The Beijing Hour
Morning Edition
RH with you on this Friday, September 13th, 2013.
Welcome to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
Coming up on our program this morning...
China and Iran's Presidents have sat down together ahead of the opening of this year's Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan.
The Chinese government is issuing a new call for a resumption of the long-stalled 6-party nuclear talks.
The United Nations has confirmed Syria has filed a formal application to become part of the global chemical weapons convention.
Business
Greece's jobless rate hits a new high.
Sports
This year's National Games in Liaoning has come to an end.
Entertainment
A new prequil is being planned for the highly-popular TV series Breaking Bad.
First, let's check on what's happening on the weather front...
Weather
Beijing will be overcast today, with a high of 28 degree Celsius in the daytime, and it will be overcast tonight with a low of 19.
In Shanghai, it will see thundershowers today, 33 the high, and it will see thundershowers tonight, the low of 25 degrees Celsius.
Lhasa will be cloudy in the daytime the temperature's at 20, and tonight will be overcast with a low of 7 degree Celsius.
Elsewhere in the world, staying in Asia
Islamabad, sunny, 31.
Kabul, sunny, with a high of 31.
And in North America
New York, thundershowers, with a high of 28 degrees.
Washington, thundershowers, highs of 32
Houston, sunny, 35.
Honolulu, moderate rain, 31.
Toronto, overcast, 24
Finally, on to South America,
Buenos Aires, moderate rain, 17.
And Rio de Janeiro will be sunny with highs of 29 degrees Celsius.
Top News
Chinese and Iranian president discuss Iranian nuke issue
Anchor
This year's summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is set to get underway in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan later on today.
Ahead of the summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with his Iranian counterpart.
CRI's Marc Cavigli has more.
Reporter
During the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the two leaders talked about their bilateral ties and issues of common concern.
Xi Jinping says China is willing to make constructive efforts on advancing the Iranian nuclear talks.
Xi Jinping urged relevant parties to focus on advancing substantial dialogues and seeking a win-win solution of mutual benefits in the upcoming stage.
For his part, Rouhani says Iran will develop its nuclear plan under the framework of the international law.
He added that Iran is willing to accept the monitoring and supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Rouhani's comment was consistent with his new ambassador of the UN nuclear agency.
Speaking to the IAEA board which now meeting in Vienna, Reza Najafi says Tehran is willing to "constructively interact" with respective partners on its nuclear program.
"In this context, we should not lose sight of the fact that interaction is not a one-sided road. I also stressed that we would continue to co-operate with the agency (IAEA), in good faith, to find agreed modalities to overcome existing issues once and for all."
Also on Thursday in Bishkek, Chinese President also met with Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj, and his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rakhmon.
Xi Jinping and Rakhmon have reached agreement to accelerate the construction of Line D of the China-Central Asia gas pipeline.
For CRI, I am Marc Cavigli.
China urges resumed Korean Peninsula six-party talks
A senior Chinese diplomat is calling for the resumption of six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula.
Lead Chinese negotiator Wu Dawei has made the comments during talks with Glyn Davies, the visiting U.S. special representative for North Korean policy affairs.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei says the two met specifically to talk about the potential resumption of the 6-party talks.
"Special Representative Wu Dawei pointed out that the meeting was held against the backdrop of the tenth anniversary of the Six-Party Talks and the eighth anniversary of the September 19 Joint Statement. All relevant parties should create conditions for the resumption of the Six-Party Talks and be more committed to denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. Both sides agreed to stay in close communication on relevant issue."
Hong says the Chinese government is aware of reports that North Korea may have restarted a reactor at its Yongbyon nuclear complex.
The six-party talks, which have included the two Koreas, China the United States, Japan and Russia have been stalled since late 2008.
Transition to consumption country
Anchor
Business leaders and professionals attending this year's Summer Davos in Dalian are calling for the development of a safe business environment to help transform this country's economy into a more consumption-based model.
CRI's Liu Min has more.
