WORLD: CHina-india border talks P.18 | NAtion: cross-straits dialogue P.22 VOL.57 NO.8 FEBRUARY 20, 2014 WWW.BJREVIEW.COM RMB6.00 USD1.70 AUD3.00 GBP1.20 CAD2.60 CHF2.60 JPY188 邮发代号2-922·国内统一刊号：CN11-1576/G2 VOL.57 NO.8 FEBRUARY 20, 2014 CONTENTS THE DESK 12COVER STORY » The Fight Against Poachers 02 THIS WEEK COVER STORY » Knocking Poachers 14 The battle continues WORLD » Warming up the Winter 16 Friendship at the Olympics 30 » Bordering on a Solution 18 BUSINESS China and India buddy up Setting the Tone NATION Policy stance made clear United Front for Conservation » Striving for Equality 24 A cause without borders Making incomes fair » Deadly Disease on Campus 26 The fight against AIDS BUSINESS 32 » Floating on Air 34 BUSINESS Online giant goes public » Market Watch 36 CULTURE » Parallel Paths 40 Illusions of conflict » In Love With the Past 42 A romantic time » Culture Show 44 Domestic Market Has Crafts on display ‘Spring in Its Step’ Holiday unleashes consumption FORUM potential 22 » On the Reform of English Testing 46 NATION EXPAT’S EYE Historic Breakthrough » Crossing Cultures, Crossing Languages 48 Mainland and Taiwan enhance ties Understanding our identities ©2014 Beijing Review, all rights reserved. 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POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Beijing Review, Cypress Books, 360 Swift Avenue, Suite 48, South San Francisco, CA 94080 THE DESK A News Weekly Magazine Published Since 1958 EDITOR President & Editor in Chief: Wang Gangyi Vice President: Qi Wengong Associate Editors in Chief: Li Jianguo, Huang Wei, Wang Yanjuan, Zhou Jianxiong, Ding Zhitao Assistant President: Li Zhenzhou Assistant Editor in Chief: Wa Chunfang Executive Editor: Ding Zhitao Assistant Executive Editors: Yao Bin, Zhang Zhiping, Zan Jifang Editorial Administrators: Zhang Xiaoli, Shi Bosen Opinion Editor: Zan Jifang World Editor: Yan Wei The Fight Nation Editor: Yao Bin Business Editors: Yu Shujun, Lan Xinzhen Culture Editor: Liu Yunyun Editorial Consultants: Joseph Halvorson, Kieran Pringle, Eric Daly Against Poachers Staff Reporters: Tang Yuankai, Ding Ying, Ding Wenlei, Wang Jun, Li Li, Yin Pumin, Pan Xiaoqiao, Yuan Yuan, Wang Hairong, Liu Xinlian, Yu Yan, Yu Lintao, Zhou Xiaoyan, Bai Shi, Deng Yaqing, Ji Jing “No buying, no killing.” The slogan raises awareness of an international poaching crisis, but the Photo Editor: Wang Xiang truth is that endangered wildlife species face a variety of grave threats. Photographer: Wei Yao Art: Li Shigong Aside from publicizing the importance of protecting wildlife, tougher penalties need to Art Director: Wang Yajuan be implemented to prohibit poaching and smuggling. From December 30, 2013 to January Chief Designer: Cui Xiaodong 26, 2014, China led a campaign against transnational wildlife crimes, in cooperation with 27 Designer: Zhao Boyu Proofreading: Qin Wenli, Ma Xin other countries and international organizations. The operation, code-named Cobra II, inflicted Distribution Director: Hu Keqiang a stunning blow on poachers and smugglers. It cracked over 350 cases involving more than Human Resources: Hou Jin 400 suspects, and captured more than 3 tons of ivory and ivory products, including over 1,000 International Cooperation: Zhang Yajie hides and a number of other wildlife products. Marketing/PR Director: Pan Changqing Legal Counsel: Yue Cheng Wildlife poaching and smuggling has become a serious global issue. 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As the epicenter did not happen in a densely populated area, there were not yet reports of casualties as of 11 p.m. that day. An emergency rescue team is already operating in the area. http://www.bjreview.com FEBRUARY 20, 2014 BEIJING REVIEW 3 THIS WEEK SOCIETY XINHUA New Base China completed its fourth Antarctic research station called Taishan on February 8. Construction of the traditional Chinese lantern-shaped station began in December 2013. A 28-strong team braved snowstorms, temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius, and high-altitude conditions to build the station. It can house as many as 20 people and will be used as a scientific research station during the Antarctic summers, lasting from December to March. signal-receiving function had been the development of the nation’s in less-developed regions over the Yutu’s Return restored to normal, but the causes of food industry, vowing to establish past three years, according to figures China’s moon rover Yutu has awoken the mechanical control fault are still systems to improve people’s nutri- released on February 10. up from its concerningly abnormal being verified. tional intake. Students’ living conditions dormant period, while experts are “Yutu went into sleep while The guideline said that, although have improved since 2010, when still trying to figure out the cause of reporting an abnormal status,” Pei China’s food production capacity ministries of education and finance the abnormality, a spokesman with said, adding that experts were initially has been expanded and people’s di- launched a program of renovating the country’s lunar probe program concerned that it might not be able to ets and health has improved, current primary and junior schools in rural revealed on February 13. survive the extremely low tempera- supplies cannot meet the nutritional areas, according to the ministries. The abnormality was discovered tures during the lunar night as a result. demand for everyone. Nearly 69,000 schoolhouse just before Yutu entered its second “The rover stands a chance of The government vowed to renovation projects started from period of inactivity as the lunar being saved now that it is still alive,” establish mechanisms to monitor 2010 to 2013, of which more than night closed in on January 25. Due he said. people’s diets, strengthen supervi- 51,000 have been completed. to extreme temperatures, Yutu must sion and information analysis, and The dormitory area for each lie dormant during lunar nights or intervene in areas or among groups primary and junior school pupil otherwise risk damage to its systems. Nutrition Guarantee where people are suffering from bad reached 3.1 and 4.2 square meters Pei Zhaoyu, the spokesperson, On February 10, China’s Central nutrition. respectively, which made for increas- said that the moon rover’s normal Government issued a guideline for es of 24 percent and 40 percent compared to 2009. ZHANG Rural Schooling Nearly 700 counties in impover- CHUNXIANG The Chinese Government has spent ished areas built school canteens, nearly 40 billion yuan ($6.6 billion) facilitating the government’s efforts on renovating rural schoolhouses to improve students’ nutrition, ac- cording to the ministries.