the SDF announced its fi ghters had local mercenaries and their families.” are coming towards our forces at any begun the operation to capture the Local offi cials have said they bro- chance they get,” she told AFP. Page Editor: last 10 percent of the city under IS kered a deal to allow some IS fi ght- [email protected] control. ers to leave the city, though it remains AFP 8 Monday October 16, 2017 WORLD  Likely to deprive Merkel’s conservatives of a boost in coalition talks German state of Lower Saxony goes to polls

Voters in the German state of Lower Those parties will this week begin dis- such as carmaker Volkswagen. European Union reform, tax and envi- Saxony headed to the polls on Sunday cussions that could drag into 2018 about “Everyone was scared that if they did ronmental protection. in an election likely to hand the Social entering a marriage of convenience un- something at the national level or com- Cem Ozdemir, co-leader of the Democrats (SPD) a narrow victory, and tested at the federal level. mitted themselves to something, then Greens, said the three parties had not deprive Chancellor Angela Merkel’s con- The latest opinion poll put the SPD their colleagues in Lower Saxony could sought each other out but now had a re- servatives of a boost in looming national on 34.5 percent in the northern swing end up suffering,” he said. sponsibility to form a coalition that bore coalition talks. state of Lower Saxony, giving it a 1.5 point Merkel’s reverse in September, along the hallmarks of their conservative, lib- Germans disgruntled with Merkel’s lead over Merkel’s Christian Democrats with the SPD’s insistence on going into eral and center-left identities. liberal migrant policy abandoned her (CDU) who had been 12 points ahead at opposition, left her with no viable op- “If the coalition comes off, it must party in droves in September’s national the start of the campaign in August. tion other than a “Jamaica” coalition, so not be a coalition that only agrees on election. Having recorded the worst con- Simon Fink, political scientist at the named because the three parties’ colors the lowest common denominator. That servative result since 1949, she must University of Goettingen, said no one correspond with the black, yellow and won’t work,” he told Welt am Sonntag now try to piece together an awkward had dared to start coalition negotiations green of Jamaica’s flag. newspaper, adding that the trio needed alliance with the pro-business Free in Berlin ahead of the election in Lower It means the prospective partners will a “shared narrative.” Democrats (FDP) and environmentalist Saxony, which is slightly bigger than the need to overcome yawning differences Greens. Netherlands and hosts major companies on issues ranging from immigration to Reuters

Early Halloween Death toll in Mogadishu bomb blasts rises to 85

The death toll from twin bomb blasts that struck busy junc- tions in the heart of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has jumped to 85, making it one of the deadliest attacks since an Islamist insurgency began in 2007. President Mohamed Abdul- lahi Farmaajo declared three days of national mourning and called for donations of blood and funds to victims of Satur- day’s attack. At least 100 others were wounded. Police said a truck bomb exploded outside a hotel in the K5 intersection that is lined with government offices, res- taurants and kiosks, flattening several buildings and setting dozens of vehicles on fire. Two hours later, another blast struck the capital’s Me- A man holds an effigy of ‘Malaysian Official 1’ during an anti-kleptocracy rally in Petaling Jaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia dina district. on Saturday. Thousands of protesters gathered to demand action against Prime Minister Najib Razak over the mismanagement of “The number of dead has billions of dollars by a state fund. Photo: IC risen to 85. We know some 100 who were injured,” Mohamed Hussein, a police official, told Reuters, giving combined fig- Kurds block Iraqi forces’ access to oil fields, airbase ures of casualties. On Sunday, police and emergency workers searched the Kurdish Peshmerga fighters re- for Iran’s elite Revolutionary man for the paramilitary groups ported 14 hours after the dead- rubble of destroyed buildings. jected a warning from an Iraqi Guards, a military corp provid- known as Hashid Shaabi in line, but a resident said doz- They also recovered dozens of paramilitary force to withdraw ing training and weapons to Arabic, said the deadline had ens of young Kurds took up corpses the night before, most from a strategic junction south Iraqi paramilitary groups back- expired without giving indica- arms and were deployed in the of which were charred beyond of Kirkuk, which controls the ing the Shi’ite-led government tions about their next move. streets of Kirkuk with machine recognition. access to some of the region’s in Baghdad, known as Popular “We are waiting for new or- guns as the news of the warn- Hundreds of people came to main oilfields, a Kurdish secu- Mobilization. ders, no extension is expected,” ing spread. the junction in search of miss- rity official said on Sunday. He arrived in the Kurdish he said. The KRG and the Shi’ite-led ing family members and police Meanwhile, Iranian Major region Saturday, a Kurdish of- The Kurdish position north central government in Baghdad cordoned off the area for secu- General Qassem Soleimani ar- ficial said. of the junction controls the ac- are at loggerheads since the rity reasons. rived in Iraq’s Kurdistan region Popular Mobilization had cess to an important airbase September 25 vote, which deliv- There was no immediate for talks about the escalating given the Peshmerga until mid- and Bai Hassan, one of the ered an overwhelming yes for claim of responsibility, al- crisis between the Kurdish au- night local time (2100 GMT Sat- main crude oil fields of the re- Kurdish independence. though the Islamist militant thorities and the Iraqi govern- urday) to leave a position north gion, the KRG official said. group al Shabaab, which is al- ment following last month’s of the Maktab Khalid junction, The city, the airbase and Reuters lied to al Qaeda, stages regular Kurdish independence referen- an official from the Kurdistan their immediate surroundings, attacks in the capital and other dum. Regional Government’s (KRG) including the oil fields, are un- Page Editor: parts of the country. Soleimani is the com- Security Council said. der Kurdish control. [email protected] mander of foreign operations Ali al-Hussaini, a spokes- There were no clashes re- Reuters Monday October 16, 2017 9 WORLD Flowery tradition Nuna 9 seen as solar car of the future in Australia race

A futuristic Dutch family car that not only uses the sun as power but supplies energy back to the grid was hailed as “the future” Sunday as the World Solar Challenge wrapped up. The innovative biannual contest, first run in 1987, began in Darwin a week ago with 41 vehicles setting off on a 3,000-kilometer trip through Australia to Adelaide. Dutch car Nuna 9 won the race for the third straight time on Thursday after traveling at an average speed of 81.2 kilometers per hour. German team HS Bochum was the first to arrive Friday with its stylish four-seater classic coupe, featuring sustainable materials such as vegan pine- apple leather seats. Young people sport traditional Chinese costumes in a parade to mark the 2017 World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow, But another Dutch team, Russia, on Saturday. Photo: IC Eindhoven, was set to be crowned overall champion based on a system taking into  account design, practicality, en- Record hurricane may unleash dangerous seas, floods ergy efficiency, and innovation, organizers said. Their family car, Stella Vie, carried five people at an aver- Britain braces for Ophelia age speed of 69 kilometers per hour, with event director Chris Selwood saying it was a practi- cal demonstration of what the Britain and Ireland braced Sun- tial flooding, authorities said. stormy conditions, according ditions from Monday morning future might look like. day for a lashing from Ophelia, Ophelia is the fifteenth to the US National Hurricane to early Tuesday, the Irish Me- “These incredible solar cars the largest hurricane ever re- named storm of the 2017 Atlan- Center. teorological Service said. have been designed with the corded so far east in the Atlantic tic season, which is expected to Seven of the nine islands in As a result bus services have commercial market in mind Ocean, after it dumped heavy last until the end of November. the Azores were on high alert been cancelled on Monday for and have all the features you’d rains on Portugal’s Azores is- Three major hurricanes for the storm’s passage, but it schoolchildren in the five west- expect in a family, luxury or lands. – Harvey, Irma and Maria – did not cause major damage, ern counties. sporting car,” he said. As the storm passed near the caused catastrophic damage in authorities told reporters. Mean wind speeds in excess Cars in the race were mostly Azores archipelago on Saturday the Caribbean and the US Gulf Still, firefighters respond- of 80 kilometers per hour and developed by universities or it was classed Category 3, which Coast. According to meteorolo- ed to calls of flooding and a gusts of over 130 kilometers per corporations, with teams hail- means it packed winds of at gists, Ophelia is the most pow- downed tree on the island of hour are expected, the weather ing from around the world. least 178 kilometers per hour. erful hurricane recorded so far Sao Miguel. Several flights be- service said. They were allowed to store a Though the storm will east in the Atlantic and the first tween the islands or mainland Parts of Britain have been small amount of energy but the weaken as it churns toward Ire- since 1939 to travel so far north. Portugal were cancelled, affect- placed on yellow alert for Mon- majority of their power had to land and Britain, it still packs But by the time it reaches ing about 800 passengers. day and Tuesday, the lowest come from the sun and the ve- enough power to damage build- Ireland on Monday it is expect- Five counties in the west of warning level. hicle’s kinetic forces. ings and provoke “dangerous” ed to weaken to a “post tropical Ireland will be placed on red sea conditions as well as poten- storm” with severe winds and alert for “severe” weather con- AFP AFP Isolated outpost of St. Helena welcomes its first commercial flight

One of humanity’s most isolated out- tears as it touched down on the spectacu- An airport at the new site, on top of a Before the opening of the airport, posts joined the 21st century on Satur- lar cliff-side runway. valley filled in with 8 million cubic me- which will receive weekly flights to and day when the British island of St. Hel- “I never thought I’d see this day,” she ters of rock, suffered numerous setbacks from the South African commercial cap- ena, home to “the world’s most useless said. and delays as costs ballooned to 285 mil- ital, the only way to St. Helena was a five- airport,” welcomed its first commercial The 4,500 people living on St. Hel- lion pounds ($379 million), to the horror night voyage from Cape Town aboard a flight. As the inaugural plane from Jo- ena, a British colony since 1658 – most of the British government. British postal ship. hannesburg touched down on the for- famous as the windswept outpost where The runway and terminal were com- With the risk of wind-shear limiting bidding volcanic outcrop in the middle French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte pleted in 2016 but the official opening the size of planes and numbers of pas- of the south Atlantic, the travel and his- breathed his last – might also be for- was pushed back another year after test sengers – Saturday’s flight had room for tory buffs on board clapped and cheered. given for thinking the day would never flights were buffeted by cross-winds, 100 but only 68 on board due to weight “I’ve never felt so emotional in all my come. making it unsafe for large aircraft. restrictions – the hoped-for tourist boom life,” said Libby Weir-Breen, a British There has been talk of building an With Britain mired in financial aus- is unlikely to materialize. travel operator who has been bringing airport on St. Helena since the 1930s. terity, the London media were quick to tourists to the island, 1,900 kilometers The best site – one of the few flat spaces condemn it as a white elephant, or “the Reuters west of the African nation of Angola, for on the notoriously craggy island – was world’s most useless airport,” with a the last 12 years. ruled out because of a nearby breeding price tag of more than 60,000 pounds Page Editor: She had flown in specially from Scot- ground for the wirebird, an endangered for every Saint, as the island’s residents [email protected] land to be on the plane, and dabbed away species of plover. are known. 10 Monday October 16, 2017 WORLD

 Purus – huge territories home to just not enough to halt the deforestation says Sicleudo Batista, another rural Small-scale 6,600 people in total. because there are people who want it teacher who at 29 has already had They are the descendants of work- to go ahead,” Jose Maria de Oliveira malaria six times. farmers try ers employed in slavery-like condi- said. In Medio Purus, there are around tions as rubber tappers in the 20th At the government environmental a dozen schools for middle school- to solve the century before extractive reserves body named after the slain campaign- aged children, with satellite links gave the poor a chance to build new, er – the ICMBio or Chico Mendes for distance learning, but there’s no problems of the freer futures. Conservation and Biodiversity Insti- access to higher education, which “We had to fight for years to get tute – officials feel powerless. makes it hard to persuade young peo- world’s greatest them, getting a lot of threats,” said There are just four employees ple not to leave the reserve. There are Silverio Barros Maciel, an Ituxi re- monitoring conservation in an area only a dozen other primary schools, rainforest serve community leader. about the size of one and a half all of which are in simple conditions But today, with almost no gov- Puerto Ricos. with just a handful of rooms, one in n western Brazil’s Amazon, the ernment support and ever-growing “We are struggling to keep the for- which the teacher lives. very people tasked with looking pressure from ranchers who want est going but we see that conservation Cleyton de Oliveira is the only Iafter the world’s greatest rainfor- their lands, the forest farmers say that of the Amazon is not the govern- health worker for all of Ituxi and half est are they themselves wondering if clock is turning back. ment’s priority,” Joedson Quintino, of his monthly $400 salary goes on they have a future. the ICMBio representative for Ituxi boat fuel costs. There are no pharma- “We are just trying to survive,” said Putting locals in charge said. cies or dedicated boat ambulances, Cleyton de Oliveira, 24. In the two Amazonas reserves, while a boat dispensing preventative De Oliveira lives in one of the spe- farmers harvest Brazilian nuts, acai, Abandoned care has visited Medio Purus just cial areas called ‘‘extractive reserves’’ fish and other produce on a modest Simply living on the extractive once so far this year and not at all in that were pioneered in the 1980s by scale. The creation of the reserves reserves is tough. What farmers say Ituxi. environmentalist and union leader “meant freedom,” says Medio Purus is the government’s near abandon- It’s meant to visit both twice a year. Francisco “Chico” Mendes as a way of leader Jose Maria de Oliveira. ment of their communities makes it The mayor of Labrea, Gean Barros, putting small producers in charge of It also meant another line of tougher. can offer little help. From the same the forest. defense for the Amazon rainforest, There are no roads, so everything center-right party as President Michel The idea was to allow modest putting locals in charge of making and everybody must travel by river. Temer, a big supporter of agribusi- communities to farm in a sustainable sure that exploitation of the natural To get from Labrea to Ituxi, it ness, Barros opposed the creation of manner. That way the poor had an resources is sustainable and prevent- takes six hours in a fast boat, using the two local extractive reserves. opportunity to make a living and to ing big companies from grabbing up $140 worth of fuel each way. In Residents accuse him of doing own land, while their presence would land. winter months, when the heavy rains everything he can to weaken the keep the giant ranches and planta- Jose Maria de Oliveira credits the come, boats can take shortcuts, cut- reserves. tions encroaching constantly in the creation of the two reserves for saving ting the journey in half. He blames the lack of help given Amazon at bay. species like the arapaima, a mam- Scarce educational facilities make to them on the central government. Mendes was murdered by a moth fish – one of the biggest river raising a family harder. In Ituxi, for “Ninety percent of what they prom- rancher in 1988 but not before his fish in the world – from extinction. example, there is only basic schooling ised was not carried out,” he said. groundbreaking idea had taken root, But the forces pressing down on and the teacher, Francisco da Silva, Ituxi leader Francini dos Santos part of a legacy that made him a the rainforest are ever stronger. The lives in the small wooden building said there’s no other choice but to national hero. highest deforestation rates in Brazil that schoolchildren call their school. keep trying – neither for them nor for Three decades later, there are 90 are found in the area of Labrea, the He has used his ingenuity to build the forest. such reserves across Brazil, cover- regional center which governs both a solar system to power a television, “There are so many obstacles that ing 96,500 square miles (250,000 reserves and which is a center for log- printer and music player that are we get tired,” he said. “But if we aban- square kilometers), including two ging and ranching. used during classes. Others rely on don it, everything will get worse.” created in 2008 in the western state “There’s a whole mosaic of noisy, expensive-to-run generators. of Amazonas, called Ituxi and Medio conservation areas here, but that’s “Life on the riverbanks is hard,” AFP