Reporter
At the 2013 Annual Meeting of New Champions in Dalian, more than 1500 participants from 90 countries are conducting discussions over numerous issues. One of the focuses is how China should transit to a consumption country and its impact to the world economy.
Zhang Weiying, economist from Peking University says China needs to have innovative thinking about how to boost domestic consumption.
"Our government is managing a large proportion of GDP, and it can make decisions on investment and consumption. Thus, the money in people's hands is quite limited. I think what a government needs to do is only to provide basic public products and services, but should not interfere the market too much such as boosting consumption by using too many administrative measures. The government needs to return the consumption right back to citizens and entrepreneurs, and let them to work hard and spend the money they want for a better life."
Zhang Weiying believes Chinese economy should not only focus on GDP growth. Currently, the concept of reaching an economic development goal only by looking at GDP rate has changed in China.
Premier Li Keqiang emphasized at the opening ceremony on Wednesday that Chinese government will not eye on a high growth rate, but to maintain a sustainable economic development, which will bring long-term benefit to the Chinese and global economy.
At the same time, experts from different areas also say that problems in food safety, medical services, and education system and finance services have become major curbs against consumption growth in China.
CEO Lin Yu from Beijing Wang Qin Technology says safety protection system is also critical to companies, especially for those who want to be innovative in development.
"I am an entrepreneur who doesn't have the feeling of safety. My question is that are we protected enough by the law enforcement on our Intellectual Property Rights? Can a starting business and a giant company have equal competition environment? The vicious competitions in China happen a lot, and many Chinese entrepreneurs and companies have suffered from such pains. We do need to cultivate a system which supports innovation to boost consumption."
Other suggestions to boost domestic consumption from the economists and business leaders include increasing disposable income for the public and improving the social welfare system. Entrepreneurs' calls for a fairer competition environment for both domestic and foreign companies have been in the spotlight and under hot debate at this year's Summer Davos, which will ends tomorrow.
For CRI, I'm Liu Min.
UN received Syria's applications to join the chemical weapons ban
The United Nations says it's received Syria's application to join the global ban on chemical weapons.
Farhan Haq is a spokesperson for the UN Secretary General.
"In the past few hours, we have received a document from the government of Syria which is being translated, which is to be an accession document concerning the Chemical Weapons Convention. So we'll study that document and I believe that is meant eventually to be circulated as a document."
This comes shortly after Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad pledged to deliver the application as part of the first step in support of the Russian proposal for chemical weapons in Syria.
The Russian initiative involves Syria handing over its chemical weapons stockpiles to international control, followed by their ultimate destruction.
In an interview with Russian television, Bashar al-Assad is crediting Russia's government for making this plan possible.
"The most important role in this process belongs to the Russian state. We don't have trust in the U.S. and we don't have contact with it. Russia is the only country that can fulfil this role now."
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry has started talks with his Russian counterpart in Geneva.
The two are meeting to try to come to an agreement on the outlines of a plan to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stocks.
At issues is Bashar al-Assad's suggestion of a 30-day timetable for submitting its chemical weapons data.
The two sides are also at odds over the enforcement of a final resolution on disarmament.
The US contends the disarmament needs to be backed by military force.
Here in China, the Chinese government is describing the Russian proposal as an important opportunity to address the international community's concern over Syria's chemical weapons.
In another development relating to Syria, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has revealed UN experts are expected to publish their findings about the August 21st chemical attack in Syria on Monday.
20 Years after Oslo, Is Peace Possible Now? (by Zhang Jin at Jerusalem)
Anchor
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of The Oslo Accords which set the framework for any potential peace deal between the Israeli and Palestinians.
Two decades later, and despite the renewed negotiations now underway, opinions remain divided about the peace process.
CRI's Marc Cavigli has more.
Reporter
On September 13, 1993, the then Israeli and Palestinian leaders Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat officially signed The Oslo Accords in Washington.
"We are today giving peace a chance. Let us pray that a day will come when we all will say, 'Farewell to the arms.'"
