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By ZHANGYUNBI
YUNBIin Beijing
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State Council cuts bureaucratic
China will further
improve its business envi-
Our focus
ronment by halving the
the reform of government
functions,” he said.
An estimate by the World
Shanghai will be a major
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south of the urban area of Shi-
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Pyongyang
Minister Wangon Wednesday
Yi arrived in for DPRK Foreign Minister Ri Yongho at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Council decided on Wednes- from investing of starting a business, and and India.
a two-day on
Pyongyang visit to the Demo-
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cratic People’s Republic seeking solutions through ing chaired by Premier Li
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Shanghai and Tianjin, and in starting
was a business,
cut from 33 daysand the
to just unveiled at the news confer-
Korea. People’s Republic of
cratic dialogue
In March, and consultation.
Kim made an Keqiang. Zhejiang province. All gov- under amount of time required
23 days. ence, the 36.3 sq km zone com-
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visit to China. In China will further com-
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as 120,000 residents.
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Premier Li This pilot program further
Keqiang to go through to become ini-
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of viewsonabout
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reached by Kim and thePresident
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end will be rolled out nationwide tially Theoperational
whole business will bereg-
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ship
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ship situation,
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the Communist Partysecre-
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online. Govern- with schools, sports facilities,
the Foreign
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situation, according to changes.”
Ruan Zongze, tary
China of the
Central Communist
Committee. Party of In one
just over eight. decision coming optimizedemphasized thatstandard-
and the govern- ment
will approval
be conducted online.
of the names business and residential areas.
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Shenzhen.cit- unified PresidentmarketXiand fair com- required.
Jinping needed unless specifically ces and other support facili-
President Moon Jae-in,
Jong-un and Republic of Korea will importance
strengtheningof Beijing and level
strategic trip will gear up bilateral
efforts in fulfilling the two top efforts ies and
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also will capitals
be petition, stimulate
emphasized the vitality
that the gov- required.
The record-filing proce- ties.
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President Moon Jae-in, between
will Pyongyang strengthening
communication in fulfilling
leaders’ the
consensus, two top leaders’
includ- will beto
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make by the end of ernment
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requirements certifica-
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insula situation on track. key
The trip serves as a conference in Beijing on nuclear issue and
and maintaining high-level maintaining ure also will be introduced
Measures to halve the time investments.
ket and fair competition, tion requirements
ness registrations. Appli- on busi- water industry, handicrafts,
measure
The trip taken by both
serves as asides
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Wednesday. high-levelbetween
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that vitality
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leaders,
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the two countries’ Beijing
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average of required
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level exchanges and improve situation and further contrib- communication because the will be tested this year in investments. ance registration certifi-
strategic-level communication, ute to fundamentally resolving peninsula situation is undergo- 15 cities, including Beijing, Li said that a good busi- cate issued for companies
Foreign Ministry spokeswom- the peninsula issue, Hua said. ing remarkable changes and Shanghai and Tianjin, and ness environment is part that have obtained busi-
an Hua Chunying said. Hua reiterated China’s com- is developing rapidly almost in Zhejiang province. and parcel of enhanc- ness licenses with unified
China is glad to see that the mitment to denuclearizing the every day,” Ruan said. All government review ing competitiveness and social credit codes. The time
tense situation on the penin- peninsula, championing its Wang’s trip will also play a items and approval pro- productivity. needed for invoice applica-
sula is easing and develop- peace and stability and seek- key role in advancing the pen- cesses concerning home “In spurring economic tions and social insurance
ing in a good direction, the ing solutions through dialogue insula’s denuclearization pro- building and urban infra- growth, our focus needs registrations also will be
spokeswoman said at a news and consultation. cess, Ruan said. structure will be simplified, to shift from investing in reduced.
Thursday, May 3, 2018 C H I N A DA I LY USA
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Ontario,
China
Trump-voting cities face tariffs’ brunt
Brookings: Farming, aerospace, autos billion in Chinese imports last two largest economies is yet they can be resolved or miti-
look to most exposed to China’s retaliation
month under Section 301 of
US Trade Act of 1974.
The Brookings report also
another signal of a new era in
US trade policy, one that local
and state leaders ought to be
gated in a bilateral trade or
investment agreement, Iken-
son wrote on Tuesday on the
TOP NEWS 3
Study looks
Book shows how rural life molded Xi for causes
Liangjiahe is described as ‘quite The book has been availa- ing how he led local villagers “We’ve done thorough Hui, president of the pub- of birth
ble for 36 yuan ($5.65) at Xin- in building a dam and biogas research and interview work,” lisher, said he believes the
readable, especially for teenagers’ hua Bookstores nationwide
since Wednesday. It will be
digester and promoting the
iron industry, as well as his
she said. “We talked to the vil-
lagers and referred to histori-
book is of great significance
for understanding the forma- defects
available through online hardworking attitude and cal materials in libraries and tion of Xi Jinping Thought on
By HUO YAN in Xi’an and Xi has spoken on several stores soon and will be trans- self-cultivation amid adversi- the newspaper at the time to Socialism with Chinese Char- By WANG XIAODONG
ZHANG YI in Beijing occasions about how he bene- lated into English this year, ty. ensure an accurate, vivid and acteristics for a New Era, and wangxiaodong@
fited from his experiences the publisher said. Part three explains what touching story.” he expects it will “arouse chinadaily.com.cm
Liangjiahe, a book about working in the small commu- The nonfiction book, with a Xi’s close friends in the village “Sometimes people’s mem- widespread attention among
President Xi Jinping’s seven nity hidden among the valleys total of 102,000 words and 40 learned from him and how ories from 40 years ago are readers throughout the coun- New research involving half a
years as an “educated youth” of the Loess Plateau in Yan- pictures, is divided into four that knowledge influenced not very clear, so we’ve try”. million pregnant women across
in the small village of Liang- chuan county. parts. their lives. checked different sources to Wu Jian, a local resident in China is expected to greatly
jiahe in Shaanxi province, was “Readers will know how The first part depicts Xi’s The last part describes the ensure the accuracy of every his 50s who attended the improve control and prevention
issued by Shaanxi People’s the young Xi Jinping grew up deep feelings and concerns tremendous changes in single word,” Chen said, add- book’s launch on Wednesday, of risks related to birth defects,
Publishing House in Xi’an on in adversity in this book, for his fellow villagers in Liangjiahe in the past 40 ing that the team revised the said changes in the little vil- which are likely to increase with
Wednesday. acquired knowledge in a cave Liangjiahe over the past 40 years, especially the villagers’ book 45 times. lage of Liangjiahe also show the adoption of the universal
From 1969 to 1975, Xi lived dwelling, gained spiritual years, including the vivid happy lives in the past five “This book is quite reada- China's rural development in second-child policy.
and worked in the village as strength and gradually estab- scenes of his two return trips years. ble, especially for teenagers. the past 40 years of reform Based on the findings,
part of a campaign launched lished a firm belief in doing to the village. Chen Li, an editor, said the They’ll see the growth of a and opening-up. researchers will build China’s
by Chairman Mao Zedong that practical work for the peo- Part two is about Xi’s con- book took one and a half years great leader in hardship, first database of birth defect
asked urban youth to experi- ple,” said Hui Xiping, presi- tribution to the village during to compile and represented which is beneficial to their Contact the writers at zhang- risks and map out strategies for
ence life working in rural areas. dent of the publishing house. his seven years’ stay, includ- the work of about 30 people. future life,” she added. yi1@chinadaily.com.cn monitoring and prevention,
according to Beijing Obstetrics
and Gynecology Hospital, Cap-
DPRK talks drive up Nobel winner gets permanent residency ID ital Medical University, which
is leading the research.
The program, launched on
CHINA
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Cyberspace
T
he government is “Cyberspace is not a lawless
working to eradicate place because an online
inappropriate con- exchange is also a social rela-
tent on the internet to tionship that must abide by the
ensure that the web remains law and regulations,” said Sun
free from obscenity and violent Jin, head of the Cyberspace
imagery, and to promote a Governance Research Insti-
healthy culture online. tute at Wuhan University.
Last month, the Cyberspace “We appeal to people to
Administration of China, the adopt higher ethical stan-
national cyberspace regulator, dards, but they must adhere to
ordered online news aggrega- the law. Those disseminating
tor Toutiao and Kuaishou, a videos of adolescent mothers
site that shares videos lasting are suspected of abetting ille-
about 60 seconds, to remove gal conduct and promoting
obscene and violent content bad influences on society,” he
and to close all accounts that said.
uploaded such content. Moreover, users who upload
The administration also “harmful” videos must assume
closed about 5,000 livestream- joint responsibility with the
ing accounts hosted by minors sites that provide platforms
— people younger than 18 — that help to spread them, he
and deleted about 300,000 added.
video clips aired by lives- Yuan Gang, deputy CEO of
treaming youngsters. livestreaming site Douyu, said
The move was aimed at clos- there are rules governing the
ing loopholes in the operation registration of minors on the
of some online services, which site. Young people livestream a musical performance from a park on March 25, illustrating the sort of content that meets ethical standards. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
have been criticized for “We use facial identification
attracting viewers without methods for account registra-
regard for rules or morality. tion and users must provide “The defect in the algorithm Getting the picture
Recently, Kuaishou and their ID cards. If they are under is a defect in our values. We Number of short video sites
Huoshan, a short-video appli- 18, they are not allowed to open neglected the problem for a users in China
cation affiliated to Toutiao, an account. However, they are long time, but we will not (Unit: million)
have been widely criticized for allowed to do so if they have shirk responsibility or evade
allowing minors to spread written permission from their supervision.”
