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Chinese hurdler Xie Wenjun stunned a star-studded track by winning the men’s 110-meter hurdles with a personal best of 13.23 seconds at the 2014 Diamond League Shanghai meet on May 18. He finished third in the last Shanghai meet in 2013.
Xie， 23， claimed his second International Association of Athletics Federations （IAAF） event title in less than a week when he clocked 13.31 seconds at the 2014 IAAF World Challenge Beijing on May 21.
Xie has been guided by the same coach as China’s star hurdler Liu Xiang， an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. Xie made it to the semi-finals of the 110-meter hurdles in the London Olympic Games in 2012.
Care for the Elderly
Oriental Outlook May 22
China already had more than 200 million elderly people over the age of 60 by 2013. As a solution to cope with the aging problem in Chinese society， home-based care service has been proposed as the fundamental strategy.
The concept of “home-based care” was first proposed in China in 2001 and more than a decade has passed since such service centers were first set up in some locations.
Despite the country’s huge financial inputs and policy assistance， the homebased care services are still struggling. The fundamental reason for this is that compared with institutions specialized in taking care of the elderly， when old people are scattered in communities， the task of accurately assessing and aggregating their detailed needs and demands is not an easy one. Therefore， it’s important to make clear these people’s demands before the problem is effectively tackled.
Caretakers play a big role in home-based care service， but there is a major shortage of such workers. Most of the well-trained and experienced workers are working in institutions dedicated to taking care of the elderly. Those who are serving the elderly at home are mostly migrant people or laid-off workers， with little professional experience or training，while a stable source of volunteers does not yet exist. Even if volunteers are willing to do the job， they are not professionals.
Addressing the issue of how to develop the country’s elder care industry should rightfully be based on the demands of old people. A better understanding of their real needs will help businesses to make investments in the proper areas and also aid the government in formulating appropriate policies. Home-based care service is a response made to the current conditions experienced by China’s elderly. It will serve as a guide for policy design and relevant industry development. Doctor-Patient Relations
South Reviews May 21
After more than a decade’s deterioration in the medical and health care sectors owing to their overly market-oriented development， patients are faced with difficulty in accessing medical services at hospitals， while doctors are finding their image in society is on the decline.
The past few decades have seen a downturn in the relationship between doctors and patients. As for how to rebuild affinity between the two sides， there are many proposals： public hospitals should be act as providers of public welfare， doctors should be guaranteed decent salaries， medical resources should be more evenly distributed to community hospitals， the mechanism of dispute settlement should be made more reliable.
The uneven distribution of medical resources is the first factor to be blamed. Hospitals are criticized for subsidizing their medical services with overly expensive drug prescriptions.
The most important subject for a tangible reform may be： how to set up a mechanism where patients’ medical requirements can be swiftly met with no patient feeling that they have been abandoned.
Under this mechanism， doctors are provided with decent salaries and enjoy a high standard of living. As a result， patients will not feel that they are being exploited by their doctors.
Doctors are supposed to treat their patients as they do their own children， and in this case， doctors will， in return， receive respect of the highest level from the whole of society. This is what we are expecting to see and we believe this day will eventually come.
City Drainage Networks
People.com.cn May 13
Recently， heavy rainstorms hit south China. In Shenzhen of Guangdong Province， the strongest rainstorm seen in the past six years caused flooding throughout in the city， leading to an almost total gridlock of the city’s transportation network.
The result of an investigation done by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in 2011 revealed that during 2008 and 2010， rainstorms caused flooding in 62 percent of the 351 cities that were surveyed. In 2012， a rainstorm in Beijing in mid-July resulted in 79 deaths.
The aging urban drainage networks and their outdated design are always blamed for the floods. However， this time， in the modern city of Shenzhen， where it is presumed that the “aging problem” is impossible， the same problem has been discovered. In March， heavy rain caused sinkholes to appear， an incident that occurred in Shenzhen 10 times in 2013 alone. The main reason given was once again the aging drainage network. This makes a city especially vulnerable to extreme weather.
