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A man walks over a 20,000-square-meter leak-proof pit in Tianjin where polluted soil from the site of the August 12 warehouse
explosions will be stored. The pit is some 4 kilometers from the center of the blast site. The pit consists of two layers of anti-seeping
film and another three of leak-proof material, topped with 5 centimeters of sand and bricks that are 8 centimeters thick. — Xinhua
‘neglect of duty’
probe in tianjin
11 officials under investigation by China’s top prosecutors following devastating explosions
China’s top prosecutors said yes- According to a separate state- business run by Ruihai, the state-
terday that they are investigating ment by the Ministry of Public ment said. The personnel involved Traffic official falls
10 officials and port executives in Security yesterday, police have de- are also suspected of illegally is- to his death
Tianjin for alleged neglect of duty tained 12 suspects in connection suing customs clearing permits
in connection with the warehouse with the blasts that devastated to the company and allowing it to A Tianjin traffic of-
explosions which killed at least the port area. carry out illegal business activi- ficial fell to his death
145 people. They include Yu Xuewei, Ruihai’s ties, the statement said. from his eighth-floor
The officials under investiga- chairman, Dong Shexuan, its vice Tianjin Port is also responsible office on Wednesday,
tion include Wu Dai, head of the chairman, and Zeng Fanqiang, an for the accident because it failed Chinese media website
Tianjin Transportation Com- employee with a safety evaluation to respond to potential safety Watching reported
mission, and Zheng Qingyue, firm suspected of helping Ruihai risks and “illegal business,” the yesterday.
president of Tianjin Port (Group) acquire safety papers. statement added. It said the incident
Co Ltd. The ministry said the detainees The death toll in the accident came at a time when
Another senior official, Wang are also suspected of “illegally stood at 145 yesterday with 28 local traffic authorities
Jinwen with the Ministry of Trans- storing dangerous materials” people still missing. are being “sucked into
port, is also being investigated for and added that Zhi Feng, general All the dead have been identi- a whirlpool of troubles”
suspected abuse of power. manager of Ruihai, and its dep- fied, including 88 firefighters due to the blasts.
The Supreme People’s Procu- uty manager Shang Qingsen are and nine policemen. The missing Dong Yongcun was
ratorate said its investigation under residential surveillance. include 16 firefighters and two in charge of adminis-
had found that Wang “violated The procurators’ statement said policemen. trative approvals with
the law” to help warehouse own- local government departments, More than 470 people are still in the Tianjin Transporta-
ers Tianjin Ruihai International including transport manage- hospital, including seven in criti- tion Commission and
Logistics Co Ltd pass safety eval- ment authorities, work safety cal and 21 in serious conditions. used to be head of the
uations and obtain approvals to regulatory agencies, and land The blasts that destroyed the law and water trans-
handle hazardous materials. and resources authorities, are warehouse where large amounts port sections of the
The 11 officials have been accountable for the explosions. of toxic chemicals were being Tianjin Transportation
placed under “compulsive mea- Customs personnel at the Tian- stored, including around 700 tons and Port Administra-
sures,” which include summons jin Customs District were found of sodium cyanide, happened tion, the website said.
by force, bail, residential surveil- to have been slack and irrespon- around 11:30pm on August 12. (Li Qian)
lance, detention and arrest. sible in supervising the chemical (Xinhua)
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Tiny panda just too small to survive
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Opinion A7 One of the two giant panda twins Zookeepers faced an uphill stopped gaining weight and was panda twins born in the United
Feature A8 born at Washington’s Smith- battle after they had trouble con- just 79.8 grams when it died, as States has survived, and zoo of-
Business A9-A11 sonian National Zoo over the vincing Mei Xiang to take turns opposed to the 137.7 grams of its ficials said last week that in the
weekend died yesterday, turning in caring for the smaller and larger sibling. wild one twin is usually left to
World A12
unexpected joy to tragedy in a larger cubs by swapping the tiny Neiffer noted that newborn die as it would be too hard on the
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Comics/Games A14 After an ultrasound revealed a Tiny, blind, nearly hairless and that the cause of death would Neiffer said that Mei Xiang,
Sports A15-A16 possible pregnancy a week ago, with little ability to regulate their not be known for sure until an who had given birth to two other
Weekend B1-B12 zookeepers were greeted with an- own body temperature, newborn autopsy is performed sometime healthy cubs prior to this week-
other surprise on Saturday when pandas are completely dependent in the next few weeks. end, is “a very good mother,” but
17-year-old panda Mei Xiang gave on their mothers. But he also said the larger cub that she had “some challenges
birth to not one but two baby Keepers had stepped into that was doing very well. handling both cubs.”
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Shanghai Daily Friday 28 August 2015 Top news A3
On-air killer’s final, brutal sign-off Shares up
on belief
government
Even after gunning down a TV news
reporter and cameraman during a live in-
terview, Vester Lee Flanagan II continued
to rage. But after a volatile career that had
seen him fired at least twice for clashing
with co-workers, this would be the former
is buying
broadcaster’s last, brutal sign-off. Leng Cheng
“I’ve been a human powder keg for a while
Ch i nese sha res ra l l ied
... just waiting to go BOOM!!!” Flanagan
yesterday to halt the deep-
wrote in a rambling 23-page note faxed to
est five-day rout since 1996
ABC News soon after the shooting.
amid speculation that the
Hours after he shot his former co-workers
government had restarted
and then posted a video of the attack on his
buying in a bid to boost mar-
Facebook page, Flanagan crashed a vehicle
ket confidence.
and shot himself. He died in hospital.
