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CHINADAILY chinadaily.com.cn RMB ¥1.5 COVER STORY WEDNESDAY, April 11, 2012 Contacts News: (86-10) 6491-8366 Subscription: (86) 400-699-0203 Advertisement: (86-10) 6491-8631 E-mail: editor@chinadaily.com.cn iPhone app: chinadaily.com.cn/iphone On chinadaily.com.cn Bilingual News: Facebook can lead to addiction Forum: Living like a billionaire, if only for a day Forum: China protects rare earths resources. Video: Don’t call me laowai: Cook- ing with rice (right) My China Story: Our visit to Wonderland Buzzword: Diploma infl ation In this issue NATION ...........................................2-5, 7 COVER STORY ........................................6 COMMENT..........................................8, 9 WORLD.........................................10-12 BUSINESS......................................13-16 LIFE..................................................18-21 SPORTS..........................................22, 23 国内统一编号:CN11-0091 国际 标准 excel标准偏差excel标准偏差函数exl标准差函数国标检验抽样标准表免费下载红头文件格式标准下载 编 号:ISSN0253-9543 邮发代号:1-3 © 2012 China Daily All Rights Reserved Vol. 32 — No. 9964 A member of the Asia News Network Life Mind control experiment is more than just monkey business > PAGE 19 Business Slower trade growth shows weak demand Figures prompt calls to boost imports, stabilize exports. > PAGE 14 Nation Population goal sees ceiling of 1.39 billion for end of 2015 > PAGE 5 T he old adage of “rais-ing children as a pen-sion for old age” has acquired a hollow ring in our fast-moving times. The tradition of the old agricul- tural society is fad- ing fast. For many elderly couples, the apartments they own are a much more assured guarantee of funds in their twilight years. Meanwhile, instead of ful- fi lling their fi lial duties, many young people, especially those in larger cities, are living off their parents’ savings. It has almost become customary in recent years for a son to expect his parents to provide the down payment on an apartment as a wedding gift . Th e problems of the rapidly- aging Chinese population are compounded by the fact that many elderly people are cov- ered by limited pensions in cit- ies and some have no cover at all. Th e insurance industry on the mainland was in its infan- cy when today’s elderly people were of working age. Other than their savings, the only fi nancial backup a typical elderly couple has is usually the apartment in which they live. But escalating property prices nationwide have off ered these elderly homeowners the option of generating a steady income through, in banking parlance, a “reverse mortgage”. SEE “MORTGAGES” PAGE 6 Elderly couples face diffi cult home truths ‘Reverse mortgage’ income stream yet to gain popular acceptance, reports Wu Yiyao in Shanghai. China again calls for launch restraint By ZHAO SHENGNAN zhaoshengnan@chinadaily.com.cn China renewed its call for restraint on Tuesday as Pyong- yang said, in a rare news brief- ing for foreign journalists, that its planned rocket launch is not an act of aggression. Experts said that Pyong- yang’s unprecedented media openness refl ects its intent to play down tension and engage more with the interna- tional community. “China urges par t ies involved to remain calm and show restraint, abide by inter- national law and prevent fur- ther tension on the Korean Peninsula,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told a news conference in Beijing. China maintains its position on the denuclearization of the peninsula, he said. China has expressed con- cern over the planned launch on a number of occasions. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea last month announced plans to launch the Kwangmyongsong-3, an Earth observation satellite, between Thursday and Monday, to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of DPRK founder Kim Il-sung. Th e US and its allies insist that the launch would be a disguised long-range ballistic missile test that breached a UN Security Council resolu- tion that prohibited the DPRK from conducting launches that use ballistic missile tech- nology. In the country’s rare news conference for foreign jour- nalists, a DPRK official said in Pyongyang on Tuesday the rocket doesn’t have the same “attack capability” as a ballistic missile. “It is a carrier rocket but not a ballistic missile,” said Ryu Gum-chol from the DPRK’s Committee for Space Technol- ogy, adding that the launch is a peaceful program to develop the economy and raise living standards. “Th e rocket is equipped with a self-destruct system’’ and will not aff ect other countries, Ryu, deputy director of the com- mittee’s space development department, said. Th e launch date has not been set as preparations are still under way, he said. Th e 100-kg satellite will be installed atop the Unha-3 car- rier rocket, and the first two stages of the rocket will be jet- tisoned in designated areas, he said. But the US and its allies said they were still concerned. US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Monday that the launch was provocative. “We are also working with our six-party counterparts to try to make the same points to the DPRK and to urge all of the countries