Agents of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, or Ibama, check a fallen tree found in a deforested area in Brazil’s state of Amazonas in August. Parts of the Western Amazon rainforest have suffered some of the Page Editor: heaviest deforestation, while illegal zhangxin@ logging has been hard to police in a globaltimes.com.cn country in economic crisis. Photo: VCG Monday October 16, 2017 11 MOSAIC

Hungry workers pick up take- Long locks out delivery with crane Workers at a South China construction site got an extended lunch of sorts when they used a crane to pick up their takeout from a delivery guy waiting below. The delivery man, surnamed Bei, arrived at the site in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autono- mous Region on Wednesday and called to alert his customer, surnamed You. That’s when You told him to “look up.” Waiting for their food around 70 meters up, the hungry workers began lowering the crane hook to Bei. “[You] said to hang the food on the crane’s hook,” said Bei. “At first I was worried that the food would fall,” he added. Luckily, video taken by Bei shows the food making its 2-minute vertical trip without a hitch. You said this isn’t the first time they’ve used a crane for a delivery hook-up. “It would take more than 10 minutes for us to climb down and back up,” said You. We pick up all our takeout this way,” he added. Women of the Hong Yao minority dressed in traditional costume show off their hair measuring up to 1.7 meters Btime long at an event in Huangluo Yao village of Guilin, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Photo: IC

Iceland president faints, breaks nose in ‘too hot’ bath Sun Yang defends master’s thesis on Sun Yang Iceland’s President Gudni on Thursday. rates since he was elected in Chinese swimmer Sun Yang tion, where he majors in physi- Johannesson has said he feels Johannesson, a former June 2016. is in the spotlight once again, cal education and training. fine after he hit his forehead history professor, said he was Iceland is set to hold a snap this time for the subject of his “He was a diligent student and broke his nose when he immediately rushed to a hospi- legislative election on October master’s thesis - his own gold and often had discussions with fainted and fell while taking a tal where he received stitches. 28 after the government col- winning performance at the the professors,” said Wang hot bath. He said he was feeling fine lapsed due to the prime min- Olympic Games in Rio. Jiahong, professor and Sun’s “A warm and cozy bath last in the post. ister’s cover-up of his father’s Sun defended his thesis, thesis advisor. night turned out to be too hot Johannesson, who is not a involvement in a legal row. titled “An analysis on the skills Many applauded Sun’s and cozy,” the 49-year-old aca- member of any traditional par- of the Men’s 200m freestyle thesis topic. “He is definitely demic said in a Facebook post ty, has enjoyed high approval AFP champion at the 31st Olym- entitled to research his own pics,” at Soochow University success,” commented Guan- (SU) in East China’s Jiangsu cha.cn user “benchilaohu- Province yesterday. oguo.” “He is the most brilliant Fruit-flinging monkey on the loose The thesis focused on his swimmer in China, after all.” own experience of winning Others apparently had never gold in the Men’s 200m heard of a student-athlete. “In A monkey that had been The brown-furred monkey fruit picked from a nearby tree. freestyle at the 2016 Summer short, I’m not convinced,” spotted scaling buildings in a had been lurking in the bushes “It threw persimmons at me Games. added “mengyw.” Hangzhou apartment complex before it began climbing up when I tried to chase it away,” Sun earned China’s first “How could he finish all his and throwing fruit at residents a building’s pipes, said a resi- said Cao. gold at the Games with a time courses when he had to train is still at large. dent, surnamed Wang. Property managers eventu- of 1:44.65. every day?” Local zoo employees said Photos show the monkey ally called a local zoo. Sun is currently enrolled at the adult macaque evaded hanging from buildings, “Every time we’d approach SU’s School of Physical Educa- Guancha.cn capture after residents of window grates and puttering it, it would vanish,” said a zoo Cuiyuan Second Residential around the community. employee, adding the monkey Community complained it was However, it was anoth- managed to stay out of range Swiss flushing away millions in gold, silver annually climbing up buildings on Fri- er mop-wielding resident of their tranquilizer gun. While London’s sewers can Researchers are now day afternoon, Urban Express surnamed Cao that discovered get clogged with grease and studying if it is worthwhile to reported. the monkey was armed with Urban Express diapers, it seems Switzerland’s extract the metals that end up waste system is flecked with in sewage sludge before usually Moroccan mural silver and gold. being burnt, but so far it has Researchers last year detect- not found to be cost effective. ed 3 tons of silver and 43 kilo- Higher levels of gold were grams of gold in sludge from found in the western Swiss waste water treatment plants – region of Jura, believed to be amounting to around 3 million linked to watchmakers that use Swiss francs ($3.1 million). the precious metal to decorate But before people start hunt- their expensive timepieces. ing in their drains for jewelry, There was also a higher the study said the tiny particles concentration in the southern were likely to be mostly from canton of Ticino due to the gold the watchmaking, pharmaceu- refineries in the area. This was ticals and chemical industries, the only region where it might which use the metals in their make sense to recover the met- products and processes. als, Vriens said. “You hear stories about an Other rare metals such as angry man or woman throwing gadolinium were also found by jewelry down the toilet, but we the scientists from the govern- didn’t find any rings, unfor- ment’s institute of aquatic sci- tunately,” report author Bas ence and technology (EAWAG). Vriens said on Thursday. “The levels of gold or silver Reuters were very small, in the micro- A dog runs past street art in the coastal town of Asilah, Morocco on Friday. The town is known grams, or even nanograms, Page Editor: for its well-preserved ramparts which were built by the Portuguese in the 15th century and is but when you add them up it’s [email protected] nowadays a hub for street art and cultural events. Photo: IC pretty substantial.” 12-13 Monday October 16, 2017 DEPTHOFFIELD

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ublic security forces and vol- Meanwhile, armed police are also Tiananmen Square. They have to meet THCPCcongress unteers are being mobilized 19 strengthening their efforts in patrol- the requirement that a white shirt Pnationwide to boost security ling Tiananmen Square. should remain clean even after it has as the 19th National Congress of the Passengers on Beijing-bound trains been used to rub the ground. Tianan- Communist Party of China (CPC) deployed on this mission, the Beijing from many cities are also subject to men Square is usually prepares to convene on October 18 in Daily reported. more stringent checks. In Shanghai, cleaned each year in Beijing. Easily identifiable volunteers passengers have to go through a facial late May and October, Clockwise from top right: Armed police in the Tibet Autonomous Region make a vow to Cai Qi, secretary of the Beijing wearing bright red armbands, some recognition security system. but this year it has safeguard the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in front of Municipal Committee of the CPC, of whom are senior citizens, can be Beijing’s not alone in upgrading been brought forward the flag of the CPC. said that all departments should seen in both Beijing’s wide streets its security levels. Other provinces for the congress. More than 2,600 policemen conduct large-scale exercises in Hubei Province for the 19th strengthen coordination during the and narrow alleys. In some important are also joining the effort with many CPC congress. 19th CPC congress to ensure security locations, they take shifts to ensure military and police forces holding Global Times Scan to read and share Railway police officers in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, check the story on your phone belongings of passengers bound for Beijing. in Beijing “at the highest level, with there is vigilance round the clock. Re- emergency drills. the strongest organization and the cent years have seen these volunteer In addition to the heightened Page Editor: Volunteers wearing red armbands work a shift, boosting security in the capital. [email protected] Armed police stand guard in front of Tiananmen Square in Beijing. most effective measures.” He also groups making great contributions to security measures, cleaners are now Photos: IC noted that ordinary citizens should be cracking down on illegal activities. working extra hours on the grounds at 14 Monday October 16, 2017 EDITORIAL Why CPC Congress garners global attention

he upcoming 19th National Con- excited about this Congress. It’s study- gradually emerged. First and foremost, Fourthly, a rising China has been gress of the Communist Party of ing China’s policymaking process to the CPC leadership has been consoli- actively adapting itself to the outside TChina (CPC) has captured world fi gure out whether the country can deal dated and strengthened since the Par- world over the last fi ve years, and vice- attention. French newspaper Le Monde with the coming challenges and sus- ty’s last Congress and the country’s po- versa. China has already become the on Sunday published a front page ar- tain the strong growth momentum of litical path is clearer and more rooted in world’s second-largest economy and ticle headlined “China, the rise of the recent decades. The media is weighing all of society. Problems that once bewil- has a strong sense of win-win coopera- great power” in Chinese characters and the possible impact of China’s future dered Chinese society have been clari- tion. carried eight pages on the topic, the development on power patterns of the fi ed and China’s development direction China is more powerful than fi ve epitome of Western reporting on the world. This is one of the fundamen- is widely recognized by the public. years ago but collaborates more closely 19th CPC National Congress. tal issues of 21st century international Secondly, China has been able to with the rest of the world. Most bilateral What does the outside world care politics and the CPC Congress is the balance between building up national issues have been better controlled and about this event? A country’s foreign most reliable and valuable information strength and improving people’s liveli- the Beijing-proposed Belt and Road policy is often an issue of attention source for it. hood and ecological protection. China initiative is now the largest platform but the outside world has little knowl- The world has witnessed China’s is becoming stronger and the public is for international development coopera- edge or interest in a country’s domestic rapid development and the CPC’s abil- sharing the maximum benefi t during tion. politics in most cases. China is under ity to lead and learn. But some are still the process. China is forming a robust growth the fi rm leadership of the CPC Cen- suspicious about whether China can Thirdly, the things a modern society momentum and its development is tral Committee with Xi Jinping as the avoid falling into the same old trap that values – scientifi c innovation, techno- shifting the world toward a winning di- core and its diplomacy is the steadiest terminated the Soviet Union and fi nd logical progress, justice and clean gov- rection. China’s development has never among major powers. solutions to problems that have accu- ernance – have all improved. Various been so important to the world as now. Explosive news coming out of China mulated since reform and opening-up. “China collapse” theories have fallen The CPC and the Party Congress bear a is quite scarce, but the global media is The answers to these questions have apart. heavy responsibility.

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“We have stepped up surveillance and patrols so that no Rohingya can be pushed into our territory.”

Tariqul Hakim, area commander of Border Guard Bangladesh explaining how Bangladesh is stepping up security on the Indian border over Rohingya fears, quoted by AFP Sunday. “I don’t think we’ll get to that position [leaving the EU without a negotiated deal with the bloc].” Illustration: Shen Lan/GT Chris Grayling, British transport minister on the consequences of Britain exiting the EU without a deal, quoted by Reuters Sunday. China, India can lead eﬀ orts to solve Rohingya crisis

By Ai Jun BSERVER of economic, trade, defense, energy O and strategic agreements, is proof As heavy international criticism to- enough. ward Aung San Suu Kyi mounts over Given the interests Beijing and the brewing Rohingya crisis with a In terms of economics, there are New Delhi share with the region, the large number of Rohingya Muslims more reasons for the two to cooper- two could cooperate in off ering hu- Please send submissions to [email protected]. Pieces should fl eeing home, both Beijing and New ate. China’s investment in Myanmar manitarian aid to Rakhine state, as- be no longer than 800 words. The opinion expressed in the published articles are those of the writer alone and do not necessarily refl ect the Delhi showed support and sympathy reached $18.53 billion in January 2017 sisting Bangladesh in resettlement of position of the Global Times. The Global Times reserves the right to edit for the eff orts of the ruling National and the country plays a unique role in refugees, enhancing economic coop- the articles for length and clarity. Inquiry: (8610) 65367563 League for Democracy party. While Beijing’s Belt and Road initiative. It is eration with Myanmar and promot- the Western media portrays it as a impossible for Beijing to remain in- ing greater integration of trade and Check out our mobile apps for iPhone, iPad and Android scramble over the sphere of infl u- diff erent. Nor can India’s interests be investment in the area including the ence between China and India, the divorced from peace and stability in Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar possibility of the two big countries a nation that forms a bridge between Economic Corridor. cooperating to help resolve the ethnic South Asia and Southeast Asia. Such actions by China and India Follow us on confl ict in Myanmar went largely un- Although India has not yet joined will without doubt help resolve the Twitter noticed. the Belt and Road, it prizes its Act Rohingya crisis and may even elicit http://twitter.com/globaltimesnews As Myanmar’s neighbors, the last East policy that seeks to reinvigorate support from more ASEAN nations. thing China and India want is ter- cooperation with the Association of Unlike the way the Western media Facebook rorist violence on their doorstep. In Southeast Asian nations. Needless would have it, Myanmar is not a new http://facebook.com/globaltimesnews the meantime, both countries are to say Myanmar, the gateway for battleground. In fact, it is a new op- well aware of the complexity of the New Delhi’s northeastern states to portunity. Sina Weibo Rakhine ethnic and religious con- Southeast Asia, is crucial to India. http://weibo.com/globaltimescn fl ict, knowing it will take time for the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Page Editor: [email protected] The Global Times is published six times a week government to solve such a complex visit to Myanmar last month, during from Monday to Saturday. question. which the two sides inked a series Monday October 16, 2017 15 ASIANREVIEW US needs wiser South China Sea strategy

By Zhao Minghao Trump took office in January. tions and ratchets up the ten- sure its dominance of maritime tain Beijing while the US is In August, the USS John S. sion. There are three main rea- security. focused on North Korea. It was he US guided missile McCain entered waters within sons the US is doing this. Third, relations are warming the Australian navy’s largest destroyer USS Chafee 12 nautical miles of Meiji Reef, First, Trump will visit between China and Southeast military operation in 30 years. Tentered territorial waters part of the Nansha Islands. In Vietnam in November and Asian countries, making Wash- Indonesia vigorously seeks near China’s Xisha Islands on the next few months, the US may also attend the ASEAN ington nervous. Philippine control of the Natuna Islands, Tuesday in pursuit of so-called will probably carry out one or summit in the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte’s increasing its military presence freedom of navigation opera- two more such operations. Washington wants to government has resumed bilat- in the past year. The Indonesian tions without permission from US military operations in showcase its commitment to eral dialogue with China over government recently named a the Chinese government. The the South China Sea are be- safeguarding the security of the the South China Sea dispute. section of the disputed waters US violated Chinese and incoming more routine. Senior South China Sea to Southeast In addition, tensions between the “North Natuna Sea.” ternational law. China imme- officials of the Pentagon and Asian countries increasingly Vietnam and China on the is- It is said the White House diately dispatched military ves- the US Pacific Command have concerned about the “America sue are well controlled. is conducting a comprehen- sels and aircraft to warn the US greater autonomy over such first” policy adopted by the Challenges to China-US re- sive review of US policy toward ship to leave. military operations than during Trump administration. The lations in the South China Sea, China in preparing for Trump’s Although the Korean Penin- the Obama administration. The US president’s visit is often a however, do not only derive November visit. With regard sula has become the focus of in- US Department of Defense has catalyst for actions aimed at from the US, but also come to the South China Sea, Wash- ternational public opinion, this reportedly set a timetable for releasing foreign policy signals. from Japan, Australia, Indo- ington needs to come up with event once again shows that the these operations in the South Second, China and ASEAN nesia and other countries. In a sensible strategy rather than South China Sea dispute is still China Sea. US Pacific Fleet hope to negotiate a code of con- January, the Japan Coast Guard letting “freedom of navigation” the key issue affecting the secu- Commander Scott Swift has duct for the South China Sea announced it would launch a operations undermine trust rity of the Asia-Pacific region. said that “We are on track to that the US hopes to influence. special project to provide train- and cooperation between the As US President Donald Trump conduct over 900 ship days In August, China and ASEAN ing and technical assistance two countries. will visit Asia next month, the of operations this year in the reached a deal on a framework for Southeast Asian countries South China Sea will probably South China Sea.” for the code and their next step in dealing with maritime se- The author is a senior research become even more restless. The US is quietly strength- will be to negotiate specific curity issues. In September, a fellow with The Charhar Institute During former president ening its military deployment, terms. Some US think tank fleet of six Australian warships and an adjunct fellow at the Barack Obama’s time in highlighting its military pres- experts have suggested the US with more than 1,200 defense Chongyang Institute for Financial office, the US navy carried out ence in the region through free- launch an Asia-Pacific mari- force personnel carried out op- Studies at Renmin University of four such operations, while dom of navigation operations. time code of conduct with Ja- erations in the sea. Canberra China. opinion@globaltimes. this was also the fourth since This complicates Sino-US rela- pan, India and Australia to en- hopes to help Washington con- com.cn Kobe Steel scandal seriously damages reputation of ‘Made in Japan’

