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NEW PERKS
FOR STAFF
Online companies roll out benefits
like child care to retain talent p9
CHINA
STEPS UP
MOBILE
PHONE
SECURITY
X traffic as more than 15 mil-
Experts see roles
for government,
industry and
individuals in
staving off e-risks
By OUYANG SHIJIA
ouyangshijia@
chinadaily.com.cn
For software hackers, per-
sonal computers are passe.
Mobile phones are the new des-
tination of viruses, worms and
other malware. Cybersecurity
experts are not amused.
In fact, the China Internet
Network Information Center
warned that the country needs
to be constantly vigilant, given
that the number of netizens
rose 1.1 percent from 2016 to
751 million at June-end. Of
them, 724 million, or 96.3 per-
cent, are mobile phone users.
At a mobile safety summit
forum in Beijing this year,
Zhang Jian, deputy secretary-
general of the Cybersecurity
Association of China, said the
massive user base and the
booming mobile internet
would mean smartphones will
pose major cybersecurity
issues.
Most users smartphones
double up as electronic wal-
lets, thus becoming a leading
target for hackers, who will
seek payment transfer details,
personal data and passwords,
Zhang said.
China has already become a
world leader in mobile pay-
ments. Transaction volumes of
third-party mobile payments
rose nearly fivefold last year to
58.8 trillion yuan ($8.9 tril-
lion), according to consultan-
cy iResearch.
Shi Xiansheng, deputy sec-
retary-general of the Internet
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Home at last
Two chartered flights carrying nearly 400 Chinese stranded in
the Caribbean by Hurricane Maria landed in Shanghai on Sun-
day. The China Eastern Airlines A330 wide-body planes
touched down at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport after
9 pm, about 22 hours after they left V.C. Bird International Air-
port in St. Johns, capital of Antigua and Barbuda. It marked the
first time that a Chinese airline had landed in St. Johns.
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Concertgoers scramble for shelter at the Route 91 country music festival after gunfire breaks out on Sunday in Las Vegas, Nevada.
DAVID BECKER / GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP
50 killed in Vegas rampage
Attack deadliest mass shooting in modern US history; IS claims responsibility
LAS VEGAS A gunman
killed at least 50 people and
wounded over 400 at a coun-
try music festival on the Las
Vegas Strip on Sunday, raining
down rapid fire from the 32nd
floor of a hotel for several min-
utes. Police said the gunman
killed himself before they
entered his hotel room.
The Islamic State group
claimed responsibility for the
attack, saying the shooter had
converted to Islam months
ago, Reuters reported. The
group provided no evidence.
The death toll, which police
emphasized was preliminary,
would make the attack the
deadliest mass shooting in
modern US history, eclipsing
last years massacre of 49 peo-
ple at an Orlando nightclub.
Thousands of panicked
people fled, in some cases
trampling one another as law
enforcement officers scram-
bled to locate and stop the
gunman. Shocked concertgo-
ers, some with blood on their
DING TING/ XINHUA
back to poverty, said Hai, who
go to primary school until age
8 because the 8-kilometer
long for younger ones.
migration policies, he said.
Inside
Related story > p4
clothes, wandered the streets.
Police identified the gun-
man as area resident Stephen
Paddock, 64, but said they
had no immediate informa-
tion about his motive.
He was not believed to be
connected to any militant
group, Clark County Sheriff
Joseph Lombardo told report-
ers. We have no idea what his
belief system was, Lombardo
said. Right now, we believe he
was the sole aggressor. Weve
located numerous firearms
within the room that he occu-
pied.
Las Vegas police said they
no longer think Marilou Dan-
ley, 62, who they were seek-
ing, was involved in the
shooting. Police initially said
they were looking for the
woman, who may have been
the roommate of the shooter.
Xis idea of 20 years ago changing farmers lives
By WANG HAO
and WANG HUAZHONG
in Yinchuan
Five years ago, Hai Guobaos
life was difficult, but not
because his family did not
work hard.
Generations of the family
had farmed mountainous land
in the Ningxia Hui autonomous
region.
There, summer is arid, yet
rainfall is excessive during
autumn harvests. Yields were
decided virtually by fate, locals
say, after they had invested a
whole years worth of labor.
We felt satisfied when we
had enough to eat, but
drought frequently drew us
is in his 60s.
Hais grandchildren did not
round trip to school was too
more than 60,000 immigrants
We could never change our
lives without the Partys
LEGEND OF
THE FALL
Ancient village draws visitors with
stunning autumn scenery p7
The dead included one off-
duty police officer and at least
one other officer was critical-
ly injured. Police warned the
death toll may rise.
Thousands of fans were
attending the concert next to
the Mandalay Bay that was
part of Route 91, a three-day
country music festival.
Video of the attack showed
panicked crowds fleeing as
sustained rapid gunfire ripped
through the area. Witnesses
told how the gunman opened
fire with an initial burst and
then appeared to reload as he
continued his spree.
Luo Xianlin, a Chinese tour-
ist, said that he was walking
on the street when the shoot-
ing happened, and ran into
Caesars Palace Hotel with a
crowd of frantic people. I
didnt hear any sound of open-
ing fire, but I ran with other
people. Some stayed in the lob-
by. My four Chinese colleagues
and I hid in a room with seven
Guatemalans and two Ger-
In May 2012, all eight mem-
bers of Hais family moved to
Minning township in north-
ern Ningxia as part of the
regions plan to relocate
350,000 people out of moun-
tains and valleys in Guyuan.
Hai, along with 67 others in
his village, spent only 12,800
yuan ($1,925) to build a new
house of 54 square meters,
excluding a courtyard, thanks
to a government subsidy.
Soldiers based nearby also
helped to move the familys
belongings under the Partys
command.
I felt so happy to find that
my new home is connected to
electricity and tap water, Hai
said.
The school is only minutes
walk away. Im illiterate, my
son is half-literate, but I hope
one day my grandchildren can
go to college.
In the past two decades,
which fend off cold air from
settled in Minning, which did
not exist 20 years ago.
President Xi Jinping pro-
HOLIDAY
mans for four hours, he said.
Steve Smith, a 45-year-old
visitor from Phoenix, Arizo-
na, said the gunfire went on
for an extended period.
Probably 100 shots at a
time. It would sound like it
was reloading and then it
would go again, he said. Peo-
ple were shot and trying to get
out. A lot of people were shot.
Online travel agency Ctrip
told China Daily that eight of
its Chinese clients had been
trapped in the hotel where the
shooting originated. All were
safe and left the blockaded
hotel with the help of police
on Monday. They were moved
to another hotel in the city.
US President Donald Trump
offered his condolences to vic-
tims in a Twitter post early on
Monday. My warmest condo-
lences and sympathies to the
victims and families of the ter-
rible Las Vegas shooting. God
bless you! Trump said.
AFPREUTERSAPXINHUA
FIVE YEARS ON
IMPACT OF XIS VISIT
Inside
Reporters log > p2
posed moving people in villages
to the new settlement in 1997
when he made a survey trip to
Ningxia as deputy Party chief of
Fujian province. He was deeply
concerned with the way people
were living in Guyuan, and the
United Nations also defined the
situation as unfit.
Minning township is locat-
ed between the eastern foot-
hills of the Helan Mountains,
the town. The family of eight
Inner Mongolia, and the Yel-
low River, which is used for
irrigation.
EDITION
chinadaily.com.cn
Holiday travelers
breaking records
By ZHENG JINRAN
zhengjinran@chinadaily.com.cn
Chinese railways set a
record in daily passenger
lion trips were made on
National Day on Sunday, the
first day of an eight-day holi-
day, and over 113 million visi-
tors flooded domestic
resorts, the rail and tourist
authorities said on Monday.
It is the years longest pub-
lic holiday as Mid-Autumn
Festival happens to coincide
with the National Day holi-
day this year.
Sundays estimate of 15
million trips was up 4.2 per-
cent from the 14.4 million
trips made on National Day
last year, according to rail
system administrator China
Railway Corp.
It said 12 million rail trips
were expected on Monday,
and 130 million rail trips
forecast for the entire holi-
day travel season.
In addition, 560 million
road trips and 15.9 million
trips by water are expected,
according to the Ministry of
Transport.
Over 13 million trips are
expected by air, an increase
of 14 percent, according to
the Civil Aviation Adminis-
tration of China. The num-
ber of daily flights was
pegged at nearly 14,800.
Beijing Capital Interna-
tional Airport, Chinas busi-
est, expects to see 3.95
million trips during the rush,
the airport said.
On Sunday, cars were
trapped in kilometers-long
Like many scenic spots around the nation, Beijings Summer
Palace is packed on Monday. JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY
In July 2016, Xi revisited
Ningxia and called for no one
to be left behind regardless
of geography or ethnic group
as the nation strives to com-
prehensively build a moder-
ately prosperous society by
2020.
Xi also visited Hais home.
Hai recalled that Xi went into
his kitchen to check his access
to water and to lift a pot lid to
see what they were having for
dinner. Xi also checked wheth-
er Hais kang, a traditional
brick bed that can be heated
from the bottom, worked well.
I was speechless when see-
ing him. It was like seeing one
of my family members return-
ing after a long period of time,
he said. It was just like a of the dry climate.
dream.
Hais eldest son now drives
agricultural machines for a
vineyard nearby and his other
son is a construction worker in
Hai said.
people earns about 80,000
yuan a year.
We dont farm now but we wanghao@chinadaily.com.cn

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traffic jams on expressways
and passengers stood in long
lines at stations and airports.
Large groups of tourists
crowded into resorts.
At Guangzhou Baiyun
International Airport, Guang-
dong province, nearly 1,000
passengers missed their
planes due to a traffic jam on
the airport expressway, offi-
cials said. Passengers around
the country were advised to
take subways to airports
when possible.
Provinces took measures
to ease traffic congestion on
Sunday.
In Jiangsu province, police
used 80 drones for traffic
surveillance. About 1,000
patrol cars equipped with
video transmission systems
received real-time informa-
tion sent by the drones. The
drones had helped clear 52
minor road crashes by 4 pm
Sunday, according to the
provincial public security
department.
Tourists were estimated to
have made 115 million trips
across China on Sunday, a
year-on-year increase of 10.5
percent, according to the
China National Tourism
Administration.
Those tourists were esti-
mated to have spent 96.5 bil-
lion yuan ($14.5 billion), 12.2
percent more than on
National Day last year.
For tourists heading
abroad, Russia, Australia and
the United States were cited
by industry sources as popu-
lar destinations, as were
countries in eastern and
southeastern Asia.
eat better than we used to as
farmers, Hai said.
According to Minnings gov-
ernment, locals per capita
annual income rose from 500
yuan in 1997 to 10,732 yuan in
2016, surpassing the average
for rural residents in the
region.
The local economy has also
benefitted in recent years from
investments from Fujian prov-
ince and other regions to boost
industries and promote mod-
ern farming techniques.
Taking the advantage of
abundant sunshine, many
rooftops are covered with solar
panels and locals are helping to
grow high-priced raspberries
and wine grapes with the help
A major auto company has
also set up a car parts factory
to offer more jobs to the
migrants. We will have better
development and a better life,
Contact the writers at
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Water, woodland to dominate

Xiongan New Area landscape
Ecological protection will be a major
priority during construction work
By ZHANG YU
in Shijiazhuang
zhangyu1@chinadaily.com.cn
More than 70 percent of
Xiongan New Area in North
Chinas Hebei province will
be covered by water and trees,
according to a leading official.
We will not construct high-
rise buildings, concrete jun-
gles or glass walls in the new
area, Chen Gang, director of
the Xiongan New Area admin-
istrative committee, said.
He added that protection of
the local ecological environ-
ment will be regarded as a top
priority during the construc-
tion process, which will follow
a green development path.
According to the develop-
ment plan, announced in
April, the area will cover
about 100 square kilometers
initially, but will be expanded
to 200 sq km in the middle
term, and rise to about 2,000
sq km in the long term.
Infrastructure, businesses
and residential buildings will
cover less than 30 percent of
the total area, while the
remainder will be home to for-
ests and bodies of water,
according to a statement pub-
lished on the areas official
WeChat account on Thursday.
The aim is to build a livable
new area, with plant life, for-
ests and water being the main
elements, said Liu Baoling,
executive deputy director of
the administrative committee.
He added that trees are
already being planted across
a 120,000-square-meter
pilot region to provide expe-
rience with the cultivation
of seedlings, planting tech-
nologies and management.
Based on that work, a man-
ual about the areas overall
afforestation will be pro-
duced to guide further plant-
ing work.
Another forestry project,
covering 7 sq km, will start by
the end of the year.
By 2030, the areas wood-
land coverage rate will sur-
pass 40 percent, more than
double the national average,
according to Liu.
At present, the coverage
rate in the three counties
spanning the new area are
19.72 percent in Xiongxian,
9.3 percent in Rongcheng
and 7.29 percent in Anxin.
In addition to woodland,
Xiongan is home to Baiyang-
dian, one of the largest fresh-
water wetlands in China.
Know as the Pearl of North
China, Baiyangdian, which
covers 366 sq km, contains
143 small lakes and is essen-
tial to the conservation of
water on the North China
Plain.
The ecological restoration
of the wetland has been one
of the key tasks for the area. A
range of measures have been
undertaken, such as control-
ling the discharge of waste-
water into the lakes and the
removal of fish-raising nets in
the water.
The overall planning for
Xiongan is already underway,
and will include a specific
plan for the protection of Bai-
yangdians environment.
According to the adminis-
trative committee, prepara-
tions are also being made to
start a number of major pro-
jects in the fields of transpor-
tation, ecological restoration
and cultural protection in
line with the areas mode of
development.