The Shanghai Composite
In the note, Flanagan — who had appeared
Index rose 5.34 percent to
on air using the name Bryce Williams —
3,083.59 points, ending a
said he’d suffered discrimination for being
23 percent drop since last
both black and gay. He listed grievances
Thursday. It fluctuated dur-
dating to the 2007 mass shooting at Vir-
ing the morning session but
ginia Tech and the more recent massacre
rebounded sharply in the
of worshippers at a church in Charleston,
afternoon, with financial
South Carolina.
shares leading the way.
When Flanagan was fired from Roanoke,
The 16 banks and five in-
Virginia, station WDBJ in 2013, he had to
Chris Hurst (second left), a journalist at the station and the boyfriend of slain journalist surers listed in Shanghai and
be escorted from the building by police
Alison Parker, pauses for a moment as Jeff Marks (left), general manager for WDBJ, Shenzhen all soared, with
“because he was not going to leave willingly
looks on as they give an interview to NBC’s Today Show outside the offices of the TV Ping An Insurance Group
or under his own free will,” the station’s
station where Parker and cameraman Adam Ward worked in Virginia. — Reuters Co, China’s second-biggest
former news director, Dan Dennison, told
insurer, up by the 10 percent
Tragedy of morning team
Hawaii News Now.
limit to 29 yuan (US$4.53) to
Flanagan, 41, had “a long series of com-
become the top contributor
plaints against co-workers nearly from
in the sector. Bank of China
the beginning of employment at the TV
increased 6.28 percent to
station,” said Dennison. “All of these al- Alison Parker seemed destined to be an Parker, 24, was dating Chris Hurst, an 3.89 yuan.
legations were deemed to be unfounded,” anchorwoman. Adam Ward was upbeat, anchorman at the station. They had just The Shenzhen Component
he said, adding that the station found “no the kind of cameraman everyone want- moved in together. Index added 3.58 percent to
evidence that anyone had racially discrimi- ed to work with in the wee hours of the The couples attended sporting events and 10,254.35 points.
nated against this man.” morning. restaurants together, documenting their “ He a v y we i g ht sto c k s
The victims of Wednesday’s shooting — The two young journalists were killed lives with photographs and comments on helped pull up the index,
reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman on live television on Wednesday by a dis- social media. and there’s a high possibil-
Adam Ward, 27 — were white. gruntled former reporter they once worked “We’re in this business, and it’s a tough ity that state funds entered
The conflict described by Dennison with at WDBJ. They were doing a routine business. It’s one that requires, I think, a the market again to shore up
echoed another, in 2000, when Flanagan story about local tourism when the gunman sense of camaraderie, and I think we have stocks,” said Zhang Gang, a
was fired from a Tallahassee, Florida, walked up to them and fired. The chill- that here,” Hurst said. strategist at Central China
television station after threatening fellow ing images of Parker running away were Parker and Ward worked as a team for the Securities Co.
employees, a former supervisor said. captured on Ward’s camera as he fell to station’s “Mornin’” show, a time-slot where Confidence in the market
Flanagan “was a good on-air performer, a the ground. many broadcast journalists get their start. was also boosted by curbs
pretty good reporter and then things start- Like young journalists everywhere, the They covered everything from breaking announced by China Finan-
ed getting a little strange with him,” Don pair were eager for a story, hungry to cover news to stories about child abuse. cial Futures Exchange, with
Shafer, former news director of Florida’s big news and active on social media. In Roa- They were “like brother and sister” 164 investors in the stock
WTWC-TV, said. noke, Parker and Ward were also something because they worked so closely on the futures market prevented
Shafer said Flanagan was fired because else: hometown kids who became local morning shift together, Hurst said. from opening accounts for
of his “bizarre behavior.” celebrities. On Wednesday, Parker had brought in bal- a month as punishment for
“He threatened to punch people out and “They grew up in this area,” Franklin loons and wine for Ward’s fiancee in honor “abnormal trades.”
he was kind of running fairly roughshod County Sheriff Bill Overton said. “They of her departure for a new job. The government previously
over other people in the newsroom,” Shafer were part of our community.” “They were going to have a party for her. allowed the China Securities
said. They were also part of a close family of TV This was supposed to be a very happy time Finance Corp to buy shares
Kimberly Wilmoth, who worked with station employees who watched the killings for Alison and myself and for Adam and to stabilize the last market
Flanagan at the Florida station, recalled him unfold on the air and grieved publicly. Melissa, and now it has just devastated rout, but signaled at a media
as “off-kilter” and someone who “never re- Both had found love in the newsroom. everybody inside,” Hurst told reporters. briefing on August 14 that
ally made himself part of the team.” Ward, 27, was engaged to producer Me- “I think that if she was in your situation, it wouldn’t be intervening in
But Virgil Barker recalled his childhood lissa Ott, who watched the shooting unfold having to cover a story like this, she would the equity market this time.
friend with fondness. “I know you want to from the control room. probably want the people who knew her “Despite the gains, we see
hear that he was a monster, but he was the Wednesday was supposed to be her last best to go on camera, so I’ll do that for all that the market is showing
complete opposite,” Barker said. day because she had accepted a job at a of you guys, too.” a lack of energy from indi-
(AP) station in Charlotte, North Carolina. (AP) vidual investors as those
blue chips were not the most
favorable shares that they
would like to buy,” Zhang
China eases expat home purchase rules said.
