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The Beijing Hour
Evening Edition
It's Spencer Musick with you on this Monday, April 27th, 2015.
Welcome to the Beijing Hour, live from the Chinese capital...
Coming up on our program this evening...
Four South Korean civic4 groups urging Japanese Prime Minister Shizno Abe to square up to his country’s' history of wartime aggression5 on the occasion of his visit to the United States...
In Business: Chinese authorities denied reports of a massive merger6 plan to cut state-owned enterprises to 40 from the existing 112.
In Sports: the latest action from the NBA playoffs...
In Entertainment: tributes rolling in for renewed Chinese poet Wang Guozhen...
All of that coming up in just a moment, but first, just a reminder7 there are several ways to reach out to us here on the Beijing Hour.
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Anchor:
The death toll from Saturday's earthquake in Nepal has climbed to over 3,700.
An intensified9 rescue and relief effort is underway.
As CRI's Huang Shan reports, at least three Chinese aid teams are joining the effort in Nepal, together with other international teams.
Reporter:
Besides the thousands killed, Nepalese authorities say the massive quake has also injured more than 65-hundered people with Chinese and Indian officials reporting dozens of people killed in their countries.
Nepalese officials have warned that the number of casualties could rise as rescuers reach remote areas of western Nepal.
Meanwhile, massive tent camps have emerged in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, for those displaced or afraid to stay indoors.
The UN says at least 14 international medical teams are on the way to Nepal and up to 15 international search-and-rescue teams have been sent.
China is sending its third batch of aid teams to the neighboring country.
The 55-member team affiliated11 with China's armed forces is expected to carry out rescue missions as well as psychological counseling and medical aid.
Another 45 Chinese soldiers are set to leave for Nepal tomorrow. The total 100 soldiers are bringing with four sniffer dogs, five recovery vehicles and rescue equipment, including life detectors12 and entry tools.
A Chinese medical team carrying 13 tons of medical aid arrived in Nepal earlier today.
The 58-strong medical team will stay in Nepal for about two weeks.
The medical team has participated in medical rescue missions in previous major earthquakes at home.
Meanwhile, China's non-governmental organizations are also offering a helping14 hand to the neighboring country.
The Blue Sky Rescue Team, one of China's largest civilian15 rescue teams, has arrived in Nepal 36 hours after the country was struck by the powerful earthquake.
Its team leader, Zhang Yong, says they hope to conduct their rescue operation within the golden 72 hours window available after a disaster.
"We have marked some important regions and blind spots on the map. We will send our members to the epicenter of the quake. We believe the disaster situation there is very serious. After checking the quake-stricken scenes, if condition allowed, our team will carry out the work as soon as possible."
The team has brought with a large batch of rescue materials, including unmanned aerial vehicles, electric generators16, life detectors, mountain rescue equipment, and medicine.
By applying the unmanned aerial vehicle to relief work, the team aims to rescue more victims in blind spots.
For CRI, I'm Huang Shan.
Rescue Work Underway in Tibet Quake Zone
Chinese authorities say a delegation17 of government officials and more relief supplies have arrived in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous19 Region to assist with the aftermath of the 8.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday.
The Ministry20 of Civil Affairs has allocated21 thick tents, cotton coats, comforters, cots and sleeping bags to the affected areas in Tibet.
The regional government has also sent tents, coats, food, medicine and drinking water.
A team of 38 PLA medical experts and more than 500 engineering soldiers equipped with heavy machinery22 have been dispatched to the disaster areas.
Nine Chinese military helicopters have arrived in quake-hit Xigaze City in Tibet to help with relief work.
However, snowy weather and landslides23 have hindered rescue and relief efforts in quake-affected areas.
Quake-triggered landslides have blocked many road sections to Tibet's border towns of Gyirong and Zham.
Chen Qin, a China Central Television reporter, says that conditions in that area are still not stable.
"It is very difficult to get through the road to Zham. Landslides, mud-rock flows and aftershocks can happen anytime."
