新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 20:00 2015/09/13（打印版）

The Beijing Hour (Saturday-Sunday)Evening EditionIt's Shane Bigham with you here on this Sunday, September 13th, 2015.

In the 2nd half of the hour, we'll bring you some of the science & technology stories that have made headlines over the past week.

All of that coming up in the next hour, but first, just a reminder there are several ways to reach out to us here on the Beijing Hour.

Top NewsChina issues guideline to deepen SOE reformsChina's central authorities have issued a guideline to deepen reforms of state-owned enterprises.

As part of the reform, some enterprises will be developed into commercial interests, while others will mainly serve the interests of the public.

The reform also call for diversification of the enterprises' shareholders, better risk management and measures against loss of state-owned assets.

China, U.S. reach important consensus on cyber securityChina says it has reached important consensus with the United States on combating cyber crime.

The announcement by China's Xinhua news agency comes after a visit to the US by a high level government delegation led by Meng Jianzhu, President Xi Jinping's special envoy.

During the visit, Meng met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice.

Three Chinese Injured in Mecca AccidentThree Chinese pilgrims have been confirmed injured in the crane accident at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.

The State Administration for Religious Affairs says one from northwest China's Gansu province was slightly scraped after he slipped on the ground while the other two from the neighboring Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region suffered leg injuries after being hit by falling debris.

At least 107 people were killed and 238 injured when a crane toppled over at the Grand Mosque on Friday, less than two weeks before the annual haj.

Chinese air force's aerobatic show attracts 60,000 spectatorsA three-day aerobatic show wrapped up on Sunday in Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province.

"I think the show was successful. It inspired young aviation enthusiasts and gave them a feast for their eyes. It also encouraged our new students to study diligently. It gave students that will become combat troops an idea of what their missions will be like -- that they should be able to fly like this in order to defend their homeland in the future."The event was open to the public, and has attracted almost 60,000 spectators.

Tianjin starts appraising apartments damaged by blastsThe government in Tianjin has begun the process of appraising the apartments that were damaged in the explosions near the city's port last month.

Local authorities say Fangda Real Estate Appraisal Company has been selected to assess apartments in seven residential compounds where more than 17-thousand units were damaged.

The company will determine whether an apartment can be rebuilt or if the owner will be bought out because the damage is too extensive.

The appraised value will be compared to the contract value of the apartment, and the higher value will be used as the buyback price.

Two explosions tore through a warehouse in the eastern Chinese city on August 12th. 165 people have been confirmed killed, with eight others listed as missing.

China's cloud computing to boost trade tiesInternet elites gathered at the Online Silk Road Forum this week, a part of the 2015 China-Arab States Expo in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

Those at the forum explored new approaches of doing business with countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt, especially those from Arab countries.

The mayor of a city in Ningxia says he thinks there should be focus on building an online Silk Road in parallel to the physical counterpart.

"Along with the land and maritime Silk Roads, we should engage in building the online Silk Road. The construction of the online Silk Road is realistic and quick. The Internet asks for small investment, and has quick results."China hopes to boost trade volume with Arab countries from 240 billion U.S. dollars in 2013 to 600 billion U.S. dollars over the next decade.

Ningxia is putting in significant effort to develop its cloud computing industry, which could help boost the development of the online Silk Road and strengthen ties with the Arab countries.

China-ASEAN Information Harbor Forum Opens in South ChinaOn Sunday, the China-ASEAN Information Harbor Forum kicked off in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

The two-day forum seeks to create more cooperation between government, companies, and scholars in the fields of e-commerce, Internet security and cultural industries.

More than 200 people attended the event, including senior leaders from the Chinese government, ministers of several Southeast Asian countries, as well as executives with China's Internet giants, including Tencent, Alibaba and Sina.

Consensus reached at Thailand-China railway cooperation talksChina and Thailand have reached broad consensus over railway cooperation.

Many issues, including feasibility studies, detailed route design, engineering, procurement and construction & financing have been discussed during two-day talks which ended on Saturday in Bangkok.

The Thai side spoke highly of the feasibility study report of the first phase of the project, presented by the Chinese delegation on Aug. 31. The two sides agreed that a report on the second phase of the project will be submitted on Oct. 15.

