DIM FDI OUTLOOK
Fears over ‘slowing’
investment > p13
BABY FORMULA WOE
Dairy giant Yili Group recalls
products tainted by mercury
> NATION, PAGE 5
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NATION
Rivers at risk
Yangtze and Pearl face
growing danger of desert
encroachment. > p4
BUSINESS
Birds build nests
Rovio Entertainment Ltd,
the maker of Angry Birds,
outlines a series of China-
related business plans. > p16
LIFE
Creators of history
Craft smen and artists
receive recognition for
passing on traditions. > p20
SPORTS
‘In the right path’
Guangzhou Evergrande’s
striker
Dario Con-
ca shares
his views on
soccer and
talks about
his life both
on and off the fi eld. > p22
Losing out
Seven-time Tour de France
champion Lance Arm-
strong faces entry ban at
the Nice leg of the Ironman
series. > p24
WORLD
Landmark visit
President Hu Jintao arrives
in Denmark for the fi rst
visit by a Chinese president
to the northern European
nation. > p11
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COVER STORY. ......................................6
COMMENT..........................................8, 9
WORLD.........................................10-12
BUSINESS............................13, 14, 16, 17
LIFE.................................................18-21
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COVER STORY
Driving in a new direction
Asia-Pacifi c economies look to carbon tax to bid farewell to
growth model based on fossil fuel. > p6
US astronauts wish Chinese peers well
Historic mission will inspire new
generation, space veterans say
By KELLY CHUNG DAWSON
in New York
kdawson@chinadailyusa.com
As China is set to send its
first female astronaut into
space this weekend, American
women who have made the
journey will be tracking her
historic trip.
Mae Jemison, the fi rst Afri-
can-American female astro-
naut, said she believes the
inclusion of women in the
space program is highly sig-
nificant for young Chinese
women.
Growing up during NASA’s
high-profile Apollo era of
human space travel, Jemison
was both irritated and con-
fused by the program’s lack of
women.
“If I had seen someone like
me involved in NASA when I
was a little girl, it would have
given me a great big grin and
made things a whole lot easier
when I was starting out,” she
said. “It’s not just that you can
see yourself in that position,
but also the fact that then other
people understand that there is
a wide range of talent to draw
from.
“Including female astronauts
on the Chinese launch is a very
conscious and important deci-
sion,” said Jemison, who served
as a mission specialist aboard
space shuttle Endeavour on its
second trip into orbit in Sep-
tember 1992.
NASA, the US space agency,
suff ered as a result of its gender
exclusion during the early years
of space travel, said Howard
McCurdy, a professor of public
affairs at the American Uni-
versity in Washington, and the
author of several books about
space.
“If humans are going to
travel in space, it’s important
to include both men and wom-
en,” he said. “Having women in
space helps build public sup-
port for the endeavor.”
For China, leaving out
women would be cutting the
potential for progress in half,
Jemison said.
“China has tremendous tal-
ent and resources, but if you
don’t bring all your best players
in, you’re not going to have the
best opportunities to under-
stand how things can be better,
and how to make stuff happen
more eff ectively. I’m very excit-
ed that women will be included
on this fl ight.”
Pamela Melroy, a former
astronaut and air force pilot
who served both as pilot and
commander on US space
shuttle missions before retir-
ing in 2009, pointed to China’s
requirement that its taikonauts
be trained as military pilots.
She said this ensures Liu Yang
— the likelier of the two wom-
en to be on board the Shen-
zhou IX craft when it docks
with the orbiting Tiangong-1
module — will be of a special
breed.
“I feel a special kinship with
her, because there are so few
women pilots in space,” Melroy
said in an interview with China
Daily. There have only been
three American women pilots,
all during the shuttle program;
most female astronauts have
been scientists and engineers.
“I am so excited and pleased,”
she said.
Melroy, a veteran of three
shuttle missions — she piloted
Discovery in 2000 and Atlantis
in 2002 and was commander
aboard Discovery in 2007 —
hasn’t met Liu or Wang Yap-
ing, the other woman being
considered for this weekend’s
mission, but she has spent time
with other taikonauts at inter-
national conferences.
