Broadcast Time: 11:00-12:00, 2008-12-16
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- Sightseers from the Chiense mainland to Taiwan will be able to save time and money with yesterday's launch of daily direct air, shipping and postal services across the Taiwan Straits.
- The ongoing financial tsunami has been a tough test on the survivability of the tourism industry. And not all businesses have been lucky.
- Visitors to the 2010 Shanghai World Expo will be able to enjoy free public tranportation within the expo area.
- More than 14,000 people dressed as Santa Clause have paraded through the Portuguese city of Porto to try to set a new world record for the largest gathering of Santas, and raise money for charity.
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Triple Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt has set his sights on Michael Johnson's 400m world record, which has stood for nine years.
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Yao Ming and the rest of the Houston Rockets have been treated to a choir performance by the Bay City High School Show Choir, under the direction of Bob Bullard. The choir took their talent on the road to sing at a Rockets game before returning home to perform for friends and family.
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England coach Fabio Capello says Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham must play competitively while on loan at AC Milan to earn an England recall.
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Still with football, Uefa says it will not punish Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney over his clash with Aalborg's Kasper Risgard.
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To golf, and European captain Jose Maria Olazabal has made Sweden's Niclas Fasth the fifth selection for his eight-man Royal Trophy team to face Asia in January.
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- China's industrial growth slowed more sharply than expected in November on declining orders and investment stagnancy both at home and abroad, with some sectors like electricity and the auto industry slipping further into the red.
- Rising unemployment and a widening income gap are the two issues of most concern to Chinese people.
- Coca-Cola has come under fire after a private investigation accused it of "serious infringement" of the rights of its dispatched workers in China.
- Influenced by the global financial storm, car sales in China has been decreasing this year with many car dealers finding it difficult make ends meet. In light of this fact many smaller car dealers have had to consider merging.
- More than 130 Hollywood stars including Oscar winners George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron, Morgan Freeman and Sally Field, joined on Monday in opposing a strike authorization vote by the Screen Actors Guild.
- Madonna has paid her ex-husband British director Guy Ritchie up to 60 million pounds, or 92 million USD to settle their divorce after eight years of marriage.
- Jennifer Aniston wants to star in a "shoot-'em-up" film. The 39-year-old actress - who shot to fame playing Rachel Green in hit US TV show 'Friends' - is keen to test her acting talents in a different genre.
Mainland, Taiwan start direct air, sea, post link
The Chinese mainland and Taiwan began direct air, sea transport and postal services today for the first time since 1949. The "three direct links" across China's Taiwan Straits has finally become reality after 30 years. And in the "three direct links", the direct air link has provided the most interest.
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