The two sides have also reached consensus on their intergovernmental railway cooperation framework, which is expected to be signed during the next meeting in Beijing in late October.

China and Thailand last year signed a memorandum of understanding on jointly developing a medium-speed railway system that connects northeast Thailand's Nong Khai province, the capital of Bangkok and the eastern Rayong province.

China's industrial output up 6.1 pct in AugustChina's value-added industrial output expanded 6.1 percent year on year in August.

The National Bureau of Statistics attributes the month-on-month increase to improving performance in key industrial sectors and accelerated growth in high-tech industries.

China's Auto Market Sees Drop for the Fourth Month in AugustIn the first eight months of 2015, China's auto production has dropped year on year to 15.1 million vehicles, while sales are down slightly to 15 million.

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers says this is mainly because of the country's economic slowdown and purchase restriction policies set in major cities.

Lu Weisheng, a senior official from the National Development and Reform Commission, says the situation may be more grim in the future.

"The growth rate of China's auto production has dropped from 24 percent between 2000 and 2010 to around seven percent between 2010 and 2014. China has seen zero growth on auto sales in the first eight months this year. The prospect is not cheerful and the competition is going to be more fierce in the future."Many automakers have started to reduce their dealers' stock of vehicles or subsidize their dealers.

However, some automobile dealers say this measure can only improve the current situation in the short term--what they need long-term is a proper intervention from the government.

China Launches Communication Experiment SatelliteChina has successfully launched a satellite that will be used to conduct experiments related to broadband communications.

West China Exhibition Held in AustraliaAn exhibition named "Color of West China, Thangka and Painting Exhibition" has opened in Sydney.

It displayes 14 Thangkas and 40 other paintings of natural scenery, folk traditions, and religious beliefs in West China.

Thangka is a form of Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton, or silk appliqué, usually depicting Buddhist deity, scenes, or mandala.

Of the 40 paintings on display, the majority are traditional Chinese water-and-inks, canvasses, woodcuts and watercolors.

The exhibition hosts, China's State Council Information Office and the Chinese Consulate-General in Sydney, hope to further the understanding and friendship between the two countries through this exhibition.

Beijing to sound sirens for air raid drillAir raid drills are to be conducted in 10 suburban districts across Beijing on September 19th.

The Beijing Civil Defense Bureau has issued this warning about the upcoming drills, telling locals to be prepared for them, and not to panic when they happen.

Among seven tested car models, three were graded "five-star" including Mazda's Atenza, RuiTeng from SAIC Motor and Great Wall Motor's Haval, while three others were rated "four star" and one "three star".

Director of the C-NCAP management center Zhao Hang says the revised testing standard raised the "five-star" and "four star" threshold.

"As the drafter and maker of the standard, we keep raising it to push up the technological level of vehicle safety, and technological improvement will in turn push up the standard. So the current five-star standard has a higher technological level than the previous five-star version."The 2015 C-NCAP crash standard has also highlighted the safety for motorists' head and neck.

"We tested seven vehicle types this time, and none of them got a full mark in head and neck injuries tests. In comparison, a considerable proportion of old models received full marks, which means the 2015 standard for head and neck safety has more strict requirements"At the same time, Liu Yuguang reveals that one-third of over 100 vehicle models rated "five-star" under the old rule will be downgraded to "four star".

"If it causes a fire within three minutes after the crash test, we will downgrade the vehicle, as fire is potentially a big threat to personal safety. Internationally, there is no precedent for such a standard on fire and star-rating downgrading."According to the testing procedures, the center buys vehicles directly from the market and then puts them to multiple tests including emissions, fuel consumption, three different types of crashes and whiplash.

The current C-NCAP crash assessment is in line with the European standards and it is reported to be higher than most existing mandatory ones around the world.

Starting from 2016, Russia will include Mandarin as an optional foreign language in its higher education system. Students will be able to choose between English, French, German, Spanish and Mandarin when they take college entrance exams. The experiment will run in several Russian regions, including Moscow and St Petersburg.

Ekaterina Arkhipova is one of several students who chose to study Mandarin as a foreign language at her school in Moscow. During her first lesson, she is very keen to learn the language.

