Showers 18/23°C Reporting China and the World Since 1999 Price 2 Yuan Vol.013 No.3987 www.shanghaidaily.com Friday 25 May 2012 METRO Cat Killer Flees A Shanghai woman accused of abusing and killing adopted Nigeria frees 80 Chinese cats packs up and leaves her rented apartment after angry cat owners surround it. The 38-year-old had to seek police protection after her activities held in raids on markets were revealed. A5 NATIONAL 100 arrested in immigration crackdown TOP NEWS/A3 Size Matters A kindergarten that requires non-local parents to have an apartment of at least 80 square meters before their children are eligible to enroll has stirred controversy in a Guangdong Province city. A8 WORLD Sunny Side Up An experimental solar-powered airplane takes off from Switzer- land on its first transcontinental flight, aiming to reach North Africa next week. Fog causes a delay, though, demonstrating how susceptible the prototype single-seater aircraft is to ad- verse weather. A10 BUSINESS Still Contracting Private companies in China may see a deterioration in their manufacturing activities in May as a preliminary read- ing for the HSBC Purchasing Managers’ Index suggests a seventh straight month of contraction. A11 SPORTS Police escort for telecom scam suspects TOP NEWS/A2 Volte-face Shanghai Shenhua’s French One of the suspects in a transnational telecom scam involving nearly 500 people is escorted by police at Shuofang airport in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. Officers brought 126 of 177 Chinese mainland suspects to Beijing yesterday for further questioning. player-coach Nicolas Anelka Nearly 290 of the suspects hail from Taiwan and the remaining 19 are from Thailand and Myanmar. — Xinhua does a volte-face and rules out quitting the game over the club’s plan to sign a new coach and blames the controversy over lack of Confucius Institutes communication. A16 VIBE hit with visa ban in US Young women trad- Job Takes Flight TOP NEWS/A2 ing with the exhibi- His family were horri- tors to show their fied when sexy bodies in pub- Zhang Lin quit a se- New lead in case “lic are acts simi- cure job to lar to prostitution indulge his passion for that started milk to some extent. bird watch- Gu Xiaoming ing. But it wasn’t a bird-brained Professor of history at Fudan scheme, as he now makes a carton campaign University in Shanghai good living as a guide to for- eign twitchers. B1 WORLD/A9 METRO/A4 A2 TOP NEWS Friday 25 May 2012 Shanghai Daily Index Soy sauce Top News A2-A3 Metro A4-A5 US tells Confucius Institute Opinion A6 producer Biz Commentary A7 National A8 in cancer World A9-A10 teachers to leave country Business A11-A13 scare probe Sports A14-A16 Vibe B1-B13 Wang Qingchu educator Confucius (551-479 BC), Education, told Shanghai Daily. Staff Reporters Hangzhou Special B14 and Liang Yiwen is a nonprofit institution aimed at Liu said the university would promoting Chinese language and A CONDIMENT producer in a Classifieds B15-B16,C1-C8 CHINESE academics with a J-1 be calling back all its teachers culture in foreign countries. south China city is being in- Weather A8 visa and teaching at Confucius and student volunteers by the There are more than 350 vestigated over claims it used Crossword, Institutes in the United States end of next month, a date that Confucius Institutes and 500 illegal industrial salt, which Sudoku B11 will have to leave the country coincides with the end of the cur- Confucius Classrooms around can cause cancer, in its soy TV B12 by June 30 as the State Depart- rent semester. the world. These include 81 in- sauce to cut costs. ment has said their visas won’t The university has established stitutes and 299 classrooms in The Weiji Food Seasonings be extended. Confucius Institutes with two US 48 states of the US. Co Ltd in Foshan, Guangdong China’s Foreign Ministry said universities, one of which has An official at the Confucius Province, produced 90 boxes yesterday that Chinese authori- temporarily suspended the ad- of mushroom soy sauce using ties are communicating with US Institute headquarters said the Give us a call mission of teachers from SJTU. industrial salt, with 65 boxes officials for a proper solution to directive could harm the Sino-US Sun Yi, an official at East China already on the market, author- Editorial: the issue. friendship, Xinhua news agency Normal University’s foreign af- ities said. Each box contains (86-21) 5292 0884 Ministry spokesman Hong Lei reported. fairs office, said she learnt the [email protected] told a news briefing that China The official said all of its cen- 12 bottles. ters around the world, including news from the media and would They said the company had Subscriptions: hopes programs won’t suffer be- those on American campuses, bought 3 tons of industrial (86-21) 962288 cause of the policy. be discussing the situation with salt and mixed it into about (86-21) 5292 0024 In a policy directive issued on were voluntarily requested by university leaders to find a subscription@ May 17, the State Department said foreign partners, approved by solution. 