MajorLeagueBaseballiseatingitsheartout.
TheNBAalreadyhas1.3millionChinesefanscheeringforYaoMing.NowtheMLBishopingtofindasmanyfansforCan-HitTu.
MLBofficialssaidtheyareplanningonopeninganofficeinChinatoexplorethepossibilitesofsendinganAll-StarTourtoChinaandtopromoteAmerica'sfavoritepast-time.Well,itwasafavoriteuntilsome10strikesago.
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AcompanyinBeijing-theBeijingMoonVillageSpaceTechnologyCo.Ltd-soldpropertyandmineralrightsonthemoon.
Asifthatisnotstupidenough,33peopleactuallypaid$1,788topurchaseatotalof48acresfromtherealestatecompanyregisteredasLunarEmbassy.
Therightstothepropertyincludedboththelandandmineralresourcesto3kilometers(abt1.9miles)deep.
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In1987,mainlandChinaanditsrenegadeislandstartedallowingpersonnelexchanges.
Sincethen,morethan40millionpeoplefromTaiwanhavemadethecross-straittriptothemainland.Taiwan'scurrentpopulationisonly23million.
ThenumberofvisitorsfromTaiwanhasbeenrising14%annually.
Bycontrast,fromthemainland,just1.3millionvisitorshaveventuredtoTaiwan...stilla19%annualrise.
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Chinabankshave7.6%oftheloanstheyissuecomebackunpaid.Andthatfigureisdown1.3%fromthebeginningoftheyear.
Ofcourse,China'sbankslendmoneyoutthegazoo...but,stillcanthebanksaffordtorightoff$150billionworthofloans?Continuereading...
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Mywife,(5"0"tallandmadeinChina)andanexchangestudent(4"11"andmadeinJapan)whoisstayingwithusweretalkingaboutthisyesterday.
GirlsinChinaheadtoJapantohaveleglentheningsurgerybecausetheydon'tlikebeingshort.
Now,thegirlshaveanotherreasontogotoJapan.Chinahasbannedleg-stretchingsurgeryforcosmeticreasonsonly.
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HollywoodisgettingthebestuseitcanoutofChinesestarZhangZiyi.
"TheHorsemen"directedbyJonasAkerlundandalsostarringDennisQuaidwillhavetheChinesebeautyjointhestaff.
TheHorsemenisatakeoffofthe"FourHorsemenoftheApocalypse,whichhasnothingtowithdetectives,andhalloweenandserialkillings.
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Goodnews/badnewsfortheTaiwanesepresident.
BadnewsistheTaiwanpresident,ChenShui-bianwilllikelygotojail.Thegoodnewsistheycan'tsendhimawayuntilafterhefinisheshisterm.
Theycan,however,sendhiswifewhoisalsoimplicatedinthecrime.
TheTaiwanHighProsecuteorsOfficeissayingtheyhaveenoughevidencetoindictChenandthreeformeraides.
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ChinaNuclearEngineeringandConstructionCorp.alongwiththreeotherChineseinvestorshaveannouncedthethirdplanthisyeartobuildanuclearpowerplant.
HunanprovinceannouncedplansforoneplantinYueyangandanotherinTaohuajiang.
Thisthirdplantwillhavesix1,000-megawattreactorsandbelocatedinRushan,Shandongprovince.
Thecompletiondateissetfor2015.
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TheNBA'snextYaoMing,YiJianlian,hasreceivedpermissionfromhisclubtoenterthe2007NBAdraft.
Yiledhisteam,GuangdongTigers,tothreestraightnationalchampionships.
Thelittlefellowis2.1meters(6'11")andwasrecruitedwhenhewas19yearsold.
TheplayerstillneedstheapprovaloftheChineseBasketballAssociationandanexemptiontoaCBArulethatdoesnotallowplayerstobedraftediftheyareunder22.
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Confucioussay-Manwhodriveslikehell,boundtogetthere.
ThenumberofroadtrafficdeathsinChinathisyearreached73,955inthefirsttenmonths.That'saboutonepersonevery6minutes.
Still,thisnumberisdown8%fromlastyear.
RoadaccidentswereDOWN15%to317,476inthefirsttenmonths.Thatisoneaccidenteveryminuteandhalf.
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