Roads, power and communication remain cut off in Rongxar Town, Tingri County.
At least 20 people have been confirmed dead, 58 people injured and another four missing in Tibet after the earthquake that struck neighboring Nepal on Saturday.
Some 24,800 people have been relocated in Tibet's Xigaze City.
Automakers Eyes China's New-energy Vehicle Market
Anchor:
Chinese and foreign automakers are competing for a share in the new-energy vehicle sector28 in the Chinese market.
In the ongoing29 Shanghai Auto18 Show, a record 103 new-energy cars have been unveiled by both domestic and foreign manufacturers.
CIR's Yu Yang reports.
Reporter:
Shifting from the focus on the display of vehicle designs seen in previous years, in this year's Shanghai Auto Show, so-called green auto cars become a priority.
Zheng Gang, general manager of BJEV, a Beijing-based auto maker26, says the company is in cooperation with an Italian auto manufacturer to design a world-leading new-energy car, which is expected to hit the market by the end of this year.
"This electric car is completely newly designed, rather than a modification30 from traditional cars. Currently, only two mass-produced car models in the world are made with this technology. One is BMW's I3 and the other is Tesla's model S. So this car will bring the Chinese domestic brands into the world top ranking of the new-energy vehicle producers."
World major automakers including Audi, BMW and Volvo all displayed the plug-in hybrid vehicles in the show.
Industry insiders say they have seen huge potential in the new-energy car sector, but add that nurturing32 a mature market still takes joint33 efforts from producers, government and the society.
Wang Hao, the US automaker Tesla's north region sales manager, says the company's future in China needs support from government policies and the general public.
"We hope that everyone can join us to understand that new-energy vehicles are development direction in the future. We also hope that the whole society can pay attention to this industry and the Chinese government can provide support in this regard. Then this sector will have a faster and healthier development in the future."
Observers say the Chinese government's huge subsidies34 for the purchase of new-energy vehicles has shown the country's determination to develop this green sector.
As one of the seven strategic emerging industries promoted by the government, with the advancement35 of technological36 innovation and more incentive37 policies, the development of China's new-energy vehicles is expected to go on the fast track in the coming years.
The ten-day Shanghai Auto Show, which will conclude on Wednesday, has attracted more than 2,000 domestic and international exhibitors.
For CRI, I'm Yu Yang.
Malaysian PM calls for joint ASEAN effort fighting extremism
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is urging Southeast Asian leaders to jointly38 combat the threat posed by extremism as he hosts an ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur.
Najib welcomed nine leaders from the ten-member ASEAN bloc24, including Indonesian President Joko Widodo, and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
The 10 leaders will be discussing both regional and international issues during the two-day summit.
In his opening address, Najib called on the leaders to endorse39 a document on combating extremism in the region.
"One of the documents we'll adopt at this summit is the Langkawi Declaration on Global Movement of Moderates. It is imperative40 that we adopt this declaration because even in our region we're not spared the threat posed by extremism. For example, from the advocates of the so-called 'Islamic State'."
Malaysia on Sunday arrested 12 people linked to the militant41 group Islamic State and seized explosives, foiling a plan to attack several locations in and around the capital.
Nursultan Nazharbaev Re-elected as Kazakh president
Preliminary results show that incumbent43 President Nursultan Nazharbaev has won Kazakhstan's presidential election, granting him another five years in office.
According to Kazakhstan's Central Election Commission, the ruling Nur Otan party candidate Nazarbayev won 97.7 percent of the votes.
Nazarbayev expressed his appreciation45 to his voters.
"We have demonstrated to the whole world that Kazakhstan's political culture means unity46, responsibility. Everyone came to polling stations. Of course to elect a president means to elect one's future. So they came to vote for their future, each one of them having his own hopes. They wanted to express them, they came and expressed them. Big thanks and deep bow to all Kazakh citizens."
He says his first step is to create a commission to implement all five institutional reforms that he has announced.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated Nazarbayev on his re-election.
