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BRICS SUMMIT SPACE

Astronauts launching
record-setting mission
By ZHAO LEI
zhaolei@chinadaily.com.cn

China will launch a

manned spacecraft on Mon-
day morning to transport two
astronauts to the Tiangong II
space laboratory, according
to the China Manned Space
Agency.
Shenzhou XI will blast off
at 7:30 am atop a Long
March 2F rocket from the
Jiuquan Satellite Launch
Center in the Inner Mongolia
autonomous region. It will
carry two male astronauts Astronauts Jing Haipeng (left) and Chen Dong meet reporters at
the mission commander, a news conference Sunday about the launch of Shenzhou XI at
Jing Haipeng, who will cele- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY
Leaders of BRICS countries, from left, Brazilian President Michel Temer, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister brate his 50th birthday in the
Narendra Modi, President Xi Jinping, and South African President Jacob Zuma display their unity at the 8th BRICS Summit in Goa, India, space station, and 37-year-
on Sunday. ANUPAM NATH / ASSOCIATED PRESS old Chen Dong. longest stay in space by Chi- is now a senior space official.
Jings birthday gift is a nese astronauts, Wu said. China is the third country
new record for China he Core tasks of the Shenzhou that has independently con-

Xi: Step up investment

becomes the nations first XI mission are to test rendez- ducted manned spaceflight,
astronaut to take a third trip vous and docking technolo- after the former Soviet Union
into space, according to Wu gies, verify the life support and the United States.
Ping, deputy director and capability of the spacecraft- The Tiangong II lab,
spokeswoman for the agen- space lab combination, and launched in mid-September
cy, who spoke to reporters conduct scientific research from the Jiuquan center, has

in emerging economies
about the launch at a news and engineering experi- two cabins with separate
conference in the Jiuquan ments, she said. functions. The experiment
center on Sunday. Before Shenzhou XI, China cabin will be hermetically
The spacecraft will travel had launched five Shenzhou sealed and will serve as the
two days before docking with spacecraft and 10 astronauts. astronauts living quarters,
Tiangong II. The astronauts The nations first astronaut, while the resource cabin will
will remain in the space lab Yang Liwei, was carried aloft
Rising protectionism, anti-globalism President Michel Temer, Rus-
sian President Vladimir Putin,
At their meeting on the G20s
sidelines, Xi said BRICS mem-
for 30 days, making it the by Shenzhou V in 2003. Yang SEE SHENZHOU PAGE 3

big challenges to worlds well-being Indian Prime Minister Naren-

dra Modi and South African
bers should enhance coordina-
tion to make emerging-market MEDIA
President Jacob Zuma attend- economies and developing
By AN BAIJIE in Goa, India countries advantages and ed the summit. countries play a bigger role in
and WANG QINGYUN
in Beijing
potential in resources, mar-
kets and labor remain
unchanged. He added that
While talking with the other
BRICS leaders, Xi called on the
countries to boost confidence
international affairs.
India is the final stop of Xis
tour of southern Asia, which
China boosts soft power by
training foreign journalists
Business leaders in the the executives should take a at a time when economic has already taken him to Cam-
BRICS bloc should promote leading role in joint imple- recovery remains weak. bodia and Bangladesh.
confidence and contribute to mentation of major projects. The bloc should increase Ruan Zongze, vice-presi-
global growth through stepped The bloc is composed of macroeconomic policy coordi- dent of the China Institute of
up investment in emerging emerging powerhouses Brazil, nation and oppose all forms of International Studies, told
economies, President Xi Jin- Russia, India, China and protectionism, Xi told the oth- China Daily that even though By YUAN ZHOU
ping said on Sunday. South Africa. The meeting was er leaders. China is slated to the economic growth of BRICS and ZHANG ZHIHAO Programs at Chinese universities
The economies of the five their eighth summit. take the rotating presidency of countries has slowed, the per-

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BRICS countries whose Xi spoke during the meeting BRICS next year. formance of emerging econo- n a recent Satur- Master of global media and communications
leaders met over the weekend in Indias southwestern Goa Foreign Minister Wang Yi mies remains far better than day morning in Fudan University in Shanghai and London School
in India have slowed given state. The two-day summit said at a news briefing that Xis that of developed countries. Beijing, Win Tin, of Economics and Political Science
the deep adjustments and concluded Sunday. speech was hailed by the lead- Since the recovery of the 66, a veteran jour- Applicants: College graduates interested in Chinese and
challenges in the world econo- Xi noted that establishment ers at the summit. global economy after the 2008 nalist from Myanmar, was global media
my, Xi noted in a meeting with of the blocs New Development The Goa Declaration issued financial crisis, the BRICS enthralled by a lecture at the Duration: Two years, first year at LSE, second year at Fudan
business executives. Bank is an important fruit of at the summits conclusion countries have contributed Communication University Expense: 19,344 pounds ($23,580) for LSE, 80,000 yuan
Among the challenges cited their cooperation, and China included some points of con- more than 50 percent of global of China on setting up a digi- ($11,890) for Fudan
by Xi were the rising threat of will support the banks work to sensus the five leaders reached economic growth, he said. tal studio, from floor layouts
protectionism and growing make its first group of projects during the summit of the G20 to overhead light tempera- Bachelor of international journalism
anti-globalization sentiment. successful. major economies in Contact the writers at tures to software. Jinan University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province
Still, Xi said, The BRICS Along with Xi, Brazilian Hangzhou last month, he said. anbaijie@chinadaily.com.cn Two months ago, Tin, Applicants: International students interested in
with 25 years of experience Chinese and global media
in journalism, started an Duration: Four years at Jinan University
online news outlet, North- Expense: 3,000 euros ($3,290) per year
MUSIC ern Light Media, but real-
ized he knew little about Masters in international multimedia journalism

Opera written by girl, 11, being staged in Vienna online media.

So he jumped at the offer
to join a 10-day media
Beijing Foreign Studies University and University of
Bolton, UK
Applicants: College graduates interested in multimedia sto-
workshop provided by the rytelling
By AGENCE FRANCE- stole it, she joked. At 6, she composed her first universitys China-ASEAN Duration: One year, first term at Bolton, second at Beijing
PRESSE in Vienna But according to Anna Vos- full piano sonata, at 7 a mini- Center of Training that tar- Expense: Tuition covered by program, living and travel
hege, an Australian singer opera called The Sweeper of gets media executives and expenses excluded
With help from her jump who plays one of the stepsis- Dreams, and at 9 a concerto journalists from Southeast
rope instead of a metronome, ters, what Alma composes is for violin and orchestra. Asian countries. Masters in international journalism
Alma Deutscher has written anything but childish. A chamber music rendition I want to be a lifelong and communication
an opera thats being staged I heard the music before I of Cinderella was performed learner, and China is the Communication University of China
this Christmas in Vienna, the knew she was 11. I was really in Israel last year, but the Vien- country Im most interested Applicants: College graduates interested in international
capital of classical music. Not quite shocked. Some of the na version, with Indian con- in, said Tin, whose fellow journalism and technologies
bad when youre aged 11. Alma Deutscher, 11, from nuances in that music are real- ductor maestro Zubin Mehta trainees, totaling 21, come Duration: Two years in Beijing
I sometimes think that if I England performs The Wiener ly very special, very intricate, as patron, is much longer and from Vietnam, Thailand, Expense: 35,000 yuan per year for new media, film and tele-
had a beard and I was old and Musikverein in Vienna on Oct 6. Voshege said. will be a proper opera. Malaysia and the Philippi- vision production programs; 30,000 yuan per year for inter-
fat, then people might take me An opera the girl wrote, Its very beautiful music She has won praise from nes. national journalism and communication program
a bit more seriously, the Cinderella, will premiere in the and she is far beyond her renowned conductors like
English wunderkind said as city on Dec 29. JOE KLAMAR / AFP years, she said. Daniel Barenboim and a SEE MEDIA PAGE 5
she played excerpts of the Almas father, Guy Deut- bowled over Simon Rattle.
work on the piano. scher, first realized his daugh- Last year, she appeared at a
But this attitude, she added, ine writes a tune that perfectly ter was out of the ordinary Google Zeitgeist conference
has changed since prepara- fits the handsome princes when she asked, at age 2 or 3, with the likes of Stephen
A member
tions began in this hallowed poem, while the evil stepsis- How can music be so beauti- Hawking. of the Asia In the news
former stamping ground of ters are pompous prima don- ful? he recalled. But, her dad said, Alma also News Network
Mozart and Schubert for the nas, the young composer When she was about 4, has a normal life. She loves 2016 China Daily,
Dec 29 premiere of Cinderella. explained. when she started inventing climbing trees and running All Rights Reserved CHINA BUSINESS
She started writing the two- It takes place in an imagi- her own melodies, I think around like every other child, Vol.36 No. 11373
hour opera when she was 8. In nary country she calls Transyl- thats when we noticed there he said. :CN11-0091
Climate coping New beer boom
composing the music, she has vanian, populated by was really something special, Modern music, though, is :ISSN0253-9543 China will enhance the capacity As the demand for high-end
given the traditional folk tale imaginary composers. he said in Vienna, where the too loud and not her thing, :1-3 of its agricultural sector to beer swells in China, invest-
her own twist, setting it in an Her favorite, Antonin Yel- family from southern England she says not even Justin Bie- cope with climate change by ment in craft beers has also
opera house. lowsink, wrote one of the more has been spending time ahead ber or the Beatles. Oh no, I improving farmland quality and grown in recent years.
Thus the eponymous hero- melancholy melodies and I of the premiere. dont know any of them! reducing food loss. > p4 > p13
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Looking ahead
Hot topic
Events and stories coming up in the next few days
Chinese-made
Court to hear celebrity divorce case menthocamphorate,a
balmusedtorelievepain,
A Beijing court will hear a celebrity divorce case tomorrow. In August, isbecomingpopularin
movie star Wang Baoqiang stunned the nation by publicly announcing Egyptfollowingits
that he was divorcing his wife Ma Rong over an alleged affair with his introduction byChinese
agent. Wang became popular with his debut role in the movie Blind travelers.Here,afew
Shaft. The divorce has triggered a nationwide debate on love, marriage peoplereflectonhow
and the moral and legal obligations of a couple. The case will be heard Chineseproductsare
seenabroad.
by the Chaoyang District Peoples Court.

Energy forum opens tomorrow

The 2016 High-Level Energy Forum will be held in Beijing tomorrow.
Officials, scholars and economists from various government organiza-
tions will attend the forum, which will focus on international energy
Chinese prod-
market trends. The theme of the three-day conference is New Devel- ucts, from tradi-
opment Opportunities for New Energy. tional porcelain
to technology-in-
Kaifeng to hold chrysanthemum show
tensive high-
The 34th Kaifeng Chrysanthemum Festi-
val will open tomorrow in Kaifeng, Hen- speed trains, are
an province. More than 2.6 million all popular in for- Candid camera: Young cowboy
potted chrysanthemums will go on show eign countries. Teenage rider Sally Malay, a rising rodeo star, is thrown off a bull during competition at the Deni Ute Muster rural festival in Deniliquin, Aus-
in the city during the festival. In all, 32
tralia, on Oct 1. JASON REED / REUTERS
events will be held to promote the devel-
opment of the chrysanthemum industry
in the city. The show runs until Nov 18.

Sailing championships planned

The 2016 National Sailing Championships, Chinas largest and high-
Cashless payment system needs tweaking
est-level sailing competition, will be held in Zhuhai, Guangdong pro-
vince, from tomorrow until Oct 23. More than 300 athletes, including when the payment had some easy, not only when shop- phone to hand. It doesnt pay
five from this years Rio Olympic Games, will participate. Ian complications and was taking ping at major retailers, but to rely on it too much say if
Morrison longer than normal. also even small stores where you have no cash in your pock-
Zhou Xiaojie, 21, student at SECOND
But looking back, I am I just need to scan the QR et, you are just ready to make a
South-Central University for THOUGHTS sure I was also a source of code and the money is payment and your phone bat-
Nationalities, Wuhan, Hubei frustration for the shop miraculously transferred. tery runs out. That could put
On chinadaily.com.cn province assistant and my fellow But cashless payment also you in a very tricky situation.
Sometimes I feel like I shoppers. Whenever I was in brings with it other issues, Perhaps its better to still
Visit for breaking news and exclusive content belong in the last century. a shop and was paying for security being one of them. have cash as a backup. After
When I worked in London items, I was always fumbling Is the system entirely secure? all, real money doesnt need
In Sweden,
Trade: Leaders praise role of Canton Fair in opening-up policy I was the last person in my around with the small bills What if you lose your phone batteries, and you can still
Chinese leaders have lauded the role that the China Import and Export Fair, many daily use office to get a cellphone, I and taking ages to count the and someone else can access use it even if there is some
also known as the Canton Fair, played in the countrys opening-up process. articles such as prefer talking to people face exact money, bringing a frus- the quickpay feature. There is unforeseen technological
President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 120th fair, which to face rather than sending trated expression to the face no need for a password with glitch, which could then
opened on Saturday in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. In the letter, Xi said shoes, clothes SMS messages, and I still of the checkout assistant, this, so the thief could just pick delay the other customers.
that the fairs 60-year history was marked by its service to the countrys and chopsticks, have a good old-fashioned and sometimes grumbling up you phone, go into WeChat I think it is better to
reform and opening-up policy, modernization and enterprises both at home desktop computer rather from the customers waiting and spend away. belong somewhere between
and abroad. In a separate message, Premier Li Keqiang said the fair had been are made in than a nice portable laptop behind me to be served. I would suggest that this the 20th and 21st centuries
an important platform for Chinese firms to enter the global market. Nearly China. or tablet. Now I can confidently say technology is improved, and for the time being, until the
25,000 companies are participating in the fair, which concludes on Nov 4. Until recently I was one of that, 16 years into this centu- should require your pass- new technology is perfected.
Ma Tianjiao, 24, student in those people waiting in line at ry, I have joined the modern word even when you access After all, I don't want to
Education: China plans new crackdown on bullying Changchun, Jilin province shops who was always grum- age. I have just joined the quickpay, otherwise it is too become that person the oth-
China will roll out new guidelines to prevent bullying and violence in middle bling when another customer millions of people who no easy for someone else to er customers are grumbling
and primary schools before the end of next month, according to the Ministry was using cashless payment, longer need to carry lots of spend your money. about!
of Education. The ministry and seven other government agencies are draft- wondering to myself why cash with them every day, Using cashless payment
ing the guidelines. The ministry launched a campaign in April to curb bully- Chinese mobile they couldnt just use good and it has made life so much also brings up the issue of Contact the writer at
ing across the country. The effectiveness of the campaign will be evaluated phones can be old-fashioned cash, especially more straightforward and always needing to have your ian@chinadaily.com.cn
by inspectors and experts by the end of the year.
seen in many
Culture: Kites and fans go on show in Sydney countries, such
The China Cultural Centre in Sydney is holding a This Day, That Year
kites and fans show until Nov 14. Kites and Fans: as Myanmar and
Fine Arts Exhibition is showcasing dozens of Nigeria.
exquisite kites and fans. Craftsmen from Zheji-
ang province will demonstrate their skills during Liu Wencai, 34, assistant Item from Oct 17, 1988, in STD cases were reported.
the show. company manager in China Daily: Beijing has Gonorrhea remains the most
Cangzhou, Hebei province launched a campaign to con- prevalent STD, but syphilis
Forum: Baby first, or home first? trol venereal diseases by set- and nongenital urethritis are
Do young couples need a home first before having a child? Last week a cabi- ting up several prevention also on the increase.
net minister in Singapore sparked a debate on the issue by saying, You dont Chinese prod- and treatment centers. Spe- By the end of 1994, 1,774
need much space to have sex. The minister, who oversees the department in ucts, such as cial research groups have also cases of HIV infection,
charge of population affairs, was disappointed by Singapores falling birth been formed in some districts. including 65 AIDS cases, had
rates. China Daily readers share their views on the topic. mobile phones been reported. Now, HIV is
and textiles have The National Center for one of the STDs that receive
Travel: Ejins diversiform-leaved poplar forests Sexually Transmitted Dis- high attention from public
earned increas- ease Research and Control and health sectors world-
Located in the depth of the Araxan Gobi desert,
the Ejin oasis is famous for its diverse poplar ingly high repu- was established in 1986 to wide.
forests, which have become a great attraction tation in foreign guide STD control and sur- From 2011 to end of last Planning Commission. of sex education aimed at
for tourists and photographers, especially dur- veillance programs across year, the number of AIDS The government has taken discouraging unprotected
countries. the country. Disease notifi- carriers in China ages 15 to a number of measures in sex, establishment of a net-
ing autumn.
Yang Xumin, 33, homemaker cations are now collected in 24 rose by 35 percent every recent years to control STDs. work of grassroot workers,
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TOP NEWS 3
SPACE

Veteran astronaut soars to new heights

Jing Haipeng to enter orbit for record Lab shows early results
third time on Shenzhou XI mission Waiting for Shenzhou XI
After being launched into orbit on Sept 15, the scientific appli-
The Shenzhou XI manned spacecraft is scheduled to launch cations of the Tiangong II space laboratory have been tested
By CHEN MENGWEI together for more than 10 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Monday. Its core and have returned data. Here are some of the results:
chenmengwei@chinadaily.com.cn hours a day, we can under- missions are to ferry astronauts and technology to the
stand each other without Tiangong II space laboratory. Once in space, it will dock with The cold atomic space interference image technolo-
Jing Haipeng will become uttering a word. He points a Tiangong II and commence a 30-day journey, the longest clock, the first of its kind in gy to observe sea surfaces,
Chinas most experienced finger, I give a thumb, and we manned ight in Chinas history. space, has carried out several parts of the Yellow River, the
astronaut when he takes off know exactly what to do. tests with stable results, as Taklimakan Desert, lakes on
aboard the Shenzhou XI space- Chen, from Henan province, expected. Scientists believe the Tibetan Plateau and the
craft on Monday morning. is married and has twin sons. Long March that such a clock can help to Lancang-Mekong River.
The monthlong mission to Jing has a son named Yufei, 2F carrier rocket synchronize other atomic An agricultural experi-
dock with the Taigong II space which translates as flying into In accordance with the Rocket clocks more precisely, and ment has sprouted seeds of
laboratory will mark the the universe, who was born in launch requirements for takes off that the technological devel- Arabidopsis thaliana, a
49-year-olds third time in 1997. manned spacecraft, the opment will create more pos- small flowering plant, and
space, the most by any Chinese I will treasure every Long March 2F, based on sibilities for further rice. Samples will be cultivat-
astronaut. moment in space and ensure the Long March 2E carrier
Boosters explorations in space. ed in space and carried back
Although the job is chal- that I record my experience in rocket, has been The multi-angle wide- to the Earth by astronauts.
developed with the aim of length 8.35M separate
lenging, risky and dangerous, my diary and enjoy the out-of- spectral imager has cap- The space-Earth quantum
improving reliability and
there is nothing else Id rather this-world scenery, Chen said. tured a range of information key distribution and laser
security. First stage
do, Jing, who is the command- The astronauts will conduct on oceans and land as well as communications experi-
shuts down
er of the mission, told reporters dozens of experiments on The 58.34-meter-long, changes to clouds, aerosols ment has established stable
at a news briefing on Sunday. Taigong II, more than any pre- 480-metric-ton rocket is and water. connections between the
For this mission, we have vious mission, in part because composed of four liquid Escape tower The stereoscopic micro- space lab and ground sta-
improved our ability to deal of the unprecedented length of fuel boosters, one rst The escape tower is
First and second wave altimeter has applied tions.
with emergencies, first aid and the assignment. Jing would rocket stage and one composed of a nose cone, a stages separate
space experiments, he added. not reveal the exact number, second rocket stage, as balancer, four engines
He will be accompanied by but he said tests would include well as fairing and an gimbaled in pitch and yaw,
Chen Dong, 37, who is taking scans of internal organs. escape tower, an overall an escape engine, an escape
design of two and a half
part in his first mission. I spoke with a doctor and he
stages.
main engine and a skirt.
Fairing separates
At a glance: Astronauts and missions
Jing previously flew on told me you need at least a year
Shenzhou VII in 2008 and of training before you can con-
Shenzhou IX in 2012. His new duct a B-scan on a patient, he
mission will take him past said, referring to a technique in
the only other Chinese astro- which structures of the body are Second stage
naut who has gone into space visualized by recording echoes shuts down 1 2 3
more than once, Nie Haish- of ultrasonic waves directed
eng, who traveled on Shenz- into tissue. We were trained for Craft and rocket
hou VI in 2005 and Shenzhou less than six months, and were separate
X in 2013. about to do it on our own bodies Solar arrays
Both men, as well as Yang with no gravity. unfold 4 5 6
Successfully
Liwei, Chinas first man in The resulting images and
launched
space, represent the first gen- data will be sent back to head-
eration of Chinese astronauts, quarters for experts to ana- Main missions of Tiangong II
mostly born in the 1960s. They lyze, he said, adding that the
were officially recognized as purpose is to see how the car- Receiving Testing and verifying core Conducting Conducting experiments
technologies related to the experiments on on in-orbit maintainable 7 8 9
astronauts in 1998. diovascular system is affected visits from
However, like any industry, in a zero-gravity environ- manned manned space station medicine, space technology and space
new blood is crucial to ensure ment. cargo program such as medium- science and space technology demonstra- Other astronauts who have gone into space
spacecraft term living requirements application technology tions
progress, and in 2010 a second To blow off steam, 8 to 10 pm of astronauts
generation was chosen. every day will be happy hour WANG XIAOYING,XIA DIWEN,LI XINLEI / CHINA DAILY Yang Liwei, from Lia- Shenzhou VII, 2008
1
Among them was Chen, who on the spacecraft, when Jing oning province, on Liu Wang, from Shanxi
6
will be the first man from this and Chen will be able to watch Shenzhou V, 2003 province, on Shenzhou
group to make it into space. movies and listen to music. Fei Junlong, from IX, 2012
2
I used to watch Jing on tele-
vision and he always seemed so
far away. But when I met him
The two astronauts will also
be able to make video calls
home to their families.
Shenzhou: Pairs new home awaits Jiangsu province, on
Shenzhou VI, 2005
Nie Haisheng, from
7
Liu Yang, from Henan
province, on Shenzhou
IX, 2012; Chinas first female
3
in person, my worries and anxi- Jing said he has stored doz- Hubei province, on astronaut
eties disappeared, Chen said. ens of gigabytes of music to FROM PAGE 1 Shenzhou VI, 2005 Zhang Xiaoguang,
8
We have similar experiences take with him, although he Criteria for new recruits 4
Zhai Zhigang, from from Liaoning prov-
and share many interests. preferred to keep his playlist contain solar panels, batter- Heilongjiang prov- ince, on Shenzhou X, 2013
Now that weve been secret. ies, propellant and engines. Age range: 25 to 35 mentally and physically ince, on Shenzhou VII, Wang Yaping, from
9
The space lab is operating Height: About 170 cm Knowledge: Must pass a 2008; the first to conduct Shandong province,
in a docking orbit 393 kilo- Weight: 55 to 70 kilograms number of training pro- extravehicular activities on Shenzhou X, 2013; Chi-
Meet the crew meters above the Earth and is Record: At least 1,000 hours grams and tests on space-
5
Liu Boming, from nas second female astro-
in good condition, according of flight time and a good per- flight, in-orbit operations, Heilongjiang, on naut
to Wu. formance record while serving extreme conditions resist-
Jing Haipeng 2008. He was commander of The mission commander, with the Peoples Liberation ance, and emergency pro- Chinas previous manned space missions
was born in Shenzhou IX in 2012, the first Jing, is an experienced space Army Air Force cedures
October 1966 mission to dock with the Tian- traveler who was on the Shenz- Fitness: Must be strong ZHAO LEI Shenzhou V: Launched on Shenzhou IX: Launched on
in Yuncheng, gong I space laboratory. hou VII mission in 2008 and Oct 15, 2003, lasting 21 June 16, 2012, lasting near-
Shanxi prov- Shenzhou IX in 2012. hours; one astronaut ly 13 days; Chinas first
ince. He Chen Dong Chen is the first man in the Shenzhou VI: Launched on space docking (with Tian-
joined the People's Liberation was born in second generation of Chi- Oct 12, 2005, lasting nearly 5 gong I)
Army Air Force in June 1985 December nese astronauts to make a possible emergencies, Wu space remote medical sup- days; two astronauts Shenzhou X: Launched on
and became a Party member 1978 in Luoy- spaceflight. Two of his said. They will work eight port system the first of its Shenzhou VII: Launched on June 11, 2013, lasting near-
in September 1987. He had ang, Henan female counterparts in the hours each day and six days kind in China will be used Sept 25, 2008, lasting nearly ly 15 days; the longest mis-
1,200 hours of flight time province. He group, Liu Yang and Wang each week. We prepared for this mission. 3 days; Chinas first extrave- sion in space by Chinese
when he became one of Chi- joined the PLA Air Force in Yaping, have traveled to more than 100 kinds of food Jing and Chen, who also hicular activity; three astro- astronauts and the first
nas first astronauts in 1998. August 1997 and became a space, becoming national and beverages for them in met with reporters at the Jiu- nauts lecture for Chinese stu-
He was selected as one of six Party member in April 1999. heroines in the process. space. They can use the tread- quan center on Sunday, Tiangong I: Launched on dents from space
trainees for the Shenzhou VI He had 1,500 hours of flight Both Jing and Chen are mill and exercise bike in expressed confidence in the Sept 29, 2011, lasting more Tiangong II: Launched on
mission in 2005 and for the time when he was selected as able to pilot the spacecraft, Tiangong II and can commu- mission and gratitude to the than two years; Chinas first Sept 15, 2016, with the inten-
prime crew on Shenzhou VII in an astronaut in May 2010. execute the docking process, nicate with their family via nations space workers, other space lab tion to last two years
manage the spacecraft-space video, audio and email. Chinese astronauts and their
lab combination and handle In addition, a ground- family members.

CULT

Scholars refute Falungongs organ rumor

By LIU KUN in Wuhan and Saturday at the opening cere- practitioners are tortured and Data from the Ministry of
ZHANG YAN in Beijing mony of a two-day symposium that their organs are removed Public Security show police
on cult studies in Wuhan, capi- for experiments. Yet despite the nationwide arrested more
Experts from China and tal in Hubei province. claims being dismissed, over- than 1,000 members of Quan-
abroad have refuted claims The event, sponsored by seas organizations and govern- nengshen (the Church of
made by the Falungong cult Wuhan Universitys research ments have fanned the flames Almighty God) between June
that the nation harvests center on international cult of suspicion, officials said. and August last year during a
organs from its practitioners. studies, saw dozens of experts There is a campaign, which crackdown against the cult.
Hong Fan, an associate from China and overseas dis- has been spread by Falungong According to Chinese law, a
professor at the Peoples Pub- cuss their concerns and with the help of people in cult is an illegal organization
lic Security University of Chi- exchange views on cult activi- agencies that help them over- that tries to control people by
na, said the accusation was ties. seas, said Alexander L. Dvor- deifying a sect leader, attracts
based on erroneous informa- Wimal Hewamanage, a sen- kin, a professor from St. members under the guise of
tion from the Falungongs ior lecturer on Pali and Bud- Tikhons Orthodox University religion or other means, and
Dajiyuan Times and clear- dhist studies at Sri Lankas in Moscow. Absolutely, Fal- engages in activities that harm
wisdom.net based in Hong University of Colombo, said, ungong is one of the most society.
Kong. Ive spent many years in Chi- destructive cults, which China officially lists 14
Such rumors are absurd na and have seen no evidence destroys human minds and groups as illegal cults, includ-
and are aimed at defaming the to suggest the Chinese govern- physical health. ing Quannengshen and Fal-
Chinese government and ment forces Falungong practi- In recent years, Chinese ungong.
inciting people who are tioners to donate organs. police have stepped up efforts
unclear about the truth to sup- According to the govern- to investigate cult activities Contact the writers
port the Falungong, he said. ment, since 2006, the Falung- and have launched campaigns at zhangyan1@
Hong made the remarks on ong has spread rumors that its to target such organizations. chinadaily.com.cn
4

CHINA
Monday, October 17, 2016

The NDMA concentration in drinking water is

a pressing issue that demands more research
and systematic modifications.
Chen Chao, associate professor at Tsinghua Universitys School of Environment

CHINA DAILY CHINADAILY.COM.CN/NATION

FOOD Briefly

Agricultural capacity BEIJING

Festival promotes
increase to assist in foreign languages
The Beijing Foreign Lan-
guage Festival took place at
climate change fight Beijing Chaoyang Park on
Saturday and Sunday. Orga-
nized by the Ministry of
By XU WEI in Nanjing Foreign Affairs and the Bei-
xuwei@chinadaily.com.cn 50 billion kgs jing Speaks Foreign Lan-
guage Program organizing
China will further enhance of grain in China are lost committee, the festival fea-
the capacity of its agricultur- annually due to climate tured activities combining
al sector to cope with climate related disasters. entertainment and knowl-
change by improving the edge about foreign langua-
quality of farmland and ges to promote foreign-
reducing food loss and waste, 1.5 billion by 2030, and it language learning among
government officials and would have to produce an Beijing residents. The 2022
experts said on Sunday. extra 100 billion kilograms Beijing Winter Olympics
Climate-related disasters of grain to meet the demand was one of the themes of
account for the loss of 50 bil- of such an increase. this years event. Traditional
lion kilograms of grain in However, climate change handicrafts such as clay
China every year, and climate could result in a 5 to 10 per- figurines, kites and hair
change could further trigger cent decrease in the countrys monkeys were displayed
uncertainties in the countrys total grain production in the with English introductions.
natural environment, accord- near future, the administra- The festival has been held
ing to the China Meteorologi- tion said in a statement. annually since 2002.
cal Administration. Based on the current level
The gov- of production, there is a need TIANJIN
ernment to increase grain acreage by Posing panda City goes after
will contin- 10 million hectares, it said.
ue its efforts It said that climate change Tourists from the United States are photographed with a panda performer at Panmen Scenic Area in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, on Saturday.
wild bird trade
to imple- could result in rising temper- About 1,000 US tourists participated in the event, which was organized as part of the Year of Tourism between the US and China. Police have detained seven
ment meas- atures if no measures are tak- HANG XINGWEI / FOR CHINA DAILY people for allegedly captur-
ures such as en, adding that a decrease in ing and trading wild birds,
conserva- precipitation levels would see after a law enforcement
tion tillage, the area affected by droughts campaign began on Oct 9.
Sun Zhonghua, increasing in northern and southwest- PUBLIC HEALTH The two-month campaign
chief agronomist o r g a n i c ern regions expand, and a began after more than

