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Exploring history Back home


A young director is using two different mediums The released South Korean hostages received
to explore the history of a sacred relics site a mixed welcome on their return home
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NATION

Protecting Chinese overseas


As the number of Chinese citizens living and working
overseas keeps growing, the government vowed on Friday
Toy and food
to ensure their better protection.
The pledge was made at a ministerial-level conference held
at Beijing’s Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.
More and more Chinese people are going overseas,
with 34.52 million visits abroad last year.
>>3
recalls
New high for Hang Seng
BUSINESS
introduced
The benchmark Hang Seng
Severe penalties for producers
Index closed at a record high
of 23,984.14 points on Friday,
failing to comply with regulations
supported by strong gains
on other Asian markets, as a By Zhu Zhe ily recall their products, which
weaker yen lifted sentiment. then cause serious public harm,
Asian stocks rallied on anticipation the US government they will have their production
would offer help to homeowners with subprime The country’s top quality licenses revoked and be subject
mortgages, to ease fears credit woes will affect the
broader global economy. >>10 watchdog on Friday introduced
landmark recall systems that
to criminal charges, according
to the regulations.
require producers to take back Liu Zhaobin, director of the
ON OUR WEBSITE unsafe toys and foodstuffs. AQSIQ’s policy and legislation
If producers do not carry department, said the recall
• BizChina: The State Grain Administration published the out recalls on their own, the systems were designed to
11th Five-Year Plan of the National Grain Market System government will order a recall strengthen the State Council
Building on Wednesday, in which the government plans to and fi ne the producers up to Special Regulations on the
construct several State grain trading centers. The centers three times the value of the Safety Supervision and Ad-
will allow the government to manage grain production and products, according to two ministration of Food and Other
State reserves.
• Entertainment: Women are much more likely than men regulations published by the Products, issued in July.
to search the Internet for information on health. The finding General Administration of “Our regulations make it very
is consistent with gender differences in healthcare utiliza- Quality Supervision, Inspec- clear that producers must take
tion; for instance, women are tion, and Quarantine (AQSIQ). the prior and major respon-
more apt than men to go to the www.chinadaily.com.cn The two regulations, intro- sibilities for preventing and
doctor when sick. duced with immediate effect, eliminating unsafe products,”
follow the introduction of a he told a press briefing.
NEWS BRIEF recall system for defective Yet the AQSIQ should set
automobiles in 2005. up a management system of
Hu gives priority to education Both regulations state that all recall information and
producers must inform the evaluate the recalls under the
Education should be developed as a priority to help train public and retailers, and report regulations.
more professional and skilled people for building a moder- to the quality control authori- Liu said the country did re-
ately prosperous society and propelling socialist moderni- ties if it is revealed that their call unsafe food and toys in the
zation, President Hu Jintao said on Friday. products are unsafe. Retailers past, but it was done “case by
At a seminar in Beijing, Hu discussed the educational must immediately stop sell- case” without a sound system.
development strategy with more than 100 model teachers ing the products and launch The food and toy recall
from around the country. a timely investigation into the systems follow the issuing
After hearing their opinions and suggestions, Hu expressed defects or they will face a fine of a draft regulation on drug
his appreciation and extended greetings on behalf of the ranging from 1,000 to 50,000 recall last month by the State
Communist Party of China and the government. China will yuan ($132 to $6,600). Food and Drug Administration
mark its 23rd Teachers’ Day on September 10. Even if the products meet (SFDA), which stipulated simi-
Education was the basic way of raising moral standards the country’s quality safety lar recall procedures for unsafe
as well as cultural and scientific levels, he said, ordering regulations and standards, the drugs and medical devices.
further determination and more funding to ensure compul- regulations note that toymakers The AQSIQ also issued a Liu strikes gold in Japan
sory education, promote vocational education and raise the should still carry out a recall if regulation to standardize the Athens Olympics champion Liu Xiang celebrates after winning the 110m hurdles at the world
quality of higher education. their toys are found to be poten- inspection and quar- athletics championships in Osaka, Japan on Friday. Liu, who holds the world record of 12.88
tially unsafe.
If producers fail to voluntar-
antine of exported
aquatic products.
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Don’t
seconds, clocked 12.95 seconds for the historic win. Fellow Chinese athlete Shi Dongpeng was
fifth. Story, Page 12 Xinhua
Bush sees ‘good opportunity’
US President George W. Bush said on Thursday China’s
rapid economic growth has provided a “good opportunity”
for the United States as well as other countries in the Asia-
Pacific region.
“Is China an issue for the world? Absolutely. But I don’t
view it as a negative issue, I view it as an opportunity to
Civil aviation industry Hundreds mark death
anniversary of Diana
work with one of the really significantly growing econo-
mies in the world,” Bush said on the eve of his visit to
Australia next week.
‘developing too fast’ LONDON: Royals and celebri- lic display of sorrow 10 years
“I view that a growing middle class in China is good for ties joined Princes William and ago was over-the-top.
US exporters; it provides opportunity,” said the US presi- By Xin Dingding number of aircraft between tion is worried it might repeat Harry to honor their mother Both Princes William and
dent, who will attend the 15th economic leaders’ informal 1996 and 2000 was 111 and the mistakes it made between Princess Diana on Friday, the Harry addressed the congrega-
meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, between 2001 and 2005, 336. 1990 and 1993. 10th anniversary of her death tion, recalling their mother’s
scheduled to be held in Sydney on September 8-9. The civil aviation authority In the first six months of this “A major reason for having in a high-speed limousine crash warmth and charisma.
Bush stressed that it is important for the two countries to warned the air transport in- year, 56 more aircraft have been nine accidents between 1992 in Paris. Harry said: “She will always
have a strategic relationship that allows for engagement dustry is developing “too fast”, added. It is estimated that the and 1994 was growth had been Hundreds of mourners lined be remembered for her amazing
and helps both to deal with issues such as trade deficits. and is confronted with “huge net increase between 2006 and too rapid for the industry to the streets outside a chapel near public work. But behind the me-
pressure to ensure safety”. 2010 will hit a record 725. cope with flight safety,” the Buckingham Palace where the dia glare, to us, just two loving
“The fast pace needs con- The race to open more CAAC said. Queen, Diana’s ex-husband children, she was quite simply
WEATHER TODAY trol by scientific measures … airlines is also on. Ten new To further ensure safety, Prince Charles, her brother the best mother in the world.”
HOTLINES otherwise, any disaster could airlines are in the pipeline the administration has cut Charles Spencer and other roy- In Paris, where she died in
NEWS Beijing
(86-10) 6491-8366 31/20 severely hamper the indus- waiting approval, in addition daily flights in and out of the als and celebrities gathered for the early hours of August 31,
try’s healthy development,” to six private carriers and four Beijing Capital International the memorial service. 1997, alongside her boyfriend,
SUBSCRIPTION Guangzhou 34/27 according to a statement which that started operations in June Airport by 48 since August Paying their own tribute, Dodi al-Fayed, following a crash
(86-10) 6491-8763 quoted the head of the CAAC 2005, the CAAC said. 15, and said it will not accept members of the public attached in a tunnel, small crowds of
ADVERTISEMENT Shanghai 28/25 Yang Yuanyuan as saying. With insufficient qualified applications for most new air- flowers, photographs and mes- mourners gathered to lay flow-
(86-10) 6491-8631 Passenger and cargo through- personnel, airports and air- lines before 2010. sages to the gates of Kensington ers and leave wreaths at the
Hong Kong 31/27 put has increased by nearly 20 space, the growth “is too much Following a Taiwan-based Palace, her London residence, scene of the incident.
percent year on year, about 6 for the industry to handle and China Airlines 737-800 air- although in far fewer numbers Prince Charles’ second wife,
New York 28/22 percentage points above fore- may produce high risks in flight craft bursting into flames on than a decade ago. Camilla, did not attend the me-
cast. More aircraft coming on safety”, the CAAC said. landing in Japan on August Then a vast outpouring of morial service, although she
See more stream has also been “exces- Although China has experi- 20, the administration issued grief stunned Britain almost was invited.
From other cities in
China and elsewhere
>>2 sive”, the CAAC said.
Statistics show that the
enced no major accidents in the
past 33 months, the administra-
two new orders in a week on
passenger safety.
as much as her death whereas
now, many Britons feel the pub- Agencies via Xinhua

Centenarian loses bid for Olympic stardom


By Xie Fang Her whole family had kept selection body. The 103-year-old started realizing her mother’s dream.
their fingers crossed that Cao She refused to reveal any exercising in 2004 to get fit An official from the Beijing
could become the oldest of the details about how they made enough to be a torchbearer. Torch Relay Center earlier said
Centenarian Cao Zuozheng 21,880 torchbearers selected the decision, except for saying “If she were not healthy that they don’t have the power
will be disappointed if she across the world. “the one we have finally cho- enough, how could we put to put Cao on the list as they
learns that her application to “We appreciate Cao’s wish. sen is a Beijing model worker”. her at risk by applying for the have to abide by a strict selec-
be a torchbearer for the 2008 But in reality, she won’t be a Xiao Xinhua, the youngest position?” she asked. tion process.
Beijing Olympics has been torchbearer due to her health of Cao’s four children, felt sad “I personally believe that The Chinese mainland has
turned down. condition,” Li Hua, director of at hearing the news. one centenarian torchbearer been allocated 19,400 torch-
Last week, the 103-year-old Jingshan sub-district office, However, she didn’t dare in- is more meaningful than 100 bearers.
Beijinger, as the only candi- told China Daily. form Cao as “it will be a shock model workers.” Song Jiangzhong, an 89-
date from her residential com- According to Li, the office to someone who has such a She said she would try year-old Chongqing man, was
munity, was recommended to has received eight recommen- great passion for the Games”. to speak to the Dongcheng successfully selected as a John Loughrey places a rose above a poster outside Kensing-
a higher authority in Beijing’s dations, but only one of these Xiao argued her mother has District Torch Relay Centre to “Lenovo Olympic torchbearer” ton Palace, the former home of Princess Diana, ahead of the
Dongcheng District. can be passed to a higher no health problems. see if there was any chance of on August 19. memorial service on Friday. AP

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2 SEPTEMBER 1 - 2, 2007 NEWS CHINA DAILY

INBRIEF
BEIJING Bribe givers
New flight link
The General Adminis-
tration of Civil Aviation
of China announced on
Friday new daily flights
‘do not get
between Shanghai’s
Hongqiao and Tokyo’s
Haneda airports will
begin operations on Sep-
tember 29 to mark the
off lightly’
35th anniversary of the
normalization of Sino-
Government vows no let up
Japanese diplomatic
relations.
in campaign against corruption
NGO association By Xie Chuanjiao said that Chinese courts also
Beijing NGO Association handed down severe sentences
for International Ex- to “major” bribers whose activi-
changes announced on Senior judicial officials on Fri- ties resulted in “serious social
Friday its establishment day rejected claims that bribe- harm”.
with the participation of givers are granted undue leni- Small-time bribers, or those
42 Beijing-based NGOs. ency compared with those who dealing with small amounts of
The organization will receive bribes, saying that the money, are not dealt with as
specialize in promoting penalties are in line with the severely, Ni said.
exchange and coop- degree of social harm caused. Authorities need bribers’ as-
eration with its foreign Officials launched a broad- sistance to help prosecute those
counterparts in areas of side at foreign media reports, accepting bribes.
science, education, arts, adding that the giving and tak- “A majority number of brib- Friendship visit
culture, sports, health, ing of bribes “were two kinds ery cases cannot be carried out South Korean sailors prepare to dock their ship in Shanghai. Two South Korean naval vessels, with 617 crewmembers on board,
trade, environment of crimes with very different without evidence or testimony are paying a four-day visit to Shanghai. Xinhua
protection, women and characteristics”. from bribers,” Ni said.
youth issues, nation- While bribing and accept- In one recent major graft
alities, religions, and ing bribes are related illegal case, former Shanghai prop-
protection of human
rights.
activities, Chinese law at-
taches particular importance
to cracking down on those who
erty tycoon Zhou Zhengyi was
charged with misappropriation
of funds, bribery and forging
Mainland, HK beef up food quality ties
CPC appointment take bribes, as it is considered a VAT receipts.
The Communist Party “serious crime”, often involving Zhou was detained last Octo- By Zhu Zhe formation, updating of safety vegetables, 165,000 tons of Li said. But he acknowledged
of China (CPC) Central State officials. ber as prosecutors investigated standards and improvement of meat, 75,000 tons of aquatic that problems remain and that
Committee has appoint- The government has taken the Shanghai social security laboratory facilities. products, 850,000 live pigs, the two sides should intensify
ed Zhang Yunchuan as an uncompromising stance fund scandal involving 3.7 bil- The mainland will intensify co- “We’ve been attaching great 4.6 million live poultry and 50 cooperation to ensure that all
secretary of the CPC’s against bribery. Zheng Xiaoyu, lion yuan. operation with the Hong Kong importance to the safety of food million eggs to Hong Kong. exported food is safe.
Hebei Provincial Com- the former head of the State In early August, four prison government to further improve exported to Hong Kong,” Li told At the same time, the Hong Chow thanked the mainland
mittee. Food and Drug Administration, officials in Shanghai were food quality in the special ad- visiting Hong Kong Food and Kong Food and Environmental inspection and quarantine
Before the nomination, was executed on July 10 for ac- jailed for taking bribes and ministrative region, the coun- Health Secretary York Chow. Hygiene Department conducted departments for their efforts to
Zhang was minister cepting $850,000 in bribes. “providing preferential treat- try’s top quality control official Chow said Hong Kong two extensive studies of food prevent substandard products
in charge of the State The court also ruled Zheng ment” to Zhou during his said on Friday. imported 90 percent of its quality. These revealed that from reaching Hong Kong.
Commission of Sci- put people’s lives at risk by incarceration. Li Changjiang, minister of foodstuffs, with 60 percent 99.2 percent and 99.6 percent He also applauded the recent
ence, Technology and accepting bribes for approval- However, Ni proposed the the General Administration of of supplies coming from the of food on the local market was moves by the central govern-
Industry for National related favors. establishment of an official Quality Supervision, Inspec- mainland. up to standard. ment to improve food safety and
Defense. Supreme People’s Procura- blacklist of convicted bribers. tion and Quarantine, said that In the first seven months “The results show that the product quality, and pledged
torate spokesman Tong Jian- “Bribers found guilty should cooperation would focus on of this year, the mainland quality of our food exported to Hong Kong’s support for the
GUIZHOU ming said any official found not be allowed to return to the the increased exchange of in- exported 300,000 tons of fresh Hong Kong can be guaranteed,” campaign.
accepting bribes “must be dealt field of work they were previ-
Mine blast kills one with severely”. ously engaged in,” Ni said.
One person is dead and “The relatively lighter pen- Chen Guangzhong, a legal
five are missing after a
gas blast at a coal mine
in Southwest China’s
Guizhou Province on
alties to bribers and heavier
ones to the bribe takers has
been based on the different
degree of social harm caused
expert at the Chinese Uni-
versity of Politics and Law,
said the fight against graft
requires a comprehensive
‘Don’t turn safety into a trade issue’
Friday afternoon, local by each,” Tong said. property declaration system > HEADLINE, From Page 1 These latest moves follow Premier Wen Jiabao said woman of US Consumer Product
work safety officials “The position of the Supreme for State officials. a spate of safety scares over China would face the problems Safety Commission (CPSC), also
said. People’s Procuratorate is very Chen said the establishment made-in-China products. Re- squarely and make consistent warned on Wednesday against
An investigation into clear that we also strike hard of an open, strict property “As the world’s largest aquat- ports have revealed isolated efforts to improve product qual- turning a product safety issue
the cause of the accident at bribers as bribery has a very declaration system was still ic products exporter since 2002, cases of contaminated food ity. However, he also noted that with China into a trade issue.
is underway. harmful social impact.” far off in China, even though China needs such a regulation additives, unsafe toothpaste, China did not support media “I think it will be foolish to
He was echoed by Ni Shou- some Western countries had to offer a legal basis for the seafood and even toys, and hype and was against trade turn a safety issue into a trade
China Daily-Xinhua ming, a spokesman for the established such a system for inspection of such products,” sparked global concern over protectionism. issue,” she was quoted by Xin-
Supreme People’s Court, who people in public office. Liu said. Chinese products in general. Nancy Nord, acting chair- hua News Agency as saying.

