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Well-being doesn’t have to be a dog’s life
stories
from In preparing to write a every nation, everywhere ty of Toronto. His new book, and China, too. Peterson also
around Culture: Qipao’s rich history longer story, I have recently and at all times is seeking 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote speaks out against the cod-
the goes on display in Brussels been reading psychology dominance over others. to Chaos, has been number dling, self-centeredness,
globe. An exhibition featuring a range of qipao books on the meaning of One key book on how to one on Amazon for weeks, whininess and anti-intellec-
The antigravity “Spiderman”, and an enter- (traditional Chinese women’s dresses), old happiness. Although my achieve a happy and mean- even though it is a very diffi- tual spirit that dominates
tainer spinning basketballs on toothbrush- photographs and illustrated calendars father was a psychologist, I ingful life is Martin Selig- cult book that discusses the many US and Canadian col-
es have both entered the Guinness Book of opened last week at the China Cultural had never previously paid man’s Flourish. Although the core philosophies of Fried- leges today.
World Records. Makers of organic kites, an Center in Brussels. The exhibition, From much attention to the field. book does ramble a bit too rich Nietzsche, Karl Jung, Maybe surprisingly, Peter-
eco igloo under the Northern Lights, and Shanghai to Brussels: One Hundred Years of I’ve come to analyze many much, it does a good job of Socrates and the Bible in son and the positive psychol-
dogs losing weight have also been high- Qipao History, started with a show high- things from explaining the scientific depth. ogists end up in much the
lighted in the book. Human fly Chris Shar- lighting the garment’s history and allure. the point of approach to studying happi- Peterson is certainly not a same place. They both
ma, 37, defies gravity (above) in the view of my ness, which is called positive positive psychologist. He emphasize that a human’s
mountains in Catalonia of Spain. Sharma, nearly year- psychology. Seligman, a psy- would sternly warn Feifei that life cannot be full of well-be-
of Santa Cruz, California, has been climbing
World: Proud royal parents old dog Fei- chology professor at the Uni- everyone is not her friend. ing without meaning and
from the age of 12 and won his first compe- announce new baby’s name fei. From the versity of Pennsylvania who Much of his professional achievement. Both say that
tition at the tender age of 14. The Duke first day I got is considered the father of research concentrates on taking responsibility for
and Duchess David her, I’ve tak- the field, argues that to be what Hannah Arendt, the one’s family and one’s society
of Cam- Blair en her almost fulfilled and have a feeling of great scholar of the Nazi are more important than
Rankings: Top 15 new first-tier bridge, Second every morn- well-being a person needs Holocaust, called the “banal- material goods.
cities show shifting fortunes Prince Willi- Thoughts ing to the PERMA — positive emo- ity of evil”. Peterson studied The psychologists I’ve been
Fifteen cities have joined an exclusive club am and Kate local park, tions, engagement, good the killers at Columbine reading lately are thought-
of first-tier cities, according to a report by Middleton, where she plays with other relationships, meaning, and High School as well as the provoking. They made me
the China Business Network. The ranking have named dogs and is petted by admir- achievement. Nazis and other perpetrators think through life’s lessons.
assesses the commercial attraction of 338 their new ers. She gets mopey and sad Feifei is made happy by of mass horrors. Although, sadly, it is too late
cities based on five indicators: concentra- baby Prince if she misses even a day. Fei- the R in PERMA — good He also concentrates on to talk with him about them
tion of commercial resources; their pivotal Louis Arthur Charles after keeping the fei thinks everybody is her relationships. Surely, the eld- giving tough-love advice to now, I’m going to go back and
role; citizen vitality; variety of lifestyle; and world on tenterhooks for five days. It’s no friend — person, dog or cat. erly dancers, singers, and the sad young men who hide read dad’s articles.
flexibility. Cities in Northeast China have surprise that the duke and duchess have If a dog growls at Feifei, exercisers I see in Chinese in their parents’ basements
been losing ground in the latest rankings. picked traditional names for their third, to she just wags her tail. Usual- parks are also made a lot playing video games instead Contact the writer at
Shenyang, Liaoning province, dropped one honor past monarchs and relatives. Visit ly the barking dog walks off happier by their daily rela- of pursuing the opportuni- davidblair@
place to 11th this year, while Dalian, also in our website to have a closer look at the in confusion. I’m not sure if tionships. ties of life. The Japanese chinadaily.com.cn
Liaoning, ranked 21st. Visit our website to meanings behind these names. the Feifei school of interna- The other psychologist have so many of these per-
find out more about the rankings. tional relations would work, who impressed me is Jordan petual children that they Online
but it would be a welcome Peterson, a clinical psycholo- have a special word for them, Scan the code
Society: Pork awarded to to hear an audio
change from the so-called gist — that is, a therapist — hikikomori. But, it’s a big
Travel: Outdoor attractions Chongqing students realists, who argue that who teaches at the Universi- problem in the United States version.
that require a head for heights In addition to money and certificates, a
selection of prime pork was the reward for
high-achieving students at a high school in
Chongqing. The school held an award cere-
This Day, That Year
mony last month to recognize excellence
and motivate the high- infectious diseases from 169 countries and
school juniors. Twenty entering the country. regions in 1989, while
pieces of raw pork, each years The item on May 4, 1989, the number reached
weighing 2.5 kilograms, on from China Daily shows 598 million last year.
were presented to the top foreigners present health Facing a dramatic
20 students after a recent Editor’s Note: This year documents to a border offi- surge in overseas visi-
Not content with just one glass-bottomed test ahead of the marks the 40th anniversary cer in Beijing. tors to the country,
walkway, Tianmen Mountain in Hunan approaching college of China’s reform and open- China’s continuous devel- the law was revised in
province has three. Known as Coiling entrance exam. The Scan it! ing-up policy. opment of opening up and 2010, when the cen-
Dragon Cliff Walk, one of the walkways reward was designed to Read foreign trade has brought tral government lift-
consists of 1,500 meters of 6.35 centimeter allow the joys of top- more on After coming into effect in more foreign visitors, which ed a travel ban on foreigners In 1995, HIV-positive for-
thick glass that crowns the mountain top achieving students to be chinadaily. May 1989, the Frontier also brings fresh challenges with HIV/AIDS. Foreigners eigners were first allowed to
like a halo. Having stolen the crown from shared with their families. com.cn Health and Quarantine Law in disease prevention. don’t have to claim their HIV enter China to attend the
of China has played an The number of foreign vis- status while seeking a Chi- fourth World Conference on
important role in preventing itors was 24.5 million from nese visa. Women.
