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China Drive, Morning, 2008-10-24
    2008-10-24 17:37:35     CRIENGLISH.com

Broadcast Time: 11:00-12:00, 2008-10-24

      
     

  • A national standard eye examination has showed that Beijing primary and high school children's vision has been getting generally worse.
  • The Qingdao Gulf Bridge project is proceeding smoothly in the coastal city in eastern China's Shandong Province, with over eighty percent of the pile foundations and almost half the pier columns completed.

  • More than 40 teenagers are showing symptoms of diarrhea or vomiting at a school in Haikou, the capital of south China's Hainan Province, but the source of the malaise remains unknown.

  • In an unusual uncident, traffic police here in China have pulled over a man who was driving the chassis of a lorry down a motorway.

  • Spanish golf legend Severiano Ballesteros will undergo a third operation to overcome a brain tumor.
  • The latest world badminton rankings for mixed doubles have been released by the Badminton World Federation and there's good news for China.
  • In European football, Portsmouth were beaten 3-0 in Portugal as they lost their opening Uefa Cup Group E match against Braga.

  • In tennis, Roger Federer reached the Swiss Indoors quarter-finals with a testing 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-1) win over Jarkko Nieminen.

  • British skipper Ian Walker and his Green Dragon team led the fleet around the first scoring gate off Brazil on leg one of the Volvo Ocean Race.


Your Childhood Toys

Do you still remember those toys that accompanied you through your childhood years and brought you lots of laughter? What are your favorite toys? And why do you like them?

 

 


 

 

 

  • The 7th Asia-Europe Meeting or ASEM has opened here in Beijing this morning, and comes at a time when the international community faces grave financial challenges.
  • Spain signed an agreement with China yesterday to lend up to 360 million euros ¨C around 460 million U.S. dollars - to China between 2008 and 2010.

  • The oil producers' cartel Opec is holding an emergency meeting in Vienna to discuss possible production cuts as it tries to shore up falling prices.

    Should the Public Act as Police Officers?

A policy recently issued in Pingdingshan city, in Central China's Henan Province, encourages the public to catch thieves by offering rewards of between 500 to 5,000 yuan. This new policy is causing heated discussion.

            

  • Chinese Director Lin Zhaohua's new-versioned stage drama - "Hamlet" went on stage in Beijing Tuesday evening.
  • Edward Norton says Brad Pitt "can't sing", so won't be starring in a musical version of 'Fight Club'.

  • The 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)' singer - who wed Jay-Z earlier this year - admits it is taking time for her to get used to her new relationship status.

  • Huaxi Graduates 
  • Stylish Spacesuits
 
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