e-magazine
The Hot Zone
China's newly announced air defense identification zone over the East China Sea aims to shore up national security
Current Issue
· Table of Contents
· Editor's Desk
· Previous Issues
· Subscribe to Mag
Subscribe Now >>
Expert's View
World
Nation
Business
Finance
Market Watch
Legal-Ease
North American Report
Forum
Government Documents
Expat's Eye
Health
Science/Technology
Lifestyle
Books
Movies
Backgrounders
Special
Photo Gallery
Blogs
Reader's Service
Learning with
'Beijing Review'
E-mail us
RSS Feeds
PDF Edition
Web-magazine
Reader's Letters
Make Beijing Review your homepage
Hot Links

cheap eyeglasses
Market Avenue
eBeijing

Newsmakers
Newsmakers
UPDATED: November 26, 2010 NO. 48 DECEMBER 2, 2010
PEOPLE/POINTS NO. 48, 2010
Share

Youngest Champion

Xia Shiying, 13, has become the youngest gold medal winner for the Chinese delegation at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong Province. She won three gold medals in the women's 1,000-, 500- and 250-meter straight races in dragon boat events.

Xia, who also slaloms, is the drummer in charge of harmonizing 20 rowers on a dragon boat. Since a drummer doesn't paddle, the lighter they are, the better. Xia, only 45 kg, is a good choice.

"Apart from her weight, Xia is a smart girl who has good insight and quick responses in the boat," said Lu Changsong, head coach of the Chinese women's dragon boat team. "She can adjust the rowers' rhythm with her drum tempo and alert teammates when opponents are trying to catch up."

Xia is also the youngest member of the Chinese Asian Games delegation.

It's the first time dragon boat racing has been an official event at the Asian Games. With a history of more than 2,200 years in China, it emerged as an international sport in 1976 and is popular in more than 60 countries and regions.

Business Leader

Li Yanhong (Robin Li), founder and CEO of Baidu Inc., operator of the world's most used Chinese language search engine, has been listed as one of the 50 Businesspersons of the Year in 2010 by Fortune magazine. Li ranks sixth on the list, the highest of Chinese people.

Li, 42, received a master's degree in computer science from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1994. After working at search engine pioneer Infoseek in Silicon Valley, he returned to China and founded Baidu in 1999. NASDAQ-listed Baidu has 73 percent of the Chinese market and is the third largest independent search engine in the world.

Fortune said Baidu is poised to overtake Yahoo as the world's second largest search engine after Google.

"When I founded Baidu, I don't expect a search engine will bring about so much profit. Now I don't need more money, but what I pursue now is making my products more user-friendly, which is the motivation of my daily work," said Li.

Ex-Nuclear Boss Sentenced

Kang Rixin, former General Manager of China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Beijing No.1 Intermediary People's Court on corruption charges. Kang was also deprived of his political rights for life and had his personal assets confiscated.

Kang, 57, was convicted of having abused his power to enable others to profit. He accepted bribes totaling 6.6 million yuan ($970,000) between 2004 and 2009, said the court ruling.

The sentence was lighter because Kang cooperated with investigators and returned all his ill-gotten gains.

Kang became CNNC's general manager in September 2003. He was sacked from his post for "serious violations of the law and discipline breaches" in December 2009.

The CNNC, a large state-owned enterprise, is the main investor in and the biggest owner of nuclear power plants across the country.



 
Top Story
-Protecting Ocean Rights
-Partners in Defense
-Fighting HIV+'s Stigma
-HIV: Privacy VS. Protection
-Setting the Tone
Most Popular
 
About BEIJINGREVIEW | About beijingreview.com | Rss Feeds | Contact us | Advertising | Subscribe & Service | Make Beijing Review your homepage
Copyright Beijing Review All right reserved