“harmful” content. guardian. If the minors want to Last month, Toutiao 242
Videos of pregnant teenag- livestream, their guardian removed about 10,000 video
ers or teenage mothers — usu- should aware of it,” he said. clips and closed about 5,000
ally unmarried and ages 13 to accounts, while Kuaishou 153
18 — appeared on the sites, Self-censorship removed about 310,000 video
describing their pregnancies In response to the authori- clips and closed 65,000 88
or their lives as young moth- ties’ moves to straighten out accounts. 56
ers, and were forwarded to irregularities in content, lives- The sites’ CEOs promised to 38
other sites in an effort to gain treaming and video sites have improve editorial responsibili-
traffic and followers. That’s vowed to remove harmful con- ty, with Toutiao saying it will 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
despite the fact that sexual tent and increase manpower in increase the number of staff
activity with people ages 14 or content review. members in its review team
Top five short video sites by user
younger is defined as rape in Zhang Yiming, CEO of Tou- from 6,000 to 10,000, while numbers in February
China, while the legal age for tiao, posted an apology the Kuaishou will raise numbers
(Unit: million)
female marriage is 20. More- same night as one of its apps from 2,000 to 5,000.
over, being a single mother was ordered to close perma- The sites also promised to
does not accord with tradi- nently after airing illegal con- amend their algorithms to add 200
tional values. tent. He said he had “spent a “correct values”, avoid illegal
Senior executives at both sleepless night, feeling guilty and obscene content, and
companies pledged to close all and blaming himself” for fail- focus more on protecting Yan Shuang, a school student in Shenyang, Liaoning province, performs acrobatic tricks for viewers of
livestreaming accounts hosted ing to live up to the trust and minors. 109
96.5 his livestream on December 15. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
by minors within five days, support of the site’s users.
intensify regulation of content “We have focused on scale, ‘‘Wrong’ values
45.3
and alter the values used to set but have not improved quality “Technology itself is neutral, 32.6 that pursue commercial profit “The sites should ensure that by social organizations, and the
the algorithms that decide of content in a timely manner, but the loophole stems from often focus on technology and livestreamers and video pro- public could engage with it.
which content should be pro- and we have neglected our the wrong values behind the do not have any training in viders understand what they The system could be more
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Growing audience tion,” he said. ang, a professor of journalism Source: iiMedia Research Group fic that generates profits.” “Service providers should tent,” he said.
By the end of last year, there “We put a lot of energy and at Chongqing University. CHINA DAILY not impose restrictions on reg- Pi Yong, deputy head of the
were 579 million online video resources into growing our Technically, the term “algo- Supervision istration because it is a good Cyberspace Governance
viewers and 422 million lives- enterprise, but we did not take rithm” refers to a set of instruc- will push it to all users, send it Chen Rui, an associate pro- way for people, especially those Research Institute at Wuhan
treaming viewers in the coun- enough measures to regulate tions followed in a fixed to the front page or label it as fessor at the Institute of Com- from the grassroots, to gain University, said the system has
try, according to the China the platform, including effec- pattern. They are mainly used hot,” he said. munication Psychology at recognition. Instead, the sites produced a three-layer rela-
Internet Network Information tive governance of vulgar, vio- for solving math problems and “As a result, more people will Communication University of should adopt a credit system to tionship: government; internet
Center. lent, harmful content and false making computer programs. view it, making it an extremely China, said, “The severe regulate users’ behavior. The service providers; and neti-
Meanwhile, according to a advertising.” “The apps have their own popular product. However, authority order last month was sites can take action against zens.
recent report from iiMedia Zhang said the company algorithms, which decide the that popularity is man-made. a blow to the industry. It sig- those with bad credit records. “Without the middle layer,
Research Group, a mobile overemphasized the role of content they push to users That way we often encounter naled that service providers Service providers should pay the government would be una-
internet consultancy, short technology without realizing based on data and their own items that are seen as popular should be self-disciplined and more attention to posters ble to manage cyberspace effec-
videos are becoming increas- that it must be guided by the methods of calculation,” Zhang online, but we feel unaffected improve their initiative in con- whose videos attract a large tively. At the same time, service
ingly popular, with 242 million correct values. Xiaoqiang said. after watching them.” tent review. volume of traffic or those sell- providers and netizens rely on
viewers by the end of last year, Shortly before Zhang’s apol- “Different video sites have He added that in an infor- “These sites should improve ing goods or services while each other, with the former
a year-on-year rise of more ogy, Su Hua, CEO of Kuaishou, different algorithms, and some mation-overloaded world, their editorial processes and streaming, because they have gaining huge profits from the
than 58 percent. expressed regret and apolo- are based on users’ personal algorithms are essential tools. raise the qualifications for edi- greater influence.” latter, so they must find a bal-
Viewers’ reasons for watch- gized for the presence of illegal habits. For example, on Dou- “They are like dippers that tors. The algorithm engineers He added that in addition to ance between commercial
ing the videos vary: more than content — such as pornogra- yin, a video site attached to extract what we need from the need extra training as well, guiding the industry with time- profit and social responsibility,”
70 percent use them to kill phy and footage of violent acts Toutiao, viewers will be offered sea of information and put it in especially in terms of commu- ly policies, the regulators he said.
time and relax, while approxi- — on his site. videos similar to those they front of us. It is easy for vulgar nication ethics.” should encourage the public to “Breaking the ecology of
mately 42 percent said they He conceded that “the algo- have already viewed. things to become popular Zhang Xiaoqiang said sites report harmful content, cyberspace will not be good for
also used them to obtain infor- rithm used by the platform “Some have algorithms that because poorly educated neti- must ensure that the people because the number of users is its operation in the long run.”
mation, and about 21 percent contains certain values create ‘hot’ items. For example, zens find them easy to under- posting on them are aware of rising so quickly that the regu-
were looking to make friends, because humans are responsi- when a video reaches a certain stand,” he said. the regulations that govern lators are unable to keep track. Contact the writer at
according to the report. ble for programming them. number of views, the platform “IT engineers at companies online content. “A tip- off system could be led zhangyi1@chinadaily.com.cn
Youngsters revel in era of individuality the illusion that they don’t take
up much time. The algorithm
behind the site will send the
viewers more related videos, so
because they are strangers.”
Li Duojiao, Wei’s head teach-
er, said, “We call her the ‘Douyin
Princess’ in class. Sometimes I
By ZHANG YI time with rhythmic music — with which they can be upload- individuality, and younger peo- We are in an era of people become addicted see she has shared her videos
on it. It’s great fun to add spe- ed. The content ranges from ple are eager to show their per- unconsciously.” on WeChat, and other students
Wei Jiaqi has recently taken cial effects and background cooking and pets to dancing sonalities,” said Sun Jin, head of displaying individ- To prevent users from have given her ‘likes’.
up a new hobby; filming and music to make the video inter- and exercise. the Cyberspace Governance becoming addicted, the plat- “Teenagers just need a stage
sharing gesture-dance videos esting,” the 13-year-old added. By February, Douyin was Research Institute at Wuhan uality, and younger form launched a new auto-lock to show off. Even though they
on Douyin, a short video appli- “I also shoot scenic nature ranked third in China by user University in Hebei province. people are eager to function last month, so that it may put themselves at poten-
cation affiliated to Toutiao, an videos — for example, the cher- numbers. It has about 96 mil- “Young people today are will- automatically locks itself after tial risk, we never stop them
online news and information
platform.
ry blossoms in spring — and
upload them to Douyin to
lion regular users, and an
annual growth rate of 76 per-
ing to share traditionally ‘pri-
vate’ things, including their
show their person- two hours of use per day.
“I am a disciplined person. I
from using the internet, which
is irresistible and part of their
“I think it is a good way of record the beautiful things in cent, the highest in the country, lives, work and hobbies, with alities. only spend 30 minutes watch- lives. Someday, they will enter
displaying my talent and my life. At the beginning, my according to a recent report strangers via social media. ing videos on Douyin on school society, where they will
recording my life,” said the first video only had 10 ‘likes’, from internet consultancy Meanwhile, there are more Sun Jin, head of the Cyberspace days, and it doesn’t affect my encounter good and bad
first-grade student at Beijing but I was still happy because iiMedia Research Group. who are curious about others’ Governance Research Institute at study,” said Wei, who is a class things. It is important that they
No 15 Middle School. someone liked it. I have already Last year, the company said private lives. As a result, those Wuhan University monitor and a top student. are capable of telling right from
“I started using the app in made 95 videos and have about that 85 percent of its users were sites link the two sides and pro- “My parents encourage me wrong, and choosing suitable
October after watching many 2,000 followers.” ages 24 and younger, with duce a huge market.” Communication University of to show myself on Douyin, but things for themselves.”
popular gesture-dance videos Short videos — lasting less many born after 1995 and even Chen Rui, an associate pro- China, said, “Some videos on they tell me to be careful.
— where performers use their than 60 seconds — are gaining in the 2000s. fessor at the Institute of Com- Douyin are about 15 seconds Sometimes, I chat with my fans Liu Kun contributed to this
fingers and hands to pose in popularity because of the ease “We are in an era of displaying munication Psychology at duration, so that gives people online, but I am cautious story.
C H I N A DA I LY USA Thursday, May 3, 2018 C H I NA 7
Woman making
Elderly experts bringing village richer with
science to the masses fruits of her labor
An enterprising young
woman in eastern China is
hoping a locally grown fruit
In China, peach blossoms
symbolize love and romance,
and Taohuayuan (Peach
Organization’s and its flowers will help put
her village on the national
Blossom Land) is the Chi-
nese term for a utopia filled
efforts in line map, and enrich its residents
in the process.
with the flowers where kind
people live in prosperity.
with top leader’s When many people from
Siyang county, Jiangsu prov-
Farmers had been growing
peaches in Siyang for hun-
innovation drive ince, left their struggling
hometown years ago they
dreds of years but had never
found a way to sell the fruit in
could little imagine that a profitable way.