By Chen Yang to profit against their Chinese and South Korean manufactur- “A castle takes three years to ing rivals. To compete with their build, yet it can fall in a single counterparts in China, South day.” Japanese Prime Minister Korea, the US and Europe, some Shinzo Abe seems to favor this Japanese companies began fab- proverb so much that he used it ricating financial accounts and in his 2016 New Year’s reflec- overstating profits. tion and again after the plunge This may have temporar- in support for his cabinet in ily created some development June, probably in an entirely space, but it has stained the different mood. Early last year, craftsmanship spirit in which he was widely supported by the Japanese people take pride and Japanese public, but now there does no good for the long-term are voices calling for him to step development of a company. It is down. through the relentless pursuit of The saying is also used to perfection that Japan recovered remind entrepreneurs and from the ruins after 1945 and politicians to maintain caution Japanese companies earned and reverence. While it remains their international reputation unknown whether Abe’s “castle” amid fierce competition. built over the past five years will In fact, one of the core values collapse before the lower house of Kobe Steel is to “provide Illustration: Liu Rui/GT election on October 22, it’s true technologies, products and that a time-honored Japanese services that win the trust and brand is falling. confidence of our customers we According to reports, Japan’s third worked in the company three years scandals involving Japanese companies serve and the society in which we live.” biggest steelmaker Kobe Steel acknowl- before entering politics in 1982. Given in recent years. Olympus Corp was re- Regrettably, the company kept falsifying edged on October 8 that it falsified the company’s extensive pool of clients vealed in 2011 to have falsified financial data for nearly 10 years, as did some data related to strength and durabil- in and outside Japan, the falsification accounts for about 20 years. Toshiba other Japanese companies. ity of some aluminum and copper will not only undermine the com- was found in 2015 to have overstated Japanese companies have won parts products and sold them to some pany’s reputation, but also harm other its profits for years. Also Takata, the worldwide trust and recognition with 200 companies. Naoto Umehara, an industries. The 200 or so companies world’s second-largest supplier of air- their unremitting pursuit of perfection. executive vice president at the company, that used the products of fabricated data bags, was exposed in the same year to They are now in decline for varied rea- admitted that falsifying data was an include Toyota, Honda and Boeing. have manipulated test results for airbag sons but the abandonment of their core organized effort that could go back 10 Among the users of Kobe products inflators. In 2016, Mitsubishi Motors values must be a prime culprit. years. There is no doubt that this case were Hitachi that made trains for the and Suzuki Motor were involved in will cast a shadow on the reputation of UK and the H2A rocket launched by improper fuel-economy test scandals. The author is a PhD candidate at the Japanese companies. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on Tues- Such scandals occurred from time to graduate school of sociology, Tokyo Founded in 1905 and ranked among day. Although no safety problem due to time as the lackluster Japanese econ- University. [email protected] the world’s top 500, Kobe Steel is using Kobe products has been revealed, omy’s Lost Two Decades constrained Japan’s top-notch supplier of aluminum the scandal will likely taint the well- development of Japanese companies Page Editor: and copper products and has branches established brand of “Made in Japan.” and eclipsed their competitiveness. [email protected] in the US, Europe and China. Abe There have been a number of similar Meanwhile it became harder for them 16 Monday October 16, 2017 FORUM US needs to respect intl opinion of Iran deal

ashington has been Pyongyang won’t believe the US as following its unilateral it could easily junk an international Whardline path. US Presi- agreement. dent Donald Trump announced The shadow of war may again Thursday he will decertify the 2015 fall over the Middle East. A new Iran nuclear deal and impose sanc- twist in the Iran nuclear deal will tions on Iran’s Islamic Revolution- add to uncertainties in an uncertain ary Guard Corps. He also claimed world. Iran is much stronger than that “In the event we are not able to North Korea economically. At this reach a solution working with Con- critical time, sticking to the Iran gress and our allies, the agreement nuclear agreement is crucial to will be terminated.” His statement maintaining peace in the Middle has met with unanimous opposi- East and the current international tion from the EU and countries order. like the UK, France, Germany and Iranian President Hassan Rou- Russia. hani said Trump cannot unilater- According to US laws, once ally terminate the agreement and Trump decertifies the pact, Iran will continue to implement Congress will have 60 days to re- the deal. The leaders of Britain, impose sanctions. In an apparent Germany and France called on move to ease international opinion, Washington and Congress to con- US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sider the consequences for regional said at a media briefing that Trump peace before acting. intends to abide by the Iran deal. Still in a Cold War mental- But if the US re-imposes sanctions, Illustration: Liu Rui/GT ity, Washington is prone to take Iran will retaliate by restarting its unilateral action. Changes in the nuclear program and the process of us- lateral agreement. But since its imple- multilateral purpose. Unilaterally decer- administration mean a new president ing its nuclear power for civilian use as mentation in January 2016, Washington tifying the deal would inevitably tarnish can completely deny the actions of the provided in the pact will be reversed. has viewed it as a bilateral one with Washington’s international reputation previous president. A string of bilateral The Iran nuclear deal was reached in which it has the final say. US interests and shake the foundation of the deal. and multilateral agreements are now July 2015 between Iran and six coun- are the deciding factor as to whether The rivalry between the US and Iran is, under review. tries – the US, the UK, France, Russia, Iran complies with the deal. The White in essence, one between the US and the Despite strong opposition and resis- China and Germany – after arduous House even uses it as a bargaining chip international order. tance from the media and politicians, negotiations. The UN Security Coun- to gain Congress’ support. The nuclear deal is not perfect, but the White House has shown no signs cil then approved the deal. According US skepticism toward Iran’s compli- it has provided a model for a political of changing its mind. Will the future to the pact, Iran promised to limit its ance comes from concerns over Iran’s solution for other hotspot issues such world order be reshaped according to nuclear programs while the EU, the US development of ballistic missiles. as the North Korean nuclear crisis. Washington’s will? Probably not, be- and the international community would Washington hopes to impose tough Through political negotiations, the cause other major powers will also exert lift their sanctions on Iran and the sanctions on Iran to expand restric- interests of different parties were coor- their will through joint efforts. International Atomic Energy Agency tions and prevent Iran from developing dinated, leading to a multilateral way of would be responsible for ensuring Iran long-range strike weapons that carry resolving thorny issues. The collapse of The article is an editorial of the Global complies with the deal. nuclear weapons. But any changes to an this deal would make the North Korean Times Saturday. [email protected]. It was a typical international multi- international agreement should serve a nuclear problem more difficult to settle. cn 19th Communist Party of China National Congress: It’s not ‘Game of Thrones’

By Curtis Stone and THCPCcongress global total. national rejuvenation. “The and Road initiative to the goal Chengliang Wu 19 The second centenary goal, people’s desire for a better of building an international which aims to build a modern life will always be our goal,” community of shared China’s 88-million-strong socialist country that is prosper- Chinese President Xi Jinping future, China has provided Communist Party of China the mechanics of Western de- ous, strong, democratic, cultur- said in 2012 after he was a new blueprint for global (CPC) will kick off its 19th mocracy onto Chinese politics ally advanced and harmonious, elected General Secretary of the development, one which will National Congress in Beijing creates a distorted picture of will be completed by 2049, the Central Committee of the Party. have a transformative effect on on Wednesday. This key event China’s political system and 100th anniversary of the found- Moreover, this political event Asia and the world. occurs once every five years why the congress matters. ing of the People’s Republic of is not just about China’s future. To better understand the to set the Party’s national In a nutshell, the congress China. Since the 18th congress, China is a rising tide lifting all future direction of China policy goals and elect its top creates a five-year road map China has made onerous efforts boats and the country has be- and its unique multi-party leadership. The congress will for the nation. Take poverty, for to realize the “Two Centenary come a source of global peace cooperation system under Party review the Party’s work since instance. It is common knowl- Goals” and fulfill the Chinese and prosperity. leadership, we need to leave the 2012 and chart a course to edge that China has lifted more dream of national rejuvenation. In addition, China’s political fantasy drama on the cutting guide the nation’s development people out of poverty than any How does China do it? The meeting comes at a critical room floor and examine the over the coming years under other country. In the past five secret is the strong leadership time, not only for China but wisdom, governing philosophy, a new leadership elected by years alone, China has lifted at and guidance of the Party. And also for the world. “The 19th strategy and plan of the largest 2,300 nationwide delegates. least 65 million people out of that is where the congress CPC National Congress is a very political party in the world: the Speculation and assump- poverty, equal to the entire pop- comes into play. The event important meeting, to be held Communist Party of China. It is tions have churned around ulation of the UK. China plans gives the Party an opportunity at a critical stage when China in this sense only that the 19th in the run-up to the congress, to lift the remaining 40 million to review its work over the last is striving to achieve an all- congress opens a window on with an excess amount of at- or so out of poverty by 2020. five years and shape the future round moderately prosperous the inner workings of Chinese tention placed on the leader- Taken together, that is the en- direction of the organization society and at a critical time for politics. ship reshuffle by the Western tire population of Vietnam. and the nation. It goes without the development of socialism media. Some reports and com- Once the first centenary saying that some will rise and with Chinese characteristics,” The article was originally mentaries have framed the po- goal of building a moderately some will fall in the leadership according to a government published on the People’s Daily litical meeting like an episode prosperous society ahead of reshuffle, but the congress statement issued after a Online. opinion@globaltimes. of Game of Thrones. This makes the 100th anniversary of the is not about who wins the meeting in September. com.cn for good entertainment, but try- founding of the Party in 2021 Iron Throne. Looking at China’s new five-year plan ing to understand Chinese poli- is realized, China will eradicate everything as a power struggle will not only shape the future Page Editor: wangwenwen@ tics through the lens of Ameri- poverty in a country with a pop- is misleading, because all the of China but also the world for globaltimes.com.cn can TV series or by projecting ulation of about one-fifth of the Party’s efforts are aimed at years to come. From the Belt Monday October 16, 2017 17 VIEWPOINT HK must back China national anthem law

By Chen Shaobo n Tuesday night, Hong Kong football fans booed China’s na- Otional anthem before an Asian Cup qualifying match between Hong Kong and Malaysia. Some fans even un- furled a banner calling for Hong Kong independence. This was the second time in a week that such an incident occurred. On October 5, a block of Hong Kong fans jeered their national anthem during a friendly match with Laos. The National Anthem Law came into effect on the Chinese mainland on October 1. With the coming of the new Legislative Council session of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), it is now on the political agenda that a national anthem law be inserted into Annex III of the Basic Law and enacted in Hong Kong. Against this backdrop, these incidents are unusual. Booing the national anthem is a serious political provocation and not an isolated or occasional incident. In September, banners calling for Hong Kong independence appeared in the city’s universities. All these events are directed at the central government, challenge the national authority and touch the bottom line of China. Illustration: Liu Rui/GT The latest incidents make us recall the booing of Hong Kong fans Kong and so pressurizing the central But if pro-independence forces carry government should focus on several during the national anthem before government’s Hong Kong policies. out political provocations, touch the points. First, Hong Kong should enact Hong Kong’s home match against the In these circumstances if the central bottom line of the country and force the and enforce the national anthem law Chinese mainland in November 2015. government is eager to implement central government to strengthen the based on the actual situation in the city. At that time, separatist forces in Hong some Hong Kong policies without political stability of Hong Kong, these Second, the Hong Kong government Kong were on the rise and some were regard to the situation of the city, these forces may weaken the city’s role in can make use of soft power to carve out members of the HKSAR Legislative policies may not achieve their intended future China development. the way for enacting a national anthem Council. But nowadays these forces are results. And pro-independence forces Hong Kong is a stage for compe- law in the city. It can use the new media at a low ebb. The once-popular calls for may exploit the ineffectiveness of tition among major powers. More platforms to mobilize positive forces Hong Kong independence disappeared these policies to stir up the political attention should be paid to the political in Hong Kong, such as think tanks from the scene and only reappeared atmosphere in Hong Kong. provocations of radical and pro-inde- and youth groups, to create a favorable recently in Hong Kong universities. Furthermore since the failure of the pendence forces. The central govern- public opinion for enacting the law. The booing incident two years Occupy Central movement in 2014, ment should keep up its strategic focus. In a political game, Hong Kong ago was in support of radical, pro- the separatist movements of Hong Enhancing control of Hong Kong dur- should use both hard and soft power. independence forces showcasing their Kong have been driven by complex ing political crises and its government’s Isolating a few radical forces and at power and seeking more political political aims. If Hong Kong can seize ability to suppress radical forces are the same time gaining the support of support. The latest booing reflects the three opportunities – the Belt and ways to reduce confrontation between mainstream society need wisdom and powerlessness of those forces as they Road initiative, the Guangdong-Hong the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong. a clear understanding of public opinion need such incidents to attract attention. Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the The reoccurrence of booing in the city. These moves are aimed at internationalization of yuan – it will highlights the importance of enacting enraging the central government, not only make great achievements but a national anthem law in Hong Kong. The author is a member of the Chinese provoking the relationship between also play an important role in national In the future, when implementing the Association of Hong Kong and Macao the Chinese mainland and Hong development. national anthem law, the Hong Kong Studies. [email protected] Super bridge links Norway, Sweden with Chinese know-how

