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TENNIS ACE

China News Weekly

June 9, 2011

Recently, the news that the tennis player Li Na won the China's first ever Grand Slam singles title spread across the country. While being overjoyed at this good news, the Chinese people have a lot to learned from her success.

One of the key reasons for her success is said to be the fact that she broke away from the state-run sporting system in 2008, acquiring the right to manage her own career, choose her coaches and decide tournaments that she would play in. She also keeps a bigger share of her winnings. This change has encouraged her and helped improve her performance. However, it must also be noted that her ability was honed during her time in the national team before 2008. Training provided by the state-run system gave her the initial chance of success.

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PRIVATE PLANES  

Oriental Outlook

June 9, 2011

Mention private jets, and extravagance springs to people's mind. The private plane has been mistakenly regarded as a symbol of wealth and success. However, flying privately can also improve working efficiency, leading to a company's international competitiveness, and help advertise the company. Since 2008, the market for private planes has grown in China, with the number increasing by 50 percent annually on average.

Registered private planes are mainly executive jets in China and the buyers include celebrities in entertainment, private entrepreneurs, aviation clubs and state-owned aviation enterprises. While there is much potential in this sector, challenges like lack of pilots and limitations on private flying should be overcome before the industry can prosper.

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OVER ANXIOUS 

Sanlian Life Weekly

June 6, 2011

Nowadays, raising a child is a great challenge for young parents both financially and psychologically, especially for those in big cities like in Beijing and Shanghai. Parents have to compete for a bed in a maternity hospital in the beginning of pregnancy, a vacancy in a kindergarten, and then in a primary school. It creates much anxiety.

Research by American pyschologists shows with the progess of the society, parents tend to be more anxious in raising children, especially when the number of births is decreasing. China has reached this stage of progress. Overanxious parents are mostly well-educated elites who are financially capable of providing children with high-quality education. The increase of children's retail market and parents' ability to spoil their single child juxtaposed with the decreasing birth rate is fueling this anxiety.