Beijing Today (January 11, 2002)

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by  Beijing Youth Daily Group

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Hotpot
By Shan Jinliang
The founder of a
successful fi sh head
restaurant empire
has fi red back at his critics
over the closure of seven
Beijing branches, vowing to
win back capital city cus- Hot Shot
tomers.
Not so long ago, the
CEO of Chengdu Tanyutou
Hotpot Chain Corporation
was saying his company
was the Chinese answer
A group of anti-Taliban soldiers assemble around a
to KFC. Indeed, after Tan-
tank Photo by Wang Lin
yutou (Beijing) debuted in Hits Back
New Year,
Dongzhimen in June 1998,
10 more branches followed
New Hope within the year.
But that number last
year fell from 11 to four,
for People prompting media specula-
tion that the chain had fall-
en upon harder times.
of Afghanistan
But talking to Beijing Today, fi sh
head mogul Tan Chang’an blasted
By our staff reporters Xia Lei and Wang Lin back at his doubters, saying business
From December 31, 2001 to January 8, 2002, was booming and if anything, better
Beijing Today journalists Wang Lin and Xia Lei than ever.
visited the cities of Kabul and Maydanshahr, in Af- “Ninety percent of our branches
ghanistan. They spoke to a variety of ordinary peo- across China have made profi ts from
ple there, seeking to gain a picture of daily life in the very beginning,” said Tan, “and
that war-torn country. They came away with the they continue to make profi ts today.”
feeling that Afghanis are confi dent about their fu- “Tanyutou will open 30 more res-
ture and eager for a better, peaceful life. taurants in China, taking our national
Froshga Bazaar overall total to 100. We will soon open
On January 1, 2002, Dadullah, an Afghan sol- the biggest Tanyutou restaurant in all
dier walks quietly along a dusty street in the of China in Beijing.”
Froshga bazaar (market). One and half months The company’s annual turnover in-
ago, he and other soldiers from the north attacked creased 40-50% in 2001, said Tan on
Taliban forces holding the city and eventually took Tuesday. As the 16th-largest restau-
control of it. rant chain in China, Chengdu-based
Froshga is the biggest bazaar in Kabul, the cap- Tanyutou Hotpot Chain Corporation
ital of this mountainous country. It is crowded, al- has 20 wholly-owned and 50 shared
most exclusively with men. Of the few women to be ownership branches, 70 in total.
seen here in the market, most still cover their face So far.
with a veil. They are reluctant to remove them, Black Monday
even after the withdrawal of the Taliban. For the manager of the Hangtianq-
During another battle with Taliban forces sever- iao branch of Beijing Tanyutou, Mon-
al years ago, Dallah was captured and imprisoned day was the “worst business day in
by the Taliban in Kandahar for two years. our history.”
Dallah is 40 years old. He has come to the market About 30 percent of tables sat emp-
to buy some necessities for himself. He says life has ty at 7:30 pm — peaktime.
returned to normal for him here in Kabul. “I hope “Not long ago,” said Tang Bin, “peo-
it will become better and better. Because we created ple were lining up for a delicious fi sh
peace and serenity for the future of Afghanistan.” head.”
Wakil Muhammad is a moneychanger in the It was the media that created the
market. Much to our surprise, there are some 2,000 stink, says Tang.
My fi sh head franchise
people in this enormous market engaged in the “A negative report by Beijing Eve-
business of changing money. One U.S. dollar is cur- ning News hurt our turnover,” said
still open for business
rently worth 24,000 Afghani, which can buy two Tang. “It tarnished the whole image of
cans of Coca-Cola. Tanyutou in Beijing.”
— Tan
“I did the same business under the Taliban re- An in-depth December 17 article by
gime, and life was bad. Now it is better and I can reporter Yang Wei compared Tanyut-
support my family by earning about 200,000 Af- ou with Shao’e’zai, a Cantonese res-
ghanis (about 8 U.S. dollars),” Muhammad tells us. taurant chain that peaked a few years
Sadir is jobless. He approaches us and begins to ago with seven Beijing branches. A new Lilaodie (Grandpa Li) restaurant, formerly Tanyutou
chat as we wander around the market. He used to There was something familiar
be a government employee, but now has no work to about CEO Lin Weicheng saying
taurants fi nally ran their own adver- prepare for listing on the stock mar- which offers less in exchange than cer-
do. He tells us he hopes foreign countries will pro- Shao’e’zai would one day be “the Chi-
tisements in Beijing Youth Daily. But ket. tain other franchises one might Mc-
vide the Afghani people with economic and politi- nese McDonald’s”.
by then, Tang believes, most of the “We will open restaurants in Hong Mention.
cal assistance, as they promised. Today, there are three branches in
damage had already been done. Kong, Taiwan and South Korea this “The price of raw materials provid-
Frahuaz, a 12-year-old girl, has come to the Beijing.
Public relations fi asco year,” said Tan. ed by headquarters is also two to three
market to buy something to decorate her long Yang attributed Chinese charac-
Sichuan headquarters does not pay Tan conceded teething problems in times higher than that of the Cheng-
and beautiful hair. Two other girls, their faces hid- teristics to the decline of both compa-
enough attention to media monitoring working out his franchise system, espe- du market,” said Yu.
den behind veils, accompany her. Frahuaz wears a nies and detailed differences of opinion
and public relations, said Yu Yuenan, cially in Beijing. These problems came Yu’s boss fl atly denies this.
black suit with medium-heel leather shoes. She is between Tanyutou Beijing franchise
chairman of the board overseeing the about in the restaurants under shared “Actually,” said Tan “the price of our
now in grade six at school. “I should become edu- holders and the Sichuan capital head-
four remaining Beijing Tanyutou res- ownership with Beijing Wangjing New raw materials consistently declined
cated. Now it is my winter vocation, but I read ev- quarters.
taurants. Your McDonald’s or your Century Company and Beijing Zhong- last year. Those who claim they are too
eryday at home,” she says. As soon as the article hit the streets,
KFCs would never have allowed such tai Company, Beijing Evening News expensive are just using that as an ex-
(Continued on Page 8) said branch manager Tang Bin, busi-
a story to pass through newspapers reported. cuse.”
ness immediately declined. As the four
unresponded, he said. The culprit appears to be Tan’s at- One such complainant, Beijing
War Zone Air Route remaining Beijing branches waited
In June last year, Tanyutou recruit- tempts to standardize his franchise Wangjin New Century, says last year
and wilted, Chengdu failed to respond,
ed senior management from Chengdu operations. To avoid repeating well- it beseeched Chengdu to cut the price
said Tang.
Reopens McDonald’s and KFC restaurants. A publicized mistakes of previous failed of raw materials for Tanyutou hotpot.
Hantianqiao and Dongzhimen res-
special group has been organized to Chinese franchises, Tan elected in With no concession forthcoming
1999 to set up his own staff training and the raw materials used up, the
By Gao Shan/Jiao Pei and raw material production base. Zhongguancun, Shuangjing and Asian
Beijing-United Arab Emirates is back in busi- On the advice of others, Mai Tians- Village Tanyutou restaurants stayed
ness this week. Sixty passengers boarded the Bei- hu, a former China Youth Daily jour- open and changed their brand name
jing-Urumqi-Sharjah route after it reopened for nalist, Tan committed his company to to “Lilaodie” (Grandpa Li).
the fi rst time since September 28 last year. this brand building strategy. “We want The restaurants opened on October
China Southern Airlines was dubbed the “war all our restaurants to share the same 28 last year with the new name and a
zone airline” for its unique route from China to fl our and the same taste,” said Tan. new investor, Beijing Jinjiyuan Com-
the United Arab Emirates. Flight captain Zhang So long, thanks for fi sh merce and Trading Company.
Shibin said although the CZ329 scheduled fl ight The strategy led to negotiations in “This all just goes to show how
will fl y over Pakistan, Iran and other places, safety Chengdu in February between 14 le- China’s business people pay insuffi -
would certainly be guaranteed. Of the passengers gal representatives of about 30 Tan- cient attention to intellectual proper-
who boarded the fl ight from Beijing, half were des- yutou restaurants hinging on the use ty, and it was the same old story with
tined for Sharjah, the Emirati city of Ash Shariqah, of the national trademark, internal Shao’e’zai,” said Gu Huimin, an assis-
one of six United Arab Emirates states. management modes and raw mate- tant professor of hotel marketing from
The fl ight time is more than nine hours. An rials. Some investors, said Yu, were the China Tourism Institute.
in-fl ight movie, a selection of duty-free goods and unhappy with their 35-42% share of “Nobody complained when they
drinks are available. Photos by Chen Shuyi the profi ts in exchange for the Cheng- signed the cooperation contracts with
du Tanyutou Hotpot Corp trademark Chengdu Tanyutou,” said Tan.
The remaining Hangtianqiao branch of Beijing Tanyutou
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JANUARY 11, 2002
E-mail: [email protected] EDITOR: LIU FENG XIA LEI DESIGNER: PANG LEI
Coaches Wave Goodbye to Double Bed
No Sign of Air Ticket
Price Hearing
By Xiao Rong
By Xiao Rong mission, the Ministry of Public Security and the Min- A hearing on airplane
Women travelers need no longer experience the istry of Transportation and Communications. ticket prices will not be held,
embarrassment of having to huddle up next to male “Although the refi t of non-standard coaches may revealed Wang Yang, deputy
strangers on a coach sleeping berth as of January 1 lead to the decrease of capacity from 36-37 berths to minister of the State Develop-
this year, when more space has been allocated to pas- 26-28 berths for each coach, the safety and comfort ment Planning Commission
sengers on a coach. of passengers have been guaranteed,” said Meng. (SDPC) at a press confer-
More than 80% of China’s 40,000 coaches with “The dangers of sexual harassment or loss of ence.
sleeping berths need to be refi tted, according to Ms. belongings do exist, especially for female passengers, The press conference,
Meng Qiu, vice director of the vehicle management due to the narrow berths,” said Meng. which was for China’s fi rst
department of the Ministry of Transportation and Coaches that fail to refi t cannot be offi cially reg- government-sponsored price
Communications (MTC). istered and therefore will not be permitted into the hearing on railway tickets,
“Safety and comfort are the two major factors that transportation market, according to the new stipula- also announced that 33
should be emphasized in long-distance coach trans- tion. formal delegates, including
portation. So those coaches with double or triple “It’s a great relief to hear this news. I can never 12 from the general public,
berths will be refi tted into purely single berths. The sleep all night for fear of being harassed because have been selected for tomor-
space between two neighboring berths should be no the berth is too narrow for two people,” a woman row’s railway price hearing.
less than 35 centimeters,” Meng added. passenger who often takes coaches expressed An airplane price hear-
The move was announced in a regulation jointly her enthusiasm for the consideration of women’s ing will not be held at pres-
promulgated by the State Economic & Trade Com- interests. Passengers enjoy more space and privacy Photo by Jacky ent due to the restructuring
of the Civil Aviation Admin-
istration of China (CAAC),
Fox Corp
Wang told the Beijing Today
reporter.
“Aviation enterprises will
Hunts Down
break away from CAAC after
the restructuring so that avi-
ation enterprises rather than
Imposter Fox the current CAAC will be
involved in the new price
system. SDPC will formu-
late a new price plan for air-
By Xiao Rong
Fox Racing Corporation of the U.S. is suing plane tickets by then,” Wang
Beijing Hua Wei Center Co, Ltd and Zhongyou added.
Department Store Co, Ltd for illegally selling The prices of airplane tick-
faked Fox sportswear. ets have always been a hot
Fox Racing Corp plans to sue the two Beijing topic as well as railway ticket
stores in America where the trademark is reg- prices. Private discounts of
istered, said Beijing Yinlu..wei Trading, the sole airplane tickets as well as
agent of Fox in the Chinese mainland, at a press discount advertisements pre-
conference held this Monday. vail despite the ban imposed
20% of the trademark value, which is worth by CAAC.