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
Tools for teaching for Earth observations Wall that was built more
than 2,000 years ago in the
Inner Mongolia autono-
mous region. Police in Guy-
ang county said on
Wednesday that they had
China sets up system of sharing arrested two suspects who
allegedly dug for relics such
to help other countries spot risks as coins and arrowheads
along the wall. Inner Mon-
golia boasts a 7,570-km
By HOU LIQIANG and Road routes could apply stretch of wall, or 35 per-
houliqiang@chinadaily.com.cn to tap into the mechanism cent of the total length. The
through their permanent del- investigation found that
China has established an egates to the organization or the suspects had purchased
emergency mechanism other representatives they metal detectors to search
using its meteorological sat- appoint, he said. for underground relics.
ellites to help countries Once the mechanism is
involved in the Belt and activated, the China Meteoro- HEBEI
Road Initiative combat logical Administration will Red tourism site
Teachers check out virtual reality goggles during a VR course at Suzhou extreme weather, the China make frequent observations
Jinchang Experimental Primary School in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, on Meteorological Administra- of areas stricken by meteoro-
passes 1m mark
Wednesday. The teachers, from the city’s Gusu district, are expected to tion announced at a news logical disasters — every five Xibaipo, a major revolu-
use the technology to enrich their teaching methods. conference on Wednesday. to six minutes — and the A model of the Fengyun IV meteorological satellite is displayed tionary site in North Chi-
HUA XUEGEN / FOR CHINA DAILY “With the backdrop of glob- information will be offered to during an exhibition in Shanghai. DING TING / XINHUA na, received more than
al warming, the tendency is the affected countries to sup- 1 million visitors in the
for extreme weather events to port their disaster control first four months of this
increase, both in number and and relief efforts, Zhang said. Lin Weixia, an official at the now serve more than 70 coun- year, an increase of 11 per-
GUIZHOU
how many others have used a
particular name. Little Chen Kexin.” By ZHANG ZHIHAO countries, said Wang Xinyuan, Bai Guangming, a cultural by taking the first aerial shots
According to the household zhangzhihao@ a researcher from the Chinese counselor from the embassy of Stonehenge from a balloon.
registration department, hun- Huang Chunxin, mother in chinadaily.com.cn Academy of Sciences’ Institute of the People’s Republic of “Remote sensing technolo-
dreds of thousands of male Guangzhou of Remote Sensing and Digital China in Tunisia, said China’s gy provides a nonintrusive
Cantonese use the characters Chinese scientists recently Earth. advanced remote sensing yet extremely accurate meth-
qiang, wei and hua in their discovered 10 new archaeo- Wang, a leader of the effort, technologies will provide od of examining fragile
given names, while hundreds Huang said. Huang’s daughter logical sites in Tunisia dating said a team of Chinese, Tuni- great scientific support for archaeological sites, and it 6 leaf monkeys
of thousands of females have is in second grade at a primary to ancient Rome using Chi- sian, Italian and Pakistani sci- strengthening cultural saves time, money and man-
used ying, xin and fang. school in Yuexiu district. nese space-based remote entists found the sites under a exchanges between countries power because less field work born at reserve
The country’s most popu- Wang Xuexiong, an office sensing technology. project called the Digital Belt involved in the Belt and Road is needed,” Wang said. Six Francois’ langurs, or leaf
lous province, with a popula- worker in Guangzhou, also The archaeological sites and Road. Initiative. Remote sensing technolo- monkeys, have been born in
tion of more than 100 million, regretted naming his son Wang are located in three Tunisian “The project is monumen- Remote sensing refers to gies boomed in the 1960s a nature reserve in Guizhou
has more than 100,000 people Jun after he met another Wang provinces — Gafsa, Tataouine tal in improving coordination photography, infrared imag- with the introduction of satel- province since March, the
named Li Wei and Li Qiang. Jun in a hospital last year. and Medenine — Tunisian and cooperation between ing, lasers and other meth- lite- and aircraft-based tech- reserve administration said
Qiang indicates “strong” while When he and his son Culture Minister Mohamed Chinese and foreign scientific ods to gather information nologies that allow scientists on Wednesday. The new-
wei means “great” in Chinese. approached the hospital’s phar- Zine El-Abidine said at a communities,” he said. from an object or natural to collect even more abstract borns are creamy yellow
Huang Chunxin, a macy counter after hearing recent news conference. The new sites shed light on phenomena without making data such as temperature, and will take a year to grow
Guangzhou mother, said she someone call out the name, they The discoveries include how the ancient Roman mili- physical contact. wind speed and humidity into a medium-sized pri-
would not have named her were told the medicine was not two Roman forts, three giant tary defended its southern It has been widely used in over a greater area. mate with black, silky hair,
daughter Chen Kexin if the ser- for his 4-year-old son, who had water basins, an irrigation borders and supported its the military and most Earth “With these data, scientists said Wu Ankang, director of
vice had been introduced sev- a cough and fever, but was hem- system, a cemetery and three logistics, Wang said. Tunisia science disciplines, includ- and preservationists can for- the Mayanghe National
en years ago. orrhoid medication for another fortified Roman military was also part of the Maritime ing geology, hydrology and mulate more accurate and Nature Reserve. Currently
“There are two Chen Kexins Wang Jun in his 40s. roads lined with walls and Silk Road and home to many ecology. effective plans to repair or there are about 550 Fran-
in my daughter’s grade, and The special WeChat account watchtowers. major Roman ports, hence In 1906, Lieutenant Philip protect archaeological sites,” cois’ langurs in the reserve,
teachers have to call my also provides household regis- It is the first time Chinese the sites will allow better Henry Sharpe of the British Wang said. “Remote sensing and the number is increas-
daughter Little Chen Kexin, as tration, ID applications, remote-sensing technology understanding of ancient Royal Engineers pioneered is a unique and effective way ing, Wu said.
she is two months younger online and mobile payments has been used to locate trade routes and ecological the use of aerial photography of finding obscured artifacts
than the other Chen Kexin,” and express mail services. archaeological sites in other change, he said. to study ancient monuments in the wild.” XINHUA
CHINA DAILY Thursday, May 3, 2018 CHINA 5
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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users toward positive informa- humans,” said Zhang Xiaoqi- may be led astray by video traf- before they register,” he said. ed for reporting harmful con-
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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-
cation affiliated to Toutiao, an
“I also shoot scenic nature
videos — for example, the cher-
ranked third in China by user
numbers. It has about 96 mil-
University in Hebei province.
“Young people today are will-
people are eager to function last month, so that it
automatically locks itself after
may put themselves at poten-
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.
CHINA DAILY Thursday, May 3, 2018 CHINA 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 Thursday, May 3, 2018
COMMENT
EDITORIAL • OPINION
China Daily
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I
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 Southwestern Chi-
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
na’s Sichuan province, recently issued an
announcement for openly “auditioning”
Wednesday: street performers. Those who pass the tests
A
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 will also have a chain reac- 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 tion 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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CHINA DAILY Thursday, May 3, 2018 VIEWS 9
Yu Yongding
US no longer
‘confident,
optimistic
and open’
C
ui Tiankai, China’s ambassador to the
US, is puzzled by the change in a
country where he has lived and
worked for many years. “Is the Ameri-
ca I used to know — an open, confident, opti-
mistic America — still there?” he said in a
speech at Harvard University’s Fairbank Cen-
ter for Chinese Studies on April 17.
What perplexes Cui also seems to be con-
founding many others, especially those who
plan to visit the US, or study or do business
there.
As China’s longest-serving ambassador to
the US, where he was once a student and UN
employee, Cui is puzzled by Washington’s anti-
globalization moves — from pulling out of
global agreements such as the Paris climate
pact to imposing steep tariffs on imports —
SHI YU / CHINA DAILY which many deem as the US administration’s
disdain for multilateralism.
