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The Beijing Hour
Evening Edition
Rebecca Hume with you on this Wednesday, October 9th, 2013.
Welcome to the Beijing Hour coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
Coming up on our program this evening.
Egypt announces it is to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood as an NGO
Three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Torrential rains by Typhoon Fitow continued to lash Eastern China
Business, Obama set to nominate Janet Yellen to head up the Federal Reserve
Sports, in Baseball Boston Red Sox go through to the American League Championship.
Entertainments, trailer for new Chinese romance film ‘Unexpected Love’ released in Beijing.
Plus Special reports takes a look at the dance competition taking the East Asian Games by storm.
Weather
Beijing will be overcast tonight with a low of 14 degrees Celsius. Tomorrow sunny with a high temperature of 23.
Meanwhile Shanghai will be cloudy tonight, with a low of 20, cloudy tomorrow, with a high of 27.
Lhasa will be clear tonight, 4 degrees the low, sunny tomorrow with a high of 19.
Elsewhere in the world, staying in Asia
Islamabad, light rain to moderate rain, with a high of 32.
Kabul, sunny, 27.
Over in Australia
Sydney, sunny, highs of 33.
Canberra, sunny, 26.
Brisbane, sunny, 28.
And finally, Perth will be overcast with a high of 21.
Top News
Egypt dissolves Muslim Brotherhood as NGO; Morsi to stand for trail next month: state media
Egyptian state media says the Egypt's government is to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood as a non- governmental organization.
Egypt's Ministry of Social Solidarity which is in charge of granting licenses to NGOs, is due disclose further details.
A Cairo court has ordered a ban on the group's activities, seizure of its funds and is forming a panel to administer its assets.
In the meantime, it's been reported that ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi will stand trial on November 4th over the violence in front of the Presidential palace earlier this year.
Three scientists share Nobel Prize in Chemistry
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their contributions in the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel "laid the foundation for the powerful programs that are used to understand and predict chemical processes".
Chemistry is the third of this year's Nobel prizes.
The prizes for achievements in science, literature and peace were first awarded in 1901 in accordance with the will of businessman and dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel.
Torrential rains caused by Typhoon Fitow continued to lash E. China
Torrential rains caused by Typhoon Fitow are continuing to hit Shanghai and Zhejiang Province in eastern China.
At least 10 people are confirmed dead in the city of Wenzhou, with five others still missing.
The storm has inundated roads, houses and breached local river banks across the region.
70-percent of Yuyao city in Zhejiang province has been flooded affecting nearly 800-thousand people.
The typhoon has also raised water levels of the Yaojiang River to record highs, breaching the banks of one section of the river.
Local flood-control and disaster-relief authorities say weather is expected to improve on Thursday.
"As rescuing work continues, the situation is improving. Floodwater will recede tomorrow if there is no rainfall."
Li Qiang, is the governor of Zhejiang province. He says they are prioritizing getting people to safety.
"Evacuation is the most important, especially evacuating people from Yuyao city."
In Shanghai the roads are reported to be water logged and traffic seriously disturbed.
Chinese premier calls for consensus between China and ASEAN
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is calling for tighter relations between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
He made the comments at the 16th China-ASEAN leaders' meeting in Brunei.
Le Keqiang is calling on both sides to have a long-term vision and build more consensus.
After Brunei, Li Keqiang will travel on to Thailand and Vietnam.
Enlightment on Diamond Decade: Experts' interpretation of China-ASEAN relations
Anchor:
Meanwhile, several Chinese experts say that since China and ASEAN were able to build a golden decade of cooperation during the past 10 years, they will be able to convert the next 10 years into a diamond decade.
CRI's Qizhi has more.
Reporter:
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of China-ASEAN strategic partnership.
At the 10th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning last month, Premier Li put forward multiple suggestions and initiatives to expand the mutually-beneficial cooperation that already exists, including upgrading the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, which is the biggest FTA among developing countries.
Zhang Yunlin is former director of the Asia-pacific Institute at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
"Over the past decade, China and ASEAN have established the Free Trade Area. China is now ASEAN's biggest trading partner. The two sides have also enhanced mutual political trust, and strengthened mutual understanding and support on many important international and regional affairs. Consultation, cooperation and coordination are the main tenets of the relationship. In the future, we need to make more efforts and upgrade the strategic partnership."