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Meteorological
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September 1-2
Observatory
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Taiwan’s bid for
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CHONGQING
Today 29/24
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Sun
XI’AN
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QINGDAO
27/21
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Sun
DALIAN
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F...........................Fog St.....................Storm URUMQI UNITED NATIONS: China, in a flatly refused to include the
O.................Overcast T.......Thunderstorms Today 31/20 letter made public on Wednes- so-called issue of “Taiwan’s
R.........................Rain Sun 29/21 day night, strongly condemned participation in the United
an attempt by “very few” coun- Nations” on the agenda of the
SATURDAY SUNDAY tries to request the UN Gen- General Assembly, he said.
C F C F CHENGDU
Today 29/21 BEIJING
eral Assembly to consider the This has fully demonstrated
Changsha 28/23 82/73 D 27/22 80/71 R Sun 28/22 so-called question of “Taiwan’s the determination of the vast
Today 31/20
Dali 25/17 77/62 Sh 24/17 75/62 R Sun 28/20 application for United Nations number of UN member states to
membership.” safeguard the UN Charter and
Fuzhou 33/24 91/75 Sh 31/24 87/75 R LHASA
The letter from Chinese UN General Assembly Resolution
Today 19/9
Guiyang 24/20 75/68 T 22/18 71/64 R Sun 22/11
Ambassador Wang Guangya 2758, and also shows that the
SHANGHAI
to Secretary-General Ban Ki- Taiwan authorities will never
Hangzhou 30/25 86/77 T 28/24 82/75 O Today 28/25 moon was in response to one obtain international support
GUILIN Sun submitted earlier by a small in their attempt to split China
Hohhot 24/15 75/59 Sh 26/16 78/60 C 29/24
Today 33/25 group of countries including by raising the so-called issue of
Sun 28/24
Hefei 27/23 80/73 T 28/22 82/71 O the Solomon Islands to the “Taiwan’s participation in the
UN chief. United Nations”, Wang said.
Jinan 27/18 80/64 O 29/19 84/66 C
KUNMING These countries asked the China values its relations
Kashi 30/17 86/62 C 30/16 86/60 S Today 24/18 forthcoming session of the with all UN member states
Sun 23/18 General Assembly to consider and has never done anything
Lanzhou 25/14 77/57 S 23/15 73/59 C
“Taiwan’s ap- harmful to the
Lijiang 25/14 77/57 Sh 23/15 73/59 R GUANGZHOU plication for interests of
Today 34/27 United Nations The Chinese the co-sponsor
Nanjing 27/22 80/71 T 27/22 80/71 Sh Sun 34/27 membership.” government and countries, but
Nanning 33/25 91/77 C 32/25 89/77 C This is “a those coun-
HAIKOU WUHAN MACAO HONGKONG XIAMEN TAIPEI blatant attempt people strongly tries, on the
Nanchang 29/24 84/75 T 27/22 80/71 R
Today 33/25 Today 25/21 Today 31/26 Today 31/27 Today 32/25 Today 33/25 to clamor for condemn and firmly question of Tai-
Ningbo 32/27 89/80 C 30/23 86/73 T Sun 34/26 Sun 28/22 Sun 31/26 Sun 30/26 Sun 31/25 Sun 33/25 and create wan, have been
‘Taiwan inde- oppose such an act. repeatedly
Shijiazhuang 30/20 86/68 C 27/21 80/69 C pendence’” and WANG GUANGYA undermining
Suzhou 29/24 84/75 R 30/24 86/75 Sh Amsterdam 18/15 64/59 Sh 19/14 66/57 C New York 28/22 82/71 S 26/20 78/68 S
is “absolutely Chinese UN ambassador the national in-
preposterous”, terests of China
Shenzhen 33/26 91/78 C 31/26 87/78 C Bangkok 34/26 93/78 O 34/26 93/78 D Paris 24/11 75/51 C 24/11 75/51 C Wang said in and hurting the
Sanya 33/26 91/78 C 33/26 91/78 C Berlin 19/10 66/50 D 19/10 66/50 C Rome 26/18 78/64 S 26/16 78/60 S
the letter dated August 17. feelings of the Chinese people,
It “wantonly tramples on he said.
Shenyang 29/15 84/59 S 25/16 77/60 Sh Brussels 21/9 69/48 Sh 21/9 69/48 C San Francisco 25/17 77/62 S 25/17 77/62 S the purposes and principles” Their act has also gravely
Shantou 33/27 91/80 C 32/27 89/80 C Cairo 36/25 96/77 S 36/26 96/78 S Sao Paulo 24/16 75/60 C 20/14 68/57 O
of the UN Charter and General obstructed the work of the
Assembly Resolution 2758, General Assembly and wasted
Taiyuan 24/15 75/59 S 23/14 73/57 Sh Cape Town 18/14 64/57 Sh 18/11 64/51 C Singapore 30/25 86/77 Sh 30/25 86/77 Sh “seriously violates China’s the precious resources of the
Tianjin 30/21 86/69 C 29/22 84/71 O Geneva 20/8 68/46 S 20/8 68/46 S Stockholm 15/7 59/44 C 17/7 62/44
sovereignty and territorial United Nations and its member
Sh
integrity, gravely intervenes states, he said.
Xigaze 19/10 66/50 R 20/10 68/50 D Helsinki 14/4 57/39 Sh 14/4 57/39 Sh Sydney 17/9 62/48 S 24/10 75/50 S in China’s internal affairs and “We strongly urge those
Xining 23/8 73/46 C 20/10 68/50 S Karachi 35/29 95/84 S 36/29 96/84 Teheran 37/27 98/80 S 37/27 98/80
seriously hurts the feelings of countries to change their po-
C S
the 1.3 billion Chinese people,” sitions, strictly abide by” the
Yantai 27/21 80/69 C 27/21 80/69 S London 18/10 64/50 C 17/10 62/50 C Tokyo 26/24 78/75 Sh 26/23 78/73 O Wang said. UN Charter and General As-
Yichang 25/22 77/71 R 28/22 82/71 Sh Mexico City 21/13 69/55 R 22/13 71/55 Toronto 21/16 69/60 S 21/16 69/60
“The Chinese government sembly Resolution 2758, and
R S
and people strongly condemn “identify themselves with the
Yinchuan 27/15 80/59 S 27/16 80/60 S Moscow 13/8 55/46 C 14/8 57/46 Sh Vancouver 19/10 66/50 Sh 15/6 59/42 C and firmly oppose such an act,” great number of member states
Zhengzhou 27/18 80/64 O 28/18 82/64 C Wang said. on the Taiwan question”, Wang
Nairobi 23/14 73/57 Sh 21/14 69/57 Sh Vienna 16/13 60/55 Sh 16/13 60/55 C
Since 1993, the general com- added.
Zhuhai 32/26 89/78 C 31/26 87/78 T New Delhi 36/28 96/82 Sh 36/28 96/82 Sh Washington 26/22 78/71 S 26/20 78/68 S mittees of successive sessions
of the General Assembly have Xinhua
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Nation ‘has
More use of public transport encouraged 120 million
108 cities across nation to take Local municipal officials will in the number of cars has seen the European Commission to land use and adopt an urban hepatitis B
spearhead the activities to en- bicycles lanes being reduced or China, said. transport strategy led by more
part in new vehicle campaign courage residents to make more
use of public transportation.
completely eliminated,” he said.
“The event is not only a move to
By June this year, the coun-
try had registered more than
use of public transportation.”
Increasing traffic congestion
carriers’
Local environment watchdogs cut vehicle emissions but also 53 million vehicles, more than and air pollution has led many
last year, and 108 cities have will monitor air quality indices a test of the capabilities of lo- 60 percent were for private use, cities in China to impose more By Shan Juan
By Li Fangchao now agreed to take part. during the week to see to what cal governments to encourage Qiu said. restrictive policies on vehicle-
With the theme “green trans- affect it has on the reduction of more people to participate in And the number of private ownership.
portation and health,” various pollution. such programs.” cars continues to increase by Shanghai has been imple- At least 120 million people in
At least for one day this month events will be held to enhance “The once kingdom of Qiu said the car-free day is about 20 percent each year, menting an auction policy for China have become carriers of
people, rather than cars, will public awareness of the benefits bicycle is losing its appeal,” expected to save 33 million li- much faster than the economic the registration of license plate the hepatitis B virus out of the
dominate the streets. of public transportation. Qiu Baoxing, vice-minister of ters of petrol and reduce about growth. numbers, Shenzhen increased 700 million people who once
For the first time, a national The event will culminate construction, said at a meeting 3,000 tons of harmful gases. “Our huge population and parking fees last year and were infected with it, a senior
urban public transportation with a “car-free” day on Sep- to present representatives from “Public awareness raising ac- limited land resources means Beijing has just concluded a health official said on Friday.
week will be held from Sep- tember 22, from 7 am to 7 pm. the 108 cities. tivities are good for sustainable we cannot meet urban traffic four-day trial to limit the num- Hao Yang, deputy director
tember 16-22 nationwide. Some cities will ban cars on “Fast urbanization, the development,” Magnus Gislev, demands by building more ber of private cars on the roads of the Ministry of Health’s
The Ministry of Construc- certain roads, while others on concentration of people in in charge of environmental roads,” Qiu said. in preparation for the Olympic disease control and prevention
tion proposed such an event all roads. certain areas, and an increase affairs of the delegation of “We need a strict policy on Games. bureau, revealed the figure at
a ceremony unveiling a free
hepatitis B vaccination project
for 320,000 primary school
students in northwest China’s
Tighter rules Qinghai Province.
But he did not elaborate on
details like major transmission

on bath houses, channels and geographical dis-


tribution.
“Prevention should come first
to contain this disease, which

massage parlors is highly preventable with ef-


ficient and the safe hepatitis B
vaccine available since 1982,”
he told China Daily.
By Wu Jiao bath houses and hair dressing Since 2002, China has added
saloons to have clear glass the vaccine to its routine im-
windows. munization programs, under
The Ministry of Commerce has The eastern province of which the government foots
ordered all public bath houses Zhejiang passed a regulation the bill for vaccines for all
to make their premises more ac- in March requiring all hotels newborn babies.
cessible to public inspections in and bars to install condom- In China, 40 percent of all
a bid to fight the growing sex dispensing machines. infections are mother-to-child,
trade. The new draft rules also according to Samuel So, direc-
The ministr y released stipulate that towels, slippers tor of the Asian Liver Center
draft rules on Thursday that and teacups, should be sani- at Stanford University. Unfor-
require bath houses with tized after use. tunately, very few people are
massage rooms to be viewed Water in bathing pools aware that a vaccine at birth is
openly from the outside. should also be refreshed at likely to stop the baby contract-
Foot-massage parlors must least twice a day. ing the virus.
have their cubicle doors These new rules tighten The vaccine, given as a series
unlocked when attending existing ones, which are now of three injections and costing
clients. outdated, the ministry of com- Mud trap roughly 60 yuan ($8) for each
The draft rules have been merce said. Residents of Foping County, Shaanxi Province, help push a car stuck in mud yesterday. Continuous rainstorms in the area have one, is the most cost-efficient
posted on the ministry’s web- Bath houses and massage caused flooding, and have washed down mud from the surrounding hillsides. Zhao Jianqiang and effective way to curb the
site to solicit public opinion parlors will be ranked every epidemic, which causes hun-
before September 10. two years on their standards, dreds of thousands of deaths
Commerce and health those failing will be ordered and major economic losses
authorities are determined
to combat the spread of sexu-
ally transmitted diseases in
to shut down.
“The new rules will lift ser-
vice standards of the industry
Customs step up action on IPR breaches to China every year, noted
Wang Zhao, vice-president of
China Foundation for Hepatitis
public places. and ensure customers enjoy Prevention and Control, which
Earlier last month, the com- good service,” a manager sur- By Chen Hong products, were involved. The officials, Shenzhen Customs the period leading to the arrest helped raise the $1 million
merce and health authorities named Zhou of a bath house estimated value was 15 mil- also launched campaigns to of several people. funding for the project.
ordered all hotels, resorts in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, lion yuan, ($2 million) up 38 increase IPR awareness among “Co-operation with the police “Starting with children, the
and public bath houses in the said. SHENZHEN: Shenzhen Cus- percent from a year ago, ac- companies. has proved an effective way to vaccine project is a step for-
country to provide condom- But Zhou also questioned toms dealt with 213 cases of cording to the customs. A total of 12 cases which curb increasing IPR infringe- ward to help the nation finally
dispensing machines. whether the health and com- infringement of intellectual “We have put much emphasis violated the IPR of Chinese ments in imports and exports,” shake off its notoriety as the
Some cities have already merce authorities have the property rights in the first six on protecting IPR, especially companies were detected in Wang said. ‘major hepatitis B host.’” Wang
taken the lead in cracking necessary staff to inspect all months of this year. those of domestic brands that the six-month period com- Shenzhen Customs also car- added.
down on the sex trade. bath and massages facilities in The figure represents a have entered the international pared to seven for the whole ries out joint actions with Hong Hao stressed that discrimi-
Shanghai introduced regu- the country and crackdown on year-on-year increase of 112 market,” Wang Tianwei, a pub- of last year. Kong customs and frequently nation against hepatitis B car-
lations last year requiring all the substandard ones. percent. lic relations officer of Shenzhen Closer co-operation with the exchange information. riers in fields such as employ-
A wide range of goods, in- Customs, said. police had also helped in the Hong Kong customs said the ment and education should be
cluding handbags, garments, While it provided more fight, Wang said. number of IPR violation cases in eradicated, citing the halt to
watches, mobile phones, shoes, training to improve the ca- The customs had provided Guangdong had decreased as a compulsory hepatitis B tests

Govt vows to protect cosmetics, food, and electronic pabilities of law enforcement three tip-offs to police during result of the close cooperation. for job applicants.

citizens overseas Extreme weather conditions take toll on country


By Qin Jize about 675,000 Chinese were
working overseas, mostly in By Wu Yong heatwave since 1951, with rains and floods in East China’s Yunnan Province. and wounded another 43 last
developing countries. China high temperatures also roast- Shandong Province and North- Further north and west, month. More than 588,000
Government departments has sent a total of 1,200 medi- ing Beijing, Gansu, Tibet and west China’s Xinjiang Uygur Inner Mongolia Autonomous people were forced to evacuate
vowed on Friday to improve cal personnel to foreign coun- Many parts of China experi- Inner Mongolia. Autonomous Region where rain- Region, Shaanxi Province and their homes in Central China’s
their protection of the growing tries, while 150,000 Chinese enced extreme weather condi- CMA head Zheng Guoguang fall increased 50 per cent. The Chongqing Municipality suf- Hunan Province in the wake
numbers of Chinese citizens liv- seafarers are in more than tions including heatwaves, said the country has been more severe flooding also triggered fered from ongoing droughts. of Typhoon Sepat, which has
ing and working overseas. 200 countries and regions. storms and floods last month, frequently hit by extreme landslides, which resulted in Other events include light- left two people dead and seven
The pledge, made at a In addition, more than the China Metrological Admin- weather conditions this year. 89 deaths in Southwest China’s ning strikes that killed 109 missing in the province.
ministerial-level conference 10,000 Chinese enterprises istration (CMA) said on Friday. The conditions match pre-
held at Beijing’s Diaoyutai have set up businesses in over Data indicated that last dictions in a weather forecast
State Guesthouse, came a few 200 countries and regions. month’s average temperature report jointly published by the
days after the opening of the The Foreign Ministry and reached 21.6 C, 1.1 degrees CMA, the Ministry of Science
Foreign Ministry’s consular its missions abroad have dealt warmer than usual. This is and Technology and the Chi-
protection center and its pub- with more than 31,000 consul- also the second-highest aver- nese Academy of Sciences.
lication of a revised brochure ar cases, 60 per cent of which age temperature since 1951 and It says that China’s average
on consular protection and were in Asia and Africa. only 0.3 degrees lower than last temperature rose by 0.5 to 0.8
assistance. Diplomats from the min- August’s average of 21.9 C, said degrees in the 20th century.
More and more Chinese istry’s consular division last Zhu Qiwen, deputy chief of the And the extreme weather’s
people are going overseas, year handled four evacua- disaster forecasting and relief frequency and intensity are all
with 34.52 million visits tions of a total of 800 Chinese department of the CMA. under dramatic change.
abroad last year. citizens from Solomon, East Northwest China’s Qinghai The CMA’s list of extreme
And by the end of last year, Timor, Lebanon and Tonga. Province was hit by its worst weather events includes heavy

Beijing North Star Company Limited


Apartment Management Company
Expo to show urban best practices
By Wang Zhenghua Liverpool, Zurich, Madrid and they are using clean energy
and Xu Fangjie Sao Paulo, have fi led formal or working to create a more
applications to take part in comfortable living environ-
the zone on the west bank of ment may be preferred.
SHANGHAI: Cities from across the Huangpu River, said the “I believe the development
the globe are vying to bring a bureau. of Shanghai exactly reflects
slice of their local life to the In addition, a further 58 cit- the transition from the use of
2010 Shanghai Expo. ies or regions have approached traditional energy to environ- Located inside the famous Beijing Asian Games Village
near the under-construction Olympic Village, the com-
A 15-hectare zone, called the organizer for information mentally friendly energy, and pany holds 13 lease apartment buildings, including 1,400
the Urban Best Practices and 26 have held discussions the conservation of local styles suites of guest rooms with a total floor area of more than
Area has been set aside at with Expo organizers, the in traditional buildings while 180,000 m2, and fixed assets worth RMB710 million.
The company’s properties include Hui Yuan Apartment,
the Expo, where, for the fi rst bureau said. making them more comfort- Hui Yuan International Apartment, Asian Games Village
time in the event’s history, a Selected cities will create able to live in,” he said. Hotel and Hui Yuan International Building. Apartments
run from 1-bedroom and 1-living room to 4-bedroom and
number of cities will show off blocks including real urban An international selection 2-living room, or from 50 m2 to 200 m2 in area.
cutting-edge architecture and scenes with housing, streets committee will review all the Full of innovative ideas, the company is capable of
design concepts. and waterways. proposals and have the fi nal providing specialized property management services
recognized by ISO2002 and “nanny” services that have
The Bureau of Shanghai The cities will also show say, but the bureau did not been newly introduced in the capital. Thirteen modern
Expo Coordination announced how they are striving to pro- say when the fi nalists would buildings are dotted around the 50,000 m2 Chinese
on Friday that the selection tect historically important be announced. garden. Services include international satellite television,
high-speed wideband system, catering, entertainment,
process for cities vying to architecture and safeguard A total of 163 countries shopping, leisure, fitness, banking and security facilities.
take part would be extended the environment. and international organiza- Tel: (86-10) 6499 3636 / 3528 / 1549
by a further fi ve months to Zhou Hanmin, deputy direc- tions have so far confi rmed Fax: (86-10) 6499 1548
January 31 next year. tor of the coordination bureau, their participation in the Email: xsb106@126.com
www.huiyuangongyu.com.cn
So far, 13 cities, including said that cities showing how 2010 Expo.
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CHINA
Reining in demolition By Zhu Yuan
FORUM
stricken families both in rural and
urban areas, the motivations for
begging are far more complicated
RAYMOND ZHOU
o give or not to give alms to beggars, that is the than just surviving a famine or other financial straits
decision to amend the estate for the needs of public in-
T question. caused by an unexpected mishap. hen an expatriate manager

