Broadcast Time: 11:00-12:00, 2008-12-15
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- A new era in cross-Straits relations begins today with the launch of daily direct air, shipping and postal services.
- Direct postal services across the Taiwan straits has begun, with the first letter being sent from Taiwan to the Chinese mainland on Monday.
- The pair of giant pandas offered by the Chinese mainland to Taiwan are in good health and ready to depart for the island.
- Construction of a cable-stayed viaduct spanning east China's Qiantang River began yesterday in Zhejiang province.
- An Italian adventurer who spent 10 months rowing more than 9,500 nautical miles, or 18,000 kilometers across the Pacific has been rescued just 65 nautical miles short of his goal ¡ª Australia ¡ª after rough weather sapped him of his final shreds of energy.
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Chinese players are not fit enough to play well in the four-nation tournament, according to the caretaker coach of the Chinese national football team Yin Tiesheng.
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Japanese figure skater Mao Asada won the gold medal at the Grand Prix Final with a total score of 188.55 points on Saturday.
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Elsewhere in football, Samuel Eto went from villain to hero as Barcelona scored two late goals to beat Real Madrid 2 nil in the Nou Camp stadium on Saturday night.
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In golf, Annika Sorenstam ended her glittering 15-year career with a birdie to finish seventh at the Dubai Masters, her final event before retiring.
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In NFL, the Tennessee Titans lost what was only their second game of the season as Houston edged them out in Texas, while the New York Jets squeezed past the Buffalo Bills and the Redskins were stunned by Cincinnati.
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US Smart Helicopters
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- China's tourism industry has launched a major campaign to help arrest a major decline in the number of American holidaymakers coming to the mainland.
- Undeterred by the current global economic crisis, Taiwan businesses plan to invest 20 billion yuan in the mainland city of Tianjin.
- A spokesperson for Volkswagen's two joint-venture auto plants in China on Sunday denied recent reports that they are suspending production.
- Australian actor Hugh Jackman was named as host of February's Oscars in a departure from the tradition of picking U.S. comedians on Hollywood's most prestigious night.
- Actress Carman Lee Ruo Tong, who is well known for her portrayal of the mysterious "Dragon Girl", makes debut in a dancing show.
- As that old Kermit the Frog standard goes, it's not easy "Bein' Green," but the folks at DreamWorks have done their darndest to make sure we are entertained at "Shrek the Musical," the company's lavish stage adaptation of its hit animated movie.
Reform on Household Registration System
According to news released by the Ministry of Public Security, Hebei, Liaoning and 13 other provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, are reforming the decades-old Hukou, or household registration system. Abolishing the division of 'rural residents' and 'urban residents' is their main objective, and has trapped the attention of the public eye.
Island Life
Hey if you are stranded on a desert island, and you can take one thing or one person with you, who or what will it be? |
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