1.5 billion yuan, will have to be compensated,
Beijing to Build
according to Xue Yong, manager of Yinlu..wei
Trading. Lethal Injection
“Fox has not formally entered the Chinese
market, but to our disappointment, it only took 83 Chamber
yuan to buy faked Fox sportswear at the two stores,”
said Xue. By Zhao Zhongpeng
“Chinese enterprises should comply with inter- / Shan Jinliang
national rules after China’s WTO entry. We feel Beijing is considering
angry about the infringement of our trademark, different locations for a
which is against international trading laws,” Xue lethal injection chamber,
added. said the Beijing People’s
The two stores, however, expressed their dis- Higher Court.
agreement toward the intention of lawsuit. Mr. Four conditions are
Wang of Hua Wei Center told the Beijing Today required for a lethal injec-
reporter that Fox Racing Corp has targeted the tion chamber: 1) Secure. 2)
wrong infringing party and that they must take Lawful. The condemned has
responsibility for their actions. Mr. Zheng Zixin to be checked and approved
of Zhongyou Department Store said the store before the execution by the
Wild horses run to keep warm in icy Xinjiang
was not responsible for the sale of fakes because court, which is required to be
Wild Horses Confined to they just leased the counters to producers. located near the lethal injec-
Both companies said they would also take tion chamber. 3) Humani-
legal action to protect their own interests once tarian. In a humanitarian
the lawsuit begins. spirit, the execution site has
“Chinese enterprises should fi rst study for- to be clean and in good order
Winter Quarters
eign laws and international rules after WTO to entitle the condemned to
accession to strengthen the consciousness of law, die gracefully. 4) Scientifi c.
for similar international disputes will be increas- No poison is allowed to be
ingly frequent in the future,” said Mr. Lu Tao used on the condemned.
of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic The dosage will be set
Cooperation. according to the health con-
By Jiang Zhong ing the wild horses back to the wild. dition of the condemned,
The remaining 24 wild horses, Over the summer and autumn the said Tan Jingsheng, an offi -
Electronic Diploma
part of the 27 sent back to their wild horses will get enough time cial from Beijing People’s
original habitat on Kala Maili to acclimatize to the new environ- Higher Court.
Natural Reserve in Northwest Xin- ment by accumulating enough fat Encounters Forgery Criminals executed by
jiang Uygur Autonomous Region on and body heat for protection against lethal injection across China
August 28 last year, were lured back the cold. Two herds of wild horses have died with no expres-
to stables on January 5, 2002. Death will be set free again in the spring By Xiao Rong sion of pain on the face in
of three wild horses and the weak this year, with the total number A new kind of forgery has been threatening anything from dozens of sec-
condition of the whole herd meant reaching 18. China’s fi rst higher education diploma electronic onds to a couple of minutes.
they had to be reconfi ned. Since the death of a foal occurred registration and on-line verifi cation system since
Instinct saves herd from star- soon after the wild horses’ return to it opened on December 19, 2001. 20 Years in the
vation nature, Zhu suggested that no foal The system was designed to counter forged
The horses stayed within nine would be set free for experimental certifi cates, enabling prospective employers to World of English
kilometers of the observation sta- purposes. double check employees’ credentials by entering
their names or registration numbers into an By Shan Jinliang
tion until early December last year
online database of universities nationwide. Holding a symposium as
when the temperature plummeted
Background Fraudsters can cheat the system however by a birthday gift to itself, the
to 40 degrees below zero. The wild
Only some 1,300 wild horses using genuine graduates’ information to forge World of English has just
horses migrated to a milder area
remain in 112 breeding centers and diplomas with their own photos. The verifi cation celebrated its 20th birth-
where their breed had previously
zoos around the world, among which system currently has no photo recognition func- day with China National
spent winters.
113 are in Xinjiang. China is the fi rst tion to counter such fraud, according to a China Radio.
Gu Jinghe, an expert on wild
country to attempt releasing the rare Youth Daily report. Run by the 104-year-old
horses at the Xinjiang Institute of
through starvation or attack from animal back to the wild. Only the information of last year’s university Commercial Press, the
Ecology and Geography, pointed out
wolves, after which its foal also per- The species has been reduced graduates has been loaded into the on-line veri- monthly magazine has pub-
that despite the death of three wild
ished. in numbers largely due to compe- fi cation system so far. Photos will be added this lished 163 editions with
horses, the institute had gained
The wild horses will be set tition with domestic livestock for year to prevent the above-mentioned forgery, said a total sale of 36 million
much valuable information that was
free again in the spring grazing land and water. A program Zhang Haoming, director of the student depart- copies. As one of the lead-
previously speculative. The wild
Gu continued that the horses’ sur- of bringing wild horses back to ment of the Ministry of Education. ing English-learning maga-
horses have still retained the instinct
vival capacity, such as speed, alert- China was launched in 1985. Over Zhang stressed that complete information, zines, the World of English
of battling against the elements by
ness, and sense of orientation had the following years, 18 horses including photos, of all university graduates of has won recognition from a
seasonal migration.
improved to some extent during the from Germany and Britain were the past ten years would also be on-line by next number of college students,
As to why three wild horses died,
fi rst attempt. Thus from this per- adopted by the Wild Horse Breed- year. professionals and other
Gu explained that a large herd of
spective, their stay in the wild had ing Center in Xinjiang. “We had planned to add picture information profi cient English speak-
wild donkeys was found near the
proved a success. on the verifi cation system, but due to the prohibi- ers. “At present, we can
wild horses several days ago and
At least three years would be tive cost of purchasing professional photograph- sell 200 thousand copies
that they had eaten the plants the
needed for the program of releasing ing equipment for some universities, the plan for each edition,” said the
wild horses live on. Wild donkeys
wild horses back to the wild to didn’t come into effect,” said Zhang. person in charge of the
can fi nd food even in the desert,
be successful. During this period “The electronic diploma verifi cation system World of English.
whereas wild horses are not as
the wild horses will be kept under has greatly reduced the production of forged A special edition of the
versatile. Not only wild donkeys,
close surveillance, and will be con- diplomas, but the system is not as effective as had magazine is to be published
but also large numbers of various
fi ned again promptly whenever nec- been expected. Prospective employers should also in February 2002 contain-
domestic livestock herds fought for
essary. inspect the identifi cation card of the interviewee, ing new columns such as
food along with the wild horses.
Zhu Fude, director of the Wild as well as putting more emphasis on individual Prismatic World, Window on
The horses could migrate to warmer
Fauna Protection Institute of Xin- capability,” Zhang added. America, Military Affairs,
places but were unable to fi nd
jiang Forestry Bureau, said that Experts say that a credit rating system should Literary Garden and Movie
enough food. A mare recently died
spring is the best season for releas- be established soon in China besides setting up & TV Stars.
the electronic diploma verifi cation system.
DEVELOPMENT
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JANUARY 11, 2002
E-mail: [email protected] EDITOR: LIU FENG YANG XIAO DESIGNER: PANG LEI
Unicom Plays CDMA Roulette
2.2GHz P4 CPU
Launched
By Yang Xiao
Intel introduced its high-
Although China Unicom has gambled billions of dollars on CDMA project, things have run far from smoothly
est-performing Pentium 4 pro-
cessor ever, running at 2.2
gigahertz (GHz), or 2.2 bil- By Yang Xiao
lion cycles per second on the Launch
Great Wall this Tuesday. After nearly one-year’s prep-
According to the sponsor, aration, Unicom announced on
it is a global performance at Tuesday a small-scale launch of
the same time either at San- its long-awaited service using the
ta Clara or Beijing. CDMA standard in the world’s top
Built using Intel’s most ad- mobile market. Unicom has fi nally
vanced manufacturing tech- launched its 24 billion yuan cellu-
nologies, the processor sets lar network.
the stage for a new class of “We’re quite confi dent about the
high-performance PCs that future of the CDMA market,’’ Chi-
power increasingly popular na Unicom Group Chairman Yang
digital music, photography Xianzu said at a launch ceremony
and video uses, as well the in Beijing attended by high-level
latest applications being de- government offi cials.
veloped for the workplace. “Our number of pre-registered
The 2.2 GHz milestone users has already surpassed
comes at a time when nearly 500,000,’’ he said.
450 million people use PCs Unicom will run a three-month
that run at 700 MHz or less. trial, seeking suggestions from us-
“People are making digital ers about how to improve its quali-
media a regular part of their ty and service before launching the
lives, and the new technology service on a larger scale and in-
behind the Pentium 4 pro- troducing next-generation services
cessor at 2.2 GHz makes later this year, Yang said.
those experiences better yet,” Phone shops around Beijing
said Louis Burns, vice presi- were in confusion this week about
dent and general manager, In- how to get hold of CDMA phones.
tel Desktop Platforms Group. One manager of a Unicom-owned
“This holiday season brought store in Beijing said on Monday
another surge in sales of digi- she had no answer for shoppers in-
tal cameras, and as consum- terested in CDMA phones and ser-
ers use such devices to record vice. “We just keep telling people, While every Unicom CDMA outlet has not yet received the phone numbers, many people come to admire the exhibited CDMA phones
and share their lives with ‘they’ll be here soon’. But in fact we Photo by Chen Shuyi
others, the highest-perform- have no idea when it will be,’’ Yao bile for its GSM service. handset makers, billions of dollars high-end users to spend 4,000 to ter forced us to buy their expensive
ing PCs enable the best expe- Zhenqi said. “We will try to focus on high lie in the balance. 6,000 yuan on the new CDMA handsets with only a little compen-
riences.” Motorola, one of four CDMA and middle-end users, and at the More than any other factor, handset. sation. If we don’t, we will lose our
same time take care of the mass market reaction to the new prod- Professor Zhang Ping from phone numbers. It is a typical mo-
phone producers in China, said on
Banks Try to
market,’’ he said. uct, an alternative mobile tech- Beijing University of Post and nopoly.” China Great Wall CDMA
Tuesday it would ship two million
Recover 100m from phones initially. Gambles nology to the GSM system that Telecommunications revealed has 500,000 customers in China,
currently dominates China’s mo- that only the cellular providers’ which Unicom has taken on as
Yin Guang Xia Arm Another concern for Unicom China Unicom has always lived
bile market, will determine the manufacturing technologies its basic customers. But the ser-
was failed “hand-offs’’, when a call under the infl uence of China Mo-
fate of CDMA in China. could decide radiation levels. vice charge is double that of Great
By Xu Ying is cut off as a user moves between bile. When China Mobile gained
Despite running a GSM net- “The rumors that CDMA hand- Wall’s, irrespective of the expensive
Yin Guang Xia Industry, a cell sites built by different vendors, 100 million customers throughout
work that now has over 36 million set has less radiations than GSM handsets. The high cost CDMA
company already tainted by analysts said. China last year, the second largest
subscribers, Unicom announced it are unfounded.” However the rel- project has also suffered criticism
scandal, has fresh fi nancial “A number of the networks, in- mobile phone service provider Chi-
plans to launch the world’s largest evant Unicom manager sticks to for mirroring the function of the
worries as four mainland banks cluding the ones in Beijing and na Unicom only had 36 million
CDMA network. Unicom main- the opposite view. They said they GSM network without offering any
have fi led suits to recover more Shanghai, are experiencing that customers. So they have had to
tains that construction is on sched- have examination proof. new services.
than 100 million yuan in loans problem now,’’ said Peter Lovelock, gamble on the CDMA project.
ule for its $1.2 billion 15 million Apart from the struggle of the Shares in Unicom’s Hong Kong-
from a subsidiary. director of Beijing telecom consul- The clock is ticking on the
capacity 2G CDMA network cover- “green idea”, Unicom also faces a listed unit China Unicom Ltd.
Bank of China, Industrial tancy MFC Insight. planned launch of what may turn
ing 300 major Chinese cities. lawsuit from its customers. Liu closed down 2.81 percent on Tues-
and Commercial Bank of Chi- Yang confi rmed Unicom would out to be one of the biggest gambles
na, Pudong Development Bank charge standard rates for the new in mobile telecom history: China Troubles Jun, a China Great wall CDMA day at HK$8.65. The company was
customer is annoyed at Unicom’s hit by news of more competition
and Bank of Communications service rather than its usual 10% Unicom’s Code Division Multiple Unicom has promoted the at-
tough action and plans to sue. in the mobile market as China de-
all fi led claims in court in discount that helped it wrestle Access (CDMA) network. For the tractive concept of the “Green
“Great Wall has a contract of sell- tailed long-expected plans to grant
Wuhu, Anhui province, seeking market share from rival China Mo- operator, equipment vendors, and Mobile”, which has encouraged
ing customers to Unicom. The lat- two more licenses.
repayment of credit made to
Sina and Sohu
Wuhu Guang Xia, a company
said to be involved in biotech- The fi rst business-starting aiding proj-
nology. ects for returning Chinese students
Wuhu Guang Xia is 79%
was initiated in Zhongguancun
owned by Yin Guang Xia In-
Spar over Online News
dustry, once considered to be Start-up Funds Aid
one of the blue chips on the
Shenzhen stock exchange.