Cancer agent found in

at the Ministry content in rise in the frequency of 3,000 live birds were res-
of Agriculture soil and bet- droughts as well as in plant cued from nets during the
ter integrat- diseases and insect pests. National Day holiday. So far,
ing water management to Vincent Martin, China rep- the police have removed
cope with the impact of cli- resentative of the Food and 9,310 meters of nets, raided
mate change on the agricul- Agriculture Organization of 79 centers trading birds and
tural sector, Sun Zhonghua,
chief agronomist at the Min-
istry of Agriculture, said at an
event to mark World Food
Day on Sunday.
the United Nations, said Chi-
na should step up practices
such as reducing food loss
and waste, and preventing
deforestation and overfish-
44 cities drinking water found more than 1,700
birds, a spokesman for the
citys public security bureau
said. Many migratory birds
stop in Tianjin in autumn,
and illegal netting has
We are also working on ing to counter the potential
improving the sustainability of impact of climate change. Contamination is a 155 sites in 44 cities across 23 The WHO sets a cap on become a serious problem,
agricultural development and It is also important for the provinces, including original NDMA in drinking water at 100 according to authorities.
pushing forward the moderni- country to convert animal pressing issue, expert sources, finished water from ng/L. The standard in Canada
zation of the agricultural sec- waste into biogas as an says; no national treatment plants and tap is 40, while in Australia its 100. HAINAN
tor, he said. alternative and renewable water. The average NDMA con- The states of Massachusetts Typhoon Sarika
Xu Ming, deputy head of energy source, and prepare standards for level yet centrations 11 ng per liter for The trace found in and California in the US require
halts classes
the State Grain Administra- for climate-related disas- finished water, and 13 ng per a stricter standard 10 ng/L.
tion, said at the event that ters, he said. By SHAN JUAN liter for tap water is nearly the water cannot Industrial and sewage con- Typhoon Sarika, the 21st
coping with climate change It is also important to pri- four times what was reported tamination might be blamed typhoon of the year,
is one of the major issues that oritize agricultural research
shanjuan@chinadaily.com.cn
in the United States in 2012.
lead to cancer via for high levels, Chen said. prompted schools to sus-
pend classes in Sanya,
the country is facing as it
seeks to ensure food security.
to produce crops that require
less water to grow, and tech-
Traces of a potentially can-
cer-causing chemical known
The two figures reached 27
ng/L and 28.5 ng/L in Yangtze
drinking tap water. Chen Wanqing, director of
the National Central Cancer authorities said. The
The countrys total popu- nologies that can produce as NDMA was detected in the River Delta areas, posing a Registry, confirmed a link typhoon will linger above
Chen Wanqing, director of the the northern part of the
lation is expected to reach more from less, he said. drinking water of 44 Chinese digestive cancer risk for resi- National Central Cancer Registry between nitrosamines and
cities, while samples from the dents there, lead researcher human cancers, but stressed South China Sea before
east and south were found to Chen Chao, an associate profes- that cancer would be only making landfall in Hainan
have relatively high concentra- sor at Tsinghua Universitys caused by high levels. on Tuesday morning.
AUSTERITY tions, according to a new study. School of Environment, was Inside The trace found in the Sanyas kindergartens, mid-
Measured in nanograms per quoted as saying by Science and water cannot lead to cancer dle schools and primary

Fairness of teachers liter, NDMA short for N-ni-

trosodimethylamine is a
byproduct of the disinfection
Technology Daily on Friday.
TheNDMAconcentrationin
drinking water is a pressing
See editorial > p8 via drinking tap water, he
said. Also, boiling tap water
further lowers the NDMA
schools will be closed from
Monday to Wednesday.
Sanyas education authori-
ties have cautioned stu-
critics questioned process used for chlorinating
drinking water and is consid-
ered an emerging contami-
issue that demands more
research and systematic modifi-
cations, he said.
Currently, the substance is not
regulated as a drinking water
quality standard in China. No
concentration.
NDMA has also been detect-
ed in foods such as pickles,
dents and their parents to
stay indoors. An immediate
check of school facilities
nant, together with other NDMA and other nitrosa- maximum level has been set. cured fish and tobacco smoke,
related chemicals known as mines cause cancer in laborato- Chen said it may be included he said, adding that unlike has also been undertaken.
By CHINA DAILY

The fairness of disciplina-

1,390 yuan nitrosamines.
Samples were taken from
ry animals, according to the
World Health Organization.
soon as a standard for water
safety.
heavy metals, NDMA is unlike-
ly to accumulate in the body. XINHUACHINA DAILY
Cost of a meal that included
ry action against 24 high
alcohol for 24 high school
school teachers who went to
teachers in Tunliu county,
lunch in Shanxi province
Shanxi province SOCIETY
became the subject of media
reports and postings by neti-
zens after the local anti-graft
commission issued a report because each of the teachers
Agreements signed to help poor ahead of Poverty Relief Day
condemning their behavior. paid for their own meal,
Critics expressed con- appearing not to violate the
cerns that the teachers had eight-point rule prohibiting By ZHAO XINYING Southeast China, such as Guo- both the income growth of the
been wrongfully accused of the use of public money for and CHEN MENGWEI yuan village in Beijings Fengtai bottom 40 percent of the pop-
improper behavior by the personal lunches. district, where the villages ulation and the average
commission after they spent A nationwide campaign Twelve wealthy villages in 1,600 residents achieved a total growth in the whole popula-
a total of 1,390 yuan ($207) against corruption, includ- China signed agreements with income of 1.61 billion yuan tion from 2008 to 2012.
on a meal that included ing the austerity rules, was 12 poverty-stricken counter- ($240 million) in 2015. Bert Hofman, the World
alcohol on Sept 9. The launched in December 2012. parts on Sunday, to guide the The agreements will see offi- Banks country director for Chi-
teachers paid for the meal The rules aim to reduce latter in developing their econ- cials from the impoverished na, Mongolia and Korea in the
themselves. bureaucracy, extravagance omy and creating a better life villages working in the wealthy East Asia and Pacific Region,
The commission in Tunliu and undesirable work prac- for local people. villages to learn new skills and said Chinas goal to eliminate
county, Changzhi, issued a tices of Party members. The agreements were signed encourage exchanges. extreme poverty by 2020 is an
report on Sept 30 that was According to Beijing after a commendation meeting Over the past three decades, ambitious one, but added that
critical of what it character- Youth Daily, the case is under and a series of forums on pov- more than 600 million poor with current economic growth
ized as improper behavior by investigation by Changzhi erty relief were held in Beijing Chinese about 70 percent of rates and policy, the country is
the teachers that had a nega- citys commission of disci- on Sunday, the day before Chi- A farmer harvests chrysanthemum flowers in Xiuning, Anhui province, on the world total have been capable of reaching it.
tive social impact. The com- pline, which governs the nas third Poverty Relief Day, Friday. Many farmers have increased their incomes by growing the flow- lifted out of poverty, making In 1990, 35 percent of the
mission did not specify county-level commission. which falls on Monday. ers, which are used in herbal medicine. SHI GUANGDE / FOR CHINA DAILY China the first developing worlds population lived below
exactly what it found to be The citys commission told Under the agreements, the country to meet the UNs Mil- the international poverty stan-
improper. the paper on Thursday that wealthy villages will share lennium Development Goals. dard, but by 2013 the propor-
All the teachers work at the result will be released to their experiences of how they President Xi Jinping urged State Council Leading Group China has prioritized poverty tion had dropped to 10
the countys No 1 High the public in due course. successfully achieved their local authorities to leave no Office of Poverty Alleviation reduction, vowing to help the percent. Fewer than 800 mil-
School. On Saturday, information wealth and help their impov- stone unturned in the imple- and Development. nations 70 million people who lion people worldwide are now
Two teachers were circulated online stating that erished counterparts to boost mentation of precision pov- We believe that by encourag- remain below the poverty line considered poor, according to
required to publicly criticize the head of the county com- development of local indus- erty relief measures to lift the ing such cooperation, gaps in an annual income of less Hofman, who said China had
themselves at a faculty meet- mission had been removed tries and nurture talent. nations poor. wealth and economic develop- than 2,300 yuan to shake off contributed to that progress.
ing at the school. The other 22 from his post for improperly In a congratulatory state- The agreements between mentcanbenarrowed, Xusaid. poverty and enjoy essential
were summoned before the handling the teachers case. ment sent to the meeting, wealthy and poverty-stricken While most of the 12 impov- social services by 2020. Contact the writers at zhaoxi-
commission, whose report But the report was false, which honored organiza- villages are designed to erished villages are in western According to the World nying@chinadaily.com.cn
was distributed widely. according to the county, and tions and individuals for advance the efforts of preci- China, the wealthy ones are Bank Global Database of
The report raised questions an investigation is underway their outstanding contribu- sion poverty relief, said Xu mostly located in more pros- Shared Prosperity, China Xinhua contributed to
among members of the public to find out who published it. tion to poverty alleviation, Jianmin, an official from the perous regions in East and topped the world rankings for this story.
 CHINA DAILY Monday, October 17, 2016 CHINA 5
WORLD WAR II

Aircraft flies final

Hump to China
Plane donated to
preserve memory
of Flying Tigers,
wartime alliance
By ZHANG LI
in Guilin, Guangxi
and LI YINGQING in Kunming

An aging World War II-era

C-47 aircraft, heading for Guil-
Dogathon in in the Guangxi Zhuang
autonomous region, landed at
Dogs and their owners jog past onlookers during the second Mini-Marathon for Dogs in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Saturday. Kunming Changshui Interna- A World War II-era C-47 aircraft awaits repairs at Kunming
More than 500 dogs were entered in the contest. YANG BO / CHINA NEWS SERVICE tional Airport in Kunming, Changshui International Airport in Yunnan province on Saturday
Yunnan province, on Saturday after a commemorative Hump flight. LI ZHE / FOR CHINA DAILY
after a commemorative
Hump flight, widely known
TRAGEDY as the most dangerous aircraft before landing in Kunming,
route in China during World we had to shut another engine

Swimmer drowns during HK harbor race War II.

The plane will be donated
by the Flying Tigers Historical Although she is in
down. The plane is not flyable.
As the single most important
aircraft for Chinas survival of
Organization to the Flying the war, the C-47 once trans-
By SHADOW LI in Hong Kong moments earlier. According to Wong, partici- cleared to participate. Tigers Heritage Park in Guilin Kunming, she did ported fuel, ammunition and
stushadow@chinadailyhk.com According to Hos parents, pants were asked to finish a Hong Kong Swimming for permanent display. oxygen that China needed in
he had been employed as a 1,500-meter swim within 45 Teachers Association chair- The Hump was one of the cross the Hump the China-Burma-India theater.
A male swimmer drowned technician at the University minutes in order to qualify to man Yeung Che-to suggested most important air routes con- Without the supplies, Bur-
on Sunday while participating of Hong Kong for more than participate in Sundays event, that the pre-race qualifying necting China with allied for-
and came back to ma and its fighters would be
in Hong Kongs annual cross-
harbor swimming race, while
15 years and was given a long-
term service award before
and several safety measures
were established to lower
events be hosted at beaches
instead of swimming pools to
ces in South Asia. During the
war, about 850,000 metric tons
Chinese soil. nothing more than ground tar-
gets for the Japanese, he said.
a female swimmer is said to be leaving to take a post on the safety risks for swimmers. better simulate the cross-har- of supplies reached China from Larry Jobe, veteran pilot The plane has served many
in critical condition in a hos- Chinese mainland. Ho This year, more than 120 bor conditions, adding that India via the route, though useful missions during its life.
pitals intensive-care unit. returned to Hong Kong two rescuers were deployed in the strong currents recorded on about 1,500 US planes crashed Before the historical organi-
The man, surnamed Ho, months ago. water, and a giant red balloon Sunday morning would have along the way victim to the the first flight who now serves zation bought the plane, it was
was pulled unconscious from The tragedy was the first was set aloft at the finish line affected the swimmers formidable mountains of the as president of the historical used in movies, Jobe said.
the water by a rescue boat 300 recorded death in the formal to guide participants. A res- endurance. Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and organization, said he wants to They painted it up and
meters from the finish line at swimming race since it was cue boat with life-saving Swimmers started in their fickle, often nasty, weath- honor the men and women named it Buzz Buggie. We
about 9:30 am. resumed in 2011, having been equipment was positioned groups near the Lei Yue Mun er conditions. Pilots said the who risked their lives flying kept the name because we
The 46-year-old father of a suspended for decades owing every 20 to 30 meters along fishing village in Kowloon at huge ridges looked like humps, the Hump and preserve the found a B-24 Burma aircraft
15-year-old daughter and a to pollution in the harbor. the course. about 8:30 am and finished at thus the moniker. memory of what China and the called Buzz Buggie had also
4-year-old son was described Ronnie Wong Man-chiu, Lobo Louie Hung-tak, asso- Sai Wan Ho on the opposite The American Volunteer United States accomplished. flown the Hump, he said.
by his parents as a man who president of event organizer ciate professor of physical side of Victoria Harbour. Group, also known as the Fly- Beginning in Australia on At the moment, the plane
loved to swim. He had com- the Hong Kong Amateur education at Hong Kong Bap- Charles Peterson from the ing Tigers, took on the danger- Aug 13, the final flight over the cannot continue its journey.
pleted the cross-harbor swim Swimming Association, tist University, suggested that United States claimed the ous mission, and American C- legendary route was pretty The plan is to fly it to Guilin
every year since it was rein- expressed sadness over the organizers tighten rules for mens title, crossing the finish 47s delivered the first, small smooth until Indonesia, after repairs are made.
stated in 2011. Ho was also a tragedy and offered his con- qualification. Currently, par- line in 16 minutes, 44.3 sec- load of supplies in July 1942. where one of the aircrafts Although she is in Kun-
regular marathon runner. dolences to the deceased ticipants are allowed to enter onds. The womens winner The plane currently has five engines blew out. After six ming, she did cross the Hump
Ho was taken to the Pamela mans family. Wong said the the race up to two years after was Rio Olympics 10 kilome- crew members, including two weeks of repairs, the plane and came back to Chinese
Youde Nethersole Eastern association will review the cir- passing pre-race qualification. ter gold medalist Sharon van from the United States and took off again and finally soil, Jobe said.
Hospital in Chai Wan. A cumstances surrounding the Louie also proposed a Rouwendaal of the Nether- three from Australia. Their made it over the mountains to
60-year-old woman had been mans death to improve safety physical body check for lands, who finished in 16 min- average age is above 70 years. Kunming on Saturday. Contact the writers at
pulled from the water standards for swimmers. applicants before they are utes, 55.9 seconds. Larry Jobe, the captain of Unfortunately, Jobe said, zhangli@chinadaily.com.cn

Q&A
Media: Graduates are doing significant work
Journalism education system FROM PAGE 1 Tsinghuas program often go

in process of significant changes The training program

supported by the Chinese
into international media, pub-
lic relations or government
organizations. Some become
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the bridge that connects Chi-
Established in 1955, the What is the agement, sociology, law, Ministry of Education and na and the world, said Hang,
School of Journalism and Com- state of inter- international relations and Huaneng Industry, a State- the programs co-director.
munication at Renmin Univer- disciplinary economics. It will send 20 to owned energy company is The work of graduates has
sity of China is a major training development 30 exchange students every not the first international been significant.
base for Chinese journalists. It at your year to Harvard, Stanford, project at top Chinese jour- Compton Nicholas James, a
offers degree programs in jour- school? Columbia and other top-tier nalism schools. US graduate of the program,
nalism, television broadcast- Building on schools overseas to expand Since 2014, the School of published an investigative
ing, advertising and Guo our strengths their global horizons. Journalism and Communica- report on how Chinese gov-
communication. Qingguang in journalism, tion at Renmin University of ernmental and nongovern-
Guo Qingguang, the TV broadcast- What are your views on new China has trained at least 10 mental organizations tackle
schools executive dean, is an ing, advertis- media? journalists from African the issue of left-behind chil-
expert in communication the- ing and media economics, With the arrival of the inter- media each year in an Win Tin (right), from Myanmar, and Pham Thi Hai Ha (middle), dren in China.
ories, media system compari- weve experimented with joint net age and citizen journalism, exchange program organized from Vietnam, visit China Daily newsroom during their training After graduating from the
sons and journalism programs, combining journal- both traditional media and by the China-Africa Press Cen- program in Beijing on Sept 28. ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY program, Park Jinbum, a
education. Recently, he spoke ism with law and internation- education are facing reforms. ter. This year, the program has South Korean student,
to China Daily about Chinese al political science. During this process, some peo- received 28 African journal- became a producer at South
journalism and media, educa- As for graduate students, ple are downplaying the sig- ists, the largest group yet. nalists study in China each CUC, who teaches media Korean broadcasting net-
tion ideals and the challenges weve tried various training nificance of traditional media Every year, the university year, most from developing technologies, said that Chi- work KBS and produced
of new media. The following reforms in international jour- outlets and professional also admits five young jour- countries in Africa, Asia, and nas hands-on experience can Super China, an in-depth doc-
are excerpts from the inter- nalism and communication. media training. nalists from Pakistan. In nine Europe. serve as a blueprint for the umentary on Chinas rise that
view: We are also reforming our New media development is months, they studied various China is the worlds sec- trainees to develop the media went viral in 2015.
four-year doctoral program a good thing. It has diversified aspects of China, built friend- ond-largest economy and a industry in their home coun- The training programs not
How have journalism and and admission policies. These news outlets and has broken ships and strengthened their significant stakeholder in tries. only allow journalists to
communication contributed changes are all based on talent the monopoly of traditional Chinese counterparts under- global affairs, but its soft pow- Zhang had an interpreter acquire skills, but also broad-
to Chinese social develop- development, globalization media, thus facilitating more standing of Pakistan, said er needs to manifest itself for his lecture, but the presen- en their network of contacts
ment? and media convergence in our balanced news communica- Zhong Xin, director of the through people to people, tation was in English and he for their future endeavors in
Journalism and communi- changing times. tion. But new media, citizen schools international affairs. heart to heart dialogues, Hu made sure all terminologies content creation, said Steven
cation studies, especially the journalism and social media Tsinghua Universitys mas- said. were in sync with interna- Dong, dean of the Faculty of
latter, were obscure fields in How do you work with media will not replace traditional tersprograminglobalbusiness Training foreign journal- tional standards. If someone Continuing Education at
the 1970s and 1980s in China. companies? media. When weaknesses and journalism, taught in English, ists in China allows them to were to purchase a set of CUC.
Now, after decades of effort, Our program with the Blue- deficiencies of citizen journal- admits 20 international stu- experience the countrys full equipment, it would be help- Dong said he would like to
communication studies has Focus group, the School of ism become more evident, tra- dents each year. About 200 of complexity, thus ensuring ful to know exactly what it is see more media collabora-
altered the discourse. It has Future Communication, is a ditional media will get more them from 50 countries have more objectivity and consider- called on the international tion, such as Legends of Song
also found its way into social major collaboration project recognition from society. graduated,saidHangMing,the ation when they portray China market, Zhang said. and Dance, a joint, 2013 Chi-
and political discourse. A between a journalism and However, professional media programs co-director. to their audience, he added. But Hu said some material nese-Myanmar television
change in the discourse sys- communication school and a outlets need to change as well Some programs that train CUC provides practical is geared towards under- series telling the stories
tem means a change of ideas media company. The program and become a more vital part foreign journalists at CUC training in new and innova- standing China. between the Tang Dynasty
and behavior. will invest 100 million yuan of the media landscape. and Remin University pro- tive techniques such as media I avoid using Western con- (618-907) and the Kingdom of
($15 million) over 10 years to grams is fully paid by schools convergence, big data, smart cepts like liberal or conserva- Myanmar. The series was
What are your views on Chi- train interdisciplinary, cross- How do you teach journalism or sponsors, while the mas- solutions and next-genera- tive because they are loaded broadcast in both countries.
nese journalism and communi- culture, cross-media talent in ethics to students? ters program at Tsinghua tion network technology. The with implications and stereo- Apart from teaching tech-
cation education reform? digital media. One of our well-known fac- costs 39,000 yuan ($5,850) lectures are in English. types that may not reflect Chi- nical skills, future media
Traditional journalism edu- In the next two to three ulty members, Professor per year. Most of the training The courses are very nas true conditions, Hu said. training programs should
cation can no longer satisfy the years, one-third of the pro- Zhang Zhen, urged her stu- is done in Beijing, with oppor- informative, said Shamim When introducing China to include courses on content
demand for new media talent. grams teaching staff will come dents to never produce fake tunities for trainees to visit Abdullah Zahedy, executive foreigners, it is crucial to let production, thus laying the
We are at a crossroads for a from our college, one-third news after they graduate. This rural areas or small cities. editor for the Independent in them see China through a foundation for all-around
complete overhaul of academic from interdisciplinary fields is a core principle and bottom Hu Zhengrong, president Bangladesh. It introduced me Chinese conceptual system, media cooperation, he said.
research and course develop- and the final third from line for every student graduat- of the CUC and a lecturer of to new dimensions in new he said, adding that teachers
ment, including students around the world. ing from our school. the program for Southeast media and broadened my have to be thorough and hon- Contact the writer at
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6 CHINA Monday, October 17, 2016 CHINA DAILY

EDUCATION

Rural kindergartens help to prevent poverty trap

An initiative in one of Chinas most girls is cook food and wash
their clothes.
mountainous areas may provide a My granddaughters
awareness of hygiene has
template for future development. changed a lot since they start-
ed at the kindergarten. Now,
Hou Liqiang and Yang Jun report they ask to change their
clothes and have showers
from Tongren, Guizhou province. every day. They say they cant
fall asleep if they dont take a
shower, she said.

A
s China marks its Wu Changfeng cares for
third Poverty Allevi- three grandchildren because
ation Day on Oct 17, Tongren Hunan their parents are working in
the success of large cities. If it were not for
Guiyang
Tongren, a city in the south- Guizhou
the kindergarten, I would
western province of Guizhou, hardly have time to work on
in promoting preschool edu- our farm. Im looking after
cation in rural areas is being Yunnan Guangxi
three children, so I have to
hailed as a possible blueprint take them to the farm while I
for the eradication of poverty am working there, said the
and a means of preventing its 54-year-old, whose husband
CHINA DAILY
reemergence. has also moved away for work.
Initiated in 2012 by the Chi- She said her 4-year-old
na Development Research granddaughter, Tang Hanji-
Foundation and Songtao Miao ang, who was taciturn and
autonomous county in rarely greeted visitors, has
Tongren, the Mountain Village become far more outgoing
Kindergarten project has since she started at the local
established 100 new facilities kindergarten.
in isolated areas, and has been
extended to cover the entire Rising enrollment
city. Last year, the enrollment
Under the project, the pro- rate in Tongrens rural kinder-
portion of villages with kin- gartens jumped to more than
dergartens has risen to 100 and the city government allo- 84 percent, from 45 percent in
percent from just 10 percent cates 300 yuan a year to every 2013. Although thats 9 percent
three years ago. More than child for teaching materials. higher than the national rate,
2,000 facilities have been built Long said every department the city government plans to
for preschoolers in Tongrens of the city government donates raise the number further by
rural areas, where seven of the thousands of yuan annually, upgrading all of the mountain
12 county-level regions have and they also actively seek village kindergartens.
been designated by the gov-
ernment as national-level pov-
We have seen great sponsorship from businesses.
Many kids in the rural are-
Long, from the citys educa-
tion commission, said that in
erty-stricken counties. improvements in as are left-behind children. the coming three years the
According to the China They are cared for by their facilities will be upgraded and
Development Research Foun- the childrens lin- grandparents, who are usually more fully qualified teachers
dation, preschool education is poorly educated and unable to will be employed. She is also
key to a students learning and guistic skills, cog- do much for them. We have drafting a plan to provide every
skill-adaptation abilities, seen great improvements in child with a free simple lunch.
because about 50 percent of nitive competence the childrens linguistic skills, It will take about 20 years for
intelligence development is cognitive competence and the full impact of the project to
completed before the age of 4. and memory memory capacity since they be seen, but education is an
The foundation said interna-
tional calculations suggest
capacity since they entered the kindergartens,
she added.
important way of eradicating
poverty, according to Long.
that every investment of $1 in
preschool education results in
entered the kinder- According to tests conduct-
ed by East China Normal Uni-
In poverty-stricken areas
such as Tongren, its key for peo-
a social return of $17. gartens. versity in Tongren, after ple to make their way to colleg-
spending a year to 18 months es or universities to eradicate
Building for the future Long Lihong, director at a kindergarten, language poverty. In addition to occupa-
More than 70 percent of of the Tongren City Top: Shi Jiahui, 3, eats lunch at the Houzhai Village Kindergarten in Tongren, Guizhou province. competence in children ages 4 tional and compulsory educa-
Tongrens 4.27 million people Education Commission Above: Children take a post-lunch nap at the Muziping Village Kindergarten in Tongren. to 5 improves by 23 percent, tion, importance should also be
are members of 29 ethnic PHOTOS BY HOU LIQIANG / CHINA DAILY while cognitive competence is attached to preschool learning,
groups, including the Tujia, 27 percent better and memory so we can build up the talent
the Miao and the Dong peo- dergartens, most of the facili- and operating them is about whose parents are migrant school classrooms, and almost capacity rises by 34 percent. pool and save future genera-
ples. In 2013, the average per ties are located in disused 18, 000 yuan, she said. workers take a midday nap. all the toys are made from tions from poverty, she said.
capita income for farmers in primary school classrooms, vil- In Houzhai village, the kin- Gao Xiulong, the headmas- locally grown bamboo. Behavioral changes
the city was 5,397 yuan ($803), lage committee offices or hous- dergarten is based in three dis- ter, said two broken basketball Tongrens total revenue was The childrens behavior and Contact the writer at
40 percent lower than the es, according to Long Lihong, used primary school stands have been made into a 37.88 billion yuan from 2011 to hygiene have also improved. houliqiang@
national level that year. director of the Tongren City classrooms. Two of them are swing and several table tennis last year, and since 2012, the Long Jiawei, 4, and her sister chinadaily.com.cn
Now, the authorities are Education Commission. used for educational purposes, tables now serve as drawing city government has allocated Long Jiali, 6, have lived with
hoping that Tongrens success- Under the program, kinder- while the other serves as a boards. Some of the childrens 5 percent of its annual admin- their grandmother, Shi Qingji-
ful completion of a huge gartens were built in every sleeping room where the kin- toys are made from discarded istrative budget to the kinder- ao, since last year, when their Online
project, despite a limited bud- area where it could be guaran- dergartens 27 preschoolers tires. garten project. District parents moved east to Zheji- See more by
get, will provide a template for teed that more than 10 chil- mostly left-behind children The kindergarten in Muzi- governments are given 10,000 ang province for work. Shi has scanning the
other poverty-stricken areas. dren would enroll, and the from a nearby 1,400-strong ping village, in the Wanshan yuan for every facility they rheumatism, and the 75-year- code.
Instead of building new kin- average cost of transforming Miao ethnic community, district, was also once primary establish in the mountains, old said all she can do for the

Local loyalty High ambitions and a dream fulfilled

proves key
to teacher By HOU LIQIANG
and YANG JUN
astonished by the tough liv-
ing conditions when she
about 90 minutes walking to
Panxin.
arrived. Her dorm room con- Her only entertainment
recruitment When Xu Yan, from the
Songtao Miao autonomous
tains just a bed and an old
ceiling fan, which hardly stirs
comes from animated pro-
grams that she watches on her
county in Tongren, a city in the humid air during hot cellphone. Her favorite is
By HOU LIQIANG Guizhou province, was in jun- summer nights. There is no Detective Conan. I have
and YANG JUN ior high school, she would bathroom, so she has to take watched all of the more-than
avoid conversations with her water to the bedroom for a 800 episodes. If I am in a bad
Many of the 2,005 mountain classmates if the topic turned bath. I mop the floor to clean mood, I feel good after watch-
village kindergartens in to kindergartens. I was up the water that splashes out ing an episode, she said.
Tongren city, Guizhou province, Teacher Su Shulan, 26, talks with children after their noon nap at afraid that they would laugh of the tub so often that the The distance between her
are located in remote areas, the Muziping Village Kindergarten. and say my hometown must cement floor is now as shiny room and the wireless router
which means its difficult to be terrible because it didnt as metal, she said. in the school means the Wi-Fi
recruit and hold onto qualified even have a kindergarten, The only toilet is in the dis- connection is unstable, so she
teachers for 2,000 yuan ($297) government, Long said. she said. tant school, and because she often sits in the doorway of
a month. In response, the local
government has devised an
2,000 yuan One principle underpinning
the project is building kinder-
Instead of attending pre-
school education, the 19-year-
is afraid of the dark, Xu is hes-
itant to make the trip at night. I had a dream that
her dorm at night to surf the
internet.
incentive mechanism to attract monthly salary of teachers gartens near the childrens old spent most of her early I try to avoid using the toilet Now, she has two new
talent and ensure quality pre- at the 2,005 mountain village home. Many teachers are childhood on the farm where at night because I have to my experiences dreams: to visit Beijing and
school teaching. kindergartens in Tongren, recruited locally as well, so they her mother worked, and wake up my colleague and one of the steppes dotted
Official kindergartens in Guizhou will feel settled in their work- when her mother left to look ask her to accompany me,
would not be around China. I have a friend
towns or townships with juris-
diction over facilities in moun- pinned to the classroom walls.
place.
Liu Fen, 26, worked in a pri-
for work in the city, Xu was
carried to the fields by her
she said, referring to the only
other inhabitants, her col-
repeated by who works in Beijing. Every
time she posts photos of Bei-
tain villages are responsible for The theme this month is vate kindergarten in down- grandmother. I had a dream league Zhou Xiaoyun and her children in jing on WeChat (an instant-
offering guidance, so they regu- autumn. We have provided an town Tongren before she that my experiences would daughter. messaging app), I admire her
larly send teachers to remote autumn-themed wall for the applied to teach at a kindergar- not be repeated by children in Life in the village is monot- my hometown. very much, she said.
areas to offer advice on teach- childrens artworks made from ten in a mountain village. my hometown, she said. onous. There are no restau- However, her dreams are
ing practice, said Long Lihong, fallen leaves, and also guide the There is no big difference in To follow that dream, she rants, just a couple of small Xu Yan, 19-year-old teacher likely to remain unfulfilled
director of the Tongren City kids to draw pictures about salary, but now I work close to decided to study preschool stores with a limited range of at a rural kindergarten because she doesnt have
Education Commission. autumn and play related my home. Before, I could only education and become a kin- goods, but itinerant vendors in Tongren, Guizhou enough money to achieve
For two and a half years, Su games, the 26-year-old said. go home once a week, but now I dergarten teacher in her sometimes arrive to sell food. them. She earns 2,000 yuan
Shulan, a teacher at the Gao- Advisors such as Su also can go back every day, she said. home area. Last year, after The school canteen opens at ($297) a month, and gives
louping Township Kindergar- replace teachers in remote loca- In addition to a teacher, graduating from Hunan Zhi- noon and only provides lunch although Houzhai is only 7 half to her mother. Instead of
ten, has also been acting as the tions if they need to take a vaca- almost all mountain kindergar- jiang Normal School, Xu for the students, so Xu cooks km from Panxin, the nearest spending the remainder on
executive director of a kinder- tion or sickness leave. tens employ a childcare worker, returned to Songtao and breakfast and dinner for her- town, there is no public trans- herself, she uses it to buy
garten in Muziping village. She Teachers at mountain vil- who earns 1,600 yuan a month, began work at the new kin- self. Shes a poor cook, so she portation. She has to try her clothes for her family.
helps the teacher to draft tui- lage kindergartens enjoy and is responsible for sanita- dergarten in Houzhai, based usually prepares dried noo- luck by waiting on the road- I enjoy buying clothes for
tion plans and provide themes preferential policies if they tion, including cleaning the in disused primary school dles. side to see if the local taxi a them because they are so hap-
that are reflected in photos, want to take exams to win a classroom and sterilizing the classrooms. There are almost no people three-wheeled truck is py when they wear their new
drawings and other items life contract with the local childrens tableware. She recalled being so of Xus age in the village, and available. If not, she spends clothes, she said.
 CHINA DAILY Monday, October 17, 2016 CHINA 7
PEOPLE

Renovated home offers glimpse of past

Dwelling built during the Qing
Dynasty and refurbished by expats
is now a vacation rental
By ZHANG LI
in Guilin, Guangxi
zhangli@chinadaily.com.cn

When Dutch national Maar- I believe tourism is

ten Dickinson first laid eyes
upon Langshi village, in the at its best in a natu-
Guangxi Zhuang autonomous
region, he instantly fell in love
ral setting, where
with its Qing Dynasty (1644-
1911) cottages and dramatic
people can totally
karst landscape. be themselves. Maarten Dickinson (left) and Eric J Weiland on the train to Guilin,
The village had a beautiful the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
harmony of friendly people, Maarten Dickinson, who opened PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
traditional houses and amaz- a guest house in Langshi village
ing scenery along the Lijiang
River, making me love the
place at first sight, he said. worked on repairing the
It was 2012 when Dickinson house. At first, the local farm-
first saw Langshi, and the fol- ers didnt understand why
lowing year he returned with they were spending so much
an acquaintance from the time and money on the reno-
United States Eric J. Weiland, vations, but as the months
who he had met in Shanghai wore on they began to see a
just two weeks before. transformation take place.
Eric and I both had a good One day, while Dickinson
feeling about the idea of leav- focused on his work, Su Haibo,
ing Shanghai and moving to a native of the village,
rural China we just wanted appeared at his side and said
to experience a more authen- the one word in English he
tic part of the country, as I knew: Beautiful. The entrance of a room at the Laojia guesthouse at Langshi vil- Langshi village in Guilin city features Qing Dynasty residential houses and beautiful landscape along
believe most of Chinas beauty Su, who had served as the lage. the Lijiang River.
still lies in the countryside, village doctor since graduat-
Dickinson said. ing from a medical school in website Airbnb since last year. best in a natural setting, where
Using the Mandarin he had 2003, was impressed with the More than 300 guests from people can totally be them-
learned at Fudan University in work the two had done. 100 countries have visited so selves, he said.
Shanghai, Dickinson man- He offered to help and Dick- far, experiencing what made We foster activities
aged to rent a house in the vil- inson, in turn, offered to teach Dickinson fall in love with the between guests and locals cre-
lage for a good price. him English. place four years ago. ating meaningful experiences
He was planning to open a We were exhausted but Domenic, a 20-year-old for both sides without being
retreat for artists and writers every day he was fresh and from Canada who declined to too commercial or arranged.
to enjoy the peaceful sur- ready to study. We became give his surname, had the Now that Su is in charge of
roundings, but eventually set- good friends and he taught me opportunity to climb a hill the day-to-day running of Lao-
tled upon turning the place Chinese and the local culture, with Sus mother and feed the jia, Dickinson and Weiland
into a guesthouse. Dickinson said. familys goats. have time to look for more vil-
It just happened, like a After 18 months of study, Sus Its really impressed me to lages where similar houses
gift, Weiland said. Neither English had advanced to the be able to get so close to the can be revived.
Maarten nor I had any renova- point that Dickinson and Wei- local people, see exactly how By having outsiders come
tion experience, so it was time- land felt comfortable enough to they make a living and feel and stay in these old houses,
consuming work but we got offer him the job of host at the totally engaged with their dai- locals start to appreciate them
on well with the locals. newly opened guesthouse. ly lives, he said. more, which is a great way of
For seven months, the Named Laojia, it has For Dickinson, this is what keeping these parts of the local
expats carried supplies to and become available for bookings Laojia is all about. culture alive instead of knock-
from the village as they on the vacation homes listing I believe tourism is at its ing them down, Dickinson said. A Laojia customer feeds goats with Su Haibos mother on a karst hill near the village.