By YUAN QUAN throngs of tourists would As a successful entrepre-
one day come to see peach neur and a respected Party
Many elderly Chinese spend blossoms. official, Song rented 13.3 hec-
their retirement looking after Song Shanshan, 27, an tares of land from villagers
grandchildren or traveling the entrepreneur known as Ms and started a peach orchard
world, but for Bai Wuming, 62, Peach, is given credit for this last year.
his former career is a labor of ongoing transformation. After thorough research,
love and he’s helping popular- Born and raised in Zhao- Song and her team planted
ize science among young peo- chen village, Song refused to over 20 different varieties of
ple. believe that her hometown peaches, installed an
Bai officially retired two would remain a “rotten advanced drip irrigation sys-
years ago from a 40-year peach”, a local term for the tem and invited agricultural
career in geophysics with the poorest place or people. She technicians to work in the
Chinese Academy of Sciences, returned after graduating orchard.
yet he continues to give lec- from university in the nearby “Of course, the orchard
tures on earth science in city of Huaiyin in 2012, and will not be as profitable as
schools across the country, after years of hard work now my furniture business, but
including in remote rural are- runs a sofa factory with over this is a project that will
as. 150 million yuan ($23.8 mil- bring more money to local
He likes to open his presen- lion) in annual revenue, residents,” she said.
tations with the words “Sci- which creates more than 500 Song visits her orchard
ence is all around us” before jobs. daily, and has vowed never to
conducting small experiments “I want my fellow villagers let the peaches rot. “I’ve
to captivate the audience’s to make money here, instead made a promise and I can’t
attention. of leaving their hometown,” disappoint the villagers.”
To demonstrate how volca- Professor Gao Dengyi, a retired researcher with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a member of Senior Scientists Public Lectures, Song said. March and April, the
noes erupt, Bai invites partici- takes a photo with students after lecturing at a primary school in Taizhou, Zhejiang province. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Her dream is becoming a peach blossom season, are
pants to come forward and reality, as the average month- the most lively months of the
pour sugar into a bottle of ly income last year stood at year in Siyang, as many tour-
beer. The sugar produces car- the public. So I don’t think “I remember once I lectured 6,000 yuan per villager, up ists visit in the county to view
bon dioxide, which causes the popularizing science is easier at a playground, because the from just 1,000 yuan in 2012. the blossoms.
beer to immediately spray than doing actual research,” rural primary school did not Being a successful busi- Garden tours are now pop-
forth in dramatic fashion. said geologist Xu Wenyao. have an auditorium. But the nesswoman did not satisfy ular among flower and
“I remember my high school To ignite audience interest, pupils listened carefully with- Song’s strong will to change nature photography enthusi-
textbook also mentioned vol- Xu always makes a music anal- out any distractions,” Xu her hometown, and she also asts in China.
canoes, but my teacher did not ogy in his lectures. recalled. desired to become a public When the trees start pro-
conduct any demonstrations,” “There are two tenors. Can Yang Xinghua, head of servant. ducing fruit in three years,
said Zhang Hao, a Tianjin Uni- you tell which one sings bet- Tangshan Oriental Interna- Last year, the city of Suqi- Song’s orchard will become a
versity graduate student who ter?” Xu asked. “The vocalists tional School in Hebei prov- an — which administers producer and wholesaler of
volunteered to help at one of say each has his own merits, ince, said, “It’s an opportunity Siyang — started a recruit- peaches. She plans to market
Bai’s lectures. but we scientists can use data for us to communicate with ment program to attract and sell the fruit using Chi-
Bai is one of 60 members of and equations to analyze their accomplished scientists.” more well-educated young na’s booming e-commerce
Senior Scientists Public Lec- voices.” President Xi Jinping has people to become grassroots industry. The orchard now
tures — an organization under It’s a winning formula. described scientific innova- officials. provides nearly 500 jobs and
the academy — having joined “Many students start nod- tion and popularization as Song became the deputy contributes 2 million yuan in
in 2010. ding off when it comes to sci- “the two wings for realizing Party secretary of Zhaochen rent to 195 families across
Established in 1997, the ence, especially math, physics innovation-driven develop- village in August after pass- the county every year.
team of male and female and chemistry. So I am always ment”. ing several exams and per-
speakers is mainly comprised thinking how to make these More public figures and forming well in interviews. XINHUA
of retired researchers in fields subjects more accessible and organizations have emerged in
including astronomy, physics, interesting,” Xu said. recent years, working on sci-
chemistry and biology.
The oldest member is 90,
but their average age is 68,
with speakers receiving 1,000
The retirees also hope to
kindle a long-term interest
among their young audiences
in pursuing further scientific
ence popularization through
social media. But the retired sci-
entists hope more researchers
will take up the cause.
Retired judge
yuan ($160) per lecture.
Zhong Qi, founder of the
original team of just eight, said
study and research.
The elderly lecturers them-
selves also keep learning,
Bai said their advantage lies
in their years of research: “The
content of our lectures is
uses mediation
most of them had little previ-
ous experience in presenting
scientific concepts to the pub-
lic in laymen’s terms despite
Professor Xu Muqi, another member of Senior Scientists Public
Lectures, answers a student’s question after giving a lecture on
water resource protection.
adapting and improving.
They have mastered making
PowerPoint presentations
and videos, as well as writing
based on the research we have
done, which is real, scientific
and proprietary. We don’t
allow our speakers to down-
to save marriages
having dedicated their careers jokes, stories and lyrics that load content from the inter-
to their research. the unknown world in their audition. If the audience feels fill lecture rooms with laugh- net.” By FENG ZHIWEI
“I remember my teenage youth, I think it would be good the lecture is too difficult to ter. Bai said the team is especial- in Changsha
years in the 1950s, which were for them and our work.” understand, applications can By 2017, the association had ly looking for experts in and LI LEI in Beijing
a crucial time for me to devel- The elderly scientists on the be declined. Those expecting delivered 23,000 lectures, emerging subjects such as
op my mind and body,” Zhong team still take a rigorous atti- to find fame will likely be mainly in primary and high artificial intelligence and oce- A 75-year-old retired judge
recalled. tude when selecting retirees rejected as well. schools, to a total audience of anic science. “It is a scientist’s in Hunan province has pre-
“If we senior scientists can who apply to join their ranks. “You have to make your 8.2 million. They also lectured responsibility to popularize vented the breakup of more
communicate with people and Regardless of titles and lectures interesting and it to people at community science,” Bai said. than 1,000 families in the
arouse their interest in science awards, all applicants must can be difficult trying to events, in prisons, the military past 14 years through his
and inspire them to explore submit a report and take on explain a formula clearly to and worshippers at temples. XINHUA CHINA FEATURES work as a volunteer media-
tor.
Xie Maoxiang retired in Xie Maoxiang, a retired asso-
2003 as associate presiding ciate presiding judge in Hunan
Around China judge of the Dapu court in province
Hunan’s Hengdong county.
But he did not leave the
HUBEI bride in Nanjing is a relative. demanded compensation after court to enjoy a leisurely hard work. Eight years ago,
Thief takes phone, Wang, 29, has been told by a food deliveryman entered retirement. Instead, he offered she had a dispute with her
officials in the Xuanwu district the women’s dressing room of to work for free as a mediator husband and almost got
fails to steal wife marriage registration center a fitness center in Hangzhou to relieve the pressure on local divorced. Xie cycled for
A hotblooded mobile phone that he can still marry, as the while she was naked. The judicial resources. almost an hour along the
thief, surnamed Zhang, was Marriage Law only prohibits woman, surnamed Li, said the The court, where Xie had muddy road to the couple’s
detained after he attempted to couples linked within three deliveryman had looked at her been working since 1982, has house to talk them out of the
date the wife of his victim, sur- generations. Wang’s great- for three to four seconds only five employees now, but decision. After several visits,
named Li, in Wuhan on April gency brakes to avoid collid- grandmother is the sister of before leaving. The manager of it serves a population of the quarreling couple were
6. Zhang stole Li’s phone at a ing with the car. Police are his fiancee’s grandmother, the fitness center said the man 260,000. The situation was reconciled.
cybercafe and then contacted investigating why the car was which pushes them past the had walked into the wrong even worse when he was “My life would be not as
Li’s wife requesting sex after parked there and are seeking legal threshold. However, riverside restaurant, was room by accident. Li reported about to retire. blissful now were it not for
he was attracted by photos its owner. experts say the couple should thanked by Zhang’s family aft- the incident to police, but the “There were only three Xie,” she said.
stored on the phone. Li’s wife HUASHANG DAILY have a premarital examination er the rescue and offered a deliveryman had left by the staff members at the court Wen Yanping, the court’s
pretended to agree to meet and consult a doctor to see reward, which he declined. time officers arrived at the then, but lots of lawsuits,” he presiding judge, said Xie was
Zhang in a hotel, where police whether their union might Zhang died in hospital eight center. The manager apolo- said, adding that his experi- patient about the mediation
JIANGSU
were waiting to detain the affect their children’s health. days later, and her family sued gized and offered to refund the ence as a grassroots judge and his hard work had won
thief. Man discovers his THEPAPER.CN the city’s river management balance of Li’s 2,500 yuan was an advantage in media- him esteem.
KANKANNEWS.COM fiancee is related department. They recently ($400) annual membership tion. “At least a third of the
A man, surnamed Wang, is SICHUAN decided to list Li as a second fee — about 1,000 yuan — but He has since devoted his quarreling couples go home
SHAANXI weighing up whether to con- Boss organized defendant, alleging surveil- refused to pay compensation. time to the mediation of mar- after mediation, and many
Xi’an police tackle tinue with his marriage plans lance video showed Zhang fell THECOVER.CN ital discord to prevent it from have dropped divorce cases
after learning his would-be
rescue, but sued into the river because the road turning into divorce, which after Xie’s efforts,” she said.
carload of trouble A Chengdu restaurant boss had been made slippery by would result in more court Even though he has been
A parked sedan has been giv- who was praised by authori- dirty water poured by employ- cases. Xie, who cycles to working at the court for 35
ing traffic police in Xi’an seri- ties and residents three years ees from Li’s restaurant. work on weekdays, likened years, Xie shows no sign of
ous headaches. The vehicle ago for organizing his employ- THECOVER.CN marital discord to the slowing down.
was recently parked near ees to rescue an elderly wom- mechanical problems on a “I will stick to my post as
train tracks and forced a pass- an, surnamed Zhang, from ZHEJIANG well-used bicycle and said long as my physical condi-
ing cargo train to stop for over drowning in a river, said he both can be repaired. tion allows,” he said.
