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[China Drive] Hainan, the Next Dubai?
Haikou, the capital of Hainan island will invest 2.8 billion yuan in a seven-star hotel on a planned artificial island, which it plans to build through sea reclamation. What part of the holiday resort attracts you the most? Are you happy about the futuristic changes that will take place? Do you see Hainan as the next Dubai?

Vegetarianism
Are you or anyone you know a vegetarian or vegan? Why do people become vegetarian? Have you ever considered becoming a vegetarian? [China Now]

China

China, Russia Vow Further Interregional Co-op

• 2,000 Mobilized to Fight SW China Forest Fire

• Chinese Leaders Urge Capability Building of Police

• China to Boost Cultural Tourism

• Procurators Required to Take Oath of Office

• Chinese Govt Is More Open to Public Opinion

World

4 Killed in Suicide Attack in SW Pakistan's Quetta

• Nepal Sad over Loss of National Guardian

• 4 Killed in Pak Air Force Strike

• Darfur Donors Conference Kicks off in Cairo

• Talabani, Maliki Call for Vote Recount in Iraq's Elections

• India Successfully Testfires New BrahMos Missile

Business

Omega Poses Threat to Rolex's Swiss Watch Hegemony

• U.S. Stocks Pull back after India's Rate Hike

• Chicago Retail Sales Post Biggest Drop Since 1985

• Macao's Resident Deposits up 1.5 pct in January

• India Raises Interest Rates by 25 Basic Points

• Dow on Track for Ninth Straight Gain

Sports

Yao Ming Shows up at Rockets-Celtics Game

• Eritrean Tadese Betters Half-Marathon World Record

• North Beat South 133-121 in CBA All-Star

• S. American Games Kick off in Medellin, Colombia

• The South Wins CBA All-Star Rookie Game

• Draw Sets up Tasty Barca-Arsenal Clash

Travel

Learning about China's Greatest Teacher at the Confucius Temple

• Shanghai Expo Shines at Tourism Show in Paris

• Amazing Scenery of Shijingshan Nanmachang

• 2010 Boao International Tourism Forum Opens

• Expo Travel Cruise Float Launched in Shanghai

• Keukenhof International Flower Exhibition Opens

Showbiz

Bazaar Releases 'La La" Fashion !

• TNT Stages 'Macbeth' in Beijing

• Movie Guide: 'East Wind, Rain'

• Polanski Asks to Be Sentenced without U.S. Trip

• Sophie Marceau in an Interview with Comfort

• Movie Guide: 'Go Lala Go!'

Learn Chinese

Chinese Song: 甜蜜蜜

• Lesson 173--In a Bar 1

• Lesson 172 Revision

• Lesson 171 Happy Spring Festival! (3)

• Lesson 170 Happy Spring Festival! (2)

• Lesson 169 Happy Spring Festival! (1)

Learn English

Today Was A Fairytale

• Movie Clip: Open Season (2)

• ABBA-Happy New Year

• Is Santa Claus Too Unhealthy?

• Santa Speedo Run in Boston

• Kelly Clarkson --Already Gone

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People In The Know

2010-03-22 Valukas Report of Lehman Collapse
Court appointed examiner Anton Valukas report on the collapse of the investment banking giant Lehman Brothers could serve as a road map to prosecutions of high-ranking executives, and lead to wide ranging changes in banking regulations. Lehman's collapse in September, 2008 put tremendous stress on an already weakened global financial system.

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• 2010-3-19 Earthquake Science

According to the National Geographic, earthquakes, also called temblors, can be so tremendously destructive, it’s hard to imagine they occur by the thousands every day around the world, usually in the form of small tremors. Some of the simplest questions about earthquakes remain hard to answer. Why do they start? What makes them stop?
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