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Tu 2010 CHINADAILY The Hurt Locker is surprise winner as many thought 3D hit was shoo-in for best picture chinadaily.com.cn RMB ¥1.5 By courtesy of the Bank of China SOE Special published fortnightly on Tuesday P15 OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER OF EXPO 2010 SHANGHAI In this issue NATION......................................................... 2-4 NPC/CPPCC ................................................ 5-8 COMMENT .................................................9, 10 WORLD ......................................................11, 12 BUSINESS .....................................13, 14, 16, 17 LIFE......................................................18, 20, 21 SPORTS ................................................... 22, 23 Contacts News (86-10) 6491-8366 Subscription (86-10) 6491-8763 Advertisement (86-10) 6491-8631 E-mail editor@chinadaily.com.cn iPhone app chinadaily.com.cn/iphone © 2010 China Daily All Rights Reserved Vol. 30 — No. 国内统一编号:CN11-0091 国际 标准 excel标准偏差excel标准偏差函数exl标准差函数国标检验抽样标准表免费下载红头文件格式标准下载 编号:ISSN0253-9543 邮发代号:1-3 9314 53 DAYS UNTIL EXPO Sports Aggravation to ankle injury poses another hurdle for Liu Xiang in World Indoors > Page 23 World 57 die in Turkey quake Magnitude-6 tremor wreaks havoc > Page 11 Avatar is Chinese choice By RAYMOND ZHOU CHINA DAILY BEIJING — Chinese fi lm fans were mostly disappointed by the unexpected shutout of Avatar in the major cat- egories at the 82nd Academy Awards. Most bet on the $2 billion juggernaut for the Best Picture award, and when my fellow guest at Sina.com’s Oscar show openly rallied for Th e Hurt Locker, he instantly received text messages denouncing him. It is understandable why Chinese fi lmgoers prefer Avatar. It is a runaway hit, and is still packing them in at all 3D venues. People can read all kinds of messages into it and many regard a trip to Pandora as their best movie experience. Th e Hurt Locker, on the other hand, is harder to decipher. Most here tend to misinterpret its message. Even the normally liberal Beijing News reck- oned it was Pentagon propaganda. It’s a war movie, but it does not off er much fun or gratuitous violence. Th e impact of war on the protagonist and the morbid nature of his fascination with danger, simply eludes those not familiar with the culture, or not interested in anything except the explosions. Th is gap between Oscar voters and movie viewers in China is a clear testament to the power of movies as escapist or fantasy fare to audiences here. People do not want to go to the theater to watch a sharper replica of reality, but to forget about it. But the Academy, by doling out the highest accolades to Th e Hurt Locker, has taken a big step by embracing small movies that make us face the ugliness of our world and human nature. Chinese audiences also love big stars. If we could vote, we would no doubt have made George Clooney the Best Actor and Meryl Streep the Best Actress. Sandra Bullock is less appreciated here for her role in The Blind Side because we are not famil- iar with southern women with their sharp personality and unique twang. I oft en remind movie fans here that the role of an American southern femme is more or less like a north- eastern woman in China. If a Hong Kong star was so convincing in such a role, she would surely be recognized by her peers as a good actress. Quentin Tarantino has a loyal fol- lowing in China. Th ey rallied for his Inglourious Basterds, which nabbed only one award, for Best Support- ing Actor. Tarantino has won a lot of goodwill in China partly because he is a big advocate of Hong Kong mov- ies and he shot his Kill Bill in Beijing. Th e way he manipulated violence as a dramatic element also appealed to a young male demographic. To my surprise, Th e Cove, which won Best Documentary Feature, has been available to a lot of people and elicited strong reactions. Th ere has been an ava- lanche of condemnation against the Jap- anese practice of killing dolphins. Some swore that they would never eat shark’s fi n again. Although it is almost impos- sible for documentaries to be screened in theaters, the underground distribu- tion of this and the other nominated works, to a certain extent, will serve to awaken some people to the need for a healthier and nature-friendly lifestyle. With all three submissions from Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan for the Best Foreign Language Film shut out from the fi nal round of Oscar competition, this year’s Oscar season had little for domestic fans to jump up and down about. Th ey prayed for James Cameron — Titanic was also huge in China — but failing that, they will keep queuing up for tickets to