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HEAT TOO HOT FOR THUNDER MIAMI CLINCHES NBA TITLE WITH GAME 5 WIN. P12 HOGS’ HEAVEN ENTREPRENEUR USES PIG FARM TO PROMOTE GREEN WAYS. P9 CHINADAILY chinadaily.com.cn RMB ¥1.5 HOLIDAY EDITION The Chinese celebrate Duanwu Festival by eating rice dumplings of all shapes and sizes. For some who live in other countries, it is a yearly tradition, just as their relatives at home guard the culinary heritage of both taste and culture. Pauline D. Loh explores the links between heart and home. TRADITIONAL TIES THAT BIND In countries nearer home where the Chi- nese Diaspora fi rst landed, the humble rice dumpling has evolved and incorporated local tastes. Sometimes it is even borrowed for local festivals. In Vietnam, for example, dumplings are eaten most oft en for Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. Th ailand, Cambodia, Laos and the Philip- pines all have similar or evolved versions of the rice dumpling, while in Malaysia, Singa- pore and Indonesia, they are so popular that zongzi are sold all year round, and prepared with local ingredients such as spices and chili. Within China itself, regional varieties refl ect local tastes and traditions, with savory dumplings popular south of the Yangtze River and predominantly sweet dumplings eaten in the north. But one thread runs through it all — the eating of the rice dumplings commemorates a tradition that goes back thousands of years, associated with folklore and legends that include a colorful tale of poetry and patrio- tism, and a nationalistic pride that runs in the blood of the sons of the Yellow Emperor no matter how far they wander. In the United States, second-generation ethnic Chinese are still familiar with the tastes of their ancestral home, even if they did lose some of the history in translation. Donna Ma, 42, whose parents emigrated from Hong Kong, remembers growing up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. “My mom would make zongzi, but my broth- ers and I just thought of them as another way to cook rice with meat. We knew there was some story about the parcels of rice and meat being thrown into the sea so that the body of some ‘good guy’ would not be eaten by the fi sh. “I do remember wondering how the fi sh were able to unwrap the parcels, as I had need- ed scissors to cut them open.” She was referring to the story of Qu Yuan (339-278 BC), the poet scholar from the Warring States Period who threw himself into the river in protest against rampant cor- ruption in court. Th e people commemorated his convictions by making bundles of rice and sacrifi cing it to the river gods. There is also a tradition of banging on drums and racing along the river in dragon boats to scare away fi sh and crustaceans that might otherwise have made a feast of the poet’s body. Ma’s mother and grandmother kept the tradition alive each year by wrapping their own dumplings. “Where we lived, we only had homemade zongzi. You couldn’t buy them on the street like you could in China. If you didn’t have a mom or grandmother making these for you, you missed out,” Ma concludes. Rebecca Lo, 43, a freelance writer in Hong Kong, grew up in Toronto, where her parents had settled. “We don’t have a holiday at Duanwu but I’ve always liked the fable associated with the festival in Th e Magic Pears, a children’s book about ancient Chinese fables illustrated by my dad’s artist friend,” she says. SEE “ZONGZI” PAGE 3 The centerpiece of Duanwu Festival — zongzi or rice dumplings — is always associated with family and culture. PAULINE D. LOH / CHINA DAILY T raditions become precious when they become the only links to ancestral roots and historical heritage. Th is has always been the case, especially for people who wander, and no one has gone further afi eld than the Chinese. Th at is the reason