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IRAN FALLOUT China urges the US not to sanction bank > p23 NOT DECLARED Japanese man caught trying to smuggle relics > NATION, PAGE 5 MAKING A SPLASH Michael Phelps becomes the most decorated Olympian of all time > SPORTS, PAGE 12 chinadaily.com.cn RMB ¥1.5THURSDAY, August 2, 2012 YEAH! SHE WON The allegations are a little bit unfair, but I am not aff ected by them at all.” Nobody ever suspected other countries’ multigold winners. Why doubt me? I just won two.” Swimming prodigy smiles in the face of adversity as world hails a new star In this issue NATION ........................................ 2-5,7 COVER STORY .................................... 6 COMMENT ......................................... 8 SPORTS ....................................... 9-12 BUSINESS ................................... 13-17 LIFE .............................................. 18-21 WORLD ..................................... 23,24 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 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. 10061 A member of the Asia News Network IN THE NEWS SPORTS Ruled out Eight badminton players, including Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang from China, were disqualifi ed from the Olympic women’s doubles event. Th e Chinese delegation said they respect the decision and will investigate. > p12 LIFE France has taste Intoxicating scenery and fi ne wines are all part of a trip to the Alsace and Champagne regions. > p19 Dressed to thrill Fashion designer Huishan Zhang wants to break the stereotype that made in China clothes are inferior. > p18 BUSINESS Firmer foundation New home prices post their biggest gain in more than a year. > p13 WORLD Growing problem Eurozone unemployment hit its highest level since the sin- gle currency was born. > p24 NATION Class action Two international schools, Harrow and Juilliard, focus on China. > p4 Under review Plan to cut expressway toll charge during holidays receives mixed reaction. > p3 PMI 55 Source: National Bureau of Statistics CHINA DAILY July 2011 July 2012 % 45 50 50.7 50.1 COVER STORY Stars and gripes but fl ag issue symbolizes partnership Age of globalization means getting the best deal, Peng Yining reoports. E very morning for the past 20 years, Karyn Abe has run the Stars and Stripes up the fl agpole in her garden. Every evening, the fl ag is low- ered and stored away, ready for use the next day. Th e 68-year-old resident of Hawaii fl ies the 1.2 by 1.8 meter national emblem to show her allegiance to her country. But for Abe, and many other US citizens, the fl ag’s provenance is as important as the ideals it embodies. W h e n s h e learned earlier this month that most US fl ags sold in the country are made in China, she checked the packaging in which her fl ag came. “Thank goodness. My flag was made in the United States!” she said. “It seems a shame to outsource such an American- based thing as our own fl ag.” And it’s not just Chinese- made fl ags. Th e matching blaz- ers and uniforms that members of Team USA wore at the open- ing ceremony of the 2012 Lon- don Olympic Games caused an uproar. Th ey, too, were made in China. The flames were fanned by politicians, such as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who said the uniforms — designed by the US couturier Ralph Lauren, but outsourced to China — should have been put in a pile and torched. SEE “MADE IN CHINA” PAGE 6 CHINADAILY PLASH becomes the most mpian of all time FAN JUN / XINHUA Cloaked in the national fl ag, Ye Shiwen leaves the pool after scooping a second gold medal in the 200m individual medley on Tuesday in London. Factory activity growth at 8-month low Separate