Market turnover in Shang-
hai was 404.3 billion yuan
yesterday, nearly 30 percent
Cherry Cao Previously, would-be buyers head of research for China op- had risen to 3.24 m illion below its June 12 peak.
had to be in the country for at eration at Jones Lang LaSalle, (US$506,000) last year from 1.33 “This is the bounce we said
Restrictions on property
least a year to qualify. an international real estate ser- million yuan in 2007, according on Monday was likely over
purchases by overseas institu-
However, home purchase re- vices provider. Shanghai Homelink Real Estate the coming days,” Lim Say
tions and individuals have been strictions currently in place in “On one hand, overseas buy- Agency Co figures. Boon, chief investment of-
eased, according to a statement some cities, including Shanghai, ers account for a really small Chester Zhang, associate ficer at DBS Bank wrote in a
on the Ministry of Commerce’s on the number of apartments proportion in the country’s director at Savills China Re- note. “But don’t get too happy
website. they can buy will apply to over- property sales market and on the search, said: “It is of course about it — the fundamentals
Overseas institutions with seas individuals, the statement other hand, real estate prices in kind of positive news for over- haven’t changed.”
branches and representative said. China have simply soared over seas institutions and buyers. Asian shares rose for a sec-
offices in China, and individu- “We don’t expect such an ad- the past decade, which has made However, no big impact should ond day yesterday, with Hong
als working or studying in the justment in policy to leave any properties here not attractive to be anticipated because neither Kong’s Hang Seng gaining 3.6
country can now buy property major impact on the country’s overseas buyers any more.” overseas institutions nor indi- percent, Japan’s Topix up 1.4
for their own use in line with real estate market for basically In Shanghai, for example, the viduals play an important role percent and Australia’s S&P/
their practical needs, it says. two reasons,” said Joe Zhou, average cost of a new apartment in real estate investment.” ASX 200 rising 1.2 percent.
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Zhang Ningning
16 swimming pools
WAITING times at selected
fail quality checks
sections on Metro lines 3, 4, Sixteen public swimming
11 and 16 will be shortened pools failed to pass water
in a bid to reduce congestion quality checks and were
during peak periods, the sub- subsequently pu n ish-
way operator said yesterday. ment, the Shanghai Health
On Line 3 during the morn- Supervision Agency said
ing rush hour — defined by yesterday.
the operator as “about 7am to The announcement was
9am” — the interval between made following inspec-
trains running from South tions at 629 pools across
Changjiang Road to Shang- the city. The quality of
hai South Railway Station water was so poor at seven
will be cut by half to about of them that they were or-
2 1/2 minutes. dered to close.
On the “internal route” of
Line 4 during the morning
rush hour, the waiting time
Toad-soup trouble
between trains run n ing A man jogs along the Bund yesterday, as the air quality moved into “heavily polluted” territory. — CFP A 70-year-old man from
Forecasters blame lack of
from Yishan Road to either the village of Xinbang in
Shanghai Railway Station or Songjiang District made
Century Avenue will also be himself very ill by eating
halved to 2 1/2 minutes. soup made from toads he
On Line 16, the changes bought at a local market.
wind for recent pollution
will take effect on Monday. The man believed that
During the morning rush eating the soup would
hour, the interval between help cure a skin problem.
trains running from Dishui After eating the soup —
Lake to East Huinan will be made with three toads
cut to 7 minutes, and to 4 boiled in a pan — he
Ma Yue to create a high density of tiny The concentration of PM2.5
minutes for those running began feeling dizzy and
particles like PM2.5, so we advise particles soared to about 160
from East Huinan to Long- THE air in Shanghai was heav- later vomited. He went to
people to avoid outdoor activi- micrograms per cubic meter
yang Road. ily polluted yesterday, as the Songjiang District Central
ties around noon when the ozone yesterday noon, six times the
During the evening rush air quality index (AQI) hit 213 Hospital in an ambulance
level is high,” the person said. g u idel i ne set by the World
hour — defined by the opera- at 1pm. and was treated in inten-
Ozone can impair heart func- Health Organization.
tor as “about 5pm to 7pm” Between June 1 and Wednes- sive care, but was then
day, moderate pollution (when tion and damage the respiratory sent home.