Addressing a gathering in Chicago that a
L
ast month, the United from nearly 10 percent in 2007 to acknowledged the complexity of only to the average level of the This reading is reinforced by day after his Harvard speech, Cui said in
States administration just above 1 percent in 2017 — the picture presented by China’s world’s major manufacturing the National Security Strategy today’s globalized world, no country alone can
fired the opening salvo meaning the country’s external WTO membership at the time, powers by 2035 (not 2025), a report that the Trump adminis- seize all the global opportunities and meet all
in what could lead to a account is basically balanced. but took an overall positive tone, rather modest goal. But even if tration issued in December, the global challenges. Nor can a country pros-
full-blown trade war. While trade And then there is the US’ cur- highlighting the expansion of China wants to set more ambi- which asserted that the US per in isolation.
frictions have long been an issue rent-account deficit, which is mutually beneficial trade and tious goals, by what right can the would “respond to the growing “But now we see policies that attempt to close
in China-US relations, few not necessarily a bad thing, as it investment. US — which has much larger political, economic, and military the door and resort to unilateralism,” he said.
expected such an escalation, not implies the acquisition of large market shares in the targeted competitions we face around the “And to succeed in today’s world, the best choice
least because economists widely amounts of foreign capital. This USTR’s focus is on industries — block it from world”. China was cited as the is to take a win-win approach. But now we see
view trade wars as damaging to has benefited the US over the wrong aspects attempting to do so? main challenger to “American policies that are so strongly influenced by the
all parties. So how did we get to years, by strengthening its According to the USTR report, power, influence, and interests”, zero-sum mentality as well as policies that
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 regard other people’s success as their losses.”
before it’s too late? While the US external deficit Trump’s first year in office — tools the Chinese government is to erode American security and Cui came to the US in 1981 to serve as an
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 interpreter at the UN Secretariat and pursued
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 postgraduate studies at Johns Hopkins Univer-
seem to understand how trade savings, trade policy alone had “erred in supporting China’s unprecedented, as other WTO Thucydides’ trap, in which an sity in 1986. China’s ambassador to the US
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- since 2013, Cui has also served as the ambassa-
billion trade deficit with China achieve that goal. have proven to be ineffective in Besides, they “include a wide ing power leads to conflict. dor to Japan and China’s vice-foreign minister,
($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. according to the Chinese embassy’s website.
to China’s calculation) amounts does not have any legitimate open, market-oriented trade support designed to promote the President Xi Jinping seems eager
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
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
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- “I wonder … why some
take advantage of them. In fact, pliance with the World Trade beyond the WTO’s scope. against, or otherwise creating ly” and further open up China’s
according to Trump, the US Organization rules. In particular, the Trump disadvantages for foreign enter- financial-services sector. fear the influence of Chi-
already lost a “trade war” with As former WTO director-gen- administration has taken issue prises and their technologies, One hopes the trade talks
China years ago. eral Pascal Lamy once acknowl- with the Made in China 2025 products, and services”. between China and the US sched-
nese students in the US
But trade balances are far
more complex than what Trump
edged, while China has done
“really well” in implementing its
plan, introduced by the State
Council, China’s Cabinet, in 2015
Yet the report fails to identify
those interventions, which is not
uled for Thursday and Friday will
silence the war drums through
while China is not worried
makes them out to be. For start- long list of WTO commitments, with the aim of boosting 10 stra- surprising, given that the State negotiation and mutual conces- that these students may be
ers, much of what China exports “no country is above criticism”. In tegic industries, including Council has not yet specified the sions. US and Chinese leaders could
includes components manufac- particular, Lamy noted, certain advanced information technolo- policy tools it will use. And even if then turn their attention to the subject to the impact of the
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
na’s trade surplus actually ciently open and protection of robotics, aviation and space- are understandable, they could be Thucydides’ trap, thereby prevent- US society,” Cui said.
includes the trade surpluses of intellectual property rights flight equipment, and electric addressed through the WTO. The ing a clash with consequences that
many other countries. should be strengthened. vehicles. The USTR report warns fact that the Trump administration would dwarf those of a trade war.
These are fair criticisms. that the strategy’s “final goal” is has taken the approach it has sug-
China’s external account Indeed, the Chinese government to “capture much larger world- gests it does not merely want to The author is former president of “What I (have) learned in the US has
is basically balanced itself hoped to open up the finan- wide market shares” in the tar- ensure that China complies with the China Society of World Eco- changed my life, my work and my perception
cial-services sectors more quickly, geted industries. existing rules; it also wants to pre- nomics, director of the Institute of the world to a great extent,” he said. “And
Moreover, China runs large but financial fragility demanded In reality, the Made in China vent China from catching up to the of World Economics and Politics the influence has been quite positive.” Many in
deficits against Japan and South- a gradualist approach. 2025 plan — which, incidentally, US technologically. This is obvious- at the Chinese Academy of Social the media based in Washington agree that Cui
east Asian economies, even as it As for the US, its Trade Repre- is inspired partly by the US gov- ly not acceptable to China. Sciences, and served on the Mon- is a no-nonsense diplomat, never skirting
runs a large surplus against the sentative has closely monitored ernment’s own massive invest- etary Policy Committee of the questions from reporters.
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 Partly because of his experience at Johns
as a share of GDP has fallen the country joined it in 2001. The development — seeks to raise Thucydides’ trap 2004 to 2006. Hopkins University, Cui refuted some US poli-
steadily over the last decade — USTR’s 2016 report on the topic China’s manufacturing ability Project Syndicate ticians’ allegations that Chinese students and
scholars, as well as the Confucius Institutes
that teach Chinese and culture, posed a threat
Zhang Yongjun to US national security.
More than 350,000 Chinese students were
US must act constructively to seek trade relief studying in the US in the 2016-17 academic
year, according to the latest figures of Project
Atlas, a global research initiative on student
mobility.
Cui said Chinese students come to the US to
I
n an article in the Financial age. This is an important reason is rather weak, which means the trade deficit was larger than the learn from its universities, teachers, and local
Times on April 9, White why trade is beneficial to all the Trade helps give import of some Chinese products total number of jobless people in classmates. “I wonder … why some fear the
House Trade Advisor Peter parties involved. don’t cause any jobs losses or dis- the US. influence of Chinese students in the US while
Navarro claimed the trade In his report, Scott assumes full play to a coun- placements at the local level. This means that if the US had China is not worried that these students may
deficit with China since 2001 foreign trade does not have any As such, there are not many struck a trade balance during be subject to the impact of the US society,” Cui
caused the loss of millions of positive effects on employment try’s comparative correlations between the US’ job- those years, it would have not said. “Why some US politicians are … lacking
manufacturing jobs in the Unit- in the US’ wholesale, retail and less rate and its foreign trade def- only eliminated unemployment, confidence?”
ed States during the George W. advertising sectors, because mar- advantages and icit. For instance, in 2006, the US’ but also faced a labor shortage. John Delaney, president of the University of
Bush and Barack Obama admin- keting means are needed to sell offsets its resource current account deficit was Such a conclusion would be con- North Florida in Jacksonville, had a similar
istrations. all the products, whether they $805.9 billion, the biggest in its trary to the fact that quite a large view on the influence of college campus.
Navarro seems to be influ-
enced by a report prepared by
are made in the US or imported.
