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We parked near the Great Mosque. We performed our ablutions and entered. Pilgrims seemed to beon top of each other, there were so many, lying, sitting, sleeping, praying, walking.My vocabulary cannot describe the new mosque that was being built around the Ka'ba. I was thrilledto realize that it was only one of the tremendous rebuilding tasks under the direction of young Dr.Azzam, who had just been my host. The Great Mosque of Mecca, when it is finished, will surpass thearchitectural beauty of India's Taj Mahal.Carrying my sandals, I followed the _Mutawaf_. Then I saw the Ka'ba, a huge black stone house in themiddle of the Great Mosque. It was being circumambulated by thousands upon thousands of prayingpilgrims, both sexes, and every size, shape, color, and race in the world. I knew the prayer to beuttered when the pilgrim's eyes first perceive the Ka'ba. Translated, it is "O God, You are peace, andpeace derives from You. So greet us, O Lord, with peace." Upon entering the Mosque, the pilgrimshould try to kiss the Ka'ba if possible, but if the crowds prevent him getting that close, he touches it,and if the crowds prevent that, he raises his hand and cries out "Takbir!" ("God is great!") I could notget within yards. "Takbir!"My feeling there in the House of God was a numbness. My _Mutawaf_ led me in the crowd ofpraying, chanting pilgrims, moving seven times around the Ka'ba. Some were bent and wizened withage; it was a sight that stamped itself on the brain. I saw incapacitated pilgrims being carried byothers. Faces were enraptured in their faith. The seventh time around, I prayed two _Rak'a_,prostrating myself, my head on the floor. The first prostration, I prayed the Quran verse "Say He isGod, the one and only"; the second prostration: "Say O you who are unbelievers, I worship not thatwhich you worship. . . ."As I prostrated, the _Mutawaf_ fended pilgrims off to keep me from being trampled.The _Mutawaf_ and I next drank water from the well of Zem Zem. Then we ran between the two hills,Safa and Marwa, where Hajar wandered over the same earth searching for water for her child Ishmael.Three separate times, after that, I visited the Great Mosque and circumambulated the Ka'ba. The nextday we set out after sunrise toward Mount Arafat, thousands of us, crying in unison: "Labbayka!Labbayka!" and "Allah Akbar!" Mecca is surrounded by the crudest-looking mountains I have everseen; they seem to be made of the slag from a blast furnace. No vegetation is on them at all. Arrivingabout noon, we prayed and chanted from noon until sunset, and the _asr_ (afternoon) and _Maghrib_(sunset) special prayers were performed.

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I will never forget the dinner at the Azzam home. I quote my notebook again: "I couldn't say in mymind that these were 'white' men. Why, the men acted as if they were brothers of mine, the elder DrAzzam as if he were my father. His fatherly, scholarly speech. I _felt_ like he was my father. He was,you could tell, a highly skilled diplomat, with a broad range of mind. His knowledge was so worldly.He was as current on world affairs as some people are to what's going on in their living room."The more we talked, the more his vast reservoir of knowledge and its variety seemed unlimited. Hespoke of the racial lineage of the descendants of Muhammad the Prophet, and he showed how theywere both black and white. He also pointed out how color, the complexities of color, and the problemsof color which exist in the Muslim world, exist only where, and to the extent that, that area of theMuslim world has been influenced by the West. He said that if one encountered any differences basedon attitude toward color, this directly reflected the degree of Western influence." I learned during dinner that while I was at the hotel, the Hajj Committee Court had been notifiedabout my case, and that in the morning I should be there. And I was.The judge was Sheikh Muhammad Harkon. The Court was empty except for me and a sister fromIndia, formerly a Protestant, who had converted to Islam, and was, like me, trying to make the Hajj.She was brown-skinned, with a small face that was mostly covered. Judge Harkon was a kind,impressive man. We talked. He asked me some questions, having to do with my sincerity. I answeredhim as truly as I could. He not only recognized me as a true Muslim, but he gave me two books, one inEnglish, the other in Arabic. He recorded my name in the Holy Register of true Muslims, and we wereready to part. He told me, "I hope you will become a great preacher of Islam in America." I said that Ishared that hope, and I would try to fulfill it.The Azzam family were very elated that I was qualified and accepted to go to Mecca. I had lunch atthe Jedda Palace. Then I slept again for several hours, until the telephone awakened meIt was Muhammad Abdul Azziz Maged, the Deputy Chief of Protocol for Prince Faisal. "A special carwill be waiting to take you to Mecca, right after your dinner," he told me. He advised me to eatheartily, as the Hajj rituals require plenty of strength.I was beyond astonishment by then.Two young Arabs accompanied me to Mecca. A well-lighted, modem turnpike highway made the tripeasy. Guards at intervals along the way took one look at the car, and the driver made a sign, and wewere passed through, never even having to slow down. I was, all at once, thrilled, important, humble,and thankful.Mecca, when we entered, seemed as ancient as time itself. Our car slowed through the winding streets,lined by shops on both sides and with buses, cars, and trucks, and tens of thousands of pilgrims fromall over the earth were everywhere.The car halted briefly at a place where a _Mutawaf_ was waiting for me. He wore the white skullcapand long nightshirt garb that I had seen at the airport. He was a short, dark-skinned Arab, namedMuhammad. He spoke no English whatever.