— the intervals for all trains
will be cut to 5 1/2 minutes. the AQI is between 151 and 200) system. In extreme cases, long-
term exposure can prove fatal, Storms possible
The first trains of the
day will depart Huinan and
was reported on 11 days, seven
more than in the same period of the person said. Today will be mostly cloudy, Milan Expo online
Xinchang stations at 6am. last year, the Shanghai Environ- Ozone is not only created in with the possibility of thun- The Shanghai post-Expo
The changes to the sched- mental Protection Center said. the sky, but also by factories. derstorms in some areas in Development Office yes-
ule on Line 11 will come into Ozone was the major pollutant Between June and August the afternoon and evening. terday launched a website
effect on Tuesday. on those days, it said. 2013, there were 12 days of mod- The temperature is expect- so that people living in
The waiting time for trains “The recent lack of wind was erate or heavy pollution. On 10 of ed to range between 24 and China can keep bang up to
running between Sanlin and the major cause of the latest those days, ozone was the major 30 degrees Celsius, forecast- date with the Milan Expo
Nanxiang during the morn- round of pollution as there was pollutant. ers said. 2015, which is ongoing in
ing rush hour will be cut nothing to diffuse the particles,” The AQI is expected to be be- The outlook is similar for the Italian city. The site,
to 2 1/2 minutes and to 4 an official from the center told tween 145 and 165 this morning, the weekend, with a good which can be accessed via
minutes for trains running Shanghai Daily on condition of with PM2.5 likely to be the main chance of rain and a top tem- the Internet, provides lots
from Nanxiang to Jiading anonymity. pollutant. The index should fall perature of slightly under 30 of photographs as well as
Xincheng. The interval on “We also detected a lot of to between 105 and 125 in the degrees, they said. updates on all the national
the rest of the line will be 7 ozone, which is more common afternoon, when the main pol- (Ke Jiayun) pavilions and activities
1/2 minutes. in the summer. Ozone also helps lutant will be ozone. being held in Milan.
• Learning skills for life Mooncake sales set to rocket
Hu Min The average price of mooncakes has risen
this year, in some cases by as much as 0.50
SALES of mooncakes this year are fore-
yuan (8 US cents) per cake, Chen said.
cast to rise between 8 and 10 percent, the
This is due to the higher cost of raw ma-
head of a trade group told Shanghai Daily terials, especially pork, which is a popular
yesterday. filling, he said.
“Sales are expected to pick up this The Ritz-Carlton hotel in the Pudong New
year because the Mid-Autumn Festival Area said it raised the price of its moon-
and National Day holiday are very close cakes by 10 percent this year, far above the
together,” said Chen Fengwei, secretary- inflation rate.
general of the Shanghai Confectionery Local woman Su Chenjuan said she
Industry Association. thinks so-called luxury brands are a waste
He didn’t explain how the proximity of of money, as much of the cost is wrapped
the two holidays would affect sales. up in the fancy packaging.
Chen didn’t provide sales figures for the “The wrappers end up in the bin no
cakes, but it is generally accepted that they matter how luxurious they are, so I buy
have been in decline since the government mooncakes from established brands, which
A doctor (right) demonstrates CPR to a group of youngsters yesterday at a banned officials from purchasing luxury I know taste good and cost no more than
first aid summer camp organized by Ruijin Hospital. — Wang Rongjiang varieties as part of its frugality campaign. 100 yuan a box,” she said.
Shanghai Daily Friday 28 August 2015 metro A5
• When Jews lived in Shanghai ...
Escalator inspections
reveal extent of risk
33
Hu Min
SAFETY officials have completed checks
on 2,600 escalators across the city and
ordered the indefinite suspension of
33 machines deemed to be potentially
hazardous. The number of escalators found to be
The inspections were carried out by potentially hazardous in checks on
the Shanghai Quality and Technical Su- 2,600 escalators across the city.
pervision Bureau following a number of
incidents across the country in which
people were hurt, and in one case killed,
due to machines malfunctioning. management staff at the venues in which
The number of escalators tested rep- their machines were installed, he said.
resents about 15 percent of the 17,000 Among the offending manufacturers
currently in operation in Shanghai. Ex- was Suzhou Shenlong Elevator Co, which
trapolating the rate of serious problems, was ordered to dismantle seven of its
the actual number of “hazardous” ma- machines and repair five others, Shen
chines could surpass 200. said.
The bureau did not explain why its safe- Based in Suzhou, east China’s Jiangsu
ty appraisal was not comprehensive. Province, the company rose to infamy
According to Shen Weimin, its deputy last month after one of its machines
director, as well as identifying faulty “swallowed” a woman as she tried to
Visitors to the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum, which is located in Hongkou
machines, the inspections revealed that save her 2-year-old child.
District, look at one its many fascinating displays yesterday. — Xinhua
many of the companies responsible for As the mother and son stepped onto
the escalators — both manufacturers the machine at a department store in
and maintenance firms — had failed to Jingzhou, central China’s Hubei Prov-
Airline hits turbulence
establish response procedures for deal- ince, a loose floor panel gave way. The
ing with accidents and emergencies. woman pushed her son to safety, but was
Several companies had also failed to unable to save herself. She was dragged
arrange suitable training programs for into the mechanism and to her death.
over nosy nuptial policy
Yang Jian According to documents seen by
Shanghai Daily, flight attendants, secu-
Shanghai Airlines yesterday defended
rity guards and pilots must all provide
its policy of approving its employees’
information about their spouses-to-be
marriage plans, saying it was necessary
to the company.
to ensure “flight safety.”
Those who refuse or fail to do so
The company did not say when the will have their demerit points recorded
policy was introduced, but it came to down.
the attention of Shanghai Daily yester- “It’s disgusting,” a Shanghai Airlines
day after people complained about it flight attendant surnamed Wang told
on the Internet. Shanghai Daily.