Top: Hai Guobao, a resident of Minning village of Yinchuan, the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, recalls
Pulling
President Xi Jinping's visit to his house in July last year. FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY together
Above: Hais old house and new home, which was built with government help. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
to celebrate
REPORTERS LOG: WANG HAO the country

How President Xi helped Women from the Miao

ethnic group in Luocheng,
the Guangxi Zhuang autono-
mous region, compete in a

impoverished families tug of war to celebrate Chi-

nas National Day on Sunday.
MENG ZENGSHI /
FOR CHINA DAILY

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ome, sweet new
home.
Hai Guobaos
memories of his
old home revolve around pov-
erty and barely making ends
meet. That was why he and
his family and 60-plus villag-
ers migrated 300 kilometers
from Guyuan, an arid and
impoverished mountainous
area in the Ningxia Hui
autonomus region.
Relocation of impoverished
populations is one of the
measures the government has
adopted for its targeted pov-
erty-alleviation program.
Under the program, people
are advised to move from are-
as that lack conditions that
allow them to make a decent
living. However, the residents
themselves have to approve
the measure.
Hai clearly remembers the
difficult decision he had to
make five years ago. We Chi-
nese farmers see our ancestral
home as the root of our fami-
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final resort.
In 1972, Guyuan was recog-
nized by the UN Food and
Agriculture Organization as
one of the places most unfit
for human habitation on
Earth. It was the first area cov-
ered by a resettlement pro-
gram established by the
government in the early 1980s.
Hai, a village head widely
respected by his villagers, was
entrusted to go and see what
the villagers new homes
would look like. He recalled
what he told his neighbors
when he returned: If you trust
me, you have to listen to me
this time. Electricity, tap water,
jobs ... the government has
thought it all out for us. It will
be a life from our dreams.
Because a great many people
helped with the relocation
process, Hai had no idea who
he should thank specifically
until July last year when he
received a special guest, Presi-
dent Xi Jinping. It was Xi who
kick-started the construction of
Hais new village 20 years ago.
Another unique measure
the government uses to fight
poverty is a program called
East-West Pairing-off Cooper-
ation for Poverty Reduction,
whereby a developed province
in the east assists a less-devel-
oped region in the west.
As a provincial leader in the
eastern province of Fujian,
which was paired with Ning-
xia, Xi was shocked to see the
plight of local farmers, and
proposed building a new vil-
lage called Minning (Fujian-
Ningxia) village. The past 20
years have seen the residents
per capita incomes rise
20-fold.
Its little wonder that Xi,
who has strong feelings about
poverty relief, proposed the
ambitious goal of lifting every
impoverished person out of
poverty by 2020, meaning 10
million people being freed
from scarcity every year.
Hai said he thanked Presi-
dent Xi for his help, and later
put a large photo of Xi with
his family in the most promi-
nent place in the living room.
Asked whether he misses
his old home, Hai conceded
that he did, and said the fami-
ly visits their old home once a
year. There, the infertile farm-
land has been planted with
trees, and the mountains are
gradually becoming greener.
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Judge Mercy chosen as delegate for Party congress
By MO JINGXI in Beijing
and HU MEIDONG in Fuzhou
A judges commonsense
approach to the law has won
her fame, plaudits and the
respect of communities that
have benefited from her work.
Huang Zhili, also known as
Judge Mercy, works at a
local court in Fujian province.
Having heard more than
5,000 cases during the past 12
years, she believes that justice
starts with mediation to try
and resolve issues before the
parties head to court.
The 45-year-old, who presid-
es at the Xiangcheng Peoples
Court in Zhangzhou city, han-
dles about 500 cases annually.
In July, she was elected as
a delegate to the 19th
National Congress of the
Communist Party of China.
She will travel to Beijing to
attend the meeting, which
will start on Oct 18.
Huang has visited every vil-
lage and community within
her courts jurisdiction, and
has spoken with nearly
10,000 plaintiffs and defend-
ants to resolve cases, familiar-
ize herself with local customs
and discover the core reason
behind every case.
She said emotions are at
the root of most cases, which
DELEGATES TALES
HUANG ZHILI
Judge in Fujian
province
reflects damaged human
relations in society.
When we judge cases, we
should not only give a verdict,
but also help to repair relations
that are damaged, no matter
whether the case is between
couples, parents and children,
or neighbors, she said.
One 2010 case stands out in
her mind. It involved two
brothers in their 70s, who
inherited an old apartment
from their father. In his will,
the father designated one half
of the apartment to each
brother, with a courtyard con-
necting the two parts.
However, as a result of fric-
tion between their children,
the younger brother installed
an iron gate in the courtyard.
In response, the older brother
asked the court to intervene
and ensure the property was
divided in accordance with
their fathers will.
Huang paid about 12 visits to
the brothers during the case,
because she thought it would
be a great pity if the brothers
cut off contact with each other.
Her efforts finally won
through, resulting in reconcili-
ation between the brothers
and the removal of the gate.
The younger brother was
grateful to Huang for her
dedication, saying it would
have been one of the biggest
regrets of his life if his rela-
tions with his brother had
descended into animosity.
Xiong Jianzhou, a con-
struction worker from Gui-
zhou province, also had
reason to be grateful for
Huangs professionalism and
diligence. The company he
worked for had been with-
holding his salary until
Huang took the case and
ensured he received every-
thing he was due.
I thought judges were
stern and serious, like in TV
shows. However, Huang, the
first judge I ever met, has a
big smile and was just like an
old friend of mine.
In 2012, Huang and a num-
ber of colleagues established
an office in Xiangcheng dis-
trict to provide legal services
to people in the neighbor-
hood before they appealed to
the court.
The office offered pretrial
mediation and legal consulta-
tions to residents and villag-
ers twice a week, greatly
reducing the number of law-
suits. There are now five such
offices in the district.
Huang said she learned a
lot from her late mother, who
was warm-hearted toward
her neighbors.
We came to Zhangzhou
from Nanjing (Jiangsu pro-
vince) when I was young. My
mother would offer a hand to
whoever came to her for help,
no matter whether she knew
them or not, she recalled.
Lin Xiaoping, a court clerk
who has worked with Huang
for three years, said, Huang
concerns herself with other
peoples troubles and tries her
best to solve them, adding
that the judge maintains a
simple lifestyle.
Huang has even put pen to
paper to make notes to record
her guiding philosophy.
Handling every case is like
sowing seeds. Some seeds are
about abiding by the law,
while some are about love
and friendship. Im not sure
whether every seed will
sprout and grow, but I will be
gratified if one or some of the
100 seeds I have sown grows.
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 CHINA DAILY Tuesday, October 3, 2017
HOW TO PROTECT
ANDROID PHONES
FROM MALWARE
AND HACKERS
By OUYANG SHIJIA
ouyangshijia@chinadaily.com.cn
With Android system-based
mobile phones coming under hacker
attacks increasingly, users must use
quality security apps to ward off
risks, cybersecurity experts said.
Li Tiejun, a security engineer at
Beijing-based Cheetah Mobile Inc,
said, In developed countries, Google
Play commands a dominant position
as a trustworthy marketplace for
apps that help keep users systems
safe. However, Chinas Android app
stores are dominated by different
local players and these third-party
marketplaces are often riddled with
malicious software.
Thus, compared with Android
users in developed countries, Chi-
nese users have a greater need for
security apps, he said.
Li said as iPhone users can down-
load apps from only Apple Incs offi-
cial App Store, there is not much
room for viruses to infect Apple devi-
ces, obviating the need for security
apps in them.
A report released in May by the
Internet Society of China and the
National Computer Network Emer-
gency Response Technical Team/
Coordination Center of China
revealed that among a total of over 2
million mobile internet malicious
programs spotted in 2016, 99.9 per-
cent targeted Android devices.
Another report published in
March by internet research firm
iiMedia Research showed that China
had 539 million security app users by
the fourth quarter last year.
According to the report, 97.3 per-
cent of surveyed mobile users said
they were concerned about their
mobile phone security.
Cheng Xiao, 27, an architect based
in Guangzhou, Guangdong prov-
ince, owns an Android-based made-
in-China smartphone. Cheng once
used a wide range of third-party
security apps, but now he uses only
built-in security app offered by the
manufacturer.
When I began to use the Android-
based mobile phone, I was really con-
Number of malicious mobile
programs spotted in China
2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
951,059
1,000,000
702,861
500,000 162,981
6,249
0 1,664
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Source: The National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China, Analysys Qianfan
Protecting driverless cars from cyberattacks
By MA SI
masi@chinadaily.com.cn
Can driverless, internet-an-
chored, computer-driven cars get
cyber-attacked, go berserk and
jeopardize the auto industry?
The Fate of the Furious opens
with a scene showing unattended
cars getting hacked by anarchist
Cipher and then rolling off New
York high-rises, creating chaos.
Reality could well mimic fiction,
experts said.
The Beijing Municipal Commis-
sion of Transport predicted that
the market size of Chinas smart
internet-connected vehicle indus-
try will exceed 100 billion yuan
($15 billion) by 2020.
Were entering a Big Security
Era. Cybersecurity is no longer
only about the internet. Its about
almost every aspect of the offline
world, and is thus an important
part of national security, said
Zhou Hongyi, chairman and CEO
of Qihoo 360 Technology Co, Chi-
nas biggest internet security
company.
Agreed Zhang Zhiyong, founder
Root access will
bring security risks.
I suggest people
should not offer the
root permission.
Li Tiejun, a security engineer at
Beijing-based Cheetah Mobile Inc
cerned about the security. Then I
found the risks are usually from the
installation software introduced by
some downloaded apps, and basical-
ly what I need to do is recognize
secure apps and download them
from trustworthy channels.
Li said in order to have better pro-
tection over the mobile phones, secu-
rity apps will often ask for a lot of
permissions and some even require
root permissions to have access to
the entire operating system.
Root access will bring security
risks. I suggest people should not
offer the root permission. If users
download knockoff apps, the root
permission will allow the malware to
have access to all personal informa-
tion on the smartphones.
According to app tracker Analysys
Qianfan, Tencent Mobile Manager,
from the company of the same name,
has become the most popular securi-
ty app on the market with 175 million
active users in July this year, taking a
market share of 48.47 percent.
And 360 Mobile Security by tech-
nology major Qihoo 360 Technology
Co is the second most popular securi-
ty app being run with a 40.19 percent
share, with Baidus Mobile Guard in
third slot with 43.62 million active
users in July, grasping a market share
of 12.07 percent.
Gong Wei, chief security officer of
Shanghai Lantern Network Technol-
ogy, a free Wi-Fi access provider, said
currently Android users still need to
install security apps, and in the
Top 5 popular security apps in
China in July
2,053,501
Tencent Mobile Manager
360 Mobile Security
1,477,450
Baidu Mobile Guard
43.6 million
Cheetah Mobile Security Master
15.1 million
QQ Security Center
13.5 million
and CEO of Wenfeng Automobile
Consultancy. He said just like
smartphones and personal com-
puters, it is possible for a fleet of
vehicles to get hacked at the same
time.
A number of autonomous vehi-
cles used in a ridesharing service
would all run on the same system,
receiving regular software updates.
Through a process known as sub-
version, a hacker or another orga-
nization could interfere with the
update process and add in code that
allows for remote access, Zhang
said.
According to Zhou, automobiles
could well be one of the next major
targets of cyberattacks. To prepare
for any such eventuality, Qihoo 360
unveiled a security car by partner-
ing with WM Motor, an emerging
e-carmarker, last month at the
annual Cybersecurity Week, an
event aimed at raising awareness of
knowledge and policies related to
cybersecurity.
The car is equipped with a whole
set of security solutions that cover
components, systems and chips.
The system can detect cyberat-
future the situation will gradually
change.
As time changes, users will be
wary of offering permissions for
security apps. I also believe phone
manufacturers will gradually
improve their products to offer a saf-
er environment, Gong said.
ACTIVE USERS
175.1 million
145.2 million
CHINA DAILY
tacks almost in real time, predict
risks of being hacked by calculating
existing data, and deliver repair
codes to cars.
In future, people can manage
their vehicles in the same way
they deal with computers, said
Liu Jianhao, who is in charge of
the internet-connected automo-
bile security lab at Qihoo 360.
According to him, the Beijing-
based company is offering both
in-car and cloud-based solutions to
better deal with cybersecurity
issues.
At the cybersecurity event,
Qihoo 360 also unveiled a slate of
smart transportation solutions by
ensuring safety among vehicle-to-
human communication and
interaction.
According to Zhang, a cyberat-
tacker may slowly creep into soft-
ware systems until the point of
attack and taking control.
Qihoo predicts that by 2020,
about 60 percent of automobiles
will be connected to the internet,
with vehicles becoming the third-
largest segment connecting con-
sumers with online services.
Online: Govt stands beside industry
and individuals in staving off e-risks
From page 1
Society of China, said payment traps
top cybersecurity threats they
affected 88.3 percent of mobile
