FRIDAY-SUNDAY, August 31 - September 2, 2018 chinadailyusa.com $1 Trade row Xi greets African leaders on state visits with US President pledges to step up bilateral cooperation, ties with continent and teamwork in building Belt, Road benefiting some firms

By FAN FEIFEI and LIU ZHIHUA in Beijing and ZHAO RUIXUE in Jinan

One of the unexpected out- comes — a blessing in disguise, if you will — of China-US trade tension is that import-reliant sectors in China are seeking cheaper suppliers at home and abroad, creating unforeseen growth opportunities for Chi- nese small and medium-sized enterprises, industry insiders said. SMEs hurt by higher US import tariffs or previously hindered by imports are embracing change and new strategies to thrive amid ten- sions. Biobase Group, a manufac- turer of laboratory equipment President Xi Jinping accompanies Cote d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara in the Great Hall of President Xi Jinping walks with Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio in the Great Hall of the and diagnostic kits based in the People in Beijing on Thursday. FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY People in Beijing on Thursday. WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY Shandong province, stands out as one of the firms converting threats into opportunities and challenges into strength-en- Greater development synergy Joint efforts with Sierra Leone hancers. Gan Yiwu, chairman of Bio- base, typifies this new style of sought alongside Cote d’Ivoire to fight Ebola praised by world corporate thinking. In his office, two maps adorn a wall. By XU WEI enhancing the solidarity and the African continent, he said. By AN BAIJIE ago, China and Sierra Leone as and promote the compre- The world map highlights [email protected] cooperation among develop- He added that they should [email protected] have always been good hensive strategic partnership some countries and regions ing countries, he added. step up coordination at the friends, Xi said. to benefit the people of both participating in the Belt and China and Cote d’Ivoire Xi said that during the 35 United Nations Security China’s principle of devel- The joint efforts made by countries, Xi said. Road Initiative. The China map should take the building of years since the establishment Council and work together to oping friendship with Africa the people of China and Sierra Saying that the friendship shows over 20 places marked Belt and Road as an opportu- of bilateral ties, the two coun- safeguard the legitimate inter- will be unchanged despite the Leone to fight Ebola have between the two countries with a dot. Together, the maps nity to seek greater synergy tries have seen increasingly ests of developing countries, country’s development and drawn compliments from the has stood the test of time in represent Gan’s ambitious between development strate- expanding cooperation that including African nations. the rise of its international sta- international community, Xi the past 47 years, the Sierra vision for Biobase’s future foot- gies and promote high-quali- yielded remarkable outcomes. Ouattara said China is Cote tus, President Xi Jinping said said. Leonean president expressed print. ty and sustainable deve- China appreciates Cote d’Ivoi- d’Ivoire’s great friend and its on Thursday. China respects independ- gratitude to China “for the That’s a far cry from the lopment of the two countries, re’s firm adherence to the one- people value the traditional Xi made the remark while ent choices made by the Sierra many times you stood by us in recent past, when Biobase President Xi Jinping said on China policy, and firmly friendship with the Chinese meeting with Julius Maada Leonean people, Xi said, add- very difficult times”. struggled to get orders — even Thursday. supports its efforts to safe- people. Bio, president of Sierra Leone, ing that China would like to “I want to commit or reaf- from Chinese firms — because Xi made the remark in a guard its rights and interests in He said Cote d’Ivoire fully in the Great Hall of the People boost high-level exchanges firm my administration’s the latter were all busy import- meeting with Cote d’Ivoire sovereignty, security and devel- supports the Belt and Road Ini- in Beijing. with the African country and commitment to you and to the ing from the United States. The President Alassane Ouattara, opment. tiative proposed by Xi, and is The two leaders witnessed enhance cooperation in such people of China that we will trade dispute, however, has who is in Beijing for a state China supports Cote willing to actively take part in it. the signing of documents by areas as infrastructure, agri- stand together at all times,” he proved to be a game-changer. visit and the 2018 Beijing d’Ivoire in taking a path of The country will also encour- China and Sierra Leone cover- culture, fisheries, health and said. “We’ve built offices in 19 Chi- Summit of the Forum on Chi- development that suits its age member states of the West ing such areas as economic education. Sierra Leone would like to nese cities now,” Gan said, na-Africa Cooperation. national conditions, and the African Economic and Mone- and technological coopera- Xi spoke highly of the learn from China’s experience pointing to the national map. Xi said the summit will stay two nations should offer tary Union to take part in build- tion and jointly building the efforts made by the Sierra of development, strengthen “China is the world’s second- committed to the building of firmer support to each other ing the Belt and Road. Belt and Road. Leonean president to develop bilateral relations, participate largest consumer of medical an even stronger community on issues related to their core Cote d’Ivoire speaks highly China has always deemed bilateral relations and pro- in building the Belt and Road, equipment but the local mar- with a shared future for China interests and major con- of China’s efforts to safeguard its cooperation with African mote cooperation. and enhance cooperation in ket was heavily reliant on and Africa. The summit will be cerns, Xi said. the rights and interests of countries an important basis China cherishes the tradi- education, fisheries, health imports. Now, it’s different. of major significance in They also should cope with developing countries in multi- for its diplomatic policies, and tional friendship with Sierra and infrastructure, he added. Opportunities beckon. We’ll advancing the further develop- security challenges effectively, lateral affairs, and appreciates such principles will not be Leone and would like to make invest more now in innovation ment of the China-Africa com- and play a constructive role in China’s active participation in changed, Xi said. joint efforts with the country InsideInside and on building our own prehensive strategic co- promoting peace and stability UN peacekeeping missions in Since the establishment of to strengthen mutual trust, brands.” operative partnership and in the West African region and Africa, he said. diplomatic relations 47 years expand cooperation in all are- CommentComment > p9p17 Like Biobase, Zhejiang Hua- da New Material Corp, a pro- ducer and exporter of steel products like hot-dip steel Sino-Russian drill set SALES BLOSSOM AT sheets coated in aluminum and SinoRussian drill set zinc, sees the trade dispute as an opportunity to grow. to guard regional peace LAKESIDE LOTUS MARKET Its business has not been to guard regional peace affected much by the tensions By ZHANG ZHIHAO Chinese troops, along with because the US has never been [email protected] more than 900 pieces of weap- Locals line up to make prized purchases at ‘secret site’ in Hangzhou one of its key export markets. 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Experts don’t expect trade tipping point

By ZHAO HUANXIN in Beijing huanxinzhao@chinadailyusa. com

The blistering trade fric- tion between the United States and China, in which both countries have slapped John Allen, president of the tariff s on billions of dollars of Brookings Institution, speaks each other’s goods, does not at a forum at the institution on mean a tipping point for the Thursday. Sino-US relationship, which is the “most consequential” in the world, experts said on Thursday. “I would say we’re nowhere near a tipping point,” David Dollar, senior fellow of John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution, said when asked if the world’s top two economies, locked in trade tensions, are approach- ing a turning or tipping point, as some critics suggested. “Let’s not forget, there’s still Let’s not forget, Fu Ying (center), former vice-foreign minister, Josette Sheeran (second from right), president of the Asia Society, and other participants attend the High-Level Dialogue on US-China a tremendous amount of trade Economic Relations at the Asia Society in New York on Wednesday. HONG XIAO / CHINA DAILY between the US and China, there’s still a there’re 400,000 Chinese stu- dents in the US, and there’s tremendous American tourists going to China. ... So a little bit of amount of trade Trade ties seen too strong to break friction does not necessarily mean a turning point,” he said. between the US “Hopefully this will be rather and China.” Fu Ying says China and US should ‘persevere through ‘tough time’ and look for solutions temporary, and we’ll get back to healthy development of our David Dollar, senior fellow relationship.” of John L. Thornton China By HONG XIAO and said, citing the expansion of low, and we believe is a pret- have changed in the US — Dollar, a former US Trea- Center ZHANG RUINAN US commodities exports and ty good figure because the there has been a tremen- sury economic and fi nancial in New York the growth of American busi- current investment scale is dous consensus in the past emissary to China, made the ness in China. very large,” he added. 40 years that China’s growth remarks on the sidelines of a Chinese could look for ways Despite the current trade “We should persevere Liu said manufacturing was good not only for China forum attended by US think to cooperate, and there is confl ict, the bedrock of com- through this tough time in investment, which has been but good for a more stable tank researchers and a Chi- much they can do together merce between China and our relationship by engaging aff ected relatively heavily by and peaceful world,” said nese delegation of research- for the good of all human the US is solid, according to in dialogues and trying to the trade war, has seen its Josette Sheeran, president ers and former government kind. the vice-president at one of fi nd solutions,” she said. growth rate rebound from of the Asia Society. officials, led by former vice- “We should expect that China’s top universities. “It is hard to tell at this 3 percent to 6 percent this She said that the change foreign minister Fu Ying. the two great nations in the “The foundation of bilat- moment how this will play year. in how China has been per- Dollar said the US and world will compete. But if eral trade is very solid, the out. But China has few choic- One of the reasons is Chi- ceived in recent years is nat- Chinese sides had a frank we’re wise, we should see in pattern of bilateral trade es but to stand fi rm to the nese investment is undergo- ural, because “China’s econ- exchange at the Brookings that competition, opportuni- has not been fundamentally US’ trade bullying for con- Americans ing structural change. omy has gone really from Institution on Thursday, with ties, because we’re better for damaged, and more impor- cessions. And China will not, “It is actually the product zero trade with the world — each side lodging their “legiti- the constructive competition tantly, the recovery of global and indeed cannot, yield.” have not only of the gradual withdrawal very little, and exponentially mate complaints”. over time,” he said. trade is very obvious,” said Liu, the Renmin vice-pres- of the previous investment increased.” “I think both sides would On occasions when con- Liu Yuanchun, vice-presi- ident, said the trade war’s witnessed the policies,” Liu explained. “So Sheeran said the two sides like to see a successful rela- frontation occurs, the two dent of Renmin University in impact on both sides has not it’s not about, ‘We’ve been hit are now in a phase that tionship,” he said about the sides must manage it and Beijing. “And China’s trade, yet fully emerged. progress of by the trade war.’ requires more action. discussions. have to prevent conflict which is diversifi ed, has not “Therefore, we should “Therefore, I think it’s “China is here to stay, the The forum followed the between the United States been affected by the trade guide policymakers and the China, but problematic to make a causal US is here to stay, it’s a big conclusion of a weeklong and China, he said. war,” he said, adding that it public from a very rational link between the two superfi - world, and this is probably hearings in Washington on Richard Bush, a senior hasn’t resulted in systemic perspective as think tank have also been cial phenomena of trade war the most important rela- the US administration’s pro- fellow at the John L. Thorn- changes. researchers, to see the China- a contributor and China’s slowing invest- tionship, so I think in the posed 25 percent duties on ton China Center at Brook- Liu spoke at the High- US trade war is not about ment growth,” he said. end, whether it’s weeks or $200 billion worth of Chinese ings, said he had “a certain Level Dialogue on US-China win or lose. However, each as well as a Wang, of the Chongyang months, we will sit back imports. amount of sympathy” with Economic Relations at the side will be hurt,” he said. Institute, said the fundamen- down together and get very “I’ve been opposed to these the Chinese government Asia Society in New York on Liu addressed concerns benefi ciary.” tal issue between China and practical about how we build US tariff s right from the start. in dealing with a “disorga- Wednesday. about the slowdown of the US is China’s rapid eco- the future,” she said. I don’t think these are good nized” administration like Representing China was China’s investment growth Fu Ying, former vice- nomic growth — its econo- “I don’t think it will hap- instrument,” Dollar said. “So “the one we have”. a delegation composed of and said it’s an inevitable foreign minister my has become almost two pen overnight, I don’t think for me, a happy solution is He said China needs to be 10 experts and government byproduct of policy normal- thirds of the US’, which is it’s one big announcement. China opens up the economy clear on what its own poli- representatives, including ization rather than that of a unprecedented in American I think it’s a commitment more, and the US pulls back cies are and “take measured Fu Ying, former vice-foreign trade war with the US. history. to work … that’s true in any from this trade war.” actions in response to unrea- minister. The US side was “From January to July, “So the US is threatened by relationship. This is becom- “I believe that the US-China sonable things that Trump represented by 15 profession- China’s investment growth the rise of China and being ing a very serious relation- relationship is the most con- administration does”. als from various fi elds. rate has dropped to about anxious about it,” he said. ship, as China’s presence in sequential relationship that Early on Thursday, the Chi- The aim of the half-day 7 percent from about 9 per- “The very important thing the world and in the world the United States enjoys today, nese delegation also had a dialogue was to promote cent last year. The fi rst rea- for them is to prevent from economy is much bigger and and I believe it will be the most symposium at the Center for communication, cooperation son is that our infrastructure that misunderstanding the more impactful. consequential relationship for Strategic and International and understanding between investment growth rate has misjudgment of China – “And so we have angry the 21st century,” said John Studies in Washington. academics in China and the dropped from 17-18 percent do not perceive China as a constituencies on both sides, Allen, president of the Brook- Nicholas Lardy, a senior US, said Wang Wen, execu- to only about 5 percent,” he threat and do not perceive it and … we have to dig quite a ings Institution. fellow at the Peterson Insti- tive dean of the Chongyang explained. as the second Soviet Union, bit deeper to get at the root Such “consequential rela- tute for International Eco- Institute for Financial Stud- “However, from the mar- but look at China’s rise as a of what are the fundamen- tionship” features four C’s, nomics and an expert on the ies at Renmin University. ket side, we see a reverse signifi cant power of coopera- tals of a win-win relation- namely, cooperation, com- Chinese economy, said the Fu Ying said, “Americans result: The growth rate of tion that will boost US sus- ship going forward,” she petition, confrontation and discussion at the CSIS was have not only witnessed the private investment from Jan- tainable development and concluded. confl ict, according to Allen, a candid and productive, with progress of China, but have uary to July has rebounded make the US great again,” retired United States Marine many specifi c suggestions on also been a contributor as to 8.8 percent from 2 percent he added. Contact the writers at xiao- Corps four-star general. what might be done to allevi- well as a beneficiary,” she in 2017, which was relatively “I think the expectations [email protected] He said Americans and ate trade tensions. Justice Dept backs Asian Americans in lawsuit over Harvard admissions policies

By KONG WENZHENG burden to show that its use engages in unlawful racial attempts to “racially balance” release. from when Barack Obama college admissions”. in New York of race does not infl ict unlaw- balancing; and has never the makeup of a student “We look forward to having was president that encour- Arguing that diverse ful racial discrimination on seriously considered race- body, are “patently unconsti- the gravely troubling evi- aged schools to achieve communities are vital to The US Department of Asian Americans”. neutral alternatives in its tutional” the fi ling said. dence that Harvard continues diversity using race. the learning experience of Justice, questioning Harvard With some of its Asian- more than 45 years of using “No American should be to keep redacted disclosed to The announcement was every student, Harvard said University’s use of race as a American members denied race to make admissions denied admission to school the American public in the considered a signal for the it “does not discriminate criterion in its admissions admission to Harvard, the decisions.” because of their race. As a near future,” Blum said. department’s decision to against applicants from any process, on Thursday sup- student organization fi led the The rating system has recipient of taxpayer dollars, Harvard on Thursday side with the plaintiff s in group and will continue to ported Asian-American appli- lawsuit against Harvard in resulted in Asian-American Harvard has a responsibility responded by saying it was the Harvard case. vigorously defend the legal cants suing the Ivy League US Distict Court in Boston, applicants on average scoring to conduct its admissions “deeply disappointed” by the The case has drawn wide right of every college and school for discrimination. Massachusetts in 2014. lower than white applicants, policy without racial discrim- Justice Department’s decision attention to how race and university to consider race By fi ling a statement of “The record evidence dem- which was counter to the ination by using meaningful and criticized the arguments the pursuit of diversity fac- as one factor among many interest, the department onstrates that Harvard’s race- diversity goals of Harvard, admissions criteria that meet as “misleading and hollow”. tor into universities’ admis- in college admissions, which supported the claim made based admissions process the plaintiff s said. lawful requirements,” Attor- “This decision is not sions processes but also is the Supreme Court has con- by the plaintiff , Students signifi cantly disadvantages Associated with Harvard’s ney General Jeff Sessions said surprising given the highly seen as a reading on the sistently upheld for more for Fair Admissions (SFFA), Asian-American applicants diversity target was its eff orts in a statement. irregular investigation the Trump administration’s than 40 years”. that Harvard has been inten- compared to applicants of to monitor and manipulate “Students for Fair Admis- DOJ has engaged in thus far, attitude toward affi rmative Harvard also got support tionally and systematically other racial groups,” the Jus- the racial makeup of the sions is gratifi ed that, after and its recent action to repeal action. from 16 other US universi- discriminating against Asian tice Department wrote in the incoming class, claimed the careful analysis of the evi- Obama-era guidelines on In support of Harvard, ties, which also fi led a brief Americans by elevating the fi lling. Justice Department. Asian dence submitted in this case, the consideration of race in a group of students and last month, echoing Har- standard for their admission The fi ling said that Har- Americans, for example, the US Department of Justice admissions,” Harvard said in alumni fi led a brief in July vard’s stance that diversity and limiting the number who vard “uses a vague ‘personal comprised 20 percent of has concluded Harvard’s a statement. in which they condemned of the student body is essen- get accepted. rating’ that harms Asian- admissions in two consecu- admissions policies are in In July, the Education the lawsuit as an attempt to tial to achieving educational The statement of inter- American applicants’ chances tive years. violation of our nation’s civil and Justice departments “dismantle eff orts to create missions. est said the university “has for admission and may be Such practices, defi ned by rights laws,” Edward Blum, announced that they were a racially diverse and inclu- The case is scheduled to failed to carry its demanding infected with racial bias; the Justice Department as SFFA president, said in a reversing seven guidelines sive student body through go to trial in October. CHINA DAILY USA Friday-Sunday, August 31 - September 2, 2018

FOCAC BEIJING SUMMIT 3 Ethiopian receives Belt, Road crucial for Africa ties surprise response Top diplomat lauds Beijing’s role issues, such erage off the opportunities and Africa,” she said. as poverty, provided by China in order to South Africa is a co-chair of in fortifying relationships, trade unemploy- grow its economy,” Msimang the FOCAC Beijing Summit. from major VIP ment and said. “Inadequate infrastructure, inequality. Cooperation between Chi- lack of professional and skilled By WANG QINGYUN By CAO DESHENG enable new economic activity “I believe na and Africa has been personnel, and funding short- wangqingyun@ [email protected] on a significant scale and stim- successful strengthened in such areas as ages are three major bottle- chinadaily.com.cn ulate Africa’s economic implemen- industrialization, agricultural necks holding back Africa’s China’s commitment to growth in line with our devel- Dolana Msimang, tation of the modernization, infrastruc- development,” the ambassa- Hannah Getachew, who integrating Africa into the Belt opmental objectives,” Msi- South African BRI will ture, green development, pov- dor said. “South Africa hopes took part in a forum for and Road Initiative will signif- mang said. ambassador boost glob- erty alleviation, public health, that the summit will discuss young people held earlier icantly strengthen sustainable China has signed memoran- to China al develop- trade and investment facilita- mechanisms on how these this year in China, shared on trade and investment rela- dums of understanding with ment and tion, people-to-people and could be addressed.” Thursday her excitement af- tions between the continent nine African countries on prosperity, better utilize Chi- cultural exchanges as well as “As a developing country, ter President Xi Jinping and China, a senior South Afri- cooperation in Belt and Road na’s capital and technology peace and security, the ambas- China understands how diffi- replied to a letter that she can diplomat said. construction including South collaboration with other sador said. cult it is for a developing coun- had penned to him. China’s participation in Africa, Madagascar and Egypt, countries and help achieve She said she believes the try to survive and thrive in the “Today, something big infrastructure projects has while over 20 other African win-win outcomes,” she add- FOCAC Beijing Summit “will existing global system which is happened. And I mean big. been a boon to Africa’s manu- nations are in talks with China ed. be a success” and that friend- far from perfect,” Msimang President Xi read my letter — Hannah Getachew of Ethio- facturing sector, Dolana Msi- concerning cooperative agree- In terms of Sino-African ship between Africa and China said. “China is ready to and replied!” Getachew said pia poses for her graduation mang, South African ments. relations, the continent is sat- will be further consolidated so exchange development experi- in an article posted on the photo at Peking University. ambassador to China, said in Noting that the BRI offers an isfied with the current rela- that the comprehensive strate- ences and share development website of Black Livity Chi- PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY an interview with China Daily opportunity to deepen China- tions and the achievements gic cooperative partnership opportunities with African na, an organization in which ahead of the Beijing Summit Africa relations, the ambassa- seen thus far, she said. between the two sides will be countries, including South she is a member. common goals and work for of the Forum on China-Africa dor said it dovetails with “China has shown itself to elevated to a higher level. Africa, to promote inclusive The Ethiopian was one of win-win results. Cooperation to be held on Africa’s own Agenda 2063, an be a trusted and willing part- “In South Africa, we regard development.” 73 participants from 51 coun- Put forward by Xi in 2013, Monday and Tuesday. initiative designed to fast-track ner in the relationship. The FOCAC as the premier plat- FOCAC is by all standards tries at the Youth Forum on the BRI has become an “These projects are regard- the implementation of solu- impetus is now for the African form to mediate trade and an exemplary form of South- Creativity and Heritage important platform on ed as game changers that will tions on critical development continent to immediately lev- investment between China South cooperation, she added. Along the Silk Road, which which countries, including was held in May. those in Africa, share and “My enthusiasm for the explore opportunities for Jet-setting expanding potential in the growth. Through coopera- Africa and China space is tion with China, the conti- journalist what pushed me to write to nent has seen a number of President Xi. Emboldened infrastructure projects that by the young people I met at have helped boost its inte- Shazlina Azman (right), a the forum and our shared gration. Malaysian reporter, snaps a passion for sustainable Among these projects is a photo at the new Daxing development, I put pen to railway linking Ethiopia’s International Airport under paper,” she said. capital Addis Ababa and Dji- construction in Beijing on “Never in my wildest bouti. Thursday. She is among more dreams did I imagine he Rebutting some accusa- than 60 reporters from over 30 would answer,” Getachew tions that China is practicing countries — including the said. “neocolonialism” through its United States, the United In his reply on Tuesday, Xi aid to Africa, Getachew said, Kingdom, and Egypt — invited called for young people to “I would never agree that to visit China for the 2018 enhance cultural exchanges, China is a colonist.” Beijing Summit of the Forum on actively take part in the joint When doing business China-Africa Cooperation, to be construction of the Belt and with each other, Chinese held on Monday and Tuesday. Road Initiative and support and Africans negotiate ZOU HONG / CHINA DAILY solidarity and cooperation equally and are ready to take between China and Africa. their own responsibility, she Together with other par- said, adding that both sides ticipants at the forum, Geta- cherish their trade partner- chew shared her thoughts ship and pursue win-win over China-Africa ties in the cooperation. June missive, according to Getachew, who expressed People’s Daily. her love for the natural beau- Getachew, who took post- ty of China as well as the graduate courses in transna- country’s convenient online tional law at Peking services for shopping and University, told the paper she ordering meals, said she is is hoping to land a job that very interested in learning involves services associated more about China’s success- with the BRI. ful experience during its 40 China to boost security links with continent Pointing out that there is years of reform and opening- “great potential” for China- up. Africa cooperation, she said “China is special, and not By ZHANG ZHIHAO in Africa, can promote regional making the country Africa’s 2013 to about 10.2 percent cur- nisms and security trends. joint construction of the Belt all countries can copy its path, [email protected] peace and security, as well as largest trading partner for rently, making China the sec- “This will allow China to and Road is a good demon- of course. But there are a lot of facilitate mutual development. nine consecutive years, Qian ond-largest funder of play a bigger role in UN peace- stration of the efforts by Chi- things that we can learn from China will continue work- Since 1990, China has pro- Keming, vice-minister of com- peacekeeping operations keeping missions, and operate na and Africa to set up each other,” she said. ing with African countries to vided more than 37,000 per- merce, said on Tuesday. behind the United States. more in line with the interests improve their ability to tackle sonnel to 24 UN peacekeeping Therefore, China needs to The UN is “very grateful” for of mission-hosting countries,” complex security issues rang- missions. China currently has cooperate with African coun- China’s contributions to peace- he said. Dry run ing from piracy to epidemics, 2,508 peacekeepers in seven tries to protect mutual inter- keeping, and the importance He Wenping, a senior the Ministry of National operations, providing more ests, “because without that China attaches to peace- research fellow at the Chinese Defense said on Thursday. personnel than the four other security, there is no invest- keeping “sends a good mes- Academy of Social Sciences, The China-Africa security permanent members of the UN ment, and thus no develop- sage” to the rest of the world, said China playing a role in relationship is a key component Security Council combined. ment,” Wang said. Nick Birnback, spokesman for peacekeeping missions is a of building a community with a Most of China’s troops are in In 2015, President Xi Jinping UN peacekeeping, told Xinhua practical way of fulfilling its shared future between the two mission zones in Africa and pledged to set up a peacekeep- News Agency in May. duty as a responsible major sides, ministry spokesman Sen- the Middle East, including ing police unit and a peace- China also sends well- nation and contributing to ior Colonel Wu Qian said at a Mali, the Democratic Republic keeping standby force of 8,000 trained, capable personnel on regional and world peace. monthly regular news briefing. of Congo, the Darfur region of troops. The standby force has some of the most difficult mis- However, in recent years, China will support African Sudan, South Sudan and Leb- finished its registration proc- sions, and “they allow us to be some foreign media have mis- countries in personnel train- anon, according to the UN. ess with the UN and will be more effective on the ground,” judged China’s intentions and ing, peacekeeping operations, Wang Hongyi, an expert on deployed upon UN request, Birnback said. “We can rely on portrayed Chinese peacekeep- public health, humanitarian Sino-African relations at the the Ministry of National them to execute the very com- ing efforts as attempts to aid, maritime rescue efforts China Institute of Internation- Defense said in September. plicated mandates that are establish a military foothold in and other areas, Wu said, add- al Studies, said that over the The force includes members signed.” Africa, she said. ing that this will “create a new years, Sino-African coopera- from 28 contingents and 10 cat- Wang said China still needs “These notions are ridicu- era in China-African security tion has diversified and deep- egories, ranging from infantry to improve its peacekeeping lous and irresponsible,” she relations, and contribute to ened, and is increasingly battalions and quick-response capabilities, such as training said. “Peacekeeping is not part regional and world peace”. characterized by rising invest- forces to helicopter and more specialists for peace- of a military presence. These Nakanyala Elina Shekupe (center) learns desertification control Experts said that China’s ment and large infrastructure unmanned aerial vehicle crews. keeping fields, increasing ideas are disrespectful to Chi- techniques in Minqin county, Gansu province, on Sunday. improving security cooperation projects by China in Africa. China’s financial support to communication and coordina- na’s ‘blue helmets’ who are Shekupe is an agricultural official from Namibia. She and 11 with African countries, such China-Africa trade volume the UN peacekeeping budget tion with African countries, risking their lives, and to the others are learning ecological restoration skills through a pro- as taking part in United rose by 14 percent year-on- has also jumped, from 3 per- and better understanding Chinese peacekeepers who gram organized by the Ministry of Commerce. CHEN BIN / XINHUA Nations peacekeeping missions year to $170 billion last year, cent of total contributions in global peacekeeping mecha- have died.”