in the Six-Party Talks to use their infl uence with the DPRK,” she said. Th e Republic of Korea said on Monday that the country and the US were tightening surveillance as the launch approached, according to a Joint Chief of Staff offi cial. The ROK military is “fully prepared” and “strengthening surveillance” to respond to any acts of provocation, the offi cial said on condition of anonym- ity. According to Beijing Capi- tal International Airport, Air Koryo increased the number of Beijing-Pyongyang flights on Tuesday to accommodate foreign reporters flocking to the DPRK. Th e rare media exposure sig- naled that Pyongyang is more fl exible and trying to take the initiative in its fight against Western sanctions, Gong Yuzhen, a military expert and professor at Peking University, said. Wang Junsheng, an expert of Northeast Asian studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that Pyongyang’s openness to the outside world has increased since Kim Jong- un became the new leader. “Through opening to the foreign media, Pyongyang also wants to reduce the risk of escalating tension brought by the launch,” he said. Xinhua and Zhang Yunbi contributed to this story. DPRK rejects accusations that satellite mission is act of aggression Police reinvestigate death of British citizen Neil Heywood PHOTOS BY DAVID GUTTENFELDER / AP Ryu Gum-chol, (above and top), an offi cial with the DPRK’s Committee for Space Technology, addresses foreign journalists in Pyongyang on Tuesday. Inside Comment, page 9 As Comrade Bo Xilai is suspected of being involved in serious discipline viola- tions, the Central Commit- tee of the Communist Party of China has decided to suspend his membership of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau and the CPC Central Committee, in line with the CPC Constitution and the rules on investigation of CPC discipline inspection departments. Th e Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC will fi le the case for investigation. Police set up a team to rein- vestigate the case concern- ing British citizen Neil Hey- wood who was found dead in Chongqing on Nov 15. Former Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun made allegations concerning the case, Xinhua News Agency learned from authorities. Wang entered, without authorization, the US general consulate in Chengdu on Feb 6 and stayed there for one day. Police gave the case priority and set up a team to reinves- tigate the case to uncover the facts. According to the reinves- tigation, Bogu Kailai, wife of Bo Xilai, and their son were on good terms with Hey- wood. However, they had a fi nancial dispute. According to the reinves- tigation, evidence indicated that Heywood died by homi- cide, and Bogu Kailai and Zhang Xiaojun, an orderly at Bo’s home, are highly sus- pected. Bogu Kailai and Zhang have been transferred to judi- cial authorities as suspects in the crime of intentional homicide. According to senior offi- cials from related authorities, China is a socialist country ruled by law, and the sanc- tity and authority of law shall not be trampled on. Who- ever has broken the law will face justice, no matter who is involved. A commentary piece by the offi cial People’s Daily on Wednesday says Wang Lijun’s unauthorized entry into the US general consulate in Chengdu is a serious politi- cal incident that has caused repercussions both in China and the world. The commentary, which was released early Wednes- day morning by Xinhua, said the death of Heywood is a “severe criminal case that involves families and close staff of a leader of the Party and the State”. What Bo has done has seriously violated Party dis- cipline, brought loss to the Party and the country, and tarnished the image of the Party and the country, it said. The resolute decision of the CPC Central Commit- tee to thoroughly investigate and deal with the case, as well as the timely release of rel- evant information, is a fi rm endorsement of the socialist rule of law, the commentary added. Facts show that the Party represents the interests of the people and is supervised by the people, it said. The Party has zero toler- ance of corruption and will investigate all violations of law and discipline, the com- mentary said. No citizen stands above the law. Under no circumstances do Party members stand above the law. No one can interfere with the enforce- ment of justice. People who break the law will not escape the consequences of their actions and will face punish- ment, according to the com- mentary. With facts as the basis and the law as the yardstick, the Wang Lijun incident, the death of British citizen Hey- wood and serious discipline violations by Bo Xilai will be investigated thoroughly. Only by doing this can the public witness the determination of the Party to safeguard Party discipline and the rule of the law, it said. Th e commentary said the country should focus on development and strive to maintain the current prog- ress of reform, development and stability to greet the 18th National Congress of the CPC later this year. Bo gets suspended from key Party post No citizen stands above the law. Under no circumstances do Party members stand above the law. No one can