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FITNESS

GUANGDONG
Daughter refuses
to meet father
eral fire trucks were
dispatched to deal with the
blaze. No deaths or injuries
were reported, but the apart-
senger. When the driver heard
the senior call for help, he
immediately closed the bus
doors and drove after the thief.
University installs system
ment involved was seriously
damaged. An investigation
suggested that the fire
er being taken home, she
As the bus closed in on the
fleeing thief, a number of pas-
sengers leapt off and appre-
to make sure students run
occurred after a tenant left her hended him.
returned to the expressway
hair dryer plugged in when QINGDAO DAILY By LI WENFANG This mighty running device
the following morning. The
she went to work during a in Guangzhou does not affect me. This pro-
old woman promised not to
power outage. The power SICHUAN liwenfang@chinadaily.com.cn gram is fun, though.
arrive in the expressway for
returned shortly after her Self-slap teacher Guo Junjie, who majors in
An ill father who undertook a departure, causing the device
exercise after traffic police fol-
lowed her to her home a week
A university in Guangdong We hope that marketing, said: One kilome-
rail journey of more than 50 to overheat. asked to apologize province requires first and sec- ter twice a week is not a big
hours to visit his daughter had
later and asked her daughter
The education department in ond year students to run twice a students build the deal. But I am exhausted after
to help persuade the old wom-
to stay at a care center for Guangan city has ordered a week, and it recently installed ball games, he said, referring
migrant workers after he failed
an to abide by the traffic rules.
teacher to apologize to seven electronic devices to check.
healthy habit of to basketball and soccer. Not
YANGTZE EVENING NEWS
to contact her. Shi Zhijun, 56,
who traveled from Urumqi in
students and their parents aft-
er she forced the students to
Students at Dongguan Uni-
versity of Technology must
exercising every much energy left for running.
The average fitness level of
the Xinjiang Uygur autono- SHANDONG
Woman held
kneel in the classroom and slap
themselves in the face for fail-
scan a card at a special post on day. Running bene- primary and secondary school
mous region to Guangzhou on one side of a running track, students in China had
Sept 25, said his daughters over deception ing to complete their English then input a personal student fits them a lot. improved slightly after years of
mobile phone was off, so he YANTZE EVENING NEWS homework on time. Huang ID number and take a mug decline, but that of college stu-
Xiao Li, a 25-year-old woman,
was unable to talk with her. He Xinghua, 50, a teacher at Dai- shot to sign in. They must scan Xing Honglin, director of physi- dents continues to worsen,
who pretended to be four sep-
stayed at a hotel for four days shi Junior High School in the the card again at a post on the cal education at Dongguan Uni- according to the national
Man harasses arate people to defraud a fel-
before approaching the citys Qianfeng district, admit- opposite side of the loop to versity of Technology Annual Report on Develop-
low villager, surnamed Li, of
migrant worker center for help hotline operators more than 210,000 yuan
ted that her actions were record their time. ment of Youth Sports.
after spending almost all his A man who dialed a local wrong and promised not to The surveillance system, start running and some The report was jointly
($31,818), has been detained
money, and staying there for a police hotline more than 100 administer corporal punish- installed for trial at the univer- breathe heavily after minimal released by the Youth Develop-
in Jiaxiang county. Xiao, who
further four days. Shis daugh- times to harass female opera- ments to her students. The sitys City College, is designed sports participation. ment Department of the Gen-
passed herself off as the
ter, a postgraduate, said she tors has been sentenced to 10 Qianfeng district education to enforce running quotas 1 Running is included in reg- eral Administration of Sport of
daughter of a senior official in
had asked her father not to vis- days in a detention house in department conducted an km for males and 800 meters ular physical education ses- China and Beijing Sport Uni-
Jining city, told Li that she
it, so she didnt meet him. Xuyi county. Zhang Qiang said investigation into the incident for females twice a week. sions, but some students versity in August last year.
could help her find a job in an
GUANGZHOU DAILY he was bored during a night before ordering her to apolo- The students are also evade the full requirement, Without mandatory PE
urban area. To win Lis trust,
shift at a local crab farm and gize. required to run at least 24 Xing said. classes, as required in primary
Xiao called her and then pre-
JIANGSU often phoned the 110 hotline WESTERN CHINA METROPOLIS DAILY times before the winter vaca- According to the national PE and secondary schools, Chi-
tended to be other people,
Man mistakes for fun. If a man answered, tion, meaning they need to run testing standard, male and nese college students take part
telling Li that she had been
Zhang would hang up imme- HENAN regularly, instead of meeting female students are tested for in sports much less than their
snake for burglar recruited by a company. Li
diately, but he used coarse and Woman squanders the distance quota with a 1-kilometer and 800-meter run- peers worldwide, partly
handed over a large sum of
A man, surnamed Wang, in abusive language if a woman handful of longer runs. ning. Considering the need to because of unhealthy lifestyles
money, but later realized that familys earnings
Nanjing mistook a water picked up. He was detained on This system doesnt require strengthen their cardiopulmo- and the lack of an athletic cul-
he had been the victim of
snake for a burglar when he Wednesday after police A woman who had squan- the students to run very fast or nary functions, we requested ture at universities, according
fraud and sought police help.
was woken at midnight on launched an investigation. dered more than 140,000 yuan too frequently. If a student the system last year, he said. to Gao Feng, vice-principal of
Oct 10. Wang was awoken by QINGDAO DAILY ($20,800) in a year was doesnt run regularly but com- To encourage running, the Beijing Sport University.
noises from the kitchen made YANGTZE EVENING NEWS recently driven from her home pletes all the mileage in one go, department is considering But the tracking system has
by the 1-meter-long snake and by her husband in Weihui the score will be invalid, said announcing the top runners its critics. Bi Yaxu, a teacher at
assumed he was being
Driver chases thief township, Xinxiang city. Ji Xing Honglin, director for every month and handing out Guangzhou Sport University,
robbed. When he realized his
Senior to stop 300 meters by bus Yujun said Xing Haixia had physical education at the uni- awards. described the device as con-
mistake, he called the police. walking on highway A thief who stole a backpack almost spent all the money he versity. Walking instead of run- We hope that students straining and unnecessary,
They alerted experts at a local A 70-year-old woman who on a bus was detained when had earned in the past year at ning will also invalidate the build the healthy habit of exer- although he acknowledged
zoo, who caught the snake. used to walk on a local the driver chased him for more a job outside the city and from exercise. cising every day, Xing said. that encouraging students to
MODERN EXPRESS expressway to exercise in the than 300 meters in the coastal selling grains. He also claimed The rule is meant to encour- Running benefits them a lot run is a good idea.
morning was finally persuad- city of Qingdao. The incident that Xing never did house- age students to love sports, after a whole day of classes. Students should be taught
ed to no longer do that by her took place along the citys No work and often left home dur- build up their bodies and Many people want to lose the fun of running. Some stu-
Hair dryer fire daughter in Nanjing. Every 622 bus route on Wednesday ing busy farming seasons. improve physical wellness, he weight. Actually running is the dents dont like it. If they are
causes traffic jam time when the old woman at about 7:30 pm, when the Local marriage mediators, said. best way. forced to run, they may rebel
A fire involving a hair dryer was stopped by traffic police, bus reached a stop. A young requested by Xing, abandoned In recent years, his depart- Li Jingzhuo, a student study- against it, he said.
caused a traffic jam at a busy she always refused to leave man quickly got off the bus their attempts to mediate ment has observed a lack of fit- ing investment and wealth
estate in Nanjings Qixia dis- the expressway, saying she and ran away after stealing the when they learned the truth. ness among younger students. management at the university, Huang Mengting contributed
trict on Tuesday morning. Sev- was not a jaywalker. Even aft- backpack of a 70-year-old pas- HENAN TV STATION Some get feel pain when they said: I like running, anyway. to this story.
8 Monday, October 17, 2016

COMMENT
EDITORIAL OPINION
China Daily
chinadaily.com.cn/opinion

EDITORIAL
FA N J I A N P I N G
Ground water contamination
a pressing cause for concern

F
or residents in East and South China, the safe-
ty of their drinking water has become a big
concern, as the drinking water in 44 cities of
the 23 provinces in these regions has been
found to contain nitrosamine, according to a
report based on a three-year investigation by
the School of the Environment at Tsinghua
University.
It is thought that nitrosamine may be a cause of cancer in
the human digestive system. One of the experts involved in the
study said that nitrosamine is quite like PM2.5, the particles
less than 2.5 microns in the air that are harmful to peoples res-
piratory systems.
Although further investigation is still needed to find out the
relationship between the chemical and stomach cancer or oth-
er cancers of the digestive system, the results of the study serve
as a reminder that much still needs to be done to make sure
that our water is safe to drink.
China has no standard for the amount of nitrosamine in its
drinking water. Some experts were quoted as saying that most
of the drinking water in China is within the required World
Health Organization standard when it comes to nitrosamine,
but if it is judged by the standard of the State of California in
the United States, the nitrosamine levels found in the drinking
water of the 44 cities are much more than is permitted.
What is particularly thought-provoking is the fact that the
highest levels of nitrosamine were found in the drinking water
of the economically developed Yangtze River Delta, where resi-
dents are wealthier and enjoy better living standards than in
other parts of the country.
This may be the price the country is paying for the lack of OPINION LINE
attention paid to checking the discharge of pollutants as the
Ikea is right to
economy boomed in the past more than three decades.
The report published by the study group emphasizes that New department will add teeth deny non-paying
to rules regulating chengguan
contamination of ground water is a pressing issue. It is quite
common for ground water to contain ammoniacal nitrogen,
nitrites and nitrates in areas around farmland and chemical customers access
plants.
Whether or not the nitrosamine found in drinking water
to restaurant
THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL DEVELOPMENT recently issued a
proves to be as harmful as the PM2.5 in the air, there is no notice confirming the setting up of an affiliated National Urban Management Supervision Bureau to guide A RESTAURANT in a Shanghai
reason for the central and local governments to drag their and supervise urban patrol officers, or chengguan, across the country. Southern Metropolis Daily com- store of the Swedish furniture giant
feet in their efforts to protect the ground water from being mented on Saturday: Ikea is now off-limits to those who
contaminated and treat the ground water that has already dont buy food. Gmw.cn commented
been polluted. The newly established National Urban Manage- enforcing the law. This will now come to an end as on Saturday:
ment Supervision Bureau showcases the central gov- urban management enforcers will now be under
ernments determination to streamline urban stricter supervision. The move by the Ikea store is in fact
management nationwide. Four regions including According to the draft regulations on urban man- an overdue response to some elderly
Shanghai and neighboring Jiangsu province have set agement that aim to draw the boundaries for the Shanghai residents who use the res-
TO THE POINT up their own urban management offices and more are powers of urban patrol officers, what the temporary taurant to socialize every Tuesday and
expected to follow. officers are allowed to do is basically confined to aux- Thursday without buying anything.
Internet now the wealth creator The establishment of such a bureau has long been
called for. Urban management authorities at all levels
iliary jobs ranging from inspection and information
collection to dissuading people from committing
Their numbers sometimes exceed the
700-seat capacity of the restaurant and
are often assigned tasks that are supposed to be taken crimes. The local urban management departments they bring their own food and spend

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he changing nature of how Chinas wealthiest people are care of by other departments, such as the environ- will now also face the legal consequences of any the whole day in the restaurant.
making their money, as shown by the Hurun Rich List mental protection bureaus and police. And their rou- excessive enforcement actions or wrongdoing on the They are not the only problem for
released on Thursday, offers a chance to understand the tine enforcement activities have faced numerous part of their officers. Ikea in China. People can often be seen
changing driver of the countrys economic growth over questions even challenges. Besides, the number of auxiliary officers is not to lying on the beds and sofas, making
the past few years. Among all, hiring a great number of urban patrol exceed the number of registered permanent officers themselves at home. Some even fall
According to Rupert Hoogewerf, chairman and chief research- officers on temporary contracts is widely seen as and the number of temporary officers should gradu- sleep with their shoes on.
er of the Hurun Research Institute, 68 of Chinas 100 richest peo- the most disputable move, as it has resulted in seri- ally be reduced. The urban management authorities To expand in the Chinese market, the
ple were born after 1980 and most of them are internet ous clashes with unlicensed street vendors. The at all levels are also forbidden from using fines to Swedish furniture giant has made extra
entrepreneurs. temporarily hired and untrained officers are from pay their expenses, and their daily law enforcement efforts to design its shopping malls and
Since the report was first published in 1999, property tycoons time to time accused of using excessive force when activities should be recorded for future assessments. products to accommodate Chinese cus-
have dominated the list until now. With the red-hot development tomers. For instance, they are allowed a
of real estate over the following decade, all the top 10 richest peo- free coffee if they have Ikea member-
ple in China listed by the Hurun report were real estate develop- ship, which can be easily obtained with
ers. The golden decade the housing market experienced in China
justified this, but such kind of wealth concentration in the real
Well-known philanthropist must be investigated just a few clicks on the registration
machines.
estate sector also exposed some intrinsic problems in Chinas eco- To some extent, Ikeas desire to cre-
nomic structure. THE CONTROVERSIAL PHILANTHROPIST CHEN GUANGBIAO is reportedly suspected of forg- ate a customer-friendly shopping envi-
True, the rapid domestic economic growth driven by a boom- ing the death certificate of a shareholder of one of his companies in order to evade debt. Beijing News comment- ronment has backfired. Most Ikea
ing property sector considerably improved many peoples hous- ed on Saturday: stores now swarm with rude, loud peo-
ing conditions and boosted their wealth. However, the abnormal ple who care little about public decen-
development of the housing market has increased the difficulties Chen, a 48-year-old billionaire and president of some 170 forged seals in Chens company in Nan- cy. In comparison, domestic furniture
faced by low-income residents wanting to buy property. At the Jiangsu Huangpu Recycling Resources Co, reportedly jing, East Chinas Jiangsu province, which were furnishing stores seem to be less
same time, the siphon effect of the housing market has exacer- decided to shut down one of his companies after fail- allegedly used to sign contracts worth over 300 accommodating, as they would not
bated development imbalances among cities and the wealth gap ing to keep it afloat, and sought to avoid paying the million yuan ($45 million). However, they allow customers to actually sleep in a
between the rich and poor. This can also explain the countrys companys debts by faking the death of a shareholder refrained from disclosing any further information sample bed or sit in a restaurant with-
accelerated efforts to promote economic transformation and who is still alive. after more than half a year, fueling public suspi- out buying anything.
wean its economic development off excessive dependence on the That the shareholder Chen and his partners cions that Chen is above the law and immune from That explains why the Shanghai Ikea
housing market. claimed dead is still alive and well, suggests they pro- punishment. store issued the instruction aimed at
The latest list of the richest people in China seems to show the vided fake evidence in court. That, if confirmed, is Even if what he claimed is true that he had made getting rid of non-paying visitors, after
countrys efforts have achieved certain effects. That internet more than enough to hold the parties concerned donations of more than 2 billion yuan ($300 million) hearing complaints from paying cus-
entrepreneurs dominate the list of the 100 richest people to some accountable. It is time that the Nanjing police and helped more than 700,000 poor families by 2012 tomers. Of course, whether or not the
extent reflects the rise of the Internet Plus economy in China. launched an investigation. it is no excuse for breaking the law. Forgery and new rule will work remains to be seen.
Given that the internet industry is still developing and is incom- However, what has been equally striking is the providing fake evidence are a lot more serious and Meanwhile the demand of a place for
parable in size to the colossal property market, the country local polices silence over the many allegations damaging than his questionable charitable giving and elderly people to gather is surely a
should make efforts to promote the diversion of national wealth against Chen. Earlier this year, police discovered promotion stunts. business opportunity for someone.
to more small and medium-sized business operators.
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 CHINA DAILY Monday, October 17, 2016 VIEWS 9
B E RT H O F M A N H A RV E Y D Z O D I N

Chinas role in efforts to eradicate poverty Time to tap

underestimated
resource of TCM
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here is much to celebrate worlds remaining extreme poor inequality has been falling in many quality education, cash transfers to
on International Day for are now living in Sub-Saharan Afri- countries since 2008. For every poor families, rural infrastructure
the Eradication of Poverty ca, and in the future will increas- Contrary to popular country that saw a substantial especially roads and electrifica-

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2016: the World Banks ingly live in fragile situations and belief, inequality between increase in inequality during this tion and progressive taxation. ast is East and West is
latest data show that since 1990 be part of marginalized groups time period, two others saw a simi- Key challenges ahead include fur- West and never the
nearly 1.1 billion people have that have traditionally not benefit- all people in the world lar decrease. Inequality is still far ther improving access to better twain shall meet Rud-
escaped extreme poverty. Chinas ted from policies and programs too high, though, and important jobs through further reforms in the yard Kipling famously
role in this global success story has that have worked for others so it
has declined consistently concerns remain around the con- household registration system, wrote, but a recent high level
been crucial: The country lifted will take deliberate policy action since 1990 driven in centration of wealth among those strengthening poverty data and the international conference in Frank-
730 million people out of extreme and new approaches to go the last at the top of income distribution. targeting of poverty programs on furt, Germany, is determined to
poverty over the same time period, miles toward 2030. large part by countries Income inequality in China seems the remaining poor who may be prove him wrong, at least with
due to impressive growth, and pol- Beyond poverty, many citizens such as China and India to have peaked, but more can be harder to reach, such as the elderly regards healthcare, by finding sci-
icies that favored the improve- and policymakers around the done to further its recent decline. and ethnic minorities, and improv- entifically-sound intersections
ments in incomes and livelihoods world are increasingly concerned catching up with richer Official statistics show that income ing targeting and depth of Chinas between Western medicine and
of the poorest. about income inequality. Reducing countries. inequality (using the Gini coeffi- main social safety net, dibao. traditional Chinese medicine. Its a
This success, however, is no high income inequality will, simply cient, the most common measure As we mark End Poverty Day task that, although not easy, could
cause for complacency. Worldwide put, be vital to ending extreme pov- of income inequality) declined 2016 in China, we can be proud of help cost-effectively promote
nearly 800 million people were still erty by 2030, the goal that the from 0.49 to 0.46 between 2008 the role that the country has patient health around the world
living on less than $1.90 a day in world community has committed inequality is also crucial for sus- and 2015, but remains considera- played in lifting hundreds of mil- while at the same time contribut-
2013, the most recent year for to as part of the United Nations taining the political support for the bly higher than it was 30 years ago. lions out of extreme poverty, while ing to the health of Chinas econo-
which we have global numbers. Sustainable Development Goals. measures countries need to take to China has set the ambitious goal being realistic about the challenges my and giving a boost to Chinas
This is unacceptable in a world in We cannot rely solely on economic generate the economic growth and of eliminating extreme poverty ahead. China will undoubtedly soft power.
which so many have so much. growth to get there. It will be cru- jobs that can lift people out of pov- during the period of its 13th Five- continue to drive global progress in The Silk Road Health Industry
According to official figures, in Chi- cial to ensure that growth benefits erty. Year Plan (2016-20). Already, the eliminating poverty, and has an Cooperation Forum brought togeth-
na, 55 million people were living in the poorest the most, and is able to Contrary to popular belief, ine- government has made important opportunity to show that more er experts from home and abroad to
poverty in 2015 so reductions in unlock opportunities for todays quality between all people in the strides in a number of areas identi- inclusive growth and better oppor- begin to turn todays problem into
poverty in China will continue to extreme poor to get better jobs, world has declined consistently fied by our researchers as essential tunities for its poorest citizens is tomorrows opportunity. Former
have a strong impact on the access better quality services, and since 1990 driven in large part to building poor peoples earnings, possible. Italian prime minister Massimo
worlds goal to end extreme pover- lay the foundations for the next by countries such as China and including early childhood develop- DAlema called it an extraordinary
ty by 2030. The road ahead will not generation to escape the confines India catching up with richer ment and nutrition, universal The author is the World Bank initiative to combine cultures and
be easy. More than half of the of extreme deprivation. Reducing countries. Even within-country health coverage, universal access to Country Director for China. economic cooperation.
Forum Chairman and former
Chinese minister of health, Zhang
Wenkang, set the tone by stating
ZHONG YUE that the European Union and Chi-
nese health industries can learn

No Japan-style bubble in Chinas house market from each other and find opportu-
nities for cooperation .
World Health Organization
Assistant Director-General Ren
Minghui, said that he saw great

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n a bid to cool their red-hot prices or the exchange rate. promise in improving the worlds
property prices, Beijing, Around 1990, Japan chose to health through local production
Shanghai and Shenzhen, boost the yens appreciation and research and development of
and some major pro- through raising its interest rates medicines. He went on to say that
vincial capital cities across to attract the flow of foreign traditional medicine is a very
China successively intro- funds to Japan. But there is no important, but often underestimat-
duced measures to limit need to make such a comparison. ed resource that is the primary or
home buying from the Aside from its housing market only form of treatment for millions
end of September and being at a different development of people.
during the National Day stage from that of Japans at
holiday. that time, China has also
Those potential buyers adopted a different mone- World Health Organization
unable to enter the hous- tary policy from its neigh-
ing market because of bor. China is still in a cycle Assistant Director-General,
soaring prices, hope these of interest rate cuts and Ren Minghui, said ... tradi-
regulatory means will there is no possibility the
reverse the trajectory of government will raise rates. Chi- tional medicine is a very
home prices to an afforda- nas central bank has ruled out important, but often underes-
ble level. Some of those the possibility of the renminbis
who have bought homes, considerable depreciation, timated resource that is the
however, worry the meas- although it is expected to contin-
ures will shrink the value of ue on a steady downward trajec-
primary or only form of treat-
their property. tory to depreciate moderately ment for millions of people.
Undoubtedly, the adop- against the US dollar. A moderate
tion of the restrictive home depreciation of the renminbi is
buying measures by 19 cities, conducive to its ongoing econom-
most of them first-tier and sec- ic structural adjustments, given This was also so in China before
ond-tier cities, is a timely move that a weak renminbi will facili- the launch of reform and opening-
to curb speculation and reduce tate the countrys exports and up, which opened wide the gates for
rises. But many people are also thus leave more time for it to Western medicines to flood into
concerned the emergency brake make the necessary adjustments. China. Currently, China is the
put on these fast-rising housing CAI MENG / CHINA DAILY Some foreign media and orga- worlds second largest pharmaceuti-
markets will possibly cause home nizations have raised their fore- cal market with sales of $108 billion
prices to collapse as happened in casts for the growth of Chinas last year and a projected annual
Japan in the 1990s. However, migrants and speculative that one family could only buy cause the authorities to make gross domestic product in 2016. growth rate of over 9 percent. How-
such worries are unfounded. Chi- demand. two homes at most. timely policy adjustments. Thus Standard & Poors for instance ever, there has been no such recip-
na is in a different stage from Chinese people are prone to By introducing the restrictive the restrictive measures are tem- has raised its forecast from 6.4 rocal growth abroad with TCM
that of Japan when its property buying real estates, especially measures, the authorities are porary ones only and will not percent to 6.6 percent. That exports. In fact, some countries
bubble burst. Compared with the when prices climb, and specula- seeking to cool the overheated lead to a collapse in the housing means Chinas economic growth such as the United Kingdom have
interest rate adjustments Japan tive buying prevails when prices property market, not smash the market like the one in Japan in generally enjoys a relatively opti- made regulatory approval even
made to regulate its high realty are soaring. It is reported that current high home prices. So, the 1990s. mistic prospect this year, which more difficult.
prices, the restrictive measures among the couples in Shanghai most of these measures are main- However, many people are will undercut the possibility of a Buchang Pharma Chairman Zhao
formulated by China this time are who divorced during the past ly to curb speculative demand drawing comparisons to what drastic decline or collapse of its Buchang noted at the forum that
targeted at restraining specula- months when home prices in the rather than the demand for a first Japan did before the collapse of house prices. Chinese medicine is a treasure
tive demand in the cities where city were rising swiftly, nearly 40 home. Furthermore, any drastic its housing prices in the 1990s, house of ancient Chinese science,
housing prices are believed to be percent got a divorce for the pur- drop in home prices resulting and discussing whether the gov- The author is a FXTM analyst on with its own advantages in prevent-
rising as a result of the influx of pose of bypassing the local policy from these measures will likely ernment will protect property Chinese market. ing and curing diseases. Yet no TCM
treatment has been approved as a
drug in the West with the substan-
tial economic benefits this status
J I N YO N G M I N G confers. This is because TCM is
based on 5,000 years of tradition

US should support Beijing and Manila normalizing ties and anecdotal observations, while
Western medicine is based on
expensive clinical trials that can last
a decade. The major reasons that
healthcare costs rise significantly

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hilippine President Rodri- ippines has not been able to gain ernment, the US will unlikely make a new pattern of big country rela- year after year are the R&D costs
go Dutertes four-day state substantial benefits from the arbi- a forcible response to the Philippi- tions, strengthening coastal guard and regulatory expenses for approv-
visit to China, scheduled to tration.
Dutertes government has nes policy change, theoretically and maritime cooperation and ing new medicines.
start on Tuesday, has At the same time, the signing of made clear its priority is to leaving space for Manila to adjust enhancing their interactions and So far no TCM compound has
drawn extensive attention from the a joint statement between the for- its previous pro-US diplomatic pol- security cooperation in the Asia- won regulatory approval in the
international community since it eign ministers of China and the improve domestic economic icy. Pacific region. West although several are in the
was made public. Association of Southeast Asian conditions and peoples liveli- Meanwhile, despite their diver- The Philippines has also shown pipeline. My takeaway from the
Dutertes government has made Nations on July 25 aimed at fully gences over the South China Sea, its intention to strengthen ties with forum is there needs to be more
clear its priority is to improve fulfilling the Declaration on the hoods, and it wants to take China and the US still engage in Japan in an attempt to strike a dip- concerted high-level collaborations.
domestic economic conditions and Conduct of Parties in the South advantage of Beijings Belt extensive cooperation, from UN lomatic balance and acquire more Health officials, healthcare profes-
peoples livelihoods, and it wants to China Sea, along with the guideline peacekeeping missions and fight- interests. Japans unconcealed sionals and public policy experts
take advantage of Beijings Belt and on setting up a high-level hotline and Road Initiative to help ing terrorism to efforts to curb the attempt to contain Chinas further should be tasked with finding com-
Road Initiative to help realize these for maritime emergencies and the realize these aims. proliferation of nuclear weapons development also leaves more plementary uses for TCM and West-
aims. joint statement on rules in the and mitigate the effects of climate space for Manila to pursue closer ern treatments, as well as
Duterte also wants to break the event of accidental encounters in change, not to mention their eco- political, diplomatic, security and identifying efficacious stand-alone
diplomatic impasse with China the South China Sea, passed by nomic collaboration and people-to- economic ties with Tokyo. TCM treatments.
over the South China Sea created China and the bloc at a summit on ed States. So, it is no surprise that people exchanges. In particular, Dutertes visit to China does not If developed countries balk, then
by former Philippine president Sept 7, also made the new Philip- the Philippines has attempted to the two countries have maintained constitute a part of the alleged at least in the interim, they should
Benigno Aquino III. From Jan 22, pine government aware that the review its agreement signed with unblocked dialogue channels and struggle between Beijing and establish reasonable standards to
2013 when the Aquino government South China Sea issue is not the the US on strengthened defense strengthened security and mari- Washington for Manila. A better allow TCM medicines to be sold,
unilaterally filed a case to an inter- full picture of ASEANs ties with cooperation and even demanded time cooperation, such as a memo- China-Philippine relationship is not necessarily as cures, but not
national tribunal on the Philippi- China. Any obstinate confrontation US troops withdraw from its terri- randum of understanding on essentially beneficial to the whole merely as nutritional supplements
nes territorial dispute with China with China, it believes, might cause tory. The words and actions of mutually reporting their signifi- Asia-Pacific region. For the sake of either.
in the South China Sea to July 12 the Philippines to lose some oppor- Duterte since being elected presi- cant military actions and a MOU regional peace and stability, the US TCM surely deserves better and
when the tribunal ruled on the case tunities it might otherwise take dent indicate that the new govern- on how they behave at time of mar- should support Beijing and Manila so do patients, hundreds of mil-
which was actually beyond its advantage of, including Chinas ment seems to be reconsidering itime and air encounters, both normalizing their ties. lions of them who have neither
jurisdiction the Chinese govern- booming outward investment. the Philippines previous diplomat- passed in November 2014. At the access to, nor money for, other
ment consistently made clear its Also, faced with changed inter- ic dependence on the US. However, G20 Hangzhou Summit in early The author is director of the China treatments.
non-acceptance, non-participa- national circumstances, the new the feasibility of this diplomatic September, Beijing and Washing- Ocean Strategy Studies Center at
tion and non-recognition of the Philippine government does not approach remains to be seen. Prior ton also reached consensuses on the Shanghai Academy of Social The author is advisor to Tsinghua
arbitration, which means the Phil- solely want to depend on the Unit- to the establishment of a new gov- such issues as the establishment of Sciences. University.
10 WORLD Monday, October 17, 2016 CHINA DAILY