Joyce Msuya, deputy execu- that are aligned to our goals. We tive director of UNEP, said should be in the lead,” he said. New Kenyan center will enhance environmental work China and Africa have recog- Tom Omollo, political and nized the need for partnership diplomatic secretary at Ken- By LUCIE MORANGI countries — including the pri- China-Africa Environmental vision, the center will serve as a states, international institu- under South-South coopera- ya’s Ministry of Foreign in Nairobi, Kenya vate sector, research institu- Cooperation Center. hub for environmental policy tions and the private sector. tion. She added that China has Affairs, said there are many [email protected] tions and intergovernmental Chinese Ambassador to interaction and dialogue; a Sun said the center will drive many lessons to offer from its lessons to learn from China. organizations — are all Kenya Sun Baohong said stimulator for the environ- the development of green sus- efforts in environmental con- “We need to build avenues China and the United strengthened. severe environmental challen- mental protection industry, tainable projects under the servation through the Beauti- that promote technology Nations Environment Pro- It will also provide tailored ges such as pollution, climate information exchange and Belt and Road Initiative. The ful China initiative. “The exchanges. It is important to gramme have inaugurated an services to support member change and ecological deterio- technical cooperation; a plat- BRI covers at least 65 countries success of this center, there- note that China continues to interim secretariat to oversee countries in achieving sustain- ration are playing an increas- form for environmental per- in Asia, Europe and Africa, 63 fore, would be through trans- promote the multilateral dip- setting up an environmental able development goals of the ingly critical role in shaping sonnel training and capacity percent of the world popula- parency, inclusiveness and lomatic system.” cooperation center in Nairobi, UN’s 2030 Agenda and the the global environmental pro- building; and a catalyst for tion and about 30 percent of effectiveness,” said Msuya. The formal announcement the Kenyan capital. African Union’s Agenda 2063. tection agenda. environmental project propos- the global GDP. Beyene Russom, Eritrea’s of the establishment of the The center, to be based at This follows an agreement “The center will focus on als and implementation,” Sun “I think it will help in the har- ambassador to Kenya, said Afri- center is expected to be made UNEP headquarters in Nairo- made during the second sum- South-South cooperation on said. monization of policies in differ- ca needs support and coopera- by leaders from China and bi, is expected to be a platform mit of the Forum on China-Af- environmental issues and She added that the center ent countries which will guide tion to meet global Africa during the Forum on where green practices are pro- rica Cooperation, which was adhere to principles of the 1992 will serve as an open, trans- the development of mega infra- sustainability goals. “It is time China-Africa Cooperation moted and the partnerships held in Johannesburg, South Rio Declaration on Environ- parent and inclusive platform structures and align with glob- that as developing countries, we Summit on Monday and Tues- between China and African Africa, in 2015, to set up the ment and Development. In our for all interested member al conservation goals,” she said. become the drivers of projects day in Beijing. 4 CHINAFriday-Sunday, August 31 - September 2, 2018

CHINA DAILY USA » CHINADAILYUSA.COM New tax cuts set to Favored fighter Tariffs: Quality, rev up the economy originality By ZHANG YUE social security funds and basic [email protected] pension insurance funds will help fend also get a tax break. New tax cuts to boost the To provide incentives to economy were announced aft- lend money to smaller compa- off impact er a State Council executive nies, loans to micro, small and meeting on Thursday, along individually owned businesses From page 1 with a commitment to ensure will be eligible for a value-add- full implementation of all exist- ed tax exemption on interest Ninety percent of its $200 ing tax reduction measures. revenue. The credit limit for million annual output is Premier Li Keqiang, who pre- such loans will be raised from exported to about 50 BRI sided over the meeting, noted 5 million yuan ($727,000) to 10 participants, particularly that tax and fee cuts made earli- million yuan between Sept 1 infrastructure-hungry er this year have kicked in to this year and the end of 2020. Southeast Asian markets, support small and micro busi- Corporate income tax and where potential for future nesses and spur innovation. the value-added tax on foreign growth is immense, Wang “In the context of new devel- institutions’ interest gains in said. opments both at home and onshore bond market invest- Pakistan, Vietnam and abroad, tax and fee cuts are ments will be exempted for Thailand have become the important for sustaining the three years to promote greater company’s key export mar- positive momentum of steady opening-up and attract over- kets, suggesting Chinese economic growth,” Li said. seas capital, it was decided. businesses offering custom- “More tax incentives should be Export rebate rates for some ized quality products at rolled out and all introduced products will be also be competitive prices would do measures should be fully improved. well to look beyond the US delivered. Tax and fee reduc- The incentives are expected Visitors take photos of a fighter jet during an open day of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force in Changchun, Jilin province, on Thursday. for future growth opportu- tions are part and parcel of a to cut the corporate tax bur- The event featured aerobatics, skydiving and aircraft displays. WANG ZHENDONG / FOR CHINA DAILY nities. proactive fiscal policy, and den by more than 45 billion “Chinese companies must something that we are capable yuan this year. stand up and fight for their of doing now.” “A thriving business com- own interests,” said Li It was decided at the meet- munity is vital for creating Guanghui, vice-president of ing that more steps should be jobs, sustaining growth, the Chinese Academy of taken to support the economy increasing fiscal revenues and International Trade and while existing measures are anchoring market expecta- Xi urges teachers to help Economic Cooperation. being implemented. tions,” Li said. “Tax and fee They need to exploit their Companies that have halted reductions will send a positive strengths to the hilt, production or suspended busi- signal. All new measures in tax improve their efficiency, ness as a result of require- and fee cuts must be imple- research and development ments to cut overcapacity or mented without delay.” students appreciate beauty and innovation ability and restructure will see their real He called for working out sharpen their focus on the estate taxes and urban land- additional steps for tax and fee core parts and technologies use taxes reduced or exempt- reductions to bring benefits to required, while China ed. Investment businesses for enterprises and families. Letter to art professors calls aesthetic in promoting the great rejuve- guidelines adopted by the should deepen reform and nation of the Chinese nation. country, educate students opening-up, he said. training ‘necessary’ in shaping minds Xi said it’s “very necessary” with great care and deliver US President Donald Care to dance? to make more efforts in the masterpieces of art to the Trump’s administration lev- By CAO DESHENG including 99-year-old Zhou country’s aesthetic education. world. ied a 25 percent tariff on $16 [email protected] Lingzhao, praising their Higher moral standards “Solid efforts should be billion worth of Chinese efforts in art education and must be upheld to pursue a bet- made to build the academy products on Aug 23, after President Xi Jinping their contributions to foster- ter aesthetic education, Xi said, into a cradle of the socialist imposing tariffs on $34 bil- stressed the importance of ing talent and creating pleas- calling on educators to stay builders and successors,” Xi lion worth of Chinese aesthetic education on Thurs- ing works. rooted in the life of the new era, said in the letter. imports in July. China day, calling for solid efforts to Xi said that aesthetic edu- abide by the laws of aesthetics The Central Academy of responded in kind. help the nation’s young peo- cation is of great impor- and carry forward the Chinese Fine Arts dates to the found- The US also has threaten- ple develop in a fully rounded tance, as it plays a significant spirit of aesthetic education. ing of the National School of ed to levy a 25 percent duty and healthy way. role in shaping a beautiful This year marks 100 years Fine Arts in Beijing in 1918, on a wider range of Chinese Xi made the remarks in a mind. since the birth of the Central advocated by educator Cai imports worth $200 billion. reply to a letter from eight sen- In their letter, the profes- Academy of Fine Arts. Yuanpei. It was the first Haier Group, China’s larg- ior professors from the Central sors proposed that the coun- Xi said he hoped the acade- national school of fine arts in est home appliances pro- Academy of Fine Arts in Bei- try should strengthen my would maintain the right China, and marked the begin- ducer, said its business was jing. He extended his sincere aesthetic education and direction of education, ning of modern Chinese edu- insulated from the impact of greetings to the professors, expressed their firm resolve implement the educational cation in the fine arts. the trade dispute because it had chosen to build its own Members of a cultural exchange delegation dance with a Mongolian brand, innovation ability ethnic performer in Erdos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on and localize its overseas Thursday. The delegation will travel along the ancient Silk Road and visit E-commerce draft weighs platforms’ liability operations, including in the Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Poland, the Czech Republic, France and the US, rather than be an origi- Netherlands. The event was organized by the Chinese People’s Associa- nal equipment manufactur- tion for Friendship with Foreign Countries. ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY By CAO YIN the paper. “It can push the er, a kind of contract [email protected] platform operators to shoul- supplier. It boasts 10 R&D der their responsibility and centers, 108 factories, 24 China’s top legislature was adapt to society’s demands.” industrial parks and 66 mar- asked on Thursday to strength- Zhu Wei, an associate law keting centers around the Drill: Exercise targets en a liability clause in the latest professor at China University world. draft of the e-commerce law to of Political Science and Law, Haier expects 40 percent better protect consumers and said awareness about protect- of its 2018 revenue to come ‘varied security threats’ prevent platform operators ing consumers’ rights and from overseas, on a 30 per- from becoming too powerful. health shouldn’t be weaken- cent year-on-year rise in From page 1 communication regarding the The draft, which is being ed, though some e-commerce non-China revenue. The “Joint Sea-2018” naval exercis- deliberated by the Standing platforms have complained company has 7,000 patents It will be Russia’s largest es, which are scheduled to take Committee of the National that they have suffered and 589 intellectual proper- military exercise since 1981, place later this year. People’s Congress, sparked a unfairly in lawsuits brought ty certificates. It also has bol- involving around 300,000 The Russian Ministry of debate by lawmakers and under joint liability. stered its offerings through Russian troops, 900 tanks, and Defense confirmed in late legal experts over a change in “When there are difficulties mergers and acquisitions. 1,000 aircraft, as well as troops August that it will deliver 10 the liability provisions after it Sales personnel at an e-commerce store in Nantong, Jiangsu with sellers of goods online, Its success is a lesson for Chi- from China and Mongolia, Russian Su-35 multirole fight- was submitted to the top leg- province, print express delivery receipts. XU PEIQIN / XINHUA asking the platform operators nese firms affected by the according to Russian military ers to China by year’s end, and islative body for the fourth to pay compensation first is tariff conflict, analysts said. authorities. “relevant work regarding reading on Monday. the better way to protect our Xue Rongjiu, deputy It is China’s first time partic- Sino-Russian cooperation in The latest draft reduces the Joint liability can help fight fake rights,” he said. director of the China Society ipating in an exercise of this military technology is going liability of e-commerce plat- But Xue Jun, a law profes- for WTO Studies, said kind. It is also the largest Chi- according to plan,” Wu said. forms in cases where they fail products online, especially food sor at Peking University, said Trump’s “America First” nese military delegation to Feng Shaolei, the director of to properly review the qualifi- the draft does, in fact, high- strategy is marked by irra- join a military exercise in a for- Russian studies at East China cations of those selling goods or medicines that harm people’s health. light protection for consum- tional tariff threats, unfair eign country. Normal University, said joint or providing health or lifes- ers. measures and vindictive “The drills are aimed at con- military exercises are a good tyle services, or if they fail to It can push the platform operators to He said liability for e-com- sanctions. But the BRI will solidating and developing the way of enhancing mutual protect consumers’ safety. merce platform operators offset its impact on the China-Russia comprehensive understanding and trust Some legislators were con- shoulder their responsibility.” should depend on the specific world economy, he said. strategic partnership of coor- between China and Russia, cerned about the change facts of a case, adding that WTO is the World Trade dination,” Wu said. and not a means to create a when reviewing the draft, An official of the China Consumers Association imposing other obligations Organization. The exercise will “further military alliance. saying that it would weaken for online safety protection Long Guoqiang, vice-pres- strengthen both sides’ ability “China and the Soviet Union consumer protections and to what is called “supplemen- said adding protection for needs more study. ident of the Development to jointly deal with varied had a defense pact during the make e-commerce platform tary liability”, rather than consumers is a priority. The legislature said on Research Center of the State security threats, which is Cold War, and it brought a lot operators more powerful. “joint liability”. The China Consumers Monday that drafting the Council, said, “The tariff row conducive to safeguarding of unnecessary pressure to On Thursday, the NPC Con- Joint liability refers to both Association also expressed e-commerce law aims to pro- will likely push China to regional peace and security”, China,” he said. stitution and Law Committee the product seller and the concern about the latest draft, tect the interests of all e-com- build closer ties with other he said. “China is now upholding a suggested that lawmakers e-commerce platform. Con- saying e-commerce platform merce participants, regulate economies and contribute When asked whether China new form of security relations should increase operators’ sumers who suffer damages operators’ liability would be conduct to maintain market more to a freer, fairer and will be invited to similar based on mutual benefits, responsibility. would be allowed to sue sell- reduced greatly if the draft order and improve the sus- more inclusive multilateral future exercises by Russia, Wu respect and cooperation,” Xu Xianming, a member of ers and platforms together. By passes as written, according tainable and sound develop- trade system via the BRI.” said it will depend on the con- Feng said. the NPC Standing Commit- contrast “supplementary lia- to a report in China Consum- ment of e-commerce. sultation and agreement by “It is not based on ideolo- tee, said the softer language bility” means consumers can er News on Thursday. As the world’s largest Zhong Nan and Ma Zhen- both countries, and relevant gies, excluding or targeting took the legislation backward only sue the seller of the “Joint liability can help e-commerce market, China huan contributed to this information will be released in adversaries, or placing a coun- and that platforms should goods in that situation, Xu fight fake products online, saw its online retail sales story. due course. try’s own security interests face higher standards. said. especially food or medicines grow 32.2 percent year-on- Wu said Chinese and Rus- above others like the United The change reduces the lia- Cai Fang, another member that harm people’s health,” an year in 2017 to reach 7.18 tril- Contact the writers at fan- sian militaries are also in close States.” bility of e-commerce platforms of the Standing Committee, official of the association told lion yuan ($1.05 trillion). [email protected] CHINA DAILY USA Friday-Sunday, August 31 - September 2, 2018 CHINA 5

REFRESHING NINGXIA Bring on the studies Ningxia celebrates 60 years of success

anniversary of des in poverty alleviation, Steady path of the founding Xian said. The region has lift- of the region. ed 3.3 million people out of development The region’s poverty since 1958, and about GDP reached 21.8 percent of them left their has helped all, 345 billion impoverished lives behind in yuan ($52.2 the past five years. Ningxia official says billion) in 2017, has relocated 1.3 million peo- Xian Hui more than ple who had lived in moun- By CUI JIA 1,000 times tainous areas under harsh [email protected] what it was in conditions so they can have 1958. Ningxia’s GDP per capi- better lives, she said. The Ningxia Hui autono- ta in 2017 was 50,197 yuan, an Despite the achievements, mous region has made historic increase of about 284 times poverty alleviation remains a achievements in social devel- since the beginning — an grave challenge for the region opment since it was founded average annual growth rate of because there are still 60 years ago, the chairwoman 7 percent. 238,900 people living in pov- of the region said. As a landlocked region, erty, all of whom must be lift- “The region has always pri- poor transportation infra- ed out of poverty by 2020 as A freshman reads a campus map at Peking University’s Health Science Center after registering at the university in Beijing on Thursday. oritized economic develop- structure has long been a fac- required by the central gov- His relatives help out with the luggage on the way to his dormitory. About 3,000 freshmen registered at the prestigious university. ment, and its economic tor that has hampered ernment, Xian added. JIA TIANYONG / CHINA NEWS SERVICE power has become stronger development. Now the region As a region with people than ever,” Chairwoman Xian has made breakthroughs in from many ethnic groups Hui said during a news con- connectivity, Xian said. who practice different reli- ference of the State Council Currently, there are three gions, Ningxia has always Information Office in Beijing high-speed railways under attached great importance to on Thursday. construction in Ningxia, con- ethnic unity and religious Airline keeps ‘flexible’ China references Ningxia, in northwestern necting the regional capital of harmony. As a result, social China, was founded on Oct Yinchuan with Xining, capital stability in the region has By LUO WANGSHU listed by name but by currency Shanghai Academy of Social These were three last air- 25, 1958, and has a popula- of Qinghai province; and with been maintained. [email protected] — the renminbi for the Chi- Sciences, said the airline is lines to make changes. The tion of 6.82 million. It is home Baotou, in the Inner Mongolia Ningxia will host a series of nese mainland, the Hong Kong reflecting Western society’s move came after the Civil Avi- to people from many ethnic autonomous region. Another events starting in mid-Sep- Responding to United Air- dollar for Hong Kong and the stubborn reluctance to recog- ation Administration of China groups, including Hui, Uygur line connects Zhongwei with tember, including ceremo- lines’ “flexible” designation of New Taiwan dollar for Taiwan. nize the one-China policy. demanded in April that 44 for- and Dongxiang. About 20 Lanzhou, Gansu province. nies, galas and exhibitions, to the Chinese mainland, Taiwan Other places under the “Adopting tricks such as play- eign airlines review their web- percent of China’s Hui popu- “Ningxia people’s dream of celebrate the anniversary and and Hong Kong on its booking Asian Pacific region category ing a word game cannot solve sites and apps to stop listing lation lives in Ningxia and a having high-speed railways is achievements. A delegation website — listing them different- include country name. For the fundamental problem,” he the Hong Kong and Macao majority of them are Muslim. about to come true,” she said. from the central government ly from other places by currency, example, Australia is listed said, adding that the Chinese special administrative regions This year marks the 60th Ningxia has also made stri- will also visit. rather than name, to avoid indi- first by its name. government’s stance is firm and Taiwan in the same man- cating that those places are all Foreign Ministry spokes- and clear and won’t change. ner as independent countries part of China — the Foreign woman Hua Chunying said “The Foreign Ministry has in the same list. Ministry said on Thursday that the “flexibility” does not allow repeatedly expressed our fun- The administration said the respecting the one-China policy the airlines to sidestep the damental stance and won’t practice was a violation of Chi- is a fundamental requirement one-China policy. cave in,” he said. nese law and was counter to for international companies to “There is only one China in On July 25, three US-based the one-China policy. It also do business in the country. the world, and Taiwan is a part airlines — American, Delta said penalties would be When selecting a global of China. It is an objective fact, and United — changed how imposed if the airlines failed to region on the airline’s website, and basic and international they refer to Taiwan on their comply by the deadline. users can click on a map to get common sense,” she said. She websites to show only the air- However, the three airlines a list of destinations and their said the issue would be handled port code and city names of did not adopt the expression languages. In the Asian Pacific by China’s aviation authorities. airports in Taiwan, without “Taiwan, China”, as many oth- region, the Chinese mainland, Wang Hailiang, a Taiwan the name “Taiwan” with them, er international airlines did Taiwan and Hong Kong are not studies researcher at the as they had done before. after being requested to do so. Self-defense debate rages after knife attack