PMI for smaller companies suggests economy primed to pick up By CHEN JIA, WEI TIAN in Beijing and YU RAN in Shanghai Manufacturing activity increased in July, albeit at the slowest rate in eight months, while another gauge, focusing more on small and medium- sized enterprises, recorded the largest increase in nearly two years. The two readings suggest a stabilization, and analysts expect the economy to pick up in the next fi ve months. Th e offi cial purchasing man- agers’ index in July, a key gauge refl ecting operational activity in the manufacturing sector, stood at 50.1, according to the National Bureau of Statistics and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing on Wednesday. It was lower than the market consensus of 50.5, and was a slight drop from 50.2 in June. A reading above 50 indicates expansion and beneath, con- traction. A separate PMI reading, by HSBC, which mainly focuses on small and medium-sized businesses, indicated a slowing deterioration with a reading of 49.3 in July, up from 48.2 in June, the largest month-on- month increase in 21 months. The official PMI figure is based on data from 820 com- panies in 31 industries. Large enterprises generated a PMI of 50.3 last month, a decline from 50.6 in June. Small-scale busi- nesses recorded a fi gure of 48.2, against 47.2 for a month ear- lier. Th is fi gure has remained below 50 for four consecutive months. SEE “PMI” PAGE 2 By SUN XIAOCHEN in London sunxiaochen@chinadaily.com.cn Olympic champions have to have guts, determination, belief and grace under pressure, quali- ties that are also needed to face the slings and arrows of false accusations. Swimming prodigy Ye Shi- wen has these qualities in abun- dance. Ye, 16, should be basking in triumph as China’s fi rst double gold medalist swimmer at an Olympics following sensational victories in both the 200- and 400-meter individual medleys. Instead, she has had to encounter snide comments and allegations in the wake of her success. Ye can handle both the bou- quets and brickbats and will not let any unfounded allega- tions dampen her justifiable pride. Back home, Ye has won the hearts of mil- lions with her stunning per- formance and ready smile. On weibo, people pointed out that her name suits her very well: “Yeah, she won”. “Th e allegations are a little bit unfair, but I am not aff ected by them at all,” Ye said, employing modest understatement, after breaking the Olympic record to win the 200m individual medley in 2 min and 7.57 sec on Tuesday. Since shattering the world record for the 400m individual medley with an eye-catching last-leg freestyle sprint on Sat- urday, Ye has been put under the microscope, with pundits alleg- ing that her last 50 meters of 28.93 sec, faster than US swim- mer Ryan Lochte’s equivalent in the male event, could only be explained by drug use. John Leonard, the head of the American Swimming Coaches Association, but not a member of the US Olympic staff, told Th e Guardian that “every time we see something ... ‘unbe- lievable’, history shows us that it turns out later on there was doping involved”. When asked if she thought the allegations were rooted in bias against China, Ye replied: “It’s possible.” SEE “RECORD” PAGE 2 ‘‘‘‘ Inside • Editorial, page 8 • Olympics coverage, pages 10-12 23 / 31 23 / 31 26 / 31 26 / 31 25 / 33 25 / 34 26 / 31 27 / 31 24 / 28 24 / 28 29 / 35 29 / 35 25 / 31 25 / 31 27 / 31 28 / 32 24 / 30 21 / 29 27 / 34 26 / 34 25 / 29 26 / 30 24 / 33 24 / 32 27 / 32 27 / 31 26 / 37 26 / 36 14 / 28 14 / 31 23 / 31 23 / 31 THURSDAY FRIDAY 21 / 27 23 / 27 24 / 30 16 / 21 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 AUGUST 2-3THU - FRI 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 11 / 16 C 11 / 16 O Chicago 19 / 31 O 21 / 31 O Caracas 26 / 32 C 25 / 33 C Houston 26 / 33 C 25 / 33 C Las Vegas 25 / 40 C 27 / 40 C Los Angeles 17 / 23 C 18 / 24 C Mexico City 14 / 25 C 14 / 25 C New York 22 / 31 C 23 / 32 C Ottawa 18 / 29 C 17 / 27 C Rio De Janeiro 19 / 25 C 19 / 25 C San Francisco 12 / 22 C 12 / 21 C Sao Paulo 15 / 24 S 16 / 26 S Vancouver 13 / 20 O 13 / 23 C Washington 21 / 32 C 22 / 33 C Athens 27 / 35 S 26 / 35 C Berlin 12 / 31 C 17 / 26 T Brussels 13 / 22 Sh 16 / 22 C Geneva 15 / 28 C 18 / 27 T Istanbul 24 / 29 C 24 / 30 C London 14 / 23 Sh 13 / 21 Sh Madrid 18 / 34 S 15 / 34 S Moscow 17 / 27 C 18 / 27 S Paris 13 / 24 C 16 / 23 C Rome 20 / 32 S 21 / 30 S Vienna 16 / 29 S 16 / 29 S CHINA AFRICA 24 / 34 24 / 33 Cairo 26 / 36 C 26 / 35 S CapeTown 5 / 19 S 3 / 21 S Johannesburg 6 / 16 S 0 / 19 S Lagos 22 / 27 O 22 / 26 C Nairobi 12 / 23 C 13 / 24 C Abu Dhabi 32 / 47 D 29 / 47 D Bangkok 26 / 31 O 27 / 31 O Colombo 26 / 31 C 26 / 31 C Dubai 36 / 45 S 35 / 45 S Hanoi 28 / 36 C 27 / 34 O Islamabad 29 / 37 C 29 / 35 C Jakarta 23 / 31 C 23 / 31 C Karachi 28 / 31 O 27 / 32 O Kuala Lumpur 25 / 33 C 25 / 34 C Manila 25 / 29 Sh 26 / 30 Sh Mumbai 26 / 30 O 27 / 30 Sh New Delhi 29 / 35 O 29 / 35 C Pyongyang 24 / 31 O 23 / 31 O Riyadh 31 / 46 C 31 / 45 S Seoul 24 / 34 C 24 / 33 C Singapore 26 / 31 Sh 26 / 31 C Sydney 7 / 16 C 7 / 19 O Teheran 25 / 37 S 26 / 38 S Tokyo 25 / 31 O 25 / 31 C Wellington 8 / 12 D 9 / 12 O Yangon 24 / 28 Sh 24 / 28 Sh Beijing 21 / 27 C 23 / 27 O Changchun 18 / 24 R 20 / 28 D Changsha 28 / 35 C 27 / 33 C Chongqing 25 / 35 C 25 / 36 C Dalian 22 / 27 C 22 / 26 C Fuzhou 25 / 30 R/St 24 / 29 R/St Guangzhou 26 / 37 S 26 / 36 C Guilin 25 / 36 S 25 / 36 C Guiyang 20 / 29 C 19 / 29 T Haikou 26 / 33 T 26 / 33 C Hangzhou 26 / 31 R/St 25 / 30 R/St Harbin 18 / 24 D 19 / 26 D Hefei 26 / 34 C 27 / 33 T Hohhot 17 / 29 C 18 / 29 S Hongkong 27 / 34 T 26 / 34 T Jinan 21 / 31 C 22 / 27 R Kunming 17 / 25 R 17 / 26 Sh Lanzhou 19 / 32 S 20 / 32 S Lhasa 13 / 24 C 12 / 23 D Lijiang 14 / 22 D 13 / 23 D Macao 27 / 34 Sh 26 / 34 Sh Nanchang 28 / 34 C 27 / 31 Sh Nanjing 26 / 32 T 25 / 31 R Nanning 26 / 36 S 26 / 36 C Qingdao 24 / 29 R 26 / 28 R/St Sanya 26 / 32 C 26 / 32 C Shanghai 27 / 32 R 27 / 31 R Shenyang 20 / 24 D 20 / 26 Sh Shenzhen 28 / 36 T 26 / 31 C Shijiazhuang 23 / 28 C 24 / 30 C Suzhou 27 / 32 Sh 27 / 33 R Taipei 27 / 31 R/St 28 / 32 R/St Taiyuan 18 / 28 C 18 / 29 C Tianjin 20 / 29 C 23 / 31 C Urumqi 24 / 30 Sh 16 / 21 R Wuhan 27 / 35 C 26 / 33 C Xiamen 27 / 32 Sh 25 / 30 R Xi’an 23 / 32 Sh 23 / 34 C Xining 10 / 27 S 11 / 29 S Yantai 24 / 30 O 23 / 28 R Yinchuan 18 / 32 C 18 / 32 C Zhengzhou 23 / 31 C 24 / 28 C Zhuhai 27 / 35 S 26 / 33 Sh 2 nation | digest C H I N A D A I L Y T H U R S D A Y, A U G U S T 2 , 2 0 1 2 1,820 YUAN The per capita healthcare expen- diture in China reached 1,820 yuan ($286) in 2011, according to the China Academy of Medi- cal Sciences and Beijing Munici- pal Health Bureau. According to the research, released on Monday, total healthcare expen- ditures in China was 2.45 trillion yuan in 2011, accounting for 5.2 percent of GDP, and about 500 billion yuan more than 2010. PRAYER IN TIBET PHOTOS BY LOSANG / FOR CHINA DAILY Above: Tibetan Buddhists wait to pay homage to the 11th Panchen Lama Bain- qen Erdini Qoigyijabu at the Tashilhunpo Monastery, the traditional seat of succes- sive Panchen Lamas, in Xigaze, the Tibet autonomous region, on Tuesday. Below: Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoi- gyijabu chants at the Tashilhunpo Monas- tery on Tuesday. BEIJING Mainland, Taiwan to hold new talks Chief mainland and Taiwan negotiators for cross-Straits rela- tions will hold their eighth round of talks on Aug 9 in