A lot of progress has been achieved over the past decade.
Two-way trade volume has exceeded 400 billion dollars, five times that of ten years ago.
Mutual investment has totaled over 100 billion dollars, three times that of ten years ago.
China and ASEAN have also increased people-to-people and cultural exchanges. The amount of visits conducted by people between the two sides reached 15 million last year; four times that of ten years ago.
Based on those figures, Chinese experts say it is safe to say that China and ASEAN are closer than ever before. Looking forward, expanding China-ASEAN FTA from commodity trade to service trade and investment has a bright prospect.
However, the South China Sea issue cannot be ignored.
Chinese experts stress that to ensure that the diamond decade shines even more brightly than the last decade, those few members of the ASEAN group with territorial disputes with China should not allow these disputes to overshadow the bigger picture of friendly ties.
Qu Xing, Director-general of the China Institute of International Studies, explains the importance of looking at the bigger picture.
"First of all, each country should abide by the fundamental principles of the Declaration on the Code of Conduct on the South China Sea. The principles stipulate dos and don'ts for various countries. If these principles are observed, the 'diamond decade' will create a bright picture. If not, many plans cannot even be implemented."
Referring to China and ASEAN as "natural cooperative partners", experts believe that if the two sides can maintain a steady momentum of cooperation and expand common interests, the strategic partnership will be elevated to new heights.
For CRI, I'm Qizhi.
IMF Warns China to Grow More Slowly over Medium Term
Anchor
The International Monetary Fund, or IMF, has lowered its world growth forecast and warned that China will grow more slowly over the medium term than in recent years.
CRI's Su Yi has more.
Reporter:
The IMF has just released its latest World Economic Outlook report. It says global growth remains in low gear. Advanced economies, in particular the U.S., are showing signs of pick-up. Meanwhile, emerging-market economies, although still accounting for most global growth, are losing more momentum than previously thought.
The IMF says the global economy is expected to grow 2.9 percent year-over-year in 2013 and 3.6 percent in 2014, revising July estimates down by 0.3 and 0.2 percentage points respectively.
As the world's second-largest economy, China has seen slow growth recently, and the Chinese government hasn't taken economic-stimulus measures. In that case, some market analysts have forecast China's growth below 7.5 percent. But the IMF's forecast for China this year is 7.6 percent, moderating slightly to 7.3 percent next year. Rupa Duttagupta, deputy chief with the World Economic Studies Division of the IMF, explains why the IMF believes it's the appropriate pace of growth.
"There is a less of willingness (for the Chinese government) to continue in this growth mode (of stimulus measures) and IMF thinks this is the right approach; and the next step, of course, would be to move more towards a consumption-based growth model for a range of reforms still needed, including expanding the social safety net, moving to more market-determined interest, and relying more on right-pace financing, and so on."
According to the IMF report, two risks were a particular worry to global economic growth. The risks are China's slowing growth and the U.S. Federal Reserve's plan to exit the easy money policy.
It appears increasingly likely that China growth will slow over the medium term than in the recent past. This would specially affect the commodity exporters among the emerging and developing economies. Olivier Blanchard, chief economist of the IMF, believes that an incomplete economic transition from investment to consumption is one of the reasons China's growth will slow down.
"I think the long hopeful relocation from the investment to consumption has been adopted, but we have seen it slow down, it decreases investment, but not yet increases consumption. I think this is going to take…everybody understands why it's going to take many years, but I should say it again--something has just started. The interaction of the two will take different reforms now in six months, in two years and so on."
Besides the report, the IMF and World Bank will hold their annual meetings this weekend to discuss key issues on the global economy with policy makers around the world.
For CRI, I'm Su Yi.
Court to hear Bo Xilai appeal
Provincial court in Shandong says will hear the appeal of Bo Xilai, the former Chongqing Party chief, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power last month.
Bo Xi Lai submitted his appeal to the Shandong Higher People's Court, following his sentencing on September 22nd at a court in Jinan, capital city of Shandong.
64-year-old Bo Xilai is also a former member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau.