By CANG WEI in Nanjing dished it at Yu several times what he had earned.” him who was finally lying on [email protected] before it was knocked to the Yu, who is in charge of the the ground dead.” ground. Yu grabbed the knife engineering department at a However, some lawyers disa- A knife attack in Kunshan, before Liu and slashed Liu sev- restaurant, was described by greed, saying that Yu’s behavior Members of the Furong community learn to play the hulusi, a traditional musical instrument, in Jiangsu province, on Monday eral times. Yu then chased Liu his colleagues as kind, easygo- should be considered excessive. Wuzhong, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, last month. CHEN XINYU / CHINA DAILY that involved a gang member, and continued to slash him as ing and hardworking, Beijing “Most of the comments on road rage and the victim he ran toward the car. When News reported. the internet are inappropri- becoming a suspect, has the attack ended, Liu died. It said that research con- ate,” said Hong Zi’an, a lawyer attracted attention online and Yu, 41, had wounds that were ducted on justifiable self-de- with Yingke Law Firm’s Shang- generated heated discussion not life-threatening, according fense in 2015 found that only 6 hai branch. “It’s too early to say Community brings out best about what constitutes justifi- to a report online by the Kun- percent of people charged with whether the rider is innocent able self-defense and excessive shan police. Yu was detained. undue defense in China were because many details of the force in China. On China’s social platforms, acquitted in Chinese courts. case haven’t been released. in people from all ethnicities On Monday, an electric bike most netizens said Yu should Opinions vary among law- More evidence is needed to rider surnamed Yu was wait- not be charged with excessive yers on the current case. determine whether he is guilty ing at a traffic light at the force. Instead, he should be “What the rider did should be or not when he chased the driv- By WANG RU in Beijing fans symbolizing good-neigh- has been built, she said. intersection of Zhenchuan considered a hero for “getting considered self-defense and he er and slashed him — such as if and HU DONGMEI borliness as a way to open the Hu, the ethnic affairs com- Road and Shunfan Road when rid of an evil for the people”. should not bear criminal the driver was making threats in Yinchuan door to strangers in the com- missioner, said: “This year, a BMW sedan suddenly veered Liu, born in 1982, had been responsibility,” said Lin Dong- or planning to fight back.” munity,” she said. people in this community cel- into the nonmotorized vehicle jailed at least five times and pin, a director of the Shanghai He said China’s current defi- Every weekend, children go Residents get familiar with ebrated the Dragon Boat Fes- lane to avoid waiting in line to had served about 9.5 years for Bar Association. “The car’s driv- nition of justifiable self-defense to a community center in each other by attending les- tival and Eid al-Fitr on the turn right. robbery, blackmail and stab- er held the knife and had an and excessive force should not Wuzhong, Ningxia Hui auton- sons for hulusi and erhu — a same day. People enjoyed the Surveillance video footage bing people, court records obvious intention to hurt the be modified because they help omous region, to learn to play stringed musical instrument shared festival very much by showed two people getting out showed. But he was also rider. The rider had been to maintain social stability and the hulusi, a traditional Chi- — taking part in basketball cooking together, despite the of the car and confronting Yu awarded a Samaritan certifi- injured by the knife and couldn’t the general public’s safety. nese musical instrument. matches or competing in differences in their customs. — apparently after the car cate by the Jiangsu Justice and judge whether the driver was “China’s criminal laws and The class is part of Furong singing contests, He noted. The point is that we respect struck the bicycle. As the three Courage Foundation in March. running for his life or getting regulations try to strike a bal- community’s effort to “All the residents, regard- each other.” were talking, a third man, sur- “He provided clues to local another weapon from the car.” ance between social and legal enhance ethnic solidarity and less of ethnic background, are “Han people here were named Liu, 36, got out of the police and helped crack a “Also, the rider was vulnera- effects. It would be reasonable enrich residents’ lives. encouraged to join in the thoughtful enough to help car and attacked Yu. case,” said Ma Chongde, the ble compared with the driver. if the rider is found guilty.” Of about 10,000 communi- activities,” He said, adding Hui residents bring their After kicking Yu and push- chairman of the foundation’s You cannot ask him to judge The Kunshan people’s proc- ty residents, nearly half are that the neighborhood festi- cooking utensils to the kitch- ing him down, Liu retrieved a Kunshan branch. “We fol- the situation precisely. If he uratorate is investigating the members of an ethnic minor- val is a platform on which en in case they should feel knife from the car. He bran- lowed the rules to award him didn’t fight back, it might be case. ity. people can meet and get to uncomfortable using those of For a long time, the com- know one another. Han people. And the Hui peo- munity has come up with var- Resident Pu Chuanyong ple were grateful for this,” Hu ious methods to promote said: “All of my family mem- added. ethnic solidarity and pro- bers have participated in the The efforts have paid off. In Alternatives abound as US soybean price rises mote harmony, setting a good festival over the past 10 years. 2015, the Furong community example for its peer regions Despite having busy daily was awarded the title of By WANG XIAODONG feed has increased over the at the Rural Development Insti- and people from diverse eth- lives, we can gather together “Demonstration Community wangxiaodong@ past few years. More than 80 tute of the Chinese Academy of nic backgrounds around the during the festival to do of National Solidarity and chinadaily.com.cn percent of the beans consumed Social Sciences, said there is no country. something interesting. That Progress” by the government. in China are imported. Last $40 billion technical barrier to lower-pro- According to Hu Shaojie, is much happier for us than “Living in this atmosphere, The use of animal feed with year alone, the country import- tein feeds that use less soybean associate director of the Eth- just staying at home on our we never judge each other by lower protein content — with ed more than 95 million tons, Value of soybeans imported meal; and the adoption of such nic Affairs Commission of own.” ethnic group. We are all ordi- amino acid supplements add- valued at about $40 billion, into China from all sources feed is determined more by its Ningxia, in addition to its A group of volunteers from nary people in each other’s ed to the diet — can reduce according to the General last year cost relative to soybeans. many ethnic groups, the different ethnic groups called eyes, and we get on really demand for soybeans in the Administration of Customs. The price of imported soy- region features a large num- the Sunshine Charity Associ- well,” resident Yu said. poultry and husbandry indus- Brazil and the United States beans is rising, but not enough ber of people who hold reli- ation has also been estab- Many other communities try, according to experts. are China’s top two suppliers. Meanwhile, alternatives such to make low-protein substi- gious beliefs. Efforts to lished. The group lends a in Ningxia have followed suit Qiao Shiyan, director of the As trade frictions between as rapeseed and cottonseed tutes economical now, he said. promote ethnic solidarity, hand to those in need in the and created neighborhood National Research Center for China and the US push up soy- remnants — the leftovers after “If the price of soybean meal therefore, are of great impor- community. festivals. Feed Engineering Technology, bean prices, experts predict a oil extraction — can also be sub- rises further, the alternatives tance, he said. “We once visited an old The regional government said using feed with less pro- significant drop in imports stituted for soybeans, he said. will undoubtedly be more He Fang, a community couple who had just lost their also promotes the impor- tein could reduce the need for from the US this year. “Many enterprises in the widely promoted,” Hu said. worker, said the Furong com- only son. Group members tance of ethnic solidarity imported soybeans in the pork “With the addition of amino poultry and husbandry indus- Despite the expected reduc- munity holds a neighborhood helped them clean their through policymaking, child industry alone by about 10 acids that are artificially pro- tries have shown interest in tion of soybeans imported festival each year to enhance house and chatted with them. education and textbook com- million metric tons. duced, less soybean meal can feed with lower protein content from the US — by about 10 mil- people-to-people communi- We tried our best to comfort pilation. China relies heavily on be used in animal feed,” Qiao this year,” he said, adding that lion tons this year — total soy- cation. them,” said Yu Li, a member imported soybeans, mostly for said. “Protein breaks down the cost of production needs to bean imports by China are “During the festival, a vari- of the group. Contact the writers at protein-intensive meal for live- into amino acids when digest- be further reduced to expand expected to be the same as last ety of activities are offered. Bonds between people wangru1@ stock or as chicken feed, he said. ed, so such feed will not affect the low-protein substitute. year, due to imports from oth- For example, they exchange from different ethnic groups chinadaily.com.cn Demand for soy as animal the safety or quality of meat.” Hu Bingchuan, a researcher er countries, he said. 6 CHINA Friday-Sunday, August 31 - September 2, 2018 CHINA DAILY USA

Justice

Residents ask lawyers about legal matters related to property ownership A volunteer lawyer explains laws and regulations to construction workers in Hefei, Anhui Officials from the Ningxia Hui autonomous region’s Department of State in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province. SHI YUCHENG / FOR CHINA DAILY province. XIE CHEN / FOR CHINA DAILY Security publicize laws to residents of Yinchuan. WANG PENG / XINHUA Volunteer Taking legal aid to the grassroots tells of Ministry of Justice is improving people’s access to representation in civil and criminal cases, Zhang Yan reports. challenges f it wasn’t for lawyer Shen, who helped us in Yining, obtain the compensa- tion for my daughter’s ‘Ideath, we wouldn’t know how Xinjiang to go on living,” 60-year-old Ran Gang said, tears falling down his cheeks. By ZHANG YAN In March 2016, Ran’s 21-year-old daughter, Ran “Although I thought I was Guangqiong, was knocked fully prepared before leaving down by logs while working at for Yining in the Xinjiang the Yanshan sawmill, in Wen- Uygur autonomous region, shan prefecture, Yunnan prov- when I arrived I found many ince. She died at the scene. more difficulties than I could Her grieving parents were imagine,” said Zhu Rui, an dealt another blow when their experienced lawyer from daughter’s boss shirked his Guangdong who volunteered responsibility for the work- to go to Yining to offer legal aid place accident and refused to services. pay compensation. The living and working con- Their appeals to the authori- ditions in Yining were very ties, including the public secu- poor, she said, and there was a rity and justice departments, dire shortage of legal resour- failed. Four months after their ces to handle a rising number daughters death, the despair- of disputes and court cases. ing parents turned to Shen In July last year, Zhu bought Linke, a lawyer from Nanjing an SUV, printer, computer, Wenyang Law Firm, for help. network card and articles for Since 2015, Shen, who has daily use and drove more than been working as a lawyer for 5,000 kilometers to Yining to 12 years, has been offering serve as a legal aid lawyer for a free legal aid to the residents year. of Wenshan county, where she Zhu, who is in her 40s, said is the only qualified lawyer. her family tried to persuade “Watching their blank and her to cut short her stay in helpless expressions, I immedi- Yining, but she thought “now ately realized my duty as a law- that I am here, I can’t turn yer is to make every effort to back”. help those in vulnerable groups She said people accused of strive for their rights,” she said. crimes who could not afford a Shen then contacted the boss lawyer had previously had to and communicated with him turn to unqualified legal work- many times before he agreed to ers, while those whose civil pay 608,000 yuan ($89,350) in cases were solved without compensation, in three install- proper legal services later ments over two months. found themselves involved in But after paying 470,000 drawn-out disputes and peti- yuan, he refused to pay the tions to higher authorities. remaining money, and Shen “I went there to defend peo- sued him in Yanshan County ple who can’t hire lawyers and People’s Court. help them enjoy fairness and Through mediation by the justice,” said Zhu, who has judges before the court hear- since returned to Guangzhou ing, they finally reached an but plans to volunteer as a agreement and the boss paid legal aid lawyer again next the parents the remaining year. 138,000 yuan in January last Clockwise from top: Shen Linke, a lawyer from Nanjing Wenyang Law Firm, discusses the case with Ran Guangqiong’s elder brother and parents; Shen attends a legal aid From July last year to the year. event in Wenshan, Yunnan province; Shen passes on some legal knowledge to an elderly woman from a minority group in Wenshan. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY end of June, Zhu handled “We lacked legal knowledge more than 200 legal aid cases, and didn’t know how to safe- dealing with issues ranging guard our rights through judi- China Legal Aid Foundation. workers — who are involved try’s first legal aid law. or life imprisonment and had from marriage, family, educa- cial proceedings,” Ran In a sign of the country’s une- in civil disputes, criminal cas- It has finished the drafting not hired a lawyer, the courts tion and healthcare to work- Guangzao, the victim’s broth- ven distribution of legal resour- es and those involving liveli- 4,000 of the law and it will now be would arrange for the legal place injuries and traffic er, said. “The free legal aid ser- ces, less than 10,000 of its hood issues such as marriage passed on to the National Peo- aid centers to send lawyers for accidents, and won compensa- vice solved a big problem for 320,000 lawyers work in and family affairs, food safety, legal aid centers have been ple’s Congress for review. them. tion payments for her clients us and led us to the light.” underdeveloped central and education and healthcare, Lin established across the When enacted, Lin said the “After summing up the suc- totaling 6 million yuan Shen said, “As a lawyer, I western regions, he said. said, adding that poor people country, staffed by more “appropriate authorities will cessful experiences in pilot ($878,600). don’t worry about earning In 2009, the Ministry of Jus- who cannot afford a lawyer than 5,000 lawyers clarify their tasks and work areas, we will expand the pro- “I was busy with my work money, but the priority is to tice launched a legal aid vol- are also eligible. closely to improve the quality gram nationwide” Zhou Yuan- day and night and had no time assume my responsibility to unteer project called One Plus She said nearly 80 percent and professionalism of legal sheng, director of the to eat and even rushed visits to do something more meaning- One, aiming to send at least of the cases handled by legal assistance and protect peo- ministry’s Department of the washroom, but my work ful and help those in need as one qualified lawyer and a aid services were civil ones, 12348, or the websites of local ple’s legitimate rights”. Directing Lawyers and Nota- gave me happiness and satis- much as possible, then to volunteer university law stu- with most involving payment legal aid departments to She said authorities includ- rization, said. faction,” Zhu said. defuse their complaints and dent to China’s poverty-strick- and employment disputes, apply for the services, said ing the Ministry of Finance set He said that after the In one typical case, a man bring them hope and courage. en areas in 13 provinces and marriage and domestic affairs Zhang Hongsheng, a press aside funds to support the legal expansion, legal aid lawyers was injured at work and left in “At the grassroots, I see with regions, including Guizhou, or traffic accidents. Others officer from the ministry’s aid program and increase the will handle an estimated a vegetative state due to severe my own eyes and experience a Yunnan and Qinghai provin- were criminal cases and legal aid department. subsidies given to lawyers 400,000 criminal defense cas- brain damage, but his boss lot, and I deeply understand ces, as well as the country’s administrative litigation. According to statistics pro- offering legal assistance. At es a year. tried to evade responsibility the major role we play when five autonomous regions. In addition to expanding vided by the ministry, 8.5 mil- present, lawyers offering legal “Offering a full criminal for his medical fees and com- becoming legal aid lawyers.” The legal aid program has the number of people eligible lion people applied for legal aid services in most of the defense to the accused is con- pensation. The man’s wife said helped to “promote fairness for legal aid, another measure assistance last year, with country only receive 3,300 sidered a major incentive to she wanted to jump off a gov- Dire shortage and justice, which is related to attracting attention is the many of them seeking consul- yuan in subsidies a month, promote judicial reform and ernment building in protest. Data provided by the Minis- people’s vital interests and broadening of access to legal tations through the websites while those in plateau areas, will play an essential role in Zhu calmed her down. try of Justice show legal aid social harmony and stability”, aid. or hotline. such as the Tibet autonomous safeguarding the suspects’ “Trust me and I will make centers reporting to local jus- the deputy director of the The ministry said 4,000 In Beijing and the provinces region and Qinghai province, legitimate rights, effectively every effort to help you win tice departments concluded ministry’s legal aid depart- legal aid centers have been of Jiangsu and Guangdong, receive 3,800 yuan. avoiding wrong judgments in the case,” she said. 1.31 million legal aid cases last ment, Lin Xi, said. established across the coun- judicial administrative depart- In addition, a yearlong pilot cases,” Zhou said. In the following two weeks, year, and offered aid to 1.39 She said the ministry has try, with more than 5,000 law- ments regularly publicize legal program in eight provinces Li Wei, a lawyer from the Zhu shuttled back and forth million people. Meanwhile, been trying to improve the yers providing free legal aid aid information on their micro and municipalities, including Beijing Lawyers Association, between the court, hospital the amount of legal aid fund- 14-year-old legal aid system, services, including offering blogs or WeChat accounts. Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, said legal aid is an important and other institutions to col- ing reached 1.8 billion yuan and one of the big moves is to legal consultations, represen- Zhang said some lawyers also Henan and Guangdong, that livelihood project and the lect evidence. last year, an increase of 5 per- “lower the threshold and tation in criminal cases and offer legal consulting on the has assigned criminal defense purpose of improving legal In August last year, she suc- cent compared with 2016. expand the number of people mediation in civil disputes. social media platforms. lawyers to represent defend- aid is to “expand the scope of ceeded in helping the couple But in China’s vast western who can receive free legal aid It plans to set up more legal ants in criminal cases if they free aid services and improve get 1 million yuan in compen- and northern areas, there is a in a bid to protect their legiti- aid work stations in towns, Draft law don’t have a lawyer to protect its quality so that eligible peo- sation. dire shortage of legal resour- mate rights”. counties and villages to offer Lin said in order to move their human rights, will be ple will get legal aid and have “Because of my existence, I ces and there are more than Free legal aid has been free legal services to local vil- the legal aid programs for- expanded nationwide. equal access to justice”. bring hope and light to others 300 poverty-stricken counties offered nationwide to people lagers. ward, the ministry is in Previously, if those accused and enable them to live happi- with no lawyer providing any from special groups — such as Those unable to travel easi- advanced negotiations with of a crime were minors, disa- Contact the writer at ly and better,” she said. “What legal service, said Hu Zhan- the elderly, women, minors, ly, such as the elderly and the other authorities to speed up bled or had mental problems zhangyan1@ an exciting and great thing shan, secretary-general of the the disabled and migrant disabled, can use a hotline, the introduction of the coun- or if they might face execution chinadaily.com.cn that is.” CHINA DAILY USA Friday-Sunday, August 31 - September 2, 2018 CHINA 7 Designer trains sights on rural tourism Project manager from Taiwan works with undeveloped villages in Fujian to help them profit from natural advantages

By ZHANG YI in Xiamen, Fujian [email protected]

When Chang Sin-yee first arrived in Jixi village, Fujian province, she instantly recog- nized its untapped potential. Despite picturesque sur- roundings and being just 10 minutes from a popular tour- ist spot, by 2015, the village’s population had dwindled as residents had found work elsewhere, mostly in cities. For the past three years, she Chang Sin-yee in an old village in Fujian province. has been working to help Jixi, and other communities like it, make the most of their nat- ural advantages to boost opportunities and incomes through tourism develop- ment. “There are many undevel- oped villages with beautiful mountains and waters in Fuji- an, and nearby counties and cities are rising, so now is a good time to develop the local tourism market,” Chang said. The 30-year-old from south- Chang (right) and her colleagues pose in front of a restaurant that ern Taiwan works for a cultur- Yu Tao (right), a resident from Xiadang in Fujian province, learns how to make milk tea in Jixi village. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY opened in Jixi. al and creative company hired by the Fujian government to revitalize the countryside. according to Chang. taking off in the mainland,” Chang was responsible for tunities. Chang said the eco- the city’s rural areas, villagers for about 3 yuan ($44 cents) a Chang has led 15 projects so She said the village had only Chang said. communicating with the resi- nomic benefits are beginning set up stands beside the road cup as well as snacks and Party far, starting with Jixi, which a few hundred residents at the Government funds were dents and supervising the to show, and villagers are also to offer officials herbal tea souvenirs. was the birthplace of Li Chun- time, despite room for nearly used to help two families con- work, which is ongoing. “My increasingly conscious about picked from the surrounding “The important thing is how ye, a minister of war during 1,000, and most houses were vert their homes into guest- team set the basic decoration sanitation and the environ- mountains to show their these projects change the peo- the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), two or three floors but usually houses, as well as improve the standards and assisted the vil- ment. appreciation. ple,” Chang said. “They as well as other historical fig- inhabited only by one couple surrounding roads, and more lagers,” she said. “They were In 2016, Chang’s team began “When we heard that story become more involved in mak- ures. and their elderly parents. Her villagers are signing up after encouraged to keep their origi- work in Xiadang township, we were moved, and we came ing their home a better place. A grotto where Li studied as team saw an opportunity to seeing the success they have nal living habits, such as rais- which is in the mountains of up the idea of opening a tea- “Each change brings new a young man, known as Li develop homestays. had. ing chickens in the yards, as Ningde, northeastern Fujian. house in Xiadang to cater to opportunities, new transfor- Cave, lies in a valley, with two “Homestays are a mature Today, Jixi has 50 beds avail- it’s attractive to visitors.” President Xi Jinping served as visitors,” Chang said. mations. The work of rural temples a short distance away. industry in Taiwan. We like to able for visitors, with prices Companies have also start- Party secretary of Ningde in After about 20 months, an construction really has no It draws many tourists, yet in stay in homestays when we ranging from 120 to 150 yuan ed investing in the communi- 1989, and the area is now a empty property had been endpoint.” 2015 most people only made travel, and our families trans- ($17 to $22) a night. All are ty, such as in a meditation major draw for people inter- transformed into A Cup of daytrips as the village offered form empty rooms into home- occupied in peak tourist sea- center and other tourism ested in Party history. Herbal Tea, which is managed Liu Yuyin contributed to this no accommodation options, stays. But back then it was just sons. resources, creating job oppor- During one of Xi’s tours of by a villager. It sells beverages story. Volunteers build appreciation Around China HUBEI shows a woman pushing her ding in Dalian. Images shared Driver held over young son in front of a van in online show Xie, in a white highway U-turn motion in a parking lot in dress, kneeling down and for architectural heritage Guangzhou. In the video, attempting to resuscitate an A woman motorist, surnamed which quickly went viral, the unconscious woman. She left French archaeologist Emilie Zhou, has been detained after van driver brakes as soon as the scene only after an ambu- Lagneau spent her first two driving her car for 20 kilome- he spots the child, who put lance crew arrived to take the weeks in China repairing an ters in the wrong direction on his hands up defensively and injured woman to hospital. ancient house in a remote an expressway in Yangxin on manages to avoid being hit by Internet users praised Xie’s mountain village in the east- Aug 21. Zhou, 46, has been the vehicle. The mother then actions. Unfortunately, the ern province of Fujian. charged with dangerous driv- throws herself in front of the woman later died of her inju- She was one of 16 volunteers ing. Police received reports van and writhes on the ries. — three French and 13 Chinese about a car driving against ground as if injured. Police JXTV.COM — who arrived for a two-week the traffic at 11 pm. After find- said the woman is suspected architectural heritage preser- ing the vehicle, they forced of being involved in pengci, vation work camp in Jiulong Zhou to stop and led her to the Chinese term for faking village, Nanping, on July 16. safety. Zhou, who received a an accident to claim compen- The volunteers carried tiles driver’s license last year, said sation. and logs up the mountain to she had missed her exit and INFORMATION TIMES the two-story house, which simply made a U-turn, driv- has a wooden inner structure ing back in one of the main LIAONING and rammed-earth outer lanes. Bride stops to aid walls. Under the guidance of CHUTIAN METROPOLIS DAILY three local craftsmen, they crash victim built a rammed earth wall to GUANGDONG A nurse, surnamed Xie, has replace a rotten wooden beam. Mom throws son been hailed the “most beauti- Lagneau said the manual in front of van ful bride” after stopping to labor was not challenging aft- give first aid to a person er working as an archaeologist Police are examining surveil- injured in a traffic accident for 10 years. lance footage that apparently while traveling to her wed- “I’m interested in the old A French volunteer learns how to build rammed-earth outer walls from a villager in Jiulong village, way to build houses with wood Fujian province. LUO GUANGYAO / CHINA NEWS SERVICE and mud,” she said. “I wanted to have a trip in another coun- try and to learn carpentry. to move into brick or concrete them see the value of the tradi- Free canteen allows villagers Then I found this work camp houses with modern facilities, tional architecture in their online.” leaving many old ones aban- hometown,” she said. The work camp, co-orga- doned. The villagers were curious more time to focus on visitors nized by Shanghai’s Ruan Yis- Villagers used to More than 120 traditional about their repair work, and an Heritage Foundation and houses still stand in Jiulong — some even joined in, with It’s lunchtime, and the resi- More than 400 houses working now, and we made Rempart, a French association build these houses two of them built 400 years many children eager to learn dents of Zhonghaoyu village were renovated. Specialty over 300,000 yuan last year,” focused on protecting relics, ago, and another seven dating the techniques. in Zibo, Shandong province, snacks and tourist attrac- she said. has been raising public aware- on their own. Now, back 200 to 300 years. Wu Chunsheng, a local offi- had gathered in the public tions such boat rides were As the local tourism indus- ness of architectural heritage Hu Xiaowen, a volunteer cial, said the county govern- canteen for their free meals. developed, and they have try has grown, however, conservation since 2011. people under 50 and interior designer, said she ment has been encouraging The village opened its pub- worked in attracting tourists, many villagers have become For eight years, the work don’t know the appreciated the way the tradi- the villagers to repair their lic canteen in June to help with the village welcoming too busy to cook three meals a camp has invited Chinese and tional houses were built. The deserted houses to protect the locals save time and focus on 780,000 tourists last year. day. Thus, the free canteen French volunteers to repair techniques.” external walls make the hous- local culture. their tourism businesses. Young people who left for was born. heritage sites in the two coun- es cool in summer and warm The county is also preparing Once a poor mountainous jobs in cities years ago are Zhao Dongqiang, the vil- tries, such as temples, former Zhan Zhenfen, resident of in winter, plus the houses are to build a base for artists in the village, Zhonghaoyu was now coming back to join the lage’s Party secretary, esti- celebrity residences and city Jiulong village, Nanping in strong, durable and eco- village to attract painters, pho- plagued by a lack of arable company, and more than 20 mated that the village will walls. Fujian province friendly, as they were made tographers and sculptors to land, with an average per cap- college graduates are now spend 2.8 million yuan a year This year’s camp was the using local raw materials. create works inspired by the ita annual income of around working in Zhonghaoyu. on meals for its 360 residents. first in Jiulong, where houses “There are some Chinese idyllic rural scenery, as well as just 2,000 yuan ($290) a doz- The village’s tourism “It’s so convenient to eat in made of mud have been architects who are incorporat- create more jobs for locals, Wu en years ago. income exceeded 28 million the canteen, as we don’t need homes for more than 1,000 in several years if not pre- ing rammed-earth walls in said. To find a way to wealth, the yuan last year, and the aver- to cook or wash the dishes,” years. served.” modern construction, for the After the work in Jiulong village — which boasts beau- age per capita annual income Zhang Yedong said. “There Ding Feng, secretary-gener- Zhan Zhenfen, who taught purpose of sustainability,” Hu was completed, Lagneau and tiful natural scenery — reached 38,000 yuan. are plenty of dishes for every al of Ruan Yisan, said the old the volunteers how to make said. another French volunteer, turned its attention to tour- “It was unimaginable years meal, which is impossible if houses showed the traditional rammed earth walls using raw Liu Chunlan, a volunteer Audrey Garrouste, headed to ism. In 2007, a tourism com- ago that people as old as me you eat at home.” residential architecture of materials such as earth, clay, who led the team in Jiulong, Shanxi province for another pany was established by local could make so much money,” Tourism has become a new northern Fujian. gravel and straw, said the last said the work also carries sig- work camp, repairing a histor- authorities, and 37 house- said Zhang Yedong. Once a income stream for people liv- “In recent years, young and time he did such work was in nificance for local residents. ical hall. holds took the lead to become farmer barely making ends ing in China’s countryside. middle-aged people have left 1986. “Villagers used to think Lagneau said she was look- shareholders. meet, he and his wife now run According to official figures, the village to seek job opportu- “Villagers used to build their hometown was a place ing forward to learning more In 2013, all the houses, for- a snack bar selling pancakes. rural areas generated tourist nities, leaving about 90 per- these houses on their own,” he left behind by modern devel- about traditional Chinese est and land in the village Zhang Yefen opened an spending of over 1.4 trillion cent of these old houses vacant said. “Now, people under 50 opment, but our arrival and architecture. were incorporated into the eatery selling dumplings, and yuan last year. and unprotected,” Ding said. don’t know the techniques.” labor can provide them with company, and every villager she also runs a family hostel. “These houses will disappear In the 1980s, villagers began an outside perspective and let XINHUA became a shareholder. “Four people in my family are XINHUA Friday-Sunday, August 31 - September 2, 2018 CHINA DAILY USA