"Chinese is a very difficult language - even after studying it for a few years some new Chinese characters appear that need to be learnt and this language doesn't come easy for many, many people can't study it, can't pronounce it well - but I am good at it."Ekaterina believes that studying Mandarin is a good investment into her future. In the light of Russia's and China's growing cooperation over recent years, Ekaterina believes there will be a demand for Chinese-speaking specialists, like interpreters. Her teacher, Veronika Shaskova, agrees.

"I think the fact that Russia is developing its relations with China has a lot to do with that. Different contracts, agreements between Russia and China provoke this interest."Due to a growing demand in students wanting to learn Mandarin, Russia's Education Ministry has decided to add Chinese to a list of foreign languages test in Russia's Unified State Exam in 2017.

So far the list includes English, French, Spanish and German. High school students in Russia have to pass this test when they apply to college and university. So far it is an experiment but Yaroslav Kuzminov, from Higher School of Economics, says there is a lot of potential.

"As to when this can become an entrance exam along with English and French - this will happen as soon as we have 1500 people who know Chinese well and who can read in Chinese starting from their first year. We will continue working in this direction and I think we are, as a country, interested in this."The experiment will run in several Russian cities, in Moscow, St.Petersburg and in the far eastern city of Khabarovsk. However, Russian education authorities plan to make foreign languages a mandatory subject in the test, which includes 14 different disciplines, by 2020.

Saudi King Visits Site of Crane CollapseSaudi Arabia's King Salman has visited the site of the crane collapse at the Grand Mosque that killed 107 people.

"I came today first, to check what happened and how it happened. And to be with citizens during this time and to say their King is always honored to serve the Two Holy Mosques,and this has been the case since the era of the late founder King Abdulaziz until today. "The King says results of the accident investigation will be made public once they become available.

Cranes crowd the skyline in Mecca as much of the city center is undergoing construction. The Grand Mosque itself is being expanded and renovated.

CRI's London correspondent Duan Xuelian with more on what is widely seen as a swing to the left for the largest opposition party in parliament.

During the build up to the Labour Party leader election which took place last Thursday, Jeremy Corbyn took British politics by storm. Entering the Labour Party leadership competition in the last minute, the left-wing MP ended up winning nearly 60% of more than 400,000 votes.

It is the first time for the Labour Leadership election to employ the "one member one vote" system, allowing anyone to register to vote in the leadership election by paying a 3 pound fee online. Results show that over 80% of this new category of voters voted for Corbyn.

"During this amazing three months, our party has changed. We've grown enormously because of the hopes of so many ordinary people for a different Britain, a better Britain, a more equal Britain, a decent Britain. They're fed up with the inequality, the injustice, the unnecessary poverty. All those issues have brought people in in a spirit of hope and optimism."The 66-year-old Corbyn has been a backbencher in the House of Commons for over 30 years and has been described as a "rebel" inside his own party.

Corbyn's election is seen as a broad rejection of the centrist "New Labour" consensus that dominated the party during the Premierships of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

Former Labour Leader Ed Milliband who resigned following Labour's 2015 General Election defeat, says Corbyn will have to face the great challenge of uniting an increasingly divided Labour Party.

"I will be offering Jeremy Corbyn my support and I hope people across the Party do so too. I hope also that Jeremy reaches out to all parts of the Party because he as a big job to do to seek to unite the Party and I believe he doesn't intend to do that and I hope he does."On the Government side of the bench, Conservative Defence Secretary Micheal Fallon has described the new opposition leader as a risk to Britain's national security.

"This election shows that Labour now poses a very serious risk to our security, our national security, because they'll undermine our defences; to our economic security, because the will be taxes on jobs, on earnings, and more borrowing, and the security of every family that will affect every working people."In his acceptance speech, Jeremy Corbyn promised that Labour will take the fight directly to the Conservative Party.

A few hours after winning the election, Corbyn addressed a rally in central London calling the government to welcome more refugees.

"But above all, open your hearts and open your minds and open your attitude towards the people who are desperate, who needs somewhere safe to live, want to contribute to our society and our human beings just like all of us."For CRI, I'm Duan Xuelian in LondonLibyan parties reach consensus on main elements to end crisisA UN envoy says the main parties in Libya have reached a consensus on the main issues behind the ongoing crisis in the country.