Taipei. Chen Yunlin, president of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation, are expected to dis- cuss and endorse an investment protection agreement. Th e two parties are also expected to discuss and sign an agreement on customs coopera- tion, according to a press release issued on Wednesday by the Taiwan Work Offi ce of the Com- munist Party of China Central Committee. Govt to promote breastfeeding Th e Ministry of Health has said it hopes to have half of China’s mothers breastfeeding within eight years. “Th e ministry will make great eff orts to increase the rate to 50 percent by 2020 in the country, but that needs cooperation of all stakeholders, including hos- pitals, families, and communi- ties,” said Xu Xiaochao, a senior offi cial with the maternal and children health and community health department under the ministry. Currently, only about 30 percent of newborns younger than 6 months old are breast- fed exclusively on the Chinese mainland, a recent ministry survey showed. HEBEI Offi cials charged for toxic capsules At least 38 offi cials in three provinces have either been dealt disciplinary punishments or face criminal charges following a med- ical-safety scare that revealed pill capsules were being made from leather shoes. A number of companies in Hebei province were using cal- cium oxide to bleach waste leather before stewing the leather into industrial gelatin to sell to capsule makers. According to the Ministry of Supervision website, 12 offi cials in Hebei, 20 offi cials in Henan prov- ince and six offi cials of Zhejiang province have been held respon- sible for the scandal and will be punished or face criminal charges. SHANXI Coal mine fl ooding traps 12 workers Twelve people were trapped aft er a coal mine fl ooded on Wednesday morning in North China’s Shanxi province, accord- ing to local authorities. Th e accident occurred around 3 am at a pit under construction, which is located in Hongtong county, Linfen city, a spokesman with the provincial coal mine safety administration said. Twenty-two people who were working underground escaped from the fl ooded shaft , said the spokesman, adding that rescuers had managed to talk over the phone with four of the trapped. CHINA DAILY — XINHUA FROM PAGE 1 “Production and construc- tion always slow down in July,” Lu Zhengwei, chief economist with Industrial Bank, said. He was confi dent that the outlook would improve soon, a view shared by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing. Sub-indexes, gauging production, new orders and employment, all fell by 0.2 points from June, highlight- ing downside risks, accord- ing to Huang Yiping, chief economist for Asia at Barclays Capital. “Th e risks may come from a deteriorating European situ- ation, which has been drag- ging down US growth, and less effective or insufficient domestic policy support,” Huang said. Th e International Monetary Fund said last week that Chi- na’s economy will rebound in the second half of this year to expand 8 percent in 2012 as government policies to spur growth take eff ect. Entrepreneurs in East China’s Zhejiang province, a regional export powerhouse, remained concerned. “There is no obvious sign that the amount of orders from European countries will increase soon,” said Li Zhongjian, the manager of Wenzhou-based Zhejiang Tung Fong Lighter Industrial Co Ltd. Overseas orders in July fell by 20 percent compared with June and are expected to drop further in August, Li added. Large industrial enterprises saw profi ts drop in June for the third consecutive month amid sluggish demand, NBS data showed on Friday. Many companies are seek- ing to upgrade and streamline operations but this has met resistance. Research