Endurance Challenger
Zhang Jian, China's top marathon swimmer, completed the world's longest single crossing of a freshwater lake on August 8-9. He swam 69 km without a break to cross the Xingkai Lake in northeast China
Charity Time Giver
Shi Yuzhu, one of China's most well-known entrepreneurs famed for his roller-coaster career, has earned 1.89 million yuan ($278,000) for a local charity program in China's first auction for a time share with celebrities
Split Partners
Chen Xiao and Huang Guangyu, the duo who led Hong Kong-listed Gome Electrical Appliances in 2006-08, have broken up in a struggle for control over China's second largest electronics retailer

"The principle of reciprocity does not necessarily lie in coverage and threshold, but more importantly, relates to the scale of China's economy and its growth rate."

Sun Zhenyu, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of China to the WTO, calling on member nations of the Government Procurement Agreement not to be "too demanding" on China's revised accession offer. China's procurement market, worth 700 billion yuan ($100 billion) in 2009, will open to foreign businesses if the country joins the agreement

"The independence of some U.S. rating firms needs to be questioned due to the close relationship between the shareholders and their clients."

Guan Jianzhong, Chairman of the Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. Ltd., refuting criticism by its Western counterparts that the Chinese rating agency follows a "populist mood" and lacks transparency. Dagong is the first non-Western rating agency to assess the world's sovereign credit and risks

"In reducing poverty, China is the fastest in the world."

Ajay Chhibber, UN Assistant Secretary General and Director of the UN Development Program's Regional Bureau for Asia-Pacific, referring to UN data showing China has achieved the target of halving the number of poor people from the 1990 figure of 85 million

"We are now moving into the post-pandemic period. The new H1N1 virus has largely run its course."

WHO Director Margaret Chan, declaring on August 10 the official end to the H1N1 flu pandemic

"He is leaving Iraq to the wolves."

Tariq Aziz, formerly Saddam Hussein's Foreign Minister, accusing U.S. President Barack Obama of abandoning Iraq before making sure the country was back on its feet

"Life is short, but memory is long."

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General, at a ceremony in Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park to mark the 65th anniversary of the world's first nuclear-bomb attack

 
BLAST INTO SPACE The remote-sensing satellite, Yaogan X, is sent into space aboard a Long March 4C carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province on August 10 (SHANG CHUNYA)
Supporting Harvest
China's Central Government has urged greater efforts to ensure this year's grain output, a government statement said on August 11
Health Priorities
China's Ministry of Health said on August 10 hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), inoculation against measles and the construction of a mental health network are the priorities for its annual disease prevention plan
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WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
Jingbo Lake in Heilongjiang Province on August 10 has larger than usual water flow from its falls due to heavy rains in the area (ZHANG CHUNXIANG)
GEOLOGICAL DISASTER
Seven riverside residential buildings were destroyed when an embankment collapsed in Fengkai County, Guangdong Province, on August 10. No casualties were reported due to a timely evacuation (WEI SHIMING)
PAINTING DREAMS
On August 10, Chinese award-winners at a national children’s painting contest on environmental themes join Kenyan children to paint their visions of the future in Nairobi, capital of Kenya (ZHAO YINGQUAN)
CENTERPIECE VENUE
On August 10, tourists queue up outside the entrance of the National Stadium, where the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics were held in August 2008. About 13 million tourists visited the venue over the two years since the games (CUI XINYU)
 
WEAVING COOPERATION Guests inaugurate a forum on cross-straits industrial collaboration on fiber and textile in Taipei on August 10, 2010. The forum is aimed to beef up cooperation between the two sides in the textile industry through economic and academic discussions and exchanges (WU JINGTENG)
Price Transparency
China's banking regulator is in the process of revising the bank service pricing regulation with an eye on providing bank customers better services
Tax Exemption
China will exempt offshore service outsourcing firms in 21 cities from business taxes from July 1, 2010 until December 31, 2013 to boost the industry's development, said the Ministry of Finance
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Investing in Ningxia
The Ningxia-Beijing Economic and Trade Promotion Conference was held on August 6 in Beijing, delivering a strong boost to economic cooperation between the two regions
Grain Crisis
Global grain prices are skyrocketing, mounting heavy pressure on the Chinese market. Russia, the world's third largest wheat producer, on August 5 ordered a ban on grain exports after a severe drought devastated crops and as wildfires spread across the country
July Economic Figures
The consumer price index (CPI), a barometer of inflation, grew 3.3 percent year on year in July, 0.4 percentage points faster than in June, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This exceeded the government set 3-percent target for the entire year
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  • BRITAIN
    A bagpipe team performs in a parade in Edinburgh on August 8 to celebrate the beginning of the city’s month-long annual art festival (ZENG YI)
  • RUSSIA
    A Russian firefighter attempts to contain a fire near the village of Murmino on August 6. Wildfires ravaged Russia in recent weeks, plunging a number of regions into a state of emergency (XINHUA/AFP)
  • GREECE
    Chinese warships Guangzhou and Chaohu August 9 during a visit to Greece (LIANG YEQIAN)
  • JORDAN
    People purchase food in an Amman market on August 10 to prepare for iftar, the meal eaten after sunset each day during the Islamic fasting month Ramadan (XINHUA)
  • JERUSALEM
    On August 9, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends an inquiry into the Israeli naval raid on a Gaza aid flotilla in May (XINHUA/AFP)
  • THE UNITED STATES
    Osas Ighodaro (center) from Connecticut weeps after winning the 2010 Miss Black U.S.A. Pageant in Washington, D.C. on August 9 (ZHANG JUN)
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