In a message, the Chinese leader said he attaches great importance to the development of China-Kazakhstan relations, and expressed his willingness to join hands with Nazarbayev to bring the ties to a new level.
Nazarbayev is the first and thus far only president of Kazakhstan since the country's independence in 1991.
He has kept a support rate of more than 90 percent in all previous elections.
S.Korean civic groups urge Abe for sincere apology in U.S. Congress
Four South Korean civic groups are urging Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to make a sincere apology for wartime crimes on the occasion of his speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress scheduled for Wednesday.
A total of 68 members of four civic organizations have sent a joint letter to heavyweight U.S. politicians such as U.S. Vice48 President Joe Biden, House Speaker John Boehner, and Mark Lippert, the U.S. ambassador to Seoul.
The letter is asking members of the U.S. Congress to urge Abe to voice clearly and publicly a heartfelt apology for its colonial rule and aggression, including military sexual slavery known to the world as comfort women.
As this year marks the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat in the Second World War, his speech at the US Congress is widely seen to be setting the tone for his address to mark the anniversary.
Some observers say the success of the visit will depend on whether and how honestly Abe confronts Japan's wartime atrocities49, but some argue the issue of history will not become the focus of his speech this time.
For more on this, CRI's Tu Yun earlier spoke50 to Dr. Teng Jianqun, Director of the Research Department of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association.
Back anchor:
That is Dr. Teng Jianqun, Director of the Research Department of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, speaking with CRI's Tu Yun.
Memories at Prisoner-of-war Camps Hard to Forget for US WWII Veteran
Anchor:
Ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, US survivors51 of the battle in the Pacific theatre have been recounting their experiences.
CRI's Niu Honglin brings us the story of a US veteran who became a prisoner of war.
Reporter:
92-year-old Ralph Griffith served in the U.S. army in the Philippines during World War II.
He and a number of other U.S. soldiers were captured after Japanese forces over-ran Corregidor Island in 1942.
Griffith spent 5-months in a prisoner-of-war camp in Cabanatuan before being transferred to a Japanese POW camp in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang in Liaoning.
He says many of his fellow prisoners didn't survive the transfer.
"I know one fellow, that we buried at sea. He had, he had dysentery, and he was skin and bones. Me and another fellow was talking to him one day, and the next minute by, he died. There was around 400 died that winter from starvation. We got very little rice and we started working at a factory called MKK."
Griffith says they were also subject to medical experiments.
"They put medicine, drop of medicine four places on my arm, and then took a scalpel, and made a cross and with each of those medicine. I never got sick or anything. I don't know what it was about. They never did tell us what it was."
It's been suggested as many as 580-thousand died as a result of medical experiments or germ warfare52 unleashed53 by the Japanese military during World War II.
Griffith says he hopes the history of what took place will finally be accepted as fact.
"The Japanese were pretty, they were pretty brutal54 against the Chinese people. They keep denying the things that went on, I guess. They even, I've heard they've even [deemed] that it was our fault to start the war, that we started the war, instead of the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. They don't say too much about that. The schools, the denial of what things that went on, and they don't let the people know. The people, I guess, one day hear the things will get surprised, you know."
Japan surrendered on August 15th, 1945.
It's capitulation ended over 30-years of attempts to carve out territory throughout the Asia-Pacific, including the failed attempt to over-run China.
For CRI, I'm Niu Honglin.
UNICEF starts delivering relief aid to Yemen
The United Nations Children's Fund has started delivering medical aid to Yemen.
UNICEF spokesperson Mohamed Al-Asadi says the aid includes essentials for hospitals in the country.
"Today we have distributed medicine and relief aid to four main hospitals in the capital Sanaa. They will be used in the coming months, at least for two months, to provide relief, first aid and also obstetric aid as well as nutrition for malnourished children."
UNICEF estimates over a hundred children have been killed since the Saudi-led air strikes began a month ago.
The Saudi-led coalition55 has been targeting Houthi rebel locations throughout the country, despite an announcement last week that its campaign was coming to an end.