Over the next two days, the UN is hoping leaders in Libya can reach an agreement on a unity government and end divisions that have split the country following an uprising that toppled former leader Muammar Gaddafi.

The UN- brokered political agreement was initialed in July by the Tubrok-based parliament alongside representatives of political parties, municipalities, and civil society groups, whereas the Tripoli-based General National Congress did not join the accord.

Germany's Merkel sees need to cooperate with Russia on SyriaThe German Chancellor says her country and other western European powers need to work with Russia as well as the United States to solve the crisis in Syria.

She was speaking on Saturday before a meeting of the German, Russian, French and Ukrainian foreign ministers in Berlin to discuss the Ukraine crisis, although the four are also expected to touch on Syria.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a lengthy exchange about Syria on the sidelines of the meeting.

It's been reported that both ministers agreed to give firm political support to the U.N. Syrian envoy and his plan to create a Syrian contact group.

Demonstrators in London Demand Government to Take More RefugeesAround 90,000 people marched on the streets of London on Saturday to demand the government take in more refugees.

Marianne McNichole, a demonstrator, says the UK extended help to refugees in the 1930s and it needs to continue that humanitarianism now.

"We need to be kinder, more humane, more compassionate. That's what we want to see, a society that is kinder and more compassionate. Britain is a wealthy country, so Britain can really afford to take in many, many refugees."British Prime Minister David Cameron announced earlier that Britain will accept 20,000 Syria refugees by 2020.

India and Australia Commence First Joint Navy ExerciseThe inaugural bilateral maritime exercise between India and Australia is underway.

The weeklong exercise in the Bay of Bengal, off India's eastern coast, includes a harbor phase and a sea phase. Scheduled activities include practical demonstrations, professional interactions, fleet maneuvers and coordinated anti-submarine exercises.

India's Flag Officer of the Eastern Fleet, Rear Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, says the exercise is aimed at ensuring peace and security in the region.

"Despite being the first bilateral exercise between the two navies, our aim is to strengthen the professional interaction both in harbor and at sea and both our navies aim to further the goals of peace and security in the region and build a lasting partnership towards ensuring that our two navies and the nations maintain and further our shared maritime interests."Head of Navy Capability for the Royal Australian Navy, Rear Admiral Jonathan Mead, also commented on the significance of the joint drill.

"It will allow us to enhance our technical mastery while operating at sea. It will allow us to develop tactics, training and procedures in areas such as anti-submarine warfare, aviation operations, SEMAR ship and navigation and it will facilitate us in our ability to operate together for such issues and scenarios such as maritime resistance and disaster relief operations."The exercise will be a biennial event, focusing on operations for humanitarian causes and in disaster situations.

Colombian, Venezuelan FMs to Discuss Border Crisis in EcuadorThe Venezuelan and Colombian presidents have agreed to discuss an escalating border crisis between the two countries on the invitation of Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Pati?o.

Right before the meeting between the two presidents, the Colombian and Venezuelan foreign ministers will meet to discuss ways to resolve the major issues fueling the border crisis.

"We are very happy here, we came to a very important meeting, to pave the way for the meeting between president Juan Manuel Santos and the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro."Relations between the two countries have been increasingly tense since Venezuela closed its border with Columbia, blaming armed paramilitaries and smugglers for the move.

Israeli Police and Palestinians Clash at Al-Aqsa MosquePalestinians and Israeli police clashed on Sunday at the al-Aqsa mosque complex in East Jerusalem.

According to officials, dozens of policemen stormed the compound to clear the way for Jewish visitors ahead the Jewish New Year, which begins at sunset. Palestinians then targeted the police with rocks and fireworks.

Al-Aqsa is the third holiest site for Islam. Its location is also revered by the Jewish people as the site of their biblical temple.

Last week, the Israeli Defense Minister outlawed two Muslim groups which have protested against visits by Israeli Jews to the site.

Northern California Wildfires Injure 4 Firefighters, Force Thousands to EvacuateA fast growing wildfire in northern California has injured four firefighters and forced the evacuations homes. Thousands of people have been displaced.

On Saturday, the firefighters suffered second degree burns while battling the fires in Lake County, north of San Francisco.

Headline newsChina issues guideline to deepen SOE reformsChina's central authorities have issued a guideline to deepen reforms of state-owned enterprises.