Compared with the quick pace of urban expansion， climate change and the frequency of extreme weather， the pace of updating and expanding the drainage networks is left far behind.
TOP SCIENTIST
Chinese search giant Baidu has hired Andrew Ng， a noted artificial intelligence researcher and co-founder of online education startup Coursera， to be its chief scientist， according to the company’s announcement on May 16. Ng will help to build out a new artificialintelligence research lab that Baidu has opened in Silicon Valley.
Ng works on deep learning as an associate professor at Stanford and created the Google Brain team， which is most famous for creating a program that allowed computers to learn to identify cats in videos.
Ng started Coursera， which offers university courses online， in 2012. He said that he will continue to be Coursera’s chairman and “remain deeply involved in company strategy.”
The 38-year-old Chinese American scientist grew up in Hong Kong and Singapore and received his PhD from University of California， Berkeley， in 2002.
“Tibetan Buddhism puts a lot of emphasis on cherishing life. Whatever the motives， self-immolation and teaching others to set themselves on fire are against Buddhist teachings.”
Li Decheng， Director of the Religion Institute of China Tibetology Research Center， criticizing the Dalai Lama’s partial approval of self-immolation during his recent remarks at a forum in Norway
“Talking from the perspective of a producer， I believe that the core role of playwrights in creating soap operas will be recognized in China after we introduce the system in Hollywood.”
Jin Tao， a director of many successful TV series in China
“A total of 12 million tons of grain， valued at more than 20 billion yuan（$3.22 billion）， is polluted by heavy metals each year. This is enough grain to support a population of more than 40 million.”
Zhu Yi， an associate professor of the College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering， China Agricultural University
“The lack of well-nurtured talent has become a stumbling block for creative industries in China， which is what makes this program so necessary.”
Yang Zhiyong， Secretary General of the China Creative Industry Alliance， which initiated a national training program aimed at developing China’s creative industries by cultivating talented people and helping them start businesses， on May 18
Xie， 23， claimed his second International Association of Athletics Federations （IAAF） event title in less than a week when he clocked 13.31 seconds at the 2014 IAAF World Challenge Beijing on May 21.
Xie has been guided by the same coach as China’s star hurdler Liu Xiang， an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. Xie made it to the semi-finals of the 110-meter hurdles in the London Olympic Games in 2012.
Care for the Elderly
Oriental Outlook May 22
China already had more than 200 million elderly people over the age of 60 by 2013. As a solution to cope with the aging problem in Chinese society， home-based care service has been proposed as the fundamental strategy.
The concept of “home-based care” was first proposed in China in 2001 and more than a decade has passed since such service centers were first set up in some locations.
Despite the country’s huge financial inputs and policy assistance， the homebased care services are still struggling. The fundamental reason for this is that compared with institutions specialized in taking care of the elderly， when old people are scattered in communities， the task of accurately assessing and aggregating their detailed needs and demands is not an easy one. Therefore， it’s important to make clear these people’s demands before the problem is effectively tackled.
Caretakers play a big role in home-based care service， but there is a major shortage of such workers. Most of the well-trained and experienced workers are working in institutions dedicated to taking care of the elderly. Those who are serving the elderly at home are mostly migrant people or laid-off workers， with little professional experience or training，while a stable source of volunteers does not yet exist. Even if volunteers are willing to do the job， they are not professionals.
Addressing the issue of how to develop the country’s elder care industry should rightfully be based on the demands of old people. A better understanding of their real needs will help businesses to make investments in the proper areas and also aid the government in formulating appropriate policies. Home-based care service is a response made to the current conditions experienced by China’s elderly. It will serve as a guide for policy design and relevant industry development. Doctor-Patient Relations
South Reviews May 21
After more than a decade’s deterioration in the medical and health care sectors owing to their overly market-oriented development， patients are faced with difficulty in accessing medical services at hospitals， while doctors are finding their image in society is on the decline.