Twenty years has passed , however, the Palestinian and Israeli people are still struggling to reach peace.
Hilik Bar, Deputy Speaker of the Israeli parliament, says The Oslo Accords have both good and bad effects.
"We almost had peace and then it all sank down. So The Oslo contributed to the mistrust between the sides and to the ideas that peace cannot happen and will never happen. In other regard, it made us all here to understand that the leaderships of both countries can talk and solve it. Since Oslo, we are trying to make this thing happen and to have two-state solution. So in this regard of course that Oslo was a very important start."
Bar says there is a chance for peace as the current Israeli parliament has a very clear majority for two-state solution.
He also praised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as, although not perfect, but a better partner for his insisting on resolving the conflict non-violently.
Israeli Deputy Transport Minister Tzipi Hotovely, on the other hand, doesn't believe the two-state solution can solve the conflict. She thinks the ongoing negotiations will not succeed either.
"At the moment, the Israeli experience has proved that all the good wills are going to fail. Abu Mazen (Abbas) hasn't changed from the Abu Mazen who was sitting with Ehud Olmert, and I don't believe that Benjamin Netanyahu can offer more than what Ehud Olmert offered. We've been there, we tried that, it failed. Now it's time for us to rethink."
For the Palestinian side, the change of attitudes of the international community has brought more confidence.
Ashram Khatib is a negotiation advisor of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
"We maintain optimistic. Israel cannot be working against the international law. The European guideline against settlement is a very good evident, and the rest of the world have changed their position against what Israel has been doing for the past 20 years."
The Israelis and Palestinians has opened their first formal peace talks in the region in nearly five years in August.
However to achieve comprehensive peace, they still need more determination and courage to overcome a series disputes.
For CRI, I'm Marc Cavigli.
Experts Advise Ways to Improve Education for China's Disabled Children
Anchor
A human rights conference launched in Beijing has heard a senior Chinese researcher call on the government to increase education opportunities for disabled children to help them become more self-sufficient.
CRI's Xu Fei has more.
Reporter
According to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, there are over 85-million disabled people in China, accounting for around 8% of the overall population.
However, a recent report published by China's Education Ministry indicates that about 28 percent of Chinese children with disabilities remain not enrolled in China's compulsory nine-year education.
Ye Xiaowen, Vice-president of China Society for Human Rights Studies, therefore, suggests the government at all levels increase investment in the education for the handicapped people to make them not be a burden anymore for the social development.
"Their disabilities are just the malfunctioning of some organs. If they are given access to regular education, they would contribute to our society as much as or even more than normal people. The issue of education for disabled children is not only a human right issue but also has a direct bearing on the sustainable development of our Chinese nation. "
In fact, there are various problems relating to the living conditions of this large group of people in China. In an exclusive interview with CRI along the sideline of the sixth Beijing Forum on Human Rights which opened Thursday morning in Beijing, Ye Xiaowen believes proper education plays a crucial role in solving such problems.
In 2012, the Chinese government has vowed to increase its spending on education to four percent of the country's gross domestic product, and this leads Ye to suggest the portion for education of the disabled children rise accordingly.
"Along with the increase in the government budget on education reaching 4-percent of GDP, the portion for education designed for the disabled from should rise accordingly in this budget. This is a type of strategic investment which would lead to high returns."
Receiving proper education, the disabled' right to work could be better guaranteed.
China's National Human Rights Action Plan for the period between 2012 and 2015 provides that the country will stabilize and expand employment for the disabled.
Xu Jianzhong, an official that promotes welfare and charity in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, notes one of the progresses in the employment of the disabled in China.
"There are more than 20,000 charity enterprises in China that give job offers for almost 600,000 disabled people."
Themed Constructing an Environment for Sustainable Human Rights Development, the sixth Beijing Forum on Human Rights will run till Friday. Participants at home and abroad discuss a number of issues including China-made progress in protecting the rights for the disadvantaged population.
