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UP-AND-COMING SWIMMER WINS GOLD 　　Ning Zetao， 22， scooped a historic win in the men’s 100-meter freestyle with a time of 47.48 seconds at the 16th World Aquatics Championships in Kazan， Russia， on August 6， in the process becoming the very first Asian swimmer to break the 48-second barrier in the event. 　　Ning started swimming at the age of 8. In 2011， he served one-year suspension after testing positive for clenbuterol reportedly imbibed through his consumption of certain meat products. But this did not faze Ning and he went on to win two gold medals in the men’s 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle events at the 2014 Asian Games. 　　“Winning gold [in Kazan] is like a dream. I made it，” said Ning. “Now I can focus on the Rio Olympic Games. I hope I can achieve good results in Rio.” 　　 A New Generation of Officials 　　China Newsweek August 3 　　Since the current Chinese leadership took office in 2012， an increasing number of officials born in the 1960s have been promoted to ministerial- and provincial-level positions. 　　The majority of this younger generation of high-ranking officials have started from community-level jobs and have displayed outstanding leadership ability during their youth. More importantly， most of them have received regular higher education， many majoring in management， economics and law. When it comes to the method of governance， they rely more on the law and regulations rather than personal prestige. 　　As participants in China’s reform and opening-up drive that started in the late 1970s， officials born after 1960 have enjoyed benefits from the country’s fast development over the past 30 years or so. Such experiences will prompt them to hold on to and further fine-tune national policies. 　　Over the past two years， 19 ministerial- and provincial-level officials of their rank have fallen from grace in the ongoing anti-corruption campaign. These bad role models should always remind the newly promoted officials to keep in mind that their ultim