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The 23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit gets underway in Manila with the spotlight falling on China's role in boosting regional developmentIn his keynote speech, President Xi Jinping calls for the Asia-Pacific area to reform and innovate.

France becomes the first nation to invoke the EU's mutual defense clause in the wake of the deadly terror attacks in Paris.

In business... China and Singapore to upgrade their Free Trade AgreementIn sports... Murray and Nadal battle for semi-final spot at ATP Finals tonight.

In entertainment... The latest 007 feature film breaks it's own China box office record.

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Top NewsAPEC Leaders Summit OpensThis year's APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting is underway in Manila, capital of the Phillipines.

Economic integration, small and medium enterprises, and sustainable growth are high on the agenda of the two-day session.

During the summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping is to brief other leaders about the implementation of the consensus reached at last year's APEC meeting in Beijing and also the progress in the implementation of the China-proposed Silk Road initiative.

For more on the meeting, CRI's Tu Yun and Brian Kopczynski earlier spoke to Dr. Liang Wei, Professor of International Policy Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in the US.

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That was Dr. Liang Wei, Professor of International Policy Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies speaking with CRI's Tu Yun and Brian Kopczynski.

China plays pivotal role in economic development of Asia-Pacific areas.

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With the leaders from 21 countries around the world in Manila for the 23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, more attention has once again been placed on China's role in boosting and leading regional economic development.

CRI's Li Jianhua has more.

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The theme of this year's summit is "Building Inclusive Economies, Building a Better World," with four key priorities.

They include enhancing the regional economic integration agenda, fostering small- and medium-sized enterprises' participation in regional and global markets, investing in human capital development, and building sustainable and resilient communities.

Harold Eddington, President of JPMorgan Chase in Australia and New Zealand, expresses the view that regional economic integration under the idea of building inclusive economies will be conducive to the long-term prosperity of countries within the Asia-Pacific areas.

"We've seen substantial economic integration in the Asia-Pacific areas and the APEC region. And that's going to continue. Initially that integration was around manufactured goods. Increasingly it's also about services. Tourism is a good example of that. And I think great economic cooperation and integration can be positive for everybody, for the more developing economies in Asia and for the major economies as well."Currently, economic development in the Asia-Pacific region has been slowing down, with an expected growth rate of 3.2%. This is the lowest since the economic crisis in 2008.

Therefore, China's economic transition has attracted most attention among enterprises in the Asia-Pacific areas. They hope China will continue leading the regional economic development.

"We know it's going through some important changes at the moment. The focus is moving from exports to domestic consumption. Those changes will take time. And we also know the economy in China is now 50 % services. And those changes also will take some time. But China has delivered remarkable growth in many ways over the last 30 years. And I have no doubt that it would continue to grow and prosper and be an ever more important part of the APEC area."Director of AERO Montreal, Susanne Nuba, believes that China's development will provide the Asia-Pacific areas with more commercial opportunities. And she is also expecting more cooperation between Canadian and Chinese enterprises.

"And because it's the market of today but more the market of tomorrow, you know it's growing so fast. You know it's so important China for the world, you know because you are the second economy of the world. And trade with your country is crucial, for Canada."The Asia-Pacific region, which is vital to global peace and development, accounts for 40 percent of the world population, 48 percent of world trade, and 57 percent of global output.

For CRI, this is Li JianhuaXi Jinping calls for closer regional integration among APEC membersAnchor:

Addressing this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO summit in the Filipino capital Manila, Chinese President Xi Jinping gave his strong support to regional economic integration and China's ongoing economic transition.

Wang Mengzhen for CRI.

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In his keynote speech, President Xi Jinping first reviewed the world economy, saying that it may take a long time for the global economy to regain complete health.

As such, Xi Jinping called for the Asia-Pacific area to initiate reform and innovation.

"We must push ahead with reform and renovation. Addressing underlying problems in the world economy, carrying out the monetary stimulus policies alone is not enough. We must make greater efforts in promoting the economic structural reform and make the supply system better adapted to the changing demand structure. The Asia-Pacific region should go ahead in the world, in that aspect."The latest statistics suggest growth among the 21 APEC economies has softened to 3.1 percent in the second quarter of this year, down 0.3 percent from a year ago.

That is one of the reasons why the APEC leaders have gathered in Manila on Thursday to address their common challenges under the theme of "Building Inclusive Economies, Building a Better World."Meanwhile, President Xi Jinping reassured global business leaders that China's economy is proving resilient despite strong downward pressure.