why Duanwu is now a global festival, celebrated on all fi ve continents. Studies have shown that the strongest guardians of tradi- tional Chinese festivities are oft en overseas Chinese communities. In Chinatowns from the United Kingdom to the United States, lion and dragon dances are colorful components of Lunar New Year celebrations, just as the rice dumplings, or zongzi, are made and eaten at Duanwu in almost every major city in the world. SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2012 chinadaily.com.cn RMB ¥1.5 In this issue NATION ....................................2 WORLD .....................................4 EXPAT ......................................5 TREND ......................................8 BUSINESS ...............................9 TRAVEL ..................................10 SPORTS ............................ 11-12 holidayread A mother’s innovative breakfasts lead to some surprising discoveries. Page 7 国内统一编号:CN11-0091 国际标准编号:ISSN0253-9543 邮发代号:1-3 © 2012 China Daily All Rights Reserved Vol. 32 — No. 10027 Contacts News: (86-10) 6491-8366 Subscription: (86) 400 699 0203 Advertisement: (86-10) 6491-8631 E-mail: editor@chinadaily.com.cn A member of the Asia News Network Nations in $30b currency exchange pledge China, Brazil boost economic bonds By QIN JIZE in Rio de Janeiro and ZHANG YUNBI in Beijing China and Brazil on Friday announced a $30 billion currency exchange, a step toward a broader agreement among emerging econo- mies to pool resources as a bulwark against world fi nancial uncertainties. Th e swap, worth the equivalent of 190 billion yuan or 60 billion real, is one of the measures to reinforce fi nancial reserves of the two countries at a time when the global economy is stressed, Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega said. “We recognize that developed econ- omies are still in crisis. The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are the most dynamic, and we’ll continue to expand,” Man- tega told media at the United Nations’ sustainable-development conference, Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro. Th e currency agreement came out of a meeting between Premier Wen Jiabao and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff during Rio+20 on Friday morning. It went a step beyond the recently concluded G20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, where on Monday leaders from all fi ve BRICS members said that they would consider form- ing a foreign-exchange reserve pool and a swap arrangement, as fi nancial problems threaten to spread globally. Exchange deals, which allow nations’ central banks to lend money to each other to keep markets liquid, and the pooling of foreign-exchange reserves, will help BRICS countries fi ght market illiquidity, bolster their immunity to financial crises and increase global confidence, said Zhang Yuyan, director of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ world economics and politics institute. Zhao Xijun, deputy dean of the School of Finance at Renmin Universi- ty of China, said the swap helps “enter- prises of both countries to eliminate the potential risks of currency fl uctua- tions brought by a third currency, such as the United States dollar or euro, and further boosts imports and exports between the two countries”. He said some Chinese banks are planning to open branches in Brazil. Th e currency swap, one of China’s countermeasures to the problems that haunt the existing US dollar-led inter- national currency system, is also a tip for the BRICS nations to maximize SEE “EXCHANGE” PAGE 2 ‘‘(The swap helps) enter-prises ... eliminate the potential risks of currency fl uctuations brought by a third currency, such as the US dollar or euro.” ZHAO XIJUN DEPUTY DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF FINANCE AT RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA 24 / 31 24 / 31 26 / 31 26 / 31 25 / 34 25 / 35 26 / 33 26 / 32 25 / 30 24 / 28 31 / 42 31 / 42 21 / 26 20 / 24 24 / 31 24 / 31 25 / 32 25 / 33 26 / 32 27 / 34 26 / 33 26 / 32 24 / 33 24 / 32 22 / 24 22 / 26 25 / 31 25 / 32 13 / 23 13 / 18 21 / 31 22 / 29 SATURDAY SUNDAY 22 / 31 22 / 30 18 / 30 19 / 29 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 23-24SAT - SUN 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 9 / 18 C 9 / 16 C Chicago 18 / 29 C 17 / 29 C Caracas 26 / 33 C 26 / 32 C Houston 23 / 36 C 23 / 36 C Las Vegas 25 / 40 S 24 / 39 S Los Angeles 17 / 21 O 17 / 21 C Mexico City 15 / 23 O 16 / 22 Sh New York 27 / 30 Sh 23 / 28 C Ottawa 17 / 27 C 14 / 26 C Rio De Janeiro 20 / 24 C 20 / 23 C San Francisco 12 / 17 O 12 / 17 C Sao Paulo 15 / 18 C 13 / 22 C Vancouver 13 / 16 D 11 / 18 D Washington 23 / 31 C 21 / 29 C Athens 23 / 37 S 24 / 34 S Berlin 13 / 20 C 13 / 23 C Brussels 12 / 19 C 10 / 16 C Geneva 12 / 25 C 12 / 26 C Istanbul 22 / 29 C 21 / 29 C London 12 / 20 C 12 / 19 O Madrid 15 / 35 S 17 / 36 S Moscow 12 / 23 C 11 / 20 D Paris 12 / 20 C 12 / 19 C Rome 18 / 30 C 18 / 29 C Vienna 20 / 24 D 18 / 27 C CHINA AFRICA 21 / 30 22 / 33 Cairo 24 / 36 S 24 / 36 S CapeTown 8 / 16 O 10 / 16 C Johannesburg 6 / 15 D 8 / 15 C Lagos 23 / 28 O 23 / 27 C Nairobi 13 / 22 O 13 / 22 Sh Abu Dhabi 28 / 47 D 24 / 46 D Bangkok 26 / 33 O 26 / 32 O Colombo 26 / 31 C 26 / 31 C Dubai 30 / 42 C 32 / 40 C Hanoi 27 / 31 O 27 / 33 O Islamabad 28 / 42 C 28 / 42 C Jakarta 24 / 31 C 24 / 31 C Karachi 27 / 35 C 27 / 34 C Kuala Lumpur 25 / 34 Sh 25 / 35 O Manila 26 / 33 C 26 / 32 C Mumbai 28 / 32 O 28 / 32 O New Delhi 31 / 42 C 31 / 42 C Pyongyang 19 / 31 O 20 / 32 O Riyadh 30 / 44 C 29 / 42 C Seoul 21 / 30 C 22 / 33 C Singapore 26 / 31 C 26 / 31 C Sydney 13 / 16 C 6 / 17 S Teheran 19 / 35 Sh 24 / 35 C Tokyo 21 / 26 O 20 / 24 O Wellington 5 / 14 C 10 / 12 O Yangon 25 / 30 Sh 24 / 28 Sh Beijing 22 / 31 C 22 / 30 T Changchun 20 / 26 R 19 / 30 T Changsha 25 / 33 C 24 / 31 Sh Chongqing 22 / 32 O 22 / 31 C Dalian 19 / 25 C 19 / 25 C Fuzhou 24 / 30 Sh 25 / 31 O Guangzhou 25 / 31 R 25 / 32 Sh Guilin 24 / 28 R/St 23 / 28 Err Guiyang 16 / 22 O 17 / 24 Sh Haikou 26 / 32 C 26 / 33 C Hangzhou 20 / 23 Err 21 / 25 R Harbin 18 / 30 S 20 / 30 C Hefei 23 / 32 C 22 / 31 C Hohhot 18 / 28 T 16 / 26 R Hongkong 26 / 32 Sh 27 / 34 Sh Jinan 26 / 35 S 24 / 34 S Kunming 17 / 23 Sh 17 / 24 Sh Lanzhou 19 / 33 Sh 18 / 30 Sh Lhasa 11 / 26 C 12 / 25 Sh Lijiang 16 / 24 R 15 / 23 D Macao 26 / 32 Sh 27 / 34 Sh Nanchang 23 / 27 D 23 / 27 R Nanjing 22 / 29 T 22 / 29 T Nanning 24 / 29 Err 24 / 30 Err Qingdao 20 / 23 C 20 / 23 C Sanya 27 / 33 C 27 / 33 C Shanghai 22 / 24 R 22 / 26 R Shenyang 19 / 29 Sh 19 / 30 C Shenzhen 25 / 31 Sh 26 / 32 Sh Shijiazhuang 22 / 35 C 23 / 33 C Suzhou 23 / 26 R 23 / 26 R Taipei 24 / 31 R 24 / 31 D Taiyuan 19 / 32 Sh 20 / 29 Sh Tianjin 22 / 34 C 23 / 32 C Urumqi 18 / 30 Sh 19 / 29 Sh Wuhan 25 / 33 C 24 / 33 C Xiamen 24 / 29 R 24 / 30 Sh Xi’an 25 / 37 C 26 / 35 C Xining 10 / 22 T 11 / 24 C Yantai 21 / 30 C 20 / 29 S Yinchuan 20 / 31 C 18 / 31 T Zhengzhou 24 / 36 S 24 / 35 S Zhuhai 25 / 32 Sh 26 / 33 C 2 holidaynation C H I N A D A I L Y S A T U R D A Y, J U N E 2 3 , 2 0 1 2 Hebei and Liaoning fi rst to get share of 1b yuan compensation fund BY WANG QIAN wangqian@chinadaily.com.cn Environmental authorities have mapped out a three-year plan for the restoration of Bohai Bay, which was severely damaged by oil spills last year, China’s ocean watchdog said Th ursday. According to a statement by the State Oce- anic Administration, the Ministry of Agriculture aims to rebuild the area’s fishery industry by 2015, including putting about 3.4 billion aquatic animals into the bay. Th e agency also announced that money from a 1 billion yuan ($157 million) compensation fund