We parked near the Great Mosque. We performed our ablutions and entered. Pilgrims seemed to beon top of each other, there were so many, lying, sitting, sleeping, praying, walking.My vocabulary cannot describe the new mosque that was being built around the Ka'ba. I was thrilledto realize that it was only one of the tremendous rebuilding tasks under the direction of young Dr.Azzam, who had just been my host. The Great Mosque of Mecca, when it is finished, will surpass thearchitectural beauty of India's Taj Mahal.Carrying my sandals, I followed the _Mutawaf_. Then I saw the Ka'ba, a huge black stone house in themiddle of the Great Mosque. It was being circumambulated by thousands upon thousands of prayingpilgrims, both sexes, and every size, shape, color, and race in the world. I knew the prayer to beuttered when the pilgrim's eyes first perceive the Ka'ba. Translated, it is "O God, You are peace, andpeace derives from You. So greet us, O Lord, with peace." Upon entering the Mosque, the pilgrimshould try to kiss the Ka'ba if possible, but if the crowds prevent him getting that close, he touches it,and if the crowds prevent that, he raises his hand and cries out "Takbir!" ("God is great!") I could notget within yards. "Takbir!"My feeling there in the House of God was a numbness. My _Mutawaf_ led me in the crowd ofpraying, chanting pilgrims, moving seven times around the Ka'ba. Some were bent and wizened withage; it was a sight that stamped itself on the brain. I saw incapacitated pilgrims being carried byothers. Faces were enraptured in their faith. The seventh time around, I prayed two _Rak'a_,prostrating myself, my head on the floor. The first prostration, I prayed the Quran verse "Say He isGod, the one and only"; the second prostration: "Say O you who are unbelievers, I worship not thatwhich you worship. . . ."As I prostrated, the _Mutawaf_ fended pilgrims off to keep me from being trampled.The _Mutawaf_ and I next drank water from the well of Zem Zem. Then we ran between the two hills,Safa and Marwa, where Hajar wandered over the same earth searching for water for her child Ishmael.Three separate times, after that, I visited the Great Mosque and circumambulated the Ka'ba. The nextday we set out after sunrise toward Mount Arafat, thousands of us, crying in unison: "Labbayka!Labbayka!" and "Allah Akbar!" Mecca is surrounded by the crudest-looking mountains I have everseen; they seem to be made of the slag from a blast furnace. No vegetation is on them at all. Arrivingabout noon, we prayed and chanted from noon until sunset, and the _asr_ (afternoon) and _Maghrib_(sunset) special prayers were performed.