For CRI, I'm Xu Fei.
Japan blasts French magazine for nuclear-related Olympic joke
Japan has lodged an official protest against a French newspaper cartoon which depicts sumo wrestlers with extra limbs fighting in front of the country's crippled nuclear power plant.
The cartoon also links the multi-limb sumo wrestlers to Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.
"This kind of caricature hurts the feelings of those affected by the disaster and gives the wrong impression about the contaminated water problem at Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant. I found it inappropriate report and extremely regretful."
Another cartoon in the same paper also shows two people wearing hazmat suits at poolside, with the caption next to it saying Fukushima already has an Olympic-size pool.
Japanese officials have acknowledged highly radioactive water has been leaking from the Fukushima plant.
The recent string of leaks from the storage tanks have been leaking into the nearby ocean.
NASA's Voyager I became the first man made spacecraft to venture into interstellar space
Scientists at NASA have confirmed their spacecraft, Voyager I, has become the first human-made object to venture into interstellar space.
The 36-year-old probe is about 19-billion kilometers from our sun.
Ed Stone is a scientist with the Voyager project.
"Now, what does it mean to reach interstellar space? Well first of all, we got there. I mean, this is something we all hoped when we started on this forty years ago, that this would happen but none of us knew how big this bubble was and none of us knew anything could last as long as the two Voyager spacecraft."
Voyager scientist Gary Stark says it may take years to interprete all the data Voyager has transmited back to Earth.
"We are in fact in the interstellar medium. This is truly a remarkable achievement and I believe it is very hard for us to comprehend that the Space Age started fifty five years ago and in that period we've actually exited the Solar System. We've exited the material created by the sun and we're truly in an alien environment. The material in which Voyager finds itself is not created by the sun."
A report on the analysis of some of the data received from Voyager has been published in the latest edition of the Journal Science.
Biz Reports
US stocks took a breather Thursday, with the S&P 500 snapping a seven-session rally as investors await key news from the Federal Reserve next week.
The Federal Reserve will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday next week to discuss the U.S. economy and the fate of the central bank's 85-billion-a-month asset-purchasing program.
Meanwhile, official data shows the US is on track for its lowest budget deficit since 2008, as the gap between spending and revenue continues to contract.
The federal budget logged a 148 billion US dollars deficit in August, which has come-in below economist expectations of a 150 billion deficit.
When the markets closed,
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2 percent.
The S&P 500 lost 0.3 percent led by declines in the materials sector.
The Nasdaq fell 0.2 percent.
In Canada, the S&P/TSX gave up 1 percent.
European markets slipped after data showing euro-zone industrial production in July fell 1.5 percent on the month, compared with expectations of a 0.1 percent rise.
In corporate news, Apple edged up on Thursday after dropping 7.6 percent amid disappointment over its new smartphone launch.
The U.K.'s FTSE 100 closed marginally higher while Germany's DAX was slightly lower.
France's CAC 40 dropped 0.3 percent after closing at the second highest level in 2013 on Wednesday.
Call-in Corp News w Doug
Anchor
Let's check in with some of the key events on the corporate front in China this week.
Doug Young joins me on the line.
He's an associate professor at Fudan University and former China company news chief at Reuters.
['Budget' iPhone disappoints target market China]
Media reports are suggesting the new iPhone launch has received some less than enthusiastic reactions in its target market China.
The Chinese customers are said to be disappointed by the high price tag of its budget iPhone 5C.
The Apple website offered the 5C 16 GB at 732 US dollars.
What's more, in Hong Kong where the two new iPhones will also be sold in the first global release, the iPhone 5S 16GB model is priced at only 721 US dollars, 12 dollars cheaper than the 5C.
Others complaints include that the screen size of the two new devices are significantly smaller than the Samsung Galaxy.
----Do you think the price strategy for 5C is somehow the biggest mistake for Apple to take on Chinese consumers?