30 minutes before authorities was shocked to learn the wom-
Accidental eyeful He Yueying, a resident of
could tow it away. The train’s an’s family is taking him to at fitness center Fengshan village, said her Contact the writers
engineer had to hit the emer- court. Li Chengwei, who runs a A woman (pictured right) has family was grateful for Xie’s at lilei@chinadaily.com.cn
8
LIFE
Thursday, May 3, 2018
W
hen award-win- only by his faithful pet, a Xolo that we would make a movie
ning American dog named Dante. set against Day of the Dead,
director Lee Talking to China Daily, the people thought Pixar was
U n k r i c h 50-year-old filmmaker admits making a horror movie,” notes
addressed the 14th China that he was surprised at the Unkrich. “Of course, we knew
International Cartoon & Ani- level of success Coco has it wasn’t. We were going to In my mind, a
mation Festival in Hangzhou
on Friday, the hall was so full
achieved in the world’s sec-
ond-largest movie market.
make a comedy about family
and love.
skeleton is just
that some of the attendees
were forced to sit on the floor.
“Initially, we were worried
that we wouldn’t even be
“In my mind, a skeleton is
just another form of regular
another form of
With his directorial hits Toy allowed to release (the film) in people.” regular people.”
Story 3 and Coco, both win- China, due to the regulations,” In order to make the skele-
ning best animated feature he says. “But, it did get ton characters appealing, Coco Lee Unkrich, director
Oscars in 2010 and 2017, released and it did well, and animators made them with
respectively, Unkrich’s speech we are happy about that.” eyeballs, lips and vivid facial
was one of the hottest tickets Touching on the reason for expressions, even taking inspi- “As we have traveled a lot,
at the annual festival. the film’s unexpected popu- ration from some of Pixar’s we discovered a lot of things
With 1.2 billion yuan ($190 larity, Unkrich believes the most famous characters by and asked many questions,
million) in box office earn- similarity between the Mexi- digitally transforming them which has been similar to
ings, Coco became the high- can and Chinese traditions into skeletons to study the the journey that I undertook
est-grossing Pixar film in about the deceased makes the movements of their bones. while making Coco,” he
China, making four times movie relatable to local audi- Speaking about the key to notes.
more than second-placed ences. the enduring success of Pixar, However, Chinese audien-
Finding Dory. “Part of my goal in making the animation giant that now ces won’t have to wait too long
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the the film was to share the Mexi- Lee Unkrich, the Pixar director behind the Oscar-winning animated hits Toy Story 3 and Coco, gives a has 19 feature films to its for a Pixar film rooted in Chi-
105-minute fantasy film about can culture with people speech at the 14th China International Cartoon & Animation Festival in Hangzhou recently. name, and for which Unkrich nese culture, with Unkrich
a Mexican boy’s adventure around the world, but I also has worked for the best part of revealing that Domee Shi, a
through a colorful Land of the wanted to tell a story which two decades, he believes it’s Chinese-Canadian, is about to
Dead racked up a score of 9.1 would be universal,” the veter- However, the original inspi- “It can be a dangerous breeders and their charges to the animators’ understanding become the first female direct-
points out of 10 on Douban, a an filmmaker notes. “The fact ration for the film came one thing: telling a story about cul- the Pixar studio to study the about life that makes it work. or in the studio’s 32-year histo-
popular Chinese film-rating that the movie did so well in year after the release of Toy ture that is different from your symbolic animals. “Sometimes the story might ry when she releases her film
platform. China shows that we were Story 3, during a family vaca- own,” he says. “For Coco, I Xolo canines are a hairless be fantastical, and might not Bao (Steamed Bread).
The movie follows 12-year- right.” tion to Disney World in Flori- knew I had to really deeply breed with a 3,500-year histo- seem like being about us, but The animated short centers
old Miguel, who dreams of Since graduating from the da. While visiting the Mexico understand the culture of ry in Mexico, where locals most of the time, underneath, around a mother whose chil-
becoming a musician but is University of Southern Cali- pavilion at the Epcot theme Mexico.” believe the dogs possess a it’s often about things that are dren have all left home and
discouraged by his parents, fornia’s School of Cinematic park in 2011, Unkrich spotted After deciding to set a fable supernatural power to ward important to us as people or a who gets another chance at
who despise music since Arts in 1990, Unkrich has four papier-mache skeletons against the Mexican holiday, off evil spirits. society,” he explains. parenting when the epony-
Miguel’s great-great grandfa- been fascinated with Latino dressed like a mariachi band. Dia de los Muertos, or the Day It took hundreds of anima- Recently embarking on a mous dish comes to life.
ther abandoned the family in culture, especially the Two things immediately of the Dead, Unkrich and his tors six years to create the whirlwind tour of China — Bao is set for a summer
pursuit of his own tilt at star- unlikely juxtapositions sur- crossed his mind. Pixar creation team did a lot of vibrant world of Coco, during taking in Beijing, Shanghai release alongside Pixar’s much
dom decades earlier. His rounding death, such as that “I first thought, it would be research, including visits to which time they had a major and Hangzhou — Unkrich says anticipated superhero sequel,
desire to emulate his musical of morbid, skeletal imagery really fun to see them being Mexico, where the team spent creative obstacle to overcome he has accumulated plenty of Incredibles 2.
idol, and a magic guitar, set against bright colors and animated,” he says, adding time with local families, — skeletons are usually con- significant experiences of local
thrusts Miguel into an adven- the festival feeling of celebra- that this is a world he hadn’t watching documentaries and sidered scary to most people. life, which may inspire his Contact the writer at
turous romp accompanied tion. seen explored in film before. even inviting some Xolo dog “When we first announced future works. xufan@chinadaily.com.cn
Chilean
Star power sees Youku pack a punch filmmaker
Chinese video giant is pulling out all stops with a host of new-format shows featuring seeks links
big names in a bid to tap the diverse youth market. Wang Kaihao reports. with China
W
hen long-run-
ning Taiwan BEIJING — Chilean film-
variety talk maker Silvio Caiozzi says he
show Kangsi did not expect that his work
Coming aired its final episode would be cheered and under-
in 2016, fans on both sides of stood as it was in Beijing
the Straits bid an emotional recently.
farewell to its host duo — Kev- His latest feature film And
in Tsai and Dee Hsu — who Suddenly the Dawn was well
finally answered the curtain received at the Beijing Inter-
call after 12 years of bringing national Film Festival.
laughter to their viewers. The three-hour movie,
But the good news is that crowned Best Film at the Mon-
fans won’t have to wait much treal World Film Festival in
longer for the pair to make a September, is set in Patagonia
comeback. in Chile, where a man who has
Youku Inc announced escaped from his native land
recently that the duo are set to out of fear as a young boy,
return as hosts of a new talk returns in search of what he
show for the on-demand vid- had left behind.
eo giant, one of China’s lead- “I intended to explore the
ing streaming platforms. complexity and depth of
“I didn’t expect to host a human nature,” Caiozzi said
show with Little S (Dee Hsu) after the movie’s premiere in
again,” Tsai tells a news con- Beijing.
ference in Beijing. “We The audience did not leave
thought we had covered every the cinema until after mid-
interesting angle, so we decid- night, and posed a variety of
ed to leave Kangsi Coming questions on specific filming
while people still had a good techniques.
feeling for the show.” “I am surprised by their
However, when it comes to knowledge and enthusiasm
variety shows, there is always for cinema. They were intelli-
something new around the gent questions,” says the film-
corner. maker on his first contact with
According to Tsai, the new the Chinese public.
series will feature the original “If one’s work is able to
production team behind reach out to so many people,
Kangsi Coming and has been regardless of where they come
tentatively titled Tan Bai Ba, from, or what language they
Hua Hua Shi Jie (Confess for The Taiwan hosting duo of Kevin Tsai (right) and Dee Hsu will reunite for an upcoming variety show for Youku. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY speak, it is a wonderful gift,”
a Colorful World). The show Caiozzi says.
will explore stars’ shopping Since his last film Cachimba
habits by asking them to program, where they will (2004), the filmmaker says he
share their shopping lists and undergo the same arduous took his time to fall in love
bills. training regime as the astro- with the new story. What Cai-
“You are what you buy,” Tsai nauts, including one that mim- ozzi was looking for is the
says. “And this also reveals a ics the environment of Mars. complexity of human nature.
celebrity’s desires and atti- It is the first time a reality “Such complexity is what we
tudes toward life. Through show has revealed the rigor- have in common as human
this, viewers will be able to ous training process that Chi- beings,” he says. “The most
gain a better understanding nese astronauts have to wonderful thing about cinema
of them.” endure. happens when the viewer for-
Tsai adds that unlike Kang- “We’re witnessing historical gets that he is a spectator, and
si Coming, the new show will stages in the development of he becomes another character
use big data analysis of con- China’s space program,” Li and gets emotionally engaged
sumer patterns as its founda- says. “This time we want to in the movie. That means the
tion, which he hopes will give tell the lesser-known stories movie is well done.”
it added resonance with ordi- behind the program and show Given that in China there
nary shoppers. how we have attained the are millions of movie lovers
After all, Alibaba, which achievements of today.” with a fervent thirst for better
runs China’s biggest online Left: Variety show We’re From Earth, featuring one of the first Chinese astronauts, Li Qinglong, will showcase trainings of China’s space According to Yang Wei- films, and Latin America pro-
shopping platform Taobao, is program. Right: Former NBA star Stephon Marbury will appear on the talent show Dunk Boys on Youku. dong, head of Youku, the wide duces works that continue to
Youku’s mother company. spectrum of variety shows impress the world, Caiozzi
The reunion between Tsai offered by the platform this says a wider collaboration
and Hsu is just one of a raft of skills in music videos. Nevertheless, she says that thanks to another new Youku year echoes the diverse needs between the two sides seems
new-format variety shows The new show will see the the theme of basketball was program We’re From Earth. of the contemporary Chinese logical and natural.
due to be aired by Youku this three stars help recruit young simply chosen as a vehicle to Li Qinglong, deputy direct- audience. “China is opening up to the
year. players from around China to allow the producers to take a or of the Shenzhen-based “It’s getting more and more world and eager to see how
Dunk Boys, a new basket- This era calls for team up for 3x3 basketball closer look at popular youth Space Institute of Southern difficult to make one program things are done everywhere
ball-themed show starring events, with the storyline culture. China, is taking part in a new that will suit everyone’s taste,” else,” Caiozzi says. “So, there is
Taiwan singing star Jay Chou, young idols who developing along with the “Young Chinese people’s reality show centered around Yang says. “A show that proves a possibility for coproduc-
will see the idol for a genera- selection process. aspirations and struggles will the training program of Chi- popular with one group of tions, talent encounters and
tion of pop fans team up with are full of According to Yi Hua, the be on display,” she says. “This nese astronauts. people, might hardly be film exchanges.”
