Wednesday, April 30, 2008

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Shanghai Harbour Hotel

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The hotel is located at the cross of Taixin and Nanjing Streets--the most
prosperous commercial area in Shanghai. In its vicinity are various
entertainment,shopping, business and finance centers.It takes only 5
minutes on foot to get to People's Square,and 10 minutes to the
ZhongBai#1 Store and Xin Shi Jie(the New World)Store.

The hotel has a Chinese restaurant,banquet hall,bar,beauty salon,business
center and ticket center all for your convenience.Tour-guide services are
also provided.

Dining

Chinese restaurant Beauty salon KTV Multifuntional hall Chess room
Shopping Center

Recreation

Business center Ticket booking Ticket booking Postal service Car rental

Phone: 400-810-1119 (in Mainland China)
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

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Salvo Hotel Shanghai - Shanghai

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The hotel is 31 floors high, and has more than 600 sets digital
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The hotel is in the most flourishing Bund Business Circle, 5-8 minutes
walking to The Bund. The hotel is convenient to Nanjing Road mall, bund,
People''s Square and Yu garden. 5 minutes to Lujiazui Financial Trade
Zone by subway or by bus through the tunnel.

The hotel is 31 floors high, and has more than 600 sets digital
commercial rooms and all kinds of luxurious rooms.The river and the city
view can be seen in the room all day

Chinese Restaurant -Location: Main 3F -Open hours: 8:30-24:00
-Highlights:300 separate seating capacity and 10 panoramic halls with
distinct styles. Leading by the famous cooks from Hong Kong, we provide
excellent dish and pastry of Guangdong style and new local dish. *Bund
Nice Western Restaurant -Location: Main 31F -Open hours: 24Hour
-Highlights:refined decoration style, offer western-style dinner,
commercial set menu, western-style desserts, picked coffee and Chinese
and western breakfast buffet. *Japan Restaurant -Location: Main 1F -Open
hours: 24Hour -Highlights: Japanese Food and 24hours room service. *Full
Bar -Location: Main 31F -Open hours: 10:00am-2:00am -Highlights:the top
floor, where you can view and admire the beautiful scenery of the
buildings at Bund, Orient Pearl and Jinmao Building International
Conference Center. *Lobby Bar -Location: Main:1F -Open hours: 8:00-23:00
-Highlights:the tall and completely transparent French window well
combines the bar and back garden together. Accompanied with the beautiful
and pleasant piano sound, the lovely and lively small fishes swim in the
murmuring stream, an unparalleled artistic conception.

The hotel is located in the downtown area, featuring 566 guestrooms with
a standard room measuring 30 square meters. The multifunctional hall can
hold a 250 people meeting or be separated to use. There are projector
equipment, multiplex sound equipment, ADSL broadband answers, etc.

Location

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Opening Date: Oct,2004  
Address: 339 Guangdong Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai

Rooms and Rates

Room type  Regular price  Breakfast  Wed Thu
Business Single Room/8F-17F �1702 N/A �830 �830
Business Single Room/18F-28F �1702 N/A �890 �890
Superior Business Room/8F - 17F �1600 N/A �940 �940

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Price for breakfast: Buffet �60. Pay at the hotel using cash or credit
card. Credit cards accepted:  Visa, Peony, Kins, Greatwall, Long,
Pacific, Orient, Master, AE, Diners, JCB. Check-in between 07:00 and
12:00 may result in certain fees. The room rate includes the service fee
but excludes other hotel charges, taxes and fees resulting from special
requests. The regular time for check-in is 14:00 and the regular
check-out time is 12:00 noon. If you need to check in earlier or extend
your stay, the hotel may charge an extra fee. (All times shown are GMT +
8 hours.) A credit card guarantee is required by the hotel. Please view
our Policy for Credit Card Guarantees and Privacy Policy.

Phone: 400-810-1119 (in Mainland China)
0086-10-64329999 ext. 6 (in other areas around the world)Email:
web@elong.net

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Monday, April 28, 2008

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Shanghai Harbour Hotel

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The hotel is located at the cross of Taixin and Nanjing Streets--the most
prosperous commercial area in Shanghai. In its vicinity are various
entertainment,shopping, business and finance centers.It takes only 5
minutes on foot to get to People's Square,and 10 minutes to the
ZhongBai#1 Store and Xin Shi Jie(the New World)Store.

The hotel has a Chinese restaurant,banquet hall,bar,beauty salon,business
center and ticket center all for your convenience.Tour-guide services are
also provided.

Dining

Chinese restaurant Beauty salon KTV Multifuntional hall Chess room
Shopping Center

Recreation

Business center Ticket booking Ticket booking Postal service Car rental

Phone: 400-810-1119 (in Mainland China)
0086-10-64329999 ext. 6 (in other areas around the world)Email:
web@elong.net

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Sunday, April 27, 2008

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Salvo Hotel Shanghai - Shanghai

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The hotel is 31 floors high, and has more than 600 sets digital
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The hotel is in the most flourishing Bund Business Circle, 5-8 minutes
walking to The Bund. The hotel is convenient to Nanjing Road mall, bund,
People''s Square and Yu garden. 5 minutes to Lujiazui Financial Trade
Zone by subway or by bus through the tunnel.

