MAGIC COACH

lang Ping， head coach of the Chinese Womens volleyball Team， guided her players to a second-place victory in the FIvB （International Federation of volleyball） World Championship on October 11， after a 1-3 loss to the United States in Milan， Italy. The result provided a much-needed morale boost for the team， which had been through a string of poor performances.

Lang， 54， played a central role in the Chinese teams winning of its first three world titles： at the World Cup tournament in Japan in 1981， the World Championship in Peru in 1982 and the Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games in the United States in 1984. Nicknamed the “Iron Hammer，” she is regarded as one of the most respected athletes in modern Chinese sports history.

Lang coached the Chinese team to win an Olympic silver medal in Atlanta， the United States， in 1996. She also led the U.S. womens team to a silver at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. Lang started her second tenure as head coach of the Chinese team in April 2013.

Beijings Waste Headache

Oriental Outlook October 16

According to a report by local environmental protection authorities， Beijing generated more than 6 million tons of waste in 2013， the highest in the previous five years.

As Beijings population grows rapidly， people in the city are throwing away more and more expensive items， such as household electrical appliances. In 2013， the weight of Tv sets discarded by Beijingers reached 24，000 tons.

Currently， both private companies and environmental protection departments are involved in waste transportation and processing in Beijing. Beijing built its first landfill in 1994， marking the start of modern waste disposal in the city. After 20 years， Beijing has entered the second and third stages of waste disposal according to international standards， with the former featuring burying and electricity generation through burning the waste and the latter focusing on resource regeneration and recycling.

Reducing the garbage storage， which has been increasing for many years， will be a big challenge for Beijing. More modern and larger disposal facilities will be built. However， such problems as the low classification rate of rubbish needs not only the governments efforts but residents heightened awareness of the low-carbon lifestyle.

Pursuing Corruption Abroad

China Newsweek September 29

A campaign code-named Fox Hunting was launched by the Ministry of Public Security on July 22 in an effort to bring justice to economic crime suspects who have fled overseas， indicating that Chinas anticorruption efforts have extended their reach abroad.

According to a study by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences， which was cited in a report of the Peoples Bank of China in June 2008， the number of corrupt officials who were on the run overseas was estimated between 16，000 to 18，000， and these people had taken assets worth 800 billion yuan （$131 billion） with them. The destinations for fled officials are mainly Canada， the United States， Australia， as well as some European and Southeast Asian countries. In particular， Canada and the United States are regarded as a safe haven by corrupt officials for being developed countries that havent signed an extradition agreement with China.

The Economic Crime Investigation Department of the Ministry of Public Security was established in 1998， with hunting down economic crime suspects who have fled overseas being one its missions. However， as the mission also involve procuratorial organs，foreign affairs departments， banks， customs authorities and several other government agencies， it had been ineffectively executed due to poor coordination between the aforementioned parties. In the course of the Fox Hunting campaign， the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China acts as a leader， which coordinates the efforts of concerned parties.

As extradition and repatriation both require complicated legal procedures， persuading suspects to come back on their own is a preferred option among the three main measures utilized during the campaign.

Care at Home Deserves Support

Xinhua Daily Telegraph October 14

The capital city of east Chinas Jiangsu Province， Nanjing， which has 1.2 million senior residents but only 43，000 certified nurse aides for the elderly， has taken an incentive approach to filling the gap. According to a new regulation， the government will pay grown-up children of five categories of senior citizens， including the disabled and halfdisabled， up to 400 yuan （$65.32） a month for looking after their parents at home.

The Nanjing Municipal Government has rolled out the measure in order to solve the elderly care problem. At present， many people struggling with high living and working pressures have little time to take care of their parents. They would rather send senior family members to nursing homes， which are often high-priced and scarce in number， than look after them themselves. Many elderly people choose to live in a nursing home in spite of their dislike for such institutions， so that their children can be fully devoted to their work.

Nanjings policy gives children extra income and reduces their financial burden of providing care for their parents， which benefits both children and the elderly.

Additionally， relevant government departments in Nanjing have pledged to establish a supervisory system to ensure that children who receive the pay fulfill their duties.

However， to meet elderly care challenge， such a measure alone is far from adequate. More innovative methods need to be tried.

DECORATED POET

Jidi Majia， a famous poet from the yi ethnic group， won the 2014 Nkiva Humanitarian Award on October 10 in Cape Town， South Africa. The award， which was created in 1999 and named after famous South African human rights leader Richard Nkiva， commends leaders and cultural celebrities who have maintained active connections with the people. Jidi Majia is the first Asian to win the award.

Jidi Majia， 53， started writing poetry in 1982. Many of his poems take inspiration from culture and history of the yi people， who—numbering more than 11 million—mostly inhabit southwest China. Over 20 of his poetry collections have been published at home and abroad. His most famous collection， Rhapsody in Black， is available in English， French， Russian， Japanese， Spanish and Romanian， and has been distributed in over 30 countries and regions .

Jidi Majia is also an initiator and leader of various cultural activities， such as the Qinghai Lake International Poetry Festival and China（Qinghai） World Mountain Documentary Festival.

“I am confident we can achieve the annual growth target [of around 7.5 percent].”

Li Pumin， spokesman for the National Development and Reform Commission， Chinas top economic planner， stressing at a press conference on October 14 that the countrys economic growth will remain within a proper range in the fourth quarter as government policies to stimulate consumption and stabilize investment gradually filter through

“A market economy should not be a corrupt economy， and Chinas economic growth is not achieved through opportunities created by corruption.”

Xin Ming， a professor at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

“We hope that people in rural areas can enjoy the same consumption choices as in cities and that entrepreneurs can set up businesses in rural areas.”

Zhang Yong， Chief Operating Officer of New Yorklisted Alibaba Group， Chinas leading e-commerce platform provider， announcing a new business expansion plan on October 14

“Violators have to pay a much higher price than before.”

Zhong Chonglei， chief of the Beijing Environmental Monitoring Team， on local authorities plan to adopt a special and strict air pollution control plan for APEC meetings scheduled for next month in the city