EYEING THE PRIZE VITAL FIGHTER HIGH TECH IN FOCUS Chinese may purchase Pak a tireless advocate priciest US mansion for SF’s Chinatown Consumer Electronics Show spotlights > p20 > ACROSS AMERICA, PAGE 10 > ACROSS AMERICA, PAGE 11 WEEKEND CHINADAILY FRIDAY-SUNDAY, January 24-26, 2014 chinadailyusa.com $1 Tesla joins Chinese auto market

Car company puts “fair and risky” $121,000 price tag on Model S sedan

By YU WEI in San Francisco Elon Musk told China Daily [email protected] in an interview. “If you treat customers well and fairly, then Tesla Motors Inc, the Cal- in the long term, I think they ifornia-based maker of elec- reward you with loyalty.” tric vehicles, has announced Sales in China, the world’s a $121,000 price tag for its biggest auto market by sales, Model S sedan in China as it surged 13.9 percent in 2013 begins its foray into the world’s to 21.98 million units, accord- largest auto market. ing to the China Association The price of the battery- of Automobile Manufactur- NEW YEAR’S DIPLOMACY powered Model S sedan is ers. However, Musk said he approximately 50 percent expects just 5,000 Model S PHOTO BY SUN CHENBEI / CHINA DAILY above the price in the US. ( e deliveries in China this year, difference between the Chi- rea7 rming the company’s ear- Minister Lu Kang of the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC (second le9 ), and Meridian International Center Board nese and US prices is due to lier projections. Chairman James Blanchard (second from right), President and CEO Stuart Holliday (, rst right) and Senior Vice Presi- “unavoidable” charges, includ- “Our production is relative- ing taxes, import duties and ly limited. As for the last year, dent for Arts and Cultural Program Curtis Sandberg applaud while watching a puppet show during a Chinese New Year transportation charges, the we were not limited by sale, we celebration held at the center on ( ursday. company said on its website were limited by production,” ( ursday. Musk said. “Our production ( e price was described by will catch up with the demand Tesla – which opened its , rst in a few years, but I think for showroom late last this year and probably next year – as both fair and risky. year, the demand will be high- Lenovo to buy IBM server unit The company chose to treat er than our production. “ Chinese customers as well as Musk said he would encour- it would treat customers in age anyone who wants to order any other country, instead of a Tesla car to do so quickly “as By GAO YUAN in Beijing of the deal, because we believe based market research, analysis of the third quarter, with more tor and project leader for IDC charging twice as much, it said. we will not have any produc- and JACK FREIFELDER the company has acquired a very and advisory firm, said IBM’s than 20 percent of the x86 server China’s client system research “I think the right long- tion le9 for the year.” in New York good-quality asset,” Yang said. most recent earnings report market in the country, according department. “Lenovo will recov- term strategy is do the right Although the x86 server busi- could have spurred the deal. to IDC data. er its investment in about five things for customers,” CEO SEE “TESLA” PAGE 2 Lenovo Group Ltd, the world’s ness barely turned a profit for The report, which beat ana- Turner said he sees the deal years as the unit is able to gener- largest personal