A law on the manage-


ment of urban real es-
tate was adopted at the
session of the Standing
Committee of the National People’s
Congress that concluded on Thurs-
day. The decision gave the State
terest.
Of course, the new administra-
tive rules must not be in conflict
with the stipulation in the Prop-
erty Law. But much needs to be
done beyond this principle to rein
in random and illegal demolition
Beijing’s Haidian District government re-
cently issued an open letter to its citizens persuading
them not to open their wallets to beggars. The letter
says if residents really want to show benevolence,
they can donate to charity organizations run by the
government.
The district government believes that the number
Even with minimum living allowance system es-
tablished in all urban areas and many rural areas, it
is almost impossible to eliminate the phenomenon of
begging in China, and neither is it possible even in
developed countries.
So I partially agree with the district government’s
call. I do not want to give a penny to those who pester
W goes bananas over a small
incident, does it signify
something larger?
The Southern Metropolis Daily,
a Guangzhou-based newspaper,
reported that the French manager
of a Dongguan company pulled out
Council the mandate to make ad- by developers. of beggars will dramatically decrease on the streets passersby for money and neither do I want to spare a pistol and fired a shot at the ceiling
ministrative specifications on the “Public interest” is too abstract if people stop giving to them. any for professional beggars who are instigated or during a meeting.
demolition of properties owned a concept, which can be touted It is true that beggars on their knees do tarnish the manipulated by others. “Pierre”, who manages a French-in-
by institutions or individuals if by corrupt government officials image of clean and neat urban appearance like stains Even beggars should have manners. Those vested manufacturer of wood products,
on a clean shirt. vagabonds who play the guitar or erhu (two-stringed carries a gun and is not afraid to use it.
the demolition is in the public in their dirty dealings with Yet, cases vary for those pleading for others help bowed musical instruction) in plain but neat attire According to several workers’ accounts,
interest. developers for illegal demoli- on the streets. on the pavement exchange their music for charity. he had fired shots on at least three occa-
The Property Law, which will tions or for “image construction My memory of beggars goes back to the 1960s They never disrupt passersby and welcoming anyone sions, mostly to draw attention or calm
take effect on October 1, stipu- projects”. It is not rare that con- when I was a child. I still remember beggars pro- who appreciates their music to donate a small sum of down an unruly crowd.
lates that collectively-owned land struction projects in the name ducing documents from their local governments money. I will extend a helping hand to them. The paper could not reach Pierre for
or real estate properties in the of public interest turn out to to justify what they were doing. The document And I don’t think that such people tarnish the urban confirmation. But it did talk to the lo-
possession of institutions or in- be ones that infringe upon the said something to the effect that flooding had appearance. I would rather consider them as a social cal police, who said they had to report
dividuals can be acquired for the general public’s interest. devastated the homes and crops of these people, element that should be allowed some room to make a to higher authorities before determin-
needs of public interest, but such Emphasis must be placed on the who needed to make a temporary living through living on their own as they have the freedom to choose ing how to pursue the case because it
acquisitions must be conducted prohibition of government officials’ people’s mercy. The document also said that these their way of life. involved a foreign citizen.
within the limit of related judicial abuse of public power when it comes beggars would return to their hometowns in the As you can imagine, this has
stipulations and legal procedures. to designing the rules. The regula- coming spring to farm their land. f course, they are different from those who use unleashed another spate of anti-for-
As a result, the regulations on the
management of urban demolition
of houses enacted in 1991 will
tions must be so designed that any
construction project in the name of
public interest must prove to be true
I still remember what my father did: He gave hot
steamed bread to old ladies sitting by the roadside,
telling us that old ladies would get sick eating cold
O people’s sympathy in their favor by displaying
a miserable look or with a heart-breaking story.
Even they, I believe, should have manners. At least,
eign-employer sentiments. One media
comment was simply titled, “How can
foreigners run wild in China?”
have to be nullified because the to the name. ones. Many chose to open their wallets or offer food they should never bother those who do not want to While this is certainly not the first
old regulations do not comply with The process for getting permis- to rural villagers, who were begging to survive even open their wallets. reported case of abuse by a foreign
the new law. sion for demolitions needs to be though making a living on the mercy of others might Those who manipulate and train orphans or rural manager or employer, it is by far the
be the last thing they wanted to do. children from poverty-stricken areas into money- strangest. Previously it was either a
As a matter of fact, urban demo- designed in such a manner that The other side of the coin was the harsh reality of making machines for themselves must be punished Korean or Japanese manager who re-
lition has become a sources of pub- the construction projects be com- poverty at that time. Neither central nor local govern- as Dickensian villains. What they have done to those sorted to harsh disciplinary measures
lic complaint and anti-corruption pletely put in the spotlight. This ments could afford to deliver enough aid to help all poor children and to those whose benevolence is in dealing with Chinese employees,
departments have listed urban is not only because unreasonable the victims. abused does constitute a crime. There are reports but this Pierre acted as if he were a lit-
construction projects as one of or illegal demolitions may infringe In addition, flood prevention facilities such as em- about how these people maltreat the child beggars. tle Napoleon wielding absolute power
the major areas where corruption upon the rights and cause damage bankments were a far cry from what we have today. Children beggars under their manipulation will in his own mini-kingdom.
involving government officials is to the property of real estate own- As a result, beggars from flood-prone regions would quite likely degenerate into criminals in the future Let me add that I’m assuming eve-
most likely to take place. ers, but because such construction come almost every year. To be more exact, what- and their lives will be ruined. rything in the report is true, since I
So the new administrative rules projects will be a waste of taxpay- ever urban residents did to patron such “organized In addition, the existence of such beggars will cannot verify it independently. This
will have a bearing on how a bal- ers’ money. refugees” could be considered a form of charity on a dampen people’s willingness to show benevolence is a small technicality that many
ance can be struck between the So preventing of abuse of public voluntary basis. to those really in need of help, fearing that their readers tend to ignore. Some of my
protection of individual property power is as important as protect- donations may end up in hands of those behind earlier columns aroused controver-
rights and the demolition of real ing of property rights. ery few had developed any aversion to them them. sies because readers skipped over

V and quite a few would chat with them, asking


them about their lives in their hometowns
I will never forget the scene when my daughter, then
a senior in high school, put 1 yuan into a bowl before
my claim of assumption.

Education model and how their homes were affected by flooding.


What they wore might look shabby with patches,
but not dirty. They might look unhealthy because
a beggar when passing through a flyover. Spring
Festival was just around corner, my daughter said
it was the right time for charity and beggars should
of lack of nutrition, but nothing from their look also have a nice time during the traditional festival. I
xamination-orientededu- These changes have scratched piqued suspicion about their motivation for seeking appreciated what she did and told her that benevolence

E cation reform finally ma-


terialized with changes
to the Beijing senior high
school curriculum.
Rather than just ram down stu-
dents’ throats the subjects related
to college entrance examinations
where it really itches in the old
education model.
If successfully put into practice,
the embarrassing situation of
students with comprehension far
beyond their capability to solve
practical problems is expected
benevolence from others.
Compared with them, some beggars today, who
pester passersby for money — some even won’t let
you go by putting their arms around your legs until
you open your wallets — border on being scoundrels
or hooligans. Behind these people there might be
criminal gangs, which organize orphans or poor
was always a virtue.
But when she watched a TV program that exposed
how some people manipulate children to pester pas-
sersby for money, she told me that she would have
second thoughts before showing mercy to beggars
on the roadside. That is how people’s hearts become
hardened and what compels them choose to turn a
in the past, a credit system will be to improve. children from poverty-stricken rural areas to work blind eye to those on their knees with a sign at their
employed to provide students with It is quite possible that students as professional beggars. side explaining how desperate they were when their
much more choice in the subject of talented in particular fields whose It was reported that some who organized such beg- parents were fatally ill and they have to continue If the report is to be believed, what
science and liberal arts. genius might have otherwise been gars have made a great fortune themselves — some their education. Pierre did was insane, not to mention
have become millionaires. With a social security system in place to guarantee illegal. In China, only very select au-
Under the old model, students wasted may have a better chance Because both central and local governments have the basic living conditions of all residents in both thorized groups are allowed to carry
learned to pass examinations. of development under the new done a great deal establishing social security systems urban and rural areas, the real beggars — those to beg firearms. This trigger-happy French
All are learning the same sub- curriculum. of various kinds to provide financial aid for poverty- for survival — have greatly decreased and will further executive reminds one of some notori-
jects and take the same exami- No doubt the moves are meant to decrease. ous despots who made overdramatic
nations. As a result, the scores change the examination-oriented The district scenes with their power.
are the sole benchmark as to education model so that the focus government Coincidentally, Pierre did not leave
whether a student is successful is on improving students’ overall did the right until one of the “smart” guys at the
or not. Students are passively qualities. To be exact, to make thing by per- meeting started applauding him
shaped by the needs of the edu- students learn not for the sake suading rather while the rest sat “stunned”. This
cation model and therefore do not of examinations only, but for us- than ordering could be a scene from a movie.
pursue their own way of devel- ing what they’ve learned in the residents to Could something like this happen
opment according to their own future. avoid giving in the real world, in the 21st century?
interest and characteristics. Whether the reforms can be suc- to beggars, If it did happen, as the paper said it
In the new curriculums, teach- cessful depends on how the stu- since there are did on August 18, the reason is other
ers no longer ram knowledge down dents to be trained under the cur- always those than the kind of “foreign superior-
students’ throat, but instead guide riculums will be able to adapt to who are cor- ity” that netizens and online pundits
students to understand what they the college entrance examinations. nered into sud- denounce, but kowtowing to whoever
are learning. The practice courses If most fail the examinations, we den financial controls one’s fate. The nationality of a
straits. They person with this kind of braggadocio
will require students to use their can hardly say such reform will may need oth- is of little relevance, if any. It is essen-
own wisdom to solve problems. Se- be able to continue unless the ex- ers to extend a tially an employer-employee relation-
lective courses will meet students’ aminations are reformed to adapt helping hand. ship that is at the core of this incident
different needs. to the new model. On the and is warped beyond belief.
The changes make it possible However difficult it will be to other hand, We Chinese people can put up with
for education to serve the needs reform the college entrance ex- residents have a lot of abuse. Some people call it “re-
of students so that they may best aminations, the job must be done the freedom to silience” and deem it a virtue. Some
develop towards the kind of per- in a gradual manner to pave the make their own private enterprises employ quasi-mili-
son they wish to become in the way for the new model in senior decision to give tary management styles. We’ve all seen
future. high school. or not to give. restaurant workers being lined up and
“trained” as if they were soldiers. And
we’ve heard of some lines of workers,
such as waiters and hair-washers, be-
ing ordered to render their services
Building mutual trust key to Sino-Japanese relations while kneeling down.
Even in the US, Chinese-run
businesses have been reported to
defer payment and otherwise act in
By Yang Yi problems that are by no means eas- security relationship, in the general settling disputes between them. In regional affairs. violation of labor laws and ethics.
ily settled. context of pushing for the mutual ben- the same manner, both China and But after the end of the Cold War, Even today, there is still the linger-
Bilateral military relations are one eficial strategic relationship between Japan should refrain from joining in recent years in particular, Japan ing notion that a non-State-owned
hinese Defense Minister Gen- of these problems. the two nations. any political and military alliances has been in pursuit of the status of enterprise could be Dickensian in

C eral Cao Gangchuan’s current


Japan visit is not only an impor-
tant exchange between Chinese and
The military relationship is the
most sensitive area and is also a wind
vane indicating good or bad faring of
This cannot be achieved overnight. targeted at the other side.
Instead, it calls for the two sides to China has now embarked on the
work steadily and make progress road toward peaceful development.
political and military power, citing
being a “normal country.”
Whether or not Japan will continue
treating its employees.
Fortunately, in the past decade, we
have gained a heightened sense of em-
Japanese armed forces, but a crucial the bilateral ties. towards that goal step by step. China is accelerating the pace of to travel along the road of peaceful de- ployee rights. More and more people
event in the development of the two It could either pose an obstacle For that purpose, both China military modernization for the sake of velopment depends on whether or not have the guts to stand up to abusive
nations’ relations. to bilateral relations or serve as an and Japan should stick to the road contributing to world peace, stability the country can win the trust of Asian bosses, whether Chinese or expat.
China and Japan are neighbors engine powering the progress of of peaceful development, adhere to and prosperity. It pledges to perma- countries and the world at large. While the legal environment is
separated by just “a strip of water” the ties. the principles of defensive military nently adhere to a defensive military Now that China-Japan relations are working in their favor, another factor
and both are countries that have great At present, China and Japan largely strategy, correctly define one another strategy. Japan should, therefore, improving in an all-around way, both is against them. If your job is highly
influence on the world. As a result, lack mutual strategic trust in the area strategically, recognize each other’s recognize China’s rational rights countries’ militaries should seize the replaceable, you’ll be amazed how
their bilateral relations have a great of military security. political appeal and legitimate rights and refrain from trumpeting up the golden opportunity to promote inter- much maltreatment you can take. And
deal to do with regional and world This not only arrests the develop- and co-operate with one another in “China threat”, let alone advocating action on various levels and boost it’s not just a Chinese characteristic.
peace, stability and prosperity. ment of Sino-Japanese strategic mu- bilateral and multi-lateral frame- bilateral or multi-lateral military- mutual understanding and reduce When employees are armed with le-
Last year, top leaders from China tually-beneficial relations but is also works. alliance frameworks in an effort to misgivings in order to guarantee the gal knowledge, a gun-toting boss will
and Japan reached a consensus on prone to trigger mistrust between the At the same time, both sides should contain China. steady progress of bilateral strategic think twice before going berserk.
pushing for the introduction of a stra- two countries, which easily leads to avoid challenging each other’s core In the wake of World War II, Japan mutually-beneficial relationship.
tegic mutually-beneficial relationship. misjudgment, or, in the worst case national interests and refrain from stuck to the constitution of peace and EMAIL: RAYMONDZHOU @ CHINADAILY.COM.CN
This helped chart the future develop- scenario, crisis and conflict. interfering in each other’s internal trekked along the road of economic The author is rear admiral of the
ment of bilateral ties. In view of this, it is feasible for the affairs. Both sides should not regard development, steering clear of the old Chinese Navy and director of the In- To comment, e-mail
Still, China-Japan relations face two sides to forge a mutually-ben- each other as potential adversaries, militarist rut. Therefore, Japan played stitute for Strategic Studies, National opinion@chinadaily.com.cn
Earth graphics by Google Earth All information provided by the Central Meteorological Observatory
challenges posed by structural eficial Chinese-Japanese military use force, or threaten to use force, in a very important part in world and Defense University, PLA
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CHINA DAILY LIFE SEPTEMBER 1 - 2, 2007 5

Dunhuang
reflects
director
Zhou Bing’s
understanding
of Dunhuang
in Northwest
China’s Gansu
Province.
File Photo

Test of both worlds


A young director is using two different Taiwanese dancer and choreographer
Jessie Fan.
little experience?
“Documentaries require that you
mediums to explore the history of a However, while Zhou admits that
“there are many problems”, he is still
present facts and real information
about the subject while drama
sacred relics site. Chen Jie reports confident about the play because it
boasts “the cream of Chinese arts
allows you to free your imagination
and present a more personal
and culture for a drama”. interpretation of the subject. What I
n the original plan, the drama To some extent, the play is Zhou’s Traditionally, Dun means large, could not say in the documentary, I

I Dunhuang was supposed to run


after China Central Television
broadcasts the documentary of
the same title. Leo Wang, initia-
tor of Dunhuang Culture Promotion
Foundation which financed both the
play and the documentary, said that
personal reflections of Dunhuang
where he and his crew shot the
documentary over the last three
years. So naturally the play is
seen through the eyes of a group of
documentary crew. The “director”
and the “camera man” argue about
while Huang means prosperous.
However after much research, Zhou
found that Huang also means the
light.
“I found most paintings and
sculptures in the caves of Dunhuang
expressed people’s pursuit of light.
could say in the play,” Zhou says.
In some parts of the play Zhou’s
creativity comes to the fore. For
example, he portrays Abbot Wang
and Stein from a new perspective.
Chinese used to consider Wang as
a traitor to the nation and Stein an
he thought the documentary would the merits of the Hungarian-born The diverse religions and beliefs infamous crook. But in the play, both
spur audiences to go to the theater to British archeologist Marc Aurel Documentaries require popular in Dunhuang all hold respect have their own reasons to do what
find out more about Dunhuang. Stein (1862-1943) who bribed that you present facts and pursuit of light. So one of the they did.
However, the play premiered at Abbot Wang Yuanlu, the leader of themes of both the documentary The 1,600-year-long history is
Poly Theater last Thursday while the the monastic group in charge of the and real information and the play is different persons’ retold in one day. Use of multi-
documentary is scheduled to go on the caves at Dunhuang, and smuggled about the subject while understanding and pursuit of light,” media, featuring three huge screens
air at the end of this year. away thousands of treasured says Zhou, a Buddhist. on both sides and the back of the
Local theater-goers went to the manuscripts written in Chinese, drama allows you to free The other major theme of both stage, highlights the mysterious
premiere with great expectations Sanskrit, Sogdian, Tibetan and your imagination and the documentary and the play is atmosphere of the holy place. Though
because it was written and Runic Turki in 1907. present a more personal the harmony of different cultures the premiere in Beijing failed to
directed by Zhou Bing, a newcomer In the next scene, the Abbot Wang in Dunhuang. For this reason, Zhou live up to people’s expectations,
to theater but his TV documentary and Stein appear on stage and guide interpretation of the believes the play reflects issues facing the Dunhuang Cultural Promotion
The Forbidden Cit y (2004) was the audience on an expedition across subject. today’s global community. Foundation will support Zhou to
critically acclaimed. What’s more, time and space into the lives of Yue “No matter in the past or today, revise it and tour it abroad.
Zhang Guangtian, China’s leading Zun, who dug the very first cave in ZHOU BING (PICTURED ABOVE) people face the same problems, No doubt, the show will pique
avant-garde theater director, is also Dunhuang in AC 366; Monk Tan Director of drama Dunhuang how different civilizations develop people’s interest about Dunhuang.
involved in the production. But to Wubi, a prince in the Southern and themselves while communicating But as more and more people visit
most people’s disappointment, Northern Dynasties (AD 420-589) and conflicting with each other. the sacred place, the paintings and
though the play does focus on some who gave up wealth and fame to Cheng Fo’er who dies for love More than 1,000 years ago, sculptures in the caves will degrade
aspects of Dunhuang, it is not an practice Buddhism in Dunhuang; represents a woman’s pursuit for Dunhuang was the center of various as a result. This is what Leo Wang
impressive drama. Cheng Fo’er, a girl who used to be love while painter Shi Xiaoyu who ethnic peoples. The cultures of and other Dunhuang experts have
Possibly the crew themselves were a royal dancer at the court of Tang divorced his wife and sells his son ancient Greece, India, Persia and worried about.
not confident about the play which Dynasty (AD 618-907) and was in order to concentrate on painting China met there and together “It’s great to let more people see
began production merely four months later stranded in Dunhuang; and is an extreme example of devotion created the rich and prosperous Dunhuang’s amazing arts, but I also
ago. They closed dress rehearsal from Shi Xiaoyu, a cave painter in Yuan to art. arts and culture in Dunhuang.” worry the caves will not be able to
the press, reworked the plot up until Dynasty (1206-1368). The play also features long Zhou’s previous documentary, The bear so many visitors. If the caves
the opening day and even changed In Zhou’s interpretation, Tan’s monologues by every character and Forbidden City, proves his ability in were damaged, we would all be
the ending scene six hours before the deeds represent the monk’s some enchanting dance routines that medium. But why did he choose guilty,” says Fan Jinshi, president of
curtains went up. indifference to wealth and fame; choreographed by well-known to pursue theater, of which he has the Dunhuang Research Institute.