----Except choosing the bad from the worst, customers prefer the 5S to 5C, what else is behind the opposite reaction planned by Apple? And what exactly does 5C plans to woo?
----Do you think this is one of Apple's least innovative launches in its history? Is Apple on the way turning out to be a market follower?
[Baijiu Brands Top List of Worst Performing Stocks For The Last Year]
Shares of premier liquor brands or baijiu brands such as Moutai and Wuliangye, have been rated the worst performing stocks for the past year.
Moutai shares lost about a third of its value while Wuliangye tumbled by nearly half.
Meanwhile the latest data show profits for 14 of the biggest baijiu makers dropped 23 percent in the first half this year, while revenue was down 7.5 percent.
---How will you weigh on the factors which may cause the loss, the industrial plasticizers scandal, governments' crackdown on graft and the inflated price enjoyed by the industry for long?
---Do you think baijiu brands are in need of a facelift more than any other things here in China?
--What can they do to make a turnaround?
Doug Young, an associate professor at Fudan University and former China company news chief at Reuters.
Greece reels as jobless rate hits record high in June
Greece's jobless rate has hit a record high of 27.9 percent in June.
The new stats show the labor market continues to buckle in a deep recession.
Despite this, the Greek government continues to insist its economic fortunes are starting to rebound.
The Greek government is reportedly expecting a 3.8-percent contraction this year.
International lenders are forecasting a full-year economic contraction of 4.2 percent in Greece.
Australian Dollar falls as unemployment rises in August
Australia's unemployment rate has increased 0.1-percent to 5.8-percent this past month.
And additional 10-thousand-800 have found themselves out of work.
Full-time employment has dropped by 26-hundred.
Part-time employment is down 82-hundred.
The figures are in line with expectations.
Despite this, the Australian dollar has dropped nearly 1-percent against the US dollar.
10-year Australian government bond yields have also dipped 12 basis points to 4.05-percent.
Germany Autoshow- Merkel officially opens 2013 international motor show
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has officially opened the Frankfurt Auto show.
Addressing the crowd, Merkel has called on Europe to use the car industry as a real source of growth.
"The car industry, including all classes of car, belongs to growth and innovation. There is no point in limiting yourself to one class of car, or only to small cars but rather we know that the innovation chain includes all types."
Electric mobility and the "networked vehicle" are the focus this year, with almost 160 new car models on display.
The auto show is due to open its doors to the general public this Saturday.
Headline News
Chinese and Iranian president discuss Iranian nuke issue
Chinese President Xi Jinping says China is willing to sit down for a new set of talks to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue.
Xi Jinping made the comments as part of a meeting with the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Kyrgyzstan.
Rouhani insists Iran is using its nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
The two leaders also exchanges views on their own bilateral ties.
They are set to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek later on this Friday.
China urges resumed Korean Peninsula six-party talks
A senior Chinese diplomat is calling for the resumption of six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.
Lead Chinese negotiator Wu Dawei has made the call following talks with Glyn Davies, the United States' special representative for North Korean policy.
The six-party talks, which have included the two Koreas, China the United States, Japan and Russia have been stalled since late 2008.
UN received Syria's applications to join the chemical weapons ban
The United Nations says it's received Syria's application to join the global ban on chemical weapons.
This comes shortly after Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad pledged to deliver the application as part of the first step in support of the Russian proposal for chemical weapons in Syria.
The Russian initiative involves Syria handing over its chemical weapons stockpiles to international control, followed by their ultimate destruction.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry has started talks with his Russian counterpart in Geneva.
The two are meeting to try to come to an agreement on the outlines of a plan to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stocks.
At issues is Bashar al-Assad's suggestion of a 30-day timetable for submitting its chemical weapons data.
The two sides are also at odds over the enforcement of a final resolution on disarmament.
The US contends the disarmament needs to be backed by military force.
Beijing unveils clean air action plan
Municipal authorities here in Beijing have unveiled a new five-year plan to improve air quality.