"Overall, the enduring, positive trend of China's economic development has not changed. The characteristics of the economy being resident, full of potential, with ample room for maneuvering have not changed. The fundamentals and conditions supporting the continuing growth of the Chinese economy have not changed."His words come as the world's second largest economy has reported a 6.9 percent GDP growth in the third quarter of this year. This is the lowest since the 2nd quarter of 2009.

As China undergoes economic transition, President Xi says Beijing is planning to ease restrictions for foreign investors as one of the key financial reform measures.

"We will step up reforms of the foreign investors management system, substantially cut restrictions on market access for foreign investment, improve intellectual property rights protection, and foster an open, transparent, fair and highly efficient market environment."At the same time, President Xi Jinping has urged APEC members to push forward the process of setting up an Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area, or known as FTAAP.

Last November, APEC members reached consensus on a roadmap to launch the study into the FTAAP during the 2014 APEC Leaders' Summit in Beijing.

This was seen as a historic step for APEC members to boost the openness of the Asia-Pacific economy and safeguard multilateral trade systems.

The Chinese President says nothing should be allowed to disrupt the development of the Asia-Pacific region and each member needs to resolve their differences through dialogue and consultation.

For CRI, I am Wang Mengzhen.

Obama appeals investors to tackle climate changeU.S. President Barack Obama has issued a new call at the APEC CEO summit, appealing to world leaders and private investors to address climate change.

Obama is calling on companies to become more involved in the climate change discussions.

"My message to you today is that your businesses can do right by your bottom lines and by our planet and future generation. The old rules that said you couldn't grow our economies and protect our environment at the same time - those are out dated."Obama has also led a panel discussion on sustainability innovation with a group of global entrepreneurs attending the APEC CEO's meeting.

Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping hammered out their carbon emission plans in Beijing during the last APEC meeting.

It in, the Chinese side is promising to have emissions in the country peak by 2030, as well as increase the share of non-fossil fuels in energy consumption to 20 percent.

The U.S. side has committed to reduce its emissions by 26-28 percent by 2025.

Jack Ma pushes for WTO 2.0 to help small business in APEC CEO summitAlibaba founder Jack Ma has issued a call for a new global body to be established to support small businesses.

Jack Ma has made the call while addressing this year's APEC CEO's summit in Manila.

He's suggesting a global body similar to the World Trade Organzation can be established to help small businesses grow.

"Developing countries and small guys have not benefited enough from globalization. So what we should do? We should help more people, help more developing countries, help more small guys, young people, because if we don't do so, we'll get more and more disasters coming."Jack Ma says e-commerce companies like his can help support the development of small businesses.

"What I'm interested in is how we can use this technology to influence more people, to help more small businesses in the world. If China can do it, why the other countries cannot? We have helped 12 million businesses, small businesses in particular, use our platform to sell goods online, to communicate with customers online. So we believe this model can work in other countries as well as it does in China."Alibaba's Tmall generated some 14.5 billion U.S. dollars worth of sales from its client's stores during its annual Singles Day event this year.

Xi Jinping Meets Colombia, NZ LeadersChinese President Xi Jinping has held talks with leaders from Colombia and New Zealand as part of his time at the APEC Summit in Manila.

Meeting with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, Xi Jinping says the Chinese government has been opening the doors for Chinese companies hoping to invest in Colombia.

For his part, Santos says he hopes China, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, will support the peace process to end the half-century-long insurgency in Colubmia.

Santos' government has been meeting with Columbia's FARC rebels the past 3-years to try to bring the over 50-year insurgency in Columbia to an end.

Meawhile, Arctic affairs has been talked about as part of Xi Jinping's meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key.

The two have also talked about how to increase trade and investment in one-another's economies.

Two Suspects Dead in Anti-terror Raid after Paris AttacksA large anti-terrorist operation in the north Paris suburbs is thought to be drawing to an end, with two suspects connected to last week's Paris attacks killed.

The police say the two killed, were a man and a woman. The woman reportedly blew herself up by setting off a suicide vest.

Five others have been arrested after heavily armed police raided an apartment building in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The operation is said to be targetting Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Belgian jihadist believed to be the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks that killed about 130 people last Friday night.

Sporadic explosions and gunshots have been heard since 4:30 a.m. local time when the operation started.

Public transport has been suspended in the area.

Residents of the raided building were told to lie on the floor and not to approach their windows.