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I will never forget the dinner at the Azzam home. I quote my notebook again: "I couldn't say in mymind that these were 'white' men. Why, the men acted as if they were brothers of mine, the elder DrAzzam as if he were my father. His fatherly, scholarly speech. I _felt_ like he was my father. He was,you could tell, a highly skilled diplomat, with a broad range of mind. His knowledge was so worldly.He was as current on world affairs as some people are to what's going on in their living room."The more we talked, the more his vast reservoir of knowledge and its variety seemed unlimited. Hespoke of the racial lineage of the descendants of Muhammad the Prophet, and he showed how theywere both black and white. He also pointed out how color, the complexities of color, and the problemsof color which exist in the Muslim world, exist only where, and to the extent that, that area of theMuslim world has been influenced by the West. He said that if one encountered any differences basedon attitude toward color, this directly reflected the degree of Western influence." I learned during dinner that while I was at the hotel, the Hajj Committee Court had been notifiedabout my case, and that in the morning I should be there. And I was.The judge was Sheikh Muhammad Harkon. The Court was empty except for me and a sister fromIndia, formerly a Protestant, who had converted to Islam, and was, like me, trying to make the Hajj.She was brown-skinned, with a small face that was mostly covered. Judge Harkon was a kind,impressive man. We talked. He asked me some questions, having to do with my sincerity. I answeredhim as truly as I could. He not only recognized me as a true Muslim, but he gave me two books, one inEnglish, the other in Arabic. He recorded my name in the Holy Register of true Muslims, and we wereready to part. He told me, "I hope you will become a great preacher of Islam in America." I said that Ishared that hope, and I would try to fulfill it.The Azzam family were very elated that I was qualified and accepted to go to Mecca. I had lunch atthe Jedda Palace. Then I slept again for several hours, until the telephone awakened meIt was Muhammad Abdul Azziz Maged, the Deputy Chief of Protocol for Prince Faisal. "A special carwill be waiting to take you to Mecca, right after your dinner," he told me. He advised me to eatheartily, as the Hajj rituals require plenty of strength.I was beyond astonishment by then.Two young Arabs accompanied me to Mecca. A well-lighted, modem turnpike highway made the tripeasy. Guards at intervals along the way took one look at the car, and the driver made a sign, and wewere passed through, never even having to slow down. I was, all at once, thrilled, important, humble,and thankful.Mecca, when we entered, seemed as ancient as time itself. Our car slowed through the winding streets,lined by shops on both sides and with buses, cars, and trucks, and tens of thousands of pilgrims fromall over the earth were everywhere.The car halted briefly at a place where a _Mutawaf_ was waiting for me. He wore the white skullcapand long nightshirt garb that I had seen at the airport. He was a short, dark-skinned Arab, namedMuhammad. He spoke no English whatever.

That morning was when I first began to reappraise the "white man." It was when I first began toperceive that "white man," as commonly used, means complexion only secondarily; primarily itdescribed attitudes and actions. In America, "white man" meant specific attitudes and actions towardthe black man, and toward all other non-white men. But in the Muslim world, I had seen that men with white complexions were more genuinely brotherly than anyone else had ever been.That morning was the start of a radical alteration in my whole outlook about "white" men.I should quote from my notebook here. I wrote this about noon, in the hotel: "My excitement, sittinghere, waiting to go before the Hajj Committee, is indescribable. My window faces to the sea westward.The streets are filled with the incoming pilgrims from all over the world. The prayers are to Allah andverses from the Quran are on the lips of everyone. Never have I seen such a beautiful sight, norwitnessed such a scene, nor felt such an atmosphere. Although I am excited, I feel safe and secure,thousands of miles from the totally different life that I have known. Imagine that twenty-four hoursago, I was in the fourth-floor room over the airport, surrounded by people with whom I could notcommunicate, feeling uncertain about the future, and very lonely, and then _one_ phone call,following Dr. Shawarbi's instructions. I have met one of the most powerful men in the Muslim world.I will soon sleep in his bed at the Jedda Palace. I know that I am surrounded by friends whosesincerity and religious zeal I can feel. I must pray again to thank Allah for this blessing, and I mustpray again that my wife and children back in America will always be blessed for their sacrifices, too."I did pray, two more prayers, as I had told my notebook. Then I slept for about four hours, until thetelephone rang. It was young Dr. Azzam. In another hour, he would pick me up to return me there fordinner. I tumbled words over one another, trying to express some of the thanks I felt for all of theiractions. He cut me off. "Ma sha'a-llah"-which means, "It is as Allah has pleased."I seized the opportunity to run down into the lobby, to see it again before Dr. Azzam arrived. When Iopened my door, just across the hall from me a man in some ceremonial dress, who obviously livedthere, was also headed downstairs, surrounded by attendants. I followed them down, then throughthe lobby. Outside, a small caravan of automobiles was wailing. My neighbor appeared through theJedda Palace Hotel's front entrance and people rushed and crowded him, kissing his hand. I found outwho he was: the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. Later, in the hotel, I would have the opportunity to talkwith him for about a half-hour. He was a cordial man of great dignity. He was well up on worldaffairs, and even the latest events in America.