the floating mountain that some have claimed was based on a peak in Hunan province’s Zhangjiajie. Raymond Zhou is a renowned fi lm critic. ANALYSIS LOS ANGELES TIMES PHOTO BY AL SEIB / SPECIAL TO CHINA DAILY The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow walks off the Kodak Theater stage after making Oscar history as the fi rst woman to win the best director category. The Iraq War bomb-diff using drama also won best picture — the lowest-grossing movie in the modern era to win Hollywood’s highest award. F ollowing a year in which forced reloca-tion became one of the biggest talking points in the country, all eyes are on how the nation’s top legislators and policy advisers react this week to proposed changes in the law that could fi nally curb the con- troversial practice. The new regula- tion is a potential game-changer. Instead of developers having the advan- tage when it comes to demol- ishing homes in urban areas, the law will reinforce residents’ rights, say analysts. The move is aimed at pre- venting ugly standoff s between homeowners and demolition crews, many of which hit the headlines in 2009. Although fi nal approval is yet to come from the State Council, analysts predict that the response the move receives at the annual sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chi- nese People’s Political Consul- tative Conference (CPPCC) could be critical to how quickly the changes come. Opinion on the proposed revision to the Regulation on Property Requisition is divided: Legal experts hail it as an important shift in the government’s attitude to forced relocation, property fi rms claim it will drive up real estate prices. For Zhang Minsheng, the move simply means others may be spared the kind of heartbreaking struggle he encountered trying to save his Shanghai care home from the bulldozers. SEE “COVER STORY” PAGE 7 COVER STORY Relocation trauma could be reduced Proposed changes to urban property demolition a big step forward. Cao Li reports from Shanghai. EXCLUSIVE | ZHANG QIONG Inside: Election law amendment may boost farmers’ representation, Pages 5, 8 TUESDAY’S AGENDA • CPPCC members deliver theme speeches on social development. • NPC Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo delivers work report. • Yi Gang, director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, and chief economist Huang Guobo hold press conference on foreign exchange management and reserves. NPC-CPPCC 2010 More coverage, pages 5-8 Demolition guidelines tightened By WANG JINGQIONG CHINA DAILY BEIJING — Forced urban housing demolition, which caused several deaths and inju- ries last year and snowballed into a major controversy, will be strictly supervised thanks to a proposal to better protect the rights of property owners, a senior offi cial has said. But forced relocation will be used if necessary so that the self-interests of a handful of people will not hurt the interests of the majority, said Zhang Qiong, deputy director of the State Council Legislative Aff airs Offi ce. Zhang, a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee, made the remarks in an interview with China Daily about the proposed amendment to the regulation on urban housing demolition. In January, Zhang’s offi ce published a draft revision to the Regulations on Property Requisition, which has long been criticized for neglecting the rights of property owners, SEE “RULE” PAGE 2 Forced relocation is last resort to benefi t majority Zhang Qiong says the revision will help protect property rights. 9 nominations each for The Hurt Locker and Avatar. Hurt, which has earned about 2 percent of Avatar’s box offi ce, won six Oscars, including best picture and director. Avatar won three Oscars,including visual ef- fects and cinematography. Inside Best actor winner Jeff Bridges (below) fi nally won his Oscar. But some other big stars got shut out. Page 18 China Face A role model for career women > Page 2 chinadaily.com.cn HIGHLIGHTS: Oscar Special: The 82nd Academy Awards Comment: Question the new college enrollment policy Forum: How to funda- mentally solve ethnic is- sues in China Photo: Gen-80s woman becomes NPC delegate Video: Celebrations of In- ternational Women’s Day PAGE 2 | nation 25 / 31 24 / 30 26 / 34 26 / 33 24 / 35 24 / 35 27 / 36 26 / 34 21 / 39 24 / 40 16 / 31 15 / 31 2 / 6 5 / 11 7 / 13 6 / 13 23 / 35 17 / 34 10 / 13 9 / 14 25 / 34 25 / 33 25 / 33 25 / 32 1 / 5 - 2 / 6 7 / 10 5 / 13 -23 /- 4 -16 /- 4 5 / 11 5 / 13 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY - 8 /- 1 - 8 / 5 -11 /- 2 - 8 / 5 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 MARCH 9-10TUE - WED 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 23 / 28 D 22 / 28 C Chicago 2 / 10 D 6 / 11 