has already been allocated to Hebei and Liaoning provinces to be used to help fi shermen aff ected by the leaks from the Penglai 19-3 oilfi eld. ConocoPhillips China, the operator of the oilfi eld, has also agreed with the government to set up another 1.1 billion yuan fund based on estimated damages. Th e company, based in the United States, and its Chinese partner, China National Off - shore Oil Corporation, will also jointly pay another 600 million yuan. Th e money will go toward Bohai Bay’s marine environment recovery, construction and protec- tion, the statement said. ConocoPhillips China confirmed the agree- ment and said the company places the highest priority on its commitment to the country, and it looks forward to continuing operations in China. In June 2011, Penglai 19-3 oilfi eld experi- enced two unrelated leaks, with initial estimates indicating that about 723 barrels (115 cubic meters) of oil were released into the sea and 2,620 barrels (416.45 cubic meters) of mineral oil mud were released onto the seabed, accord- ing to the US company. A State Oceanic Administration investigation report in November said the leaks polluted an area of about 6,200 square kilometers (nearly nine times the size of Singapore), including 870 square kilometers that were severely polluted. Th e contamination killed large amounts of aquatic animals and led to a growing abnormal- ity in the water, the report said. Although progress is being made in dealing with the impact of the leaks, legal experts said restoration and compensation eff orts should be more transparent. Zhou Ke, a professor on environment law at Renmin University of China, said the incident had damaged the interests of not only the gov- ernment, but also the people. “More public voices should be heard before the compensation agreement is completed,” he said. In August, the State Oceanic Administration said that a lawsuit would be filed against the companies responsible for the leaks. However, Zhou said that the agreement between author- ities and ConocoPhillips China means legal action appears unlikely. Filing a lawsuit could make the investigation and damage assessment process more transpar- ent, he added. Wang Yamin, an associate professor at Shan- dong University’s marine college, also suggested that an independent, third-party assessment on the environmental impact should be carried out. Family appeals for help in saving brave daughter By ZHOU WENTING in Shanghai zhouwenting @chinadaily.com.cn Th e family of a 7-year-old girl who suff ered severe brain trauma when she attempted to pro- tect her mother from an attacker has appealed for help to cover her medical bills. Wang Yan has been in a coma since April 21 when she was hit on the head with a spade. According to police and relatives, the girl had been walking with her mother in Zhangli village, Anhui province, when a man suddenly attacked them. Her 47-year-old mother was hit in the head with the spade before Wang threw herself in the way, resulting in her injuries. Wang’s mother died at the scene, while the girl suff ered severe trauma to her brain and brain stem, as well as multiple skull fractures. Zhangli police detained a suspect identifi ed as Shi Chao on the day of the attack, but said the case is still under investigation. Shi is suspected of having a mental illness, they said. “My sister suffered respiratory failure two hours aft er the tragedy and could only be tak- en off the ventilator 10 days later,” said Wang’s 22-year-old brother Wang Yongma, who added that he spent his entire savings — 70,000 yuan ($11,000) — to pay for the fi rst 45 days of treat- ment. Th e girl was originally admitted to Huainan Xinhua Hospital in Anhui, but medics there said they were unable to cope, so she was trans- ferred to Shanghai Blue Cross Brain Hospital on June 3. Surgeons