computer mak- IBM in past quarters, Yang said lysts’ per-share estimates, “prob- as an opportunity for Lenovo to ate $300 million to $500 million er, said it agreed to buy IBM Lenovo is confident about the ably accelerated the mutual inter- shake up the balance of power in in annual pro, t.” Corp’s low-end server unit for unit’s long-term earning poten- est“, Turner told China Daily. the server market. Yang said that integrating units $2.3 billion in what would be the tial. Many x86 servers are used “First of all, this deal has been “( ere will be some shi9 s in of this size will not be a problem largest technology acquisition by in key areas in the US, including in the works for some time so it the absolute market in terms of for Lenovo because the company a Chinese company. government, telecommunica- was just a matter of getting to the volumes and Lenovo could move is strong and L exible enough to ( e deal would surpass Baidu tions and , nancial system o7 ces. bottom line. IBM is not selling into a top-five player,” Turner quickly merge new units into its Inc’s $1.85 billion acquisition of “We’ll enjoy a sharper growth any of its proprietary technology said. “( e landscape will change global structure. 91 Wireless from NetDragon curve in the server sector than in and it’s just oJ oading a technol- and Lenovo is picking up the Gene Cao, senior analyst at Webso9 Inc last year. It would the PC market, because Lenovo ogy that is common across the slack because it’s really good at Forrester Research Inc, said add $5 billion to Lenovo’s annual has become a global company server landscape. I think IBM is distribution and price points, not Lenovo needs to find ways to operating revenue and give the and is more experienced now,” doing the right thing.” to mention it’s within a diK erent keep its R & D team from leav- Beijing-based company a big- Yang said. Lenovo will become the third- pro, t margin than IBM.” ing and to better integrate its ger say in the global IT hardware Lenovo’s decision to purchase largest x86 server maker globally Once the deal wins approval, sales channels. “( is new IBM- space, Chairman and Chief IBM’s ( inkPad PC unit in 2005 and the biggest in China when Lenovo will take on about 7,500 Lenovo deal may potentially Executive Yang Yuanqing said. for $1.75 billion helped the Chi- the deal closes, IDC said. It was former IBM employees. receive more attention from US The acquisition, announced nese company become a PC the world’s seventh largest x86 “The acquisition was a huge authorities than the PC business ( ursday, is expected to be com- industry standard-bearer. server maker as of third-quarter bargain for Lenovo, which is acquisition years ago,” Cao said. pleted in the next few months, Vernon Turner, a senior vice- 2013, with 2.6 percent of the eyeing a bigger presence in the CHANG JUN / CHINA DAILY after passing a US regulatory president with the enterprise global market. information and communica- Contact the writers at gaoyuan@ A Tesla service center in Fremont, California. The electric car review. servers research team at Interna- Texas-based Dell Inc was the tion technology market,” said chinadaily.com.cn and jackfreif- maker announced the price in China on Thursday. “We’re satis, ed with the price tional Data Corp, a New York- top server provider in China as Antonio Wang, associate direc- [email protected]

