Broadcast Time: 11:00-12:00, 2008-12-23
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- A pair of giant pandas, offered by the Chinese mainland, will leave for Taiwan later today.
- About 206 million Chinese, or more than 68 percent of the country's Internet users, are using the web to access their main source of news.
- Under pressure from both the government and the public, a Shanghai-based computer game design company has revised its popular on-line game "Giant", which presented virtual pornographic bathing and massage to winners.
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Norwegian Tony Andre Hansen has been stripped of his Olympic showjumping bronze medal -- and banned for four-and-a-half months by the International Equestrian Federation -- after his horse tested positive for a banned substance at the Beijing Games.
What haven't You Done?
What haven't you done you set out to do this year; and is there still time to do it before the end of the year?
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- China cut interest rates for the fifth time in three months on Monday in its latest effort to rev up the world's fourth largest economy.
- Dropping property prices and the depreciation of foreign currency are fuelling Chinese ambitions to buy homes overseas.
- China Telecom released new mobile phone numbers that begin with 189 on Monday. After the reshuffle of China's telecom industry, China Telecom has now officially entered the mobile phone market.
- A number of Shanghai financial institutions recruiting overseas for high-end talent recently came back with stacks of resumes.
 
New Regulation on Charging the Children's Tickets
The Ministry of Railways recently announced an adjustment on the height requirements of children's tickets. From December 21st, those with height between 1.1 and 1.5 meters will enjoy half-price tickets. The top limit has been raised by 10 centimeters.
- He lists Jet Li as one of his idols, penned a song called "Nunchucks" and his most recent movie is called "Kung Fu Dunk." Now he's in the running to star as the ultimate martial arts icon - Bruce LeeFocus.
- Features recently released 26 "Alphabet cards" for their upcoming stop-animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "Coraline."
- Michael Jackson is not only not suffering from a life-threatening lung ailment, he's so healthy he's planning a world tour!
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