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By GAO CHANGXIN in Shanghai and ZHAO YINAN in Beijing The Supreme People’s Court on Friday rejected the death sentence for million- aire Wu Ying, in what experts described as a possible turn- around in the Chinese justice system’s attitude toward pri- vate fundraising. While upholding the convic- tion and the legitimacy of pre- vious judicial proceedings, the top court declined to approve the sentence and referred the case back to the high court of Zhejiang province. “Finally I can breathe,” said Wu Yongzheng, Wu’s father. “But it’s still not time to totally relax since it’s not the final verdict.” Wu, once considered one of the richest women in Chi- na, was sentenced to death in 2009 by the local court in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, for illegally fundraising 770 million yuan ($122 million), more than half of which she lost in failed investments. Wu’s case attracted wide- spread attention because it showed the inadequacy of the nation’s financial system to support small and medium- sized enterprises, which left room for fundraising initia- tives by private individuals. Zhang Yanfeng, one of Wu’s lawyers, said she did not swin- dle funds from the public, but raised money from friends and did not use it for illegal pur- poses or personal indulgence. Wu was involved in what is known as shadow bank- ing — fi nancial transactions outside regulated institutions in which money is raised pri- vately, oft en with promises of high returns. Such extralegal activities have fl ourished as large State banks have tightened the reins on lending to small fi rms. 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Halwa and his performing partner Ashfa Abid Suyoto won the popularity award at the university’s 2012 Laowai Idol for their performance of Jason Mraz’s hippie hit I’m Yours. “I felt awesome on stage. Th e event allowed me to show my musical passion and boosted my confidence. I’ll give it another shot when it runs next time,” said Halwa, who was participating in a talent show for the fi rst time. The event, hosted by the UIBE’s School of International Education, turned out to be unadulterated fun as students from countries such as Indo- nesia, France and the United States pitted their artistic dex- terity against one another, wowing a full-house audience with hip hop dance, solo gigs and band performances. Giang Nguyen, a Vietnam- ese student and president of the student union’s art depart- ment, said the show, now in its third year, has become more appealing. “Previous events were like private parties for internation- al students, but now we have drawn the attention of and gained support from the uni- versity’s authorities and Chi- nese students,” Nguyen said. Th e 2012 event also featured special guests such as Mar- tin Cityzen, a US performer known for his modern rendi- tion of old Chinese songs, and Ding Guangquan, a veteran crosstalk performer who has many foreign students. About 3,000 international students from 120 countries study at the university, and helping them adapt to campus life is high on the university’s agenda, said Zhao Zhongxiu, vice-president of UIBE. “Through such activities, the university hopes to iden- tify those foreign students with untapped talent and build a harmonious environment for them,” he said. Du Wei, who works at the international offi ce of Renmin University of China, said many universities start such events because they not only provide a platform for foreign students to showcase their talent, but also bring joy to Chinese students. Renmin University of China’s International Student Talent Show always attracts a throng of Chinese who applaud ecstatically for a variety of per- formances such as skits, poem recitals and singing by the uni- versity’s international students from such countries as Russia, Australia and Egypt, he said. “It’s hard to have a new talent show featuring Chinese per- formers, but when the stars are foreigners, there is a sense of novelty for Chinese people,” he said, adding this year’s event in late April will include a martial arts performance. Shi Song, associate dean of the College of International Education of Nanjing Agri- cultural University, also feels a talent show is a grand gala for everybody in the university. Last year, the university launched the first Interna- tional Culture Festival, which featured a talent show that attracted the universities’ inter- national students from some 20 countries to strut their stuff . “Many foreign students are so diligent that they spend a lot of time in the lab and class- room. It seems they are isolated from Chinese culture,” Shi said. “Th e festival was designed to off er foreign students a way to relax and enable them to better enjoy life in China,” he said. A plethora of acts from lion dance to traditional costume modeling also help Chinese faculty and students learn more, he said. Last year, Ngoh Samuel Aziseh, an accounting student from Cameroon, who stood out from the university’s activi- ties with his Peking Opera performances, got a place in China Central Television’s popular program Hanyu Zhi Xing (Chinese Star), a national competition to showcase stu- dent achievements in learning Chinese. “Th e university’s talent show brought a sense of accomplish- ment to many participants and enlivened the moods of many people,” Shi said, adding this year’s event, which will be held in October, could draw even more attention. When the stars are foreigners, there is a sense of novelty for Chinese people.” DU WEI RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA ‘‘ AIR CRASH PHOTO BY AAMIR QURESHI / ASSOCIATED PRESS Rescuers search the site of a plane crash in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Friday, killing 127 people on board. See story on page 7. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Creighton (right) and Reilly Ward, who were adopted separately by a woman in the United States, later found out they were sisters. They now hope to contact their birth parents in China. ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY An Indian dance performed by Indian student Harshit Tailor (right) creates a sensation on stage during a talent show for foreign students at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. Hello mom and dad, wherever you are By XU WEI in Chongqing and ZHAO LEI in New York For Creighton and Reilly Ward, just saying hello to their parents in China would be a dream come true. Th e sisters, who were adopt- ed by US citizen Bonnie Ward, know almost nothing about their birth parents. “They do not wish them any ill feelings. They wish them only good things and hope that they know they are together here in America and very happy,” said Ward, a single parent and IT executive from New Hampshire. “We hope that one day we will know the birth family of my daughters. Th ey want to know if they have a sister or brother in China and they want their birth mom and dad to know they are healthy and happy,” Ward said. However, Liang Zhiyong, assistant dean of the Changde Welfare Institute in Hunan province, said on Friday that locating the birth parents will be very diffi cult. “Our records only indicate where the children were picked up and nothing else. Also, many of the institute’s staff from that time have already retired,” Liang said. Stranger things have hap- pened, though. In 1999, Ward adopted Creighton, who is now 15. Th en two years later she adopt- ed Reilly, now 11. No one realized at fi rst they were sisters. Ward said she had sugges- tions from her parents and a spiritualist that the two girls might be related. But when DNA tests proved it, she was astonished. 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Th e 2,580-ton Yuzheng-310 set sail from Guangzhou on Wednesday. Its mission is to protect China’s territorial waters and ensure the safety of Chinese fi shermen, said a statement by the South China Sea Fish- ery Bureau under the Minis- try of Agriculture. Mines toll falls by 16.5 percent China’s mining sector saw 185 accidents in the fi rst quarter of the year, resulting in the deaths of 289 people, the State Administration of Work Safety said on Friday. Th e death toll was down 16.5 percent from the same period last year. In the latest tragedy, a fl ood at a mine in Northeast China’s Jilin province claimed 12 lives. Millions more take to roads Chinese passengers made 8.83 billion road trips and 53.7 million trips on water routes in the fi rst quarter of this year, an increase of 8.8 percent and 3.4 percent on last year, the Ministry of Communications said on Friday. Th e road network deliv- ered 7.05 billion tons of goods during the January- March period, while 1.01 billion tons were transported through water routes, the ministry said. YUNNAN Offi cer dies in village protest One policeman was killed and 15 were injured in a clash with villagers in Lijiang, Yunnan province, earlier this week, a Lijiang offi cial said. Villagers from a village in Yongsheng county started to gather at the local authority’s offi ces on April 12, asking the government to relocate 19 villagers’ homes or com- pensate them for the hazards they faced from coal mining operations. On Wednesday, police offi - cers were attacked with sick- les and sticks when they went to speak with the villagers. 126 pupils sick after meal A total of 126 primary school students in Southwest China’s Yunnan province were sent to the hospital on Friday with suspected food poisoning, according to local authorities. Pupils at Ale Primary School in Luxi county began to suff er headaches, vomit- ing and diarrhea aft er eating breakfast at the school, said a county offi cial. Th e cause of the incident is being inves- tigated. CHINA DAILY — XINHUA City registers 14.4% GDP growth in Q1 By XU WEI in Chongqing xuwei@chinadaily.com.cn Seeing Chongqing’s GDP increase by 14.4 percent year- on-year in the first quarter of 2012, foreign businesses are expressing confidence in the municipality’s prospects for having strong economic growth and good investment opportu- nities in the near future. Data from the local statistics bureau indicate that Chongq- ing’s GDP reached 252.39 bil- lion yuan ($40 billion) in the first quarter of the year. The city’s 14.4-percent growth rate was the third fastest record- ed among all provinces and municipalities and was 6.3 per- centage points higher than the national average. Meanwhile, the output value of foreign enterprises and joint ventures increased by 29.7 per- cent year-on-year in the first quarter, and many enterprises expressed optimism about the local economy’s prospects for future growth. “We are keen to further expand business here as we believe the economic growth in Chongqing will be a robust one,” said Bryan Wei, director of key account management for the shipping and storage com- pany TNT Express Worldwide (China) Ltd. Last year, the company increased the size of its Chongq- ing import business fourfold and its Chongqing export busi- ness tenfold. Other foreign businesses share Wei’s optimism about the city’s prospects for economic growth. “Chongqing is one of the fast- est developing cities in China, and the foreign international settlement center here will defi - nitely be a new driver to our China business,” said Alan Tien, the general manager of PayPal China. Foreign enterprises expressed confi dence in the future devel- opment of Chongqing after the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China appointed Vice-Premier Zhang Dejiang to replace Bo Xilai as secretary of the CPC Chongq- ing municipal committee on March 15. Th e CPC Central Commit- tee later decided to suspend Bo from his posts on the commit- tee and its Political Bureau, say- ing “Bo is suspected of being involved in serious violations of discipline”. On Tuesday, Zhang met with Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co, and said the city would stick to the open- ing-up policy and maintain the continuity and stability of its policies. To attract foreign capital, Chongqing will continue to make itself into a better place for investments, Zhang was quoted by Chongqing Daily as saying. Whitman, for her part, reiter- ated Hewlett-Packard’s com- mitment to Chongqing and said she hopes Hewlett-Packard and local authorities will cooperate more in the near future. The Singapore-based DBS Bank (China) Ltd opened an outlet in Chongqing in January, its fi rst inland in China. “We want to leverage on our experience from Singapore and contribute to the growth in Chongqing as China works on boosting domestic demand and steering manufacturing activi- ties inland,” said Melvin Teo, bank CEO. EASY SHELTER FROM THE RAIN PHOTO BY DU YANG / CHINA NEWS SERVICE A girl uses a plastic basin as an umbrella during a continuous drizzle in Beijing on Friday. Th e Bei- jing Meteorologi- cal Bureau issued a warning of heavy fog for the evening, reminding all depart- ments and residents to be prepared. By WANG QIAN wangqian@chinadaily.com.cn China’s National Audit Office on Friday said a spot check of land transfers made in 2009 and 2010 revealed that nearly 70 percent of the cities and counties surveyed were involved in illegal activity. The latest audit looked at eight provinces and three municipalities, including Bei- jing, Tianjin and Shanghai. A spot check in 24 cities and counties found that 16 of them violated land transfer regula- tions in 2009 and 2010. In seven cities and counties, including Shenyang in Lia- oning province and Yichang and Xiangyang in Hubei province, local governments re-purposed a total of 13,606 hectares of collectively owned l