In so saying, Scott ignores the
shortage. This is history, and the ratio of its cur-
rent account deficit to GDP was
number of people in the US
remained jobless even when the
But in early February, US Senator Marco
Rubio sent an open letter to the UNF and sev-
Robert E. Scott, senior economist fact that a large number of labor- an important rea- 5.8 percent, a record high. But US managed to strike a trade bal- eral other Florida schools, saying Confucius
at the Economic Policy Institute, ers are required to provide the the US’ jobless rate that year was ance or had a trade surplus. Institutes use the teaching of Chinese lan-
and some other assessments. follow-up services needed for the son why trade is 4.6 percent, much lower than its Given the flaws in Scott’s guage and culture as a tool to spread China’s
Due to the trade deficit with Chi- distribution of the imported average long-term 5.6 percent methodology, any conclusion political influence, and asking them to sever
na, 3.4 million jobs were lost products. beneficial to all jobless rate. And although this based on it would be unscientific, their ties with the institutes.
between 2001 and 2015, nearly Owing to their strong employ- ratio gradually declined from and thus mislead the US Con- However, Delaney said the Confucius Insti-
three-fourths of which were in ment generation capacity, the the parties 2007 to 2009, the jobless rate gress, administration and public. tute on the UNF campus has prompted no
manufacturing, Scott wrote in wholesale and retail sectors showed a rising trend. This is why many research insti- complaints, so he sees no reason to discontinue
the report issued in January 2017. account for nearly one-eighth of
involved. The extension of Scott’s meth- tutes and agencies have criticized it, the Florida Times-Union reported on Feb 6.
But Scott measures only the the private sector jobs in the US. odology would also lead to anoth- his report. But pretending that “The institutes’ two Chinese instructors do not
influence of the import-export For instance, Wal-Mart employs er incredible conclusion. For Scott’s report is flawless, the US teach political science; they teach Chinese lan-
balance on the total demand hundreds of thousands of people argument’s sake, let us assume government still uses it as an guages and without them, the university would
without taking into account the in the US for selling large quanti- ence on employment expansion. his estimation of the influences of excuse to launch trade protec- offer fewer Chinese language courses,’’ Delaney
role imports and exports play in ties of the goods imported from Besides, Scott distributes the the US’ total trade flow on its tionist measures against China. said. “Frankly, I think Jacksonville and Ameri-
improving resource distribution developing countries, including job losses allegedly caused by the employment rate is correct. In Such actions will not only harm ca have a bigger influence on them (the Chi-
efficiency, especially the role of China. In fact, the retail sector trade deficit with China to differ- that case, the use of the same Sino-US trade relations but also nese instructors) now that they are here.”
imports in improving supply and already employs more people ent states. This methodology is methodology and parameters to hinder the development of the Since mutual understanding and friendship
increasing employment. His than the manufacturing sector. It unscientific, because compared calculate the influences of the US’ very US economy that the Trump between the two peoples, especially the young-
flawed methodology therefore is only for political reasons, with the overall industrial sys- total trade deficit on its employ- administration wants to protect. er generation, will determine the future of Chi-
makes his conclusion untenable. therefore, that Scott said whole- tem of the US, some of its states ment rate from 2001 in 2015 will na-US relations, let us hope newcomers to the
Trade helps give full play to a sale and retail, which are closely don’t have a comprehensive show that in some specific years The author is a researcher at the US are not puzzled like Cui as the US changes
country’s comparative advanta- related to the US’ import and industrial setup and their pro- during this period, the number of China Center for International for the better and becomes “an open, confident,
ges and offsets its resource short- export sectors, have “zero” influ- duction capacity in certain fields lost or displaced jobs due to the Economic Exchanges. optimistic” country again in the future.
10 WORLD Thursday, May 3, 2018 CHINA DAILY
drivers hit
his patients for as long as
time permits.
In January 2012, 72-year-
old Yasuko Murase was
Nairobi’s roads
suspected of having uter-
ine cancer. The doctor at
the hospital she was
brought to informed her
that she had about a
NAIROBI — With their industry officials say their month to live if she was
manicured nails, immaculate numbers are growing expo- hospitalized, or five days if
makeup and matching hand- nentially. she was discharged.
bags and stilettos, you would Little Cabs — one of Nairo- Murase sought house
be forgiven for mistaking the bi’s popular ride-sharing plat- calls from Ogasawara’s
five women seated in the cafe forms, and the only app clinic because she had a
of the upscale Nairobi hotel offering riders the choice of a son with a visual disability
for a group of senior female male or female driver — has waiting at home.
executives. witnessed a 13-fold increase in
But these Kenyan women the number of women drivers
aren’t company directors, over the last two years.
finance professionals or cor- “There were 27 women
porate lawyers — they are part drivers registered with Little
of a new breed of women who Cabs when we first started in
When people are
are breaking into the male-
dominated taxi sector and hit-
June 2016, now there are 381.
We aim to have 1,000 women
on the brink,
ting Nairobi’s roads as e-
cabbies.
drivers by the end of this
year,” said Jefferson Aluda,
they get
“Taxi driving is not some- operations manager for Little determined.”
thing I would have considered Cabs.
before, but after driving for a But it’s not always a smooth Bunyu Ogasawara, operator
taxi app service, I think it’s a ride for Kenya’s female e-cab- the Ogasawara Clinic
really good job for women,” bies. They occasionally face More than 7,411 guitarists play Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix to set a Guinness World Record at the Market Square in Wroclaw, Poland, on
said Lydia Muchiri, 29, in a discrimination and abuse — Tuesday. AGENCJA GAZETA / KRZYSZTOF CWIK VIA REUTERS She recalled: “Everyone
knee-length fitted white dress from difficulties renting cars around me thought it was
with floral print. due to biased perceptions that the end and nothing more
“It’s convenient, easy and women are bad drivers, to could be done.”
safe — much better than sit-
ting at home and depending
on handouts,” she said, as the
other women, in their 20s
fending off drunken male pas-
sengers.
But such instances are rare,
say the women drivers, and
9 out of 10 people worldwide However, when the dos-
age of the intravenous drip
that was providing her
with fluids and calories in
and 30s, nodded in agree-
ment.
As taxi-hailing apps mush-
room to fill a hole in Nairobi’s
working in the taxi sector has
inspired some of them to one
day have their own fleet of tax-
is — for women driven by
breathing polluted air, says WHO the hospital was reduced
significantly, she started
feeling hungry again, and
soon became able to take
poor public transport system, women. GENEVA — Though more deaths in the same period. world’s most comprehensive plants. In some regions, sand food orally once more.
rising numbers of women are “We take pride in ourselves countries are taking action, More than 90 percent of air database on ambient air pol- and desert dust, waste burn- The inflammation in her
taking up jobs as drivers — cit- and in our job. We are no less still nine out of 10 people pollution-related deaths lution. ing and deforestation are body subsided, and her
ing benefits such as flexible than someone who works in worldwide are breathing air occur in low- and middle-in- Since 2016, more than additional sources of air pol- smile returned. Two
working hours, the ability to an office. We see our car as our containing high levels of pol- come countries, mainly in 1,000 additional cities have lution. months later, she was able
select passengers, and guaran- office and believe that once we lutants, with millions of Asia and Africa, followed by been added to WHO’s data- “Air pollution threatens us to resume working in the
teed payment. are in the car, we must behave deaths every year caused by low- and middle-income base, which shows that more all, but the poorest and most fields, which she loves.
