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- Wang Yang from Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province has won the first gold medal of the World Mind Sports Games in Beijing, beating Nguyen Vu Quan of Vietnam in the final round of Xiangqi, or Chinese Chess.
- Medical staff in Nanjing and other Chinese cities spent yesterday measuring the blood pressure of local residents on 'National Hypertension Day', which falls on October 8th each year.
- China is planning its first national park in the dense forest of northeast Heilongjiang Province, in an effort to balance environmental protection and moderate tourism development.
- Two farmers have built their own Formula 1 racing car out of cooking pots, bicycles, and steel doors.
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We start with football, and China has dropped by two places in the FIFA world soccer rankings released yesterday.
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The Colombian Federation of Skating has made official the petition to host the Speed Skating World Cup of 2009.
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In cycling, Lance Armstrong has been cleared to make his cycling comeback in January's Tour Down Under in Australia.
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In golf, Tiger Woods has warned his rivals that he intends to return from surgery with a remodelled swing that will make him better than ever.
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And it tennis, Ana Ivanovic has become the latest big-name casualty at the Kremlin Cup, losing 3-6 6-2 7-6 to Dominika Cibulkova.
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China's central bank has announced cuts in both the interest rate and reserve-requirement ratio in the latest effort to boost the domestic economy amid worries over the deepening global financial crisis.
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Seven types of venues in Guangzhou, including supermarkets, restaurants and railway stations will soon have to pay copyright fees for the background music they play.
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It's been announced that Chinese search engine Baidu is to open an internet platform to allow online trade. |
Charging More for Bank Card Services
Starting on October 8th, there will be no more free charge services for commercial bank cards. And, as expected, opinions differ about the new policy.
- Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming, an ambassador to China's Panda Protection Research Center, recently visited the giant panda breeding base in Ya'an, Sichuan Province to shoot a commercial on panda protection.
- Warner Bros. is developing "Thumb," a feature version of Tom Thumb, the diminutive folklore character who has had many entertainment incarnations over the years. Kevin Lima will direct.
Q&A with Johan Bjorksten
It's no secret that the internet has evolved into a vital modern tool for international corporate communications. However, what works for the rest of the world doesn't automatically fly here in China. The book 'Catching Up Fast: PR and Marketing in a Web 2.0 China' tries to bridge gaps and provide solutions.
(Editor: Xu Liuliu)
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Broadcast Time: 11:00-12:00, 2008-10-09