D Caracas 25 / 32 C 26 / 32 C Houston 12 / 25 D 13 / 23 C Las Vegas 9 / 15 C 5 / 16 C Los Angeles 9 / 16 C 9 / 17 S Mexico City 13 / 28 C 13 / 28 C New York 3 / 11 C 3 / 9 C Ottawa - 4 / 5 C - 6 / 4 C Rio De Janeiro 24 / 31 C 24 / 31 C San Francisco 6 / 13 C 9 / 14 O Sao Paulo 18 / 28 C 18 / 29 C Vancouver 0 / 8 D 3 / 8 D Washington 3 / 16 C 6 / 16 C Athens 8 / 12 Sh 7 / 13 C Berlin - 6 / 4 C - 4 / 7 C Brussels - 3 / 4 C - 4 / 6 C Geneva - 3 / 2 C - 3 / 4 C Istanbul 7 / 11 D 6 / 10 D London 1 / 7 C 3 / 8 C Madrid - 3 / 6 S - 6 / 9 S Moscow -11 /- 4 Sn - 8 /- 3 C Paris - 3 / 5 C - 4 / 6 S Rome 2 / 11 R 5 / 11 R Vienna - 4 / 3 C - 4 / 4 C CHINA AFRICA 1 / 5 - 2 / 4 Cairo 25 / 33 C 18 / 34 S CapeTown 17 / 26 C 18 / 24 C Johannesburg 12 / 25 C 15 / 26 C Lagos 27 / 34 C 27 / 34 C Nairobi 16 / 24 Sh 15 / 28 C Abu Dhabi 13 / 32 D 14 / 32 D Bangkok 27 / 36 C 26 / 34 C Colombo 25 / 33 C 24 / 33 C Dubai 20 / 31 S 21 / 32 S Hanoi 16 / 21 Sh 13 / 16 O Islamabad 11 / 26 C 11 / 27 C Jakarta 25 / 31 Sh 24 / 30 T Karachi 19 / 34 S 20 / 36 S Kuala Lumpur 24 / 35 T 24 / 35 D Manila 25 / 34 C 25 / 33 C Mumbai 22 / 33 S 20 / 36 S New Delhi 16 / 31 S 15 / 31 S Pyongyang - 2 / 2 Sn - 2 / 2 Sn Riyadh 18 / 33 S 19 / 34 S Seoul 1 / 5 D - 2 / 4 Sn Singapore 26 / 34 C 26 / 33 C Sydney 19 / 30 C 18 / 22 C Teheran 9 / 21 C 12 / 24 C Tokyo 2 / 6 R 5 / 11 R Wellington 13 / 19 S 13 / 21 S Yangon 21 / 39 S 24 / 40 S Beijing - 8 /- 1 S - 8 / 5 S Changchun -18 /- 5 S -13 / 2 S Changsha 1 / 7 C - 2 / 11 C Chongqing 7 / 12 C 7 / 15 C Dalian - 7 /- 2 C - 6 / 3 S Fuzhou 6 / 9 D 3 / 10 C Guangzhou 7 / 10 D 5 / 13 C Guilin 4 / 9 C 3 / 11 C Guiyang 0 / 3 O 1 / 10 O Haikou 14 / 19 D 12 / 14 D Hangzhou - 1 / 4 O - 2 / 8 S Harbin -20 /- 5 S -15 /- 1 S Hefei - 1 / 3 S - 5 / 8 S Hohhot -18 /- 6 S -14 /- 3 S Jinan - 7 /- 1 Sn - 7 / 7 S Kunming 6 / 12 D 6 / 16 D Lanzhou - 9 / 5 S - 5 / 12 S Lhasa 0 / 14 C - 1 / 15 C Lijiang 7 / 15 Sh 5 / 16 Sh Macao 9 / 12 D 8 / 14 S Nanchang 1 / 6 C - 1 / 8 S Nanjing - 1 / 3 O - 4 / 7 C Nanning 7 / 13 O 8 / 15 O Qingdao - 5 / 0 Sn - 5 / 3 C Sanya 20 / 24 Sh 16 / 21 O Shanghai 1 / 5 Sn - 2 / 6 C TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010 Shenyang -11 /- 4 C -12 / 2 S Shenzhen 8 / 12 D 7 / 16 C Shijiazhuang - 6 / 3 S - 3 / 6 S Suzhou 0 / 3 Sn - 4 / 5 C Taipei 7 / 13 D 6 / 13 D Taiyuan - 9 /- 2 S -10 / 6 S Tianjin - 5 / 0 S - 7 / 4 S Urumqi -11 /- 2 S - 8 / 5 S Wuhan 0 / 6 C - 2 / 12 S Xiamen 7 / 12 O 6 / 13 C Xi’an - 2 / 9 S - 4 / 16 S Xining -13 / 5 S - 9 / 12 S Yantai - 5 /- 2 Sn - 5 / 0 O Yinchuan -13 /- 2 S -10 / 8 S Zhengzhou - 2 / 4 S - 5 / 13 S Zhuhai 9 / 13 O 7 / 13 S JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY Yang Jia is elected as a model for Chinese working women for 2009 by the All-China Women’s Federation on March 3. Blindness leads to new vision on life Professor struggles against disability to achieve success and help others By YANG GUANG CHINA DAILY BEIJING — When she was younger, English professor Yang Jia dreamed of being like characters in the books she read. She imagined herself as the strong-willed and indepen- dent Jane Eyre, who struggles to be her own individual, or as the rich and beautiful Tonia Tumanova from the Russian novel How the Steel was Tempered. Instead, Yang said, she ended up more like the blind characters in those same books — Jane Eyre’s love Mr. Rochester, or Pavel Korchagin, the hero who fought against his disability to achieve success. Yet the comparison with these characters is more than merely literary. At 29, Yang was diagnosed with macular degeneration, which fi rst blurred her vision and then led to her ultimate blindness. “Going blind was the watershed of my life. My focus shift ed from outrunning others before turning 29 to transcend- ing my own limits aft er it.” And like those two strong- willed characters, Yang fought the odds to rise from her sud- den blindness to became a well-respected social activist. Yang, now 47, won admis- sion to Zhengzhou Univer- sity when she was 15. She was called a genius by her peers and topped her class every year in university. Aft er three years of teaching at her alma mater following graduation, Yang proceeded to her master’s degree at the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences. On the train for Beijing, Yang felt like the character Jack from the blockbuster movie Titanic, boarding a luxury liner, ready to embrace a brave new life, yet never expecting it to founder. Everything was smooth sail- ing, but just like the Titanic, trouble comes swift ly — not only was she going blind, but her once-loving husband asked for a divorce and took away their only child. “I gradually restored my composure in the long and painful wait for blindness. I decided