Another key suspect, Salah Abdeslam - thought to be one of the gunmen in the Paris attacks - is still at large.

Two Paris-bound flights grounded due to bomb threatsA pair of flights out of the United States headed for Paris have been forced to make precautionary landings following bomb threats.

One of the flights out of Los Angeles with 473 people on-board had to land in Salt Lake City, Utah after a threat was phoned in.

The other, which was leaving Washington, DC for Paris, was forced to land in the city of Halifax on Canada's east coast.

That flight had 234 people onboard.

Both flights have since been allowed to continue after a security sweep of both planes.

Authorities have not said who they believe may be responsible for the threats.

France Invokes Mutual Defense ClauseFrance has become the first nation to invoke the European Union's mutual defense clause in the wake of the deadly terror attacks in Paris.

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian elaborated on the ways EU countries can assist.

"It may be by co-operating with French interventions in Syria, in Iraq, it may be in support of France in other operations. What I impressed upon my colleagues is that France can no longer do everything."All 28 EU member states have accepted this call from France.

Established in 2009, the mutual defense clause states that "if a member state is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other member states shall have, toward it, an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power."For more on this, CRI's Liu Kun earlier spoke to Shen Dingli, Associate Dean of Institute of International studies, Fudan University.

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That was Shen Dingli with Fudan University speaking with CRI's Liu Kun.

Britain to develop offensive cyber capabilityThe British government has announced that it is stepping up efforts to tackle the ISIL threat from the Internet.

In a speech at the GCHQ intelligence communications facility in Cheltenham, the Chancellor George Osborne said more money would be spent on developing greater cyber capability as a preemptive move to fend off online attacks.

George Osborne said Islamic State fighters were trying to develop the ability to hack into Britain's infrastructure such as hospitals and air traffic control systems.

"They have not so far been able to use it to kill people by attacking our infrastructure through cyber attack. They do not yet have that capability, but we know they want it and we know they're doing their best to build it. So when we talk about tackling ISIL, that means tackling their cyber threat as well as the threat of their guns and their bombs and their knives."Osborne said public spending on cyber security would be almost doubled to a total of 1.9 billion pounds over the coming five years, despite planned spending cuts aimed at returning Britain to a budget surplus by the end of the decade.

In an effort to deal with the ISIS threat, British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the size of the country's intelligence agency staff would be increased by 15 percent.

U.S. lawmakers request investigation into arrests of Chinese-American scientistsFour U.S. lawmakers have urged the country's Department of Justice to investigate whether race or national origin played any part in the cases of several Chinese-American scientists who were wrongfully suspected of economic espionage.

American Congresswoman Judy Chu questioned the Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, over the cases of National Weather Service hydrologist Sherry Chen, Temple University professor Xiaoxing Xi, and other similar cases.

Lynch rejected the suggestion and refused to give any further comment on the two specific cases raised.

"I can state to you unequivocally that the Department of Justice does not focus in investigations on any individual on the basis of their race and their national origin. I would respect the specific cases that you mentioned and am unable to comment on the specifics at this time."Chen and Xi had been suspected of economic espionage, only to have those charges dropped at a later date.

In the past year alone, charges have been dropped against five Chinese-born scientists who were accused of crimes related to the theft of trade secrets or economic spying.

Tibetan Plateau Becomes WarmerA new report is suggesting the Tibetan Plateau has been getting both warmer and moister over the past 50 years.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has issued the report, which has looked at climate data from the Tibetan region from 1960 to 2012.

Researcher Xu Baiqing with the Academy says they've looked a number of different areas when making their assessment.

"The factors we looked at include the climate, which means temperature and rainfall changes. Water, which refers to changes in glaciers, rivers and lakes. Ecological system, which mainly refers to changes in forest and wetland ecosystems. We also factored-in the influence humans have had on the ecology and the effects environmental protection has had."The report suggests the annual temperature on the Tibetan Plateau has increased by as much as 0.4 degrees every 10-years over the past 5-years, which is double the average for the rest of the world.

The analysis suggests temperatures on the Tibetan Plateau are going to increase by an average of 4-degrees over the next 100 years.

Researcher Xu Baiqing says warmer temperatures on the Tibetan Plateau may create problems outside the plateau.