Online women cabbies cur- like a professional,” said outdoor and household air countries of the Eastern Med- countries are measuring and marginalized people bear the Ogasawara said: “When
rently only make up around 3 Muchiri. pollution, the World Health iterranean region, Europe taking action to reduce air brunt of the burden,” says people are on the brink,
percent of city’s estimated Organization (WHO) warned and the Americas. pollution than ever before. WHO Director-General Ted- they get determined.”
12,000 e-taxi drivers — but REUTERS on Tuesday. WHO figures show that the ros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He also believes that as a
In WHO’s latest estimates, highest ambient air pollution Political interest “If we don’t take urgent final resting place, the
around 7 million people die levels are in the Eastern According to Maria Neira, action on air pollution, we familiar surroundings of
every year from exposure to Mediterranean Region and in director of the Department of will never come close to one’s own home help bring
fine particles in polluted air. Southeast Asia, with annual Public Health, Social and achieving sustainable devel- a person peace. That hap-
These particles are capable of mean levels often exceeding Environmental Determi- opment.” piness gives the patient a
penetrating deep into the more than five times WHO nants of Health at the WHO, The WHO urges countries longer life.
lungs and cardiovascular sys- limits, followed by low and there’s an acceleration of to work together on solutions Ogasawara’s clinic has
tem, causing diseases includ- middle-income cities in Afri- political interest in this global for sustainable transport, 191 home patients, of
ing stroke, heart disease, ca and the Western Pacific. public health challenge, par- more efficient and renewable whom 34 suffer cancer as
lung cancer, chronic obstruc- In general, ambient air pol- ticularly in high-income energy production and use of March.
tive pulmonary diseases and lution levels are lowest in countries, as many of the and waste management. Having cared for many
respiratory infections, high-income countries, par- world’s megacities exceed It plans to convene the first patients at home over the
including pneumonia, the ticularly in Europe, the WHO’s guideline levels for air Global Conference on Air Pol- years, Ogasawara is firm in
WHO said. Americas and the Western quality by more than five lution and Health in late his beliefs. “If patients are
In 2016 alone, outdoor, or Pacific. times October to bring govern- able to live their limited
ambient, air pollution caused The good news is that more Major sources of air pollu- ments and partners together lives to the fullest and in a
about 4.2 million deaths, countries taking action. More tion are from, for example, in a global effort to improve lively way, it will be a very
while household air pollution than 4,300 cities in 108 coun- inefficient use of energy by air quality and combat cli- happy end of their lives,” he
Faridah Khamis, 36, a single mother of five children, drives her from cooking with polluting tries are now included in households, industry, the mate change. said.
cab through the streets of Nairobi on April 19. fuels and technologies caused WHO’s ambient air quality agriculture and transport
NITA BHALLA / REUTERS an estimated 3.8 million database, making it the sectors, and coal-fired power XINHUA THE JAPAN NEWS/ANN
West’s wild words stir again: US rapper Kanye calls slavery a ‘choice’
LOS ANGELES — Before tures that caused a dust-up Lathan said while West gets Kanye West, tweeted. “Frankly, I am dis- 2016. He was hospitalized for a said, adding that most in hip-
the last one had a chance to last week. “You was there for to live the elite artist’s life, “the US rapper gusted and I’m over it. Also (I week and had to cut short his hop agreed with him before
simmer down, Kanye West 400 years, and it’s all of y’all?” rest of us in society have to and song- can’t believe I have to say this): “Pablo” tour. West said the Trump became president.
caused another stir, calling US “Do you feel like I’m think- deal with these threats in our writer Slavery was far from a choice.” painkillers drove him to a “Trump is one of rap’s favorite
slavery a “choice” in an inter- ing free and feeling free?” West lives. We have to deal with the Others put it more briefly. “breakdown”, which became a people.”
view on Tuesday. asked the TMZ employees in marginalization that has come “Slavery wasn’t a choice,” “breakthrough” when he Last week, Kanye West tweet-
“When you hear about slav- the room. from the 400 years of slavery Russ Bengtson tweeted, “but found himself again. ed a picture of himself wearing
ery for 400 years, for 400 “I actually don’t think you’re that you said for our people listening to Kanye is.” West also doubled down on a “Make America Great Again”
years, that sounds like choice,” thinking anything,” TMZ’s Van was our choice”. chorus on Twitter. West also told TMZ that he his love of the president, hat and criticizing former Presi-
West said on “TMZ Live” after Lathan quickly cracked back Symone D. Sanders, politi- “Kanye is a dangerous cari- became addicted to opioids which Trump has been return- dent Barack Obama.
questions on his pro-President at West, as many would in the cal commentator and CNN cature of a ‘free-thinking’ black that doctors prescribed after ing in tweets.
Donald Trump posts and pic- ensuing hours. contributor, led the anti-West person in America,” Sanders he had liposuction surgery in “I just love Trump,” West ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHINA DAILY Thursday, May 3, 2018 WORLD 11
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
preventing Teheran from get-
2015, Xinhua News Agency wants a war in the region ...” In a televised presentation
reported. on Monday, Netanyahu dis-
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
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Briefly
ARMENIA
Parliament fails
BUSINESS
ROBUST MODEL A good story for countries to reflect on p15 RESPONSE
Trading quota
expansion wins
tepid initial
reaction
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What’s news
nies managed to increase their year, and the outlook was more
profits year-on-year, with 576 Oh boy, what a service! positive.
doubling their growth rates.
Construction material produc- Irish manufacturing
ers saw the most rapid profit
growth of 182.58 percent, fol- growth picks up
lowed by iron and steel plants The growth rate of Ireland’s
GOVT AND POLICIES and defense companies. Busi- manufacturing sector picked
nesses in nonferrous metals and up in April after it fell to a
Biz environment telecommunication also logged 12-month low in March due to
profit increases of more than 50 the serious disruptions of a
improving: Survey percent. massive snowstorm that hit
A recent survey shows that the the country at the start of last
business environment in Bei- month, revealed a survey pub-
jing has been improving. The
Fewer lockup lished on Tuesday. The Invest-
Survey Office of the National shares eligible ec’s Manufacturing Purchasing
Bureau of Statistics in Beijing Lockup shares worth around Managers’ Index (PMI), an
surveyed 132 sci-tech or cultur- 41.19 billion yuan ($6.5 billion) index widely used for measur-
al firms about streamlining are eligible for trading on the ing Irish manufacturing activi-
administration and optimizing Shanghai and Shenzhen stock ties, showed that Ireland’s
services. Its official website did exchanges this week. The value manufacturing sector for April
not specify when the survey was substantially down from grew at a rate of 55.3, an
was conducted. Three out of nearly 75 billion yuan of shares increase of 1.2 points from
four, or 75.7 percent, of the com- unlocked last week. A total of March’s reading. A reading of
panies surveyed thought the 5.21 billion shares from 35 listed 50 or above marks expansion
business environment had firms will become tradable. while that below 50 indicates
improved because fewer items Jiangsu Broadcasting Cable contraction.