8 XINJIANG Carving a fresh path through ‘sea of death’ Workers build only the third paved artery through Taklimakan Desert to help move people, products

ive bulldozers were about 330 km and is expected working on the side of to open in 2021. Hundreds of a 9-meter-high dune. people from across the country In one of them sat have been recruited to con- FZhang Xiaodong, his cab swirl- struct it. After starting work in ing with sand. Fine dust had Qiemo, they have reached the collected in the lines of his desert’s hinterland, more than sweaty face. 60 km away. The construction team is Li Qiushen, chief engineer of building a new road through the highway project, who is the Taklimakan Desert, the also experienced in desert road largest desert in China, cover- construction, said he under- ing 337,000 square kilometers stands how difficult this in the Xinjiang Uygur autono- project is. mous region. “The road will pass dense, When it is finished, the road high dunes in the east of the will connect the counties of desert. There are 32 of them, Qiemo in the north and Yuli in and the highest one towers the south, becoming only the more than 100 meters into the third paved artery through the sky,” he said. “There are also vast expanse known as the “sea ravines between the dunes, of death”. In the Uygur lan- with the widest 12 km across. guage, Taklimakan translates The further we go, the more dif- as “go in and you won’t come ficult it gets.” out”. Zhang, 47, came to work in Xinjiang 30 years ago. He cut his teeth on the roads built to transport the region’s oil prod- ucts. We have so many Maneuvering the bulldozer to compress sand and create things to talk the road’s surface is second nature to Zhang. He said the about when we see job comes with a healthy pay- check but also involves someone outside extreme heat, limited water, the desert.” poor access to electricity, and a bad phone signal — not to Zhang Xiaodong, construction mention sandstorms. worker “I’m from Sichuan province, a place with green hills and To deal with the limited clean water. But I’ve spent water, this project makes use of most of my life in the sand,” he the area’s most abundant said. As well as Xinjiang, Zhang resource — sand, which is com- has worked in Saudi Arabia pressed to become roadbed. and the United Arab Emirates. They dig out sand from the This new road, however, dunes to make the slopes gen- could be his toughest project tler. And to prevent heatstroke, yet. Working for 10 hours a day, work stops at midday, and he makes hundreds of trips sheds have been provided so this team, which explains the Clockwise from top left: between dunes, digging up to the workers can rest through good teamwork. The men carry Xie Chunlong, a worker from 2,000 cubic meters of sand. the hottest part of the day. up to 70 kilograms of reeds Qinghai province, watches a TV It was 7 pm, but the tempera- onto the dunes, the women lay drama on his mobile phone on a Towers of sand ture was still above 50 C. To the reeds on the sand, and then break from his work building a More than a half of China’s cool down, Zhang gulped down the men drive the dried reeds new road through the total desert area is in Xinjiang. a bottle of water. There’s noth- into the sand. Taklimakan Desert in the Roads such as the one being ing but sand as far as the eye Every step in the desert is Xinjiang Uygur autonomous built by Zhang and his col- can see. Eye problems are com- twice as hard than on stable region. leagues are essential, making it mon among workers, and yet ground. Some of the women On a sand dune, two workers easier for residents and goods few quit. “The work is hard, but work only in socks. have a break near a temporary to travel through these areas. it pays well,” Zhang said. After work, there is little mat shelter. The first highway across the entertainment. Every day, Because of the difficulty of Taklimakan was opened to traf- Good teamwork Yang’s wife calls her family. walking in the desert, some of fic in 1995 and runs north to The sandy roadbed will later Zhang said they used to keep the women work only in socks. south from Lunnan town to be paved with layers of gravel chickens in the hope of improv- Buckets, for water storage, are a daily essential for living in the Minfeng county. At 522 km, it is and asphalt. But before that, ing their meal options, but desert. the world’s longest desert high- laying sand barriers is an strong winds swept two of the A worker covers the roadbed way. essential step to prevent the birds away. “We have so many with woven plastic film before The second, which stretches road from being buried by drift things to talk about when we the arrival of a sandstorm. 424 km, was completed in sand. see someone outside the PHOTOS BY HU HUHU / XINHUA 2007. It links the resource-rich That job goes to Yang Yong, desert,” he said. “Sometimes we and densely populated city of 33, and his 60 co-workers. long for life in the cities, but Hotan, in southern Xinjiang, Along the road, they are build- when we finally get to the big with Aral, an underdeveloped ing reed checkerboard sand city, we always miss the sereni- city on the northern edge of the barriers, which look like bars of ty of the dunes.” desert. chocolate from the sky. This new road will cover There are a lot of couples in XINHUA Kazakh soap-makers reviving eco-friendly tradition

By WANG KEJU in Beijing For example, soap made using and MAO WEIHUA in Urumqi ramie — a type of nettle — is used to treat acne and itching, Mother-of-eight Ahmantai especially for bathing infants Erjanhan has been making and children, while soap using black soap, a natural product fennel can prevent dandruff made from plants and animal and alleviate skin diseases. oil, for almost 50 years, but it “When a child has a fever, was only in June — at age 70 we smear their whole body — she decided to use her tra- with black soap,” Erjanhan ditional skills to start a busi- said. “It’s also effective for ness. rashes and itchy skin.” Erjanhan, who is from the Each bar of soap made by Kazakh ethnic group, runs a the women can be sold for 45 soap-making workshop in yuan ($6.50), 10 percent of Qinghe county, in the Xinjiang which goes toward the vil- Uygur autonomous region, lage’s ecological fund. The and employs 12 villagers. women have put their prod- To start the business, she ucts on a local e-commerce received support from experts platform to improve sales. at Green Xinjiang, an ecological Members of the workshop attend a group meeting. “Black soap was passed conservation and sustainable down from the ancestors,” development NGO based in Erjanhan said. “It takes only Urumqi, the regional capital. Before she learned to make as it’s difficult to make. Gradu- Kazakh ethnic group. two days to make enough soap As a nomadic people, the black soap, their clothes were ally, it began to disappear.” Erjanhan said it is easy to to supply more than 10 fami- Kazakhs developed a way of washed by hand in water and About 30 women in Erjan- find the raw materials around lies for a year. living on the grasslands and beaten with wooden sticks. It han’s village know how to her village. Also, because it “I hope the younger genera- invented many daily necessi- did not make the clothes clean make black soap, which today uses natural plant extracts tion don’t forget this precious ties, one of which was black and they wore out quickly due provides them with an oppor- that are good for people’s tradition and don’t let the soap. It is 100 percent natural, to the rough treatment. tunity to make money while health, black soap has thera- technique of making black so the production process “At first, black soap was protecting the environment. It peutic as well as cleansing soap disappear.” does not pollute the environ- mainly used in my family,” she also serves as an eco-tourism properties, she added. A piece of black soap and its packing bag made by Kazakh women ment. said. “When it became easier experience, allowing visitors Kazakhs use different plants Contact the writers at in a soap-making workshop in Qinghe county, in the Xinjiang Uygur Erjanhan said her family to buy laundry products, fewer to better understand the tradi- to make a variety of soaps, wangkeju@ autonomous region. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY used to be extremely poor. people produced black soap, tional everyday culture of the which have different effects. chinadaily.com.cn | CHINA DAILY USA Friday-Sunday, August 31 - September 2, 2018 Focus SHANGHAI 9

GETTING THE HOTS FOR ICE CREAM

While Chinese consumers may be rejoicing at the growing number of stores selling this popular cool treat, business operators are finding competition tougher than ever

Gelato store Bonus develops new flavors to cater to Chinese markets. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY

even during win- on, Buco partners an Italian ter to savor its ice gelato master who occasion- creams. ally flies into Shanghai to While WIYF, along with develop new flavors for the several other food business- local market. es run by Pecol, shuttered According to Flament, the in early 2017 following a food queue of customers on the safety scandal involving the weekends extended to another use of expired flour, the inter- block last summer. But things est in the dessert has been have been different this year. rocketing. Flament noted that business Two years after that first at other previously popular foray into the gelato scene, gelato shops in Shanghai have business at Bonus looks to be also experienced a slight dip just as brisk. But so is mar- in reception. ket competition. On China’s By XU JUNQIAN in Shanghai even pronounce the word. But most-used restaurant guide A fast-changing market Bei [email protected] the curiosity for these new Dianping.com, there are more Consumer preferences have Lei, a products resulted in a boost than 6,000 ice cream or gelato changed quickly within the Shanghai-based down. essert lovers in to the business,” he recalled. shops listed. past few years, said Lu. pastry chef who has More of Shanghai would This ad hoc business ven- As such, profit margins are “Consumers are now so worked with Penguin Guide, them see it as an alternative Dlikely have heard of ture, which lasted for only no longer as impressive as sophisticated that some would one of the most popular food indulgent snack like cheese- Bonus, one of the three months before hairy before, said Lu. ask whether your gelato is review social media channels cakes,” she said. most popular gelato stores in crabs replaced the gelato in Cyril Flament, the general made from fresh milk or milk in China, recently conducted According to a consumer the city. Most of them, how- the shop, earned him 600,000 manager of Popolo, an Italian powder. And they are no longer a tasting tour of the city’s ice survey by the consultancy, ever, would not know how the yuan ($88,000), the same restaurant group in Shanghai paying for novel flavors simply cream shops. After trying the only half of the interviewees brand first started out — it amount one of his cafes made which runs a gelato business because it’s something unheard ice cream or gelato at more said they eat ice cream to operated within a hairy crab that entire year. called Buco, shares the same of. You have to make sense of all than 60 shops within two “chill out”, or seek reprieve shop. But Bonus was not the first sentiment. the flavors,” said Lu. months, she noted several from the heat, down from 71 Owned by 38-year-old serial mover. The gelato trend in Buco, which means “a hole” major changes in the market. percent in 2015. entrepreneur Lu Xiaoxun who Shanghai is believed to have in Italian — it refers to its hole- “First, artisanal ice cream Meanwhile, having ice runs that very same hairy crab started from WIYF, a store in-the-wall location — was an is no longer an accessory-like cream as a snack at home or shop as well as a few other that French entrepreneur instant hit when it opened offering for cafes and restau- as a way of hanging out with food and beverage businesses, Franck Pecol opened earlier last June. Offering eight fla- rants in summer. Its popular- friends have become the most Bonus currently has three out- in 2016. So popular was WIYF vors, including classics like ity has earned it an exclusive prominent motivations. lets in Shanghai and is con- that young Chinese con- pistachio and more contem- retail space all year around,” The readiness to pay for sidered his most successful sumers would brave porary ones like she said. more premium offerings is investment. the long queues water- “Second, there is no lon- another defining feature of The idea to start a dessert mel- ger such a thing as one the ice cream evolution in business first came best-selling place. The dis- China, Li added. in the spring of parity of quality between This explains the consultan- 2016, a lull peri- each shop or brand is cy’s summary of the market od for his hairy getting more and more from 2013 to 2017 — continu- crab shop as the subtle, which means ous decline in retail volume crustaceans are consumers are now but steady growth in retail only harvested more interested in taste value. in autumn. instead of quality. Lastly, According to Mintel, China Eager to maxi- as more and more brands overtook the United States as mize the use of are focusing on attracting the world’s largest ice cream his shop space, customers through new, market by value in 2014 when which saw a 30 unique flavors, such a sell- the former’s market size percent increase ing point is no longer novel.” reached 54.3 billion yuan. in rent that year, Li Meng, the food and The consultancy has also Lu saw ice cream beverage associate director forecast that the Chinese mar- as the perfect prod- of consultancy Mintel, shed ket will continue to expand at uct for the upcoming more light on this matter. a compound annual growth summer. “Fewer people today are rate of 4.8 percent in the next But instead of going having ice cream just to cool five years. with ice cream, he went But though the Chinese con- with gelato, the Italian version sume nearly one-third of the of ice cream that is typically ice cream produced globally, made with more milk and the average consumption per less cream and eggs. He also capita is still far below gave his offerings a local spin, countries like the offering novel flavors such as US and Japan, salty egg yolk and Chinese rice suggesting that wine. the ice cream “It caused some problems at boom in China is first because few people could far from over.

SALES 101: HOW BRANDS ARE SELLING FROZEN DESSERT THESE DAYS

Local and international ice branding itself as an exclusive global revenue, has since read- flavors that come in novel made Zhongjie 1946 one of the cream with various types of cream retailers have been and luxurious treat. justed its strategies. packaging. most popular retailers in the ingredients such as almond getting creative in their pro- In fact, one of its earliest In 2017, the brand launched For instance, it once fea- city during the summer. flakes and brownies. Another motional tactics in an attempt advertising slogans in China an exclusive fashion show dur- tured the portraits of their defining feature of the 15-day to grab a greater piece of was “Love her, treat her Haa- ing the Shanghai Fashion Week customers’ children. Magnum event is the long queues out- the market share in China, gen-Dazs”, which helped it to by partnering with Chinese On another occasion, the side the pop-up stores. the world’s largest market be positioned among high- designer Victor Zhu. company partnered painters This year, the shop made an for frozen dessert. Here are end brands such as major As part of its new strategy to create a unique Chinese- appearance on the second some of the activities that diamond company De Beers. in China to “redefine luxury”, themed packaging for sum- floor of a cafe in Xintiandi, one three major brands have held Back then, it was impossible to the new slogan Everyday Made mer. This focus on design of Shanghai’s most popular in recent times. find Haagen-Dazs ice cream in Extraordinary was announced 1946 is an ice cream startup extends to their outlets as well. tourist attractions. The brand supermarkets. at the fashion show. that has been dubbed as a Each of its 50 stores across had teamed up with fashion Haagen-Dazs But times have since changed “The new type of luxury pur- market disrupter. the country features a unique designer Alexander Wang to as the millennial generation sued by the millennial genera- Among its notable achieve- interior design tailored for the offer a “deconstructed haute isn’t as receptive toward the tion in China, if not around the ments are selling 100,000 ice local community. couture ice cream” created by luxury branding. While its world, is not something so rare cream bars online within four Last summer, when the the New Yorker. sales in the Asia-Pacific region that can be consumed only minutes and consolidating 100 brand opened its first store in Having been in Shanghai Also for sale was a cooler grew by 2 percent in the first once every year. Instead, it million yuan ($14.6 million) of Hangzhou, capital city of Zhe- since 2013, the Magnum Plea- handbag made from gold plat- half of 2016, its sales in China should be an accessible treat sales during its first year of jiang province, it collaborated sure Store, the pop-up offering ed stainless steel and cowhide dropped by 1 percent. that can add delight to every- operations. with a local bookstore chain by Unilever’s most popular ice that retailed for a whopping Chinese media reported that day life,” said Marc-Antoine Zhongjie 1946’s founder Lin and decorated its ice cream cream brand, has become an 9,850 yuan. the company had to shutter Olive, vice president of the Sheng, a former advertising shops to look like bookstores. annual highlight for ice cream While the brand declined to some of its stores in Beijing brand’s Asia market, in an professional, said the brand Customers also received lovers across the country. reveal the number of cooler and offer considerable dis- interview with Chinese media. has managed to hit the ground free books whenever they It has since its inception bags or ice cream sold this As the first Western ice counts through other sales running because it “sells ice bought a certain amount of expanded to a dozen cities year, it claimed that more than cream brand to enter China channels. Zhongjie 1946 cream in a non-ice cream ice cream. including Beijing and Chengdu, 300,000 people flocked to the in the 1990s, Haagen-Dazs Haagen-Dazs, whose Chi- style”. The campaign, which was Sichuan province. store during the two weeks it initially managed to stand nese sales used to contribute Founded in Shanghai in the Every season, Zhongjie 1946 based on the concept of “sat- At the store, customers was available. out from the competition by to nearly half of the company’s summer of 2016, Zhongjie offers its customers nine new isfying the palate and brain”, can choose to coat their ice XU JUNQIAN | 10 SHANGHAI The Bund Friday-Sunday, August 31 - September 2, 2018 CHINA DAILY USA

Yu Hanyi and his wife Liu Liyuan are two of Shanghai’s 123 licensed street performers. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC

Despite the irregular income and challenging weather conditions, an increasing number of Chinese are taking to the streets to showcase their talent

By HE QI and LIN SHUJUAN from all these sources, in addition leading efforts to legalize street per- getting the license,” he said, explain- in Shanghai to Liu’s salary as a full-time analyst, formances in Shanghai, street artists ing why he was a ball of nerves. has allowed the couple to lead “a are a distinctive sight in some Amer- “When we are certified, that means u Hanyi and his wife Liu life that is comfortable but far from ican and European cities and are we represent more than just our- Liyuan have been par- being well-off”. able to “color the city with a sense of selves, but also the city.” ticularly concerned about “While we envy the salaries of our humanity and vitality”. For him, having a license also means Y the weather conditions friends, they are also jealous of the “It is what our cities lack and having a responsibility to uphold the in Shanghai during the past few fact that we’re doing what we really expect,” said Luo, also a political legalized status of street artists. weekends. enjoy,” Liu said, referring to how adviser of the Shanghai municipal Cai has volunteered to manage the Typhoon activity in the region has most of her former classmates are government, in his first proposal to performance and rehearsal sched- brought downpours to the city, and currently in well-paying jobs. push for street performances as a ules for street artists at Jing’an Park, rain means that the couple would “You don’t choose to become a legalized profession in 2004. which was made the first official base have to drop their performances — street artist because you want to “With the introduction of certifi- for street performers in May. Perfor- one on Saturday afternoon, the other make lots of money. You choose it cates for street performers, the city mances and rehearsals are allowed at on Sunday night — at a corner of because this is what you love.” shall be able to attract high-level the park every day from 3 pm to 9 pm. Jing’an Park in downtown Shanghai. Shanghai is well-known for its street artists for this purpose and On days when his band is sched- As two of the city’s 123 licensed biting cold in winter and extreme make street performances a respect- uled to perform, they would always street performers, the couple, usu- humidity and heat in the summer, able profession in the city.” arrive at least 20 minutes ahead of ally with Yu on the guitar and Liu on and performing in such conditions Yu Hanyi and Liu Liyuan perform at Jing’an Park. Four years after the licensing took schedule so as not to keep the audi- the drums, is allowed to perform at has always been a challenge. Liu said effect, street artists in Shanghai now ence waiting. The band’s popularity designated hours in the park, where she would seek reprieve from the have higher education backgrounds has grown rapidly over the past year, they have constantly drawn crowds cold in a nearby convenience store and professional performance expe- in part thanks to the accessibility of and earned a loyal following. so that her hands could stay warm “You don’t choose to become a street artist rience. Two-thirds of all licensed online streaming services. Neither of them are professionally enough for her to perform. street performers are young artists They have been offered deals by trained artists but performing music In summer, the couple is usually because you want to make lots of money. You aged between 25 and 35. various streaming platforms which on the streets is more than a hobby standing in a puddle of their own According to Wei, these 123 per- pay them more than their street per- — it is in fact part of Yu’s full-time perspiration. The rainy season also choose it because this is what you love.” formers are showcasing their talent formances. They once earned more pursuit as a singer-songwriter. The poses worries because an unexpect- at 17 designated areas around the city. than 30,000 yuan performing a song Liu Liyuan, a real estate analyst who performs on weekends 26-year-old, who holds a university ed downpour could damage their “Authorized street performances that a fan ordered through a stream- degree in agriculture, once landed sound system which they have spent have become a moving landscape ing service, Cai said. a job in the local government of his much of their income on. and part of the Shanghai brand,” said However, after spending time in hometown but quit shortly after he But the couple said they have little Wei. “We will look for more suitable the recording studio for the stream- realized that his true calling in life to complain, as being able to lead a places for them to show their talent ing platforms, Cai realized that he was in music. life as street artists has always been and regions before the launch of its Being accepted and understood is to locals and tourists from all over preferred performing in public. He currently sings renditions of what they desire and the very reason licensing program in Shanghai. much harder than that,” said Yu. the country and the world.” For him, playing on the streets has popular songs as well as his own they moved to Shanghai. Countries such as the United Street performances are not novel become a lifestyle, and it allows him creations along with his 29-year-old Most cities in China prohibit peo- States, Australia and Spain have in Chinese society. It has a long histo- A matter of pride to find inspiration and make friends. wife Liu, who performs only during ple from carrying out commercial long regarded street performers as a ry in the country, as documented in For another performer Cai “I can’t find a better stage than the weekends. Liu, a real estate ana- activities in public places. However, in recognized occupation. In New York literary works describing how people Xiaoyuan, becoming a licensed the streets where I feel so free and lyst, developed a passion for street 2014, Shanghai became the first city City, for example, street artists whose used to make a living by performing street performer means both dig- inspired. My music becomes alive as I performances during her university on the mainland to regulate street livelihoods depend on performing stunts in public places to make a nity and responsibility. can interact with passers-by,” he said. years in New York City in the United performances by issuing eight licens- are required by the government to living. Gradually, beggars adopted An IT practitioner-turned-street Yu shared the same feelings. “The States. es to artists. The license is issued by showcase their talent in specified this method of income generation, musician, Cai started performing on audience on the street has the most Yu and Liu met in Hangzhou, Zhe- the Shanghai Performance Trade areas after acquiring their licenses. usually playing the erhu (Chinese the streets in 2012. After more than critical ears,” said Yu. “They will leave jiang province, when both of them Association, which is in charge of the It took Wei and her colleagues traditional two-string bowed instru- five years of cat-and-mouse games if you play a wrong note. But they will were invited to perform live shows regulations regarding the manage- several months to evaluate the can- ment) or flutes. with urban management officers in stop for a song as long as it’s well writ- at a friend’s store. Because of their ment of local street artists. didates for the first batch of licensed Till today, many people associ- downtown Shanghai, he eventually ten, be it familiar-sounding or not.” similar experiences and hobbies, Authorities in Guangdong prov- artists. The criterion was based on ate street performances with beg- teamed up with a few like-minded they soon fell in love and got mar- ince’s Shenzhen followed suit in the level of talent and professional- ging. The couple recalled that they street artists to form a band called Contact the writers at heqi@china- ried. According to Liu, she and her 2015. This year, Chengdu, the capi- ism. Those who passed this round of once met a man who expressed his Wuxian, which literally means “infin- daily.com.cn husband can earn a combined 5,000 tal city of Sichuan province, did the evaluation had to undergo another intrigue that two young and well- ity.” Last year, they became the first yuan ($731) per month for their same. audition. educated individuals would resort band to receive a license in the city. street performances. As information about the program to “selling arts on the street like beg- Despite being a seasoned perform- The exposure they get perform- Changing perceptions spread, more street artists including gars”. There were even times when er on the streets and at commercial Online ing on the streets has also created According to its director Wei Zhi, Yu and Liu came forward to apply passers-by would leave steamed events, Cai recalled that he was so alternative income streams from the Shanghai Performance Trade for a license. buns in their box of tips. nervous before the audition that his See more by commercial gigs and song-writing Association consulted street art “Getting the license is not the most According to Luo Huaizhen, hands trembled. scanning the commissions. The money they earn administrations in other countries difficult part of our artistic career. a playwright who spent 10 years “I was so looking forward to code