Houthi forces, said to be backed by Iran, have taken over much of the country, forcing President Abd-rabu Manour Hadi to flee the country.
More than 150-thousand people have fled the country.
Most have crossed over to neighboring Djbouti.
The 11th China International Cartoon and Animation Festival will kick off tomorrow in the eastern city of Hangzhou.
Around 600 animation exhibitors from more than 70 countries and regions are expected to participate in the event.
As the biggest event dedicated58 to animation and cartoons in China, the festival will bring together leading artists, industry insiders, university professors, and fans.
For more on the event, I earlier spoke with Andrew Jones, senior editor at gbtimes, CRI's partner radio station in Finland, who is covering the event in Hangzhou.
That's Andrew Jones, senior editor at gbtimes, CRI's partner radio station in Finland.
Anchor:
A growing number of Colombians are calling for a revival of the country's once-vital railway system amid rising complaints about the traffic congestion60 in the country's major centers.
CRI's Wang Mengzhen has more.
Reporter:
Daniel Linares is one of many commuters in Colombia's capital, Bogota, who uses the city's overloaded61 TransMilenio system every day.
Like many of his fellow commuters, Linares has to endure long queues to get on to overcrowded buses.
As such, he's among a growing chorus of voices in Columbia calling for a revival of the country's once-dominant rail system.
"It seems like an excellent idea to me to incorporate trains, for example the 30 [main street in Bogota] would be a good route for a train that would make some stops. This would allow for the movement of a lot more people, and there would be less congestion."
Right now, Bogota remains62 one of the very few capital cities in Latin America without a subway system.
That fact is somewhat surprising, as modern Colombia developed, in part, through the development of its rail system.
At one time, Colombia's nearly one-thousand kilometers of railway tracks streched throughout the country, linking Bogota to the Caribbean city of Santa Marta in the north.
However, passenger trains in today's Colombia have mostly become a thing of the past, as successive governments have chosen instead to invest in highway infrastructure63.
Luis Fernando Andrade, director of the country's National Infrastructure Agency, says at this point, only freight trains are being used on a regular basis by large coal producers.
"Colombia in its way let its trains die. Today only large coal producers us them and what we want to see is that the railway infrastructure is used for all sectors64 of the economy - for containers, for liquids, for bulk loads, not just coal."
One of the only passanger-rail services available in Columbia is "La Sabana Train."
This is tourist steam locomotive running through Bogata.
Eduardo Rodriguez is the train's engineer.
A rail worker his entire life, Rodriguez says he longs for the days when trains dominated Colombia's travel sector.
"This is on the Colombian state, so that they realize what we have lost, what we have neglected. We hope they follow other countries in the world that invest more in railways, so that they don't leave us as the castaway country of the continent."
In the 1990s, the near bankrupt national railway system was shut down.
But with many now enduring massive traffic jams and packed buses on a daily basis, growing calls for a revival of Colombia's once-thriving train system are being heard throughout the country.
For CRI, I am Wang Mengzhen.
weather
Beijing will have showers tonight with a low of 15, tomorrow it will see slight rain with a high of 26.
Shanghai will be partly cloudy tonight with a low of 17, it will continue to be cloudy tomorrow with a high of 26.
Chongqing will be clear tonight, 19 degrees the lowest, tomorrow it will be sunny with a high of 31.
Elsewhere in the world, staying in Asia,
Kathmandu, in Nepal, will have thundershowers tomorrow with the highest temperature of 23.
Islamabad will be sunny tomorrow with a high of 43.
Kabul, sunny, 26.
Headline news
China Sends Third-batch Aid team to Nepal
The death toll from Saturday's earthquake in Nepal has climbed to over 3,700.
An intensified rescue and relief effort is underway.
At least three Chinese aid teams are joining the effort in Nepal, together with other international teams.
Meanwhile, Chinese authorities say a delegation of government officials and more relief supplies have arrived in southwest China's Tibet region to assist with the aftermath of the 8.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs has allocated thick tents, cotton coats, comforters, cots and sleeping bags to the affected areas in Tibet.