As part of the reform, some enterprises will be developed into commercial interests, while others will mainly serve the interests of the public.

The reform also call for diversification of the enterprises' shareholders, better risk management and measures against loss of state-owned assets.

China, U.S. reach important consensus on cyber securityChina says it has reached important consensus with the United States on combating cybercrime.

The announcement by China's Xinhua news agency comes after a visit to the US by a high level government delegation led by Meng Jianzhu, President Xi Jinping's special envoy.

During the visit, Meng met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice.

Tianjin starts appraising apartments damaged by blastsThe government in Tianjin has begun the process of appraising the apartments that were damaged in the explosions near the city's port last month.

Local authorities say Fangda Real Estate Appraisal Company has been selected to assess apartments in seven residential compounds where more than 17-thousand units were damaged.

The company will determine whether an apartment can be rebuilt or if the owner will be bought out because the damage is too extensive.

The appraised value will be compared to the contract value of the apartment, and the higher value will be used as the buyback price.

Libyan parties reach consensus on main elements to end crisisA UN envoy says the main parties in Libya have reached a consensus on the main issues behind the ongoing crisis in the country.

Israeli Police and Palestinians Clash at Al-Aqsa MosquePalestinians and Israeli police clashed on Sunday at the al-Aqsa mosque complex in East Jerusalem.

Al-Aqsa is the third holiest site for Islam. Its location is also revered by the Jewish people as the site of their biblical temple.

New Singaporean Cabinet to Form in Two Weeks: PMSingaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday that he will form a new Cabinet in the next two weeks. His comments came after his People's Action Party witnessed a landslide victory in the general election on Friday.

It's time to check on the latest updates from the science and technology sector in the past week in our Weekly Sci-Tech feature.

China aims to land its Chang'e-4 probe on the far side of moonScientists in Germany have come up with a method for extracting the precious element germanium from plants.

Apple has unveiled a slew of new products, including a larger iPad tablet, a TV box with its own app store, and new iPhones with 3D touch technology that can detect how firmly the screen is being pressed.

"Today we have the biggest news in iPad since the iPad and I am thrilled to show it to you. This is the iPad Pro."The iPad Pro is aimed mostly at business customers.

Meanwhile, Apple's new phones, the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, with the new '3D touch technology' go on sale here in China and other parts of the world in just over 2-weeks.

Baidu CEO Li Yanhong says the virtual assistant program, called "Du Secretary," is a virtual program which will be able to learn from its user.

"It's different from other intelligent robots in the market, which tell you jokes and make you laugh. But Baidu secretary is here today to serve each of us."Baidu says its virtual program will be different than Apple's Siri or other similar assistant programs, as it will get to know its primary user, and will be able to better serve the user the more it interacts with them.

===China's space administration says it's planning to become the first to land a lunar probe on the far side of the moon.

China became the third country to soft land a spacecraft on lunar soil two years ago, after the former Soviet Union and the United States.

===New standards are set to be released by Chinese authorities for the next-generation of mobile communications technology.

The technology is expected to offer users bandwidth as high as 10 gigabytes per second, which would be 100 times the current 4G levels.

====Astronomers at the University of California, Irvine have a more focused image of the formation of the earliest galaxies 500 million years after the Big Bang.

Astronomers used about 10 years of data from the Hubble Space Telescope to create "one mosaic image of the sky."They then removed all of the stars and galaxies.

Using statistics with the new image, they were able to get a better image of the fainter galaxies from the universe's earliest days.

In essence, the scientists were taking a look back in time to the "epoch of reionization," a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

The most significant finding from the new data is that there are early galaxies that are "much more different" than the familiar ones such as the Milky Way.

====Scientists at Freiburg University of Mining and Technology in Germany have found a revolutionary way of extracting the precious element germanium from plants.

"What is being cultivated in this field are various energy crops -- for example sunflowers, corn, reed canary grass - but instead of using them for energy purposes we want to use them for phytomining. In German we call it 'mining with plants'. We want to bring elements that are present in the soil into the roots and shoots of the plants, harvest them and then extract these elements from the plants after they have been used for energy, that is to say fermented."The process is still in its early stages, but Heilmeier says they have now identified the plants that could allow them to scale-up the attempt.