By HE QI in Shanghai play on Chinese streets legally, but Classical tunes, beyond the theater we later learned that there are Ger- Harmonica, a South Korean clas- man and US artists who managed to sical music band, has been winning get licenses. That’s when we decided hearts in Shanghai with their mov- to apply,” said Han. ing performances. In April, five of the regular mem- But one would not be able to find bers of the band, including Han, their album at record stores. This received their licenses which allow group of musicians can’t be found them to perform at designated areas in conventional theaters either — such as Jiang’an Park and Wujiang they ply their trade in public, along Road. The band, which currently the streets of Shanghai, as buskers. comprises men and women aged “I still remember that a beggar between 25 and 40, can earn up to cried during our band’s first perfor- 1,000 yuan per day. mance, and the little girl who sells “Most of our team members flowers along the Bund gave us a graduated from art-related colleges flower as a gift,” said Han Jong-su, in South Korea and have a job in the violinist of the band. “Within Shanghai now. All of us have the 20 minutes, we received about 400 same goal, and that is to play our yuan ($58.7) from the audience. music for people who really want Everyone was applauding us.” to listen to us,” Han said. A graduate of the Seoul Institute Left: Performance by South Korean band Harmonica attracts a crowd. Right: Han Jong-su (second from left) and some of his band members. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Having a license has also helped of the Arts, Han came to China in eradicate the chance of running 2012 to explore the opportunities into trouble with the rules. Accord- in the music industry. He ended up continue performing on the streets, subsequent performance and to listen to us, but we have to come noisy environment that was near ing to Han, having a license has spending a few years at local univer- and he eventually met fellow Kore- informed them that performing back after midnight when he was the main road was not ideal for resulted in a change in dynamics sities studying Chinese before land- an musicians, which led to the for- along the Bund was prohibited. off duty, else he would get into their instrumental performances. — the urban management staff now ing a full-time job at an institution mation of Harmonica. Members of the public, recalled trouble with his supervisor for not However, a Chinese band he met protect them instead of expel them where he conducts violin classes. But Harmonica’s captivating per- Han, even jumped to their res- enforcing the law,” laughed Han. there advised him to apply for a from the premises. His first experience as a street formances drew another group of cue, arguing with the authorities The officer recommended a street performance license which “We feel safe and respected here,” performer was at Pudong Riverside individuals — urban management that the band members were not place that the band could perform. would make life much easier. he said. “More importantly, we are Avenue in 2013 where he managed officers. beggars. But Han later discovered that the “At first we did not believe them now playing to people who really like to draw a large crowd. The recep- According to Han, five officers “I still remember the officer’s location on South Tibet Road was because we always thought it was our music and the only reason for tion to his music spurred him to surrounded the band during a answer — he said that he wanted already filled with buskers, and the unrealistic for a foreign group to them to stop is because they enjoy it.” CHINA DAILY USA Friday-Sunday, August 31 - September 2, 2018 ACROSS AMERICA 11

Nude and Fern, 2009 KIM WESTON Stairway to Heaven, 2015 KIM WESTON Two Shells (14s), 1943 EDWARD WESTON FAMILY CARRIES ON PHOTOGRAPHY’S BANNER

Three generations of California artists explore the magic of the lens, Chang Jun reports from San Francisco

By CHANG JUN in San Francisco Edward Weston, born in Chi- [email protected] cago in 1886, was the patriarch of the Weston family legacy. Over 40 ome might speculate years, he photographed various that being the grand- subjects, including still life, nudes, “CROSS-BORDER son of a famous Amer- portraits and landscapes. ican photographer is At 21, he moved to California, EXCHANGES S Kim Weston’s claim where he started using his cam- to fame. However, the era to capture the coarseness of lensman, who has specialized in people and places of the rugged OF THIS KIND nude photography for four decades, American West. Many of his most has made his own name in the famous images, more than 1,000 ARE TAKING industry. negatives taken by his 8-by-10 view Weston and his wife, Gina, live cameras, applied lines, shades and PLACE MORE in a villa on Wildcat Hill in Carmel texture comparison to depict trees Highlands, California, the former and rocks in the wild plains. FREQUENTLY IN home of his grandfather, Edward One of his most well-known Weston. works, Pepper No 30, which was RECENT YEARS.” They use the property to operate taken in 1930, portrayed a green a gallery and photography studio, pepper in dense black-and-white to conduct nude photo workshops tones, with strong illumination and exhibitions, and to host ran- from above generating a 3-D image. dom visitors and amateur photog- The elder Weston’s creativity raphers from around the world. and his unremitting enthusiasm In early August, Weston spent a for artistic quality earned him a week with two visitors from afar reputation as one of the most inno- — China’s renowned documentary vative and influential American photographer Yiming Huang and photographers of the 20th century. Finnish computer engineer-pho- Although he died at his Wildcat tographer Kirmo Wilen – showcas- Hill home in 1958 with $300 in ing the life and work of the Weston the bank and his prints selling for family. They exchanged expertise $25 each, his Nude from 1925 set a and concerns, and Kim accompa- Sotheby’s auction record in 2008, nied the two to Carmel-by-the-Sea, going for more than $1.6 million. a nearby coastal city chockfull of “My father, Cole Weston (1919- museums and galleries. 2003), was the fourth and young- “It’s an eye-opener to be est son of my grandfather,” said Photographer Kim Weston, who has had his work introduced into China through a variety of channels, including exhibitions and publications, is immersed by works of Western Weston, explaining how the color carrying on a tradition begun by his celebrated grandfather. YIMING HUANG / CHINA DAILY counterparts,” Huang said. “To fi lm that Eastman Kodak had sent my very dismay, I did not spot any to Edward enabled young Cole to Chinese photographer’s work on eventually become a “master of fi ne difference “between just having a Kim encouraged his Chinese coun- display.” art color photography”, besides car- camera and taking pictures won’t terparts to use the internet to share “Cross-border exchanges of this rying on his own portrait business. necessarily make you an artist”, Kim and sell photography. kind are taking place more fre- In 1971, Cole Weston held his fi rst Weston said. “Patrons flooded into “The internet defi nitely has helped quently in recent years,” said Kim solo exhibition in San Francisco, the show, and they literally photo- open up with all cultures,” he said. “It Weston. He said that about three and his work had been featured in graphed every image of mine with gives opportunities without restric- years ago “we had four Chinese 60 exhibitions worldwide and col- their smart phones. They surprised tions to photographers, including visitors coming up to our driveway. lected by American and European and impressed me.” those in China, to show their works They’ve seen my show and were museums and galleries. Kim visited colleges and muse- outside.” very interested knowing our family At age 6, Kim Weston took a ums in Beijing to talk about nude Although technology has trans- history,” adding that the group was group picture of his dad and two photography. formed many aspects of current soci- invited inside for a brief tour. brothers, his first artwork, and “I was very concerned about how ety, photography as an art remains “Kim Weston is a familiar name thus embarked on a lifelong pho- the topic would be accepted” because consistent, he said. among Chinese photographers,” tographic journey. he learned from a previous trip to “Tools defi nitely changed, especially said Huang, who has won many “I don’t know why, but there Japan that it was a taboo topic in East- with the digital age. But to me, it’s just major domestic and international must be something in the water,” ern culture. basic tools. Things do get advanced, photography competitions. “Art- he said. “Dad gave me the rolling “Would it be off ensive? My cura- they get more complex. I would stay works of his family have been intro- fi lm. And I still shoot in fi lm.” tor friend assured me that won’t be with fi lm, because I knew it, I under- duced to China through various As the only one of the four chil- a problem. Indeed, this was not the stand it.” channels, including exhibitions and dren in his family who picked up case throughout my trip in China – Kim Weston fi rst used a Rolleifl ex photography periodicals.” and decided to pursue a career with the opening-up of China gave people twin lens refl ex camera to take photos, a camera, Kim said his choice is Nude Behind Screen (Chairs), 1943 by Edward Weston. the ability to view specifi c topics from later transitioned to a 4-by-5 Linhof, Family legacy “interesting and very natural”. YIMING HUANG / CHINA DAILY diff erent perspectives,” he said. then an 8-by-10 Calumet, followed by Weston honed his craftsmanship “It’s also about the relationship Like many foreigners visiting China an 8-by-10 Arca Swiss. Now he uses a in early childhood, assisting his between a dad and his son, just like for the fi rst time, Kim experienced cul- Mamiya 67 inherited from his father. father, Cole, in the dark room mak- my dad and uncle helping their dad China serendipity catalog, the exhibition consisted of tural shock through dining out — hot Digital doesn’t necessarily change ing gallery prints from the original in the dark room. It was something In 2014, a Chinese curator who three chapters: Equivalence and pot, roast duck and some delicacies the vision, he continued. “The vision negatives of grandfather Edward. we did for generations, now it’s my runs two galleries in Shanghai and Reproduction (1839-1917), Thing-in- on the street market – all eye-opening comes from my heart, so the equip- For many years, he assisted his son Zach, said Kim. Beijing approached Kim to persuade Itself and Aura (1917-1977), Integra- and delightful. ment to me is secondary. I always use uncle, Brett Weston, in developing Zach, 28, has been involved in the photographer to join a large-scale tion and Change (1977-2014). Even the weather in Beijing was the camera as way to express my feel- and advancing bold and abstract photography for seven years. joint exhibition at the National Art “For the fi rst time, the show pres- inviting, he recalled. “There was no ings. I photograph much diff erently photographs that earned Brett the “It’s quite rare to have four gen- Museum of China. ents the relational context of the smog or pollution, as I was cautioned than a lot of people. My photographs nickname “child genius of Ameri- erations all pursuing the same art, Titled Journey of the Heart: international photographers, includ- before my trip. The sky was crystal tell stories, and I don’t care [about can photography”. photography,” Kim Weston said. Exhibition of Straight Photography ing William Henry Fox Talbot, Ansel blue during my entire stay in China, others’] views of my works.” “I grew up in a family of pho- “One day, he came to me asking Original Prints 1839-2014, the show Adams, Michael Kenna and Kim amazing.” In China when Weston was being tographers – my grandfather, my to have a camera in his 20s. That’s featured more than 200 original pho- Weston, exploring the origin, change Weston anticipates more trips of a fi lmed by a TV news crew, he reached father, my uncle – so it’s very natu- wonderful for a father to have a tographs by 53 photographers from and development of photography similar nature to China, hoping his for his camera when a model arrived ral for me to start photography and son doing the same thing. It’s very around the world. genres which takes pure art as goal,” photographs can gain more exposure on the spot. have been doing it ever since,” said rewarding to me to have Zach Kim was impressed, describing his it said. among Asian collectors. “They (the audience) saw it and Kim Weston. “I was very lucky at a showing the interest in photogra- fi rst experience in the world’s most On the same trip, the Timeless Gal- “There is so much there that I love said, ‘Weston, your camera is so old,’” very young age that I knew what I phy. We travel and have workshops populous nation in November 2014 lery in Beijing held a Kim Weston to photograph, especially the female recalled Kim. “It’s just a camera. It wanted to do for the rest of my life, together, wonderful connections to as “amazing.” Photographs exhibition in order to fi gure, to explore the sensuality part doesn’t matter how old it is, it still is a photographing and teaching.” have with your son.” According to the museum’s educate the general public on the of Chinese women.” recording device.” 12 NEWS CAPSULE Friday-Sunday, August 31 - September 2, 2018 CHINA DAILY USA News Monday, August 27 into Friday, Augustreview 31

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Monday August 27 Wednesday August 29 Thursday August 30

China may reach its emissions goal early Elderly care expenses to become tax-deductible Yunnan police: Lost man fell to death in gorge

China may have reached a peaked in 2013 and declined each China will include expenses of further reduce taxpayer bur- Police discovered the body of a man’s social media posts. key emissions target outlined year between 2014 and 2016. caring for elderly people in the dens and improve income young man who went missing in While searching on Aug 28, in the UN Paris climate agree- The new study, published in categories of tax-deductible distribution. Tiger Leaping Gorge and deter- the police found backpacks, ment more than a decade ahead the journal Nature, found that items while setting the mini- In a draft amendment sub- mined that a high fall caused his mobile phones and temporary of schedule, according to a new Chinese emissions peaked at 9.5 mum threshold for individu- mitted for first reading in death, reported the Shangri-La ID cards on the hidden cliffs study by researchers in the Unit- gigatons of carbon dioxide in al income tax at 5,000 yuan June, the minimum threshold Public Security Bureau of Diqing of Tiger Leaping Gorge, and ed Kingdom. 2013, and then declined by 4.2 ($732) per month, the National for individual income tax was prefecture, Yunnan province, on eventually uncovered a highly In 2015, China pledged to peak percent during the three years People’s Congress Standing to be raised from 3,500 yuan Aug 30. decayed body in bushes under its carbon dioxide emissions by that followed. Committee, the nation’s top to 5,000 yuan per month, and After the young man’s dis- the cliff . 2030. However, a team of climate Researchers attribute the drop legislature, announced on the NPC Standing Committee appearance was reported on The Shangri-La police imme- scientists from the University of in emissions to changes in indus- Monday. decided to keep that standard Aug 21, the police immediately diately organized criminal inves- East Anglia, Cambridge Universi- trial structure and a decline in Experts said the move will on Monday. deployed forces as well as a mul- tigators as well as firefighting ty and University College London the share of coal used for energy. tiday investigation and search. and other police forces to go deep has found that emissions in China ( Photo 1) Lawmakers weigh new measure on soil pollution Up to the evening of Aug 27, fam- into the cliff to obtain the body, ily members provided the police survey the site and extract corpse Farmers to get drone assistance for crop dusting Chinese lawmakers on Monday according to the draft. with a short video of the young DNA samples for inspection. began reviewing a draft law on A network of monitoring sta- Farmers in China will soon as requested, according to soil-pollution prevention and con- tions are required to be estab- Hydrogen fuel cell project starts in Shandong be able to hail drones for crop Li Caisheng, founder of the trol, as the country has escalated lished nationwide, with data dusting from the comfort of company. its fi ght against pollution. and other information collected A project on developing hydro- vehicle industry. their homes using an app. Using drones for crop dust- The draft law was submitted to shared among environmental, gen fuel cells was launched to Shandong Heavy Industry The sharing service platform ing is believed to be more effi - the Standing Committee of Chi- agricultural, natural resources, build a “hydrogen city” in Jinan, Group (SHIG) signed agree- for delivering agricultural cient and safer than traditional na’s National People’s Congress housing, water resources, health, East China’s Shandong province ments with Ballard Power Sys- drones to farmland is expected methods. Drones reduce water (NPC) for the third reading at a and forestry and grassland on Wednesday. tems and Westport Fuel Systems to be rolled out in September. consumption by 90 percent session that runs from Monday authorities, it said. The project, launched by from Canada, leading compa- Developed by a subsidiary and pesticide volume by 40 to Friday. Environmental and health China’s Ministry of Science and nies in the industry, to develop of Eagle Brother Co, the app percent, according to Li. There will be national stan- authorities of the State Council Technology, aims to advance engines fueled by hydrogen and allows farmers to customize The launch of the new app dards for soil-pollution risk con- are required to conduct screen- research and development of natural gas, respectively. services by providing informa- is aimed at lowering the cost trol, and a nationwide soil condi- ing and evaluation of toxic and core technology related to hydro- The local government also ini- tion on crop type, farm size of communication between tion census should be conducted harmful substances in the soil gen, promote the application of tiated cooperation with SHIG, and pesticide needed. drone providers and farmers, at least once every 10 years, and make public a list of them. hydrogen fuel cells in vehicles, aiming to produce hydrogen- Drones will then be sent and expediting transactions. and push forward the develop- powered buses in the next three to discharge the pesticides (Photo 2) ment of a hydrogen-powered to fi ve years. 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Tuesday August 28 Friday August 31

Customers don’t like Ofo’s video ads in its app Baby survives heart surgery performed in utero

When users open the Ofo app were cited by Beijing Youth Daily A healthy baby was born on The baby had been diagnosed to unlock a share bike, they fi rst as saying that Ofo might lose Wednesday morning having pre- in utero with severe aortic ste- have to watch a fi ve-second video customers because of their new viously undergone heart surgery nosis, which can lead to left advertisement. revenue raising strategy. while still in its mother’s uterus at ventricular dysplasia syndrome, Many Ofo users have taken The pushback by custom- Xin Hua Hospital, which is affi li- a potentially fatal condition. In to social media to say that the ers comes at a difficult time ated with the Shanghai Jiao Tong an eff ort to save the baby’s life, videos will be a drain on their for the company: Its main University School of Medicine. surgeons performed the complex mobile data allowance, despite rival, Mobike, dropped the The baby weighs 3,980 grams and surgery required to improve the these types of video advertise- requirement that new users is very healthy, reports thepaper. aortic blood fl ow, which helped ments being commonplace on pay a deposit to use its service. cn. to support the development of the many online platforms, such as When users sign up to Ofo, After having an echocardio- left ventricle. Weibo and Toutiao. they are required to provide a gram, the condition of the baby The surgery on July 17 marked Bike-share industry insiders $14 deposit. (Photo 3) is better than what the doctors the fi rst time in Asia that an aortic expected. No further heart sur- valve repair was undertaken on a Travel documents application to be simplifi ed gery of treatment is needed. baby in the mother’s uterus.

Mainland residents who need it necessary to return to their Suspect caught in deadly Harbin hotel fi re a passport or a permit for travel hometowns to get a passport or to Hong Kong, Macao and Tai- travel document, because a per- The public security bureau in the 20 people killed in the blaze. wan will be able to complete the son in another province requires Harbin, Heilongjiang province, “All the victims were members application process at any entry proof of address, employment, seized a female suspect on Thurs- of a tour group we organized, con- and exit offi ce nationwide start- study and kinship, Qu Yunhai, day in connection with an Aug 25 sisting of three staff members and ing on Sept 1, the State Immi- deputy director of the State hotel fi re that killed 20 people. 88 seniors,” said Zhao Chunlan, gration Administration said on Immigration Administration, Police off ered a reward of up company representative. “The 12 Tuesday. said during a news conference. to 300,000 yuan ($44,000) for female and eight male victims are Currently, individual appli- After the new measures take information that assists in fi nding all Beijing residents, age 59 to 85.” cants living somewhere other eff ect, applicants will not need Li Yanbin, 52, a native of Harbin. The blaze at the four-story than the place of residence to travel back and forth to get The portrait of Empress Xiaoxian in 1777. Xiaoxian passed away at the Meanwhile, Beijing Jiu- Beilong Hot Spring Hotel started indicated in their hukou, or travel documents, Qu said. age of 36, and her heartbroken husband Emperor Qianlong penned a fangyuyue Commercial and Trad- at 4:36 am and was extinguished residence permit, often find (Photo 4) poem to mourn his beloved wife. PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM ing Co confi rmed the identities of by 7:50 am.

NUMBERS Quote: $22.6 billion Total of public donations to Stronger fi nancial charities in China in 2017 support from parents 450,000 gives the young The number of visitors to generation nowadays Hong Kong who used airbnb the privilege of not accommodations in the city just making a living 11 but fi nding their real Number of Chinese provinces interests.” and regions with GDP volume crossing the trillion-yuan level, Huang Qiaoling, 50, parent from Hunan province, whose son was born up from nine last year. in 1992

Chinese shadow puppetry in Hengyang, Hunan province. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY CHINA DAILY USA Friday-Sunday, August 31 - September 2, 2018 ACROSS AMERICA 13

UN selfie - New York Let’s hear it for Chongqing - Seattle

Bruce Knotts (second from left), chair of the NGO/DPI Executive Committee, which serves non-governmental Performers from Chongqing play Chinese folk songs at a welcoming ceremony for a Chongqing delegation led by organizations associated with the United Nations, takes a selfi e with several Chinese entrepreneurs in New York last week. member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Chongqing Committee Zhang Ming at the Seattle Chinese Garden on They were in New York to attend the 2018 UN NGO convention at UN headquarters last week. ZHANG YUAN / CHINA DAILY Aug 26. The event also marked 35 years of Seattle-Chongqing Friendship. LINDA DENG / CHINA DAILY

Bonding through art - San Francisco Farewell for envoy - Chicago

Zha Liyou (fi fth from left), deputy consul general at the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco, takes a group photo with representatives Hong Lei, consul general of China in Chicago, gives his farewell speech to a gathering of of the fi fth “Across the Pacifi c: China Arts Festival” on Aug 23. Featuring a series of cultural events such as concerts, exhibitions and a 500 people from the Midwest at his departure reception hosted by the Consulate General Chinese fi lm festival, the event will last for more than one month and take place in the Bay Area, Seattle, Las Vegas and Portland, Oregon to in Chicago on Saturday. Hong will return to the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs after serving as highlight China’s achievements and the deep-rooted bonds between the Chinese and the American people. CHANG JUN / CHINA DAILY consul general for two years. JIAN PING / FOR CHINA DAILY

Topic is trade - San Francisco Shanghai on Broadway - New York

From left: Darlene Chiu Bryant, moderator and executive director of GlobalSF; Florence Kong, CEO of Kwan Wo Actors and actresses off er their gratitude to the audience after their performance of Where Is My Maple Town?, an English Ironworks Inc; Peter Lorentzen, assistant professor in the Economics Department at the University of San Francisco, drama based on ancient Chinese stories. The play by the Shanghai Theatre Academy made its debut in New York on Aug and Emily Stewart, investment specialist and VP, JPMorgan Private Bank, talk at the 124th Canton Fair - China Import 24 and will be performed 11 times through Sunday. ZHANG YUAN / CHINA DAILY and Export Fair 2018 introduction and discussion panel, “Has the Trade War Really Impacted Us?”, in San Francisco on Tuesday. ZHIZHI CEN / CHINA DAILY

Talking fintech - Stanford, CA Getting started up - Mountain View, CA QINGDAO PRODUCES “CHINESE BRANDS”

The World Brand Lab, a leading independent consultancy for brand valuation and marketing strategy, released the list of “China’s Top 500 Most Valuable Brands” at the end of June. More than ten companies from Qingdao are on the list. Among them, Haier ranked third. Also making the list were Tsingtao Brewery, Hisense, Double Star, Aucma and other well-known Qingdao enterprises in appliances, electronics, beverages, tires, transportation, finance and other fields. In home appliances, Haier, Hisense and Aucma have become the most familiar Chinese brands for consumers at home and abroad. Beverage brands such as Tsingtao Brewery, Laoshan Spring Water, Huadong Wine, Jimo Laojiu and others continue to expand the richness of the category. In the transportation area, CRRC Qingdao Sifang, and the Qingdao Port have developed many “big heavy machines” for the country. Double Star, Sailun Jinyu, and Sentury Tire in the field of rubber tires; Kute Smart, Jifa Group, Hailiya in the textile field are also well-known in their respective industries Statistics show that Qingdao has cultivated 68 “famous Chinese brands”. In the past five years alone, Qingdao has cultivated 101 Chinese well-known trademarks. At present, Qingdao has become the number- Zhuo Zhi (center), president of the Southwestern University of Finance and Linda Lu (right), president of Hanhai Investment, presents the second- one Chinese city in the Madrid system, and the Economics (SWUFE); Tang Jiqiang (left); president of the SWUFE Institution; place award to contestants on Aug 24 at the Create@Alibaba Cloud Startup development of Qingdao brand is “a hundred flowers and Franklin Urteaga, former White House technology adviser, were among Contest, an annual event in its third year. Three winning teams will represent in bloom”. the speakers at the Sino-US Economist Fintech Innovation forum hosted by the Silicon Valley tech front and compete against international startup SWUFE on Tuesday at Stanford University. LIA ZHU / CHINA DAILY counterparts in November in Hangzhou, headquarters of e-commerce giant CHANG JUN / CHINA DAILY Qingdao Center for Business & 2025 Gateway Place, Suite 202. San Email: [email protected] Alibaba. Commerce USA Jose, CA 95110 14 LIFEFriday-Sunday, August 31 - September 2, 2018