internet users last year.
Next were privacy violations
(almost 76 percent). The third cate-
gory included nuisance calls, unso-
licited promotional or marketing
calls and spam messages (almost 63
percent).
Some users of net-banking facility
could lose money directly from their
bank accounts if their mobile
phones are compromised. Mining of
information from smartphones and
misuse of it is another threat.
A joint report released in July by
Chinese internet giant Tencent
Holdings Ltd and the Data Center of
China Internet showed that nearly
97 percent of Android apps had
access to users privacy. Around one-
fourth of Android apps even violate
users privacy.
And almost 70 percent third-par-
ty iOS apps have access to private
information and personal features
on iPhones.
Shi said download-happy people
need to be wary of apps, particularly
image-editing apps, as some of them
may invade their e-privacy.
Of course, people should also be
wary of many other types of apps
that seek more permissions than
required, and go on to collect more
information than what they really
need, Shi said.
Cyberattacks usually target open
operating platforms such as Android
as smartphone manufacturers allow
downloads and installation of third-
party programs and apps.
A report published in May by the
Internet Society of China and the
National Computer Network Emer-
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gency Response Technical Team/
Coordination Center of China noted
that more than 2 million malicious
mobile internet programs were
detected last year. And 99.9 percent
of them targeted Android devices.
Zhang from the Cybersecurity
Association of China said, Normal
apps would be infected with viruses.
And some apps themselves are
developed as malware.
Gong Wei, chief security officer of
Shanghai Lantern Network Tech-
nology, said compared with inse-
cure Wi-Fi hotspots, bigger threats
came from insecure knockoff apps.
While hackers can easily obtain
personal data over public Wi-Fi hot-
spots, they can rarely access pay-
ment or money transfer details in
the encrypted format over public
Wi-Fi, Gong said.
However, hackers can easily
to the device, both the government,
People should also be
wary of many other
types of apps that seek
more permissions
than required.
Shi Xiansheng, deputy secretary-
general of the Internet Society of China
LI MIN / CHINA DAILY
access all those data, including per-
sonal information and payment
data, via insecure apps.
On June 27, China announced an
emergency response plan for cyber-
security incidents to prevent and
reduce the damage inflicted by
them, protect public interest and
safeguard national security.
The new plan divides cybersecuri-
ty incidents into six categories. Of
them, three are key: pernicious pro-
cedural incidents, cyberattacks and
information security incidents.
The plan also defines four levels
of security warning and response
systems, according to different
threat conditions from general to
extremely serious.
Zhang said as mobile operating
system vulnerabilities do exist and
the critical ones would result in seri-
ous cyberattacks via remote access
enterprises and individual users
should prepare better for potential
security risks.
There is a need for a better mech-
anism to manage e-virus infections
as well, he said.
Agreed Zhou Yiqing, chairwoman
of handset maker Sunshine Group.
Smartphone makers need to have a
long-term plan to improve their
devices to better defend users from
potential risks, she said.
Shi said, When surfing the inter-
net via smartphones, users should
be careful to not leave too much per-
sonal information on online plat-
forms.
Users should also not download
apps from insecure channels and
should look through the user agree-
ment to decide whether or not to
give the permissions sought. Other-
wise, hackers will be able to access
personal data easily.
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110,000 stranded
after UK airline fails
A Monarch Airlines passenger aircraft. TOBY MELVILLE / REUTERS
Authorities have leased 30 aircraft to
bring Monarch customers back home
LONDON British authori-
ties are scrambling to bring
home 110,000 travelers after
Monarch Airlines collapsed on
Monday, canceling all flights
by what had been Britains
fifth-largest carrier.
The Civil Aviation Authority
said it has leased 30 aircraft to
transport Monarch customers
scattered around holiday desti-
nations ranging from Turkey
to Spain and Sweden. Flights
will be provided at no addition-
al cost to passengers.
This is a hugely distressing
situation for British holiday-
makers abroad, and my first
priority is to help them get
back to the UK, Transport
Secretary Chris Grayling said
in a statement. That is why I
have immediately ordered the
countrys biggest ever peace-
time repatriation to fly about
110,000 passengers who could
otherwise have been left
stranded.
About 860,000 customers in
all are affected, and 750,000
have future bookings.
Monarch folded after failing
to reach a deal with regulators
to extend the companys
license to sell package holidays
This is a hugely dis-
tressing situation
for British holiday-
makers abroad, and
my first priority is
to help them get
back to the UK."
Chris Grayling,
UK transport secretary
to overseas destinations. Mon-
arch Chief Executive Andrew
Swaffield said the airlines
troubles stemmed from recent
terror attacks in Egypt and
Tunisia and the decimation
of the tourist trade in Turkey.
The CAA is advising Monarch
customers who are trying to get
home from abroad to visit the
agencys website for informa-
tion about their flights. Passen-
gers who were preparing to
leave the UK on Monarch flights
should not go to the airport.
The first repatriation flight
carrying 165 passengers from
the Spanish resort island of Ibi-
za had already arrived at Lon-
dons Gatwick Airport, the
aviation authority said.
The scale and challenge of
this operation means that
some disruption is inevitable,
agency CEO Andrew Haines
said. We ask customers to
bear with us as we work
around the clock to bring
everyone home.
Monarchs collapse repre-
sents the biggest failure of a
British airline.
KPMG partner Blair Nimmo
said administrators are now
considering breaking up the
company as no buyer has been
found to purchase Monarch in
its entirety. Counting the air-
line and tour operator busi-
ness, the company had 2,100
employees.
All future holidays and
flights provided by these com-
panies have been canceled and
are no longer operating, the
company said.
Grayling said on Monday he
had spoken to other airlines
about hiring those employees.
Among those affected was a
British couple who had intend-
ed to fly to Gran Canaria, Spain
with their family to get married.
Bricklayer Alan Jee, 42, was
five minutes away from his
scheduled flight time when he
learned the news. The flights
for 30 of his friends and family
including fiancee Donna
Smith were also affected.
My missus just burst
straight into tears, and my
mother-in-law and my mum,
he said. They (Monarch) are
doing absolutely nothing
about it whatsoever, theyve
palmed us off.
AFPAPREUTERS
People carry an injured person at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after gunfire was heard on Sunday in Las Vegas. A gun-
man opened fire on the music festival, killing 50 people and injuring hundreds more. DAVID BECKER / GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP
Trump calls Vegas attack act of pure evil
WASHINGTON US Pres-
ident Donald Trump on Mon-
day described the mass
shooting at a Las Vegas music
festival as an act of pure evil.
Trump made the televised
address to the nation after a
gunman killed more than 50
people and wounded hun-
dreds more when he opened
fire on a country music con-
cert in Las Vegas on Sunday.
Last night a gunman
opened fire on a large crowd
at a country music concert in
Las Vegas, Nevada. He brutal-
ly murdered more than 50
people and was an act of pure
evil, he said.
The US Department of
Homeland Security said on
Monday that an investigation
is underway. Increased secu-
rity in and around public pla-
ces and events may be
experienced as officials take
additional precautions, it
said.
Trump also said he will visit
Las Vegas on Wednesday to
meet with first responders
and families. Trump said the
nation must stay unified. He
said that although he feels
such great anger at the sense-
less murder of our fellow citi-
zens, it is our love that binds
us today and always will.
In its claim, Islamic State
said that the gunman, 64-year-
old Stephen Paddock, was a
recent convert. It came after IS
on Friday released an audio
recording of what it said was
its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghda-
di, calling on extremists in Syr-
ia and Iraq to resist their
enemies.
But US officials said on Mon-
day that there was no evidence
Deadliest shootings in US history
LONDON British For-
eign Secretary Boris Johnson
said he was horrified by a
shooting incident at an out-
door music festival on the Las
Vegas Strip that left at least
50 dead and injured more
than 400 wounded.
The attack is the worst
mass shooting in the modern
history of the United States.
Johnson said the United
Kingdom stood ready to help
however it could.
I am horrified by the awful
attack at a music festival in Las
Vegas this morning (London
time), he said in a statement.
The United Kingdom stands
with the American people
against this indiscriminate
violence. My thoughts are with
all those caught up in it.
Here are details of some of
the deadliest mass shootings
in the United States in the
past 25 years:
Florida club: 49 killed
A heavily-armed gunman
opens fire inside a nightclub
in the city of Orlando on
June 12 last year and kills 49
people.
US biology trio share Nobel Prize
STOCKHOLM The Nobel
Prize in physiology or medicine
was awarded to three United
States scientists from on Mon-
day for discoveries about the
bodys daily rhythms.
The laureates are Jeffrey C.
Hall, Michael Rosbash and
Michael W. Young. Rosbash is
on the faculty at Brandeis
University, Young at Rocke-
feller University and Hall has
been associated with the Uni-
versity of Maine.
The citation for the prize
worth 9 Swedish million kro-
nor ($1.1 million) said the
researchers isolated a gene
that controls the normal daily
biological rhythm. They
were able to peek inside our
biological clock and elucidate
its inner workings.
Circadian rhythms adapt
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 CHINA DAILY
that the shooter was tied to any
international militant group,
and Trump made no mention
of the claim in his address.
Las Vegas authorities are
calling for blood donations
and setting up a hotline to
report missing people in the
wake of the mass shooting. Las
Vegas police said on Monday
that it will take time to identify
all of the injured and dead.
Meanwhile, the US Home-
land Security Department
said there is no specific cred-
ible threat involving other
public venues. Police have not
yet determined a motive in
the shootings.
Since Trumps inaugura-
tion, there have been other
mass shootings, including
one in Texas last month, in
which a gunman killed eight
and was fatally shot by police.
The attacker is killed in a
shootout with police; he
pledges allegiance to the
Islamic State group, which
later claims responsibility.
Virginia Tech: 32 killed
A 23-year-old student goes
on a rampage at Virginia Tech
University in the town of
Blacksburg in April. He kills
27 students and five teachers
before committing suicide.
Sandy Hook: 26 killed
A disturbed 20-year-old
kills his mother in Newtown,
Connecticut, in December
2012 before blasting his way
into Sandy Hook Elementary
School and shooting dead 20
children ages 6 and 7, plus six
adults. He commits suicide.
Texas restaurant: 22 dead
In October 1991, a man
shoots dead 22 people in a
restaurant in the town of Kil-
leen before killing himself.
California office party:
14 dead
A newlywed radicalized
couple storm an Christmas
the workings of the body to
different phases of the day,
influencing sleep, behavior,
hormone levels, body temper-
ature and metabolism.
The winners have raised
awareness of the importance
of a proper sleep hygiene,
said Juleen Zierath of the
Nobel academy.
The awardees work stems
back to 1984, when Rosbash
and Hall, who was then also at
Brandeis, along with Young
isolated the period gene in
fruit flies. Hall and Rosbash
found that a protein encoded
by the gene accumulated dur-
ing the night and degraded
during daytime. A decade lat-
er, Young discovered another
clock gene.
The paradigm-shifting
discoveries by the laureates
But the Las Vegas attack is the
deadliest on Trumps watch.
The president offered a
measured, somber response
in June, after a shooting at a
congressional baseball prac-
tice that wounded five,
including seriously injuring
Representative Steve Scalise.
But he has drawn criticism
for more inflammatory reac-
tions to other acts of violence.
After a shooting at a night-
club in Orlando that left 49
dead last year, he tweeted,
Appreciate the congrats for
being right on radical Islamic
terrorism. In the wake of a
deadly terror attack in Lon-
don in June, Trump targeted
the citys mayor on Twitter,
suggesting he wasnt taking
the attacks seriously enough.
AFPAPXINHUAREUTERS
office party at a social services
center in San Bernardino in
December 2015 and gun down
14 people, wounding 22 others.
They are shot dead by police.
Fort Hood military
base: 13 dead
In November 2009, a US
army psychiatrist opens fire
at his military base in Kil-
leen, killing 13 people and
wounding 42, before being
overpowered by police.
New York immigrant
center: 13 dead
An immigrant shoots dead
13 people at a civic center in
the New York state city of
Binghamton in April 2009,
before killing himself.
Denver cinema: 12 dead
A young man wearing body
armor storms a cinema show-
ing a late-night premiere of a
Batman film in Aurora in
July 2012, opening fire and
releasing tear gas. Twelve
people and 70 wounded. He is
sentenced to life in prison.
APAFP
established key mechanisms
for the biological clock, the
Nobel Assembly said in its
prize statement.
Our well-being is affected
when there is a temporary
mismatch between our exter-
nal environment and this
internal biological clock, for
example when we travel
across several time zones and
experience jet lag, the state-
ment said.
Rosbash said he got the call
about the award just after 5
am. Im still shocked. Im sit-
ting here in my pajamas with
my wife. I hadnt even had a
thought about this, he said. I
havent spoken with my col-
leagues yet. I havent even had
time to have a cup of coffee.
APAFP
 CHINA DAILY Tuesday, October 3, 2017 People | HOLIDAY 5

Coral scientist sees new tide of

hope to protect Hainan reefs
Restoration of the precious resource and ensuring its survival is Chen Hongs lifetime mission
By MA ZHIPING in Sanya, Hainan
mazhiping@chinadaily.com.cn