operated on Wang Yan on June 13 to reduce a build up of water on the brain. “Her vital signs are stable, but the condition is far from substantially improved,” Zhou Kexiang, the attending physician, said on Friday. “She has just been transferred from intensive care to an ordinary ward, and her physiological responses indicate signs of recovery, but we can’t say she is out of danger yet.” Although in a coma, the patient is responding to sounds and pain, he said. “Clapping or calling her name will make her eyes follow the sound, and she cried and shouted when I inserted the gastric tube,” added nurse Sheng Yu. “I can sense a strong desire to survive.” Zhou said the top priority is for Wang Yan to regain consciousness. “We’re trying to wake her and aid the recovery of her brain functions with drugs. A lasting coma may lead to deterioration or complications in other body systems,” he said. Wang Yongma and his 62-year-old father have stayed at the girl’s bedside every day. However, their biggest concern is paying for further treatment. Th e father underwent surgery for advanced esophageal cancer last year, which had already put the family in debt. Th e brother did not fi n- ish junior high school and been doing odd jobs since he was 17 years old. To continue paying for her treatment, the fam- ily said it has raised 8,000 yuan by selling every- thing at home. Aft er media reports on the girl’s bravery, scores of Shanghai residents have visited her and made donations. A middle-aged woman dropped in on Friday aft ernoon and left 1,000 yuan without revealing her name, the brother said. “We’re really grateful to these kind-hearted peo- ple, but the doctors have told us we might need 300,000 yuan for future treatment,” he said. “I don’t want to beg, but I do hope my sister can survive.” SHANGHAI BLUE CROSS BRAIN HOSPITAL / PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Well-wishers arrive at Shanghai Blue Cross Brain Hospital on Tuesday to visit 7-year-old Wang Yan, who remains in critical condition after trying to protect her mother from an attacker. She suff ered severe brain injuries after being hit with a spade. FROM PAGE 1 their interests and minimize risks of uncertainties in currency, Zhao said. “For the global economy, which is haunted by the European debt cri- sis, the swap may push reform of the international fi nancial system to fi x the loopholes,” he said. Brazil’s exports to China last year stood at $44.3 billion, an increase of more than 43 percent from the pre- vious year, the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade reported. In 2009, growth in trade with China made the country Brazil’s No 1 trading partner, surpass- ing the US. Colin Bradford, a senior fellow at the Center for International Gov- ernance Innovation, a think tank in Canada, also said it makes sense for BRICS countries to adopt such a mechanism, and that it should not in any way be seen as a threat to Western economic powers. Th e BRICS “are providing the same game to make the global economy work”, said Bradford, who attended the G20 meeting in Mexico as an observer. “Th ere is a way in which these kinds of revolutions can be healthy for the over- all global community.” On Friday, the two biggest emerging economies also agreed to upgrade their relations to a “comprehensive strategic partnership”, a move that analysts said highlights the countries’ growing infl uence in the world economy. During the meeting on Friday, Wen said China and Brazil should seize the opportunity to enhance fi nancial cooperation and encourage settle- ment of bilateral transactions in local currencies as well as direct trading of the Brazilian real and the yuan. Aft er almost 90 minutes of closed- door talks between Wen and Rousseff , their governments issued a joint state- ment covering a broad set of agree- m