The hotel is 31 floors high, and has more than 600 sets digital
commercial rooms and all kinds of luxurious rooms.The river and the city
view can be seen in the room all day

Chinese Restaurant -Location: Main 3F -Open hours: 8:30-24:00
-Highlights:300 separate seating capacity and 10 panoramic halls with
distinct styles. Leading by the famous cooks from Hong Kong, we provide
excellent dish and pastry of Guangdong style and new local dish. *Bund
Nice Western Restaurant -Location: Main 31F -Open hours: 24Hour
-Highlights:refined decoration style, offer western-style dinner,
commercial set menu, western-style desserts, picked coffee and Chinese
and western breakfast buffet. *Japan Restaurant -Location: Main 1F -Open
hours: 24Hour -Highlights: Japanese Food and 24hours room service. *Full
Bar -Location: Main 31F -Open hours: 10:00am-2:00am -Highlights:the top
floor, where you can view and admire the beautiful scenery of the
buildings at Bund, Orient Pearl and Jinmao Building International
Conference Center. *Lobby Bar -Location: Main:1F -Open hours: 8:00-23:00
-Highlights:the tall and completely transparent French window well
combines the bar and back garden together. Accompanied with the beautiful
and pleasant piano sound, the lovely and lively small fishes swim in the
murmuring stream, an unparalleled artistic conception.

The hotel is located in the downtown area, featuring 566 guestrooms with
a standard room measuring 30 square meters. The multifunctional hall can
hold a 250 people meeting or be separated to use. There are projector
equipment, multiplex sound equipment, ADSL broadband answers, etc.

Location

Property Amenities

Room Amenities

===========================================================================
Opening Date: Oct,2004  
Address: 339 Guangdong Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai

Rooms and Rates

Room type  Regular price  Breakfast  Wed Thu
Business Single Room/8F-17F �1702 N/A �830 �830
Business Single Room/18F-28F �1702 N/A �890 �890
Superior Business Room/8F - 17F �1600 N/A �940 �940

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Booking policy

Price for breakfast: Buffet �60. Pay at the hotel using cash or credit
card. Credit cards accepted:  Visa, Peony, Kins, Greatwall, Long,
Pacific, Orient, Master, AE, Diners, JCB. Check-in between 07:00 and
12:00 may result in certain fees. The room rate includes the service fee
but excludes other hotel charges, taxes and fees resulting from special
requests. The regular time for check-in is 14:00 and the regular
check-out time is 12:00 noon. If you need to check in earlier or extend
your stay, the hotel may charge an extra fee. (All times shown are GMT +
8 hours.) A credit card guarantee is required by the hotel. Please view
our Policy for Credit Card Guarantees and Privacy Policy.

Phone: 400-810-1119 (in Mainland China)
0086-10-64329999 ext. 6 (in other areas around the world)Email:
web@elong.net

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Saturday, April 26, 2008

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Kaihong Hotel - Shanghai

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Close to Xujiahui commercial district
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Shanghai Kai Hong Hotel (the reception unit of the federal
People'Committee) lies at the corner of Huaihai West Road and Hongqiao
Road, in western Shanghai. To the west is the Hong Qiao development zone.

The hotel is 5 kms away from Hong Qiao International Airport, and 800
meters from Xuhui commercial square. Bus lines No.91,113 and 126 can take
you to the airport, new railway station, or Shi Liu Pu Port.

The hotel boasts 40 well-equipped elegant standard rooms, suites, single
rooms, all with 24-hour warm water. Services and facilities include a
business center, tour service, shopping arcade and parking lot. The
80-person capacity restaurant serves various cuisines, including Muslim
cuisine.

Dining

Muslim restaurant Beauty salon Parking lot Conference room Business
center Ticketing center Tourist service

Phone: 400-810-1119 (in Mainland China)
0086-10-64329999 ext. 6 (in other areas around the world)Email:
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Friday, April 25, 2008

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Xibainian Hotel - Chengdu

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Located in the Luomashi Business Walking Street
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Newly opened in 2005, the Xibainian Hotel is a 4-star family business
economy hotel, with only 5 minutes drive away to the exhibition center.

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Room Amenities

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Opening Date: Feb,2005  
Address: No.130 Babao Street, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Rooms and Rates

Room type  Regular price  Breakfast  Wed Thu
Business Room �588 Chinese/Western buffet �258 �258
Deluxe Standard Room �788 Chinese/Western buffet �348 �348
Warm Room �688 Chinese/Western buffet �328 �328

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Booking policy

Rate for an extra bed is  �100  per night. Price for breakfast: Buffet
�10. Pay at the hotel using cash or credit card. Credit cards accepted:
Peony, Kins, Greatwall, Long, Pacific. The room rate includes the service
fee but excludes other hotel charges, taxes and fees resulting from
special requests. The regular time for check-in is 14:00 and the regular
check-out time is 12:00 noon. If you need to check in earlier or extend
your stay, the hotel may charge an extra fee. (All times shown are GMT +
8 hours.)

Phone: 400-810-1119 (in Mainland China)
0086-10-64329999 ext. 6 (in other areas around the world)Email:
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Thursday, April 24, 2008

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Xibainian Hotel - Chengdu

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Newly opened in 2005, the Xibainian Hotel is a 4-star family business
economy hotel, with only 5 minutes drive away to the exhibition center.