Showing how home-grown conductors can set off sparks


By Chen Jie Ye’s symphony Kunlun and Guo’s a good job,” he says. play in step with the trend of world
poem Jiangshan Ruci Duojiao will The coming season will contemporary music. It plans to
premiere this season. also feature the works of a perform Polish composer Krzysztof
ast is to meet West at the concert Borrowing tunes from the number of Chinese musicians Penderecki’s Symphony No 8, which

E hall this concern season, as the


China Philharmonic Orchestra
(CPO) is revving up to present both
folk music of Northwest China’s
Qinghai Province — home of
the Kunlun Mountains — Ye’s
and instrumentalists, such as
conductors Lu Jia, Zhang Yi and
Wang Jin, pianists Lang Lang and
was commissioned by Beijing Music
Festival, on October 24. Russian
cellist Nina Kotova will debut a cello
old Western compositions and con- three-movement Kunlun features Xu Zhong, violinists Xue Wei, Chai concerto that she commissioned
temporary Chinese classical works. melodies that would appeal to Liang, Zeng Cheng, Wen Wei and British composer Michael Nyman
Their mission is twofold: ordinary listeners. Xie Nan, cellist Sun Xiaoqi, and to write.
promote contemporary Chinese The composer says he is pleased mezzo-soprano Liang Ning, Cao In addition to the 27 concerts in
music to a local audience that with the progress of rehearsals. Zheng and soprano Rao Lan. Beijing and two New Year’s concerts
hasn’t yet developed a passion “It is even better than what In addition to contemporary in Shenzhen, CPO and prominent
for the classic music of their I had expected,” he says. “The Chinese music and a classic Chinese pianist Lang Lang will set
homeland and prove that China strings sound very warm, and I Western repertoire, CPO would out a world tour in May of 2008.
can go toe-to-toe with orchestras myself was deeply touched. The
from abroad when performing orchestra members are quick to
Western compositions. figure out what I want. I have
CPO will kick off its 07/08 collaborated with most Chinese
season at Poly Theater tonight CPO’s artistic director and chief conductor Yu Long Chao Xiao orchestras, and CPO is the best
with Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano one, with the highest degree of
Concerto and Chinese composer prominence worldwide, it has up “All these composers have won professionalism.”
Ye Xiaogang’s commissioned until now largely fallen on deaf ears critical acclaim abroad, and these Ye said that when he was
symphony Kunlun. Yu Long, artistic at home. works have been played by many commissioned to create new
director and chief conductor of CPO, To drum up enthusiasm about foreign orchestras. CPO will play compositions, Yu gave him two
will take the baton, and Korean contemporary Chinese music more of these works in the following choices of subject matter; one was
pianist Kun Woo Paik will tickle the among locals and to showcase the seasons to let more Chinese people Kunlun, and the other was poet Qu
ivories as well as audiences’ fancies. development of Chinese music over know that we don’t just have the Yuan’s Nine Songs. Ye believes Nine
The opening concert’s program is the past 20 years, CPO will play Yellow River Cantata, the violin con- Songs could make use of many of
intended to highlight the themes of Guo Wenjing’s symphony Shu Dao certo Butterfly Lovers or Ode to the the latest composing techniques.
the year. Nan (Hard Are the Ways of Sichuan), Red Flag. Chinese music has been When setting Kunlun to music, he
Western maestros, such as bamboo flute concerto Chou at the forefront of the global classic plans to create a symphony for the
Beethoven, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Kong Shan (Sorrowful, Desolate music scene,” says Yu. masses, using simple language and
Tchaikovsky, Bach, Haydn, Chopin Mountain), Tan Dun’s Secret Land for In addition to performing existing popular folk tunes.
and Strauss, have won sizeable Orchestra and 12 Violoncelli, Tang Chinese music, CPO has com- “It’s challenging to compose a
fan bases in China. But despite Jianping’s Suite of Jing Wei and Jin missioned Ye Xiaogang and Guo symphony that ordinary people
contemporary classic music’s rising Xiang’s opera The Prairie. Wenjing to compose new works. would appreciate. I hope I have done Russian cellist Nina Kotova Jiang Dong
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LISTINGS ish Dance Theater is one of the


major forces in contemporary
Lords of the rings: The
Chinese Acrobatics Group, es-
came together through their
shared passion for jazz and
houses 98 Chinese paintings
from the Palace Museum cre-
dance in Denmark. Its aim tablished in 1950, will put on have found creative ways to ated by artists of 10 painting
BEIJING is to push the borders of the a performance that includes use computers for sampling schools. An open-air Sino-Bel-
perception of dance. The gap traditional acrobatics, circus, and mixing jazz tunes. gian Cultural Corridor uses
STAGE between contemporary and magic, old Beijing folk plays Time: 7:30 pm, September 5 texts and images to illustrate
classical dance is the signa- and more. The show blends Place: Star Live, 79 Hepingli the cultural differences.
Broadway blast: Beijing ture of Tim Rushton and the music, dance, local opera and Xijie, to the south gate of Ditan Time: 8:30 am-5 pm, until
Playhouse will perform the company. martial arts with acrobatics. Park September 5
Broadway musical Guys and Time: 7:30 pm, September 14 Time: 7:30 pm, daily Tel: 6425-5677 Place: Meridian Gate (Wu
Dolls. The musical features Place: Opera House of People’s Place: Tiandi Theater, Dongsi Men) and Hall of Martial
such memorable tunes as Luck Liberation Army, 60 Desheng- Shitiao, 100 meters north EXHIBITIONS Valor (Wuying Dian), Palace
Be A Lady Tonight, Sit Down mennei Dajie, Jishuitant of Poly Theater, Chaoyang Museum, 4 Jingshan Qianjie,
and You’re Rockin’ the Boat. Tel: 6406-9999 District All that shines: Scottish Dongcheng District
Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando Tel: 6416-9893 contemporary silverware Tel: 8511-7575
and Jean Simmons made creates a sparkling world for
famous such wacky Guys and Opera up-close: The cham- visitors to the Beijing World EVENTS Through her eyes: A retrospective show of works by Pan
Dolls characters as Harry the ber-edition Kunqu Opera of Art Museum. Yuliang (1895-1977) at the Capital Museum provides a
Horse, Liver Lips Louie, Angie The Peony Pavilion (Mudan Scotland is one of the impor- Read all about it: The 14th glimpse into the world of one of China’s pioneering modern
the Ox, Miss Adelaide, Sarah Ting) by renowned theater tant silverware production Beijing International Book female artists. The exhibition of more than 200 works from
Brown, Nathan Detroit and director Lin Zhaohua is being bases of Europe, and the cre- Fair is a chance to buy the the 1930s to the 1950s has been selected from the categories
Nicely-Nicely. It is performed staged every Friday and Sat- ators of the works on display latest from publishers and of 4,700 Pan’s of works. They cover portrait, nude, still life
in English with Chinese urday at the Imperial Granary are some of Scotland’s most dealers around the world. and animal themes, with mediums including oil on canvas,
subtitles. of Beijing. famous masters. Time: 9 am-4 pm, until Sep- ink and color, engraving and sketching.
Time: 7:30 pm, Friday and Kunqu Opera, China’s most The silverware collections of tember 3 Born in Yangzhou of Jiangsu Province, Pan studied at the
Saturday; 2 pm on Sunday, ancient form of drama, was 10 celebrities of movie, opera Place: China International Ex- Shanghai Fine Arts School from 1918, as one of the few
September 7-30 listed as a “masterpiece of the and music constitute the main hibition Center, 6 Beisanhuan Chinese women of her time to receive a modern education.
Place: CIS Theater, 1 km east oral and intangible heritage part of the show named Silver Donglu, Chaoyang District In 1921, she studied in Paris and Rome.
of Kempinksi, Chaoyang of humanity” by UNESCO in of the Stars. Tel: 8460-0000 Time: 9 am-5 pm, until November 15
District 2001. Time: 9 am-5 pm, until Sep- Place: Capital Museum, 16 Fuxingmenwai Dajie, Xicheng
Tel: 139-1005-2384 The Imperial Granary seats tember 21 Crackle and Pop: The Beijing District
just 60 people, so the audience Place: China Millennium Pop Festival, one of the big- Tel: 6337-0491
Love on a wing: This sits close enough to see every Monument, 9 A Fuxing Lu, gest outdoor music events in Photo by Jiang Dong
musical retells the touch- subtle expression of the ac- Haidian District Asia, boasts a lineup of big-
ing Chinese legend Butterfly Splendor of silence: tors, while no microphone will Tel: 6851-3322 name acts, including leading
Lovers. With an investment of Ko Nam’s landscape be needed for spectators to hip-hop stars Public Enemy inspired by the Kunqu Opera nally comes from the Middle
50 million yuan, the original paintings feature vibrant soak in the acoustic details of Dashing art: What is the and Nine Inch Nails, winners Peony Pavilion. East.
musical attracted Gilles Ma- sceneries ranging from vocals and instruments, just prime objective of art educa- of two Grammy Awards. The Time: 7:30 pm, September Time: 8 pm, September 7
heau from Canada as director, pastures and forests to like during the Ming Dynasty tion? What qualities does a festival also features Brett An- 11-30 Place: Chamber Hall, Xinghai
esteemed Chinese musician waterfalls and cliffs. He (1368-1644). contemporary visual artist derson, the founder and lead Place: Shanghai Oriental Art Concert Hall, Ersha Island
Sanbao as the musical director has created a unique Time: 7:30 pm, every Friday have? These are two questions vocalist of Suede, performing Center, Tel: 020-8735-3869, 020-8735-
and writer Guan Shan and decorative style that has and Saturday to be explored at a novel art a mixed solo set. 425 Dingxiang Lu; Shanghai 2222-886
Xu Qing as the playwrights. won him acclaim at home Place: The Imperial Granary, exhibition at the studio of Li Time: September 8, 9 Dramatic Art Center,
Most of the actors are from the and abroad. 22 Dongsi Shitiao Xiangqun, professor with the Place: Chaoyang Park 288 Anfu Lu Key concert: Chinese pianist
Beijing Dance Academy and Born in Sichuan Province, Tel: 6409-6477, 136-0125- Academy of Fine Arts, Tsing- Tel: 6406-8888 Tel: 021-6473-1234 Xu Yun and Sun Mengyuan
Central Academy of Drama. Ko Nam lost his hearing 9568 (in English), 138-0138- hua University. will jointly present works
Time: 7:30 pm, September at the age of 3. The dis- 6998 (in Japanese) The display, entitled Sally, by Chopin, Beethoven and
11-20 ability didn’t prevent him presents nearly 100 instal- Schubert.
Place: Poly Theater, 14 Dong- from pursuing art. He CONCERTS lations and videos by 45 Time: 8 pm, September 8
zhimen Nandajie, Dongcheng now lives in Hong Kong. students of sculpture and Place: Chamber Hall, Xinghai
District Time: 12 am-6 pm, Symphonic sounds: The painting from Tsinghua Concert Hall, Ersha Island
Tel: 6506-5345 Monday; 10 am-6 pm, China Philharmonic Orches- University. Tel: 020-8735-3869, 020-8735-
Tuesday to Sunday, until tra will present a concert of Curated by the noted art critic 2222-886
Razzle dazzle: Delirio, a September 2 Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No Professor Dao Zi, the exhibi-
legendary dance group that Place: Wan Fung Art Gal- 3 in D minor. Yu Long will tion appeals to the idea that EXHIBITIONS
has crowned many world lery, 136 Nanchizi Dajie, conduct alongside the pianist the art education should make
champions, will bring a Dongcheng District Bai Jianyu. a sally by returning to its ori- Off on the right foot: This
performance of Latin dance Tel: 6523-3320 Time: 7:30 pm, September 1 gin — cultivating artists with exhibition about the history
to Beijing. Known for its zesty Place: Poly Theater, 14 Dong- great creativity, instead of of Italian footwear, hosted by
Latin-styled music, dancing zhimen Nandajie, Dongcheng only seeking fame and wealth. the China-Italy Chamber of
and acrobatics, Delirio, which Legend of kungfu: This District Time: September 2-October 7 Commerce at the Art Museum
hails from South America, is show tells the story of a young Tel: 6506-5345 Place: O Workshop Art Center, of the Guangzhou Academy of
described as having a most monk’s journey from child- 798 Art Zone, 4 Jiuxianqiao Fine Arts, will extrapolate the
“memorable formula” by inter- hood to kungfu master. Over- Fly the Koop: They hail from Lu, Chaoyang District A wider stage: Kang Jianfei will present his latest oil long history of the of Italian
national media. coming many temptations, Sweden but deliver Caribbean Tel: 8456-5809, 135-0108-8316 paintings created since 2003. The hidden sadness and de- footwear. It would look at five
Time: 7:30 pm, September 14 he finally reaches his sacred steel drum anthems, served pression found in his paintings originate from deep feelings centuries of history of Italian
Place: Beizhan Theater, Xizhi- goal of enlightenment through with a generous dose of pop Beyond language: Lan- about the ongoing rapid development of the world around us. shoemaking.
menwai Dajie, Haidian District hard work.This features ex- and jazz samples. Koop will guage is more than a tool of Time: September 15-October 15 The exhibition, one of the
Tel: 6835-4455 quisite kungfu performances, fly into town this month to communication. It has also Place: Deshan Arts Space festivals of Art in Life 2007’s
breathtaking acrobatics and show Beijing what their mixed been sculpted into an artis- Tel: 6433-2622 programs, also displays pho-
Danish dance: British dance delicate costumes. sound is all about. tic form and redefined by tos related to Italian shoemak-
guru Tim Rushton will bring Time: 7:30 pm, daily The group has maintained its contemporary artists. A unit ing history.
his Danish Dance Theater to Place: Red Theater, 44 Xingfu own musical brand over 12 of artists from China, South SHANGHAI Romantic razzmatazz: The Time: 9 am-5 pm, daily except
present a show in Beijing. Dajie, Workers’ Cultural Pal- years, releasing three albums Korea and Japan are display- renowned Shanghai writer Monday, until September 26
Established in 1981, the Dan- ace of Chongwen District in that time. The two musicians ing their multi-media works, STAGE Tang Ying will sign for her Place: Art Museum,
by which they try to create latest book about the romance Guangzhou Academy of Fine
a new language between the Rising voice: The Broadway shared by one woman and Arts, Changgang Lu, Haizhu
musical 42nd Street is a classic
Hungary? Here’s a few cultural appetizers audience and art. Flickering
3D images, installations, inter- backstage story, telling the
three men.
In her words, the book
District
Tel: 020-8442-9572, 020-8449-
active videos and the portraits tale of a young actress named explores courage, persistence 7083
of the artists, the communica- Peggy Sawyer who goes and sacrifice in love affairs.
By Chen Jie tion between the audience and from being a chorus girl to Tang is collaborating with Women of wonderment:
artists crosses the border of becoming a Broadway star. photographer Er Dongqiang This exhibition displays
linguistics. This production, directed by for the design of the ceremony. traditional Chinese paintings,
As Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Time: 10 am-8:30 pm, daily Mark Bramble and produced Time: 7:30 pm, September 5 oil paintings, watercolors,
Gyurcsany visits China, a week-long Hun- except Monday, until Septem- by Troika Entertainment and Place: Er Dongqiang Studio, 2, gouache paintings and comics,
gary Festival will be launched in Beijing ber 30 Broadway Asia, will tour Lane 210 Taikang Lu which tell the tale of the evolu-
to enhance the cultural ties between Place: Soka Art Center, China this fall. Tel: 021- 6415-0675 tion of women’s lives.
China and the central European country. Room 101-103, B, Sky& Sea Time: 7:15 pm, September Time: 9 am-5 pm, until De-
Supported by the Ministry of Culture, Plaza, 105 Dongsi Bei Dajie, 5-21 Titanic tale: The German cember 31
Embassy of Hungary in Beijing and China Dongcheng District Place: Shanghai Majestic Consulate-general in Shang- Place: Li Xiongcai Art Gal-
Performing Arts Agency, the event will Tel: 8401-5810, 8401-2377 Theater, 66 Jiangning Lu hai will screen the German lery, inside the Guangzhou
bring the best of Hungarian arts and art- Tel: 021-6217-2426 film Titanic. Museum of Art, Luhu Lu
ists to China. To the letter: Based on the Although planned as anti-Brit- Tel: 020-8365-9337
The festival will open with a gala show fundamental practice of tra- CONCERTS ish propaganda and aimed at
featuring Hungarian music, an operette, ditional Chinese ink painting the English moneyed aris-
folk dance and ballet (pictured) at the and calligraphy, Zhuang Ji Symphonic style: The tocracy, the film by directors
Forbidden City Concert Hall on September started tackling more abstract Berliner Symphoniker has Herbert Selpin and Werner
2. The program contains the music of great techniques in the later years. established itself as one of the Klingler was nevertheless
composers, including Franz Liszt, Zoltan Incorporating a “running cur- most influential orchestras in banned from German movie
Kodály and Bela Bartók, the finest selec- sive” style into his oil works, the world over 30 years. theaters. The Nazi censors
tion of Hungarian ethnic music and elegant he uses spontaneous brush Under the baton of the chief feared the German audience
operetta. strokes and a special marginal conductor Lior Shambadal might see the sinking ship as
The well-known Hungarian artists, scheme. since 1997, the orchestra a metaphor for the fall of the
including pianist Tamas Vasary, dancer Time: 9 am-5 pm, until Sep- will interpret Beethoven’s “Third Reich”.
Henriett Tunyogi, soprano Agi Szaloki and tember 4 Symphony No 3, Brahms’ Hun- Director Herbert Selpin was
the musicians of the Gypsy band Romano Place: National Art Museum of garian Dances and Dvorak’s arrested for his criticism over
Drom, will take the local audience on a China, 1 Wusi Dajie Slawische Dances. Hitler’s Wehrmacht and was
journey to Hungary — a journey through Orchestra of Traditional Chinese Music on Tel: 8403-3500 Time: 7:30 pm, September 14 later found hanged in his
different times, places and emotions. September 3. Place: Shanghai Oriental Art prison cell.
Tamas Vasary, 74, is one of the most On September 4, audiences will see an operet- Pious painting: The Qing Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu Time: 7 pm, September 7 Crystal strokes: Taiwan
renowned pianists of our time. He made his ta highlight show performed by the Budapest Op- Court Arhat painting exhi- Tel: 021-6854-1234 Place: Cultural Section of the artist Liu Ming Wu is dis-
debut with an orchestra in 1941. He won eretta Theater. Monika Fischl and Szilvi Szendy bition provides a window German Consulate-general in playing 60 pottery paint-
the First Prize in the Liszt Competition and their partners, Zsolt Vadasz and Karoly into religious art of the past. Spanish songs: The Or- Shanghai, 318 Fuzhou Lu ings and sculptures at
in Budapest at the age of 15. He has been Peller, accompanied by pianist Karoly Sillo and Worshipped as Buddhist dei- questa Filarmonica de Gran Tel: 021-6391-2068, ext 602 the National Art Museum
music director and principal conductor of some of the finest Gypsy musicians, will take the ties by the Qing Dynasty (AD Canaria from Spain (the of China. His brushwork
the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra audience to Hungary of the last century. 1644-1911) imperial family, ar- Spanish Philharmonic) will not only combines pottery
(1993-2004) and Laureate Conductor of the The festival will also run a puppet show hats were traditional subjects present Joaquin Rodrigo’s GUANGZHOU making and drawing
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra adapted from Petofi’s poet Hero on September 7 in the Qing court’s religious La Vida Breve, Bizet’s Car- but also fuses Chinese
since 2005. In 1998, Vasary received the and 8. And an exhibition featuring 193 paint- paintings. The museum has men Suite, Sarasate’s Aires CONCERTS painting techniques with
Gold Medal from the president of the Hun- ings by Hungarian gypsy artists collected by contributed a number of Bohemios and Zapateado, and Western aesthetics.
garian Republic and the Kossuth Prize, the the Budapest Congress Center and the Hungary related thangkas and paint- Manuel de Falls’s The Three Starting the season: Sergei Liu started to learn
most important cultural award in Hungary. National Museum will run at the Bo Yi Gallery ings commissioned by local Cornered Hat for its fi rst Vassilievitch Rachmaninoff’s Chinese painting and cal-
As both a conductor and pianist, he has for three months. governments or created by concert in Shanghai. concerto works will high- ligraphy at the age of 3.
worked with some of the best orchestras Opening show court painters. Time: 7:30 pm, September 16 light the opening gala of He also received a strictly
in the world, including the Berlin Philhar- Time: 7:30 pm, September 2 Time: 8:30 am-5 pm, daily Place: Shanghai Concert Hall, Guangzhou Symphony Orches- disciplined education in
monic, New York Philharmonic, French Place: Forbidden City Concert Hall Place: Palace of Prolonging 523 Yan’an Dong Lu tra 2007-2008 Music Season. oil painting, stone and
National Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Tel: 6559-8285 Happiness (Yanxi Gong) of Tel: 021-6386-2836 Yu Long will conduct along- wood carving, and civil
BBC Symphony, Scottish National Orchestra Ethnic concert Palace Museum, 4 Jingshan side South Korean pianist Kun engineering. He engaged
and Orchestre de Paris. Time: 7:30 pm, September 3 Qianjie, Dongcheng District EVENTS Woo Paik. in the pottery art circle
Born in 1974, choreographer and dancer Place: Concert Hall of Central Orchestra of Tel: 8511-7575 Time: 8 pm, September 8 some 40 years ago.
Henriett Tunyogi graduated in 1994 from Traditional Chinese Music, 15 Xiaoying Road, Fancy footwork: The Place: Symphony Hall, Xing- Time: 9 am-5 pm, until
the Hungarian Dance Academy and joined Chaoyang District Sino-Belgian bash: A show famous dancer Jin Xing will hai Concert Hall, Ersha Island September 3
the Hungarian National Ballet the same Tel: 6491-9081 of Chinese and Belgian paint- host the Second Contempo- Tel: 020-8735-3869, 020-8735- Place: 1 Wusi Dajie
year. In 2003, she joined the Opera House Operette show ings compares the techniques rary Dance Festival, teaming 2222-886 Tel: 8403-3500
of Leipzig. She has collaborated with Vasary Time: 7:30 pm, September 4 of the two countries across up 10-plus dance troupes
on a few productions, which ran in Rome Place: Concert Hall of Central Orchestra of five centuries (1450-1950). from all over the world. Traditional tunes: Yangqin
and Budapest. Traditional Chinese Music, 15 Xiaoying Road, One exhibition features 76 Jin Xing will also lead her player Liu Jingjia will perform
Hungarian folk and ethnic musicians Chaoyang District Western paintings of Baroque own troupe to present her a solo concert. The trapezoidal To comment or alert us to a story,
will present a concert at the Central Tel: 6491-9081 art from 11 museums and pri- latest production Dream of yangqin is a Chinese ham- e-mail features@chinadaily.com.cn
vate collections, while another Peony Pavilion, which was mered dulcimer that origi-
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do is set your
mind to it and
A Kakuro consists of a playing area Fill in the grid you will be able
of filled and empty cells similar to a so that every to deal with any
crossword puzzle. Some black cells row, every and all difficult
contain a diagonal slash from top column, and situations that
Yesterday’s solution
left to bottom right with numbers in every 3x3 could arise.
them, called “the clues”. A number box contains Your positive and tenacious attitude
in the top right corner relates to an the digits 1 will achieve victory for you.
“across” clue and one in the bottom through 9.
left a “down” clue. Libra (Sept 23-Oct 23)
The object of a Kakuro is to insert You can expect
digits from 1-9 into the white cells a shift in condi-
to total the clue associated with it. tions, but it’ll
However, no digit can be duplicated be a good one.
in an entry. Others will now
be willing to go
Distributed by The New York Times Syndicate Distributed by The New York Times Syndicate out of their way
for you in the
very same area where they previ-
ously had refused to deal.