"Generally speaking, a warmer and moister environment is good for the Tibetean plateau itself, especially for its ecological systems. But on the other hand, it will also create problems, including the acceleration of the melting of glaciers. This will will increase river flow rates and raise the water level of lakes over the a short term. But over the long term, if the glaciers melt too quickly, it could lead to the exhaustion of the upstream water resources. Increased rainfall might also lead to more disasters such as mudslides and landslides."The Tibetan Plateau's glaciers contribute water to a number of rivers in China and other parts of Asia, including the Yangtze and Mekong Rivers.

US Tiny Homes Movement in the U.S. Grow SlowlyAnchor:

There is growing enthusiasm in the US for downsizing homes and making life simpler in the process.

As CRI's Xie Cheng reports, people have been inspired by the so-called 'tiny house movement.'

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Hilary and Shane Lentz, a couple from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had been considering a major downsize for years.

"The thing that I wanted to see for myself was, does it feel really tiny, like do you feel claustrophobic when you're in here? And I was pretty surprised, I did not feel all that closed in feeling, like even up in the loft, which is kind of you know a smaller space up there, it was very comfortable."Now a Harvard University project has given them a taste of what it would be like, and this is the idea of Harvard's graduate students who've created a startup called "Getaway", which makes tiny cabins available for vacation rentals.

Jon Staff is the CEO of the "Getaway".

"There are a lot of people who book our getaway Tiny Houses, they're doing so because they're really excited about building their own tiny house and they want to test drive tiny house living."Harvard University rents out tiny houses for 99 US dollars a night.

People considering joining the tiny house movement can give it a try in a 160 square foot space for a night or two.

Jay Austin built his 145 square foot home in an urban farm in the middle of Washington DC three years ago and doesn't regret the move.

But he says others who are looking for a location need to be persistent.

"I would say just go for it. I would find land, find you know kind of the will to build, or to buy and if a city official, a zoning official, or a town official tells you that a tiny house is not illegal ask for that citation."Industry experts say it is hard to pinpoint actual numbers behind the trend.

According to The National Association of Realtors, the number of buyers purchasing small homes, which are properties of less than a thousand square feet has remained around one percent for the past five years.

For CRI, I'm Xie Cheng.

Tianhe-2 still most powerful supercomputer in worldA new list of the world's Top 500 supercomputers shows the Tianhe-2 is still the world's most powerful system.

The Tianhe-2, or Milky Way--2, can perform nearly 34 petaFLOPs.

A petaFLOP is a quadrillion FLOPs, or Floating Point Operations Per Second.

WeatherBeijing will have slight rain tonight with a low of 2, tomorrow will have sleet with a high of 4.

Shanghai will have slight rain tonight with a low of 14, more rain tomorrow, high of 16.

Chongqing will be rainy with a low of 17, tomorrow will be overcast, high of 17.

Lhasa will be overcast with a low of minus 4, tomorrow will be cloudy with a high of 12.

Elsewhere in Asia,Islamabad will be cloudy with a high of 25.

Kabul, overcast, 16.

Down in the Southern Hemisphere.

Sydney, cloudy, high of 32,Brisbane,sunny,30,Perth, cloudy, 23,And finally Auckland, New Zealand will be overcast with a high of 16 degrees Celsius.

Headline newsAPEC Leaders Summit OpensThis year's APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting is underway in Manila, capital of the Phillipines.

Economic integration, small and medium enterprises, and sustainable growth are high on the agenda of the two-day session.

During the summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping is to brief other leaders about the implementation of the consensus reached at last year's APEC meeting in Beijing and also the progress in the implementation of the China-proposed Silk Road initiative.

Two Suspects Dead in Anti-terror Raid after Paris AttacksA large anti-terrorist operation in the north Paris suburbs is thought to be drawing to an end, with two suspects connected to last week's Paris attacks killed.

The police say the two killed, were a man and a woman. The woman reportedly blew herself up by setting off a suicide vest.

Five others have been arrested after heavily armed police raided an apartment building in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The operation is said to be targetting Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Belgian jihadist believed to be the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks that killed about 130 people last Friday night.

Sporadic explosions and gunshots have been heard since 4:30 a.m. local time when the operation started.

Public transport has been suspended in the area.

Residents of the raided building were told to lie on the floor and not to approach their windows.

Another key suspect, Salah Abdeslam - thought to be one of the gunmen in the Paris attacks - is still at large.

HK bans import of poultry products from Vietnam's provinceAuthorities in Hong Kong have banned the import of salted duck eggs from a northern Vietnamese province amid a bird flu outbreak there.