Location

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Room Amenities

===========================================================================
Opening Date: Feb,2005  
Address: No.130 Babao Street, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Rooms and Rates

Room type  Regular price  Breakfast  Wed Thu
Business Room �588 Chinese/Western buffet �258 �258
Deluxe Standard Room �788 Chinese/Western buffet �348 �348
Warm Room �688 Chinese/Western buffet �328 �328

More rooms/units

Booking policy

Rate for an extra bed is  �100  per night. Price for breakfast: Buffet
�10. Pay at the hotel using cash or credit card. Credit cards accepted:
Peony, Kins, Greatwall, Long, Pacific. The room rate includes the service
fee but excludes other hotel charges, taxes and fees resulting from
special requests. The regular time for check-in is 14:00 and the regular
check-out time is 12:00 noon. If you need to check in earlier or extend
your stay, the hotel may charge an extra fee. (All times shown are GMT +
8 hours.)

Phone: 400-810-1119 (in Mainland China)
0086-10-64329999 ext. 6 (in other areas around the world)Email:
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

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Xibainian Hotel - Chengdu

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Located in the Luomashi Business Walking Street
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The Regent Shanghai - Shanghai

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Close to Hongqiao Development Zone and Jing An Temple.
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The Regent Shanghai, with its spectacular architecture and design,
premier location and world-class facilities, is the newest luxury
landmark in Asia''s most dynamic and exciting city. Offering strong
personalized service and an ultimate sense of luxury, both synonymous
with the Regent brand, makes The Regent Shanghai a perfect destination
for the world''s most discerning travellers.

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Opening Date: Oct,2005  
Address: 1116 Yan An West Road, Changning DLearn Chinese online - --Hotels - eLongistrict, Shanghai

Rooms and Rates

Room type  Regular price  Breakfast  Wed Thu
Deluxe Room �3500 N/A �1388 �1388
Premier Room �3500 N/A �1588 �1588
Deluxe Suite �3900 N/A �2238 �2238

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The Pavilion - Shenzhen

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5-star hotel at the center of financial, business and technology area
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Located at the heart of the flourishing business and shopping district of
Shenzhen, The Pavilion has become known as the leading 5-star "Green"
business hotel, creating an exceptional atmosphere of luxury, grandeur
and elegance - with a peaceful, relaxing touch of nature. All rooms and
suites, restaurants, banquet and conference rooms, as well as
comprehensive health, entertainment and business facilities all ensure
The Pavilion lives up to its promise of luxury and comfort.

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Hotel Star:
Opening Date: Aug,2001  
Address: 4002 Huaqiang North Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province

Rooms and Rates

Room type  Regular price  Breakfast  Wed Thu
Standard Room/Kingsize Bed �2300 N/A �1050 �1050
Superior Room/Kingsize Bed �2415 N/A �1120 �1120
Superior Standard Room/Twin Beds �2415 N/A �1120 �1120

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Rate for an extra bed is  �240  per night. Price for breakfast: Buffet
�101. Pay at the hotel using cash or credit card. Credit cards accepted:
Visa, Peony, Kins, Greatwall, Long, Pacific, Master, AE, Diners, JCB.
Foreign guests must submit their names in English. The room rate includes
the service fee but excludes other hotel charges, taxes and fees
resulting from special requests. The regular time for check-in is 14:00
and the regular check-out time is 12:00 noon. If you need to check in
earlier or extend your stay, the hotel may charge an extra fee. (All
times shown are GMT + 8 hours.) A credit card guarantee is required by
the hotel. Please view our Policy for Credit Card Guarantees and Privacy
Policy.

Phone: 400-810-1119 (in Mainland China)
0086-10-64329999 ext. 6 (in other areas around the world)Email:
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Booking policy

Price for breakfast: Buffet �184. Pay at the hotel using cash or credit
card. Credit cards accepted:  Visa, Peony, Kins, Greatwall, Long,
Pacific, Master, AE, Diners, JCB. The room rate includes the service fee
but excludes other hotel charges, taxes and fees resulting from special
requests. The regular time for check-in is 14:00 and the regular
check-out time is 12:00 noon. If you need to check in earlier or extend
your stay, the hotel may charge an extra fee. (All times shown are GMT +
8 hours.) A credit card guarantee is required by the hotel. Please view
our Policy for Credit Card Guarantees and Privacy Policy.

Phone: 400-810-1119 (in Mainland China)
0086-10-64329999 ext. 6 (in other areas around the world)Email:
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Newly opened in 2005, the Xibainian Hotel is a 4-star family business
economy hotel, with only 5 minutes drive away to the exhibition center.

Location

Property Amenities

Room Amenities

===========================================================================
Opening Date: Feb,2005  
Address: No.130 Babao Street, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Rooms and Rates

Room type  Regular price  Breakfast  Wed Thu
Business Room �588 Chinese/Western buffet �258 �258
Deluxe Standard Room �788 Chinese/Western buffet �348 �348
Warm Room �688 Chinese/Western buffet �328 �328

More rooms/units

Booking policy

Rate for an extra bed is  �100  per night. Price for breakfast: Buffet
�10. Pay at the hotel using cash or credit card. Credit cards accepted:
Peony, Kins, Greatwall, Long, Pacific. The room rate includes the service
fee but excludes other hotel charges, taxes and fees resulting from
special requests. The regular time for check-in is 14:00 and the regular
check-out time is 12:00 noon. If you need to check in earlier or extend
your stay, the hotel may charge an extra fee. (All times shown are GMT +
8 hours.)

