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• China is making plans to upgrade its food safety system, stressing improved quality standards and strengthened supervision, according to a notice made public on www.gov.cn.
• Strong demand for ghost-written academic papers in the lead-up to university graduation time and revelations that people pay to have scholarly articles published are worrying critics who fear the billion-yuan industry is making it harder than ever to evaluate graduates' abilities.
• Tai Shan, a giant panda born in the United States, will be unveiled to the public in Chengdu at a panda breeding base in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
• The number of golf courses in Beijing has more than tripled since 2004, but almost none of them have official approval from the government as golf course projects.
• China's former Olympic 110-meter hurdle champion Liu Xiang is headed to the world indoor championships in Doha, Qatar but his coach Sun Haiping is keeping low key about Liu's possible performance.
• Liverpool's hopes of claiming the fourth and final Champions League place in the English Premier League has suffered a setback as a first half Hugo Rodallega goal gave struggling Wigan a 1-0 home victory.

[China's Champion] Zhao Xiaoyu, a Woman who Bridges China and Argentina

Today we'll introduce you to a Chinese woman named Zhao Xiaoyu. Although she couldn't speak Spanish before arriving in Argentina, she now runs a prosperous travel agency there. Many Argentineans have come to know China through this travel agency.

[Cultural Voyage] Famous Chinese Pianist Li Yundi

2010 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of the world's greatest musicians, Frederick Chopin. It is also the 10th year since Chinese pianist, Li Yundi, won the gold medal at the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition.

Recently, Li participated in a concert celebrating the birth of Chopin in Warsaw, Poland, where his dream began. In just 10 years' time, Li has taken massive steps towards following his dream in music.

• Chinese film fans were mostly disappointed by the unexpected shutout of Avatar in the major categories at the 82nd Academy Awards.
• An average of 41.3 million people in America watched Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony at Kodak Theater, a 14-percent increase from last year's telecast and the highest in five years.
• Some of China's brightest stars gathered when film "Let The Bullets Fly" finished shooting in Beijing recently.
• Placido Domingo has undergone surgery to remove a cancerous polyp from his colon but is expected to make a full recovery.

[Strange News]

• In an act of protest against city management workers confiscating his roadside stand, a man surnamed Zhu climbed up an 8-meter utility pole, sat on the wires and began throwing down cash in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province on March 1.
• It's not "Heartbreak Hotel," but the recently opened "Broken-hearted Snack Bar" in Beijing is attracting a lot of lovelorn students from the nearby China University of Political Science and Law and others with its theme and spicy food.
• Australian underwear company AussieBum has been monkeying around and the result is a range of men's underwear made with bananas.
• Ruth Flowers has a typical name for a 69-year-old lady, but what the British grandma does for a living now is not typical at all: she's a DJ.

[Real China] Christopher Lambert

French actor Christopher Lambert has been active in cinematic circles in both Hollywood and France since the 1980's. He is best know for his performances in films such as "The Highlander", "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes", and "Beowulf". In his latest film "L'Homme de Chevet", Lambert stars alongside Sophie Marceau and plays a former boxing champion. To promote this already award winning film Christopher Lambert is now in Beijing, and Zhang Mengyuan met with him.

[Flexible Segment] Chinese Music Charts

In this special segment, we'll take a look at three authoritative music charts, namely China Songs Chart, Channel V Top 20 and RTHK Chinese Songs Chart. They focus on the Chinese mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong markets respectively.