were required for administra- Information Network Corpora-
tive review, and the review pro- tion will see 16.72 billion yuan of
cedure had been simplified. shares become tradable, the
Treasurer expects
Meanwhile, 81.5 percent of largest number to hit the mar- ‘heads to roll’
those polled had accessed the ket. Under China’s market rules, The board of one of Australia’s
online qualification verification major shareholders must wait Two female consumers scan a quick-response or QR code to hire a boyfriend for 20 minutes at a mall in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, leading four banks has been
system and other public servi- one to two years before they are during the May Day holiday. The service empowered female consumers to ask the hired “boyfriend” to chat with them, take put on notice by Treasurer
ces. At least two out of three, or permitted to sell their shares. pictures for them, carry their shopping bags and so on. WEI DONGSHENG / FOR CHINA DAILY Scott Morrison following a
67.3 percent, agreed that their report which found it had
users’ experiences were good. become complacent and unac-
Home-made jet countable. The Common-
makes first flight increase year-on-year. Ford sold ket. Boeing said the acquisition House announcement to published on Tuesday. Accord- wealth Bank’s “continued
The ARJ21, China’s first a total of 204,651 vehicles on the is contingent on the spin-off of extend until June 1 the Europe- ing to the EIA, since 2007, the financial success dulled the
domestically made regional US market, with its fleet per- KLX Inc’s energy business, an Union’s exemption from US average first full month of oil senses of the institution,”
passenger jetliner, made its formance falling 8.6 percent due which will be sold to share- steel and aluminium tariffs, production from new wells has according to a “damning”
first flight to Heilongjiang to order timing, said the compa- holders. The deal includes an the EU on Tuesday demanded generally increased. These eight-month investigation by
province in Northeast China on ny. Fiat Chrysler US on Tuesday all-cash transaction for $63 per that Washington grant it per- growing initial production the country’s leading financial
COMPANIES AND MARKETS Wednesday, signifying that reported sales of 184,149 vehi- share and the assumption of manent exemption, saying that rates have helped tight oil pro- regulator, Australian Pruden-
Harbin will become one of the cles, a 5 percent increase com- approximately $1 billion in net it won’t negotiate under pres- duction to increase despite tial Regulatory Authority. The
aviation hubs for the aircraft. pared with sales in April 2017 of debt when it acquires KLX Inc sure. “The US decision pro- slowdowns in drilling activity report, which centered on the
Public companies “The new flight indicates that a 176,176 vehicles. The company to grow the aviation service longs market uncertainty, when oil prices fell. The EIA CBA’s governance, and
posting better profits new operation model, which said its overall sales were push- business, Boeing said. which is already affecting busi- said that the average new well accountability, identified wide-
More than 60 percent of Chi- takes Harbin as a hub and ed by the Jeep brand, which ness decisions. The EU should in 2017 produced more oil than spread complacency and a lack
nese public companies reported develops regional operation, reported record sales of 82,641 be fully and permanently wells drilled in previous years, of incentives to improve cus-
profit growth in the first quarter has officially started,” said a vehicles for April, up 20 percent. exempted from these meas- a trend that has persisted for tomer outcomes.
of this year partly due to a recov- statement by Commercial Air- ures, as they cannot be justi- nearly 10 consecutive years.
ery in commodity prices amid craft Corp of China, the manu- fied on the grounds of national Vietnam auto
the ongoing economic restruc- facturer of the ARJ21.
Boeing to buy security,” said the European
turing. Around 3,500 firms list- aviation parts firm Commission in a statement
Greece exiting imports decline
ed on the Shanghai or Shenzhen Top US aircraft manufacturer shortly after the temporary bailout in summer Vietnam imported completely
Ford US sales down, built automobiles and compo-
exchanges posted combined net Boeing Co announced on Tues- AROUND THE WORLD extension. “As a longstanding Greece is exiting painful bail-
profits of almost 850 billion Fiat Chrysler up day that it will pay a total of partner and friend of the US, out programs this summer aft- nents for assembly worth near-
yuan ($130 billion) in the Janu- Ford Motor Co reported on $4.25 billion to acquire leading we will not negotiate under er eight difficult years of acute ly $1.2 billion in the first four
ary-March period, according to Tuesday a 4.7 percent decline in aviation parts and service dis-
EU urges steel threat. Any future transatlantic debt crisis, with good months of this year, a decline
financial information provider its US sales for April, while Fiat tributor KLX Inc to tap the tariff exemption work program has to be bal- prospects for the future which of 32.2 percent year-on-year.
Wind. More than 2,200 compa- Chrysler saw a 5 percent lucrative aviation service mar- In response to the White anced and mutually benefi- can be constructed on the Specifically, the nation import-
cial,” said the statement. foundations of a new growth ed over 6,700 completely built
model, Greek Economy and automobiles worth $198 mil-
Development Deputy Minister lion, posting respective
EIA says crude oil Stergios Pitsiorlas said on decreases of 79.8 percent and
efficiency improves Monday. After an unprecedent- 69.8 percent, according to the
The increasing productivity of ed fiscal adjustment and much Ministry of Industry and
new oil wells accounted for ris- needed reforms to fix structur- Trade. In April, Vietnam spent
ing crude oil production in the al problems, economic indexes $80 million importing 2,500
United States in recent years, in Greece improved in recent automobiles.
the US Energy Information months. The nation posted
Administration said in a report impressive growth rates last CHINA DAILY — AGENCIES
CNOOC-Shell plant
Quota expansion gets slow start opens in Guangdong
Experts expected lukewarm trading as By ZHENG CAIXIONG The new complex utilizes
in Guangzhou Shell’s proprietary OMEGA,
long-term attractiveness yet to take effect zhengcaixiong@ SMPO and polyols technolo-
chinadaily.com.cn gies to produce ethylene oxide,
By OSWALD CHAN depends on whether equity ethylene glycol, propylene
in Hong Kong investments are profitable. Production of a major ethyl- oxide and high-quality polyols,
oswald@chinadailyhk.com Therefore, just expanding the ene project formally kicked off as well as advanced technolo-
trading quota should not in Huizhou, Guangdong prov- gies for polyolefins, phenol
The first trading day of the immediately uplift the local ince, on Wednesday, helping and oxo-alcohols production,
Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock and mainland stock market.” the country reduce depend- he said.
Connect and the Shenzhen- People’s Bank of China Gov- ence on imported petrochemi- The new ethylene cracker
Hong Kong Stock Connect’s ernor Yi Gang announced at cal products. increases ethylene capacity at
trading quota expansion got a the Boao Forum in Hainan in China National Offshore Oil the complex by about 1.2 mil-
lukewarm market response April that the daily trading Corporation and Shell Nanhai lion metric tons per year, more
as financial analysts argued quota of the two equity mar- BV announced the start up of than doubling the capacity of
that bilateral capital inflows ket trading links with Hong their second ethylene cracker the complex, and benefits
will depend on the long-term Kong would be expanded by at their Nanhai petrochemi- from a deep integration with
attractiveness of equity mar- four times starting after the cals complex in Daya Bay, a adjacent CNOOC refineries,
kets. May Day holiday. major petrochemical produc- He said.