CHINA DAILY USA » CHINADAILYUSA.COM Orchestral maneuvers The symphony orchestra of the Silk Road International League of Theaters will embark on a tour of China and debut in Europe next year, Chen Nan reports.

he symphony orches- Chinese children perform Indian classical dance at an Indian tra of the Silk Road tourism roadshow in Beijing on Tuesday. LI XIN / XINHUA International League of Theaters will launchT a 10-city tour in China and will make its international debut with a tour of several India aims to draw European countries, including Hungary, Bulgaria and Latvia in April and May, according to 14m Chinese tourists the China Performing Arts Agency Theaters, China’s By SATARUPA ed there was a shortage of national performing arts thea- BHATTACHARJYA 200,000 budget hotel ter chain. Tianjin Symphony [email protected] rooms priced between $29 Orchestra will perform during to $44 per night in India. the tour under the baton of India is holding road- “If we have investors from conductor Tang Muhai. shows in China this week in China or anywhere in the According to Zhang Li, the a bid to draw more tourists. world, they would be most general director of CPAA The- Indian Tourism Minister welcome. That’s one seg- aters, the symphony orchestra K.J. Alphons, who spoke at ment we have to address,” of the Silk Road International the first promotional event he said, adding that India League of Theaters — which in Beijing on Tuesday, said had adequate hotel rooms was launched in Beijing in India hopes that at least 14 in the luxury category. July — aims to team up sym- million Chinese tourists When asked about safety phony orchestras and musi- will visit the country over concerns expressed in some cians from China and abroad the course of the next five Chinese media reports to tour worldwide. years. Two more roadshows about women traveling Conductor Tang, 69, who are being held in Wuhan, alone in India, Alphons has worked with renowned Central China’s Hubei prov- called it a “perception bat- symphony orchestras, includ- ince, and Shanghai through tle” that India would need ing the Berlin Philharmonic Saturday. to fight. Orchestra, the Queensland China leads the global Unrelated to the ques- Symphony Orchestra and the The Tianjin Symphony Orchestra will perform under the baton of conductor Tang Muhai during a tour launched by the Silk Road outbound tourism market, tion, he cited social media Finnish National Opera, was International League of Theaters. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY with 144 million people and said 25 percent of Chi- invited to be the artistic direct- traveling abroad annually. nese tourists to India trav- or of the symphony orchestra. But despite being neigh- eled alone these days, and The newly-formed ensem- avenue for our members from bors, India still receives they tended to be younger ble is set to hold concerts dur- all over the world to communi- very few tourists from Chi- than group travelers from ing the upcoming 2018 China cate,” says Li Jinsheng, presi- na compared to the num- China. International Performing Arts dent of China Arts and bers visiting from the He also said India is Fair and Silk Road Interna- Entertainment Group. United States, Britain and building four- and six-lane tional League of Theaters “Since the birth of the other Western countries. roads around the so-called Annual Conference, which league, we have introduced Some 240,000 Chinese Buddhist circuit — a net- will be held in Guangzhou many performances by for- tourists traveled to India in work of temples designed to from Nov 29 to Dec 2. eign troupes and helped Chi- 2017. The figure was 1.37 attract tourists from China “The move will help the nese artists perform in million for visitors from the and other parts of Asia. It league strengthen its role in theaters abroad,” he adds, giv- United States. will take a couple of years to promoting cultural coopera- ing examples such as the Lith- India will also set up a complete the highways, he tion with countries involved in uanian National Opera and tourism office in Beijing, added. the Belt and Road Initiative Ballet Theatre’s Chinese tour Alphons said at Tuesday’s The Sarnath temple in the while showcasing its musical of Romeo and Juliet, and the event, which included pre- northern Indian state of performances in China and Chinese performances of sentations by other tourism Uttar Pradesh, where Bud- beyond,” Zhang says. Anton Chekhov’s play, The officials from the country. dha taught a key philosophy Zhang adds that the first Seagull, by the Belarus Janka India registered 10.18 mil- of the religion, will be ready stop of the upcoming interna- Kupała Theater. lion foreign tourist arrivals to handle up to 1 million vis- tional tour will be Budapest, The first joint production last year, an increase of itors annually in six months’ Hungary, since Mupa Buda- under the Silk Road Interna- more than 15 percent over time, he said. pest — formally known as the tional League of Theaters was the previous year. The coun- When asked if there was Palace of Art — is one of the Marco Polo, an original Chi- try’s foreign exchange earn- an impact on tourism owing earliest members of the nese opera produced by ings from tourism exceeded to a ban on the sale of beef in league. Conductor Tang Muhai (second from left) is commissioned as the artistic director of the symphony Guangzhou Opera House and $27 billion last year, accord- India, the minister clarified When the orchestra was orchestra of the Silk Road International League of Theaters. based on the story of the Vene- ing to the Indian Tourism that the meat was still eaten launched in July, a strategic tian explorer who traveled Ministry’s annual report for in Kerala, Goa and in the cooperation of the Silk Road along the ancient Silk Road in 2017-18. northeastern states. International League of Thea- location was decided. State-owned company which Center in Beijing in October the 13th century. It was staged Earlier some Chinese “These are all big tourism ters was signed in Beijing by “As next year marks the 70th was founded in 2004, the Silk 2016, the Silk Road Interna- in Beijing in May, and featured media reports said that destinations. So, people will guests — including Peter Hop- anniversary of diplomatic ties Road International League of tional League of Theaters was a star-studded lineup of pro- India would need to further go wherever they feel com- pal, State Secretary for Culture between China and Hungary, Theaters serves as a large plat- officially inaugurated in Bei- ducers and singers from coun- develop its tourism infra- fortable,” Alphons said. at the Ministry of Human we will present the concert as form for performing arts to jing in March and has grown tries including China, structure to attract Chinese But he added that local Resources of Hungary, Tamas a gift to the friendship promote cultural exchanges into an alliance of 88 mem- Denmark, Germany and the people to travel there in sentiments needed to be Lakner, dean of music and between the two countries,” between China and other bers from 33 countries and United Kingdom. larger numbers. respected, too. visual arts at the University of Zhang notes. countries. regions. Talking to reporters later Other than for sightsee- Pecs and conductor Tang — Initiated by the China Arts Since it was launched at the “The Silk Road Internation- Contact the writer at at the event’s venue in a Bei- ing, Chinese people also visit and the first tour date and and Entertainment Group, a Tianqiao Performing Arts al League of Theaters offers an [email protected] jing hotel, Alphons estimat- India for medical tourism. Unique show to showcase Peking Opera technique in a new light

By CHEN NAN On the first day, she will per- because I wanted to learn the Peking Opera classic, Farewell [email protected] form The Story of Su San using basics about them and My Concubine, with chamber the Mei style and Wang Zhao- improve my artistry.” music in Shanghai. The pro- The 200-year-old Peking jun using the Shang style, fol- But Shi’s career shows that duction was staged at Prince- Opera is an inalienable part of I studied lowed by Jin Yunu in the Xun she is not afraid of taking ton University and the China’s culture. And of all the style and A Young Woman’s risks. Metropolitan Museum of Art techniques, types and varie- the performances Dream in the Cheng style. She began her Peking Opera in New York last year. ties, nandan is a key part of the The four female roles are of training as a wu dan, or a The versatile performer also art. of other schools ... different ages and come from female martial arts performer, learned Kunqu Opera and The practice of nandan different backgrounds. at the Shanghai Folk Opera took part in a Kunqu Opera began at a time when women because I wanted For example, Wang Zhaojun School at the age of 9. production of Peony Pavilion were not permitted to take to is a famous ancient Chinese And when she turned 15, Shi by Ming Dynasty dramatist the stage. to improve my beauty who volunteers to mar- took up qing yi roles, which Tang Xianzu along with Kun- In the first half of the 20th ry a ruler of a Hun tribe in are young or middle-aged qu Opera actor Zhang Kun in century nandan performan- artistry.” exchange for friendly relations women characters that exude Shanghai in 2012. ces were at its height, and the with the Han Dynasty (206 refinement and grace, and “The 600-year-old Kunqu Shi Yihong, Peking Opera four Peking Opera masters, BC-AD 220). Shi Yihong performs in the classic Peking Opera piece Jin Yunu, a became a disciple of the Mei Opera enables me to control performer Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), And as for Su San, she is a masterpiece by Xun Huisheng. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Lanfang school. She later my breath and to better under- Shang Xiaoyun (1900-1976), woman from the Ming Dynas- joined the Peking Opera stand my roles,” says Shi. Cheng Yanqiu (1904-1958) and ertoires of the four great nan- ty (1368-1644), who is framed Troupe of Shanghai, where Peking Opera artist Jin Xun Huisheng (1900-1968), dan masters in one show at for murdering and sentenced from my fans, who wrote me such as higher or lower vibra- she performed a series of clas- Xihua and Kunqu Opera artist who have been called the four the Shanghai Grand Theatre. to death. letters and gave me advice. tion and how to make the sic roles once interpreted by Cai Zhengren, both 77 years great nandan masters, estab- Each piece was about 50 Speaking about the per- “In the beginning, I thought words sound. Mei Lanfang and his students. old, will join Shi’s upcoming lished the four dan styles that minutes, with a 20-minute formance, Shi says: “There has it was a crazy idea,” says the “The pieces were designed Then, in 1999, she collabo- shows in Beijing. took their family names. break in between. long been a rule that students 46-year-old. for the four styles so I learned rated with Oscar-winning Speaking about Shi, Cai, On May 1, a Peking Opera Over Sept 22-23, the Shang- of the four schools stick to “It was not only physically them from the beginning,” she composer Tan Dun, as well as who will perform with Shi in performer from Shanghai hai-based artist will bring the their respective styles of per- challenging but also risky to adds. presented a Peking Opera the Peking Opera piece Jin Peking Opera Company, Shi show to Beijing, performing at formance. push the boundaries. “I studied the performances adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Yunu, says: “She is innovative Yihong, made a bold move to the National Center for the “The idea for me to present “Each of the four styles has of other schools not because I classic novel Notre Dame. in her art and innovation is the bring together the classic rep- Performing Arts. the four classic roles came its own singing technique — wanted to imitate them, but In 2017, she combined a key to keep the art alive.” CHINA DAILY USA Friday-Sunday, August 31 - September 2, 2018 WORLD 15 Trains roll to rescue drought victims Mogherini urges NSW wheat crop EU to do more on is forecast to be one-third of its migrant mission annual average VIENNA — EU foreign pol- question of how asylum- icy chief Federica Mogherini seekers coming to Europe on Thursday urged member whose claims are recognized MALLALA, Australia — states to “take more responsi- should be distributed among Until a few months ago, train bility” and ensure the bloc’s member states and how driver Gavin Slater had never migrant rescue operation those rejected should be seen anything like it. Five loco- continues to fight human traf- returned home. motives, with a combined ficking in the Mediterranean. “That is the question that 15,000 horsepower, ready to Rome plans to ask the is anyhow right on top of the pull 101 wagons brimful of European Union to modify agenda of EU leaders ... and grain. the rules of the Sophia mis- so I expect this question to be The converted coal carria- sion — a military operation solved in the autumn,” she ges behind Slater were being to aid migrants, currently said. loaded in Mallala, a town of commanded by Italy — and EU leaders will meet in the several hundred people in rotate the ports where peo- Austrian city of Salzburg in Australia’s fertile southern ple rescued at sea can disem- September to discuss the wheat belt. bark, with France and Spain migrant crisis. Austria cur- It’s one of few farming areas expected to top the list. rently holds the EU’s rotating in the country able to provide Currently all the ships presidency. grain to parched eastern states dock in Italy but Rome’s new Sophia was launched in to keep cattle and sheep fed government says it should June 2015 following a series and flour mills grinding amid not have to carry the burden of deadly shipwrecks and has one of the worst droughts on on its own and it is time other since picked up thousands of record. EU states do their fair share migrants floundering in the “It’s virtually double the train Carriages of a train are loaded with grain at a storage site on the outskirts of the town of Bowmans, located north of Adelaide, Australia, by taking in more of the Mediterranean. I’m used to driving at home; on Aug 21. DAVID GRAY / REUTERS migrants. According to La Stampa we’re just as big as a coal train,” In comments before newspaper, Italy’s idea is to Slater, who lives in an agricul- informal talks by EU defense rotate landings between tural belt 300 kilometers north er prices in the knowledge the crops that have already failed, their 2018 Spring Outlook Indonesia have plunged to 1.2 ministers, Mogherini called Mediterranean ports, with a of Sydney, said from the cab of knee-high wheat in their fields or weren’t planted at all. released on Thursday. million tons in 2018, down on them to show a “con- particular emphasis on his diesel locomotive. will produce another decent The NSW wheat crop is fore- One saving grace is an antic- more than a half from the 2.66 structive attitude” to work to France and Spain, and with “From a small pocket of crop in a couple of months. cast to come in at 2.4 million ipated bumper wheat crop in million tons during the same continue the mission. Greece and Malta also shar- South Australia to feed virtu- A spokesman for food and tons, according to Glencore Western Australia, which is period last year, according to “So far consensus has not ing the load. ally the rest of Australia — it’s bakery company Allied Pinna- Agriculture, which is less than expected to enjoy a harvest in industry data. been found ... We can defi- Italian Defense Minister good,” he said before heading cle said its flour mills had one-third its 10-year annual excess of 10 million tons this Rival exporters including nitely not afford to leave an Elisabetta Trenta said late on off on the overnight trip to been sourcing additional average. season, about 2 million tons Argentina, Canada, Ukraine EU operation without clarity Wednesday that the ball was rural New South Wales, Aus- grain from South Australia above its 10-year average. and the United States have on the rules it has to follow,” in the EU camp. tralia’s most populous state. since February. Saving grace However, Jason Craig, gen- all increased wheat exports she said ahead of the meet- “By accepting our proposal Bone-dry conditions for the But as Australia, the world’s While the drought is most eral manager of marketing and to Indonesia over the same ing in Vienna. it (the EU) will have the second successive year in Aus- fourth-largest wheat exporter, acute in NSW, it extends north trading at the country’s largest period. “It would be good if mem- opportunity to show it is a tralia’s major eastern grain diverts grain for internal use, into Queensland and is also grain exporter, Western Aus- “Australia has sold very lit- ber states take more respon- real community of values growing areas are creating Asian flour millers are locking cutting production in some tralia-based CBH Group, said tle new-crop wheat as of now sibility. The important thing and intentions; by refusing it the demand and prices to in record volumes of wheat southeastern grain-growing east-coast buyers were push- as against at least a couple of is that we manage to keep the will deny its own fundamen- restart domestic trade routes from rival producers to make areas, meaning a lean year for ing up prices and outbidding million tons traded by this operation going. ... This has tal principles,” she said. not used since the height of up for the shortfall. the country’s largest agricul- overseas importers. time in a normal year,” said been a remarkable achieve- Italy has been turning the last major drought a dec- Three months from the start tural export. That’s meant grain ships one Singapore-based grains ment for all of the EU.” away ships with migrants ade ago. of the important wheat har- Australia’s national weather traveling from Western Aus- trader at an international German Defense Minister rescued at sea in a campaign South Australian farmers vest, the entire state of NSW is agency, the Bureau of Meteor- tralia to east coast ports, trading company. Ursula von der Leyen said to make EU countries take are selling whatever grain they in drought. Recent erratic ology, have predicted contin- instead of to markets in Asia. Sophia’s mandate was until their share. have left in their silos at bump- rains can do little to salvage ued drought conditions in Australian wheat exports to REUTERS year end — when she expect- ed EU leaders to solve the AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Road tunnel gets ‘smart’ with vertical crop farm

OKCHEON, South Korea — linked to climate change and Among them, 42 are certified are sensitive to temperature Behind a blue wall that seals a to shortages of land and work- as no-pesticide, no-herbicide and other conditions. former highway tunnel ers in countries with aging and non-GMO products, said The crops will cost less than stretches a massive indoor populations. Dave Suh, NextOn’s chief tech- conventionally grown organic farm bathed in rose-tinted The tunnel, about 190 kilo- nology officer. vegetables, Suh said. light. meters south of Seoul, was He said the tunnel provides The farm will begin supply- Fruits and vegetables grow built in 1970 for one of South temperatures of 10 to 22 C, ing vegetables to a major food hydroponically — with no soil Korea’s first major highways. enabling the company to opti- retailer and a leading bakery — in vertically stacked layers Once a symbol of the coun- mize growing conditions. chain beginning in late inside, illuminated by neon- try’s industrialization, it High-tech smart farms, August, NextOn said. pink LEDs instead of sunlight. closed in 2002. An indoor used also in places like Dubai Next up: More tiers of crops Operators of this high-tech farming company rented the and Israel where growing con- in the remaining two-thirds of Italian police check the identities of migrants in a camp in facility in South Korea say it is tunnel from the government ditions are challenging, can be the tunnel to grow high-value Rome on July 12. YARA NARDI / REUTERS the world’s first indoor vertical last year and transformed it Choi Jae-bin, head of NextOn, a key to developing sustaina- fruits and medicinal herbs. farm built in a tunnel. It’s also into a “smart farm”. explains his farm’s crop ble agriculture, experts said. 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EDITORIALS Military exercise should Luo Jie not be misinterpreted