Returning Students
The Bank of China has the
biggest exposure to the Guang
Xia subsidiary with 67 million Entrepreneurs
yuan outstanding while the In- By Yang Xiao
dustrial and Commercial Bank Sina and Sohu have been waging a
is trying to recover 14.53 mil- brutal war over profi t margins since the By Shan Jinliang
lion yuan. The Pudong Devel- end of 2001. Now the portals’ fi ght has Twenty-six enterprises established by return-
opment Bank is seeking 12 extended to advertisements where the ing Chinese students were awarded an overall
million yuan while the Bank of profi ts lie. And the way of sinking ad- start-up fund of 2.36 million yuan by Zhong-
Communications hopes to re- vertisement contracts is to produce high guancun Science Park in the Christmas period.
gain 11.8 million yuan. quality news content. Liu Zhihua, vice-mayor and director of the
Sohu: not digest, but real online Administrative Committee of Zhongguancun,
Hyundai Motor to news awarded the selected 26 companies in the cer-
Sohu’s sights are aimed on Sina’s on- emony held at Jade Palace Hotel. The 26 compa-
Build Plant
line news service. For the fox (Sohu’s logo), nies, chosen from 70 that applied for the fund
the grape tastes a bit sour. Sina’s online since this August, all possess excellent projects.
By Xu Ying
news holds the key position in China. Ranging from electronic information, biology en-
South Korea’s top auto mak-
Last September a survey in China’s larg- gineering, new energy, high-effi cient agriculture
er Hyundai Motor plans to set
est IT newspaper revealed that 54.1% of and software development, most of the projects
up its fi rst assembly line in
netizens prefers Sina’s news service, two own their intellectual property and high tech-
China, in a move to gain a foot-
to three times more than Sohu. nology contents and show promising prospects,
hold in the fast growing mar-
Sohu CEO Charles Zhang has to ad- said the committee.
ket.
mit: “I consider that the gap started to “The development of the companies should
Hyundai Motor chairman
widen in 1998. At that time I was busy not depend on the government but the market,
Chung Mong-koo told employ-
coordinating relations among investors.” what the government can offer is a safe business
ees in a New Year’s speech
Things have remained the same for three environment and sincere service,” the director
that focus this year should be Caricature by Xie Feng
years. noted. Therefore, as part of the returning over-
on securing a presence in Chi-
Two months ago, at a senior meeting, speedy comeback. On December 14, Sina have become another battlefi eld. Zhong seas talents business-starting funds, the capital
na which will emerge as the
Sohu decided it had to outdo Sina in news news center put forward several special Zhan, a well-known netizen and former mainly offers a leading function, said Liu. He
world’s top car market.
service. Then they will earn profi ts by the topics. Sina vice-president Chen Tong su- content vice director of Chinabyte joined hoped the heads of the 26 companies would have
“It is inevitable to build
end of 2002. pervises all news content departments. He Sohu. Many editors fl ow between the two their names engraved on a marble wall in the
plants in the United States
Charles Zhang invited 28-year-old Kev- says, “We are making some minor adjust- portals. Oriental Square, the honor reserved for success-
and China to explore new mar-
in Li to take charge of developing online ments on our content. Too many words will Not only for news, but profi t ful entrepreneurs in the park.
kets,’’ Chung was quoted as
news. He made a deadline of six months give readers a bad feeling.” Chen gathered Experts analyzed that the portals’ “I have got a great lot of support from the
saying.
for Sohu to beat Sina in news service. nine senior editors to discuss the changes at profi t comes from advertisement, and in government and am surprised to see my com-
The remark followed Hyun-
Subsequently every employee at the news Sohu. “We don’t think they’ve had any suc- China ads are rooted in news. “Sina will pany develop in such high speed,” said Lu Tai-
dai’s announced plan to build
center received a letter titled ‘beat Sina’. cess. We think they can’t keep it up for a make even this June and make a profi t wei, founder of Beijing Three-dimension World
a factory in the United States,
A slogan won’t beat Sina by itself. Be- long time. We have established our position next year. News will be charged with technology, one of the aided companies in his
which is in the process of
fore Li became a supervisor news direc- over three years, so far no one can keep up 70% to 80% of the task,” says Chen. Sohu speech. He thought some of the Zhongguancun
choosing the construction site.
tor, he spent much time with chief editors with us.” Chen has a different view to Li, vowed it would make a profi t. Sohu re- offi ce procedures are more effi cient than those
A high ranking Hyundai of-
in a major Beijing newspaper. He fi nally “Internet genius rests on speediness and vealed its fi scal report on October 30; of the U.S. “Beijing software environment is the
fi cial said the plant in China
made a decision, “Sohu must have its own live performance.” its net income was $3.6 million, 70% biggest attraction for my investment here,” said
would either be in Beijing or
point of view and voice. We will change Sina’s advantages stem from 1997. sourced in ads. Sina revealed the next Li Zhaoren, another returning overseas busi-
near the city.
the public image of online news. Not just From 1998 Sina began continuously up- day that its income was $6.1 million, ness representative.
No one at the company
digest, but human care, social responsi- dating news every 12 hours. Then a lot over 90% hailing from ads. Over 1,000 returning talents have set up
could be reached immediately
bility and big event news.” Will all these of websites in China followed the lead of Sohu considered providing other value- more than 550 companies since the park built
for comment.
be enough to smash Sina? In any case, Sina. The War on Kosovo and bomb in- added services, such as text messages, e- its overseas talents serving system in June
Hyundai Motor posted re-
Sohu changed its news home page in De- cident on the Chinese Embassy were a mail, and e-commerce in the past two years. 2000. The system has received 4,500 overseas
cord sales in 2001 by selling
cember 2001. great impetus in helping them to increase But customers only think highly of news, students for consultation, 2,032 of whom have
1.6 million vehicles, up 9.3%
Seesaw battle page content. which explains why Sohu holds such a expressed their intention to open businesses in
from a year earlier.
One day later Sina retorted with a To Sina and Sohu human resources small share of the advertisement pie. the park this year.
OPPORTUNITIES
4
JANUARY 11, 2002
E-mail: [email protected] EDITOR: LIU FENG ZHAO HONGYI DESIGNER: PANG LEI
Way Paved for International Accounting Firms
New Rules
Open Door to
Foreign
By Jiang Zhong lation refl ects China’s WTO mem- able information will be useful for receive the job from a client with client-selection principle will cut
Securities
Companies that will be listed bership commitments and the the investors to protect their rights integrity.” the number of companies that will
on the Chinese A share market resolution to intensify its supervi- and the CSRC to supervise the This supplemented auditing list in the stock market.” Brokerages
after April 1 should have their sup- sory capacity in the domestic stock stock market.” system will undoubtedly bring China’s auditing industry has
plemented fi nancial report audited market. Clients of the international huge profi t to joint venture account- made great progress during the By Jiang Zhong
by international accounting insti- “The CSRC expects to enhance accounting agencies in Beijing are ing fi rms in China. It was esti- past few years; most of the account- Foreign institutions will be
tutes before they issue their stocks its supervision capacity through mostly big enterprises at present, mated that the unexpected income ing agencies can supply high qual- allowed to set up jointly oper-
on the market for the fi rst time, the new regulation,” said Jing but after the launch of the regula- of these accounting fi rms would ity auditing reports to the investors ated brokerage fi rms after
according to the regulations on sup- Yiqing, partner of Deloitte Touche tion medium or small clients will amount to 200 million yuan annu- and supervisors of the Chinese March 1, according to the Stock
plemented auditing enacted by the Tohmatsu, “Transparancy and be present in their operation. ally. stock market. However, inevitably, Firm Management Regulations
China Security Regulatory Com- truthfulness of the information “Sometimes these enterprises “That’s good news for inter- some agencies supplied fraudu- issued by the China Security
mission (CSRC) on the last day of revealed in the supplement fi nan- will not pay as much as a big com- national accounting agencies in lent information in their auditing Regulatory Commission (CSRC)
2001. The listed A share compa- cial report will be improved after pany. However the quality of our China,” Jing continued, “But the reports, which disturbs the order on January 7.
nies that applied for recollection the participation of the third party auditing results and the value of income might not increase so of the stock market and infringe The operation of the jointly
of funds after January 1 should (the international accounting agen- the information will not be com- much, because it’s impossible for upon the investors’ rights. The operated brokerages and the
both supply the same supplement cies; the other two parties refer promised,” Jing said, “Good credit a creditable international account- international accounting agencies’ stocks held by the foreign party
fi nancial report. to the CSRC and the domestic of the clients has a stake in our ing agency to accept all applica- participation will for sure improve should follow the related laws
Launch of this auditing regu- accounting agencies). This valu- client-selection principle. We only tions from various companies. Our conditions. and regulations of the CSRC,
according to the Regulations.
The domestic brokerages will
ETS Triggers China’s
also be allowed to set up or buy
shares of brokerage fi rms over-
English Training Market
seas.
Overseas
By Xiao Rong
China’s TOEFL or GRE testers may benefi t from America’s Exhibitors Rush
Educational English Testing Service (ETS) as it enters the coun-
try’s English language training market. to Book Fair
ETS announced in Beijing yesterday the cooperation of its
ETS Technologies and Tide Time New Media Group (TTNMG) By Zhao Hongyi
in the fi eld of English language training. TTNMG has been The Beijing International
authorized by ETS Technologies to promote its “E-rater”, an Books Fair (BIBF) has become
automatic assessment system for English papers. a popular place both for exhib-
“China boasts the largest education market in the world. To itors and visitors.
serve students of the world, including those in China, will be The ninth BIBF, scheduled
one of the main targets of ETS in the future,” said Mr. Kirson E. for May 24-28, has become a
Herbert, executive president of International Promotion Affairs top event for traders in the
of ETS. industry. A total of 959 book
New Oriental Group, China’s leading English training orga- exhibition booths have been
nization, remained confi dent in the face of future competition reserved, according to sources
however. from National Books Import &
“It’s inevitable for ETS to come to China and we think it’s a Export (Group) Corporation,
driving force for the further development of our school. Anyway, the organizer of the fair.
the advantages of ETS are its exam papers while we boast “As to the audio-video prod-
strong educational beliefs. So ETS will still take a long time to ucts exhibition section, we pre-
grow accustomed to China’s local conditions,” Hu Min, president pared more than 70 booth
of Beijing New Oriental School, told the Beijing Today reporter. spaces and half of those have
Students of New Oriental School expressed favorable opin- been booked out,” Mr. Yu Ming,
ions on its advantages while showing curiosity towards ETS’s director of the organizing com-
Photo by Liu Yu arrival in China. mittee told Beijing Today over
Cui Min demonstrates her customs cleared documents for the importing of cars behind her “I think it’s a good thing for ETS to compete with New the telephone.
New Year Brings Excitement
Oriental School and other domestic training organizations. At “Special space has been
least we as consumers can enjoy better educational service and prepared for Internet publica-
resources,” said a TOEFL student at New Oriental. tion exhibitors,” said Yu.
So far this year, famous
to Car Market
Ping An & DKV Launches publishers like Random
House, Thompson Publishing,
New Insurance Products John Wiley & Sons Inc,
Cambridge University Press,
By Zhao Hongyi diminish the import quotas previously imposed, phas-
Oxford University Press and
Cui Min, a customs clearer of Tianjin Mengjun Auto ing them out completely by the year 2006. In 2002, By Zhao Hongyi
BBC.
Trading Co., hadn’t expected to be the focus of media China will grant a total auto import quota of $6 billion, Ping An Insurance Company of China has introduced a
Since the 1990s, BIBF
when she went to the Tianjin Customs Clearance Hall while the country’s total imports in 2000 amounted to number of new health insurance products from the New Year,
established a platform for
on the early morning of January 4, 2002, the fi rst work- only $1.155 billion. indicating a concrete step in Chinese and foreign cooperation
books and publication copy-
ing day of the New Year. On the other side, domestic consumers have long after the country’s entry to WTO.
right transactions. Total trans-
She went there that morning to clear customs pro- awaited affordable autos, whether imported or domes- New products include packages specifi cally designed for men,
action volume on the 8th
cedures for the 26 Opel Omega and 20 Opel Zafi ra tically made, considering the high prices currently on women, children and senior citizens. Packaged with attractive
fair alone, held in the year
imported by her company. the market. names like evergreen trees, ivy, carnation, lily fl owers, pista-
2000, reached 6,000. Today,
She was met by hundreds of waiting reporters and In the three days of January 4, 5, and 6, 803 cars chio, the products cover the largest number of illness categories
copyright transactions have
cameramen from Beijing and Tianjin because her cars were cleared, four times the amount of last December, to this day in China, and promise to offer the insured annual
become the largest part of the
were the fi rst autos imported after the New Year when Hu Genqiang, director of the Tianjin Customs Clear- bonuses based on the performance of the company.
fair.