UNITED STATES THAILAND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

Top Latin Craze for hornbill

stars play
for diversity ivory pushes bird
at border to brink in Borneo
concert By AGENCE FRANCE- so-called red ivory has
PRESSE grown more prestigious.
By AGENCE FRANCE- in Pontianak, Indonesia Experts say a single casque
PRESSE in San Diego, California can fetch up to $1,000, eclips-
A striking bird with mono- ing the average black market
Top stars in Latin music chrome plumage and a formi- price of traditional white
pleaded on Saturday for toler- dable beak, the helmeted ivory sourced from elephant
ance in a concert from the hornbill is being hunted to tusk several times over.
US-Mexico border, taking a extinction, one of the latest Researchers say thou-
stand weeks ahead of a divi- victims of a thriving global sands of these majestic birds
sive US presidential election. trade in exotic wildlife. have been killed in half a
Thousands of people turned For decades poachers in decade alone as demand for
out in the walkway between Borneos western forests red ivory has taken off.
San Diego and Tijuana for the focused on capturing orang- Yokyok Hadiprakarsa, a
show put together by Univi- utans and sun bears, but in leading expert in helmeted
sion, the US Spanish-language the past few years a surge in hornbills, estimates as many
network with a strong follow- demand for hornbill ivory as 500 were killed every
ing among Hispanics, and its has pushed the avian species month in 2013 or 6,000
English-language, youth-ori- to the brink. annually just in West Kali-
ented unit Fusion. The product has become mantan, a jungle-clad prov-
Called RiseUp As One, the so popular wealthy collec- ince in Indonesias half of
concert was officially nonpar- tors are keen to show off Borneo.
tisan but came amid the heat- their status by acquiring rare Helmeted hornbills had
ed rhetoric of Republican A mourner is assisted as she enters the Grand Palace to pay respects to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok, Thailand, on or unusual animals it is been traditionally hunted in
nominee Donald Trump, who Sunday. EDGAR SU / REUTERS fetching up to five times the the past by Borneos indige-
has described Mexican immi- price of elephant tusk on the nous tribes, but never at levels
grants as rapists and vowed to black market. that posed any conservation

PM reassures on smooth
build a wall on the border. The demand for these risk.
Rene Perez of the Puerto luxury items is just going This complete, systemat-
Rican reggaeton group Calle through the roof, said Chris ic slaughter of the species
13 appealed for US voters to Shepherd, from wildlife came virtually out of
pick the least worst candi- trade watchdog TRAFFIC. nowhere, Shepherd said. It
date, in a clear reference to In Asia, its really at a scale wasnt until 2011 that red
Democrat Hillary Clinton, and
closed the concert with the
song Latinoamerica in a pow-
erful duet with the Mexican
singer Lila Downs.
succession after funeral where species like the helmet-
ed hornbill are just being
completely decimated.
Poachers arent interested
in their brilliant plumage or
ivory first began showing up
on websites catering to buy-
ers in Asia and at high-end
wildlife markets along the
countrys borders, such as in
Downs, one of the most The crown prince opts to wait until after applied rigorously since a large bills, but a helmet-like Myanmar and Laos.
energetic performers of the military government took block of reddish-gold keratin By the close of 2015, the
evening, appealed to Latinos his fathers burial to ascend to the throne power in a 2014 coup, have at the front of the skulls species had progressed from
to prove that the community is left little room for public dis- known as a casque. vulnerable to critically
stronger than hate. By REUTERS involves the president of the cussion about the succes- Its this soft, ivory-like sub- endangered leapfrogging
Los Tigres del Norte, a top in Bangkok, Thailand legislature inviting him to sion. stance thats carved by two threat levels to the high-
act from the folksy Mexican- ascend the throne, can hap- Mourners dressed in black craftsmen into luxury orna- est possible risk category on
rooted genre of norteno Thailand has sought to dis- pen at any time before his cor- from across Thailand have ments, statues and jewelry the International Union for
music, opened the concert pel any concern about a royal onation. flocked to Bangkoks gilded trendy top-shelf trinkets that Conservation of Natures
poignantly with the song succession after Crown In the meantime, the head Grand Palace to pay homage have soared in value as red list.
Somos Mas Americanos, or Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of the royal advisory council, to the only king most of them
We Are More American. said he would delay his ascen- a 96-year-old former army have ever known.
I didnt cross the border / sion to the throne while he chief and prime minister, Buddhist monks have been
The border crossed me, runs mourns his father, and the Prem Tinsulanonda, is stand- chanting prayers beside his
one of songs lyrics in Spanish, government stressed on Sun- ing in as regent. Above: Crown coffin in an imposing throne
a reference to the US seizure of day its was working as nor- The prince held an audi- Prince Maha Vaji- hall, and they will chant for
Mexican land in the 1840s. mal. ence with Prem and Prayuth ralongkorn. 100 days as part of the funeral
King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Saturday evening and Left: Prem Tin- rites.
died on Thursday after seven asked them to pass on his sulanonda, who Though the mood is som-
decades on the throne. He reassurance to the people, will be standing ber, and almost everyone is
was 88. Prayuth said. in as regent dressed in black, shopping
The crown prince has He asked the people not to FILE PHOTOS malls, markets, cinemas and
Migration is the requested that his succession be confused or worry about even some bars have been
be delayed for an unspecified the countrys administration the worlds longest-reigning open.
reason that were period, so he can grieve with or even about the succession, monarch, has long been Thailands battered stocks
the people, Prime Minister Prayuth said in a televised revered as a father figure recovered ground on Friday
here on this planet Prayuth Chan-ocha has said. address. and symbol of unity in a on hope for a smooth transi- Plainclothes police display a stuffed hornbill trophy seized
and the reason why The government has not
set a date for the royal crema-
He said at this time every-
one is sad, he is still sad, so
country rived by political cri-
ses over the years, most
tion and shares were likely to
rise again on Monday, said
from smugglers in Makassar, South Sulawesi province. The bird
is being hunted to extinction, according to wildlife officials. AFP
humanity has tion but a deputy prime min- every side should wait until recently by a power struggle Kasem Prunratanamala,
ister said the prince had we pass this sad time ... When between the military-led head of research at CIMB
survived. asked that it be held after a the religious ceremony and establishment and populist Securities.
HAITI
year of mourning, and the funeral have passed for a political forces. The market should con-
Gael Garcia Bernal, Mexican coronation would take place while, then it will be an Many Thais worry about a tinue to rebound, he said.
actor, appearing with Latin musi-
cians at a border event
after the cremation.
The formal procedure for
appropriate time to proceed,
Prayuth said.
future without him.
Thailands strict lese-ma-
Nobody would dare do any-
thing that causes problems
UN trucks carrying food
While mostly consisting of
Latin artists, the concert also
him to become king, which King Bhumibol, who was jeste laws, which have been for the country.
looted as hunger spreads
drew Andra Day, the rising San
Diego-born soul singer and
protegee of Stevie Wonder.
Outside the music world,
Black is back as Thais mourn revered king By REUTERS
in Les Cayes, Haiti
ed, Our houses were
destroyed ... Help us!
Bans visit was a chance to
stars who appeared included Desperate Haitians pum- improve the UNs standing
the Mexican actor Gael Garcia By AGENCE FRANCE- employees to don black for at express our grief all day. meled by Hurricane Matthew among Haitians who protest-
Bernal, whose films include PRESSE in Bangkok, Thailand least a month. While royal occasions have looted United Nations trucks ed on Thursday against the
Babel and the TV series That has sent shoppers often brought uniformity on Saturday shortly before death of a motorcyclist in an
Mozart in the Jungle. On his birthday Thais wore rushing to snaffle up black from Thais, the realm of poli- UN Secretary-General Ban accident they blamed on
Migration is the reason yellow, when he got sick they garments from street vendors We want the world tics is defined by acrimony. Ki-moon arrived for a visit. blue-helmeted peacekeepers.
that were here on this planet put on pink, and now that and luxury malls who swiftly For the past decade Thai- The Category 4 hurricane It was also an opportunity
and the reason why humanity King Bhumibol Adulyadej replaced their stocks and to know our land has been torn apart tore through Haiti on Oct 4, for the South Korean to bur-
has survived, Garcia Bernal has passed away Bangkoks even their mannequins rivaling camps known by killing about 1,000 people nish his legacy at the world
told interviewer Jorge Ramos, streets have turned mono- with mourning attire.
feelings ... By their opposing colors: a popu- and leaving more than 1.4 body before his final term
the Univision anchor who has
entered tense exchanges in
chrome in an extraordinary
display of collective grief.
At a streetside stall at Pra-
tunam, a bustling wholesale
wearing the same list Red Shirt movement
and their foes a royalist
million in need of humani-
tarian aid, including 175,000
expires at year end. Bans ten-
ure has been tarnished by
covering Trump. The venerated monarch market in Bangkoks com- color shirts and elite-backed Yellow Shirt made homeless. The storm rape allegations in Central
The veteran Panamanian- died at the age of 88 on Thurs- mercial heart, Somporn Sri- group. also disrupted power, com- African Republic and a chol-
bornsingerMiguelBoseencour- day, plunging the nation into wichai is raking in more being united we The color-coded political munications and transport era epidemic in Haiti, both
aged viewers to vote on Nov 8. mourning and leaving a polit- money than she has in weeks tribes have staged repeated links. blamed on UN peacekeepers.
Were going to decide if we ically divided people bereft of selling T-shirts and polos for can express our rounds of mass protests over We will mobilize all the Cholera has stalked the
want progress and dignity or if a rare unifying figure. between 150-250 Thai baht the past decade, often bring- resources to help you, Ban regions of Haiti affected by
we want regression and cha- Thailand is a country that ($4-7). grief all day ing Bangkok to a standstill told a handful of residents the hurricane, as towns dot-
os, Bose said. leans heavily on symbols and All of us in Thailand are and sometimes spilling into gathered at a local school ting the coastline many of
For me as a Latino, Im very people have long expressed very sad and I dont want to Somporn Sriwichai, a Bangkok violence. being used as a shelter for which had not had the dis-
worried and Ive come to tell devotion to the king through be selling black clothing, said street merchant who is selling Though Bhumibol had in hurricane victims. Stay ease in months have
you that you have a weapon, clothing, with many in Bang- the 45-year-old, who normal- black T-shirts and polos the past drawn upon his strong. reported spikes in the num-
and that is your vote and our kok sporting yellow every ly sells childrens dresses. moral authority to avert Tensions are high in Les ber of cases and deaths.
voice, he said. Monday, the day he was born. But I have very little mon- political crises, the monarch Cayes and elsewhere in Haitis Many Haitians lack access to
Other major acts included Pink became the hue of ey and now I have something sport yellow-and-blue polos remained mostly silent dur- southwest region because drinkable water after the
Spanish singer-songwriter choice in the sovereigns final I can really sell, she said, add- bearing the name of the ing the twilight of his reign help has yet to reach many storm.
Alejandro Sanz, Colombian days out of the belief that it ing she shifted 100 items on event, Bike for Dad. as the color wars rocked the families whose crops and Haiti had no documented
stars Carlos Vives and Juanes, would bring him good luck as Friday alone. The sudden demand for kingdom. water supplies were cholera cases until 2010,
and Mexican pop singer Nata- his health declined. Like many of the citys black has sparked fears of a The ruling junta seized destroyed, increasing the risk months after a 7.0-magni-
lia Lafourcade, who tri- But since his passing most streetside clothing hawkers, national shortage, with the power amid the latest show of of cholera and malnutrition. tude earthquake leveled
umphed at last years Latin in the distraught nation have Somporn rolls out special government saying it will protests in 2014 and vowed to A coordinator for the US much of the capital city of
Grammys with five awards. for the first time honored the merchandise in lockstep with work with manufacturers to restore order and encourage wing of the World Health Port-au-Prince.
And Uruguayan star Jorge late king in black, with tens of royal events. ensure supply as well as reconciliation. Organization said the UN Multiple scientific studies
Drexler sang Al Otro Lado del thousands pouring onto the For the kings birthday on crackdown on opportunist But critics say the armys base was shut down after have traced the outbreak to a
Rio (The Other Side of the streets in unprecedented dis- December 5 the shirts are yel- price-gougers. tight grip on expression has looting of two World Food base in Mirebalais used by
River), his Oscar-winning plays of somber devotion. low. For the princesss they We want the world to only temporarily buried the Program food containers Nepalese peacekeepers,
song from The Motorcycle Dia- All government staff have are purple. know our feelings, Somporn nations strife, leaving open outside the base on Saturday. about an hour outside of the
ries, the 2004 biopic in which been ordered to forgo colors Last year a mass cycling said, explaining that by the possibility of a new flaring As Ban approached his car capital, and the strain of
Garcia Bernal stars as revolu- for an entire year and many event led by the Crown Prince wearing the same color shirts of the countrys fiery political to leave the school amid cholera is virtually identical
tionary Che Guevara. private businesses are asking saw hundreds of thousands and being united we can divides. heavy security, locals shout- to one endemic in Nepal.
 CHINA DAILY Monday, October 17, 2016 WORLD 11
SWITZERLAND Briefly

Diplomats BOLIVIA
Police arrest man
with gold, drugs

forge new
Bolivian police say theyve
detained a 76-year-old US
citizen with more than 55
kilograms of gold. Anti-nar-
cotics chief Santiago Delga-

track to end dillo says Robert Agnew

Meyer was also found with
a small amount of cocaine
and several kilograms of
silver coins. He puts the

Syria violence value of the gold alone at

more than $1.5 million.
Delgadillo says the man is
being investigated for pos-
sible smuggling, though he
Talks came amid heightened urgency has not been charged.
Police didnt say where
about latest flashpoint in grinding war Meyer is from or how long
hes been living in Bolivia.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS in eastern Aleppo must stop.
Lausanne, Switzerland Neither side has budged in UNITED STATES
the chicken-and-egg dispute Truck plunges off
New ideas proposed, more over months of negotiation.
talks prepared and no quick Saturdays talks included
bridge, killing 4
resolution in sight for Syrias top envoys from Saudi Arabia, A member of the US Navy
Festival of unity agony. Iran, Turkey, Qatar, Iraq, Egypt was arrested after the
A US-hosted meeting of and Jordan. pickup truck he was driv-
Women in their traditional outfits take part in the Indoni SA Cultural festival on Saturday in Durban, South Africa. The Indoni festival, a major world and regional pow- Kerry said the discussion ing plunged off a San Die-
three-day feast, showcases traditions of South African provinces and aims to demonstrate unity and the unique diversity of the country. ers made only piecemeal head- was driven by the urgency of go bridge, killing four
RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP way on creating a new, Aleppo, the urgency of trying people and injuring nine
multilateral track for ending to find something that works at a festival below, author-
the beleaguered countrys other than military action. ities said. Authorities
grinding war. Ministers offered sugges- identified the driver as
YEMEN US Secretary of State John tions that really might be able Richard Anthony Sepolio,
Kerry convened top diplomats to shape some different 25, who was stationed at

Wrong information led to attack: Report from Russia and regional pow-
ers like Saudi Arabia, Turkey
and Iran on Saturday for a
approaches, he said, without
elaborating. No official news
conference or joint statement
the naval base on Corona-
do Island across the bay
from San Diego. His rank
four-and-a-half-hour meeting followed Saturdays meeting. or job description was not
By REUTERS armed Houthi leaders in a tion of the strike had been in Switzerland. The talks came The Syrian-Russian offen- immediately available.
in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia known location in Sanaa, and swift. amid heightened urgency sive in Aleppo prompted the Sepolio was alone in the
insisted that the location be The White House about the city of Aleppo, the US to end discussions this truck Saturday afternoon
The Saudi-led coalition targeted immediately, the announced an immediate latest flashpoint in a war that month over a proposed mili- when he lost control and it
fighting the Houthi move- investigators concluded, Naturally, these review of Washingtons sup- has killed up to a half-million tary alliance against Islamic struck a guardrail and fell
ment in Yemen attacked a according to a statement. port for the 18-month-old mil- people, sparked a refugee cri- State and al-Qaida-linked mili- 20 meters onto a vendors
funeral there after receiving The Joint Incidents Assess- people must be itary push against the sis and offered a territorial tants. Last week, Kerry booth at Chicano Park,
incorrect information from ment Team said in the state- Houthis. base to the radical Islamic accused both parties of war California Highway Patrol
Yemeni military figures that ment that the coalitions Air
confronted about Senior US officials also said State group. crimes for targeting hospitals Officer Jake Sanchez said.
armed Houthi leaders were in
the area, an investigative
Operations Centre in Yemen
also failed to obtain approval
what led to this the attack had killed senior
figures who were important
Kerrys new approach
comes after last months
and civilian infrastructure in
the Arab country. VIETNAM
body set up by the coalition for the strike from command- mistake.. to the reconciliation process. US-Russian bid to end the war Nevertheless, Kerry reunit- Heavy rains leave
said on Saturday. ers, a violation of protocol. The strike has threatened collapsed in days as Syrian for- ed with Russian Foreign Min-
The Saudi-led campaign in The JIAT called for a review to escalate Yemens civil war ces backed by Russian airpow- ister Sergey Lavrov at the
at least 21 dead
Mansour Ahmed al-Mansour,
Yemen has come under severe of the rules of engagement and a legal adviser to the Joint and pull the United States er launched an offensive on lakeside Beau-Rivage Palace in Heavy rains and strong
criticism since last Saturdays for compensation for the fami- Incidents Assessment Team further into the conflict. rebel-held parts of Aleppo. Lausanne, speaking with the winds in Vietnams central
air strike on the funeral gath- lies of the victims. It also said Houthi-led forces had Ministers put a brave face on Russian for almost 40 minutes region over the past four
ering in the Yemeni capital appropriate action should be responded to the attack by the Lausanne meeting, which before the larger gathering. days have left 21 people
Sanaa, killing 140 people taken against those who The coalition accepted the launching missiles into Saudi Kerry said was exactly what For all the talk in Washington dead and eight others
according to one UN estimate, caused the incident, without findings in a statement Arabia and possibly at a US we wanted a statement that about a possible Plan B, US missing, the Ministry of
and 82 according to the Hout- elaborating. released hours later and said warship stationed off the testified mostly to low expecta- hopes for diplomatic progress Agriculture and Rural
his. A spokesman for the JIAT it had begun to implement Yemeni coast, prompting US tions. The main result was appeared to rest squarely on Development said on Sun-
Mourners who died in the said the actions could include the JIATs recommendations. retaliatory strikes against pledges to resume contact on Russias cooperation. day. Quang Binh Province
attack included some of judicial proceedings. The coalition command what Washington said were Monday. There are a few ideas we has been hit the hardest
Yemens top political and secu- Naturally, these people expresses its regret at this Houthi radar sites. Nobody wants to do this in discussed today in this circle of with 15 dead, seven miss-
rity officials, potentially galva- must be confronted about unintentional incident and The Houthis have denied a sloppy way, said Kerry. countries that can influence ing and 13 injured, fol-
nising powerful tribes to join what led to this mistake. They the ensuing pain for victims firing missiles at the US Navy Russia has put a priority on the situation, Lavrov told Rus- lowed by Ha Tinh
the Houthis in opposing a Sau- have the right to defend them- families, it said. destroyer. separating al-Qaida-linked sian news agencies. We Province with two dead
di-backed exiled government. selves, but if it becomes clear The incident is not in line The United Nations esti- militants on a UN-designated agreed to continue contacts in and one missing, and
A party affiliated to the that legal measures should be with the coalitions objectives, mates that 10,000 people have list of terrorist organizations the next few days aiming at Nghe An and Thua Thien
Yemeni Presidency of the taken, the coalition forces are namely protecting civilians been killed in the war and from moderate rebels agreements that could Hue with two dead each.
General Chief of Staff wrong- concerned with that, said and restoring safety and sta- blames coalition air strikes for backed by the United States. advance the settlement. We Many road and railway
ly passed information that Mansour Ahmed al-Mansour, bility to Yemen. 60 percent of some 3,800 civil- For that to happen, Washing- spoke clearly in favor of a quick sections and aquaculture
there was a gathering of a legal adviser to the JIAT. International condemna- ian deaths since March 2015. ton says the aerial onslaught in launch of a political process. ponds in the central
region have been sub-
merged in water, causing
big losses to transport sec-
PHILIPPINES tor and farmers.

Thousands flee as typhoon lashes nation UNITED KINGDOM

Second vote
highly likely
By AGENCE FRANCE- were fallen trees but thats la was without electricity. brace for a second storm, with Scottish First Minister
PRESSE in Manila, Philippines about the extent of damage This was no ordinary Typhoon Haima expected to Nicola Sturgeon said on
that we know of, Ricardo typhoon, Bihasa added. strike the same area as early as Sunday it was highly like-
Typhoon Sarika lashed the Jalad, head of the govern- Government crews and util- Thursday. ly that Scotland would
main Philippine island of ments National Disaster Risk ity workers immediately went The disaster agency said hold a new independence
Luzon on Sunday, flattening Reduction and Management to work clearing roads nearly 12,500 people had left referendum before 2020
homes and toppling trees and Council, told reporters. blocked by landslides, toppled their homes shortly before after the United Kingdom
power pylons as more than Nelianto Bihasa, the mayor trees and posts and other Sarika struck, seeking refuge voted to leave the Europe-
12,000 people fled to safer of the town of Baler where debris. Some towns began in government-run shelters an Union. Asked on ITVs
ground, officials said. Sarika made landfall before sending people in shelters and relatives homes. Peston on Sunday pro-
Minor landslides and flood- dawn, told ABS-CBN network back to their homes as the Eleven people were rescued gramme whether she
ing were also reported a day the typhoon destroyed at least danger passed. after a boat capsized off the A man walks along a boulevard in Manila, Philippines, on Sunday. would anticipate a second
after the cyclone brushed past 20 houses and left one person Sarika swept out into the eastern island of Samar on Fri- BULLIT MARQUEZ / AP Scottish referendum
the remote eastern island of injured there. South China Sea in the early day, while about 1,000 boats before 2020, Sturgeon
Catanduanes and left one per- Many trees and power afternoon after dumping and 6,500 passengers were said: I think it is highly
son drowned and three others pylons were toppled, Bihasa heavy rain across a broad sec- stranded in ports as the coast other deaths in Catanduanes national authorities could not likely given the situation
missing there. said, adding the coastal town tion of Luzon island. guard barred smaller vessels and the nearby province of yet determine whether these were in ... If anything
We were told roofs were of 36,000 people some 145 However, the weather ser- from putting to sea. Camarines Sur. But Jalad, the had anything to do with the what has happened since
ripped off houses and there kilometers northeast of Mani- vice warned the nation to Local officials reported two disaster agency chief, said the storm. then has probably made
me think that even more
so than I did the morning
after the referendum.
SOUTH KOREA
TURKEY

Amid Seouls fried chicken craze, foreign firms ruffle feathers Attackers cause
blast during raid
One or more suicide
By REUTERS in Seoul Chimaek stores now dot as South Korea lifts bans on Supply is currently domi- tion to survive instead of bombers blew themselves

Dont count your chickens

South Korea and their ubiq-
uitous delivery services shut-
14.2 kg overseas suppliers who are
attracted by still low per capi-
nated by the countrys three
biggest producers Harim
adjusting production, even
though it contributes to a
up during a Turkish
police raid on Sunday
before they hatch. tle freshly fried chicken and Amount per capita South Koreans ta consumption rates. Co Ltd, Dongwoo Co Ltd and glut, said Park. against a suspected
Global poultry producers beer to homes, offices and ate of poultry meat in 2015, a near South Koreans ate 14.2 kg of Maniker Co Ltd. Park expects the imbal- Islamic State militant cell
hoping to cash in on South picnics. three-fold increase since 1990. poultry meat each in 2015, a All have seen their earnings ance to ease in the second in a city near Syrian bor-
Koreas craze for fried chicken At a Seoul outlet of the pop- near three-fold increase since hit in the first half of this year half as the number of slaugh- der, Turkeys state-run
and beer face a market crowd- ular BBQ chain recently, Kim 1990 according to OECD data, as they ramp up production to tered chickens drops in sum- Anadolu Agency report-
ed with local birds that have Chang-hoo said he and his col- know if its just me, but chick- but only half the global aver- secure market share. mer, but sees the market ed. At least 10 people,
clipped prices and profits for leagues had planned to go to a en always comes to my mind age of 28.6 kg per person. Park Ju-no, the managing over-supplied again next including civilians and
South Korean growers. sushi restaurant for a compa- and is always delicious. South Koreas market for director at Harim, acknowl- year as imports from the police, were wounded in
The popularity of the combi- ny dinner, but decided instead The craze has pitted domes- chicken is expected to grow 5 edged producers were United States and Thailand the explosion in Gazian-
nation, known as chimaek, on chimaek a mashup of tic chicken producers in an percent to 1.01 million metric engaged in a game of chick- resume. tep city, the private
has boomed in recent years, chicken and maekju, the Kore- increasingly tough battle for tons this year and a further 3 en, each holding a potentially In July, Asias fourth-largest Dogan news agency
fuelled by its appearance in a an word for beer. market share, prompting an percent in 2017, according to dangerous course in the hope economy lifted its ban on reported. Two of them
hit South Korean television I cannot help think of over-supply and a drop in the US Department of Agri- their rivals flinch first. chicken imports from the US, were in serious condition.
drama and an explosion of res- chicken, even when Im eating farm prices. culture, boosted by the chi- We think its more crucial imposed due to a bird flu out-
taurant chains. sushi, Kim, 24, said. I dont Now imports are set to rise maek craze. to focus on quality differentia- break in 2015. AP-XINHUA-REUTERS
12 Beijing special Monday, October 17, 2016 C HI NA DA I LY

City nurtures tech biz

with talents, policies
$19.3
By ZHANG ZHAO
zhangzhao@chinadaily.com.cn

Self-driving vehicles, smart billion

robots and liquid metal... Near-
ly 200 technological achieve- value of technology transfers in
ments are being showcased at Beijing in the rst half of 2016
an exhibition in Beijing during
the 2016 National Mass Inno-
vation and Entrepreneurship Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun
Week from Oct 12 through 18. said the local government has
The projects include a wide been actively improving its poli-
range of sectors such as arti- cies to cultivate an innovation-
cial intelligence, new materials, friendly environment in recent
environmental protection and years.
biotechnology, with 70 percent As one of the most active
of them launched within the bases for innovation in China,
past ve years. Beijing boasts more than 90
A facial recognition system universities, 280 research insti-
developed by SenseTime, the tutions and many of the nations
rst in the world that is more leading high-tech companies.
accurate than human eyes, is Beijings research and devel-
one of the most attractive proj- opment expenditure makes up
ects at the event. 5.95 percent of its annual GDP,
Another star is a colloidal and there are 61.3 invention
quantum dot spectrometer. patents for each 10,000 resi-
Used in almost every research dents in the city, both numbers
sector for scientific analysis, leading the nation.
traditional spectrometers are In the rst half of this year,
too big to move. Thanks to contracts for technology trans-
innovations in materials and fer totaled more than 130 bil-
Visitors play a virtual reality game at the 2016 National Mass Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week in Beijings Zhongguancun. PHOTOS BY WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY technology, the showcased lion yuan ($19.3 billion), up 6
device is the size of a cellphone, percent from the same period
nearly a thousandth of the size last year.

Chinas Silicon Valley hosts

of traditional equipment and a Beijing officials said there are
thousandth of the cost. benecial interactions among
Mass innovation and entre- the local government, innova-
preneurship is progressing tors and the public, thanks to
robustly across China, with the introduction of top talent
improved policies, stronger and high-end industries, mar-

more angels and unicorns platforms, increasing invest-

ment and a growing number
of startups and entrepreneurs,
said Wang Xiaotao, vice-min-
ister of the National Develop-
ket orientation and improved
government services.
Many leading innovative
companies in Beijing have
expanded to neighboring Tian-
ment and Reform Commission, jin and Hebei province.
By DU JUAN
dujuan@chinadaily.com.cn 10,000 40 cent of them are private com-
panies.
So far, Zhongguancun has
access to big data analysis.
In addition to AI, invest-
ment in environmental pro-
at the opening ceremony of the
event.
He called on Beijing to build
Jing-Jin Electric, developer of
the worlds most powerful motor
for electric cars, has planned a
Mass entrepreneurship and angel investors unicorn companies 287 listed companies. Many tection and energy intercon- a national technological and facility in Shijiazhuang in Hebei,
innovation has become the leaders of those listed compa- nection in Zhongguancun innovation center and facilitate designed for an annual capacity
new direction of social invest- active in Beijings funded by angel investors in nies, who have had success- increased by 30 percent com- free flow of innovation and of 500,000 motors and power-
ment, resulting in a growing Zhongguancun area Zhongguancun ful experiences in the market, pared with the same period entrepreneurship elements trains, which will become the
number of unicorn companies took on the role of angel inves- last year. throughout the Beijing-Tianjin- largest of its kind nationwide
created in Beijing. tor. B e i j i n g O r i g i n Wa t e r Hebei region. when completed.
During the National Mass tors, accounting for 80 percent a g e m e n t c o m m i tt e e o f Facing the macro economic PureTech Co Ltd, a company
Innovation and Entrepreneur- of the total number in China. Zhongguancun, 2.3 bil- slowdown, a large number of focused on solving water pol-
ship Week started on Oct 12, Those people have helped lion yuan ($340 million) companies in Zhongguancun lution problems and ensur-
many cities including Shen- many startups to develop into was invested in 379 cases increased their investments ing drinking water safety, will
zhen and Beijing held more major leaders in their respec- for the first half year in in research and development, invest 5 percent of its revenue
than 20 events such as forums tive industries. Zhongguancun, account- hoping to improve the indus- in membrane technology.
and marathons. The angel investors in ing for around 46 percent of trial chain and raise their According to a report by the
Wang Yingjian, deputy head Zhongguancun have helped to national cases. competitiveness. China Association of Enter-
of the Beijing Municipal Com- create more than 40 unicorn T hese investors have Science and technology prises and China Entrepre-
mission of Development and companies, including Beijing brought mass entrepreneur- research spending has gath- neur Association, Chinas top
Reform, said Zhongguancun, Orange Technology, which ship and innovation to a new ered in the artificial intelli- 500 companies investment in
Chinas Silicon Valley, has built launched Didi Taxi and group- level. gence sector. In the rst half R&D has increased 7.4 percent
a showroom with an area of buying website Meituan.com. According to the commit- of 2016, 31.88 billion yuan was in August year-on-year.
7,000 square meters. The number of unicorn tee, 6,005 technology compa- invested in the sector, up 21 The continuous invest-
The entrepreneurs will be companies in Zhongguancun nies were newly established percent year-on-year. ment in R&D has led to many
able to nd partners or inves- ranks second in the world, fol- within the rst ve months Baidu Inc developed a achievements. Baidu has
tors during the weeks events. lowing the Silicon Valley in the of 2016, which means 40 new self-learning platform which applied for 1,500 patents in
Zhongguancun has more United States. companies launched every can help clients use the most AI and 358 patents in autono- Visitors at the Beijing event of the 2016 National Mass Innovation
than 10,000 active angel inves- According to the man- day. Approximately 90 per- advanced technology to gain mous driving technology. and Entrepreneurship Week interact with a smart robot.

