中国日报（英文版）2013-10-02

CHINADAILY chinadaily.com.cn RMB ¥1.5WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2013 HOLIDAY EDITION Travel becomes passport to a new look I n the eyes of Sun Shuang’s friends and colleagues, she is an attractive woman with virtually all the attributes needed to live a happy life. Th e 30-year-old, who uses an alias, lives and works in Quzhou, Zhejiang province, is tall, slim and the mother of a 2-year-old boy. Her husband loves his fam- ily. They both have decent jobs with good salaries and own a large, well-decorated apartment and a car bought by their parents when the couple married. Before giving birth, Sun was highly confident and extroverted, but afterwards became a little depressed and didn’t like talking or even going shopping with her friends, an activity she used to enjoy. When she went out, she walked with her head down. Sun did not explain the reason for the change in her behavior to anyone, apart from her husband. It turned out that Sun’s breasts — a little small before she gave birth — became much smaller after she breastfed her son. Her husband said he didn’t mind and loved her more than ever. But Sun said she wanted to undergo breast surgery in South Korea. Afraid that her symptoms may develop into deep depression, her husband gave his approval. With the help of a Shang- hai-based website that orga- nizes plastic surgery and sightseeing for Chinese in South Korea, the operation was a success. “Th e shape and feel of my breasts is pretty much the same as real ones. Even my husband says that I look bet- ter and I am more confi dent than before,” she said. In recent years increasing numbers of Chinese have opted for plastic surgery in South Korea to improve their appearance, significantly stimulating development of the country’s plastic surgery tourism industry, a high-rev- enue earner each year. Data f rom the Korea Health Industry Develop- ment Institute show the num- ber of customers traveling to the country for medical-care tourism has risen steadily in recent years. Th e number of short-term customers (less than 15 days) rose to 150,000 in 2012, some 30,000 more than the year before. Custom- ers from China led the way, followed by those from the United States, Japan, Russia and Mongolia. “Medical-care tourism, which combines medical treatment such as plastic sur- gery and physical checkups with sightseeing, has inject- ed new blood into the two industries, not only creating more jobs that stimulate our economy, but also cultivating more professionals and driv- ing the development of relat- ed educational industries,” said Kim Se-mann, executive director of the medical tour- ism department of the Korea Tourism Organization. Why go to Korea? Kim said about 31,000 Chi- nese entered South Korea on medical-care tourism visas in 2012, of which 62.9 percent were traveling for plastic sur- gery. Th is compares with only 4,700 in 2009. Liu Ming, 28, who works for a real estate company in Sanming, a city in Fujian province, underwent a dou- ble eyelid operation in South Korea in June. “Although it’s much more expensive than the price I was quoted by large plastic sur- gery institutes in China, I still thought the money was well spent,” she said. “The surgery was perfect and aft er two months’ recov- ery my new, large eyes look natural, pretty and bright, totally changing the impres- sion I had on others before, when friends oft en joked that even if I opened my eyes to their widest they still thought I was sleepy.” China’s plastic surgery industr y has developed quickly in recent years and the country has a consider- able number of plastic sur- gery institutes that customers can choose from. However, many people still prefer to travel to South Korea. SEE “BEAUTY” PAGE 3 Increasing numbers of Chinese are heading to South Korea for plastic surgery, but this may soon change, as He Na reports. XINHUA A doctor explains teeth structure to a potential patient at a clinic in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. Impasse in Congress shuts down services By CHEN WEIHUA in Washington chenweihua@ chinadailyusa.com Believe it or not, the gov- ernment of the world’s larg- est economy and only super- power has been on a partial shutdown since Tuesday. The unprecedented shut- down — the fi rst in 17 years — that could put more than 800,000 federal