China started adopting newly lowered imported tar- ance Offi ce told reporters. Ping An launched its new products in Beijing on January 9.
“Foreign exhibitors have
iffs. Price war has already started In the fi rst three working days after New Year, 5,000 insur-
also constituted an important
Market access provokes consumer interest At present, Tianjin Dahatsu, Zhejiang’s Geely and ance packages under the name of evergreen trees (for men) and
part of the fair, showing their
As China promised to WTO, it will lower car import Anhui’s Chery have started lowering their prices. Join- carnation (for women) sold with a revenue over 8 million yuan
interest in exploring China’s
tariffs from 2001’s 70-80% to 25%, passenger buses ing them are Citroen-Fukang, Hainan Mazda, Jian- all over China, according to Mr. Zhang Jianmin, vice president
publication market,” said Mr.
45-65% to 25% and trucks 30-50% to 20-30%, after gling Transit (GM) and Sichuan Toyota minivan, while of Ping An Insurance Group charging of life insurance products
Ge Ning, from the public
becoming a former member of the organization, start- Changchun’s Jetta and Shanghai’s Santana are still at development.
affairs offi ce of the organizing
ing from the beginning of 2002. the ‘wait and see’ stage. Ping An designed the new products under the help of their
committee.
Furthermore, China also promised to gradually But they have not been lying idle. New models like partner, Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG, DKV, the No.1 pri-
Shanghai Volkswagen’s Polo, Changchun Volkswagen’s vate medical insurer from Germany. DKV, a long-term player
Bora, Citroen-Fukang’s Picasso will be launched later in the industry, has been Minister Urges
this year. Guangzhou Honda and Tianjin Dahastu are in cooperation with Ping
also preparing new models. An in product design and Four Types of
Market opening benefi ts all risk management for fi ve
“It indicates that a huge potential market for years. Personnel
cars exists out there, since great interest has been Experts believe great
expounded on the issue. The rest is how you manage room exists for foreign Training
it,” said Jia Xinguang, senior research fellow at the insurance players to coop-
By Zhao Hongyi
State Auto Industry Research Institute. erate with their Chinese
China needs professional
“China’s car market today is just the same as the TV partners both in market
personnel with an education
and refrigerator markets in the early 1980s. access and exploration.
and background in fi nance,
“China is a huge populated market as well as a Ms. Li Jing, public
information, world trade and
manufacturing machine. Success is only possible by affairs director of Ping An,
hi-technology, said Zhang Xue-
More than 6,000 cars, mostly of Japanese made, parked establishing roots in the market by moving manufac- told Beijing Today that her
zhong, minister of personnel,
in the tariff free zone in Tianjin, due to high importing turing assemblies and bases here before enlarging the company will introduce the
at a ministry internal working
tariffs Photo by Mao Qian market share,” said Mr. Jia. other mentioned products seminar held January 4 in
later this year. Photo by Zhuang Jian Beijing.
Zhang said China will
Government Clarifi es Capital Seeks Talent Beyond Great Wall
develop a science and technol-
ogy research team consisting
Five Categories of Personnel
mainly of post-doctor talent,
By Jiang Zhong engineering, curative science, nurs- and commissions.
From Transferring Beijing is to recruit graduates of ing, biological pharmaceuticals, and Zhao also said that local gradu- improve the currently existing
26 disciplines from other provinces four mainstream college disciplines ates from Beijing should be given talent recruitment practice and
By Zhao Hongyi this year. Beijing Personnel Bureau for teacher training including math- priority over those from other prov- regulations, increase recruit-
The Chinese government has kept some basic restrictions while announced recently. ematics, English, Chinese, physics inces when Beijing enterprises con- ment from abroad and encour-
liberalizing the country’s human resources market. The disciplines include econom- and fi ne arts. sider recruiting college graduates. age overseas Chinese students
The Ministry of Personnel and State Administration of Indus- ics, the science of law, civil engineer- The personnel bureau also issued The number of graduates from out- to return, develop a solid team
tries and Commerce listed fi ve categories of human resources for- ing, electronic information, electronic the list of the target schools from side the capital would not be decided of scientists for hi-tech agri-
bidden from relinguishing their current posts. engineering, English, clinical medi- which Beijing will recruit the gradu- until April or May of this year. culture development, industri-
The fi ve categories include technical and managing personnel in cine, business administration, enter- ates. 288 schools from 27 provinces As to how the 26 disciplines were alization and marketization of
the national and provincial key science and technological research prise administration, marketing, outside Beijing were included in the selected, Zhao said that the decision agricultural products.
projects, volunteers dispatched by governments to Xinjiang and human resource management, Chi- list. was made according to an analysis of According to statistics, the
Tibet for assistance that have not yet fi nished their terms, per- nese language & literature, phi- Zhao Yubin, director of the Univer- the contradiction between the supply allocation of labor in China’s
sonnel involved in intelligence work relating to national security losophy, mechanical design & sity and College Graduates Employ- of graduates and the demand from agriculture, industries and ser-
and safety, personnel involved in illegal and discipline violation manufacturing, mechanical manu- ment Department of the personnel enterprises. The change in demand vice sector has reached a cer-
activities and under investigation, and other personnel on the spe- facturing techniques and manufac- bureau, said that the 288 schools refl ects the WTO-oriented transfor- tain balance, with percentages
cial posts defi ned by laws and regulations from leaving their posts turing equipment, mechanical & include the colleges and universities mation the Chinese enterprises are of 4.2%, 24.3% and 71.5%
within the contract time. electronic engineering, fi reproofi ng sponsored by the central ministries currently undergoing. respectively.
CITY
5
JANUARY 11, 2002
E-mail: [email protected] EDITOR: LI XIN DESIGNER: LI SHI
Director of Investi- “White House”
Burns Down
gation Bureau Jailed
By Ivy Zhang
By Sun Ming vestigation as Wang had The dome-shaped hall of
A high-ranking offi cial many years’ experience in Laitai fl ower market in east Cha-
in the General Administra- the fi eld of reconnaissance oyang District, nicknamed “the
tion of Customs was sen- and anti-reconnaissance. White House” due to its resem-
tenced for a prison term for For a long period, only blance to that well known resi-
11 years this week on brib- a few people in the ad- dence in Washington DC burnt
ery charges. ministration knew he was down this week. Three people
Wang Liwei, former vice- under investigation. Wang died and one was injured in the
director of the investigation himself admitted that he incident.
bureau of the administra- was stunned when he was The fi re broke out around
tion had been in charge of suddenly arrested. 11:30 a.m. Monday, in a bar
reconnaissance work. Prosecutor Qian Liansh- named “shepherd” and spread im-
Taking advantage of his eng said interrogating Wang mediately to the adjacent trans-
position and power, Wang was also very diffi cult. As action center in the north of the
aided two companies in a former vice-director of the Laitai fl ower market, blanketing
1996, one in its smuggling investigation bureau, Wang the area in thick black smoke.
activities, and the other in was familiar with the strat- Five fi re brigades dispatched
an investigation into its egies used by investigators 24 fi re trucks and some 150 fi re
smuggling activities, in re- and knew how to take cues fi ghters to the site, and it took
turn for payoffs. With the from their words and facial them two hours to extinguish the
money, he secretly bought expressions. fi re, by which time all that re-
a car and two new apart- Wang confessed at last mained of the structure were the
ments in Beijing. when the investigators steel beams. The economic loss
However even though asked about the apartment caused by the fi re is estimated
Wang bought the car in the in Changping. This had at 700,000 yuan, according to Li
name of a relative, the pur- been a so closely guarded Chao, offi ce manager of Laitai
chase attracted the atten- secret that not even his Flower Company.
tion of his department, and wife had known about it. The cause of the fi re has not
in December 2000, the su- Wang said that as an of- Diego Azubel mid-expedition in Ningxia, Northwest China yet been confi rmed, but initial
pervision department of the fi cial in customs, he had to investigations suggest a short
General Administration of face many temptations ev- Great Adventure circuit triggered the blaze. The
Customs reported their sus- ery day. three people who died and the
picions to the Dongcheng “The profi ts of smuggling one injured in the fi re were all
Procuratorate. are so considerable that employees of the bar.
At that time, Wang had smugglers were happy to The Laitai auction hall, morn-
been transferred to Taiyu- invest large quantities of on Great Wall ing market and Laitai fl ower
an Customs but actually re- capital to ensure my coop- street were not damaged and re-
mained in Beijing under the eration,” he said, “I once re- main open in the wake of the fi re,
pretext of poor health. Ac- fused bribes, but I couldn’t however a long-planned “horti-
cording to the Dongcheng bear the temptation continu- culture performance week” has
Procuratorate, they had to ally. I knew that I would get had to be postponed.
be very careful in the in- into trouble sooner or later.” By Su Wei lieve the pain in his legs.
Diego Azubel is the fi rst Argentin- When he was in the vicinity of
ean to hike the length of the Great Beijing, he visited International SOS
Wall, from Jiayu Pass in Gansu Prov- for some physiotherapy. “Sheilagh An-
ince to Shanhai Pass on the Bohai derson, the physiotherapist there did
Gulf. some massage for me and stretched
He says all most foreigners know my legs. She is really good!”
about the Great Wall is that it is in Diego was also thankful and hap-
China and can be seen from space. py to be accompanied by friends
Even Diego himself was under the and relatives during some sections of Photo by Cheng Tieliang
Keeping physiotherapy at Inter-
impression until he started out on his walk. Mark Jackson, Operations
national SOS
his expedition that it was simply one Manager, Medical Services of Inter- Business Slow
long wall. “I did not know that there weather and suffered several falls, he national SOS and Rodrigo Azubel,
are many parts of the Great Wall,” he never thought of giving up. On one Diego’s brother joined him for the last for Men’s
says. particularly tough day near Zhang section to Shanhai Pass. Refreshed
During his adventure, he came to Jiakou, he relates, “It was windy by this company, Diego felt his heart
Beauty Parlor
learn about the people lived along the and raining. There was no path, just become stronger. “My mind was no
Great Wall. “Language is not a prob- rocks...” But when he suddenly saw longer tired and the pain of the legs
Photo by Wang Fei lem for us to communicate. With ges- a shepherd with his sheep and goats disappeared.” By Chen Ying
Locals Hire tures we can understand each other!” waving to him, shouting “Ni hao, An exhibition of photos Diego took Beijing’s fi rst beauty parlor
He was happy to encounter the farm- peng you! Ni shi na di fang de peng during his journey will open Monday for men has been open now for
ers and shepherds and they often in- you? (Hello friend, where did you at the Argentinian Embassy in Beijing, over three months. But business
vited him to their homes. come from?)”, he felt, “everything is and the following week he plans to is not yet booming in the way the
Foreign Tutors Diego says he met no bad people nice again!” return to some sections of the Great owner anticipated.
during his journey. “Everyone is good. He kept walking with strong faith Wall to take more photos for a planned Located at the western end of
I am not worried about people.” in his luck and an undying eagerness book. He hopes that both his book and the north third ring road, Beijing
Among the photos he took along the to see the next scene. “The deserts the exhibition will allow more people, Feifan Kongjian Men’s Health
By Ivy Zhang locates potential foreign tu-
way, is one of an old lady in black near Yulin, Shanxi Province, the especially westerners, to know more Club offers beauty services exclu-
“I will start teaching tors. Arranged by the com-
coat, a young woman making noo- land of towers in Gubeikou, the big about the Great Wall. sively to men. “One of my clients
twins aged 15 in the near pany, Andy chats with Lulu
dles, drum performers during the sunfl owers...It is impossible to say the Of his decision to revisit the wall was driven away from a tra-
future. That should be in- for 2 hours every Saturday
Spring Festival and shepherds with scenes in words so I took the photos!” to take more photos, Diego says “It ditional beauty parlor, because
teresting, as they don’t afternoon.
long-stemmed pipes. However, he had to pause to rest is impossible for me to wait for the many people think they are the
speak much English,” says “Andy is very nice. We
He was never afraid of getting lost, for a day or so, in deference to his best moment to take photos in some territory of women. Also many
Andrew Carson, 21, a ju- talk about our own stories
though sometimes he spent two or aching legs. “Sometimes my legs tell of those places. I just have to keep men may feel embarrassed to re-
nior majoring in Criminal and encounter no communi-
three hours trying to fi nd ways to me that I am too tired to walk, but walking!” ceive such services surrounded
Justice at Brockport Uni- cation problems,” says Lulu.
follow the wall through the moun- my heart tells me to keep going. So I “My Chinese name is Ma Pengfei, by women. That’s why we opened
versity, New York and now “It’s fun that I’m exposed to
tains. “The shepherds, especially the have to make a balance,” he said with and I like to say Ma Pengfei fei guo this parlor”, says manager Wu
a participant in a Chinese American culture while im-
old shepherds know the way.” a smile. Diego said he had acupunc- Changcheng.” (Diego is fl ying over Qiang.
language program at proving my English listen-
Although he experienced severe ture when he arrived at cities to re- the Great Wall.) In Beijing, most men still
Beijing Normal University. ing and speaking ability.”
abide by the traditional idea that
He was very excited Lulu’s parents fully
real men don’t care about their
about the prospect of teach- support their daughter’s
New Year Dress complexion. They would rather
ing English to the twins interaction with an Eng-
spend money buying clothes than
and sharing his knowledge lish-speaking tutor, though
spending several hours in a beau-
about law and politics. it means an extra burden
ty parlor whitening their faces.