He was charged with bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power at a trial held in August.
100 UN experts to oversee destruction of Syria's chemical weapons
Around a hundred international experts are to be deployed in Syria to oversee the destruction of the country's chemical weapons stockpile.
Farhan Haq is the Associate Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
"The Secretary-General says that the joint mission will be headed by a civilian Special Coordinator, whom he would appoint in close consultation with the Director General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. He writes that the joint mission will build upon the deployment of the advance team currently in Syria and will expand to a staff of approximately 100 personnel."
An advance team of around 20 inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons arrived in Syria last week.
The team began work destroying the chemical weapons last Sunday.
The OPCW says it will send a second team soon.
Under a UN resolution, the demolition work is due to last until the middle of the coming year.
It is also the tightest deadline in OPCW's history.
The process is further complicated by the ongoing civil war in Syria as well as demands for technical and financial support.
Shutdown enters 2nd week, Obama renews call for a vote
Anchor:
The partial US government shutdown has entered its second week, with US President Barack Obama pressing hard on House Republicans to break the political deadlock over the budget and debt ceiling.
CRI's Washington correspondent Xiaohong has more.
Reporter:
President Barack Obama has held another news conference, calling on House Republicans to lift the threats that have led to the current political stalemate.
Obama does say he's willing to talk over a wide range of issues, but continues to insist he won't negotiate with House Republicans until the government shutdown is over.
"SO my suggestion to the speaker has been and will continue to be, let's stop the excuses, let's take a vote in the House, let's end this shutdown right now."
Obama admits a number of world leaders have been contacting him, telling him the US needs to keep its obligations by raising the debt ceiling, which is just over a week away.
"If Congress refuses to raise what's called the debt ceiling, America would not be able to meet all of our financial obligations for the first time in 225 years. And because it's called raising the debt ceiling, I think a lot of Americans think it's raising our debt. It is not raising our debt. This does not add a dime to our debt. It simply says you pay for what Congress has already authorized America to purchase."
Obama has also been critical of certain Republicans who have been publically downplaying the potential consequences of a possible default, accusing them of being "irresponsible".
Obama is also rejecting the idea of exercising his executive power to raise the debt limit.
Some constitutional scholars argue Obama has the ability under the 14th Amendment in the US Constitution to raise the debt ceiling on his own.
However, debt limits have always been raised through Congressional action.
At the same time, House Republicans are pointing the finger at Obama and the Democrats for refusing to negotiate.
House speaker John Boehner points out the two sides have sat down dozens of times over the past 30 years when it comes to funding the government.
When it comes to the debt limit, Boehner says he agrees with the President that the US should pay its bills.
But at the same time, Boehner says something must be done to prevent the US from spending money it does not have.
"We can't raise the debt ceiling without doing something about what's driving us to borrow more money and to live beyond our needs. The idea that we can continue to spend the money that we don't have, and give the bills to our kids and our grandkids would be wrong. "
Raising the debt ceiling doesn't authorize the US to borrow more money.
It only allows the US government to pay back the money its already spent.
Republicans have been demanding changes to the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.
Democrats and Obama are refusing to negotiate any changes to Obama's key political legacy.
Xiaohong ,CRI, Washington.
Paid annual leave system to ease overcrowding during Chinese holidays
Anchor:
New stats are suggesting some 428-million people became tourists here in China during the National Day Holiday, leading to major overcrowding.
As such, a growing number of experts are suggesting a solution to the problem is to abolish long holidays and bring in a policy of paid vacations.
CRI's Marc Cavigli has more.
Reporter:
For many tourists, the National Day Holiday remains the best time for traveling in spite of traffic jams and overcrowding at tourist sites.
Beijing visitor Shao Hua says he has no choice but to travel during the Golden Week.
"We seldom have long holidays. That makes long distance traveling impossible. The relatively long National Day Holiday enables me to travel."
There have been many attempts to ease the problem of travel peaks during holidays.
Under China's first Tourism Law, which came into effect on Oct. 1, scenic spots are not allowed to receive tourists exceeding their capacities.
Early warning mechanisms and group visitor reservation systems have been broadly introduced to make the best use of travel resources.
Other possible cures have been identified, such as bringing in paid annual leave.