Hong Kong's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department says its also looking at banning other poultry imports from the Vietnamese province of Son La amid an outbreak of the H5N6 avian flu virus.

H5N6 is a highly pathogenic form of bird flu.

Hong Kong authorities say they're closely watching the bird flu situation in northwestern Vietnam, and will take actions accordingly.

China's richest man sues over false attribution on social mediaChina's richest man has filed a defamation lawsuit over an article posted online which slams e-commerce in China.

Wanda chair Wang Jianlin is suing Beijing Hanshang Hulian Trading Company, which runs a website called "Top Entrepreneur Thinking," for compensation of up to 10-million yuan for an article run on the site.

In the article, Wang Jianlin is quoted bashing e-commerce sites in China, including Alibaba's taobao, and its founder Jack Ma, directly.

The website has since admitted Wang Jianlin didn't make the comments, saying it was a new writer who penned the article on his own.

In his suit filed in Beijing, Wang claims the article has slandered his business and himself, personally.

Biz ReportAsian Stocks 1118Anchor:

Time to check today's business news, starting with the closing numbers here in China.

Mainland markets turned lower on Wednesday with securities leading the drops.

Bucking the trend, property and banking shares performed well.

Shares of China Vanke, the country's largest property developer by market value, rose 4.8 percent on the day.

This, after data on Wednesday showed China's real estate sector reporting slower recovery in October.

We'll have more on that data shortly.

At the close, the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index declined one percent.

The smaller Shenzhen index went down 1.8 percent.

The ChiNext Index of growth enterprises sank 2.1 percent.

In Hong Kong, stocks closed lower on speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve is going to start raising interest rates next month.

The benchmark Heng Seng Index shed 0.3 percent.

Elsewhere in Asia,Tokyo shares climbed as jangled nerves over the recent terror attacks in Paris subsided, sending the yen lower versus the U.S. dollar.

Gains on overseas bourses overnight saw investors' sentiment to buy, return.

The benchmark Nikkei added 1.2 percent.

South Korea's KOSPI closed flat.

Singapore's Straights Times index lost 1.1 percent.

And finally,Australia's ASX/200 ticked up 0.3 percent.

China, Singapore to upgrade FTAAnchor:

Chinese authorities have revealed a new round of talks are underway in an attempt to update the current Free Trade Agreement between China and Singapore.

Shen Danyang with the Ministry of Commerce says the talks are focused on a number of key areas.

"We officially launched talks to upgrade the China -Singapore free trade agreement at the beginning of November, focusing on ways to support an increase bilateral trade, accelerate the opening up of the service sector, promote two-way investment and explore new fields of cooperation to increase economic and trade links between the two sides."An updated FTA between China and Singapore is expected to be finished before the end of next year.

The current agreement came into effect at the start of 2009.

As part of it, all Chinese exports to Singapore are tariff-free, while 95-percent of what Singapore sends to China don't have tariffs.

For more on what a new FTA might look like, CRI's Shane Bigham spoke earlier with John Ross, senior fellow with the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University.

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John Ross, senior fellow with the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University speaking with CRI's Shane Bigham.

China's property market sees weaker price increaseNew figures are suggesting the real estate market in China is starting to sag again.

The National Bureau of Statistics is reporting new home prices have only increased in 23 of the 70 cities it monitors through October.

This is down from the 39 cities which saw new home-price growth in September.

At the same time, the NBS says new home prices have dropped in 33 cities in October.

This is up from the 21 cities which saw price drops in September.

Shenzhen saw the sharpest increase in new home price last month among China's major cities, with prices there going up over 40-percent on average.

Prices for existing homes also remained weak in October, with 23 cities reporting month-on-month price declines, up from 18 cities in September.

Foxconn Enters Financial Service BusinessTaiwan-based Foxconn, which is best known as Apple's key manufacturer, is getting into the financial services business.

Foxconn says it's planning to start bundling the loan agreements it has with electronic component suppliers and begin selling them as derivatives.

Foxconn says it plans to start doing this in the next couple of years.

The company set up 6 financial-services operations in China last year, which provide loans and other financing services to its suppliers.

This follows on the heels of CITIC announcing a partnership with Baidu this week to set up an online bank.

Foxconn has been trying to expand into more higher-margin businesses, including component manufacturing, e-commerce, robotics and financial services.

The company is also setting up a 300-million yuan private-equity fund to invest in Chinese startups.