Andy is one of 50,000 on the family’s budget.
women. The owner, a fi ne arts gradu- Ping’An Insurance would not agree For some, a man visiting a beau-
plus foreign students who “200 yuan every week
ate, designs all the products himself, with Fu’s comment about the trend ty parlor is as unacceptable a
came to China in 2001. That is indeed a big expense for
and his accurate predictions about the becoming “vulgar”. She was wearing concept as a woman smoking!
fi gure is the highest ever. a common family like us,”
market have reaped him satisfying re- traditional Chinese style clothing long But such views are gradually
Meanwhile, there is a great Lulu’s mother, Zhang Shu-
wards. before the trend took off. The off-the- changing. Performers and men
demand for native English rong, an employee at Beijing
One merit of Wuyuwu is that they rack clothes at shopping centers did working in the fi eld of public re-
teachers in Beijing, which Telecom, said. “But it’s worth
have abundant fabrics. Apart from tra- not always fi t her well, and given the lations for example are begin-
creates more employment the money. My husband and
ditional brocade with more than 50 usually hefty price tags, going to a tai- ning to pay more attention to
opportunities for foreigners I can’t speak English. We
patterns, cotton, linen, and synthetic lor became the only reasonable choice. their looks. They are the main
and enables them to better want to create a good envi-
Photo by Chen Shuyi textile, Wuyuwu also stocks imported Li Mingen inherited a love for tra- source of customers for the beau-
understand China. ronment for our daughter to
materials from Japan and Korea. The dition from her father, who used to be ty parlor, but business is still
Andy’s extra-curriculum learn English well.” The current trend of wearing cloth- average price for an order is 300 yuan, involved in the production of the TV slow, despite the advanced equip-
agenda looks tight. In ad- Chinese families like Lu- ing modeled on traditional Chinese half the price of some better-known series The Three Kingdoms. She says ment and imported men’s make-
dition to making some ex- lu’s, well-paid employees outfi ts is no recent fad. The dress brands at the big shopping centers. all her family members are also fond up on offer.
tra money by teaching a working for foreign com- code at the APEC Shanghai summit Yiya is a tailor shop not far from of Chinese style clothes. Since her fa- Perhaps the 120 yuan per vis-
class of children, Andy has panies, language training last October just added fuel to the Wuyuwu. The decor and the clothes ther is too old now to make clothes for it price tag is a factor, but Wu re-
already taken a couple of centers and business or- fi re. After careful calculation and strict hanging in Yiya seem more conserva- the family by himself, Li is a frequent mains optimistic. “Men still care
sessions with a 15-year-old ganizations are the main budgeting, vogue chasers have turned tive than Wuyuwu. Red brocade with visitor to the tailors. about health more than beauty.
Chinese girl called Lulu. sources of customers for the away from big brands in luxury shop- a black circular fl ower design is the Traditional Chinese elements offer Now it is time to cultivate more
Lulu’s English is quite tutoring agency. ping centers, to seek out smaller fash- top seller here. In general, Chinese abundant choices if you are seeking a potential customers”, he says.
good. She just wants to The pay of foreign tutors ion-sensitive workshops and tailor’s style clothes last year didn’t sell as “new look”. We politely suggest you go
practice by chatting with is usually much higher than scattered around the city, according to well as the previous year, according to and discover a tailor near your home,
some native speakers. Andy that of locals doing similar those in the know. Fu Aihua, the tailor at Yiya. “Maybe and put your interpretation of Chinese
is her third tutor, or chat- work. “Foreign tutors are The difference this year is that, be- too many people wear similar designs tradition into your outfi t. According to
ting partner to be precise. paid 100 to 300 yuan per cause of APEC, more and more men with similar fabric. The trend has be- the sages: When in Rome, do as the
“One day last October, hour, while Chinese students are expected to share the zeal for Chi- come a little vulgar”. She says that Romans do. Then all will be well.
when I was skateboarding can only get 25 or 30 yuan,” nese costumes with women. foreigners who come into her shop pre-
on campus, a gentleman ap- says a marketing specialist “Many male customers come to our fer the dark color brocade, while Chi- Wuyuwu((cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:3)): 26 Yonghegong
proached me and asked if at www.jiajiao.org, an edu- store, and ask whether we have the nese customers, mostly in their 20s Street, Dongcheng District ((cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:6)(cid:7)
I wanted to teach English,” cation website with some style favored by the APEC leaders,” and 30s, choose the opposite. (cid:8)(cid:9)(cid:10)(cid:11)26(cid:12) )
Andy said, “and I agreed.” 5,000 college students on says Li Damei of Wuyuwu Workshop, The reporter encountered two loyal Yiya ((cid:13)(cid:14)): 147 Yonghegong Street,
The man worked for a their database who do tutor- near the Yonghegong (Lama Temple). followers of Chinese style clothing at Dongcheng District ((cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:6)(cid:7)(cid:8)(cid:9)(cid:10)
local tutoring agency that ing work. Wuyuwu used to make outfi ts only for Yiya, and probably Kang Xueli from (cid:11)147(cid:12) )
VOICE
6
JANUARY 11, 2002
Defeated
E-mail: [email protected] EDITOR: LI XIN DESIGNER: LI SHI
SOUND BITES

“Afghanistan has been a
Dignity failed state for too long and
the whole world has paid
the price — in the export of
terror, the export of drugs
and fi nally in the explosion
of death and destruction on
the streets of the USA. It
Employee, 30, loses nation’s fi rst sexual harassment case is all in our interests that
Afghanistan becomes a sta-
ble country, part of the in-
ternational community once
By Ivy Zhang Ma Yinan, professor, civil law, that heard these remarks was not in the regulate, rather than to protect the weak more.”
The fi rst sexual harassment case in Beijing University Law School room and did not witness to whom Ms. and the disadvantaged, small wonder jus- — Tony Blair, United
Chinese history ended in defeat for the The fact that Tong’s case was accepted Tang was speaking. tice falls through. For now, and possibly, Kingdom Prime Minis-
plaintiff on December 23, 2001, after a and heard demonstrates the court rec- What should be seriously looked into far into the future.
ter, speaking in Afghan-
two-month civil court hearing. The com- ognizes and values the issue of sexual though is what occurred after this fact. Consider, for example, our insolvency
istan
plaint was doubly unique as China has no harassment. The nature of sexual harass- Ms. Tong’s boss then made things diffi cult law, labor law, securities law, women and
law on sexual harassment. ment is the infringement of an individu- for her by withholding bonuses and allow- children protection law and a host of oth-
“Pakistan rejects terror-
In announcing its decision, Lianhu Dis- al’s right to personal dignity, which falls ances. ers. This nation actually sits on a pile of
trict People’s Court cited lack of evidence. within the scope of civil law in China. This sort of behavior is what a person laws, which are often, willingly or unwill- ism in all its forms and
The accuser, identifi ed only as Ms. Tong, In the current legal framework, there committing the act of sexual harassment ingly, ill devised or executed. manifestations and is fully
appealed to Xi’an Intermediate People’s are regulations about people’s specifi c does to keep control over their victim. By Human dignity, civil rights and gender cooperating with the inter-
Court a week later. rights such as a citizen’s reputation, life, the boss doing this, it shows that he feels equality need to be upheld and respected national coalition against
Tong, a 30-year-old state company em- health and image. However, a person’s he can punish or reward her for her ac- in both letter and spirit. Justice needs to terrorism. We are taking
ployee, alleged she had been subjected to right to personal dignity is not defi ned in tions that are not involved with business be delivered on promise and universally.
steps to check militants. We
unwanted touching by her manager on writing. but rather of a sexual nature. Or society will fracture and it will all end
have to check militants from
several occasions since 1994. During these I think the court’s ruling in Tong’s case I think sexual harassment legislation up in turmoil.
our society. We are taking
advances, she said, he had promised her a is appropriate. Without strong evidence, is necessary in China but it should be Indeed, a battle needs to be fought, ar-
steps in Pakistan to bring
good job and also asked her to accompany you can’t sentence anyone to liability. researched before this legislation comes dently, enduringly and collectively. Both
him to a hotel room. For the prospects of this case in a high- into place. In America, sexual harassment in court and beyond. some degree of [normality]
Tong’s boss was reprimanded for his be- er court trial, I’m afraid the chances of legislation has become out of control to to introduce a tolerant so-
havior, but the court heard he then made Tong winning are low unless she can pres- where you can be charged for simply look- Li Ying, patent attorney, Patent ciety. All that is to be ad-
things diffi cult for her at work, withhold- ent more evidence like a video tape or ing at somebody incorrectly when in fact and Trademark Law Offi ce of dressed. A fi nal decision
ing a bonus and allowances. Tong decided tape recording taken without intent to en- you were not doing that at all. China Council for Promotion of will be made when I ad-
to stay at home — and fi led a petition with trapment. The fact that there is no law for this International Trade
dress the nation in a few
the court in July 2001. Despite her col- I personally don’t agree with the idea also confuses me. How can this be brought Sexual harassment is an embarrassing
days.”
league’s entreaties, Tong’s refusal to with- that the law is omnipotent. Nor do I agree to court if there is no law against it? I am situation that has been met by many fe-
— General Pervez
draw the complaint saw her work unit with the enactment of domestic violence very interested in the eight pieces of indi- males, even from when they are teenag-
Musharraf, Pakistan
effectively terminate her employment. or sexual harassment laws. rect evidence. I can’t write much more be- ers.
