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- Four executives of Sanlu Group, the major dairy at the center of China's tainted milk scandal, went on trial Wednesday at a court in Shijiazhuang, capital of northern Hebei Province.
- Construction of the Hefei-Wuhan Railway, the first high-speed line in central China, has been completed after three years.
- Two airports were closed, leaving 400 passengers stranded, after heavy snow fell in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
- The jobs market in Shanghai is currently stable but the effects of the global economic slowdown will be clear to see in the early part of next year.
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It's the last day of the year and the top ten athletes of 2008 have been named by the Xinhua News Agency.
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The influx of foreign soccer players has deprived the local talent of the chance to develop into decent strikers, according to China's caretaker coach Yin Tiesheng.
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Elsewhere in football, Spanish clubs are poised to step up their interest in Nacho Novo should British club Rangers decide to allow the striker to leave Ibrox during January.
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Tennis star Andy Murray has signed a deal with management company 19 Entertainment, which also counts David Beckham as one of its clients.
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The World Boxing Association (WBA) is to investigate Nikolay Valuev's victory over Evander Holyfield on 20 December.
New Year Resolution
Today is the New Year eve, it's time to make a wish, things you want to achieve at the year of 2009. What's your new year resolution?
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- Polluting cars to be phased out
- Sinopec cuts price of petrol
- Mixed forecast for China's real estate in 2009
Pay More to Get a Higher Rank on the University Ranking List
It is recently reported that universities can pay money in order to get a higher position in the university ranking list. Such behavior has been known to occur in the education field. The news instigated heated discussion.
- Renowned Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke will shoot the 90-minute documentary entitled "Shanghai Legend" for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
- A "Phantom" sequel is coming to Broadway by the end of 2009 - and the musical is going to be set in Brooklyn.
- Madonna and Celine Dion were the biggest worldwide concert draws in 2008, each selling more than $200 million worth of tickets to their slickly produced shows.
Electronic Services Smooth Beijing Toll Roads
Electronic Toll Collection or ETC is a widely-used technology along toll roads in many western countries, mainly because the system can effectively reduce the waiting time at toll gates.
Forever Enthralled, Chen Kaige's Success Battle to Regain His Fame
This year, new year films of various genres join a battle to become a box office hit. Forever Enthralled, an arthouse film, is competing strongly with commercial ones.
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