Jeremy Lin, the Chinese- producer of Dunk Boys, the era calls for young idols who Li was among the first noticed by another.” He sees the likelihood of a
American NBA star with the positive energy upcoming show will pay hom- are full of positive energy and astronauts to be trained in Users now pay more atten- “swap” mechanism to show-
Brooklyn Nets, and Stephon age to Slam Dunk, a Japanese possess a strong spirit, and China. Although he coached tion to what interests them case a certain amount of each
Marbury, a former NBA star
and possess a animation that influenced the basketball pitch is an ideal Yang Liwei, the first Chinese most, he adds. other’s films every year.
who has also enjoyed huge
career success in China by
strong spirit.” generations of young people
in China. And, since 3x3 bas-
place to demonstrate this.”
However, this year’s batch
astronaut to be sent into
space, he unfortunately never
“We have to develop tai-
lored plans for different social
“I’m going to try to push for
the idea to get going,” he says.
helping the Beijing Ducks win Yi Hua, producer of Dunk Boys ketball is also one of the of idols will not only be drawn made it there himself. circles and not just cater to “In a globalized world where
three national champion- sports featuring in the 2020 from the circles of entertain- In We’re From Earth, six loyal fans.” the human being is becoming
ships. Summer Olympic Games, Yi ment and sport. Efforts taken guests — a mix of celebrities more and more isolated, cine-
Known for being a die- thinks the show will help by behind-the-scenes national and ordinary people — will Contact the writer at ma is what brings us closer.”
hard basketball fan, Chou warm up audiences ahead of heroes will also have a chance spend 30 days in the training wangkaihao@
often shows off his hoop the competition. to reach younger audiences, center used by China’s space chinadaily.com.cn XINHUA
Brexiteers deny
move against May
Hard-liners stand firm over issue of customs partnership
By JULIAN SHEA in London argument for the customs
julian@mail.chinadailyuk.com partnership “stone dead”,
while former Brexit minister
Leading Conservative Brex- David Jones told the BBC that
iteer, MP Jacob Rees-Mogg,
has rejected claims that he
Once we have left “certainly there would be a lot
of very disappointed Brexit-
and fellow Brexit supporters
are threatening to bring down
our alliance with eers if we were to end up in a
customs partnership”.
Theresa May’s government in the EU, the United Rees-Mogg, 48, is widely
the ongoing disagreement regarded as a potential future
over Britain’s future trade rela- States will be even leader of the Conservative Par-
tionship with Europe. ty, although two current Tory
All European Union mem- more central to MPs have publicly stated they
ber states are currently part of would leave the party if he
a customs union, which our foreign policy took over.
means a common tariff is Last year he had meetings
Firefighters attend the scene after a major fire caused the collapse of a 22-story building in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, on agreed on goods coming into
than it currently is, with controversial US right
Tuesday. CRIS FAGA / NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES the union from the outside,
and that there are no taxes on
especially as we wing political strategist Steve
Bannon, who guided Presi-
goods transported between are unlikely to be dent Donald Trump to the
Close shave
Macron in the dark over Trump’s plan for deal
By CHINA DAILY “I don’t know what the US man Bahram Qasemi said in a
president will decide on May I just want to say whatever the statement that “the ridiculous
French President Emmanu- 12,” Macron told reporters in propagandist presentations of
el Macron on Wednesday said Sydney after meeting Prime decision will be, we will have to the premier of the Zionist
he did not know whether US Minister Malcolm Turnbull. regime (of Israel) is one of the
President Donald Trump The White House said on
prepare such a broader negotiation and latest shameful and worthless
would stick to the 2015 Iran
nuclear deal that many in the
Tuesday that the Iran deal was
made on “false pretense” in
a broader deal because I think nobody shows about Iran’s nuclear
program”.
West see as the best hope of 2015, Xinhua News Agency
reported.
wants a war in the region ...” In a televised presentation
on Monday, Netanyahu dis-
preventing Teheran from get-
ting a nuclear bomb. “Iran’s nuclear capability Emmanuel Macron, French President closed files allegedly obtained
Macron, followed by Ger- were far more advanced and by Israel’s intelligence agency
man Chancellor Angela far further along than they from Iran’s “secret nuclear
Merkel, visited Washington ever indicated,” said White archive”, saying the files prove
last week in the hope of per- House Press Secretary Sarah because I think nobody wants the IAEA is the only interna- Iran has secretly worked on
suading Trump not to reim- Sanders at a daily briefing. a war in the region, and tional body with the right to nuclear weapons.
Novice monks who had their heads shaved pose for photographs pose sanctions on Iran before “The deal that was made on nobody wants an escalation in supervise the agreement and In another development,
with Buddhist monks during an event to celebrate the upcoming a May 12 deadline and imperil things that weren’t accurate. terms of tension in the region,” make judgments about it, and Morocco announced on Tues-
Vesak Day, the birthday of Buddha, at Jogye temple in Seoul, the 2015 deal but the White And we have a big problem Macron added. China has noted that the agen- day that it is severing ties with
South Korea, on Wednesday. KIM HONG-JI / REUTERS House has sounded uncon- with that,” Sanders added. China reiterated on cy has said several times Iran Iran, only a few years after
vinced. Macron said he had pushed Wednesday that all sides is in compliance. normalizing their diplomatic
Under the accord, Teheran the idea of a much broader should continue to uphold the Meanwhile, the Iranian For- relationship, over Iran’s
agreed to limit its nuclear pro- Iran agreement with Trump, Iran nuclear agreement, and eign Ministry on Tuesday dis- alleged backing of Western
EQUESTRIAN BASKETBALL
No rust on Curry
in dominant return
to center spotlight
OAKLAND, California —
Long before Tuesday’s tipoff,
Stephen Curry swished his
routine tunnel shot on the
second try.
Once the game began, the
two-time NBA MVP stood at
the bench anxiously waiting
for his turn, shaking his legs
and clapping his hands with
nervous energy.
Then — mouthpiece dan-
gling, of course — Curry
finally entered at the 4:20
mark of the first quarter to a
roaring ovation from the
Oracle Arena crowd and
immediately went to work.
He knocked down a
3-pointer from the left wing
11 seconds later and was off Stephen Curry of the Golden
and running in Golden State Warriors reacts to
State’s 121-116 victory over draining a 3-pointer against
the New Orleans Pelicans. the New Orleans Pelicans on
“It felt like an eternity, for Tuesday night in Oakland.
sure,” Curry said. “When the EZRA SHAW / GETTY IMAGES / AFP
lights come back on after the
starting lineups you’re usu-
ally in the ‘go’ kind of mind Golden State’s franchise-
Alex Hua Tian made history when he became China’s first Olympic equestrian athlete at the 2008 Beijing Games. He still proudly represents the country. HAN YAN / XINHUA frame. record 14th consecutive
“I had to kind of pace postseason victory at Oracle
myself and be patient with it. Arena.
E
ven though he’s been in the 2018 Asian Games rep- off, and the Warriors held off assists for the Pelicans, who
hailed as China’s lone resenting China, and we will Anthony Davis and the pes- also got 22 points and 12
ranger of equestrian- support him as always.” ky Pelicans to go up 2-0 in assists from Rajon Rondo.
ism, Alex Hua Tian, With all the support he has their Western Conference “It was tough,” Davis said.
the nation’s first Olympian in received and with five alterna- semifinal. “We were in it the whole
the sport, has never felt alone. tive mounts being prepared All is right with the Warri- game.”
Last week in Beijing, Hua for future challenges, Hua, Of course, the top ors again now that their star Andre Iguodala converted
announced his preparations who won silver at the 2014 No 30 is back on the floor — a snazzy three-point play
for the 2018 Asian Games, Asian Games, remains cau- level of the sport is even as a backup. with 6:41 left when he
unveiling his new slogan — tiously optimistic. “It brought a lot of life to flipped the ball up and it
“I’m not alone” — at a media “Most of the five horses are
expensive, but at the building, a lot of life to came back down and
conference at the Hong Kong
Jockey Club.
new to my team, so these are
very new partnerships,” he said.
the bottom, more our team’s spirit. Pretty fit-
ting for sure,” Draymond
through the net as he was
fouled by Rondo, then Gold-
“I have been China’s sole “It’s really difficult for me to
evaluate exactly where I am in
and more families Green said of Curry’s imme-
diate 3-pointer.
en State pulled away.
The best-of-seven series
representative at the Olympics
in my sport for ten years,” he this process at this moment — are involved.” Kevin Durant scored 29 resumes with Game 3 on Fri-
said in an exclusive interview and the process between now points with a huge 3 with day at New Orleans.
with China Daily. and the Asian Games is really Alex Hua Tian speaks at a media conference at the Hong Kong Alex Hua Tian 3:10 to play, to go with seven
“But I have been anything interesting because I will Jockey Club in Beijing last week. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY assists and six rebounds in ASSOCIATED PRESS
but lonely, thanks to tremen- develop a relationship with
dous support from the Gener- them. there were 37 registered “Of course the top level of pride for the country.”
al Administration of Sport of “It won’t be a linear process. equestrian competitions in equestrian sport is expensive, Hua offered his own per- ICE HOCKEY
China, the Chinese Equestri- There will be ups and there China in 2017, including show but at the bottom level, more spective, saying: “China’s bud-
an Association (CEA), my fam-
ily, horse owners and, of
course, everyone who’s fol-
will be downs. Over any period
of time, things can go right or,
more often, things can go
jumping, dressage and event-
ing.
There were about 906
and more families in China are
able to be involved. It is acces-
sible and it is growing.”
ding young riders don’t have
to be me. I have been extreme-
ly lucky, and it all came togeth-
Cool and calm Jets
lowed my story since I was 18
years old at the 2008 Beijing
Olympics.
wrong.