In rejecting her petition, the court Legislation is meant to create sound cause I feel that I am lacking information Most of the time, the victims do not president
found Tong had failed to present suffi cient social order. I have many doubts about the about the case. dare to speak out their anger toward the
evidence to prove sexual harassment. “It maturity of legislative conditions in Chi- offenders because being subjected to un- “We are grieving tremen-
is diffi cult to obtain evidence,” said Tong’s na now. I think regulations on such issues Lu Jianping, legal translator, Asia wanted touching or the like are conven- dously. I just lost my whole
lawyer Ma Qiang. He said he had present- as sexual harassment should be appended Information Associates, Shanghai tionally considered shameful experiences world, and I really don’t
ed one piece of direct evidence and eight to the current civil law practices and more The court decision comes as no sur- for a female.
know what to say right now.
pieces of indirect evidence at the hearing. judicial explanations provided as well. In prise. It is just the typical legal bullet Also, just as in this case, the victims
The only thing I’m willing
The direct evidence came from a col- this way, a victim like Tong is able to get shooting down a tender voice for justice. usually do not have irrefutable evidence
to say is that my son gave
league who had heard Tong saying, “You mental compensation. And it amounts to no more than a judicial to indicate the offender’s actions. Thus,
us no indication of what he
can’t do that”. But the court failed to rec- failure that pales before the other count- they just keep it as a horrible secret in the
ognize this as direct evidence, saying the Andrew L. Carson, Criminal Jus- less told or untold cases. heart and try to forget it over time. was going to do. He loved
witness was outside the offi ce and there- tice major, Brockport University, What the court has delivered is a con- Taking advantage of this mentality, al- his country, and he was dis-
fore unable to know what was really hap- New York and Beijing Normal Uni- sistent, face-saving assurance for China’s most all offenders can go ahead with their gusted by what happened
pening without stepping inside. versity language student decision-making, and now sneering, toast- dirty deeds without being punished. The [on September 11]. He was
The boss’ voice was never heard and It is good to know this case at least ing males. ridiculous thing is that due to the rigid an honors student. He was
so there was no way of knowing to whom made it to trial. It shows that although Attributing the non-delivery of justice requirements of evidence, even the court
loved by many. That’s all I
Tong was talking. In her appeal, Tong there are no sexual harassments laws in to the non-existence of a law is a naiive seems to be an ally of those offenders.
can say.”
claims the court’s evaluation of her evi- China, the government is at least willing and cowardly excuse. China, by adoption If this continues to be the case, there
— Julia Bishop, whose
dence is incorrect. For evidence cited to to hear the case. a Roman law country, is adept at codify- may be more sexual harassment cases
15-year-old son
refl ect the facts, she says, the court’s re- I think it would be right for Ms. Tong to ing laws. in the future as the offender knows as
quest for proof of every detail is too rigid. bring this to a higher court. Although the The question is how laws that purport long as he does not leave strong evidence, Charles, fl ew a Cessna
Unjust or uncertain? What should Chi- piece of direct evidence seems inadequate to deliver justice can be reengineered, re- his behavior won’t bring him any trou- plane into the 28th
nese law provide to protect a woman’s to me. The fact that the words “You can’t interpreted — or just plain ignored — ble. That’s unfair. With more feasible and fl oor of a Tampa, Flor-
rights in the workplace? And what should do this” were heard from the boss’s offi ce to tip the scales towards a selected few. fl exible legislation, I hope all women can ida tower block
a woman do to protect those rights? does not prove much. The other employee When a law is touted as a tool to rule and lead a happy life, free of harassment.
“We are waiting to die.
If food does not come, if the
situation does not change,
Miss University
we will eat this (grass ) un-
til we die,”
— Ghalam Raza,
42-year-old resident of
Students vie to become image ambassadors Bonavash, north Afghan-
istan
By Chen Ying suited to represent a university. in USTB.
More than 2,000 students A university can select graduates I think it’s advisable, but not “The government in Ha-
watched the fi nal of a contest to as ambassadors. But that will in- necessary to hold similar activ- rare (capital of Zimbabwe)
select three image ambassadors volve some commercial aspects ities in universities. It’s a good has contempt for democra-
for the University of Science and as those graduates will have tak- booster for the university cele-
cy and the rights of jour-
Technology Beijing (USTB) re- en jobs. People would consider brations. It would be boring if ev-
nalists. Now is a moment of
cently. it purely a business transaction eryone copies the idea at other
truth for press freedom and
More than 100 undergradu- if Tsinghua employed Charles universities.
ate and postgraduate students Zhang [CEO of Sohu] as univer- for the international com-
had entered the contest as part sity Internet ambassador. Chen Huiying, student, munity’s commitment to de-
of the school’s upcoming 50th an- I wouldn’t participate in an ac- Beijing University mocracy in the region.”
niversary celebrations. The stu- tivity if it were just about beauty Selecting students as ambas- — Aidan White, gen-
dent union had invited a Beijing selection, let alone win the award sadors for a university is improp- eral secretary of the
Costume Institute professional for Internet Ambassador. er. But I can accept it. It’s just International Federa-
teacher to train the fi nalists in The image ambassador of a an activity among students after
tion of Journalists
modeling etiquette before the fi - university should represent ordi- all. It may differ from a tradi-
nal. Eight men and eight women nary students. That’s why I had tional beauty contest. Students
Sixteen participants enter the fi nal of University of Science and Tech- “Not only here but Paki-
competed at the campus Students the faith to participate. enjoy themselves through the ac-
Activity Center in three catego- nology Beijing image ambassador contest I feel the competitors changed a tivity. stanis in Pakistan and all
ries: etiquette, Internet and art. a try. I think I have the ability At USTB, I have hosted many lot through this activity, especially An ambassador can’t com- over the world feel this is
Three sections made up the to represent USTB. The same as activities. I even took a part-time their confi dence. I comforted a de- pletely represent a university. insulting and derogatory.
fi nal: a self-introduction, a tal- many of the participants, I feel job for Legend as a host promot- pressed participant who got noth- Maybe the ambassador can func- President Bush is not the
ent performance and fi nally, an- it’s a kind of test for me. ing its new product in Shanghai. ing in the fi nal that she should tion as one facet of the univer- only offender. A lot of Paki-
swering questions from a host In fact, the winners weren’t The company was satisfi ed with compare herself now to before she sity. That’s why USTB selected stanis in the New York area
about your chosen fi eld. There just beautiful girls and hand- me. took part in the activity. She quick- three different ambassadors.
have complained to me that
were also three bonus awards: some boys. The winners were ver- When I fi nished work, my ly became happy. We really made I think some professors and
government offi cials have
most photogenic, best demeanor satile. For instance, the winners Legend colleagues said I would good friends, as well as gaining in- scholars more properly represent
been using the word.”
and most popular. of the Internet and Art sections be better if I could polish my per- valuable experience. a university’s image. If there were
The news captured media and must display academic exper- sonal etiquette. some diplomatic events at Beijing — Syed Adeeb, editor
public attention as some argued tise. Many participants didn’t so I knew there would be eti- Gao Jie, student, Beijing University, the university would of the Washington-
it amounted to little more than much want to win the title as to quette training for the fi nalists. Central Conservatory let Ji Xianlin [a famous professor] based Pakistan Times,
a campus beauty contest. Others take part in something interest- I thought it would be useful to The key is the content. How attend. In fact, many graduates concerning US Pres-
questioned whether a university ing. improve my hosting skills and many parts make up the contest? qualify as image ambassadors for ident George Bush’s
needs an image ambassador. personal qualities. So I took part What is the theme of the organiz- their own university. For example, use of the racially
Student opinions follow: Chen Xi, student, Univer- in the Internet Ambassador con- ers? What angle do the organiz- Charles Zhang, as the CEO of
charged abbreviation
sity of Science and Tech- test. ers adopt? It can be acceptable if Sohu, may be the most suitable
“Pakis” in a recent lec-
Liu Siyang, student, Univer- nology Beijing, winner of In the fi nal, students per- the event cares more about a col- person if Tsinghua really wants
ture
sity of Science and Tech- Internet Ambassador formed a particular talent. I lection of qualities rather than to select an image ambassador for
nology Beijing, winner of Originally I assumed the In- played the guitar. Competitors focusing on appearance. Other- the Internet.
best demeanor ternet Ambassador must be fe- also answered some questions in wise, it will incite blame. Fortu- These people are more suit- By Chen Ying
I’m a freshman. And I’m confi - male. But the organizers said the fi eld. nately, this activity was suitable able as ambassadors in some
dent in myself. I wanted to have male would also be OK. I think students are better as it was successful and popular sense.
PROBE
7
JANUARY 11, 2002
E-mail: [email protected] EDITOR: LI XIN DESIGNER: LI SHI
Troubled Times
for Chinese Football
By Chen Ying during the second half of both matches.
The investigation into match fi xing in Jiangsu Shuntian scored again in the
China’s second division football league 71st minute. But then Chengdu broke
is in its fi nal phase. Fans, the media, through the Jiangsu defense to score
clubs and administrators are now await- four times in the last 19 minutes. In
ing the fi nal decision of the China Foot- the other game, the score stood at 3:0
ball Association (CFA). CFA vice-president, Yan Shiduo in Changchun Yatai’s favor at the 85th
On January 5, the China Football As- Photo by Wei Tong minute, when Zhejiang Lücheng delayed
sociation (CFA) summoned the chairmen the game for four minutes because they
Along with a similar list provided by
of the fi ve clubs accused of involvement were dissatisfi ed with the referee’s deci-
Guangzhou Geely, the total number of
in match fi xing in the last two rounds sion over the third goal.
referees implicated in the match fi xing
of the 2001 Second Division league se- Then in the last four minutes of the
scam has reached nine.
ries: Chengdu Wuniu, Mianyang Taiji, game, Changchun Yatai piled on anoth-
Rigged games and corrupt referees
Jiangsu Shuntian, Zhejiang Lücheng er three goals to win the game 6:0. The
have long plagued Chinese football. In
and Changchun Yatai. extraordinary result secured promotion
1998, the CFA spent over a month inves-
CFA vice-president Zhang Jilong said to the fi rst division for Changchun Ya-
tigating claims of match fi xing between
after the meeting that the Disciplinary tai, the team having scored just one
Chongqing Longxin and Shenyang Hai-
Committee would deliver a report to more goal than Chengdu Wuniu.
shi. However no action was taken as the
the standing committee of the CFA be-
investigation failed to collect suffi cient
fore January 15. The standing commit- Too good to be true
evidence.
tee will then determine whether these The spectacular result was a little too
Perhaps it is in view of that failure
clubs can participate in the next sea- much for most people to swallow. Song Referees may be facing red cards over corruption allegations. Photo by Hu Jinxi
that the CFA is remaining low key
son’s games. Weiping, chairman of Zhejiang Lücheng
about this investigation. “We’ll absorb
On January 6, another CFA vice-pres- held a news conference after the match simply penalize the fi ve teams involved the end of last year made the blood of
the lesson of the Chongqing Longxin and
ident, Yan Shiduo, expressed his views and expressed disappointment at his without taking effective measures to ad- countless Chinese football fans boil.
Shenyang Haishi case. We don’t want to
about the case on CCTV-1’s ‘Oriental Ho- players having deliberately thrown the dress the problem of rigged games and It seemed that the CFA has no
boast about what we will do. We just
rizon’. “The CFA will defi nitely take some game. He fi red fi ve players on the spot. referee corruption. more pressing task than to overcome
want to go quietly about our investiga-
sort of action. Otherwise how could we In fact, in the penultimate round On October 16 last year, the CFA this inequity in China’s football world.
tion. And I feel it has been effective this
face China’s football fans? To do nothing of the second division, another game published the penalties handed to the Until now, the CFA is still collecting
time,” said Yan in the CCTV interview.
would be an admission that the CFA can also caused intense debate. Guangzhou fi ve clubs. The 2002 registration quali- proof and related material about these
no longer manage professional football Geely players left the ground before the fi er was cancelled, and 61 of the play- problems.
Goals Galore
and can’t keep the football clubs and ref- game ended in protest at the referee’s ers who participated in the three games However it seems that it is prepared
In the penultimate-round of the 2001
erees in line,” said Yan. awarding of a third goal to opponent were penalized. this time to do whatever is necessary to
Second Division, Chengdu Wuniu beat
Earlier this week, the CFA unveiled Shanghai Zhongyuan. The fi ve clubs were ordered to com- clean the game up. The battle has real-
Mianyang Taiji by an incredible 11:2.
its new regulations detailing penalties Soon after, board chairman of plete reforms within three months and ly begun to stamp out these illegal deal-
The result meant that Chengdu Wuniu
for match fi xing. Meanwhile Xinhua Guangzhou Geely Li Shufu announced report the steps they had taken to the ings between teams and referees.
would have the chance to be promoted
News Agency reported that chairman of Geely would quit the league because of CFA before January 15, 2002. The well-known CCTV football com-
to the First Division in 2002, provided
Zhejiang Lücheng Football Club, Song the widespread corruption. On December 13, 2001, Song Weiping mentator Zhang Bin says the CFA now
they won the last game against Jiangsu
Weiping had provided the agency with a It is ironic that China’s National of Zhejiang Lücheng and Li Shufu of has a great opportunity to clean up Chi-
Shuntian and Changchun Yatai lost to
list of match referees alleged to have ac- Football Team qualifi ed for the 2002 Guangzhou Geely gave a news confer- nese football, particularly with the Na-
Zhejiang Lücheng.
cepted bribes. World Cup just one day after these con- ence in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, tional Team qualifying for this year’s
If Chengdu lost and Changchun won,
The list includes the names of the troversial games took place. It seemed during which they disclosed details of World Cup.
the promotion would go to Changchun.
referees, the amount of money paid and that Chinese football experienced it’s their deals with certain referees in re- In the CCTV-1 program broadcast on
If both Chengdu and Changchun won
the procedure for making the payments. greatest moment of glory and shame at gard to the matches in question. January 6, Yan Shiduo promised to mil-
their fi nal games, the team with the
Eight referees are alleged to be involved. the same time. Two weeks later, Song published the lions of fans that the CFA would solve
highest goal count would be promoted.
