Broadcast Time: 11:00-12:00, 2008-12-09
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- The Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, is the most important celebration for Chinese people. It can also mean that millions of people will be on the move toward home each year.
- If you travel to Taiwan and happen to crave some authentic Peking roast duck, you may not have to hold your appetite any more.
- China plans to build its first underwater live studio off the coast of Shanghai in early 2009.
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Yin Tiesheng has been appointed caretaker coach of the Chinese men's soccer national team.
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The former captain of the Chinese women's soccer national team Li Jie has retired from the international duty to secure a more promising future.
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The Chinese Hockey Association has announced that the contract with South Korean coach Kim Chang Back, who led the Chinese women's team to the history-making runners-up position at the Beijing Olympics, will not be renewed.
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The first China-ASEAN CBO men's basketball invitational is set to be held from December 17th to 21st in Pingguo county, Bose city, in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
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In Motor racing, the Williams team have insisted that they will remain in Formula One despite the global financial crisis that led to Honda's withdrawal last week.
- It is China's golden screening time. Every year in the run up to Christmas and the Spring Festival, the box offices are abuzz with the year's biggest releases.
- True to form and in keeping with past recessions, Americans are flocking to the movies.
- Still on the big screen, Heath Ledger's Dark Knight Oscar chances just brightened considerably.
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- China's drug safety watchdog has blacklisted 23 websites, which were found to have been selling fake drugs or to have published illegal adverts that exaggerated the benefits of their products.
- Software giant Microsoft has announced plans to reduce the retail price of its Windows and Office products by as much as 60 percent in China, hoping to win customers back from pirate software dealers.
- The financial crisis in America continues to claim victims. The Tribune Corporation - owner of the Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun and other daily newspapers ¨C has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the first major newspaper publisher to take such a step since the Internet plunged the industry into a desperate struggle for survival.
- And huge cuts have just been announced at the Dow Chemical Corporation.
- But there is some happier news around today. The computer mouse is celebrating its 40th birthday.
Plan for Fuel Tax Increase Proposed
Year-end Blockbusters
The end of the year means more tickets sold at the cinema home and abroad. Are you a regular movie-goer? What's your favorite flick? Are you expecting to see any movies coming out soon?
- Have HIV/AIDS Checkup to Block Virus Transmission
- Auto Manufacturers Winning Chinese Customers With Smaller Cars
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