“It’s like something from ancient “I feel lucky that I got married before
China,” a person named Nancy said the notice was issued,” she said.
on WeChat. Despite the carrier’s assertion that
Although China’s marriage law states the procedure is commonplace in the
that no one has the right to interfere in industry, Shanghai Daily found evi-
the marriages of other people, the air- dence to the contrary.
line said its policy was nothing new. Joe Jiang, a 28-year-old flight atten-
“It is common in the civil aviation dant with Spring Airlines said she got
industry for companies to investigate married several years ago, but wasn’t
their employees’ families to determine asked to comply with any background
if they have a criminal record,” it said checks on her new husband.
in a statement issued in response to the A China Southern Airlines employee,
online debate. who asked to remain anonymous, said
“It is mainly to ensure flight safety,” that the airline used to have such a
the company said. policy, but later dropped it.
Ambulance service facing crisis
Yang Meiping and from health centers is putting enor-
mous pressure on an already strained
LOCAL health authorities are consid-
resource, the commission said.
ering ways to restructure the city’s
ambulance service in a bid to improve It is necessary, therefore, to find a
response times following a sharp rise in way to separate the two distinct arms
the number of non-emergency calls. of the ambulance service, it said.
In 2011, non-emergency cases ac- While no formal plans or time frame
counted for only about 17 percent of have yet been agreed, the commission
the calls received, the Shanghai Health said it was likely that in the future a
and Family Planning Commission told number of third-party companies will
a press conference yesterday. be contracted to handle non-emergency
Last year, of the 642,000 “trips” made services.
by the city’s 600 ambulances, 40 per- The new system will mean separate
cent were non-emergencies, it said. teams of people, separate fleets of ve-
Using high-tech medical vehicles ef- hicles, separate phone numbers and
fectively as taxis to transport people to separate pricing systems, it said.
A6 nation Friday 28 August 2015 Shanghai Daily
Charity website owner held for rape, fraud
Li Qian in disguise. In a program aired “A man from Nanjing donated poverty-stricken home six years “He even eyed my younger
on August 13, Wang claimed 5,000 yuan to me. But Wang said ago and asked her to come with sister. He said a Shenzhen man
A CHARITY website operator
to have received 7.27 million he would only give me 4,000 him to downtown to receive the surnamed Zhang saw my sister’s
has been arrested for fraud,
yuan (US$1.14 million) from yuan. He didn’t explain why. grants. Instead, he raped her in picture on his website. And he
rape and forced prostitution of
donors and helped nearly 4,000 “My classmate told me Wang a shabby hotel, Mei Zi said. showed Zhang his videos with
underage girls.
Wang Jie, 35, raised funds for children. usually keeps 20 percent,” Xiao Wang recorded the encounter me,” she said.
poverty-stricken rural students, The website does not have Juan said, adding that till date to blackmail her and continued “He even claimed that many
but he reportedly misused them a public account as it was not she had not even received the to rape her at other times. She people had seen the videos. I
and forced girls under the age registered with the civil affairs 4,000 yuan. got pregnant and was forced to really want to kill him,” she
of 14 to have sex with him authority. All the donation went Guangxi TV nailed Wang in a abort the baby. added.
and other men in return for into Wang’s personal bank ac- sting operation where he admit- “Wang not only cheated on Another girl, also nicknamed
the grants, China Youth Daily count. But he insisted that every ted to embezzling funds and funds but also raped many Xiao Juan, also told the report-
reported. penny was spent on students. revealed other ugly details. He girls,” Mei Zi said. “He boasted ers about Wang’s deeds.
On Monday, he was arrested Legally, only registered char- boasted he had sex with the that he had sex with three girls Wang asked her to be the mis-
on suspicion of rape by police in ity groups are allowed to raise girls who were too poor to pay at the same time, including a tress of a man during summer
his hometown of Longlin Coun- funds, making Wang’s website for their studies before he re- 12-year-old. He also raped girls and winter vacations. In return,
ty, Baise City, south China’s illegal. Even individuals are leased funds for them. on the hills.” she would be paid 30,000 yuan
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous banned from raising cash for He even showed off his sex Mei Zi said Wang had sex per year.
Region, the paper reported. charity. videos and introduced every videos of more than 10 stu- She refused which infuriated
Wang, who was a former pri- Meanwhile, some students ac- girl on the screen, including dents, which he posted on porn Wang, Xiao Juan said.
mary school teacher, opened a cused him of siphoning off their one who was raped at the age website. Wang bragged in the under-
fund-raising website for rural money. A girl, nicknamed Xiao of 12. “He told me to find girls, aged cover report.
students in March 2006. Juan, was shown on the website Guangxi TV managed to dig 14 and 15, especially pretty vir- “Look at my phone. Here is
But Gua ng x i Te lev ision to have received 5,000 yuan. But out the girl, nicknamed Mei Zi, gins. He said he would pay me a boss. I introduced him to a
reported that the “Good Sa- she said she did not get a penny, who was now 18. 10,000 yuan for each of them,” junior school student,” he said.
maritan” was actually a demon the TV report said. She said Wang visited her Mei Zi told reporters. “Money makes the mare go.”
• 1 dead in Taiwan bus accident 45 jailed
on terror,
A 58-year-old
woman died after
human
trafficking
a bus overturned
in Taiwan’s
Pingtung County
yesterday. The Forty-five people have
bus was carrying been given jail terms rang-
18 people — 16 of ing from four years to life
them tourists from imprisonment in China’s
Chinese mainland. northwester n X i njia ng
The woman, region for terrorism and
surnamed Hu, died helping others illegally
on the spot. The cross the Chinese border.
bus reportedly The autonomous region’s
overturned after higher people’s court said
it tried to avoid yesterday that the 45 were
a stray dog. tried in 10 cases in courts
Seventeen people in Yili, Aksu, Hotan, Kash-
were taken to gar and Karamay recently.
the hospital with In two cases, 18 human
injuries. Four of traffickers from other parts
them are said of the country were found
to be in serious guilty of helping more than
condition. — Xinhua 300 people enter Vietnam,
making illegal earnings
of nearly 2 million yuan
(US$312,000), it said.