The regional government has also sent tents, coats, food, medicine and drinking water.
Automakers Eyes China's New-energy Vehicle Market
Chinese and foreign automakers are competing for a share in the new-energy vehicle sector in the Chinese market.
In the ongoing Shanghai Auto Show, a record 103 new-energy cars have been unveiled by both domestic and foreign manufacturers.
It is being reported that a fire broke out at a nuclear power station in southern Taiwan shortly before midnight on Sunday, forcing the shutdown of one of its two reactors66.
Taiwan Power Company says that the fire began inside an auxiliary67 electrical transformer at the Third Nuclear Power Plant in Pingtung County, setting off an alarm at 11:58 p.m.
It was put out by the plant's own firefighters 17 minutes later and the plant is continuing to operate as normal.
It is estimated that it will take two weeks to get the second reactor operational again.
Malaysian PM calls for joint ASEAN effort fighting extremism
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is urging Southeast Asian leaders to jointly combat the threat posed by extremism as he hosts an ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur.
Najib welcomed nine leaders from the ten-member ASEAN bloc, including Indonesian President Joko Widodo, and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
In his opening address, Najib called on the leaders to endorse a document on combating extremism in the region.
Malaysia on Sunday arrested 12 people linked to the militant group Islamic State and seized explosives, foiling a plan to attack several locations in and around the capital.
biz reports
Turning now to our business news, but first let's have a look at the numbers from the Asian markets starting out the week on this Monday evening.
Joining me on the desk is CRI's Yu Yang.
Reporter:
However, The State-owned Assets Supervision71 and Administration Commission later cleared the rumor72 of a massive merger plan.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index jumped 3 percent.
Oil giants China Petroleum75 & Chemical and PetroChina both jumped by their 10 percent daily limit in Shanghai.
Rumors of consolidation76 also pushed shares of China Shipbuilding, CSSC Holdings and Guangzhou Shipyard International up over 8 percent.
In Hong Kong, the benchmark Hang Seng Index rallied 1.3 percent.
Elsewhere in Asia,
Japan's Nikkei slipped 0.2 percent mainly on the yen's gains.
South Korea's Kospi shed 0.1 percent.
Singapore's benchmark Straits Times Index ended slightly down.
In Australia, the ASX 200 added 0.8 percent.
SASAC clears rumor on massive merger plan
The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission earlier today denied reports of a massive merger plan to cut state-owned enterprises to 40 from the existing 112.
This came after stocks of several SOEs soared to the daily limit of 10 percent in Shanghai over the reports.
Though several moves have already been made, for example China's two major bullet train makers27 merged10 recently, officials say a massive merger plan for the SOEs is not likely to happen in the foreseeable future.
Chinese listed firms more profitable in Q1
First-quarter business reports from major Chinese companies listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges show that their combined profits climbed higher.
China Securities Journal reports that 1,307 companies which released first-quarter business reports as of Sunday raked in profits of more than 110 billion yuan or some 18 billion U.S. dollars.
That is up nearly 6 percent compared with the same period last year.
The most profitable listed companies were those in the brokerage, Internet and environmental protection sectors.
Expanded business scopes and industrial upgrades are serving as new profit drivers for many of them.
The profitability of machinery, mining, steel and other traditional industries witnessed a sharp decline in the reported period.
China Securities Regulator to crack down on stock manipulation
Anchor:
Chinese securities regulator has launched a new campaign to try to crack down on illegal trading.
The campaign itself is focused on fraud connected to the merger of listed companies, stock price manipulation, insider trading and the manipulation of the futures77 market.
This comes amid the bullish market that has seen the Shanghai Composite Index soar more than 80-percent over the past 6-months.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission is also stepping up the supervision of the National Equities78 Exchange and Quotations79.
This is a platform where small, unlisted companies can raise funds.
For more on the campaign, the Beijing Hour's Paul James spoke earlier with Mike Bastin, director of China Business Center based in London.
