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 Broadcast Time: 11:00-12:00, 2008-10-16
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- Vehicles of Shanghai government institutions and state-owned enterprises will take turns off the roads one out of the five weekdays starting from next month, following a similar traffic restriction in Beijing.
- A digital library for the blind, where the visually impaired can listen to electronic books, music or on-line lectures for free, has opened in Beijing.
- Fossils of the Jurassic Period, from roughly 206 to 144 million years ago, have been found in eastern Shenzhen's Dapeng Peninsula, south China.
- Hangout in Beijing
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Football matches in France will be called off immediately if spectators jeer during the French national anthem, says the country's sports minister.
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Patrick Harrington has finished runner-up at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda for the second year running, after losing a play-off to Jim Furyk.
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Roger Federer is safely into the third round of the Madrid Masters with a 6-2 7-6 victory over Radek Stepanek.
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Golf legend Seve Ballesteros is in a stable condition after undergoing an operation on a brain tumour.
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The 2009 French Formula One Grand Prix has been cancelled after the French Motorsports Federation withdrew financing for the event.
Do you like what you do right now?
The global turmoil is generating fear of a bleak job market in the near future. Do you like what you're doing right now? Are you confident that you'll eventually find what you really like to do?
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- The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China - ICBC - the world's largest commercial bank by market value, opened its first branch in the United States.
- The autumn session of the biannual Canton Fair has opened in the southern metropolis of Guangzhou.
- Coca-Cola, the biggest drinks maker in the US, has shrugged off the economic slowdown thanks to strong demand in emerging markets.
- College students' plan to own a home after graduation
Public feedback sought on reform of healthcare
Public opinion is being sought on a new draft issued on Nov 14 to reform the country's healthcare system. It is another step towards a nationwide medical healthcare system, which China hopes to have in place by 2020. The National Development and Reform Commission published the 13,500-word draft on its website, and welcomed opinions from the public in regard to its content.
- Madonna and Guy Ritchie are set to divorce.
- Sir Elton John is writing a "film musical" about a man who has AIDS.
- John Travolta cancelled filming on his new movie after rioting broke out on set.
(Page Editor: Yang Yong)
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