conducted by global consultancy com- pany McKinsey & Company found that only one third of the companies succeed in the endeavor, with resistance from employees and outdated management attitudes cited as major obstacles. “For example, in many cases, it is not the technology bottleneck but management incapability that hinders the upgrade of companies,” said Zhang Haimeng, partner with McKinsey in China. China’s slower growth has had consequences for Asia. The Republic of Korea’s exports declined sharply year- on-year in July with consumer prices increase at their slowest pace in more than 12 years. “Final manufacturing PMI confirmed only a modest improvement of manufactur- ing conditions thanks to the initial eff ect of the earlier eas- ing measures,” Qu Hongbin, chief economist in China with HSBC, said. Currently, the country’s job market is facing increasing pressures, highlighted by both the offi cial and HSBC fi gures. “As the labor market is a lagging indicator of economic cycles, a further deterioration in employment conditions remain possible,” a report from HSBC said. Th e government has been aware of the potential risks and started to take measures. These include slashing interest rates in July, for the second time in a month and lowering the amount of funds banks must keep in reserve. At a key meeting attended by the top leaders on Tuesday, the government pledged to cut taxes and maintain moderate credit growth while beefi ng up support for major projects and implementing policies that allow private capital to play a bigger role. A research note from Bar- clays Capital said that the central bank is expected to cut interest rates in the third quarter. Contact the writers at chen- jia1@chinadaily.com.cn, weitian@chinadaily.com. cn and yuran@chinadaily. com.cn AFP contributed to this story. PMI: Companies seek to upgrade operations Record: Ye declared clean by Olympic drug body around china Slideshow: A selection of the best celebrations by medal- winning athletes at the London Games. Video: Olympic swimmer Jiao Liuyang talks at the team’s training center in London about her biggest opponent in her hunt for gold in the 200m but- terfl y fi nal — herself. Bilingual: Performers from the London 2012 opening ceremo- ny are “cashing in” by selling props and costumes online for thousands of pounds. Hot Words: Learn the term “gold obsession” and how to use it in our language tips. On China Forum http://bbs.chinadaily.com.cn/ Discussion: What if Bruce Lee had competed at the Olympics? “Th e airport construc- tion fee will not be canceled.” LI JIAXIANG, head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, said on Tuesday the airport con- struction fee will remain. The fee is spent on construction, airline subsidies, energy conservation, training, equipment replacement and technological development. The public has questioned the necessity of the airport con- struction fee for many years. QUOTABLE ON THE WEB Highlights from chinadaily.com.cn ‘‘ THE NUMBER Scan it! Read more on chinadaily. com.cn FROM PAGE 1 “Nobody ever suspected oth- er countries’ multigold winners. Why doubt me? I just won two,’’ she said. Ye’s counterpart Sun Yang, who also made history by being China’s fi rst male gold medal- ist swimmer aft er winning the 400m freestyle, was quick to off er his support. Th e doubt is unfair and does not take account of the eff ort involved, he said. The Americans can win many gold medals without being questioned, but we can’t, he added. Ye was tested and cleared by the authorities. Colin Moynihan, chairman of the British Olympic Associa- tion, told a news conference on Tuesday that the World Anti- Doping Agency (WADA) con- ducted a test on Ye and it was clean.