Back Anchor:
That was Mike Bastin, Director of The China Business Centre based in London, speaking with the Beijing Hour's Paul James.
China's industrial profits down 0.4 pct in March
Newly released statistics show that profits of Chinese industrial businesses dipped 0.4 percent year on year in March.
The figure totaled some 500 billion yuan, or some 80 billion U.S. dollars.
The National Bureau of Statistics says the decline narrowed sharply from a 4.2-percent slump80 in the Jan-Feb period.
NBS statistician He Ping attributed the improvement in March to lower raw material prices and operating costs, and higher investment returns in industrial businesses.
China's Hong Kong to ink FTA with ASEAN by 2016
China's Hong Kong Special Administrative81 Region is expected to sign a free trade agreement with the Association of Southeastern Asian Nations (ASEAN) by 2016.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying says the Hong Kong-ASEAN free trade agreement negotiation82 has been going on since last year.
Leung hopes that negotiations83 can wrap up with all ASEAN nations by 2016.
According to Leung, total trade between Malaysia, an ASEAN member, and China, including the Hong Kong SAR, rose 16 percent last year.
12 percent of that trade, now over 100 billion U.S. dollars, was settled via Hong Kong.
He also says the cooperation between Malaysia and the Hong Kong SAR could be further strengthened in tourism and logistics industries.
It is being reported that HSBC is considering selling its 20 billion U.S. dollar worth of British retail85 banks.
Directors of the second-largest company in Britain are considering the future of its retail operations, as a so-called "ring-fencing" scheme may cause it lose control over its retail arm.
The move comes on the heels of a plan to move their headquarters out of Britain.
There is speculation that the headquarters could move back to HSBC's former home in Hong Kong, due to the stress brought on by high taxes and heavy regulations in Britain.
China Vanke Q1 core profit falls 59% amid sector weakness
China's largest residential44 property developer, Vanke group, says its first-quarter 2015 core profits fell some 59 percent.
The company's core profits totaled some 630 million yuan or some 100 million U.S. dollars in the period from January-March, compared with 1.5 billion yuan a year earlier.
This reflects a slide in the property sector that prompted China's central bank to take steps to boost the market.
But the company says it expects to see growth in profits for the full year.
Duties on rare earth exports to be ended
It is being reported that China's Ministry of Finance is set to end export duties on rare earths on May 1.
Analysts estimate the move will reduce the prices of rare earths by 20 to 25 percent and have an impact on international rare earths prices.
Sports
NBA Playoffs: Cleveland, Washington complete 4-0 sweep to win series
Both the Cleveland Cavaliers and The Washington Wizards completed a 4-0 sweep and won their series this morning.
Cleveland swept Boston 101-93 and are through to the next round.
Washington beat the Toronto Raptors 125-94.
Washington led by 16 points in the first quarter and extended the advantage to as many as 32 to enter the fourth quarter.
Six Wizards scored in double figures, including Marcin Gortat, John Wall and Bradley Beal.
In other action,
The Los Angeles Clippers leveled it 2-2 against the San Antonio Spurs after downing the Spurs 114-105;
The Dallas Mavericks92 managed to stay alive for at least one game in their series against the Houston Rockets after winning 121-109.
Golf: Wu Ashun Becomes 1st Chinese to Win European Tour Event at China Open
In Golf:
Wu Ashun made history by becoming the first Chinese player to win a European Tour event on home soil at the Volvo China Open in Shanghai on Sunday.
Wu birdied the 18th for a nine under, which put pressure on England's David Howell, who was fighting for first.
Wu Ashun says he is happy to emerge victorious94 from a tough tournament:
"Very tough here today and everybody has played very well also. Last year's champion he was also very, very good today. I also played very good today and my heart is very happy and keep very happy."
At the PGA's Zurich Classic of New Orleans:
England's Justin Rose emerged victorious, beating out Cameron Tringale by one stroke thanks to a birdie putt at the 18th that got him to 22 under.
At the LPGA Swinging Skirts classic:
Top-ranked Lydia Ko won for the second straight year after beating American Morgan Pressel in a playoff.