The plan includes cutting coal consumption, promoting clean energy and reducing industries which are heavy polluters.
The plan is to cut annual coal consumption to under 10 million tonnes by 2017.
Last year saw 23 million tonnes of coal burned here in the city.
Cement production capacity is also going to be cut to under 4 million tonnes by 2017.
This would be down from the current average of 10 million tonnes.
Greece reels as jobless rate hits record high in June
Greece's jobless rate has hit a record high of 27.9 percent in June.
The new stats show the labor market continues to buckle in a deep recession.
Despite this, the Greek government continues to insist its economic fortunes are starting to rebound.
The Greek government is reportedly expecting a 3.8-percent contraction this year.
International lenders are forecasting a full-year economic contraction of 4.2 percent in Greece.
Newspaper Picks
Beijing Times
Court in Xinjiang sentences 3 to death
Summary:
Three men have been sentenced to death and another jailed for 25 years for a violent terrorist attack in Xinjiang in June.
The attack left 24 people dead, including two police officers.
Yanzhao Metropolitan Daily
'Uncle House' sentenced to jail
Summary:
A senior police officer, dubbed "Uncle House" for his large property holdings, has been sentenced to 11.5 years in jail.
Cai Bin, a former deputy director a district police bureau in the city of Guangzhou, accepted bribes worth some 2.75 million yuan.
Most of the money has been recovered.
Properties worth some 600-thousand yuan have also been confiscated.
Global Times
Top discipline body ponders microblog
Summary:
A senior official from the Party's disciplinary arm says the agency will disclose corruption cases in a timely manner on its new website.
The party watchdog is also considering opening up a microblog.
Shanghai Daily
Free trade zone trial to begin
Summary:
Shanghai's pilot free trade zone will officially open on September 29th.
The new zone will allow financial product reforms involving free yuan convertibility, liberal interest rates and foreign exchange.
If successful, it's believed the new model will be put in-place across most of the country.
Beijing News
Private aircraft auction
Summary:
6 private jets have been put up for a four-day auction on Taobao.
So far the auction has attracted 24 bids for one of the jets.
No bids have been place on the other 5.
The starting price of the J160-C is 1 yuan.
The other five models range from 1 to nearly 17-million yuan.
China Daily
China gets tough on air pollution
Summary:
The toughest-ever measures to tackle air pollution have been announced.
The Airborne Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan sets out goals for the nation's 338 cities.
It's set to be implemented over the next five years.
Guangzhou Daily
Ancient tomb robbery discovered
Summary:
The coffin of Shangguan Wan'er, a famous female politician in the Tang Dynasty, in Shaanxi, is missing.
A one-month excavation of a large portion of her tomb has determined her tomb was raided sometime in the past.
Shangguan Wan'er was a leading official in the court of China's only female Emperor, Wu Zitian.
The Tang Dynasty ran from 618 to 907 CE.
Sports
China's National Games witness maturity of new generation
The National Games have come to an end in Dalian.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has officially marked the end of the event in a low-budget closing ceremony.
As CRI's Su Yi reports, this year's event has witnessed a young generation of promising Chinese athletes start to mature, embodying the true essence of sports competition.
Reporter:
Shelok Dolma comes from China's Tibetan Autonomous Region.
The 26-year-old wrestler won the only gold medal for her home team in the women's 67 kilogram competition.
"I did not feel too much pressure. After all, this was my first time entering the finals, so the only thing I could do is try my best."
Despite her modesty, it is hard to argue that her win is a big deal for her coach, local sports authorities and the people back home.
In fact, this year's organizer has been promoting the notion of a return to the pure spirit of competition.
Unfortunately, the two-week event has still been marred by unprofessional and unpleasant moments.
The Beijing's Women 7s rugby team has been banned from competing internationally for the rest of this year following their throwing the final match against Shandong in the final.
The team has issued an apology for their conduct on the pitch, at the time believing that the Spanish referee was in favor of the opposing team.
Also, two women's marathon swimming teams exchanged blows to get ahead of each other while swimming for the finish.