Uber driver robs, molests passenger
Traffickers Wei Hai and
Chen Qianggui were sen-
tenced to life in prison
while the other 16 people
were handed prison terms
Chinese police have arrested The latest assault happened in detained two days later, it said. Didi Kuaidi, backed by Internet
ranging from seven to 15
an Uber driver suspected of Chengdu, in the southwestern He was arrested on Wednes- giants Tencent Holdings Ltd and
years.
robbing and molesting a fe- province of Sichuan, about 2am day on suspicion of robbery Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, as
In a case tried in Kashgar,
male passenger at knifepoint, one night several weeks ago when and “forcible molestation of a well as a range of smaller play-
five locals were sentenced
local media reported, sparking a 42-year-old female passenger woman,” it said. ers including Yidao Yongche. to eight to 10 years in
concern over the safety of in- hailed a Uber car, the Chengdu Such incidents elsewhere have In addition to stiff competition, prison after being arrested
creasingly popular but loosely Business News said in a report. damaged Uber’s reputation and Uber has faced regulatory chal- on the border between Af-
regulated hire cars. The driver pulled a knife on sparked both public and regula- lenges in China with occasional ghanistan and Tajikistan
A spokeswoman in China for the woman after suddenly stop- tory backlashes against online office raids and crackdowns on while attempting to join
the San Francisco-based compa- ping in a tunnel and robbed her car-hailing services. drivers. the East Turkestan Islamic
ny behind the ride-hailing app of more than 5,000 yuan ($780) In India, the New Delhi govern- News of the Chengdu attack Movement and Taliban ter-
did not answer repeated phone in cash, it said. ment banned Uber in December raised some alarm online. rorist groups.
calls yesterday or reply to an He then drove to the outskirts after a woman passenger ac- “I don’t dare take those cars!!!! The group often gathered
email requesting a comment. of town where he molested the cused one of its drivers there And fortunately I’d never take together to read books on
Safety concerns over the ride- woman, snapped some photos of rape. A court later rejected a car at night,” one user posted religious extremism, watch
hailing app market came under and warned her he would make the ban, saying the state could on China’s Twitter-like Weibo videos featuring violent
the spotlight in China in June the pictures public if she went to strictly regulate app-based taxi microblog. terrorism and conspire to
when a driver was detained for the police, the report said. companies but that it did not Another said: “You can never migrate to other countries
sexually assaulting a drunk fe- She waited about two weeks favor an outright ban. know who’s behind the mask in to join jihad, the local court
male passenger who had used before reporting the attack The main players in China’s hire cars.” found.
an app to get a hire car. on August 9. The suspect was ride-hailing app market include (Reuters) (Xinhua)
Shanghai Daily Friday 28 August 2015 opinion A7
Eve Poole identifies several factors perceived to
be detrimental to the foundations of the system.
Altogether, seven assumptions about capitalism are
deemed “toxic” in her book.
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Ni Tao The author’s belief in the virtues of coop-
eration is also misplaced to a certain extent.
Austrian-born American economist Jo-
History is filled with stories of businesses
seph Schumpeter once famously argued
working in cahoots to monopolize markets,
that capitalism owes its vitality to what he
fix prices and keep out smaller players.
called “creative destruction.”
Common interests, rather than competi-
This term refers to the process whereby
tion, defines such relationship. And in the
new technologies erode the position of es-
end, it’s consumers who suffer.
tablished market leaders, thus paving the
The author also raised doubts about such
way for a new economic landscape domi-
assumptions as “the invisible hand” and
nated by emerging businesses.
utilitarianism. Her scrutiny is nothing new. 2 Business Adventures
Capitalism, therefore, can be seen as a
For decades, experts have cast doubt on “the Bill Gates’s favorite business
relentlessly churning system, constantly
invisible hand” — a metaphor for the sup- book reveals the human side of
adapting to the latest fads in technology, corporate history and trials.
ideas and markets. posed natural forces guiding an economy
toward the maximization of gains — and John Brooks | Open Road
Of course, Schumpeter also predicted Integrated Media 2014 | 464 pg.
the ultimate doom of capitalism, because its role in maintaining market order. What’s
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capitalist societies are subject to “perennial more, so much of human behavior is com-
gales” of destruction that wipe away for- pletely irrational, making the very notion 3 The Patient Will See You
tunes and prepare the way for the inevitable that people act in pursuit of maximizing Now
rise of socialism. utility little more than a myth. Smartphones and other
Schumpeter is not the first doomsayer technology put the patient in
the health care driver’s seat.
when it comes to capitalism. Ever since this Clout of shareholders Eric Topol | Basic Books
system first became understood, it has been What I did find interesting and insightful
dogged by criticisms across the intellectual Anyone who’s been about the book, though, was its repudiation
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spectrum — on one hand are left-leaning
thinkers like Marx, while on the opposite
exposed to the of the supposed supremacy of shareholders
and the limited liability model.
end are reformers like Keynes. business world Poole is spot on when she writes that
However, the objections leveled against
capitalism point to the very factors which
knows that many the increasing clout of shareholders has
prompted CEOs and managers to focus
seem to have made it so advanced and resil- female executives excessively on generating returns for in-
ient. After every crisis, capitalism appears to
have an uncanny ability to rejuvenate itself
are not always vestors. At the same time the concept of
the shareholder has become increasingly
and emerge stronger than ever before. gentle bridge- complicated as automated trading accounts
Nevertheless, the long tradition of
scrutiny continues in Eve Poole’s book builders. Some are for an ever growing share of stock-market
transactions, says Poole.