What lies beneath has intrigued

Chen Hong since childhood and he
has devoted his life to exploring the
mysteries of the seas, especially the
lungs of the oceans, coral reefs.
Look, these are coral seedlings
we planted in Xisha in April 2014.
They are growing fast, said Chen, a
52-year-old oceanic scientist, show-
ing recently taken pictures, smiling
like a veteran collector who has
struck gold.
After more than 10 years of
experiments, we have mastered at
least six kinds of technology for
growing coral under different envi-
ronments and the survival rate of
corals such as goniastrea (resem-
bling a sponge) is as high as 90 per-
cent, Chen, director of the Hainan
South China Sea Institute of Tropi-
cal Oceanography, said at his new
1,500 square-meter laboratory at
Yazhou Bay, Sanya.
Coral reefs are the forest of the
ocean and are at the top of the biodi-
versity system where almost all
kinds of living marine categories
have representative species living
among them.
Charles Darwin, the father of
modern biology, described coral as
one of the most wonderful things in
the world. Healthy reefs attract fish,
algae and other marine life forms,
gradually evolving into a biological
supermarket and eventually an
undersea city.
Reefs account for less than 0.25
percent of sea area, but shelter and
nourish more than one quarter of
the oceans fish resources.
Global warming, land-based
sewage, illegal fishing activities,
wild multiplying of thorn starfish
predators and too much tourism are
threatening the coral reef ecosys-
tems. My heart was broken seeing
many of them turning white in
response to stress, said Chen.
He explained that as sea tempera-
tures rise, zooxanthellae parasitic
plants, vital for the corals survival,
are expelled.
Without zooxanthellae, bleaching
occurs and the reefs will die.
In 2003, Chen set up his research
institute in the wake of a large area
of albino coral, after years of
research work in Sanya at the south-
ern tip of tropical Hainan island,
dubbed Chinas Hawaii.
As a young man Chen was
inspired by a United States docu-
mentary showing Jane Goodalls
research into African wild gorillas.
It fascinated me and made me yearn
for a lifestyle of pure research into
nature and a report about the devel-
opment of the Sanya Ocean Experi-
mental Station attracted me to this
Top and right: Chen Hong, director of the Hainan South China Sea Institute of Tropical Oceanography, grows coral seedlings in waters around the Xisha Islands.
While above, from left, Chen at work during a survey of reefs in Indonesia. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
dreamland of Hainan after gradua-
tion from Zhejiang Ocean University
in Zhoushan in 1986, said Chen.
Since then he has acted as a Chi-
nese Don Quixote, as some people
call him, spending most of his earn-
ings on research and losing himself
in the laboratories studying the
growth of various corals and leading
his teams in monitoring the waters
in Hainan, with support from local
governments and institutions.
The sometimes harsh conditions
are not to everyones taste, said a
friend, but Chen has overcome a
host of problems.
People have their own values in
life. I can lead a very comfortable life
with my technology. But I want to do
more for society and the ecosystems.
The only thing I feel ashamed about
is that I have made no contribution
Coral reefs are becoming more and
more vulnerable and the coral reef sys-
tems need more and better protection. The
mission is important and I will keep on....
Chen Hong at the Hainan South China Sea Institute of Tropical Oceanography
to my family, said Chen, uneasily.
As a participant of a number of
Hainans sea ecosystem research
projects, he has gone to Xisha with
his teams about 20 times, planting
more than 9,500 corals, tridacna
clams and large-size seaweed.
During his exploration in Xisha,
he found new coral species and a
seaweed bed ecosystem, which
have enriched Xishas ecodiversity.
He also tried laser measurement
equipment and coral transplanting
devices he himself has developed.
Our restoration efforts also led
us to discover that with global
warming, shell algae can grow and
cling on coral chippings to form
small coral reefs, inspiring a new
technical solution to the ecological
restoration of reefs.
And it is amazing to see that soft
coral forms a relationship with
shellfish, with the latter helping
clean harmful tiny seaweed and soft
corals to provide living space for the
shellfish, said Chen, adding these
findings could have a global impact.
It is very hard to plant the coral.
We have to bind the coral seedlings
in a net and then dive to the sea bed
and pin the net on rocks with steel
nails to keep them from being swept
away by waves, said Chen.
After that, checks and monitoring
must be conducted in the following
days and even months or years to
make sure they survive.
Xu Daoning, a local fisherman
was so moved by Chens hard work
and determination that he often
helped him.
A normal diver can stay under
water for 90 minutes a day, but he
9,500 corals
Chen Hong and his team have plant-
ed in Xisha Islands
200,000
coral-related species
Chen has grown when building dem-
onstration zones for coral reef resto-
ration in the past 10 years.
has dived several times a day each
for 90 minutes, planting as many as
500 corals in one day.
Chen has won a number of
awards for his scientific research in
safeguarding the coral.
He has grown 60,000 corals,
200,000 coral-accompanying spe-
cies and constructed demonstration
zones covering 6.7 hectares for coral
reef restoration over the past 10
years.
We are now able to replant all
kinds of hard coral through asexual
reproduction of a single polyp and
this can effectively solve the prob-
lem that asexually reproduced cor-
als are not able to survive strong
typhoons. This year, we will grow
another 200,000 corals, said Chen,
who has a blueprint to grow one
million corals in Hainans sea waters
in the next few years.
Chen is planning to build coral
gardens as demonstration zones in
waters around Phoenix island in
Sanya Bay.
The coral gardens will help con-
struct an ecosystem that encourages
fish, shellfish and sea plants to form
a completely new ecological land-
scape.
I will continue diving to explore
but speed up my development of
robots that will function as coral
growers and I will then be able to
concentrate more on research, said
Chen, who is in talks with domestic
robot-making companies.
China is comparatively weak in
basic research on coral resources
but is catching up quickly and tak-
ing a leading position in fields such
as coral reproduction, transplanta-
tion, disease control and ecosystem
monitoring, said Chen.
Coral reefs are becoming more
and more vulnerable and the coral
reef systems need more and better
protection. The mission is impor-
tant and I will keep on doing my
duty, bit by bit, said Chen, adding
that he has given a number of lec-
tures to local fishermen.

Japanese media star fights against anti-China bias

By LI XIAOKUN
lixiaokun@chinadaily.com.cn
For the past 45 years, since Beijing
and Tokyo normalized relations, Yas-
uhiro Tase, a leading Japanese media
professional, has always sought to
bolster the often-fraught ties.
On Oct 8, 1944, Tase, son of a Japa-
nese medical-corps solider, was
born in Heihe in Northeast Chinas
Heilongjiang province. The city,
which borders Russia, was part of a
Japanese puppet state known as
Manchukuo, in the area of Manchu-
ria, at that time.
In April 1945, the corps to which
Tases father belonged to suddenly
retreated to Japan to prepare for a
decisive battle with the United
States on Japanese soil. Tases moth-
er learnt about it from others after
her husband left home.
My mother carried me on her
back and walked to Chinas border
with Korea, and then got on a ship
to Japan, Tase recalled in an inter-
view with China Daily before the
45th anniversary of the normaliza-
tion of bilateral ties, which fell on
Sept 29.
It was a long and arduous trip.
She had no food, and could not
breast-feed me due to malnutrition.
Fortunately many Chinese people,
mainly local peasants, fed us. Some
let us spend the night at their home.
Without them I would not have sur-
vived.
Tase said his father did not go on
the battlefield in China and did not
kill Chinese people.
However, he was in China as a
Japanese soldier. So, I still feel regret
for the Chinese.
Besides, my mother kept telling
me how the Chinese helped us. So I
felt obliged to do something for
Japan-China ties. It is like my fate.
Always keep in touch.
When studying at Waseda Univer-
sity, Tase participated in a speech
contest among Japanese universi-
ties. The theme of his speech was the
importance of building good ties
with China.
After graduation, Tase joined the
Nihon Keizai Shimbun, a major Jap-
anese newspaper, as a political
reporter. He stayed there for 45
years and was Washington bureau
chief. Later, he became an inde-
pendent media professional on
political issues.
I have been working for the
media since the normalization of
Japan-China relations and have
exerted my efforts in the field to pro-
mote the ties.
As a famous media figure, Tase
has been in delegations of Japanese
politicians on their China visits, and
met many Chinese leaders.
When I came with Kiichi Miyaza-
wa on a China visit, before he
became prime minister in 1991, a
former Chinese leader showed me
Yasuhiro Tase attends the 12th Chi-
na-Japan Media Professional Talks in
Shanghai on Sept 11 and 12.
LI XIAOKUN / CHINA DAILY
how to peel a lychee. As I was leav-
ing Beijing, he had somebody send
some lychee to the train. I have kept
the scene firmly in my mind.
Tase is on familiar terms with
many Chinese diplomats, such as
Wu Dawei and Foreign Minister
Wang Yi, both former Chinese
ambassadors to Japan. He also
made friends with many Chinese
scholars and students when he
stayed at Harvard University and
taught at Waseda University from
2006-10.
I have promised many Chinese
friends that no matter how bilateral
relations change, we will keep in
touch.
Neutral reports on China
When I was young, I never
thought about writing negative
reports about China. At that time,
about 80 percent of Japanese people
liked China, but things are totally
different nowadays, Tase said.
He said the change is linked to the
state of Japanese politics.
Led by right-wing politicians, the
whole of Japan has been turning
right. Personally I want to stick to
objective reports. But as the whole
society is turning right, that makes
me look leftist.
Tase believed the negative emo-
tions against China are also partially
due to biased reports in the Japa-
nese media. There is a big problem
with the Japanese medias reports
on China.
He recalled that about five years
ago, when anti-Japan protests broke
out in major Chinese cities due to
Japans nationalization of the
Diaoyu Islands in September 2012,
Japanese TV channels were full of
scenes such as angry Chinese citi-
zens smashing Japanese-brand cars,
which were isolated cases in China.
The footage shocked the Japa-
nese. I was working for a TV station
and sent a cameraman to Beijing to
take such pictures. But after his
arrival the cameraman called me,
saying Mr. Tase, I cant find such
scenes here. Can you tell me where
to film the scene?
Five years on, during business
trips around Japan, Tase saw many
Chinese tourists.
At first I thought they were here
for shopping, but after talking I
found many Chinese visitors go to
places that even Japanese people do
not know about. They like Japan
very much and found the places on
the internet. That was an important
discovery.
However, he found that there are
not many Japanese tourists going to
major Chinese cities such as Beijing
and Shanghai.
Why is that? Is there something
wrong with the Japanese medias
reports on China?
He said Chinas development was
very quick in terms of innovation
and Japan can learn a lot from China.
But Japanese media reports on Chi-
na still focus on the negatives, such
as air pollution. Against such a back-
ground, it is not surprising to see a
limited number of visitors, he said.
A new mission
However, in July Tase was deeply
impressed and encouraged by com-
munication and exchanges involv-
ing the younger generation.
I attended a concert of a popular
Japanese rock band Radwimps in
Shanghai. About 8,000 Chinese
young people were there. It was
unbelievable. The Chinese young-
Led by right-wing poli-
ticians, the whole of
Japan has been turn-
ing right. Personally I
want to stick to objec-
tive reports.
Yasuhiro Tase,
a Japanese media professional
sters did not speak Japanese, but
they all sang in Japanese with the
band.
After the concert, I saw many
young people who could not get in,
waiting outside, as they failed to
get tickets. I realized that as times
change, relations between the two
governments are no longer that
important. In such events, hearts
of the two people are closely bond-
ed.
In frequent visits to China, Tase
found that South Korean music is
very popular here. It is a regret that
not many people listen to Japanese
music. Vice-versa, it is hard to hear
Chinese music in Japan.
My mission for the rest of my life
will be introducing music of the two
countries to each other and to forge
another platform for communica-
tion between the two nations, said
Tase, who is also a singer and music
producer.
6 HOLIDAY | Read
In todays globalization the decline of Shanghai dialect, whose origins are rooted in a dialect used more than 3,200 years ago, is neither new nor unusual.
Amid city babble, an old tongue sings again
Those passionate
about Shanghai
dialect are intent
on ensuring that
eventually it will
have the last word
By CHINA DAILY
Z
hang Fushan, 15, was
born to parents who
are both Shanghai
natives. However, he
could not speak Shanghainese
properly until in recent years
when he started attending
middle school.
Even though Shanghai dia-
lect is his mother tongue, my
pronunciation was bad,
Zhang says, referring to when
he was enrolled in Huimin
Middle School, Yangpu dis-
trict, four years ago.
He said he thinks this was
the result of a lack of practice
once he started going to kin-
dergarten and later school,
where speaking standard Chi-
nese is compulsory. The less he
spoke the dialect, the worse
his pronunciation became, he
said.
He had thought he might
eventually abandon using the
dialect when he entered mid-
dle school, but it has a club
that helps students learn and
practice the most authentic
Shanghai dialect.
The club, called Shanghai
Culture Experience Innova-
tion Laboratory, gives stu-
dents the chance to learn and
practice through interactive
multimedia programs or from
linguists who teach folktales,
rhymes, riddles and even oper-
as in Shanghainese.
Zhang is an active member
and can now recite many folk-
tales in dialect. Being able to
speak his mother tongue prop-
erly has given him a great
sense of relief and belonging,
he said.
Zhang is typical of many
young people in Shanghai
whose limited ability to speak
dialect has become the norm
and raised concerns that the
countrys financial center will
lose its native tongue. Lin-
guists, scholars, political
advisers and residents have
rallied to rescue the dialect
from extinction, but their suc-
cess in that endeavor remains
far from assured.
Shanghai dialect can trace
its roots to the Wu dialect, one
of Chinas oldest spoken lan-
guages, in use for more than
Students of Huimin Middle School in a Shanghai-dialect class. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
Huimin Middle School students in a play that was part of a contest aimed at promoting Shanghai
dialect among youths. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
3,200 years. It has about 70
million speakers in areas
around Shanghai and has its
own grammar and vocabulary.
Before the 1990s the dialect
was widely used as the major
language in Shanghai, equiva-
lent to Cantonese in Hong
Kong. Anyone speaking Man-
darin in Shanghai was looked
down on as provincial.
However, in recent dec-
ades, as the countrys com-
mercial capital has grown, the
huge influx of people from
other cities and countries has
marginalized the citys native
tongue. About 40 percent of
the citys 24 million popula-
tion were born other than in
Shanghai.
The use of Mandarin has
expanded not only among the
migrant population but also
among natives since the coun-
try began a nationwide cam-
paign in 1992 to encourage its
use in classrooms. In Shang-
hai, the campaign reached its
peak between 1998 and 2008,
when many schools banned
the use of dialects, says Ding
Dimeng, a retired professor of
linguistics at Shanghai Uni-
versity who is keen on reviving
Shanghainese.
Li Mengqian, 27, says that
when she was in primary
school in about 2000 we were
not allowed to speak Shanghai
dialect at school.
There were even students
and teachers who monitored
their use of language at school.
If anyone was found speaking
YANG YI / FOR CHINA DAILY
Culturally the
Shanghai dialect is
the only character
that binds them
together.
Qian Nairong, director of the
Research Center of Linguistics at
Shanghai University
dialect they were ordered to
desist, Li says.
The result is that those born
in the 1980s and the 1990s
have got used to speaking
Mandarin and barely speak
Shanghainese at school.
Li said her daughter, 4,
knows how to speak the dia-
lect because she has been
raised by her grandparents
whose primary language in
daily communication is
Shanghainese. However,
things began to change last
year when her daughter start-
ed kindergarten.
She quickly picked up
Mandarin and switched to
that. My parents also started
to talk to her in Mandarin.
Li does not consider this a
problem because Mandarin
needs to be mastered for both
education and work. English
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 CHINA DAILY
is also important, she said. Soundbites
Experts believe parents
have plumped for Mandarin
and even English over local Liu Shi-
dialects much as people prefer yun, 26,
cash crops over weeds, as Tan teacher, of
Dan Feng, a language histori- Shanghai
an in Singapore, was quoted as
saying in The New York Times I think
recently.
The decline of Shanghai
speaking
Shanghainese is a necessity.
dialect in todays globaliza- While Shanghai becomes ever
tion is neither new nor unu- international, we also need to
sual. It has many develop its local features. The
predecessors or contempo- glamour of the local dialect
raries such as the Hokkien cannot be explained by Manda-
dialect in Singapore. rin.
Hokkien, once spoken by at
least three quarters of the city
states population, has given Liu Nian,
way to the more international- 27, IT, of
ly communicable Mandarin Shanghai
and English among younger
people. It has created not only I think
a sense of loss among older Shanghai
people, but also a communica- dialect
tion barrier between the needs to be passed down to
young and the old. young people, but consider-
Kuo Jian Hong, an artistic ing Shanghai is such an inter-
director, said the loss of the national city and wants
mother tongue is one basis for people from all over the world
the claim that Singaporeans to come here, its better that
arent too expressive, The people speak Mandarin.
New York Times said.
Any dialect that has sur-
vived for at least hundreds of Zhong
years is more than a commu- Kunlei,
nication tool, linguists say. 26, finan-
Ding, the retired professor cial con-
from Shanghai University, sultant
said Shanghai dialect has from
many expressions so unique Chengdu
that they cannot be translated who lives in Shanghai
into any other language.
They wouldnt sound right I dont use Shanghai dialect in
or Shanghainese, she said. daily communication and dont
Sharing this unique Shang- plan to. I have lived in Shanghai
hainese flavor through dialect for more than five years and I
creates a sense of belonging to still cannot understand Shang-
the same community, Ding hainese.
said.
Qian Nairong, a Shanghai
dialect expert and the direct- Lyv
or of the Research Center of Yiting, 31,
Linguistics at Shanghai Uni- foreign
versity, said the dialect trade spe-
embodies Shanghai culture, cialist, of
an essential tag of being Shanghai
Shanghainese.
Shanghai people are I think people ought to speak
known for minding mainly Shanghai dialect. Its impor-
their own business, Qian tant to retain our culture and
wrote in 2005. Culturally the pass it on.
Shanghai dialect is the only
character that binds them
together, relating them to each Xie Jinjie,
other. 19, shop
Bu Wenshan, who grew up assistant
in the city, is a saleswoman for from
a real estate developer. As her Anhui
clients come from different province
parts of the country, Mandarin who lives in Shanghai
is her primary working lan-
guage. However, she said, she I cannot understand Shanghai
would automatically shift to dialect, but I think that since it
Shanghai dialect if she finds stands for Shanghai and its
that the dialect is also her cli- culture, promoting it is not
ents native tongue. such a bad idea.
 CHINA DAILY Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Image | HOLIDAY 7