26 tons of water. Some of the shanghaidaily.com it was reviewing the credentials the headquarters and jointly op- The university has established water was used to produce the of Confucius Institutes which erated with Chinese colleges. five Confucius Institutes. 90 boxes of soy sauce, they Supplements: The Chinese teachers were care- said. (86-21) 5292 0242 are university-based, Chinese- No one at Shanghai Normal sponsored language and cultural fully selected and trained by both University was available for com- Industrial salt contains ex- Advertising: centers, and said that these in- sides in an effort to help Ameri- cessive heavy metals and can (86-21) 5292 0242 ment yesterday. stitutes should gain certification can elementary and secondary cause cancer, but Foshan food (86-21) 5292 1234 from the US government before school students learn Mandarin safety officials said the seized ext. 618012 carrying out teaching activities and understand Chinese culture, products had been tested and advertising@ in American universities. the official said. met quality standards. shanghaidaily.com However, the directive did not The People’s Daily said that “Perhaps the industrial salt Marketing: say where certification could be presidents of several American is not a major ingredient, (86-21) 5292 0762 obtained. universities were upset by the that’s why the soy sauce still marketing Similar cultural establish- new policy which they felt was a This will affect measured up to standard. @shanghaidaily.com ments such as Germany’s Goethe violation of their rights to carry But the company’s practice Institute and France’s Alliance out teaching activities. Chinese language is unquestionably illegal,” an Francaise don’t have to apply for Several Chinese universities, official said at a press confer- Seven days a week certification, yesterday’s People’s including Shanghai Jiao Tong teaching in the ence on Wednesday. Published by Daily reported. University, East China Normal The scare caused problems The Wenhui-Xinmin Officials at the Confucius University and Shanghai Normal United States. for one of China’s leading United Press Group Institutes in the University of University, have collaborated with Liu Jianxin manufacturers — Foshan Printed by Wenhui-Xinmin Maryland and George Mason US colleges to establish Confucius An official with Shanghai Jiao Haday Flavoring & Food Co United Press Group University said they were bewil- Institutes. “ Ltd — because some of its Tong University’s School Printing Center dered by the decision and were “This will affect Chinese lan- products are branded “Weiji,” communicating with authorities guage teaching in the United of International Education. which means “superior.” regarding certification. States,’’ Liu Jianxin, an official The university is recalling At the press conference orga- The Confucius Institute, named with Shanghai Jiao Tong Uni- all its teachers and student nized by the Foshan Industrial after the Chinese philosopher and versity’s School of International volunteers from the US. and Commercial Administra- Price 2 Yuan tion, Haday stressed that it had no connection with the industrial salt investigation. 482 held in telecom scam bust “We never commissioned Besides the print issue, Weiji to produce any products. Shanghai Daily also offers All the salt we use in our prod- A TOTAL of 482 people suspect- name of police or prosecutors new media products on ucts is edible and refined,” ed of being involved in a major and threatening to accuse them various platforms. Haday said in a statement transnational telecom scam of money-laundering crimes,” 73m yuan yesterday. were seized by law enforcement said Liu Ancheng, deputy direc- This is the amount (US$11.5 It began producing its officials from the Chinese main- tor of the ministry’s Criminal million) believed to have been “Weiji” series of products, land and Taiwan on Wednesday Investigation Bureau. Website iPhone iPad App stolen in a telecom scam that which include light soy source App with the help of police in six They asked victims to transfer involved criminals in China and and mature vinegar, in 1994, countries. money into the group’s accounts six other countries. A total of a company official said. The Of the suspects, 177 are from and then told accomplices in Tai- 482 people were seized in a Weiji company was registered the Chinese mainland and 286 wan and Thailand to withdraw BlackBerry PlayBook Amazon joint police operation this week. four years later and wasn’t al- Phone App App Kindle from Taiwan, the Ministry of the money from local ATMs. lowed to use the name on its Public Security said yesterday.