On Wednesday, the utilized The northbound daily quo- tion base. The new facility will also
quota of northbound trading ta is being increased from 13 Meanwhile several deriva- include a styrene monomer
of the Shanghai-Hong Kong billion yuan for each of the tive units have also started and propylene oxide plant,
Stock Connect and the Shenz- Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Pedestrians walk past the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. ZHANG WEI / CHINA NEWS SERVICE and the remaining units will which will be the largest in
hen-Hong Kong Stock Con- Connect and the Shenzhen- begin production progressive- China when it begins opera-
nect amounted to 22.9 billion Hong Kong Stock Connect to Shum said the central issue more A-share exchange- arm of China Everbright ly over the next few weeks. tions.
yuan ($3.6 billion), represent- 52 billion yuan. In addition, bank’s move is to prepare for traded funds (ETFs) to attract Group, agreed with Shum. These units were constructed It is the first time that
ing only 44 percent of the the southbound daily quota is the inclusion of A-share Chi- overseas capital inflows into “When the A-share market by CNOOC and are owned and Shell’s industry-leading OME-
enlarged quota. being increased from 10.5 bil- na companies in the MSCI the country’s stock market. booms, mainland stock inves- operated by CSPC, the existing GA and advanced polyols
For the southbound trading lion yuan for each of the Emerging Markets Index next Whether capital inflows into tors will also buy Hong Kong- CNOOC and Shell Petrochemi- technologies have been
of the two direct equity mar- Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock month. the A-share market can be listed shares. However, from cal Co joint venture. applied in China. With a
ket links, the utilized quota Connect and the Shenzhen- Starting in June, index pro- sustained depends on the per- the perspective of capital “The start up of the new strong track record of reliable
was 12.15 billion yuan, only Hong Kong Stock Connect to vider Morgan Stanley Capital formance of these A-share inflows and stock valuations, ethylene cracker and deriva- and safe operations, the pet-
about 29 percent of the 42 billion yuan. international (MSCI) will ETFs based on the stock valu- the performance of the tives units is a significant rochemicals complex produ-
increased quota, the website The Shanghai and Shenz- include about 236 large-cap A ation level, and the market A-share market will be lack- milestone for Shell,” said Gra- ces olefins and derivative
of the Hong Kong Stock hen equity market trading shares in its emerging markets dynamics of the A-share mar- luster in the near future, ham van’t Hoff, executive products that are used in a
Exchange revealed. links with Hong Kong were index, a move that analysts ket,” Shum told China Daily. meaning stock exchanges vice-president for Royal wide range of industrial and
Patrick Shum Hing-hung, established in 2014 and 2016 said could bring large inflows Kenny Wen Kit, wealth across the border cannot Dutch Shell PLC’s chemicals consumer products, including
investment manager at Ten- respectively in a bid to cement of foreign funds to boost the management strategist at instantly benefit from the business. household appliances, cars,
gard Fund Management, further financial integration value of those shares. Everbright Sun Hung Kai, the recent boost of the trading “I would like to thank our furniture and computers.
said: “The capital flows with the mainland. “Financial institutions will Hong Kong securities trading quota,” Wen told China Daily. partner CNOOC for its excel- The complex benefits from
lent project delivery. As the deep integration with the
largest single-site ethylene adjacent CNOOC refineries.
TV viewers in US may pay more due to proposed tariffs complex in China, CSPC is key
to Shell Chemicals’ growth
ambitions,” he said.
The expansion enables further
monetization of advantaged
feedstock from nearby
He Zhongwen, chairman CNOOC refineries, respond-
By AI HEPING in New York that it will be higher. tion and another association. plan their orders for the end- and president of CNOOC Oil & ing to the anticipated strong
aiheping@chinadailyusa.com If the full cost of the tariffs TVs and related compo- of-year rush. “The uncertain- Petrochemicals Co Ltd, said Chinese domestic demand in
SIPO shortens
BEIJING
Guide released to
boost efficiency
trademark filing
Beijing High People’s
Court recently released a
guide on hearing copyright
cases to promote quality
Book targets teenagers to inspire creativity, promote awareness Tech standards for
DAILY
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 low-carbon food and trans- dent of Xiao Heng Dumplings,
zhengyiran@chinadaily.com.cn 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.
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
Taurus (APRIL 20-MAY 20) I’d like to buy a skirt, a little formal so that I can wear it
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both to work and off work. You know our company only
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SOCCER
SPEAKS
chin — literally. The Houston in the right direction and
reliever punched himself in fans should see better rac-
the face as he walked off the ing as a result, F1 managing
mound after surrendering a director Ross Brawn said
single to Aaron Judge and a on Tuesday.
double to Didi Gregorius, Brawn was speaking aft-
which set the table for San-
chez’ moonshot into the left-
WNBA star excited about new career er the sport’s governing
body announced modifica-
field stands.
as fulltime television analyst for ESPN tions for next season to
cars’ front and rear wings
Bryce shows signs and front brake ducts.
of busting loose The changes should
make it easier for drivers to
Slumping Bryce Harper was follow each other, and
moved to the leadoff spot for come after criticism of the
the first time since 2013 and lack of overtaking in some
responded with a three-run races.
homer that helped Max Scher- “We’ve had some fantas-
zer win his fifth straight start as tic races this year but actu-
the Washington Nationals NEW YORK — Chiney rising generation, especially season while recovering from a player,” she said. SportsCenter Africa and was ally if you look at them in
pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates Ogwumike remembers her young girls, to continue to defy knee surgery. “Being in broadcasting is used as an analyst on shows detail, they’ve often been
12-4 on Tuesday night. father always telling her and expectations and create their “I just didn’t push myself in very similar to being a pro ath- discussing the NBA, WNBA created by unusual circum-
Harper entered in a 5-for-35 her sisters that every disap- own path.” rehab on the court. I also tried lete. You’re competing, you and college basketball. stances — safety cars or
slump and had not gotten an pointment is a blessing. Ogwumike (pronounced to push my mind and career want to do well. I’m a competi- She has spent the past four other factors,” Brawn said
extra-base hit since April 16. He The Connecticut Sun star o-GOO’-mee-kay) is also now off the court to see what hori- tor. It takes that same mindset months getting up at 4:30 am after a lunch at London’s
grounded out in the first inning followed that advice, turning 100 percent healthy and ready zons there would be,” Ogwum- to broadcast.” and working all morning at Royal Automobile Club to
against Chad Kuhl (3-2), fol- two season-ending injuries to resume playing with the ike said. She spent time rehabbing ESPN before continuing her award the Segrave Trophy
lowed Wilmer Difo’s go-ahead into what could be a television Sun this season. That’s when she started her body and working games rehab to get back on the court. to 2017 Dakar winner Sam
homer in the third with a fly- career. Training camp started last working at ESPN. She credits at both the Pac-12 Network “Now I know that I don’t Sunderland.
out, then gave the Nationals a ESPN on Tuesday weekend. her agent, Allison Galer, for and ESPN. have to play 24-7 if I don’t want “What we want to do is
5-0 lead in the fifth with his announced she will be a full- “I’m really proud of being helping her pursue the new Ogwumike was healthy for to,” Ogwumike said. “I think a create racing which can
ninth homer this season. time basketball analyst. At 26, back with my team, I missed line of work. the 2016 season, playing in the lot of times, we are prisoners stand alone without the
she is one of the youngest ana- them” she said. “I’m happy to It was trial by fire. Ogwum- WNBA and working for ESPN of the paycheck in the WNBA. need for a safety car or
ICE HOCKEY lysts at the network and one of be back and wearing a jersey.” ike co-hosted a few shows that on a part-time basis. People go to countries in tur- some other event. I think
Hurricanes hand few women in that role. The team has been suppor- covered a wide range of sports, Another offseason injury to moil. They go to faraway pla- this moves it in the right
reins to Dudley “It is truly the best of both tive of her television endeav- giving her a taste of live TV. her Achilles while playing in ces to play, pushing their direction.