The list could go on.
Winning or losing seem to be even more important for athletes than before.
But for young athletes, including Tibetan wrestler Shelok Dolma, to win is not the only thing they care about.
"Actually, it is all thanks to the support of my coach and teammates. I just want to say thanks to them."
Dolma does have enough excuses to feel pressured to win, though.
She became the first Tibetan world champion in over half a century at the World Wrestling Championship in Istanbul back in 2011.
She is one in just a handful of gold medal hopefuls on her team, which consists of less than 20 athletes.
But it appears, for her, winning or losing is just as simple as that.
The International Olympic Committee has just decided to include wrestling into the 2020 and 2024 summer games.
Still, Dolma says she is not too worried about that.
"Happy! I am just happy! I managed to get a gold medal for Tibet. Regarding my future, I will keep working on improving in the future, nothing more."
With this perspective in mind, this year's National Games may be a milestone of the maturity that this new generation of young Chinese athletes is reaching.
It is not about how many medals they win because they are showing the outside world that they know what they are doing and why they are doing it.
For CRI, I'm Su Yi, reporting from Shenyang.
Fifa world rankings: China drop four places to 99th
China has slipped even further in the world's football rankings.
The men's squad has dropped to 99th in September's FIFA world rankings.
China is now also ranked 9th in Asia.
Spain - who won the last two European Championships and the 2010 World Cup - maintain top spot in the table.
Argentina is ranked 2nd.
Germany, Italy and Colombia round out the top-5.
The biggest climbers inside the top 20 is the USA, which has jumped from 19th to 13th.
The 13th round of the 2013 MotoGP World Championship is set to get under way today
This weekend's MotoGP gets underway in Italy later on this Friday.
Repsol-Honda pilot Marc Marquez heads into the race in San Marino as the world champion-elect with seemingly a stranglehold on the championship.
The Spanish rookie leads the standings with a 30-point margin over team mate Dani Pedrosa with just 6-races left.
Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo is a further 9-points back in third.
With Marquez holding a 20-point advantage, even he fails to score a point during the race, he will still head to France next week holding onto the lead in the points standings.
Losing US Open finalist Novak Djokovic will switch to a clay court
World number-1 men's tennis player Novak Djokovic is looking to rebound after his loss in the finals of the US Open this weekend in Davis Cup semi-final action.
Canada's tennis squad is in Serbia for the 1st leg of their international team match.
Djokovic has drawn world number-41 Canadian Vasek Pospisill.
"They know what they came here for, they want to go to the finals and they're going to give everything in order to do that but we are very much motivated and inspired to play our best tennis in front of our home crowd and hopefully get to another final."
World number-10 Canadian tennis player Milos Raonic will be taking on Janko Tipsaravic in the other singles match in Belgrade.
The winner of this semi-final will take on either defending champions the Czech Republic or Argentina in the Davis Cup final in November.
Miguel Angel Jiminez leads after first round of KLM Open
In Golf...
Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez has taken a one-shot lead after the opening round of the KLM Open in the Netherlands.
The Spaniard's opening round 64 has included 3-birdies on the first four holes, including the shot of the day, when he pitched in from long range at the 16th.
"Well, it's a little bit strange, it was a little windy earlier making it even more interesting, but I played very well, very solidly on the last few holes. Yes, a birdie on the last hole and also on the 16th where I holed out from about 40 metres. On the 18th, on the fairway there, I was shooting out there, about three metres from the hole and I put it in the hole there, it helps, you know. Very nice, very happy."
Jimenez is just one-stroke ahead of a 6-way tie for second place.
Among the pack chasing him includes Australia's Robert Allenby, who usually plays on the PGA Tour, but is back on the European Tour as a guest.
Gareth Bale helps unveil Real Madrid's new strip
Gareth Bale appears set to make his debut for Real Madrid when the Spanish club takes on Villarreal, in La Liga on Saturday.
Bale has taken time to help Real unveil its new football kit.