workers on unpaid leave, came aft er the US Congress failed to fi nd a compromise on a bill to fund government operations. Th ough the Democratic-led Senate and the Republican- controlled House of Repre- sentatives had tried to broker a deal late into Monday night, the shutdown seemed inevi- table aft er the Senate rejected the US Congress proposal that the temporary funding for the government should include a delay in the implementation of US President Barack Obama’s health care program. No one knows if a compromise can be reached in the coming days. “Unfortunately, the Con- gress has not fulfilled its responsibility. It has failed to pass a budget and, as a result, much of our govern- ment must now shut down until Congress funds it again,” Obama said in a midnight broadcast to the US military. Criticizing the US Senate for rejecting the off er, House Speaker John Boehner said, “I hope that the Senate will consider our offer to dis- cuss the issue so that we can resolve the issue quickly for the American people.” Even as the Democrats and Republicans blamed each other for the shutdown, a Pew Center survey released on Monday showed that more than 26 percent of US citizens are upset with the federal government, while 51 percent were frustrated at the way things were going. Only 17 percent of the respondents said they were content with the way the federal govern- ment was functioning. 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HONORING HEROES PHOTO BY FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY China’s top leaders walk in rain to lay fl owers at the Monument to the People’s Heroes at Tian’anmen Square on Tues- day to mark the 64th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic. All seven members of the Standing Com- mittee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli, walked to the monument aft er 240 children released white doves. 25 / 33 25 / 33 26 / 31 26 / 31 25 / 33 25 / 33 26 / 32 26 / 32 24 / 31 24 / 31 22 / 35 22 / 35 22 / 26 22 / 26 24 / 27 21 / 26 24 / 31 23 / 31 24 / 28 23 / 27 26 / 29 26 / 29 24 / 31 24 / 31 20 / 26 18 / 24 22 / 31 21 / 31 4 / 8 4 / 8 17 / 24 17 / 25 WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 11 / 24 9 / 24 13 / 26 13 / 23 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 OCTOBER 2-3WED - THU 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 Buenos Aires 15 / 17 O 15 / 17 C Chicago 9 / 19 C 9 / 19 O Caracas 26 / 33 C 26 / 33 C Houston 15 / 28 C 15 / 28 C Las Vegas 24 / 36 S 24 / 36 S Los Angeles 21 / 28 C 21 / 28 S Mexico City 14 / 19 D 14 / 19 Sh New York 13 / 21 O 13 / 21 C Ottawa 9 / 20 C 9 / 20 C Rio De Janeiro 16 / 26 C 16 / 26 C San Francisco 14 / 25 S 14 / 25 S Sao Paulo 16 / 28 S 16 / 28 C Vancouver 10 / 16 C 10 / 16 C Washington 13 / 25 O 13 / 25 O Athens 20 / 30 S 20 / 30 S Berlin 6 / 18 C 6 / 18 C Brussels 7 / 17 C 7 / 17 O Geneva 8 / 19 C 8 / 19 C Istanbul 19 / 27 C 19 / 27 S London 12 / 17 C 12 / 17 C Madrid 6 / 24 C 6 / 24 S Moscow 10 / 15 O 10 / 15 O Paris 5 / 18 O 5 / 18 C Rome 17 / 23 C 17 / 23 C Vienna 11 / 19 O 11 / 19 C CHINA AFRICA 14 / 24 14 / 24 Cairo 23 / 32 S 23 / 32 C CapeTown 12 / 20 C 12 / 20 C Johannesburg 12 / 26 S 12 / 26 S Lagos 24 / 29 C 24 / 29 O Nairobi 14 / 28 C 14 / 28 C Abu Dhabi 25 / 39 D 22 / 39 D Bangkok 26 / 32 C 26 / 32 O Colombo 26 / 31 C 26 / 31 C Dubai 29 / 39 S 29 / 39 S Hanoi 23 / 31 C 23 / 31 C Islamabad 16 / 33 S 16 / 33 S Jakarta 25 / 33 C 25 / 33 T Karachi 24 / 38 S 24 / 38 S Kuala Lumpur 25 / 33 Sh 25 / 33 C Manila 26 / 29 Sh 26 / 29 O Mumbai 26 / 32 C 26 / 32 Sh New Delhi 22 / 35 S 22 / 35 S Pyongyang 13 / 24 C 13 / 24 C Riyadh 22 / 36 S 22 / 36 S Seoul 14 / 24 S 14 / 24 S Singapore 26 / 31 C 26 / 31 C Sydney 10 / 19 C 10 / 19 C Teheran 18 / 28 S 18 / 28 S Tokyo 22 / 26 O 22 / 26 C Wellington 11 / 15 C 11 / 15 C Yangon 24 / 31 O 24 / 31 Sh Beijing 11 / 24 S 9 / 24 S Changchun 3 / 13 S 0 / 10 S Changsha 21 / 28 S 18 / 26 C Chongqing 19 / 24 C 19 / 23 O Dalian 12 / 19 S 11 / 19 S Fuzhou 22 / 30 C 20 / 28 C Guangzhou 22 / 31 S 21 / 31 S Guilin 22 / 30 C 21 / 29 C Guiyang 13 / 25 C 13 / 19 C Haikou 24 / 29 Sh 24 / 30 C Hangzhou 18 / 26 C 17 / 25 C Harbin 4 / 11 C 0 / 9 S Hefei 16 / 26 C 13 / 24 C Hohhot 2 / 18 S 5 / 20 S Hong Kong 24 / 28 C 23 / 27 S Jinan 13 / 23 S 11 / 25 S Kunming 11 / 22 C 12 / 21 C Lanzhou 11 / 25 S 11 / 24 S Lhasa 6 / 16 C 5 / 17 Sh