Huangling village has hundreds of residential buildings, decorated with fruits of the autumn harvest. PHOTOS BY KUANG LINHUA / CHINA DAILY

LEGENDS
OF FALL IN
MOUNTAINS OF
WUYUAN TOWN
H
uangling village has long been famous for its autumn scenery. Located inside the moun-
tains of Wuyuan county in East Chinas Jiangxi province, the village has hundreds of
ancient residential buildings decorated with harvested fruits. It is a wonderful place to
hide oneself in autumn.
The villages history dates back to the Ming Dynasty(13681644). In the past decades, the young people of
the village used to migrate out to find jobs in cities, causing the village to decline. In 2009, a local cultural
company developed the village by rebuilding the residential buildings and building tourist sites.
Now the majority of the about 300 villagers of Huangling work inside the village selling artistic pieces to
the tourists that come from outside. Now, Huangling is famous for its idyllic lifestyle that attracts tourists
nationwide.

Tourists take a photo in a local street.

The central street of Huangling, decorated with flowers and greens.

Tourists walk through the frames used to dry chili.

A photograph of the local scenery, taken from an unmanned aerial Artistic works of local residents. Workers walk in the street, carrying boards used to decorate the local houses.
vehicle.
8 HOLIDAY | Trend
Maternity nurses attend a training session in Jian, Jiangxi province, in May last year, on how to cook nutritious meals for women who just give birth to a baby.
Maternity nurses in demand overseas
Caring for mothers
and newborn babies
in foreign countries
offers some women
rare chance to travel
By ZHOU WENTING in Shanghai
zhouwenting@chinadaily.com.cn
Men Anping, a Beijing-based domestic
maternity nurse who cares for mothers and
newborn babies, has just agreed another
job offer to go to Australia for two months.
In May, she stayed in Sydney for a month
to care for a Chinese woman and her new-
born baby.
For her new contract in January, she will
take care of another Chinese woman giving
birth in Sydney. This time, the woman
intends to spend two months at home rath-
er than one month, which is usual for Chi-
nese women after giving birth.
Such trips to a foreign country are
beyond my expectations. I was born and
raised in a rural area, and didnt anticipate
that I could leave the countryside and go to
Beijing. Now I am going farther, even
abroad, said Men, a 48-year-old from Lia-
oning province in Northeast China.
Nowadays, with the number of Chinese
women giving birth overseas rising, many
domestic maternity nurses, like Men, are
traveling far afield.
The demand for such services has grown
considerably over the past five years.
The domestic services company Youfum-
ama, which first began providing outbound
services in 2013, said the number of mater-
nity nurses that went overseas that year
was three, and the number has risen to 20
so far this year. Shanghai Xinmu Interna-
tional Domestic Service said the demand
for domestic helpers around the world has
surged by around 30 percent each year in
the past five years.
Clients from Beijing and Shanghai
account for more than 80 percent of the
total and many of those who invite mater-
nity nurses to undertake overseas assign-
ments are those who plan to give birth to
their children abroad, said Man Jinglun,
operations manager of Youfumama, which
is based in Beijing and has businesses in
seven Chinese cities.
Man said the pay for an overseas assign-
ment is at least 20 percent higher than an
equivalent assignment at home, for which
the pay is no lower than 10,000 ($1,500) in
major cities.
The pay is the same no matter where
their destination is and the client has to pay
for the domestic helpers round trip air tick-
ets and food, said Man. Given the nature of
the work, they stay in the clients homes.
The agencies give instructions to the
domestic maternity nurses about dos and
donts, the weather and the time difference
before departure.
We will tell them how to deal with unex-
pected situations. For example, if their
purse is stolen. We also advise them to start
an international roaming service for their
cellphones so that we can get in touch with
them, Man said.
Most maternity nurses are happy to
accept the opportunity to work abroad.
First of all, the experience is an advan-
tage. Each ayi has a brief introduction of
themselves on our companys website. Such
experience means they are likely to be cho-
sen by more clients and get a higher rank
and pay from their companies, Man said.
Maternity nurses participate in a baby care competition in Qinyang, Henan province, in April last year.
Such trips to a foreign
country are beyond
my expectations. I was
born and raised in a
rural area, and didnt
anticipate that I could
leave the countryside
and go to Beijing.
Now I am going
farther, even abroad.
Men Anping, 48-year-old maternity
nurse from Liaoning province
30 percent
Annual growth in demand for
domestic maternity helpers
around the world in the past five
years, according to Shanghai Xinmu
International Domestic Service
Moreover, it may be an once-in-a-lifetime
chance for the domestic helpers to go
abroad, as most are from impoverished
rural backgrounds.
For many of them, it may be their first
time taking an airplane. In most cases the
clients will give them a couple of extra days
to travel around at the destination after
they finish the work, which is four weeks in
most cases, he said.
But still, about 1 in 5 will say no to such an
opportunity for reasons such as the con-
cerns that they will not adapt to the local
culture.
However, this was not the case for Men,
one of her agencys star maternity nurses,
she earns 15,800 yuan for each monthlong
service.
Men said she applied for a passport when
she returned to her home province during
the Spring Festival in January. Some
younger colleagues had already obtained
such opportunities to go abroad, I wanted
to try it as well, she said.
Most of the domestic maternity nurses
Youfumama recommends to clients are in
their 30s, said Man.
Although English is not a must, we hope
they will be flexible when encountering
emergencies. For example, they know how
to use a translation app on a smartphone
and how to express themselves with body
language, he said.
Men said it was her first time taking
an airplane. I was very excited and
nervous. I arrived at the airport three
hours before the boarding time and was
told that the flight was not ready to
check in, she said.
The job went smoothly and, after com-
pleting the month of work, she had two
days to travel around by herself. Men spent
one day joining a Chinese tour, including
visiting the Sydney Opera House and
enjoying a dinner on a cruise around the
Sydney Harbor Bridge, and the other day
visiting the zoo to see koalas and kanga-
roos.
LI FUSUN / FOR CHINA DAILY
LI YAFENG / FOR CHINA DAILY
The main challenge for maternity nurses
overseas is that they dont have the same
food ingredients as those in China.
In China, we traditionally stew soup
with crucian carp for new moms, as it
ensure the women have enough breast
milk for the baby. But such fish is nowhere
to be found in Western countries, said
Hua Hongmei, a 48-year-old maternity
nurse from rural Huaian, Jiangsu prov-
ince.
I encourage my overseas clients to
ensure they have some traditional Chinese
medicine ingredients available for after
they give birth, said Hua, who has been to
Australia and the United States to care for
mothers and their newborns.
Visa problem
Domestic services agencies said they
usually suggest their staff obtain tourist vis-
as for jobs overseas as their work contracts
are short term.
Although some of our ayi are from the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
and the island of Taiwan, and it is easier for
them to get a visa to the United States, said
Iris Yang, a customer services manager at
Shanghai Xinmu International Domestic
Service.
Once they obtain a visa, some maternity
nurses try to make the best use of it by
working sequential contracts for different
families in different US cities or working in
local postpartum care centers until their
visa expires.
However, some companies said they
dont covet the overseas demand for mater-
nity nurses because it can be hard for their
staff to get a visa. One of these is Domo, an
agency for domestic workers based in
Shanghai.
Its usually easier for an ayi, who is a
local Shanghainese, to get a visa but she
usually asks for a higher pay and its hard
for the ayi and the client to reach an agree-
ment, said a supervisor at Domo who only
gave her surname as Luo.
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 CHINA DAILY
FIRST PERSON | ZHANG TING
Saving for
retirement
M
y name is Zhang Ting, and I
gave birth to my child in Los
Angeles two years ago. Most of
the Chinese women who trav-
el to LA to give birth stay in local maternity
care centers, which include services from
maternity nurses, who care for mothers
and newborn babies. Usually one maternity
nurse is responsible for one mother and her
child, or perhaps two.
Such facilities are ubiquitous and inex-
pensive. It would be unusual for a pregnant
woman to bring a maternity nurse from
China to LA.
I paid roughly 120,000 yuan ($18,000) to
the center for the service, which includes
food, accommodation and pickup service
for antenatal examinations for two months
before delivery and one month after.
In addition, I paid $200 in tips to the
maternity nurse every week.
The price is no higher than in Shanghai,
where a reliable facility costs nearly 100,000
yuan for a months stay after delivery.
Some of the maternity nurses here hold
tourist visas valid for up to six months and
they work as long as they can before
returning to China because they can earn
more in the US.
Others stay in the country illegally.
The maternity nurse working for me was
from Northeast China and has been working
as a maternity nurse in LA for 10 years. She
abandoned her family and flew to the US with
a tourist visa when she was in her early 40s.
She works at local maternity care centers,
or for Chinese families taking care of their
newborns or young children in their homes
if they offer a higher salary. She said she
didnt have a home, only a suitcase.
She didnt care that she was living in the
US illegally, all she wants to do is earn mon-
ey until she reaches the age of 60, and then
return to her hometown.
FIRST PERSON | XUE QIANCHUN
Change of fate
M
y name is Xue Qianchun and I
have been working in New
York City as a nanny and
maternity nurse for five years.
I was born into a poor family in a moun-
tainous rural area in Southwest China in
1980, but I fought against destiny and man-
aged to make it to New York City.
My childhood dream was to go abroad to
see the outside world and Im very glad that
I have managed to do so.
Because of poverty, I dropped out of
school at age 14. I traveled to Shanghai at
age 18 and began working as a cleaner.
Three years later I became a nanny
because the monthly pay for a nanny was
around 1,000 yuan ($150), which was double
what I earned as a cleaner. I then aimed to
become a nanny for expat families, because
the monthly pay could be 2,500 yuan.
Money wasnt my sole motivation. It was
also because I love English and I kept lean-
ing English by myself. In 2007, I started to
work for expat families in Shanghai.
I believe what makes me outstanding is
that Im passionate, prudent, honest and
have a strong sense of service. From the
first day I became a nanny, I set rules for
myself: I cannot be lazy, I cannot steal, and
I must show a strong sense of responsibility
for the clients children, even stronger than
for my own children.
I never stopped
learning English and I
learned from every cli-
ent I worked for.
In 2012, a US family
that I had worked for
in Shanghai said they
wanted to bring me to
New York because I
Xue Qianchun was good at special tra-
ditional Chinese medi-
cine massage
techniques and making various types of
soup that they liked. They helped me to
obtain a business visa by presenting an invi-
tation to let me be a babysitter for them. I
have to renew the visa every six months.
My main job is to babysit and prepare
three meals for the family every day. I also
spend much time taking the child out to play
and purchasing groceries. I love the job as it
gives me plenty of opportunities to immerse
myself in US society and to practice English.
I was even introduced to two of the cli-
ents relatives to care for the new mothers
and newborn babies as they believed the
different service that I can offer the Chi-
nese massage and soup are beneficial to
the mothers.
Apart from working, I just completed a
three-month program on cancer diets. My
husband was diagnosed with pancreatic
necrosis last year and I believe such food
therapy can help people suffering from
such diseases.
My husbands health condition is stable
now and my children, aged 16 and 12, per-
form well academically. Fate has treated
me fairly by putting weight on both sides of
the scales of luck, but still I feel my destiny
is like a myth.
 CHINA DAILY Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Talking about my generation is profitable
Major companies
have to come up
with right benefits
to hang on to
young employees
By WANG ZHUOQIONG
wangzhuoqiong@chinadai-
ly.com.cn
Liu Xinfang works as a
barista at Starbucks and used
to worry about health insur-
ance for her aging parents.
Her father was a farmer
from Weinan city of Shaanxi
province while her mother
worked in a factory before
they retired.
In her late 20s, Liu is
employed by the worlds lead-
ing coffershop chain in Xian,
capital of Shaanxi province in
West China.
Earlier this year, she was
delighted when Starbucks
Corp rolled out a parent care
program, which covers health
insurance.
My father is very happy to
hear such good news, said
Liu. Before the scheme, I tried
to purchase insurance for my
father but he refused.
Starbucks has already
financed critical illness insur-
ance for more than 12,000 par-
ents of employees.
Its a great relief that the
company has taken a leader-
ship position to support the
health and care of our aging
parents, Liu said.
Staff such as her were born
during the single child era and
face huge financial pressure
when looking after aging par-
ents.
Hardly surprising then that
employment packages with
healthcare and family care
benefits help retain employees
in a cutthroat retail sector.
Starbucks, for example, has
more than 2,800 stores in Chi-
na, across about 130 cities. The
company also has nearly
40,000 partners with the
aim to create a welcoming
environment where staff feel
a warm sense of belonging.
Supporting critical ill-
nesses for aging parents
exemplifies what we believe
is our responsibility as a glob-
al public company and hon-
ors the family values deeply-
rooted in the Chinese
culture, said Howard
Schultz, executive chairman
of Starbucks, who announced
the scheme.
Another initiative rolled out
Online companies entice staff with child care cover
By FAN FEIFEI and LI
JIAYUE
fanfeifei@chinadaily.com.cn
Internet companies are roll-
ing out attractive healthcare
and child care packages to
recruit and retain staff.
In April, Chinas largest
online retailer, JD.com Inc,
launched a free kindergarten
for employees children, aged
between four to 24 months, at
the companys headquarters
in Beijing.
Staff can now bring them to
work and pick them up when
they leave in the knowledge
that experienced personnel
are looking after their babies
and toddlers.
Many of my colleagues
recalled that it was a precious
childhood memory to follow
their parents to and from
work, said Liu Qiangdong,
chairman and chief executive
officer of JD.com when talking
about the kindergarten
project.
An extra months paid
maternity is also part of the
employment package along
with the statutory three
months.
Male employees will now
receive an additional seven
days to go with the statuary
period of between a week to
a month, depending on
where you work in the
country.
Howard Schultz, executive chairman of Starbucks, shakes hands with a parent of one employee when the company announced plans to
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is the Bean Stock program.
Benefits include housing
allowances for full-time baris-
tas and shift supervisors.
The Career Coffee Break
scheme also recognizes
long-serving partners.
They have the option of
taking 12 months unpaid
leave after 10 consecutive
years of service.
Staying competitive when it
comes to hiring staff is crucial
as China has become Star-
bucks largest and fastest
growing international market
since it opened its first store in
1999.
By 2021, the coffeehouse
chain expects to operate 5,000
outlets in the country.
Simply put, that means in
the next few years, Starbucks
will open more than 500 cafes
and create over 10,000 new
jobs annually.
To support this unprece-
dented growth agenda, we will
need a store manager every 15
hours, said Wei Chen, vice-
president of Starbucks China.
And a district manager every
week.
At the Seattle-based compa-
ny, employees can progress
from barista to coffee master
to coffee ambassador, while
the Starbucks China Universi-
ty offers courses in retail man-
agement and leadership.
Traditional dress is worn as employees at Alibaba, including those from overseas, marry in Hangzhou,
Zhejiang province. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
Indeed, the child care pro-
gram is just part of a series of
employment initiatives
wheeled out by JD.com. A
medical reimbursement plan
was launched in June for staff
who have worked for the
company for more than five
years.
In 2014, employees who had
no option but to leave their
children in their home towns
received 3,000 yuan ($458) in
Employees at EF Education First chat over a cup of free coffee.
Programs likes these helped
Starbucks win the Aon Best
Employers China 2017 award
in August for market-leading
practices after a comprehen-
sive study of 113 businesses
here.
Millennials, people born
between the 1980s and the late
1990s, have officially become
traveling expenses to bring
them to Beijing for the Spring
Festival.
An additional 3,000 yuan
was added for a second child.
The companys program
has made me very happy, said
Yan Yong, a deliveryman at
JD.coms Temple of Heaven
office in the capital. I got to
see them and my customers
still got their packages on
time.
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the largest generation in the
workforce, according to Aon
Hewitt, the management con-
sulting services.
As companies grow, they
will also need to consider how
their consumer base is chang-
ing as well, Aon Hewitt stated.
This means that understand-
ing the desires of this segment
In the past four years, the
company has spent about 200
million yuan to help more
than 20,000 employees enjoy
time with their families dur-
ing the holiday season.
But then innovative initia-
tives such as these are not just
the domain of JD.com.
Another e-commerce giant
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
has also introduced a series of
tailored programs to entice
Biz life | HOLIDAY 9
Its a great
relief that the
company has
taken a leader-
ship position to
support the
health and care
of our aging
parents.
Liu Xinfang , a barista at
Starbucks
12 month
unpaid leave is part of
Starbucks program after 10
consecutive years of service
general manager and chief
representative at EF Educa-
tion First China. EF Education
First is the world leading pri-
vate educational institute
based in Sweden.
For example, the institutes
social platform here is man-
aged by Alison Wang, who is
just 25.
The reason behind this is
that most of the users are
roughly the same age.
We think the main audi-
ence on social media sites is
the post-1990s generation,
said Lam. Younger people of a
similar age, who use similar
language.
They communicate on the
same level and Alison actually
did a great job, she added.
The average age of staff at
Education First is 29 with 66
percent from Generation Y or
the under 30s.
Known as EF, the interna-
tional institute specializes in
language training, education-
al travel, degree programs and
cultural exchange.
is essential to recognizing The Y generation is active
future workforce trends. on social media platforms,
By 2020, they will make up Lam said. They are keen to
50 percent of the workforce, so share their experiences with
it is crucial to find out their friends.
career ambitions and their To cater for this, EF has
consumer habits. launched BFF to EFF or Best
Trust is very important Friend Forever to EF Friend
when managing this younger Forever. The company has
generation, said Melissa Lam, also rolled out summer parties
Toddlers sit around and listen to a foreign teacher at JD.coms free
kindergarten for staff children. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
These facilities and policies
reduce the stress of maintain-
ing the work-family balance for young
employees...
Shang Shu a programmer in Alibabas Hangzhou office in Zhejiang
staff and keep them happy. their family members, suffering
The companys iHome from serious illnesses with
scheme was launched to help financial help of 100,000 yuan.
qualified employees buy their Alibaba then launched an
own homes by offering them additional scheme for families
interest-free loans of up to of employees living under the
300,000 yuan. poverty line with aid packages
Healthcare program iHelp of between 30,000 and 50,000
has also provided employees, or yuan.
for its staff in China.
These events help employ-
ees to relax and talk with col-
leagues.
Every year our branches
across the country hold sum-
mer breakfast parties, where
we gather all the staff from
that region, said Lam.
Free breakfast and coffee
creates a positive feeling
among employees, she added.
Breakfast is a great occasion
to relax and talk.
Making sure staff are given
the opportunity to enhance
their skills and creativity is
crucial at the Shanghai Disney
Resort, where more than
10,000 cast members, or per-
sonnel, entertain and serve
customers.
Most of them are Millenni-
als and many are looking for a
career path inside one of the
worlds leading entertainment
companies.
The resort has created a
variety of HR measures and
programs to help cast
(staff ) and enhance their
sense of belonging, said
Lara Tiam, vice-president of
human resources at Shang-
hai Disney Resort and Walt
Disney Internationals
Greater China.
This in turn boosts their
sense of belonging, builds
enthusiasm and encourages
them to achieve personal
career goals, while at the same
time delivering Disneys signa-
ture quality service to all
guests, she added.
Disneys staff scheme covers
healthcare, as well as a mento-
ring program to support
employees.
The resort also provides
consultations for cast mem-
bers who face problems or
challenges at work and during
their daily lives.
Be Well is another project
which helps employees build a
healthier lifestyle through
talks and group activities.
Naturally, while cast mem-
bers are encouraged to cre-
ate Magical Moments for
guests, a tradition at any Dis-
ney destination, they also
take part in spellbinding
events.
Backstage Magic appreci-
ation shows reward cast
members for their efforts and
dedication.
We organize a wide range
of leisure activities, from sing-
ing concerts to sports games,
for our cast members to enrich
their personal lives, Tiam
said. This also helps them
better know their fellow
(employees) who they work
with every day, she added.
Indeed, just like JD.com,
Alibaba has also focused on
child care by investing 500
million yuan to set up an edu-
cational fund.
This has helped staff solve
pre-school and early educa-
tion problems.
There are also well-
equipped mother-and-baby
rooms in the office buildings,
said Shang Shu, 24, a pro-
grammer in Alibabas
Hangzhou office in Zhejiang
province.
These facilities and poli-
cies reduce the stress of main-
taining the work-family
balance for young employees,
and are an important factor
when joining the company,
he added.
Packages such as these are
vital to attract and hang on to
staff. But internet companies
still need to do more to retain
the brightest and the best as
well as loyal employees.
These welfare measures
are helpful for grass-roots staff
such as deliverymen, said Lu
Zhenwang, chief executive
officer of Wanqing Consultan-
cy in Shanghai. But more
needs to be done to retain (in
demand) talent.
As for senior executives at
internet companies, they tend
to (only) consider their sala-
ries, working environment
and career development, Lu
added.
10 HOLIDAY | Travel Tuesday, October 3, 2017 CHINA DAILY

LAND OF GRAPES
Dunhuang, with its large collection of Buddhist art, also offers agritourism and street food. Xu Lin reports.