China Companies Vie for German Waste Management Firm: ReportIt's being reported that at least 3 Chinese State-owned firms are interested in taking over a German waste management company.

Beijing Enterprises Water Group, China Everbright International and Beijing Capital Group are reportedly among a number of suitors who have submitted initial bids to purchase the company Energy from Waste.

The German firm is Europe's top firm when it comes to using garbage to generate power.

It's valued anywhere from 1.6 to 2.1 billion U.S. dollars.

Chinese authorities are spending billions of dollars to try to improve sewage disposal and garbage treatment across the country.

China cuts non-residential natural gas pricesChina's top economic regulator has announced a deep cut to non-residential natural gas prices.

As of Friday, non-residential natural gas prices at city gate stations will be cut by 700 yuan, or about 110 U.S. dollars, per thousand cubic meters.

Industry players are allowed to raise gas prices by 20 percent based on supply and demand after the cut of non-residential natural gas prices.

China launches anti-dumping investigation into imported iron based alloyChina's Ministry of Commerce has launched an anti-dumping investigation over a type of iron based alloy imported from the U.S. and Japan, this Wednesday.

The ministry says it will try to determine whether the imports - an iron based amorphous alloy ribbon - which were allegedly imported at "lower than normal" prices, have damaged or affected domestic producers' interests.

Iron based amorphous alloy ribbon is widely used in manufacturing power distribution transformers, electric reactor, motors and voltage transformers.

China's trust assets post unusual declineLatest stats show China's trust assets scale dropped quarter on quarter in the third quarter this year, the first quarterly decline in five years.

Trust assets totalled some 15.6 trillion yuan or around 2.4 trillion U.S. dollars by the end of the third quarter, falling nearly 1.6 percent compared with the second quarter.

The sector's business revenue also declined 24 percent quarter on quarter to close to 15.7 billion yuan in the period.

Analysts have attributed the drops to contracting financing demands due to downward economic pressure, increased market competition and risk control as well as recent stock market fluctuations.

China to enforce checks to fight low-quality goods bought onlineChina's State Administration for Industry and Commerce will ramp up inspections of goods bought online.

The move is seeking to root out low-quality goods that have plagued firms like Alibaba as well as the country's broader international image.

There will be random quality checks for goods bought online, and the authority will take into account consumer reports, and press for cooperation from e-commerce platforms.

Companies like Alibaba, rival JD.com have been called out by China's regulators for enabling the sale of low-quality goods as well as counterfeit products.

Authorities are also keen to shake off China's broader reputation as a market plagued by consumer safety scares and intellectual property infringement.

This is in line with what earlier this month China's Cabinet said that it planned to eradicate intellectual property rights infringement on the Internet within three years.

SportsTennis: Andy Murray to Face Rafael Nadal at ATP World Tour FinalsIn tennis,Andy Murray will be up against Rafael Nadal later tonight, with both hoping to book a place in the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals.

Both Murray and Nadal won their previous matches in straight sets, meaning the winner of the match will book a place in the next round.

The other match tonight has David Ferrer against Stan Wawrinka.

Both of them need a decisive win if they hope to move on, as both lost their opening-round matches in straight-sets.

In action from London on Tuesday night,Roger Federer is through to the semi-finals after upsetting world number one Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-2.

"Yes, I was very happy. I think I played a great match. Just was really good on my serve in the first set, played clutch when I had to from the baseline. In the second set, I think he wasn't as good as in the first set and I was able to take advantage of that which is not always easy against Novak because even then he can be very good and overall I'm very pleased. I think it was a great match from my side and obviously one I can build on for the rest of the tournament."Federer's win brings Djokovic's 23-match unbeaten run to an end.

The defeat also ends Djokovic's run of 15 straight wins at the World Tour Finals, and will force him to down Tomas Berdych in straight-sets to ensure he can move through to the semi-finals, provided Kei Nishikori doesn't upset Roger Federer in straight sets in their last round-robin match.

---In action tonight at the WTA Challenger event taking place in Taipei.

A round-of-16 match tonight has China's Zhang Kailin is up against Belgium's Kristen FlipkensChen Long Advances at Hong Kong OpenIn badminton,After going down to Lee Chong-Wei in the final of China Open, Chinese badminton star Chen Long is looking to rebound with a victory at the Hong Kong Open.

The world number one has advanced to the second round of the tournament, knocking out India's Ajay Jayaram in straight sets.