“So, until the week before
the Asian Games when I pick
equestrian clubs around Chi-
na in 2016. A year and a half
later, that number had jumped
To battle the stereotype,
Hua has struck a strategic
partnership with Sina Sports
er to give me a wonderful
opportunity. That’s very rare,
and to benchmark my journey
rebound from 3 down
“Without them, I would not the horse I want to take to to 1,452 and membership in that will see a series of unique with anybody else would be WINNIPEG, Canada — Wheeler, who also had an
have had the opportunities Indonesia and I start to get the China’s equestrian clubs now documentaries, behind-the- very unfair. Down 3-0 after a disastrous assist, scored the first of two
and drive to achieve my ambi- feel of how that preparation is tops one million. scenes videos, photos, info- “What you have to be is opening 20 minutes on Tues- empty-net goals in the final
tions. I am so looking forward coming together, I won’t really Still, the stereotype that graphics and quizzes about somebody who loves being day, there was no flipping of minute, with Brandon Tanev
to joining our national team have much of an idea. But this equestrian is a sport only for him and his horses posted on around horses, loves the part- tables or peeling of paint off getting the other.
once again for this year’s Asian is the strongest team of horses the rich remains an obstacle. Weibo. nership between yourself and the walls in the Winnipeg Mark Scheifele added two
Games in Indonesia.” I’ve ever had.” Although Hua was born in “Millions of Chinese neti- the horse. Jets’ locker room. assists to become the first
Hua represented China at London and attended prestig- zens are behind Alex when he “The most important thing Instead, Canada’s last player since Sidney Crosby
the Beijing and Rio Olympic A sport for everyone ious Eton College, he is the competes in the Asian Games,” is what my mom taught me hope in these Stanley Cup in 2010 to have five consecu-
Games in three-day eventing. Hua’s international profile antithesis of the stereotypical said Arthur Wei, vice-presi- when I was young: When you playoffs spent the first inter- tive multi-point games in the
“We have been paying close has helped dramatically accel- equestrian athlete. dent of Sina and general man- finish riding, it’s your respon- mission calmly trying to fig- postseason.
attention and supporting Alex erate equestrian development “The problem that equestri- ager of Sina Sports. sibility to make sure your ure a way out of that deficit. Connor Hellebuyck made
Hua Tian since the 2008 Sum- in China. anism has is that the public “As the ambassador of Sina’s horse is comfortable before “We got kicked in the teeth 26 stops in the Winnipeg net.
mer Games,” said Zheng Guo- According to the annual sees the top level of the sport Future Star Equestrian Com- you are. a little bit,” Jets captain Blake Filip Forsberg and PK Sub-
wei, deputy secretary-general report on Chinese Equestrian as the whole pyramid, and this petition, his story will inspire “As long as you do that, your Wheeler said. ban each had a goal and an
of the CEA. “We are very Market Development released is what I want to reposition in young riders to actively partic- horse will appreciate it and “Our goal was just to win assist for Nashville, while
delighted that he will compete by Horsemanship magazine, China,” he said. ipate in the sport and earn always have your back.” the second period and give Mike Fisher and Austin Wat-
ourselves a chance.” son also scored.
They did that — and a Mattias Ekholm and Ryan
SOCCER whole lot more. Johansen both added two
Winnipeg dug itself out of assists for the Predators,
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f the high-profile trade negotiations between China and
the United States, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, can
produce positive outcomes, that would not only serve the
interests of both countries but also benefit global trade
and the world economy.
And there is no reason why the negotiations should be
a damp squib if the US delegation led by Treasury Secre-
tary Steven Mnuchin is willing to discuss the bones of contention
between Beijing and Washington with the genuine intent to listen
as well as talk.
Turning a deaf ear to China’s side of the story will mean the del-
egation returns home empty handed, the tit-for-tat tariff propos-
als become a reality, and the whole world, including the US, feels
the subsequent pain.
China wants the talks to produce feasible solutions to put an
end to the ongoing feud and the US’ unfair trade practices.
And it is not alone in wanting this. The US’ unilateral and pro-
tectionist moves have created worldwide uncertainty and met
opposition from an increasing number of countries.
The European Union, for instance, has said bilateral trade with
the US should be “balanced and mutually beneficial”, and stated it
“will not negotiate under threat”.
Nor will China. It will stand up to the US’ bullying as necessary.
And as a champion of globalization, free trade and multilateral-
ism, it will have strong support from the international community.
China’s resolve to fight trade protectionism is buttressed by the
consensus in the country, among both its leaders and the public,
that the achievements it has made over the last 40 years should
not be jeopardized by an outside power seeking to take advantage
of the country, as happened in the past.
But that is jumping the gun somewhat. There is no reason why
the talks should prove disappointing if both sides engage in them
with the desire to resolve their differences on trade and other
issues. Tariffs, after all, are the means to an end. And that end is
the compromises that will seal a deal.
Certainly China will engage in the talks in the right frame of
mind. Its stance remains consistent: dialogue is the way to quell
the fracas and it is willing to be reasonable, however, it will not
give in to threats.
The US wants greater access to China’s market, but it should OPINION LINE
not use trade actions as a battering ram to force China to open its
doors. It is already in the process of opening them wider. And in
doing so, it expects that action to be reciprocated and the US to
open its market to Chinese investments and competition from
Reducing tax burden on enterprises Licensed street
Chinese enterprises.
has given obvious boost to economy performers give
Visit can help promote cities character
THE VALUE ADDED TAX for manufacturing was lowered from 17 to 16 percent on Tuesday,
while the rate for transportation, construction, basic telecommunication services and farm produce CHENGDU, capital of Southwest China’s
positive regional trends was reduced from 11 to 10 percent. The government also unified the standard for small-scale taxpay-
ers and returned the withholdings of value added tax of some industries. Beijing News commented on
Sichuan province, recently issued an
announcement for openly “auditioning”
A
Wednesday: street performers. Those who pass the tests
desirable rapprochement between Beijing and Tokyo will receive permits to perform. Gmw.cn com-
will not only benefit the two neighbors, but also contrib- The tax cuts have generated immediate effects. structural reform to boost production and drive ments:
ute to the good momentum that has emerged in North- The price of gasoline and diesel dropped by 75 up consumption’s share in the economy.
east Asia of late. yuan ($12) per ton and 65 yuan per ton respec- Supply-side structural reforms have harvest- How to regulate street artists? That has long
So Premier Li Keqiang’s upcoming visit to Japan is a welcome sign tively, and the prices of some automobiles ed obvious effects. Data from the National been a question for local governments. On the
that the two countries are actively trying to revive their relations. dropped by tens of thousands of yuan. Bureau of Statistics show that the total retail one hand, a modern city should accept the
Li is scheduled to pay an official visit to Japan from May 8 to 11. The tax cuts will amount to 400 billion yuan sales of consumer goods hit 36.6 trillion yuan presence of these street performers and allow
Given that this will be the first visit by a Chinese premier to Japan ($64 billion) this year. This will not only directly last year, up 10.2 percent from 2016. This is the them to make a living. On the other hand, resi-
in seven years, it will no doubt help break the ice between the two benefit enterprises, it also has a chain reaction 14th year that it has grown at a double-digit dents feel their normal life order is disturbed if
neighbors and contribute to the two sides’ efforts to reanimate that will boost consumption growth. speed. there are too many street artists and they are
their relations. Reducing the tax burden on enterprises is an Consumption plays a fundamental role in driv- not managed in an orderly day.
Relations between the two countries have been in suspended important goal of the government this year, as it ing economic growth. The robust growth of con- The move of the local government in
animation for most of the past seven years since conservative for- targets a crucial problem hindering the develop- sumption will promote the restructuring of the Chengdu strikes a balance between their
ces in Japan “nationalized” some of islands to which both coun- ment of enterprises. national economy, and boost the development of interests. By recruiting the street artists and
tries claim sovereignty in the East China Sea. The temperature It should be regarded as part of the supply-side the service sectors. issuing permits to them based on their audi-
plummeting further because of their unrepentant attitude toward tions, the local government has both protect-
Japan’s history of aggression and the reopening of old wounds. ed the legal rights of the street artists and
It is fanciful to believe the two neighbors will be able to breathe
new life into their relationship in an instant. But Beijing and
Tokyo can seize the opportunity of Li’s visit to bridge their differ-
Nuclear plant’s safety is built-in blessing maintained the normal order of the city.
Some have claimed that the local govern-
ment’s move is because it can charge for the
ences and maintain the promising momentum that has emerged. permits. But the facts speak best for them-
Li is also due to attend the seventh Japan-China-Republic of AN ONLINE POST showing a Taoist priest practicing “magic” at a ceremony for the laying of the selves. The permits are free, at least for now.
Korea Trilateral Summit Meeting during his visit. The resumption foundation stone for a nuclear power project in Minqin, Northwest China’s Gansu province, created a In other words, by issuing the permits, the
of the trilateral summit after three years shows the three neigh- stir recently. Beijing News comments: local government in Chengdu can better regu-
bors have a shared will to deepen their cooperation within the tri- late the city order without adding any finan-
lateral framework. Two co-hosts of the ceremony, the Chinese Considering their identity as public employees cial burden on any of the parties involved.