Lijiang 10 / 20 C 11 / 20 D Macao 23 / 29 C 22 / 28 C Nanchang 20 / 29 S 19 / 28 S Nanjing 16 / 26 C 15 / 24 S Nanning 21 / 30 C 21 / 30 C Qingdao 15 / 21 C 14 / 23 S Sanya 25 / 31 Sh 25 / 32 C Shanghai 20 / 26 O 18 / 24 O Shenyang 5 / 16 S 2 / 14 S Shenzhen 24 / 31 S 23 / 29 C Shijiazhuang 13 / 24 S 13 / 26 S Suzhou 18 / 26 C 17 / 25 C Taipei 24 / 27 C 21 / 26 O Taiyuan 5 / 22 S 7 / 23 C Tianjin 9 / 22 S 11 / 24 S Urumqi 13 / 26 S 13 / 23 S Wuhan 17 / 29 S 16 / 25 C Xiamen 23 / 30 C 22 / 28 C Xi’an 15 / 29 S 15 / 28 S Xining 2 / 22 C 3 / 20 S Yantai 13 / 21 C 12 / 23 C Yinchuan 7 / 23 C 8 / 26 C Zhengzhou 15 / 25 S 13 / 27 S Zhuhai 25 / 31 C 23 / 29 C 2 holidaynation C H I N A D A I L Y W E D N E S D A Y, O C T O B E R 2 , 2 0 1 3 Search for fi shermen continues By XU WEI xuwei@chinadaily.com.cn Four people have been con- firmed dead and 12 others rescued as the search contin- ued on Tuesday for fi shermen who were aboard three fi shing vessels that sank after being caught in a typhoon in the South China Sea, provincial authorities said. The Hainan provincial government confirmed that another 58 people remained missing, China Central Televi- sion reported. Th e three vessels from Tais- han, Guangdong province, with 88 people on board, sank near Shanhu Island in the South China Sea as they were hit by Typhoon Wutip on Sunday. As of Tuesday, 22 ships and four helicopters were conduct- ing rescue work near where the ships sank and another two ships were on their way, according to the Hainan mari- time safety authority. Gale winds of magnitude six to seven on the Beaufort scale and waves as high as two to three meters have hampered the rescue work, the author- ity said. Five fi shing vessels, includ- ing four from Taishan, Guang- dong province, and one from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, were trapped by the typhoon on Sunday. Chen Songyin, captain of another boat that escaped the typhoon, told China News Service that the five vessels took refuge near Shanhu Island after warnings from meteorological authorities. However, the fishermen underestimated the strength of Wutip as it came with winds up to magnitude 14 on the Beaufort scale. “It was already too late when we found we should have left the small island,” he said. Chen said his boat started to rescue the fi shermen but the strong winds made it vir- tually impossible. “We are very safe now. But I am very worried about my brothers that are lost in the water. I pray that they will be rescued safely,” he said. Xinhua contributed to this story. ZHAO YINGQUAN / XINHUA Rescuers prepare to be lowered to save fi shermen on the Yuetaiyu 62112 on Tuesday in the South China Sea. Rescuers had retrieved 12 survivors, as the search was ongoing amid strong gale winds for people missing after three fi shing boats sank due to Typhoon Wutip. Tour guides face fi nes if they make clients shop By WANG QINGYUN wangqingyun@ chinadaily.com.cn Travel agencies could be fi ned 300,000 yuan ($49,000) or more if they force clients to go shop- ping during a tour, according to the Tourism Law that came into eff ect on Tuesday. According to the law, a travel agency is not allowed to lure clients by organizing tours at an “irrationally low price” and later having them go shopping in order to get kickbacks from the stores. Unless clients have agreed to or want to go shopping, and their shopping doesn’t disrupt the agenda of others in the tour, the agency is not allowed to ask its clients to shop in certain places. What’s more, guides must not ask for tips from their cli- ents or lure or force tourists to buy things or pay extra money for activities they don’t want to take part in, and tourists have the right to refuse services they don’t want, said the law. In early July, a male guide sur- named Meng threatened and cursed tourists during a tour to Beijing when they refused to buy more in shops. Police later detained the guide. Many travel agencies raised the prices of tours aft er the law came out, and the more shop- ping or extra services during the tour, the more the price was hiked, said Zhang Lingyun, dean of the research institute of tourism development of Beijing International Studies University. Yet the law can help improve the tourism industry from vicious price competition, he added. However, Zhang is cautious how the law will work in the long