By Yngve Jacobsen a significant shortcut on Euro- For SRBG, Halogaland is highly elevated catwalk over the “SRBG will collect all pean route E6, the main north- not its longest. In 2009, the construction site. resources and complete this With a free span of 1,145 south road through Norway Chinese company finished On this perfect fall day with project according to Norwegian meters, the Halogaland Bridge and the west coast of Sweden. building the Xihoumen Bridge a wind of only 3-4 meters a standards.” in northern Norway, being built It is the Sichuan Road and from Jintang to the Cezi islands second, two tugs, the crane ship The North Atlantic is close by a Chinese company, will be Bridge Group (SRBG) that has in Zhejiang Province, with a The Owl, cargo ship Korex 2 and and the weather fluctuates, one of the longest suspension delivered the steel girders and is main span of 1,650 meters. a strong crew were working resulting in days of shutdowns bridges in Europe when it responsible for the mounting. Asked if the Halogaland is underneath the temporary and halts on pulling cables and opens to traffic in the summer For a year and a half, about 70 just a small job for SRBG, the hanging work roads between mounting bridge sections, Lu of 2018. Chinese people have worked on company’s project director Lu the bridge towers. said. Considered a highly the bridge. Wei said it was still a “big and “When it comes to socioeconomically profitable The Halogaland is the fifth- challenging” project. constructing bridges, this The author is a writer with project, the Halogaland Bridge largest suspension bridge in “No, by no means. Any project is really a challenging the Xinhua News Agency. The is located in the High North, Europe and the second largest bridge with a free span over experience, even compared to article first appeared in Xinhua. 300 kilometers north of the in Norway. The East Bridge, 1,000 meters is considered a the much-larger Xihoumen [email protected] Arctic Circle and crosses a fjord as part of the Great Belt Fixed ‘super bridge’ worldwide. So Bridge,” Lu said. “The by the city of Narvik in northern Link in Denmark, has Europe’s this is a very big and challeng- Halogaland Bridge has a very Page Editor: wangwenwen@ Norway. longest main span of 1,625 ing job also for our company,” special design with cables and globaltimes.com.cn The bridge will contribute to meters. Lu told Xinhua as he stood on a structure. 18 Monday October 16, 2017 LIFE S ON THE FUT CU  Booming children’s UR FO education market in China E n a Lego education which their parents care- in Jiaxing, Zhejiang online English education center in Beijing’s fully arrange. Province. startup, introducing teach- IDongcheng dis- “If the children Lego promotes ers from North America to offer trict, Cong Cong and other children are interested and the idea of learn- one-on-one video courses. Its paying watch videos of submarines. After parents can af- ing through users have grown rapidly from 10,000 their teacher explains some basic phys- ford the cost, it play. In China, in 2016 to 200,000 in 2017. ics, they build their own submarines does no harm,” more Chi- Investors are also bullish. VIPKID with Lego. says Chen. nese parents netted financing from both China and Lego is a popular extracurricular Born in are paying abroad. In August, VIPKID finished class. Cong Cong, 6, also attends an the 1980s, attention to its series D financing and received in- English class and swimming les- she is a typical their chil- vestment totaling 200 million dollars, sons. In the eyes of Chen Chen, Cong parent with dren’s ability to the largest financing globally for the Cong’s mother, English is “a must,” higher education innovate. They K-12 online education sector. Lego “stimulates creativity” and swim- and disposable want to stimulate However, the growing education ming “enhances physical fitness and income. Compared their interest through market also piles pressure on parents, coordination.” with her thrifty parents, hands-on experiences especially those like Chen Chen. she spends more freely on the instead of rote learning. “We have to double the education Broadening horizons next generation’s early education. With the popularity of overseas spending, which means we have to China’s education market has Chen grew up in the exam-oriented study, China’s Gaokao (National Col- tighten other family spending. So I developed rapidly, especially in large system and she hopes her children can lege Entrance Exam) is no longer the think twice before enrolling my son in cities. Piano, painting, chess, skating have more opportunities to cultivate only path to success for many chil- extracurricular classes, which usually and other lessons have sprung up in their interests and broaden their dren. The aim of nurturing versatile cost more than 10,000 yuan a year,” major shopping districts. Expensive horizons. talents fuels diverse demands. Many Chen Chen says. summer camps claiming to broaden “Our next generation is facing in- Chinese education companies are Some parents on social media have children’s horizons are also popular. creasingly harsh and unknown compe- seizing the opportunity to grow the lamented that they are not raising Spending on children’s education is tition. We are prone to anxiety and not market. children but “cash burners.” rising each year. likely to adopt a laissez-faire approach According to Liu Chenglian, a A survey on Shanghai early educa- to raising children,” she says. Gaining STEAM family education expert, some parents tion (0 to 6 years) conducted by the International market research firm Deloitte’s 2017 education industry spend whatever it takes to give their Shanghai Association for Quality Nielsen found those born in the 1980s report shows as Chinese education kids an edge, but sometimes they just found that 60 percent of children are the main force of consumption in policymakers favour STEAM (sci- blindly follow a trend and over-sched- under 6 attended extracurricular China. As most of them are married, ence, technology, engineering, arts ule their children. classes, with the proportion of children spending on family accounts for most and math) subjects, the number of Dr. Cai Weizhong warns parents aged between 4 and 6 surpassing 70 of their consumption, for children’s institutions and companies involved in to keep their eyes wide open. Some percent. education in particular, which makes STEAM education has expanded. education companies are not qualified On average, each child attends two up 55 percent of their expenditures. Makeblock, a Shenzhen-based and the market needs more regulation classes for around two hours a week. Some foreign companies are now company, develops programmable and supervision. The average annual family spending moving to secure a piece of China’s education robots. Founded in 2013, “Children’s education cannot rely on extracurricular classes is 17,832 education market. Makeblock first expanded in North entirely on the market,” Cai says. yuan ($2,703). Part of the Lego Group, Lego Edu- America and Europe, where STEAM “The company and attention of Chen Chen, mother of two cation entered China in 2000. It has education is mature. parents counts for a lot in chil- sons, learned that most of been providing innovative education Founder and CEO Wang Jianjun dren’s growth.” the children in her son’s programs for some Chinese kinder- says the company is now turning its kindergarten attend gartens and schools. attention to the Chinese market as Xinhua several classes, Lego’s 2016 annual report shows computer programming catches on the Chinese market is one of its fastest among children. growing markets. In late 2016, Lego Children’s online education is opened its first Asian plant also flourishing. VIPKID is an

Chinese parents take children to the Shanghai Legoland Discovery Center. Photo: IC Inset: Children take a swimming class in Beijing. Photo: Wei Xi/GT

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Harvey Weinstein Photo: IC Country star Aldean returns after shooting on patriotic note Jason Aldean, whose headlin- ing set at a country music festival in Las Vegas turned into a massacre, has resumed touring with an appeal to patriotism and US unity. The singer was two songs into his concert Thursday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he paid tribute to the 58 people gunned down on Octo- ber 1 by a local man who had amassed an arsenal in a hotel room overhead. Aldean, whose music often speaks of “forgotten” Ameri- cans in rural areas, told the crowd to cheers, “Even though sometimes the United States may seem really divided, we seem like we’re fighting with each other, at the end of the day this is the best country in A the world.” Hailing the “love and C N support” since the shooting, I he said, according to footage A E posted by fans, “I just feel like D if we can do that on a daily T basis, then the world will be a E S lot better place.” M N “These people are going Y EI to continue to try to hold us K W down,” Aldean said, voicing he Academy of Motion ICKS OUT Since the outbreak of the scan- hope that Americans will still Picture Arts and Sciences expelled dal, more than two dozen actresses in- go about their lives including THarvey Weinstein on Saturday, behavior by the Hollywood mogul dating cluding Mira Sorvino, Rosanna Arquette, going to concerts. vowing that the era of “shameful com- back decades. Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and Lea Saying that he had always plicity in sexually predatory behavior” in As Weinstein’s expulsion was an- Seydoux have come forward saying they wanted to give fans “a chance the movie industry was over. nounced, the London-based Sunday were sexually harassed by the producer. to forget about daily prob- An emergency meeting of its 54-mem- Times reported on a fifth alleged rape vic- Some of the most recent allegations lems,” Aldean said he would ber board of governors, which includes tim, British actress Lysette Anthony, who involved the former Bond Girl Eva not be “a downer” and played a stars such as Tom Hanks, Whoopi was said to have reported the 65-year-old Green, whose mother told French radio full concert featuring his hits. Goldberg and Laura Dern, voted “well in to the Metropolitan Police last week. Weinstein had harassed her daughter for Aldean has repeatedly excess of the required two-thirds major- Anthony, 54, who appeared in Woody months, and British actress Alice Evans, voiced dismay at the carnage ity,” it said in a statement. Allen’s 1992 filmHusbands and Wives, who penned an essay for The Telegraph but steered clear of discussion “We do so not simply to separate told The Times that Weinstein attacked claiming she rejected his advances and on gun control and other politi- ourselves from someone who does not her in the 1980s. believes it may have harmed her career. cal issues since the shooting, merit the respect of his colleagues but On Thursday, US actress Rose Weinstein appears to have garnered which was the deadliest in also to send a message that the era of McGowan became the fourth woman to little sympathy from the public, either, modern US history. willful ignorance and shameful complic- accuse the 65-year-old of raping her. according to a survey conducted by celeb- The country music star ity in sexually predatory behavior and “What’s at issue here is a deeply rity branding expert Jeetendr Sehdev. called off several concerts after workplace harassment in our industry is troubling problem that has no place in Some 82 percent of 2,000 people the attack but appeared on over,” the statement read. our society,” said the Academy, which questioned as part of an ongoing study nationally televised Saturday An avalanche of sexual harassment, organizes the Oscars. into US attitudes to celebrity and enter- Night Live to play “I Won’t Back assault and rape accusations against “The board continues to work to es- tainment said he should be kicked out of Down,” the anthem of defiance Weinstein have surfaced since the publi- tablish ethical standards of conduct that the Academy. by Tom Petty, who died last cation last week of an explosive New York all Academy members will be expected to week of cardiac arrest. Times report alleging a history of abusive exemplify.” AFP AFP

BMF stages ten-hour long classical music marathon In what was one of the longest classical Arab poet Adonis celebrates passion for Chinese culture music performances staged in China, Syrian poet Adonis, a master of these can help bring Syrian and Chi- from 10 am to 10 pm on Saturday, the Arabic literature, took part in an event nese people together. ongoing Beijing Music Festival (BMF) in Beijing celebrating Chinese culture The ambassador added that it is staged a marathon concert featuring on Saturday. important for Syrian people to under- nine big-name Chinese orchestras in- The serial nominee for the Nobel stand Chinese culture because of its cluding the China National Symphony Prize wrote a poem with a brush pen long history, remarkable success and Orchestra, the China Philharmonic dipped in Chinese ink, which read future orientation. Orchestra and the Shanghai Symphony “live a bright life and write a poem” Adonis was the winner of the Orchestra. in Arabic, exhibiting his skill in com- first Golden Magnolia Award at the According to Tu Song, BMF’s bining the two ancient cultures into Shanghai International Poetry Festi- program director, the order the nine one piece of art. val this year, whose judges described orchestras took to the stage of the Poly Conductor Yu Long Photo: Courtesy of At the event, Adonis also recited his influence on Arabic poetry as Theater in Beijing had been determined BMF a fragment of his Arabic poem, in equal to that of Ezra Pound’s or T.S. by lottery. which the poet called ink a “gorgeous Eliot’s on English-language poetry. Renowned Chinese conductors Tan marathon concert. black liquid” and expressed his regret Lihua, Zhang Guoyong and Li Xincao The performance also marked the on the failure to bring Chinese ink on Xinhua led the orchestras in performing 28 debut of the Festive Orchestra led by Yu board a flight after a visit to Beijing. classic works from home and abroad. Long, BMF’s artistic director. Syrian Ambassador to China Imad Page Editor: Cellist Wang Jian and violinists He Moustapha said at the gathering that [email protected] Ziyu and Liu Ming also took part in the Global Times cultural exchange activities such as 20 Monday October 16, 2017 LIFE

By Huang Tingting Mixed reception orange one,’” said Vaughn. in Shanghai Featuring a number of vio- So far, media and fan reactions in lent and bloody scenes, the first China to the film have been relatively ilm director Mat- Kingsman film saw a total of four positive, according to a number of re- thew Vaughn minutes be cut for the Chinese views that appeared on Chinese social Fand actors Taron market, including the highly media platforms after the premiere. Egerton and Mark controversial church massacre “I wanna go buy tickets and watch Strong ate “golden” scene. This time, the new film’s it again on October 20,” wrote Diany- hairy crabs and enjoyed mainland version pre-screened ing Lanfanqie, a Chinese movie critic glasses of “golden” rice on Thursday at 139 minutes, just with 1.27 million followers, on Sina wine at the official pre- two minutes shorter than the un- Weibo. “Exciting… and worth the miere ceremony for their cut R-rated version shown overseas. wait.” new filmKingsman: The The story features Kingsman “I seldom recommend movies… Golden Circle in Shanghai on agents and their cowboy-style counter- but Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Thursday. parts in the US, Statesman, fighting which I watched yesterday, is truly The sequel to the 2015 spy hit side-by-side against Bobby Adams, wonderful,” wrote Lin Xiongmao, a Kingsman: The Secret Service, which “the American sweetheart gone sour” renowned online video producer, on raked in 484 million yuan ($73.6 played by Julian Moore. Sina Weibo. million) in the Chinese mainland, “The idea of Kingsman originated However, more than a few reviews the film features an Oscar-winning China, as the cultures of China and to celebrate British culture… and we have said they were disappointed cast and tells an even wilder story of the UK “have a common appreciation thought it would be fun to expand that the action scenes in the film did the gentleman spies and their cousin for manners and China has a huge the universe, celebrate the spies of not live up to the first film’s bloody agency in the US – Statesman. The amount of cultures that we should America we haven’t seen for a while,” fireworks display of exploding heads. film is scheduled for release on the celebrate.” said Vaughn. Reviews have also mentioned that the mainland on October 20. The crew members’ friendly A director known for unconvention- Statesman agent’s rustic style ended Already hitting theaters in more attempts to try and blend in with Chi- al ideas, Vaughn is not shaking things up “downgrading” the elegant sense than 56 countries and regions weeks nese fans seemed to work. up for the Kingsman agents in the of British taste that had been so well ago, the film has so far earned more Aside from a great number of pas- sequel, but the traditional British spy received in the first film. than $250 million at the global box sionate reposts and comments about genre as well. Vaughn told the Global Despite the high anticipation and office, breaking several records after the press conference on Chinese social Times in an interview on Thursday fairly positive reviews, it may still be hitting South Korean cinemas on media platforms over the past few that British spies wearing tailored suits a bit challenging for the franchise to September 20. days, Chinese fans have also shown “is a cliché” that he wanted to change. surpass its 2015 mainland box-office With a high rating of 8.4/10 on Chi- great anticipation for the new film “We have this gentleman [Eggsy] figures considering that it is about nese movie review website Douban, on Douban, where the number of here who comes from the street... to go up against Hollywood flicks the first film was awarded the site’s netizens who “want to watch” the film we offer him a suit of a gentleman, including Blade Runner 2049 and 2015 Highest Rated European Film of has reached a staggering 420,000 – which is either green, black, dark blue Chinese domestic star-studded spy the Year Award. The great success of fare outpacing Blade Runner 2049’s or dark red... and he says ‘Screw that! movie Eternal Wave, which debuts on the first film naturally pushed its pro- 350,000 and Thor: Ragnarok’s I’m wearing an November 3. ducers to put more stake into securing 200,000 on the same site. The two a high box office in the world’s second- films are set to release in the mainland largest film market. on October 27 and November 3 respectively and will prob- ngsman: The Gold Building anticipation ably be Kingsman’s  ‘Ki en C The film’s promotional campaign biggest foreign ives mixed reviews irc in the mainland reveals Twentieth competitors. rece aft le’ Century Fox’s ambition to take the ese mainland p er market by storm. TFBoys member hin rem Wang Junkai – one of China’s hottest C ier heartthrobs with some 30 million e followers on Sina Weibo, was chosen S as the film’s Chinese ambassador. The pop star also released a promotional E song for the film – “Become a Gentle- man.” More than 300 Chinese journal- P ists attended the Thursday event, which was also live streamed on 15 local online platforms. Egerton, who plays the street O lad-turned-spy Eggsy in the series, and Strong, who plays Merlin the Kingsman trainer, happily discussed with Chinese journalists H the meanings behind their Chinese nicknames Dan Dan (Lit: Egg Egg) and Ma Qiang (Qiang means “strong” in Chinese). Moreover, videos and photos of Vaughn, H Egerton and Strong at the event eating a Promotional material for heap of hairy crabs ar- Kingsman: The Golden ranged in the shape of Circle