It says that a paid annual leave system will have been basically implemented by 2020, meaning all employers will be encouraged to subscribe to it by 2020.
Dai Bin, director of China's Tourism Research Institution, says that there's still a long way to go for the implementation of such a system.
"Implementation of the paid annual leave system isn't easy due to China's large population and regional differences. Though the policy has been suggested for 5 years, there is still a long way to go. It's definitely the best solution to overcrowding during holidays. We would make great efforts to promote implementation of the policy."
February saw the State Council, China's cabinet, announce a new program promoting domestic tourism.
For CRI, I'm Marc Cavigli.
Biz Reports
Stocks
Japan led Asian stocks higher today despite an IMF warning on the global economy.
Chinese shares closed mixed today, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up for a fourth straight trading day boosted by the transportation sector and the oil industry.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index added 0.6 percent.
The Shenzhen Component Index, on the other hand, shed 0.2 percent.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 0.6 percent.
Elsewhere in Asia, Japan's Nikkei index closed 1 percent higher, supported by a weakening yen.
South Korea's KOSPI rose 0.4 percent.
The Straits Times Index in Singapore added 0.3 percent.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 edged up less than 0.1 percent.
Obama to nominate Janet Yellen to head Federal Reserve
A White House official says that U.S President Barack Obama will nominate Federal Reserve Vice-Chair Janet Yellen to be the next head of the U.S central bank later on this Wednesday.
If confirmed by the U.S Senate, Yellen would replace Ben Bernanke, who has held the post for eight years.
She has been his deputy for the last two years, and would become the first woman to head the Federal Reserve.
Her nomination has been widely expected after former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers withdrew from running.
China and Japan urges US to stay solvent
Anchor:
Both Chinese and Japanese governments - at present the United States' largest international creditors, are demanding U.S lawmakers resolve their political impasse on its debt ceiling.
They say even the debate threatens to destabilize global financial markets.
The two countries together hold more than 2.4-trillion dollars in U.S Treasuries.
Chinese Deputy Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao says Beijing has been in touch with Washington over the standoff.
U.S government is approaching its debt ceiling in a week's time.
For more on this issue, we're joined live on the line by Benjamin Cavender, associate principal at China Market Research in Shanghai.
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Asociate principal at China Market Research in Shanghai.
Shanghai FTZ starts offering registration services
577-people are reported to have applied for enterprise registration at the newly-launched Shanghai pilot free trade zone (FTZ) on Tuesday, the first day of registration.
Official sources say 14-hundred-and-80 people visited the zone's service lobby asking for advice and information.
"The first obvious difference is that you don't have to get a capital verification report for corporate registration, which is required at other places. Here they use a subscription system instead. The second difference is that the service procedure here is much simpler and faster."
The FTZ has its own registration system.
Firms wanting to set up operations in sectors not included in the previously-released negative list can expect their applications to be processed in 4-days, as opposed to one month.
Shanghai FTZ has released a negative list, clarifying what foreign companies can't do in the zone.
Meanwhile, the launch of the Shanghai FTZ is reported to be driving up real estate prices in its surrounding areas.
Statistics show prices rose by 30-percent, just ten days after the FTZ officially launched.
Plan maps development of China's sat-nav industry
Chinese home-grown Navigation Satellite System, Beidou is expected to expand from regional to global coverage by 2020.
According to a new plan approved by the State Council, China's Cabinet, Satellite Navigation industries will be making 400-billion yuan, or 65-billion U.S dollars by 2020.
The BeiDou system is predicted to have garnered around 800-million users by this date.
Under the plan BeiDou will have more than 30-satellites and a ground control operation system to serve global clients by 2020.
Headline News
Egypt dissolves Muslim Brotherhood as NGO; Morsi to stand for trail next month: state media
Egyptian state media says the Egypt's government is to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood as a non- governmental organization.
Egypt's Ministry of Social Solidarity which is in charge of granting licenses to NGOs, is due disclose further details.
A Cairo court has ordered a ban on the group's activities, seizure of its funds and is forming a panel to administer its assets.
In the meantime, it's been reported that ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi will stand trial on November 4th over the violence in front of the Presidential palace earlier this year.