“Capitalism’s Toxic Assumptions.” just as driven, as Meanwhile, the limited liability model
Like many before her, Poole identifies sev-
eral factors perceived to be detrimental to aggressive and as is also under threat due to the prior-
ity often given to shareholders’ interests. 4 The Confidence Code
the foundations of the system. Altogether, over-caffeinated Unconditionally showered generosity on Build confidence by doing
seven assumptions about capitalism are
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idea that “shareholders assume all the risks
more, thinking less, banishing
negative thoughts and being
counterparts. in a company.” As a result, many sharehold- authentic.
Competition vs cooperation ers don’t have to bear the brunt of losses Katty Kay and Claire Shipman |
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For example, the author dispels the myth Ni Tao should their investments turn sour.
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that competition is central to the function- nitao@shanghaidaily.com
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get that the buyer-seller relationship has drives them to respond to the perception world, things will change for the better,
a role to play in such transactions. Good of threat by fighting until they win. for their gentleness will help soften the
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A8 feature Friday 28 August 2015 Shanghai Daily
China tipping toward new gratuities policy
To tip or not to tip? The
question is a choice
in some countries
and an obligation in
others. Now China
is considering the
introduction of a new
system of voluntary tips Netizen
for tourist services. It’s reaction to
a departure from the voluntary
past that has stirred tipping
serious public debate. “Youxihuanle”
In foreign countries, it is com-
mon that tour guides, driv-
Xu Wei ers and waiters get tipped for
M
a ny a n A merica n their services. China’s tourism
has returned home industry is now in line with inter-
from a trip to China, national practice and norms. It
telling friends in also urges travel agencies and
amazement how tipping in guides to improve their services.
hotels, restaurants and taxis
is not only absent but almost “Chuilian brothers”
someth i ng of a n i nsult if I’m afraid that tipping will not
attempted. be totally voluntary. Those who
By the same token, many a refuse to tip are very likely to re-
Chinese has returned from a ceive poor service in return.
trip to the US baffled by the
obligation to tip bellboys, wait- “Lawyer Li Dahe”
ers and cab drivers even if the Tips, if legalized, would increase
quality of service is poor. the incomes of Chinese tour
Is this often annoying US guides, but that still doesn’t
system creeping into China? guarantee good service. Do-
The State Bureau of Tour- mestic tour guides really need
ism has publ ished a new more professional training.
document ask ing all travel
agencies in China to consider “Hong’s low-paced life”
a voluntary tipping system Packaged group tourists usually
that would allow gratuities to complain about forced shop-
reward service beyond the call ping stops and poor service. If
of duty. tipping can change that, it will
The docu ment, however, attract a lot more tourists.
doesn’t define a detailed stan-
dard for tipping, especially “Yemen”
when, where and how much I have already paid for the ser-
tourists should tip. That has vices of the guide as part of the
some people worried. What total tour package. Why should
might start out as a purely I tip? Travel agencies should be
voluntary system could evolve the ones to evaluate and reward
into a required obligation. their best employees.
Xu Ziyan, a retired teacher in
her 60s, said it will be hard for
the Chinese people to accept A member of a tourist group takes a selfie at Dr Sun Yat-Sen’s Mausoleum in Nanjing, Jiangsu
tipping, a custom outside their Province in this file photo. The country’s tourism authority is encouraging travel agencies to
culture. consider a voluntary tipping system, generating mixed responses from the tourists. — CFP
“In Western countries, tip-
ping is an accepted way to
express appreciation, respect a nd t ipped on thei r ow n agencies if they are forced to group tour industry, and those travel costs, others say they
and recognition of service,” initiative. pay such gratuities. profiting from the system can favor some change if it leads
said Xu. “But in China, it will In October 2013, China’s first In Western countries where be zealous about preserving to improved services.
still take a long time to become tourism law came into effect. tipping on a percentage basis is the practice. Max Zheng, an IT worker and
accepted. The government had No mention of tipping was in- de rigeur, the tips supplement Zhang Rongyang, a retiree, travel lover, said he thinks ser-
better stipulate clearly the cluded, so Ctrip abandoned its what are considered to be low- said he and other tourists were vices improve if a tip is on the
amount of tipping acceptable trial program. income jobs. threatened by a tour guide cards.
in different situations so that An official from Ctrip told In China, there is already an during trip to Shangri-la in “It might save a lot of useless
any gratuities system is not Shanghai Morning Post that existing unofficial system that Yunnan. shopping time during group
abused.” any implementation of tipping does the same thing. Tour group “The guide told all of us to trips,” says Zheng. “But tipping
According to some domestic requires some policy state- guides and drivers commonly spend all our extra money dur- needs to have some strict crite-
travel agencies, this is not the ment and adequate time for receive kickbacks from taking ing a forced stop in the town,” ria and effective supervision.”