ChaoyangTheatre Acrobatics Macrocosm


BRIDGE By Phillip Alder

Mark Twain wrote, “Be careful about


Count your losers by looking at your 13
cards and taking dummy’s honors into
account. You should see four possible
Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)
Keep any and
Top acrobatic artists from all over the
country exhibit the charm and
reading health books. You may die of a losers: one spade and three diamonds. all negotiations
elegance of the acrobatic art misprint.” There are two common ways of elimi- as uncomplicat-
with uncanny speed, power and I wonder what he would have thought nating losers: ruff them on the board or ed as possible
agility. The thrilling 75- of the title of a Lewis B. Frumkes book: discard them. Here, since dummy has by banning
minute show will amaze you
at every turn.
“How to Raise Your I.Q. by Eating Gifted only two diamonds and you have three, others who don’t
Children.” you can ruff your third diamond. belong in the
www.bjcy At the bridge table, you often use your Take the first trick (I would use proceedings.
I.Q. to find a way to eat losers -- a much dummy’s king to keep the ace as a later
more palatable process. How would you hand entry, but it does not matter here) Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)
Time for acrobatics: do that on this deal? You reach four and immediately play a diamond. (Yes, Actions you
5:15-6:15 pm, hearts, and West leads the club queen. you can afford a round of trumps, but take to enhance
7:15-8:30 pm, Your two-heart rebid guaranteed at other layouts would make that fatal.) your image will
nightly least a six-card suit. North jumped Let’s suppose they win and shift to be quite favor-
to four hearts, upgrading his hand a trump. Take that and play another able to those
Small Hall of Chaoyang Theatre
Peking Opera: 7:20-8:20 pm
because of the nine-card fit (a big plus diamond. When you are next in your you are trying
over an eight-card fit), one ace, two hand, ruff your remaining diamond, to impress. As
Tel: 86-10-6 kings and a ruffing value (his double- draw trumps, and claim 10 tricks: one a result, they
Venue: Chaoyang Theatre, No.36 Dongsanhuan Beilu, ton). Also, North was tempted by the spade, six hearts, two clubs and the key will be far more willing to help you
Chaoyang District, Beijing Prices: 180, 280, 380, 580 yuan huge vulnerable game bonus. diamond ruff. achieve your objectives.
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8 SEPTEMBER 1 - 2, 2007 LIFESTYLE CHINA DAILY

omen change their handbag styles more of-


Lancel — Premier Flirt

W ten than those of most other fashion acces-


sories. You don’t need to lose any weight to
buy that perfect new handbag, nor do you
need to embarrass yourself by squeezing
into it in front of a helpful but sneering assistant.
Exotic leathers and reptilian skins have been with us for
some time and have kept their top spot among the signa-
ture textures of this fall. These handbags come in either
real or faux impressed patterns with a high glaze.
Fur bags are among the more recently devised uses of
fur, and if you can’t stand the bulk that the more volumi-
nous looks currently give, then try a fur bag.
Don’t forget, fashion handbags come in a
wide range of great colors. Take for example,
Coach’s colorful Bleecker collection; cherry
red is such a terrific tone that even if red is
not your color, you can team it with a black
and gray outfit.
Gold and purples are also strong colors
this season, as exemplified by Lancel’s
evening gold bag in the Pirate range. It would
go well with the many pretty ballerina shoes
now available in gold tones.
In the most recent designer handbag
trend, casual looks are mixed with
luxurious details — often in the form of
gold-plated hardware attachments that
can serve as added jewelry. Extra bling
comes in the form of chain handles,
while more chain adornments are be-
ing fastened to the bodies of handbags.
At the same time, cabochon stones are
used to decorate the bag’s corners, while
studs have become particularly prevalent
this season.

Luxury at
hand
Skin is in, and spangles
of bangles add pizzazz to Coach — Bleecker collection
File photos
this season’s handbags.
Chen Jie reports

Lancel leather, original top-stitching and zipped pockets. sall lining, a horse and carriage logo, jeans sporty look — or in buffalo skin in traditional
Premier Flirt Supple shoulder straps and padded handles make belt buckles and overall stylish, vintage black and platinum.
The French Flirt range proves a prime ex- for comfortable carrying. All the bags feature a texture, the Bleecker range redefi nes luxury
ample of Lancel’s expertise in leatherwork. It removable shoulder strap (textile or leather). from a truly American perspective. Classic Bau Bag
features a relaxed design that suits daily use silhouettes reinterpreted with a modern eye This is Emporio Armani’s latest Bauletto
and a style that matches today’s trends. This Ermenegildo Zegna epitomize this vintage inspired collection bag launched for autumn/winter 2007. Fash-
high-fashion line, with its distinctive feminine Heritage of lightweight leather handbags. The bag ioned from shining black crocodile skin, the
forms and its high identity, goes perfectly with Heritage is Ermenegildo Zegna’s super luxury also has a distinctly utilitarian sensibility bag is finished with hand-treated details
the season’s style. black leather collection for autumn/winter 2007. — roomy enough for any woman on the go. along the handle. It
The target customer is men of high status; he The platform is made in a burnished soft port a lso feat u res
City Bag likes clean-cut suits and works in a high power leather that has a relaxed feeling. bron ze zips
Feminine, profession. He is a man who appreciates finer a nd t he
fashionable and details and understated style with a touch of Thompson Collection eye-catch-
practical best class and luxury. This white-top-handle slim tote bag is the ing logo of
describes these The pinstripe lining and the stylish lock offers highlight piece of the Thompson Collection. Emporio
bags, with their a point of differentiation, setting the pieces apart Epitomizing an urban, chic vibe with an ar- Armani.
distinctive from the competition. The unique black cowhide tisan sensibility, the Thompson Collection is
interlocking exterior with an exclusive goat skin print, which an extension of Coach’s extremely successful,
rings and have been developed with a multidirectional luxury legacy line.
zips, won- print — it has been put under the mold twice Lancel —
Giorgio Armani derfully — which helps to catch the light better. Giorgio Armani City Bag
— Bau Bag soft Venus Bag
Trofeo It is the bag of the season from
Ermenegildo Zegna’s Trofeo collection is Giorgio Armani. Elongated
based on a functional business and travel and rectangular, it’s almost
collection. It features a grain leather aimed an evolution of the classic
specifically for the more casual-smart cli- doctor’s bag. It’s finished
entele. The ease of the material makes it with hand-threaded
desirable for gentleman on the go, and the details along the sides,
grain leather makes it carefree and very a two-way zip with
sustainable. a padlock, handles
The tumbled leather is terrific to touch, very adorned with saddle-
durable and resistant, and adds a nice contrast style hand stitching
of smooth black leather on the trims. and is lined in baby
boar skin. It’s available
Coach in blue lacquered python
Bleecker Collection skin, croc-print calf skin
This patchwork leather duffel is a bag — soft split-leather finished
among the Bleecker range. With is Tratter- in croc print to emphasize the

Style shouldn’t make you uncomfortable


By Xu Xiaomin The reason for this, he said, is that “Foot fit all types of feet. manager for Eastern Europe in 2000.
comfort is the number one priority in After so many years, ECCO, unlike “It is very similar to the Asia Pacific
ECCO products”. many other shoe companies, is still a market nowadays.”
SHANGHAI: Even after walking for half The brochure celebrating ECCO’s 10th very traditional business. “We still keep To further expand their shoe business,
an hour in the midday heat, with tempera- anniversary in China includes an image the tradition of shoe-making as our key ECCO has paid more attention to women.
tures soaring to more than 35 C, Nordic of a pair of feet with crossing toes. It’s priority,” Sorensen says. “It is a priority to With its tradition of making shoes for
Michael Hauge Sorensen seemed com- intended to celebrate the brand’s core compete with other shoe brands.” walking, running, climbing, golfing and
pletely unruffled. He smiled happily and concept: footwear that fits. Having arrived in China 10 years ago, formal events, ECCO was previously
said he enjoyed walking in the “warm” Having worked in the premium shoe ECCO now opens stores at a pace of one in thought of as a gentlemen’s brand.
afternoon sunshine, calling it a “great company for some 13 years, Sorensen every five days. Now, they are honing their efforts on
experience”. says he had heard many complaints from They began their business in Beijing female customers for one simple reason:
Sorensen, managing director of ECCO women who say that beautiful shoes are in 1997 and gradually expanded to other “Women buy more shoes than men,” says
Asia Pacific Limited, led the walking always uncomfortable and that comfort- big cities as well as second and third tier Sorensen.
expedition in the ECCO Walkathon in able shoes are not always stylish. cities. Currently, ECCO has opened 245 In its fashion collection for women,
Zhongshan Park last Thursday. “That’s really the problem,” he says. stores in China. “The number of stores is ECCO provides boots and heeled shoes for
Collaborating with World Wide Fund “To create foot comfort is the biggest not important. What’s important is to find the coming winter season.
for Nature (WWF), the event is intended project of ECCO. Many shoes are nice a quality location for the new store, so we “Honestly speaking, I do not find that
to celebrate the Danish casual footwear looking but uncomfortable. One of the are very careful to select the best location. people in China, Japan or Germany are
brand’s 10th anniversary in China and things that ECCO tries to master is to com- In this way, we are selective.” any different when wearing shoes. They
also to remind people to save energy. bine these two elements: the comfortable As one of the first brands of premium are all interested in quality, comfort and
“Walking is healthy, and comfortable with the stylish.” shoes in China, ECCO’s rapid expansion good looks, so there are no real borders.”
walking is even healthier,” Sorensen says. Back in 1963, the founders of ECCO, demonstrates their full confidence in the Sorensen says he owned more than
He says he was wearing a pair of Super Birte Toosbuy and Karl Toosbuy, sold market. “The market has many similari- 100 pairs of ECCO shoes, which are used
Cross shoes, his favorite type from ECCO’s everything they owned and moved to an ties to that of Eastern Europe years ago, for various sports events such as hiking,
collection, which is “ideal for walking”. isolated village near Denmark’s Bredebro when people become wealthier and were squash and fitness training.
Nordic Michael Hauge Sorensen, managing director “Comfort” is a frequently mentioned region. Their dream was to set up a fac- able to afford premium products,” says So- “Out of the office, I hope I can be just
of ECCO Asia Pacific Limited. File photo word during interviews with Sorensen. tory that produced comfortable shoes that rensen, who was appointed regional sales casual and comfortable,” he says.
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CHINA DAILY CHINASCENE SEPTEMBER 1 - 2, 2007 9