Phone: 400-810-1119 (in Mainland China)
0086-10-64329999 ext. 6 (in other areas around the world)Email:
web@elong.net

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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China Hall of Science and Technology Hotel - Beijing

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The 3-star China Hall of Science and Technology Hotel, located in the
city center, is a 45-minute drive from the airport, 15 minutes from
Beijing West Railway Station and 30 minutes from Beijing Railway Station.
The hotel features a billiards room and a tennis court.

The China Hall of Science and Technology Hotel, which is close to the
Changan Shopping Center and Yuyuantan Park, features 24-square-meter
standard rooms.

The hotel also has 19 meeting rooms, with the largest room capable of
holding 600 persons. For dining, guests can try traditional Sichuan,
Shandong and Cantonese cuisine at our restaurants. For recreation, there
is a gymnasium, a ballroom, a chess and cards room, a billiards room, and
a tennis court.

Dining

Restaurants Tennis court Billiards room Meeting rooms Gym Chess/cards
room Business center Car rental Laundry Shopping Parking lot

Phone: 400-810-1119 (in Mainland China)
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Monday, April 21, 2008

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Jia Wen Ge Hotel

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The hotel is 1km to the railway station, 12km from the Hongqiao Airport
and 25km from the Pudong International Airport. The Sichuan commercial
street, the Bund and the Peatl TV Tower are all within walking distance
to the hotel.

The hotel provides services to accomodation, dining and business events.
The rooms are equipped with cabe TV channels and smoke sensor. The
restaurant serves Shanghai cuisine.

Dining

Chinese restaurant Sauna Mah-jong room Parking lot

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Sunday, April 20, 2008

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Beijing Zi Jin Cheng Hotel

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The three-star Beijing Zi Jin Cheng Hotel, which is close to the city
center and the railway station, is about 55 minutes by car from the
airport. The hotel, which has rich experience in hosting business
conferences, features a gym, a billiards room and a karaoke hall.

Each year, Beijing Zi Jin Cheng Hotel hosts more than 100 conferences,
and more than 20,000 business travelers stay here.

Our restaurants, which have a combined seating capacity of 250 people,
offer traditional Sichuan, Shandong, Cantonese and Beijing cuisine. And
our business center provides complete secretarial services, as well as a
spectrum of meeting rooms. For recreation, the hotel provides a gym, a
billiards room, a karaoke hall and a beauty salon.

Dining

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Saturday, April 19, 2008

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Friday, April 18, 2008

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Chinese School - Black, White Women Differ on Dieting

WORLD / Health

Black, White Women Differ on Dieting

(HealthDay)
Updated: 2007-07-07 01:40

Overweight or obese white American women are more likely than their black
peers to ask for dieting assistance, such as counseling from a medical
professional, a doctor's prescription, membership in a weight-loss group,
or advice from a trainer, a new study finds.

The study authors, who surveyed 120 women in Philadelphia, also found
that body image was an important motivator for white women in seeking
dieting help but not as important to black women.

The findings are published in the current issue of the journal Ethnicity
& Disease.

"We found that African-American women did not differ from Caucasians in
terms of concerns about body shape and weight," but those concerns were
more likely to motivate white women to seek dieting assistance, said lead
author Rachel Annunziato, assistant professor in the department of
psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City.

Obesity-related health concerns were not cited by either black or white
women in the study as a primary motivation for losing weight.

Annunziato said cultural factors likely play an important role in
influencing whether, when, and where women seek help with dieting and the
type of assistance they prefer.

"Community-based approaches appear to be promising vehicles for promoting
weight loss in ethnic minorities; however, there is much work to be done
in terms of developing programs that improve both weight loss and
successful maintenance of weight loss," Annunziato said in a prepared
statement.

Modifying weight-loss programs to better address the needs of black women
and other minorities may be an important step.

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Chinese language - Brazil break duck with Robinho hat-trick

Sports / Soccer

Brazil break duck with Robinho hat-trick

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-07-02 08:56

MATURIN, Venezuela, July 1 - Robinho scored a hat-trick as defending
champions Brazil, beaten by Mexico in their opening Copa America game,
bounced back to beat Chile 3-0 at the unfinished Monumental stadium on
Sunday.

Robinho converted a controversial penalty amid furious Chile protests in
the 36th minute and added two more in the last 10 minutes as Chile ran
out of steam. Both teams have three points from two games in Group B.

The 52,000-capacity stadium, built in less than one year, was ruled fit
to stage the games even though it was clearly not ready.

The area around the arena was a sea of mud strewn with building materials
and piles of debris. Inside, dust covered the seats and more debris was
piled into corners.

Despite the result, Brazil were far from convincing for most of the game
and spared by poor Chilean finishing in the second half.

Brazil struggled to find a way through Chile's packed defence early on
and Robinho, apart from a couple of trademark stepovers, saw little of
the ball.

But they were gifted a chance in the 36th minute when Gilberto's cross
from the left was comfortably held by goalkeeper Claudio Bravo but the
referee gave a penalty, apparently for pushing.

Robinho calmly scored with a low shot which just eluded Bravo's
outstretched hand.