Three scientists share Nobel Prize in Chemistry
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their contributions in the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel "laid the foundation for the powerful programs that are used to understand and predict chemical processes".
Chemistry is the third of this year's Nobel prizes.
The prizes for achievements in science, literature and peace were first awarded in 1901 in accordance with the will of businessman and dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel.
Torrential rains caused by Typhoon Fitow continued to lash E. China
Torrential rains caused by Typhoon Fitow are continuing to hit Shanghai and Zhejiang Province in eastern China.
At least 10 people are confirmed dead in the city of Wenzhou, with five others still missing.
The storm has inundated roads, houses and breached local river banks across the region.
70-percent of Yuyao city in Zhejiang province has been flooded affecting nearly 800-thousand people.
Local flood-control and disaster-relief authorities say weather is expected to improve on Thursday.
Chinese premier calls for consensus between China and ASEAN
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is calling for tighter relations between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
He made the comments at the 16th China-ASEAN leaders' meeting in Brunei.
Le Keqiang is calling on both sides to have a long-term vision and build more consensus.
After Brunei, Li Keqiang will travel on to Thailand and Vietnam.
Court to hear Bo Xilai appeal
Provincial court in Shandong says will hear the appeal of Bo Xilai, the former Chongqing Party chief, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power last month.
Bo Xi Lai submitted his appeal to the Shandong Higher People's Court, following his sentencing on September 22nd at a court in Jinan, capital city of Shandong.
64-year-old Bo Xilai is also a former member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau.
He was charged with bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power at a trial held in August.
Newspaper Picks
Shanghai Daily
"Beijing official says Chinese cooking styles also to blame for air pollution"
A Beijing official was harshly criticized today after partly blaming the capital's air pollution on Chinese cooking habits during a TV interview.
Zhao Huimin, director with the Beijing Foreign Affairs Office, said "Chinese cooking habits also contributed to PM2.5 density. We hope citizens cooperate with us to clean the air."
The remarks triggered public anger.
Some people wrote online Zhao was implying Chinese cooking would be banned during the APEC period.
Xinhua
"China's lottery is a big winner"
Official data show China's lottery sales reached 200-billion yuan, over 32-billion US dollars in the first 8-months of this year.
The figure was up 18-percent compared to the same period last year.
Sales in August alone hit 25-billion yuan or over 4-billion dollars.
The Telegraph
"Money does help buy happiness, say baby boomers"
Money is not supposed to buy happiness but according a survey of members of the "baby boomer" generation, it trumps love, family, friends and time as the secret to contentment.
In a study of the attitudes of almost 18-thousand people over 55, only good health was ranked more highly on a list ingredients for a happy retirement.
More than a quarter of those polled singled out having enough money to live comfortably as the most important factor for them. It is only slightly behind health and well ahead of having a partner or rewarding family life.
Asia One
"Singaporeans will lie, bribe colleagues to secure holiday leave"
A survey has found to secure leave for vacation, Singaporeans will lie to their boss, call in sick, and even pay or bribe a colleague.
The global travel search site polled 1-thousand Singapore travellers to find out how they make sure their preferred holiday dates are secured.
Almost half of those surveyed (45%) booked their leave 6- months in advance.
Others responded that they lied to their boss and said the holiday was already booked (10%), while 9 per cent called into work sick, and 6 per cent pretended a family member was sick.
Special Reports
Dancesport featured at the Tianjin East Asian Games
Anchor:
At the ongoing Tianjin East Asian Games, the DanceSport competition is attracting large swarms of local dance lovers.
CRI's Li Jing has more.
Reporter:
The dancesport competition has dancers from six East Asian countries and regions competing in 12 events.
Waltz, Tango and the Slow Foxtrot set the room with a sense of medieval luxury, while Samba, Rumba, Jive and the Cha-Cha made the floor tremble with Latin American excitement.
24-year-old Sum Wu and his partner Wai Yi Lam are one of the couples who earned a medal.
"Actually this is a very important event for us because four years ago we were in the Hong Kong East Asian Games, we also won the Bronze medalists, which was one of the milestones in our dancing career and life. To win the bronze medal again is kind of reward, i think we absolutely will go for more for our dancing in our whole life."