Nowadays, silicon-germanium alloy is indispensable to modern life, crucial in making computers, smartphones and fibre-optic cables.

====Canadian company Thoth Technology has announced plans to build a 20 kilometer tall space elevator tower to propel spacecraft into the atmosphere.

The company says its ThothX Tower will allow for a major cost reduction in space flights by helping navigate the difficult first 50 kilometres of travel that traditionally requires rockets.

Thoth Technology has been granted a United States patent for an elevator which is pneumatically pressurised and actively-guided over its base.

It would stand more than 20 times higher than the world's largest man-made structure - the 829.8 metre tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

Using facial recognition technology and specialized algorithms, consumers can snap a selfie or upload a photo, scan the bar codes of makeup products on their phone, and instantly know how the product looks on them.

"We are analyzing the facial feature and also we are analyzing the pigmentation from 26 different dots on the face and we are doing an average skintone. And then we extract the eye color and hair color in order to gain specific characteristics for each customer. Then we blend together all those parameters with the attributes from the products."Gal says developing a program that defines every person's features and truly shows how the properties of different cosmetic products will look - is a major achievement.

Try It On works with 12 well-known cosmetics brands including Revlon, L'oreal and Cover Girl ... And it works with nail polishes as well.

The app recently launched in the U.S. and is featured in Rite Aid drugstores as well as Walmart.　====The U.S. Department of Energy has green-lit the construction of a 3.2-gigapixel digital camera for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope or LSST.

Once complete, it'll be the world's largest camera and will be about the size of a small car and weigh more than three tons.

To put the extraordinary 3.2-gigapixel resolution in perspective - it would take 1,500 high-definition television screens to display a single picture snapped by the camera.

SportsSaturday football recapStarting things off with football action from the Chinese Super League,Guangzhou Evergrande demolished leaders Shanghai SIPG 3-0 to reclaim the top spot on the table.

After the game Guo'an are at fourth place with 44 points. They have played one game less than other teams but the prospects of them winning the title are nonetheless looking grim. The more realistic goal for Guo'an would be to fight for a berth in next season's AFC Champions League against Shangdong Luneng, who are just two points ahead of them.

A Robert Lewandowski equalizer and Thomas Mueller winner at the last minute of regular play sealed the victory for Bayern.

On the same run are Dortmund which took out Hannover 4-2. Dortmund are ahead of Bayern in first place on goal difference.

In La Liga,Lionel Messi came off the bench to help Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid 2-1. It was his first goal of the season.

Cristiano Ronaldo completed a hat-trick within 19 minutes and scored twice more to give Real Madrid a 6-0 win over Espanyol.

Pennetta wins women's singles; French pair win doublesIn tennis,Flavia Pennetta defeated compatriot Roberta Vinci in straight sets 7-6, 6-2 to win the women's US Open title.

"I think in woman's Italian tennis now since already few years it's really big, big moment for us in Italy and around the world. So we just -- I think we didn't prove too much. I mean, we already proved during this year how we are, how good we are in what we are doing, how much heart we put all the time when we get in the court. So it's amazing to have the chance to play with one of your friends. Anyway, like before, like before the match we say doesn't matter. We're gonna win. It's going to be a big win for both of us.

In doubles action,Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut became the first all-French pair to win the US Open men's doubles title after they beat Jamie Murray and John Peers.

"It's big, but I remember back in '85 or '87 something like that, when (Yannick) Noah and (Henri) Leconte were in the final. I think they had to win this one, and for some reason they didn't. No, it's great to be the first French team to win this one. Yeah, it's a privilege to hold the trophy, and now it's time to celebrate."For Murray and Peers, however, it was their second successive grand slam final defeat after they came runners-up at Wimbledon.

The men's singles winner will be decided between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer; to be followed by the women's doubles final.

Mayweather remains undefeated, matches 49-0 recordIn boxing,Floyd Mayweather is still undefeated and confirmed his place in boxing history by winning what he has repeatedly called his last fight.

Mayweather says at this stage he has reached the peak of this sport and asks for nothing more. But there is something he wants to do after he leaves the ring.

"You get to a certain level to where, you can't buy nothing anymore. You can't get moved by.... a Rolls Royce, or you can't get moved by, a car. When you've got everything there's nothing else you can get moved by, and I've accomplished everything in the sport. So now it's time for me to help.... these young fighters, break my records. I want to see my records broken. Of course I want to be a part of it!"Berto commended Mayweather for his achievement and fine form.