espite some wild speculation, China’s upcoming joint military exercise with Russia and Mongolia is nothing untoward. It has become a routine practice for China and Russia to hold smaller scale military exercises, and D the two neighbors have also regularly participated in and led multilateral drills under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in recent years. The planned drills scheduled for Sept 11-15 are simply on a larg- er scale than usual. Codenamed Vostok-2018, or East-2018, the exercise will reportedly involve almost 300,000 troops and more than 1,000 military aircraft, with China sending about 3,200 troops, more than 900 pieces of military hardware and a com- bined total of 30 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. Thanks to efforts from both sides, Beijing and Moscow have made much headway in forging a comprehensive strategic partner- ship of coordination, and military-to-military exchanges have played their part in strengthening mutual trust. In fact, bilateral ties are in excellent shape at present, meaning it is only natural that the two neighbors should choose to strengthen their military-to- military ties, as these are a barometer of the bilateral relationship. China and Russia are two important forces in maintaining peace and stability in the region and beyond. Closer and smoother coordination between their military forces will put them in a bet- ter position to respond to potential threats and even a crisis in the region, which is unsettled because of territorial disputes and the tensions relating to the Korean Peninsula. On China’s part, as it is increasingly an active contributor to international peacekeeping efforts, joint military exercises also help improve its military personnel’s combat capabilities and cooperative skills with counterparts in foreign military forces. The suspicions and concerns surrounding the upcoming Russia- China-Mongolia military exercise stem from the Cold War mentality in the West and display a double standard: The frequent war games OPINION LINE conducted by the United States and its allies around the world are well received and even lauded as a show of solidarity, while those that China and non-Western countries participate in are viewed Court will determine with suspicion. Maliciously harming natural heritage One element to the exercise that has been remarked upon is the whether driver’s death inclusion of simulated nuclear weapons attacks, with the rationale for this being flipped, to make it seem a threat rather than a must incur criminal punishments was in self-defense response to such an attack. History shows misjudgment of other countries’ strategies can TWO TOURISTS RECENTLY entered the core zone of a national geo-park, which is a forbidden zone A CAR DRIVER IN KUNSHAN, be both dangerous and costly, so the West should not view such to travelers, in Zhangye, Northwest China’s Gansu province, leaving a large number of footprints on the Danx- Jiangsu province, who after hitting an exercises through a distorted prism. ia landform mountain slopes. They boasted in a video they posted online that “destroying a 6,000-year-old electric bike at some traffic lights masterpiece of the nature in person” feels “cool”. Guangming Daily comments: attacked the rider with a long knife was himself killed when, having dropped the After the video went viral, the two tourists’ irre- there will be more instances of similar destructive knife, he was attacked by the ebike rider No credibility to Trump’s sponsible behavior attracted fierce and widespread behavior. who picked up the knife. Yanzhao criticism. Geo-park staff estimate that it will take at Although intentionally damaging scenic zones has Metropolis Daily comments on Thurs- least 60 years for nature to repair the damage caused already been criminalized, in principle at least, for a day: China-hacking tweets by the two visitors. long time, the Criminal Law has only rarely been Reportedly, the two people have surrendered applied. Photos and videos of the incident have eport just out: ‘China hacked Hillary Clinton’s pri- themselves to the police and admitted the error of In practice, there are many cases of bad behavior been widely posted and shared online, vate Email Server.’ ... Actually, a very big story. Much their ways. They are certainly shrewd in choosing the damaging the natural attractions of scenic spots, but and information about the persons “R classified information!” tweeted United States Presi- lesser of two evils, as the punishment is only con- few people have been taken to court. involved, including the past criminal dent Donald Trump on Wednesday morning. fined to fines ranging from 50,000 yuan ($7,317) to To put an end to the phenomena, the authorities record of the car driver, have also been Obviously, that was not enough for an excited Trump, so he 200,000 yuan, according to the Tourist Attractions should avoid attributing such behavior to immorality spread online. tweeted again, three hours later, “Hillary Clinton’s Emails, many of Regulations. or ignorance, but strictly implement the law so as It seems that most people are on the which are Classified Information, got hacked by China,” adding These are too lenient to deter others from such deal a blow that is heavy enough to act as a deterrent. side of the ebike rider, who has been that the credibility of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and behavior, and disproportional to the damage inflict- Therefore, the legislation and its enforcement detained, and they have little sympathy Department of Justice will be forever gone” if they fail to act on it. ed on nature or places of historical interest. should be strengthened so as to deter people from for the car driver who died. That’s To the thinking person, there are few things more disconcerting If this kind of vandalism is not severely punished, maliciously destroying nature. because the car driver hit the ebike in than a tweet by the US president as they initially seem to accord to the first place, and instigated an argu- reality but then quickly turn into messages from some alternative ment before threatening the rider with a universe. knife. But of course, there is method behind his Twittering. Although Didi has to better manage its drivers Besides, more information shows that the Chinese Foreign Ministry has denied the allegation, that will the driver had been sentenced to prison not deter the US president from smearing China’s image as he des- before. He had served at least five prison perately needs a scapegoat in the run-up to the midterm elections, SOME MALE DRIVERS OF DIDI, the largest ride hailing company in China, broadcast their flirting terms, with an accumulated period of so he can divert public attention from the troubles the White with female passengers live on the internet. Procuratorate Daily comments: 9.5 years, having previously been con- House has become mired in. victed of several violent crimes. And China, against whom he is launching a trade war, is an easy The livestreaming website has closed the accounts about the evaluations they are given by their passen- The ebike rider is to stand trial for the candidate for that role, since it has long been demonized by US of the drivers, but it should take the blame for failing gers, which, in Didi’s management system, is expect- motorist’s death. politicians. Now we have heard his proponents warning about in its duty to guarantee that all content it shows is ed to be an important means of encouraging the But, whatever the public thinks, the possible Chinese meddling in the US midterm elections, and the not only lawful, but also in line with the principle of drivers to behave themselves and improve their ser- court must not let it influence the ver- US president himself blaming China for his failure to maneuver public order. vices. It is fair to say that the company lacks effective dict. The court must base its judgment progress in relations with Pyongyang. The livestreaming was done without notifying the means to monitor and control its employees. solely on the evidence and reach a ver- Although, to be fair, it is not just China that Trump is maligning. passengers, who in most cases would probably not Didi’s none-of-my-business response is disappoint- dict according to the law. The FBI and DOJ have also had their integrity impugned. agree to it, so the drivers have violated their custom- ing, as it is obliged to ensure its drivers meet strict However, the local authorities should An FBI official, quoting a June report by the DOJ inspector gen- ers’ privacy by publicizing their private talk and film- requirements professionally and ethically to do the heed public opinion, which reveals that eral, told the media following the US president’s Twitter messages, ing the passengers, without their consent. job in the first place. people feel insecure because they sus- that “the FBI investigation and its forensic analysis did not find Also, to attract audiences the drivers try their best, If the company cannot plug the loopholes in its pect the driver had links to criminal evidence that Clinton’s email server systems were compromised”. verbally and physically sometimes, to portray their management, its business boom will not be sus- gangs and no one knows who will be Trump, as president, is fully aware of such conclusions. passengers as sluttish and lewd, to which most of the tained. next if they meet drivers like the one in It is ironic that just hours after spreading the allegation, the US women respond politely and calmly to avoid irritat- In order to protect the rights and interests of pas- the case. president admonished people on Twitter that stories based on ing the drivers for obvious safety reasons, and none sengers, the company should earnestly fulfill its In order to make people feel safe, the anonymous sources are “fiction” — the story alleging a Chinese- of them have reported the drivers’ behavior to the supervisory responsibilities, regulate drivers’ words local police should echo the call of the owned company hacked Hillary Clinton’s private server was pub- police. and deeds, have a zero-tolerance attitude toward vio- top leadership and strike organized lished by a right-wing newspaper based on anonymous sources Unfortunately, this further encourages the drivers lations of the legitimate rights and interests of pas- crime gangs if the case leads to any. Only “briefed on the matter”. to become more rude and bold in their harassment. sengers, and report to the police those drivers who when people feel secure will the crimi- Based on both his own definition and from the perspective of It is noteworthy the drivers seem unconcerned violate the law and regulations. nal cases diminish. the FBI investigation, what he has just resorted to is fiction. Since his supporters have shown a willingness to suspend disbelief, we can no doubt look forward to more such tales. HOT WORDS CONTACT USIf you want to get even Automatic renewal of The move is in line with Premier Li Keqiang’s land use rights has drawns wide public con- China Daily UK China Daily statement at the two sessions in 2017 when he cern. In China all urban land belongs to the 90 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6HA 15 closer,Huixin Dongjie, Chaoyang, follow Beijing housing land use told the media that 70-year residential land use State. 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Yi Fan True story of China-Africa cooperation Chen Weihua The author is a columnist at China Daily. t the third summit of of the Belt and Road Initiative not a one-way street, though, as financial institutions. [email protected] the Forum on China- provided fresh momentum for While many West- Chinese companies have also China is also exploring other, A Africa Cooperation, upgrading cooperation from benefited from it, by boosting innovative financing options which starts in Beijing trade in goods and project con- their going-global strategy and such as public-private partner- New investment on Monday, President Xi Jinping tracting to that in industrial ern investors balk opening up new markets in a ship in Africa. The China-Egypt will welcome distinguished capacity and capital investment. at the huge cost vast region. Teda Suez Economic and Trade guests from 54 FOCAC member China-Africa cooperation is But amid the many success Cooperation Zone set up in 2008 law of the US states to a gathering of unprece- guided by distinct principles. and prolonged stories, there are also isolated is one such example. Thanks to dented size, the biggest in Afri- Equality and mutual help com- cases of misconduct and mis- the combined financing from ca’s relations with any country in prise the first principle. Instead cycle of much- management by Chinese compa- Chinese and Egyptian compa- discriminates the world. of plundering or exploiting, nies and individuals, which have nies and the China-Africa Devel- The long-standing friendship Zheng He brought gifts to his needed infrastruc- been redressed through friendly opment Fund, this project has between China and Africa dates African hosts and took back consultation. Some in the West- been running smoothly to against China back 600 years to the legendary nothing but a few giraffes. China ture projects, ern media, however, revel at become a solid contributor to expeditions of Chinese navigator sees Africa as an equal partner casting aspersions on China, the local economy. he Foreign Investment Risk Review Zheng He, whose fleet reached in development and in interna- China has stepped with their latest target being The people of Africa are the Modernization Act, signed by US Pres- East African shores four times. tional and regional affairs, in to help narrow Africa’s debt issue. best judge of China-Africa coop- T ident Donald Trump on Aug 13 as part In more recent history the Taz- where they support each other The African debt problem has a eration. According to a 2016 sur- of the National Defense Authorization ara Railway between Tanzania on matters of core interests and the funding gap. long history, for which the West- vey conducted by Afrobarometer, Act, is a hostile law against Chinese investment. and Zambia built in the 1960s major concerns. ern countries have to shoulder a pan-Africa, independent poll- Despite statements by some White House and stands as a monument of what The second principle is put- significant responsibilities. China ing agency, 63 percent of the Congressional leaders that FIRRMA does not China and Africa can achieve ting the greater good of China- has done what it can to repeatedly respondents from 36 African target China specifically, the ulterior motive was together. Africa relations before self- write down or cancel the debts of countries had generally favora- evident at the Aug 23 roundtable on FIRRMA, Building on the China-Africa interest. As part of its how to catch fish than just give African countries. China is com- ble views on economic coopera- where Trump and several lawmakers had a field traditional friendship, the Bei- cooperation with Africa, China them fish. China-Africa projects mitted to being a responsible len- tion with China and considered day demonizing Chinese foreign direct invest- jing summit of the 18-year-old believes in giving before taking, are proposed by African coun- der, and the debt Africa owes to China’s influence as beneficial. ment. Every participant at the roundtable sin- FOCAC will review past work rather giving more and taking tries based on their own needs, China is under control. At the FOCAC summit, China gled out China, mentioning it at least 15 times. and plan for the future of China- less. China never attaches and selected through rigorous Eventually, only with develop- and Africa will again show the FIRRMA has expanded the power and scope Africa cooperation in all areas, in strings to its assistance, as it assessment of economic feasibil- ment can Africa hope to shake world the enormous good that of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the order to forge greater synergy in does not see it as an instrument ity. Some of them are generating off the debt burden. And that’s will come out of their sincere United States, an interagency that screens for- the development strategies of the for political control. While many good returns. The construction where cooperation with China cooperation. The summit will go eign FDI for national security concerns. The law two sides. China has remained Western investors balk at the and operation of the Mombasa- can help. Again, for the Momba- down in history as a crowning makes CFIUS filing for certain categories of Africa’s largest trading partner huge cost and prolonged cycle of Nairobi Railway, for example, sa-Nairobi Railway, according to milestone in building an even transactions mandatory, expands the areas of for nine years in a row, and Chi- much-needed infrastructure has created more than 46,000 estimates, running at 40 percent stronger community with a transactions subject to CFIUS jurisdiction, and nese investments in Africa have projects, China has stepped in to jobs for Kenya, contributed 1.5 of its total carrying capacity will shared future between China enhances the CFIUS’s power to delay, block or increased more than 100 times in help narrow the funding gap. percent to its GDP growth, and generate enough profits to pay and Africa. unwind transactions deemed a threat to US the past 18 years. This coopera- And the third principle is sus- cut logistics cost by 14 percent to off the concessional loans from national security interests. tion has seen a new boom since tainability. As a Chinese proverb 40 percent. China and the financial loans The author is an expert on inter- Under FIRRMA, the CFIUS’s scrutiny also 2013, when the implementation goes, better help others learn China-Africa cooperation is from African and international national studies. covers sales and leases of real estate in proximi- ty to US government facilities and sales of US companies deemed “critical technology” and Aravind Yelery “critical infrastructure”. Such vague concepts leave much room for the opaque CFIUS to tar- get Chinese investors. While the law does not specify China in most Australia’s 5G ban not in global interest provisions, Chinese FDI in the US is likely to face the toughest scrutiny by the CFIUS.

he Australian govern- and Japan are competing ment’s recent decision against each other (and against Yet for the Trump adminis- T to ban Huawei from China) to launch the first com- supplying 5G mobile mercial network, and 5G is tration and some lawmak- network infrastructure equip- believed to become widely popu- ment for security reasons is lar faster than any other mobile ers, the Cold War may about to meet more crosswinds. technology. But before we go into the ver- Yet the slowing economic never end. Their unwar- dict, let us accept the fact that growth, market fragmentation, technological breakthroughs the amount of spectrum availa- ranted fears over Chinese have introduced humans to an ble, and the regulatory influ- interface which has been socio- ence may pose a greater FDI are in sharp contrast to economically transformational. challenge to the proliferation of Against this backdrop, the 5G technology in the developed the fervor of US governors high priority China has attached world. In the US, for example, and mayors who lead trade to high-tech and tech-intensive AT&T is the only company that development has generated a lot has announced it would use 5G missions to China every of political and economic inter- technology in selected cities. ests globally. While China has The case of Europe and rest of year to woo Chinese invest- mastered electronics manufac- the world, including Australia, turing and become a formidable is not so different. ment and trade. producer of information tech- One needs to understand the nology hardware, the tenets of emerging dichotomy. While global competition and the many Western tech companies resulting conflicts have, until are still trying to show what they This has already been the case. Over the past now, largely remained confined could offer or do with 5G tech- MA XUEJING / CHINA DAILY years, more Chinese FDI has been reviewed and to politicization. nology and continue to invest in blocked in the US than from any other country. If we consider the huge bene- future technologies, big high- Last September, Trump ordered the blocking of fits of 5G and its total commer- tech players would turn to China the $1.3 billion acquisition of US chipmaker cial value and success, the matter for mass production of hardware of its revenue in China. lion by 2023 — and more than that conflict with Australian Lattice by Canyon Bridge. In February this year, would boil down to the fact of and eventually a huge consumer The 5G telecommunications half of which would be in China. law” is not a convincing reason the US Securities and Exchange Commission who can exploit it better, if not base. A Western high-tech giant, network could emerge as the Different tech and telecom for the ban on Huawei. blocked the acquisition of the Chicago Stock best. The Republic of Korea, the Qualcomm Inc, is already look- largest generator of entrepre- companies are racing to build Worse, the Australian decision Exchange even though the deal had been United States and Japan are not ing at China as a hot prospect. neurs as well as consumers in products for 5G wireless net- could potentially derail the approved by the CFIUS. only the dominant players in 5G On the sidelines of US President China, and help its economy to works, and a government can- advent of 5G technology globally Trump’s order in May to block the $117 billion technology, but also competing Donald Trump’s state visit to Chi- transition to a higher stage. This not ban a company by assuming and also disrupt the global sup- acquisition of Qualcomm by Broadcom, a Sing- with China to demonstrate their na in November, Qualcomm is something that has not been it could play dual roles. The Aus- ply chains in the telecom and apore-based company, was also based on wild dominance in advanced technol- signed $12 billion worth of deals evident in other economies with tralian government’s stance that semiconductor sectors. speculation that China might have something ogies, with artificial intelligence with three Chinese mobile hand- similar set of credentials. it cannot allow a company to to do with the deal. being one of them. set makers (Xiaomi, Oppo and According to media reports, supply 5G mobile network infra- The author is a senior fellow at What FIRRMA does target China explicitly in If one goes by the sheer size of Vivo) to sell components over 5G will go into operation in structure equipment as it can be the Research Institute of Mari- is its requirement for the US commerce secre- investment in 5G research and three years. Let’s not forget, 2020, with the number of 5G “subject to extrajudicial direc- time Silk-Road, Peking Universi- tary to provide information biannually for the development, the US, the ROK Qualcomm earns more than half users worldwide exceeding 1 bil- tions from a foreign government ty HSBC Business School. CFIUS and Congress on Chinese FDI in the US. Besides FIRRMA, the National Defense Autho- rization Act includes the Export Control Wang Yeqiang Reform Act of 2018 that controls exports and outbound transfers of technology. The US export control regime, a legacy of the Cold War, has long been discriminative against China. Rental housing market needs time to develop Many rules, as a former US Commerce Depart- ment official in charge of the issue told me dur- ing a chat, are outdated and laughable in he rapid increase in seasonal factor. Since multiple factors have improvement in the quality of market via the use of capital, so today’s world. house rents has drawn The fact is, thanks to the contributed to the increase in rental housing, services and that low-price rental housing Yet for the Trump administration and some T wide public concern, restrictive housing purchase house rents, it is not fair to management, which in turn has can be provided for those in lawmakers, the Cold War may never end. Their with some people policies, the demand for hous- blame only monopoly or specu- impeded the development of the need. unwarranted fears over Chinese FDI are in blaming it on speculation and ing purchase has been curbed. lation in the rental housing mar- rental market. In fact, the lack of The authorities cannot solve sharp contrast to the fervor of US governors monopoly in the rental housing And since the housing prices ket for it. sufficient capital is one of the the rental market’s problems and mayors who lead trade missions to China market. But we should not are still high, some of the There is no denying that prime reasons why China’s rent- by just reducing the high house every year to woo Chinese investment and judge a market economy issue demand for purchase has been monopoly capital violates the al housing market remains rela- rents in the short term. trade. using ideology, because that transferred to the demand for rules of fair market competition. tively less developed and why Instead, they should focus on According to the Rhodium Group, Chinese would neither promote the nas- rentals. As a result, house rents But monopolies form because of short-term monopolies have developing a modern rental FDI now supports about 150,000 US jobs. And cent rental housing market nor have risen further. In addition, the lack of strict market supervi- formed in the market. housing market by, among oth- an Oxford Economics study shows China-US meet the people’s housing other economic and social fac- sion. Moreover, no market, let The 19th National Congress of er things, asking local govern- trade supports 2.6 million jobs in the US. But demand, as advocated by the tors such as monetary easing alone the rental housing mar- the Communist Party of China ments to accelerate the the hostile US policies have dampened the government. policy and rising prices have ket, can develop without capital. announced that housing con- construction of low-price rent- enthusiasm of Chinese investors, as seen in the There are two major economic also contributed to the increase So demanding that capital not struction should be aimed at al housing and encouraging sharp fall of Chinese FDI in the US in the first reasons for rising house rents — in house rents. be allowed to play any role in establishing multiple sources of real estate developers to offer half of this year and the smaller size of the Chi- increase of demand, and short- On the supply side, the rising the rental market, because of its supply of both ownership hous- more rental housing. The nese delegation attending the SelectUSA in age of supply. house rents show the rental profit-seeking nature, is like ing and rental housing units. authorities should also tighten Washington in June, although China’s control On the demand side, during housing market suffers from a throwing the baby out with the The Ministry of Housing and market regulations and super- of capital outflow is another major factor. the academic graduation sea- shortage of supply. Besides, the bathwater. Urban-Rural Development’s doc- vision of private capital inject- FIRRMA is a major setback for the invest- son, mostly in August and Sep- compulsory demolition of unfit The development of the rental uments on developing the rental ed into the rental housing ment environment in the US at a time when tember, many college graduates or ill-equipped low-end rental housing market in China lags far housing market in large and market. China is increasingly welcoming foreign invest- look for accommodation out- housing in some big cities, such behind that of the commercial medium-sized cities with inflow ment by easing its restrictions and implement- side campuses after leaving as Beijing, has caused a severe housing market. The existing of people also encourage the The author is a researcher at ing its new negative list on foreign investment their dormitories. That raises shortage of such rental houses. structure of the rental housing development of State-owned and the Institute for Urban and on July 28, which reduces the number of items the demand for rental housing, For these reasons, the rental market is focused on individuals private institutional and large- Environmental Studies, Chi- covered from the 63 to 48. As such, Trump’s which in turn pushes up house housing market needs time to rather than organizations. As a scale rental housing enterprises, nese Academy of Social Scien- move will only end up harming the US econo- rents. But this is a short-term develop. result, there has been little so as to modernize the rental ces. my. 18 BUSINESSFriday-Sunday, August 31 - September 2, 2018

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out reforms and opening-up each other, Gao said such tar- “I don’t think the US will nese economy is limited and ing the first seven months of Resolution possible only if both sides policies at its own pace, Gao iffs have made imported goods eventually slap the 25 per- controllable.” the year. According to data are seen as equals in negotiations said. from the US more costlier. cent tariff on $200 billion of “Under the most extreme released by the ministry earli- He added that to further facil- He confirmed that the tariff Chinese goods,” said Liao circumstance that even if US er this month, foreign direct itate trade, the nation will unveil on automobiles imported Fan, a researcher at the Insti- imposes 25 percent tariffs on investment inflows grew 5.5 By REN XIAOJIN two sides are seen as equals in constructive policies in accord- from the US has risen to 40 tute of International Law of all Chinese goods, it will only percent year-on-year to $76 [email protected] negotiations. ance with the World Trade Orga- percent. Chinese Academy of Social lower China’s growth rate of billion from Jan to July, while “The so-called pressure nization’s rules in order to Gao said China will convert Sciences. “Even if it becomes exports by 8.24 percentage in July alone the FDI inflow China will maintain con- from the US will not have any safeguard the legitimate rights the pressure into opportuni- true ... China will not com- points, which the Chinese showed a 19.3 percent yearly stant communication with the effect on China, nor will it do and interest of enterprises ties by upgrading and trans- promise.” government is totally capa- uptick. United States to resolve the any good in dispute resolu- including the foreign-invested forming its industries and Chen Xinguang, a research- ble of tackling through con- “This demonstrates that current trade impasse, the tion,” Gao Feng, a spokesman ones in the country. remained confident of main- er at Center for China and Glo- structive policies,” Chen said. China has achieved positive Ministry of Commerce said on for the ministry, said during a Commenting on the effects taining a stable and healthy balization, a think tank, said: Despite uncertainties and results in attracting and fur- Thursday, adding that a reso- media briefing. of the bilateral tariff on $50 foreign trade figure for this “The overall impact of US-Chi- challenges, foreign capital use ther facilitating foreign invest- lution is possible only if the China will continue to carry billion worth of goods from year. na trade friction on the Chi- witnessed steady growth dur- ment,” Gao said.

Macroeconomy Boost for western areas mulled

By WANG YANFEI ment in the western region nesses, the introduction of [email protected] increased by only 2.3 percent more policies to help the year-on-year, down 1.1 per- region strengthen economic More measures are in the centage points from the 3.4 ties with neighboring coun- pipeline to boost investment percent rise in the January- tries, and a push for better par- in infrastructure in China’s June period, NDRC data ticipation in projects such as western areas, a senior official showed. the Belt and Road Initiative. with the nation’s top economic Vast but relatively underde- Xiao said the creation of regulator said on Thursday. veloped compared to eastern new infrastructure remains a The planned measures will parts, China’s western region key objective for development seek to stem the investment has seen imbalances in eco- in the western region. downtrend that may hinder nomic growth of late. Some infrastructure pro- balanced development of the For instance, Guizhou is the jects that figured among the economy, he said. only province of the nation to 152 key projects in the region, “Weighed down by a decline record double-digital econom- were initially expected to fin- in fixed-asset investment ic growth (10 percent year-on- ish by 2023, but have been growth, economic develop- year) in the first half, while completed already, NDRC ment in some western parts Qinghai’s GDP grew just 5.9 data showed. witnessed a major decline,” percent year-on-year in the By the end of 2023, the said Xiao Weiming, an official same period. western region is expected to from the National Develop- As the western region is fac- see major improvement in ment and Reform Commis- ing key developmental chal- the construction of infra- sion. lenges, such as increasing structure, with an additional “The government will take constraints on land and capi- 8,751 kilometers of high- more targeted measures in the tal, the government will adopt ways, 3,219 km of new high- second half of this year to pre- more targeted measures to speed railroads and 187 Handicrafts from China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region attract visitors at the 6th China-Eurasia Expo, which opened on Thursday vent the short-term decline help the region to catch up gigawatts of power capacity, in Urumqi. ZHANG WEI / CHINA DAILY from turning into a long-term with other more developed according to the 13th Five- downtrend,” Xiao said. eastern provinces, Xiao said. Year Plan (2016-20) for In the first seven months of Among the planned meas- development in the western this year, fixed-asset invest- ures are impetus to local busi- region. Expo shows BRI is China-Eurasia trade driver

By CHENG YU 2011, is an important platform regions participating in the in Beijing and for promoting trade along the BRI exceeded $5 trillion Tax cuts to support tech upgrades MAO WEIHUA in Urumqi Silk Road Economic Belt, one recently, growing at 1.1 per- of the two wings of the BRI. cent annually on average over China will continue to More than 35 countries and Events like the the past five years. By ZHOU LANXU outsourcing R&D activities to enterprises reduce costs and work with Eurasian econo- regions, including Georgia, Chinese overseas direct and CHEN JIA overseas institutions, aiming enhance efficiencies, such as mies in building the Belt and Turkmenistan and Pakistan, expo will help the investment or ODI in BRI to encourage enterprises to changing separate provincial Road Initiative for more are participating in this year’s participants was more than China has made overseas “take advantage of global tech- e-taxation offices into a nation- shared benefits, Vice-Minis- event. BRI to attain its $70 billion, and has been outsourcing research and nology resources” to promote wide unified “e-taxation sys- ter of Commerce Fu Ziying The expo has attracted over growing at 7.2 percent annu- development expenditure high-tech and industrial tem” by the end of this year, said said on Thursday. 700 Chinese and foreign com- goals and address ally on average. available to additional tax upgrades, Liu said. Fu Shulin, deputy head of the “Eurasia is an important panies, including world’s The organizing committee deduction, as part of its contin- Before this policy, only R&D general office of the SAT. driver of world economic leading companies and Chi- any imbalances in of the expo said earlier that uous efforts to ease tax bur- expenditure incurring within Besides making it much eas- growth and is a major area na’s corporate stars. the event has emerged as an dens on enterprises and the country could receive an ier for taxpayers to deal with in building the Belt and Maia Tskitishvili, vice- trade between important platform for promote technology upgrades, additional deduction. cross-provincial tax affairs, Road Initiative. Cooperation prime minister of Georgia, exchanges and cooperation said the State Administration Overseas R&D expenditure, “the new e-taxation system with Eurasia is important said: “The expo will be China and the between China and Eurasian of Taxation on Thursday. which is available for addi- will offer more comprehensive more than ever,” Fu said at another step forward, con- Eurasian region.” countries. This year’s edition From this year, 80 percent of tional deduction, shall be no functions and more conve- the 6th China-Eurasia Expo, tributing to achieve Belt has also helped showcase the expenditure incurred by more than two-thirds of an nient services”, Fu said. a three-day event that began and Road Initiative’s goals Maia Tskitishvili, vice-prime Xinjiang’s rapid develop- companies on overseas outsour- enterprise’s domestic R&D Those new measures are in on Thursday in Urumqi, cap- and bringing specific out- minister of Georgia ment, the committee said. cing R&D will be eligible for fur- expenditure, the official said. line with China’s efforts to ital of the Xinjiang Uygur comes and broader regional The previous five editions ther deductions before tax. This That will push companies to reduce tax burden on enterpris- autonomous region in benefits. like the expo will help the saw nearly 35 heads of state will help lower their tax burden invest more into independent es and individuals. On Aug 20, Northwest China. “This is an excellent BRI to attain its goals and and directors of international and encourage more invest- projects, instead of simply the SAT released 10 measures to Fu said China will work opportunity to further address any imbalances in organizations deliberate with ment in technological innova- importing technology from be implemented in the third together with Eurasian econ- enhance trade connectivity, trade between China and the more than 1,100 ministerial- tion, said Liu Baozhu, deputy overseas, and that could quarter to optimize the business omies for more cooperation people-to-people contacts Eurasian region,” she said. level guests to forge coopera- director of the department of improve their research ability. environment for enterprises. in infrastructure, e-com- and business relations, and Latest data from China’s tion and trade initiatives. income tax at the SAT. Apart from reducing taxes, merce and free trade areas. also highlight our expecta- Ministry of Commerce The new policy virtually the country is putting in place Contact the writers at zhou- The annual expo, which tions and priorities in rela- showed that trade between Contact the writers at gives tax breaks to enterprises many other measures to help [email protected] was held for the first time in tion to the initiative. Events China and countries and [email protected] Asset quality of nation’s major State-owned lenders improves in first half