SEE “SPACE” PAGE 4
Upgrade request rejected
on security grounds
By WANG HUAZHONG
wanghuazhong@
chinadaily.com.cn
Upgrading software is an
easy procedure normally
done at the touch of a but-
ton or the click of a mouse,
unless such a procedure alleg-
edly threatens mankind with
weapons of mass destruction
as a Chinese student discov-
ered to his amazement.
Th e application by Antoine
Duan, 21, to upgrade his Pho-
toshop soft ware was initially
approved, but then rejected,
by a US-based company he
bought the soft ware from. Th e
company cited US Exporting
Administration Regulations.
Duan is a student at the Bei-
jing University of Aeronautics
and Astronautics, also known
as Beihang University, which
is on a technology ban list
compiled by the US Depart-
ment of Commerce.
“Th is is ridiculous,” Duan
told China Daily on Th ursday.
“My study has nothing to do
with gears or machines that
have been banned.
“Its frustrating for a cus-
tomer who purchased, in good
faith, authentic soft ware.”
He declined to disclose his
Chinese name, as he wanted
to keep his identity, as much as
possible, out of the spotlight.
Duan bought Adobe Pho-
toshop CS5 Extended on June
7 from shop.edu.cn, an online
Chinese store that provides
soft ware with special student
discounts. The website pro-
motes free CS5 upgrades to
CS6.
SEE “SOFTWARE” PAGE2
RAISING THE CURTAIN
Beijing People’s Art Theater
stages a revival as it turns 60
> LIFE, PAGES 18-19
Greece is
‘gateway
for China’
Athens belongs to eurozone,
Greek parliament speaker says
By FU JING in Athens
and HUANG YING in Beijing
Greece must stay in the
eurozone and maintain close
ties with China to overcome
the debt crisis, Greek parlia-
ment speaker Vyron Polydo-
ras said.
“We would like to imple-
ment policies along with
other pro-European parties
to escape from the recession,’’
the speaker, who was born in
1947, said.
“And of course, Greece will
still work as a gateway into
Europe for China.”
Th e Greeks go to the polls
on Sunday in a crucial general
election.
“My party, New Democ-
racy, would obviously like to
win or have a key role in the
parliament following the elec-
tion,” Polydoras said.
Reforms are urgently need-
ed, and Greece must encour-
age the private sector and wel-
come international investors,
he said.
“We welcome investment
from China at this difficult
time,” said Polydoras, whose
daughter Margarita is learning
Chinese.
Polydoras said that his
daughter learning Chinese is
clear evidence of his commit-
ment to boosting ties between
the two countries. “It’s a small
world. China is a global power
and that is why my daughter is
learning Chinese.”
SEE “GREECE” PAGE 2
EXCLUSIVE | VYRON POLYDORAS
Vyron Polydoras is the Greek
parliament speaker.
Inside
• Comment, page 8
• See more, pages 11, 17
PEACE DRILL
PHOTOS BY LI JING / FOR CHINA DAILY
Armored cars and Chinese sol-
diers participate in the Peace Mis-
sion 2012 anti-terror drill held
by Shanghai Cooperation Orga-
nization countries in Tajikistan
on Th ursday. Th e drill involved
about 2,000 military personnel
from China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz-
stan, Russia and Tajikistan. See
story on page 12.
Pamela Melroy is a former US
astronaut.
Mae Jemison is the fi rst
African-American female
astronaut.
