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HEROIC AIRCRAFT CARRIER PILOT 　　The death of Zhang Chao， a lieutenant commander and aircraft carrier pilot candidate from the People’s Liberation Army （PLA） Navy， was publicly announced just ahead of the 89th anniversary of the founding of the PLA on August 1. 　　Zhang belonged to China’s first carrier-borne aircraft unit， which was established in May 2013. He lost his life on April 27 in an accident caused by mechanical malfunction during a routine training exercise. 　　Zhang focused on trying to save his aircraft， only ejecting at the last moment. However， as the plane was not far above the ground at the time， his parachute couldn’t fully open in time. 　　Zhang， who was 29， hailed from Yueyang City in south China’s Hunan Province. Having enrolled in the PLA Air Force Aviation University in 2004， he qualified as a PLA Air Force and Navy pilot before being selected as an aircraft carrier pilot candidate. 　　Concerns About Security in Rio 　　Beijing Youth Daily August 1 Complaints from the Chinese Olympic delegation about security problems in Rio de Janeiro， the host city for this year’s Summer Olympics， have become a hot topic on social media. Shi Dongpeng， a Chinese hurdler， has recounted on his microblog the experience of having a piece of luggage stolen upon arrival at his hotel in Rio. Four other members of the Chinese delegation experienced the even greater misfortune of having their passports and all of their luggage taken. 　　Poor security in Rio will not only cause Olympic participants inconvenience and financial loss， but will also seriously damage Rio’s and even Brazil’s international image. The ever-widening wealth gap in Brazil has contributed to social instability. In particular， the constantly expanding slums and increasing number of people residing in such locations have added to social unrest. 　　The International Olympic Committee（IOC） has done nothing wrong in choosing Rio as the host city for the Olympics. The decision indicates the IOC’s rec