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A servant brought tea and coffee, and disappeared. I was urged to make myself comfortable. Nowomen were anywhere in view. In Arabia, you could easily think there were no femalesDr. Abd-Al-Rahman Azzam dominated the conversation. Why hadn't I called before? They couldn'tunderstand why I hadn't. Was I comfortable? They seemed embarrassed that I had spent the time at the airport; that I had been delayed in getting to Mecca. No matter how I protested that I felt noinconvenience, that I was fine, they would not hear it. "You must rest," Dr. Azzam said. He went touse the telephoneI didn't know what this distinguished man was doing. I had no dream. When I was told that I wouldbe brought back for dinner that evening, and that, meanwhile, I should get back in the car, how couldI have realized that I was about to see the epitome of Muslim hospitality?Abd-Al-Rahman Azzam, when at home, lived in a suite at the Jedda Palace Hotel. Because I had cometo them with a letter from a friend, he was going to stay at his son's home, and let me use his suite,until I could get on to Mecca.When I found out, there was no use protesting: I was in the suite; young Dr. Azzam was gone; therewas no one to protest to. The three-room suite had a bathroom that was as big as a double at the NewYork Hilton. It was suite number 214. There was even a porch outside, affording a beautiful view ofthe ancient Red Sea city.There had never before been in my emotions such an impulse to pray-and I did, prostrating myself onthe living-room rugNothing in either of my two careers as a black man in America had served to give me any idealistictendencies. My instincts automatically examined the reasons, the motives, of anyone who didanything they didn't have to do for me. Always in my life, if it was any white person, I could see aselfish motive.But there in that hotel that morning, a telephone call and a few hours away from the cot on the fourth-floor tier of the dormitory, was one of the few times I had been so awed that I was totally withoutresistance. That white man-at least he would have been considered "white" in America-related toArabia's ruler, to whom he was a close advisor, truly an international man, with nothing in the worldto gain, had given up his suite to me, for my transient comfort. He had _nothing_ to gain. He didn'tneed me. He had everything. In fact, he had more to lose than gain. He had followed the Americanpress about me. If he did that, he knew there was only stigma attached to me. I was supposed to havehorns. I was a "racist." I was "anti-white"-and he from all appearances was white. I was supposed to bea criminal; not only that, but everyone was even accusing me of using his religion of Islam as a cloakfor my criminal practices and philosophies. Even if he had had some motive to use me, he knew that Iwas separated from Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam, my "power base," according to thepress in America. The only organization that I had was just a few weeks old. I had no job. I had nomoney. Just to get over there, I had had to borrow money from my sister.

That morning was when I first began to reappraise the "white man." It was when I first began toperceive that "white man," as commonly used, means complexion only secondarily; primarily itdescribed attitudes and actions. In America, "white man" meant specific attitudes and actions towardthe black man, and toward all other non-white men. But in the Muslim world, I had seen that men with white complexions were more genuinely brotherly than anyone else had ever been.That morning was the start of a radical alteration in my whole outlook about "white" men.I should quote from my notebook here. I wrote this about noon, in the hotel: "My excitement, sittinghere, waiting to go before the Hajj Committee, is indescribable. My window faces to the sea westward.The streets are filled with the incoming pilgrims from all over the world. The prayers are to Allah andverses from the Quran are on the lips of everyone. Never have I seen such a beautiful sight, norwitnessed such a scene, nor felt such an atmosphere. Although I am excited, I feel safe and secure,thousands of miles from the totally different life that I have known. Imagine that twenty-four hoursago, I was in the fourth-floor room over the airport, surrounded by people with whom I could notcommunicate, feeling uncertain about the future, and very lonely, and then _one_ phone call,following Dr. Shawarbi's instructions. I have met one of the most powerful men in the Muslim world.I will soon sleep in his bed at the Jedda Palace. I know that I am surrounded by friends whosesincerity and religious zeal I can feel. I must pray again to thank Allah for this blessing, and I mustpray again that my wife and children back in America will always be blessed for their sacrifices, too."I did pray, two more prayers, as I had told my notebook. Then I slept for about four hours, until thetelephone rang. It was young Dr. Azzam. In another hour, he would pick me up to return me there fordinner. I tumbled words over one another, trying to express some of the thanks I felt for all of theiractions. He cut me off. "Ma sha'a-llah"-which means, "It is as Allah has pleased."I seized the opportunity to run down into the lobby, to see it again before Dr. Azzam arrived. When Iopened my door, just across the hall from me a man in some ceremonial dress, who obviously livedthere, was also headed downstairs, surrounded by attendants. I followed them down, then throughthe lobby. Outside, a small caravan of automobiles was wailing. My neighbor appeared through theJedda Palace Hotel's front entrance and people rushed and crowded him, kissing his hand. I found outwho he was: the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. Later, in the hotel, I would have the opportunity to talkwith him for about a half-hour. He was a cordial man of great dignity. He was well up on worldaffairs, and even the latest events in America.