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Soccer Morocco to host CHAN Morocco will replace Kenya as hosts of the 2018 African Na- tions Championship (CHAN), organizers announced Sunday. The emergency committee of the African Football Confederation met Saturday in Lagos, Lagos and unanimously decided to give Morocco the green light ahead of Equato- rial Guinea. A third candidate, Ethiopia, was not considered because it did not provide a letter of guarantee from its government. Original host Kenya fell behind with fi ve-venue prepara- tions for the biennial 16-team Yasiel Puig of the Los Angeles Dodgers tournament, which runs from celebrates after hitting a home run in January 12 to February 4, lead- the seventh inning during Game 1 of the ing them to be stripped of the National League Championship Series hosting rights last month. against the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium on Saturday in Los Angeles. Photo: AFP Big Sam not interested Former England manager Sam Allardyce has ruled himself u out of contention to be the new Astros lead Yankees 2-0 in American League Scotland coach. Allardyce was one of the bookmakers’ favorites for the role after Gordon Strachan was Cubs fall to Dodgers in Game 1 dismissed on Thursday following Scotland’s failure to qualify for the World Cup. Although Allardyce is out Yasiel Puig homered and drove in the American League Cham- blocking his path to the plate. don. Albert Almora’s two-run of work after leaving Crystal in another as the Los Ange- pionship Series with a 2-1 win Incensed Cubs manager Joe homer off Clayton Kershaw in Palace at the end of last season, les Dodgers rallied to beat the over the Yankees in Houston on Maddon burst from the dug- the fourth inning had staked he told BBC on Sunday that he World Series champion Chica- Saturday. out to argue and was promptly the Cubs to a 2-0 lead. isn’t interested in a return to go Cubs 5-2 to open their Major Puig homered to lead off the ejected. Maddon said Wilson The Dodgers responded in international soccer. “It’s very League Baseball playoff series. bottom of the seventh, sending had no choice but to move to- the fi fth. After Cubs starter Jose tempting, but no,” he said. The Dodgers, sent pack- the Dodger Stadium crowd into ward the baseline to catch the Quintana gave up back-to-back The Englishman, who has ing by the Cubs in last year’s a frenzy. Charlie Culberson fol- ball. walks to Logan Forsythe and Scottish ancestry, was axed by National League Champion- lowed with a double, and after “His technique was abso- Austin Barnes, Puig doubled to England after only one game in ship Series (NLCS), took a 1-0 Chris Taylor singled, raced lutely 100 percent perfect,” score one run and Culberson’s charge when he was caught in lead in the best-of-seven NLCS home on a single from Justin Maddon said. “I could not dis- fl y scored Barnes. a newspaper sting last year. with game two set for Sunday at Turner. agree more with the interpreta- Kershaw lasted fi ve innings, Dodger Stadium. Culberson was ruled out at tion of that.” giving up four hits with four Agencies The winners of the series home plate, but that call was Taylor, who started the sea- strikeouts. He retired the last will play either the Houston overturned on review, with son in the minor leagues, had six batters he faced before the Page Editor: Astros or the New York Yankees major league offi cials saying put the Dodgers up 3-2 in the Dodgers went to their bullpen. wanghuayun@ globaltimes.com.cn for the major league crown. Contreras violated the home sixth inning with a homer off The Astros took a 2-0 lead plate collision rule by illegally Cubs relief pitcher Hector Ron- AFP Latics might want Scholes but they could have the right man already

When it comes to hiring a new manager There’s no doubt that Scholes would work he has done so far and impress the to replace the recently sacked John Sher- TALKINGBALLS be the glamor appointment, and the board. idan, Oldham Athletic should put their romantics would relish the fact that The games come thick and fast at faith in a former Manchester United JONATHAN WHITE Scholes is a fan of the club and has this level, something Wellens is well ac- midfi elder born close to the town. But often been seen in the stands at Bound- customed to after a career that saw him instead of Paul Scholes, who has been thwart the Rovers attack – no mean feat ary Park over the years. Wellens himself take in two stints as an Oldham player interviewed by the club for what would considering he had traveled to Japan has described Scholes as a “legend” and and turn out for Salford City, a side that be his fi rst role in management, they with his country in the international admitted that there was “nobody better,” Scholes co-owns along with former should look a little closer to home. break – but their three points were de- but he’s also made it clear that while he United teammates Nicky Butt, Ryan Richie Wellens was not in the same served. That’s three wins from three would be happy to work with the former Giggs and the Neville brothers. There class as Scholes on the pitch – his single under Wellens in the league. England man, he wants the top job him- are four more before the month is out: appearance for Manchester United came Oldham now sit in 17th place in the self. Bradford away on Wednesday, MK Dons in a League Cup tie in 1999 – but the League One (third division) table with That is not a decision for Wellens to away on Saturday and then another local Moston-born man could be in the same 13 points from 12 games and a game in make but he is certainly stating his case derby when they host Bury on Wednes- league in the dugout. He has impressed hand on all but one of the seven teams with four wins in a row in all competi- day next week then rounding out with while in caretaker charge of the Latics. below them. It’s a far cry from the nine tions and seeking out the advice of his Scunthorpe at home. Saturday saw another win chalked up by losses in 12 matches before Wellens former Manchester United boss, Sir It’s set to be all change at Oldham his charges with a late goal from Dutch took the reins and is even more impres- Alex Ferguson. He has also been very with the struggling club in talks to be substitute Queensy Menig the diff erence sive given that the sides he has beaten vocal that he wants to change the stereo- taken over. Arguably they have already in a local derby with Blackburn Rovers. are promotion hopefuls Peterborough, type that surrounds English managers, made the change they need in Wellens. Oldham rode their luck at times and Portsmouth and now Rovers, all of namely shouting at players and knock- their Haitian international goalkeeper whom are well above them in the league ing the ball long. He has plenty of oppor- The author is a Shanghai-based freelance Johny Placide had to be at his best to table but perhaps not for long. tunities coming up to continue the fi ne writer. [email protected] Monday October 16, 2017 23 SPORTS  MotoGP title race wide open with championship lead cut to 11 points Dovizioso holds off Marquez in Japan

Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso breathed for the season, while Maverick Vina- final lap with a slide at Turn 8. said Marquez without a trace of disap- new life into the MotoGP championship les’ faint title hopes were all but extin- Thrown from his seat and all but pointment. “I did a few mistakes espe- on Sunday, edging Marc Marquez in a guished after a disappointing ninth for crashing, Marquez did well to regain cially at Turn 8; I lose a lot.” ferocious duel to win a rain-soaked Japa- Yamaha. control but the error allowed Dovizioso Suzuki savored an encouraging nese Grand Prix in Motegi. Spaniard Vinales heads to Phillip enough ground to mount a final daring weekend, with Andrew Iannone and In a white-knuckle battle in appall- Island in Australia 41 points adrift of raid. Alex Rins finishing fourth and fifth -re ing conditions at the Twin Ring circuit, three-time MotoGP champion Marquez, “The rear tire was completely gone,” spectively. Dovizioso snatched the lead from cham- who improved to 244 points in the title Dovizioso said trackside after grabbing Three-time MotoGP champion Jorge pionship leader Marquez in a dramatic race. his fifth win of the season. Lorenzo fought to the front briefly in the last lap after the swashbuckling Span- The dogged Dovizioso was beaming, “But he did a mistake so I was able early laps but faded to sixth for Ducati, iard made a rare mistake when round- however, having completed a brilliant to catch him and I did a perfect corner while Italian great Valentino Rossi’s for- ing a corner. race from ninth on the grid and fended at Turn 10.” gettable weekend ended mid-race with a The Italian’s nerve-jangling win by off the series’ most fearsome competi- Marquez all but brushed Dovizioso’s fall. 0.249 seconds trimmed the Honda tor. rear wheel as he attacked at the last Alex Marquez won the Moto2 cat- rider’s lead to 11 points with three races Defending champion Marquez corner but could find no way through. egory for Kalex, with Honda’s Romano left in the season. looked to have it won after he burned “It was an amazing race; I mean the Fenati claiming the Moto3. Danilo Petrucci finished third on a past Dovizioso with three laps left but two guys that are fighting for the cham- non-works Ducati, his fourth podium he gave up precious momentum on the pionship are fighting to the last corner,” Reuters

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Golf Ko secures maiden title South Korea’s Ko Jin-young secured her first LPGA Tour victory on Sunday, defeating world No.2 and compatriot Park Sung-hyun by two shots in the KEB Hana Bank Cham- pionship. Ko, who entered the final round with a two-shot lead, bogeyed two of her first three holes to drop two behind a fast-starting Park. But she came back with a barrage of birdies to fire a sizzling four- under-par 68. Kob gained five shots in an eight-hole stretch from the fifth before posting a 19-under total of 269 on the par-72 Ocean Course at the SKY72 Golf & Resort in Incheon, South Korea. Twice major champion and local favorite Chun In-gee finished third with a 69. Maria Sharapova of Russia holds her trophy after winning her women’s singles final match against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus at Horn lines up Corcoran the Tianjin Open on Sunday. Photo: IC Australia’s Jeff Horn will defend his WBO welterweight title against England’s Gary Sharapova fights to first title since 15-month doping ban Corcoran in December before a potential blockbuster bout with UFC star Conor Mc- TENNIS the 2015 Italian Open. Sharapova’s coach Sven But a double fault from the Gregor, reports said Sunday. Sharapova, 30, was contest- Groeneveld urged her to use Russian took it to a closely Horn stunned Manny Five-time Grand Slam winner ing the seventh tournament the body serve, and momen- contested tiebreaker, where Pacquiao in a unanimous Maria Sharapova was made to of what has been an injury- tum immediately shifted as she Sharapova held championship 12-round points decision in fight by 102nd-ranked teen- plagued and controversial held the next game and then points four times before finally July, with the Filipino great ager Aryna Sabalenka at the comeback since testing positive edged a nine-minute Game 7 to sealing it after two hours and pulling out of a planned re- Tianjin Open on Sunday before for the banned substance mel- wrestle it back on serve. five minutes. match later this year. winning her first title since a donium in early 2016. Sabalenka angrily slammed Sharapova, whose rank- This has opened the door 15-month doping ban. She exchanged 11 breaks of her racquet down as she ing has dropped to No.86, has to Corcoran, with the bout set The former world No.1, who serve with the Belarusian, who double-faulted to be broken for been playing on wild cards this for December 13 in Brisbane as returned to action in April, has yet to win a WTA trophy, a third time and with Sharapo- season. Her return has proved part of a two-fight deal inked came from behind in both sets before finally clinching it in the va serving at 6-5, the Belarusian divisive, with some rivals in- with the Queensland state and needed four championship tiebreaker when the teenager overcooked a forehand to hand sisting she shouldn’t be back government, the Brisbane points in the tiebreaker before put a forehand return long. over the set. on tour at all. She now heads Courier-Mail said. beating the 19-year-old 7-5, 7-6 In a tight final of high- The second set followed a to this week’s Kremlin Cup in (10/8). decibel shrieking, Sabalenka similar pattern and Sabalenka Moscow for the first time since Agencies Sharapova clasped her was broken in the opening was 5-1 up before Sharapova 2007, after also being given a hands to her chest in delight as game but any expectations that reeled her in, breaking three wild card to play in what is her Page Editor: she absorbed the feeling of win- she would roll over quickly times – and saving a set point home tournament. wanghuayun@ globaltimes.com.cn ning her 36th tour title and first dissolved when she won four along the way – before serving in more than two years since games in a row to go 4-1 up. for the match at 6-5. AFP SPORTS 24 MONDAY OCTOBER 16, 2017 Roger Federer hits a backhand return to Rafael Nadal in the final  of the Shanghai Masters Win closes on Sunday. Photo: IC gap in rankings

Roger Federer got one over which was closed because of his old rival Rafael Nadal to win downpours in Shanghai. the Shanghai Masters 6-4, 6-3 on Nadal, 31, fresh from winning Sunday in a showdown between the the US Open and China Open, two best players on the planet. groaned while lashing many of his It was a 94th title for the Swiss leg- shots; Federer was all quiet efficiency. end, drawing him level with the great Federer rapidly made it 4-2 with two Ivan Lendl, and was a fifth victory in a row booming aces in a row. against world No.1 Nadal. In contrast, Nadal – a 16-time Grand Nadal was ahead in their overall record Slam winner but who had never won the down the years, with 23 wins to Federer’s 14, Shanghai Masters – was laboring through his but he was up against it almost right away. service games. No.2 Federer put Nadal under the cosh im- There were suggestions that Federer might mediately on the Spaniard’s serve, breaking him not be quite as fresh as his old foe, having been in the first game – to roars of approval from the pushed to three sets a day earlier in the second majority inside the arena. semifinal against Juan Martin del Potro. Another break to 36-year-old Federer in the piv- The timeless Federer rubbished that notion as otal fifth game of the second set put him in reach he seared his way to a 5-3 first-set lead. of a second Shanghai Masters crown – and a sixth Nadal sent down his fourth ace for 5-4, only for title in 2017. Federer to seal the set with his seventh ace of the “We didn’t think maybe we were going to have match. the year we did, I definitely didn’t,” Federer said There was little between the great rivals in the on court afterward, looking at Nadal, reflecting early exchanges of the second set until the fifth on their continued success even at this late game. stage of their careers. Nadal saved the first break point but could “It’s nice to share this court with you today not survive the second one to put Federer in and I hope there are more to come in the reach of the title. tournaments we’ve got left.” Nadal, for whom defeat sees Federer Federer, fondly known as “Cow” in close the gap at the top of the world China for his laid-back personality, rankings as the year approaches its had started the match better in grab- climax, has nevertheless enjoyed a bing the break and he then rattled remarkable season. His triumph through his own service in Beijing a week ago was also game for 2-0. his sixth of the year as he con- Federer, a 19-time tinues to defy doubts about Federer flies to Grand Slam champion, his fitness following was in full flow under repeated injuries. the Qizhong Ten- Page Editor: nis Center roof, AFP wanghuayun@ 2nd Shanghai title globaltimes.com.cn