worlds, being able to pursue ors, which began in 2015 after She was hooked. China shut the door on her bodies to the limit. I am fully “What I’m really encour-
The Carolina Hurricanes my passions both on and off she was first injured playing in “It’s weird ... people on TV WNBA season in 2017, but blessed to play in the WNBA.” aged by is that Formula
continued the restructuring of the court,” Ogwumike said. Italy. will tell you that being on TV is allowed her to work more at One came together and
their front office on Tuesday by “My hope is to inspire the She missed the 2015 WNBA almost like being in a game as ESPN. She became host of ASSOCIATED PRESS recognized it was necessa-
naming Rick Dudley senior ry.”
vice-president of hockey oper- Brawn said a collision
ations. GYMNASTICS between Red Bull’s Daniel
Dudley’s hiring comes one Ricciardo and Max Ver-
Former world
day after the dismissal of Ron stappen in Sunday’s Azer-
Francis, who was demoted as baijan Grand Prix showed
GM last month and was serv- how hard it was to follow a
ing as president of hockey car and make a move.
operations.
Dudley, 69, had been serving
in a similar position with the
Montreal Canadiens over the
champion latest Ricciardo ran into the
back of Verstappen, with
both retiring.
past four seasons. He also has
been a GM with four NHL
franchises — Ottawa, Tampa
to file abuse suit “I think we had a demon-
stration in a very extreme
sense with Ricciardo and
Verstappen that the
Bay, Florida and Montreal. HOUSTON — A former ville on Tuesday. moment Verstappen
member of the US national “I have struggled to cope moved in front of Ricciar-
NFL team on Tuesday became the with the effects of the repeat- do, Ricciardo lost all the
Draft draws big latest gymnast to file a law- ed abuse I suffered at the downforce and couldn’t
numbers on TV suit over sexual abuse by hands of Dr Nassar,” the stop,” Brawn said.
imprisoned former sports 22-year-old Vega said in a “There was no way he
With someone walking doctor Larry Nassar. statement. was going to stop that car
onstage every few minutes to Sabrina Vega alleges USA “USA Gymnastics, the once Verstappen took his
read a name off a piece of paper, Gymnastics, the US Olympic USOC and the Karolyis failed air away from him.”
the NFL Draft wouldn’t seem Committee and the husband- to protect me and the other The changes will see a
like a big television draw. Yet and-wife duo who coached athletes in their care and I Sabrina Vega, a member of the US gold medal team at the 2011 World Gymnastics Championships, front wing with a larger
the 11.2 million people who America’s top female gym- believe they should be held on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against USA Gymnastics, the US Olympic Committee and two former span, winglets removed
watched this year made it the nasts for three decades failed accountable.” coaches for failing to protect her and other athletes from sexual abuse. AP FILE from front brake ducts and
week’s second most popular to protect her and other ath- Vega, who now competes a wider and deeper rear
telecast in the US, behind The letes. for the University of Georgia, wing.
Big Bang Theory. Vega, who was on the team said Nassar’s abuse has organization “has made sig- but that she doesn’t believe gymnasts alone and unsuper- Approved and ratified on
The first round of the draft that won a gold medal at the caused her depression, panic nificant progress to strength- she should be held responsi- vised to perform his training the last day before unani-
was shown on Fox, the NFL 2011 World Championships, attacks and anxiety, which en protections for athletes, ble for his actions. techniques. mous agreement was
Network and several ESPN net- alleges the organizations, have become worse as Nas- and we recognize that our Vega’s lawsuit is the third to The ranch is being investi- required, the measures fol-
works simultaneously. This along with coaches Bela and sar’s case has become widely work is never done.” be filed against the Karolyis. gated by the Texas Rangers lowed research carried out
year’s assignment of college Martha Karolyi, ignored publicized. The Houston Chronicle More than 250 women and and the Walker County Sher- by most teams and backed
football players to NFL teams signs about Nassar’s behavior In a statement, USA Gym- reported the Karolyis had girls say Nassar, who worked iff’s Office. USA Gymnastics by commercial rights hold-
was particularly suspenseful, or should have known he nastics said it doesn’t com- quietly filed a lawsuit last for USA Gymnastics and cut ties with the ranch in Jan- ers Liberty Media.
with a handful of quality quar- posed a risk to the gymnasts ment on pending litigation month in Huntsville against Michigan State University, uary. Brawn confirmed there
terbacks waiting to be drafted. he treated. but the organization is “com- USA Gymnastics and the US sexually assaulted them Vega’s lawsuit is the second had been some dissenters,
Vega alleges that during mitted to creating a culture Olympic Committee, seeking under the guise of treatment. filed in Texas in the last few however.
Meetings focus medical treatments, Nassar that empowers and supports more than $1 million in dam- He’s now serving up to 175 weeks related to the abuse “I guess it’s a healthy situ-
on safety issues molested her hundreds of our athletes and focuses on ages. years in prison for molesting scandal. Last month, Rebecca ation that you have debate,”
NFL coaches, referees and times from 2008, when she our highest priority, which is The lawsuit says the couple women and girls and possess- Whitehurst, a former Texas he said.
officials began two days of was 12 years old, until 2012, the safety and wellbeing of didn’t know about Nassar’s ing child pornography. gymnast who had been a “There were some teams
meetings in New York on Tues- during competitions and our athletes.” “reprehensible conduct” and Several gymnasts have said member of the USA Gymnas- that felt we should have
day to review safety-related while she trained at the US Olympic Committee would have reported it if Nassar abused them at the tics team, filed suit in Hous- waited until 2021 and done
rules, vowing not to eliminate Karolyi Ranch. spokesman Patrick Sandusky there had been any suspi- ranch, which served as the ton against USA Gymnastics, the complete package. But
kickoffs while examining ways The ranch is outside of said in a statement that Nas- cions about him. training ground for US wom- alleging Nassar abused her in certainly enough of the
to make the game’s most dan- Huntsville, Texas, about 70 sar’s “reprehensible behav- In an interview with Date- en’s gymnastics. 1996 when she was 15 years teams felt it was going in
gerous play much safer. miles north of Houston. ior” has no place “in our line NBC that aired last Vega alleges in her suit the old. the right direction.”
Troy Vincent, NFL executive Vega’s lawsuit was filed in Olympic and Paralympic month, Martha Karolyis said Karolyis allowed Nassar to
vice-president of football opera- state district court in Hunts- community” and that the she feels for Nassar’s victims enter the cabins of female ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS
SPORTS
Thursday, May 3, 2018
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
representative at the Olympics
“It’s really difficult for me to
evaluate exactly where I am in
and more families Green said of Curry’s imme- en State pulled away.
diate 3-pointer. The best-of-seven series
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,