Tsinghua Holdings top 10 share their expertise with the world

By ZHUAN TI One of her major topics of have reached 1,000 units for the group is dedicated to the
zhuanti@chinadaily.com.cn Our work is of great value. What research is the CT liquid secu- a total of approximately 10 bil- industrialization of technical
rity inspection system that can lion yuan. achievements, and to helping
It only took two days for Li
we gain is more than economic be used at airports to detect As for the atmosphere of high-tech startups grow, based
Yuan to make the decision to
take up the project of develop-
payback. dangerous liquids.
Tsinghua University pro-
innovation, Liu said the com-
pany had a clear division of
on the scientic strength and
human resources of Tsinghua
ing the rst 911-like system for Li Yuan, deputy general manager of Beijing Global vides many opportunities for labor and invested heavily in University.
the Republic of Ecuador. Safety Technologys Wuhan subsidiary academic and technological scientic research. The com- Giving the professionals
The project is known exchange. Nuctech has also pany invests 200 million yuan a our respect and encouraging
as ECU911, including two emphasized innovation since year in technological research, them to develop their own
response networks in Ecuador:
It is an honor to work for the the day it was founded, she he said. Employees can put ideas by improving manage-
one is for major emergency
incidents such as earthquakes,
university and the company at said. It is an honor to work
for the university and the com-
forward their new ideas to the
technological committee. If
ment systems are the keys to
the development of the whole
storms and nuclear disasters. the same time. pany at the same time. passed, they can become real enterprise, Zhou said.
The other is the receive-dis- Now more than 500 sets of projects.
posal alarm system concerning Zhang Li, general manager of the security CT division of the device have been sold to According to the CEO of Chen Meiling contributed to
social safety, re, traffic inci- Nuctech the global market, including Tsinghua Holdings, Zhou Liye, this story.
dents and medical services. about 10 European countries,
Lis team completed the Every employee can put forward with total sales of about 200
technical part of ECU911 in million yuan ($29.8 million), Top 10 professionals
early 2011. The rst national new ideas to the technological Zhang said.
control center was built within Another winner from
eight months in Guayaquil, fol- committee. Nuctech, Liu Yaohong, as Zhang Li, general manager Medicine Institute of
lowed by another 15 provincial Liu Yaohong, executive vice-president of Nuctechs the executive deputy presi- of security CT division of CapitalBio
and regional centers. United Research Institute dent of the companys United Nuctech
Peoples Daily reported that Research Institute, invented Deng Yuliang, vice-president
till the end of 2014, the ECU911 the worlds first relocatable Liu Yaohong, executive of Shenzhen StateMicro
had responded to 3.4 million container/vehicle inspection vice-president of United Electronics
emergencies and saved more Li said the whole project always thinking of ways to innovative spirit and have system. The device helped to Research Institute of
than 8,000 lives. Thanks to will be completed at the end of improve efficiency. achieved great benefits for detect two tons of drugs hid- Nuctech Chen Yujun, director of
the system, the response time 2017 and will be handed over Li has been listed as one of society and their eld, Zhou den in containers of coffee the Building Information
from receipt to disposal has to the local authority after a the top-10 innovative profes- said. beans in Amsterdam, the Neth- Liu Xinmin, chief software Modeling Center at the
decreased from 2 hours to ve ve-year maintenance period sionals in the industrial parks Zhang Li, who won the erlands, in early 2007. architect of New H3C Group Architectual Design and
to 10 minutes. for each control center. But of Tsinghua Holdings, held highest score in the selection, Most of the inspection sys- Research Institute of
Li told China Daily that their this is not the end. We will from May to August. The result is a doctoral adviser at Tsin- tems cannot find drugs hid- Zhao Qing, general manager Tsinghua University
team didnt take it as a task continue to improve the cur- came from online voting and ghua University and the gen- den in coffee beans because the of Tus Water Group
assigned by the company, but rent system if any problem is the opinions of an expert panel. eral manager of the security CT densities of the two are simi- Chang Sheng, engineer
a career with important social found, he said. The campaign aims to division of Nuctech. lar, but our devices can tell the Li Yuan, deputy general of TongFang Energy
value into which they are will- Li also said that similar encourage innovation of As a university researcher, I difference in ingredients and manager of Beijing Global Preservation Technology
ing to put continuous effort. cooperations with Venezuela grassroots workers, improve can keep up with the frontiers identify them by different col- Safety Technologys Wuhan
Many of us have worked at and Bolivia are underway. the innovative atmosphere and of technology, and working at ors on the computer, Liu said. subsidiary Han Linjun, engineer at
the control center in Ecuador. He said the spirit of innova- answer the call of the nations the company, I can learn the Now the device has been the technology center
We saw our system save lives, tion has become part of the innovation-driven develop- demands of customers, which sold to more than 140 coun- Liu Yingying, assistant of TongFang Articial
Li said. I think our work is of companys culture. Innova- ment strategy, said Zhou Liye, helps us make products that tries and regions, taking a 31 director of the Translational Environment
great value. What we gain is tion is rooted in small things, CEO of Tsinghua Holdings. better serve the market, she percent share in the global
more than economic payback. he said. For example, we are The top 10 all have a strong said. market. Liu said total sales
Engine of growth Smart data
Guangxi Yuchai gearing up Swap scheme Rein pilots CMR to
for expansion in Europe Market weighs pros, cons of empower businesses
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13

INVESTMENT COMMERCE

By WU YIYAO in Shanghai
wuyiyao@chinadaily.com.cn Tourist boom
One hot Saturday afternoon mid-
September, Li Hao, a 29-year-old cant reverse
researcher with a chemical compa-
ny in Shanghai, binged on a dozen
varieties of craft beer. He helped
Japans retail
himself to all those drinks at a beer
fair at Pudong Kerry Center in
Shanghai. More than 50 stalls were
market slump
selling hundreds of brands, both
global and local. Li wished he had a By BLOOMBERG in Tokyo
pair of bellies to take them all in.
I had never imagined beer-drink- The record throngs of interna-
ing could produce varied experien- tional tourists visiting Japan
ces of tastes wildly different from have failed to jolt the countrys
one another. Until now, beer was department stores out of a
just an economical refresher for me, Chinese consumers enjoy drinks during a beer festival in Qingdao, Shandong slump.
particularly on scorching summer province. Along with the swelling demand for high-end beer in China, invest- Sales at outlets including
days. All those cans and bottles of ments in the craft beer segment have been rising in recent years. Takashimaya Co and Isetan
different brands tasted the same PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd
more or less. But craft beer phew, nationwide fell 6 percent in
its different, and like wines now ... August, the biggest drop since
high-end beverages, with qualities highly segmented. According to March 2015, said the Japan
that match their high price, Li said. data of Dianping Holdings, Chinas Department Store Association.
In Shanghai these days, consum- biggest online food service ratings In the same month, arrivals of
ers can buy more than 200 varieties website and a key information pro- tourists from outside the coun-
of craft beer at high-end groceries, Limited supply, unique vider, China has more than 3,000 try surged 13 percent, accord-
brewery-run outlets, boutique din- craft beer breweries. Their output ing to Japan National Tourism
ing bars or through home-delivery flavors, distinct experi- and sales revenue are less than 3 Organization data.
services. Prices range between 30 percent of the entire beer market. A stronger yen has made
yuan ($4.5) and 100 yuan per liter.
ence and high-end In the US, craft beer takes about Japan more expensive for tour-
Investors are eyeing the craft beer
market as segment expansion
branding all appeal to 13 percent of the market share,
according to an estimate in a
ists, while deflation and nega-
tive interest rates have sapped
appears on the horizon and demand the younger generation research note of Founders Securi- consumer confidence, making
for niche products rises, said ties. it harder for department stores
experts. of consumers... Unlike the mild-tasting canned to increase sales. That pessi-
According to Wang Deliang, and bottled beer, which is distribut- mism was reflected in the Bank
brewery research director with the Michael To, marketing specialist with ed through supermarkets under of Japan decision last month to
China National Research Institute Shanghai-based Focus Strategy the big players brands, craft beer do more to combat deflation by
of Food & Fermentation Industries, Consultancy Ltd usually has a stronger taste, a result shifting its policy framework
investments in the craft beer seg- of high-gravity brewing. Each vari- from expanding the money sup-
ment have been rising in recent ety of craft beer has a distinct taste ply to controlling interest rates.
years because of prospects of high end food and beverages, picked up as the raw materials used, brewing Japans core consumer prices
profits of up to 30 percent. in recent years because consumers conditions, techniques, and brew- fell in July at the fastest pace
Investments need not be high as have been upwardly mobile. Supply- ers flavors vary. Output is usually since March 2013.
in other liquor segments like whisky side reforms have also helped to the tune of just 1,000 liters per
because craft beer, a niche product, improve operational efficiencies, day.
is not produced on a mass scale, said improving prospects for profits. An Limited supply, unique flavors,
Wang. increasing number of consumers distinct experience and high-end
Take Beijing-based Panda Brew have been exposed to a wider range branding all appeal to the younger
that started in 2013. It has so far of choices due to travel for work, generation of consumers who like to
received 20 million yuan from a tourism or education, thus creating have something different, said
handful of investors, including ven- demand for new products in the Michael To, marketing specialist
ture capital firm Tiantu Capital. Its domestic market. with Shanghai-based Focus Strategy
capacity has increased to annual The fizz in the craft beer market Consultancy Ltd.
output of some 1,000 metric tons, reflects consumers rising individu- Shi Dechuan, a 34-year-old soft-
which is supplied to 50 cities across alism and assertiveness with regard ware programmer based in Shang-
China. to preferences. As the market opens hai, said craft beer made by a local A Chinese tourist (right),
Seeing such market potential, up, more and more imported beer brewery along the road to Yunnan inspects a wrist watch at a Laox
large brewers are jumping on the brands, particularly craft beer province was most impressive. He Co store in the Ginza district of
craft beer bandwagon. Earlier this labels, have increased their offer- discovered the beer while traveling Tokyo. YURIKO NAKAO / BLOOMBERG
year, Guangzhou Zhujiang Brewery ings in China, according to a in summer this year.
Group Co Ltd announced it will research note from consultancy You dont really want to drink the
launch four facilities to produce Roland Berger. same beer when you travel to differ- The BOJ may find it difficult
craft beer and use online distribu- While the traditional beer market ent places, so craft beer, which uses to achieve its inflation goal in
tion channels to sell it. in China is highly consolidated and local fruits, tea leaves, malt and yeast, the near term, said Thomas
Investments in consumption- dominated by a handful of players, gives you that sense of locality, and Jastrzab, a Bloomberg Intelli-
driven sectors, particularly high- the craft beer brewery market is makes a tour different, said Shi. gence analyst. If it manages to
stoke consistent inflation this
could serve as a catalyst to

Fizz gets a premium touch

boost retail sales.
The biggest department
stores need the boost. Revenue
at Isetan Mitsukoshi, Japans
largest department store opera-
By WU YIYAO in Shanghai China's trade in beer products tor by market value, probably
wuyiyao@chinadaily.com.cn fell for a fourth straight quarter
Unit: 10 million liters
in the three months ended on
The past couple of years have Imports Exports Sept 30, according to analyst
been taking some of the fizz out of 8.33 8.4 estimates. Sales at Takashimaya
8
7.42
traditional beer market in China. 6.72 6.76 7.1 fell about 3 percent in August,
While the spending power of con- 6 5.63 after a 0.3 percent decline in the
sumers has been increasing, the 4.88 6.46 quarter ended May.
4
4.24
volume of beer consumed has been 3.13 3.39 3.06 Takashimaya, Isetan and
decreasing. 2.27 2.54 2.37 2.28 2.1 2.58 2.33 2.7 2.3 2.57 2.57 rivals have featured more
2
Thats still a glass half full for goods popular with tourists
Angus Or, CEO of Carlsberg China, 2.17 2.61 2.36 1.82 and have added staff to accom-
0
because Chinese consumers tastes July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb March April May June July Aug modate the rise in a bet it could
are evolving and preferences 2015 2016 help drive a rebound in sales.
changing, promising bright Source: cnbrewing.com SU JINGBO / CHINA DAILY Local news media have called
prospects for high-end beverages. the shopping style of tourists
The new generation people from China bakugai or explo-
born after 1990 is demanding cent and a five-year low. um by providing them with the sive buying. The moves didnt
better products. So, the beer mar- Signs are that the situation may best-tasting products, Or said. prevent sales at stores overall
ket will likely see higher sales if it not improve much this year. In the This has helped Carlsberg from sliding.
begins to introduce innovative first half, about 22.51 million kilo- already even though the larger Department stores are losing
varieties. Carlsbergs Or is con- liters of beer were produced, down beer market is cooling. In the first customers to drugstore chains
vinced future opportunities lie in 4.3 percent year-on-year. half of 2016, Carlsbergs operating such as Sundrug Co and Matsu-
big cities and non-alcoholic beers Carlsbergs response is to profits at global and Asia/regional motokiyoshi Holdings Co,
or ciders. acquire major local brands in Chi- levels rose 8 percent and 6 percent which offer discounted cosmet-
In addition, the increasing pop- na and premiumize them to year-on-year respectively, despite ics and perfumes to foreign vis-
WANG XIAOYING / CHINA DAILY ularity of craft beer is a bright spot. meet the demand for high-quality the corresponding volumes declin- itors who are seeking bargains
Premiumization is another strate- products. It is eyeing beer brands/ ing by 1 percent and 4 percent. as the strong Japanese curren-
gy that the Danish brewer is varieties such as Chongqing, Clearly, premiumization is driving cy crimps their travel budgets,
adopting to improve its perform- Wusu, Dali and Xixia. Carlsbergs sales growth. said Jastrzab.
ance. Its a strategy that has Weve also introduced a series Beer market analysts said pre- Isetan Mitsukoshi said tour-
already produced good results in of super-premium brands under miumization is a systematic strat- ists these days prefer cosmet-
other markets. our Masters Choice portfolio, egy that requires efforts of many ics, childrens clothes and
That has become necessary including imported high-end teams, from production, packag- other everyday items such as
now in China to reverse the down- brews such as Grimbergen from ing and distribution to marketing, pillows over watches and con-
trend of the last two years. Belgium, Poretti from Italy, and branding and consumer educa- sumer electronics. Spending
According to the National Bureau Karhu from Finland. We aim to tion. habits by Chinese tourists
of Statistics, about 47.15 million meet a variety of consumer needs Fang Gang, a Beijing-based beer have changed slightly, said
kiloliters of beer were produced in all categories mainstream,
in 2015, down more than 5 per- premium, as well as super-premi- SEE BRANDS PAGE 14 SEE SALES PAGE 14
14 BUSINESS Monday, October 17, 2016 CHINA DAILY

GOING GLOBAL REAL ESTATE

Europe as On the verge of

delisting, firms
engine of sell property
new growth By BLOOMBERG in
Shanghai

Struggling Chinese com-

panies, some on the brink of Such sales wont
Guangxi Yuchai Machinery roars into developed delisting, are turning to the
change the long-
soaring property market to
markets with Euro 6-compliant vehicle machines bolster their books.
At least 12 firms listed on
term profits of
By YANG ZIMAN and
ZHANG LI in Nanning
high, according to Huang Yi,
deputy general manager of
mainland exchanges
announced plans to sell real
these firms.
Yuchai Sales Company. estate holdings in September Ken Chen, a strategist at KGI
Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Developed countries have amid a surge in property pri- Securities in Shanghai
Group Co Ltd, the largest mature market economy ces, according to Bloomberg
internal combustion engine rules. Having a presence in calculations from stock
manufacturer in China, aims these countries is a touchstone exchange disclosures.
to tap developed markets in for our own competence. We Among them, seven suffered
Europe by cooperating with will suffer great losses if our losses in the first half, while sheet, it said in filings last
top European engine produc- products in these markets are four have been placed on the month. The value of the resi-
ers, according to top execu- found to be problematic, exchanges watch list for pos- dences rose 16-fold since the
tives of the company. which is a driving force for us sibly being delisted. Most of firm bought them in 2004.
Founded in 1951 and head- to keep improving the quality them are in businesses unre- Shanghai Xinmei Real
quartered in Yulin, Guangxi of our products, said Huang. lated to real estate. Estate Co, whose stock was
Zhuang autonomous region, At the moment, more than The companies faced halted from trading in Shang-
Yuchai Machinery has been 90 percent of Yuchai Machin- earnings pressures in their hai in April after it reported
the standard-setter as far as erys sales are concentrated in core businesses, so they are three straight years of losses,
Chinese internal combustion Southeast Asia, the Middle looking to sell real estate in said in a statement on Sept 14
engines are concerned. Its East, South America and Afri- the high-price environment that it hoped to sell proper-
assets are worth 32.7 billion ca where infrastructure con- to airbrush the books and pre- ties for at least 150 million
yuan ($4.9 billion). struction is taking off. The 10 vent a delisting scenario, yuan ($22 million) to opti-
We always look up to the member-countries of ASEAN Zhang Haidong, chief strate- mize its asset structure and
emission standards of West- represent its largest market. gist at Jinkuang Investment resume trading as quickly as
ern countries, staying ahead in In 2015, they accounted for Management in Shanghai, possible.
technological capacity. Now, sales of 30,000 units out of the said by phone. Thats why Weifang Yaxing Chemical
we are building engines that total overseas sales of 40,000 investors need to be prudent Co, Xian Tian He Defense
meet the Euro 6 emission lim- units. when looking at the results, Technology Co, Shenzhen
its that are in effect in Europe Yuchai Machinery has been A Yuchai worker assembles a diesel engine at a workshop in Yulin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. especially on taking out the Shenbao Industrial Co and
since 2013, said Guo Deming, collaborating with FEV GmbH More than 90 percent of Yuchai Machinerys sales are now concentrated in Southeast Asia, the Middle non-recurring profits from Shanghai Greencourt Invest-
deputy Party chief of Yuchai in Germany, one of the top East, South America and Africa where infrastructure construction is taking off. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY the gains. ment Group Co are among
Machinery. three automobile engine com- Runaway property prices the other companies with
China is going to implement panies in the world, Ricardo are giving flailing companies plans to sell real estate, filings
the fifth generation of national Plc in Britain and AVL List We always look up to the national legislative and politi- a shot at survival amid uncer- show.
emission standards in an all- GmbH in Austria. It has a cal advisory bodies) and the tainty over Chinas growth Such sales wont change
round way in 2017, which are research center in Aachen, emission standards of Western Hangzhou G20 Summit, said and a volatile stock market. the long-term profits of these
the equivalent of the Euro 5 Germany, where the RWTH Huang. Under Chinas exchange rules, firms, said Ken Chen, a strat-
emission limits observed in Aachen University acts as a countries... Yuchai Machinery has 15 companies are warned with egist at KGI Securities in
Europe from 2008 to 2013. talent pool for FEV. offices and 133 service stations the possibility of delisting aft- Shanghai. Theyre just buy-
Under the Euro 6 emission Yuchai Machinery has Guo Deming, deputy party chief of Yuchai Machinery overseas that help sell its prod- er two consecutive years of ing more time to recover
limits, soot emission per kilo- recently signed an agreement ucts to 170 countries and losses, and are suspended if their business amid an eco-
meter must be lower than 5 with MTU, a German manu- regions. In 2015, overseas mar- they post a net loss in the fol- nomic turnaround.
milligrams and nitric oxide facturer of large diesel engines It is used in high-end cars, moment, the R&D investment kets accounted for 11 percent lowing year. Home prices in China
per kilometer lower than 80 and complete propulsion sys- which consumes slightly over has never been cut. of total sales. Nanjing Putian Telecom- surged by the most in six
milligrams, which are one- tems, to establish a joint ven- 3 liters of oil per 100 kilome- The consistent research From 2011 to 2015, Yuchai munications Co, a loss-mak- years in August, official data
fifth and one-fourth respec- ture. The JV will use MTUs ters. As the emission stan- efforts have put Yuchai Machinery exported 166,000 ing telecommunication show. At least 21 cities have
tively of the Euro 4 standards. technologies related to its dards increase, new energy Machinery on a par with for- engines to overseas markets, equipment manufacturer list- introduced purchase restric-
Automobile emissions that S4000 engine series to pro- engines will enjoy a bigger eign brands. It first distin- up more than 50 percent com- ed in Shenzhen, planned to tions or toughened mortgage
meet the Euro 6 standards are duce high-end, high-power market, said Huang. guished itself from foreign pared with the 2006-10 period. sell two apartments in the lending in the past month,
even cleaner than the average and high-speed auto engines Yuchai Machinery invests competitors in the bid for bus heart of Beijings school dis- reversing two years of easing
air quality in Beijing, said in both China and overseas. 3.5 percent of its revenue in engines for the Beijing Olym- trict to shore up its balance to support home buyers.
Guo. Meanwhile, Yuchai Machin- research and development. It pics in 2008. Since then, Yang Qiu in Guangxi Daily
Keeping up with the top ery is cooperating with Brunel has more than 3,000 patents Yuchai Machinery has been contributed to the story.
standards helps Yuchai University in Britain on oil with 500 to 600 new patents the major automobile engine
Machinery to enter developed and gas hybrid power coming up every year. Even supplier for major events such Contact the writers at yangzi-
countries, where the recogni- research. though it is strictly controlling as the Two Sessions (the annu- man@chinadaily.com.cn and
tion of Chinese brands is not Hybrid power is the future. its operation costs at the al gatherings of the Chinese zhangli@chinadaily.com.cn

MANUFACTURING

Steelmakers point to profit surge on rise in prices

By BLOOMBERG in Shanghai Angang Steel Co, listed unit year, the World Steel Associa- strategist at Australia & New

Two of Chinas biggest steel

of the fourth-biggest mill,
expects profit of about 677
677 million yuan tion said this week, reversing
an April forecast for an 0.8
Zealand Banking Group Ltd.,
said in an e-mailed note.
mills said their net income million yuan, swinging from expected profit in 2016 by percent drop after Chinas Hesteel said its nine-
jumped in the third quarter, a loss of 1.03 billion yuan a Angang Steel Co, a listed unit of market rebounded. month net income will be Chinese tourists shop in the Akihabara electronics area in
in a further sign that this year earlier. Ansteel Group Corp, Chinas Hesteels shares rose 0.3 between 862.7 million yuan Japan during the China National Day holiday on Oct 4,
years price rebound has Steel prices in the past fourth-biggest mill percent to 3.09 yuan in and 1.01 billion yuan, up 2016. PHOTO BY RODRIGO REYES MARIN / AFLO
eased troubles for the worlds three months have been Shanghai on Friday , while from 507.5 million yuan a
biggest producer. quite good, Angus Chan, Angang was up 0.2 percent to year earlier. Angang expects
HeSteel Co, the listed unit
of Chinas top steelmaker,
expects to post net income at
the highest level since 2010
analyst at Bocom Interna-
tional Holdings Co. Ltd, said
by phone from Hong Kong.
Profits at Chinas steelmak-
a better year after stronger
demand boosted prices and
expanded profit margins.
Benchmark steel rebar on
4.48 yuan.
Steel prices have rebound-
ed since China returned from
a week-long public holiday at
net income to rise to about
977 million yuan for the
nine months, from a net loss
of 888 billion yuan a year
Sales: BOJ puts
on gains in prices, according
to a statement. Net income
will be between 453.7 million
ers could come under pres-
sure in the fourth quarter
from higher costs, he said.
the Shanghai Futures
Exchange averaged the high-
est of any quarter since the
the start of October. Stronger
domestic demand is divert-
ing steel away from export
earlier. Angang and Hesteel
are due to report final third-
quarter earnings on Oct 26,
pressure on yen
yuan ($67 million) and 606 Steelmakers in the nation first three months of 2015 in markets and fueling higher after Baoshan Iron & Steel
million yuan, from 150.5 mil- that accounts for about half July-September. Global steel iron ore imports, Daniel Co, the No 2 producer, on FROM PAGE 13
lion yuan a year earlier. of world output have enjoyed use will rise 0.5 percent this Hynes, senior commodities Oct 24.
Nobuharu Sakai, a Tokyo-
10
based spokesman. the number of developed
Tatsuya Inagawa, an Osa- market currencies among which

Brands: Beer brewers offer custom bottles, cans now ka-based spokesman for
Takashimaya, said the
retailer noted a rise in the
the yen is the best performer,
gaining about 20 percent versus
the US dollar
sale of lower-priced items
FROM PAGE 13 Agreed Zhang Wutao, a Chinas white rice liquor. But such as stainless-steel The US dollar main-
Shanghai-based beer dealer many banquets do not include flasks and baby bottles. tained declines following
marketing specialist, said: with Maoquan Trade Ltd. Pre- it in their menu any more Customers making duty- its worst day in two weeks
Consumption of beer is mium beers are now con- because beer is considered too free claims per month have after the US Federal
highly associated with how sumed more widely than ever, cheap. increased as much as 30 Reserve damped the out-
consumers perceive the after a tennis session, at rock- Zhang said: When other percent this year, while look for higher interest
product as a label of wealth and-roll concerts, beach people drink wine, or white average sale prices are rates overnight. The yen is
and lifestyle. Two decades resorts and wedding ban- rice liquor, in a crystal glass, down by as much as 15 per- the best performer among
ago, beer was regarded as a quets, he said. you dont want to be seen cent, he said. 10 developed market cur-
luxury drink, but as consum- Some beer brewers are having a beer poured from a While Japans tourism rencies this year, gaining
ers are getting wealthier, offering buyers tailor-made 600-ml bottle. When beer industry and exporters may about 20 percent versus the
now many think it is low- products like souvenir bottles becomes a premium drink in get some relief from poli- US dollar.
end, or just a very affordable and cans for specific events terms of both quality and cies announced by the BOJ You can make the case
drink in summer. like town halls or celebrations A technician inspects a craft beer production line at a brewery in price, you have one more as it puts downward pres- for a weaker yen and last
If beer brewers want to win to mark completion of a Yiyang, Hunan province. LI GA / FOR CHINA DAILY option when you drink with sure on the currency, a months decision does
the new generation of con- project, said Zhang. other people. Drinking pre- more critical factor would that, said Koll, referring to
sumers, they have to make the For their part, consumers mium beer together could be the US dollar, said Jesper the BOJ move. At the same
latter regard beer as a seaon- say premiumization of beer Liu Yang, 32, sales manager been widely acceptable, help build rapport, a rela- Koll, chief executive officer time you do need to make
neutral, all-year drink for vari- products increases variety with a robot components sup- thanks to its low alcohol level, tionship that is not too casual of the Japan unit of Wis- the case for a stronger dol-
ous occasions and scenarios. and makes drinking exciting. plier, said beer, for long, has compared with wines and or not too distant. domtree Investment Inc. lar.
 CHINA DAILY Monday, October 17, 2016 BUSINESS 15
TECH
Onthemove

Giving firms intelligence to innovate Eric Jing to succeed Lucy

Peng as Ant Fin CEO
Ant Financial Services
Thiams executive board, the
Zurich-based bank said in a
statement. OHara, 52, is leav-
Group, the financial affiliate of ing after 30 years at the bank,
Led by Shaun Rein, consultancy CMR who receive funds from local Chinese e-commerce giant Ali- the final months as the CEO
programs supporting innova- baba Group, has appointed a of a new division created
empowers businesses with consumer data tion and entrepreneurship new chief executive officer as when Thiam split the invest-
but have little idea where to the company is heading to a ment bank in a strategic over-
By WU YIYAO in Shanghai China to get insights into con- start. probable initial public offering haul.
wuyiyao@chinadaily.com.cn sumers demands, consump- It is dangerous to start up in 2017. The Hangzhou-head-
tion habits and many other only because they have easy quartered company named its CEO Grayson takes reins
Shaun Rein appears fre- details. Using such data, the access to initial funding. If you president Eric Jing to take the at American Apparel
quently on television debates firm develops strategies for have to drive a Didi or Uber helm from Lucy Peng, who Chelsea Grayson took over
on China, pens columns, deliv- foreign companies operating taxi part-time to supplement a retains her role as executive as CEO of American Apparel
ers keynote speeches at con- in China as well as Chinese startups funding, you proba- chair, according to a statement on Oct 3. She was earlier its
ferences around the world. firms aspiring to get more bly need to think twice before from Ant Fin earlier this month. general counsel and chief
The managing director of market share. starting the business, he said. Foreign media reported that administrative officer, but was
Shanghai-based China Market Rein has developed a Theo- The season of low-hanging Ant Fin is heading to one of the promoted after Paula Schnei-
Research Group has also ry of Innovation Curve. In fruits the situation in biggest IPOs in Hong Kong der resigned as CEO. The US
authored two books: End of China, he argues, enterprises which cheap copycat products since the year 2010 as it oper- clothing manufacturer and
Copycat China: The Rise of are shifting from copying for- and services can easily win ates Chinas largest online pay- retailer has been struggling
Creativity, Innovation and eign products and services consumers is gone. So, ment service Alipay. with anaemic sales in recent
Individualism in Asia and End the first stage, copycat to enterprises must innovate to years and filed for bankruptcy
of Cheap China: Economic innovating, which is the sec- win amid increasingly fierce Goodman leads LeEcos protection in 2015. Earlier,
and Cultural Trends That Will ond stage. Enterprises modify competition, he said. film affiliate in US Schneider had held execu-
Disrupt the World. their business models to better Although his firm is rela- Chinas Leshi Internet Infor- tive-level positions with BCBG
The anecdote-rich books serve Chinas demands. tively smaller with 20 employ- mation and Technology, also Max Azria and Warnaco.
document Chinas efforts to In future, increasing num- ees, Rein said he is looking known as LeEco, has named Schneider said in the resigna-
move up the value chain. ber of Chinese enterprises will forward to compete with big former president of Para- tion letter that it was her per-
Many foreign readers of his innovate for the world the players in the sector such as mount Pictures, Adam Good- sonal decision to leave, while
books and audiences said they third stage. Chinese enterpris- McKinsey. man, as head of its US-based a company source indicated
are impressed by his in-depth es original products, services CMRs business is to provide affiliate Le Vision Entertain- otherwise, saying that the
explanations. But some won- and business models will clients with market intelli- ment. Goodman will be fully in companys owners are look-
der if he is too optimistic become popular worldwide. gence they need to develop charge of the new company`s ing for outsiders to turn
about China and too keen to Young Chinese consumers, insights and strategic growth business and report to its things around.
defend policymakers and he said, want something dif- plans. These clients include board chairman Zhang Zhao,
institutions. ferent as a result of rising indi- Fortune 500 firms, private also the vice chairman of Jeff Jones to run Ubers
Being controversial is not a vidualism, and this trend will equity firms, SMEs and hedge LeEco. Goodman has an over global operations
problem at all for Rein. He is increase demand for niche funds. decade-long filmmaking expe- Uber Technologies Inc hired
confident his conclusions are products and services. The key to our analysis is rience in Hollywood, and has Target Corp Chief Marketing
borne out by what has been So, companies must under- our ability to integrate global produced blockbusters Officer Jeff Jones to run glob-
happening in China. The stand local consumers specif- research methodologies with including Star Trek, Mission al operations, marketing and
changes taking place in China ic interests, aspirations and Shaun Rein, managing director of Shanghai-based China Market local know-how our people, Impossible, Transformers and customer support, enlisting a
should not be ignored by any tastes. Some foreign brands Research Group. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY the brightest employees, Ninja Turtles. retail industry veteran to over-
company that wants to suc- that had done rather well in research and interview con- see the ride-hailing giants
ceed in this market, he said. China are now falling behind sumers. This is highly inten- Chin set to replace OHara main business. Jones leaves
Ive spent more time in Chi- simply because they are not I think many people have sive work and costs much, too, at key Credit Suisse unit Target to become Ubers first
na than anywhere else. My learning from consumers, he but this way we can ensure Credit Suisse Group AGs president of ride-sharing,
conclusions are drawn from said. underestimated Chinas top quality of research. We Timothy OHara is leaving aft- making him second in com-
research and interviews with Take ice cream, for exam- dont outsource this work, he er 10 months running the mand after Chief Executive
tens of thousands of consum- ple. A decade ago, Nestle prod- potential to innovate... said. banks largest division and will Officer Travis Kalanick. Jones
ers in China, said Rein. ucts dominated the market. A keen trainer, Rein is also be replaced by a deputy who replaces Ryan Graves, Ubers
I dont think I am over-op- Now, Yili and Mongniu com- Shaun Rein, managing director of CMR an eager learner who always leads the trading unit that first CEO and a current board
timistic about China. On the mand a larger market share. wants to try new things, be it blindsided Chief Executive member. Graves will continue
contrary, I think many people Similarly, Chinas local brands skydiving, helicopter flying or Officer Tidjane Thiam with to oversee human resources
have underestimated Chinas such as Biostime are perform- infrastructure construction meet increasingly diverse bungee jumping. losses earlier this year. Brian and nascent businesses,
potential to innovate, and ing quite well in the baby for- machine firms to smaller com- demands with high-quality If someday I can have an Chin, a 39-year-old based in including food delivery and
undervalued whats happen- mula market, which used to be panies offering food delivery, products and services, he said. opportunity, Id really like to New York, will take over the courier services.
ing in China. dominated by foreign brands, e-commerce services and But he has concerns over interview Ren Zhengfei and global markets unit, becom-
Every year, his consultancy said Rein. smartphone apps, enterprises the large number of startups work with Huawei, he said ing one of 11 managers on CHINA DAILY AGENCIES
firm CMR polls thousands of From large telecommunica- in China are showing their run by university students with his trademark optimistic
consumers in 15 cities across tion equipment makers and capacity for innovation, to and young, fresh graduates smile.
16 BUSINESS Monday, October 17, 2016 CHINA DAILY