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www.globaltimes.cn BUSINESSMONDAY OCTOBER 16, 2017 TRANSPORT hour – between Beijing and Shanghai. lows designers to customize product By Chu Daye “In terms of the The speed is higher than Japan’s 300 offerings for clients with varying needs kilometers per hour and France’s 320 are equally important. China’s focus on the development of number of passengers kilometers per hour. Li said the same engineering inge- high-speed railways in the past five “Fuxing,” which means “rejuvena- nuity can be seen in the planning, de- years has lifted the country to a lead- it can accommodate tion,” is China’s first entirely domesti- sign and construction of high-speed ing position in the sector globally, and and the economic cally developed high-speed train. railways, though these areas are often has brought benefits that are not to be Jia Limin, a leading expert in high- overlooked. found elsewhere in the world, experts benefits it generates, speed trains and a professor at Beijing These achievements are consistent said on Sunday. Jiaotong University, listed several mile- with the rapid growth of China’s na- By the end of 2012, China led the the system is stones demonstrating China’s status as tional strength during the same period. world in terms of high-speed railway unparalleled around the a high-speed railway leader that were mileage with some 9,400 kilometers in made possible in the past five years. Exports operation. By the end of 2016, that fig- world.” “These include the high-speed trial Now known as one of China’s call- ure more than doubled to reach 23,000 train with a speed of 500 kilometers ing cards, railway technology has be- kilometers, according to a report by Li Hongchang per hour, high-speed comprehensive come a key pillar of China’s high-tech news site yicai.com in July. Professor at Beijing Jiaotong University inspection train with a speed of 400 exports, experts said. During the same period, China’s kilometers per hour, and high-speed High-speed railway technology has total railway mileage also grew to the process, Li said. trains for extremely been exported to Turkey, Indonesia and world’s second longest, after the US, at The nation has been cold areas and desert Malaysia, in addition to conventional hina sachievements 124,000 kilometers. investing about 700 ’ areas and those us- railway technology exports to Africa, in- Li Hongchang, a professor at Bei- billion yuan ($106.4 C 2012-17 ing permanent mag- cluding railway links in Angola, Alge- jing Jiaotong University, told the Global billion) in railway in- net motors, all with a ria, Kenya and Sudan, and also between Times Sunday that China increased its frastructure each year since 2012, the speed of 350 kilometers per hour,” Jia Djibouti and Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. proportion of global high-speed railway yicai report said, adding that in 2016, told the Global Times on Sunday. As of the end of 2016, China has mileage from about 50 percent in 2012 the country invested 801.5 billion yuan, Jia briefed top leaders on the techno- 23,000 kilometers of high-speed rail- to 60 percent in 2016. up 21.8 percent from the level in 2012. logical strengths of Chinese high-speed ways, and China Railway Corporation “In terms of the number of passen- trains in June 2016, according to media (CRC), the State-owned train operator, gers it can accommodate and the eco- Innovation reports. transports over 5 million passengers ev- nomic benefits it generates, the system The past few years have seen great “High-speed trains with hybrid pow- ery day on its high-speed railways. is unparalleled around the world,” Li progress in China’s railway equipment er sources – diesel and electricity – with Lu Dongfu, general manager of said, noting that some experts have said manufacturing capability, including a speed of 200 kilometers per hour and CRC, has reportedly urged the com- the high-speed rail sector contributes but not limited to high-speed trains. meter-gauge high-speed trains with a pany to improve its service level, and as much as 1 percent of China’s overall In September, China officially began speed of 160 kilometers per hour also push forward the global influence of national GDP growth. the world’s fastest commercial train belong in that category,” Jia said, add- Chinese railway technology, according The high-speed railways are also a service with its “Fuxing” series – which ing that smart technology in high-speed to a statement posted on CRC’s website huge driver for China’s urbanization has a top speed of 350 kilometers per train platforms and technology that al- on Thursday.

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23,000 2016 19,000 2015 speed railways 16,000 2014 kilometers 11,000 2013  Nation surpassing global 9,400 2012 Source: National Railway Administration rivals with homegrown tech Graphics: GT hina high-speed rai C l mileage A railway worker stands outside a new Fuxing Page Editor: high-speed train at a station in Guangzhou, [email protected] capital of South China’s Guangdong Province on September 29. Photo: VCG

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TRANSPORT Baidu plans Xiongan car zone Baidu intends to build a demonstration zone for the autonomous car industry in Xiongan New Area in North China’s Hebei Province, media reports said on Sunday. Xiongan New Area aims to support information- based technology to achieve breakthroughs, the paper. cn reported on Sunday. Chen Gang, director of the Xiongan New Area administrative committee, said that the area will focus mainly on smart and public transportation, with autonomous private cars as the personalized option.

FINANCE Central bank to drain $2.6b The People’s Bank of China, the country’s central bank, will drain 17 billion yuan ($2.6 billion) from the domestic market in the coming week, as slews of its reverse repurchase agreements are set to mature, according to the China Securities Journal. The agreements are part of the central bank’s A worker loads cotton onto a truck on Sunday at a storehouse in Urumqi, capital of Northwest China’s Xinjiang medium-term lending facility, a tool that it uses to in- Uyghur Autonomous Region. Now is the harvesting season for cotton in Xinjiang, which is the third-largest cotton ject or drain money from the market to maintain stable producer among the country’s 31 provinces and regions. The storehouse has received more than 31,000 tons of liquidity by allowing commercial and policy banks to cotton to be transported to other parts of the country so far this year and is expecting to receive 100,000 tons for borrow from the central bank. the whole year. Photo: VCG Global Times  Window for further reforms open again: report Afghanistan becomes a Market plays larger role in forex member of the AIIB INVESTMENT Afghanistan has obtained permanent membership of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank POLICY tions monthly in exchange for the for- saying in the report. (AIIB), the country’s finance ministry reported Recent two-way fluctuations in the eign currency they receive from trade Another indication that the PBC on its website on Sunday. yuan’s exchange rate and other indi- surpluses, foreign investments and has ended market intervention mea- Afghan Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi re- cators such as foreign exchange data other sources, and the slight decline sures is the recent two-way fluctua- ceived the Certificate of Permanent Membership suggest that the People’s Bank of in the funds in the past two months tions in the yuan’s exchange rate, ac- of the AIIB on the sidelines of the World Bank China (PBC), the central bank, has suggests that “the PBC has phased cording to the report. and International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting refrained from market intervention out interventions in the foreign ex- “The more frequent and larger the last week in Washington, the US, the ministry and that market forces are playing a change market,” the report said. two-way fluctuations of the yuan’s ex- said in a statement. larger role, the China Securities Jour- In August, though the yuan appre- change rate, the more it indicates the Hakimi also met Jin Liqun, president of the nal reported on Sunday. ciated 2 percent against the US dol- exchange rate is being set by market AIIB, and discussed a number of topics includ- Furthermore, recent signals com- lar, the funds outstanding for foreign supply and demand rather than the ing Afghanistan’s membership of the bank, fi- ing from top policymakers, including exchange only declined by about 800 central bank’s intervention,” it said. nancial and technical facilities for Afghan solar PBC Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, in- million yuan ($121.61 million), ac- Such positive developments in the energy, the railway connectivity of five countries dicate that more market reforms are cording to the report. “That’s a mini- foreign exchange market have pro- (Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Iran and imminent, the report noted. mal decline that can be ignored com- vided a “good window for reforms China), and financing for infrastructure projects, “Though the figure for funds out- pared to the changes of billions of in the yuan’s exchange rate setting the statement noted. standing for foreign exchange for yuan each month two or three years mechanism,” the report added, echo- “Afghanistan’s membership in the bank is September has not been released, ago,” it said. ing comments made by the PBC gov- very important and paves the way for the imple- market expectations are that it’s un- “If the central bank didn’t inter- ernor last week. mentation of major national projects,” the state- likely to see any significant increase,” vene, the necessary conditions for In an interview with financial ment said. the China Securities Journal said, the persistent rise in funds outstand- magazine Caijing that was published The AIIB, which was initiated by China and adding that the figure would be simi- ing for foreign exchange would not last week, Zhou said the window has formally established in 2015, aims to provide fi- lar to the levels in July and August. have been met, and the funds would opened for further reforms in the nancing to address the huge demand for infra- Funds outstanding for foreign ex- fluctuate around the zero level,” Xie yuan’s exchange rate system. structure across Asia. change is the amount of money the Yaxuan, head of research at China central bank pays financial institu- Merchant Securities, was quoted as Global Times Xinhua China has the capacity, confidence to prevent systemic risks, says PBC governor

ECONOMY International Monetary and Fi- and high volatility in the inter- 6.9 percent in the first half of ing the IMF/World Bank an- China has the capacity to con- nancial Committee meeting. national financial markets, the this year, with consumption nual meetings that the IMF trol systemic risks while main- According to Zhou, China potential risks in China’s finan- and services contributing the welcomed China’s decision to taining steady growth, said has set financial risk control cial industry have increased, major share of the growth. tame and reduce credit growth. Zhou Xiaochuan, governor as a top priority, and has taken but in general, the risks are In view of the better-than-ex- She suggested China should of the People’s Bank of China measures to control risks in manageable,” said Zhou. pected growth, the Internation- continue with this policy in or- (PBC) on Saturday. shadow banking, as well as re- In order to ensure steady al Monetary Fund (IMF) up- der to prevent financial risks. “The Chinese government ducing corporate leverage and growth while avoiding the rise graded its forecasts for China’s has the capacity and confidence preventing property market of systemic risks, China will economic growth this year and Xinhua to prevent systemic risks and overheating in some areas. continue to maintain the stabil- next year to 6.8 percent and 6.5 maintain healthy and stable “In recent years, due to fac- ity and continuity of its macro- percent, respectively. Page Editor: [email protected] economic operations,” said tors such as the economic slow- economic policies, Zhou said. IMF chief Christine Lagarde Zhou in a statement sent to the down, structural adjustment, China’s economy grew by said at a press conference dur- Monday October 16, 2017 B3 BIZMARKETS  Sept data rose to $193.05b, buoyed by demand from home buyers, firms Banks extend more net loans than expected

Chinese banks extended more (PBC), was quoted as saying ing to Reuters calculations ber were 463.5 billion yuan, quidity in the economy, rose to loans than expected in Septem- in a statement posted on the based on the PBC’s data. down from 483 billion yuan a 1.82 trillion yuan in September ber, buoyed by demand from bank’s website that the econo- Household loans accounted month earlier. from 1.48 trillion yuan in Au- home buyers and companies. my this year is stabilizing and for 58 percent of total new loans The growth was in part due gust. September loan data re- growing more strongly, and last month, down from 61 per- to a “seasonal increase in credit The PBC has been steadily leased on Saturday indicate that that the momentum may con- cent in August. and fiscal deposits,” said Wen. moving to contain financial China has continued to give tinue into the second half. Short-term loans soared in Broad M2 money supply system risks, while reiterating significant credit support for its In September, banks extend- the third quarter, increasing by (M2) in September grew 9.2 that it will maintain prudent economy ahead of a key Party ed 1.27 trillion yuan ($193.05 1.53 trillion yuan, almost three percent from a year earlier, and neutral monetary policy congress that starts on Wednes- billion) in net new yuan loans, times higher than in the year- beating forecasts for an 8.9 per- and continue with interest rate day. the PBC data showed. Analysts ago period, according to calcu- cent expansion. reform. Both bank lending and total polled by Reuters had predicted lations by Wen Bin, an econo- The PBC has said that the Governor Zhou, in the state- social financing, a broad mea- 1.1 trillion yuan, compared with mist at Minsheng Bank. slowing M2 growth could be ment posted on Saturday, said sure of credit and liquidity, look August’s 1.09 trillion yuan. “A part of these funds is a “new normal” due to regula- positive progress has been set to hit another record high Household loans, mostly flowing illicitly to the property tors’ stepped-up crackdown on achieved in economic transfor- this year. mortgages, rose to 734.9 billion market and stock market,” said risky shadow lending activities. mation. Zhou Xiaochuan, governor yuan in September from 663.5 Wen. Total social financing, a of the People’s Bank of China billion yuan in August, accord- Corporate loans in Septem- broad measure of credit and li- Reuters – Global Times