Chile came out fighting after halftime and striker Humberto Suazo was
close from a free kick.

Shortly afterwards, the shaven-headed Suazo was put clean through but
delayed and, by the time he shot, there were three Brazilian defenders on
the line to clear the ball.

Jorge Valdivia wasted another chance when he shot straight at a defender
from close range.

Robinho finished the Chileans off in the 84th minute when he latched onto
Vanger Love's pass and chipped over Bravo.

Three minutes later, he collected the ball 40 metres from goal, dribbled
past two defenders and scored with a shot into the corner.

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Monday, April 14, 2008

Learn Mandarin online - Wang Zhizhi

Sports / Chinese Plays in NBA

Wang Zhizhi

(hoopedia)
Updated: 2007-06-28 15:25

Wang Zhizhi, born July 8, 1977 in Beijing, China) is a professional
basketball player formerly in the National Basketball Association.

Wang is 216 cm (7'1") tall. Wang's father Wang Weijun (196 cm) and mother
Ren Huanzhen (186 cm) were both basketball players. Wang is married with
one son.

In China, Wang is sometimes affectionally called "Da Zhi" or "Big Zhi".
In the NBA, Wang's nickname "Dodger" is a transliteration of the word.

China
Wang joined the Army club in 1994, who conveniently changed his date of
birth from 1977 to 1979, a common practice within China's sports system.
When the Chinese Basketball Association started in 1995, Wang was one of
the youngest players in the league. Nevertheless, he soon became a
starter in the star-studded army team Bayi Rockets. From 1995 to his
departure for the NBA after the 2001 Finals, the import-less Bayi Rockets
won all CBA Finals and National Games of the PRC. The Bayi dynasty was
upended by Yao Ming and the Shanghai Sharks as soon as Wang left for the
NBA.

[edit]International
In the 1995 FIBA World Championship for Juniors (Under-19 players), Wang
led China to a 9th place finish with a 4-4 record. He averaged 22.3
points, making 60% of his field goals and 86% of his free throws. He also
averaged 11.1 rebounds per game and led the tournament in shots blocked.
As a result, Wang was named to the All-Tournament team.

In 1996, Wang became the first Asian player invited to play for the
international squad against the best USA high school players in the
prestigious Nike Hoop Summit Game. He started and scored 6 points and
grabbed 6 rebounds. He was offered a basketball scholarship from John
Thompson of Georgetown University.

Wang Zhizhi became an Olympian in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, where he
started and averaged 11.1 points and 5.6 rebounds, helping China to
finish at 8th place.

In the 1997 Asia Basketball Championship, a fever Wang had was partially
responsible for a semifinal loss to Korea, which prevented China from
qualifying for the 1998 World Basketball Championship.

In 1998, China regained its supremacy in the Bangkok Asian Games.

After leading the Chinese national squad to the 1999 Asia Championship
title, Wang again starred for China in the 2000 Sydney Olympics,
averaging 13.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. He also made
54% of his field goals and 90% of his free throws as China placed 10th.

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Sunday, April 13, 2008

Learn Mandarin online - 'N.Korea wants denuclearization'

WORLD / Asia-Pacific

'N.Korea wants denuclearization'

(AP)
Updated: 2007-06-22 16:58

SEOUL, South Korea - US envoy Christopher Hill said Friday that North
Korea is prepared to promptly close down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor in
line with an agreement reached earlier this year.

In this image from television, Assistant US Secretary of State
Christopher Hill , left, is greeted by an unidentified North Korean
official, center, as he arrives at an airport in the North Korean capital
of Pyongyang on Thursday June 21, 2007. [AP]

Hill, speaking at a press conference in Seoul following his return from
the North, also said both the US and North Korea reaffirmed their
commitment to the February accord aimed at North Korea's denuclearization
as well as an early meeting of chief representatives to the six-way
negotiating framework.

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"The talks were very detailed, very substantive and I believe they were
also very useful and positive," Hill said at the joint press conference
with his South Korean counterpart, Chun Yung-woo.

"The DPRK indicated that they are prepared promptly to shut down the
Yongbyon facility as called for in the February agreement," Hill said.

Hill said the North is ready to disable the reactor, also in line with
the agreement, "although we must work out the details."

While saying that North Korea's denuclearization can be achieved, Hill
also said it will take time and effort.

"I sense that we are going to be able to achieve our full objectives,
that is complete denuclearization, but, also burdened by the realization
of the fact that we are going to have to spend a great deal of time, a
great deal of effort, a lot of work in achieving these," Hill said.

In February, North Korea promised China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and
the US, the other members of the six-way talks, to shut down its main
nuclear facility at Yongbyon by mid-April.

That was delayed, however, due to a dispute over $25 million in allegedly
illicit North Korean funds frozen in a bank in Macau.

Hill said he was invited to visit by North Korea and made no effort to
meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Saturday, April 12, 2008

Chinese language - US: Russia offer cannot replace missile shield

WORLD

US: Russia offer cannot replace missile shield

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-06-15 08:43

BRUSSELS - The United States told Russia on Thursday a Kremlin offer to
share a radar site in Azerbaijan could not replace US plans to site a
missile shield in eastern Europe.