to face the music and meet the challenge,” Yang said. She teaches as well as she did before, if not better. She is not able to read books any more, but she can still listen to them using special- ized software. She has even compiled a textbook for the graduate English reading course. She usually arrives at the classroom in advance to get settled into the environment, measuring the blackboard with her shoulder and mark- ing the electronic teaching equipment with stickers. In 2000, Yang won the opportunity to study at the Kennedy School of Govern- ment at Harvard University and a year later became the first blind Master in Public Administration graduate in Harvard’s history. David Gergen, professor of public service at Harvard, signed his book as a present to her with the words: “Jia, you taught us more.” Yang likes traveling. “I can- not see, but I can listen, smell and feel,” she said. She recalled the flaming azaleas in full bloom when climbing Yuelu Mountain with her father as a child. She talked about the pine trees she smelled on the Great Wall, the grandeur of the cathedral she felt and the prayers of follow- ers she heard in Mexico City. “Th e way you learn about things is not important, whether with your eyes, ears or fingers. What matters is whether you put your heart into it.” As vice-chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Dis- abilities, Yang is happy to have the chance to contribute to promoting international exchanges for the cause of disabled people and making the cause of disabled people in China known to the world. At her insistence, Chinese was adopted as one of the committee’s working lan- guages in 2008. Yang is also a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Politi- cal Consultative Conference. One of her proposals, for this year’s ongoing session, is to build an online forum for the disadvantaged, including the disabled and the elderly. “With the forum, the dis- advantaged can express what they need and want. It can also be a platform for them to exchange ideas, enlarge their social circle and solve daily problems,” Yang said. “There is always hope, as long as you don’t give up,” she said in her characteristic resolute voice. There is always hope, as long as you don’t give up.” YANG JIA VICE-CHAIR OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES‘‘ Food safety reforms proposed By WANG YAN CHINA DAILY BEIJING — The general office of the State Council issued a plan on Monday to improve national food safety, setting the tone for this year’s program, which includes emphasizing the accountabil- ity of the system. As part of a two-year project that began last month, the plan details 11 points for reforming food safety in China, aiming to solve problems and restore public confi dence in the prod- ucts that are available on the market. One of the points concerned the quality of farm products. “Tests on pesticide residues in vegetables, fruits, teas, domestic fungus, animal products and sea food should be enforced. Regulations on pesticide pro- duction and sales, as well as random checks on pesticide quality, should be strengthened,” according to the plan. The statement follows a recent food scandal in which a banned pesticide was found in some cowpeas grown in Hainan province that were sold in sever- al parts of the country, including Hubei, Guangdong, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces. The plan, which requires increased supervision of fresh dairy products, also proposed a clampdown on illegal purchas- ing stations as well as severe punishments for the use of the banned medications nitrofu- rans and malachite green in the aquaculture industry. Other points include banning illegal food additives, improving food production and process- ing, as well as the importing and exporting of food. In addition to highlighting the need for comprehensive food safety regulations, there were also calls for improving the intermediate links in food production, including better regulation of the catering and butchering industries. Th e work plan has brought food production and process- ing into focus and placed an emphasis on establishing the accountability of the food safety system. “Any governmental depart- ment that fails to fulfi ll its duty should be seriously punished. Responsible persons concerned with late, left -out and concealed reports on food safety accidents will be called to account,” the plan stated. Dong Jinshi, an expert in Beijing on food safety, said: “Information disclosure and accountability are crucial to improving the situation of food safety. Without the neces- sary media and governmental supervision, any policies or regulations would be in vain.” CHINAFACE FROM PAGE 1 to solicit publi