MANUFACTURING CAPITAL FINANCE

Rusty cars Agri firms reap fruits

to sustain
rally for of crowdfunding
top metal By QIU QUANLIN in Haikou
qiuquanlin@chinadaily.com.cn
financing platform serves
more than 120,000 HNIs.
They are potential buyers
Crowdfunding has helped who value organic produce
By BLOOMBERG boost the business of agricul- and are willing to pay more
tural companies in the south- for such high-quality prod-
Chinas drivers will ern island province of ucts, said Li.
increasingly demand rust- Hainan, thanks to a financ- For instance, crowdfund-
proof cars. Thats good ing firms cooperation with ing has made available hon-
news for the price of zinc, local authorities. ey pomelos of a local
the anti-corrosion fighter CreditEase Corp, a leading company in Chengmai coun-
thats already this years top Chinese peer-to-peer or P2P ty of Haikou, capital of Hain-
performer among base lending and wealth manage- an, to a larger market
metals. ment company, has worked outside the island. This, in
Annual passenger vehi- Kathy Xu (left) is founder of Shanghais Capital Today Group. Rui Ma (center) is a partner in 500 Startups, a Silicon Valley-based fund. closely with the Hainan turn, has fetched higher pri-
cle sales in China will rise Anna Fang (right) is CEO of ZhenFund, one of the most influential angel investors in China. BLOOMBERG Equity Exchange Center, to ces.
to 24 million units in 2020, provide crowdfunding servi- Now, Hainans honey

Female investors rise to top

from 19 million last year, ces to local agricultural com- pomelo is sold online at
McKinsey & Co forecasts. panies since last year. more than 100 yuan ($14.8).
Only about a third of local- As of September, six The company concerned
ly-manufactured autos use crowdfunding projects have netted 62,112 yuan within a
galvanized panels to pre- been launched. High-worth week in sales financed by

of venture capital companies

vent corrosion and rusting, transactions were clinched crowdfunding.
according to Heron online, said Ban Miaoqi, gen-
Resources Ltd, a developer eral manager of the HEEC.
thats joining rivals who are
building or reopening zinc
We have seen a growing
number of local agri-compa-
120,000
mines. nies use crowdfunding to the number of high networth
You have got the largest boost sales of their prod- individuals that CreditEases
growth market in the investment fund specializing ucts, said Ban. online financing platform now
world for vehicles and peo-
After backing star startups, their influence in education. Even before she According to him, more serves
ple will continue to push
for higher product quality,
is growing as they help seed tech businesses was formally hired, she hit the
road to meet with about 70
than a dozen such projects
are on the drawing board. At
according to Wayne Taylor, There are a lot of companies. In October 2004, least five are likely to be
chief executive officer of
Sydney-based Heron,
By BLOOMBERG in New York venture firms, women make
up about 10 percent of the women in China she officially joined Tiger.
Chen has set an example
launched in the last quarter
of this year.
100 yuan
which is planning to The largest venture capital investing partners and only thats made an impact on Agri-products of the tropi- the price of Hainans honey
reopen a zinc operation in fund ever raised by a woman half of the firms have any
who are extremely younger generations. For me, cal Hainan are usually low- pomelo sold online at present
Australia that was shut-
tered in 1998 on low prices.
isnt in Silicon Valley or even
the United States. Its in Beijing
women of that rank. China is
already more balanced: About
competent. there were many role models,
which was helpful when I
priced and promoted in a
low-key way nationwide, Xing Jun, general manager
Its difficult to see, without and is run by a former librari- 17 percent of investing part- Ruby Lu, partner of H Capital started a family and was wor- according to Ban. of Sanya Nanlu Industry Co,
a collapse in general com- an who keeps such a low pro- ners are female and 80 percent ried about how to manage Now, using big data and a leading organic wax apple
modities consumption, file that shes a mystery in have at least one woman. being a mom and running a access to a large number of company founded in 2009,
that zinc is going to back China. An increasing number, like fund, said Fang of ZhenFund. high networth individuals said internet-based financing
off. Chen Xiaohong rarely Chen, lead their firms. Kathy Fang points to Chen as one of on CreditEases various services, especially crowd-
attends industry conferences Xu is founder of Shanghais management to about $1 bil- the models that convinced her online financing platforms, founding, have helped pro-
or events. She hadnt given a Capital Today Group, which lion. The largest women-led she could balance the rigorous Hainans agri-products will mote Hainans agri-products.
24 million media interview in more than
a decade until agreeing to
has $1.2 billion under manage-
ment and was an early backer
fund in the US was about half
that size, according to Preqins
demands of her job with the
role of being a mother.
be better promoted, said
Ban.
In the past, agri-products
of Hainan were sold at lower
passenger vehicles are break her silence this summer. of the e-commerce company data. Sally Shan, former head of Currently, crowdfunding prices due to lack of branding
expected to be sold in China I dont like being part of a JD.com Inc. Anna Fang is CEO China is fundamentally dif- Asia Pacific technology schemes related to agri- and promotion, said Xing.
in 2020 club, said Chen during a four- of ZhenFund, one of the most ferent, said Gary Rieschel, a investment banking at product projects are on Zhi- We are trying out a new
hour discussion at her firms influential angel investors in US citizen who founded the JPMorgan & Chase Co, is now wang Wealth Mangement, a way of selling our products.
Zinc has rebounded this headquarters. I believe in China. Ruby Lu, Chens part- China-based Qiming Venture managing director of the $37 comprehensive online We didnt realize that financ-
year on demand growth staying independent, making ner at her firm H Capital until Partners, where four of the billion HarbourVest Partners financing platform of Credit- ing companies could help us
and a supply crunch, amid your own decisions. this month, previously nine investing partners are and runs a college mentoring Ease. sell wax apples, said Xing.
production cuts by Glen- Chen, 46, is part of an unu- co-founded the China business female. The venture capital program to encourage female Li Xiaogang, chairman of The companys annual
core Plc and closures sual group of female investors for DCM Ventures. industry in the US has been a entrepreneurs. Lu, whos the HEEC, said crowdfund- sales reached more than 10
including MMG Ltds Cen- who have risen to the top of the Their success is bringing private mens club. It has been known Shan from her banker ing has helped boost the million yuan last year. Well
tury mine that have curbed venture business in China and more women into Chinas much more of a meritocracy days, is a frequent lecturer presence of Hainans agri launch more such internet-
supplies from Australia to helped fuel the countrys tech- technology industry. The Chi- for women in China. there. From the upstream produce in the domestic based funding projects in
Ireland. Zinc market fun- nology boom. Theyve backed nese government estimates She met Tiger Global limited partners, endowment market. future to better promote our
damentals are on a strong some of Chinas most success- females found 55 percent of founder Chase Coleman in world, family offices, to the CreditEases online products, he said.
footing, and likely to sus- ful startups and their influence new internet companies and 2003 through mutual connec- general partners, there are a
tain the price rally for the is growing as they raise more more than a quarter of all tions. He originally recruited lot of women in China who
next few quarters, accord- money, recruit other women entrepreneurs are women. In her to work at a Chinese e-com- are extremely competent,
ing to Hindustan Zinc Ltd, and seed the next generation the US, only 22 percent of merce company he had invest- said Lu.
Asias biggest base metal of technology companies. startups have one or more ed in called Joyo. It turned out Sexism still seeps into the
producer by market value. Chen and her peers have women on their founding that Joyos CEO was her old industry. Men also lead the
Domestic automakers in become part of the main- teams, according to research high school classmate Lei Jun, biggest venture firms and hold
China, where more vehi- stream in China in a way thats by Vivek Wadhwa and Farai who would later become one of the vast majority of partner-
cles are sold each year than proven elusive in the United Chideya for their book Inno- the most successful entrepre- ship posts, even if it is less than
the United States and States. US venture firms have vating Women: The Changing neurs in Asia as founder of in the US. Its dangerous to
Japan combined, rarely use faced accusations of sexism Face of Technology. Xiaomi Corp. She returned to say the field is completely
galvanized steel, according and discrimination for years, China has quietly become China in February 2004 to help even, because especially in
to the International Zinc including in an unsuccessful one of the best places in the the company raise money, but tech, at least at the operational
Association. Switching to lawsuit filed by a female part- world for women venture capi- the plans changed when the level, there is a huge gender
the material would require ner against storied Kleiner Per- talists and entrepreneurs. board decided to sell to Ama- issue, said Rui Ma, partner for
about 350,000 metric tons kins Caufield & Byers. Despite Chen raised a new $500 mil- zon.com Inc. 500 Startups, a Silicon Valley-
a year of additional zinc, the criticism, the firms have lion fund, the biggest ever by a Still, Coleman saw Chens based fund. She often finds A CreditEase Corps financial planner prepares promotional
the association estimated made little progress in promot- woman, according to Preqin, potential. They began discus- herself the only woman at materials for her customers. AN XIN / FOR CHINA DAILY
last year. A similar move in ing women. Among the top US and increased her assets under sions for her to launch an industry panels.
India would need an extra
150,000 tons annually, it
said.
Demand from Chinas ENERGY
automakers will support
continued zinc consump-
tion growth, while more
existing mines are reaching
China to rein in green growth for first time after record boom
the end of operations as
they are depleted, Herons
Taylor said in an interview. By BLOOMBERG in New York for a nation that has provided energy division, said in an manufacturers and develop-
These things ultimately about a third of the invest- interview. ers are not accustomed to slow
have to be replaced and After installing more wind ment for the industry. The move is crucial for growth and now are facing
there isnt a pipeline of pro- and solar farms than any- After five years of breakneck renewables because China has tougher times, as highlighted
jects that can sensibly cov- where else on the planet, Chi- growth in the supply, Chinas been the single largest devel- by the bankruptcy of SunEdis-
er off what is an aging na is ratcheting back the pace electricity demand is stagnat- oper of the technology for on Inc in April.
production base, he said. of growth in an industry thats ing along with a slowing in the eight years. Its demand for Chinas easing stems from a
We also continue to see helped lower the costs of green nations economic expansion. panels and turbines has push- shift in government green pol-
consumption growth, it energy worldwide. The Chinese government has ed manufacturers to build fac- icies. In December, Chinese
may not be quite as strong Installations of new wind started re-calibrating subsi- tories throughout Asia, and officials announced they
as it has been in some and solar farms in China are dies for the business, a move the scale of its projects helped would gradually start curtail-
years, but still Chinese con- expected to drop 11 percent in thats likely to hit the industrys bring down the cost of electric- ing rates paid to wind and
sumption growth is 2017 from a record high this leading manufacturers, Xinji- ity from low-polluting sources solar development starting in
increasing. year, according to Bloomberg ang Goldwind Science & Tech- everywhere. the middle of this year. The
The key downside risk to New Energy Finance. That nology Co and Trina Solar Ltd. While global clean energy lower prices for clean electrici-
the zinc market in 2017 is a would be the first decline in China shapes the whole capacity is expected to swell 17 Workers assemble lithium colloid batteries for Chinas wind power ty reflect declining construc-
faster-than-expected the history of the modern world market, Paolo Frankl, percent in 2017, its still the stations at a factory in Zhejiang province. LIANG ZHEN / FOR CHINA DAILY tion costs and will be cut again
restart of idled mine capac- renewables business, now a head of the International slowest in at least a decade, in 2018. The move triggered a
ity, Citigroup Inc said. little more than a decade old, Energy Agencys renewable according to BNEF, a research- flurry of building in the first
er based in London. Chinas slog it out. question where China is head- half by companies pushing to
wind and solar capacity will The slowdown could be ed, said Jules Kortenhorst, break ground before the lower
grow 41.8 gigawatts next year, short-lived. China has a histo- chief executive officer of the rates kicked in.
down from a record 46.9 giga- ry of working to prop up its Rocky Mountain Institute, an Policy is destiny, said
watts in 2016, BNEF estimates. manufacturers, and if makers energy consultant based in Michael Liebreich, founder of
A gigawatt is about as much as of turbines and photovoltaic Boulder, Colorado. China is New Energy Finance, said in
a nuclear reactor produces. panels stumble, authorities committed to a low-carbon an interview. Markets ignite
The hitherto high demand in may unleash new incentives. future. when the policy is alive.
China gave a false sense of Chinas current plans for Even so, the falloff expected Based largely in China, the
security to manufacturers to investing in clean power sug- for next year is notable solar manufacturing industry,
ramp up new capacity, said gest that installations will rise because the industry has come has been opening new facto-
Charles Yonts, an analyst at again by 7 percent in 2018, to rely on China since it start- ries in Asia and elsewhere,
CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets in BNEF estimates. ed its rapid expansion early in boosting capacity by 18 per-
Hong Kong. Now they need to In the long run, there is no the last decade. Renewables cent this year.
 CHINA DAILY Monday, October 17, 2016 Markets | BUSINESS 17
SECURITIES RETAIL

Debt-equity swaps
impact in focus
increase output or inventory
Experts say market forces could help for sectors with overcapacity
pre-empt flood into the A-share segment ... they are forbidden (from
the swap scheme), said Lian
Weiliang, deputy director of
By WU YIYAO in Shanghai the National Development
wuyiyao@chinadaily.com.cn and Reform Commission.
The government will not
Allowing a large number of offer financial backing merely
companies to convert debt because the post-swap equity
into equity would help not Bad debts ought does not generate positive
only enterprises with huge returns. So, pricing and dili-
borrowings on their books not to become bad gent matching of borrowers
but lenders, analysts said. and would-be equity-holders
For that to happen, howev-
equity. are going to be key, said Lian.
er, more clarity on the eligibil- A research note by Sinolink
Luo Qinyuan, manager of
ity criteria for the debt-to- Securities said the govern-
Shanghai-based Kunyuan Asset
equity swap scheme is ment has indicated that mar-
Management Ltd
needed, they said. ket forces will have a bigger
A large number of partici- say in tackling growing cor- Adidas AG's advertising billboard stands together with a Nike Inc store in Beijing. WANG GOUDAN / FOR CHINA DAILY
pants would make the whole porate debt, as reflected in
process less risky. Besides, it tors concern that the collec- the case of the State-owned
would limit any potential
adverse impact on the stock
markets, and help allay inves-
tors concerns over feared risk
tive corporate debt, estimated
at 1 trillion yuan ($149.3 bil-
lion), could flood the A-share
market in the form of post-
Dongbei Special Steel Group.
The firms proceedings for
bankruptcy were approved
last Monday.
Rivals make it a tough year for Nike
of defaults, they further said. swap equity, adversely Enterprises with potential
An Oct 10 circular by the impacting the stock markets, to recover, however, may use By BLOOMBERG in New York company increased annual
State Council detailed the
regulations concerning the
said Luo.
The measures (to reduce
the swap route to tide over
difficulties. For, the State Nike Inc is finally getting
13 percent 10 percent sales 10 percent or more from
fiscal years 2011 to 2015. But
debt-to-equity swap scheme. corporate debt) come against Council circular said high- scuffed up. fall in Nike Inc shares this year gain in the annual sales of Nike growth slowed to 7.4 percent in
The so-called zombie enter- the background of proactive quality firms that play a lead- One of the longstanding dar- although it had been one of the Inc from fiscal years 2011 to the fiscal year through May.
prises are not allowed to con- fiscal policy and prudent ing role in their respective lings of Wall Street praised longstanding darlings of Wall 2015 Shoe retailer Finish Line Inc
vert their debt into equity. monetary policy, indicating sectors, particularly high- for its advertising clout and Street only added to doubts about
On the other hand, lenders that ample policy support growth, high-tech or strategic product innovation has had Nikes home market when it
and institutions that offered will continue, aimed at main- industries, are allowed to use a rough year. The shares are retro styles like Superstar. The helped by people who bought reported second-quarter
loans to corporates, including taining GDP growth around the option, to overcome tem- down 13 percent in 2016 as ana- German company also has tak- high-tech running shoes for results by the end of last
insurers, State-owned capital the 6.5 percent target, said porary setbacks. lysts and investors fret over en a page from the Nike play- everyday wear, not to train for month. The US-based chain
investment companies and Marie Diron, a senior vice- Such enterprises, however, market-share losses to Adidas book and turned Boost, a half marathons. Now those said sales of Nikes premium
asset management compa- president at Moodys Inves- must have plausible plans for AG and Under Armour Inc in performance running-shoe consumers are turning to casu- basketball shoes fell in the peri-
nies, can agree to accept equi- tors Service, a leading credit reform and recovery, and the United States, its largest line, into a monster lifestyle hit. al sneakers like Adidass Stan od, and CEO Sam Sato sang the
ty corresponding to their ratings and risk analysis should not have any record of region. There is more competition Smith line. That shift not only praises of Nikes competition.
loans. Private investors are agency. defaults. Nike had been rolling since from brands that didnt have helps Nikes current largest He called the performance of
also encouraged to partici- The Oct 10 guidance stipu- Chinas corporate debt the recession even in the face the cachet they do now, said adversary, but also threatens to Under Armours latest Curry
pate in such swaps, the circu- lates that only companies surged 465 percent over the of challenges from Adidas and Chen Grazutis, an analyst at saddle Nike with new rivals shoes tremendous and said
lar said. with a positive outlook, and past decade to 165 percent of Under Armour with the Bloomberg Intelligence. The such as casual-footwear mak- Adidas remained on fire.
This will likely send a capacity or potential to recov- GDP last year, according to stock averaging annual gains of rivals have also hurt Nikes abil- ers, including Steve Madden Research and discussions
strong signal that the debt-to- er from cyclical downward Bloomberg data. 26 percent over the past seven ity to charge premium prices, Ltd, that dont even have per- with industry sources point to
equity swap plan will be mar- pressure, can opt for the debt- An S&P Global Ratings years. But 2016 has been a dif- prompting it to offer some formance businesses, Powell Adidas and Under Armour
ket-oriented, investment- to-equity swap. Every step note said if corporate debt ferent story, with its shares items for less, he said. said. continuing to gain share at
like, and not a procedure during the swap process continues to grow at the sinking while the broader mar- Exacerbating Nikes strug- It lets brands that dont Nikes expense, Lyon said in
imposed on lenders to force should be market-oriented, same alarming pace, the ket hits record highs. On one gles is shoppers increasing have a performance strategy in the note. He cut his 12-month
them to bear all the risks. Bad without any expectation of ratio of bad loans could triple flank, Under Armour has preference for classic and casu- the door, Powell said. price target on the stock to $52
debts ought not to become financial help from the gov- to 17 percent by 2020. attacked its lucrative basket- al styles over performance Of utmost interest to inves- from $56.
bad equity, said Luo Qinyu- ernment. A score of enterprises have ball-shoe business with the suc- products designed for actual tors will be how Nike performs Our concerns on Nike are
an, manager of Shanghai- Zombie enterprises, already been simulating cess of its Stephen Curry line. athletic use, according to Matt in North America. Throughout mounting, Lyon said. Histo-
based Kunyuan Asset including loss-ridden firms the swap process as of this On the other, Adidas has drawn Powell, an analyst for research- a turbulent period in China ry has shown that brand shifts
Management Ltd. that are conceivably beyond month, according to the away some of its casual busi- er NPD Group. and slowdowns in Europe, take a long time to materialize,
Nuanced regulations recovery, or with opaque information office of the ness by teaming up with rapper For several years, the entire Nikes home base has reassured and similarly a long time to
would also help allay inves- debt, or with potential to State Council. Kanye West and reinvigorating running-shoe industry was investors of its dominance. The revert back.

Weekly Stock Market Performance Gainers

Gainers
and and
Losers
Losers International Stock Markets
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Index Close % Chg % Chg GAINERS Close % Chg LOSERS Close % Chg Close % Chg 20% 0% +20%
Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index 3063.81 +2.0 13.4 Hang Seng Index 23,233.31 2.6
Shanghai Stock Exchange
3800 Hang Seng China Ent Index 9,601.40 3.2
ShanghaiWondertek Sftw 43.67 61.03 Cultural Investment 22.25 10.25
DuzhePublishing& Media 44.45 35.23 Future Land Holdings 11.62 8.00 TAIEX Taiwan Stock Index 9,165.17 1.1
3400 Nikkei 225 16,856.37 0.0
Sichuan Guodong Constr 5.35 33.08 Xilinmen Furniture Co 19.89 6.58
Wuxi Rural Comm Bank 13.25 27.77 Huafa Ind Co Zhuhai 13.70 6.29 Sensex 27,673.60 1.4
3000 Cangzhou Dahua Co Ltd 18.74 27.57 Black Peony Group Co 9.11 5.89 KOSPI 2,022.66 1.5
ShanghaDnglTchDvGrpCLt 10.36 27.12 Greattown Holdings Ltd 9.10 5.80 S&P/ASX 200 5,434.03 0.6
2600 ChinaUnitedNetworkComm 5.17 24.58 Beijing Capital Dev 11.86 5.65 New Zealand 50 Gross Index 7,133.26 0.5
First Tractor Co Ltd 12.61 23.99 Sichuan Western Res 11.15 5.43 Straits Times Index STI 2,815.24 2.1
Cinda Real Estate Co 6.84 21.49 BeijngUrbnCnstrInvst&D 12.94 5.34 Bangkok SET Index 1,477.61 1.8
Nuode Investment Co 12.17 20.73 Qumei Home Furnishings 19.30 4.97 Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index 1,658.97 0.4
Shenzhen Stock Exchange Component Index 10,759.68 +1.8 15.0
VN-Index 687.00 0.4
13,500 Shenzhen Stock Exchange Dow Jones 18,138.38 0.6
Chengdu Kanghong Pharm 57.56 17.95 Zhejiang Cen Huatong 23.20 12.15
12,000 SuzhouDongshanPrec Mfg 21.77 17.55 BeijngOrntlYhngWtrprfT 23.19 9.66
China Western Pwr Ind 13.03 17.49 BeijingNewBuildingMtrl 10.68 8.87 Commodities
10,500 Shaanxi International 7.48 15.08 Wangsu Science & Tech 64.00 8.31 Weekly YTD % Chg
XJ Electric Co Ltd 16.55 13.05 HangzhouRobamAppliancs 38.15 7.56 Close % Chg 60% 0% +60%
9000 EternalAsiSpplyChnMgmt 12.83 13.04 Sunwoda Electronic Co 14.32 7.31 Brent Crude Oil (USD/bbl.) 52.00 0.1
Venustech Group Inc 23.15 12.93 Walvax Biotechnology 10.38 6.99 Gold (USD/t oz.) 1255.50 0.3
Zhefu Holding Group Co 6.59 12.27 Financial Street 11.02 6.53 Silver (USD/t oz.) 17.44 0.4
Focus Media Info Tech 15.92 11.64 Weifu High-Technology 23.15 5.66 Copper (USD/lb.) 2.11 2.4
Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 Index 3305.85 +1.6 11.4
Tianjin Teda Co Ltd 6.10 11.11 Kingnet Network Co Ltd 40.80 5.53 Aluminum (USD/MT) 1688.00 1.2
4000 Corn (USD/bu.) 3.54 4.3
Hang Seng Wheat (USD/bu.) 4.21 6.6
3600 China Unicom Hong Kong 9.88 4.55 ChinaOverseasLnd&Invst 23.70 6.51 Soybeans (USD/bu.) 9.63 0.6
MTR Corp Ltd 43.00 1.65 Ind & Comm Bk of China 4.72 5.60 Coffee (USD/lb.) 1.55 5.0
3200 Hong Kong & China Gas 14.78 0.82 Cathay Pacific Airways 10.28 5.51 Sugar #11 (USD/lb.) 0.23 2.2
Hang Seng Bank Ltd 141.00 0.21 Bank of China Ltd 3.44 5.49 Palm Oil (MYR/MT) 2660.00 3.9
2800 Link REIT 56.00 0.80 China Resources Land 19.38 5.46

Cross Currency Rates ETFS

Shanghai B-Share Stock Price Index 357.68 +1.0 16.1 Weekly
USD EUR CNY HKD GBP KRW BRL RUB JPY INR CAD EQUITY ETFs Ticker Close % Change
450
USD 1.098 0.149 0.129 1.219 0.001 0.312 0.016 0.010 0.015 0.761 China 50 510050 2.27 1.39
China AMC CSI 300 Index 510330 3.52 1.50
410 EUR 0.911 0.135 0.117 1.111 0.001 0.285 0.015 0.009 0.014 0.693
China CSI 500 510500 6.77 2.08
CNY 6.728 7.397 0.867 8.204 0.006 2.101 0.107 0.065 0.101 5.107 China SME 159902 3.34 2.39
370 China Universal CSI Consumer Staples Index 159928 1.43 0.92
HKD 7.759 8.515 1.153 9.459 0.007 2.422 0.123 0.074 0.116 5.902

GBP 0.820 0.900 0.122 0.106 0.001 0.256 0.013 0.008 0.012 0.624 E Fund ChiNext Price Index 159915 2.10 2.04
330 E Fund CSI 300 510310 1.38 1.40
KRW 1132.320 1250.640 168.295 145.948 1385.890 354.716 18.050 10.867 16.973 864.750
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BRL 3.203 3.515 0.476 0.413 3.904 0.003 0.051 0.031 0.048 2.437 E Fund Hang Seng China Enterprises Index 510900 1.04 0.39
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RUB 62.969 69.105 9.367 8.117 76.770 0.055 19.659 0.604 0.944 47.909 E FUND SZSE100 INDEX FUND 159901 4.13 1.20
1350 Fortune SGAM Xianjin Tianyi Money Market 511990 100.01 0.06
JPY 104.200 114.360 15.483 13.431 127.038 0.092 32.533 1.655 1.562 79.268
Guangfa CSI 500 510510 1.78 2.13
1240 INR 66.715 73.491 9.916 8.599 81.618 0.059 20.826 1.059 0.639 50.700 Guotai Shanghai Stock Exchange 180 Financial Index 510230 5.15 0.53
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MOTORING
Monday, October 17, 2016

CHINA DAILY

EV sales growth, production

slow down as subsidies subside
Fraudulent use of government incentives knocks the wind out of new energy vehicle markets sails,
Hao Yan reports.