With their economies accounting for one-fifth of the global Academy of Sciences and the Minqin authori- and the State ownership of the nuclear power More important, their move recognized
economy and 70 percent of the Asian economy, the three coun- ties, later confirmed the post was not fake news. project, they were obliged to stop the farce. If not, street performers as part of the city’s character.
tries are positioned to promote regional and global growth by tap- The academy has suspended two employees their presence suggests their support of such Street performers might not be as sophisticated
ping the potential of deeper cooperation in trade, investment and who were present at the ceremony, and the superstitious prctices. as their professional counterparts, but they are
other fields. Minqin disciplinary and supervisory depart- The Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Min- the closest, as well as the most familiar, artists
The resumption of the stalled China-Japan-ROK cooperation ments have initiated an investigation into the qin watchdogs have done what they should do. If to ordinary residents. By protecting their rights,
would also accord with the current encouraging developments on involvement of seven local civil servants. they had kept silent over it, the people would the local government in Chengdu has made a
the Korean Peninsula, where the leaders of the Democratic Peo- Some people say the punishment goes too far have enough reasons to believe such “folk activi- good move to enhance the city’s cultural quality.
ple’s Republic of Korea and the ROK have just concluded a histor- because it was a private construction company ties” are needed to ensure the safety of even such A look at international municipalities, from
ic meeting that signaled a dramatic reconciliation between the that invited the Taoist priest, not the nine scape- a high-tech project — let alone the other public Paris to New York, will show they all have
two neighbors as well as a hard-won opportunity for stakeholders goats, and it is a “folk custom” in Minqin. infrastructure construction projects. their own street performers.
to push for denuclearization of the peninsula. As a matter of fact, the punishment is necessa- Even the “folk custom” supporters cannot deny The measure in Chengdu is not the first in
Under such circumstances, a détente in China-Japan ties and ry, because these people are not permitted to take that what will really ensure the construction China. Shanghai has been pioneering the
resumption of China-Japan-ROK cooperation will help propel the part in superstitious activities as employees of project’s safety will be the quality of the construc- practice for years, and it has already issued
positive trends in the region and facilitate better communication State-run organizations, according to the relevant tion, not the blessing of the Taoist priest, who is in 120 permits. We hope more cities will follow
and coordination to address other regional issues. rules and regulations. fact a local farmer. the example of Shanghai and Chengdu.
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Closer talks
Talks can silence the drums of trade war can resolve
THAAD issue
Solving THAAD problem
will take a long time
The deployment of THAAD
in the ROK is a hard-to-remove
wedge in Beijing-Seoul relations.
China has firmly opposed the
deployment of THAAD right
from the beginning because the
system could harm its national
Shen Haitao security interests, by restraining
its defense power. But it is hard
for ROK President Moon Jae-
in to repeal the agreement to deploy THAAD
because of Washington’s pressure on Seoul and
the shadow of potential conflict between the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the
United States.
In fact, the solution to the Beijing-Seoul
deadlock over THAAD depends on the US and
its Asia-Pacific strategy, as well as on China-US
relations. The US installed the THAAD system
to strengthen its presence in the Asia-Pacific
and guard against a possible DPRK attack on
the ROK, and US military sites in that country.
So, despite attaching great importance to
cooperation, Beijing and Seoul cannot find a
solution to the THAAD problem in the short
term. To solve the problem, China needs to seek
common grounds with both the ROK and the
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the Korean Peninsula and deepening communi-
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cation in other fields based on cooperation.
ast month, the United from nearly 10 percent last year topic acknowledged the com- only to the average level of the This reading is reinforced by With ROK and DPRK agreeing to hold talks
States administration to just above 1 percent in 2017 — plexity of the picture presented world’s major manufacturing the National Security Strategy (on April 27), and the breaking of ice in US-
fired the opening salvo meaning the country’s external by China’s WTO membership at powers by 2035 (not 2025), a report that the Trump adminis- DPRK relations, THAAD became an issue of
in what could lead to a account is basically balanced. the time, but took an overall pos- rather modest goal. But even if tration issued in December, lesser importance for both Washington and
full-blown trade war. While trade And then there is the US’ cur- itive tone, highlighting the China wants to set more ambi- which asserted that the US Seoul. But now President Moon has the oppor-
frictions have long been an issue rent-account deficit, which is expansion of mutually beneficial tious goals, by what right can the would “respond to the growing tunity to slow down THAAD’s deployment,
in China-US relations, few not necessarily a bad thing, as it trade and investment. US — which has much larger political, economic, and military which has drawn criticism from home and
expected such an escalation, not implies the acquisition of large market shares in the targeted competitions we face around the abroad alike ever since former ROK president
least because economists widely amounts of foreign capital. This USTR’s focus is on industries — block it from world”. China was cited as the Park Geun-hye agreed to install it.
view trade wars as damaging to has benefited the US over the wrong aspects attempting to do so? main challenger to “American
all parties. So how did we get to years, by strengthening its According to the USTR report, power, influence, and interests”, Shen Haitao, a professor at Northeast Asian
this point, and can we turn back financial system and currency. Yet the USTR report for 2017 — the problem is that the policy an adversary that is “attempting Studies College, Jilin University
before it is too late? While the US external deficit Trump’s first year in office — tools the Chinese government is to erode American security and
First and foremost, US Presi- could stand to be reduced, as it mentioned no positive results. using to achieve the goals of prosperity”. This perspective
dent Donald Trump does not partly reflects its own lack of Instead, asserting that the US Made in China 2025 “are largely fuels the risk of the so-called
No big development
seem to understand how trade savings, trade policy alone had “erred in supporting China’s unprecedented, as other WTO Thucydides’ trap, in which an in the short term
works. He thinks the US’ $500 would not be sufficient to entry into the WTO on terms that members do not use them”. established power’s fear of a ris- Even though China has been
billion trade deficit with China achieve that goal. have proven to be ineffective in Besides, they “include a wide ing power leads to conflict. strongly opposing the instal-
($337.2 billion in 2017 according None of this is to say the US securing China’s embrace of an array of state intervention and We may yet avoid a trade war. lation of THAAD, the ROK is
to China’s calculation) amounts does not have any legitimate open, market-oriented trade support designed to promote the President Xi Jinping seems eager not likely to completely remove
to a loss, the result of “incompe- grievances about China’s trade regime”, the USTR focused on development of Chinese industry to ease tensions, exemplified by the anti-missile system. But the
tent” US administrations allow- practices. But those must be complaints about Chinese indus- in large part by restricting, tak- his recent pledge to lower tariffs THAAD deployment process will
ing their Chinese counterparts to viewed as issues of China’s com- trial policy, which is largely ing advantage of, discriminating on imported US cars “significant- not proceed easily either. The
take advantage of them. Accord- pliance with the World Trade beyond the WTO’s scope. against, or otherwise creating ly” and further open up China’s Wu Jingjing resistance of the ROK people,
ing to Trump, the US already lost Organization rules. In particular, the Trump disadvantages for foreign enter- financial services sector. particularly Seongju residents, to
a “trade war” with China years As former WTO director-gen- administration has taken issue prises and their technologies, One hopes the trade talks THAAD has become the biggest
ago. eral Pascal Lamy once acknowl- with the Made in China 2025 products, and services”. between China and the US sched- problem for the ROK government. The Seongju
But trade balances are far edged, while China has done plan, introduced by the State Yet the report fails to identify uled for Thursday and Friday will residents are worried that the system would
more complex than Trump “really well” in implementing its Council, China’s Cabinet, in 2015 those interventions, which is not silence the war drums through damage the environment and raise the risk of
makes them out to be. For start- long list of WTO commitments, with the aim of boosting 10 strate- surprising, given that the State negotiation and mutual conces- war. The talks between the ROK Defense Min-
ers, much of what China exports “no country is above criticism”. In gic industries, including Council has not yet specified the sions. US and Chinese leaders could istry and the resident-protesters broke down
includes components manufac- particular, Lamy noted, certain advanced information technolo- policy tools it will use. And even if then turn their attention to the on April 11 delaying the construction work.
tured elsewhere, meaning Chi- services sectors may not be suffi- gy, automated machine tools and the US’ grievances over IPR issues broader problem of avoiding the The fact is that not only ROK citizens but also
na’s trade surplus actually ciently open and protection of robotics, aviation and space-flight are understandable, they could be Thucydides’ trap, thereby prevent- members of the international community have
includes the trade surpluses of intellectual property rights equipment, and electric vehicles. addressed through the WTO. The ing a clash with consequences that criticized Seoul for THAAD’s deployment.
many other countries. should be strengthened. The USTR report warns that the fact that the Trump administration would dwarf those of a trade war. THAAD has also compromised the DPRK’s
These are fair criticisms. strategy’s “final goal” is to “cap- has taken the approach it has sug- national security. In agreeing to install THAAD,
China’s external account Indeed, the Chinese government ture much larger worldwide mar- gests it does not merely want to The author is former president of Park Geun-hye ignored the people’s will. And
is basically balanced itself hoped to open up the ket shares” in the targeted ensure that China complies with the China Society of World Eco- since Moon won the people’s support by
financial-services sectors more industries. existing rules; it also wants to pre- nomics, director of the Institute doubting the legitimacy of THAAD, he should
Moreover, China runs large quickly, but financial fragility In reality, the Made in China vent China from catching up with of World Economics and Politics take measures to at least delay THAAD’s
deficits against Japan and South- demanded a gradual approach. 2025 plan — which, incidentally, the US technologically. This is obvi- at the Chinese Academy of Social deployment.
east Asian economies, even as it As for the US, its Trade Repre- is inspired partly by the US gov- ously not acceptable to China. Sciences, and served on the Mon- Seoul and Beijing should work together to
runs a large surplus against the sentative has closely monitored ernment’s own massive invest- etary Policy Committee of the delay, if not stop, the deployment of THAAD
US. China’s overall trade surplus China’s WTO compliance since ment in research and Fueling the risk of People’s Bank of China from for mutual interest and, more importantly, for
as a share of GDP has fallen the country joined it in 2001. development — seeks to raise Thucydides’ trap 2004 to 2006. restoring peace on the peninsula. Besides, the
steadily over the past decade — The USTR’s 2016 report on the China’s manufacturing ability Project Syndicate Moon administration should try to honor the
decision of the National Assembly that ROK-
Zhang Yongjun DPRK talks be made regular to raise the chanc-
es of slowing down THAAD’s deployment.