China's Wang Zhengming has also progressed, upsetting second seeded Jan O Jorgensen 21-17, 21-12.

Later tonight,Chinese veteran Lin Dan will take on a competitor from Indonesia.

On the women's side,China's Li Xuerui has suffered a surprising defeat at the hands of Japan's Nozomi Okuhara.

The fifth seed is out after dropping her match 21-19, 21-9.

Football: African powers return to dominance to move into next WC qualifying roundIn football,Round 2 of African qualifying for Russia2018 is in the books.

After a number of first-match surprises, the dominant teams in the round have all returned to form to move through.

It was the top ranked team in Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, moving through after downing Liberia 3-nil this morning to go through 4-nil on aggregate.

--After being held to a 2-2 draw in their first match, it was 2nd-ranked Algeria hammering Tanzania 7-nil last night to easily move through.

--Ghana is also through after downing Comoros 2-nil this morning.

The islanders managed to hold the Black Stars to a nil-nil draw in the first leg.

--And Kenya's hope of moving on has been dashed, as they went down to 4th ranked Cape Verde 2-nil in the away-leg of their home-and-home after eeking out a 1-nil victory at home last week.

--Other clubs making it through to the 3rd round of World Cup qualifying from Africa include Libya, Cameroon, Nigeria, Congo, Egypt, South Africa, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Mali.

--------------------In South American qualifying,It was Ecuador all-but-assuring that it will be in Russia in 2018 after downing Venezuela this morning in Caracas 3-1.

With that, Ecuador remains perfect in the South American round-robin with 4 straight wins, meaning the Ecuadorians need only a draw in their last two qualifiers to advance to the World Cup.

In other action, Uruguay remains in 2nd on the table after a resounding 3-nil win at home last night against Chile.

The loss keeps Chile at 7 points but drops them into 5th on the table after Brazil knocked off Peru 3-nil to jump into 3rd on the qualifying table.

Brazilian defender Miranda says this puts their squad into a good position heading into the final qualifying matches in March.

"I think our team is in a process of evolution. Today, one more time, we could show in the pitch a great performance. We know that this edition of the World Cup qualifiers are very tough and our team must be ready to face great opponents, always looking for a positive result."In other South American action, Paraguay is into the 4th and final confirmed slot on the South American qualifying table with a 2-1 win at home against Bolivia.

And it was Argentina keeping its hopes alive of making it to Russia after blanking Columbia 1-nil.

The 4 top teams in South American qualifying move on to Russia, while 5th place has a playoff against the 3rd place team from CONCACAF to see who goes.

----------------In action last night from the Asian qualifiers,The boys from the mainland still have an outside shot of making it into the next round, though their chances have been dealt a significant setback.

The Dragons held Hong Kong to a nil-nil draw last night.

Captian Zheng Zhi says the draw is disappointing.

"We had a lot of chances in the match, but we just weren't lucky. We hit the crossbar and the posts on a number of opportunities. Its a shame we couldn't walk away with a victory."With the draw, the mainland squad still keeps pace with 2nd place Hong Kong in Group C.

Hong Kong has 14-points, while the mainland squad has 11.

However, but while the mainland side does have a shot at surpassing Hong Kong into 2nd in Group C, as Hong Kong has only one match left and the Dragons have two, the prospect of the mainland squad moving forward has been dimmed somewhat.

The Dragons need to win their last 2 matches against the Maldives and Qatar, the top team in their group, and get some help from outside the group, as only the 4 top 2nd-place teams from the 8 groups will move on to the next round of World Cup Qualifying.

Basketball: Clippers remain perfect after downing TorontoIn basketball,The Golden State Warriors' incredible run to start out the NBA season continues.

Golden State has moved to 12-0 on the season after holding off the Toronto Raptors 115-110 this afternoon.

Stephen Curry once-again leading Golden State with 37-points.

The Warriors need just 3-more wins to tie Yao Ming's 1993-94 Houston Rockets team for the best start in NBA history at 15-0.

--In other action,It was Denver over New Orleans 115-98.

--Detroit handed Cleveland it's 2nd loss in-a-row, dumping LeBron and 104-99 at home.

--The Knicks spoiled Jeremy Lin's return to face his old club for the first time in a Charlotte uniform, as New York downed the Hornets 102-94 at MSG.

Lin-sanity with 13-points in the loss.

--Across the bridge, it was Brooklyn with its 2nd win of the season, handing Atlanta it's 3rd loss in a row, 90-88.