G
rowth in the new and up per cell, according to
BYD Autos representative and the new energy vehicle
energy vehicle mar- earlier media reports.
makers four models are pictured at the Wuhan Motor Show
ket was hit in Sep- Li said: The future lies in
in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Oct 12. HAO YAN / CHINA DAILY
tember due to the traction battery technology
governments postponement breakthroughs, but an alterna-
of the release of an electric tive has not yet been identied.
bus subsidy plan, after exten- The most important aspect in
sive fraud cases dealt a heavy traction batteries is product
blow to the sector. consistency, so robot automa-
A total of 289,000 new ener- tion is the key to domestic EV
gy vehicles were sold in the production.
rst nine months of 2016, more The development road is
than double that during the going to be a bumpy one in the
same period last year, accord- next 10-20 years, after ve years
ing to China Association of of smooth development.
Automobile Manufacturers on Fu Yuwu, chairman of the
Oct 12. Society of Automotive Engi-
But, about 44,000 new ener- neers of China said: Govern-
gy vehicles were shifted in Sep- ment bodies have been proac-
tember, with growth slowing to tive in supporting innovations
44 percent year-on-year, almost in the eld, but its industrial
half the 85 percent monthly scale is the foundation of the
growth seen in August. technologys development.
The significant slowdown The domestic market over-
in the sector came after the took the United States in 2015,
government slammed on the
brakes, postponing the detailed
19.4
million
becoming the worlds largest
for new energy vehicles. The
subsidy scheme for new energy number of new energy vehicles
coach and bus products. vehicles were sold in China in sold last year more than tripled
CAAM Deputy Secretary- the rst nine months of 2016, year-on-year to 331,100 units,
General Shi Jianhua said: The expanding almost 13.2 percent from 74,763 in 2014, according
government policy gives strong from the same period in 2015 to CAAM data.
clout to the development of However, the current market
the new energy vehicle sector. situation does not reect future
Without the subsidy plan, the production line, 95 percent less of the governments intensi- expanding 13.2 percent on the country giving the most gener- discouraging reliance on sub- competition. The major inter-
nation would struggle to meet than its volume in August 2015. ed efforts to encourage the same period in 2015. ous subsidies in the world. sidies. The amount of subsidies national carmakers are wait-
the 500,000-unit sales volume On Sept 8, the MOF use of new energy vehicles, According to industry ana- Selling a single fully elec- from the municipal level would ing and watching. In August,
target this year. announced penalties for five which aimed to upgrade the lysts, the momentum is due to tric bus used to be eligible match the amount from the Volkswagen announced its local
He expects that the updated new energy coach makers industry and ease pressure on a range of factors, including for hundreds of thousands of central government. production plan for new energy
subsidy scheme will be released involved in abusing a total of the environment. The policies demand fueled by enthusiasm yuan in subsidies, from both However, to maintain the models.
soon, and that carmakers will over 1 billion yuan ($149.2 mil- included tax exemptions, sub- for sport utility vehicles, a low- central and local governments. market size after the govern- Li said: The big auto makers
quickly feel the effects. lion) of subsidies. sidies for car purchases and ered condence in stock market Meanwhile, a fully electric car ment subsidy has faded away, have existing product design
The Ministry of Finances Four ministries joined the requirement of govern- investments and the determi- would be eligible for more than the EV price needs to be low- and technology in hand, but
second round of penalties forces in January to probe 92 ment bodies to buy more new nation of dealers to meet end- 100,000 yuan in total in some ered to a similar level to com- they wont start until they have
started from Oct 12, with two domestic EV makers for ille- energy cars. of-year sales targets. places, where district-level sub- bustion engine vehicles, and to to. Some of them have not
listed companies, including gally obtaining government CAAMs statistics also sidies were available besides the do so, the cost of an AA battery entered the EV eld, but they
Chongqing Lifan Passenger subsidies. Local media outlets showed that nearly 2.6 million Policy powered EVs municipal and central govern- cell has to be lowered to around will as soon as the credit sys-
Vehicle, whose 2,395 electric revealed that major domestic passenger vehicles were sold in Director of the Manufactur- ments. 1 yuan each, according to Lis tem launches.
vehicles manufactured from brands were on the list, includ- the worlds largest auto market ing Industry Office of the State The central government sub- calculation. The subsidy is the carrot,
2015 onwards failed to meet ing FAW Group, SAIC, Dong- in September, a jump of 26.1 Information Center, Li Weili, sidy scheme dened a decreas- Take Teslas battery pack as an and the future dual credit sys-
requirements. feng Motor, BAIC Group, BYD percent compared to last year. indicated that the domestic ing amount of incentives for example. It is made up of more tem is the stick.
Lifans EV production Auto, Zhejiang Geely, and Chery The rst nine months of 2016 new energy vehicle sector was the ve years of 2016-20, in the than 7,000 of the commodity
plunged in August, with only Automobile. saw a recorded vehicle sales driven by government policies hope of encouraging EV mak- battery cells with best pricing Contact the writer at
13 electric buses rolling off the The scam took advantage volume of 19.4 million units, instead of the market, with the ers to lower their prices while that ranges from 80 cents to $2 haoyan@chinadaily.com.cn

Seeking balance Electric car development

in sector capacity roadmap to be unveiled
By HAO YAN subsidies provided to purchase them are
By HAO YAN auto companies and groups in shrinking.
2015. Statistics showed that annu- In December, China will release the rst Aiming at increasing carmakers R&D
The central government has al vehicle manufacturing capacity new energy vehicle industry development activities relating to new energy vehicles,
halted approval of fuel vehicle reached 31.2 million units by the roadmap, possibly proposing mild hybrid the Ministry of Industry and Information
manufacturers, releasing an offi- end of last year. cars as energy saving vehicles, as one of the Technology is about to roll out a dual-
cial statement ceasing the produc- In-building car manufacturing moves to guide the sectors development credit scheme for mandatory produc-
tion expansion race in the worlds capacity will add another 6 million Workers are busy assembling cars at the workshop of a car company in in the worlds largest electric car market. tion, in the hopes of at least highlighting
largest automotive market. units to the nations annual capac- Anhui province. XU CONGJUN / FOR CHINA DAILY The drafting of the industry roadmap, the social costs incurred in reducing car
Chinas State Council said on Oct ity, exceeding foreseeable vehicle including roadmaps for seven related tech- emissions.
8 that no more approvals would be consumption growth, Wu Wei, an nologies, was led by the Society of Automo- The country is only admitting new ener-
given to conventional energy vehi- official at NDRC, was cited as say- Carlos Ghosn, chairman and tive Engineers of China, and is now subject gy carmakers into the auto manufacturing
cle makers in principle, two days ing. The commissions concern CEO of Renault-Nissan Alliance, to government review and modications. industry, halting the approval of conven-
ahead of Beijing-based CH Auto mainly relates to investment fever the worlds fourth-largest car- The nations electric vehicle sector may tional vehicle makers.
Technology receiving approval as driven by capital. maker by volume, noted that it need another 15 years of development Beijing-based vehicle design rm CH
the third independent new energy The State Councils words came Overcapacity may ma- depends on how you dene capac- before reaching a world-leading level, so Auto Technology received approval to
passenger car maker. as delayed testimony, as not a sin- ity and overcapacity. We need the government weighs in heavily on new be a standalone new energy passenger
Industrial insiders believe this gle fuel vehicle maker has been terialize around 2022, capacity reserves. energy vehicle research and development, carmaker on Oct 10. It is the third of its
action has been taken to relieve established in the past eight years, Planned production capacity Fu Yuwu, chairman of the Society, told a kind approved by the National Develop-
structural overcapacity in the and new players have entered the if conventional vehicle is usually calculated in three work forum on Oct 12. The event took place on ment and Reform Commission, after BAIC
automotive sector, and help guide eld only through taking over a makers continue ex- shifts for peak time demands. the sidelines of the Wuhan Motor Show Groups electric car making arm Beijing
more resources into the manu- bankrupt predecessor, according During the conventional business 2016, organized by Hannover Milano Fairs Electric Vehicle and Hangzhou Changji-
facturing of new energy vehicles. to sources familiar with the mat- panding their produc- period, many plants are operating Shanghai. ang Passenger Vehicle.
Overcapacity may material- ter. Much capacity exists only in in one or two shifts. The society will propose mature mild The Society views the manufacturing
ize around 2022, if conventional statistics, because the companies tion capacity. Jochem Heizmann, member of hybrid technologies as an alternative levels of the emerging battery powertrains
vehicle makers continue expand- have long been inactive, awaiting the board of management at Volk- approach to cut fuel consumption and as being the main issue for the Chinese
ing their production capacity, takeover bids. Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of swagen and president and CEO emissions. new energy sector.
said Cui Dongshu, secretary-gen- Zhang Suixin, executive vice- China Passenger Car Association of Volkswagen Group China, sees Fu said: Mild hybrid consumes less Gao Bowen, sales director of Dongfeng
eral of China Passenger Car Asso- president of Volkswagen Group production capacity as a exible fuel than combustion, so our society pro- Electric Vehicle, said that the nations new
ciation. China, said: Volkswagen some- and adjustable resource. pose hybrid technologies without plugs be energy vehicle development is in its ele-
He predicted that the conven- times has to take over local Zhang added: It is unneces- Plants in China are producing included in the roadmap as energy saving mentary stage.
tional car market would reach a zombie companies, claiming a sary for the government bodies not only for the Chinese market. vehicles. She said the domestic technology in
peak around 2022, according to certain capacity, so as to get the to worry about automakers pro- Many parts made in China are If listed among energy saving vehicles, traction batteries is not mature, so many
Shanghai Securities News. Cui saw green light from the local gov- duction capacity. An automaker exported, he said. mild hybrid car buyers will be eligible companies have concerns about promot-
the governments action as a way ernment before starting local always has its target to make Besides, the international car- for thousands of yuan purchase tax cut. ing the wide usage of fully electric cars.
to prevent this potential overca- production. money. In the event of not making making giant allocates and adjusts A stimulus measure, effective from Oct 1, Customers also worry about safety issues.
pacity from happening. However, the worlds second- money, it wont make the decision capacity worldwide. Heizmann 2015, halved the tax on purchases of pas- Dongfeng employs a safety monitor
The National Development largest carmaking group by vol- for expansion. added that now capacity is meet- senger vehicles with engines that are 1.6 system that tracks each individual elec-
and Reform Commission found ume acquired decades-old equip- The capacity topic heated up ing Chinese demands as a prior- liters or smaller. tric car in its lifetime, to detect every sin-
that the passenger car production ment and assembly lines, for last year and triggered an exten- ity, and nished products could Efforts were also made to boost the new gle aw. Besides, the battery rental and
capacity utilization rate remained which the capacity was completely sive discussion in the industry. also be shipped overseas when energy sectors development through guid- replacement model is in our survey and
at 81 percent, 52 percent for com- obsolete and useless, he said in a However, major carmakers did the domestic market is saturated ing the input of social resources toward research plan, to save customers from
mercial vehicles, among 37 major group interview earlier. not agree on overcapacity. in the future. the emerging sector, now that the scal concerns regarding battery life.
 CH I N A DAI LY Monday, October 17, 2016 MOTORING 19
Short Torque

BMW still VW sees further drop

in European sales
Volkswagen AG saw its Euro-
units in the first nine months
of this year.

BYD embarks on e-bus

strong in
pean market share drop for
the 13th consecutive month venture in Hungary
since the emissions scandal
erupted in September 2015, as BYD Auto is building a facil-
its competitors took advantage ity in Hungary to manufacture

Chinese market
of a loss of confidence in the electric buses. The factory,
German carmaker to attract which is under construction in
buyers. the northern Hungarian town
Volkswagen, which was los- of Komarom, is the first of its
ing ground to its rivals even kind in Europe.
before it admitted to cheating The project is slated to cost
Sales of premium models, as well as a balanced on emissions tests last year,
accounted for 22.9 percent of
20 million euros ($22.4 mil-
lion), to which the Hungarian
development strategy, are the keys to the the regions auto sales in Sep- government will contribute 925
tember, compared with 23.3 million forints ($3.4 million).
automakers success, Hao Yan reports. percent in the same month last The facility is expected to
year. come online in the first quarter
European car sales have of 2017 and will begin by man-
been increasing since 2013, ufacturing 200 buses a year,
after rebounding from a two- a figure which will eventually
decade low in the aftermath rise to 400, according to BYD.
of the financial crisis. Growth
has cooled in recent months as
concerns grow about the UKs Carmakers announce
exit from the European Union. recall over safety fears
BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
Four carmakers will begin
Toyota, Suzuki agree recalling a number of models

B
MW Group maintained strategic cooperation due to safety threats posed to
its No 2 position in the drivers. Carmakers have prom-
worlds largest market Toyota, the worlds top auto- ised to replace defective parts
with a year-on-year surge maker, and Suzuki, a Japanese free of charge.
in sales approaching 10.6 percent in The 26 percent rival that specializes in small A total of 56,121 units of
the rst three quarters of this year. vehicles, are set to combine Geely cars were recalled due to
It was closely followed by Mercedes- premium car forces. faulty Takata airbag sensors.
Benz, which achieved a 30 percent In a joint statement released Dongfeng Yueda Kia is recall-
rise in sales. penetration rate in recently, both sides announced ing 32,617 Kia KX5s equipped
The number of BMW and Mini that they will examine areas of with dual clutch transmission
vehicles delivered on the Chinese the four cities has possible collaboration, which in order to upgrade the trans-
mainland totaled 49,204 units last could include the environ- mission control unit program.
month, 19.6 percent more than
overtaken the mature ment, safety and information The aerodynamic support-
in the same period last year. The
accumulated sales volume in the
markets in developed networking.
The companies stressed,
ing rods in the rear doors of
30,190 imported Mazda 5, CX-5,
first three quarters also surged
by 10.6 percent, reaching 379,176
countries. however, that the partner-
ship in specific areas would
and 3 models are suspected to
be damaged, and could pose a
units. Adrian van Hooydonk (left), senior vice-president of BMW Group Design, John Zeng, managing director of LMC not affect their competition in danger to drivers.
Sales on the Chinese mainland, Harald Krueger (center), chairman of the Board of Management of BMW other respects. Electric system malfunctions
BMW Groups largest single mar- Group, and Edgar Heinrich, head of BMW Motorrad Design, unveil the BMW They expressed the hope are possible in 9,042 imported
ket, fueled the groups consider- Motorrad Vision Next 100 that debuted in Los Angeles on Oct 11. of LMC, told China Daily: The that other automakers would Volvo XC90 and S90s as a
able sales growth. 26 percent premium car penetra- join the partnership in order result of water leakage from
BMW Groups worldwide vol- tion rate in the four cities has to forge an industry-wide stan- improperly installed air condi-
ume increased in September by a overtaken the mature markets in dard in areas where coopera- tioning draining pipes.
record 10.5 percent after it deliv- developed countries. Penetration tion is possible.
ered a total of 237,973 vehicles. rates are 16 percent on average in
The increase helped the com- Germany, and 14 percent in the Daimler ghting to
pany register its best-ever sales United States. Automakers report cut its R&D spending
gures for a years rst three quar- He added: Now the premium strong Sept sales
ters, with year-to-date sales of 1.75 market is driven by individual Daimler AG will scale back
million units, up 6.2 percent com- consumption, rather than busi- Honda and Nissan reported investments in plants, equip-
pared with the same period last ness purchases, as in the past. in September their strongest ment and new technology from
year. However, sales of super cars monthly vehicles sales growth a peak this year stemming in
Our policy of balanced global and sedans plummeted, which for China. The growth was part from its creation of the EQ
sales continues to deliver sus- affected both the BMW 7 Series fueled by a tax cut on vehicles electric-car sub-brand, amid a
tainable success and protability and Mercedes-Benz S Class. with a small engine capacity. push to maintain profitability.
remains our primary focus, said The year-to-date sales volume Nissan Motor Co, the most The manufacturer is
Ian Robertson, a member of the of Mercedes-Benz in the Chinese popular Japanese carmaker in fighting to get capital and
BMW Group Board of Manage- BMW Groups pioneering vision vehicle, the BMW Vision Next 100, is market was only 34,385 units few- China, said its sales rose 26.3 research-and-development
ment with responsibility for Sales displayed in Los Angeles. er than that of the BMW Group. percent to 123,600 vehicles. spending down, which has
and Marketing. Mercedes-Benz sold 344,791 units Year-to-date sales rose 8.2 per- been surging as the industry
Global demand for our premi- in the Chinese market in the rst cent to 1.3 million. faces regulatory pressure to
um models continues to grow in tures is a self-balancing mecha- in the rst three quarters. three quarters of this year, a 30 Toyota Motor Co said its sales reduce vehicle emissions and
all vehicle classes, Robertson said. nism, which keeps it balanced, The overall expansion rate of percent rise on the same period rose 11.2 percent to 104,200 companies look to develop
The BMW Group unveiled on both while it is stationary and in the premium car market in Chi- last year. vehicles. Sales for the first nine automated driving technology.
Oct 11 its Motorrad Vision Next motion. na reached roughly 20 percent Jia Xinguang, a senior analyst months of the year increased Daimler is planning for electric
100 motorcycle, to mark the BMW Motorrads sales contin- this year, and its penetration rate with the China Automobile Deal- by a similar margin, reaching cars to comprise as much as 25
groups centenary under the mot- ued to grow through September, touched a historic high in Beijing, ers Association, said: Mercedes- 890,000. percent of its deliveries in the
to, The Next 100 Years. with a total of 12,215 units sold in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shen- Benzs unique strength is in its Ford posted its strongest next decade.
The Motorrad Vision Next 100 the month. Sales in the rst nine zhen. dealership model, which includes growth figures since January, Switching well-established
aims to deliver an unparalleled months of the year increased by According to gures from LMC having (leading auto retailer) Lei while Toyotas sales increased production and research setups
riding experience, and its assis- 3.2 percent, with a total of 116,044 Automotive Consulting, roughly Shing Hong Ltd as a major seller at their fastest rate since from conventional autos to
tance systems anticipate danger motorcycles and maxiscooters 26 percent of new car sales were of its vehicles. March. battery-powered models is also
and advise riders when action is delivered. comprised of premium models in Lei Shing Hong was courageous General Motors Co raising the need to cut costs
needed, and intervene to keep the four major cities, thanks to the enough both to invest 1 billion announced that its sales in Chi- to ensure future profitability.
them safe in the event of danger. Premium market expands rapid growth of such locally-made yuan in its training center and to na grew by a record 16 percent Daimlers cars division has a
The systems leave riders free to Volkswagens high-end division, entry-level crossovers as the Audi bet everything on Mercedes-Benz. to reach 343,773 vehicles in target to keep its return on
enjoy a pure and uninterrupted Audi, maintained its lead in the Q3, BMW X1 and Mercedes-Benz September. The US automakers sales at 10 percent.
riding experience. Chinese premium car market with GLA. Contact the writer at haoyan@chi- sales in China grew 9 percent
One of the motorcycles key fea- an accumulated 440,233 units sold John Zeng, managing director nadaily.com.cn to reach a record 2.72 million MOTORING-AGENCIES

Fiat, Samsung partnership talks stall on Note 7 distraction

By BLOOMBERG Marchionne said on Aug 27 that
Samsung is a potential strategic
Fiat Chr ysler Automobiles partner.
talks with Samsung Electronics Chairman John Elkann con-
over a partnership with its car- firmed in September that Fiat
parts unit have stalled because is holding talks to strengthen
the Korean company is focused Magneti Marelli in the future,
on resolving the Galaxy Note 7 because components are impor-
smartphone crisis, according to tant in the evolution of cars and
people familiar with the matter. there is an increasing need for
Fiat and Samsung have also electronics. He said Marelli is in
not yet agreed on the valuation talks with several potential part-
of Magneti Marelli, the formers ners, including Samsung.
auto-parts manufacturing sub- Selling part of Magneti Marelli
sidiary, and the structure of a would help Marchionne reduce
deal, said the people, who asked debt, moving closer to what ana-
not to be identified because the lysts consider the most challeng-
negotiations are private. ing part of his five-year strategy:
While the discussions have turning 5.5 billion euros of net
not been dropped, it is unlikely industrial debt into a cash pile
that an accord will be signed by A Fiat 500 Riva car is displayed at the Mondial de lAutomobile, Paris, during People walk past the new Samsung store in lower Manhattan in New York City of at least 4 billion euros.
the end of the year as planned, media day on Sept 30. JACKY NAEGELEN/ REUTERS on Oct 11. SPENCER PLATT / AFP Achieving the goal at the end
because Samsungs priority now of 2018 would put Fiat Chrysler,
is managing the Note 7 phone the first major carmaker to strike
issue rather than pursuing large tion of its fire-prone Galaxy Note Fiat Chief Executive Officer announced a cooperation project to buy some or all of Marelli, a deal with Google on driverless
deals, they said, adding that the 7 smartphones. Sergio Marchionne, who dropped with Alphabets Google on driv- people familiar with the matter vehicles, in a better position to
two companies are still inter- Fiat declined to comment on his push for a merger with erless vehicles. said in August. find a partner.
ested in exploring a partnership. the status of talks with Sam- another automaker last year, has For Samsung , a move into The South Korean manufac- Marchionne, who plans to
South Koreas largest company sung, while the latter said in an increasingly turned his attention automobile components would turer was particularly interested leave the helm of Fiat in 2019,
on Wednesday cut its third-quar- emailed statement that it doesnt to technology providers. help decrease its reliance on con- in Marellis lighting, in-car enter- argues that the auto industry
ter operating profit outlook by comment on rumors or specula- In March, he offered to assem- sumer electronics. tainment and telematics busi- needs consolidation to finance
$2.3 billion after ending produc- tion. ble cars for Apple and in May Samsung was in advanced talks ness, the people said at the time. investment in new technology.
20

LIFE
Monday, October 17, 2016

CHINA DAILY CHINADAILY.COM.CN/LIFE

CULTURE MUSIC

An Austrian shares
his passion for the
clarinet in Beijing
By CHEN NAN
chennan@chinadaily.com.cn

Andreas Ottensamer, the princi-

pal clarinetist of the Berlin Phil-
harmonic, just had a hectic 48
hours in China.
Shortly after landing in Beijing,
the 27-year-old Austrian played
tennis to relax. The next afternoon,
he gave a 90-minute master class
and sat for interviews, and then
played another round of tennis.
On his last day in the capital, he
played in a concert with Argentine
pianist Jose Gallardo on Thursday,
during the ongoing 15th Beijing
Music Festival, the citys annual Clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer
event devoted to classical music. on his recent visit to Beijing.
Its boring to just have one PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
thing in life to express feelings and
experiences. Sports and music are
two things keeping me energetic, which can be melancholy, outgo-
says the clarinetist. ing or crazy.
The performance he gave in Bei- I am very lucky that I had the
A menswear design contest is held as part of the China-UK Art & Aesthetics Forum. Designers from both countries showed their creations in a gala after the jing included his adaptation of a chance to experience various
forum in the Forbidden City in Beijing. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY combination of jazz and folk, such instruments. It helps a lot to
as Piazzollas tango pieces, Carlos understand the difficulties and
Gardels Por una Cabeza and possibilities of different instru-

A BAZAAR OF IDEAS
Johannes Brahms Hungarian ments and broadens your imagi-
Dance No 6. nation of sound and
In our time of fast entertain- interpretation.
ment and unlimited access to The young Austrian gained his
quick information and attractions, first orchestral experience with
classical music sometimes seems the Vienna State Opera and the
dusty and strange. With my choice Vienna Philharmonic.
aspects of speciality in the fashion of program, I would like to speak In 2009, he interrupted his Har-
At a China-UK forum, artists and fashion industry. to the younger generation in par- vard studies to become a scholar of
An artist has to understand how ticular and show how appealing the Orchestra Academy of the Ber-
designers share perspectives and seek new the curator works, how the art mar- and attractive classical music can lin Philharmonic. In 2013, he
ket functions, how they are going to be, says Ottensamer. became the principal clarinetist of
ways of thinking, Chen Jie reports. measure success, not just in com- I always try to be authentic the Berlin Philharmonic.
mercial terms but in broad function onstage. Its like an actor, who feeds Despite his achievements at a
terms, too. emotion to the audience. young age, the clarinetist says that

M
ark Dunhill compares cutting and styles, says Dunhill. Dunhill notes that social media Ottensamer has been perform- he has never had goals in his life
Chinese artist Qi Bai- In recent years, Central Saint makes things more complicated for ing in China since 2014. He says hes because its dangerous.
shi (1864-1957) to Martins has admitted more Asian artists and designers because today, always happy to return because I just focus on the things I am
French artist Henri students, especially from China. by promoting the idea that every- Asian countries are enthusiastic doing, like the show I give in Bei-
Matisse (1869-1954). Dunhill says they bring an body is an artist, everybody is a about classical music education. jing, he says.
I saw an exhibition of Qis paint- approach to contemporary culture designer. He says that music is the begin- In 2013, he forged an exclusive
ing last time when I was in Beijing. I that is maybe newer and fresher, Its a massive competition. The ning of his life. His clarinet, he recording partnership with Mer-
was completely knocked out by his adding that they are very brave world is flooded with ideas and says, is like the voice of my moth- cury Classics/Deutsche Grammo-
works, says the academic dean at and very competitive to leap from images how can you move er thats so familiar since his phon the first solo clarinetist to
Central Saint Martins, the their own country to a city like Lon- through that and get your work youth. sign an exclusive deal with the
renowned fashion design school in don. Mark Dunhill, academic dean at seen? What I see is an explosion of His father, Ernst Ottensamer, label.
London. Some Chinese students are very Central Saint Martins, at a fashion global creative cultures, all influenc- and his older brother, Daniel His debut album, Portraits
They are amazing. I would like to quick to see the possibilities and event in Beijing. ing each other, says the 60-some- Ottensamer, are both principal The Clarinet Album, was released
compare him with Matisse. Its potential. thing veteran. clarinetists with the Vienna Phil- internationally in June 2013. It
interesting to discover the sophisti- Language is still a problem, for I dont have the answer. But Im harmonic. explores his love for both jazz and
cation and simplicity of his works, example, writing, but the main dif- As a sculptor as well as dean of a sure the young will find their way In 2005, the father and sons classical music, with a program of
and they gave me a real insight to ference is that Asian students have fashion school, Dunhill believes an through. formed a clarinet trio, touring Aus- wide-ranging musical styles
understand a little bit more about to change their attitude toward artist and a fashion designer Dunhill has been to China a few tria, Germany, Italy, Japan and the from the early-Romantic intensity
Chinese traditional art, Dunhill studying. should be evaluated in the same times, usually helping to develop United States. This year, they have of Louis Spohr to the jazz inflec-
said at a recent Sino-UK fashion and Asian students hold professors in way. international partnerships with var- released the album The Clarinotts tions of George Gershwin.
art event held in the Forbidden City high esteem, he says. Its the clarity of the idea, the exe- ious institutions and art schools. Ernst, Daniel & Andreas Otten- He has just finished recording a
in Beijing. You have to do what they tell you, cution of the idea, and the originali- In many Asian art schools, he samer, which includes pieces by new album, which goes back to the
The China-UK Art & Aesthetics whereas in the UK it is not that the ty that you conceive, he says. finds a real determination to hold Mendelssohn, Mozart and Rossini, beginning of the music pieces
Forum was organized by Phoenix professors and teachers are not the He believes that fashion design onto traditions, such as calligraphy and features the Wiener Virtuosen written for clarinet.
Art, part of the Sino-UK culture authority, they just dont behave in has now come of age and gained and Chinese painting, alongside string ensemble. In 1777, Mozart heard the clari-
exchange year. Artists and fashion the same way, he says. confidence. Its able to operate on a contemporary fine art. The process of learning music net in Mannheim, a small town in
designers from both countries Its much more about what the sophisticated level, besides being He often travels abroad, meeting is not merely practicing skills. Germany. Being impressed with
shared their ideas at the forum. students bring in and how they can very stylish and beautiful. people, talking about what the arts Music is always there. My family the instrument, he wrote a letter to
Before the forum, Phoenix Art develop their talent. It is not better, Fashion designers are really school might be in a new time, how often plays music together, which his father, saying that he would
launched a menswear design con- just a different approach to teach- thoughtful and provocative. They we adapt to developments. is a lot of fun, Andreas Ottensam- write more music for this instru-
test featuring 83 designers from ing. It relies more on the students should challenge us to consider how Dunhill also tries to understand er says. ment, says Ottensamer.
both countries. being self-motivated and having clothing changes our behavior and the difficulties faced by students, in Clarinet was not his first instru- For the new album, he also invit-
A jury chaired by Chinese fashion their own ideas, not just following our understanding of the world, he terms of fees and cost of living. ment. He had his first piano les- ed his colleagues at the Berlin Phil-
designer Zhang Zhaoda and artist what somebody tells you to do. says. London is a very expensive city, sons at 4 and his second choice harmonic to join in the recording.
Xu Lei chose 14 finalists, who So we are very careful about the He also suggests that designers like Beijing probably. We dont want when he was 10 was the cello. One of the biggest challenges I
showed their designs at a gala after students we accept. They absolutely should grasp the context that they art school to be only for rich kids. One day, I picked up the clari- faced during the recording was
the forum. understand how the education sys- work in. net at home and my father just let being without a conductor, he
Their work combined tradition- tem works, whats going to be He says that Central Saint Mar- Contact the writer at me go ahead, he says. says. I did the job mostly by
al Chinese elements into modern expected from them. tins offers different courses for all chenjie@chinadaily.com.cn I like the sound of the clarinet, myself and it was fascinating.

ALBUM

Depeche Mode to hit the road next year

By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE year. But the group is relaxed. younger, says Gore, 55. The group is working out of studi-
in Milan I think there is more freedom at I think, when you get older, you os in Santa Barbara, California,
the moment, keyboardist Andy need more time if you want to keep where Gore lives, and New York, the
Readying a new album and stadi- Fletcher said as the group the standards of the record. home of frontman Dave Gahan.
um tour for next year, Depeche announced its plans in Milan, the Amid rapid advances in electron- Depeche Mode triumphed with a
Mode feels free. The group, which site of one of Depeche Modes ic music, Gore says that Depeche string of hits in the 1980s and early
helped bring electronic music into numerous live albums. Mode was attentive to staying up-to- 1990s such as Just Cant Get Enough
the mainstream with a flurry of hits, Martin Gore, a fellow keyboardist date on technology and was at first becoming synonymous with
finally is setting its own pace. and the groups main songwriter, proud of rejuvenating the groups danceable synthpop but gradually
Spirit, the first Depeche Mode says that Depeche Mode grew accus- fan base. adopting a darker sound.
studio album since 2013, will come tomed to cranking out albums annu- We are fortunate that we keep We helped to make electronic Members of rock band Depeche Mode (from left) Andrew Fletcher, Dave
out in the first half of 2017, and a ally in the early 1980s after the appealing to young people. Its not music acceptable, Gore says. Gahan and Martin Gore promote their upcoming album Spirit in Milan. AFP
32-city, 21-country tour across bands birth in Basildon, just east of just the people who grew up with us When we started out it was a
Europe starts in May. London. and were fans of us in the 1980s, constant battle. People didnt take
The shows together could pull in To put an album out every year, Gore says. electronic music seriously. It was Now its just so prevalent. For legacies as bringing over listeners of
more than 1.5 million fans, even thats quite a lot of pressure, you Depeche Mode has not yet fin- considered like a novelty that wasnt good or for bad, weve helped to get other genres, including rock fans
before dates in North America and need a lot of creativity, and maybe ished recording Spirit, its 14th stu- real music and that would go away it to this point, he says with a laugh. who would have rarely stepped into
Latin America expected later next you can do that when youre dio album. very soon. Depeche Mode sees one of its a dance club.
 CHINA DAILY Monday, October 17, 2016 Fun | LIFE 21

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GROWTH THROUGH TOURISM

JOURNEYS TOWARD PROSPERITY

The precipitous terrain that was once the biggest obstacle to Guizhous development is generating opportunities to overcome
poverty as it lures visitors, Yang Fan and Yan Weijue report, on Chinas National Day of Poverty Alleviation, which falls today.