run, though most of the agencies are discreet enough not to break the law at present. Tourists should stand up for themselves when they are forced to pay, he said. Manufacturing fi eld shows positive growth By CHEN JIA Chenjia1@chinadaily.com.cn Manufacturing produc- tion continued to pick up for the third consecutive month in September, driven by the expansion of new orders and exports, sending positive signals for overall economic growth in the third quarter. Th e National Bureau of Sta- tistics and the China Federa- tion of Logistics and Purchas- ing reported on Tuesday that the manufacturing Purchas- ing Managers’ Index climbed to 51.1 in September from 51.0 in August, the highest since May 2012. The sub-index indicated that new orders rose to 52.8 from 52.4 in August, and export orders increased to 50.7 from 50.2, according to the offi cial fi gures. If the reading is above 50 it signals expansion in the manufacturing sector, while below 50 shows contraction. “Th e PMI fi gure in Septem- ber indicates a steady growth of China’s manufacturing economy amid strengthened entrepreneurs’ confidence and social expectation,” said Zhao Qinghe, a senior econo- mist at the NBS. Positive factors for the whole economy have been accumulating since the sec- ond quarter, supported by a series of economic policies targeting long-term growth stabilization, economists said. “Manufacturing enterprises are expanding production by increasing raw material pur- chases, which has lift ed com- modity prices,” Zhao said. However, the September PMI showed a contrary situa- tion between small and bigger manufacturing fi rms. For the small-scale business, the PMI was 48.8, down from 49.2 in August, which showed a more serious contraction. Nevertheless, the PMI for large companies increased to 52.1 from 51.8. Zhang Liqun, an ana- lyst with the Development Research Center of the State Council, said that “although the September PMI main- tained expansion, the growth margin has narrowed con- siderably, indicating that the rising momentum for the overall economy is not strong enough”. Future economic growth will be stable without an obvi- ous rebound, Zhang said. “Entrepreneurs showed their cautious expectations of the future market,” he added. On Fr iday, t he NBS released data about industrial companies’ profi ts in the fi rst eight months, showing that they increased by 12.8 percent year-on-year, up 1.7 percent- age points from the Jan-July fi gure. In August, industrial profi ts grew 24.2 percent from a year earlier, compared to 11.6 per- cent in July. Zhu Haibin, chief econo- mist in China from JP Mor- gan, said that the stronger- than-expected economic activity data in July and August, plus the solid read- ing in the manufacturing PMI in September, point to upside potential for the GDP forecast in the third quarter, which may accelerate to 7.6 percent. China’s GDP growth slowed to 7.5 percent in the second quarter from 7.7 per- cent in the fi rst. “Manufacturing invest- ment, which has decelerated for the past two years, started to recover in August,” said Zhu. Together with the increas- ing external demand that has benefi ted from the improve- ment in growth outlook in advanced economies, espe- cially in the Euro area, China is likely to maintain the recov- ery in growth momentum during the short term, he said. “Nonetheless, we remain cautious on the sustainabil- ity of the ongoing recovery. We expect the recovery to last until the end of the year and to slow again in 2014.” Th e government has accel- erated investment in railways and public housing con- struction, and introduced measures to help small-scale businesses. Pre m i e r L i Ke q i ang pledged on Monday to “deep- en reform across the board for long-term, sustainable and sound economic growth and social progress,” especially in fi scal, taxation, banking and investment areas. On Monday, a separate manufacturing PMI report from HSBC Holdings also posted a slight rise of the fi g- ure in September at 50.2, up from 50.1 in August, signal- ing that operating conditions improved fractionally since the previous month. briefl y BEIJING Coast guard continues patrol A fl eet of four China Coast Guard vessels patrolled territorial waters surrounding the Diaoyu Islands on Tues- day, according to a State Oceanic Administration statement. Th e fl eet was comprised of