IN THE NEWS Global hunt for top skills accelerates

ACROSS AMERICA CHINA a L ock of visitors ahead of Panel war heats up Confusing rules the resort’s opening at the skilled workers as a special alone, more than 148,000 brandingKEY NUMBERS worldwide. ( e US-China solar-indus- A lack of e7 ciency and end of 2015. > p7 More talent to category in its general immi- Chinese obtained overseas try war escalated when the clarity deter expatriates gration polices, as the coun- citizenship, while just 1,202 US Commerce Department from participating in China’s BUSINESS be sought as try faces a shortage of such expatriates were granted per- announced the start of a social security network. Accounting appeal workers. manent residency in China, 6,000 new investigation of certain > p6 ( e Chinese units of the Big the nation eyes Wang Huiyao, director of according to a report by expatriates solar industry products from Four accounting , rms said the Center for China and Glo- Wang’s center on Wednesday. have received “green special policy to cards” in China since the the Chinese mainland and Flu alert they intend to appeal a rul- balization, said the govern- China usually grants its ver- country started to grant . > p2 A low vaccination rate and ing that could suspend their ment urgently needs to revise sion of green cards to foreign- foreigners permanent multiple active virus strains operations in the US for six boost its appeal its immigration policies to ers in certain categories: Busi- residency in 2004. Bosideng pops up result in a more serious L u months. ( ey promised their attract more highly skilled nessmen who have invested at Bosideng, known in China control situation this winter, services to clients won’t be By HE DAN and CAO YIN foreigners. least $500,000 in the country; for its line of down jackets, experts say. interrupted. “China’s population is technical personnel such as launched a pop-up shop > p7 > p17 China will speed up the aging quickly and we also managers; people with skills 911 in New York, with plans to exploration of immigration need more skilled workers “needed by the State” and foreigners expand into the US market Kickbacks probe Sales surge policies this year to attract for our economic upgrading,” spouses of Chinese nationals, in Beijing had permanent in the coming years. > p2 A former senior manager at Coach Inc, the New York- skilled foreign workers, a he said. China needs to loos- providing their marriage has residency cards by De- Taiwan’s technology giant based fashion brand, saw senior o7 cial said on ( urs- en its immigration policies, lasted at least five years and cember. Diversifi ed topic Foxconn has been detained sales grow 25 percent in the day. including giving citizenship they have lived in China for at Canadian Chinese TV news in an ongoing probe into latest quarter, while North However, Zhang Jianguo, to skilled foreign nationals, least nine months in each of producer and author Ding kickbacks from suppliers, American sales fell 9 percent. head of the State Adminis- he added. those years. Wang said only 6,000 expa- Guo joined a discussion prosecutors said. > p7 > p19 tration of Foreign Experts Such immigration policies Zhang said his administra- triates have received “green about how Chinese commu- Affairs, did not give details are common in Western coun- tion will seek global talent this cards” in China since the nities could better exercise Shanghai Disney on when the policies will be tries, which roll out favorable year to help China achieve a country started to grant for- their strengths as a “key Shanghai Disney Resort will introduced. measures for the skilled for- green economy, better envi- eigners permanent residency minority” in politics in both have completed operational Experts said Zhang’s eign workers they lack. ronmental governance, agri- in 2004. the US and Canada. plans this year for tra7 c and remarks show that China may, China has experienced a tal- cultural modernization, and > p2 safety, as well as coping with for the first time, single out ent “de, cit” for years. In 2012 to boost Chinese companies’ SEE “TALENT” PAGE 3 CHINA DAILY USA 12 acrossamerica Friday-Sunday, January 24-26, 2014 | [email protected]

ZHANG YUWEI / CHINA DAILY NEW YEAR AT THE UN Jieyi (right), China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, and Wu Hongbo, under-secretary-general at the UN’s Department of Economic and Social A airs, open a Chinese New Year of the Horse celebration event at the Chinese Mission to the UN on Wednesday evening.

HU HAIDAN /CHINA DAILY NEW YORK CONSULATE CELEBRATES Sun Guoxiang (fi fth from right), Chinese consul general in New York; Liu Jieyi (fi fth from left); and Wu Hongbo (fourth from right) attend a Chinese New Year reception at the consulate general on Monday. The Chinese New Year falls on Jan 31.

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SUN CHENBEI/CHINA DAILY Chinese Consul General in Los Angeles Liu Jian receives a student-created horse WASHINGTON oil painting at a reception that the consulate general hosted on Jan 19 for Chinese American faculties and international students in Southern California to celebrate NEW YEAR’S SPEECH the Year of the Horse. Minister Lu Kang of the Chinese Embassy speaks at a Chinese New Year reception held on Thursday at the Meridian International Center in Washington. On his right are Meridian International Center Senior Vice-President for Arts and Cultural WASHINGTON Program Curtis Sandberg, President and CEO Stuart Holliday and Board Chairman James Blanchard. POLICY TIPS Ted Piccone (fi rst right), acting vice-president and director of foreign policy of The Brookings Institution, kicks o a seminar at the institute on Thursday regarding foreign policy recommendations for President Barack Obama in 2014. From left are Brookings specialists Bruce Ridel, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Steve Pifer, Suzanne Maloney, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Jonathan Pollack and the New York Times’ Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger, who moderated the event.

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CHEN JIA / CHINA DAILY SAN FRANCISCO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY HOUSTON FIXING DAMAGES WORLD AFFAIRS A worker repairs ruined parts of the main entrance of the Chinese consulate general in San Francisco, in ongoing e orts to undo damages caused by an arson attack on Chinese Consul General Xu Erwen receives board members from The World A airs Council of Dallas and Fort Worth on Jan 17 New Year’s Day. in Houston.