Singapore to challenge China at final of table tennis worlds
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- Singapore to challenge China at final of table tennis worlds
- Chinese women reach world table tennis final
- England’s full hand push for Beijing
- China begins large-scale TD-SCDMA network trials in 10 cities – state…
- New Swire Pacific hotel unit to focus on luxury properties in Greater…
- 36 hours in Taipei Taiwan
- China’s top search engine in new music piracy suit
Singapore to challenge China at final of table tennis worlds
chinadaily.com.cn – Feb 29, 2008
“Wang and Li were not at their best while Feng’s 3-0 victory was beyond my expectation” Singapore’s head coach Liu Guodong said. “It was Feng’s first win over Fukuhara. Fukuhara said that she had spent a long time preparing for the Guangzhou championships and that she felt regret for having not met China. Japanese women had displayed a stunning performance from the start of the championships with a series of dominant victories over European opponents and a hard-earned 3-2 win over a dogged South Korea. Singapore will play China in the final on Saturday. But Liu said the match was likely to be a lopsided affair because “there is still a large gap between Singapore and the world’s top players. Earlier in the afternoon China stormed into the final with a 3-0 defeat of Hong Kong.
Chinese women reach world table tennis final
EastDay.com – Feb 29, 2008
Wang one of the sport’s most decorated players with 20 world titles is purportedly competing with her teammate Li Xiaoxia for a berth at the Beijing lympics as 2004 lympic singles winner Zhang and reigning world champion Guo Yue have qualified automatically. Li complained late yesterday that the draw pitting her team against the defending champions China at the quarterfinals was unfair. “We should be the second seeds in Guangzhou China” she said. “We should not meet China until both of us make the final. “She declined to comment on whether Jiang would qualify for the Beijing lympics. But she said “we surely want to field our top players at the Games. “Jiang said earlier this week that she felt great regrets for not being able to represent Hong Kong in Beijing this summer for passport reasons.
England’s full hand push for Beijing
Times nline – Feb 29, 2008
Slow TornadoesSailing Britain’s lympic hopefuls were well off the pace after racesix at the Takapuna Tornado World Championships in Auckland – a qualifyingevent for the Beijing Games. Trailing behind France’s overall leaders YannGuichard and Alexandre Guyader Britain’s best showing came from AndrewWalsh and Edward Barney who were fifteenth. Parker stands firmTable tennis Joanna Parker won the decisive match to help England to a3-2 win over Luxembourg at the World Team Championships in Guangzhou China. England who play Canada next are guaranteed to finish no lower than 28thand will secure promotion to the top division at the next WorldChampionships in Moscow in 2010 if they remain unbeaten.
China begins large-scale TD-SCDMA network trials in 10 cities – state…
Forbes – Feb 29, 2008
The 10 cities hosting trials are Beijing Shanghai Shenzhen Qinhuangdao Tianjin Shenyang Guangzhou Xiamen Qingdao and Baoding. So far 11 mobile phone manufacturers have won licenses for TD-SCDMA mobile phones the report added.
New Swire Pacific hotel unit to focus on luxury properties in Greater…
Forbes – Feb 29, 2008
Following the launch of The pposite House in the Chinese capital it plans to open a 117-room hotel in Hong Kong’s Pacific Place business and shopping complex in summer 2009. Also in 2009 it will open a 343-room business hotel on the east side of Hong Kong island. In 2010 it plans to open a 100-room property in the southern China metropolis of Guangzhou. Swire Properties said the hotel unit will set up and manage small luxury properties not only in Hong Kong and mainland China but also in the UK. It is developing a collection of UK luxury boutique hotels to be launched in 2009 and has already acquired properties in Bristol Cheltenham Exeter and Brighton. Brian Williams who spent 17 years with the Mandarin riental Hotel Group and was chief executive of the Scotsman Hotel Group before joining Swire Properties in January 2006 was named managing director of Swire Hotels.
36 hours in Taipei Taiwan
International Herald Tribune – Feb 29, 2008
PLACATING THE SPIRITS To get answers to weighty life questions or just to observe traditional Taiwanese religious practices head to Longshan Temple on Guangzhou Street in the venerable Wanhua neighborhood of western Taipei. Built in 1738 its main altar houses a statue of Guanyin the goddess of compassion but many other gods — some red-faced others long-bearded — also have their own shrines and worshipers. In the courtyard Taiwanese burn incense and cast red crescent-shaped pieces of wood to divine their fortunes.
China’s top search engine in new music piracy suit
Channel News Asia – Feb 29, 2008
“Baidu is not the only search engine involved in infringing music copyrights but currently it is the largest” said Qu Jingming director of the society according to the report. “We can only capture the ringleader first in order to catch all the followers. ‘”The society demands one million yuan (140000 US dollars) in compensation from the company according to the Guangzhou Daily. Earlier this month Universal Music Sony BMG Music Entertainment Hong Kong and Warner Music Hong Kong lodged a filing with a Beijing court against Baidu for pirating music files after they lost a related ruling in December.
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