G
uizhou provinces
undulating topogra-
phy has long sculp-
ted its fight against
poverty into an uphill battle in
every sense but the very
mountains that had blocked
prosperity are today generat-
ing it through tourism.
Indeed, the sheer karst
peaks, sweeping gorges and
gushing waterfalls that
shape this swath of the Yun-
nan-Guizhou Plateau in
Southwest China have made
transportation construction
difficult. But their magnifi-
cent beauty compels a grow-
ing number of visitors.
About 11.5 million people
a third of Guizhous popula-
tion lived below the poverty
line by the end of 2011, official
figures show.
The number dropped to 4.9
million by the end of last year.
Thats largely because local
authorities declared a war on
poverty several years ago,
unveiling an array of measures
ranging from subsidies to
startup supports. But tourism
has proven one of the most
effective weapons in its arse-
nal.
The State Council outlined
goals for Guizhous tourism in
a 2012 guideline. These includ-
ed building Guizhou into a
globally famous tourist desti-
nation, a leisure resort and a
vital platform for cultural
exchange.
Transportation has proven
key. Guizhou spent 410 billion
yuan ($68 billion) weaving all
of its 88 county-level regions
into a highway network
according to the 12th Five-
Year Plan (2011-15).
It also opened high-speed
rail lines that link the province
to such major metropolises as
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou
and Shenzhen. Ten airports in
Guizhou serve all nine prefec-
ture-level divisions.
Transportation improve-
ments lured 376 million tour-
ists in 2015.
They generated 351 billion
yuan in revenue 96 billion
yuan more than the previous
year. Tourism has become
Guizhous pillar industry,
accounting for 9.2 percent of
its GDP last year. Top: Karst peaks and sweeping gorges that shape the special topography of Guizhou compel a growing number of visitors. Above left: A Bouyei woman plays the traditional instrument, the yueqin, in a performance.
The sector is expected to Above right: An ethnic Bouyei woman and a foreigner participate in the bamboo dance in Zhenfeng county in Guizhous Qianxinan Bouyei and Miao autonomous prefecture. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY AND BY XINHUA
create over 500,000 jobs in
Guizhou, pulling at least 1 mil-
lion people out of poverty by tourism is direly needed for Highlighting different desti- in southwestern Guizhou. Its increases a lands value. And demand from around the
2020, Governor Sun Zhigang
says.
$68 billion poverty-relief efforts, especial-
ly for places like Guizhou with
nations unique characteris-
tics is vital to the tourism
home to 36 ethnic groups and
rich biodiversity. Experts say
mountains are the most valua-
ble destinations, says Wang
globe.
Local authorities have
He made the remark at the spent in Guizhou to weave all of abundant mountains, says boom, he believes. Xingyis natural offerings Zhigang, a strategy consultant pledged to upgrade transpor-
2016 International Conference its 88 county-level regions into a Wei Xiaoan of the World Tour- Dont underestimate endow it with the potential to for Qianxinan. tation and enhance accommo-
of Mountain Tourism and Out- highway network ism Cities Federation. mountain tourism, he says. become a world-class destina- The prefecture is building dation capacity while
door Sports in Xingyi in Gui- Marketing relies heavily on Take Guizhou its tour- tion like Queenstown in New facilities for downhill skiing, protecting the environment in
zhous Qianxinan Bouyei and mountains and programs ism consists of mountains, Zealand and Champery in bungee jumping, rock climb- the coming years.
Miao autonomous prefecture focused on sightseeing, lei- ethnic diversity and rural Switzerland. ing, rafting, hot-air balloon-
late last month. sure, sports, education and scenery. In tourism, being less-devel- ing and skydiving to Contact the writers through
Developing mountain health. Qianxinan is a hidden gem oped and inaccessible often accommodate growing yangfan@chinadaily.com.cn

JOURNEY

Road-tripping Senegal: Experience Africas west coast by car

By ASSOCIATED PRESS mecca boasts an impressive Ferries leave regularly from On your way back to Dakar
in Dakar, Senegal collection of sculptures, paint- Dakars main port and cost $9 stop by Lake Retba, Senegals
ings, masks and jewelry from round trip. pink lake, about an hour out-
From dizzying Dakar to across the continent. side of the capital. The water
vibrant Saint-Louis, Senegal Rest up and head out after Saint-Louis for may appear more murky than
pulsates with rich culture, his- midnight to experience Dakars day trippers rosy depending on the season
tory and charm. thriving music scene at a local Craving a quick trip outside and time of your visit.
If you want to experience it bar or club. After your late the city? Head 320 kilometers
all from bustling cities to night, regroup by the beach at north to the French colonial Glamping and wildlife
sleepy, seaside villages hop one of Dakars luxury hotels. settlement Saint-Louis. Fathala Wildlife Reserve
in a rental car, charge up your While most of Senegal is This lively fishing commu- offers glamping, with three-
favorite navigation device or surprisingly drivable, Dakar nity connects to the historic course meals and luxury air-
app, brush up on your conver- traffic is not for the faint of city center, a small island in conditioned tents, near the
sational French, and start your heart. Be prepared for a gener- the Senegal river brimming Gambia border, about 260
road trip across Africas color- al disregard of road signs and with colonial charm. kilometers from Dakar,
ful western coast. discombobulating round- Reminiscent of New depending on your route.
abouts. Left: A side street on the Ile de Goree, or Goree Island, off the coast of Dakar, Senegal. Right: The Orleans, Saint-Louis boasts Excursions range from jeep
Dakar for the music, Some rental-car packages beachside pool at the Terrou-Bi hotel in Dakar, Senegal. From dizzying Dakar to vibrant Saint-Louis, boutique hotels, trendy res- safaris to mangrove boat tours.
and the art lover include drivers or one can be Senegal pulsates with rich culture, history and charm. PHOTOS BY NICOLE EVATT / AP taurants, galleries and an The attraction started as a con-
Senegals largest city arranged through your hotel. annual jazz festival. servation project for an ante-
perched on the tip of the Cap- Or hop in taxis for short Dont miss Senegalese lope, the Giant Derby eland,
Vert peninsula is an ideal trips. Theyre abundant and spent exploring the history and sobering attraction, Mai- guide when you arrive, but the designer Rama Diaws bou- but animals from other parts of
starting place for your journey. inexpensive. Be sure to check and architecture of Ile de son des Esclaves (Slave House), small, tranquil island is quite tique, which features colorful Africa can be seen here, too,
Spend the afternoons filling rates with a local before hailing Goree is a must when visiting has had many high-profile visi- walkable on your own. and wearable clothing and such as zebras and giraffes.
your suitcases with trinkets a ride and negotiate the fare Dakar. tors, including President Take in the scenic ocean accessories for women. The lone rhinoceros is
and T-shirts from the capitals with your driver in advance. The UNESCO World Heri- Obama in 2013. It is now a views, colorful, crumbling If you have the time, head known for his nightly pilgrim-
many frenetic street markets. tage site was a shipping point museum and memorial site architecture, shops and street farther north to the lush wet- age to the smartly placed
For a more serene shopping Goree Island for for African slaves during the serving as symbol for the larger vendors before dining on fresh lands of the Djoudj National watering hole in front of the
experience, head to La Galerie history buffs 16th through 19th centuries. slave trade throughout Africa. fish at the hilltop restaurant, Bird Sanctuary, another dining area.
Antenna. This African art An afternoon (at least) The islands most famous You can easily book a tour Dolce Vita. UNESCO World Heritage site. Its dinner with a show.
 CHINA DAILY Monday, October 17, 2016 SPORTS 23
TENNIS

Ripping yarn tells

tale of Djokovic
in a major crisis
Serb has no songs
in Shanghai with
smashed racket
and torn shirt
By AGENCE FRANCE-
PRESSE in Shanghai

Novak Djokovics problems

came to an explosive head at
the Shanghai Rolex Masters
and the Serb now faces being
knocked off the world No 1
spot if he cant find a quick Novak Djokovic adjusts his ripped jersey during his semifinal
solution. match against Roberto Bautista Agut at the Shanghai Rolex Mas-
Awesome Aussie Djokovic arrived in Shang- ters on Saturday. ALY SONG / REUTERS
hai insisting mental equa-
Brad Kahlefeldt of Australia hits the tape to win the Hefei Wanda City IRONMAN 70.3 on Sunday in Hefei, Anhui province. Kahlefeidt posted nimity, rather than titles, was
a time of 3 hours 55 minutes and 31 seconds to finish first in the debut race of the world-famous IRONMAN 70.3 triathlon series in China. his goal after a rough patch of after completing a career work to be making finals
More than 16,00 participants took part in the race. MATT ROBERTS/GETTY IMAGES form prompted a bout of Grand Slam at the French almost every single week for
soul-searching. Open in June, becoming only two years. Its a really, really
The man who has dominat- the third man to hold all four hard thing to do, Murray
ed tennis for the past two years major titles at once. said.
TENNIS even resorted to humming a But his 30-match winning Its maybe normal if hes
song in a bid to keep calm as he streak at Grand Slams came mentally a little bit tired or

Peng wins first tour title in Tianjin was taken to three sets by qual-
ifier Mischa Zverev.
But Djokovics avowed
cool-headedness evaporated
to a shuddering halt when he
was well beaten by 41st-
ranked Sam Querrey in the
third round at Wimbledon.
trying to find the next thing
to achieve after what he did at
the French Open, as well.
Im sure he will get it back.
in a stormy semifinal upset Order was restored when But its just normal to have a
By ASSOCIATED PRESS third set as a tired Mladenovic against Roberto Bautista Djokovic won in Toronto, period after what hes done
in Cleveland was ultimately unable to when he smashed his rac- but he then crashed out of the last few years where hes
match the Danes power and quet, ripped his shirt and the Rio Olympics first maybe not as dominant as he
Chinas Peng Shuai won the consistency. raged at the chair umpire. round in tears and was bul- was.
first WTA Tour title of her Frequently bending to lean Worse for Djokovic, sec- lied in the US Open final by Djokovic, who retreated
career on Sunday, beating Ali- on her racquet between ond-ranked Andy Murray Stan Wawrinka. from his Monte Carlo resi-
son Riske of the US to secure points, the Frenchwoman was cruised into the Shanghai dence to his native Belgrade
the Tianjin Open. in tears as she desperately final without dropping a set Not as dominant as the storm clouds gathered,
Peng listed as 182nd in tried to fight back after Wozni- and is in position to put fur- Wrist and elbow injuries will seek solace in family
the world by the WTA beat acki took a 5-0 lead. ther heat on his No 1 spot. have played a role, and Djok- comforts before resuming
the 56th-ranked American 7-6 Wozniacki eventually took Its not yet over. There are ovic has also admitted to strug- action at the Paris Masters in
(3), 6-2 in an hour and 45 min- the final set 6-2. a couple of big tournaments gling with private issues. two weeks time.
utes. Im really pleased with my still along the way: Paris and His collapse could reshape Im going to celebrate my
Riskes victory in the 2014 week this week there was London, Djokovic warned. the pecking order once again sons second birthday. Thats
Tianjin Open remains her only some good tennis and long Ill try to get ready for the with Murray now the fore- an event I look forward to.
WTA Tour win. This years battles, Wozniacki told indoor season where I most player of the crumbling Im going to do a lot of things
event has total prize money of reporters. always, in the last couple of Big Four, which also includes off the court, plenty of things
$426,750. The Dane said the final had years, played pretty well. Ill injury-hit Roger Federer and off the court, he said.
At the semifinals earlier in been a mental battle, as it was try to get better. Rafael Nadal. I had to experience this
the day, she knocked out world unclear to her how badly Recent months have not Murray, a contemporary of sooner or later. I knew I could
No 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, Mladenovic was hurt. been kind to Djokovic, who Djokovic and a sparring not go on playing at the high-
5-7, 6-4 in a gruelling encoun- It wasnt easy mentally has suddenly and mystifying- partner since they were teen- est level for so many years all
ter lasting two and a half because sometimes she would ly lost his way after winning agers, said he didnt find it the time, he added.
hours with the Russian two- look like she couldnt play, six of his 12 Grand Slam titles surprising that the Serbs Its good to experience this
time Grand Slam champion and then she would run like in a stunning two-year period. superb run had taken its toll. so I can hopefully get better
and second seed. Speedy Gonzalez clearly its He was on top of the world It takes so much effort and in the period to come.
Peng, 30, had defeated not that bad if you can run
Montenegros Danka Kovinic side to side. There was defi-
3-6, 7-5, 6-3 to make it to the nitely a mental game. I just
finals. happened to win it, she said. Murray masters Shanghai to close on top ranking
Defending champion Agni- Wozniacki herself has bat-
eszka Radwanska, who was to tled back from injury and has
face Peng in the quarterfinals, had a resurgent run of form in Andy Murray demolished the Serbs top ranking. winning seven points in a row
withdrew from the tourna- Peng Shuai of China looks at her trophy after winning the singles the past two months, reaching Roberto Bautista 7-6 (1), 6-1 on The last few months Ive and taking the set with a siz-
ment after injuring her right final match against Alison Riske of the US at the Tianjin Open in the semifinals of the US Open Sunday as he won the Shang- played very well in all of the zling backhand return.
thigh. Tianjin on Sunday. AFP and winning the Pan Pacific hai Masters without dropping a tournaments and obviously Im A string of Bautista errors
China has hosted an Open in Tokyo. set and slashed the gap on happy to be back in the final put Murray a break up at the
increasing number of WTA Still without a Grand Slam world No 1 Novak Djokovic. again here, the 2010 and 2011 start of set two, but to his obvi-
tournaments as it seeks more woman emerged in the second title to her name, she said it The Wimbledon and Olympic winner told the crowd. ous frustration he gave it
clout in the game. set with her right leg ban- was her ambition to win one. champion won seven points in Murrays first serve of the straight back with a miscued
daged and renewed focus, Its the only thing missing a row in the first-set tiebreaker match was a thumping ace and forehand.
Wozniacki crowned forcing Wozniacki to dive from my CV, she said. and broke Bautista three times he took a grip on the first set at But Bautista twice double-
Former world No 1 Caroline around the court with a com- Wozniacki had downed sev- in the second set to lift his third 3-3 when Bautista netted a faulted to go a break down
Wozniacki beat unseeded bination of drop shots and enth seed Jelena Jankovic, also Shanghai title. backhand to lose the first break before handing over yet anoth-
French challenger Kristina powerful drives. a former world No 1, to book Second-ranked Murray has point of the match. er break, making victory a for-
Mladenovic to take the Hong The set went to 6-6, with her final place. now won 20 straight sets in a But Murray, serving at 5-4, mality for Murray, who buried
Kong Open on Sunday after a Mladenovic sealing the tie- Mladenovic had been aim- 10-match winning streak, lost three set points and got in his first championship point.
battle of wills that lasted break 7-4 to go even. Caroline Wozniacki of Den- ing for her first WTA title it marching to back-to-back titles a tangle on a drop shot to hand With his 41st tournament
almost three hours. Spectators around the mark hits a return on her way was the third time she had in China, including last weeks Bautista his first break point, victory and sixth this year, Mur-
Wozniacki of Denmark, packed stadium flickered to beating Kristina Mladenovic made a competition final only China Open victory in Beijing. which he converted with a ray joins Stefan Edberg in joint
seeded fifth in the competition, paper fans constantly on a hot of France in the Hong Kong to lose. Murray also cuts the gap on strong forehand. 15th place on the list of Open-
stormed the first set 6-1, with and humid afternoon, with final. BOBBY YIP / REUTERS Venus Williams and current Djokovic, who was shocked by The Briton slammed three era title winners.
Mladenovic visibly despond- temperatures at 30 degrees Cel- world No 1 Angelique Kerber Spains Bautista in the semis, consecutive aces for 6-6 and
ent and limping slightly. sius (86 degrees Fahrenheit). determined Wozniacki, 26, went out earlier in the compe- to 915 points as he zeroes in on he dominated the tiebreak, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
The 23-year-old French Dressed all in green, a finally sealed victory in the tition.

Scoreboard

BASEBALL British Masters at The Grove club, Watford, north ICE HOCKEY Bournemouth 6 (Daniels 5, Cook 41, Stanislas tersser 90) Semifinals
of London on Saturday (GBR/IRL unless stated, par 45-pen, 65, Wilson 83, Gosling 88) Hull 1 (Mason 34) Augsburg 1 (Baier 77) Schalke 1 (Bentaleb 65) Roberto Bautista (ESP x15) bt Novak Djokovic (SRB
Results from the MLB Playoffs League Champion- Results of the National Hockey League games on x1) 6-4, 6-4; Andy Murray (GBR x2) bt Gilles Simon
71): Manchester City 1 (Nolito 72) Everton 1 (Lukaku 64) Hoffenheim 2 (Wagner 34, Kramaric 81-pen) Frei-
ship Series on Saturday (home team in CAPS): Saturday (home teams in CAPS):
197 - Alex Noren (SWE) 67-65-65 Stoke 2 (Allen 8, 45+1) Sunderland 0 burg 1 (Niederlechner 78) (FRA) 6-4, 6-3.
CLEVELAND 2 Toronto 1 PITTSBURGH 3 Anaheim 2
200 - Richard Bland 67-64-69 West Brom 1 (Chadli 82) Tottenham 1 (Alli 89) Eintracht Frankfurt 2 (Huszti 43, Fabian 78) Bayern Results on Sunday
(Cleveland leads best-of-seven series 2-0) FLORIDA 4 Detroit 1
201 - Peter Hanson (SWE) 70-65-66, Bernd Wiesber- Crystal Palace 0 West Ham 1 (Lanzini 19) Munich 2 (Robben 10, Kimmich 62) Singles final
CHICAGO 8 Los Angeles 4 TORONTO 4 Boston 1
ger (AUT) 68-66-67, Richard Sterne (RSA) 66-68-67, Werder Bremen 2 (Junuzovic 13, Manneh 59) Bayer Andy Murray (GBR x2) bt Roberto Bautista (ESP
(Chicago leads best-of-seven series 1-0) San Jose 3 COLUMBUS 2
Tommy Fleetwood 66-67-68 TAMPA BAY 3 New Jersey 2 English Championship Leverkusen 1 (Calhanoglu 27) x15) 7-6 (1), 6-1.
202 - Marcel Siem (GER) 69-68-65, Lee Westwood Results on Saturday:
GOLF WASHINGTON 2 NY Islanders 1 Doubles final
67-68-67 MINNESOTA 4 Winnipeg 3 Aston Villa 1 Wolves 1 Italian Serie A John Isner/Jack Sock (USA) bt Henri Kontinen/John
US PGA Tour Safeway Open 203 - Graeme McDowell 68-68-67 OTTAWA 4 Montreal 3 (SO) Barnsley 2 Fulham 4 Results on Saturday: Peers (FIN/AUS) 6-4, 6-4.
Leading scores on Saturday after the storm-inter- 204 - Jorge Campillo (ESP) 71-66-67, Marc Warren ST. LOUIS 3 NY Rangers 2 Blackburn 0 Ipswich 0 Napoli 1 (Koulibaly 58) Roma 3 (Dzeko 43, 54, Salah
rupted second round of the US PGA Tour Safeway 66-69-69, Alexander Levy (FRA) 70-66-68, Tyrrell CHICAGO 5 Nashville 3 Brighton 2 Preston 2 86) WTA Tianjin Open
Open in Napa, California (USA unless noted): COLORADO 6 Dallas 5 Derby 1 Leeds 0 Pescara 1 (Campagnaro 23) Sampdoria 1 (Cam- Result on Sunday:
Hatton 68-66-70, Scott Jamieson 68-65-71
129 - Scott Piercy 62-67 ARIZONA 4 Philadelphia 3 (OT) Newcastle 3 Brentford 1 pagnaro 12-og) Semifinals
205 - Pelle Edberg (SWE) 69-69-67, Shane Lowry
VANCOUVER 2 Calgary 1 (SO) Norwich 3 Rotherham 1 Juventus 2 (Dybala 43, 51-pen) Udinese 1 (Jankto 30) Peng Shuai (CHN) bt Danka Kovinic (MNE) 3-6, 7-5,
132 - Johnson Wagner 65-67, Paul Casey (ENG) 68-70-67, Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 68-69-68, Lee Slat-
64-68 QPR 1 Reading 1 6-3; Alison Riske (USA) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova
tery 67-70-68, Andrew Johnston 67-65-73
SOCCER Wigan 0 Burton 0 Spanish La Liga (RUS x2) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
133 - Troy Merritt 66-67
Results on Saturday: Final: Peng Shuai (CHN) bt Alison Riske (USA) 7-6
135 - Martin Laird (SCO) 67-68, Patton Kizzire 64-71 Korea LPGA Championship Dutch league Leganes 2 (Timor 66, Szymanowski 68) Sevilla 3
136 - Bill Haas 66-70, Derek Fathauer 68-68, Cody Leading final-round scores on Sunday in the Korea French Ligue 1 (3), 6-2.
Results on Saturday: Results on Saturday: (Vazquez 24, Nasri 57, Sarabia 84)
Gribble 67-69, Trey Mullinax 69-67 LPGA Championship at the SKY 72 Golf & Resort in FC Utrecht 3 Go Ahead Eagles 0 Nancy 1 (Diarra 55) Paris SG 2 (Lucas 13, Cavani 18) Barcelona 4 (Rafinha 21, 36, Suarez 43, Messi 58) WTA Hong Kong Open
137 - JJ Spaun 70-67, Jon Rahm (ESP) 66-71, Kevin Na Incheon, South Korea (x-won on the first playoff Sparta 2 Willem II 2 Bastia 1 (Bifouma 45) Angers 2 (Diedhiou 26, 56) Deportivo la Coruna 0 Result on Sunday:
71-66, Vaughn Taylor 70-67, Ryan Blaum 69-68 hole, par-72) PSV Eindhoven 1 Heracles 1 Guingamp 1 (Privat 32) Lille 0 Atletico Madrid 7 (Carrasco 34, 45, 61, Gaitan 63, 81, Final: Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x5) bt Kristina
138 - Phil Mickelson 69-69, Tag Ridings 68-70, Mack- 278 - x-Carlota Ciganda (ESP) 69-70-69-70, Alison AZ Alkmaar 2 Vitesse Arnhem 2 Lorient 1 (Hamel 80) Nantes 2 (Bammou 42, Gillet 74) Mladenovic (FRA) 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-2.
Correa 85, Tiago 87) Granada 1 (Cuenca 18)
enzie Hughes (CAN) 69-69, Will MacKenzie 69-69, Lee (USA) 65-70-68-75 FC Groningen 0 SC Heerenveen 3 Montpellier 3 (Ninga 2, 77, Mounie 65) Caen 2 Real Betis 1 (Cejudo 55) Real Madrid 6 (Varane 4,
John Huh 70-68, Luke List 70-68, Chris Kirk 73-65, 280 - Feng Shanshan (CHN) 73-69-68-70, Kim Min- (Yahia 8, Santini 69) WTA Linz
Benzema 31, Marcelo 39, Isco 45, 62, Ronaldo 78)
Kyle Stanley 65-73, Brendan Steele 67-71, Harold sun (KOR) 72-67-70-71 English Premier League Results on Saturday:
281 - Hur Mi-jung (KOR) 72-72-67-70, Brittany Lang Results on Saturday:
Varner 71-67, Brian Campbell 68-70 German Bundesliga TENNIS Semifinals
(USA) 69-65-72-75 Chelsea 3 (Costa 7, Hazard 33, Moses 80) Leicester 0 Results on Saturday: Viktorija Golubic (SUI) bt Madison Keys (USA x3)
British Masters 282 - Bae Seon-woo (KOR) 70-72-71-69. Karine Icher Arsenal 3 (Walcott 26, 33, Ozil 57) Swansea 2 Borussia Moenchengladbach 0 Hamburg 0 ATP Shanghai Rolex Masters retired; Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x2) bt Carla Sua-
Leading third round scores in the European Tour (FRA) 68-70-73-71, Cristie Kerr (USA) 72-65-72-73 (Sigurdsson 38, Baston 66) Cologne 2 (Modeste 28, 39-pen) Ingolstadt 1 (Hin- Results on Saturday (x denotes seeding): rez (ESP x4) 6-4, 6-3.
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SPORTS
Monday, October 17, 2016

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Soccer

PREMIER LEAGUE

Im in charge says
Conte after Costa
substitute dispute
Chelsea hammers
Leicester in battle
of past champions
By AGENCE FRANCE-
PRESSE in London

Antonio Conte revealed he

ignored Diego Costas request
to be substituted because the
volatile Chelsea strikers pas- Antonio Conte reacts during the match between Chelsea and
sion is too important to lose. Leicester City on Saturday. PETER NICHOLLS / REUTERS
Costa scored his seventh
Premier League goal of the
season as Chelsea cruised to a playing three central defend- the season.
Manchester Citys John Stones (left) and Evertons Romelu Lukaku challenge for the ball during the English Premier League match at 3-0 win over spluttering ers. That is more defeats than
Etihad Stadium on Saturday. The match ended 1-1. PHIL NOBLE / REUTERS champion Leicester at Stam- Having changed to his pre- Leicester suffered in the whole
ford Bridge on Saturday. ferred formation after Chelsea of last season and it is also the
But the controversial Spain leaked too many goals, Conte first English champion to lose

City pays the penalty for lack of practice star still managed to cause a
fuss with his demonstrative,
but unsuccessful, attempt to
was rewarded with a second
consecutive clean-sheet
despite leaving fit-again cap-
four successive away games
since Blackburn Rovers in
1995-96.
convince Chelsea manager tain John Terry on the bench. Ranieri believes he and his
Conte to substitute him in the I changed the system players have become too
By AGENCE FRANCE- and face a daunting Champi- De Bruyne later in the game. 70th minute. because its important to have focused on their European
PRESSE in Manchester, UK ons League trip to his former Maybe the goalkeeper Costa was one booking away time to understand the right adventure.
club Barcelona on Wednes- played his best game ever. We from being suspended for next characteristic for the team, he When you play in the
Pep Guardiola admitted his day. know he is a very good goal- Sundays home clash with Jose said. Champions League for the
Manchester City players had I dont have time Guardiola said it was his keeper, Koeman said of his Mourinhos Manchester Unit- After we conceded a lot of first time in the clubs life, the
not practiced penalties before responsibility to try and fellow Dutchman. ed and, with the game against goals, I decided to change for concentration can be very
they missed two during a 1-1 to practice every- restore confidence to his play- He saved two penalties Leicester well in control, he the Hull game. This system high in the Champions League
draw at home to Everton. ers if that was an issue. and two more shots from Kev- gestured that he wanted to suits the talents of all our play- and it is not the same in the
Kevin De Bruyne and Ser- thing I want to I am here to try to make in De Bruyne. come off. ers. Premier League, Ranieri said.
gio Aguero both had spot- that happen. Maybe you need luck to He even clutched at his legs I can understand this. It is
kicks saved by goalkeeper
practice. You can I try to analyze the reasons get a result, but I think we get as if struggling with an injury Vote of confidence not only one man who
Maarten Stekelenburg before
substitute Nolitos header
practice penalties we dont win. Of course, the
confidence and mood is much
a result today because the
fighting spirit was amazing.
in the closing stages, but Conte
was unmoved and insisted he
Conte had laughed off sug-
gestions he was about to be
changed the team, it is the
brain that changed the team.
earned a point for City. in training, but in better when you win. Koeman also indicated City didnt want to lose a player sacked after some bookmak- Im not worried. I know my
For Aguero, it was a second Despite the failure to beat are the best team he has faced with Costas tone-setting ers suspended betting on his job. There are good and bad
miss of the week, after he fail- training, no one (a Everton, City enjoyed 72 per- in a managerial career span- aggression even for a few min- departure on Thursday. moments. I have to work.
ed to convert a penalty for cent of the possession and ning 15 years. utes. And Chelseas best perform- Ranieri conceded he might
Argentina during a 1-0 World crowd) is there. had 19 shots at goal to the visi- It is the best team we have If I can, I keep Costa until ance of the season was a wel- have unsettled his team by
Cup qualifying defeat at home tors three. played against in my manage- the end of the game. Costa is come vote of confidence. resting three key figures,
to Paraguay on Tuesday. Pep Guardiola, on City missing I am not frustrated with the rial career they have a real- an important player for us, Im quite tranquilo. Im including last seasons player
Guardiola, though, insists two penalties team. I am sad for the players. ly high tempo, Koeman said. Conte said. very happy, Conte said. of the year Riyad Mahrez, to
he has bigger priorities than They deserve to win the game. We made some mistakes Diego is in good shape. He When you work so hard dur- keep them fit for Tuesdays
penalty practice as he They did absolutely every- because the pressing was so has passion and we need his ing the week, its logical you Champions League clash with
attempts to get his team back ons League, that is crucial. If thing to win it, said Guardiola. high. Im pleased with the passion in every moment of want to see a good result. Danish side Copenhagen.
to form. the player says, I want to be Football is sometimes point. We didnt deserve the game. Im very happy, above all But the Italian was unre-
Asked if his players had there (take the penalty), that beautiful. They have to be more, I know. I know I risked it, because if for my players. pentant because he believes
practiced penalties, he said: is enough. more open, play a little bit Maybe we didnt deserve Costa took another yellow Meanwhile, Claudio Ranieri reaching the knockout stages
No. I dont have time to prac- Guardiola made a superb more and find spaces. one, counting the number of card he misses the next game. admits Leicesters maiden would be a huge achievement
tice everything I want to prac- start to his reign as Manches- Everton manager Ronald chances, and the fact that I decide the substitutions. Champions League voyage is for a club of Leicesters stat-
tice. ter City manager, winning his Koeman suggested Stekelen- there were two penalties Always I take the responsibili- ruining its Premier League ure.
You can practice penalties first 10 matches in charge. burg had the best game of his missed, but football is unpre- ty in every situation, good or title defence. The Premier League is one
in training, but in training, no However, his players have career after not only saving dictable and the key to get a bad. Ranieris side is 11 points year long, the Champions
one (a crowd) is there. gone three games without a two penalties, but also mak- point was the belief and the Conte was also rewarded for behind leader Manchester League is two months and you
In the final of the Champi- victory in all competitions, ing a world-class stop to deny work rate of the players. sticking to his beliefs about City after its fourth loss of are in or out, he said.

LA LIGA AWARD

ZZ: Intensity key to Real revival Mahrez favorite for African award
By AGENCE FRANCE- for the opponent when we what is happening, but that is By AGENCE FRANCE- Foxes. Emerick Aubameyang, was a
PRESSE in Madrid play like that. independent of what we have PRESSE in Johannesburg It would be a shock if Mah- controversial 2015 winner.
Zidane had slammed his to do, he added. rez, who joined Leicester two Cote dIvoire and Man-
Real Madrid must match sides slow starts earlier this We have the obligation to Hot favorite Riyad Mahrez years ago from French outfit chester City midfielder Yaya
the intensity of a stunning first season, in particular in drop- give everything in every game of Algeria was among 30 Le Havre, is not named Afri- Toure, who was seeking a
45 minutes, coach Zinedine ping points at home to Basque we play. We are all satisfied, nominees named on Satur- can Player of the Year in Abu- record-extending fifth con-
Zidane said after his side minnow Eibar last time out. but we must continue like day for the 2016 African Play- ja on Jan 5. secutive award, publicly criti-
snapped a four-game draw They are intelligent, good this. er of the Year soccer award. The Algerian is one of three cized the choice of the Gabon
streak with a 6-1 rout at Real players. They know we have to Raphael Varane got Madrid The winger, who is equally Leicester stars in the running goal-poacher.
Betis on Saturday. start in that manner and they off to the perfect start when he efficient at scoring and creat- for the top African soccer Toure dismissed the out-
Zidanes men surrendered did well. headed home Toni Kroos free Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates ing goals, was a key figure for individual award the oth- standing form of Aubamey-
top spot on goal difference to When we play with the kick after just four minutes. after scoring against Real Betis sensational 2015-16 English ers are compatriot and strik- ang for Dortmund in the
city rival Atletico Madrid with intensity required, it makes it The intensity we started on Saturday. REUTERS Premier League title winner er Islam Slimani and Nigeria Bundesliga and the Europa
three consecutive La Liga very difficult for the opponent. with made everything a lot Leicester City. winger Ahmed Musa. League, saying 2015 Africa
draws, along with a point at We have worked on that, easier, said Varane. His efforts were acknowl- EPL players dominate the Cup of Nations performances
Borussia Dortmund in the but we need to be consistent. We have spoken a lot in the an empty net. edged by fellow professionals 30-star list with 12 included, should have been prioritized.
Champions League, prior to This match is a reference past few days about improving I will watch it again and in the most watched domes- three come from the Italian He was part of the Cote
the international break. point. that aspect of our play and enjoy it, a smiling Zidane said. tic soccer league in the world Serie A, two each from the dIvoire team that won the
However, a two-week layoff Victory took Real back level everyone responded well Alvaro Cejudo pulled a goal when they voted him EPL Spanish La Liga and French African showpiece for the first
seemed to do the European with Atletico at the top after today. back for Betis at the start of the Players Player of the Year. Ligue 1, and one from the time in 23 years, ending a dec-
champion a world of good as it Los Rojiblancos went one bet- Karim Benzema slotted second-half, but a stunning Mahrez has been equally German Bundesliga. ade of under-achievement by a
stormed into a 4-0 lead before ter in a 7-1 thrashing of Grana- home the second from anoth- strike from Isco and Cristiano impressive for Algeria, who CAF media, development self-styled golden generation.
halftime to blow Betis away. da earlier on Saturday. er Kroos assist before Marcelo Ronaldo rounded off the scor- has been consistently among and technical committee Toure has been sidelined
After four draws, we had to And Zidane insists big wins added a third. ing. the top ranked African soccer members, journalists and TV amid a war of words between
have a game like this. We for Atletico, Barcelona and It was Reals fourth, though, I needed a game like that. I nations for several years. consultants, and national his agent and new Manches-
played with the necessary Sevilla that saw Real slip to that stole the show as a sweep- needed a little bit of confi- His form has been so good coaches or national technical ter City manager Pep Guardi-
intensity to win, said Zidane. fourth before kick-off hadnt ing team move involving five dence and that will come with on the right side of midfield directors are involved in the ola and was not nominated.
There are no small teams played an extra motivating players stormed from a Betis more minutes, said Isco, who that long-time Algerian soc- selection process. Three Cote dIvorians
(in this league). This is a diffi- factor in its sudden return to corner all the way down the was making a rare start in the cer icon Sofiane Feghouli The lone nominee from the made the list Gervinho,
cult place to come, but we form. other end of the field in sec- absence of the injured Luka cannot always make the Bundesliga, Gabon and Borus- Eric Bailly and Paris Saint-
started strongly and it is tough You can have a look and see onds before Isco tapped into Modric and James Rodriguez. starting lineup for the Desert sia Dortmund striker Pierre- Germain Serge Aurier.