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A servant brought tea and coffee, and disappeared. I was urged to make myself comfortable. Nowomen were anywhere in view. In Arabia, you could easily think there were no femalesDr. Abd-Al-Rahman Azzam dominated the conversation. Why hadn't I called before? They couldn'tunderstand why I hadn't. Was I comfortable? They seemed embarrassed that I had spent the time at the airport; that I had been delayed in getting to Mecca. No matter how I protested that I felt noinconvenience, that I was fine, they would not hear it. "You must rest," Dr. Azzam said. He went touse the telephoneI didn't know what this distinguished man was doing. I had no dream. When I was told that I wouldbe brought back for dinner that evening, and that, meanwhile, I should get back in the car, how couldI have realized that I was about to see the epitome of Muslim hospitality?Abd-Al-Rahman Azzam, when at home, lived in a suite at the Jedda Palace Hotel. Because I had cometo them with a letter from a friend, he was going to stay at his son's home, and let me use his suite,until I could get on to Mecca.When I found out, there was no use protesting: I was in the suite; young Dr. Azzam was gone; therewas no one to protest to. The three-room suite had a bathroom that was as big as a double at the NewYork Hilton. It was suite number 214. There was even a porch outside, affording a beautiful view ofthe ancient Red Sea city.There had never before been in my emotions such an impulse to pray-and I did, prostrating myself onthe living-room rugNothing in either of my two careers as a black man in America had served to give me any idealistictendencies. My instincts automatically examined the reasons, the motives, of anyone who didanything they didn't have to do for me. Always in my life, if it was any white person, I could see aselfish motive.But there in that hotel that morning, a telephone call and a few hours away from the cot on the fourth-floor tier of the dormitory, was one of the few times I had been so awed that I was totally withoutresistance. That white man-at least he would have been considered "white" in America-related toArabia's ruler, to whom he was a close advisor, truly an international man, with nothing in the worldto gain, had given up his suite to me, for my transient comfort. He had _nothing_ to gain. He didn'tneed me. He had everything. In fact, he had more to lose than gain. He had followed the Americanpress about me. If he did that, he knew there was only stigma attached to me. I was supposed to havehorns. I was a "racist." I was "anti-white"-and he from all appearances was white. I was supposed to bea criminal; not only that, but everyone was even accusing me of using his religion of Islam as a cloakfor my criminal practices and philosophies. Even if he had had some motive to use me, he knew that Iwas separated from Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam, my "power base," according to thepress in America. The only organization that I had was just a few weeks old. I had no job. I had nomoney. Just to get over there, I had had to borrow money from my sister.