A
recent visit to Dunhuang, an
important destination on the
ancient Silk Road, revealed
its awe-inspiring natural
scenery and delicious food.
The city located in Northwest Chinas
Gansu province is striving to develop its
agritourism. Hotel lobbies usually exhibit
fruits such as grape, watermelon and
peach, all grown locally as well. Its diffi-
cult to resist their temptation, so some
visitors end up buying them before leav-
ing the city. Other choices include raisins
and dried fruits.
The government compensates the local
farmers for displaying the fruits in the
citys hotels for free tasting so as to pro-
mote them among travelers.
The city held its annual grape tourism
festival in summer, with activities such as
forums and a fashion show.
Dunhuangs advantage is tourism, and
to combine agriculture with tourism will
help more farmers to lift themselves out
of poverty. Were striving to draw tourists
to enjoy grapes and dishes made from
local farm products, said Zhan Shunz-
hou, Party secretary of Dunhuang.
Annually, Dunhuang produces
200,000 tons of grapes, which are sold in
more than 30 Chinese cities.
Zhan said the city administration is
making efforts to standardize the grape
industry, ranging from packaging to
transportation, and focusing on promot-
ing the fruit on e-commerce platforms.
About 60 kilometers from downtown is
Yangguan town. Its pillar industries are
grape-planting and tourism. With its
ecology and difference in temperature
from day to night, the grapes there are
sweet and tasty.
The towns history of grape-planting
can be traced back to the 1960s, and the
industry started to grow evidently in
2000.
After visiting the Yangguan Pass, tour-
ists can pick up grapes and have meals
under grape vines at farmhouses.
Located on the ancient Silk Road, the
Yangguan Pass is the last stop where Chi-
nese merchants got stamps on their pass-
ports and other identification documents
and left for foreign countries.
A famous Tang Dynasty (618-907)
poem reads: Out West past the Yang-
guan, old friends therell be none.
Yueyaquan is a crescent-shaped lake in
Mingsha Mountain, or Echoing-sand
Mountain. It has never dried out since its
origin in the Eastern Han Dynasty
(25-220).
The lake is surrounded by traditional
Chinese architecture with a history of
more than 200 years.
The sand there is in five colors red,
yellow, blue, white and black. An echo
can be heard in the sand when the wind
blows.
Travelers can climb barefoot to the top
of a large sand hill and get a panoramic
view of the beautiful desert. Its exciting
to sit on a plank and slide down from the
top of the hill.
Tourists can also ride a camel for a
relaxing trip. Or, they can ride a motorcy-
cle with a coach or sit in an automobile to
explore the vast desert and enjoy the
excitement of what feels like a roller-
coaster ride.
The Mogao Caves lie near the Crescent
Lake. The caves contain one of the worlds
largest collections of Buddhist art. The
735 caves house more than 2,400 sculp-
tures and about 45,000 square meters of
murals.
Since the year 366, skilled artisans
have worked on the statues and frescoes
for generations, reflecting the artistic
styles of different dynasties.
With tourist numbers rising, the Dun-
huang Research Academy has been work-
ing for years to digitize the artifacts for
better preservation.
its mysterious smile.
Grapes are one of the top products of Dunhuang,
Gansu province. QIU LEI / FOR CHINA DAILY
found tens of thousands of invaluable
The crescent-shaped lake in the Mingsha Moun-
tain. QIU LEI / FOR CHINA DAILY
For example, e-dunhuang.com offers
data on 30 caves. It is also easy to book
tickets online. Visitors can watch two
movies one that introduces the caves
and the other that uses 3-D technology to
showcase the sculptures and murals in
some caves where visitors cannot go due
to their fragile state.
Then tourists are divided into groups
and each group follows a tour guide to vis-
it eight caves. Only with the guides expla-
nation is one able to fully understand the
meaning of the artworks.
In Cave 249, for example, a simple
sketch vividly demonstrates two hunters
shooting arrows at a tiger and three goats
respectively. In Cave 259, a Buddha stat-
ue is called Mona Lisa in the East due to
At night, visitors can watch Encore
Dunhuang, a show produced by Wang
Chaoge. Debuted last year, the show,
which aims to give visitors a time-travel
experience, has audience members walk-
ing around for the most part, rather than
always sitting down.
The shows first part introduces ancient
people of relevance to Dunhuang via solil-
oquies.
In 1900, Taoist priest Wang Yuanlu
accidentally opened up a sealed cave and
manuscripts in different languages.
A man plays him in the show and says
he regrets selling many manuscripts to
overseas explorers, but his purpose was
to use the money to restore the caves.
After the show is over, visitors can head
to a bustling night market in the city for
midnight snacks.
The place is lined with restaurants that
sell mutton skewered on a reddish stem of
Chinese tamarisk, beef stewed with
dough strips, cold vegetable dishes in
sauce and beer. And, of course, tasty dairy
products like yogurt for dessert.
After food comes music.
There are many singers in the night
market who can play the guitar and sing
popular songs at just 10 yuan ($ 1.5) a
piece.
Contact the writer at
xulin@chinadaily.com.cn

Visitors take camel rides to explore the charm of the sand dunes in
Dunhuang, Gansu province. QIU LEI / FOR CHINA DAILY