interfere with the enforcement of justice.” PEOPLE’S DAILY COMMENTARY ‘‘ By MA CHENGUANG in Huangshan, Anhui machenguang@ chinadaily.com.cn “If I can’t cure you, I will marry you.” So said self-taught doc- tor Fang Huisheng, to save a young woman’s life 14 years ago in Huangshan, Anhui province. For him, it was a simple promise that he kept. “All I thought about at the time was to prevent her from killing herself and cure her as soon as possible,” said Fang, who married his patient, Hong Mei, one year after he made the promise. Hong had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, a severe disease caused by a weakening immune system, at the age of 19. Isolation from the outside world and poverty had kept her from access to modern and professional medical treatment until recently, when the country adopted a national medical insurance policy. Before that, she could only seek help from self-taught doctors of traditional Chinese medicine in the village, like Fang. By the time they met, she was already 28 and had been suff ering from the disease for nine years. “Although I wasn’t a profes- sional doctor, I liked to treat villagers’ illnesses with what I learned from books,” said Fang, who had been read- ing medical books and gath- ering herbs on nearby hills since graduating from middle school. Fang said the prescriptions he made for local villagers generally helped them feel bet- ter. However, Hong’s disease brought him a huge challenge. “My prescriptions for her worked in the beginning and she could take several steps, but somehow she had to lie down again and still suf- fered from heavy pain,” Fang recalled. Feeling hopeless with her ill- ness, Hong considered suicide. To encourage Hong to stay alive and positive, Fang mar- ried her one year after they met and has since taken good care of her. “He never bought me a bou- quet of fl owers, even when we got married, but he has given me everything I need,” said Hong, now 42, unable to con- ceal the smile on her face. Atrophied muscles caused by the disease force her to lie in bed all the time. To take care of Hong, Fang dropped his work in other cities aft er marriage and earned money as a mason around the village. Even with only a one-hour break for lunch, Fang insists on coming back from work at noon and making lunch for his wife every day, Hong said. In return, Hong tells her husband the funny stories she learns from TV or books dur- ing the day. “Th at’s the happiest time for both of us,” she said. At times, Hong gets into a bad mood staying in bed all day long. But she said Fang has never quarreled even once with her. “I know she feels very mis- erable, physically and men- tally. I feel sorry for her,” Fang said. Fang said the strong pain in her body, especially her legs, is like someone having a severe toothache that can’t be touched at all, so he massages her whole body to make her feel better. To local villagers, Fang is not only a warmhearted person caring for people’s illnesses, but also a husband who treats his wife with all his heart. “Although my sister has misfortune with her body, she is a lucky woman to have married such a good man,” said Hong Qian, Hong Mei’s younger sister. Every time Hong misses her parents and wants to visit her family, Fang carries Hong on his shoulders to get on and off the bus, which is quite far from both homes. “Our parents, although a little suspicious at the very beginning, now both appreci- ate what he has done for their daughter,” said Hong Qian. After Fang’s story was picked up by local media, a local hospital specializing in bone disease and recovery extended a helping hand to Hong. “We were all touched by Fang’s story when we read it in local newspapers, and we’ll try our best to cure her,” said Tao Renzhu, director of the hospital. He said there will be four to five operations during one year of treatment, which would cost the couple some 500,000 yuan ($80,000) in medical expenses. “However, the national preferential policy of medical expenses toward poor families and our support will guarantee Hong nearly free treatment,” said the director. He said the hospital will also pay for the couple’s liv- ing expenses during Hong’s treatment and call for staff to donate to the couple. “Although she now suff ers from severe malformation, damage to her joints and atro- phied muscles, we have faith we can make her walk like a normal person and have the ability to care for herself,” said Cai Xiangfeng, the doctor in charge. With his wife’s expected recovery, Fang, who has been staying in the hospital to take care of his wife 24 hours a day, said he feels excited because Hong has been in a happy mood. Optimism now shows on their faces and the couple has plans to restart life. “We want to have a child,” said Fang, with a shy smile on his face. Given Hong’s age and weak body, she is not able to give birth to a healthy baby. Fang said they intend to adopt a child aft er Hong recovers. Hong said she also wants to cook up something delicious for her husband when she gets better. “During the past 14 years, I never made even one meal for my husband.” Liu Nanxue contributed to this story. 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