The past few decades have seen a downturn in the relationship between doctors and patients. As for how to rebuild affinity between the two sides， there are many proposals： public hospitals should be act as providers of public welfare， doctors should be guaranteed decent salaries， medical resources should be more evenly distributed to community hospitals， the mechanism of dispute settlement should be made more reliable.
The uneven distribution of medical resources is the first factor to be blamed. Hospitals are criticized for subsidizing their medical services with overly expensive drug prescriptions.
The most important subject for a tangible reform may be： how to set up a mechanism where patients’ medical requirements can be swiftly met with no patient feeling that they have been abandoned.
Under this mechanism， doctors are provided with decent salaries and enjoy a high standard of living. As a result， patients will not feel that they are being exploited by their doctors.
Doctors are supposed to treat their patients as they do their own children， and in this case， doctors will， in return， receive respect of the highest level from the whole of society. This is what we are expecting to see and we believe this day will eventually come.
City Drainage Networks
People.com.cn May 13
Recently， heavy rainstorms hit south China. In Shenzhen of Guangdong Province， the strongest rainstorm seen in the past six years caused flooding throughout in the city， leading to an almost total gridlock of the city’s transportation network.
The result of an investigation done by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in 2011 revealed that during 2008 and 2010， rainstorms caused flooding in 62 percent of the 351 cities that were surveyed. In 2012， a rainstorm in Beijing in mid-July resulted in 79 deaths.
The aging urban drainage networks and their outdated design are always blamed for the floods. However， this time， in the modern city of Shenzhen， where it is presumed that the “aging problem” is impossible， the same problem has been discovered. In March， heavy rain caused sinkholes to appear， an incident that occurred in Shenzhen 10 times in 2013 alone. The main reason given was once again the aging drainage network. This makes a city especially vulnerable to extreme weather.
Compared with the quick pace of urban expansion， climate change and the frequency of extreme weather， the pace of updating and expanding the drainage networks is left far behind.
TOP SCIENTIST
Chinese search giant Baidu has hired Andrew Ng， a noted artificial intelligence researcher and co-founder of online education startup Coursera， to be its chief scientist， according to the company’s announcement on May 16. Ng will help to build out a new artificialintelligence research lab that Baidu has opened in Silicon Valley.
Ng works on deep learning as an associate professor at Stanford and created the Google Brain team， which is most famous for creating a program that allowed computers to learn to identify cats in videos.
Ng started Coursera， which offers university courses online， in 2012. He said that he will continue to be Coursera’s chairman and “remain deeply involved in company strategy.”
The 38-year-old Chinese American scientist grew up in Hong Kong and Singapore and received his PhD from University of California， Berkeley， in 2002.
“Tibetan Buddhism puts a lot of emphasis on cherishing life. Whatever the motives， self-immolation and teaching others to set themselves on fire are against Buddhist teachings.”
Li Decheng， Director of the Religion Institute of China Tibetology Research Center， criticizing the Dalai Lama’s partial approval of self-immolation during his recent remarks at a forum in Norway
“Talking from the perspective of a producer， I believe that the core role of playwrights in creating soap operas will be recognized in China after we introduce the system in Hollywood.”
Jin Tao， a director of many successful TV series in China
“A total of 12 million tons of grain， valued at more than 20 billion yuan（$3.22 billion）， is polluted by heavy metals each year. This is enough grain to support a population of more than 40 million.”
Zhu Yi， an associate professor of the College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering， China Agricultural University
“The lack of well-nurtured talent has become a stumbling block for creative industries in China， which is what makes this program so necessary.”
Yang Zhiyong， Secretary General of the China Creative Industry Alliance， which initiated a national training program aimed at developing China’s creative industries by cultivating talented people and helping them start businesses， on May 18