Black teas journey from the mountains of Fujian

By WILL WAIN-WILLIAMS in Fuzhou
For China Daily
Nestled in a remote part of northern Fuji-
an province, close to the borders of Jiangxi
and Zhejiang provinces, is the mountain
range of Wuyi, with its dramatic scenery and
some of Chinas best tea.
The mountain range is popular among
Chinese tourists but little known interna-
tionally.
The teas grown here are mostly of the
Oolong variety. If you are a tea drinker, you
may have come across the name Bohea tea,
which is actually derived from how Wuyi is
pronounced in the local dialect.
The area has been producing tea for hun-
dreds of years, although initially green tea
was produced here and its scope was limit-
ed. This all changed in the most unlikely of
ways.
Nowadays, black tea is the most common-
ly drunk tea in the world. But few realize it
had its humble beginnings as an accidental
creation in these very mountains.
In the village of Tongmu, people had been
producing green tea for centuries.
However, during one particular harvest, a
general who was involved in skirmish in
Jiangxi crossed the border into Fujian and
brought his troops to hide in the Wuyi
Mountain.
The Wuyi Mountain range is home to some of the countrys best tea plantations. Tea has grown in the area for centuries.
PHOTOS BY WILL WAIN-WILLIAMS / FOR CHINA DAILY
They took over the village, and the villag-
ers fled. During this time, the battle-worn
soldiers used the freshly harvested tea to
make bedding and take rest. After a few days
they left.
When the villagers returned, they found
all their tea in bad shape; the leaves were
broken and squashed, and had begun to oxi-
dize, turning brown. On top of that, the
unbathed soldiers had left a foul odor that
had seeped into the leaves.
Initially, the villagers thought their har-
vest was ruined, and planned to throw the
tea away. But one innovative villager had an
Lapsang Souchong, or Zhengshan Xiaoz-
ditional smoking process.
idea. He decided to roast the tea with pine-
wood, which produced a strong and fra-
grant smoke.
This, combined with the oxidization that
had taken place produced a very different
kind of tea.
The villagers carried the tea into town and
begged a merchant from Fuzhou to take it to
the ports and have it exported to Indonesia,
from where it would go on to Europe.
They thought the tea was a disaster, and
never imagined that the next year, the same
merchant would return to ask for more.
This first black tea went by the name
hong, in modern Mandarin.
Once the port of Amoy (now Xiamen) was
opened up for trade during the Qing Dynas-
ty (1644-1911), the demand for this new tea
increased, and Wuyi Mountain black tea
became the most sought after.
Its ironic that this tea is now fairly rare in
China. The strong, smoky taste doesnt suit
the Chinese palate, and as such, this tea is
mostly made for export.
Things changed when in 2007, a Fujian
provincial official asked Tongmu village to
make some black tea without using the tra-
The result was a light and slightly sweet
tea, which was named Jin Jun Mei, or gold-
en eyebrows, and was given by this official
as a gift.
It became a hit, and pretty soon was sell-
ing all over China, becoming one of the best-
known and most popular teas in the
country.
The author is a British freelance writer.
 CHINA DAILY Tuesday, October 3, 2017
TENNIS
Fans flock
to marvel
at Maria
Sharapova motivated by warm
welcome to China Open in Beijing
By SUN XIAOCHEN
sunxiaochen@chinadaily.com.cn
Maria Sharapovas return to
professional tennis after a dop-
ing ban has been far from
smooth, given the critical stance
of some players and pundits.
Yet the reception the five-
time Grand Slam champion has
enjoyed in Beijing at the China
Open seems nothing short of a
welcome home as her Chinese
supporters are cheering for her
on and off the court.
Sharapova drew huge ova-
tions at the Diamond Court
every time she scored a point en
route to a thrilling 7-6 (7/3), 5-7,
7-6 (9/7) opening round win
over 16th-seeded Anastasija
Sevastova of Lativa on Saturday,
but said she remains far from
her best.
I understand that its a proc-
ess, said Sharapova, an aggres-
sive baseliner with prodigious
forehand power.
The physicality of tennis,
you cant really replicate it.
Thats something that you just
adjust to. It doesnt come easy. It
takes time and a lot of matches.
Dazzling her Chinese fans
hasnt been nearly as difficult.
Its been a really special
reception. Seeing them, just the
signs and the books they have, is
so special, Sharapova said of
fans flocking to watch her prac-
tice, brandishing copies of her
newly-published memoir,
Unstoppable: My Life So Far.
I guess shipping is quite fast
to China. In some countries I
see fans still waiting for the
book, but here I have signed
quite a few copies already.
The book was released in ear-
ly September after her US Open
campaign and has not yet hit
the stores in China but die-
hard fans are ordering it online.
I bought it from an overseas
website as soon as it was
released. I have read it twice
already, said Wang Zhenyi, who
hoped to obtain an autograph.
A superstar in the sport for
more than a decade, Sharapova
said everything on the circuit
that shed been used to now
feels fresh and invaluable.
In June 2016, the 30-year-old
was issued a two-year suspen-
sion for testing positive for the
prohibited substance meldoni-
um, a heart medication, at the
2016 Australian Open.
BASEBALL
Stanton falls just short of magical No 60
LOS ANGELES Giancarlo
Stanton, who spent the final
three games of the regular sea-
son unsuccessfully chasing the
elusive 60th home run, still
managed to lead Major
League Baseball in a record-
setting season for homers.
The Miami Marlins star led
the majors with 59 home runs
this season, the most by a play-
er since 2001 when disgraced
San Francisco Giants slugger
Barry Bonds hit 71 at the
height of baseballs steroid
era.
This season saw 6,105 home
runs, which is 142 more than
the previous single season
record set one year before
Bonds hit 71.
Stantons quest for 60 ended
with a strikeout in the final
inning of Sundays 8-5 loss to
the Atlanta Braves in front of a
crowd of 25,200 at Marlins
Park.
Stanton said he wasnt dis-
appointed he didnt reach the
milestone.
If I hit 60, you guys would
Its been a really
special reception.
Seeing them, just
the signs and the
books they have, is
so special.
Maria Sharapova,
on her fans in China
Sharapova claimed she had
taken the medicine for years
and didnt realize it had been
placed on the banned list at the
beginning of 2016. The suspen-
sion was later reduced to 15
months, and she returned to
action in April.
Theres definitely a different
perspective and understanding
of fans, of what they mean to
me, of little things, she said.
When you do something for
many years, you start following
a routine and you take some
things for granted, added the
former world No 1, who now sits
at No 104. When youre not
part of that and then you get
back, its the little things that
really get you excited.
Sharapovas low ranking has
been an issue. Only through
generous wildcard offers is she
able to play the elite tourna-
ments for which she used to
automatically qualify.
Her wildcard for the US
Open, where she played match-
es on center court at Arthur
Ashe Stadium, stirred resent-
ment among her peers.
Former world No 1 Caroline
Wozniacki said it was unfair to
give someone returning from a
drug ban the right to play all her
matches on the biggest stage.
Sharapovas Chinese col-
leagues seem more forgiving.
Im a big fan of Sharapova,
Zhang Shuai said after beating
Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 6-4 in her
opener in Beijing on Sunday.
I admire the style she plays,
the way she fights till the end.
Thats why there are so many
fans totally crazy about her in the
world. One day I want to be like
her, said the 28-year-old Tianjin
native.
be sitting here asking me why I
didnt hit 61, said Stanton,
who is the first player in 10
years to surpass 50 homers.
If hit 61, I would be asked
why I didnt hit 62.
Stanton not only led the
league in home runs but also
in RBIs, with 132.
He singled twice, struck out
twice out and grounded to
shortstop on Sunday. Still, he
goes down in baseball history
as just the sixth player to hit at
least 59 homers in a season,
joining Babe Ruth, Roger Mar-
is, Bonds, Sammy Sosa and
Mark McGwire.
With the close of the regular
season on Sunday night, atten-
tion now shifts to the playoffs,
which kick off on Tuesday and
Wednesday with the wildcard
games.
The New York Yankees,
seeking their 28th World
Series crown, host the Minne-
sota Twins in the American
League wildcard game.
Minnesota, coming off a
100-loss season in 2016, will
Russias Maria Sharapova takes a selfie with fans after her victory over Latvias Anastasija Sevastova in the opening round of the
China Open in Beijing on Saturday. FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY
Li expects more from compatriots
Li Na is disappointed that
Chinese tennis has not
moved on more since her
retirement.
As the countrys fruitless
search for a new champion
continues, Lis two Grand
Slam titles continues to be
the gauge for her compatri-
ots, who have labored in
vain to match her trail-blaz-
ing achievements.
The contrast was laid bare
at last weeks Wuhan Open,
where Li received a rock
stars welcome during a
brief appearance, while
none of the Chinese players
advanced beyond the third
round.
Following her rapturous
reception in Wuhan, her
home city, Li said she was
disappointed that China
hasnt found a new star to
love since she quit the tour
in 2014.
Actually, I dont like that
people always remember
me, said Li, who won the
French Open in 2011 and the
Australian Open in 2014.
That just means that Chi-
nese tennis hasnt grown up.
When I decided to retire, I
thought new Chinese cham-
pions would come around
very quickly, she added.
Hopes were high when
Peng Shuai reached the 2014
US Open semifinals, shortly
after Lis retirement, and
Zhang Shuai won her sec-
ond Guangzhou Open
start Ervin Santana while New
York will go with Luis Severi- for-two, played three innings
no.
The National League wild-
card game is set for Wednes-
day night in Phoenix, where Dodgers.
the Arizona Diamondbacks
will host the Colorado Rock-
ies.
The AL Division Series will
begin on Thursday with the AL
West champion Houston
Astros meeting the AL East
champion Boston Red Sox in
Houston.
The AL wildcard winner will
face the AL Central champion
Cleveland Indians on Thurs-
day at Progressive Field.
On Friday, the NL East
champion Washington
Nationals will host the NL
Central champion Chicago
Cubs in the opening game of
their NL Division Series.
The NL wildcard winner
will square off with the NL
West champion Los Angeles
Dodgers at Dodger Stadium
on Friday.
In other games on Sunday,
Actually, I dont like that
people always remember
me. That means Chinese tennis
hasnt grown up.
Li Na, Chinas two-time Grand Slam champion
championship this year.
Wu Yibing also became
Chinas first boys Grand
Slam singles champion at
last months US Open. But
no Chinese player has con-
sistently challenged at the
highest levels.
In Wuhan, five home-
grown players were in the
main draw but Wang Qiang
was the only one to reach the
third round the best ever
performance by a Chinese
player in the tournament.
Peter McNamara, Wangs
Australian coach, said the
high expectations created by
Lis career are an obstacle for
Chinese players.
Charlie Blackmon went one-
and finished with a National
League-leading .331 average in
Colorados 6-3 loss to the
It was Los Angeles 104th
victory, tying for the second-
most in franchise history. The