CSI300 index posts Mineral gold mine A machine works at China’s largest potash fertilizer its best week since Jun production base, located at the Qarhan salt lake in Golmud, Northwest China’s Qinghai Province. The 5,856-square-kilometer lake contains more potassium, sodium chloride and magnesium than in the Great Salt TOCKREVIEW Lake in the US does. The base accounts for 96 percent of S the total national potash fertilizer sales volume. Photo: IC Chinese mainland stocks ended last week higher, with the blue-chip CSI300 index witnessing its best weekly gain since late June. Investors’ sentiment was supported by the central bank’s targeted reserve requirement rate (RRR) cut. On the eve of the National Day holidays, the People’s Bank of China (PBC), the country’s central bank, announced that it will cut the RRR beginning next year for some banks that meet requirements for lending to small businesses and the agricultural sector. Over the past week, the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gained 1.2 percent. And the blue-chip CSI300 index ended the week with a higher-than-usual gain of 2.2 percent. Consumer firms far outperformed the broader market, with an index tracking the shares in this sector surging 4.9 percent last week. Health- care stocks also performed well after the country vowed to deepen reforms in the medical sector. By contrast, resources shares, particularly from the energy sector, shed amid weakness in the commodities market, as the country showed Swiss energy trader Mercuria eyes China electricity determined efforts to fight air pollution during the incoming winter. Most of the gains on those two indexes were Swiss energy trader Mercuria is in assets and structuring in general,” largest electricity producer, account- made last Monday, buoyed by strong gains in con- looking to move into China’s newly Dunand said. ing for 24 percent of global produc- sumer and financial shares following the week- opened power market, do more struc- “This year, our trading results are tion, according to a report by Cam- long holiday. tured financing deals and invest in probably a bit worse than last year but bridge University Energy Policy Trading last Friday was generally thin, as in- assets to make up for the cyclical ups our structuring and assets results are Research Group, and shifting to a vestors are expecting stability in the financial and downs in traditional oil trading, better so overall, our profitability has market-based rather than State-run market ahead of and during a key Party meeting chief executive Marco Dunand said. remained in line with last year.” power market is part of the country’s to be held from Wednesday. Speaking during the Reuters In a new foray, Dunand said the current five-year plan. The CSI300 index closed up 0.21 percent to Global Commodities Summit, Du- trader was keen to participate in Chi- China launched two power trading 3,921.00 points, while the Shanghai Composite nand said that the firm has been dina’s giant power market that is in the exchanges in 2016 and at the end of Index inched up 0.13 percent, ending at 3,390.52 versifying so as not to be at the mercy process of opening up. August this year, China’s State plan- points on Friday. of price volatility and to instead have Mercuria is already a relatively big ner launched pilot schemes to allow Analysts expect stocks on the Chinese main- a good year. electricity trader in Europe and the spot trading in eight provinces and land market to sail smoothly during the key meet- Mercuria Group’s rivals have long US, and has ties to China via crude regions. ing this week, as regulators have said that their lamented the historically narrow oil deliveries and Chemchina which The country’s commercial capital, top priority is to maintain market stability. price range and only occasional price holds a 12 percent stake in the firm. Shanghai, aims to open up 30 per- The PBC on Friday announced moves to inject spikes that defined 2017 for further “China has decided to open power cent of its power market by the end 498 billion yuan ($75.6 billion) into the financial eroding already tight margins. trading in certain regions... we are of 2019. system via a one-year medium-term lending fa- Dunand said the firm’s strategy participating in some of those local cility, which some analysts said aims to maintain was paying off as lower profit from markets to better understand the sup- Reuters – Global Times basic stability in capital liquidity. Prudent mone- trading this year was counterbal- ply and demand. We have put teams tary policy is expected to last throughout October. anced by the group’s other segments. together that have started looking at Page Editor: zhangye@ “We started to diversify two to it.” globaltimes.com.cn Global Times three years ago. We’re more involved In 2015, China was the world’s B4-5 Monday October 16, 2017 BIZOVERVIEW Makingheadlines u Figuratively Speaking uTECHNOLOGY power management and the iPhone’s lawsuits as they all seek to hobble their Lawsuits will become increasingly CPI for September China’s Q3 GDP By Huang Ge Force Touch feature. “Indeed, Qualcomm rivals, Liu Dingding, an independent common in the technology sector The National Bureau of Statistics The NBS will announce the third- “Apple believes in the value of inno- technology analyst, told the Global around the world and Apple and Qual- Coal output that North China’s (NBS) is scheduled to announce quarter GDP growth fi gure on US chipmaker Qualcomm Inc fi led a vation and has always been willing to resorted to lawsuits to Times on Sunday. comm may meet in court yet again, 5.25m tons Shanxi Province, a major producer September’s consumer price index Thursday, in addition to many other lawsuit in September in China seek- pay fair and reasonable fee for patents “It is a kind of a ‘convention’ for according to Liu. of the fuel in China, will cut this impose pressure on year, the Xinhua News Agency (CPI) on Monday, as well as the macroeconomic indicators. ing to block the manufacture and sale we use,” a PR representative of Apple those global technology titans,” Liu Qualcomm’s suit will have little im- reported on Sunday. producer price index (PPI). The authority will also announce of Apple Inc’s iPhones in the country, told the Global Times on Sunday. Apple, with the aim of said, noting that “almost each such pact on Apple and will likely end in a The CPI in August accelerated the fi gures for industrial output, retail media reports said over the weekend. “In many years of ongoing negotia- company has a professional legal negotiated settlement of some kind; more than expected to 1.8 percent sales and fi xed-asset investment in Experts noted that Qualcomm re- tions with Qualcomm, these patents bringing Apple back team, which is a strategic department, otherwise, a court case could drag on on a year-on-year basis, according to the fi rst nine months. sorted to legal measures to put pres- have never been discussed and were to negotiations about to handle [those legal aff airs].” indefi nitely, forecast Liu. Amount Chinese smartphone the NBS. The country’s fi xed-asset invest- sure on Apple in a bid to bring Apple only granted in the last few months,” Li noted that Qualcomm was in- Neither sales nor production of 23b yuan manufacturer Xiaomi Inc will The PPI also accelerated more ment remained basically stable in back to negotiations about patents. she said. patents,” volved in antitrust probes around the iPhones will be halted in the Chinese invest in Wuhan, Central China’s than expected in August, gaining the fi rst eight months of the year, Qualcomm fi led the lawsuit in Bei- “Regulators around the world have world in the past few years, and since market, Liu predicted. Hubei Province, the hometown of speed for the fi rst time in six months, growing 7.8 percent to 39.42 trillion jing Intellectual Property Court on found Qualcomm guilty of abusing last year, the company began to sus- Apple unveiled its latest smart- Li Yi founder Lei Jun. according to Reuters. yuan ($6 trillion), the NBS said last September 29, claiming that Apple vi- their position for years. This claim is A senior research fellow at the Internet pect that it had been betrayed by Apple, phones, including iPhone 8, iPhone 8 It rose 6.3 percent in August from month. olated three patents, none of which are meritless and, like their other court- Research Center under the Shanghai which is a driving force in pushing an- Plus and iPhone X, on September 13. a year earlier, from 5.5 percent in the essential to any industry standards, room maneuvers, we believe this latest Academy of Social Sciences titrust probes against Qualcomm. On Saturday, 46,500 units of the previous month. Global Times Bloomberg reported on Saturday. legal eff ort will fail.” South Korea’s antitrust regula- iPhone X were shipped from Zheng- Funds that Zhongguancun, a hub The court said in a statement on its Li Yi, a senior research fellow at the tor slapped a record 1.03 trillion won zhou, capital of Central China’s 30b yuan for entrepreneurs in Beijing’s WeChat offi cial account on Thursday Internet Research Center under the according to Li. ($853 million) fi ne on Qualcomm in Henan Province, to the Netherlands Haidian District, has earmarked to that it had accepted Apple’s lawsuit Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, “Indeed, Qualcomm resorted to December 2016. and United Arab Emirates, according help companies set up overseas Saudi Aramco in stake sale talks against Qualcomm, with Apple insist- said that the lawsuit didn’t come out lawsuits to impose pressure on Apple, In February 2015, Qualcomm was to the Xinhua News Agency. branches. ing no infringement of patent rights. of nowhere as Qualcomm and Apple with the aim of bringing Apple back to fi ned $975 million, the largest amount with Chinese investor: sources “Apple employs technologies in- have long been close partners as well negotiations about patents,” Li told the in China’s corporate history, by the vented by Qualcomm without paying as competitors. Telecommunications Global Times on Sunday. National Development and Reform An iPhone 8 stand on display at the for them,” a Qualcomm spokesperson chips produced by Qualcomm are In recent years, technology com- Commission, after the top economic Forecast sales by Nokia in 2017, Apple Store at Sanlitun during the refl ecting the smartphone maker’s uDEALS lower oil prices. was quoted as saying in Bloomberg used in Apple’s iPhone products and panies such as Qualcomm, Apple, planner found that the US chipmaker launch of the devices in Beijing in 10m units strong return to the market, Saudi Aramco is considering the Concerns about the impact report. Those patents are said to cover Apple also paid Qualcomm for that, Google and Samsung have faced many violated China’s antitrust law. September. Photo: VCG according to media reports during sale of a stake to a Chinese inves- of the austerity measures on the the weekend. tor as plans for its highly antici- economy are rising. While data pated IPO are pushed beyond its earlier this month showed the 2018 target, sources familiar with defi cit was shrinking, the Saudi the matter said on Friday. economy entered recession in the u Experts see negotiated settlement in ‘typical industry tactic’ Year-on-year growth of China’s The IPO is expected to be the second quarter, consumer prices 9.2% broad M2 money supply in world’s largest, and it is a key have fallen and unemployment September, the People’s Bank of component of the Saudi govern- among Saudis is 12.8 percent. China, the central bank, said on ment’s economic reforms that A Saudi Aramco spokesman Saturday. aim to diversify the economy said: “A range of options, for the away from its reliance on oil ex- public listing of Saudi Aramco, ports. continue to be held under active A private placement of shares review. No decision has been in the state oil company to a Chi- made and the IPO process re- Aroundtheworld nese investor is being evaluated mains on track.” Qualcomm’s as a precursor to the internation- Aramco’s dual listing on the Mengniu Dairy bids for Murray Goulburn al IPO, according to two sources Saudi stock market, Tadawul, A subsidiary of domestic giant China Mengniu who spoke on condition of ano- and an international exchange Dairy Co is reported to be bidding for Murray Goul- nymity. had been earmarked for 2018 by burn Co-operative Co, the biggest Australian dairy They declined to identify the the Saudi authorities, with stock producer, in a deal valued at about A$1 billion ($779 investor or the size of the stake. markets in New York, London million), according to thecattlesite.com on Friday. The move would provide and Asia all vying for the off er- lawsuit puts Apple Other suitors include Chinese dairy producer In- Saudi Arabia with cash to help ing. ner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co, Canadian implement the National Trans- A decision on which exchange cheesemaker Saputo Inc, Australian producer Bega formation Program (NTP), as would get the IPO has not been Cheese and Kirin Holdings Co’s Lion Pty, the report the reform package is formally made, with top members of the said. known, according to one source. Saudi royal family preferring Murray Goulburn indicated it would decide late The NTP calls for economic New York and Aramco’s fi nan- this month on the shortlisted bidders. adjustments including removing cial and legal advisers advocating under pressure Adviser Deutsche Bank AG received several un- some state subsidies and raising London. solicited indicative bids earlier this year after an- taxes as a way to cut the budget nouncing a strategic review, the report said. The defi cits, which were caused by Reuters – Global Times company reported a net loss of A$371 million in the fi nancial year that ended June after it cut the price it pays dairy farmers and milk production fell, accord- behavior such as altering test re- Wire (Foshan) Co. undergoing checks, according to ing to the report. Kobe Steel scandal widens, with sults and failing to conduct man- Kawasaki said Thursday that a Bloomberg report on Tuesday. Alibaba-related executives cast doubt on Hurun rich ranking datory product checks. no recalls on products will be Mazda China and GAC Mit- Investors drop Chicago Exchange bid: WSJ Chinese factories involved: report “We are trying to understand made at the moment, and the subishi Motors Co gave similar Two Chinese investors vying for a piece of the how this could possibly happen results of safety inspections on statements. uWEALTH Thursday in an article posted on Ali- Chinese name is Hu Run, told domes- Chicago Stock Exchange withdrew in the past two at so many subsidiaries, includ- shipped products will be avail- However, Ford Motor China High-level executives of an Alibaba- pay’s offi cial WeChat account: “I really tic news site iheima.com on Saturday weeks, after the US Securities and Exchange Com- uREGULATION its products, with falsifi ed data ing overseas,” said Kobe Steel able within two weeks, according said the engine hoods of Mondeo backed company have raised doubts do not have 3.4 billion yuan [$517 mil- that the list did not maliciously target mission sought more details from the participants Japanese Kobe Steel admitted about their strength and durabil- President and CEO Hiroya Ka- to the Xinhua report. sedans made by Changan Ford about the objectiveness of a rich list re- lion].” any individual. “We and Alibaba are not about their bid, the Wall Street Journal reported. on Friday to falsifying inspec- ity, had been sold to about 200 wasaki at a news conference on The cause of the scandal that Automobile Co and sold in leased by the Hurun Research Institute “I heard that my fortune alone has on bad terms and are our businesses Chongqing Jintian Industrial Co and Chongq- tion data on nine other products, companies globally. Friday. has aff ected vehicle giants such China, had used the aluminum on Thursday. reached 3.4 billion yuan, even more are not related … Our principle is to ing Longshang Decoration Co had agreed to invest widening the scandal at the steel- The steelmaker was disclosed Gary Tsuchida, a spokesman as Toyota, Mazda and General products from Kobe Steel, the pa- The Hurun report listed 43 individu- than that of Alibaba CEO Zhang Yong,” compile the list based on public infor- about $8 million as part of a consortium that off ered maker that had said earlier in the to have fabricated data for its for Kobe Steel, told the China- Motors, would also be made per.cn reported on Friday. als from Alibaba and Ant Financial, of Chen wrote skeptically, noting that his mation from authoritative sources.” up to $25 million, according to the report. day it shipped wire rods for auto- iron powder, aluminum and cop- based Caijing on Friday that “its known within a month, Kawa- The Japanese steelmaker has whom 25 were newly added this year. colleagues had started to shun him, do- The listed individuals’ fortunes were The managers dropped out as they felt abused mobiles that did not meet safety per products used by companies customers are doing the product saki added. not confi rmed whether the auto Peng Lei, president of Ant Financial, ing such things as asking him to pay estimated based on the market capital- by political criticism of the deal in Congress and requirements, the Xinhua News including makers of vehicles, checks and no quality issue has A PR representative of Toy- part had been aff ected by the alu- ranked second with an ostensible for- 500 yuan more for a monthly meal that ization of Ant Financial, which is public the slow progress of approval at the SEC, the WSJ Agency reported on Friday. trains and aircraft, sectors where occurred at the moment.” ota China said the domestically minum issue, said Ford Motor tune of 40 billion yuan ($6 billion), fol- is shared among a small group of col- information, he said. reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the Kobe Steel said it now esti- safety is an important issue. According to the Caijing re- made Toyota vehicles including China. It added that the engine lowing the fortune of the Jack Ma Yun leagues. matter. mated that it had shipped sub- As the data fabrication scan- port, the Kobe Steel manufac- those made by joint ventures hood does not relate to a safety family. Peng also expressed doubts on her Global Times CHX Holdings Inc, the parent of the Chicago standard or potentially substan- dal continued, Kobe Steel said turers in China include Suzhou with Chinese automakers FAW issue as it is not a structural com- Chen Liang, vice president of Ant Weibo account on Friday, calling the list Stock Exchange, could solicit new American inves- dard materials to about 500 nine of its subsidiaries including Kobe Copper Technology Co, Group and Guangzhou Automo- ponent. Financial, the fi nancial affi liate of Alib- “crazy”. Page Editor: tors to replace the lost funding, the Journal said. customers, noted the Xinhua re- those in Thailand, Malaysia and Jiangyin Sugita Fasten Spring bile Group Co had not been af- aba Group, was also an Alibaba-related Rupert Hoogewerf, founder and [email protected] port. It had already admitted that China, had engaged in improper Wire Co and Kobelco Spring fected and imported ones are still Global Times executive on the rich list. Chen said on chief researcher of the institute, whose Global Times – Reuters B6 Monday October 16, 2017 BIZCOMMENT India loses edge due to failure to build industrial base

By Liu Dian on the vast South Asian subcontinent, developed the concept of the “Digital these cities are just a few bustling India” but has been embarrassed by econd-quarter economic figures India does not have a clear islands. With the gap between cities and the lack of infrastructure. In terms of show that India’s manufactur- competitive advantage in the vast rural areas widening, and with establishing special economic zones, Sing sector growth slowed sharply labor-intensive and raw inadequate infrastructure, India’s huge the central and state governments have from 10.7 percent a year earlier to 1.2 economy lacks development momen- different ideas about attracting invest- percent, leading to only 5.7 percent material-intensive indus- tum. ment and constructing infrastructure. GDP growth – far below the anticipated tries. If the Indian government cannot What’s more, a program of land reform level of 6.5 percent and the worst per- provide jobs for hundreds of millions was hastily ended after farmers and formance since 2014. of rural residents entering the cities politicians resisted. Overall, India’s Indian Finance Minister Arun urbanization, so India’s performance is through economic reform, if it cannot economic development still faces huge Jaitley said that the slowdown in GDP considered an anomaly. build a solid foundation of industrial- difficulty. growth was worrying. Obviously, it’s a The “upside down” economic struc- ization and bridge the social gap – even Due to the lack of new economic great economic challenge. Optimism ture may be the core of the problem. if India achieved the world’s fastest growth points, although India’s GDP is declining, and his statement con- The prosperity of the tertiary industry GDP growth, it would be just a beauti- is growing rapidly, employment has firmed the worrying outlook for India’s in India is not based on the industrial- ful facade. not followed suit. The gap between economic development. ization of the country; it is the result of The Modi government has done economic growth and employment India’s economic structure is “up- the direct grafting of Western industry little to adjust the economic structure. growth signals that unemployment will side-down” when it comes to the role onto its small-scale peasant economy. Although the government hopes to become severe and the Indian economy of the services sector, and the country The financial and information technol- achieve national industrialization has entered a “growth plateau.” has failed to establish a solid industrial ogy-based high-end services industry in by strengthening the government’s The Indian government sees invest- foundation. In term of the services in- India has high demand for professional economic governance capacity and ment as a stimulus of economic de- dustry itself, outsourcing services have talent, but it cannot absorb a large attracting investment, there has been velopment and is making great efforts become the core of the sector, making number of people. Hence, India’s GDP little result. to establish special economic zones, economic growth heavily dependent on growth has not led to significant growth The government has vigorously promote administrative management the external environment. in non-farm employment. and improve the transport system. But The world economy in general is The high-end services industry India faces a relatively harsh invest- showing mediocre growth. Weakness has created several developed ment environment. World economic among India’s traditional partners in- cities like Bangalore and development has slowed down, anti- cluding Europe and the US, trade pro- Mumbai. However, globalization sentiment and trade tectionism by the Trump administra- protectionism are increasingly tion and the decrease of external capital prevalent and manufacturing liquidity have all hurt the economic outsourcing orders are growth and development of India. gradually shrinking. Domestically, although Compared India’s services industry can with neighbor- partly replace the role of ing countries industry, it can’t totally like Pakistan, diminish the contri- Bangladesh bution of industrial and Southeast development to the Asian coun- economic growth. In tries, India recent years, India’s does not have GDP has grown at a clear competi- a high speed, while tive advantage in the urbanization labor-intensive and rate, which should raw material-intensive be closely correlated industries. to GDP growth, did not follow suit. The author is an assistant research In other countries, fellow at the Chongyang Institute for rapid growth is always Financial Studies, Renmin University of accompanied by rapid Illustration: Luo Xuan/GT China. [email protected] Reducing trade with China, US represents just wishful thinking for South Korea