Some accepted money before the games CCTV-5’s popular football program confession of a referee, but withheld the all these problems during 2002 .
On the afternoon of October 6, 2001,
in question while others were paid af- ‘Soccer Night’ broadcast a special issue man’s name. The referee returned the 40 Many believe that eradicating cor-
the day of the last round of second divi-
ter the match. Some referees forfeited about the two cases on October 12 last thousand yuan paid to him by the club. ruption in Chinese football is more im-
sion matches, the two games began at
their promised payment because they year. portant than participating in the World
the same time. At half time, Chengdu
failed to help Lücheng win the match. In the program, Song Weiping threat- That’s the future we expect Cup, however time is running out.
had conceded one goal to Jiangsu, while
The amounts paid to the referees ranged ened to reveal the extent to which the Fixed games and corrupt referees Both fans and the media keenly an-
the other match was tied 0:0.
from 30 thousand yuan to 160 thousand practice of match fi xing had corrupted have severely damaged the image of ticipate the day when football in China
However dramatic scenes took place
yuan. the second division, should the CFA Chinese football, but what happened at can be played under a clear blue sky.
FOCUS
8
JANUARY 11, 2002
E-mail: [email protected] EDITOR:LI XIN DESIGNER:LI SHI
From December 31, New Year, New Hope
2001 to January 8,
2002, Beijing Today
journalists Xia Lei and
Wang Lin visited the
cities of Kabul and for People of Afghanistan
Maydanshahr, in
Afghanistan. They
spoke to a variety of
ordinary people there,
seeking to gain a
picture of daily life in
that war-torn country.
ting on the floor with no desks or
Continued from page 1 chairs. There are 75 girls in this class.
Some of them are from other provinc-
Prosperous second hand car es, as their parents believe the capital
market has the best teachers and schools in
There are many cars in the city, which the country.
also comes as something of a surprise.
Most of them are Japanese makes: Toy- Soldiers from north keen for
ota, Nissan and Isuzu. The majority of peace
these Japanese cars arrive in Afghani- On Jan. 3, 2002, we drove 60 kilome-
stan via Saudi Arabia. There are also ters southeast to Maydanshahr city in
many Volkswagen Beetles driven proud- the province of Wardag. A unit of troops
ly around the streets, not the new model, from the north guarded the city in a
but the original 1960’s version. Russian camp nearby.
cars can also be seen, patched and re- Mir Abdullqum is the commander of
paired many times but still in use, evok- this unit of 30 soldiers and 10 tanks.
ing memories of the invasion of the A young girl at school “Our duty is to monitor the security
former Soviet Union in 1979. of the city and check passing vehicles.
A salesman at the biggest secondhand This is a strategic point which links
car market in the city told us the Japa- the capital with other provinces in the
nese cars account for 90% of the market. west.”
Prices range from US$3,500 to $6,000, He says he has only been here for
depending on the car’s working condition two weeks. Life here is all right for him,
and mileage. If you are wealthy, you can and people in the city are kind to the
pick up a Toyota Jeep for $10,000. For soldiers. However it is cold at night, he
the less affl uent, second hand Ladas sell says, and they don’t have enough coal
for $500. According to the salesman, 40% to heat the living room in their camp.
of the families in Kabul could afford to Fahim is a tank driver. He is blind
Boxing match at a club in Kabul
buy a car. He predicts prices will rise in one eye, the result of a hand grenade
with the coming of peace and as people attack, and has sustained injuries on
become better off. four other separate occasions.
Afghanis drink tea beside a ruined building
“My wish is to be an ordinary work-
TVs, satellite dishes and VCD Photos by Wang Lin er after I am discharged from the army.
machines in hot demand I don’t want to fi ght anymore, I hope I
Besides cars, people here are also keen will fall in love with a girl and marry
to buy TVs, satellite dishes and VCD her.”
machines. A street near a large mosque
where there are many shops selling such Great day for boxers
goods is always crowded. As most of On January 6, the sport of boxing of-
the shops are no more than ten square fi cially resumed after an interruption
meters, the owners usually set their of fi ve years. It might seem hard to
goods outside in the street. Most are im- believe today, but boxing has an over
ported from Japan, Malaysia and Thai- 50-year history in Afghanistan, howev-
land. There seem to be few TV sets and er it was banned by the Taliban.
VCDs made in China, even though it is At Marif Boxing Club in Kabul, more
one of biggest producers of these ma- than 200 people crowd into the small
chines. stadium to enjoy their favorite sport.
Nan Garliar, a businessman selling Boxers from two school teams are com-
TVs, satellite dishes and VCD machines Outdoor carpet sellers Shop selling TV and other electrical appliances Newsstand in Kabul peting. They have no special uniforms
says business is not bad. “I can sell ten and their gloves have seen better days,
sets of televisions per day, seven out of Handmade carpet sells well in They look beautiful and durable. Our in Kabul. There are now 3,000 female but what they lack in gear, they make
these ten buyers will also buy a satellite Kabul interpreter says his family has a carpet students studying there. Although it is up for in enthusiasm. Tamim is just 17
dish at the same time.” Just opposite the Kabul Hotel where bought 35 years ago, but still looks like winter vacation in Afghanistan, they years old, but he is a good boxer with
Garliar says he has visited China we are staying, there is a street occupied new, even after having been washed still have classes six days a week, from several years training in the city.
twice. He bought second hand TV sets by carpet sellers. For one piece of carpet, many times. 9 to 12 o’clock. “I like Mike Tyson very much. He is
in Gansu Province to sell here in Af- one meter square, the seller is asking Musood, 19, is a carpet seller on the According to headmaster Asmael very fast, he is very strong, he is very
ghanistan. The average price he paid for US$120. Our interpreter told us that we street. He comes originally from Fariab Hasanzy, the school has 100 teachers, handsome”, Tamim says: “I hope one day
the second hand TV sets was 220 yuan could bargain by halving the price. province, but now lives in Kabul. He 98 of them female. “A student usually he could visit my country, so that I can
(about US$26.50). Most of the carpets are made in the says that it is always rich people buying should pay 20,000 Afghanis (a little meet him. Maybe box with him.”
He hopes the Chinese Embassy here southern part of the country. They are his handmade carpets. Musood can earn less then US$1) per month for tuition. Akhtary is the head of Marif Club.
will resume issuing visas as soon as pos- hand made and most of them are red 200,000 Afghani (about 8 dollars) per We only charge 15% of the fee for girls He told us, “I know that Beijing will
sible, so he can return to China and bring with ancient central Asian style pat- day, big money for most Afghanis. from poor families, some of them can host the 2008 Olympic Games. Mem-
more Chinese products into the market. terns. The seller buys these carpets study here free of charge,” he told us. bers of my boxing club are young, aged
He obtained his visas for his previous cheaply directly from the makers in the Girls resume study after fi ve In one classroom, girls are study- between 10 and 18. I hope some of them
visits from the Chinese consulate in Ka- rural areas and transports them here years at home ing English. “My name is Amar”, “his can get the chance to compete in the
rachi, Pakistan. to sell at a markup of around 40%. Alfat is the biggest school for girls name is Hasar,” they read aloud, sit- Olympic Games in Beijing.”
FACE
9
JANUARY 11, 2002
E-mail: [email protected] EDITOR: ZHANG XIAOXIA DESIGNER: LI SHI
Life Between Yin and Yang
By Miao Yajie age of 56.
Russian writer Leo Tolstoy begins Anna Kare- Sometimes it happens: once a nurse sent a
nina with a great sentence: “Happy families are patient to consulting room No.20, telling the
all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its patient there was an experienced, mature doctor.
own way.” If the word ‘families’ were replaced with The patient pushed the door open, saw Liu sitting
‘life’, the philosophy would still be tenable. Life in behind the desk surrounded by several students.
China from 1966 to 1976 to some people was too He closed the door immediately and went to
miserable to recall, and for junior and senior high complain to the nurse, “There is no mature doctor,
school graduates in big cities who answered the only students.”
call to ‘go to live and work in the countryside’, they Liu laughed, “I wish I could look older, then
lost more than the chance to further their studies. what I say may be more persuasive at fi rst sight.”
Our hero today, Liu Jincheng, now chief However, what Liu says is persuasive enough
physician at the Beijing Hospital of Chinese for those who get the chance to work with him.
Medicine, was among the ten million students. Liu’s student, Xiao Chen from Taiwan said her
However for Liu, misfortune turned out to be a teacher seems to be very strict, scolding them se-
rare opportunity. In the countryside where he was riously when they become absent-minded, make
sent, Datong County, Shanxi province, there lived a mistakes or don’t work hard, “But he is an excel-
very famous doctor of Chinese medicine. Following lent teacher, he teaches us by heart.”
his teacher, Liu chose not only a career but also a
balanced and healthy attitude towards life. Green medicine
“Life can be interpreted by the theory of Chinese According to Chinese medicine theory, the oc-
medicine, that is, the Yin and Yang theory. You currence of disease results from the imbalance of
lose in Yin, and gain in Yang. Nothing is lost as a Yin and Yang. Balance is relative, while imbalance
whole,” said Doctor Liu with a smile in his eyes. is absolute. That’s why people are usually in a sub-
healthy state. The function of herbal medicine is
One gains in yin, and loses in yang to balance Yin and Yang. That explains why many
Liu Jincheng went to work in Datong county at old Chinese medicine doctors still have glowing
the end of 1968, when he had just fi nished senior cheeks and enjoy excellent health: they can hear
high school. If it had not been for the movement, and see well into their 70s or 80s.
he would have gone to college that year. It was ex- Liu Jincheng said that Chinese medicine has
actly ten years later that he was enrolled in the been proved effective for the past 2,000 years, and
(cid:1)(cid:1) (cid:3)(cid:3)
Capital Medical University among the fi rst lucky that what it lacks now is more utilization of mod-
few after the Cultural Revolution. Ten years of ern technology.
youth were spent in a poor mountain county serv- Having practiced western medicine in the coun-
ing as a ‘barefoot doctor’, which meant treating tryside for more than seven years, Liu certainly
the peasants for free. does not repel western medicine. But he thinks
At fi rst Liu learned western medicine, and be- that in some way Chinese medicine is superior to
cause of his youth and passion, he soon mastered western medicine.
the basic skills, “For an appendix operation, I could Only having four years to serve at the hospi-
stitch the incision in fi fteen minutes at my fast- tal, Liu has already worked out his plan for after
est!” Liu recalled with some pride. retirement. That is to advocate Chinese medicine,
Then in 1969, Liu Jincheng began to study tra- the ‘green medicine’ concept.
ditional Chinese medicine under the guidance of First of all, Liu said, he intends to let the world
Li Kan, a very famous elderly doctor of Chinese know that herbal medicine is not something that
medicine in the Datong area. Talking of his es- originated in Korean, or Japan, but in China. Chi-
(cid:6)(cid:6) (cid:4)(cid:4)
teemed teacher, who initiated him into his career, na only occupies a current global Chinese med-
Liu’s voice was fi lled with respect. icine market share of fi ve percent, only several
“He could diagnose when he was going to die,” hundred million yuan each year, while U.S. med-
Liu said. Both his teacher and Liu could tell from icine exported to China reaches two billion U.S.
his teacher’s appearance that he had a problem dollars. It’s still very hard for Chinese medicines
with his liver, however due to lack of advanced to obtain certifi cation from the Food and Drug Ad-
medical equipment, he couldn’t judge what type ministration of the U.S., we have many good medi-
of hepatitis he was suffering from. He lived as if cines, such as medicines made by Tong Ren Tang
he didn’t have the disease. Then one day he asked which are not recognized by the market. “There is
his wife to make new cloth for him, adding that he lots of work to do,” said Liu.