China's Feng Shanshan finished in fifth place.
Bayern Munich claim early Bundesliga title
Bayern Munich have all but won their third successive German Bundesliga title.
With four games still left to go, Bayern are holding an unassailable 15-point lead over their closest rival Wolfsburg.
Wolfsburg somewhat helped Bayern to an early title after they went down 1-0 against Moenchengladbach.
It is Bayern's 25th Bundesliga title in the team's history.
They have lost twice so far and conceded 13 goals in 30 matches, a record for this stage of the Bundesliga.
Putting domestic glories aside, Bayern will face Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals.
They have also reached the German Cup last four where they will take on Dortmund.
Lee Chong Wei handed 8-month ban for doping violations96
Malaysian shuttler Lee Chong Wei received an eight-month backdated ban for an anti-doping regulation violation95.
The Doping Hearing Panel ruled to backdate the start of the ban to the date of sample collection, which was in last August.
The panel found Lee "negligent98" instead of intending to cheat and handed the 8-month ban instead of two years.
Lee tested positive for a banned anti-inflammatory drug during last year's World Championships in Copenhagen.
Lee said that he was happy to be able to go back to court soon, adding that he hoped that he can learn from this case.
In Snooker,
Tournament favorite Ronnie O'Sullivan is leading Matthew Stevens 12-4 after the second session at the World Championships.
O'Sullivan won seven of the eight frames scheduled in the second session.
He only needs one more frame on Monday to secure a quarter-final spot.
It will be his 17th time in the quarter-finals at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
In other action from the tournament's last 16,
Neil Robertson is holding a 11-5 advantage against Ali Carter;
Shaun Murphy is also one frame away from the quarter-finals. He is 12-4 against Joe Perry;
Alejandro Valverde wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege
In cycling,
Spain's Alejandro Valverde of the Moviestar team has won the Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic in Belgium.
The 35-year-old rider emerged from a reduced group of big names at the end of a hilly 253-kilometre ride.
Valverde acted at the right moment and checked an attack by Katusha's Daniel Moreno in the final kilometer.
"Yes, it's incredible. I felt pretty good during the race. And then at the end we saw Daniel Moreno go and I knew I had to go, I knew I had to react. And then I just waited for the finish and the sprint102."
It was Valverde's third Liege title.
He wrapped up a remarkable103 Ardennes Classics season, where he also won the Fleche Wallonne and came in 2nd in the Amstel Gold Race.
In other cycling action,
Britain's Mark Cavendish won the opening stage the Tour of Turkey.
Cavendish followed his Etixx QuickStep's lead-out train and edged Caleb Ewan in a photo finish.
It was the 126th victory of Cavendish's career.
Michael Schumacher's son wins first Formula 4 race
Michael Schumacher's son Mick claimed a victory in Formula 4 in Germany.
He controlled the race without any mistakes and led his teammate by over half of a second at the finish.
Young Schumacher was very happy about the result and how the race went.
"It's incredible, and it is an honour for me. I'm extremely delighted, and delighted also for the team that we were able to secure such a good result - 1st and 2nd, which is an outstanding starting point for the season."
The 16-year-old son of the 7-time Formula 1 champion had just started racing104 for the Van Amersfoort Racing team.
Entertainment
Netizens pay tribute to poet Wang Guozhen
Renowed Chinese poet Wang Guozhen died at the age of 59 on Sunday, one month before his latest anthology of poems was to be published, according to Beijing News.
Online users have paid tribute to the poet, remembering their favorite poems and also discussing the golden age of poetry.
Wang's passing has also triggered an increase in the number of subscribers to public Wechat accounts such as Read A Poem For You among young poetry lovers.
A graduate of Jinan University in Guangzhou, Wang kicked off his poetry career in 1985 when his works were frequently posted in newspapers and magazines.
His books sold so well in 1990 that the people in the publishing business called it "The year of Wang Guozhen". The following decade witnessed an astonishing output of over 50 books.