The assistant track coach at the University of North Carolina admitted to doping in 2008 and was stripped of the gold medal in the men's 4x400m relay in 2000 Sydney Games.He said then that he wanted "to play a role in teaching people, especially young athletes, to know that the negatives far, far outweigh the benefits these substances may give you."No one knows that how much the American's repentance and revelation would work for the youth but as International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge put it, "Doping will never completely disappear from sport because cheating is inevitably a human nature. Our duty is to reduce to as low as possible."One of the ways to hinder drug cheats is doping tests in which several renowned athletes were found positive for banned substances.American 400m Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt received a 21-month ban for anabolic steroid dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) which he claimed was contained in an over-the-counter product to enlarge his private part while world and Olympic 100-meter champion Shelly-Ann Fraser of Jamaica was suspended for six months after failing a doping test. She said she took a painkiller because of a toothache before her Diamond League race in May in Shanghai.China's judo Olympic winner Tong Wen was found positive for banned steroid clenbuterol, which she blamed food contamination.Chinese consumers are becoming more sophisticated and demanding a better service experience.Sixty-three percent of respondents said they hoped for better customer relations management and 43 percent wished for an overall enhanced shopping experience, according to a China luxury market study this year by Bain & Co, a leading global business and strategy consulting firm.This requires management levels to be more professional and versatile."Professional management training programs will benefit many experienced luxury brand employees in terms of giving them the opportunity of promotion and entering management levels," Zhao said.A former Olympic champion who had admitted to doping killed himself and reigning Beijing Games winners were disgraced by doping scandals in 2010.Former Olympic sprinter Antonio Pettigrew was found dead in the back seat of his locked car in August this year and police announced the 42-year-old committed suicide.

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Many makers of luxury brands that aggressively expanded in China in recent years are finding themselves caught up in a shortage of skilled management."Although there is a comparatively sound management talent supply channel for luxury brands in Beijing and Shanghai, the talent shortage in second- and third-tier cities is very serious," said Zhao Wei, an executive recruitment consultant with Antal International.In Beijing and Shanghai, the talent supply has matured because they are the key cities where luxury brands started to open stores in China.In second- and third-tier cities such as Tianjin, Shenyang and Hangzhou, store managers selling luxury brands come from a variety of fields, including the hospitality and cosmetics sectors. It's very hard to find the right people for this position, Zhao said.Zhao said there is a preference for people with experience in the service industries, because the luxury industry is fundamentally a kind of service as well.The biggest difference between management skills in the luxury brand and other industries, such as IT and property, mainly lies in the emphasis on applicants' appearances and understanding of the brands' history and culture, said Zhao.Liu Fei, a public relations manager with Cartier, a French luxury jewelry and watch brand, said he frequently visits stores selling luxury brands to see what products are on sale and to learn the latest trends in the industry, but he has no intention of buying anything."A strong fashion sense and passion for the industry is critical for your career, because this plays an important role in your routine work," Liu said."Most high school and vocational school graduates entered the industry as employees of the luxury brands several years ago and now the best have become the backbone of the management," Zhao said. "They've got enough experience and the only challenge for them is to fuel themselves with professional management knowledge and to improve language skills."A two-year course called Master of International Brand Management-Luxury was launched this year to satisfy the growing demands of this group, whose members are desperate for self-fulfillment. It is a joint project run by Renmin University of China and Euromed Management with tuition fees of 180,000 yuan ($27,037)."For the first phase, there were about 100 applicants for the program and we enrolled just 23 people. I think there will be more applicants in coming years as the size of China's middle class grows," said Chen Yongjun, executive vice-president of the International College at Renmin University of China."Most of these applicants come from service industries, including airline stewardesses and executives from enterprises, and they are all very interested in the luxury industry and believe it has quite a lot of potential in China," Chen added.

China Eastern Airlines Corp Ltd's stake in China Cargo Airlines will fall to 51 percent from 70 percent after a 1.6 billion yuan ($232.9 million) capital increase, according to Reuters' report on Sunday.China Cargo Airlines, which had total assets of 4.6 billion yuan and net liabilities of 344.6 million yuan as of Dec 17, will buy the core air cargo transportation business and related assets of Great Wall Airlines and Shanghai Cargo Airlines after increasing its capital base to 2.5 billion yuan, the report said.China Eastern Airlines said in a statement on Nov 15 it had agreed to inject 1.05 billion yuan in the capital increase.Meanwhile, China Ocean Shipping Group, contributing 348.5 million yuan to the capital increase, will see its stake in China Cargo Airlines fall to 17 percent from 30 percent.Concord Pacific and Singapore Cargo Airlines, contributing 328 million yuan each, will each own 16 percent of the recapitalized cargo group, the report said.

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