From widely read
Chinese media University seat helps tough
WEST girl end life as a beggar
BBS posting triggers Life has been rather cruel to 20-year-old One month later, Zhang pushed a wheel-
flurry of activity Zhang Jie, from North China’s Shanxi
Province, who has been taking care of
chair seating her mother and arrived in
Shanghai for a new life.
her disabled mother from the age of four, Teachers and students at the university
A recent BBS posting that has a woman mostly by begging, after being abandoned showed them special care and they man-
seeking a male escort to accompany her home by her father. aged to rent a small place near Zhang’s
every night after work, has sparked much However, her fortunes changed for the university in Nanhui District.
interest in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. better two years ago, when she was admit- Everyday, Zhang would go to the local
The woman said she often had to work late ted to the Foreign Languages Department market to pick up discarded vegetables
and felt unsafe about returning home alone. at the Shanghai University of Electric and return home to cook meals. Even her
She wants her escort to be well educated, Power, the Shanghai-based Dragon TV toothbrush was collected from a rubbish
have a decent job and be no shorter than 1.73 reported. heap.
meters. In return, she wrote, she would pay Sixteen years ago, Zhang’s mother Jiang Her tutor told her she should try and
him 100 yuan ($13) a month. Lin had a fall that left her paralyzed. Her earn some money instead of relying on
The message has attracted many father left the family several months later, donations and the school helped her by
responses, with some seeing it as a job in their hometown in Yangquan. arranging for her to work at the School
offer and others as a thinly-veiled bid for a Jiang Lin then locked herself up with her Activities Center, to distribute a local
boyfriend. daughter with the intention of ending their newspaper to campus subscribers and to
Yangtze Evening News lives. A neighbor who broke open the door, clean the school library at night.
found the pair in utter desperation. All this earns her 400 yuan ($51) a
Thief keeps cash, but This neighbor then got them a tabletop month.
fi xed with trolley wheels, which Zhang “I think my university has done its
returns ID card, license pulled on the streets with her mother on duty,’’ Zhang said, adding that her teach-
it, to beg for their living. ers always encourage her to learn skills
A thoughtful thief came in for considerable “Even when we became sick, we never that will help her lead an independent life
praise online recently, from both the victim sought treatment, as we had no money,’’ in future.
and other netizens. Zhang recalled. In the past two years, Zhang has topped
Zhang, a company employee in Chongqing, But they lived in a sympathetic com- her class and earned many scholarships.
had his wallet stolen in a local farm produce munity. The Yangquan Mining Area She now sees hopes for a better life for her
market, about two weeks ago. Primary School provided Zhang with free and her mother.
It contained some 500 yuan (US$66), his schooling. Zhang is only one of 2.4 million poverty-
identification card and driving license. Zhang For 14 years, she supported the pair by hit college students — some 20 percent of
did not make a police report, considering the begging. the college cohort — on Chinese campuses
small amount lost. In August 2005, when she received an on the mainland.
Some days later, Zhang’s wife found his card enrollment notice from Shanghai, nobody
and license wrapped in a cigarette case lying could believe it. China Daily
in front of their apartment.
Moved by the considerate thief, Zhang
posted a letter on the Internet thanking him ($4,615) worth of electronic products online The same afternoon, Lu went to another
for saving Zhang from the hassle of getting a with credit card information he stole by store in Pudong whose owner also happened
new license. Responding to the letter, many hacking into the wireless network of his to be Ma’s friend. But this time, there was no
others too praised the thief for not putting neighbor. escape for Lu.
Zhang through too much trouble. Flying high Kwame Tachie, a 23-year-old computer www.qianlong.com
Chongqing Evening News Two men from Henan Province pull off a bicycle stunt on August 11. Earlier, several oth- major, entered Hong Kong as a tourist and
ers from their acrobatic group showed their skills on a 120-m-high cable in a valley of lived in a rented apartment in To Kwa Wan. Teen’s ingenious plan to
Frustrated prison escapee the Yellow Mountain in Anhui Province. Wang Zhide Using his laptop, he hacked into the wireless
trace girlfriend backfires
network of a tenant living in an adjacent
surrenders after 10 years building. He made HK$36,000 of purchases
was set to be demolished, and drilled online but one of the companies grew A desperate teen who tried to cheat police
A Chongqing jail escapee, who had dozens of holes with an eggbeater on it in SOUTH suspicious and alerted the police. into helping him search for his estranged
been roaming free for 10 years, recently accordance with a map, just like in one of This is Hong Kong’s first conviction for girlfriend, ended up serving seven days in
surrendered to the police, finding the courage the show’s plots. Thanks to the drilling, a Relics being collected hacking into a wireless network. detention in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, recently.
to do so after downing a bottle of liquor.
Chen Ming (not his real name) was
big opening could easily be smashed into
the wall with a hammer.
for maritime museum Wen Wei Po Nineteen-year-old Wang made a police
report last weekend that he had received an
sentenced to seven years in jail in June 1997 They also tried eroding an iron SMS of a ransom demand for 150,000 yuan
for robbery but in April the next year, he sheet with vitriol and using a bolt as a The collection of relics is now under way for ($19,737) for his kidnapped girlfriend.
managed to escape. Having no identification screwdriver. The fans said they met online the Guangzhou Maritime Museum, also called EAST Police immediately checked the cell
card, he was left with no choice but to live the and had great fun testing the TV plots. the “Huangpu District Museum”, which is phone records but found no such SMS.
life of a vagrant for 10 years. Legal Evening News expected to be ready next year. Man proposes in style Their suspicions aroused, they began to
Fed up with this miserable life, the now The museum that stands west of the South look more carefully at Wang’s report and
34-year-old Chen wants to marry and settle China’s first test-tube Gate of Nanhai Temple, covers an area of to wife of four years soon got the teen to admit that he wanted
down. Earlier this month, he returned to about 6,000 square meters, according to the police to help search for his girlfriend
Chongqing and gave himself up to the police. baby enters university the Huangpu District Culture Broadcasting who broke up with him one week ago.
Chongqing Morning Post Television News and Publishing Bureau. Wang was given detention for disturbing
China’s first test-tube baby, who is now Its exhibits will be based on the history of police work.
Owner left wondering by 19 years old, has enrolled for university the Maritime Silk Road and the foreign trade Straits Metropolitan News
studies in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province. development of Guangzhou over the past
dog’s liking for grass Zheng Mengzhu was born in a Beijing 2,000 years. Little boy stuns peers with
hospital in 1988, to her then 38-year- Guangzhou Daily
old mother, who had tried and failed mountain-climbing feat
to conceive for 20 years. Using very Residence cards to be
basic equipment, Professor Zhang Lizhu A 6-year-old boy in Taiwan has astounded
successfully transplanted the test-tube put through trial run people with his incredible record of ascending
embryo into the mother’s womb, leading to 20 mountains of an average height of more
Zheng’s birth eight months later. Residence cards fitted with powerful computer than 3,000 meters.
Beijing News chips will be introduced on a trial basis in Huang Jingxi’s first conquest was Shimen
Yantian District of Shenzhen before the cards Mountain three years ago, when he was just
Granny plagued by are put into use citywide. a little over 2. His father then decided to build
Data on the chip will include not just the up his stamina by getting him to climb high
hubby’s ghosts temporary residents’ names and addresses mountains.
but also their work history, educational Since last July, Huang has climbed 20
A granny who dares not sleep alone at background, ethnicity and police record. mountains without ever suffering altitude
night after her husband died at home last Non-Shenzhen hukou (permanent residence sickness and has been able to complete all the
month, is looking to hire someone who permit) holders aged 16 to 60 years old who A Taiwanese man who did not propose to his climbs.
can keep her company through the night, have lived in Yantian for more than 30 days wife in style, decided to make amends - four United Daily News
in Dalian of Northeast China’s Liaoning are all required to apply for the residence years down the road.
Province. cards. Foreigners and residents of Hong Kong, On Sunday, Li surprised his wife with a
Granny Jiang, 77, keeps the lamp Macao and Taiwan are excluded. fireworks display and the release of balloons
A pet dog that has got into the habit of eating burning in her room all night and seldom Shenzhen Commercial News in downtown Pingdong, carrying banners that CENTRAL
grass for the past five years is worrying its falls asleep as she always feels her late screamed, “Huilin, I love you!”
owner in Xi’an of Shaanxi Province, who wants husband continues to live there. Since Hongkongers are big The father of two then knelt down, Police struggle 6 hours to
zoologists to explain the animal’s strange she does not want to disturb her grown- presented a bunch of roses to his wife and
preference. up children, she wants hired help and is earners, but poor savers asked for her hand in marriage. His deeply- coax pet croc into cage
Fei Fei, now 7, shows a clear liking for rice willing to pay 200 yuan a month. touched wife responded with a long, sweet
and vegetables over meat. But its owner Guo A 65-year-old woman in Jiang’s A survey of middle-class Hongkongers has kiss. A crocodile that wandered into the
said the dog’s favorite food was actually grass. community is reportedly considering the found that they earn HK$25,000 ($3,205) a www.chinanews.com courtyard of a family late at night, defied
Every evening, it spends at least 10 minutes offer. month but save less than 10 percent of it. police for six hours, before they coaxed it
chewing grass when Guo takes him for a walk. New Commercial News Citibank Hong Kong polled more than 515 Doctors give up, but sons into a large steel cage, using sticks.
Sanqin Metropolis News people with monthly incomes exceeding Wang Hongwei of Yuzhou, Henan
Russians help land HK$20,000 from June to July. Their average help paralyzed mom walk Province, returned home at midnight earlier
earnings was HK$25,000 a month, of which this week, to find the 2-m-long crocodile
plane with sick woman they spent HK$22,700. Thanks to the care of her three grown sprawled in his yard. The pet crocodile had
NORTH The survey also showed that more than half sons, an elderly woman in Penglai, reportedly been left 10 days earlier by a
Air traffic staff from China and Russia of them spend less than half an hour daily or Shandong Province, has regained her friend of Wang’s neighbor, who had housed
Canadian police catch up joined together earlier this week to save no time at all on activities related to wealth ability to walk after remaining paralyzed it in a rooftop water tank.
the life of a Chinese woman passenger, management, such as reading business news. for two months. Police later took the reptile to a local
with long-time stowaway who slipped into a coma two hours after Ming Pao Lin Yinli, 77, became bed-ridden after wildlife center, for fear it could attack
boarding a flight from Beijing to Vancouver. a cerebral infarction and doctors held humans.
A stowaway who made it to Canada to donate As the plane was in Russian air space at Man pleads guilty to out slim hopes of her being able to walk Dongfang Jinbao
a kidney to his sick brother was sent back to the time, flight staff contacted the Russian independently again at her age. But her
China earlier this week by the Canadian police. ground service for help. The Russians saw fraud for cheating friend three adult sons did not give up and Music keeps hopes of
Li, a Guangdong native, wanted to donate that the nearest airport was in Harbin regularly took her for walks in the park and
a kidney to his brother after discovering that of Heilongjiang Province, and arranged A 22-year-old Hong Kong man has pleaded for massage and acupuncture treatment. bed-ridden woman alive
he had suffered kidney failure in 1999. Li a landing. The woman is now in stable guilty to two fraud charges for swindling Last week, Lin took her fist steps again,
could not afford the cost of going abroad and condition in hospital. HK$8,500 ($1,089) out of a friend who with the help of a walking stick. A 39-year-old disabled woman, who sustains
decided to get to Canada as a stowaway. He China News Service trusted him with travel arrangements. Qianjiang Evening News herself through music, hopes to be able to
managed to save his brother’s life but had Hon and the victim planned to tour record the theme songs for TV serials.
to work underground to support the two of Dog guards and takes Taiwan together in April but she changed Thief held after running Paralyzed since the age of nine, Fu Zhiyan
them. He was caught by police after eight her mind after giving him HK$2,500 to of Wuhan, Hubei Province, has been confined
years and sent back to Beijing. The Chinese care of injured another book the air ticket. He claimed the ticket into victim’s friends to bed for the past 30 years. But, raising her
police released him considering his poor health was not refundable and she believed him. head with great difficulty, she sings into a
and special circumstances. A pet dog stood guard over another injured Emboldened, he asked for another HK$6,000 The People’s Procuratorate in Jiabei District, mike for at least five hours a day to upload her
Beijing Times one in a residential community for one as “compensation to the travel agency”. She Shanghai, recently approved the arrest of a thief songs onto the Internet.
whole day earlier this week in Shenyang of gave him the money but later called the who twice met friends of the victim, when he Touched by her endurance and enthusiasm,
Fans test out Prison Break Liaoning Province. agency. went to sell a stolen cell phone. several music composers write music for
The white dog did not let anyone come Ming Pao Lu stole the Nokia phone from a vendor on her and post it online. She now has a dozen
plots at construction site close to the badly injured yellow dog, which July 21 and then went to a store to dispose original songs and dreams of singing the
could not move. It even dragged the hurt Ghana man jailed for it off. As the phone was new to the market, theme songs for TV serials.
More than 20 fans of the popular American dog to the cool shade of trees and helped the store-owner called his friend Ma for www.cnhubei.com
TV series, Prison Break, decided to put the it to the food and water that locals placed hacking into network advice. Judging from the description of Lu, Ma
show’s plots to a test by smashing a wall at a nearby. No one knew whom the dogs immediately realized Lu was the one who stole To comment or alert us to a story,
construction site in Beijing, recently. belonged to. A Ghana citizen was given a 32-month jail his cell phone that morning. But Lu escaped e-mail chinascene@chinadaily.com.cn
They paid 800 yuan for the wall, that Chinese Business Morning View term in Hong Kong for ordering HK$36,000 before the store-owner could call the police.
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10 SEPTEMBER 1 - 2, 2007 BUSINESS CHINA DAILY