22-year-old Cui Yafang watched every bit of the competition.
"I have seen dancing competitions on the TV before. Though i have never heard of dancing was a sport, but i have seen lots of dancing competitions on TV, but yes, it definitely cached my imagination to watch the dancing up close."
Dancesport is not sanctioned as an Olympic event, but it is not just coincidence that it has been featured at the Tianjin Games.
George Tan, one of the officials at the event, says the sport's prospect of becoming an Olympic event has to start with successes in secondary games first.
"Because the world dancesport federation has already tried to push this through to the Olympic games. So now, i think you know that (dance sport) at the East Asian Games has been very successful. I think China alone has ten gold from this game. So i think the next step for the world dancesport federation is to put this to the IOC, that means the Olympic games."
Tan says the extremely high demand on energy and physical fitness aside, he says the immense zeal in-which the fans in Tianjin have embraced the sport is evidence enough the sport should be internationally successful.
For CRI, i am Li Jing.
Sports
MLB Boston win while Oakland and Detroit go into fifth game
In Major League Baseball, the Boston Red Sox have made it through to the American League Championship Series following their 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field.
Red Sox manager, John Farrell, said his teams spirit saw them through a tough game:
"The one thing this team has done throughout the course of this is continue to build opportunities. And even though we may come up short at times, it felt like we would still create some. This was a very unique game. We faced nine different pitchers, and early onthrough the first five innings, we had to remain patient with not making wholesale changes with our lineup."
On Saturday Boston will host the winner of the Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics game.
The Tigers rallied past the Oakland A's 8-6 on Tuesday to force a decisive fifth game in the series.
Jim Leyland, the Tigers Manager, said it's good for them and the fans that they managed to turn the game around:
"…we finally got a couple of huge hits. Infante got a huge hit. Alex got a huge walk. They walked Alex, which was the kiss of death. They had a lefthander on a lefthander and that really set up the rest of the inning. This is really a good series. I mean, I'm sure the Commissioner is happy it's going five, so we'll see what happens. We're going back to Oakland and find out what happens."
The Tigers will send Justin Verlander,who shut out Oakland in the decisive 5th game last year, to the mound for Game 5.
Whereas Oakland have yet to announce their starter.
Thunder beat Philadelphia in Manchester
In Basketball The Oklahoma City Thunder Beat the Philadelphia 76ers in the finale of the NBA teams' pre-season tour of Europe.
The game which was being played in Manchester, England, went right down to the wire.
In the third quarter the Thunder turned a three-point halftime deficit into an 83-74 lead, but the 76ers came back to tie it at 85 in the fourth, but Reggie Jackson hit six free throws to seal the 103-99 win.
After the game Kevin Durant, who won Gold with the USA at London 2012 and scored 21 points in the game called for more games on this side of the Atlantic:
"It's a great atmosphere. Fans were unbelievable. I think they deserve to have some basketball, especially regular season basketball over here, and I'm sure you'll see that in the future. You see teams go to London and play, and I'm sure they are going to expand it a lot because it has been so successful. Hopefully we are one of those teams that come over here and play because I enjoyed it a lot."
The New NBA season starts with the Pacers vs Magic on October the 29th.
Missing Wingsuit diver found dead in China
Some sad news now as wingsuit flyer, Victor Kovats, has been found dead today after going missing during a jump in China.
Yesterday the Hungarian extreme sportsman plunged into a valley in Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park in the central province of Hunan.
Some 200 police and firefighters were involved in the search for him and he was found this morning, local time, at the foot of a cliff.
It is believed that he suffered a parachute malfunction.
According to the Red Bull World Wongsuit League website, Kovats had completed 700 such jumps in his life before as well as 1,250 skydives and 250 base jumps.
Bryan Brothers Attend Charity Event at Shanghai Masters by Liu Yuanhui
Staying here in China…. and ATP number one ranked doubles players the Bryan brothers joined a Special Olympic Unified Tennis Experience at this year's Shanghai Masters.
They were aiming to draw more attention to help people with intellectual disabilities.
20 athletes from Special Olympics Shanghai received advanced tennis skills training from the professional coaches at Shanghai Masters.
Mike Bryan spoke very highly of these athletes.