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TRAVELER’S FORECAST
Chengdu
Urumqi
Beijing
Xining
New
Delhi
Kathmandu
Thimphu
Yangon
Singapore
Jakarta
Kuala Lumpur
Bangkok
Vientiane
Ulaanbaatar
Shanghai
Bandar Seri
Begawan
Macao
Hong
Kong
Guangzhou
Manila
Hanoi
Taipei
Seoul
Pyongyang
Tokyo
Lhasa
CHINA
AMERICAS
JUNE 15-16FRI - SAT
LOW/HIGH TEMPERATURES, IN DEGREES CELSIUS,
AND EXPECTED CONDITIONS
C Cloudy
D Drizzle
Du Dust
F Fog
O Overcast
R Rain
Sh Shower
S Sunny
Sn Snow
St Storm
T Thunderstorms
weather
ASIA-PACIFIC-MIDDLE EAST
EUROPE
BuenosAires 13 / 16 O 10 / 13 O
Chicago 14 / 27 C 16 / 31 C
Caracas 26 / 32 C 26 / 32 C
Houston 23 / 33 C 23 / 33 C
Las Vegas 23 / 37 S 23 / 37 S
Los Angeles 16 / 20 Sh 17 / 20 C
Mexico City 13 / 24 C 13 / 21 D
New York 17 / 25 C 17 / 24 C
Ottawa 10 / 23 S 12 / 27 S
Rio De Janeiro 20 / 25 C 21 / 25 C
San Francisco 12 / 20 C 11 / 21 C
Sao Paulo 16 / 25 C 17 / 24 C
Vancouver 11 / 15 D 9 / 17 C
Washington 16 / 25 C 15 / 25 C
Athens 24 / 33 S 24 / 32 S
Berlin 11 / 23 C 10 / 24 C
Brussels 7 / 18 D 12 / 19 Sh
Geneva 7 / 24 C 12 / 26 C
Istanbul 23 / 28 C 21 / 29 C
London 8 / 18 D 13 / 19 Sh
Madrid 14 / 31 C 16 / 31 C
Moscow 15 / 21 D 14 / 22 Sh
Paris 10 / 21 O 14 / 21 Sh
Rome 13 / 26 C 12 / 28 C
Vienna 14 / 26 C 13 / 28 C
CHINA
AFRICA
18 / 27
18 / 27
Cairo 22 / 35 C 22 / 35 C
CapeTown 5 / 19 C 8 / 22 C
Johannesburg 4 / 15 S 5 / 14 S
Lagos 24 / 27 Sh 24 / 28 O
Nairobi 11 / 24 C 12 / 24 C
Abu Dhabi 31 / 44 S 30 / 43 S
Bangkok 28 / 34 C 28 / 32 O
Colombo 26 / 30 C 27 / 30 C
Dubai 32 / 41 C 33 / 41 C
Hanoi 27 / 31 Sh 27 / 30 Sh
Islamabad 25 / 40 S 26 / 41 S
Jakarta 25 / 32 C 25 / 31 C
Karachi 27 / 33 C 27 / 33 C
Kuala Lumpur 26 / 34 C 26 / 34 C
Manila 25 / 31 Sh 26 / 30 O
Mumbai 29 / 33 O 28 / 32 Sh
New Delhi 30 / 44 C 30 / 44 S
Pyongyang 17 / 28 O 17 / 26 O
Riyadh 28 / 43 C 28 / 44 C
Seoul 18 / 27 C 18 / 27 C
Singapore 26 / 31 C 26 / 31 C
Sydney 10 / 21 O 11 / 17 C
Teheran 23 / 33 C 22 / 34 C
Tokyo 16 / 22 O 17 / 21 D
Wellington 8 / 10 D 7 / 10 D
Yangon 25 / 31 Sh 25 / 28 Sh
Beijing 17 / 30 C 17 / 34 S
Changchun 16 / 23 R 16 / 23 R
Changsha 26 / 34 C 26 / 34 C
Chongqing 22 / 28 O 22 / 26 Sh
Dalian 17 / 23 T 17 / 26 C
Fuzhou 22 / 29 Sh 24 / 29 O
Guangzhou 24 / 33 Sh 25 / 33 T
Guilin 25 / 33 C 25 / 31 C
Guiyang 18 / 24 Sh 17 / 25 Sh
Haikou 27 / 34 T 26 / 33 Sh
Hangzhou 22 / 30 C 23 / 31 C
Harbin 17 / 22 R 15 / 21 R
Hefei 23 / 33 C 22 / 33 S
Hohhot 9 / 25 S 12 / 28 S
Hongkong 25 / 30 R 25 / 29 R
Jinan 19 / 31 S 21 / 34 S
Kunming 17 / 24 Sh 18 / 24 Sh
Lanzhou 18 / 31 S 18 / 31 S
Lhasa 14 / 28 C 13 / 27 O
Lijiang 15 / 23 D 14 / 24 D
Macao 25 / 30 R 25 / 29 R
Nanchang 27 / 35 C 27 / 34 C
Nanjing 23 / 32 C 23 / 33 C
Nanning 26 / 31 R 26 / 30 R
Qingdao 18 / 22 T 18 / 25 Sh
Sanya 28 / 32 T 27 / 32 Sh
Shanghai 23 / 28 O 23 / 30 O
Shenyang 17 / 21 R 17 / 23 Sh
Shenzhen 26 / 31 T 26 / 31 T
Shijiazhuang 20 / 34 S 20 / 35 S
Suzhou 23 / 28 O 23 / 29 C
Taipei 25 / 29 R/St 25 / 29 D
Taiyuan 13 / 30 S 14 / 32 S
Tianjin 18 / 30 S 19 / 33 S
Urumqi 19 / 28 C 20 / 31 C
Wuhan 21 / 34 C 22 / 33 C
Xiamen 23 / 29 R 24 / 28 R
Xi’an 19 / 32 S 19 / 34 S
Xining 9 / 25 C 9 / 20 C
Yantai 18 / 24 T 17 / 26 T
Yinchuan 12 / 28 S 15 / 31 S
Zhengzhou 20 / 34 C 20 / 33 S