INBRIEF Hongshi
Share sale
BOE Technology Group
Co, China’s biggest maker
Puguang could beat estimate cements
of liquid-crystal display NDRC: Sinopec gasfield may be The pipeline will have an “Of course, if more reserves Region, has proven reserves of
panels, may raise as
much as 6 billion yuan richer than previously thought
annual capacity of 12 bcm and
will cost 62.7 billion yuan.
are located in the region,
perhaps one pipeline won’t be
533.6 bcm.
With five sub-pipelines,
US deal
selling new shares to Chen Deming, vice-minister enough (to transport gas to the 1700-km Sichuan-East
build a production line of the NDRC, said that to other parts of the country),” China pipeline is designed to CONSTRUCTION
and repay debt. The By Wang Yu bcm by the end of the year, make full use of the pipeline’s Chen said. He indicated feed gas to Sichuan, Hubei,
company will sell as the National Development and capacity, Puguang’s reserves that the reser ve potential Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and By Wang Lan
many as 850 million Reform Commission (NDRC) should be further explored so of the whole region around Zhejiang provinces, Chongqing
shares to 10 investors, China’s top economic planner said on Friday. that it yields 600 bcm of natural Puguang is beyond the municipality and ultimately
according to a statement said on Friday that the country’s But further exploration could gas in the next few years. current estimate. Shanghai, said Cao Yaofeng, SHANGHAI: Privately
on Friday. second-largest gasfield could see Puguang’s proven reserves Chen told China Daily that Puguang in Sichuan had vice-president of Sinopec owned Hongshi Cement
boast more reserves of natural hit 550 to 580 bcm by 2008, the the gasfield’s current proven estimated exploitable reserves Group. Holding Group reached an
Fleet boost gas than previously thought. NDRC said. reserves were not enough of 356 bcm as of 2006, making Wide use of natural gas agreement with Goldman
Shanghai Airlines Co Sinopec’s Puguang Gasfield The commission on Friday to support a second pipeline it the country’s second- is a crucial step for China Sachs on Thursday to sell up
plans to order five Airbus will yield an estimated 100 launched construction of from Sichuan to South China’s largest gasfield, according to optimize its energy to 25 percent, or 600 million
SAS A321s to help fend billion cubic meters (bcm) in the long-awaited pipeline to Guangdong Province. Sinopec to the Ministry of Land consumption, enhance energy yuan, of its shares to the US
off competition from proven reserves of natural gas transport Sinopec’s Puguang is rumored to be planning to and Resources. The largest, efficiency and protect the investment bank.
China Eastern Airlines this year, bolstering its total gas from Sichuan Province to pipe Puguang’s natural gas to the Sulige Gasfield in the environment, said Chen from Ni Yuehui, a senior executive
Corp and Air China Ltd. reserve figure to about 450 the eastern part of the country. Guangdong as well. Inner Mongolia Autonomous the NDRC. at Hongshi Group, said on
The transaction, worth Friday that the transaction is
about $370 million at part of the company’s plan to
catalog prices, raises seek a mainland listing. But
Shanghai Airlines’ total
backlog for the aircraft
type to 10, the carrier
Record he said the timetable for the
proposed initial public offering
is yet to be decided.
said in a Shanghai Stock
Exchange statement on
Friday.
high for A market listing would help
the company raise new capital
to fund future development, he
said, without giving details of
Scenic exhibition
An exhibition on China’s
HK index the business plan.
Goldman Sachs, a full-service
scenic spots opens on investment banking and
Saturday at the National MARKET securities firm headquartered
Agricultural Exhibition in the US, declined to comment
Center in Beijing. By Lillian Liu on Friday.
The three-day expo Zhejiang-based Hongshi
showcases 187 scenic Group is the second-largest
spots that represent the HONG KONG: The benchmark cement company and the
country’s natural and Hang Seng Index closed at sixth-largest cement clinker
cultural heritage, and 30 a record high of 23984.14 producer in the province. Its
areas listed as natural points on Friday, supported annual production capacity
and cultural heritage by strong gains on other Asian has expanded from 1 million
sites. markets, as a weaker yen lifted tons to 16.5 million tons since
sentiment. it was established in 2002.
New models The Hang Seng Index was up With total assets of 3.6
China Unicom Ltd, the 499.6 points, or 2.13 percent, billion yuan, Hongshi controls
nation’s second-largest after hitting a new intra-day subsidiaries in provinces
mobile carrier, has high of 24089. including Zhejiang, Jiangxi
launched 72 mobile The Shanghai Composite and Fujian.
phone models with stock Index rose 0.99 percent to Industry analysts said the
trading functions, trying close at a record high of 5218.83 deal between Hongshi and
to woo subscribers from points. Goldman Sachs shows that
the increasing number of Asian stocks rallied on the country’s booming cement
investors in the nation’s anticipation the US government industry has got the attention of
booming stock market. would offer help to homeowners Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 2.13 percent to close at a record high of 23984.14 points on Friday. Edmond Tang foreign investors. The aggregate
A total of 20 handset with subprime mortgages, to output of the cement industry
makers such as Samsung, ease fears credit woes will affect stock performance will remain impact than other markets in Market sentiment in Hong rally, with the 41-stock China in China is expected to reach
Motorola and Nokia, the broader global economy. upbeat next week depends on Asia, because it is relatively Kong remains optimistic in Enterprises Index gaining 401 1.2 billion tons, according to
have joined with China Analysts said that even if the next policy move from the stronger thanks to the robust anticipation of big inflows from points, or 2.9 percent, to 14338 the National Development and
Unicom to provide the the US government releases a US,” said Louise Wong, director growth of Hong Kong-listed the mainland, even though the points. Reform Commission.
cell phones, which policy that’s not favorable to of Phillip Asset Management, a mainland companies,” said central government may delay Other key sub-indices also Aggregate profits of the
display real-time stock the market, Hong Kong will be securities consulting fi rm in Wong, adding that H-share its pilot program to allow rose. The property index was cement industry increased
information and enable less affected than other Asian Hong Kong. companies have so far reported individual mainland investors up 722.9 points, or 2.7 percent, 204.83 percent in 2006 from
mobile stock trading. markets. “But even if the policy is better-than-expected results for to buy shares in the city. at 27256.9, while the finance the previous year, according
“Investor sentiment was not favorable for the markets, the first half of this year, which Mainland shares listed index rose 643.5 points, or 1.8 to the National Bureau of
Coal expo boosted today, but whether the Hong Kong will feel less of an has boosted market sentiment. in Hong Kong led Friday’s percent, to 36685.8. Statistics.
The Sixth International
Coal and Mining Expo
opens on Saturday in
Yulin, in Northwest
China’s Shaanxi
Province. More than 200
Chinalco pursues Regulator tackles small firm financing
firms from 19 provinces,
municipalities and
autonomous regions in
copper, titanium FINANCE general office, at a press briefing
in Guangzhou on Friday.
and regulations on loans to
small businesses, and mapping
of new vacancies since the
beginning of the 1990s.
China will take part By Zhan Lisheng “But they are still in a out new policies that reward “Small firms generally do
in the three-day event, METALS now accounts for less than 10 weaker position in terms of banks which give credit to not meet credit standards set
displaying technology percent of its income, could access to bank loans compared small firms. for large and medium-sized
and products. By Chen Jialu become a major revenue earner GUANGZHOU: The China with large and medium-sized “Improving financial services enterprises; however, randomly
for the company. Banking Regulatory enterprises, especially the to small businesses and offering lowering credit standards creates
Diesel engine plant The acquisition of Peru Commission (CBRC) said on State-owned ones,” he said. more tailored financial products risk for commercial banks,”
US machinery company Aluminum Corp of China Copper and Yunnan Copper Friday it is taking steps to give Liao said the CBRC has joined will be a win-win for both the he said. “Banking institutions
Caterpillar said it (Chinalco), the nation’s largest would give Chinalco total small business better access with the National Development small firms and the banks.” need to find a balance between
will build a small and aluminum and alumina copper reserves of about 20 to loans. and Reform Commission to Small businesses contribute risk and profit.”
medium diesel engine producer, said on Friday it is million tons — more than “Small business is playing abolish rules and remove over one-third of China’s gross Liao said that the CBRC has
plant in Wuxi in East actively pursuing opportunities Jiangxi Copper, the mainland’s an increasingly important obstacles restricting small domestic product annually and done much to help the nation’s
China’s Jiangsu Province. to expand into other metals biggest producer. role in the nation’s economic businesses from applying to have created jobs for 75 percent commercial banks set up
The company has signed including copper and titanium. Chinalco and British development,” said Liao Min, commercial banks for credit. of the urban population and comparatively independent
a memorandum of Chinalco has earmarked company Aricom, which owns deputy director of the CBRC’s It is also improving policies been responsible for 90 percent credit processes.
understanding with the 30 billion yuan to fund its a titanium mine in Russia, have
Wuxi National Hi-Tech expansion into copper and is also struck a deal to co-invest
Industrial Development in talks to develop mines and 2.2 billion yuan in a titanium
Zone, outlining a
significant multi-year
investment to develop
projects in Russia, Mongolia,
Indonesia and Fiji, a company
source said on Friday.
project in Jiamusi, in Northeast
China’s Heilongjiang Province.
The project will have an initial
Auto parts company boosts Qingdao plant
and manufacture Perkins Lu Yongqing, the company’s output of 15,000 tons and is
and Caterpillar brand vice-president, said on Friday expected to begin operation in MANUFACTURING said Liu Liang, its Asia-Pacific over the past few years, while commercial vehicles every
engines. that Chinalco will focus on 2009. Its output is expected to president. The Qingdao factory its growth rate in global year — more than either
copper mine exploration and reach 30,000 tons after second- By Miao Xiaojuan was established in 2004 with markets was about 8 percent Europe or North America.
Airport logistics deal high-end copper product phase construction. an initial investment of $16 a year. For the Asia-Pacific WABCO’s market share of
Siemens Industrial manufacturing. Chinalco’s listed unit Chalco million. The company entered region, sales grew at an anti-lock braking systems
Solutions and Services “Metal companies that is publicly traded in Hong SHANGHAI: Brussels-based the China market in 1996 with average 12 percent. (ABS) in China has been
China Airport Logistics depend on a single metal Kong, New York and Shanghai. Westinghouse Air Brake Co a joint venture in Jinan, also in WA BCO is a globa l maintained at 60 to 70 percent
has signed an agreement cannot secure a sustainable Chinalco posted a first-half (WABCO) has more than Shandong. manufacturer of electronic in the past couple of years,
with Chengde Conveyor competitive advantage,” Lu sales increase of 36.2 percent on doubled its investment “China is one of our key bra k i ng systems, Liu said. WABCO has been a
Group Co Ltd, under said. Friday from a year earlier, and in its Qingdao factory to engines for global expansion, computer ized stabilizers, pioneer in the development
which the Siemens unit Chinalco has completed 10.8 percent net profit growth, meet projected demand for and we are speeding up our suspension and transmission of ABS in cooperation with
will localize baggage an $860 million takeover of buoyed by a series of takeovers automotive parts, mainly for efforts to follow the Chinese cont rol systems for DaimlerChrysler since 1981.
transfer equipment for Peru Copper and plans to buy that boosted capacity. heavy-duty vehicles. market’s fast development,” commercial vehicles. Liu predicted the demand
the Chinese market. a 49 percent stake in Yunnan The company notched up WABCO has invested said Liu. China is the largest single and yield of commercial cars
The deal aims to provide Copper Group. 105.5 billion yuan in sales $19 million to expand its WABCO’s sales in China market for WABCO, Liu said. in China will rocket with next
a diversified airport Xiao Yaqing, Chinalco’s income and 22.5 billion yuan manufacturing facilities in have maintained an annual The nation produces more year’s Beijing Olympics and the
logistics system tailored president, said copper, which in net profit last year. Shandong Province’s Qingdao, average growth of 50 percent than 600,000 heavy-duty 2010 World Expo.
to local customers’ needs.

Interim results
Almost all companies
listed on China’s two stock
exchanges have released
their interim reports for
Trademark body sued in latest Wahaha-Danone twist
this year, with combined
net profits up 70.78 LAWSUIT Bureau over what it claims of applications to transfer Danone, the world’s largest divided on the validity of brand in 1996 and 1997.
percent year-on-year to was “improper administrative the Wahaha brand from the yogurt maker, signed an the agreement after Wahaha Wahaha claims Danone was
319.1 billion yuan for the By Wang Zhenghua behavior” in 1996 and 1997. Chinese company to the joint agreement with Wahaha in 1996 Group opposed an acquisition aware of the situation and that
first half. China Securities Hangzhou Wahaha Foods is ventures because it did not that required the transfer of the proposal from Danone to take the two sides had joined forces
Journal reported on Friday 51 percent-owned by French issue a written notice or give Wahaha brand from the Chinese 51 percent of non-joint ventures to get around the rules.
that 1,471 of the 1,503 SHANGHAI: The legal food giant Danone Groupe a reason for its decisions at the company to the joint ventures. set up by the Chinese side. Danone initially said Wahaha
listed companies realized wrangle between Danone and SA, with the rest controlled by time. The court has accepted Under the contract, the Zong Qinghou, founder of had not applied properly for the
468.7 billion yuan in Wahaha has spread beyond the China’s largest drinks producer the case. Chinese company was barred Wahaha Group, claims the transfer of the brand, for which
gross profits in the first two companies to the nation’s Wahaha Group. A spokesman with the from making products that transfer was not properly Danone paid Wahaha Group 100
six months, up 66.78 trademark authority. The Beijing No 1 Intermediate trademark bureau said on compete with those produced approved by the authorities, million yuan.
percent. Hangzhou Wahaha Foods Co, People’s Court told China Daily Friday that it has yet to be by the joint ventures, or from citing a reply from the State
one of five joint ventures set up on Friday that Wahaha Foods notified of the legal action by using the Wahaha brand Trademark Bureau, which To comment or alert us to a story,
Agencies-China Daily by the two firms, has sued the has demanded the trademark the court. Danone declined to without Danone’s consent. twice rejected applications for e-mail business@chinadaily.com.cn
Beijing-based State Trademark bureau rescind its rejection comment on the matter. But the two parties are the transfer of the Wahaha
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ACROSSTHE
Freed South Korean WORLD
EUROPE

hostages apologize Water warning


Europe’s citizens should
expect water to become
more scarce unless
Government refuses to identify The Taliban claimed the
South Koreans were mission-
they stop wasting it, the
European Union warned
mysterious man who announced aries — a charge denied by the in a report released on
government in Seoul and the Friday.
deal to release the captives hostages’ relatives, who said
they were doing aid work such
The study, done by the
European Commission,
as helping in hospitals. said water use in the
Newly freed South Korean its pledge to withdraw its 27-nation bloc could be
church workers apologized on 200 troops from Afghanistan eanwhile, the govern- reduced by 40 percent if
Friday for causing trouble by be-
ing kidnapped for six weeks by
the Taliban. One said she kept a
before year’s end, and vowed
to prevent missionaries from
traveling to the country.
M ment has refused to
identify the mysterious
South Korean who announced
new technologies were
introduced to improve
efficiency.
secret diary of her ordeal on the The insurgents released two the deal to release the hostages
lining of her trousers. of the church workers earlier while wearing dark shades. ISRAEL
Some of the 19 former cap- this month. But local media have given the
tives fell to the ground in “While kidnapped, all I could secret agent a moniker: “the Bodies found
shock when they were told that think about was staying alive,” sunglass man”. Israeli divers found the
two members of their group had Suh said in the television in- Scenes of the man and his bodies of two sailors
been killed by their captors, terview. “I didn’t feel any Taliban counterpart standing missing in the Mediter-
South Korea’s Yonhap news pain under captivity, I guess side-by-side and speaking to ranean Sea on Friday
agency reported. because I was in a panic the reporters in Afghanistan — morning, 12 hours
Suh Myung-hwa, 29, showed whole time, but now that the sometimes showing gestures of after their cargo ship
reporters a pair of white pants tension is gone my body aches closeness, such as putting their sank in a collision with
she wore during captivity, on all over,” she said. arms around each other’s shoul- a cruise ship, police
the inside of which she had South Korean television ders — were widely published announced.
written detailed records about showed the former hostages in South Korean newspapers The two bodies were
when the kidnappers moved tearfully reuniting and hug- and shown on TV. found inside the sunken
her, the time they had meals, ging in the hotel. But none have identified who ship, where the crew-
the kinds of Korean food she The group had ignored he is. Such secrecy has led local men had apparently
longed to eat and other details. warnings by their government media to dub the suit-and-tie- been trapped when their
“I had thought the family and against travel to Afghanistan. clad man with neatly combed vessel was accidentally
people might be curious how I The government has been un- hair “the sunglass man’’ for his rammed by a Cypriot
was. I also had worried that I der intense pressure to bring trademark shades, apparently cruise ship on Thursday
might not remember anything them home safely and has faced meant to conceal his identity. night, the Israel Police
later, so I jotted down the simple criticism for negotiating with “He is a temporarily em- said in an official an-
stuff such as our relocations,’’ the captors. ployed person,” said an official nouncement.
she said in an interview shown Yoo said the group was of the Foreign Ministry on con-
on South Korean television. traveling on a chartered bus dition of anonymity citing the UNITED STATES
Suh and another former hos- in southern Afghanistan when issue’s sensitivity. “He is not
tage Yoo Kyung-sik, 55, spoke two local men got on board with with the Foreign Ministry.’’ Bulldozer attack
to South Korean media in an the permission of the driver, The official declined to pro- A man on a stolen
interview in their hotel in the who said they were not dan- vide further details. bulldozer repeatedly
Afghan capital, Kabul. Other gerous. A half-hour later, the The mass-circulation Chosun rammed the police sta-
foreign media were barred men fired shots and stopped Ilbo newspaper reported on tion in Troy, New Hamp-
from the hotel by guards posted the bus, Yoo said. Friday that the man is likely shire, on Friday, tearing
at the door. Yoo also said he and fellow an agent with South Korea’s down large chunks of
“I can’t sleep due to concerns hostages were first kept in a main spy agency, the National the front wall.
that we caused so much trouble,” cellar. Later they were moved Intelligence Service. No one was inside the
Yoo said. “I feel very sorry.” into a farmhouse. Six days later, Citing an unnamed intelli- stationhouse at the
The 19 South Koreans were they were separated into groups gence official, the daily reported time, but police said
taken by the Taliban on July 19, of three or four and kept on the that many NIS agents have been an officer who arrived
along with four other church move. sent to Afghanistan as part of ef- A released South Korean hostage cries during a reunion with fellow hostages at a hotel in shortly after midnight
workers, and released in stages He said his group was moved forts to save the hostages. Kabul on Friday. Nineteen South Korean Christians freed by the Taliban had a tearful reunion saw the bulldozer attack
on Wednesday and Thursday af- 12 times, usually on motorbikes at a secret location after six weeks in captivity, but Seoul came under fire for negotiating in progress.
ter their government repeated or on foot. Agencies with the rebels. AFP
PALESTINE
Protest turns violent
A protest by Fatah sup-
Berlin synagogue Industrial nations shy away from 2020 goals porters against Hamas
rule turned violent on
Friday when Hamas
GLOBAL CLIMATE
reopens after Industrial nations were shying
away from fixing stiff 2020
UN Climate Change Secretariat.
He predicted a compromise by
the end of the August 27-31
talks among 1,000 delegates
global warming that runs to
2012, delegates said.
“The lower the stabilization
level (of greenhouse gases)
flow onto its coastal land. Swit-
zerland is committed to melt
all its remaining glaciers,”
environmentalists said in a
men began forcefully
dispersing the crowd,
firing in the air and
beating demonstrators