"They are pretty good, we have long rallies and they did not miss. They are enthusiastic and they love the game. Bob and I have a very good time with them."
And Bob Bryan says they want to do some good by using tennis..
"We like music, just like we like help other people. Like this, it is a fortune for ourselves and we have a charity back home, it feels good to support charity like this, if we can use our tennis to do better in the world, that's why we are here."
Special Olympic Unified Sports is an inclusive sports program that combines an roughly equal number of Special Olympic athletes and partners on teams for training and competition.
China dominant in diving in East Asian Games
In the East Asian Games China have continued their dominance in the diving events.
The host nation won all four events on the first day and repeated that yesterday and could get a clean sweep across the board…
The hosts have been by far the strongest side in the games in the northern province in Tianjin.
The event features more than 2,400 athletes from China, Japan, North and South Korea as well as Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong and Macau.
China lead the medals table with 56 golds, with South Korea second on 17 followed by Japan who have 12.
Entertainment
Trailer for Chinese Film Unexpected Love Released
The trailer for a new Chinese romance film Unexpected Love has been released in Beijing.
The 30-second preview features 4-couples of young lovers whose stories unfold in the raucous setting of night clubs.
The film stars Chinese actor Du Chun, who rose to fame for his performance in the 2009 Chinese TV series Emigrate to the West.
Actress Ying Er costars.
Hong Kong native, director Bowie Lau, spoke with CRI about the film.
"There are 8-youngsters who come from different family backgrounds and hold different attitudes towards love in this film. It was important for me to have these characters' stories end happily."
Unexpected Love hits Chinese theaters next month.
Actor Tom Hanks Diagnosed with Diabetes
Academy award winning actor Tom Hanks has announced he has been diagnosed with Type-2 Diabetes.
Hanks made the announcement when he appeared as a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman.
Hanks is currently promoting his new film Captain Philips which tells the true tale of a ship captured by Somali pirates.
Medical experts believe the stressful demands of Hanks' movie career may have contributed to his development of diabetes.
The actor has taken several roles in the past which required dramatic weight gains and losses.
Type-2 Diabetes is the most common form of the disease and can be managed with proper diet, exercise, and treatment.
Musician Philip Chevron Dies
Sad day in the music world as Philip Chevron, guitarist for Irish punk legends The Pogues, has succumbed to head and neck cancer.
The 56-year-old co-founded one of Ireland's first punk bands, Radiators from Space in 1976.
He later joined the Pogues in 1985.
He was a part of the creative process for the Pogues' popular album Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash in 1985.
He left the band in 1994 during an intense struggle with substance abuse, but returned for the 2001 reunion.
Chevron's best known song from his time with The Pogues is Thousands Are Sailing which appeared on the 1988 album If I Should Fall From Grace With God.
Chevron had been battling his cancer since 2007.
He was treated and in 2012 all signs of cancer had disappeared, however another tumor appeared months later.
Doctors deemed the new tumor inoperable.
On their website the Pogues wrote a short message informing fans of Chevron's passing and offering condolences to friends and family.
Band Delorean Victims of Virtual Kidnapping
The band members from Spanish alternative dance group Delorean are safe after being victims of what Mexican police are calling a virtual kidnapping.
Criminals in Mexico City reportedly dressed as police and told the band they were unsafe at their current hotel.
They then escorted the band to a new hotel where they confiscated their phones.
They then telephoned the families of each band member demanding a ransom of 5-million pesos, or over 380-thousand US dollars.
Real Mexican officials are now reporting the band is safe and in good shape though their location is unknown and it is unclear how the incident played out.
However, reports are saying the band was never in any real danger as virtual kidnapping is a somewhat common scam in which criminals make family members believe their loved ones are in far more danger than they really are.
Delorean released their fourth album Apar earlier this year and had to cancel a gig in San Francisco, California last night because of the virtual kidnapping.
They are set to return to the stage tomorrow night in Seattle, Washington.
A quick recap of headlines before we go.
Egypt announces it is to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood as an NGO.
Three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Torrential rains by Typhoon Fitow continued to lash Eastern China.
Business, Obama set to nominate Janet Yellen to head up the Federal Reserve.
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