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China Drive, Afternoon, 2008-12-30
    2008-12-30 20:37:00     CRIENGLISH.com

Broadcast Time: 17:00-19:00, 2008-12-30

  

  • Human Resources and Social Security Minister Yin Weimin said on Monday that China aims to create 9 million new jobs in urban districts next year.
  • Beijing Sanyuan Foods company said one of its subsidiaries would rent some of Sanlu's milk production assets before it went through bankruptcy proceedings.
  • A HIGH school student in southwest China who raised money for survivors of a devastating earthquake by selling cookies and her own watercolor paintings will attend next month's inauguration of US President-elect Barack Obama.

  • Tiger Woods admits he faces a struggle to rebuild his game and says he is still unsure when he will be able to play again following knee surgery.
  • South Africa have become the first team to win a Test series in Australia for 16 years, as they wrapped up a nine-wicket victory in the second Test at the MCG.
  • Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has denied he is in talks about a rescue bid for the Honda Formula One team.
  • The current head coach of the Russian diving team has been appointed British diving's national performance director.
  • To American football, and Eric Mangini of the New York Jets was one of three NFL head coaches sacked the day after the regular season ended.
  • AC Milan midfielder David Beckham and the rest of the team could be targeted by terrorists when they travel to Dubai next week for the club's annual tour.

 

New Financial Investment Management for Chinese Middle Class

Amid the global financial crisis, many people in China have shrank their private financial investment in order to avoid further loses. But a new package of private banking services has been launched by Bank of China, targeting the newly emerging Chinese middle class.

    

  • Second Hand Housing market in Shanghai
  • Non-Cash payments decline in China
  • Call from bank? It may be a scam

   

  • The wax figure of the late Hong Kong pop queen, Anita Mui, has been dressed up in new costumes on Monday at Madame Tussauds to commemorate the fifth anniversary of her death.
  • A spokesman with the China Film Association says actress Gong Li was excluded from the delegate list of the 8th national conference of the CFA.
  • An attorney for 20th Century Fox says the studio will press its case to delay the release of "Watchmen," but a rival studio says it plans to release the film as scheduled.

What makes a memory?

The end of the year is a time to look back, what is the trigger for your favorite and worst memories? Is it a song, a smell, special words or a picture?

 
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