major restoration guidelines for greenhouse


gases cuts at UN talks on Friday
in what environmentalists said
with “something for every-
one”.
The European Union and
achieved, the lower the conse-
quent damages,” the draft said.
It mentions the option of 25-40
newsletter.
Kyoto binds 36 industrial
nations to cut emissions of
and reporters.
Three people were
wounded in the clashes,
would be a vote for “dangerous” many developing nations such percent cuts but drops a previous greenhouse gases by at least according to Muawiya
GERMANY to power, called the reopening climate change. as China and India want indus- reference to them as an indica- 5 percent below 1990 levels by Hassanin of the Pales-
a “miracle”. A draft text at the UN trial states to use the stringent tive guide for future work. 2008-12 in a first step to contain tinian Health Ministry.
Germany’s biggest synagogue Trepp was among the guests talks dropped a demand that 25-40 percent range to guide “This is voting for the warming that could bring more It was not immedi-
reopened on Friday after a at the inauguration ceremony developed nations should be future talks to force a shift apocalypse,” said Stephanie floods, desertification, disease ately clear if they were
major restoration, in a defiant in the restored building with “guided” by a need for steep away from fossil fuels, blamed Tunmore of environmental and raise sea levels. protesters or policemen,
symbol of the rebirth of Jewish political leaders and Holocaust cuts in greenhouse gases of by UN reports for stoking global group Greenpeace. “The 25- The talks are the first chance and Hassanin did not
life in Berlin where the Nazis survivors from around the 25 to 40 percent below 1990 warming. 40 percent range is needed to for Kyoto backers to see if they specify the nature of
planned the Holocaust. world. levels by 2020 in working out But Russia, Japan, Canada, help avert dangerous climate can agree a range for industrial their injuries.
A special ceremony was “It is a miracle that there a long-term fight against global New Zealand and Switzerland change” such as more powerful nations’ talks on a new climate
held at the century-old red- are Jews in Germany again,” warming. objected to setting the stringent storms, rising seas and melting pact that many governments KENYA
brick building in East Berlin Trepp said. “There are a limited number range in negotiations about ex- glaciers, she said. want to agree in 2009.
which narrowly avoided being “And the synagogue on of problems still with the text,” tending the UN’s Kyoto Proto- “Japan is willing to let the Accident kills 29
destroyed in the Kristallnacht Rykestrasse, which survived said Yvo de Boer, the head of the col, the main plan for fighting typhoons roll in and the water Agencies An oil tanker truck
— the night in 1938 when two different regimes, is the rolled down a hill and
Adolf Hitler’s followers torched symbol of that miracle.” smashed into four mini-
Jewish homes, businesses and Built in 1904, the neo-Classi- buses, killing 29 people
places of worship. cal construction was closed for and injuring more
More than 1,000 guests in- more than three years for the than 30, police said on
cluding elderly Holocaust sur- $6 million refit. Friday.
vivors confined to wheelchairs A rchitects Rut h Golan The tanker’s driver
entered the synagogue past air- and Kay Zareh used three had stopped to refuel
port-style metal detectors and surviving black-and-white on Thursday when the
dozens of police officers, some photographs of the original vehicle started rolling,
with automatic weapons. building to recreate its re- Police Chief Grace Kai-
A few gasped as they saw markable elegance. ndi said in Kisii, some
the main sanctuary, pointing “It is now the most beauti- 270 kilometers west of
to lovingly repainted frescoes, ful synagogue in Germany,” the capital, Nairobi.
restored stained glass windows the cultural affairs director Hospitals were treating
and gleaming chandeliers. of Berlin’s Jewish community, dozens and the death
Leading the service was Peter Sauerbaum, said. toll was expected to
Rabbi Chaim Rozwaski, a na- The 1,200-capacity syna- rise.
tive of Belarus who came to gogue was one of the few Jewish
Berlin in 2000 as part of an institutions in Berlin to survive PAKISTAN
influx of Jews from the former the Kristallnacht (Night of Bro-
Soviet Union that still makes ken Glass) pogrom of November Leaders meet
Germany one of the fastest 9, 1938. Former Prime Minister
growing Jewish communities It was spared because it Benazir Bhutto met
in the world. was located bet ween “A r - leaders of her opposition
He dedicated the reopen- yan” apartment buildings Celebrating independence party on Friday to de-
ing to the members of the which might have caught Parade participants raise their arms as they shout “merdeka” (independence) in front of a stage with giant murals of Malaysian cide whether to continue
Rykestrasse synagogue con- fire had the synagogue been King Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin and Queen Nur Zahirah (center), together with all five prime ministers during Malaysia’s 50th talks with President
gregation who were murdered torched. Independence Day parade at the historical Merdeka Square in downtown Kuala Lumpur on Friday. AFP General Pervez Mush-
in the Holocaust. But its precious Torah rolls arraf that could see
“As we remember the were damaged and rabbis as them share power and
past, we must not forget all well as congregation members end military rule in
those from Rykestrasse who
were killed in concentration
camps, work camps, who
were seized and deported to
the Sachsenhausen concentra-
tion camp.
‘Merkel most powerful woman, Wu Yi second’ Pakistan.
Bhutto is seeking an
agreement that would
died of hunger, gas or were Trepp, who at that point shore up the presi-
shot,” he said. was serving as a rabbi in the PEOPLE summits, and stuck to her The magazine said the rank- third place from 36th last year, dent’s re-election bid,
“They are here today in our northern city of Oldenburg, was principles, getting G8 leaders ing is based on a composite of trumping US Secretary of State while she could return
minds and our souls.” among the rabbis shipped off to German Chancellor Angela to agree to significant cuts in visibility — measured by press Condoleezza Rice, who fell from from exile to contest
Berlin had a thriving, inte- Sachsenhausen. Merkel is the most powerful carbon emissions, among other citations — and economic im- second to fourth place. parliamentary elec-
grated Jewish community that He was released three woman in the world while Vice- things,” Forbes said. pact. “Ho Ching is rarely seen or tions.
counted 173,000 members in weeks later and, with the help Premier Wu Yi has risen to sec- It said Wu Yi was a rising The biggest mover on this heard from. But increasingly
the 1920s. After World War of a British rabbi friend, he got ond place in Forbes’ magazine’s star in China, having ham- year’s list was Ho Ching she is a force to be reckoned Agencies
II, the population numbered the necessary visa to escape annual list, the company said in mered out trade agreements — chief executive of Singa- with, as her deal-making am-
just 6,500. almost certain death in Nazi a statement on Friday. with Russia and overseeing pore state investment firm bitions span the globe,” Forbes
Rabbi Leo Trepp, 94, who had Germany. “Merkel continued to im- the country’s negotiations for Temasek Holdings and wife of said in a short profile of Ho. To comment or alert us to a story,
preached at the synagogue in press the world with her cool accession to the World Trade Singapore Prime Minister Lee e-mail world@chinadaily.com.cn
the 1930s after the Nazis came Agencies leadership at two back-to-back Organization. Hsien Loong — who jumped to Agencies
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Liu and Wariner hit jackpot as Felix wins 200m


China’s world record-holder adds It was a step forward for Liu
who took silver in 2005 and
Jayasinghe, Asia’s most deco-
rated female sprinter who won
hope Russia’s Tatyana Lebedeva
had of an unprecedented long
wind and rain to cross the line
in 1 hour 30.09 seconds, almost
championship gold to Olympic title bronze in 2003.
“During the race I made some
the 1997 world silver and the
2000 Olympic bronze, third
jump and triple jump double.
Lebedeva, who won gold in
five minutes outside world re-
cord pace.
mistakes and hit some hurdles, in 22.63. 2001 and 2003, came second Spain’s Maria Vaco took the
OSAKA, Japan: Jeremy Wari- the first time. so I didn’t really run that well,” Her victory deprived Camp- with 15.07 while Hrysopiyi bronze.
ner and Liu Xiang lived up to “My coach told me to execute he said. bell of joining Silke Gladisch Devetzi of Greece was third. “I was going on my pace, in
their reputations on Friday in the best possible way and I “I could have run better, but (1987) and Katrin Krabbe (1991) The Czech Republic’s Barbora my race. I was not watching the
by winning world champion- did it,” said Wariner. I ran well enough. Winning as the only women to achieve Spotakova speared gold in the others, just my own with the
ship gold medals as Allyson “I had great finish. Sweep the championship is what the double. javelin, heaving 67.07 metres goal to win,” said Kaniskina.
Felix successfully defended means a lot to me and US matters the most. I wanted to “I feel so good, I am so ex- to beat Germany’s European “To be world champion after
her 200m title, but records athletics. I knew I would ran a let people know the speed that cited. I have been waiting for record holder Christina Oberg- 2.5 years of serious walking
remained intact. fast time, I knew I could do new Asia has.” so long to run such a time, to foll who threw 66.46. Another training is great.”
American Wariner had personal best. Felix flew over the finish line run under 22 seconds. it has not German, Steffi Nerius, took Bahrain’s defending 800m
Michael Johnson’s world mark “The world record, it will in 21.81 seconds to become the been an easy road, but finally I bronze in 64.42. champion Rashid Ramzi
of 43.18 seconds in his sights come when it should come.” first woman under 22 seconds managed,” said Felix. Earlier, Russia added another crashed out of the event at the
but narrowly missed it to cross China’s Liu, like Wariner an in the 200m since fellow Ameri- “My next goal is not the world gold to its glittering collection semifinal stage, fading badly to
the line in 43.45, his fastest Olympic champion, blazed to can Inger Miller’s 21.77 to win record, but a gold in Beijing. I when Olga Kaniskina an- finish his heat last. He has now
time ever. the 110m hurdles title in 12.95 gold in 1999. want to take it step by step. nounced herself as a new force surrendered both his 800m and
Jeremy Wariner of the US Teammate LaShawn Merritt seconds, but outside his own She powered thorugh the last I might consider to do both to be reckoned with by winning 1,500m titles here.
celebrates winning in the took silver in 43.96, a personal 12.88 world record. 50m to leave Jamaica’s Veronica — the 200 and the 400 meters the women’s 20km walk. Kenya’s Alfred Kirwa Yego
men’s 400 meters final at the best, with another American Terrence Trammell of the Campbell, the 100m champion, — there.” The 22-year-old beat team- heads into Sunday’s final as
11th IAAF World Athletics Angelo Taylor getting bronze to United States came second in in her wake. Cuba’s Yargelis Savigne won mate and training partner the fastest qualifier.
Championship in Osaka on put three United States athletes 12.99 with another American Campbell finished in 22.34 the women’s triple jump with a Tatyana Shemyakina by 33
Friday. Reuters on the 400m world podium for David Payne third in 13.02. with Sri Lanka’s Susanthika leap of 15.28 meters, ending any seconds, battling through heat, AFP

SCOREBOARD
BASEBALL Rapid Vienna (AUT) 5 Dinamo Tbilissi (GEO) 0 CSKA Sofia (BUL) 2 Omonia Nicosie (CYP) 1 Helsingborgs IF win 4-1 on aggregate bt Bethanie Mattek (USA) 6-1, 6-1; Sania dasco (ESP) bt Gilles Simon (FRA) 6-0, 6-4,
NEW YORK: Results from Thursday’s MLB Rapid Vienna win 8-0 on aggregate CSKA Sofia win 3-2 on aggregate BK H?cken (SWE) 1 Dunfermline (SCO) 0 Mirza (IND x26) bt Laura Granville (USA) 6-3; Tomas Berdych (CZE x9) bt Simone
games (home team in CAPS): Blackburn Rovers (ENG) 2 Myllykosken Hamburg (GER) 4 Honved Budapest (HUN) 0 BK H?cken win 2-1 on aggregate 6-3, 7-5; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x4) bt Bolelli (ITA) 7-5, 6-3, 6-3; Andy Murray
NY YANKEES 5 Boston 0 Pallo-47 (FIN) 0 Hamburg win 4-0 on aggregate Vojvodina (SRB) 1 Atletico Madrid (ESP) 2 Camille Pin (FRA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0; Anabel (GBR x19) bt Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) 5-7,
PHILADELPHIA 11 NY Mets 10 Blackburn Rovers win 3-0 on aggregate FK Suduva (LTU) 3 Brann Bergen (NOR) 4 Atletico Madrid win 5-1 on aggregate Medina Garrigues (ESP x31) bt Lourdes 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1; Lee Hyung-Taik (KOR) bt
HOUSTON 2 St. Louis 1 Litex Lovech (BUL) 3 Besa (ALB) 0 Brann Bergen win 6-4 on aggregate Belchatow (POL) 2 Dniepr Dniepropetrovsk Dominguez Lino (ESP) 7-5, 6-2; Tamira Guillermo Canas (ARG x14) 7-5, 7-5, 6-3;
Detroit 6 KANSAS CITY 1 Litex Lovech win 6-0 on aggregate Anorthosis Famagusta (CYP) 0 Cluj (ROM) 0 (UKR) 4 Paszek (AUT) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA Andy Roddick (USA x5) bt Jose Acasuso
Tampa Bay 8 BALTIMORE 6 Zenit Saint-Petersburg (RUS) 3 Zlaté Anorthosis Famagusta win 3-1 on aggregate Dniepr Dniepropetrovsk win 5-3 on aggregate x24) 6-3, 7-5; Patty Schnyder (SUI x11) bt (ARG) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, retired; Sebastien Gros-
Cincinnati 5 PITTSBURGH 4 Moravce (SVK) 0 Otelul Galati (ROM) 0 Lokomotiv Sofia (BUL) 0 Sampdoria (ITA) 1 Hajduk Split (CRO) 1 Severine Bremond (FRA) 6-3, 6-0; Julia jean (FRA) bt Max Mirnyi (BLR) 6-4, 6-7
CLEVELAND 6 Seattle 5 Zenit Saint-Petersburg win 5-0 on aggregate Otelul Galati win 3-1 on aggregate Sampdoria win 2-1 on aggregate Vakulenko (UKR) bt Jelena Kostanic Tosic (6/8), 6-4, 6-3; Nicolas Almagro (ESP x28)
CHICAGO CUBS 5 Milwaukee 4 Valerenga IF (NOR) 6 FK Ekranas (LTU) 0 Lens (FRA) 5 Young Boys Berne (SUI) 1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv (ISR) 3 Siroki Brijeg (BIH) 0 (CRO) 6-2, 6-1; Martina Hingis (SUI x16) bt bt Luis Horna (PER) 6-4, 6-1, 2-1 retired;
TEXAS 5 Chicago White Sox 1 Valerenga IF win 7-1 on aggregate Lens win 6-2 on aggregate Hapoel Tel-Aviv win 6-0 on aggregate Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 6-2, 7-5; Victoria Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Igor Andreev
Arizona 8 SAN DIEGO 7 FC Sion (SUI) 3 Ried (AUT) 0 NK Zrinjski (BIH) 1 FK Rabotnicki (MKD) 2 Galatasaray (TUR) 2 Slaven Koprivnica Azarenka (BLR) bt Dominika Cibulkova (RUS) 6-7 (3/7), 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5);
FC Sion win 4-1 on aggregate FK Rabotnicki win 2-1 on aggregate (CRO) 1 (SVK) 6-2, 6-2; Nadia Petrova (RUS x7) bt Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x4) bt Nicolas
SOCCER Aalborg BK (DEN) 3 HJK Helsinki (FIN) 0 Standard Liege (BEL) 1 Kaerjeng 97 (LUX) 0 Galatasaray win 4-2 on aggregate Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) 7-5, 6-1; Maria Kiefer (GER) 6-2, 6-2, 6-2; Thomas Johans-
UEFA Cup Aalborg BK win 4-2 on aggregate Standard Liege win 4-0 on aggregate - winners qualify for the 1st round proper Kirilenko (RUS) bt Katarina Srebotnik (SLO son (SWE) bt Arnaud Clement (FRA) 6-4,
PARIS: Results from Thursday’s UEFA FC Midtjylland (DEN) 5 FC Haka (FIN) 2 Fredrikstad FK (NOR) 1 Hammarby (SWE) 1 (ties to be played on Sept 20 and Oct 4). x22) 6-4, 6-3; Nicole Vaidisova (CZE x13) bt 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (9/11), 7-6 (7/1); Tommy Haas
Cup second preliminary round, second leg FC Midtjylland win 7-3 on aggregate Hammarby win 3-2 on aggregate Draw takes place on Friday. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 6-2, 7-6 (7/0); Agnes (GER x10) bt Philipp Petzschner (GER)
games: Odense BK (DEN) 4 FC Dinamo Minsk (BLR) 0 Mattersburg (AUT) 0 FC Basel (SUI) 4 Szavay (HUN) vs Michaella Krajicek (NED 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5; Stefan Koubek (AUT) bt
Odense BK win 5-1 on aggregate FC Basel win 6-1 on aggregate TENNIS x32) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3; Agnieszka Radwanska Michael Llodra (FRA) 6-1, 6-3, 6-3; James
Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski (POL) 2
Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) 0 Kayseri Erciyesspor (TUR) 3 Maccabi Tel- FK Jablonec (CZE) 1 Austria Vienna (AUT) 1 US Open (POL x30) bt Virginie Razzano (FRA) 6-2, Blake (USA x6) bt Fabrice Santoro (FRA)
Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski win 3-0 on Aviv FC (ISR) 1 Austria Vienna win 5-4 on aggregate NEW YORK: US Open results on Thursday 6-3; Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) bt Casey 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
aggregate Kayseri Erciyesspor win 4-2 on aggregate Maccabi Netanya (ISR) 0 Leiria (POR) 1 (x denotes seed): Dellacqua (AUS) 6-1, 6-0.
FC Artmedia Petrzalka (SVK) 2 FC MIKA AIK Solna (SWE) 2 SK Liepajas Metalurgs Leiria win 1-0 on aggregate Women’s singles 2nd rd Men’s singles 2nd rd
(LAT) 0 Anna Chakvetadze (RUS x6) bt Nicole Donald Young (USA) bt Richard Gasquet To comment or alert us to a story,
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FC Artmedia Petrzalka win 3-2 on aggregate AIK Solna win 4-3 on aggregate (IRL) 0 Pratt (AUS) 6-3, 6-4; Shahar Peer (ISR x18) (FRA x13) walkover, illness; Fernando Ver-

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