"I was very explicit in the meeting that we saw the Azeri radar as an
additional capability and that we intend to proceed with the ... radar in
the Czech Republic," US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said after a
meeting of NATO and Russian defence ministers.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks in Singapore June 2, 2007.
[Reuters]

Gates played down hopes of an early end to the months-long dispute with
Moscow over the shield proposal.

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He said he doubted experts would come up with a full appraisal of the
week-old Russian offer before July 1-2 talks between President George W.
Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Gates said Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov did not respond
during the meeting to his remarks. Diplomats said Serdyukov had earlier
repeated that Moscow sees the Azeri proposal replacing the existing US
plan.

Gates said he welcomed the surprise offer to share radar data made by
Putin at a Group of Eight (G8) meeting last week.

"I repeated our willingness to work and partner with Russia on missile
defence," he said.

The United States plans to use interceptors in Poland and radar in the
Czech Republic, a configuration Washington says is ideal for blocking any
missile, particularly from Iran, heading towards the United States and
most of Europe.

Russia has said the US scheme is a threat to its own security and that
the proposed US bases on its doorstep could be converted to more
dangerous uses in the future.

Washington has said it wants to hold expert-level talks to explore the
possibilities of the Russian offer of the Azeri radar, but Gates said he
was "sceptical" there would be any conclusions before Bush welcomes Putin
in Maine next month.

'Tacit endorsement'

Tension between Washington and Moscow alarmed European NATO members,
particularly after Putin threatened to target missiles on Europe if
Washington went ahead with building the shield.

The project has also raised concerns it will split NATO into those who
would be covered by the shield and those not. Analysts said Turkey,
Greece, Bulgaria and Romania would not get full protection.

In what US officials hailed as a tacit endorsement of the US plan, NATO
defence ministers agreed to explore building a "bolt-on" anti-missile
system that would plug those gaps.

The study should be completed by February. NATO officials hope the
alliance can agree by a summit in April in Romania to start work on such
a system, which would deploy complementary interceptors to cover
southeast Europe.

"We do believe that (our) concerns have been addressed and understood,"
Bulgarian Defence Minister Defence Veselin Bliznakov told Reuters.

"What we just need is the US (missile shield) and the one which would be
added by NATO."

A senior US official, who requested anonymity, said: "What you see here
is allies agreeing to adapt NATO's work to the reality that there will be
a (US) long-range system."

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Friday, April 11, 2008

Learn Mandarin online - US: Russia offer cannot replace missile shield

WORLD

US: Russia offer cannot replace missile shield

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-06-15 08:43

BRUSSELS - The United States told Russia on Thursday a Kremlin offer to
share a radar site in Azerbaijan could not replace US plans to site a
missile shield in eastern Europe.

"I was very explicit in the meeting that we saw the Azeri radar as an
additional capability and that we intend to proceed with the ... radar in
the Czech Republic," US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said after a
meeting of NATO and Russian defence ministers.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks in Singapore June 2, 2007.
[Reuters]

Gates played down hopes of an early end to the months-long dispute with
Moscow over the shield proposal.

Special coverage:
US, Russia Missile Defense Dispute  
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He said he doubted experts would come up with a full appraisal of the
week-old Russian offer before July 1-2 talks between President George W.
Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Gates said Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov did not respond
during the meeting to his remarks. Diplomats said Serdyukov had earlier
repeated that Moscow sees the Azeri proposal replacing the existing US
plan.

Gates said he welcomed the surprise offer to share radar data made by
Putin at a Group of Eight (G8) meeting last week.

"I repeated our willingness to work and partner with Russia on missile
defence," he said.

The United States plans to use interceptors in Poland and radar in the
Czech Republic, a configuration Washington says is ideal for blocking any
missile, particularly from Iran, heading towards the United States and
most of Europe.

Russia has said the US scheme is a threat to its own security and that
the proposed US bases on its doorstep could be converted to more
dangerous uses in the future.

Washington has said it wants to hold expert-level talks to explore the
possibilities of the Russian offer of the Azeri radar, but Gates said he
was "sceptical" there would be any conclusions before Bush welcomes Putin
in Maine next month.

'Tacit endorsement'

Tension between Washington and Moscow alarmed European NATO members,
particularly after Putin threatened to target missiles on Europe if
Washington went ahead with building the shield.

The project has also raised concerns it will split NATO into those who
would be covered by the shield and those not. Analysts said Turkey,
Greece, Bulgaria and Romania would not get full protection.

In what US officials hailed as a tacit endorsement of the US plan, NATO
defence ministers agreed to explore building a "bolt-on" anti-missile
system that would plug those gaps.

The study should be completed by February. NATO officials hope the
alliance can agree by a summit in April in Romania to start work on such
a system, which would deploy complementary interceptors to cover
southeast Europe.

"We do believe that (our) concerns have been addressed and understood,"
Bulgarian Defence Minister Defence Veselin Bliznakov told Reuters.

"What we just need is the US (missile shield) and the one which would be
added by NATO."

A senior US official, who requested anonymity, said: "What you see here
is allies agreeing to adapt NATO's work to the reality that there will be
a (US) long-range system."

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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Chinese Online Class - G8 leaders pledge $60B to Africa to fight AIDS

WORLD / Europe

G8 leaders pledge $60B to Africa to fight AIDS

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-06-08 15:43

British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi,
Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Nicolas Sarkozy,
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President George W. Bush, Canadian
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L to R) pose for a
family photo in Heiligendamm June 7, 2007. [Reuters]

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany - World leaders meeting in Germany turned their
attention to Africa on Friday, agreeing a $60 billion pledge to fight
AIDS and other killer diseases ravaging the continent, according to a
diplomat.