--Washington hammered Milwaukee 115-86.

--And it was Minnesota all over Miami 103-91.

Hockey: LA wins 3rd in row to top PacificIn action from the National Hockey League this morning,The Los Angeles Kings have firmed up their hold on 1st in the Pacific Division with a 3-2 shootout win this morning over Philadelphia.

--It was Dallas over Buffalo 3-1.

--San Jose edged Boston 5-4.

--It was Columbus surprising St. Louis 3-1.

--Toronto slapped around Colorado 5-1.

--Pittsburgh topped Minnesota 4-3.

--Nashville held off visiting Anaheim 3-2.

--And it was Calgary getting past New Jersey 3-2.

EntertainmentNew Bond movie sets box office records in ChinaThe new Bond movie "Spectre" starring Daniel Craig, surpassed ticket sales of the last installment "Skyfall" Tuesday, taking in more than 376 million yuan (that's 58.9 million U.S. dollars) five days after its opening in China - the world's second-largest film market.

Facing no other major competition, the 24th installment of the franchise also grabbed several other records, including the biggest Friday opening and the biggest weekend earning for a 2D movie.

Since "Casino Royale" in 2007, all four Bond movies played by Daniel Craig have been shown in China as the series forges a close relationship with the Chinese market.

Scenes in "Skyfall" were shot in the streets of Shanghai. During the promotion of "Spectre," Daniel Craig showed up at a TV gala to celebrate the Alibaba inspired online shopping extravaganza Singles' Day on November 11.

As the most expensive Bond movie, "Spectre" cost roughly 350 million U.S. dollars.

Fan Bingbing revealed to be the final guest of "Kangsi Coming"It's been revealed that mainland actress Fan Bingbing is to be the final guest of the popular Taiwan comedy talk show "Kangsi Coming".

Taiwan's Eastern Television says that Fan Bingbing has accepted the invitation to be a guest in the show on December 2 with a reported appearance fee of 100,000 Taiwan dollars, around 3000 US dollars.

However, Dee Hsu, the hostess for the program said that they will make the 'real' final episode without any guests.

Hong Kong actor and singer Jordan Chan has also posted his invitation letter from the program on his Sina microblog, saying that he will join one of the shows before its end.

"Kangsi Coming" has been one of the most successful talk shows in Taiwan and in Mandarin speaking countries across Asia since it was first aired in 2004.

The show is due to end next month as its hosts Kevin Tsai and Dee Hsu has decided to leave.

Oasis Documentary in Works From 'Amy' FilmmakersThe dramatic, tempestuous career of Britpop icons Oasis will be retold through a documentary created by the filmmakers behind the Amy Winehouse bio-pic, Amy.

Director Asif Kapadia will act as executive producer with filmmaker Mat Whitecross directing.

The London based distributor 'Independent' will make an official announcement with more details on the project within the next week.

Oasis are without a doubt one of the classic British rock bands, selling 70 million albums worldwide and defining the sound of a whole era.

Noel Gallagher quit the band in 2009 after they'd been together for 18 years.

Following the split, his brother Liam went on to form the now-defunct Beady Eye with former Oasis members.

Noel's solo project 'High Flying Birds' released their second album, Chasing Yesterday, in February.

WeatherBeijing will have slight rain tonight with a low of 2, tomorrow will have sleet with a high of 4.

Shanghai will have slight rain tonight with a low of 14, more rain tomorrow, high of 16.

Chongqing will be rainy with a low of 17, tomorrow will be overcast, high of 17.

Lhasa will be overcast with a low of minus 4, tomorrow will be cloudy with a high of 12.

Elsewhere in Asia,Islamabad will be cloudy with a high of 25.

Kabul, overcast, 16.

Down in the Southern Hemisphere.

Sydney, cloudy, high of 32,Brisbane,sunny,30,Perth, cloudy, 23,And finally Auckland, New Zealand will be overcast with a high of 16 degrees Celsius.

That's it for this edition of the Beijing Hour...

A quick look at the headlines before we go...

The 23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit gets underway in Manila with the spotlight falling on China's role in boosting regional developmentIn his keynote speech, President Xi Jinping calls for the Asia-Pacific area to reform and innovate.

France becomes the first nation to invoke the EU's mutual defense clause in the wake of the deadly terror attacks in Paris.

On behalf of co-host Paul James, and the rest of the team this is Bob Jones hoping you'll join us for the next edition of the Beijing Hour, to open a window to the world together...