By JIANG XUEQING na Ltd, China Construction of 4.5 percent, 6.08 percent, and this year … Banks will face new onshore renminbi loans jiangxueqing@ Bank Corp, and Bank of China 5.21 percent respectively. greater challenges in risk of BOC reached 414.5 billon chinadaily.com.cn Ltd also fell by 1 basis point, 1 “China has made positive management as financial mar- yuan, mainly directed to key basis point and 2 basis points progress in economic restruc- ket fluctuations intensify. Our areas of national economy. The asset quality of China’s respectively. turing, transition of growth executive management team The bank’s lending will keep large State-owned commercial “The asset quality of large drivers, and the battle against has realized these changes and growing steadily in the second banks continued to improve State-owned commercial major financial risks,” said taken measures accordingly.” half and support the develop- during the first six months of banks has bottomed out, Zhao Huan, president of Agri- Amid new challenges due to ment of strategic emerging this year, and proved to be a reflecting the deepening of cultural Bank of China, at a changes in the external eco- industries including high-end crucial factor in their profit adjustments in the real econo- news conference on Tuesday. nomic environment, various manufacturing, information growth during the same peri- my. The adjustments include In spite of his strong confi- circles of the Chinese society technology and environmen- od. the banks’ efforts to readjust dence in the Chinese economy, are expecting an increase in tal protection, said Liu Liange, As of June 30, the non-per- the structure of credit and Zhao said Agricultural Bank of the bank loan supply, said president of BOC. forming loan balance of Agri- tackle bad loans,” said Zeng China has been constantly Wang Zuji, president of CCB. “We’ll use our global net- cultural Bank of China Ltd Gang, director of banking observing the impact of US-Chi- “State-owned commercial work to attract foreign invest- banks will step up credit sup- ments in China … and will declined by 8.1 billion yuan research at the Chinese Acade- A robot helps with services at an outlet of China Construction Bank na trade conflicts on the global ($1.2 billion) from the begin- my of Social Sciences’ Institute economy and has prepared in port for major infrastructure strive to develop trade finance. Corp in Nantong, Jiangsu province. XU JINBO / FOR CHINA DAILY ning of this year to 185.9 bil- of Finance and Banking. advance for possible risks. projects and the restructuring We plan to offer international lion yuan. Its NPL ratio “Asset quality improvement Huang Zhiling, chief econo- of the Chinese economy trade settlement of $650 bil- dropped by 19 basis points to became a major source of con- reduced, resulting in a reduc- growth year-on-year in the first mist of CCB, agreed with Zhao through innovation of prod- lion to foreign trade enterpris- 1.62 percent. tribution to banks’ profit tion of costs,” Zeng said. half, hitting a record high in the and said: “The world econom- ucts and service models,” es in the second half, plus The NPL ratio of Industrial growth, as the demand for Agricultural Bank of China past three years. ICBC, CCB and ic environment is highly Wang said. trade finance and guarantees and Commercial Bank of Chi- new provisions to loan losses posted a 6.7 percent net profit BOC also recorded profit growth uncertain in the second half of During the first six months, worth $100 billion,” Liu said. CHINA DAILY USA Friday-Sunday, August 31 - September 2, 2018 BUSINESS 19 Shanghai looks to tap growing winter sports potential

By HE WEI in Shanghai and Wintastar Holdings, a subsidi- stage,” said Ong. “It is complementa- pics in Beijing, the Chinese govern- [email protected] ary of Singapore-based property For this project, we are not aiming at ry to Disneyland as Disneyland has ment has issued different directives developer KOP Ltd. consolidated its position with that target the involvement of 50 Shanghai is expected to host a “We will continue to empower just Shanghai but at a global stage.” around 15 million footfalls per million people in winter sports pur- world-class indoor skiing and enter- ourselves with the ‘artisan spirit’ to annum. We can only take 3.2 million suits and 300 million people partici- tainment facility by 2022 to ride the create a first-class quality Winta- Ong Chih Ching, executive chairman and executive director of KOP visitors on a stablized basis because pating in winter sports by 2025, as country’s newfound enthusiasm for star project with first-class man- it’s indoors.” well as building 650 skating rinks winter sports. agement, for Lingang, for Mention snow sports holidays to and 800 ski resorts by 2022. The Wintastar Shanghai project, Shanghai, and for the future of Chi- utive director of KOP, which oversees an ice hotel where people spend the just about anyone and the common, “A 300 million winter sports pop- which broke ground on Thursday in na’s ice and snow sports,” said Li the park’s operations, branding and night on ice and fur in sleeping bags tedious response can be “It’s too pri- ulation is a fair number and the key suburban Lingang City, looks to Bingrui, general manager of international partnerships. in temperatures as low as -5C. cey”. is to get more school children draw in young consumers and fami- Shanghai Snow Star Properties Co Wintastar Shanghai will boast a Ong believed the facility’s proxim- But according to Ong, introduc- involved in such sports,” said Lin ly groups who are keen on experien- Ltd, the joint venture. gross floor area of 227,000 square ity to Shanghai’s Pudong Interna- ing ski slopes on the ground in the Xianpeng, a professor with the Bei- tial consumption. “Sports entertainment is the way meters and provide visitors year- tional Airport, Shanghai Disneyland city can effectively bring down the jing Sport University. Set up with an estimated invest- to go in China, because entertain- round access to ski slopes with dif- and the Haichang Polar Ocean Park cost since it circumvents all the Meanwhile, the number of skiing ment of 6 billion yuan ($879 mil- ment experiences are just a few ferent skill levels, a waterpark, is likely to generate combined effects trouble of flying to mountainous visits amounted to 17.5 million in the lion), the complex is jointly times in a year maximum, whereas leisure, entertainment and retail and “create the Orlando-Los Ange- areas and spending huge amounts 2017-18 snow season, leaving much developed by Shanghai Lujiazui for sports its frequent and several establishments. les version of China”. on accommodation. room for growth, according to the Group Co Ltd, Shanghai Harbour times in a week,” said Ong Chih It will have four hotels, including “For this project, we are not aim- Driven by the strong motivation China Ski Industry White Book pub- City Development (Group) Co Ltd Ching, executive chairman and exec- a ski-in ski-out high-end resort and ing at just Shanghai but at a global of hosting the 2022 Winter Olym- lished in January.

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day requested the United States to remove import tariffs on Mexican Learning lessons lessons steel before the North American Free Trade Agreement renegotia- tion is completed. The National Iron and Steel Industry Chamber said in a statement that the tariffs, GOVTS AND POLICIES which the US has maintained against Mexico and other countries since June, are inappropriate and Automobile, chassis put the North American free mar- imports up in July ket at risk. Automobile and chassis imports wit- nessed strong growth in July thanks Inflation erases wage to government moves to lower tariffs rebound in Germany for automobiles and auto parts. The value of vehicle and chassis imports Real incomes have been nearly rose 66.1 percent to 48.46 billion stagnant for many Germans in the yuan ($7 billion) last month, accord- second-quarter of 2018 as average ing to the General Administration of collective wages only rose slightly Customs. China imported 165,000 faster than consumer prices, fig- vehicles and chassis in July, up 266.7 ures published on Wednesday by percent from June and up 50 percent the Federal Statistical Office year-on-year. The Ministry of Finance showed. According to the Wies- announced earlier this year that Chi- baden-based government agency, na would cut import tariffs on vehi- so-called tariff payments increased cles and auto parts starting July 1, by an annual 2.2 percent between with tariffs for vehicles down from 25 April and June compared to a percent and 20 percent to 15 percent. 2.0-percent inflation rate during the same period. Russia set to increase coal exports this year Russia is expected to export more than 200 million tons of coal in 2018, according to the country’s energy minister. “The export of COMPANIES AND MARKETS coal from Russia, according to our estimates, is expected to exceed Renminbi weakens Customers try try out out a a smart smart education education robot robot at ata household a household appliances appliances store store in Suzhou, in Suzhou, Jiangsu Jiangsu province, province, on Wednesday. on Wednesday. Installed Installed with various with various education education software, 200 million tons: about 100 mil- suchsoftware, robots such have robots become have the become most sought-after the most sought-after products among products primary among and secondary primary and school secondary students school in China. students WANG JIANKANGin China. / WANGFOR CHINA JIANKANG DAILY / FOR CHINA DAILY lion tons in the west and about against greenback 100 million tons in the east,” Ener- The central parity rate of the Chinese gy Minister Alexander Novak said currency renminbi, or the yuan, at a fuel and energy commission weakened 41 basis points to 6.8113 in the Kemerovo Region. He said against the US dollar on Thursday, that Russia is expected to produce according to the China Foreign will be worth $11 billion when the Renault. “Plans are under way to test mous cars and integrate their respec- were rice (112.91 million tons), over 420 million tons of coal in Exchange Trade System. In China’s deal is finalized next year. vehicles with automated driving tive technologies into purpose-built wheat (99.70 million tons), coarse 2018, surpassing the maximum spot foreign exchange market, the capabilities as part of the Depart- Toyota vehicles to be deployed on cereals (46.99 million tons) and level of former Soviet times yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 per- Virgin Australia airline ment of Transport and Main Roads’ Uber’s ride-sharing network. pulses (25.23 million tons). reached in 1988. cent from the central parity rate each posts $500m loss Cooperative and Highly Automated trading day. The central parity rate of Driving pilot,” Bailey said at the Aus- S. Korea retail sales Insee confirms France’s the yuan against the US dollar is Despite landing its highest ever tralian Intelligent Transport Sys- rise on demand for ACs Q2 growth at 0.2% based on a weighted average of prices domestic earnings, Virgin Australia’s tems Summit in Sydney on Tuesday offered by market makers before the full-year statutory profit failed to take evening. “In early 2019, we will South Korea’s retail sales rose last France’s statistics institute Insee on opening of the interbank market off for the sixth consecutive year. In a receive a Renault ZOE EV, an auto- month as the scorching heat wave Wednesday confirmed in its second each business day. statement to the Australian Securi- mated vehicle purpose built in increased demand for air condition- estimate that the country’s GDP ties Exchange on Wednesday, the air- France for the CHAD pilot.” ers and beverages, a government rose by 0.2 percent in the second TPG, Vodafone line said it posted a loss of A$681 AROUND THE WORLD report showed on Thursday. Com- quarter, the same pace as in the first announce $11b merger million ($500 million). According to Uber, Toyota team up bined revenue by online and offline quarter. For the April-June period, the company’s statement, deferred India registers record retailers grew 7.8 percent in July household expenditure, one of the Major Australian telecommunica- tax accounting write-offs to the tune on driverless cars from the same period a year ago, country’s key growth engines, tions companies TPG Telecom and of A$451.9 million, along with the US ride-hailing leader Uber Technol- high farm output according to the Ministry of Trade, inched down by 0.1 percent mainly Vodafone’s local subsidiary have impairment of A$120.8 million of ogies Inc is partnering with Toyota Agricultural output in India dur- Industry and Energy. Offline retail due to a fall in energy use “because announced a $11-billion merger on business assets were the main rea- Motor Corp on self-driving vehicles ing the last financial year (July sales by department stores, discount of temperatures higher than the Thursday. Discussions regarding the sons for the statutory losses. as Toyota announced an investment 2017 - June 2018) touched a new outlets and convenience stores rose seasonal norms in April,” Insee said. deal were revealed earlier in the of $500 million in a new joint high of 284.83 million metric tons, 2.3 percent. Convenience store sales The institute’s figures showed cor- week, which saw a surge in the Renault to unveil project. Uber said it will supply its according to the government’s advanced 8.9 percent on demand for porate investment growing by 1.3 shares of both companies, the third automated vehicles proprietary self-driving system to agriculture estimates. This is said ice cream and beverages, amid the percent in the second quarter com- and fourth largest telecommunica- Toyota Sienna Minivans, which will to be around 9.72 million tons heat wave. pared to a 0.1 percent rise in the tion outfits in the country. “The Mark Bailey, the transport and main be owned and operated by a new higher, compared to the previous first three months of the year, while merger will create a more effective roads minister for the Australian business to be established by Uber year. The increase in farm output Mexican steel industry output of manufactured goods challenger to (leading Australian tel- state of Queensland said the state and Toyota. Japan-based Toyota said was attributed to the good mon- seeks end to US tariffs reported negative performance. ecoms) Telstra and Optus,” TPG said, would soon receive its first automat- the two companies have agreed to soon last year. Among the crops estimating that the resulting entity ed vehicle from French carmaker cooperate on developing autono- that witnessed record production Mexico’s steel industry on Wednes- CHINA DAILY — AGENCIES Carrying Chinese goods on flights still popular with African traders

GUANGZHOU — It was 5 pm, Chinese goods in East Africa, and For many African business peo- “With Africa’s increasing demand Kenya Airways and Ethiopian ance work can be done beforehand. and Saada Masood Ally Seif, a Tan- Guangzhou is her source of supply. ple, Guangzhou is the most attract- for Chinese goods, more African Airlines offer excess baggage cou- The customs use X-ray machines zanian passenger in her 20s, was “Every time we come to ive place for buying goods. And for buyers in China have abandoned pons for frequent passengers, which at baggage sorting lines to inspect waiting in the departure hall of Guangzhou, we take home as many countries without ports, shipping random small procurement and are priced between $80 and $200 goods. “The cargo can complete Guangzhou Baiyun International goods as our check-in luggage can back Chinese goods by air is still turned to bulk purchases,” said Liu for each piece. With both free and non-intrusive inspections before a Airport, though her flight would take,” she said. profitable, according to Vincent Jisen, executive vice-president of paid baggage, a passenger can carry passenger reaches the boarding not take off for seven hours. In recent years, the fast-growing Ongas, a manager at Kenya Airways. the Institute for African Studies of up to 300 kg of check-in luggage. gate,” said Chen Xinyi, an airport “There will be a huge amount of Sino-African trade has become a vig- “A lot of African people like the Guangdong University of Foreign “We are using widebody passen- customs officer. baggage to be checked in, and I want orous part of global trade, with Chi- trade environment in Guangzhou. Studies. “Yet for new traders, the ger aircraft. Our passengers who According to Guangzhou Cus- to be the first in the queue,” Saada na being the largest trading partner Some travel between Guangzhou channel of passenger-carried cargo have made round trips a certain toms, more than 30,000 tons of said, eyeing three pieces of baggage of Africa for years. According to Chi- and Africa every week,” Ongas said. still has a certain appeal.” number of times can get free air goods have been exported this way beside her, dwarfed by piles of large nese customs figures, the bilateral “Kenya Airways uses Boeing 787s to For this trip, Saada ordered five tickets,” Ongas said. “Since 2013, we since 2014. At the peak, more than baggage from other passengers. trade in the first half of 2018 reached fly the Guangzhou-Nairobi route. large boxes of baby clothes, a majori- have increased the number of flights 30 tons of goods are cleared daily. Saada would take a midnight $99.8 billion, a year-on-year Usually among the more than 400 ty of which had been shipped to Tan- from four round trips to seven “It’s good to do business in flight from the southern Chinese increase of 17.3 percent. In this huge passengers on board, there are 60 zania by sea before her departure. round trips a week. But in the peak Guangzhou. You have a lot of choi- city of Guangzhou to Tanzania’s big- trade system, ordinary people like to 100 business people.” She took the rest home by air. period, passengers still need to buy ces and can buy at a satisfactory gest city Dar es Salaam, an air route Saada play an important role. “At the Guangzhou airport alone, The Guangzhou airport has six air tickets at least one week in advance.” price,” said Saada, who lined up for she has taken many times over the When night falls, three check-in there are more than 150 such travel- routes to Africa, including three direct Easier customs clearance also boarding near midnight. “If busi- past five years. counters at Guangzhou airport brace ing African traders shipping a large routes and three transit routes. Every facilitates trade. African traders can ness is good, I will be back six times In Dar es Salaam, she runs a baby for the peak check-in of passengers number of made-in-China goods week, there are 34 flights between Chi- send information on carried cargo like last year, maybe even more.” clothes shop in Kariakoo Market, flying to Africa. Many are carrying back home daily,” said Ma Jiangnan, na and Africa, with an annual passen- to a declaring agent through a the largest distribution center of baggage filled with Chinese goods. a customs officer at Baiyun Airport. ger throughput of 650,000. mobile phone app and some clear- XINHUA Friday-Sunday, August 31 - September 2, 2018 CHINA DAILY USA

20IN DEPTH Patrons:West Lake works its lotus magic from page 1 like my kids,” he added. The youngest son of a The market revolves around former West Lake mainte- the working schedule of the nance team worker, he took maintenance workers, and it over his father’s job in 1979. handles the lotus harvest they As the lotuses at the West reap from the lake, which is Lake — one of the country’s usually sufficient for the pur- best-known freshwater lakes chases of 30 people on any day. — became increasingly popu- Having been around for lar over the years, a special almost as long as Taobao, team was formed in the early which launched in 2002, the 1990s dedicated to preserving market remains mostly a secret the plants. Now, 23 lotus zones among locals. are scattered around the lake. Those who know about it are Chen Laidi said that trade in prepared to get up as early as the lotus leaves and heads 3am and travel for an hour started in the late 1990s, when across the city to visit the mar- elderly people doing their ket. The attraction, they say, is morning exercises by the lake the “magic” of the West Lake found workers’ boats were full water, which nurtures what of them, and offered payment. they believe are the best lotus “For a year or two, they fol- leaves and seeds you can find. lowed wherever our boats Zhou, who has been coming went, so we decided to settle to the market for more than on one place and gather all the five years, said, “It’s even better harvest of the day for sale. The than organic food.” A native of only problem is that demand Hangzhou, the retired account- always exceeds supply, which ant first heard about the mar- we can never change,” he said. ket from her friend, who lives Ni Bing, a 26-year-old within cycling distance of the administrative worker and the lake. only young person among the “Old people need little sleep. 30 standing in line that day, This is not some everyday com- said the West Lake’s unique mute — more like getting up to appeal motivates him to get up catch an early-morning flight early and join those who are for leisure. Besides, it’s not real- waiting. ly like standing and waiting ... “It’s cool to say that my like young people do for milk leaves and seeds come fresh tea. We can go for morning from the lake and cannot be exercise or grocery shopping found online,” said Ni, a native after we get a ticket,” Zhou add- of neighboring Jiangsu prov- ed. ince. He moved to Hangzhou The tickets, made from torn one year ago for work and notebook paper with hand- Chen Laidi, a Hangzhou native, gathers lotus leaves and heads at the West Lake. PHOTOS BY GAO ERQIANG / CHINA DAILY learned about the market written numbers ranging from from a local colleague. one to 30, are given out by a He will use the lotus leaves handful of veteran market pat- either for tea or as a wrap for rons. beggar’s chicken, one of the The patrons not only volun- best-known local dishes, in teer to arrive first at the lake- which spring chicken and side site in the small hours, but sticky rice are wrapped into a have to sit on a bench that acts lotus leaf. At the market, Ni as the ticket office, and remain learned how to cook the dish there until the close of trading from local seniors. to ensure that business is con- Legend has it that it was ducted in an orderly manner. invented by a beggar who acci- No one knows the names of dentally obtained a chicken the volunteers, and no person- from a benefactor. al information or contact Too poor to own a pot to details about them is cook it in properly, he used exchanged. lotus leaves from the lake and A few regulars may recog- roasted the chicken with left- nize the faces of this mysteri- overs, including rice, on an ous “peace-keeping force”, as open fire. The distinctive aro- the volunteers are known. The ma from the leaves gives the tickets they give out may be chicken an unexpectedly fresh easy to copy, but are accepted flavor, which has placed it at by every lotus buyer and the the top of Hangzhou’s cuisine maintenance team. for centuries. One ticket distributor, who Wang Yong, head chef at the gave his name only as Chen, Jinsha restaurant at the Four said of the market arrange- A young woman uses Alipay to buy lotus heads and leaves. Seasons hotel in Hangzhou, ments, “It’s like a gentlemen’s said, “It’s not only about the pact.” aroma from the leaves, but The 67-year-old said it takes more the idea of eating season- him 30 minutes to travel to the al and local fare.” lake by motorcycle, and he only Wang, a native of Shanghai, goes there occasionally to has run the kitchen at the most stand in for a much older local. popular fine-dining restaurant Chen Laidi, leader of the in Hangzhou for eight years. maintenance team, said, He argues that while the city “Things got really chaotic has been growing almost as when we first started, before fast as first-tier ones economi- someone volunteered to come Local residents gather to buy fresh leaves in the morning. cally, if not faster, there is a up with a system to keep order.” more deeply rooted emotional The 59-year-old has been attachment to traditions and working on the lake, which is tions of Hangzhou every year. ish its work before 8 am. The local elements even among the size of nearly 1,000 soccer In summer, their job is to work cannot be done by mod- some of his wealthiest patrons. fields, with seven colleagues for sail into the forest of lotuses, ern equipment, as the lotuses This has seen his beggar’s nearly 30 years. which grow to a height of are highly delicate and it takes chicken ordered as frequently The lotus-blooming season about 1 meter above the water, decades of experience to tell as other pricey dishes. lasts for three months, but the on a hand-paddled boat with just how many leaves should “At a time when everything is team has to work all year just a single seat to remove be removed. becoming more accessible and round in the water — in swel- excess leaves to provide more “The trick is to provide journey times between cities tering and humid summers as room for the plants to grow. enough air for the plant, but at and towns are getting shorter well as freezing winters — to As temperatures in this the same time create the scene with high-speed trains, the ensure the plants are at their “lotus forest” can soar to as of a carpet of lotus leaves dot- more local and seasonal it is, best for the 100 million visitors high as 50 C in the hottest part ted with pink flowers,” Chen the more precious the food is,” who flock to the scenic attrac- A maintenance worker prepares fresh leaves for the morning sale. of the day, the team has to fin- Laidi said. “The lotuses are Wang said. Tender loving care from a devoted expert takes root over the years

By XU JUNQIAN in Hangzhou ultrasound scan. lotus park — Quyuan Fenghe, oped hundreds of lotuses, After the introduction of the lotuses for the West Lake. most active and bloom around “If you have spent half as one of the largest in China — it varying in size, color and the reform and opening-up policy, At a nursery on the outskirts dawn). Touring a lotus park with much time with lotuses as I has never occurred to Qian, number of petals. the Zhejiang government of Hangzhou — built in 1980, “It’s kind of like breastfeed- Qian Ping can be compared to have, you will get to know this who has reached retirement They can be as small as a decided to rebuild and revive and the first in China dedicated ing. You sacrifice your own dai- following an obstetrician on as well,” quipped Qian, who has age, to stop breeding new vari- human palm, and grown in the lotus area by the West Lake. to lotuses — more than 1,000 ly routine to nurture new life, hospital ward rounds. devoted more than half of her eties. pots the size of rice bowls to be It has been listed as one of the jars contain the plants. although I am old enough to be As the 60-year-old botanist life to their study and cultiva- She said that according to a appreciated on office desks. 10 most iconic views at the lake. Apart from breeding new a grandmother,” Qian joked. strolls past each of the 80 or so tion. Chinese poem, the West Lake They can also resemble peonies In summer, the Quyuan varieties, the team is responsi- She believes that even ponds at the Quyuan Fenghe Dubbed the “mother of the can be compared to a beautiful with multi-layered petals, or be Fenghe lotus park enjoys gen- ble for preserving as many though scientists can manipu- park in Hangzhou, Zhejiang West Lake lotus”, Qian and her woman who can benefit from as yellow as egg yolks through tle and cool breezes infused types as possible and extending late the genes of plants and ani- province, she casually points to colleagues have nurtured near- both heavy and light makeup, cross-breeding with a North with the crisp fragrance of their blooming season. mal life, respect for nature the budding flowers. She can ly 100 new types of lotus flow- adding that the lotus is repre- American variety. lotuses. Every summer, from May to should never be abandoned. tell the exact date — sometimes ers over the past 30 years by sentative of summer makeup. Qian was assigned to the “I didn’t choose lotuses. August, Qian arrives at the nur- “I don’t think we can change even the time — that they are manipulating their DNA. From 20 seeds preserved by Hangzhou landscape engineer- Instead, lotuses chose me,” said sery before sunrise each day, the flowers too much, such as going to bloom, just like a doc- While only a small fraction her predecessors in the 1950s, ing and gardening bureau in Qian, who was selected for the carefully documenting the the season in which they tor giving an estimated date of of the new varieties make it to she and her team of 12 biolo- the early 1980s after she gradu- team responsible for introduc- growth details of each variety. bloom ... let’s have some delivery, albeit without an the West Lake and the nearby gists and botanists have devel- ated as a botany major. ing, cultivating and breeding (Lotuses are believed to be patience,” she added.