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[Metro & Sports]

• New-generation migrant workers, better educated and more informed than their forebears, are now demanding that they receive the same treatment as the natives of their host cities.
• Soaring investment in coastal construction projects may endanger the biological diversity of the ecosystem and increase the risk of flooding, according to authorities.
• A private jet will set you back $20 million, not including the nearly $2 million a year needed to maintain it, but the expense is not enough to stop China's super-rich from acquiring such a "luxurious toy" - along with a slew of other luxury items.
• Many restaurants in Beijing are experiencing increasing labor shortages and are looking for staff to fill positions urgently.

[China's Champion] Zhai Mo, the First Chinese to Attempt a Solo Voyage in Sailboat around the World
He was once a successful painter. But a chance encounter helped him become a seafarer. He is Zhai Mo, the first Chinese person to complete a solo voyage around the world in a sailboat .


[Cultural Voyage] Nothing To Do With Love
An old Chinese expression says that a man should be independent by the age of 30. The basis of this independence was believed to be a stable marriage. Now, in 2010, those who were born in the 1980s - the so-called post-'80s generation - are beginning to enter their 30s. What's their attitude towards marriage?

[Tour Tips] Zhangye lies in central Gansu province in northwestern China.This middle-sized city should be your starting point if you are interested in seeing China's largest sleeping Buddha and doing some hiking around the snow-capped Qilian Mountain Range.

• Fan Bingbing to Replace S. Korean Song Hye-kyo in Chen Kaige Film
• Chen Kaige Announces New Cast Members for Upcoming Film
• Hurt Locker' producer barred from Oscars
• Wall Street is alive with the sound of ... Chopin?

[Strange News]

• Hunger drove a wild panda to break into a Chinese farmer's pig pen and eat their food, which was meat and bone, rather than bamboo.
• Finish five 500 ml beers in five minutes? " That's what a Singaporean surnamed Chen did at a check-in gate at the Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, Guangdong Province after being told he couldn't take the brews aboard his flight and would have to toss them or have them shipped to his destination.
• A 37-year-old Shanghai man with a gambling addiction is behind bars for three months and paying off a 1,000 yuan ($146) fine after he stole a gas powered scooter in an attempt to break his habit by going to jail.

[Real China] First consumer finance company opened in Beijing
It must be embarrassing to find that you haven't got enough money to buy a fancy LCD TV that caught your eye in a market. But now in Beijing, local consumers will never face this awkward situation again. They can get the TV financed immediately at the store. And the whole process only takes 40 minutes! Yingying has the details.