"The issue is now fixed. The text is agreed," a diplomat from a Group of
Eight (G8) member country told Reuters during a summit of the club of
industrialised nations.

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"The agreement within the G8 will follow the US proposal to increase the
aid for fighting these diseases to $60 billion in the forthcoming years
with $30 billion coming from the US".

Merkel will make the deal public on the summit's final day after a
meeting with the heads of six African nations. Detail on the plans were
not available, making it hard to tell how much new money the deal
involves.

The G8 countries had wrangled late into Thursday night about specifics on
aid for Africa. They were expected to broadly recommit themselves to
pledges made at a 2005 summit in Scotland when they said they would
double development funding by 2010.

The $60 billion will be used to combat AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis,
global diseases that have been especially devastating for African peoples
and their economies.

Campaigners for Africa say the $60 billion pledge falls short of UN
targets for extending treatment to tackle disease.

Two leading campaigners, rock stars Bono and Bob Geldof, put pressure on
G8 summit host, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and her fellow leaders
from the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and Russia.

"The chancellor has asked us to trust her and we are tempted, but we
cannot risk being let down by the G8 again," said Bono.

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Learn mandarin - Ginseng shows benefit in cancer treatment

WORLD / Health

Ginseng shows benefit in cancer treatment

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-06-05 11:31

CHICAGO - Flaxseed slowed the growth of prostate tumors in men, while
ginseng helped relieve the fatigue that cancer patients often feel, US
researchers reported on Saturday in two of the first scientifically
rigorous looks at alternative medicine.

A seasonal worker holds ginseng rhizomes reaped on a field in
Graefendorf, eastern Germany in May 2007. [Agencies]

The studies reflect doctors' efforts to explore the risks and benefits of
foods and supplements that are routinely taken by their patients with
little scientific proof they help.

Americans spend between $36 billion and $47 billion a year on
complementary and alternative therapies, according to the National Center
for Health Statistics.

"Patients are taking these compounds but we need to know if they are
doing any good or any harm," said Dr. Bruce Cheson of Georgetown
University Hospital in Washington, who led a panel on alternative
therapies at a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

In the flaxseed study, researchers at Duke University Medical Center in
North Carolina and colleagues evaluated the seed's role as a food
supplement in 161 men who were scheduled to undergo surgery for prostate
cancer.

"The growth rate was decreased in the men who got flaxseed," said Dr.
Nancy Davidson, an oncologist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore
who is president-elect of ASCO. "I think this is fascinating."

Flaxseed is rich in omega-3 fatty acids and lignans, a fiber found on the
seed coat.

"We were looking at flaxseed because of its unique nutrient profile,"
said Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, a researcher in Duke's School of Nursing,
who led the study.

Half of the men in the study added 30 grams of flaxseed daily to their
diets for about 30 days. Half of the flaxseed group also went on a
low-fat diet.

After the surgery, the researchers looked at the men's tumor cells to see
how quickly the cancer had multiplied.

The cancer cells in both the flaxseed groups grew about 30 to 40 percent
slower than the control group.

But Demark-Wahnefried is not ready to prescribe flaxseed.

"It's a healthy food. It has a lot of vitamins and a lot of fiber. But we
can not definitively say at this point you should take flaxseed because
it is protective against prostate cancer," she said, adding that flaxseed
now needed to be studied to see if it can prevent prostate cancer.

In the ginseng trial, Debra Barton of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minnesota, and colleagues tested three different doses of the herb on
patients with a variety of cancers who were expected to live at least six
months.

Twenty-five percent of patients taking a 1,000-mg dose and 27 percent of
patients taking a 2,000-mg dose said their fatigue symptoms were
"moderately better" or "much better."

Only 10 percent of those taking a 750-mg dose reported an improvement,
which was about the same as the placebo group.

Patients in the trial took Wisconsin ginseng from a single crop that was
tested for uniform potency. It was powdered and given in a capsule form.

"I wouldn't have predicted this, I have to admit," Davidson said in an
interview. "We might want to test this on a large scale."

The flaxseed study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and
the ginseng study was supported by US Public Health Service grants.

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Chinese Mandarin - Sudan: US sanctions over Darfur unfair

WORLD / Africa

Sudan: US sanctions over Darfur unfair

(AP)
Updated: 2007-05-30 08:47

KHARTOUM, Sudan - The Sudanese government condemned a new set of US
economic sanctions aimed at pressuring it to halt the bloodshed in
Darfur, describing them Tuesday as "unfair and untimely" and calling on
the rest of the world to ignore them.

Displaced Darfuris in the town of Gereida in southern Darfur, May 2006.
[AFP]

President Bush announced the United States was enforcing sanctions that
bar 31 Sudanese companies owned or controlled by Sudan's government from
the US banking system. The sanctions also prevent three Sudanese
individuals from doing business with US companies or banks.

"We believe this decision is unfair and untimely," Sudan's Foreign
Ministry spokesman, Ali Sadiq, told The Associated Press.