By Wang Jiamei YEONTHEECONOMY 13.5 percent of its ship- South Korea’s customs, its ex- International Trade Associa- E ments overseas. It is ports of electronics and mation. A senior South Korean official hard to imagine that the chinery products to China Objective facts and comple- said last week that the country country can find anoth- reached $32.52 billion in the mentary economies have made should reduce its trade reliance US and South Korea are un- er market as big as China and first half of this year, up 16.4 China into the top trading part- on the US and China, but that dergoing a tough renegotiation the US combined. percent year-on-year. ner of South Korea. Both sides idea doesn’t seem to be feasible of a bilateral free-trade agree- South Korean products such In addition, bilateral invest- should utilize the benefits of in the real world. ment that US President Donald as integrated circuits have be- ment between China and South their free trade agreement to Finance Minister Kim Dong- Trump has been critical of, giv- come an indispensable part of Korea has developed rapidly. At deepen cooperation. yeon said on Thursday that geo- en the latter’s trade surplus of the industrial manufacturing the end of August, Samsung Reckless talk about trade ties political factors and economic $17 billion with the US in 2016. chain in China and the US, announced it would build the is irresponsible, and it is also friction with its top trading Yet, it seems naive for a and that situation is unlikely second phase of its memory misleading for South Korean partners had underscored the country to reduce trade with its to see any change in the short chip plant in Xi’an, Shaanxi companies as they plan their need to diversify its partners. two largest export destinations term. For instance, as China Province, with an investment of futures. South Korea is encouraging its simply because of temporary is the world’s largest manufac- $7 billion in the coming three companies to expand business difficulties, which are common turer of laptops, smartphones years. The author is a reporter with ties with India as well as South- in global trade. and many other electronics de- In the first half of 2016, the Global Times. bizopinion@ east Asian and Latin American In 2016, South Korea’s ex- vices, it has always had a huge investment by South Korean globaltimes.com.cn countries. ports to China and the US demand for integrated circuits, companies in China rose 17.8 It is true that South Korea reached $124.4 billion and which are the top export item of percent year-on-year to $2.84 Page Editor: has been facing headwinds in $66.8 billion, respectively, ac- South Korea. billion, according to data from [email protected] foreign trade. For instance, the counting for 25.1 percent and According to data from the Beijing branch of the Korea Monday October 16, 2017 B7 BIZCOMMENT Is the time right for bolder yuan reforms?

By Li Hong remain skittish about the and capital controls, the yuan the US dollar in the domestic international trade. In August prospect of full market liber- has seen a rising streak in the foreign exchange market in and September, major oil ith risk in the equity alization of the yuan and the market lately, with a gain of Shanghai. It is widely consid- exporting countries including markets having been financial services industry, and more than 5 percent against ered an attempt by the central Russia, Iran and Venezuela Wsignificantly amelio- others claim the conditions are the US dollar so far this year. bank to make the market play started to price oil futures con- rated, China’s central bank, a not yet ripe. However, “reform The yuan is expected to see the dominant role in setting tracts in yuan, instead of the linchpin of reform and market won’t be realized through wait- both up and down fluctuations the yuan’s exchange rate. Now, US dollar. opening-up for many years, is ing,” Zhou said. in the future, with the coun- the yuan is traded with more The central bank may now calling for bolder reform It is broadly believed try’s foreign exchange reserves than a dozen foreign curren- have derived assurance from moves to ease capital con- that reform in China always remaining relatively stable. cies in the domestic market, the continued growth in its trols and make the country’s relies on top-level design and Under Zhou’s watch, the including the US dollar, the foreign currency reserves, currency, the yuan, able to determination. When China central bank has taken a firmer pound sterling, the euro and insiders say. The reserves compete freely with other hard joined the WTO in late 2001, stance to liberalize the yuan the yen. rose to their highest level in currencies. the country’s leadership made by extending the daily band Also, the central bank has September at $3.11 trillion, as Zhou Xiaochuan, governor the landmark decision to give in which the yuan is traded taken gradual steps to raise the capital outflows eased thanks of the People’s Bank of China, it a go despite some voices against currency’s importance in to the stronger yuan. It was the said in an interview with of concern, Zhou said. WTO first time that China’s foreign Chinese business magazine membership has turned a new exchange reserves had grown Caijing that nearly all of leaf for China’s economy, accel- for eight consecutive months China’s economic attainments erating economic restructuring since 2014. in the past three decades have by tearing down the previous The growth of the reserves been driven by consistent but planned command system has given the central bank a resolute reform measures – in and instituting a market- breather to constrain capital particular the incremental lay- oriented outflows. The government ing out of the country’s foreign mecha- said in August that it will cap trade and foreign direct invest- nism. overseas investment by Chi- ment (FDI) regime, gradual Ap- nese firms, primarily in real liberalization of the currency, parently, estate, sports clubs and cinema and relaxation of capital con- reform has assets. trols. reached “past Nevertheless, many remem- This trinity of factors, a point of no ber that in 2015 and 2016, from Zhou’s perspective, has return.” Since the China saw raging volatility in allowed China’s economy to yuan’s admission into its financial market. In 2015, a expand as successfully as it has the IMF’s special draw- stock market crash spurred in the last few decades. ing rights (SDR) basket rising government scru- Zhou, who has been steer- of currencies on October 1, tiny of the regulators’ ing the central bank for the 2016, a growing number of response; and last past 15 years, called for wider governments and international year, the yuan opening-up of China’s finan- organizations have been using plummeted cial services sector as well, sug- it, the governor said. against major gesting the government should Now, many are hoping for currencies not be swayed by the concerns continuous reform momen- on the heels that China’s financial security tum from the yuan’s SDR of rapidly and economic stability will be acceptance. Some claim diminish- compromised if it moves too that the time for another ing foreign hastily. landmark – making the currency He said commercial banks, yuan freely traded on the reserves. securities firms and insurance market – is not far away. This companies are all competitive “There isn’t a single means that businesses, and like Chinese country in the world that voices for the manufacturing and high-tech- could achieve an open central bank to nology enterprises, which are economy with strict foreign ex- take on a bigger doing well now in the global change controls. The window role in macro-pru- marketplace, Chinese financial of opportunity is important for dential management firms could also be catapulted reforms, and we must seize and in averting systemic into the sea of global competi- an appropriate window. Once risk in the financial system tion and come out nimbler missed, the cost of reform will have never gone away. and stronger. No firm ever be higher in the future,” the becomes great via protection, governor noted. The author is an editor with the he noted. Amid the governor’s call for Global Times. bizopinion@ But some in the country a loosening of exchange-rate Illustration: Luo Xuan/GT globaltimes.com.cn Goldman pushing new M&A approaches amid sharp decline in trading revenue

Goldman Sachs is trying to extricate it- the closely watched league tables. Cli- It makes up a bigger share of the top Goldman’s plans to freshen up its trad- self from a box by thinking outside it. ents such as ride-hailing app Uber and line, and has been lackluster. Revenue ing arm, will command far more atten- The Wall Street firm has set up a small e-commerce giant Amazon turn to from buying and selling bonds, yen, oil tion than whatever may come out of the team in what’s known internally as the Goldman for assistance. Competition is and the like fell 40 percent in the second Innovation Lab. At this point, though, Innovation Lab, to cook up supposedly fierce, though, especially since smaller quarter from a year earlier. experimentation is to be encouraged. clever ideas for big clients. The result- shops started gobbling more market Adding some luster to the M&A ing acquisitions may end up destroying share after the financial crisis. And fees franchise therefore makes sense. The The author is John Foley, a Reuters value for the shareholders of the compa- are shrinking. Dealmaking in the US trouble is that for a big institution, small Breakingviews columnist. The article was nies involved, but Goldman’s own inves- is equivalent to 6 percent of total com- initiatives can take years to show results. first published on Reuters Breakingviews. tors should be pleased the investment pany market value, according to data Goldman is also growing its retail-bank [email protected] bank is trying new things. collated by Credit Suisse. That’s stub- offering, Marcus, which could gener- Giving advice is at the core of the bornly below the historical 9 percent ate returns on equity that surpass 15 Page Editor: $94 billion institution run by Lloyd average. Adding to the sense of urgency percent, it says, but is still too small to [email protected] Blankfein, which routinely ranks atop perhaps is Goldman’s trading operation. require separate disclosure. That, and B8 Monday October 16, 2017 BIZINSIGHT E-commerce alleviates poverty

 to set up beehives on cliffs. “An open, After spending five years in the Rural start-ups rely on online wild environment will make sure military, Kang Weiqi, a 27-year-old honey is natural, and of course taste man from Li county, came back to platforms to help poor families good,” she said. One hive can collect his hometown to run a rural delivery about 10 kilograms of honey, which service. “The local government per- can be sold at 1,000 yuan ($151.7). suaded me to launch an online store to Northwest China’s Gansu Province is one of the least developed areas in China. In her village, there are still about sell apples, and I started to take some Longnan, located in the southern part of the province, is a typical mountain- 40 impoverished households, but training programs in 2014,” he said. ous area that has been stuck in poverty due to its geographical isolation. Many remote villages there have little connection with the outside world and local resi- over 20 of them have joined in on the He said he experienced setback dents have been struggling to make their ends meet. A Global Times reporter honey hunt. “For those poor families, at the beginning as he only sold one recently traveled to the area to gauge how China’s national poverty alleviation we give them hives for free, and the package in the first month due to his campaign has changed their lives over the past five years. honey hunt can help increase their lack of experience. However, “we then income,” she said. used social media to promote our Wang Xiehong, a 24-year-old who products and local officials helped us THCPCcongress Longnan have been encouraging rural studied in Gansu’s capital Lanzhou build a team… online shopping has 19 e-commerce and entrepreneurship to and worked in Beijing for three years, indeed reshaped the apple industry fight poverty as well as continuously returned to his hometown, a neighbor- here,” Kang said. By Chen Qingqing in Longnan investing in projects that improve ing village of Pingjiacun, to launch an “In the past, villagers had to wait for road, broadband network and logistics e-commerce platform. merchants from other provinces that hen 31-year-old An Wuzhen infrastructure, according to the local “Sometimes, I miss those days in would come to Li county and procure talked about the years she government. Beijing, but I think I’m on the right apples, and fruit prices were relatively Wworked in Shanghai, she Surrounded by mountains, villages track now,” he said. low. Now, they can take charge of their said living in a big city was tough and in Longnan, which are archetypical As of the end of September, there own products and the prices online are she does not regret returning to her of poverty-ridden Chinese regions, were in total 95,854 people working higher and much more stable.” home province. have little connection with the outside in the e-commerce sector in Longnan, An is now living in her rural home- world, hindering the area’s develop- operating 12,693 stores on Taobao and Lifting locals out of poverty town – Pingjiacun village in Longnan, ment due to a lack of funds, resources 7,853 on social networks, Guo Jianbo, During the National Day and Mid- one of the poorest areas in Northwest and infrastructure. vice mayor of Longnan, was quoted as Autumn Festival holidays in early China’s Gansu Province – and has At the end of 2011, 1.3 million saying in a document. October, Alibaba’s Tmall marketplace also become the youngest village Party people in the Longnan area were liv- The overall online sales volume of launched an apple promotion for Li chief ever. “I think I made the right ing below the national poverty line, a these businesses reached 2.8 billion county entrepreneurs. As a result, the decision of returning and launching figure almost equal to the total popula- yuan in 2017, helping to lift the region total volume reached 1,438 tons during my own business,” she said. tion of Estonia. out of poverty in many ways. the holidays, with revenues reaching An, who used to be a worker han- Although villagers are able to The total revenues of agricultural 18.7 million yuan. dling paperwork in a plush Shanghai plant diversified agricultural products products from the area sold online has In 2016, 16.5 percent of the office building, is now the owner of a including apples, walnuts, olives and amounted to 7.5 billion yuan over the Longnan population was living below thriving online business which sells Sichuan pepper thanks to the region’s past three years, and e-commerce has the poverty line, a decrease from 53 various agricultural products, includ- unique climate, providing local food helped increase the incomes of local percent at the end of 2011. And by the ing black “wood ear” (a type of Chinese resources and business opportunities, residents living below the national end of 2016, the total population in mushroom) and Sichuan pepper, a large proportion of the farm products poverty line by 620 yuan on average, Longnan living below the poverty line which are grown in isolated moun- have gone unknown or unreached for according to the local government. had declined to 410,000. tains and procured from local villagers years due to the lack of sales channels. As this year’s nationwide online by her. But that is now changing. Industry gets a boost shopping festival, which starts next But An is not the only Millennial in About an hour’s drive from Pingjia- month, looms, villagers are busy har- this area of Gansu that has changed Rural e-commerce blossoms cun village in Gansu’s Kang county, vesting and packing fruits. their own destiny by giving up urban In Longnan, e-commerce has roads stretch between mountains and “Almost every family has run an on- life in a first-tier city and returning been playing a major role in fighting hundreds and thousands of apple line apple business,” Kang said. “Be- back home to become an entrepre- poverty. trees bear fruit. “Now, it’s the harvest fore, we procured apples from some neur. Like many other businesspeople season,” said Luo Wuer, an owner of local poor families, now, they know In fact, An is among the more in the region, An in 2014 launched an apple park in Li county, northern how to market them on their own.” than 18,000 young people who have an online store on Taobao, the online Longnan. However, “logistics infrastructure returned to their remote hometowns marketplace of Alibaba Group Hold- Li county has become well-known here has not developed at the same from city life and created their own on- ing, to help widen her customer base for its apple production in recent years, pace as e-commerce,” the young line ventures over the past few years. and alleviate poverty in the area. particularly when its e-commerce entrepreneur noted, leaving room for Since 2013, the local authorities in She climbs mountains every day started to thrive. improvement.

Farmers from Li county are busy preparing apples for the upcoming nationwide online shopping event next month. Photo: Chen Qingqing/GT

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