first time tipping has been con- Chinese tourists to adjust to busloads of tourists to prear- Zhang recalled. “He threatened In Zheng’s opinion, tour-
sidered in China. the change. ranged stops at retail stores. to throw people who didn’t ists should rate the service of
I n 2012, Sha ngha i-based Many netizens in online fo- In April, Chen Chunyan, a tour comply off the bus. It was a guides at the end of the trip
Ctrip implemented a trial tip- rums are expressing concern guide in Yunnan Province, was mountainous area and dark- and then tip accordingly.
ping system for some of its that tipping might become caught on video berating her ness fell. It wasn’t until we “I am very willing to tip
China tour packages. Tourists compulsory. Officials in local tour group for not spending called the travel agent to com- those who have been especially
were asked to tip tour guides travel agencies say that isn’t enough at a jewelry shop. Her plain that this tour guide gave nice and gone the extra mile in
from 20 yuan (US$3) to 50 yuan likely to happen. license was revoked. up his threats. The landscape service,” he said. “I think such
a day if they were happy with Tour guides in China are Netizens commenting on the in Shangri-la is beautiful, but a system would also delineate
the service provided. tech n ically not allowed to incident said they don’t expect the trip was a nightmare.” ‘star tour guides’ and earn
However, no more than 30 charge tips. Tourists can lodge much to change. Forced shop- While some people worry that prestige for the travel agencies
percent of tourists acquiesced a complaint with the travel ping stops are endemic in the a tipping system will increase where they work.”
Shanghai Daily Friday 28 August 2015 business A9
Hard work needed to meet economic goals
Macro-economy challenges, Xu Shaoshi, head uncertainty at home and abroad, profits, he said, warning that taxation and financial support
of the National Development with some sectors facing height- potential risks remain. to innovation, and give more
Officials must work hard to and Reform Commission, said ened difficulties and risks, Xu To tackle these problems, the preferential taxes to small
meet China’s fiscal revenue, during the ongoing bimonthly said, adding that the founda- central government will con- businesses, he said, adding
investment and foreign trade session of the top legislature. tion for an improved economy tinue a proactive fiscal policy that more attention will also
targets as they are “very diffi- While delivering a report to was not solid enough. and a prudent monetary stance, be given to defusing financial
cult to achieve,” the nation’s top the session, Xu expressed con- Internationally, the global Xu said. risks.
economic planner told lawmak- fidence that China’s economy economy is growing slower The government will actively According to a report on the
ers yesterday. can maintain steady growth than expected and faces new develop private banks, support 2015 budget, also unveiled
Despite the steady perfor- in the second half of 2015, uncertainties, which pose an and standardize Internet finance yesterday, central and local gov-
mance of China’s economy and that the country can meet increasingly negative impact on and small-loan companies, he ernments reported slower and
in the first half of 2015 — its major annual targets including the Chinese economy, said Xu. said, adding that there will be “severe” fiscal revenue growth
gross domestic product grew economic growth, employment, China’s economy is still fac- more efforts to cultivate an in the first seven months, due to
by the expected 7 percent — grain output, pollutant control ing downward pressure, the open, transparent, stable and factors such as economic slow-
the economy is facing multiple and affordable housing. market demand remains weak healthy capital market. down and falling prices.
domestic and international C h i n a i s dea l i ng w it h and enterprises face sluggish China will continue to offer (Xinhua)
3 Chinese banks suffer weak profit growth in H1
Leng Cheng billion yuan (US$23.3 billion) points to 1.4 percent. by June was flat at 104.3 billion retailing companies in the west-
in the first half of this year Non-performing loans rose to yuan. Net interest income, which ern region.
Banking
against 148 billion yuan a year 163.5 billion yuan by June, the is the biggest profit contributor The Bank of Communications,
Three of China’s top-five lend- ago, according to ICBC’s filing to bank said. The increase was at for most Chinese banks, added China’s fifth-largest lender, said
ers yesterday reported weak the Hong Kong stock exchange more than twice the pace in the 4.8 percent to 219.5 billion net profit gained 1.5 percent to
growth in net profit and soaring yesterday. Its net earnings hit same period in 2014, as ICBC yuan. Net non-interest income 37.3 billion yuan. Net interest
bad loans in their semi-annual 74.7 billion yuan in the quarter blamed a weak performance shed 0.4 percent to 47 billion income jumped 23.5 percent to
earnings reports amid a down- ended on June 30, in line with in China’s western region, the yuan. 19.4 billion yuan.
turn in the Chinese economy. 74.8 billion yuan a year earlier. Yangtze River Delta and the The bad loan ratio of AgBank BoCom reported bad loans of
The Industrial and Commer- ICBC reported a 31 percent Bohai Rim. jumped to 1.83 percent in June 50.2 billion yuan by June, up 7.1
cial Bank of China, the world’s rise in bad loans in the first six The Agriculture Bank of from 1.53 percent at the end of billion yuan from the end of the
biggest lender by assets, saw months of this year, sending the China, one of the biggest state- March as the lender cited poor first quarter, sending the bad
net profit little changed at 149 bad loan ratio up 0.27 percentage owned lenders, said net profit solvency of manufacturing and loan ratio to 1.35 percent.
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