Speaking at the news conference, Bale says he's feeling good after a pair of practice sessions with his new club.
"I feel good, I've been training last week with Wales. I've had two good sessions today and I got half an hour - 40 minutes game time for Wales, so yes, I'm feeling good. Obviously, I'm a bit behind physically than everyone else, but hopefully I can catch up as soon as possible."
Bale has been suffering from minor injuries in the run up to his protracted transfer from Tottenham Hotspur.
Meanwhile, Madrid will still be without injured midfielder Xabi Alonso this weekend.
They will also be missing defender Marcelo after he picked up an injury playing for national side Brazil.
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Still in football,
Arsenal new signing, German international Mesut Ozil, has taken part in his first training session for the club.
Ozil is expecte to take part in Saturday's Premier League clash against Sunderland.
Entertainment
Iranian Film Center to Reopen
Iranian authorities have announced a prominent center for filmmakers and artists can reopen after being shut down for the past 20-months.
Iran's deputy culture minister says the reopening is an indication of the more tolerant social and cultural views of new president Hasan Rouhani's government.
The closure of the cinema center in early 2012 sparked major public outcry from film fans and makers alike such as Asghar Farhadi who won an Academy Award for Iran last year for his film A Separation.
Iranian actor Homayoon Ershadi opened up about the reopening.
"I hope this marks a starting point for another period of progress for Iranian cinema. There was an interruption in the progress of cinema and its progress became slow in the past 8-years. We hope we can help this industry make progress again."
Hard-liners originally closed the cinema center claiming it supported liberal views.
JK Rowling to Pen New Script for Film Based on Wizard World
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has signed on with Warner Brothers studio to pen a screenplay for a fantasy film based on elements from the Harry Potter series.
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The new film will take the title of and be based on the textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which Harry, Ron, and Hermione read during their time at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
This will be the first time Rowling tries her hand at a screenplay.
She has revealed the film will feature creatures and even certain characters who have appeared throughout the Harry Potter series.
Newt Scamander, the author of the fictitious textbook, will be a major player in the new film.
Rowling has said the film is neither a sequel nor a prequel to the Harry Potter films, but rather an extension of the wizarding world.
She is also currently developing a television adaptation of her novel The Casual Vacancy with Warner Brothers Studios.
Breaking Bad Spinoff Gets Greenlight
Fans lamenting the rapidly approaching end of the hit television series Breaking Bad have reason to rejoice as a spin-off show is now officially in the works.
The new show titled 'Better Call Saul' will be a prequel to the events in Breaking Bad and center around sleazy lawyer Saul Goodman.
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US actor and comedian Bob Odenkirk will reprise his role as Goodman in the new series with Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan.
Odenkirk opened up about the schisty lawyer with a heart of gold saying he's excited to explore how Saul came to be the type of man he is before he met Walter White.
Meanwhile, there are only 3-episodes of Breaking Bad left before the series comes to a conclusion.
World's Shortest Woman Visits New York
The world's shortest woman has visited one of the world's tallest buildings in New York City this week.
19-year-old Jyoti Amge stoop atop the Empire State Building during her trip to promote the 2014 edition of the Guinness World Record's book.
Standing tall at just 2-feet and half an inch Amge says she usually buys clothes made for toddlers.
Amge, who has appeared in 2-Bollywood films, opened up about what she has her eye set on next.
"I want to enter into the world of Hollywood. That is now my target. I am now in the 12th grade and studying arts so when I have free time I study a lot because I want to excel in everything. But my target is to be in Hollywood."
Amge hails from Nagpur, India.
That's all we have time for on the show as well.
Recapping our top headlines....
China and Iran's Presidents have sat down together ahead of the opening of this year's Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan.
The Chinese government is issuing a new call for a resumption of the long-stalled 6-party nuclear talks.
The United Nations has confirmed Syria has filed a formal application to become part of the global chemical weapons convention.
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Greece's jobless rate hits a new high.
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