Dodgers won 105 games in
1953 and 104 in 1942 while
playing in Brooklyn.
In Boston, the Astros and
Red Sox rested most of their
regulars in the Astros 4-3 vic-
tory in the regular-season
finale before they face each
other in the playoffs.
The Red Sox scored three
runs on four hits, a walk and a
passed ball off Astros starter
Collin McHugh in the fourth
inning.
The Astros came back with
four runs off three pitchers in
the seventh inning. Fernando
Abad took the loss, falling to
2-1 with a 3.30 ERA this sea-
son.
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I think its very intimidat-
ing having such a great
champion who raised the
bar to a level thats pretty
hard to get to, he said.
I never bring it up, about
trying to reach her heights.
Too modest?
Li was always a special
case for Chinese tennis, as
she took the maverick step
of breaking from the state-
run system to forge her
career on her own terms.
The 35-year-old said that
modesty, a typical trait of
Chinese culture, could be
holding players back.
Peng is currently the top
Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins finished the season with
an MLB-leading 59 home runs.
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ranked Chinese player at 24,
with Zhang at 26.
They always say Oh, Im
not so good, but for the level
to grow, you have to show all
of the world that you are
good, Li said.
World No 1 Garbine
Muguruza also said she
found Chinese players very
respectful on the court ...
very quiet, in contrast to Li,
who she described as having
great intensity.
Fabrice Chouquet, co-
director of the Wuhan Open,
said tennis in China is in the
middle of a transition
between two generations.
We have a solid No 1 and
2 here, he said, referring to
Peng and Zhang. And
behind them a younger gen-
eration is really getting
ready to rise.
Wang is part of that new
crop, said McNamara,
though she has yet to reach
her full potential.
My girl is a baby. Shes 25
but shes 20 as a tennis play-
er, he said. Chinese players,
they mature late.
Chinese tennis success
has mainly come from wom-
en, with Wus victory in New
York an anomaly.
While there are five Chi-
nese women in the top 100
and 11 in the top 200, the top
Chinese man is Wu Di, cur-
rently ranked No 220.
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SOCCER
Liverpool
squanders
chance to
advance
NEWCASTLE, England
After Sundays 1-1 draw with
Newcastle United, Liverpool
coach Jurgen Klopp summed
up his clubs performance by
saying: Football is not fair.
Klopp found it difficult to
accept that the visitor
emerged with only a point
thanks to a spectacular long-
range goal from Philippe Cout-
inho after enjoying twice as
much possession as Rafael
Benitezs Magpies at St James
Park.
I thought we were the bet-
ter side and created far more
clear chances. I think we
should have won, Klopp said
after a draw that leaves Liver-
pool seven points back of EPL
front-runners Manchester
City and Manchester United.
A victory that would have
advanced Liverpool into the
top four appeared likely after
Coutinho put the Reds ahead
in the 29th minute, but they
paid the price for failing to
convert other chances.
Still, Klopp remains confi-
dent that Liverpool, yet to win
the English title in the Premier
League era, is equipped to
mount a challenge for suprem-
acy.
I cannot talk about our
football and the gap between
us and other teams. We are
having our hard moment and
other teams will have their
hard moment, he said.
I really think it looks like
we are not far away from a real
challenge, he added, with Liv-
erpool having won the last of
its then-record 18 English
titles in 1990.
Juergen Klopp with referees
If we do what we are good
at then we can score more
goals and we will win more
games, said Klopp.
We dont have to think
about other teams and we will
close the gap. Its is all about
our situation, we are not think-
ing about where the others are.
Ive played a lot of times
with different teams in my life
to know when we have a prob-
lem and here we were the
better team again and created
more chances. We were in very
promising situations, but
didnt score.
Ive been around football
and I know there is going to be
one day when it will click and
we will score more. Yes, we
have one win in seven, but in
most of those games we have
been the better team.
Now the only thing to do is
carry on and hope that some-
thing happens. We are still
confident. Its our duty to be
confident because the players
have quality.
Quality is not always
enough, however.
There has to be defensive
organization, which was lack-
ing when Joselu scored New-
castles 36th-minute equalizer
following an excellent through
ball from former Reds mid-
fielder Jonjo Shelvey.
It was a good pass, but if
the defenders see it, they have
to step forward and get him
offside, Klopp said. We made
one mistake and its 1-1. New-
castle made a lot more mis-
takes.
Benitez was pleased with his
teams performance against
the club he once guided to a
Champions League triumph
particularly because mil-
lionaire businesswoman
Amanda Staveley was looking
on, amid speculation she
could be linked with a take-
over of the Magpies.
We have got a point at
home, which isnt the best, but
against one of the top teams,
you will take it, said Benitez,
now well on the way to becom-
ing a fan favorite at northeast
side Newcastle.
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BASKETBALL
Hungry Wolves on the prowl
New-look Minnesota primed to
end years of playoff frustration
New era. New look.
That was the marketing slo-
gan surrounding the launch of
the Minnesota Timberwolves
new logo in April.
The phrase was coined
before the team traded for
three-time NBA All-Star Jim-
my Butler and signed 2015 All-
Star Jeff Teague to a roster
anchored by former No 1 over-
all picks and NBA rookies of
the year Karl-Anthony Towns
and Andrew Wiggins.
Minnesota, it turns out, was
just getting started with its
makeover.
After acquiring Butler from
the Chicago Bulls and landing
Teague in free agency, the Tim-
berwolves signed the NBAs
only three-time Sixth Man
Award Winner, ageless guard
Jamal Crawford, and agreed to
terms with steady veteran
power forward Taj Gibson,
who spent five seasons in
Chicago with Butler under
current Minnesota head coach
Tom Thibodeau.
With Butler in his prime,
Towns and Wiggins merely
scratching the surface of their
potential and capable veter-
ans filling out the rotation, the
Timberwolves can now add
new expectations to their
identity.
Minnesota is viewed as a
team ripe for a turnaround aft-
er finishing 13th in the West-
ern Conference last season (31-
51) and extending the leagues
longest active playoff drought
to 13 years.
The Timberwolves will
showcase their rebranded
look and revamped roster
when they face the defending
champion Golden State Warri-
ors in the preseason NBA Chi-
na Games 2017, presented by
Master Kong.
The first game is Oct 5 at
Shenzhen Universiade Center,
followed by a rematch on Oct 8
at Shanghais Mercedes-Benz
Arena.
You always think about
ways that you can improve,
Thibodeau told NBA.com.
We just wanted to improve
the team, and there are steps
you have to take along the
way. We understand that
theres a lot of work that has to
be done, but we want to
improve every day.
Butler, an All-NBA Third
Team selection in 2016-17, per-
sonifies improvement.
He was lightly recruited out
of high school and spent a year
in junior college before estab-
lishing himself at Marquette
University.
Selected by the Bulls with
the 30th pick in the 2011 draft,
the 6-foot-7 shooting guard
has turned himself into one of
the top two-way players in the
league. He was named the
2014-15 NBA Most Improved
Player and earned a gold med-
al with the 2016 US Olympic
team.
Minnesota Timberwolves Jeff Teague challenges Los Angeles Lakers Lonzo Ball during a preseason
game on Saturday. After spending last season with the Indiana Pacers, Teague became a free agent
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When Im not in front of some of the things hes been
the camera or on TV, Im work-
ing, Butler said in an inter-
view with Minnesotas team
website.
I take pride in that. This
game has brought me so
much, and I never take that for
granted.
Thibodeau is banking on
the 28-year-old having a posi-
tive impact on the 21-year-old
Towns and the 22-year-old
Wiggins.
We wanted more veteran
experience and leadership,
said Thibodeau, who is also the
Timberwolves president of
basketball operations.
Where Jimmy is in his
career, I think he can share
player in league history to
through with Karl and
Andrew.
Ive seen what Jimmy
brings to the table and how
much work he puts into his
game. Those types of things
rub off on other players.
In 2016-17, the 7-foot Towns
led the Timberwolves in scor-
ing (25.1 ppg) and rebounding
(12.3 rpg) and broke the fran-
chises single-season points
record with 2,061.
He was the first second-year
player to average at least 21
points and 11 rebounds since
the San Antonio Spurs Tim
Duncan in 1998-99.
The 2015-16 NBA Rookie of
the Year also became the first
Johnson got into early foul
isnt any hesitation in his
have at least 2,000 points,
1,000 rebounds and 100 three-
pointers in a season.
Wiggins, the first Canadian
ever to be drafted No 1 overall,
was the 2014-15 Rookie of the
Year.
He continued to progress
during his third season, estab-
lishing career highs in scoring
(23.6 ppg) and three-point
field goal percentage (35.6)
The 6-foot-8 swingman has
missed only one game since
being selected by the Cavaliers
with the top pick in 2014 and
traded to the Timberwolves in
a deal for Kevin Love.
CHINA DAILY
Winslow sharp
in Miami return
MIAMI Justise Win-
slows first game in a while
was a success, and thats a
good sign for the Miami
Heat.
Winslow had six points,
eight rebounds and three
blocked shots in 23 minutes,
as the Heat topped the Atlan-
ta Hawks 96-90 in the pre-
season opener for both
teams on Sunday night.
Winslow missed most of
last season because of shoul-
der surgery, and one of the
major questions in the Heat
preseason is how the No 10
pick in the 2015 draft will fit
again in the Miami rotation.
He was the first sub after
starting forward James
here, Clippers coach Doc
trouble, and drained three of
his six shots.
You can see that there
Former Lakers coach robbed
Police say an estimated
$200,000 in watches, jewelry,
high-end purses and cash was
stolen from the home of
former Los Angeles Lakers
coach Byron Scott on Satur-
day.
The break-in at Scotts Her-
mosa Beach house is the lat-
est in a string of burglaries to
hit celebrities in the Los Ange-
les area, including singers
Nicki Minaj and Alanis Moris-
sette.
play or any lack of aggres-
siveness, Heat coach Erik
Spoelstra said. Hes being
who hes meant to be a
player contributing in a lot of
different ways.
Later on Sunday, the Los
Angeles Clippers and Toronto
Raptors were playing in Hon-
olulu the first Clippers
game since the deal that saw
star point guard Chris Paul
leave the team for Houston.
It also marked the NBA
debut of Serbian point guard
Milos Teodosic, a 30-year-old
who until now has spent his
entire pro career in Europe.
He came over here for a
reason to prove that he
can play and be great over
Rivers said. Were really
looking forward to it.
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Police who arrived at the
house at 1:30 pm found a pat-
io door had been forced open.
The beachfront city is
about 20 miles southwest of
downtown Los Angeles.
Police said investigators
dont know if the burglary is
related to others targeting
celebrities. The break-in is
believed to have happened
during an eight-hour period
while Scott was away.
AP