I
n an article in the Financial ges and offsets its resource short- duction capacity in certain fields placed jobs due to the trade deficit Economic loss has limited impact
Times on April 9, White age. This is an important reason Trade helps give is rather weak, which means the was larger than the total number The sales of ROK products
House Trade Adviser Peter why trade is a beneficial to all the import of some Chinese products of jobless people in the US. in China reportedly declined
Navarro claimed the trade parties involved. full play to a coun- do not cause any jobs losses or This means that if the US had after Seoul agreed to install
deficit with China since 2001 In his report, Scott assumes displacements at the local level. struck a trade balance during the THAAD system. In 2017,
caused the loss of millions of foreign trade does not have any try’s comparative As such, there are not many those years, it would have not Hyundai Group’s second quarter
manufacturing jobs in the Unit- positive effects on employment correlations between the US’ job- only eliminated unemployment,
ed States during the George W. in the US’ wholesale, retail and advantages and less rate and its foreign trade def- but also faced a labor shortage.
sales in China fell by 64 percent,
and that of Lotte Group by 95
Bush and Barack Obama admin- advertising sectors, because mar- offsets its resource icit. For instance, in 2006, the US’ Such a conclusion would be con- Jin Meihua percent.
istrations. keting means are needed to sell current account deficit was trary to the fact that quite a large Still, the ROK media might
Navarro seems to be influ-
enced by a report prepared by
all the products, whether they
are made in the US or imported.
shortage. This is $805.9 billion, the biggest in its
history, and the ratio of its cur-
number of people in the US
remained jobless even when the
have exaggerated the overall loss
suffered by the ROK economy.
Robert E. Scott, senior economist In so saying, Scott ignores the an important rea- rent account deficit to GDP was US managed to strike a trade bal- According to the ROK Ministry of Commerce,
at the Economic Policy Institute, fact that a large number of labor- 5.8 percent, a record high. But ance or had a trade surplus. last year ROK-China trade increased by 10.9
and some other assessments. ers are required to provide the son why trade is the US’ jobless rate that year was Given the flaws in Scott’s percent to $280.26 billion. There was a sharp
Due to the trade deficit with Chi- follow-up services needed for the 4.6 percent, much lower than its methodology, any conclusion drop in the export of many ROK products to
na, 3.4 million jobs were lost distribution of the imported beneficial to all average long-term 5.6 percent based on it would be unscientific, China, but the general trend was one of ascent
between 2001 and 2015, nearly products. jobless rate. And although this and thus mislead the US Con-
three-fourths of which were in Owing to their strong employ- the parties ratio gradually declined from gress, administration and public.
— a few companies might have suffered big
losses, though. For example, a Korea Interna-
manufacturing, Scott wrote in ment generation capacity, the 2007 to 2009, the jobless rate This is why many research insti-
the report issued in January last wholesale and retail sectors
involved. showed a rising trend. tutes and agencies have criticized
tional Trade Association report said export of
ROK-made cosmetics to China grew by about
year. account for nearly one-eighth of The extension of Scott’s meth- his report. But pretending that 50 percent in 2014 and 2015, but in 2016, thanks
But Scott measures only the the private-sector jobs in the US. odology would also lead to anoth- Scott’s report is flawless, the US to the impact of the THAAD issue, the growth
influence of the import-export For instance, Wal-Mart employs er incredible conclusion. For government still uses it as an rate dropped to about 42 percent.
balance on the total demand hundreds of thousands of people tors, have “zero” influence on argument’s sake, let us assume his excuse to launch trade protec- The China-ROK trade structure is highly
without taking into account the in the US for selling large quanti- employment expansion. estimation of the influences of the tionist measures against China. complementary, which is conducive to stable
role imports and exports play in ties of the goods imported from Besides, Scott distributes the US’ total trade flow on its employ- Such actions will not only harm economic development. But the US is not only a
improving resource distribution developing countries, including job losses allegedly caused by the ment rate is correct. In that case, Sino-US trade relations but also security ally of the ROK, but also one of its most
efficiency, especially the role of China. The retail sector already trade deficit with China to differ- the use of the same methodology hinder the development of the important trade partners. Therefore, Seoul may
imports in improving supply and employs more people than the ent states. This methodology is and parameters to calculate the very US economy that the Trump attach greater importance to its ties with Wash-
increasing employment. His manufacturing sector. It is only unscientific, because compared influences of the US’ total trade administration wants to protect. ington, which means it is very difficult for the
flawed methodology therefore for political reasons, therefore, with the overall industrial sys- deficit on its employment rate ROK to annul the THAAD agreement.
makes his conclusion untenable. that Scott said wholesale and tem of the US, some of its states from 2001 in 2015 will show that The author is a researcher at the
Trade helps give full play to a retail, which are closely related do not have a comprehensive in some specific years during this China Center for International Jin Meihua, a researcher at Northeast Asia
country’s comparative advanta- to the US’ import and export sec- industrial setup and their pro- period, the number of lost or dis- Economic Exchanges. Studies Institute, Jilin Academy of Social Sciences
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BUSINESS
Thursday, May 3, 2018
nies managed to increase their year, and the outlook was more
profits year-on-year, with 576
doubling their growth rates.
Oh boy,
Oh boy, what
what a service!
a service! positive.
Sinopec
adds fuel to
poverty fight
Energy giant plans to sell agricultural
products from impoverished areas
By ZHENG XIN increase of 700 million yuan
zhengxin@chinadaily.com.cn compared with 2016.
China’s northwestern
China Petroleum & Chemi- Shaanxi province, known for
cal Corp, also known as Sino- apples and kiwis, is one of the
pec, will start selling apples, country’s biggest fruit produc-
kiwi fruits and goat milk from tion areas in terms of both
Shaanxi province at its Easy acreage and output. It’s also
Joy convenience stores inside one of the biggest apple pro-
gas stations nationwide, coop- ducing regions in the world,
erating with the Shaanxi gov- with a production area of
ernment in an attempt to more than 700,000 hectares.
alleviate local poverty. Production output accounts
The company, which is also for some one sixth of global
the nation’s largest oil refiner, volume.
signed a cooperation frame- However, Shaanxi apples
work agreement in April on have been under tremendous
industrial poverty alleviation pressure in recent years, partly
with Shaanxi province, aiming due to the increased number of An employee from GoalBlue (Shenzhen) Low Carbon Development & Promotion Centre hands out wristbands showing support for the I CARE program during the recent
to help poverty-stricken areas imported apples on the market. Midi Music Festival at the Suzhou Taihu Midi Camp. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
of the region sell more agricul- On the other hand, in the
tural products through its province, the main production
sales channels. area for kiwis, millions of
pounds of kiwis are facing
sales difficulties, while the
GoalBlue launches project for sustainable lifestyle
25,000 world’s largest kiwis exporter,
New Zealand’s Zespri Interna-
tional Ltd, is selling around 20 By ZHENG YIRAN fishery industries, to offer Ji Weijia, senior vice-presi- Apart from the first batch of
number of Easy Joy conve- percent of its output to China zhengyiran@chinadaily.com.cn low-carbon food and trans- dent of Xiao Heng Dumplings, enterprises, GoalBlue will con-
nience stores owned by and also preparing to start portation solutions, sustaina- noted that “previously, the vol- tinue to invite companies from
Sinopec producing in the country to Chinese public service orga- ble agriculture and fisheries, ume of plastic lunch boxes across the nation, and even
cut costs.
Other agricultural products
nization GoalBlue (Shenzhen)
Low Carbon Development &
as well as biodegradable
materials.
We are grateful to that we delivered each day
reached beyond 10,000. Now,
globally, to join the program.
“I want the world to be
Sinopec currently owns in the province, including tea, Promotion Centre is leading As many as 20 enterprises see those enter- as awareness of environmen- immortal. I care about our
25,000 Easy Joy convenience beef and goat milk, face simi- an effort to heighten public have already vowed to join I tal protection rises, we regard earth. I care about you, and I
stores, which serve more than lar situations. interest in embracing a sus- CARE, such as Beijing Midi prises make a using environmentally friend- care about me, but what I care
20 million customers each The company signed an tainable lifestyle. Music School, Moka Bros, ly packing material as a com- most about, is what I can do
day. agreement with Tibet High- In celebration of the 49th Hatsune restaurant, Panda change.” mon practice.” to build a better future,” said
These outlets scattered land Natural Water Ltd in Earth Day on April 22, 2018, Brew, Xiao Heng Dumplings “Through our commit- American actor Ian Joseph
around the country will ena- 2014 to sell glacier water at the Shenzhen-based organi- and REmakeHub. May Mei, founder and executive ment, we hope to devote our Somerhalder, founder of the
ble local agricultural produc- its Easy Joy convenience zation launched a project May Mei, founder and exec- director of GoalBlue (Shenzhen) own effort to make the earth Ian Somerhalder Foundation,
ers to further expand their stores. called “I CARE”, aiming at utive director of GoalBlue, Low Carbon Development & Pro- cleaner, and get other enter- in regards to his motivation to
sales channels and reach more In 2010, Sinopec’s subsidi- coordinating efforts from said that “we only have one motion Centre prises involved into building join I CARE.
corners of the nation, said the ary in the Ningxia Hui auton- enterprises nationwide to earth to live on, and protect- a better planet,” he said. “For catering enterprises,
company. omous region in make commitments to ing the environment requires Apart from enterprises, con- they choose to offer a vegetari-
Sinopec started its non-fuel northwestern China entered responsible consumerism, actions from public interest care about it, then take sumers can also join the I an menu, and biodegradable
businesses, including conve- into the medlar or Chinese building an ecosystem that organizations, commercial action,” she said. CARE program through Goal- packages; while for clothing
nience stores and auto servi- wolfberry industry by estab- connects consumers and institutions and consumers”. Xiao Heng Dumplings, a Blue’s official website and its companies, they recycle clothes
ces, in 2008. Its non-fuel lishing a new brand and sell- responsible environmental “Through the I CARE leading Chinese dumpling official WeChat account, to and produce new ones. We are
business has seen rapid growth ing it at more than 10,000 gas business solutions. project, we aim to get more chain restaurant famous for its take part in or even launch a grateful to see those enterpris-
with increased scale and prof- service stations. Specifically, the program people to realize that our con- take-out service, is among the challenge match, such as es make a change,” Mei said.
its. The profit of non-fuel busi- The cooperation will be a unites enterprises from the sumption behavior can make first batch of enterprises that refusing plastic straws or eat-
ness in 2017 was 2.2 billion win-win for both sides, Sino- catering, transportation, a positive change to the envi- have made a commitment to ing vegetarian meals once a Fan Hang contributed to the
yuan ($346 million), an pec said. chemical, agriculture and ronment that we live in. If you use biodegradable meal boxes. week. story.