"as of right now.... to be, what's he, 38 now? To be 38 years old man and still have that speed and still have that timing.... it's unheard of. So I, definitely commend him for that. For sure, to just have the run he's had for 19 years, just being world champion and continue to move forwards towards greatness, so I've got to commend him for that at the end of the day."After the fight, Berto's record dropped to 30-4 as this was his fourth loss in his last seven fights.

Fabio Aru on brink of Vuelta victoryIn cycling,Fabio Aru has all but won the Vuelta after a master plan from his Astana team broke red jersey Tom Dumoulin in the penultimate stage.

Aru is holding a 1 minuete, 17 seconds lead over his closest rival Joaquim Rodriguez ahead of today's final processional stage into Madrid.

EntertainmentChinese film Mr Six wraps up Venice Film FestivalChinese director Guan Hu's action comedy film 'Mr.Six' wrapped up the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.

The 47 year old director says he instantly thought of Feng Xiaogang after finishing the script of 'Mr Six', also known as 'Lao Pao Er' in Chinese.

"There are a lot of great actors in China but I thought of Feng Xiaogang first. I was a bit concerned in the beginning, I thought it would be a challenge to direct another director and I think Xiaogang thought so too, but once we started collaborating, everything went smoothly."The film is a modern tale of Mr Six, a middle aged former kingpin who reigned over the Beijing streets for years. As he lives in a world that is bound to be destroyed by modernity, the film portrays the battle between him and a much younger street gang leader.

"I think this generation is obviously their moment, so they're happy, open-minded, positive, optimistic and they're open to new things and new technologies but I think what we're looking for in cinema takes a bit more than that. So I just used my own experience, my own sincere approach to cinema to help them."'Mr Six' is scheduled to screen at Toronto Film Festival, and is released on the Chinese market due on December 24th.

Monster Hunt becomes highest grossing movie in ChinaLocal movie Monster Hunt has beaten Fast and Furious 7 to become China's highest grossing film of all time.

The film has taken just over 2.428 billion yuan ($380 million) since its release in July. Fast and Furious 7 's takings are 2.426 billion yuan.

In the first eight months of this year, China's movie theater takings hit over 30 billion yuan ($4.71 billion) already surpassing 2014's entire total. Local movies have accounted for 60 percent of total ticket sales in the country so far this year.

It's been predicted that the Chinese film market could overtake the United States to become the largest in the world within the next three years.

Jurassic World has most mistakes in summer blockbusterJurassic World has been slammed for having the most mistakes in a summer blockbuster this year.

The movie is the third highest grossing movie of all time, surpassing the $1 billion dollar mark in global takings, only being beaten by Avatar and Titanic. However despite all of this, the movie is being blasted for the amount of errors and mistakes located within the film.

According to Movie Mistakes, a site where every factual, continuity and effects mistake is listed for a variety of films, Jurassic World features 18 mistakes. Possibly one of the biggest continuity mistakes in the film is the fact that two teenage boys are able to take a 20 year old run down jeep and make it work instantly.

Batman v Superman film to feature more BatmanThe director of upcoming film Batman v Superman says the movie will feature more Batman than Superman.

According to Zack Snyder who directs the film, the beginning of the film is more Batman oriented so the audience can get to know Ben Affleck's version of the famous character.

Henry Cavill's Superman has already has its own standalone film - Superman: Man of Steel and therefore audiences are more familiar with his interpretation of the character.

Earlier this year it was announced that Ben Affleck would feature as Batman in a standalone Dark Knight film. He will direct, co-write and star in the film.

Yoko Ono hopes to break records to celebrate John Lennon's birthdayYoko Ono is hoping to break a record to celebrate John Lennon's 75th birthday.

The former wife of the Beatles star is hoping to break the record for the world's largest peace sign on October 6. She hopes to gather between 6,000 and 10,000 people to create the peace sign.

The hopefully record breaking event is in memory of John Lennon who would have celebrated his 75th birthday on October 9.

The event will also be raising money for the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus which helps students gain experience in audio recording.

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新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 20:00 2015/09/13（在线收听）