Zhuhai 26 / 30 T 25 / 29 R
FROM PAGE 1
Duan’s application to
upgrade was initially accepted
by Adobe on June 8, accord-
ing to a communication sent
through its Customer Support
Portal. Duan is “eligible for the
free upgrade”, and he should
expect to “receive the upgraded
product in the next eight to 10
working days”, it said.
But on June 11, Duan
received another communica-
tion canceling the order.
Th is message stated that the
upgrade was refused because
of Duan’s university. “We are
prohibited from exporting to
anyone who is directly or indi-
rectly involved in the design,
development production or
use of nuclear, chemical or bio-
logical weapons or missiles as
outlined under the US EAR,’’
it stated.
Th e EAR has a list of foreign
entities and individuals that
are subject to specific license
requirements for the export,
re-export and or transfer of
specified items, according to
information on the official
website of the US Department
of Commerce.
Th e Bureau of Industry and
Security at the department fi rst
published the list in February
1997 “as part of its efforts to
inform the public of entities
who have engaged in activities
that could result in an increased
risk of the diversion of export-
ed, re-exported and transferred
(in-country) items to weapons
of mass destruction programs”.
Since its publication,
grounds for inclusion on the
list have expanded to activities
sanctioned by the State Depart-
ment and activities contrary
to US national security and/or
foreign policy interests, said the
bureau’s website.
In the latest version of the
list, issued on June 28, nine out
of the 40 pages record names
of universities, institutions and
organizations in China.
Most of these related to
spacefl ight and aviation tech-
nology though entities related
to nuclear, chemistry and engi-
neering were also mentioned.
The list contains entities
from 26 countries and regions.
Duan received a communica-
tion from Adobe on Wednes-
day, saying it “regrets” that
Duan’s upgrade request was
held up by procedural controls.
Frances Pang, a public rela-
tions manager at Adobe, told
China Daily on Th ursday that
the company is looking into
the matter and will get back
to Duan soon. Pang did not
elaborate.
Th ere have been, allegedly,
similar cases before involving
students in China.
In 2008, another student
from Duan’s university claimed
that he failed to get his laptop
repaired from Dell for the same
reason. Th e student, posting on
the emuch.net forum, said Dell
did not fi x the problem until he
wrote, by pen, a letter explain-
ing his use of the laptop.
In December 2005, the US
Bureau of Industry and Securi-
ty alleged FedEx caused, aided
and abetted acts prohibited by
the regulations when it facili-
tated the unlicensed export of
flight simulation software to
the university, according to the
bureau’s website.
FedEx later has agreed to pay
a $370,000 civil penalty to settle
allegations that it committed
this and other fi ve violations,
according to the website.
Many organizations on the
list refused to comment on
the export embargo. Pub-
licity officials at the China
Aerodynamics Research and
Development Center and the
Northwestern Polytechnical
University said they use Chi-
nese soft ware.
