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[Metro & Sports]

• The latest Chinese Academy of Social Sciences housing development report found it is more expensive to buy an apartment in Beijing than in 35 other cities in China, and several family members often contribute to the cost of property in the capital.
• Despite growing fertility problems in the capital, the city's only center offering egg freezing said it has not made any money since its opening in July. However Qiao Jie, director of the center of reproductive medicine at Peking University Third Hospital, said the experience doctors gained with the technology outweighed any financial concerns.
• Central China city Wuhan cut off natural gas supply to another 20 companies on Tuesday due to increasing energy demand amid heavy snow, adding the number of affected firms to 76.
• Chinese authorities announced Monday the shutdown of mobile porn websites in a national campaign to eradicate "lewd" content from mobile phones.
• Former NBA star Stromile Swift has signed on to play for the Chinese basketball team the Shandong Gold in the upcoming CBA season.
• The final 32 for next summer's World Cup finals will be completed today after the final round of qualifying matches take place -- with six spots still available for South Africa 2010.

[China's Champion] Lu Guang, the recorder of "Pollution in China"

Radio reporters use all kinds of sounds and people's voices to tell stories, while photographers use their lenses to portray our lives, both happy scenes and the cruel realities. Today we'll introduce you to a Chinese photographer, Lu Guang. He was the first in the Chinese mainland to win the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography.

[Cultural Voyage] Chinese, the In Language in Africa?

The Chinese language is becoming an increasingly popular international language.Africa is striving towards improving its infrastructure and trade, and many Chinese companies have moved to the continent to do construction work and build roads.And for this to flourish, many Africans are enrolling in Chinese classes to make sure they are not left behind in understanding what's going on with the global economy.

[Showbiz News]

• A retrospective marking the 70th anniversary of Qin Yi's acting career has kicked off at the Shanghai Film Art Center.
• A star-studded news conference for the "Global Chinese Golden Chart" for mandarin pop music was held Monday in Beijing, people.com.cn reports.
• Hong Kong director Jingle Ma held a grand premiere for his new movie, Mulan, in Beijing on Monday night.
• Robert Pattinson left a radio interview with Ryan Seacrest just two minutes into the chat, after the DJ quizzed the actor about his "Twilight" co-star and rumored girlfriend, Kristen Stewart.

[Strange News]

• A compulsive gambler in Shanghai chopped off one of his left fingers to show his resolve in kicking his habit.
• A Shanghai resident's younger husband left her after a fortune-teller told him he would die like her former partner.
• A young couple in Dongguan, Guangdong province got their divorce fast-tracked because they never lived together after tying the knot three years ago.
• A Chinese burglar got stuck after he tried to crawl through a tiny opening built for a farmer's pet dog to steal some chickens. The man had to be rescued by firefighters after he got stuck in the hole in a barn wall on the farm in Tianlin town, Guangxi province.

[Real China] Yang Liyou, Making a Difference

From scholar to businessman, Yang Liyou is making a difference not only in China's solar power industry, but the world's.

[Tour Tips] Singing-sand Mountain

Have you ever heard of a mountain that echoes the sound of sand as you slide down its slopes? Can you image a perennially limpid lake in an area of desert?