didn’t have much time left. Asked where he got the concept of ‘green medi-
“My teacher was very strict with me. He lent me cine’, Liu said that he was inspired by the Green
his collection of classic Chinese medicine books, Peace Organization. The goal of the organization
and I had to return to him in one week and recite is to protect the environment, nature, while the
very fl uently all the important paragraphs. If you (cid:2)(cid:2) (cid:5)(cid:5) goal of Chinese medicine is to protect the life of
couldn’t pass the oral examination, he wouldn’t human beings.
teach you anymore.” (cid:1) – (cid:2) Liu in consultation with (cid:3) The medicine preparation room Nature is green, human beings live with na-
Thanks to his teacher’s strictness and his own ture, when we die we go back to nature. Liu’s
patients and students (cid:4) Relaxing with Jinghu
diligence, Liu mastered the fundamentals, which green medicine concept is to tell people to return
are far more solid than the current college gradu- (cid:5) Taijiquan is an effective way of to nature while we are alive. The pattern of our
Photos by Michael Reynolds
ates. He can still recite almost all the important preserving health diet, our knowledge about health, even when we
theories and prescriptions in the classic books have to take medicine, should follow the green
without pausing for breath. have passed. What makes Liu so proud is that he Chinese medicine cures human beings, not only concept. For example, in our diet, we should eat
Learning western medicine and Chinese medi- has students in all provinces nationwide includ- disease. As a Chinese medicine doctor, one needs more green vegetables; taking medicine, more
cine, curing patients in a shabby clinic, going to ing Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan; except for one to have a healthy concept about life.” herbal medicines than white pills; and most im-
patients’ homes, taking up farming, working as the place, Tibet. Foreign students formally study un- The doctor should use his own experience as an portantly, the Chinese medicine theory places
village accountant, for a long time Liu only slept der Liu’s guidance, from one day to one year, most- example to infl uence the patient. For western med- great emphasis on preserving health. To have a
four hours a day. Physical suffering was nothing ly Japanese, then Koreans, Americans, Germans, icine, the reputation of the hospital is recognized, healthy body, mind, and life style, adjust diet ac-
for him, but he constantly felt dejected in spirit. “I English, and French. meanwhile for Chinese medicine, the reputation of cording to the change of seasons and location,
felt very lucky that I could learn medicine; reliev- Do foreign students experience a gap in under- the doctor himself is of great importance. Since the adapt oneself to nature, and live harmoniously
ing the peasants from their illness made me very standing with Chinese medicine? “Yes,” confi rmed focus of Chinese medicine is to prevent rather than with nature, all the above are covered in the green
happy,” said Liu. Liu, “because of the cultural difference. But if cure disease, helping the individual to establish a medicine concept.
their Chinese language skills are advanced, things correct concept about health and master effective Apart from novel health concepts, during the in-
Chinese medicine cures human beings, might be easier.” Even Chinese students are un- methods to preserve health, the role of the Chinese terview Liu talked about WTO, intellectual proper-
not only disease able to understand perfectly the subtle theories in medicine doctor is like combining the roles of the ty rights, the Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missile Treaty,
Having graduated from the Chinese medicine the classic books, let alone foreigners. In that case, western doctor and psychiatrist in one. and even the new year hit fi lm Big Shot’s Funeral,
department of the Capital Medical University, by to study Chinese medicine well, one has to have “Sometimes I wish I looked older, or even better whatever infl uences the world.
the end of 1982 Liu Jincheng was assigned to a good understanding of traditional Chinese cul- I had white hair, or a long white beard,” without “I have to know about what is happening out-
Beijing Hospital of Chinese Medicine. From res- ture fi rst. It needs self-cultivation by piecemeal a single white hair plus a pair of sharp eyes, well- side my window,” said Liu, “because that’s where
ident physician to the chief physician, 19 years accumulation. Liu said, “This is very important. preserved Liu looks much younger than his real my patients come from.”
LEGACY
10
JANUARY 11, 2002
E-mail: [email protected] EDITOR: ZHANG XIAOXIA DESIGNER: LI SHI
Producing
the Love
of Life
By Miao Yajie only the Picasso print exhibition
From 1949 to 1958, every anniversary banquet on national day was staged in Beijing Hotel H
e held his one-man at the China Millennium Monu-
art exhibition in 21 ment Museum last December could
cities across the Unit- compete in such universal appeal.
ed States as early as Many friends of Meilin wrote ar-
Old Hotel Blossoms
1980; nine years lat- ticles to express their recognition
er he began his one-man world tour of this wildly prolifi c artist, and a
in 17 countries. He was the chief common understanding of his per-
designer of the Air China emblem, sonality centers on his naivety, and
and the logo for Beijing to bid for passion. Meilin says that whenever
On Centenary the 2008 Olympic Games. Now he he sees paper, he can’t help draw-
has feasted art circles and art lov- ing on it. It is because of his naive-
ers in Beijing with his fi fth one-man ty and passion that the exhibits in
art exhibition in the National Mu- the national museum turned out so
seum of Fine Arts. Over 3,000 pieces free and powerful. Cute animals, fe-
of works occupy 11 of the 13 exhi- male bodies, and mother and child
bition halls of the gallery. Paintings both on paper and with bronze, pa-
By Zhao Pu Chinese duck and asked for an addi- and calligraphy, bronze sculptures, per cuts, blue print cloth, a cotton
A newly built sunshine corridor with tional one to bring back for his son. pottery, carvings, and folk crafts tes- tiger, porcelain bowls and plates....
a glass roof links up the four buildings In the early 1950s when the Soviet tify to the burning creativity of the Which one is his favorite, paint-
that represent the different periods Union helped in building the Beijing artist with pouring colors and ink, ings, calligraphy, sculpture, or por-
and architectural styles of Beijing Ho- Exhibition Hall, an exchange in the food dancing strokes and strong folk fl a- celain? “Every piece of work is like
tel. Walking along the corridor one industry was also launched between vor. my baby, all are precious to me,”
takes a journey through the 20th cen- the two countries. A Moscow Restau- His name is Han Meilin((cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:3)), said Han, “I can’t name which is No.
tury, accompanied by the 120-year-old rant was set up nearby the Beijing Ex- or M. L. Han. 1, which is No.2.”
Bosendorfer Piano and old furniture in hibition Hall, while a Beijing Hotel was These 3,000 pieces were the However for Mrs. Han, what
speculating over the glorious times of also erected in Moscow. Chefs from the fruits of two years’ endeavor, taking touched her most are her husband’s
the hotel and the celebrities who once Beijing Hotel in Beijing brought tradi- his heart bypass surgery last win- essays. “A perfect man,” she com-
checked in. tional Chinese cuisine to Moscow. It is ter into consideration; the amount mented, “He has all the virtue a
At the end of the fi rst year of ■1915 said that Russian people began to eat man should pos-
the new millennium, Beijing Hotel re- dumplings from then on. sess. Romantic,
joiced in celebrating its 100th birth- During their visit to China in 1972, humorous, pas-
day. President Richard Nixon and Mrs. Pat sionate, and full
The century-old hotel, fi rst estab- Nixon fully admired the delicious Chi- of temperament
lished as a French pub in 1900, survived nese food presented by Beijing Hotel. or interest for
as a witness to the recent 100-year his- On the second day of their visit, Mrs. life.”
tory of the ancient capital. It sheds Nixon visited the hotel’s kitchen and Han’s letter to
much light on the past century: the praised Beijing Hotel as the headquar- his future father-
pain in wartime, the ecstasy on the es- ters of the profound Chinese cuisine. in-law made the
tablishment of a new country, the rapid father willingly
modernization after the 1980s... Glorious periods agree to the mar-
In the 100 years of its history, the riage. Mrs. Han
French pub in 1900 ownership of the hotel has frequently said, “The essay
The history of the hotel can be traced changed hands: from French to Italian, he wrote to me
back to the beginning of the last centu- to Japanese, Chinese Republic govern- was so touching: if
ry, at a miserable time when the coun- ment, and fi nally taken over by the gov- I had fi ve sisters,
try saw the falling of the declining Qing ■1920s ernment of new China after 1949. The I would agree to
Dynasty (1644-1911) and an upsurge present four buildings of the hotel were marry all of them
of foreign invasion. established in different times, standing and dimension of his works does to him.”
In the year 1900, invading troops for various historical backgrounds. mean something to many. Comments from Shi Yuanguang,
of the ‘eight allied powers’ forced their The century-old hotel has lived “I began to work like crazy after who came to Han’s show twice in
way into Beijing. The capital was plun- through three glorious periods in histo- the walk through Hades,” 65-year- a week, may fi nd resonance in the
dered by the foreign armies, who occu- ry. In the 1920s under the ownership of old Han said, “the wildness rose to hearts of other viewers. An artist
pied the embassy area to the east of Banque Industrielle de Chine, the ho- its peak after I recovered; we fi n- fi rst of all should be a good man.
the present Tian’anmen Square. Some tel enjoyed high prestige as the best ished over 1,000 pieces, 700 variet- Shi said he learned about Han Mei-
pubs and bars opened for entertaining hotel in Beijing. Most foreign and do- ies of porcelain in two months.” Most lin from media and his biography.
foreign soldiers around that area. mestic celebrities and merchants pass- of these porcelains now occupy the He respected Han’s personality and
At the end of 1900, a little pub was ing through the city favored this hotel. right side hall on the second fl oor. also his artistic capability. So he
opened by two Frenchmen at Suzhou The accommodation rate in the 1917 Two years minus half a year in came with his family for the second
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ness and was moved to the north of even the corridors were inhabited by works were produced per day. Han as the artist. “Allowing viewers to
the compound a year later. Settled in guests. Meilin said that his unbridled pas- shoot pictures shows the personal-
a large traditional compound, the pub The celebration banquet of the found- sion comes from the love for life, the ity of the artist, as well as his con-
was enlarged into a hotel and was ing of new China on October 1, 1949 beauty of life. Meanwhile, many of fi dence. Han Meilin is not afraid of
named Beijing Hotel. was held in Beijing Hotel. From then on the works were products of the fruit- being imitated, which from another
to 1958, every anniversary banquet on ful coordination between Han and prospective shows that he is inimi-
Century reminisce national day was staged here, as well as his seven assis- table,” said Shi.
As the oldest hotel in existence in other governmental banquets and re-
tants.
the capital, while Beijing Hotel allows ceptions. The west building of the hotel
Some media
many occasions for retrospection and was erected during this period in 1954.
have praised
reminiscence of the past century, it also The 1974 building standing on the
him as the ‘Ori-
hides numerous stories of many big east was built four years before reform
ental Picasso’:
names in history. and opening-up in 1978. Meanwhile, the
Han responded,
According to the record of the ho- hotel ranked as the best in China and
tel’s history, the western snacks the ■2001 its service and management standards “First of all, the
remark shows
last Emperor Puyi tasted for the fi rst set a model for the domestic hotel in-
that they are
time at the imperial garden of the For- dustry. It had entered another golden
not confi dent
bidden City were prepared by Beijing period of development.
enough. Han
Hotel.
Meilin is Han
The hotel reserves the room once oc- A wedding was held at the banquet
Meilin, China’s
cupied by Sun Yat-sen, the founding fa- hall beside the sunshine corridor last
Han Meilin.
ther of Chinese democracy in 1925, as Saturday morning, intensifying the fes-
Second, it’s not
a ‘celebriy suite’. Beijing Hotel was the tivity of the hotel’s century anniversary.
last hotel he stayed in before dying in When asked about the reason for choos- appropriate to Photo by Chen Shuyi
compare art, be-
Beijing. ing the hotel to hold their wedding, Exhibition:
cause each artist has his own style,
At the Geneva Conference in 1954, the groom smiled, “This is the oldest ho- 2001/12/31-2002/1/13
each has his strong point.” Whether
Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) tasted the tel in the city, we hope our marriage Place:
he agreed or not, the number of vis-
‘Crispy Fried Duck’ cooked by a Beijing can last as long as this hotel.” Peels of National Museum of Fine Arts
itors to his exhibition last weekend
Hotel chef Fan Junkang who accompa- laughter and sincere wishes spilled out Open: 9:00-4:00
was for sure encouraging. Indeed,
nied Premier Zhou Enlai to the con- ■Mrs. Pat Nixon visited the hotel’s kitchen of the wedding hall and reverberated Entrance Fee: 15 yuan
ference. Chaplin loved the delicious around the age-old hotel.
on February 22, 1972