The European Union said it was prepared to consider tougher measures to
push Sudan to finally allow a large UN peacekeeping mission into Darfur.
"In principle, we are open to consider that," Javier Solana told the AP.

Sadiq defending Sudan, saying it accepted a first batch of 3,000 UN
peacekeepers in April to reinforce the overwhelmed African Union force
already deployed in Darfur, where more than 200,000 people have died and
2.5 million have fled their homes in four years of fighting between
Sudanese forces and rebels.

"These American measures come at a time when Sudan is actively discussing
peace in Darfur and working on the hybrid force," of UN and African Union
peacekeepers, Sadiq said. "We invite the international community to
ignore and condemn these sanctions."

The US mission to the United Nations has been drafting a resolution for
broader UN sanctions against Sudan that is expected to face resistance in
the Security Council.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said he needs more time to promote
negotiations and persuade the Sudanese government to accept more
peacekeepers.

Asked whether the US sanctions would complicate his job of getting Sudan
to agree to a larger UN-African Union peacekeeping force, Ban said: "We
will have to see."

The UN agreed last week with the African Union on the final outline of
the hybrid force that would more than triple the number of peacekeepers
in Darfur with a mission of at least 23,000 soldiers and police. The
peacekeepers would be allowed to launch pre-emptive attacks to stop
violence.

South Africa's UN ambassador questioned the timing of the US sanctions in
the midst of those negotiations.

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Monday, April 7, 2008

Chinese Lesson - Rockets set to announce Adelman as new coach

Sports / Basketball

Rockets set to announce Adelman as new coach

(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-05-22 10:55

The New York Post has learned the Houston Rockets soon will announce Rick
Adelman as their new coach.

Adelman is a flawless choice for a team anchored by two superstars and
two or three other key components. Never a self-promoter or one to demand
players he must or must not have, he merely manages (never over-coaches)
the personnel on tap and gets them to the playoffs �C 14 out of 14 times
as coach of Portland and Sacramento.

Rick Adelman, the only coach the Rockets targeted or interviewed, agreed
to terms on a contract to become the Rockets next coach, a person with
knowledge of the Rockets' decision-making said on Monday.

Adelman will fly to Houston on Tuesday and be introduced on Wednesday.

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Sunday, April 6, 2008

Chinese School - Study: Young girls more likely to be fat

WORLD / Health

Study: Young girls more likely to be fat

(AP)
Updated: 2007-05-10 15:45

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - As every Western nation struggles with child obesity,
the Swedes are puzzled by an unusual blip in the data: Why are little
girls more likely to be fat than little boys?

A recent study by researchers at Sweden's Uppsala University showed that
today's 4-year-old girls were six times as likely to be obese compared to
20 years ago - a bigger jump than among boys.

"This indicates that there is a relatively recent change in our
lifestyles that is behind this," said Ulf Holmback, the lead researcher
for the study published in the April issue of Acta Paediatrica. "But it's
difficult to say what that is."

The weight increase itself was expected - Swedes, along with most other
Europeans, have been getting heavier.

But obesity experts are scratching their heads over the gender difference
that emerges in obesity rates. In 1982, just 1 percent of all 4-year-olds
were deemed obese. By 2002, 2 percent of the boys that age were obese,
but 6 percent of the girls were. The discrepancy was similar for
10-year-olds.

An analysis of children who are overweight - not obese - the percentage
of overweight 4-year-olds has roughly doubled to 20 percent for girls and
18 percent for boys during the same 20-year period. (Generally, a child
42 inches tall weighing 50 pounds would be considered obese; the same
child weighing 45 pounds would be considered overweight.)

"It's hard to come up with a smart explanation for this," said Carl-Erik
Flodmark, head of the child obesity center at Malmo University Hospital.
"One biological explanation could be that boys are more active, and when
the calorie load increases, maybe girls are more affected."

Flodmark, considered one of Europe's experts on childhood obesity, said
the research could be skewed because it studied children from just one
part of Sweden. But, he said, other studies also reveal the gender
difference in obesity rates for that age group.

According to data compiled by the International Association for the Study
of Obesity, IASO, the situation seems unique to Sweden.

The IASO has compiled surveys from all European Union countries, and
typically the differences in the obesity rates for boys and girls are
very small. In countries that have large gender discrepancies among
children - such as Greece and Estonia - it is the boys who have higher
rates of being overweight.

And among adults across Europe, women generally are fitter than men.

Since 1980, when Swedes were among of the slimmest of Western
nationalities, obesity among adults has doubled from 5 percent to 10
percent by 2005 in both sexes, according to Sweden's national statistics
agency. However, roughly half the men are overweight compared to 36
percent of the women.

That is still far lower than the United States, where recent government
figures show 71 percent of men are overweight, and two-thirds of women
are. About one-third of the US adult population is obese.

Among EU nations, Sweden is in the middle, with Germany, Greece and the
Czech Republic the most overweight, according to the IASO.

The IASO's Neville Rigby said Sweden is hardly alone in having heavier
children.

"Worldwide, in every country, we're beginning to see changes taking
place, sometimes quite rapidly," Rigby said.

Holmback and other researchers hope to eventually sort out why Swedish
girls are getting heavier than boys. Both he and Flodmark said it is
crucial to help girls who are obese because they suffer more under the
pressure of modern beauty ideals.

"It doesn't matter as much for boys if they are obese," Flodmark said.

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