During a speech at the 2013 APEC CEO Summit in Indonesia, Chinese President Xi Jinping quoted a sentence from Wang's poem saying "There is no mountain higher than man, and no road longer than his feet" to emphasize China's determination regarding economic reform which made Wang's works more popular.
Avengers takes number 1 spot in all overseas markets
Avengers: Age of Ultron the latest installment105 from Disney's Marvel106 unit has exploded in its overseas opening, taking $201 million at the international box office.
It was the number one movie in all of the territories it opened representing 55 percent of the entire international market exceeding the first installment in the series by 44 percent in today's exchange rate according to Disney's calculations.
Directed by Joss Whedon, the movie which opens stateside Friday bowed in much of the European and the Asia Pacific markets although it doesn't open in China until May 12 and Japan until July 4.
On the international front, Furious 7 crossed the $1 billion mark making it the only the third film following Avatar and Titanic107 to hit that benchmark. In China, Furious 7 has amassed108 $323 million in 15 days beating Transformers: Age of Extinction's record of $319 million.
Wang Xiaoshuai to head to this year's Asian Film Academy
Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai will be heading this year's edition of the Asian Film Academy this fall, Busan International Film Academy organizers announced Monday.
The Asian Film Academy, a workshop for aspiring109 young Asian filmmakers will open its 11th edition from September 24th until October 11th in conjunction with the 20th BIFF that runs October 1-10 in the South Korean port city of Busan.
Wang is best known for internationally acclaimed110 works that delve111 into the many layers of the Chinese social fabric112 such as the Berlin Silver Bear winning Beijing Bicycle and Chongqing Blues113 which competed at Cannes. Last year his 2014 film Red Amnesia114 was invited to BIFF.
Lewis Hamilton lands cameo in Zoolander 2
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has landed a cameo role in Zoolander 2.
The racing driver was spotted115 in Rome on the set of the upcoming comedy sequel starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson.
Hamilton dressed in a dark red suit was seen sitting and chatting with actress Olivia Munn on the front row of a catwalk show before speaking to director Stiller.
Stiller recently confirmed that Billy Zane would cameo in the comedy while Penelope Cruz will also have a starring role opposite Stiller and Wilson.
Stiller wrote the sequel to the 2001 sequel with Justin Theroux and is also producing and directing the upcoming comedy.
Super Troopers sequel given go ahead after crowdfunding campaign
Some good news for Super Troopers fans- production on the sequel to the 2001 cult25 classic is to go ahead after a successful crowdfunding effort.
The Indiegogo campaign to raise funds for Super Troopers ended on Friday raising a whopping $4.4 million.
While the Broken Lizard116 comedy group previously117 secured a studio distribution deal, a campaign was launched to raise money for the project.
Fox Searchlight agreed to put out Super Troopers 2 if the makers of the film raised $2 million – a target which was achieved just one day into the campaign.
The film's script has already been written and filming is due to take place over the summer.
Super Troopers starred Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme.
weather
Beijing will have showers tonight with a low of 15, tomorrow it will see slight rain with a high of 26.
Shanghai will be partly cloudy tonight with a low of 17, it will continue to be cloudy tomorrow with a high of 26.
Chongqing will be clear tonight, 19 degrees the lowest, tomorrow it will be sunny with a high of 31.
Elsewhere in the world, staying in Asia,
Kathmandu, in Nepal, will have thundershowers tomorrow with the highest temperature of 23.
Islamabad will be sunny tomorrow with a high of 43.
Kabul, sunny, 26.
Over in Australia
Sydney, cloudy with a high of 19,
Canberra, cloudy, 17,
Brisbane will be partly cloudy, 25,
That’s it for this edition of the Beijing Hour...
A quick look at the headlines before we go...
The death toll from the devistating quake that hit Nepal rises to over 3,700
Rescue work underway in China's Tibet region affected by the quake in Nepal...
On behalf of the Beijing Hour staffers, this is Spencer Musick in Beijing hoping you'll join us for our next edition of the Beijing Hour to open a window to the world together.
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