“Adobe CS5 is not much dif-
ferent from CS6. But I must
fi ght for my rights as an indi-
vidual consumer, who does not
represent the university.” Duan
said.
Qiu Baochang, head of the
lawyers group for the China
Consumers’ Association,
said the control on software
is pointless because Duan, if
he was so inclined, could use
other students’ Adobe soft ware
to “develop weapons”.
“The software is sold on a
public channel and Duan
should have the same rights as
others,” Qiu said.
Xia Youfu, senior professor
of economics at the University
of International Business and
Economics, said the list is part
of a strategy to contain China.
“It is a refl ection of US hege-
mony,” Xia said.
Software: Student claims similar case happened before
GRADUATION CHEER
PHOTO BY ZHANG WEI / CHINA DAILY
Wang Huisheng, chairman of the State Development and Invest-
ment Corp, celebrates with his English teacher Norman Pritchard
(left ) at the commencement of seventh Intensive English Training
Program run by Beijing Foreign Studies University and the Chi-
nese Academy of Governance on Th ursday. Th e 15-week intensive
English language course for high-ranking government offi cials has
been off ered since 2001.
BEIJING
170 punished for
vehicle violations
A total of 170 offi cials were
punished over the past year for
violating regulations on the use
of public funds for government
vehicles.
Since the launch of a national
campaign to cut public spending
on government cars last year, the
number of cars owned by central
Party and government depart-
ments has been reduced by 35
percent, according to a document
issued at a national conference on
Th ursday.
A total of 949 investigations in
the campaign were launched fol-
lowing public or media reports,
the document said, and 199,600
vehicles nationwide were found
to be purchased or used in viola-
tion of regulations.
Government spending on
offi cial vehicles as well as spend-
ing on overseas trips and offi cial
receptions are commonly seen by
the public as three major sources
of corruption and waste in China.
SICHUAN
Foxconn worker
falls to death
A worker for Foxconn fell to
his death on Th ursday, according
to the company, which assembles
products for Apple.
Th e 23-year-old, identifi ed
only by his surname Xie, fell from
his rented apartment in the city
of Chengdu, Sichuan province,
on Wednesday, according to a
statement released by Hon Hai
Precision Industry, Foxconn’s par-
ent company.
It said the cause of the tragedy
was not immediately clear, and
Chengdu police were still inves-
tigating.
Foxconn employs about 1 mil-
lion workers in China, roughly
half of them based in its main
facility in Shenzhen, which bor-
ders Hong Kong.
SHANGHAI
Four dead from
toxic gas in plant
Four workers died aft er inhal-
ing toxic gas at the Shanghai
Ya’nan Metal Surface Treatment
Company on Th ursday.
Two workers went down into
an electroplating tank belong-
ing to the company at Chunhua
Road, Jinshan district of Shang-
hai, at 11 am and lapsed into a
coma. Two other workers went
into the tank trying to help them
but also fainted. When rescuers
came to take them out of the tank
in the aft ernoon, the four workers
were all found dead.
Initial forensic investigation
suggests they were killed by a
toxic gas leak in the tank, said
Li Yueqi, deputy Party chief of
Jinshan.
Police have detained respon-
sible persons of the company and
operations at the plant have been
suspended.
TIANJIN
City to have 4 oil
storage plants
Tianjin will build a
200,000-cubic-meter oil storage
plant by 2015, taking the number
of such large-scale plants to four
in the North China port city.
Th e new storage unit by the
joint venture Shell Oil Group of
North China will be built in the
Binhai New Zone in two phases.
Th e fi rst one will be put into
operation in 2013, with 55,000
cubic meters of oil storage tanks
and supporting facilities, while
the second phase will kick off in
2014 and be completed in 2015.
Th e storage plant, with a total
investment of 550 million yuan
($87 million), is expected to
handle 3 million metric tons of oil
products and generate an annual
sales revenue of 24 billion yuan.
Th ree large oil storage plants
have already been built in Tianjin,
all undertaken by domestic oil
companies, including a 3.2-mil-
lion-cubic-meter base for nation-
al crude oil strategic reserve, a
3.2-million-cubic-meter cr